THE KUSKO TIMES
VOL. IV. \ NO. 15
TOKOTNA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1924,
PRICE 25 CENTS
3RD PARTY
PREDICTED
With Senator La Fol
lette as Presidential
Candidate. ,
Washington, April 7.—Gov
ernor Pr^us,- of .Minnesota, who
has been following closely the
Cbolidge campaign in that state,
today predicted that Senator La
F'oHette. if he runs for president
on a third party ticket, will carry
the states, of Minnesota, North
and South Dakota, Wisconsin,
Nebraska, Colorado, Montana,
Iowa, Idaho and possibly another
Middle West state;
Chicago.—Declaring the nomi
- nation of Coolidge a “cut-and
dried affair,” Senator Magnus
Johnson, of Minnesta,, this after
noon, predicted the birth of a
third party, headed by Robert
M- La Feliette.
Gunmen Shoot 2 in
Cicero, JJli, Election
Chicago.—Eighteen,gunmen, travel
ing in four automobiles, J^vaded the
suburb of* Cicero, where en election
wee being held. In raiding the polling
places two election worker* were shot
and voters driven from the polls.
Britain Dctiitg Aifcay r
With , Secret Pacts
London.—Announcement was made
in the House of Commons tonight that
hereafter every treaty will be present
ed before Parliament twenty-one days
before ratification is asked, thus put
ting an end to secret pacts.
A consolidation of Interior commer
cial interests, at least a temporal y one,
was* apparent here Thursday when
Cheater Brink, arrived from Nenana,
having as passengers in the same sled
James E. Fullerton, of Flat, and Sam
Applebaum, of Id I ta rod Mr. Fullerton
in bis (brief - visit Outside attended- a
family reunion at his old home in To
peka. where he again enjoyed feasts
prepared by bis mother, age 76. He
also*made a business visit to Chicago.
Mr.*Applebaum. after his first visit to
the Outside in mat>y years, returns ap
parently greatly refreshed. He spent
most of bis time iu Southern California.
Thby left yesterday on their way to
Flat and IdiUrod.
George Adams, well known Id it—
aroder, was a Tuesday arrival, and left
bright and early the following morning
in order to be on the spot at McGrath
when Aviator Eielson landed there.
Mr. Adams is beaded for the Outside,
incidentally for the first time in 2d
years. He will visit relatives io East
ern Ontario, and is scheduled to return
to Iditarod some time in June.
Frank J. Guskey. N. CL auditor, was
a yesterday arrival. Also coating up
was Miss Helen Beehon. for a couple of
daysf visit with Mm, Eison GL Loomis.
Mail Carrier Milligan, with the-out
going mail, arrived Tuesday and de
parted Wednesday; on the last trip ef
fche winter schedule,
INDICTED
Montana Senator- Al
leged Mixed Up With
Oil Money..
Great Palls, April 8.—Senator
Wheeler, democrat, member of
the Daugherty investigation com
mittee and who is taking an act
ive part in the United States
Senate oil probe, was indicted by
the federal grand jury here this
afternoon. He is charged with
having accepted fees as an at
torney from Gordon Campbell,
an oil operator, after his elec
tion to the United States Senate,
for using his influence to secure
oil permits from the United
States government
Washington.-- Discussing hi* indict
ment at Great Falls. Senator Wheeler
tonight said:
“This legal service was performed
after I was elected to the aenatorship,
but before I had come to Washington.”
Great Falls.—Gordon Campbell, oil
geologist and operator, in a signed
statement, denies ever having paid
Senator Whteler any sum of money to
secure government oil and gas pros
pecting permits.
Washington, April 10.—Investigation
by the Senate has already disclosed
that part of the responsibility for the
indictment of Wheeler rests with the
republican national committee, also
with William J.. Bums, chief of the bu
reau of investigation of the Department
of Justice. Burns told the committee
that he sent three men to Great Fails
in connection with the case, following
a conference on the subject with
D&ugherty .' .>.
President Cdoli'age will ask Attor
ney General Stone to make immediate
inquiry into the indictment returned
against Senator Wheeler by the grand
jury at Great Falls. If he finds the
evidence insufficient, Cooiidge will ask
Stone to have the indictment quashed
immediately.
Four Months’ Differ
ence in Mail Service
Speaking of expeditious and efficient
mail service, it may be stated that a
copy of the Seward Gateway of Satur
day, April 5, was in The Kusko Times
office on Wednesday afternoon, April 9,
less than four days after publication.
That is real service.
Without the airplane service, by
which, of course, it was brought from
Fairbanks to X’oGraib, the Gateway of
that date, considering the fact that the
last service by trail was scheduled to
leave Nenana on April 3, would not
have been received by The Times be
fore some time in-August, that is if one
is to judge by tbe mail service ren
dered during the past three or four
summers
About four months’ difference—
that’s all.
Ed Whelan, well known mining man,
after a visit of about three months on
the Outside with hiefamily, and also
in giving attention to business matters,
rsturned to Nixon on the 8tb, to be on
hand for summer mining operations
‘Highly Dangerous 3d
Party’ Suggesting It
self as a Possibility
Portland, Me., April 7.—Senator G.
\V. Popper, of Pennsylvania, in an ad
dress here last night, declared that the
present Senate investigations and the
bad appointments of Fall, Daugherty
and Forbes bad tended to discredit
both the republican and democratic
parties to such an extent that an Irre
sponsible and highly dangerous party
has actually suggested itself te ex
tremists as a practical possibility.
House Passes Appro
priation $650,000 for
Alaska Road Work
Washington, April 5.—As passed by
the Douse, the army appropriation bill
carried aix hundred and fifty thousand
dollars for miscellaneous expenditures
on roads, trails and bridges, to be ex
pended by the Alaska Road Commis
sion. _
Telegraphic licks.
Tacoma.—Boats sre patrolling the
shores of tfcNelll islvnd today to pre
vent escape from the island of D, M.
Lynch, an Alaskan miner, who is serv
ing three years for shooting with in
tent to-kill. Lynch escaped yesterday
afternoon.
Paris.—Germany will be able to pay
.two and a half billion gold marks an
nually five years hence, according to
figures which the Dawes expert com
mittee adopted in a report which they
are about to report to the reparations
committee. _
Wenatchee.— Washington'# delega
tion elected by the republican state
convention was instructed for Coolidge.
N. C. Richards, of Yakima, was elected
national committeeman.
Albany.—W. R. Hearst baa pur
chased an Interest in the Times-Union
of this city, owned and edited by for
mer Governor Glynn. Glynn will con
tinue, aa editor.
New York.—The Wool worth build
ing, the world’s tallest edifice, was sold
today to the Wool & Co. Realty Com
pany, the consideration being eleven
million dollars.
Los Angeles.—All city parks bare
been ordered closed, owing to the foot
and-mouth disease, an epidemic of
which is raging throughout the state.
Washington.—The new tax bill, with
I the MelloD rates written in, was or
dered favorably reported Thursday by
the Senate finance committee.
London.—The wbol'e island of Strom
boli is in flames, following eruption of
the volcano of Stromboli, according to
a dispatch from Rome.
Berlin.—Double pneumonia has de
veloped in the illness of Hugo Stinues,
and physicians state that there is no
hope for his recovery.
San Francisco.—This city sod vi
cinity were severely shaken by three
earthquake shocks at 1 o'clock Friday
afternoon.___
Louis Wolf, well known traveling
jeweler, arrived here yesterday, being
accompanied by Joe Bassok from Ne
nans, which place they left on March SH.
On his trip In this time Mr. Wolf
brought with hftn a motion picture
machine, with which he is securing
many animated scenes along the trail,
and which later will undoubtedly be
portrayed on screen.
ON CIRCUIT
OF WORLD
Army Airmen in ’Round
the World Flight Are
On Their Way.
Seattle, April 6.—The array
planes Seattle, Chicago, Boston
and New Orleans hopped off at
9:15 this morning for Prince Ru
pert on their 'round-the-world
flight.
Prioce Rupert, A pril 6.—Four Uoited
States army plaues arrived here safely,
being given a rousing welcome by the
American consul and the citizens’ com
mittee. As the planes passed over Na
naimo they were joined by a Dominion
government plane, which accompanied
tha American flyers one hundred miles
up the coast.
The flag plane Seattle broke two
struts in lauding, and this will delay
departure for Sitka, A combination of
gusts and snow tlurries affected visibil
ity. and Martin, miscalculating the
distance, caused his plane to bit the
water hard, rnakiog a tremendous
splash. The shoek snapped two struts
on the left side.
RriDce Rupert. April 10. — With
Major Martin’s flagplane Seattle lead
ing, the four American army flyers
hopped off from Prince Rupert for
Sitka, their second alighting place, at
9:20 ibis morning.
Sitka, April 10.—four army flyers in
the 'round-the-world flight arrived
from Prince Rupert at 12:45 o'clock
this afternoon, Alaska time.
Harlan Fiske Stone,
Attorney General
Washington, April Harlan F.
Stone, dean of the Columbia Law
School of New York, ha* been selected
by President Coolidge to succeed
Daugherty as Attorney General.
Mr. and Mrs. George Mutchler, ac
companied by James McGinnies, each
driving a horse with loaded sled, were
Thursday arrivals from Flat, on their
way to McGrath, where Mr. Mutchler
will assume control of his recent pur
chase, the McGrath Pool ftoom. The
entire party proceeded vosterday.
William Klein, after a residence of
about three year* in this section, was
one of yesterday's departures for the
Outside. He will go direct to his old
home, Mobridge, S. D., where he says
be will remain permanently.
Among those leaving early Wednes
day morning for McGrath to witness
the arrival of Aviator Eielson and his
airplane were Fraok Larson, Scotty
Auld, Tom Saknoff. Mike Thompson
and Jack Walsh.
Frank Speljack, after witnessing the
airplane arrival at McGrath, returned
here Thursday and left yesterday for
Ophir. __
Mail Carrier B'red Lemon, bringing
tl\t last incoming mail of the winter
schedule, arrived Thursday, and con
tinued to Ophir yesterday.
Charles Nystrom was a Monday ar
rival, on his way to Flat for a short
visit
PRIMARY
RESULTS
Coolidge Defeats John
I son in Illinois by 100,
000, Nebraska 30,000.
Chicago, April 9.—Coolidge
carried Illinois in Tuesday's pri
maries, defeating Hi Johnson by
about one hundred thousand.
McAdoo was unopposed on the
democratic ticket.
The democrats nominated A.
A. Sprague for the senate, while
former Governor Charles H. De
neen has apparently defeated
Senator McCormick for the re
publican senatorial nomination.
Omaha.—Coolidge defeated Johnson
in the race for Nebraska’s delegatioa
by about thirty thousand.
Norris was renominated for the sen
ate, and Brvao was renominated as
democratic candidate for governor.
Chicago.—“Hiram Johnson has lost
Illinois after a most courageous, mauly
fight, and against overwhelming odds,
but Coolidge caunot win in November
even if he is nominated,’’ Harold
Lickes, Johnson's campaign manager
here, said today.
Confesses Triple Mur
der, Pomeroy, Wash.
Pomeroy, Wash., April 5.—Alfred
Waldman, 25, and his bride of teu days
were killed and Mrs, Barbara Wald
man, 55, was shot, probably fatally, by
an unidentified man, in their home
here today. _
Lewiston, Idaho. — Declaring that
Mrs. Alfred Waldman had promised to
marry him following his separation
from ber sister, and that she had
broken her word to him, Ralph Waller,
of Butte, Mont., confessed to the kill
inj; at Pomeroy. Wash., last night of
Mrs. Waldman and her husband and
the attempted killing of Wald man's
mother.
Leaving this morning for Candle
were Frank Hart, Burl Goodpaster and
Charles Carlson, all of whom will bft
eugaged for some days in placing a new
bottom on the Candle dredge.
, Gus Roseu and Axel Almsdahl, who
will be connected with the Cluinan &
Ames dredge on Ganes creek, were
among Thursday’s arrivals.
Mike Blanusha arrived yestorday
and left this morning on his way to
Flat, wiijh iMamie I. Wroteu as pas
senger.
"A1 Goslow, Dan McGinty and Charlie
O’Hailoran left yesterday for Medfra,
to be absent for a couple of weeks.
Hugh and Alex Mathison, well kuown
mining men, were yesterday arrivals,
on their way to Flat.
Charlie Lindfors, a well known old
timer of this section, was among those
arriving Thursday.
W . P. McKeague and Joe Morgan
were Thursday arrivals, on their way
to Flat. ___________
James Weir arrived Wednesday freir.
Spruce creek, departing Thursday lor
Candle.