THE KUSKO TIMES
VOL. V. NO. 44
, TOKOTNA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1925.
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. Mitchell Guilty, Says
General Court Martial
> Washington, Dec. 17.—Found guilty
by the general having broken disci
pline by his attac kon aviation poli
cies, Colonel William Mitchell today
was sentenced to five years’ suspen
sion from the army.
The sentence must he approved by
President Coolidge to become effect
ive, and in the meantime the air offi
cer will remain officially under arrest.
Mitchell was found guilty on all
eight specifications against him, and,
„ sustaining all charges, the court ad
judged the accused guilty of conduct
prejudicial to good order and military
discipline, insubordination, and utter
ances contemptuous to the War and
Navy Departments.
In pronouncing sentence, Major
General Hawze, president of the
court, said that he and his colleagues
hail taken into consideration Colonel
Mitchell's war record, and sentence
for this reason had been more lenient.
“We ask dismissal of the accused,”
Major Allen‘Gullion, assistant judge
advocate of the Mitchell general court
martial, declared in his closing argu
ment for the prosecution, “for the
sake of the army, whose discipline he
has endangered and whose fair name
he has attempted to destroy.”’
WHY WEEKS DECLINED TO
. RECOMMEND MITCHELL FOR
CHIEF ARMY AIR SERVICE
Washington, Dec. 16.—A letter
written by Weeks, then Secretary of
War, describing Colonel Mitchell as
lawless, unfit for a high administra
tive position and possessed of the de
sire for publicity at the expense of
others, was presented in evidence to
i day at the Mitchell court martial. i
Writing to President Coolidge, the j
j then War Secretary gave these as his j
I reasons for refusing to recommend |
i that Mitchell be reappointed assistant
j chief of the army air service, with the
j tank of brigadier general.
Washington, Dec. 17.— Mitchell told1
the army court martial today that his
trial was the culmination of erorts of;
the general staff of thi army and j
• general board of the navy to depre-j
cate the value of air power. Air ser
j vice critics said he had directed his
; counsel to secure part of the proceed
| ings without arguments.
N. 1), Senatorial Ap
pointee Not Recognized
Washington, Dec. 15.—An unfavor-,
able report on the seating of Gerald
P. Nye as senator from North Dakota
was adopted today by the Senate
j elections committee. Nye was ap
pointed by Governor Soilie to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Sen
j ator Ladd.
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CARROL, SEATTLE COUNCIL
MAN, TO RUN FOR MAYOR
Seattle, Dec. 17.—Coiineilman John
E. Carroll announced tonight that he
will be a candidate for mayor at the |
; February primaries.
RUDYARD KIPLING FIGHT
ING BRONCHIAL PNEUMONIA
Burwash, Eng., Dec. 16.—Slow hut
satisfactory progress is being made
by Rudyard Kipling in his fight
^ against bronchial pneumonia.
Abstract of Gov. Park’s
Eirst Annual Report
Juneau, Dec. 7.—Alaska continued
progress industrially during the past
year, said Governor George A. Parks
in his first annual report to the .Sec
retary of the Interior, just made pub
lic.
While this advancement is slow, as
in the past two years, it is neverthe
less steady.
Encouragement is found in the fact
that the fisheries, mining and forest
industries produced larger returns
than in the preceding year, and plans
for greater development seem to be
working out satisfactorily.
The fisheries industries continued
to be the most important in the Ter
ritory. The value of its products,
which aggregated $30,584,837, in
creased about 4 per cent over 1923,
the expansion being chiefly in the
herring fisheries. Labor finds its
greatest source of employment in
the fisheries. Owing to the seasonal
nature of the employment furnished
by the salmon and herring industries,
the building of a permanent popula
tion has been retarded. This has not
only been a detriment, to the Terri
tory, but has added to the burden of
both industries, since they have found
It necessary to import labor from
long distances to a large number of
districts. Governor Parks suggests
that the evolution of a plan for diver
sified fishing, capable of providing al- j
most continuous employment, may;
solve this problem and bring about a •
ubtantiai increase in the permanent|
population of the coastal regions. As
an instance he .cites that enormous :
cod-fishing banks are located along
the coast of Alaska. Despite the easy i
availability of thi^l valuable, food fish,
the codfish produets for the year were
less than $100,000. It is possible, he
said, by careful /planning, to.increase
this many fold. 1
All fishing, operations were carried
on under tho regulations promulgated
by the Secrot&r yof Commerce as au-1
thorized by the Aet of June 0, 1924.
The Department of Commerce in
creased its field force to take care of
the added responsibilities bestowed on
it under that law by Congress, and
the commissioner of fisheries person- •
ally remained in the Territory most'
of the season observing conditions |
and studying the working of the new
law and department regulations.
Conservation of the halibut re-!
sources was attempted for the first
time in 1924 when the North Pacific!
halibut treaty became effective. Un
der this, halibut fishing was suspend
ed for three months, beginning No
vember 1C, 1924. The closed season
did not affect adversely the produc-1
tion in this industry, as the catch
ishowed a considerable increase over
that of 1923.
The census of the seal herd on the 1
Pribilof islands indicated's substantial
gain, and the revenues derived from
the sale of seal skins was more than
$700,000. In addition, the sale of
blue and white fox skins in 1924
taken from the herd maintained on
the same islands amounted to about
$50,000.
“It would be a great benefit to
Alaska if a part of the returns from1
the sale of seals and foxes could be
given to the Territory for the main
tenance and extension of the public
school system outside of incorporated
towns,” said the Governor’s report.
He suggested the propriety of limit
ing to 50 per cent of the net returns
the expenditures made by the Depart
ment of Commerce for improvements
on the Pribilof islands, and added:
“At least 50 per cent should be allot
ted to the Territory yearly for sup
port of the common schools.”1
During the year a gradual resump
tion in both placer and lode mining
was apparent in all parts of the Ter
ritory. The total mineral production
for 1924 had a value of $16,855,000.
(Continued on Page 2.)
Seattle Council Votes,
by 5 to 3, to Not Im
peach Mayor Brown
Seattle, Dec. 15.—The city council
voted not to impeach Mayor Brown.
The vote was 5 to 15. The members
voting against the adoption of the
committee report were Mrs. Bertha
E. Landes, Ralph D. Nichols and W.
D. Campbell, two of whom are bitter
personal enemies of the mayor.
5 Bandits Stage Fake
Movie Thriller, Brook
lyn, and Grab $5,500
Now York, Dec. 16.—A robber stood
in a doorway and turned the crank of
a motion picture camera in pretense
ol* making a film, while his four com
panions, [msing as actors in a movie
thriller, held up a dozen members of
the Nitteley Republican Club in
Brooklyn and robbed them o' ‘•'5..">1)0.
Senator LaFollette Rec
egnized as Republican
Washington, Dec. 16.—Senator La
Collette was recognized today as a
Republican by the Republican Senate
committee on committees. La Fol
lette was given assignment to stand
ing committees just as any other sen
ator of ibis party.
MARSHALS
FOR ALASKA
Lynn Smith Nominated
by Cool id ge to Head
Fourth Division.
Washington, Dec. 17.—Three nomi
nations for United States marshals
in Alaska were sent to the Senate to
day by President Coolidge.
The men named. all Alaskans,
were:
Albert White, for the First divi
sion;
Charles D. Jones, of Nome, for the
Seconnd ndivision;
Lynn Smith, of Ruby, for the
Fourth division.
Telegraphic Ticks.
Seattle, Dec. 16.—L. W. Griffith,
pioneer promoter, dropped dead at his
dinner table today. He once owned
the Seattle street railway system.
Washington, Dec. 16.—E. I. l ewis,
of Indiana, was today appointed by
President Coolidge a member of the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
Olympia, Wash., Dec. 17.—Thomas
W. Herut, representative from Pa
louse, Whitman county, died today as
the result of a paralytic stroke.
Washington, Dec. 17.—Meyer Liss
ner, of oLs Angeles, a member of the
United States Shipping Board from
the Pacific coast, has resigned, effect
ive December 31.
SEATTLE MAN CHARGED
WITH DEATH OF BROTHER
Seattle, Dec. 17.—Blamed for the
death of his brother, Albert Larsen
today faced charges of manslaughter,
filed in court by the prosecutor. The
state accused Larsen with being in
toxicated while driving an automo
bile, which plunged over an embank
ment and pinned the victim beneath
the waters of a shallow creek.
Billy Jones and Tom Shallow, with
supplies for Bob Roberson’s camp,
left Thursday for Canes creek.
Bert DimientielT returned here on!
Tuesday from Ganes, and left Wed-1
nesday for McGrath.
Big Controversy Over
Alaska’s Mail Service
Washington, Dec. 15.—The contro
versy over the Alaska mail service
has been deferred until the present
service can be completed, according
to an order issued by the Postmaster
General today.
The present contract for carrying
mair to Alaska expires December 31.
The postal authorities, in order to cut
down expenses, hail planned to sub
stitute delivery of mail to and from
Alaska as freight. Vigorous protests
against the inauguration of this sys
tem were filed by the Seattle Cham
her of Commerce, by various business
organizations in Alaska and by
steamship companies on the gr-'ind
that the delivery of mail by freight
would result in delay, thereby greatly
hampering the prompt transact i<,» f
business between the State- and
Alaska.
The order issued by the Postmas
ter General does not definitely deter
mine what policy will he pursued, ft
simply means that no change will he
made in the present system until
the present service expires.
Prominent Nomeites, 3
Teams, Speeding
to Nenana.
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Nome, Dec. 17.—A great dog team
race is on from Nome to Nenana, the
three teams starting yesterday. Dr.
Dr. Hoelscher and wife comprise' one
party; Grant R. Jackson, president of
the Miners & Merchants Bank, and
James Keenan, well known mining
man, the second team, while the third
is manned by Representative Thomas
Jensen, bound for Juneau to attend a
meeting of the Alaska Game Commis
sion.
Grant Jackson is making his first
| trip out in twenty years.
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CHRISTMAS DAY.
A fairly lively Christmas Day is
i anticipated in ToRotna. The school
j exercises will form the leading fea
j ture, and these w ill be held on Christ
mas night at the Larson & Clough
Roadhouse. Following the exercises
! will he the big dance, and it is ex
pected that not a few visitors from
different sections will be in attend
ance.
After Records Concern
ing Joshua and Moses
St. Louis, Doc. 17.—To re id the
conquest of Joshu, Bible-time stam
peder, whose command can 1 the
sun to stand still in the heavens, and
of the life and laws of Moses, will be
sought next spring in Palestine by
Dr. Melvin Grove Kyle, president of
Xenia Theological Seminary and
other research workers, Dr. Kyle an
nounced here today.
UNITED STATES’ POLICY TO
WARD EUROPEAN POWERS,
AS DECLARED BY KELLOGGj
New York, Dec. 17.—The United |
States is committed to the policy of
co-operating with European powersj
for all legitimate purposes, but of j
avoiding European politics. This was
the keynote of an address by Secre-,
tar yof State Kellogg at a dinner |
given in his honor by the Council on |
Foreign Relations.
KARL THIELE CONFIRMED
SECRETARY OF ALASKA
Washington, Dec. 17.—The Senate
today confirmed the appointment of
Karl Thiele to be Secretary of Alaska.
Fred aderson and Jack Guinan were
recent departures from McGrath for
Nenana, at which point Mr. Paderson
will meet his wife, while Mr. Guinan
will continue to the Outside.
John Adams, after several days in
town, left Thursday for Ganes.
G. ■ W. C. Glass left Friday for a
trip to Ophir.
The Rodney, Largest in
the World, Launched
in England.
Liverpool, Dec. 15.—Princess Mary
officiated today at the launching and
christening of the battleship Rodney
in the shipyards of Campbell, Laird
& Co., at Birkenhead.
The Rodney, when commissioned in
1927, will be the largest battleship in
the world. Under the Washington
treaty its displacement is limited to
45,000 tons. Its armament is also re
stricted, but the vessel will mount
nine 10-inch guns in three triple tur
rets, instead of having only two tur
rets ,as formerly.
Senate Discusses
New World Court
Washington, Dec. 15.—The Senate
jumped today from its heated disco
sion of foreign debt settlements into
the first lap of the new world court.
The consideration, which proposed
American adherence to the court,
came up under special order, after
Smoot, as chairman of the finance
committee, failed to obtain unanimous
consent for dealing with debt agree
ments. Senator Reed, of Missouri, in
blocking unanimous consent, took oc
casion also to attack Italian and Brit
ish settlements as whitewashing in
order to help international bankers.
COI.I1V, EX-SECRETARY STATE,
AGREES WITH WIFE TO AN
AMICABLE SEPARATION
New York, Dec. 17.—Bainhridge
Colby, Secretary of State during part
of Woodrow Wilson’s administration
and Mrs. Colby have agreed to an
amicable separation.
Mrs. Colby sailed last night *01
Paris to join her daughter, Kath
erine.
Dr. L. W. Fromm, of Aver4 *
Fromm, well known dentists, i
Thursday arrival from McGrath, .fl
ing up with l’ete Michels, who is ac
companying Dr. Fromm on his way
to Flat.
Shorty Edgar and Bert Billson,
coming from Fairbanks, were Wed
nesday arrivals, and both left Thurs
day for Ophir, on their way to Flat,
thence to Holy Cross, en route to the
Lower Yukon.
Jack Lamont, from Flat, with the
outgoing mail, arrived Friday night
and left almost immediately for Mc
Grath, on his way to Big river.
Charlie Ross, bringing the incom
ing mail, arrived Wednesday, and left
Thursday for Ophir on his way to
Flat.
Charlie Konietzky returned Tues
day from a trip to McGrath,
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