TIMES
vVOL X NO. 9
TAKOTNA ALASKA. SATURDAY. MARCS 15. 1980
PRICE 25 CEHTi
' Edwards
Re-Elected
-DEFEATS CASK FOR MAYOR OF
SEATTLE BY OVER 18,000
VOTES.
SEATTLE, March 12.—Edwards
was re-elected mayor at yesterday’s
municipal eloction, defeating Case by
1^8,209.
Laube, Scabotio and Carroll were
elected councilmen, defeating Cohen,
Moore anu Hill.
Comptr^lef1 Carroll and City Trea
surer Collier were re-elected. Lamp
ing was re-elected port commissioner.
A total of 92,000 votes was polled.
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WASHINGTON, March 12.—Ed
Terry- Sanford, Associate Justice of
. tire Supreme Court of the - United
State*, died at his home here yester
<jay. His body will be buried at Knox
. ville, Term, the home of his birth.
He-was nominated by President
Harding as Associate Justice of the
k Supreme Court on January 24, 1923,
■. was confirmed a few days later, and
... edassumed his duties on February 10,
1923. He was born in 1865v
. PRESIDENT OF HAITI QUITE
INDEPENDENT; TALKS BACK
,/TO HOOVER’S COMMISSION
-CAPE HAIOEN, March 11.—Pres
s' idem Louis Bora of Haiti today tele
graphed the Hoover commission in
~ •■aes&Rating conditions in Ha:ti that
he is still’ president of the country
. anil.-would do as he pleased
MACDONALD GOVT. DEFEATED
£ UN*'COAL BILL AMENDMENT
LDNDON, March 11.—The Mac
donald -.government was defeated,
272(Lto 274, on the amendment to the
coal mine bill in the House of Com
mons -i.ouay. The prime minister,
however* declared that the fovern
ment-intcnds to proceed with it* pro
: granrtSntil a vote of censure is passed
on a.major question.
. NEW. YUKON RIVER BOAT
- FOR ALASKA RAILROAD
SEATTLE, March 13.—Plans and
, specifications for a sternwheel steam
k boat-of the Mississippi river type, for
. service on the Yukon river, are being
prepared in Seattle, bids being re
, quested-for May 1. The vessel is for
the Alaska Railroad, and it will ply
i. between Nenana and Marshall.
GERMANY’S REPARATIONS
PAYMENTS TO UNITED STATES
BERLIN, Mar. 13.—President von
_ iiindenberg -this afternoon signed the
Germany-American agreement by
iwhich Germany’s reparations pay
. ments to-the United States are regu
lated.
Mrs. Louise Livenhagen, who for
; the past couple of weeks has been the
house guest. of Mrs. Carl Lottsfeldt,
.. .left this morning for her home at
<• Ophir, being transported thither by
John Repo.
Coming through one of the worst
: storms of the present winter, Chaslie
Konig, bringing- the outgoing mail,
arrived Saturday, depating Monday
■ for McGrath, with Carl Adolfson
v traveling ahead <on snowshoes.
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DEATH OF TAFT WAS DUE TO
GENERAL COLLAPSE AFTER
DEATH OF HIS -BROTHER
WASHINGTON, Mar. 8.—William
Howaru Taft, former President of the
United States, and late Chief Justice
of the United States Supreme Court,
died at o:lo this afternoon, the end
not being unexpected.
Mrs. Taft was at his bedside when
death came. His sons, Robert S. and
Charles i., had been hastily sum
moned from Cincinnati.
Mr. Taft’s death was due to a gen
eral breaKuown. His blood pressure
deve.oped into a general collapse just
after his attendance at the funeral of
his orother, Charles *. i aft, at Cin
cimuu., some weeks ago.
He was born September 15, 1857;
became President of the United
States March 4, 1909, being defeated
for a second term; was appointed by
President Harding as Chief Justice of
i the United States Supreme Court on
June 30, 1921.
' Buried At Arlington Cemetery.
WASHINGTON, March 11.—Taft
was given a military burial this af
ternoon at Arlington cemetery. Pres
ident Hoover, Chief Justice Charles
E. Hughes and other chief servants
of the Government stood w.„h his
; widow and family at the graveside.
STENOGRAPHER TO SECRE
TARY STIMSON KILLED IN
FALL FROM HIGH BUILDING
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LONDON, March 6.—Mrs. Pearl
De Maret, stenographer to American
Secretary of State Stimson, was
killed today when she. accidentally
fell from the sixth story bf the May
fair Hotel.
CONVICTED OF ROBBERY, SE
ATTLE COP DRAWS 10 YEARS
SEA'l - ~iE, Mar. 1<;.—Former Po
lice Detective William E. Josham was
today sentenced to a term of ten
years in the penitentiary, following
his conviCi..on.,upon a charge of rob
bery.
BUYER AND SELLER LIQUOR
UNDEjl PROHIBITION LAW?
WASHINGTON, Mar. 13—The De
partment of Justice has asked the
united States Supreme Court to de
cide the question whether a buyer of
liquor is guilty as well as the seller
under the prohibition law.
1
v,OOD CATCH OF FUR BEAR
ERS IN WESTERN ALASKA
SEWARD.—Solution of the mys
tery where the fur-bearers of the
Alaska Railroad belt migfated to
probably came with the arrival of
the steamer Starr wrom the west
ward.
it is estimated that the load of
furs wrought in by the Starr is worth
$iUO,*uO. Red fox forms-the prin
cipal item, other furs being wlue and
! red fox and mink. The region out
. there is said to be thick with rabbits,
: which is an unusuai situation, as
other districts report none.
Mail Carrier Charlie O’HaLioran,
with the ingoing mail, arrived Tues,
day and continueu on his way Thurs
day, traveling through snow several
inches deep.
Albert Ivey returned Jtere Friday
from a trip to Poorman, to which
place he had Bertha Albl-.os .passen
j ger.
At an election held during*'tihe past
week - at McGrath, Commissioner ’. W.
1 T. Vanderpool was elected school* di
|rector for the coming.term.
*
BodiesEielson
And Borland
LEAVE. FAIRBANKS AND SOON
ENRCH7TE TO SEATTLE ON
STEAMER ALASKA.
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| FAIRBANKS, Mat. 3.—The bodies
1 of Carl B. Eieis.au and Earl W. Bor
land, in Russian and American
planes, .arrived, here yesterday after- :
noon from Teller and Nome, via
I Kuby.
FAIRBANKS, Mar. 13—The bodies
of Eielson and Borland left Fair
banks today for Seward; where they
will be placed on. a a boat bound for
Seattle. With a large attendance,
the bodies were, escorted to the rail
road station by a group from the
American Legion.
SEWARD, March IS.—The bodies
of Eielson and Borland arrived yes
terday from Fairbanks, and are now
lying in state here. They will be
shipped to Seattle on .the liner Alas
i ka, sailing tomorrow.
Telegraphic Ticks.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 8.—Oliver
* Wendell Holmes, associate justice of
the Supreme Court of the United
States, to which he was appointed in
1902, celebrated his 89th birthday to
day.
NEW YOKE, March 15.—Bishop
Manning, Cardinal Hayes and other
leading divines will preside at a meet
' ing tomorrow calling upon the Lord
to stop persecution of religion in
Kussia.
| WASHINGTON, Mar. 13.—Six in
vestigations to determine why the
Navy Department’s ideas lagged be
hind dther nations in the develop
ment of pursuit and bombing planes
will begin shortly by the Senate.
BUCHAREST, Mar. 11.—The Ru
manian court today made official an
nouncement of the breaking of the
engagement of Princess Hena and
Count von Hochberg.
i SEATTLE, Miff. 15.—The steamer
| Yukon sailed for Southwestern Alas
ka this morning with 275 passengers,
including 60 fqr the Interior and 100
cannery men.
LOS ANGELES, March 15.—Car
’ men Pantages and John Considine Jr.
. announced today t hat their engage
ment, made public a yetar ago, had
: been broken.
SEATTLE, March 11.—John H.
1 Powell, one of the foremost lawyers
of the State, a pioneer of Seattle,
^ died at his home here yesterday.
,j SAN QUENTIN, March 13.—Asa
i Keyes, former district attorney of
| Los Angeles, entered the penitentiary
' yesterday as a convict.
| NEW YORK, Mar. 11.—.—A. L.
. Erlanger, of Klaw & Erlanger fame,
, died yesterday.
TACOMA, March 12.—Mayor Ten
nent was re-elected at yesterday's
election.
SCHOOL ELECTIO.
Takotna will hold a school electiion
’ on Saturday, March 22, at the school
house, to the pu pose of electing
three members of £ he Takotna school
hoard
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CLUB
TAKES STAND AGAINST THE
PROHIBITION AMENDMENT
. NEW YORK, March 11.—The Na
tional ... Republican Club, which num
.bera .among its members Charles E.
.Hughes. Elihu Root, Theodore Roose
velt, and other prominent party lead
ers, -today.. Ijy a vote of 4,610 to 335,
deei«"-(aU against the prohibition
amendment- President Hoover is an
honour,-}ry member of the organiza
tion.
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GOVERNMENT TRYING TO
! PROVE DOHENY GAVE $100,
000 BRIBE TO ALBERT B. FALL
'WASHINGTON, March 13.—The
Government’s effort to prove that
! Edward Doheny, oil magnate, gave a
bribe of $100,000 to Albert B. Fall,
former Secretary of ..Interior, opened
before a jury of nine men and three
women today, with Howard W. Rob
erts, special prosecutor, ridiculing
contentions by defense that the
money was a loan from one old
friend to another.
j MRS. LANDES SAYS PROHIBI
i TION CAN BE ENFORCED BY
CITY' OFFICIALS WHO DESIRE
VV . N. YON, March 13.—Mrs.
Lor : ?. K.. Lav.des, former mayor of
bca.:. :;before the House ju
d:ciary committee yesterday that
proh.bition could be enforced by city
! officials who so desire to do so. She
said she had eliminated open viola
tion qf the prohibition lav/ in Seattle.
DR. FREDERICK. S COOK PA*
ROLED FROM PENITENTIARY
LEAVENWORTH, March 12.—Dr.
Frederick! A. Cook, for whom the fed
eral parole board some days ago rec
ommended a parole, was released
from the penitentiary here yesterday.
He had been serving a sentence of
15 years in the penitentiary for using
the mails to defraud
SEATTLE GIR LSETS WORLD
RECORD FOR 100 METER SSWIM
MIAMI BEACH, Fla., March 15.—
Miss Helen - Madison, of the Crystal
I Swimming Club, Seattle, set a world
record for a 100 meters swim today
in the National‘A. A. U. indoor meet,
when she swam the distance in 7 min
ute and 7 seconds.
I ALBERT IVEY RETURNS AND
AGAIN DEPARTS, POORMAN
Speaking of conditions at the scene
i of the recently reported strike, Mr.
' Ivey says that third hole on Beaver
creek, sank for the purpose of dis
covering the width oi the paystreak,
resulted in a blank, so far as he could
hear.
' There are about 200 people camped
: near the bgkq vbgkq vbgkq bgk gq
on nearby creeks or as far over as
Poorman. Jack Nevins, Ruhy tent
maker, who has been quite busy for
some weeks, is reported at last ac
counts to have run out of canvas.
_John Vig and John Vogtor have a
lay on Discervery, Beaver.
Dan McGinty and Kas Matson have
taken a lay on No. 6 above, Beaver,
and are already busy.
Claude Nyberg, who left here a few
| days ago, is reported as beng under
engagement to Jack Shropshire.
Bernard Ivey, after making a trip
to Poorman, returned to Ophir, but
will probably return to Poorman.
Alb vt Ivey, after giving attention
o som-i bus'ne; s matters .here, left
■ t reri- ay on his return ta Pcorman.
u e ~ erris is reported as being
j quite busy at staging, new ground. ,
Byrd On His
Way Hom e
ARRIVE DUNEDIN, N. 2, AFT SB
SPENDING YEAR ON ICE BAR
RIER OF BOSS SEA.
DUNEDIN, N. Iltr. 8.—Com
mander Richard Byrd’s horae-comin*
ships City of New York aod Elinor
Rolling, will arrive here Monday. A
tumultuous welcome is being ar
ranged.
NEW YORK.—The New York
Times, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
and papers affiliated with them it
publishing reports from Rear Ad
mirai Richard E. Byrd’s Antarctic ex
pedition, announced that Admiral
Ryrd and the members of his expedi
tion, after spending more than a year
on the ice barrier of Ross sea, broke
camp and sailed homeward from the
Ray - of Whales aboard the barque
City of New York .at -9:30 this morn
ing, Antarctic time. They are bring
ing bacK essential papers but found
it necessary tc leave hehnd their air
planes and much other .material.
DUNEDIN, N. Z^ Jdarof. 19*—Rea/
Admiral .Richard E. Jlytd --.-and the
members of bis Antarctic expedition
arrived here today aboard the barque
City of New York,-after spending, a
year on the ice barriers of Ross Sea
CAPITAL CITY NOW THE
LARGEST I#VlRrr JWTISIOK
JUNEAU.—Official preliminary cen
sus returns for 1930 for the First di
vision, issued by Governor Parks’ of
lice, give Juneau's population as
4,0JG. Juneau is the.largest ejt> in
the div:sion.
Ketchikan, With a population oS
3,780, s second, and Petersburg »
thiru, with 1,217 residents. Sitkj. is
the only other town to pass the 1,000
mark, with 1,063.
The total poulation of the division
is given as 29,138, a gain of 1,73<2
over the census df 1920. This unques
tionably will be increased when final
returns are completed, which will be
some time during the approaching
spring. Absentees were not enumer
ated in thhe preliminary figures...
which are yet-.to. be added to the can
vass.
Juneau gained 958 residents since
the last census. ' Wrangell, Sksgway*
Ryder and Haines shewed gains in *
descending scale in the order they are
named. Douglas, Thanei Trtodwell
and Chicagqiff showed declines, prin
cipally because of decreases in min-'
ing activities.
While Juneau leads in municipal)
population, Ketchikan ranks first as
a recording district. The census shows
there are 3,685 residents there, while
the Juneau recording, district has a
population of 6,248
"WITH THE CANNERIES.
SEATTLE, Mar. 15.—For consid
eration of a quarter million dollars
the Far West Fisheries Inc. of Se
attle Friday purchased the Alaska
i General Fisheries cannery locations
and enuipment near Anchorage, and
will operate that plant the coping
season.
SEATTLE. Mar. 15.—The sale 01
.the salmon packing company plant at
Valdez to the Pacific American Fish
eries Company of Bellingham was
announced, today, by John. EmelUThe
consideration is said to have-tanr1
(Close to 9500,000.