THE KUSKO TIMES
PRICE 25 CENT'
VOL. VI. NO. 24 .
TAKOTNA, ALASKA. SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 192H
Held for Mail Robbery
WILLIAM C.< SCHF.RMEYEB'
M AKKS FULL! CONFKSSION
fraplicatinjt Himself and Nellie Beat-'
tie-as Principals!in fl'KiifCbf WO,-.
(WO 'Uhrrencv jFifckage
SCH KRM E YER'S MDNKYT.OKT i
TO WILY'WOMBMAT LOS AN
GELES AN I»mA J V A N A, M EX
-With Desire to Clear Innocent Ones
tJhder Nttspiciom and 'Also to Make
Peace W ith Hitt God, He. Unfolds
Tale of Cfime -«t o' dPoIrt a t--H nspactor
Pinkham'abLdjt>Art|cel«s
Special to the tKwsko Times:
Flat, June 14,---Nellie Beattie- and
William C*. Sahewneyer- were placed
under arrest at-Flat--on uT>»ne IT .by
United Statea Marshal. Lynn Smith,
after a confession made by Seher-.
meyer implicating himself-and Nellie
Beattie as- principals in ■ the theft of
the f’0,000 curnemcy .package., on - the
whiter trail, tom.December 30 th,. 11322.
According to Sdmraneyer’s confes
sion, Nellie Beafctet-planned tb<* -theft
before leaving Flat* and -made the
proposition to Schermeyer ore her jar
«itl; at lie traadhouseic Schermeyer
agreed to conceal the money. She cut
open the pouoh,. obtained <.the money
and pave it to him to hide, and in-,
structed him to pet rid of the-pouch,
which ha did pouch, which he.-did by
burning it and all other mail con
tained in. the pouch in hit; stove at
the roadhouse. •
Schermeyer buried the currency
packapes under a wood trail until the
breakup. The packages were then
taken to Flat,- concealed in a bundle
of mapazine3> canned openly. He
placed the money in several glass
fruit jars, buried in a. parden. The
hiding places were changed several
times, and final division of the loot
was made about September 1st, 1924,
each obtaining about $15,000.
Schermeyer took lage bills, and car
ried the same with, him Outside by
concealing them in a talcum powder
| box and in a flashlight in his grip,
lie went to Southern California and
Tia Juana, Mexico, where he became
very ill and where women got the
money away from him
During his illness he thought of the
innocent persons under suspicion, and,
jwith a desire to clear them and also
to make peace with his God, Scher
meyer made a full-confession to Pos
tal Inspector S. P. Pmkharn at I,os
Angeles, and voluntarily accompanied
Marshal. Stnith. awd'Po»tofllce<inspect
ors to Flat, where he repeated the
-confession before United States Com
missMWier iStiera ■
As a result of the hearing, Scher
meyer and Nellie Beattie were bound
over in the sum of $25(b00 each! .to the
-next grand -Jury vat Fairbanks. The
Government was represented ; at the
;hearing by Assistant.District Attor
ney E. Br-Cbllirijc.'.
Many Warrants-Usiwd
in ’FriscotCarpen
ters’ Strike. .
Sin Francisco, June 14.-~-Vielence
continued today-, inn the carpenters’
strike here.. . Floyd Keger, «•* n.iw
union worker, ■ was- reported so Severn*
Ty beaten that both-arms *re believed
broken
Police K}S&f-fOffliie«tei=ardeivr sua»
pending days offi-and.leaves for po
liaemen adds JonaoiiitawhFftri,"hum to the
force available- for - preventing, out
breaks.
San Francisco; J une; 15—There were
three important developments in the
local carpenters’ strike yesterday.,
when warrants for fifty-two on cun*
spiracy charges were issued.
Reports came from the Board of
Pluhlie Works that contractors erect
ing new buildings are unable to ob
tain! sufficient" materials, because of
tie permit system, pat. in force by the
fhdnstriaP Association in an effort to
force the American plan for work or
school buildings. Admission was made
hy the Industrial Association that re
straint had been placed on- eleven
school jobs bfecanse the contractors
would not enforce the American plan
of labor rules. »
San Francisco; June 17.—After sev
eral' dkys devoid of assaults; violence
brk>ke oat anew in the local carpen
ters' strike yesterday, as a result oi
which six additional rioters, face ar.
rest on felony charges.
San Francisco, June 151—With the
authorization of District Attornej
Brady of'the issuance of felony war
rants against strike rioters, sixty-sii
warrants were issued yesterday. Th*
ruling that rioters will be tried foi
felonies has brought a halt to vio*
Iten ce_
Mysterious Strangler
| of Tihreee Women At
• Large, San Francisco
i -
San Francisco, June 16.—Anothei
day’s search by the poHce (Sailed te
bring iri thfe mysterious sttanglei
whose attacks shave. brought death. t4
three women. His most recent vic
tim, Mrs. Lillian St. Mary, will b<
taken to her former home, in M«d«stc
for burial* .
Captain of Detaetivea Duncan Mat
thison today issued, a. warning to all
women to use.- the utmost caution it
dealiag with. stEangers.
FEAKS'FDR SAFETY OF
YETERAN YUKON PILOT
Seattle, June 18.--Fears for tht
safety of Captain Joseph Polete, vet
I eran Yukon river idiot, were ex
j pressed today by his friends, who re
port that he disappeared about June
12: and has not been seen or heard ol
since. He has been residing at thv
Palace Hotel. Polete piloted boats or
the Yukon for forty-three years.
KISSED HIM SO HARD
THAT HIS LIPS BLEU
Los Angeles, June 17.—Robert Sav
age was found' sane yesterday by the
court after a witness had told thal
Clara Bow, motion picture actress
over whom he was alleged to have
tried to suicide when she jilted him
kissed Savage so savagely that his
lips bled and ached for two days. The
actress denied the scene.
RECREANT ELOPERS, PARENTS
OF 20, ARRESTED AT ’FRISCC
San Francisco, June 15.—The bar
rier of twenty children could not curl
the romance-of Owen Marcum, Seattle
plasterer, and Matilda Campbell, whe
abandoned their families and fled t<
California. The couple were arrestee
here yesterday by Department of Jus
tice officers.
MAGNUS JOHNSON LOSES.
Washington, Jeine lT^r—The electioi
: contest brought'Magnus Johnson
farmer-labor, against Senator Schall
Republ icatu. M j nne.sata,. was. dismissee
Telegraphic Ticks.
—
Rio de Janeiro, June 14.—The Min
istry of Marine has ordered two war
ships to search for the missing sea
plane in which Bernardo Duggan and
I three others left New York in a flight
to Rio. They were last seen passing
over Cayenne, French Guiana, after
leaving Paramaribo..
Los Angeles, Jane 1St-—Governor
Richardson’s failure to be. on hand to
greet governors of other States to
i the Good Roads Convention in Santa
[ Monica,. yesterday, is treated as a slur
i on visiting dignitaries, and the press
I is making scathing denonuncement of
the executives action..
, Seattle, June lf>.—Postal Inspector
| Niel has been ordered, to Juneau to
determine if the two> suspects under
arrest there are really Roy and Hugh
Dautremont, wanted, for the murder
of four men in a Southern Pacific
train holdup at Sikiyou tunnel, in
1923.
Point Reyes, June 14.—A mammoth,
alcohol distillery, hidden away behind
j th ehills four miles from here, was
| raided early yesterday morning by a
i federal prohibition squad. The plant
j and equipment, worth $2,000,000, was
| seized.
_
Paris, June IB,—Vincent Richards
and Howard Kinsley, Americans, won
the double • title in the International
Hard Courts championship tennis
matches here yesterday. They were
tlio first*Americans to win the French
event!
hicago, June 1C.—Mrs. Catherine
Evans, who was appearing at Booth's
Theater, Washington* the night Presi
dent Lincoln was assassinated, is an
swering the final roll call: at a hos
pital here. She is 84 yeans old1..
San Rruncisco, June T7.—Accident
ally shot whilfe picknicking at Hun
ters uint; Dick. Mitahnil, ifi*. rode- four
miles on a bicycle'to a hospital and
fainted on the doonstepof the institu
tion. His- ramditsbn is serious.
ChowcHilla, (till, June Tin—Jack
Dempsey,. Heavyweight champion of
1 the world, was acquitted here today
■ of charges ofL speeding 68 miles an
hour through: tha: city, some weeks
ago.
Seattle, Jbne 16i—The State Board
of Law Examiners has recommended
to Attorney Genera! Taylor that dis
barment proceedings be instituted
against John F. Dore, prominent
criminal lawyer of Seattle.
Seattle, June 16.—A. H. Shaw, of
Sedgwick Post, Spokane, was elected
departmental commander for the Dej
partment of Washington and Alaska.
Wenatchee was chosen for the 1927
Department convention.
Washington, June 18.—Three om
nibus pension bills signed by Presi
j dent Coolidge today granted relief in
a number of special cases to veterans,
at a cost to the Government of $250,
000 a year.
New York, June 15.—Cardinal Bon
zanga, envoy of Pope Pius XI to the
International Eucharistic Congress in
Chicago, and five other distinguished
prelates arrived from Europe today.
Washington, June 18.-- The House
and Senate accepted the conference
report on the $85,000,000 five-year
naval and marine corps aviation huild
ing program bilL
Washington, .June 14.—The Coast
1 Geodetic Survey has ordered an in
spection of Dixon harbor, Alaska, as
a result of the report of shoals in
those waters.
1 Washington, June 18.—Adjourn
’ ment of ongress on June 24 was fore
* casted today by party leaders in both
the Senate and House.
Nome, June 18.—The steamer Vic
toria, bearing the crew of the dirigible
1 Norge, sailed today for Seattle.
, London, June 16.—The Earl of Dun
1 raven, one of the world’s most famous
yachtsmen, died yesterday.
A MURDER
TERRIBLE
Young Woman, 22, As
sailed and Strangled
to Death.
Seattle, June 18.—The body of a
woman found murdered on the shore
of Green Lake this morning has been
identified as that of Miss Sylvia H.
Gaines, 22, a graduate of Smith Col
lege, and the niece of William A.
Gaines, chairman of the Board of
County Commissioners, and daughter
of Robert Gaines.
Miss Gaines left home at 8 o'clock
last night for a walk.
In a struggle with an assailant she
first lost her slippers, and in her at
tempt to escape she ran into the lake
around two trees growing on the
water’s edge. Beyond the trees she
was overtaken and beaten. Her hat
was found twenty feet from the body,
and the police have found the rock
with which she was beaten twenty-five
feet from her hat. Dr. Jones said she
alos had been strangled.
Canavon’s Death Due
Ito Poison Coating on
Casket of King Tut
San Francisco, June 18.—The death
of Lord Canavon, long: unsolved, has
been traced directly to the poison
coating on the casket of King Tutenk
haman, Dr. Frederick E. Cowles, fel
low of the Royal Geographic Society
of Great Britain, said upon his ar
rival here from the Far East on the
liner President Wilson, on which he
was a passenger.
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
CREWS MAKE CLEAN SWEEE
WITH PRINCETON VARSITY
Princeton, N. J., June 18.—The Uni
versity of Washington crews made a
clean sweep in the race with Prince
ton Varsity and Junior Varsity eights
on Lake Carnegie this afternoon.
Varsity was defeated by Tighter, the
first crew, while Husky, the second
eight, won easily by ten and a half
lengths. In the opening rale the
Husky Varsity won by six lengths.
FOUR MEN MEET DEATH
TRAPPED IN ENCLOSED CAR
San Francisco, June 14.—Trapped
in an enclosed car beneath a few feet
of water in Tule Slough, four men
were drowned early yesterday, after
their auto was hurled from a bridge
by collision with another car. The
fifth occupant of the car was rescued.
BRITISH BEAUTY PAYS FOR
BEAUTIFYING OPERATION
Chicago, June 1!>.—Lady Diana
Manners, famous British beauty, and
star of “The Miracle," a well known
play, has paid the bill of $1,000 pre
sented by a hicago plastic surgeon. He
had sued Lady Diana when the latter
left with her mother for London with
out paying for the beautifying opera
tion.
WOULD PURCHASE SILVER AT
$1 OUNCE, MARKET PRICE «4c
Washington, June 16.—The Senate
today refused to reconsider its vote of
Tuesday, by which the Pittman silver
purchase bill was passed. The bill au
thorizes the Treasury to purchase 14,
500,000 ounces of silver at $1 an
ounce, although the market price now
is about 64 cents.
WORLD’S LONGEST YACHT RACE
Los Angeles, June 17.—The German
yacht Poinsietta, according to wire
lessless advices, has lived up to its
early expectations and has taken the
lead away from the Invader, in the
world’s longest yacht race, in the
2,225-mile sail to Honolulu. The Mar
iner, Teva and Jubilo are following in
the order named.
UNFOLDING
CORRUPTION
Revelations Show Stag
gering Expenditures
Pennsy’s Primary.
Washington, June 14.-—Expend!
tures in the Republican primary ear:,
paign in Pennsylvania were estimated
at $1,228,205 today by Chairman
Reed, of the Senate investigating
committee, on the basis of the evi
dence thus far placed before the com
mittee. This total included $982,295
for Pepper and the State ticket, $195,
U00 for Pinchot, $71,000 which Repri
sentative Care, the successful Sena
torial candidate, has reported as Id
personal expenses.
Washington, June 15.—Revelatioi
followed revelation in yesterday'
hearing of evidence in the Pennsyl
vania slush fund probe. A Pittsburgh
editor told the investigators tha'
thousands of city employes wer<
threatened with dismissal unless the;
supported the Mellon-Pepper-Fishi r
bill, which was defeated by the land
slide in favor of the Vare wet ticket.
Washington, June 16.—Political
lieutenants of Vare in his successful
campaign for the Republican Sena
torial nomination in Pennsylvania
were jolted along nerve-racking line
in cross examination today as the
Senate campaign fund committee pur
sued its quest for the inside story <>1
the State’s $2,000,000 primary. Sen
ator Reed, of Missouri, the commit -
tee’s chairman, conducted the ques
tioning without a let-up. During the
two-hours’ session he prodded toward
the inner workings of the Vare or
ganization, its sources of revenue am)
its method of battle, and in particular
its operations in the Vare stronghold
in the first twenty wards of Phila
delphia.
Harrisburg, Pa., June 18.—The
campaign committee filed a report,
with the State Bureau of Elections to
day, showing that the expenditures on
behalf of Pepper for Pennsylvania
Senatorial nomination will be $600,
000.
Washington, June 18.—Bitterly de
nouncing the Pennsylvania slush fund
primaries in which the expenditure of
$2,500,000 has already been revealed,
as a serious threat to American insti
tutions, Representative Moore, Demo
cratic leader, yesterday electrified the
House with the demand that William
S. Vare be thrown out of the Senate
if he is elected in the fall election.
MINNESOTA’S NEW SENATOR
THROWS VERBAL BOMBSHELL
Washington, June 17.—The Senate
was stunned yesterday by impact of
the vitriolic bombshell fired by
Thomas Schall, Republican, just seat
ed as junior Senator from Minnesota,
at former Senator Magnus Johnson,
farmer-labor, who had contested his
election.
5 BURNED TO DEATH ON A
UNION P.UT1 It PULLMAN
Los Angeles, June 1C.—Five per
sons were burned to death last night
when a Pullman car on the Union
Pacific Continental Limited caught
fire and was destroyed as the train
speeded westward.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES TAKE
LEVI) NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh, June 17.—The Pitts
burgh Pirates took the lead in the
National League race yesterday by
beating Boston, while Cincinnati was
idle, due to rain.
CONGRESS’ VACATION SOON.
Washington, June 18.—Congress
probably will depart on its annual
summer vacation within ten days, it
was reported today in Administration
circles.