THE KUSKO TIMES
VOL. IV. *NO.' 13
TOKOTNA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1924.
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New York, April 28.—The
Times says the William Ran
' dolph- Hearst publishing inter
1 ests have evolved a plan for con
solidating the capital stock of
eleven Pearst publications, by
w hich it will be owned by one
holding company, to be known
as Hearst Publications. Bonds
’ to the amount of five million dol
lars are being offered the public.
Hearst has twenty-three daily
newspapers and eight magazines.
San Francisco. May 29.—William R.
Hearst will tomorrow morning offer
" for sale an issue of ■ $12,000,000 first
* mortgage bonds on the San Francisco
* Examiner, San Francisco Call and
Post, f\Los Angeles Examiner. Los An
soles? E7©ning Herald, Oakland Post
Enquirer, and the Good •Housekeeping,
s- Cosmopolitan, Harpers’ « 'Ba?ar and
Motor and Motor Boating magazines.
< Jack Herriif, Deputy
i U. S. Marshal, Bethel,
Dead, of Heart Failure
• Bethel, April 28.—Jack Herrin, for
' t'ae past two vears deputy United
‘ States marshal at this place, was
i stricken bv death Saturday night.
Death came while he and Mrs. Herrin
were in attendance at a community
* dance. "
Washington Notes
Washington.—Edward B. McLean,
at whose home was staged an exhibi
tion of the films of the Dempsey-Car
pentier-fight, has been subpoenaed be
fore the federal grand jury in Newark,
N. J., in -connection with the illegal
transportation of the filma.
Washington.—Josephus Daniels, for
- oier Secretary of the Navy, was called
■ as the first witness before the District
■ of Columbia grand jury which Thurs
• day began considering the criminal
charges growing out of the Senate oil
ioauiry. _
Washington.—The selection.of Theo
dore Burton, of Ohio, as temporary
chairman of the republican national
convention was an indication which
was announced after a political confer
ence at the White House, Monday.
Washington.—Senate and House con
ferees on the insurance provisions of
the soldiers’ bonus bill met Thursday
- for the purpose of ironing out differ
ences between the bills passed by the
two chambers._
Washington.—Senate republican or
ganization leaders have decided to
make a final stand on the Long worth
compromise if the Mellon tax rates are
defeated. The democratic program is
unannounced. _
Washington-—The naval appropria
tions bill, carrying $275,000,000, also
containing provisions for the calling of
. » secend armament conference, passed
i. the Senate Thursday Afternoon.
CALIFORNIA
NAVAL OIL
Fall Leased 3,057 Acres
Without Harding’s
Approval,
Wasbjngtons May 2.—Former
Secretary of Interior Fall leased
3,057 acres of the Buena Vista,
California, naval oil reserve
without the approval of Presi
dent Harding, Assistant Secre
tary of Interior Finaey testified
before the Senate oil investigat
ing this afternoon. The lease
was made to the Honolulu Con
solidated Oil Company, Finney
said.
Commenting en this testimony,
H. Foster Bain, director of the
bureau of miues, stated that the
laie Franklin K. Lane resigned
as Secretary of the Interior be
cause President Wilson set aside
his ruling which granted the
Honolulu Consolidated Oil -Com
pany patents to 305 acres of land
in the Buena Vista oil reserve.
Fall, said Director Bain, made
the lease despite the fact -that
John Barton Payne,1 successor to
Lane as Secretary of the In
terior, also denied the Honolulu
company’s application for pat
ents to this land.
Frank Lawson Passes
Away at Phoenix, Ariz.
Phoenix, Aris., April SO,—Frank
Lawson, member of the former mining
firm of Lawson, Fuller A Norword of
Dawson, and who later operated in
Iditarod and Fairbanks, died here to
day. After speeding several months
in the bospital'at Fairbanks,. Mr. Law
son went to the Mayo Brothers, Roch
ester, Minn, by whom he was advised
to come to Arizona, and bad been here
since last fall.
Arrested for Deserting
Alaska Cannery Ship
Seattle, April 30.—Charging that
they bad been refused permission since
last Saturday to some ashore, sixteen
cannery workers this morning deserted
the cannery ship Benjamin F. Pamtard,
which is held at buoy in the harbor.
They were {intercepted and lodged in
jail, but were released tonight, pend
ing settlement of desertion chargas by
the arbitration commission.
Says Railroads Are
tin Hands of Brigands
Washington, April 30. — Benjamin C.
Marsh, director of the Farmers' Na
tional Council, charged before the Sen
ate interstate commerce committee this
afternoon that the supreme court had
been packed in favor of the railroads
by Ohief Justice Taft and Justice
Pierce Butler and that the railroads
are in the hands of brigands,
Mr. and Mrs.'John Rieck 'left Tues
day for Spruce creek, where they will
make their home for the summer.
Felix Charlton left Friday, headed
for Candle <
Martin* of.. Anny .
Fliers, Lost; ,Nd
Trace for 5 Days
Cordova, April 27.—Martia,.coinsaan
der of the army around-the-wx>rld fly
era, bopped off from Xanatak for Chlg
cik at 10:30 tbit morning, According to
word received here.
—
Seattle, May 1.—Radio.. advices this
morning from Alaska asy do trace has
been found of Command3r Martin in
the flagship. plane Seattle, which left
Chignik yesterday for Dutch Harbor.
Fishing boats along the route are
searching tor the missing plana.
False Pass, May 2,— Martin, flying
from ChigDik to Dutch Harbor, is not
reported as having passed any cannery
stations in this vicinity.
Telegraphic Ticks.
Seattle.—Judge C. A. Kohns, mem
ber of the Philippines Islands supreme
court, and delegate to the republican
national convention, arrived last night
oa the Mner President Jackson. Also
Manuel Tucson, heading a delegation
demanding Philippine independence.
Tacoma.—Frits Birning, »tho killed
his sweetheart, Albertino Otto, Wed
nesday night, because she rejected his
attentions, was killed by a posse of
JCing and Pierce county officers while
resisting arrest, Tixirsd&y.
NewYork.—CharlesG. Dawes, Henry
0. Robinson and Jerome D. Young, au
thors of the reparations commission
plan for the re-establishment of Eu
rope, are passengers on the Leviathan.
f Chicago.—‘Bootleggers bombed the
home of Elmer-L. Williams, a dry cru
sader, early ' Friday morning. The
front of the house was demolished and
members of the family thrown out of
their beds.
Cleveland.—Tuesday’s statewide pri
maries resulted in Cooliduo and James
M. Cox winning the Ohio republican
and democratic delegations decisively
over Johnson and -MeAdoo.
! Buffalo.—Senator Walsh, of Mon
tana, addressing the women voters, de
clared the world court as "dead as
Caessr” unless the country is arons
able to Its support.
New York.—A stats committee will
be organised to promote the candidacy
of Governor Smith for the democratic
presidential -nomination, it was an
nounced today._
New York.—Five steamships, includ
ing the Grand Republic, sister ship of
the ill fated General Slocum, was de
stroyed by fire on the Hudson river,
Tuesday._
Baltimore.—James CouaeBS, senator
from Michigan, in Johns Hopkins hos
pital here, was operated upon Thurs
day for intestinal trouble.
’Oakland, Cal.—Jack Robertson, of
tbe Olympic Club, won the Junior Na
tional League 100 yards swimming
championship, Tuesday.
• Seattle.—The flagship Seattle, Ad
miral Coontz, and United States battle
fleet, arrived from southern waters
Thursday morning.
Seattle. -*-3i.ity-six warships and
twenty-thousand officers and men will
be in Puget‘Sound waters for July
Fourth.
Seattle.—Tbe ship Dellwood, with
the new Alaska cable, is expected to
reach Seattle oh April 26th.
JAPANESE
EXCLUSION
Coolidge Imposes His
Will Upon Congres
sional Leaders.
i
Washington, April 29.--^Presi- '
dent Coolidge today imposed his
will upon leaders (in Congress
and prevailed upon them to ex- .
tend until July l next as the
time at which the Japanese ex
clusion clause in the immigra
tion bill would take effect. She
avowed purpose o f the extension
is to allow Secretary of State
Hughes time in which ta negoti
ate an agreement en the - subject
with the Tapaneae government
Tokyo, May 1.—Gratification1
for President Goohdge’s efforts
to effect a compromise agree
B eat on tha Asiatic excl usion,
clause in the United States un?
migration bill was exprpcsed by
Foreign.Minister Matsai, today.
The Japanese government, said
the minister, is convinced of the
President*® sincerity and ability
to find-a suitable way out of the |
problem.
Washington.—Coolidgo trill veto the
immigration bill, containing the Jap
anese emission elease, the White ‘
llonse intimated last nigill.
Congress to Adjourn
Some Time in June
i
Washington, April 30.—Senator
3jo3k®, Speaker Gillette and Repre
sentatives Longworth and Madden in*
formed President Coolidge today that
ad journment ef Congress will bs possi
ble early in June.
Win& in Balloon Voy
age of l,07;i Miles
San Antonio, April 29.—W. T. Van
Orman, piloting a Goodyear No. 3 on
its maiden trip, who landed at 1 o’clock
this afternoon near Rochester, Minn.,
was declared the winner of the 1924
national elimination balloon race. He
made a Sight of 1,073 miles.
Foreign Flashes
Moscow.—Trot? *ty, in an address
bora, declared that Japan Is planning
war on Russia for the purpose of re
couping in the Far East the losses suf
fered through American and Canadian
exclusion of Japanese immigration
Paris.—Italy, England, Belgium and
France hare notified the' interallied
reparations commission that they ac
cept -the Dawes plans as a basis for the
settlement of reparations problems.
Belgrade.—Jug* Slaria has notified
France that she will co-operate with
Rumania In case df war between Ru
tnaniaand Russia osar Rumania’s seic
ure of the province of Besarabia.
Berlin.—More than forty required
surgical treatment following election
riots, Tuesday. Sixteen were arrestsd.
Athens. — England has recognised
the Greek republics') government
HOOVER ON
DEFENSIVE
Alaska’s Delegate Hitt
His Salmon ‘Conser
vation’ Policies,,
Washington, April 28.—Dele
gate Sutherland of Alaska fc©da~*
charged that,, through .failing
regulations drawn by. Secretary
Hoover, of toe Department of
Commerce, in alleged compli
ance with soHcalled V Roosevelt
party conservation,” the Alaska
Packers' Association, together
-with its various subsidiaries,
continue to have a death grip on
the Alaska salmon industry
These regulations, asserted ta«
Delegate, say when, how and b?
whom salmon may be caught
Washington, April 30.—A ree
olution alleging that Secretary
of Commerce Hoover, without
authority of law, has suspended
the fishery laws relating to
Alaska and has granted exclu
sive fishery rights to favored
packing corporations and has
denied to American citizens the
common right of fahery, was in
troduced in the Ben ate-tod ay by
i Senator King, of Utah
Washi n gtonM ay 1.—Peoewa;
of the charge made a year age
that the Department of Com
merce had permitted valuable
■fishing rights in Alaska to fall
into the hand* of a-monopoly, as
asserted by Delegate Sutherland
in -the House and ■ Senator King
in theiSenate, brought from Sec
retary of Commerce Hoover a
formal denial of the charges in
question and deoloring-the pub
lished attacks were beihg made
in ac effort to defeat pending
legislation for caving the in
dustry
•' "Washington, May 1.—Secrb
tary Hoov*r» of the Department
of Commerc*, striking back at
what he terms 41a campaign of
personal abase," hat challenged
Senator King of Utah, Delegate
Sutherland of Alaska and tlwe
Hearst newspapers 3o declare
specifically whether they favor
or oppose the fisheries conserva
tion bill passed by the House,
and pending In the Senate, the
enactment of which he haa ad
vocated. _
Mother of De Valera
Planning His Release
Washington, April 50,— Mrs Cath
erine Wheelright, mother of Eamonn
De Valera, arrived here today to con
fer with officials ao»V members of Con
gress on plans' eb obtain the release of
her son from a Dublin dungeon,
Scotty 'Auld Tetteraed Thursday froa
a visit of several days at McGrath.
Miss 13. Marsh, of McGratb, *’whs T
TUursday arrival /or a few daya1 visit.
D<we Mutchler, after a trio to Flat,
returned here Tuesday.
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DeP Thompson returned'’ iSontfav
frcfra Oph.ir.