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THE KUSKO TIMES
VOL XI NO. 17
TAKOTNA ALASKA SATURDAY.A JUNE 13 1931
PRICE 25 CENT?
.Prison Looms
Jor Capone
i PIACES fPOBSf BILITY OF 32-YEAR
1 PRISON SENTENCE AND A
PINE OF $80,000.
; CHICAGO, June 6.—A1 (Scarface!)
('.Capone-is- faced with the possibility
of a -32-year prison sentence and a
i fine of $80,000 for alleged evasion of
income tax- -This maximu msentence
is possible if- he is convicted on
charges for which > ihe surrendered
; yesterday after indictment by the
grand jury.
O .Capone posted $50,000 bond and
was released.
The indictments contain six felony
-•and two misdemeanor counts, and the
alleged -government tax claims total
: $215,080.
The indictments marked the culmi
nation of'two yeans’ investigation.
( Capone’s total income was $1,038,654
* dbring the years from 1924 to 1929,
inclusive, it is alleged.
. PROVINCETOWN, Mass., June 4.
—-.The Nautilus, reconditioned and
i equipped wit han odd looking trolley
«. .designed, to ..rest against the Arctic
ice off Cape Cod for final tests before
starting under, the ice..in an attempt
. at conquest.of the North Pole. Wil
kins and a group of scientists on
board will nose out into the Atlantic
in a day or two for England, thence
to the north.
Remains of
Free Spencer
I
‘BODY’ FOUND NEAR VICTORIA
BAR IDENTIFIED AS THAT OF
FORMER' TAKOTNAN.
—
That the remains of the human
bodyfound . on the’ ■banks of the Ta
kotna river, near Victoria Bar, last
Tuesday, by James Deacon and his
brother, two native boys, were those
of F. C. H. Spencer, was fully deter-1
mined late last Tuesday night, fol
lowing investigation by Commissioner
W. T. Vanderpool, Deputy U. S. Mar
shal Stanley .1. Nichols, and a cor
oner’s jury.
Following report of the finding of
the body, Messrs. Vanderpool and
Nichols, accompanied by a coroner’s
jury, left McGrath at 5 o’clock Tues
day afternoon for up river on the Sea
Wolf, Master Frank Larson.
The cadaverous find was made at a
point just below Victoria Bar, about i
three miles fro mwhere the boat of
the unfortunate man was found tan
gled n the river bank willows on Au
yust 25, last. A few feet above the
river bank, to where the body prob
ably had been shoved by ice, was:
found the main portion of the "re- j
mains”—-the clothing and some of the
skelcon—while about 75 or possibly
100 feet away was found the skull.
Indications were that bears or lynx
had gnawed away all flesh from the
Alaska Interests At
The Nation’s Capital
(By W .A. S.)
WASHINGTON, May 11.—It will
be interesting to Alaskans to know of
the formation of the Pacific Frosted
Foods, Inc., by the General Foods
Corporation and the Standard Oil
Company of California. The com
pany is being organized, with unlim-1
ited capital, for the commercial de
velopment of the Birdseye quick
freezing patents o nthe west coast
and Alaska. Mr. Ernest Walker Saw
yer has been giving much attention
to the development of the new com
pany, realizing that its methods will
prove of great value in the advance
ment of the reindeer product of the
North, and as a consequence furnish
much additional freight for the Alas
ka Railroad.
The natives of Nickolsky village
have sent in a petition to the Dele
gate asking that their fishery rights
in Unimak river be restored to them,
undr th imprssion that the river has
been closed to them for sevral years
past. ‘ Commissioner of Fisheries
Henry O’Malley, who recently re
turned from an extended trip to the
v- west coast, states that there has been
. no closure, and that there is nothing
t .to prevent the natives from taking
- salmon in this river for local food re
quirements or for use for dog feed.
Tbeyaar enot allowed to fish for ex
. port at ion purposs.
Duke E. Stubbs in 1924 staked and
recorded .a tract of land at McKinley
Park for fur farming, trade and man
ufacture. He has lived there ever
since, erected buildings and raised
. fur-bearing animals. Last year he I
sought to purchase th etract, but has
not succeeded in doing so yet, be
cause of a technicality. It seems that
in 1927 one Logan W. Varnell hap
pened along from the outside and
made an entry on Duke’s land. The
matter has been taken up with the
General Land Office and Varnell has
been given 60 days in which to main
tain his entry It is not expected that
he can do this, as he failed to comply
with *the necessary requirements, so
'it is expected that Mr. Stubbs wDl
soon be allowed to purchase the acre
age upon which his far mis located.
May 11 marked the departure from
Washington of Dr. Ales Hrdlicka,
curator of physical anthropology at
the Smithsonian Institution, for his
annual exploration trip to Alaska. He
will go to the Alaska Peninsula, now
a practically uninhabited region,
where he will explore the river and
lake passes by which the early inhab
itants of North America made their
way southward across this forbidden
barrier. He also plan sto take phys
ical measures and casts of as many
full-blooded Aleuts as can be found
in any of the villages. James A. Ford
and Moreau B. Chambers, also Smith
sonian archaeologists, left last week
for the North, and will excavate kit
chen middens at Point Barrow, the
farthest point north under the Amer
ican flag. Here traces have been
found of the most ancient Eskimo
culture.
During its last session the United
States Senate endorsed the second
annual American air, to be held in
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cadaver, there being many tracks in. .
i-vidence.
In the pockets of the apparel were
Count! a bunch of k» ys on ^vring, at
tached to a buckskin -thong, a. knife,
and a watch. The ki$y» • were, the
main means of identificatki' \. they
being the keys of the Takntna -Gen
eral Store- a corresponding set - »of
which is held anl used by .Chris Pe- (
sen, present manager of that store |
and administrator of the B\ C. H. j
Spencer estate. ! j
At the conclusion .of its labors the
jury brought in a verdict that the de- .
ceased had “come to his death . by (
some means unknown to us.” Com- .
prising the jury were Dick McArthur, (
Henry Peel, Martin Glancey. Charlie
Hood, Joe Wills and John Dunn.
The remains were buried last Wed
i
nesday afternoon, burial being made ,
in the new cemetery at that place, lo- ,
cated about an eighth of a mile up
river from Dan Sprague’s.
RACE BETTING NOW ON i
LAWFUL BASIS IN FLORIDA i
TALLAHASSE, Jane 6.—After a
20-year controversy regarding racing, ,
parimutuel wagering in Florida was ,
legalized today when the state house
joined the senate in overriding Gov- ,
ernor Doyle E. Cartons’ veto of the,,
first racing bill ever to pass both,
houses. Legislative action makes the
la weffective immediately, and , up-,
plies to horse, dog and tracks. Per
centage of income will be divided ,
among the counties,
Coming over today from Flat with
Pilot Barnhill were Mrs. Carl Letts
feldt, following a visit there of some
days, and A1 Walsh, well known old
timer from Crook* d, who eontiimed
on his way to Anchorage.
Saturday visitor. enmingt. -over
P. W. Carlson / \\ ere - Mr :, W.i A.
Vinal, U. S. Commissioner* Christian
Bolgen, Frank MeCatfrey, Pet*; Mes
sich, all; of whom returned -later in
the day to Ophir.
rranK Parson can. up rrom me-;
Grath on Thursday, bringing- out
going mail via Ophir and a few short
ages' locally. > Also eurnrng Up was
Tom Sakrioff.
The steamer Tana left Bethel at an
early hour Sunday morning, and is
scheduled to arrive at McGrath about
June 22.
Charlie Smith arrived Wednesday
from McGrath to give attention to a i
few business matters.
Charlie Konig arrived yesterday
from McGrath, leaving this morning
for Ganes creek.
David Eison, who arrived Wednes
day, returned Friday to Ganes creek.
Andy Hanson, after a visit here of
some days, left Thursday for Ophir.
John H. Peterson left a few days
ago for Yankee creek.
John Krieger left Saturday for
Ganes creek.
Fred Dubois returned yesterday
from a two-day visit at Yankee
John Griffin returned here Friday
from a trip to Ophir.
George W. Clyde returned Thurs
day from a trip to McGrath.
Bill Goss was a Saturday visitor 1
for a few short hours.
i. Chris Nelson left Saturday for
Yankee. 1
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Items ol Importance
In Recent News Events
A dispatch from New York states
hat some time after June 2, the first
urthday of Charles Lindbergh, jr.,
lis parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles A.
findbergh, plan to leave hi mwith his ■
rxandparents (the Morrows) and fly
icross the Pacific ocean for a vaca-j
ion. Preparations are being rushed, |
dthough details . are unsettled. The
light will probably be made from the
Uaska coast over the Aleutian
sjmds and across GOO miles of ocean
>ver the tip of Kamchatka, along
Cur riles to Japan. Mrs. Lindbergh
von her pilot’s licens*- only a few
lays ago.
At San Diego, Calif., Lydia Nitto,
.he state’s star witness in the girl
narket case, - under . cross-exam ina
,iun last. Friday, admitted that last
/ear she signed an-affidavit to the
fleet that she was horn in New York,
luly 4, 1908.
The admission struck at the roots
if the complaint on which Alexander
Pantages-and three, others are hping
iried of consoiring to bring Miss
Mitto, a minor 17 years .of age. to a
lotel party- here • -feast. - ‘ ictober at
which alleged moral oll'i-nses were
lommitted against her constituting
/filiations of the juvenifi court law.
If Miss Nitto was born in 1908, as
ittested !> an affidavit when applying
'or work as a “taxi dancer.” she was'
12 years of age at the time of thej
:iarty and would not come within thej
jurisdiction of the juvenil. law.
Defense attorneys said the girl tes
tified she received $15-from the al
eged girl-market for attt tiding thej
larty, and. said Pantages gave her
DO and told her she was too young!
to be here.”
tt. is estimated by .the American
^deration of-Lahor that wage cuts,!
part time employment and unemploy-1
ment have combined to exact .a. total,
if two and a half billion dollars {
among- American workers ;n wages j
since the commeniement .of the-pres-!
“nt-year. .Official announcement of;
the staggering less was made at
Washington by President Green, of
the labor organization, .and the cor
rectness of his statement is admitted
by ' Secretary Doak, of the Depart
ment of Labor.
One hundred and twenty-five fac
tory workers have been compelled to
accept wage cuts, but pay reductions
have been confined* very largely to
the smaller outfits, large employers
:yf labor, for the most part, continu
ing wage scales in force before the
depression set in.
At Washington, it is estimated by
members of the civil service commis
sion that there will be more than 10,
[)00 applicants for the several hundred
places which are to be filled by the
prohibition enforeementr- organization
during the earning month. Funds
provided by the last Congress for the
smployment of c.r. additional 500 dry
Agents and all the applicants for the
jobs will be required to take civil
service examinations. The examina
tions will be held this month in vari
>us parts of the country.
Under the new regulations of the
mforcement organization, the agents
employed hreafter must be between j
:he ages of “21 and 35 years. The age j
•equirements during the last year
vere 23 to 57, and when the enforce
nent organization was created the
unit was 70 years. The new director |
does not take many agents over the
age of 3D years, and those now in the
service wbo are more than 35 years*
old will gradually be eliminated. Pre
viously it wan required that agent?
have previous experience in invest!
gation work, but Director Woodcock
does not believe such experience is
necessary and the old requirements
virtually have heem dropped. All that
is reefu red of the new agents is that
they qualify as to age, pass the civil
service examination and possess s
reasonably good character
According to figures prepared by
the Association Against the Prohibi
tion Amendment at Washington, the
people of the United States are
spending considerably more than twv
billion dollars annually for intoxicat
ing beverages. The estimate, which
the Association claims, has just been
made, public. The research commit
tee of the Association which conduct
ed the* survey says "the illicit liquo?
business has become one of America's
major industries,” closely approach
ing the expenditure, for gasoline if
1930.
“We have never claimed our esti
mates to be infalible,” the report ex
plains, “but w<- believe the figured
just made public to he conservative
Most estimates of the nation’s drinl
bill are far in excess of our ftcures.'
The estimate is based on a cost of
50 cents a. gallon for beer,
gallon for wine, and ?11 a gallon fat
spirits.
At Washington, acceptance by thi
Democratic party of the Smoot-Haw
ley tariff act as a definite issue- in the
1932 campaign appeared likely a?
administration officials continued si
lent on now Canadian tariff increases
Chairman Shouse. predirtotp his part},
would accept the tariff, a san issue
charging -th<vadminiirt»atio.n with the
itsponsibility for “prolonging husi
ness depression through th» Smoofr
Hawley act, and that the -administra
'.ion could not inflict greater punish
ment upon American business had-it
deliberately sought to alienate its
best customer.” He referred to Can
ada.
At Manchester, Mass., Col. E. M,
House, political adviser to President
Wlson, declared his preference for
Franklin D. Roosevelt as the Demo
cratic party5s next presidential can
didate, declaring him the most avail
able candidate.
A dispatch from Los Angeles states
that a stiff wind and thundering,
waves are singing what is believed to
be the swan song for the liner liar
vard, which was being pounded to
pieces on the rocks. The weather be
came so rough that the three salvage
tugs were compelled to cast away
their lines and make a run for the
open sea.
Captain Hillsinger is remaining
aboard the vessel, hopeful that it will
yet be saved. The cutter Tamarca is
standing by to rescue the skipper
shoudl his vessel go to pieces.
From New York comes the report
that a reduction of a cent a pound
brought the price of export copper? to
9.025 cents a pound at European base
ports, the lowest level in more than
25 years, bringing the foreign price
to a parity of the domestic level, 8-lM!
cents a pound.