VOLUME NO. VI.
PETERSBURG, ALASKA, OCTOBER 16, 1331
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NO. 13
Athlete’s Stilus
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A conference of the officials ol
the Pacific Coast Conference Ate
lctic Association will be held in
Portland on the 15th of October
to determine the eligibility of
Liliiard Black, star on the Ore
gon State University football
team. Liliiard was chauffeur for
an Illinois professional ball team
last summer and sometimes sub
stituted when one of the players
was sick. It is not alleged that
Liliiard received money for his
services but that he violated a
rule which forbids amateurs
from participating in games with
professionals.
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New Book On
Alaska Issued
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Edward E. Knap, a frequent
visitor to Alaska is author of a
new book which pictures the
glitter of Arctic stars, lonely
wastes of tun^rr swathed in the
winding sheet of winter; click of
snowshoes on lonely trails, male
mutes voicing the sorrow of ages
tn t.hp Qkip? T’Ito imlimio
eludes three stories, all dealing
with the romantic and vast land
near the Arctic Circle.
The three tales are “Ah-Re
Gee,” the life story and tragedy
of a red fox; “Lost on the Ice
Floes,” relating the curious ex
periences of Nat, youngest Nome
mu slier entered in the famous
All-Alaska Sweepstakes, and
last but not least, the story of
“Midnight,’ the mysterious black
fox of the Kugruk.
Hoover Will Ask
Cut In Armament
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President Hoover has indicat-,
ed the the United States will1
consider war payment reductions
by European nations only if they
in turn effect drastic curtail
ment in armaments. The Presi
dent expects to urge disarma-.
ment and a naval holiday andi
that such a program cannot be
separated from the question of
war debts and the financial con- i
dition of the world.
Capone Loses
Points in Laa
A1 C ipone, after months of el
fort on the part of federal clfi
cials, is still free to thumb hi
| nose at the laws of the land an
jits variously constituted enforce
j ment service. But, despite th
1 delays time ugh technicalitie
[and the power of money in cor
rupt politics, the Government i
making some headway.
Federal Judge Wilkerson, wh
refused to bargain with Capone
has ruled that the' Govemmen
may present evidence throng!
which it intends to show tha
tne Chicago gangster admt tn
mcome tax liability a year am:
a half ago; at which time hi
tried to roach a settlement wife
the internal Revenue Depart
ment.
Defense witnesses in the Ca
pone case testified that he lost
hundreds of dollars on horse
races and race horses, which is
outlining part of the Capone de
fense testimony.
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Ask Butler Lead
National 0. 0. P.
The Boston Pest declares that
former United States Senator
'V’lliam M. Butler of Massachus
sets has been approached by
dose friends of President Hoov
er regarding the chairmanship
if the Republican national com
mittee during the 1932 cam
paign. Butler was chairman of
he national committee during
die administration of Calvin
dcoiidge, whose campaign he di
rected.
Capt.- Lathrop, national com
mitteeman of the Republican
party in Alaska, favors Hilles of
New York. It would seem a bit
early to be working up enthusi
asm in Alaska for national chair
man when the G. O. P., itself has
not centered its affections upon
any leader yet.
Thomas Edison Sinks
Into State of Coma
Thomas A. Edison, electrical
wizard is reported to be in a
state of coma which precedes
death.
Parent- Teachers’ Association Start
New Season I! ith Fine Meetin ]
The large attendance of the
first Parent-Teachers’ Associa
tion meeting of the season, held
in the school auditorium Wed
nesday evening, was an excellent
indication of the interest Pe
tersburg parents are taking in
the welfare of the schools.
A period of community sing
ing under the leadership of Miss
Christensen was thoroughly en
joyed.
Principal George V. Beck spoke
most interestingly on the sub
ject of school citizenship, out
lining current methods. A new
form of report card will show
the relative standing of each
student in the class.
Other outstanding items on
the program included a solo by
Rev. Maakestad “Son of the De
sert Am I,” and an excellent pa
per by Mrs. E. S. Hungerford or
“The Kitchen Kindergarten’
and response by Miss Alto, pri
mary teacher.
Mrs. Harold Lee spoke of the
objects of the National Congress
of Parent-Teachers.
Mrs. S. Johanson was electe*:
vice president, replacing Mrs
Chris Tveten, resigned.
A communication was read
from the committee in charge
of the George Washington Bi
Centennial Celebration in Alas
:1a, requesting that a special
: Washington program be prepar
ed for the February meeting.
I Material for a cook book which
has been interesting the laches
for some time as a commerce;
enterprise, for the benefit of the
treasury was referred to Mr
Warfield and Mrs. Magill, as c
committee.
The treasurer’s report show
ed a balance of $145.88 in the
general fund and $231.10 in tlx
gjmnasium fund.
The City Council was request
j ed to improve the walks and pr .
j”Me additional lighting on the
school grounds.
Possession of a framed pict in
will be awarded each month t<
the schoolroom showing tin
largest percentage of parent
present at the monthly meet,
; ing.
;j Discussion was had relative* l
jeare of certain children and oi
l/he findings, it was decided thu
• hhe Association would make pro
vision for a portion of the care.
I Vessel for Arctic Waters Is
<)' Fast Taking Shape in Seatth
; Amid the roar of air hammei
. driving bolts to fasten her tin:
s be*s, the largest wooden vesst
d ore ered in Seattle since Worl
_ War days, is taking form in th
? Be: g Shipyards. One hundre<
men, as busy as bees, are shap
- ing the 226-foot hull as sawei
5 'frames 22 inches by 14 inche
are put in place. Five hundre;
, thousand feet of Douglas fir al
ready has been used in the vesse
rnd before she is completec
i another 500,000 feet will be used
Uncle Sam paid the bills dur
ing the hectic World War ship
i building days and he will put up
, the $400,000 for this vessel, foi
she is being built for the Unitec
States Bureau of Indian Affairs
, The new ship is to replace the
famous little power schoonei
Boxer find wb! esT*rv goT'emmr'o+
school teachers and supplies tc
the isolated little settlements
along the Alaska coast as far as
I Point Barrow in the Arctic. She
'also will serve the government
hospitals and reindeer stations
in the North.
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j As the vessel is to cruise in the
j ice-filled waters of the Far North
ishe will be sheathed in Australi
an iron bark from her bilges
, to the water line. This exceed
jingly hard Wood also is used in
, the stem and stern post. The
j cabins will be finished in teak.
; Several names for the new
ship have been suggested, but
* none has been chosen. Tire
word Alakshak, submitted by
Ernestine Jessen, daughter of
Editor Jessen of the Seward
Gateway, has appealed to the
U. S. Indian Bureau officials.
Fault of Children
A resolution, the brainstorm of
ithe Juneau Chamber of Com
merce, alleging that loss of trap
revenue (salmon) and the bur
den of educating Indian children
has created a deficit in the Ter
: ritorial treasury, was adopted by
(the local Club. The resolution
asks that fifty percent of the re
venue derived from the seal
herds of the Pribilof Islands be
| turned over to the Territory of
' Alaska for the benefit of tlqe
; school funds.
! Chairman Ohmer reported that
'the task of assembling data for
! the report to the Rivers and
Harbors Committee of Congress
had been completed, on the pro
posed Petersburg harbor dredg
ing project.
Mr. Ohmer further renortec
.that dat. is being gathered 'oj
: the fish-ries bureau, regard!!:;;
the unnecessary hampering oj
bait fishermen by existing her
ring fishing regulations.
f The question of local radio in
i terference provoked a lively dis
cussion. The City Council wai
requested to find and remedy th(
causes of local receptioi
, troubles.
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Governor Huey Long and Lt.
Governor Paul Cyr, of Louisian:
are having a battle as to who i
governor of that state. Cy
took office as governor durinj
the absence of Long, claimin?
; that Long had vacated the offic
} when he was elected Unite*
' States Senator. Long claims h
^: is not a senator until he take
' the oath in the senate. He call
j ed out the national guard to pre
3 vent Cyr from entering the cap
1 ital. Cyr ordered the, guard t
t disband but the guard is said t
• j be resting on arms subject t
i Long’s orders.
s and they are giving it seriou
.. consideration.
;1 The vessel is expected to h
3 launched in December, complet
g ed March 15th and commission
3 ed April 1. She will ha\e ac
- commodations for fifty p:
1 gers and a crew of twenty eigh
3 men. On the main deck undei
l the bridge will be the main din
- ing saloon, the galley, the crew's
1 mess, the store room and a medi
i cal clinic. On the bridge decs
. will be an observation room, On
. the boat deck will be the piiot
. house and the wireless room. Con
( the ’tween deck, after, will be
, a cold storage room with a ca
pacity of 2,000 reindeer carcass
es, which will be the principal
homeward cargo of the vessel
during her Alaskan cruises.
There will be tanks of l.soo bar
rels of fuel oil and 450 barrels of
i fresh water under the ’tween
' decks.
The ship wriii be driven by a
! 1,500 horsepower Mackintosh &
Seymour Diesel engine. Two IT)
| horsepower Diesel engines wril!
operate generating sets for elec
tric auviliaries. Allen Cunning
ham of Seattle is supplying all
the deck machinery and steering
gear. The Markey Machinery
Company of Seattle is making
the tall shafting and the propel
ler.
The new vessel will be a-two
masted motorship with house
amidships, a beam of 42 feet and
|a depth of 21 feet 4 inches and
(a speed of 11 knots. She will be
; commanded by Capt. S. T. L.
j Wrritinm, veteran SKlpper or tile
| Boxer in Arctic waters.
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Everett had a mountain mys
tery man which gave those peo
ple no end of worry. Part of the
mystery was Solved recently
when Theodore Kristion Gyland
was picked up in the mount in
district, emaciated from a diet
of berries and grass and so rag
ged fiom months in the woods
as to be hardly recognizable as
a human.
He was taken to ' a hospital,
cleaned, clothed and fed after
which he told that he was of
Norwegian birth, 50 years old, ac
| cupation, logger. Last summer
! he had saved $400 when laid off
by the Potlatch Lumber Com
pany. This he used up in Seat
tle. He went to Everett last
' June hoping to find work with
fellow country men.
Failing in this he took to the
hills early' in. July and remained
! there, existing on bark of trees,
, grass and other forest products.
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Spanish President Quits
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ii President Zamora of the re
public of Spain, after being in
i office six months as its first pres
| ident, resigned rather than
■ countenance the expulsion ol
- Jesuits and the confiscation oi
i their property.
3 Anti-clerical riots are raging
• in Spain.
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>f LINDEN MAKES DAMAGING
3 ADMISSION
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3 Adolph Linden, erstwhile pres
s ident of the Home Savings and
- Loan Association, Seattle, admit
- ted under cross examination, ir
- his trial, that he did not tell th<
o, board of directors of the insti
ojtution that three hundred thou
ojsand dollars had been sunk ii
oil speculations.
Northwest Mills
i Forced to Close
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5 The Northwest Mills Company
of Jcow Bay, was this week fore
5 eel to close clown all operations
- lor various reasons.
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For several years this company
ha.; operated in or near Peters
burg. Existing forest depart
' ment timber cutting regulations
were such as to force this com
pany, along with other Alaska
mills to accept and cut so-called
merchantable timber which ran
an approximate loss of 25 per
■, cent. Gnarled, knotty, rotten
timber was forced on the mill,
and other mills; $1.50 stumpage,
per thousand feet was required
by the government which was
more than the mill, and other
mills could make with their in
vestment; hemlock was forced
on the mills when they had not
market outlet for that timber;
stiff-necked bureaucracy failed
to bend one little bit away from
their Alaska throttling regula
tions. The Northwest Mills and
other mills will follow, clue to a
seeming conspiracy of United
States forest officials to hand
the Alaska timber business to the
National Timbermen’s Associa
tion of the States.
Last summer the Northwest
Mills secured contract to deliv-j
er 90,000 hemlock ties to the|
Alaska Railroad; they were low;
bidder—BUT through so^e tech-'
ideality, the bids were with
drawn and re-let. The bulk of
the order went to Washington
mills; other Alaska mills got the
driblets and the Northwest Mills
secured orders for 35,000 tier. ;
Extension of time for delivery
of the ties was asked to Novem
ber 30th. The Commercial Club,
through President Ohmer, ap
pealed to Governor Parks to use
his influence to secure extension
of delivery, without avail.
Forced to close down, creditors,
began proceedinsg to tangle the
business up. Miss McKay, log
ger of.Wrangell filed attachment
proceedings and the laborers fol
lowed suit. The Forest Depart
ment will bring on the wreath
with hte card Re quiscat in pace.
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The crises in Chino-Japanesei
affairs continues with pitched
battles in scattered places with-'
* ut open declaration of war by.
either side. Officials in various j
capitals of the Great Powers re-j
gard the situation as reaching!
serious proportions. The death
list is rapidly growing without
either side reporting definite
figures.
It is reported that the League
of Nations will ask that the
United States be represented at
one of its sessions to consider the
difficulties in Manchuria and to
evclve a plan to secure resuma
| tion of peace time conditions.
| Japan has ordered its repre
sentafives to oppose entrance of
an American observer at the
the League of Nations for the
consideration of the Manchuria 1
dispute. The attitude of Japan
! has left the League in a daze.
It is being reported that Japan
will bolt the League of Nations
if the United States participates
in the sessions relative to the
Oriental crises.
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.! The F. W. Woolworth Company
; has announced a bonus distribu
tion to its stockholders of $19,
-! 500,000. This distribution of ac ■
i crued increment is a sort of
slap at Old Man Depression.
Judge Harding Rules 1931 Jury
Law Is Unconstitutional
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.. From the Juneau Empire
[ Holding that the Territorial
Legislature in the Jury Act oj
j 1931 had exceeded its constitu
tional authority, Judge Justin W
Harding, United States District
Judge, over-ruled the plea in
abatement filed in the J. W.
Roberts case, and ordered trial
to proceed forthwith.
Cites Appellate Court
The abatement plea was filed
by George B. Grigsby, counsel for
Roberts, last Wednesday when
his client appeared to enter a
plea to an indictment charging
him with violating the Alaska
Bone Dry Law. Mr. Grigsby ar
gued the case yesterday morning.
He contended that the Circuit
Court of Appeals in an earlier
case arising in this Division has
affhmed the right of the Legis
lature to legislate upon the man
ner of drawing juries and that
the manner used in selecting the
grand jury now in session was
different from that prescribed by
the latest Territorial statute.
Judge Harding ruled against
him. The Court held that the
Chicago Teachers
*Ask Food Money
Cries of How can we buy food'?!
were heard in Chicago when 2,
000 of Chicago’s payless school
teachers, most of them women,
met to listen to plans propound
ed for their relief.
Cheers, jeers, and boos, greet
ocl JTociOplx P. Qaxrn (ja, f^ncfhn r\F
the Board of Education, who ad
dressed the meeting in an effort
to explain efforts of the board in
behalf of the teachers, who have
not received any cash since last
May. Instead they have been(
paid in script, which is accept-1
able in some stores only at a;
heavy discount.
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Demo Caucus Will Be
Held December 5
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The Congressional Democratic
’eaders have indicated that they
will call a caucus of the House
r emocrats on December 5 to
nominate a candidate for Speak
er, along with other House offic
es. With the House more evenly
div'ded than in many years, a
.hvely old time is expected be
fore the place of the late Nick
I.ongworth is filled.
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H. W. Alberts of Juneau was
in Petersburg last week.
Appeals Court has never had be
fore it the question of the power
of the Legislature to enact jury
laws; that its decision in the
case cited by Mr. Grigsby went
j only to whether the provisions
; of the Act of 1925 as to putting
i the names of talesmen in the
I jury box for drawing out had
been violated in such a manner
as to prejudice the cause of the
appellant. What it had to say
regarding the law outside of the
question was obiter dicta.
Violates Organic Act
He ruled yesterday afternoon,
that notwithstanding, inhibi
tions of the Territorial Organic
Act, the Legislature by the Act of
1931 sought to impose conditions
in the drawing of jury panels
that would deprive the Court of
one of its rights and powers. This
he said, could only be done by
an act of Congress. Because the
law of 1931 was contrary to the
Organic Act, it was not valid.
Mr. Grigsby asked and was al
lowed an exception. The Roberts
case went to trial.
Granger Do Not
Favor Beer
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The National Grange, one of
the foremost farm organizations,
has placed itself on record as
vigorously opposing effort to le
galize beer.
Through its executive commit
tee, the Grange denounced as
unsouna, tne argunieuu ui muu:
ficationists that fanners would
be aided through consumption
of grain by legalized brewers.
Dr. Cooper Has
Stroke Apoplexy
Dr. William John Cooper, U. S.
Commissioner of Education, suf -
fered a mild stroke of apoplexy
while addressing a luncheon club
in Youngston, Ohio, recently. He
was reported as being in no im
mediate danger.
Dr. Cooper last year made a
trip to Alaska to survey the work
of his department in Alaska. Un
der his direction, the Shoemaker
Bay Industrial School received
due form and it is now being
completed under the Indian Bu
reau.
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Miss Lillian Swanson left for
a visit in Portland, Oregon.
Gas-Screw Stamsund Runs Down
Rowboat in Narrows; Whitewashed
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While coming from Scow Bay
with a load of wood in a rowboat
Santos Lanado and wife were
rammed by the gasboat Stam
sund, Capt. J. Hanseth, and un
ceremoniously dumped into the
turbulent waters of the Narrows
abreast of the Public Dock Mon
day evening a few minutes be
fore five o’clock in the afternoon
Santos declares that he stood
up and yelled at the Stamsund
and then putting every energy
and strength on his oars, tried tc
get out of the way of the ap
proaching craft. But faster thai:
he was getting inshore out of the
| way, the vessel swung inshore
| until it bumped the rowboat
! throwing the occupants into th<
Narrows, smashing the boat, an<
throwing the occupants into th
bay. A saw, along with othe
tools in the boat were dumper
in the water, cutting the couple
on the face and hands. Lanada
had to have several stiches tak
en on a cut on his hand.
After being spilled in the bay,
Lanado grabbed a piece of wood
jwith one hand while he reached
! out and held his wife afloat.
, “Shorty” Young put off from the
j Trading Union float and picked
up Lanado, the tug Akutan stort
and picked up Husvik of the
Stamsund who had spilled in the
water attempting to rescue the
couple and Elias Reyes, who put
out in a skiff from the P. A.F.
' cannery rescued Mrs. Lanada.
11 A hearing before the U. S. Dc
, puty Collector of Customs was
J held in which the Stamsund was
I absolved of all blame. Lanado
?has indicated that he will start'
r, civil action for damages as a re
II suit of the accident.