’ VOL XI NO 10
TAKOINA ALASKA SATURDAY. APRIL 4 Ui30
PRICE 25 CEST*
Dead At Managua Reaches |
3,000; Thousands Injured
10WNAGUA, Nicaragua, April 1.—
1 i.TtWwArthquake dead now exceeds one
•thousand. T.Three thousand wertbir
. .jured. It is estimated that fifteen
thousand are homeless. The proper
ty t*!*-fc'S$ is figured at thirty linifUon
ii' dolla'-s.
»>'• Lie'• it. Com. Hugo Basket, of Seattle,
: ujfvai officer, is among thoser listed as
killed.
- -MANAGUA, April 2,—Six hundred
!. bodies have so far been o recovered
i. from the ruins of the recertt earth
c. quake, with fifteen ^ hundred more
, dead, according to official estimates
t. made tonight.
than a score of men caught
.ooUng bodies of the dead were ■ exe
>. cuted. by the military today.
I UR. GEORGESON, .FATHER OF
ALASKA AGRICULTURE, DEAD
SEATTLE, April 2iA*Dr. Charles
< Christian Georgcson, father of agri
■ culture in Alaska, author ,«nd noted
■ agronomist, died at his home in this
c i gitap - He-had* lived in Seattle
i since retiring two yfl&ts ngcr from 30
. years of arduous Alaska service.
-VERMONT’S NB WSENATOR.
MONTPELIER,>;yt., April 1.—
Warren B. Sustbi w as elected United
•' States Senator, ipf yesterday’s elec
i tion.
/ OV. LES AND MISS LOUCKS
ACQUITTED AT HILLSBORO
HILLSBORO, Ore., March 30.—
Bowles and Miss Irma Loucks, who
were charged with the murder of the
former's wife, were acquitted here
yesterday, following a sensational
trial covering several days.
FORMER NOME MARSHAL
DIES ABOARD STREET CAR
SEATTLE, April 3.—Robert Em
met Jordan, former United States
marshal located at Nome, dropped
dead aboard a street car here yester
day.
FLORIDA HOME OF LATE W. J.
ERYAN SELLS FOR $650,000
MIAMI, April 2.—Villa Serena, the
home of the late William Jennings
Bryan, was sold today to Mrs. Har
riet Terrey Mathieson of New York
for $650,000.
NU? ATO POSTMASTER
FOUND DEAD IN BED
NOME, April 2.—Frank Lyons,
postmaster at Nulato, was found dead
in his bed, according to word received
here today.
.Alaska Interests At
The National Capital
(By W. A. S.)
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 23.—
- A number of Congressmen and other
representatives of the Government
• will make the trip to Alaska this
summerv . on official business. Three
. Senators, comprising the special com
mittee on wild life resources, will sail
from Seattle the latter part of June.
They are Hon. Frederic C. Wolcott,
• of Connecticut; Hon. Peter Norbeck,
• - of South -Dakota; Hon. Key Pitman,
of i Nevada.? Carl D. Shoemaker, spe
cial investigator of the committee,
will accompany them. The Senators
are members of committees as fol
lofs: Walcott—Agriculture and for
> estry, banking, education, Indian af
fairs^ Norbeck—'Banking, agriculture,
library, pensions, public land. Pitt
man—Foreign relations, interstate
• commerce, reclamation, mines, public
• lands, territories.
Another .important delegation will
1 be composed of Representatives, who
v will sail, from Seattle on July 11.
They are Hon. 'Bon.B. Colton of Utah,
Hon. Addison T.: Smith of Idaho, Hon.
• Scott Leavitt:of Montana, Hon. Wm.
. R. Wood of.-Indiana, Haas.. Frank Mur
. phy of Ohio, and Hon. Wm.lH. Has
tings . of Montana. Three of .these
Representatives. are members of the
mportant appropriations committee
v which requires all their : available
time, so that they cannot serve on
; any other .'committees. William E.
Wood is the chairman of the com
mittee with Representatives 'Murphy
‘ and Hastings as members. The other
members serve on committees .as fol
lows: Colton—Public lands, roads,
irrigation and reclamation, and ex
penditures in executive department.
• Smith—Public lands, civil service, |
chairman irrigation and reclamation.
Leavitt—Indian affairs, immigration
and naturalization, irrigation and re
clamation.
Henry Scattergood, assistant com
missioner of Indian affairs, may leave
Seattle about June 12. Horace N.
Albright, director of national parks,
expects tc leave on the same date for
Mount McKinley. Katherine M. Cook,
of the Bureau of Education, studying
special problems, will leave for Nome
and intermediate points the latter
part of April. Bronson DeCue, of
East Orange, N. J., is a lecturer and
writer of importance, who will sail
from Vancouver May 26 and arrive at
Fairbanks June 12. Arthur H. Mer
ritt, of Boston, Mass., will leave Se
attle about June 20 for Fairbanks
and the Interior. He is a noted lec
turer on national parks, etc.
The largest excursion of the year
will be the Los Angeles party of 200,
which sails from Seattle on June 12,
jOing as far as Anchorage, and some
of them to McKinley Park and Fair
banks. A goodly number of members
of the California Sierra Club will
form a party to leave Seattle July 6,
via the Canadian National, for Skag
v. ay and Atlin.
The Cordova Chamber of Com
merce has written Delegate Wicker
sham reuesting that he serve that or
ganization during the ensuing year
before .the Chamber of Commerce of
the United .States, at Washington,
ihey also sent him certificate as na
c onal councilor and delegate to at
tend the. annual meeting of the U. S.
Chamber «at Atlantic City, April 29
May l- A similar request has been
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JUDGE FINLEY SUSTAINED
IN ACTIONS REGARDING PU
GET SOUND SAV-LOAN ASSN,
OLYMPIA, Wash., April 2.—Th*
State Supreme Court today affirmed
Superior Judge Finey’s action in re
moving H. C. Johnson, state director
of efficiency, as receiver for the Pu
^■et Sound Savings A Loan Associa
tion and his appointment of J. H.
Hoffman, former supervisor of the
Savings & Loan Association, as new
■ ic-jivcr. At the same time the court,
ea ed Attorney General John H.
>u. bar's petition to be appointed re
ceiver’s counsel and upheld Judge
Finley’s selection of the law firm of
Caidwe'.l & Lycette to represent the
. eceiver.
Fall Sentence
Is Affirmed
::UST SERVE YEAR IN PENITEN
TIIARY AN DPAY A FINE
OF $100,000
WASHINGTON, April 6.—The ap
pellate court of the District of Co
lumbia today affirmed the decision
and sentence of a year n the penten
i,ary and a fine of $100,000 imposed
upon Albert Bacon Fall, former Sec
retary of Interior, for accepting a
$100,000 bribe from Doheny, Fall is
now on his New Mexico ranch.
McGRATH NOTES.
McGRATH, April 4.—J. K. Crowdy
was a passenger of Pilot Matt Nie~
minen, who arrived here yesterday.
Mr. Crowdy, superintendent of oper
ations of the New York-Alaska Min
ing Company, operating on Bear
creek, in the lower Kuskokwim sec
tion. The plane took flight to Bethel
on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lowe, trav
eling on their eight-passenger plane,
with Pilot Barrows at the controls,
arrived at McGrath on Friday. Also
aboard were Harry Morton, Anchor
age attorney, and Mr. Morrison. The
y-artjy was dreaded for Nome, from
which place the plane will return to
Fairbanks, then head up the Yukon
and make flight by Telegraph creek
to Seattle, which latter place they
expect to reach, within the next three
weeks.
Stan'ey J. Nichols, recently ap
pointed deputy United States mar
shal, with headquarters at McGrath,
arrived at that place on Wednesday
1—st, coming over with Pilot Ed
Young. Coming over at the same
time was Sam T. Kincaid, deputy
arshal stationed at Flat, who re
turned to his post following an ab
sence of some weeks on the Outside.
Fritz Tittel, well known oldtimer,
after an absence of several months,
returned here Friday, coming with
Pilot Barnhill.
Messrs. Barnhill and Blunt are
now the regular fliers for the Pacific
international. Pilot Frank Dorbandt,
it is stated, left a few days ago for
he Outside.
Recent arrivals here from their
aiious headquarters are Happy Jack
Stevenson, Einar Carlson and Joe
Wills. I
Joe Ferris, after an absence of
several months over in the Poorman
section, returned here , last Thursday, j
Poor Policy
Alaska R. R.
FOLLOWING INCREASED RATES,
PASSENGERS TAKING AIR
PLANES AT VALDEZ
VALDEZ, March 27.—The Alaska
Railroad has raised its passenger and
freight rates, with the result that
.he Pacific International Airways
Company is putting on planes,' run
ning a schedule from 'Valdez to Fair
banks. The charge is $100 per pas
senger. This will be about $30 nv re
expensive than going via railway, but.
will save three days’ time.
Valdez, people are expecting great
improvements in the town. The air
service starts nert week. It is under
stood that the Pacific International
Airways has a contract to carry mail
to Nome, and over the Takotna-Flat1
route. The company is well equipped,
having six planes at Anchorage now.
KING GEORGE, WITH SLIGHT
COLD, IS TAKNG NO CHANCES
LONDON, April 6.—King George,
inconvenienced by a slight cold, is
remaining in the royal apartments at
\\ indsor for the present in ■ order to
minimize the likelihood of complica
tions during one of the nastiest Eas
ter seasons England has known in
years.
Air Liner
Is Missing
DISAPPEARED BETWEEN SYD
NEY AND MELBOURNE; HAD
7 PASSENGERS ABOARD.
MELBOURNE, April Nt clue
has yet been found to the fate of the
air linor Southern Clouds; which dis-.
appeared between Sydney, and Mel
bourne over .two week s, ago. It is be
lieved that the seven persons who
were aboard the plane are dead.
•Sefcsah dor the plane has been aban
doned.
MODERN SCIENCE, MONEY
PUT UP A STRONG FIGHT,
BUT DEATH FINALLY WINS
NEW YORK, April C.—The War
ners have lost their dramatic fight
against death.
Lewis, 22-year-old son of Harry
Warner, president of Warner Broth-'
ers Pictures, Inc., was seriously ill
from septic poisoning in Havana two
months ago, and was rushed, to New
York by airplane. An abscessed,
tooth was extracted. The poison
symptoms were disappearing and he
seemed much stronger. Pneumonia
developed, and then double .pneu
monia. Modem medical science was
beaten, death winning Saturday night
at the hospital, hia parents at his;
bedside.
Worren Alford returned here Fri
day from a quick strip to Fairbanks!.
Also returning with him was his
daughter, Jean, 4 years old.
Charlie Goebel, following a trip to
McGrath and a visit of a couple of
days in Takotna, departed yesterday
for his headquarters on Ganoe. j
Eighteenth
Amendment
REQUESTS CONGRESS TO CALI
NATIONAL CONVENTION TO
REPEAL PROHIBITION ACT.
ALBANY, N. YApril 2. - Gov
ernor Franklin Roosevelt yesterday
signed the hill passed by the .State
Legislature requesting Congress to
call a national constitution convention
to repeal the eighteenth amendment
Other states are expected to take
similar action.
PANTAGES GETS NEW TRIAL.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 2.—The
State Supreme Court today grantee1
Alexander Pantages, theatrical mag
nate, a new trial on the charge that
he assaulted Eunice Pringle
RICH GROUND UNCOVERED
IN THE KOYUKUK DISTRICT
(Fairbanks News-Minor.)
Bonanza ground going five dollars
to the square foot has been discov
ered on the Hammond river in' tho
Koyukuk.
It was found in a narrow channel
which earlier prospectors had missed
The paystreak has beei traced’ for
a distance of 500 feet, and it is
thought that it extends that much
farther.
Word of the discovery was brought
t-> Fairbanks by Chief Pilot ' Jot
Crosson of the Alaska Airways.
In a letter to Arthur W. Johnson,
Airways general manager E J. Ulen
of Wiseman says:
"Pay has been found or. 5 above
-•*ii(l 6 above, Hammond river, bj
Kelly and Dubin with a drill. "Thu
pay was found in a narro wchanneil
in the middle of the. Hammcnd rivet
The channel is about. 9 feet deep-and
20 feet wide, with a rinv-on each side,
“These claims have been prospect
ed before, but on each side of thus
channel, so the pay was missed. If.
has been traced for 500 feet, and it
looks like that much more at least.
The drill shows the ground goes at,
least $5 a square foot.”
That discovery and others made
during the winter have instilled e>
spirit of confidence in the camp. say*.
Crosson.
“Everyone is quite enthused anal
the whole camp is picking up,” de
clared the flier. “There is evidence
ol' plenty of gold there and prospect
ors have started to find it again. Two
or three outfits have been taking out
money this winter,”
United States Commissioner W. T,
Vanderpool was a t*day arrival from
McGrath. Also coming ;up with him
was Mr. Franklin, representative - ot
the West Coast Grocery Company,,
who will make a brief visit here.
Joe Oates returned here a couple
of days ago from a trip to Netiana.
bringing with him Mrs. Daisy
Williams and four young childr&n,
who will make their home here. Mrs,
Williams, mcidentanlally, is a sister
of Mrs. Oates.
Del Thompson, after a coupfo ' ot
days' visit here, left a CoUple “of days
ago for Ophir, on his way to Flat,
where .’he will he busy during the
coming season.
J. H. Peterson came Thursday from
Ophir, and left Friday fora visit lit
McGrath.