THE
KUSKO
TIMES
VOL. V. NO 7
TOKOTNA, ALASKA SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1925.
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PRICE *25 CENTS
WARTIME
AIRCRAFT
Big Conversation and
Row Among Army and
Navy Officials.
Washington, Feb. 7 -^Briga
dier Central Mitchell, who is
the stormy petrel in a row
among army and navy officers
over the relative importance of
aircraft in war, must explain to
Secretary of War Weeks some
of his statements about' powers
of the airplane, the Secretary
revealed today. Uritil such ex
planation is received he declares
he will defer decision on the re
appointment of Mitchell as as
sistant chief of the army air ser
vice.
Washington, Feb. 10—Briga
dier General William Mitchell,
assistant chief of the army air
service, informed Secretary of
War Weeks today that he be
lieved the present War Depart
ment organization and its admin
istration quite incapable of ere
ating, handling or administrat
ing air power in an efficient
manner.
In a letter replying • to a re.
quest from the war secretary for
all ilie facts upon which the as
sistant aruiy air chief based his
recent statements seriously re
fleeting on the army’s air arm.
Mitchell said he was convinced
that the system of aircraft man
agement itv operation in the
Untied States is detrimental to
the country’s good and will seri
ously compromise our national
defense should an emergency
arise. _
Washington,— Regarding the row
that has centered about Brigadier
General Mitchell; Secretary of Wat
Weeks today declared that those wht
disagree with Mitchell have been tar
gets for unjust and “supercilious criti
cisms.” Before passing judgment, the
Secretary said, it would be well for the
country to remember that the oppon
ents of Mitchell’s air policies include
Pershing aod many other great figures
of the war artnv.
Washington.—Thu question whether
Mitchell, assistant chief of the air ser
vice. will be recommended for re
appointment when his present assign
ment expires, March 25. will not be de
cided bv W’eeks until the select con
gressional committee has concluded its
investigation. The War Secretary de
sires to have all> available data relat
ing to air service collected, either by
6he committee or from other sources
before him when he acts.
Washington.—The House naval com
mittee today adopted a resolution de
claring that, so far as. the members
knew, no naval officers had ever ap
peared before it under anv restraint
whatsoever from the Naty Department.
Coolidge’s opposition to a unified air
servioe was reiterated at the White
House. The President believes that
aviation should be dovelopcd as an aux
iliary arm of national defense bv the
army and navv acting separately.
A MONSTER
ZEPPELIN
A Direct Airship Line,
Germany to Japan, by
Way of North role.
Berlin Feb. 9—A direet air
shipline from Germany to Japan
by way of the North Pole is
by German, Japanese and Nor
wegian interests. It is proposed
to employ a giant Zeppelin, one
at least twice the size of the Los
Angeles, and which will be able
to carry one hundred passengers,
in addition to freight and fuel.
They expect to cover the trip
from Berlin over the North Pole
to Tokio in five days.
Tokio.—Announcement * made to
day by Hannon Hamtnet hat arrange
ments have been complete'! for a flight
by Roald Amundsen to the North Hole.
The Japanese lovernmeot » so operat
ing financially ana assisting in pre
parations for the flight. The attempt,
to reach the Pole by air vrill start, ac
cording to Bammer. in England, next
June, going via SpHzborgen t'» the
Pole. th»-Dce to Alaska, and then to
Japan, completirg the flioht in Tokio
Suit Against Trinity
Church, N. Y., to Re
cover Ten Millions
New York, Feb. 7.—A suit to force
Trinity Church to give up ten million
dollars’ worth of property it owns in
downtown New York was instituted to
day in the federal court by Wesley J.
Fdwards, of Los Angeles, and Arthur
J. Fdwards, ol North Carolina, distant
relatives of Hubert Fdwards, who claim
to be rightful heirs to his estate, w hich
went to the church.
j Ruling on Collection
of California Taxes
Washington, Feb. 7.—Attorney Gen
era) Stone today ruled that the federal
basts for taxing California estates un
der the California community property
law is incorrect and that the Treasury
Department must refund taxes collect
ed since the state law whs passed.
otr. Yukon Ashore
Off Cape Resurrection
Seward, Feb. 9.—The steamship Yu
kon. Seattle bound, ran ashore Sunday
offXJape Resurrection. Alaska. Though
tbe engine room tanks are leaking
slightly, as a survey revealed, tbe
vessel is proceeding to this port.
The greenhouse belonging to Henry
Durant, at Flat, in which, were grown
all early vegetables for use in the Du
raDt Restaurant, burned to the ground
a few davs ago. The structure was
about 30x40 feet, and its loss, the money
value of which was not a small one, will
be felt not only by Mr. Durant but the
entire Flat community.
Charlie Ross, brmgiog the inbound
mall, arrived Wednesday, and con
tinued Thursday.
7-Year-Old Girl Con*
fesses Poisoning Two>
and Other Attempts
Los Aogeles, Feb. 9.—A seven-year
old girl confessed this tnorcinjj that
she had caused the death of her twin
sister and a Los Angelas wotzran b*
poison and had attempted to poison
eight other persons. The ohild is Elsa
Thompson, of Hollywood. crfee was
turned over to the police today after
sbe bad made her confession, and ii
now under observation at the psycho
pathic hospital.
FOR ALASKA
GOVERNOR
Nomination of Georg?
Alexander P&rks Sent
to the Senate..
Washington, Peb. 14.—George
Alexander Parks, of Alaska, was
nominated today by Presidenl
Coolidge to be governor ol
Alaska.
Parks has been in Alaska foi
five or six years as supervisot
of surveys, in connection with
tbn General Land Office of the
■ it -rior Department. He has
oeen in government service foi
some years, and went to Alaska
trom Denver.
Langley Buys Boat
to Run ihiConnection
With. Str. Santa Ana
Seattle, Feb. f —Captain Wallacf
Langley has purchased the steamshij
William M. Tupper, nnw at New Or
leans, for the Kuskolcwim trade, t«
run in connection with the steaioei
Santa Ana Captain John E. Wortl
will be in command of the Tupper.
Washington Notes
Washington—Emile Daeschner, ne»
French ambassador to the Unitec
States, will shortly submit a proposa
for the funding of France’s four billiot
dollars war debt to this government
according to a report which reaches
Senate leaders on Tuesday.
Washington.—The Senate Thursday
voted to investigate the alleged to
bacco trust and the alleged powei
trust. In the latter case the Genera
Electric Company is specifically named
Washington.—Coolidee coined a nee
literary motto Tuesday in regard tc
public documents when, he asserted
“Don’t atari writing it until the tim«
is so abort you can't make it lung;’’
Washington.—William B. Humph
rey. former congressman of the Seattle
district, whs ouminaisd Monday as u
member of the federal trad* commis
sion. _
Washington.—Henry H. Gilfey, for
forty-one years parliamentary cleric ol
the Senate, died Thursday.
Washington.—Coolidge signed tbi
agricultural bill,. Tuesday,
CONDITIONS
IN ALASKA
Atty. Gen. Stone May
Send Special Agents
to Investigate.
Washington, Peb. 9.—Aroused
by reports of widespread law
lessness throughout Alaska, At
torney General Stone this after
noon announced his intention of
launching an immediate inve-'ti
gation into conditions iu the
North. Special agents will prob
ably be sent into Alaska. Con
siderable information regarding
>. rum and dopesmuggling, salmon
stealing and other forms of law
leanness has been laid before the
Attorney General by Delegate
Sutherland.
Washington Feb. 9.—Attorney Gen
eral Stone laid informally before the
Cabinet a report showing three hun
dred British ships to be engaged in the
i rum running traffic between British
: possessions and the American coast
line.
1200 Republicans at
Banquet Board, Seattle
’ Seattle. Feb. 13.—Twelve hundred
republicans of the state of Washington
' filled tha new chamber of the Audi
torium tonight at the twenty third an
Dual Lit coin day banquet and victory
celebrations of the King County Young
M«o's Republican Club. Slate and
county leaders of the party joined in
the commemoration of Lincoln’s birth
’ day and the celebration of recent r*
publican victories at the polls.
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So Cold at Dawson,
, Traffic at Standstill
DawsoD. Feb. 7. —It it so cold here
1 that all traffic is at. a standstill. Mail
stages are being held at stations until
the weathor moderates, as horses can
i not endure the extreme cold. Delivery
1 of city water has also stooped.
' Britain Prepared to
Support World Court
London. Feb. 7.—The Foreign Office
•aid today it would welcome a state
■sent from President Coolidge in re
, gard to the proposed world court.
Britain, the statement added, is pre
pared to support such curt.
Seattle Banker and
$40,000 Disappear
Seattle,. Feb. 11.—Frank S. Polet,
private banker, is missing, also forty
thousand dollars in deposits of bis
Italian clients.
Cheater Brink, who returned nere
Sunday from a trip to Flat, left Wed
nesday for Nenaoa. Going with Mr.
Brink as a passenger to NeDana was J.
W. Franklin, who has been quite in
disposed for several months past, and
who is on h-is way to Anchorage to ob
tain medical relief.
Jack Matcbler returned Tuesday
from a business trip to Ophir.
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ALASKA o
LROAD
Manager Noel W. Smith
Outlines Plans for Fu
ture Development.
Seattle. Feb.—Eleven million
dollars more for the develop
ment of the Alaska Railway, to
be spent in the next six years,
for the purpose of bringing down
operating and maintenance costs
to meet the revenues of the road,
is the program announced here
this morning by Noel W. Smith,
new general manager of the
system.
Other important moves in fu
ture development of the Alaska
road made public by Smith are
as follows:
First. A $2,500,000 track ex
tension to the Alaska Matanuska
coal mine.
Second. The withdrawal from
reservation for the railway of a
tive-raile strip of land on each,
side of the right-of-way. which
has been returned to the public
domain under the Departraen < >
the Interior and thrown open to
homesteading. This opens new
lands to settlement along 850
miles of the railway right up to
the tracks.
Third. A bill is now before
Congress to provide more liberal
rights to reindeer herders on the
public domain with a view to the
further encouragement of this
growing industry.
New equipment for the railway
in 1925 will be confined to gas
cars and locomotives Manager
Smith says, and until the need is
more pressing nothing further
will be done-to build a new gov
ernment hotel at McKinley Na
tional Park.
Hughes’ Address at
Lincoln Banquet, N.Y.
New York, Feb. 1.1.— Secretary of
State Hughes, in his address at the
Lincoln banquet last night, told the
members of the National Republican
Club that the United States desired to
avoid ‘’commitments and entangle
ments” throughout the world in order
that it might ‘ follow the dictates of
reason and conscience."
Coliison Causes Drown
ing 11J apanese Seamen
Vancouver, Feb. 10.—Eleven Japan
ese seamen of the cruiser Idzuma were
drowned here today when a pinnace
belonging to the visiting warship col
lided with the Canadian Pacific tug
Nanoose and sank in the harbor.
Child Labor Amend
ment to Constitution
Oljmpia.—The Senate voted to reject
the proposed child labo” amendment to
the federal constitution.
Columbus.—The House voted to re
ject the proposed child labor amend
ment to the federal constitution.
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