THE KUSKO TIMES
VOL. VI. NO. 21
TAKOTNA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1920
PRICE 2r» CENTS
PROTESTS.
REFUSALS
Greet Coolidge’s Order
Drafting 10,000 to En
force Dry Law.
ashington, May 28.—Overshadow- ■
ing in intensity and bitterness all the,
national battles waged since that of
the League of .Nations controversy, j
the President’s sweeping order au
thorizing the drafting of ten thousand
state and local.police into a dry army
produced such widespread protests
and refusals to obey, the. mandate that
Sacpetary of Treasury. Mellon declared
that the plan would be, dropped , in
States which protested the move.
Coolidge's Executive Order.
New. York, May, 23.—Addition to!
Federal prohibition, staffs of state,
county and municipal officers is made
possible today under executive order j
by, President. Oftolidge. This move is
expected by him to augment the Fed
eral dry forces greatly.,
Senator Bruce said he regarded it
“ah outrage” and would make public:
notice of it on the floor of the Senate
World War Veterans League Organ
izes for-Wines and Beer.
New York, May 24.—The World
Whr Veterans League, for wines and
befer, is under way today to fight for
modification of .the, prohibition law.
The veterans declared they had the
moral right to return from sFranee to
find the constitution they -had signed
to-support, unchanged, but that, the
eighteenth amendment had been in
serted while they were, overseas and
u table to . vote.
Senate Overwhelmingly Opposed to
Prohibition Referendum.
Washington, May 24.—The Senate
is overwhelmingly opposed to a na-.
tianal prohibition, referendum, it was
disclosed today, when, of seventy Sen
ators interviewed, only sixteen fav
ored a referendum.
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE
OF 2-YEAR-OLD CHILD IN A
FRISCO DEPARTMENT STORE
San Francisco, May 24.—The police
are baffled by the mysterious disap
pearance of Barbara June. Osborne,
age 2, from a department store here,
yesterday. It is believed the child
might have been lost in the store and
is still there. The police ordered a
search last night. The search is not
yet over, but no traces have been
found of the child.
San Francisco, May 25.—The trail
of i.tnissing, Barbara Osborne, 2 .years
old, who disappeared in a department
store here a couple of days ago, leads
to; a gypsy band, which is being
sought by the police. Hopes of find
ing the baby with the travelers, aLV
arid well, is voiced by the police. The
mother is still heartbroken and fran
tic! at her home here.
HAUGEN FARMER RELIEF
BILL GOES INTO DISCARD
Washington, May 24.—The House
t-nlay defeated the Haugen farmer re
lief bill, carrying measures designed
to stabilize agricultural prices. The
LSI proposed to authorize an appro
priation of $175,000,000.
WILLIAMS COURT MARTIAL.
Washington, May 24.—Secretary of
hEavy Wilbur has approved the court
martial setennce of Col. '.Alexander
S. Williams, of the marine corps, who
was tried at San Diego for intoxica
tion. He was sentenced to the loss
• of four numbers in priority on the
promotion list. The Colonel will be
relieved at once from arrest and re
stored to duty. .
AMERICANS
IN MEXICO
One Killed, and Several
Others Held for Big
Ransoms.
Nogales, Ariz., May 2T.—Reports
here tell of the slaying of John [•>!
wards, 70, an American miner, by a
posse of Mexicans, said to have been
led by the chief of police of f'oyo
tillo, Mexico.
Five other Americans are reported
as being held, by Mexican bandits for
ransom. One is to be killed tonight
by the brigands unless 20,000 pesos
are paid. Other ransoms total 0,000
to 25,000 pesos.
Work On Takotna
Ophir Road Going
Ahead Very Rapidly
A brief outline of road work done
to date in the Kuskokwim district of
the Alaska Road Commission was
given The Kusko Tunes l>.» ('. F.
Lottsfeldt, Superintendent.
Work on the Ophir-Takbtna road is
progressing very rapidly,- said Mr.
Lottsfeldt. A crew of eighteen men
under Foreman Matt Vaughn are
Working hetween California ereek and
the Twin Pups; Under Mr. Vaughn’s
supervision splendid work is being
performed alnng.this section, especial
ly the bad stretch hetween California
and Little creeks, which - has given
considerable trouble in the two pre
vious years. The real . bad places
have been well corduroyed, and the
tractor and grader, which were pur
chased last year by the Commission
have proven wonderful assets to the
local road-building operations, per
formed the rest.:.
Within three weeks this road
should be ready for automohile travel
to Mile 18, or four miles from Ophir.
With favorable weather conditions
this project should be completed to
Ophir by the close of this . season’s
operations. The Board of Road Com
missioners have been very liberal to
ward this project and are anxious to
have it completed this year.
Under the supervision of Foreman
William Persinger a i n w of thirteen
men are performing maintenance
work between Takotm, and California
creek. Fifteen new culverts have been
put in and many of the old ones re
paired, and several short bad stretches
have been graveled.
Work will be startl'd very shortly
constructing a one-half mile feeder
road up Little creek from the Ophir
Takotna road. This is a new project
and should be a great help to the op
erators on Little creek.
Road work in the Milarod-Flat sec
tion started on May 20, with Charles
Lovett in charge. The work will con
sist mainly of genera! routine main
tenance on the existing projects in
that section.
KILLED IN BATTLE WITH
SAN FRANCISCO BANDITS
San Francisco, May 24.-—W. Morris
Lyons, 23, a musician, vvas killed in a
battle with bandits who attempted to
rob him and his fiance last night.
Leanna > Hines, the girl, declared
that a policeman, approaching the
hold-up, fired, and that his bullet,
aimed at the trio, scutfling . killed
Lyons.
One youth arrested confessed to
being one of the pair *ho staged the
holdup. The other member, wounded
seriously, escaped into a cemetery and
is still evading the police:
Lyons and Miss Hines were *to have
been married in August.
Casimir Naudts, coining from Can
dle, was among Thursday’s arrivals.
Royalty of Sweden
Arrives for a Visit
of 3 Months in U. S.
New York, May 27.—Crown Prince
Gustav us and Crown Princess Louise
of Sweden arrived here today for
a tour of America
New York, May 27.—Looking for
ward to an awfully good time during
their three months’ visit to America,
rown Prince (lust.avus and Crown
Princess Louise of. Sweden landed to
day amidst the welcoming of big
whistles from harhnr craft and cheers
from the large crowds ashore; The
Prince declared himself a total ab
stainer, and his first expressed desire
was to meet Babe Until.
Telegraphic Ticks.
Chicago, May 26. Convicted by the
testimony of his son-, Jack Yusewit/.
was today sentenced to life imprison
ment for the murder of Florence
Guasea, 14. of St. Louis. The son
told that his father had returned
home, covered with blood, and told of
the murder and attack.
Sau Francisco, May 24.—Hog rais
ing in California is on the decline, ac
cording to Dr. Charles Keane, asso
ciate chief of the Division of Animal
Industry. He declares that hog rais
ing should produce an income com
parable with the citrus industry.
San Francisco, May 25,— While a
crowd of hundreds watched, Frank
Zeigler, a. University of California
student, leaped from an airplane at a
1,500-feet altitude. The parachute
Tailed to upon. Zeigler was dead
: when spectators reached him.
j Trenton, May 24.—-Fxecutors of the
! late James B. Duke’s estate of mm <
| than a million dollars today requested
the court to pass on the validity of
claims made by distant relatives.
Paris, May 24.—A dispatch from
Beirut says the French columns have
routed the Druse and occupied the
• village of Chasha. The tribesmen
suffered heavy' losses.
Berlin, May 24.—The man believed
to have been the inventor of the pic
ture telegraph, Ludwig i ai hoerner, is
living poor and forgotten in Vienna.
Ban Francisco, May 2 :. Ten work
| men are reported to have been kid
napped yesterday as oi incident in
the local carpenters’ strike.
\ Chicago, May 26.—i lu i -tic Dreier,
noted singer, died hen e-terday. She
first won recognition m “Trocadero"
at the Paris Exposition in -H8P.
Sofia, May 27.—Greece and Bnl
| garia are facing a nev border war,
| the outcome of a Grecian soldier
| being shot by Bulgarian troops.
Londonderry, May 2-1 The Anchor
Line steamer California -.truck an ice
berg on the voyage from New York,
but was uninjured.
Paris, May 23.—have no rea
son to fear about the sun cooling for
; another billion years.' says Professor
Charles Nordmann.
New York, May 27. M . 10. Stokes,
who died here ten days ago, left his
estate, estimated at $700,000, to W.
E. 1). Stokes, Jr., his son
San Francisco, May 28. Nine thou
sand gallons of prewar whisky has
been stolen from the Government
warehouse here.
Melbourne, May 24. Sir Hugh Den
ison has been named high commis
sioner to the United States.
Budapest, May 23.—Hungary has
banned American-made motion pic
ture films.
Aurora, 111., May 23.—A child taken
from a dead mother by operation, to
day, will live.
SEATTLE
BANDITS
Hold Up Hank Messen
gers and Get Away
With $15,000.
| Seattle, May 27. —Seattle auto ban-!
| bits held up Sen Flaks, messenger of
: the American Savings Bannk, at See
i ond and Madison streets, this after-1
j noon, and secured fifteen thousand
; dollars in cash. The money was being
i transferred from the American Bank
| to the Seattle National Bank,
i Flaks was accompanied by a guard,
i but both were held up by the robbers,
! who made good their escape.
Charged With Kidnap
ing 14-Year-Old Girl
San Francisco, May 25.— li. Meyers,
! a wealthy Los Angeles contractor, was |
arrested here today on the arrival of
the steamer Harvard for the kidnap-!
injj of Marie Haugen, 14, in the south-,
i ern city. Meyers says the girl told
him she had left home. He loaned ;
her his auto and rented apartments
for her, but declared that was all.
The girl appears to be 18 years old,
at least. The police say he will he
taken back to Hr Angeles to face the
charges against him.
No Wine in Tub When
Girl Bathed in Nudity
New York, May 28.—Earl Carroll
was today found guilty of perjury in ;
telling two grand juries that no tine
occupied a bath tub in the stage o.',
i his theater at a party there on;
Washington Birthday night.
Carroll was found t ot guilty in tell
mg the juries that thcr was not 1
wine in the tub.
Joyce Hawley, 17-year-old chorus
i girl, who bathed nude the tub, ac
cording- to her story. I t her effect- j
iveness when it was told on the stand!
that she threatened to harm Carroll |
- with her testimony unit---; In- paid hot ;
money.
CHARLES E- RUSSLI.L, SOCIAL
IST, REFUSED PERMISSION TO
LAND AT Pl.YMOl 111, END.'
Plymouth, Eng., Ma> ' -Charles I
E. Russell, socialist candidate for gov
ernor of New York in 1P10-12, and
author of numerous work on social-!
ism, was refused permission by im-|
migration authorities to land here to
day from the liner Pr< ub-nt Roosc
; veil.
COOLIDGE SKINS RAILROAD
LABOR MEDI \T'ION BILL
Washington, May 21. President
, Coolidge has signed th< Watson-Par-j
ker railroad labor mediation bill,;
which abolishes the present labor |
hoard and sets up hoards of media-!
tion and conciliation to adjust rail
road labor disputes. The President
j said the bill marked a on ward step
in relations between capital and labor.
DIRIGIBLE NORGE ( RATED.
READY FOR SHIPMENT
Nome, May 27. The dirigible
Norge, in which Amundsen crossed
the North Pole, and which later land
I ed at Teller, will be crated by Satur
j day and ready for shipment to Rome,
! by way of Seattle, Frederick Ramin,
official photographer of the expedi
■ tion, said today.
THEY MUST BE “H YPPY"
Leeds, Eng., May 21. A couple liv
ing here have not spoken to each
other for three years, although living
in the same house, eating at the same
table, each one cooking their own
meals.
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ALASKA’S
NATIVES
Matters of Health, San
itation to Be Studied
By Govt. Expedition.
Seattle, May 2:1.—Tre organization
of a Government expedition to study
the health and imitation conditions
among Alaska natives in a territory
never before visited by white men was
announced here by Dr. H. C. De
vighne. Bureau of Territorial Health
Commissioner, upon his arrival at Se
attle from Washington, today.
The portion of the Territory to be
visited consists of one thousand
square miles on the Lower Yukon and
its tributaries, inhabited by native
Eskimos, Aleuts and Indians.
Leaving Fairbanks on June 1, the
expedition, consisting of two trained
medical investigators, two trained
nurses, a cook, an engineer and a ser
vant, will entei the Yukon via the
Tanana river, and will be gone about
four months.
Winners in Oregon
Primary Election
Seattle, May 22.—The results of
yesterday’s primary election in Ore
gon. summarized today, show that
Frederick Steiwer, Pendleton lawyer,
won the Republican nomination for
United States Senator.
I. L. Patterson, of Eola, Repub
lican, was ncnnina’’ed for governor,
and Governor Walter M. Pierce won
Cue Democratic nomination for gov
ernor.
The race for the Democratic nom
ination fur United States Senator is
close, with Bert E. Heney probably
nominated.
Girl’s Abductor Lashed,
Tarred and Feathered
Morton, Wash., Ma\ 23.--Said by
his captors to have confessed to ab
ducting and attacking Hazel Brad
shaw, 18, Carl Rosten, a baseball
player, was lashed anil tarred and
feathered by friend and relatives of
the girl here. The girl i still in r
nervous collapse.
Rosten admitted lie d< served the
punishment, and thanked hi. captor*
for not being too severe.
MOTION PICTURES TAKEN
FROM BYRIVS VIRIM..INK
ARRIVE IN NEW YORK
New York, May 27.—Motion pic
tures taken from the airplane of Com -
mander R. L. Byrd as he flew over the
North Pole arrived here today.
10,000 ALIEN WORLD W VR VET
ERANS WILL NOW HE PERMIT
TED TO VISIT THEIR HOMES
Baltimore, May 28. -Dr. Wallace
Buttrick, head of Jobe Hopkins Uni
versity, died here yesterday.
Washington, May 2' The bar that
for years has prevented ten thousand
alien World War veteiar who fought
under the American dag in France
from re-entering the United States,
after their discharge overseas, so that
they could visit their homes, most of
them in Italy, was lifted yesterday,
when President Coolidge signed the
special bill to allow them to enter as
non quota.
ASK IMPEACHMENT OF SEV
ERAL FEDERAL OFFICIALS
Washington, May 27.—The im
peachment of several federal officers
in Pittsburgh, including United States
Attorney John D. Meyer, is asked in
a petition presented to the House to
day by George G. Jioss, of-Pittsburgh,