THE KUSKO TIMES
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TAKOl’NA ALASKA SATURDAY. OU'I OBLK ] 1.8:'
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Explosion
May Occur
L NLESS/GERMANY IS GRANTED
LQQQUAJL STATES„'SAYS A
NOTED AUTHORITY
WASHINGTON.—Unless the Ger
man crisis, is solved, and soon, there
wrZ. be a .nexpiosion ir. .-Europe which
will rock. the world. Such is the con
clusion of a military and economic
suivty o.f .Germany.by Dr. Paul Daug
hter; of Ntwt.York and Cincinnati,. car
rying an. introduction by Senator
Rfeyai S.': Gbpeland of New York.
Fol.tical dynamite isoheing gener
ated by foreign dominations over t
sovereign country,. Dr. Douglass, de
claied, and the < only way to prevent
an upheaval is by granting: Germany
eciual status with the other powers,
aconotnically and militarily.
Going down with. Pilot Matt Nie
minxm to McGrath, Andy White de
parted a-.couple‘.of days ago* on his
way to. Anchorage for the purpose of
securing further medical advice. At
tha time of his departure Mr. White
had greatly improved from his ill
ness of several days previous, but he
is on. his way for. the purpose of se
curing expert advice as to his ail
ment.: .
Waino Puntila, head of the. Little
Cfceek dredge, was. a yesterday arrival
I for a brief visit. He reports every
| thug working fine, with weather con
ditions- not bad for dredging.
[Opens Doors
For Business
FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK,
j WITH SI,500,000,000,.IS NOW
FUNCTIONING.
WASHINGTON.—A reservoir of
| potential credit of more than one
[ billion five hundred million dollars
was brought to the aid of the small
home owner today when the Federal
Home Loan Bank system opened its
j doors for business.
APPELLANTS IN SOPHIA
CASE LOSE FINAL ACTION
SAN FRANCISCO.—The United
I States Circuit Court of Appeals has
[affirmed the decieion of Federal Judge
j Jeremiah Netterer of Seattle, refus
ing to increase the amount of dam
1 ages awarded to the estates of the 350
persons who died in. the waters of
Lynn canal in 1918, when the Cana
dian Pacific passenger steamer Prin
cess Sophia foundered on Vanderbilt
reef during a blinding snowstorm
while en route south from Skagway,
i loaded with prominent residents of
Alaska and Yukon on. their way to
the States and Canada for the winter.
It was held by Judge Netterer and
: affirmed by the Circuit Court that the
i estates shall not receive more than
! 8643,40 each.
The appellants asked that the $350,
! 000 received by the owners of the
J steamship be included in the amount
i paid the estates of those drowned, but
Alaska Interests At
The Nation’s Capital
By W. A. S.
WASHINGTON, Sept, 19,— The
unfortunate drowning of Oren F.
Hill, postmaster at. Hyder, made nec
essary the appointment of an acting
postmaster, and the patrons of the
office were almost, unanimous in rec
ommending the widow, Loretta C.
Hill, who. had been, assistant post
master. Delegate Wicker sham se
cured th eappointment of Mrs. Hill,
|| and was given assunrance by the
Postmaster General that-.when Con
gress convened her name would be
sent to the Senate for confirmation
as permanent, postmaster, as this is
a presidential. office and confirmation
is required by the Senate.
Mrs.. Dan Suherland and som Don
ald returned last week from a short
|| trip abroad, spending most of the
time in France, Scotland and Eng
land, and report. having had a most
delightful and .instructive time. Don
ald was born, in Interior Alaska,
where he spent his early, days, at
tending, school dn Washingon the past
eleven years... On. September 26. he
H| will enter Princeton., ollege, New Jer
sey.
Major MalcolmElliott, formerly
president of the- AlAska. Road. Com
mission and also District Engineer
1 h; for Alaska of th a. United States En
gipeer office, has. returned to,.Wash
1 ington and is installed,in his. local du
' ties in the Engineering., office of the
|t War Department." la? the.', effort to
H| gain favorable action far Alaska river
1 and habor projects in connection with
the expenditure of the..$30,QQO,000 al
| lowed to the emergency relief act ol
1932; Delegate Wickersham’s office
has had the assistance of Major El
liott. But, unfortunately for the Ter
ritory, th.eact provides that these
millions, are for he prosecution ol
I river and harbor projects “heeiofort
j authorized,” and while' there, are a
number of Alaska projects that have
i been favorably recommended hy tht
| Board of Engineers ,they haver not
, heen authorized by ^Congress and con
sequently iannot participate in thf
emergency fund.
in reference to the reetn.- mysteri
ous disappearance of ICO. Raymond
Robbins the newspapers say that “he
was in the Klondike rush, in Alaska
in 1898 and acquired a. fortune.”
Even at this late date it is shard for
the writers to understand;, thht the
Klondike and Dawson are in-. Canada,
a short distance across the, bbrder
line- from Alaska.
The chain stores in Washington
are selling pound-cans of .'Alaska .sal
mon at the-folio wing r prices: Aigo
red, 15c; pinks, 2 for 19c; chums, ,3
for 25c..
Dr. W. Carson- R^^aiAJnp Director
of Education in the Indian Bureau,
and who has made fiequentf.tripj ;to
Alaska in his oflBciaLcapgcitjV'recenW
ly published an article .on'.the :?‘Baeial
Intelligence of Indians * and Cultural
Development.” In this -articla-hej is
quoted as saying: “The Indian has
prepared a second heritage of. beauty,
(Continued on.Page.S.)
i the courts held that the insurance
| money belonged to the company for
the reason that the owners of the
vessel were not required to carry the
insurance for the potection of the
passenges. It was held by. the courts
that the lifeboats aboard the Sophia
were not defective but they were not
lowered into the water until the ship
began to break up, because of the
roughness of the seas and the snow
and storm.
BENNY LEONARD LOSES IN
__ BOUT WITH McLARNIN
NEW YORK.—Benny Leonard’s
courageous comeback attempt came
to a disastrous end when Jimmie Mc
Larnin scored a technical knockout
over the former lightweight champion
in the sixth round of a ten?round
bout. Leonard weighed 150 1-2,, and
i lVicLarnin 147 1-2.
With five seconds of the siyth round
to go, Leonard sagged helpless in the
arms of Referee Arthur Donovan,
who stopped the fight and awarded
the verdict to McLarnin. With Leon
ard’s resistance gone and his once su
perb defense no longer effective, he
swayed groggiiy under a. hail of blows
to the head and body. He was obvi
ously the target for a knockout blow
when the fight was stopped, but only
after he had dropped McLarnin for
the count of nine in the second round
with a right to the jawi.
11 cGRATH NEWS NOTES.
McGRATH.—Ed Stevenson left a
few days ago for Bethel for a visit
of a couple of months with Mrs.
Stevenson and young daughter, after
( which they will return to. their home
here.
Mrs. D. E. Clough, who has been
feeling, none too well for several
weeks past, will be passenger for An
chorage, going out with Pilot Matt
Nieminen. Mrs. Clough will go di
rect to Seward hospital for treatment,
and hope is expressed by her many
friends that she will return here at
an early date.
! Jack Morris and Victor Mard, two
■ quite promising prospectors, depart
; ed a couple of days 'ago fo Candle,
j The. scene of their operations will be
; quite close to those now being, carried
on by Dan McDonell.
The river boat of Charlie Smith
has been hauled out and is now rest
ing on its winter ways.
Matt Nieminen, Pacific Alaska Air
| ways flyer, has been detained here for
! the past two or three days, owing to
! poor flying conditions. Among those
! going out with Mr. Nieminen will be
Mrs. D. E. Clough, en route to Sew
ard for medical treatment; Andrew
White, well known. Takotnan, who
goes for the purpose of securing
medical treatment at the Anchorage
hospitale; Glen Day, well known head
of the Day Navigation Company of
Iditarod; and Silas McConnahey, well
known oldtimer of the Flat section,
on. his way to the Outside.
Ed Young, flier for the Pacific
Alaska Airways, was a visitor here
a couple of days ago, on his return
from a trip to flat.
Ed Ralston, well known mate of
the: steamer Tana, was a departure a
few days ago for Anchorage, to go
into hospital there.
Items of Importance
In Recent News Events
WINSTON SALEM, N. C.—Libby
Holman Reynolds’ demands for com
plete vindication on the charge of
murdering her husband, Smith Rey
nolds, opened the possibility today
that the State might present a skel
eton case against her and ask a di
rected verdict of not guilty.
PARIS—French literary circles un
derstood today that the 1931 Nobel
prize for literature would be divided
between the French poet and philos
opher Paul Valery and the German
Stefan George.
NEW YORK.—The rally that Wall
Street hoped would follow Governor
Roosevelt’s bonus statement failed to
materialize today. Instead, a .decline
set in that carried the list down frac
tions to mare than 2 points.
HOLLY V. OOD.—Dona Rose, . 23,
film actress, spent the last of her di
vorce settlement Thursday night on a
gay liquor party, and then stabbed
herself while an actor friend mixed
her a drink. This was the story
spliced together by police today as
Charles Morton, 24, juvenile film
actor, was ordered held as a material
witness to the affair.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.—The sol
diers’ bonus question apparently has
been eliminated as a campaign issue
by the Pittsburgh address by Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, who moved today
into Ohio to continue his assault on
Republican policies. The Governor
Wednesday night reaffirmed his belief
expressed last April to the effect that
action on the bonus payment should
be deferred until there is a surplus
in the Treasury.
SAN JOSE.—Charles P. Daley, 36,
San Francisco pugilist, who fought
under the name of Charles Moy, was
shot and critically wounded here to
day by his divorced wife, Patricia
Daley, 35.
CHERBOURG. — Several persons,
including an American-born woman
and her son, were rescued today from
a seaplane which had been drifting
for several days in a heavy sea in
Cherbourg roads. The plane-, char
tered for a private flight to Europe,
was in imminent dange of sinking
when the passengers were picked up.
WASHINGTON.—Installments due
December 15 on the principal war
debts are expected by official quarters
here to be paid, it was stated today,
preparatory to reconsideration of the
entire debt structue.
MEXICO CITY.—The heaviest rain
here in several years had flooded
Mexico City today.| The American
Consulate was among the buildings
from which firemen pumped the flood
waters.
PORTLAN, Ore.—Two robbers es
caped with one thousand dollars in
checks and $110 in cash in a holdup
of the Southern Pacific depot here
early today.
SAN BERNARDINO.—A fourth
member of an alleged kidnaping ring
was under arrest here today as offi
cer thei investigation into
th f ta kidnap Clarence C.
\,i • . C .veiand millionaire, and Dr.
CL; : L . Lard, wealthy Redlands
physician.
WASHINGTON.—Leaders of the
bonus expeditionary forces went to
the White House today and formally
censured President Hoover for his
eviction from Washington of the vet
erans, last summer.
NEW YORK.—Helen Keller today
received the Pictorial Review’s award
of $5,000 for achievement in 1931.
The award is made annually by the
magazine.
WASHINGTON.—Two representa
tives of the Illinois State Attorney’s
office today applied to the State De
partment for a presidential warrant
for the arrest in Geece of Samuel In
sull, j., one-time Chicago utilities
magnate.
DALLAS, Tex.—Marjorie Kemp,
youthful and blonde animal trainer,
was recovering today from wounds
suffered when Sultan, a large lion,
became unmanageable and attacked
her.
WASHINGTON—Admiral William
V. Pratt said today that the greatest
part of the Atlantic Fleet would visit
Hawaai during winter naval maneu
vers off the Pacific coast next Feb
ruary.
LONDON. — Anglo-Irish negotia
tions for settlement of the economic
war arising from efforts of the Irish
. Free State to break off connections
with England have failed, J. H.
; Thomas, Secetary of the Dominions,
said today.
| GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador.—Another
I international dispute today threaten
ed the peace of South America, al
i ready disrupted by fighting between
1 Paraguay and Bolivia, and strained
relations between Colombia and Peru.
MUKDEN. — Heavy fighting be
1 tween Japanese cavalry and a well
armed band of guerillas was reported
i near Tungpien south of Mukden, to
day.
WASHINGTON.—The Capital City
wholesale prices, which climbed
slightly during the latter part of
August, declined, and then remained
strong for three weeks, have dropped
again, according to figures of the
United States Bureau of Labor sta
tistics.
WASHINGTON. — Demands for
sweeping arms reduction and recogni
tion of Soviet Russia were made to
day in a conference of anti-war socie
ties called to arouse public opinion in
behalf of salvaging the disarmament
conference.
i BEARDSTOWN, 111.—Frankie Mc
reputed to be the inventor of the “one
way ride” in connection with Chicago
liquor warfare and who was said to
have a charmed life as the result of
successfully eluding the bullets of his
gangster enemies, died like an ordin
ary mortal in a local hospital yester
day.
He developed an attack of pneu
monia, and as death reached for him
in his hospital bed the brave man of
the Chicago underworld lost his nerve
completely. He became delirious and
acted like a raving maniac until death
came to his relief. In his delirium he
feared his enemies were trying to
shoot him and it required the strength,
of four internes to hold him ip hed.