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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 64. SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
ROOSEVELT RECIPIENT OVA
TION AS WELL AS THE
PRESIDENT
SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Mar.,
23, (/p)_The rise of Porto Rico
from “stagnation to a high place
in the march of progress, consti
tuted a magnificent example what
capable, intelligent people may
accomplish under free institu
tions,” President Hoover told a i
large crowd here.
He joined his praises with j
acknowledgement of the prob- j
lems confronting the people.
Long before the President ar-1
rived at the new Capitol build
ing, every available space was
taken and when he entered the
legislative chamber he was given
a tremendous ovation.
After the speech of . welcome
by President Morales of the Sen
ate, President Hoover, * Governor
Roosevelt, Secretary of War Hur
ley and Secretary Wilbur of the
Department of Interior, adjourn
ed to a platform outside the'
building to reply.
Governor Roosevelt introduced
the President in Spanish. When
Hoover mentioned Roosevelt the
crowd cheered and demonstrated
widely.
‘WILD BILL' SHOT AND
KILLED III GHIGAEO
CHICAGO, Mar. 24. (/P) —William
•Wild Bill’ Rooney, for 16 years one
of the most powerful factors in
the Chicago labor movement, was
shot and killed while he stood in
front of his home waiting for his
automobile to be driven from
a nearby garage.
Three shots from a sawed-off
shotgun were fired from a blue se
dan and ended Rooney’s career.
He v/as married and had three
children.
MILLIONAIRE STABBED
BEATH SCREW DRIVER
NEW YORK, Mor. 24. (/P) — Cor
nelius Kahlen, aged millionaire
realtor, was stabbed to death with
a screw driver by Mario Maraniaco,
a former employee, who was ac
cused of intimacy with victim’s
elderly wife during the separation
proceeding about a year and a half
ago.
Marianioco confessed the crime
and surrendered.
BOSSY JONES NOW
MIN RESERVE ARMY
ATLANTA, Georga, Mar. 24. (/P)
-Bobby Jones was appointed cap
tain in the organized reserve of
the United States Army by Pres_
ident Hoover, it was learned here.
A reserve officer may be subject
to special and miscellaneous duty.
VOLCANO ACTIVE
DUTCH HARBOR, Alaska, Mar,.
25. (JP)— An unnamed volcano on
the East end of Umnak Island is re
ported active. No casualties have
been reported.
POOR 'SIP' OF
I BURGLAR TOOK
SHOT. REFLECTION
LET LOOSE THREE SHOTS AT
MIRROR THEN DOVE
! THRU WINDOW
1 CLEVELAND, Mar., 24, (JP)—\
(The burglar had just taken $50
from the cash register.
Then, gun in hand, he paus
ed to reconnoiter.
It was dark inside the Frank
| Fraiberg Music Store here and
'the man of stealth strained his
jeyes to see.
i Suddenly he trembled. Over in
a corner he saw the figure of a
man, gun in hand, watching
him!
Simultaneously the burglar and
the figure facing each other
raised their weapons and fired
three shots. Then, with a yowl, the
j burglar dove through a plate
'glass window and gave chase,
j The reason that those three shots
(fired point blank hadn’t wound
led him was that he had been
i shooting at his own reflection in
a mirror!
CASE SET FOR TRIAL
NEW YORK, Mar. 24. {/P)—Trial
of Issidor Kresal, Bernard Marcus.
Saul Singer, Herbert Singer and
Henry Pollock, directors of the de
funct Bank of United States, was
1 ordered to start March 30.
!
!
SIX MILLION
UNEMPLOYED IN U. S.
j WASHINGTON. Mar. 24. (^P)—
■ The number of jobless persons in
! the United States during the latter
: half of January was estimated at
; 6,050,000 by Secretary of Commerce
Robert Lamont.
! These were all •within Class “A”,
; or persons out of a job. able to work
or looking for w?ork.
IS ORDERED
DOOt OF DU
NEW YORK, Mar., 24, (JP)—
Georgia Gray, dancer who was
a witness against policeman L.
Halpern in a perjury case, died
at the Bellevue Hospital of
pneumonia.
An autopsy was ordered, how
ever, to make certain no suspi
cious poisons were present in
the organs at the time of death.
A UTTLE PRIVACY
LONDON, Mar., 24, (/P)—When
Prince George returns from Ar
gentine he will move into a
stately five-story mansion in
Mayfair which Queen Mary has
chosen for him. It will be the
first house of his own that the
29-year old prince has had.
DEDICATED TO ALASKANS
Aleutian History
>
J. N. Cannon |
The following is practically a literal translation
from the Russian taken from the manuscript of Fr.
Gedeon, priest-monk of the Alexandro-Nevsky Cathe
dral, Moscow, Russia, and was written in Kodiak be
tween 1804 and 1807. It has never before appeared in
print.
Continued from yesterday
Some time later, out of the fog a two hatch bidarca came to meet
us and was immediately returned with a letter to Russian Administrator
Banner, requesting the assistance of two bidarahs to tow our vessel
into the harbor; from 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. we kept firing cannon and
ringing the ship’s bell so that the bidarahs would not miss us in
the fog.
On July 1st, 2 a. m., having furled all sail, we dropped a stream
anchor in five fathoms of water—soft bottom. Administrator Banner
came aboard in a yawl and was accompanied by two, fourteen oar
bidarahs. At 11 a. m. the fog lifted and we weighed anchor and
were towed in St.Paul Harbor, Kodiak Island.
At 1 p. m. we passed the
American ship Ocean, anchored
there. As we passed Fort Baran
off, the fort fired a salute of 11
guns and after passing, dropped
our anchor, after a memorable
voyage of 26 days from Oahu
Island to Kodiak, Alaska.
KODIAK IN 1804
All the buildings in St. Paul
Harbor are built of spruce tim
ber. On the beach near our an
chorage is a rigging loft and
other large apartments for stor
age. On the hill opposite stands
the new government house, con
taining a library; from this, in
an oblong shape, are eight fam
ily residences.
There is not much timber
growing on this portion of the
Island, only a few scattering
spruce trees are to be seen in,the
distance; however, a riotous pro
fusion of wild flow'ers, of many
differing varieties, are growing
everywhere. Indeed, this is an
Island of enchantment and is j
considered by all the Russian
residents here to have the
most equable climate in all Alas
ka. One felt a delicious sensa
tion of mingled peace and aw©,
as the evening twilight lowered.
YE OLD CHURCH
Opposite the government house,
near the edge of the point
stands the old church (ten years
old) and belfry, with it’s dilapi
tated roof; to the right of the
church entrance is the com
munity’s cookhouse, and to the
left is the shed for bidarahs,
bidarcas, and various products;
in the rear of the shed is a ware
house for food supplies and a
balagan (cache)—a shed on
posts, the floor of which is com
posed of narrow strips to allow
a free circulation of air—for
yukele (dried salmon with back
bones removed) and katchemaza
(dried salmon, codfish or hali
but without backbones removed).
A bubble from the vintage of
1804:—
“What’s on yer mind, dear,”
sez she.
“Whale oil, honey,” sez he.
(Continued tomorrow)
ME
L CONT
I ALASKA AIRWAYS AWARDED
NINE ROUTES; DORBANT,
AND COPE, FIVE
! _
1
j WASHINGTON, Mar., 25, (£>)—
j The Postoffice department an
| nounced contracts over Alaska
| star route mail systems, awarded
j every four years, this year went
i principally to two airplane com_
i
j panies.
; The Alaska Airways have been
; awarded contracts over nine star
routes, and Dorbandt and Cope,
of the Pacific International Air
ways of Alaska, Inc., five star
routes.
The department made clear
the manner by which the mail
was to be carried is optional.
Hainer Hinhaw, Washington, D.
| C., representative of the Alaska
' Airways, announced, however,
! that the company’s airplanes
will be substituted for dog teams.
The schedules become effective
in October.
FISHERMEN’S STRIKE
IS OVER: VESSELS
PREPARING TO LEAVE
SEATTLE, Mar., 25, {/?)—Over
1,200 members of the Fisher
men’s Union last night voted un
animously to accept the agree
ment between the Union and the
Fishing Vessel Owners’ Associa
tion.
Halibut fishermen will return
to the fishing banks as fast as
vessels can be equipped.
The plan was worked out by
E. P. Marsh, U. S. commissioner
of conciliation; 200 Ketchikan
boats are offected.
FIRST BILLS OF
SESSION PASSED:
DIMONO'S. DUNN'S
SENATE TAKES STEP TO COD
IFYING, COMPILING TER
RITORIAL STATUTES
JUNEAU, Mar., 25, Special—Ex
emption of theaters and movies
I from Alaska’s blue laws is pro
| posed in a measure introduced
by Frank Foster. Present statutes
forbid Sunday shows which are
common all over the Territory.
Cal Brosius introduced a meas
ure increasing the sala**’'
curator of the Alar;
from $2,400 to $3,600. * %
The first bills passed the leg
islature yesterday when the
House passed the Dimond meas
ure authorizing the- treasurer to
accept collateral security instead
of security company bonds for
Territorial funds deposited in
banks, and the one by the late
John Dunn repealing Article 9,
chapter 97, Session laws of Alas
ka, 1929, calling for relative es
tablishment o f normal high
schools.
The first step toward codifying
and compiling Territorial statutes
was taken when the Senate com
-aitiee recommended passage of
the Lomen-Dunn bill to the end
of appropriating $12,000 for legal
preparation but leaving the print
ing to the next legislature.
NEXT WINTER AND SPRING
ARE GOING TO BE AW
FUL, HE SOBS
JUNEAU; Mar., 25, Special
Governor Parks and members of
the Territorial Legislature were
guests last night at the biennial
Chamber of Commerce banquet
at which the Governor praised
the movement for a Central
Chamber of Commerce and urged
its reorganization.
He also. predicted that the bus
iness and economic conditions in
the Territory will be more un
settled next winter and spring
owing to curtailment of cannery
and other fishing operations.
He urged all communities to
prepare to meet the adverse sit
uation outgrowing from that
source and said “Alaska never
had a breadline and does not
want one and I am sure it will
never have one."
OPERATION SUCCESSFUL
TILLFORD, England .V.u ?4 /.’)
—A sucessful operation was pir
formed on Philip Sno.vaon, clian
celor of the exchequer \vh». has
been seriously ill with cystitis, a
bladder ailment. His physician said
the patient had stood th*» opera,
tion. a minor one, well, a* .1 i; rest
ing easier.
Four One-Act Plays Thursday Nite
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