KUSKO TIMES
V< L VI.
NO. 4-t
TAKOTNA. ALASKA. SATURDAY
DECEMBER 25. 1926
PRICE 25 C*NTS
Dry Officials Re
sign Only to Become
Wet Prep igandists
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—Carmic
.1. lhoinpson’s report on the Phlip
, _i.es, as as submitted to Congress
... ednesday by President Coolidge, in ,
part, says:.. “America must not aban-.
don these islands to risks and inde
pendent.-existence without reasonable}
preparations to meet economic com
petition .or- political aggressions of
stronger -nations. We must not diop
the task we assumed a quarter of a
century ,,ago until we have satsfied
ourselves that the Filipinos are pre
pared for self-government.’’ The re
port. indicated Thompson’s conclusion
that complete independence for the
islands was not advisable for a long
time to.come.
WILKINS COMING- NORTH
IN FEBRUARY TO RESUME
ARCTIC EXPLORATION WORK
DETROIT, Dec. 29,—'To pick up his j
Arctic exploration work where he.left
Uf last spring, Captain George Wil-j
kins will leave Seatte for the North
uii February 5. Wilkins plans to fly
in.the airplane Alaska, now at Fair-,
banks, to Point Barrow, and thence
explore by air the regou between Bar
row and the North Pole
ASK REMOVAL OF SECRETAKi
OF AGRICULTURE JARDINE
DES MOINES—At a meeting of
the Iowa National Corn Growers’ j
Association, held in this city, a reso
lution- was adopted in which demand
was made for the removal of Secre
tary Jardine, head of the Department:
of Agriculture.
Reasons for the demand are ex-j
plained in the resolution, as follows: j
‘•Believing the Department, of Ag- j
rculture was established tin*, improve j
the condition of the man who pro- j
duces the food of the. nation, we be-j
lieve the present Secretary should be j
replaced by some man whose practical!
training qualifies, him to ■ represent i
'hat section of the nation that pro- j
uuces seventy-five per cent of the na- j
tion’s food.”
MINK SELL WELL, SEATTLE
MARKET; SILVERS ARE UP
SEATTLE.—Mink .pelts sold welll
at the monthly auction held in this
city yesterday, the average price ob
tained being $H.5i>. Dark prime
Briitish Columbia pelts brought a top.
price of $17.17.
Muskrats averaged $1.38, with, the
best pelts going at $1.6(1.
Silver fox pelts sold well, with the
top price of $279, and an average; in
oludiing culls, of $77. Good silvers
were in excellent demand,, due large
ly to the small collection'. The. sea
son'has just opened! in-, most of the
fur-bearing districts.
ILLEGALLY COLLECCTED TAXES.
WASHINGTON; Dec. 29.—Con
gress -was asked by Secretary Mellon
today to give the Treasury Depart
ment authority to refund $174,126,177
illegally collected in taxes for the fis
cal year 1926 and prior years.
Halfdan Wiiig, after a visit of sev
eral weeks in the Nixon section, was
a last Sunday arrival, after having at
'tehdud* McGrath’s New Year’s doings.
NINE SEATTLE POLICEMEN
ARRESTED, CHARGED WITH
VIOLATION PROHIBITION ACT
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SEATTLE* Dec. 30.—Nine Seattle |
policemen, including Lieut. George A.j
Comstock, Sergeants E. L. Norton and
William Strwchner* were arrested thu
morning on Federal grand jury in
dictments charging conspracy to vio
late the prohhition law.
All told for this district, the Fed
eral grand jury has, returned 140 in
dictments. Of these, 100 were for vi
olation of the prohhition act. A half
dozen Snohomish county officials, in
cluding T. Roschoe, prosecuting at
torney, and Thomas E. Drinkman,
commissioner of public safety of Ev
erett, were indicted, charged with vio
lation of the Federal prohibition, law.
SMITH WARNED NOT TO
ACCEPT APPOINTMENT
WASHINGTON.—Republican lead
ers of the Senate have warned Sen
ator-elect Smith of Illinois not to ac
cept an appointment to fill the seat of
the late Senator William McKinley.
In the event that Smith does not heed
the. warning. Senate leaders are pre
pared to move for an immediate vote
on the question of seating him if he
is appointed. A resolution ntroduied
hy Senator Dill of Washington would
disavow Smith as the Senator-elect
from Illinois.
It is reported that Smith is deter
mined to accep tthe appointment in
order to present his side in connec
tion with the. investigation of cam
paign expenses. Members of the
Senate desire to complete their in
vestigation of the Smith campaign
before admitting him as a member.
Telegraphic Ticks.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 80.—A
great war within two years, caused
by culmination of the preiod of sun
spot actvities, s among the possibili
ties, according to Professor T. Chi
jovsksy, of the Universtiy of Moscow.
His paper, sent from Russia, was
read today before the American As
sociation for the Advancement of
Science.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 80.—Assist
ant Secretary, of Treasurer Andrews
today accepted the resignation of Col.
Ned Green, prohibition administrator
for Northern California and Nevada,
effective in February.
SEATTLE, Dec. 29.—Trinity Parish
Church is bequeathed $110,000 by the
late Richard B. Cox. a former resident
of Seottle, whose identical wills were
offered for probate yesterday at New
ark, N. JJJ
PARIS, Dec. 30.—Vivian Str.andes,
a former. British offiaer, under arrest
here, has admitted that for tlu; last
year he has acted as a spy toward
French aviation on behalf if Ger
many.
SEATTLE, Dec. 29.—Fraderck C.
Johnston, long identified with the sal
mon fisheries through Eastern Alaska,
and president of the Tongas Trading
Company* of Ketchikan, died n Seattle
today.
SEATTLE, Dec. 29.—Mrs. Emily
G. Carkeelt, wife of‘Morgan J. Car
keek, and i>ne of Seattle’s prominent
pioneers, died this morning.
PARIS, Dec. 28.—The American
steamship Astoria has foundered in
the Black Sea, with the loss of
twenty-one lives.
SEATTLE, Dec. 30.—The steam
shp Panama, recently purchased for
the Seward run, will be rechristened
the Aleutian.
DOG PROVES
TROE HERO
Carries Note 20 Miles.j
Brings Assistance to
Wounded Master.
No place in the universe are stories
if the dog’s intelligence and heroism
more appreciated than in Alaska- J
From Jack London’s famous Buck
down the long line of Alaskan dog
heroes to Kassan’s Balto, whom cir
cumstances alone made the most
famous of all that string of wonder
ful dogs when he brought the
life-saving anti-toxin to the children
of Nome. Every sourdough delights
in recalling deeds of some special ca
nine he has known or owned. Innum
erable stories come to us of mushers
who owe their lives to the actions of
their teams when lost, facing bliz
zards or breaking through ice, and
now from Akiak comes the story of a
dog saving the life of his master by
a deed of almost human intelligence.
Jens Gavame, well known mining
and reindeer man of the lower river,
while blazing trail twenty miles from
the nearest settlement, cut an artery
in his leg. After crawling a mile he
realized that exhaustion from cold
and loss of blood would soon cause
his death- Making himself as com
fortable as possible, ho succeeded in
staunching the flow of blood, and
writing a note which he fastened to
his dog’s collar and telling him to go
for help.
The dog made the twenty miles in
an ncredibly short time and led a res
cue party straight back to where he
hml left his master. Mr. Gavame was
in a most serious condition from loss
of blood and suffering greatly from
the extreme cold, but was conveyed at
once to the hospital at Akiak, where
it is believed that with care he will
recover.
And thus has another dog vindicat
ed his right to the title “Man’s Best
Friend.”
INTERIOR SUPPLY HILL AP
PROVED. THO TREADWAY
TRIES TO BLOCK RAILROAD
WASHINGTON.—The annual ap
propriation of the Department of the
Interior, including an item of $1,400,
000 for the maintenance of the Alaska
Railroad during the fiscal year 1920
1927, was approved by the lower
branch of Congress today. The De
partment items total $250,000,000.
Consideration of the Alaska Rail
road appropriation wsut blocked by
Congressman Treadway of Massachu
setts, with a point of order. The ob
jection finally was withdrawn, how
ever, and approval of the item fol
lowed promptly.
Delegate from Alaska Sutherland
endeavored to persuade the House
members to increase the rail appro
priation to $1,709,000, but without
avail. The amount as finally approved
is the same as that recommended by
the committee.
Congressman Treadway, it will be
recalled, was very active in opposing
Alaska appropriatons last year.
Takotna’s delegation in attendance
at the New Year's festivities at Mc
Grath included the Misses Rose Oates,
Bessie Boyd, Mary McLean, Emma
Owen, and Messrs. Dave Mutchler,
Jack Mutchler, A1 Colwell, Henry
Wallick, John Krieger, Peter Jensen
and Rohert T«owrre.
COOL1DGE ADDRESS AT
TI1K 150TH ANNIVERSARY
OF BATTLE OF TRENTON
TRENTON, Dec. 29.—President
Coolidge last right appealed to the
world for moral disarmament, in whch
peace and sympathy will take the
place of hatreds ann jealousies. He
prayed for peace, but promised to
keep th# nation’s popular day, in a
speech celebrating the 150th anniver
sary of Washington’s victory in the
battle of Trenton. America must rely
upon itself for its protection, he said.
He promised the army and navy ade
quate national defense.
C- S. H ANNUM, FORMER NOME
ATTORNEY. TAKES OWN LIFE
RICHMOND, Calif.—Judge C. S.
Ilunnum former Nome attorney, as
phyxiated himself in his office here
last night. He had been practcing
here for several years and was in
poor health.
He arranged hs papers neatly and
put a gas tube in his mouth. He is
survived by a widow.
A. G. THOMPSON REMOVED AS
U. S. COMMISSIONER AT AN
CHORAGE BY JUDGE RITCHIE
ANCHORAGE, Dee. 29.—Judge E.
E. Ritcfiie, of Valdez, today removed
Arthur G. Thompson, United States
commissioner at Anchorage.
Thomas C. Price, of Anchorage, a
frend of Ritchie, and Democratic
nominee for the Territorial Legsla
lature at the last election, was
named to take over the commissioner
ship on January 1.
JANTA CLAUS GENEROUS
ON UIS ANNUAL VISIT TO
N. Y. FINANCIAL DISTRICT
NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—With spe
cial Christmas dividends issued by
large corporations aggregating $400,
000,000, including $20,000,000 to the
common shareholders of the United
States Steel Corporation, Santa Claus
has been, copously generous again
this year on his annual visit to the
financial district.
JUDGE JOHN ARTHUR, SEAT
TLE riONEER, PASSES ON
SEATTLE, Dec. 30.—Judge John
Arthur, 77, pioneer attorney, was
found dead in his apartments this
morning, a suicide by asphyxiation.
He was past grand master of the
Masons of the State, and was private
secretary to John Sherman when the
latter was Secretary of the Treasury.
NINETEEN PERISH AS RESULT
HEAD-ON COLLISION. GEORGIA
ROCXHART, G«., Dec. 30.—Nine
teen perished here today as the result
of a head-o a collision between the
Ponce de Leon Northbound from Mi
ami to Chicago and the Royal Palpo
Southbound of the Southern Railway.
SUPREME COURT ASKED DE
CISION IN PEROVICH CASE
WASHINGTON. — The question
whether a murderer can reiuse to ac
cept presidential commutation of
sentence from hanging to life mpris
onment reached the Supreme Court
in an appeal from the Eighth Circuit
Court, asking instructions in the case
of Vuco Perovich, convcted of murder
at Fairbanks in 1905 and sentenced
to death. Ferovice is confined in
Leavenworth and contends the im
prisonment, which Taft recommend
ed, is illegal.
G. W. C. Glass, after an absence of
several months, spent mostly at Nome
on a personal mission, was an early in
fhe week arrival.
FILIPINOS
MUST WAIT
Says Time Is Not Yet
Ripe for Granting
Independence.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—Wttyno
B. Wheeler, of the Anti-Saloon
League, today directed Coolidge’s at
tention to persons whom he said had
Joined the prohibition forces only to
resign later and beco"l<* wet propa
gandists. Wheeler cited in particular
the resignation of Nathaniel Kerwin,
of New York, who yesterday left the
post of assistant district attorney in
New York, assertng there were 22,
000 places in that city where liquor
was sold.
FAIRBANKS DOG DERBY OC
CURS LINCCOLN’S BIRTHDAY
FAIRBANKS, Jan. 3.—The Fair
banks Dog Derby will take piace oa
Lincoln’s Birthday. Distance 8,xty
miles, the run being from Fairbanks
to Chatanika and return by Olnes and
Dome creek.
The first winner wdll receive $750;
second winner, $350; third, $150.
The entrance fee is $10. •
TWO AIRPLANES CRASH IN.
MIDAIR; FOUR MEET DEATH
RANTOUL, 111., Dec. 2C—Four of
ficers Field were killed
today when two airplanes collided
head-on in mid air above the field.
The dead are: Captain Harold G.
Foster, world flyer, of Chicago; Lieu
tenant Ralph L. Lawler, First Lieu
tenant Henry W. Kunkle, and Albert
J. Clayton.
AL ..aTION WILL
_ uOOD ROADS SYSTEM
CHICAGO, Dec. 29.—The Alaska
delegation at the annual convention of
the American Road Builders’ Associa
tion here, on January 10, will demand
that the Government build a system
of good roads in Alaska, connecting
principal cities with gold fields. The
Northern delegation informed the of
ficials of the convention here to this
effect in a telegram announcing their
departure from Juneau.
SAYS AMERICA WAS FOOLED
IN 1922 ARMS TREATY
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—America
was fooled into scrapping her navy,
while the other signatories of the
1922 arms treaty violated the spirit of
the agreement by building more ehipB
chan they discarded, Chairman Butler,
of the House Naval Affairs Commit
tee, declared today n a statement
published in the Army and Navy Jour
nal.
KIROSH1TO BECOMES JA
PAN’S 124TH EMPEROR
TOKY'O, Dec. 29.—Koshito Kapan
died of pneumonia today, and Crown
Prince Kirobito, who has been regent
since May, 1921, succeeds to the
throne, becoming Japan’s 124th em
peror.
MANHATTAN’S DEATH TOLL
FROM PPOISONOUS LIQUORS
NEW’ YORK, Dec. 28.—Four hun
dred and sixty-eight persons have
died thus far in 1926 n Manhattan
alone from poisonous liquor, Chief
Medical Examiner Norris announced
today.