THE KUSKO TIMES
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TAKOTNA,. ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1*^ 1927
PRICE 25 CENTS
Govt Charges Nellie
Beattie Spent $19,000
Qn Last Trip to Outside
ON WHICH NO INCOM E TAX WAS
PAID <&Kt» OF WHICH THERE
ARE NO RECORDS,.
M»rqu#ms...f<*r Defense, Says Some
thing New to Him and Asks for
Recess to Investigate.
Special .to The Kusko Times.
FAIRBANKS, Feb.16.—Two day.s
were, occupied in selecting a jury in
the Nellie Beattie case.
The....prosecution .charged', .Nellie
with having spent $19,000-for prop
erty the last time she was on the
Outside, with no income tax. .paid on
same and no records to show how she
aoQuired same.
Defense Attorney ..Marquam asked
for a recess, stating he had heard
things he knew nothing about.
The Government used all five chal
lenges, while the defense used eight
of,its ten..
Following is e- .list of the jurors
hehring the case:
John Blattman, Louis Buget, James
Coughlin, Roy Frankhouser,, Mrs.
Oscar Travel, Williaro He$se, J. Hunt
ington, J* Jorgensen, Fait. Moran, Mar
tin Sather, J. Spencer. .L- Thime.
The jurors will be. held in confiner
meat until the end of the case. That
the-trial, will bes> a long one is- con
ceded, by; both the defense and prose
cution..
FAIRBANKS, Feb. 19.—The wit
nesses fox the Government, .in the
Nellie Beattie case are as follows:
Thomas P. Aitken,
Fred Christie,^
L, McEllarvy,
P. O. Inspector Fitzgerald,
Mrs. Williams , ,
E. G. Wetzler, ,
B. Tunnison,
William Hammer,..
Charles Mayben,,.
Charles Armour, .
Ed Jerne,
E. A. Beattie, ,
Mrs. D. E. Clough,
Peter Carlson,
Norman Rothacker, .
Ralph Rivers,
George Adams,
William Duffy,
William Schermeyer, .
Chester Brink,.
Sig Wiig,
Virginia Howard,
John Whittaker,
Emil Jensen,
R. Perkins,.
Leo. Pence,,,
Walter Wood,.
J. ... Denny,,
Joe Ferris,.
Harry Sheppard, ,
Clyde Brodaw,
Lynn. Smith, ,
William. Toms,
Peter, ateiger,
Arthur Crueger, ,
Herbert Riley.
Witnesses fo rthe defense are as
follows: .
Dan McDonell,
Jacob Mutchler,
Henry- DuRarrd,
Ralph Warburton,
William Streid.
E. A. Beattie.
William . Schermeyer’s testimony
today covered the case • to Seattle
The defense asked for a recess
until morning.
All witnesses were called to th«
stand in the order given, excepl
Duffy. The court house was. crowded
throughout the day..
'The Government discharged Wit
ness Beattie after giving his testi
mony, folowing which the defense
subpoenaed him..
PROHIBITION ADMINISTRA
TOR. SOAKS HIS CIGARS IN
LIQUOR, THEN SMOKES ’EM
HONOLULU, Feb. 18.—A pictun
of John T. Barrett, prohibition ad
ministrator for the Hawaiian islands
soaking his cigars in native liquoi
and then smoking them at a Y. M
Cl A. party, was sent today by an as
sistant administrator in a letter U
General Lincoln C. Andrews, nations
dry chief.
BUTLER WANTS WET REPUB.
NOMINATED FOR PRESIDEN1
NEW YORK, Feb. 18.—Dr. Mich
olas Murray Butler, will .start Satur
day for a tour of the Middle West
on a ten-day speaking campaign t<
have a wet Republican nominated fo:
President next year.
JUGOSLAVIA EARTHQUAKE
TAKES HUNDREDS; OF LIVEf
BELGRADE, Feb; 17.—Jugoslavia
along the Adriatic coast and the in
terior, was visited by a .most- disas
trous earthquake SUnday. A’.toll, o;
several hundred lives was taken, thi
damages amounting to millions «
dols.
FINAL ACTION ON RADIO
CONTROL LEGISLATIOI
WASHINGTON, Feb J9.u^-Fina
Congressional action on radio contro
legislation as. taken today? bjr th
Senate with adoption of the confer
ence report. The measure, which wa
approved by the Senate, now goes ti
President Coolidge who is expecte<
to approve it and to send it to th
Senate before adjournment with th
names of five men who are to com
pose the commission, which will hav'
absolute control over radio for on
year.
Arriving Tuesday from McGratl
were Mr. and Mrs. Owen Gray am
Andy Sharp. Incidentally, this is Mi
Sharp’s first ivsit to Takotna in sevei
i years.
Owen Gray will leave far Nenan;
within the next couple of days, b
which place he goes to transpor
three members of the New York
Alaska Dredging Company to th
workings of that company at Bea
creek, Lower Kuskokwim.
Frank Joaquin, after'a couple o
days in town,, returned this morn in)
to Ganes.
! Frank Gilskey, after a couple o
days ak McGrath, returned a coupl
of days' ago test s brief business visit
John Krieger, after a few week
over at. Tolstoi, is among recent ar
rivals*.
RESULTS OP FAIRBANKS
WOMAN'S DERBY RACE
Special to The KdsIo Times.
FAIRBANKS, Feb. 16;—The wo
men’s annual derby race resulted ai
follows:
Mrs. Fred Lemon; 1:58:1th.
Mrs. Frenchard, 1:54:10.
Mrs. B. X. Miller, 1:49103:.
Mrs. Chester Brink, 1:47:46;.
Hortense Parker, 1:46:42,
Mrs. Brink lost by 1 minute-4 sec
onds. ahe had to haul her leadei
over one-half the way.
The first prize was $50, the.- second
$30, and the third $20. The distance
was 16 1-2 miles. The trail was verj
poor and the weather 30 below zero
COKE MILL
CONFIRMED
Succeeds Ritchie, Judge
of Third Judicial
Division..
[ WASHINGTON, Feb .IT.—Ap
proval of the nomination of E. Coki
Hill, of California, to be Federa
judge for the Third division of Alaska
> was given today by the aenate judi
| cial committee.
The committee also ordered a fav
■ orable report on the nominotion ol
, Justin V. Harding, of,' Ohio, to lx
> district attorney for the First distric
• of Alaska. '
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Telegraphic Ticks,
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—E. Les
ter Jones, American member of th<
commission, announced today tha
the work of mackrng the boundary
between the United States, Canadi
and Alaska is four-fifths completed
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WASHINGTON, Eeb. 17.—A na
tional referendum at. the 1928 presi
dential election to maintain expres
[ sion of the Senate on > prohibition wa
proposed today in a> resolution b;
1 Representative McGleon of Michigan
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j WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.—The re
- maining 2,500 marines serving a
s postoffice mail guards have been with
> drawn for possible service in Nica
1 ragua. They will assembel at Quan
> tice, Va., and Santiago naval base.
SEATTLE, Feb. 19.—Alexaadei
>' Graham, pilot of the Wilkins Arctii
> expedition, with a Stinson Detroi'
airplane, sailed Saturday morninj
for Fairbanks, a passenger on thi
i steamship Northwestern.
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. NEW YORK, Feb. 19.—Edlridg.
i T... Gerry, grandson of one of th<
signers of the Declaration of Inde
pendence, died at his home here to
i day.
I WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—Edwan
. H. Dohener was today appointed pro
, hibition administrator for Norther!
. California and Nevada, succeedinf
j Col. Ned Green.'
r JAPAN ACCEPTS INVITATION.
. TOKIO, Feb. 19.—Japanese accept
, ance of Cooidge’s arms limitatdoi
1 conference proposition was cabled t<
E Washington tonight.
% < ... i— —
J Dan McGinty returned yesterdaj
I yesterday from a brief visit at. Me
i1 Grath. Also coming up was Misi
■ Helen Fred, who will make a visit o:
a few days here.
DEFENSE OF
DAUGHERTY
Senator Goff Assumes ]
{Responsibility in $17,
000,000 Matter.
NEW YORK, Feb. 19.—The de
fense of Harry Daugherty, former i
(Attorney General, and co-defendant *
with Thomas A. Miller, former alien 1
property custodian, rested this after- '<
noon after Senator Guy D. Goff, of *
West Virginia, took the stand and i
assumed all responsibility for allow- 1
ance of the claim for $17,000,000 of
impounded assets of the American
Metal Company. Golf at the time of <
the transaction was assistant to 1
Daugherty, former Attorney General. 1
NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—Mel S.
Daugherty, president of the Midland
National Bank, of Washington Court
House, Ohio, took the stand today as'
one of the Government’s star wit
nesses against his brother, Harry M.
Daugherty, former Attorney General.
The witness told how Harry had de
stroyed the records of the Midland
Bank, which the Government asserts
would have proved the former Gov
ernment official being a grafter, who
sold the loyalty he had sworn to pre
serve in his oath of office, and Thomas
Miller, charged with releasing $7,
000,000 of war impounded property,
for a bribe.
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McNARY-HAUGEN FARM RE
LIEF BILL PASSES HOUaE;
NOW UP TO THE PRESIDENT
[ WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—The Me- ‘
' Nary-Haugen farm relief bill passed ‘
', the House last night, and the bill
r; now goes to the President. The bill 1
1 proposes the creation of aFederal
’ farm board, with power to levy an ‘
equalization fee on six basic com-!
mrulifiM fnr tKo nf tlio ^
trol of surpluses.
» SEPPALA IN THE NEW ENG- '
P LAND SLED DOG CLUB RACE
ASHLAND, N. H., Feb. 11.—
- Leonard Seppala, Nome hero, was
• second in the first day of the New ,
’ England Sled Dog Club’s point-to- '
■ point race through the hills of Cen
• tral New Hampshire. His time for ,
the up-hill grind of 26 1-2 miles was
3 hours 16 minutes 45 seconds.
' Dupre, winner of last year’s inter- ,
; national derby at Quebec, has a total
■ distance of 133 2-3 miles. .
' BRITISH TROOPS LAND AND !
PARADE SHANGHAI STREETS
■ SHANGHAI, Feb. 17.—A battalion
! each of Durham and Gloucestershire ,
■ troops landed here today and parad
■ ed through the principal streets.
Chinese lined the route of march. (
^ There was some bossing. .
■ 9 KILLED BY AVALANCHE OF ]
[ SNOW, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 17.—An
avalanche of snow descended upon
Camp 82 of the Southern California 1
- Edison Company, in Fresno county, 1
1 yesterday. Nine, including one j
• WOnMm’ WCre kUk<L
INFLUENZA IN THE NAVY.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—Intlu- i
■ onza has been, quite prevalent n the
1 navy during the past several weeks.
Itifteen hundred cases have oeen re- *
ported since January 1. (
BLUE LAW
DISPUTANTS
Members of Congress,
Churchmen Engage
in Fist Fighting.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—Riotous
ist fighting, in which members of
Congress and churchmen swapped
ilows, women screamed and tables
.nd chairs were overturned, broke up
. Congressional hearing Tuesday on
i bill which would establish Sunday
due laws in the District of Columbia.
Representative Thomas L. Blanton,
i'exas representative, and Sol Bloom
f New York, had a personal, which
vound up with Bloom lying across a
able with the Texan on top of him.
Vhile this was going on the official
eporter -went to the floor under im
lact of the fist of Harvey L. Bowldy,
ecretary of the Lord’s Day Alliance.
Ilanton also knocked down L. B,
jchloss, whoi aottempted to pull him
iff Bloom.
fAVAL LIMITATION CONFER
ENCE RECEIVES A JOLT
FROM FANCE AND ITALY
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—The
Washington Government’s invitation
or an effective limitation conference
las been jolted severely by a polite
■ejection from France and a forecast
hat Italy also dn&nejL&o participate.
:alifornia storm takes
TOLL OF 17 LIVES; 21 INJURED
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 18.—The
ury of the greatest storm which ever
wept California in the history of the
veather bureau continued today in
southern and Central California,
vhile the death toll stood at 17 dead
ind 21 injured. Much property has
>een damaged by the storm, which
onight gave no sign of abatement
ifter raging for four days.
JAYUSES TAKE MATTERS
INTO THEIR OWN HANDS;
RUN AWAY WITH WOOD SAW
Last Sunday afternoon the peace
>f Takotna’s residence section was
•udely shattered by shouts and cries
if “Whoa!” and “Help!”
Inhabitants, rushing to the doors,
vere shocked by the sight of Chris
kelson's wood saw, tent and all, ca
■eening up the street in tow of Tom
shallow’s cayuses.
Investigation disclosed the fact
hat Chris and Tom, with great mis
givings as to the ability of said cay
ises to move the saw at all, had har
assed them without the formality of
■eins, and while Chris attempted to
ead the critters by their heads, Tom
vas industriously plying a crowbar to
he rear skiis.
When the ponies took matters into
heir own hands, Chris was knocked
o the ground and narrowly escaped
leing crushed by the runners, while
rom was left gaping after the outfit,
rowbar in hand.
Impeded by heavy furs, both men,
shouting at the top of their lungs,
nade after the team, which had
■ounded the turn into the mail trail,
jassing Michael Hochriter, who, when
le recovered from the shock, joined
he crowd, but the team was not
topped until it reached the deep
now.
With great difficulty, the heavy
sled was turned about and with half
he town helping the team managed
o get it back into the mam street.