KUSKO
VOL. V. NO *1
TOKOTNA, ALASKA. SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1HLA ,
PRICE 25 CENTS
Charged With Commer
cial Fishing in Closed
Waters
Seattle, March? II.—A federal
grand jury indictment, charging
Louis Knaflicb, president and
manager of the r Kuskokwim
Pishing 5i Transportation Com
pany, of Apokake'Ala-ka, with
commercial fishing in closed
waters, has been tiled with the
clerk of the district court here.
The indictment was returned at
Fairbanhs. but was transferred
to Seattle because the defendant
and most of t he witnesses- are
local residents.
Captain Knaflich is alleged to
have caught salmon for cominer
cial purposes in the Kuskokwim
river, near Eek. in June, 1924.
Assessed Couzins ark
Additional Ten Mil- j
lioni Dollars Taxes
Washington, March 12 ^-Anmotmce- I
that hearings before the' inenate com- j
mittee of investigation of the internal j
revenue bureau will be reopened next
Monday, was Senator Cnuztos’ answer
today it) the Treasury Departments
aetioD in assessiog him an additional
ten million dollars for taxes.
Amundsen’s ‘Maude’
to Go to Best Bidder
Seattle. March 11. — Wiuh the break
ing of the ice in the Arctic, Amund
sen’s exploration schooner Maude will
head for San Francisco, where she will
be sold to the highest bidder. This
was made known here today bv friends
in communication with Amundsen.
The proceeds of the sale will be used to
help finance iho explorer’s projected
flight this summer across the Pole bv
airplane.
President Ad Interim
of German Republic
Berlin, March 11.—The majority
parlies in the reichstag have agreed to
frame a measure appointing Dr. War
den Simmons us president ad interim
of‘th'9 German republic. Simmons is
former foreign minister, arid now pres
ident of the supreme court at Leipsic.
Results of Seattle’s
Municipal Election
Seattle, March 11.—Yesterday’s mu
nicipal election resulted in the defeat
of the proposed city manager plan for
the municipal government and the re
election of Councilman Slain and Coun
cil woman Landes and the election of
former Councilmar Erickson to the
council, all for th year terms.
Mr. and Mr* rge Mutchler, of
McGrath, who » 'bursday arrivals,
left yesterday for Uphir, on their way
to Flat, where thev will visit for some
days with Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Mutch
ler.
PLACED ON
HOT STOVE
Then Ordered to Tell
Where Diamonds and
Bonds Were Hidden.
Tacoma, March 11. — Placed on
a red-hot stove by a man and a
woman, and ordered to tell
where her diamonds and bonds
were hidden, Mrs. Ernest L.
Benjamin is reported recovering
today from the terrible, almost
fatal burns, inflicted yesterday.
Twice did the couple put her on
the stove and by the very vio
lence of their methods defeated
their object. The second time
Mrs. Benjarojn swooned into un
consciousness. The robbers ob
tained nothing.
Telegraphic Ticks.
New York. — Dimensions over the
question of freedom of speech in soviet
Russia so disturbed the sessions of the
international committee for political
prisoners that the police interfered and
closed the sessions.
El Paso.—Albert B. Pall, former
Secretary of the Interior, Monday, was
served with summons to appear as a
witness in the Teapot Dome oil lease
cancellation suit, by a United State*
deputy marshal.
Tokio.—The anti-boishevist law.
a measure providing for imprisonment
for every form of holshevist activity,
was pissed by the House tonight, while
a large body of police surrounded the
parliament building.
Seattle.—James ft. Stewart was to
day sentenced to a term of two years
in the penitentiary, for killing George
Larson, two years old, whom b© ran
down with an automobile.
Seattle.—Death claimed the twenty
third automobile accident victim in
Seattle last night when L. S. Davrick,
an Olympia motorist, was killed by a
truck driven by George Heyers, of Se
attle.
London.—Lord Curston, president of
the council, who suffered a collapse
while about to address a meeting at
Cambridge Thursday night, will un
dergo an operation Monday.
Seattle.—The liner Africa Maru,
which arrived Sunday, brought a cargo
of silk valued at $10,000,000 the most
valuable Japanese silk shipment ever
discharged at any American port.
Kansas City.—Policeman B. J. Love
joy and George Peters, police chauf
feur, were killed by moonshiners and
their bodies thrown into the Missouri
river, Tuesday night.
LoDdoD.— Woman lost her battle for
immediate equal suffrage in England
when the House, Monday afternoon,
passed the administration amendment
to the electoral bill.
Ottawa.—The House of Commons
Monday approved the treaty between
Canada and the United States for the
suppression of smuggling.
Salem.—Laura M. Pierce, wife of
Governor Pierce, Oregon, died Thurs
day.
Nomination of War
ren for Atty. Gen
Rejected By Senate
Washington, March 11.—The nomi
nation of Charles B. Warren, of De
troit, formerly United States minister
to Mexico, to be Attorney Coaeral,
was rejected today in the Senate, after
a fight a! a month, during which a
group of democrats -'Sind insurgent re
publican" waged a vigorous . tight
against Senate approval.
Coolidge now has under considera
tion the ap-p- iivoent of Judge Wallace
McCann* r- < 1 * *■ ogon, to the attorney
general-h
O’NEAL AND
Held Pistols During the
$22,000 Bon Marche
Robbery*
Seattle, March 11.—Confession
that he and Joe O'Neal, former
city patrolman, notv a fugitive
from justice, held pistols during
the Bon Marche robbery, when
$22,000 was secured, was made
by John Callahan today to Ten
nant, chief of detectives.
Callahan, who was arrested
Thursday in Sedro-Wooley, was
double-crossed by his associates
and didn’t get his share of the
loot, Tennant says Callahan fold
him.
Mitchell Loses Out
' as Assistant Chief
Army Air Service
Washiogioo." March 11—The selec
tion of Colonel James E Pechet to be
assistant chief of i he army air service,
to succeed Brigadier General William
Mitchell, was announced today by Sec
retary of War Weeks.
Mitchell’s term as assistant chief will
expire March 27, when Pechet will as
sume the duties and the rank of briga
dier general, while Mitchell will re
vert to his own rank of colonel. Fedhet
recently has been stationed at Keiley
Field, Texas.
Wm. A. Clark, Cop
per Magnate, Dead
New York, March 1).—William A.
Clark, copper magnate and former
senator from Montana, died at his
home here tod*)', following an attack
of pneumonia.
J. W. Warwick, federal game war
den, returned here Thursday, follow
ing a visit to Fairbanks on official busi
ness, and in which place he was con
fined in hospital for several days, due
to an attack of ptomafne poisoning He
left yesterday morning for Ophir, on
the way to his headquarters at Flat.
Gertrude Rody and- Fay Bollock left
Thursday for Flat, going ovgr as Pas
sengers of Chester Brink.
Bill Hummel, who has disposed of
his business here, left yesterday for
Dphir, en his-way to Flat.
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H SCHE1
G. PARK
Missing:Professor Alive
and Now Has a Big
Gold Scheme,
p. i Ore., Mar. 11.—The I
tr '' '■ch(«l C. Parker,;
secured a divorce
*u New York on the;
■ On that he had mys 5
te: ,.i ■ frsappeared five years'
»£•> has been living quietly in j
the Clyde RoteJ here for the past i
six months.
Parker says he has been con-;
'ducting investigations concern
I ing gold ore and that he has dis
covered gold sources which will
net him ten million dollars.
Gold may be taken profitably
from the waters of Lake Mono,
in California, and from Nevada
lakes by means of an electro
chemical process he has perfect
ed, the man who exploded Dr. j
Cook’s story of having clunbod !
Mount McKinley declared.
Washington Motes
Washington —The State Department J
I bas been re climated to explain the cir j
euinstances u.der which Count .Michael j
Karolvi, radical Hungarian nobleman, I
. came into this country, under a resolu- I
| tion passed bv the Senate foreign rela
tions oommittee.
t Washington, The charge that the
internal revenue bureau tried to ‘‘dis
fipline” him through assessment for’
; additional ra ces because of revelations >
; made in the Senate tax investigation, |
was made iD the Senate Monday by |
i Couzins.
Washington. — Contests involving
: Senators Brookhart of Iowa. Scall of i
Minnesota, and St at ton, democrat, of
New Mexico, were tiled Tuesday in the
Senate and referred to the elections
committee for investigation.
Washington. — Eugene Maver, Jr.,
was renominated Friday afternoon by
; OooUdge for rot her term as director
! of the war nuance corporation.
1 Washington.—The Senate Thursday
ooDurmed toe nomination
oette. of Sal' Like City, to bo collector
of costoaas at Honolulu.
Washington—Hear Admiral Moffett
; was reootn.(luted Thursday • by Cool
id ge as chief of the -navy bureau of
1 aeronautics.
Washington. —John H. Edwsrtit, of
! Mitchell, Ind., nominated to be Assist
i ant Secretary of the Interior.
vv .whi—Senator Georea U.
M .. Ham[ishir6, elected
pres id .0 e Senate.
VV Id Court Issue
Again Up in Senate
Washington, March 9.—The world
court issue was injected into today’s
session of the Senate when Swanson,
whed Swanson, ranking democrat on
the foreign relations committee, re
introduced his resolution for American
adherence to the court.
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MLLOGAN
Party Will Attempt to
Reach Top Canada’s
Highest Peak.
Seattle, March 13.—Another
attempt to reach the top of
Mount Logan, the highest peak
in Canaria, will be made this
spnng and summer by a party
3f nine climbers, headed by A
B. McCarthy, former United
stales army officer, now a resi
lent of Winnemere valley, E>rit
ish Columbia.
The party is to jump off from
McCarthy, Alaska, for the moun
tain on June 1, and the trip is
expected to take three months.
Fhe venture is being financed by
private contributions, and Cana
iiaa, American and British Alp
iP.e clubs.
Portland Fireman Con
fesses Setting 20 Fires
During Year and Half
Portland, March 9. — Chester C.
Buchtel, a city fireman, attached to
Bovine Company No, 23 as assistant
engineer, wpc a* rested today, charged
with being the firebug who in the last
year and a half has set fires that caused
losses totaling over a million dollars.
Cuchtel confessed to setting; twentr
fires. _
Laborites Walks Out
of House of Com mom
London, March 11.—The entire labor
delegation in the House of Commons,
led by former Prime Minister Mac
donald. walked out of the Commons to
day when the speaker ordered David
Kirkwood. Scottish labor member, tc
leave the chamber, after baxing inter
rupted the speech which Foreign Sec
retary Chamberlain was delivering
With a view to erecting a new radio
station, a strip of ground, with a front
age of 200 feet on Second avenue, and
extending 300 feet to the rear, was
staked Sunday The s:te is or. the left
IKEIO OJ M30 C'.Oin UU*i UOCl pieu OV r\U
gust Smith. Construction of the new"
station will probably start in June.
E. K. Carlisle, '.eld agent of the
Fairbanks land office, was a Thursday
arrival, in the pursuit of his official
duties. He left tins morning for Ophir.
it which place he will make » stay of a
couple of days, and w ill then take the
winter trail to Flu by, headed for Fair
banks. _,
Robert Men ies, in charge of Kusko
kwim Dredging Company affairs at
Handle, was a Monday arrival, to give
mention to a few business matters,
wd returned i’hursdav to McGrath,
n company witn Frank Gusfcey. N. C.
tuditor, and Ike Hayes, chauffeur.
Gaston St. Clair, who was giving at
tention to business matters id McGrath
)□ Tuesday, returnee here tbo follow
ng day.
George VVesch, superintendent of 1
3. Go. affairs on Ganes creek, arrived
donda.y, and loft Thursday for ''ah®
tanks