THE KUSKO TIMES
• VOL. II. NO. 5L
McGrath, Alaska, Saturday, jury 15, 1922,
PRICE 25 CENTS
ARBITRATE
Mine Workers Commit
tee Confers With
Harding,
Washington, . July 15. — One
hundred and twenty-six mem
bors-of the policy committee of
the United Mine Workers of
America gathered here today to
reply to President Harding’s of- j
fer of arbitration- in the coal,
strike. Determination to recom-:
mend ja refusal - of. the offer to|
the policy committee had been
reached by- L6wis; president of
the unionr Green, secretary
treasurer, and.iPhilip Murray,
vice-president, as the result of
a final conference t held by the:
three union officiate late yester
day with President Harding and
Secretary of Labor Davis.
It is understood, that Harding
hold's authority, in case of emer
gency, to operate, not only the
mines, ^>ut the railroads as well.
ONE KILLED,
10 INJURED
Train Carrying Coal
(Miners Runs; Into Dy
namite Trap.
WhiteviIIe, W. Via., July 14.—
iLNd'e1 miner was killed and ten.
others injured today when, a
mine train carrying them to
their work ran.Jnto a dynamite
trap and was destroyed. The
mine is owned»by the Mordue,
Colliery Company, and for some
time has been operating under
the protection of a federal court
injunction.
Gallipolis, O.— Armed union
miners from Pomeroy Bend to
day attempted to stop mor* union
miners at work in the mines at
Cheshire. The effort proved fu
tile and without injury..
Springfield', I1L—Federal gov
ernment) intervention in the na
tionwide coal strike is imminent,
according to President Famn^*
ton,, of the Illinois mine workers.
" Fred Spencer, with his launch Dora,
arrived from Derry Landing early
Thursday morning. Coming down on
fche Thor were L. P. Bullard, superin
tendent of the Alaska Treadwell mine
at Nixon, FJvuF-Elynn.-Nels Pearson
and John Dunn.
BREAK-UP
AT HAGUE
{ _
Conference With Soviet
Delegation. Comes
to an End.
The Hague, July 13-—The con
ference with representatives of
soviet Russia came to a break
down this afteruoosu though not
entirely unexpected. Maxim L.it
vinoff, of the Russian delegation,
| when leaving the conference
}chamber, said that further meet
! ings were most unlikely. Litvi
noff added, also, that the Genoa
non-aggression peace pact would
hold for one month after the last
'morning.
7 _
Socialist Uprising in
Mexico City Quelled
Mexico City. — Five persons were
killed and many wounded in a battle
between the police and federal troops
and the “We won’t pay rent” faction
of socialists in Vera Crua, last night
and early this morning. The govern
ment bas- the situation well in hand.
TO PROTECT
PROPERTIES
Troops Will Give Care
to Rail Lines in Hands
of Receivers.
Washington, July I3‘.—Secre
tary of War Weeks today in
structed Major General Hines,
commanding the Eighth Army
Corps area, at San Antonio, to
provide a sufficient force of
troops to protect the properties
of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
lines. These properties are m
the hands ©f receivers, appoint
ed by United States courts.
Chicago, July 13.—Settlement
of the rail strike seemed a step
nearer today when it was dis
closed that a secret conference
is about to Joe held between |
Chairman Hooper, of the _L»abor
Board, and leaders of the six
striking shop crafts.
Serious Food Short
age Threatens Part
of Disturbed Ireland
London. — Serious food shortages
threaten the civilian population in
areas occupied by republican military
forces in Ireland because of the coni
mandeeriDg of food supplies for use by
insurgent troops.
Poker Game of Skill
and Promissory Note
Legal, Judge’s Ruling
Vancouver.—Ruling that poker is a
game of skill, Mr. Justice Iluggles de
clared legal a promissory note given
by O. S. Morris to Jack Mayville for
$260, following a game of poker at
j Ocean Falls.
GERMANY’S
CONDITION
Cited as Reason in Mak
ing Plea for Mora
torium.
Paris, July 13.—German rep
resentatives today submitted to
the reparations commission a
formal note requesting mora
torium on reparations payments
for the remainder of the present
year. The note stated that the
gold marks due on Saturday
were available if the commission
insisted upon this payment, but
recommended that it also be
waived.
The herman request fhd not
specify an extension of mora
torium throughout the next two
years, as had been forecast in
some quarters, but urged the
commission to consider Ger
many’s condition and''make pub
lic as soon as possible a complete
plan for her relief.
Paris, July 14.—The German
ambassador today announced
that thirty million gold marks,
the July reparations installment,
will be paid today.
Seattle Detective Head
Is Told to Apprehend
Murderer or Quit Job
Seattle.—Mayor Brown this morning’
indicated to Captain Tenant, head of
the city’s detective force, that he must
either apprehem} the murderer of Po
liceman 1 jegate or resign his ottice.
"The ca§e is closed so far as I am
concerned, for Legate killed himself,”
Tenant replied in a public statement,
this afternoon.
Men and Machinery,
Cold Bay Oil Fields
Seattle.—Within ten days the Stand
ard OiT Company and General Pe
troleum Company will be moving; men
and machinery into the Cold Hay oil
district* according to a statement made
today by A. S. Kerry.
The jThor, Capt. Prank Larson, ar
rived. from Tacotna late Thursday
bringing down Andrew Hanson and
Louis Suzan. Returning up river yes
terday, the Thor had as passengers J.
H. McLean and Arthur McClure.
Eli Agbaba, after a couple of clays in
town, returned to Candle this morning.
BULLETS OF
ANARCHIST
Intended for President
of France, But Go
Wide of Mark.
Paris, July 14. — President
Millerand was marked for as
sassination today, but the bullets
of the assassin, through the lat
ter's ignorance, went far from
their intended mark.
President Millerand was re
turning from the military review
held in connection with the cele
bration of Bastile Day when
Gaston Bouvel, 23, tired three
shots into the automobile in
which he thought Millerand was
, riding.
Bouvel was arrested, but not
before angered spectators made
an attempt to lynch him. He
confessed that he was an an
archist and that he intended to
kill Millerand. Bouvel’s shots
‘were fired into the auto of Chief
of Police Laudins, who. as well
as other occupants of the car,
escaped without injury
MISS CAIRNS
WINS SUIT
School Teacher at Flat
Gets Judgment in
School Action.
Iditarod, July 13.—Judgment
has been rendered in favor of
Miss Marie Cairns, school
teacher, against the school for
full amount and costs. The court
decided that payment of the first
five months’ salary ratified the
contract that Miss Cairns signed,
that the directors had no au
thority to act without a third
member of the board, and that
dismissal of the teacher by two
members was illegal, the third
member, Dr. Moore, being ab
sent from the district. Charges
against the teacher were not sus
tained. The judge’s decision
contained about seven thousand
Words.
Yukon Str. Movements
Jacobs at Gibbon.
Sibil la up lvoyukuk 10 a. m.
Alaska up Fort Yukon 12 m. 14th.
Anna down Holy Cross 13th.
Seattle 3 down Nulato 7 p. m. 12th.
A1 Goslaw and J. 11. McLean were
Thursday arrivals from Tacotna, Mr.
Goslaw returning this morning to the
up-river town.