THE KUSKO TIMES
VOL. V. NO.. 17 ;
TOKOTNA. ALASKA. SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1925.
PRICE 25 CENTS
REVOLT IN
500 Revolutionists Exe
cuted, 5,000 Held
Prisonem
Trieste. April 21.-—The revo
lution in Bulgaria’ is gaining
ground., according , to dispatches
from isofia, . which state that
sharp clashes'between Bulgarian
troops and insurgents have oc
curred in several sections,
Lisbon*. April 21:—involution
broke outnn several sections of
Portlands today. \ Violent tight
ing is in progress in the streets
of Lisbon.
Belgrade,' April 21.—Five hun
dred Bulgarian <> revolutionists
were executed or shot while re
sisting arrest auditive' thousand
of them are prisoners of the gov
eminent, according to hundreds
of peasant refugees whoare flee
ing from nation wide atrocities.
Sofia, April i 23. — Captain
Yankhoff.' alleged head of the
conspirators5 who bombed the
carthecirwl Thomvjt'jrv' 'was
killed by the* police* today-;
covered in his ’hid+ngi .placer he
immediately opened tire and
threw a bomb. >
S6fid>—Yankhoff, subchief of
the communist executive control
committee, charged with placing
5he bomb in the Aveti Krai,' was
cornered by the police loday and
killed.
Bulgaria has asked the allied
council of ambassadors for- per
mission to add ten thousand men
to the tnihtia.
Deal h of Carl Forsberg,
East Fork Roadhouse
Cirl JForsbere, a well known old
Sinter of this section, died last Monday
at the East Fort? roadhouse.| 23 miles
frotnl'Medfra, where he had been lo
cated for the past couple of vears.
Mr. Forsbertr had bcenjsiek since Isat
fall, .since which time tie had gradually
wasted away. The nature of illness
which led to his death seem* uncer
tain, some sayinu that it was of •'tuber
cular nature, wnile others contend it
was cancer of Che stomach.
Fred Spencer and a few others, in
eluding Vance McDonald, who was re
turuicg to Nenaua, went up front Med
Jra to the East 5W kcRoad house, where
brief *funerat services were held and
near which the body of the oldiitner
, was laid in its JSriHl resting place.
Bandit Caught With
$4,000, Trieji Suicide
Seattle, April 23'*-*TH© tlavffower
dairy was held up land robbed early
this morning of four thousand dollars
by’William J. Laite. an nmateijr btn
dit, wb<* when captured Ht his home
later attempted suicide, inflicting iwo
severe wounds. Laite savs Le is au
overseas veteran.
MOSCOW
BLAMED
Says Soviet Government
Responsible for Situ
ation in Bulgaria.
Sofia, April 24.—Minister of
Interior Rousseff today told for
eign correspondents that not
over fifteen hundred have been
executed in the campaign against
terrorists He declared Shat the
Moscow government 'for months
has paid individual bands reg
ular monthly wages in Bulgaria
and given special premiums for
crimes. Rousseff charges that
agrarian communists who went
to Jugo Slavia from Bulgaria
are pushing a campaign of cal
umny against Bulgaria, and add
: ed that Macedonians' and Thra
-cians. expelled from their homes,
I formed the elements of disorder
| in Bulgaria._
I New York.—Despatches from
I Sofia continue to minimize the
' serious Bulgarian situation, but
j indirect reports from other B*l
i Uan centers picture conditions as
! very grave.
Clemenceau’s Grandson
Receives Consideration
*
Seattle. April 24.-*-GeorgesGntinrau.
^grandson of Clpmenceau. who given «
; suspended sentence today on his con
j viction of driving an automobile while
| drunk. Judge Ronald announced that
, he did this out of deference to the
| great French statesman and because
j Gatineau had served 22 months dtfend
■ ing Verdun.
Washington Notes
Washington—The first eight months’
| operation of the new immigration act
i shows that 18S* fifiS'aliens rentesenting
I many races, came to American shores.
Washington!— The ctvy dirigible
1 Los Angelas arrived in IWmuda Tues
I dav. after a successful flight from Lake
hurst, N J.
Wasbingtot .—The Department of
Agriculture has complied plans for
I ustnir airplanes- for forestry fire patrol
in the West.
Washington.—Compulsory arhit. ra
tion in industrial disputes is unconsti
J tntional. the supreme court ruled. FYi
| fiuy-_
Literacy Test Passes
Territorial Senate
Juneau, April 22.—The House de
feated the industrial insurance act, 13
to 3.
The Senate passed the literacr test
hill |with art amendment providing that
it does- not apply to anyone who legally
vO'ed in the past..
BllIV Lodge came Wednesday from
Ophir and left Thursday for Candle
Ai. Lheureux left Wednesday fop
Ln.tle creek.
Tom Bare. Little crsstk*. '.vas^.a Mon
day town visitor.
New Trial in Case of
Mattiee Vs. Mary
land Casualty Co.
Seattle, April1 22.—06 the ground
that the verdict returned was not a
verdict, because one of the jurors re
pudiated it in open court, when it was
read. Federal Judge Nett.erer this- af
ternoon handed di'Wn a decision grant
ing a new .rial in the case of-Dr. M.C.
Mattiee against the Maryland Casualty
Company. The verdict gave Mattiee
$30,000 for the death of his soc,
DEMPSEY
Willing to Postpone
Honeymoon Trip to
Fight Wills.
New York, April 25.—Cham
pion Jack Dempsey, in a state
meat given out today, said he
would postpone his honeymoon
'rip to Europe to defend his
title against Harry Wills, negro
pugilist, provided Tex Rickard,
tight promoter, assures him
within the next t*o weeks that
the match will be staged without
interference.
‘■J want to end my fighting
days the way the public wishes,;
by defending the title. Wills
seems to be the popular choice,
and I would like to settle it be
fore retiring,” said Dempsey.
2 Portland Policemen
Grabbed as Hijackers
Portland, April 19.—Two Portland
policemen. M. ,1. Ga lusher and Joe
Pfennig, alleged u, be hij .ckers, were
arrested today near YVashugai. Wash.,
by i wo federal officers. The officers
soiz> d 139 gallons of moon-bine, which
t,ho hijackers are charged with having
laken from .John Brodala, »o old man,
who wus described bv the officers as a
root runner.
M. W. Griffith, U. S.
Marshal, Nome, Dead
Nome, -yprii&iL— MtsroHi W*. Gritlith,
United States m^n^hai for the Seooud
division, died vesietday mono op, fol
low me liloesa of a, fe w da v s.
Charles-S>. Jmos has bt-t-n appointed
1.0 .suoaeed Qrifliili umil a uew marshal
has been.appointed
Koss-Kkmoe v. superintendent of the'
Alaska Kuan G uunisstem iwuroi-d
here yesiei day from a trip to Cripple |
nod viutotty, dutintt -.yhich b»£uve at .
teutiooAu Rood Comiuissmu mu tiers.
Good* pay. sahl- to. run 92 |*>r foot,
is reported as -be-rintr been uncovered
oo No.,2.At)vil a fsw Aays uyo, aeeord
iRt' to resent arrivals from Uphin The
jirouod ia.owoodi itv ..Vj-rs.- Aoderswn.
Charlie-Bass, bri aping the last in
coming mail, arrived Monday, depart
ing the sumo day ftmtiphir eu route to j
his home at Roby.
Charlie O'Ualloran was a. MOocfay
arrival from.Mcftvatt
48 iLIVES
ARE TAKEN
Perhaps Needlessly, as
Jap Freighter Sinks
Off Nova Scotia.
New York, April 23 —A mes
sage from the liner Homeric says
that forty-eight lives were lost
when the liaifyku, a Japanese
freighter, sank off Nova Scotia,
while two steamers and tw’o
ocean tugs were speeding to her
aid. The master of the Homeric
wirelessed: "Unable to save
lives.”
New York.—The British ad
miralty will be asked to investi
gate conditions which permitted
the Japanese freighter Raifyku
Maru to go down with all on
board last Tuesdry while the
White Star liner Homeric was
stauding by.
Telegraphic Ticks.
New York. Job ckefeller,
Jr., in an addr be Federa
tion of Men s' < own, de
clared be c*'Ui , ,'i ever hear
ing liis father .' <ar.-.n word to any
of bia cbfidreo.
Victoria.—Juiy 5 is the date set for
tbe departure front this port for Alaska
of the yachts for the annual regalia of
the .Pacific Coast Yachting Association,
to he held here during the first live
days of July.
Seattle.—Edward J Pieiow, former
sorgeaut of police, who das been
sought since January as oue of the 8‘J
iudicted with Roy Olmsiead. was ar
resied here today, while visaing his
ii&nces.
iso, Norway.—Amundsen, on leaving
for Spitsbergen, said he would feel
safer iu an airplane over the Nor h
Pole than in an auioiuobile iu over
crowded streets.
fcJineola.—A bip.ane, loaded with
two habj grand planus and carrying
six men, left Roosevelt Field today fi r
Washington. One of the pianos was
consigned to Mrs. l ooiidge.
Cincinnati.—The government Thurs
day chartered two 'iieciai coaches to
move forty four policemen and ary
ageuis u> the federal penitentiary at
Atlanta.
Constantinople.—sniek Said, leader
of Kurdish retiels, has been sentenced
to be hanged. He will be taken to An
gora for execution
Paris.—Former Premier Edouard
Heiriot was elected president of tiie
chamber of depui ie-. Monday evening.
New York.— Charles H. Ebbetis,
president of the Brooklyn National
League buwebali club, died ihursday.
A>fbeos,—King Horis of Bulgaria is
contemplating leaving the c ountry as a
result of recent disi irbauces.
Seattle-—Mrs. John Graham, pioneer
business w< tnun, was found dead in lier
bid, Tuesday morning.
Seriiu — Or. Ant o Hoeflie, former
wiatriM leader, died Monday.
WHEELER
ON TRIAL
Montana Senator De
nies All Charges in
dictment.
Great Falls, April 23.—Testi
fying iD his own behalf this af
ternoon in the federal court,
Senator Wheeler denied charges
in the indictment against him
}hat after he had been elected to
the Senate he illegally received
a fee from Gordon Campbell, a
Montana prospector, to handle
government oil permits before
the Interior Department. "I had
nothing whatever to do with
Campbell’s oil permits and never
practiced before the Interior De
partment,” he swore.
Great Falls.—After introduc
ing a mystery witness in the
person of George B. Hayes, a
New York attorney, the govern
ment abruptly rested its case
against Wheeler. Hayes’ testi
mony was to the effect that
Wheeler approached hi u March
19, 1929. prior to sailing for Eu
rope, and asked him to appear
in his place. bel'< uv the 'rior
Department in. the maTtet oF oil
prospecting permits "sought by
Gordon Campbell, of Montana.
Hayes asserted that Wheeler of
fered to split the retainer fee
and created the impression that
the fee would be a fat one.
“Senator Wheeler, at a confer
ence with oil men here in Janu
ary, 1923. agreed to take care of
government oil permits in Wash
ington for Gordon Campbell,”
Louis J. Wertheimer, of Buffalo,
testified.
Santa Ana and Tup-|
per to Sail From Se
attle About May 18th
Seattle, April The steamships
William M. Tupper ami Santa Ana,
operated by Captain Wallace Langley
aud associates, will sail from Seattle
for Kuskokwtm poit.’s about May 18,
under command of ( i - rth and
Lunglev, respectively. The Topper is
now loading mining machiriri-.t at Sau
Francisco.
Aberdeen W oman Kills
2 Little Ones, Suicides
Aberdeen, April —Despondent
over ill health, which ;n a not' she said
also spoiled her childtvn's healtn. Mrs.
MBria Laskinen tchiy killed her two
daughters. Margaret, 4 .v<-it(«. ami F.va,
9 months, and then coai nitted suicide
by tiring a bullet through nor neart.
Thursday departures for Candle,
going down with Henry Maruila.
were: John Kd wards, liarry M< nzotf.
James Harlan, Al Uluir. From Caudle
I Mr. Marttdla v.as scheduled to leave
for Hidden creek, where nr re
main for Hie. summer raining season.
Frank Lusitey, < . Co. tn maper at
McGrath, returned bib •• Monday from
a trip to Opuir, ddbartiuo for home ou
■ Thursday. y*. •<*£«•• s.»