THE KUSKO TIMES
VOL. II. NO, 99
McGRATH, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1923.
PRICE 25 CENTS
French Army on Rhine
Is Ordered to Prepare
for Action in Germany!
Troops Are Moving to
Occupy Richest Coal
Section of Germany.
Paris, Jan. 5*—Prance, free to
handle^thie reparations question
according^©* her own formulae,
t urned today to the task of mak
ing Germany pay* The French,
government apparently has the
support of Belgium, .but it is less
certain of Italy’s aid. French
troops, it is understood, are mov
ing into Westphalia to occupy
Germany’s richest coal country.
Paris—Midnight—The French
army of occupation on the Rhine
has been ordered to prepare for
action.
Washington.—The dissolution
att the Paris conference of the
allied leaders is regarded here
assbringtng the reparation s-erisis
measurably near the point touch
ed* by Seferetarv'Hughes in his
recent. N&w Haven speech, but,
although the allied statesmen
have failed to agree among
themselves, there still stands be
fore them an alternative to at
tempt forcible collection in Ger
many, as pointed out by the Sec
retary of State.
Paris. — Poincaire conferred
today, with General Maginot re
garding Marshal Foch’s plan for
eventual military action against
Germany to collect and guaran
tee reparations payments.
Paris, Jan. 6-—Germany ap
pealed today for an opportunity
to explain the reparations de
fault and avert the occupation of
the Ruhr by Prance. The rep
arations commission agreed to
hear on Monday her explanation
of the fault to deliver the re
quired amount of coal before de
claring her in default.
London. — French aeroplanes
crossed the Rhineland and hov
ered'over Mannheim yesterday,
preparatory to military action,
says a Berlin dispatch, to the
Central News today.
FALL QUITS
MARCH 4TH
Retirement Caused by
Pressure of Private
Business.
Washington, Jan. 5 — Secre
tary of Interior Fall will resign
his office on March 4, il was an
nounced todays at the White
House. It is said Fall’s retire
ment is due to the pressure o£
private business interests-, which*
he* feels should be given a greater
degree of personal attention.
President Harding is said to re
gret that Fall finds it necessary
to retire, and is said to have ten
dered him a place on the su
preme court. The question of a
successor to Fall is expected to
be lefit open for some time.
Agricultural Appn.
Bill Passes Senate
Washington.— lb© agricultural ap
propriation bilb carrying 968.981,553,
was passed-today by tbe House.
The McNary bill, extending for two
years the time for payment of cbarges
owed the' government oa reclamation
projects was also passed by the Senate
•today. ^
!
CONFERENCE
OF PREMIERS
Comes to Sudden End;
Plans of Bonar Law,
and Poincaire.
Paris, Jan. 1,—As outlined at
the conference of premiers this
evening, the British plan pro
vides for a reduction of repara
tions and indemnity claims
against Germany to fifty billion
gold marks. The English wou'd
grant a four-years’ moratorium
of payments on principal and in
terest to te required from Ger
many.
The French government is now
willing to accept a settlement,,
based upon a minimum of fifty
billion marks, with, the stipula
tion that such acceptance is con- J
ditional on the- reduction of the '
moratorium period to two years,
and the establishment of pro
ductive guarantees under which
the allies would' take over the
collection <cf levies on the dimes,
forests- and state properties in
the Rhine and Ruhr valley dis
tricts;
i The conference adjourned this
evening until 3 o’clock tomorrow
afternoon, thus avoiding an im
mediate break, which is almost
certain.
Paris, Jan. 5.—The allied rep
arations meeting broke up at 7
o’clock this evening. "It is an
amieable rupture,” said a mem
ber of the British delegation as
he was leaving the conference.
"We are going home tomorrow
morning; France goes ahead
without us.”
Britain Will Pay War
Debt, Says Harvey
New York. —Britain will pay her
war debts in full, Harvey. American
ambassador to the court of St. James,
said today as he arrived from London
for conference with President EJarding.
Telegraphic Ticks.
Washington.—Conrad E. Spens re
signed today as federal fuel distributor.
Berne.—Emil Frey, first Swiss am
bassador to the United Slates, passed
away today. _
London.—A regular air express ser
vice between London and Berlin was
established today.
Seattle.—John xoraia*er, » prominent
attorney, was found dead in bed this
morning, through asphyxiation.
Manila —Aodres Gorromeo, judge of
ilio court of first instance, (net death
at. the hands of bandits today.
London.—Twenty eight lives and five
ships were lost in a hurricane which
swept the English coast last night.
Home.—A bolshevist plot for the
overthrow of the Fascisti government
of Premier Mussolini was discovered
today.
Mexico City.—William Gore, an Eng
lishman, was found dead in the Hotel
Isabel this morning, having been mur
dered during the night
Los Angeles.—The country home of
John Stevens McGroarty, author and
dramatist, was destroyed by fire, with
its contents, last nicht.
Seattle.—Erastus Brainerd, former
editor of the Post-Intelligencer and
pioneer Seattle newspaper man, died
today at a sanitarium near Tacoma.
Washington.— President Harding to
day began preparing bis plans to take
a definite hand io the settlement of the
European reparations tangle.
Washington. — Former President
Witson, in a letter to Vice President
Coolidge^ acknowledged receipt of the
Senate’s resolution felicitating him on
his recovery. ________
ULondon.—A secret society, similar in
many respects to the kit klux klan in
America and the Fascisti in Italv, is
springing up io England, the Daily
News declared tndav.
Washington.—Uuless delayed by ad
ministrative duties. President Harding
hopes to make bis loeg delayed trip to
Alaska early next summer, says a
statement from the White Hous«
day. __
Washington.—Informed by an admin
istration senator that bis action was
embarrassing President. Harding, Sen
ator Borab this afternoon had his Eu
ropean conference resolution with
drawn.
COLLAPSE
OF BRIDGE
At Kelso, Wash., Hurls
150 People Into Cow
litz River.
Kelso. Wash., Jan. 4.—A sup
porting cable of the suspension
bridge across the Cowlitz river
snapped late this afternoon,
hurling one hundred and fiftv
people into the stream. It is
feared that over half of this
number have perished.
G. O McDonald is known to
be dead, having been crushed by
two giant timbers. The missing
include Ben Barr, county com
missioner. Numerous women
and children were seen clinging
to timbers floating down stream.
Kelso, Jan. 6.—Today two are
known to be dead and eighteon
miss’ng in the Cowlitz river
bridge disaster.
Canton Will Reunite
With Central Govt.
PekiDg.—The foreign ofiice has're
ceived a telegram from Canton an
nouncing that the CaDton government
has decided to recognize the Central
government and reunite with it.
LOUISIANA
KLANNERS
Militia and Civil Au
thorities on Ground
at Morehouse.
Bastrop, La.. Jan 5.—Legal
representatives of the State of
Louisiana today began a public
investigation, under civil pro
cedure, into the masked baud
depredations in Moorehouse par
ish, but with state troops stand
ing by to step into the gap at
any time should any emergency
arise.
Baltimore.— Governor Richie
today refused to recognize tho
requisition for Dr. B. E. McKoin,
former mayor of Mer Rouge,
La., who was arrested here in
connection with the Morehouso
parish murders and kidnapping,
on the ground that the affidavits
not made on actual knowl
edge of the crimes.
Jennies, La.—Jennies cavalry,
of the Louisiana National Guard,
was ordered today to entrain-for
Morehouse parish.