THE KUSKO TIMES
VOL VUl NO ll
TAKOTNA ALASKA. SATURDAY. IK1L 21. S 7»
PRICK 25 CKN'l *
T-Pot Dome’s
Slimy Trail
i tmsECUTOR ROBERTS ASSERTS
FALL REGErVEI> $.'!04,intf
FROM LEASE.
WASHINGTON, April' 18.—Testi
’Vioriy that Albert B. Fall carried on
ail negotiations fou the actual leasing.
>f Teapot Dome to Sinclair and that
former Secretary of the Navy Denby
never was consulted by Fall, was
given by Captain, J. K. Robinson, re*,
tired naval officer, who was called to
the stand in tha Sinclair conspiracy
trial.
'I he witness agreed that negotia
tions were carried on with Sinclair by
Fall and reported to him as a repre
sentative of the navy. Robinson had
rpgviously testified, that Denby di
rected the leasing of the oil reserve
a., ^a. unit upon Robinson’s advice and
that, this decision had been transmit
• d to Fall.
WASHINGTON. April 20.—The
-bnclair defense has a slimy trail to
7 eapot Dome; the lease is filled .with
lies and false, the jury was told.-to
day by Owen J. Roberts, Government
prosecutor. Roberts referred to cash
and bonds rolls that would choke a
mule which passed from Sinclair to.
Fail after Fall had leased the Teapot
Dome to. Sinclair. The amount re
ceived by Fall was $304,300, he said.
The Teapot Dome, committee has
discovered evidence, that Rohert
Stewart, chairman of thee Standard
Cl Company qf Indiana, has $800,000
l_ berty bonds, which, are behaved to
ba-involved in the ^Continental Trad
.-3' Company; deal.. Senator Nye said
■ -day.
Will Haya,.former chairman of the
publican national committee, re
eaied to Chairman Nye, of the Sen
ile public lands committee, before he
went to Europe recently, that he
borrowed $100,000 from Sinclair in
1023.
FREAKING OF ST. FRANCIS
DAM WAS UNAVOIDABLE, RE
PORTS GROUP OF ENGINEERS
WASHINGTON,. April 17.—The
collapse of the St. Francis dam was
attributed to a defective foundation,
in a report made by Dr. Elwood
Mead, commissioner of' reclamation.
He headed a committee of engineers
which investigated the disaster at the
request, of the Los Angeles city coun
cil.
In connection with the report Dr.
Mead said the disaster was not the
result of carelessness or criminal neg
ligence.. “it arises in a large mea
sure out of the extraordinary ob
stacles which confronted the water
department of Los Angeles in keep
ing pace with the needs of the city in
its unparalleled growth,” he said.
Carl Lottsfeldt, A. R. C. superin
tendent for this district, returned to
McGrath on Wednesday from a trip
to Fairbanks, coming via airplane,
and continued his- jpurney to this
place on the same day. Also coming
over on the same plane ffom Fair
banks was Leo Rodrigue, of the
Nixon quartz mine, who landed at
Medfra and returned to his Nixon'
headquarters, after a visit of some
v.-eeks on the Outside.
•Lilly Jones was a recent departure
for Ophir, on his way to the Cripple
section, where he will be employed in
his mining operations during the.com
ing .season.
WIDOW AND DAUGHTER OF L.
0GDEN ARMOUR TO GIVE TEN
MILLIONS TO HELP SQUARE UP ;
CHICAGO, April 18.—The widow
and daughter of J. Ogden Armour
voluntarily will pay ten million dol
lars of their personal fortune to
square up the affairs of the packer,
whose debts and liabilities at the
time of his death aggregated eighteen
million dollars.
F.IH t' \'i<‘R j'KINGS SUIT
Vi.UNST CHICAGO MAYOR
CHICAGO, April 15.—A suit for
$250,000,.charging libel, was brought
against Mayor Thompson, having
been filed in the superior court by
former Superintendent of Schools
William McAndrew.
McAndrew charges the Mayor, in
his war against England, maliciously
attempted to destroy McAndrew's
reputation for patriotism and as an j
educator.
HENRY FORD HAS TEA WITH
KING GEORGE, QUEEN MARY
j LONDON, April 16.—Henry Ford,
! noted American automobile manufac-j
turer, met King- George and Queen 1
Mary yesterday afternoon at Clive
den, the country home of Lady Astor.
The King and Queen, Mr. Ford and
Lady Astor, had tea together, talking
for over two hours.
$10,000,000 WIFE'S PRICE FOR
GIVING CHILD TO KRESGE
I
NEW YORK, April 19.—Mrs. Doris
Kresge- set' ten million dollars as the
price of giving Sebastian Kresge a
child, and he declined to pay it, ac
cording to his Detroit divorce com
plaint which emerged today after
having been hidden for months under
a supreme court seal.
WENATCHEE MAYOR GUILTY
OF POSSESSION OF NARCOTICS
WENATCHEE, April 19.—A jury
today found Mayor Perrin Cornell of
Wenatchee guilty of possession of
narcotics. Cornell was arrested at
Leavenworth two weeks ago by dep
uty sherics, who found a quantity of
narcotics and a bottle of liquor in the {
mayor’s auto. With him were Mabel t
Phillips and Harry Porter, the
mayor’s business partner.
JUDGE T. M. REED SERIOUSLY
ILL IN A JUNEAU HOSPITAL
JUNEAU, April 20.—Thomas M.
Reed, Judge of the Fourth judicial di- i
vision, is seriously ill, confined to St. j
Joseph’s Hospital.
I
Telegraphic Ticks.!
SEATTLE, April 17—Captain Rolfc
<?rt A. Bartlett, famous explorer,.,is.)
here, and will command thei 100-toot
British schooner Efiie, which is carryj
ing a party of scientists to a .new Si
berian island, in the Arctic..
WASHINGTON, April 17.—The
Phipps bill, appropriating $156,000,'
000 for postroads for 1930, passed the
Senate today. The bill carries $15,► I
000,000 for the development of forest
roads and trails..
PHILIPP0PULI& EARTHQUAKE <
KILLS 110; 80,000' HOMELESS
SOFIA, April 2th—Ode , hundred
and ten bodies have so^faSt’bter re»
covered frctm Wednesday’s • earth*-,
quake, the shocks of whichoccurred
largely in Philippopolid and Vicinity.
Eighty thousand persons are home
less.
Aftermath
Of Bremen
__ j
CREW OF BREMEN HOPE TO FLY
PLANE BACK T OGEKMANY, j
AGAIN:TO NEW YORK..
QUEBEC, April 18.—The Cerman
Irish flying triumvirate planned a
rendezvous here for continuance of
their flight to New York in the Bre
men’s sister ship, the F-13..
Under these plans the Bremen will
be left at Greenly island for a while.
Duke Schiller, who brought Fitz
maurice out, volunteered to go back
after them when he learned the Ger
mans wished to leave. The F-13 is at
Montreal, where it was flown from
New York, and is ready to take the
Bremen crew to the city they set as
their goal. Fitzmauriee and Schiller
spent the night at Clarke City, where
they were forced down by a storm..
NEW YORK, April 38.—Fragmen
tary details from the frozen north
were pieced together and revealed the
dramatic story of the Bremen suc
cessfully groping blindly through fog
and blizzard to the continent, of its;
destination.
The auspicious start developed at:
the end into a battle with the ele,!
ments, as the flyers were some 400,
miles off their course, .due partly to
failure of the plane’s lighting system*
For hours the flight was a blind;
one. The plane was flying only fifty
fe2t above the water. At last the avi- ■
ators sighted what .appeared to be a.
scaling steamer, but what proved to
be the l'ghthouse on Greenly island.
A blizzard swept the ocean all the
long night through. The lighting sys
tem failed in darkness and the flyers
were unable to read the instruments.
Captain Koehl’s long experience in
night flying stood them in good stead.
Daybreak gave them an opportunity,
to correct their direction, but finally
in despair, after fighting fog and
storm, they landed on sighting the
lighthouse. They did not know where
they were.
The plane broke through the ice
covering the lake on which' they land
ed. The metal propeller was bent and
the axle and landing gear broken.
HEVEN ISLANI1, Que., April 18.—
Commander Fitzmaurioe said he was
anxious to return home and that was
the reason he left Greenly island. “I
will go to Murray Bay today, then to
New York. From New York I will
sail for Ireland in a Canadian Air
ways^plane, piloted by C. A. Scheil
ler,” he said.
MURRAY BAY, Que., April 20.— '
The crew of the Bremen hope to fly
their plane back to Germany after it
is repaired arid continue their flight,
to New York, Captain Koehl an
nounced this afternoon.
DENBY NOT PERMITTED TO
TESTIFY IN SINCLAIR TRIAL
WASHINGTON, ~Apri 11C.—The'
•government won an important point
n the trial of Harry F. Sinclair to
day when former Secretary of the
Navy Cenby was prevented from tes-'
tifyiig as a witness for the defense.
Dr. L. W. Fromm, well known den
-t, and brother, Carl, were among
Friday arrivals from Flat, from
winch place they came by a rp'ane.
Henry Martella and Halfdan Wiig
returned Thursday from a trip to
Ophir
L OWER SCHOONERS RUBY
AN I* BOXER SOON ON WAY,
BRINGING GOVT. SUPPLIES
SEATTLE, April 14.—The power
schooner Ruby will supplement the
""w r r°r Po"or !v> the trans
■ ■ •T • ’ other
.
a. v- ii.; . i mute,
QuigLngok and QuLnhaguK.
The Ruhy will sail from Seattle on
May 15. The Boxer will leave Seattle
.we n May g and May 10 for Ak
tan, Egeg k, Ugashik, Koggiung,
Aar.al.unak, Logak, Kulukak, and
■ > d News Bay.
Wilkins At
Spitsbergen
Pi:'{. EDIT, Apr': 21. Captain
ii. V. . kin? a nounced his ar
. V a ■ ;• .“iber eo from Point
i.=. .• v. A aka, in a radio message
„u^ay Ui tire Detroit News, as foll
ows:
“Reached Spltzenbcrgen after 20.12
hours’ flying. One stop, account of
bad weather.
“Dated Svelbard, April 21.
“WILKINS,
“EIELSON.” !
OSLO, Norway, April 21.—Captain
George H. Wilkins and Pilot Carl B.
. .n have arrived in Spitzenbergen
f oiv. Point Barrow, Alaska, after
we:.ty-one hours.
SEATTLE POLICEMAN FACES
CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER
SEATTLE, April 18.—Policeman
Ralph H. Osborn was dismissed from
the force and a charge of manslaugh
ter filed against him today when it
was disclosed at a coroner’s inquest
that he, on March 15, with his own
automobile, ran down and injured
Robert Feddema, so that the latter
died several days later, Osborn failing
to make any report of the affair.
THOMAS J. DONOHOE, PIONEER
OF NOME. DIES IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, April 16.—Thomas J.
Donohoe, president of the Continental
Mutual Savings Bank, and one of the :
pioneers of Nome, where he operated
for several years, died yesterday dur
? g operations for gallstones, cancer,
tie eaves a widow with nine children,;
oven boys and two girls. His estate
ast! mated at $300,000.
. - -c ii. McDu a f Fairbanks,
wel known Alaska re;,r.santative of
several Outside bus'ness house, and
who arrived at McGrath a couple of
Hays ago, was a .obay arrival here,
coming up with Pete Michels. Mr.
McDonald will make a visit here of j
nly a day or so, before returning to
a rbanks.
r«lLton Rice, former A. R. C. trac- ■
or man, who left some 18 months ago
r r Fairbanks, was a Friday arrival
here via airplane, and will again be
onnected with the A. R. C. force dur
g the present season.
ra..k Gnskey, N. C. manager at!
.'i t rath, and Frank Larson were1
>.ay afternoon arrivals, coming up
'ret.. McGrath via a:r ane and again
t.Tii r.g to that j. ■. u ;he same
man: er the follow! ■ Tuing.
—
The Fairbanks r.'r; ’a o landed here
yesterday, bring rg n .urge quantity!
of mail, both first and second class.
John Novak loft a few days ago [
for Ophir, on his way to Cripple,
35 Die Thru
Explosior
MANY VICTIMS BLOWN OCT (
WINDIWS TO STREET BE
LOW—FIRE ENSl’ES.
WSET PLAIN'S, Mo., April L
Death stalked into this little Oz.
city and turneda dance hall wi*‘
merry-making throng into a i.
caust, with thirty-five persons kno
to be deod. Rescue w< rkers are te
ing away the debris where laugh
changed to shrieks of terror as an
plosion wrecked the building.
Rescuers are seeking eighteen
ing persons thought to have pel
Beneath the falling walls. Si>
injured are in hospitals, many in 1
ous condition.
The cause of the explosion is un
terniined. Fire followed innnediai
and destroyed three buildings bef
it was controlled. The loss is estb
ed at $150,000.
Many of the injured were
up on the street far from the
of the blast. The dance was ht
the second floor of a two-story
inf;'. The ground floor was a g
and motor car salesroom.
Forty couples were dancing
the blast came at 11:30, when
dance was at its height.
The owner of the building ope
the back door of the garage on
floor below. A motorist had cal
him from home fol- r« supply of ga
line. As the door swung open tht
was the thud of a terrific explosb :
The floor of the dance hall was lit
almost to the ceiling. A moment
terrific silence followed and the n '
floor crashed in fragments into '
raging gasoline-fed furnace bel(
Into it went scores of persons. Thr
crawled away to safety. Others w
blown free of the ruins through
windows into the streets, many
burned and bleeding.
COST OF AMERICAN MARINE
OCCUPATION, NIC’ARAM
WASHINGTON, April IS.—A;
ican marine occupation has cost .re
United States Government $1,662,2.1:
over normal expenses, Secretary
Navy Wilbur reported to the Ser,
navy committee this afternoon. Ai
twenty-one marines were killed i
forty-five marines wounded.
Richard Rhodes, better kno
among his intimates as Diam
Dick, former proprietor of Big '
Roadhouse, is among late air
here, coming up from McGrath
airplane. 11c is making a short
here, renewing acquaintanceship
former friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Joaquin, r
mer well known Takotnans, wl l« t
here last fall, are new located in ' :
forriia, where they lave acquire
ranch and an up-to-date car. n
address is Orland, Glen cou; v,
fornia.
Anthony Sweeney, well km
timer, who left here during nt i ,v
ter, is now visiting relatives i In
land, according to word receive
quite recently.
Matt Vaughn, well known A. 1
foreman, left a couple of days 'go
tor Flat, where he will he station ’d.
Filing the coming season.
Mrs. Margaret Robertson, after :ii
absence of some days at McGr h, re
turned to Takotna today, waning- .
with Nels Pearson.