THE KUSKO TIMES
i VOL VIII. NO. b3
TAKOTNA ALASKA. SATURDAY, OCTOBER V7.
PRICE 25 CENTS.
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Hoover At
New York
CK1T1UKES SMITH’S PROPOSALS
iNlWATTERS OF PROHIBITION
AGRICULTURE.
NJ&WXKHCK, Oct. 23.—Smith's pro
pqaab in the matters of prohibition,
agrioilknre-and electrical power were
branded as socialistic by Herbert
H(Jovw»s.-in ,his speech at Madison *
Square GaYden last night.
“The Democrats,” he said, “in effect
abandon their own party and turn to
state .socialism. As a solution for the
difficulties presented by all three it is
proposed. that we shall change from
prohibition to state purchase and sale
of liquor.. If their agricultural reiitef
program means anything, it means
that...government shall directly or in
directly. biiy and sell and fix prices of'
agricultural products, and we are to
go into the hydro-electric power busi
ness. -i. Ire. other words, we are con
frontedewith a huge program of gov
ernment; in business. These propos
als,” he, declared, “if carried into,ef-»
feet, wouldj impair liberty and free
dom arai‘.multiply a thousandfold log>
rolling!- jrt xCongreas.”.
Ssn.Norris,
Nebrkuka
ANNOUNCES THAT HE WILL
SUPPORT AL SMITH FOR THE .
PRESinDENCY.:.
POUTS; AND, Oct. 25_Senator
Narriiv Republican, ofNebraska, an
noilnctsit'yesterday noon that he will
suppoptrSrtiith for the presidency. He
will make hie lrst speech for Smith
atgOiQahe on Saturday night.
OMAHA, Oct. 26.—,-Senator Norris,
returning home today from .stumping
tiie State for- Al Smith, said: -
“Hoover is. acceptable to the power
trust.”.
A. H. Twitchell, after several weeks
in the Anchorage hospital for a rup
ture treatment,, returned here, last
Sunday, coming from Fairbanks via
airplane. During his stay in . Fair
banks Mr. Twitchell was present at
the wedding, of. his. daughter, Mary,
to a Mr. Olam. Ha' also visited' his
son Bennie while., at. Fairbanks, that
young man now heing a student at
the Alaska. Agriculture College. Mr.
Twitcluell left today for- Gphir, head
ed for his. reindeer headquarters. On
his way aver- from Fairbanks Mr.
Twitchell declared he saw an unusual,
number of caribou, principally on the
other aide of Lake Minchumina.
Henry Martella, with Halfdan Wiig
as,a passenger, left Sunday for Mc
Grath, .returning here on Tuesday.
NelsiVibe, Little creek operator, ar
rived Thursday, and left Friday for a
brief visit at McGrath.
Rasmus Matson arrived Wednesday
from Ganes creek, and is making a
brief town visit.
“How’s your car running?"
“Not so good; can’t get her throt
tled down."
“How’s your wife?”
“ShiSflsrthe same, thank you.’’'.'
A1 Smith At
Frovidence
MILL HANDS AND WIVES LINE
A ROUTE COVERING 22
MILES.
. PROVIDENCE, Oct 25.—Rhode!
Island and Connecticut island towns
ycslertiay and last night gave Smith
a reception reported unparalleled in
t,*< culpouri.ig pf people at Boston
pud other Massachusetts towns. At
Ua> tford the police had to wield theii (
riij^ht sticks to rescue the Governor
ft i-in follower" Mill hands, their
wnes and children lined the entire
loutc of twenty-two miles from
BlaeK-stone to Providence. At *his
' i i: ce women fcj olte ilm.tngn the police
lines. Some- pat their arms through i
to th< nominee, and hundreds of
;ncm touched 1 im as ho passed by.
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COOLIDGE HAS PAIR OF DELIN
QUENTS AS LUNCHEON GUESTS
! - i
j WASHINGTON, Oet. 25.—Presi
, dent Coolidge had Douglas Fairbanks
and Mary Pickford as luncheon
; guests at the White House today.
Fairbanks owes more than a million
dollars of. unpaid federal taxes, ac
cording to the Govern vi .n'„ rnd Mary
Pickford, it is stated, is also delin
quent.
PHILADELPHIA DETECTIVES
JAILED FOR HUGE GRAFT
PHILADELPHIA. — Payments of
$11,000 a week by disorderly houses
in one police district were uncovered
today by District Attorney Monaghan
who is conducting-a grand'jury inves
tigation.
The revelations came with the ar
rest of four detectives, charged with
extorting money from the proprietor
of a disorderly house. The detectives
are alleged to have collected $220 a
week from a single place-in the dis
trict, m which 50 houses are reported
to have bieen operating.
Telegraphic Ticks.
SEATTLE, Oct. 24.—Mrs. Eleanor
Balderston, wife of Harry BaBlder
i ston, Seward banker, who was arrest
| ed on October 8 charged with the pos
| session of liquor in her home, was
i fined $50 yesterday, on plea of guilty.
I Miss Helen, her daughter, a Univer
i sity of Washington sophomore, taken
in custody at the same time, was
: freed by the court.
PRINCETON, N. J., Oct. 23 —As a
protest against being barred from
voting at the national election, 1,500
undergraduates at Princeton Univer
sity paraded the streets here and tore
1 down two political banners,, one of
Hoover and one of Smith.
SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 25.—Henry
Belein du Pont, of Wilmington, DeL,
and Miss Margaret Lewis, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Perry J. Lewis, so
cially prominent San Antonio folk,,
were married h ere last night.
LAKEHURST, N. J., Octi 26.—The
Graf Zeppelin, it.is announced/ will
start Monday on its return trip ,tc
Germany.
ROME, Oct. 24.—Cardinal De' Gae
tano,. secretary of the. consistorial
congregation since 1908, died, today.
SEATTLE, Oct. 26.—Sir Austin
Chamberlain will visit Seattle Sunday
morning, $u ioute to. Vancouver
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE ISSUES
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMA
TION; NATION PROSPEROUS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.—Presi
dent Cbtalidge issued a Thanksgiving
proclamation today by calling upon
the people of the nation to offer
thanks on Thursday, November- 29;
for prosperity in agriculture, industry
and commerce, and for the peace
which has existed in the last year
The proclamation said the country ,
as a whole, had been protected
against pestilence and disaster and
had been directed in the way of na
tional prosperity.
IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY IN
MEMORY OF ROALD AMUND
SEN AT OSLO UNIVERSITY
OSLO, Oct. 25.—An impressive
ceremony in memory of Roal Amund
sen, famed explorer, was held in the
University of Oslo last night, under
auspices of the National Geographical
Society. Members of the Amundsen
family, cabinet ministers and Captain
Otto Sverdrup were among those at
tending. Explorer Nansen, who de
livered the principal address, said
Amundsen’s name would ever give to
Norwegians faith in their race.
New York To
Los Angeles
MONOPLANE YANKEE DOODLE
MAKES NON-STOP FLIGHT IN
25 HOURS,
ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y„ Oct,
25.—The monoplane Yankee Doodle
took oc at 4 o’clock this afternoon on
a transcontinental flight for the pur
pose of setting a new non-stop record
to Los Angeles, the destination of the
plane. Harry Tucker, owner, and
Captain C. D. N. Collyer, pilot, are
making the flight.
MINES FIELD, Los Angeles, Oct.
25.—The monoplane Yankee Doodle,
with Captain C. B. D. Collyer at the
controls and Harry Tucker, owner, in
the passenger’s seat, landed here at 2
o’clock this afternoon, completing the
flight from New York City in 25
hours.
The many friends of Miss Vivian
Howard, foromer resident of Takot
na, who left here last fall for Fair
banks for medical treatment, and who
later went to Seattle in search of
medical relief, passed away in Se
attle in the latter part of August. No
details of her death, further than the
stated fact, have been received here.
Jack McDonald was a last Sunday
arrival from McGrath, for a short
visit here.
Del Thompson returned Wednesday
from a. trip to Ophir.
. Eli Walker was a Wednesday ar
rival from Ophir for a short visit
here..
“It’s so hard to do what's right all
the time.”'
“Cheer up—the first ten command
ments are the hardest.”—Ex.‘
Irritable Husband (to wife driving
a nail—How ever do you erpect to
knock a nail in the wall with a clothes
brush? Fur goodness sake, use your
head!
I $10,000,000
! Investment
! TO EXPAND ACTIVITIES OF BOE
ING AIRPLANE CORPORA
TION, SEATTLE.
—
SEATTLE, Oct. 25.—The National
City Bank, through its subsidiary, the
National City Company, has pur
chased s. $10,000,000 interest in the
Boeing Airplane and Air Transporta
tion Corporation of Seattle. The
money is to be used in enlarging the
plant and extending activities of the
corporation, according to announce
ment made today by Joe Boeing, head
of the concern, and J. F. Ripley, vice
president of the National City Com
pany.
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GRAND LARCENY CHARGES
I
FILED AGAINST ALLEGED
.MURDERERS AT SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Oct. 25.—Still unable to
produce the body, the State today filed
grand larceny charges against Eari
i Mayer and Mrs. Mary Eleanor
I French, his mother, who were arrest
i (;d a fortnight ago for suspected of
! the murder of Eugene James Bassett,
| scion of a Baltimore family. The lat
ter'-s automobile, belt, wrist watch and
other personal effects were found in
I possession of the accused.
20-YEAR-OLD BOY, SINGLE
HANDED, ROBS ( ANDIAN PA
CIFIC EXPRESS CAR, 822,000
DETROIT.—William Gibbs, 20
year-old Los Angeles youth, who held
up and robbed the Canadian National
passenger train near Chatham, Ont.,
of $22,000 in currency, was trapped
here a few hours later by United
States immigration officers. The
money was found stuffed about the
: youth’s shabby clothing. The police
were unable to learn whether any ad
j ditional loot was taken.
I Although armed with two pistols,
: the youth did not resist arrest and
readily admitted his guilt.
Wondering how he escaped from
. the scene of the robbery so quickly,
the police expressed the opinion that
he boarded the same train after the
holdup and rode the rods into Wind
sor, Ont.
Anthony Sweeney, former well
| known oldtimer of this section, who
left here some months ago, was at
Clasgow, Scotland, when last heard
. from, as evidenced by a postcard re
j ceived by Mrs. D. E. Clough, bearing
date of May 16.
Charlie O’Halloran and Charlie
, Konig, mail carriers on the run be
tween Flat and Big river, driving
their teams, were Wednesday arrivals,
' and left Thursday for Ophir, on their
j way to FFlat.
In a Political
NEW YORK, Oct. 24.—John Ras
kob, head of the Democratic national
committee, issued a statement today,
in which he asserted that Hoover’s
speech, as relating to Smith’s admin
istrative proposals, was a deliberate
j attempt to mislead.
S SEATTLE, Oct. 24.—Senator Nor
f ris of Nebraska spoke here last night
i on behalf of the candidacy of Senator
; Dill. Norris hurled slaps at Hoover
: and declared his partisanship a curb
to civilization.
A1 Smith
At Boston
SAYS HOOVER CHARGE OF SO
CIALISM A CRY BEING MADE
BY BIG INTERESTS.
BOSTON, Oct. 25.—A1 Smith, Dem
ocratic nominee for the presidency, in
his speech here last night, replying to
Hoover’s charge that the the Demo
cratic candidatte stands for state so
cialism, branded it, in effect, as being
a war cry of the big interests.
Smith received a great reception,
the celebration of Armistice Day hav
ing been eclipsed by that of the man
with the brown derby. According to
the police the climax of the demon
stration was reached on Boston Com
mons, where tens of thousands were
massed, cheered him.
Caustically, he said the cry of so
cialism had been patented by power
ful interests that desire to put a dam
per on progressive legislation. He
declared he knew where Hoover stood
on power, prohibition and farm relief,
and that “I have been trying to drag
him into the open.”
Republican
Estimates
CLAIMS MINIMI Mwf>F .302 ELEC
TORAL VOTES FOR IIER
EERT HOOVER.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.—Repub
lican headquarters here privately
c2&ir.^f£ ** giinimum of 303 electoral
votes for Herbert Hoover. New York..
Massachusetts and New Jersey, it is
stated, are not included in thase pri
vate claims.
BORAH DEFENDS HOOVER
FROM SMITH’S ATTACKS
MINNEAPOLIS.—Senator Borah
of Idaho, in a campaign speech here
last night, said Smith’s criticism of
Hoover for the acts of his fellow Cab
inet members was no more justified
than blaming Smith for the millions
grafted by Tammany Hall.
Before a crowd filling the municipal
auditorium and a line-up with forty
radio stations Jthe Idahoan took.
Smith to task for his reference to.
Hoover and the oil scandal. The Sen
ator said: “The logic of Smith’s con
tention was that you should condemn
Hoover because he was a fellow mem
ber with a Cabinet officer who be
trayed the country and sold his birth
right for a mess of pottage. I do not
desire even by inference to be under
stood as excusing or apologizing for
those who proved recreant to every
sense of decency and righteousness,
but I do propose to defend Hoover
against imputations and propose to
invoke the precept and example of
Smith in doing so. Smith has been a
member of Tammany Hall for thirty
years. He has been in closest rela
tionship with its members. He has
been one of the leaders. Is he re
sponsible for the stealings and extor
tions of Crocker? Did he ever con
demn them? Is he judged and meas
ured in this campaign by the specula
tions and grafting of Murphy?’’
Billy Gibbs, well known oldtimer,
was a Wednesday arrival from Idit
arod, and left Wednesday for Gantr*
creek.