THE KUSKO TIMES
VOL. II. NO. 101
McGrath, alaska & turday, January 13, 1923.
PRICE 25 CENTS
Troops of France and
Belgium in Possession
of Ruhr Coal District
Essen, Jan. 10—Ad vance troops
of the French army, largely with
technical equipment, have al
ready reached the neighboring
town of Kettwig, and the section
between Dusseldorf and Essen is
half covered by the French mili
tary forces, according to private
ad vices reaching here today.
Berlin, Jan. 10; —Thirty-eight
trains, carrying French troops,
left, their garrisons yesterday,
with> Essen as their destination,
according to an E»sen telegram
today. The arrival of heavy ar
tillery and sappers is reported
from the neighborhood of Neuss,
southwest of Dusseldorf.
Paris, Jan. 11.—France’s as
sumption of Ruhr coal control is
announced in a note delivered by
thie-French^government to Ger
many today.
French troops entered Essea
. at 9 o’clock this morning, en
countering.no resistance.
The new Ruhr front is held by
an army of 35.000. The line of
the newly occupied region, seized
at dawn today, runs from Ber
chansen to Essen to Werden to
Hattingen. The district held is
the richest region in Europe,
second only to Pennsylvania in
coal product;on.
Dusseldorf, Jan. 11. —Belgian
troops went forward into the
Ruhr district a few hours after
the French, forces today. The
Belgian contingent, comprised of
two battalions of infantry, two
squadrons of cavalry, ten arm
ored and ten escorting airplanes,
advanced from Mulheim to the
north of Essen.
The French Rhine flotilla sta
tioned at Mavence will move to
Dusseldorf. Ruhrort and Duis
burg tonight..
London.—The British govern
meat has granted France permis
sion to move troops through
British occupied territory along
the Rhine, in pursuance of the
French plan for the occupation
of the Ruhr.
SITUATION
IN IRELAND
7-Hours’ Battle Won by
Free Staters; Execu
tions at Dublin.
Dublin, Jan. 13.—Free State
forces were finally victorious in
a seven-hours battle raging
around Cork*last night, in which
seven irregulars were killed and
nineteen wounded.
Three men were executed in
Dublin this morning by Free
State authorities.
Irregulars captured at least
one member of the Irish Free
State senate last night, and it is
believed he is being held as a
hostage for Ernest O’Mally, ir
regular commandant, who was
Ciptured in November and is
awaiting court martial.
Cosgrave, president of the
Irish Free State, was burned in
effigy by rebels at Rathiarnham
early today.
Dick Conway, a late Wednesday ar
rival, left Thursday morning over the
Rainy Pasa trail en route to Anchor
age. _
There’s absolutely nothing new re*
sardine that missiner mail nouoh.
PREFAB
FOR 1924
Plans of Progressives
to Prevent Renomina
tion of Harding.
Washington. Jan. 12. —Plans
of the Progressives for the ex
tension of the direct primary
system through which they aim
to gain control of the republican
party and prevent the renomina
tion of President Harding, are
now in full swing. A drive is
under way to put new or im
proved primary laws through
nine state legislatures which ai;e
are to meet this winter.
Germany Recalls Bel
gian, French Ministers
Berlin.—Germany has recalled her
ambassador from Paris and her minis
ter from Brussels.
Ex*King Constantine Passes On.
London.—Former King Coosmutme
of Greece died at Palermo today.
Owea Gray and team, accompanied
bv HalfdAn Wiig, reinrned today from
a trip; to Nixon mine.
Gue Schuler was a yesterday arrival,
coming from the Nixon.
American Vice Consui
Is Under Investigation
for Conduct at Smyrna
New York.—D. D. Shepard, a repre
sentative of the State Department, to
night began questioning the survivors
of the Smyrna disaster who arrived on
the refugee ship King Alexander, re
garding the alleged inhumane conduct
of Maynard Barnes. American vice con
sul during the burning of Smyrna,
against whom serious charges were
filed at the department’
Bank and Vice Presi
dent Indicted, Seattle
Seattle.—The Seattle National Bank
and Perry B. Tniax. one of its vice
presidents, were indicted by the King
■county grand jury today on the charge
of grand larceny in withholding $18,000
collateral put up by the Frank Water
house Company, now defunct.
Father and Child Per
ish in Burning Home
Seattle.— Atley Hollingsworth, re
siding on Bothell highway, lost his
life today while trving to rescue bis
two children from the burning home.
John, a boy of four, perished with his
father after the latter had saved Clar
ence, a boy of two.
Bolshevist Troops at
the Polish Frontier
London.— Bolshevist troops are in
motion on the Polish frontier, readv to
attack Poland the moment she gives
anv aid to France, accord ng to a dis
natch to the Kxnress from Rian.
Telegraphic Ticks.
Paris. — Leon Buuegeois was today
re-elected president of the French sen
ate.
Peking. — Alfred Sze, Chinese min
ister to the United States, has been
! chosen a member of the new cabinet.
Gibraltar —Llovd George, on arrival
here today, issued indignant deaial to
the report that he attended a bull light
at Algeciras, Spain.
Washington. — Secretary of State
[ Hughes again indicated today that the
United States is against the French in
vasion of the Ruhr.
Washington.—The U S. S. Seattle
has been designated the flagship of the
United States fleet under command of
Admiral Hillary P. Jones.
Prague.—Raisin, finance minister of
Czecho-Slowaka, was shot twice by an
anarchist while driving in his car tms
morning. His condition is serious.
Seattle.—Another countv grandj ury
another investigatiot. into the cause of
the death of Policeman Charles O Le
gate to determine whether death was
caused by murder or suicide.
Washington.—Frank U. Rudkin, of
Yakima, judge of the federal district
court Washington state, was nominated
by President Harding today to be
United States circuit judge for the
Ninth circuit.
Seattle.—The King county grand
jury, the third body to investigate the
Scandinavian American Bank failure,
while finding irregularities, reported
that criminal action had been outlawed
by the statute of limitations.
French Flag at Essen
Torn Down and De
stroyed.
Berlin, Jan. 18.—At Steele,
two miles outside of Essen, tlie
French flag, which had been
hoisted by the occupying troops,
was torn down and destroyed by
Germans. The burgomaster had
to apologize to the French com
mander and publish an appeal
warning the population against
excesses.
A clash between French and
Germans in the Ruhr was avert
ed today when the French com
mission agreed to pay cash for
coal deliveries.
Essen, Jan. 12-—General Des
gouttes, the French commander
in-chief, notified the mayor yes
terday afternoon that Germany’s
civil laws will remain in force.
Degouttes today proclaimed
martial law. He declared the
French expected the Germans to
remain on their jobs, and if they
did not the French would con
script them.
Orders Are Issued for
Return of American
Army on Rhine.
Washington, Jan. 11.—Amer
ican troops today wore ordered
withdrawn from Germany. Sec
retary of State Hughes, after a
lengthy conference with Presi
dent Harding, announced that
the President had issued orders
for the prompt return to this
country of the American army
of occupation on the Rhine. This
force, which has been patrolling
the Coblenz bridge head since
the armistice, now numbers one
thousand officers and men.
German Ambassador
Protests to Hughes
Washington.—Von Wiegand, Ger
man ambassador, tonight formally pro
tested to Secretary of Slate Hughes
against the French and Belgian inva
sion of Germany
Mr. and Mrs. John Cameron are on
their way to Fairbanks, according to
Fred Milligan, the Ruby-Ophir mail
carrier, who met them at Cripple en
route.