THE KUSKO TIMES
VOL, V.' NO. 21
TOKOTNA, ALASKA SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1925.
PRICE 25 OEl
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Reorganization of Pro
hibition Enforcement
Into 22 Districts.
"Washington, June 24.— The
1 reorganization of the prohibition
enforcement’ system, involving
• obliteration of states lines, de •
centralization of authority, and
creating new supervisory dis
trict concurring with federal ju
dieial districts, was announced
today by the Treasury Depart
1 ment.
The Changes, which become
effective August 1, are designed
to build up a district federal en
forcement system without sacri
ficing-co-operation between fed
eral and local enforcement agen
cies, and a prohibition adminis
trator will be named for each of
the twenty-two new prohibition
districts.
>. Senator Norris, Ne
braska, Chosen for
Progressive Leader
Ivlaaisoo, June 25.—A conference of
progressive leaders today, who came
from all parts of the country to be in
attendance at the funeral of the late
Senator La Fol'ette, resulted in the
unanimous decision to tender the lead
ership of the party to Senator George
W. Norris.of Nebraska.
- Morris Turned Over
to B, C. Authorities
San Francisco, June 24.—The federal
1 court of appeals, in a decision handed
pawn today, ruled that Charles Morris,
' held in jail in Seattle, who is charged
with complicity in the mu tier of Wil
1 liarn J. Gillis, captain of the runa-run
aiog schooner Beryl G.. and his son,
William J.. be turned over to the Brit
ish Columbia authorities fur trial.
Seattle, June 25.—Charles Morris,
wanted in connection with the murders
Of Captain William Gillis and his son
in the hijacking of the Beryl G., last
September, was turned over to the
British Columbia authorities this af
ternoon and taken to Victoria to staod
trial. The evidence against Morris is
said to be largely identical to that upon
which conviction was secured in the
trial of the cases against Harry Sowash
and Owen R. Baker, both of whom are
under sentence to be hanged.
Primary Object of
Macmillan Expedition
Washington, June 23.—The primary
object of the Macmillan-Navy expedi
tion is to make a hydrographic survey
by airplanes of the territory lying be
tween the North Pole and Alaska, cov
ering more than 100,000 square miles,
according to Navy Department offi
cials. __
Mrs. A. G. Johnson, wife of the local
' manager of the N. C. Company, was a
Wednesday arrival, having come from
• Seattle to join her husband.
I
Fditor of Cowlitz News
Shot and Killed By
Unknown Assassin.
Kelso, June 24.-—Thomas Dov
ery, publisher and editor of the
Cowlitz News, was murdered by
an unknown party last night as
he was wa I hi' I nme from a
meeting < ><• Welfare
Associates *-eting was
held for t' e u- <^e of urging
A. Ruiic Todd. ho ras recalled
as mayor on June 3, to return to
Kelso. The dissension shown
during the discussion undoubt
edly incited the killing of Dov
ery. The police are working
upon every clue possible in order
to secure apprehension of the
murderer.
Asked for Sheppard, A1
leged Murderer by
Typhoid Germs.
Chicago, June 2G.—Denounc
ing Wihiam D. heppard as the
perpetrator of a new species of
murder and as one who had
killed his foster son, William N.
MeCtintook with typhoid germs
in order to obtain McClintock’s
million dollar estate, State's At
torney Crowe today asked the
jury to return a verdict of guiltv
that would carry the penalty of
death by hanging. Sheppard,
Crowe charged, was ‘‘a shiftless
panhandler” who had been con
tent to live sixteen years in
plenty provided by another.
117 in Shade, Several
eral California Points
Seattle, June 25.—The thermometer
registered 98 degrees this afternoon,
being the hottest June day in the his
torv of the city.
San Francisco, June 25.—The ther
mometer registered 111 in the shade
this afternoon at several California
points. _
The steamer Tana, Captain George
Green, arrived at McGrath Monday
afternoon, having made a speedy trio
up from Bethel, vv hich place she left
on June 17. Arriving with the Tana
was an unusually large quantity of
freight and a number nf pi-sengers.
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Mail Contractor i 5 v Jones, after
taking the mail t" Oph r on Sunday,
returned here Tuesday, bringing only
a small batch of mail.
Mrs. Clyde Glass was a Tuesday ar
rival from Yankee creek, as a passen
ger of Del Thompson.
Services of Extreme
Simplicity at Funeral
of Senator La Toilette
Madison. June 24.—Services of ex
treme simplicity attended the burial of
Robert M. La Folleite, today. No less
thao fifty thousand viewed the body of
the lamented Senator yesterday t
laid in slate in t lie rotunda of the ap
ilol building.
Col. Steese Writes of
Possibility of New Mail
Route Via Minchumina
-:
In refert-t.ee to the fort ,booming visit
of Major Ltir-sford E. Oliver and the
possibility of a new summer mail route
via Lake Minchumina. Colonel James
G. Steese, president of the Alaska Ru&d
Commission, ia a letter to The Kusko
Times, writes as follows:
“Major Oliver, our new chief en
gineer, who succeeded Major Gotwals
a year ago, will during this summer
make a trip from Neoaoa through to
McGrath, investigating en route the
portage between Lake Minchumina
and the Kuskokwim river, with a view
to its improvement to road, trail, or
tramway standard, as circumstances
may require. He wifi also investigate
water conditions on the Upper Kan
ttshoa and on the Upper Kuskokwim
to determine the practicability of river
boat service to both termini of the
portage. Should his report be favor
able, we expect to improve this route,
provided the Posiodice Department
will agree to let a summer contract
through this way.
“Prom the information we have at
hand tt. app -ars entirely pi amicable u>
give a speedy mail service through
this way. ft will require special in
vestigaiicn, however, toco ordinate all
the factors to the situation
“Meanwhile we have sent R->ss K«s
: nev i«it<» your district, as you know,
with increased tuods for the Ophir
: Tokotna road. Flume dredge road, and
! wioter and summer trails iu the dis
trict He has also received a substan
tial allotment for she ter cabin work,
and a little later will receive instruc
tions concerning viation fields. The
Territorial law with reference to a via
tioD fields requires local co operation
in the way of labor or other assistance.
I would suggest that the citizens get
together with Mr. Kinney so that such
co operation may be available when
needed.”
Tax Reduction the Big
Thing, Says Coolidge
Washington, June 25.—In an address
here today on tax redvction President
Coolidge said:
“We are seeking to let those who
earn money keep more of it and give
less of it to the government. If there
is one thing above all other things
which will stimulate business, it is tax
reduction.”
Coolidge made it plain that he will
urge the next Congress to make heavy
tax reductions.
William Schueirla, well known Lit
tle creek mining man, who returned
here Wednesday, after an abseoce of
about three'years on the Outside, was
a departure today for Little in com
panv with Manager Kimball, of the
Plume Dredge Company, and George
Clark, dredge electrician.
Axel Peterson was a departure Wed
nesday on the Billy for McGrath, on
his way to Eagle creek.
ONE KILLED,
2 WOUNDED:
Federal, State Officials
Mistake Each Other
for Moonshiners.
Huntington, W. Va., Jum'23.—,
William F. Porter, federal "o-j
hibition officer, was shot and J
killed; W. E. Wortman, state j
officer, was shot twice and seri-i
ousl.y wounded, and George Call,
chief of state officers, was badly
wounded in a battle between fed
eral and state" officers on Gagg
creek, in Wayne counted, early
today.
The battle started when the
federal and state officers ap
proached a moonshine still. lo-‘
cated from opposite sides, and
mistook each other for moon
shiners.
Naval Academy Wins
8-Oar 4-Mile Contest
at Poughkeepsie.
Poughkeepsie. N. Y., June 23.
|—The Naval Academy eight
oared crew defeated the Uni-.
[ v’erslty of Washington and five
other universities' eights io the
four-mile contest which was
; fought today in a heavy rain.
The University of Washington
j drew, champions for the lasv<two‘
lyears. were less than a length
| behind at the finish, while Wis
i cousin gained third place.
The University of Washington j
; took the junior varsity race by a i
; length and a quarter, after a:
i brilliant fight over the last mile
; with Cornel'
Agricultural Outlook
Better, Says Jardine j
j
Medford, 're. tune 26—Secretary j
of Agriculture Jardine, in his address!
here today, said that excellent reports
are now comino in frein nearly all sec
i lions of the couDtrv. insuring increased
I agricultural prospects.
Scotty Clark and Dick
Stevenson Safe, Rttbv
A telegram received a Couple of d^ys
ago bv Joe Perris from T. W. t'e Vane,
of ttubv, .fated that Die*: ‘-’tevenson
ane Scotty Clark had returned to that
place safely some days before. The
telegram v.’hs in response to an inquiry
by Mr. Ferris, due to reitorts that the
two old-timers had been lost iD the
North 'Fork of the Innoko.
Archie Higgins. former Tokotoa
business man, was a Monday arrival at
McGrath.
REVOLUTION
IN GREECI
Fleet Joins Revolt and
Military Government
Is in Full Swing-.
Athens, June 24.—Revolution
Ij k broken out in Greece. The
cabinet has resigned, and Pa
panastashiou has been asked to
form a new government.
Paris, June 24.—Dispatches
from Salonika report Greece in
the throes of a revolution and
say the Greek fleet has joined
the movement. A military gov
ernment has been formed under
General Pangles, which govern
ment has occupied all civil and
military institutions.
Athens.—A military govern
ment, under General Pangles,
leader of the revolution, is now
in full swing throughout Greoce.
Delegate's Injunction
Action Dismissed, for
Want of Jurisdiction
Washington, June 26.—The District
of Gohiissbivsiirn-etne covrt today dis
missed, for ’ant of jurisdiction, the ia
junction proceeding brought io Novem
ber, 1923, by Dan Sutherland, Delegate
to Congress from Alaska, agaitsst Sec
retary of Commerce Hoover, to preveet
interference with operations of inde
pendent Alaskan salmon fishermen.
Telegraphic Ticks.
Seattle.—With two thousand dele
gates in attendance, the National For
eign Trade Council opened here Tue^
dey for a three day session bv Chair
man James A. Farrell, president of the
United States Steel Corporation. Every
great industry in the coumry is repre
seated. _
San Francisco,- Herbert Hoover. #r.,
and Miss Margaret Watson were mar
ried yesterday afternoon, tho wedding
ceremony taking place ia Memoria.
Hall: Seeretarv of Commerce Hoover
and Mrs. Hoover were in attendance,
Honolulu.—Lieutenant Commander
Nathan B. Chase was killed in an air
plane crash over Oaha island Monday
afternoon. He was a nephew of Com
mandant Chase, of the Puget Sound
navy yard.
Madison.—The will of the late Sen
ator La Follette, fiied for probate
Thursday afternoon, leaves his estate,
about #35.000, to his widow.
Swampseott, Mass.—Cool id are is find
ing the rest here which he expected
when he left Washington for his sum
mer vacation.
Washington.—The White House ad
vises that the position of social secre
tary is held-by Laura Harlan.
Baltimore.—Senator I^add, of North
Dakota, died here Thursday, due to
complications following neuritis.
Centralia.—William J Biker, of Se
attle, was elected commander-' r*. th*
State G. A. R., Thursday