THE
KUSKO
VOL. V. NO 6
TOKOTNA. ALASKA SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, iy25
PRICE 25 CENTS
J.A. RAMPS
PETERSON
And Wife Drowned, Se
attle; Aula Plunges
Into Harbor*
Seattle, Feb. 3.—John A. Pe
terson, better known as Ramps,
a pioneer of the Klondike, and
for several years past with the
Seattle force of the Mutual Life
insurance Company* his wife.
Mrs. Maude Peterson, and hi r
aunt, Mrs Clara Filch, of To
ronto were drowned t his after
noon when the coupe in which
they were riding plunged into
the harbor at the foot of Leon
ard street Peterson was well
known throughout the Klondike
and Alaska, having been en
gag"d in business enterprises at
Oawson< tn -.the early days of
that camp, as well as at Nome,
to:which place he went about
1901.
Peterson on November 14 ran
into Tom Lund and Peter Han
sen. Alaska fishermen, resulting
in the death of both men. but
the coroner’s jury exonerated
him from blame after it was tea
tiffed that be believed be waa
about to be .held up and refused
to stop when be thought he was
commanded to do so. Three years
ago Peterson’s car plunged over
an; embankment, when be re
ceived injuries that caused him
to "be confined in a hospital for
several months.
Accused of Smother
ing Infant to Death
Tacbmai Pels. 3,—Net t-ie* Vt-lfc M*e
LeM was today granted a diyorce-froa
Kranttb Ruts U«eL«aa, whom she ac
cused is her complaint of haring
smothered to death their infant dangh
ter a year-eiyo ins hotel at Brunswink.
Maine,, where- she was a student at
Bowdoin CeHece-..
Public) Feeling at High
Point, tokey, Greece
Athens,; Feb. 3.—Public feeling
against Turkey, already at a high
pitch, reached the boiling point thU
evening with circulation of reporti
here that* Turkey iaoends to- expel
thirty-four bishops and priests of the
Greek orthodox church.
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Coolidgfe Asks for
Agricultural Relief
Washington, Feb. 3.—Coolidge asked
Congress today <0 enact into law “at
Ihe ear! is.* possibles data" the meas
ures reeonraseaded by agricultural ex
perimeutahscattons of added protection
•nder tbe tariff law for farm products
sad the enaetaaent of several pieces of
loffislatioa related to agriculture.
Chester Brink left last Saturday for
Fiat, but is scheduled to return bar*
Immediate!v foe a trip to Nensna.
Jack Mutchler left today for -a short
WtsH at Opfair. -
AIR MAIL
CONTRACT
Measure Authorizing
Same Signed By
Cooiidge.
Washington, Feb. 4. — Presi
rientCoolidge today signed the
hill authorizing the Pos’master
General to contr act for carrying
air mail. The imw /re is de
signed to promote t* * develop
nipnt of cotnu>> rcial avia’ion, -nd
it provides lor a minimum post
age rate of t* n cents an ounce on
all first class mail and stipulates
that four fifths of the postage
shall be paid to the operator for
the mail carried.
Washington.—The Senate laU
yesterday afternoon, considering
the new proposed postal rnU
bill, voted to incre se the charge
on postal cards from one to uc
cents, and to establish . flit rate
ot one and a quarter cent-, ,i
pound on reading matter in
newspapers and magesines.
TelegraDhic Ticks.
Seattle.—General Al»«aede Sv*n tf
comnai.der of th- ftuwsiao arm
a. aiust German} in Ea^i Prussm dat
ing the world war. died here Mid.*:
from injuries »ud»-r*td while pi.yioj
teams He hao lieer eugaged iri ear
penteriog wotk ia Seattle during tbi
past two years.
Washington.—The Harding Hughes
Coolidge proposal for American par
ttcipatioo in the League of Nation
world court was shelved for the presen
Congress at the meetior of the Senate
foreigu relations aamnntte Tuesda.
kferamis
Washington.—Senator Menr.s, Colo
rado. has been awarded the nisi in
guished service cross earned du>iri|
the Spanish war for gallaatnr io ac
tion. the War Department aooouncet
Monday.
Seattle.—LIomI Siverly. F O. Rich
ardsoo and Ctfarles Fairchild wen
placed on trial Mnuday, charged will
the murder of Policeman U. L Litsey
who surpri*e ! them io banditt-} opera
lions. _
Anzfo, Italy.—Laying of the cable t«
connect Italy direct with the (Jnitet
States began b e today. with elab
orate cereoior tr .
■ wi f —ti iio ui^ui">cu utrri
Thursday that a. uhoinriije has beei
bri*{ju)t’, •« 3 «f liquors nigh
tor the pavi font fi?ht
Los Angeles.—Mrs. Mamie Reynold
and Miss Agues Ffcowly, sisters, per
ished, ss the result' of s gas smptosiui
in their home. Thursday.
Washington—The Senate by unaoi
■mis eworeni «n Monday dismissed tht
contested election'case against Sena'oi
Mayfield. _
Miami, Fin —Julius Pletat-hman. wrl
known yeast manufacturer, droppnt
dead while p’ayfng p«»lo here. Tuesday
Washington.—The House Mnndaj
afternoon passed the administration
II eO, 000,000 public buildings hill.
Senate Confirms Ap
pointment of Stone
to Supreme Court
WastiiuiHou, F*-b. t.—The Seimte
late today confirmed the appointment
of Harlau F. Stone to the stspreme
eour,, trtj; < tid;ot> one > f the most, h»i
ter titj, > that iia» ever been conducted
in the utter chamber against Pre*»
deutiai apiKdutrnents.
200 CHINESE
EXECUTED
Christians, and Refused
to Obey Orders to
Grow Opiums
Shanghai. J <n. 31;—A promi
nent missionary today informed
a Reuter?, correspondent that
military authorities in the prov
ince of Fokien hud executed two
hundred Christians, Chinese
farmers, because they refused to
"row opium The missionary
added that. ;>lth ’Uijh Ghicese
< ffi ials were compel 'in" farmers
to cultivate opium, fifteen hun.
dred Christian families refused
to obey orders, and the execu
linfia
Seattle Police Detec
tive May Be Tried for
Nanaimo Bank Case
Seattle. FVb 7 —The charge against
former City Detective Watson of ha*'
* ing participated in the Boo Marche
* robberv has been dismissed bv Prose
L cutor Colvin, thus leaving the course
' clear for his extradition to Canada for
1 trial on charee of complicity in the
Nanaimo bank robbery
4,700 Reported Dead
' From Influenza,. Tokic
Tokin, Jan. 26 —Pour thousand sewet
hundred are dead as a result of the in
fluenza epidemic in Greater Tokio
which had its inception about twenty
dav* ago.
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Bandits Do 2 Good
Sized Jobs, Seattle
Seaufe. Jan 24 — Two umna»ked
bandits held up Claud Sell*, assistant
cashier of the Pacific Telephone A
Telegraph Company, in front of tht
Telephone building, on Third avenue
-h'Ttl, before noun, and escaped with
•27.8U. _
1 Seattle.—Miss Eleanor Rutherford,
of Everett, and Mrs. Donald Gedde* ol
1 Seattle, each carrying receipts of mov
ing piciure bouses, were robbed o!
91.7UO cash and their jewels by awte
t timodits. today.
J e Ferris was amot g last Saturday's
late arrivals. Cuming front Qphir aftet
| some weeks spent In the Poorman sec
I lion giving attention to mining affairs.
Henry Martella, with a good-sized
load of freight, accompanied by Bob
Shively, left Wednesday on their way
to Moore creek.
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Women Dined and 7':
Killed While Riding
in Taxicab.
Seattle, Feb. 3 —Mrs. Li Ilia
Helen Morley, estranged wife i
Guy Morley, Victoria busmos
man, kinsman of the late Joh
j Morlby, British statesman, wa
shot to death last night, wltil
riding in a taxicab, bv a man wit
| whoa* she had just dined at th
Hotel Butler and declared by th
police to have been E mer M i a
heart, a Los Angeles contrac’oi
Morley, her husband, and fat he
of her two younu children, hi
rived this morning and took p e
session of the body.
Increased Annuities
' Asked for 10,548 Re
tired Govt. Employe
Washington, Feb. 3.—Increased «
DUlties for 10 548 retired goveromer
employes are favmed t>v tie-- Cabtne
Secretary of Interior 'York said tod*
i in a letter to the.Sev.to coin id i 11 ee <
civil aervice, utgtot Ipgi-latum at tl
present session of Congress to reliet
what the Secretary described ns "«c
ual distress existing in many cases'1 i
underpaid fedora! aiinttiijes.
Coolidge Gives Views
Missionary Question
Washington, Febi uarv 3—Chris' h
churches and governments wee ill
dared by President Coolidge today
have *‘no greater responsibilit» thiin
' make sure that the best, and not ti
j worst, of which Christian society
1 capable shall be given to other pei
pies.” His views on missionary qne
lions were presented by tim Preside
, to the meeting here of ihn Foiei*
i Missions Conference • f North /tois ric
an international gathering of f oc i
mission interests of Pintos o
chuiches of the United Stales at
Canada
J. H. Peterson, who re urn rl he
(Sunday, left Monday for MtGr.i h a
cumpttoitii from this place b. F mik
' Guskey. Mr. Guskt-v tiuro a h
I short visit nero, was unfor un. e
sustaining a sprained ank.e, >■ f •
i h wever, was somewhat ittipu.ve.i
. the lime of his depar1 ine.
Oenutv II. S Marshal Perar M
Mullen. after a trip to Fairbanks <
official business, is reported to ha'
arrived io McGrath on Tnu'sday.
Jease Baugh and Padd., Sheeha
after a couple of days in town, le
' Monday for their winier headquarter
L. G. OiMiuiis, local N. C. manage
left Monday for McOraib.
Ed Nidlette, after a short tomn visi
returned Monday to Yankee creek.
Dave Muiehler left a few davs aj
J for Flat., on a short business trip.
j Mail Carrier Jack Lament, with i
] bound mail, arrived Tuesday, and coi
j tiuUvu Wednesday.
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'/Masher Reaches Nome
With 300,000 Units of
Antitoxin Serum.
Sm
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Nome, Feb. 2.—Gun
son, with 800,000 units
toxin serum, arrived oe» this
morning, having come under re
lay from Leonard Seppala at
Unalakleet. The last forty five
miles were made in a blinding
-now storm with the driver and
team well nigh exhausted. The
work of inoculation has already
begun.
Seattle. Feb. 8.—The navy
yard here was instructed by the
Navv Department last night to
outfit the U. S. ship Swallow and
hoid her in re idiness for a voy
age to Alaska, with serum* for
Nome, on account of the diph
theria epidemic there. The Swal
low. which is built as a mine
sweeper, makes several voyages
north annually to supply radio
stations.
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Ni>me. Feb. 2.—Completing the last
lap of the race to N«*me with antitoxin
fot diphtheria. Gun*- /*. Casson arrived
in Nome at 5:40 a. m. today, driving
the last fortv-live miles in seven hours
ana forty minutes. The well known
Leonard Seppala made ud eighty mile
drive from Uoalakleet. c mnecting with
the relay into Bluff. Kasson made the
drive from Bluff ia the worst kind of
weather, the temperature hanging
around 40 below and blowing a pale.
Kasson left Bluff at 10 p. tn. in a blind
ing snow storm, and was compelled to
make frequeQt stops to remove snow
the eyes of the dops, which had become
frozen, and the eyelids had to be
thawed apart. Four of Kasson’s dog*
were badlv frozen, and Kasson states it
was the worst mush he ever made in
Alaska.
Seattle.—One million units of anti
toxin serum for Nome's population
were shipped on the liner Admiral
VVat-uo. which sailed Tuesday morn
ing.
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i inree Beattie Kanaus
.' I Get Away With $5,653
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i, Seattle, Feb. fi. -Three bandits
u rsbhed two employes of tbe Brewster
Cigar Company of 85 in front of tbe
,t Brews er to ore. in the Henry build i njr,
iu lb.) heart of tbe metropolitan busi
ness district, todav. The bandits es
l' saped in a touring ear.
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Carl West berg, until reeently asso
ciated with Dan Niehol- -t: in mining
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operations on Little creek, is -tnoog
recent arrivals.
Joseph Sale died at St. Joseph’s hos
pital, Fairbanks, a few days ago, as ; tie
result of injuries received while pros
pecting on Vault creek.
Sale was boiV) 55 years ago in Italy.
He was one of the real pioneers of
Alaska, first conning to Juneau in 1388.
He went to the Fairbanks country in
1903, and bad lived there continuously
up till the lime of his death.
Charlie Ross, from Fiat, with out
going infill,-arrived Thursday.