VOL. VI. NO 4 '
TAKOi^A, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DK< h\ f ER j, 1H1‘6
i
I’lilCE 25 CENT.1'
Fall and Doheny Ac
quitted of Conspiracy
in Oil Leasing Case
WASMNGXOMt—Former. Secretary
of Interior Fall and Thomas Doheny
were acquitted today of the conspir
acy charges which grew out of the
Senate oil disclosin': s
Nineteen hours, after, the. case was
placed in its handset’ e jury in the
criminal court here decided there had
been no proof* of«-CJ iminal conspiracy
in the oil leasing, negotiations, of 1921
and 4222, which* resulted: in award of
Government Ueese&>tp the Doheny in
terests? while .FaU was. Secretary of
Interior and after Doheny had sent
him S10Q.000 in a little black satchel.
With that case out of the way, the
A PPJBOPBXATK )N ‘.FOR 1M PRO'V E
MENT.OF W.KA-MGFL NARROWS
WASHINGTON, .Dec. 10. —The
l the allocation. ofj?200,000 of present
War Department * today, announced
available., appropriations for the im
,. pravement .of Wrangell Narrows,
, Alaska, a^.provided by the last rivers
i, and harbors, law! The existing pro
ject is fog a channel 200 feet wide
and 21 feet in jlepth, at a total cost of
s*?2,000,000. . The new allotment is to
t carry or work for the present fiscal
year.
, EARTHQUAKE SHOCK
FELT AT CALEXICO, CALIF.
t CALEXICO,v. Calif., -Dec. 9.—-An
< quake.,shock at., 10 o dock last night,
i and .the sixth .of the day, swayed
\ buildings, and • cracked many walls
i and chimneys
I
HOUSE PPAS'SESLS&ait,'000,000
. APPROPRIATION.! measure
WASHINGTON, -D.se . 10.—The
I House today passed the Treasury
i Postoffice s 8890,000,000 appropriation
i bill, including *30,000,000 for prohibi
. tion enforcement and Slo.000,000 for
coast guard activities.
TONY PER1CH ACQUITTED OF
MURDER OF ADOLPH SMITH
Tony Perich, of Kanatak, who was
charged with the murder of Adolph
. Smith, at Smith’s roadhouse,, ten
miles north of Kanatak, on the morn
ing of May 23, was acquitted on the
grounds of self-defense when tried
before the district court at Valdez.
The jury remained out 24 hours before
reaching the verdict.
Charles Kimball, Flume Dredge |
i Company superintendent, is a recent j
town arrival, for a few days’ visit.!
Mr. Kimball has been busy for several
weeks giving attention to the removal
of the company’s dredge on Little
creek front the Fothergill claim,
■where it wound up the season’s opera
tions, to No. 3. above on Little. The
removal of the dredge "was completed
several days ago to the point where
it will be ready for operations dur
ing the coming season.
Billy Jones and Bob Roberson, who
had the contract for the removal of
the dredge, arrived hpre early in the
week, following the completion of
their contract.
Mr. Kimball is scheduled to leave
within the next few days for a visit
to the Outside.
Richard C. Button, former head of
the Miners and Merchants Bank of
Iditarod, Alaska, passed away in Se
attle a few weeks ago. Mr. Button
went to Nome in 1904, at the age of
17, and came to Iditarod in 1911. He
moved to Seattle from Iditarod in
1922.
Deputy U. S. Marshal Peter Mc
Mullen was among early-week ar
rivals, leaving here for Ophir, and
probably as far as Cripple, on matters
pertaining to his official duties.
Frank Speljack was a town visitor
w .during the parft week.
Government is planning to call up for
trial tomorrow the Teapot Dome leas
ing case, in which Fall and Harry F.
Sinclair are jointly interested.
RALEIGH, N. C.—The verdict in
the Fall and Doheny conspiracy case
was described today by Josephus Dan
iels, former Secretary of the Navy, as
the worst thing that has happened to
a free people since the days of Runny
mede; that would have to say on the
Fall and Doheny verdict. “Not guilty”
would have to be printed on asbestos,
as it would burn any ordinary news
paper.
VICE PRESIDENT DAWES
DRAWS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
OSLO,. Norway, Dec . 10.—Nobel
peace prizes for 1026 have been
awarded to Charles G. Dawes, vice
president of the United States, and
Sir Austin Chamberlain, British Sec
retary for Foreign Affairs. This an
nouncement was made today at a
meeting of the Nobel Institute by
Professor Stang.
COOLIDGE REVEALS PROSPER
OUS CONDITION OF TREASURY
KASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—The bud
get for the next fiscal year, calling
for appropriations of .$4,614,571,134,
or $16,543,726 more than is alloted
for the current year, was submitted to
Congress today by Coolidge. The
President revealed an almost unprece
dented prosperous condition of the
Treasury in his message.
SALMON CANNERIES ^WRECKED.
CORDOVA, Dec. 9.—The salmon
canneries near Unga were wrecked by
high winds and high tide, due to se
vere storms. The Alaska Commer
cial Company’s docks at Dutch Har
bor were flooded.
QUEEN MARIE MOVES.
BUCHAREST, Dec. 9.—The royal
palace here was destroyed by fire
Monday. Queen Marie has moved to
Cotroceni Palace.
SENATOR LENROOT HITS PRO
POSED DTAX CUT PLAN
j NEW YORK.—Senator Irvine L.
i Lenroot, of Wisconsin, has voiced his
disapproval of the Coolidge adminis
tration tax reduction plan, declaring
it to bea benefit, for the most part, of
corporations and big business men,
| and not the people from whom the
| (.axes were actually collected,
i Senator Lenroot, while speaking at
a dinner of New York credit men,
proposed that, instead of giving
credit on this year’s taxes, payable
next year, that Congress make a one
year reduction, to become effective in
1928, to absorb the treasury srplus.
He said there was no controversy
over the proposition that most of the
taxes were passed on by business
concerns to the people as a whole in
the prices charged for the things peo
ple buy to eat, wjear and use.
He concluded by stating: “To
grant refunds to those people who
aid taxes or to give credit to those
who pay next March will not give re
,tef to the people entitled to it. It is
unjust to permit corporations to keep
art of the taxes that they collected
from the people.”
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1 '► WITH full appreciation of the *
many courtesies shown during
‘ * the past year, The Kusko
1 * Times extends its besi wishes ‘
* to all patrons,friends and *
* readers lor A Merry t hrist
* masand A Happy New Year.
* Lars Indegard returned i couple of
days ago from a trip to Ophir.
r Ernie Gove, after a season on Little,
was among the week arrivals.
Death of Mrs. J. H. Mc
j Lean, Takotna Pioneer
_
This communty was inexpressibly |
shocked last Monday by news from j
Fairbanks that Mrs. J. II. McLean, j
who had gone to that place about five J
! weeks ago for an operation, was he- ,
yond all hopes of recovery.
Captainn J. H. McLean immediately !
began making preparations to hasten j
to his wife’s bedside. A dog team, |
harnessed, was in waiting when wires!
from T. I*. Aitken and Lynn .Smith, i
old friends of the family, advised him 1
that Mrs. McLean had passed peace
I fully away at 1:45 p. m. Wednesday,
December 15.
Mrs. Me ft was taken suddenly
ill the 1st if ivember. Friends here
did everyth g possible, whili Mrs.
Frank Joa [uin was hurriedly sum
moned from Gant's creek. It was at
once seen that the illness* was. serious,.
and an airplane was summoned to take
her to the hospital at Fairbanks.
After several days’ delay, caused b\
weather conditions, one of the Ben- ;
nett planes conveyed her to Fairbanks,
where whero she was placed in hos- ;
pital under the care of Dr. Romig. •
She seemed to improve, and hopes
were entertained for her ultimate re
covery, hut an operation revealed nn j
incurable condition
Mrs. McLepn had seemed as well as
usual until her sudden illness, but the
disease, which was an insidious one,
had evidently made such inroads as lo
! be past all help.
1 Mrs. McLean was 54 years of age,
j was born in Dumfries, Scotland, and
> went to Dawson in 181)8, going in over
j the Dyea trail. She spent some year:
| in Dawson, and later came to Fair
j banks. She was married to Captain
I McLean at Dawson 21 years ago.
| After spending some years at various
j points on the Yukon they came to this
locality about fifteen years ago, where
they had been engaged in business
ever since.
Mrs. McLean was well known for
her kindheartedness, always being
among the first to .offer to offer help
in time of need. During the late war
she was especial!* active in Red Cross
work, having had.charge of most of
those activities in this region.
Besides her husband, Mrs. McLean
leaves an adopted daughter, little
Mary, aged 9 years, who will sorely
miss the mothf l- she had known for
■ but four short years.
It is in vain that we strive to pierce
j the gloom which closes about our
; friends and loved ones as they pas:
| into the Great Beyond, hut those who
. :new Jean McLean fully believe that
1 st as she faced the trla.s grid dilii
cities of an Alaskan pioneer’s life
st so fearlessly did she enter upo. j
| ’hat last long trad, the end of whic j
3 at best a vivid hope. j
May the pear, that passeth all ui j
i rstanding be v.dh her and hers. j
Telegraphic .Ti cks
WASHINGTt X, I> c. 10.—Reoper
•g of its investigation into the Penn
/'.vania, Illinois and Oregon sen;.
! '-rial primaries was agreed upon t*
j -ijf by the Sera campaign fund
mmittee.
SEATTLE.—Ira \V. Hicks, pionet
| erchant and miner, and Otto I
hf son, a resident of Everett ,wer
l ed at First avenue and Marion b'
a speeding auto truck, driven by Val
i .tine Zewatch. I he latter was dan
.erously injured when his true,
werved to the other track.
350,000 REINP. ,.R IN ALASKA.
I WASHINGTON, Dee. 10.—Ther i
ire 350,000 reindi r in Alaska, tin
dlological Surve reported today.
George Mutchler, accompanied by
} Claud Nyberg, and driving a large
string of dogs, left Monday for the
j west fork of the Nixon, from which
j point Mr. Mdtchler is under contract
j to bring out the drill taken there a
i couple of years ago by Tom McKin
l non.
Charlie Goebel, after a town visit of
I some days, left a couple of days since
| for Ophir, where he expects to give
attention to some mining affairs dur
ing the next month or so.
iMust Stand Trial in
Teapot Dome Oil
Leasing Case.
! WASHINGTON, I*ec. 8.—Another
' conspiracy trial growing out of the
: oil • ..h assured today when
> rt held that Albert
eretary of the In.
. nclair must stand
- merits growing out i
of the Teapot Dome to
. jjoheny. Fall is now on
i-t. • , spiracy in connection with j
the ' i ; of the Elk Hills reserve.
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ANNUAL DEFICIT OF ALASKA
R A ILROAD Cl T 30 PER CENT !
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.—The an
nual deficit of the government-owned
Alas' a ICmlrpad was cut, 30 per cent,
during the last year, Noel Smith,
yeik il n, nager of the railroad, re
ported to Secretary of Interior Work
today
WILBUR REFUSED
WASIii. , i 0±n, Dee. 10.—Secre
ary of Navy Wilbur refused today to
.iscluic the jury in the Fall-it..
deny oil ! ai what secret informo-1
Aon regarding a war scare in the
Pacific may have come to the Navy
Department before it approved tl
I'earl Harbor, Hawaii, oil storage
project, in 1921.
to i. ' : oiiCE rRoin:;iTiON.
WASHING ION.-—Declaring th:it
the law must be. vindicated, Presid'dic;
Cooiiuge, in. his annual, massage tv
Congress,, asked an appropriation of!
§22, . -<>• ■ ui
ing Lie next year.
M INKS OF •• i, ASK A PRO
DUCED -.,221,692 W ORTH
OF \ERALS, 'TE AR 192'* j
WASH1N U
produced $i - J.692 worth of min
erals in 192', . * against 517,467.Ah!
worth in IPs i. according to an an
[ uouncement made at the interior De
part neat t; through the Geolog
ical Survey. the total value of the
mineral output of the Territory since
1880 is $553,1104,958.
rri spite of the gradual exhaustion
of the richer void-placer deposit?, the
gold output in -925 was greater than
in 11)24, just as the output of 1924
was greater than that of 1923, secor i
ing to the figures of the Geological
Survey. Plai t r mines produced less
gold in 1925 than in 1924, but this
decrease was more than made up by
the increased production of the gold
lodes, which now yield almost as.
much as the placers.
The produ; ; mri of placer gold from
the vicinity o* Fairbanks and from
Seward Per.,: uia was reduced to
some ext mt a result of negotia
tions and preparations for more act
ive future v.- by some of the prin
cipal operator^ Extensive prepara
tions for future mining 1- being
made at Fairbanks atut will not be
completed for at least two years. As
a result of economies end improve
ments in mining in these two regions,
it seems probable itbac the produc
tion of placer gold.will be stabilized
if not increased. It is of interest to
note that the production from
dredges in 1927 was greater than in
1924.
Increase in the value of the min
eral output of Alaska in 1925, as in
1924, resulted largely from the in
creas ein the value of copper, and
took place in spite of the fact that
less copper was produced in 1925
than in 1924.
Arthur L'iieu’vuk, following a stay
of several we< ks at Little creek,
giving assistance in the removal of
the Flume Dredge Company dredge,
returned here three or four days ago.
Frank Larson and Victor Nystrom
are spending a few day* in town.
NEEDS FAIR
| TREATMENT
And Alaska Will Add
to World Prosperity, \
Says Sutherland.
BALTIMORE’, Dee. 8—“It Alaskt
and Alaskans am decenty dealt with
by trios- i n power si 'Washington
Americans some:-, day .wil people tht
Territory and make it a valuable eon
tribat ton to the- world’s prosperity
and proyrf ss,” I)an Sutherland, Dele
gate from Alaska, predicted here to
day.
OKMISTOX ARRESTED AND
ON WAY TO LOS AN (.EL Eh
HARRISBURG. Pa., Dee. U -—Ken
neth Ormiston, missing radio oper
ator wanted in connection wit! the
Airneo Semple McPherson kidnapping
case at Los Angehs, left here this
morning for Chicago in company
with Charles Ellwood and Harry
Donnelley. Chicago detect iv?
DEATH O FSJ5NATOR WM.
b. McKinley, of Illinois
MARTINSVILLE, Dee. 8.—Senator
William B. IVleKinley, of Illinois, died
at the sanitarium hem Monday after
noon. His death followed an illness
of several months
1) 12ATM OF MRS- WICivER.SHAM,
WIFE OF FORMER DELEGATE
i Fairbanks. News-Miner,-)
Mrs Wickersham, beloved wife of
toe Hen Jomes Wickersham, former
Delegate. re Congress from Alaska
and^Baw ru^THCLiciutr attorney ir> Ju
neau. tiiert.5. ae Virginia. Mason hos
pital ia Sen tie Tuesday night, ac
'•ordingTo a i.elpgram. received bv At
tcrney Charles E. Taylor, of this cib
from Mr. Wickersham. “She did not
sulfer. but quietly fell asleep anc
never awake ..!.” it was stated in the
telegram. S *■ will be buried be-ddf
her sons in Tacoma.
Mrs. Wickersham spent several
years in Fairbanks while her bus
band was federal judge here, and alst
during the years that he. represents
the Territory in Washington Thev
maintained, a residence in Fair bank
until practice of law was resume!
with offices in the Territorial capital
She counted all who came to know
her as Iter friends, and there ar<
many in Fairbanks who will deeplj
mourn her death
The Larsi n Huus* v. ill tu th<
scene of Takotna's coming Christina!
festivities, slated for Christmas night
December 2f>. included in the eve nt:
will be the usual Christmas uvogran
of the Takotna schoi I, always i hor
oughly enjoyed by all, and this year’;
program, if is asserted, will be an ex
ceptionally good one. Then will coin
the grand ball, the arrival of Sant;
Claus, who win distribute many pres
ents from a bountiful Christmas tree
a big lunch, and other features. Man;
from McGrath and Ophir have signi
fled their intention of being in attend
ance,
Among arrivals a few days sine
from the workings of tin New' York
Alaska Dredging Company on Hea
creek, Lower Kuskokwim, were Owe
Gray and wife and Andrew Hollun
Grover Andre and Soy Crutchlow. Mj
Ilollum js headed for San Francisct
Mr. Andre for Seattle, and M:
Crutchlow for Oakland. Mrs. Or;,
remained at McGrath.
Arriving from Flat, dunug tin pas
few days were Nellie iBe.attk an
William Duffy, on their f-Vav t,, Fail
banks.
"Hot Air” Riley was among recet
arrivals from Flat, headed for Fai:
banks.
John Krit-ger arrived during ■ il
week from a visit of some days ah M,
Grath.