VOL. VIII. NO. 39
TAKOTNA ALASKA. SATURDAY. DBJEMBKR 8. 1918.
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PRICE 25 CE»T:
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Congress
Convenes
< C0OUOGE SAYS NATION IN
m\I)NI)ERFUL ERA OF PROS
PERITY AND PEACE.
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^WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.t—In his
t message to Congress today President
< Cooiidge emphasized once more his
desire for an increase in . American
naval strength, urged a farm relief
program which would meet with ap
; proval .of the administration, made
'“suggestions for legislation covering
most, important subjects,, and. ended
by -declaring that the nation was in
an era of prosperity and peace such
as never before had been experienced.
, The President also sent the Kellog
Br and for renunciation of war to the
' Senate and with it a special message
urging that it be ratified.
FOSTERING OF THE SAL
MON FISHING INDDUSTRY
PASADENA, Dec. 6.—The West
; ern regional convention of the United
. States Chamber of Commerce, before
. adjourning yesterday, adopted resolu
- tions. that the its national board of
v directors be called . upon to give 'at
tention to the fostering of the salmon
fishing industry. The convention also
. recommended that Alaska be excepted
. from the provisions of the Jones
White shipping bill, now pendinb be
. fore Congress. This bill would re
strict foreign . vessels from coastwise
trade, hut this would probably result
in .considerable injury to Alaskan
products, the convention delegates
, pointed out.
. SfiNWTOR COUZENS GETS A
TAX REFUND OF $989,833
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—A tax re
• fund of 8939,835 has been given by
. the.-Treasury Department to Senator
* Couzebs of Michigan, from whom it
had sought to collect an additional as
„ . sessment of ten., million dollars.
Mail Carrier Charlie Konig, with
ingoing mail,, arrived Tuesday, leav
ing Wednesday for Ophir. Accom
panying him as far as Ophir was Mrs.
Konig, who returned the following
> day with Mail Carrier Charlie 05Hal
. loran to her home at McGrath.
Charlie Konietzko, who returned
’ Tuesday from a trip to McGrath, left
Wednesday for Iditarod, on his way
to Bear creek, Lower Kuskokwim,
where he expects to be located during
the coming season..
Mr. and Mrs. Sid Paulson, who ar
rived Friday for a brief town visit,,
returned yesterday to their home at
Ophir.
Mrs. Victor Hill, who was a Friday
bisitor, returned to her home at Vic
tor Gulch today, a passenger of Henry
Martella. !
Mail Carrier Charlie O’Halloran,
with the outgoing mail, arrived on
Thursday and continued on his way
on Friday. ®
Del Thompson left this morning for
Gancs cr-ok, where he expects to be
busy with his team for the next fw
* days.
Mrs. Louise Livenhagen and John
Repo, wllli the latter’s team? returned
Wednesday from a brief visit at Mc-(
Gr .£h. I
Charlie Goebel made the trip to Mc
( Gjrath ou Thursday
Eielson May
Get Medal
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CONGRESSIONAL AWARD PRO
POSED, IN RECOGNITION OF j
SERVICES IN ARCTIC
WASHINGTON, J&ec. 7.—AC Con
gressional medal of honor would be
awarded by the President ■ to Lieut.
Carl B. Eielson, of the Army Air Ser- j
vice Reserve, pilot of the airplane
that took Sir George Hubert Wilkins
across the polar regions, under, under j
a bill introduced today, by Representa
tive Burtness of North Dakota.
Lieut. Eielson piloted.the Wilkins
plane from Point Barrow, Alaska, to
Swalbard.
NOMINATIONS OF WEST AND
WHITNEY SENT TO SENATE
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—The nora- |
ination of Roy O. West of Illinois for
Secretary of Interior and William F.
Whitney of Massachusetts as Secre-1
tary of Commerce, were submitted to'
the Senate today by President Cool
idge.
GENERAL IMPROVEMENT IN
KING GEORGE’S CONDITION;1
LONDON, Dec. 6.—Buckingham ;
Palace ^pircles let it be known at 6 p.
m. that the condition of the King had
i.ot changed since an earlier bulletin
from the physicians, which reported
.ower temperature and general im
provement.
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LONDON, Dec. 8.—King George’s
general condition Ls reported un
changed tonight, though five physi
cians were holding a consultation
this afternoon to make a .comprehen
sive review of the entire case
LINDBERGH’S AIR LINE
TO CARRY ‘PULLMANS’
NEW YORK.—On recommendation
of Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh,
chairman of its technical committee,
the Transcontinental Air Transport
Company, organized to operate the
air portion of plane-train service'
across the country, decided today to !
establish an alLair route from Co- ]
lumbus, Ohio, to the west coast.
Planes with sleeping accommoda-!
tions will be used for night flying, j
The all-air route, President C. M.
Keys, of the company, announced,
will place New York one business,
day from the west coast. It wiJ sup- j
piement the originally planned joint j
rail and air route giving a daily 48
hour service between the coast. Plans j
orf this service, it wa sstated, are i
well under way. ;
Gradual development of an all-air
route was the first intention of .the
executive committee of the company, •
Mr. Keys said. The plans, however.'
were hastened by the findings and i
recommendations of the technical ]
committee, headed by Colonel Lind- \
bergh, who has been studying meteor- i
ological conditions and topographyj
preparatory to opening of .the air and
mail routes.
By using the all-air service, it was
explained, the passenger could leave;
New York Wednesday night- lose only
one business day-anddae id San Fran-!
cisco or Los Angeles ori Ffciday.
Miss Pauline Kozevnikoff, Takotna ■
school teacher, after m hurried busi-1
ness trin to Fairbanks;' is- reported to I
have avriegh807 emfw mfw mfw fffg ■
have arrived at McGrath yesterday, j
coming via the Bennett plane.
N. D. SENATOR MAY OPPOSE
CONFIRMATION OF WEST AS
SECRETARY OF INTERIOR
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—Gerald P.
Nye, North Dakota, of the public
lands committee, gave notice.*t(, the
Senate today that he would oppose
confirmation of the nominatior . of
Roy O. West as Secretary, of Interior
until he discloses whether he was.con
nected with the .Samuel Instill public
utility interests, Chicago.
EZRA MEEKER, FAMED PIO
NEER, CROSSES LAST DIVIDE
SEATTLE, Dec. 4.—Ezra Meeker,
at the age of 98, of Oregon trail fame,
died yesterday at the Hotel Frye. j
SEATTLE, Dec. .6.—Ezra Meeker,
famed trail blazer, was buried at Puy
allup today, following impressive fu-i
neral services in Seattle. A prairie
schooner, laden with flowers, drawn
by a yoke cf oxen, led the line of
march to the mortuary, where the
body lay in state
WASHINGTON, .Dec. 6.—Senator
Dill of Washington state called the
attention of the Senate today, to. the
death of Ezra Meeker, of Seattle, I
who crossed the continent in 1952 by
ox team and lived to travel the same
route by airplane.
Telegraphic Ticks.;
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7—Hubert'
Work, chairman of. the Republican
national committee, today designated
Lieutenant Charles Grant, a grandson
of General Grant,' as. chairman of the
committee to ajcrtjnge for the. Hoover
inauguration ball.
LONDON, D«c.r '.^4-Dr. Cosmt Gor
don Land was enthroned today as
Archbishop of Canterbury and pri
mate of all England in the most col
orful eclesiastical ceremony England
has seen, in many years.
MANAGUA,‘.Nicaragua, Dec. 7.—
Sergeant. Charles Williams, of As
toria, N. ,Y.f was killed Thursday in
a battle between American marines
and bandits, in Nuevesegovia.
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ROME, Dec. 7.—The Pope, in re
ceiving Henry G. Clinton, new British
minister the Vatican, said that he
is praying incessantly for the recov
ery of King George.
PARIS, Dec. 6.—France today offi
cially refused the request of the
United States for extradition of H. O.
Blackmer, missing oil case witness.
SEATTLE, Dec. d—Robert Fea
gles, G5,. a pioneer of Alaska and
Washington, mining engineer, died to
day at his home here.
, CAMBRIDGE,dVtxss., July 7.—Alice
Longfellow, daughter of Henry W.
Longfellow, died at her home here
yesterday.
LONDON, Dec. The House afj
Commons agreed this afternoon t6
consider the bill to abolish capital
punishment.
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‘ OLYMPIA, Dec. 6.—State Auditor
C. W. Clausen and Miss Hattie Wat
son were married here today.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. — The
House today passed the SI,000,000,000 j
Treasury posiofiict bill.
DENVER. Dec. 7.—Gov. Adams is •
iangerousl.y. ill with influenza.
SENATOR Dl PONT RESIGNS.
WILMINGTON, Dec. 5.—T. Coho
nan du Pont resigned today as a!
nember of the United States Senate.
His resignation is due to ill health.
Northcott
Confesses!
SAYS THAT NINE BOYS WERE
SLAIN ON HIS RIVERSIDE
RANCH.
RIVERSIDE, Cal., D*c. 6.—Gordon
Stewart Northcott last night con
fessed to the police authorities here
that, nine boys were slain on his Wine
ville ranch. He said that he slew
live, while four were murdered by
others
ERATED BY TELEGRAPH WIRE
TYPESETTING MACHINES OP
ROCHESTER; N. Y„ Dec. 5.—A
telegraph wire operated two news
paper typesetting machines here to- j
day at. the . plant of the Rochester
Times-Union. Dispatches by tele- \
graph were transferred mechanically
direct into -the machines, with the
human touch eliminated, and were re
corded in lines of metal type
$28,000,000 FOR PROHIBI
TION . ENFORCEM ENT |
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—The trea
sury supply hill for 1930. as reported
todaysearrif.s £28,000,000 for prohibi- j
tion enforcement. t 1
CHEAP FREIGHT KATES
ARE AIM OF.SUTHERLAND
SEATTLE.—Dan Sutrnrland, vht
was re-elected as Delegate from
Alaska, passed through here Satur
day, .headed -for Washington to take
hi.j seat for h.is.-fifth term and to open
a fight involving freight raises.
Under the merchant marine act.
productes are virtually forced to come
over -Seattle-docks, Sutherland said,
pointing out that Alaska alone is ex
cepted by the act from the privileges
of special low freight rates for .slow
rail and water hauls westward thru
Canada. The freight must he taken
to Seattle and then reconsigned, with
the middleman’s charges . paid in
Alaska, declared Sutherland.
Mr. Sutherland said he was grate
ful to Senator Jones for helping win
Alaska’s road, river and harbor ap
propriations. The Delegate plans to
help General Manager Ohlson of the
Alaska Railroad in hiss colonization'
plan. He is still fighting for greater
power for the Territorial Legislature
and said that will help Seattle.
Mr. Sutherlasd declared: “Alaska
showed tremendous Smith aentiment,
yet I think if we could have voted on
it we would have run a majority .for
Hoover. That was the issue of my
own campaign, for Grigsby made an
aggressive and furceful campaign for
Smith, whom he helped nominate, and
for the repeal of the Territorial pro
hibition enforcement act ”
Mrs. Louise Livenhagen, .who has
been the home guest of. Mr. and Mrs. i
Chester Brink for the pastri'ew .days,
departed for her home af. Ophir this
morning, going over, wilib kkot-n Repo. .
Ed Whe’an, well known mining
man, is reported ,ac icatnt -departure
via aii plane to Fairbanks: .headed for ' i
a home visit on the Outside .. j;
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Dick’ Stevenson, after >»-;gouule of i
days’ visit here, -retnrnedb to Ophirj1
yesterday. (
John Krieger left! Thursday, head
ed for Tolstoi, for a-stay of indefinite
duration.
Charlie. Goebel left Thursday for
McGrath. i
Influenza
Breaks Out
15,000 CASES REPORTED FROM V
STATES; OVER 8,00(1 CASES
• IN CALIFORNIA
WASHINGTON, Dec. h.— A wave
of influenza, which starteo in Califor
nia, is spreading with most alarming
rapidity. Fifteen thousand cases are
reported from nine States. In Cali
fornia, 8,213. cases have been reported
with 41 fatal hues.
ANNUAL BUDGET CALLS FOR
EXPENDITURE OF f3.000.000.00*
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 —bb b bbh
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.—Congress
received today from President Cool
idge the annua' budget, calling for ait
expenditure of $3,780,000,000 during
the next fiscal year. Included in the
budget, is the item of $15,000 for the
Alaska relief fund next year, and the
same for 1030
100 CASES SMALLPOX KOTZE
JH.IE SOUND SETTLEMENTS
NOME, Dec. C.—Strict quarantine
is being enforced at Kotzebue SounC
settlements where there ore one hun
dred cases of. smallno*.
$40.82 E'ER CAPITA UNITED
STATES CASH WEALTH
WASHINGTON. — The stock of
money in.the .U'..lfrd States *m. Sep
tember 30 was.<reported by the Treas
ury .Department today at $8,213,615,
127, or $40A2 per capita for the esti
mated 118.720,000 population on that
3ey
Of the .total -money stock. >G,415,
083,402 -was in circulation outside of
the Treasury.) Tne actual per capita
stock of money showed a decline from
the 042.19 figure reported one -year
ago.
Of the SG.415,083,-102 in money cir
culating outside of the Treasury or
September 30, the Treasury added
federal reserve banks ami federal
agentts held $1,568,420,09fi. In con
sequence, the actual total of circulat
ing money outside of the Treasury
and the federal reserve system . or
September 30 amounted to $4,846,
663,307, and on this bash the circu
lating medium amounted to $40.82 per
rapi$, of population.
ANCHORAGE.-The Pacific Coast
Steamship Company has placed ite
winter schedule in effect, which
means that the company will operate
only one boat .a month to Southwest
ern Alaska. Th. Admieal Evans has
been taken oc the run and service will
be provided by the Admiral Watson
Hereafter mail will be received five
timps a mouth—on four Tuesdays and
one Friday
Hans Erickson, Gones creek oper
ator, was a Friday arrival, for s
brief business visit.
Mrs. Chester Brink, driving her
own fast ones, left today for a few
days’ visit .at Quhic
Henry MarteUa l*'ft Wednesday for
Dphir, with Martin Clancey as a pas
senger
Claude Nyberg left Friday for Mc
Grath, to remain for some days.
Johnnie Adams and Bud Rileyrwere
r’n,r’J->7 departures for MeGraih
Rasmus Matson was araerjr*-v iday
arrivals, for a few days in town.
H. C. Wallick was among Tu^da*
arrivals. Jox a. short visit, here