THE
KUSKO
TIMES
VOL. V. NO. v*Q
TOKOTNA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1925.
PRICE 25 CENTS
R. DANES II
GETS JOLT
Senate Adopts Resolu
tion Indicating Where
to IHead In.’
Washington, ! March 5. — The
Senate took the’bit in its teeth
this afternoon and ran rough
shod over “iis* "presiding officer
and made B-awes eat crow in re
prisal for the severe strictures
administered by hi2n to the mem
bers in his inaugural address,
scoring theta for preserving ar1:
chaic rules which he declared
prevented the transaction of
business- with - order • and dis
patch.
Dawes took his medicine like
a'Spartan,’ and shotted no dispo
sition to hit back.
Punishment to? Dawes' took
form in a^resolutiJcn. adopted bjr
' unanimous consent, correcting
the mistakes- and •’blunder^' he
made when he unceremoniously
cast aside the rules of the Sen
ate and ignored red tape- by tak’
ing ; short cutS'dn twenty four
new members en bloc.
Son of Leonard^Wok5
iri Trouble, Biarritz
Paris* March 3.-~Th« boardxrf. tii
rectors1 of the- Biarritz Casino have
sworn to a^warrant for* the1 arrest of
Lieutenant Osborne -Wood,‘sod t>? Gen
eral Leonard Wood,' governor-general
of the Philippines. The Biarritz com
plaint alleges thrft1 Osborne Wood is
sued a check for 35<000 francs' on the
Lloyd’s Bank when he was without
sufficient, funds, according to the police
commissioner.
U. S. Gunboat Speeding
to Protect Americans
Shanghai. Feb. 28.—A United States
gunboat is betug rushed from Wan
Heien to Weweicbowiu in an effort to
obtain the release of the American
steamer Chichuen. which was seized
by the military there and its crew ar
rested.
Turned Out 1,000 Gal
ilons Moonshine Daily
- Seattle, Feb. 28.—Federal prohibi
' Sion agents last evening raided the
■ dairv farm of Henry Maggiora, fifteen
miles south of Seattle, and captured a
distillery which, they say, has been
running out one thousand gallons of
moonshine .lailv
Gertrude Body, after a visit of about
three months on uhe Outside, spent
mostly in Montana, was a Wednesday
arrival, coming from Neoana as a pas*
■eager of Chester Brink.
Fay Bullock, after a visit of a couple
of days at McGrath, returned here
Wednesday, coming up with Chester
Brink. __
Ed Stephenson, McGrath, was a yes
terdap arrival, for a brief visit.
Bill Hummel returned Wednesday
: ■ from a trip to McGrath.
W.T.LOPP’S
REMOVAL
Office Abolished, Pio
neer Educator Let
Out in 7 Days.
Seattle, March 4. — Protests
against the sudden removal of
William T. Lopp as head of the
Alaska division of the Bureau of
Education, after his pioneering
educational service among the
Indians and Eskimos of the Ter
ritory, to make way for Jonathan
H. Wagner, an educator from
INew Mexico, have been seut to
Washington, it became known
oday. Although Lopp was ad
vised on January 3 that his po
sition would be abolished, effect
ive seven days later, no public
announcement of the change was
made until yesterday, when Pro
fessor P. A. Gotder, formerly of
Washington State College and
-now professor of history at Stan
ford University, dispatched an
indignant protest to Senator
Jones “ of this state, and fob Sen
Etot* Watson, of Indiana.
Telegraphic Ticks.
■ Seittle.'—1The Duchess of Purthmd is
bound for America to iud the rightful
heir tb the estates of her late father.
Clan Dallas,1 chieftain. William Dal
las, a humble Seattle resident, is be
lieved 10 be next in line for the large
estate.
Olympia.—The supreme court Tues
day disbarred Rimer Smith. Ceotralia
attorney, on charges of having adv»
cated and approved sabotage, syndical
ism aDd general violation of law as a
means of social reform.
WilmiDgton, Del. — Major General
James Harrison Wilson, 87, retired,
lust csvil war corps commander and
the last member of Grant’s staff,
dead at his home, while shaving, Mon
day. _
Des Moines.—The appointment of
James F. Barton, of Fort Dodge, as na
tional adjutant of the American Le
gion, was announced here Tuesday by
National Commander Drain.
Honolulu.—Master Sergeant, David
B. Grosvernan was killed Monday when
the airplane which ho was flying col
lapsed at a height of 700 feet and
crashed into Pearl Harbor.
Stockholm.—Hjaimar Hranting, for
mer premier, died today. He was one
or the most active European statesmen
in the affairs of the League of Nations.
Oroville.—F. Uphoff, foundry worker,
who was awaiting sentence for violat
ing the Volstead law, killed himself bv
asphyxiation, Thursday night.
Bryn Mawr, Penn.—Helen Taft Man
ning, daughter of Chief Justice Taft,
received appointment as dean of Bryn
Mawr College, Tuesday.
Sanila.—The cruiser Huron, flagship
of the American fleet in Asiatic waters,
is aground off Malanspaya sound, island
of Palawan. _
Tientsien.—The boy emperor, Hsuan
Tung, last monarch to reign in China,
desires to visit America.
People of Tokotna, f*
McGrath, Qphir And *
Flat SholiW GdfBnsy
Ruby. Alaska, March T,' 1925,
A. X. Grant, Tokotna. Alaska:
Welzlar, before leaTiag Neoana fan
Juneau, a few davs ago,-1 inrtroetted
poatmastei a f-'nrarta to not dispatch,
the twenty tfc*'d trip from DJsnana to
Fiat, without • pr-eial orders from Wash
ington. If you people want twenty
three trips, to which you are entitled
under contract, hold meeting at Mc
Grath and Tokotna and wire Delegate
Sutherland. Tom Dbvane.
INAUGURAL
CEREMONY
Coolidge, Dawesf Take
Oaths and* Invested
in High^Mices.
Wa-snragton, March t.-Jwvm
Coolidge^ was inaugurated presi
dent in his own ttgift today, and
for the tiraft i time in nineteen
months thecountry has & ■rvioe
president.
Standing »t ftfe* ihwrtewo-spot
where a long lme <sf jpradeoes
sors have tahen theeasred oath,
Cootidge bent and kissed the
Bible in the>hands of Chief Jus
tice Taft and ‘delivered bis in
Httgurai ad Press. Qenry M.
Bawes a fewiminates earlier had
taken bie-oath and delivered his
inaugural address in the Senate
chamber. The President took
the oath at 1 o’clock, and the
Vice President had taken the
oath at 12.
The President, In fhiaiiaatrg
ural address, dedicated his ad
ministration to lightening the
tax burden at home, and to the
promotion of world peace
through mutual understandings
with other nations.
Friedrich Ebert, Pres
ident of German Re
public, Passes Away
Berlin, March 1.—Friedrich Ebert,
president-of Germany, died this morn
ing. Death was doe to failwre to rai?y
from an operation for appendicitis,
performed three days ago.
53 Coal Miners Lose
Lives, Sullivan, Ind.
Sullivan, lad.. Feb. 28.—-Fifty-three
miners lost their lives yesterday when
an explosion trapped them 310 feet be
low tbe surface and shutoff the air sup>
ply. Tbe miue is owned by tbe City
Coal Compiler.
1 " - -i t.
Olympia.—Jay Thomas,' of ’Seattle,
editor of the Washington State Weeji
ly, was appointed stake prictePby Gov
ernor Hartley, Monday. ,
Henry Martslla and Eob'Shively
made the round trip to Candle', Thurs
day. ___
Virginia Howard, Ophir. « arrived
Thursday, for a-brief-visit. i >
PROJECT OF
MAGNITUDE
SmMMMQ for Devel
op *it driest Rapids,
' Coiiiaiwa River, Or.
Seattle. March 4.—The largest
single water-power development
project remaining in the United
States was turned over to the
General Electric Company today
with the^randng at Washington
of a fifty-year license for the
Priest Rapids development,' on
Columbia river.
' One hundred million -dollars
will be sper.i by the General
Electric Company in developing
and using 40&'000 primary and
350,000s econdary p horsepower
from the product' for an aiumi
[ nu® plant, which ■ will utilize
alumnice clay. *A magnesium
metal plant and two plants for
i the production of fertilizer works
will be<sfcart,ed -this year an the
longest-dam in the 'world, two
and one third miles in length,
and ninety feet high, to cost
$26,000,000.
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Washington Notes
Washington, Feb. 28. -Senator Me
dill McCormick, of Illinois, mi found
deod todisy jB his apartment at tb(
Hamilton aotel. Coroner’s physician!
ssy that his death was due from nat
ural causes, but as to the exact cause
they are not agreed on.
Washington.—MissXnMa Arthur, ac
tress, and Juba T. Adams, focjut
chairman of the republican national
committee, were guests of Presideoi
and Mrs. Coolidge Sunday on the y*cbl
Mayflower.
Washington —Nicholas Long-worth
Ohio, was selected Monday night ai
the republican candidate for epeakei
of the House, having defeated Madden
Illinois, in the cauous by 141 to 75.
Washington.—Violations of law a<
well as navy regulations are involved
in the case of the navy transport Beau
fort. which transported liquor icfc
Hampton Hoads.
Washington. — The nomination o
William S. Humphcev, of Seattle, t(
■toe a -member of ths Federal Tradi
Commission, was confirmed by the Sen
ate, Honda/. _
Washington.— Alanson Houghton
present .ambassador to Germany, wai
nominated - r v.urday to be Amerieui
ambasniti. r Gr> at. Biitain.
Capital School CM
(Enjoys UniqueIf©noi
-Washington. March S.^KalSienw
Parsons. Washington school girl
whose hschjr, “The Surrender of York
town,’* ifrba the first prize in the con
test' conducted by the 'Sons of th<
American Revolution, had the unique
honor last eight of receiving the prizi
from the hands of Sir Eame Howard
Britiah ambassador.
Athens.—Greece has arranged the
payment of her war debt to -Great
Britain.
DOINGS IN
CONGRESS
Rivers and Harbors Bill
Includes Several Pro
jects for Alaska.!
Washington, March 3, — The
House passed the rivers and
harbors bill as amended by the
Senate, Who- bill provides that
-not more than one-half million
doliars shali be expended upon
the Wrangell 'Narrows ^project
on-less special authority is grant
ed. Surveys directed for Alaska
coveis Saxman harbor, in Ton
gass narrows, Hyder .-harbor.
Ketchikan- creek, Port Alexan
der, Yukon river near Port Yu
kon and near Holy Cross, Res
urrection bay breakwater, and
Wrangell harbor breakwater.
The conference report on the
postal pay and rate increase bill
was adopted by the House. Sen
ate concurrence is necessary be
fore the measure can go to the
President.
The alien deportation bill,
passed by the House under sus
pension of the rules, was killed
in the Senate.
fBy a vote of 5 to 1, rthe House
military aircraft eemnaittee vot
ed to reopen its hearings.
■ The treaty authorizing the
A merman'Canadian boundary
coirstn ssion to maintain *11 effec
tive boundary -throughout the
entire boundary line between the
(United -States and Canada wac
signed this afteraoon.
’Qfhe 'Senate passed the civil
-wornce retirement ‘bill, increas
ing the peasions of retired gov
ernment employes.
'British King, Prince,
Victims of Influenza
London, March 2.—The king must,
on recovery from his present illness
betake himself out of the rigorous Eng
1 lisb climate, as a precaution against
the possibility of a second attack of in
flueaaa, which is very prevalent in
* -England sow, the king's physicians.
Lord Dawson, Sir MUson Lees and Sir
1 Frederick Stanley tiewett, have ruled.
1 London —Princa Henry; third son of
1 the-king, was stricken Thursday and
joined «ais royal lather as the latest
victim of the ifidoeaca epidemic.
Miss Keith, who recently arrived at
McGrath, coming from Neoana as &
passenger of Chester Brink, was a yes
terday arrival, coining up with Owec
Gray._
A. ft. Eldridge, of Blackburn A
Eldridge, McGrath merchants, arrived
Tuesday for a couple of days’ stay, to
r give attention to business affairs.
Frank Guskey, N. C. auditor, who
left late Saturday for MeGruth. re
turned herb Thursday.
1 Bud Riley returned here Monday
1 from a trip to Ophir.
JJels Vibe, Little creek, was a Wed~
nesday town visitor.
Ike Hayes left yesterday for M*>
Oratk