THE
KUSKO
TIMES
VOL XI NO 37
TAKOTNA ALASKA SA1 L'Kl-ATf. ■KOV.EM’BEK 14 1^31
PRICE 25 CE3T6
Big; Cargo
Of Liquors
r,.,5,«0(*' CASES LIQUORS, VESSEL,
TRUCKS, GRABBED BY N. Y.
FEDERAL AGENTS.
NEW YORK.—After firing a rounc
cVjf shots over the heads of sixty mer
i engaged in unloading five thousanc
eases of liquor from the oil tankei
Raritan San today, Federal prohibi
tion agents closed in, seized the li
quor, confiscated the tanker and ar
: <• rested the men without resistance.
The tanker was wharfed at Bush’s
drydock, Brooklyn. Customs officials
valued the liquor at 5350,000, and th<
vessel at $200,000. Eight trucks, alsc
seized, were valued at $50,000.
The Raritan Sun,533 tons, is
owned by the Sun Oil Company
Charles R. Innis, maritime executive
of the Sun Oil Company, Philadel
phia, said the seizure was the result
of cooperation betwen the Federa
t Government and the Sun Oil Com
pany. He added that the owners ol
the vessel were working with the
Government to prevent members o!
. the crews from transporting liquors
OPIUM SMUGGLING RING.
SAN FRANCISCO.—Federal offi
• cials, after arresting three Chinese
early yesterday morning, assertee
they have broken up an opium smug
gling ring extending as far as Se
attle, which has ru n thousands o:
dollars’ worth of the narcotic hen
from the northern city.
Situation in |
Manchuria
APANESE ARE ATTEMPTING TO
EXTEND SWAY INTO HARBIN
WITHOUT FIGHTING.
TOKYO.—General Honjo, Japanese
Manchurian commander, asserted
i yesterday that if a major conflict de
velops in the Nonni river zone he
may push his line as far north as
Thithsir, Chinese stronghold. Assert
ing chaos would result if Japan evac
uated, the General said the next move
depended on General Mah Chan Shan,
in a menacing manner. There is no
direct proof that Russia is helping
General Mah, General Ilonjo said, but
! there is “much reliable evidence’' that
\ indirect aid is being furnished the
. Council of the League of Nations,
meeting in Paris on the day when
when Japanese evacuation was to
have been completed.
PARIS.—At the meeting today of
the Council of the League of Nations
there was no indication of a change
n Japan’s position. Ambassador
Dawe, for the United State, took an
important part in the private talks,
and there were reports of a “Dawes
plan for Manchuria.”
! TSTSIHAR, Manchuria.—General
1 Mah Chan Shan, Chinese commander,
■ who was dri.e : i:t of Titsihar, has
• been found at Hailun. Several civil
: ian members of the formmer Tistihar
! government have joined him, possibly
for the purpose of setting up a new
Alaska Interests At
The Nation’s Capital
i
(By W. A. 8.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.—The con
tractor for the clearing, grading, etc.,
of the site of the native industrial
school a Shoemaker Bay, near Wran
gell, was obligated to complete the
work on April 30, last, but owing to
{ bad weather and other causes he did
not get the work finished until June
30. As a result the contract stipula
tion that a penalty of $25 per day be
exacted caused the last payment of
: $3,100 to be withheld by the Govern
ment until the penalty of $1,500 was
disposed of. The good offices of the
Delegate were invoked, but the
i Comptroller General finally decided
■that only $40 would be remitted be
i . cause of a delay in executing the con
tract. A check for the balance due
<uof $1,916 was this wee ksent the con
t'. tractor.
Aajhther protest was received the
, .past- week by the Delegate against
the proposed regulation that would
■permi.' thct aking of 50,000 king sal
mon. in.each season from waters out
side ithecaYukon river delta. As the
Commissioner of Fisheries has prac
tically decided to try out the experi
ment asTproposed, the letter received
from Alaska was referred to Mr.
O’Malley far answer, and among
other things he wrotet he protestant:
“The objective in this matter is to
give the comparatively few Eskimos
who live in the Yukon delta section
some opportunity to add to their
presen very meager sources of in
-came. Tbey are practically destitute
*
and undoubtedly would be helped by
the contemplated commercial fishing
activity. There has b en some oppo
sition to the propose! regulation, but
it seems to be based upon the miscon
cepion that salmon canneries will be
establishedy by Outside interests in
the Yukon river region. The only ac
tivity contemplated would be salting
o r mild-curing operations which
would be conducted by local residents
of the lower Yukon region.
“The Eskimo and Indian residents
of the Yukon region do not favor
king salmon as food for themselves
or their dogs. They prefer the other
species of salmon for this purpose.
As a matter of fact, these natives
make littel effort to catch king sal
mon.
“It is of interest to note that the
demand for dried salmon for dog feed
during the winter months i nvarious
places along the Yukon has declined
sharply during he last year or. two
because of the greatly increased use
of airplanes. The mail carriers and
others were formerly among the chief
purchasers of salmon as food for
their dog teams, but this very much
sLwer means of transportation has
given way more and more to air
planes, whirh in about two or three
hours can cover a distance requiring
practicaly a week by. dog team.
“If after one seasorc’s'itriaL the new
regulation proves detrimental to the
nhabitants of Alaska, .it/will be re
scinded. Under no circumstances do
we want to work a hardship on any
(Continu«d*£rora Pago^2.) ,
Heilungkiang provincial government.
Chinese sources assert General Its h,
command fifteen thousand troops, but.
it is regarded as unlikely that he will
attempt to recapture Titsihar.. The
Chinese general has spread.hLs forces
out fanwise north of Titsihar,.and re
ports are that he hopes to advance ir
case the Japanese withdraw.
A measure of stability seems- to
have been established in North^Man
churia in a military sense, although
subsurface politics are boiling. The
Japanese are attempting to extend
■ heir sway into the .Harbin district
without fight.rg, their apparent
method being to fill local administra
tive posts with men amenable to Jap
anese influence.
Ask Repeal
Of Vote «ait
SAYS TWO-TBIRDS OF BBK1
NESS LEADERS OF COUNTRY
TRY FAVOR CHANGE.
NEW YORK.—More than ,tvo
hirds of the business leaders in th*
country believe that economic recov
ery would be definitely aided by .re
peal or revision of the Volstead act
according to a report on a survey
trade in all sections of the ..United
States by Bradstrrets, and published
in yesterday’s issue of that nublica
lion.
WESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD
TO HAVE NEW PRESIDENT
SAN RANCISCO—The resignation
of H. M. Adams fro mthe president.'
of the Western Pacific Railroad Com
pany was announced yesterday. His
successor is to be Charles Elsey, ex
ecutive vice president of the company
The change will hecome effective mod
January.
1
McGRATH NEWS NOTES.
I
McGRATH.—Mrs. Clint Winan ar
rived a couple of days aog from Mod
fra, and, feeling none too well, will he
a passenger on one of the first out
going planes to Anchorage.
Miss Freda Berry, daughter of Mr
and Mrs. Arthur Berry, will be a pas
senger to Anchorage on one of ttu
next airplanes.
Also leaving on an early airplane
for Anchorage will be Leo Rodrigue
well known associate member of th*
Ilixon Mining Company. Mr. Rod
rigue will first visit at his old hom<
n San Francisco for a few weeks
probabiy spending the remainder oi
his vacation in the East
1 a few days agocmfwy mfwy mfwy j
Mrs. Charles Ulch departed a few
e-ys ago for the Mixon Mines.
The LaChanee brothers, wel!
known mining men of Flat, arrived
. .ere a couple of days ago, passengers
f Pilot A] Monsen, on their way tc
inkarage.
Brother G. J. Feltes and Brother
M. Lapeyre, in their Blanca mono
j'-ane eft he Holy Cross Mission, de
p.-.rted Sunday for .ioly Cross, after
jiAving been delayed here for several
days.
| FLAT AND IDITAROD
FLAT.—Frank Walker, with his
mail team, left for Holy Cross yes
terday with, a lead ,a£ matt.
Commnnists
: At New York
2, 00 MARCH ON CITY HALL OB
JECTING TO BIG HUDGET AND
MAYOR WALKER’S SALARY.
. NEW YORK.-—Two thousand com
munists marched on the City Hall to
day to protest against the city’s
$831,000,000 budget in general and
Mayor James J. Walker’s $40,000 sal
] ary in partirular. Almost 300 police
men were, assigned to special duty in
.t City Hall plaza and order was easily
! maintained, the communists content
• ing themselves with marching around
with banners and presenting a sug
gested relief program which would
-mediately fill the pockets of the
-nt’-A-lnved from,.the city’s coffers.
VVHERE ARE BROTHERS
_ FELTES AND LAPEYRE?
.Where are Brother's G1 J. Feltes
and M. Lapeyre," two.brothers of the
ii„.y Cross Mission?
Brothers Feltes and Lapeyre, after
be.ng held up at McGrath for several
days on account of unfavorable flying
conditions, .eft that place Sunday in
their new Diesel-powered Blanca
itunop.taj, headed, for Holy Cross on
the Yukon. The .^conditions, at the
time they left were none too propi
tious, hut they had .every, faith.they
WUU1U Ltt? iiUit UlitliK UUi IU
Holy. Cross. Not, word.y&'awevef,
has been heard of dr from them since
Ihe.r departure.
% hen it became known early yes
.erday that the two brothers were un
. ported at Holy Cross or at any
other point. Pilots Harry Blunt and
AI Monsen, both of the Pacific Inter
national, started .a search for the
.issing fliers, going over the area
they would probably travel. Noth
ing, however, was seen of them., and
at this time their whereabouts is a
mystery.
Pilots Blunt and Monsen yester
day attempted to make the flight
from McGrath to Anchorage, but
both were compelled to return to
M.Grath, and it was after their rc
. rn that they started out in search
for ■ teh missing fliers, despite the
fact that flying conditions were of
the wosrt,
(STARTLING TESTIMONY IN
TRIAL OP ALEX. PANTAGES
LOS ANGELES.-Startling testi
ony th:ri 'Eunice Pringle as a girl
was plckeed up on the streets to be
he ntende pawn in a scheme to ob
,a\u rroney from A1 xander Pantages,
i i : onoire theater man, or Sid Grau
1 man, wealthy theater owner, was of
fered today at‘'Pantages' retrial on
j c barges of attacking Miss Pringle.
I TWO AIRPL'ANERS KILLED.
CHICAGO.—A 'pilot and passenger
w.re killed today when their rented
airplane went into a taiispin at 600
feat and crashed hi a pasture near
i here. The victims were identified as
Victor Lewis and Thomas Mason, am
! at'iar fliers Of-Chicago,
j Eric Hard and Andy Hansen, who
'brought the 1600 pounds of delayed
■ xr.ai' from Qphir a few days ago, left
this morning for Ophir, Mr. Hard
taking with him two sled loads of
i achinery held here for some months
Charlie Goebel left Monday for a
, trip te Ophir.
Mail Pilot
Is Missing
THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN LOS1
OKURASHED IN SEVERE
SNOW STORM, UTAH.
SAN FRAN CISCO.—Lost in -a-se
vere snow storm in Utah since lO'SD
a. m. yesterday. Pilot Norman Pot
ter, of the United Air Lines, was the
object of a wide search by three
pilots of the Boeing system last
night. Potter left Oakland airport at
8.30 p. m., flying the East-bound!
mail. Fear was expressed at the air
port that he bad lost his way in the
snow, had crashed, and is either fro
zen or seriously injured Potter was
last heard from at 2:30 a. t»., when
he radioed his position irto the Salt
Lake City Boeing airport At that
time he reported everything O X. He
had left Salt Lake City fifteen miD
j utes before his last call
SAN JOSE HIJACKER KING
FACES MURDER CHARGE
SAN JOSE —Closely guarded b
Sheriff Emig. of. San Jose, and tw«
deputies, Joe T< tewi,, aijacke'. king,
was scheduled so arrive in . San Jos*
before midnight lo be locked, in the
, county jail o na charge of murder. Hf
i is one of three men accused of shoot
If, blf wvt •
W. McCauley and wounding Depute
Frank Saporito rft»r a .hijac.kinx
episode on the outskirts of San ..7os»
last Wednesday night
WORKING FOR PARDON
FOR THOMAS MU05LE1”
SAN FRANCISCO.—.Mayor Jamft
1 J. Walker of New York City will ar
rive in New York ?rfi'.u.crr bk gki;
• rive in San Francisco today in behalf
! uf a pardon .for Tom. Mooney, con
! vie ted in the 1910 preparedness day
j bombing. Tomorrow .be./wilkhold hi?
j first conference with Governor Roll))
' tin the matter,
—
Miss Minnie Reid, a young lady a*
about 20, from Hayward. Calif., ar
j rived at McGrath last Thursday, com
ing over from Anchorage with Pilot
Harry Blunt of the Pacific Interns
tional. After a stay of a couple ol'
days at McGrath, the guest of Mr.,
and Mrs. Oliver Anderson, Miss Reid
continued her jouvrney to Takotna
with Pilot Blunt on Sunday, arriving
here about 10. a. m. At 1 p. m. the
young lady, accompanied by Mr. anE
Mrs. C. F. Lottsfeldt, Mrs. Warren
Alford and Joseph Oates, with »
: team of twenty dogs, the gentlemen
acting as drivers, look the trail head
ed Ophirwarda, since which time
nothing ban been seen or heard of oi
/w/vrw n»Ti mamKaw' I rxfltdtr Mi*.
need to worry about them, however.
Little Dan Cupid has a hand in it
somewhere, but at this writing: noth
! ing definite is known at this eruL
More anon, however, and let’s hop*"
that everything turns out happily.
Ralph Dulae returned here yester
day from a trip to Flat, to which
place he freighted over a load sup
plies. Mr. Dulac reports .that the
Twitcbell <s Fowler reindeer herd are
badly scattered, due to tho ravages
of numerous wolves, which are said
to have killed no small number of the
herd. The range of the reindeer
covers an area of no JesJthnn <25 or
30 miles surrounding * th« • 'reindeer
headquarters, with the wolves.
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