| *OL X NO. 47
TAKOTNA ALASKA. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 20 1030
PRICE 25 CENTS
| Eighteenth
P Amendment
FEDERAL JUDGE CLARKE, NEW
JERSEY, DECLARES AMEND
MENT IS INVALIDl.
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NEWARK, N. J., Dec. 17.—Federal
I • . Jfidge William Clarke stated yester
>* d4y that the- eighteenth, amendment
is invalid, because it never has been
ratified by government bodies pre
thescribed in amending articles to-the
V Constitution. He pointed out that the
amendment was ratified by the state
legislatures and not by the people, as
- the constitution holds it should.
| WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—Attor
' .. ney General Mitchell today directed
4 United States District Attorney
Philip Forman of New York to ap
peal directly to the Supreme Court
the ruling of Federal Judge Clarke
* holding the eighteenth amendment
invalid.
^ . NEWARK, Dec. 19:—The decision
of Federal Judge Clarke that the
eighteenth amendment is invalid was
appealed to the Supreme Court today..
* LINN SMITH NAMED AS
MARSHAL FOURTH DIVISION
. WASHINGTON.—Among United
v United States marshals nominated to
day by President Hoover were the
following: Charles D. Jones. Second
judicial dishtrict of Alaska: 1 inn
• Smith,. Fourth judicial division of
Alaska.
' G. J. Lumen has also been con
firmed as judge for the Second judi
cial district.
SENATOR F. M. SIMMONS OF
NORTH CAROLINA PASSES
. WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.—Senator
Furnifold McLenden Simmons, oldest
. statesman of North Carolina, next to
the oldest member of the Senate in
ejint service, died at his home here
yesterday.
* Furnifold M. Simmons was born at
BOm, North Carolina, in 1854; in
- 1886 was elected a member of the
, Fiftieth Congress from North Caro
lina; was elected to the United States
, Senate for the term beginning March
4,, 1901, and re-elected! in 1907, 1913,
1918, and 1924. He was defeated for
re-election this year in the North
Carolina primaries. His present term
expires March 4, 1931.
Arriving Tuesday at McGrath by.
airplane from Anchorage, and coming
* up here Christmas day, were Mr. and
Mrs. Qddie Hallson, after a visit of
three or four months on the Outside.
They spent a great part of their time
in Seattle, vesting relatives and
also made at trip to Southern Califor
nia. They left yesterday for Mc
Gath for a stay of a few days at that
place, after which, with their dog
team,, they will depart for Bethel,,
Mp. Hall son’s headquarters as game
warden.
John. Novak, coming up from Mc
Grath for a brief business visit, was
One of those in attendance at the
Christmas doings here.
Henry Martella was aTuesday ar
rival from Yankee for a visit of a
fdw days.
Dave Clough returned yesterday
n brief visit at McGrath.
Guatemala
Turnover
GOVERNMENT UNSEATED WITH
KILLNG OF ; GEN. ORELIANA
MILITARY HEAD.
GUATEMALA CITY. Dec. IS.—
The government was unseated yes
terday, with fifty-seven killed, includ
ng Colonel Boncilla, a member of the
presidential staff.
General Samuel Oreliana has been
installed as head of- the military gov
ernment.
MUSSOLINI BLAMES AMERICA
FOR ITALY’S FINANCIAL ILLS
ROME, Dec. 18.—The American
stock market crash and money crisis
are principally to blame for Italy’s
financial ills, Premier Mussolini told
the Italian Senate yesterday after
noon. He declared that the American
economic policy of mass production
and mass consumption is a mistake.
PREHISTORIC AMPHIBIAN
CREATURE, ENTOMBED IN
ICE, FOUND NEAR VALDEZ
CORDOVA.—Reports were ocn
firmed of the finding of the perfectly
preserved body of a strange prehis
toric. amphibian creature on Glacier
Island, near Valdez.
It. is believed to have been entomb
ed for centuries in the upper reaches
of Columbia glacier and to have grad
ually worked to the sea. The crea
ture, encased in ice, was washed
ashore on the island. It resembles a
lizard. The body is 20 feet long and
the tail 16 feet long. It is covered
by fur. The blood can be seen thrugh
the ice.
NEW YORK.—Edward Brown, cur
ator of the American Museum of Nat
ural History, requested Dr. Charles
E. Bunnell, president of the Alaska
College, to investigate the carcass of
the strange creature.
The museum wa sinformed of the
supposed find a few days ago. “So
far as we know no prehistoric crea
ture of the dimensions given in the
Alaska dispatch existed,” Brown said.
“If the creature is encased in ice it
must have lived when the ice formed.
The dimensions of the lizard-like an
imal given in the description suggest
a reptile similar to the dinosaur, but
they died millions of years before ice
formed. The only other possibility is
that it might bemarine creature like
a whale.”
Mrs. Thomas McLean and little
Alice McGowan were Wednesday ar
rivals from McGrath and are home
guests of Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Clough
for a visit extending over the New
Year.
ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION
GIVES U. OF W. $250,000
SEATTLE, Dec. 17.—-The Rockefel
ler Foundation has given the Utaiver
sity of Washington cme-quartter mil
lion dollars for development work of
the recently established octanograph
ical laboratories, President Spencer
announced today.
Dave Eison was a- Wednesday ar
rival from Ganes creek for a brief
visit, returning to his headquarters
yesterday
Tom' Fare, Spruce creek, was
among those present at Takotna’s
Christmas doings.
SCHMELLING ASSURED HALF
MILLION DOLLARS TO FIGHT
STRIBLNG la CHICAGO IN JUNE
NEW YORK, Dec. 17.—An offer of
one-half million dollars as his share
for a match with young Stribling in
Chicago' in June was made to Schmel
ling, heavyweight champion, by Nate
Lewis, matchmaker for the Chicago
Stadium, today.
Washington Notes
WASHINGTON, Dec. t7.—Presi
dent Hoover was accused in the Sen
ate today by Mackeilar ox failing to
submit to Congress, in accordance
with the lhw, a final report of re
ceipts and expenditures, involving
one hundred million dollars, of the
European relief fund administered by
him in 1919.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17—The Sen
ate foreign telations committee today
voted to postpone consideration of
the World Court until next year.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18—Secre
tary of State Stinson, before a Senat 3
committee, suggested a horizontal cut
of 90 per cent in all immigration as
a means of aiding the unemployment
situation.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18—The Sen
I ate and House conference committees
have agreed on a $55,000,000 drought
relief bill.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—Repub
I lican leaders are much stirred over
unconfirmed reports that President
Hoover contemplates calling a special
session of the Senate next spring to
consider the world court uestion.
Telegraphic Ticks.
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SEATTLE, Dec. 14.—The former
Alaska mail packet Margretta, Capt.
Larry Parks, sailed tonight for
Southeastern Alaska waters to search
for missing Pilot Robin Renehan and
his two companions.
WASHIINGTON, Dec. 16. — The
Gutenberg Bible, the highest priced
book in the world, was permanently
placed in the Library of Congress to
day.
j SEATTLE, Dec. 20.—Julius Rosen
: wald, Chicago merchant prince and
philanthropist, arrived in Seattle to
| day. He is en route to Hawaii, ac
coinoanied by his bride.
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i MADRID, Dec. 18.—Federal troops
have taken a hundred prisoners and
have driven a revolting regiment of
infantry of the regular army back
upon the town of Jaca.
SEATTLE, Dec. 20.—The steamer
Alameda sailed at 9 this morning,
with 73 passengers, including 17 for
Seward, and interior points.
PARIS, Dec. 17.—Theodlre Steeg,
socialist, has at last formed a min
j >stry to succeed that of Tardieu.
CABIN FIRE AT OPHIR.
A cabin at Ophir, belonging to Mrs,
A. P. Anderson, was destroyed by
, fire Thursday night, together with its
entire contents. Miss Josie Sheehan,
who occupied the cabin, was also a
heavy loser, all her belongings, to
1 gether with her money, about $500,
being consumed in the blaze,
i Miss Sheehan was visiting a neigh
bor at the time, enjoying dinner, and
she was not aware of the blaze until
the cabin was almost completely de
stroyed. She left for Flat on the
following morning.
Gov. Parks
Makes Report
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REPORT TO INTERIOR SECRE-'
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TARY SHOWS CONDITION
OF TERRITORY.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.—An in
crease of more than $2,000,000 in the
mineral production, a balance of'
trade in favor of Alaska of $36,914,-;
722, and an increase of approximate-!
ly 4,500 in population are outstand
ing features of Territorial develop
ment, according to the annnual report
to the Department of the Interior of
George A. Parks, governor of Alaska.
The total value of the Alaska lsh
i ing products in 1929, exclusive of
aquatic furs, was $50,795,819, a de
crease of $3,749,769 from 1928, when
the value was $54,545,588. The fore
i going figures represent the' value of
| the manufactured product. It is es
timated that the value of the catch
to the fishermen was approximately
$1 ,582,000. The round weight of the
salmon catch landed by the fisher
uroo Qnnrnvimafolv A A.*) 781
pounds, and the corresponding figures 1
for herring were about 153,105,752.
Twenty-nine thousand two hundred 1
• and eighty-three persons were em
ployed in the commercial fisheries of
the Territory in 1920, as compared
with 31,086 for 1928. The herring
industry experienced an unusual con
dition which resulted in a decline in
the output of pickled fish and an in
crease in the production of meal and
oil. There was an increased produc
tion of halibut. One thousand two
hundred and fifty-three persons land
ed approximately 37,456,998 pounds
of halibut, valued at $4,422,605, as
compared with 31,567,000 pounds,
valued at $3,094,000 in 1928. The out
put from the cod fisheries increased
materially < r 'bat of 1928. In 1929,
some 233 pei.o\: re employed in
! the whaling industry, and the total
. value of the products was estimated
j-to be $502,081.
The census of the seal herds on
Pribilof Islands is computed in Au
gust each year, and the Bureau of
Fisheries estimates the increase to be
100,014 for the year ending August
10, 1929. Statistics presented by the
Bureau of Fisheries indicate that
since 1918 $4,477,919.28 has been de
posited in the treasury of the United
States as net revenue derived from
the sale of fur seal skins. The total
number of seals of all ages and
classes in the herds is estimated to
be 971,527. Forty thousand and sixty- j
eight fur sealskins were taken from
i the Pribilof Islands during 1929.
It is apparent from the reports
coming from the various fishing
areas of Alaska that the pack of sal
mon f >r the year 1930 will be in the
neighborhood of 5,000,000 cases.
Mines in Alaska produced $16,066,
000 worth of minerals in 1929, as
compared with $14,061,000 in 1928.
j The large increase in the value of
: Alaska’s mineral output in 1929 is to
be attributed mainly to the increased
price at which copper is sold during
the year and the greatly increased
production of gold by both lode and
placer mines. The increased selling
price of copper, which was 3.2 cents
a pound higher in 1929 than in 1928, i
alone accounts for an increase of J
$1,165,000, and the gold output wan1
$916,000 greater, says the governor’s
report. The value of the production
of gold from the lode mines in 1923
was $3,644,000, or approximately 47
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Problems of
Prohibition
EDUCATION REGARDING LAW
OBSERVANCE NEEDED, SAYS
GEORGE WICKERSHAM.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—Chair
man George Wickersham of the
Hoover law enforcement commission,
in a public statement today, said:
“Fro mthe outcome of the Volstead
act reliance was placed upon the
power of the government to compel
by imposition of penalties the gen
eral observance of the law. No pro
gram for education of the public into
the value of prohibition was attempt
ed. I believe that in law enforcement
the observance of the law can be
brought about by education and per
suasion rather than by force and
harsh penalties—not force, but rea
son. I believe the present problem of
enforcement is larg-ly a matter of
education regarding law observance.”
DOMINION GOVT. MAY REWARD
KECOVERERS OF BURKE’S BODY
VICTORIA, Dec. 17.—The Domin
ion government has indicated its in
tentions of giving rewards to Everett
Wasson and Joseph Walsh for recov
ery of the body of Captain E. A.
Burke.
V. HITEHUKSE, x. T„ Dec. EU.—
Pi''it Everett Wasson arrived here to
day by plane, bringing the body of
Captain E. A. Burke from Liard
river.
VERMONT SENATOR PASSES.
ST. ALBANS, Vt., Dec. 17.—Frank
C. Oreen, senior United States Sen
ator from Vermont, died here Wed
nesday, following an operation for
hernia.
DEATH OF MATT VAUGHN.
Matt Vaughn, who made the trip
out to the Mayo Brothers Clinic at
Rochester, Minn., during the past
summer in the hope of obtaining re
lief from his ills, passed away at the
home of his sister at El Reno, Okla
homa, on November 22, according to
word received yesterday by Carl
Lottsfeldt from his sister.
Mr. Vaughn was for several years
a member of the Alaska Road Com
mission forces in this section. He had
many friends here and was universal
ly liked, and the news of his death
will be universally regretted.
F. A. Gates, coming from Poorman,
arrived here Thursday. He reports
nothing of an unusual nature in the
Poorman section, futher than the fact
that everybody is busy and hopeful.
Mr. Gates left this morning for Ne
nana, driving out the dog team of
Oddie Hallson, fur warden, who, ac
companied by his wife, is awaiting
arrival of the team at Nenana, to re
turn here en route to his home at
Bethe.
Frank Guskey, after an outing in
the upper Kuskokwim for a few
weeks, returned to Takatna Sunday.
Car Lottsfeldt, A. R. C. superin
tendent, returned yesterday from a
business trip to Big River.
Hans Erickson, after a brief busi
ness trip in town, returned to his
Ganes headquarters yesterday.
Albert Ivey was a Christmas day
arrival from McGrath for a short
visit hero.