TIMES
VOL. II. NO. 80.
MCGRATH, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 192.
PRICE 25 CENTS
BIG DEBTS
OF RUSSIA
Arbitral Commission to
Be Established to^Con
trol All Obligations.
Genoa, May L—Chief Justice
Taft, of the United ^States -Su
preme Oourfcy writ -be'asked to!
name the- chairman of a mixed
arbitral commission to <it* estab
lished for controlling the debts
owed by the Russian govern
ment to foreign bondholders.
According to the plan-arranged,
the other memflers of this com
mission will represent-all the
bondholders and the Russian •
government, respectively. The]
commission will have
remit interest and give
on all questions affecting foreign I
nondholders and Russia’s' ability
ter meet her obligations.
Lloyd George tonight declared
that Russia must “take-or leave'’
the economic and financial pro
gram as outlined by the confer
ence, and stated that if they do
not accept- the conditions out
lined they hwiil -wait a long time
for another chance.”
Genoa, April 29.1—France-will
insist upon a special party agree
ment, or military alliance, as the
price Lloyd George must)pay for
his ten-year peace pact if he ex
pects to get it through.
power to
decision^
MURDER OF I
3 OFFICERS
Illinois Towns United
in Attempt to Obtain
Speedy. Justice.
Reardstown, 111., April 30/—
The city of Beardstowiv and tlxo (
village of Frederick, separated;
by the swollen Illinois river, are!
joined together today1 in an at-j
tempt to get iustiee for the kill
ing, at Frederick last night of j
Sheriff Edward Lashbrook and
Deputies Carl Neff and Frank
Utter. Twenty eight Greek sec
tion hands, charged with the
killings, are under arrest.
‘Children Crusade’ Not
Received By Harding
Washington.—The arrival in. Wash
ington today of the so-called children’s
crusade, composed of children andJ
wives of men In- federal prisons for vio
lation of war laws, was marked by a
pronouncement from the-White House
that the delegation .would not be re
ceived by President Harding.
Owen Gray, accompanied by Billy
L Stanton, left early this morning for the
VSrni mina
Gen. Fu Resumes Drive!
for Peki ig; Two Gen- ;
erals Killed.
Peking, April 30 —Martial law
was declared in Peking today..
The armies of General Chang
Tso Lin and General Wu Pei f/u
fought continuously throughout!
Sunday around Changsintein, 13
miles distant.
Peking, May 2.—Pu’s drive
for Peking was resumed early
this morning in the vicinity of
Changfintien, 13 miles south of
the capital. Casualties of Feng
tieners were severe, and Chang
sintien station is crowded with
wounded. There was also brisk
fighting on the Hun river at
Kuzan, ,r. which General Tung
Cheng Rum, of the Chihlite
forces, and General Lian Cliou
Tung, of the Fengtietiers, were
killed.
Rear Admiral Straus, comman
der of the United States Asiatic
fleet, arrived in Peking tonight
to confer with Schurman, Amer
ican minister, regarding meas
ures for protecting foreigners.
Mothers’ Day, May 14th.
Washington. — Postmaster General
General Work has ordered the Flag
to-he raised over all postoflices on May
14th. in recognition of Mother’s Day,.
Storm and Flood at Ft.
Worth; 11 Drowned;
Heavy Losses.
Port) Worth, May 2.—Eleven
drowned and more than fifteen
hundred homeless is the result
of the severe storm and flood
which has been raging here for
the past two days.
The property damage will
amount to several million dol
lars, and traffic of all kinds has
been completely tied up. Miles
of track has been damaged, and
many local routes will not be
able to resume traffic for several
days.
KleinSchmidt Off for North.
Seattle. — The power boat Silver
Screen, Captain F. E. Kleinschnaidt,
sailed this mot-nine for the Bering sea
aud Arctic via coast, ports ori u motion
picture aud buntine expedition. His
new vessel, renamed, was a former
submarine chaser,
Bank Dynamiters Get $12,000.
Denver.—The First National Bank
of Lafayette, a suburb of this citv, was
dynamited during the night, the rob
hjum J*mJkA*rs*r-T—-1*.1 <ua.OAA
Harding: Pays Praise
to Grant on Occasion
of Hero’s Birthday
Point, Pleasant, <>.—President Hard
ing, in liis speech on the occasion of
the celebration of Ulysses 8. Grant s
birthday this afternoon, referred to
hirn as the military hero of the repub
lic, a commanding figure in the mili
tary history of the world, the surpass
ing example of magnanimity of all
times and most striking example of the
possibilities in American life, the con
fident and relentless commander in
war. and the modest and sympathetic
petitioner for peace after victory.
Protestants, Catholics
in Religious Warfare,
County Cork.
Cork. May 1. — Five orominent
Protestants wore murdered at
Ballineen and Cloana Idllly, in
county Cork, last night, in re
prisal for thekiliiugol Catholics
iu Belfast. All Protestants have
been ordered to leave L)umen
way, county Cork, where three
were shot dead Saturday night.
Condon.—Troops of the provi
sional Free State government
remained in control of the town
of Mullingar after today’s fight
ing, says a dispatch from Bel
fast. An armored car, manned
by regulars, was patrolling the
!reels at the time the dispatch
,vas filed.
Belfast.—One hundred thou
sand pounds have been taken byr
Irish republican army irregulars
in raids on various branches of
the Bank of Ireland in the south,
Telegraphic Ticks.
Paris.—Deschanel, former president
of France, died this afternoon.
Malaga, Spain.—Sixty met death in
f;re which destroyed the customs house
fere, today.
Seattle.—YV. R. Cody, 4ft, a well
known merchant, committed suicide
t his morning bv shooting himself
Dublin.—Richard Croker, former
New York Tammany leader, died yes
terday afternoon on his estate, near
here.
Washington.—A portion of the roof
of the treasury building was destroyed
by lire of most mysterious origin early
this morning.
Umontown, I*a.—Four state police
men and seven strike sympathizers
were badly injured in riots here today.
Five arrests were made.
Washington.—Dr. Bain, director of
the bureau of mines, left today for the
Pacific coast and Alaska to ii.spect the
naval oil and coal reserves.
Washington.—Orders were issued bv
the Navy Department todav to the
Navy Alaska Coal Commission to close
up its work as rapidly as possible, pre
paratory to quilting and turning over
its affairs to the Interior Department,
thus giving the latter department a
BY PRIVATE
ENTERPRISE
Govt. May Develop Coal
Fields of Alaska By
New Methods.
Washington, April 29.—-Devel
opment of the national coal fields
of Alaska bv private enterprise
on contracts similar to that en
tered into by Secretary of In
terior Fall with regard to naval
oil reserves in California is now
being planned. The Interior De
partment, in accordance with
these plans, has granted perrnis
| sion to the Lake it Export Cor
poration, of Huntington, W. Va.,
to send experts into the Chicka
loon district to make a survey of
the coal fields there, with a view
to submitting a proposal for the
operation of the mines there, it
being the present plan of the
Government to enter into a con
: tract with the company to fur
nish coal for the Na.vy.
Says Interior Dept. Is
the Sluiceway of Gov
ernment Cte ruption
Washington. La Follette, in a Sen
ate speech this afternoon, attacked
j Secretary of Interior Fall for leasing
California oil lands to private con
tcerns. La Follette characterized the
| Interior Department as the sluiceway
I of Government corruption.
Seattle Star Office Held
Up; Dozen Onlookers
IThought It a Joke.
Seattle, May 1. — While fully a
dozen people looked on, think
ing it a mere joke, two bandits
held up Frank Webster, office
manager of the Seattle Star, and
Miss Wilma Mayer, cashier, in
the front office of the Star, at 10
o’clock this morning, and robbed
them of the $4,400 payroll. A
third bandit was waiting on the
other side of thestreet in a high
powered automobile, with the
engine running, and the trio had
no difficulty in making their es
cape. _
Amundsen in Seattle.
Seattle.—Capt. Kao Id Amundsen ar
rived here last night, coming ahead of
his aeroplane, which will be expressed
from New York to Seattle. Dr. Finn
Malmgren, a Norwegian scientist, has
been added to the expedition.
New Leads Beveridge By 1,000.
Indianapolis.—Iu the race for the
Republican Senatorial nomination,
New, the present incumbent, with the
vote half counted, is leading Keveridge