HEAVY DAMAGE
DONE KANATAK
BY RECENT GALE
Total of Ten Buildings Were
Washed Away—Blazer
Goes on Beach
Claud Shea, special prohibition of
ficer returned on the Starr today from
a trip to the westward. Comment
ing on the recent gas strike at Kan
atak, Mr. Shea said gas came up in
sufficient quantities to force the
water from the pipes at a rate of one
thousand barrels a day. Mr. Shea
said that there was no oil yet, and
that conditions would not warrant a
stampede, as it would be three or
four months and maybe more, before
I the drill again reaches the point
where the gas was struck. Cable,
cement and rope were used to plug
the hole, and the flow of water -was
stopped. Gas and water were seep
ing in through the plugs when Mr.
Shea went to the well, and saw for
himself the indications of gas. Talk
ing with several people in the vicin
ity of the well, they said that indica
tions for oil were of the best. The
Standard Oil employes gave out no
information and were very reticent
as to indications. As soon as the
first oil bubble was sigliter the men
had the well under control. A big
pipe with a nipple is on hand, and any
flow of oil or gas can be handled.
Earl Grammar declares that indi
cations look like oil to him. Mr.
Grammar is a geologist of note.
Speaking of his trip Mr. Shea says
that 75 gallons of whiskey and 1,000
bottles of beer were seized. The
town was as dry as the proverbial
cork leg all the time the officer was
in port, with no signs of drunken
ness.
A heavy storm with extreme high
tide struck Kanatak Thanksgiving
day doing considerable damage to
buildings and otherwise destroying
property. While the storm was not
as bad as last year it did consider
able damage to buildings in Old
Town, the water flooding the build
ings of Laurititzen, Louis Johnson’s
butcher shop, Wodin’s home, and a
number of homes and cabins. Many
of the latteil floated away. The office
of the Kanatak Lighterage Company
was completely demolished. Chas.
Madsen’s store had about one foot of
water in it. The Blazer used as a
lighter, was again washed ashore at
a point near the Standard Oil Com
pany buildings, taking her moorings,
a 1000 pound anchor, and everything
with her. She now stands 20 feet
above high tide. The Edith, a gas
boat, was wTaslied up in the middle
of the street. The wind blew at an
estimated velocity of 90 miles an
hour, but did not come directly in the
harbor, coming from an easterly di
rection.
On the second- day of the storm,
October 2S, the wind blew directly
into the harbor, and everybody thot
the town would go. Strangely enough
the water did not get within 14 inches
as high as it did the day before. Ev
ery available team wras used to move
the stock of goods and inhabitants
into the hills. All doors and windows
were nailed up and buildings barri
caded. The Kanatak foot bridge was
washed out and the new government
bridge was covered with wrater and
would have washed out but for Mrs.
Hjalmar Evans, who secured help
and removed a quantity of drift and
logs from the bridge, preventing it
from washing away.
A total of about ten houses were
moved by the flood. The Kanatak
Lighterage Co. suffered the greatest
damage, estimated at about §1000. Lo
cal residents estimated the damage
done at about §5000. During the
storm Nels Christianson nearly lost
his life by a dory capsizing with
him. He crawled up on the dory and
was blown ashore.
Mr. Shea was accompanied by Mr.
Warren Harding, federal prohibition
agent. At Uzinkie Mr. Harding stop
ped off 30 minutes and gathered in a
30-gallon still, but the owner had tak
en to the hills and was not found.
Bad weather was encountered the en
tire trip.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 4.—A
Winkle, of Nome has been recom
mended by President Coolidge for the
postmastership at Nome. His name
wras sent into the Senate today for
confirmation.
MANITOBA FARMERS ARE
THRESHING IN THE SNOW
_
GRAND FORKS, N. D., Dec. 4.—
Farmers in Manitoba, Canada, just
across the line from North Dakota,
are threshing in the snow, accord
ing to reports received yesterday.
The grain is being hauled in sleds.
DECISION DECLINED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 4.—The
Supreme court today declined to pass
upon whether the estate of a person
who died in September, 1918, was
taxable under the federal revenue
act of that year or under the high
er rates in a case from Colorado,
brought by Louis B. Page.
FORBES CASE ON
TRIAL TODAY
IN CHICAGO
Testimony Shows Conspir
acy ExistecJ to Loot
Hospital Funds
CHICAGO, 111., Dec. N4.—The Gov
ernment today strengthened its case
against Charles R. Forbes, former di
rector of the Veterans Bureau and
J. W. Thompson, who are on trial
in the Federal court here for con
spiraacy to defraud the government.
Arthur C. Crump, formerly secre
tary of the Pontiac Construction
company took the stand today and
verified in part the story of Elias H.
Mortimer, the latter being the Gov
ernment’s chief witness, that Thogip
son, Forbes, Black, the late Charles
F. Crame and himself had engineer
ed a conspiracy to loot the funds ap
propriated by congress to build hos
pitals for the disabled veterans of
the World War.
The case is being attended by na
tion-wide interest and the outcome
carried conviction in the minds of the
majority it is alleged.
TEAPOT DOME”
LEASES GO BACK
TO GOVERNMENT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 4.—
Atlee Pomerene and Chas. Roberts,
counsel for the government in the
case for the return of the Teapot
Dome oil leases to the United States
and held as a naval reserve, have
assured President Coolidge today
that a victory is imminent in the
suit to set aside the oil lease.
PRINCE CHICHIBU WILL
GO TO ENGLAND AND
FINISH HIS EDUCATION
TOKIO, Dec. 4.—Prince Chichibu,
the second son of the emperor of
Japan will leave next June to re
main in England for two years to
complete his education.
CONSENT NECESSARY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 4.—The
Supremecourt today declared that
lands purchased by Indians from
funds derived from their allotments
cannot be alienated without the con
sent of the secretary of the interior.
The court based its opinion on the
case of Nathaniel Perryman, a half
breed Creek Indian, living in Okla
maha.
Fugitive Banker Turns
Lumberyard Worker;
Taken Into Custody
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Dec. 4 —
Waldo R. Chaplain, a fugitive Okla
homa banker, was found today work
ing in a lumber yard in this city.
He confessed to the authorities
that he stole seventy thousand dollars
of his bank’s funds and made a get
away.
CHICAGO, 111., Dec. 4.—President
Coolidge arrived in this city at nine
o’clock this morning to visit and
speak at the International Livestock
Exposition. He will also address at
a luncheon gathering of the Commer
cial 'lub of Chicago.
TWO JAPANESE
VESSELS CRASH
NEAR ASTORIA
PORTLAND, Oregon, Dec. 4.—Two
Japanese freighters suffered slight
damage at Astoria whfen an anchor
chain broke and one was carried into
the other by a strong tide. Meager
details of the collision reached the
Merchants’ exchange.
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 4—The
Japanese freighter Clyde Maru was
forced to burn part of her lumber
cargo loaded in Portland in order to
furnish steam for her voyage to Yo
kohama, according to a radio reach
ing the Merchants’ exchange today.
The message was not clear as to
whether the ship had reached port
yet but said she "was “ten days over
due in reaching Yokohama.” The
craft was under charter to the Wil
cox-Hayes company.
SEVEN KILLED WHEN
ENGINE TELESCOPES
REAR END OF TRAIN
OAKLAND, Calif., Dec. 4.—Seven
persons were killed and thirty injur
ed when a Short Line train tele
scoped the rear car of a Key Route
Electric train, here today. One of
the dead was C. O’Laughlin of San
Francisco. Six other were unidenti
fied.
WARREN UNDECIDED AS
TO SENATE LEADERSHIP
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 4.—Sen
ator Warren, of Wyoming, some of
whose friends have said he would
not accept the republican senate lead
ership made vacant by the death of
Senator Lodge, of Massachussets,
announced here today that he had
reached no decision on the ques
tion and besides a man had been
appointed for that post.
RED PROPAGANDA
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
OF CALIFORNIA
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Dec. 4.—
Culminating in a long investigation
of the plot to introduce the Red
literature into the school for the
spreading of communism, the police
arrested twenty-one men in a house
here and seized a large quantity of
handbills, posters and other material
which would tend to poison the mind
of the child.
The men are held under $1,000 bail
each, on charges of “vagrancy.”
TWO PERSONS KILLED
IN AUTO SMASHUP
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Dec. 4.—
H. C. Baunbaugh, manager for Fos
ter & Kleiser Company of this city,
and an officer, were killed in an au
tomobile accident on the highway
near this city.
EXPLORATION CO.
PAYS OUT CASH
FOR 70 CLAIMS
OVER ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
IN GOLD PAID OUT ON
• OPTIONS TAKEN UP
The Fairbanks Exploration Com
pany this week took up its options
on 70 mining claims on adjacent
creeks, paying out over $100,000 in
gold. Following these payments, oth
ers will be made within the next 30
days, and the big company has appar
ently decided to locate in the district
and engage in one of the most colos
sal mining schemes ever inaugurated J
in Alaska.
BRITAIN BACKS UP
ON LEAGUE AS
ARBITRATOR
GENEVA, Dec. 4.—Great Britain
has informed the League of Nations
assembly that the British govern
ment will not recognize any signa
ture by Egypt of a peace protocol
which would give Egypt the right to
appeal to the League of Nation on
matters conected with the Anglo
Egyptian dispute arising from the as
sassination of Major General Stack.
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Below is a list of some of the broadcasting stations that you may expect to
• hear on the RADIOLA SUPER-HETERODYNE.
Call Pwr
Letters Name of Station Wts. Lgt.
KDKA Westinghouse Electric Co. 1000 326
East Pittsburg, Pa.
KFKX Westinghouse Electric Co. 1000 286
Hastings, Neb. '
KYW Westinghouse Electric Co. 1000 536
Chicago, III.
WBX Westinghouse Electric Co. 1000 337
Springfield, Mass.
KGO General Electric Co. 1000 312
Oakland, Cala.
WBAH The Dayton Co. 1000 417
Minneapolis, Minn.
WEAF American Tele. & Tele. Co. 1000 492
New York City.
WEBH Edgewater Beach Hotel Co. 1000 378
Chicago, III.
WGN The Tribune, Drake Hotel 1000 370
Whitestone Co., Chicago, III.
WGY General Electric Co. 1000 380
Schenectady, N. Y.
WNYC City of New York 1000 526
New York City.
WTAM Willard Stor. Bat. Co. 1000 390
Cleveland, Ohio.
WWI ’ Ford Motor Co. 1000 273
Dearborn, Mich.
General Electric Co. 1000
Denver, Colorado.
The Crosley Radio Corp. 5000
Cincinnati, Ohio.
PACIFIC COAST AND CANADIAN STATIONS
KFAE State College of Washington 500 330
Pullman, Wash.
KFCL Leslie E. Rice, Union Stock Yds. 500 236
Los Angeles, Cala.
KFI .Earle C. Anthony, Inc. 500 489
Packard Bldg., Los Angeles
KFOA Rhodes Dept. Store. 500 455
Seattle, Wash.
KFPR Los Angeles County For. Dept. 500 231
Los Angeles, Cala.
KFQD Chovin Supply Co. 100 280
Anchorage, Alaska.
KFSG Echo Park Evan. Assn. 500 278
Los Angeles, Cala.
KGU Marion A. Mulrony, 500 360
Honolulu, Hawaii.
KGW Portland Oregonian 500 492
Portland, Ore. «
KHJ Times Mirror Co. 500 395
Los Angeles, Cala.
KJS Bible Institute 750 360
Los Angeles, Cala.
KLX Tribune Publishing Co. 250 509
Oakland, Cala.
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KPO
KTW
KWH
CFCA
CFCN
CKCD
WWJ
SOME
KFAE
KFGX
KFMX
KFPT
KLZ
KOB
KSD
WAAW
WBAP
WDAF
WEAY
WFAA
WHB
WHO
WOAI
WO AW
WOI
WOQ
KNX
Name of Station.
Pwr. Wve
Wts Lgt.
500 423
Hale Bros.
San Francisco, Ca!a.
First Presbyterian Church 750 360
Seattle, Wash.
Los Angeles Examiner 250 360
Los Angeles, Gala.
The Calgary Herald 430
Calgary, Alta., Canada.
W. W. Grant Radio Ltd. 440
Calgary, Alta., Canada.
Vancouver Daily Province. 410
Vancouver, B. C„ Canada.
Detroit News 517
Detroit, Mich.
MORE OUT OF TOWN STATIONS YOU
HEAR MOST ANY EVENING OR
LATE AT NIGHT.
Western Radio Corp.
Denver, Colorado.
First Presbyterian Church
Orange, Texas.
Carleton College
Northfield, Minn.
Cane and Johnson
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Reynolds Radio Co.
Denver, Colorado.
New Mex. State Col. of Agri.
New Mexico.
Post Dispatch
St. Louis, Mo.
Omaha Grain Exchange
Omaha, Neb.
Star Telegram
Fort Worth, Texas.
Kansas City Star
Kansas City, Mo.
Will Horwitz, Jr.
Houston, Texas.
The Dallas News-Journal
Dallas, Texas.
The Sweeney School Co.
Kansas City, Mo.
Bankers Life Co.
Des Moines, Iowa.
Southern Equipment Co.
San Antonio, Texas.
Woodmen of the World
Omaha, Nebraska.
Iowa State College
Ames, Iowa.
Western Radio Co.
Kansas City, Mo.
Electric Lighting Supply Co.
Los Angeles, Cala.
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500 278
500 250
500 283
500 268
500 283
500 360
500 546
500 286
750 476
500 411
500 360
500 476
500 411
500 526
500 385
500 526
500 360
500 360
100 360