THE KUSKO TIMES
X VOL VIII. NO:1 29
TAKOTNA ALASKA. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 19. 1928.
PRICE 25 CENTf
1 Malicious and
< Un-American
IV atBlLATtES'SMlTH, SPEAKING OF
MfiEEfi; IOCS' PROPAGANDA
' AGAINST HIM.
f V OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 21.—Ar
jr -iving at the Capital of Oklahoma to
la.,day, Al. Smith, Democrfatic presiden
. tial candidate, found himself the cen
t-ii ter of a monster State-wide demon
: si ration.’ The great crowd, which had
5 been' waiting since ■ iaarly morning,
s-nfe up a tremendous' shout of wel
, i- come as the nominee’s special train
1 oulled into the depot.
> OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 23.—Al
. fred Smith, Democratic presidential
(. candidate, last night fearlessly and
i hlipitly met the religious issue of the
i campaign, denouncing, as malicious
r*. and un-American: the propaganda
v which hasfceen raised against him be
c.* cause of his Roman Catholic faith.
l.e Ho.xharged that Republicans high in
5 party councils have countenanced a
L: largo-part of this form of campaign,
. if they have net actually promoted it.
i. In support oS. that accusation the
v . Governor cited. thp speech of Mrs.
Mabel Walker Willehrandt, assistant
i attorney g**er»l, irc^charge of prohi
i . bitjon, before: the Ohio conference of
.the Methodfih Church, ihwhich she
- nry^ti _■ Methodist-paMtors ■ to defeat
i Smith.
I CHAiUi ED with threaten
ing TO -BLOW UP HOME OF
RASKOE DEM.' CHTAIRMAN
. PHILADELPHIA,i Sept. 23.—A 65
jpear-oldi-map, giving Philadelphia as
hia address, is 1 held here in $10,000
.. bail, charged l with threatening to
blow ufuthe home of John Raskob,
Democratic! national committeeman,
v. unless he-was paid $100,000; The man
. a gave his .name as Frank Mooney. The
' j'tb reals iwe.re contained in four letters
sent through the mail.
~ hooVjeh addresses a
I. T'BUNCH OF FIRST VOTERS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.—Ad
/ dressing a delegation of first voters
. >frontilhe Virginias who called at his
i. beadquaters, • Candidate Hoover today
said: ‘^The Republican party has al
■ waysebeon a party of action for the
! : benefit of the cuntry at large, with
outgregard to sectional or to special
interests.”
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f 'SMITH TREMENDOUSLY IM
PRESSED OVER WESTERN VISIT
l ' MILWAUKEE, Sept. 28.—A1 Smith
. ^arrived: here last night and was given
a great, ovation. He declared that he
was tremendously impressed and very
much heartened over his prospects in
Minnesota and other States visited.
RASKOB, DEM. CHAIRMAN, IS
SUES FAVORABLE STATEMENT
a NEW YORK, Sept. 27.—John Ras
fcob, Democratic campaign chairmas,
• in a statement issued today, said that
A1 Smitn w ll carry 25 States in the
. circle in which the Davis and LaFol
lette vote in the last presidential elec
tion exceeded t' at of Coolidge . Ras
fcob said these do not include Mass&?:
chusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island
and New Jersey, from which favor
. able reports have been received.
ST. LOUIS, Sept, 27.—Lin^b^gh
arrived home today toregister, for,
.the prespjeptial, potion. ,T
2 Officers
Are Killed
CHINESE PIRATES CAPTURE
BRITISH SHIP WITH 1400
PASSENGERS.
HONGKONG, Sept. ’20.—'Two Brit
ish officers of the China Navigation
Company’s steamship Nanking have
been killed by Chinese pirates. The
pirates captured the ship with 1,400
passengers Wednesday in the Gulf of
Tonking and steered it to Honghai
bay, a notorious lair of Chinese.
NEW YORK YANKEES WIN
AMERICAN LEAGUE PENNANT
DETROIT, Sept. 29.—The New
York Yankees- won the American
League pennant by defeating the De-;
troit Tigers here yesterday aftrnoon.
In a Political Way
TALLAHASSE, Sept. 24.—A bar
rage of eggs broke up former Gov
ernor J. Catts’ anti-Smith address
here tonight. The egg-throwing be
gan when Catts took up the religious
question.
OLYMPIA, Sept. 24.—Bullitt ex
pended $14,800 in the Democratic
gubernatorial nomination as cam
paign expenses, his statement shows.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.—Chair
man Work, of the Republican national
committee, tonight issued a denial of
Smith’s charge that the Republican
national committee is engaged in re
ligious popaganda against him.
DENVER, Sept. 22.—A1 Smith ar
rived this morning and was greeted
by a big crowd. He will deliver an
address here tonight and then pro
ceed thrugh Wyoming and Montana.
CHARLOTTE, N. C., Sept. 25.—
Dr. H. Q. Alexander, vice presidential
nominee of the Farmer-Labor party,
tocay announced that he had with
drawn his name from that ticket to
give his support to A! Smith and the
Democratic party.
OMAHA, Sept. 25.—Senator Cur
tis, Republican vice presidential nom
inee, issued a statement tonight de
nying the charge of Senator Bruce
that he had been seen on a Maryland
race track with a (bottle of whiskey in
ftis pocka.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.—Secre
tary of Treasury Mellon announced
today that he will make speeches for
the Republican campaign committee
on October 11 and October ?9.
CHARLOTTE, N. C„ Sept. 27.—
Andrew Mellon, Secretary of the
Treasury, in a letter received here to
day by C. M. Setzer, chairman of the
Republican county organization here,
denied that he is connected with the
business of distilling liquor.
NEW YORK, Sept. 28.—Elihu Root
today announced that he will support
Herbert Hover, but did nbt agree
with that candidate's views an prohi
bition.
WASHINGTON, rSept. :28.-r-Hoover
has shoved ahefed his NhwrYork date,
and ‘will speak ihrMadison 1 Square
Garden Gciob'dH';13th, instead K>f 17th.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28.—Hoover
reiterated todays that neither hernor
■the 'Republican party wants Support
Oft the basis jo£h religious isant
TWIN CITIES (7REET SMITH
WITH ROARING WELCOME
AND A 25-MILE HAK'A.Dfc.
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 27. — Tht
Twin Cities enthusiastically open* o
their doors to Governor A1 Smith to-,
day with a roaring welcome and a 25
mile parade, the rute being across the
Mississippi river, which separates the
two cities. Governor Smith will
speak tonight at St. PauL
ST. PAUL, Sept. 28.—A1 Smith,
Democratic nominee for the presi
dency, in his speech here last night,
assailed the Republican party for its
failure to rectify agricultural depres
sin and restated his own relief pre
tion. He appealed especially to Scan
dinavian and German voters. He as
serted that the Republicans lacked
leadership, and declared that “not one
large constructive achievement can be
pointed out in their record of the' last
seven and a-half years.”
Hoover Gets
Bad Report
DISCONTENT AMONG FARMERS
OF DAKOTAS, MONTANA AND
MINNESOTA.
> -
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28.—A de
cidedly unfavorable report of the po
litical situation in the Middle-North
western wheat belt was* brought to
Hoover by Senator Frazier of North
Dakota, who is supporting him.
Senator Frazier declared there is
much dissension among the farmers
of North and South Dakota, Montana
and Minnesta.
TEAS DEMOCRATS ASK
HOOVER TO CARRY CAM
PAIGN INTO THAT STATE
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.—An ap
peal to Hoover to carry his campaign
into Texas was made today by
Thomas D. Love, former Democratic
national committeeman for that
State, artd a delegation of Texas Dem
ocrats who called on the Republican
presidential candidate.
IOWA FARMERS UNION
ADOPT RESOLUTION URG
ING DEFEAT OF HOOVER
DES MOINES, Sept. 24.—The
Farmers’ Union, in convention here
•today, adopted a resolution calling for
the defeat of Hoover in the November
election. The resolution followed an
address by Senator Brookhart, who
defended Hoover’s record.
ALLEGED MURDERER OF
FOUR BOYS ARRESTED
VANCOUVER, Sept. .23.—Gordon
Stuart Northcott who is wanted in
Los Angeles on a charge of murder
ing four boys on a chicken ranch near
Riverside, and his mother, Mrs.
Louise Northcott, were arrested last
evening at Okanagon Lake Landing,
B. C., by Inspector Forbes Cruik
shank, of the Provincial police force.
EMILLO PORTES GIL PROVI
SIONAL PRESIDENT MEXICO
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 27.—Emill.
Portes Gil last night was elected
provisional president of Mexico, at a
joint session of the Senate and Dep
uties. The Congress then ordered a
popular presidential election on the
third -Supday in November.
Hurricane’s
Death Toll
HEVI8M> FIGURES SHOW THAT
T0'l \L WILL REAC'n OVER
’ TWO THOUSAND.
WEST PALM BEACH, Sept. 22—
Otv’Ev IX rpiiv orr, in charge of med
ical, relief t.Nf- Fk.flda hurricane
area, today notified the National Red
Cross representatives thai-ho has ac
counted for 138&'dead.-acnwding to
latest'- reports to- him.
CLEWISTON,.. TPl^.Se-4. «?.—Tn
spite of efforts totcUrbenidffmic ont
break, forty- case.9sof. inflaen za have
appeared nere among' hurricane vic
tims.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2b—Her be, t
Hoover, Republican presidential nom
inee, received a report today stating
tha^ tlie deaths resulting from the
Florida hurricane will reach 2,200.
Telegraphic Ticks.
RIVERSIDE, Sept. 22.—Murder in
dictments against Gordon Stuart
Northcott and his mother, Mrs. Sarah
Louisa Northcott, charging them
with slaying four youths on North
ctt chicken ranch; near here, were
returned by the county -garni jfirv to
day.
WASHINGTON, Sept, 2b.—H M.
Blackmer, missing Witness in the
Teapot Dome oil case, 'today peti
tioned the Board Of Tax Appeals for
a redeterminaion of ‘thh tax: assessed
by the Government, amounting to
$498,936.
CHICAGO, Sejjt. 23.—'Two thou
sand students of ‘Fengtdf school de
clared a strike today and refused to
attend their classes’, in protest
against the transfer of a group of
negro puoils frpm' Morgan Park to
Fengt-r.
OLYMPIA, Sept. "4.—Pleas for
the parole of eight I. W. W. members
serving long terms at fcfw Sfete peni
tentiary for the 'CfentntiiA'Airihisticd
Day killing, have been denied by' the
State parole board
NEW YORK, Sept. 24.—SOzahne
Bennett, actress, today made1 an
nouncement of her engagement to
Captain George Hubert, dRirts - A' c
tic explorer.
NEW YORK, Sept. aaMJPoIlv-Lau
der sailed tonight to meet Tunney in
Italy, whf*-e they will he married at
Sorrento during the first-week of Oc
tober.
OLYMPIA, SepU -44.—John H.
Dunbar, state attorney* > general, was
arrested today on a charge'7-of driving
an automobile while" dMw.sk.
ROME, Sept. C7.'—^fohn ' McCor
mick, noted tenor, said for New
York today. He wili' vote for A1
Smith.
ST. JOSEPTH, Mich., - Sept. 24.—
Roy K. Moulton, humorist, died at the
home of his -sister IvjWW today.
REED DENOtUfCHS HIXIVER.
KANSAS CITY, Sept. 24.—^Senator
James A. Reed of Missouri, in an ad
dress here last night, denounced Her
bert Hoover for living: abroad 22
years, adding that but for the World
War he would not have returned to
the United States to ive.
Mrs. Mable
Willebrandt
SAYS, UNLESS SHE’S CALLE OFF
STUMP, PARTY WILL LOSE
WHEREYER. SHE SPEAKS.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28.—The ad
ministration indicated today that it
will not cub the political activities, es
pecially her speeches against Gov. A).
Smith, o fMrs. Mable Walker Wille
brandt, Assistant United States At
torney General.
( Benjamin Fullerman, of the Wis
consin Republican State committee,
advised “Hoover’s managers, unless
she is called off the stump, that the
i party -will lose every State in which
she speaks.
CHICAGO, Sept. 26.—Mrs. Mabel
Willebrandt, Assistant U. S. Attorney
Geneal in charge of prohibition, de
clared.-today that her recen speeches
,urging defeat of Smith “speak for
'■themselves, »and * have no additions
or apologies to ma.k
CHICAGO, “^pt. -27.—Mrs. Mable
Walker Will* brandtr-hns been speak
ing wider the auspite!* of the Repub
lican National Comtbftte* and- she
still- has eagigementts in several
•States/-incldding Kentuekv and Ten
nessee, William ft. NfcWton, chairman
of tiift-wtSwhetfiP huhau’bf -the Repub
Mean- -national cocrrmittee, announced
today, defining the status of the As
sistant- ''Attorney General of the
‘United States, whose political activi
ties has provoked much comment, fav
orable and unfavorable, in bth par
ties.
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EX-CONVICT AND MOTHER
HELD AT SEATTLE FOR MI R
MURDER OF MARYLAND MAN
SEATTLE, Sept. 22.JD. E. Mayer,
'an ex-convict, and a woman, claimed,
to be his mother, are under arrest at
Oakland, Calif.-, charged with having
murdered James Eugene Bassette,
scion of u prominent Maryland fam
ily, in Seattle, on September 5 Mayer
and the woman were found in posses
sion of L 'Bassette’s automobile., in
which were secreted his watch and.
other personal valuables. Mayer says
he purchased the car from Bassette
and left him standing on the Coleman
doe*. Seattle.
Basse tie’s wrist watch and souvenir
belt were later found among the ef
fects of Mayer and his mother.
■ SEATTLE, Sept. 27.—Cedastro E.
Mayer and his mother, Mrs. Mary E.
French, were returned to Seattle from
Oakland last night for investigation
in connection with the murder of
James Eugene Bassette.
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BODY OF GIL JAMIESON, KID
NAPPED YOUTH, FOUND IN
FRONT OF HONOLULU HOTEL
HONOLULU, Sept. 22.—An army
of 2,000 national guardsmen and 600
deputy sheriffs was mobilized here to
day to hunt down the abductor of
Gill, the 10-year-old son of Frederick
W. Jamieson, Hnolulu banker.
HONOLULU, Sept. 23.—Gill Ja
mieson, kidnapped ■ boy, was found
dead today opposite the Royal Ha
waiian Hotel. The boy had been held
for $10,000 ransom. A masked man
had been paid $4,000 in the stadium
of McKinley High School, but the kid*,
napper failed to produce the child.