VOL. V. NO. 33
TOKOTNA, ALASKA,
SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1925.
PRICE 25 CENTS
L LAST WILL
W. J. BRYAN
Left $860^000^ Consigns
Body to Dtwt; Recoin- -
mends Soul to, Lod.
Washington, Aug. 14,—The
will of the late William Jennings
-Bryan, filed/-today in probate
court, distributes-an estate, of
$860,000 among relatives, friends
and several institutions.
The Bryan estate Maryrnont,
at CocoanutGrove, Florida, goes
to his wife, together with' one
third of the.- rest of his estate.
Ilis three children receive ap -
proximately $100,000 each, and,
according to his own estimate,
approximately $100,000 goes to
educational and- religious institu
tions.
The will, in part,, reads as fol
lows; ;
‘•In the! name of God, fare
well. Trusting for ray salvation
to the blood of Jesus-Christv my
Bord and Redeemer, and relying
on His promises for my hope of
resurrection, I consign my. body
to dust and recommend my spirit
to God, who gave it to me,”
Would Merge West
and South Into Po
litical Combination
Kansas City. Aug. 13.— Charles W. :
Bryan has taken the field to carry on :
the fight began with his late brother
William Jennings BryaD, to merge the
West aDd South into a political com
bination to capture control of the fed
eral government.
Wilcox Nominated for
Wisconsin Senatorship
Milwaukee, Aug. 14.—Roy C. Wil
cox, of Kau Claire, was nominated by !
the repuolican state convention last
night to succeed the late Robert M,
La Follette as United States senator
from this state.
Rigid Conservation
of Alaska Fisheries
Swampscott, Aug. IS,—Rigid con
servation of Alaska fisheries was rec
ommended to President Coolipge today
by • Representative White, of Maine,
ranking republican on the merchant
marine and fisheries.
Sid Paulson, who arrived Monday
from Ophir, left Tuesday on the White
& Lind transport for the Forks, from
which place he went to Candle- on
Wednesday, hiked pack here Thurs
dayt and returned to Ophir yesterday.
John Adams was a Friday arrival
from Little. He will be a passeDger on
the Tana for Bethel, to connect with
the steamer Tupper, headed for his
home in San Francisco.
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Bill Hertzberg, who arrived Thurs
day from Ganes, left this morning for
McGrath, a passenger on the White <fc
Lind boat.
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VESSELS
IN ARCTIC
Amundsen’s Maude Re
leased From Ice; Cut
ter Bear on Shoals.
Seattle, Aug. 13.—Amundsen’s
exploration ship, the Maude, for
three years frozen in the Arctic
Ice. has extricated herself and is
now at East Gape, Siberia, ac
cording to a wireles.; message
received today from the Alaska
Steamship Company’s freighter!
Oduna, which in the ;ame mes
sage also reported that the fam
ous revenue cutter Bear is ashore
on the shoals off Cape Prince cf
Wales, Bering strait. The Oduna
is proceeding to the assistance
of the Bear.
50,000 Ku Klux Kians
men in Procession at
the National Capital
t Washington, Aug. II.—The national
capital-was thronged with ku klux
klansrnen today. Pennsylvania avenue
was roped off for the big parade, the
robed and hooded ranks in which, esti
mated at fifty thousand, marched from
the Capitol to tbe White House.
1926 Budget Calls for
$00,000,000 Reduction
Swampsoott, Aug. It — President
i Coolidge today approve a tentative
budget for next year’s appropriations
calling for a reduction of $200,000,000
over those of this year.
Mrs. J. Pierpont Mor
gan Passes Away
New York, Aug. 14.—Mrs. John
Pierpont Morgan, wife of noted Amer
ican financier, died today at her home
at Glen Cove. Long Island. Death was
the result ot a cardiac collapse, physi
cians said, which came after two
months’ illness from sleeping sickness.
J. A. Denney, deputy T nited States
internal revenue collector, who has
been in this locality for several weeks
past giving attention to his official du
ties. aDd who, incidentally, made many
friends during his sLay here, was a de
parture this morning for McGrath,
going-down on the White & Lind car -
rier- Mr. Denney will be a passenger
on the Tana for Bethel, at which place
he will take passage on the Tupper for
the Outside.
Mrs. W. H. Jones, Mrs. B. J. Boyd,
Miss Ellen Fred aDd and Miss Bessie S.
Boyd spent Thursday and Friday at
Yankee creek roadhouse, returning
Friday evening with W. H. Jones.
L. N. Wilson, who arrived Monday
from up. the Tokorna on the White &
Lind boat, continued on the same to
McGrath, Tuesday.
Ed Nolletie, a “Sunday visitor, re
turned to Yankee on Monday.
Matt Kyvic, who arrived Sunday,
returned to Opbir on Tuesday.
This Fellow Has Real
System in Divorcing
Wife From Himself
Constantinople, Aug. 13'.—Mu staph a
Kemal Pasha, president of the Turkish
republic, has divorced his wife, Latife l
Hanoun.
An official statement says that the
president, having- decided to separate
from his wife, has issued a decree pro
nouncing a divorce effective from Au~
i
Bringing Large Amount
of Freight; Passen
gers Booked.
Seattle. Aug. 15.—The steam
ship W. H. Tupper,v.with a num
ber of passengers and heavy
freight consignments, will sail
Wednesday for Bethel on her
last voyage to the Kuskokwim
this season.
Among the passengers so far
booked are the following:
Gordon G. Betties, Napamute;
L. Hinkleman. Kbbert Gunkin,
Hans Hansen, McGrath mining
men; H. Y. Grnshong, Nixon;
Mrs. W. Hanson, Miss N. C.;
Halback, Mrs. W Stocker, Mrs.
Nellie Brainerd, Miss Nelhe
Hoyt, Miss Dorothy Brainard,
land Ira Willis and wife, all gov
I eminent teachers destined for
i the Kuskokwim region.
Telegraphic Ticks.
j Seattle. Free trace between this
country and Canada in respect to deep i
sea iisbiag was urged by witnesses j
i Thursday in the hearing on halibut im-1
port duties before the United Slates!
tariff commission.
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Yakima.—Charles Heath, 60, was;
thrown from an automobile driven by;
his son. Ellis Heath, IV, and before he
could regain his feet was struck and
killed by an auto driven by Ellen
Stevens.
Plymouth, Vt.—President and Mrs.!
Coolidge arrived hen- late yesterday
for an over Sunday vi-.it with the 1 res
ident’s father, Joi n Coolidge.
Berlin.—The reichstag Thursday ap
proved the new treaty of commerce
and amity between Germany and the
United States.
Astoria.—Alexander Pesonen, for 26
years keeper of North bead lighthouse,
died last night at his post of duty.
Toledo.—S3attle ha been chosen for
the 1926 national convention of the
Fraternal Order of Etgles.
Danville, Ills.—Uncle Too Cannon,
89, joined the Methodist church Tues
day night.
Swampscott.—President Coolidge, an
inveterate cigar smoker, has taken to
cigarettes.
Seattle. —Vice President Dawes will
visit Seattle some time in September.
Seattle.—Vance McCormick, famous
democrat, is visiting in Seattle.
5,000 On Payroll, 2,000
of Them in Hands
of Loan Sharks.
Seattle, Aug. 14.—Of the five
thousand employes on the city
payroll, two thousand are in the
hands of loan sharks, it devel
oped today, as the resell of an
investigation made by the city
comptroller’s office, which has
been under way for a number of
weeks.
A striking feature disclosed
by the investigation is that the
great majority of those paying
tribute to the sharks are paying
36 per cent interest.
3 Convicts Escape
Oregon Penitentiary
Salem, Aug. 15.—Two guards and
ODe convict were killed last night
when three convicts escaped from the
Oregon penitentiary. The dead are:
J. M. Holman and John Sweeney,
guards, and James Jones, convict.
Alaska Products Will
Be Leading Feature
Seattle, Aug. 13.—The Alaska de
partment of the Chamber of Commerce ;
is co-operating with the Alaska rail
road in [providing an exhibit at the
Pacific Northwest Merchants’ Exposi
tion. August IT to l!2, at which Alaska
products will be featured.
Record Price Thor
oughbred Yearling
Saratoga Springs. N. Y.. Aug. 14.—
A record sum of $30,500 for a thorough
bred yearling was paid today by James
Cox Brady in the purchase of a daugh
ter of Mao O’-War, bred in Virginia
by Rear Admiral Gravson.
Superintendent Charles Kimball, of
the Flume Dredge Company, who was i
a Monday arrival, reported operations
at both the Little and Yankee dredges
as ouite satisfactory. Slight frost is
still encountered by the dredge at j
Little, but not enough to cause much
worry. The dredge at Yankee, where
there was a short stoppage of opera
tions due to the lack of distillate, is
again hard at work, the oil situation
having been relieved to some extent
during the week by the arrival of sev
eral tanks brought up from the Forks
in the White & Lind light draught
freighter.
Pete Carlson, of Carlson & Hounan,
Ophir, was a Monday arrival, and left
Tuesday for McGrath, going down on
the White & Lind boat.
Superintendent Jack Guinan. of the
G. & A. dredge, Gaues creek, was a
Monday town visitor.
Knut Wickstrom was a Sunday ar
rival. _
Joe Ferris returned Wednesday from
a business trip to Ophir.
But 15-Year Old Girl
I Survives Terrible Ride
Down Liard River.
Edmonton, Au". 15.—The 15
! year-old daughter of Thomas
Smith, a well known Yukon
prospector, was carried thirty
miles down the swift cu-rents of
the Upper Liard river in a skin
boat, without oars, after her
father had been drowned when
the craft capsized in Hell’s Gate
rapids.
Struggling during the thirty
mile ride to keep the canoe from
crashing, the girl finally man
aged to bring it into an eddy and
reached the shore. She then
fashioned a pair of oars with an
old handsaw which was fastened
to the boat, and rowed another
thirty miles to Sutherland's
camp.
When the frail craft capsized,
throwing the father and daugh.
ter into the water, Smith shout
ed to his daughter to cling to the
boat, which he attempted to keep
afloat. After the girl had gone
down twice, when she grabbed
the rope attached to the boat
j she tried to i scue her father by
throwing him the only oar in
the boat, but he sank.
San Diego, 2 Others,
Feel Earth Shocks
_
San Diego, Aug. K5.—A severe earth
shock was felt here at o’clock this
morning. Earthquakes were reported
at San Jacinto aud Hemet.
Los Angeles, Aug. 14.—An earth
quake shock occurred here at 6 o’clock
j t his morning. No serious damage re
! suited.
Grave Conditions Re
ported Clonmel, Ireland
Dublin, Aug. 10.—Grave conditions
are reported in Clonmel, the largest
town in Tipperarv, where, according to
the mayor’s report, a number of chil
dren have died of starvation and others
are dying of illness caused by the
prevalent lack of nourishing foods.
Louis Suzanne was a todav arrival
from Candle, after having given atten
tion to improving a portion of the old
trail and to blazing a new cut-off of the
trail betweeu Candle and McGrath.
Dan Nicholson, after a day in town
giving attention to business affairs, re
turned to Little creek on Tuesday.
A1 Hlair, who arrived yesterday front
Ganes, will be a down-river passenger
on the Tana.
Dan McGintv left for Candle on Mon
day. _
Leo Rodrigue was a Tuesday arrival
for a few days’ visit in town
Red Daniels, Ophir, was a Thursday
arrival. __
Paul Heinrich, a late last Saturday
ar ival, left Tuesday for Ophir.