-.'■WGLWItl. NO.' 81
TAKOTNA ALASKA. SATURDAY; OCTOBER 13. 1928.
PRICE 25 CENT£
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€©rilts Way
? - big: GKIftt AN SHIP, ON TRANS
i, ATLANTIC’ FLIGHT, EXPECTED
' ITv NEW YORK SUNDAY.
FREDERICKSHAFEN, Oct. 10.—
‘ 1 The Garni n Graf Zeppelin departed
on herstri. ns-Atlantic flight to Lake
'■ ’hurst, N. J,, at 8 o’clock this morning.
Dr. Eckm-r said he hoped to reach
. New .Yoik Sunday morning.
Ahoaffl the’big; Beppelin are Dr.
■ Eckner;~the builder, and Commander.
( Sr Captain/ E. A. Lehman, Lady Drum-J
mond Hay Emille Herrera, Lieuten
. arit Commander Charles N. Rosendale,
of the* United States Navy, and many
■ thousands pieces of mail.
Sen. Glass,
Of Virginia
SAYS HOOVER SILENTLY ACQUI
ESCED WITH DOINGS OF
MALADMINfSTRAATORS.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.—Senator
? Garter Glasaj of Virginia, in a radio
address he> es. If st night, said he be
• Keved Hoover an honest man, but
could not believe him a brave man,
because ho honest man with the cour
age of' his convictions, could have
touched elbows with the treasonable
crowds in Washington and silently
acquiesced iii the frightful maladmin
istration with which they literally
. shocked the world.
TINY BUMP DIRIGIBLE
DECLARED A SUCCESS
DAYTON, O.—The smallest dirigi
ble ever built made its second trial
f. flight at Wright Field today and was
■ proclaimed a success by army and
■ civilian engineers who watched the
trials and 'inspected the tiny ship.
Propelled: uy a four-cylinder Hen
> derson motorcycle engine, the minia
ture dirigible, which is less than 40
feet long, - carried its designer, Mat
’■ thew Q. Corbett, and Lieutenant Wm.
Huffman,' of Wright Field, aloft for
v the firtet time late yesterday.
Another flight was made this morn
ing before the Venture was definitely
t proclaimed a success.
The duigible has a 22,000 cubic foot
capacity .'for the inflation of its tanks,
weighd 700 pounds and carries a use
ful load of 700 pounds. The ship is
built in two: sections, which are bound
, together-by a connecting structure.
The!dirigible was built at Ham
mondsport, NV Y.
TAKOTNANS, PLEASE SIT
UP AND TAKE NOTICE
The'following, was received in the
last mail by the-McGrath Commercial
- Club:
Bayonne, N. J., Sept. 13,1928.
: McGrath Commercial Club,
McGrath, Alaska.
Dear^Sir—Please send me free, a
printed illustrated folder : oir booklet
^telling all about the city.
Thanking yofi, l am
— Sours truly,
G. L. PFEIFFER,
11 E. 32d St.
Bob Hart, McGrath, was a yester
> . day . arrival.
Yankees Win
World Series
DEFEAT ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
FOR FOUR CONSECUTIVE
GAMES.
I
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 7.—The New York
Yankees won the third game in the
world series today by a score of 7
to 3.
Gehrig was the hero in today’s
game, having made two home runs,
one in the second and another in the
fourth inning.
The score:
Yankees _ 0 1 0 2 0 3 1
Cardinals . 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
Yankees—7 hits, 2 errors.
Cardinals—8 hits, 5 errors.
0 0
0 0
ST., LT: IS, Oct. 9.—The Yankees
retained t/ie title of world champions
today, defeating the Cardinals for the
fourth consecutive time in the world
series by the score of 7 to 3.
Babe Ruth made three home runs,
and Gehrig and Durat one each.
Batteries: Yankee—Hoyt and Ben
gough. Cardinals—Sherdel, Alexan
der, Smith.
Yankees—14 hits, 2 errors.
Cardinals—11 hits, 1 error.
“ATOMS ARE THE VERY ES
SENCE OF REALITY, FROM
WHICH NATURE BUILDS’
CHICAGO—The secret of theat otn
atom is the basis of some of chemis
try’s most difficult transformations
, Dr. Frank C. Whitmore, head of the
j Northwestern University chemistrj
! department, told the American Chem
; ical Society institute herec
“A few years ago atoms were re
garded as rather imaginary and the
oretical,” Whitmore said. “But thej
are the very essence of reality, froir
which nature builds.
“Chemists have discovered some o1
the secrets of this atomic architecture
I and have used them to change poisons
into perfumes, dyes, and explosives
Nothing new is added in effecting
these amazing transformations. Th(
atomic building blocks are merelj
torn apart and put together differ
ently.”
Telegraphic Ticks.
SEATTLE, Oct. 4.—James A. Cal
lahan, of San Francisco, has succeed
ed King Dykeman as purchaser of the
Post-Intelligencer.
SEATTLE, Oet. 6.—The steamei
Alaska sailed for Seward this morn
ing, carrying 84 passengers.
JUDGE WICKERSHAM’S
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ALASKA
“A Biblography of Alaska Litera
ture, 1724-1924,” by James Wisker
Cham," is now on sale at the Alask*
Bookstore, College, Alaska, and wil!
be mailed postpaid to any address ir
the United States for the sum o1
$5.55. The publication contains 57
pages of an outline of the history ol
Alaska. The balance of the hook con
tains the titles of 10,380 publications
concerning Alaska. The book covers
655 pages and is in full r buckram
binding, with the College iolors ol
azure and gold. The Sedition is limit
ed to 1,600 copiesj 'of which 1200 are
for sale by the'CoUege. The receipts
from sales may be expended in pur
chasing additional reference, bdoka
for the College Libirarv :
CONDITIONS AT FAIRBANKS
BORDER ON BOOM TIMES,
SAYS R. R. REPRESENT*T1VI
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.— Witt
seven gravel d redges at •workv.ex
tracting gold in the vicinity of Fair
banks, things are P oking up in the <
'■ land of prospecting. A representative
j of the Alaska Railroad reported toda
| to the Interior Department that tne
installation of dredges had revived
the town of Fairbanks to such an-ex-1
tent that conditions there border on
boom times.
—
COMMANDER RICHARD BYRD,
FAMED POLAR FLIER, SERI
OUSLY ILL WITH INFLUENZA
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 8.—Commar
nde Richard E. Eyrd, noted aviator/
j arrived here last night, seriously ill
j with influenza.
Confession
Of Hickman
j •
SLAYER SAYS HE'S A GUILTY
i SINNER, IS SORRY, AND ASKS
! PRAYERS FOR CONDEMNED.
I _
SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Calif.,
Oct. 10.—In a signed statement,
William Edward Hickman, of Los An-j
geles, slayer of Marion Parker, today j
confessed he was a guilty sinner. He
thanked the Supreme Court for giv
ing him time to prepare for death. j
! Hickman asked the people to pray
; for the condemned men at the prison,
and said he was sorry he had offended
God and man.
COURT TELLS HOW TO
MAKE BEER AT HOME
■! LANSING, Mich.—The State Su-!
preme Court today issued a recipe for
home brew. In reversing the convic-'
, | tion of Carl Christensen, Montcalm
■ county grocer, for violating tjje pro
. hibition law by selling malt, the court
said:
“Malt syrup is a food. It is not in
toxicating. To make an intoxicating
beverage, yeast, water and commonly
sugar must be added.”
The court added that if a person
can be convicted for selling malt be
. cause it can beused to make an in
toxicant, then a person also can be
i arrested for selling sugar, corn meal,
or raisins.
“This was not the intention of the
' legislature,” the justices agreed.
Charlie O’Halloran, who has been
in charge of the local N. C. store for
the past three or four months, relin
quished hist duties with that concern
on Thursday, when he left for Mc
Grath, going down on the Noel Wien
airplane. Mr. O’Halloran during the
present winter will be on the mail run
between Flat and Big River, and ex
pects to leave for Flat about the 20th
to be on hand at the latter point for
the first run from there, early in No
vember. Succeeding Mr. O’Halloran
in charge of the Takotna N. C. store
is George W. Clyde, until recently in
charge of the local wireless station,
who assumed charge of his new posi
tion on Wednesday.
Miss Rose Oates, after a visit here
! with her parents of about ten days,
again left for Fairbanks on Thurs
day. going over as a passenger on the j
Noel Wien airplane.
Mrs. Mable
*Willebrandt
WOMEN OP ST. PAUL RESCIND
INVITATION FOR H^R TO
SPEAK THERE.
ST. PAUL, Oct. 8.—Directors of
the St. Paul Business and Profes
sional WotfJen’s Association today re
scinded its invitation to Mrs. Mable
Walker Willeorandt, Assistant United
State* Attorney General, to speak in
St. Paul. This, action on the part of
the association was due to the wide
spread opposition to her among
women here.
ANTARCTIC AIRPLANE EXPE
DITION, WITH COMMANDER
BYRD, LEAVES'LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES, Oct. lO.The Ant
arctic airplane expedition, Comman
der Richard E. Byrd, sailed this after
noon aboard the whaler C. A. Larson
for Dunebin, New Zealand, from
which place their flight te South
Polar region will soon begin. Three
other vessels of the expedition had ]
previously sailed for New Zealand.
Eighty-two men will aid the olans of
Commander Byrd.
In a Palit^l Way
ELIZABETHTON, Toart. Oct. 8.—[
Hoover today invaded' trte itoutli and j
j is speaking here this afternfton to a j
great crowd. He will deliver an ad-j
dress tonight at the Soldiers’ Home, ,
Johnson City.
WASHINGTON, OcE 10—Hoover
today turned his attention to the sit
uation in New York State, calling
into conference Charles D. Hilles, na
j tional committeeman, and Edmund
! Machold, state chairman, for going
through a survey of the conditions.
NEW YORK, Oct. 11.—Governor Al!
Smith definitely announced today that |
he will speak at Sedalia, Mo., on Oc
| tober 16, and at Chicago or* October
j 19.
_
WASHINGTON, Oct. IE-After aj
j thorough canvass of the -New York :
I situation by Candidate Hoover, C. D.:
Hilles, national committeeman, antk
i H. Edmund Machold, state chairman,!
the responsibility for bringing that]
I State to the Republican hatiomal and
state tickets rested with thh state or
ganization.
Hans Ericson, well known Ganes
creek dredge operator, and J. H. Pe
terson were Thursday arrivals/ again
1 returning to Ganes on ^Friday. Mr.
Ericson declared that a!Ti» going well
with the dredge and'hr-is already at
work preparing for next seecon’s op
erations. Woodchoppevr. uTe already
busy getting out wood, several hun
dred cords of which, he s»ys, will be
on hand at the opehmg of the season.
H. C. Wallick was a Thursday de
parture for McGrath for a few days’
visit there.
Eric Hard, of Wilson & Hard, Crip
ple operators, and Hard - Collins, of
Ophir creek, was a yesterday arrival,
coming over from Ophir with P. W.
Carlson, for a visit of a day or so at
this place.
Johnson Sozov, who returned here
a few days ago from Cripple, again
i returned here last night from a few
I days’ visit at McGrath.
A Million for
Poor Children
MK. AND MRS. JOHN RASKOB AN
NOUNCE A FOUNDATION IN
MEMORY OF THEIR SON.
NEW YORK, Oct. 8.—John Raskob,,
chairman of the finance committee of
General Motors Corporation, as well
as chairman of the Democratic finance
committee, and Mrs. Raskab today an
nounced the estalishment of a million
dollar foundation to help children of
the poor. The new foundation will be
in memory of their son, William Ras
kob, who was killed in an auto acci
dent last summer, and will be known
as the Bill Raskob Foundation.
Asks Hoover
To Withdraw
ON ACCOUNT OF ALLEGED OWN
ERSHIP OF FOREIGN OIL AND
MINING PROPERTIES.
- WASHINGTON, ■ Oct. II. — The
charge that Herbert Hoover iscred
ited With owning oil and mining prop
jfndrVVilmj^jt; nnd New Mexico
was made tod&y:b; ilenry Clay Hans
brough, once Republican Senator from
North Dakota, but who is now sup
porting Governor Smith of New York
for the presidency. With the charge
is coupled the demand that Hoover
withdraw from the presidential cam
paign and permit the selectioon of a
Republican candidate who cannot be
influenced in handling our foreign re
lations.
“OUR GOVERNMENTS
RESTS ON RELIGION”
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.—“The
fabric of our government rests on re
ligion,” President Coolidge declared,
addressing the forty-ninth triennial
convention of Protestant Episcopal
churches this afternoon.
A fine headstone, of Outside gran
ite and marble, and tastefully de
signed, now marks the grave of the
late Mrs. Dennis McGinty, in the
local cemetery, the erection of which
was completed a few days ago. On ft
base of concrete rests first a large
granite block, from which rises the
main piece, of marble, a four-sided
tapering pillar, the front side of
which bears the modest inscription.
The combined piece, designed by an
Outside memorial arts concern,
reaches to a height of about five feet
and is certainly a nice piece of work.
Surrounding the grave lot is a new
and appropriate fence, of Outside
cedar, also built during the past few
days.
N. G. Hansen, former N. C. man
ager at McGrath and for the past
two seasons purser on the steamer
Tana, was a recent departure on the
Fairbanks plane, headed for the Out
side. The same plane took Frank
Hart to Nixon, and at the latter point
Jack Nixon is reported to have taken
the plane for Fairbanks.
Max otmel, Holy Cross-Ophir mail
contractor^has not as yet been heard
from, so-^r as the last mail between
those points is concerned, and in all
probability this mail will not arrive
at Ophir until some time in early No
vember.