THE KUSKO TIMES
VOL. VI. NO. 18
TAKOTNA, ALASKA. SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1926
PRICE 25 CENTS
General Strike On in
Britain; Five Million
Workers in Walkout
London, May 2,-s-Britain faces a
general strike, as the result of i a,
walout of a million coal.miners, hive!
million workers today decided to',
hack up the miners by. ceasing work j
in all vital services next Tuesday, un
less a settlement of the miners’ dis
less a .settlement of the; coaL miners’
dispute is reached..
London, May 4.'-—The great class
struggle in Britain, which in the past
decade has been foreseen by the
world's most foremost observers, is aU
hand. At midnight five million union!
workers walked out and the strike be, i
came effective;.
In his first statement.:,to; Parlia-.
ment Premier Baldwin said: “We are!
nearereto civil war .than, we have been
for centuries. They are threatening
ordered government.”
The entire, country is paralyzed.
Trains and all public services are
halted. Newspapers have discontin-1
ued publication, and. the cities face a .
reign of “Take care of yourself.’’
London, May 5,-7-With Britain's!
iicnepal strike, _in which five million ;
workers llaid down. their implements.]
a day old, there is no,sign of an early j
settlement. The.GovBrnment refuses!
to discuss settlement negotiations un- '
ili the men return to. work. War.
rants have heen issued for red leaders.
Rumors are. afloat that troops are mo
bilizing for anticipated outbreaks to^
day. Soldiers are in great activity^
and are equipped with field equip
ment, including steel helmets, rifles
bayonets and emergency rations. Po
lice in armored motor cars are charg
ing rioters and crowds. Motor busses
substituting for trains, and trains,
nave been stoned by strikers and
many injured. King George remained
in Buckingham Palace. The police;
disturbances extend'd to,. Parliament,
where Labor members of Parliament
refused to; consider, any bills e-xeept
those relative, to the. strike. ■
London, May r>.-^Premier Baldwin
rold the House- of .Commons this af
ternoon that the Government under
no circumstances would ever;yield to
the general strike. The moment-.the
strike was called off unconditionally, j
her said, the Government was pre-1
pared, to resume negotiations. His !
statement was similar to that made in j
the; House of. Lords by. Lord Birkeu- i
head.
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London, May 5.—The second day of
the general strike ordered throughout'
the British Isles, and involving five,
million workers, shows little if any’
improvement. There is complete in
dustrial paralysis caused by the. gen
eral strike called in sympathy for a
million coal miners on strike for
shorter hours and higher wages. .
There was serious rioting in London
list Bight. Motorcar toughs wrecked
one taxicab, which was,thrown over
a bridge into the .river.
The Prince of Wales, unable to se
cure, other transportation home, flew
from Lebourge, France, to Croydon,
England, arriving at St. .lames Palace
last night in his first airplane flight
London, May 5.A-Home Secretary.
Johnson Hicks a statement in the
House of Commons this afternoon
that the Government is prepared tu
use troops to maintain services of
vital importance, such as the railways
serviee, if necessary.
“The Government will not negotiate
fot ai settlement of the coal' miners’
dispute as long as .the general strike
continues," Lord Birkenhead declared
in the House of Lords today.
The London Times mae out today,
printed on a 12x9-inch sheet of paper.
Paris. May SlV-Tsro. thousand work
;ers in .the .automobile factory at St.
.Oucri, a suburb of Paris, have struck
in sympathy, with their. British com-]
rades. .
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London*.May 6—The British Gov-'
ernraent and five million workers are
both standing pat on their resolution
to fight to the hitter end. ('dashes be
tween laborers and soldiers and citi
zens .'ire ; reported throughout Eng
land, Scotland and Wales. Railroads,]
attempting to operate with young en
gineers, have made little progress. |
Bus lines transporting people are con
stantly attacked by rioters. Food
trains is the only railroad activity
unmolested. .
In Parliament, Labor leaders heckle
the Government backers in debate, j
There is no immediate relief in sight.
London, May 7.—The Government
yesterday drafted an ultimatum to,
the labor unions, and plans going;
ahead to break the general strike
which is paralyzing all industry. The
first demand was yithdrawal of the
•strike order and the men to return to
work, which the unions refused. The
strikers declared their .staunch deter-,
mination to prevent industries to re
sume until the strike ispsett led.
Practically no business is -being
done throughout the nation.
Eight hundred employes in Govern
ment offices joined the strike and left
their offices.
Reports are current that Africans
-are being imported to hreak the
, strike. Also, soviets from Moscow
are reported as sending money to
carry on the strike. The general con
ditions tire bad.
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London. May 7.—‘ Organized at
tempts to starve people!” declared the
Government last night in its first
communique, which, sounded the alarm
I on the part of Parliament.
Another'two million laborers will be
called out, according to reports. This
second line of defense of unions will
[ completely tie up the nation.
Here are some *>f today’s, outstand
ing features:
London can only be described as-an
armed camp. Troops are advised to
go ahead with any action found neces
sary to aid the civil (lowers.
Whippet tanks and machine guns
will transport food trucks through the
nation.
Trains derailed by strikers.
Soldiers equipped with field equip
ment take charge of the docks at Lou
don.
Five municipal powi r plants of
London are shut down.
Destroyers are carrying mail be
tween England and Ireland.
Picturesque Kensington Gardens
are marred by freshly-dug; trenches.
Danish trades unions also threaten
to strike.
Australian miners, thirty thousand
in number, to walk out today in sym
pathy with. British workmen, and re
fused to load ships for England.
Mexican Electrical Union to strike
in sympathy with the British walkout.
The strike is called a dictatorship
by Lord Asquith, former Prime Min
ister.. .
London, May 8.—Another two mil
lion workers, known as the Trades:
Union Congress line of defense, will
be called to strike in support of the
present strikers.
Copenhagen, May 8.—The executive
Committee of the Danish Trades
Union gave association employers
preliminary notice today of a strike
in support of British strikers.
Scotty Clark arrived at Ophir on
Saturday last, bringing the last mail
of the season from Ruby,
Amundsen About
Ready to Attempt
North Pole Flight
Oslo, May 7.—Amundsen's dirigible
Norge, in which he will attempt a
North Foie flight, left Vadso for
King’s Bay this morning. The final
hop to the starting point of the polar
flight is 700 miles across, the North
Atlantic. The trip will taoke about
nineteen hours.
New York, May 7.—The polar air
ship Norge, in which. Amundsen wilL
attempt to fly to the North Pole soon,
successfully ended its 1400-mile flight
from Trotski to King's Bay, Spitzon
bergen, yesterday. The flight to the
Pole is less mileage than this. The
dirigible bucked a gale nearly GOO
miles of the way to the Northern
island.
LATE baseball.
Seattle, May H. Oakland moved
into first place in the Pacific Coast
League by defeating Hollywood yes
terday 4 to \i in a ninth-inning rally.
The New York Yankees gained in
their lead in the American League by
walloping Detroit in 11 innings by a
score of 7 to fi.
Brooklyn retained the National
lead by beating St. Louis 7 to 7, and
holding off Cincinnati, which is half
a game behind
An ASl-Metal Dirigi
ble, That Will Fly to
North Pole and Return
Los Angeles, May 6.—Thomas B.
Slade, aero engineer, has signed a
contract to construct an all-metal dir
igible, capable of flying to the North
Pole and return, without stop. The
| ship will he ready within four
! months. Men and machinery are ar
riving on the ground, to start work
: at once. The craft will be 220 feet
long. 70 feet wide, and carry twenty
men
CARPENTERS
AT ’FRISCO
Police Called Out to
Quell Several Strike
Disturbances.
San Francisco, May 4.—The police
were called out yesterday in four
local carpenter strike disturbances.
Three men were injured and five ar
rested in melees at new buildings.
An arbitration committee has been
named by the mayor to plan peace ne
gotiations,
San Francisco, May 0.—After a
day of argument the board of super
visors refused to rescind the order
passed last week calling on the police
department to discontinue special
strike duty with regard to the local
carpenters’ strike..
San Francisco, May 7.—Two out
breaks in the local carpenters’ strike
occurred yesterday, when carpenters
were pursued down Market street by
a crowd.. Three. Three were hurt in j
fights. The arbitration committee ap-;
pointed by the mayor meets to con- ]
sider a peace move.
WATSON LEADING 15Y 100,000.
Indianapolis, May 7.—Senator Wat
son, anti-world court advocate, is
leading his opponent by more than
one hundred thousand in the Senate
race. The world court issue was
made the basis for election.
Joe Oates and craft left Tuesday
for McGrath. Also going down were
Joe Ferris, Chris Peterson and Char
lie Konictik®.
106 Injured in Streetcar
Accident, San Francisco
San Francisco, May 7.—One hun
dred and six persons were injured,
j several seriously, and three or possi
bly more fatally, when a California
street cable car ran away down hill
and telescoped a sister car standing
at the bottom of the grade,
i Both cars were heavily loaded with
j office workers on their way to work,
AIRPLANE
Wilkins .May Have to
Abandon Attempt to
Fly Across Pole.
Fairbanks, May 7.—The Wilkins
j plane, in which the explorer hoped to
| fly across the North Pole, wa
; smashed in taking off here yesterday.
Wilkins will now probably try the
i flight in the Detroiter, the hu^'e
1 monoplane, or abandon the trip alto
j gether.
Telegraphic Ticks.
| Wilkesbarre, Pa., May 7.—Twenty
! persons were injured, six seriously,
I when the ceiling of the Savoy Theatre
' collapsed last night.
Vancouver, Wash., May 7.—This
city was struck by a tornado yester
day evening. Figures of estimated
damages are not available.
New York, May 8. The brother of
Pancho Villa, notorious bandit leader
| of Mexico, has not been executed, as
first reported, but will stand trial as
1 a bandit first.
New York, May 5.—Wall Street is
in a flurry over the British strike.
President Coolidge, it is said, has or
dered the U. S. Cabinet to study con
flicts bearing on trade between na
tions
Washington, May 7.- Representa
tive Black, of New' York, declared to
da ythat the strike now in progress
in England is due to instruction of the
masses in socialism in the writings of
G. Bernard Shaw and K G. Wells.
San Francisco, May 7- The steamer
Hamlin F. McCormick arrived here
' yesterday with an airplane and two
^ stunt flyers from Hollywood, Howard
Batt and Spider Matlock, who were
picked up by the ship after they had
fallen into the Pacific ocean, off San
Pedro.
TOE-TOTQE
GUN FIGHT
By Two Aged Men, En
raged Over Attentions
Paid to Woman.
Los Angeles , Mi\y 7.—Two aged
men, enraged over the attentions one
paid to a sister-in-law while her hus
band was away on a trip, stood toe-to
toe and fought with guns here today
until both lay on the ground, probably
fatally wounded.
Joe McDowell, well known oldtimer,
was a Thursday arrival, and is mak
ing a short visit here.
many of them being girl stenograph
ers.
Sixty-six of the injured are in hos
pitals, the remainder having been
taken to their homes.
Two eahle ears, at least three auto
mobiles uml the fronts of two stores
are a mass of wreckage. It was one
of the wot t accidents in the city’s
history.
UPHEAVAL,
NICARAGUA
Revolutionists Capture
2 Cities; U. S. War
ships On Way.
Managua, Nicaragua, May (3—After
declaring a state of war yesterday the
Government . ei.t a military force to
the Atlantic cast, where the rebels
have captured the town of Bluefields,
an important fruit export port. Rama
has also fallen to the revolutionists.
The I’nited States has ordered war
ships to the waning country to pro
tect American interests.
S U S A. 1'. OF !,. WILL IIKI.I*.
Washington, May 8.—Omitting any
reference to a general strike, William
Green, president of the American
Federation of Labor, cabled in reply
to an appeal fr'tn British strikers for
funds, that he wifi *adly give all sup
port possible to the miners of Great
Britain in their tight for a decent
wage scale.
LOST $8 TO
THE ICEMAN
Woman Attempts Shoot
Winner, But Kills
Mother and Son.
Chicago, May C.—Oplu' a William-,
21, lost eight dollar to an iceman
while shooting crap? ; the kitchen
floor. At the end of her b eing she
grabbed a shotgun ami hot. at him.
The discharge from hath barrels hit
her mother and son, kilting hath. The
iceman escaped.
Killer of 5 Escapes
From Prison Camp,
Posses Are Hunting
Yosemite, Calif., Mac 5.—Zollit
Clements, slayer of five persons, i >
caped from the prison camp near
here, and is at large, lie was serv
ing a life sentence.
Merced, Cal., Maj ih—heady for a
battle to the death, heavily armed
posses late yesterday were creeping
up on Zollie Clements, convicted
killer, who escaped from prison last
Sunday.
Merced, May 7.—The man hunt for
Zollio* Clements, escaped slayer from
prison, continued last night and has
led the posse into the rugged regions
of the Rocky Mountains. It is not be
lieved that escape is likely.
JACK JOHNSON RESTS LESTER.
Mexico City, May 6.—Jack Johnson,
former negro heavyweight champion
of tv 3, defeated Pat Lester in a
15-round contest here yesterday.