WARRANT RECALLS
SANGUINARY END
OF DALTON BOYS
TULSA, Okla. (U.P.t-A piece
of paper now in the hands of
a Tulsa man has added a new
chapter to the saga of the Dal
ton Boys, one of the old West's
most notorious robber gangs.
The paper Is a. warrant for the
arrest of the three Dalton bro
thers and five of their compan
ions who blazed a trad of stage,
train and bank robbries across
Oklahoma and Kansas.
Had the warrant served its
I
purpose, the bloody end of the!
Dalton RariR at Coffeyville, Kan., j
may never have come to pass. )
Fitted into historical records of j
the outlaws, the warrant shows j
that a U.S. deputy marshal wan
dered from place lo place for
two months in an effort to serve
the warrant. The warrant charg
ed Boh Dalton, Emmet Dalton,
Grot Dalton and five others with
the $11,000 robbery of a Wells
Fargo Express Co. office at Red
Rock, Ok la.
Report Tells Story
The marshal was Bill Tilghman
whose reputation as a competent
law officer was widespread. In
August, 18!)2, a U. S. commis
sioner for the Oklahoma Terri
tory handed him the warrant.
What happened during the next
two months is not known but
for a report scrawled on the war
rani, and signed by Tilghman.
It says: . . endeavored with
great diligence to execute the
same by proceeding to the Creek
(Indian) Nation and divers other
places and hereby make due re-1
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Much has been said about this agreement. We think you should know more of the details.
WHY SUCH AGREEMENT?
During the period of Government operations in the war and post-war periods operating
costs had advanced so tremendously the Alaska carriers were unable to resume service
on a strictly private basis, and in order to develop sufficient information to enable Con
gress to plan intelligently a long-range Alaska shipping program this agreement was
concluded.
WHAT IS THIS AGREEMENT?
This is a contract under which the Alaska operators covenanted with the Maritijne
Commission to furnish service to Alaska until June 30, 1948, the Maritime Commission
to provide the necessary additional tonnage at nominal charter hire ($1.00 per vessel
per year) and cover hull insurance. To cover its out-of-pocket expenses the Government
^vill take any earnings over 10 per cent before taxes (about 6 per cent after taxes) on
operating capital employed, and if there is any remainder the Government will take 75,
per cent thereof. All losses are to be paid by the Operator involved.
BASIS OF ALLOCATION OF SHIPS AND DIVISION OF ROUTES
The carriers, unable to agree among themselves on the allocation of ships and the routes
to be served by each, did agree to submit this matter to arbitration and to abide by the
arbitrators’ decision.
During the pre-war period of strictly private operations, each company was entirely
free to enlarge its fleet as it saw fit and to serve competitively any or all ports of Alaska,
and the arbitrators decided that rather than promote the expansion of any one carrier
at Government expense and to the detriment of the others, the allocation of ships and
scope of operations under the agreement should be according to the pre-war private
determination of each carrier, except that the Alaska Steamship Company would have
one less vessel than pre-war and that all military cargo for all areas would be open to free
competition by each carrier.
PRE-WAR FLEETS AND AWARD FLEETS
--PRE-WAR (as of 12/7/41) -> ,- AWARD -, % Tonnag*
Vessels Tonnage % Total Ton. Vessels Tonnage % Total Ton. Increase
Alaska Steam - 17 69,018 79.2% 16 73,906 71.7% 7.08%
Northland- 5 14,405 16.6% - 5 18,349 18.8% 27.4 %
Alaska Transportation- 3 3,675 4.2% 3 9,478 9.5% 157.9 %
Subsequent to original award, one additional vessel was assigned each carrier, creating
an even greater disparity over pre-war tonnage pattern in favor of the two smaller
carriers.
DESIGNATED OPERATING AREAS (Except that military cargo for all areas open to
free competition).
Alaska Steam-Alaska generally (except Kuskokwim if Santa Ana Steamship
Co. was to operate).
Northland-Southeastern Alaska (except combination freight and pas
senger vessel authorized to operate in conjunction with other
combination vessels in the trade).
Alaska Transportation_______Southeastern Alaska
SHOULD ARBITRATION AWARD BE CHANGED?
We believe not. Although the over-all result of the arbitration award was not nearly
so favorable to the Alaska Steamship Company as to the other carriers, since we agreed
to the arbitration and to abide thereby and the other carriers did likewise agree, it appears
to us that the right and proper procedure is to allow the Interim Agreement, as is, to
run out the period of its stipulated duration, or until plans for returning to a strictly
private operation are approved by the Maritime Commission, whichever occurs first. We
believe your consideration of the circumstances involved and the terms of the agreement
will lea a you to a similar conclusion.
Sincerely,
a
* j F A. ZEUSLER
) Executive Ass't to the President
ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ Serving All Alaska ☆ ☆ ☆ * *
turn hereon as not being able to
find the within defendonts.”
Shooting Recalled
On Oct. 5, 1892, the Daltons
rode into Coffeyville. Bob and
Emmett visited the First National
Bank, and escaped with $23,000.
At the same time, Bill Powers
and Dick Broadwell, went to the
Condon National Bank. There a
teller stalled them long enough
for Coffeyville citizens to be
alerted.
A party of vigilantes surround
ed the bank. The Daltons were
trapped. Powers and Broadwell
reached their horses, mounted,
but were cut down before they
could get away.
In the same alley, Bob and
Grat Dalton were riddled w’ith
bullets as they vainly tried to
reach their horses. Emmett Dal
ton, still in his teens, was seri
ously wounded.
Coffeyvillo residents show visi
tors the alley where the furious
shooting match took place.
• --
TWNIS OVER 60 SOUGHT
FOR MEDICAL STUDY
NEW YORK jL,UP>—Dr. Franz J.
Kallmann is searching for twins
over 60 years of age.
Dr. Kallman, of the New York
State Psychiatric Institute at Co
lumbia-Presbyterian Medical Cen
ter, has been keeping a running
record of more than 500 sets of
twins for the past two years.
The object of his study, he said
is to learn the social and psycho
logical factors needed to preserve
physical and mental health in
old age. The study is to continue
for three more years.
O - - -
Friday the 13th comes twice du
ring 1948—inF.ebruary and Aug
ust.
You a*e cordially invited
to the
GEORGE WASHINGTON
BIRTHDAY PARTY
Feb. 20 S:P.M. School house
PINOCHLE A BINGO GAMES
SQUARE DANCE
Proceeds for
SCHOOL LIBRARY FUND
Admission 25f
Spp
Joe Lanier
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