THE KUSKO TIMES
VOL s VMI . NO. 28 '.
TAKOTNA ALASKA. SATURDAY. JULY 2b. 1928.
PRICE 25 CENTS
Gen. Obregon
PRESIDENT-ELECT ,OE MEXICO
* MURHEREO. WHILE SEATED.
AT HANtUJET TABLE....
VHJXICCL CITY, Jubu^-^eueraL
Alyaro Obregon, president-elect of
Mexico, was assassinated today when
his. murderer .fired five shots,into his
'body while he sat »t a banquet, in the
little town of San Angela twelve miles
outside .of Mexico..City.,,
Aaron Ha«ns, governor qf the-.,state.
of .NuseoleoR .vrho. sat ,alonesi.de,Com
Obtegpn at „the banquett, .was un,
hurt..
Th<i. assassin approached Obregon,
•who . was seated at the banquet tahle
and pretended to show-.him., some,
newspaper cartoons, and then he shot
frojn.a distance of only a foot or.so.j
The assassin, whose name is supJ
posed to he Juan. Scapulario, was aiv
rested.
'WfiflOji .attend Funeral Cetempnhrs as
MEXICO CITY, Jcly 18.—Two hun- j
drool thousand persons .attended the.;
.funeral of Genera lObregon. Presi-i
dept Calles headed the cortege. The
body was taken to .the Sonora -home
for. .burial.
Prhsido ntf Calles, in a sighed state?- j
meat last .nighVeaid the assassin of
Ohtegon had. admitted, that'‘the mo
tive of his crime was reljgipiiasIrtfveM.
MEXICCLOITY. July 21.^-JuU de
Le<jn,-Total* stye fight Ujam*. trfv the
slayer of General. £>bregon, in confer-'
with President Calles .today*
said*.
* “I Skilled 01«-egv» beCawifef he ts^idj
he 1 would .carry out . your;- policies,
which I understand to ..iheludfe.mis
treatment of; the* churchc.-,,. I swapt
Chtist to be king jin Mexico;” .
Tosal is a Catholic. “KilLipe now,",
he liraplored Eresident Caller;. “1 have,
said all .1 am. going to say.”’
MEXICO CITY, July 20—The Mex
ican* Congress, made up mainly ,of
supporter1}- of Obregon, will meet in i
spiral searion*- on. the: 30th- to .settle
■ he question'.-of:"presidential -Juoces
. sion Tair.edCHy.1 theassassinatipn. It
is generally expected a,way wilt be
found, to continue Calles in office. j
* MEXICO CITY, Jufy i8.—Antonzo!
Riosi-.Zernuche, who was named chief
of police immediately- after the. as
sassination of Obregon, said today
that; Escaplario, the assassin, is now
commencing; to- talk. Zernuche be
lieves he will learn who. were master,
minds in the crime.
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PROHIBITION PARTY NOM
INATES CANDIDATES
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CHICAGO, July 13.—William Var
nejMof Rodfcyillp Center, N. Y., and'
. James A edge ton, of Alexandria, -Va.,
» nominptejfj for President" and.
Yicar President, respectively, today by
the JProhibition party convention, at
this ,place.. i
REFUSED fTO; WORK FOR SMITH
DALLAS; July 113.—The names of
Texas Democratic:' candidates' for
State officers.; iurhu .Kaye, refused to
work fur the election of A1 ^Sputh to
' day. were Oan^fyom the .primary
« ballots in three, counties.
JAan S. Le Roget, for several
months past local agent for the ;N. <X.;
* Co* left today for jlcfituth, and wiQJ
be a Tana passenger tp Bethel, at l
whilh place he wilFassume charge.of
the^N.-C. station;. I
To Relieve
Unemployed
BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO SEND
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j 16,600 MINERS TO CANADA,.
AT GOST OF $3,000,000.
! LONDON,, July 25.—The British
government is to send 16,500 persona
to Canada from British mining dis
tricts, at a coat of $3,000,000, the
purpose of. which is to relieve the un
employed. The plans were announced
tonight in thej Copu»ons by Churchill,
chancellor of the exchequer-.
AlJONZO TAYLOR- EVERETT
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER,
TAKES HIS OWN LIFE
EVERETT, July 12.—Alonzo Tay
lor, one of Everett's heaviest property
owners, and with Scott C. Bone for
seven years prior to 1919 owner . of
the Seattle. Post-Intelligencer, shot
and killed, himself in his Everett
office, this afternoon. His financial
affairs are reported in bad shape and.
are said to have driven him. to take
‘his,own life. He leaves a widow and
daughter. Taylor, was also owner of
‘the Everett Daily News
NEW YORKER TO SOON HOP
OFF,. LON IlON TO SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Juiy 2ft.—George H.
*Storck, a New Yorker, engaged in
fur trading, wired John Davison &
Co. that. he. will very soon hog oc
from London, fly across France, Italy,.
North coast of Africa, India, Siam,
'China, Japan, thence to Seattle via
the Aleutian islands, then down the
Coast to Mexico, and across Southern
’States to New York, His airplane,
the Seattle Spirit, is under construc
tion at London, and will be equipped
with, pontoons..
MEXICAN ACE CRASHES TO
HIS DEATH IN NEW JERSEY
MOUNT HOLY, N. J., July 13.—
Captain Emilio Carranza, Mexico’s
air ace, crashed to his death, in the
pine belt of Southern New Jersey to
day,, during an electric storm. The
Mexican airman was bound from New
York... to Mexico City in a non-stop
flight. He took off secretly from
Roosevelt Field Thursday night in
the face of an impending storm,
against the advice of ground crews
on the field.
HUGHES FOR VACANT JUDGEr
SHIP IN WORLD’S COURT
GENEVA^ JUIy 19.—Japan anr.
Hungary today nominated Ch-irlea
Evans Hughes for the vacan$ judgtv
ship in the World Court at The
Hague.
YACHT MEXACA AGROUND v>
OFF WRANGEL. ISL AND I
SAN FRANCISCO, July lH^The
yacht Mexca, .owned and skippered by
G.. Allen Hancock, , Los. Angeles mil
lionaire and financial backer of ! tha
Southern Cross flight to.' Australia,
went aground today off, , Wrangell
Island, in the Arctic. Savera -lprpmir
nent wealthy Los Angelas/ and t San
Francisco residents are; among , tha
dozen passengers aboard.'
PETERSBURG, Ju&r lS.-rPasgen
gen of tha. yacht Manta r -token
ashore here today afta... the.n- ship ,
struck a reef , in Wrangell .Narrows*...
Work on the airplane landing field <
at McGrath for the season was dis
continued a few days ago.
INTERNATIONAL CONFER
ENCE FOR THE CONSIDERA
TION OF ANTI-WAR TREATY
SUPERIOR, July 21.—The sugges
tion of an international conference at
which the anti-war treaty now under
negotiation with nations of the world
finally would be- concluded and signed
by the participating governments, ap
peals to President Coolidge. Secre
tary of State Kellogg has reported to
Coolidge that such a suggestion has
come frtun several European govern
ments and that Paris has been pro
posed as the capital in which, to hold
the gatherings.
New Manager
Alaska R.R..
C. F. NELSON, OF-DULUTH. WILL
SUCCEED NOEL W. .SMITH
ABOUT AUGUST L.
WASHINGTON, July 11.—CL F.
Nelson, of Duluth; superintendent of
the Lake Superior division of the
Northern Pacific Railway, today was
appointed by Secretary of. Interior
Work to the general managership of
the Alaska Railroad, effective, about
August 1.
COAL VEIN AT WAINWRIGHT
TQ BE M A PE PROD UCTIV K
SEATTLE, July 18,—The Bureau
of Education schooner Boxer, which'
sailed for Point Barrow today, has
aboard B. F. Evans, an experienced j
coal miner, with drills, powder, and,
timbers for immediate development!
of a big vein of coal at Wainwright.
Under the supervision of an expert
the vein will be opened and hereafter
will produce coal for stations which
can be reached 'by the Boxer.
RETURNS FROM A STUDY
OF EUROPEAN CONDITIONS
SEATTLE, July 18.—Dr. Henry
Suzzalo, former president of Wash
ington State University, returned
here Wednesday from a seven-months
study of European conditions for the
Carnegie Institution. He declares
the League of Nations an absolute
necessity, but says that it will take
many years to make it effective, and
that the United States should co-op
erate. «
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GERMANS ESTABLISH WORLD
RECORD DURATION FLIGHT
DESSAU, Germany, July 9.—Ger
man aviators Johan Ristoz and Hans
Semmerman established a world’s
record for a duration flight today. At
3 o’clock this afternoon they had sur
passed by an hour the Italian record
of 59 hours and 33 minutes and were
still. flying’.
SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE
JARDINE TO VISIT ALASKA
WASHINGTON, July 12.—Secre
tary of Agriculture Jardine has been
ordered by Ms physicians to give up
activity for two or three months. He
will leave August 1 for an extended
visit in Alaska.
ROY C. WEST. OF CHICAGO;
NEW SECRETARY OF INTERIOR
SUPERIOR, July 21.—President
Coolidga has selected Roy C. West; oft
Chicago, Republican national com
mitteeman from Illinois, to be new
Secretary of the Interior, to succeed.
Work, resigned.;
Tunney Wins
From Heeney
HEENEY DONE FOR, REFEREE
STOPS FIGHT IN ELEVENTH
ROUND.
YANKEE STADIUM, New York,
July 26.—Gene Tunney, heavyweight
champion, tonight successfully de-!
fended his title against To mHeeney,;
the challenger, winning on a tech-'
nical knockout in the eleventh round.
The bell saved Heeney in the
tenth round. The referee, seeing that
Heeney was done for, stopped the
light in th eleventh round.
The referee was Ed Forbes, of
Brooklyn, and the judges Tom Flynn
and Charges i>. Mathieson.
The odds were 3 to 1 against
Heeney before the battle,
Tunney weighed in at 192 ponds,
Heeuey 203.
Rjckard’s Loss Estimated at Quarter
of a Million Dollars,
It is estimated that Tex Rickard
lost a quarter of a million in the
Tunney-Heeney venture. Receipts
from the bout were $750,000. Tun
uey was guaranteed $525,000, and
Heeney $100,000. The attendance!
was slightly above 50,000,
death of MRS. HOOVER'S
FATHER CAUSES DELAY OF
CEREMONIES UNTIL AUG, 11
ABOARD HOOVER SPECIAL,
Fremont, Neb., July 18.—Immediate
ly after word reached Secretary and
Mrs. Hoover today of the death of
Mrs. Hoover’s father, C. D. Henry,
announcement was made that the for
mal welcome home reception planned
for the presidential nominee at San
Francisco would be postponed until
after the formal notification cere
monies at Palo Alto, August 11.
CATHOLIC RELIGION AND
PROHIBITION ARE BARRED
ISSUES WITH REPUBLICANS
WASHINGTON, July 9. — The
Catholic religion and prohibition are
barred issues on which the Republican
party will wage its fight for the
election of Hoover, Chairman Work,
of the national committee, announced
today.
RASKOB CHOSEN CHAIRMAN
DEM. NATIONAL COMMITTEE
NEW YORK, July 11.—John J.
chairman of the finance committee of
General Motors, today was named
chairman of the Democratic National
Committee. Mrs. Nellie Taylor Ross,
former governor of Wyoming, is
likely to be vice chairman of the com
mittee.
TOD MORGAN DEFEATS
CANNONBALL MARTIN
NEW YORK, July lh.—Tod Mor
gan defeated Cannonball Martin last
night in the latter part of the second
round, in the junior lightweight
cfiampionship bout. Both were bat
tered and bleeding, but it was clearly
a Morgan victory.
Mr. and Mrs. Max E. Miller and
two children were among the past
week departures from Takotna, hav
ing taken passage at Ophir on Max
Simel's mail launch for Holy Cross,
from which latter place they will
take passage on a down-river boat to
Mountain Village, where Mr. and Mrs.
Miller will assume their duties under
the Bureau of Education.
Hunting for
Amundsen
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT SENDS
ICE BREAKER ROUND FRANZ
JOSEPH LAND.
MOSCOW, July 25.—The Soviet
rescue commission today ordered the
ice breaker Sedov, now in Arctic
quarters, to explore around Franz
Joseph Land and to rush in a north
westerly direction in search of Am
undsen and six men of the Italia car
ried off on May 25.
OSLO, July 26,—A seaman with
fixed bayonet was placed on guard at
the gangway of the Pitta di Rano to
day when the vessel docked at Narvik
with survivors of the Italia disaster.
Onlookers at the dock regarded this
move with astonishment. When a
mooring rope was thrown ashore no
assistance was forthcoming in fasten
ing the rope and one of the crew of
the Italian had to jump ashore to do
it. No Norwegian authorities were
present on the quay.
STOCKHOLM, July it.—Lieutenant
Einar Lundberg, daring Swedish .avi
ator who resched Nobile, has himself
been rescued by a Swedish airman,
Lieut. Shyberg. After Lundberg car.
ried Nobile back to Kings Bay, which
met with disaster, he left to rescue
the other five men marooned on the
ice. His plane was <*up"turned and
he has a refuge with mem.
MOSCOW, July 11.—Three mem
bers of the Nobile polar expedition
have been discovered alive on the ice
pack west of Cape Platen, north of
Northeast Land. They are Dr. Finn,
A. Malmgren, Swedish meteorologist,
Captain Alberto Mariano, pilot of the
dirigible Italia, and Captain Filippo
Seappy, —gator. They have been
tramping around over the ice from
near Foyn Island fcr forty-three
days. Russian Airman Chuksnovsky,
from the ice-breaker Krushin, today
sighted the wayfarers, but could not
land. He will attampt to return to
them this afternoon,
ROME, July 13.—The ice breaker
Krashin, says an official announce*
mept, has taken aboard the figalsere
a group of five refugees from the No*
bile airship Italia. Those saved are
Professor F. Besounek, Czechoslo
vanian meteorologist, Guiseppi Biogi,
radio operator, Natale Ceccioni, mo
tor chief, who sustained a broken leg
when the dirigible was wrecked. Fil
lipi Troano, engineer, was rescued
last night at 9 o’clock.
MOSCOW, July 13.—The Krashin
radioed today that it had rescued Cap
tain Sora, commander of the dog sled
team that was lost while searching
for survivors of the Italia disaster,
and Sejf Van Dongen, Dutch dog
driver.
ROME, July 13.pMussolini today
sent a message to Prof. Ramoilovitch,
crief of the Russian expedition aboard
the Krashin, as follows: “You have
accomplished a task which will re
main historic among enterprises of
the Arctic and among gestures of
human generations.’’
OSLO, July 18.—Nine vessels and
a score of aviators remain in Spits
bergen area to search for the six pos
sible survivors of the dirigible Italia
and the six missing rescuers of the
Amundsen party. Four Norwegians,
three Frenchmen and two Russians
compose the fleet.
ROME, July 21.—Premier Musso
lini today ordered all survivors of the
Italia disaster to return to Italy and
to cease giving interviews.