THE
KUSKO
TAKOTNA, ALASKA. .SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1996
PRICE 25 CENTS
VOL. VI. NO. “22
Nominations of Reed,
Ritchie and Shoup Are
Withdrawn byjCoolidge
Washington, June 4.— Three 'nom
inations to judicial districts in Alaska
were withdrawn- from the Senate to
i day by President Caolidge, after diffi
i. culties had. arisen in the [batter of
t. their confirmation. IfFhey were those
of Judge Thomas Reed/of the First
judicial division; Elmer E. Ritchie,
judgefof the Third judicial division,
and Attorneys Shoup.'of the First ju
< dicial division
The a’fcion of fcherPresiderit followed
several conferencea-between Chairman
f Cummins of theuSenate judiciary com
mittee and/the. President.
What action Coo’lidge now contem
plates in fillinghthe '. offices. , was .mot
disclosed,’ although previously it had
been .indicated at .the Whitei Honse
that if. hi; found it necessary to with
draw the nominations he might, go
outside of Alaska in making subse
quent appointments. It. was his view?
that-factional politics was so intense
in .Alaska that it was difficult to make
any nominations that .wouldmot result
in difficulty of confirmation.
Delegate Sutherland has urged the
President not to go outside of Alaska
in making appointments for the posi
tions.
AUTO JAM
AT FRISCO
; 60,000 Machines Crossed
Bay^by Ferry Dur
ing.Last Week.
.SahrSranciscd, June 3.^-Sixty thou
-v sand, and mare- automobiles crossed
the. San .'Tfouneiseoabpy in ferry dur
ing the past week* -and causing the
greatest- .traffic.- jam ever < xperieneed
on the--bay. Lines four miles long
awaited .transportation until after
odayflght thve morning. Thousands of
cars are stiD stored in garages across
the bay awaiting the time for owners
to go after them.
.Str-Victoria for Nome
With 465 Passengers
Seattle, June 3.—-The steamer "Vic
toria inaugurated the Nome season
this .morning, when it. sailed, with 465
passengers, which included, several
members of the Lomen. family? Ira D.
< Orton, Charles Melton, C. Hoode, Vic
tor Ross, Samuel Magids. and .many
other prominent mining operators.
SENATOR •BRATTON. ALLOWED
$5,000 FOR EXPENSES IN DE
. FENDING SENATORIAL SEAT
Washington. June 3.—The Senate
today authorized the payment of
. $5,000 to Senator Bratton, Democrat,
of New Mexico, for expenses in
curred in defending his seat in the
Senate against the challenge of for
m erSenator Bursum, Republican.
ABOUT 100 EXCURSIONISTS
TO TAKE TRIP DOWN YUKON
Seattle, June 4.—Of 130 excursion
ists to Alaska on the Alameda today,
about one hundred will make the trip
down the Yukon, returning to the
coast via stage lines and the Alaska
; i-Railroad.
The Redwing, Vic Nystrom master,
•arrived Sunday from McGrath, bring
ing up R. M. White, Alex Mengel Mr.
Von Frank and James Downey. The
Redwing again departed for McGrath
on Tuesday, taking down Miss E.
Marsh, after a visit of a few days in
iTakotna, and Messrs. Von Frank,
Mengel, White and Louis Suzanne.
Arriving Tuesday at McGrath in
: his airplane was Aviator A. A. Ben
nett, accompanied by Mrs. Bennett,
on her first visit to this section. The
plane returned to Fairbanks early
I Tuesday morning, having as a-passen
ger Louis Suzanne, who was headed
for the Anchorage hospital for med
ical treatment.
Clyde Wann and A1 Blair were to
day departures for Flat.
James Downey left Tuesday for
Nels Vibe’s camp. Little creek.
Welcome ’Given Ger
man Cruiser On Ar
rival, Sari Francisco
i i?an Francisco, June 2.—The Ger
man cruiser Hamburg, veteran of the
battle of Jutland, arrived in San
Francisco, yesterday, and .was given a
I royal reception by the civic, officials
jand Californians generally..The Hatn
| burg will remain here a week: before
I proceeding to Honolulu, thwnuft nort.
I of call on its round-the-wokia- ci uiso.
Navy Survey Expedi
tion Plane Drops 300
Feet; Three Injured
Marshfield, Ore., June 3.—One was
seriously injured and two hurt when
Seaplane No. 2, of the United States
Navy’s Aiaakrn survey expe.ditidn, fell
300 feet into Coos Bay. Th. injured
are: Photographer. Peterson.' who
sustained a brokerivjaw and broken
left arm; H. .!>. Holtz, ruts on the
face, and Lieutenant Wallace Dillon,!
who is suffering from shock.
DENVER CHEMIST "ACCUSED
OF BEING IN POISON PLOT
TO KILL MISSOURI JUDGEj
—
Denver, June 3.—Alva Estabrook,
cereal chemist, was arresteh here to-j
day by postal inspectors and detec-'
i tives on a Federal warrant on charges !
| connecting him with a poison plot to.
kill Judge E. E. Porterfield, of the
Jackson county circuit court. Mis-!
' souri.
_
I TERRIBLE TOLL EXACTED BY
EPIDEMICS SINCE YEAR 1924
Washington, June 4.—Epidemics,
with a toll of 40,000,000, have claimed
more lives throughout the world since
1924 all the wars and civil strife since
! that year, the Pan-American Red
Cross conference was told today by
T. B. Kittridge, assistant director I
general of the League of Red Cross j
Societies.
WM. SEARING APPOINTED
SEATTLE POLICE CHIEF!
Seattle, June 4.—Captain William
Searing was appointed chief of police
today by Mayor-Elect Landers upon
her return here today from, a ten
days’ trip to California.
FATHER REPRIMANDED HER
San Franc:sco, June *. 4.-«- Mildred
McHugh, 14, a missfrig; BerkSelety .high
school girl, hak been found iff San
Francisco. She had fled from home
because of her father’s reprimand
over the pawmin gof a ring. She was
found in the company of two other
men.
CHARGES DENIED.
New York,- June 3.—Charges of
drunkenness, cowardice and neglect
duty, made against the crew of the
Clyde-liner Seneca, which grounded 15
miles off Miami, la,, are denied by
officials of the company.. The state
ment had been signed by "passengers.
Telegraphic Ticks.
Chicago, June 3.—Paul Ash, jazz,
king, accused by Mrs. Helen McGinnis
Thorne of having a bracelet which be
longed to her. Ash declares that he
bought the gem from an attorney,
who, in turn, says he won it gam
bling with Thorne, the woman’s hus
band.
San Francisco, June 2,-i-Charges
having been made that bids for the
construction of San Francisco schools
have, been juggled, City Attorney
Reid urged’ tuat action to halt the
contractors from ■ withdrawing bids
without loging two per cent deposits.
Chicago, Jam 3.— Rosalind and'
Lorraine •Katm.n sisters, who figured
prominently in theefcoeb-Jbeopold mur
der casts were robbed by armed ban
dits iri front ot their home, last night.
Lorraine 'saved a valuable ring by
plncing it in her mouth.
Napa, Calif., May 31.—After plac
ing a wreath of flowers on the grave
of his wife, Robert Cash, hO, returned
to his home and shot himself between
the eyes with a double-barreled shot
gun. He died instantly.
Washington, June 4.—The $30,000,
000 omnibus rivers and harbors bill
was passed today by the House and
sent to the Senate. Prospects for its
passage in the Senate at this session
are remote.
New York, June 3.—The State
State Boxing Commission has again
ordered Jack Dempsey to fight Harry
Wills, negro contender, for the heavy
weight championship of the world.
New York, June 2.—The marriage
of Miss Elinor Petterson, of Chicago,
who left social activities for the stage,
to Russel S. Oidman. of New York,
was announced today.
Fresnd, Cal., May 31.—Left strug
gling in ten feet of water when the
bottom fell out of their small boat, a
woman and child w> re drowned, while
a baby-was rescued
Paris dune 3'.—The Congress of In
ternational Woman's Suffrage Alli
ance yesterday voted not to admit the
National Women’s party of the United
States.
Washington, June 4.—President
Coolidge yesterday signed the bill
giving world war veterans an addi
tional year- in which to convert life in
surance.
Seattle, June 4.—William H.
Thompson, federal prohibition agent,
was shot in the arm this morning in
a running haitlo with four bootleg
gers.
Manila, June 3.—Resumption of
hostilities between Pnilippine constab
ulary and Moros was marked yester
day by the death of three natives.
Philadelphia, June 4.—The Nobles
of the Mystic Shrine today selected
Atlantic City as the place for holding
their U)27 convention.
St. Catherines, Ont., June 2.—The
steamer Nesbit Gramar sank yester
day in Lake Ontario. All members of
the crew were saved.
Seattle, June 4.—Hugo George
Kelly, secretary <o Mayor Brown and
former newspape man. died suddenly
this morning.
Rome, June 4.—Pope Pius yester
day received the widow of General
Philip E. Sheridan, of the United
States.
San-Francisco, June 3.—Ned Green
way, probably the most prominent of
this cityls social leaders, died here last
night.
New York, June 3.—The fake Lord
Boaveebrook was sentenced to one
year's imprisonment here yesterday.
Washington, June 3.—The French
war debt settlement pact was passed
today by the lower house.
Seattle, June 3.—Dr. James Shan
non, one of this city's pioneer physi
cians, died at his home here today.
STEAMER
TOPPER
Arrived in the Bay of
Lower Kuskokwin?
On Thursday,
Seattle, J une 4.—A radio m?.ssa^r
from the steamship William Tupper,
Captain Wallace Langley, announced
the arrival of that ship Thursday -at
Ruskokwini hay, and that the vessel
would proceed slowly to !' e-1 be
cause of the unknown r n of the
river channel.
Great Britain Teiis
Egypt She Reserves
‘Liberty of Action
LnndoTvJunt' 4—Great Britain has
sent a note to the Egyptian govern
ment reserving “.complete liberty of
action” regarding the acquittal of six
persons charged with assassinating
Sir Lee Stack, British sirdar of the
British army in 1U24. Warships are
being sent from Malta to Alexandria.
London, June 3.—British forces rr,
Egypt will probably die strengthenned
as a result of the elections last week
which went decidedly anti-British
Burned to Death
When Clothing Ig
nited From Bonfire
Oakland, 'June 4.— Mrs Margaret
Grant, 80 years old, was burned to
deatti here csterdny, when hei
clothes were ignited from a bonfire
which she Wh sendraig in her back
yard. She'dashed into the house and
set fire to that structure. The houw
was saved from destruction, but as
sistance arrived too late tn.be of help
to the aged m. trou.
SHE FOUND LIFE ON HER
FATHER’." RANCH TOO DULL
Watsonville, .f’alif., June 1.—Nina
Smith, .17, who found life on her
father’s ranch too dull and ran away
Tuesday night, i- still missing, and
the authorities nave linked her disap
pearance with that of a Watsonville
youth .alleged t< have been her favor
ite dancing paj ner, and elopement of
the couple is. hinted.
CHARGED WITH SENDING
ROMB THROUGH MAH,
Muskegon, May 31.—Asa Bartlett,
25, was -arrested • here today, charged
with sending a bomb through the mail
to William Frank and his.fiance. The
bomb exploded, killing Krubneck, .the
girl’s father, and Frank instantly. The
girl will die of her injuries.
NO COCKTAILS.
San Francisco June 4.—General
Smedley Butle informative guest at
the famous Navy cocktail at
San Diego, arrived in Ban Hran.isco
for duty yester day, lie was ■ crtied
with a dinner, but cocktails were
missing.
TROOPS MUTINY, PEKING.
London, June 4—Mutiny has broken
rut in Peking in the ranks of Feng
tsien troops, who arc now in.control
)f the capital.
SUCCEEDS MRS. LANDERS.
Seattle, June 3.—Otto A. Case, for
mer county auditor, lias been elected
,o the council to fill the term of Mrs.
Landes, mayor-eloet. resigned.
RETAINS HIS TITLE.
New York, June 4.—Ted Morgan,
>f Seattle, -knocked out Kid Sullivan,
’ormer champion, in the sixth round,
•etaining his title of world’s junior
ightweight.
Charlie MespeIt return j GcU’dei]
lay from a trip to C
Nels Vibe, af
timed to Littl
THOUSANDS
ARE KILLED
As Result of Cyclone
and Tidal Wave Off
Burma Coast.
London, June ,'i.— Twelve hundred
were killed by tidal wave and cyclone
in Burma, says a cable dispatch from
Rangoon today
Rangoon. Burma, June 3.—Death
I tolls from the cyclone and tidal wave
on the eoas* of Burma have reached!
3.800. with all probability that the
total will reach five thousand.
10 NEW VESSELS FOB U. S.
TOAST GCAUl* SERVICE
Washington,'June i—The House
bill providing for the construction ol
ten vessels for the United States
Coast Guard service was passed todaj
by the Senat“. The measure author
! izes.an appropriation of $0,000,000.
Durkin Goes to Trial
for Murder of Officer
Chicago, June L—Martin Durkit
I came to trial here today for the mur
j ilw of » Federal officer who war
| months sgi Flappers, who have al
! ways been IturkinV lx-st friends, have
1 deserted him Hi- mother was the
trial opened Duffcm.-. tattsfc bride
the daughte o a vtllagt blacksmith
will not testify against hire. She was
! with bin: wi on he was captured.
URGES CAUSE OF MEN'S
AN® WOMEN'S JidNT WORh
Atlantic City, (uni 3.—The rr.ort
the world get. away from the i lea jt
women’s work *nd men’s work and ad
vances the cause of men and women -
joint work thr better it will be, in the
opinion of M s. Frances Cleveland
Preston, widow of Grover Cleveland
who to<lay addre ssed the Geneid Fed
eration of •Women-': Clubs here
SLIGHT BLAZE ON I.INEK BKR
ENGARU IN M1D-ATL VNTIf
New York, May 31.— While passen
gers in the mam dining saloon looker,
on, the ceiling of the .dining hall ot
the giant liner liner Berenga-ia, the
third largest ship on the seas burner
away, while the vessel was i:i mid
Atlantic The momentary excitement
was quickly subdued by officer.
ANOTHER VO LSI EAD VIOLATOR
.Seattle, June 1 LieutenarA Com
mander James 11 Strong, formet
commander of the Ilawaaian plane
PB1, .who is nnd< r indictment for con
spiracy to violate the national prohi
bition law, will post $3,6(10 at Sar
Diego, according to word received to
day
DIVORCES HER SPOUSE.
San Francisco, June 6.—Abner
Doble, convicted by the court of ille
gaily selling stock of the Dabie Mo
tors Company, was divorced by his
wife yesterday on grounds of'extreme
cruelty. She -was awarded half of the
Motors company stork and. $2Su »
month alimony
AC QUITTED OF GRAND L-1RC ENY
.San Francisco, June 3.—M alter J,
Matson, secretary of the Honolulu
Plantation ’-Company, ka E. Moore
and George F. Braun were acquitted!
today of charges of grand larceny it
connection with alleged irregularities
m the accounts, of the Plantation
Company^ fund., which are-declared
*' have involved hundreds hi thou
j only woman known, to him in tin
i court room, ;ino- tnh foui womei
! filed through J.hi doors befor thi
tractor, is re~
Cross -'for
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