THE KUSKO TIMES
VOL XI NO 18
TAKOTNA ALASKA SATURDAY.A JUNK 20 1931
PRICK 25 C1NTS
Big Blfcze,
Santa Rosa
WOSK Cr TURKEY BUZZARD,
EOLLOWING ENTANGLEMENT
WITH IU81T VOLTAGE WIRE,
SANTA-ROSA, Califs—A turkey
huzaard which became entangled with
a .high voltage wife on- the Metcham
ranch, eight miles south- of here, to,
day, started -a firi that burned 1.50C
acres-of'pasture land and-two miles
of ■'fencing, j-and called oat- 250 fire
•inters-! and a number of- rural > fit-*
department*.
The bird’s body sKort-circnted the
wive, which broke and dropped across
i wire fence. The fence touched off
Hundreds of the grass-covered acres.
THe fire swept the grazing ground,
nubned-a quantity of wood and . hun
dreds of. fine eucalyptus trees, burn
ing for several hours..
SACRAMENO. —Ten passengers
were steriously injured and several
others slightly hurt when a stage be
longing’ to the N evada-Calrfomia
T&nspertation Company went over a
SOtfoct,embankment at Wea*nir,sfour
miles west, of Colfax.
PLYMOUTH, Eng.—The subma
rine Nautfllus, in which Sir Hilbert
Wilkins has planned to cross the top
of > the world under the North; Pole
ice this- summer, arrived at Plymouth
from Ireland; today.
Matter
Moratoriums
FRANCE REPLIES TO HOOVER’S
WAR. DEBT PROPOSAL, SUG
GESTING At COMPROMISE.
v; RARIS.«—France replied today to
Hoover’s war debt.proposal by virtu-!
ally appealing to the United States
for a-compromise in the interests of
;»perfect accord. The suggested com
' promise, it is understood, deals with
the issue of unconditional reparations
payments from Germany,, in which
: France will receive about one hun
dred million dollars annually instead
of postponing these payments in line
' with the Hoover suggestions that all
. non-governmental debts be held in.
abeyance for a year. France wants
them to be made as usual to the Bank
] for International Settlements; then
| under the Frenrh counterplan they
j would be mads available to Germany
and the other needy nations in the
form of loans. These arrangements;
would keep intact the Young plan,
which the'French regard as a citadel
of protection. I
The reply to President Hoover’sj
suggestion was handed to the United j
States ambassador, Walter E. Edge, I
by Premier. Laval today, and at the,
same time a copy was sent to the j
J French ambassador at Washington
! for presentation, to the American
’ government.
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WASHINGTON, D. C-—Secretary
, Alaska Interests At
The Nation’s Capital
(By»W..A. S.
WASHINGTON, May 18.—Various
people living.alone the Yukon river
have writenthe Delegate asking'thafr
he* exert his influence with, the Bu
reau of >F1slieries to the end. that fish
ing operations might be conducted at
the monthsof the rives; After a very
satisfactory conference with. Commis
sioner Henry Q’Mallfey last week the
Delegate received* a letter from the
commissioner readin gas follows:
“Confirming our conference of to
day regarding, the opening of the
Yukon to a limited amount of fishing:
For a long while I hav s been favor
able to >aa. opeasa gof the legal area
of 500 yards off the mouth- of the
rives where gill net fishing can be
conducted*, hut L feared that if it
ware thrown open and the salmon
market became stabilized, operations
raifcrht become so extensive ss to be
harmful to> the river.
“Afiot tsr discussion, I have ar
rived afc. the definite conclusion that
fishing operations can be permitted
on the basis of allowing g0,000 to 60,
600 kiitg. salmon to be taken. This,
in - i my- Judgment, will not encourage
any lat&e canneries to go into that
field, 'fcdt trill permit the local people
to> sell’And -ship their product to the
State*. -
“I shjfik therefore, recommend to
th» SdeMftMty of Commerce fir thte
regulations that will be issued in De
cember, 19X1, that the river be opened
to king salmon fishing, limiting oper
ations to king salmon gill nets, and
limiting the season to the time when
the balk of king salmon are running.
Them wilt undoubtedly be, some chum
salmon caught, But only a limited
number, in my judgment, and will not
interfere with the people living along
the river who depend on catching sal
mon to dry for their own food and
that of their dogs. I Hope that this
action will bring about a small indus
try at the mouth of the Yukon, con
ducted by local people. You may
give this such: publicity as you de
sire.”
Miss Vera Kimball is a young lady
who was born in Alaska and who at
tended a convention in Washington
last week. For four years she at-;
tended the Columbia University and:
for the past year has been holding a
secretarial position in New York city. ’
She is arranging to return to Alaska'
this summer and visit her mother and
a married sister at Anchorage.
Major General George S. Gibbs,
chief signal officer of the army, has
decided that the petition from resi
dents of Unalaldeet, asking for a.
radio station at that location, cannot
be favorably considered at this time. '
By reason of financial limitations this j
new station could only be established:
by curtailment of service elsewhere,
and the Major General says that, such'
a move would not be in the Heat: in
terests of the Territory.
The Postoffice Department ie> con
sidering the petition for the reestab
lishment of a postoffice ah Tolowans,;
and the appointment of Henry W.
Martin as postmaster.
An effort is being made by Ernest
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at State Stinson said late today, that
he eras encouraged over a reparations
and war demoratorium plan .as the
result of a long conversation he had
today with Ambassador Claudel of
France.
Secretary Stirnsoa, called' to ex
plain the purposes of his European
trip, said he was going to Europe- on
the advice of President Hoover Hoo
ver. Engagements have been made
for him to confer with European
leaders, including (he foreign, minis
ters of Italy, France, Germany and
Great Britain. He will alsm see the
president of France.
Middle West
Heat Wave
DEATHS IN IOWA, MINNESOTA
AND NORTH DAKOTA—WAVE
BREAKS AT CHICAGO..
CHICAGO.—The intense heat wave
of the last two days broke near noon
today as a cool, slow breeze started
from Lake Michigan and sent temper
atures down from 92 degrees at 11 a.
m. to 78 degrees at noon, a drop of
1 degrees in an hour4. An all-time
June heat record had been predicted
early by C. A. Donnell, government
forecaster, but the wind brought un
expected relief.
ST. PAUL.—Four parse as died in
Minnesota today as . -ate and
North Dakota sweltered in more than
90 degrees and the weather bureau
forecast new records for the season.
DES MOINES.—The death tolls in
Iowa as a result of the heat wave
stood at eleven today, with the add
ing of seven fatalities within the last
24 hours. Several others died from
the hot weather on previous days.
The Takotna bunch who took in the
Saturday night dance at McGrath in
cluded Albert Ivey, Milton Rice, Jo
seph Oates, Owen Gray, Helen Rieck
and Elsie J. M. Rieck, all of whom
went down as passengers of Pilot
Barnhill, and who after a few hours
of dancing returned to Takotna.
The Sea Wolf, Master Frank Lar
son, arrived on the 23d, bringing np
mail and a large portion of first ship
ments coming up on the Tana. The
water was at a low stage. The Wolf
is now at McGrath, awaiting rise of
river water before making return to
this port.
Pilot H. W. Barnhill was a Satur
day arrival from Anchorage, having
as passenger from that place Irving
McK. Reed, of Fairbanks, well known
engineer, also a well known oldtimer,
who is on- his way to Goodnews Bay.
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Deputy U. 3. Marshal Stanley J.
Nichols arrived here at an early hour
this morning, coming up on official
duties. Also coming up was Einor
G arisen.
Manager Higgins was a yesterday
town visitor from, the Yankee dredge.
Billy Gibbs returned Thursday
from a trip to Gaines creek. I
A. H. Twitchell, coming from hisj
reindeer headquarters, was a Satur
day arrival for a visit here of a few
days.
Coming up in a small boat, loaded
with about a ton of shortages, Frank
Larson and Charlie Ulch arrived at
an early hour, today. j
Items of Importance
In Recent News Events
AMERICAN FLIERS MAKE
SIBERIAN FLIGHT.
IRKUTSK, Siberia.—Flying over a
portion of Siberia today, William
Post and Harold Gatty, fliers, reached
Novo, Siberia, at 1:32 p. m., Green
wich time, and planned to leave at
midnight for Irkutsk, a flight of 1,040
miles. Leaving Moscow at 5 a. m.,
the American fliers apparently fol
lowed the Trans-Siberian railroad
over the Ural mountains into Asia
asd thence eastward. Omir, on the
railroad, sighted the fliers at 2:04 p.
™, Moscow time, but they did not
stop. The next word from them fol
lowed their landing at Novo, Siberia.
The hop to Sibirsk, estimated at 1,450
miles, had been made at an average
speed of about 140 miles an hour, in
dicating the wind was favorable and
the plane had functioned perfectly.
The fliers reached Novo Sibersk an
hour and a half faster than they had
expected when they left Moscow.
I SAYS HOOVER NOMINATION
NEXT YEAR ASSURED.
SAN FRANCICO.—“Without un
due haste and with the vigor of world
wor days, President Hoover has as
sumed that powerful leadership of
the country which f he people had
come to demanr iid former Gov
ernor Wallace I-. rington of the
Hawaiian Ish.rvi, . n his arrival in
I the United fcia*- sterday, from a
three-months7 v: .a the East. He
said the Presico. .a proposing his
moratorium on reparations and war
debts, has answered the critics who
accused him of inaction and lack of
leadership. “He stands today as the
leader of a great and good cause for
the benefit of mankind, and in taking
that stand he has assured his renom
ination next year,” said Farrington.
FORMER STEERAGE PASSEN
GERS FLY BACK HOME.
HARBORGRACE.—Two men who
came to America as steerage passen
gers, entering the United States by
way of Ellis Island, were far out over
the North Atlantic tonight, winging
toward their homeland. The second
pair of air adventurers to> leave this
port in 25 hours—Otto Hillig, who
migrated from Germany 40 years
ago, and Holger Hoiliss, who left
Denmark seven years ago—took off
at 2:24 a. m. today for Copenhagen,
which they hoped to reach in 28
hours. From Copenhagen they
planned to fly on to Hillig’s birth
place in Germany. They called their
trip a joy ride.
BREMEN.—Hil’ig and Hoiris, the
second pair of transAtlantic fliers to
land in Germany in two days, landed
here at 9:39 o’clock tonight, 240 miles
short of Copenhagen, the goal of
their flight. Across the ocean they
were utterly exhausted, and Hoiris
was on the verge of collapse from
the strain of keeping the ship aloft
for 32 hours and more. The fliers re
lated to airport officers how they had
come through the w^rst weather im
aginable coming across the ocean,
flying not more than J2 feet above
the clouds for long stretches.
Through a break in the heavy
clouda Hillig and Hoiris sighted land,
which they took to be Spain, and kept
on across France in good weather,
spotting the landing field at Bremen
just in time. Their speed averaged
better than 100 miles an hour all the
way. I
SAYS NAVY CONVOY SYSTEM
WON THE WAR AT SEA.
LONDON.—Doubt that the British
fleet toward the end of the war could
have met the German fleet on term?
of equality is expressed in the final
volume of the official history of the
naval operations of the great war,
published today. The volume records
that the admiral of the fleet, Earl
Beatty, told the naval conference it
no longer was desirable to produce a
fleet action similar to the battle of
1 Jutland. He felt that was because
the British fleet was busy fighting
' the submarine menace and patrolling
• convoys. Sir Henry Nebolt, naval
historian, who wrote the final volume,
| says that the navy convoy system
I won the war at sea.
SACRAMENTO.—Andrew Jensen,
40, former constable at Manteeo, was
arrested here today on a warrant
charging impersonation of a prohibi
tion agent, transportation of liquor,
and conspiracy to violate the prohi
bition act. He is accused of forcing
1 bootleggers in San Joaquin, Amador
j and Calaveras counties to pay him
protection money.
PARIS.—Reports were current !•'
political quarters today that France
was considering the transfer of Am
bassador Claudel from Washington to
Germany and that the ambassadors
to Great Britain and Germany also
would be transferred to other posts.
The reports could not be confirmed.
MANILA.—Commenting on press
dispatches which indicated that hs
had quit his post or was desirous of
doing so, Governor Dwight F. Davis
today said: “I have not submitted
my resignation effective as of July 1
or any other date. When I get ready
to resign I will do so.”
! MADRID.—The government today
| dismissed Ramon Franco as a chief
of the Spanish air corps. The dis
missal followed his aerial distribution'
of election propaganda and delivery
of a speech.
WASHINGTON.—Andrew W. Mel
! Ion, Secretary of the Treasury, is
scheduled to leave soon for Paris,
where he will probably meet Pergier,
Laval and other members of the
French cabinet.
BERLIN—Crowds here today gave
cheers to Bruenig’s rabid plea to
France to forget war and cooperate
! in ending economic slumps.
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, FILM
STAR, PLAYS REAL PART IN
RESCUING 2, AUTO WRECK
LOS ANGELES.—Douglas Fair
banks drew upon a fe wof his film
stunts today for an act in real life
and rescued Mr. and Mrs. Melville L.
VanDeusen, of Hillside, N. J., from
an auto truck.
Motoring down Hollywood drive
the actor saw two autos collide. One
of them overturned and he ran to the
machine, dropped through a shattered
window of the sedan and extricated
Mr. and Mrs, VanDeusen from it.
Crowding out of the auto, Fairbanks
ran to a telephone and summoned a
police ambulance.
Fred Dubois returned Thursday
from a trip to Yankee creek.