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The Kusko Times
VOL. 1. NO. 70
McGrath, alaska, septemrbe 24. 1921.
PRICE 25 CENTS
THOUSAND
STRIKERS
Oil Workers* Hold Up
Train Loaded With
Strike-Breakers.
Bakersfield, Sept: 23.-— The
seriousness of: the strike of oil |
workers- was brought home here j
today when more than a thou
sand strikers held up<a Southern
Pacific train,- which was bearing
strikebreakers to the oil district,
and refused to. allow it to pro-1
seed until the strikebreakers j
were started on.fcha return jour
ney. 3dd the strikebreakers or j
trainmen offered-1serious resist
ance, there would undoubtedly
have been manydives-lost.t
Both sides are preparing for a j
prolonged struggle. The strrk-1
ers are making strenuous efforts
to enlist other labor. organisa
tions in the fight.'
£iOs Angeles. Sept.* 23;^—More:
than eight thousaud.,oil workers-i
in Southern California havevot-j
ed to go out. in sy mpathy • with j
the oil workers in; the northern;!
fields.
W ashington Notes
.Washington. — President Harding
will send the German treaty to the
Senate tomorrow;
Washington.—An investigation into
■the operations of the ku klux klan is in
progress, Attorney General Daugherty
announced tonight.
Washington.—Dr. John D. Prince,
president of the civil Service commis
sion. New Jersey, will be appointed
minister to Denmark^
Washington,-—■ Garb Rr Tabb, an
American citizen, was snot and' killfed
by Mexican soldiers m the oil fields
Dear Tampicof the State Department
was advised todays
Washington.-Arming employes.
with orders to shoot when the occasion*
requires, has-greatfy a educed the num
ber of mail tram robberies, Postmaster
General Hays stated today
Washingt-om *—One thousand nine !
hundred and ninety-six employes have
been dropped from-tbe payrolls of the
Shipping Board since' June 15*. an an
nual saving of fifteen million dbllars,
according to Chairman Lasker.
Mike and George Btanusha.were
passengers on the Alaskan from Nixon
Landing to Tacotna.
Frank Joaquin came up from Bethel
on the Tocotno. He expects to winter
at.Tocotna.
MAHONEY
ON TRIAL
A Gap in State’s Evi
dence-Four Women
On the Jury.
Seattle, Sept. 23.—The trial
of James E Mahoney, alleged
wife murderer, is now in full i
swing in Judge Ronald’s court,
tvvo days having been required
to secure a jury, which is com
posed of eight men and four
women.
An element of mystery was
injected into the trial this morn
ing when the state’s principal
witnesses were forced to admit
that Mrs.- Mahoney was alive
and well an hour after the truck,
claimed by the prosecution to
have been used to carry: her
bodv in a trunk to Lake Union,,
was summoned to the Mahoney
apartments. This leaves a gap
:n the state’.s evinence which it
will be difficult to fill.
Mahbney still maintains a
dogged silence.
Telegraphic Ticks.
Tacoma.—Cracksmen blew open the
safe of the First Presbyterian church
here today, securing sixty dollars.
Geneva.—The Pope today formally
recog-nirlfed the League of Nations, in
doing which he urged the League to
give succor to Russia.
Washington.—President Harding to
day telegraphed his congratulations to
Holm O. Bursum on the latter’s elec
tion as senator from New Mexico.
Dublin.—De Valera wired Lloyd
George today asking if his letter of
September IfMs a declaration of war or
an invitation to a free conferenee.
Albuquerque, N. M.—H. O. Bursum.
republican, has been elected United
States Senator, having defeated Han
nah, democrat, by five thousand.
Pagopago. Samoa.—Seventeen petty
chiefs, convicted of conspiracy to slay
higher chiefs because of their loyalty
to American administration of the
island, were todav sentenced to long
terms in prison.
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Rome.—The Pope, addressing mem
bers of the Order of St. Francis, gath
ered at the international congress, said
that treaties of peace were signed by
nations, but they continued to engage
in bloody conflicts.
A1 Smith and Fred Dubois arrived
fh>m Candle yesterday.
Henry Peel returned yesterday from
a trip down river.
Richmond Says Gold
Yield of Yukon, 1921,
About Four Millions
Dawson.—The gold yield in the
Yukon valley, including Canadian and
United States territory, for 1921, ag-;
abrogates four million dollars, accord
ing to Volney Richmond, superintend
ent of Northern Commercial Company .
posts._
Crowds Greet Pershing.
Havre.—General Pershing, sent to (
France by President Harding to decor- j
ate an unknown soldier, escorted by a ;
fleet of French warships, arrived today.
Great crowds greeted him.
CONGRESS
IN SESSION
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President Urges Senate:
Leaders to Speed Up ;
in Work.
Washington, Sept. 21.—On the
reassembling of Congress today,
after a recess of about thirty
days, President Harding, in a
spirited speech, uiged upon Sen
ate leaders the necessity of
speeding the legislation upon a
number of measures that the
Administrations deems it im
perative to pass before the De
cember session opens.
Delegate Sutherland
Introduces Bill Per
taining to Highways
Washington, Sept. 23. — Delegate
Sutherland, of Alaska, introduced a
bill in the House today for the reserva
tion of a 30-foet strip along all section
lines in surveved townships in Alaska
for highway purposes. The bill pro
vides that if the highway is abandoned
the land will revert to the owners of
abutting property.
Thinks Germany May
Go Bankrupt Next Year
Paris.—Realization that Germany
may go bankrupt next year and that
the vrar indemnity may never be paid,
is admitted by Paris Temps, the Gov
ernment organ.
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Str. Tocotno Arrives.
The steamer Tocotno. Capt. Bugge,
arrived from Bethel at 5 o’clock yester
day afternoon, and left for the Forks
at 6:30-this morning.
Capt. Bugge left Bethel with forty
two tons of freight, the greater part of
which is for A. Higgins, Tacotna
Among those coming up from'down
river points were Miss Emma Roberts,
Jack Brandon, Charles SwansoD, Frank
Joaquin, Dolph Smith, Mr. Jesslund
and Fridhtjof Hoeu.
1500 DEAD AT
OPAUNOR
Many Bodies Being Re
covered From De
stroyed Plant.
Mayence, Germany, Sept. 23.—
The explosion of the war-born
chemical plant in the Opaunor
district is proving to be a greater
catastrophe than at first sup
posed, investigation revealing
that more than one thousand
five hundred lives were lost and
a like uumber seriously injured.
Troops and volunteer workers
have toiled night and day since
the explosion, recovering bodies
from parts of the plant where
fire has not already forestalled
such work.
Nominations.
Washington.—The President today
sent to the Senate the following nomi
nations:
; - Joseph C. Grew, of Massachusetts, to
be minister to Switzerland.
Millard T. Hartson, of Seattle, to be
collector of customs there.
Col. Mason Mathew Patrick, to be
chief of the Arrnv air service.
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Cuban Leaders Want
No Duty On Sugar
Washington. — Cuban leaders ap
pealed to the Government todav to
abolish the duty on sugar carried in
the tariff bill as it passed the House,
basing their request on the ground
that if it becomes a law it means the
commercial and financial ruin of Cuba.
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The Alaskan returned Thursday
from Nixon Landing, and left for Ta
cotna yesterday afternoon at 4:30, tak
ing up about 8,000 feet of lumber for
the Flume Dredge Company and a
quantity of other supplies. Al Thorns,
W. W. Lukens, Paul Heinrich and D.
Peck were passengers for Tacotna.
United Mine Workers
in Biennial Convention
Indianapolis. Sept. 23.—The biennial
convention of United Mine Workers
opened here today. The appointment
of a committee, consisting of twenty-six
district presidents, to negotiate a new
wage scale with operators, next April,
was the main buriness transacted at
today’s session.
Tim Oates arrived Thursday from
Tacotna on the Go Devil, returning up
river yesterday.
Waino Puntila came in from Candle
Thursday morning, returning home
the same day.
Swan Holm 4eft this .afternoon &*r
Candle.