Hemnrd Baily Gnteumy
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.
VOLUME XX. NUMBER 107.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1925.
PRICE TEN CENTS.
EUGENE OWENS, JUNEAU RESIDENT
SHOOTS TROUBLESOME RANCHER
IN SELF DEFENSE; RELEASED BY JURY
* JOHN POTO HAD FREQUENTLY DISPLAYED GUN
AND THREATENED TO GET OWENS IF HE
CROSSED CREEK FROM HOUSE
JUNEAU, Alaska, May 6.—Eugene Owens, a resident
of this vicinity for third of a century and for the last
twenty years connected with the Sumdum Mining Camp,
Monday shot and killed Jno. Poto, forty-three years of age,
a resident of the district for the past thirteen years.
Owens came to Juneau in a fox farm boat which brot
the corpse and surrendered himself to the authorities. He
told the coroner’s jury Poto was attempting to shoot him
when he fired. Evidence indicated Poto had threatened
to get Owens if Owens crossed the creek from his cabin.
Owens crossed the creek to get his mail, and the shooting
occurred.
There were no eyewitnesses to the tragedy, but the
jury pronounced the shooting “self defense,” as evidence
indicated Poto was quarrelsome and frequently displayed
a gun intimidating his opponents. Owens, who is well
liked in the community, was released.
■ WHALING BOATS
TO OPERATE ON
SIBERIAN COAST
VEGA WHALING COMPANY HAS A
FIFTEEN YEAR CONCESSION
FROM SOVIET GOVERNMENT
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, May 6—The Vega whal
ing company, operating the Norwegian
steamer Nommandoren, First, which
has just completed discharging much
whale oil from Magdalena Bay, Lower
California, announced they have ob
tained a fifteen year Russian conces
sion to operate off Kamchatka.
The Komandorskis, and Komman-.
doren will sail next week and will be
mother ships for four whalers. The |
Komandorskis is outfitting for a long !
stay in the north.
DISORDERS BREAK
OUT IN ALGERIA
(By Associated Press.)
ORANX, Algeria, May 6.—Disorders
were renewed here today, with the
cavalry patrolling the streets. Pistol
shots are heard occasionally. Already
several have been wounded and many
arrested.
Women last night led the parade,
with the males following and shooting.
Troops charged the demonstrators
whom they broke up for a short while
but are now waiting for reinforce
ments.
REORGANIZATION HELPED
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 5.—Sec
retary Work announced today that
reorganization of the General Land Of
fice effected a saving of $55,000 annu
ally.
LAST ORDERS ON
WAY R.R. STEEL
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Wn„ May 6.—The big
freighter Oduna will be proceeding to
Alaska soon, after coaling up at Na
naimo, carying the final shipment of
steel for the thirty bridges which are
to replace the wooden structures on
the Alaska Railroad. Most of the
bridge will be completed this summer.
U. S. SMELTING AND MINING
COMPANY BUYS NOME MINE
(By Associated Press.)
NOME, May 6.—Wire received here
from the United States Smelting and
Mining Company state that they have
taken over the Nome Mines Corpn.,
which the Miami people formerly own
ed. With the property go several
dredges on the outskirts of Nome.
ECONOMY DRIVE WILL
FURTHER REDUCE TAXES
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 6.—
Coolidge’s drive for economy will fur
ther cut the budget, he opining the re
duction will reach the three hundred
million mark, making the total esti^
mates submitted to congress three
billion.
SEATTLE WINS THE
OPENING GAME
AT PORTLAND
(By Associated Press.)
PORTLAND, May 6.—Frank Brazill
of Seattle wras wrild in the opening
game of the series. Portland hit the
ball for three homers. Hard plays in
the third inning w'ere the main factors
enabling Seattle to w'in the game.
Yesterday’s Ball
Coast League, Portland 5, Seattle 8;
Oakland 10, Los Angeles 2; Sacra
mento 4, Salt Lake 2.
American League—New York 8, and
Philadelphia 4; Washington 4, Boston
9; Cleveland 2, Chicago 7; St. Louis 8,
Detroit 14.
National League—Philadelphia 13,
New York 5; Pittsburg, St. Louis,
rain; Chicago, Cincinnati, cold; Bos
ton 1, Brooklyn 6.
SIX FIREMEN KILLED WHEN
COTTON BALES FALL
(By Associated Press)
ATLANTA, May 6.—Six firemen
were killed and four hurt when bales
of cotton falling from a second floor
of a warehouse in which they were
fighting flames, buried them.
NEW PROHI. CHIEF
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 5.—J.
A. Foster of Boston has been appoint
ed divisional chief of phohibition en
forcement agent for the Eastern div
ision of Pennsylvania. Rheuben B.
Sams who has held that post will
head the field force in New Jerst,
ARMY TO HONOR
MOTHERS ON THE
TENTH OF MAY
ADJUTANT GENERAL ISSUES IN
STRUCTIONS TO COMMANDS
FOR SPECIAL CEREMONIES
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 6 —
A nation wide demonstration by the
army expressing affection and appre
ciation for the mothers of soldiers of
America has been ordered by the war
department on Mother’s Day, May 10.
Instructions to commanding gener
als of all corps areas and independent
army commands, ordering them to ar
range suitable ceremonies at posts,
camps and other stations, were for
warded today by Major General Rob
ert Davis, adjutant general of the
army.
Wherever practicable, the orders,
said, a ceremony by the personnel of
the army in honor of attending and
absent mothers should be held and the
graves in post cemeteries where sol
diers’ mothers are at rest, shall be
decorated. The commanding gener
als were instructed to issue invita
tions to mothers of soldiers to attend
the ceremonies, and it was suggested
that special invitations be presented
to all gold star mothers who could be
reached.
EIGHT RILLED IN
EXPLOSION OF
DEADLY BOMBS
THREE BUILDINGS WRECKED IN
BLAST—OWNER OF FRUIT
STORE SOUGHT
(By Associated Press.)
PITTSBURG, May 6.—Bight' mem
bers of the family of Clement Jere
mias were killed and three buildings
wrecked in Swissvale, a suburb of
this city , last night. The owner of
a fruit store where the explosion oc
curred, is sought.
NURMI HALTS TOUR
(By Associated Press.)
SAN FRANCISCO, May 6—Nurmi’s,
tour was stopped pending an investi
gation of his expense account, Fred
erick Rubien, chairman of the regis
tration committee, announced today.
! LAUDS HOUGHTON’S SPEECH
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 6 —
Houghton’s speech in London several
days ago was “timely, and a wise pro
nouncement, and its importance can
hardly be overestimated,” said Borah.
NORTH POLE TRIP
VIA AIRPLANE TO
STARTTOMORROW
NORTH POLE WHICH IS 680 MILES
AWAY WILL BE REACHED
IN EIGHT HOURS
(By Associated Press)
OSLO, May 6.—Amundsen’s north
pole flight by airplane has been ten
tatively set for Wednesday at four in
the afternoon. The start will be made
from Danes island off the Northwest
coast of Spitzenburgen.
With favorable weather, and a speed
of ninety miles an hour, the planes
expect to reach the pole, 680 miles
away, in about eight hours.
The airplanes carry gasoline suffi
cient for two hours more than the
round trip. A landing will be made
at the pole where observations will be
made in an attempt to find the exact
location of the pole. v
Amundsen stated that the planes
vill probably be gone several days.
OLDTIMERS OF NOME DISTRICT SAY
MAUDE WAS WIFE RAMPS PETERSON
AT TIME OF THEIR SUDDEN DEATH
SASKATCHEWAN WOMAN WAS MARRIED TO PET
ERSON BUT WAS DIVORCED IN NOME
IN NINETEEN HUNDRED FIVE
NOME, May 6.—Owing to many Nomeites being in
terested in the news that Inez Peterson of Saskatchewan
was still claiming she was the wife of “Ramps” Peterson,
our correspondent searched the records wThich showed Inez
who lives at Kew, Saskatchewan, married John “Ramps”
Peterson in Dawson, and was divorced in Nome, October
28,1905.
George S. Maynard stated a letter containing a sum
mons of Publication was mailed to Mrs. Inez Peterson at
Vancouver.
Oldtimers were astonished to learn there was doubt
that Maude, killed with Peterson and another woman in a
car which went into the bay at Seattle on February 1, was
his lawful wife, and offered to stake their pokes of gold
that she was his wife at the time of their deaths.
TROTZKY GREETED WITH
GREAT OVATIONS BY POOR
(By Associated Press)
ROSTOV, Russia, May 6.—Trotzky,
passing enroute to Moscow from Sun
hum, Trans-Caucasian resort, where
he stayed in an effort to restore his
health, addressed a large audience of
peasants here, receiving great ova
tions.
WEATHER FINE FOR FLIGHT
(By Associated Press.)
STOCKHOLM, May 6.—Weather
prospects are excellent for Amundsen’s
attempted flight to the pole.
WILL FLY TO DEASE LAKE
ON PROSPECTING TRIP
(By Associated Press.)
VANCOUVER. May 6.— Archibaml
Little, Detroit engineer, is here en
route to Prince Rupert, where he will
fly with three prospectors to the Dease
Lake and Peace River districts on a
prospecting trip.
HAMMON PEOPLE
WILL DEVELOP
IN NOME DISTRICT
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Wn„ May 6.—Norman C.
Stines, general manager for the Ham
mon Consolidated Gold Field compa
ny, who is sailing from this port for
the north on Saturday, said that the
United States Smelting and Refining
company owned by Hammon thru a
lease from the Miami Corporation of
Chicago, and gave Hammon absolute
control of the Nome gold area. He
declared the deal was one of the larg
est in the history of Alaska and said
that a vast development would move
in that district.
DEMAND INVESTIGATION
FAILURE OF CHICAGO RY.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 6.—Sen
ator Lenroot announced that he will
demand as soon as the Senate meets
an investigation into the failure of
the Milwaukee Railway. He explain
ed that “eleven hundred Wisconsin
stockholders who invested fifty-five
millions in the railroad, have no rea
son to doubt the honesty and efficiency
of the management during recent
years, but there are rumors that the
receivership was unnecessarily brot
about by a group of bankers.
COLFAX, May 6.—One hundred men
are combing the vicinity of Hall and
Tanko, where escaped San Quentin
convicts were seen during the day.
CAMPBELL GETS
TWO YEAR TERM
LEAVENWORTH
GORDON CAMPBELL CONVICTED
OF USING THE MAILS TO
DEFRAUD
(By Associated Press')
GREAT FALLS, May 6.—Gordon
Campbell. Montana oil promoter who
was mixed up in the Wheeler case,
has been convicted of oil frauds and
using the mails to defraud, and has
been sentenced to two years in Lea
venworth penitentiary.
An additional fine of one thousand
dollars was also placed on him.
PROHIBITIONiAS
LEAGUE WORRIED
(By Associated Press.)
DES MOINES, May 6.—The anti-Sa
loon League, after exhaustive inves
tigations in Dubuque, Clinton, Daven
port, Muscatine, Burlington and other
Iowa cities, reported the federal pro
hibition laws must be enforced to the
utmost or Iowa “must face the possi
ble modification’’ of permitting light
wines and beers.
DRASTIC MEASURES THROW
OFF AMERICAN FILM YOKE
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, May 5.—The Government
| has been urged to take drastic meas
ures to throw off the American film
yoke. Exhibitors may be required
to show an equal amount of footage
of British films to those of Ameri
can or continental origin.
OLD SIGNAL CORPS
OPERATOR NOW
IN SEATTLE
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, May 6.—C. E. Barret,
who is the first Alaska wireless oper
ator to arrive here to take a civil ser
vice position, was retired from the
signal corps four years ago.
He has been United States Marshal
on Prince of Wales island, and help
ed to erect the St. Michaels and other
safety stations in Alaska, against the
advice of Marconi, who said they
were too close to the magnetic pole
to render good service.