THE KUSKO TIMES
VOL. II. NO. 62.
McGRATH; ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1922,
PRICE 25 CENTS
Administration Gravely
Concerned Over Supply
ing Winter’s Fuel Needs
Anthracite Operators and Miners to Be Given
One More-Chance; Their Failure Means Op
eration of Mines By the Government.
Washington, August 2§.—The
Administration is gravely con
cerned over the problem of sup
plying the country's fuel needs
this winter. Privately, Admin
istration officials today admitted
that a most critical situation con
fronts the country.,
Federal operations of anthra
cite coal mines -and some rail
roads was considered" at- a> con
ference at the White House last
night between President Hard
ing, Chairman Cummins, of the
Senate interstate commerce com
mittee, and Attorney General
Daugherty. Senator Cummins,
after the conference, said that
the miners and operators will be
given one more option. “If
there isn’t a settlement in a few
dlays,”’he said, “I will introduce
a bill authorizing the Govern
ment to operate the mines.'*
PAY LAST
13,000 Mourners ; Filed
Past Coffin ;of Michael
Collins in; 9 .Hours.
Dublin, Augnst-25.<—In nine
hburs more than > fifteen thou
sand mourners - filed past the
coffin of Michael Collins as rev
erently as if the body lying there
had been that of 4he Pope.
Dublin, Aug.. 25.#— De Valera
is rallying an army in County
Lough, in preparation for an at
tack on Dubline according to a
report received hdre, and' which,
is.greatly agitating; the crowd in
mourning at the bier of Michael
Collins, which , is lying in state
afc.the CUy Hall.
London.—Lloyd George, re
ferring to the death of Michael
Gellins, said: “1 am inexpressi
bly sad at the news of the death
of this, gallant young Irishman.
H6 fell victim to a treacherous
blow, dealt when he was engagedi
im endeavoring Jo restore order;
and liberty to his country, which
stands sadly..m,neediOf.it.’’
\* > ———
Belfast.—National army troops
today captured the.tawns-of K3h~
sale and Dunnaway, the last two
positions held’ by Irish irregulars
in County Cork. .
Fred Spencer,. La faia launch Dora,
accompanied by Je33^Yoder, left Eri«
day for Berry Landing.
Bob Roberson, in. his new boat, ac
companied by John Dunn, left today
for a trip up the Nixon.
R.R. STRIKE
SITUATION
‘Situation Looks Mighty
Serious,* Says Magnate
After Conference.
New York, Aug. 26.—Prior to
bis departure for Cleveland to
night, W..S>itStone-,.head of the
brotherhood of locomotive en
gineers, and spokesman for the
transportation unions, called a
meeting of the presidents of: the'
unions to be held in Cleveland'
on Tuesday morning. The meet |
i«g iseailecfc for the purpose of I
deciding upon what measures of'
support shall be given the strik '
iug shopmen’s unions to help
them win.
New-York, Aug. 24.—No defi-!
nite action was taken today at!
the conference of railway execu
tives- to consider proposals for
settlement of the railway shop
men’s^ strike. The executives
conferred until a late hour this
afternoon. Howard Elliott, pres
ident of the Northern. Pacific,,
coming from the conference,
observed: k,The situation looks
1 mighty serious.**'
—
i Cleveland.—There is no dan
ger of the railroad brotherhoods
being drawn into a sympathy
strike,., according to Lee and
other union heads.
—
Mrs. Dave Clough, Mrs. Ef. J. Boyd,
. Mrs. Charles Nicollet. Miss Josephine
Parent* and Misses Mary, Ellen and
Bessie IYed, all loaded with berry
gathering utensils, left Thursday on
the Alaskan, headed for the T&cotna
hills, determined to strip anything and
everything still remaining on bushes
in that locality.
Denver Paper Hurls
Charge Against In
terior Secretary Fall
Denver.—The Post, in a leading ar
ticle today, in effect, charges Secretary
of Tnterior Fall with having given a
most questionable lease on the Teapot
Dome oil lands,. It is asserted that the
lea^e enables the Sinclair interests to
clean up Dine million dollars on their
holdings. _
Investigation of Coal Industry.
Washington.—The bill to carry into
effect President Harding^s recom
mendation for the appointment of a
fact-finding commission for investiga
tion of the coal industry was intro
duced in the House today by Chairman
Winslow, of the commerce committee.
I. W. W. Leaders Ac
tive in Stirring Trou
ble, Shopmen’s Strike
Washington. — The Department of
Justice, which has been investigating
railway strike conditions in California
and Arizona, has discovered facts
which show that the I. W. W. leaders
have been very active in fomenting
trouble in those States, according to a
statement made today by Attorney
General Daugherty.
Telegraphic Ticks.
Seattle.—George M, Stewart, 70, for
mer postmaster ol Seattle, died at his
home in this city, today.
Lake Forest, 111.—Delava f Smith,
publisher of the Indianapolis News,
died at his summer home here, this
morning. _
Pittsburgh.—James H. Beal, legal
adviser to Secretary Mullen, was found
dead in the bath room of hisihome. to
day, heart disease.
Washington.—The House today sent
the tariff bill, amended 2436 times by
tha Senate, to conference committee
for its third redrafting.
Chicago. — Protestant churches of
Chicago were urged today to join Cath
olics, Jews and negroes in a definite
stand against the klu klux klan.
San Francisco.—The war department
has ordered all available men from the
coast and the posts here and at Puget
sound transferred to Pearl Harbor.
Bucharest.—About three thousand
Jews are escaping each month by way
of Doeiper river from Russia into
lies3arabia, their ultimate destination
being the United States.
Seattle.—James S. Landers and J.
W. Anderson, drivers of automobiles
which collided, were sentenced today
to ten davs in jail. Both were intoxi
cated from a Jamaica ginger prepara
tion. _
Seattle.—Charges o£ neglect were
filed today against Captain E. E. Bart
Dett in connection with the mishap to
the liner Eh F! Alexander. These
charges will be tried by the Board of
Marine Inspectors.
Seattle.—The fifty-four Chinamen
who, according to federal authorities,
paid a total of fifty thousand dollars to
b© smuggled into the United States,
and who recently reached this port on
the liner President Jackson, have been
ordered deported to China.
The steamer Quickstep left Thursday
for Bethel.
AT PEACE
IN CHINA
Yuan Hung Willing to
Resign Office in Favor
of Sun Yat Sen.
Peking, Aug. 24.—Yuan Hung,
president of the Chinese repub
lic, is willing to resign from
office in favor of Sun Yat Sen,
providing his resignation shall
be approved by parliament, was
the announcement made today
by the cabinet.
Shanghai.—Sun Yat Sen an
nounced today that peace reigns
again between North and South
China and that “the war is
ended. ”
GUNBOATS,
ALL NATIONS
To Exterminate Bands
Firing On Foreign
Craft in China.
Peking, Aug. 26.—Gunboats
of foreign powers, including the
United States ship Isabel, the
flagship of Rear Admiral Bul
lard, remaining in the American
Yangtze river patrol, have been
ordered to the Yangtze Gorge
districts with instructions to ex
terminate the bands of disorgan
ized soldiers who are firing on
foreign merchant craft.
Russian Soviet Minis
ters Denied Admission
to Belgian Territory
Herbesthal, Belgium.— Tchitcherin,
Russian foreign minister, and several
of his soviet colleagues, who were pro
ceeding to London on the C'ologne-Os
tend Express, were refused access to
Belgian territory today. They were
forced to return to Cologne, as they
had failed to obtain the vise of the
Belgian consul in Cologne.
Harding Declares He
Favors Military Train
ing 100,000 Civilians
Washington.—President Harding, in
an address today to citizens and sol
diers at Camp Meade, declared he fav
ored military training for one hundred
thousand civilians annually—not for
prospective aggressive warfare, but to
preserve peace.
Warren Stewart, son of Greg Stew
art, was a passenger on the Quickstep
for Bethel en route to his old home
in Portland. Warren left the Outside
six years ago, this being his first visit
home since that time.