FIVE KILLED
m INJURE
Bombing Plane Falls
Among Parked Autos
on Langdon Field.
'Moundsville. W. Va., July 51.
—Five people were killed and
fifty others injured at' Langdon
field, late this afternoon, when a
Martin bombing plane dropped
to earth, falling in the midst of
a number of automobile parked
ion the grounds. An explosion
'followed, setting tire to many of
the machines and causing the
greatest consternation among
the thousands gathered to wit
ness the performances of the
day. _
Cutter Bear Ordered!
to Attempt Rescue of
Amundsen’s Maude
Washington.—TbefTreasury Depart
i ment announces that the cutter Bear,
.• now in .Arctic.waters, has been ordered
■ t<* attempt the rescue off Amundsen's
ship, the Maude, now lying off Cape
Serge, Siberia, ic a disabled-condition.
Hi Johnson’s Father Lands a Job
Washington.—President Harding to
e.dav ^nominated Grover L. Johnson,
father of-*So«c.tor Hiram Johnson, to
bbe receiver off public moneys at Sacra
mento, Calif.
Look Out for Big Earthquake.'^
Washington—Edward Cole, of Phil
• adelpbia, now pursuing his scientific
studies in London, predicts an earth
. quake shock of large proportions late
this month.
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Two Whole Families
Wiped Out by Ken
tucky Fiend.
Mayfield, Ky., July 11.—The
mystery surrounding the disap
pearance of two families, farm
ers, living several miles from
this place, was solved today
when the detectives, following a
clue, went to the home of Ernest
Lawrence, also a farmer. Not
far from the house, underneath
several mounds, hardly notice
able, were-found the bodies of
eleven persons, comprising the
two families. Each one, from
the youngest to the eldest, had
been murdered with an ax, some
of them having several gashes.
How the. combined murders were
accomplished has not yet been
divulged by the fiend, just placed
in jail here.
Conditions Bad in tfee
States; McFadden Bill:
Gambling in Alaska
Nenana News.
Fred G. Noyes, pioneer resident, of
Fairbanks, who arrived from the States
on Saturday’s train, reports that condi
tions are very bad on the Outside. And
it is his opinion that it will be at least
eighteen months before there is a
change for the better. This situation
in the States, he says, will cause a big
influx of people into Alaska—is causing
it already, and the result will be a
plentiful supply of labor for all pur
poses, and a revival of prospecting.
Mr. Noyes does not believe there is
much chance for the passage of the j
gold bonus bill. He thinks the national
lawmakers will hesitate long before!
giving their approval to a measure the
operation of which might in any way
affect the gold standard. He believes
the payment of a premium on virgin
goid would tempt many people to at
tempt to remelt gold coins and disguise
the metal as virgin gold. Of course,'
he says, not all of such persons would
succeed in their attempts to defraud
the Government, but many of them
would try, and the Government wouid
be put to heavy expense to prevent the
frauds and punish the offenders. Rec-.
ogniiiou of this danger, Mr. .Noyes
thinks, will prevent the passage ot. the
bonus bill. , ■
Questioned regarding the outlook for
the payment of additional dividends to
the depositors of the defunut Washing
ton-Alaska Bank, of Fairbanks, of
which he is receiver, Mr. Noyes said
that he could not make any promises
at this time, although the actions
which he has started in the courts
against former directors and others ap
pears to be making headway. He has
secured judgments for large amounts,
but appeals have been taken and there
must be more court proceedings, which
will take both time and money. Mr.
Noyes denies that Mrs. Barnette was
given a judgment against the receiver,
as was reported in press dispatches
from San Grancisco. But he says her
suit has complicated matters somewhat
and will cause considerable delay* and
additional expense in settling the es
tate. Complications also have arisen
in connection with the big Barnette
ranch in Mexico, which the receiver
hoped to secure for the depositors. He
is still hopeful of getting it, but the j
recovery will mean a legal battle.
Mr. Noyes believes the Government
is making headway in its efforts to sup
press the liquor traffic. It is a big
problem, he savs, and is costing the
Government a lot of money, but he
predicts that the time is not far distant
when results wiil be appareut to every
one. T-he employment o' new.agencies
and methods from time to time, ho
thinks, will solve the problem of ade
quate law enforcement.
Regarding conditions in Alaska, Mr.
Noyes believes that the country would
be helped greatly were the Govern
meat to license gambling, lie advances
the argument that life itself in this
Northern country Is more or less of a
gamble, and he believes Alaskans
would be better fitted for the hills if
given the opportunity to train them
selves at the faro table. When a man
can lose at cards and come up smiling
the next day, he can be depended upon
to keep on sinking holes after he has
sunk.one; hole; and failed to find the
pay. Mr N'eyo^’celievea gambling, if
properly regulated,- is a good thing for
any frontier country and, that it would
be of particular beoelit to Alaska.
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