VOL X NO 5
TAK»r»A ALASKA. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 15. 1930
PRICE 25 CENTS
New Strike
Reported'
UKAVEK' AMP WOLFE CREEKS^
nOOHWait DISTRICT, SCENE.
OE REPORTED FIND
FA IRS AN R& Feb. 8.—Confirms*
tton of a rich strike in the Ruby dis
trict, between Fairbanks and Nome,
was received .Frida* by airplane. The
strike is said to have been made on
FjJorman, Wolfe ana Beaver creeks,
(around running^ as high, as the foot,
vo below twenty cents to the pan is
repoocted.1. Beaver creek appears to
be the richest, with a paystreak sixty
feet wide-. Beaver creek is stoted as
eight miles long.
A telegram to T. A. Parsoons, su*
perintendeni of Alaska. N. C. Go. sta-r
tioli?, from the N. C. Co. agent at
Ruby, states that Tom Gallagher has
a; hoole only to bedrock on Beaver
creek, eight miles below Poorman and
that 18 inches of gravel average over
the pan. Billy Gragen and
jack snropsmre have lays on Wolfe
creek, twelve miles beloW Poorman,,
•with.the paystreak about 20 feet widq,,
and pay running from f2. to f 5 foot
of bedrock.. |
It is stated a number of peoople
from Fairbanks are. already pin the
ground and that a stampede of no
proportions ia now under way..
ONE OK GREATEST
PILOTS WHO EVER LIVED,.
DECLARES STEFANSSON
lYtLNJSJblAPULli}, Jan- 29.—-Eietten
•was one. of .the greatest pilots who*
ever lived*” said Vilbjalmar Stefans-,
soivino&edLnxptorer, here today. “He
was. disk first man to fly north of the
Arctic circle in winter, the first to fly
camprigkaiy . across the Arctic. and the
first tajfty in the Antarctic.,’’ he said..
7* AMERICANS.HAVE ANNUAL
INCOME, OF $5,000,000 OR MORE:
WAJ5ltLNGTON, Feb. 3^-Fignres
g^yen out Imtiiy by the internal reve
nue bureau disclose that seventy
Americaas-'ihnve*an annual income of.
$3^000,000.cx>r more each. Five hun,
ri»ad have an income ojf $1,000,000 an
nually v
FINDVHEEMET AND MITTENS?
WORN BY EIELSON, BORLAND
NORTH; OIU'K, Siberia,. EWk. I3U—
He helmet: wotm! by Gari? Eielhoir was
racovened yesterday. The- helmet and
mittens of. Earl Borland! were found
a race* ago. Fart of the cockpit of
their ptnesns alae> found.
jm (Jtasson : reports that the work
«a expeeh the clearing of ice and
snooar ifShomt allr parts of the wreck
will ba-. completed within the next
three or four days.
FROM ARCTIC SHIP NANUKv.
NOME* FebJ 11.—Captain Olat
Strenson and'daughter Marion and'
Russian Captain P. G. Milovzerov, the
Mter ill, arrived hare today by air
plane from the imprisoned motorship
jHsnoki They windy to Fairbanks,
by rail amcb water to Seattle.
They report that searchers are still
unable t to fittd the bodies of Eialson
sad Borland.
aspires to goveenorshp.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29—Mayor
Kolph vmeuneed laat night that he
trill be a candidate lor pntern
California if hie friands indicate
"puppets "
Awful Deed \
Crazed Mare
i
CLAYTON CRAWFORD, SEATTLE
PIONEER, MILLS MOTHER.
THEN HIMSELF.
SEATTLE, Jan- 1.—Clayton Craw
ford, secretary and manager of the
Crawford-Conover Company, pioneer
Seattle real estate firm, th.s morning
at the Crawford home tiptoed into
the bedroom of his aged widowed
mother, Mrs. Samuel Leroy Craw
ford, shqt her through the breast
three times, and then tturned the re
volver upon himseli. Fifteen minutes
.atcr both were dead.
Crawford had been worrying over
the pending dissolution of the firm of
Crawfo(r d& Conover, founded by hia
stepfather, Samuel Leroy Crawford,
pioneer Seattle business man. Mrs.
Crawford was very prominent social
ly, and was one of the founders of the
Seattle Othopedic Hospital.
CHARLES E. HUGHES NOMI
NATED FOR CHIEF JUSTICE,
TO SUCCEED WM. H. TAFT
SEATTLE,. Feb. 5.—Mrs. E. H.
Bushe ana son Fred of Seattle were
killed, ana Mr. Bushe and their guest,
Rev. N. E. Gallant of Skagwny are
m a Bellingham hospital, w.th crit
ical injuries, received when the Bushe
I aotumobue plunged from Blanchard
bridge on the Ghuch&ll drive last
night.
WASHINGTON* Feb. X.—William
Howard Taft, has resigned as Chief
Jutice of the United States* bis resig
nation being submitted to President
Hoover today. Mr. Taft will return
here from Asheville* N. C., tomorrow.
*iiS healtth. is seriously impaired.
SAYS SALMON CONTROL AN
INHERENT STATE RIGHT
I OLt MPA, Jan. 29.—Control of sal
mon in <Washington waters is an in
nerent right of the State, Governor
: Hartief contended in protesting today
to Hoover against a contemplated
Canadianr American treaty which
would give those powers to an inter
national commissionn-n
CONDITION OF W. II. TAFT DE
SORBED AS HOST SERIOUS
WASHINGTON, Feb. A—The con
dition.of William H. Taft is described
by his pnysicians today as extremely
serious. Doctors Thomas A.. Clayton
and hYancis R. Hagen said there was
soma dbubt that the retired chief jus
tice would recover.
HARE NATIONAL CAPITAL
FREE OF ORGANIZED CRIME
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.—Major
General Herbert Crosby, chief of cav
alry of the army, has been given the
job of making the National Gayitai
free of organised crime. Ckastty was
selected by Hoover for the.* teak,, dir
! recting that the police- Sne- the traffic
j departments of the District, of. Co>
1 lumbia.
Arthur Berry,.well knowmoldt.m.r
of the MedCra. district, whe >hhs been
in Sexttae fbr-the past two- or three
iiienGle. receiving medical atteoti n,
returned' t*» McGrath yesterday/after
msen,, coming from Anchorage • via
atrpfaav? HC is reported, mucki im
proved in .health...
EUNICE PRINGLE WANTS*
(1,000.000 DAMAGES FROM |
ALEXANDER PANTAGES'
_ ,
! LO» ANGELES,. Jan, 2SL--Eunice
' Pringle on. Friday filed sail against
i Alexander Pan tag ea foorone miliioon
doollan damages for criminal attack,
she alleges' he. made pen her.
Within an hour -after- filing of the
suit Supreme Judge Edgar Hender
son summoned Miss l’ringle to appear
before him today. He -wants to know
why the suit eras hied at this .time.
11 Bamcers
Enter Prison
PENALTY FOR THEIR FARTS lit
DEFALCATION OF $343,000
*
IN MICHIGAN BANK.
JACKSON. Mich., Jan.. 31..—Eleven
bankers, formerly trusted executives
and tellers of the Union Industrial
Bank of Flint, Mich., exchanged their
names for numbers yesterday and.
began to serve terms in Michigan
State prison here for their parts in
the $343,200 defalcation in. the bank.
| The Union Industrial Bank,, one of
the largest in the State, handled
most of the funds of several Large,
automobile concerns located here, the
• taggering irregularities of which
were brought to light several mnnths
ago.
Telegraphic Ticks.
SEATTLE, Jan. 30.—John Dewey,
technical director of a Hollywood
moving picture thriller of a decade
ag^, plunged nine stories to instant
death yesterday morning from his
room in the Savoy HoteL He had
1 been drinking heavily, his wife said,
i
j FKEDEAL, Rumania, Jan. 30.—
Princess lieana, 21 years old, daugh
ter of Queen Marie, today announced
! her engagement to Count Alexander
of Hochberg, second son of Prince of
Pless.
LONDON, Jan. 29*—Under leaders
of the American delegation plan to
meet late today to let the world listen
in through the press at jui times .-at
ail future plans of meetings of the
naval conference.
CHICAGO, Jan. 30.—Night vio
lence that began with a -$100,000
bombing, and carried on with gang
stars in ambush, came to a tragic end
today, with double murder.
' CHICAGO, Jan. 30—The Bloat
Reverend Charles Palmerston Ander
son, presiding bishop of Hie Protest
ant Episcopal church of the United
^.ates, dies here today.
SEA'ITLE, Feb. 1.—Louis Ceifer.
former federal court commissioner
here fox many pears, died at his
home here Wednesday.
asTA-mnLiE,, JMh- S’*—Joseph Ken
ney.,. 25> a> salesman, and Miss Sophia
' .Viznik. 16, ware killed last night in
a fail from a Seattle hotel, the result
of drinking party;
AQUACALIKNTE, M*x, Jan. 30.
--General Sarasen of New York to
. ,'ay won tint prise in the Aquaeali
jute $25,000 tournament, shooting 295
fon-12 botes.
SHINGTON, Feb .-^resident
as-dL Mrs. Hoover paid a ten-minute
. a . on William. LL .aft this after
| noon.. |
Mex. Assassin
Shoots Wildly
PRESIDENT OF MEXICO WOUND
ED, AFTER WOULD-BE A8
'SASSIN FIRES SIX SHOTS.
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 5.—Ortez
'Xubjo, president of Mexico, was
wounded in. the jaw today by a would
be assassin,-who bred on him a few
hours after he had: been sworn in as
chief executive. At the hospital it
‘Was said the condition of the presi
dent was not serious and that the
rhuUet.had. been extracted.
MEaICO CITY, Feb. 6.—President!
Rubio wi. be able to take up his du
ties‘Within a week.
Daniel Flores, now under arrest, is
the would-be: assassin, while seven
others:are held on suspicion of par-!
ticipation in. the plot, which the gov-.
eminent .attributes to adherents of,
Jobe Vasconcelos, defeated candidate
iw the last presidential election.
Flonres in all tired six shots. One
grazed the ear and scalp of Senora
Oritz Kamo, another grazed the ear
of the president’s young niece, Senor-!
ita Marie Ross, while the chauffeur
of the. presidential car was wounded
an- the: shoulder.
FOUR. PASSENGERS, PILOT
KILLED AS PLANE CRASHES 4
-KANSAS CITY, Jan. 29.—Four;
pasaegeers and Pilot Dyke Landeman
ware killed when a trimqtored plane
bound.' from Wichita to Kansas City
crashed near Fairfield airport here
today.
ONLY' WOMAN EVER TO HOLD
SEAT UNITED STATES SENATE
ATLANTA, Ua., Jan. 29.—Mrs.
Robert Latimer Felton, the only wo
man ever to hold a seat in the United
States Senate, a pioneer temperance
worker and author, died at midnight
from bronchial pneumonia. She was
.94 years of age.
SAWYER GETS WORD OF AP
PARENTLY RICH GOLD STRIKE
....LOS ANGELES, Jan. 29.—Earnest
Walker Sawyer, assistant to Sesre
tary of Interior Wilbur, announhed
flie ereipt here today by telegraphic
word of an apparently rich gold
strike in the Wjld River district of
Alaska, near Betties.
HEAVY FINES IMPOSED ON
2 WOMEN SMUGGLERS
NE./ YORK, Jan. 29.—Louise
Schwabacher of San Francisco and
Mrs.. Frank Vance Stories of New
York were fined! $73,000 and. \ 103,000,
respectively, for smuggling in. cloth
ing and jewelry from. Euroope.
SPANISH B1CTATOR QUITS.
MaiskD, Jan; 29.—Premier De Ri
vera, Spanish dictator since 1922, and
his cabinet resigned tonight. Follow
ing -e resignation the king appoint
ed Gerald Danasco Eerenheur as suc
cessor.
MADRID, Jan. 31.—Police today
! battled a crcwd of students boister
ously ce.eurating t.o res.gna'ion of
| De Rivera.
n:' Carrier Charge O’Ha'lornn.
;n ihe ngoing. . an, arrived Wed
nesday, continuing to Qphir ...e sain*
. afternoon
Matter Of
Prohibition
HEARING OF REPEAL AMEND
MENTS DELAYED BY COMMIT
MITTEE UNTIL FEB. 12.
WASH .GVON, Jan. 29.—wuair
man Graham of i.ne House juuiciary
ommittee announced today that
hearings before his group had been
delayed until February 12 on the
seven measures for the repeal of the
eighteenth amendment. This will be
the first time since enactment of the
eighteenth amendment that such a
coaurse has been taken by the judi
ciary committee.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.—Clarifi
cation of the Volstead act to permit
hoome manufacture of light wines
and beer was suggested in a speech
in the House today by Representative
Franklin, Republican, of Ne wJersey,
who is regarded as Hoover’s spokes
man in the House.
WASHING!ON, Jan. 31.—It was
said at tue White House that expres
sions Ox opinion recently uttered in
the House in no way reflected the at
titude qf Hoover regarding prohibi
tion.
W ASHINGTON, Feb. 13_Two de
termined females, opponents of pro
hibition, held the center of attention
today as the House judiciary commit
i tee opened its sefc&fil hearing on a
! resolution asking outright repeal of
the eighteenth amendment. The two
womn were Mrs. Charts H. Hadin,
formr Kpublican National committee
woman frqm New York, and Repre
sentative Mary T. Norton, Democrat,
from New Jersey.
WSH1NGTON , Feb. 10.—Predict
ing the destruction of the Republican
part if it conttinues o sell its soul to
the fanatical dries, Represenntative
break, Republican, of Pennsylvania,
toqjday declared in the House that
prohibition was like a cancer eating
away the moral fiber of the Amer
[ ican peoople.
THIRD ATTEMPT PANTAG ES
TO GAIN LIBERTY ON BOND
LOS ANGELES, Jan . 30—The
j third attempt of Alexander Pantages
to gain his liberty on bond failed to
' day. At the same time Superior
| Judge Fricke, who denied the petition
j for bail, declared his decision with
I fiery denunciation at the purported
attempt by members of the theater
man’s family to. influence him.
ROUGH TREATMENT FOR FED
ERAL UNDER COVER AGENT
SEATTLE, Jan. 29— Bunning, fed
eral under-cover dry agent, was found
beaten, into unconsciousness at the
south end of the city this morning,
with one of his eyes punched out.
SEATTLE, Feb. 1.—Jesse Base and
wife and James vViliiams and wife
were arrested today, charged with
beating up Running, under-cover pro
tio nagent, with a hcs.vy wrench.
GOLD STAR MOTHERS’ RESO
LUTON PASSES BOTH HOUSES
WASHNGTON, Feb. 10.—The
H use and Senate have passed the
gold-star mothers’ resolution, pr^vid
5C.MOO.000 for expenses of the pR
; go’d star mothers to
.. toour will begin ii* Maqr
and continue for two years.