THE KUSKO TIMES
VOL X NO. II
TAKOTNA ALASKA. SATURDAY. MARCH 29. 1930
PRICE 25 CENTS'
Last Tributes
To Aviators
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SEATTLE HOLDS’ IMPRESSIVE
SERVICES FOR EIELSON
Attn BORLAND.
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DAY OP MOURNING IN NORTH
DAKOTA—HERO IS LAID TO
REST BESIDE MOTHER.
SEATTLE,, Mar. 24..—With a re
markable demonstration, yesterday,
Seattle paid tinal tribute to Carl Ben
Eielson and E. W. Borland. Follow
ing the joint public services at the
Hutterworth. Chapel the impressive
coortege passed through down-town
streets with the Hag-draped caskets.
Eielson’s body will be shipped to its
hnal resting plaie, Hatton, N. 1)., for
interment. Services for Borland were
held under auspices of Alaska Pio
neers, and his body laid away in a
crypt of the million-dollar mauso
leum.
HATTON, N. £>., March 26.—North
Dakota, turned from everyday affairs
today to pay high tribute to Carl Ben
Eielson.. Dignitaries of the State ana
town folk, who rescued his body
mourned at the grave, in the little
cemetery, where the noted flier was
laid, at rest beside his mother.
All public business was suspended
and schools closed while the entire
State observed a mourning period
during the funeral.
Plan for Eielson Memorial.
GKAND FOKKS, N. D.r-Informa
tion that the State Department at
Washington has interested itself in
the effort to bring back to North Da
kota the airplane that Col. Carl Ben
Cieison used in Arctic exploration
was contained in a telegram received
Wednesday by Governor Shaffner
from Congressman C. B. Burtness.
“1 ne State Department, by airmail,
ia. instructing the American embassy
at Buenos Aires to ascertain whether
the . Argentine government purchased
the Eielson plane from Wilkins and,
if so, whether the government would
reseU it to North Dakota or the Eiel
son Memorial Association, and on
what terms," the telegram said.*
The .movement to return the plane
to the State, as a memorial was
started in:. Grand Forks and Valley
City..
HATTON, N. D., March 26.—The
Eielson. .funeral train arrived here at
6. o’clock, last evening. The entire
pppulation of . the town turned out to
meet the body and pay honoor to the
hero.
WASHINGTON, March 26.—Sen
ator Nye1 yesterday introduced a
resolution, in the Senate proposing
that the peak of Mount McKinley
National Park, in Alaska, generally
known as Copper Mountain, be named
Mount Eielson.
A session of District Court was
held at McGrath oh Tuesday last, at
which time Judge Cecil H. Clegg
considered applications for citizen
ship of about 16, practically all of
which were acted upon favorably.
Paul Oehme was a yesterday ar
rival from McGrath, and left today
for Ophir, heeded fur his headquar
ters at Flat..
Henry Mhrtella returned yesterday
from a ttiprto Ophir.
Victorian Is
Big Winner
12S POUNDS UP, GOES MILE AND
A QUARTER IN 2 MINUTES
3 1-5 SECONDS.
/ GUA CALIENTE. Mex., Mar. .1.
— \ utorian, on Sunday, won tut
/Agun Caliente handicap race stake.',
’raking history One hundred and
eigntj thousand dollars went to the
" Inner, with 126 pounds. Th winner
went a mile a .d a quarter in 2 min
utes 3 1-5 seconds. I
Butte Miner Held $2 Ticket, Cashes
In $51,750.
SAN DIEGO, March 24.—George
fisher, a Butte, Mont., miner, held a
$2 sweepstakes ticket on Victorian in
the Agua Caliente handicap and was
paid $51,750 today.
RECOMMENDATIONS IN RESO
LUTIONSS ADOPTED AT CLOS
ING SESSION OF GRAND IGLOO
(Anchorage Times.)
Indorsement of the Pacific-Yukon
highway project, increased old-age
allowances for needy Alaskans, revi
sion of the election laws of the Ter
ritory, and the adoption of a com
munity property law were among the
recommendations contained in reso
: lutions adopted by the ^rand Igloo,
[ Pioneers of Alaska, which brought its
twenty-second annual convention to
a close this morning, after having
oeen in session three and a half days,
fhe resolutions, in th eorder of their
presentation to the Grand Igloo, were
as follows:
Resoluton No. 1.
Wherea, The property laws of
Alaska are unjust to the* modern
woman who is taking her place in
business, industry and legislation;
and
Whereas, Woman is entitled to
equal protection qf property rights
with man, which most States of the
Union have acknowledged by the
adoption of adequate laws; and
Whereas, The laws of dower and
curtsey are obsolete, especially in
view of the modern activities and in
dependence of woman;
i Be it resolved by the Grand Igloo
! Pioneers of Alaska, in annual session
at Anchorage, Alaska, that we be
lieve in equal rights and opportuni
ties for both sexes, and are in favor
of a community property law for the
Territory of Alaska, and request the
next Territorial Legislature to adopt
such a law, and suggest that the
same be modeled after that of the
State of Washington.
Resolution No. 2.
Whereas, The election laws of the
Territory, through many changes,
amendments and appeals, have be
1 come a mystery to the voter, a puzzle
to the judges, are often vague and
conotradictory and fail of a guide to
; the honest voter and do not consti
tute amenact to the dishonest one;
Be it resolved by the Grand* Igloo,
Pioneers of Alaska, in annual session
at Anchorage, that the1 election laws
of the Territory should be revised,
amended and codified, and: the- Terri
torial legislature at its next session
is requested to pass a law which shall
provide for such provision, amend
ment and cedivcataon.
Resolution No. 3.
Whereas, the natural appeal of
“See America First" and the increas
ing desire of the public to four the
country as a means of pleasurer re
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HELEN MADISON, SWIMMING
WONDER. ACCORDED MG RE
CEPTION, ON RETURN HOME
SEATTLE,. Mar. 27*—Miss Helen
Madison, 16-year-old swimming won
der, recent breaker of 14 world-rec
ords, arrived home mis afternoon,,
making the last leg of the journey
from Florida, by airplane. A crowd
of six thousand greeted her at Boeing
Field, headed by Mayor Edwards, a
large citizens’ committee and mem
bers of the councl.. The daughters of
her coach accompanied her from
Florida. Following a parade through
the streets, the party tonight was
given a monster welcome and banquet
tendered by. citizens at the Seattle
Audtorium. j
SKINNER & EDDY MUST SI R
RENDER 83,500,000 WARTIME |
PROFITS lO GOVERNMENT
SEATTLE, Mar. 24ch—Skinner &j
Eddy, wartime shipbuilders, must;
surrender, three and one-half million
dollars of their wartime shipbuilding
profits, the United States Shipping
Board gave out at Washington yes
terday in announcing settlement out
of court of the eleven million dollars
suit against the firm.
FORMAL OPENING OF NEW
BRIDGE ACROSS COLUMBIA
LONGVIEW, Mar. 29.—President
Hoover pressed the button this after
noon formally opening the new bridge
acros the Columbia river, connecting
Washington and Oregon. The new
structure cost approximately $5,800,
000.
On the Washington side of the Co
lumbia there were twenty thousand
people, representing every section of
the State, led by Governor Hartley,
while from Rainier Governor Norland
of Oregon led the mighty automobile
caravan across.
Telegraphic Ticks.
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SEATTLE, Mar. 24—Frank Water
house, former Seattle business and
shipping man, left an estate of $400,
000, the principal part of which is
bequeathed to his widow, according
to the will probated today.
SEATTLE, Mar. 29.—The steamer
j Alaska saied for Southwestern Alas
ka at 9 o’clock this morning with 266
passengers, including 100 for Seward
and interior points, and cannery
crews for Cordova, fenakee. Tutku,
Dry Hay and Ketchikan
CHICAGO, March 27.—Right Rev
erend James D. Wolinary, bishop of
Rhode stand, was today re-elected
primate of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in America.
WASHINu j.ON, March 26.—Presi
dent Hoover today signed the defi
ciency bill, carrying an appropriation
of $1694)00,000.
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2OJJ0O PARIS LACE WORKERS
ASSAIL NEW U. S. TARIFF
PARIS, Mar. 29.—Thirty thousand
French lace workers yesterday par
ticipated in a giant demonstration of
protest against the new American
tariff on lace.
Mail Carrier Charlie O’Halloran,
bringing the inbound mail, arrived
Wednesday.
Mrs. Georgie Hagen and Miss Josie
Sheehan were Friday departures for
Ophir, headed fin: Flat.
Albert Ivey, after a brief business
visit here, left Thursday on his re
turn. ta Poor man.
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Bootleggers
Are Blamed
CHARGED WITH BEING RESPON
SIBLE FOR HUNDREDS OF
CASES OF PARALYSIS.
WASHINGTON, March 28.—Boot
leggers who stole a concoction of
creosote and rarbolic acid, which was
flavored with ginger, were responsi
ble for several hundred cases of par
alysis In the South and Southwest
sections of the country, according to
a statement given out today by Pro
hibition Commissioner Doran.
PRESIDENT COSGROVE AND
MINISTRY, IRELAND, RESIGN
DUBLIN, Mar. 28.—Preisdent Cos
grove and hs ministry resigned today
after deffat of the government in the
Daii last night, by 66 to 64, on an op
position measure. The Dail, after an
nouncement of the resignation, ad
journed until Wednesday, when nom
ination oa f new president will fall
to it.
FAIRBANKS PLANE MEETS
WITH MISHAP AT McGRATH
Taking off on the ice from Mc
Grath on Friday, the airplane of the
Alaska Airways, Pilot Frank Dor
bandt, after running a few hundred
feet, finally but ref^tdntly conde
scended to rise to dying attitude,
after which it flew for a short dis
tance, and then abruptly, at a point
on the Kuskokwim, opposite Dan
Sprague's, made a half-nose dive and
landed in a hill of snow. And no one
was hurt.
Aboard the plane at the time, aside
from Pilot Dorbandt, were Judge
Cecil H. Clegg .and Miss Parsons,
court stenographer, headed for
Bethel, at which place Judge Clegg
was scheduled to hold a session of
court.
Wet snow, adhering to skiis, per
mitting poor running for take-off, is
said to have caused the mishap.
in the dive of the plane the pro
peller and both skiis were broken and
other minor breaks sustained, all of
which can be repaired or replaced in
about four hours, following the ar
rival at McGrath of a company me
chanician from Fairbanks.
CHARLES HOXIE, PIONEER,
PASSES AWAY, JUNEAU
JUNEAU^—Charles Hoxie, 67, pio
neer of Alaska since 1897, died yes
terday morning as the result of a
heart attack, aggravted by pneu
monia, which developed Sunday.
Hoxie first came to Alaska in 1897,
was a amail carrier on the Yukon for
a year or so, and from St. Michael
went to Nome, being one of the first
to arrive among the stampeders to
that acmp. He was a member of the
first Nome citty council with the late
Tex Rickard.
He leaves a widow here and two
sons in the States. The funeral will
be held Thursday under the auspices
of the Douglas Eagles. He was a
charter member of that lodge at
Nome.
Frank Speljack, Little creek min
ing man, was a yesterday arrival on
a brief business visit.
John Repo, of Ophir, was a yes
terday arrival for a brief visit here.
A. M. Rice returned here yesterday
from a trip to Ophir.
£. M. Doheny
Acquitted
ACQUITTED OF CHARGE OF GIV
NG BRIBE OF $100,000 TO
ALBERT M. FALL.
WASHINGTON, March 24.—Ed
win M. Doheny, on trial here for
some days past on charge of having
given Albert M. Fall, former Secre
tary of Interir, 55150,000 as a bribe
in connection with the leasing of
Teapot Dome, was acquitted by a
jury here today, thus ending one of
the last chapters in the so-called oil
scandals. One of the strong points
of the defnse was the contention that
the $100,000 was a “loan from one
old friend to another.”
E. M. DOHENY Acquitted
SENATE PASSES $580,0000,000
TARIFF, NOW IN CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON, March 24.—The
$580,000,000 tari tfbill, carrying a 34
per cent tari ffon all imported goods,
was passed by the Senated goods, was
passed by the Senate this afternoon.
I '1 he bill now goes to conference com
mittee lor consideration.
' DRIVERLESS CAT GOES ON
RAMPAGE, KILLING TnO MEN
HOUSTON, Tex. An ambling
tractor became ar . .*ne of destruc
! tion touay when driver A. McCarthy
lost his balance while rounding a
corner, tell beneath the machine and
was ground to death.
The tractor lumbered on its way,
battering and smashing automobiles
and everything in its path. A pedes
trian leaped tot he driver’s seat and
grasped the emergency brake. The
brake oroKe and he was thrown un
der the tractor and killed. The ma
chine continued for another hundred
feet before it stopped.
DR. SNOOK PAYS PENALTY
AT OHIO STATE PRISON
COLUMBUS, O.—Dr. James H.
Snook was electrocuted at the State
prison tonight for the slaying last
June 13 of Theora Hix, Ohio State
University co-ed.
He walked unassisted and perfect
ly cool to the chair. He said -noth
ing, but his eyes took in the entire
group in the death chamber.
Previously he had eaten his last
meal with his wife.
Miss Clara Rieck and Miss Helen
Kieck returned here Monday from a
visit to McGrath, Miss Elsie Kieck
coming up the same day via airplane,
accompanied by Mrs. Oliver Ander
son, who was a round-tripper from
McGrath. The Misses Rieck left
Wednesday for their Ophir home.
Frank Walker, mail carrier on the
run between Flat and Anvik, arrived
here Thursday with the outgoing
mail, he having exchanged runs with
Charlie Konig, who, accompanied by
his son Edwin, went to Anvik for one
tr.,.
Lars Indegard, after a vsit of some
days here, left Frday for Flat, where
he will be occupied during the coming
season.
John Dunn was a yesterday arrival
from McGrath, on hs way to Poor
man.
Jack McDontfld, frho arrived Thurs
day, returned to IfcGrath on Jfciday.