THE KUSKO TE,
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VOL. II. NO. 102
McGRATH, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1923.
PRICE 25 CENTS
Anti-French Demon
strations at Essen, Ber
lin, Many Other Places
Berlin, Jan. 15.—The German
coal commission has prohibited
coal owners of the Ruhr from
supplying either coal or coke to
France or Belgium, even if pay
ment is made for fuel. This
stiffening attitude of the German
government is expected here to
precipitate drastic action by the
Pfench government.
There was a half hour stop
page of work at Essen today as
a. protest against the French.
While it was in progress the
crowds carried out an anti
French demonstration outside of
the French headquarters with
speeches and songs.
Gelesenkirchen, three miles
northeast of Essen, 'and in the
second zone of occupation, was
ta<ken over by the French today.
Bfcschum, Jan. 15.—This city,
the heart of the Stinnes steel
works, was- occupied by the
French today. The occupation
of Gelsenkirchen has also been
completed.
Berlin. Jan. 15.—A clash be
tween German demonstrators
aud French troops occurred at
the railway station at Boehum
this evening. The French fired,
killing one person and wounding
several others. The shooting
occurred as several thousand
collected in front of the head
quarters of the French general
and cheered the German repub
lic Communists made a coun
ter demonsti ation, cheering the
third internationale and French
eomuaunist league.
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Berlin, January 16.—German
[troops are mobilizing near Men
ter. and the French forces are
reported to be less than ten
miles away. The French have
now completed occupation ol all
of the Ruhr district and order
has been restored at Bochum.
A great demonstration of pro
test against French occupation
of the Ruhr took place today,
flags being half masted.
German industrial concerns,
heretofore dependent upon the
Ruhr coal mines, are now order
ing English coal.
Rome, Jan 16.—Th‘* minister
of war has called to the colors
recruits of the second class of
1922 residing in all countries of
Europe and along tiie M diter
ranean, exc- pt Russia.
NAVIGATION
IS MENACED
By Operations of Rum
[Fleet Off the Jersey
Coast.
New York, Jan. IT.—Captain
Berry, attached to coast guard
headquarters, announced today
that the commander of a vessel
arriving from the West Indies
had reported difficulty in crowd
ing his way through the rum
beet standing off the Jersey
coast. Complaint was made that
the fleet constituted a menace to
navigation.
3. K. Gudrnaudsou, fur buyer, renrc- j
aenting the Hudson Bay Company, is1
at present in the Tolstoi country. He
will return to Ophir in a few davs eD
route to Idilarod and Lower Kusko
kwitn points.
Anthony Sweeney is on his way in
from Anchorage, whither he went for
medical treatment last fall, Mr.
Sweeney is expected at Tacotna about
the 26th inst., where be will make his
headquarters -
Billy Duffy, from Plat, with the out
-bound mail, arrived this afternoon.
PREDI
BY
Says Many Tourists f r
Alaska During Com
ing Summer.
Washington, Jan. 14.—Chap
man Mears, ot the Alaskan E
gi nee ring Commission, predict •>
the largest tourist travel to
Alaska during the coming sue: -
mer in the history of the Ten
tory. He says the Comoaissiot
is Hooded with inquiries, anti
that several large excursion pai
ties to the Territory from thf
Atlantic coast are proposed. H.
thinks the steamship lines will
be unable to handle the crowds^
Carl Fustier*, cumin* from Nixon.
w«»a Tuesday arrival, aud is sched
uled to leave in the morning for Gray
ling creek.
George Walters, who has been giv
iog attention to business matters at Ta
ootna fur some days past, was among
today’s arrivals.
Mike O’Maliey, alter a short visit at
Fairbanks, returned to Nixon a few
ago, accompanied by his brother.
$12,000,000 Asked to
Pay Norway for Ves
sels Taken Over in War
Washington.—An appropriation of
twelve million dollars to pay Norwe
gian claims for vessels taken over dur
ing the war, in fulfilment of the award
of an urbitration tribunal at The
Hague, was requested of Congress to
day by President Harding.
1 Dead, 2 in Hospital,
All Due to Home Brew
Seattle.—Charles Mari more is dead,
and his son and two granddaughters in
the city hospital, as a result of being
partially asphyxiated in their rooms,
when the gas plate was left burning
beneath a home brew si ill
—
Massed Forces About
to Clash on Border
of Manchuria.
Peking, Jan 17—Reports from
M-mchuria iudicate that soviet
[and Chinese forces are ab >ut to
(clash along the Heiho, near the
western border of Manchuria.
The Russians have 69 000 men, i
157 machine guns and 104 held
guns near Manchuria and also
on the Heiho and Meho rivers.
Gen. Chang Tso Lin has 5'*.000
l oops in position and is prepar
j ing 80,000 more for immediate
1 m • . i r m Ant
Telegraphic Ticks.
j London.—The engagement of the
I Duke of York to Lad,) Elizaoelh Bowes
Lyon was announced today.
Washington.—Secretary of Stale
Hughes will attend the Pan Americaa
conference, to open soon at Santiago
Chile. _
I Washington.— Harding told news
paper men today that he had a bad
cold, didn’t want to talk, and was
going to lie down and rest.
: Washington.—Federal supervision of
the off industry may be recommended
to Congress by the special committee
now investigating gasoline prices.
Unga.—The Pavlof volcano, which
was reported to be subsiding, is still in
action. The first activity on the moun
tain took place on December 24.
Washington.—There has been no
formal American diplomatic reply to
the German protest again-t theFranco
Belgian occupation of the Ruhr valley.
Austin. Tex.—Addressing the legis
| lature today, Governor Neff said that
three men are killed in Texas eveiy
day due to liquor bootlegging opera
tions.
Wash inglqn.--Del agate Sutherland
lodav submitted to the conferees on the
measure dealing with appropriations'
for Alask^a request that they include
$15,000 for suppressing the sale of
liquor to Indians in Alaska.
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iiui Germany Refuses
to Make Deliveries
of Coal.
Dusseldorf, Jan. 16.—Rhenish
Westphalian mine directors re
ceived final orders for coat de
liveries to France and Belgium,
by tomorrow morning at the
latest; otherwise further penal
ties would be applied, it was an
nounced. _
Dusse'dorf, Jau. 17. — Repre
sentatives of German magnates
failed to appear this morning
before the control commission,
sending wsrd that they had de
cided to obi‘V instructions of the
Berlin government instead of
French orders as to coal coal de
liveries, thus placing the next
move squarely up to French oc
cupatiomsts.
Herr Thomas, representative
of the Stinnes interests at Get
senkirchen, said: ‘'We are per
fectly willing to go to jail, but
under no conditions shall we re
sume deliveries.”
London, Jan. 17.—The Berlin
government has decided to expel
all French civilians from Ger
many and establish practically a
state of war against France,
;iside from lighting, according to
Berlin dispatches to the Daily
Express.
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Jury in Case of Clara
Skarin Says Not
Guilty.
Seattle, Jan. 16.—A jury Sat
urday evening declared Clara
Skarin not guilty of the murder
of Ferdinand Hochbrund, Ger
man capituli-t, whom she frank
ly confessed to having killed and
to having taken from his trunk
a large sum of hoarded gold.
The defense set up the plea that
Hochbrund had ruined the de
fendant in her girlhood.
Mayor of Mer Rouge
One of Hooded Gang
Bastrop, La.—Robert L. Dade, mayor
of Mer Rouge, testified today, during
investigation into masked band depre
dations, that he was a member of the
ku klux alan and participated in one
of the raids, wearing a black mask af.
the time.