THE KUSKO TIMES
* VOL XI NO. 15
IAKOTNA ALASKA. SATURDAY.A MAY 23 1931
PRICE 25 CEiSTS
2 Foremost Citizens, Los
Angeles, Shot and Killed
' >PJ.ES'-CRAWFORD, politi
cian, AND HERBERT SPEN
CER, .EDITOR, ARE SLAIN.
jaA former deputy district
ATTORNEY UNDER ARREST,
♦CHARGED WITH KILLING.
.LOS ANGELES. May 21.—Charles
<i Crawford, prominent politician, and
j. Herbert Spencer, editor of Critic of
». Critc of Critics, which publication
. has been exposing vice conditions in
. this city, were shot and killed Wed
nesday afternoon in the office of
t Crawford by an unknown racketeer,
\ who made his escape.
LOS ANGELES, May 22.—David
IiH. Clark, former deputy district at
torney of Los Angeles, and at the
5 present time a candidate for the mu
> nicpal judgeship, was arrested here
\ this morning. Clark is charged with
i the murder of Charles Crawford and
. Herbert Spencer. Clark was identi
fied by several men in conference
"i with Crawford and Spencer at the
i time of . the shooting.
LOS ANGELES, May 23.—District'
i Attorney Byron Fitts announced to
< day that he' would -.call for a grand
jury investigation of the Crawford
and Spencer murders, declaring that
it was time to clean up Los Angeles
and that it will be a real job.
RECALL ELECTION OF MAYOR
EDWARDS SET FOR JULY 13
SEATTLE, May 19—The State Su
preme Court today denied the peti
' tion of Mayor Edwards for injunction
against his recall election, and on
June 1 the comptroller will set the
date for election of recall. If it is
carried the county will elect his suc
cessor.
SEATTLE, May 21.—July 13 has
been officially designated as the date
for holding the recall election against
Mayor Edwards.
BETTER TIMES COMING SOON,
SAYS INTERIOR SECRETARY
BOSTON, May 21.—Secretary of
Interior Wilbur, in a speech here last
night, made prediction that better
times will set n during June and will
continue.
PRESENTED TO ROYALTY.
LONDON, May 21.—Mrs. Dill,
wife of United States Senator C. C.
Dill of Washington state, was pre
sented to the king and queen last
•night.
.Alaskan Interests At
The . Nation’s Capital
< (-Byv W.i A.' S.) i
WASHINGTON, May 4.—It might?
bribe weH for. federal employes in Alas
i.ka to .tage their annual vacations
v when ithey .arei due, or at least Pot.to
i allow them to run too’long- A case
ii illustratingi this point, and in- which
tithe services of the Delegate -were re
«, quested, was taken before the ' De
i apartment of Agriculture the other
t . day. It . seems that the appointed
, personnel of Alaska and other insular
- stations are permitted to accumulate
. their leave for a period of three
. years., i An assistant at the Sitka ex-1
1 periment station, in March, applied
•J for three months’ accrued leave, be
; ginning April 2, but he died on March
: 27, and the law specifically states
t that all payments for salaries cease
with the day of the death of the em
1 ployee. As a consequence the widow
v was denied the right to be compen
: sated, for the leave that was not aken.
-Barney W. Hettel was for a long
t time a resident of Alaska, but he is
t now. residing in Seattle. He was in
1 Russia recently, where he married a
\ .widowv with four children. He re
i tumed-ito Seattle alone, followed later
L;bjitefcis'wife and children. They went
. fro mYladivostok to Yokohama in
safety-' and together. But from this
port Mrs. Hettel was only permitted
v to -depart with two of the children,
1 beeavsefoT the quota stricture. They
s larridediiin. Seattle about the middle
of April, and now Mr. Hettel is fran
tically insisting that the Delegate in
duce the State Department to grant
permission for the two absent kiddies
to' depart from Yokohama. But the
Department cannot- intercede, as the
matter is only within the jurisdiction
of the American consul at Yokohama,
who must be guided by the quota
statue in issuing his visa. Although
married to an American, the mother
will not become a cittizen of the
United States until one year after
her entry.
The Fort Yukon business men have
wired a request for one round-trip
airplane mail service for Fairbanks
to Fort Yukon and return. The Post
office Department has ordered that
the service be rendered about May
15th, carrying 600 pounds of mail
each way.
Peter Williams, a native trader at
Akiak, died a couple of months ago
and left an estate worth about $20,
000. His building and stock of goods
are on a small reservation, and his
heirs are desirous of selling to the
Northern Commercial Company, as
they themselves are incapable of con
ducting the business. The question
has been presented to the Indian Bu
reau to decide whether this transfer
is allowable.
In anticipation of renewed activity
in the neighborhood of Chicaloon the
people of that section and the Nel
china district want a postoffice estab
lished at Chicaloon, which is being
looked into.
Former Delegate Dan Sutherland
lias returned from his trip to Europe,
having visited France, England,. Scot
land, Germany and Denmark. After j
i day or two in Washington he left
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TUPPEB LEFT SEATTLE MAY
21, 7 PASSENGERS,-BIG CARGO
SEATTLE, May. 21.—(Dw wfceamer
Tupper, with eight passengers, in
cluding Steamboat .Inspectarp. ‘Craft
and White, F. B. Roherts and wife,
missionaries. A. McCall and ■ wife;
government school teachers, - and J. F.
Geiger, sailed for Bethel this after
noon. The Tupper carries a capacity
cargo.
Telegraphic Ticks,
VATICAN CITY, May 13.—An-*p
peal for more equitable distribution
among men of proceeds of capital
and labor and labor was sought by
Pope Pius in a -world-wide radio
broadcast last night.
SEATTLE, May 20.—Secretary of
Navy Adams, in his speech' here to
day, declared for the maintenance of
a powerful navy, especially to protect
American commerce on the Pacific.
PORTLAND, May 20.—General
Smedley D. Butler arrived here yes
terday. He comes to organize the
State police force, as requested by
Governor Meier.
SEATTLE, May 18.—Key Pittman,
Senator from Nevada, sailed today
for China, whither he goes to pursue
the Senate committee’s investigation
of the silver problem.
WASHINGTON, May 18.—Presi
dent Hoover today issued an order
calling for the cessation of all leas
ing of national forest timber lands
except in Alaska.
TOURS, France, May 20.—Briga
dier General Rohert H. Dunlap, of the
United States Marine Corps, was
killed in a landslide near here today.
SEATTLE, May 23.—The steamer
Yukon sailed for Alaska this morn
ing, carrying 210 passengers, includ
ing 75 for interior points via Seward.
JOHN NOVAK, OLD TIMER,
PASSES ON AT McGRATH
John Novak, well known oldtimer
of Alaska, and who for the past two
or three years made his home at Me-1
j Grath, passed away at the latter
place last Wednesday afternoon.
Death apparently was due to heart
trouble. Mrs. Charles Ulch, while
waiting to take passage on a small
boat to cross the river at McGrath,
decided to step into Mr. Novak’s
home for a very brief visit. Shortly
after her entrance, hardly being seat
ed, she noticed that Mr. Novak ap-j
peared to be in some pain. Mr. Novak;
complained of pain in his chest.
Mr. Novak then arose, assisted by
Mrs. Ulch, in an attempt to get him
to his bed. He had made only a step
or two when he collapsed, dead. j
Funeral ceremonies were held at!
McGrath on Saturday, being attended
by practically everyone in that com
munity. Stanley J. Nichols made a
brief address, in which he paid nice
tribute to the deceased.
John Novak, about 50, was born in
Southern Austria quite close to the
Italian boundary line, came to Amer
ica as a young man, and for many
years has been a resident of the
Northland. He leaves a sister, Marie'
Novak, and a couple of nieces at Los
Angeles to mourn his loss. He wasj
a member of Flat Igloo of Pioneers.
He was one well liked by all who
knew him, all of whom will regret his
passing.
Gus Rosen returned today from a
trip to Yankee creek.
Items of Importance
In Recent News Events
■ Seeking to forestall! what is said tc
mean “continuous permanent unem
ployment,” the -workers’ executivi
council, with - headquarters at Wash
ington, is asking workers to resist
wage1 reductions to the fullest extent
In its study of joblessness the council
announced that it found “an attempi
which apparently certain banking in
terests - and certain'» employers an
making to bring about a general re
duction-in wag‘S.” The executive
council proposed to appeal to tht
workers- to--stand firmly n opposition
to all wag® .reductions, as they vio
late -the understanding, reached dur
ing the conference of industrial labor
leaders with Hoover.. To accept wage
cuts out of propontian to ..the changes
in commodity psuctr. .is only a step in
continuing .permanent unemployment.
Contradicting ^ the statement by
Secretary of Interior Wilbur -advising
men in the States to better them
selves by coming to Alaska, the Ju
neau Chamber of Commerce”instruct
ed its secretary to write a “strong
letter” to Wilbur, informing him there
are more men in the Territory than
can find work - and. the- unemployment
situation is- becoming-morse.
The chamber went on record- as
advising persons ntonding to come
North to investigate conditions before
making the move and asserting that
those contemplating a,trip to Alaska
should have ample funds to return
home in the event their expectation
of finding employment is-not realized.
The opinion that, business depres
sion and not prohibition would be tin
permanent issue r the- 1032 presiden
tial campaign was expressed . by
Jouett Shouse, chairman-of the .Dem
ocratic national executive- committee,
in an address before the Texas Legis
lature at Austin, Tex. Shouse de
fended the prohibiton nropesals of
Raskob, former chairman of the na
tional Democratic committee, i-and
said that his party-, when it regains
power, will “do obvious 'things for
the relief of unemployment instead of
merely talking about then-j *i- do not
considerprah ibitiontheoa ralnount b
consider prohibition, the ; - paramount
issue of the coming campaign, but I
do believe that the ascertainment of
fhe sentiment of the majority of the
party should be had in this as on
every other question of importance
within the party.”
However, it can well be supposed
that a direct ratio between employ
ment and prohibition could easily be
established and that the obvious
things the Democratic party would do
for the relief of unemployment would
be directly concerned also with the
relief of prohibition. It is suggested
that the repeal or at least the modifi
seation of the prohibition law would
have a most obvous, not only by the
resumpton of brewing, which would
take thousands of men off the excess
-abor market, but also by the in
creased consumption of grains on the
market today.
At Greeley, Colo., Mrs. Myrtle Fos
ter and two of her three daughters,
Dacline and Gcialdinc. lost their lives
when their home burned The surviv
ing child, Mildred, age 12, charged
her father with starting the fire.
“Daddy did it,” she said. “He woke
me up when he threw gasoline in my
face and went oht into the kitchen. I
Baw him throw a match. Everything
> was afire and I ran through it to a
■ neighbor’s home «trui called for help.
i Daddy was act ill there when -I 1 rar
out.”
. Mrs. Foster, 40, died in a hospital.
Mildred will probably recover.
Foster, a salesman, mas arrested
; on the high may three hours after the.
fire. He denied starting the fire.
Tfiere most, be either drastic rtduc
tians in government, expenditures or
increased taxes within another year,
according to a statement made at.
Washington by Chairman Wood, of
the House appropriations committee.
If expenditures continue at the pres
ent rate, he says, it will he necessary.
for the next Congress to make provi
sion for the imposition of ar addi
tional tax burden.
According to figures made publir
by the United States Treasury, the
treasury deficit as of May .4 was al
most a billion dollars, the exact
amount being $903,320,757.
The statement shows that thp gov
ernment has collected thus far during
the fiscal year a total of $2,694,082.
531 and during the same period has
expended a total of $3,598,003,288.
The deficit last year on the same
date was only $152,950,984.
Legislation to limit campaign ex
penditures and to establis ban agency
to help enforce the law, is advocated
by Chairman Nye, of the Senate cam
paign funds rammittee. Following i.
two-day hearing at Washington, the
rommittee- submitted two proposals to
correct the evils. and it is th^ inten
tion of Chairman Nye to introduce
legislation at. the coming session of’
f’-ongresa to carry out tbe committee
program,
Nye favors a proposal to restric*
expenditures on a vote basis of -3 or^
• cents for gaeh vot> east in the re
! spective congressional districts at the
• preceding election.
I'‘‘AS? Safe Diego, Calif.,‘reports• re
' ’cived in that city from the Mexican
“ sporting-city of Tia Juana stated that
j martial law has been- ' proclaimed!
there as a means of giving protection
to Mguel Angelo Mendentz, the city’s
newly-appointed and very unpopular
mayor.
Tia Juana was placed under mili
tary rule following the distribution of
: circulars by malcontents calling for a
: street demonstration in opposition to
! the mayor.
The tense situation was precipitat"
ed the previous evening, when the
mayor and a number of other officials
were assaulted during the progress
| of a labor meeting which the mayor
was addressing. The mayor’s secre
tary was shot through the abdomen.,
and died the following day, with eight,
bullet-holes in his stomach. It is
claimed by witnesses that the mayor
became excited when the trouble
started and drew a revolver, after
which the firing became general.
According to announcement made
by President Hoover at Washington,
no fewer than 150 public works pro
jects have been started in various
parts of the country during the last
i three months as a means of bringing
relief to the unemployment situation.
It is stated that these projects in
volve the expenditure of $120,213,000,
In addition to the projects already
under way, the President announced
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