THE KUSKO TIMES
VQL». V. NO. 3
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TOKOTNA. ALASKA. SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1925.
PRICE 25 CENTS
SEC. HUGHES
T#Be Succeeded by Kel
logg, Present Ambas
sador to Britain.
Washington.. Jan. 12—Charles
K."Hughes will resign as Secre
tary of State on.the 4th of March
and will be succeeded by Frank
B. iKelloggv flow ambassador to
Great Britain. (Official announce
ment of the resignation was made
, at the White House this evening.
The announcement came as a
tremendous, surprise, even to
- members of the government.
The White House announce
ment said that Hughes will re
tire from the Cabinet on the 4th
of -March and his place will be
taken,by Frank B.iKellogg, for
meriy Senator from Minnesota,
who is now American, ambas
sador to Great Britain.
Takio.,—News of the retirement of
Charles E. /Hughe* as United States
Secretary of State was received in ofB
cial ci rcies mod by the Japanese press
* with the utmost rerret.
Prosecutor Makes Bid ;
for Testimony in Case
Against Roy Olmstead
r
Seattle, Jan. 14.—At the opening to
dit of the federal grand jury 'a inves
ligation into the charge* against Roy
Olmstead. United States Attorney Re
velle indicated that the names of pur
chasers of liquors would be kept secret
and full immunity from prosecution be
<r given them if they would reveal the
Dames of persons from whom they made
t heir purchases of liquor from time to
(intei
fflf — 1 -
Senate Votes to Refer
Muscle Shoals Ques
tion to a Commission
Waahiagton, Jsn. 14.—The Jones
substitute for the Underwood bill, to
refer the whole Muscle Shoals question
to a commission, was adopted today by
* (be Senate. -The adoption of the sub
stitute mesn» the defeat of the Under
wood measure.
2 Wbmm Joyriders
Are Badly Injured
Seattle, Jan. 11. — Misses Gertrude
fuller, 20. and Marjorie Lane, 22. joy
riding -stitk-fFlwimas Lackner and A. J.
Mitchell, were perhaps fatally injured
this afteroeoo when their auto ran into
• telephone- pole. Several bottles of
•aeonehine-were found in ihe car.
' E. B. Iiigersoll, Se
at tie, Shot to Death
Seattle. Jan. 15.—Edward B. Ibger
eoll, prominently identified with looa)
buainesa people io fraternal activities,
and for many years executive secretary
of Seattle community cheat funds, was
found ahot to death today at the Pdrt
^ea1<1nn Olnb.
SOMEWHAT
TALENTED
Dr. Emil Scharf, Con-'
gressional Bootleg
ger, Grabbed.
Washington, Jan. 15.—I>octor
■rail Scharf, congressional lob.
byist, talented musician and se
cret bootlegger, was arrested in
his home, in a fashionable quar
ter of the city, today, as he bent
over a tub of whisky mash.
A short time before, a prohi
bition agent, imitating the voice
of one of the many congressmen
to whom Scharf declared'he pur
veys liquor, had gotten Scharf
to make a delivery to him, ten
dering marked money in pay
ment for same. The raid on the
home produced a large quantity
of pre-war Scotch.
Telegraphic Ticks.
Seattle.—That a mourner of the Se*
attle police departaem actual!; plai
ted the hijacking of the Canadian rum
craft Beryl O. Wright, resulting in the '
murder of Captain Mills and his son;
William, is disclosed in a news dis
patch from Vancouver.
New York. —An instrument making
possible the elimination of listeners in
of atl radio owners wbo hare not the
device U understood to have been per
fected by the American Telephone and
Telegraph Company, the Evening
World savs today.
Laredo, Tex.—John R Anderson was
arrested here Thursday, charged with
inducing soldiers of the (Jotted States
army to desert, while promising to give
them commissions In an army in Mex
iso. _
New Orleans —A passenger train
running between Durango City and
Salto wo# dynamited and robbed bv
bandits on Monday. Six soldiers guard
ing the train wera killed bv the ban
dits.
Olympia.—The senate this afternoon
dismissed the contest of Mrs. Ella M.
Russell, of Tenioo. to unseat Seoator
P. H. Carlson, by whom she was de- {
feated in the primaries
Denver.—Agnes Vaille. assistant sec
retary of the chamber of commerce,
was found frozen to death Thursdav on
the summit of Long Peak, where she
had been on a hunt.
New York —Officers and employes of
the New York Central will be offered
an opportunity tw purchase New York
Central stock on the time payment
plan, it was announced Tuesday.
Seattle.—John R. Lao. telephone
draftsman ia the- eity engineering.
plant, leaped to death' from a third- J
story window of the Argonne apart
ment*, Thursday.
Seattle:—Served with divorce pa
per*, Mr*. Claud Ice Rudolph, wife of'
the engineer of the interroaatal steam
ship Robert Luckenbach, committed
auicide, yesterday.
Cleveland.— Mrs. Mary Ana Rund,
67, slater of John D. Rockefeller, died
last night. 8bs had been an invalid
fer twenty year*.
Says Congressmen
Smuggled Liquor on
Junket Trip, Panama
Washington, Jan. 14.—The Scott di
vorce case, in which Representative
I Frank O Scott, of Michigan, is suing
for a dissolution of the marital ties ex
isting between him-ell and wife, is cre
ating more or less of a stir io both so
cial and official circles. As & result of
the testimony of Mrs. Scott, that sev
eral members of Congress smuggled
liqnor into the United States while on
' a junketing trip to E’aoama. an airing
of prohibition matters io general was
: had in the House t'n's afternoon.
ALASKAN
REINDEER
Must Find Market for
Meat If Industry Is
to Thrive.
Washington, Jan. 13— Rein,
deer in Alaska, according to
Commissioner of Education Ti
' gert, are being produced more
■rapidly than there is sale for
reindeer meat, and he has in
■ formed a csmmittee of Congress
'that a big problem before the
Bureau of Education is to find a
market for this meat, in order
that the industry may thrive and
the people engaged in it brought
up to and maintained upon a
| plane of prosperity. "We must
sell the yearly surplus or our
program falls down,” he said.
Washington Notes
Washington.—Farm relief legislation
should and can be acted on by Con- j
gress before its adjournment, in the
opinion of the President, who will dis
' cuss recommendations Thursday at a
, White House breakfast, which will be
j attended by members of the agncul
i curat committee.
; Washington.—Secretary of Interior
Work, chairman of the federal oil con
j serration commission, which held a
I meeting here today, has addressed let
ters t<* leaders io the oil inquiry invit
ing them to submit constructive sug
gestions for conservation.
Washington. — The advisability of
changing the name of Mount Ranier.
Washington, to Mount Tacoma was
taken up Monday by the Bouse com
mittee on public lands The members
of the delegation from that state are
divided 00 the action.
Washington.—The air liner Los An
geles ut to make a flight to Bermuda,
San Juan, Porto Etteo, the Panama
t canal zone, and either Honolulu or Eu
f rope, during the spring. The Bermuda
I flight will be made about February 20.
Washington.—Rear Admiral John
Dayton, Tuesday, was designated by
| Secretary of Narv Wilbur as consman
[ her of the Twelfth naval district, with
headquarters at San Francisco.
Wachington.—The nomination of At
torney General Stone, to succeed As
sociate Justice McKenna on the si*
pretne bench, was sent to the Senate
Monday afternoon.
BRITAIN
AME
In Definite Accord At
Paris Conference On
U. S. Claims.
Washington, Jan. 13. — The;
agreement entered into at Paris
whereby the United States is to
receive two and one fourth per
cent of the Dawes commission
annuities in satisfaction of her
war claims against Germany has
been accepted in principle by
this government. The details of
the agreement are not known
here, but the State Department
today announced that the gen
eral structure of the agreement
has been approved.
Paris.—That the British ami Amer
ican delegations at the conference of
allied finance ministers have reached
tiDa land definite accord relative to
payment to the United States of costs J
of the army of occupations :md war
damages claim* was officially announced
Thursday night.
Washington.—The tentative agree
ment arrived at in Paris between
American representatives and allied
finaece ministers has been accepted by
the Washington government. At the
Stale Department' it was emphasized
that do departure from the American
policy toward collection of claims un
der the Dawes reparations plans is in
volved.
Charles B. Warren
for Attorney General
Washington. January 12.—Charles
Beecher Warren, of Detroit, was nom
inated this afternoon by President
Coolidge to succeed Stone as Attorney
General.
Glass Goes to Pros
pect Moore Creek
G. W. C. Glass, accompanied by his
sons Ophir and Cljde. aud traveling
with Henrv Martella with a two sled
outfit, left a few days ago for Moore
creek, on which creek Mr. Glass re
cently acquired leases and options on
about two and one half miles of
ground. Tbis ground, considered most
favorable for dredging, comprises what
is known as holdings of Cecil Barlow,
.1. F. Keller and Joe Smith. The mis
sion of Mr. Glass, an experienced dril
ler. is to give the ground a thorough
prospecting, In event of favorable re
turns from this work, there is likeli
hood that a dredge will be placed on
the ground during the coming suminor.
Hughes Outlines One
Great Need of World
Atlanta, Jan. 14.—‘‘The one (treat
need of the world is not some formula
or rule, but a law-abiding sentiment
throughout the land; the disposition to
be reasonable, to be fair, to settle
things according to available standards
of justice, and enforce conceptions of
justice against demonstrations of brute
force,” Secretary of State Hughes de
clared in an address here last night.
OF KANSAS
Charged With Accept
ing a $1,250 Bribe
for Pardon.
—
Topeka, .Jan. 12. — Jonathan
Davis, governor of Kansas, and
his son, Russell, age LG, were
charged with soliciting and ac
cepting a bribe of $1,250 in pay
ment for a pardon in a complaint
sworn out here today by Tink
ham Veale, county attorney.
Warrants were issued by Judge
Heinz’s court, of Topeka, and
immediately delivered to Tom
Hurley, of the marshal’s office,
who was instructed to serve
them immediately. Col. A. M.
Harvey, the governor’s attorney,
was in court when the warrants
were issued.
Topeka. Jan. 14.—Governor Daria
i appeared in court this morning to an
swer to the warrants charging him and
his son with accepting a bribe for
granting a pardon. Hearing was sat
for January Si, and Davis was released
on $1,0(X) bond.
Democratic members of the House
aod Senate, at a joint conference today,
adopted a resolution favoring a thor
ough and searching investigation of
the charge agaicfc.' i >, vis.
Seattle Woman Starts
$27,500 Damage Suit
Against Her Stepsons
Seattle, Jan. 15.—Charging that her
stepsons, David and Barry Rosenberg:,
sons of the late Samuel Rosenberg:, Se
' attle capitalist, caused to be circulated
j erroneous statements regarding the
manner in which she acquired title to
the fashionable Sorrento Hotel. Mr*.
Ella A. Rosenberg: started suit for $27,
500 damages in the superior court hero
this afternoon.
Death of James E.
Fullerton, in Seattle
James E. Fullerton, well known In
teriorite. and for several veers past a
leading merchant at Flat, died in a
Seattle hospital on January 8, accord
ing to word received here a few days
i ago. Mr. F'ullerton, a very sick roan,
in the company of attendants, passed
through Tokotna from Flat early In
December, on bis way to the Mayo
Bros.’institution at Rochester, Minn.,
where it was hoped he could obtaia
relief. He apparently grew a great
deal weaker by the time he reached
Seattle, for he succumbed to the in
evitable eight davs after his arrival
there.
Anthony Sweeney left Monday for
McGrath, on his way to some not-cer
tain point.
Jack Larnont, from Fiat, with out
going mail, arrived Thursday.
Mail Carrier Ross, bringing incom
ing mail, arrived Tuesday.
Chester Brink returned here Monday
from a trip to Nenana.
__e Oats returned Thursday from a
trip to McGrath.