TTOL.VX NO. 29
TAKOTNA ALASKA. SATURDAY. JULY'*, 91930
PRICE 26 CISTS,
Murdered In
Los Angeles
Court Room
EJEESUUT OF $100,000,000 JULIAN
•* CORPORATION COULAPSE
IN 1927.
; (LOS ANGELES, July 14.—As a
i .result.of the $100,000,000 Julian Pe
, troleum Corporation collapse, Montey
Flinty financier, and brother of the
. late Frank Flint, former United
States Senator, was murdered in the
< .court, room here today by Frank Kea
- ton, a real estate dealer.
Keaton was arrested aftr he had
sent..three bullets intoj Flint’s body.
, He. said the losses he sustained in the
. Julian crash in May, 1927, impelled
him. to-the act.
. JAPANESE VESSELS ARE
i JE3SHING NEAR ALASKA
VALUE/., July IS—The cctter
fc Chelan-brpcght the story that on June
30 the cutter discovered the Japanese
steamer. Taihoyu Maru, whose home
port, is Fuebu, anchored 30 miles off
the shore .of Nelson Lagon in the
Bering .Sea. It appeared that the
steamer, was engaged in taking king
•. crabs.
The cutter, sent a small boat over,
> but the Japanese captain refused per
i mission for~ sailers from the cutter to
board his. boat.
Some 10. miles distant the cutter
, passed the. Myogi Maru, a steam
trawler, and~about 20 smaller boats,
all apparently . engaged n fishing.
This, is. the .first time the Japs have
> gone into Bering Sea crab fishing and
it is feared by cannery operators in
. Bristol Ray, .that this may be the fore
runner, of. extensive operations in tak
ing red..salmon on.their way to the
spawning grounds.
At the head of Bristol Bay on July
4 the.. Chelan passed the Taihoyu
Maru.and:,found it had moved its po
sition. 10 miles but was still engaged
in taking surahs.
TYPHOON AND EARTHQUAKE
TAKE LIVES OF HUNDREDS
TOKYO, C July 18.-Three hun
dred -and fifty lives have been lost in
a typhoon which swept the islands of
Kinshu and Loochos and the south
ern section ‘of Korea.
RAGOON, July 18.-^Fifty persons
were.killed..in the earthquake which
. rocked the region sixty miles north
of this cjty.
Anthopy Sweeney, well known old
timer, formerly connected with the
Aitken dredge, the Innoko Dredging
Company, ,and ) latterly with the New
York-Alaska Dredging Company at
Bear creek, Lower Kuskokwim, is at
present in Glasggow, Scotland. In a
letter received a few days ago by
Bert Goodpaster, Mr. Sweeney states
that it is quite unlikely that he will
» ever- return Jiere, although he is most
eager for qpy news coming from his
old friends .hereabouts. His address
is 188 St. George’s Road, Glasgow,
Scotland.
Red Richardson, well known old
timer," arrivedimt McGrath recently,
coining up as a passenger from
Bethel on the^ana.
Max Simel, with outgoing mail, is
' scheduled to leave Ophir at 9 a. m.
-.sharp,on July 24.
ELIHU ROOT WANTS SPECIAL
FEDERAL POLICE FORCE TO
LOOK AFTER COMMUNISTS
NEW YORK, July 17.—Elihu Root,
prominent figure in Republican na
tional councils, favors the organiza
tion of aspecial federal police force
to combat communist activities in the
United States, he said in a letter
made public today.
PASTOR SLAIN AT CONCLU
SION, OF HIS SERMON
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y.—A few
seconds after the Rev. Edgar R.
Wood, pastor of a small mission here,
finished a sermon last night contain
ing the common prayer passage, “In
the midst of life we are in death,”
Frank Ross left a rear pew and shot
the minister dead.
Ross then whirled anl seriously
wounded his wife, Mildred Ross.
Leonard Towe, who brought Mrs.
Ross to the church, was shot in both
legs while he was trying to prevent
Ross’ escape.
Towe and Mrs. Ross had been at
tending church this morning against
th ewishes of Ross. He was arrested
this mqrning on a road near the city.
He had a pistol with him, but offered
no resistance.
REVERSAL ORDERED FOR
FRANK CASE, NOME
SA NFRANCISCO, July 10.—The
United States Circuit Court of Ap
peals reversed the convict 10® oi
Charles Fran kin the Second District
Court of Alaska at Nome.
Frank was convicted and sen
tenced to life imprisonment on s
j charge of first degree murder foi
killing Joseph A. Sparrow at Nome,
■ December 4, 1928.
The appeals court said where there
is any doubt as to whether a mar
! killed another in self-defense the de
! fendant should be acquitted. Fran!
based his plea on self defense, charg
ing that Sparrow attacked him wit!
a hammer when they quarreled in i
disorderly house.
The court opinion ordered a new
trial, if necessary.
AUTERICA’S FUTURE SOURCE
O FNEWS PAPER IS IN ALASKA
SEATTLS, July 16.—America’s fu
ture source of newspaper is in Alas
ka,” John S. Perry, owner of a chair
of Eastern and Southern newspapers
declared today upon his arrivrl ii
; Seattle, his former home, for a sum
mer vacation. ,
CONVICTION OF 32 DEFEND
ANTS IN IDAHO LIQUOR RING
COEUR D5ALENE. — Thirty-twc
defendants in the Wallace “rum re
bellion” were convicted by a federal
jury, making virtually a clean sweep
I in the government’s crusade againsl
North Idaho whisky selling.
The Wallace men were accused oi
levying on liquor dealers, the money
going into the city treasury for mu
nicipal purposes.
_
Chris Bolgen, Ophir postmaster, it
is stated, has recovered most of the
gold that went through the fire at
Ophir a few weeks ago. It is also
understood that two diamonds, the
property of Max Simel, valued -at
about $1,000, were also-, recovered.
Billy Jones, well known oldtimer,
after a couple of days in town,'left a
few days ago on his return to his
mining headquarters .in the Cripple
section.
Owen Gray? lett recently for Yan
kee creak.
Beware Of.
Bolshevism
WARNING CRY UTTERED B>
! POPE PIUS XI TO PEOPLE
OF UNITED STATES.
VATICAN CITY, July 14.—A .sol
I emn warning to beware of the spreac
! of bolshevism was uttered by th*
Pope this afternoon during an audi
ence which he gave to Monsigneui
John Augustine Ryan, rector of th<
Catholic University, Washington.
“The people of the United St :te:
do no* realize how far bolshevism ha.<
I spread," said the Pope.
HOOVER WIL LVACATION
j IN GLACIER NAITONAL PARK
WAHINGTON, July 16.—Presiden
j Hoover has decided to curtail hi;
holiday plans and will leave here 01
August 20 on a fortnight’s vacatioi
in Glacier National Park, Montana
according to announcement cominf
from the Waite House today.
Eight hundred crippled veteran:
of the World War were guests of th<
President and Mrs. Hoover at a lawi
party today on the White Housi
grounds.
lelegraphic licks,
SEATTLE, July 16.—Governo:
Trumbull of Connecticut, father-in
law .of John Coolidge.is visiting ii
Seattle, having come here for th<
purpose of inspecting the manufac
turing plant which he recently pur
chased.
CHICAGO, July 19.—John H. Roe
ruer, well known corporation lawyer
was killed today by a policeman
Roeruer, drunk, was pointing- a re
volver against the head of a younj
woman when the officer shot him.
SEATTLE, July 16.—Amelia Ear
hart, famous aviatrix, flew from Oak
land to Seattle yesterday, coverint
the distance in seven hours. She i:
today inspecting the great Boeinj
airplane plant.
ST. PAUL, July 19.—Nick Warrei
arrived here last night, having madi
the airplane flight to Seattle and re
turn in 24 hours 25 minutes.
SAN DIEGO, July 17.—Col. Roscu,
Turner made a non-stop flight fron
Vancouver, B. C., to Aqua Caliente
Mexico, i nnine hours, yesterday.
NEW YORK, July 19.—Zaro Agha
Turk, declared to be 156 years old
1 arrived last night from Europe.
j -
SEATTLE, July 16.—Dr. John S
j Kloeber, pioneer physician of Seattle
died yesterday at his Yakima Valley
country home.
SEATTLE.—Dr. Brice Ulmer, wel
known and prominent surgeon, diet
here today.
YONKERS, N. Y.—Col. Williarr
Boyce Thompson, copper magnatt
j and philanthropist, owner of mines ir
Montana and diamond interests ir
Africa, died at his home here today
from pneumonia.
THINKS WAR IS BREWING BE
TWEEN ITALY AND FRANCE
NEW YORK, July 17.—John W
Gerard, upon his return from Paris
today, gave expression to his belief
that a war is brewing between Italy
and France.
SALMON PACK OF SEVERAL
DISTRICTS OF ALASKA WILL
BE VERY SHORT, CLAIMED
"J SEATTLE, July 18.—The salmon
pack of several districts of Alaska,
especially Bristol Bay and Kodiak,
will he very short, according to tele
graphic advices received yesterday
.by the local office of the Federal Bu
Beau.of .Fisheries.
-k Adviee-s state that Cook Inlet has a
fair catch, the Copper River Valley a
good catch, anud Chignik nothing to
date. No estimate as yet has come
from Southeastern Alaska.
HER ONLY COVERING WAS
AN OSTRICHKFAN OR TWO
i i -
; NEW YORK, July 14.—Police last
night raided Earl ,, Carroi's “Vani
ties” and arrested nine .principals.
Two others, Carrol aiid Louis Lotti,
treasurer of the New Amsterdam
Theater, were not found.
■ They were charged with putting on
s eluded Irene Ahlberg, 1930 “Miss
!' America,” beauty pageant winner.
11 There was a dance put on by Miss
(j Faith Bacon; 20 years old, whose only
• covering was a white qstrich fan or
two. This first caused comment about
i about the show.
. Critics descrioed . the ^‘Vanities” as
t having the “nudest”.vcast in the his
. tory of thti Amsterdam Theater.
HUGE HAUL IS MADE IN
LIIQUOR RAID, NEW YORK
NEW YORK, July 16.—Police, cus
toms men and prohibition agents ar
‘ rested 23 men, seized a ' ?100,000
1 yacht, a $250,000 liquor cargo, seven
! trucks and touring ears-aird ,a speed
' boat, at Scarborough+on-HtidsoT..
Four of the rum runners escaped.
Philip Piscitelli, 30 years old, was
shot and severely wounded when offi
cers said h eraade a move to draw a
’ gun.
‘ BIG MAIL HOUSES MAKING
CUTS IN PRICE LISTS
CH,ICAGO, July 15.—A general
• reduction of priaes and adoption of
' the time-payment plan during the
s summer months was announned by
l.'. Montgomery Ward. New prices, it is
said, will be virtually on a pre-war
basis.
1 The time payment plan will be ef
' fective until September 25 on all pur
chases of $25 or more, with the ex
ception of groceries.
( Sears-Roebdck also announced that
' their fall catalogue will show a cut
in prices over .-the spring catalogue.
MONTANA REPUBS. NOMINATE
ALBERT GALEN FOR SENATE
BUTTE, July 17.—The statewide
primaries yesterday resulted in the
■ nomination by Montana Republicans
> of Albert J. Galen, -associate justice
’ of the State Supreme Court, for Sen
ator, in opposition to Walsh, Demo
crat.
Mr. and . Mrs. Carl Lottsfeldt and
F. C. H. Spencer returned Monday
from a visit at McGrath, coming as
far as the . Landing with Joseph
Oates.
J. H. McLean, coming from his
Ganes creek .headquarters, arrived a
couple of daya ago for a brief busi
ness visit.
Archie Higgins and Joe Oates re
turned recently from a trip to Mc
Grath.
The Tana left Saturday on an
other trip to Bethel.
Doings i At
Washington
HOOVER NAMES THREE MEM
BERS OF NEW FEDERAL
POWER COMMISSION.
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| WASHINGTON, July 19.—Ralph
B. Williamson, Yakutia, Wash., bank
er; Claude L. Raper of Wyoming, and
Marcel Gerard of Louisiana have
been been selected by Hoover as
members of the new federal power’
commission. Two nrftore members, in
cluding its chairman, are yet to be
named. Williamson, who is declared
to be the best authority on the power
resources of the Northwest, was
named, it is said, at the instance of
Senator Jones.
DIVORCE OF KING CAROL AND
QUEEN HELEN ANNULLED;
RECONCILIATION PENDING
BUCHAREST, July 17.—Annul
ment of the divorce x>f King Caret!
from his wife, two years ago was
announced today. A formal reconcil
iation is impending.
BUCHAREST, July IS.—Queer
Helen accompanied King Carol today
to requiem services for the late King
Ferdinand.
GAS PRICES ALONG COAST
TAKE ANOTHER I)ROI
SEATTLE, ~ 16.—Gasolim
prices hit a new low toda?,. Placard.
at some stations 'flashed quotations
of 91*2 centts a gallon. However,
most dealer^ held*.! dill -cents.
Police are investigatirg .-illeget
threat* o. fgarage bombings in con
nection with the gasoline war P.JJL
Arthur, street department emnloye,
told officers he found four men mak
ing plans to dynamite a gasage.
The lowest 'gas price on the coast
was reached -at Fresno, where the
priee s 5 cents a gallon.
PACIFIC COAST SCENE
OF A GASOLINE WAR
SAN FRANCISCO, July 13—While
gasoline prices ranged from 8 to*l£
cents a gallon on the Pacific coast,
rumors indicate that the present
price slashing is a fight to the finish
and means the possible extermination
of weaker companies.
Tacoma is buying gas for 8 cents,,
Los Angeles ifor 10 cents, and Spo
kane fqr 11 cents. It :s slightly
higher at other points.
ST. MICHAEL A PORT OF ENTRY.
WASHINGTON.—St. Michael was
established as a port of entry for the
customs collection district under &
bill signed by President Hoover, to
hklfp imnnpHiofo
NO WOMEN IN HOUSE OF LORDS
LONDON, July 17.—The bill to ad
mit women as members of the House
of Lords was defeated today, but only
by the narrow margin of four votes.
The body of Alexi Dulac, who was
one of .the four drowned a few weeks
ago in waters near Bethel, was picked
up a few days ago, having become
lodged in a fish net. Burial was
made at Bethel.
Tom Bare was a Monday visitor,
coming over with P. W. Carlson.
Jo Oates and Charlie Konig left a
couple of <Jays ago far Yankee eraafc