TIMES
VOL IX NO. 25
T
TA*K©TNA ALASKA SATURDAY. JUNE 29, 1929.
PRICE 25 CEN
!i
Bootleggers
^Smugglers
* UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER AS
SERTED WORKING ALONG X
CANADIAN BORDER
WASHINGTON, June 27.-Assi.it
: ant Secretary of the .Treasury Low
• n»an announces that confidential re
, |:orts from Treasury, agents indicates
, an unprecedented ;gathering of boot
* eggers and smugglers, along the Ca
nadian border from Vancouver to the
. Atlantic .seaboard to smuggle liquor
. into the United States.
Because of this, Low'man said, the
* customs border patrol across the en
tire country has been strengthened.
He said President Hoover had not
. asked for . any report concerning
smuggling or the prohibition enforce
. merit situation and added that he had
not conferred with or made any re
; port to the chief executive.
Lowman. said he had transmitted to
the President a telegram from a Min
• nesota citizen protesting against the
killing of Henry Virkula by Patrol-,
: man White. Lowraan declared that
: nothing would be done at this time
: and that the case would be allowed to
take the usual course in the courts.
WOAIA NBANDIT HOLDS UP
TOPEKA BANK F OR$14,000
TOPEKA, Kan., June 28.—A young
- woman, unassisted, with arevolver
i believed to have been unloaded, cool
ly hed up two employes of the Secur
ity Benefit * Association and escaped
• with approximately $14,000.
The woman forced A. J. Perlich of
Kansas City to drive her six blocks to
the scene .of the robbery. Escaping
on foot, the woman fled to an apart
: ment building, a block away, where
alto Inlff n an<] oAtaw
ticle sof clothing and then ran out the
< back door and disappeared. She
dropped the revolver near the build
ing. It was found empty.
The woman is described as a bru
nette, between 25 and 27 years old
and of medium height. She stopped
t two clerks as they were returning
from a bank with payroll moneyf She
held a handkerchief over her face.
“Dro pthat package or I’ll b!. w
• your insides out,” she commandpJ,
drawing the revolver as she spoke.
She caught the money satchel as
of the clerks attempted to throw it
into the street.
Then finding he car in which she
had reached the scene gone, she .-an
to the apartment building to dis aid
the identifiable clathing.
SNOOK PLEADS NOT GUILTY
OF SLAYING MISS' MX
COLUMBUS, June 24.—Dr. J. lies
. Snook pleaded not guilty to a hv. de
gree murder indictment when h .as
. arraigned in criminal court on a
charge of murdering Miss Six.
July 22 was lxed as the tria Jate.
The early date was fixed undo:- the
protest of Snook’s attorneys, who
said the defense would not bo ready
that soon. Snook entered th. plea
himself, saying “Not guilty” n a
clear, calm voice.
Snook was brought before the
. judge handcuffed to another >..an un
der a murder indictment—Albert
Gunping, alleged wife slayer. This is
the first time in the history of the
Franklin county court that .two men
handcuffed to each other have been
brought before a judge to plead.
Gunning -pleaded not guilty.
John- Krieger returned .'. Sunday
. from, a trvp to anes.
BEAVER SENTENCED TO
HANG SEPT. 7, FAIRBANKS
For the second time since the na
tive has appeared before him aftei
being convicted on a first degree mur
der charge, Judge Cecil II. Clegg a
few days ago sentenced Constantine
Beaver to death, according to the
Fairbanks News-Miner. The court
directed that Beaver be hanged be
tween the hours of 2 and 8 a. m. od
Saturday, September 7.
Sentence was passed after Judge
Clegg had granted a motion. filed by
United States Attorney J. A. Hurley
asking that' a date be fixed for the
native’s execution. The main argu
: ment of Thomas B. Drayton, Beaver’s
attorney, against the motion was that
the mandate from President Hoover
refusing executive clemency had not
yet arrived and that a telegram was
the only evidence possessed by the
government to show that the plea for
clemency had been denied.
Beaver was found guilty in Febru
ary of murdering another native in
the Holitna river country. He was
first'sentenced to hang in May, but a
reprieve was granted by Governor
Parks so thata a plea for executive
clemency could be placed before the
President. The telegram saying the
chief executive had refused to inter
cede .was received about the middle
of the month.
Beaver will be the firs^ man to die
on the gallows in Fairbanks since
October, 1921, when Old Hamilton, an
aged Indian, wa shanged for the mur
de rof a fellow tribesman.
NEW BANK NOTES IN CIR
CULATION BY JULY 10
The issue of new small-size cur
rency will staft July 10 under an
elaborate plan designed to prevent
money disturbance. Explaining the
procedure, Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon, in a letter to George Hutch
inson, president of the First National
Bank, Fairbanks, says:
“We are -about to inaugurate the
replacement of all kinds of paper cur
rency outstanding with currency of a
smaller size. The amount involved is
practically d.byDggu hrdl hrd hrdldl
approximately $5,000,000,000, in al
most 900,000,000 pieces. The Treas
ury is not calling in the old currency
nor is it undertaking:aui immediate
replacement of all outstanding old
size currency. Neither is it making
any special provision for the direct
exchange of the ofii size for the small
I size. On the contrary, for the issue
! of all kinds of small size currency,
the usual procedure’ in effect for sup
j plying paper will „he followed so far
[ as possible. New small size currency
will be made available to cover the
redemptions of old size currency unfit
for further circulation, and, general
ly. payments of currency by federal
reserve banks will include both new
currency and circulated currency fit
for further use, the new currency
being of the smaller size, and the cir
culated currency at first being of the
old size but later of the small size,
The issue of small size United States
currency and fedeal reserve notes
will commence July 10, 1929. The
issue of small size nation albank
notes will commence before the end
of July.”
The new currency is 6 5-16 inches
long by 2 3-16 inches wide. The fol
lowing portraits will be found on the
various denominations: Washington,
$1; Jefferson, $2; Lincoln, $5; Ham
ilton, $10; Jackson, $20; Grant, $50;
Franklin, $100; McKinley, $500;
Cleveland, $1,000; Madisofi, $5,000;
Chase, $10,000.
Mrs. Georgie Hagen, after a visit
of some days at Fairbanks, returned
here via airplane a couple of days
ago, coming over as a passenger of
.Pilot .Ed Young.
Lower River
News Items
I
TOM TAYLOR, OLDTIMER, HAS
PROSPECTS ON SWIFT FORK .
OF HOLETNA RIVER.
I
—
i Oddie Hallson, Alaska game war
den, in charge of this district, was s
! recent arrival at Takotna, accompa
nied by Mrs. Hallson, they having
made the trip up from Bethel to Mr
uYath in their own speedy ■ craft.
Speaking of conditions down river,
i Mr .Tfallson states that Tom Taylor,
a well known oldtimer, who has been
prospecting in the vicinity.of the Ho
litna and the Hoholitna rivers for the
last fifteen years,: is credited- with
having found gold,.in the Swift fork
of the Holitna river. He previously
had found colors' all through that re
gion, but this latest discovery is said
1 to be a great deal Better than any he
| has found before.:. Sam Voich , and
i Charlie Wood went up with. Taylor
about the latter part of June to thor
oughly prospect the new find. '
A large .forest fire was sighted a
considerable distance up Stony rivet
when Mr. Hallson came up, on the
last of June. From later informa
tio nreceived,.he says a cloudburst or
erceptionally heavy rain storm put
the fire completely out, which was
most welcome news, as it meant the
saving of a considerable amount of
game.
The New York-Alaska Gold Dredg
ing Company, operating at Bear
creek, on the Tuluksak river, expect
a short put prosperous season. They
are employing about 25 men.
In discussing the fur situation, Mr.
Hnllsntt t.hnt. hp sees no cause
for any great alarm or pessimism re
garding the future of the fur in this
egion. Investigations, h esays, show
that it is history repeating itself, and
every indication points to the fact,
that-it is merely a natural cycle as
old irt the history of fur as the Ter
ritory ■'itself. The scarcity of birds
and rabbits, the f^pt that practically
all the lynx caught last winter were
exceptionally large, the fact that
there' was a very good cateh of fur
caught close to the coast in the delta
country of the mouths of the Kusko
kwinr. and Yukon rivers, and numer
ous other indications have been no
ticeable in every other cycle affect
ing the fur catches in the country,
said Mro. Hallson.
Returning here Tuesday from a
brief visit at Ophir, in company with
Carl Lottsfeldt, Mr. and Mrs. Hollson
left the same afternoon for McGrath,
preparatory to returning downr iver
to Bethel.
CHARGED WITH “DESECRA
TION O FAMERICAN EAGLE"
HAVANA—A controversy between
members of the Havana post of the
Americas Legio nand proprietors of
u new Havana barroom over use of
; American silver dollars as floor tiling
in the saloon, wa3 settled by the re
moval of the dollars from the floor.
The matter had been referred to
the American embassy here with the
request that a formal protest be en
tered with the Cuban state depart
ment. “Desecration of the American
eagle,” was the charge.
Mrs. Frank 3. Guskey, Mrs. Robert
Stone and Miss Frieda Konig were
recent visitors from MiGrath, coming
up on the cmfwy cmfwy mfwy mfw
up and returning on the last visit of
: the Sea Wolf with Captain Frank
Larson.
FOURTH OF JULY FITTINGLY
CELEBRATED AT OPHIR
Ophirites celebrated the Fourth of
Jul yin fitting manner. Quite a hunch
of the boys came in from near-by
creeks and there was at spirit of en
thusiasm, quite proper to the day, on
Jill sides. The contests, of course,
were- of great; interest, especially the
tug-of-war, which was won by mem
bers, of. the A. R. C., who ate their
evening dinner, at the expense of the
Risers. Also thoroughly enjoyed was
the pie-seating contest, in which about
a dozen participated and which i (
evoked the mirth of all.
Following is a list, of the contests ,
and .the.uiliners:
Ladies’ Race-1—
1st. Clara Rieck;
. ..2nd. Helen Rieck;
3rd. Mrs. .Lottsfeldf.
Children’s Race— j
1st. Elsie Rieck; ^
_ 2nd.. Mary McLean; ,
3rd. Vera and Viola. Chilstrom, j
Men’s 100-Yard Dash—
1st- Albert Ivey; (
- 2nd. Carl Lottsfetrft;
3rd. George Kangas-and (
Casimir Naudtz: ^
i Ladies’ Potato.Mace;—
1st. Elsie and Helen. Rieck
3rd. Mrs. Lattsfeldf.
Ladies’ Egg. Race—
1st. M.ary McLean;
2nd. Mrs. Vic Hill;
3rd. Mrs'. Carl Lottsfeldt
Men’s .Sack.Race—
1st. Crl Olsen;
2nd. .GeormdfQimas;
. 3rd, Dick 8ft /« <son aBid
Frank Spepjack.
Fie JSating -Contest-—
1st. Mrs. Vic H3);
.2nd, Gasimir iNoudtz
. 3rd. Pete Maxilie;
Men’s Running Broad Jump—
1st. Albert Ivey;
2nd.,-Carl Lottsfeldt;
3rdv Casimir Naudtz. f
Ladies’ Shooting Contest— (
1st. Eteie'Eieck; a
2nd. Helen Eieclr.: j
3rd. Clara Rieck ]
Tug-of-\Var-—The following’ teams ,
contested: I
R. C.—Jesse Baugh <captain), (
A. M. Rice, Casimir Naudtz, John .
Sinclair, Albert Ivey, Matt Kivi,.Carl
Lottsfeldt. ,
Creeks—^ Frank Speljack (captain), ,
Eric Hard, Dick Stevenson, Owen j
Gray, Carl Olsen, Alfred Jensen, Pete (
Mesich.
And the Alaska Road Commission
walked off with the prize. ,
BRAVE MAN DIES IN ATEMFT 1
TO SAVE CHILDREN’S LIVES
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CORDOVA, .July 3.--E. P- Me- J
Guire, army radio operator who won
fame for his bravery in refusing to '
desert his post when the steamer .
Starr was wrecked last winter, again 1
risked his life to save others, and this ■’
time lost. 1
McGuire was riding in * speed boat -
with several small children.when, due 1
to too many crowding forward,- the ■
boat plunged into the lake and- sank. 1
McGuire caught two little tots in his !
arms and .held them aloft above the
icy waters until rescue boats neared,
when, with safety just out of reach, <
he suddenly collapsed and went. down. i
He was .rushed .to the .hospital and 1
artificial respiration vainly used for i
two hours in an wffocfc to’restore life. '
AH the children were’ saved by an 1
Alaskan Indian, •whotdoshed out to '
the scene in a skiff.
McGuire is survived" by his wiffc 1
anti -a baby.
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Carl Lottsfeldt, A- K. C. superin
tendent, after an official visit of some
days at Flsft, retarded here yesterday
from that point, coming over via-iir* ■
.plane with Pilot-Ed .YoUfig
To Recover
[SLANDER;SANIt-28 TEARS AGO;
SAFE C ONTAINS.FORTUNE,
MONEY AND GOLD-DUST
v(J uneau "Empire. >
The parser's safe of the old.Cana
lian Pacific liner -Isladder, variously
■u mo red bo contain from ^100,000 ta
1600/100, which went down .whan thaJ.
vessel .was wrecked-off the lower ah4
>f Douglas Island nearly, .28 year*
igo, is. in plain me- wand will be
aised within a few daysP according ta
5. H. Wiley, of Olympia, who with
tis brother, Carl-H. Wiley,, also of
llympia, is in charge of the party
vhich has ‘been operating, from the
ug Finch for the last several weeks
n an. effort to locate the.vessel a«d
he safe, with its lost treasure.
While they had,no difficulty in lo
oting the Isander, lying inabout.fiSC
eet of water, they were dela/etf
iver a week because it was thought
hat the ship lay crosawis.ein the
hannel, when in reality it lies-length
vise, Mr. Wiley said.
The ship sank bow first, uand the
•ush of . compressed~air hew off .the
wo upper decks, leaving the purser’*
tffice exposed, with.the safe in„.i
daw. he said. J0u*y expect it toi
hat t er tkw days until:
afe is- raised.'
An entirely wdiving hell, shapfed
ike an egg, in. which the diver sat i
. SMAXJI, .WlUi njN HBttU ;
.n enclose! cage with port holes inn
our silos. anl operated raecbanicaUjfa, i
ointed arms, with five fingers each.,
k&s used-hy the divers. The bell is
died with air -and dropped -over the
ide, attached to.the tug by.a strong
able and a .telephone line. In thig-it
iras possible to remain .under watar
or approximately an hour before
oming to.the. surface .to.have the'air
eplenished. ho said. The bell has
reads on the -bottom, similar t«
ractor, which enables it to
ibout on the . sea bottom.
The Islander is encrusted with bap.
Lacies and marine growth from.eij"
ten inches deep, and is alive wii
Hge beetles, eels and other create
if the sea, Mr.-Wiley said
They plan to continue searching'!
American Express boxes wtaiah
hink contain gold that was heir
hipped south on the Jslaiider.
The Islander struck an iceberg i
he early morning of August 15, 190
tnd sank within twenty mint
Ibout sixty-five persons, includir
Captain Foote^her master, lost their J
ives.- The survivors and recovered s
todies-were brought, to Juneau. The
vessel sailed from Skagwav for the!
;outh with , a good passenger list.
dost of the passengers were known
o have. Klondike gold -aboard, and
;ome of them, at least, had committed
hei r“pokes” to the purser, who had
ocked'them in the safe, it is believed.
Dan-Fprague, we’l known old-timer
f the Interior section, prominent c;t
zen arid foremost agriculturist of
JcGrath, wr.s among visitors here a
ew days.ago. This was his first visit
lere in a number of years and during
iis' brief stay was kept busy renew
ng Acquaintanceship with >.old-time
riends and shaking hand swith new
mes.
E. J. Beck apd' Miss Najor, at
afcbes of the'Bureau of Education,
Education, were airplane arrivals
iere on Sunday evening, departing
early Monday morning - with -Pilot
Frank Dorbandt for Bqly Crass