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TAKOTNA. ALASKA, SATURDAY, DK< EMBER lb, 1!L'6
PRICE 25 CENT.'
ALABAMA
r. Intimates H gh Crimes
Agidasi Daugherty
. and Mellon.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—Senator
Heflin.'of Alabama, in a Senate speech
today, charged that Attorney General
Daugagrty’s friend Jess Smith was
murdered because he knew too much,
and—that it would open the eyes of
theanation if the inside story of the j
recent • Kall-Doheny oil conspiracy ac-j
quittal here ever were told.
Secretary of Treasury Mellon was
pictured by the Alabaman as receiv
ing: $5,000,000 collected by Smith from
brewers-and bootleggers in payment
for advances to the Harding campaign
fund,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—The ac-;
quittal of Fail and Dohsny in the oil
conspiracy case brought a large rep
resentation on the Senate floor, where
Heflin, of Alabama, assailed it as an
msuit to justice. “It is the first time
1 ever heard of jurors merrily go:,,
about their work ami singing -s they
turned loose two of the most high
handed highwaymen ever set at
.arge,” said the Alabaman
BILL FOR MANUFACTURE
OF MEDICINAL WHISKEY
WASHINGTON,- Doc! 21.—A bill
authorizing the creation of a $100,
000,000 corporation -to control the
manufacture of medicinal .whisky has
been completed by the Tceasury De
partment for presentation to Congress
»n line with the plans of Assistant
treasurer Andrews.
MODERN FASHIONS BLAMED.
ROME, Dec. - 21.—Modern fashions j
for women were charged as an out-!
rage to every sense against human
and Christian dignity by Pope Pius in
an address to a thousand representa
tives of the Federation of Catholic
Men.
r LGOD CONTROL LOWELL CK.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—The sen
ate today passed the bill authorizing
the Secretary of War to expend
$.125,000 for flood control along Low
e' creek, Alaska.
Telegraphic .Ticks
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—Ned M
Crcen, who was acquitted in San
Francisco yesterday on charges of em
bezzling confiscated liquors, was or
dered reinstated today as provision
administrator of that city.
NEW Y’ORK, Dec. 17.—Wall Street
e: perienced a roaring bull market to
day, the result of the unexpected cut
ting f a $20,000,000 meloiv by the di
rectors of the United States Steel Cor
poration late yesterday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—Theft,
raft and extravagance in the admin
stration of the alien custodian's office
over a period of eight years was
charged in the Senate today by Borah
BERLIN, Dec. 17.—Governmenl
Chancellor Marx resigned today, aftei
being defeated in the reichstag on t
vote of confidence.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—The rlv
ers and harbors bill was passed las
night hy the Senate
A Few Former Alas
kans, Where They Are,
What They Are Doing
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 25.Living in
Southern California, and especially in
the winter season, is a delightful cx-j
perience. This city has had a tremen- _
dous growth in the past few years,
and in it and the surrounding country
may be found thousands of former
Alaskans and people from the Yukon
who seem to like the change from the
climate of the far North to one of
gentle breezes and sunny skies. But
one seldom finds a person who does ,
not speak of the Northland with affec
tion and express, maybe, a wish that
they might return to it.
Bernard M. Stone, who published a .
3nappy newspaper at Leadfield, Inyo >
county, Calif., for some time after ! '
leaving Anchorage, has suspended
publication pending developments in
the camp, which have not been as
rapid as was expected. Leadfield, i
which is in the Death Valley country,,
gave promise of becoming a lead pro
ducer with sufficient development, and
work is still under way. Among
those interested in the camp is Jake;*
Berger, formerly of Nome and other i
parts of Alaska.
“Billy” Bunger, who lived in Nome 1
ji several years during the earo !
ays of that camp, has had his home i
^re for many years, during which he ;
as been connected with the trans
lation department of the Los An
,o.es Examiner. Mr. and Mrs. Bun
_er have a nice home in Los Angetes. I 1
William Maloney, former Alaska
mine inspector, suffered the loss of hm j
left eye some time ago, while inspect- j
ing a mine in Inyo county, California.
While holding a drill to obtain an ore :
sample, he was struck in- the eye by a 1
sliver of steel. He was rushed to Los
Angeles .by motor, hut eiforts to save
me organ were fruitless. Mr. Ma
_,ney has his home in San Francisco.
Scotty Allen, famed throughout the
North for his dog-mushin^Abilities, is
now in British Columbia, where he is
connected with the development of a
mining property owned, by »-Los An
geles capitalists.
" --
Evan Bruitur, uiuume mining man
x Nome and Valdez, was in Los An |
eles recently, from Inyo county, Ca.i
.ornia, where he was employed in
nine development work. H- makes
..s home in Oakland.
‘Waterfront nruw
a.rbanks, where he »a nail know..
w lives in Culver C.ty, a Los An
e es suburb. Mrs. Brown passed on
,.st spring.
J. M. (“Jack'’) Ousby, fer som j
■ears past a deputy sheric of Los An i
Jc.es county, recently suffered the
oss of his automobile, a Diana Sedan,
hrough theft. Ousby left his ma
hine outside a hotel, and when he re
rned to where he had parked it, ii
ad disappeared.
F. It. Brenneman, former United
itates marshal for the Third Alaska
''vision, is now a deputy sheriff, sta
ioned at Long Beach, Calif.
Duke Stubbs, veteran Alaskan pio
'eer, and enthusiastic booster for
Alaska’s development, and well-being,
pent a considerable part of the past
ummer in Los Angeles endeavoring
o promote a steamship and develop
. nent company for Alaska products.
l Although progress was made, he was
mable to bring his project to a suc
'essful conclusion.
t Albert J. Cody and wife and Albert,
(Contrued on Pag«;o )
■
I
cmc Coastwihi Liquor
Conspiracy.
SEATTLE, Dec. 21.—Assistant
United States Attorney General Mabel
Walker Willebrandt will come to Se
attle to present personally to the Fed
eral Grand Jury convened here evi
dence gathered by secret agents of !
the internal revenue department bar-!
.ng Northern operations and their ac
tivities in a great .Pacific coastwise li
quor conspiracy
DEDUCTION OF GOVERNMENT
DEET DURING YEAR 192
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—Th
Treasury announced today that the
Government debt had been reduces
nc Oiiiiou o..e tiunured m.liion dodar
.ar.ng the year 1924.
AKOTNANS SPEND MOST
ENJOYABLE XMAS DA
Takotnans spent a most enjoyable. ;
Jhrlstmas day and evening. Guesti
.egan arriving about 2 p. m. and wore
soon scattered among friends, enjoy
ing Christmas dinners which were
awaiting their arrival.
Mrs. A1 Johnson entertained Mrs.
N. G. and Miss DeEtte Hanson, Mrs.
Stabler and R. M. White.
Mrs. 'W. H. Jones' guests were Mr.
and Mrs. George Mutchler and Robert
Shively.
Mrs. Dave Clough had as dinner
guests Chris Peterson. M. Hochriter
and Charles Konietako.
Misses Ellen Fred and Rose Oates,
and Messrs. Ed Stephenson, Arthur
L’heureux and A. X. Grant were en
tertained at dinner hy Mrs. B. J.
Boyd.
At 8 o’clock the. Larson House,
which had been especially opened for
the occasion, became the center of
festivities.
The school program was followed
by dancing, which, with only an inter
mission at midnight to allow the
merrymakers to. partake of the excel
lent lunch furnished hy Mrs. VV. H.
Jones, -was kept up until T>:30 the
following morning.
The excellent music was furnished
by Messrs. Robert Low rie, Peter Jen
en and Hank Waliick, Mr. Wallick
allowing himself to be tempted from
his post occasionally long enough to
.rip the light fantastic himself.
MEDAL OF HONOR
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—The sen
ate voted a medal of honor to R. D.
Bennett for his flight across the
North Pole, restoring him to his for
mer rank of command in the navy.
Bennett was warrant officer.
Lee T. Pence, cashier of the Bank
of Iditarod, and Harry S enifwy cmf
of Iditarod; Harry Sheppard, of Shep
pard & Donnelley, well known Flat
crchants; and Walter Wood, Iditarod
lostmaster, were Wednesday arrivals,
coming with Mr. and Mors. Chester
Brink. They all continued on their
vay to Fa;rbanks on Thursday.
Deputy U. S. Marshal Peter McMul
len arrived WWednesday, on official
business, and returned to McGrath on
Thursday.
Jack Whittaker was a Sunday ar
rival from Flat, and.left Tuesday for
1 Fairbanks.
Excellent Program
Rendered Xmas Day
by Takotna School
Mrs. B. J. Boyd, Takotna teacher,
is receiving many compliments anent
the program rendered by her children
at the Christmas Day entertainment.
What Mrs. Boyd's pupils lack in num
bers,*4iey make up in cleverness. From
the Xmas play, which opened the pro
gram, to an adieu by Be*? lk Boyd, the
children carried through a program
lasting over one hour, without a
word from the teacher. The dances
by Bessie Boyd and Mary McLean
were especially good, as were Mar
garet Clough's recitations.
wiuch merriment was caused by
lie parody on "Show Me the
Vay to Go Home,” sung by Miss
Jessie Boyd, Billy Jones’ airplane
de, Dave Clough’s moose honi
ng, Arthur L’heureuxe’s leader, Chris
Peterson as an engineer, and Sour
dough's who leave home only to return
shortly, busted, sore and sad., all re
ceived fitting notice.
The number called th* Takotna
Paper was greatly enjoyed by all.
Very few from town or the nearby
creeks escaped the reportorial atten
tion of the youngsters. In the song
which followed the reading of the so
ul1 d Kusko Times it sounded almost
as if the Times man was getting some
f his news from barber shop gossip.
Following are some of the items at
buted to The Times by the. pupils:
i i
Dick Stephenson contemplates run
inj? a snare line for turtles on thr
ill side back of Mike HochriterV
>orr.estead. Dick has been reliablj
nformed that those animals are be
oruing so i»tfine»«ec5 lu Chat local.ty
t3 to be a real mtoac*' to Mike’s cab
*.agfc patch.
Ij
Fete Jensen recently lost one of the
fine horses entrusted to bis care. It
simply Tala'down and died. Pete has
no idea what the trouble was, but says
he is certain that, like Turnip Mike’s
mule that died on the trail some years
ago, the animal had never done that
before.
Tom Shallow says that every man
in Takotna has become an aviator
lately, and that if each only knew as
much about his own business as he
does flying they would all be million
aires pronto.
Joe Ferris ha3 been relaying
freight from McGrath to Takotna.
Toe says that with the cold weather
and bad trails it is tough work, but
that a man, if he is a man, must do
the best' that he can for Molly and the
babies.
Bob Lowrie is going to quit stove
manufacturing, as he says that every
bottom he makes is either too large or
too small, and bobsleds are easier to
make anyway.
A.1 Johnson received <m the last
boat an up-to-date electric light plant,
but, owing to his many business
cares, up to this time he has been un
able to electrify Takotna. Indications
are, however, that by the 1st of next
JJuly Takotnans will be'owing him
more than 'anyone else for all the
bright lights they will see.
Dan McGinty has about recovered
from the severe cold he contracted
last fall when, owing to the Larson
boat leaving the bank without a warn
ing whistle, Dan was compelled to
plunge into the icy waters of the river
and wado shoulder deep after the
boat.
Larson’s carelessness also caused
Charlie Konietzko to lose the boat, as
he is no swimmer and a much shorter
(Contniwd on Page 3. I
TROUBLES
FOR SMITH
Appointed to Succeed
McKinley as Illi
nois Senator.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—A reso
hit ion designed to prevent Frank L
Smith from taking his seat as Sen
ator from Illinois was introduced to
day by Senator Ashurst.
Mr. Smith was appointed bv Gov
ernor Small to the Senatorial seat
made vacant by the recent death of
William McKinley.
Ashurst holds that the Senate har
authority for the procedure he recom
mended under its constitution and the
inherent power, and right to keef
itself clean
JUDGE LANDIS RE-ELECTED
BAKED A LL COM MISSION ER
CHICAGO Dec. 21.— Landis was
today re-elected as commissioner of
baseball for for the second term of
seven years, with an increase of $15,
000 in annual salary, which will nov
be $05,000
NOMINATIONS
WASHINGTON. Dec. 21 —Frank
H. DLeterich, of Idaho, was nominated
today as United States circuit judge
for the Ninth district.
Charles G. Favanah, of Idaho, was
nominated as States distric*
judge for Idaho' '■*
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—Coolidge
today nominated <Carl D. Schuneman
of St. Paul. as.assistant Secretary of
the Treasury.
WASHINGTON” REGENTS
HOLD IMPORTANT SESSION
SEATTLE.—The regents ■ of tht
University of WaWshington contin
ued Thompson as acting president one
raised his salary from $G,000 to $10,
000.
Fred C. Ayer, professor of educa
tion, declined the offer to suceeec
Thompson as dean of faculty. Hi
said he was becoming graduate pro
fessor of the School of Administra
ton of the Univeersity of Texas on thi
1st of January.
The regents took under advisement
a $1,.100,000 building program whicl
the Associated .Students proposed
The students said they will assume
at least $770,000 of the cost
Mrs, Frank Joaquin and daughter
Nellie arrived Wednesday from Ganet.
creek, and left on Thursday with
Deputy Marshal McMullen for Me
(7rath, where Mrs. Joaquin will maki
a visit of some days with Mrs. .Mc
Mullen. Miss Greta Joaquin also went
McGrath on the same day, going dowi
with Charlie O’Hailoran, who atrivee
an Wednesday from Ganes.
Charles Kimball, Flume Dredge Co
superintendent, left Sunday on his
way to Nenana, traveling with Frank
Larson and Victor Nystrom. Mr
Kimball is headed for his home in
Oakland for a visit of a few weeks
He is scheduled- to return over the late
winter trail
Herb Riley and George Adams were
among Tuesday arrivals, leaving for
McGrath on their way to Fairbanks
on Wednesday.
Virginia Howard, traveling with
Lars Indegard, arived Monday from
Ophir, and left -Tucsdnv for’-.ffv.r
hanks