VOLUME NO. VI.
PETERSBURG, ALASKA, OCTOBER 31, 1931
NO. 15.
Watchman Shot At
Booze Fiesta
Harold Tipton, watchman at
the Alaska Pacific Salmon Cor
portion’s cannery at Funter Bay,
was recently taken to Juneau for
medical treatment. He is said to
have been shot by Fred Patrick, j
foxrancher, following a home
brew celebration.
Commissioner Charles Sey is
sued a warrant charging Patrick
with shooting with intent to kill
Deputy Marshals Feero and Price
went to Funter and arrested Tip
ton.
At a gathering of the home
brews and consumers of Funter
Bay, two of whom were the
above named, the latter is said
to have threatened Tipton for
some cause or other. He had a
gun which he flourished earlier
hi the evening but others in the
party took it away from him. He
later obtained possession of it
and started to make himself ex
ecutioner, his first shot going
wild. Tipton is said to have left
the meeting place in nothing
flat but not fast enough to get
away from a second shot which
struck the ball of Tipton’s foot.
Four bones were broken.
Patrick who was taken to Ju
neau declared that the shooting
was accidental. Complaint was
signed by Tipton.
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Seward Auxiliary May
Decide to Disband
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According to the Seward Gate
way, the Seward unit of the Au
xiliary to the American Legion
may quit owing to lack of inter
est on the part of members.
Mrs. Alice Lorang, secretary of
the unit said that the organiza
tion was cn the threshhold of
abandonment because of lack of
interest. A few of the members
met in regular monthly business
session but no business was con
ducted owing to a lack of a
lack of a quorum. A special
meeting is to be called for the
purpose of deciding whether the
Unit shall be continued or aband
oned.
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Lottsfeldt Bound Over
To Grand Jvry
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Carl F. Lottsfeldt, Alaska Road
Commission superintendent in
the Kuskokwim district has been
bound over to the Fourth Divi
sion grand jury on a charge of
adultery.
Word of the bindover reached
here by wireless from McGrath,
where Mr. Lottsfeldt was given
a hearing before U .S. Commis
sioner W. T. Vanderpool. Bail
was fixed in the sum of $1,000
and although the message did
not so state it is presumed it has
been furnished.
The name of the complaining
witness has not been learned
here.
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CLARK ACQUITED, MURDER
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David H. Clark, former district
deputy prosecuting attorney for
Los Angeles County, Cal., has
been acquitted of the murder of
Herbert Spencer, editor, follow
ing a second trial, the jury rend
ering a verdict 24 hours after re
ceiving the case.
Clark shot and killed Spencer
and Charles H. Crawford in the
latter’s office last May. Clark
entered a plea of self-defense.
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Tom Wakefield of Ketchikan,
troller and Mrs. Lillian M. Willis
of San Francisco were issued a
marriage license in Seattle re
cently.
Propose Issuance
$100,000 Bonds
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A special meeting of the City
Council was called to confer with
.Attorney H. L. Faulkner to con
sider the feasibility of securing
permission from Congress to is
sue an additional $100,000 hi
City bonds.
It was stated that there was no
immediate need of such an issue
except, perhaps, to retire certain
school and hydro-electric bonds
now outstanding at 7 per cent
which could be redeemed and a
re-issue made at 6 per cent af
fecting a saving of 1 per cent to
the town.
The main idea seemed to be to
secure this authority from Con •
gress in case it is deemed neces
sary to tunnel the mountain for
outlet from Crystal Lake instead
of using the present pipe line.
Outstanding City bonds now
are $97,000 City Light and $35,
000 School Bonds—a total in
debtedness of $132,000 with an
assessed valuation of half a mil
lion dollars. The issuance of
bonds would depend of course,
upon sanction of the voters at
an election. Saleability of the
bonds would depend upon finan -
cial conditions.
Mr. Faulkner is now conferring
with City Clerk Clausen prepar
ing statement of present indebt
edness, tax valuations and esti
mated valuation of the public
works as data for the informa
tion of Delegate Wickersham
in order that he might present
such a bill to Congress when it
convenes in December.
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Administration Plans to
Sell Telegraph Service
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A letter to the Juneau Cham -
ber of Commerce from the Se
attle Chamber of Commerce ad -
vises that legislation directing
the War Department to sell the
U. S. Signal Corps’ cable, land
telegraph lines and radio sta
tions comprising the Alaska-Se
attle telegraph system.
It was proposed last year that
the sale be made but no action
was taken. Such action will be
undertaken at the next session
of Congress.
At present the Alaska-Wash
ington Telegraph System is on a
paying basis. So far the people
of the Territory are united in op -
posing the sale.
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Foshay Jury Discharged
i4s Cannot Agree
After deliberating for over one
week in the Foshay case, the
jury was unable to agree and
was discharged.
W. B. Foshay and six associ
ates were charged with using
the United States mails to de-'
fraud and the case was a cor.-j
j sequence of the crash of the sev-1
i eral Foshay enterprises two years
'ago.
1
W. B. Foshay and his six as-1
sociates will be retried, case be-j
ginning in January, according to
statement issued by Government^
attorneys in the case.
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COL. OHLSON GOES SOUTH
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Colonel O. F. Ohlson, general
manager of the Alaska Railroad
and three other railroad officials
left Anchorage recently en route
to Washington, D. C. to present
the annual report of the road to
Secretary of the Interior Ray
Lyman Wilbur and to be present
when Congress takes up the ap
priations bill as it effects the
railroad.
1C. of C. Discusses
Labor Problem
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A fairly representative gather
ing of men attended the Wed
nesday evening meeting of the
loal Chamber of Commerce. H.
L. Faulkner Juneau attorney was
guest of the Club bringing greet
ings from the the Juneau organ
ization.
He discussed the problem of
unemployment in Juneau, stat
ing that many go there seeking
employment. With.some 700 men
Grdinarily employed, with about
100 idle—going and coming. The
Chamber of Commerce has ap
pointed an employment super
visor who devotes full time to
the problem. There are now 300
unemployed in Juneau and it is
the opinion of Mr. Faulkner that
the public does not fully realize
the burden of caring for many
families this winter. He suggest
ed that the problem be met thru
public works and not thru char
ity.
Discussing the proposed sale of
the United States cable he op
posed the change believing that
a private corporation would
eliminate the non-paying sta
tions in order to make the ser
vice show dividends. This sub
ject will be taken up by the Ter
ritorial Chamber and all locals
are asked to endorse similar re
solutions to avoid conflict.
Banker Elsemore reported the
resources of Petersburg Bank as
of June 30 were $512,000 or $10,
P00 more than in January and
15 per cent less than the same
date last year. He interpreted
the figures as indicating the
healthy economic condition of
the bank and the town. One of
the business men in an aside to
Ye Reporter said he “would
rather see some of that money
in circulation than tied up in
the bank.”
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Trollers’ Tax Again
Before Appeals Court*
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Attorney General John Rust
5'ard left Juneau recently to re
present the Territory in its effort
to collect a tax of $250 from each
non-resident troller as provided
in Territorial laws.
On two previous occasions the
case was before the Appellate
Court on demurrer. Both times
the validity of the law was up
held by Judge Harding of the
First District Court.
At the first hearing the troll
ers thru their attorney H. L.
Faulkner declared the act con
fiscatory so the demurrer was up
held.
Attorney General Rustgard, in
the second hearing alleged that
the average earnings of the non
resident trailers was some $3,000
and in the absence of any show
ing on the part of the trollers,
the law was valid. Testimony is
now to be taken to decide the
point.
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CHINESE WRECK SEATTLE
JAPANESE BANK
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A result of the Sino-Japanese
war clouds is the closing of the
American-Japanese bank of Se
attle due to steady withdrawal
of funds by Chinese depositors.
The bank is owned by M. Furu
ya, Japanese importer and mer
chant when it was unable to pay
checks to about half of its de
! positors.
The deposits of the Pacific
Commercial Bank are said to be
about $2,500,000.
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! R. B. Martin has been elected
l^o^t Commander of the Ameri
can Legion, Juneau, succeeding
* J. T. Petrich.
Wickersham Will
File Once Again
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Delegate James Wickersham
has announced his candidacy for
renomination before the Repub
lican primary in April next, thro
the following letter:
Washington, D. C.
October 13, 1931
H. B. Selby, Esq.,
Editor Stroller’s Weekly,
Juneau, Alaska.
My dear Mr. Selby:
In reply to the statement in
your letter of October 2nd, thac
no expression had been made
public that I intended to make
the race for Delegate from Alas
ka again, permit me to inform
you and the people of Alaska.,
that it is my intention to offer
myself as such candidate again
to the Republican primary next
April.
In the meantime Congress will
be in session and I will attempt
in good faith to carry out the
pledges contained in my plat
form upon which I was elected
last year, and also further suenj
other meritorious legislation for!
the benefit of Alaska as shall be
presented to Congress.
I shall appeal to the voters
for their continuous support up-:
on the record to be made by me
in that effort, and upon the suc
cessful services performed by
me in my prior work for them in!
Congress. You ntay give sucl*
publicity to this announcement
as you wish. Thanking you for!
your promise of support in the
next campaign, I remain, I
Very Sincerely,
James Wickersham,
Delegate from Alaska.
Says Stroller’s Weekly: “Mr.
Wickersham’s announcement has
been received with great pleas
ure by local Republicans, who
realize it will greatly clarify the
political situation in Alaska, as
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me iaim anu ui unc
were awaiting his intentions
with some anxiety. While he
was considered the logical can
didate for the position, and the
strongest man the party could
prevail upon to head the ticket,
it was feared that other duties
might prevent his accepting the
nomination next year.
“Delegate Wickersham is no
stranger to Alaskans, having
faithfully served the Territory;
as Delegate for a number of
terms. He is author of Alaska’s
enabling act, under which the
Territory operates and at all
times has worked for his con
stituents. It is hard to con
ceive of any man of more im
portance to the political life of
the Territory. His nomination
is equivalent to his election.
“Scarface” Al Must
Go to Penitentiarp
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Judge James A. Wilkerson of
Chicago sentenced “Scarface”
Al Capone to serve eleven years
in penitentiary and pay a fine
of $50,000 for income tax evasion
and he was further ordered to
pay the cost of the prosecution.
The ganster was convicted of
five out of 32 counts for evasion
of income taxes.
Defense atorneys filed notice
| of appeal.
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ARRESTED FOR KILLING
DEER IN CLOSED SEASON
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Russel Clithero and Capt. C. A.
Hayes, in charge of the salvage
operations of the “Islander” are
under arrest charged with kill
ing deer from last May to Sep
tember and feeding it to their
salvaging crew. Arrest was made
at Ketchikan on telegraphic in
structions.
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Two Alaska Women
Murdered in Ariz.
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Mrs. Winnie Ruth Judd, wife
of a Phoenix, Arizona physician
was placed under arrest for th
1 murder of Mrs. Agnes LeRoi
former Wrangell nurse and Miss
Hedvig Samuelson, former Ju
neau school teacher.
The two murdered women were
put in trunks which Mrs. Judd
and her brother, McKinnell tried
to check to Los Angeles.
Mrs. Judd surrendered in Los
Angeles following radio and
newspaper broadcast pleas by
her husband Dr. W. O. Judd, that
she surrender.
Mrs. Judd declared that she
quarreled with Mrs. LeRui and
Miss Samuelson and that Miss
faamvelson shot her in the- hand
and Mrs. LeRoi struck her with
| an ironi. c board. She deep n l
J she took the gun away from Miss
Samuelson and shot them both
Mrs. LeRoi wars nurse in the
'Wrangell General Hospital for
awhile before going to Juneau
S where she was employed in the
!St. Ann’s Hospital. Miss Samuel
son taught in the Juneau schools
jand was compelled to resign and
leave for the states in an effort
i
to cure tuberculosis with which
she was afflicted. The three wo
men were said to have been
close friends and it is believed
|that jealosy over the attentions
of a man are at the bottom of
the murders.
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Ketchikan Man Assaults
Young Native Girl
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Chester Klingbeil, Ketchikan
taxicab driver, was placed under
arrest by Federal authorities as
a result of an attack he made on
Pauline Jones, 17-year-old girl.
Klingbeil was arrested on a
charge of assault with intent to
commit rape, .bond set at $<,
500; Peter C. John, held under
bond in the sum of $3,500 as a
material witness.
The girl was severely beaten
up by Klingbeil as she resisted
him. Klingbeil is said to have
driven the girl and a companion
earlier in the evening to Mud
Bay, returning he took the?
couple to the girl’s home, forced
the man out and then took the
girl to the cemetery where he
' attacked her. John is said to
have helped get the girl but did
not take part in the assault.
Miss Jones and Peter John are
natives. *
$10,000 Beaver Pelts
Without Owner
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One thousand seventeen beav
er pelts valued at from $8 to $10
are being held by the federal
government which has posses
sion of the pelts and plans tc
sell them and turn the proceeds
lover to the treasury.
The pelts were seized last Oc
tober in Seattle on the steamer
j Starr. Capt. Carl Anderson of
! the Starr and one Koslosky were
arrested and tried on a charge
of a conspiracy to violate the
game regulations. They were
acquitted. Now the owner may
i step up and claim the pelts and
be arrested for illegal possession
or leave them'with Uncle Sammy
and take the loss with a grin.
Walstein G. Smith, Territorial
. Treasurer, returned to Juneau
i from Seattle where he went re
? cently on business for the Ter
- ritory.
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:* Count Ivan Tolstoy, nephew o:
; the late famous Russion autho;
- Leo Tolstoy, was a recent Junea\
visitor.
1 Avers Alaska Ha
: No Interest In Sea,
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rj A letter from E. F. Morgan t
. jthe Juneau Chamber of Com
ijmerce regarding the seal her
,! moneys, Pribilof Islands aver
? J the net amount paid into th
limited States treasury was a de
licit instead of an asset, owini
: to cost of administration of
[ Island by the Bureau of Fisher
[ ies.
Quoting Assistant E. F. Mor
i gan: “However, even if then
were a surplus in the fund am
the Pribilof s were rcturnin
, large dividends to the Unitec
States, Alaska would have n<
equity in the moneys, as the ex
j penses of the Pribiicfs are born'
! directly by the government anc
| net in part by the Territory
| Therefore, there is no sounr
I reason why the funds derivec
from this source should be di
(verted to the Territory.”
j A letter from Delegate Wick
ersham takes a divergent view oi
i the matter and promises prepa
ration of a bill for introduction
in Congress looking for the re
medying of the situation
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Steamer Humboldt
j Goes on Lait Voyage
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i Here and there are noted the
passing of old landmarks, ani
mate and inanimate; replaced
jin some places by new, in other
instances irreplaceable. Of such
, of the latter class is the old lin -
er “Humboldt” which made his
tory in transportation of gold
from the Westward and •which
made the larger companies beat
a retreat in freight and trans
portation rates.
The old vessel was sold recent
ly in California and will be
| scrapped and burned for the
metal in her hull.
Still unsolved is the disap
_ . . ...
1 pearance oi gaia ounion on oiu
of its trips south. Capt. E. G
Baughman for forty years ir
command of the Humboldt is ir
1 command of the steamer Celilo.
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Int. Highway Is Not
Feasible at this Time
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George Black, Speaker of the
Dominion House of Commons
has declared that the Pacific
High way through British Co
lumbia, Yukon Territory and
| Alaska is an economic imposs
! ibility at the present time. He
is a member of the Canadian
I American-Alaskan Highway Coir
mission which met in Vancouv
er recently.
I Mr. Black declared the cost oi
the proposed road would be ap
proximately $12,000,000 and it;
| total length more than 2,001
miles from continental Unitec
States thru British Columbia ti
Alaska.
The Canadians appear to be ir
| accord in declaring that the pro
eject cannot be financed at thi.
time under the present econom
ic conditions.
. I Additional data will be submit
■' ted at a meeting of the Ccmmis
■ sion to be held next year.
I BUTLER SOUNDS WARNING
Dr. Nicholas Murray^ Butler
i president of Columbia Univers
ity, New York, like Jeremiah o
old, continues to call on civiliza
1 lion to repent or face destruc
i tion.
“We must change our conduc
- or else go over the precipice,” h
declared before the Institut
of Arts and Sciences, New York,
f Forces which have influence
r mankind for a thousand yeai
jlare “now disintegrating an
breaking down,” Butler asserte
; Ketchikan Rooming
! House Nets Booze
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0 Prohibition agents and U. S
- deputy marshals raided the
1 Thomas Basin rooms, owned by
s Senator Forest J. Hunt and op
“ crated by his brother-in-law,
- A. W. Morgan, and a quantity of
> moonshine and a large lot of
2 new uncorked flasks were seized
- Morgan was arrested and placed
under a $750 bond.
A raid On the H&zc-1 v elle room
; ing house brought forth fifteen
i cases of Canadian assorted 11
I quors with a stamped value of
l $900. Hazel Vclie and Tom Ellis
j were arrested and released after
• posting bond in the sum of $750.
A raid on the Kate Jones place
[ brought forth nine quarts of
. beer and the makings. Albeit
[ Jones, in charge of the place was
arrested. The owner Kate Jones
alleges the brewery was conduct
ed without her knowledge.
This is said to be one of the
most productive raids ever pulled
by First Division officers.
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Prof. Alberts Announces
Alaska Hybrid Apple
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Dr. H. W. Alberts of Sitka has
I revealed that the late Professor
■C. C. Georgescn, former agricui
jtural director for Alaska start
led a hybrid apple which promi. -
!es to produce satisfactory results
in Southeast Alaska.
The apple was crossed with
the native crabapple by Profes
sor Geoigeson in 1916. Last year
the tree had numerous blossoms
and this year it Pure a heavy crop
of fruit bearing qualities of both
its parents. Shaped like a crab,
it grew in clusters and was about
ten times the crabapple size,
having a tart flavor suitable for
jelly.
It is planned to produce and
distribute more of these plants
in the next few years.
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Japan to Evacuate
Manchu Trouble Zone
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The Japanese delegate to the
League of Nations, Kenkeohi
Yoshinmaza, has been instruct
ed by his government to inform
the League that Japan will do
her best to complete withdraw
al of troops from outside the
railway zone in Manchuria with
in three weeks provided China
agrees to cease alleged anti-J.ip
anese agitation there.
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CANADIAN MONEY TABU
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The United States Signal Corps
I in Alaska has been instructed
not to accept Canadian money
; in payment for tolls over the
1 Government cable lines between
Seattle and Alaska.
1 Fluctuating discount rates is
the cause of the order.
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FOREST RESEARCH WORK
> Ray F. Taylor, Forest Examin
■ er and Wendell Moran, Junior
Forester recently completed a
• two months survey of the Ton
■ gass forest.
They were out to secure infor
mation relative to forest growths
and reproduction rates.
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NO PAY NO WORK
The City of Chicago owes its
• several thousand teachers some
i seventeen millions of dollars in
t salaries. Warrants issued to
3 cover are said to be worthless.
3, Some of the teachers are said to
I be on the verge of starvation as
d they have not had a pay day in
■s| several months. Now they threat
d en to walk out unless the city
i-lgets them their pay.