KUSKO
TIMES
VOL. VI. NO. 5
TOKOTNA. ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY JO, 1926.
PRICE 25 CEE?
APPROVED
BY SENATE
American Adherence to |
World Court Rati
fied, To to 17.
"Washington, Jan. 27.—American
. adherence to ric wovld court was ap
proved today ,'py-the- Senate.
The vote on ratification was 76 to
17. This was 14 more than.the neces
. sary two-tlriids -vote.
The ratification was supported by
, 40 Republicans and 36 Democrats,
v while 14 Republicans, 2 Democrats
c:artd h'i'.armer-Labor senator voted
a against it.
- Borah SaysTHe IV ill Take Court Hack
to the i’eople.
"Washington, Jan. 28.—Le a vin g.th t
1 Senate chamber .last night, Senator
Borah, leader of the opponents in the ,
t world court, addressing a radio audi
k ence, »aid: “We do not regard this !
contest closed, but instead.', we will!
vicapi y ihsback. -to the people and make i
it,an issue in every precinct in the
United. States.”
Jkl rsi ■ W oodro w Wilson witnessed1
the lutesing scenes-of the (lei.ate and j
. formal entry of the United States
intd the vailrld court, for which her
h husband ihadAfoo’ght.
* OLMSTE&0 E1QCWK CONSPIR
ACY-TRIAL AT SEATTLE
Seattle, Jan. 28.—Testimony that
t. GeorgeJ Comstock', head of the;, police
■ dry squads took orders from _ Olm
stead’s liquor headquarters > on
whether to' raid certain places1.com
plained of was giveii by Prohibition
Agept R. L* 1’iyant. ‘thi*. afternoon’.!?
the Olmstead liquor conspiracy case.
The names .of numerous exclusive
c clubs and institutions, such as the
i.Rainier,Club,.the Arctic -Club and the
FEiwlingfon Golf Club, 1 are being
.. brought, into.the testimony in the
( Olmstead case as wholesale liquor
; .patt:on- of Olmstead.
BIDS 8300,000 FOR THE AD
MIRAL ORIENTAL LINE
Washington, Jan. 30.—A bid of
$300,000 for''the Admiral Oriental
line running out of'Seattle to the Far
East, was received today by the Ship
ping Board from It. Stanley Dollar.
CIVIL SERVICE FOR MAIL
WORKERS IN ALASKA
Seattle.—Extension of the civil ser
vice classification to the postoffices of
Alaska was announced yesterday,
with the departure of Postal Inspec
tor P. L. Neil, who is going to Alaska
to make a survey of the personnel
now in the employ of the Depart
ment.
WOULD SAVE HISTORIC
FRIGATE CONSTITUTION
Washington, Jan.: 29.—Schools 'of
every city in the nation were urged
by Secretary of Navy Wilbur today
to join in the §500,000 campaign to
restore the historic frigate Constitu
• tiori.
PREMIER KATO, OF JAPAN,
A VICTIM Oh INFLUENZA
Tokio, Jan. 29.—Stricken with in
t fluenza'Saturday, Premier Rato died
today as a result. The Diet has been
prorogued for five days.
Jack Mutchler left today for Flat,
' where he will visit for a few days
with his brother, Jake Mutchler .
Freighter Billy Jones came from
Ophir on Wednesday, again returning
to that place on Friday.
A. G. Johnson, local N. C. manager,
returned Thursday from a trip to Mc
.Grath.
COLONEL
Resigns From Army;
Resignation Accept- 1
ed by Cooiidge.
Washington, Jan. 27.—Co!. William
Mitchell resigned today from the
army, effective February 1. The ac
ceptance of his resignation is up to
President Cooiidge.
Washington, Jan. 30.—'The resigna
tion of Colonel William Mitchell from
the army has been accepted by Pres
ident Cooiidge. Mitchell-will be per
mitted to step out on February 1,
thus-, automatically bringing to an
end the five-year suspension to;
which he was .sentenced by the court1
martial after conviction of breaking
discipline by his criticism of the gov
ernment’s aviation policies.
Delegate Sutherland
Introduces hid to
Amend Mining Law
i
Washington.—Delegate Dan Suth
erland has introduced a hill in the
lower house of Congress providing for
the amendment of the Alaska mining
laws to limit the location of placer
mining claims to two claims per per
son per month in any mining district.
The provision- also would Tequire the
person locating, a mining claim for:
another to ■carry, a written power of
attorney from such other person.
.The .proposal of the Delegate to
limit the staking ptivileges of Alas
kans is in direct opposition to the
suggestion made by Governor George
A. Parks in his first annual .report to,
the Secretary of the Interior. The
Governor's idea is to throw large
areas open to location by individuals
or corporations, with, a view to mak
ing placer areas easily accessible for
large-scale operations.
Another hill introduced by the Dele
gate provides for the extension of the
United States mining laws to An
nette Island; and authorizes the Sec
retary of the Interior to tax the net
income of any operating mine one per
cert for the benefit of the Metlakatia
people
A third bill would extend the time
for the completion of the Anthracite
railroad mainline and Stillwater and
Canyon creek branches, in the Bering
river district, for a period of three
! years.
•LENTY OF TROUBLE FOR
LIENT. OSBORNE WOOD
1 Wst Palm Beach, Fla., Jan. 29.—
I Former Lieutenant Osborne C. Wood,
j whose meteoric financial and marital
adventures are widely known, is to
day being sought by officers on
charges of having passed worthless
checks.
FOR WHARF AT JUNEAU.
Washington, Jan. 29.—-A joint reso
lution introduced in the House today
by Delegate Sutherland would appro
priate $22,500 to construct a wharf at
Juneau.
George F. Kilroy, former manager
of the Innoko Dredging Company,
who left here a couple of years ago,
I is now connected with the advertising
! staff of the San Francisco Examiner,
j according to recent word received
i here.
Frank Larson, Peter Snow and Miss
Helen Koenig were Thursday arrivals,
all of whom returned today to Mc
Grath. Miss Koenig, while here, was
the home guest of Miss Mary Mc
Lean.
Tom Shallow was a today arrival
from a trip to Ganes creek.
Tom Shallow left for Ganes creek
on Thursday.
American Participa
tion in Preliminary
Arms Conference
Washington, Jan. 27.—Congres
sional sanction for American partici
pation in the preliminary arms con
ference discussion at Geneva was
completed today when the Senate ap
proved the House resolution to ap
propriate $55,000 to defray the ex
pensces of American delegates.
Uprooting of Tree in
Idaho Reveals 2-Foot
Vein Silver-Lead Ore
Spokane, Jan. 27.—rJ> -uprooting
of a tree during a stem .last week at
Clark’s Fork,.Idaho, rcveaied a two
foot vein of silver-lead. ore. The vein
is thirty feet wide... and undeter
mined length. The ground .all along
the spot has been prospected for a
generation.
Compton and Whitney are the
owners of the ground.
DAI GHKHTY. FORMER ATTOR
NEY GENERAL, ARRAIGNED
New York, Jan. 27.—Harry M.
Daugherty, former attorney general
of the United States, was arraigned
before Federal Judee Th itcher today
for. failing to answer questions and
:.t produce records unde1 subpoenaing
in recent investigation concerning the
American Metal Comp; n\
Prince of Wales Se
verely Injured When
His Horse Drops Dead
London, Jan. 28.—The Prince of
Wales’ horse dropped dead under him
today while the Prince was. hunting
at Melton Mowbray, with the Belvoir
hounds.
Lanehester, Epg.. J;u>. 2'K—The
Prince of Wales suffered n. £racture<l
collar bone win n he was thrown from
his horse yesterday while hunting.
Telegraphic Ticks.
London, Jnn. \V. L. George,
noted writer and lecturer on women,
died here today.
New York, Jan. JO. -Six persons
died from the -cold throughout New
England last, night.
Seattle, Jan. 21>. Con Collier, who
amassed a fortune from Yukon pla
cers, is dead at his home here.
Seattle, Jan. 28.—Mrs. Henry len
ders, president of the city council,
• pened her campaign for the mayor
alty nomination today.
Washington, Jan. 29.—James M
Vernon, 77, postmaster at Everett
Wash., died here today. He was here
visiting his son, Leroy T. Vernon
Washington correspondent of the Chi
cago Daily News.
Hartford, Jan. 29.—Governor Johr
H. Trumbull and Mrs. Trumbull wil
S be guests of President and Mrs. Cool
idge in Washington next week, after
which they will go to Florida. Tht
President’s son, John Coolidge, anc
the governor’s daughter, Florence, art
sweethearts.
MAYOR BROWN, SEATTLE,
DOES A LITTLE CHARGING
Seattle, Jan. 29—His name having
been mentioned in the Olmstead con
spiracy case testimony, Mayor Browr
j today charged that houses of worship
! and the courts of the city are now
being used for political purposes. Ht
promised that the coming campaigr
would be one of the liveliest and most
interesting in the history of the city
Jack Mutchler returned Friday
from a visit to Ophir.
Charles L. Baker, after a short
town visit, left Thursday for Ophir
ARRIVING
| AT NENANA
Vanguard of the Wil
kins Polar Expedi
tion Is There.
Nenana, Jan. 27.—The vanguard of
the Wilkins transpolar expedition ar
rived here today.
Much equipment for the expedition
has already arrived here. Among- this
equipment are three tractors and 15
sleds. The tractors are of the spiral
variety screw variety, designed to
throw snow from in front of then
path. The sleds are 61 inches wide,
of the double-ender order, and were
built especially for the expedition by
Cal Rrosius, of Seward. There will
be about fifteen tons of freight to
haul from Nenana to I oint Barrow,
which means that each tractor will
pull five trailers, with about one ton
of freight on each trailer. It is esti
mated that the trip from Nenana to
Barrow will occupy about thirty-five
days.
The route, so far as known at the
present time, will be from Nenana to
Gibbon; from Gibbon, by way of the
mail trail, to Alatna, on the Koyukuk;
then up the Koyukuk valley to Bet
ties; up the Koyukuk to ‘he mouth of
John river; up John river to the head
of Brooks ranee, and down the Ana
tovik river, a tributary of the Col
ville; then from the mouth of Ana
tovik over the tundra to the shore of
the Arctic ocean, which will be hit,
probably, about 100 miles from I’oiut
Barrow.
Alexander Malcolm Smith, a well
known oldtimer of Alaska, will act as
guide for the expedition to Point Bar
row. Earl .Russvvian will act as offi
cial photographer.
j Anchorage, Jan. 28. Leonard Sep
I pala, famous Nome dog musher is ex
pected to join the aerial Arctic expe
dition of Captain George Hubert Wil
kins.
BILL BLANKER CAME T.O
DEATH BY OWN HAND,
SAYS CORONER’S JURY
I The testimony of the coroner’s jury
| at the inquest as to the cause of the
i death of William Blanker, at Lake
| view, some days ago, was that de
' ceased came to his own death by a
\ gunshot wound entering the left eye
i and coming out of the back of his
head, according to word brought here
Friday from Ophir, to which place
U. S. Commissioner Chris Bolgen re
turned a couple of days ago.
The inquest was he’d at Lakeview,
the principal witnesses being Max
Simel and W. P. Jones.
The members of the coroner’s jury
were: John Auld, John Rieek, John
Edwards, Frank Beckman, A. Brule
and Ed Enholm.
j B. K. MILLARD, ALASKA PIO
NEER AND FORMER TERRI
TORIAL SENATOR, PASSES
Seattle, Jan. -'{0.—Bailey F. Millard,
76, Alaska pioneer,and former Terri
torial senator from the Valdez dis
trict, and also developer of the Cliff
Granite mine, died yesterday at his
home in this city.
j 95-MILE DOG DERBY, THE PAS,
i 9 HOURS 2K 1-2 MINUTES 7 SEC.
The Pas, Manitoba, Jan. 2ft.—Emil
St. Goddard won the 95-mile dog
derby today in 9 hours 2ft 1-2 minutes
7 seconds, with Earl Brydges close
second in 9 hours 29 1-2 minutes and
22 seconds.
Louis Blackburn, accompanied by
Miss E. Marsh, arrived here last even
ing for a short visit.
Waino Puntila was a departure to
day Tor On^ir
ANOTHER
EXPEDITION
gions From the Air Is
Being Organized.
Washington, Jan. 28.—An inde
' pendent exjiedition to explore Arctic
regions from the air is being organ
ized by Lieutenant Commander Rich
ard K. Byrd, retired, of Winchester,
; Va., who commanded the navy S4C*
‘ tion of the McMillan expedition last
i summer.
The enterprise will be financed by
American citizens. Among those at
the head of the organization are John
D. Rockefeller, Jr., and Edsel Ford.
The primary object of the expedi
tion is to explore unknown regions
; north of' Greenland, Canada and
Alaska, using either Spitzenbergen
or Etah, Greenland, as a base.
To Explore Arctic
Spanish Aviator Hops
Off in 1721-Mile Flight
Pertopraya, Cape Verde Islands
•Ian. 27.—Ramon Franco, Spanish
aviator, hopped off today in his sea
plane Ne Plus Ultra on the third lap
[ of his attempted flight from Spain tc
I South America. His destination is
1 I’ernambuca, Brazil, 1712 miles
: across the Atlantic.
Madrid, Jan. 30.—.A wireless men
i sage received by the ministry of ma
rine at noon today said Commander
Franco’s seaplane established wire
less communication with Pernam
buco at 3 o’clock, Greenwich time.
FED URAL CIRCUIT JUDGE
MUST ANSWER CHARGES
Washington, Jan. 20.—Wallace Me
Camant, of Oregon, who is serving as
nidge of the Ninth Federal circuit
under a recess appointment, was
called today before the Senate judi
ciary committee to publicly answer
charges lodged against him by Sen
ator Johnson, Republican, of Califor
nia, who is said to be his political
enemy.
SENATOR GREENE, VERMONT,
SUFFERS PARALYTIC STROKE
Washington, Jan. 28.—Senator
Frank L. Greene, of Vermont, had a
fainting spell late today in the Senate
chamber. He suffered a stroke of
paralysis two years ago after being
shot by a prohibition agent who was
j tiring at a bootlegger.
Carl Lottsfeldt, in charge of A. R.
C. work in this district, returned herc
Thursday from a trip to Anchorage.
Returning with Mr. Lottsfeldt was
; Ross E. Kinney, who has been making
a brief visit on the Outside, and who
will leave in a few days for Nome, to
which place he will proceed within the
next few days to take over the super
intendency of A. R. C. operations in
that section. Mr. Kinney, in con
versation w ith The Times man, stated
that he had received a Christmas card
from Col. J. G. Steese, head of the
Alaska 'Road Commission, sent from
Algiers, Morocco. Col. Steese, it is
| understood, will arrive in Washington
| about January 15, and will probably
i arrive at his Headquarters in Juneau
I some time in March.
Walter W. Lukens, formerly in
j charge of A. R. C. work in this dis
; irict, was recently married to a Ju
1 neau lady, according to word reaching
here lately. Mr. Lukens was con
nected with the Stines activities in
| the Fairbanks section until late last
j fall, hut is now in Seattle, where b>
I contemplates entering business.
Henry Wallick, from Ganes creek
was a last evening -a
Uiwn