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Jonn Griffin
Reaches End
y
« df DTIMER REACHES END OI
LIFE TRAIL AT 8 O’CLOCK
SUNDAY NIGHT.
John Griffin, well known and highl;
* esteemed oldtimer of this section
- came to the end of his earthly trail i
itw minutes after 8 o’clock last night
death taking place in his living quar
- ters at the Takotna General Store.
Joe Oates, Jr., had occasion to entei
the living room just prior to tha
time and, noticing that Mr. Griffin la;
: atretchedacross his couch, with n<
breathing perceptible, he notifiei
Chris Peterson and D. E. Clough ii
the front part of the store. Goinf
back into the apartment, his heart ai
lowest ebb, life about extinct.
For sonie months previous Mr
Griffin had been in poor health, al
though during all that time he wai
fairiy active and able to give atten
tion to duties coming under his care
About three months ago, however, hi:
fr iends observed that his conditioi
was changing for the worse, mani
ffcsted by severe coughing, haw
breathing and gaspings. Some sak
tuberculosis, othcru said miner’s cotn
sumption, and others asthmatic trou
hits.
It was about three days ago tha
he declared his intention of returnini
to Spruce creek. Then, again^it wa;
(Continued on Page 4.)
j Lindberghs
Still Waiting
MANY WORKING ON CASE. BUT
TRAILS SEEM TO LEAD .TO
NOWHERE.
r NEW YORK.—Dr. John R. Condon,
yjlivcrsity lecturer revealed as the
i i ysterions Jafsie into Ttfhose coded
, not ce sin New York newspapers have
■ been read the story of the hunt aiiii
- Sj n.ent of ransom for the kidnaped
r Lindbergh baby, was reticent today
t s. guiding his connection with the
t ef.rc-h. The 70»yoaT«oId PBoddsam
iversiiy instructor, however, did
I a. i.p several vague reports- circu
i! in connection with his notes and
: 'A a Led that he believed his notes led
, to contact with tbe -purported kid
nepers and payment of $60,000 to
. then. "Anything "i say -now may
• ;n harm to the baby or hinder the
i1 ' r.-- for its r.' ui ii,’' he said
. ; >. C« don denied that :'he fchaid en
. he are at the request of -Col.
5 1: rgh.
t
.* M ; EWEUi.- Kcbbod of his .baby,
1 iku t heated out < f his $50,000 ran
I som j-nom y for its return, Col;.Charles
- A. l.iMbergh s«t to work to<iay to
- .iitd net*- trails leading to the chi dis
return. The payment to the.kidnap
t ers was $50,000, but this was under
f stood to have been only an install
,,,jrent~ The Ante had been raised and
it was understood that the kidnapers
Alaska Interests At
| The Nation’s Capital
By W. A. S. |
WASHINGTON, March 14.—The
Democratic National Committee, that
has its headquarters in Washington,
is trying to keep tab on the prefer
ences of national delegates, and is a
little perplexed as to where Alaska’s
six delegates really stand. After the
Territorial convention was held at
Fairbanks on January 23 the report
was sent out that the six delegates
• were for Franklin D. Roosevelt for
president. Ten days ago the A. P.
sent out word from Oklahoma City
that a letter had been received from
O. B. Skidmore, at Ketchikaan, stat
ing that Alaska’s six delegates to the
Democratic convention are "lined up”
for “Alfalfa Bill” Murray. A few
days ago James A. Farley, Demo
' cratic State chairman of New York,
announced the receipt of a telegram
from Fairbanks sayting the Alaska
delegation had been instructed to vote
afe aunit for Roosevelt. Incidentally,
it mibht be stated that the delegates
tb the convention will be elected at
the primary to be held on Tuesday,
April 26.
Delegate Wickersham has been try
ing to get the Postoffice Department
interested in the inauguration of air
mail service between Seattle and Ju
neau, but it looks as though the
House determination to keep down
appropriations would prevent any im
mediate action along the desired end.
Postmaster General Brown has writ
ten the Delegate, in which he said:
"Under the act of April 29, 1930,
t the Department is prevented from
. placing into service any new routes
* except where- the appropriation, for
air mai service is sufficient to covet
the same. The appropriation for air
mail service during the present fiscal
year is not sufficient to cover any new
service of this kind, and it is doubtful
whether our approprietione for th
next year will be sufficient. The De
partment is glad to note the interest
ni tne air mail service as manifested
by this joint memorial and will give
the matter every possible considera
. >n cons stent with appropriations
...a- able.’''
The second term of office of Judge
Cecil H. Clegg, who has presided ovei
the Fourth division for more than ten
years past, expired some time ago.
The Department of Justice has indi
cated that he would be nominated for
another term but would be assigned
to the Third or Valdes division. Be
fore there can be a vacancy there
Judge E. Coke Hill will be nominated
for the Fourth or Fairbanks division.
After confirmation of Judge Hill the
nomination of Judge Clegg will be
sent to the Senate. The appointment
of a new judge for the Second or
Nome division is expected to he an
j. nced in ApriL
It has been reported that a'German
training ship will visit certain Alas
kan waters during the rooming sum
mer. The Seward Chamber of Com
merce has extended op invitation,
through the Consulate Of Germany,
for the ship to mdeaed at the port
of Seward.
Residents of Homazvfatnd *8eldovia
are advocating moreidlrecfcjcammuni
tion between these taWsUswns on.Cook
f Continued on Bade 3.)
recently had been demanding ^00
or more. Among reports \*a*-csrriU!.it
the kidnapers had . telephoned
asking for ,.a new deal, -offering jt o
return .the ransom . money given him
if he would pay them in gobt^-Imp,
it is believed, is due. to the fear Jof
the . abductors ' .broadcasting -the"
numbers of lb. !s given. them, will
result in their inre. . _
.'NEW .YQltK. \ mysfcerioti.vvwa
man figured a,: nc preliminarjeerne
gotiations whieh DxJJohn -F.; Condon
■iJafsie) carried on as hf dealt with
the menhhe .believed to.be .the kid
napers of> Charles Augustus Lind
bergh, Jr., the Bronx-Home News
said in a copyright dispatch today.
Shortly after Dr. Condon inserted one
of his advertisements he-was. at: his
Bazar' in the Bronx..when, a woman
! entered.;and* Started, pricing a vio in.
She did not seem greatly interested
n.the viohn, and finally saidr“Noth
Ing can -be done until the excitement
is over. Meet me. at the depot -at
Tuckahue on. Wednesday at 5 p. m. I
will .have, a message. for. you.” . Jlr.
Condon went to the Tuckahoe. station
and again met. the woman. She said
hen “You will get a message
later.”
Again - a mnoman entered the scene
the night of April 2, when Dr.
. Condon delivered the $5U,000 .to the
i in.sa.y he ha. been u -alin., w.th.
j ;he newspaper. sa.d. The newspaper
; that a ta.-. i ;.i» ;a' d at Condon's
and hr 1 n
■ Mg him ti. .. a p ...e .n iroat
. n nursery o.; Xremont avenue.
>;.~bergh,i Col. ilreckinridge,.Condon
and A1 Reich went .to the spot and
. nd a note, under.a apat^s directed,
hr pa our said. .This note advised J)r.
Condon to .walk.’across the street to
he s dewalk parallelingJ3t, Raymond
cemetery and to cwa.k a. block. As he
teached thecaidawalk .atmon and wo
man passed by and the woman said:
“This is' Whittemsre avenue.” That
.was.the name of the stre t Cv i'-w
was told to .-walk a;ong. Soon the
emissary, appeared. Condon obtained
the $50,000,* which Lindbergh carried
a hot,- paid it .to the emissary, and
• hen r .ceivcd .a.iiot -..tell, qg where
xh j baby. .The- newspaper . said'
,;ie note.advised the baby wou.d be
found aboard af28-foot yacht :ar
c'nored off Gayhead, a southerly spot
on Martha’s Vineyard. The note, the
newspaper said, further advised that
on would b > found aring for
h chad ibut that they were not to .be
molested, :as they were innocent of
i. -.’..part..in Ihe-case Lindbergh flew
to the district, but, as .s known now,
failed' to find 'the yaeht.
Although lists of numbers of the
currency paid b\
ransom for h r 1
been in the hand
April 6, no ret''
ceivedvby the Tr
notes havingi-bee:
'.mdbergh as
"i son have
.nks since
v/e .been re
iy of any of the
located,, according
to Washington reports.
HOPEWELL.—^New hope for con
tact with the ^kidnapers of the Lind
bergh baby was revealed from two
sources today. John H. Curtis, the
Norfolk boat builder, is known to
have told ’Colonel Lindbergh he is
j convinced that' his contact is able to
secure return of the baby, but insists
on payment of the ransom in ad
vance. 'Ourtii.'.now absent on one of
h s mystery trips, talked with Colonel
Lindbergh - several times since the
double-crossing by the ■ Jofsie contact
was revealed. ’Jafsie Dr. John F.
Oondon in New York declared he still
had hope Of the child’s return, but re
fused further comment. He also is
absent from his home on an errand ,
believed connected with the kidnap
(SContinued on Pago.2.)
I Items of Importance [
‘ In Reecnt News Events
.. HOI;:,-.. • Prosecutors Jnht
Kei._ i .. Ulrich uiday pre
par- . . • _■ ] life imprisonmenl
for . . ■ . Kortescue and thre*
:i the honor-slaying
tr.a . - -otiday. This was ad
m... . , -v the completion of
thj „.*./, tvn.cn comprises sever
wiii-^a a.id live of mixed blood. The
twelve men, ranging from Nordic
blonds to tanned sons of the South
Seas, were bound together by a com
..lon.-oath to uphold the aw in Ha
wa..'so moat famous murder case.
. SAN JOSE, Calif.—Miss Betty
Stout, 23-year-old nurse of the Coun
ty.. Ho. pitul, was recovering- today
. .ion; a beating administered by two
men, who s.ugged her, lobbed her and
left her lying beside the highway.
(WASHINGTON ^Veterans’ -organ
izations, today carried their battU for
cash' bonus legislation to the foot of
the Cap.tol steps.! A parade of 1,000
Legionaires aod-naewibers «f the Vet
eia,.s -.of Eoreign eWars presented to
assembled.. Senators, And Congressmen
a petition said? to contain more than
2,400,000. signature* demanding pay
::.\mc of the.* bonus
NEW-.YORKdwAlfred. Ei Smith of
New -York made it clear today in a
statement that he is ready to accept
the Democratic presidential nomina
tion and is not merely .-stelkin f
horse to-ahield or-topstap any otbei
candidate.
WASHINGTON,—A milKoo-dolfei
.n the-appropriation. for prohibi
vioi! enforcement- was- reported-todaj
to .hav-i,bes?ncagrawi>u«w^bw £he Sen
ate apprapBiatron* <AU«b80Jwmittfe«
charged with reducing* thfe -lustici
Department’s annual -s.apply bill b\
10 per cent.
TiONDON. —'AndreW'- WV 'Mellon
the new United States Ambassador tc
the Court of St. James,-arrived today
and e-\pressed.the beliefithat America
and Great Britain have'»oause ta'b«
much encouraged in their K.str.uggh
against economic-and ^financial diffi
culties. The new Ambassador, wh<
.was officially weleomedcat-Southamp
(ton and *will visit, the "King. ape
Queen at Windsor Qastle tomorrow
indicated that he would serve liquoi
at the .Embassy 'and wean tbe-officia
knee .breech 03 'at court functions. -‘‘Al
though •’ error .ambassador Charle;
G. Dawe declinediboaio«o,Iwjl
follow "'.'.ton -f the country,’
Mellon i- refeiarkjg-to serving
iiquc 'it any rate, I haven’t
got a y
HELblA.GF.ORS, >d Finland. — Th«
Finnish Athletics Association .'todaj
declared Parvo- Nurmi, great distance
runner, to be «an amateur and vigor
ously protested histuaspension by the
International Amateur Athletic Fed
eration. Nurmi -<w.as suspended ear
ner in the month by-the I. A. A..F. or
charges of professionalism
i BERLIN.—.Ba»l n-vn-t Hindenburg
President of the Go urn an nation, and
supreme since tbWsiahWiZ'stion of the
republic in lW&pwmysatpeoted tonight
1.0 be overwhelttutifils!* approved when
some thirty-six million,’voters go to
the polls tomorrow tire the rtm-oc di
presidential * lectio;
CHICAGO.—I>r. A. E. Budde, a
rrcn:'ne::t North Chicago physician,
disappeared today after being'sum*
moned to the scene of an automohrto
'accident. Police and fa is wife feared
he had been kidnaped. -Vo ransom de
mand was received. .However, police
suggested it was possihle that Dr.
-Sudde was tricked in laaving hut
home to care for.a wounded gangster
and was being held lest he carry out
the duty of reporting such an acei
' dent
' WASHINGTON. — Wiliam Green,
president of the American Federation
! of Labor, today appealed to Congress
to announce tot he world that the
1 American standard of living prevail
ing among the employes of the Gov
ernment of the United. States will not
he lowered by wage cuts.
CHICAGO.—A kidnaping, a stab
bing, four sluggings, threats of gang
rides and reports of floater brigades
marked the Illinois primary in Chi
cago today as voters Becked to the
polls in .unprecedented numbers to
cast their ballots for .the largest field
of candidates in any .primary ever
■ hed in Ilinois. Violence was reported
| only in Chicago. From down-State
I came news of -the- heaviest vote dur
ing early election day hours ever re
t-corded.
I ' ‘
- Local Mention
i
Hans Erickson, manager of the
Ganes creek dredge, and John Stayton
, -were yesterday arrivals here, coming
with Pilots Barrow.^ and ope of the
. j Pacific International. Mr. -Stayton.
- continued by plane to Ophir, after an
absence of several months on the
Outside,
'
I A. X. Grant was a'last Monday vis
i iter at Ophir, going over and return
ing as passenger of Miss Elsie J. M,
Rieck. It was The Times’ man first
visit to- Ophir in three or four years,
and ha was ..glad to renew acquaint
ance nvdth many friends.
- -----
Pilot H. W. Barnhill, of the former
BarnhillA McGee Airways, disposed
of his interest to his partner some
I time ago and took the boat for the
GutsidK He is ' on his way to Cali
[ fornia.
--
"Pilot Estal Gall arrived Tuesday,
stopping over for the night, after
having made «w® trips to and front
- Anchorage in one day.
> —
Ikey Hayes," after a visit "here of •
couple of days, returned"*© his head
! quarters at McGrath on -Friday.
C. W. Frahklin, of the West Coast
Grocery Company, was among the
week’s visitors.
i _
John KTieger and Chester* Brink re
turned here yesterday, after-a visit
of some wedks In the Tolstcri section,
_s_
J. H. Peters on" .and Henry Martella
’ were yesterday arrivls from Yankee
creek.
United States Commissioner W.- T.
Vanderpool,- coming updiy plane, was
a today arrival.
John Rieck left this morning for
Ganes creek.
Jesse Baugh was among1 the whek*'.
, arrivals, for a shortest* y-^fere