THE KUSKO TIMES
VOL. IV. NO. 40
PRICE 25 CENTS
TOKOTNA. ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1924
Recent Events
On the Outside
Washington.—Addressing himself to
domestic affairs and declaring that the
republican and democratic programs
for the revival of Europe were to di
vert the attention of the American peo
ple from the corruption in their own
government,- Senator La Follette offi
cially opened his independent cam
paign here. His s|»eech was delivered
by radio and was broadcasted from a
dozen stations. He said, in part:
“We are in this campaign contend
ing for the principle that every man
and woman under the American Flag
who lives by useful and creative work
of theha-cd or the brain, or both, is
• entitled to an equal chance lor ad
■ vancement in life, the equal protection
of the laws, end equal participation in
the control of the eovernmt t. We
■ conceive that to be the fundamental
principle of the constitution aud we
propose to defend it. We believe that
our government, ruled bv republican
and eemocratic parties, has fallen un
der the domination and Control of men
and interests hostile to that principle
and who subvert the great powers of
the government and secure to them
selves the fruits of labor of the Amer
ican people.
Wheeling. W. Va.—In the birthplace
of his political career, John W. Davis,
democratic candidate', laid down a gov
ernmental creed for American labor, in
which fie launched an attack upon the
forces of human greed and sounded a
tocsin to the worKing masses to unite
in the permanent establishment of
world peace, speaking at a Labor day
rallv here. The democratic candidate
swerved from politics to discuss the
■ problems confronting labor in its daily
life. His address was climaxed by an
appeal for world' peace and world dis
armamet t because burdens of the war
' fell with crushing weight upon the toil
ing masses. Davis added a paragraph
to his speech dealing with the Cum
mings act, which he condemned, and
urged ite revision and the elimination
of the present railroad labor board.
Elk Point, S. D.-*— In an address here
before South Dakota farmers. Charles
W. Bryan, democratic nominee for
vice president, directly charged the
present party in*power with the re
sponsibility for the period of depression
from which the agricultural world is
now emerging. “The people of this
country, especially the farmers and the
middle classes,” the candidate de
clared, ‘‘have passed through an ex
■perience that they cannot forget.”
Washington. — President ('oolidge,
addressing latter representatives who
called at, the White House, said the
government would continue its policy,
which he declared had resulted in
American wage earners living better
than at any otheV time in our history.
If anything is to be done by the gov
ernment for the'people who toil for the
cause of labor, which is the sum of all
other causes, the President said it will
be the continuing of its efforts to pro
tect the healthful surroundings, educa
tion, reasonable conditions of employ
ment at fair wages for fair work, the
stable business prosperity, and the en
couragement of^religious worship.
Berlin.—The first financial transac
tion of the government under the
Dawes plan was completed when 25,
000.000 gold marks were deposited in
the Reichs Bank to the reparations
« oommission's account.
‘ -London.—Emma OoldmaD, anarchist,
will be among the first frum Russia to
be admitted under the new treaty reg
ulations She expects to arrive in
London in a few weeks via Berlin,
where she has asked authorities sev
eral times to depart.
Long Beach, N. V.—Miss Agnes Ger
aghty booke the world’s swimming
record for women’s 100-yard breast
stroke. Time 1 minute 23 2-5 seconds,
taking 2 5 second off the previous rec
ord. made in 1923.
Macon.—Stribling was awarded the'
referee’s decision over young Bob Fitz
simmons at the end of a fast teQ-round
fight. Stribling vras the aggressor aud
in all wavs better, Fitzsimmons showed
fight, shaking his fist at Stribling be
cause of the referee’s unfavorable de
cision.
Belmont Fork, N. Y.—Wise Counsel
lor defeated Epiuard, great French
horse, in a 6 furlong race, winning by '
a half length. The Prince of Wit: os'
was present, and came close to being
mobbed by a curiositv-mad throng
when he suddenly appeared at the
race.
Geneva.—M. Motta. former premier
of Switzerland, was elected president
of the League of Nations assembly.
Seattle.—Airplanes equipped with
radio sending and receiving apparatus,
and carrying observers armed with
powerful binoculars, are now co-oper
ating with the Puget Sound rum fleets.
Olympia.—School attendance of the
state increased 12.100 over last year.
Total enrollment, this year, 97,880.
Los Angeles.—Frank Chance, man
ager of the White Sox team, died here,
after a long illness. He was born at
Fresno, in 1877. After the death of
his father he attended Washington Col
! lege, where he was catcher for nine
years, but left the year before his
: graduation to join a professional team.
New York.—Jack Bernstein, Yonk
erc, won the decision over Johnny Dun
dee in fifteen rounds. Dundee was out
classed from the start by Bernstein’s
speed and aggressiveness.
Memphis.—Romerorojas, the Chilean
heavyweight, knocked out Farmer
Lodge, of Minneapolis, in the sixth
round of a scheduled eight.round bout.
Washington.—Jacob Gould Schur
man. United States minister.to China,
told President Cooiidge that the pres
1 ent war was ouly a '“bubble on the sur
face of an otherwise peaceful nation.”
Rome.—-The streets of this city were
tmeked by a throng estimated to be
over a quarter million persons when
the funeral procession of the late Ar
mando Casalini, who was murdered by
1 a Fascisti deputy, wound its way to the
f cemetery. _
New York.—Fledging that if he and
La Folletie were elected the persoo
mentioned so often in the Harding
Coolidge scandals would go to the peni
tentiar.y, Senator Wheeler addressed a
gathering which contributed 810.000 to
the campaign expense fund.
Steubenville, O.—Eiarry Greb, Pitts
burgh. middleweight world champion,
won the decision over Billy Hirseh, of
Canton. Referees stopped the fight iD
the eighth round to save Hirseh from
punishment.____
Sofia.—The assassination of Todor
Alexanderanoff, which was followed by
eight political killings in reprisal for
the slaving of AlexanderanolT, is at
tributed to a section of the Macedonian
organization. _
Washington.—The National Lumber
Manufacturers Association estimates
that, the forest, lire loss thi9 season in
California, Oregon, Washington, Mon
tana and Idaho will amount to *4,250,
000. Three million dollars of this
amovnt represents the loss of standing
timber.
Honolulu.—Seventeen are dead at
Hameppe, island of Kauai, as the result
of a clash between strikers and workers
on the MeBryde plantations. No esti
mate could be made of the number of
wounded, but the hospital was over
flowing with injured ones. The fight
started when the police attempted to
rescue two workers who had been kid
napped by the strikers.
Los Angeles.—One hundred and fifty
men were drafted to battle with forest
fires in the San Gabriel canyon which
were beyond control. The fire pro
gressed last night at the rate of one
mile every five minutes.
Dayton, Q,—A close friend declares
that «3ono l); Itockefeller has won the
hardest light in his life, that against
indigestion, but that now he eats any
thing, but uses discretion at the table.
London.—Discovery of the liner Lau
rentic, which has been lying in ninety
feet of water since sunk by a German
submarine on the north coast of Ire
land, enabled divers to recover £250,000
worth of gold bars, completing the re
covery of £7,000,000 in gold and silver
bullion consigned to American bankers.
Port Angeles.—Word came to the
forestry office that Joseph Jeffries, of
Seattle, had fallen into a -300-foot cre
vasse on Blue glacier, on Mount Olym
pus, and is still down there, without
any knowledge of whether alive or not
by the party of eight that are standing
by the crevasse. His son was in the
party
Peking.—The diplomatic corps has
notified the Chinese foreign office that
China will be held responsible for any
Djury to foreigners or their property
in the conflict that is threatening in
the vicinity of Shanghai.
Bishop, Cal.—Seven men seized L. C.
Hall, attorney, disarmed him, and then
bundled him into an automobile in the
presence of fifty men, following which
they took him out of town and ordered
him never to return into the county
again,
Vale, Ore.—Four posses are combing
Southern Malheur and Harney coun
ties, seeking Fred Yardlo. of Elko,
Nev., who killed Sheriff Goodman of
Harney county, while being placed
under arrest, charged with passing
worthless checks. Yardlo is mounted
and armed, and it is believed he is
headed for the Owyhee Breaks, a bar
ren country south of the Nevada line.
Shanghai.—British and American
warships ars coming here from Cheefo
and Weihawei, following the seizure of
sections of the Peking-Nanking rail
way by Tucbuns of Cheliang and Ki
angsu provinces.
London.—At the conference of mod
ern churchmen at Oxford Dean Ingles
of St. Paul said that the heresy of to
day will be the orthodoxy of tomorrow.
Today he was devoting his attention to
evolution as tne possible doctrine of
African churches.
New York.—Flint & Pere Marquette
directors approved the offer of the Van
Sweringeu interests of Cleveland to
merge with the Nickel Plate railway,
thus assuring the completion of one of
the greatest railroad consolidations in
history, _
New York.—The American Tele
phone and Telegraph Company an
nounced that colored photographs
.. ... ' I ' '
which bad been placed in a sending
machine were reproduced here in less
than an hour’s time in their original
colors. It is said the color was analyzed
before Bending and synthesized after
receiving. _
Washington.—Commissioner of Im
migration Curran, of New York, ha?
been ordered to investigate the en
trance iQto this country of Luis Angel
Firpo, Argentine pugilist. Charges of
violation of the immigration laws are
expected to be made by the state de
partment.
Tacoma.—Navy sailors named Brown
aDd Nichols and a girl companion,
Ruby Hodges, are held for investiga
tion into the death of' Minnie Finn,
whoselimp form they carried into i
taxi aod rushed to a local police sta
tion. _
London.—The unemployed situation
is growing worse, and it is now esti
mated that 1,120,000 persons are look
ing for work.
Des Moines.—An ammonia tank, ex
ploding in the basement under a gro
cery store here, precipitated many into
the basement, killing One child.
Seattle.—Coast guard vessels from
Seattle to San Diego went on watch for
a vessel called the Prince Albert,
whleh cleared from Victoria with pa
pers fbr Mexico. She carried twenty
thousand cases <>f liquor, valued at one
hundred thousand nollars, which she
will attempt to land on the-American
coast. Captain Dodge, of the coast
guard, said she is not the vessel that
always stays outside the 12-mile limit.
Cuttyhunk, Mass.—Eight- men who
were separated from their companions
in another boat, after tho whaler Wan
derer became wrecked oa *ttas ""nee
yards, werebroug oat. ore by a coast
guard vessel, after epending the night
on a lightship. Everyone was saved.
Wymore, Neb.—Bessie Nenic, 15,
and Charles Glarv, 16, were found dead
together in the woods near here. Clary
had a discharged pistui in his hand.
Detroit.—Henry Ford, when inter
viewed at the Yacht otiices. denied the
klan statements attributed to him by
the Montreal Star, declaring he had
given no interview.
New York.—Atlantic shipping paid
heavy toll during the last few days.
Five liners fought their way through
the gales. The Arabic arrived with
fifty injured, the Nomeric had eight
injured and its superstructure badly
damaged. The Munardo and Orizaba
made port, al9o badly damaged.
Leipsic.—The soviet governmont has
barred from Russia books about bees
because they mention queens.
New York.—The tanker Elisha Wal
ker, arriving here from San Pedro, re
ported receiving a message that the
captain of the steamship Seafarer was
swept from the bridge and lost in the
storm sweeping the Atlantic seaboard
Torn McKinnon, George WeBeh, An
thony Sweeney and N. D. Ulm, arrived
here at -5 o'.elock this morning, after
being out 23 hours from the I. D. camp
on Ganes. They ■brought with them
the remainder of a drilling outfit, the
larger portion of which was landed
here a few days ago.
J. W. Warwick, United States game
warden, and Ed Debouse were yester
day departures for Plat.
Knut Wickstrom is a recent arrival
from Yankee.
John Sheehan was among yesterday *c
arrivals.