THE KUSKO TIMES
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Entered as second-class matter August
20th, 1923, at the Post Office at
Tokotna, Alaska, under the
Act of March 3, 1879.
TOKOTNA, ALASKA. JULY 12. 1924
With Bible and Re
volver, Religious Fa
natic Meets His Death
Kansas! ,City.—Peter Gaston, who
walked Into the lobby of the Federal
feotel today with a Bible in one band
and a revolver in the other, was shot
And killed in a battle with police 15
(Minutes later. Authorities believed he
was a religious maniac. Papers found
%a bis pocket indicated he was from
IFierport. Mich.
Passengers at the Union station were
Astonished at 7 a. m. when doors of the
•ear of a train arriving from the north
<opened, and Gaston, dressed in high
Heather boots, corduroy trousers and
'wide-brimmed cowboy hat, alighted.
He bad a cocked revolver in one hand,
with fingers on the trigger. In the
(Other he carried a Bible.
He hurriedly left the station and
walked to the business district of the
«eifcy to the hctel. Four men were seat*
«ed in the lobby. He registered, chang
ing his revolver to his left hand as he
^penned his name. He placed his Bible
*on the cigar counter. Then he turned
on the guests in the lobby and calmly
Asked:
“All of you men believe in God?”
The hotel guests mumbled a reply.
JBell boys dashed for the elevators.
'The clerk dodged behind a counter,
and called police.
“All of you put your left hand on the
iBible and the right hand on your
iheart,” the fanatic continued.
The hotel clerk, seated at the switch
board, called George Fleischer, a fed
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eral narcotic agent, who lives at the
hotel.
As the four men placed their hands
on the Bible, Gaston turned to one and
demanded:
“Where is the girl you stole from me
a year ago at the North hotel?’’
“I’ll go get her,” the gue6t replied,
anxious for an opportunity to get away.
At this point Fleischer, clad in a
bath robe, and carryings revolver, ap
peared on the stairway. Simultaneous
ly a police car stopped in front of the
hotel. Noticing the patrolmen’s uni
forms. Gaston opened lire at the offi
cers. Fleischer started firing from the
rear, and killed the fanatic instantly.
Precipitates Riot By
Bill Collecting Scheme
Hagerstown, Md.—A Inovel method
adopted by Jacob Losbbaugh, a local
butcher, to force payment of a number
of meat bills due him precipitated a
riot here today.
The butcher had been sold out for
rent. When the sale was completed
Loshbaugh appeared on the street with
a big placard bearing the names of a
number of his former customers. By
the side of each name was the amount
of money owed him. At the bottom of
the sign appeared the words:
“These people forced me into bank
ruptcy.”
The sign was placed on the door of
the shop.
News of the affair spread through
the neighborhood like wildfire, and the
streets swarmed with women, who tore
down and destroyed the sign. The po
lice dispersed them.
Claimed Rum Mash
Was for Her Bath
Sault Ste. Mafrie. — Mrs. Clarena
Ujenski, who was found guilty today in
circuit court for violation of the liquor!
law, stated in her own defense that the
35 gallons of corn mash she had in her
home when it was raided by sheriff’s
officers was to be used for a bath. She
said a friend had told her it would as
sist in curing her rheumatism. The
mash contained five per cent alcohol.
Ford to Double Size of
Hegewisch, 111., Plant
Chicago.—Contracts have been let to
double the size of the Hegewisch plant
of the Fo?d Motor Company at a re
ported cost of $1,750,000, making it one
of the largest assembling plants of the
company. The present plant, under
stood to have cost $1,500,000, which
was opened in January, is operating
with a force of between 3,100 and 3,500
mea, and recently established a record
when it turned out 200 complete cars in
24 hours. _
Palmer Canfield, prohibition director
of New York, said the other day:
-“New York, from the prohibition
standpoint, is in a bad way, and there
is no use saying that she isn’t.
“Deliver me from the people who
whitewash scandal -and drape black
tragedy in rosy veils. They are like
the preacher who said to the -convict
who was in for life:
“ 'Remember, friend, stone walls do
not a prison make, nor iron bars a
cage.’
“The convict gave a sarcastic
chuckle.
“ 'Then somebody’s got me hypno
tized,” he said.
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Science and Invention.
A newly patented umbrella has a
flashlight in the handle for night use.
Paper is successfully used for malting
fibre abrasive wheels, pulley wheels
and skate wheels.
A lock has been invented in ^Ger
many of whicb both the internal me
chanism and the -key operating it can
be changed at the will of its owner.
London's famous tower bridge pos
sesses a double set of hydraulic engines
for raisiog and lowering the bascules.
This is to avoid the risk of a break
down.
A carpenter’s hammer, -with movable
vice like claws, has been invented, ca
pable of pulling the most stubborn
headless nails. The jaws, if damaged,
may be replaced within a few .minutes.
Professor Wilder D. Bancroft, head
of the physical chemistry department
of Cornell university, has been chosen
by the Chemical Society of France as
one of the twelve leading chemists of
the world.
Kettles and pans made of cardboard
have been patented by a German in
ventor. The material is dipped in a
I mixture containing asphtlt and resin,
whicb makes it waterproof and acid
resisting. _
At the highest point reached by
man, about six and one-half miles,, the
air pressure is less than one-fourth of
what it is on the earth’s surface, and
the average temperature is 50 degrees
below zero.
A compressed air container -for in
flating an automobile tire has-been in
vented in .France. All that is neces-,j
sary is to screw one end of the air bot
tle to the tube valve and watch, ithe
compressor’s dial for the required in
flation.
The new building erected by the
National Academy of Science and the
National Research Council in Wash
ington, D. C., at a cost of $1,500,090,
will have a continuous series of ex
hibits illustrating striking natural
phenomena and the receut discoveries
of science. It will be open to the public
at ail times. _
Prehistoric culture in Mexico will be
studied by a group of students led by'
Dr. Byron Cummings, head of the de-.
partment of archaeology,. .University of
Arizona, who will visit the City of
Mexico to examine the pyramid of
Cuicuilco, which is said to be more
than 10,000 years old. The pyramid
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Why Take Chances
When Insurance
Is So Cheap?
Wire me collect if you want
protection.
San Francisco is headquar
ters for all companies
on Pacific Coast.
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the Mejcioao .government.
The police department of San Fran
cisco recently tested a mechanical de
vice which its inventor asserts will- de
termine the degree of intoxication of a
subject, and is useful when autoists are
arrested for driving cars when drunk.
Wbat is claimed to be a new world
record for a two-passenger glider was
recently made by two German engi
neers in a bight from SindelSngen to
Heidelberg. The'glider,, equipped with
a motor developing only seven-ninths
of one horsepower, dew. 75 miles, at
tained a height of 3.630 feet, and was
in the air for 2 hours and 2 minutes.
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