THE KUSKO TIMES
VOL. VI. NO." 41
TAKOTNA. ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 19L>6
PRICE 25 CfilfTf:
DOUSLAS.
TREADWELL
, $100,000 Asked to Aid
in Rebuilding Fire
. Swept Towns.
Juneau, Oct. .12.—-The iisr v councils*!
• of Juneau and Dough-s meeting
jointly, last night deludes., to ask.the1
Chamber sof Commerce of San Fran-1
cisco, Por-tland. .Seattle, Tacoma and
. Spokane to assist in raising $10.0,000 j
to rebuild the towns .of .Douglas and!
Treadwell, which .were swept • by fire
Sunday, .and from which three hun
dred were, rendered 4k meless
Juneau, Oct. 11. —> Seventy,five
whites and one hundred and fifty In
dians are homeless,.after afire which
swept Douglas and Treadwell, yester
. day. The homes of 24 whites and 42
Indian families were d-stroyed.
The fire started in the Indian -vil
• Iag.e near Douglas, ana swept white
. residences, two business buildings'pthe
Catholic and Congregational churches,
-a. and the old hospital.
From Douglas the fire spread a half
’ mile to Treadwell, where it wiped out1
the store, and office buildings and and
eleven white'residences. The house
i' bold belongings in every home were
consumed.
The Junea Red Cross Chapter is
housing the homeless. It is estimated
that fifty unoccupied residences were
destroyed.
The Alaska-Juneau mine shut down
a and sent two hundred men to fight
the flames. Scores.’of volunteers from
Juneau and the crew of the cutter
Unalga assisted. Fifty men patrolled
v the smouldering villages lest night., in
order to prevent fresr outbreak.
Juneau, Oct.'12.—'The citizens’ com
i mittee has appealed to former Alas
kans onhfctie Pacific oocsfe ta aid the
f. .fire victims of the Treadwell-Douglas
disaster. Revised estimates place the
loss at -$200,000.
None of the homeless saved any of
their belongings. Many had stored
.. their winter’s fuel and food supplies
in their .cabins. Lumber and clothing
is needed.
Only sixt houses remain from the
Douglas uiatatorium to the old Tread
well cave-in, a distance of a mile.
Many lost large sums of money
which had been hidden in their homes.
The relief committee is composed of
Felir Gray, Mayor Anderson, F. A. J.
Galwas, JL. W. Kilburn, Charles
Hawkesworlh and John Rustgard
- Money contributed will be used for
i clothing, and for lumber to rebuild
most of the homes.
Fred Morledge, who arrived yestei -
' day from the G. & A. dredge work
ings on Ganes, is scheduled to depart
on Monday next for Nenana with the
A. A. Bennett plane. From Nenana
he will take the first train to the
coast, en route to his former home in
Oakland, Calif. He has been in the
Takotna section for the past five
years, without-a visit to the Outside.
And, what is more, Mr. Morledge is
obsessed with a strange notion that
he is about to bid farewell to Alaska
to remain permanently on the big Out
side. This does not sound good. At
any rate, if he must leave and if he
is bound to persist in this course,
it .goes without saying that he will
carry with him the best well wishes
of the hundreds of friends he has
made since first coming to this sec
tion.
The A. A. Bennett plane returned
here Sunday from a trip to Flat, re
maining a few minutes .and leaving
almost immediately for Fairbanks,
with Postoffice Inspector J. E. Fitz
gerald as a passenger.
A1 Guinan, Jr., following several
months at the G. & A. dredge work
ings on Ganes creek, will probably be
a passenger to Nenana with Aviator
Bennett, who is expected on Monday
next.
ASK RECALL
Because of His Action
in Ousting Washing
ton U. President.
Seattle, Oet. 14.—A mass meeting
hold in the Eagles’ Auditorium last
night, attended perhaps by three thou
san, adopted resolutions demanding
Governor Hartley’s removal, because
of his action, through the board of
regents, of ousting Henry Suzzallo
from the presidency of the University
■ of Washington. A committee of one
hundred was appointed to institute
recall proceedings.
A. J. Kerry, widely interested in
business enterprises throughout the
State, will head the campaign com
j mittee of one hundred authorized by
last night’s mass meeting that de
manded the recall of Hartley.
Seattle, Oct. 11.—The regents of
the University of Washington offered
Stephen Ivan Miller the University
presidency. Miller is educational di
rector of the American Bankers’ As
sociation, and is a former dean of the
University, college of business admin
istration. After two conferences with
the regents Miller said he was unde- j
cided whether to accept.
' ANTHRACITE ROAD TAKEN
! OVER BY ATTORNEY DIMOND
Cordova, Oct. 9..—Attorney A. J.
Dimond, representing .the bondholders,
purchased in foreclosure sale the i
Alaska Anthracite Railroad, thus li- j
quidating the $60,000 indebtedness. i
It is reported that the railroad will
be rehabilitated tftfcarry coal from
the Bering Rrver~fields to controller
Bay.
, GOVT. TO RELINQUISH OPER
ATION AIR MAIL SERVICE
Washington, Oct. 15.—The Govern
( ment intends to relinquish the opera
j tion of the transcontinental air mail
! service, and within thirty days invita
: tions will be issued by the Postmaster
I General calling for bids for its opera
tion by private enterprises.
DISCUSSING FLIGHT AROUND
NORTH AND SOUTH POLES
Copenhagen, Oct. 15.—A round-the
world flight by way of the North and
South Poles is being discussed among
members of the Amundsen-Ellsworth
polar expedition which flew across
| the North Pole last May in the diri
j gible Norge.
EX-CONVICT PACKS WEAPON
ON VISIT TO PAROLE BOARD
New York.—“Big Red Mike” Mc
! Kenna, ex-convict, who packs a gun
on all occasions—even on semi-social
! visits to the parol board; was back in
jail today.
Mike is charged with biking part in
an $8,000 holdup of the Reid Ice
Cream Company, in which Cecil Lin
derman, employe, was wounded. Lin
derman, from his hospital cot.' identi
fied McKenna, police said Sunday.
Mike had an appointment with the
parole board to report; on his be
havior. As detectives attempted to
arrest him, Mike reached tor his gun.
The detectives were tow quick for
him.
“What d'ye mean, bringing a gun
into an official joint?” inquired a de
tective, indignantly.
“I picks the gat up on Broadway,
see?' I don’t know what to do with
It, so I keeps it,” replied Mike.
Pete Jensen was a Siinday arrival,
■ from Ganes.
Ed Paulson, after a summer in the
Cripple section, was a Monday arrival.
Joe Ferris and Del Thompson were
Thursday departures for Ganes.
Gallant Officer Rides
to Death When Auto
Plunges Into S. F. Bay
San Francisco, Oct. 10.—Colonel A1
exander Williams, of the United
States Marine Corps, veteran of many
conflicts, and one of the most decor
ated officers of the service, drowned
early this morning when his car, in
which he was driving home, plunged
into San Francisco bai The tragedy
was the climax of a dinner party with
friends at the Bohemian f’lub, and
presumably occurred while he was
driving home.
1927 Convention of
American Legion to
Assemble in Paris
Philadelphia, Oct. 14—iThe Amer
ican Legion will hold its 1827 conven
tion in Paris. The pilgrimmage will
be known as the second A. E. F. Con
vention, and will meet on September
10 and continm until September 22,
when the delegates will return to the
United States. They will reconvene
in New York on Octoberl? and trans
act such business as comes before
them.
„ Senator Reed, of Pennsylvania, told
the Legion convention today that the
organization should take an active
part in eliminating lawlessness of all
kinds in the United State.-.
Ten Thousand Meet
Death By Starvation
Hankow, Oct. 11.—Ten thousand ,
have died of starvation in the harbor j
city of Wuchang since the Cantonese j
Red Cross he gran its siege at the end ;
of August. The figures are those of ;
Chinese officials. No white man could;
penetrate the barred buildings within,
which thousands have 'succumbed in j
secret misery, 1
NOTICE TO TAKOTNANS.
A meeting of business men ami
citizens generally is ne’ehy called to
meet at The Kusko Times oflrce at bj
o’clock Monday night, October 18, the)
object of same being the formation of
a community organization to advance i
I the interests of Tnkotna and this sec
tion, generally. The attendance of all
is urgently requested.
In a radio way. all matters per
taining thereto are coming nicely to
Charlie Kimball, who seemingly is
having marvelous results with his re- j
| ceiving set at Little creek. Mr. Kim
i hall states that he “getss” as many as
fifteeen stations during a night. On
a recent day his first call came from
Salt Lake at 4:30 p. m., this in turn
being followed by calls from San
Diego, Phoenix, Ariz., San Francisco,
Portland, Vancouver. B. C., and inter
mediate coast state ns. From ’Frisco
hotels came excellent dance music,
from Salt Lake a program being
broadcasted by the State Fair, also
programs from tin Chevrolet and
Buick concerns at ’Frisco and Los An
geles, and the “Midnight Crier” pro
gram of the Eureka Times, Eureka,
Calif. And there is something new
every night.
The A. A. Bennett plane, which,
arrived at McGrath Wednesday, land-,
ed here Thursday about 9:30 u. m.,
leaving soon afterwards for Flat, re
turning here that afternoon, and hav
ing E. J. Ives, well known Flatite, as j
a passenger for Fairbanks. Going j
from here to Ophir, the plane had as
a passenger Andy Hansen, who had
arrived here the day before by auto
truck and who was anxious to fake a
quick return trip to Ophir.
Captain George Green was a recent
departure from McGrath, going as a
passenger of Ed Young via airplane.
Mr. Green will go direct to his home
in Seattle, where he will put in the
coining winter.
Preparatory to next season’s opera
tions, Frank Speljack is engaged in
building a dredge from Discovery on
Little creek to No. 8 bench on Bo
nanza creek, a distance of 7,000 feet.
COUNSEL IN
FIST FIGHT
_
Hearing of Airaee Mc
Pherson Thrown Into
Confusion.
Los Angeles, Oct- 14.—The hearing
of Aimre Stmplf' MfcFfeerscn was
thrown into confusion tt.tfap wht n At
torney W. I. Gilbert, counsel for the
i evangelist , exchanged Wows with S.
S. Hahn, attorney for Mrs. Lorraine
Wiseman SeilafT, the state’s star wit
ness arid co-defendant with Mrs. Mc
Pherson The quarrel began when
Hahn obj< ed that Gilbert had issued
a statement branding Mrs. SeilafT as
a liar.
ItAUG H ERTY-MILLER Jl RV
FAILS ON AGREEMENT
New York, Oct. 11—The Daugherty
Miller jury was discharged when it
was unable to agree after deliberat
ing sixty-five hours. At noon the jury
had asked the court for more Miller
exhibits.
Doubt is expressed whether Daugh
erty and Miller will be retried
Daugherty said: "I am disappoint
ed that there was not an acquittal. I
had expected it and deserved it ’
UFA <)U1> COTTON YIELD.
Washington, Oct. II.—The Southern
States have a record cotton yield this
year, amounting to twelve million six
hundred thousand Dales.
MANY VICTIMS AS CHICAGO
GANGSTERS’ FEUD REKINDLED
Chicago! Oct. 12.—W. W- O’Brien,
former assistant SUn.es, at.or
ney and famous criminal lawyer, was
critically shot by two notori' us gangs
! ters, who killed two other men and
: wounded several persons, when Ohi
; cago's.gangland ftud, which has bared
I intermittently Mazed afresh last
| night.
Operating a machine, .gun. from a
second-story window of an apartment
building, one party of gangsters
I sprayed their victims on the street
I with lead, while a second party in an
automobile fired simultaneously with
; rifles and machine guns. When the
slaughter ended, two lay in the blood
j spattered street, one dead and the!
other dying. Another crawled to the
curb and collapsed. Two others limp
ed away.
Holy Name ijatneataj, trie oee oj )
Cardinal Mundelein, in front of which
the shooting occurred, was raked with
bullets. A machine, gun was found in
a near-by alley.
The dead are Earl Weiss, gunman,
who was associated with It ion Qbamon
before he was slain three years ago
and Paddy Murray, brother (if Wm.
Murray, who witn Big: Tim Murphy
was sentenced to Leavenworth for a
mail robbery.
O’Brien was shot seven times in
the abdomen. He defended William
Darling, who was acquitted tor the
slaying of the foster sop. of WWilliam
Nelson McClintock a year ago, and
who also defended Russell Scott for
slaying a drug clerk in & holdup.
The wounded are Renr»y Jacobs, in
vestigator for O’Brien, end Harm Pine,
gangster.
O’Brien, after having been taken to
a hospital, said he wraos shot when he
alighted from a streetcar. Fie de
clared he was not with the gangsters.
A legal document, more than an inch
in thickness, in O’Brien’s left breast
pocket, was ’perforated. The bullet
was found in the pocket.
A. H. Twitched, reindeer magnate,
was a Tuesday arrival, again leaving
for his headquarters rut Thursday.
Pete Carlson, coming in his own
autotruck, was a Tuesday visitor for
an hour- or so.
Bob Roberson and tractor made the
trip to Little on Thursday.
CARDINALS
WINNERS
.
Take Deciding Game by
3 to 2, ThuaLanding
Championship.
New York,-Get. 11.—The St. Louis
Cardinals fon the world’s baseball
series here today, it was j» 3 to1 £
contest, with Alexander and Ruth the
Dip tiirurer, in the final tense moment*
of the struggle.
The Cardinals made all their run*
; in the fourth inning, while Ruth drove
a homer in the third, the Yanks : cor
ing their only other run-in the sixth
The final scene com* in the last half
of the ninth, with twu out and Ruth
i at bat. He struck twica arid wa*
walked. Meusel took the hat and,
with Ruth’s failure to make second
j base, came the world’s series victory
! for the Cardins's.
Haines and Alexander pitched foi
j the Cardinals,- and Hoyt and Pennock
! for the Yanks
1
QUEEN MARIE, RUMANIA,
GIVEN AN OVATION WHEN
LEAVING FOR NEW WORLD
Otwrhourg, ’Oct. 3L'.—Queen Marie
of Rumania, pound for the New
World, ooarded toe Leviathan at
Cherbourg last night to the music of
the Rumanian anthem, and was wel
1 corned by Captain Hartley, common
,ler of. the fleet, his staff and crew.
New York, Oct. 14.—Mrs. Vincent
Astor has been apjiointed sf.eciaJ
envoy to meet Queen Marie of Ru
mania on her arrival in America, next
Holiday,
-A -.5* • —^
DREDGES A I Y ANKEE AND
UTTLr ARE HALTED'BY ICF
The two-dredges Of - the Flume
Dredge Company,,ot Yaukee and Lit
tle creeks, respectively, .came to- t
stop y-stoerdhy afterno< n at 1 o’clock
operations having heeii halted on ac
covntxki iea in the ponds. In case tht
weather moderates by tomorrow
morning, that is favorable enough ti
warrant continuance, it is understock:
that both dredges will again he placet
in operation
The dredge at Litile creek, accord
i ing to Manager Kimball, has enougl
j oil on hand to continue operations
until the-22d or .23dr in case favorablt
conditions prevail Following tht
stoppage of operations a* Little the
dredge is due for removal from the
Fothergill claim, where it ie now as
work, to No. 3 above
following its dismantling, the boat
Sutfl'8, will' be. sawed in two, length
wise, making each part C0xI4, thus
rendering easier removal. Trail t
now being cut The-contract for the
moving of :the dredge is in the hand?
of Bilfy Jones and Bon Roberson
who, with tractor-and teams, it is ex
pected,- wiD have the dredge oft JW. c
above in febou three week iafter
starting its movement.1 "The- (Wedge
will be reassembled at Nc, if tu ove
next spring.
The three-passenger plane of the
Fairbanks Airplane Corporation, with
Joseph Crosson. pilot, and Robert
Lavery, representative of the com
pany, arrived here Tuesday and,after
.a visit here of- a couple of hours de
parted for Gphir, with William: H.
Jones as a passenger. From Ophit
the plane went to Flat, front ivnich
place it returned and passed over Ta
kotna on Thursday, landing -at Mc
Grath, and continuing to Fairbanks
on Friday. Returniug from Flat the
plane had as passengerc'■ Harold
Ftrandberg - and brother, headed for
Fairbanks.
John Holm-'yill' be a passenger of
the A. A. Bennett on one of its next
trips. Mr. Holm will probably spend
the "wik. a:# laAiivitv.
Hans Erickson, from Ganes, ««»<,
Sunday town visitor