THE KUSKO TIMES
VOL VIII NO. 20
TAKOTNA ALASKA. SATURDAY. JUNE 23. 1928.
PRICE 25 CENT*
Nobile and Companions
Marooned On Arctic Ice
ITALIAN AVIATORS DROP SUP
PLIES, BUT UNABLE TO
MAKE RELATE
u#iunds*-n.Klu*s In Search of Fliers,.
Fails To Return, and Much Appre
hension As To-His. Safety.
LONDON,. June, l'l.—A Central
News radio from Kingsbay today an
nounced that Captain Roald .Amund
sen had flown, direct to the- vieinity of
Tawji island and had reached General
Umberton Nobile and his five com
panions, encamped on a floating ice
field in that region.
KINGSBAY, June 20.—General
Umberton Nobile and his five strand
ed companions have been found off
Northeast Land by Major Maddalena,
Italian aviation flyer, who .took, off
*rom Kings Bay on the moaning of
June 2 in a reconnaisar.ee of North
east Land. Maddalena dropped pro
visions from his hydroplane for - the
stranded group. ,
KINGS BAY, June 21.—Cheered by
pounds of provisions dropped
•/esterday upon his camp off North
east Land why Major Madeltna-^Gen-'
etal Noaite today sent fuiM> *
directions for the rescue of himself
and stranded companions.
Gov. Ritchie;
Withdraws
SMITH'S ONLY OPPONENT FOR
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION IS.
SEN . REED, OF MISSSORI.
HOUSTON,- June 19.—Governor
Ritchie. «f Maryland, has announced
his withdrawal from the Democratic
Presidential nomination race in favor
of Governor. AL Smith of New York.
The only remaining opponent of
Smith now is Senator James A. Reed,
of Missouri.
HOUSTON,. June 21.—The Smith
board of strategy, headed hy George
R. Vannamee, campaign manager, ar
rived, here today and immediately set
up Smith fcampaign headquarters.
CLAIMS OF BERING SEA SEAL
ERS AGAINST GOVERNMENT"
—
DUTCH. HARBOR, June 21.—Miss
E."-Phillips, of San Francisco, and C.
B. "Ellis; assistant United States at
torney, arrived here yesterday, the
purpose of their visit being to take
testimony in the matter of. claims of
Bering Sea sealers against the Gov
ernment.. I
TREASURES' OF REPUBLICAN
NATIONAL COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON, June 21.,—Jv-- K,.
Mutt, a well known Cleveland banker,
kas been approved by Hoover as
treasurer for the Republican national
committee.
Ed Whelan, after a day or two hr
town, left Thursday for Ganes, . I
i
Norwvgian Government Sends Battle
ship to Search for Amundsen.
COPENHAGEN, June- 22.—The Nor
wegian Government has ordered the
battleship Tordenskgold to search for
Captain Roald Amundsen, who failed
to reach the stranded Nobile party.
Italian Aviators Drop Further Stores
of Supplies.
KINGS BAY, June 22—Major
Maddalena and Penzo, Italian flyers, |
circled over the camp of the ma
rooned Nobile party off Northeast
Land today and dropped further
stores of supplies, but could see no
possibility of landing anywhere near
the stranded men.
TROMSOE, Norway, June 23.—The!
Russian icebreaker Malignii; radioed
today that she had heard weak wire
less signals, believed to have emanat
ed from the French Farham seaplane,
which carried Amundsen on his Arc
tic trip.
Fears Are Felt for Safety of Captain
Amundsen.
I LONDON. June 23.—Capt. Risher
Larson and Lieut. Luetzow Holm,
Norwegian aviators, have been in
structed to make a systematic search
of the west coast of Spitzbergen for
Captain Roald Amundsen. Grave
fears are felt for the safety of the
famous Arctic explorer, who with
Maggc Rena Guilbaud and three others
‘ Norway a French
!'plane to search for Ndbile on Monday
| and has not been heard from since.
$339,000 FOR RESEARCH WORK
CONNECTION WITH AVIATION
NEW YORK, June 21.—An appro
priation of $339,000 for research
work in connection with aviation in
three educational institutions was
announced today by Harry F. Gug
genheim, president of the Daniel
Guggenheim fund for the promotion
of aeronautics. By authorization of
the fund the trustees of the Univer
sity of Washington willTeceive $290,
000 for construction work on aero
nautics and buildings.
SMITH TO REMAIN IN ALBANY
.... DURING DEM. CONVENTION
NEW YORK, June 22.—Governor
j AI Smith left this afternoon for Al
I bstny, where he will remain during the
' Democratic national convention.
I -
I HOOVER TO VISIT HIS HOME
IN PALO ALTO, CALIF.
WASHINGTON, June 22;—Herbert
Hoover, Republican. Presidential nom
inee, will depart for his home in Palo
Alto, Calif., on July 2.
Billy Jones was among recent ar
rivals, coming from his headquarters'
in the Cripple section. He; reports
everybody in that section quite busy,
preparing for operations..
—
The Sea Wolf, Captain Frank Lar
son, arrived on Wednesday, bringing
up a good-sized, quantity of. freight
and several passengers..
The steamer Tana, Captain George
Green, returned 'to 'McGrath from its
first trip ofX the season to Bethel, on.
June 24.
F. C. H. Spencer, locxh merchant,
after an absence of home weeks, was
among those- who arrived^ jpn_ Wed
nesday; .
INTERIOR SECRETARY WORK !
TO RESIGN. IN ORDER TO CON
DUCT REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN
WASHINGTON, June 21.—Secre
tary of Interior Hubert Work an
nounced today that he will resign his
Department of Interior post before
the end of June in order to conduct
the Republican national campaign,
for which he has been made nationiil
chairman.
NEGRO ABDUCTED FROM HOS
PITAL BY UNMASKED MEN, J
HANGED TO BRIDGE, TEXAS
HOUSTON, June 20.—Robert Pow
ell, negro, 24, who had been abducted1
from the Jefferson Davis Hospital to
day by an unmasked band of eight1
men, was found hanging from aj
bridge eight miles out of Houston, i
Powell had been charged with mur
dering a city detective, Sunday.
Monoplane
Friendship
CARRYING AMELIA EARHART,
FIRST WOMAN TO CROSS AT
LANTIC IN AIRPLANE.
BURYPORT, Wales, June 18.—The j
monoplane Friendship, carrying Miss
Amelia Earhart, the first woman to j
cross the Atlantic by air, her pilots,
Wilmer Stnlz and Lon Gordon, land
ed at Bnryport this afternoon. The
landing was made here owing to a
lack of fuel, after being in the air
twenty hours and forty-nine minutes.
The crew looked well after being
taken ashore by a motor boat, after
the 2,000-mile air journey from Tre
passey, Newfoundland.
LONDON, June 22.—Miss Amelia
Earhart, first woman to cross the At
lantic in an airplane, and Aviators
Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gorden, of
the monoplane Friendship, will sail
for home on the finer President
Roosevelt, on June 28th.
Telegraphic Ticks.
MEXICO CITY, June 23.—Two
American mining men, W. M. Mitchell
and John F. Hooper, are reported as
being held for ransom by kidnappers
near San Rafael, State of Jalisco.
BURLINGAME, Calif., June 23.—
Moser A. Gunst, millionaire tobacco
merchant, and former Republican na
tional committeeman from California,
died at his home here today.
LONDON, Jane 23.—The mail bags
oa the Leviathan were found looted
when the big liner arrived at South
ampton last night. The loss is esti
mated at $500,000.
Bucharest; June 21.—The
courts have granted a divorce to
Princess Helen from Prince Carol,
former crown prince of Rumania.
SEATTLE, June 21.—O. Samuel
Cummings, of Kansas City, today was
elected international president of the
Kiwannis for 1929.
ROANOKE, June 22.—The Demo
cratic convention last night named
an uninstructed delegation to the
Houston convention.
MINNEAPOLIS, June 21.—I. B.
Sutton, of Tampico,* Mex., was elect
.ed president of the Rotary Interna
tional. today..
California
I
Is Winner
DEFEATS COLUMBIA IN INTER
COLLEGIATE ROWING CHAM
PIONSHIP, TWO LENGTHS.
POUGHKEEPSIE, June 19.—Cali
fornia swept into the intercollegiate
rowing championship by defeating
Columhia. the defending title holders,
by two lengths at the finish in the j
classic four-mile intercollegiate race
on the Hudson today. It was Califor
nia’s first victory in the annual dis
tance battle.
Washington trailed Columbia in
third place, a half length behind. The
Navy Junior Varsity defeated Cornell
in a close finish.
REMUS. CINCINNATI BOOT
LEGGER. FINALLY GOES FREE
COLUMBUS, Ga, June 20—George |
Remus, Cincinnati bootlegger, who
shot and killed his wife Imogene last
October, won his fight for freedom
today in the State Supreme Court.
By a four to three vote the court af
firmed the decision of the Court of
Appeals, ordering Remus released
from ttie Lima State Hospital for the
criminal insane, to which he had been
committed after his acquittal on a
first degree murder charge on the
ground of insanity. Remus left the
hospital half an hour after the an
nouncement of the. decision.
MR- AND MRS. E.
AMONG REC&, RRIVALS;
Recent arrivals herr are Mr. and'
Mrs. E. Miller and their wo children,
Master Everett and .diss Grace.
Mrs. Miller comes to a sume charge
of the Takotna school opening in
September. They cane from Holy
Cross as passengers of Max Simel to
Ophir. j
Mr. Miller is an Alaskan of some
fifteen years’ standing, having been:
a member of the Bureau of Education |
forces, while Mrs. Miller has spent!
about seven years in Alaska, also a
Bureau of Education worker. Mr. j
Miller was with the Bureau of Edu
cation during Superintendent Lopp’s
incumbency, and has traveled exten
sively over the Territory. Up to sev-j
eral years ago he was stationed at
Tanana as first aid man of the Bureau
to look after the welfare and sanitary
condition of the natives. He was
placed in charge of the hospital at j
Tanana when that institution was
opened, a few years ago. He was
last located at Beaver, on the upper
Yukon, teaching the school at that
place. Mr. Miller has the reputation
of being a man capable of handling
almost any case of sickness or taking
care of injuries, and it goes without
saying that both he and Mrs. Miller
will be most welcome acquisitions to
[ the Takotna community.
The steamer Tupper is scheduled to
make only one more trip to Bethel
this year, according to advices lately
received here. Her sailing date from
Seattle, according to these same ad
vices, will be July 25.
Charles Nicolet, Candle operator,
was among those coming up from
McGrath on the Sea Wolf. He left
the same day for Ophir on matters
of business.
The Flume dredge on Yankee'
creek and the Hans Erickson dredge:
at Ganes are reported to have com
menced digging operations on June
18.
Walker Vs.
Ace Hudkins
LATTER MAKES MOST CREDIT
ABLE SHOWING, THOUGH
BADLY PUNISHED.
CHICAGO, June .22. —Mickey
Walker successfully defended the
world middleweight championship
against Ace Hudkins, of Nebraska,
Before twenty thousand spectators,
last night, in the White Sox park, in
a ten-round battle. Hudkins fought
fiercely and was badly punished,
though he made a creditable showing.
SAM HOUNAM, POPULAR OLD
TIMER, PASSES AWAY AT
ROCHESTER, MINN., MAY .10 .
OPHIR, .Tune 215.—Sam Hounam, ,
well known oldtimer, associate of
Peter Carlson in the firm of Carlson
& Hounam, of this place, passed
away at Rochester, Minn., on May 20,
according to word recently received
by Mr. Carlson. Mr. Hounam was for
many years a resident of this section,
a man of high integrity, one of most
likeable disposition, and his passing
is a matter of universal regret. He
was a Pioneer, Igloo No. 11.
Sam Hounam was born in Scotland
in 1868, and in the year 188'J went to
Blair, Ont., at which place a brother
and married sister still live. In 1890
he came to Victoria ,B. C„ where he
b«ciusi« .-swage b scaling up to
1898, as was \/. Carlson. In
the latter year >i_e -Ys. Carlson and
Hounam forme- n. brmership and
went to the Yukon ’ territory. In tho
fall of 1902 the two partners went to
Fairbanks, and in t! spring of 1908
they came to Ophir. Up to that time
the two followed i. ospecting and
hunting. In 1910 the Ophir Cigar
Store was started, and in the fall of
1920 they bought out the Dave Ed
wards grocery store.
Mr. Hounam took sick last fall.
Miss Virginia Howard, well known
local nurse, did everything possible
for him, and he improved somewhat,
but he was advised by Miss Howard
to obtain medical advice, and for this
purpose in November last he took an
airplane for Fairbanks, where he
went to the hospital and where Dr.
Romig examined him. He remained
in the hospital a short time, but on
on December 23 he returned via air
plane to Ophir. About April 1 a
turn for the worse came, and again
Miss Howard did everything possible
for him. Mr. Carlson and other
friends then insisted that he go Out
side to get thy best of medical advice.
“He didn’t like to go,’’ said Mr. Carl
son. “He said that if he had to die
he wanted to do so in Ophir, but we
thought if he could get Outside he
might have a chance.”
On April 27 Mr. Hounam took an
airplane for Seward, and then sailed
for Seattle, where he went to the Vir
ginia Mason clinic and had an exam
ination. He was told he could not
last long, that he had cancer of the
gall bladder. On May 16 he started
back East to see his brother and sis
ter, but on his way he stopped at
Rochester, Minn., to visit the Mayo
Brothers clinic, and at that place he
died on May 30, as noted above.
“It is now thirty years since we be
came partners,” said Mr. Carlson.
“To me he was more like a brother
than a partner. In passing, I wish
to say I can never thank Virginia
Howard sufficiently for all the time
she spent and for all that, she did fne
my old partner.”