THE KUSKO
1 VOL, VI l L NO. 12
TAKOTNA ALASKA. SATURDAY. APRIL 28. 19278
PRICE 25 CENTS'
. Floyd Bennett, Polar Flyer,
Dies Pneumonia, Quebec
V WIFE ALSO IN SAME HOSPITAL,
SUFFERING WITH TONSILITJS.
i. Commander Richard E. Byrd and Col.
Charles Lindbergh Were at Gal
lant Airman’s Bedside at End.
QUEBEC, April 25.—Floyd Ben
nett, who flew over the North Pole
\ with Commander Richard Byrd, died
today from double pneumonia. Death
i came while his wife was near him,
she herself being a patient in the
same hospital suffering with tonsil
itis- Richard Byrd was a1 so there,
1. having canceled all engagements and
j rushed here as soon as Bennett’s con
t d it ion became serious. Lindbergh is
: also in Quebec, having flown from
i New -york, carrying a quantity of
; anti-poeumppiie-serum in a gallant
I hut- vaip attempt to save the noted
t flyer’s; dife.
Floyd. Bennett-was brought to the
9
hospital here by airplane from Lake
St. Agnes on Sunday, after being
stricken while commanding the air
j expedition sent to the relief of the
j Bremen flyers on Greenly island.
i QUEBEC, April 25.—Col. Charles
Lindbergh, driving his fast army
plane through rain and snow, brought
j to the bedside* of Flyod Bennett,
I American flyer, last night a supply
of life-saving anti-pneumonia serum
in less than four hours after taking
off from New York. Bennett was
very low.
WASHINGTON, April 26.—Floyd
Bennett, polar aviator, will be buried
in Arlington cemetery close to the
resting place of Robert E. Peary.
QUEBEC, April 26.—Canada gave
a heroic farewell today to Floyd Ben
nett, famed aviator, as his body start
ed toward its last resting place in the
national cemetery of the United
States, where it will lie near the
grave of Robert Peary, discoverer of
the North Pole.
5 FRANK ’LOCKHART, NOTED
AUTO KACEB. KILLED WHILE
RACING* AT '/OtfMItES HOUR
V DALTON BEACH,. Fly#.. April 25.
-rJCssink Lockhart* noted oiuto racer,
% was killed todiy ynhen ho lost control
, of his machine while racing^dovathe
i beaub at fl»orft.th«n ,2.00 mUe>s an hour.
< CREW OF- BREMEN. LAHDK
X AT. At1 RTIS FiBLD, N. Y,
QC.EKEApril 26TSrThe Ford re
i r lief planfe, bearing the- trhns-Atlantic
flyers, .took oif from Greenly island at
7 o’clock this,., morning for Lake St.
Agnes. ' The plane is piloted by
Bernbalchen. The Bremen was aban
doned, t oawait shipment when, the
straits shall be clear of ice.
LAKE ST. AGNES, April 26.—The
Ford relief plane, carrying the crew
of the monqplane Bremen, landed
here this afternoqn.
CURTIS FIELD, N. Y., April 27.—
The German-Irish crew of the Bre
men landed here this afternoon from
Ltftke i St. Agnes. They will continue
their trip to Washington by train. On
account of rain, it was decided to
abandon their proposed flight in the
Ford relief plane.
I NEVER ABLE TO HALT
PROHIBITION VIOLATION
WASHINGTON, April 27.—Belief
tfihat the United States will never be
able tQ, ljalt . prohibition violation was
expressed here today in a luncheon
address by Dr. James M. Doran, com
missioner of prohibition.
HOOVER 252, LOWDEN 191.
WASHINGTON, April 26.—The re
sults of primaries in six States indi
cate that Hoover has a total in all
States to date of 252, Lowden 191.
Vance R. McDonald, well known
Alaska representative of several Out
side mercantile concerns, who has
been occupied with business affairs
here for several days past, expects to
leave within the next day or so for
his home and headquarters at Fair
banks. '
Nels Vibe, Little creek operator,
was a yesterday arrival fop a short
business visit in town
WILKINS AWARDED GOLD
MEDAL BY AMERICAN
GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
NEW YORK, April 25.—For his
I three, years’ explorations in the Arc
tic, culminating in hia flight across
the Arctic basin, Captain George H.
Wilkins last night was awarded the
Samuel .Finely-Breese-Morse gold
medal, .the highest honor in the be
stowal of the American Geographical
Society.
FORCES PUSHING STEADILY
FOR BIG DRIVE ON PEKING
i SHANGHAI, April 24.—The north
ern armies in Southern Shangtung,
the forces Of Chiang Kai Shed, na
i tion&list .-commander-in-chief, and
j Feng Yu. Shieang, his ally, have been
making their way steadily through
the province of Shantung in concen
trated drives on Peking.
39 PAINTINGS OF GARY COL
LECTION SOLD FOR $1,154,650
I NEW YORK, April 24.—Thirty
nine paintings from the collection of
the late Elbert H. Gary were sold at
auction tonight for $1,164,650. “The
Harvest Wagon,” by Gainborough,
i was sold to Sir Joseph Duveen, of
j London, for $360,000.
Coming Friday with Pilot Ed
| Young in a Fairbanks airplane was
Emil Anderson, well known dredge
master of the Flume Dredging Com
pany’s boat on Yankee Creek. Mr.
j Anderson spent the past winter with
! his family in Oakland, Calif. He re
ports that "Gilbert Russell, the new
superintendent of the Flume Dredg
ing Company, had not left Seattle up
i to the time of his k-aving, ;but ex
: pected to take passage on the boat
leaving on April 28. Gus. Rosen,
1 dredgemaster of the Little creek boat,
, will probably arrive with Mr. Rus
j sell.
Sam Hounan, of Ophir.. was a Fri
day departure for Anchorage, going
over as a passenger <jf If;. Hi Merrill
in the plane of the*. Anchorage Air
been far from well, toc somejtune, is
I on his way out for the purpose of ob
! tabling medical .treatment. _ He will
first go to Ketchikan, where foe will
consult with- Dr. J. B. Beeson before
making,the trip to tl>e Outside.
ASSERTS AL SMITH WILL EN
TER DEM. NATIONAL CONVEN
TION WITH UZ1 DELEGATES
NEW YORK, April 26.—The: State
Democratic committee, in a stateme’ *
made public today, .asserted that
Governor A1 Smith will enter the
Democratic national convention with
621 delegates
ELECTION OF SMITH IN CASE
HOOVER IS NOMINATED, DE
CLARES SENATOR NORBECK
WASHINGTON, April 25.—The
nomination of Herbert Hoover as a
presidential candidate would mean
the election of A1 Smith for presi
dent, Senator NoTbeck, Republican, of
j South Dakota, declared today in the
I Senate.
J. M. DAVIDSCON, ALASKA
MINING ENGINEER, PASSF.S
SEATTLE, April 27.—James M.
Davidson, mining engineer, died yes
terday afternoon. He was promi
nently identified with various develop
ment projects in Alaska, having been
the builder of the Miocene ditch at
Nome and was also largely responsi
ble for the advent of the U. -S. Smelt
ing Company work at Fairbanks.
HOOVER AND SMITH WIN OUT
IN OHIO, MASSACHUSETTS
WASHINGTON, April 26—Herbert
Hoover and Governor A1 Smith won
the Republican-and Democratic dele
gations, respectively, to their national
conventions in the Ohio and Massa
chusetts primaries, yesterday.
DEATH OF CONGRESSMAN
MARTIN B. MADDEN, ILLINOIS
WASHINGTON, April 27.—Mar
tin B. Madden, veteran member of
Congress from Illinois, and chairman
of the powerful appropriations com
mittee, died today, death being due
to heart-disease.
FOR TREASURER OF U. S.
WASHINGTON, April 25.—Theo
dore Tate, of Tennessee, was nominat
ed today by President Coolidge to be
Treasurer of the United tates.
Telegraphic Ticks.
SHANGHAI, April 25.—Dr. WalteT
1 F. Seymour, superintendent of the
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Mis
sions Hospital at Tsining, Southeast
. ern Shantung, was shot to death by
Chinese soldiers. Seymour was a
graduate of Wisconsin university.
SEATTLE, April 25.—Porter J.
Coston, Nome pioneer, a member of
; the Anvil Lodge of Masons, died at
! his home here today.
_
SEATTLE, April 27.—Dr. Thomas
J. Jugger, who will lead an expedi
tion which will study volcanic erup
tions among mountains of Western
Alaska, arrived here today.
WASHINGTON, April 26.—The
$203,000,000 tax reduction bill was
agreed to today by the Senate finance
committee as a substitute for the
measure voted by the House.
BRUSSELS, April 27.—Baron Pe
ter Nicholaivich Wrangell, last hope
! of the Russian whites, whose army
! the bolsheviki chased into the Black
Sea seven years ago, died here this
morning.
SEATTLE, April 27.—The motor
ship Donaldson, carrying passengers,
: perishables and mail, will leave for
| Nome on May 10th.
Earthquakes
i Kill 2,000
_ i
BALKANS IN STATE OF PANIC;
I
SCARFS of towns laid
W ASTE.
LONiD ) \, A oril 27.—The earth
quake terror which has laid waste to
a score of towns in the Balkans,
again shook the Smyrna district, of
Turkey today.
Dispatches from Constantinople
state that quakes-.have caused great
damage in Bulgaria and Greece, in
which more than two thousand were
j.ki)led, hundreds .-.injured, and that
| thousands have been-.made homeless.!
! The Balkans, the dispatches say.
have been in a state of panic for more
j than a week
RESULTS OF TAKOTNA’S
PRIMARY ELECTION !
In the Takotna primary election on
Tuesday last .‘JO votes were cast, of
which 32 were Republican and 7 Dem- j
ocratic, with the following results: i
REPUBLICAN.
.30 i
Delegate to Congress
Vote for One.
Howard, Bartley .
I Sutherland, Dan A. .
Attorney General.
Vote for One.
Rustgard, John ..... 20
Waller, J. L. „. 8
: Republican National Committeeman,
i Vote for One.
| Albrecht, George \V...... 7
1 Aldrich, Frank A. . 10
Lathrop, A. E. . 14
Delegates to Republican National
Convention .
Vote for Two.
Chase, W. H. : 5
i Gelles, Gus . 11
Pratt, Louis K. 18
Wickershani, James . 24
Alternates to Republican National
Convention.
.Vote for Two
Gottstein, J. B. .
Grant, Wm. D.
Territorial Senator.
Vote for One.
Erwin, G. B..■ 21
Territorial Representatives.
Vote for Four.
Buckley, Bart C. 13
Donnelley, Harry . 22
Johnston, Fred B. ..22
Ross, Hosea H. .. 19
Rothenburg, R. C. 16
.20
20'
DEMOCRATIC.
Delegate to Congress.
Grigsby, George B. . 7
Attorney General.
Truitt, James S.. 1
Democratic -National Committeeman.
Connors, Janies J. .. . 1
Delegates to Democratic 'National
Convention.
Vote for Six.
Hellenthal, Simon .
MeCloskey, James.
McDonald, Jack . 5
Shattuck, Allen . 6
Troy, John W. ..... 5
Turner, H. J. 6
Territorial Senator.
Vote for Four.
Hess, Luther C. 7
Territorial Representatives.
Vote for Four.
McDonald, Joe . 6
Nordale, Alton G. 7
Peterson, Charles F. . 6
Wright, Thomas R. 6
Del Thompson and William Behan
came Monday from Ganes creek, for
a stay o fa .couple of days.
Cl Cl
Sinclair Is
Acquitted
AXl) THEN STEWART DIGS UP
$759,0000 MISSING LIBERTY
BONDS
WASHINGTON, April 21.—Harry
P. Sinclair, oil magnate, was today
acquitted of the charge that he con
spired to defraud the Government ir.
the leasing of Teapot Dome.
WASHINGTON, April 25.—The
elusive fourth share of the Continen
tal Trading Company’s Liberty bond
profits has been found by the Senate
Teapot Dome committee. Robert W,
Stewart, chairman of the board of di
rectors of the Standard Oil Company
of Indiana, testified today that he got
the bonds and placed them in trust
for future disposition, and that dis
position was made last Saturday
after the acquittal of Sinclair, when,
Stewart said, he called his board to
gether and told them all the facts
withheld since the Continental deal,
six years ago. The board decided to
turn over the whole amount, $759,000,
to the Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing
Company.
NATIVE FOl'M) DEAD IN
CABIN ON DIETNA RIVER,
BULLET HOLE IN ABDOMEN
OPHIR, April 23.—A. H. Twitchell
arrived in OphTr this morning arid re
ported that an Indian formerly in his
employ had been found dead In
cahin on the Ditna river, with a bullet
Hole in his abdomen. Mr. Twitchel
believes the Indian committed sin
cide.
WASHINGTON STATE DEMO
CRATS INSTRUCT DELEGATES
TO VOTE FOR GOV A L SMITH
SPOKANE, April 1.0 -The Demo
cratic state convention today electee
fourteen delegates to th- De-mocratie
national convention and instructor
them -to vote as a unit, foe Governoi
A1 Smith of New York for the presi
dential nomination
FAVORABLE REIMPORTS FOR
TWO ALASKA PROJECTS
WASHINGTON, April 16.—The
Port Alexander and Resurrect ior
bay, Alaska, projects were adopted
yesterday by the House rivers anr
harbors committee. The Port Alex
ander proposal would provide a rhan
nel fifteen feet deep and ISO feet
wide. The Resurrection bay project
would provide harbor refugti at Sew
ard for small boats, at a cost a*
8180,000.
ILLINOIS’ 58 DELEGATES IN
STRUCTED FOR AL SMITH
SPRINGFIELD, April 24.—The
Democratic State convention yester
day instructed Illinois’ 58 delegates
to the Democratic national conven
tion to vote for A1 Smith for presi
dential nomination.
Mrs. R. M. White, for the past two
years in charge of the school at Mc
Grath, was a Friday departure for
Anchorage as t passenger of R. 11
Merrill, in the enclosed plane of the
Anchorage Air Transport
Rill Kruhfn, well known prcprietoi
of the McGrath Roadhouse, was a to
day arrival from that place, coming
up via airplane with Ed Young, foi
the purpose of giving attentionHo i
few business matters