THE
TIMES
VOL XII NO. M?t
TAKOTNA ALASKA. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 3 iy82
PRICE 25 CENT6'
Hutchinson
Plane Lost
COM ES’DOWN IN FLIGHT OVER
GREENLAND—DISTRESS SIG
NALS SOP—8 ABOARD. .
LONDON- — Nothing-, ha# n bee
hefcrd regarding the whereabouts of
the. Hutchinson plane in its flight
from Julianehabh, on the south coast
of -Greenland^ toward Angmagsaalik,
oin the east, coast. After waiting sev
eral. hours. Greenland, auhorities ex.
pressed .the ifear that the plane had
be&n lost. A British, trawler;., the
Lard Talbot, intercepted, distress sig
nals from the plane and hurried to
th* positiontdeignated, but could And
nothing. Anxiety for the safety of
the -eight persons- aboard the plane
was felt immediately after the radio
signals stopped. Hutchinson’s radio
operator had kept. ,m touch, with. the
operator on the. Lord Talbot for more
than an hour after the. plane came
| - down, but these wireless messages
stopped abruptly;, to he heard no
mmw...
Miss Beth Marie Ahddrson-, local
school teacher, returned here early in
„ th* week, following her summer va
cation period, most of which time
was spent at. Anchorage and. Fair
banks.
J. P. Taylor,-Frank Guskey and
Chris Nelson returned a couple of
day ago from an outing of several
days up the Takotna..
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Paraguay
and Bolivia
BOLIVIA ATTACKS TWO FORTS—
PARAGUAY ORDERS MOBIL
EZATION OF LARGE ARMY.
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LA PAZ, Bolivia.—The war de
partment announced tonight that
! Paraguayan troops numbering over
l five thousand have launched an in
tensive assault on both. Fort Agua
rica and Fort Boqueron, in the dis
puted Gran Chaco teritory. It was
indicated that the battle is the most
ferocious of he present military cam
paign, in the Chaco*
ASGUN6I0N,. Paraguay—The gov
ernment has ordered the mobilization
j of an extraordinary army reserve,,
i comprising alt', citizens between the
ages of 36 and 40 years, as a result
of developments in the dispute with
Bolivia over Chaco, territory.
nofficial reports state that a Bo
livian force attacked Fort LsLapoi, a
Chaco outpost, but was repulsed by
Paraguayan troops.
The Cabinet held an extraordinary
session last night, with chiefs of the.
army present, but it is understood
that no important decision was
reached.
A. H. Twitchell, after an absence of
some weeks, was an early-in-the-week
arrival.
Axel Peterson came in from Yankee
early in the week.
. Alaska Interests At
li The Nation’s Capital
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Bjr W.A. &
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8..—When
the Garner relief bill was. introduced,
in. the House, it contained two appro
priations for building- projects- in
Alaska—Anchorage and Ketchikan,
and for a number of. river and harbor
projects in Aaska. It. also contained
appropriations for innumerabe build
ing projects in every congressional
district in. the United States. As a
result many of thfe residents.) of the
respective towns entered their pro
tests against these public buildings,
claiming, that the rented buildings an
swered aver ypurpose, with, a great
saving to the government. This gave
rise to the charge of “pork.” appropri
ations, and when the bill went to the
Senate the various building and river,
and harbor projects all aver the
United States were cut out and the
vised bill .wan accepted in conference
by. the Hokise, with practically no
objection*. Thus Alaska was treated
like tbe |Stiete. af New York and al
other States* .with the genera under- ■
standing ..that* the.r Alaska, items' and
all otherMnerifcorious items would he
included A nthe.KgeneraI public build
ings and.Rivera and harbors bills and.
passed at Ahe December session of 1
Congress. This- ^expanaation seems •
necessary to set aright some- critics 1
in Alaskd who .pretend to think that 1
her Territory was discriminated,
against, which is a nahsolutely. er,- 1
roneous thoughts .
An inquirer asks of * Washington i
evening newspaper, “How wide is 1
Bering Strait between Alaska and Si
haUa.?r- Does. 1^ freaae „o*er. in. tha
i
winter?” The following repl was
forthcoming: “It is about 35 miles
wide, and does freeze over in . the.
winter.”
Starting Aughst 1 extensive- _■ ob
servations of the hpper atmosphere
are being hndertaken by the. Weather
Bhreau, as a part of the; program
of the International Polar Year. By
means of kites, captive, pilot., anti
sounding balloons, and airplane as
censions it is panned to obtain*, as.
complete a record as possible of
temperature and wind condition*, in
the troposphone and lower regions of
the stratosphere. This will form part
of. a oddwide record to. be compiled:
during the- year by the cooperating
nations The whole picture' is e* -
pecte dto prove of vital significance
in future weather predictions.! A. spe
cial station is to be established at
Point Barrow, Alaska. This is the
farthest north point under- the Amer
ican Flag and one of the northern
most permanent stations to bd set up
bi an yof the nations engaged in /the
polar year project. C. J. MdGregor,
Weather Bureau meteorologist,, is:
now on his way to Alaska tot set up
this station. In additions Pfldt* . bal
loon observatons are to> . « bos mo do
:wice daily during tke. yaK.ati' sta
tions at Fairbanks, Junean and Home
One f the best means for.the.study
nf. the stratosphere is thdt sounding:
balloon, which ascends to enormous
heights and then* drops freely, to be
returned to the Weather Bureau by
whoever happens to find it. It proh
ibyl will impossible to make much :
(Ceatioued on .Pngs 44 i
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ESCAPED CIRCUS APE ON
FRENCH-ITALIAN BORDER
MENTONE, Francc.-r—A. circus age,
escaped from his cage,, came near
provoking an international incident
on the ErenchrltaiiaB: border today.
The ape escaped on the Italian side
of the border , and appeared ah dawn
at a frontier post. An Italian) entry,
seeing the ape figure,,stepped ouh in
path, raised his gun and shouted,
“Haiti" The ape/came on.. The sen
try, suddenly, discovering an. animal
instea; dof a man, was. so startled
that, he dropped his. rifle. The ape
calmly walkedilup, picked'up the gun,
broke it by banging it on the ground,
and proceeded, across the French, bor
der. French guards shot the animal
to death a. short time, later..
WALKER RESIGNS AS-MAYOR
OF NE WYORK; WILL SEEK
VINDICATION NEXT ELECTION
NEW YORH-— Mayor James J.
Walker resigned from office today
simultaneously announced that he
-would submit his case “to• the people
who made me mayor.” In. explana
tion of his action the mayor declared
that the question has reached this
stage: “Shall I permit myself to be
lynehed to satisfy prejudice or po
litical ambition?”
The resignation of the mayor,
[which was sent to the office of City
Cleric Michael Cruise, was contained
in a.single sentence: “L hereby re
sign as mayor of the city of New
York* said .resignation to take effect
immediately,”
The. scion of. Walker came after 14
months of legislative investigation,
which-, reached a .climax in. the Albany
hearings; scheduled for resumption
today.
At the time, of the announcement
of the resignation the mayor released
a 3.4Oil-word formal statement, in
which he indicated, but did not state
definitely, that he might seek vindi
cation at the polls. Political leaders
consider it certain, however, that he
will ruif again.
After characterizing the hearing
before Governor Roosevelt as a “trav
esty and mock trial proceeding, in
comparison to which.even the practice
of drumhead court martial seemed
liberal,” Walker concluded with:
“Why, then continue: before him when
there is another forum open to me?
To that forum,, the people of New
York, I Leave my case, in the spirit of
true democracy, conscious of the rec
titude of my official acts and with
faith in the fair judgment of my
fellow: citizens."
I>r. C. D. Carter, well known den
tist, was a Takotna vsitor for a
couple of day during the past week.
Dr.. Garter left on airplane for An
chorage oa Thursday, headed for the
Outside to-give attention to important
business matters. After a few weeks
on the Outside, probably in about
four months, he experts to return to
McGrath, following out his business
itinerary from that point.
Hawley W. Sterling, superintend
ent of. Alaska Road Commission, left
this morning for Medfra to given at
tention to official duties. Also going
as Cm as McGrath were Deputy Mar
shal Stanley. J. Nichols and U. S.
Commissioner W. T. VanderpooL
H. S. Commissioner W. T. Vander
pool arrived a couple of days ago, to
rive attention to business matters
Here, returning, to McGrath today.
Deputy Marshal Stanley J. Nichol,
kftor s visit of a couple of days here,
Eatnomd to McGrath this morning.
PORTLANO, Ore.—This city was
boiling- with preconvention doings to
night as more than ten thousand ex
soldiers gathered for the national
convention of the American Legion.
Probably the most discussed incident
of the day was the raiding of ninety
one headquarters by police and the
confiscation of a large quantity of
liquor.
PORTLAND. — Members of the;
American Legion who attend the an
nual convention to be held here will
not be throttled by their national
officers, according to a statement
given to the press today by Henry L.;
Stevens, national commander, who
has arrived in the city to prepare for
the big gathering.
It is to be a legionnaires’ conven
tion, Stevens stated, and the delegates
will be permitted to say what they
wish so long as they confine their
statements to resolutions introduced
in the proper manner and passed
through the proper channels.
Asked, concerning reports that the
Legion would go on record as con
demning the use of troops to evict i
the B. E. F. from Washington this
summer, Commander Stevens assert
ed very firmly that “there will be no;
attempt “tt hush up the delegates or
prevent them from getting things off
their chest.” j
SEATTLE.—Ahira E. Pierce, ex- i
president of the Washingtn Loan &
Securities Company and former man-,
ager of the Hoi7v Savings & Loan'
Association, wa* convicted yesterday!
on a charge of publishing a false cor-j
poration report, and, in consequence, |
he faces a possible sentence of ten;
years in the penitentiary and a fine;
of $5,000. Sentence will be imposed j
September 17.
Pierce faces trial on October 2 on
forgery and larceny charges involv
ing $120,000 in connection with his
management of the Home Savings &
Loan Association, He also has been
named in a civil suit involving half
a million dollars in connection with
the collapse of the savngs association.
ROTTERDAM.—A mutiny aboard
the Holland—American liner Rotter- i
dam, which developed near the end,
of the ship’s voyage from New York,!
terminated in the hands of the police
when the liner reached this port yes
terday.
When the trouble started among j
members of the crew, the captain j
sent a call for aid, and the steamer.
was met soon afterward by the mine- j
layer Meerlandt and escorted into
port. Upon arrival here four police
men boarded the Rotterdam, with
warrants for the arrest of the ring-1
The trouble started when the can
leaders.
tain ordered the passengers landed
at Southampton. The mutineers in
sisted on proceeding to this port,
which the owners of the vessel de
sired to avoid because of the fear that
the members of the crew would join
the seamen’s strke.
WASHINGTON. — The Treasury
Department announces that rapid
progress is being made with the
$700,000,000 public building program
with specific-authorizations aggregat
ing $496,463,942.
The statement says that 230 build
ings, costing $71,000,000, have been
completed and that 382 projects,.cost
ing more than $324,000,000, are under
contract.
The entire program calls for the
construction of about 1800 buildng3
throughout the country.
SALT LAKE CITY.—In an address
delivered here last night, Senator
Reed Smoot declared that “no scheme
has been devised under which war
debts will be wiped out.” Every
remedy thus far proposed, he said,
would merely transfer the debts to
the American people.
The Senator declared further that
there is no connection, legal or other
wise, between the debts owed by Eu
ropean nations to the United States
and the erparations which European
nation sassessed against Germany.
And he pointed out that the French
government had not made any effort
to link debts and reparations during
the earlier year-; of payments The
move was made, ne charged only
after Germany had been drained be
yond the possibility of paying any
more.
The total amount of rep irations re
ceived by France from Germany, the
Senator said, war. probably ten times
th eamount France paid to the United
States on debts owed this country.
NEW YORK.—The State Demo
cratic committee, a Tammany-con
trolled organization, held a brief
meeting here today and gave its en
dorsement to the Roosevelt-Garner
pational ticket. The meeting lasted
just four minutes.
There had been some question as
to the probable stand the committee
would take on the Roosevelt candi
dacy. The action is regarded as sig
nifying that Tammany will stand
solidly behind the ticket.
HOLLYWOOD, Cal.—A bullet hole
through his head, last night or today,
ended the life of Paul Bern, motion
picture executive, at the home he gave
Jean Harlow, screen actress, whom he
marriel two months ago. Police said
a uicide note was left, reading,
“Dearet dear, unfortunately this is
the only way to make good a fright
ful wrong Pve done you and to wipe
out my abject humiliation. I love
you. Paul.” The wife is reportel to
be hysterical and unable to make any
explanation.
In an effort to uncover a motive for
apparent suicide of Paul Bern, hus
band of Jean Harlow, actress, Detec
tive Inspector David A. Davidson an
nounced he would question Miss Har
low as soon as her condition would
permit an interview. Miss Harlow
i reported near collapse following the
finding of her husband's body, shot
through the head.
NEW YORK.—The Times is au
thority for the statement that a red
haired woman, about 35 years of age,
who registered as Mors. Paul Bern,
has been living in a hotel near Times
square during the last teil years. Of
ficial of the hotel are reported to have
stated that Bern viited the woman
once a year, usually when in the East
on business. . He sent he ra check
every fortnight, and she used the
checks tto.pay her hotel bill.
Bern was last seen at the hotel last
October. The woman left the hotel
in January without leaving a forward
ing address, but had her trunk*'
Jhipped to-San Francisco.