MEMBER NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION
MEMBER AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 136. SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
PRESS or LONDON
TAKES PERSHING
TO TASK; CRITICISM
STATEMENTS UNGENEROUS BUT
DEMONSTRABLY
UNFAIR
LONDON, June 19. (^—General
Pershing’s criticism of the British
Army in the World War as re
vealed in his recent book just pub
lished here, is the subject of re
sentment from the press.
The London Post described his
statement that the Allied troops
•\vere at a low point of moral in
1918 as “not only ungenerous but
demonstrably unfair.’’
The Daily Mail declared the Brit
ish were always reluctant to crit
icize American troops and leaders
and asked if it “isn’t unreasonable
that in return we look to such
a distinguished American General
for something more than an in
dictment of our supposed mistakes
and failures?’’
BIG CARGO FISH RUPERT
PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., June 19.
JP)—Two American boats, the
Clipp and the Westjord, landed
34.000 pounds of halibut here to
day without a protest from local
fishermen.
They said boats at sea knew
nothing of the recent Canadian
agreement to tie boats up between
trips which action was arrived at
because of the prevailing low'
orice of halibut.
CANTON, China, June 19. (/P,*—
The low value of silver has caused
a boom in real estate here. Land
prices have risen 80 per cent since
the first of the year.
The heaviest investors are Chi
nese living in the United States. j
With one gold dollar worth five j
in silver, they have been sending i
considerable sums in American j
currency for investment in Can- j
ton lots.
In the business district a general |
reconstruction is under way. Old j
wooden buildings are coming down
and modern office and shop struc
tures are going up.
WALKING INSTEAD FLYING
CORDOVA, June 19, —Pilot'
Deiterle, of Kennecott, is mush-;
mg to civilization after landing 50 j
miles from Long Lake, in the;
Bremner country. Deiterle was on j
a prospecting flight and made a j
perfect landing on a small cleared j
spot. He was unable to take-off ■
again, not having sufficient clear-:
ance room for a runway and will j
ask help from the Alaska Road
Commission to clear an emergency;
field so he can bring his plane j
out.
The U. S. Customs Office at Pet- ■
ersburg is to be moved from its
present location to the Bank Build
ing, according to the Petersburg
Press.
FLIGHT POSTPONED
NEW YORK, June 19. (/P)— Ruth
Nichols damaged her plane in
landing at the Floyd Bennet air
port and as a result, the first leg
I of her proposed flight to Paris is
■ postponed for several days.
Hill VEDA CRUZ
CALLED ON “CIBPET”
DUE TO BILL PASSED
! MEXICO CITY, June 19. </E>)—
| Governor Tejeda of Vera Cruz is
jhere, having been summoned by
| the Rubio conference presumably
j in connection with the passage of
j the anti-church bill by the Vera
Cruz legislature after the Papal
Nuncio Ruis y Flores announced
he would defy the measure re
stricting a population of more than
1,000,000 to only 11 priests.
Official circles expressed the
opinion the religious situation is
agitated by the protests of htous
ands of Catholics but that it will
be settled satisfactorily.
NATIONAL
Pittsburgh i, New York 3.
Cincinnati 4, Philadelphia 5.
St. Louis 5, Boston 4.
Chicago 5-8, Brooklyn 7-0.
AMERICAN
No games scheduled.
PACIFIC COAST
Oakland 1, Seattle 9.
San Francisco 4, Los Angeles 2.1
Sacramento 5, Portland 6.
Hollywood 12, Missions 7.
HQIfll JiESTOWN
ENTERS ARLINGTON MEET
CHICAGO, June 19. </P)—Epi
thet, son of the French champion,
Epinard, and the only horse ever
to beat Jamestown, last year’s:
two-year-old champion, has been
nominated for the Arlington clas- |
sic. to be run in July.
The Warm stable of Lexington, j
Ky., also has nominated Epithet j
for the Stars and Stripes handi-!
cap, the Arlington handicap andj
the Arlington inaugural handicap.
HALIBUT PRICES
SEATTLE, June 19. (/P)—Halibut
from one vessel totaling 7,000
pounds sold for 6c and 13c.
BACK AGAIN
After an absence of 14 years, j
George Forselles, known through- I
out Alaska in the early days as J
the “Swedish Count,” has returned j
to the Northland to search for
gold. Accompanied by Dr. Harry
P. Reed, former Alaska dentist,
the “Count” arrived at Fairbanks
for a short stay before striking
out for the Koyukuk, reports the!
News-Miner.
Horace O. Adams returned to |
Juneau recently from Seattle to!
resume his duties as assistant ]
agent of the Alaska Steamship
Company.
An appropriation of $5,000 has
been made by the Forest Service
for the construction of a new
dock and warehouse at Ketchikan,
says the Tribune.
CAPTAIN. HALIBUT
VESSEL. DENIES!.
CREW THREATENED
SOLD CARGO AT KETCHIKAN
FOR ORIGINAL TRICE,
4Vsc AND 7c
KETCHIKAN, June 19. (ff)—
Capt. H. A. Hansen of the Estep,
who refused to sell his halibut
catch here Thursday on account
of the low prices, and who sailed
to market his fish at Prince Ru
pert, returned to Ketchikan Friday.
Captain Hansen said the crowd
on the docks of Prince Rupert
persuaded him not to sell his fish
there; he denied the reports that
a group of Canadian fishermen
threatened him and his crew with
violence.
His cargo of 19,000 pounds sold
here at the original offer of V/2c
and 7c.
The Fishing Vessel Owners As
sociation here communicated with
Prince Rupert, saying no advan
tage was seen in not allowing
American boats at the Canadian
port inasmuch as most of the
American fish was bought for the
American market and- goes to the
same place whether sold at Ket- |
chikan, Prince Rupert or Seattle. i
Some fishermen captains here i
favor a 10-day tie up between
trips.
OLD CATCHER GROWS NUTS
CHICAGO, June 19. (/P)—Billy
Sullivan, famous catcher for the I
Chicago White Sox in the days of I
Ed Walsh, Doc White and Nick
Altrock, is a prosperous walnut
grove owner in Oregon. His two j
sons, Joe and Billy, were star ball
players at Notre Dame. Joe a sec
ond baseman and Billy at first.
American business is in the!
dumps and the demand for metals
from the mines is at a low level.
The mines are in a position to
produce copper, lead and zinc with
great economy and in great ton
nage but until our manufacturing
plants turn on the steam and the
world gets in step again these
mines will have to mark time.
Those who believe in the future
of the nation can find some great
bargains in metal shares.
Dividends paid by the larger
mining companies of America in
April, 1931, are lower than for
the month of April a year ago.
Those companies that give out in
formation as to dividend disburse
ments, paid out over $20,000,000
to stockholders in April, 1930, as
compared with $11,358,844 in April,
1931. There are many small com
panies, leasing syndicates and in
dividual leases that do not make
public their profits and dividends
which would add greatly to the
list if the figures were sevealed.
Gold mining companies were
the bright spot in the dividend
list for the month just closed.
The Nome Creek dredge is op
erating and a cleanup should be
made in a couple of weeks.
GRADS SEEK FEDERAL JOBS
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 19.
(/P)—An increase in the number
of college graduates seeking gov
ernmental positions is attributed
to the business depression.
DRUGGED BULLETS
RULED TO SOLVE
common pun
| WASHINGTON, D. C., June 18.
| OP)—Drugged bullets, fired by an
African big game hunter from a
| pistol-like gun mounted on a tri
pod, have failed to solve the con
servation problem of how to cap
ture deer alive in overcrowded
sections for shipment to areas
where deer are scarce.
Experiments which recently
closed near Alpena in northern
Michigan were unsuccessful be
cause of mechanical difficulties en- j
countered and lack of snow deep i
enough to drive deer into yarding i
grounds, a bulletin of the American j
Game Association reports.
Captain Barnett Harris, inventor j
of the drugged or hypodermic bul- j
let, after “shooting to sleep” many j
African big game animals, was able j
to bring down only three of Mich- j
igan’s deer
Two of the deer did not wake up j
at all, and the third remained un- !
conscious for more than an hour, j
The survivor, however, seemed!
none the worse for its experience, j
Captain Harris expressed belief
that with further adjustment of.
the anaesthetic charge of drug j
in each hypodermic projectile and
in a normal winter, when the deer
congregate in close quarters, his
device will “work like a charm.” i
SAN RAFAEL. Cal., June 19. (/Pj j
—San Quentin penitentiary has
talking pictures with a sound pro
ducing apparatus constructed by
a convict who had never seen or
heard the latest of the motion
picture screen.
Edward Carlton, prison photo- j
grapher, got together odd bits of,
apparatus to build his “talkie.” I
IS CONSIDERING MATTER
RENO, June 19. (/P)—Peter Arno,
New York cartoonist, announced
he is considering bringing Van
derbilt’s attorney, Samuel Platt,
to account for the “absurd” state
ments blaming him for troubles
in the Vanderbilt household.
NEW OPTIMISM
The arrival of the first tourist
boat in Ketchikan, recently
aroused a new feeling of optimism
and the sale of bright shiny cu
rios, multi-colored totem poles,
nugget jewelry, and all things Al
aska put new money jingling in
the cash drawers of Ketchikan
stores, says the Tribune.
Twenty million baby fish, sock
eye variety, at the government
fish hatchery at Yes Bay, near
Ketchikan, eat about two tons of
food — frozen salmon eggs — per
week, says the Tribune.
The annual value of Georgia’s
natural resources is estimated at
$672,133,788.
E
E
! GOVERNMENT ALREADY TAKEN
STEPS AGAINST SUC
CESSOR
CHICAGO, June 19. (/P) — The
Herald Examiner said Johnny “The
Immune” Torric has succeeded
Capone.
By a proclamation Torric has
invested himself with the ducal
robes of gangland leadership in
haunts throughout half the world.
Torric brought Capone from
Brooklyn a decade ago to manage
Colosimo’s 22nd Street vice dis
trict. When Torric abdicated Ca
pone climbed to the throne.
The newspaper said Torric or
dered Capone to “take the rap”
and plead guilty to the indictments
charging liquor law and income
tax violations.
U. S. District Attorney Johnson,
director of the drive against Ca
pone, said the government already
has made a plan of offensive
against Capone’s successor.
SCIENTIST ENTERS ARCTIC
ON 5,000-MILE ECC RUNT
PITTSBURGH, Pa., June 19. (*P)
—A 5,000-mile trip into the Arctic
in search of a bird’s egg was start
ed from here recently by Dr. Geo.
Miksch Sutton, state ornithologist.
The egg is that of the Harris
sparrow, an egg never yet seen by
man but which Dr. Sutton hopes
to bring back for the Carnegie
museum. His party will go to the
Arctic coast of Canada by way of
Winnipeg and Hudson Bay.
STOCKHOLM, June 18. UP)—'The
“lower Home fund,” founded by
Alma Hedin, sister of the explorer,
Dr. Sven Hedin, is celebrating its
10th anniversary.
Its idea is that money ordinarily
spent bn flowers at funerals should
be contributed to homes for the
aged.
Today there are two fine “flow
er homes” in Stockholm, with mo
dern, cosy apartments, and six
more are nearing completion. The
occupants pay nominal rent and
have life leases.
JURY FAILED TO AGREE
SAN DIEGO, June 19. OP)—The
Pantages girl market jury having
failed to agree, he and three co
defendants faced a retrial July 13
tentatively set by the government
which sent a letter to the Amer
ican consul at Genoa, Italy, asking
to obtain the officially certified
copy of the birth certificate of
the Nitto girl.
The inside walls of the Peters
burg Cold Storage were being lined
with four inches of pressed cork,
according to the last issue of the
Petersburg Press.