THE KUSKO TIMES
VOL. II.. NO. 10
McGrath, alaska, Wednesday, February 22, 1921.
PRICE 25 CENTS
Army Dirigible Roma
Destroyed in Explosion
Over Hampton Roads
39 Men on Board Killed
and 12 .Bodies Recov
ered From Wreckage^
14 Leap From the Ship
Norfolk, Va., Peb. 21 —Tho
Army dirigible Roma, which
was purchased^ by - the United
States Government from Italy
some months ago and only re
cently put into commission;- was
destroyed by * explosion today*,
while operating over the Hamp
ton Roads naval base, according
to a message received at the
Naval Hospital at 5:15 p. m.
Thirty-nine men on board the
iioma were killed by the explo
sion, and at that hour twelve
bodies had been taken from the
wreckage.
The heat from the flames was
so intense that those near where
the eraft fell were unable to ap
proach.
Fourteen men, according to
observers at Portsmouth, were
seen to leap from the giant ship
as it became apparent that she
would strike one of the naval
base barracks buildings.
! L GALEN
CANDIDATE
Oordova Man Out for:
Office of Delegate ta
Congress.
Cordova, Feb. - 20=—James Li
Galen, of this city, today an
nounced his candidacy for Dele*
gate to Congress from Alaska on*
the Republican ticket.
Galen is well known to many*
early-day Alaskans. Hb came
in 1900 from Montana to Nome,
where he was actively’engaged
in mining and prospecting- until
1907, after which he spent six
years in the Tatiana and Copper
river districts, since which time
he has been engaged 1 in the
transfer business here. Galen
will have the solid support of>
the Third division.
Cordova Times.
Kenyon’s Successor.
Des Moines-—Charles A. Rawson, of
this city, chairman of the Republican
State central committee, has been ap
pointed United States Senator by Gov.
ernor Kendall, to succeed Kenyon.
Chester Brins, with the Outside
mail, arrived Sunday afternoon, com-|
iag in about three days- sooner than
the ordinary twelve-day trip. A good
trail, be said, accounted for the record
trip. _
Owen Gray returned here Saturday
from a trip to Anchorage, to which
place he convoyed- Mr. and Mrs. C. R.
Horner. Mr. Gray left this morning
for.the Nixon mine.
ANSWERED
BY HARDING
No Secret Exchanges of
Notes On the Four
Power Treaty
Washington, Feb. 20.—Presi
dent Harding, replying today to
the {Senate oa the Hitchcock
resolution asking for informa
tion relative to negotiation of
the four-power Pacific treaty,
stated it was impossible to fur
nish the requested information
because most of the negotiations
were conducted without preserv
ing a record. The President de
clared that there were no con
cealed undertakings and no se
cret exchanges of notes.
Almost coincident with the ar
rival of the President’s letter at
the Senate the foreign relations
committee of that body, by a
vote of ten to one, ordered fav
orably reported the treaty be
tween the United States and
Japan, regarding the island* of
Yap* _ '
Washington.—President Harding, in
reply to the Senate’s request for de
tailed information,. told Senator Lodge
that be bad no record of tbe meetings
that Hughes, Balfour, Shidehara for
Japan,, aud Vivian! for France held in
a hotel, at which tbe terms for tbe
four-power treaty were secreily agreed'
upon.
Happy Jacobson was a Sunday ar
rival after a trip to Anchorage, whore
be spent several, weeks.
Gov. Bone Spreading
By Word of Mouth
‘Salvation’ of Alaska
Washington, Feb. 21.—Gov. Scott C.
Bbne, since his arrival here a few days
ago, has been spreading by word of
mouth the gospel of salvation tor
Alaska. Various Capital bodies have
called on him for speeches, and he al
ways responds in a manner to bring
home the lesson that Alaska has suf
fered under its bureaucratic system of
management.
LOS ANGELES
MYSTERY
Stands Writes From Hid
ing He Knows Iden
tity of Murderer.
Los Angeles, Peb. 20.—A let
ter purporting to be from Ed
ward F. Sands, which claims
that Sands is in hiding in Los
Angeles, today caused District
Attorney Woolwine to publish a
promise of immunity to Sands
from prosecution on a charge of
embezzlement lij Wil
liam Desmond Taylor shortly be
fore his murder, provided that
Sands can establish his inno
cence in the slaying of Taylor
and can “untangle this murder
mystery."
The letter, which was ad
dressed to Attorney Woolwine,
claimed that Sands was not in
any way connected with the mur
bat stated that he knew the iden- J
tity of the murderer and could
readily clear up th<* mvster.y.
1300 Head of Reindeer
On Outskirts of Town
Thirteen hundred head of reindeer,
comprising the so-called Government,
herd and that of Miss Ruth Real, ate
now camped one mile beyond town.
Both herds are headed for the Broad
Pass country, and no time is being lost
io moving them as rapidly as traveling
and feeding conditions permit, in order
that they may reach their destination.
The two herds are being driven in con
junction under the immediate super
vision of B. B. Mozte, assisted by five
native herders.
Miss Rest is traveling with her own
herd and assisting in every way possi
ble. The task, most extraordtnay for
a<woman, is greatly to the liking of
Miss Reat, who declares she is enjoy
ing the experience. While she will
not be the first white woman to trav
erse over the country towards Men
chumina in a mid-winter outing, that
honor probably being properly claimed
by Mrs. Hawley W. Sterling, now
en route uere, Miss Reat will, at least,
be the second lady over the route and
the first one to guide her own reindeer!
over that little known expanse.
PROPOUNDED
DY EDISON
Asks Two Large Ques
tions of Bankers and
Economists.
West Orange, N. J., Feb. 20.—
Thomas A. Edison, in a new
questionnaire addressed to the
bankers and economists of the
country, asks whether national
resources are not a good basis
for Federal currency, and why
currency issued on a basis of
fifty percent of the value of ne
cessities of life stored in Gov
ernment warehouses would not
be sound money. Edison also
asks, “What, in your opinion,
would be the approximate mar
ket value of a troy ounce of pure
gold if all governments of the
world should demonetize?”
LIQUOR FOR
Redding, Calif., Drug
gists Disjtense Plenty
for 300 Cases.
Redding, Cal., Feb. 21.—More
than three hundred residents of
Redding are suffering from in
fluenza today.
Drug stores are dispensing
liquor from emergency stores,
and seven barrels were received
on a rush order from Sacramento
this afternoon.
The disease is still spreading,
but is not causing the percent
age of deaths usual in influenza
epidemics.
Jerry Ford Joins Benedicts.
Jerry Ford^well known mining mao
and well known throughout Alaska,
has joined the ranks of the benedicts,
the bride being a Mrs. Davis, accord
inti to word just received here from
the Outside.
Return of Delegate Sutherland.
Washington.—Dan Sutherland, Dele
gate from Alaska, will leave here for
Seattle early in March, going direct to
his home in Juneau.
Jack McDonald, who left here last
N (vember, arrived here Sunpay from
Anchorage, after having spent several
weeks tn San Francisco.
Joe Mannion, formerly well knowcrm
fie interior, but who has spent som«
years lately on* the- Outside, wa» «.■
Sunday arrival.