VOL VIII NO. 2b
TAKOTNA ALASkA. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 2L. 19:8.
PRICE 25 CENTS
Smith’s First
Big Address
CANDIDATE^ AT'^oM AHA,
TALKS OF FARM RELIEF
AND PROHIBITION *
OMAHA, Sept. 19.—Governor A1
Smith, Democratic presidential can
didate, stands- squarely -on tKe prin
ciples of the McNary-Haugen bill,
which has been frowned upon by- the
Republican administration, but he
does not limit himself- to the exact
mechanical-methods embodied in that
measure, according to-his dec la-ration
here last- night in hi». first* tvimpfugn i
speech, in which heassailed the Re
publican party, Coolidge and ..Hoover
for their stand'.on farm relief.
t Replying to questions as. to his
stand on prohibition, he said: “The
prevention of the sale of liquor is an
exercise f police power, and I have j
clearly showed that- if the ma.iprity of
a given State voted for the exercise
of that police power in that direction
they should -get it to the limit. On
the other -hand, following the well
defined Jeffersonian principle of
State rights, a State- that, does not
want to exercise that police power
ought to life in a position, through a.
majority of the people,-to sav so.”
SEVEN KILLED WHEN. AIR
MAIL PLANE CRASHES. TO*
EARTIK POCATELL U ID AHO
POCATELLA, Idaho , Sbrt. 15.—
persons aboard the-air- mail plane
were killed here- Tuesday evening as
the machine crashed white making a!
landing. Five* of tJhe 6even were pas
sengers.
SIR AUSTIN 'CHAMBERLAIN,
SICK ON WAY TO AMERICA
LODDON -'Sept. 10.—Extremely ill,
Si* Austen-Chamberlain, British For
eign Secretary, will leave Liverpool
today on the liner Orcoma for Sanj
Francisco,-.by way of Panama canal..
The British -'Foreign , Secretary plans]
to be absent from England for ten
weeks. He had -to-be earned -aboard
the* ship..
campaign Funds:
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.—A Re
’ publican .drive for more campaign*
• funds was planned today at a confet*
ence held by Chairman Work with,
treasurer* and leaders from Chicago/
. and New York headquarters;.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 12.—John- Rats
kob, of the Democratic national com
mittee, has raised the ante: .m Demo
cratic campaign money, from $3,000y
000 to $4,500,000., a- large portion of
which will bfe spent,-to win the corn
^ belt States. Raskob predicts that
Smith will .have- 399 votes in the elec
toral college.. •
Arriving here on Friday;’ coming up.
on the Sea Wolf from McGrath, was
Lloyd. Glancy, who succeeds George
* W. Clyde as official. in charge of the
Ideal wireless' station. Mr. Glartcy,
who far the past year and a half has
been located at Seward, has already
taken over th eduties of his office.
Arnulf Hjelde, a recent arrival
from the Cripple section, is making a
short visit here.
Dick Stevenson, after a day in'.
* town, left this morning for Ophi .
Dave-Peck was a Thursday, arrival
from Little creek.. .
Robinson’s
Acceptance
ISSUES CHALLENGES TO FOES
TO FIGHT OUT CAMPAIGN
ON DEFINED ISSUES.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark., Sept. 7.—A
native son of the Southland, Senator
Joseph'T. Robinson, of Arkansas, to
night fomally accepted the Demo
cratic vice-presidential nomination
and at the same time issued a chal
lenge to. his political foes to fight out.
the iampaign on the issues of farm
relief, prohibition, merchant marine
and political corruption. Without
mincing words, the Senator charged
Hoover with failure of farm relief
'legislation during Coolidge’s adminis
tration.
Speaking of prohibition, Robinson
declared “There always has been room
in the Democratic party for those who
differ as to the. best means of promot
ing temperance and suppressing traf
fic in alcoholic beverages.’’
CHARLES E. HUGHES ELECT
ED JUDGE OF WORLD COURT
OF INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE
GENEVA, Sept. 8.—Charles Evans
Hughes of the United States was to
day elected a judge of the world court
of'inter national justice at The Hague
by the Assembly of the League of Na
tions.
CONVICTED OF COMPLICITY
IN ATTACK ON MUSSOLINI
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ROME, Sept. 15.—Convicted of
complicity in the attack on Premier
Mussolini at Bologna, Mammolo Zom
boni and his wife, Virginia, were to
day sentenced to thirty years’ im
prisonment. Their son, Anteo, was
lynched after he had fired the shot
which grazed the decorations on the
Premier’s breast.
That John Suovola, former well
known Takotnan, was found dead on
his trap-line trail, in the. Nushagak
section, late in. the winter, is the re
port received h ere a few. days ago.
The body was found by his partner,
and death, is. supposed to have been
due to heart disease. Mr. Suovola,
who. left Takntna about three or four
years ago, had many friends in these
parts, to alL of whom the news of his
passing will be received with sincere
regret..
VON HUNEFELD OFF FOR TOKIO
BERLIN, Sept. 19.—Baron von
Hunefeld, famous flier, who made the
non-stop flight across the Atlantic,
hopped off yesterday for Tokio, "via
Sofia, his first stop.
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The Sea Wolf, Captain Frank Lar
son, arrived Friday from McGrath
with, a heavy load of freight and
again today with another large load.
A large quantity of freight, still re
mains at McGrath, all of winch, says
Mr. Lason, will be moved, with the :ut
most expedition..
Theodore Melherg; returned today
on the Sea Wolf front a brief visit at
McGrath, and. is scheduled to leave to
morrow for-Ganes creek, where he ex
pects- to he.occupied, during the com
ing, winter. . ,'
Mrs. Howard L^pgley, wife of the
weR known chief engineer of the
Tana, after a visit of over a year on
fha,Outside, was among those arriy- J
ing at.McGrath on the Tana,.
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HOI’S OFF FRO MLONDON
IN AN ATTEMPT TO CIRCLE
WORLD IN TWO MONTHS
LONDON, Sept.. 15.—George II
R torch, in his Seattle Spirit, topped
off from Hamlet, England, today for
| Paris in an attempt to circle the
I world in two months. From Paris he
I will proceed to Naples, India, China,
' Bering Sea, thence around the coast
to New York, Newfoundland, Green
land, Iceland, and London.
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Gaines Pays
The Penalty
i PROTESTS HIS INNOCENCE AND
I
| TELLS HANGMAN TO DO HIS
JOB QUICKLY.
WALLA WALLA, Aug. 31.—Wal
lace C. Gaines C. (Bob) Gaines was
i hanged in the Walla Walla peniten
tiary at 4:06 this morning for the
murder of his daughter Sylvia, a ior
j me Smith College student, at Seattle,
on June 16, 1926. With head erect,
Gaines walked to the gallows, protest
ing his innocence to the end.
W'ith head erect, Gaines walked to
the gallows, protesting his inocence
to the last. “Get it over with as
quickly as you can,” he said, address
ing the hangman.
Telegraphic Ticks.
SEATTLE, Sept. 14.-—Mrs.. Anna
T. Wilburn, society leader and mem
ber of the Seattle park board, in a
Boeing plane, with Dun Donald a ■
pih't, JV.v from San Francisco to Se
attle yesterday in eight hours, having
hopped off at 6 a. m. and arrived heri
at 2 p. ui.
HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 12.—Prince
George of England, son of King
George, ond a lieutenant on H. M. S.
i Durban, now anchored at Santa Bar
| bara, slipped into Hollywood by auto
! mobile and today are guests of Doug
! las Fairbanks and Mary Pickford.
KOSLY'N, N. Y., Sept. 15,—Mr?.
John W. Mackay, mother of Clarence
Maekay, of the Postal Telegraph
Company, died at her home here to
day.
BALBOA, Sept. 15,—-Lyle Womack,
| husband of Ruth Elder, intends to di
| vorce the American inter-ocean avi
! atrix, having filed papers here last
j night.
SEATTLE, Sept. 13—President and
Mrs. Coolidge returned to the White
House today from their summer va
cation, spent at Brule ri\er, Wiscon
sin.
SEATTLE, Sept. 20.—Jean St.
Martin, Ketchikan cannery hand, was
arrested here today on a charge of
burglary in having broken into a Bal
lard store.
SEATTLE, Sept. 20.—A baby elk
was shipped by the government to the
federal game warden at Kodiak this
morning on the Admiral Watson.
1 PARIS, Aug. 28.—Fifteen nations
Monday signed Secretary Kellogg’s
covenant renouncing war as an in
strument of national policy.
MOSCOW, Sept. 15.—The Govern
ment today ordered the ice-breaker
Krashin to abandon its search for
Amundsen.
LONDON, Sept. 15.—The Prince of
Wales left London this afternoon for
a big game hunt in Africa.
I
Two Bodies
Recovered
"VICTIMS OF ILL-FATED FLIGHT
VICTOR!A-SEATTLE MONO
PLANE.
SEATTLE, Sept. 2.—The bodies of
; Dr. Floyd 1)1 >. Soverei, of East Or
ange, N. J., and Mrs. Alexander Mac
Callum Scott, victims of the Vietoria
! Seattle monoplane, were recovered
from Discovery Bay this afternoon.
Both arms anil both legs were broken.
A number of Yukon postcards were
found in the effects of Soverei.
The monoplane, owned and operat
ed by the British Columbia Airways
Company, had but three hours’ fuel
supply when it left Victoria, though
the flight usually takes but an hour.
The monoplane encounsered a heavy
fog, int is asserted.
COLLAPSE OF BUILDING, FOL
LOWING CYCLONE, KILLS 53
AT ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
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ROCKFORD, Ills., Sept. 15.—A cy
clone which swept through this city
yesterday resulted in the killing of
fifty-three persons, mainly in the col
lapse of the Rockford Cabinet Com
pany building.
DAUGHTER WEDS BESIDE
BODY OF HEL ; ' "HER
SEATTLE, Sept. 14.—Miss B. W.
Randolph was married last night to
Lyle O. Parker beside the body of her
mother, Mrs. Josephine Randolph.
The bride insisted on having the
wedding-in aueh a sat ring becaTWrh't"'
mother had set her heart on being
present at the ceremony.
Mrs. Randolph underwent an oper
ation two weeks ago in the hope that
it would enable her to assist her
daughter in her wedding prepara
tions. The operation, instead, cost
her her life.
| ALL CONTESTANTS FAIL IN
TRANSCONTINENTAL RACE
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• LOS ANGELES, Sept. 13.—Art
Goebel won the transcontinental non
i stop air derby, arriving hare late to
day. The race, with nine contestants,
began at Roosevelt Field, N. Y., yes
terday morning. The purse of $22,
000 goes to the winner.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 14.—After I
landing at Mills Field last evening-'
Art Goebel, supposed winner of the1
1928 transcontinental air race, re
vealed that he had not made a non
stop flight from New York, but had
to land for repairs and gasoline at
Fremont, Neb. All nine contestants
failed to finish the race.
SEATTLE POLICEMAN KILLED
BY THREE AUTO BANDITS
SEATTLE, Sept. 15.—Policeman E.
R. Shepard was shot and killed last j
night by three auto bandits in their
holdup of of eight Drum stores and i
gasoline stations. The outlaws es- j
caped.
SEATTLE POLICEMAnT GOOD
PAL OF BANDITS, DISMISSED
SEATTLE, Sept. 18.—Policeman H.
W. Nerein was dismissed from the
force today when it was disclosed that
he had been a good pal of bandits
now under arrest for the murder of |
Policeman Shepard, although Sherein
was not implicated in the killing. j
Chris Nelson, a round-tripper, to
McGrath on the Sea Wolf, returned
here today..
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400
In Hurricane
SANDS HOMELESS.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 18.—
Four hundred persons were killed in
a hurricane that swept across South
and Central Florida yesterday. Near
ly all the dead are in Palm Beach
county. Thousands are homeless. The
loss through property damaged is
estimated at twenty million dollars.
HASSELL AND CRAMER, AMER
ICAN FLIERS, MAKE FORCED
LANDING IN GREENLAND
NEW YORK, Sept. 5.—Missing for
two weeks in the Arctic, Bert Hassell
and Parker Cramer, American fliers,
are safe at Mount Evans, Greenland.
The two aviators, for two weeks,
trekked to civilization after making a
forced landing at Point Sukkertoppen,
Greenland, coming out uninjured.
ABANDON SEARCH FOR AM
UNDSEN AND FIVE OTHERS
OSLO, Sept. 7.—Search of pola
fields for Captailn Roald Amundsen
and five companions of the Nobile
rescue expedition has been aban
doned. This was decided upon at a
meeting of government officials ini
polar experts here today.
QUESTION OF EVACUATION
_OF (FEIWAN-vKHINtlLAND
'EVA, Sept. 15.—France can
i s evacuation of German Rhine
iam. only in the presence of her allies,
Britain and Belgium. Foreign Minis
ter Briand tonight informed Chancel
lor Mueller of Germany, who had ap
proached him on the subject.
SWEEPS THROUGH SOUTH AND
CENTRAL FLORIDA—THOU
COPPEKNOLL RESIGNS AS l . S.
ATTORNEY, THIRD DIVISION
CORDOVA, Sept. 15.—VV. D. Cop
pernoll, United States Attorney for
the Thinrd dinvision, resigned today,
owing to ill health. William Cuddy
has been ginven a recess appointment
by Jjiflge E. Coke Hill.
That Jack Mutchler, former w.ell
known Takotnan, now engaged in
business in ISeattle, was so unfortu
nate as to suffer a broken leg some
weeks ago, was the regrettable news
received here during the past week.
Mr. Mutchler is reported to have got
ten in the way of a Ford machine,
driven by a young, careless and inex
perienced driver. The report received
stated that the break was healing
and that he was coining out all right.
Arriving Friday was the Chester
Brink meat barge Shamrock, recently
coming up from Bethel, where it was
replenished with the latest and
freshest goods, direct from Seattle,
brought up on the steamer Tupper.
And there is a big variety—beef,
pork, mutton, poultry, sausages, etc.
There will be no shortage of anything
in the meat line this year, says Mr.
Brink.
Joe Blanchell, better known to his
intimates as French Joe, arrived a
few days ago from the Cripple sec
tion, for a few days’ visit among old
friends in Takotna.
Carl Lottsfeldt, A. R. C. superin
tendent, after an official visit of some
days at Flat, returned here Thursday,
coming over vit airplane with Pih*t
Ed Young.