. VOL. TIL NO. 15
McGRATH, ALASKA. SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1923.
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French Reinforcements
for Syria; Poles to Call
. 300,000 to Report to
Colors; Turks Reject
, the Lausanne Treaty.
London. March' 8.—The Old
' World today seemed to be pre
paring for war in the spring, as
• reports from a half dozen coun
i k-triea indicated that martial pre
parations are under way. The
.French are rushing reinfq#,ce
ments to Syria, owing to warn
ings that warfare against the
. French has been planned to
-commence in April. The Poles
have started the machinery to
call three hundred thousand men
to report to the eo’ors, in pre
pay. ion for war on three fronts.
Again, from Constantinople, re
port came today that all Mohum
r .edans in that, center between
toe ages of 2?> and 39 have been
ordered lo present themselves at
recruiting stations not later than
Sunday.
London, March 8. -A message
from Constantinople, received in
London't.his morning, states that
I the Angora grand national as
I sembry gave its decision yost.er
j day afternoon that the draft of
l the treaty drawn up at Lausanne
! is m>t acceptable, being contrary
to the national pact. Dispatches
to Reuter’s from Constantinople
also state that the Angora as
: st in :ly has rejected the treaty.
KILLING OF
CRONKHEIT
May Be Made Subject
for Congressional
Inquiry.
Washington, March 8.—Sen
ator Carter Glass, after review
ing the evidence presented to
!■ him in the case, has become con
vinced that Major Cronkheit was
. murdered at Camp Lewis, Wash
ington. Senator Lewis declares
>-• iiis intention to demand a sen
> atorial inquiry if the War De
. partment does not pursue one
within reasonable time.
Joe Meherrin Proves
He Is No Chechaco
Kstablishidg a snowshoeing record
which will probably stand for many
moons, Joe Meherrin, the popular trav
eling salesman, covered the distance
from Ophir to Fritz’s roadhouseto nine
hours—this on a bet!
On a heavy trail Meherrin started
ahead of Mariella’s big team, leaving
Ophir at 7 a. m. He made the govern
meet cabin in four hours, arriving at
Tony Wyune’s shortly before 4 o’clock.
Two hours later Henry Martella drove
in with his dogs.
Reports from Iditarod date that,
outside of losing twenty pounds in
weight, the genial John Joseph is it)
ffne fettle after his 38-mile mush. Mr.
Meherrin may make a flying trip to
Napamute in the interests of the busi
ness houses he represents. He axpeets
to be back in McGrath about the 20th.
en route to T\; j1’ apd Yukon points.
John Sinclair, ot Laudie, has been a
.. t»wn visitor for the past three days.
Cimo Preparing Defi
nite Proposal for
Agreement.
Berlin, March 7.—If France
agrees to evacuate the Ruhr as
soon as an agreement, has been
reached, Germany will -ubmit to
infervem.idn by a third nation,
Oiiane llnr Cuno said today, in
addressing the Reichstag on tlie
situation growing out of the
r< parations problems. Cuno. it
is understood, is planning a defi
nite proposal to France designed
to bring about permanent peace
in the Ruhr. •
Dusseldorf, March 9.-— Reply
ing to the recent utteraucee of
Cuno. German chancellor, Gen.
Degouttes, the French com man
dei-, says that France will not
release her hold on the Ruhr.
Tit* declares that in a very short
time the economic blockade of
Ger many will be most .effective.
Essen, March 9.—The French
troops have again been with
drawn from Dortmund, which
was occupied in an effort to
round up all members of dis
banded security police still at
large. French colliers h^ve ar
rested and expelle^W. 6547.581^
and seventy of i
members. This move was part
of tho program to rid the Ruhr
of ten thousand security police,;
whom they accused of espionage
and agitation against the in-,
vaders.
—
Relations Between
Former Kaiser 2nd
Wife at a Standstill,
1 Doom.—The relations between ior
I mer Kaiser Wilhelm and bis wife of
a few weeks, Princess Hermine, ara at
' a standstill, accorcnug do information
i obtained from a member of the entour
j age of Ltie former emperor. Hints of
! infelicity h -ve bean whispered for sev
: ora! days, aside from which Her mine is
said to complain that Doom is a dull j
stud lonely spot and bores her terribly.
Governor Urges Mea
sures io Develop Re
sources of Territory
Juneau.—Governor Scott C Bone, ip
his message to the legislature today,
, urged measures to develop resources
: opened by i tie completion of the Alaska
railroad. He also advised against the
enactment of multiplicity of legisla
tion, warning that a piling up of such
j legislation tends to s tard rather than
I advance progress and rvelopment.
Labor Leaders Break
Bread With Royalty
London.—Lady Astor entertained the
king and cjueen at dinner tonight. A
Marge proportion of the guests were
labor members of parliament and their
■ wives.
Rsmsay Macdonald. John Robert
-dynes. Philip Snowden, and James
j Henry Thomas, labor leaders, have ae
1 cepied the invitation of Xing Geonge
to dine at Buckingham palace on the
115th.
85 Cities Show Gam
in Nir nber of Drunks
in Second Dry Year
Washington.—Statutory effects of
prohibition were exhibited during 1921
in the police s'Titistilcs of lead in? cities,
according to a report compiled by the
board of temperance, prohibition and
public morals of the Methodist Epis
copal church
‘*Arr,sts for intoxication reported by
65 cities aggregated 137.702 in 1921
against 106,562 in 1620, but showed a
net decrease of more than 75.000 from
the total returns of 1918. when the
country was legally '•wet.” Similarly.’
disorderly conduct oa-.es recorded ot;
police blotters in 61 cities increased
from 46,240 in 1920 to 53.336 in 192K
but lacked 18,000 of reaching the total!
set in the last wet year.
“Persistent and sustained props,- i
ganda by suggestion, tnisrepresenta- 1
lion and incitement,” the board us
sened. “caused the arrests for diunk
enness in 1921, the second full dry i
year, to increase.’’
Eighteen inches more of the beau-1
tiful was added to nature’s blanket
within the past 72 hours. For two days
of ihat time it snowed and drizzled and
threatened all kinds of things, eudiag
up in a blue sky, with indications for -a
spell of g(x>d vveathei. The average
■ fa-11 io tbisseattob Is now arouuu
- five foot mark.
George F. Kilroy, Innoko Dredging
Company superintendent, and Merrill
| Dales were late Wtdnegday arrivals.
.Between Crews of Coast
Guard Beat and Rum
^Launch, On Puget,
Seattle, March 9,*— In a ran
ning fight from off ■Port ,'own
send, today, the crews of the
coast guard boat Areata and the
launch June, the latter supposed
to be ’a h a with contraband Ca
nadian li juor. exchanged forty
■cannon and rile shots in battle.
The launch anally navigated the
canal and made Lake Union,
where search failed to disclose
any liquor aboard, her shipments
having been jettisoned.
United States Presents
Expense Bill for
$225,000,000.
Paris, March 3.—The Amer
ican bill for watching on the
Rhine, by occupation of United
States troops, was presented to
day, and negotiations to consider
reimbursement were opened im
mediat 'iy at Quai d Orsay. The
United States rendered an ex
pense hill of two hundred and
twenty-live million dollars.
Public Uses Million
More Stamps i*i Last
6 Months. Is Record
Washington.-—The biggest demand
for stamps and oiler stamped paper in
the history of the government is in foil
..wing, and is taken by the Postolfice
department asan indication oi healthier
business conditions.
A billion more stamps were issued in
the kt»tsix months than in that period
a veur ago, and values showed a $30,
000.000 increase, leading postal officials
to believe that-there will be do deficit
from postal operations when the fiscal
tear closes June 30. A year ago the
deficit amounted to $00,815.40.
Orders for postal cards in carload loir
have Iteer received, the demand being
larger than ever before for a similar
period. One arm bought 11.000.000
prec*DceIe<J stamps. The demand for
stamp- is so heavy that it has been itu
possible to keep up with it, and as a
result the reserve supply has fallen
200.000.000 below the figure set as a
safe margin. .. , .. - -A '
Happy Jacobson, alter a stay of a
Dumber of weeks in town, left this
morning for Candle.
Jack Nixon, after a day in town, re*
turned Thursday to Nixon
Free State Forces As
sailing F erry Heights:
insurgents Ousted.
Dublin, March B.—The heavi
1 est fighting since last summer is
hi progress in the Kerry moun
! tains, where forces of Free State
troops are assailing the fortidec
(heights. Four hundred of ti e
nsurgents have been ousted.
Dublin, March 9.—Detective
| Kelly was killed and the customs
• office wrecked bv the explosion
(of a land mine today. The in
j fcrnal machine had been placed
j beneath the doorway of the
office. Kelly answered the door
in response *o a knock, when the
mine let go. •
Three Free State officers ant
i two soldiers were also killed i"
, the explosion of a land mine
I County Kerry this afternoor
President and Mrs,
Harding Arrive at
Ormond Beach, Pig
Ormond Beacb, *"'Ia.—President ar
Mrs. Harding •arrived here at noon t
day and were met by Mr. and V
Edward McLean. They immedUi
boarded the houseboat Pioneer, vrh'
McLean has chartered for his guests
'he presidential party. Luncneor.
| served in the boat, and the Presirit
j planned an hour on the golf links lai
in the afternoon.
Telegraphic Tickr
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Munich.—-Dr. V'.' i I helm Mayer, i
man ambassador to Prance pa
•away at his home nere loday.
Washington.—Secretary of Agrie
ture Wallace will leave here Send
night on a tour of the Pacific "oast.
New York.—Charles D. Nort
banker, and -secretary to Preside
| Taft during the latter’s term of offi.
died at his home here today
“The kufclux k-lan is an AmerP
organisotien,” J. W. Wiliet, omtr
der in chief of the G. A. R., decla
in an address here last night.
Madison. — Senator Koberl M.
Poliette was vindicated by the Wie
sin legislature today of the eharg
disloyalty tirade against him during
world war,
Los Angeles.—Pola Negri and C
! lie Chaplin, Sim stars, were re-eng
today, after Negri had broken *
engagement to marry because si •
a statement credited to her fiance
he was “too poor” to marry b’-r
now.” _
Washington.— President Hard'
day nominated Cjrus E. We
Pennsylvania, who is relieved
bassador to Spain, to be ambuss
Japan. The President has a)
Alexander G. Moore, of Pitts
well known publisher, to be ;
dor to Soaln.