THE KU
VOL. II. NO. 69.
McGRATH, ALASKA,
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1922.
PRICE
25
CE5 TS
GT. BRITAIN
AND FRANCI
Will Probably Reach an
Agreement on Near
Eastern Problem:
London, Sept. :20. — Saner
counsel is prevailing in the Near
East crisis. There is better feel
ing between London and Paris
regarding neutral zones arid' the
freedom of the Dardanelles.
Paris.—An agreement between
. Britain and France on the Near
Eastern problem seems reason
ably assured after a two-hour
conversation between . Premier
Poincaire and Lord Curzon, Brit
ish foreign secretary, at the
. French foreign office, this fore*
. noon.
Constantinople, Sept. 20.—
The Turkish nationalist assem
i bly at Angora, by an o-verwhelm
. ing majority, has extended the
. dictatorship of Mustapha Kernel
i Pasha anu has authorized him to
« continue war until all conditions
i prescribed in the national pact
i have been achieved.
London, Sept. 17.—The Brit
ish government, addressing Eu
s mania, JugO-Slava and Greece,
i is asking their participation in
. an effective defense of neutral
. zones. Britain also has invited
» her dominions to be represented
by contingents in defense of
> those interests for which they
have already made enormous
sacrifices.
Ottawa.—The cabinet, in coun
cil today, is considering the in
vitation of the mother country
to send a contingent of fighting
men to participate in an effort to
i keep the Turks out of Europe.
Constantinople, Sept. 18.—The
Angora government has informed
the allies that if the remainder
of the Greek army in Asia Minor
attempts to retreat across the
neutral section of the Darda
nelles, the Kemalists will disre
gard the neutrality of the straits
and pursue the Greeks into in
ternational territory. The Greek
military mission has left Con
stantinople.
St. Johns.—Premier Squiers formally
replied to the mother country’s call as
follows: “Newfoundland does not want
the British Empire to pet into another
, row. but if there has to he a row we
>• want to be in on it.’’
Winnipeg.—There is great excite
. ment here over threatening war in the
L 3at.Kast.
BONUS FOR
SOLDIERS
Bill Is Up to Harding,
Who Indicates Prob
able Veto.
Washington, Sept. 18.—Con
gress tonight completed its part
toward national obligation to the
soldiers of the world war when
the Senate adopted the confer
ence report on the bonus bill.
The eyes of veterans are now
turned toward the White House,
where Harding's intention with
regard to signing or vetoing it is
apparently his own secret..
Washington, Sept. 19.—De
spite the earnest plea of a dele
gation of war ueterans, headed
by National Commander Mc
Nider, President Harding at the
White House tonight indicated
that he had decided to veto the
soldiers’ bonus bill. Some lead
ers of Congress, in this event,
believe the measure will be
pa* »rd over the president’s veto.
Former Kaiser and
Princess Schonmach
to Wed in November
Berlin.—Former Kaiser Wilhelm is
engaged to marry Princets Schonmach,
| according to official announcement
made today. The wedding is planned
; to take place in November.
Banker J. E. Chilberg
Acquitted at Seattle
•-Seattle, Sept. 20.—The jury returned
a verdict of not guilty in the case of J.
E, Chilberg, charged with unlawfully
borrowing money from the defunct
Scauctinavian-American Bank while ho
was acting as president of that institu
tion. _
Tariff Bill Now in
Hands of President
Washington, Sept. 20.—The Senate
late today adopted the conference re
port on the tariff bill, which now fioes
to the President. The measure be
comes effective the day after signed by
the President.
Cosgrove Chosen Pres
ident of Dail Eireann
1
Dublin.—William T. Cosgrove, min
ister of the local government, was
elected president of the Dail Eireann
' by the new parliament at its inaugural
session today.
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Capt. George Green, master of the
Quickstep, is due to leave almost any
hour on a trip to the Outside, tiis in
tention is to go from here to Ophir,
thence over the ridge trail to liuby,
from which place he will take passage
up rive/ to Nenana, where he will con
nect wUa the railroad for the coast. 4 j
Settlement of Shop
men’s Strike on the
New York Central
Chicago, Sept. 20.—Settlement, of the
shopmen’s strike on the New York
Central railroad, under the terms oT
the Baltimore agreement, was an
nounced taday, and twenty thousand
strikers will return to work at .once on
that railroad.
Telegraphic Ticks.
Tokyo.—Eight hundred earthquake
shocks have occurred in Formosa dur
ing the past fortnight.
Mexico City.—United States health
authorities have declared quarantine
against Tampico because of yellow
fever.
Manila.—Governor Leonard Wood,
aud Sir Laurence Gu.lleraud, governor
of the Straits Settlements, lunched to
gether today. _
San Diego.—Lieutenants C. G. Kelly
and John Mac-ready, military airmen,
will attempt a non-stop flight from.San
Diego to New York.
San Jose.—C. C. Lester, millionaire
prune grower of California, is believed
to have been fatally injured in au auto
accident here today.
New York.—Fire this morning de
stroyed six million dollars’ worth of
government wharves and warehouses
on the Mississippi front.
Seattle.—Judge Ronald today sen
tenced Michael Mahoney, wife mur
derer, to be hanged in Walla Walla
pendentiary on December 2.
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Portland.—The Episcopal church
' general convention has presented sev
enty thousand dollars to Bishop Peter
Trimble, to be used to support his work
Ln Alaska. _
Seattle.—Jack Fithian, age 15, is
being held to await the outcome of the
condition of-Edward Guest. 15, Jaek’s
playmate, whom he shot after an argu
ment over religion.
, Col dm bus, O.—The Ohio Legislature
today vested Governor Davis with
l>ower to sei/.e and operate coal mines,
! to meet the impending fuel emergency
during the ensuing winter.
Washington.—Senatorial investiga
tion of the United States war veterans
bureau is asked in a resolution intro
duced in the Senate late yesterday af
ternoon bp Senator King, of Utah.
Washington.—Revenues receivable
by the Government today as the third
installment of 1922 income and profit
taxes will amount to #270,000,000, it is
estimated by the Treasury Depart
ment. _
Washington.—Senator Smoot served
notice in the Senate -today that in fu
ture he would refuse unanimous con
sent to permit printing in the Congres
sional Record of political speeches of
senators not delivered in the Senate.
McAdoo Says He Is
Not a Candidate for '
the Presidential Job
Ogden, Utah.—“I am Dot a candi
date for the Democratic presidential
nomination, but should I become one I
will take the American people into my
confidence and tell them first, then
with both fists get into the tight and
go through with it,” William C. Mc
Adoo said last,night
ARGONAUTS
ENTOMBED
47 Bodies Brought
to Surface.
All Men Probably Dead
Three Hours After
Entombment,
Jackson, Sept. 18.—Forty-two
entombed men were found dead
early tonight in the crosscut or.
>the 4,500-foot level c£ the Argo
j naufc mine There is hardly any
j hope for the five missing men
Many of the rescuers have beer
overcome by gases
•Jackson, Sept. lo. The bodies
in the Argonaut mines are being
brought to the surface today
The forty-seven dead miners, it
developed today, lived but three
hours after entombment. It. was
California’s worst mure disaster
The men had made a brave
I fight for life. First was enooun
! tered a well constructed bulk
i bead, caulked with clothing of
| the entombed miners. This raised
I momentary hope. The bad air
1 had held up entry to the second
alley A constructed* bulkhead,
behind which the * bodies were
found, so bad was the air that
the compressed air lines had to
be laid to a level to permit the
workers to enter at all. Rescue
men coining to the surface re
port that the bodies cf the mer.
were lying naked, some in the
main drift and some in the cross
cut. They-were ranged in -par
allel rows, as though the -men
had lain down beside one an
other to die.
226 Wood Ships, Cost'
ing $200,000,000, Are
Disposed of at $750,000
Washington, Sept. 20.—Two hundred
and twenty-six wooden ships, reura
senting an expenditure of two hunUred
million dollars, were sold today by
chairman Lasker, of the United State:
Shipping Board. The ships were pur
chased bv Lent T. Humphrey, the
price paid being $750,000.
interior Department
Will Ask $2,000,000
fo^Alaska Railroad
Washington.—The Department ^
the Interior, which is now' preparing
estimates for IP24, will ask two million
■ dollars for the Alaska railroad. Eight
hundred thousand dollars of this sum
will be used for spurs and branches,
while the remainder will be for main*
teDance, op the differenee between rev
i enuesiant-eoSt Qv-ono ration