VOL X NO. 43
THE KUSKO TIMES
TAKOTNA ALASKA. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 8 1^30
PRICE 25 CENTS'
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' Revolting
In Russia
‘ BLOODSHED >IN FIGHTING BE
TWEEN PEASANTS AND COM
MUNIST FORCES.
LONDON. Nov. 14.—Fighting be*
tween peasants and communist forces
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sh lling. of .villages resulted in much
bloodshed in the regions of' Ostrov
and Gpotokha, Russia, according to
Reuters dispatches received from
-fga today,.
ihe .popu.ation of a number of vil
ages rev.oited after attempts had
, * been made to enforce seizure of corn
collectivization of farms.
Lispatches indicate that peasants
«• who revolted in the districts named
were very extensive.
CROWNS FOR ABYSSINIAN
KING, AMAZONIAN QUEEN
I
ADbISAJLA, Abyssinia, Nov. 8.—
A. quarter of a million tribesmen are
camped today in tents about the
wal.s.of Addisadaba^ where, tomorrow,
the king of. Abyssinia and his ama
zanian queen will be crowned king of j
kings and. .queen of queens. Never ]
foafore in the. history of Africa, even
;js the. time of the Pharaohs, has such
a .spectac.e of moving humanity been !
Witnessed.
WILKINS TELLS OF FORTH
COMING SUBMARINE CRUISE
SEATTLE* Nov. 20.—Sir Hubert
, Wilkins, now in Seattle, said today
that the mam reason for his forth
coming submarine cruise to the North
Polar region is to study weather con
ditions and that for that purpose a.
site will ..be picked out for a meteor
ological station about midway be
tween Point Barrow and the Pole.
INDUSTRIES WENT AHEAD*
* SOMEWHAT IN SEPTEMBER
WASHINGTON^—News. of better'
industrial and construction activities
* in. September came from the Federal
Reserve Board and added a measure
* of. optimism tc* the difficulties, of un
* employment.
In the- meantime Colonel' Arthur'
Woods,. chairman of Hoover’s unem
ployment committee, continued, build
ing an- organization to work, out re-1
lief for the winter.
Frojn every side came, news of i
steps being taken without awaiting
uentral organization. The postoffice
and shipping board announced they,
are stopping .overtime of regular epi- j
- ployes and taking on extras... The
shipping board will not reduce oper
ations, as had. been proposed.
Chief, gains.in. unemployment, have
been in fruit canning, clothing man
ufacturing* coal mines and retail es
tablishments. Employment dropped
in the iron, steel, automobile and
* • limber inddstries, as did prodhction.
gains in copper and textiles.
SEATTLE, Nov. 14.—Paul B. Jef
fries, auditor of the American Whole
sale Grocery Company of Seattle, was (
placed under arrest here today on aj
. charge of grand larceny. He is al-j
■ leged to. be short about $50,009 in his
. accounts.
Del Thompson left Monday for a
tphaetirt fot b N3Sdw0..f-umb ydkm
’ , trip to the Twitchell & Fowler rein
deer headquarters, on the Iditarod
trail. .
C. J. Berry
Passes On
FORMER KLONDIKER-AEASKAN
DIES FOLLOWING OPERATION.
FOR APPENDICITIS.
SAN FRANCISCO.—Clarence J.
Berry,, multi-millionaire oil man and
former Alaskan, died following an
appendicitis, operation in. Los Angeles
ast night.
Berry laid the foundation of his
fortune during the Klbndike rush
with his two brothers Frank and
Fred. He has claims on Ester creek
and Eagle creek.
Foundation of $30,000,000 Fortune
Started in Klondike.
Commenting on the death of Clar
ence Berry, the Fairbanks News
Miner says:
“Of all the men who took fortunes
in gold out of Yukqpi Territory and
Alaska, Clarence J. Berry probably
became the richest. A stake that was
founded in the Klondike increased
swiftly until Berry was reported to
be worth over $30,000,000.
“He is remembered by oldtimers
as one who was always willing to
stretch out a ' helping hand to pio
neers in need. His benefactions to
old friends and acuaintances
amounted to thousands of dollars
yearly. It is said that in addition to
those he gave temporary aid Berry
always provided- funds which provid
ed sole support for over a hundred
persons.
“With his brothers Fred and
Frank, Clarence Berry secured and
mined some of the richest ground in
the Klondike. About 1905 he came
to Fairbanks and obtained, ground on
lower Ester, from which he took out
another fortune..
“After remaining here- three or
four years Berry went to- the States
and made his home there from then
until the time of his death. Still
seeking wealth from the ground,
Berry got into the oil game and the
“black gold” paid him fabulous re
turns,. making him one of the richest
men in the West.
“Berry spent his boyhood in Fres
no,, Calif., and except for the years
he lived in the Yukon Territory and
Alaska made California his home
practically all his life.
“For many years past he made his
headquarters in San Francisco*. He
maintained an elaborate suite, of
rooms at the St. Francis Hotel as
well as awning a palatial home.
“Berry was 63 or 64 years old.
Surviving him are his widow and. two
brothers, Frank and Fred, and. his
aged mother, who is living in Long
Beach, Calif. Another, brother, Henry,
was killed last year in an automobile
accident.
“While the millionaire mining op
erator only made one trip back to
Alaska after leaving Ester, he al
ways maintained business contact
with this district through ownership
and operation of several mining prop
erties.
“Berry never disposed of .some of
his property on Ester, and hia estate
includes placer holdings there. Also
in the Circle country he had' (valuable
placers’ which-' have - been yielding
large profits for many years.,
“On. upper Eagle creek rich
ground operated by the. hydraulic
method/.has yielded gold which- in
itself would have constituted) a for
tune to one less wealthy than Berry,
and on... Mastodon , and Mammoth.
creeks, across the Eagle, summit, his!
property has been a consistent pro
ducer. A hydraulic plant now works
there, but formerly- a small: dredge
. was also used.
“Only recently Rasmus Simonson
| and Mike Gillis, in charge of the
Eagle and Mastodon properties, re
spectively, left for San Francisco to I
report to Berry, on the. season's re-j
suits. For years the Circle ground
was managed, by James H. Hamil.
Berry’s close friend, who preceded!
him it *eath by only a few months.”"
RECESSION OF TRADE DUE
TO COMBINATION OF CAUES,
! DECLARES CALVIN COOLIDGE
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Nov. 8.—
“We have world-wide recession of
trade due to a combination of causes
which none yet comprehends,” former
President Coolidge asserted in a
I radio address here last night. He
I cited chaotic revolution i in China, dis
' turbances in Italy, and chaotic econ-'
omic conditions in Russia as possible
I causes.
| .
Oklahoma .
| Tornado
29 KILLED AND A HUNDRED
OTHERS INJURED; HEAVY
PROPERTY LOSS.
j OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov. 20.—A!
sweeping tornado this afternoon
| killed twenty-nine persons and in
jured one hundred others, principally
in the church town of Bethany, seven
miles west of here. The property
loss is a heavy one, amounting to
many thousands of dollars. |
BRUTAL MURDER OF
KETCHIKAN FISH BUYER
| KETCHIKAN.—Two Seattle offi
cers here to testify before the grand
jury are helping run down clue3 in
the search for the brutal murderer'
' of G. P. Marshall, fish buyer, who
was slain on his boat near here Man
I day- |
< Federal officials are holding two
suspects for questioning. The in-j
quest disclosed Marshall’s skull was
, fractured.. A small calibre bullet
j was found in. his body.
I The feet and hands of the victim
were tied and a safe containing prob-.
ably a thousand dollars is missing. !
A stranger gave a local grocer a
message Tuesday saying Marshall’s
boat was in trouble, and later a man
with the same general appearance
but dressed in different clothing
handed a note to a member of tlu
crew of the coast guard cutter Cygan
giving the same information,
j There were signs of a furious
struggle on the boat.
The city council has offered $500
reward for the arrest and conviction
of the murderer.
I WICKERSHAM HAS LEAD OF 200.
| JUNEAU, Nov. 14.—Wickersham
now has a lead ofover 200, and is
probably the winner in the contest
for Delegate^ I
Mail Carrier Charlie Konig, with
the inbound) mail, arrived Tuesday
from McGrath, continuing Wednes
day to lOphir. Mr. Konig was accom
panied 5 bfy his daughter. Miss Freds,,
whe?, will make her home with Mr.'
and Mrs. Ebright at Flat during the
present.winter.. 11
I
8 Airmen
Are Missing
FIVE OF THEM SEEKING C \PT.
BUKKE; 17 PLANES START
ON RESCUE HUNT.
SEATTLE, Nov. 20.—Eight air-'
men, five of whom were seeking
Captain E. A. J. Burke, lost since
October 10 in. the Liard river coun
try, are n»w missing in the wilds of
Northern British Columbia. Seven
teen array, navy and civilian planes
are now engaged in tre rescue hunt,
flying over all parts of the territory.
HOOVER PLEADS FOR AMER
ICAN OBSERVANCE TO WORLD
COURT, ARMISTICE DAY TALK
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.—Presi-!
dent Hoover, in his Armistice Day
address yesterday, reflecting on the
hideousness of the great war that
ended twelve years ago, pleaded anew’
for American observance on the
world court and for freedom of the
seas for foodstuffs, and at the same
time forecast a possible extension of
the Kellogg-Briand pact to modelize!
world opinion against violators.
WANTS 500 MORE MEN FOR
DRY ENFORCEMENT
_
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.—Attor
ney General Mitchell will ask Con
gress for an appropriation to in- i
crease the dry enforcement army by
five hundred mti.. ”**■
ENGLAND’S ARMY TOO BIG,
DECLARES LLOYD GEORGE
TORQUAY, Eng.—David Lloyd
George, liberal leader and war-time
premier, told the party’s national
congress today that England’s arma
ment bill of $100,000,000 “ought to
be cut ruthlessly on the assumption
that the nation is not going to war
during this generation.”
The Welshman said measures
should be taken to restore England’s
economic balance, end unemployment
and doles, and that work which has
been abolished should be revived and
supplied to the idle.
“We ought to revise our trade fa
cilities and export trade and seek
trade with Russia,” the former pre
mier said.
HEADLESS BODIES3 SKELE
TONS FOUND NEAR KODIAK
CORDOVA.—The theory is ad
vanced that three headless skeletons
found on the beach on Shelikolf
Straits twenty miles below Kanatak
and taken to Kodiak, were the miss
ing victims of Robert Davis, Umatila
Indian who confessed last spring to
triple murder in that vicinity. He
was sentenced to fifteen years at Mc
Neill Island penitentiary for second
degree murder. A curon.r’s jury at
Kodiak was unable to determine the
the cause of the death of the three
persons whose skeletons were found
on the beach.
__
Pilot Frank Dorbandt, of the Pa
:ific International Airways, arrived
Tuesday, bringing quite a quantity
of first class mail and a few freight
:ons:gnments. He departed on Wed?
nesday for Bethel, having as passen
gers Mrs. J. B. Hall, wife of “Dixie” ]
Hall, manager of the N. C. Co. at (
wd child. Mr. Dorhandt, while here, ,
made announcement that he expects
:o make regular weekly trips to Ta- ]
cotna. 11
Eighteenth
Amendment
SAYS LAW ENFORCEMENT COM
MISSION WILL NOT RECOM
MEND REPEAL.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.—Repeal
of the eighteenth amendment has
been definitely discarded by Presi
dent Hoover’s law enforcement com
mission as a solution of the present
prohibition problem, a member of the
commission announced today. An
authoritative denial has also been
entered to the oft-repeated rumors
that the commission, as a whole, will
recommend 4 per cent beer or will
urge a national referendum to deter
mine sentiment upon the prohibition
law.
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ANCHORAGE MAN WEDS MIN
NESOTA GIRL OVER CABLE
MINNEAPOLIS.— Vivian Brown
of Minneapolis and W'lliam Kinsell
of Anchorage, Alaska, were married
by cable telegraph via Seward and
Seattle. Rev. J. L. Bey non of Cal
vary Baptist church here officiated at
the Western Union of e with the
bride beside him. Kinsell, in the
Alaska Rad mad -telegraph office in
Anchorage, made his responses. The
ceremony took a little more than half
an hour.
Mrs. Kinsell is to leave immediate
ly on her honeymoon tri1 to Anchor
age, where her husband is head of the
motive equipment department of the
government railroad.
AMENDMENT ALASKA GAME
LAW RELATING TO MINK
On recommendation of the Alaska
Game Commission, the Secretary of
Agriculture has amended the section
of the game law relating to the tak
ing of mink, which formerly read:
“Exception: No open season for
mink in the area consisting of those
portions of the drainages to Norton
Sound, Bering Sea, Yukon and Kus
kokwim rivers, bounded on the north
by the south bank of the Ingatulik
river to its source, and thence over
the divide to the most northerly fork
of the Kateel river and following
iown its south bank to its confluence
with the Koyukuk river, bounded on
the east by the west bank of tho
Eoyukuk river to its confluence with
he Yukon river, thence following
lown the west bank of the Yukon
river to the Paimute Portage, thence
icross such portage to Crow Village
>n the Kuskokwim river, thence fol
owing down the north and west bank
if the Kuskokwim river to its
mouth,” to read as follows:
“Exception: No open season for
mink in the area consisting of those
portions of the drainages to Bering
S;a and Norton Sound, bounded on
dm r.erth by the south bans: of the
Lignulik river to its source, and
hence over the divide to the most
icrtfceily fork <-f the Kateel river,
u:d following dow i its south .mnk to
ts confluence with the Koyuku river,
>ounded on the east by the west bank
>f the Koyukuk river to its conflu
;nce with the Yukon river, thence
allowing down the west and north
>ank of the Yukon river to List
nonth.”