THE KUSKO TIMES
V'»L IX NO. Ha
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r 1NDUSSTRIAL AND BUSI
NESS LEADERS HOLD CON
FERENCE WIT HHOOVEii.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.—Four
..tsta cling representatives of busi
ness ar.d industry, after a two-hour
ouf.'icnce with Hoover today on
business conditions . throughout the
country, pledged their corporations to
the movement which the Chief Ex
cr live has begun.,to carry forward
his economic program. The list
m- odes Henry- Ford; D. Ye ung,
,hu:rman of the board of directors
A the Ceneral Electric Compare ; E—
C. Grace, president of the Be ’-.vin
SSteel corporation; Alfred P. SS >an,
Jr., president of General Motors;
Pierre du Pont, chairman E. 1. du
Pont Bros .& Co.
Ford to Incre aseWages.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.—Henry
Ford announced today at the '’-'hite
House that an. immediate increase in
wages among Ford employes has
been determined upon.
Additional $175,000,000 for Public
Buildings.
WASHINGTONNov, 19.—The first
move to carry out Hoover's program
for stirnulating construction through
out the country will be taken in the
request by Secretary of Treasury
Mellon next month for an addi.ional
congressional appropriation of $175,
000,000 for federal buildings, bring
ing the total for that purpose to
$423,000,000.
INSTALLATION OF RADIO BIG j
AID, ALASKA CABLE SYSTEM;
—
WASHINGTON, i\ov. 19.—The in
stallation of radio as part of the
Washington-Alaska Military Cable
telegraph system supplies a substi
tute whenever failure of the cable
occurs and adds greatly to effective
service in the Territory, says Major
( eneral Gibbs, chief signaal officer of |
the army, in-his annual reportt, made
ppblic today. Legislation, he says, is
being considered whereby receipts
from commercial traffic may be ex
pended in current operations.
ENGINEER DIES, HAND ON
CRASHES, WRECKED; PASSEN
GERS HAVE NARROW ESCAPE
ELKTON, Md.—Running with a
dead engineer’s hand on the engine
throttle, ten Pullman cars of the
Washington-New York express on
the Pennsylvania railroad jumped
the track last night after the loco
motive sideswiped a buckled freight
on the southbound tracks at Iron
Hills, severely shaking up some of
the passengers on the express.
•George Rollinns, 40, engineer of the
express, was instantly killed when a
piece of tiimber from the buckled car
hit him over the head as his engine
struck it.
The impact threw a dozen freight
cars from the other track, splinter
ing three of them to bits, scattering
debris over the right-of-waay and de
laying, all traffic.
EASTERN COAST SHAKEN
SEVERAL I?ARTH TEMBLORS
BOSTON, Nov. 18.—The Eastern
coast from Rhode Island to New
foundland was shaken by several
earth tremors late today. The rock
ing of buildings caused considerable
concern, but no damage.
HARRY F. SINCLAIR COMES
OUT OF JAIL, STILL SAYS
HE HAS NOTHING TO SAY
WASSHINGTON, Nov. 21.—Harry
F.. Sinclair, oil magnate, following
the sentence imposed upqrn him for
contempt for refusing to answer
questions of the Senate committee in
the investigation of the Teapot Dome
investigation, was released from the
District of Columbia jail early this
morning.
“I have nothing to say,” he said,
‘ and that’s why I’ve been in jail. I
was railroaded to jail in violation of
.ommon sense and common fairness.”.
MACDONALD REPRIMANDED
FOR OWTOWING TO HOOVER
LONDON,. N: t'r. 21.—Premier Mac
donald was bitterly rooriniii tided to
day for kowtowing to Hoover :n set
tling the British navy’s strength,- the
reprimand coming from P. J. S. Har
mon, conservative member of House
of Commojns.
NOMINATIONS HEL DOVER.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.—A score
of nominations, including two judge
ihssent m spshrdl mfwy mfwy fwyp
ships, sent to the Senate during the
special session by Hoover, were un
acted upon at adjournment last
night. They go over without preju
dice to the next congress. Among
other nominations still to be consid
ered was that of Julius Harold Hart,
to be district attorney for the Second
.ivision of Alaska.
HEADED FOR NEW YORK; GOT
AS FAR. AS EUREKA, CALIF.
EUREKA, Calif, Nov- 20.—Alfred
Voight, in an attempt to sail from
Juneau to. New .York in a.16-foot boat
made of beaver, skins, came to grief
here when a stor mcapsized his craft
Monday, night. He made shore here
and is now.in. hospital. He left Ju
neau June 27.
$100,000 MADE AVAILABLE FOR
U...S. EDUCATION SURVEY
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.—The
Julius Rosen Walker fund was today
made available to the national advis
ory committee on education, $100,000
of which, is to conduct a survey of
the Federal . Government toward edu
cation. Secretary of Interior Wilbur
announced that Dr. Henry Suzzalo,
former president of the. Universitty
of Washington, as director of the sur
vey.
TOO MANY DEAD ONES, NOT
ENOUGH. UNDERTAKERS
CHICAGO, Nov. 20.—The trouble
with the churches.is; that, there are
too many corpses leaning on pulpits,
Mark M. Hattie said ia an address
here. “There are not enough under
takers to bury t hem,” he. continued;
“we neeed well-educated, live gospel
preachers.”
There is still: no news, according
to word received from Fairbanks, re
garding Ben.Eieson, well known head
of the Alaska Airways, who in., flight
from Nome: to North Cape, Siberia,
is reported' to have met with mishap.
Frank Dorbandt and two other fliers
with their planes are supposed to be
at Teller, ready to start in search, but
weather reports from Bering Sea
points indicate most unfavorable fly
ing conditionns, which is undoubted
ly the reason for no word having
been received.
John Krieger left Friday for Ophir,
headed for the Esperanto creek, in
the Tolstoi section, for a stay of in
definite duration.
19 Killed In
Mex. Election
PASCHAL OKT1S RUBIO ELECT
ED PRESIDENT BY AN OVER
WHELMING MAJORITY.
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 16.—Paschal
Ortis Rubio, National Revolutionary
party candidate for president, was
swept into office by the greatest pres
idential vote ever cast in Mexico, in
an election in which nineteen were
kll'jtl and many wounded.
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 16.—Cavalry
and infai.-y contingents are concen
trated h: - ar.d in the larger cities
of Mexic ■ day in anticipation of
clashes between the rival political
parties when the nation votes for
president tomorrow. All indications
point to the election of Pascal Ortez
Rubio.
Telegraphic Ticks.
SEATTLE, Nov. 16.—The salvage
ship. King, from Victoria, and the
United StSates co^ist guard cutters
Unalga and Cygan are heading for
the scene of the wreck of the freight
er: Depere.
AKRON, O., Nov. 21.—Plans for a
non-stop hop from San Francisco to
Hongkong in a thirty-two possenger
airplane were announced here today
by Harry A. Pus ted. capitalist-manu
’ faetturer. The atteotpt will be made
in June.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—Deming
Bronson, former Seattle service man,
u nr,day received the congressional
medal of honoor, the highest award
fjr bravery, which was pinned upon
his coat by President Hoover.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—The
Set ate today voted to adjourn at 9
o’clock Friday night, allowing one
week's respite between the special
a: d regular sessions of Congress.
MADISON, Wis., Nov. 19.—Clinton
. Price, district attorney of Juneau
ounty, was indicted today on charge
of conspiracy for violation of the fed
eral prohibition law.
SEATTLE, Nov. 19.—Louis J.
Tader of Columbus, Ohio, was today
re-elected president of the Grange in
stitute. New York state won the 1930
convention.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.—Repre
sentative E. E. Denison, of Illinois,
was indicted today by a federal gr ind
jury on charges of possession of
liquor.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—The
White House today canceled all sociaL
functions on the calendar for Decem
ber, out of respect for the late Janies
W. Good.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 21.—Presil
dent Hoov r today issued a proclama
tion author; ring the Cteenth census
of the Urr . d States, to be taken be
ginning April 1, 1930.
CHICAGO, Nov. 19.—Robert Ma
tyna D. Hutchinson, 70, was inaugur
ated today as the fiftieth president of
the Universitty of Chicago.
LONDON, Nov. 18T—homas Power
O’Connor, father of the House of
Commons, died today.
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SEATTLE, Nov. 23—The Alameda,
carrying sixty passengers, sailed for
Seward this morning.
SUPPLICANTS AT GRAVE
SCOOP UP MUCH EARTH
BOSTON, Nov. 18.—James M. Cur
ley, mayor-elect of Boston, on Sunday
Joined thousands of pilgrims who vis
ited the grave of Rev. Patrick Joseph
Power in Holyoke cemetery and knelt
at his shrine praying for the recovery
of his sick wife. The supplicants at
the grave, in the fervor of their
faith, scooped up so much earth from,
about the stone that wide holes two
feet in deptth were dug in the soil.
CHINESSE OPIUM SMUGGLERS
DRAW HEAVY SENTENCES
NANSHUNG, China, Nov. 18.—
King Kao, foon.-ier vice coounsel, and
his Wife, Mrs. i' ,-<j King Kao, today
wc! sentenced i r. -'son terms and
fis : on charg c attempting to
-c>. uggle opium v.l-.. * at one-half
dollars i o dan Francisco,
.summer, 'i.. \ got seveh and
i’j\r years, respectively, and were
u.. .d v-edHlO each.
WILL REPRESENT U. S. IN
THE LONDON CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.—Presi
dent Hoover today announced the
complete delegation to represent the
United StSates at the British confer
ence in London, January as folloows:
Charles Francis Adams, Secretary of
Navy; Charles G. Dawes, Ambassador
to Great Britain; Dwight P. Morrow,
Ambassador to Mexico; Hugh S. Gud
son, Ambassador to Belgium.
CARRIED MEMBERSHIP CARD
NO. 1 IN ORDER OF EAGLES
NEW YORKrNo'Tl8.—John Cort,
noted theatrical owner and producer,
once a pioneer of.,Seattle, died today.
He was one of the organizer of the
Order of Eagles, of which he carried
membership card No. 1.
GENERAL MOTORS LOSES AL
MOST A MILLION THRU THEFT
FLINT, Mich.—Charles Mott, vice
president of the General Motors Co.,
and chairman of the board of direct
ors of the Union Industrial Bank, and
Grant Brown, president of the bank,
announced yesterday that approxi
mately $800,000 of the bank’s money
has been misappropriated by several
employes. They said the amount
misused is small in comparison with
the resources of the bank and its af
filiations and that Mott and the board
of directors had gauaranteed the
amount taken.
The names of the employes who
misappropriated the money were not
disclosed.
HARRY THAW SPANKED HER
WITH A HAIR BRUSH; JURY
AWARDS HER $75,000 BALM
NEW YORK.—Miss Marcia Estar
dus, a night club hostess, was award
ed *75,000 in her $100,000 suit
against Harry K. Thaw, slayer of
StSanford White and former husband
of Evelyn Nesbit. on charges that he
hit and paddled t w man with a
ha'r brush at a Ni - ar’s party in
in his apartment i
O unsel for 'i .mediately
nn a < I to have the t set aside
a: “grossly exce-? and Justice
A . ou Levy rest r\ ision to per
il t the girls all' jy an oppoor
tu'.’y to submit exposing briefs.
Aiktd what she would do with the
money if and when s he got it, Miss
Estardus said: “I intend to look for
a nice man and settle down, as I want
children and everything—I really
mean it.”
Eric Hard, wit hhis tractor, again
left today, headed for Ophir..
Death Takes
Jas. W. Good
SECRETARY OF INTERIOR SUC
CUMBS TO BLOOD POISON
ING; BURIED IN IOWA.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.—James
W. Good, Secretary of Interior, died
last night, after blood poisoning
overwhelmed his courageous resist
ance.
“I have never lost a .'ght and I’m
not going to loose this one,” he told
his physicianns just before lapsing
into unconsciousness.
WASHINGTON, ~Nov. 20.—The
highest honors appreciative of a
government were bestowed upon
James W. Good today, the first mem
ber of the Hoover Cabinet to be
claimed by death. The impressive
funeral service was attended by
President Hoover, high officials of
the government and representatives
of foreign governmentts. The obse
quies were held in the historic East
Room. The remains will be buried in
Iowa.
BETTER OFF OUT OF LEAGUE
OF NATIONS, SAYS COOLIDGE
NEW YORK, Nov. 18.—Ex-Presi
dent Coolidge, in his recenttly pub
lished “Autobiography of Calvin
Coolidge,” speaks plainly about both
foreign and domestic ufi'airs. He says:
“The more I h%vr«ijen of the co . met
of our foreign rerawons, the mor I
a>r convinced that are better off
out of the League of Nations."
NOVA SCOTIA PLEBISCITE
FAVORS GOVERNMENT OP
ERATION OF LIQUOR STORES
HALIFAX.—After a plebiscite, in
which government sale of iiquor re
ceived greater approval than prohibi
tion, leaders of the various factions
are convinced the result will be tne
end of prohibition in Nova Scotia
There were two questions, ‘Are
you in favor of continuing the Nova
Scotia temperance act?” and “Are
you in favor of the sale of alcoholic
liquor under the government control
act?” vote for government control
exceeded by 24,000 the number vot
ing for retention of the dry law,
“A RAW DEAL—THAT’S WHAT
I GOT,” SAYS ALEXANDER
PANTAGES, IN PRISON CELL
LOS ANGELES.—The stoical at
titude with which Alexander Pan
Pantages received the jury’s verdict
convicting him of a statutory offense
passed last night, and in its stead
was a challenging figure.
“A raw deal—that’s what I got,”
he told his cell mates throughout his
first day in jail. “I'm going to vght
this thing if I have ta go to the high
est court in the land. I am sure the
jurors did not knoow what they voted
for, and in addition I have evidence
that one juror sai'i he would vote to
send me to prison even before he got
Oh the jury.”
Mrs. Pantages was reported to be
suffering from shock after the news
of her husbband’s fate.
Fantages is contident of his success
in anotther court.
A. H. Twitchell, well known rein
deer merchant, was among the
week’s visitors.
Charlie Konig, th the outgoing
..:ail, arrived Thursday, conntinuinR
tp IVlcGrath on Frid^p.