TIMES
' VOL VIII NO. ,17
TAKOTNA ALASKA, SATURDAY. JUNE l'.C'TH
PRICE 25 CENTS
■ n i'M
: Flies Oakland
ToHonolulu
EU MONOPLANE SDl'THKKN CROSS,
4. WEN, MAKES 2,400-MILE
FLICHT SAFELY.
C-OAKLAND,. -May 31.—The tri
!. motored Eokkr monoplan Southrn
£ Cross fieppd of! at. 9 o’clock this
; morning/for Hawaii, en route to Aus
„ tralia. The. Southern Cross carried a
crew of two Australians and two
Americans. They are: Captain
v. Charles Kingsfnrd Smith, cowman
<.>der; Captain C. T. Pulm, co-pilot;
-. ..James .Warner, .radio operator; and
- Lieutenant Commander Harry Lynn,
nawigato’". Warner and Lynn are
. Americans
HONQLT-LU. June 1.—The Mutual
V Wireless Company today reported
l picking up a.message from the South
ern. Cross?, saying: “We have sighted
... land.”.. The! message was sent at 9,
. —Pacific .const time, this morning. j
WHEELER FIELD, Honolulu, June
1.—The monoplane Southern Cross,
L. bearing four men, came -safely*, to
i v. sarth here at noon, after a 2,400-mile
U flight, from .Oakland, Calif., begun
. yesterday
LOUIS J FORBES APPOINTED
SEATTLE CHIEF OF POLICE
SEATTLE, June 1.—Louis J.
. Forbes, a member of the police force
_ for twenty, years, was today appoint
... «d chief of ’ police by Mayor Edwards.
. It is the first appointment announced
fey the new mayor, who takes his
'h office. Monday. Forbes is at present
a lieutenant on the force.
V WILKIN'S OPENS HEADQUAR
TERS, ANTARCTIC SUPPORT
NEW YORK, June 1.—Captain
( Geprg.e H. Wilkins, explorer, who re
*... cently flew from Point Barrow, Alas
. _ka, to Kings Bay, today opened head
quarters here for his proposed Ant
L-. arctic expedition, declaring that he in
tended beating Commander Richard
„ Byrd to the South Pole.
2 FALL OF PEKING BEFORE NA
. TIONALISTS SEEMS IMMINENT
LONDON, May 31.—The fall of
I Peking before the steadily advancing
, Nationalists today again appeared
imminent.
SIS
f. .■Gilbert Russell, Fulme Dredge man
; ager, and Robert Lowrie were Thurs
« day arrivals from ukYaee creek,
v making a stay here of a couple of
hours, and then leaving for the F. D.
* camp on Little creek.
Charlie O’Halloran was a Friday
i arrival from McGrath, and is sched
i uled to leave almost immediately for
; Spruce creek.
John Sinclair, coming up with
t Chester Brink, was a Monday ar
: rival, and left Tuesday for the A. R.
R. camp, Ophir highway.
Nels Pearson was a Monday de
parture for McGrath, going down
v. Chester Brink.
Arriving late Friday evening from
McGrath were Bertha Albi, who will
make a short visit here; Robert Hart,
and Albert and Bernard Ivey.
Charlie Nichols, after an absence of
. several weeJtSj returned here Thurs
-- day, in hi§-.oyvru launch, from a trip
* down river.
i
1
500-Mile
Auto Race
24-YEAR-OLD NOVICE WINS BIG
EVENT AT INDIANAPOLIS
SPEEDWAY.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 30.—Lou
Meyer, 24-year-old novice driver of
Los Angeles, won the 500-mile auto
mobile race at the Indianapolis Motor
Speedway today in a thrilling record
breaking race, before a crowd of one
hundred thousand. Meyer’s time was
5:01.
Lou Moore, of Hollywood, Calif.,
was second. Meyers won by two and
a half miles. George Souders, winner
of the 1027 race, was third.
Meyer made only one stop, of two
minutes, to take on gas, oil and water,
and to change tires.
NEWS- LACKING REGARDING
WHEREABOUTS OF RELIEF !
PLANE AND MISSING PILOTS
(Fairbanks News-Miner.)
Unable to account for the failure
of Richard Heyser, radio operator of
the Barrow relief expedition, to com
municate with Alaskan wireless sta
tions, concern over the whereabouts
of the relief plane has been added to
the mystery surrounding the disap
pearance of Pilots Noel Wien and R.
H. Merrill, two weeks ago.
Pilot Matt A. Niemenen and Heyser
left Kotzebue Friday at noon for
Point Barrow, intending to make a
stop at Wainwright to refuel. They
should have arrived at the village of
Barrow by Friday night or Saturday
morning at the least. Local radio
; men say it would take Heyser about
1 five hours to prepore the radio set for
sending, and accordingly the first
message should have come through by
Saturday evening or Sunday morning.
The relief flyers were depending
upon a Delco engine at the Barrow
station to furnish power for the
radio, but they prepared for an emer
gency in ti|; event that it was not in
operating order by taking along bat
teries which would furnish sufficient
power to operate the set for at least
five hours. If the flyers landed safe
ly at Barrow and were unable to es
tablish communication by radio it is
assumed they would fly immediately
to Kotzebue or Wiseman to bring
word of Merrill and Wien and the
members of the Fox Film Expedition.
Meantime, the first definite word of
Wien and Merrill has been received
here sinre they took off from Wise
man two weeks ago yesterday bound
for Barrow. Pilot Ed Young, who
was at Wiseman Saturday night, was
told by Deputy Marshal V. O. Green
that a prospector on the North Fork
of the Koyukuk river had seen the
two airplanes when they were head
ing over Brooks range.
At that time Wien was flying very
low, barely clearing the peaks. His
engine was apparently missing. Mer
rill was flying much higher. Despite
this apparent motor trouble, Wien
continued on and soon passed out of
view.
This is the first definite clue con
cerning the possible fate, of the avi
ators which, has been received.
John Krieger, after a visit of some
weeks at his headquarters over ' on
Esperanto creek, in the T<olst,oi, re
turned here Thursday
;; Chalie J3aker*was an airplane -^pas
senger froiti-Ophir to Elat yesterday,
gmngvoyej: Pilo.t. A,..A,., Jfognett.
COOLIDGE VOICES PLEA FOR
ABOLISHMENT OF W\R IN -•
ADDRESS AT GETTYSBURG
GETTYSBURG, May 30.—SpeaF
ing at Gettysburg battlefield, neei
the spot where Abraham Lincoln d*
livered his immortal address, Pr»-si
dent Coolidge today voiced a plea for
the abolishment of war as the fittest
tribute to war dead. America at the
same time, he said, demanded less in
difference to crime in the United
States.
McGrath Notes.
McGRATH, June 1.—The steamer
Tana, Captain George Green, depart
ed on the 27th for Bethel, where it
will connect with the steamer W. H.
Tupper, now en route from Seattle to
the lower Kuskokwim port. N. G.
Hanson is acting as purser on the
Tana this year.
Miss Ann Hughes, Takotna school
teacher during the past school year,
was a passenger to Bethel.
Aside from Howard Langley and
Ed Stevenson, veteran engineers, the
Tana is manned this year by the foL
lowing: Richard Rhodes (Diamond
Dick), well known chef; Charlie
Konig, mate; James Davidson, Peter
Snow, Charlie Cowan, M. Clancey.
Recent arrivals here from outlying
sections include the following: Frank
Cioli, coming from Peluk; Dan Mc
Crea, from Big River; Andy Peterson,
from up the Takotna; Tom Conley,
from Big River; Pitka, who came
Nicolai; Esi, from Big River; Ralph
Dulac, with hins wife and sons Harry
and Alexi, after a visit of several
weeks up the Takotna.
Fritz Tittel, well known oldtimer
and a persistent prospector, was an
arrival here on the 28th.
Clint Winan, from Medfra, coming
down with Fred Spencer, arrived at
McGrath a couple of days ago, nurs
ing a very sore foot, caused by porc
upine quills. It looked for a time as
though he would have to take air
plane for Fairbanks, but the condi
tion of his foot at this writing is
somewhat improved.
Pilot Ed Young returned here
Thursday from a trip to Flat, to
which place he hastened to answer a
call for an airplane to take a man
named Demientieff to Fairbanks. Ar
riving at Flat, Mr. Young found that
his prospective passenger had jbeexi
taken by death. Demientieff, a well
known Flat native, according to what
could be learned, had received a gun
byshot wound in the stomach, caused
by its discharge while being cleaned
by a companion.
D. W. Flanigan, fur buyer, who
recently arrived here by way of the
of the upper Kuskokwim, was a
Thursday departure for Fairbanks by
airplane, going over with Pilot Ed
Young.
Charlie Mespelt, one ofthe lessees
of the Nixon quartz mine, was an ar
rival here from Medfra on the 25th,
and left the next day for Fairbanks,
an airplane passenger of Pilot Ed
Young. From Fairbanks Mr. Mes
pelt will leave immediately for Sew
ard en route to the Outside, going di- j
rectly to Southern California for a
visit with relatives and friends.
Lee Page, a well known oldtimer,
was among yesterday arrivals here.
Work started on the McGrath air
plane landing field today. Among
thos ewho will help to rush the work
to completion are the following: Nels
Pearson, Harry Menzoff, Wm. Behan,
Bud Riley, James Pirnie, Chester
Brink, and one or two others.
Arvid Repo, A. R. C. truck driver,
was among last Sunday's town vis
itqrs.
Bandits Get
; $150,000
200 GUESTS FORCED TO THROW
BliiJ-K. I.ns, JEWELRY, ETC ,
rSio CANVAS BAG
| _
INMA.N i’OLIS, May 31.—Two
I hundred guests .attending the. Speed
. way day, duin-sw- dance n£ the Broad
j moor Count: y iy3ub, northwest of In
, dbimpoiis, last night were held up
by six bandit- and robbed of 8150,000.
The outlaws escaped -in- automobiles.
A11 guests were forced to throw
their \billfolds, watches' rings and
other jewelry and .valuables into a
large canvas bag- • Dfsny prominent |
business and professional men were
I victims
_I
| UNCONFIRME DREPORT SAYS
DIRIGIBLE ITALIA, LOCATED
NORTH OF SPITSBERGEN
ROME, May 31.—An official com
munique today advanced the belief
that the crew of the losfcjpolar dirigi
ble Italia is located somewhere be
tween Wijdc Bay and Hemlopen
i Straits, in Northern. Spitzbergen.
OSLO, Norway, May 20— Although
reports wholly unconfirmed have been
received at Oslo saying- the Italia 's
down at Amsterdam island, north of.
Spitsbergen, the Norwegian govern
ment is going steadily ahead with
plans to send out -a relief expedition.
Unfavorable weather, including in
tense cold and hflvy snow, prevails!
at Kings Bay, increasing the difficulty
of the base ship’s eareh.
Telegraphic Ticks.
SEATTLE, May 30.—In common
■ with other cities throughout the-na
.tion, this city observed Memorial day
i with the usual parade and ceremonies
at the graves of those who gave up'
their lives for and in defense of the’
nation.
—
SEATTLE, May 30.—The steamer;
l Sapora has been purchased by Cap- j
tain Alexander Allen, who will oner-;
ate the vessel in the Western Alaska,
trade.
! WASHINGTON, June 1.—H. Theo-j
| dore Tate, of Tennessee, was appoint- j
•ed today by President Coolidge asi
troasurer of the United States
COOLIDGE TO SPEND SUMMER
VACATION IN WISCONSIN
WASHINGTON, June 1—President
Coolidge will spend his summer va
cation on the Henry Clay Pierce es
tate, located about thirty miles from
Superior, Wis., the White House an
nounced today.
Andy Peterson, better known to his
intimates as “the traveling Swede,”
who arrived last Sunday from up the
Takotna, left Monday for McGrath,
going down in his own. launch
I .
Carl Schuttler, after a visit of sev
eral weeks up the Takotna, returned
here last Sunday, and left Monday
for his home at McGrath.
Bud Riley was a Thursday depart
ure for McGrath, ■going down with
Chester Brink.
Jeanne Daniels was a Wednesday
arrival from McGrath, after-a visit
there of several days.
Ed Noliette, after an overnight in
town, returned Thursday to his head
quarters on Yankee.
Opposed By
Sutherland
SEX AT K REJECTS NOMINATION
OF ADAMS FOR JUDGE OF
FIRST DIVISION.
I
W ASHINGTON, May 30,—On the
grounds that he is a non-resident of
Alaska, the Senate yesterday after
noon rejected the nomination of Ed
gar W. Adams, of Eugene, Oregon, to
be district judge of the First Alaska
division.
Delegate Sutherland, of Alaska,
strongly opposed the nomination of
Adams on the ground that he was a
; non-resident, appearing several times
before the Senate committee on judi
; ciarv to sustain his contention.
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jOLDTIMEKS URGE GOVERN
MENT Ain FOR PROTECTION
.(Anchorage Time*.)
Failure of the Government to pro
vide adequate means fo rthe protec
tion of Alaskans in isolated districts
of the Territory is stressed in a reso
lution adopted at tbe last regular
meeting of Anchorage Igloo, No. 15,
Pioneers of Alaska. --The resolution
was prompted by the faiulrp of the
| Government to take action to appre
hend the native outlaw who is report
led to have killed several persons ir
i the Kuskokwim district during the
last year or -two and by the failure
i to act promptly in the. ease of the
disappearance <>f Arthur Kirk.'who is
I believed to i a\ •“ been murdered by
.his partner, Lind for s, in the Id it a roc1
(district. The resolution follows:
i “Whereas it lias come to our atten
tion fro mtim*- to time that prospect
o'-s, miners* and travelers in Alaska
disappear and art never heard of
again, or, possibly, are eventually
j foniru under circumstances which give
! rise to the belief -that murder ha?
I heen committed;, and.
“Whereas th*' provisions for th<
■ search for lost missing men anti foi
j the. investigaturtof crimes committee
j in out-of-the-way placet; and the ap
| prehension of .criminals who avoid the
; towns and the beaten routes of travel
I seem too inadequate and ineffective
and
“Whereas our neighbor Canada has
j set an impressive example in regarc
! to search for the missing and the ap
: urehension of crimes committed or.
i the trail;
ihereiore, bp it resolved by lgloi
No. 15, Pioneers of Alaska, that re
i medial legislation should be passed
! by Congress matin gspecial provisiot
I through the offices of the -Uni tec
-States marshals for search for miss
ing men and the investigation and de
tection of crimes committed on the
■trail, and for e system for the regis
tration of travelers
Adopted at a regular meeting of
Igloo No. 15, Pioneers of Alaska, a?
Anchorage, Alaska, May 4, 1U28.
A. A. Shonbit^k. President.
Mr. and Mrso. Chester Briiik were
Tuesday departures for McGrath, a!
which place- Mr. Brink ve ill be en
gaged for some weeks in handling the
A. R. C. truck during the. making of
the now landing field at that place.
Harry MeuaetF left Tuesday foi
McGrath, going, down with Chester
Brink.
Fred Dubois, after a stay of several
days on Yankee, returned here Wed
nesday.
Mrs. Marguerite Robertson depart
ed Thursday-for McGrath