THE KUSKO TIMES
VOL. III. NO. 39
TOKOTNA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1923.
PRICE 25 GENTS
Alaskans Giving Hard
ing and Party a Grand
and Glorious Reception
Fishing Boats, Motor
Boats, Tugs, | in Noisy
Welcome; Ketchikan.
President, at Juneau,
Lauds Alaska and
Alaskans.
Ketchikan, July 6.—President
o,nd Mrs. Harding celebrated to
day, one of the most memorable
of their thirty-two wedding an
nivesaries. by arriving in Alaska
—the first chief executive and
the first lady of the laud ever to
visit the Territory.
Ketchikan accorded the Presi
dent a noisy welcome—fishing
boats, motor boats and tugs
meeting the Henderson at the
entrance to the harbor and es
corting the transport to its clock
ing place.. Every boat was black
with people. Governor Bone
headed the welcoming delega
tion.
Thd President made his first
landing at Metlakatlah, and, re
sponding to grievances of the
natives, promised that the Gov
ernment would do everything
possible in the matter of better
ing educational advantages.
Juneau, July 10.—President
Harding, in his address from the
X>ortico of the Governor’s Man
sion, observed that “There must
be a lot of. Baptists in Juneau.
• At any rate, people who turn out
-so generously on a ra ny day
like this ought to have some
measure of return,”
Continuing, the President said:!
“We have been getting impressed !
by the scenery of Alaska during
i this first part of our trip. Sluruy, :
majestic, stalwart, immovable,
are truly the only words to de
scribe this wonderland of ours.
I am proud of you as citizens of
the United States, proud to know !
you, and it is our purpose to.
know you better and have you i
know our Government better.”
Tacoma, July 5. — President
Harding and party, including j
Secretary of Commerce Hoover,
Secretary of Interior Work, Sec- i
rotary of Agriculture Wallace,'
Admiral Rodman and other dig
nitaries, and many newspaper
men, aboard the transport Hen
derson, sailed for Alaska at 3 p.
m., one hour behind schedule
time, The transport’s state
rooms are profusely adorned
with roses. Accompanying the
transport down the Sound were
the batileship Tennessee and de-1
stroyer division. Admiral Rod
man is in charge of the Alaska
voyage. '
Gardiner, Mont., July 1.—
;-Standing at Artists.’ Point, over
looking the Grand Canyon of
Yellowstone National Park, to
day, Harding, when asked what
he thought of the scene before
lira, admitted his inability to
reply, saying its grandeur was
beyond his power to describe.
rfhe Pip through the canyon
came to the President and Mrs.
Harding as the climax of a two
days’ stay in the nation’s great
est playground, and tonight the
President’s train departed for
the coast.
On Board Harding’s Special Traio.—
Two days spent by Harding in Yellow
stone National Park have had the ef
fect of making him a strong adv;>cate
of the proposal to add the 1 eton moun
tain region to the park a*-ea.
Medium, Ore.—Harding arrived this
morning, after an all-night ride from
Spokane, preceded by Governor Pierce.
The da.y:s program includes dedication
of the old Oregon trail and unveiling
of the monument to the first wagon
train which came to the Willamette
valley, io 1S43.
Speaking this afternoon at the exer
cises in commemoration of the dgbHeth
anniversary of the blazing of the Ore
gon trail, Harding declared the Amer
ican people owe those pioneers a debt
o; gratitude which they never can re
pay. Their victory, he assured, pro
claimed strength of resource and pur
pose to do for themselves, not asking
the government to do but for the gov
ernment only to sanction or promote.
Portland. Ore.—As Harding’s train
crossed the Willamette river the Brit
ish cruiser Curlew, which was an
chored near the bridge, Bred the p"es!
dential salute. For a British man-of
war to celebrate the Fourth .<f July bv
saluting the President of the united I
States is believed b'-re to be a prece
dent-setting project.
Seattle.—President and Mrs. Hard
ing had an upper deck view of Seattle
laie yesterday afternoon. The Hender
son slowed down at the entrance of the
harbor to put'off Walter H. Brown, di
rector of the presidential itinerary,
into a naval launch.
Anchorage.—Secret service men are
being stationed along the railroad line
to the Interior and on the Richardson
highway in order to afford every pro
tection to President Harding during
his trip to and from Nenana and Fair
banks.
Business Men Plan -
ning Trip to Alaska
Seattle.—One hundred and seventy
five Los Angeles and San Francisco
business men are booked for-an excur
sion vbyagfe to Alaska on thS Buford,
which will call at nearly .all' cl the
principal Alaskan ports, according to a
wire this morning from Vide President
Ogden, rod the indications arc that a
proportional numoer of Seattle easi
ness men will join the excursion.
Seattle.—The first die battleships
New Mexico, Tennessee and Idaho ar-i
rived in time to join the tactical fleet
in Seattle harbor for review by Presi
dent Harding. i
Poincaire Says Meas
ures of Coercion in
Ruhr WiU Continue
Paris.—Premier Poincaire Closed his
speech in the Senate last night with
these words: “Franco bas been loth to
have recourse to force, brtjnow that
measures fof . coerciou have) been in
stituted they will be eontlsued until
Germany surrenders."
Mayence.—Seven Germans^ convict
ed of sabotage, were today sentenced
to death by a (;,rench court raartia
Paris.—The senate this afternoon, at
the. request of Premier Poircaire, voted
SO’?,000,000 francs for conducting opera
tions in th8 Ruhr.
London.—The whole oi the Krupp
plant at Essen was occupied and work
in the plant has ceased, according to a
Central News dispatch.
Urging Ford as Can
didate for President
New York.—“'Ford would make a
pitiab'e spectacle as president,” Re
publican National Committeeman Hills
said today.
Washington. — Henry Ford’s an
nouncemen from Springfield, Mass.,
that he is not a candidate for the presi
dency is not taken seriously by either
republicans or democrats.
Chicago.—Henry Ford will be urged
as the third party presidential candi
date at the farm and labor party con
vention and political minorities confer
ence, which opens here to morrow.
Telegraphic Ticks.
Hew York.—Seven thousand aliens
are a boa -d steamships in the harbor,
awaiting entry at midnight.
Seattle.—David Rodgers, wartime
manager of the Skinner A' 'ddy ship
yard, died at his home here, last night
Berlin. -Senator Johnson \»f Cali for
nia. coming for the outpost' if study in .
renditions throughout Germany, ar
rived here today.
Catania —The cruiser Pittsburgh,
with American Ambassador Child on
board, left today on a visit to the Ml.
Aetna district.
Oxford.—Llo>>. George, in a ■•■■■(•cl.
today, declared that peace had per
ished on the ammunition dumps and
predicted tl ut, the coming war will
blot out civilization.
•Seattle.—The Alaska mission boat
A. Jj. Ldudsley, so christened in honor
of Dr. A Li. Lindsley. first Protestant
missionary, was launch* 1 in Lake
Union this afternoon.
Minneapolis.—Singing of The Sta
Spangled Banuer” by Madame Sciiu
tnann Heink, today, opened the third
national convention of Disabled Vet
erans of the Wofld War.
Seattle.—One bwgdred and f. ..-nty j
Presbyterians, under the auspices of
the Presbyterian Board of National
Missions, will sail on the Jefferson to
night to make a survey of the churches’
needs throughout . ilaska.
Seattle.—Washington has been full
>f Alaskau experts and it would take a
train to haul the reports they compiled
’or President Harding, said Alfred u.
Brooks, chief of the i5 iaskr Geological
survey, on his arrival hero tonight
from the uational capital.
Gibbons, Thru Clever
Work, Lasts Full
15 Rounds,
- 1k;Iby, Merit., July 4.—Jack
Dempsey retains the heavy
weight title.
While the light lasted the full
fifteen rounds. Tommy Gibbons
presented a puny pugilistic fig
ure. n the final rounds the
champion proved unequal to the
task of knocking him out. For
the first rounds < ibbons fought
well, but after that only did a
lot of sprinting, and many times
was against the ropes. The at
tendance was belov; expeeta
tions.
The majority of newspaper
experts at the ringside credit
Gibbons with having a shade
the best of it in the 5th, 11th
and 12th rounds, the remaining
twelve being accorded Dempsey
without argument. Neither the
champion nor the challenger
were ever off their foot, 'uetr.p
j sey frankly says that hie failure
1 to floor Gibbons was either be
cause of the latt i o cleverness
and 'ability to take punishment
or his blows had not their for
mer force. He regards. > ibbons
as the best man he ever fought.
Dempsey was never in danger in
any round of the tight. Kearns,
Dempsey ’s manager, wasstunned
after the first five or six rounds
had demonstrated that the cham
pion was unable to hit Gibbons
effecti' oly. “Tommy took pun
ishment like a major, and cer
tainly used his head,” Kearns
I observed.
Dempsey s weight, 135 pounds;
J Gibbons’, 178. James Dougherty,
of Philadelphia, acted as referee.
Says Frisco Shaken
b Severe Earthquake
Los Angeles.—The city of San Fran
cisco was .'ken bv a severe earth
quake ho k late yesterday, according
to teif .one messages to the Los An
geles Times. _
Manila- Manila, gripped by a ty
phoon which began las^ night, is Hood
ed today. Many streets are under
water. _
Los Angeles.—This city, San Ber
nardino and Pasadena sustained an
earthquake shock of some severity at
4:30 yesterday afternoon.
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Penitentiary Doors
Close on Ole Larson
Walla Waiia.—' My conviction was
damnable, but I’m glad it’s all over.”
was the comment of Ole Larson, presi
dent of the defnnctScandinavian Amer
ican Bauk of Tacoma, as -the peniten
tiary ticors closed on him today.
St. Louis. Former Governor Hadley
todttv accepted the chancellorship <■
Washington University, St...,i.,pi,u