TIMES
VOL. VI. NO:
TAKOTNA. ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1920
PRICE 2.') CENT
MID-WEST I
HEAT WAVE!
Takes Toll Many Lives:
Construction Work
Halted. Chicago*
Chicago, July 23..—The heat wave
sweeping the Mid-West took a toll of
twelve lives yesterday.. Eight were
taken in Chicago.u
Crops are.reported to have suffered
heavy damage.
The wave is reported moving east
ward. j
Chicago, July 22*—So intense has
been the heat.during the last 24 hours
that the asphalt crumbled and work
ers were forced to go home for the
day. The gteal being used in building
construction became so hot that work
men could not touch it with their bare
hands.
Chicago, July 23^—Thirty-four are
dead from yesterday’s heat in Middle
West States, of .which Chicago con
tributed, eight. ..
, MOTION PICTURE .STARS
REVEALED.TO 'BE.HEAVY.'.
PATRONS -OF- BOOTLEGGERS
Los Angeles, • July; ,2L—Prohibition
agents here raided a stock of import
ed, and home made liquors, yesterday,
tn one room, they, found the credit
book of the. bootleggers, in which sev
eral names of motion picture, stars
w -erefound. showing them heavily in
debt for liquor. .they. had previously
purchased, on account. -■
ANGLO-AMERICAN PROHIBI
TIONRNFGRCEMfiNT CONFAB
London, July; 19.-~-The second ple
nary session of the Anglo-American
prohibition enforcement delegates -was
held this morning to consider deci
sions reached by the star sub-conimit
tee s.
Brigadier General Andrews, head
of,the American delegation, said they
were continuing to diagnose the case
of shipping and brewing men in Brit
ain, who are beginning to ally their
forces in opposition to the discussion
now going on between British officials
and. Andrews.
PASTOR DOES SHOOTING
AT FORT WORTH,. TEXAS
Fort Worth, July 19.—Rev.. Frank.
Norris, nationally known fundameav
talist, and pastor of the First. Bap
tist Church here, today shofi and fa
tally wounded Elliot Di. QKipps, a
prominent lumberman here* in the
church building.. The shooting fol
lowed an altercation over some of
Norris’ utterances.
Fort. Worth, July 21.—The- grand
jury will open investigation of the
slaying of EL E. Chipps, lumberman,
by Rev. Frank Norris, Baptist min
ister*. last week. Rev. Norris declares
Re fired three shots into Chipps in
self defense.
Thie Times.-wishes to acknowledge
receipt recently pf. a few samples of
McGrath products, consisting, of cu
cumhers, caulidawars and. cabbages,
all excellent specimens, from the gar
dens of Stewart & White, McGrath
Roadhouse bonifaces and horticultur
ists. s In a note to The Times man
they say their gardens are looking
fine, that they have 425 young chick
ens. said that fish wheel is loaded
every morning. All.of which not only
looks, good now, but it spells a happy
outlook for the winter to come..
Billy McGowan and Knut Lind, in;
their, power craft, left Sunday for
McGrath. Also going down to Mc
Grath, were Archie Higgins, on his
way to Medfra, and Carl Bader, who
was a Tuesday departure by airplane
for Fairbanks.
Dolph Mespelt was a town visitor
yesterday from the Ganes dredge.
Secretary Wilbur to
Pay Alaska Official
Visit Next Month
Washington, July 22.— Secretary of
Navy Wilbur-will take a trip to Ju
neau to inspect the activities of tKt
jiaval aerial mapping- expedition dur-.
ing his visit: to the Pacific coast next
month.. He will go there from Se
attle <m a destroyer, ami may visit
other parts of. the- Territory. White,
on the coast he will gire jarticwUur.
attention to the storing, of naval ex
plosives*
T.EFT'NOTE SAYING, “MANY.
CREDITS OUR WORST ENEMY”
Seattle, July 23.—A blast of dyna
mite that: blew him to bits was chosen
by A. J. Alexander, 37, a contractor.,
to end his debt to a harassed life late
last night. He left a note saying that
“Many credits aw. oar worst enemy.”
DESTRUCTIVE STORMS BRING
RELIEF. FROM HEAT WAVE
New. York, July 23.—Destructive
storms brought, relief today to New
England and the Middle Atlantic
States, after deaths from the heat
wave had reached one hundred.
Woodrow Wilson’s.
Portrait by London*
Artist Brings $13$00
London, July 22.—Woodrow Wil
son’s portrait, painted by Sir William
Orpen, celebrated artist, brought the
high price of $13,00*- at Christie’s
auction sale -todays An unnamed
American was-the purchaser.
NORM ANLHARGOOMBAYS
QUEBEC HAS FOUND.SOLU
TION FOR LIQUOR .PROBLEM
Washington, July 22,-^-Quebec, by
the government sal* of alcoholic bev
erages,. has found solution for the
liquor question that pleases the ma
jority of her people, says Norman
Hapgood, after a visit to the Cana
dian provinces.
10 WOMEN, CHILDREN KILLED
THROUGH BUS OVERTURNING
Nyack, N. Y., July 22.---Ten women
and children, who sought to escape
the heat of New York in a ’bus ex
cursion, and the •driver of the This,
cursine, are dead, through the over
turning of the 'bus. The driver of the
,bus is in jail.
MELLON ON A VACATION.
London, July 22.—Andrew W. Mel
lon, United States Secretary of Treas
ury, and JLP. Morgan, who are aboard
the liner Majestic, en route from New
York, insist they are merely on a va
cation trip to Europe.
Cherbourg, July 23.—Andrew W.
Mellon, American Secretary of Treas
ury, declares he is on a vacation to,
forget his business troubles. He so
Informed newspaper men today as he
disembarked from the steamer Ma
jestic.
Tom McKinnon, well known, mining
man, whose scene of operations cover
several fields, w.as a Monday arrival
from Fairbanks, coming via airplane
as a passenger of A- A- Bennett. . Mr.
McKinnon, wHo left Thursday fon the
Ganes dredge, will probably remain
in this section for some day? before
returning to Fairbanks. .
R. W. Fidgeeiiy former operator in
charge of Taikotna wireless station,
left Tuesday for Ophir, on his way tt>
Nomei.
A. M. WREams and Bert Heffei
finger were among Tuesday’s town
visitors. ,
Tom Mulcahdy.v conangt from Can
dle, was a Tuesday arrival, coining
from MMcGrath with'BfUJr McGowan.
Waino Puntila, who arrived Tues
day, left Wednesday fir Ophir, on his
way for a brief businets visit at Flat.
A PREMIER
WANTED
Pdineaire Again Asked
to Form French
Cabinet..
Paris, July 22t— A vote of no con
fidence in Finance Minister Caillaux’s
financial project by the Chamber of.
Deputies caused Premier. Brian and
his tenth cabinet to resign today.
Paris, July 23.—Peincaire today
constructed his fourth .cabinet, after
forty-six hours of effort. The cab
inet is composed exclusively of polit
ical veterans, including with. Poincaire
six former premiers..
Paris, July 22.—Poincaire has been
asked to form a new cubinet. The
old ministry, of Edouard Herriot was
defeated omits first appearance in the
Chamber of Deputies la3t night..
The French franc rose today.
Poincaire is almost the only French,
statesman of note who had not been
tried as premier during the past two
years.
Paris, July 23-—Poincaire, after
presenting his new cabinet to the
President today, said he could count
on having a. talk with Andrew W.
Mellon, American Secretary of Treas
ury, who arrived in Erance today.
The governor, of the Bank of England
and J. P. Morgan are also expected
here soon...
Paris, Jttly . ilv^More than three
thousand persons surrounded the
Chamber of.Deputies after the defeat
of the government .this evening. They
were in an. ugly, mood. and tried to
rush the. police guards, hooting Pre
mier Herriot and members of the gov
ernment- The. police reserves were
called out.
Telegraphic Ticks.
White Plains Camp, duly UK—A
speed boat in use at the summer
White House, and: manned by one of
the presidential I physicians and three
secret service! men, today rescued four
boys from drowning in Osgood Lane.
San Francisco, July 23-—Col. Ned
M. Green, .accused prohibition admin
istrator ’fors California, has confessed
to thfe truth: of serious charges pre
ferred by the government against
him.
Seattle, July 19.—In launching a
seaplane from the Sand point air lie Id
this forenoon WilHajn Alfred Bowen,
a student irt the Naval Service Avia
tion Sdhboli TShere, was drowned.
Denver, July 23.—Former Governor
Charles S. Whitman, of New York,
was elected president of the American
Ba* Association at its closing session.
Olympia, July 19.—Representatives
Miller, Johnson end Hadley, as Repub
licans, died today for renomination to
Congress..
Manilla, Jury 21.—General Leonard
W &ed today denied all reports that he
has resigned as governor of the Phil
ippines.
Chicago, July 21.—A second plot to
dynamite the Cook county jail, here,
was frustrated yesterday by the po
lice.
Placerville, July 22.—Half of an en
tire block in the business section of
Placerville was swept by fire yester
day..
Washington, July 21.—Secretary of
Navy Wilbur will! visit the Puget
Sound Navy Yard'on July 29.
SEATTLE'S POPULATION, 437,000.
Seattle, July 28.—'The population of
Seattle is 437,000, according to the
new city directory issued today by
R. L. Polk &. Co.,
That Alleged Kid
naping of Aimee
Semple McPherson
San T)iegc, July 19.—The belief
that Aimee Semple McPherson spent
the greater part of one day and one
night at J&ctunba Hot Springs, n re
sort in Mexico, following her disap
pearance, was expressed yesterday by
four witnesses. Los Angeles officers
have gone to the resort to question
the witnesses.
I.,'» Angeles . July 22.—Kenneth
To.;, -ji,. radio aide of Aimee Semple
‘' i rson, who was found yesterday
... hew York, denied entirely that he
had been with Mrs. McPherson dur
ing her five weeks’ absence, and also
denied that he had been at uny of the
places he as reported to have been
seen during the time Aimee was miss
ing.
Los Angeles, July 23.—Sufficient
evidence has not yet been found to
warrant an indictment in the alleged
Kidnaping of Aimee Semple McPher
son, evangelist, the county grand jury
declared in a report today to Su
preme Judge Keet.
Europe Still Secretly
Dreading Armament,
Says Lloyd George
London, July 22.—Lloyd George,
addressing Christian Endeavor dele
gates, declared that Europe is still se
cretly dreading of armament and that
the most horrible and most devastat
ing war will have yet to come unless
our youths tear that idea from the
heart of civilization.
HARDY POULTRY AN1)
FRUITS FOR ALASKA
Seattle, July 22.—This year Jona
than U. Wagner. rh«-f of the A'a^ka
division of the it.ed States Bureau
of Education, h*. uecided to try out
acclimatization o; hardy poultry and
large and small'fruits to Alaska con
ditions. The tx^al will be made in the
industrial sch<kx at Metlahkatla,
southwest of Ketchikan.
RUMANIA’S QHfcEN TO PAY
VISIT TV UNITED STATES
Vienna, Bucharest, July 21.—Dis
patches say that Queen Marie of Ru
mania will be accompanied on her
American trip by her daughter, Prin
cess Ilena. The party will sail for
New York on September 8, and will
travel across continent to Seattle.
MATRIMONIAL ROMANCE ENDS
WITH 12 MONTHS AT McNEILL
Seattle, July 19.—Owen O. Marcum,
who left his wife and their eleven
children for Mrs. Mathilde Campbell,
the mother of nine children, was today
sentenced to McNeill island peniten
tiary for a term of twelve months.
The new Diesel engine of the
Flume Dredge Company on their boat
at Yankee creek was started up on
Wednesday last, the engine starting
off and working in fine shape. The
assembly of the engine on the dredge
at Little creek is expected to be com
pleted within the next four or five
days. A. M. Williams, Diesel engine
expert, who was in town Thursday
evening for a few minutes, is highly
pleased with the operation of the
engine on the Yankee dredge, which,
he stated, consumes about two gallons
of crude oil per hour. The engine on’
the Little creek dredge, when com*
pleted will make the thirty-fourth
Diesel installed by Mr. Williams.
Mike Thompson, who arrived Tues
day from Candle, is scheduled to leave
almost immediately for Ophir, on his
way to Fairbanks, and thence to the
Outside, where he will make a visit
of several months.
Frank Larson, Frank Guskey and
John Dunn, coming up via small boat
from where the Eea Wolf is moored
down river, were yesterday arrivals.
M. Hibert, afte • an absence of sev
eral weeks from town, was a yester
day arrival from Oanes.
FORESTS
AFLAME
2,000 Men Are Fighting
Raging lumber Fires
in California.
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San Francisco, July 19:—-Hundreds
] of men were today fighting raging
forest fires in Klamath and Trinity
i national forests. Brush fires are burn
| ing in several other sections of the
State.
San Francisco, July 20.—With one
town almost wiped out mounting tolls
of property losses, more than two
thousand men are fighting raging for
est fires in different sectors. The
flames are raging in five timber re
serves. Hope was given last r..g
that many of the fires were und -
control. Three villages are mena
by the flames yet. The losses will . •
very heavy.
ACTIVITIES OF SLUSH FUND
INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE
Chicago, July 20.—The slush fund
investigation committee today issued
subpoenas for eight prominent Illi
noisans, following a charge by Sen
ator Caraway that Samuel fnaurl was
sandbagged into contributing $500,000
to the campaign to Frank L. Smith,
because Smith was head of the Com
merce Commission, which controls
public activities in the State.
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SHE SAYS HARRY THAW
PROMISED TO MARRY HER
Long Beach, N. Y„ July 2*11—While
Harry K. Thaw was being hailed' as a
hero here for MrjBg n hatHer from
■ the surf, a youne girl arrived at his
estate at Winch- ter, Va., saying that
she had come from Los Angeles to
meet Thaw, who, she claimed, had
promised to ma ry her.
54 DROWN WHEN DANUBE
EMBANKMENTS BREAK
London, July 22.—Fifty-four per
sons were drowned when one of the
Danube’s embankments broke between
Belgrade and Budapest, today, accord
ing to a dispatch from Belgrade.
AFTER SEAT OF SENATOR
WESLEY I.. JONES, WASH,
Seattle, July 19.—Superior Judge
Austin E. Griffiths filed for the Re
publican nomination for United States
Senator today, in opposition to Wesley
L. Jones, present incumbent.
A. A. Bennett, well known Fair
banks aviator, arrived at Takotna
Field last Monday, having as passen
gers Tom McKinnon, well known min
ing man, and Louis Suzanne, who left
here for Fairbanks several weeks ago
to obtain medical relief. The plane'
made the trip over from Fairbanks
in 3 hours 42-minutes, which Mr. Ben
nett said was one of the best he had
yet made. The plane remained here
only a few minhtes, departing for Mc
Grath, froni Which place Mr. Bennett
had Moody Green and Carl Bader as
passengers to Fairbanks. Mr. Green,
who has been feeling unwell for some
time past-, is on his way to the Out
side for treatment.
Mrs. W. H. Jones will be a passen
ger tomorrow oti the airplane for
Fairbanks. Mrsi- Jones has at times
been quite indisposed for some months
past—so muen so that she deems it
best to go into hospital at Fairbanks
for treatment, in the hope of over
coming a malady that has been most
aggravating and painful. That speedy
relief may come is, of course, the sin
cere wish of her many friends. The
plane is scheduled to depart from Ta
kotna Field at 10 a. m. tomorrow.
Billy Lodge, well known oldtimer,
who recently returned from a several
months’ visit to the Outside, was a
last Sunday town visitor, coming
Gflies.