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McGrath, alaska, wedne&day, October is, 1922.
NEAR EAST
SITUATION
Still Considered Grave
By Members of Allied
Commission!
Constantinople, Gfc: 17—Twelve
hundred French troops left Con
stantinople for Adrianople to
day. Such a movement is being
interpreted here as suggesting'
that the allied commission re
gards the situation as grave.
Constantinople, Oct. 1B.>—The
British authorities, in the inter
est of public safety, have decid
ed to permit theJ/Turkish nation
ists gens d’armes to march
through Constantinople today,
as the Turkish population has
made preparations on a vast
seale to welcome the Kemalists.
Adrianople, Oct. 13s — The*
Greek third army corps - has re
fused to obey orders to -evacuate
Thrace.
Warsaw, Oct. 15.—Russia has
oue and a halt million men un
der arms concentrated along the
western.frontier, from the Baltic
to the Black sea.
Constantinople, Oct. ld.>*-The
French military commander at
Adrianople has requested imme
diate reinforcements in Easterrv
Thraee. Be declares the situa
tion is fraught with the greatest
danger. _
840 Pounds <o£ Mail
Stalled Over at Ophir
Eight hundred and fortv pounds of
mail, destined for Tacotna and Mc
Grath,. and which left Holy Cross an
Sept. 23, arrived at Ophir on October
12. And the mail is still there, so far
as- anyone here knows* as the summer
mail contract, eafliog for the transport
of mail between Ophir and McGrath
during the months of June, July. Au
gust and September, has expired, and
no provision having been made for any
other than the oomiog winter service.
Unless an emergency order can be ob
tained, toward which steps have ah
ready been taken by Mrs. Clough, the
local postmaster, and others, it is al
most certain that none of the mail will
land here until the first winter mail
jrpm Ophir arrives, due here some
time between the 6th and tenth of No
vember.
God—bless our summer mail service!
Joe Wills, with the U-GOO, left Mon
day morning, having1 as passengers
]Leo Rodrigue* and Matt Vaughn, on
their way up Big river on a prospect
ing trip, and George Daylten. oo bis
way to the South Fork, also on a pros
pecting trip.__
Fred Spencer, with the launch Dora,
arrived Sunday from Berry Landing,
again departing for up,river on Tues
day. -
MUST STOP
SLAUGHTER
British Premier George
Defends His Near
East Policy.
Manchester; Eng., Oct. 15.—
“We have not been at war
amongst peacemakers,” Lloyd
George declared today. In a
speech defending his Near East
policy the premier stated that
the Turks since 1914 have
slaughtered one and a half mil
lion Armenians and a half mil
lion Greeks. “We were deter
mined,” he said, “to prevent
repetition in Thrace ot the un
utterable horrors in Asia Minor,
and it was necessary to act
promptly and resolutely. '
Charies Nystrom,. with the Rfedwing,
returned here Sunday from a trip- to
Taootnav also bringing down Jack-.
Mute hler.
ONE BANDIT
BINDS2 MEN
Marshal of Tbwn and
Bank President Tied
Together, GaggedL
Everett, Ctet. IS:—C.' Smith,
president of the Bank of Marys
ville, and C. E. Penn, marshal
of the town of Marysville, were
found1 bound, tied together and
gagged when the janitor entered
the bank this morning.
When released, the men told
an exciting story of a lone ban
dit who had entered tne bank
and found the time lock set. De
termined to get at the safe’s con
tents, the desperado found Pres
ident Smith upon the street and
forced him to enter the hanky
where he was requested, with
the aid of an ugly-looking auto
matic, to open the safe.
Marshal Penn, attracted’ by a
light, entered the bank,, and both
men were overcome by the lone
outlaw, who then tied and left
them, evidently fearing to make
any further attempt to open the
safe. _
Seattle. Oct. 18.-—'Two street
cars, while traveling in suburban
districts, were held up on late
runs last night' in^ different sec
tions of the city. Conductors,
and passengers, in both cases,
were relieved of their cash by
the two pairs of bandits* who
escaped.
Passengers and Crew
of Burnt Liner Arrive
On Transport Thomas
Los Angeles, Oct. 14.—The transport
Thomas, bearing the passengers and
orew of the liner Citv of Honolulu,
which bursed at sea while en route
from Hooo.ulu, arrived at tho suburban
port of Wilmington this morning.
Work Stops On Tana.
The regular erew of the Tana will be
laid oS this evening and the mess dis
continued.
John H. Peterson has taken the con
tract to remove the engine and boilers
from the Lavelle Young and the
hull in condition for use as a storage
barge.
Captain and Mrs. Wallace Langley
are domiciled in their new home across
the river from the winter quarters of
the Tana and Quickstep.
Telegraphic licks.
Seattle.—Tue cutter Bear arrived
from the Arctic today.
San Antonio.—The army’s newest
dirigible, ithe Giant 2, was destroyed
by fire here today.
San Antonio.—Lieut. Walter A. Ball
was crushed to death today when his
aeroplane fell a distance of 500 feet.
Seattle.—An indictment charging
Charlea R Wood, county purchasing
agent, with grand larceny, was dis
missed today by Judge Askren.
Washington.—The Federal Council
of Churches of Ameriqp, representing
twenty million Protestants, went on
record today as opposing the ku klux
organization. _____
Washington.—States have the right
to levy special taxes on the people for
maintenance of public schools, the su
preme court held in a dectsion handed
down today.
‘Bremerton. —E. J. Rowley, a wealthy
tailor, shot and killed- Mrs. E. S. Mc
Elheoy, operating a restaurant here,
today, following which he took his own
life. Cause unknown.
San Bernardino, Cal.—Mistaken for
a grape thief, Godfrey Preston, a prom
inent oraoge grower of Rialto, was shot
and killed last night by J. t*\ Bender,
watchman at the vineyard.
White Plains, N. Y.—Daniel J. Glea
son, referee in the Stillman divorce
case, whose findings were recently
filed, has submitted a bill of $23,900 for
his services- in the case.
New York.—Archie Roosevelt has
been named executive secretary of the
Near East emergency committee to
formulate 'plans for a national cam
paign to raise fueds for Near East suf
ferers. _______
Tbkio.—Dispatches from Vladivostok
report the city iu danger. The troops
of the Vladivostok government have
boarded steamers, ready to depart,
while Genera) Dietricks, commander of
the army, has fled.
Martin Clancy surprised the school
children this week by removing from
alongside the school house a couple of
large slumps that interfered with
many of the games played by the little
ones. He also filled several large water
holes which were more or less danger
ous to the obildren. These are deeds
wiiieh are appreciated, but for which
thanks only are given.
Charlie O’Halloran and Dan Me
GUity were Sunday arrivals from Can
dle >*
MASSACRES
PROPHESIED
Predicts Persecution of
Christians in Turkey
and Thrace.
Washington, Oct. 16—Meletos,
patriarch of the Greek church at
Constantinople, has received a
cablegram of sympathy sent by
Federated Council of Churches
of America, prophesying that
Christians in Constantinople and
Thrace will be persecuted when
the Turks take them over.
Constantinople, Oct. 16—Many
thousands, men, women and chil
dren, hungry and with all their
belongings packed on their
backs, trudged out of Thrace to
day.
Adrianople, Oct. 17.—Thirty
thousand Greeks and Armenians
have passed from this city to the
west since Saturday.
BRITAIN
DECLINES
No Reciprocal Agree
ment Extending Right
of Search and Seizure.
_
Washington, Oct. 16.—Great
Britain, in a communication de
livered today to the American
Department of State, declined to
agree to the suggestion of Sec
retary Hughes for a reciprocal
agreement for the extension of
the right of search and seizure,
so as to give the American pro
hibition navy jurisdiction outside
of the three-mile limit.
President Harding will ask
Congress to make modifications
in the Volstead act. These
changes will concern the Philip
pine islands, Porto Rico and for
eign ships.
Soow commenced to fall shortly be
fore noon, the ground during the af
ternoon becoming coveted with the
mantle of white. The Tacotna water
is lowering, the high peak having been
reached yesterday, and in front of The
Times office is between live and six
feet lower than the river bank. Quite
cloudy, mild, snowing. Such are the
weather conditions at McGrath this
date. _
Deputy Marshal McMullen aud Geo.
P. Kilroy, in the former’s launch, re
turned today from a trip to the Nixon
mine. Also coming down from the
mine were Joe Mannion and Dan Mc
Rae.
The stork paid a visit to the home
of Ralph Dulac on Sunday night, laav
ing a nine-pound boy.