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TOKOTNA, ALASKA. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20; 1923.
DOINGS IN
OKLAHOMA
Legislature Convenes to
Impeach Governor
Walton.:
Oklahoma City, Oct. 10.—Gov
ernor Walton tonight offered to
resign in order to prove his good
faith in his tight against the ku
klux klan' in Oklahoma if the
legislature, at its forthcoming
special session, will enact an
anti-klan law which he will sub
mit to the la wmakers.
Oklahoma City, Oct. 12.—The
legislature met in extraordinary
session here today to consider
impeachment charges against
Governor Walton.
la his address to- the-legisla
ture--Gov. Walton charged1 the
ku'.klux klan with undermining
every corner stone and founda
tion of our government and san
ping the lifeblood of its citizens.
Following Governor Walton’s
address the lower house adopted
a -.resolution empowering the
speaker to name.a committee of
investigation and impeachment,
which is also empowfiied to iu
qukre into the official acts of all
impeachable state officials.
Martial law, which has been in
effect througboutOklahoma since
Sept. 15, was lifted tonight
proclamation of the governor.
RAILROAD
Government Must Cre
ate Payrolls Along Its
| Line, Says Legislator.
Seattle, Oct. li.—Territorial
Senator Heckman, of Alaska, in
addressing tire Alaska commit,
tee of the Chamber of Commerce
today, said the government must
provide tonnage for the Alaska
Railroad and markets fc r Alaska
farms by creaf,ng payroll along
the railroad. He declared- that
mining, with the aid of federal
highways, offered immediate and
satisfactory solution for bothi
problems.
I Representative Carry, of Cali
1 fornia, chairman of the House
committee on territories, has
written that he will arrive here
! and at that time a program
i of Alaska legislation,- from the
viewpoint of the Seattle Cham
ber of Commerce, will bvi sub
mitted to him.
Soldiers’ Bonus Bill
Sure Next Congress
Washington,—Seorefcary of Treasury
Mellon indicated todav that a soldiers’
bonus bill is cettain- t© be introdueeu
in tbe next Congress, adding that any
measure providing means- to raise the
required money would secure* his ap
proval.
Aerial Possibilities for Mai
Service, for Interior Alaska
1 ‘For some years‘much has been heard
from time to time of our mail coming
in by aeroplane, and many people have
been inclined to treat the matter as a
joke. Notwithstanding mail is being
carried between .some of our Eastern
cities by planes, such a thing as having
such a service for Alaska was beyond
our wildest dreams,'’ says Charles E.
Taylor, of Iditarod, who recently ar
aived here, “Comes now, however,
stories of encouragement aloug those
lines, which would indicate that an air
plane mail service is not only a possi
bility, but a probability.
“At Fairbanks, Alaska, at the pres
ent-time,” says Mr. Taylor, “Alaska
has an aviatou all her owe,., in the per
son of Mr. F. Eilson, one of the pro
fessors oi Fairbanks high school, who
saw considerable service in France in
the aviation department.
“A company formed in Fairbanks,
backed by R. C. Wood and W. F,
Thompson, had a two-seated machine
shipped,, to Fairbanks and placed in
charge of Mr. Eilson, who has since
been busy supplying the needs and de
sires of those who had use for the air
service.
“This machine arrived in Fairbanks
in time for the celebration on July itbi,
last, and Mr. Eilson demonstrated nis
ability as an aviator to the utmost sat
isfaction of everybody. AH the stunts,
known toairdom were pulled off with
his littln,machine—looping tho -daou^
tail spins, nose (fires and every other
stunt calculated to makj one’s hair
raise, and which made the beholders
held their breath; hut at that Mr. Eil
son steadfastly refuses to do any of
these stunts with a passenger aboard
except possibly the nose dive, when ha
swoops C. wn to earth like a bird and
glides along close to the treetops until
he comes to his landing place.
‘‘Already Mr. Eilson ha3 made good
commercial U3e of his- plane, having
made several trips to Brooks, Neoana
and even down to Gibbon,. His usual
altitude is about two tboaamf feet and
his speed about ninety miles per hour.
His load is limited to about 250 pounds,
besides himself, arm the smallness of
ilis machine compels him to come to
earth auer an hour’s fiignt. The plane
consumes aoout ten gallons of oil per
hour, ana at present he can carry but
about fifteen gallons in excess of what
is in the tank.
"Mr. Eilson talked freely about the
machine and its capacities and. possi
bilities, and was very muvii> interested
in the needs of the Interior aodl how
they might be enpolied’ with the-aid e*
naaehme. Aebed as to ■ possible
passenger- traffic and - mail serv: j?, he
iaid that, with'.*he present machine, he
jould make the trip,from Fairbanks to
'ditarod, either by- way of Ruby and
Jripple cr by wav of the -present mail
•oute. The principal thing required is
1 >200*1 landing place at ■.the*pro»er
Lime. Already the people of Brooks,
Nenana and Gibbon have cleared off
spaces to ths extern, of about 75 or lbO
yards of a runway, which will enable
Mr. Eilson to make a .safe landing, and
if such 'aoding places wn. furnished
or available at Ruby. Cripple, Ophir,
etc., cr along the mail route via Mc
Grath, Tokotna, Ophir and toward
Iditarod, ,here would be no trouble in
his making the trip at the present
time.
“Mr. lilson stated that the company
contemplated shipping in a much
larger machine, in which event it
would be possible to meke much longer
flights and carry much heavier loads,
and he could see bo reason why mail
service shouid not be made to all in
terior points by the air route.
“He was already in touch with El
Coke Hill with the view of demonstrat
ing the possibility of such service. Let
us wish him all kinds of success ifr he
intends coming this way,” said Mr.
Taylor. “Here’s to Tokotna’s early
air service.”'
High School Boy, 18,
Given Light Heavy
weight Championship
-— *
Columbus, Ga.—Young Stribliog, of
Macon, Ga,, an 18-year-old high school
boy, wrested the world’s lig jl bdavy
weiglit championship from Mike Me*
Tigue, of Ireland, tonight. Thp referee
awarded the decision to Stribling after
he had decla.et1 the match a draw at
the close of the ten-round fight.
London.— Gorges Carpentier knock
ed out Joe Beckett, challenger for the
European championship* in 23seconds,
tonight.
Lloyd George Talks
of a U. S. and British
Peace Understanding
Niagara Falls.—If the United States
aDd Britain can reach an unoerstand
ing that both stand for rational peace
there will be peace in the world. Lloyd
George declared in his address here,
tooay. Witnout such ■ an understand
ing, he added, there wnl oe no peace.
Ko country, he said, could withstand
such a union of force for peace.
Says Henry Ford L^ads
in ;Washington State
Syracuse; N. Y.—Henry Fc'-d is- the
leading choice for president iu the
state of Washington, as the sentiment
now stands, was the declaration made
here today by Governor Hart, of Wash
ington.
Washington Notes
Washington.—Plans for a national -
wide campaign to raise three hundred
thousand dollars to preserve the name
and memory of the late President
HardiDg were approved at the first
meeting today of the Harding Me
morial Association, President Cool
idge was among those- in attendance.
Washington. — The United States
9birjpiag Board has set a minimum
price of S1,5(K>,000- each on sixteen
cargo-passenger vessels of the type 535,,
recentl7- offered for sale. Chairman
Farley announced today.
Washington.—Figure* received by
the Department of Agriculture dvring
the past three da.* indicate a corn
crop of three billion bus! els, the fourth
largest production in the history of the
United states.
SEATTLE
TRAGEDY
Publicity Director Meets
Death at Hands of
Jilted Woman.
Seattle, Oct. 14.—Harry Lu
celle, publicity and advertising
director, was shot ..nd killed at
an early hour this morning at a
roadhouse a few miles out from
this city. The deed was commit
ted by Winifred Gibbons, 21, a
divorcee, and niece of County
Treasurer Shields. Mrs. Lu
celle, a bride of two months, was
in another part of the inn at the
time of the shooting.
Dying, Lucelle said he did not
know the woman, but the slayer
declared that she had known
him for several years as Bill
Williams.
Prosecutor Gibbons, late to
day, announced that it Miss Gib
bons is found sane by alienists
she will be tried on a charge of
manslaughter in killing Lucelle,
but if mentally irresponsible she
will be tried as insane person.
Would Have Prince
Rupert Port of Call
for Alaskan ; Boats
Vancouver, B. C.—Alaska is going: to
i *» ;e a fight before Congress when
that body next conv< nes to ha. e Prince
Rupert made its principal port of call
wh;oh object is-scught to be attained
through deletion of the «o-called
Alaska clause from thf> Jones coastwise
shipping bill. Tb s !s the statement
of John Rustgard, of Juneau, attorney
general of-Alask ' o is in Vaucou
he will direot the fight
Harding Memorial
Association F< rmed
, Columbus, O. — The Harding ' >.
morial Association, having for i*~
pose the erection of a mausol a*
Marion for the late Presiden., as
formed here today. The incorporators
of the {association include President
Coolidge and all members of his Cab
inet. The Marion association also is to
endow a university chair of diplomacy
and government,.
U. S. Shipping Board
Cannot Sell Its Fleet
San Francisco.—T1 United States
Sbimring Board cannot sell its fleet of
forty-nine passenger liners anu twelve
hundred freights beats. The Board will
attempt fc® Sfease them, aed will con
tinue to operate them in thi event the
leasing plan fails, according to Meyer
Biesner, a member of the Board, in an
address here.
Seattle.—The Northwestern Section
of the American Institute of Mining
and Metallurgical Engineers convened
in annual session here today.
lie no.—Nearly all Indians of West
ern Nevada havs been killed off by
drinking denatured.alcohol*.
PENNANT
Are Now Battling in
World Series for Base™
ball Championship.
New York, Oct 9.—The New
York Giants and New York
Yankees, winners of American.
League and National League
pennants, will open the world’s
baseball series here tomorrow.
The lineup of the respective
teams, barring changes, will be
as follows:
Giants—Bancroft, ss; Groh,
3b; Freisch, 2b; Young, rf; E.
Meusel, If; Stengler or Cunning,
ham. cf; Kelley, lb; Snyder, c;
Nehf or Scott, p.
Yanks—Witt, cf; Dugan, 3b:
Ruth, rf; R. E. Meusel, If; Pipp,
lb; Ward, _b; Schang, e; Scott,
ss; Pennock or Hoyt, p.
Umpires — Evans, of Ameri
cans, at plate; Hart, of Na
tionals, at third base; Nallin, of
Americans, at second base;
O'Day, of Nationals, at ti”st
base. _
Giants W in Opening Game, 5 to 4
New York, Oct. 10.—At the
wankee Stadium, 'mis afternoon,
the Giants won the opening game
of the world’s series by a score
of 5 to 4. Stengel made the only
home run in the game, in the
first half of the ninth. Score:
Giants—004000001 runs, 5; hits,
none; errors, none. Pitchers,
...tson and Ryan; catcher, Sny
der.
Yankees—120000100 runs, 4;
hits, 12; erroi’s, 1. Pitchers,
Hoyt and Bush; catcher; Schang.
Yanks Take Second Game.
New York, Oct. 12.—At the'
Polo Grounds the Yanks won to
day’s game by the score of 4 to
2. Ruth made two home runs,
one in the second and one in the
fourth. Meusel made one in the
second for the Giants. The bat
teries were Pennock and Schang
for the Yanks, and McQuillan
and Bentley and Snyder for the *
Giants. Score i
Yanks—010210000 runs, 4.
Giants—010000100 runs, L;
hits, 9; errors, 2.
Giants Win Third.
New York, Oct. 13.—Stengel
came back in the seventh with
another home run, which won
for the G'ants by a score of 1 to
0. The batteries were Nehf and
Snyder for the Giants, and .Jones
and Bush and Schang for the
Yankees. Score:
Giants—Runs, 1; hits, 0; er
rors, 0.
Yankees—Runs, 0; hits, G; er
rors, 1. _
Rich Galena Deposits,
in Far-Off Australia
Brisbane, Australia.—Five miles of
rich galena deposits, just discovered in
the vicinity of Chelragoe, show a silver
content of two thousand ounces to the
ten, in addition to the lead content.