KUSKO
VOL., TV: NO. G
TOKOTNA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1924.
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PRICE 25 CENTS
Woodrow Wilson, Be
loved Statesman, Passes
i and Laid in Final Rest
Washington, Peb. 4.—Ex Pres
ident Woodrow Wilson died Sun
day afc 11:15. All flags through
out the States are at halt mast.
The end came peacefully, after
twenty three hours- almost en
tirely in unconsciousness, The
immediate cause of death was
exhaustion, following digestive
disturbances of nearly a week’s
duration.
Mrs. Wilson is bearing up well.
President and Mrs. Coolidge
were among the first callers to
arrive and leave cards, and au
unbroken stream of messages of
condolence are arriving from all
parts of the world.
Secretary of State Hughes
cabled all American diplomatic
consular posts, directing flags to
be flown at half mast for thirty
days.
r irbiucuu vi/uuugc; iu laauiug
his proclamation directing that
flags be flown at half mast for
thirty days, said, in part: “He
(Mr. Wilson) gave utterance to
the aspirations of humanity with
an eloquence- which held the at
* tention of all the earth and made
America a new and enlarged in
fluence in the destiny of man
kind/’'
Crowds in front of the Wilson
home knelt in the streets and
prayed. * _
Washington, Feb. 4.—The family of
the lamented Wilson today decided
against a state funeral. After the ser
vices the body will lie in Bethlehem
Chapel until the Anal resting place has
been determined, and which will be
one of four places—Arlington Ceme
tery. Princeton, Staunton, Va., or
Charleston, S. C., where tha late
statesman’s parents are buried. The
* services at the Wilson home will be in
charge of Ilev. James H Taylor, of the
Central Presbyterian Church. At. the
National Cathedral the services will ha
in charge af Bishop Freeman. Presi*
dent and Mrs. Coolidge and ex-Presi
dent and Mrs. Taft will be in attend
ance at both the home services and the
Cathedral services.
Richmond, Va.—John R. Bolling, her
> brother, wired the Virginia legislature,
which requested that the body be
buried there, that Mrs. Wilson felt
that Washington should be his plaae
of rest._
Washington.—It is authoritatively
disclosed that Mr.' Wilson entered the
White House with a well developed
start toward Bright’s disease; that the
retinal hemorrhage which came while
ne was at Princeton left him practically
blind in one eye; that years before he
sustained a blood clot' in an artery of
one of h-is'-legs* aud. finally, that a
blood clot in the brain laid him low in
death. _
Seattle, Feb.-7.—Resolutions adopt
ed by the Seattle public memorial ser
vices, and forwarded to bis widow, in
part, read as follows: “Woodrow Wil
son—outstanding character of bis gen
eration; a man of indomitable spirit,
mental and physical courage, full
stored mind, finely organized intellect,
divinely inspired impulses and of na
. usual talents, giveD without stint in
j public. service; a rare combination of
ripe soheitw, Christian gentleman,
prominent* statesman, leader, fearless
fighter, idealist of lofty soul and in
tense lover of humanity: who was ever
ready in war, ready in peace and ready
la facing death; who by bis tmmorta
tion of scir in a consecrated.service de
voted to establishing peace on earth
and good will among men—has fallen.”
Washington, Feb. h. — The nation
paid its last silent, tributes and respects
today to Woorimw Wilson. Cougress
stood idle in honor of the dtad. Fight
noncommissioned officers and petty
officers from army, navy and marine
corps each participated. They bore
the tiug-draped casket to the chapel,
to the Episcopal Cathedral, in the
northwestern section’of the city, and
to the cemetery which will be the per
, ■ i n n 1 /if t ko Vw wl *1
Bishop Freeman and Rev. James S.
Taylor, for the Presbyterians, conduct
ed the serv-ices, assisted by Rev. Syl
vester Bishop, of PriDceton. Actual
entombment was reserved for the eyes
of his own loved ones alone, in which
the President, members of the Cabinet,
admirals and diplomats had no part,
! their tributes having ended with the
beuedictioD. a
Washington. — McFarland, national
commander of Disabled American Vet
erans, paid a high tribute in a letter to
Mrs. Wilson.
London. — ‘‘Woodrow Wilson was
truly a great man and a big figure in
historv,” Lloyd George commented.
Manila.—The Philippine legislature
adjourned today out of respect to the
late Woodrow Wilson.
Rome. — Informed of Woodrow Wil
son’s death, the Pope knelt in prayer.
London.—American flags floated at
half mast throughout London today.
Washington.-—Saoinel Govnpers said:
“Wilson was the most cruelly wounded
soldier of the world war.”
William G. McAdoc: “Wilson, the
mao, is dead, but Wilson, the lover of
; mankind, will live forever. His ex
i ample and work will influence the des
I tiny of civilization for centuries.”
In the Senate, LotLe. his areb-polit
ical foe, paid a high tribute to Wilson.
Ford Says Offer for
Muscle Shoals Stands
Detroit.—Announcing that his offer
oa Muscle Shoals still stands, Henry
Ford declared today: “My only in
terest. in Muscle Shoals is to preserve
for the American people a source of
nitrates that is now in the hands of in
ternational financiers.”
Washington.—Henry Ford, in a tele
gram received here today, declines to
appear before a House committee to
diseuss further bis offer for Mascle
Shoals. _
Mike Blanusba. who returned here
Sunday from a trip to Nena. left Tues
day on his way to Fiat.
Sterling Dark left this morning,
beaded for Big river.
Hoover’s Handling of
Fisheries Likened to
Leasing Oil Reserves
Washington.—Hoover's handling of
Alaskan fisheries was likened to the
leasing of navy oil reserves by Dele
gate Sutherland, before the House
merchant marine fisheries committee
todav. when the Delegate charged
Hoovor with permit!mg big concerns
indominate Alaska fishing in a perfect
monopoly for themselves.
Murderers Break Jail,
Escape in Aeroplane
Dittfe Rock. Ark.—Joseph and Enlos
Sullivan, brothers, under sentence of
death for murder, broke out of their
death cell tliia afternoon and escaped
to an aerople, in which they took flight
to parts unknown. They are believed
to have escaped by aid of accomplices
both inside and outside of jail.
S.-A. Bank Depositors
to Get Million ‘Divy’
S*-.i tie.—One million dollars vrill be
paid to depositors of the Scandinavian
American Bank, Seattle, on March 10,
according to Liquidator Langley, who
announces this payment to be sixty per
cent, with other dividends to come.
Term of Court at
Flat, About April 1
Iditarod, Feb. 9.—The clerk of the
district court at Fairbanks wires that
a term of court will convene at Flat
about April 1st.
Recent advices from Nixon are to
the effect that the boiler house of E
M. Whelan and associates was oe
stroyed by fire on January 26th, the
destruction also including the boiler,
hoist and other machinery. No word
has been received here as to the origin
of the fire. Mr. Whelan is reported to
have left on the following day for Ne
nana, on his way to the Outside.
A grand masquerade bail at Ophir is
announced for Saturday, March 15th.
Committees have been appointed and
arrangements for the coming event are
already under way, and it goes without
saving that nothing will be left undone
in the endeavor to give the visitors
one of the best times ever.
Telegraphic Ticks.
Salt Lake.—Do mar Woods, a former
probate judge of Idaho, was executed
by a firing squad, Friday. He was con
victed of having murdered his wife.
Crosby. Minn. — Forty-on® coiners
peiisbed when the-button, fell out of a
small pood and bonded the workings of
the Milford iron mine, last night.
Washington.—Edward L. Doheny,
Jr., has evaded the Senate committee’s
subpoena and taken flight for the South
Seas in his father's yacht.
Athena.—McAfandaris will form a
cabinet and succeed Venizelos, who re
tired today on account of ill health.
Moscow.—The central soviet com
mittee has elected Rykov prime min
ister, to succeed Lenin.
London. — Britain has notified Mos
cow t hat, de jure recognition has been
accorded Russia
Prosecutions Soon inj
Teapot Dome Scandal
Washington, Feb. i.—Former
Attorney General Gregory will
not be employed to prosecute
the naval oil leasings cases, it
was officially announced from
the White House today, after E.
L. Doheny had told the Senate
committee that Gregory had
been in his employ some time
ago.
Doheny also testified that bis
company employed Wm. G Me
Adoo to represent it in Wash
ington on Mexican affairs. Do
deny said McAdoo, who was
then out of the Cabinet, received
fees of one quarter million dol
lars.
Doheny also testified that the
late Franklin K. Lane was em
ployed bv his company at a sal
ary of $50,000 per year.
Washington. Feb. 4 -President Cool
idge has named former Senator Atlee
Pomerene, democrat, of Ohio, to take
the place of Gregory in the Teapot
Dome prosecution.
Fall declined today to answer any
questions in the Senate oil inquiry.
The committee had called him for ex
amination as to loans made to him by
Doheny and Sinclair. Fail read a pre
pared statement, denying the commit
tee’s right to question him, and also on
the ground that any answer he would
make might tend to inciinornate him.
Doheny testified that $8,250, which
he gave former CougrcsMiian Statik
and George Creel for their support and
influence with former Secretary of
Navv Daniels in secur g a i'eapot
Dome lease, had been re i:< i to him,
Creel admitting that hr ' could not
turn the trick.”.
Secretary of State Hughes will be
called upon by the Walsh committee to
explain how he happened to accept a
gift ef *50,000 worth of laud from Do
heny in Mexico City on wLicn to build
an American embassy.
Describing the effort made to obtain
a lease of Teapot Dome iu 1920 in con
nection with Lee J. Stack, Doheny, re
called, stated that he had also em
ployed George Creel, head of the com
mitree ou public information during
the war. _
Washington. Feb. 5.—Coolidge, in a
conference, requested Walsh and other
democratic senators to desist in their
assaults, but the solons declined to ac
quiesce. Pittman declared Denbv a
constant and continuing danger to the
nation. DuriDg the Senate debate on
Denby, Coolidge and Theodore Roose
velt walked about the city for three
quarters of an hour.
Denby himself initiated the move to
transfer control of the n«vy reserve oil
lands from the Nary to the interior
Department, Rear Admiral Latimbr,
judge advocategenera 1, told the House
naval affairs committee.
Stanley, in a Senate speech, declared
that “when an Auanias tn hell reads
the statement of Fall that the Sinclair
and Doheny leases were necessary to
save the oil fields from destruction he
will turn green with envy.”
Senator Capper declared that, while
Denby did not seem to understand it, it
is apparent to the public that Doheny
and Siuclair have swiped a quarter
billion barrels of government oil.
The Senate appointments committee
voted to withhold from Coolidge the
8100,000 appropriation for tbe employ
ment of counsel in investigating iha
tfaval oil leases unless the President
submits his appointments to tbe Senate
for confirmation.
In the HouBe, Representative .Tefferis
charged that Sinclair had returned a
false income tai report, by which he
had defrauded the government of mil
lions of dollars.
Washington, Feb. 7.—The Senate
adopted today the Walsh resolution di
recting the Interior Department to
move for the recovery of a section of
the Elk Hills naval oil reserve in Cali
fornia. now held by the Standard Oil
Company of California. The Senate
also adopted a resolution reaffirming
the authority of its oil committee to
proceed with its investigation. The
jurisdiction of the committee has been
challenged by Fall.
Further efforts to question Fall were
abandoned today by the Senate inves
tigation committee, upon advice of spe
cial counsel, Strawn and Pomerene.
They recommended against permitting
him to testify unless be waived im
munity.
An injunction preventing Doheny
and Sinclair from taking any more oil
out of the navy oil reserves will be
sought by Strawn and Pomerene, spe
cial counsel in the oil fraud cases, just
as soon as their appointment is con
firmed by the Senate.
Washington.—Following his call on
! Cpolidge, Warren F. Mi.rJn, confiden
tial secretary of the attorney general,
announced that Daugherty would re
turn from Florida on Saturday.
Secretary of State Hughes has issued
a formal statement declaring the ques
tion of the legality of leasing naval oil
reserves was never brought up at any
meeting of the Harding Cabinet.
New York.—George C’resl admitted
today that he got $5,000 from Stack,
and said he had approached Secretary
of Navy Daniels regarding oil leases,
but that Daniels refused to countenance
any such procedure.
Los Angeles.—William G. McAdoo
has telegraphed Senator Walsh, asking
! permission to testify before the Senate
| committee. Regarding Dubeuy’s Btate
i ments respecting him, he said: *‘£
[ have never beeu employed or consulted
regarding any oil leases anywhere in
the United Stptes.”
Mining Notes.
A good deal of prospecting is going
on at the head of Fourth of July creek.
Among those on the ground are Frank
Dawson, Joe Germaine, Gus Rodman,
Tom Samuelson. Tom Dean and Rd
WollenJ
Cecil Barlow and Gaston St Clair
recently completed the putting of four
holes to bedrock on the Mamie bench.
Moore creek.
A term of court will undoubtedly be
held at Flat some time it the latter
part of March or early in April, ac
cording to reports received here, these
reports stating that Judge Clegg and
other members of the court party are
due here over the trail in March.
Frank Larson and daughter, Miss
Frances, left this morniog for Ophir
for a brief visit.
Jack Mutcbler and Austin Horner
left Thursday for Ophir on a brie? t
business trip.