THE KUSKO TIMES
VOL IX
NO. 0
TAKO'fNA ALASKA. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 9. 1929.
PRICE 25 CENTS
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Big'Cruisers
Btll Passed
15 CRUISERS AND 1 AIRPLANE
CARRIER GETS APPROPRIA
TION OF 8274,000.000.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 0*.—The Sen-'
afae today passed the bill authorizing
the ionir,ruction of fifteen' armored
cruiserst and an airplane carrier. The
measure, approved a year ago by th~<5
Rous:'..must be returned there fer tile
consideration of minor amendments.
In opposition to the wishes of the
President, the bill contains the stipu
lation that construction be started be
fore July l, 1931. It makes.- manda
carrie* must be begun beforefwy fwy
tory that five cruisers be laid down
before next July 1 five during the next
* fiscal year, and five the following
year. The airplane carrier must be
begun before 1, 1930. The program
embraces, a $274,000,000 appropria
tion, including $17,000,000 for each of
the fifteen cruisers and $19,000,000
for an.airplane carrier.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7—The naval
construction program measure, call
ing for. fifteen cruisers and one air
plane carrier, was sent to President
Coolidge today, with House approval
of Senate amendments.
n; y-iSTOCK exchanges
CLOSES, ACCOUNT OF FLU
NEW YORK, Feb. 9.—The epidemic
ofi ir.duenza, though well under con
trol by; city health, authorities, is still
prevaiant throughout the city. Fur
ther .precautions were seen today in
the closing of the New York Stock
Exchange, on account of the epidemic.
MURDERER TORAL EXE
CUTED I5Y FIRING SQUAD
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 9.—George
Tbral, assassin, of President-Elect Ob
regon,,w,as. executed today by a firing
squad.
KING GEORGE REMOVED
TO CRAIGWELL HOUSE
BOGNOR, Sussex, Feb; 9.—King
George was safely removed to •.Craig
well House, near here, this moving ,in
ondcr. that her may.-;henelit ifom the
sea breezes. .
SEATTLE-JUNEAU AIRMAIL
SERVICE CALLED FEASIBLE
JUNEAUi—A conference here be
tween Secretary of Alaska Theile,
Commander Addison of th ecutter
Utialgo, Territorial Road Engineer
Sommers and Weather Observer Mize
determined that an airmail service be
tween. Seattle anud Juneau would be
feasible between April 1 and Novem
ber 1, but thar it would not be advisa-'
ble to carry on the service during the
winter.
It was shown that there is only 45'
miles of wa; cr out of the distance of
1,000 miles,between the two points
where it w old be unsafe for taking
planes which would be equipped with
radio sets make possible communi
cation with shore stations.
The conf rence was the result of a
request from the Postoffice DDepart
mcnt, which has been contemplating
an airman service.
Mike B'tnasha returned here Wed
nesday fvam a trip to McGrath, de
parting homeward to Flat, on Thurs
day....
Senate Passes
War DeptJBill
PROVIDES HALF BILLION DOL
LARS FOR MANY GOVERN
MENTAL PROJECTS.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—The War
Department bill, providing almost a
half billion dollars for military func
tions of the Government, such as flood ■
control in Mississippi and California,:
1 rivers and harbors and development,
i of inland waterways projects, was |
passed today by the Senate.
The Senate late today passed the
! $.‘147,000,000 naval supply bill..
WIFE OF FOKKER,. AIRPLANE
BUILDER. SUICIDES BY JUMP
ING FROM 15-STORY WINDOW
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i NEW YORK, Feb. 9.—Mrs. Viola
| Fokker, 28, wife of Anthony H. G.
| Fokker, famous airplane builder,.com
| mitted suicide last night by jumping
i from the fifteenth floor of their. River -
| side apatment. No reason is known
for her rash act.
i MELLON REVIEWS 1928 AND
i SEES CONTINUED PROGRESS
DURING THE PRESENT YEAR
WASHINGTON, Jan.—During 1928
| the country made wonderful progress,
i aciording to Andrew W, Mellon, Sec
| retary of the Treasury, in a state
l ment given out today.
Early in the year the volume of
business began to show marked im
provement over the closing months of
1927 and this, improvement has con
j tinued, says the statement. It has
: been evident in manufacturing, in
| steel production, carloadings, automo
j bile production, building contracts and
i sales of goods to consumers.
A.1I this is evidence also that buy
I ing power has been sustained and
| that, on the whole, satisfactory em
i ployment conditions have prevailed,
j Prices in basic industries have not
| been unduly high and have remained
fairly stable, nor does there seem-to
be any immediate danger of excessive
demand. sending prices to. such high,
levels as to make a slump in activity
i and consequently in prices inevitable.
In the industrial world, conditions
| seem to be on an even keel, and it is
i much better to have them so, with a
1 slight upward tendency, as at present.
In the financial world, there is suf
ficient money available for all legiti
mate undertakings. A considerable
i amount oi goiu nas utren K.\puucu
I during the past, year, but it has not
! seriously impaired our credit re
| sources, while at the same time- it has
helped to establish the gold standard
more firmly in Europe and to stabil
ize foreign currencies, with resulting
benefits to our import and export
trade.
Insofar as the Government is con
j cerned, the finances are in a sound
j condition, says the Secretary, The
debt has been reduced to manageable
: proportions; the revenues are ample
for our needs; and during the past
year there has been another reduction
of taxes, the full benefit of which will
be more generally felt, during the
year 1929.
“For all these- ccusons,- I look. for
ward with confidence to continued
progress in 1929,’.' concludes Mr. Mel
lon. /
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Harry Agoff; of Flat, was among
tins week’s arivals, after having- had
Dr. C. A. Pollard, well known dentist,
as a passenger to Ophir.
YOUNG WOMAN, 23, DIES FOL
LOWING DRINKING PARTY;
STATTLE DOCTOR ARRESTED
SEATTLE, Feb. 6.—Ella Viola
Fallis, 23, member of a prominent
Edmonton, Alberta, family, died fol
lowing iu drinking party in the Re
public building early Tuesday morn
ing. Testimony at a coroner’s in-1
quest today disclosed that ammonia.,
and not booze. administered by mis
take by Dr. Royal B. Tracy, a mem-;
I ber of the party, had caused her
jdeath.
j Tracy was arrested today, charged
with manslaughter in connection with
the death of Miss Faliis. He- was re
! leased on $5,000 bail.
Mail To Canal
Zone, 3 Days
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COL. LINDBERGH MAKES FLIGHT
j V. , % ■
FROM MIAMI, FI.JL, OPENING
NEW AIRWAYS LINE.
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BALBOA, Feb. 6.—Colonel Charles
A. Lindbergh reached the Canal Zone
with mail from the United States to
day, opening a new era in the linking
together of the two republics of this
hemisphere. Lindbergh completed
I his three-days’ flight from Miami,
171a., with stops at Havana. Belize,
Tela, Managua, Punta Aresas and
It inaugurated the opening of the
Pan-American Airways Line along
that route:
Telegraphic Ticks.
SE ATTLE, Feb. 6.—Captain W. R.
Ballard, 82, pioneer, founder of the
town of Ballard, and early resident of
Seattle, died yesterday. He came to
Puget Sound seventy years ago. and
first engaged in steam boating.
I WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—Major
i General Wendell C. Neville was nom
° inated by Coolidge today to be com
' mandant of the Marine Corps.
' MIAMI BEACH, Feb. 9—President
Elect Hoover left Belle Isle today to
attend the birthday anniversary Mon
| day of Thomas A.. Edison at Fort
i Meyers.
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ROME, Feb. 9.—The entire atten
I tion of Rome was focused today on
I the Vatican, where the Pope received
] King Gustave of Sweden.
SEATTLE, Feb. 9—Dudley Clooten,
1 former Congressman and prominent
Seattle lawyer, is dead in Texas, ac
' cording to word received here today.
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I SEATTLE, Feb. 6,-F. McL. Rad
| ford, merchandise manager, has suc
ceeded Frank McDermott as president
of the Bon Marche.
LARGEST TOOTH IN WORLD
COMES FROM PORCUPINE
BOSTON.—The largest tooth ir.
’ the world, 11 feet long and weighing
•about 300 pounds, has arrived at the
' Harvard Dental School and Museum,
from Alaska.
' The tooth is from the jaw of a mas
I todon and is estimated to be 50,000
i ,.
years old.
It was found imbedded in the bank
on the Porcupine river, and was
, hauled 55 miles by dog team and
j then shipped to Fort Yukon.
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Charlie Goebel returned here Wed
nesday from a trip to McGrath, de
parting for Ophir on Thursday. i
Los Angeles
Prosecutor
POUND GUILTY ON CHARGES OF
CONSPIRACY AND BRIBERY;
LANGUISHES IN JAIL.
; LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9.—Former
District Attorney Keyes, indicted on
charges of conspiracy and bribery,
was found guilty by a jury last night.
He was imprisoned in the county jail
following the announcement of the
| verdict.
LOS ANGELES, February 7.—Asa
Keyes, who served Los Angeles in
! prosecuting criminals for twenty-five
1 years, today presented the most bril
liant argument of his career in a plea
for his own acquittal on charges of
conspiracy to bribe.
i DEATH OF BARON VON HUEN
FKLD, NOTED GERMAN FEVER
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j BERLIN, Feb. 6.—Baron Von Huen
! feld, one of the three men who made
the first non-stop flight across the At
lantic,, died Monday in a sanitarium
here, following an operation.
EDWIN DENBY, FORMER SEC
RETARY OF NAVY, PASSES ON
DETROIT, Feb. 8.—Edwin Denby,
former Secretary of the Navy, whose
political career wa,i ^Vruptly termi
j nated by the Teap t Dome scandal,
died at his home here today, following
a heart attack.
ROSSMAN PREPARING TO SEEK
LAND IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN
SEATTLE.—-Earl Rossman is in
Seattle preparing to head an expedi
tion next summer into the “cradle of
tlu. winds”—the \ast unknown
stretch of the Arctic northwest of
Alaska.
Itossmu:. has made eight trips north
and serve! with Captain George Wil
kins’ expedition in 1920.. He flew over
Mount McKinley in n plane of the An
chorage Air Transport piloted by
Matt Nieininer last year, reaching ar.
i altitude of 1!),'»00 feet, but failed to
soar over the highest point.
Rossman said he :s convinced that
bund exists beyond the northern bor
ders of Alaska and Siberia. He thinks
weather disturbances originate there
j and if properly observed will be valu
j able in predicting weather of all
! northern hemispheres. He said that
if land exists it would be possible to
establish a meteorological base and a
dirigible mooring mast, shortening
the distance between New York and
Tokio 4,000 miles.
IMPORTANT DECISION RE
GARDING ASSESSMENT WORK
SAN FRANCISCO.—According to
, a strong and unanimous decision of
he United States Court of Appeals
for the Ninth Circuit, sitting in Los
Angeles, that court held that the sur
vey of a mining property by a United
j States mineral surveyor clearly en
' hanced the value of such property
i and constituted assessment work. The
| case before the court was Wigand vs.
' Byrne’s unknown heirs, 24 Fed (2nd)
179.
This decision by the Circuit Court
I of Appeals is said to remove all doubt
I about a question in mining law
lias been discussed for many years but
was never before passed upon and
i settled by a higher court.
Gallows For
Northcott
jjl RV FINDS GORDON STEWART
NORTHCOTT GUILTY OF
MURDER.
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RIVERSIDE, Calif., Fob. 8.—The
jury last night found Gordon Stewart
• Northcott guilty and consigned him to
the gallows for the murder of three
boys on a Ponoma chicken ranch.
CARTWRIGHT, PORTLAND
FIGHTER, KILLED BY BLOW
ON CHIN, IN PRELIM. BOUT
SEATTLE, Feb. 6.—Eddie Cart
wright, Portland negro prize fighter,
was killed last night by a blow on the
chin delivered by Cecil Geysel, white,
of Seattle. The fatal blow was deliv
ered while the two men were in a pre
liminary boxing bout at Crystal Pool.
i FEMALE BANDIT DOES QUICK
WORK; GETS AWAY WITH $2,000
DETROIT, Feb. 8—A young woman
; wallred into a branch office of the
Michigan State Bank in Detroit today,
I fired two tear bombs, held up the tel
i ler and escaped with S2,000.
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i TEMPORAL POWER OF POPE.
ROME, Feb. 8.—Temporal power
j of the Pope, abolished by Garibaldi
buiicty years aga.. been { restored ,
through a pact witl. c..e Italian gov
ernment, Cardinal Gasparri, papal
secretary of state, formally announced
today.
FAIRBANKS KENNEL CLUB
SWEEPSTAKES IN MARCH
(Fairbanks News-Miner.)
j The annual sweepstakes of the
; Fairbanks Kennel Club, including the
j Signal Corps trophy, will be run again
! this year at a tentative date during
| the first fortnight in March. This
was the decision of the club at a well
attended meeting last night. Exact
dates of the major winter sports com
petition, courses and purses will be
; announced in the near future, when
' committees appointed last night will
j nave made recommendations on
i phases of the events under considera
i tion.
Federal Judge Cecil II. Clegg, who
| has headed the club from its organ
! ization through two major sweep
| stakes, was re-elected to the presi
dency of the organization last night.
Ralph R. Reese was elected to be sec
retary-treasurer. A finance commit
tee, consisting of Vance R. McDonald,
George Preston and Julien A. Hurley,
was appointed.
i it was intimated in meeting tnui
several local teams will compete this
! year with the lower river strings
j which were all victorious last year.
1 The Signal Corps trophy, which in
the first three competitions went to
h - wer river, is coveted by numer
ous dog fanciers throughout the In
terior, with the result that competi
tion has taken on a keen edge. Re
ports of preparations for the sweep
: stake along the lower Yukon are not
to be outdone by intimations from
' other sections. Fort Yukon, the Kus
kokwim and even Nome are groaning
; for a chance at the laurels.
Harry Panther, after a couple of
■ days’ visit here, left Tuesday for
vjphir, headed f<?r Flat.
Sid Paulson, after a few days’-visit
i here, returned to Ophir on Monday.