THE KUSKO TIMES
VOL. II. NO. 34.
MCGRATH, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1922,
FRlCE 25 CENTS
Motorship Ozmo Hits
Reef Off Oregon Coast;
Crew Saved, Lifeboats
Seattle, May 17.—The North
am;Commercial Company’s mo
torship Ozrao, bound from San
I?raneiseo to Seattle to begin
her voyage to Bethel, on the
Kuskokwkn river, struck a reef
off Capo Blanco,- on the Southern
Oregon coastn, idaring last night,
the crew and> passengers, num
bering twenty, being compelled
to take to the lifeboats.
At 4 o’clock this morning the
vessel floated off the reef, but
was leaking badly and in a sink
ing conditions according to radio
messages. The steamer Willa
mette is hastening to the scene
to pick up the crew.
Lbtesl Reports Regarding-Ozmo.
Seattle.—-The Ofctno had four
hundred tons of San-Francisco
cargo_for the Kuskokwim when
she crashed against the rocks.
She was booked for an addi
tional seven hundred tons to be
Haken on in- Seattle.*
San Francisco. — A wireless
message from the steamship
Senator says- the Ozmo was
sighted by the Senator at 10 a.
m. today, four and one-half miles
off Port Orford whistling buoy,
and that there appeared to be
about ten feet? of * water in her
holds. The Oamo was- drifting
in a southwesterly direction.
GRANDSON
OF JOHN D.
Planning to Marry Mrs.
Stillman When Latter
Is -Divorced.
Chicago; May 16.-—Chicago so
ciety is a-flutter tonight over the
report that Fetoler -McCormick,
son of millionaire Hhrold Mc
Cormick, ^nd grandson of John
DJ Rockefeller, is; planning to
marry Mrs. Anae Stillman, who
isibeing sued by James A. Still
man, Now YOrk banker, tor di*
vorce. McCormick, who-is now
a student at PUficeton- univers
ity, will marry Mrs. Stillman as
soon as her divorce affair is set
tled, says Chaperon’r in a
Chicago newspaper.
LABOR WAR
70 Apartment Buildings
Partially Destroyed in
Spectacular Blaze.
Chicago May 17.?-Open defi
ance of the efforts of the police
to check outbreaks ■ in the labor
warfare which has~ terrorized^
this city forth© pasb.tw ©months
was seen tonight! in a spectacular
fire which parbiaily. destroyed
seventy apartment buildings, all
of which were umier construc
tion in the heart of the wealthy
residence district,* Erery avail
able fire-fighting apparatus was
ontbegrouocL < Tlfe police force
aeemsacad equate anoL^powerless
to cheek the work of. the van
dais.
/
A GIGANTIC
CONSPIRACY
Involving Seattle Har
bor Dept. Patrol, Say
Federali Agents.
Seattle, May' 177 — Treasury
department agents today bared
what they declared to be a gi
gantic conspiracy*, involving the
Seattle harbor department pa
trol when they arrested Captain
E. G. Croner, in charge of the
harbor patrol boat,, and Victor
G. Bergman, in charge of the
patrol on another- shift. They
are specifically charged with
conspiracy to smuggle ashore a
large quantity of silk and sixteen
Chinese dinner sets, on Tuesday
night.
Los Angeles Police in
Desperate Fray With
Canadian Smugglers
Long Beach, Cal- -One man was
shot and drowned, four, others arrest
ed, and a launch and two trunks, to
gether with 193 cases of liquor, seized
here today, following a battle between
a police squad and liquor smugglers in
the harbor, lasting for over half an
hour. The liquors are of tbs choicest
Canadian brands.
U. S. District Attorney
Mixed With.Klanners
tios Angeles*—Jbe Burke. United
States district attorney, today admit
ted he had signed an application for
membership to the klq klux klan, stat
ing that the application was made a.
▼ear ago, while be vra3engaged in pri
vate law practice at Santa Ana, Calif.
The disclosure came during the inves
tigation into the activities of klanners,
oow under wav here-at the hands of
the federal authorities'.
Pete Jesslund and Russian Philip
were the season’s first arrivals hy boat,
coming frem up-river.
CONFERENCE
IS BREAKING
Efforts Being Made to
Remove Discussion
to The Hague.
Gene®, May 15.—The Genoa
conference, heralded as a meet
ing of minds out of which would
arise rejuvenation, hope and a
new order of international con
cord and peace, today stands a
desolate hulk. Out of weeks’
negotiations has come only the
treaty of Rapallo, between Ger
many and Russia, virtually re
establishing the old order of bal
ance of power.
Efforts are being made to
reach a decision to continue dis
cussion of Russian rehabilitation
at The Hague without Russian
representation.
It is semi officially stated that
Lloyd George, of the British
delegation to the conference, ex
pects to depart for London at
the end of the week.
Pkris.—The French delegation
will remain at Genoa to take
part in deliberations on other
questions properly before the
conference, although it will have
nothing more to do with discus
sion with the Russians, it was
said at the Foreign Office this
morning. As far as the Russian
problem is concerned, the con
ference is considered by the
French Government as at an
end.
delega
Genoa.—The Russian
tion announced tonight that it
would accept the plan for an all
nations commission to meet at
The Hague, June 15,
purpose of studying
problems and finding a
their recognition.
for the
Russian
basis for
.
Genoa, Mav 17.—Russia today re
turned a favorable reply to the Allied
proposal for a conference at The Hague
©ext month, Tchitcherin formally an
nounced. Another note to the Unfted
States, urging American participation
in a European diecussion of Russian
affairs, was prepared by the heads of
the Genoa conference today.
—
Telegraphic Ticks.
Berkeley, Cal.—Dr. David Prescott
Barrows, president of the University
of California, tendered his resignation
today.
Lafayette, Ind.—Edward Charles El -
lioit, chancellor of the University of
Montana, has been selected as presi
dent of Purdue University.
i Philadelphia. — Incomplete returns
indicate that Alter defeated Pincbot in
the primaries yesterday for the Repub
lican gubernatorial nomination.
—
Washington—President Harding has
before bitn for approval the bill pro
' viding an appropriation of- one-half
t million dollars for prosecuting fraudu
[lent war contractors.
AMERICA
DECLINES
Will Not Participate in
European Conference
At The Hague.
Washington, IVfav 15. The
State Department tonight made
public its message to Ambassa
dor Child, at Genoa, declining
the invitation to participate in a
new European conference at The
Hague. The Department’s mes
sage holds that such a confer
snce would be merely a continu
ance, under different nomencla
ture, of the Genoa conference
and destined to encounter the
same difficulties if the attitude
of Russia remains unchanged.
Harding Makes Statement.
Washington.—President Hard
ing stated this afternoon that the
door had not been closed and
would not be closed to any sin
cere constructive plan to reha
bilitate Europe. It is the belief
of the Administration that no
successful conference can be
held without eliminating national
prejudices, and it appears almost
impossible for European nations
to come together on.s’ieh a basis.
Liquor-Laden ’Plane
Drops; Flier Escapes
New York.—A liquor-ladeD airplane,
flying from Montreal to one of the pal -
aces on the Hudson, crashed to earth
on a farm near Croton today. The
flier was uninjured and fled as soon as
he extricated himself.
ROBBERS
ARRESTED
Man and Wife Confess
Robbery of $500,000
Liberty Bonds.
Savannah, Geo., May 16.—
With the confession of John
Vardeman and his wife, Bertha,
both of whom were arrested here
yesterday, the mystery of the
j robbery of one-half million dol
lars’ worth of Liberty bonds
from the Chase National Bank,
of New York, is finally cleared
up. Detectives have been work
ing on the case for months.
When arrested the Vardemans
disclaimed any knowledge of the
the robbery. '.After a night in
jail, however, and when con
fronted with# positive evidence
incriminating them, both Varde
man and wife broke down, fol
lowing which came their com
plete confession. They waived
extradition process, and will be
returned to Now York at once.