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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 98.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
FIRST FATALITY
III COMMERCIAL
AVIATION. ALASKI
ONE MAN KILLED IN SOUTH
EASTERN ALASKA; THREE
ARE INJURED
KETCHIKAN, May 5. (A>)-45tevi
Selig, cannery fish-trap man an<
a native of Nova Scotia, was kille*
and his three companions injure*
when a Pioneer Airways mono
plane crashed at Karta Lake, 51
miles inland last night.
The injured were C. K. "Kinky
Alexander, general superintenden
of the Alaska Pacific Salmon Cor
poration of Seattle; A1 Dane
former superintendent of th
Chorniy salmon cannery and Alex
ander's assistant, and Pilot Jame
Dodson.
A rescue plane, piloted by Gen
Meyring, found the wreck an*
brought Alexander and Dano b
Ketchikan. On a second trip h<
brought Dodson, who was les
seriously hurt, then returned fo
the body of Selig who died si:
hours after the crash, unconscious
Dodson said he, himself, was un
conscious for 30 minutes. His shi]
nosed deep into the shallow wate
after a spin trying to gain alti
tude on a takeoff when returnini
from a fishing trip.
Alexander’s legs were broker
each in two places; Dano’s injur
ies may prove fatal. Dodson wa
paddling a pontoon down the lak
to get help when discovered. H<
had fixed splints to his one brok
en leg and intended removini
the others to the beach.
Selig was the first passenge
killed in a commercial plane ii
Alaska and the 11th fatality in i
Territorial plane. Meyring re
turned last night with the body.
Rescuers wallowed waist dee]
in the water. The injured lay oi
a door on cushions provided b:
Dodson and suffered from expos
ore.
Dano was holding his own las
night. Dodson rowed five mile;
before rescuers arrived; he wa:
praised for his courage.
[SUED CONVICT IS
NIBBED BY OFFICEB,
PETTING IN HI
NEW YORK, May 5. (JP)—Jame*
Nannery, leader and desperado
who escaped from Sing Sing pri
son in 1928, was caught by a Ion*
New Jersey policeman in Dove:
after a simple infracton of th*
parking law.
The policeman recognized Nan
nery and leveled a gun at hin
and then stripped him of twe
guns and a tear-gas pistol. Nan
nery admitted his identity.
A woman caught with him ii
believed to be the wife of Free
Burke, a notorious Chicago gang
ster, accused of the St. Valentin*
Day massacre.
HALIBUT PRICES
SEATTLE, May 5. (A1)—One ves
sel, the Estep, arrived with 15,00(
medium halibut and 9,500 smalls
selling for 7c and 10.
THE CONQUEST
OF ALASKA FUR
IFrom the dawn of Alaska history to the present
day a vast wealth in fur pelts continues to flow in
an endless stream year after year from the wild
reaches of the Territory through frontier towns and
trading posts to Seward, United States furriers and
world markets.
In the year 1728 the specter of fur lured Vitus •
| Behring, a Danish captain-mariner in the service of
l the Old Imperial Russian Government, to the dis
1 covery and naming of St. Lawrence Island and the
realm of Alaska. His auspicious reports to the Rus
sian Czar at St. Petersburg of “the great land” lying
, east of Siberia teeming with valuable fur bearing
t animals fired the imagination of the Russian ruler
and his court and in 1730 the Russians, Michail
'* Gvozdef and Ivan Gedorof, set sail from Siberia and
* reached the coast of Alaska near Cape Prince of
5 Wales forming the basis of Russia's claim to owner
ship of northwestern America. Glowing tales of
J wealth in furs were reported to the Czar from this
^ expedition, authenticating the previous reports of
» Vitus Behring and the mighty armed hand of Rus
s sia stretched over the roof of the world to a cam
r paign of conquest.
£ FUR TRADING POSTS ESTABLISHED
. Came the Russians, Alexei Chirikof, Grigor Ivan
> ovich Shelikof, Alexander Baranof, Otto von Kotze
r bue, Etholeq, Vassilpief, Kolomin, Zaikoff the Creol
* Anderi Glazanof and other equally famous Russian
fur hunters and traders unrestrained in their fran
tic effort to loot Nature’s great northern archive.
Sea ports in Alaska were founded, bringing forth
3 towns and villages. Forts were built and ships of
' war and commerce were constructed in the new
land. Fur trading posts were established throughout
r the Territory as far south and west as California.
Thousands upon thousands of Alaska sea otter
pelts were sent on to Petersburg, Moscow and world
L markets. Untold shipments of Alaska seal, beaver,
fox, mink, land otter, weasel, lynx and wolverine is
sued forth from this vast northern domain to Russia
and the world and financial rewards amounted to
T many millions of dollars annually.
ENDLESS STREAM OF FUR FLOWED
During that colorful period greed for Alaska furs
knew no bounds. In their covetous demand for pelts,
hunters and traders often treated the native Indians
with extreme cruelty. Violence, threats and com
pulsion followed by one outrage after another re
sulted in numerous reprisals with much shedding of
Russian and Indian blood. Scurvy, disease, massa
cre and death pursued in the wake of those early
traders but the endless stream of fur flowed ever
r onward to the enrichment of the Russian coffers.
\ CLAIMED PORTION RICH DOMAIN
Summing up the part which fur played in the
conquest, exploration and colonization of Alaska, the
s historian Bancroft chronicled: “Call it science or
' patriotism, or progress, there is this to be said
; about the first Russian discoveries in America-—little
would have been heard of them for some time to
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SAILING FOR HOME
) LONDON, May 5. OP)—Senator
. and Mrs. Dwight Morrow returned
to London after six weeks Euro
■ pean holiday chiefly in Sicly and
[ will sail homeward within a week.
TRAINING JAUNT
ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y., May
5. OP)—Clyde Pangborn and Hugh
Herndon, Jr., who plan a round
the-world flight this spring, will
i take off for a non-stop flight of
, 1600 miles to San Juan, Porto Rico,
as a training jaunt.
THE STOCK MARKET
A. Juneau 13%, A. Can 110,
Bancorporation 20*4, Cities 15%,
Cons. Gas 94 %, Zellerbach 3 %,
Durant 2, Motors 42%, Goldman
7%, Int. Tel. 27%, Kennecott 20%,
Lehigh 84%, Radio 16%, Richfield
1%, Stand. N. J., 37%, Carbide 51
%, Union Calif., 17%, Steel 116%,
Stand. Oil Calif., 37%, Stand.'Oil
N. Y., 19%.
PIER AGENT INJURED
SEATTLE, May 5. D.
Dwyer, pier agent for the Pacific
Steamship Company, was critically
injured in a plane crash in the
southern end of the city, and
George Svensson and L. P. Mc
Murtry, private pilots, were slight
ly injured. They narrowly missed
several buildings.
MEwrwrlD
icn m dost
FROM SUNKEN VESSEL
JUNEAU, May 5. (^—Prepara
tions are in progress for imme
diate resumption of efforts to ob
tain the gold lost when the SS
Islander sank off the end of Doug
las Island.
A barge from Bremerton will be
anchored over the submerged craft
the middle of this month and an
attempt to put chains under the
hull to draw her ashore will be
gin.
Curtis Brothers of Portland ac
quired the contract for raising
the ship from the Wiley brothers
of Olympia and said they would
start recruiting workers May 15.
They hope to have the vessel on
the beach in four months.
JODI FRINK RUOKIN
DIES, SIM FRANCISCO
SAN FRANCISCO, May 4. (/P)—
United States Circuit Judge Frank
Rudkin, 67, died Sunday after an
illness of 11 days.
He became Circuit Judge at
Spokane in 1911; he was admitted
to the bar at Yakima in 1887.
Burial will be made at Olympia,
Wash. He was former Chief Jus
tice of Washington State Supreme
Court.
Doctors ascribed the judge’s de
votion to the cause of justice as
the leading cause of his death.
' WASHINGTON, D. C., May 5. (/P)
—President Hoover issued an exe
cutive order amending civil serv
ices relating to veterans prefer
ence.
Under the amendment, honora
bly discharged soldiers, sailors
and marines will have five points
added to their earned ratings in
examinations for entrance to
classified government service.
TOURISTS INCREASE
LONDON, May 5. (/P>—In spite
of the depression the number of
American tourists to Britain show
ed an increase of 4,622 in 1930
accordng to official figures from
the home office, which give the
total number of visitors from
America as 107,078.
500 COMBAT PLANES
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 5. (JP)
—Six cities, Chicago, New York,
Boston, Atlantic Cty, Philadelphia
and Washington, will see more
than 500 army fighting planes in
“combat” beginning May 20.
cndgs. YOUNG
MEM. ASKING FOR
' OUTRIGHT REPEAL
DENY SOLOES WOULD RETURN;
HOPE ^ACHIEVE RESULT
WEY? YEARS
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 5. (^P)
—Outright I repeal of the 18th
amendment* yra<-<tirr*w<icea~*4is the
go e Crusaders of the anti
prohibition organization „_mposed
of young men.
Their objective was made known
by the National commander, Julian
Codman. He denied vigorously
that repeal would result in the
return of the saloon.
The Crusaders declared their be
lief of repeal will be achieved in a
few years. The body recommended
that the governor of each State
ask authority from their legisla
ture to appoint a special commis
sion to study regulation and re
port the best form of regulation
for prohibition which would be
established in each State in the
event of repeal.
ON WAY TO PRISON
KETCHIKAN, May 5. </P)—Offi
cers left aboard the SS Yukon for
Seattle enroute to McNeil Island
penitentiary with Bert McDonald,
convicted of murdering the Ket
chikan fish buyer, George Mar
shall, and who was sentenced to
life imprisonment at hard labor.
HERB FIXES UK
FOR PRESENT WORLD
WIDE DEPRESSION
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 4. (A5)
—President Hoover told representa
tives of business from more than
two-score nations of the Interna
tional Chamber of Commerce that
further limitation in reduction of
armament must be accomplished
if the world is to recuperate econ
omically and banish the fears that
contribute to the general stability.
He said a large part of the re
sponsibility existing for world-wide
depression must be placed on the
“malign inheritances from the
World War. Armament reduction
is of ultimate importance and
transcendent over all other forms
of international economic coop
eration." •
AVIATOR COMING ALONG
NEMURO, Japan, May 5. (JP)—
Seiji Yoshihara landed at 11:54 a.
m. after a 297 mile flight from
Numasayi.
HALIBUT FARES
PRINCE RUPERT, May 5. (/P)—
Sixty-six thousand pounds of hal
ibut from Amercan vessels sold
for 8c to 15c and Canadian fish
6c to 13c.
EIGHT KILLED IN RIOT
CAIRO, Egypt, May 5. (JP)—The
arrival of Nahas Pasha, National
leader, at Benisuef was followed
by a riot in which eight were
killed when police fired into the
crowd. Seven policemen were in
jured.