VOL IX NO. 21
TAKOTNA ALASKA. SATURDAY. MAY 25. 1929.
PRICE 25 CENT#1
Str.. Aleutian Hits Rock
In Uyak Bay; Sinks in 7
Minutes; Only 1 Drowns
SEATTE.EV May 25c—The Alkska.
Steamship Company’? palatial liner
Aleutian, which arrived at.-r Seward
Friday afternoon from Seattle, and
which proceeded from Seward to the
Westward* struck a rock in Uyak bay.
at 5:30 o’clock Sunday morning, and.
sank in seven minutes, plunging to
the bottom how first. AH: of the 15
passengers and crew of 135 made
their escape, in the .boats with.the ex
ception of Manuel Dorras,. janitor, of
the crew’s quarters, who climbed back
aboard the sinking steamer to rescue
a lncky horseshoe and who was in the
fofecastle when, the Aleutian went.
down. The survivors later were taken
aboard the Coast and Geodetic survey
ship Prospector and taken to Seward.
The Aleutian was commanded by
Captain John G. Nord, who has a rec
ord of more than thirty years in
Alaska waters without a mishap.
The Aleutian was built in Philadel
phia in 1898 and was valued at one
million dollars.
Cfcptain Nord returned to the scene
of' the wreck in & launch to make a
survey of the spot and to ascertain
the possibility of salvaging the ves
sel.
Gold Strike In
Philippines
ENTIRELY STAKED BY 19* AMER
ICANS; GOLD CONTAINED.
QUARTZ.
MANILA',. May 24.—An. immensely?
valuable deposit of gold, has been
found along; the Angat river, twenty
five miles north of. Manila. The. low
est estimate of. its. value- made, by
mining men is declared to be twenty
million dollars, and. its highest., is
placed at fifty, million dollars*
The known field has been entirely,
staked out by nineteen Americans, alL
of- whom. ace. either members or. em
ployes of. an engineering concern,
here. The gold. is. contained, in a
quartz vein, which the-.discoverers say,
has been traced for ninety, feet and
ranges from 25 to. 2Q0 feet in width.
TO INVESTIGATE- PLANS FOR,
COALING SERVICE THAT: MAY
BENEFIT ALASKA RAILROAD;
SEATTLE, May 24.—Plans for a,
new coaling service, authorized for
trans-Pacific vessels, to increase Alas
ka coal production and operation of
the Alaska Railroad, are to t&inves
gated during the forthcoming of E.
W. Sawyer, assistant., to. Secretary of
Interior Sawyer, who. is due here soon.
i BATTERED TO DEATH. WITH.
HAMMER, THEN ROBBEDt
SAN FRANCISCO, May 20.—Geo.
EL Jones,, 65, pool, room owner and:
taxi operator, was shot three times
through the body' and then battered:
to death: with a. hammer some time
Saturday! night on a lonely road two
miles from here,, it was disclosed to
day, when his body was found in his
here. Robbery was undoubtedly the
motive, as his billfold was found near
by with , all contents extras Led from it.
SEATTLE PIONEER PASSES.
SEATTLE, May 21. -James St
Moore, noted real estate promoter
and society leader, notch, for building:
up Seattle during the A aska Exposi- j
tion period, died in the Paloee Hotel J
ah Sin Francisco today, his dedfti
Mine due tt> heart debase. Eugene
Moore, of Fairbanks, Alaska, is a son
of the disease^.
Freighter Joe Ferris, left. -Monday
ft# a.trip to- Orhir...
PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL STU
DENT TAKES LIFE OF FEL
LOW, ACCOUNT OF JEALOUSY
PORTLAND, Ore., May 21.—Her
bert Beem, 17 years of age, was shot
and killed Monday afternoon in a
hall of the Jefferson high school by
Walter Fiske,. 19. The latter then
shot himself, and the wound may
prove fatal.
Beem had won the affections of
Mildred Scott, 16. The shooting was
witnessed by Fiske’s father.
$50,000 EXSORTIQN AND DEATH
THREAT PLOT AGAINST SISTER
OF COL- LINDBERGH’S FIANCEE
BOSTON, May 22.—Confirmation
of the report, that a $60,000 extortion
and death threat had been made
against Miss Constance Morrow,, sis
ter of Anna Morrow, fiancee of Col.
Charles A, Lindbergh, was given out
here today by Police Chief Peter.
Miss Gonstance Morrow, 15 years
of age,, is attending school here.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
GOVERNOR OF PORTO RICO
WASHINGTON, May 23.—Theo
dore Roosevelt was today appointed
Governor, of, Porto Rico.
SHANGHAI, May 24—Kermit
Roosevelt,, member of the Field Mu
seum Expedition to Interior Asia, ar
rived here today en route Home, to
sail with Theodore, his brother, in
case the latter decides to accept the
Ifovecnursmp ot roriu aicu.
4S> BOOTLEGGERS, RACKETEERS;
TAKEN IN CALIFORNIA DRIVE
OAKLAND, May 22.—Bootleggers
and racketeers have-posted more than
SI SO,000 in securities and bonds to
obtain freedom of forty-five persons,
including- one' police captain, six - pa
trolmen and detectives, arrested Sat
urday night in a federal drive on
what is said1 o be one of the largest
bootlegging rings ever uncovered, in
Northern California;.
The Anchorage airplane, R. H.
Merrill pilot, arrived Monday for a
brief stop Here; afterwbich/iti pro
ceeded on its way to Bethel, having
as a passenger J..E Cfoudyy superin
tendent of the New York-Alaska
Dredging Company, operating at
Bear creek. The plane was equipped
with pontoons, the ship being the first
of that type to make a: landing here.
Billy Sanakas 'was a: yesterday ar
rival from Ophir.
HOOVER! NAMES 11 MEUr
BERS ,OP NATIONAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, May 20.—Rttsi
dant Hoover today announced eleven,
members' of..his national law. enforce
ment commission, of. which George
I Wicker sham is chairman.. The other,
members are; Newton Baker, Cleve
, land;, Frank L. Leech, Chicago; Ros
coe W. Dean. of Harvard .Law School;
William Grubb, federal .district judge
for. Alabama; Monte N. Lemann, of
New Orleans; William S. Kenyon,,
United States circuit judge; Kenneth
Mackintosh,, of .Seattle;. William Paul
McCormick, federal, district, judge of.
California; Henry W. Anderson, of.
Richmond,, Va.; Aba la Comstock,
i president of VRaddiff College.
WASHINGTON, May 22^—Presi
dent Hoover today sent telegram^, to
eleven members of.his special law en
forcement commission, directing them
to meet him. in Washington Tuesday,
next.
Telegraphic Ticks*
NE WYORK,' Siiy 20.—A coUege
. girl and teamsteri were trampled to
; death and several others, severely in
' jured today in a mnd rudi by,bleacher
> fans, in the Yankee stadium when a.
, sudden rainstorm interrupted the. first
game of a doul>le-h( adeirbetween the
Yankees and the Boston Red. Sox..
WASHINGTON, May 22.—Hoover
has asked governors of Western oil.
producing States to send representa
tives to a preliminary ronference at
Colorado Springsdn June, to consider
the possibility of. creating an inetr
state compae fori the conservation of
oil.
SEAfTLEttHtR Boeing
-Air Transport today announced the
purchase u>f .a .site ..on. Lake Washing
ton for .its seaplane and,flying boat
base for the contemplated Puget
Sound-Alaska air sendee, employing
six Boeing-made planes.
SAN-.FRANCISCO, .May 20.—Hav
ing been- caught fast in awhirling
Ferris .wheel which bee was oiling at
Fleshhacker playground today, Harry
Shannon, 15, was instantly killed. His
skull was badly v fractured by the
giant wheeL
SEATTLE,. May 21-w—The motor
I ship Sierra sailed todays with 2,100
' head.of.sheep and hones, bound for
the Western Livestock.. Company’s
{ ranch on. Unalaska island.
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| WASHINGTON, May 20.—Hoover
! has.A-black eye, th eresult of a mis
; hap., an. the course of. his week-endJ
visit to his fishing place in Virginia..
BELFAST, May 21.—Joseph Dey-J
lin. was. elected to. the British Parlia
ment for. two sessions, after having
been out seven years.
SEATTLE, May 24.—John P.. Wil
son, founder of the Wilson Modern
! Business College# died at his home
{here last, night.
EPSGM, Eng., May
Roseftaxny died today.
20.—Lord
. BOY, 1$ FOUND GUILTY OF
KILLING HIS PLAYMATE, 15
PAYNESVILLE, Ky., May 23—A
jucy today.found Cart Newton Mahan,,
lft years of' age, guilty of man
slaugbter i for the killing of his 16
year-old playmate, Cecil Vanhoose.
The boy was sentenced by Judge
John W. Butcher to serve until he is
21 in the reform —Gxeendale..
Texas Woman
Versus Tuney
LATTER ALLEGES BREACH OF
PROMISE AND ASKS $500,000
DAMAGES.
STANFORD, Conn., May 21.—No
tice of an impending $500,000 breach
of promise suit against Gene Tunney,
former heavyweight champion, was
given, out here today. Lawyers noti
fied the boxing champion that notice
was filed wit hthe court today.
The complainant is Mrs. Catherine
King Fogarty, 40, a divorcee, of
Fort Worth, Texas, who says Tunney
proposed to her in 1919, that the pro
posal, was accepted, and that he then
marrie danother person.
/ ROME, May 22.—“When I am sued
l let my attorneys worry,” Gene Tun
ney replied today when informed that
Miss Catherine King Fogarty had in-;
stituted a breach of promise suit
against him in American courts.
FORT WORTH,
E. Rankin. nn'Vr
KT Fogarty,
T\. v for br.
ter * 'Tin'. Cath
Hoi -1 rings, A.
Tii : y had Ca
ship .. nd prom is.
would divorce her
May 22.—Mrs. F.j
of Mrs.-Catherine
j M anted Gene
y vp ter dangh
jt.Tunney in
. Rankin said
• Ja companion
, marry her if she
husband.
ERLSiGN M. TR*?*, OLYMPIA
PBStNEER, POLITICIAN, PASSES
OLYMPIA, May 22.—Preston M.
Trey,, Olympia pioneer lawyer, and
one of a family of brothers that fig
ured' prominently in Democratic State
and Alaskan politics for forty years, j
died at his home here last night of
heart disease. He was a brother of,
John W. Troy, well known Juneau
newspaper puglisher.
•BJpmiy o} Xbm sii{ uo (
i
WRANGELL ISLAND GOAL
OF SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION
i
— - j
SEATTLE, aMy 20. — Wrangell I
island will be the goal of a scientific j
expedition sponsored by the Field
Museum of Natural History, which j
will sail from Seattle June 5 on the !
liner Vicoria .
Bruce Thorne, of Chicago, who will
head the expedition, has chartered
the power schooner Dorothy from
Captain Hvatum and will use it for
the cruise from Nome to Siberia and
the Arctic.
Thorne will be accompanied by two
other scientists from the Field Mu
seum.
The Dorothy will sail from Seattle
June 18, and will take aborad the
party of scientists at Nome. Before'
heading for the Arctic the scientists j
will hunt bear on Seward Peninsula
and seek walrus and other marine
mammals and birds in the Arcic.
Superintendent Gilbert H.- Russell, ■
following a visit of a couple of days i
at the Flume Dredge camp nn Little, j
returned here on Sunday "and left.
Monday for the company’s camp on
'■'ankee. Also going out. were Henry
Si arte!la and John John Geske, the
latter in charge of the truck.
CABIN AT T~ 'T HORNED.
The cabin of T.. '.nig'at Flat
burned to he ground a couple of
rights ago, according to late word re
ceived here. The cor.tenttse of th
cabin were also consumed! in. the
blaze- -I
Death Takes
Gen. W. P*
Richardson
FORMER WELL KNOWN ALAS
KAN PASSES AWAY. AT -
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, May 22.—Wilds
P. Richardson, U. S. A., retired, died
Monday in the Walter Reed Hospital
here. The body was taken to West
Point for burial.
Wilds P. Richardson was awarded
the distinguished service medal for
services in Russia during the World
War. He was formerly chairman of
the Alaska Road Commission, serv
ing from 1905, when he became head
of the Commission, to 1918, and he
directed the construction of 367 miles
of wagon roads and trails in Alaska.
Lieut. Richardson came to Alaska
first in 1897, when the War Depart
ment was asked to aid in maintaining
order on the Yukon river in case of
emergency resulting from the Klon
dike rush. He was at Circle and else
where during the winter of 1897-8
and the following summer, and his
presence and work contributed im
measurably to the advantage of stam
pedes and others who were caught in
the ice during tha memorable winter..
He continued with this work in con
nection with CapjBfc 'Ray, with head
quarters at St. Michael, until 1900,
when he was appointed Adjutant for
the Department of Alaska. In that
capacity he selected the sites for the
military posts along the Yukon river
and at Nome—Fort Egbert at Eagle,
Fort Gibbon at Tanana, and Fort
Davis at Nome.
First, and last General Richardson
resided in Alaska for twenty years.
His promotion to all the grades from
and including Captain to Brigadier
general weie cueuiaicu 111 nutSKtt. iu
the course of his Alaska residence he
the course of his residence in Alaska
he had lived in or. visited practically
every point in the Territory and her
had made friends in them all.
general Richardson was born in.
Texas on March* 20, 1861, receiving
his early education in the schools of
tha State. He was appointed a cadet
to the United State; Military Acad*
emy, July 1, T880,. graduating. June
16, 1884, and wan commissioned Sec
ond Lieutenant,, Eighth; Infantry Reg
iment. He was advanced to the grade
of Firs Lieutenant December 16„
1889; Captain, April 26, 1898; Major,
April 7, 1904;’ Lieutenant Colonel,
March 11, 1911 ;and Colonel, April 28,
1914.
Eric Hard, well known mining man*
of the Ophir and Cripple sections,
who was a Sunday arrival, returned!
today to Ophirt
Robert E. Lowrie left today for
the Flume DDredge headquarters,
Yankee creek, going out with John
GGeske..
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Clyde,
coning up in their own launch, were
Sunday arrivals from McGrath.
; rank Hart was a today departure;
ior the Flume Dredge c&mp-at Little
reek.
Dd Nollette was a Monday towr
visitor, returning to Yankee tedny.
Freighter'Del Thompson left!‘Mm
day farDOphir. -