THE KUSKO TIMES
VOL. II. NO. 39.
McGRATH, ALASKA, SATURDAY, .IUNK a, 1922.
PRICE 25 CENTS
WARFARE
IN IRELAND
‘ Seven Hours of Heavy
Firing on the Ulster
Border Line.
Belfast, June L.—Heavy tiring
between Irish-republican forces
and Ulster special constables oc
. curred id'vjrjng the night at Dun
gooley Cross, ton the Louth
Armagh border, i the firipg last
ing for seven lioursj - inhabitants
along the border have fled to
Dundaly. _______
, Hears! Discusses. Irish Question.
London, June 3.—William It. Hearst,
American publisher, who arrived here
s todav, discussing: the Irish problem,
said
“The-future of the British empire
depends, upon, the maturing; of plans
under which-, the component parts of
the empire may be kept willingly, loy
ally, enthusiastically, parts of the con
, federation. The British empire is rich
in possessions, but it seems to me that
L in these democratic days possessions
held by force of arms are not assets,
* but liabilities.'’
Lloyd George will entertain Hearst
at private luncheon today.
Balfour May Act as Mediator.
Loudon.—Balfour has been asked by
the Cabinet to act as mediator, to try
. smooth out the Irish situation, both as
regrards Southern Ireland and the bor— |
der situation in the North.
Senate Measure Pro
vides Army of 133,000
Men, 12,500 Officers
Washington.—Provision for the reg
ular army of l!i3,000 men and 12,500
officers was made today by the Senate
military committee in virtually com
pleting revision of the annual army ap
propriation bill- The House provision
for--the army called for 115,000 men and
15,000 officers.
Senate? Gives Alaska
Cable a Big Boost
Washington. —Increase from $140,000
to $1,500,000 for repair and replace
ment of the Washington-Alaska cable
was accepted by the Senate today dur
ing consideration of the army appro
priation bill.
Burn to Death in Airplane Crash.
El Paso.—Lieutenant Ben Jenkins
3nd Sergeant Arthur Juengling were
burned to death today when their air
plane crashed against the side ol a
.mountain and was destroyed by fire.
U. S. Troops On Guard.
San Antonio.—United States troops
were placed on guard on the* interna
tional bridge today, following rumors
of a contemplated attack on Neuvo La
redo, on the Mexican side, by rebel
.forces.
Moratorium for Germany.
Paris.—The reparations commission
yesterday decided to grant Germany
provisional moratorium for the year
1922. _
A. D. McDonald and Carl Shuttler
^were Thursday arrivals, coming from
the head of the Nixon.
Otto von Frank arrived Thursday,
coming from his headquarters at the
head of the Nixon.
BUSINESS
REVIVING
Based on Reports From
All Sections of the
Country.
Washington, June 1.—-A pic
ture of . steadily reviving busi
ness activity throughout the
country is drawn by Secretary
of Labor Davis in a statement
issued today, the figures of which
are based on reports of employ
ment conditions in all sections
made to the Department of La
bor. These reports indicate that
unemployment lias been virtual
ly eliminated in New York.
5 Bandits Get Money,
Jewelry and Furs in
Holdup, Value $25,000
San Francisco.-r-Arthur J. Herbest,
retired capitalist, and his wife, were
held up in their automobile as they
were returning to their home at an
early hour this morn inn, u -e ban
dits securing money, jewelry and furs,
the total loss. estimated at $25,000.
The bandits did quick work, losing no
time in getting awa.v in their high
powered car.
Summer Mail Service
|McGrath and Ophir
Billy Jones has been awarded the
contract for a summer mail service be
tween Ophir and McGrath, one trip
each month during June, July, August
and September, the weight limit each
trip being 400 pounds. The McGrath
Tacotna end of the service will be han
dled by Charles Nystrom, while Mr.
Jones will give personal attention to
the Ophir-Tacotna end.
Pope Disregards Con
ventions of Centuries
Rome.—Pope Pius XI has disregard
ed the conventions of centuries by in
stalling his old servant, Signora Linda,
within the precincts of his apartments,
appointing her his housekeeper and
wardrobe maid.
Cases Against Larson.
Tacoma.—-The cases against Ole Lar
son, president of the defunct Tacon a
Scandinavian American Bank, upon
which the juries could not agree, have
been set for retrial on October 2. The
untried criminal cases against him
have been dismissed.
Yukon Str. Movements
Alice down Holy Cross, noon, 1st.
St. Joseph en route Iditarod, 1st.
Teddy H. at JNenana.
Betty at Tatiana.
Tern down Nulato, 3 p. m. 1st.
Sibilla at Tanana.
Mutt up for Nenana, noon 2d.
Jacobs up Tolovana. 3 a. m. 3d.
Anna up Kovukuk, 3 p. m. 2d.
Sam Nesvoog, arriving Thursday
night in his Julia S-, left Friday for
Tacotna. Goiog up on the Julia were
Rasmus Mattbewson, who is returning
to Yankee creek; Carl Shuttler, off
again on a prospecting trip, and Red
Richardson.
Red Richardson was a Thursday ar
rival.
Secret Service Agents
Grab 3 Counterfeiters i
and Equipment, Seattle
Seattle. A haul of some importance
was made tins moraine when secret
service agents seized eighteen hundred
counterfeit internal revenue it,amps for
use oa fake • brands of moonshine
whisky, together with thousands of
labels and wrappers to go with the
stamps, as well as the plates for print
ing them. Carl Beckenbauer, Thomas
Bean and Gus Nocken were taken into
custody oa counterfeiting charges.
Earthquake Shock at
Spokane Stampedes
Residents Into Street
Spokane.—An earthquake shock this
forenoon stampeded many people into
the street. The shock was felt in all
parts of the city.. Dishes were tum
bled from the shelves in many homes,
while cracked walks can ba seen in
several quarters.
Telegraphic Ticks.
Seattle.—Sergeant J. E. Haggard,
clerk in the cable,office here, and long
connected with the system, died thie
tnoruing.
Washington —The McCumber sol
dier bonus plan, was ordered favorably
reported today by the Senate finance
con. ..i .tee.
Genoa.—A commercial treaty be
tween the Russian soviet government
and Italy was signed in the Royal Pal
ace this afternoon.
Seattle. -Because her dentist told
her she would have to lose all her
teeth, Miss Elizabeth Valen, ilS, com
rnitted suicide today.
Washington.—The House yesterday
| afternoon voted down a resolution for
| investigation of alleged laxity in the
j prosecution of war frauds.
I
Manila.—Governor General Wood,
! after being missing for i$t> hours in his
yacht Apo, following a typhoon, ar
| "ived here safely this afternoon.
Washington-Secaetary of Commerce
Hoover today assumed responsibility
for fixing a reasonable price on coal
during continuance of rhe present coal
strike* _
New York.—W. II. Hearst, before
sailing lor Europe today, announced
that he favored Mayor Hylan for Dem
ocratic nomination for governor of .New
York.
Seattle.—Arthur C. Hubbard, of Au
burn, was killed, and David Kae, of
Kent, possibly fatally injured wheu
their auto skidded and overturned, this
morning. _
Tokio.—President Merle uleff has
been deposed and placed under arrest
at the order of the constitutional as
sembly, according to advices from
Vladivostok.- _
Washington.—There is tala among
leaders of the House of adjournment
from June 15 to August I, it being
quite probable that the Senate will re
maiu in session.
Chicago.—One of the balloons which
left Milwaukee in the national contest,
to pick three entrants for the interna
tional race in Switzerland, was still in
the air this morning.
Washington. — Secretary of War
Weeks told the Senate committee on
agriculture today that he does not con
sider Henry Ford’s offer for the Muscle
Shoals project a satisfactory one for
the Government.
Harvey Williams, after a trip of sev
eral weeks’ duration uptheKixon, re
turned, to town Thursday.
8 KILLED IN
EXPLOSIONS
And Several Buildings
Blown to Pieces By
Ignition of Powder.
j Sinmnrahoning, Pa., May 31.—
; Eight-persons were killed and a
I score of others seriously .n ured
i in a series of explosions which
! today blew to pieces.three load
ting houses and another- building
I
S of the Graselli Chemical Com
1'Pan.y plant. The cause o. the
! explosions will probably . never
be determined, as all the men in
the building where the powdm
first ignited were killed.
—
■ 3 Chicago Labor Lead
ers Released on Bail;
2 Others Are Freed
Chicago.—Big Tim Murphy and two
| other Chicago union heads, held oc
! murder charges in onnection with the
'operations of terrorist gangs during
recent labor outbreaks, were released
today, each giving bonds in the sum a'
$5,000. Two others involved with Mur
j phy, Fred Mader, president of. the
I Building Trades Council, and Cot:
■jShea, were "reed.
Britain Arranges to
Make Interest Pay
ment on Debt to IT. S
London. The Government, it a
trounced, has tinallv completed ar
rangements to pay interest on the
British debt <> the CTitcd States. This
interest, amounting to twenty-five mil
lion pounds sterling, will be paid dtir
ln»; the coming fall.
Harding’s Visit North
Still Depends on Con
gress’ Adjournment
—
t Washington.- -President. Harding, in
announcing tentative acceptance of
the ambassadors’ invitation to visit
\ ictoria and Vancouver while on his:
visit to .Alaska, told Sir * uckland
Ceddes that his Nortliern t. ip still de
pended on the early adjournment o'
| Congress, of which there is no definite
! indication at this time.
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Forest Fires Cause
High Temperatures
Seattle.-e-Forest fires in the vicinity
of Puget Sound have been causing seri
ous damages, and have ra'sed the tem
perature o" Seattle and other near-by
[cities to unprecedented heights.
. „ ,.. —
Harding: Gets .Fourth Prize.
Washington.—The first prize in the
newspaper.golf tournament, in which
President Harding, as editor of the
Marion Star, won fourth prize, went
to Lowell Mejlett, oi Seattle, a trained
newspaper man, now editor of the
Washington News.
Gordon C. Betties, El. B. Bowers and
R G< Shivzdy returned here Friday
frotu &he headwaters of t he Nixon, near
the Novi divide, to which section they
went several weeks ago.
Frank Lang and Henry ! eo wer*'
Thursday arrival: