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THE KUSKO TIMES
VOL. 1 NO. 2. j.
TAKOTNA, ALASKA, SATIJRDAY.OCTOBKK U. 1834.
PRICE, 25 CENTS
Jugo-Slavian
King is Shot
By Assassin
„ ON GOOD WILL VISIT TO,
FRANCE.
King Alexander, of .Tugo-Siavla
and Louis Bortheau. Foreign Min
ister of Frane, were asassinated at
Marseilles as the king was Ik ng es
corted from a Jugo-Slavian battle
ship whih had brought him to
France to make a good will visit in
answer to an invitation, fvopi the
French State Department.
Eyery precaution' had been taken.
The king’s car had been surrounded
by civil officers antf troops.
'The assassin, a ChezcoSlovakiar„
broke thru the cordon of police,
leaped upwn.the running board and
began firing at the 'king's party,
using a sub-machine gun of a new
type. Before the horror stricken
.leers could hjfcgffdje*,the assass
in’s work was done!’king Alexander
thrice wounded died almost immed
iately and Foreign Minister Bortli
eau, who was wounded several times,
died an hour later.
Queen Marie, tfie king’s wife es
cappd assassination because she pre
ferred to travel by train and was on
her* way to meet the king at Mar
seilles.
The assassin, Petros Kaleman,
vas, cut down by the sahre of an
officer- but he coninued to fire from
the ground until he wa^_shot. A
oolleman was kilted, and 53' by
stariders wounded,, one of whom, a
woman died later.
Kaleman ived about an hour. In
his pocket was found a bomb which .
had 'it exploded would have killed
hundreds.
According to passports found on
his person he was a Croatian mer
chant, 35, but these were later found
o be. forged.
Peter, 11 year old son of Alexan
der, was proclaimed king under a
regent, by the Jugo-Slavian minis
try. He was attending school at
R,ugW, England, and is being taken
to Jugo-Slavia. under heavy guard.
He is accompanied by his grand
mother, the former Queen Marie of
>.u map i a.
The' body * of Alexander was taken
to Jugo-Slavia aboard the ship that
brought him to France.
Queen Marie after seeing the body
of the king, went by train to meet
her son in Paris and to accompany
him to Jugo-Slavia.
The? Jugo-Slavian government
immediately began to take precaut
ionary measures to prevent further
trouble.
BELGRADE.— Anti Italian riots'
broke out in various parts of Yugo
slavia. Windows, and residences of
Italians living; iiv Y.ugsp Slavia,. were,
stoned, and one Italian Counsel was
attacked by an infuriated mob but
was rescued in time by local police.
At Rome fascist officials are calm
but vigilant as the^- walize the grav
ity of. the situation.
PARIS, O. t. -AX-— Rumors that
the whole Frenofyv-fi&Binet may re
sign qp a result tSe assassination
of Ki(5g Alexander, were heard to
day. , '
-3ITT—
MARSEILLES, >/.G*t. II.— With
the death of a 14'*y.ear old girl here
today the total dead from the-assas
sin’s bullets reached it was reveal
ed.
KIDNAPPERS S^tarrCH WIFE OF
WEALTHY OIL MAN AND
i
-DEMAND $50,000 RANSOM. ..
LOQISVILLE, Oct. 11.— Mrs. B.
V. Stohl, 26, wife of Berry Stohl
| well Ifnown oil man of this state,
I was kidnapped from her home to
lay. A note left in her bedroom
P uumanded $50,000 ransom*~
New Jersey
To Extradite
Hauptmann
LINDBERG IDENTIFIES HAUPT
MANN, BY VOICE, AS MAN
WHO RECEIVED RANSOM.
BRONX, Oct. 11.— Bruno Haupt
marm, indicted for the murder of the
. n.dberg baby decides at the last
moment to fight extradition and is
r<- d for trial Monday, Oct. 15, on
default of $100,000 bail.
Colonel C. Lindherg positivey
identified Hauptman’s voice as that
of the man to whom, the ransom
money was paid.
Miss Cecil Barr also identified
Hauptman as the man who bought
si movie ticket from her with one of
the ransom bills.
Maps of the sourlands district
where the Lindberg home is located,
were found in Hauptmaais trunk.
Attorneys for Hauptman will endea
vor to prove that Hauptman was not
present at either the murder or the
payment of the ransom money.
The accused is showing signs of
breaking down. He eats very little
and refuses to talk to anyone.
Revolution
. Stirs Spain
REBEL TROOPS ENTRENCHED
IN NORTHERN SPAIN.
MADRID.— A virtual dictator
ship has been declared in Spain with
the country practically under mart
ial law.
Bloody rioting still continues as
Communist and Federal troops clash
in various parts of the country.
According to latest reports, the dead
total over 500 and casualties 2500.
The rebel troops are well en
trenched in the northern part of
Spain. Federal troops with the use
of airplanes and warships, are en
deavoring to capture the rebel towns
and have dropped over 500 bombs
on the revolutionists.
MADRID Oct. 11.— After a day
Of street fighting, bombings, and
incendiarisms the Federal troops
,have the situation under control.
Green of AFL
Urges Labor
Against War
San Francisco.— President Wirr.
Green, addressing the Arm rican
Federation of Labor convention,
Called the workers of the wt < W. to
unite solidly to prevent whaj seems
to be an approaching war. He said
never occurs again,
the wokers intend to se.: that war
John Stokes of London.- .British
Labor delegate, said t tv ; socialist
principle has becorm • tue obvious
and only solution. o> . opr .econiniv
and industrial crisis.
The grief stricken tips band is - will
ing to pay the r.tnspnt ■ ana - atUctja
the police not to najjke.any attempt,
to interfere until {{$ .wife hail ’-bejpn
returned.
Louisville, Oct. 1‘A.— Kep6rts- iftat
the |50,000 raosoiavtiad-bCefr > ptrue
were received here - fcoda” * ’ but -M is.
Stahl still remains im.tbe
:he kidnappers.
Mrs. A. Miller !i
Passes On
Mrs. Anna Miller, of Ophir, pass
ed away Wednesday at 5.30 ». wa.
at the Fairbanks hospital. Mrs.!
Miller was taken ill at her ha»«i
las.; week and soon became serieusJ
At first efforts were made to pet!
a physician from Fairbanks but it.
was decided best to have her taker*!
to a hospital.
Pilot Don Glass came from Fair-*
banks with a Ford tri-motor plane in
which a bed could be arranged.
the plane could not land «t Ophir.
Mrs. M*Mer was brought to Takatna
by Pete Carlson in a truck, which i
had been made as comfortable as
possible.
Miss Miller was found at the
hospital, to be suffering from acute
peritonitis and was operated on soon
after arrival. For a time it was
thought that recovery might ke
possible but she began to fu.il
Tuesday night.
Mrs. Miller was w«41 known in this
this locality. A. trained nurse hyi
profession, she answered every call
made upon her regardless, of dist
ance or weather acceptiug no reimm-|
'.■ration of any kind,
After the flu epidemic ten years!
ago, miners of this district presentee*»
her with, a beautiful nugget ctsamj
j for her services during that time.*
Many residents remember grateful*?
I her ministrations.
She was born in Germany an- i 1
came to this counti#* at the age cjf *'
i four. She is survived by her motlMW •
three sisters and one brothe all rrf *
whom reside in New York State. 5
Arrangements are being made- Cj}
have the body sent to Baby km, NL>.;
where her mother resides
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Reveals Huge
Fraud Insull J
Proceedings;
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SAID TO HAVE BOUGHT' STFIWX
FOR $150,000 WHICH SOLO
FOR OVER $28.#oe.ooa.
CHICAGO.— InsuU’s swtk ■•orfsw.)
of his ill-fated Corporation Sbrari-:
ties Company are termed a. '“simpV.f
conspiracy to swindle, cheat- and dt-i
raud the public” by. the government.!
as outlined in t.he mail .fraud ea*Kj
against him.
District Attorney Green chanreri1
the company was. set up -simply ;as s»J
dumping ground for large quantities
of stock acquired in.market deals to,
boost the price of Insull stock
Another highlight was GnwenV:
opening statement, ’‘The'Insull faim-j
ily received stock at a cost of a little;
over one 'hundred and fifty- thews-!
and dollars which would have cost i
the puhlifc over twenty-eight miH-j
ions.
“Halsey Stuart received a. bonus*
of half a million at the expense -of<
the lUplic defendants, when ht
spent weeks revising the first annu
al report, after rewriting it eight
-times, and mowed a net profit jf
more than, half a million instead of
a loss of over one hundred -and <
seventy.-four thousand, which show
ed in the first draft."
Mrs; :r Arthur Berry, who went, to
Anchodagt: for medical treatment,
has ,-vwwered and is waiting .for js
plane L». return home.
IOWA CITY, «.ct. 12,— A lthod*-:
Ishuifl-. passenger train was wrecked^
and side, swiped by a west bounds
trail; Killing three persons and in-!
jurihinf^Bjany others.
Jii ftau. Oct. 12.— Eight-hundrae? j
memrtw of the Mine Workers lJn»*m
vote ttfree to one against, strike &&■> '
only Union men be employed..
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Items of Importance
In Recent News Events
BOSTON.— Charles Ponsi, con
victed in 1929 for fraudulent stock
speculation and sentenced to 12
years imprisonment, was released
recently and deported as an undesir
able alien.
BUENOS AIRES.— Pope Pius
opens Eucharistic Congress by a
radio address from the Vatican in
Rome. Over a million devote Cahol
ics congregate in Buenos Aires for
the ceremonies.
TOKYO.— Japan wants to scraf
the former naval pacts with England
and the Tinted States and may de
mand equal strength instead of the
5-A-3 ratio now in effect.
Eureaka, Cal.— Three fishermer
are believed to have lost their live^
when their halibut fishing baot wa
found wrecked on the beach. It i
believed that the engine exploded.
WASHINGTON.— Mrs. Sarah D
Roosevelt celebrated her 50th birth
•lay Oct. 11, at a family gathering
at the White House.
DETROIT.— The St.Louis Card
inals win the world’s Baseball cham
pmnship by defeating the Detroil
Tigers 11 to 0 in the seventh gam<
of the series.
The gate receipts for the sever
games totaled over a million dollars
Buenos Aires.— At the Eucharis
tic Congress for which a year’s pre
ymrations had been made,250 preisti
give communion to 170,000 Catholii
children in one day.
GUTENBERG, N.Y.— A passen
ger train jumped the track after tin
engine had exploded killing the en
gma-r and firman and injuring
scores of passengers.
WELCH, W. Va.— The NR A stab
traforcement law is held unconstitu
tit mat by circuit Judge Beno How
«*rd in opinion, declaring the stati
has no valid right to exercise polici
powers to enforce the industria
codes.
Geo Adams
Dies at Fiat
■George Adams, well known hoti
man of Flat, passed away suddenl
Thursday Oct. 4, at his home.
Mr. Adams was in his seventie
and his death is attributed to hear
failure. The attack came suddenl
and though a plane was sent fo
Mr. Adams died before it arrived.
Mr. Adams was a native of Car
ada and came to Alaska in the earl
days. lie was an active member i
the Pioneers organization.
He is survived by his wife whoi
he. married last winter.
The passing of Mr. Adams will b
regretted by his many friends.
CANADIAN OBJECTS TO TH1
BUILDING OF THE ALASKA
_ HIGHWAY.
PRINCE RUPERT.— Proposal
for construction of a highway thr
British Columbia to Alaska wer
criticized by Clive Plants, inembe
v>f the British Columbia legislatur
in an address to the Service Clut
He declared that the United State
requires the highway as a strategi
road and part of a plan to develop
military and commercial facilities
He added :“For us to build the Alas
ka highway with the full knowledg
it is required for strategic purpose
by the United States and worse t
build it .with Ussited States monej
is to Ciximnit. as act in this, day o
peace between countries that wii
in the future inevitably embroil th
United .States in international diff
eeencesJ"
BOSTON.— The Massachusetts
Federation of Labor estimates, by
taking a census in their own state,
that there are at present 14,000,000
unemployed in the United States.
This figure does not include workers
! in government relief projeets such
as the CCC, PWA or other natisnal
relief measures.
NEW YORK.— Underwriter’s
statistics show that last year over
10,000 person’s lost their lives and
! over $300,000,000 property loss was
caused by fires throughout the U. S,
Sir C. Kingsford-Sniith famous
British aviator, plans to fly from
I Brisbane, Australia, to the United
! States making two stops, one of
which will be at Honolulu.
WASHINGTON.— Satisfies of
the AAA show that farm incnnias
have increased 80 per cent above
the low of the depression and are
| 33 per cent below that of normal
| times.
PARIS.— France is massing her
1 troops on the border of the Saar in
anticipation of Nazi activities in
that region.
The people of the Saar Basin
will vote next year wheher th y
want to remain under the Allies pro
tectorate or to return to the German
,! rule.
SHANGHAI.— Japan has her eye
i on the post of Inspector General for
1 the port of Shanghai. This post
has been held by the English for a
long period, Sir Frederick Mayes
being the present Inspectorr.
This post gives the nation in
charge complete shipping records
and is of great commercial import
ance.
McINTYRE, IA.— “Pretty Boy”
> Floyd and two companions escape
. from a police trap amid a shower of
. bullets, some of which struck the
> car of the desperadoes.
1 HAVANA.— A strike of short
duration, which threatened to spread
throughout the island, resulted in the
death of at least one person and 1j
were wounded.
TOKYO.— The Japanese army re
cently published an official pamphlet
in which the strength of the United
States aviation is described as a
possible menance to Japan and em
phasized the necessity of continued
preparations for war with Russia.
'Juneau Mine
f Wonderful
i Producer
a
e
HAS PRODUCED NEARLY
50,000.000 TONS IN 10
YEARS.
I JUNEAU.— Its ore reduction
plant situated in the city limits of
s Juneau and its mine immediately ad
i jacent to the town, the Alaska
3 Juneau Mining Company is the most
r important asset of the community
3 and one of the finest of the Terri -
• tory.
s Its payroll shows a personnel of
; 746 employees daily. Its annual
3 local expenditures average slightly
. below $2,000,000.
It has just completed its fortieth
? year as an operating company. Its
3 operations and productions were m
> limited scale ffor the first two
, decades, as is indicated by the fac>.
f that it mined but 507,254 tons of ore
1 from which was recovered gold to
3 the value of $707,730.15.
Since 1913, production has steadily
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