THE KUSRO
VOL VIII NO. 40
TAKOTNA ALASKA SATURDAY. DB'JEMBKR 15. 1928.
SB!
PRICE 25 CENTS'
Plcft’lEo Take
Hooverfs Life
^150# SPECIAL GUARDS PLACED
PON DUTY' IN BUENOS
AIRES.
BUENOS AIRES, Dec. ^2.—Official
* confirmation of the discovery of a
: plotsy*fcainst the life rof Herbert
Hoover and its frustration by the- po
■ lice’ Was made last night by President I
Irigoyen. Hoover was due Thursday.
Several arrests were made and bombs
- found in houses of those raided.
-The Irigoyen statement indicates
that the plot' is h work of anarchists. |
Fifteen hundred special guards
hate’ been placed on duty, Irigoyen
said, to insure the safety of Hoover
< daring his'visit here.
SANTIAGO, Chile, Dec. 12.—Pres
ident-Elect Hoover left here’last night
on a special train on the first lap of
i hie'journey to Buenos Aires.
BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 14—The ar
? rival of Hoover yesterday was marred
i by the demonstration of a group of
•sympathizers with the Nicaraguan |
' rebel leader, Augustino Sandino, dis
; playing banners referring to the Nica
• raguan situation. The,police endeav
• ored to disperse the group, but the
• Sandanistans broke into acclamations
of the Sandino cause. A squad of
; mounted police then charged into the
• ranks of the demonstrators. Several
\ were injured. Four of the leaders of
‘ the goup were arrested.
msovqf passed the day traveling!
:■ "about the city.
BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 12.—Two
; girl anarchists were taken into cus
' tody'.fora time by the Argentine au-1
Uthnfities today in connection with
‘ th*i' investigation into the discovery
of 'a bomb plot against President
• elect' Hoover. The girls were later j
sent home to their parents, in fiew of
therf&ct that they are both minors.
When examined, they denied knowing
anything about anarchists or the men
already arrested. When police
■searched their handbags, anarchist
1. dbills Wv‘• a>r/. r the coT ni
BON MARCHE, SEATTLE,
GOES TO BOSTON CONCERN i
SEATTLE, Dec. 12.—The Bon j
' Marche, Seattle’s pioneer department
store, was sold today to the Hahn De
partment Stores, Inc., of New York
and Boston, a concern controlling
twenty-seven department stores
throughout the country of an aggre
gate value of about $300,000,000.
INTERIOR DEPT. APPROPRIA
TION BILL PASSES HOUSE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. —The
Swing-Johnson Boulder Dam bill was
passed today by the Senate.
The House late today passed the In
terior Department appropriation bill,
carrying $250,000,000 for the far-flung
activities of that department. The
measure now goes to the Senate.
BRITAIN PAYS $94,000,000 OF
DEBT TO UNITED STATES
LONDON, "Dec. 15.—Great Britain
paid the United States $94,000,000
festerday on account of her war debt,
reducing the total to four and a half
billions.
Owen Gray, after a day’s visit in
tbwn, reclamed to Spruce creek on
Thursday
Tunney Leads
With Prayer
Leads in silent prayer Eor
. RECOVERY or KINO
GEOROE.
PORTSMOUTH, Eng.. Dec. 15.—
Gene Tunney, American retired
heavyweight champion,• today led a
‘detachment of Royal Marines here in
silent prayer for the recovery of King
George. The incident touching the
dramatic came while the retired box
ing champion was presenting to the
British marines a 'cap. given as a gift
by American marines.
McGrath Notes
U. S. Commissioner W. T. Vander
pool returned to McGrath last Mon
day from the East Fork Roadhouse,
to which place he went for the pur
pose of making an investigation as to
the cause of the death of Robert R.
Jones, whose body had been found on
the trail about a mile from the road
house. Also present at the inquest
were Dick McArthur, Harry Lohr,
Clint Winan, Lars Nelson, Ralph Du
lac, Frank Larson, and one or two
others.
An examination of the body re
vealed an injury or injuries located at
the lower left side of the stomach.
Appearances indicated that these
bruises were probably caused by ac
cidental impact with the handlebars
of the sled. There were no other in
juries noted. The coroner’s jury re
turned a verdict in accordance with
the facts disclosed.
Following the verdict the body of
Mr. Jones was buried alongside that
of his former partner, Carl Forsberg,
who passed away about two years
ago, and whose body was interred
near the site of the East Fork Road
house.
Eddie Carlson is a recent arrival
here, having come down from his1
headquarters on the North Fork Of
the Kuskokwim.
Jack McDonald left Monday for
Nixon.
r (
Ikey Hayes is doing a land-office
business with his new wood saw.
Frank Lange, on Monday last, was
host to a number of friends, the oc
casion being another birthday. It was
a chicken dinner, of course. Among
the guests were: George Clyde, Joe
Keene, James Downing, Isaac Hayes,
Charles O’Halloran, James Pirnie.
James Pirnie, well known oldtimer,
will be leaving within the next few
days, headed for the Outside. He
plans to spend the balance of the
winter in California.
Bert Eldridge, well known Mc
Grathite, had reached the State of
Illinois when, last heard from, ac
cording to recent word from the Out-!
side. While in Seattle, Mr. Eldridge
underwent an operation, 'which is
said to have been quite Successful,
though it is reported he left the hos
pital several days too soqfn, which
somewhat delayed healing. ’ He is not
expected • to return to McGrath until
Che latter part of February.
Frank Guskey, N. C. Co. maneger,
after giving attenion to business af- i
fairs here for several days past, left
this morning for Takotna, going ]
down with Charlie Goebel. I
JUSTIN w: HARDING of ju
NEAt NOMINATED FOR
JUDGE FIRST DtVWRTN
WASHINGTON, Dec. lO.-^-Aostin
W. Harding, of Juneau.Was nominat
ed by President Coolidge toiMy to be
Federal judge of the First division of
Alaska.
MANY SCHOOLS CLOSED ON
ACCOUNT OF INFLUENZA
CHICAGO, Dec. ;42.—Many schools1
and colleges of the Middle West, i-n
eluding the University of Missouri,
are closed on account of influenza.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.—The sur
geon-general advises that influenza
cases be treated at hame-rather than
in hospitals.
MERGER of big BANKING
INSTITUTIONS, SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Dec. 11.—The ' Dexter
Horton National Bank today pur
chased the Marine Baiicorprtration,
owner of a dozen banks in ; Seattle
and other cities of the State. De
posits of the two'institutions will ag
gregate $71,000,000.
$500,01)0 TO PROTECT VALDEZ
GLACIER STREAM FLOODS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—The ex
penditure of- $500,000 by the Secre
tary of War to protect Valdez, Alaska,
from glacier’-stream floods is proposed
n a Bill introduced in Congress’today
by Delegate Sutherland. The measure
>rovides that the town of Valdez
'hall -contribute '4510,000 toward the
work.
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DEcAS'TRO MAYER. MOTHER,
convicted Grand larceny
SEATTLE, Dec. 14.—Decastro E.
E. Mayer and mother, Mary Eleanor
Smith, suspected of murdering James
E. Bassett, were convicted last night
on grand' larceny charges, each on
two counts, for having in their pos
session personal effects of the slain
FIVE MONTHS 16 MONTHS ;
IN TRANSIT FROM OUTSIDE
The Times man, a few days ago,
had1-a “surprise in store” for him, as
the fortune-tellers say. 1
He had" for some weeks previous
been digesting a lot of second class
mail,'’ ditto' a little first class, mostly (
of August and September vintage,
and had arrived at the conclusion that,
as untb all things, the end had finally
passed.
Following arrival of the mail via
Iditarod, last week, The Times re
ceived several letters and, at the mo
ment convenient, began perusal of the
same.
Four letters, bearing August and
September dates, were devoured, and
tlfey all seemed to read all right, al
thovfeh a couple of them sounded a
little off. The fifth one, on being
opened, disclosed a check, due many,
many months ago. We took a look Et
the date on the letter head, ditto en
velope—August 7, 1927.
A glance at the other letters dis- !
.•Used* the following dates:
San Francisco, Sept. 3, 1927.
Seattle, August 11, 191 7.
Kelso, Wash., Augus' 15, 1927.
Los Angeles, Sept. 13, 1927.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 7, 1927.
Shivering timbers. Can you beat
t! Just think of it—sixteen months
n making - their way to TaJ *na!
And one of -them had i check in it!
What possible use can a dodgasted
lewspaper man have for a check!
What’s the “surprise in store?”
tfr. Reader may ask. Well, the sur
mise is that that mail ever arrived.
King George
Holding Own
UNDERGOES OPERATION SUC
CESSFULLY—PRINCE OF
WALES ARRIVES
LONDON, Dec. 12.—Official an
nouncement is made that a successful
operation had been performed on the
King this evening- The physicians’
bulletin, issued at 8:45 p. m., said:
“An operation on the King for drain
age* on-the right side of the chest,
has been successfully performed. This
evening the condition of bismajeS-ty is
satisfactory.”
LONDON, Dec. 11.—The Prince of
Wales arrived at London at 10 p. m.
The Duke of York wit his royal
brother- at Victoria station. The
princes went immediately to Bucking
ham Palace. Prime Minister Baldwin
had met the Prince of Wales at Folke
stone and trnveled' to Lorain with him.
LONDON, Dec. 12.—A special edi
tion of The Daily Express today said
that less anxiety over the condition
oil King George is felt at Buckingham
Palace, that the improvement noted j
in his condition overnight had been !
maintained, and that the King- had
had some sleep.
LONDON, Dec, " 13.—The King’s'
physicians at 8 p. m. issued the fol
lowing .bulletin:
“Though - the- Kins; is still suffering
from exhaustion* there is a slight im
provement iW his majesty’s condition
this evening. • Local 'condition re
mains satisfactory.”
LONDON, - DeCi- Vi.—Though His
Majesty suffered a setback Friday, to
day’s bulletin says he is somewhat
better, that his condition's©-faf is sat- j
isfactory, with no increase in exhaus
tion and pulse remaining steady.
Telegraphic Ticks,
SEATTLE, Dec. 15.-—Memorial ser
vices for Roald Amundsen • were held
last night .at the Presbyterian
church, and many wept when Dr. J.
A. Saigaard of Minneapolis ’pictured
the explorer’s last resting place in
the waters of the Arctic, with north
ern lights for candles at his bier.
BALBOA, DeDe 12.—Ruth .Elder
was divorced here today by Lyle Wo
mack. The latter began the -action
for divorce before sailing with with
Byrd on thd> latter’s South Polar ex
pedition.
SEATTLE, Dec. 15.—Nelson Chil- ,
berg, 88, father of J. E. Chilberg. pio-j
neer business man, died at. bis borne'
here last night.
SEATTLE, Dec. 14.—Mrs.' Sarah
Brannen, well known Nome pioneer,
widow of John Brannen, died at her
home in this city hurt night
LOS ANGELES, :0<c.4l?.i-Theo
dorc Roberts, veto-ft.nr actor,’'; passed
afway at his. -hom**-rn-’He®yvvood to
day.
VICTORIA, Dec. 14.—rferhett Ans
eombe was chosen nfayor aP the elec
tion held Last night,.
Mail Carrier !
bringing the incoming mail, arrived
ruesday and proceeded oh his way i n
Wednesday.
Dick Stevenson was a yesterday ar
rival from Ophir.
Moneys For
Alaska Roads
ARMY ENGINEERS SUBMIT E&
TIM ATE FOR CONSTRUCTION
T»RO.TECTS DURING 1930.
WASHINGTON,.Dec. 10.—For tie*
construction and for maintenance of
Alaskan roads during the fiscal year
of 1930, beginning July 1, 1929, the
chief engineers of the army today
submitted to Congress an estimate of
$2,000,000. For improvement and re
pairs of existing projects $750,000
would be spent. For new construc
tion $1,150,000 is recommended. The*
distribution of these funds by dis
tricts would be::
.Southeastern, 553,475; Bethel, $28,
900; Eagle, 561.000; Valdez, $109,200;
Chitina, $433,400; Fairbanks, $671,
225; southwestern, $363,400; Kusko
kwim, $65,550; Nome, $213,850.
.For new construction of approved
projects $500,000 would be spent,
with distribution as follows: Eagle
$40,000; Chitina, $80,000; Fairbanks,
$200,000; Southwestern, $180,000.
McGRATHITES WILL HAVE
BIG CHRISTMAS DOINGS
McGrath, as usual, -will have a big
celebration on Christmas day. The
school children's exercises will be
held on Christmas eve, and the big
dance at the McGrath Roadhouse or.
Christmas night. A number of Ta
kotnans and Q$|jbi|ps have signiftec
their intenion ofT.ciiig present, and it
goes without saying that a gloribn
time is assured for all.
LETTER CONFIRMS DEATH
'OF MISS VIVIAN HOWARD
Regarding the death of Vivian
Howard, the'mere fact of which was
noted in The Kusko Times some days,
ago,' the following, coming frorr
Thomas M. Askren, of Seattle, was
received in .the last mail by The
Times:
“Your detter to Miss Vivian How
ard, of Seattle, was received today b\
Mrs. N. H. Smith, the administratrix
of her estate. .1 do not know whether
you are advised of n or not, but tht
correct name of Vivian Howard war
Tina or Leit& Peterson, and while
here in Seattle at the Swedish Hos
pital taking treatment she jumpec
out of a window on the 14th of Au
gust and was instantly killed. Sc
far as known, her only relative is her
brother, Mt. Jacob Peterson, of Ku
roki, Saskatchewan.
“The administratrix is endeavoring
to collect all df the assets of her es
tate. Her friends here told the ad
ministratrix that there was money
still due her from people in Tskotnu,
hut were not able to give definite in
formation as to all items. Will you
please give us any information yoG
can as to moneys due and owing to
her? She kept an account‘here in the
Canadian Bank of Commerce, but
that account for a long time before
her death had not had any with
drawals made from it. We would
like to know if you have any 'knowl
edge of any other hank accounts or
other manner in which she received
money a year or so before her death.
Also give us any information you car,
as to any investments she had or
moneys due and owing from people
in Takotna or vicinity.”
Guskey, N. C. Co. mhmger.
traveling with Charlie Gtftmu; Te
turaed here Thursday frofh h visd* u
Hanes creek and Ophir.