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HIt'GHATH, ALASKA. JUNE 10, 1022
Accident Insurance
Swindle Plot Bared
New York. — Accident insurance
frauds which may total $1,000,000, and
which were worked by a regularly or
Z ataized hand, were revealed by three
Indictments filed here Friday: Three
men were named in the indictments—
Benjamin Iskowitz, Benjamin Green
wald and Max Elstein.
The band is alleged to have been
mulcting accident insurance companies
t hrough take accidents for the past five
years.
Accordidg to John Coyle, chief de
tective for the Ocean Accident & Guar
antee Corporation, the complainant in
the case, the gang has maintained a
regular staff of cripples, physicians,
hrbkera and lawyers. Its ojierations
extended all over the United States,
hut particularly in the Eastern states.
'skowitz was used at least seven
limes as the “victim’' in accidents,
Seven policies bearing his came are in
the hands of Assistant District -Attor
ney Jerome Simmons. There was a
arge lump on his left leg which was
utilized and capitalized.
Iskowitz claimed to have been run
down by an aotomqbjfe last August and
put in a claim upon his policy with the
Ocean Accident >, Guarantee Company.
His insurance fell under the eyes of a
clerk who thought he recalled a sim
ilar claim on a similar accident a few
months previously. An investigation
was made and the clerk’s suspicions
cob firmed.
The matter was turned over to the
clearing house maintained by the Ac
cident & Casualty Company s repre
sentatives here. The result was that
seven payments to an accident victim
answering Iskowitz’s description were
found
The companies laid the matter be -
fore the district attorney, meanwhile
e tending their investigations through
out the country. The result of the in
quiry has been, according to Detective
Coyle, to uncover one of the biggest
swindling schemes of its kind ever
brought to light in this country. A
large percentage of the “accidents”
were ascribed to automobiles. Rail
road accidents also figured verv con
spicuously in the summary. Mr. Coyle
said that investigators for the com
panies had found that some of the
cripples maintained by the *band had
been crippled from birth. The lawyers
whose names have become involved
were usually used to collect on disputed
policies.
in virtually all the cases the band
PROFESSIONAL
W. F. Green—.
M. a, D. D. s
Office McGrath, Aaa.
Albrecht and Taylor
<5Co. W/Albrecht, Tditarod, Alaska
Chas. E. T.‘YTX)R, Seattle, WashJE
Practice in all the Courts.
kittle Law Office L. C. Smith Bldg
Elliott 1042
would settle instead of pressing their!
claims by suit. Coyle said Friday that
claims which might have easily been :
made the basis for a $20,000 suit were
found to have been compromised for as
little as $1,000 or $1,500.
According to District Attorney Sim-1
mons, Green wait) was driving the cat
winch is alleged to have “bumped”
Iskowitz last August -the accident
which led to the investigation. Other
members of t he band are alleged to;
have been driving the car. figuring in
each of the other accidents upon which j
he collected.
Find Wood Alcohol
Is ‘Certain Death’!
Lansing, Mich. — Results of re
searches and experiments with wood
alcohol, received by M. V. Waltman,
superintendent of the Anti.Saloon
League of Michigan, show that, even j
wb.en diluted, this poison is so violent,
that few recover from its effects.
It is declared that, compared to wood j
alcohol poisoning, delirium tremens is!
a'mild ailment, the victims being too!
weakened and near death to have the
hallucinations that accompany delirium •
tremeDs
Wood alcohol causes blindness be-!
cause the poison works on the blood
vessels, causing hemorrhages of the
brain and a bursting of the arteries of
the retina, destroying the sight, re
ports declare.
Popular V. S. Mottoes Fail to
Produce ‘Pep’ Among Russians
Moscow.—“Time is money.” “Do it.!
today,” and other mottoes once popular |
as wall and desk decorations in Atner i
ican offices and factories have been i
translated into Russian and distributed !
to many bureaus of the soviet govern- j
ment, which is trying to cut bureau-!
cratic red tape.
Persons going through many for- !
malities necessary to secure action !
from some of the bureaus declare, how- I
ever, that the mottoes have little ef- j
feet. One diplomat who had to visit i
twelve government offices to secure ,
possession of an automobile which had I
arrived here free from customs duty 1
said: “If time is money, it evidently <
is only soviet money in Russia.”
Since January 1 more than 20,000;
new members have been enrolled in the
American Legion in Pennsylvania.
A municipal court judge in Malden,
Mass., recently ruled that women are
justified in helping themselves to
money from their husbands’ pockets.
Mineral Application No. 0505.
U. S. Land Office. Nome, Alaska.
February 2, 1922.
NOTICE IS HEPwEBY GIVEN that
the Flume Dredge Company, a cor
poration, organized and existing un
der the laws of the State of Calif
ornia, whose address is Mills Build
ing, San Francisco, California, has
made application before the United
States Land Office of Nome, Alaska,
through James M. Streeten, its
authorized agent, whose address is
Nome, Alaska, for a United States
Patent for the consolidated mining
claim known as the MAYFLOWER
ASSOCIATION, No. 12 ABOVE, No.
13 ABOVE, and No. 14 ABOVE
DISCOVERY ON YANKEE CREEK,
in the Innoko Mining and Recording
District, Territory of Alaska, and
designated by the United States
Surveyor General of said territory
as Mineral Survey No. 1269; the ex
terior boundaries of said placer
claim, according to the plat and
field notes of said survey, now on
file in said land office (with a mag
netic variation of 20 deg. 12 min.
E.) being as follows:
MAYFLOWER ASSOCI A T I O N
PLACER—Beginning at Cor. Nq. 1,
a fir post, 4 ft. long, 4 ins. sq., in
earth mound, scribed 1-1269-M.A.:
whence U. S. L. M. No. 1270 bears
N. 21 deg. 33 min. 06 sec. E.,
4353.23 ft.; thence S. 68 deg. 22
min. E., 656.5 ft. to Cor. No. 2;
thence S. 22 deg. 33 min. W.
2666.5 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence
N. 75 deg. 02 min. W. 545.55 ft.
to Cor. No. 4; thence N. 20 deg.
07 min. E., 2728.7 ft. to Cor. No.
1 and place of beginning, contain
ing an area of 37.109 acres.
NO. 12 ABOVE ON YANKEE
CREEK PLACER — Beginning at
Cor. No. 1, identical with Cor. No.
3, Mayflower Association, a fir post,
4 ft. long, 4 ins. sq., in earth mound,
scribed 2-1269-M. A., and 1-1269-12
Ab.; whence U. S. L. M. No. 1270
bears N. 16 deg. 34 min. 56 sec. E.,
7044.95 ft.; thence S. 29 deg. 51
min. W., 1411.0 ft. to Cor. No. 2;
thence N. 47 deg. 32 min. W. 502.2
ft. to Ccr. No. 3; thence N. 27 deg.
59 min. E., 1161.8 ft. to Cor. No.
4, identical with Cor. No. 4 May
flower Association, this survey;
thence S. 75 deg. 02 min. E. 545.55
ft.'to Cor. No. 1, and place of be-1
ginning, containing an area ol
15.024 acres.
NO. 13 ABOVE ON YANKEE
CREEK PLACER—Beginning at
Cor. No. 1, identical with Cor. No.
3, No. 12 Above, this survey, a Tir
post, 4 ft. long, 4 ins. sq., in earth
mound, scribed 3-1269-12 Ab., 1
1269-13 Ab.; whence U. S. L. M.
No. 1270 bears N. 21 deg. 59 min.
12 sec. E., S235.84 ft.; thence S.
47 deg. 32 min. E. 502.2 ft. to Cor.
No. 2, identical with Cor. No. 2,
No. 12 Above, this survey, thence
5, 39 deg. 03 min. W. 1187.1 ft. to
cor. No. 3; thence N. 40 deg. 15
min. W., 511.05 ft. to Cor. No. 4;
thence N. 39 deg. 05 min. E. 1122.05
ft. to Cor. No. 1, and place of be
ginning, containing an area of
13.299 acres.
NO. 14 ABOVE ON YANKEE
CREEK PLACER—Beginning at Cor.
No. 1, identical with Cor. No. 4,
No. 13 Above, this survey, a fir
post, 4 ft. long, 4 ins. sq., scribed
4-1269-13 Ab., 1-1269-14 Ab.;
whence U. S. L. M. No. 1270 bears
N. 24 deg. 00 min. 58 sec. E.
9313.95 -ft.; thence S. 40 deg. 15 J
min. E. 511.5 ft. to cor. No. 2, iden-I
tical with Cor. No. 3, No. 13'Above, I
this survey; thence S. 44 deg. 41
min. W. i252.8 ft. to cor. No. 3;
thence N. 34 deg. 22 min. W. 524.0
ft. to Cor No. 4; thence N. 44 deg. i
57 min. E. 1198.1 ft. to Cor. No.
1, and place of beginning, contain
ing an area of 14.401 acres.
Total area applied for, 79.833
acres.
The adjoining claims are: on tile
N., Oregon Group, unsurveyed; on
the S., Perphyory Association, un
surveyed; on the E. and W., claims
unknown and unsurveyed.
U. S. L. M. No. 1270* is a hewn j
spruce post, situated about 75 ft. E. 1
of brow of small bluff on the right
limit of Yankee Creek and about
60 ft. in elevatjon of the bed ofj
same. Latitude 63 deg. 01 min. N.
Longitude 156 deg. 20 min'. W.
J. SUNDBACK,
Register.
Mineral Application No. 0551
U. S. Land Office, Nome, Alaska
April 28th. 1022.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the Flume Dredge Company, a cor
poration, organized and existing un
der the laws of the State of Calif
ornia, whose postoffice address is
Mills Building, San Francisco, Calif
ornia, has made application, through
James M. Streeiten, its authorized
agent, whose post office address is
Nome. Alaska, before the United
States Land Office of Nome, Alaska,
for a United States Patent for the
consolidated placer mining claim
known as, THREE STAK ASSOCIA
TION, No. SEVEN BELOW DIS
COVERY ON YANKEE CREEK,
and No. SIX BELOW DISCOVERY
ON YANKEE CREEK, in the In
in k-o Mining and Recording District.
Territory of Alaska, and designated
by the United States Surveyor Gen
eral of said territory as Mineral
Survey No. 1274; the exterior
boundaries of said placer claim, ac
cording to the plat and field notes
of said survey, now on file in said
land office (with a magnetic varia
tion of 20 deg. 12 min. E.), being
as follows:
THREE STAR ASSOCIATION—
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, a hewn
spruce post, 4 ft. long, 4 ins. sq.,
set 2 It. in ground, in earth mound,
scribed 1-1274-38., whence U. S. L.
M. No. 1274 boars S. 52 deg. 38
min. E., 143.5 ft.; thence S. 46 deg.
39 min. W., 3034.2 ft. to Cor. No.
2; thence N. 28 deg. 48 min. W.,
646.15 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence N.
34 deg. 28 min. W., 662.65 ft. to
Cor. No. 4; thence N. 47 deg. 06
min. E., 2769.1 ft. to Cor. No. 5;
thence S. 43 deg. 26 min. E., 1259.1
ft. to Cor. No. 1, and place of be
ginning, containing an area of
84.12 acres.
NUMBER SEVEN BELOW DIS
COVERY—Beginning at Cor. No. 1,
identical with Cor. No. 3, Three
Star Association Placer, this survey,
a hewn spruce post, 4 ft. long, 4
ins. sq., set 2 ft. in ground, in
earth mound, scribed 3-1274-3S., and
1-1274-.; whence U. S. L. M. No.
1274 bears N. 61 deg. 34 min. E.,
2996.95 ft.; thence S. 41 deg. 09
min. E., 705.65 ft. to Cor. No. 2;
thence N. 35 deg. 24 min. W. 898.9
ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence N. 60 deg.
34 min. E. 700.5 ft. to Cor. No. 4:
thence S. 34 deg. 28 min. E., 662.65
ft. to Cor. No. 1, and place of be
ginning, containing an area of
12.389 acres.
NUMBER SIX BELOW DISCOV
ERY—Beginning at Cor. No. 1,
identical with Cor. No. 2. No.' Seven
Below on Yankee Creek Placer, this
survey, a hew spruce post, 4 ft. long
4 ins. sq., set 2 ft. in ground, in
earth mound, scribed 2-1274-7B.,
and 1-1274-6B.; whence U. S. L. M.
No. 1274 bears N. 57 deg. 43 min.
32 sec. E., 3666.52 ft.; thence S. 36
deg. 57 min. W., 909.30 ft. to Cor.
No. 2; thence N. 50 deg. 48 min. W.
840.2 PL to * Cor. No. 3; thence N.
36 deg. 05 ruin. E., 1148.3 ft. to
Cor. No. 4; thence S. 35*-deg. 24
min., E., 898.9 ft. to Cor. No. 1,
and place of beginning, containing
an area of 19.998 acres.
Expressly excepting and excluding
from this application the Three Star
Association placer of this same survey,
total area applied for 32.387 acres.
t The adjoining claims are: on the
N. E., No. Ten Fraction, unsurvey
ed; on the S. E., claims unknown
and unsurveyed; on the S. W., No.
5 Below on Yankee Creek Placer,
unsurveyed, and on the N. W.,
claims unknown and unsurveyed.
U. S. L. M. No. 1274 is a hewn
spruce post, 8 ins. sq., 8 ft. long,
3 ft. in ground, situated on sloping
hillside in prominent place about 40
ft. in elevation above the bed of
Yankee Creek, Latitude - 63 deg.
03 min. N. Longitude - 156 deg. 19
min. W.
J. SUNDBACK
Register
Geo. W. Hoffman
Pioneer Trader of the
Kuskokwim Valley
Napamute - Alaska
ALASKA RIVERS NAVIGATIO
COMPANY
Operating Light Draught Steamers
On the Kiiskokwim.
Capt. Wallace Langley, Manager.