THE KUSKO TIMES
VOL. III. NO. 41
TOKOTNA. ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1923.
PRICE 25 CENTS
FAREWELL
Harding and Earty Cali
at Seward,' Valdez,
Cordova; Sitka.
Seward, July !&.—President j
Harding and party arrived tc
day from Fairbanks, and are
again aboard the Henderson,
which will sail- tomorrow for
Valdez..
A part of the President’s time
after his return here was occu
pied with a fishing trip to Russian
river, during which Mrs. Harding
remained on the Henderson and i
rested, and doetors-in attendance
expressed their belief today that I
she is is gradually recovering \
her strength.
Valdez, July. 19..—The trans
port Hebderson, bearing Presi
dent Harding and party, arrived
in port early this morning.
During his stay here Harding
announced he< will discuss the
question of foreign relations in
his coming speech in San Fran
cisco, which • is- construed as a
challenge tea Senator Johnson, a
bitter opp9«ent of the world
court, in his own state.
Cordoba, July 20.—Having de
parted from Valdez at 10 o’clock
last-night, the Henderson, bear
ing President Harding and party,
arrived here at an early hour
this: morning.
Following a visit to Miles’ gla
cier and a trip over the Copper
Hiver -railroad, the President
and party sailed this afternoon
for Sitka, at which place the
Henderson is scheduled to arrive
ateS o’clock tomorrow.
On B6ard Transport Hender
son, July 21-—President Hard
~ng and party are today en route
from Cordova to Sitka, where
they expect to arrive at 9 o’clock
tomorrow for an all day visit be
fore bidding farewell to Alaska.
Mrs. Harding was deeply
touched by. the gift of a quilt
she received just before leaving
Valdez, the handiwork of the
late Mrs. Thor ILarson.
It is no secret among accom
panying- intimates of Harding
that he has no intention of call
ing an extra session of Congress.
Applied Beefsteak to
Get Rid of Black Eyes
Providence, R. I.—Ethel Barrymore
was granted a divorce today from
Russell G. Colt on the grounds that he
gave her such black eyes that she had
to apply beefsteak to get rid of; the
discoloration.
Washington.—General Gourand; war
hero of France, wept today as he placed
a wreath on the tomb of the American
unknown soldier in Arlington ceme
tery and, addressing thirty army and
navy officers, declared’ that Germany
must be brought to realize that she
■Was Deaten.
VILLA SHOT
AND KILLED
His Secretary, Who Per
petrated Crime, Also
Meets Death,
Chihuahua City, Mexico, July
21.—Francisco Villa, commander
of rebel armies in Northern Mex
I ico for years, was shot and killed
I this morning at his big ranch at
Canutilio, Durango, by Miguel
i Trillo, his secretary. In a bat
I tie which followed, Trillo was*
I killed by men loyal to their slain
i chieftain, and the tight is still in
I progress, with about one hum
| dred casualties.
Parral, Mex.—One hundred troops,
uuder command of General Eugenio
Martinez, arrived at Parral tonight to
hunt for the assassin who killed Fran
cisco Villa, his secretary, Miguel
Trillo. aud’three men who were with
them, near Parral, this morning. First
reports said Villa had been assassinat
ed by his secretary.
Mexico City. — President Obregon
this afternoon ordered that full mill
tavy honors be rendered Villa at his
funeral.
Parral.—Francisco Villa, the Robin
Hood of Mexico, indisputably the most
interesting character of contemporary
Mexican history, a strange combination
of horse sense aud fiery, impulse, lies
in state in the city hal) here, where
thousands today viewed the body.
A Billion Years in
Age of Old Woild
. a Mere Bagatelle
Washington.—The Smithsonian In
stitute today made public A, paper by
Lord Raleigh, celebrated English sci
entist, in which he gives the age of the
earth as more than two billion v,ears,
with tqe possibility that its age might
be all of three billion years.
Erench in Ruhr Im
pose Death Penalty
Aix la Chapelle.—The coma martial
held here today imposed the death
penalty upon two Germans, Count von
Keller Ludwig and King Ender, ami
life imprisonment and hard labor upon
Lorber, on conviction of sabotage.
Berlin.—French troops have occu
pied the big industrial citv of Elber
feld, on the edge of the Ruhr region.
Prohibition Agents
Seize 200 Motor Boats
Detroit.—Federal prohibition agents,
assisted by representatives ofi the
Treasury Department, today ueined
two hundred motor boats olf the corner
off Wyandotte and Trenton, in tbe
down river district. The seizures were
conducted in the face of an angry mob
of wet sympathizers, who, according to
the officers, attempted to dynamite the
bridge.
Telegraphic Ticks. I
San Francisco.—Federal Judge Trip- j
pet died here today.
Tokyo.—Woods, new American am
bassador, arrived here today.
Cagliary, Italy. — Francesca Gari
baldi. widow of the Italian hero, died
here this afternoon.
Washington.—The Interior Depart
ment received word today that Alaska
mined coal has been placed on sale at
Juneau and other towns of the Terri
tory. _
Seattle.—Clarence McLennan, sales
man, 415, and his son Arthur, 15, were
drowned in Duwamish river last night
when the father undertook to rescue
bis boy. __
London.—Lady Astor’s bill restrain
ing liquors to persons under eighteen
years of age had its third and final
reading in the House of Commons this
afternoon.
Seattle.—E. Ray Tracy, walker on
the Copper River & Northwestern rail
road, Alaska, was found dead at the
Atwood Hotel this morning, apparently
from heart disease.
Kansas City. —William G. McAdoo,
passing through this citv todav en
route to Chicago, said he had not fully
determined whether he will seek the
presidential nomination.
Moscow.—Albert B. Fall, former
Secretary of interior, and two other
Americans, oil promoters interested in
Russian oil propei ties, arrived here to
day, coming by way of Warsaw.
London.—Senator ti'ram lobuson. of
California, on sailing for home today,
| said his views on conditions in Europe
| would t» presented in a speech to be
■ delayed until after his arrival in New
York. _
St- Paui.—Suit has been instituted
here by Attorney Geueral Daugherty
for the dissolution of Lhe International
Harvester Company into three distinct
corporations, on the ground that it is a
trust.
Seattle.—Because estranged from his
wile, who refused to returu to him,
Alexander Livingston shot her danger
ously twice and then put a bullet in his
own heart, in his office in the Empire
building.
Seattle.—The mysterious explosion
of a bomb in a vacant residence v-;.ere
children were playing, today, blew oil
the left hand of John Trean_y and de
stroyed the l ight eye of Howard Cra
ver, G.
Montpelier, Vt.—William Dil
lingham, United States senator from
Vermont since Oct. 19, 1900. ranking
fourth in continuous service as a mem
ber of the senate, died at his home
here late last night.
Seattle. — Twelve naval fighting
planes will fly from San Diego to the
Seattle flying field under orders issued
this afternoon for their participation in
the navy’s reception to President
Harding here on the 27th.
San Francisco.—Twenty-seven mem
bers of the Industrial Workers of the
i World, convicted in Los Angeles courts
of law violations, were placed in San
Quentin prison this afternoon, to serve
sentences of from one to fourteen years
each. _
Paris.—The marriage of Genevieve
d’Orleans, daughter of the Duke and
Duchess Veodome, to Count de Chape
nay, a descendant of Napoleon, was
celebrated this afternoon, King Albert
of Belgium, uncle of the bride, being
present
Election of Ford by Ma
jority cf Millions, De
clares Brookhart.
New York, July 23.—President
Harding has injured the cause of
ifhe Republican party by his re
cent speeches and opened the
| way for Henry Ford’s candidacy
| and the possible election of the
[latter by a majority of millions,
was the declaration of Senator
Brookhart upon his arrival here
today from a study of conditions
in Russia, which country, be asj
sorted, “has the most stable gov
ernment in the world except the
United States.”
Washington.—Senator Brook
hart, on reaching Washington
! today, went directly to the State
I Department and urged upon Sec
j retary of State Hughes the ne
cessity of giving immediate rec
ognition of the Russian soviet
government.
Injunction Granted
in Shopmen Strike
Is Made ‘ ernianent
Chicago.—Judge Wilkerson, in the
federal "<.*#urt, today made permanent
the temporary Daugherty injunction
granted in t.he shopmen’s strike in
1922 straining shopmen from com
mitting violence or interfering with
the mails and transportation systems
i of the country.
Killed By Bomb Un
derneath His Auto
| Los Angeles.—Lem- P. Vantassel
; was killed at Fu • o., a suburb of
; this city, through explosion of a
| bomb which had been placed under his
auto. Edward Engrnan, former hus
band of Mrs. Vantassel, is under , ar
rest on suspicion of having committed
the crime, he having asserted that no
man would ever be the stepfather of
his child. __
Three Federal Officers
Charged With Assault
Malt N. Y.—Residents along the
Canadian border are aroused over the
wounding of Miss Belle Baker and the
subsequent arrest of three federal otli
cers, charged with assault. The offi
cers, who vere watching for rum run
ners, fired at the automobile containing
Miss Baker and her father when the
latter refused to stop.
World War Veteran
Charged With Murder
f Walla Walla.—Mrs. Marvin B. Allen,
I 24, was found dead today at her home
as the result of a pistol shot. Her hus
band, a world war veteran, is under
arrest, us maims his wife, whom he
married in France, killed herself be
I cause of homesickness. The revolver
was found at the side of the dead
woman.