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/'VOL IX.
NO. 21
TAKOTNA ALASKA. SATURDAY. JUNE I, 19!?9.
PRICE 25 CEJMBB
'Sinclair Gets
Another Jolt
L MUST SERVE -SIX MONTHS’ JAIL
»
-'SENTENCE ON EXPIRATION
-OF PRESENT TERM.
WASHINGTON, June 1.—The Su
1 preme* Court upheld a lower court
v »hlc*iafa'i«fcenced Harry F. Sinclair to
4. aer-ve *ix months in the District of
*. Columbia*-jail on charges growing out
> -of jurv. shadowing in the Fall-Sinclair
«■ conspiracy case.
Sinclair is now serving three
} three months in the same jail for con
tempt of the Senate. The oilman will
* be allowed five days of each month on
each sentence for good behavior,
' which-will reduce the combined sen
tences of nine months to seven a.id a
half months.
Sinclair, who is now working in the
. jail pharmacy, refused to discuss to
day’s decision.
Henry Mason Day, assistant to Sin
clair, who employed detectives of the
Burns agency to shadow jurors, must
serve four months in jail. W. Sher
man Burns, who was in active charge
of the detective agency at the time of
the trial, must pay a fine of $1,000.
William J. Burns was exempted from
a 15-day sentence by the court on the
grounds that evidence failed to shave
that the former heal of the detective
agency was in any way responsible
for the jury shadowing.
MISSING FLYERS ARE LO
CATED IN WEST AUSTRALIA'
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MELBOURNE, Australia, May 27.
' —An air search discovered two pilots
.who lost themselves in the vastness:
of Western Australia.
Lieutenant Moir and Flying Officer
Owen, who have been missing for j
more than a week since they attempt
ed to fly fro mBima, Dutch East In
dies, to Port Darwin, were ocated by
Pilot Brain at Capedon, Queensland.
Brain, who figured in the Southern
Cross search, sighted the plane where
it had crashed behind a lighthouse.
The two flyers mistook the lighthouse
for Port Darwin. They were not in
jured, but were unable to rise again.
Thrilling Chapters In ‘Kid
naping’ of Alaskan Trapper
■ (Fairbanks News-Miner.)
On of the most curious cases ever
’ to come up for judicial disposition in
. Alaska, in which two men hava been
* charged with crimes .ranging from
attempted murder to*grand larceny,
i will -be heard by Judge Lomen at
Nome next September.
Same of the charges have already
‘ been tried, thus making public a
strange tale reminiscent of the days
t before .tCh*i'forces of the la whad been
established in the North.
The parties concerned are Captain
- Brown, a veteran seaman; Mike
* chalk, another sailor; and Perry War
: ner, an oldtimer of the Iditarod and
* other interior camps and well known
to many Fairbanksans. The story as
- related below is gahered from govern
- ment allegations brought before the
* court in the cases already tried.
In the fall of 1927 Captain Brown,
who owned a power schooner, and
* Gottschalk, decided to spend the win
ter trapping. Warner finally became
1 connected with the scheme, the agree
ment seeming to be that Brown would
furnish the boat and supplies and all
would share i nthe proceeds from the
trapping.
They started out trom Nome and,
> cruising through the Noorth Pacific,
landed at St. Matthew island, a gov
' eminent reservation on which trap
; ping is prohibited. The men later
* claimed that they were not aware of
' this, but at any rate they remained
on the island all winter, catching
■ about 240 whie foxes.
Warner, bs the ringleader, and
Gottschalk began to plot against
Brown, with the idea of obtaining his
• share of the catch and stealing some
money which they knew he had in his
possession.
The plot was carried out through
the* virtual kidnaping of ^rown and
his imprisonment for a I >ng period.
He was under Warner’s watchful eye
ell the time and was clos.- y guarded,
despite the fact that he was kept in
irons.
Then wih the breakup they set off
for the eastward, touching at Nuni
vak Island and continuing to Nelson
Nelson Island. Warner and Gotts
chalk had opened Brown s trunk and
stolen about $420 and later they
found a cache near the engine of the
o schooner and rifled it. obtaining $1,
600. They stole Brown’s'share of the
fur and at Nelson Island set him out
in the boat alone while a storm was
raging, in the hope that he would
perish.
Brown managed K. beat his way
back to Nome, and when he lodged
complaint Warner and Gottschalk
were arrested. This, in brief, was the
contention of the government in the
cases tried and will probably be he
basis of actions yet to be heard.
Charges of trespassing on a gov
ernment reservation were filed
against all three men, and each was
fined $100. In. addition, charges of
attempted murder, kidnaping, robbery
and grand larceny were made against
Warner and Gottschalk. They were
freed on the kidnaping charge, the
defense being successful in its view
that imprisoning a person on a public
domain with no attempt at conceal
ment was not kidnaping. The at
tempte dmurder charges were dis
missed for the reason that Nelson
Island, where the. attempt was made,
is in . the Fourth division. The
charges were dismissed without prej
udice and can be brought up in this
division.
Warner and Gottschalk still face
trial for larceny and robbery. Gotts
chalk is at liberty on 810,000 bail, and
Warner is held in the Nome jail in
liep of a similar amount. The latter
was at liberty until his bondsman was
shot and killed at Nome last winter.
A running story of the happenings
of the winter of 1927-8 is given in
two diaries, one written by Gotts
chalk and one by Warner. Gotts
chalk’s account is brief, but Warner’s
is very detailed and in places ex
tremely fanciful, leading the govern
ment to believe that it was written
after the whole affair was over as a
means whereby he might clear him
self. Gottschalk always refers to
himself in the third person as Mike;
Tip is a dog. Warner Tefers to Brown
as the “Dutchman,” “St. Matthew
Kid,” and finally as the <rKid!”
The reader will notice that Warner
plunges into his tale wihout any ex- ,
planations, conveying the impression!,
that Brown intended to murder the j
other two and make oSftwith the furs,
and tha he was imprisoned solely to
prevent this. Excerpts from the di-; t
(Continued on-Page 2.) |<
Aleutian 4s
Total Loss
DETAILS OF WuECTK RECOUNT
ED—LIFE BOATS LAUNCHED
WITHOUT. CONFUSION.
SEWARD, May 96.—The. Aleutian
sank in mid-channel at the south end
of Amaok Island, in Uyak Bay, seven
minutes after striking a rock.
Manuel Dorras, a sailor on the
ship, lost his life when he went back
to the sinking shi pto obtain a lucky
charm. He was never seen again.
So badly damaged was-the vessel,
that it r;.; ily filled with water and
slid oii jck into deep water,
comp.c . „>pearing.
The work of the officers
and cr.». - .jiching the life boa:
prevented great loss of life. The sh.;
listed badly, but the boats were filled
with people and aunchesd without
confusion.
As the Aleutian sank she threw her
stern high in the air. The air press
ure within the vessel caused towels,
clothing, etc., to be shot through port
holes with great force.
All the people in the water were
picked up by small boats,, and a gas
boat of near-by big game hunters
took the women and four passengers
to a cannery at Larsen Bay, from
which news of the disaster • was
broadcast.
The Coast Guard and Geodetic Sur
vey vessel Surveyor was at anchor in
Zachar Bay and upon receiving the
news rushed immediately at full
speed to the scene. Upon arrival the
Surveyor met the cannery tender
Raven towing the life boats.
All were taken aboard- the Sur
veyor and given hot food and medical
alienuon. several susiaineu minor
injuries.
Picking up the remainder of the
survivors at Larsen Bay, the Sur
veyor headed for Seward.
Miss Miller of Latouche barely es
caped with her life when she jumped
from the rail clad in a night dress
and coat. She was hauled from the
water just as the Aleutian went down.
The painter became fouled on one
life boat and only quick thinking on
the part of Pilot Stimson in cutting
it away savted the small boat, .which
was loaded with people.
Captain Nord of the Aeutian, the
crew of 114 and four passengers will
go south on the Admiral Evans, which
vessel was on the other side of the
large island at the time of the sink
ing.
It is reported that the coolness and
efficiency of the officers of the Aleu
tion was remarkable. The work of
getting the life boats away in - less
than seven minutes will stand as a
credit to American shipping.
The Aleutian is in deep water, with
tier hull so badly torn that it is im
probable that will ever be raised.
Tim Twitcrell, son of A. H. Twit
:hell, reindeer magnate, returned
lere yesterday from a visit at Mc
3 rath, and left today on his wr.y to
;he reindeer headuarters, on the
Oietna. aies that there are
ibout 3,0:'. 3 or in camp and that
;he fawi... i.pring will total he
.ween 500 and 800.
George W. Clyde and Chris Nelsor
vere Friday departures for the F. D.
:amp at Ganes, going out with Super
ntenient Russell.
Eric Hard, after a visit of several
lays here, left Thursday for Ophir,
Iriving his own-truck. I
PREMIER BALDWIN RESIGNS;
LABOR LEADER McDONALD
TO SELECT NEW CABINET
LONDON., June L—Stanley Bald
win resigned as prime minister of the
British government, handing his
resignation to King George. The King
immediately sent for Ramsey Mac
-Donald, Labor leader, to ash him. to
form a cabinet.
-MacDonald will .visit Windsor.Cas
tle tomorrow. Events presage a
change in government in accordance
with Thursday’s elections, when La
bor supplanted the Baldwin Conserv
atives as the.numerically strongest
party in the. House of Commons.
Baldwin’s resignation ended five
years of Conservative rule, which
| started when-Baldwin-was called to
' take over the reins- of. government
after borite defeat,- Then it was
resigned, in favor of
med a new cabinet,
r-Labor- cabinet, the
.. depends ■ largely
liberals da,..as they
.= balance of power.
. .voti FLIGHT RECORD
/u FORT WORTH; SHIP
REMAINS ALOFT 172 HOURS
FORT WORTH, Tex, May 26—The
monoplane Fort Worth landed at 4:05
this afternoon, after 172 hours and 32
minutes of continuous flying. The
flyers surpassed the record of the
army plane Quesction Mark by 21
hours 50 minutes. The ship’s motor
ran perfectly during the week’s fly
ing. The propeller was cracked -dur
ing a rain storm near Dallas and the
ship was forced to land..
The .flight of the Fort Worth. sur
passed the record made by the Ques
tion Mark irv January by 21 hours 50
minutes 46 seconds, and surpassed.all
other, records for all types of aircraft.
As Pilots R. L. Robbins and James
Kelly swept to -eartha sea of human
ity closed- about the plane. -They
were- m une'oinniuon, aiinjougn urea
and deafened by the noise of the mo
tor.
The -plane was in good condition "ex
cept for the battered propeler, which
forced the- Landing before the. flyers
were ready. • The propeller encoun
tered a solid object, .at . first believed
to be hail, but later attributed to the
propeller hitting Robbins' belt buckle
while he was oiling a rocker arm
PARIS EXPERTS IN AGREE
MENT ON WAR DEBTS
PARIS, June 1,—The last barrier
; to compete agreement of the experts
committee on the reparation question
was surmounted, removing a . long
outstanding problem in Europe’s post
war life.
The problem was -officially settled
when the Belgians, accepted the pro
I posal of Dr. Schact, chief of the Ger
| man delegation, for solution of the
redemption of the German marks left
in Belgium after the war. The agree
ment is expected to be signed during
the coming week.
The agreement reduces the German
reparations-debt from $43,000,000,000
to $9,000,000,000 and will eventually
give France between $1,600,000,000
and $2,000,000,000, the remainder
goir ,.sr nations.
be made under -the
,a instead of the
y .ill! be made over
urs.
i .id Joe iWanchell were
,;j. .vs orv their way -to'
, .uasr .mission being to do. a
l.ttle marking and'fixing of the sum
mer trail between Opbir and Poor
man. Mrs. Ferris accompanied her
husband as far as Ophir for a brief |
visit at Phe latter rdnr«.
Lindbeigh &
| Miss Morrow
; MARRIED QUIETLY "AT 'ENGLE
WOOD, X. <-ONLY. SEVEN
AT. r'EKEMONY.
—
ENGLEWOOD,. N. J.,' Mpy
Ambassador and Mrs. .Dwight -JK. ^
Morrow 1aif> tod$y -announced tfcn
marriage today of their daughter
Anne to Colonel Charles A. Lind
bergh,
The anncuweraeBt said --simply:
“Mr. and Mrs. Dwight W. MoillW
announce the marriage of their
daughter Anne to. Colonel.-Charles A.
Lindbergh at Engewood, New - Jersejfc
on May 27, 1929.”
No details of the .wedding were
given, the reply to. questions in jaHxj
case being, “That isall.”
It was learned, that the .•ceremony
was performed .in... the .drawing reo*
of the Morrow home in .the. preaemc
of seven guests, all. members, of *the
two families.
ENGLEWOOD, May 2».-JTbtHer.
William Brown, professor ‘.at !th*
! Union Theological . Seminary, .per
formed the ceremony, omitting *the
word “obey’’
So quickly and quietly/was iheeer
emony performed that it was.fiilAir
The .afternoon before the. pubic Anew
what had happened. - ..The only **
i planation for the suddenness .Wee
given in a telegram, to Mrs..£d«*ia
McUvaine, sister of Ambassador. Mar
row:
“Ana** «nd/iCharles .* were -marSitd
very quietly this afternoon. B(tg
and L regret, your absence,. hut these
seemed no other way after, sudd**
decision last night ”
NEW. PAY REPORTED*'IJlfGOY
EREI1 ON LOWER GAI)XK
Outoat- LowerGanm eneAk, .«)Rk
John Rieck .and . Dick Stevertsor.
worked all -winter, .duripg. which time
they -sank about twenty. Rye dial**,
new pay is reported to have bsen un
covered. The gold.The.:gold -i#~m
coarse, run, mapy pieces going lam
dollar or better. The discoverer* ;*r*
now crosscutting thc.pay, rocking-the •
dirt as it* comes. out. and- making bet
ter than wages. The partners are- re
ported to have *.between * three and
four miles located iu.a solid block.
This ground joins ..a group «f claim*
held by (1 L..Raker far the..past*tea
years. In a hole, put down during'the
past- winter, Mr. Baker.asserts .that
he panned out $84, and . that the
ground went hotter ..than.42. per foot,
Mrs., Clara Taulman, former weB
known Takotnan, who left here about
a year ago, and Mr. T. R. Shea were
married at Portland, Ore^ on. Febru
ary 26,the wedding taking, place at
the home of the daughter of the for
mer. Following the 1 adding Mr. and
Mrs. Srea-departed for the East
stopping en route- at. Newton, K—
where Mrs.. Shea participate in., ^
in. a reunion of her relatives.at. wbfeh
25 of them were present. ..Leaving
Newton, the newlyweds continued t#
Metamora, Ohio, at whidy .place Mr.
Shea is engaged.at the. present time.
and will for. the neat six months, fol
lowing which he.again expects to bn
word received here. Mm, awt1) ex_
peets to return to Portland, during the
summer, to be on hand ta gbra assist
ance to her father in hameating* hi*
18-acre crop of raapbenwa.
Joe Keen and .Ralph nw|r.
Wednesday arrivals from m,
cording up wft>T..rf *