VOL. VIII NO. 16
TAKOTNA ALASKA. SATURDAY. JUNE 9. 19278
PRICE 25 CENT*
/ Arriw At
PtBarrow
MERRILL, WIEfT AMD MEMBERS
«.fW- mmXXJMPKNl ARE O. Ji„
SAYS RADIO MESSAGE.
*>
£■ SEWARD, June 5.—A radio mes
: sage from Kotzebue today reports the
. safe arrival at Point Barrow of * the
missing members. of Jfcht Fox Film
v- Corporation anil their rescuers.
The Merrill, plane, went down about
i one hundred miles from Barrow.
Wien.reached.'BaBr"o\v, and later com
. jmenced to- look‘.for Merrill Wien
cruised for at least 2,500 miles before
locating uMerrill.
Pilot Merrill rwas- slightly snow
’ blinded, while Robertson* of the Film
company, who was traveling in the
Merrill plane, had the misfortune to
. freeze his .feet and. hands-though not
seriously. Another member of the
Merrill plane froze the tendons of his
legs. All members, are in the hos
pital at Barrow, and will be unable to
...leave for about :.three weeks.
Aviator Nieminen, with his rescue
i : plane, finally reached Barrow, where
I.. Radio Operator Heyser. set' up:.‘ his
, radios set. After its setting: up' he
c could hear Seward and many other
’.istations .throughout the. States, in
i i. cluing ^Washington.
I TAPPING OF TELEPHONES BY
. WET AGENTS APPROVED BY
T1IE U. S. SUPREME COURT
WASHINGTON, June S^The.tap
ping of telephone wires by prohibition
agents and the use of information so
, gained in oourt trials was approved
today by the United States Supreme
iT Court in a five to four decision. The
t decision, came in an appeal of the
C Olmstead case, from Seattle.
BRITISH CRUISER DURBAN TO
TOUCH MANY ALASKA PORTS
• SEATTLE, June 8.—The British
£ cruiser Durban, now in Pacific waters,
x wilUtuuoh, at Kodiak, Seward, Cor
i do vaj'Sitka', Juneau, Wrangell and
Ketchikan,during its good-will cruise.
■;> CAMPAIGN EXPENSES OF
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
WASHINGTON, June 7.—The Sen
ate investigating committee today
listed the campaign expenses of all
Presidential candidates in both par
ties at $731,087, of which amount
.• more:.than one-half is attributed to
ti the Hoover campaign.
VILNA DISPUTE THREATEN
« ING PEACE OF EUROPE
' GENEVA, June 7.—France joined
t Great Britain today in publicly stat
; Ing before the Council of the League
a oLiNations that the non-settlement of
t the Polish-Lithuanian dispute over
1 the Vilna question is threatening the
; peace of Europe.
I PLANE SOUTHERN CROSS AR
RIVES BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA
BRISBANE, Australia, June 8.—
The plane Southern Cross arrived
here today, after safely negotiating
1,795 miles from Suva, Fiji Island.
Miss Virginia Howard, who made
the trip over from Ophir on' Wednes
day in the hope that she might be
•- of service in saving Mrs.'Dennis Mc
Ginty, after an afternoon here,^re
turned to Oph.ir, going over wjth
^ John Gesko.
|Up In Air
58 H. 37 M.
TWO ITALIAN AVIATORS BREAK
I
j WORLD’S RECORD FOR DURA
TION FLIGHT.
ROME, June 3.—The Italian avi
ators Major Ferrai and Captain Carlo
Delpret landed at 3:20 this afternoon
: at Montecello Field, after having
j broken the world’s record for a dura
' tion flight. They were up in the air
| 58 hours and 37 minutes.
! COOLIDGE TELLS BUTLER HE
DOESN’T WANT THE BIG JOB
NEW YORK, June 7.—The Tele
gram, in an extra edition today, says
President Coolidge has written a let
ter to Butler, chairman of the Repub
| lican National Committee, warning
Hint! that he will not accept the Presi
dential nomination under any circum
stances.
Opponents
* Of Hoover
SUPPORTERS OF LOW DEN, WAT
SON AND CURTIS ORGANIZE
AT KANSAS CITY.
i
KANSAS CITY, June 7.—Field op
ponents of Herbert Hoover completed
organization here today to prevent
him from being nominated in the Re
publican national convention next
week. L. L. Emerson, Republican
nominee for governor of Illinois and
: a Lowden man, is generalissimo of
! the entire anti-Hoover organization.
The combine and selection of Emer
son was effected following a series of
meetings this morning at which sup
porters of Lowden, Watson and Cur
tis participated.
KANSAS CITY, June 4.—Chair
man Butler, of the Republican Na
: tional Committee, arrived today to
prepare for convention arrangements.
VICTORIA SAILS FOR NOME,
CARRYING 301 PASSENGERS
SEATTLE, June 7.—The steamer
Victoria sailed on its first voyage of
the season to Nome this morning,
carrying 301 passengers, including 87
steerage passengers. Among old
timers aboard are Ira D. Orton, Carl
Lomen, L. Baldwin, Samuel Gaylord,
G. A. Paxson, James Kennan, and nu
merous other pioneers of the district.
DAUGHTER OF GOVERNOR
AND MRS. AL SMITH WEDDED
ALBANY, June 9.—Miss Catherine
Alice Smith, youngest daughter of
Governor and Mrs. A1 Smith, today
was married to Francis Joseph Quil
linan, of Troy, a well known lawyer.
The ceremony was performed in the
Church of the Immaculate cmfwy f
Catholic Immaculate Conception
Church by Cardinal Hayes. One hun
dred and fifty guests were present.
WILKINS AND EIELSON AR
RIVE IN PARIS BY AIRPLANE
PARISr J«n<* 8,—Captain-. George
H. Wilkins flrrd Garl B. Eielson, polar
flyers, an-riVed in Paris by airplane
fyoiti fymdon today
ITALIA AND SISTER SHIP
MAINTAIN RADIO COMMUNI
CATION FOR 20 MINUTES
ROME, June ‘.I.—It is announced
that the Citta di Milano, the has*.- ship
for General Umbeton Nobile’s expedi
tion, maintained radio communication
for twenty minutes yesterday after
noon with the dirigible Italia, lost in
the polar wastes since May 25. The
dirigible gave her bearings, which
corresponded to a place twenty miles
north of Cape Leigh Smith, the east
erly extremity of Northeast Land.
KINGS BAY, June 9.—The dirigi
ble Italia was estimated today to be
down near Northeast Land or on the
polar ice o fthe cape to the north. It
is fully and well established here
that all aboard the dirigible Italia
are alive.
25 TO 40 YACHTS ENTERED
IN RACE FROM OLYMPIA,
WASH-, TO JUNEAU, AA.
OLYMPIA, June 6.—Storting on
June 20, there will ,he a yacht race
from this place to Juneau, Alaska, to
be known as the Capital-to-Capital
race. Yachts are entered from all
Northwestern Pacific Yacht clubs, and
there will be between twenty-five and
forty yachts, of two classes, contest
ing. The winner is expected to ar
rive at Juneau about July 4.
SUPREME COURT OF COLO
RADO ASKED TO DISBAR BEN
D. LINDSEY FROM PRACTICE
DENVER, June 8.—The Supreme
Court of Colorado was asked this af
ternoon to disbar Ben D. Lindsay,
famed as former judge, and former
founder of the juvenile court, from
futher practice in Colorado courts.
William L. Boatwright, attorney gen
eral, filed the petition.
LOS ANGELES, June 9.—Judge
I Ben D. Lindsey, who is now visiting
here, characterized the disbarment
proceedings instituted against him in
, Colorado as the mock of the ku kluk
klan.
Telegraphic Ticks.
SEATTLE, June 6.—Billy Suther
land, rich pioneer saloon man, widely
known throughout the West coast,
died at his home here today. He was
stricken blind a week ago.
I SEATTLE, June 9.—The steamer
Dorothy Alexander, with 250 passen
' gers, including 154 round-trip excur
sionists, sailed today for Southeastern
Alaska.
CANTON, June 8.—Fourteen girls
and three school boys, all arrested in
communist raids and described as
confessed “reds,” were executed here
today.
SEATTLE, June 9.—The steamer
Aleutian sailed for Alaska this morn
ing with 379 passengers, including 20
excursionists and 120 for interior
points.
TOKYO, June 8.—A workman tried
unsuccessfully to stab Premier Ta
naka at the railway station today.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, JR.,
HANDS OUT SOME ADVICE
NASHVILLE, June 7.—John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., expressed the opinion
in his commencement address at the
State University today that a large
number of boys and girls who rush
off to college could make more of
their lives if they went into some use
ful occupation in their home towns.
Bandits Get
$65*000
I1M.H fp i o IN OFFICE OF DE
TROIT NEWS, GRAB BIG
PAYROLL AND ESCAI'E
i
DETROIT , June 6—S»>: armed ban
dits, armed v ith.sawed-off shotguns,
held up lf*U uersons in the oft ice of the
Detroit News.today and escaped with
the newspaper's payroll of $65,000.
The hold-up lopk. place during the
busiest part of the. day.. The bandits
left not the slightest trace, as to their
identity.
CHANG TSO LEM T(J GIVE NO
RESISTANCE TO NATION A LISTS
PEKING, June 4.—General Shal
Chang Tso Lea will leave Peking at.
midnight. With his. army he will re
turn to Manchuria, having decided to
let the nationalist army take over
the northern capital peacefully.
_
LindforsTook
His Own Life
_
HANGED HIMSELF ABOUT A
YEAR AGO IN CABIN—BODY
FOUND BY NATIVE
_
BETHEL, June 8.—The body of
Chales Lindfors vas found-io a cabin
in which he handed himself about a
year ago. Lindfors had cards on him
from different lodges which he be
longed to.
Commissioner George. W.- "Hoffman
held .a coroner’s inquest.
The cabin is located about three
miles from the Walsh Brothers claim.
The body was found an May 28th by
a native. AL WALSH
SEVERYANS RETIRED AS
SEATTLE POLICE CHIEF
—
SEATTLE, June 4.-A3apt«i«> •.Jo
seph T. Mason was today appointed
inspecto of police. Mayor Edwards
also announced that George M. Man
ton will be retired as head o fthe fire
department.
SEATTLE, June 7.—William B.
! Severyans, former chief of police, and
Richard W. Sweet, county purchasing
I agent, were appointed superintendent
! of the water depai tment and superin
tendent of public utilities, respective
ly, today by Mayor Edwards, with the
Council gesturing that it will not con
firm either.
SEATTLE, June U.~-Mayor Ed- j
wards, addressing the; Chamber of
Commerce today, blandly, i-toki its
board of trustees that .the -Chamber
needed some new blood.
SEATTLE BUSINESS MEN
HEADED F0K ALASKA
SEATTLE, June 3.-*-A - party of
eight, sponsored by tha- Chamber of
Commerce Young Men's Business
Club, with the primary * irurpose of
renewing business contracts in
Alaska, sailed this morning on the
liner Alaska for Seward and way
ports, wit ha total company of three
hundred, including Thomas McGill, R.
D. Mise arid James McLeavy for Val
des, and fifty passengers bound for,
the Interior via Seward.
Sutherland
On His Way
STARTS HIS CAMPAIGN FOR RE
ELECTION AS DELEGATE
NOME.
SEATTLE, June 7.—Delegate Dan
Sutherland of Alaska sailed today or
the liner Victoria for Nome to begin
his campaign of the Seward Peninsula
for re-election as Delegate to Con
gress. Leaving Nome, he will swing
across to Fairbanks, probably by air
plane, after which he will visit Cen
tral Alaska, closing his campaign in
Southeaster Alaska.
James Wiekersham and Dr. Chase,
Alaska delegates to the Republican
National Convention, left today for
Kansas City.
HARRY K. THAW FORBIDDEN
LAND IN ENGLAND; SAYS
AN l.'N DESIRABLE ALIEN
SOUTHAMPTON, Eng., .Tunc 8.—
Harry K. Thaw was forbidden to en
ter England this morning, on the
ground that he is an ■ undesirable
alien. Thaw is still aboard the liner
Aquitania, hut is hopeful of getting
ashore, somewhere in Europe.
GOVERNOR PARKS, MAJOR
ELLIOTI' AND R. J. SOMMERS
PAY TAKOTNA BRIEF VISIT
Governor George A. Parks. Major
Malcolm Elliott, president, of the
Alaska Road Commission, and Robert
J. Sommers, Territorial highway en
gineer, wee unexpected arrivals in
Takotna last Wednesday evening
The officials, traveling by airplane
with A. A. Bennett, arrived at Mc
Grath at 4 p. ni. that afternoon, re
maining there an hour or more, and
then took flight to Ophir, where an
other stop of a couple of hours wa.
made. From Ophir, Governor Parks
continued by plane, landing in Ta
kotna after a flight of 12 minutes
Major Elliott and Mr. Sommers came
over from Ophir via motor truck, the
trip affording -them opportunity for
inspection of the government high
way.
Governor Parks, by the way a most
likeable gentleman, paid The Times
man. a visit, spending an hour or
more in the sanctum. He is doing
his first traveling by airplane, as s
result of which he has become an en
thusiast over that mode of transport
“Just think of it,” said he, “it tool,
us only a little over thee hours tc
come from Fairbanks to McGrath, i
trip which when I was driving a dop
team would have required many
days.”
The three officials, on their trip of
inspection of conditions throughout
the Territory, in which road matters,
aviation sites and many other matters
will be given full consideration, left
Thursday morning for Flat, from
which point they expected to fly to
Bethel on the same day. Other points
to be visited during the trip are
Holy Cross, Unalakleet, Golovin, Sol
omon, Nome, Keewalik, Kotzebue.
Nulato, Ruby, Tanana, Alatna, Wise
man, Firt Yukon, Circle, Eagle,
Chicken, and back to Fairbanks
which they expect to reach about
June 20. From Fairbanks the party
will travel in autos over the Richard
son highway to the coast.
The Tana, Captain George Green
is scheduled to leave Bethel for Mc
Grath on next Saturday, accordisg ff
late advices.