THE KUSKO TIMES
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VOL. VI. NO. 19
TAKOTNA, ALASKA. SATURDAY. MAY 15, 192G
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Com. Byrd Flies From
Spitsbergen Over North
Pole,Returns inl5iHrs.|
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London, May. 0.—Central-. News
dispatches from Oslo announce that
the North .Pole, airplane expedition of
Commander-. Byrd, after a successful
flight over the -.North Pole, returned
tonight to its base at King’s Bay.
The flight lasted fifteen and one-half
hours,
Oslo, May 12.—Commander Byrd
contemplates a series of other flights
to. the Pole if be succeeds in establish
ing a base on>; Pearyland, and it is
probable thdt he will attempt a flight
toiAlaska across the Arctic basin.
Sunday’s flight was. 1,600 miles,
which is about the distance Iron.
Peary Landing to. Point Barrow,
Alaska. .
New York, . May 10.—Commander
Byrd was able to know he hud accom
plished the feat of flying over the
North Pole by making observations of
the sun’s position. Using a new sex
tant, carrying an artificial horizon,
Byrd was able to locate the Pole
within twenty miles before sailing
north. He explained he would know
he was over the Pole when the alti
tude of the sun over the horizon
equaled the sun’s declination, which
was given in the nautical almanac he
carried.*.
Washington, May 12.^—Commander |
Byrd, United States Navy flyer, who j
Sunday flew his giant airplane over;
the NorttkPoie, circling the. top of the j
world three times before starting on j
his return trip to Spitzenbergen, will
now seek a supposed lost continent ,
above Canada, according to announce- i
ment.
Settlement Apparently in
Britain’s General Strike
Londoti, May. 12.-r—The Briti.-h gen-1
••ral strike was.called off‘today.
It was announced that the settle
ment was .made from Downing Street,
where the. general council <>£ the
Trades Union Congress met, at which
Premier Baldwin and Cabinet Minis
ters were told of Labor’s decision to
«nd the conflict by Arthur Pugh,
chairman of-, the Trades Union < oun
cil, which called off the strike in order
ton resume nego tiations.
London, May 14.—The first day of
industrial, peace found the situation
■nore intense than ever since workers
went on strike. Employers are scorn
ing the King’s plea of peace without
vindictiveness, and the tie-up is still
just as complete asiever.
Railway employes decided to go on
a new strike; .so transportation hard
ly got under way before it was again j
halted. The situation is growing'
worse.
London, May 14.—Premier Baldwin
announced in Ahe. House ofCdmmons
coday that he had prepared proposals
which in his opinion formed a reason
able and fair basis for the settlement
of the coal dispute and that..the rail
vay strike hud been settled.
London, May 10.—Intensive pre
parations by the Government to deal
with any untoward situation aml-'to-j
keep vital services running were fav-!
ored : on the fifth day of the general
strike.
Armored cars >ire being moved, to..
ward London from Aldershot, military
camp, and a tank corps was em
barked at Belfast this morning for an i
unknown destination.
London, May 10.—The general’
strike entered upon its. second week j
with»prospects: that, the Government
would cause the arrest of union lead
ers. The strikers threaten to cut off
gasoline suppliesctinhait motor trans
portation. The situation is-growing
steadily worse in England. ’
In Paris more than four hundred
nersuns were- injured and two hun
dre darrested in monarchist riots at.
the .Jeanne d’Arc.celebration.
Food prices dn England-and conti
nental countries? have increased
steadily. _
London, May lU^-King Goorge, in
personal conference late yesterday
with Cabinet M leisters; made it
known that he-was opposed to any
plan to fofce the strike to the bitter
end.
Five serious railway accidents have
occurred within the" past 24 hours.
One outstanding fact is l hid labor
las discovered its strength and is de
termined. not to withdraw without
/ictory.
London, May 9.—In a speech here
Premier Stanley Baldwin declared
that if the strike was canceled the
Government was prepared to open ne
gotiations immediately. . The speech
was made over the radio. “Anyone
who has the authority ian approach
the Government and parley,” he said.
The general strike must be called off
without reserve, he emphasized.
British troops are on duty in Lon
don. Some have been assigned to the
East India docks, where trouble is
feared. A plan for the seizure of
union funds, it is intimated, is being
considered !>y the Government.
COL. STEESE, A. R. C. HEAD,
WILL ARRIVE IN AUGUST
Col. James G. Steese, president of
the Alaska Road Commission, and who
has many friends in Ihese parts, is
scheduled to pay Takotna a few days’
visit in August, according to advices
recently received here by Carl Lotts
feldt, in charge of A. R. C. affairs in
this section. Colonel Steese will come
via the summer trail from Ruby, from
which point he will be accompanied
by Joe Ferris.
Charles Kimball, Flume Dredge
Company superintendent. returned
early in the week from a trip cover
ing both the Little and Yankee
camps. He said the season was fully
three weeks ahead of ordinary at
Yankee creek, where front conditions
are comparatively negligible are com
paratively negligible with previous
years and where preliminary work is
also well advanced. At Little creek,
also, a great deal of work is being
done preparatory to the starting of
dredging operations, following the in
stallation of new Diesel engines, due
to arrive on the first up-river boats.
“I have received new airplanes and
am all ready to give service in your
vicinity,” was the advices:received by
The Kusko Times early In the week
from Aviator A. A. Bennett, at Fair
banks. That Mr. Bennett, who made
many friends on the occasion of his
first visit here, some weeks ago, and
who is regarded as a most capable
and careful pilot, as welt as an’Al
mechanician, will render excellent ser
vice to all sections served by him,
goes without saying.
Harry Harris left today for the A.
R. C. road camp, Ophir way.
Telegraphic Ticks.
San Francisco; May 11.—Three of
the more than one hundred persons
injured in the California street cable
car crash are in a critical condition.
Joseph W. Harris, president of the
company, has issued a statement tend
ing to fix responsibility for the dis
aster on Isadore Navarro, the grip
man on the runaway car.
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Little Rock, Ark., May 11.—Ward!
T. Vanorman, who guided the Good- ;
year national balloon race that start
ed from this city Thursday, was far
in the lead today of all pilots.. When
he landed at Petersburg, Va., this
morning he was GGO miles from Little
Rock. Previous distance records for
balloons of this type was 305 miles.
Washington, May 14.-;—Further
eruption between the wets and drya
came yesterday when Wayne B
Wheeler, general counsel of the Anti
Saloon League, declared the wets’ pic
ture of the United States as a drunken
nation was false. He declared the na
tion not one-tenth as wet as modifiea^
tion advocates say it is.
San Francisco, May 12.—Trapped
in a blinding snowstorm in Modoc
county, Mrs. Olive Robinson, wealthy
Oakland woman and manager of the
Robinson Tractor Gompan.y of Oak- \
land, and her airplane chauffeur were!
reported safe today, after missing J!5 j
hours.
Berlin, May 11. What is believed
to be the first German step toward
Che acquisition of new colonial em
pire in Africa was seen today in ne
gotiations between the German gov- j
ernment and the Mannesman]! broth
ers, which are nearing completion.
London, May 14.—Lady Torrington,.
former member of Parliament, yester
day obtained a divorce., on the ground
that Lord Torrington had been guilty
of misconduct with Mi s. Rena Devere
Humphrey. Lord Torrington did not
defend the suit.
Los Angeles, May 10. -Declaring
that Theodore Mayer, millionaire re
porter, who wooed and won Sadye
Brush, a Stanford co-ed, over the pro
tests of her parents, had beaten her,
the bride filed suit for divorce here
i today.
Oakland, May 11.—Mrs. Ruth Dar
ling, 31, was attacked by a man she
found hiding in a clothes closet on her
return home last night. He escaped,
but the police have clues which they
believe will lead to his immediate ar
rest.
Leonore, May 12.—The biggest man
hunt in the history of Illinois nar
rowed last night to th( trail of three
escaped convicts, after four fugitives
of seven who fled the pn on had been
captured in a gun battle here.
San Francisco, May 12.—The crit
ical illness of Joe Redding, noted law
yer, author and playwright of this
city, who is in Paris, w.-.s reported in
news dispatches received here last
night.
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Sacrament, May 13.—A man jailed
here as a burglary suspect is believed
to be Joe Tanko, a notorious mur- j
derer who escaped fro m San Quentin
prison over a year ag<
Suisun, Cal., May 11.—Fire swept J
throughout an entire block of the
business section of this city last
nights
Okmulgee, Okla., May 11.—Six per- j
j sons were seriously injured in a tor
nado here yesterday. More than 20
farm houses were demolished.
Parks, May 12:—Thirty passengers'
are reported drowned by the sinking
of a Russian ship in tile Black Sea, to
day,
Tokio, May 12.—Emperor Youho
hito of Japan suffered an attack of!
cerebral anemia yesterday. His phy
sians say he may recover.
Amundsen Also Covers
North ^ole, But Nothing
Known of Whereabouts
New York, May 12.—The dirigible
Norge crossed ihe North Pole at 1
o’clock this morning in its flight from
Spitzenbergen to Nome. The dirigi
ble will proceed to Nome by way of
Point Barrow, unless weather condi
tions drive her from her course or
cause her to land short of that point.
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Oslo, May 11 The Amundsen and
Ellsworth dirigible Norge started on
its flight to the N’orth Pole and Alas
ka at 10 o’clock this morning, says a!
message from King’s Bay', Spitzen
bergen.
A wireless .message from Amund
sen said: “O k. Now flying across I
Polar ice.”
It. was officially announced this af
ternoon that Amundsen will take pos
session of any land found during the
voyage in the name of the King of
Norway.
Copenhagen. May 12.—“We are
passing over P<dar icefields.” This
was the all-well message from the
dirigible Norge, in which Amundsen
and party are flying northward from
Spitzenbergen in quest of the North
Pole, received shortly after departing.
Seattle, May 13.—Advices received
from naval radio stations in Alaska
!>y the Navy station at Bremerton at.
2 o'clock this morning said that they
had heard radio signals from the diri
gible Norge, but were unable to get
in communication with her.
New York, May 12.—Amundsen’s
Norge was last reported as traveling
at fifty miles an hour, which would
bring her to Point Barrow at 5 p. in.,
Point Barrow time.
Seattle, May 13.—Amundsen’s
Norge passed Point Barrow, headed
for Nome, about !1 o’clock last night,
Alaska time.
San Francisco, May 14.—A wire
less message received here says the
dirigible Norge, with the Amundsen
and Ellsworth expedition, has arrived
at Nome.
Seattle, May 14.—The sweep and
reaches of radios throughout the
world have failed, up to 10 o'clock this
morning, to reveal the whereabouts of
Amundsen and the dirigible Norge.
New York. May 14.—Despite static
garbled radio messages, believed to
have been sent by the Polar dirigible
Norge, no new- has been received up
until midnight since 2:20 yesterday
morning, when the vessel was heard
by the St. Paul Island station, and
was then north of Alaska. At that
time the Navy radio station on the
island heard the Norge tell an un
known station to “go ahead.”
Gov. Hartley, Wash
ington State, Does a
Little House-Cleaning
Seattle, May 10.—On the ground :
that “they have, in my judgment,
been guilty of misconduct in office,’'1
Governor Hartley today removed
Warner A. Rupp, Aberdeen publisher,
and James E. Davis, of Tacoma, as
members of the board of repents of
the University of Washington, and
also supplanted two Cheney Normal i
School trustees.
A. II. B. Jordan, of Lowell, and
Paul 1L Johns, of Tacoma, are named
as successors of Rupp and Davis.
The governor is in a hot fight with
a coterie of politician., whom he
charges with waste and t wagance
in the State’s educational institutions, j
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SEATTLE GOOD-WILL EXCUR
SION TO ALASK JUNE lit
Seattle, May 10.—To further busi-i
ness relations with communities in
the Territory are among the plans for
the second good-wiir excursion to,
Alaska to be conducted by the Young j
Men’s Business Club, with the assist
ance of the Chamber of Commerce,
were made public today.
The steamship Dorothy Alexander,
has been chartered for the Seattle J
party leaving here June 10 and re-j
turning .June 28. Heads of the city’s j
leading business house will make the |
trip with the good-will party.
INCREASED SALARIES COM
ING FOR FEDEKA1. JUDGES
Washington, May lit.—Increased
salaries for all Federal judges was |
voted today by the Senate. The hill
now goes to the House, where an I
identical measure is pending, and will ,
be taken up after farm legislation has
been disposed of.
Tuesday departures for the R. C.
road camp, Ophir way included Dave
Clough, Axel Peterson, Bert Good
paster and Sozov Johnson.
Bert Pershinger, of the A. R. C.
force, was a yesterday town visitor.
Tom Shallow was among yesterday
arrivals.
Former Attorney Gen
eral Daugherty Indict
ed by Gd. Jury, N. Y.
New York, May 10.—Harry M.
Daugherty, former United States At
torney General, was indicted by the
federal grand jury today with Thomas
•T. Miller, former alien property cus
todian, and John T. King, former Re
publican national committeeman, for
conspiracy in connection with the
American Metal Company < ase. The
indictment charges conspiracy to pre
vent the Government from receiving
honest judgment of Daugherty and
Miller, both acting ■ dlicially, as to
turning over the company’s securities
and that they were paid .>191,000 for
putting the deal this ugh.
New York, MaylO. Bench war
rants will be issued for the arrest of
Harry M. Daugherty, •rmor United
States Attorney General.
Daugherty, with others, is charged
with conspiracy to defraud the Gov
ernment in connection with the return
of $7,000,000 of stock in the American
Metals Company, seized by the Gov
ernment during the World War, to
Swiss and German investor .
1 KILLED, 1 BADLY INJURED
WHEN AUTOMOBILE UPSETS
Pasa Robles, Cal., May 12.—John
Fallon, 25, an electrical engineer of
Santa Barbara, was killed, and Miss
Marjorie Low, his fiance, w e perhaps
fatally injured whei th automobile
in which they were ridii „ mined over
here. Miss Low is t daughter of
Dr. S. L. Low, brother of a former
mayor of New York.
DEATH OF ALTON B PARKER.
New York, May 11. Alton B.
Parker, former candidate for N ice
President on the Democratic tick' , %
expired while out automobile riding in
Central Park, this afternoon.
Jack Guinan, superintendent of the
G. & A. dredge operations, after a
town visit of three or four days, de
parted today for aGnes
Einor Carlson, who arrived Tuesday
from McGrath, left Wednesday for
the A. R. C. road camp, Ophlr way