THE RUSKO TIMES
t:VOL. XII NO. ly
TAKOTNA ALASKA. SATURDAY. JUNE 25 1932
PRICE 2S
Roosevelt, of New York,
<aiui Sterner, of Texas, Are
iNonimated By Democrats
(.'CHICAGO, 1.—Franklin D.
1 Roosevelt, Governor .of Hew York,
and John\ Nance Garner, *cff Texas,
F Speaker: Sof Lithe IftEtional House of
I Representatives,.swto aiommeted«to
day by.the .Democratic National con
< .vention^as candidates for President
. and Vice Preaidant, respectively
Baiboting. Tor. the Presidential can
« didatertstaxted^at 5545 this morning,
i folio wing..an all-might session of the
vicanven&ion. . .All went smaothy with
tithe,- rok caill until the count of the
. Minnesota (delegation was called for.
i The nohairmar of hthat delegation an
i namrce<2i24 - votes dor Roosevelt, stat
ing dhat that delegation was working
under the unit rule with instructions
from the Minnesota- State Democratic
e-aonvuntioTi oto asst the: 254 votes for
Roosevelt. An uproar came from two
or three members of -the delegation,
' with (demands for a poll of the dele
gation. The<>poll was taken, result
1 igg iin "20 votes • for- Roosevelt, with
i-the remainder scattering. The con
t .vention chairman stated that the 24 j
\ votes woud <be cast for Roosevelt:
1 Further protest then came from a
i member of <4he delegation, who stated
x. that the personnel of the delegation
r had been relieved of obligation to
t observe .the unit rule, under tele
; gsaphic : in s tructions from the chaip
. man of thfc:St«te>Da«nQCE*tic commit
tee. The convention dhairman ruled
that the 24 votes of the decreation
would be counted for Roosevelt, stat
ing that the action of the Minnesota
convention could not he nullified.
Resuming the balloting, all again
went well until New York .State was
reached,an d in which much factional
strife was shown, although the poll
seemed to indicate that Alfred -E.
Smith led in the poll of that State.
The first hallot of the convention,
taken at about 8 o’clock in the morn
ing, showed 630 votes for Roosevelt,
204 for Smith, the remainder scat
tered among the favorite sons. In
the following ballot the votes of the
Garner supporters, numbering over a
hundred, were thrown to Roosevelt,
wcihh, with other scattering votes,
made the latter .a decisive winner.
An outstanding feature of the con
vention was the decided stand taken
in the platform on the matter of pro
hibition. This calls for absolute re
peal of the prohibition amendment,
that the question of prohibition be
left e&o State regulation, asks that
conventions of the several States bje
called at an early day for definite de
cision, nnd asking early modification.
This plank in the platform was car
ried by .a vote of .964 >to 218, a vote
which leaves no doubt as t*> .the
wishes of the people on that particu
larly ohaoakms ^measure.
IRuns (Miles
IniheNude
.tAl, WHLCH. HAS- TERRIBLE <EX
. PERIEKEE GOING FROM BO
NANZA TGiiWILUOW :CK.
y JJLATA-rWflth net a stitch of cloth
hdqg orn him—positively naked—run
1 nlng furiously toward them—that was
u the sudden, remarkahe, out-of-the-or
i dinary, once-in-a-lifetime sight to
i meet the view of workers at the Lo
. ranger Brothers camp on Willow;
«. ercek, yesterday. The figure, covered
v with a world of mosquitoes, and al
■ most frantic, proved to be none other
udutn Al Welch, well known oldtimer,
• located at Donlin creek.
.Mr. Welch, after a day’s travel
a. from hi? headquarters at Donlin, had
i reached Bonanza creek. His clothing
needed drying. To carry out this
£ procedure, he built a fire, hanging his
.various garments .at what he thought
'..were safe paces. While he was
- waiting, .why not, for which the day
'.was fine, take a good, old-fashioned
. .swim? He was into the water in no
Airne. Exactly how long he remained
. iin the water is not known. At any i
rate, when he again returned to shore i
..he found his clothing had been con- j i
.. aumed in fiames. What a predica-11
ment! The mosquitoes were at their I
: worst. There was only one thing to) i
• do to save himself—to make his way I
I,in all haste to Willow creek, a dis- I
• tance of several miles, where he anil
almost crazed condition, due to the. 1
- terrible ravages of the mosquitoes. i
At the Laranger camp Mr. Welch |
v was given every attention, with all r
i-hKlications.af an eajly recovery. I"
Jack Sharkey
Gets Decision
BUT MAJORITY :©F ■BPBCTJO’QSS
.DECLARE SCHMELLING HMD
BEST OF THE BOUT.
NEW YORK.—Jack Sharpy, of
Boston was awarded the heavyweight
championship *>f the world:Jast nirfht
at the conclusion Qf.%ia.'JhMrQUhd bat
tle at Madison Squaw Garden’* new
outdoor arena with Mak’Schmelling,
German title holder. The decision
was given to Sharkey by Referee
Gunboat Smith, with > one judge'con
curring and the other judge and a
majority of the spectators dissenting.
Seventy-five thousand fans saw - the
fight.
Schmeling entered the ring a favor
ite in the betting, 6 to 5, and weighed
188 pounds . Sharkey weighed 205.
When the decision (was announced,
inly Sharkkey and , his manager,
lohnnie Blodgett, appeared pleased.
But Schmelling was disconsolate; his
nanager, Joe Jacobc, nvas in a tower
ng rage; ringsiders were of the opin
on that the aggressive German had
i clear margin on points, and is poll
>f newspaper writers: showed a big
najority convinced that Schmelling
ihould have received the decision.
In a statement given to the press
ifter the fight Schmelling expressed
(is feelings as follows: “If someone
teats me, I don’t care. I say, the bet
er man, he wins, and that is all right,
lut how can Sharkey beat me, run*
ting away all the time?”
Joe Jacobs, manager for the Gen
ian, charged that the decision was a
plot” to steal the championship itrom
them. "I knew two rwedks -ago that
'Gunboat Smith, was going to referee
.‘the fight.and l knew ialLalong along
that they were going to steal, the title
if he did act as ref ere;. UutAhe^ew
York Boring Commission kept assure
ing me that we’d get an event breakf
Wei), look what happened. -The oply
mistake I made was in not pub&shif’g
the name of,the referee two weeks
ago, when I knew what wa*.cob) tog
off.”
Local Mention
John Felder,.» .former welL known
Takotnan and who w »s engaged in
the mercantile busir, .-.a here in the
early days, .was a during the we*)t-ar
rival. Going from here, Mr. Felder
engaged in business at Bethel, under
the firm name of Felder Mi Gale.
They disposed of their mercantile es
tablishment at Bethel three or four
years ago, and later established .a
similar .institution , at Dillingham,
where they are stil established. Mr.
Felder is also a member of the firm
of Higgins, Felde.t Gale, well.known
locally as operating on Ganea and
Yankee creeks. Mr. Felder will prob
ably remain here a few days. He
returned here yesterday from, a trip
to Yankee and Ganes creeks, in com
pany with Manager Higgins.
What is know nas the Baker bench
at the. mout hof Ganes creek is now
on the way to production, under, & co
operative agreement between Messrs.
Charles Baker, Nels P. Anderson and
Frank Bpeljack, with Me. Anderson
in charge of operations. Going out
during the week for the new camp
were, Warren Alfofd, .Bee .Lampracht
and Charlie QIHalloran.
Frank. Meier, , welt kuwn .Qphix'
mipig man, who axad&.tha trip to An-'
chorage a few. d*y sago, to receive, eye
treatment, occasioned bj5„ap imbedded
piece of steeL returned here last. Mon
day, and departed almost immediately
for Ophir . .The operation on bis, eye
waMnost successful.
McGrath, will celebrateuthe -Eeurth
in its usual happy manner. There
will,b<e games, speaking, an excuraipn.
and. then,.the big dance.. A contin
jc*nt from .Takotnu wilprobably be.ir.
attendance to see that all goes well. .
-Valeria Myejs.. well known Ophir
•.ite, who left Tor. Anchorage some days
ago to receive medical treatment, is
reported to have undergone an opera
tion at the Anchorage hospital during
the week, and her condition is said
to have been improved. •
Axel Peterson was a Monday de
parture for Yankee creek.
’.Charlie Goebel was a last .Sunday
arrival; remaining here a day, and
then returning to his headquarters at
Ganes.
The Sea Wolf, Master Frank Lar
son, arrived today from McGrath,
bringing the last of the shipments
due here which verj brought up on
the Tana.
U. S. Commissioner W. T. Vander
pool w saa Visitor here for. three or
four days, returning to McGrath on
Thursday .
Buckley Sparling passed through
during the week, en route to,Anchor
age, a passenger of Pilot Monsen of
the Pacific Internationa.
Chris Nelson, who has been giving
assistance on the Sea Wolf for some
weeks past, wee among today’s ar
rivals.
Items of Importance |
In Recent Hews Events
\
_.BANGKOK.—A constitutional mon
archy has been established in Siam
the change in the form af government
having been brought about by a revo
lutionary coup, which wag brief and
.effective. .The only -blood ahed waa
tbat_oli:the.;chjet_ of the arniy. who
was put to death by the rebels when
he. resisted* arrest..
The revot was led by the army and
nayy, with the announced qgjective of
delivering the country from a gov
ernment fp rinces.. >The rebels :.in
vaded .the .palace and captured the
ministers and other officials, all .. of
whom .were imprisoned in the build
ing* . A warship was sent, to Jiauhin,
where King Prajadhipok and Queen
Ttanjbai will be taken into custody
and brought to Bangkok. It wilj .be
recalledthatthe king and queen vis
itSSr^he tJmted’ istatee -.recently stnd
spent some time traveling over the
country* jneudjhjtg * trip through
Canada.
iXheupeople idid 'not .take arty part
in, the revolt* And there .have mot been
any disturbances of any kind other
than the action, of the army and navy
forces.
It is .:understoad ttbat, the leaders
of the wvtjjt are willing to permit the
king,to<pontmue to rule over the cou»
trji jbut not as an absolute monarch.
Thebobject is. td rertrieff the jrover, of
the king and to eliminate princes en
tirely from government «(2«ir*-There
also wiHJbe *td«nmncLfof> the reeigna
tvm of the enginedsabnrets all. of the
members, of which, ane princes of the
royal hood.
SOfiNlNQTON,—An lowar pub
lisher, .Gardner ,Cowley Sr„ was ap
pointed by, President Hoover yester
day,, to Sit the vacancy,in .the xscon
structinn finance corporation caused
by, the resignation of .Charles G.
Rawep 'Cowleajap-a. been. the publisher
of ijthe Des Moines Regiater-Trttwne
for some time, <£tfc is $1 years off age
and is considersdto bean jndepaadent
Republican. He has iserved as Septem
ber of the public lauds. commission,
having been appointed -by.Cthe ■Presi
dent in 1929.
WASHINGTON.—.Senator Willi am
E. Borah, powerful supporter of Jhes
ident Hoover in .the last campaign,
will not again support shim for re
election. That is tike statement Bprab
made on the floor of the ivenpte this
morning, his expanntnm being'rthat
his objection to the,President'is his
position with relation to the platform
at the late Republican convention.
The anouncement off the Senator
was made .at Hie conclusion of s
speech in Which he denounced "the
Republican •jQatfonn m no -uncertain
terms, his 'principalSobjecthm Mug
to the failure of the convention to
adopt a dry plank similar to tha one
which Borah wrote four years ago.
Borah was asked.ipoint blank,,, by
Senator Lewis of Illinois if he intend -
and he replied* “I.-wil.pot."
ed to support Hoover fqr je^eleefier.,
Needess to state, . the. reply of
Borah sent a .thrill through the Sen
ate chamber. Previously he had pn-!
nounced that he would not he.bound
by the platfor mwhich served notice
that the prohibition,-issue would be
tarried to the people.
WASHINGTON.—Disappointe d by
he, refusal of; tko S*j»at*;aad ,|he
Hoover .administration -to give fav
orable consideration to their proposal
for immediate payment of bonua
claims, ex-service men who gathered
here ,to. carry on their Congressional
drive, are now turning their attention
to Democratic leaders, with the in
tention of trying to obtain a pledge
from prospective candidates and the
party generaly to put the bonus over
if the roming election brings victory
to the. Democrats.
Having found the 62 Senators who
voted against the bonus bill rather-a
diffuse target, leaders of the ex-ser
vice men’s legislative committee are
now turning their.attention to a cam
paign against President Hoover. All
of the prospective Democrats are
being interrogated on their stand oa
the question and letters are being
sent to all posts oT the American Le
gion .and other organizations inform
ing them of the effort being made.
The letters state that “the effort to
place a bonus pank in the Republics*
platform was laughed down and filed
in the %ast.e basket. Think it over.
Remember November”
, WASHINGTON—-Major machinery
for the new tax bill waa thrown into
gear today and it will operate con
tinuously through to June 30, 1934.
The ..government hopes to realize
$654*000,000 through the ne wmanu
facturera’ excise levy stamp taxes
ande miscellaneous others. The*
taxes amount to more than one-half
of the addition*, .tax of $1,018,500
which the government has decided
must he raised, to balance tha budget.
The new., taxes will affect virtually
every human .activity where the pur
chase of commodities are involved.
CHICAGO.—-'Bishop James Cannon,
Jr* one of the warlords 6t the dry
forces, Jias issued a statement in whic
forces, has. issued a statement in
-which .he asserts that the drys are
just as willing as. the wettest of the
wets to have, the people of the nation
spwak on the question of prohibition,
adding that, the result will prove very
surprising to those who are advocat
-qg a referendum. He admits that
the big cities of the nation are wet,
but he contends that the folks baafc
home will have a lot to say about it
when it comes to a vote He declares
that there will not be any compro
mise so fat aw the drys are cu*.
<*»ne(J,-<&nd no surrender.
UMIAMl.—Stanislaus Hausner, Po
lish flier, Whp, almost lost his life re
cently when-he attempted a flight
from New York .to Warsaw and who
.was rescued by a passing ship after
he had been .adrift in the Atlantic as
i number of days, and who was landed,
here today, announces that he will
make another, start just-as soon as he
can recovxer his dieabed plane.
The,.-flier was given a noisy wel
come here and he. was-decorated with
the gold cross of merit by a repre
sentative of the Polish government.
Hausner relates that 16 ships came
within sight during the eight days he
drifted helplessly about the ocean. He
is sure none -of the ships saw him
until the Ciroe Shell came to his res
cue. He has completely recovered,
from his .adventatre and says he *4*
eager for another try, conldent,Jfe(B