THE KUSKO TIMES
VOL IX NO. 31
TAKQTNA ALASKA SATURDAY. OCTOBER *26. iy:9.
PRICE 25 CENTS
Flames Take
Seven Lives
WHEN FIRE BREAKS OUT IN
OLD-TIME SEATTLE HOTEL;
THIRTEEN INJURED.
SEATTLE.—Trapped in a mass of
flames and smoke, seven persons lost
their lives and thirteen were injured
in a fire which, swept through the
Portland Hotel at 4:30 o’clock this
morning. Several of the injured are
in a critical condition and not ex
pected to live.
Firemen said that a roomer at the
Grand Central Hotel, across the
street, turned in the alarm. He said
he looked out of the window at 4:30
and saw the fire through the windows
of the Portland hotel, adding that it
looked like the flames were on the
stairway.
None of the dead, was identified..
The hotel is an old three-story
brick structure on First avenue just
south of Yesler way, in the oldest
section of Seattle. It i sope rated by
K. Mayeda,. a Japanese, whose wife
was critically injred when she leaped
from a third-story window.
Several firemen were overcome by
smoke, but all were rescued. Despite
the dense smoke, which made fire
fighting difficult, the blaze was over
in less than half an hour.
ALASKA BUREAU OFFICES
TO BE MOVED- NORTH
SEATTLE.—Reorganization of the
Federal Bureau of Education by
Commissioner William Cooper- will
probably mean transfer of the Se
attle office to Alaskan.
Such is the belie fof Jonathan H.
Wagner, chief of the Alaska division
of the United States Bureau of Edu
cation. Wagner has just returned
from Washington, where heconferred
with Cooper about the prospective
reorganization..
Juneau will probably become the
new headquarters ofthe Alaska bu
reau, it is believed here, and the pur
chasing department will probably re
main in Seattle when Wagner is or
dered North.
Wagner said he does not know,
what other agency the administration
of the Alaska educational system
could be turned over to.-. He is i»
olined to the view that the reindeer
and medical branches of ihe Alaska,
bureau might be turned over to some
other department of the interior offi- -
cial for administration.
DEATH FOR LAMAR BANDIT
FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER'
LAMAR, Col.—George Abshier,!
Abshier, confessed member of the
Lamar bandit gang, Win found guilty
of first degree murder K-re yesterday,
the jury recommending a death pen
alty.
“It was only what I expected," Ab
shier said after the verdict had been
rendered. “But there in one thing I
can do and that is to keep on smil
ing.’*
Abshier said he wa:v a member of
the bandit gang of lY-or which- looted.,
the first National Ba.k here, kid
napped two tellers a..d sped away
after killing the ban ks president, A.
N. Parrish, and his son, J. F. Parrish,.
cashier of the bank.
Fank J. Guskey, N. C. manager at
McGrath, after a brief visit here, re-j
turned to his headqun itera .on. Friday,
traveling via. airplane...
ONLY 22 CLAIMS ARE AL
LOWED IN SOPHIA CASE
Oat of 211 claims in the Princess
Sophia disaster, only 22 are to be
paid, according to a recent ruling
made by Judge Netterer, federal
judge at Seattle. The ruling almost
competely reverses the action of A.
C. Bowman.
Judge Netterer allows $10,000 fori
each claim, which is the maximum
under the Alaska law, which aggre-j
gates $220,000.
In reaching the damages, it was
argued, the commissioner failed to
follow the Alaska statute, which pro
vides . that the measure of damages
must be based upon the earning ca
pacity, prospective life, ability to
save and accumulate money and
other matters which would give the
court an idea of what the person
would have been worth if life had
not been lost.
The Princess Sophia was lost in
Alaska waters October 25, 1918. On
February 28, 1919, the heirs of those
lost at sea started suit against the
company under the statutes of
Alaska, which limit the liability for
death of an adult at $10,000 and for
a child at $5,000.
The administrators of the estates
of the following will be paid the sums
allowed c James Allmark, Charles M.
Calleman,. Charles S. Chinery, Charles
Chanquist, S. Chanquist, Michael
Davis, J. E. Gorner, Nellie G. Gorner,
Jim George, Frank L. Gibbs, John C.
Green, Lars A. Hansen^ Sam Henry,
Josephine Henry, Charles W. Leber,
Guy G. McCrait, Thomas McMahon,
Charles O. Nelson, Henry D. Park
ing, Albert D. Pinska, Oscar Poppert
and William Scouse.
Nearly four hundred persons per
ished on the ill-fated Canadian liner
when a sudden storm shoved her off
a rock on which she grounded in
Lynn Canal. Every person on board
was drowned, and suits were filed byj
relatives and friends to recover dam
ages for their death under the Alas
kan statutes.
It was contended by the Canadian
Pacific Railway, in arguing its excep
tions to the report of II. S. Commis
sioner Bowman, who heard and took
evidence in the Sophia case, that the
commissioner failed to follow the
rules laid down by the court, and that
in arriving at the awards made in his
findings of fact did not reach his con
clusions as fixed by statute. At the
conclusion of the arguments the case
was taken under advisement by
Judge Netterer and his decision ren
dered after several weeks’ considera
tion.
Departing for Fairbanks via air
plane a few days ago- were Mrs.
Georgie Hagen and Miss Josie Shee
han, both of whom will visit at that
pace until some time in February be
fore returning here.
Mrs. Carl Lottsfeldt departed viv
plane a few days ago for Fairbanks,
from which place she expected *o
leave for Juneau for a short visit and
then continue to Seattle for a visit
with relatives..
Mrs. Frank J. Guskey was a de
parture via airplane a- few days • go
from McGrath-for Fairbanks, feel'.ig
none too well at the time. Late ad
vices arte o the effect that she is con
siderably improved and that she will
return to her home at McGrath at an
early date.
Mail Carrier Charlie OfiHalloran
left Friday fbr Flat, ftom which
point he will bring the first outgoing
mail of the winter schedule.
Mrs. J. H. Hubbard, wife of Dep
uty Marshal Hubbard, was a recent
departure via airplane for Fairbanks.
Gov. Parks
Confirmed
SENATE OKAYS NOMINATION
OF ATASKA GOVERNOR FOB
ANOTHER TERM.
WASHINGTON.—The nomination
of Georg® A. Parks as Governor of
Alaska was confirmed today by the
Cerate.
JACK SHARKEY KNOCKS OUT
LOUGHRAN IN THIRD ROUND
NEW YORK-—Jack Sharkey, Bos
ton contender for the heavyweight
championship, scored a technical
knockout over Tommy Lougnran in
.he third r-und of their scheduled 15
round match. I
The bou. ended in the mest surpris
ing fashion with a single punch after
27 seconds of fighting in the third
round. ' The blow knocked Loughran
down for the count of five. He came
up helpless and turned his back on
his opponent, losing the fight as he
gazed in dazed fashion at people in
the arena..
Sharkey weighed 196 pounds, and
Loughran 1861-2. Forty-five thou
sand fans paid $300,000 to see the
mat
Seldom in his varied career has
Sharkey appeared in better form
from the opening gong. Loughran, a
slight favorite in the betting, was
well nigh helpless before the sailor.
He was outspeeded by Sharkey’s left
jabs and hand.ed with case and insol
ence by the sailor in the clinches.
DOUKHOBOR SECT BATTLES
RESIDENTS OF NELSON, B. C_
NELSON, B. C.—A Doukhobor wo
man sustained a broken leg and some
of the men leaders were used roughly
when about 250 men, women and. chil
dren, members of the Sons of Free
dom sect, marched from their camp
outside the city limits into the city
in an attempt to “join their brotohers
in jail."
As the chanting Doukhobors came'
to the center of the city their pass
age was blocke by a barricade of
trucks and automobiles. Leaders
halted the throng and declared they
would disrobe if they were not per-:
mitted to go to jail.
This started a battle, and citizens
of Nelson moved upon the massed fa
natics and police joined in the melee.
It was about an hour before the
Doukhobors were ejected from the
town and were back in camp. They:
said they would parade again, this
time probably minuc clothing.
Thirty-two members of the Sons of
Freedom sect who more than, a week
ago were found gufltyof indecent ex
posure and like an equa number yes
terday were remanded for sentence.
Each one convicted admitted disrob
ing, but most of them openly defied
the laws of. the Canadian conurt.
More than sixty cases are yet to be
heard.
There were women in the nude pa
rade which was a protest against the
arrest of one member of the sect
charged with burning a Doukhobor
r.choolhouse.
_:_
Eric Hard, Ophir and Cripple min
ing man, arrived here a few days ago
foro a few days, during which he is
giving attention to a few business
matters.
Ed' Poison, after a summer in the
Cripple section, arrived here a few
days ago, for a brief visit.
HOW PHILADELPHIA ATH
LETICS WON WORLD SERIES
FROM THE CHICAGO CUBS
First Game—Athletirs 3, Cubs 1.
Wrigley Field, Chicago.—Howard
Ehmke, veteran right-“hander of the
Athletics, justified his unexpected se
lection for the opening game of the
world series by beating the Cubs 3 to
1 and smashing all series records by
striking out 13 men before a crowd
estimated at 50,000.
Pitching the finest world series
series game of the age, Ehmks, 35
years old, battled the Cubs to a
standstill, baffling them with his slow
curves as he gained a one run lead
off Charley Root in the seventh
through Foxx’s homer and clinching
the game when the A’s got two runs
off Guy Bush in the ninth.
Ehmke pitched himself out of three
dangerous spots in the third, seventh
and ninth innings bf striking out bat
ters in pinches. He fanned Hornsby
and Wilson in succession in the thirn
with runners on second and third and
struck out the same pair again in the
sixth.
The Athletics made 3 runs, 6 hits
and 1 error, and the Cobs 1 rhn, 8
hits and 2 errors. The battery for
the A’s was Ehmke and Cochrane,
and for the Cubs Root and Taylor and
Gonzales.
Second Game—Athletics 9, Cubs 3.
Wrigley Field, Chicago.—With the
big bats of A1 Simmons and Jimmy
Foxx beating a tattoo against the
fences, the Athletics crushed the
Cubs 9 to 3 for their second straight
victory and the tenth^in in a row for
the American League in world series
competition.
throve stru'k • ui pwo pincn miters
in succession, arid if*’’ Cub.- equaled
their own inglorious records of the
day before of 13 stril ;outs. Seven of
these were victims ,Earnshaw and
aix of Grove.
The Athletics made 9 runs, 12 hits
and no errors. The Cubs made 3
runs, 11 hits and 1 error. The bat
tery f^r Phiadelphia was Earnshaw,
Grove and Cochrane, and for Chicago
Malone, Blake, Carlson, Nehf and
Taylor.
Third Game—Cubs 3, Philadelphia 1.
Philadelphia—After being the goat
for two games and the first part of
the third and each with six strikeouts
behind him, Cuyler and Hornsby
snapped out of their slumps and
and spoiled the home-coming of Con
nie Mack’s men.
The final taly was 3 to 1, with Guy
Bush getting the pitching decision
over George Earnshaw, who started
his second straight game and struck
out ten men, increasing the Cub
strikeout total to 36 for the series.
The Cubs made 3 runs, 6 hits and
1 error, and the Athletics 1 run, 9
hits and 1 error. Batteries were
Bush and Taylor, and Earnshaw and
Cochrane.
Fourth Game—Athletics 10, Cubs 8.
Shibe Park, Philadelphia.—Over
hauling the Cubs in an amazing 10
run rally in the seventh inning, the
greatest in world series history, the
Athletics batted their way to a 10 to
8 victory before a hysterical home
town crowd of 50,000. Trailing by 8
runs going into the seventh and with
he Cubs seeming y headed for a one
;ided win, the Athletics unloosed a
ally that dwarfed any inning in
scries rccords.They batted four pitch
for 10 runs, including home runs by
A1 Simmons and George Haas, as 15
e" we t to the plate in an orgy that
had the crowd wild.
The Athletics made 10 runs, 15
hits and 2 errors, and the Cubs 8
runs, 10 hits and 2 errors. Batteries
For Philadelphia were Quinn, Wal- j
berg, Rommel, Grove and Cochrane,
(Continued on Page 4.) ,
Officers Grab
Wet Arsenal
FORCE OF 130 AGENTS, MAR
SHALS AND STATE POLICE
DO QUICK WORK.
NEW YORK.—A fortified arsenal,,
equipped with emplacements for its
battery of machine guns and used as
headquarters for a million-dollar rum
smuggling syndicate, is in the hands
of federal agents after a surprise at
tack extending along the Atlantic
coast from here to Atlantic City, New
Jersey.
A mile from the armed base of op
erations at Highlands, N. J., the raid
ers captured a hidden radio station,
from which orders in code were sent
to the fleet of liquor ships and speed
boats operated by the syndicate.
A force of 130 treasury agents,
deputy U. S. marshals and New Jer
sey state police going into action
simultaneously made 32 raids, arrest
ed 32 persons, and se-ized large quan
tities of imported liquors.
FRANK SLAVIN, FAMOUS PU
GILIST AND KLONDIKE P-O
NEER, PASSES ON, VICTORIA
VANCOUVER, B. C.—Frank Sla
vin, professional pugilist of 20 years
ago, died today in his 67th year.
During his pugilistic career Slavin
met Jim Smith, the British champion,
Peter Jackson and Jake Kilrain. He
was in San Francisco when news of
the jfoid strike in •UJ,cw<Kkr lame
Slavin went to the *uKOh, where he
remained for many years. He enlist
ed in the Western Scots in 1915 at
the age of 54 and fought in the
trenches. After returning from Eu
rope he setted in Victoria.
OPIIIRITES GOING TO EUROPE.
John Collins ...id Frank Meier, weil
known Ophir mining men, w e
Thursday arrivals here, leaving via
airplane on Friday for Fairbanks. Mr.
Collins will continue to the Outside,
while Mr. Meier will give attention to
business matters in Fairbanks for a
few days, following which he will join
Mr. Collins in Seattle, and about De
about December 1 both gentlemen
will journey across continent to New
York and from that place depart for
their former homes—Mr. Collins
going to Sweden and Mr. Meier to
Germany. Mr. Collins left home 45
years ago, and his journey there is
for the purpose of visiting a sister
whom he has not seen in all these
years. Incidentally, this will also be
his first trip to the Outside in 28
years. He plans to return here some
time in March. It also has been
many years since Mr. Meier left the
land of his birth—about 1902—to,
which he will return to visit with
relatives and friends and to give the
‘‘once over” to scenes of his boyhood
days.
Mrs. L. Livenhagen, who was a
Thursday arrival from Ophir, depart
ed Friday via airplane for Fairbanks,
a:so headed for the Outside. After
visiting in Seattle, Mrs. Livenhagen
plans to journey to her birthplace in
Norway, where she will visit with
re.atives and friends for some weeks
before returning to the United States.
Harry McnzofT, following a sum
mer of activities in the Flat section,
. . ...rimu here a couple of days ago,
coming over via airplane.
Char he Goebe returned a few days
ago from a "vi|Hl «f.a,faw.d$j«:afcJ4e'
Grath.