THE KUSKO TIMES
VuL. VII NO I
TAKOTNA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 19^7
tMilCE 25 CBNTfc
TUNNEY
SIGHS UP
Agrees to Meet Battler
of Rickard’s Choice,
in September.
ST. LOUISJ Dec. 31.—Gsne Tunney,
world champion, signed a jntract
ire Thursday . with Tex Rickard,
New York.,promoter, to defend his
title nest September against- a chal
lenger -of Rickard.’*, for what was
onsidered would be the highest
price ever, paid a boxer.
\ jJOB-FOR EVERY AMERICAN,
SAYS SECRETARY HOOVER
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.—The new
, jar brings, promise of a job. for
..early every■ American, Secretary of
Commerce. Hoover said today. ..
TO INVESTIGATE GOULD.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.—The Sen
. e elections committee today decided
tot investigate the bribery charges
against Senator Gould, of . Maine.
ELIMINATIONS POISONS AS
DENATURATES OF ALCOHOL
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30—On the
theory that more effective prohibition
enforcement vis bound to' drive drink
ers toirthe ;use of industrial alcohol,
’ Sdcretaity Mellon today the
elimination of the use .of poisons as
denatukates. The •Secretary's atti
tude is "tlyat "he does" notr conceive it
thte duty of the Government to permit
poisoning citiseos- in: order.'to enforce
tha lawr’ He expects the Government
to permit chemists sown to be able to
denature alcohol so as to be too dis
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Telegraphic Ticks.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.—The Sec
retary of the Treasury* would be-di
rected to loan direct to world war
veterans on their insurance certifi
cates, at S per ceirtrinterest, under
the terms of a bill introduced today
by Representative Romjae, of Mis
souri.
SEATTLE, Jam 1.—L. W. Baker,
assistant general freight agent, was
today promoted' to general freight
and passenger agent of the Alaska
Steamship Company, under John E.
Bunch,’traffic manager of the cor
poration.
WASHINGTON,.Jan. 5.—Cyrus E.
Woods, nominated, by Coolidge for a
member of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, itold a Senate committee
today that he - has holdings of $200
000 in railroad and coal companies.
NE WYORK, Jan. 5.—It was an
nounced today that Captain George.
H. Wilkins, on his second polar flight
expedition, will leave Seattle on Feb
ruary 2 for Fairbanks.
WILMINGTON, Del., Jan. 4.—
Henry S. Du Pont, former United.
States Senator from Delaware, died
at his home here today.
SHATTLE, Jan. I.j-W. H. Lubin
was today appointed city passenger
agent of the Alaska Steamship Com
pany.
SEATTLE, Jan. 1,—W. Chester
Horse was today appointed city en
gineer.
WILKINS’ ARCTIC EXPEDI
TION THIS SPRING FINANCED
ENTIRELY BY DETROIT NEWS
DETROIT, Jan. 5.—Captain George
Hubert. Wilkins’ second attempt to
explore a blind' spot in the Arctic
next spring will be financed entirely
by the Detroit News, it was an
nounced today. A t Detroit-buil
plane will be used, to' take off from
Point Barrow, some time in March.
J. Ben Eieison, who was chief pilot
of the first expedition last spring,
will accompany Wilkins.
COMMERCIAL RADIO TELE
PHONE. NEW WORK-LONDON
NEW YORK, Jan. 5.—A regular
commercial radio telephone service
between New York and London was
inaugurated today, banking and busi
ness concerns using it freely.
COOLIDGE OPPOSED TO CON
STRUCTION NEW CRUISERS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—President
Coolidge today reaffirmed his opposi
tion tovthe construction of new cruis
ers at the present time.
DELEGATE SUTHERLAND OF
FERS LAND PURCHASE BILL
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—A bill to
permit the purchase by Americans at
$2.50 per acre unreserved public lands
in Alaska was introduced in the
House' Monday by DeDlegate Suther
land, of Alaska.
INFLUENZA ATTACKS STAFF
OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS
GENEVA, Jan.‘ 5.—Aft epidemic of
influenza in Switzerland is attacking
„ne staff of the secretariat of. the
League of Nations, one hundred
members having already become
stricken.
VICE PRESIDENT DAWES
ATTACKS PRIMARY SYSTEM
NEW YORK.—Vice President
Dawes, in a speech before the Penn
’sylvania Society of New York, vigor
ously attacked the primary system,
He said:
“Rapid expansion of State and mu.
nicipal business and patronage,
..coupled with the indifference of qual
fied voters, half of whom do not go tc
the polls, often results in the nomi
nation of candidates selected and con
trolled by those having, business in
terests in the continuance o fthe ex
isting administration. Under the old
convention system such condition
would encourage drafting and nom
ination of clean candidates by the op
position party in order to gain advan
tage from a clear issue .at the polls
between clean and unclean govern
ment. Under the primary the oppo
sition cannot draft the strongest men
as candidates to emphasize the issue.
“The primary system is responsible
for enormous improper use. of money
in contests. It is steadily. tending to
debauch our electorate, since it les
sens the opportunity of the minority
party or parties to properly make an
issue of corruption, before the public.
It largely insures immunity of vote
huyers from political or legal conse
quences, with a resultant increase, in
their activity.
“The primary is responsible for. the
election by parties of some men
whose chief effort after election
seems to bte to disorganize their
party’s fight for politics.”
Mr. and Mrs. George Mutchler were
Monday departures from McGrath for
Fairbanks,, where they are scheduled
to spend a few weeks. Accompanying
Mr. Mutchler was Knut Wickstrom, on
his way to. Fairbanks.
A STIR-UP
IN CHINA
; Lives of British and
American Residents
Endangered.
CHINESE MOB ATTACKS BRIT
ISH CONCESSION AT HANKOW
LONDON, Jan. 4.—Frantic appeals
for more land and naval forces are
being made by the British community
at Hankow to the British Govern
ment. An Exchange telegram dis
patched from Shanghai says that all
the available naval forces are leaving
there at full speed for Hankow.
SHANGHAI, Jan. 5.—Di< i.V.ches
from Hankow say that a Chinese mob
entered the British Concession there:,
occupied the customs house ar.d mu
nicipal buildings, and '‘expelled the
Lr'ilst from thi Concession.”
LONDON, Jan. 4.—The menace of
Chinese, mostly influenced by an
anti-foreign press, continues to hang
over white residents of cities of the
lower Yangtse valley..
ANXIETY FOR SAFETY OF
AMERICANS AT HANKOW
HANKOW, Jan. 3.—Anxiety for
the safety of Americans in Hankow
arose late tonight, when a British
steamboat was placed opposite the
American consulate and Frank P.
Lockhart, American sonsul, circular
ized the American colony advising
women and children to go aboard.
Fifty American women went aboard
the ship, which made ready to sail
down the Yangtse to Shanghai.
PROHIBITION ROW I NHOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.—The re
cent statement of Representative
Celler, of New York, that members
of Congress drink and get drunk to
excess precipitated another row over
prohibition today on the floor of the
House, in which several members
took part.
Responsibility for deaths in New
York from poisoned alcohol was
placed upon Secretary of 'treasury
Mellon and Chester F. Mills, prohibi
tion enforcement director in New
York, in a speech in the House by
Representative Laguarda, of that
State.
COOL1DGE WILL CONSIDER.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.—President
| Coolidge promised this morning to
! consider seriously the spending of a
part of next summer in Seattle and
other parts of the Northwestern
States.
Among Monday's departures over
the trail for Fairbanks, driving his
own speedy team of dogs, was Jack
i Mutchler. Mr. Mutchler will not tarry
I long at Fairbanks, but will leave that
| place almost immediately, headed for
; the Outside. He will spend some time
with his parents at Seattle; and will
i probably visit Portland and San Fran
cisco. He plans to return to Takotna
over the late winter trail.
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Pete Jensen was a Thursday de
parture for Ophir and Ganes.
j Bob Roberson and Vivian Howard
were Wednesday departures over the
trail for Fairbanks. Mr. Roberson
expects to spend several weeks in
Fairbanks, after which he may pay a
visit to his mother at Palo Alta, Calif.,
or may possibly return here in April.
N. Y. GOVERNOR URGES THAT
“HARMLESS VAGARIES” MAY
BE RESTORED TO PEOPLE
ALBANY, Jan. 3.—Governor Al
' fred B. Smith, in his messa.ee to the
Legislature today, urged that Con
press be authorized to take immediate
action to the end that “harmless va
garies which our people have enjoyed
for more than a century may be re
stored to them.”
BORAH DARES REPUBS., DBMS.
TO PUT AN ANTI-PROHIBITION
PLANK IN THEIR PLATFORMS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—Senator
Borah, in a banquet speech here to
night, dared either of the major par
ties to put an anti-prohibition plank
in their platforms.
ALBERT B. FALL SAYS HE
INTENDS TO RUN FOR U. S.
SENATE FROM NEW MEXICO
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EL PASO, Dec. 30.—Albert B. Fall,
former Secretary of Interior, recently
cquitted in one oil conspiracy case, in
formed friends here today that he in
tends to run for the United States
Senate from New Mexico.
HOUSE VOTES $200,000 FOR
AIRSHIPP TO BE THRICE SIZE
OF DIRIGIBLE LOS ANGELES
NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—The House
today voted an appropriation of two
hundred thousand dollars for the ini
tial construction of a rigid airship to
be thrice the size of the dirigible Los
Angeles.
SEATTLE ALA?.: N GETS
INTO ORCE COURT
SEATTLE, Jan. 4.—Earnest Scho
enwald, head of the Petersburg Pack
ing Company, is charged with cruelty
by Mrs. Henrietta Schoenwald in a
divorce action filed in the Superior
Court yesterday. The cruel treat
ment began, she alleges, on March 19.
Frequently he struck her and called
her vile names, it is charged. Scho
enwald’s income, his wife estimates,
is $25,000 a year, and she asks the
right to resume her maiden name of
Archibald and demands a division of
the community property.
42 MEMBERS OF COLUMBIA
FACULTY SUGGEST A NEW
DEBT FUNDING SCHEME
NEW YORK,—Forty-two members
of the Columbia University political
science faculty signed a statement
yesterday contending that the present
debt settlement plan is unsound and
declaring that an adjustment should
be made through international con
ference.
President Nicholas Murray Butler
indorsed the statement, insisting
that the settlements “have created
and are fostering a deep sense of
grievance against us,’’ and hatreds
among European nations themselves
are being fostered and transferred to
the United States.
| “A coalition of Europe against the
United States,” it is declared, “might
prove a good thing for Europe, but
can anyone believe it would he a good
thing for the United States?”
American representatives, without
rigid instructions, would attend the
conference. “We do not urge that
the debts be completely canceled. We
urge reconsideration in the light of
present knowledge and adjustment on
a basis of justice and generous atten
tion,” it is declared.
Mail Carrier Charlie Konig, with in
coming mai, arrived Tuesday, and left
the following day on his way to Flat.
REVOLT IN
NICARAGUA
U. S. Warships and Ma
rines Dispatched to
Managua.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—American
marines have been ordered to Ma
nagua, the capital of Nicaragua, to
act as guards at the American lega
tion there.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—President
Coolidge today refused to permit
news correspondents to report the op
erations of the American naval forces
in Nicaragua.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—Secretary
of State Kellogg has been invited to
appear before the Senate foreign rela
tions committee for questioning re
garding American military activities
in Nicaragua.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Jan. 5.—
One Hundred and sixty sailors and
marines today disembarked from the
U. S. S. Galveston at Corinto and be
gan entraining for Managua to guard
the United States legation and to pro
tect American Rivers property.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—Six ad
ditional vessels have been ordered to
Nicaragua, carrying an expeditionary
force of four hundred marines.
WASHINGTON, jart!‘7.—President
Coolidge, in a message to Congress,
charged Mexico with responsibility
for the formation of a revolution in
Nicaragua and pledged the Govern
ment of the United States to protect
its interests there a ad restore peace.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—The
statement that the United States de
liberately was drifting into war with
Mexico was made today in the House
of Representatives by Representative
Huddleston, of Alabama.
IMPERIAL VALLEY TERROR
IZED 50 EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS
LOS ANGELES,' Jan. 3.—Imperial
Valley communities were terrorized
by about fifty earthuake shocks, oc
curring from midnight through till
morning. The damage is estimated
at $1,000,000.
DR. HRDLICKS TELLS OF ASI
ATIC-ALASKA CIVILIZATION
PHILADELPHIA ,Jan. 5.—Fossil
ivory and other objects, with indica
tions of Asiatic conditions, discovered
recently in Alaska, were described by
Dr. Alex. S. Hrdlicks in a paper pre
pared for fhe American Association
for the Advancement of Science, to
day. The objects showed evidence of
a remarkable and rich old culture.
MEDALS OF HONOR.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—President
Coolidge today signed bills awarding
Congressional medals of honor to
Lieutenant Commander Byrd and
Floyd Bennett, aviation pilot, who
successfully flew the first airplane
over the North Pole.
Mail Carrier Pete Snow, bringing
the outgoing mail from Flat, arrived
Thursday and left Friday for Mc
Grath.
Mr. and Mrs. Owen Gray were Mon
day arrivals from McGrath, returning
to that place the following day.
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