THE KUSKO TIMES
VOL VIII. NO. 34
TAKOTNA ALASKA. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 3. 19‘28.
PRICE 25 CENT8
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InNew York
P&RAOE ROUTE LINED"' WITH
STEERING AND ROARING
THRONGS-.
>i|S >W TtORK, Nov. 2:—Koine from
«ipaign battles to await the verdict
oft Voters at next Tuesday’s election,
Governor* A1 Smith rode today over
the pira.de route that the metropolis
reserve s»for returning heroes, and the
old home town Democracy's' standard
bejarer.was given one of those uproar-*
ir.g greetings which it bestowed upon
Lindbergh and Byrdi; From the Bat-!
tety to'.vCentral Park the Governor!
traveled:' between- the cheering, roar-j
itig throngs. It was a typical, re-en- j
»c4mmt of New'York’s pageant of
welcome—this time in honor of .its na
tive son. The Governor, riding with
Mrs. Stfcith, Mayor Jimmie Walkera
and George W. Ohrany, head of Tam
many Hall, grinned broadly as he
waved^continuously a brown derby.
F^Ktjv-antontobiles conveyed the offi
cials. of. the party. In one- of- the au •
tooiebiles was- Franklin D. Roosevelt,
candidate for governor..
Kepuhlican
Contributions
CASH CAMPAIGN COLLECTIONS
TOTAL $2,261,506, FROM 53,217
CONTRIBUTORS.;
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29^-Niett,
lu^etsiKeC1 »f the Republican national
coounitttee, announced that cash: cam
paign contributions. to> date e totaled
$2;261,5(16,. from 53,217 contributors.
The51largest donations ware made
by; John'D. Rockefeller. 4- -©.vJtocke
feller, Jiv Andrew Mellon,'; Harvey,
Firestone, Alfred J. du' Pont,. Henry,
and" Edsel Ford, and Fisher* Brothers
of Detroit.
lit a Politieal Way
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NEWARK* Nov. 1.—Nominee A1
Smith, ip his. New Jersey speech last
night,. annealed for the support of
workingmen. He severely criticised
Hqpver for nob speaking out frankly
on_ the labor - question. The Demo-j
cratic candidate.received a.great ova^
tiof).
WASHINGTON, Nbv. 2.—JOhn J.
Raskob, chairman of the Democratic
national, committee, this afternoon
charged Senator ■ Moses, Eastern man
ager of the Hoover campaign, with'
putting in. circulation anti-Catholic
literature. .
AUGUSTA, Ga., Nov. 3.—William
G. McAoo,.former Secretary of. the
Treasury, telegraphed the Augusta
Gh&nide teday thht, while hfe is op
posed to Governor Smith on the mat
ters of prohibition and the Eighteenth
Amendment, he nevertheless will
“preserve my party allegiance.”'
FYank Ghskey, who arrived Tues
day; via airplane, from McGrath, re
turned to the latter place on Friday,
going down, as a passenger of Henry
Mantella, who returned here today.
Ftank Spfeljack, who arrived here
Thursday, returned to Little creek .the
following day.
Hoover At
Louisville
i
ACCORDED A WONDERFUL OVA
TION AS HE LEAVES FOR
CALIFORNIA.
LOUISVILLE, Nov. 2.—Herbert'
Hoover, Republican presidential nom
inee, in his address here today, point
ed to the unparalleled registration for
next Tuesday’s election as immense.
“The seriousness, earnestness and
conviction with which our people are j
meeting them gives, evidence of un
precedented interest in the future of
the rpublic and must be gratifying to
everyone who has its., welfare at
heart,” he said in the. second address
of his final campaign swing which,
will take him to his Califoria home to
await the.final result..
The Republjpan nominee was ac
corded a wonderful ovation here.
“WE WILL win if people
WHO. BELIEVE WITII US WILL
GO TO POLLS ” SAYS' HOOVER
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.1 ,^-“We will
win this election without any question
of doubt if the people who believe
with us will, go; >to .the polls,” Hoover
said this afternoon in his final confer
ence with newspapermen before de
parting for his home in Palo Alto,.
California^.
COOLIDGE BIDS HOOVER “SAFE
RETURN TO WASHINGTON"
WASHINGTON, Nov, 1.—Hoover
departed this afternoon for. his Stan
ford homei to await the decision of the
election. President Coolidge, bidding,
.the nominees goodby, wished him “A.
safe return to. Washington”
A1 Smith
Is Assured
SAYS HE IS CONFIDENT THAT
HE WILL BE NEXT PRESIDENT
OF UNITED STATES
NEW YORK, Nov. 3.—Governor Al
Smith will wind up his campaign in
Madison Square Garden tonight. He
is confident he will be the nert presi
dent of the United States, and to
night he will tell the home folks why
he thinks so.
MARRIED AT FAIRBANKS.
Fairbanks News-Miner: Miss Rose
I. Oates and Warner Alford, were
married last .evening,, with U. S. Com
missioner M. R. Boyd officiating and’
Edith E. White and Frank P. Young
as witnesses.
Mrs. Alford arrived in Fairbanks
from the Kuskokwim yesterday by
airplane, while Mr. Alford has been a
local resident for several years*
Miss Mary Nesbitt (colored)’, for
merly of Ophir, is new located in
Fairbanks, according to ward lately
received here.
Ton Hughes, well known' oldlimer,.
left Xditarod a couple of days ago for.
Takotna, according' to late 'word re
ceived here.
Jesse Baugh arrived-1 TBtarsday,
coming from his Tolstoi headquarters,
and. left today, for Ophir.:
CARL J. LUMEN, OF NOME,'AND
LAURA- VOLSTEAD UNITED IN
MARRIAGE AN ST- RAffL
ST. PAUL, Oct. 3L—Miss Laura.
Volstead, daughter of the famous An
drew J- .Volstead, framer of the noted
prohibitiom law, and Carl J. Lomen, of.
Nome, son of G. .1, Lomen,, judge of.
the Second Alaska division, were
married here last evening at the|
House of Hope, Presbyterian church..
The bride has been campaigning;
for Herbert Hoover, and only a few
hours before the nuptials she ap
peared on the political platform in
company with Mabel.. Walker Wille
brandt, her schoolmate and attendant
in waiting. Rev. Henry Swennagan
performed the ceremony. The newly-'
married couple, following an elabor-j
ate dinner, left for. New York, via j
Washington, where they -will make
their future home.
SMITH EXPRESSES CONFI
DENCE; SAYS “IT’S IN THE
AIR, AND MEANS VICTORY”
—
NEW YORK, Nov. 2.—Governor A1
Smit hexpressed confidence in the out
come of the election, during his chat
with newspapermen today. Speaking
of the. crowds and the enthusiasm i
with which he had been met, he said:
“It’s in the air; it means victory.”
Zeppelin’s
Fast Flight
CROSSES FROM LAKEHURST, N.
J,.TO FRIEDRICHSHAVEN
IN 71 HOURS^
FRIEDRICHSHAVEN, Nov. 1-—
The Graft Zeppelin arrived here at 1
o’clock this morning, having made the
flight from Lakehurst, N. J., in 71
hours.
Clarence Terhune, youthful Amer
ican stowaway, was arrested on ar
rival of the dirigible. He has the dis
tinction of being the first trans-At
lantic stowaway.
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Telegraphic Ticks.
SEATTLE, Nov. 2.—A directors’
meeting today ratified the purchase of
$4,500,000 worth of. preferred stock
and a great block of common stock in
the Boeing Airplane and Transporter
tion Company of Seattle by the Nar
tional City Company of New York..
TORONTO, Oct. 30.—Vilhjalmar
Stefansson, famed explorer, in an ad
dress here tonight, said the course of
empire, is no longer westward,, but
northward to the polar regions.
SEATTLE, Oct. 29~-S. E. Holmes,
member of the pioneer wholesale drug
firm of Stewart & Holmes, died at
his home, here today, at the age of 80.
SEATTLE, Nov. 1.—Carl F. Whit
man, of Chisana, Alaska, arrived here
today en route- to Washington, in the
interest of better, roads in Alaska.
WASHINGTON, Oct 31.—Robert
Lansing, former Assistant Secretary
of State, died a this home here yes
terday afternoon; heart disease.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.—Presi
dent Coolidge today; accepted the res
ignation ofAlanson B. Houghton, am
bassador to Great Britain.
SEATTLE, Oct 29_Attorney W.
O. Lane was elected a member of the
Council, to succeed Heiketh,. resigned.
Matter Of
Farm Relief
HOOVER GIVES ASSURANCES IN
CASE REPUBLICANS PARTY
RETURNED TO POWER.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.—Nominee'
Herbert Hoover announced today that
if the Republican party is returned to
power he will call an extra session of
Congress to deal with farm relief if
adequate legislation should not be en
acted at the coming session. This
matter has been under discussion for
some time, his statement said.
MRS. BERT DEM1ENTIEFF
PASSES AWAY AT TANANA
Mrs. Bert Demientieff, who left Mc
Grath some months ago for Tanana
to become a patient in the hospital
there in the hope of regaining her
health, passed away at that institu
tion a few days ago, according to
word recently received here by Mrs.
Joe Oates from her daughter, now re
siding at Fairbanks. Mrs. Demien
tieff had many friends in this section
of Alaska, as well as at many places
along the lower Kuskokwim, all of j
whom will be grieved to learn of her
passing, embalmed at Tanana, will
be taken to Fairbanks and buried
alongside that of a daughter.
HARTLEY SUPPOP^ERS BET
TING 2 TO 1 ON HIS ELECTION
SEATTLE, Nov. 1.—Bullitt, Demo
crat, is closing an aggressive cam
paign for the governorship, with
many prominent Republicans support
ing him. Hartley’s supporters, how
ever, are betting two to one on his
re-election.
Coolidge
To Hoover
APPLAUDS LATTERS CAMPAIGN
AND POLICIES AND PREDICTS
HIS ELECTION.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.—At the
conclusion of the nominee’s St. Louis
speech, last night, President Coolidge
telegraphed Hoover, applauding the
latter’s campaign and policies and
predicting his election, and added:
“I shall turn over the. great office
of President of the United States to
you, and feel sure that it.will be com
petently handled and that the welfare
of Hie people will be secure.”
TREASURY FACES DEFICIT
OF ONE HUNDRED MILLION
CHICAGO.—Director of the Bud
get Herbert Lord, in a statement to
day, said the Government faces a
$150,000,000 deficit by June. “We are
concerned, but not discouraged,” Lord
said. The country had a prospective
surplus of $252,000,000 for June, but
the surplus “melted away as the re
sult of new legislation and revision of
tax laws.
“Today the threat to the surplus is
a challenge, and we accept the chal
lenge. We are going to see ".that not
one federal dollar is spent on doubt
fnl missions and- we are fighting as
we never fought before to balance
the budget.”_
John H. Peterson was a yesterday
arrival from Ganes for a short visit.
Democratic
Estimates
RASKOB, DEM. CHAIRMAN, SAYS
SMITH ASSURED OF 2fi8 ELEC
TORAL VOTES.
NEW YORK. Nov. 2.—John J. Ras
kob, chairman of the national Demo
cratic committee, claimed today that,
according to reports received from
throughout the United States by the
Democratic national committee, Gov
ernor Smith was assured of at least
268 electoral votes.
LOS ANGELES PROSECUTOR
CHARGED WITH HAVING AC
CEPTED OIL BRIBE. $140,000
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 2.—District
Attorney Asa Keyes was indicted by
the county grand jury today on the
charge of having accepted $140,000 in
bribes in connection with handling the
prosecution of officers of the Julian
Petroleum Corporation, whose stock
juggling methods have become a na
tionwide scandal.
Hoover At
St. Louis
PRESENTS PLANS':RELIEF
OF AGRICULTURE AND OTHER
DEVELOPMENTS.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 3.—Herbert
Hoover, Republican presidential nom
inee, in the last major address of his
campaign, last night, presented the
federal farm board plan for the relief
of agriculture, terming it the most
far-reaching proposal every made by
any party on commerce and industry.
Hoover indicated his purpose to build
more prosperity through the expendi
ture of a billion dollars for develop
ment of inland waterways and other'
public works.
Hoover spoke in the Coliseum to a
crowd of twelve thousand. He re
ceived a great ovation.
ATH El ST JAILED FOR ACTIV -
ITIES AGA1NSI PROPOSED
ANTI-EVOLUTION LAMS
LITTLE ROCK.-—Charles Smitn of
New York, president of the American
Association for the Advancement of
Atheism, was jailed for his activities
agdinst a proposed anti-evolution law
and was fined $25 for distributing
pamphlets and posters.
Smith was charged with breach
of speech and was not allowed to tes
tify at his own trial when he refused
to take the customary oath. He is
serving out his sentence at a dollar a
day in protest against anti-atheism
laws which he said deny anti-atheist
citizens their rights.
Mr. and Mrs. James Weir and Bob
Jaquemai, after a season spent at
Candle creek, arrived Sunday from
iHcGrath, the three leaving next day
for Ophir for a short visit, after
which they will take up quarters on
Little creek for the winter.
Owen Gray, after a visit of several
days in town, left this morning for
Spruce creek.
John Myklebuat and Billy Lodge
were Thursday arrivals from Ophir,
and both left for McGrath on Triday,
on their way to th( Outside.