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VOLUME NO. 5.
PETERSBURG, ALASKA, SEPTEMBER 26, 1930
No. 10
ManyeParaiyzeci
Drinking
With hundreds of persons ir
Los Angeles reported to be partly
paralyzed from drinking bitters
federal dry agents last week
stated what they declared
will be “the greatest arive
against medicinal ‘beverages’ in
the history of prohibition.”
The campaign began in Los
Angeles with a raid on three
cafes, the arrest of six men and
the seizure of a large quantity
of the so-called medicine.
Bitters and wine tonics were
said by prohibition agents to be
sold in many establishments as a
beverage at an average price of
25 cents. Several resorts were
patronized extensively by stu
dents.
..Several physicians also lodged
complaints with the bureau,
stating they have been called to
treat numerous patients for
what is commonly known as
the “jerks.” The physicians de
clared that in virtually all cases
where bitters have been drunk to
excess, paralysis frequently last
ing for days, has resulted.
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Fishermen Lose Lives
In Atlantic Storm
A total of forty-six fishermen
lost their lives in the terrific
gale Wiiich lashed the Atlantic
coast of France over the week
end, a check-up revealed this
week. The casualty list is ex- j
pected to grow when other boats!
prevented from entering port j
because of the continued high
winds, return to land.
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PAYS FOR IIIS CRIME
Frank D. Keaton, Inglewood
real estate man sentenced to
hang on October 21st for mur
der of Motley S. Fiint, Los An
geles financier, took his place in
San Quentin's condemned row
this week.
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REDHEAD “STOPS PAYMENT”
The Reno Gazette said this
week that a young woman with
flaming red hair introduced as
Clara Bow, motion picture ac
tress, played roulette and other
games of chance for high stakes
at a resort at Calneva, Nevada,
last week and gave checks ag
gregating thirteen thousand dol
lars to cover her losses. The
management of the resort said
the checks had been marked
“payment stopped.”
ANANIAS TALES MAKE HIM
LAUGH WINNER DE LUX
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Edward Everrett Horton has a'
■’Ole that suits him ideally in
“The Avaitor,” the Warner Bro
thers all-talking Vitaphone Co
medy at the Coliseum Theatre
Saturday.
It presents him as dyspeptic
author who gets dizzy when he
even looks down at his own feet,
but who has nevertheless been
saddled with a reputation as the
greatest stunt flyer in the history
of aeronautics.
For many years, both on stage
and screen, this great comedian
has perhaps been at his best as a
fussy, fidgety individual, always
Irying to lie out of a tight situa
tion, and always saying the
wrong thing.
As a glib, distracted prevari
cator, buffeted along by the force
of circumstances rather than
actuated by his own desires, he
has brought laughter to millions
and has established himself in s
class by himself as a light come
dian.
A. N. B. Meets ai
Ketchikan Nov. 11
The annual convention of the
Alaska Native Brotherhood will
be held in Ketchikan this year
beginning the 11th of Novem
ber. Appropriate exercises to
commemorate Armistice Day will
ne held that day under the aus
pices of the Grand Camp.
The Ketchikan Camp is mak
ing active preparations for the
entertainment of the qualified
delegates from each camp. It is
expected that many visitors will
attend the convention from all of
the towns.
Coming immediately following
the general election the reactions
to campaign results will be
noted.
The Commercial Club of Ket
rhikan has set aside $500 for the
use of the Grand Camp; $250 of
this will be awarded winners in
a band contest to be staged. The
Bureau of Education will feature
its rhetorical contest during the
week of convention. The local
camp will tender a reception and
iance to the delegates on the
opening night and the Grand
Cmip tenders its appreciation
on the closing night.
This will be one of the most
important conventions in the
history of the organization and
it will give the citizens of the
First City an opportunity to see
the Brotherhood in its war paint.
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Ba i Fishing on Fraser
River Lusl Week
Peremptory orders were issued
from the office of Major J. A.,
Motherwell, chief supervisor of
fisheries September 17th, that all
salmon fishing in the Fraser
River must cease on the night
of the 19th.
It was intimated that sock
cye fishing may not be resumed
this year, but permission to take
springs and cohoe salmon may|
be issued in a week or two.
T he order states that in the
interests of conservation, im
mediate closure is necessary.
LEGALIZED RUM
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Permits will be issued soon for
the manufacture of another 100,
000 gallons of medicinal liquor.
The Bureau of Industrial Al
cohol is making arrangements.
The same amount of medicinal
liquor was distilled this year. The
permits are expected to be issued
to the same six distilleries which
turned out this year’s supply.
They are located in Pennsylania.
and Kentucky.
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“HOME RULE” TOM IS HERE
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Tom Gaffney of Nome, candi
date for auditor, passed through
Petersburg on the Queen enroute
to Ketchikan. While in Peters
burg, he was buttonholing votes
to cinch his hold on the office
for which he is running. He
stated that the harmony pro
gram of the Republican party of
the First Division was anything
but good news to him.
Tom will be remembered in
the legislature because he oppos
ed the Home Rule bill, also the
bill to elect the Treasurer alsc
the bill to create a monthly pay
day for all workers, also the uni
form herring barrel, also 'the
workmens compensation bill ap
proved by the American Federa
tion of Labor. He also reduced tc
50% the benefit payable to alien
mothers whose sons are killed
by industry.
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An earthquake at St Alinabad
: Russia, wiped out seven villages
land badly damaged ten others.
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Big Company Alter
Oil in NortEiland
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A dispatch dated at Seward,
and published in the Portland
Oregonian states that a $14,000
000 concern is interested in drill
ing Alaska fields tor coal and oil
to be shipped to California for
development of properties in
'Seward. This was revealed by
Bartley Howard, president of the
Alaska Matanuska Coal Com
pany upon his return from the
States. He did not disclose the
name of the concern.
If coal and oil are found in
sufficient quantities, says the
dispatch, the project would be
a boon to the Alaska railroad,
which has been under investiga
tion by a senatorial committee
from Washington. D. C., because
of its critical financial condition. |
Present equipment of the road j
would be insufficient to handle!
the business, Howard said.
Ed. Note.: From all informa-I
tion we have gathered in this
coal proposition along the rail
road, was to the cffect-that there
was sufficient tonnage of coal
of high quality for unlimited
market purposes. Now Bartley
Howard is quoted as saying that
“if coal and oil are found in suf
ficient quantities the project
would be a boon to the Alaska
railroad.”
The boon would be the re
moval of conservation restric
tions on the known coal beds
end their immediate operation.
Locking them up and talking of
further “development” is a lot
of hooey.
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Tveten Appointed Local
Agent A. S. S. Co.
Effective today, Chris Tveten
received appointment as local
passenger and freight agent of
the Alaska Steamship Co. Chas.
A. West, the retiring official,
having other business interests
which make it inconvenient to
meet the responsibilities here.
Mr. Tveten has been interested
in business in Petersburg for
many years and is well and fa
vorably known here. His pre
sent status as coal dealer and
wharf agent on the Citizens
Wharf makes this new appoint
ment an ideal business combina
tion.
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NORTHWEST WHEAT LOANS.
OVER MILLION
North Pacific Grain Growers’
Inc., regional cooperative of the
Federal Farm Relief set-up in
Sppkane, Washington, passed
the $1,000,000 mark in loans to
farmers of Washington, Idaho,
Oregon and Montana its officers,
said.
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MEXICAN FIAT
A presidential decree publish
ed this week ordered a study of
the proposal to oblige companies
j holding horse race concessions
at Tia Juana, Lower California,
to use the Mexican National
Railways as their intermediary
in their telegraphic communi
cations with the United States.
This would also oblige the com
panies to employ Mexican tele
graph operators.
The Alaskan Glacier Seafood
Co., will start canning clams
after the first of October. The
clams wih be canned whole.
, Only the best clams will be used.
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Assistant Attorney General
, Charles P. Sisson left Fairbanks
last week on his way to Wash
i ington, D. C.
Insulted Hoover
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During Parade
To Baltimore went Presidenl
Hoover to review the annual pa
rade of the Veterans of Foreigr
Wars. He took his place on the
canopied stand at City Hall be
side Maryland’s Wet Democratic
Governor, Albert Cabell Ritchie
For three hours marchers
streamed by. After the strictly
military units had passed, a
startling demonstration develop
ed. Veterans came along flour
ishing beer steins. One New York
unit lustily sang the Brown Der
by's “Sidewalks of New York”
while gesturing derisively at
President Hoover. The President
saw trundled by a cart bearing
a keg, jugs, empty gin bottles
festooned in creme paper. He
heard crowds yelling:
“There^s something for Hoover
to swallow! What do you think
of that, Mr. Hoover? Hurrah for
Ritchie! Stand up, Bert! Take off
your hat! Bow! Your all
wot, Ritchie!” As the w7et de
monstration continued under
his nose the President’s round
face lost its affable smile and
the corners of his mouth went
dowrn into a grim expression
After he had returned silently
to Washington, the V. of F. W.
went to Annapolis for a crab
feast which afflicted several
hundred delegates writh pto
maine poisoning. When enough
of them had recovered to hold a
final business session, the orga
nization adopted (873 to 637) a
resolution demanding the re
peal of the 18th Amendment.—
TIME.
Ed. Note:—Those miking the
above demonstration forgot that
they owe, to say the least, respect
to the President of the United
Ptates.be he Hoover or any oth
er man. And that such a de
monstration is more fitting n
bunch of drunken hoodlurm
rhan tried veterans of the World
War.
Local Men Arrested on
Bad Check Charge
Bob Pierce, secretary-treasur
er for Wrangell Narrows Packing!
Company, and “Cap.” Haugen, its
President and Manager, w7ere ar
rested yesterday on a charge of
issuing checks with insufficient
funds to cover. They were re
leased on their own recognizance.
The case is set for Saturday. Mr.
Walter King Assistant District
Attorney of Ketchikan, is due to
arrive here on the Watson to
morrow. He will investigate the
charges filed against C. P. Hau
gen and R. O. Pierce of issuing
NSF hecks in the name of the
Wrangell Narrows Packing Co
Attorney for defense is quoted
as saying that a change of venue
►would be asked in this case. In
which event the case will be
tried in the nearest precinct
which will be Wrangell.
Sing Lee who filed original
[complaint, offered to withdraw
the complaint to permit Mr.
Haugen to go to Seattle on busi
ness in connection with his
plant. This Commissioner Clau
sen refused to permit.
Captain Diudonne Coste and
Maurice Bellonte, who flew west
ward across the Atlantic without
[ faltering, found the backbone ot
j the Rocky Mountains less tc
! their liking this week and turn
ed back in Denver aft»er snow
clad peaks and adverse weathei
conditions thwarted them ir
their flight to Salt Lake City
Tuesday.
Willie Kirkland, 20 ye.ar ole
Georgia Negro convict was lyn
'ched at Thomasville, for an at
] tempted assault on a white girt
| Warning to Boat
Owners and Others
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j Warning is being issued tc
i owners of motorboats tha t s
vigorous campaign will be wag
ed against improperly equipped
craft by the Coast Guard.
To escape punishment, owners
must have in the boat, one fire
extinguisher, red, green and
white lights, a lifepreserver for
each person in the boat and two
! copies of the pilot rules, includ
ing whistle, bell and foghorn.
The full equipment is required of
the larger boats while a skeleton
equipment is required of out
board propelled boats.
In cases where the boat is
x anted for salmon trolling, both
the owner and the person oper
ating the motorboat is subject
to fine.
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Seeks More Worlds to
Conquer
Paul J. Moranti, the man who
put Wall Street on stilts and
carved that halfmile ditch thru
the world’s greatest financial
section without disturbing the
powder on a stenographer’s nose,
s seeking new holes to d;g. He
looked forward yesterday to his
Text big job, building a railroad
unnel under the Mediterranean
3ea to connect Spain with Mo
occo. The Spanish govern
nent has appointed him con
ulting engineer for the pro
ject and he will leave soon to
nake borings off Gibraltar.
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Court Martial for
Conspirators in Chile
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Two American aviators were
threatened with trial by court
martial for their share in at
tempted revolution at Concep
tion, Chile, on Sunday, against
the administration of President
Colonel Carlos Ibanez. Minister
of Interior Carlos Froedden, at
the instruction of the President,
gave the Associated Press de
tails of their arrest and identi
fied them as Edward Orville de
Lorm and Reed Smith Doyle.
LIGHTSHIP COMPLETES LONG
VOYAGE
A lightship has seen life as
ccean going vessels know, and
now there is one ready to settle
down to her sedentary occupa
ion. Braving all sorts of weath
er from hurricane to calm, the
new Fire Island lightship com
pleted a 6,286 mile voyage from
Portland, Oregon, to New York
and is the first lightship to pass
through Panama Canal. The
voyage required six weeks.
Mrs. S. Pritchett, returned to
Wrangell on the Northwestern
from Boise, Idaho, where the re
mains of her husband, J. W.
Pritchett, were interred in the
family plot of the cemetery. Mrs.
Pritchett will take over the re
sponsibility of editing and ma
naging the Wrangell Sentinel.
For the past year or more she
carried this load but did not
carry her name on the editorial
1 masthead. Her many friends
express their sympathy to her in
her hour of bereavement and
wish her every success in carry
ing on the Sentinel.
The price of pinks on the mar
ket is standing fii’m at $1.00 the
dozen and there is evidence thal
there will be a raise of 10 cents
the dozen shortly.
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Nicholas Roosevelt, recentlj
named vice-governor of the Phil
lippines, has resigned as a resull
of the protests from the Island
Speculation Pains
' Of Wall Street
' Without specific cheerful news
to support, the list of leading
stocks rallied from one to four
points Wednesday. Wall Street
described the movement as
merely a technical reaction to be
expected after the more or less
shaip setback of recent days.
Although trading proceeded at a
somewhat slower pace generally,
dealings in some of the active
utili ies and industrials struck a
brisk pace at times. Allied
Chemicals, American Can, Amer
ican Telephone, United States
Steel, General Electric and Con
solidated Gas were among the
'.<0’ p that showed power on the
rise. Call money was two pefeent.
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Legion Convention Was
Best in History
The Depaitmental Convention
of the American Legion held in
Anchorage September 15-1G and
17 was the biggest and best con
vention on record, according to
the reports of delegates Freder
ick Nelson and Andrew Johnson
of the local Post, and Mrs. An
drew Johnson who represented
the Legion Auxilliary. A very
large amount of business was
transacted; a number of import
ant resolutions were passed and
some changes were made in the.
constitution and by-laws of the^
organization. Every post of the
department was represented. |
Jack Talbot of Ketchikan was
elected departmental command
er for the ensuing year.
The local delegates speak in
the highest terms of the recep
tion accorded them by the citi
zens of Anchorage. The spirit
of the Old Sourdough was very
much in evidence. Taxicabs,
were placed at the disposal of j
the delegates ar d the reception t
committee sa j to it that every I
one had an opportunity to visit
the various p' ints of interest.
The conven i < , next year will
be the first Legion convention
that will be held here and the
citizens of the town will be given
opportunity to show their hospi
tality to the Territory at large.
Officers elected wer as follows:
Commander, J. A. Talbot, Ket
chikan, First Vice Commander,
Ralph Reese. Fairbanks, Second
Vice Commander, E. M. Campbell
Wrangell; Adjutant, J. T. Pet
rich, Juneau; Finance Officer,
M. H. Sides, Juneau.
The Legion Auxilliary was in
session for three days and they
elected the following officers:
President, Mrs. Laura Johnson,
Petersburg; First Vice President,
Mrs. Thomas J. MacKintosh,
Fairbanks; Second Vice Presi
dent, Mrs. Edith Sheelor, Juneau,
i Secretary-Treasurer, Mrs. Hazel
' Petrich.
The following shows the repre
sentation by towns: Ketchikan,
6, Wrangell, 2; Petersburg 2;
Sitka,1; Juneau, 12; Cordova.8;
Seward 5,and Fairbanks 2. Nome
was represented bv proxy.
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Six days were spent in An
chorage. Auto trips, banquets,
Commercial Club banquet and an
excursion trip to Eklutna, the
federal industrial scool filled
a very strenuous week.
The fall term of court has
been called to begin October 20
when the grand jury will meet.
No local citizens are on the petit
1 iury panel.
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The Salvation Army Congress
r will meet in Juneau late in Octo
ber. The sessions will be for five
, days and a large attendance is
. expected.
Beats Davy Jones’
Locker
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Six survivors who fought hun
ger and storm in an open boat
for seventy-two hours brought
back the story of a tragedy of
the North Atlantic that claimed
ten lives. A bolt of lightning
struck the schooner Carranza
last Thursday night, splitting
her in two. She sank almost
immediately, carrying with her
the Captain, eight pasengers and
the cook. So speedily did the
stricken ship go down, there was
hardly time for the three pas
sengers and the three members
of the crew to scramble into a
dory.
Wheat Prices Go On
The price of wheat touched
the lowest levels since 1914 as
new evidence of dumping and
short selling of wheat through
out the world by the Soviet gov
ernment was unearthed. A forg
ed telegram from Winnipeg stat
ing the Canadian wheat pool
was in difficulty and that the
Provincial government was to
take over all pool operations was
fhe most spectacular rumor of
the week. Investigations were
immediately started. Russian
wheat was continually offered in
European markets below the
depressed Chicago levels and it
was leported that Russia is
planning to dump wheat in
France as well as England to
establish additional credits.
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CHEW RESCUED
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Forty members of the crew of
the British steamer City of Osa
ka were rescued by means of a
breeches buoy Tuesday, a few
hours after the vessel went
ashore on the rocky northeast
coast of Scotland, six miles
south of Buchan Ness, off Aber
deenshire. The breeches buoy
was catapulted to the vessels
deck by a lifeboat which put out
to her assistance on receipt of
a distress call. The remaining
forty members of the crew were
to be rescued by the same means
shortly. The City of Osaka was
bound for New York when she
was driven ashore. There were
no passengers aboard.
“SWEETIE”—HERE SOON
“Sweetie,” the much-heralded
musiromance extravaganza of
campus life, will be seen and
heard at the Coliseum Theatre
Sunday. It is all-talking, dancing
and singing and has an abun
dance of rib-racking humor, ac
cording to manager Cawthon.
Nancy Carrol has thetitle role
and she is competently supported
by a great assembly of come
dians, singers, fast steppers and
muscians. Jack Oakie, Helen
Kane, the phonograph record ar
tist, and William Austin, British
'>omic, are among the leading
lights of the picture.
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C. T. Gardner, Republican no
minee for the legislator, arrived
in Petersburg on the Northland
today. He spent several days in
Ketchikan going over the politi
cal situation there and is very
enthusiastic with the outlook
for the entire ticket. He continu
ed on his way to Juneau today.
Earl Ohmer shipped out 3 tons
of shrimp meat on the Queen to
]day. Along with that shipment
goes several barrels of salted
j cohoes. The Northland, due
south Saturday night will take
i out 1 M> tons of shrimp meat and
j % ton of crabmeat.