VOL. II. NO. 08.
McGRATH, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1922.
PRICE 25 CENTS
Collapse of Greek Army
in Asia Minor Ominous
of Big European Conflict
No Longer a Mere Question Between Turks and
Greeks, But Direct Conflict Between Turkey
and Allied Powers—Constantinople, Darda
nelles and Thrace the Outstanding Problems.
■ London, Sept. 16.—With the utter collapse of the Greek army
i in Asia Minor before the Turks, the long-smouldering Near-East
, ern problem again faces Europe. It is no longer a mere problem
between Turks and Greeks, but a direct conflict between Turkey
. and-tho.allied.powers. The central problem concerns the future
fafceiof-Constantinople and Thrace. Britain desires to keep the
Turks out of Europe, while France is believed to sympathize with
; the Turks and to desire them to regain Eastern Thrace.
.Russia and Bulgaria Lined Up to Side With the Turks.
Paris, Sept. 16.—Russia and Bulgaria lined up today to side
, with the Turks in the event of war with the allies. Leo CamenefT,
c commander-in-chief of the Russian army, is hastening to Batum,
where two bolshevik divisions are being concentrated to assist the
Turks if Censtantinoplo is attacked, according to a radio dispatch
t fromoMosoov? today.
MASSACRES
IN SMYRNA
: 2000 Christians Alleged
to Have Been Slain
By! Turks.
"London^ Sept.: 15 .—More than
* two thousand!'Christians had
. been massacred- in Smyrna by
Turks before- the tire which j
swept Armenia amd other quar-1
» tersof Asia Minor and at sea
posts recently - evacuated by the
. Greek army, it is charged in
: semi-official and other Greek
messages from Athens received
i here today. _
iDondon,-Sept. 15.— The ad
4-mirai commanding the British
squadron at Smyrna has warned
i the Turkish authorities in the
city that if massacres are con
tinued the Turkish quarters will
be bombarded, says an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Athens.
Mustapha Kernel Pasha has
resolved to march his army on
Constantinople unless the pow
ers .hand over the city to the
Turks, according to a statement
he made to the Daily Mail corre
spondent at Smyrna. He also
f reiterated that 1ms peace terms ,
were based on a national pact.
The Thor, which arrived Thursday
evening, left, yesterday for Tacotna,
having as passengers Charles E. Tay- 1
, lor, Iditarod attorney, en route home;
L. B. Loomis, local manager of the N. '■
Co.; Vivian Howard. 1
FLEET OF
GT. BRITA
Ordered to Stop Turkish
Troops Coming From
Asia to Europe.
London, Sept. 15.—The Brit
ish fleet has been ordered to
allow no Turkish troops to cross
from Asia to Europe, Britain
and France have reached an
agreement for the protection of
neutral zones on. both sides of
the Straits of Dardanelles and
Constantinople.
London, Sept. 16.—The Brit
ish government has adopted the
attitude that effective permanent
freedom of the Dardanelles is an
available necessity for the sake
of which it is prepared to make
Bvery exertion.
Abdication of King
Constantine of Greece
Forthcoming Shortly
Paris.—The abdication of King Con
stantine of Greece, it is understood, is
aeing delayod while unofficial negotia
iions are opened witn Washington to,
permit his fleeing to the United States. |
J. H. McLean, Tacotna merchant, j
irrived Thursday night, again depart ;
ng yesterday morning on the Thor for
,he up-river town.
W. J. Widman returned here Thors- j
lav from a trip to Ophir, and is sched-)
lied to leave tomorrow for Berrjr Land
ng, in icompany with Fred Spencer
ind Greg Stewart
ROYBEif %
OUT OVER
Settlement Affecting 35
to 40 Per Cent of Rail
roads Is Announced
Washington, Sepc. 14.—Vir
tual settlement oi the rail shop
men’s strike, as affecting from
35 to 40 per cent of the railroads
of the country, was announced
late today by Secretary of Labor
Davis, on the basis of reports
from a meeting in Chicago of
the general policy committee of
the striking shopcraft unions.
Chicago. Sept. 14.—A decision
on part of the questions dis
cussed in the secret sessions of
the general policy committee of
the striking railway shop crafts
was announced this afternoon.
Under the terms of the peace
plans the shopmen are to return
to work under wage scales pre
scribed by the United States
Railroad Labor Board effective
July 1st, the date on which the
strike began. Protest against
the Board’s decision on the ques
tion of seniority, which proved
i to be the chief barrier to an
| earlier settlement, was not spe
jciPcally mentioned in the agree
I tnent.
< Washington.—Advices to the Labor
Department today from its representa
tives in Chicago said that railroads ap
proximating 35 per cent of the coun
try’s mileage had signified intention o!
ending the shopmen’s strike on the
basis of an agreement reached estor -
day by the shop crafts general policy
committee, and roads representing an
additional 30 percent W9re ready to
; end the strike.
Britain Says Massacres
Must Cease or Smyrna
Be Bombarded.
Constantinople, Sept. In.—A
message from Angora announces
the fall of Pandermal, the last
foothold of the Greeks in Asia
Minor, at the hands of the Turks.
The Greek Third army corps
was safely evacuated toward
Thrace.
Only five thousand women and
children, out of sixty thousand
who were there thsee days ago,
remained in Mudania.
Ths Alaskan, which arrived Thurs
day eveni-n?, left yesterday afternoon
up the Tacoiaa.
ANVIL RUNS
ON A REEF
Tug Hastening to As
sistance ; Reported
‘Leaking Some.’
Seattle, Sept. 16.- -The motor -
'ship Anvil, bound *01 Bethel,
' ran ashore at 7 a. m. today in a
fog on Kelp reef, betw-een Sau
Juan and Vancouver island*
The steamehip Queen, bound
! from Skagway for .Seattle, ran.
on White Cliff island, about 50
miles south of Prince Rupert, ai.
7 this morning, and the steam
ship Admiral Rodman is ventur
Ing to the aid of the Queen,
which has 200 passenger, but it
is reported that the vessel will
be iloateu at high tide this after
noon.
The life-saving oug Snohomish
is hastening to the assistance of
the Anvil, .which ’s reported to
be leaking some.
PROTESTED
Y SOVIETS
I Says Control of Darda ■
nelles Must Be Decided
by Bordering States.
Moscow, Sept, li .—A note oi
protest against allied action in
Constantinople has been sent to
Great Britain by the soviet gov
ernment, which takes the stand
that the allies have acted entire
ly according to their own wishes
and, against the interests of Rus
sia, Turkey, Ukraine atid Geor
gia. The fate of the Straits of
■Dardanelles must be decided by
the states bordering on the Black
Sea, says the note, and Russia
will not recognize any decision
which contradicts this point of
view. The soviet note expresses
sympathy for the Turks.
Mrs. Harding Report
ed Greatly Improved
Washington.—President Harding ap
peared in nis office today for the tirst
time in weeks, owi&g to the illness of
his wife
Secretary War Weeks, who called
at the White House today, declared
Mrs. Harding had spent the best time
in several-sights and that the slight
improvement which set in three days
ago was continuing, with her tempera
ture getting nearer normal.
Chris Peterson, Tacotna jioslmaster,
after a visit of several days here, de
parted yesterday for home, going ur
on the Alaskan.