VOL. II. NO.
75
McGrath, alaska, Wednesday, October ti, 1922,
CR1CE 2,' UiUXN 1
A Peaceful Solution of
Near Eastern Tangle Is
Thought to Be in Sight
Basis of Peace Said to
Be Surrender of East
ern Thrace to Turks.
London, Oct. 11— A peaceful!
* solution of the Near Eastern!
tangle has apparently been ar
rived at on the basis of the sur
. render of Eastern Thrace to the j
Turks, with proper safeguards
for Christian minorities and the
neutrality of the. Dardanelles.
A convention putting into ef
fect an armistice between the
Kemaiists and the Greeks was
- signed by the delegates at Mu
da nia late last night and the
news brought into the Greek
lines, where there was consider
able anxiety lest the Turks re
main recalcitrant, despite the
i newlv declared unity of the al
: lies.
Athens. Oct. 8.—The govern
. ment has instructed its delegates
at Mudania to accept decisions
which mu-** be unanimously
agreed upon by the allied repre
sentatives.
London, Oct. 9.—The Cabinet
is considering Curzon’s report
of his conference with Poincaire
on the Turkish situation.
A dispatch from Athens de
clares martial law has been pro
claimed.
Constantinople, Oct. 9.—Gen
erals Harrington, Mornbell and
Charpy returned to Constanti
nople this evening. The Mu
dania conference has been ad
journed to permit the Kemalists
to refer the demands to the An
gora assembly.
Mudania, Oct. 10.—The allied
generals drew up their tinal arm
istice convention and have sub
mitted it to Ismed Pasha, the
Turkish nationalist representa
tive. Tho Angora government
is given until 5 p. m. today to
accept or reject it
London, Oct. 10. -The ques
tion of peace in the Near East
now rests with the Turkish na
tionalist assembly at Angora.
13 MONTHS
IN hIKbnIA
ily Ms# " KaP sabs 111 ire
Former Alaskan Here
From Trip in That
Country.
The much-vaunted Anadir district,
Siberia, is far from ripe for a rush of
Americans, according to D. C. Miller,
known far and wide throughout Alaska
by the many-year sobriquet, “Mysteri
ous” Miller, who arrived here yester
day. after having recently spent thir
teen months in the East Cape section
of Siberia.
Mr. Miller left Nome -in July, 1921,
for Kalusha Bay, aoout 100 miles north
of Cape Serge. He prospected at vari
ous points aiong the coast, finding
prospects in plenty, but no big pay.
“I found Kalusha bay district unin
habitable, there being absolutely co
fuel of any kind,” said Mr. Miller.
‘•The game was plentiful a few miles
back. Thera were no native inhabit
ants, so I ca-hed my supplies and made
my way 000 miles inland.
“Traveling is exceedingly difficult,
as there are no roadhouses or other
places of shelter, and everyone, white
or native, must wear double fur cloth
ing, which makes mushing practically
impossible: hence everyone rides on
the sled. Quite often the distance is
more than 000 mile9 between posts,
and, provided with an oil stove for tea,
and a sleepiag bag, one siwashes where
night overtakes him.
••“A white man arriving at a trading
pose finds everything free, and his
credit is always good until he brings in
his fur catch.
“The Hudson Hay Company posts
are exceedingly good about helping
anyone from post to post, as they are
anxious for the white population to in
crease.
“The idea entertained by many Alas
kans that there is even a scattering
white population is all wrong, as on
the whole of East Cape peuinsuia there |
are but 45 white men, most of whom I
are traders. Yet, even with this lino- j
ited Dumber, more than 3,000foxes were
received at Anadir the past season,
most of which were white, red coming j
next, with cross and blue quite plen-1
tiful, and a sprinkling of black and ;
silver grays.
“No native will exert himself to trap j
more than a short distance from his j
home, which generally consists of a°
walrus or deerskin tent or igloo.
“The peninsula has a native popula
tion of about 12,000, consisting of In
dians, Eskimos and deer men.
“There are large herds of deer, but
they must be closely herded, because
of wolves.
“The natives, who are indescribably
filthy in their habits, are treacherous
and thieving, and a strict color line is
drawn between the small white popu
lation and the natives.
“As to government, there is none.
Might is right, and the old-fashioned
gun man flourishes in all his glory.
“With all, it is a wonderful country, j
there being a district 2,000 by 3,000 !
miles totally unexplored, and most of
it is well mineralized. But little work
has been done, though several promis
ing discoveries have been made Until
conditions are more stabilized it wiil
be exceedingly difficult to work auy of
the claims. As to prices, it may be
said that sugar is 50 esnts a poind;
flour, $12 per sack; bacon. $1 per pound;
Manchurian tobacco, 81 f>er pound-,
Kerosene, the ouly fuel available, $12
per case.”
Ocean schooners, says Mr. Miller, go
up Anadir river a distance of 485
miles, after which supplies are taken
by sinali boats.
The Hudson Bay Company, said Mr.
Miller, is giving all assistance possible
to prospectors and trappers, being
anxious to have more of both come into
the country.
Anadir is described as a village of
two trading posts and three native
houses, while three miles across the
bay are the Japanese and Russian salt
eries.
Speaking of the recently established
Chita government, Mr. Miller says
much is to be hoped from its control of
the country, as at present no man's
life or property is entirely safe
Mathias Schuler, For
mer Klondiker, Com
mits Suicide, Seattle
Seattle, Oct. iO—Threatened with
blindness, Mathias Schuler, early-day
Klondiker, committed suicide at his
home here today by asphyxiation, re
moving his canary from the room be
fore he turned on the gas. Schuler
owned the first horse and wagon seen
in Circle City, and later used in Daw
son.
Anvil Expects to Ar
rive At Bethel on 14th
■Seattle, Oct. 9.—The motorship Anvil
left Unga this morning, according to
a wireless received here, in which
Captain Knaflich states that, he expects
to arrive at Bethel about October 14.
SIBERIA
Soviet Troops of Far
Eastern Republic in
Furious Onslaught
Tokio, Oct. 10.—The forces of
General Dietrieks, head of the
Vladivostok government, are re
treating in a demoralized condi
tion before the onslaught of the
soviet troops of the Far Eastern
Republic, Siberia, according to
advices received here from Vlad
ivostok. The campaign is ^for
the control of Vladivostok as it
is evacuated by the Japanese,
against the presont Vladivostok
government, ,whose soldiers |are
short of rifles.
Alaskan, Tocotna and
Spud Arrive at Bethel
Bethel,’-Oct. 10.—The steamers To
ko th it and the power boats Alaskau
and Spud arrived here on the 7th of
October.
Joe Wills, with the U-600, arrived
Sunday night from Berrv Lauding.
Coming down were Enrico Fernali,
who will leave shortly over the trail
for the Outside, and Gus Christenson,
who came down from Big river.
I
Take Last Champion*
ship Game by Score
of 5 to 3.
i
— r
New York, Oct. 8.—The Giants
won the world’s series baseball
I championship by taking today’s
jgame from the Yanks. by the
! score of 5 to 8. The t iants made
Two runs in the second inning,
| when Cunningham scored two
> ahead of him, and three runs in
the eighth when, with the bases
full, Kelly made a single, bring.
! ing in Frisch and Meusel, and
Young came ir. on a single hit to
left field. The Yanks made one
run in each the first, fifth and
seventh inning.
The gate receipts or today f.
game amounted to $L2p,14Y
Isaac Guggenheim,
Capitalist and Copper
Magnate, Passes On
'^Southampton, Oct. 10.—Isaac Gug
penheim, American capitalist and cop
per magnate, died here cudpenly today ,
Guggenheim came here in a motor car
from London yesterdar, to meet Henry
VV. Marsh, who arrived on the Aqui
tania.
Restoration by Japan
to China Is Set for
December 2
--
Tsingteo, Oct. 11.—7 he Shan
tung commission has fixed De
cember 2 as the date of restora
tion by Japan to Ch.na of ,'iau
chow, thus ending the interna
tional controversy which began
when Germany established its
naval base there 24 years ago.
and which later figured in diplo
matic affairs at Paris and Wash
ington.
Germany Not to Join
League of Nations
Until America Joins
Berlin, Oct. 10.—"Germany will no*
join the League of Nations un il Amer
! ic.a becomes a member,'’ said Prcsi
• dent Ebert to Branting, socialist pre
mier of Sweden. The latter came to
| Berlin to induce Germany’s president
' to recommend to his country that it
! join the League.
The Tacotna river in front of Mru
Grath closed last year on the night of
October l(jr whdlo- the- Kaakeltwim. icr
.jcame to a standstill oa Onto bar '