THE KUSKO TIMES
VOL,. VI. NO. 17
TAKOTNA. ALASKA. SATURDAY. MAY 1,1926
PRICE 25 CENTS
Sutherland Wins Easily,
Leads Aldrich by 1800
Juneau, April 30.-*-Latest returns
indicate that Delegate Sutherland has
carried all four divisions, while Frank.
A. Boyle, of Juneaur easily won the
Democratic nomination. Sutherland
is leading Aldrich by about eighteen
hundred votes.
Juneau, April 28.—Returns from
»he primary election here yesterday
from 18 precincts, including Juneau.
Douglas, Ketchikan, Skagway, Peters
burg and Haines, today showed jthat
Dan Sutherland, for Deelgate to Con
is leading with 785 votes. For
mer Territorial Senator Aldrich, of
Juneau, is next, with. 401 votes, and
Harry McCain third, with 171 votes.
All three are Republicans.
The votes received in 13 precincts
by.Democrats running for Delegate to
Congress were. Frank. A. Boyle, of
Juneau, 183; Gilbert A. Adams, of
Nome, 11.
Senator Lefevre, Republican, is
leading for Territorial Senator, with
>82 votes. His opponent. Will A.
Steel, Republican, had 485 votes.
Returns for Territorial Representa
tives are: Charles E. Ferguson, of
Craig, 851; William Worth, of Peters
burg, 782; Charles Benjamin, of
Wrangell, 773; Felix Grant, of Dougr
las, 635; William A. Paul, of Ketchi
kan, 489.,
TAKOTNA.
For Delegate to Congress.
Aldrich, Frank A. —.-. 2
Boyle, Frank A..... 1
McCain, Harry G. .—. 2
Sutherland, Dsm A. 33
Foir Territorial Representatives.
(Vote for Four.)
Troves, J. H» _.—.. 15
Johnston, Fred B. .,. 22
McCroskey, Thomas- J. I- 16
Roiss, Hosea -H. 1. 28
Ulmer, Joseph H. . 26
McGRATH.
For Delegate to Congress.
Boyle (Dem.) —. 1
Alrich (Rep.) —.—. 1
McCain (Rep.) . 15
Sutherland (Rep.) . 23
For Territoirial Representatives.
Groves (Rep.) . 27
Johnston (Rep.) —. 27
McCroskey (Rep.) . 25
Ross (Rep.) . 31
Ulmer (Rep.) ..-. 23
COUNTESS CATHCART BROK E,
RETURNS TO OWN COUNTRY
New York.—Vera, Countess of
Cathcart, whose coming to this coun
try recently involved the immigration
bureau into nation-wide controversy
becaus eof the attempt made to ex
clude the visitor, is no wreturning to
her own country, thoroughly disgust
ed; with the treatment accorded her
by American dramatic critics, who
laughed her play, “Ashes of Roses,’.’
off the boards in this city. The
Countess lost heavily on her venture,
and was compelled to borrow suffi
cient money to pay her way back to
England.
She forgave the immigration offi
Mntin a statement issued just before
she sailed.
LAND RELINQUISHMENT IN
AID OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Washington, April 3<>.—TheSflnate
today passed and sent to the House
the Jones bill, providing for relin
quishment by the United States of
all title to lands granted to States or
Territories in aid of public schools.
Owen Gray, who left McGrath
some days ago with ten members of
the crew of the New York-Alaska
Dredging Company, headed for Bear
creek, is reported to have arrived at
Akjak on Thursday,. .
DRASTIC REVISION OF DRY
LAW ENFORCEMENT POLICIES
Washington, April 30,—The House
today passed the Administration bill
proposing a drastic revision of the
dry law enforcement machinery in
the Treasury Department.
COOLIDGE DISTURBER OVER
HEAVY GOVERNMENT COSTS
Washington, April 29.-*-President
Coolidge was disturbed today over
what, he believes to be outside pres
sure upon Congress to enact legisla
tion increasing the cost of govern
ment, in face of a prospective deficit
during the next fiscal year.
RIVER AND HARBOR BILL HAS
ONE PROJECT FOR ALASKA
Washington, May 1.—The river and
harbor appropriation bill, just report
ed to the House, contains one new
project in Alaska, that of the Toby
vana harbor,' estimated to cost $29,
000. .
The bill carries a total of $37,500,
000, but its passage is rendered
doubtful because of the inclusion of
several hotly contested projects.
HOXIE’S GASBOATS LIBELED
AND SEIZED BY U. S. OFFICERS
(Juneau Empire.)
Acting under authority from the
Treasury Department, .local U. S. cus
toms officials today seized the gas
hoats Firefly! and Lu, alleged rum
runners, which figured prominently in
thei recent Hoxie conspiracy trial. A
libel was filed against each of the ves
sels by the. II. S- A tl.omey’.s office in
the District Court this morning.
Penalties aggregating $43,000 are
involved in the charges specified ini
the libels. While these are arsessahle
against the masters of the boats, the
vessels themselves are liable for con
demnation and sale to satisfy the
claims. In addition, the vessels are
said to be subject, to confiscation un
der the libels against them.
The libels grew out of the alleged
rum rnnning operations charged in
the Hoxie conspiracy cases, in which
a series of importations of liquor
from Canada to Alaska were set up
by the Government. The libel against
the Lu is the most voluminous ever
filed in the local District Court, it was
said at the U. S. Attorney’s office,
containing thirty typewritten pages.
The libel against the Firefly com
prises thirteen pages. Both vessels
are charged with violation of the
tari ffact of 1922. Sixteen articles
were specified against the Lu, four for
each alleged violation. Importations
are charged on September 14 and De
cember 11, 1924, and January 5 and
February 25, 1925. Importations are
charged against the Firefly on July 1,
1923, February 25 atid August 25,
1925.
The penalties claimed against the
Lu total $24,000, and against the
FiFrefly $18,000.
AERIAL SURVEY OF ALASKA.
Washington, April ’■0-—Four am
phibian planes and one seaplane, to
Be used in the Navy’s aerial survey
of Alaska this summer, will fly from
San Diego and Seattle to Ketchikan,
the base of operations, the Navy De
partment announced today.
A1 Berg, who was a Tuesday visitor,
returned to Ophir on Wednesday.
Dolph Mespelt departed Friday for
Ganes.
A1 Colwell left Thursday for the
Flume dredge camp, Yankee creek.
Henry Martella left Friday for the
Flume ..Dredge caw at Yankee.
WILKINS, WITH BROKEN ARM,
AND EIELSON RETURN FROM
PT. BARROW TO FAIRBANKS
Fairbanks, May 1.—Captain George
IT. Wilkins and Ben Eielson arrived
here last night by airplane from Pt.
! Barrow, where the former sustained
a broken arm.
TRAFFIC JAM OF POLAR EX
PLORERS AT SPITZIINBERGEN
Spitzenbergcn, May 1.—Lieutenant
Byrd and the members of His expedi
i tion have arrived here to make pre
j parations for their North'Polar flight,
j There is high excitement, and what
amounts to a traffic jam of polar ex
plorers prevails here.
NO UNIVERSAL PANACEA FOR
CRIME, SATS COMMISSION
Washington, May 1.—The National
Crime Commission, after investiga
tions covering a period of nine
months, has concluded theTe is no uni
versal panacea for crime, but that
the application of remedies rests with
individual states and individual eit
zens.
FRANC REFUSES TO REACT
TO IJKBT SETTLEMENT
Paris, May 1,—The franc, refusing
to react favorably to the conclusion of
the Franco-American debt settlement,
continued its steady decline through
out the day and closed at .‘10.47 to the
dollar, a new low record.
Telegraphic Ticks.
Portland, April 30.—Ninety-three
in the shade here today.
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Vancouver, B. C., April 30.—Gov- j
emor General Eyng and I»ady By tig
arrived here today on a two-weeks’
| outing on Vancouver island.
Washington, April 30.—Supreme
i Court .Justice Taft, addressing the
i American Law Institute here, referred
| to Elihu Root as “the Nestor and
1 Ulysses of the American bar.”
Washington, April 30.—Bearing in-1
| structions from Coolidge to insist!
| upon sweeping reduction of military j
| forces by the nations’ disarmament
I conference at Geneva, Hugh Gibson,
: minister to. .Switzerland, left here to
! day.
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New York, April 30.—The artistic
i world of America and Europe today
j mourned the passing of Joseph Pen
j nell, famous etcher, lithographer and
: author. Pennell, ill with pneumonia
for a week, died at his home in
[ Brooklyn yesterday afternoon.
PARKS EXPLAINS HOSPITAL
PLANS FOR RIVER WORK j
Seattle.—The floating hospital that
is to begin functioning on the Yukon
river and its tributaries during the
coming season, under the provisions
of a clause contained in the Interior
Department appropriation bill, will
carry a physician and two trained
nurses, according to Governor of
Alaska George A. Parks, who was in
strumental in securing the new ser
vice.
The hospital ship, the Governor
says, will serve five thousand natives
and whites in the interior country,
where they now have “only two doc
tors and three nurses. When an epi
demic occurs, it takes days and some
times weeks to get medical assistance.
Most of the natives live along the
river, so that the hospital ship will
be able to reach practically all of
them. The medical staff will make a
sanitary survey and instruct the na
tives how to care for themselves.”
The money will be available, the
Governor says, so that the first voy
age can be made as soon as naviga
tion opens.
T. A. McClure, who arrived here
from McGrath some days ago, depart
ed Thursday for the Flume dredge at
Yadkee creek.
WOES OF BIG
PUBLISHER
Young Vanderbilt Seek
ing $3,000,000 Loan,
to Avert Crash.
New York, April 30.—Cornelius
Vanderbilt, Jr., today looked for a
loan of $3,000,000, for which he is
willing to pledge a patrimony of
$1,500,000, to avert a crash in his
chain of newspapers.
Young Vanderbilt's family has
withdrawn linancial approval, but the
25-year-old publisher, though handi
capped by ill health, is confident he
can prevent disaster for the 5,000
stockholders in his $5,000,000 news
paper enterprise, and he is prepared
to face definite break with his father,
Brigadier General Cornelius Vander
bilt, to fight it through.
TURMOIL, CONFUSION AND
NEAR-FIGHT IN NATIONAL
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Washington.—Amid turmoil and
confusion, the House of Representas
tives voted today to impeach Federal
Judge English, of the Eastern district
of Illinois, on the charge of “high
misdemeanor” in office. The vote was
306 to 62. English can resign and
escape further proceedings, but if he
persists in retaining his post he will
have to stand trial before the Senate,
on five articles of the indictment.
The vote was called in the House
after three days of debate, which cul
minated in a near fist fight between
members. Representative F. J. Gar
rett, of Ti-tnuG/W-, Democratic floor
leader, started the row when he
moved to recommit the impeachment
resolution to the judiciary committee
to hear additional testimony. The
motion was rejected, 275 to 50. Rep
resentative Rankin, Democrat, of Mis
sissippi, then suggested the absence
of a quorum, whereupon Mills, Repub
lican, of New York, urged that the de
mand for a roll call be not passed.
Rankin insisted, and Mills, walking |
across the aisle toward the Mississip-!
pian, said: “It’s a damn mean thing |
to keep twenty men here—” But he j
was interrupted before he could finish i
by Rankin, who, shaking his fist at
the New Yorker, warned him to “get
on your own side of the house.” Mills
came l>aek with, “You can’t insult me,
you dirty, contemptible scoundrel,”
and the men approached each other,
ready to fight it out with their fists,
when Loughton, Democrat, of North
Carolina, intervened.
Still struggling to reach the New
Yorker, Rankin started to hurl a vile
epithet, but immediately withdrew the
remark, explaining later that he
would “not call any white man that.”
BOOTLEGGERS OF SOUTH
ORGANIZED FOR PROTECTION
IjOs Angeles.—Chief Field Agent
Adams, of the local Federal dry
forces, has announced the discovery of
the existence of a secret fraternity of
bootleggers, with a membership of
1,000 members. They have signs and
passwords just like any other secret
organization, Adams says, and the ob
ligation is a most binding one. Dire
penalties are prescribed for those who
violate their oath for mutual protec
tion.
Tom Shallow was a Monday town
visitor.
Frank Mart was among those who
left Thursday for the Flume Dredge
workings at Yankee creek.
Fred Dubois, after a couple of days
in town, returned to Yankee yester
day.
Rasmus Matson left Friday for
Candle,
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FRANCE’S
BIG DEBT
Agreement Reached for
Funding $4,377,000,
000 to U. S., Maybe.
Washington, April 20.—Agreement
was reached late today for the fund
ing of France’s $4,377,000,000 war
debt to this country.
If ratified by Congress and the
French Parliament the agreement
will round out the last major feature
of the Administration’s debt funding
program and remove a troublesome
element from the field of international
politics.
Under the terms agreed to by the
negotiators, the payments will be
made over a long period of time and
other adjustments made in recogni
tion of economic handicaps that beset
France as an aftermath of the World
War.
WILKINS AND EIELSON VAND
SAFELY AT POINT BARROW
New York, April 2t>.—Word re
ceived here by the North American
Newspaper Alliance reports Wilkins
and Eielson safe at Point Barrow,
after a delayed flight, during which
radio men at Fairbanks for the past
three or four days have been on con
stant watch in an endeavor to pick up
news of the flyers.
POPULATION OF U. S. WILL
REACH 117,000,000 BY JULY
Washington.—The Census Bureau
estimates the population of the
United Str i rotefe If 7,000,000
by July 1, next.
WINNERS OF NENANA'S $25,000
ICE POOI_BREAKUP NOTES
Nenana, April 20.—The ice break
of the Tanana river here occurred at
4:03 p. m. today.
The funds in the big pool will bo
split three ways, the winners being
Jack Martin of Fairbanks, John Sim
monson of Anchorage, and Olaf Hagg
bloom of Chatanika. The gross purse
amounted to $25,000, the largest ever
reached.
No one guessed the exact minute,
the winners being one minute either
way from the actual time. Frank
Clark, one of the close contenders,
averred that he had placed a guess
one minute off, but a recheck failed to
reveal his particular ticket with that
time recorded thereon.
The ice in the Kuskokwim in front
of McGrath made its first movement
at 3 p. m. on Monday, the 26th, the
icc of the Takotna joining the proces
sion a few minutes afterward.
The first movement of ice in the
Takotna in front of this place oc
curred ut 3 p. m. on Tuesday, the
27th, one of the earliest breakup
dates known. The ice ran for about
two hours, then stopped, and again
commenced its downward course about
7 p. m. Thursday night, following
largely the left limit channel from
Takotna, and at this writing the river
is comparatively free.
The first movement of ice in front
of Takotna in 1925 took place at 10:25
a. m. on May 14.
EVO LEENKNECHT IMPROVED.
Evo Leenknccht, ■who left here on
March 20 for Anchorage for treat
ment at Anchorage Hospital, is much
improved, according to a telegram re
ceived yesterday by Jack Mutchler, in
which Mr. Leenknccht says:
“I am out of hospital three weeks.
Doctor says I have leakage of heart.
Improved quite a lot. Think I will
)'' ’ 11 right to catch first boat back.
1 /ill send you another message in-n
couple