THE KUSKO TIMES
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VOL XT NO' 3
TAKOTNA ALASKA SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 14 1930
EJRICE 25 CENTS
Sutherland
Raps I cmens
* ASK A RETNDEER UNDER IN
VESTIGATION BY COMMIT
TEE AT WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—A shift
f Alaska reindeer jurisdiction front:
ho Bureau of Educta'on to the Gov
Jj ernor of the Territory was voiced by
' witnesses Tuesday in the opening of
hearings before Secretary of Interior
Wilbur's special investigation com
mittee.
D egate Sutherland told the coni
n: Ltes that much of the unrest over
.ho icind.er situation is caused by
the unpopularity of Governor George
A. 1 arks among the natives and that
his close persona connection with the
Lomen Brothers is breeding deep dis
satisfaction.
The committee is headed by Sen
ator Kendrick and made up by Rep
resentative Scott Leavitt and Charles
- P. Sisson, assistant United S.ates At
torney GeneraL
De.egate Sutherland stressed the
statement that G. L. Lomen, father of
s the five brothers who control' the
Lomen Reindeer Company, is ujdge
of a federal court for Alaska, and
that the clerk of the court whose duty
it* is to decide questions of reindeer
disputes, is his appointee, as are all
Iare all marshal’s deputies and United
States commissioners.
EDWARD EDWARDS, FORMER
NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR,
ILL, SUICIDES, JERSEY CITY
JERSEY CITY.—Edward I. Ed
* wards, former governor of New Jer
sey, and farmer Uni.ed Stut s sjn
ator, committed suicide here Sunday
night. Edwards had been ill for
time and was despondent, his son Irv
ing said. The former governor was
alone in the house when he shot him
self.
United States Senator Edward I.
Edwards was one of those men in
public life whose stand on prohibi
tion was somewhat anomo ous. On
that issua he was one of the most
vigorous and outspoken opponents,
* yet he did not use intoxicants. Al
though holding liberal views concern
ing the use of intoxicant, the Sen
• at r’s opposition to the prohibition
ainendmet and the Volstead act was
based primarily on his opinion that
both were an invasion o fthe liber
ties of the people.
Arriving this morning from Ophir
was George Kangas, brother of Mrs.
Victor Hill. Mr. Kangas brought
word that Mrs. Hi.l has been feeling
none too well for a few days past. A
telegram was dispatched for an An
chorage plane, which will probably
land at Ophir, from which latter
place she will leave for Anchorage.;
Mr. Kangas returned to Ophir this 1
afternoon.
• * Mrs. George W. Clyde, who with
Mr. Clyde has been in the Tolstoi sec
tion since last fall, returned to her
• . home here today, coming over with
John Krieger. Mr. Krieger left here
today on his return trip to Tolstoi.
SEATTLE, Feb. 14.—Captain D.
F. Willard, retired veteran of the po
!i4e department, died last night.
Short Only
$248,085
PRESIDENT OF PUGET SOUND
SAVINGS & LON ASSN. UNDER
ARREST IN NEW YORK.
SEATTLE, Feb. 17,—Ado’ph Lin
iJcm, fori, er president of the Puget
Sound Savings & Loan Association,
\vh! h is. now elated, was arrested
this nrorci g in New York City on
charges of having embezzled $248,
5 f t' o n corn's f n s. and it is
pect.d' tliac he wi’l be returi ed to
7i s State at once.
Linden’s wife, who turned over her
personal fortune to aid him in his
radio and other Seattle ventures, has
been working in* a New York depart
ment store.
COMMISSIONER MACKINTOSH,
FRIEND OF HOOVER, TAKES
S AP AT DRY AMENDMENT
SAN FRANCSCO.—Revolt of par
ents against prohibition is predicted
by K-'nnc h Mackintosh, Seattle
• ember of the Wick rsham commis
sion.
iviacKir tosh was one ot the nve
who recommended a furthe trrial of
strict enforcement.
“Because American fathers and
mothers are appalled at seeing their
boys and girls return home intoxi
cated night after night, a change in
the law is inevitable,” he said. ”It
:s too easy to make alcohol.
“Almost anyone can afford a small
still. As for taste, there are very
few left who can discern it. The new
generation can’t tell the old brands
from overnight stuff. I should sup
pose they would be rather suspicious
■>f the taste of the genuine product.”
Mackintosh said enforcement of
.he law to the degree envisioned by
the framers is impossible. He criti
cised those who said President Hoo
ver interfered with the drafting of
the commission’s report. “Such ac
cusations were “inspired only by the
'owest desire to discredit him and his
commission on the part of the orig
inators,” he declared.
MACKINTOSH HECTARES FOR
REVISION DRY AMENDMENT
SEATTLE.-—Judge Kenneth Mack
intosh, former state supreme court
chief justice and member of the
Wickersham commission, said he fav
ored immediate steps for revision of
the eighteentth amendment. He
would substitute the words “regulate
or prohibit” for “prohibit” and give
the States the right to make the
choice.
Mackintosh denied he had changed
is attitude since submitting his per
sonal report to President Hoover. He
said he signed the general report
urging more appropriations for en
forcement because he said chaos
would result if the la wwas repealed
with nothing to take its place.
AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP
EXTENDED TO SAMOANS
WASHINGTON.—The Senate to
-?y passed a bi'l providing a new
•overnment for American S’amoa and
l tending American citizenship to
Samoans.
The bill establishes a government
consisting of a one-house legislature,
rhe islands, which have been under
;he jurisdiction of the navy depart
ment, are given a bill of rights.. ,
EINSTEIN WILL SPEAK IN NEW I
YORK; DINNER CHARGE $200
NE WYORK, Feb. 14.—Dr. EirJ
stein, world famed relativist, wilt
speak at a dinner here on March 4,
at which the charge will be $200 per
p’ate. The proceeds will go to the
Palestine Jewish. *
U. S. MAY WITHDRAW MA
RINES FROM NICARAGUA
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1A—The
n .ed ..tales formally agreed yes
..oiday to withdraw American ma
in. from Nicaragua on June 1, pro
vided that banditry had been sup
pressed by that time.
. CORE HILL NOMINATED
JUDGE OF THIRD DIVISION
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.—Presi
ent Hoover Thursday sent to the
Senate the nomination of E. Coke
Hill for judge of the Third judicial
division of Alaska.
POPE PIUS DELIVERS RADIO
ADDRESS, PEACE TO MANKIND
VATICAN CITY, Feb. 13.—Pope
Pius, through a world-wide hookup,
rhursday, delivered a radio address,
.he first for a Pope in history. His
message, delivered in Latin, was one
stressing “Peace to Mankind.” His
Holiness spoke for twe.ve minutes.
SAWYER URGES AIR MAIL
OF DAWSON, VANCOUVER
LINE TO ALASKA, BY WAY
WASHINGTON.—Ernest Walker
Saw. er, member of the Pacific Yu
-w.. i..gliway commission, said he has
urged tae Postmaster General to es
-ub-.sh an air mail line to Alaska via
. ancouver and Dawscn from Seattle.
Sawyer d.ffe.ed from proponents,
f a p.an for ail air route from the
united States to Alaska, Russia and
China, via Ottawa, Toronto, the Mac
kenzie and Anavik.
He said the latter route would be
over a comparative wilderness. The
course he recommends, Sawyer de-,
jiar.ci, would be over a populous ter- 1
noory and a fair weather lino, diger
' ^ 11 oiu a passible coastal route to
- -ncau, wh.ch, he contended, is ham
pered by fog most of the time.
u.akes a.ong the 2,000 miles of the
roposed highway from Seattle to
Fail banks could for used by hydro
, ane landings, and the area contains
.any p.aces suitable for landing
.Ids, stated Sawyer,
i he Mackenzie route has been
own but once, it was said, while five
.s have bean made <»ver the Se
...e-Dawson-Fairbanks route. Air
a 1 lor Juneau would be taken along
...a eastern side of the mountains to
Atlin.
1 EEVED, PHILIP D. ARMOUR
QUITS BIG PACKING FIRM
CHICAGO. FhLip D. Armour re
sgned as first vice president and sev
ered ah connections with the packing
firm hearing his family name after
disectors had named George Lee, who
worked up from the ranks, over him
as president.
Armour issued a statement saying,
‘‘This is the greatest disappointment
<f my life.”
Lee, who came with the company
as a stenographer 35 years ago, suc
ceeded Edson White, who fell acci
dentally to hi sdeath from his seventh
floor apartment here more than a
week ago.
Only two of the Armour maily re
main on the board of directors. ■
Chas. Chaplin
Good Fellow
GOES TO SING SING PRISON
AND DELIVERS ADDRESS
T OCONVICTS.
OSSINING, N. Y., Feb. 13.—Char
ie Chaplin, famous fil mstar, who re
cently turned down an oger of six
hundred thousand dollars for twenty
six radio addresses, made a speech
for nothing here last night.
The great comedian came here at
his own expense and delivered a talk
Lo Sing Sing convicts, after his latest
picture, “City Lights,” had been
shown them.
OFFICIAL FIGURES OF LAST
NOVEMBER ELECTION SHOW !
WICKERSHAM LED BY 218
JUNEAU.——With four precincts
missing n the entire Territory, Judge
James Wickersham had a majority of
248 votes over George Grigsby in the
November election in the official re
turns canvassed by the Territorial
board.
The total vote was 11,188, and the
First division cast nearly 50 per cent
of the total. The Second division
cast 818 votes; Th.rd division, 2,809;
Fourth division, 2,180.
In the Third division Representa
tive Frank II. Foster has a lead of
20 votes over L. D. Roach, with three !
precincts unreported.
W. K. Keller received 392 votes
over Anthony Karnes for commis
sioner of education.
Cash Cole won by 901 votes over
Thomas Gall’ney for auditor.
W. G. Smith was re-elected over
R. H. Harduast e by 1,058 votes for
territorial treasurer.
Wil.iam Hesse had 703 votes over
Joseph Ulmer for highway engineer.
PROHIBITIONISTS WOULD
'i i.IITEN ENFORCEMENT
WASHINGTON.—The liquor ques
tion is in the Senate today and has
prospects of staying there for a long
time.
Senator Howell’s bill to establish
drastic enforcement in the District
of Columbia stood at the top of the
calendar and was designated as order
of business and was given a preferred
position after the Nebraska legis-,
lator gave a vivid description of Cap
ital drinking.
Senator Vv atson, Republican lead
er, and Senators Borah and Smoot
tried to prevent the argument from
extending into one of national scope,
holding that other legislation, espe
cially relief projects, should have the
right of way.
Anti-prohibitionists prepared to
fight the Howell bill by offering
nn.e .di.icuts, such as one to legalize ,
four per cent beer.
The Ilowe.l bill contained a search ,
„nd seizure provision, which was
frowned on in the Wickersham com- <
mission reports and by the Attorney <
General. j
Howell said at a recent convention (
the entertainment chairman ordered ]
0,000 quarts of liquor for the dele-' ]
gates and then gave them the names j
of the bootleggers in case they want- .
ed more. .
BOSTON, Feb. 14.—Major General s
Clarence R. Edwards, war-time com- I
mander of the Twenty-sixth division, c
lied at his home here this morning, j s
Doings At
Washington
“UNITED STATES WINNING ITS
VICTORY OVER DEPRESSION,”
DECLARES HOOVER.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. — “The
United States is winning its victory
over depression,” President Hoover
declared in his Lincoln Day speech
last night.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.—The
House Monday passed, the veterans'
loan bill, authorizing loans up to 30
per cent of full value of veterans ad
justed compensation certificates, in
stead of 22 1-2 per cent as now. The
measure is now in the hands of the
Senate.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. — The
Senate on Monday adopted a resolu
tion asking the Wickersham law en
forcement commission to submit the
testimony on which it based its pro
hibition report.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—Presi
dent Hoover, in a letter to Senator
Smcot and chairman of the House
committee, today again protested the
veterans loan relief bill passed yes
■ *.may by the House, declaring the
rneas .re if it becomes a law “will in
flict injury to the country as a
whole. ’
CAN'SANS ALSO PEEVED
AT REPORT OF WICKERSHAM
L. ORCEMENT COMMISSION
MINDSOR, Ont.—The law en
core. :.. .-nt report of the United States
tui.ii sion which claims the Cana
dian _i-export law has failed to re
duce ihe liquor flow across the bor
der will probably have an echo in the
nest session of the House of Com
mons.
Col. Sidney Robinson will sponsor
x revolution to abandon the export
oan. lie said Canada’s gesture of
neighborly good-will has “brought
noth;i ;r but slaps in the face.”
Rol'nson referred to commuting
lffieui ies of persons lving in Wind
sor and working in Detroit and said
Canada had lost $15,000,000 in return
by banning legal exporting to aid
.he United States in enforcing prohi
bition.
The United States shot the tariff
igainst Canadian goods sky high and
aunched a campaign to oust Cana
iians from jobs in the United States,
itobiNson said. “The report is a pre
ude to a demand for further restriet
ve legislation to Canada,” he said.
WOMAN SAYS SHE WAS
FLEECED OUT OF $50,000
CHICAGO.—Police are seeking
iuics Arnstein, New York confidence
nan, in connection with a swindle in
vhich Mrs. Myrtle Blackridge, fed
ral revenue agent, said she had lost
>5 3,000 loaned to her by Edward Lit
inger, wealthy Chicago politician.
Mrs. Blackridge said she won $207,
j00 in a faro game in Springfield, II
inois, and borrowed $50,000 from
.itsinger to collect her winnings. The
wo men with whom she played dis
ppeared with the $50,000 and her
iaper winnings.
Litsinger told her he intended to
ue to recover the money, said Mrs.
Ilackridge. The description of one
f the men is said to tally with Axa
tein.