’ VOL IX NO. 30
TAKOTNA ALASKA. SATURDAY. AUGUST 24, 1929.
PRICE 25 CENTfc
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Miss Crosson
Leaps to Death
J PARACHUTE FAILED TO WORK;
LEAPED IN ATTEMPT TO
SAVE HERSELF.
PHOENIX, Ariz., Aug. 20.—The
body of Miss Marvel Crosson, the
flyer reported missing last night
when other entrants of the women’s ~
. air derby from Santa Monica, Calif., |
to Celevelard, Ohio, landed here, was 1
- found this morning six miles north of
Welton, Ariz. She was found about
. 300 feet from her wrecked plane, her
parachute released but unopened.
The searching party which found
the body said it was apparent that
trouble had developed and that she
had leaped in an attempt to s../e her
. self.
Miss Crosson was r. sister of Pilot
Crosson, former Alaskan flysri and
. spent some months at Fairbanks a
year or so ago. She was holder of
the woman’s world's altitude record.
.LIVINGSTON, MONT., CHIEF.
OF POLICE AND POLICE OF
FICER ARE SHOT TO DEATH
LIVINGSTON, Mont., Aug. 21.—
Peter Holt, Livingston chief of police,
; and noted guide of Theodore Roose
velt and party through the Yellow
stone national park in 1905, and Mar
tin Zolmane, police officer, were shot
. and killed today by a man named
" Davidson, in the office of Chief Holt.
The cause for the shooting is un
known.
SNOOK GUILTY, AND MUS T
DIE NI ELECTRIC CHAIR
COLUMBUS, O.—A verdict of
guilty, carrying with it death in the
• electric chair as the penalty, was re
turned against Dr. James S. Snook,
• confessed slayer of his young mis
tress, Theora Hix. The verdict was
returned 28 minutes after the jury of
eleven men and one woman received
the case.
The jury took but one ballot. So
speedy was their action that it was
necessary to wait ten minutes before
the defendant could be brought into
court to hear the verdict.
Snook heard the verdict without a
show of emotion. E. O. Ricketts, de
fense counsel, announced a .notion for
a new trial would be filed. Judge
Henry L. Scarlett tentatively fixed
Monday morning as the time for
hearing the motion and said if it is
• overruled he would impose1 the death
sentence at once.
SCATTER ASHES OF ALBERT J.
LOWE AT WHITEHORSE FALLS
SEATTLE, Aug. 20.—The ashes of
Albert J. Lowe, marshal at Nome
from 189S to 1906, will be scattered
in the roaring waters at Whitehorse
Falls, according to his son, Herbert
C. Lowe. A1 Lowe died here a few
days ago. His ashes will be sent
to the North on an early boat.
Dick Rhodes (Diamond Dick), well
known chef, who left h are a few days i
ago ostensibly for the lower river, is
now located in the Fr .nk Lange resi
dence, McGrath, prepared to cater to
the needs of all.
Coming over on the Anchorage
plane, Wednesday, with Pilot R. H.
Merrill, were two well-known old
timers, Dick Matthews, who got off
• at Medfra, and Joe Wills,.who Janned
i at McGrath.
Santa Monica
To Cleveland
WOMEN’S NATIONAL AIR DERBY
NOW IN PROGRESS, WITH
MANY ENTRANTS.
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Aug. 19.
—Eighteen aviatresses hopped off to
iay in tfte woman’s national air derby
for Cleveland, Ohio.
TULSA, Okla., Aug. 23.—Louise
McPhetridge Thaden of Pittsburgh
maintained her lead in the woman’s
national air derby by landing first at
the Tulsa municipal airport at 10 a.
m. today.
BALLULAK, Aug. 23.—Eighteen
navy airplanes arrived here today
from Galveston, and took off at 2:20
p. m. for Memphis on their hop to
Cleveland.
ABILENE, Aug. 23.—Aviatrix
Amelia Earhart led the woman’s
aerial derby entrance into Abilene at
3 p. m. today. She was followed five
seconds later by Ruth Nichols.
CLEVELAND, Aung. 24.—The
thirty-ninth annual nat or.al races
and aeronautical exposiwn in Cleve
land opened today with nine long-dis
tance derbies, thirty-five closed
course races and exhibitions of the
best examples of aircraft production.
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 24.—The bi
plane Noyes, entrant in the national
woman’s air derby, from Santa Mon
ica to Cleveland, arrived here this
morning from Wichita, followed by
May Hazlip, Louise McPhetridge and
Ruth Nichols, in the order named.
BOEING AIRPLANE CORPORA
TION IN NEW BIG VENTURE
SEATTLE, Aug. 21.—The Boeing
Airplane Corporation has purchased
1,000 acres of land near the outskirts
of the city, where it will establish a
great airport and aviation school,
completely equipped, as well as a
modern hotel for the accommodation
of air travelers. The new venture in
volves a ninvestment of several mill
ion dollars.
Arriving yesterday via plane with
Pilot A. A. Bennett from Holy Cross
were Major Douglas H. Gillette, pres
ident of the Alaska Road Commission,
and Mrs. Gillette, and Carl Lotts
feldt, A. R. C. superintendent for this
division, who joined the party at Flat,
folloiwn ghis return from an official
visit at the lower river section. While
here Majo Gillette, with Mr. Lotts
feldt, in a trip to Ophir, was afforded
opportunity to inspect the local high
way and landing fields. Major and
Mrs. Gillette took plane this morning
for a short visit at McGrath, follow
ing which they will return to Fair
banks.
Gilbert H. Russell, superintendent
of the Wlume Dredge Company, and
Bob Lowrie, engineer, arrived Wed
nesday night, departing the following
morning for Little creek. Incident
ally, the dredge at Yankee creek, was
closed down Wednesday and the en
tire force is now busy at .the Little
creek dredge.
Recent departures from McGrath
were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Oates, accom
panied by Joseph and Freddie Oates,
headed for the upper Kuskokwim, to
take over the roadhouse formerly
conducted by Bobbie Jones, on the
line of the winte trail.
AMERICAN BROADCASTING
COMPANY, SEATTLE, PLACED
- IN THE HANDS OF RECEIVER
SEATTLE, Aug. 24.—The Ameri
can Broadcasting Company, of which
Adolph Linden, Seattle banker, taw-;
been acting as directing head, bat;
been placed in the hands of a re
ceiver, Joseph E. Dartelbaugh hold
ing that position. The liabilities are
said to run into millions. Linden it:
declared to have lost half a million
dollars in the venture and is a finan
cial wreck.
2 Frozen
To Death
WHILE: ATTEMPTING TO SCALE
MOUNT SHUKSAN; 2 OTHERS
BADLY FROZEN:'
SEATTLE, Aug. 19.—Miss Thelma
Marlin, librarian of the Green Lake
; branch of the . Seattle publiclibrary,
and K. F.,ruya, of PertlrnJ, a Japan
ese artist, were frozen to death Sun
day while attempting to scale Mount
Shuksan, one of the peaks cf the
j Mount Briber group. They were found
; by a rescue party which had gone to
! their assistance. Two others, Miss
Ella McDowell : nd W. F. Windarling,
both of Seattle, are still marooned,
badly frozen, in the cliffs
Telegraphic Ticks.
SEATTLE, Aug. 23.—.Tames Ham
ilton Benve, one of the leading' insur
ance men of the Northwest and prom
inent citizen, was killed this morning
when his automobile toppled over an
embankment on the Pacific highway,
near College Grove, Oregon.
I -
SEATTLE, Aug.. 21.—Capt. Thorn
1 ton, in command of the A. W. Leon
ard yacht Oliver when it was de
stroyed by explosion iad fire on Au
gust 13, died in a hospital at Powell
River, B. C., where he was taken
after, t.he accident.
SEATTLE, Aug. 21.—Robert J.
Fry, former Lincoln High School
teacher, was imprisoned today on a
change of forgery presented by Mrs.
Alice Ruffner, who claims Fry forged
her name in stock speculation ven
tures to the extent of $7,400.
SEATTLE, Aug. 22.—Joseph A. St.
: Peter, statesman from the Thirty
eighth district, was today named su
perintendent of the Washington State
reformatory at Monroe.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 23.—Alex
ander Pantages today pleaded not
guilty in the Superior Court to two
counts charging him assault, pre
ferred by Eunice Pringle, University
of California co-ed.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—Secre
tary of Treasury Mellon has sent a
check for $1,122,814 to the Austrian
minister, on account of funds seized
by the alien property custodian dur
ing the World War.
HOPE ABANDONED FOR
TWO SWISS AVIATORS
HORTL, Azores, Aug. 23.—Hope
has been abandoned here for the
young Swiss aviators who attempted
to fly the Atlantic. No word has been
I received from them since they passed
over Terceera, Tuesday.
Mrs. Rickard
Quite Poor
HAS RECEIVED ONLY $5,000 OF
I
LATE HUSBAND’S ESTATE,
NO HOPE FOR MORE
NEW YORK, Aug. Zf.—The Amer
ican today quotes Mrs. Tex Rickard,
wire of forme*- famous sporting pro
moter, as saying that she is almost
penniless. Although her husband was
worth $100,000 before his death, Mrs.
Rickard said she received less than
$5,000 from his estate and has little
hope of getting any more. The Amer
ican describes the $500,000 fund cre
ated for the. Rickards’ two-year-old
daughter Maxine as only a generous
dream on the part , of Rickard,
HENRY FORD SAYS HE” QUIT
IF BOOZE EVER COMES BACK
NEW YORK. Aug. 22—eln a Pic
torial Review story, released today,
Henry Ford, says that ‘'If booze ever
comes back to the United States I am
through with manufacturing.”
SEATTLE CONCERNS MERGE
SEATTLE, Aug. 22.—The Puget
Sound Savings & Loan Association,
merged today as the. Puget Sound
Mutual Savings & Loan Association,
with assets of $17,000,000. Edmund
W. Campbell was elected president,
with William C. Omer as president of
the board.
U. S SENATORTvSON, TEN
NESSEE, PASSES AWAY
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 24.—Law
rence D. Tyson,;,United Statute Sen
ator from Tennessee, recipient of dis
tinguished service medal for .excep
tional meritorious and distinguished
services during the World War> died
today at a sanitarium "here.
SOVIET AIRPLANE FORCED
DOWN, EASTERN SIBERIA
MOSCOW, Aug- 12.—The Tass
News Agency reported that the Rus
sian military plane Land of the So
viets, attempting a flight from Mos
cow to New York via Alaska, was
forced down in an uninhabited region
170 miles from Irkutsk, Siberia.
The pl«ne left Krasnoyarsk Sunday
afternoon. Steps ha\ bee * taken to
determine whether Tilot Senyon As
setavok requires assistance to enable
him to continue the flight.
First reports did not indicate
whether the plane was damaged. Up
to the time of the first landing the
ship had covered 3,726 miles in 36
flying hours.
VICTOR BERGER, FAMED
SOCIALIST, PASSES ON
MILWAUKEE. Aug. 16.—Vb'Oi
Berger, world famed Socialist kamr
former Congressman and editor ii
the Milwaukee Leader, died this af
ternoon as the result of injuries re
ceived July 16, when fee was struck
! by a streetcar. He was. 62 years old
Berger suffered a relapse yesterday
when hi was thoupght to be on the
road to recovery.
Among those leaving on the Iasi
trip of the Tana for Bethel were
Howard Langley, cine* engineer oi
the Tana, and Mrs. Langley, both oi
whom will be passengers on the Tup
per for Seattle-They will spend the
winter on the Out side..
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i The steamer Tupper is reported to
I have arrived at Bethel on the 24th
Graf Zeppelin
Leaves Tokyo
AND NOW CROSSING PACIFIC
HEADED DIRECT FOR LOS
ANGELES.
TOKYO, Aug. 19.—The dirigible Oral
Zeppelin arrived here today, in lfl
hours 53 minutes’ flying time froir
"Friedrichshafen, Germany. The Zep
pelin will probably take off Thursday
for Los Angeles, 5,400 miles acos».
the Pacific ocean.
TOKYO, Aug. 23.—The Graf Zep
pelin sailed at 3 p. m. todayy for Lof
Angeles.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23.—The
Standard Oil tanker Astral, a short
distance from San Francisco, made
the first radio contact with the GraJ
Zeppelin, when the latter was report
ing her position as 30 miles due east,
of Tokyo.
SEATTLE, Aug. 24—The Graf Zejv
pelin was 1700 miles out from Tokye
tdoya, according to a message picket
up by the U. S. ship Surveyor, nea?
Seward.
406,000 RUSSIAN TROOPS
ARE DECLARED TO HAVE IN
VADED CHINESE TERRITORY
TOKYO, Aug. 23—A dispatch fron
Mukden states that Russia!
troops t-SL.between
Vladivostok Haderovik, have in
vaded Chinese territory and are mov
iner efoarlilv uroofurnrH
FISH PACK LARGE IN
THE JUNEAU DISTRICT
(Juneau Empire.}
The salmon pack in the olcal dis
trict is about 50 per cent larger than
in 1927, and half way between thar
year and the banner pack of las?
year, according to official estimate;,
of the United States Bureau of Fish
; eries. The run of • pinks, which has:
just struck in the Icy Strait-Criss,
Sound area, is good, and practically
all of the plants are getting all the
fish they can handle running to ca
pacity,
The Port Althorp plant of the
Alaska Pacific Salmon Corporation
has taken away the lead from Funter
Bay, it was disclosed in unofficial re
ports brought to town. Last Satui
day the former had in excess of 60,
000 cases packed, more than 10,00fc
being reds, as compared to about 50,
000 for Funter Bay.
All reports indicated every plan!
ahead of the 1927 pack,
Gilbert H. Russell and Fred Roe-th
Iisberger were Sunday arrivals from
the Flume Dredge camp, Yankee, for
a brief Uwn visit.
Freighter Joe Ferris, accompanied!
by Mrs. Ferris, returned here Tues
day, following completion of ditching'
operations for Frank Speljack on Lit
tle creek.
Charlie O’Halloran returned here
Tuesday from McGrath, coming . up
with Warren Alford.
Martin Clancy, following a visit ot
a few days here, left yesterday for
McGrath, going down as a passengei
of Warren Alford.
Mrs. George.W. Clyde left Sunday
for McGrath, as a passenger of Andy
White, the latter .returning here Wed -
| ueaday.