THE KUSKO TIMES
VOL. II. NO. 98
McGRATH, ALASKA ,.WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1923.
PRICE 25 CENTS
LAUSANNE
JANGLING
Conference at Breaking
Point; Greeks Moving
Towards Thrace.
Lausanne, Jan L—The Near
E&st peace conference is on the
verge of failure, chieflly over the
ownership- of the Meusel oil
fields and the question of capitu
lations.. The allies are taking a
hem stand against subjection'of
foreigners in Turkey to jurisdic
tion.of the Turkish courts.
The Turks .at -today’s session
demanded that the United States
be denied a voice in.the Lausanne
conference.
London, Jan. 1.—A dispatch
to the Daily Express from Athens
savs the entire Greek army is
moving toward Thrace and that
war is considered inevitable.
Constantinople, Jan. 2.—Offi
cial announcement that insurrec
tion has broken out at Mosul was
received here from Angora to
day. The telegram-said the in
habitants of the entire oil pro
ducing region were demanding
the annexation of all that terri
tory to Turkey.
SUGGESTED
BY HUGHES
Believes Big Business
Men Could Help Out
Reparations Tangle.
/
New Haven, Jan. 1.—The sug
gestion that an independent conn
mission of competent uaea w*
financial affairs could accomplish
more than- a geneaal interna
tional conference towards set
tling the European reparations
tangld was put forward by Sec
retary of State Hughes in an ad
^ dress here tonight. The Secre
tary said that distinguished
Atnerieans would be willing to
serve on such a commission, thus
opening up an avenue of Amer
can helpfulness.
J. G. Rivers, Flat attorney, was a
Sunday arrival, coming with Mail Car^
rier Beattie, with whom he left on
Mooday^fop Big river. Mr. Rivers is
on nis way to Fairbanks in connection
with legal matters.
Cecil Berlow, of Flat, well known
mining man, arrived today on matters
of business, and will probably depart
tomorrow on his return trip.
REJECTED
BY FRANCE
A Franco-German Non
War Pact Proposed
by Germany.
Hamburg, Dec. 31.—A Franco
German non-war pact, proposed
by Germany to France, through
the mediation of neutral powers,
has been rejected by Premier
Poincaire of France, according
to*a statement by German Chan
cellor Gtiao, during a speech be
fore the Hamburg bourse.
Paris, Jan. 1.—The proposed
non-aggression engagement re
ferred to-in the Hamburg speech
of-Guno, German chancellor, was
suggested by the German am
bassador in Washington to Sec
retary of State Hughes, it was
said semi-officially here today,
but the State Department, it was
added, did not transmit it offi
cially totho French eovernment.
Declares Its Belief
in Organic Evolution
, Cambria, Mass—The Council of the
American Association for the Ad
vancement of Science, at their confer
ence here today, passed a resolution
declaring belief in org'anicjevoiution.
ALASKA’S
RAILROAD
Mears Asks $2,500,000
to Operate; Will Get
Just One Million.
Washington, Jan. I.—Despite
the strong contention of Chair
man Mears. of the Alaskan En
gineering Commission, that it
will take two and one-half mil
lion dollars to operate the Alas
kan Government Railway, the
appropriations committee has
definitely decided that one mil
lion dollars is all the road will
get. in addition to its estimated
revenue of $81,500 for the year
beginning July I, the committee
tee holding that the road’s de
ficit is large it will be something
for tbe next Congress to worry
about.__
Mail1 Carrier Beattie arrived jester
day from Big river. bringing with him
about 1600 pounds of Outside mail.
George R Kilroy, luooko Dredge
Company superintendent, was a Mon
day arrival. .
Pete Snow, coming from Tacotna,
was among today’s arrivals.
| Says $400,000 Liquor
Smuggled Into N. Y.
for Holidays Business
_
£
New York.—Alexander Williams, in
vestigator for the department of jus
; tice, said todav that four huDered thou
j sand dollars’ worth of liquor had been
| smuggled into New York through New
; Jersey coast waters for the holiday
! trade. _
3 Killed When Auto
Crashes Through Se
attle Bridge Railing
Seattle.—H. Ii. Savey, 30: his wife,
20, and Floyd Ferry, 26, were killed
today when a municipal automobile
bus crashed through the railing of a
bridge and fell a distance of sixty feet.
Six others were badly injured, two of
them probably fatally.
EXPLAINED
BY HUGHES
State Dept. Tells of Ger
man Proposal for a
Non-War Pact.
Washington, Jan. 3. —.The
State Department announced to
day that the German proposal
for an agreement under which
France, Britain. Italy and Ger
many should solemnly agree
among themselves and promise
the government of the United
States not to resort to war for a
period of one generation, with
out authority of a plebiscite, has
not been transmitted to the
French government formally by
Secretary Hughes, as an in
formal inquiry brought out the
fact that it was not acceptable
to France.
B. B. Smith Resigns
as Ophir Commissioner
B. B. Smith, after a long term as
commissioner of the Ophir preciDCt,
resigned that office some days ago, his
resignation inking effect on December
30. Mr. Smith arrived here Sunday,
and left Monday inoroing on his way to
the Outside, where he will visit with
relatives in California. Regarding his
plans, Mr. Smith says there is nothing
definite, but the probabilities are that
he will' return to the Opbir section
after a few months on the Outside.
•*Chris Bolgeo. wall known old-timer,
succeeds Mr. Smith as Ophir commis
sioner, his appointment dating from
January 1. The appointment is a pop
ular one, Mr. Bolgen having had the
hearty indorsement of the Ophir Igloo
of Pioneers.
Poincaire Offers to
Reduce Reparations
Paris.—Premier Poincaire offered at
today's conference of allied leaders a
proposal for reduction of German rep
arations to fifty billion gold marks.
ASKED BY
DELEGATE
Sutherland Wants Good
Road Roads Funds Ex
tended to Alaska.
Washington. Jan. 1.—As a so
lution of the problem of getting
J wagon roads built in Alaska to
! assist in furnishing traffic for
| the Alaska Railroad, Delegate
Sutherland has come forward
with a measure to include Alas
ka in the benefit of general good
roads funds appropriated by
Congress. Delegate Baldwiu, of
Hawaii, has also put in a similar
bill for the benefit of his Terri
tory, aud a movement is now on
foot to take these bills from the
territories committee and give
them to the rules committee, in
order to obtain early action on
them.
Bill Would Extend
Credit to Germany
of a Billion Dollars
Washington. — The extension of
' credits to Germany up to one billion
• dollars for use in buying foodstuffs is
provided in a hill introduced today by
Senator Bursum, which was referred to
the finance committee.
SUIGIDEOF
BIG BREWER
\
Plant Sells for a Tenth,
Wm. J. Lemp Sends
Bullets Into Heart.
St. Louis. Jan. 1.—William J.
Lemp, aged 54, president of the
William J. Lemp Brewery Com
pany, committed suicide by
shooting himself twice through
the heart in his office in the
brewery, today. Lemp was suf
fering heavy depression because
the grfeat plant, which at the
time nation wide prohibition be
came effective was valued at
$7,000,000, had been sold at
forced sale for $585,000, or less
than one tenth of its former
value.
Henry Martello, accompanied by B.
B. Smith, left Sunday morning for
Nancy. Going out in their care was
Charles Bressler, recently adjudged
insane, and who will be taken to Morn
iugside sanitarium.
"'Leo Rodriguez left Monday for Ta
cotna on a brief visit.
Mike Blauusha, Taootna, was among
today’s arrivals.
Sam Nesvoog was a Monday arrival.