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THE KESKO
PROPERTY OF
VOL.VIV. NO. 27
TOKOTNA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1924.
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PRICE 25 CEN.TS
Democratic Convention in
Deadlock, McAdoo Ahead
I Platform Adopted; .
^Struggle With Kian
and League Planks
^ "New York, June 19.4—The dem
« ocratic platform was adopted at
: r.l*30 this morning by a viva voce
' vote,'after the* anti-klan forces
4 had lost their fight by a single
* vote to put a plank in the plat
form specifically denouncing the
1 feian by name:- Only the power,
i f«l speech of William J. -Bryan
prevented naming of the klan in
the platform* which carries a
ffeneral plknk- on religious lib
< erty and political freedom. The
i. platform also endorses the league
* of nations, but leaves the ques
’ tion of America's entrance to be
« decided by a popular referendum
-« under a special act of Congress.
iTn an impassioned but losing
= appeal to the convention Newton
JXi- Baker, pleading-for the adop
* tion of the ^minority report on
' the league of- nations plank, said:
* **I served Woodrow Wilson for
?' j3Lve years. -I say to him that T
* did my best, l am doing it now.
V' You-are still-' the captain of my
> soul. He’s standing there now,
* arming me to say to you that it
v Isnrhe duty of America to save
r aaankind. ”
The convention adjourned at
su m. till 9i:3Q Monday morning,
r- ifrheti; balloting toill commence.
rThe Alaska delegation voted
to denounce the klan by name.
I lirst Ballot Gives Me
. Adoo 432, Smith 230
• New York, June 30.—»Ballot
i- lag for candidates for the demo
•= cratic presidential nomination
* began-'this morning. The first
test of strength of the two lead
*og Icandidates resulted in 432
• «®ar ^MeAdoo, and 240 for Smith,
*•■ Maot'Oef -a total vote of 1096.
*'The Alaska delegation gave
? * Smith 3, Underwood 2, and Me
Adoo 1.
f The votes for the higher fav
«^dHte sons were: Harrison 43,
* <Charles Bryan;{Neb.) 18, Ferns
>. 90, Ralston 30. Silzer 38.
>New York.—-The seventh bal
lot failed to > accomplish^ nomi
* oatioii, McAdoo standing at 442,
- and Smith at 261.
sTwo favorite sons will .be elim
5 ioated. The first will be Gov
* ernofc* Sw-eet, of Colorado; his
« delegation**!!! ‘be divided prin
' * eipally between Smith and Mc
. Adoo.''* Senator Kendrick, Wy
■* oining, will also withdraw, the
* delegation being divided-bet ween
- McAdoo and Smith.
•McAdoo, addressing a rally in
• the interest of his candidacy, de
* dared that the liquor interests,
> as well as “big business” and a
“subsidized and corrupt press,”
— were seeking to block- his aom
> • ination.
N»w York, July 1.—The fourteenth
s ballot, with 1,028 voting, showed Me
- Adoo with 475, Smith 306, John W.
i'..Starts* Ralston 31, Underwood ^0,
I Richie 17, Glass 24, Governor Bryan 11,
! Cox 60, Robinson 19, Harrison 20.
There was no material change on the
fifteenth ballot, and the convention ad
journed until 10 a. m. tomorrow.
New York, July 2.—While McAdoo
climbed to 47S in the sixteenth ballot,
| he dropped to 471 in the seventeenth,
i with Smith 312, John W. Davis 64,
I Cox 60, Glass 44, Ralston 30, Robinson
| 28, Underwood 40.
The aim of the Smith managers is to
show a one-third vote, thus convincing
1 McAdoo that be is blocked.;
New York. July 2.—Missouri desert
ed McAdoo on the twentieth ballot,
casting its 36 votes for Davis of West
Virginia. The results of the ballot
were: McAdoo 432, Smith 307, Davis
122, Underwood 45, with. 732 votes nec
essary to nominate.
McAdoo regained six on the twenty
first ballot, and the twenty-second
failed to show any material change.
North Carolina and Kansas are re
ported waveriog in their support of
McAdoo.
Taggart Starts Big
Offensive for Ralston
New York, July 'B.—Thomas*
Taggart, leader of Indiana dem
ocrats, this afternoon launched
his long-heralded offensive for
the nomination of Ralston. As
the long succession of ballots ap
proached the half eentury mark
the Indiana leader began to bring
from, under cover the votes he
had been' holding out until he
was con vinced the' leader^ had
been eliminated. In quick suc
cession two states left the Mc
Adoo standard and went over to
Ralston. First Mississippi and
then Missouri went to the sup
port of Ralston, who was third
on the fifty-second ballot with
93 votes, having passed-John-W.
Davis, whose total had fallen to
159. McAdoo dropped to 412.
with Smith at 320.
New York, July 3.—Bryan is off of
grape juice. After the convention to
night he came out of a confectionery
store with a box of taffy.
Tom Taggart is a model in political
methods. He comes to the big hall
every day with his pockets bulging cut
with chewing gum for the women and
cigars for the men.
Parley Sheldon, Iowa banker, 81* a
veteran of every democratic convention
since 1884 finds thepiesent gathering
the best thriller in his experience. He
says this convention is still young.
Charges Cash Bribes
'Have Been Offered
New York, July 3.—■-Charges that
cash bribes bad been offered to three
members of the Massachusetts delega
tion to tear them away" from Smith to
McAdoo were, made here ioaight by
Brigadier General Charier H. Cole,
-delegate at large ^from the .Bay State.
Cole said the bribes were offered to
former Senator Charles *H. Green, -of
Charlestown. Mass., and former Repre
sentative Robert .Dinsroorei f'.tvtt,
Boston, Mass. He declined to name
the third delegate. *■ -
The fifty-ninth ballot resulted -as fol
lows: McAdoo 473, Smith 331, - Davis
60, -Odder wood 40, -Gox 54, Glass 25,
Ralston 42, Robioson 23.
New York, July 3.—During the sixty
third ballot the McAdoo floor leaders
got word that the withdrawal of Rals
ton was accounted for by the fact that
the -rote eft- the Indiana delegation
would be cast for McAdoo for five bal
-lots. The withdrawal of Ralston by
the Indiana delegation was made nec
essary after receipt of request for such
action from the Indiana senator.
In another test of strength the Mc
Adoo forces late today defeated a -pro
posal to hold a night .executive session
of delegates and newspapermen and in
vite the candidates for nomination to
appear and address the session.
The sixty-sixth ballot: McAdoo 405,
Smith 338, Davis 74, <Underwood“;3&;
Glass 25, Robinson 21.
Michigan Switches to
McAdoo on 63d Ballot
New York, July 4.—The convention
adjourned at 1 a. m. until 10:30 a. m.
Saturday.
The results of the sixtv-third ballot,
4betbird of the night session, were:
McAdoo 530, Smith 335, Davis 64, Un
derwood 38, Glass 25. Robinson: 21,
Richie 16, Baker 56, Daniels 2.
Michigan changed her. vote on this
balib't, 25 going to McAdoo and 5 to
Smith, and the McAdoo ; people made
the most of it for a demonstration.
Whatever their innermost thoughts
may have been, all campaign managers
professed satisfaction during the- din
ner recess before last night’s session of
the convention and expressed their de
termination to stay in the ’ fight.' Dur
ipg the recess the delegates threshed
out a proposal to break the deadlock,
bat no unity of opinion developed.
* Chicago, July 4>—George Brennan,
I-llrnoir -democratic leader,*-sent tele
grams today from New York to several
Chicago delegates and alternates who
have returned home, asking that -they
return to New York immediately.
With the Around
i the-World Flyers
Hongkong, July 1.—Maclaren, Brit
ish aviator and worid dyer, arrived
here today frsm Haipong, Indo-China.
Washington, July L—L*ieut. Smith,
commander of the army around the
world dyhrs, fractured one of his ribs
in a fall while walking. The war de
partment predicts he will be able to
continue the flight.
Washington, July 3.—The American
around-the-world flyers arrived at Am
balla, India, today
Karachi,’India, July 4.—The' Amer*
lean army airmen arrived here today
from Umbaila. ; Karachi Is the final
stopping place in British India.
Shanghai,’July 4.—McLaren, British
aviator-on world -flight, 'left <h9r& this
morning for Kagoshima, Japan.
The turn truck for the Alaska Road
Commission,'*hioh arrived ’Tuesday,
is now in cormnisstoa, iridr Fred Mor
tt.-fT^rj JJ .
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China and Russia En- -
ter Into Agreement?ot...
Exclusive R. R. Control
Washington, Juno 30.—'The Chinese
and Russian governments have entered
into an agreement for the exclusive
control and administration by them of
the .Chinese Eastern railway, and
claims made by the State Department
in behalf of the American government
and citizen investors have been re
jected. _ ,
Govt. Attacks 50 Prin
cipal Oil Companies
Washington, July 1.—Fifty principal
oil companies of the United States
were attacked by the government to
day in the federal court. Attorney Gen
eral Stone ■ asking for injunctions re
straining the companies from further
violations of the Sherman -Anti-trust
act. _
Wanted $600,000, 3
Bovs Now in Jail
_
'• t Chicago, Jalv L—Three boys who
attempted 40 extort six hundred thou
sand dollars fnoaa Jacob Franks, father1
of Robert Franks, tbo* school boy who
was kidnapped and slain by. Nathans
•Leopold and* Richard Eocb, were ar
rested today when they ealled at the
*deeign&Led place to collect the money.
On Behalf of Amer
c. ican ,Killed by Chinese
* Peking* -June JO.—The <•* American
government through its legation today
made representation .regarding the
late 'Edwin £. Hawley, the American
who was slain by junkmen at Wanh-;
seiaoe. - The representation aske^pun
ishment o£>. Haw ley’s slayers and -pay
ment of suitable compensation to , his
dependents.
Telegraphic Ticks.
Seattle.—The Bureau of Education's
schooner Boxer, Captain Whitman,
'earrying . government ‘teachers, sup
plies and a* knock-downschool -house,
sailed Thursday night for- Bering sea
and Arctic ports.
London,—General Pershing, arrived
in London Monday at the head of the
.battle monuments commission,. which
-will inspect the cemeteries of the
-American.soldier dead in France.
• Washington.—Robinson, democratic
‘leader in the Senate: has been suspend
ed from the Chevy Chase Club for two
weeks as a result'of bis hot ffcht on the
club’s golf links, last week.
•' Seattle.—3. Macmillan Brown, chab
'ceHor of the University of New Zea
land, arrived here Thursday, en route
*o - Alaska to pursue -ethnological
•studies of the Eskimo. j
* Seattle.—HoratioJ. Stetson, Span
ish-American war veteran and federal
prohibition agent, was killed in an au
tomobile-accident, Tuesday.
Seattle.—-Captain Melville*- Nichols*
one of the founders of the Alaska
Steamship Company, died, at his home
here Sunday. _
San Francieoo,—Adolph B. Spreckles
(died at bis home here' Monday.
Ophier Class, who made the trip from
Ophir to McGrath on the 'Mutehier
cold storage eraft, arrived-'here
y vat? r
TORNADO IK
OHIO TAKES
250 Dead at Lorain, 04
. 3,000 Injured; Proper
ty Loss, $55,000,000.
Cleveland, June 30.—A tor
•nado tore through Northern
Ohio last night, / leaving a traif
of death and destruction.
Three hundred and fifty deaths
arose far reported, while over
three thousand are reported In
jured.
; The property damage is esti
mated at fifty-five million doi
lar«.
Lorain has two hundred and
fifty dead and hundreds of in
jured, while many have perished'
at Sandusky.
Robert Morse, Dines
Resident, Shot, Killed
Bab Morse was shot atyi filled b?
John White, a storekeeper at Oloes, at
the mputb ql J)utre, in the Fairbanks
section, ‘4 fevr days ago, according .to
'William Parsnip gee, -.who returned
. here today from Ruby* where word
that effect had been received. White,
whp is known as lumpy, first shot, a
| hone belonging to Morse, .which had
beeo feeding in an.oats patch belong
ing to the former. Words resulted,
when White shot, Morse, Mllipg, feirai
instantly.
Mr. Pershinger says mining in ereav
\j retarded in the Ruby section, owing
tack of water.
Mr , Sargent, a member of the Geo
logical Surrey, whew as at' Ruby wher.
Mr. 'Pershinger left, -was about ready
to leave that plaee. with the object of
making a mineral survey from the
head of the Nixon to McKinley Park.
Twenty-two bead of horses will be em
ployed in the work, which it is expect
ed w?ill be completed in September.
> Frank Wiseman, recently appointed
deputy-marshal for the Bethel district,
passed through Ruby a few. days ago.
en route to bis headquarters.
Joe .Ulmer, aiso^t member ef the
Road Commission force, who accompa
nied Mr. Pershinger on the trip over
as far as Ophir, fe-dne to,arrive bare
tomorrow.
$15,000 for Releasing
59-Barrei8* of«Whisky
New York, Jane 30.—At the trial of
Gaston B. Means, former Department
of Justice agent, who has figured so
prominently for several mouths in tes~
tifying before Washington investigat
ing com mitt ess, Charles Johnson this
afternoon testified that he paid Means
fifteen thousand dollars to released fifty
barrels of whisky from a Pennsylvania
distillery. ^ _
i&tnong Thursday arrivals 'frooi
Yankeecreek were Matt Vaughn, Boh
Shively, Albert Peterson, Bob Kobei^
Son, -Harry Harris, CfWfen
Xyvifc, William Behan and Dan 'Cfcifa
han. all nf l"h~— -•—-— »»