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The Alaska Agricultural College
and School of Min
Times
VOL. 1. NO. 100
McGEATH, ALASKA, JANUARY 11. 1912.
PRICE 25 CENTS
. Dail Eireann, 64 to 57,
Ratifies the Irish Treaty
Arthur Griffith Elected
President of Dail Ei
i reann; Prayers Go Up;
Situation Still Critical,
Dublin. Jan. 8.—By a majority
of seven votes-the Dail Eireann
last night- ratified the Irish
■#' treaty, thereby establishing tran
quil relations between Britain,
and Ireland after seven centuries
of strife. The vote stood: For
ratification^ ^4?: against ratifica
tion, 57.
De Valera, who led- the fight
h for rejection of the treaty, de
clared his resignation, tendered
Friday, immediately effective.
With the treaty ratified; pray
ers of thanksgiving went up
from*the people of all churches
todays But Ireland continues to
face internal disorganization,,
'ffi giving rise to the greatest anxi
ety. The split in the Daal> has
been intensified by the vote on
the tieaty, and' the future was
never more obscure.
De Valera .Defeated*.
Dublin, Jan. 9w*—A * motion to
^ re-elect Be Valera president, ©f
the republic was-defeated ro- the
Dail Eireann today>by a vote of
57 to 60. The situation is crit;
ical. As a result of the decision
there was much “booing” of the
members as they came into the
street after the session. Many
young men shouted, “Up with
the republic!”"
After bolting from the session
in the morning De Valera re
turned to the afternoon session
with the promise of help for
Griffith as president of the Dail,
but not as the head of another
government-.
Griffith Fleeted President.
Dublin, Jan. 10.—Arthur Grif
fith was elected president of the
Bail Eireanu today. He will
bead the provisional government
taarrange for the establishment
of the Irish Free State, of which
he will probably be made presi
dent. As a protest against the
election of Griffith, De Valera's
followers left the Dali council
chamber, and the election was
then made unanimous.
A message was received from
the Pope, rejoicing that an
agreement with England had
been reached.
Ulster Will Not Enter.
Eondon, Jan. 10.—A dispatch
from Belfast says Ulster is-more
determined than ever not to
enter the Irish Free State.
KILLED INi
ACCIDENT
A" Former McGrathite
in Car When Girl of
16 Is Run Down.
Seattle, Jan. 9.—Ella Hoen, a
19 year old school girl, was in*
stantly killed today when she
was struck by an automobile”
driven by Gleun G.- Anderson, a
telegrapher employed in Seattle;
Anderson was accompanied in
bis machine at' the time of the
accident by. Arthur J. Downer,
formerly operator of the wireless
station at McGrath, who arrived
here several weeks ago.
Henry Marcello, from Flab, wibh the
Outside mail, arrived here Monday af
ternoon, leaving for the coast yester
day morning.
The last of the material for the
* quartz mill was landed at Nixon a few
days-ago bv Jacte-Mutohler.
UNCLE SAM
Committee Would Have
Government Buy 40,
000,000 Gallons.
Washington, Jan. 10 — The
purchase by the Government of
forty million' gallons of liquor
still held in bonded warehouses
was recommended to President
[larding by the joint congres
sional committee on govern
mental reorganization, today. ’
It is alleged that the liquor
will be a bone of contention and
in. incentive to- law breaking
antil such time- as Government
ownership makes it possible to
iispose of it as seems best.
Dave Clough left Monday over the
ii ail far Anchorage, where he goes for
nedieal relief, upon advice of Dr. W.
iT. Green, and will probably be away
for several weeks..
W. F- Green Resigns
Office of U. S. Commis
sioner, This Precinct
United States Commissioner W. F.
Green, after service of eleven and one
half years in that capacity for this dis
trict, last Saturday tendered his resig
nation to Judge C. H. Clegg, asking an
early acceptance,
Commissioner Green on Monday re
ceived a reply from Judge Clegg, ac
cepting the resignation, to become ef
fective on January 31.
No intimation has as vet been re
ceived as to who Commissioner Green’s
successor will be.
FLAT HAS
‘CLEANUP’
Fines and Jail Sentences
Imposed on Dry Law
Violators
A “cleanup” of some proportions is
reported as having been made over *at
Flat, following' the arrival |at that
place of U. S. Marshal Stevens and As
sistant District Attorney Collins, ac
cording to late arrivals here.
Accounts vary as to the amounts of
utaaO^tmi' distitied'goods seized, some
reports placing the mash ceized as high
as 40J gallons, and others as low as 50
gallons.
Tootsie, a well known character, was
fined $600. She will also serve a sen
tence of seven months in jail.
“Bismarck,” well known second
hand dealer, was fined $500 and given
six months in iail.
A man named Bobbins was fined
#100. Costs, of course, went with all
fines.
It is understood that a number of
other arrests have been made, the out
come of which at present writing is not
known.
The “cleanup” is said to have been
urged by a petition irom the ladies of
Fl»j, presented to the officials shortly
after their arrival there, being acted
upon forthwith.
Report further says that pangingy
games were placed uader the ban fol
lowing the arrival of the viBiting offi
cials, and that they will no longer be
tolerated.
Messrs. Stevens aud Collins were
scheduled to leave Flat yesterday for
Ophir, from which latter place they
will leave for Kuby eu route to Fair
banks.
L. C. Wernecke Arrives.
I* C. Wernecke, superintendent of
the Alaska Treadwell Mining Com
pany, arrived here today, traveling in
compauy with Mail Carrier Chester
Brink from Nancy, on the railroad
line. After attending to a few business
affairs here, occupying perhaps a
couple of days, Mr. Wernecke will
proceed to the company's properties at
Nixon _
Angus McLellan, well known
throughout the Interior, arrived here
today from Anchorage, en route to his
home,, at Flat.
I
EUROPEAN
QUESTIONS
Allied Supreme Council
Opens—Address By
Lloyd George.
Canness, Jau. 8.—Addressing
the opening session of the Allied
Supreme Council today, Lloyd
George warned the allied powers
they could not look to any others
but themselves to work out the
economic rehabilitation of Eu
rope. He appealed to the allies
to set aside prejudice and to
work together to this end.
The Council this afternoon de
cided to hold a European eco
nomic conference during March,
at Genoa. The United States
will receive an invitation to par
ticipate in the proceedings. Ger
many, Bulgaria and Hungary
will also be invited to partici
pate. Turkey was not mentioned.
The Council, after its prelimi
nary work, began consideration
of the question of,Germany’s war
reparations, dui*i!f&^ which the
Belgian delegation announced
that it will insist on Belgium’s
priority to 2,500,000,000 gold
marks of German reparations.
PROTECTION
FOR HAYNES
Dry Law Commissioner
Under Police Guard
At Chicago.
Chicago, Jan. 10.—As a result
of continual threats against his
life, a police guard met Roy D.
Haynes, United States prohibi
tion commissioner, at the rail
road station upon his arrival
here, today.
Haynes is constantly receiving
death threats through the mails,
a number of which have been
sent from this city. The police
guard will be constantly with
him during his visit in this city,
which is made for the purpose
of assisting in giving more strin
gent enforcement to the Vol
stead dry act.
Seattle.—Senator Poindexter, in an
interview here, indicated that he
would vote for ratification of the fa«r
power treaty.