THE KUSKO TIMES
VQK' Y. 'NO. 2j
TOKOTNA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, 30NR20, 1925.
PRICE 25 Oi.5'TS
AND PARTY
RETURN 0 K
Expedition Returns to
Spitzenhergen in One
Airplane; 100 Miles
From Pole.
New York; June 18. — The
North American Newspaper Al
liance announced today that Am
undsen has returned to Spitzen
bergen from his North Pole
< light. ,
A message received from
Spitzenbefgea said Amundsen
•was safe. _
1 - ^London, June 18.—The Am
undsen expedition, now safe at
‘ Spitzenbefgeh, failed in its at
tempt to reach the North Pole,
according to an Evening News
r dispatch. _
! Oslo; June 19a—The entire
.Amundsen party-returned in one
plane, the other one having been
frozen in the polar ice. The ex
pedition reached north latitude
88 degrees 7 minutes, or about
one hundred miles from the
‘ Pole.
Copenhagen, June 19. — The
Social Democrat publishes a re
port froth Oslo that Amundsen
is dissatisfied with the results at
* tained by the expedition and is
“determined to resume the at
1 'tempt” to reach the Pole. The
■ explorer is credited with declar
ing that the experience gained
iu his present attempt would en
able him to attain his goal.
* Pacific States, Alaska
Produced 2-4 World’s
Salmon Output, 1924
Washington. Jtiae’9.—Three-fourths
of the world's pack of canned salmon in
1924 was produced in the Pacific states
aad in Alaska, according 10 the De
partment of Comme-’ce. Figures com
piled by the Bureau of Fisheries show
there were 134 salmon operating iu
Alaska, which produced 7J per cent of
the domestic pack.
Death of Mrs. Francis
Page* Oregon Pioneer
Seattle, June lC1—'Mi's. Francis Ellen
Page, mother of Mi4. I.iilea Poindexter,
whose father. Joseph •ale, was gov
' ardor of Oregon‘Poe c’ty before Oregon
Territory was forfned. died at her home
here today. Mrb;' Page was born in
' v>p^TOn- -_,_
Marquis of Queens
bury Granted Divorce
London, June IS.—The Marquis of
Queensbury was today granted a di
vorce ia the suit against his wife, in
which he alleged misconduct and
' named Sir James H. Dunn, Canadian
n financier, as eo respondent.
LEASING OF
T-POT DOME
Cheyenne Judge Rules
Adversely on Govern
ment’s Contentions.
Cheyenne, Wyo., June 19.—
The ease of the leasing of the
Teapot Dome oil reserve to Sin
clair and the Mammoth Oil Com
pany by former Secretary of In
terior Fall was stopped today by
Federal Judge T. Blanke Ken
nedy, who rendered his decision
in the annulment suit brought
by the government.
The allegations of fraud in the
bill have not been sustained,
Kennedy ruled. The Secretary
of the ISiavy was fully within his
rights in acting as he did, having
been authorized by act of June
4. 1902, to develop, conserve and
operate all naval oil reserves,
Kennedy held.
Washington, June 20. — The
government will appeal to the
supreme court in its tight to di
vest Harry F. Sinclair of his
Wyoming oil leases.
Sweeping Readjust
ment of R. R. Rates
Ordered By Sept. 11
Washington, June Iff.— Railroad
rates affecting nearly all parts of i he
| United States were held to be unfair
todav bv the Interstate Commerce
| Commission. A sweeping series of re
I adjustments was ordered into effect bv
1 September 11.
_
Ophir-McGrath Sum
mer Mail Contrail
W. FI. Jones has been awarded the
contract for transporting the mail be
t ween Ophir and McGrath during the
| summer seasou, the contract calling
i for four round trips, one each month
j duriDg June, July, August and Sep
tember.
The mail from McGrath was brought
! up yesterday on the Redwing, and Con
! tractor Jones left this morning for
1 Ophir, taking with him the outgoing
McGrath and Tokotna mail consign -
ments.
Max Simel, who left Holy Cross on
June 8th. is expected to arrive at Ophir
oh Juue 22._
The new camp of the Alaska Road
Commission on what is known as the
Flume Dredge Company road, which
was recently acquired by the govern
ment, is now in full swing, with Will
F'ershinger in charge. The road will
undergo much improvement during the
present saasou in the way of graveling,
grading, repairing, widening at places,
and some corduroviug. A fair-sized
crew is already on the ground.
Frank Joaquin left Thursday for
Candle, and will be at Candle Landing
on the 25th, when the steamer Taua ar
rives, to greet Mrs. Joaquin and their
daughters Nellie and Greta. Mr. and
Mrs. Joaquin, on arrival here, will
take up residence in the former Hig
gins home.
Discussing Plans* for
Larger Measure Sell
Government, Alaska j
Seattle, Juue 13.—A disoussioo of tba
plans of Secretary of Interior V/or»t to
give a larger measure of self govern
ment to Alaska wa3 a feature at the
weekly iunchaon meeting of the Se
attle Mining Men’s Club, which ap
pointed a committee to draft resolu
tions urging the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce aod the commercial organ
izations of Alaska to give the plan
their backing.
LA FOLLETTE
PASSES ON
Death Comes to Wis
consin Senator After
Week’s Illness.
Washington. June 18.—Robert
Marion La Follefiie, senator from
Wisconsin, a foremost figure m
national affairs for over a quar
ter of a century, an;l candidate
of the progressive party at the
presidential election in Novem
ber last, died at his home here
today. Death was due to seri
ous complications, following a
heavy cold, contracted only a
week ago. He was 70 years old
last Sunday.
Senator La Follette, at the
time of his death, ranked fourth J
in continuous service as a mem-1
her ef the Senate, in which he 1
first took his seat March 4, 1905, j
land prior to which date he had
served his state as representa
tive in Congress or three terms
and thrice as governor.
1
Sfcr. Tana Due Candle
Landing on June 25tb
The steamer Tana got awav from.
Bethel on Wednesday evening. .June’
t 17. according to word from Captain!
George Green, who states he expecte,
to arrive at Candle Landing on the !
doth.
Among the passengers for McGrath
are Mrs. George Green, wife of Captain
Green, of the steamer Tana, and Mr.
Hansen, representative of the N. C.
Company.
Also aboard the Tana, headed for
Tokotna, are Mrs. i i ink Joaquin and j
two young daughter;, Nellie and Greta;
Archie Higgins, former Tokotna busi
ness man, and William Schnierla, well
known Little creek mining man. who.
after a stay of two or three years at his
Michigan home, is returning here to,
give attention to mining affairs in
which he and his brother. Fd Schnierla,
now ou the Outside, are interested.
The Fairbanks commercial plane,
which Hew from that place to Nome'
several days ago. made its homeward '
flight yesterday. The plane left Nome
at 12:.>0 p. m. and landed at Fairbanks
at 7:30.
The Argonaut, Charles Nicoievs
boat, with up-ri^er freight, is reported
to have left Bethel on June 18.
Freighter-Joe 'arris was a yester
day arrival from Cnhir
G. A. PARKS,
GOVERNOR
Sends Airplane, Physi
cian, Supples to Succor
Suffering, Koyukuk.
Juneau, June 20.—One of the
first acts of Governor George A.
Parks, who was inaugurated sls
governor of Alaska on Tuesday,
came today in the authorisation
of an airplane flight,' with a phy
sician and supplies, from Fair
banks to the Koyhkuk river re
gion, where nutrferdus Indians
are reported afflicted with a mys
terious epidemic, which has re
sulted in many deaths. The en
tire Koyukuk district i3 without
a physician, according to advices
reaching the governor's office.
Telegraphic Ticks,
Seattle.—Captain Michael Powers,
for years a member of the Seattle
police department, died Tuesday
New York.—Julius Krutschmitt, for
mer chairman and directing heaa of
tne Southern Paci'.ic, died at his home
here Thursday.
Glencove, N. Y.—Mrs. J. P. Morgan,
wife of the New York financier, is seri
ously ill with sleeping sickness at her
summer home, Mattie Point.
Olympia.—Governor Hartley. Tues -
day, notified Acting Secretary of War
Davis that this State will be unable to
participate formally in the National
Defense Day program.
Washington.—Hear Admiral Robin
son, oouiroaoder-in-ehief of the battle
fleet, has been selected to succeed Ad
miral Koontz as iinmander-in chief of
the United States 'leet.
Washington. -Secretary of Agricul ■
ture Jardine, in a statement here to
day, said the wheat crop of the United
States did not look good and probably
would not yield u. surplus.
Cleveland.—The advisory beard of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Ec •
gineers, Tuesday, selected William B.
Brentes, of Cleveland, to succeed the
late Warren S. Stone as president and
head of all brotherhood activities
Seattle.—Senator Dill sailed on the I
steamer Yukon today for .Seward,1
where he v/ill board a government
revenue cutte i- ' Saturday for a,
visit to aud an p v. stigatien of condi ,
lions on Pribii ■ is auds.
Body of Phil Wilson
Recovered From Nivw j
The body of Phil Wilson, who was
drowned on the evening of May. ?& in
the Nixon river at a point about bO
miles up from Ni ton Fork, was recov
ered three or four days ago. according
to word brought from MoGrath yester
day. The bodv, it was stated, was re
covered -bv a native.
Axei Peterson, operator ou Eagle
creek, io the Nixon section, was a yes -1
terday arrival.
Tom Bare was a yesterday arrival j
from 'vank«t- for a short town visit.
MURDERERS
MUST HANG
.» —. —— » *
Baker and Sow ash, Gil*
lis’ Slayers, Draw Ex
treme Penalty.
Victoria, June 19.—Owen XL
Baker and Harry Sowash, who
were found guilty of murdering
Captain William J. Gillis, owner
of the rum-running schooner
Beryl G., and his son, William
J. Gillis, were sentenced today
by Justice Auley Morrison to be
hanged.
Charles Morris, charged with
the same murder, is hold in Sa
attle. Pending the outcome of
his tight against extradition tc
Canada, the authorities announce
that Morris will be placed ott
trial as soon as they can effect
his ertradition.
For Turning State’s
Fvidenee, Stromp
kins’ Case Dismissed
ictoris, June 16.—The trown. on;
motion of the ’’rosecution. today, <iis
missed the charges against Paul G.,
Strorrpkioa, accused with Owen R
Baker and arry Sowar.h in the hi
jacking of the ruE-rucoing schooaerr
Beryl G. and the murder of Captain
William J. Gillis anu his son. William
last September. Btrompkinc turned
state’s evidence in the trial of tha
oases against Baker aud Sow ash, Ai
being Strotrpkins evidence whiei
brought about tneir conviction.
Y ale Wins 4-Mile V ars
ity Race from Harvard
flew London. Conn., June L'j.—Tala
won the four-mile varsity eight rowing
race from Harvard this afternoon, win
□ icg bv a length and a half.
A Smuggling Ship.
With $1,000,000 Cargo
' anoouver, June 1C.—The authori
ties here are much excited over whal
seenr. a ecoet. authentic report that a
smuggling shit? with a million‘dollar*’
worth of opium and morphine is laying:
od the Vancouver island coast.
Gaston St. Clair and Bud Riley, wh»
arrived Tuesday with teams from Yan
kee creek, left Thursday for the A. it
O. Plume road camp.
Jennie Keith, after a visit of several
days here, returned to McGrath on
Thursday, going down on the Redwing
Ralph IBaredo, coining from Long,
who was n Tuesday arrival, left Thurs
day for Caadle.
Einar Carlson was a Tuesday 'depart
ure for the A. R. C. camp, Fluma toad,
Fred Dubos arrived yesterday frocr
'Yankee for a brief town visit.
Al Blier, from Candle, was a venter
day arrival.
NelsVibe, Little creek, wav a,‘fed**
town' visitor.