THE KUSKO TIMES
VOL. II. NO. 58.
McGRATH, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 3922.
PRICE 25 CENTS
Railway Executi ves Ac
cept Harding’s Last Pro
posal for Settling Strike
New York, Aug. 11.— Execu
tive heads of railways tonight
conditionally accepted Harding’s
second proposal for settlement
of the strike. The principal con
dition is that the men be taken
back as needed, and that the
Labor Board determine whether
they regain seniority privileges.
Washington, Aug. 12.—Prom
ise of an early answer by seven
striking shopmen’s unions to
Harding’s latest and “final”
strike settlement proposal^ was
seen in an announcement from
the White House that railroad
union leaders had made an agree
ment to call this afternoon on
the President.
New York, Aug. 11.—Two
hundred transportation mag
nates, representing the nation’s
biggest railways, are gathering
at the Grand Central Terminal
today to vote either acceptat 3
or rejection of Harding’s latent
proposal for peace in the rail
road shopmen’s strike. A sharp
division in the voting strength
is apparent._
Cleveland. — Chief executives
of the big four transportat> 1
brother uods have taken action
regarding the endangering of
lives of brotherhood members
through alleged actions of arn ed
guards in connection with the
shopmen’s strike, and have h
graphed their members to ke p
away from railroad compand--.*
proper ies if their lives arc. e -
dangered,
1 Cleveland.—Two non-union
[employes of the New York Cen
tral, in its Collingwood round
house, were shot and killed to
day, presumably by members of
strikers, who were not appre
hended.
BATTLING
IN IRELAND
Military and Police Bar
racks at Cork Are Re
ported Burnt.
Liondon, Aug. 11.—All mili
tary and police barracks in Cork
are burning, according to the re
port of a government aviator
who ilew over the city yester
day, says a Times dispatch from
Dublin. ______
Belfast. — A band of well
dressed raiders wrecked a train
on the Great Northern railway,
uear Dublin, today.
Dublin.—Communication with
Cork except by sea is still im
possible, and the exact results Oi
the fighting between irregulars
and the provisional government
forces are unknown here.
Arthur Griffith, Pres
ident of Dail Eireann,
Passes Away, Dublin
Belfast.—Arthur Griffith, president
of the Dail Eireann, died in Dublin to
day, influenza being the cause of his
death. He had been ill only ten days.
Washington.—The Government to
night issued a report forecasting
bumper crops, including five billion
bushels of corn.
BOMBS FI
R. R. Y
23 Explosions in Couple
of Hours at San Ber
nardino, Cal.
San Bernardino,.Cal., Aug. 11
—Twenty-three bombs were ex
ploded this morning in the yards
of the Atchison, Topeka & Sant;
Fe railway system here, which
is involved in the strike of th*
railway shopmen. The explo
sion of the bombs started at 1:3t
o’clock and continued till 3:45.
The explosions created terror in
the vicinity of the shops, hur
ing fragments several hundred
feet, but doing no damage othe
than tearing up the earth.
Later, a bomb exploded in th
hands of Deputy Federal Mar
shai Albertson, seriously injur
ing him.
Roosevelt, Cal.—Five bomb
were exploded in the yards o
the Southern Pacific and Pacific
Fruit Express companies hen
this morning. Considerable dam
age was done, great holes being
being torn in the walls of build
ings. __,
Fred Spencer, with the Thor, re
turned yesterday from a trip to Ta
cotna, Returning on the Dora were
Mrs. E. P. Werner and daughter.
Dr. W. F. Green Re
ceives Appointment
U. S. Commissioner
Dr. W. F. Green received notification
tliis afternoon of his appointment as
United States Commissioner at Mc
Grath, in a telegram from Hon. Cecil
H. Clegg at Fairbanks. The new ap
pointee succeeds Floyd W. Marsh, re
cently resigned, his appointment being
effective immediately.
Telegraphic Ticks.
Washington.—A postal treaty be
tween the United States and Mexico
has been ratified.
Seattle.—James S. MeCandless, of
Flonolulu, imperial potentate of the
Shriners, arrived here today.
Washington.—Senate democrats and
republicans have agreed to vote on the
tariff bi 11 on August 17,
Chicago.—Motorcycle Policeman R.
P. Gibbons was killed today when his
machine collided head on with a taxi
cab, _
London.—Adele, dowager countess of
Essex, daughter of the late Beach
Grant of New York, was found dead in
her bed today._
Columbus.—Carmia Thompson won
the republican and Vic Donohay the
democratic governorship nominations
in the Ohio p: imaries.
Washington.—Col. William H. Sart
was nominated today by the President
I*-© be quartermaster general of reg
i alar army, with the rank of major ,;en
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j I'etrograd.—A revolutionary tribunal
uussentenced to death ten member? of
employees of the Estbonian reparations
mission, alter conviction upon charges
of espionage. _
Moscow.—Fourteen of thirty-four so
eii\- revolutions, accused of treason
against the soviet government, were
sentenced to death today by a revolu
j tionary tribunal.
Seattle. — Mrs. Anthony Maloney
fob -on, a deathbed bride, passed away
this morning. Johnson married her
three days after she had taken poison
because of a quarrel with him.
Washington. — Secretary of State
Hughes, who will head the official mis
sion from the United States to the Bra
zilian centennial exposition, has decid
ed to go to Rio de Janeiro on a Ship
ping Board vessel instead of a naval
vessel. _
Seattle.—Amundsen, following the
successful conclusion of his flight from
1'oint Barrow to Spitsbergen, will re
turn and spend ihe winter iD Seattle,
according to a statement issued in New
York today by H. H. Hammer, of Se
attle. his American representative, as
he was departing for Norway.
Victor Sebefl, well known old-timer,
arrived Wednesday night from the
Forks, being brought down from the
Forks by Bob Hart. Mr. Sebell came
to get medical relief for a sudden asth
matic attack, from which ha is much
improved.
Yukon Str. Movements
Cordova at Nome.
Alaska up Circle 12 m. 11th.
Warrior down Kotlik 11th.
Teddy H. in the Koyukuk.
Jacobs up Circle 2 p. m. 9th.
Sibilia dowu Holy Oross 4 p. in. 9th.
Tanana mail laudch at Hot Springs '2
a. m.
Committee of Miners
Votes to Proceed With
Negotiations.
Cleveland, Aug. 10.—The pol
icy committee of the United
Mine Workers of America today
voted to proceed with negotia
tions of a wage scale agreement
with operators of Ohio, Western
Washington, Indiana and Illinois
who are here for the joint con
ference that was called with the
view of breaking the soft coal
strike. In announcing the deci
sion of the committee President
Lewis, of the miners, said: ‘‘I
confidently predict, when a scale
is made here, that seventy-five
per cent of all bituminous miners
now on strike will sign the scale
and return to work within a
week. ’'
Washington, Aug. 12. —Admin
istration leaders believe the coal
strike will be ended within an
other week.
Claims Commission to
Determine Debts of
Germany.
Washington, August 11.—An
nouncement that an agreement
between the United States and
Germany, providing for deter
mination of tho amount of claims
against Germany, had been sign
ed in Berlin, was made tonight
by the State Depart* ien The
agreement provides for a claims
commission, to be composed of
two commissioners and one um
pire. Justice Day, of the Su
preme Court, has been selected
by President Harding to act as
umpire. __
Charlie Nystrom, with the Red
Wing, returned yesterday from Ta
cotna, bringing with him the mail
which rebentiy came through Opbir,
and which consisted only of first class
matter._
Sheriff Arrested for
Aiding Rum Runners
Republic, Wash.—Thomas Barker,
sheriff of Ferry county, was arrested
today bv the United States marshal.
Barker is charged with aiding rum
runners to smuggle liquor from British
Columbia into Spokane.