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VOL. 37. No. 109 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1936. Per Copy Ten Cents
Mahan Is Placed In Tacoma Prison
truciTdriver killed wife with axe
North King 500 Cannery Workers Held At Seattle
MAHAN RETURNED TO
TACOMA JAIL BY
SPECIAL PLANE
Weyerhauser Kidnaper was Sunning
Himself When Federal Agents Nab
bed Him. Come before Judge
t
(By The Associated Press)
TACOMA, Washngton, May 8, — Surrounded by
Department of Justice agents, William Mahan, under
indictment for the kidnaping of George Weyerhauser,
on May 24th, 1935, was returned to the scene of his
crime in a specially chartered airplane.
Mahan was heavily shackled, and upon landing
was rushed into an automobile, headed toward the city
jail.
U. S. District Attorney J. Charles Dennis said to
day: “We are ready to go to trial tomorrow if neces
sary.”
In San Francisco yesterday. Mahan was caught by
federal agents as he sat sunning himself on the running
board of an auto, within a stone’s throw of the ag
ents offices. He was unarmed and had seven thousand,
three hundred dollars in cash on him. He offered no re
sistance when captured, the same day Harry Campbell
and taken, six days after Karpis had been arrested, both
wanted in the Bremer kidnaping case.
Agents said only part of the money was in ransom
bills.
The capture of Mahan was under the direction of
one of the youngest agents in the federal service—Way
ne Listerman, a college graduate.
Tacoma, May 8, —Federal Judge Cushman who pre
sided at the Mahan arraignment, opened court at ten A.
M. today and adjourned it shortly after, saying he
would allow no ex-parte matter to come before the
court. He set the time for court to convene again at 2
P. M. Meanwhile Mahan remained in the city jail, and
there were no indications when he would be moved. He
is being kept in solitary.
Bids Accepted
Fresh Baby Seal
Liver Bering Sea
The ice of Bering Sea in front
of Nome moved out a few miles
yesterday from shore, leaving on
ly about a half-mile of shore ice
grounded on the sea bottom.
Another strong northerly wind
such as was blowing several days
ago should carry the winter ice
floes far to sea, not to be seen
again until next fall.
With the spring breakup and
the moving of the ice many of
Nome's Cheechaccos who came in
last year will become sourdoughs
as soon as the ice disappears from
the shores here.
Balmy weather, with a light
drizzle of rain, is doing havoc to
what snow remains in the vicin
ity of Nome.
Eskimos may be seen hunting
along the edge of the shore ice for
seal and walrus, which will be
their first real fresh meat since
the freezeup.
Those who like real fresh baby
seal liver should communicate
now with some of the Eskimo
hunters, as this is one the fin
est of Arctic delicacies. Many of
the white population here enjoy
it immensely and compare it in
taste and tenderness to choice
calves liver.
A CORRECTION
In the composition of the ad
vertisement for the Arctic Trans
port Company, appearing yester
day, one paragraph was omitted.
The public’s attention is called to
the now complete advertisement
on page four.
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Robbers Failed
Attempt When
Girl, 18, Fights
DAUGHTER WOUNDED WHEN
SHE FOUGHT OFF TWO
ROBBERS AS ATTEMPT
WAS BROKEN UP
(By The Associated Press)
LOS ANGELES. May 8, — Two
'tamed men critically wounded
Harriet Woody, 18, last night
when she fought to save her moth
er’s service station from a rob
bery, and then escaped police af
ter a running gun battle, with e
cruising radio police car which
picked up the trail of the rob
ber’s machine and riddled it with
lead slugs, in a wild chase thru
a residential district, but the pair
abandoned it and fled on foot.
One man was apparently wound
ed as he dropped a blood-soaked
sweater.
The girl and her mother, Mrs.
Marjorie Woody were closing the
station when they were held up.
“She tried to save my life and
our meagre earnings”, cried the
mother when the police found
her holding the sobbing daughter
in her arms.
Board Education
For Territory At
Juneau Convened
(By The Associated Press)
Juneau, May 7—The Territorial
Board of Education convened, all
members being present. Com
missioner A. E. Karnes in his
annual report pointed out that
of the three hundred and sixtv
five thousand dollars appropriat
ed by the last Legislature for
school, one hundred and ninety
seven thousand dollars remains
with which to operate the schools
during the next school year,
which he says is remarkable.
Those present at the board
meeting were: H. L. Faulkner of
Juneau; P. C. McMullen of Sew
ard; Mrs. A. H. Nordale of Fair
banks; A. H. Ziegler of Ketchikan
and M. J. Walsh of Nome.
_
Baseball Scores
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St. Louis 3, Philadelphia 2.
Boston 8, Chicago 9.
Brooklyn 7, Cincinnati 4.
New York 2, Pittsburg 6.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 6, Detroit 5.
Cleveland 4, Philadelphia 3.
jSt. Louis 6, Boston 9.
! Chicago 11, Washington 6.
COAST LEAGUE
San Francisco 16, Los Angeles 13.
I San Diego 4, Missions 0.
1 Oakland 12, Sacramento 4.
*San Francisco 16, Los Angeles 13.
PACIFIC AM. FISHERIES
MAY NOT OPERATE
AT BRISTOL B \Y
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Demands of Fishermen's Union Said By
President Is Halting Further Plans
For Opening Plant Bristol Bay
(By The Associated Press)
BELLINGHAM, Washington, May 8, — President
Archie W. Shiels of the Pacific American Fisheries says
that uncertainty regarding Bristol Bay operations has
arisen as the result of demands from the Alaska Fisher
men’s Union.
He says the Union is asking seventeen cents a fish,
which is more than the P. A. F. can afford.
He declared that if the Union persists in its price
Pacific American Fisheries will not operate their Brist~
ol Bay plant and hence the steamer North King with
five hundred cannery workers aboard may not sail.
Shiels says that their price is five cents a fish more
than last year, and seven cents more than the year be
fore^
Truck Driver,
Kills Wife Axe,
Commits Suicide
(Bv The Associated Press)
PRESTON, Washington, May 8,
—Ole Liljemark, aged thirty-nine,
Carnation truck driver, shot and
killed himself today after deliv
ering the body of his wife to the
home of his brother-in-law here.
Coroner Otto Mittelstadt said
that Mrs. Liljemark was slain
with an axe.
He said that Liljemark drove to
the home of Ole Haglund with
his wife’s body wrapped in a far
paulin in the car.
As soon as Ilarglund heard the
honk of the car horn he came out
of the house. As he approached
the car he heard a shot and found
that Liljemark had killed him
self. He then discovered his sis
ter’s body.
Liljemark’s daughter, aged ten,
was found hiding in a closet at
their home.
Wn. Stale Students
Win Strike
(By The Associated Press)
PULLMAN, Washington, May 8
—Striking students of Washing
ton State College won last night
virtually all of their demands in
a one-day strike, and are return
ing to classes today.
The faculty, after a special
meeting said they had granted all
concessions.
Howard Hughes
Says Reach A
Speed 489 Miles
■'Hy The Associated Press)
DETROIT, May 8. — More than
400 miles an hour will be made
with a specially built racing air
plane flying at a high altitude
by Howard Hughes, milli maire
speed aviator, he predicted late
yesterday in Detroit.
Hughes discovered that a new
engine, which delivers maximum
horsepower at an altitude of 20,
000 feet, is being developed for
the plane in which he flew at the
rate of 325 miles an hour last
September over a course in Cal
ifornia.
Incidently, he declares, he hop
es to attain new speed records in
a sub-stratosphere dash with his
racer after it is equipped with
the new motor.
DOUBLE FUNERAL SAT.
The funeral services for two of
Nome’s sourdough miners and
residents, will take place at 2. P.
M. tomorrow at the Federated
Church.—Joint Services
FUNERAL NOTICE
All Pioneers, members of
Igloo No. 1, are requested
to attend the funeral servi
ces of our late brother,Jack
Goodyear, 2 P.M. Saturday
May 9th, at the Federated
Church.
Aimer Rydeen, president
(Wed. and Friday) J
Russian Planes
^il! Try Save
13 On !ee Floes
13 ESKIMOS MAROONED ICE
NEAR SCENE OF PLANE
RESCUE SPRING 1934
OI 101 RUSSIANS
(By The Associated Press)
MOSCOW, Russia, May 8, —To
rescue 13 Eskimo hunters maroon
ed on a moving ice floe in the
northern part of Bering Strait,
[two seaplanes were ordered to
day by the Russian government
to take off from Cape Kulen.
which is on the northeast coast
of Siberia. The planes previously
dropped fond and sleeping bags
to the marooned men.
18 .Miles 0(1 Shore
The floe is 18 miles off shore
land is being carried to sea.
Two othe, Eskimos on another
ice floe, which broke afloat at the
same time as the fh>e on which
the 13 men are marooned, have
not boon located.
South of Chelyuskin Wreck
The floe with 13 men on it is
considerably south of the place
whore 101 Russians sough refuge
on a floe in April 1034, after '
ship, the Chelyuskin, \v a
ed in the ice. They w" 4
by planes which op: t 1
Cape Vankarem, on the iw
Siberian coast.
Virpiaue News
Nome Airport
Pilot John Lynn o'’ the North
'••■i Air Transpo ‘ < i\ d last
ov ing from F hr' A s with
Mo t Powell, own? md operator
of the Kougarok 1 -d md a
M'-. Rolnib. Pil i‘ I.ynn upped
off today fo” Kotzebue v At Dr.
R. F. Smith via P ig o Hot
Springs and picked up Horse Mil
dred Keaton for the same place.
From Kotzebue Lynn Ho v to
day. Glenn Briggs a”d Mary Leu
Campbell to Fa rbanks where
they will catch a plane f r C r
dova to meet the oui.oing steam
er. Pilot Lynn is expected to re
turn here tomorrow with incom
ing passengers.
Word received today by the
Nome office of the Northern Air
Transport from Seattle stated
that the Ford tri-motored plane
of the NAT. which recently arriv
ed there with passengers from.
Nome and Fairbanks, would pro
bably leave Seattle on its return
flight to Alaska with passengers
next Tudsday.
Pilot Hermann of the Northern
Air Transport made a flight to
Council today with a load of
freight, and returned here. He
then flew Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Jones to Spruce Creek, and re
turned to Nome.