°' The Kusko Times
VJOL. l: NO. 45
McGRATH, ALASKA, JUNE 29, 1921.
PRICE 25 CENTS
RAINY PASS
MAIL ROUTE
RESTORED
Telephone Line
Authorized Over
Portion of Route
Governor Bone, Dele
gate Sutherland and
D. E..Stubbs, Co-Oper
ating, Did the Work.
Washington*. June 26.—Gov
ernor of Alaska* Bone, . Alaska
Delegate Sutherland and Duke
E. Stubbs,< of. Aniak, co-operat
ing, .today brought about the
issuance of an order by the Post
office Department restoring 'the
mail service over the Rainy Pass
trail to McGrath, and via Mc
Grath to Iditarod.
Washington.—Secretary of In
terior Fall issued orders this af
ternoon authorizing the erection
of a telephone line across-Rainy
Pass, to.parallel the trail, to be
used by mail carriers going over
that route to the interior. The
telephone line, starting at Happy
River Roadhouse,, will connect
with the Pass creek, Rhone
river and. French Joe road
houses. .
Coming Dempsey Gar
pentier Bout Causing
Trouble On All Sides
Jersey City.—The vice chancellor
here declined to consider a motion for.
a restraining order in the matter of
the Dempsey-Carpeetiep- fight,- The
applicasts- a»e. now-, seeking- another
another vics.cfaaac3ilac.
Washington.—President Hireling to
day spiked the rumor that he, while a
guest of Senator Frelinghuysen at the
latter’s summer home in New Jersey,
next week, would witness the Dempsey*
Oarpentier fight, stating that he was
well satisfied with his record oJ never
having witnessed a prize fight.
Herman Hinsche. well known old
timer, arrived here a couple of davs
ago, coming from some distance up the
North Fork of the Kuskokwim. He
will remain here for a few days before
returning home.
ANOTHER
STRIKE IS
PROBABLE
Railroad W orker s
> Reject Cut of the
U. S. R. R Board
Labor Organizations, on
154 Railroads Affected
by. Order-Vote for Re
jection, Seven to One.
Chicago, June 28.—A strike of
railroad workers, nation-wide in
extent,, is- not improbable, the
employes having voted,., about
seven to one, to reject the wage
cut of^twelve per cent ordered,
by the United States Railroad
Wage Board. The result of re
visement will, be announced to
day by, the railway department
of the American Federation of
Labor.
Labor organizations employed
on one hundred and fifty-four
railroads are affected, by the cut
ordered by the Railroad Board,.
effective from June 30.
President Calls Off
All Speechmaking
for Next Six Weeks
Washington.—President Harding to
day called off all speech-making for the
next six weeks. The Eresident will be
the guest of Senator Erelioghuysen at
the latter’s country home, Boundbrook,.
N. J., from July 1st to 5th.
Fearing Insanity, He
Takes His Qwn Life
Oakland. — C. Cbawuog,. special,
agent of. the United..Siataes0trea&ui\y at*
Seattle,. committed; suicide today, by
shootings himself. Despondency and
the thoughttthat insanity was aoming
upon him are assigned as causes foe his
self-idestruction..
Would Prevent Sale
of Beer to the Sick
Washington.—By a vote of. 2£»Q to 93
the House passed the Willis-Campbell
bill to prevent the sale of beer to the
sick and sent it to the Senate^with the
expectation of its final report, before
the en<Lof the week.
Government Sales of
Liquor in British Co
lumbia Are Leaping
Victoria.—Government saies of liquor
in British Columbia now average ten
thousand dollars per day. All indica
tions go to show that these figures will
be doubled withra a month.
Two Killed When. Tlane Falls.
Sacramento.—Harold A. Page and
Joseph W. Weatherley, both cadets at
the aviation school here, were killed
in the fall of their plane today.
Predicted by Senator Norris.
Washington.—Destruction of the
British empire unless Ireland is grant
ed independence was predicted in the
Senate today in a speech by Norris.
Stromboli Very Active.
Rome.—The Stromboli volcano has
burst forth with renewed activity and
all those within reach of its deadly
work a*e fleeing to safety.
SIMS GETS A
REPRIMAND
Denby Does It in a Few
Chosen Words and In
cident Is Closed.
Washington June 26.—Secre
tary of the Navy Denby this af
ternoon administered to Admiral
Sims a reprimand) for his intem
perate London speech, in part
as follows:.
“The Department deplores the
fact that it is necessary to re
buke a flag officer in public duty.
You have made such unavoid
able. The Department expresses
its strong and unqualified disap
proval of your conduct in having
again delivered a highly im
proper speech in a foreign coun
try, and you are hereby publicly
reprimanded.”
Admiral Sims later called on
President. Harding, and after
leaving the- President said;
MWhati I got I deserved.' *
Arlington Radio Sta
tion Put Out of Com
mission by Lightning
Washington.:—The Arlington Naval
radio station was put out of commission
last night, caused by a stroke of light
ning..
John; Dunn arrived Saturday night,
coming down oa the Thor from Ta
coma.
SEN. NELSON
FOR ALASKA
JUDGESHIP
Already Endorsed
and Appointment
Is Almost Certain
Karl Theile and Chas.
E. Herron Likely to
Get Federal Job—Ore
gon Man Also in Line.
Washington, June 2G.—Knute
Nelson, for many years Senator
from the State of Minnesota, is
strongly indorsed for one of
the Alaskan judgeships and his
appointment is confidently ex
pected.
Major George W. Beaumont,
it is understood, is slated for
the marshalship of the Third
divisiou.
Karl Thiele, of Bethel, and
Charles E. Herron, of Anchor
age, it is currently stated, are
most likely to receive Federal
appointments.
Attorney Davis, of Vale, Ore.,
it is understood, will also be ap
pointed to one of the Alaska
judgeships.
2 Washington U. Stu
dents’ Strange Fates
Seattle.—Marshal Gill, son of the
late Mayor Gill, dropped dead in the
office of a physician here, after having
his tonsils removed.
Eugene F. Siber, returning home
from Montana, was found murdered in
a freight car, with no clue to the mur
derer.
Both boys were students at Wash
ington University.
Six Boats Lost During
Hurricane and Flood
Corpus Christi, Tex.—Six boats, in
cluding a large Shipping Board tanker,
sank at Port Arkansas yesterday, due
to hurricane and hood.
Seven Killed in Theater Collapse.
Johnstown, Pa.—Seven persons were
killed tonight when a portion of the
Grand Theater here collapsed.
Charles Nystrom left today on his
launch Red Wing for Tacotna, being
Accompanied by -Joe Oates.