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TAKOTNA ALASKA SATURDAY. MARCH ? 1930
PRICE 25 CENT?
-Democratic
Confusion
.STMO’CIFICATION PLANK 'FOR 1932
«■ CAUSES TUMULT AMONG NA
TIONAL COMMITTEEMEN.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 5.—Speak
.r,g to a tumultuous Democratic Na
f, n. . Committee meeting today after
a i . jlrl/t on (-.bate had almost end
ed .n a ict, A’livtl E. Smith, former
pi es'ee ;t:al ca didate, def.ndi-d
* Chairman John J. Raslcob for having
the courage to speak his mind in
.. favoor of a modification plank in the
Democratic presidential platform for
1932.
A dispute over prohibition had
thrown the committee into disorder
- and confusion. Hisses and jeers, min
gled with applause, as successive
party leaders debated with old-time
fervor whether to put the committee
on record for modification. Raskob,
president of the committee, was the
• center of the whole dispute. He asked
that the committee suggest a 1932
platform plan, to furnish amendment
of the constitution, so that the states
so desiring could have liquor.
WAS ANDREE OVERCOME
BY MONOXID GAS FUMES?
LONDON.—Writing in the Current
•' Spectator, Vilhjalmur Stefansson to
day gave his explanation as to why
Salomon Andree never returned from
his polar balloon expedition in 1897.
. Stefansson said that Andree was
overcome by carbon monoxid fumes
- from a kerosene stove in a virtually
; airtight tent.
Stefansson says his theory is de
v. veloped from the evidence discovered
« on White Island, where the bodies of
the men on the expedition were
- found. Stefansson said that he al
most died from the same cause him
- self in an Eskimo’s snow hut on Coro
* nation gulf twenty years ago.
Stefansson said: “The tent of An
dree was practically air-tight, as it
was made from balloon silk. The floor
v of the tent was sewed in, and the
; shelter stood in the lee of the first
: snowstorm, which added to the air
v tightness. One man was cooking
'■ when th eother fainted. The cook
released the stove pressure and the
fire Went out. That is apparent be
cause the stove was half full of kero
sent when it was found. The cook
fainted before he could make a hole
in the tent for ventilation.”
There was an abundance of food
; and fuel in the tent, according to
Stefansson, so the group could not
* have starved or frozen to death.
1 WEALTH SWEPT AWAY,
KILLS WIFE AND SELF
CHCAGO.—His wealth swept away
i in wheat operations on the Board of
Trade, of which he was a member,
< Charles P. Shipman, 60, shot and
1 killed his wife, Mercedes, 58, and
1 himsel fafter allaying fears of rela
■ tives. Three of her brothers came
here from Iowa and Pennsylvania
! and offered him money They believed
their efforts were succssful in banish
ing th idea of suicide. Two of the
* brothers had returned to their homes
■ and the third, Charles Meyerholz,
' was sleeping in an adjoining room
when the tragedy occurred.
Oddie Hallson, game warden, was
: a Monday arrival, continuing on his
v way to Cripple on Tuesday.
Pantages In
More Trouble
CHARGED WITH STATUTORY OF
FENSE AGAINST GIRLS OF
TENDER YEARS.
SAN DIEGO, March 11.—Alexan
.' ?r Pantag.", Los Angeles theatrical
i a. n .t , was again arrested today.
He is .barged, w'th Jesse Shrove,
wealthy San Diego business man, and
John P. Mills, prominent real estate
broker, with a statutory offense
girls of tender years whom they, it
s asserted, bought at a Hollywood
girl bazar conducted for such pur
pose.
Pantages, Shreve and Mills were
arraigned and later released on $15,
000 bail. Each charge was filed by
District Attorney Thomas R. Whalen.
The trio asserted their innocence.
Pantages is already under bond of
$100,000 in the Eunice Pringle case,
now on appeal. *
Wrapped In
Burlap Sack
LODY OF MURDERED GIRL, 10,
MISSING FOR A MONTH, LO
CATED AT CAMJ KEARNEY.
SAN DIEGO, March 10.—The body
of Virginia Brooks, school girl of 10
years, missing for over a month, was
found today. The body, wrapped in
a burlap sack, was fcund near Camp
Kearney. The remains indicate a
fiendish murder. There is not the
slightest clue to the perpetrator. It
i ssaid the murder bears strong re
semblance to the murder of another
i school girl in Minneapolis some years
^ ago, in which a girl of about the
same age, wrapped also in a burlap
sadk, was located in a sewer man
hole.
AIRPLANES BRING SEVERAL
PASSENGERS AND FREIGHT
Pilots Frank Dorbandt and Barn
hill, flying Pacific International air
planes, bringing passengers and a
good-sized amount of freight, arrived
here Monday. In the Dorbandt plane
i were Mrs. Victor Hill, who a few
weeks ago went to Anchorage for
medical treatment, but who returns
much improved in health; Mrs. How
ard Langley of McGrath; Lars Inde
, gard, following a visit to Anchorage
of about three months, and Billy
Lodge and John Myklebust, well
known oldtimers, after a visit to the
Outside. Pilot Barnhill had Leo Rod
| rigue as a passenger, who got off at
McGrath, and his plane was also well
filled with freight. Mrs. Hill and
Messrs. Lodge and Myklebust con
tinued to Ophir.
ABOLISHES DICTATORSHIP.
MADRID.—Afttr more than seven
vcais of d ctatorship, constitutional
grvtrnmu.t was restored to Spanisn
subjects by royal proclamation.
The proclamation calls for parlia
mentary elections in March. Elections
were suspended by the late Primo de
Rivera. The press censorship was
raised today.
HEAD OF SEXTTLE’rMUNIC«fAI,
LIGHTING SYSTEM T£E*fflVEE>
SEATTLE, MaT. Ross,
for a quarter of a century 'superin
tendent of Seattle s municipal light
ing plant, regarded as>fithrer' of. the
system, was removed from* office-yes
terday by Mayor Edwards. '< Awmsind
F. Marion, prominent pioneer, was
appointed as his successor.
Friends of Ross are thseaGming
the recall of Edwards.
jackie coogan in big money.
LOS ANGELES, March 7.—Jackie
"oogan, now 16, has executed a eon
.ract to the Paramount Studio calling
for a salary of $7,500 weekly.
WOULD AEOLISH “LAME
DUCK” SESSIONS OF CONGRESS
WASHINGTON.—The House of
Representatives passed a resolution
to abolish lame duck sessions of Con
gress, 289 votes to 93. The resolu
tion now goes to the Senate and must
be approved by three-fourths of the
States.
It provides for a constitutional
amendment to drop the short session
after the November election, permit
ting the new Congress to be seated
January 4, instead of 13 months
later, and calls for the President to
be inaugurated January 24 instead of
March 4.
UNITED STATES SLIPPING
BACK AS GOLD PRODUCER
NEW YORK.—The United States
may lose second plaice in the gold
production of the world to Canada,
Robert J. Grant, director of the
United States mint, told the Amer
ican Institute of Mining in an ad
dress here yesterday. The United
States lost first place to South Amer
ica twenty years ago, and the rapid
increase of properties in Ontario may
put Canada in the lead.
The gold production of the United
States totalel 2,232,593 ounces last
year, a reduction of 150,000 ounces
from the previous year in Arizona,
Utah, Nevada and Montana, but in
creases of 2QJ)O0 ounces in Alaska,
35,000 ounces in California, and 90,
000 ounces by the Homestake mine
in South Dakota partly made up the
loss.
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McGrath Notes.
McGRATH, March 11.—Jack Mc
Donald was a yesterday arrival from
the Nixon quartz mine.
Mrs. Oliver Anderson, following a
visit of a few days with Mrs. Charles
Mespeit and Mrs. Charles Ulch at
the Nixon quartz mine, returned here
yesterday.
Joe Wills is a recent arrival from
his headquarters up the Kuskokwim.
Mrs. Howard Langley was an air
plane arrival Monday, following a
visit of a few days at Anchorage.
Leo Rodrigue, associate member of
the firm operating the Nixon quartz
mine, was a Monday arrival by air
plane, following a visit of about
three months at his former home in
San Francisco.
| James Cowan returned here yester
day from a trip to the Nixon quartz
mine.
ASKS CHANGE OF LAWYERS.
t'LATi'LE, March 7.—Harry C.
Johnson, recently appointed receiver
of the Puget Sound Savings & Loan
Association, has began court action
to vacate the court appointment of
the law firm of Caldwell & Lycette as
his attorneys.
.They Grabbed
' The Bell Boy
i
FEDERAL DRY AGENTS FIND
- LIQUOR IN ROOMS OF MANY
NOTABLES, OLYMPIA.
OLYMPIA, March 4.—Federal dry
agents last night raided the Olympia
Hotel, residential quarters of many
members of the Legislature. The
raiding party ‘ found liquor in the
, rooms of many notables—a state sen
: atmy several representatives, a re
gent of"5 the University of Washing
ton, a former mayor of Seattle, and
others of State prominence.
No arrests were - made, save the
bell boy.
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ELECTED TO SEATTLE COUNCIL.
SEATTLE, March 11.—Otto A.
Case, VI-<3. Webster, incumbents, and
1 Ralph Nichols were elected members
of the council at Tuesday’s city elec
tion.
Doings At
Washington
CONGRESS ADJOURNS — BORAH
ANXIOUS' FOR RECOGNI
TION OF RUSSIA.
WASHINGTON, March 4:—Both
houses of Congress adjourned today.
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WASHINGTON, Mar. 4.—Senator
Borah, in a speech in- the Senate
i Tuesday, called for the recognition
of Russia in the interest of world
peace and economic restoration. Sen
ator Robinson of Indiana replied, de
nouncing Russia in most scathing
terms.
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FREIHAGE SENTENCED TO 20
YEARS AT McNEIL ISLAND
1
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(Fairbanks News-Miner.)
Twenty years in the federal peni
tentiary at McNeil Island, the maxi
mum provided for by law, was the
sentence imposed this morning upon
John Freihage, convicted of man
slaughter in the slaying of Mrs.
Emily Big Joe, by Judge Cecil H.
Ciegg.
The judge deivered a scathing de
nunciation to the prisoner as he stood
i before the bar to receive sentence.
“The court feels the jury extended
all the clemency and leniency you
wede entitled to,” Judge Clegg told
Freihage. He said he did not believe
the defense evidence and described
Freihage’s action in beating the na
tive woman and then doing nothing
to have her cared for was most rep
rehensible.
LADY DECIES PASSES;
WAS GOULD HEIRESS
j LONDON.—Lady Decies, the for
mer Helen Vivien Gould, daughter of
the Jate George Jay Gould, died in
London this morning. She had been
critica-y ill here for several days.
U. S. Commissioner W. T. Vander
pool was a Sunday arrival here, to
give attention to matters in connec
tion with his office.
Diphtheria
At Barrow
CROSSON. DISPATCHED FROM
FAIRBANKS WITH SUPPLY
OF ANTI-TOXIN.
JUNEAU, March 6.—That a num
ber of cases of diphtheria, in a more
i or les ssevere form, has broken out
among the residents at Point Barrow
was the word received here today by
Governor George A. Parks.
The message from the physician at
Barrow asked that a supply of fresh
antitoxin be sent to Barrow’ at once.
It also stated that a general quaran
tine was in effect—trading stations
have been closed and all business dis
continued, with no visiting or com
munication between residents.
Pilot Joe Crosson has been engaged
to-leave Fairbanks tomorrow with a
supply of anti-toxin.
J. P. COTTON, UNDER SECRE
TARY OF STATE, PASSES ON
BALTIMORE, March 10.—Joseph
P. Cotton, Under Secretary of State,,
died today at Johns Hopkins Hospita*.
here.
STEA M MR Y UK ON SAILS.
SEATTLE, Mar. 7.—The steamei
Yukon sailed for Seward and wax
ports this morning, carrying 165 pas
sengers, including 50 for interior
points and .Manager Ohlson of the
Alaska Railroad.
REVERSES DECISION IDAHO
“RUM REBELLION” CASES
SAN FRANCISCO.—The convic
tion of Sh^rifr R. E. Weniger and
Deputy Charles Bloom in the Mullan
Idaho, “mm rebellion” was set asidf
by the circuit court of appeals.
Weniger and .Bloom were-the utily
ones of the 24 TonviCteti'te appeal.
The sourt pointed out' thn’*. tre ron
vspiracy- wa< confined" tot' ne town of
MullanV whi< u was not in the jurisdic
tion of the sheriff and there was no
reason for his conviction because he
was not interested in enforcement
there.
j Weniger wa sentenced to two years
in prison and fined $1,000, more than
fa year ago. The case startled the
i country by the gold contention that
city officials had a right to license
liquor establishments where no pri
j vate graft was intended and boot
* leggers’ fees were used to improve
the town. It was set forth that the
i population of the mining tow n de
| mended liquor.
‘ FOSHAY AND SIX OTHERS
INDICTED BY GRAND JURY
ST. PAUL.—The federal grand
jury returned an indictment yester
day against Wilbur B. Foshay, presi
dent of the W. B. Foshay Company,
and six other officials of the now de
funct Foshay companies, of which the
Northland Transportation Company,
serving Alaska, was formerly a sub
sidiary.
It is understood the charges cen
tered around the use of mails for the
selling of Foshay securities. Many
persons are said to have invested in
the company enterprises* including a
nuniDer of public utilities throughout
the country.
Happy Jacobson, following a visit
here of several days, returned ■ to
I Ganes on Sunday