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TAKOTNA ALASKA. SATURDAY. MARCH 11 M-88
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Asks Powers
Of Dictator
ROOSEVELT ASKS AUTHORITY
„ ft,TO.DEAL WITH NATIONAL
EMERGENCY.
WASHIN.G80N.—President Rocse
ve.t, continuing hiss .drive for “‘big
.. stick” authority to deal with the na
tional emergency, today asked Con
gress to grant him the powers of a
,. .dictator for a drastic retrenchment of
i Government .expenses. The President
proposed to attack an accumulated de
fied of five billion dollars .by reduction
in repeal of the .furough plan, reduo
. tion of Government .salaries, and sub
stitution of a broader plan for reduc
. lions in pay of Roth civil and military
. employes. The program would reduce
Government .expenses by about five
hundred .million dollars.
President Roosevelt h as prepared
another message .asking a five hun
dred million (dollar bend issue to cre
ate employment. Of this, two hun
dred millio ndollars would be needed
jfor the first year.
SENATOR HOWELL PASSES
WASHINGTON.—Senator Robert
B. How* 11, of Omaha, Nebraska, Re
publican, for the past several years
chairman of the Senate copimittee
having to do with Alaska affairs and
who has paid Alaska two or three of
ficial trips in matters connected with
investigation of he Alaska Railroad,
•died at his home here today.
California
Earthquake
TAKES TOLL OF 157 LIVES; LOSS
IS .SAID TO AGGREGATE
$61,000,000.
LOS ANGELES.—The total loss
«f lives over the area covered by the
recent earthquake totals 157, accord
ing to what are deemed most ac
curate figures.
The damages sustained over the
name area, covering fifteen cities and
towns, is placed at sixty-one million
dollars.
All school buildings throughout the
stricken area are closed and will re
main closed until they are declared
safe by architects and building ^i
thorities.
The earthquake, the duration of
which lasted one minute and a half,
caused fires at San Pedro and Long
Beach, which required desperate
fighting before they were finally ex
tinguished.
The work of rebuilding and reha
bilitation in all towns and cities is
again well under way.
Mrs. J. P. Taylor was a Saturday
departure for Fairbanks, whither she
went for (the purpose of receiving
medical ^treatment. A late word from
Fairbanks states that she is greatly
unproved tanfi In all probability will
-be able fax return here within the next
few days.
iU. S.: Commissioner W. T. Vander
pool, drhA Julstrbeon in town several
days gnpngt'. ’attention to business
matters^ retmtied today to his head
v,,auarters at MfiGtsth.
Legal Beer
Almost Here
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ROOSEVELT CALLS FOR IMME- ,
01 ATE MODIFICATION OF
VOLSTEAD ACT.
WASHINGTON.—President Roose
velt, ih a surpise move that startled
even his closest friends, today sent a ,
message to Congress calling for the
immediate modification of the Vel
stead Act to permit the manufacture
and sale of beer. In the briefest ,
message Tie has yet submitted to the !
Legislature, Mr. Roosevelt asked for
immediate .action in in carrying out |
one of his foremost pledges to the \
nation, he asked that manufacture1
and sale of beer and other beverages
be permitted in order to bolster the
revenues of the Governmnt. The j
message follows:
“I recommend t o the Congress the
passage of legislation for the immedi- r
ate modification of the Volstead Act, '
in order to legalize the manufacture
and sae of beer and other beverages
of such alcoholic content as is per
missible under the Constitution, and
to provide, through their manufacture
and sale, of substantial taxes.” j
HOARDERS ARE NOW
BRINGING OUT GOLD;
SEATTLE.—Banking officials said j
mire than twenty-five million dollars
were deposited Tuesday when banks
resumed after the holiday.
Death Takes
Lynn Smith
U. S. MARSHAL FOR FOURTH JU
DICIAL DIVISION PASSES
ON AT SEATTLE.
Lynn C. Smith, United States Mar
shal for the Fourth Judicial division!
of Alaska, died on Thursday last at
Providence Hospital, Seattle, accord
ing to a teegram received by Deputy
U. S. Marshal Stanley Nichols on
Friday. Death is said to have been j
due to a complication of causes, most
ly heart trouble, with which Mr.
Smith had been a sufferer for many
I
years. !
Mr. Smith had gone into hospital
only a couple of days before being
stricken, after having taken out pris
oners sentenced to serve at McNeill
Island.Island.
Mr. Smith was an oldtimer of the
North, being one of the first on the
ground at Rampart, to which place he
Went with Volney. Richmond, now the
well known head of the Northern
Commercial Company. He was on
the ground at Dawson, at Fairbanks,
and later in Ruby, where he was en
gaged in the jewelry business, and
later became manager of th N. C. Co
at that place. He was also in Idit
arood, where he served as U. S. Dep
uty Marshal for some months. He
received appointment aa U. S. Mar
shal for the Fourth division during
the Harding administraltipn, nod was
esteemed as a mostpoHutar officiaL
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was a town visitor fqr a few. (lays c
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. . *_i\ i » PERSONS KII.LEI) BY
WILD TENNESSEE TORNADO
NASHYJLLE. — Twenty persona
vere tailed by a wild March tornado
vn.cn swept up the Kentucky- lennes
iee nne i uesaay night from the Mis
sissippi river to the Cumberland coal
;ountry.
a lie wind struck first southeast.
Missouri, Northeast Ai'Kansus, ..eaded
lue east, striking this Capital, Kings
ton;, iiarUgaue and several smaller
.owns. Scores were injured by the
.wister which, fallowed by, hail storm
ind tornado, struck East Nashville,
..icie a number ot homes were blown
lown and windows on the west side
* me capital building were blown
iway.
(VNDY MELLON MADE DE
FENDANT IN TAX SUIT
WASHINGTON.—Andrew. Mellon,
unbassador to Great Britain and for
mer secretary of the treasury, and
,wo former members of the internal
.evenue bureau, were named defend
mts in a $220,000,000 suit charging
alleged connivance with officers of
'oreign steamship companies to evade
ust income taxes.
Named with Mellon were David H.
Blair, one-time commissioner of in
ternal revenue, and Alexander W.
Iregg, former acting general counsel
tor the bureau.
The suit was filed in the District of
Columbia supreme court by David A.
Tlson, who resigned recently as in
vestigator for the Senate stock quiz
tAmmitfao offnr n rr hie pffaThs
were being blocked by members of
the committee.
The papers alleged that Mellon not
inly faced one hundred million dolars
in delinquent taxes from foreign
steamship interests but placed the
[government in such a position that it
was compelled to refund some $10,
300,000 to the companies, which were
not named in the us it
The suit was filed in Olson’s name
in behalf of the people of the United
States so that any damages awarded
would revert to the United States
treasury.
PREDICTS WAR WITH JAPAN
RICHMOND, Va.—Asserting that
the United States .and-Japan will in
evitably meet in the future in war,
William Mitchell, former Chief of the
Army air service, Tuesday night rec
ommended mobilization of air power
n Alaska.
“Japanese,” he told the .Rotary
Club “think they ean whip the world”
when accomplishment of their econ
omic desires makes such a war neces
sary ”
TENNESSEE SENATOR
NASHVILLE. — Nathan Bachman
las been appointed Uniten '.States
Senator from Tennessee to succeed
[lordell Hull, who resigned to become
Secretary of rState in the Roosevelt
Cabinet.
Dr. C. D. Carter, well known den
,ist, left McGrath a few days ago
'or Bethel. He is scheduled to re
run up-river in early summer to
dcGratdi, following which he will
risit Takotna and OphiT. He also,
rill risit Flat m September.
A1 Walsh, well known oldtimar of
he Crooked section, passed through
IcGrath Saturday last on his way to
he Fairbanks hospital. 'Mr. Walsa,
Iriring his dog team near his home,
ome days ago, was quite badly in
ured by being thrown from his sled
nto a stump, causing internal in
uries of .a most^jpainf ul nature.
Items of Importance
In Recent News Events I
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TOKYO.—A reinforced Japanese
army captured Sbamoshan. an im
portant pass leading to Jehol, after a
terrific two-day battle. The army is
now directing its efforts toward. Ling
yuan, another pass.
Meanwhile, Japanese are jubilant,
claiming another Japanese offensive
which swept through Peipiao and
Caoyang failed at Lingyuan and was
turned northward away from its ob
Onee Lingyuan .falls, Japanese will
have command of a highway leading
straight to Jehol Cifaf.
lomn nlaced Great Brifcai*
temporarily in the .role of villain in
stead of the .United. States -because of
the former nation’s action in clamp
ing down an arsm embargo .independ
ent of any other country.
• Another Japanese force sweeping
down fropi the far. north ia nxpected
to occupy Chihfeng, a conmutnication
and transportation center of Jehol
province, tomorrow.
The British embargo is regretted Ln
China, .wherg it is said djapan is al
ready well provided with arms, and
an embargo against the aggressor na
tion only was urged.
Approximately half of Jehol is in
the hands of the invaders now.
SAN f)IEGO.—A Navy expedition
in charge Qf Commander C. R. Hyatt
will start March 15 on an aerial map
ping expedition to the Aleutians.
They will also establish a weather
obserfation post to study storm
trends.
There will be about officers and
men in the force, which hayg the air
craft tender,Gannett the mine sweeper
| Swallow, two destroyers and two 8m,
phibian planes to use on the survey
WASHINGTON.-rrPresident Roose
velt is understood to be considering
John Troy for Governor of Alaska,
but other names have also been sug
gested to him from outside the_Ter
ritory.
Others understood as being consid
ered for Alaska poats.areJE.v^.Grif
fin of Kodiak as secretary _o£: Alaska,
John J. Connors as collector, of cus
toms, Simon Hellenthal.of. Juneau as
judge of the First division .William
Holzheimer of Ketchikan.,as United
States attorney for the First division,
William Mahoney of Ketchikan as
United States marshal for the First
division, O. D. Cochran of Nome. as
Federal judge of the Second division,
Hugh O’Neill of Nome as United
.States attorney for the Second divi
sion, Thomas Gaffney of Nome as
United States marshal, for the Second
division, Harry.F, Morton of .Anchor
age as Federal judge for the Third
division, W. iL Whittlesey of Seward
as United States attorney for the
Third division, and A. J, Todd of Val
dez as United States attorney for the
Third division.
WASHINGTON—The powerful op
position of -Senator Borah of Idaho
was raise<L»gainst American partici
pation in,.an embargo on arms ship
ment to the Orient.
“To put. an arms .embargo on China
and Japan iis to take aides with Japan
under circumstances and conditions as
those, now exist," the chairman of the
Senate foreign . relations committee
t ml^’j^apermen.
Ppcafo .contends Chat Japan is al
ready well equipped with arms, while
China mqat seek war supplies abroad.
DETSOCT.-rHeney Fort ‘tonight
brought the weight ql his millions to
bear on the Mifchrgnn'backing situa
tion, insuring the creation of two new
Detroit banks through which bankers
hope to pay depositors .approximately
34) per cent of their .funds.
Ford and,his son, J2d«eL.agreed to
subscribe $8^50,000 to the ca.oitalira
tion of the two new banks to lake
over the liquid.assets of .the .First Na
tional and the Guardian National and
the Bank of mCommerce Banks.
JVeviously the banks met. the term*
whereby they were able to obtain aid
from the Reconstruction.Finsure ■‘Cor
poration. ..The Fords reserved .the
right to name the officials and person*
Bel uf.he banks.and ultimately to
merge th pinstit.utions.
•WASHINGTON.—A «h*keuo i*
brewing for Washington such, as a
past March 4 has newr brought, for,
barring » misstep today. Congress
will place in the haads of the -new
president .wide powers uf reorganisa
tion.
That he Sntende to rose i those pow
ers, thoroughly. experience, dob server#
have no doubt i whatever,
The very secrecy with .wiiirti the
.economic -preparations of his trusted
advisers, have been guarded lex -week*
past is taken as evidence of .a serious
I intent to clean.bouse.
. Bj comparison with what 'looms.
| the removal of Republiian office hold
ers pot under civil service jurotecfiJB
I and substitution of Democrats be
! comes a small item
The sci#>e of power given IRonsevelt
in: the earganuation hill is wide
nnough,to-cut millions of-dollars off
the budget.
. Heorgards-aicu . under "the - economy
plan -is. now in the Ana) stages of
Congressional . agreement.
This, is ywhat the .President-tear >do
under the. plan
..Abolish any executive -agency of
the Government except the ten de
partments represented ir the ilahkneL
Merge, transfar or abolish any or
everyone u! the Lbnseaus .composing
these departments so that -everyone
uf them could be left empfcy (shell*.
He cannot abolish their functions,
for he must keepthe staff .to permit
money to be spent for carrying out
every job Congress has ordered by
law.
Garner told newspaper roar that
advisors of Roosevelt haveecpiileted
an economy program to shave from
$150,000/100 to $200(000,0011 o. fGov
ernment costs annually
PORTLAND, Oregpi r-tSomewhere
alone the Willamette, river today an
old buck dear 'jiaintauied .a roving
vigil for thro** stat# troopers in a
realistic .version,Edgar Rica
Burroughs narrative The doer meek
ly attached itse.lfc-te the troopers after
they rescued it, virtually exhausted,
from the river,... They carried -it to
the highway^ipd released it. As the
officers walke.dawai-, the deer trotted
after them.
NEW. afPBXo-dlere. are a tev»
! facts about. gold compiled by New
i York .University professors: -Since
ColUB)bps discovered America the
wotyptjup .produced about one bUUou
| of pure gold.-wo*tlvJ*
Uh)ited».^Bt ‘8 coinage awroximjdefr