THE KUSKO TIMES
VOL IX NO. 11
TAKOTNA ALASKA. SATURDAY. MARCH Hi. 1929.
PRICE 25 CENTf
{Revolution
\ u. S GOVT. MOVES SMALL BODY
OF' TROOPS TO BORDER FOR
PROTECTION PURPOSES. j
MKSICO.CITY, .March 11.—Colonel
< Charts, A. Lindbergh .slanik-d' back in
this .jcity last evening, after having
re^aatai’liahed the air mail line to
Btt»v nsville, Texas. He was met at
Valhu<-na air field by Miss Ann Mor
row, his fiancee, and Mrs. Morrow.
MfTXICO CITY, March 11.—Sur
render of the troops of .General j
. revolutionary leader, who
was-'.driven out of Vera Cruz last
week, is ireported in a government
bulletin issued this afternoon.
WASHINGTON, March 12.—The
Government has sent a small body of
troops to the Mexican border for the
protection of Naco, Arizona, and to
. guahd the water supply at Bisbee, as
. reported to the War Department to
* day,thy Major General Lassiter.
-WASHINGTON, March 13.—De
tention by America of rebels - -who
cross the boundary from Mexico is
>: considered likely byithe State Depart
; ment, in view of the Pan-American
treaty, which provides for internment
■» of individuals who rebel against con
's^ stituted government.
"SEATTLE, March 16.—Due to«de
: lay on. account of repairs, the sailing
of ’the steamer Aleutian for Seward
hast.;neen postponed uuntil tomorrow
•i afternoon.at'45 o’clock. The Aleutian
' has w passenger list of 250 booked .
JUAREZ; March 14—Two thousand
' Yaqui Ihdians, traveling by motor
< trdeks from mountains of Eastern
f. Sonora, arrived here late today, to be
’..transferred immediately to the Tor
i. rccwr revolutionary zone.
AIR TRANSPORT COMPANIES
MADE BIG GAIN TN YEAR 1928
NEW YORK, March 11.—Air trans
port companies in the United States
• covered 10,500,000 miles on scheduled
• routes in 1928, the Pronautical Cham
'vber b! Commerce announced today.
Fifty-three ’thousand passengers
'.vwere carried, an increase of 400 per
•cent of.pasesngers over’the - previous
year.
Washington Notes
WASHINGTON, March ^.Commis
sioner Charles H. Burke, of the Bu
reau of Indian Affairs, has resigned.
WASHNGTON, March 14.—Secre
tary of Commerce Lamont announced
today that he has resigned as a di
rector of the Association Against the
Prohibition Amendment.
WASHINGTON, March 15.—Sec
tary Good today halted the movement
for women’s organizations to join in
. the citizens’ military training camp
movement.
WASHINGTON, March 15.—Major
Jadwin, chief of crmy engineers, to
day began the organization of a field
force to survey a route for the inter
oceanic canal across Nicaragua.
WASHINGTON, March 15.—Hines
• was reappointed today as director of
• the Veterans Bureau by President
1 Hoover.
U. OF W. STUDENT, DEFEND
ING GAS STATION, KILLED
KY BANDIT, WHO ESCAPES
SEATTLE, March 14.—Defending
the gas station where he was working
to pay for his education, A Keith G.
Gardner, 21, a University of Wash
ington student, was shot dead by a
bandit last night. . The murderer es
caped.
ONE HUNDRED PERISH, 15,000
MAROONED, IN ALABAMA
FLOOD AREAS, IN 3G HOURS
BIRMINGHAM, March 16.—One
hundred persons have perished in the
flood areas of Alabama in the past 36
hours. Fifteen -thousand persons are
reported marooned.
BRITISH RACER DRIVES AUTO
AT 231 MILES AN HOUR
DAYTON BEACH. March 11.—
Major H. Q. D. Segrave, British race
driver, set a new world’s automobile
speed record here today at 231 miles
an hour..
DEATH OF JAKE MUTCHLER.
Jake Mutchler, a well known old
timer of the North, formerly located
at Iditarod, but more recently estab
lished at Fairbanks, passed away in
Seattle on March 5, according to word
received here recently. .Mr. Mutchler
ieft Fairbanks some weeks ago for
the Outside to receive medical treat
ment for stomach trouble. He had
come out of hospital, having been out
only .a few days whep death called
Him. He had many friends in the
North,, particularly at Iditarod, where
he followed the blacksmithing profes
sion for many years, and Fairbanks.
He is survived Jt>y_ his widow, .and four
children, and his. brothers, Dave and
Jack Mutchler .of Seattle, and George
Mutchler of Fairbanks,, all of whom
were former residents of ..this section.
. John Nowak, .from the Tolstoi sec
tion, was a Friday arrival. Comipg
from the Tolstoi,.Mr...Novak reports
that Frank Beckman, on .Esperanto
creek, had a bad case of flnbgk gkqg
creek, and Frank McCaffrey, Beaver
creek,, were suffering from a bad case
of the flu, although both were better
at the tim£ he left.
The home of A. A. Bennett at Fair
banks was hit hard by fire last Friday
night, according to word received by
Mr. Benett at McGrath on Saturday.
The los is unknown, the telegram stat
ing that the house was badly gutted.
Ralph Anderson was among the
past week arrivals, and he and Mrs.
Anderson, the latter a sister of Mrs.
Ivar Chilstrom and Miss Pauline Koz
evnikoff, are now quartered at the Ta
kotna Roadhouse.
Chester Brink returned Thursday
from a trip to McGrath, to .which
place he had Vance McDonald as pas
senger, the latter -headed for Fair
banks via airplane.
Flu for some days past has been
quite prevalent and many victims are
reported not only here, Jout at Ophir, I
McGrath and adjacent .places. It is
not of the severe variety,' but it is
bad enough.
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Alford, trav
eling with Joe Oates, ajre*reported to
have left Nenana on Match I 2,head
ed for Takotna. Mrs. Alford will be
better recalled as Miss Rose Oates.
-John Krieger left ‘-yesterday for
Ophir, headed for tfie'Terlatoi.
’ Peter Jensen was a'Friday arrival
from Spruca.
Matter of Oil
Land Lenses
NO GOVERNMENT OIL LAND
LEASES BY ANA DEPART
MENT, SAYS HOOVER
WASHINGTON, March .12;—Pre si
dent Hoover said today that there will
be no Government oil land leases by
any department, during. his adminis
tration.
Secretary.of Interior Wilbur- today
appointed Commissioner Spry of the
General Land Office, George Otis'
Smith, director of the Gaolegica lSur
vey, and Solicitor Tlnkiy, of the In
terior Department, a board to survey
all oil leases granted by the Interior
Department hnd toeajrry out policies
announced.by Hoover.
ALASKANS TAKE FLYING BOAT
FROM SEATTLE FOR JUNEAU
SEATTLE, - March 14,—Mr. and
1 Mrs. P. T. McCarty, Mrs. Jack Mc
Cord, wife.of. a Seward raining man,
Captain E. G.. A. Burke, Pilot George
Lonte,:-are aboard the Boeing flying
boat, which hopped, off from Bryn
Mawr Fields Seattle,, for Juneau this
afternoon.
i _
SEATTLE, MarcTfSlfi.—Nothing has
been heard from the Boeing flying
boat, bound for Juneau, since it
reached^ A leu i Bay,: cn Thursday eve
i ning.
!
CHARGED WITH SHORTAGE
OF'$300;000 OF BANK FUNDS
SAN FRANCISCO, March 14.—
John C. Dray, manager of the Filmore
and Pbet-street branch of the Bank
; of Italy,, and .R. G. Maddon, assistant
cashier, were indicted here today,
charged with a shortage of $300,000
of the - institutioh’s funds.
Telegraphic Ticks.
VICTORIA, March 16.—Hon. Gor
don Hunter, chief justice of British
Columbia supreme court, died .at his
home here yesterday.
SEATTLE, March 1C.—F. H. Surh,
85, former commander of Washington
G. A. R., died yesterday afternoon at
; his home here.
BROWNSVILLE, March 14.—Col.
j C. A. Lindbergh landed here today
with thirteen passengers and mail
from Mexico City.
MIAMI, Fla., March 12.-VVice Pres-J
ident Curtis arrived here last night
for afew days’ visit at the house of
A. D. Lasker.
SEATTLE, March 15.—Four rail
roads with .terminals at Seattle will
clip five hours off the running time of
trains between Chicago and the North;
Pacific coast this -summer.
HELENA, March 12.—Joseph K.
Toole, Montana’s Ihst governor under
statehood, died at 'his home here la-st
night.
NEW YORK, March 16.—George
W. Olvany, leader of Tammany, has
resigned, on account of ill health.
BONN, Prussia, March 12.—Bank
ruptcy proceedings were instituted
here today against Princess Victoria,
sister of‘'the ‘former kaiser.
SEATTLErMarch 12.—Nansen, ex- ^
plorer, arrived here today on h islec-1
tore tour. I
NOBILE BLAMED FOR LOSS
OF DIRIGIBLE ITALIA; RE
SIONS'"hisrank anitOFFICE
ROME, March 13.—Following the
report of the hoard of inquiry which
last week placed the blame upon No
bile for the loss of the dirigible Italia,
General Nobile today resigned his
rank and offire. Both resignations
have been accepted.
JUDGE CLEGG'S TEAM WINS
IN FAIRBANKS DOG DERBY j
_ I
FAIRBANKS, March lb.—Herbert!
Lawrence, driving Judge Clegg’s
team, won first money in the Fair-i
banks clop derby, pulled off yester
day. Walter Hachorw came in second,
Fred Stickman third, and Joe Stick- ■
man last.
The winner’s time over the 59-roile 1
course, the same as.last year, was 5
hours 33 minutes 69 seconds.
The first prize was $1,250, second
$750, third $500.
HARVARD PRESIDENT AVERS
PROHIBITION »LAW IS LOSING
EFFECT AS TIME PASSES
BOSTON.-^-Describing prohibition
enforcement of today as “vexatious,
demoralizing . and inefficient,” Presi
dent A. Lawrence Lowell of Harvard
University, in an article in the Febru
ary number of the Atlantic Monthly,
declares that the dry law, as time goes
on, “seems to be less and less effect
ive.”
“There is no-reason to suppose that
the national administration has been
intentionally lax;' but it is (doubtful
whether stunpMfry laws '-can ever he.
enforced against the resistance<of any
large minority,” he said irt the article,
entitled “Reconstruction and Prohibi
tion.”
“Sumptuary laws, adfeetirrg what
what seems to- be only personal con
seems to be only personal conduct, are
difficult to enforce. Many excellent \
people believe that drinking.an,y tn-j
toxicant, even to an extent that does j
not intoxicate, is inherently immoral; |
hut that is very far from a general1
opinion, and a h»rge part of those
who do not .hold it feel that ‘inter
ference with their personally innocent
habits is not justified by a claim of
benefit to the public of which they are
[mot convinced.
“Whether this attitude be right or J
wrong, it is a fact that must be taken i
into account in considering the possi
bility of enforcing universal prohibi
tion.”
President Lowell raises the question
as to whether the prohibitionists, in
their zeal, did not carry their project
so far as to imperil the dbject in view.
“It has been- said,” the article con
tinues, “that had the Volstead act set j
the limit of alcohol at a point below
which wine and beer may indeed, but
seldom do, intoxicate those who drink
them, the law would bawbeen so gen
erally accepted and1 obeyed^ that the
bootlegger would have foifnd no‘suffi
cient market to sustain his trade.
“Men who are in a position to know
assert that the murders' in- :Chicago
are mainly, if not wholly,.due to quar
rels among the booiSegSBrs^-vuid be
ween them and tbe J|b skdrersT Such
conditions are certain *i> ‘fesi'su long
as an illegal and lucrative^ traffic is
conducted on a large scale, supported
by sales to citiaens iTtgoorf'standing,
whi’e Ihe public autboritunssendee vor
‘o suppress it by force.”
Ernie Gove Returned Safcmuiy from
a brief business visit at! McGrath. j
H-nry T’artel’a returned Thursday
from a trip to Gases.
Peter Jensen, from Spruce creek,
was a Friday arrival. I
Flames Get
Old-Timer
FELIX RILEY BURNED TO DEATH
IN HIS CABIN AT FLAT LAST
-SUNDAY NIGHT
That Felix Riley, better ’known tc
his friends and intimates as “Hot Air’'
Riley, had been burned to death ic
his cabin at Flat, was the sad news
frfat reached here early in the week
The -burning of 'the cabin occurred
on Sunday night.
Details of the sad affair are very
meager. So far as known, according
to reports reaching here, Mr. Riley
had started for home earlier in the
evening, it being understood that he
intended to do o little reading, as was
fiis customary habit. The cabin was
discovered afire about 11 o’clock that
night. Arrivals at the scene, It is
said, broke open the door Mr. Riley
was lying on the floor, one arm hav
ing been burned off. It is thought by
some that Mr. Riley, in attempting te
gain the door/1 was overcome by the
smoke or flames andeompelled to suc
cumb.
A coroner's jury' is reported tc
reported to have returned a verdict
of “cause unknown.”
M. Riley was an oldtnwr of the
North, having been at Dawson in the
early days of that camp, from which
place he went to Fairbanks with the
stampede to that place. He came tG
Witarou ibotu-rt h*W Wen t
resident of 'that tjoimmurrity almost
continuously since his arrival there
Philip (Bud) -Riley, a brother, \kel
known here 'and throughout the in
terior, is now located at McGrath.
S3' PATRICK'S CELEBRATION
WOBTfSUCCESSFDL VFF.VH
The celebration of St.' Patrick's day
at this place was a most sttccesifu.
affair.. . The big' hall was largely -at
tended,' there being two nights of
dancing, with everybody in the proper
mood for dancing and enjoying them
selves .to the utmost. An excellent
lunch was served each night, that for
£he fixst night being prepared by IvaT
Chilstrom o fthe Takotna Roadhouse
and that for the second night-by Dia
mond Dick of the Diamond Dick
Roadhouse.. The music, of the excel
lent variety, was provided by Capt. J
H. McLean, violin, with Peter Jensen
and Mrs. Ivar ’Chilstrom alternating
at the piano.
Among the visitors in attendance
from McGrath were: Mr. and Mrs. G
W. Clyde, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hub
bard, Frank J. Guskey, Frank Lange
Isaac Hayes, "Mrs. Charlie Konig, Miss
Freda Konig, Edward Konig, Pete
Michels, II. C. Wallick, Alexi Dulac.
Harry Dulac.
From Ophir.and vicinity: Mrs. L.
Livenhagen, John Repo, Eric Hard.
John Edwards, .Owen Gray. (Charlie
Goebel, Pete Jensen.
Others from -alar were: Mr. and
Mrs. N. Fitka, of .Nicoli; Mr. and Mrs.
Theodore Fitka, of Telida; Mr. and
Mrs. Karl Seseui, of Telida; Miska,
from Nicoli; Alocdus, from Slow Fork
Roadhouse, with several members of
their families.
Josie Sheehan returned Thursday
from a visit to Ophir, traveling with
Henry Martella.
Frank J. Guskey, N. C. Co>-man
ager, was a Saturday arrival "for a
brief business visit here
B*”y Senatkas, after a visit to the
Outside, was a Saturday arrival lua»