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TAKOTNA ALASKA. SA'I’UK l>AY. MAY 11, 1929.
PRICE 25 CE]
Award In
Sophia Case
i $2,095,000 TO BE PAID TO HEIRS
OF 214 2D7 DROWNED IN SINK
ING OF C. P. R. LINER, 1927.
SEATTLE, May *7.—Court Com
;• missioner A. Cobman Monday after
noon filed his report to the Federal
■ Court awarding $2,095,000 to the
heirs of 214 of 297 drowned in the
sinking of the Canadian Pacific liner
Princess Sophia in Lynn canal bn Oc
tober 25, 1917. The report grants to
the estate of each drowned passenger
the full amount of the damage recov
■ erable under an Alaskan statute,
which limits the damages to $1C,000.
The commissioner has been six
years in taking testimony. Judge
Netteer will pass on the award as
the next move.
AL SMITH HONORED BY
MEDAL PRESENTED BY
NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY
NEW YORK, May 6.—Alfred E.
; Smith was last night presented the
Laetare medal, annual award of the
University of Notre Dame to an
American first Catholic man who in
his particular field of endeavor has
• achieved distinction reflecting upon
the Catholic faith.
An outstanding incident was the
reading of a letter from Hoover, in
which the President stated Smith was
. a distinguished Afiieri<nwr and a great
public servant to all.
A STRANGE METAL AND A
LIQUOR TESTER ARE LATEST
NEW YORK.—New discoveries of
science, ranging from a pocket liquor
tester to a new noncorrosive metal,
were on view today at the Twelfth
Exposition of Chemical Industries in
Grand Central Palace.
The new metal is called columbium
and was recently isoUted for the first
time by Dr. C. W. Balke, formerly of
the University of Illinois, who in 1912
isolated another rar| metal called
tantalum. The new retal is grayish
in color. Only 25 pounds of it are ir
existence.
The liquor tester i^Jthe invention ol
A. M. Mathieson of
J. It determines tl
wood or denatured a
liquor with a chenii'tu solution. Wooc
alcohol turns the m ture pink, anc
denatured alcohol ye ow.
arth Bergen, N
presence oi
ohol by mixing
HOT RIVET CAUSI
. ING OF A
$.101
th
HILLSBORO, Ore
dropped on an aspha
cork caused a fire
night destroyed the
the Ray Maling can
of $300,000/ The cc
the blaze started w
piled about in a buil
insulation in a new
New machinery vi
was ready for inst
■ cooling room and is
been entirely ruined
was carried.
Mrs. Claude Bake
Flat, who went Out;
death of her husba
ago, passed away ir
April, according to
cently received here
Lee Lamprecht w
> parture for. Little.-r.
BURN
00 CANNERY
red- Slot rivet
covered slab oi
in at: hour to
ain building ol
y, with a loss
slab in which
one of. man)
to be used as
oling room,
led ae $175,00C
ation in the
ilieved to have
Fu :i insurance
e
f rmerly of
following the
a few years
ei-.ttle early in
formation re
a recent de
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Take Life of
Youth, 17
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COLLEGE STUDENT. MISTAKEN
FOR BOOTLEGGER, KILLED BY
PROHIBITION .OFFICERS.
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BLUEF1ELD, VV. Va., May 9.—
Mistaken for a bootleg?-er, .1. W. Ken
drick, 17 years of ag'\ a student of
! Emory and Henry College, Virginia,
; was shot and killed last night by pro
hibition officers near Abingdon, Va.
! The youth wa smerely suspected, and
| the machine in which ha was driving
contained no liquor.
ICE AT DAWSON MOVES ON
MAY 8TH; FIRST PRIZE IN
GUESSING CONTEST, $7,200
DAWSON, May 7.—The ice in the
Yukon river in front of Dawson
moved out at 2:33 o’clock this after
noon, heralding the arrival of spring.
The first prize of $7,200 in the guess
ing contest on the breakup was di
vided between Thomas Leach of Daw
son and Grace Swanson of Anchorage.
WICKERSHA MOF NEW YORK
BE NAME DCHAIRMAN LAW
ENFOREMENT COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, May 10.—George
j K. Wickersham, of New York, Attor
l ney Geperal of the United States un
i der President Taft, is reported as
| Hoover’* naost- 111*11 y choice for the
i chairmanship of his' law enforcement
commission. 1
j REPORTED NEGOTIATIONS TO
PURCHASE GRAF ZEPPELIN
NEW YORK, May 10.—It is re
; ported in Wall Street that negotia
! tions are under way for the purchase
1 of the Graf Zeppelin for use on an air
passenger line between Los Angeles
and Honolulu.
| CONSOLIDATING DRY UNITS
IS QUITE A PROBLEM
WASHI>GTON. — Administrative
' officers who have studied the problem
| of transferring the prohibition unit
from the Treasury to the Department
j of Justice are under the opinion that
; the enforcement and prosesution ma
; chincries should le under separata
heads, working, however, in close
co-operation.
| Administration officers take the
| the view that the prosecution task is
J of such importance that the officer in
j charge will be unable to spare time
j in th edirection of enforcement.
Surveys have shown that the prob
lem of making a transfer is exceed
ingly intricate and one requiring most
careful study before legislation is
recommended to bring it about and
given to Congress.
One important divisio nof enforce
ment is the customs service, which
cannot be transferred to the Depart
ment of Justice, since its primary
function is that of collecting customs
and preventing smuggling.
The coast guard is also important
in enforcement, as it works closely
with the customs service.
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| i
Carl Lottsfeldt, A. R. C. superin
tendent for this division, returned a
few days ago from an official visit to
the Crippe lsection.
Claude Nyberg left a couple of
days ago for the Flume DDredge
headquarters, Little creek.
CHICAGO CONGRESSMAN AC
QUITTED OF "'< HARGES OF
PROHIBITION LAW VIOLATION
KEY WEST, Fla., .'.May 9.—Con
gressman M. Alfred Michaelson, rep
resenting the Seventh. Illinois district,
was acquitted by a jury in the federal
court here this morning of charges of
prohibition la ^violation by smug
gling and transporting liquor into the
country from Cuba He was charged
with carrying th* liquor in his bag
gage.
Big Doings
At Cordova
FIRST AIRPLANE LANDS THERE,
FOLLOWED BY WEDDING
MIDAIR
CORDOVA, May 10.—Cordova to
day boasted the first airplane wed
ding in Alaska, performed aboard the
Goerst Air Transport Amphibian, and
also the first plane ever to visit Cor
dova. The wedding was that of How
ard Wesert,-- CordoVa photographer,
and Miss Henrietta) Brown of Phila
delphia, with Clayttjn L. Scott of Se
attle piloting the' big eight Waco
Waco plane. ■ On arrival of the plane
the principals went
witnesses and were
town of Cordova.
aloft with five
married over the
BRITISH PARLIAMENT DIS
. .. SOLVED; El/ECTION MAY 13
LONDON, TAa# 10.—The thirty
fourth Parliament was dissolved Fri
day and'Writs issued for a general
election- on May. 30 ih.
Telegraphic Ticks.
SEATTLE, May 10.—Bound for
Naknek, the steamship Otsego, the
first of the Seattle cannery fleet to
leave for Bristol Bay this year, sailed
this afternoon with 750 cannerymen,
fishermen and a full cargo of cannery
supplies.
LONDON, May 9.—Eight Ameri
can young women, including Helen
Wills, tennis champion, tonight were
among those presented at the first
court session and the first court- in
twenty-nine years which a Queen of
England has held alone.
SEATTLE, May 8—The Libby, Mc
Neill & Libby steamship General
G or gas sailed for Bristol Bay yester
day afternoon, carrying six hundred
cannery hands and a full capacity of
cargo supplies.
SEATTLE, May 8.—Captain Fred
B. Sigurdson, well known, steamboat
man and Alaska cannery operator,
committed suicide today by drowning
in Lake Union.
SEATTLE, May 10.—The steamer
Yukon sailed this morning for Sew
ard and way port.. carrying 202 pas
sengers, including 75 for Seward,
nearly all interior bound.
WASHINGTON, May S).—The ap
pointment of Charles Evans Hughes
Jr. as Solicitor General was an
nounced today at the White House.
LONDON, May 8.—Lodd Younger,
bitter enemy of Lloyd George,
dropped dead last night while at
tending the Prince of Wales Theater.
MUIRFIELD, Scot., May 10—Wal
ter Hagen today won the open golf
championship of Britain for the
fourth time
Matter Of
Farm Relief
SENATE OVERRIDES WISHES OF
HOOVER REGARDING EX
PORT DEBENTURE PLAN
WASHINGTON, May The Sen
ate overrode the wishes of Hoover to
-tiay and .voted to retain the export
debenture plan in the farm relief bill
; by a vote of 17 to 44. A combination
of Democrats, Republicans and inde
pendents defeated a move by Admin
istration leaders to eliminate the plan
The farm bill itself is to be voted
upon. The House has rejected the de -
benture clan
j WASHINGTON, May i>.—A letter
I complaining that Borah and other oj -
I posing Republicans ha vedefeated the
! farm program oi Hoorvei in the Sen
! ate and thereby forced a congres
sional session for all summer, if not
all year, was v titten and made- public
| today by Senator Fes-s, Republican
i whip.
, NO EXPRESSION REGARDING
REPEAL OF BONE DRY LAW
JUNEAU, May 10.—By means of
a pocket veto Governor Parks has
killed the Murray bill, which would
have provided for an expression by
voters at the next general election as
to the repealing of the Territorial
bone dry law.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT URGED
FOR PORTOpfrO GOVERNOR
WASHINGTON? May 10.—Theo-i
dore Roosevelt has been recommended
to President Hoover for the governor
shi pof Porto’Rico fey people both
there and i nthis counfcry
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WOMAN SLAIN MOB AFTER
WARD LYNCHES HUSBAND
LAKE CITY, Fla-—Taken from
jail, where he ‘was held in connection
. with an altercation in which his wife1
i was slain, N. G. Romey, grocer, was;
shot to death bp a mob neaT here
today.
Korney’s body was found by a
passer-by in a ditch along a highway
two miles from Lake City.
| Romey yesterday argued with
! Chief of Police Baker when the latter
ordered produced placed on the curb
by the merchant returned to the
store. During the argument Mrs
Romey is alleged to have fired at the
officer, wounding hin» in the shoulder.
Chief Baker returned the fire, wound
the woman five times. She died in a
hospital later.
Mrs. Sid Paulson, after a visit of
some months on the Outside, whither
: she went on account of illness, was
| a recent arrival here, coming from
Anchorage via airplane of the An-,
, chorage Air Transport, -with Pilot
Frank Dorbandt. Leaving on the
same plane the- same evening was
, Mrs. L. Livenhagen, who was called
to return to Seattle on account of the
serious illness of an uncle.
U. S. Commissioner W. T. Vander
pool and Deputy U. S. Marshal J. H.
Hubbard were among Sunday visitors
from McGrath, to give attention to
official business. They- returned to
McGrath yesterday.
Andrew Olson left a few days ago
for the Flume DDrDedge headquar
ters on Little.
H. C. Wallick is among -recent ar
rivals from McGrath I
Late Echoes
T-Pot Doi
HARRY V. SIX' LAIR GOES j
JAIL—ALBERT BACON FA]
LOSES BIG RANCH.
ALAMOARD, M<L, Maj 7.—
hundred acres of a ranch owned
Albert B. Pall, former SecretarJ
Interior, was >< 1 dat public sue
here today to Edward L, Deheny
15,160,250. the sale Being made
the ourpose of satisfying mortgtj
foreclosure.
An order directing imprisonmentj
Harry F. Sinclair to common jail
refusal tc answer quistions. asked
the Senate committee ir the Tcaj
DDome investigation was issued
day by Justice Ilitz of the Supre
Court of the DI 'iDstrkrt of Columfc
W ASHINGTON, JKay 8.—Harry,
Sinciair was placed in District. iof
umbia jail at 9 o’clock last night
,vill serve i nir ety-day sentence.
AMERICAN MARINES
GUARD CONSULAR
CANTON, Tnina, May . 70.—A me
can marines today .guarded tl
\merican consulate in .the Shamer
’oreign concession. The men w*»
anded from the warship Tuls. wher
dantonese bombarded four rebel ships
n the harbor and .also threater>ef
hose, ashore.
WASHINGTON, May 10—Mrs
Hoover, wife of the President mo- 1
tore<1 t.o Richmond yesterday to -in
spect. a port.-.ge oi early Virginia. She
drove the car herself for the. rotinc I
trip of 200 miles, accompanied, by sev- :
eral women friends.
ME NAT HARVA RD GET TJ. S. i
PAY AS RUM INFORMERS
BOSTON—Harvard stuck-ntts have
been employed by federal prohibifcioi
agents as paid informers.
This evidence was disclosed in fed
eral court before Judge James.31
Morton this afternoon when Prohibi
tion Agent Dennis Lorden tesrifiec
that Harvard .students had aided in
the bringing of a charge against Mrs
Jenny P. Donovan of Revere of own
ing an automobile which was unlaw
fully used for transporting liquor.
Although Mrs. "Donovan denied the
charge, but admitted ownership of
the vehicle, the car was ordered de
faulted .to the Government..by Judge
Morton
GAS PRICE ADVANCES.
CHICAGO- — Effective tomorrow
the price of gasoline .at filling sta
tions of the Standard Oil Company
(Indiana) in eleven Middle Western
States will he .advanced 1 cent pei
gallon, the company announced today
This will make the price in the Chi
cago area 16 cen< s a gallon in filling
stations and 14 cents from tan!
wagons.
GAME HUNTERS RAPIDLY EX
TERMINATING JUNGLE GAME
CHICAGO—Game hunters are rap
minating the beasts of the jungles
arid, unless restrictions are imposed
future generations will view the ele
phant, tiger and lion only at mu
seums.
T. Alexander Bates, English ex
plorer, made this statement be fort
the Traffic Club of Chicago at the
Palmer House.
John Sinclair, coming up from-M
Orath, nmvp.da few davs, ago