•' VOL X NO, #9
TAKOTNA ALASKA. SATURDAY. OCTOEBR H. 1930
PRICE 25 CENTS
Dirigible. R-101, Britain’s
.Pride, Crashes In Flight
tOver France; 47 Killed
iiBEAUVftLSu -France, Oct. 5.—An
<r. official announcement was made this
s morning that the British dirigible
jt R-101 had exploded three miles south
< af here rt 2:80 p. m. Saturday, and
■» was, cfgnnlet* lywdestroyed by fire.
Forty-six of her crew and passen
; gers ■were' kilkd. Lord Thomson,
British air minister, was one of the
< eleven .. pass* ngers who perished.
1. Seven survived, but all were badly
: injured. ..The maimed were taken to
1 Beauvais.- hospital.
The* ship, which was the largest in
< the world, crashed spectacularly in
flames. It, was the worst dirigible
accidentein France since the destruc
tion.of.the French dirigible Dixmude,
' when fifty-two were killed.
The- ex-ph'sion occurred when the
R-101-wa- gliding through the night
400 feet aboye a farm, near the small
village, of Alonne. Farmers heard the
crash and saw the flames. When they
reached the field where the ruins lay
N. P. JOHNSON DISCOVERER
OF;Mfi CREEK CAMP, MISS
ING StyJE EARLY IN JULY
(Fairbanks News-Miner.)
RUBY, Oct. 7.—N. P. Johnson,
better known as “Discovery” John
son, the discoverer of the Long Creek
> camp, has been missing1'' somewhere
in .the- vicinity of Deer creek in the
Poorman camp, since last July.
■He left. Long creek early in June
with the intention of returning from
i a prospecting trip some time in July.
Two. trips have been made by Martin
Weborns to the section of the coun
try .in which Johnson was supposed
• to.prospect and have proved futile in
. sotfaasas finding any traces of John
son is concerned.
It. is feared that Johnson was
caught, in the flood waters of the
summer, flood of the Poorman coun
try amir was drowned or in some re
mote spot suffered a stroke of par
- ajysis.
•Johnson is a wealthy man whose
*ne ambition it was to discover an
other. Jlpree placer mining camp be
fore he died. When he left he had
. supplies tier approximately six weeks,
and.tqld Weborns he would leave
signs on. the track for him to follow
to wherever he would go.
His disappearance at first created
little.'anxiety, as “Discovery” John
son was an experienced prospector
■ > who in.'.the summer time might live
off the. country, but the fact that win
ter is 'coming and Jqihnson had only
summer clothing with him increases
the belief that he has died.
Johnson holds considerable land
. 'and property around Wenatchee,
Washington.
Jack Shropshire, on Moose creek of
the Poorman district, has struck very
rich pay. He lost one work shaft
owing to the flood in the Poorman
district, but the new work shaft that
was sunkr dropped down on even bet
ter pay thru the old shaft.
Shropshire has had a very success
ful season; as have also Gragen and
Pedretti on: the same creek.
Bobby Growden, the 7-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. William N. Growden,
recently received a serious injury to
his right eye by a knife wound. He
received emergncy treatment at the
* Tanana hospital, and after a com
1-olete examination of the injury by
hat prevented them from going near.
First aid stations were established
when police authorities of the pre
fecture arrived.
The airship was a sister ship of the
R-100, which crossed from England
to Canada during the past summer.
She was 775 feet long and her great
est diameter was more than 130 feet.
She burned fuel oil. She was en
route to India from England and was
cruising at a speed of sixty miles an
hour.
WASHINGTON.—Exportation of
helium is favored by Admiral Moffett
in order to assist foreign countries to
avoid the danger of hydrogen in air
ships. He said the United States
has plenty and urges Congress to
change the law which prohibits ex
portation. He said he doubted if
there would have been any deaths in
the R-101 crash if helium had been
used.
Dr. Kaufman the boy left for Seattle,
accompanied by his mother, for treat
ment by an eye specalist. Little hope
is given for saving the eyesight.
William Midgeley, successful oper
ator of the Poorman district, recently
suffered accidenttal injury to one of
his ftrtsers while ojtting wood, par
tially severing the finger. No med
ical or surgical attendance being pos
sible, Bill Cody took the axe and
amputated the finger completely.
SPANIARDS PLEAD FOR RE
PUBLICAN STYLE OF GOVT.
MADRID, Oct. 6.—Republican lead
ers from various parts of Spain as
I sembled in the bull ring here yester
day and for the first time in seven
years enjoyed the right of free
speech. They pleaded for early es
tablishment of a repubile to replace
the monarchy.
j Authorities took precautions to pre
vent riots. A crowd of 2,000 had as
sembled in the arena and another 20,
000 were turned away at the gates.
Speakers criticised the present Beren
gues governmnt, and Niceto Alola
Zamora, former monarchist member
of state, demanded Alfonso’s abdica
I tion.
| HUSBAND KILLS ESTRANGED
WIFE, TWO OTHER WOMEN
> WILLIMSON, W. Va., Oct. 9.—
Three women, Mrs. Flossie Adams*
her mother, Qynthia .McGuire, and
her aunt, Mrs. John Gapnubell, were
shot and killed by William Adams,
I 35, husband of Mrs. .Adams. Police
said Adam sand his wife ..had sep
' arated.
Adams met his wife and her moth
er on a railroad, track and shot hoth
of them when Mrs. Adams declined
declined to spea. kto him, and then
went to Mrs.. Campbell’s home and
killed her.
Adams was.canwited-in the hills to
which he fled. He jsaid he was also
after two men
Warren Alford returned Saturday
fro ma visit to Ophir.
Andy ' Hanson returned Saturday
from Avbrfet .visit over at Ophir.
Pete Jensen? from Ganes creek, is
spending, a few .days in town.
KINGSFOR SMITH LEAVES
ENGLAND IN LIGHT PLANE,
LONE TRIP TO AUSTRALIA
HARBOR GRACE. Ni F.; Oct: 10
—Captain Errol Royd, Canadian
world war pilot, and Lieut. Harry
O’Connor hopped off at noon atoday
in the monoplane Columbia for .Eng
land..
HESTON, Eng., Oct. 10-— Win?
Commander Charles Kingsford Smith
left the airdrome here yesterday in a
light plane on a lone trip to Eng
land.
ST. MARY'S, Scilly Island, Eng.,
Oct. 100.—Gathering darkness, to
gether with motor trouble, coming
with the knowledge that he was prac
tically 150 miles off his direct course
to Croyden Field, London, forced
Captain Boyd and Lieutenant O’Con
nor to land their monoplane Columbia
on the beach near here tonight.
CROYDON, Eng., Qct. 11—-Captain
Boyd and Lieutenant O’Connor ar
rived at Croydon Field at 4 o’clock
this afternoon, completing theii
trans-Atlantic flight in the. mono
plane Columbia
Telegraphic Ticks.
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SEATTLE, Oct. J.—Enoch W. Bag
shaw, noted football coach, dropped
dead last night at the Olympic Hotel
For ten years he was .declared thf
best coach of football games at the
University of Washington. Since the
close of last season he.had.been state
, supervisor of transportation.
MINNEOLA, Oct. 4.—-Daniel G.ug
genheim left an estate of ?8,000,00(
in outright bequests and trust funds
to relatives and charity, and the jes(
of his great fortune to his widow, ac
SEATTLE,, Oct. 11.—Earl .Rose, 1<
' years of age, was today sentenced tc
' serve twenty years in the peniten
tiary for the slaying of Edward Berg
j lund, Seattle candy manufacturer.
of Topeka was elected national com
mander of the American Legion . al
their annual convention here, yester
j day.
ROME, Oct. 4.—The engagemenl
of Princess Giovanna, daughter al
King and Queen Dofris of Bulgaria
was announced last night,
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BOSTON, Oct. 10.—Ralph O’Neil
cording to will filed Friday.
j FRANK ALDRICH PASSES
AWAY AT PIONEERS HOME
JUNEAU, Oct. 10.—Frank Aldrich
member of the Alaska Legislatur*
for three sessions, died at the Pin
neers Home tod$y at Sitka, where b<
had lived for the past month.
He was born in Fort Wayne, In
diana, in 1857, and came west in tht
year 1871. He traveled north to Ju
neau in 1893 and mined in the earlj
camps of Alaska. He stampeded tt
Nome in 1899. He wasformer grant
president of the Pioneers of Alaska
He was unmarried.
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BLETHEN DONATES MEDAL.
. CHAPEL HILL, N. C., Oct. 7.—C
B. Blethen, publisher of the Seattle
Times has donated a medal to be
given annually to the University oi
North. Carolina student who shows
the "greatest sportsmanship and is
the greatest help in University
sports.”'The medal will be known as
the Alden J. Blethen medal. It is a
memorial to his son, a student at
' North C | olina, who was killed in a
Collision between an automobile and
a motorcycle, about a month ago.
Windup Of
China Revolt
"END OF WARFARE ABOUT END
ED. DECLARE GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS.
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"SHANGHAI. Wet. 11.—r-Gonllusivc
virtories slainaecl 1 >y • nationalist gov
ernment oflilials foresbadowvthe end
of China’s rivil war.
At. nationalist • headquarters it is
said that in -the past. 48 hodrs Mar
shal Cbiangkai Shek’s troops have
arhieyed a series of brillant vetories
over the rebels along the Paichow
Tungkwin railway and west of
Chengkow they, have occupied the im
portant cit yqf Gorronfu, generally
smashing the KuominChun - grir
through the extreme northwestern
part of Fiona rt, where, the .govern
ment is seeking to crush the remain
ing formidable hostile faction of Gen-i
eral Feng’s Kuominchor:.
NANKING. Oct.ill*—Wang, na
tionalist foreign minister,. . declared
today that, since hostilities n the
civil .war hav.e virtually, .ended, garv
| eminent troops will be sent to Fu
kein province to crush the bandits
who murdered Eleanor Flarrison and
Edith Nettleton. Wang, said the gov
ernment is preparing to send soldiers
immedately.
U. S. CRUISER PENSACOLA
•ORDERED > TO BRAZIL TO
SAFEGUARD U 55 CITIZENS
WASHINGTON, Oct.. IL'rr-The U.
S. cruiser Pensacola was today dis
patched to Brazil to safeguard Amer
1 ican citizens, if necessary* as-tha re*
; suit of revolution in progress-in that
country
CAN’T STAND.PINCHOT, HE
HANDS IN RESIGNATION
WASHINGTON, Oct. lO.General
■ —. W. Atterbury, Republican national
committeeman from Pennsylvania,
has resigned. Atterbury declares he
cannot support the Republican jiom
[ inee for governor in this campaign.
Atterbury, a wet, is bitterly opposed
' to Pinchot, an ardent dry, running
for re-election as governor of Penn
sylvania.
GERMAN PLANE CRASHES
AND EIGHT ARE KILLED
BERLIN, :Qct. 8.—Eight persons
were killed when a passenger plane
| bound for Vienna from Berlin crash
ied on the moorlands near .Dresden
while making a landing. The ship
i carried a pilot, .a mechanican and six
1 passengers. The cause of the crash
i is unknown.
Some of the passengers died after
beipg taken out of the ship. None
was conscious when taken out,
DINOSAUR EGGS, MAYBE A
MILLION YEAS OLD, FOUND
PRINCETON, > Oct. 9.—The first
discovery in America of the eggs of
the dinosaur, - a 'prehstoric animal,
; is a late announcement coming from
i Princeton University.
The eggs were found during the
summer neat .-Red Ledge, Montana.
Some estimate^ rplacc them as high
i as 70 million years old. Dr. Glenn
JapsfiUrf.whoiftraearthjr their.; said the
fnagraeats.resembled dhese found in
Mongolia.
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Joe Ferris*returned a few days ago
j from a visit to the Cripple- section.
In Brazil
BATTLE FOR SI’ATE OF SAG
PAULO, RICHEST PRIZE IN
SOUTHERN BRAZIL
BUENOS AIRES, Oct. PL—Dia
i patches fro mBrazilian seurces today
said Brazilian rebels had captured
the important coastal city of Flori
anapolis, i nthestatefo m ni nimwfyp
ianapolis, in the state of Santa Path
arina.
Dispatches from Brazil said in
surgents are constantly leaving rebel
| strongholds for the front, which is
! now estimated to he more than 20P
miles long.
MONTEVIDEO. Uruguay. Oct, 1L
—The battle for. the- state of .Sat
Paulo, richest .prize itr Southern Rra
; zil, appeared to be in the initial stage
today. Both insurgents and federal?
claimed victox-ies as., the advance
! guards clashed.
j Genera] Costa •clamied rdbeJs have
; taken the towns of Ourinhca. Singuee
and Puntq Ribeira and are advancing
on Itarare, a railway head on the di
Federals claimed two thousand
rect line to Sao Paulo,
rebels have been repulsed .at Punte
Ribeira and Itarare. They claimed
government troops have -begun i. t
march into the interior of . Pa cam
toward Colinia Mineira.
U A > AV.E.K IXAVM.
Archie Higgins, anamgef the
Yankee creek dredger And -Billie
Lodge were departures, on Friday via
airplane toi Fsdrbank .v, Mr. Higgins
is headed for bie hc^ne in. .San Fran
cisco, Mr. Lodge for Seatth.. »
During the past dredging season
Mr Higgins has been a big factor in
operations hereabouts 'Considering
the fact that a new dredge heat had
to be built, that the material for its
construction was delayed, some of it
lost, through .the sinking of the
j barge Lavelle Young at Bethel, and
i that many handicaps were encoun
! tered during •construction -of this
j.boat, as well as the fact. that.equip
i ment from thd old boat had to be
i hauled a distance of about three miles
before being assembled, the results
accomplished -.were certainly most
creditable. The carrying out of this
work-^cost of material, transporta
tion, wages, etc.—was no small item,
involving aa it did an expenditure of
i about $40,000. The dredge was com
; pleted in time .to permit its opera
j tion. between 30 and '3F «ays. How
! much was taken out of the ground,
of course, is not definitely known, al
| though Mr. Higgins, prior to his de
parture, expressed himself as • well
satisfied with!‘the results.
Andy Swarsdale, a former well
known oldfcimsr ef this section, but
who for the past dozen years or- sq
has been living- on the big Outside,,
j is a recent arrival, having come via
: Poorman and Cripple. Also accom
panying him fro mCripple were John
Froelich and F. Froelich.
Tom Bare was among the week's
visitors, returning Saturday to his
home on Spruce.
Leaving Saturday via airplane 'foi
McGrath were Dr. Seeley, dentist,
and Charlie Q’Halloran.
Chester BfciiiK returned/ aerm yes
t — a visit of several ,d»vt
ower at Ophir.