KUSKO
TIMES
VOL. XI NO. H2
TAKOTNA ALASKA SATURDAY. OCTOBER 10 10.31
PRICE *23 CENTS1
Closing,
On Capone
GOVERNMENT FINISHES PRE
SENTATION OF LARGE MASS
OF EVIDENCE IN TRIAL
CHICAGO, Oct. 12,—The United
States Government finished presenta
tion today ofits mass of evidence in
tended to show that Scarface AL Ca
pone, the world’s most noted gang
ster, was guUty o fincome tax eva-.
sion. The sudden resting of the
prosecution’s case soon after the
noon recess is regarded as a consid
cruble shortening of the anticipated
length of trial left in the court rec
ords, the results of. three years of in
vestigations by scores of undercover
operators. When this chain of evi
dence is knit together in the final
four hours of argument the court will
allot each side, the government hopes
to convince the uryj that Capone
must go to prison. The defense asked
an adjournment for two days to pre
pare itself, but Judge James S. Wil
kerson ordered defense attorneys to
be ready at 10 o’clcok tomorrow
morning
WINNERS IN WORLD SERIES.
The Philadelphia Athletics won
the first game, 6-2; the fourth game,.
3-0the sixtlr game, 8-1.
The St..Louis Cardinals won the
second game, 2-0; third game, 4-2;
fifth game, R-l; and the seventh
game, 4-2L I
Alaska Interests At |
The Nation’s Capital 5
(By W. A. S.
WASHINGTON.. Sept. 14.—The
Department of Agriculture states
chat, althoag htbe protests have been
quite numerous from Alaska on the
curtailing of the hunting season for
ducks and. geese to the month of Sep
tember, no> extension of time will be
made. This is in line with the gen
eral policy of. the Department, which
has made only a few changes in
dates, but no change in the 3d days'
allowance. The Department states
that the adoption of the short season
amendment, was based on the reports
of. investigations carefully conducted
on the principal breeding grounds by
experienced observers of the govern
ments of! the United States and Can
ada; Also that there has been a fav
orable reaction on the part of sports
men who an lending their support to
the Department in conserving the
hitds for. the future.
Skagwayc. is anxious to secure a
brcakwatRff at some suitable site
south of ithd long wharf, where pri
vate yachts mad small craft might be
safely moorodvaad thus escape pre
vailing soufchdsly winds. In order to
secure this 'shelter the Chamber of
Commerce has. communicated with
Delegate Wickersham, in the hope
that he may induce Cbngress to pro
vide for a survey of the Skagway
harbor, in the next river and harbor
improvements biU.
Officials of the Postoffice Depart
ment give assurance, that the new
contracts that have been awarded to.
airplane companies are not airplane
contracts, but provide for carrying
the mail as under the system in prac
tice for many years past., Recently
the Delegate filed a petition for the
establishment of a mail route be
tween Nenana and Lake Minchumina,
on the assumption that the recently
awarded contract would not sec ere
the desired service, but the additional
service has been refused after an In
vestigation by the Department. In
a letter from W. Irving Glover, Sec
ond Assistant Postmaster General, he
says:
“The report indicates that the pe
titioners reside on the existing win*
ter route between Nenana and Fiat,
over which weekly service is provid
ed. Under the contract the carrier
is required, in addition to carrying
the mail to the postoffices (including
Lake Minchumina), to supply all per
sons residing at no-office points along
the route. At intermediate joints
where there are no landing fields it
appears that it will be necessary to
continue the use of dog teams to
serve the patrons.’
One of the returning enthusiastic
excursionists to Alaska wrote to. a
Washington newspaper the other-day
inquiring whether the Indians in the
States have totem poles. Hie was in
formed that they hare none and that
these objects were erected* solely by
the Indians of the North Pacific coast.
The Interior Department' is- about
ready to circulate a new booklet giv*
(Continued on Page *.)
Thomas Alva
Edison Dead
WORLD-FAMED INVENTOR SUC
CUMBED TO DEATH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.
WEST ORANGE, N. J-, Oct. 18.—
Thomas Alvah Edison, world famed
inventor, died at his home here yes
terday afternoon, death coming about
3 o’clock. Death had been expected
for many hours previously.
Death also came today to two very
close friends of the aged inventor,
both of whom had been assistant co
workers in the Edison laboratories
for the past 35 years.
BRITAIN’S ATLANTIC FLEET,
PACIFIED, TO GO TO NORTH
SEA FOR FOR MANEUVERS
PORTSMOUTH, Eng., Oct. 12.—
Great Britain’s Atlantic fleet, appar
ently pacified by adjustments in pay,
has been ordered to leave Thursday
for autumn maneuvers in the North
Sea. The mantuvers were canceled
several weeks ago after a passu *
mutiny. High officers have arrested
two- communists who were said to
have stirred up the agitation.
Hawley W. Sterling, coming from
the head office of the Alaska Road
Commission at Juneau, and Oddie
Hallson, local game warden, were
Monday arrivals, coming up with
Pilot Bob Ellis.
CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS
T OGET A LARGE SLICE OF
THOMAS UPTON FORTUNE
GLASGOW, Oct. 10.—The bulk of
Sir Thomas Lipton’s estate, which
has an estimated value of $30,000,000.
will go to hospitals, infirmaries and
old men’s and women’s homes here.
London and Middlesex charities will
also participate in the distribution.
The loving cup which was present-j
ed to the yachtman after his last
unsuccessful attempt U» capture the
American cup was bequeathed to the
American Yacht Club.
Recall Days of
James Boys
GANG OF SAFE-BLOWERS ROB
AND WRECK INDIANA BANK,
SHOOT UP TOWN, ESCAPE.
LIDON, Ind., Oct. 11.—Reminiscent
of the James Boys days, a gang of
safe-blowers today wrecked the Lidon
State Bank, shot up the town, and es
caped with $4,000 in currency and se
curities. The robbers, after arriving
in two automobiles, obtained ham
mers, crowbars and tarpaulins from
a near-by railroad shed, broke their
way into the bank through a side
window, and then opened the front
door. F'or an hour and a half a num
ber of charges were set off, until the
door on the time locked .safe finally
gave way, crashing through a parti
tion of the banking room.
BOMBS EXPLODE. SEVERAL
INJURED, IN MOTION PICTURE
HOUSES, AT KANSAS CITY
KANSAS CITY, Oct. 14.—Several
persons were injured and much prop
erty damaged by the explosion, of
bombs today in three motion picture
theaters whose managers have joined
nearly a score of others in refusing
to employ two operators in their pro
jection rooms, in accordance with
union demands.
SIIARKEY WINS 15-ROUND
DECISION OVER CARNERA
NEW YORK, Oct. 13.—Sharkey
snatched out a 15-round decision over
Camera before 30,000 chilled fans in
a final outdoor heavyweight show of
the season here. Camera was floored
for the count of nine in the fourth
round and was en the verge of being
knocked out when the final bell ended
the fight.
The fight was one of the greatest
15-round duels the faithful have seen
since the last Tunney-Dempsey storm
scenes in Chicago. Sharkey plastered
the giant with every bit of fistic pun
ishment one man can inflict upon an
other, blasting the myth of Camera
out of heavyweight lists.
Sharkey was again the grim, mer
ciless warrior of days when his name
was most feared by all heavyweights.
If he hadn’t been over cautious and
willing to hack in snarling superior
ity at the fading bulk of the man
mountain, he could have knocked him
out in any of half a dozen rounds.
’ Leaving for Anchorage a couple of
days ago with Pilot Monsen of the
Pacific International were Mr. and
Mrs. A. Higgins, who are en route to
their San Francisco home to spend
the winter. Accompanying them was
Miss Mary McLean, to spend the
winter, at the Higgins home. ,j
Eighteenth
Amendment
NEW JERSEY LEGISLATORS ASK
LEGALIZING OF BEER AND
LIGHT WINES.
TRENTON, N. J., Oct. 10.—A
joint resolution calling upon Congress
to modify the Volstead Act to the ex
tent of legalizing the manufacture
and sale of light wines and beer, was
passed by the New Jersey Legisla
ture today, this being the first move
in the direction of prohibition reform
taken by the State since the Eight
eenth amendment became operative.
The passaget of the resolution was
made possiblet by a coalition of the
wet forces among Republicans and
Democrats.
The argument was advanced that
the manufacture and sale of wines
and beer would add substantially to
the revenues of the Federal Govern
ment and also contribute to the relief
of unemployment and create a market
for farm products.
CONSTRUCTION WORK MAK
ING GAINS IN MANY PLACES
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CIICAGO.—Approximately S2,000,
000,000 was spent for new buildine
in the first eight months of 1931, ac
cording to a nation-wide survey.
“Chicago’s building activity for
tlia coining year is promising,” says
the survey. "Construction work 'on
the new $16,000,000 postoffice, world’s
fair buildings, church and school
building and commercial construction
•will provide employment for several
thousands. j
“In Washington it is estimated
work for 400,000 men will be provid
ed this winter and in the next two
years by the government’s $700,
000,000 building program. |
“Contracts for heavy construction
and engineering projects also have
shown a gain in recent weeks.
“Last month, building activity in
the South, particularly in Atlanta,
Dallas and other parts of Texas, has
increased substantially. Gains are
recorded on the Pacific coast, and
some improvement has been l-ecorded
in the New England States.”
ERNEST WALKER SAWYER
TELLS OF RICH MINERAL
FINDS ALONG ALASKA R. R|J
SAN FRANCISCO.—It will inter
est Alaskans, and especially those
who make their homes along the.
Alaska Railroad, to know that the I
mineral investigations made during
the summer by the United States j
Geological Survey resulted in the j
finding of rich deposits of tungsten,!
chronium, antimony, mercury and
gold, according to a statement given i
publicity here this week by Ernest1
Walker Sawyer, special assistant toI
the Secretary of the Interior.
In a statement made at a confer-:
ence with business men, Sawyer said
rich deposits of tungsten, chronium,
antimony, mercury and gold lie un
touched in Alaska in quantities hith-!
erto unknown. It was explained by
Mr. Sawyer that his statements were
based on the explorations just com
pleted by the Geological Survey, the
results of which were telegraphed
here.
1Wr md Mrs. C. F. Lottsfeldt, fol
lowing a visit at Anchorage, returned
to their home here a few days ago. i
Problem of
Manchuria
JAPAN SEEMINGLY RESISTING
ALL EFFORTS LOOKING TO A
PEACEFUL SOLUTION.
TOKYO, Oct. 12.—Japanese itera
tion in Geneva and Washington, as
well as here and at Nanking, stub
bornly resisted tonight the diplomatic
efforts of the rest of the world to
solve the Manchurian problem. In
sisting that direct nuegotiations be
tween Japan and China presented the
only road to solution, nevertheless
lights burned late as newly received
dispatches from the court chamber of
the League of Nations were scanned
by officials.
The interest of the United States •
Government in the situation was ac
knowledged by presentation to Amer
ican Charge d’Affaires Edwin L. Ne
ville of a set of principles agreed
upon by Japanese civil and military
officials as a basis for discussion with
China of a Manchurian settlement.
Briefly, the principles fell under two
divisions—first, the anti-Japanese ag
itation, which Japan says is endan
gering Japanese lives and property,
must be put down at the earliest pos
sible moment; next, the treaty rights
and privileges of Japanese nationals
in Manchuria must be acknowledged
and protection provided for Japan's
interests in the three eastern prov
inces.
TOKYO.—The Japanese govern
ment is undecided what action to take
in regard to the decision of the coun
cil of the League of Nations to per
mit the United States to participate
in the arbitration of the Manchurian
dispute between Japan and China. It
is admitted at the Foreign Office to
day that the decision of the League
may be defied in the event that the
council refuses to reconsider its ac
tion.
Japan has questioned the legality,
of the League’s action in discussing
the Manchurian affair, and it is
deemed likely that the Foreign Office
will continue to adhere to the view
that the view that the Kellogg pact
has not been violated. It is the con
tention of Japan that the occupation
of Chinese territory was an act of
seif defense and the claim is made
that the League thus far has failed to
prove that the contrary was the
case.
Japanese army authorities charac
terize the attitude of the United
States as “extremely meddlesome.”
WORK ON’ SAN FRANCISCO
BRIDGE TO START SOON
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 14.—Phy
sical work on the $75,00,000 San
Francisco bay bridge will probably
begin within ten days. Bids will be
opened this afternoon for the pre
liminary borings to determine the lo
cation of the bridge piers and give
information regarding the rock for
mations on whic hthe foundations
will be laid. This work is expected
to cost about $100,000, and contracts
will be awarded immediately, with
the request that work begin within
five days.
John Repo was a yesterday visitor,
coming and returning to Ophir with
P. W. Carlson. While here.Mr.,Bepo
purchased a quantity of lumber for
the erection of - dcnfcfle ft*
hiuutxif. at Ophir.