THE
KUSKO
TIMES
VOL. V. NO. 45
TOKOTNA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1925,
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PRICE 2b oe:
TO HOP FROM
PT. BARROW
Wilkins Expedition to
Make Polar Dash
on March 2L
Washington <I)ec, The Wilkins
polar expedition, using two planes, ir«r
tends to hop off from Point Barrow,
Alaska, March 21, weather permit
ting. The party will startto the Pa
cific coast' by- rail next month.
Captain George ,G* E. Wilkins,, who
wll be n command, s a veteran ex
plorer n both the Arete and .Antarc
tc.t Hciist n favor of utilizing Sand
Point in outfitting for the strenuous
adventure,- •
The expedition, is under the aus
pices of the Detroit Aviation Society,
the American Geographic Society, and
the North American Newspaper Alli
ance.
Detroitj-f-Prfesideiit* Coolrdge has
indorsed -thb purposes of the Wilkins
Arctic expeditioin, which wii have its
preliminary base in Seattle,, it be
came knowrr’her* Today,'
ALCOHOLIC POISONING
JUMPS IN' NEW YORK
New York; Dee.’ 24.—New York’s
real rum row has: moved • from the
sea to lofts and Office buildings in
New York city, wjth the result, that
the number of deaths1 from alcoholic
poisoning in New York has jumped
from 87 in 1918 to 499 in ,1924 511
to December 1, '1925, United . States
Attorney Buckner declared today at
a luncheon at the Alpine Club. Buck
ner’s subject was “Prohibition of
liquor. ,
Chicago Daily News
Sold for $14,000,000
Chicago, Deri. 24.-—The Daiy News,
fhe property of the estate of the late
Victor Lawson, was sold today to
Walter H. Strong, its'business man
ager, and a dozen- others associated
in the paper for fourteen million dol
lars. The News was left in trust to
the Illinois Trust Company.
BROWN’S APPLICATION -
FOR CHANGE IN JUDGE
Seattle, Dec. 23.—The application
of Mayor Brown, of Seattle, for a
change in judge in the action brought
by him in tbfe King county superior
court to expunge from the records a
grand jury statement that sufficient
evidence existed to justify his re
moval from office was granted hy the
state supreme court today..
MELLON NAMED DrRECTOR
GENERAL OF RAILROADS
Washington, Dec; 23'.—President
Coolidge today named Mellon director
general of railroads, in connection
with his duties'as treasury chief.'
FIGHTING FOR DAMASCUS.
London, Dec. 23.—A Jerusalem dis
patch says the! French and the Deibel
Druse tribesmen are again fighting
for the possession of* Damascus.
Mr. and Mrs. George Mutchler, of
McGrath, were Wednesday, arrivals;
anA were among those in attendance
at iTokotna’a Christmas exercises.,
Miss'E. Marsh was at Wednesday
arrival from MdGrath, to be in at
tendance at Tolsotna’s Christmas day.
doings.
Charlie Goebel was an early in the
week arrival • to- nef on hand at the
Tokotna Christmas daiy doings.
G. W. C. Glass returned Thursday
MITCHELL
AFTERMATH
Record of Case to Go to
Coolidge for Final
Approval.
Washington, Dec. 21*.—The Army
court’s verdict, suspending Colonel
Mitchell for five years hits not ended
Mitchel's claim, (tut on the contrary
has produced a., maze of possibiities
extending from Capitol Hill to the
White House. The only certainties of
the situation, today were that Mit
chell ■ would continue his fight for
greater air force® and that record of
the court martial was being prepared
for submission to a court of review
in the judge advocate general’s office.
It is the first step in the records’s
journey to the White House, where
t'oolidge will pass upon it.
OFFICIAL KILLS MAM WHILE
TRYING TO SCARE HIM
Seattle, Dec. 21.—William Hart
man, a carpenter, was shot and kille.c
last night by Customs Inspector A
N. Johnson. The latter claims he
attempted to stop a drunken row ir
front of Hartman’s home and shoi
I merely to scare Hartman as he flee
i to escape arrest.
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5,um) ijrreek i oungs
ters Express Gratitude
i Washington, Dee. 21.—Plain pud
. ding ingredients which were sent bj
five thousand members of the Greet
Junior Red Cross will be served ii
that number o fAmerican homes 01
Friday. The gifts express the grati
tude of Greek yonngsters fog Christ
mas packages sent them last year b;
the members of the American Junio
Red Cross.
McC,RATH’S CHRISTMAS
SCHOOL exercise;
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McGrath’* school exercises wen
j held in the McGrath Roadhouse oi
i Thursday night, December 24, with >
large attendance present. Following
the exercises Santa Claus distribute!
presents fro mthe heavily-loade<
Christmas tree. Following this fea
! ture came the big dance, which wa:
thoroughly enjoyed by all present
the dancing lasting until a late hour
The program rendered, which re
| fleeted credit upon Miss Halbach an<
j her pupils, was as follows:
S Song, Glad Christmu>t:oe—.
School.
I Recitation, Christmas ...
Avis Vanderpool and Edward
Konig.
Recitation, Once in Royal David’s
City ..
Frieda Konig.
I Song, A Million Bells Are Ring
ing .
SchooL
Recitation, A Little Girl to Santa
Rose Vanderpool.
i Recitation, Bobby’s Letter to Santa
Robert Vanderpool.
I Song, Christmas Dollies
Avis Vanderpool and Helen
Konig.
i Song, Stockings Stout
School.
Recitation, A Dream of Santa._
Hal Hanson.
Recitation, Vigil ..
Christmas Fairy Dance
De Ette Hanson.
Song, Christmas ..
School
Recitation, Santa Claus’ Cousins
De Ette Hanson.
Recitation, Santa Claus
Woodrow Vanderpool.
Song, Silent Night
School.
Christmas Tree_
Ed Nollette, Yankee creek, arrivec
Thursday, to be in attenndnannce a!
Tokotna’s Christmas doings.
Statue to Malamute
Balto Unveiled, N. Y.
New York, Dec. 21.—A statue to
Balto, famous leader of the mala
mute team that hauled serum to
Nome last winter, saving many fives
of that mining town from diphtheria
epidemic, was formally unveiled Sun
day afternoon in Centarl Park.
Balto and Gunnar Kasson, the dog’s
owner, and other Alaskans sojourn
ing for the winter in the metropolis,
attended the exercises.
STOOD UP
FOB 6HRIST
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And Prominent Rabbi
No Longer Head of
5,000,000 Jews*
i New York, Dec. 24.— Because Jews
protested his advice to recognize
Jesus as a great work! teacher, ltahbi
Stephen B. Wise has resigned as
chairman of the Five-Million United
Palestine Appeal. His resignation is
today in the hands of Louis Lipsky,
chairman of the ionist organization of
America. It was offered 'in response
to stern protests from Jews, who ob
jected to a speech at Carnegie Hall
last Sunday, in which he said: “Jesus
was a man, not a myth, and his tenets
were essentially the same as those
i taught by Jewish elders.”
| MRS. COOLIDGE HELPS TO
SPREAD CHRISTMAS CHEER
j Washington,Dec. 25.—At the Salva
i tion Army Home, where esh handed
out the first Christmas basket given
. to the poor, Mrs. Coolidgc made a
, brief speech, in which she admitted
. that, although the wife of the Presi
dent, she never had learned how to
make a speech, and confided that her
Christmas would be made happier be
; cause she had helped to spread cheeT
among the needy.
; Telegraphic Ticks.
I Washington, Dec. 22.—-Ogden II.
I Hammond, of New Jersey, has been
selected as ambassador to Japan.
Santa Ana, Dec. 24.—Carl H.
' Kaffman, a California manufacturer,
was shot and killed today by a ma
I niac.
Seattle, Dec. 22.—Frank A. Plum
mer, one of Seattle’s best known real
estate men, dropped dead today while
riding in his limousine.
Seattle, Dec. 24.—George Nobel,
well known in Yukon as a miner in
the days of the 1898 gold rush, died
here last night.
Seattle, Dec. 22.—Frank olet was
today sentenced to two years in
Walla Walla penitentiary for de
frauding Italian countrymen.
Seattle, Dec. 24.—This year, for
the first twelve-months period since
the United States took over Alaska,
there has not been a single stranding
or wreck in Northern waters, Col. E.
Lester Jones, director of the Coast
and Geodetic Survey, declared in an
address here today.
THREE DENVER BANKS
CXOSE THEIR DOORS
Denver, Dec. 23.—The Drovers’ Na
tional Bank, the Broadway National
Bank and the North Denver Bank,
with deposits of five million dollars,
closed their doors today. Frozen as
sets in ivestock loans precipitated the
failures.
Frank Speljack, Little creek, was a
1 Thursday arrival, and was among
; those present at the big doings on
Christmas night.
IDAHO MINE
A WONDER
30-Foot Vein of Virtu
ally Pure Lead and
Silver Ore.
Idaho Falls, Idaho, Dec. 24.—A .‘!0- |
foot vein of virtually pure lead and1
•silver ore has been tapped by a tunnel
driven Below an o'-A--opping on Sal
mon river, the pro of Walker H.
McGr ..:s Metals Company of New
York. A representative of the com
pany said here today the estimated
value is $-100,000,000.
The mine is near Clayton, about 65
miles from Mackay. Fully twenty
live feet of the great vein is solid
ore, and is exceedingly rich, going
around 60 per cent lead and as many
ounces in silver to the ton, and the
remainder is around 00 per cent lead
and 30 ounces of silver.
Henry Ford is interested in prop
erty adjacent to the new strike, and
hhs a crewr prospecting on the Red
claim, on Squaw creek.
PHILADELPHIA RIDS ITSELF
OF NOTORIOUS GEN. BUTLER
Philadelphia, Dec. 23.—Brigadier
General Sraedley I). Butler, at the re
oue.st of Mayor Kendrich, has re
signed as director of public safetty of
Philadelphia.
‘Little Senate’ Gives
Indorsement to Dawes
Washington, Dec. 23.—Vice Presi
dent Dawes tHa .-'.failed so far to get
the big Senate i • amend its rules to
prevent a one-man filibuster, hut the
little Senate, th* pages, in mock ses
sion today, voted 14 to 3 for cloture.
The session was held just before
the pages became guests of the Vice
President at a luncheon.
The Vice President, in his speech,
i advised the pages not to be hip to
| flasks. “Boys, don’t smoke, don’t
I swear, and don’t chew,” he said. “Be
| clean, be yourself; stand against the
crowd, and you will amount to some
thing.”
CUSTOMS AGENT FREED
FROM MURDER CHARGE
Seattle, Dec. 23.—Justice Dalton
this afternoon dismissed the charge
of mansaughter brought against Ar
thur B. Johnson, customs agent, fol
lowing the shooting of John Hart
man, last week.
DEATH OF FRANK A. MUN
SEY, NOTED PUBLISHER
New York, Dec. 23.—Frank A.
Munsey, noted newspaper publisher,
died today, following an operation for
appendiritis.
WATCH OLD YEAR OUT ANI)
NEW YEAR IN AT McGRATH
Yes, they’re going to watch the old
year out and the new year in at Mc
Grath on the night of December 31,
the occasion for which will be a big
ball at the McGrath Roadhouse. Of
course, everybody’s invited, and it
goes without saying that there will
be a good attendance of visitors from
both Tokotna and Ophir and other
points.
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HOUSE PASSES $325,000,000
TAX REDUCTION BILL
Washington, Dec. 23.—The House
passed the $325,000,000 tax reduction
bill today. It includes reduction of
surtaxes from 40 to 20 per cent.
Johnnie Sinclair, after a visit to
Ophir and surrounding parts, arrived
Sunday, and left Wednesday for Mc
Grath.
ARRAIGNS
MITCHELl
Shenandoah Survivor
Have Final Inning
Before Court.
Washington, Dec. 23.—The survi
ors of the Shenandoah disaster h
their final inning before the na\
cour tinquiry today, and throu;
Lieutenant Commander C. E. Rost
dahl, senior officer, their spokesma
flatly denied the dirigible had bee
impropery equipped or operated, ar
insisted the wreck was due to an a
of God. Rosendahl arraigned certa.
witnesses, including Colonel Williai
Mitchell, who testified that the giaT
air liner was improperly operated an
denied that Lieutenant Commande
Zacha -v Landsflowne went on th
fatal flight under protest.
SI I’KKIOR JUDGE FOUTElt,
SEATTi E, PASSES AWA
Seattle, ' ec. 24.—Superior .Tudt
A. W. k outer, dean of the King com
ty bench, and father of the juvenil
court tystem in this state, died at h'
home tl is morning. He h; d b *en
for about a week. His condition w.
critica two days ago, then he ralie
only to suffer a relapse.
CHRISTMAS AT CAPITAL.
Washington. Dec. 25.-—All Was
ington, from President Coolidge
the smallest youngster, devoted tot’
to enjoying Christmas and to up
datum of the goodness of St
Claus. At the White House a sim,
quint obseiwjigce was the rule. I
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Gwvii'v Kin rn Avn a
F1KB LOSS OF $750,00
Boston, Dec. 25.—Christmas us
ered in New England with a toll
seven nkilled arid a fire loss of thr
quarter million dolars.
N. G. Hanson, N. C. manager, 2
Mrs. Hanson, accompanied by th
daughter, De Ette, and son, Hal, w
among Friday arrivals from McGra
and were among those in attendai
at Tokotna’s Christmas night exe
cises.
Miss Halbaeh, McGrath’s popular
school teacher, and Moody Green
were Friday arrivals from McGrath
and were among those who attended
the Tokotna school exercises and
ball last evening.
R. M. White, of Stewart White, of
thhe McGrath Roadhouse, was a Fri
day visitor to be in attendance at To
kotna’s Christmas night doings.
John Krieger, well known resident
of the Tolstoi, was a Thursday ar
rival, and was among those who at
tended the Christmas night doings
here.
Frank Guskey, after a visit of a
couple of days here giving attention
to business affairs, returned to Mc
Grath on Monday.
Jack Lamont, bringing the outside
mail, ari ved Tuesuay, and left Mon
day on his way to Flat.
Mrs. Victor Hill, after a visit of a
couple of days, returned to her home
at Victor gulch on Monday.
Dick Stephenson, coming from
Poorman, was a Wednesday arrival,
and left today for Ganes creek.
George Hillman, who was a Fri
day arrival, coming from Poorman,
left today for Ganes creek.
Dan Nicholson, Little creek, wa3
among thoseB^ sent at Tokotna’s
Christmas nigh; exercises,