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Entered as second-class matter August
29r.h, 1923, at the Post Office at.
ToKotna, Alaska, under the
Act of March 3, 1879.
TOKOTNA, ALASKA. MAH. 1, 1924
Outside Brevities
Atlanta. Ga.—A new phase in the
litigation affair between the ku klux
klan and its associated organization
was shown today when Kameiia, Inc.,
the women’s order, hied a §25,000 suit
against Col. William Joseph Simmons
lor breach of contract and restraining
him from taking part in affairs of the
Kameiia or removing its property from
^Georgia. _
Washington.— A subcommittee of
the House today heard the Rathbone
-Copeland bill, designed to prevent the
victimizing of the American public
from the unscrupulous manufacture of
baccines, claiming impossible cures,
revelations of which were recently
made by Hearst’s Magazine.
Washington.—l’he Oregon Basin Oil
and Gas Company tiled suit today in
the District supreme court, asking Sec
retary of Interior Work and Commis
sioner General Spry to show cause why
tb ey should not accept and pass upon
.application of the plaintiff to patent
.certain Wyoming oil lands.
Seattle.—The fune al of B. M. Hall,
pioneer Alaskan, will be attended by
members of Seattle Moose who were
former Alaskan*. Hall was prominent
in the Moose order here. He was
lighthouse tender at Five Fingers
Point, Alaska, for twenty years.
Seattle.—Accused today in a state
ment by Joshua Mummey as the man
who burned Mummey ;s house yester
day afternoon, attacking Mummey and
•causing ' the death of Mummev’s wife,
Arthur Weaver, age 84, was arrested
tthis afternoon.
New Orleans.—Jules Pujol, assistant
fire chief, and five other firemen, met
death yesterday wheu they were
irapped underneath falling wails in a
warehouse fire.__
New York.—The Brooklyn Eagle to
day published a letter from Thomas P.
Tumulty, in which it is stated that
Woodrow Wilson had determined to
resign the presidential oBlee in 1914 if
Congress did Dot accede to his demand
for legislation repealing Panama canal
tolls.
Philadelphia.—A building, estimated
to be sis thousand years old. still
S standing, and undoubtedly the oldest
; in the world, has been found near Ur,
I Babvlonia, by the joint expedition of
j the University of Philadelphia Museum
| anu the Museum of London.
Tacoma.—John Hagen, a laborer in
a furniture factory here, last night in
herited his share in a $‘2..100,000 estate
! left, by an aunt in Chicago. Hagen’s
share is t stimated at $400,000. He left
Norway eighteen months ago.
Washington. — Secret preparations
for rum cite aerial exploration are
being o o,e in Prance, Germuny and
Russia, according to Haakon Hammer,
i
Amundsens American representative.
Washington.—An appropriation of
Sl.dOO.OOO to establish a night Hying
i airplane mail service was proposed in
a resolution introduced in the Senate
today by Phipps, Colorado.
Lincoln, Neb—The department of
justice is investigating the gasoline
situation throughout the country. At
torney General Daugherty informed
Governor Bryan, Tuesday.
London.—The British Cabinet today
decided to continue with the naval con
struction program, as previously agreed
upon, and work will probably begin od
i six cruisers immediately.
Paris.—Max Liuder, France’s Charlie
Chaplin, and wife are dying at. a Vi
enna hotel, according to a dispatch,
which says the couple apparently swal
lowed poison.
Washington.—Un mvitatioD, W. R.
Liearst talked an hour with .President
Coolidge, called on Secretary Mellon
later, and then communed with Senator
Reed. ■
| Washington.—American recognition
| of Mexico was completed Tuesday,
when Coolidge named Charles B. War
ren, of Detroit, as ambassador to Mex
ico.
1 Seattle.—Arthur Wakefield and Les
lie Chester, Metropolitan National
Bank messengers, were hold up today,
the bandits getting away with -MS,000.
Washington.—-A plan of financing a
soldiers’ bonus through the British
debt settlement was proposed today by
the Southern Commercial Congress.
Birmingham, Ala.—Two telephone
operators were burned to death in a
building destroyed by lire here, Thurs
day. _
Washington.—Henry Garland Dupre,
congressman from the Second district,
Louisiana, died this morning.
Seattle.—Liquor valued at $2j,000
was destroyed by the sheriff. Monday
afternoon.
Grand Ball At
Ophir, Mar. 15,’24
Roadhouse Accommodations for
the Ladies, Free.
Midnight Lunch. Free Dog Fish
Lack of Funds Pre
vents Further Pension
Allowances to Pioneers
Juneau, Feb. 1.—Owing to the lack
of funds, due to an insufficient appro-1
osiation by the legislature, no further
pension allowances can be granted un
der the Old Age Pension Act, accord
ing to an authorized statement made
today by Loekie MacKinnon, treasuaer
of the board of trustees of the Pioneers’
Home, which administers the act, as !
follows:
•‘There are now 191 pensioners on
the roll, of whom 166 are men and 25
women. The last legislature increased
the allowance, to men from $12.50 to $25
per month and to women from $25 to |
$45 per month, but did not increase the j
appropriation to meet such increase, I
! The effect of such failure to provide {
funds is that over one third of the ap- i
propriatioD of $60,000, or to be exact >
$21,755.25, has been disbursed during i
three-eighths of the biennium, leaving j
an unexpended balance of onlv $38,-1
244.75, Eveo with no more allowances j
and continuing the roll as it ekists to- I
day, a deficit of $13,240 would ensue.
"A misconception that the intent, of
the act was to make all pensioners eli- j
gible for the increase precipitated an j
immediate demand’upon the board for
such increase, and new applications
came from all quarters. The act, as a
matter of fact, specifically limits its
generous provisions to persons in 'act
ual need,’ and the board, in passing
upon applications, has of necessity kept
in mind that limitation. To have
granted all applications received would
have exhausted the appropriation by
tins uiuie. i_.egisiaLors w uu fuauicu
the law, but who did not foresee its op
eration and provide adequate fuDjls, !
have beeQ. in many eases, most insist
ent upon increases and the granting of
new pensions, evidently in the belief
(hat they had made ample apyropria-i
lion.
“The board has examined into every
case presented with care and had the1
co-operation and assistance of commis
sioners and pioneers, and the constant
aim has been to provide relief, when
actually needed, so far as possible with j
the money available. It has been com
pelled, through no fault of its own, to
hold some new applications in abeyance
and to pass unfavorably noon other re
quests for maximum allowances, but
dealt with all cases considerately and
bid its best in the situation.
“The board, which, in majority part,
is composed of pioneers, looking ahead,
now finds that it will be necessary to
curtail the allowances for the remain
der of. the btenni urn in order to keep
within the appropriation. A curtail
ment has been avoided until the winter
is over, but without such reduction at
the end of this quarter no money will
be available for the next winter season
and the beneficiaries of the act would
receive nothing. It is believed to be
the wiser and more humane policy to
reduce the allowances for the remain
der of the biennium rather than to
leave needy ones without any relief for
several months.'
“It will be incumbent upon the next
legislature to at least double the ap
propriation cr to so ameod the law a
to bring its operation within the fund
set apart. Where relief cannot for the
remainder of the oiennium be given to
persons eligible to assistance under the
act. the destitution fund will he drawn
upon, although it is now depleted and
will not go very fat-. The Pioneers’
Home is crowded to capacity, with an
average of 82 inmates, who are receiv
ing the best of care.”
Mistress—Sarah, mv husband com
plains that the oatmeal was soggy, the
coffee cold, the eggs hard boilec and
the toast burnt.
Cook — You have my sympathy,
ma’am; it must be fierce to live with
such a tnao.—N. Y. Sun and Globe.
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