VOLUME NO. VI
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PETERSBURG, ALASKA,
JANUARY 29, 1932
NO. 28
Loan Executive j
Sentenced to Pen
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Jay S. Moltzner, Portland,
Iran association executive, was
sentenced to serve two years in
the state prison following con
viction on charges of unlawfully
lending $10,000 of the funcj^ of
the Guardian Building and Loon
Association to the Mortgage In
vestment Company. Moltzner
was vice.president of both com
panies. E. E. Fitzwater, pleaded
guilty to the indictments of foui
s milar charges and was also to
be sentenced. He was state’s
witness against Moltzner. Filz
vater was in Alaska a summer
or two ago soliciting business
lor his company.
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Remove Tack From
Lung of Boy
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Surgeons at University Hos - j
pital, at Ann Arbor, Michigan,
are removing a tack from the
light lung cf Fred Brill, 11 years ]
old, of Sheboygan, Mich., on the I
installment plan.
The tack, swallowed, a year
ago. has become encased in
lung tissue, according to Dr. R
* Bishop Canfield. The surgeon i
raid its removal is a delicate I
procedure.
> “We have removed part of th
tissue.” Canfield said. “Now we J
must wait, and let the boy rest !
several days before resuming the '
operation.”
MOONEY TRIAL
METHODS mr
A scathing indictment of Cali
fornia’s handling of the Mooney
Billings case was submitted to
the senate in the form of a re
port prepared by experts of the
Vvickersham commission.
The commission refused to ac
cept responsibility for the re
pert, which makes grave charg
es against the manner in which
convictions of the two men on
charges of participating in the
bombing of a Preparedness d ry
parade in San Francisco in 1910
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Charles W. Hawkeswortlr. act
ing chief of the U. S. I. B., and
Governor George A. Parks were
returning passengers on the
Northwestern to Juneau from
Seattle where they took part in
the christening of the North
Star, new U. S. Indian Bureau
tender.
Government to Build Goal Bunkers at Seward Soon
Giving Coal Mines Open Seaport
It now appears that Seward
will oave a coal bunker, in con
nection with the Alaska Rail
read, by the middle of the year
Delegate Wickersham had
ir.ti-'c need a bill in the House
el f v ngress authorizing the
crecta n of the bunker and had
made such a fair presentation
of the need of this necessity lor
roal cevelopment that he felt
tncouraged to believe that the
Committee of Territories would
favorably report the bill in the
very near future. But this will
not now be necessary, for the
bunkers are assured, by reason
of a report made to the commit
tee by Secretary of the Interior
Wilbur. He states that he now
realizes the necessity for con
s'ruction of the bunker, anc
that the work will be under
taken by General Manager o
the Railroad, Col. O. F. Ohlson
with funds already available t(
pay the cost. Among othei
things, in his report to tin
Committee, Secretary Wilbm
says:
^Assurances kavei lately besi
received tending to indicat
Japan Offensive
On in China
Two thousand marine, invad
ed the Chinese quarter in
Shanghai using motor trucks
early Thursday. Fierce fighting
moke out near the international
settlement, the reported purpose
of which was to clear all Chinese
out of the district in whic i
many Japanese live. Four Unit
ed States destroyers now at
Manila were ordered to be read'
, icr active duty and are awaiting
I filing orders for Shanghai,
j Another reason stated for the
war actions of Japan in Shang
hai is to force the Chinese to
desist their boycotting of Jap
anese goods. The Japanese
stating that the Chinese refuse
to abide by any agreements to
discontinue the boycott. Repaid;
coming from Canada indicat:
that even the herring plants,
operated wholly or in part by
Japanese labor are feeling the j
pressure of the boycott against !
Japanese manufactured goods, j
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Motorshlp Northstar
Launched inSeai'de
Water from the Arctic Ocean, I
waa the first liquid to touch the !
timbers of the mctorship North
Star, as the $400,000 bureau oi
Indian affairs craft slid oil the
ways of the Bergh Shipbuilding
plant at Ballard, Monday morn- j
mg, January, 18th.
Mies Elizabeth Pullen, native'
of Alaska, broke the bottle filled i
by the crew of the Boxer, near j
Point Barrow, last summer. Miss !
Pullen is the daughter of M j
and Mrs. Winfield S. Pullen oi
Juneau, ana is a student at the
University cf Washington.
Alaska’s Governor
Gov. George A. Parks of Alas - ;
ka was among the notables at ;
the ceremony, arranged by the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce ;
nt the request of the interior de- |
partment.
The vessel was constructed cf
Washington-grown Douglas fir,
w i t h stem sternpost a n d i
sheathing fortified with iron
bark, to withstand the pressure
of Arctic ice floes.
The North Star will be used in
carrying employes and supplies
of the Indian service from Se
attle to Alaska.
Charles W. Kawkesworth. Act
ing Chief of the U. S. Indian
Bureau was also present, parti
cipating in the ceremonies.
that an export business in. coal
ran be developed to a minumurn
'iate of 10,000 tons per annum,
within the near future. In view
! cf the outlook for the increase
■of traffic, and on the recom
mendation of the General Man
ager of the Railroad, I have
approved the project. The mat
ter is in the hands of the Gen
eral Manager for further action,
! in line with his recommendation.
I It is proposed to institute a
charge of 50 cents per ton ol
coal for the utilization of suen
facilities in the loading of ves
' eels at Seward. In proceeding in
the case, it has been assumed
that new legislation is not re
quired in view of the language
already contained in the Alaska
Railroad Act of March 12, 1911.
With regard to the special ap
propriation of $75,000 proposed
. in this bill, I have to recommend
i that the same he not authorized,
• j as It is expected to allot an a
■ mount for the purpose from a
sufficient balance estimated t<:
[ remain available in the appro
i/.priation for the current fiscal
> year.”
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Party Primaries To-Bring Out
Many Candidates for Office
E. S. Hungerford. more gen
erally known in these parts as
4 Ted” made his filing for dele
gate to the next Republican
Convention in Chicago in June.
Ke will run in the April pri
maries wth Jack Davies of Ket
chikan and Karl Thiele of Ju
neau on an opposing ticket. It
has not been indicated at this
time who will make the fourth
man.
When seen, Mr. Hungerford
stated that it was his opinion
that in the next primaries many
Republicans would stay away
from the polls rather than vote
democrat and his filing was a
bid for that vote which would
not go to any candidate support
ed by the federal machine in
Juneau and Ketchikan. Mr.
Hungerford has been in these
parts for many years being more
recently active in securing tim
ber for ties for the Alaska Rail
road; and prior to that deliver
ing logs to the sawmill and pil
ing and trap ogs to the can -
relies. He is a man who com
mands the respect of every per
son with whom he has come in
contact, is thoroughly Alaskan
i.i every respect. His declara
tion of “Alaska for Alaskans” is
not just idle talk for political
expediency as living up to his
word is pretty much his reputa
tion in the past and present.
W. A. Hesse, present incum
bent has declared his filing for
Highway engineer to succeed
himself, while a Mr. Wann from
• the Fourth has indicated that
he is filing for the same office
: on the Republican ticket.
George B. Grigsby, Anthony
Dimond and A. H. Ziegler are
going to follow their derbies in
the campaign for delegate 11
congress. T. A. Wakefield, M. M.
Heath, John -W. Frame and
MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY
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Piime minister Harry F. Mor
ton, recently returned to An
chorage from a trip to Wash
ington, dT'C., whither he weni
to show Delegate Wickershan
how to secure appropriations foi
the northern end of the Terri
dory. Strange to say, the appro
priations were approved befor'
Harry got to Washington—stii
he helped to get it over.
James Gillen, nephew of Mrs
| Clarence Lewis is leaving for h;
j home in Port Townsend nex
j week.
John B. Rice nil want to be de
legates to the democratic con
vention and national commit
teemen respectively. John Frame
.formerly a democrat, ran as a
republican for national com
mitteeman but was defeated in
that purpose by the machina
tions of the federal brigade, sev
eral years ago. He goes back to
in's first love—the. . democrats
land is hoping to be in at the
finish, and naming the various
, appointments f o r political
plums. W. K. Keller is running
;for re-election as school Com -
missioner, Karnes will oppose
| him as a democrat,
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; So far Delegate Wickersham
Ms alone as candidate for dele
gate to Congress but the rumors
that Judge Clegg of Fairbanks
will be a candidate will not
down. Mr. Lucas of Juneau has
the support of the federal ma
chine against Cash Cole for
Territorial Auditor.
I Party lines are pretty ,mucb
split— beyond redemption. The
I divisions in the Democratic
ranks are more severe than in
the Republican ranks for which
the Republicans ceem mighty
I glad but the internal strife .and
political knifing going on with
in the Republican party does no'
i vouch for contro1 of the next
j election by defeat of the Demo
: crats. The “X” in the political
! problem of the territory is the
Alaska Native Brot the r hood —
'will they vote Democrat—split
their ticket on the republican
candidates—remain out of the
i primaries or vote solidly Repub
lican as they have in the pact.
Nobody knows and he isn’t tell
ing. In the meantime, the poll
ticians and voters are going tc
, have a lot of fun the next three
months.
NORWEGIAN CHOIR TO '
TOUR EUROPE
The St. Olaf Lutheran Chan
| of Faribault, Minn., noted Nor
! v/egian Choir, will tour Europe
| next summer. This will be tin
fourth annual Lutheran Europ
ean tour made. The intinerarj
will include France, Germany
Switzerland and England.
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! | The Rythm Band in the Thi;.’:
Grade will just about make yoi
jazz when they get tuned uf
under direction of their teache:
Miss Christensen. They will pro
> bably make their appearance a
t the Washington Bicentennia
I Celebration.
Illinois G.O.P. Splits
Over Hoover
Illinois Republican leaders ap
peared undecided whether to
support President Hoover in Ids
campaign for reelection and
were said to have adopted a
policy of “watchful waiting”
with a close eye on business
conditions.
That Mr. Hoover will not com
mand a 100 pei cent instructed
IUinois delegation at the Chica -
| go convention next June is free-^
iy admitted by practically all
state leaders.
The split in Illinois Republi
can ranks over a presidential
candidate was revealed openly
by Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick,
termer congresswoman, who de
clared Mr. Hoover would not be
a popular candidate and that
Republicans should make anoth
er choice.
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Appropriations For
jubilee Polar Year
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Delegate Wickcrsham has
fcsen asked to lend his active
upport—to which he gladly
accedes—in securing an appro
’a iation of $30,000, • so that tire
United States government might
participate in the second Inter -
national or Jubilee Polar year
program, August 1, 1932 to Au
gust 31, 1933. The first “polar
year” came to fruitation in Au
gust 1882, when 14 expedit'd!'
weie sent to the field, 12 in the
Arctic and 2 in the Antarctic,
by 12 different countries, fully
equipped for comprehensive me
teorological and magnetic ob -
servations. The U. S. Govern
Iment took part in this program,
establishing stations at Point
Barrow, Alaska, and Fort Con-=
rer Ellesmere Island. The prn
gram to be carried out this year
j contemplates establishing 43
■ stations in the Arctic region and
15 in the Antarctica, with nearly
S30 nations participating. It is
jrxnected that the United States
'will occupy a station in Alaska
near Fairbanks, and also the
station in Ellesmere Island. Se
nator Fess has introduced a bi’l
in Congress for an appropria
tion. of $30,000, to insure parti
cipation. and this has the en
dorsement of President Hoover
and Secretary of State Stimson,
; This money will be expended for
j magnetic work at Fairbanks a.c
follows: Instruments and equip
ment, $8,000; buildings, $5,800,
travel and transportation , $1.
C10: personnel; $12,190; compila
tion and publication, $3,000.
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K. C. FISHERMEN
DESERT UNION
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Following the action of the
International Deep Sea Fisher
men’s Union in closing down
their Prince Rupert branch, Ca
nadian members broke away
f1 cm the international unit and
formed a halibut union of their
Comes to our desk a new
P.i eeze—t h e Chilkat Breeze—
Judson Brown, printer. “Judge”
v, ill be remembered as one of the
organizers of the Gunnysack
Club at Yakutat. Mimeographed
well edited, plenty of ads—a
credit to the Plaines School.
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Misses Sarah Josenhans, Ver
da Garner, Alma Virginia Peter?
, and Dorothy Scott of the teach
ing force in the public school.1
were on the sick list this wee1;
and there places were taken b.^
l Mesdames Henry Hasbroucx
> Fiorence Sly, Carl Schmidt anc
• Don Kaylor.
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; Mr. and Mrs. Andy Andersoi
1 are in from their fox ranch nea
Kobart Bay.
Mellon Denies
Oily Charge
Senator Capper of Kansas,
long a running mate of Vico
I President Curlis, recently stated j
j that some people in high places j
[ appear to have betrayed their
trust. This drew from Secretary I
1 of the Treasury Andrew Mellon
i a direct denial that he personai
| ly had anything to do with the •
restoration of the Barco Oil <
Concession in Columbia to the :
' Gulf Oil Company of which hr ;
| is a stockholder about the time
a four million dollar loan, which ]
long had been held up, was made 1
to Columbia under seme pres- <
sure within the State Depart- j
rnent. \
Impeachment charges prefer
jed by Representative Patman, ’
Democrat, against Secretary
Mellon, were referred to the
Hose Judiciary Committee for
further study. The investiga
tions in the Senate by Senator
Hiram Johnson, Republican, Cali 1
fornia, appear to be the Senate 1
tacking of the impeachment 3
proceedings brought forth by
Rep. Patman. Questioning of a
minor state official brought ‘
forth the fact that telegrams 1
and correspondence which were i
freely given to international ]
tankers was not available for i'
rhe Senate except, they were helri'i'
strictly confidential!. Which de
cision on the part of the de- I*
partment has brought for sting
ling criticism from the Senators.
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Murderess Will
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Plead Insanity
| The family of Winnie Ruth ;
[Judd, now on trial in Pheonix r
[Arizona, for the murder of Mrs.
Agnes LeRoi and Miss Hedvig
Samuelson, former Alaskan
nurse and school teacher, will
testify that various members of
the Judd family were insane
thereby laying the foundation
for insanity defense by recount
ing pecularities of her own ac
: tions.
It is not believed that Mrs. I
Judd will pay the extreme pen
jaity for her crimes—too long)
smce the deed, the deceased ;
women without local friends and
line natural antipathy to hang- j
[:ng a woman being given as rea- ;
sons for failure of the state to ;
[ secure the extreme penalty.
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Republicans Name !
1932 Candidates
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J. E. Johnson will file for the |
senate, H. P. Hanson, L. H. Kufc
lev of Ketchikan, Grover Winn :
of Juneau, Arndt Sorsett, Wran- j
gell, will file for the House. Kub
ley had not stated definitely he
would file.
| Doc. Walker will not run for ;
, Mayor of Ketchikan this year'
: as he will wage an intensive
| campaign for senator on the
; democratic ticket.
| At the republican convention
| orficers were named to form a
Republican organization and ef
j fort will be made to get the or
! ganized functioning in all of the
: towns.
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Republicans at the convention
openly charged that Doc. Walker
and Ziegler had bought out the
support of the Pauls. The charge
coming from men spported and
, elected previously by the Alaska
i Native Brotherhood.
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, [ Chips Cole of Juneau who has
i'ueen ill for some time is re
[ported as up and on the mend
j.i H e St. Ann’s hospital. Chips
i is an old resident of Wrangell
;, and father of Territorial Audi
Jtor Cash Cole.
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Cordova Republicans
Offer Platform
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Met on the 15th of the month
adopted by-laws, platforms, etc
Their platform includes the urge
for greater road building pro
gram; support to the building of
the pioneers’ home for men and
ivomen; drafting of community
property iaws; demands that
Alaskans be appointed to fed
eral posts in Alaska and pledg
ng to legislation favoring the
esident fishermen.
Kent G. Robinson and William
3. Phinn nominated for the
he House and Doctors A. Ry
.trom and Will H Chase nomi
■ated for the Senate. No terri
orial endorsements reported.
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Will Authorize Airmail
Contracts for Alaska
The Postmaster General in hi,
mnual report states that cn
'line 30, 1931, mails were car
ted in Alaska under authoriza
ions' of the department of CC
Tar routes, covering a distance
>t 11,784 miles. The approprla
ion for the service for the yea:
ras $175,000. The esimated ex
penditures were $144,286. The
Postmaster General says: ‘Dae
o the limited transportation
‘utilities and the climatic con
ditions in Alaska, the cost of
nail transportation is high, and
t is beleved that an improved
service at no greater cost could
pc secured by the use of air
planes for the carriage of all
classes of mail over certain
cutes. A draft of legislation
k;.hich will authorize the Post -
raster General to contract for
hr mail service in Alaska has
:een prepared and its enact
ment is recommended.”
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SEATTLE CARMEN STRIKE
TREATENED
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The Seattle street car men
threatened to declare a strike
on. Tuesday unless money t:>
cash city warrants is made a
vailable by that date. The banks
end merchants are refusing to
cash warrants and city income
is being impounded to pay the
bond holders. The situation i.s
up to the City Concil.
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RAILWAY TRAINMEN AGIIEM
TO WAGE CUT
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It is expected that the Broth
erhood of Railway Trainmen
will agree to a wage reduction
cf ten per cent provided no fur
ther reductions for one year are
aie made.
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PRESBYTERY
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The Yukon Presbytery elected
Rev. E. L. Winterberger, former
ly of Haines, as moderator and
Rev. John E. Youel of Fairbanks
stated clerk. Rev. Winterberger
is now stationed at Anchorage.
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GOLD IN CALIFORNIA
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Miners retimbering a tunnel
of the McCormick mine, near
Scnora, Calif., recently, came
upon a hitherto unknown ore
bearing streak showing large
gold, deposits.
Sixty-five pounds o f gold
laden quartz was hand-mortar -
ed by the manager of the mine
[and it produced gold valued by
him at $6,032. Based on this
test,.the quartz shows a valua
tion of more than $90 a pound
or $180,000 to the ton.
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Mrs. Annie Brown of Peters
burg mothered a baby boy last
week in the federal hospital.
Little one doing very nicely,
Mother not so good as she is a
victim of tuberculosis.