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LNow Battling .
iln the Courts
IBlGnTING OVER AFFAIRS OF
I*T)EFUNCT PUGET SOUND SAV
INGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION.
SEATTLE, Mar. 13.—Judge Find
I; ley today removed Harry C. Johnson
; .as receiver of the Puget Sound Sav
ings & Loan Association, also Liqui
dator George E. Jackson, and ap
pointed J. Hoffman, state supervisor
of the Savings &• Loan Association,
. as temporary receiver. He also re
appointed Caldwell as attorney for
the receiver. Following a parley with
J oven.or Hartley over what he char
acterised a “famous transaction,”
he stated that, while he could not call
a grand jury, he said he would urge
. a motion that all superior court
judges convene to investigate the af
fairs of the defunct insttution.
Leaving the bench, Judge Findley
- collapsed and was carried unconscious
into his chambers, physicians declar
ing his condition very grave.
Governor Hartley bitterly opposed
the appointment of Caldwell and had
been trying to have him removed on
the ground of unnecessary expense
which would have to be borne by vic
timized depositors.
SEATTLE, March 14.-Eleven
superior court judges, sitting last
night, called a grand jury to convene
on March 31 to investigate the cir
cumstances of the closing of the
Puget Sound Savngs & Loan Assoca
tion.
SEATTLE, March 17. — Further
proceedings in ti e matter of the Pu
get Sound Savings & Loan Associa
tion have been halted, pending an ap
peal to the state supreme court for a
review of Judge Findley’s decision
removing Harry C. Johnson from the
receivership. The latter’s attorneys
yesterday secured a temporary in
junction against Findley carrying out
his ruling.
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SEATTLE COUNCIL REQUESTS
EDWARDS TO RECONSIDER
SEATTLE, March 14.—The city
council will formally request Mayor
Edwards to reconsider the dismissal
of J. D. Ross as head of the city
lighting system and at the same time
will indicate that it intends to refuse
to confirm Marion for that position.
SEATTLE.—J. D. Ross, whose re
moval by Mayor Edwards as head of
the city lighting plant was announced
a few days ago, was made a member
of the committee of seventeen, with
Norris as chairman, to formulate a
national utility program.
SEATTLE, March 14.—The recall
movement against Mayor Edwards is
not making much headway, owing to
failure to find a specific charge upon
which to proceed.
Charlie Goebel came in Saturday
from Ganes ahd was among those in
* - attendance at Saturday night’s ball.
Jack McDonald, after a visit of a
* couple of days here, returned to Mc
' Grath on Monday.
Arvid Repo, aft er a visit to the
' Outside, who returned here Sunday
from Anchorage via airplane, left
Monday for Ophir.
Fred Moller
Now Missing
FEARED FAIRBANKS PILOT MAY
HAVE PERISHED IN TRIP
EAGLE CITY.
FAIRBANKS, March 17.t —Pilo
Fred Moller, bying for the Independ
ent Airplane Company, has been
missing since Monday, when he
hopped off from Fairbanks for Eagle
City. It is feared he has perished.
A number of planes are out on the
search, trying to locate the missing
plane and pilot.
SEATTLE INVITES HOOVER.
SEATTLE, March 1.1.--A formal
invitation to President Hoover to;
visit Seattle this summer was tele
graphed to the White House last
night.
WASHINGTON LEGISLATURE
REACHES ADJOURNMENT j
OLYMPIA, March 16.—The Wash
ington Legislature, having passed a
$52,000,000 appropriation bill to meet
requirements for the next two years,
adjourned Saturday night.
PREDICTS ROOSEVELT WILL
HE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE
SEATTLE, March 13.—Scott Bul
lett, Democratic national committee
mat, returned here last night from
Washington, where he attended a
meeting of the national committee.
In an interview here today he pre
dicted that Franklin Roosevelt will
be nominated by the next Democratic
convention and that he will receive a
arger major.ty than Woodrow Wil
son got in 1912.
NEW YORK WORLD PAPERS
PUT ON MARKET FOR SALE
NEW YORK.—The effort of an
immigrant genius to build a news
paper which would stand as a monu
ment to his ideals seems to have
failed.
i The three New York Worlds—the
I Morning World, the Evening World,
and the Sunday World—are for sale
by Joseph Pulitzer, Jr., and Ralph
Pulitzer, sons of Joseph Pulitzer, who
founded the papers in 1883.
They asked the surrogate court to
allow them to sell the good-will and
! eircu'ation of the papers to the
• Scripps-Howard chain for an esti
mated $5,000,000.
The price is said to be the largest
offered for a newspaper in this coun
try, considering that only the title
and good-will are offered and the
chain is not purchasing the physical
property.
It is said the papers have been los
ing $811,000 annually and the re
maining surplus is only $500,000.
The court was told the papers could
publish only 90 days more. Paul
Block offered $500,000 more than the
amount offered by the Scripps group.
John Dementoff, coming from Ruby
and Poorman, was among last Satur
day’s arrivals, again leaving on Sun
day for Flat.
Martin C’ancey, well known Mc
Grathitc, was a Tuesday arrival for
a brief visit here.
John Rieck arrived Thursday for a
brief town visit. |
SAMUEL B. ASIA, SEATTLE',
CAPITALIST, CIVIC LEADER,
MEETS DEATH, DROWNING
SEATTLE, March 16.—Samuel B
Asia, capiitalist ant! civic leader, was!
drowned Sunday when his big: sedan
plunged through the guaid xaiLah.the
foot of University street. His body
and the auto were recovered .by the
ireboat AlkL
SEATTLE, March 17.—Samuel-B.
Asia, drowned Sunday when his auto
piur.ged into the bay, left an estate
of three-quarters of a million dollars
and $200,000 life insurance d,o his
widow and several children. I
SHIFT IN PRESIDENTS OF
SEATTLE POWER-LIGHT CO.
SEATTLE, March 17, —A. W.
Leonard, president of the Puget
Sound Power & Lght Company, has
resigned., to accept the chairmanship
of the board of the same concern,
with headquarters in New York. He
will be succeeded on April 1 by J. F.
Laughlin, president of the Eastern
Texas Electric Company. Both con
cerns are subsidiaries of the Engi
neers Public Service Company, con
trolled by Poe & Webster.
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STR. TUPPER LEAVES MAY 15.
SEATTLE, March 18.—The steam
er Tuppcr will sail for Bethel and
way ports on May 15, according to
announcement made today. The sec
ond or last voyage of the season will
be early in August.
CONGRESSMAN SAYS NOT
GUILTY TO BRIBERY CHARGE
INDIANAPOLIS.—Harry E. Row
button;, congressman from the First
Indiana district, pleaded not guilty in
federal court to charges that he ac
cepted bribes for influencing post
office appointments. He will be tried
April 14 at Evansville. i
Pilot Matt Nieminen arrived here
Sunday from Anchorage, bringing
iir t-cla .s mail and four passengers—
U;iariie Salami, for Flat, and Arvid
Itcpo, Lars Indegard and John Lund
for this place. Mr. Nieminen contin
ued to Flat and Bethel on Sunday,
again returned here and left for An
chorage on Monday.
Max Simel, well known interior
merchant, with headquarters at Fair
view, was a Tuesday arrival for a
brief visit here, during which he will
give attention to business affairs.
Lars Indegard, who returned here
Sunday from a stay of several weeks
over at Anchorage, left yesterday
for Flat, traveling with Mail Carrier
Charlie O’Halloran.
Halfdan Wiig, after a visit of sev
eral days here, left Sunday for Flat,
his means of locomotion being his
skiis and one good dog.
Dan McGinty, after a visit here of
about three weeks, left today headed
for his Poorman headquarters.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Anderson and
infant son were Friday arrivals from
McGrath.
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—
Ed Nollette, from Yankee, was a
yesterday arrival for a brief visit. j
D Thompson, after a brief visit
her-., left Saturday for Frank Mc
Cafferty5s.
Johnnie Adams arrived Friday <
from McGrath. 11
Explosion
Kills 200
PASSENGERS AND CREW OF
STEAMER PACIS, ON YANG
TSE RIVER. CHINA.
SHANGHAI, March 13.—Two hun
ired passengers and members of the
;*ew iwi’re killed in an explosion to
lay aboard the Yangtse river steam
er Pacis, according to advices for-;
warded -here by the harbor master j
near' the seen* of the explosion.
MASQUERADE BALL GRAND
SUCCESS IN EVERY WAY
—
.The it rand masque ball at Pioneer
Hall last Saturday night was one of
the. happiest events pulled off here
in many a.day.. The floor was crowd
ed with the masked dancers, and it
was a good guesser who could pick
out any of the masked ones.
The costumes worn, aside from
being more or less mystifying, were
generally quite elaborate, presenting
a pieasing'and amusing spectacle. It
wo^-ld be hard to give personal men
tion to all, other than to say that all
chaiacters were good. Conspicuous
among the best, however, among the
men, .was that of Dave Clough in a
rustic character; that of Chester
Brink, as a convict, with ball and
chain attached to leg, and who ap
peared as though he had served about
ten years and had several more to
go; that of Eric Hard, black suit and.
high stovepipe hat, representing a;
type of gentleman of days of Lung
ago. -Depicting the character of the i
waiting, bride* Mrs. Chester Bvink,-in !
gorgeous bridal array, with note on;
back “Waiting at. the church door,” j
was good, as also was Miss Margaret
Clough, who acted as flower girl.
Diogenes—he who was always look
ing with a lantern for an honest
man—was depicted by .Mrs. D. E,
Clough, although it is not known how
many, if any, received the okay.
Others among the ladies who were
nicely costumed were Mrs. James
Weir and Mrs. L. Livenhagen of
Ophir, as weU as Taktna ladies gen
erally.
The music was provided by Robert
I-owrie and Captain J. H. McLean
and was thoroughly appreciated, as
attested by the dateness of the hour
to which dancing was continued.
Among those in attendance from
Ophir were Mrs. James Weir, Mrs.
L. Livenhagen, Andy Hansen, Nels
Vibe, John Repo, Eric Hard, Matt
Kivi and Jesse Baugh.
Coming up from Takotna were
Deputy U. S. Marshal J. II. Hubbard,
Russel Hubbard, Frank Lange, Wood
row Vanderpool, Robert Vanderpool,'
Edward Konig, Miss Helen Konig,!
Harry Dulac, Nick Ponds, Jack Mc
Donald, Pete Michel, Bert Dementoff.
It is whispered ahdut that the next |
big masquerade for Takotna is sched-j
uled to occur on New Year’s eve,1
which at this time seem sa long way
uff, but which notice, at any rate,
will give ample time for all hopeful
participants to prepare themselves,
for that occasion.
John E. Strand, well known Nixon
nining man, arrived here Saturday,
following a trip made over to Fair
banks. He was in attendance at the
nasque ball Saturday night, leaving
>n Sunday for McGrath en route to
lis Nixon headquarters. I
Progressive
Republicans
LEADERS IN CONFERENCE AT
WASHINGTON PREPARING
FOR 19.12 CAMPAIGN*.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 13.—A con
ference of national Republican Pro
gressive leaders, including Senators
Borah, Norris La Follette and numer
ous others prominent in the farm re
lief and labor movements, is in pro
gress here today. They are shaping
a platform on which they hope to
wage the next presidential campaign.
The power trust, tariff adjustment,
restoration of buying power, and ag
riculture are some of the matters to
be stressed in the platform.
They claim there will be no effort
to form a third party, though both
the Republican and Democratic par
ties were roundly denounced.
WASHINGTON, March 13.—Sen
ator Norris, in a speech before pro
gressive Republicans at a conference
Thursday, styled the so-called power
trust the most disgraceful, far-reach
ing and shameful combination that,
has ever been organized by -matt
In his speech Norris indicated that
the progressives favored Governor
Franklin Roosevplt of New York for
president in 1932.
WORLD MILE SPEED MARKS.
NEW YORK.—Captain Malcolm
Campbell of England established e
nev world’s automobile speed record
of 245.733 miles an hour on the sarfd?*
of Daytona Beach, Fla., February f>.
Some other speed records in other
fields of sport follow:
Airplane—278.480 M. P. H. estab
lished by Warrant Officer Bennett.,
France, December 11, 1924.
Seaplane—357.723 M. P. H. set by
A. H. Orbelar. England. September,
192:'
Motorboat—*98,70 M. P. IL, set by
Major Henry Segrave. England, June
13. 1930,
Kunning Horse—Mile in 1:34 4*5.
at .Saratoga, N. Y., in 1918 by
Roaoier.
Running—Mile in 4:10 2-5 by
Paavo Nurmi of Finland, in Sweden,
in 1923.
Walking—Mile in 6;22, in England,
1913.
Swimming—Mile, free style, 21:27,
by Clarence Crabbe, at Long Beach,
Calif., July, 1930.
YES, THEY’RE MARRIED.
An item of interest to their many
friends and acquaintances was re
vealed here a few days ago when an
nouncement was made that Mr. Clint
Winan, well known mining man, for
merly of this section but now located
in the Poorman district, and Miss
Bertha Albi, also well known locally,
had been married during last sum
mer at Fairbanks when both parties
had made the trip to that place. Mr
and Mrs. Tibbetts of the Pioneer
Hotel, Fairbanks, acted as best man
and lady.
Following the leaking out of the
news on their arrival here, Mr. and
Mrs. Winan were tendered the hearty
congratulations of their numerous
friends, in which The Kusko limes
wishes to be remembered.
Mr. and Mrs. Winan, who were
participants in Takotna’s big masque
ball last Saturday night, left Monday
on their way to Poorman,