VOL. 4.
PETERSBURG, ALASKA, FEBRAURY 7, 1930
NO. 33
A ttem pt Assassinate
President of /Mexico
NAVAL DETAILS BEING
ARRANGED BY POWERS
The United States, Great Brit- j
ain and Japan are expected to'
reach tentative agreements in a
lew days for reduction of capit
al ships or battleships contain
ed in those countries.
It is generally believed that
proposals are to reduce on the
5-5-3 ratio of capital ships.
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Candidates Have
Made Filings;
The filings for divisional and
T erritorial offices were closed on
the fourth of February. Those
who have hied are as follows:
Democrats:
Territorial:
Sor delegate to Congress, Geo.
Grigsby, Ketchikan.
For Treasurer:
Richard Hardcastle, Ketchi
kan.
For Highway Engineer:
..Robert J. .Sommers, Juneau,
incumbent, 8 years.
William A. Hesse, Ketchikan.
For Auditor:
Thomas Gaffney, Nome.
For Commissioner of Education.
Anthony E. Karnes, Ketchi- j
kan.
First Division Candidates:
For Senator:.
Allen Shattuck, Juneau.
For Representatives:
Frank A. Boyle, Thomas B. j
Judson, Juneau, A. H. Ziegler j
Ketchikan, E. L. Sampson, Ket
chikan, Albert Wile, Ketchikan, j
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Republicans Have
Many in Field
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Fcr Delegate to Congress:
James Wickersham, Juneau,
John Rustgard, Juneau.
For Treasurer:
Frank L. Knight, Anchorage, |
Walstein G. Smith, incumbent,
Juneau.
I or Highway Engineer:
Joseph Ulmer, Fairbanks.
For Commissioner of Education: j
Leo W. Breuer, Cordova, in- I
cumbent, W. K. Keller, Juneau, j
For Auditor: j
Cash Cole, incumbent, Juneau, i
Elmer Reed, Juneau.
Division Candidates
1 or Senate:
..Will A. Steel, incumbent, Ju-j
neau.
C. T. Gardner, Juneau.
For Representatives:
Grover C. Winn, Juneau, mem
ber last House.
Roy Noland, Supt. Juneau and
Douglas Telephone Co.
Walter P. Scott, Juneau. Mill
Supt. Alaska Juneau Gold Min
ing Co.
P. C. McCormack, Wrangell.
Eugene Wacker, Wacker City,
,'near Ketchikan.)
J. E. Johnson, Ketchikan.
Pat Gildea, Ketchikan.
William L. Paul, Ketchikan.
Peter Sommer, Petersburg.
P. F. Gilmore, Ketchikan, filed
as Road Commissioner, on the
Democratic ticket.
An unsuccessful attempt was
made upon the life of Pascual
Ortiz Rubico, new president of
Mexico, Wednesday, only two
Lours after he had been sworn
m as chief executive oi me n-e
public. The president was
vounded in the lower jaw bone
by one of the bullets fired by the
assailant who lay in wait for |
him at the honor gate of the Na- j
tional Palace. Rushed to his j
home and then to the Red Cross!
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Hospital, the President was giv
en immediate treatment.
WILL WITHDRAW FROM
HAITI
A Commission is to be appoint
ed immediately by President j
Hoover to study the question of
when and how the American
Government can withdraw from
Haiti.
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Herbert Ordered
Returned to Post
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Commissioner Doran has re
instated Prohibition Director
Herbert of Idaho and Mon
tana. Doran asserts that no
charges are pending against Her
bert and further asserted that
all complaints against the Ad
ministrator were ‘ ‘thoroughly
end painstakingly looked into
and found to be either frivolous
ci without basis, in fact, and the
matter has been closed.”
This in effect was a reply to
the charges made gainst Her
bert by Senators Borah and
Wheeler.
Doran in answering the re
cent charges of wide diversion of
denatured alcohol to bootleg
channels declared that the di
version last year did not amount
to more than 3 per cent of the
total production.
MD. BREAKS LEG
Dr. H. G. Nicholson of Sitka
broke his leg when he fell on
an icy sidewalk. Dr. Dawes was
called and made the trip to Sit
ka on one of the Ranger boats.
He reports the break as being of
a serious nature.
ALBERTS RETURNS
Dr. H. W. Alberts, agronomist
in charge of the U. S. Experi
mental stations in Alaska re
turned to Sitka from the States
on a recent boat.
SHONE FOUND GUILTY
Ben Shone of Ketchikan, tried
in the district court at Ketchi
kan for liquor law violations,
v/as found guilty by a j ury.
He was sentenced to serve 4
months by the . Commissioners
court and to pay a fine of $500.
He appealed with above result.
HILL SELLS RANCH
J. L. Hill, Lynn Canal fox
farmer, has sold his half inter
est in the Benjamin Island
plant to his partner Harry
Chambers.
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The Addington, Capt. Peter
Sevold, is having a new 20-30
Deisel engine installed at the
Warner Brothers Machine Shop,
Juneau.
Photo copyright hy Moftelt S' niio
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT.
Chief Justice Resigns
Account Illness
Displaying recuperative pow
ers which surprised even his
doctors, William Howard Tafi.
who is dangerously ill at his
home, was able to receive visit
ers and President Hoover. The
Chief Executive and the brokeh
man who once held the presi
dency and who only recently re
linquished the office of Chief
Justice of the United States Su
preme Court, were together for
only a few minutes but there
was a lingering handclasp as
they parted.
President Hoover has nomin
ated Charles Evans Hughes as
Justice of the Supreme Court to
nil the vacancy made by the re
signation of Cnief Justice Taft,
Monday. Mr. Hughes has ac
cepted the appointment begin
ning his relief from duties on
the Court of International Arbi
tration.
No Mere Aid
For Prospectors
. Payments under the Prospect - j
ors’ Aid Act are being held un
der suspension until March or
April. The funds for the first
half of the current biennium
are exhausted and no additional
funds will be available until af
ter April 1, according to D. B.;
Stewart, Commissioner of Trans!
portation in charge of the fund;
end of the general administra
tion of the Act.
The last Legislature appropri
ated $20,000 for the biennium,
and something over $10,000 has
already been expended.
Ptesumption of payments is
planned and also a revision of
existing regulations will be made
and sent out to agents through
out the Territory.
It is being reported that a
number of Juneau business men
have used the benefits of the
Prospectors’ Aid Act along with
its funds. The verity of this
statement has not been investi
gated.
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PLANS NEW DOCK
Plans for a new dock have
been drawn by District Engineer
T. J. Barnes and Port Captain
Jones, of theStandard Oil Com
pany. These provide for a new
dock at Juneau to replace the
one recently collapsed into the
1 bay.
Governments
Sever Relations
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Diplomatic relations between
Mexico and the Soviet States of
F.ussia have been severed by the
recalling of Alexander Makar,
Russian Minister to Mexico.
This follows similar action by
Mexico as a protest against the
Commu nis t i c demonstrations
made before the Mexican Em
bassies in several countries.
ARREST CHIEF OF POLICE
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Charles Crumpacker, chief of
Police of Orofina, Idaho with
25 others, was arrested on Mon
day charged with conspiracy. A
double raiding party of U. S.
Marshals gathered in the crowd
of prohibition law violators.
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ALASKAN PRIEST HURT IN
AUTO ACCIDENT
..The Rev. G. .E. .Gallant, of
Skagway, was slightly injured in
an automobile accident in which
lie was riding, was forced off a
bridge on the Chuckanut Drive
rear Bellingham, Washington.
The car fell to the railroad
tiacks 30 feet below. E. H. Bus
se, driving the car, Mrs. E. S.
Busse and her son Fred, were al
! so injured.
j 200 barrels of fresh herring for
bait were brought in to the Cold
Storage Plant today. Another
load expected Sunday or Mon
I day.
FishingVessel Owners
Favor Halibut Tariff
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NEW NORTHLAND COMING !
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The motorship W. B. Foshay,
renamed the “Northland” is
scheduled to leave Seattle for
Southeastern Alaska ports on
the 14th of this month. Other
scheduled trips are February 25,
March 8, March 20, April 1, 14,1
and 26th.
FLLIS APPOINTED DELEGATE
Governor George A. Parks has
named Dr. R. V. Ellis to attend i
the annual meeting of the Am
erican Medical Association in
Chicago, beginning February 17.
Chase Says Fur
Game Plentiful
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Answering petitions concern
ing the opening of the beaver
season in the Railroad area, Dr.
W. H. Chase, chairman of the
Alaska Game Commission, in an
official statement recently said:
“In answer to the complaints
of trappers that the catch is not
normal, would advise that the
number of trappers is increasing
each year, with many overlap
pings on established traplines
making the individual catches
small, but it is believed that
when the season’s catch is
checked it will be found that as
many fur bearers have been tak
en as in the last fiscal year.
It would be impossible for the
commission to change the regu
lations without giving ninety
days notice, unless given such
power through a special act of
Congress.
“Every effort is being made by
the commission to protect the
resident trapper.
JUNEAU AND KAY HI TO MEET
FOR CHAMPIONSHIP
The Juneau High School hass
accepted the offer of Principal
Karnes to have teams from the
two schools play a series of five
games in Ketchikan.
Ketchikan claims the right to
meet Juneau for the champion
ship having defeated Wrangell
and Petersburg using an inelig
ible man. Fans of the game as
sert that unless Kay Hi and Pe
tersburg play over three games,
neither Kay Hi nor Petersburg
will have any right to play in a
championship series under the
conference rules. According to
fans the championship should
lie between Douglas and Ju
neau. Eut inasmuch as Ju
neau ana Douglas have not play
ed any games with the Southern
teams, it cannot be understood
how either school can claim the
Division a! championship. Were
the series intersectional rather
than Divisonal, it would be dif
ferent.
The steamer Starr arrived in
Seward with a hundred thou
sand dollars worth of red and
blue and cross foxes. It is be
lieved by some that this large
shipment may explain the dis
appearance of furs from the
| A laska Railroad Belt.
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The Fishing Vessel Owners’ As
sociation of Seattle asked the
Ketchikan Commercial Club to
endorse a six-cent a pound duty
on halibut imported from for
eign countries. This request is
the result of halibut landings in
the United States during the
past two months totaling 800,
000 pounds from Japan.
Considerable discussion of the
subject may be heard in Peters
burg wherever a group of fish
erman are gathered together.
Some are in favor of the tar
iff while others fear the result
of such action if foreign coun
tries take retaliatory steps.
REED WANTS TO BE AUDITOR
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Elmer Reed recently filed de
claration of candidacy for the
Republican nomination for the
office of Territorial Auditor. He
will be in the line-up against
Cash Cole, incumbent.
Reed has been a resident of
the Territory for over 30 years.
He was U. S. Deputy marshal at
Nome for several years and chief
deputy clerk at Juneau for five
years. He resigned to become
clerk of the court at Nome thru
appointment. Resigning, he re
turned to Juneau where he op
ened a curio store.
Borland’s Helmet
Mittens Found
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Ole Eielson and daughter Ade
line Eielson, father and sister of
Colonel Ben Eielson are on the
Northwestern enroute to Fair
banks and Nome, and if possible
the scene of Eielson’s wrecked
plane. It is their desire to claim
the body of Col. Eielson if it is
found. Storms are delaying the
search for the bodies of Eielson
and Borland.
Arthur Johnson of Jamestown,
North Dakota, is on the North
western, succeeding Eielson as
Alaska manager of the Alaska
Airways. His first job he expects
will be removal of furs and pass
engers from the Nanuk.
Searches for the bodies of Col.
Ben Eielson and Borland his
mechanic reported recovering
Farl Borland’s helmet and mit
tens which would indicate that
at least Borland landed alive.
Rumors that Eielson's body
had been found were emphatic
ally denied by Pilot Joe Crosson,
[ intimate friend cf Eielson.
j Ole Eielson met W. E. Borland,
I m Seattle. Both fathers grasp
! ed of the other and Borland
said, “It is too bad. Earl had
such good faith in your boy.”
To which Eielson replied, “There
are times when faith does not
count for much. It is over and
we must bear up.”
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McBRIDE GOING TO
WASHINGTON, CONFERENCE
. .Collector of .Customs, J. .C.
McBride, Juneau, was a passen
ger on the Alameda bound for
Seattle, enroute to Washington,
D. C. to attend a special con
ference of customs officials to
be held the middle of this
month.