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The Kusko Times
"VOL.. 11. 'SnO. 34
McGRATH, ALASKA, MAY 18. 1921.
PRICE 25 CENTS
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NO IMPROVEMENT NOTED
IN THE STRIKE SITUATION
Government Boats'May Be Utilized to4Gare for
Alaska’s Needs, Says ShippingTtoard Chair
man—Efforts to Man Boats SeemsiEutile.
Seattle, May 17 —There has
i been no improvement in the ma •
■ rine strike situation, both sides
•still standing pat.
On Monday the Alaska'S team-*
vship Company attempted to take
eight non-union men to'the com
pany’s pier to man the steam
ship Alameda, but the men were
dragged from the automobile by
a number of marine strikers arid
> badly-beaten.
But few shipowners are- mak
ing any efforts 1 to mnan i their
boats, so 'hopeless seems the
task of obtaining crews. 1
tSBther unions -are expressing
strong sympathy 'with the ma
rine strikers, and* it is feared
tbhat the ^strike'itnay- extend to
other trades.
Washington, May 17.—Chair
man Benson, "Of the Shipping
Board, has ordered officials of
the Board at 'Seattle to put
enough Government boats on
the Alaskan service toi<keep ‘the
Territory suppliedv'withi food if
private owners are (.unable to
keep boats in commission.
PUSHED TO
THEJJMIT
:Such Will Be Case With
Germany for Quar
ter of Century.
■ ■ ■—— ■— mr
Washington, May. 17-.—Herbert
i Hoover-declares that Germany's
acceptance of the reparation^
t terms ashed by the Alliesimeans
i that the United Si ates will get
greater benefits than any other
nation.
Washington.—Under the ulti
> matum terms accepted by Ger
'Ttnany, she must-pay thirty-three
billion three hundred and sev
<-enty-five ..millionudollars, gold.
She is‘left wdth’nothing but a
(police f force, ijher war culprits
wwill be pmnished, and for«a quar
i ter of a century-.-she will -be
pushed to the limit ofi her ^com
mercial, industrial and financial'
capacities to meet *her obliga
tions to the Allies.
-Matter of Alaska Gov- .
ernorship Soon, Maybe
Washington, May. 17.—The Alaska
: governorship appointment is not'likely
i to be made until after the Shipping
Board nominations have been an
tmounced.
i
MOUNTAIN
WARFARE
Raging Over -a 7-Mile
Front* in Strike of
Coal Miners.
Williamsto wn, W. ’ Va.. May
16.Warfare of most desperate;
character, i- between miners and
troops of the state andxpolice, is.
raging over ^a seven*mile front
in West Virginia and Kentucky,
in the coal mining region.
Six men were killed during
several skirmishes this after
noon, and«many others wounded.
During the past week seven were
killed and twenty-four wounded,
most of the casualties and in
juries being [sustained by the
coal miners.
Arthur Berry, who sustained- such
severe wounds by the accfdental dis
chargeof his gun some weeks ago, is
reported as much improved, although
still unable to use his foot. ,
A1 .Smith and Peter Snow werev
among the' first arrivals from up-river
after the-ice broke. They are ^ pres
ent building a cache oo the Sprague
ville side of the river.
Bert^Eldridge was the first man out
with, a ges-boat after the ice left, cross
ing the river with the Doughnut King
as soon as the river in front of Mc
Grath was-clear.
C. Carl sou* N* C. Agent
at St. Michael, Passes
Away, Heart Failure
Charles CarJsoD, N. C. agent at St.
Michael, died at that place this morn
ling of heart failure, according to pri
vate advices received here.
Mr. Carlson is the man who during
the winter was imported to have pur
chased the McGrath station, but which
report later proved to have no. fouoda
tiou in fact.
Gets * Kid of Five Hus
bands, aBrother-in
law and Infant.
Los Angeles, May 17.—Mrs.
Xiydia"'Myer Southward, .a far
ther waitress &r this place, "-was
arrested today in ’Honolulu, ac
cused of the murder of five hus
bands. a brother-in-law, and her
own infant child.
She is accused of poisoning
two husbands at Twin Falls,
Idaho, one at Billings, Mont.,
and another at' Hardi, Mont.
Each of these is said -to have
been heavilv insured.
Honolulu, May 17—Mrs. Lydia
Meyer Southward, when arrested
here today for the murder of six
•men and her own child, •■protest
ed her (innocence, hut claimed
•that she believed-.herself to-be a
vtyphoid carrier.
SLAYERS
OF TIMBS
Will Not Get Extreme
Penalty If.They Plead
2nd DegreeMuxder. ,
Seattle, May 17.-4-That ‘the
four soldier slayers of Karl
Timbs, 1 Tacoma taxicab driver,
had1- been given -promises that if
they would plead guilty to sec
ond degree murder their lives
would not be placed in jeopardy
of hanging and that their sen
tences would be for less than life,
terms, was announced by Prose
cutor Selden, of: Pierce county,
today, j
OZMO WILL
SAIL ON 230
Believed That Her Own
ers Have Overcome
Strike Situation.
Seattle, May 17.—The. motor
ship.Gstr.Qy now on-her <w«,y .to
this port from. Satf^ran^istiO .is
scheduled! to leave-.Sea&tle for
Bethel, Alaska, tor May It
iS'heUeved that her owners have
overcome the strike situation so
that she may sail.,or. the time
scheduled.
JIhe Lavelle Young Swings.
At the heighth of the Tacotna ice
run the Lavelle Young broke her for
ward mooring, swung about and start
ed down stream, .but .-eables.-.ron the
sterxrheId,- andl.^hG gradually halted;
gwrttg'itig toward'the bank again.
CHILBE8G
INDICTED
Seattle Banker Said to
Have Been Named
By Gradd Jury.
Tacoma,is 'de
clared that i«L»Ej.Ohil berg, for
mer Seattle bafiker. dow in New
York,'hae beeir‘indicted by the
grand ^jury dt Tacoma in connec
tion with fcbfe fkilure of the Scan
dinavian^ American ®ank at Ta
coma. It is nuderstor’d that be
has signified his intention df not
returning to this State.
Judge Askren has * refused* a
motion to delay trial of the case.
Larsen, ■ president'of the de
funct concern, said he thought
that.; Jafet Linde berg, now ‘in
OaltSbrnia*. fighting -CFtr&dition,
should fbe tbroogtjt back before
proceeding with* trial.
i Nursing a Bad Amt.
Olaf Waagen, of Candle, <s in town,
nursing a badly injured arm.
Mr. Waagen caught his arm in a
pulley and badly crushed and tore the
1 muscles, but believing the injury to be
not serious, he neglected coming ‘to
town -at once. * The wound became
slightly iofeoted and badly swollen, but
I'Dr^Green -reports it^mucbenmyroved
today.__
Frank Fox and Joe Oates'came down
from Tacouia.on.Satupday.