KUSRO
TIMES
VOL X NO, 331
TAKOTNA ALASKA. SATURDAY. AUGUST 30, 1930
PRICE 25 CENTS
Commotion,
Turbulence
WARFARE. AND3 DISORDERS HT
VARIOUS'PARTS OF THE
GLOBE.
WASHINGTON, Ang. 25—Actual
m ta re and. attempted assassinations
Of general groups are reported from
hal fa. dozen , places about the globe
in today’#, government advices.
In Peru a military?,movement, head
ed by-Lieut. Col. Stanches Cerro, has
* seized the. government, and President
Augusta. Rleguia is fleeing to. Pan
ama omboaxd * warshipi
Warships have been despatched to
tfte MoLendo. ore port to protect the
Guggenheim and other American in
terests.
The.League of.NationsS. recent dis- i
sensionr. with . Britain, being achused
of failing to maintain order in its
Palestine mandate, where there has
bfeen trouble between th eJews and
Arabs in Egypt, an attempt was
made to assassinate Premier Sibeny
‘jappetuittOD ajtiod aq; ;b paj-inq
* Pasha in Calcutta, two bombs being
hUrled at:the police commander.
A $1,500 MEDAL AWARDED*
TO COL. G. A. LINDBERGH
WASHINGTON,, Aug. 16.—Presi
dent Hoover yesterday afternoon pre
sented to Col.. Charles A. Lindbergh
the %1,600 medal Gbngress rec ently
awarded thie latter for his many
achievements in* aviation. Lindbergh,,
im.acceptingy. thanked Congress and
the President-.
MATT NIEMINEN PILOTS
ANCHORAGE PLANE OVER
PEAK OF MT. McKINLEY
(Anchorage Times.)
Majestic Mount McKinley, which
ranks first .among the mountains of
the North.America ncontinent in alti
tude,, grandens and mystery, and
whose forbidding, icy slopes long
have restricted the approach of tour
ist-visitorsito the mountains and gla
ciers far. balow the lofty peak, has
been brought within, easy reach, of
sight-seers?;by the development ...
mountain tC limbing airplane service
The mountain was climbed yester
day to thearery tip of the peak, and
beyond, by .Pilot. Matt A. Nienrinen
and Mechanician Cecil L. Higgins,
the two airmen, in a Fairchild mono
Planet u«vhik uru&ci*. ou «iw
fcada records by ascending to a height
of 24,000 fdet. The altitude of the
highest peak of Mount TeSinley is
officially regarded as 20,300 feet.
• Pilot Nieminen and his flying com
panion set-out from the Anchorage
base of the* Alaska- Airways yester
( day morning'at 10:45 o’clock and' flew
direct to thb mountain, approximate
ly- 1GB miles distant, with favorable
weather conditions prevailing. No
special preparations for the flight
were made^-,beyond giving the plane
a particularly thorough going-over.
f The :airmeorwore their ordinary fly
ing clothings and to all appearances
were starting: on an- inconsequential
commercial fi^ht instead of a record
* seeking expedition to the top of
Uncle Sam’s most widely advertised
, mountain. The plane returned to the
local hangarvat 3 o’clock, having
flown to thd tOp of the continent, and
bade in foumfltaira and a quarter.
In a statement give nto The Times,
Klofe Nieminen explained that the
Lyle-Whitney
High Lights
TWO WITNESES TESTIFY THEY
PAID THOUSANDS TO W.
M. WHITNEY.
SEATTLE, Aug. 28.—An Indian
broke the seven-year silence tradi
tional with his race and startled the
Lyle conspiracy trial today. No war
whoops of the red kind were more
surprising than the testimony given
by Jack McBride, Aberdeen Indian,
that in 1923 he had collected $3,448
from moonshiners and bootleggers in
the Grays Harbor district and split
the bribe with Whitney, who at that
time was chief office rin the prohibi
tion unit.
SEATTLE, Aug. 29.—John Arthur
Boyd charged in the Lyle case here
today that a prohibition officer aided
hi min collecting $12,000 in liquor
sales accounts. Boyd also charged
that prohibition agents in the year
1927 robbed his room and both liquor
trucks and that they received $6,000
a month protection money.
LENVEBERGH BEACON, POWER
FUL GUIDE FO RAVIATORS
CHICAGO, Aug. 28.—The Linde
bergh bearon, the most powerful
guide for aviators known to the
world, was turned on last night by
President Hoover, sitting at his desk
in Washington. The new bearon has
two-billion candle power, and flashes
from the top of the Palm Olive build
ing.
going was rather easy until theji
reached an altitude of 18,000 feet
After that the climbing was rathei
slow because of the lessening of en
gine power as the altitude increased
As the plane circled the peak, the
fliers during part of the time were
within. 100 feet of the mountain and
were able to scan the snow-covered
ice closely in their search for monu
ments which, were supposed to have
been planted at the top by the Hud
son Stuck expedition, which ascended
the mountain in 1913, and by the
Lloyd pasty,- which preceded the
Stuck expedition. The snow had the
appearance of never having been dis
turbed, and the razor-back ridge ol
the peak, which extends from the
die northwest to the southeast, has s
very forbidding aspect, being little
more than a perch, with the sides of
the upper mountain dropping awaj
almost perpendicularly for a consid
/lial-nn/tA TVm fllATC Mmamofl
close to the peak for about an hour,
spiralling slowly upward amt then
circling high above the peak, for a
downward view of it.
Movie juid still cameras were taken
along and some splendid pictures
were obtained of the mountain: at
various stages of the flight.. Condi
tions were ideal for photographing
part of the time,, but before the flight
was completed at mist interefered con
siderably.
Both fliers 'stood’ the high- altitude
without much discomfort. Pilot Nie
minen has at rating.of. 25,250'ffeet in
air tests which: were, a part of his
army training; and when they had
climbed to 34,000 feet he f«lt that he
had appioacUsd sufftrientlydoaec to
bis limit Ads’ safety.
The plane? was not equipped1 with
an instrument fdr. recordibgrth* tem
perature at the -altitude reached, but
(QontL-uc.il on Pegp
PROHIBITION ENFORCEMENT
BY FEDERAL AGENTS ALONE
DECLARED AN IMPOSSIBILITY
WASHINGTON, Aug; 28,—Effect
ive enforcement of prohibition by fed
eral agencies alone was declared an
utter impossibility tonight by Assist
ant Attorney eneral Youngquast in
his appeal for increased' co-operation
from state and municipal authorities
From Iceland
And Germany
TWO BOATS, FOUR ON EACH,.
LAND SAFELY AT NEW YORK
AND NOVA SCOTIA.
NEW YORK, Aug. 26:—A German
seaplane, piloted by Captain von Pro
nan, and his three companions landed
in New York, harbor today from Hal-1
ifax, concluding a secret flight from
Germany that was began mysteri
ohsly last Tuesday. The Germans
brought the big Dornier ship to a
smooth landing on the waetr beside
the Statue of Liberty.
QUEENSPORT, Nova Scotia, Aug.
25.—Captain Wolfgan vop Grokan
and three companions in a Dornier
Walflying boat, arrived here Sunday,
three days from Iceland, via Green
land and Labrador. They will pro
ceed to New York.
Telegraphic Ticks
SEATTLE, Aug. 25.—Ira A. Na
deau, prominent resident of Seattle
for 47 years, died today. He was best
known for his astivities as direstor
general of the Alaka-Yukon-Paciftr
Exposition
SEATTLE, Aug 25.—Eight per
sons are dead today as a result of
traflir crashes on the Western Wash
ington highway and Seattle strceis
over the week-end.
DAYTON, O., Aug. 29.—Patrolman
Janies D. Twohey qf the Seattle po
cioefewcr m Imfw nrfwy mfwy wyp
lice force won the police pstol match
at the natonal rfle match here today.
CHICAGO, Aug. 28.—Colonel C. A.
Lindebergh and Mrs. Lindebergh
landed at the airport here today, hav
ing flown fro mNew Jersey via In
dianapolis.
NEW YORK, Aug. 25 —Lilian
Luckenbach, securing a divorce, was
, awarded $500,000 cash and $18,000 a
i year alimony from Louis Luckenbach,
. steamship) magnate.
< LOS ANGELES, Aug. 25w—Lon
Channey, noted character actor in
motion pictures, died today from
tubercular pneumonia.
SEATTLE, Aug. 25.—Eric Bros
trom, Seattle shipping man, and vice
consult for Sweden, dropped dead
here today.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28.—Roy A.
Young reigned today as governor of
the Federal Reserve Boasd.
CINCINNAT, Aug. 28.-James E.
Jewell of Cblorado was elected com
mandbe of the G. A. R. here today.
Axel Peterson waa an early in the
weak arrival ftom Little creek.
Winners In
Primaries
WH. EL BORAH AND PAT HAR
RISON HAVE NO OPPOSITION
IN PRIMARIES.
DALLAS, Aug. 25;—In the run-olT
race for Democratic nomination for
governor of Texas, Ross B. Sterling,
Houston publisher, defeated “Ma”
Ferguson by 3,000 votes.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 28.—
Mayor Rolph has won the Republican
gubernatorial nomination, defeating
Governor Young, runner up, by about
25,000. Burton Fitts, district attor
ney of Los Angeles, was about 60,000
behind Young.
IDAHO FALLS, Aug. 28.—William
EL Borah was nominated for Senator
at the Republican state convention
here Wednesday afternoon. Demo
crats, in convention earlier in the
day, decided no tto nominate a candi
date against Borah.
John Murray and Ben Ross were
named as Republican and Democratic
candidates, respectively, for governor.
JACKSON, Aug. 28.—Pat Harri
son, unopposed, was renominated by
Mississippi Democrat for Senator.
SENATOR HOWELL DECLARES
FRIENDSHIP FOR RAILROAD
CORDOVA. — Senator Howell of
Nebraska, chairman of the senatorial
commission en route to investigate
the operation and future prospects of
the Alaska Railroad, declared himself
here Wednesday as in favor of the
Alaska Railroad, but sees “abandon
ment unless a change is made.”
Referring to the annual deficit, he
declared he could see the time when
Congress will not pass an appropria
tion bill to continue operation of the
road.
“I am told there are 8,000 persons
living along the railroad and of these
there are 4,000 In one way or another
connected with the railroad. So we
have an investment of $72,000,000 op
erating at an actual defict of nearly
$1,000,000 a year to serve these 4,000
people. Where else in the United
States are we treating our people so
generously?
“I favor public ownership, but pub
lic utilities should be run for blood.”
Senator Howell said he hoped to
find a way to increase the tonnage of
the railroad or reduce th eoperating
expense.
NEW PROCESS FOR REFINING
GASOLINE TO DOUBLE OUTPUT
NEW YORK.—The Standard Oil
Company of New Jersey today an
nounced the organization of a com-;
pany under which a new refining pro-j
cess will be made available to 17 oil j
companies. It is believed the new j
process is capable of doubling the
production of the 17 companies, which
now have an output daily of almost
two-thirds of the, gasoline produced
in the United States.
The steamer Tana landed at Mc
Grath about 7 p* m. Monday, bring
ing consignments destined mostly for
rakotna and Ophir. The Sea Wolf,
Frank Larson, bringing up a large
luantity of freight, landed in front
if Takotna in jnst about 22 1-2 hours
if ter the arrival of the Tana, whinch
was pretty good work.
Grazed Man
Meets Death
ROY BERGSTROM, THREATEN
INC LIVES OF MANY, MEETS
END IN CLASH AT OPHIR.
That Roy Bergstrom, known to his
j intimates as “Honolulu Kid,” met
death at Ophir at 4 a. m. Thursday,
death resulting from injuries inflict
ed by Del Thompson abopt midnight
Wednesday, was the startling news
to reach here early today with fhj ar
rval of P. W. Carlson from Ophr.
A coroner’s jury, mpaneled yester
day, after hearng all the evidence,
brought in a verdict exonerating Mr.
Thompson of all blame. Sitting on
the jury were Eric Hard, Vic Hill,
Frank Meier, James Robinson, John
Stayton and Harry Panther.
Bergstrom, according to Mr. Carl
Carlson, due to heavy drinking, had
been in a wild and dangerous state of
mind for some days, in his drinking
moods having threatened the lives of
a number of people about Ophir.
Some time Wednesday afternoon
Bergstrom went to the Carlson store
and demanded sqme .30 or .25 U. S.
Army ammunition. Mr. Carlson re
fused to give or sell him this ammu
nition. Bergstrom was drunk at the
time. Following refustl, Bergstrom
threateied to kill Mr. Carlson. Speak
ing of Josie Sheehan, a woman with
whom he evidently iVJ,l had some
trouoie, n esaia: am going 10 am
here before 12 o’clock tonight.”
“I am going to smoke this town of
Ophir. am going to kill everybody
here. First, I am going to kill Fred,
Pete and Panther,” said Bergstrom,
referring to Fred Roethlisberger, P.
W. Carlson and Harry Panther,
Bergstrom then went to the home
of Josie Sheehan, at which place, it
is understood, he was denied admit
tance. He then wens to the home of
Mrs. Anderson, an aunt, on Anvil
creek, with whom, it is stated, he was
on most unfriendly terms. More trou
ble followed here. “G-you, I
am going to kill you,” he told her. He
had some words with a native in the
employ of Mrs. Anderson. The latter
made her exit and was starting on
her way to town. The native evi
dently was also trying to get away,
for it was only a few seconds after
Mrs. Anderson came out and was on
her way to town that she heard two
shots. Looking back, she saw noth
ing of the native. At this time noth
ing is known as to his fate. Nothing
has been seen or heard of him since
that time. Whether he was wounded
by the shots and made his escape to
other parts, or fell into a shaft, or
met other mishap, has not been deter
mined. A search was made by a body
of Ophirites yesterday, but without
the slightest clue.
borne time later in the evening uei
Thompson and Josie Sheehan, the lat
ter being afraid to stay in town, were
on their way to Spruce creek. About
a mile out on the highway this side
of Ophir, out of the darkness :n front
of them came a shot. Miss Sheehan
ran nto the brush. Mr. Thomp.ior.
wth a pack on his back, remind
still. From the figure ahead came
the command: “Stand still! Raise
your arpis and keep them up, or I’ll
kill you” To Miss Sheehan he said,
“You come out or ’ll kill you!” She
came out, tried to calm Bergstrom;
nothing doing. Bergstrom ordered
them to return to town, headed for
the office of Commissioner Bolgen,
for what purpose it is not apparent
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