VOLUME NO. VI.
PETERSBURG, ALASKA,
DECEMBER 24, 1931
NO. 23
Program Be Given
By Lutheran Church
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Sunday morning there will be
special services in the Lutheran
Church, Rev. W. J. Maakestad
preaching from the theme
‘ Name of All Names.” The fol
lowing musical numbers will be
k presented by the church choir:
Prelude:
‘‘Fantasia on Christmas Themes'’
.Shackley.
“Cantique de Noel” • •.. . .Adam.
Solo by Mary Reep Torkelson
“Behold Thy King Cometh unto
Thee”....Foster.
Anthem by choir. Soprano solo
by Miss Lillian Swanson.
Postlude
‘ O Sanctissims”.ue Viibae.
Christmas Tree Festival for S.S.
Friday Dec. 25th at 7 p. m. To
be given at the High School Au
ditorium.
Program
Christmas Welcome .. Margaret
Anderson.
Story by the Primary Depart
ment.
Trimming the Tree. ...... by a
group of girls.
f The Christmas Story... .six boys.
“When Christ was born” - •.
A Pageant, assisted by High
School Chorus and Girls Glee
Club.
» Interlude:
During interlude Kjerulf Male
Chorus will sing:
“Song of Praise” in the Norwe
gian and “Beautiful Saviour”
arranged by F. M. Christiansen.
“Dolly Christmas”.monolog
by Ruth Lee.
“Away in a Manager”... .panto
mime by eight children.
f “The Lord has come”.. • • group
of boys.
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District Supt. U.S.l.B.
Put Under Arrest
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Clark M. Garber, superintend
ent of the western district of the
office on Indian acairs with
headquarters at Akiak, has been
bound over to the grand jury on
a charge of grand larceny, ac
cording to a report appearing in
the Fairbanks News-Miner.
The government contends that
when an agent of the adminis
trator of the Peter Williams es
tate presented a note for col
lection Mr. Garber took it and
refused to return it, and that it
was obtained only after a
search warrant had been swore
out and his house searched. It ii:
raid he borrowed money fron:
Williams, a well-to-do Indiar
who was drowned about a yeai
ago.—Anchorage Times.
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SALMON LEADS
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Exclusive of gold valued ai
$1,077,499, Alaska shipped $1,
092 830 worth of its products t(
the states during November, ac
cording tor the report of John C
McBride. Alaska district collect
or of customs. Canned salmoi
led all products, amounting t
1.942,393 pounds, valued at $390,
217.
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Miss Impi Aalto, teacher o
the f st grade in the publii
school, left for Douglas to visi
with L lends and relatives.
i Will Try to Solve
Halibut Question
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At the meeting of the Fishing
■Vessel Owners’ Asscoiation to be
(held in Seattle on the 29th of
j December, effort will be made to
devise plans for the stabilization
of the halibut industry.
A vote will be taken on the
ouestion of whether the Cana
oian fishermen shall separate
from American fishermen and
form their own union. In Van
couver also the same question
will be taken up and decided
upon.
A committee has been appoint
ed to study and investigate con
ditions to improve the halibut
fishing business of the North
Pacific Ocean; limitation of
catches, closed areas, marketing
and efforts to secure a minimum
price on the market wall be mat
ters, of serious consideration.
The tariff differential has
caused a difference of opinion
between Canadian and American
fishermen. Canadians declaring
that the duty must be equalized
so that they may receive the
same price for fish paid Ameri
can operators. The Americans
are almost a unit in opposition
to the lowering of the tariff.
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| Bishop Cannon Guilty
Election Violations
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Bishop James Cannon violated1
the Federal Corrupt Practices
Act in failing to report any part
of the $62,300 contributed in 1928
to the anti-Smith campaign in
Virginia by E. C. Jameson, fin
jancier, according'to a report
submitted to the senate by a
select committee on senatorial
campaign expenditures. The
committee reported the bishop
collected more than $130,000 in
tne 1928 campaign but account
ed for only $58,558.62 although
the entire sum should have been
reported. The committee also
said in its statement that part
of the funds reported by Bishop
Cannon and his anti-Smith De
mocratic committee eventually
found its way into the personal
J accounts of the bishop.
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FOR THE BRIDGE FANS
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Teamed with Waldemar Von
Zeldwite, E. Culbertson added
3205 points to his lead in the 150
j rubber contract bridge contest
(With S. Lenz and O. Jacoby, ad
herents of the “Official System.’’
(With 69 rubbers completed the
^Culbertson team leads by 11,120
j points. Mr. Von Zedtwitz entered
(the play for only one night and
Mr. Theodore Lightner will re
sume as Mr. Culbertson’s part
ner. The play was enlivened by
caustic comment from both
; i sides.
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► j NORWAY KING CANCELS
BALL
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King Christian and Queen
i Alexandrine of Denmark decided
) to cancel the traditional New
- Year ball. No explanation was
given but the decision was seen
as a step toward economy.
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j Marguerite Sonita Crawford
t and William Augustus Wellma
were married in Arizom.
Story Writers
Have Chance
The Territorial Parent-Teach
ers’ Association is sponsoring a
story contest in which any grade
and high school pupil may take
part.
The story may be a fact or
fiction and must contain a min
imum of 3,000 or a maximum of
5,000 words. Naturally each con
testant is to present his or her
own work.
The prizes offered are $15 for
first prize; $10 for second and
ten $1 prizes. The material must
be sent to Mrs. Maybelle George,
Secretary P. T. A., Juneau, not
later than April 1st. It is re
quested that the writers do not
put their name on the story but
must put it on a separate sheet
attached to the story. It is ex
pected that a large number will
take part in the contest.
Canadian Sales
Tax Disappoints
“Persistant rumors that the
Bennett government is consid
ering the possibility of aban
doning the 4 per cent sales tax
in favor of a 2 per cent turn
over tax have quickened the
commercial and manufacturing
pulses of Eastern Canada.
“The change is ascribed to the
desire of the federal government
to boost revenues, t is said one
year’s imposition of a turnover
tax will pour about $80,000,000
into the treasury at Ottawa,
whereas revenue from the sales
tax has been disappointing.—
Montreal Gazette.
Wedding Bells Ring
For Popular Couple
Miss Mabel Otness and Mr.
Dean Kaylor stopped long e
nough in Wrangell, on their way
here from Ketchikan to enter
the matrimonial circle of Alas
ka’s citizens. Mrs. Kaylor taught
here in the public schools for
several years and for the pa^t
several months has been on the
Ketchikan school teaching force.
Mr. Kaylor has been connected
with the Forest Department,
stationed here for some time.
The couple are receiving the
congratulations of their many
friends. Mrs. Kaylor will remain
here having severed her connec
tions with the Ketchikan schools.
EGG HURLERS MUST
VISIT JUDGE WEEKLV
Twenty Burlingame and San
Mateo high school students
guilty of egg throwing, must re
port in San Mateo police court
every Monday afternoon until
December 31.
This was decided by Polic?
Judge Louis F. Kinnel, when fif
teen of the twenty appeared foi
civic discipline, as a result of re
cent “egg barrages” following
sports events between the tw<
schools. The five who failed t<
appear will be rounded up, th<
judge said.
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Douglas Fairbanks landed ii
;New Yory and is racing hom<
jfor Christinas.
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jN. Y, Gangster
Rubbed Out
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Jack “Legs” Diamond was shct
and killed last week by rival
gangsters after a party in cele
bration of his acquittal on a
.kidnapping charge in connec
tion with the disappearance of
James Duncan, a farm boy. Un -
identified men broke into his
hotel room and sent three hot
slugs into his head at close
range.
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Ketchikan Man
Is Murdered
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Tom Harris of Ketchikan, na-l
tive, was found dead last week1
by his father and brother who
immediately reported the mat
ter to the marshal’s department.
Inquest held by a coroner’s jury
developed the fact that Harris
had been shot in a manner which
could not have been self-inflict
ed. Drs. Mustard and Ellis of
Ketchikan, both declared that
the shot was fired from behind, j
Charley Johnson and Nelson
Charles, both Indians of Ketchi- j
kan and Wisconsin, wer^ held:
for investigation. Both men were
said to have been on a carrousal
with Harris. It is supposed that
file men got into difficulties over!
hi-jacked booze or over some1
furs.
Law Will Give Ter.
County Form Govyt
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Delegate Wickersham intro- j
duced a bill in Congress which
would create county govern- ;
ments in Alaska through acts of j
the Territorial Legislature. This
bill is designed to give greater
degree of self-government to the
Territory both in power dele- j
gated to the Territorial Legisla
ture and to various localities
thus organized.
j In some quarters this measure
is feared as it is believed that
^the cost of maintaining such
'government would be excessive
'and burdensome. In other quart
ers the idea meets with full ap
proval as it would give greater
power to territorial management.
Those opposing the measure,
looking at the present threaten
ed deficit of the Territorial trea
sury, feel that the load of gov -
ernment would exceed the bene
fits to be derived. At present the
federal government provides for
tne cost of the judicial depart
ments in Alaska while under the,
county form the cost of a similar
department would fall upon the
territory and its tax payers.
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Fisheries Regulations
Received Approval
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The fisheries regulations pro
■ mulgated by Commissioner of
• Fisheries Henry O’Malley have
: received the approval of Secre
i tary of Commerce Robert P. La
> mont and are now in the hands
; of the printer in Washington, D.
C. It is expected that they will
be issued about the first of the
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; The City of Chicago scraped
up $600,000 for teachers’ salary.
Vatican Library
Collapses
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The roof of a wing of the cele
brated Vatican Library built in
1588 collapsed suddenly and
plunged through two floors be
low it which contained all of the
finest pieces of the Vatican
priceless collection of books,
manuscripts and works of art.
The library had been closed to
the public but one student and
three workmen who were still in
the building were buried under
the wreckage and persumably
killed. Firemen were working
hard to extricate the victims but
et a late hour last night they
had not uncovered the bodies.
The so-called Hall of One Hun
dred Days which was directly!
under the rcof, suffered the |
greatest damage. The exact ex-1
tent of the loss cannot be im
mediately estimated but is be -
heved to be great since many
works of art must have been
i
ruined.
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Japanese War
On China Bandits
The Japanese drive against;
Chinese “bandits” was definitely
under way sweeping Westward
from the Liao River allegedly
with the purpose of taking pos
session of all Manchuria and
c* riving the Chinese troops be
yond the great wall. At least
tiiree battalions are engaged in
clearing out all Chinese armed
forces from Manchuria and an
other battalion has been moved
up in reserve, showing that Gen-,
oral Honjo is prepared to crush
Chinese opposition should it de-(
celop in force. The town of Fa-!
kumen in Northwest Manchuria
already has fallen into the
hands of the Japanese.
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Harding Rejects
Hoonah Petition
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A petition filed in the United (
States district court at Juneau,
requesting permission for the in
corporation of the Indian Vil
lage of Hoonah, was rejected by
Judge Justin W. Harding on the]
ground that the cost of adminis
tration, which could come only
from business interests, would
foe excessive. Under an act pass
ed by the territorial legislature,
the village sought to incorporate
as a city of the second class.
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OLE EIELSON DEAD
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Ole Eielson, father of the late
Col. Carl Ben Eielson, Alaska
aviator who tvas killed cn the
Siberian coast in a crash a
couple years ago, is dead in his
home at Grand Rapids, North
Dakota. Mr. Eielson was a bank -
er of Hatton. He came to Alaska
to hunt for the remains of his
son and upon its being found,
returned to Dakota where inter
ment was made.
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William D. Coppernoll, former
ly United States attorney for the
Third Division, is now living at
the national home of the B. P. O
Elks at Bedford, Virginia.
He entered the home last July
and has been in fine health.
Steel Firms Battle
For Bridge
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The gigantic Golden Gate
bridge can be completed for less
than $31,000,000, district en
gineers said, as they studied bids
which were opened recently.
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Bidding saw a duel between!
subsidiaries of United States'
Steel and Bethlehem Steel cor-j
porations for one of the major
contracts. McClintic-Marchall [
Corporation, the Bethlehem sub
sidiary, bid $10,494,000 for the
steel superstructure, $182,000 un
der the only other bidder on
that phase of the project—CoJ-j
umbia Steel Company. The col-!
umbia Company is a subsidiary
of United States Steel.
Twenty-seven firms submitted
a total of forty bids on various
items, certified checks aggregat
ing more than $2,500,000 accom
panying their offers.
The American Cable Company,
Chicago, submitted the low bid
of $6,255,767 for the giant steel
wires from which the bridge will
be suspended, underbidding Mc
Clintic-Marshall, Columbia Steel
and John A. Reoblings Sons and
Company. I
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Metlakatla Dedicates i
New City Hall
The citizens of Metlakatla
having completed their new fif
ty thousand dollar city hall in
vited Charles W. Hawkesworth,
Acting Chief of the U. S. Indian j
Bureau for Alaska. Charles Floryj
cf the Forest Service, Governor!
George A .Parks and other of-,
ficials to take part in the de-j
dicatory program. Gov. Parks i
was unable to be present as he
was enroute to his home in Den-1
ver, Colorado where he is visit-,
mg with his parents. ,
Many other citizens from all
towns of Southeastern. Alaska
were invited to be present during
the exercises. A very fine time is
planned for the entertainment
of the guests.
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A LAST RIDE
D. Tagnatti, gangster, and an
unidentified man were “taken.
for a ride” and killed by Chicago i
gangsters and a third man,
identified as James Walsh, is in
a hospital dying from wounds as
a result o fgangdom’s activities.
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BRITISH UNEMPLOYED
British unemployment figures
as of December Fifteenth show
2. decrease of 54,722 with a total
cf 2,g72,602. This is the lowest
figure since May.
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“SHAKE DOWN’f
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Sixteen socially prominent
persons including three women
who bought stock in the maga
zine “Town Topics,” testified
secretly at Attorney General’s
inquiry into charges that stock
selling plan of so-called society
periodicals was merely a “shake
down.”
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December 21st, was the short
est day of the year. We are now
two days on our way to summer
and the Fourth of July.
S. A. Program
Tuesday Night
,Capt. Brierly and Lieutenant
Fuller of the Salvation Army
worked up a very nice program
which was given in the Barracks
on Tuesday evening. The tree
which was prettily decorated
had presents for many little
cues and Santa Claus in person
arrived to dig remembrances
from his bag to give joy to the
little ones.
The following program was
v/ell given and enjoyed: Opening
song, Audience; invocation, Mr.
George Betts, layworker of the
Presbyterian Church; Bible
reading Rosalina Lanado; Wel
speech, Fanny Betts; Recitation,
Freeman McGilton; Song by the
Sunbeams; Recitation, Dorothy
Hanson; Dialogue - Pulling
Sam’s Tooth; Recitation, Junie
Oyama; Recitation, Marie Reyes;
Christmas Song, Sunday School;
Recitation, Frances Kuwata; Re
citation, Clarissa Gloria; Instru
mental solo, Junie Oyama; Pre
sentation of Cards to the Sun
beam Class, by Miss Impi Aalto;
Recitation, Teddy Kino; Song,
Margaret McGilton and Julia
Joe; Sketch, Guards show the
right and wrong way of doing
things; Band of Love Boys, Yell;
Guards Song and Pledge; Tab
leaux (At the Cross - Julia Joe
and Rosalina Lanada.
Immediately following the
program Santa Claus made a lit
tle speech and then passed out
presents to all the little ones in
the house.
Game Refuge Idea
Is a Big Dud
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Paced with a petition on which
the signatures against numbered
five times as many as the signa -
tures in favor, the committee of
the Ketchikan Chamber of Com
merce appointed recently to look
into the proposition of establish
ing a game refuge in Ketchikan
was discharged recently.
The issue was one of the liv
licst that has been discussed at
the Chamber of Commerce meet
ings for many months It was
only after considerable argu
ment that the proponents of the
lefuge were able to get the peti
tion past the chamber for pre
sentation to the people of Ket
chikan.
But it appeared that more peo
1 le wanted to hunt than to go
sightseeing or hiking.
It was the understanding of
A. E. Karnes, chairman of the
committee which drew up the
l etition, that the game commis
sion would not consider the re
fuge with opposition so general
ly expressed in the petition.
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CHICAGO GETS REPUBLICAN
CONVENTION
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The Republican National Com
mittee last v/eek designated Chi
cago as the next national con
vention meeting place.
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The program at the Presby
terian Church tonight is being
presented by the Indian Bureau
School under direction of Mis,
Magill. Everyone is Welcome.