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TAKOTNA ALASKA SATURDAY. APRIL •19.11.30
PRICE 25 CERTS
:I50 Perish,
Church Fire
KBIJMANIAN C CHURCH CATCHES
/^REj/A'LLrEKITS JAMMED;
, ESCAPE IMPOSSIBLE.
taWUT’KSCl, Kumania, April 19.—
f ilne hundred and fifty persons were
fo. turned to death within a few minutes
UJaHti«Tnght the church, here in which
V the Good Friday vigil service was
L being ^celebrated caught fire and was
v ..destroyed.
Hfith.thei sudden outbreak came the
x mad rush for escape, in which many,
i especially children, were trampled
uiWOdercfeet.. All exits, in the terrible
; scramble, were sqon jammed and
1 blocked, and.liberation from from the
i rapijily oncoming, flames was impos
i sible
LINDBERGH WILL ATTEMPT
.4®».&NGELES TO NEW YORK
' . FLIGHT, 1 STOP, 10,000 FEET UP
_aLOS .ANGELES, Aprl 16.—Colonel
* Charles O. Lino-ergn announced to
i dpjt-dahat within, a few days he and
. Mrs^ Lindbergh wnl attempt flight at
. an, a-v,tude of 10,000 feet to New
. korkw with oply one stop, at Wichita.
. JAPANESE GOVT. APPROVES
SLOWER NAVAL TREATY
TUKiyO. Aptft" 19.—The Japanese
:• government today approved the en
. tire, tive*power naval treaty. Reijiro
» Wakakuk. chief of the Japanese dele
, gation ,in London, was directed by
v. cables to sign the document on behalf
. d.Japan.
V WORK vTO START IMMEDIATE
LY. AT .YANKEE DREDGE CAMP
Xno^mkee creek dredge, formerly
the Flume dredge, but now under
leM9e„to Archie Higgins and associ
. ates.v-vill obe dismantled and moved
Jbanv-Jtjs present location, on 14 above,
i. taUiat. 2, above, according to a state
ment given out. by Superintendent
Emil:. sAnaarson. Mr. Anderson, with
a..cnew-0i perhaps six or seven men,
wiK>pnoba>lyfleave for Yankee creek
i orvirMoncjay, ■ and work will start Im—
r mediately con dismantling of the
i,, dredge. The new camp will Ije estab
A. listed and located at Dscovery, a dis
tance! of. about three and a half miles
fronj present location. Work of fix
ing rup the new camp will start at
, once.. The dredge equipment, it is
ex{iQeted,:«CBn be moved completely
. at .some time early in June.
fcuntber.t and timbers for the con
. stcuctmni ofhthe new hull, all Outside
material i*iU arrive on the first up
river;: bdat.i a!nd assembled immediate
.ly. . A caew bucket line will also be
plaeedx onAhe new boat.
Jackvtftyan* an early-day Takotnan
and welliknawn in.these parts, passed
-awpy nb Hnoqualinte, Wash., last Oc
, to her, following an attack of stomach
trwible,* according to recent word re
ceived here by .Chris Nelson from
. Mrs. Ryan.
John Krjeger returned here yester
• fday, following a visit of several days
...at his former headquarters in the
. Tolstoit section. Mr. Krieger reports
‘that rranktBeokmsn, well knoyn old
t ’timer, now.-in' the Tolstoi section, is
far from finding well.
John Dagr.i following a trip to
■ the Poonaan 'section, • returned here
Monday Mid left for. McGrath on the.
Gold Mining
In Alaska
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ISSUES
STATEMENT PERTAINING TO
RECENT DISCOVERIES.
WASHINGTON, March 25.—The
interior Department, says a state
ment issued today by the Geological
Survey, has received no direct official
information regarding the actual out
put of any of these recent gold dis
coveries in Alaska, but they all occur
in areas whose general geologic fea
tures have been examined in the past,
and publications covering which have
been issued by the Survey and are
available at the Government Printing
Office.
The recently found lodes in the
Taku district seem to be in the meta
morphic rocks near the inland or
eastern border of the great mass of
igneous rocks known to geologists as
the Coast Range batholith, which
stretches almost the entire length of
Southeastern Alaska. Much of this
eastern margin lies in Canada, and a
large portion is in most difficult and
inaccessible regions, so that only
parts c*f it have been examined even
in a cursory fashion. In the Taku
district this eastern border appears
to lie some distance west of the inter
national boundary, so that within
United States territory there is a
tract perhaps 10 or 16 miles wide
that warrants careful prospecting,
though most of the rich finds that
have been made so far lie east of the
boundary in Canada.
• The reported strike in the Wild
River district appears to consist
mainly in the finding of a piece of
quartz float which was shot through
with many patches and filaments of
gold. As the bedrock source from
which this material came may be re
mote from the place where the piece
was found, it furnishes no justifica
tion for any rush into the district in
the hope of finding profitable deposits
at hand, it does, however, furnish
further corroboration of the long
known facts that in the upper Koyu
kuk region there are many indica
tions of rich gold mineralization and,
that diligent search there is likely to
disclose workable lodes or placers.
Placers have long been mined in this
general region, but no lodes have yet
been developed there. The region lies
in one of the more remote and inac
cessible parts of Alaska, si that de
' velopments in it are likely to be ex
pensive and call for the persstence
and hardihood of the best prospectt
ors.
The reported finds of new produc
bive placer ground in the vicinity of
Poorman, in the Ruby district, have
been made in the same general
neighborhood where placer mining
operations have been carried cm for
many years. Tq judge from the mea
ner details available, the new discov
eries seem to have disclosed placers
formed under essentially the same
:onditions as those already known in
that region. Although reports from
this camp of pans of gravel carrying
many dollars in gold ore, are probably
;rue, it is likely /tq be several months
lefore any real «. estiiphte, jjf Jh^ pro
luction from this find wjll^ibe gvail
ible, for by the process got {. mining
ised the operators will probably {Store
he gold-bearing gray el mUiPddurins
he winter mMdkthe summer, ..when
voter will be^amflabls to wash away
he gravel and ihus separate it from
he heavy gold, whicn is left behipd.
iqqntipifpdoqPaga,?.) .(
HOOVER NOMINEE MUST EX
PLAIN ATTITUDE TOWARD
NEGROES, ORGANIZED LABOR
WASRUMGUGN April * Hu.-^dwh1
•J. Packer. neroiKtated by President
Hoover for associate, justice ,df-The
Supreme* Court., has been summoned
to appear before tent Senate judiciary
committee torexplain his attitude to
ward Negroes and oarganizrd labor.
STATEMENT FROM WICKER
SHAM 'CAMPAIGNS *»MWIffTEE
FAIRBANKS, April 15.—Fair
banks and surrounding precincts
going strong for Widkersham for
Delegate. Same old oppoition, in
cluding iU subsidized press, strenuous
ly opposing his nomination and sup
porting ttustgard. Same opposition
will support Grigsby and defeat Rust
gard at general November election.
We invite active co-operation1 for big
Wicker sham ma :o -sty at primary
election.
Wickeraha . gn Committee.
Telegraphic Ticks.
PHILADELPHIA, April 16-—The
Mellon and Vare political. foctions
have espoused the candidacy of
Grundy for the Pennsylvania Repub
lican senatorial nomnation as against
Secretary of Labor Janes J. Davis,
his opponent.
SEATTLE, April 19.—The steamer
Alaska sailed for Southwestern Alas
ka this morning, carrying. 290 pas
sengers, including LUO ftp interior
points, via Seward. Large cannery
crews are aboard for Shepard Point
and Cordova.
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JERUSALEM, April 19.—Machine
guns have been placed in strategic
positions on all main streets of Jeru
salem, to prevent possible trouble
growing ©lit of Christian-Mohamme
dian holidays.
W ASHING TON April 17.—Sup
port for the London naval limitations
treaty was indicated today by Chair
man Borah of th eSenate foreign re
lations committee at a conference
with Hoover.
LMS ANGELES, April 55—Fifteen
communists were sentenced today to
serve six month sin jail for their
demonstration before the cvtty hall
on March 6.
WRANGELL, April 17.—By -a 3 to
1 vote the citizens of Wrangell ^yes
terday voted bonding of the town for
the sum -of 450*066 for a new school
house.
WASHINGTON, April 17.—Presi
dent Hoover has undertaken to de
termine the possibility for Senate j
ratification of the London naval
agreement this spring.
WASHINGTON, April 17.—Mrs.
Hoover is reported suffering from a
wrenched back, the result of a fall jn
her living room.
WASHINGTON, April 19.—Con
gressman R. G. Lee died at his home
here tolsy
SEATTLE, April 19.—McDonald
K. Smith, Seattle nock broker, was
killed yesterday in sn auto accident.
PEAK TO BE NAMED IN
HONE OF PEN EIEL8GN
WASHNGiON, April 16.—The
Senate yesterday passed the 'joint
resolution by Senator Nye, North Da
kota, *to provide that some prominent
peahr. within Mount McKinley Na
tional Park of Alaska be named in
honoor ox Carl Am Lie Ison, lamented
Daughters of
.Revolution
OFfinSK 'ENTRY *OF AMERICA
SCIWTCFfBBE WORLD COURT OR
: tEAKUE OF NATIONS.
(WJftdSlIiNiiTUN, April 16.—Flat
declaration that, ihe^ favored entry of
the ..United; States into the World
Court and.his belief that America
would .-eventually , join’ .was made last
nightly President. Hoover in his ad
dress. before. the»U»*ghters of the
American Revolution.
WASH IN GX.0 N, ^April. L6.-L1 face
of Hooyer’s appeal for support, of the
world .court, the .aUftj*ghters. of the
American. -R ..Lon today went, on
record -me.riean participa
tion in tnc.- matronal tribunal,
which v-i, ■ when, the convention
una; .xur. ... ;aed a resolution
wh.. : . criticism of the
Wcrij . . L_*gue of Nations.
WAoa • April 17.—.Daugh
ters .01 me American Revolution to
day declineu against the ^commitment
of this country to alliances which op
erate to limit full liberty of decision
on international affairs.
SUTHERLAND ASKS CANCEL
LATION OF MAIL CONTRACTS
.WASHINGTON, April 15.—Dele
gate Sutherland istananding cancel
lation of new contracts which give
Alaska an dPaciiic steamship com
panies an increase of 50 per cent for
carrying Alaska mail.
17 MINERS ATC itth'ONADP
KILLED IN GAS EXPLOSION
CAKHONAliq, ..April 16.—Seven
een miners were.-killed by gas explo
sion in the Pacuic Coast Company's;
mine here Saturday rlternoon,
RIOTING AND .CLASHES
.THROUGHOUT .INDIA
LONDON, April 16—Furtheer riot-i
n gand another sanguinary clash-be
.ween civilian police marked tne pro
gress . today of .the-, civu..disobedience
..ampaigm.waged b> saahaitirrs. Ghandi
to free iodia from. Hritish rule. After
a night of riot.and terror in Calcutta
.the scene stiifterLto tne great seaport
of Karachi.
CALCUTTA,.April lS^One thou
sand in da nationalists today attacked
the armory at ^Chittagong, in which
six defenders were killed, the dead
including a sergeant and a major.
SIR. TUPPER WILL SAIL
FOR BETHEL ON MAY IgTH
SEATTLE, April ISh—The steamer
W. W. Tupper will sail on May 15 for
bethel, according u> announceme.nl
gven. out today.
Hill Perkhmger was a Monday ar
rival from Ophir. For some time past
he has been located t on the North]
Fork of Mud river section, devoting
himself mostly to prospecting. He
reports game and fur .-very scarce.
Mrs. Frank Uu skoy . and,, yopng
danght r arrived Sunday., afternoon
from McGrath, corning cp.jiria...air
plane. Mr. and Mrs. Gaskeyr: are
now at home in the S.peaicr:hunga
iow, on Front street. »’
Andrew Olson, after havng spent
the greater part of- the winter ill tha ’
Medfra section, returned here Wed* -
UHlIlV. I
Eighteenth
Amendment
—
MAY BE FOPNDASESTRABLE TO
i
MODIFY I’-ROXnBlTION JLAWS.
'DECLARES WDCILERRHAM.
WASHINGTON, . Apfil Wide
ersham, chairman of the Hoover law
enforcement commission addressing
the American Society of Newspaper
Lditors.at their -oonvention here yes
terday afternoon, said that to obtain
maximum abstinence from nse of
liquor “it may be. found defirahle t«
modify the Eighteenth Amendment
or national proh.uition law*”
WASHINGTON, A,p®il 18.—-Jtn ex
presion belief by A. H. Stay ton.
chairman of the board of the Associa
tion Against the Prohibition Amend
ment, that President Hoover is begin
ning to donot whether piohibition can
be enfot u. was received today by
the Senate, lobby «>mi;t*tiee in .a let
ter written in February gy Staytoi;
to. Charles. S. Wood,.a-vice president
of the wet organization.
MOST NEW PRISONS*St ARE
PSOBBITfOM TTOLATORS
WASHINGTON, April .15.—Attar
ney General Mitchell today told the
Senate, judiciary, committee that be
cause of prison congestion further
stimulating artistes-*f jpcosecgtioK
under any J'nitef
States into .difficulties. Mitchell .re
ported that most .new prisoner? were
prohibition violators.
-M-AN8 SMCKSONiKBrrUKNS.
Hans Erickson, foil owing., a visit'of
several monthson the Outside, spent
mostly at San.. Francisco and -Seattla,
returned here Wednesday, coming .via
airplane from Fairbanks with Pilot
Elliott.
•Mr. Erickson reports that he has
again taken a lease on the Gance
creek dredge and that the same Witt
be placed in operation as early as
possible. The engines on'the dredge
will be operated by wood this season,
a plentiful supply of which, Mr.
Erickson, will be qn hand , within ■*
short time'ior its operation. Neat
.year; he enys, diesel enginesvwill be
installed.
Mr.-Erickson left yesterday for tba
Ganes. dredge to direct preliminary
work.
Fin, in >b more or less, severe form,
is quite prevalent in this interior sec
tion. -Many Takotnans. have baen af
flicted. while Teporth'from* Opbir and
McGrath ace to, the effect that th*
malady has beta making miserable
the greater, portion of the residents
of "those. localities,
Thirty*seven, boilers .are in use in
the Poormanucpeep, with' everybody
working.1 .In (tight 'holes recently
sunk, hut; not to»bedrock,, water wsa
encountered -in .all of ttkem. That, is
brief, is the .latest from .the Poermao
section, according to reoent arrivals
here from that distinct,
Vance R. McDonald, well knows
Alaska repre sentativ e -of severah Out
side mercantile coace ess, wan a last
Sunday arrival, having come bja way
of Foorman. He left Tuesday for
McGrath for .a short.visit,-later* tak
ing airplane at , that point for Fair
banks.
far_ hanoy returned herb Mon
day from a trip to Flitfaid'hftgP
the following dif for McGrath