VOL. VIII NO. 26
TAKOTNA ALASKA. SATURDAY. AUGUST 18. 1928.
PRICE 25 CENTS
Hoover Gets
Notification
■y RECORD BKUAKI* G1CKO W D ON
, :ST ANEORiTiST A1HUM WIT
i, .NESSESPROCEEDINGS.
STaffANFOCRR'UNIVERSITY, Calif.,
i. Aug. ll^r-H.erbert Hoover, Repub
’ . licafi presidential nominee, late this.
; afternoon received, his. .formal noti
.Jication of .his nomination for the
presidency and delivered his speech of
.. acceptance.. The speech of accept
, - ance is now., bejngv carried from cast
i to coast and horde to border through
a a chain, of a hundred.-xadio stations.
...An. enormous crowd was in attend
, '*nce. Senator -George H. Moses, of
.Nevh-Haampshire, acted as chairman.
_ DIVORCED ON FRIDAY,
MARFED ON TUESDAY
LQSL ANGELES, Aug. 15.—William
C C. Demille, motion picture director,
<, divorced his wife of twenty-five years
it last'Friday in this city, and on Tues
day^: in Albuquerque, N. M., married
l_ Miss Clara Beranger, scenarist.
t CUSTOMS; OFFICERS IN COLLU
& SIQK WITH LIQUOR SMUGGLERS
. NEW .YORK, Aug. 16.—Thirteen
* customs officers were dismissed from
tthe, aervice here today, all of whom
werAxharged with being- "... collusion
t with,liquor smugglers.
A ALASKA 7TRADER LEAVES
PROPERTY VALUED AT $300,000
■„ SEATTLE, Aug. 15—The late John
...Backlund, Alaska trader, left a for
l tuner of #300,000, bequeathing all save
; '.#5,00fr. oach to two children, to his
widw. The. larger portion of the
" ; property is in Alaska.
^FORffilGl'T TRADE INCREASES
. SUGHTLY IN THE FIRST
QUARTER OF PRESENT YEA
v WASHINGTON—Expansion in the
iV" sale A fmanufactured products pro
( duced. an increase of about 1 per cent
^•ia'Jthe, Value of the United States
. ? foreign'trade during the first quarter
cf 1928 as compared with the first
garter of 1927, the Department of
MCommerce reports. The quarter’s
titotaliwas 12,273,000,000.
. Exports had slightly greater value
i.Lthan. in the first quarter of 1927,
_»*eachjng a total of $1,204,000,000, but
there iwas a reduction in volume, due
; largely to sharp declines in shipments
i .. at cotton, coal, tobacco, wheat and
ot other .grains. Gains in manufactured
‘ ; products such as foods and finished
- articles, to somet extent offset the
<. decline in raw material exported.
* Imports, with a total of $1,069,
c 000,OOD, showed an increase in value
i of 2.2; per cent over the first quarter
, of 1927. Declines were noted in im
ports Jof crude materials and manu
factured foods. Crude foods and
semi-manufactured and finished ar
tides gained.
THOMAS' ROSCOE MOORE.
A request for information concern
ing Thomas Roscoe Moore has been
received at the Governir’s office. He
eras last heard from at Seldovia. :He
. is about 58 years old, has dark hair
r . and dark eyes, weighs about 180
.pounds, and is about 5 feet 8 inches
tall. Any information concerning
him should be sent to the Governor's
- „ office, Juneau.
Happy Jacobson, after a few days’
visit irt town,.left.io?,Gases, on Sat
i nrday. ^
KELLOGG PEACE PACT HOLDS
GREAT HOPE FOR PEACE, AS
SERTS PRESIDENT COOLIDGE
WAUSAU, Wis., Aug. 15.—Within
a fortnight of the date on which the
international treaty for outlawing
war is to be signed, President Cool
idge declared before the Wisconsin
State American Legion here today
the Kellogg pact holds a greater hope
for peaceful relations than was ever
before given the world.
SENATOR MOSES, HOOVER’S
EASTERN MANAGER, SAYS A
HARD JOB CONFRONTING HIM
SEATTLE, Aug. 16.—Senator G.
H. Moses, of New Hampshirt, Eastern
manager of Herbert Hoover, passed
last night in Seattle.
“The West is Hoover’s. The East
is a battle ground,” Moses said, j
“where I have eleven unuly States to
work on, especially New York, New
Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts
and Rhode Island.”
ON FLIGHT FROM ROCKFORD,
ILL., TO STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
_
ROCKFORD, 111., Aug .16.—Bert
Parker and D. Cramer took oc this
morning on the first leg of their pro
posed 3,725-mile flight to Stockholm,
Sweden.
COCHRANE, Ont., Aug. 16.—Has
sell and Cramer landed here this af
ternoon, completing the first lap of
their flight from Rockford, 111., to
Stockholm, Sweden.
COCHRANE, Ont., Aug. 18.—
Hassell and Cramer took off here at
noon for Mount Evers, Greenland, on
the second leg of their flight from
Rockford, 111., to Stockholm, Sweden.
WEALTH OF U. S. IS 320 BIL
LIONS, SAYS N. Y. BANKER
NEW YORK.—The United States
is worth $320,000,000,000.
Its wealth has increased 4,400 per
cent since 1850 and is still on the
i rise.
Title to much of it is represented
by the billions ofdollars’ worth of
securities which are bought and sold
on the stock exchanges of this coun
try, the number of which is growing
yearly.
In the last five years 36,965 differ
ent issues ofbonds and ofpreferred
and common stocks were purchased
by an army of American investors,
estimated to number 15,000,000. This
is an increase of more than 3,000 per
cent in the last fifteen years, at the
beginning of which period the num
ber was computed at approximately
500,000.
The growth in number of investors
and the sums invested by them is
I shown by the total of funds invested
in serurities by American purchasers
in the last five years: 1923, $4,912,
760,000; 1924, $6,064,000,000; 1925,
$6,811,810,000; 1926, $7,213,520,000;
1927, $9,804,690,000.
The secuities involved in these vast
transactions comprisd 34,995 issues of
bonds at $28,931,580,000; 1,163 issues
of preferred stock at $3,060,290,000,
and 807 issues of common stock at
$2,814,910,000.
Approximately. 27 .per cent of the
exceptional growth in 1927 :,is esti
mated to have .Represented refunding
operations. Th6 unusually abundant
supply .of money: prevailing through
out the greater parts of the year, with
the inevitabte'4*>w.sJ’»ter'oi interest, of
fered - attractive - opportunity to cor
porations for such readjustment.
r Carl Shuttler, after a- visit of a
couple of days here, returned.to Mc
(.Grathnn Saturday. |
Stratton May j
Hire Big Hall
HE DECLINES TO PERMIT SMITH j
TO ANSWER HIM IN CAL- 1
VTRY BAPTIST CHURCH.
GREENWOOD LAKE, N. Y., Aug.
15.—Rev. Dr. John Roach Stratton,
pastor of Calvary Baptist Church,
threatens that if Governor Alfred E.
Smith refuses to meet him in debate
anywhere except in his church he will
hire the largest hall he can find and
repeat the sermon which brought on
their controversy. Rev .Stratton now
declines to pemit Smith to answer
him in Calvery Baptist Church.
KELLOGG OFF TO PARIS TO
SIGN MULTILATERAL PACT
FOR RENUNCIATION OF WAR
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.—Secre
tary o fState Kellogg sailed last
night from New York for Paris,
where the multilateral treaty for the
renunciation of war, in the formation
of which he had a leading part, is to
be signed on August 27.
SEN. CURTIS ALSO GETS NO
TIFICATION OF NOMINATION
TOPEKA, Kas., Aug. 18.—Senator
Charles Curtis was formally notified
this afternoon of his nomination for
Vice President. Chairman Work and
many Republican dignitaries were
present.
DISCOVERY OF PRE-GLACIAL
FORMATION, PAVLOF VOLCANO
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.—The
discovery of a semi-glxi.v.al formation
on the foot slopes of Pavalof volcano,
on the Alaska Peninsula, was report
ed today to the National Geographic
Society by Professor Thomas A. Jag
I gar, volcanologist leader of the so
ROBERTI WINS FROM JOHNNY
RISCO ON A FOUL BLOW
NEW YORK, Aug. 16.—Robert
Roberti won on a foul from Johnny
Risko last night in the sixth round of
the fight at Ebbitts Field. Roberti
was being convincingly backed up to
the time the foul, six inches below
the belt, occurred.
Telegraphic Ticks.
SEATTLE, Aug. 18.—The steam
ship General Gorgas Seigel arrived
from Bristol Bay, Alaska, yesterday
afternoon, with 250,000 cases of sal
mon, a partial pack of the Libby, Mc
Neill & Libby canneries there.
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 16.—The
Knights of Pythias will hold their
1930 convention in Tampa, Fla., the
Supreme Lodge of the order an
nounced today at their business ses
sion here.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.—Includ
ing a vast area in Alaska, the In
terior Department has under its juris
diction a billion acres pf land, worth
126,000,000,000, accor«ling to a De
partment announcement today.
TACOMA, Aug. 18.—William H.
Rust, former owner of the Tacoma
smelter, a pioneer and one of Ta
coma’s foremost citizens, died last
night at his home her*, following an
operation. He is reputed to have
have made millions in Alaska mining.
PURITY, SIMPLICITY, MOD
ESTY, MATTERS THAT MAKE
WOMEN MORE BEAUTIFUL
ROME, Aug- 15.—The Catholic
Cmirct: has at last recognized and is
encouraging the same ambitions as
tue-modern feminist, declared Pope
Pius today. Speaking before the sa
cred. congregation, the Pontiff de
clared the Paoli Frazzini Sisters of
Saint Dorothy had shown to the ;
world of today the beauty of Chris
tian modesty at a moment when it
seems woman is doing everything in
order to annihilate in herself every
thing characteristic which renders her
more beautiful, namely, purity, sim
plicity. Jan a modesty.
ARRESTED ON A CHARGE OF
HAVING KILLED WOMAN BY
A BLOW OF FIST, SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Aug. 11.—Glenn Alvin
Rouse, 21, a taxi driver, was arrested
today on a charge «£ manslaughter
for having killed Mrs. Hilda Brown,
of Tukwila, last Thursday night by a
blow of his fist. Roast: and D. H.
Brown, thf woman’s husband, fought
over car parking, when Mrs. Brown,
took a hand in the. proceedings. The
youth admits he may have struck the
woman during the mixup.
THIS W ILL HELP SOME.
NEW YORK, Aug. 16.—The Dem
ocratic National Committee head
quarters received a check for $50,000
today from Pierre S. Du Pont,, of
Delaware. ,ilk
TUNNEY OFF TO EUROPE.
NEW YORK, Aug. 10.—Gene Tun
ney, retired heavyweight champion,
sailed on the steal sre Ma-uretania to-1
day for Europe.
HOOVER AT YOP ANGELES. j
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 38.—Herbert’
Hoover, Republican- presidential nom
inee, arrived yesterday afternoon and
received a rousing- welcome. In his
| address here he leclared himself in
i favor of tre speedy construction of
the Boulder dam.
SEATTLE’S REGISTRATION.
SEATTLE, Aug. IS.—The city5s
registration for the primary fall elec
tions totals 125,000.
192S SALMON PACK.
JUNEAU, Aug.' Present fig
ures for the 1928 salmon pack- ate
5,230,000 cases, Henry O'Malley, fish
eries commissioner, reported today.
L. D. Henderson, superintendent of
Territorial schools, is reported to
have arrived at McGrath yesterday
afternoon. Mr. Henderson, who is
on an official tour of inspection, giv
ing attention to matters pertaining to
his office, has already visited schools
along the Yukon and Lower Kusko
kwim. He will, in -all x probability,
pay Takotna a brief -visit before leav
ing for Faihanks.
Turner & Woods, at Flat, are at
work in the con strucu <r:. of a new
store, to replace the building burned
down several months ago, according
to word lately received here.
The steamer Tupper, according to
word received early this morning, had
not at that time reached Bethel. The
Tupper is reported to have left Unga
on August 16, at last accounts.
Frank Joaquin left Thursday for
McGrath, going down with Ed Young,
with whom he departed a day so
later for Fairbanks on his way to his
i home in Or land, Calif.
Rasmus Mattson, following a visit
1 of a few days in town, departed for
I Ganes creek last Saturday.
Imprisoned
In Elevator
RASKOB AM) SEVERAL OTHER
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS HAVE
A NARROW ESCAPE.
NEW YORK, A up. 15.—John Ras
kob, chairman of the Democratic na
tional committee, and a half dozen
others of Governor Smith’s campaign
advisory cabinet, had a narrow escape
last night when the elevator in which
they were riding fell two floors and
imprisoned it • occupants twenty
stories above ground for an hour or
more. Those riding with Rasko'o in
cluded the advisory committee chair
man, Senator Gerry of Rhode Island,
and Mrs. Gerry, Senator Wheeler of
Montana, Col. Herbert H. Lehomann,
campaign finance director, and Sen
ator Harrison of Mississippi.
ITALIAN TRANSATLANTIC
FLIER DIES AT RIO JANEIRO,
AFTER AMPUTATION OF LEG
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 17.—
Major Carlo del T’rete, Italian trans
Atlantic flyer, died this morning,
after th eamputation of his right leg,
late yesterday. Del Prete was in
jured here a few days ago in a crash
of the Italian Savoia seaplane in
which he and Majpr Arturo Ferrain
niaue a non-stop "rom Home to
the Brazilian coast.
RADIOS AND Mul 4 CARS
SHARE THE SAM* M VRKETS
IN UNITED S U'ES TRADE
WASHINGTON.—Distribution of
radio receiving sets in the various
sections of the country closely paral
lels that of motor cars, a survey
taken for the Federal Radio Commis
sion shows.
The total numbe. of passenger au
tomobiles in the.United States is
19,237,171, and thn Number of receiv
ing sets i sestima & a 112.000,000. Of
these, 7,500,000 | standard receiv
ing sets with lo . speaker volume,
tne others being crystal and one-tube
receivers.
New York heads the list of States,
with 1,503,314 automobiles and 853,
000 standard receiving sets. Penn
sylvania is second in number of radio
sets, but fourth in automobiles, and
Illinois is third on the radio and iiftb.
on the auto list. California ranks
fourth in radios and second in auto
mobiles, and Ohio is fifth in radios
and third in automobiles. Most of the
States, however, have the same rank
ing on both lists.
The survef shows income taxes
paid are. a dominating factor in the
size of the local radio audience, the
number of sets in use corresponding
much more closely to this money
total than to the population figure.
Harvey Mitchell, well known old
timer of the McGrath section, was a
Takotna visitor on Saturday, return
ing to McGrath on Sunday with Vic
Ny strom.
Hans Erickson, operator of the
Ganes creek dredge, and John II. Pe
terson were yesterday arrivals from
Ganes for a stay of a couple of days
in town.
John T. Melberg, who returned to
Takotna Saturday from a trip to Mc
Grath, left Sundaj or Ganes creek.
Frank Larson w ar
rival, coming up t .1 Ed You..*
the Fairbanks airj ai.
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