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: FKfENDS OfflWDKS'FILE FORMAL
. RECALL .CHARGES' AGAINST
. SEATTLE HEAD.
: SEATTLE, —The Citizens
Utilities Protective. League, domin
. ated by friat.d*JD#'Ji.'D..Ross, recent
ly deposed. hy—Mayor Edwards as
head-of the lighting.system, has filed
formal recall Charges against Mayor
Edwards,, alleging that the mayor has
.-known aad?wil£iitly permitted the col
lection of-larges'.sums of money by
members of the police force for pro
Section, fori the. ronlawful transporta
tion, . sale. anact. disposal of intoxicat
ing liuors, theapractice of prostitu
tion.. .and - operation -bf bawdy houses,
and gambling- and gambling houses.
..SEATTLE, .March-23.—Mayor Ed
wards, today named Major W. Chester
-Morse as light superintendent, to suc
ceed «J. D. Ra*s,htho council having
.refused- to lonfirnuMarion. The houn
—cil also -promptly rejected Morse.
SEATTLE, March-.23.—Mayor Ed
v wards this afternoon filed with the
•-council, his -reasons for not reappoint
■ ing Ross. He- charged that Ross had
-falsified the constrhction costs and
-estimates, and -had - attempted to
«wreck the city lighting .^system, and
. called upon the grand jury to investi
gate Ross’, acts.
BERLIN, .TMar,321.44lMuileiy twice
ehaiwelior, died last 'night.
GOV. PARKS MESBAfiEWFO
TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE
Voicing, a, pewerfuLplea'- for eeon
Tor economy in appropriations, urg
ing .-the elimination -of everything ex
cept the absolute essentials - of gov
ernment, Governor George A. Parks
a.few-days ego delivered his third bi
.mnial message to the Alaska Legis
lature, speaking, in pnrt,~as.follows:
“Yvfm-mie confronted >-wath a vtfry
great responsibility, 'perhaps ' the
.reateit that has ever been faced by
any oilier legislature .of this Terri
tory, ’ he said. “ “Those who are
charged with ! the administration -of
the T rritorial government have ob
served with deep apprehension the in
creasing demands on our treasury.
We know they cannot continue with
out distressing consequences, and yon
alone cantrol them. Appropriations
must be carefully considered and the
strictest economy observed.
“I regret that under present condi
tions it. is necessary for me to come
before you and recommend such dras
ic reductions: in appropriations, but
I am aware of no other method
whereby we can procide forr an Effi
cient administration of our Territor
ial government and not exceed our
* revenues during'..the next two years.
“Fortunately, we are certain that
the present adverse conditions are
my temporary. We know that our
industries are organized on a sound
basis, and a return to prosperity is
not questioned. But our plans must
be made no wfor the next two years,
and far this purpose we must assume
there will not be any change during
that period.”
The highest degree of cooperation,
he added, had been received from all
Territotorial officers and “to this cor
< dial support is due whatever degree
' of efficiency and success that may
Fred Moll ir
Forced Down
PILOT FORCED DOWN IN A RE
MOTE AREA IN THE CHI
SANA SECTION.
CORDOVA, March 19.—Advices re
ceived her ■ today state that Fred
Moll r, independent aviator who at
tempted flight from Fairbanks to
Eag'e City on March IT, made a land
tig: in a remote area about 70 miles
from ting City, in the Chlsaua sec
. on, apparently safe. Word from
King City states that Molier arrived
at that p ace a couple of days ago,
after his hike of about 70 miles for
he purpose cf obtaining gasoline to
v-fuel his ship so that he might re
sume his flight.
Pilot Gillam of the Gillam Airways,
following a search for Molier, states
that he located Moller’s plane but
aw nothing of the missing pilot, who
probably at that time was on his trip
to obtain gasoline.
Pilot Barnhi i has also gone from
Fairbanks ii. search f Mo lor, and is
taking with him a supply of gasoline
for the dealyed plane.
‘MIKE HALL” WINNER OF
AGUA CALIENTE HANDICAP
AGUA CALIENTE, March 23.—
M ke Hall, owned by the Eastman
Chicago, Sunday won the
Agua Caliente handicap, carrying a
parse of $100,000. The time for the
mile and a quarter was 2 minutes 3
seconds. Chocow was second, with a
nose behind the winner.
have been at ained.” The adminis
tration.of >ea he declared, had been
characterized for efficiency.
Governor Parks surveyed condi
tions generally, citing the 7.7 per
cent population increase noted in the
Federal decennial census reports and
declaring ‘twe have passed the periol
of decline. Proposed industrial de
velopments will attract new resi
dents and we may expect to increase
in population from this source in the
next biennium.” \
Alaska’s mines produced' $16,066,
000 ia-1929, a gain of $2;000*000 over
the precedng year, but in-'1930ii they
lost Jabeutk$£,500(000, i duet te' -the de
pression'in* copper and Other 1 base
metals. “There is every reason to
believe that gold production^ will', in
crease during the next-two years, al
though there may be a decline1 in the
production of copper andf other base
metals.” Last year the output of
gold mines increased about $635,000
over 1929.
Fisheries Hard Hit.
In his analysis of the salmon can
ning industry, the Governor revealed
the reasons impelling him to appeal
to the legislators for the “strictest
economy” This and mining consti
tute the Territory’s source of reve
nue, and receipts to the Territory
from the latter during the past bi
ennium declined 8 per cent from the
preceding two-year period.
The packers employed .29,283 per
sons in 1929. Fishing products that
year were valued at $50,795,819, but
as large as that was,, it was' $3,760,
000 less than in 1928. Official statis
tics for 1930 were not available, but
due to the red salmon failure in the
.Bristol Bay district and short runs at
Karluk and Chignik, the pack was
smaller than the average, and tax re
ceipts were disproportionately lighter
(Continued on Page 3.)
AIRPLANES AVArK&BBVCON
TRACTS FORA-ARRTING* MAIL
ON 14 HOTTEST *N 'ALASKA
WASHINGTON, Match 2fi. —The
Alaska Airways has .been awarded a
contract for carrying .mail ,i>yi; air
plane on nine Alaska routes '.inti- ±htx
Dorbandt & Cope Aviation Company
on five Alaska routes.
MIAMI t CITY, March !*20i-fiaE
V.’ood, on Indian creek this after
noon, established a new world speed
boat record, sending his craft over
i ; wat .r at a speed of 101 miles per
our.
$5,000 Fine
SETS A NEW WORLD
SPEED BOAT RECORD
METED OUT TO M. S. DAUGHER
TY, BROTHER OF FORMER
U. S. ATTY. GENERAL.
WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE,
Chio, Mar. 18.—Mai' S. Daugherty,
1 president of the Ohio State Bank, .a
! brother of former United States At
! torney Harry S. Daugherty, during
i the Harding administration, convicted
; of misappropriating funds of the
bank, was today sentenced to ten
; years in the penitentiary and 'fined
| $5,000. <
Telegraphic Ticks,
SEATTLE, Ma*’. 21—The steamer
Northwestern sailed for Southwest
ern Alaska this untuning with a pas
, senger list of >250, including 105 for
Seward and Interior points.
SEATTLE, Mar. i 21.—Many busi
ness and civic leaders are advising
Mayor Edwards to reinstate Ross, de
posed superintendent of Seattle’s
■ lighting system.
1 WASHINGTON^ Mar. 53.—Mrs.
Pickett, widow of Geseral Pickett,
who led the charge at Gettysburg,
died at her home here yesterday.
’■ TACOMA, Mar. 21.—Thomas Cars
tens, head of the Carstens Packing
Company, died at his home here to
day.
WASHINGTON, March 24.—Rear
Admiral Plunkett, retired, died at his
home here last night.
AL CAPONE SENTENCED TO
SIX MONTHS IN JAIL
CHICAGO.—Alphonse Capone was
adjudged in contempt of court for
failure to face a grand jury two years
ago and was sentenced by Federal
Judge Wilkinson to six months in the
Cook county jail.
The judge rebuked hi mfor falsifi
cation of an affidavit pleading illness
as an excuse to appear before the
jury. A physician’s affidavit said he
■ was confined to bed, but it was shown
he had taken an airplane ride to the
Bahamas at that time.
Shocked by the verdict, the swarthy
gangster paused in his gum chewing
and said: “We will get another
: court to overrule this court.”
Commitment to jail was stayed for
30 days. This is the first time Ca
pone has been sentenced in Chicago.
Helmer and Gus Heiberg are re
cent town arrivals front Genes. .
\
John W.Dunn
*Ded, Juneaua
■HONORED OLD-TIMER SUFFERS
i PARALYTIC STROKE—BODY
INTERRED'AT JUNEAU.
. JUNEAU, March - 20.—John W
Dunn, Territorial Senator for the
Fourth divis.on, died; here yesterday,
■death being due to a paralytic stroke
earning four days ago.
Following the death of Senator
Danny-bcth houses of the Legislature,
as a tr.bute of respect, for two. days
■have* held, daily sessions of about five
minutesveaeh .day, these being held
on.y for matters in connection with
the -passing of-the now lamented sen
, ator.
rac saroKev paralyzed practically
one side of the body.
Mr. Dwrov shortly before death, in
dicated that he wished his remains to
be interred at Buby, his home since
1911. This request, however, was
deemed impracticable ai thie time of
year, and his iljody will he placed at
final rest .‘tomorrow in the Juneau
cemetery.
John \\L Dunn was a native of
Faiis City, Jowa, and is survived by
one brother at that tdace, aside from
another brother and sister whose
residence is-not'known at this time.
Mr. Bunn first went to Fairbanks
hi 1908{waRd'aboiitl910or 1911 went
to Ruby, which latter place he con
tinued to wake his home. In 1919 he
was elected a representative of the
• Fourth division to the Territorial
j Legislature, which position he filled
f till the year 1923, at which time he
was chosen as senator’ for this divi
sion, which he- has -filled 'since that
time.
Many are the expressions of regret
at the passing of Senator -Duran.. His
honesty and integrity were outstand
ing traits. His friends ' throughout
the Territory were many, extending
from the Koyukuk, from all along the
"Yukon, all through the interior, «s
well as along the southern coast, and
universal regret will mark. his -pass
ing,
SLAPPED HIM IN THE FACE.
NEW YORK, Mar- 20.—Theodore
Dreisor, novelist, slapped. the face of
Sinclair Lewis, noted literary prjze
winner, at a dinner here last night in
honor of Bons Pilnyah, Russian com
munist. During a burning speech
Lewis had charged Dreiser of plagi
su? sm.
o .s I’r.. r.,; To-ibandt andt'Alonzo
Cop „ fly-g ini r .atronal Pacific
pUrnes, were Tuesday arrivals from
Anchorage_Mr. Dorbandt continued
to Flat with his passenger, Dave
Strandberg, while Mr. Cope went
back toAnfchorage from'here.
Al Siii.th, weil known oldtimer of
this section but who left here four or
five years ago for the Outside, was
an arrival at McGrath a couple of
days ago from Anchorage, having
been a passenger of Pilot Matt Nie
minen.
Members of Takotna school board
chosen at last Saturday’s election are
as follows: -Chester Brink, D. E.
Clough, Mrs, CL F. Lottsfeldt.
Charlie'Goebel left a couple of days
ago for his headquarters- at Gane^.
John Froelich and son Gerald were
yesterday arrivals, having come from
Poonaan.
Reno, Nev.,
1 Wide Open
I —
FARO, ROULETTE, CRAPS AND
SIMILAR GAMES AREvOREV
TO ALL COMERS
RENO, Nev., March 2T.—This >city
a now wide open, the new state law
iicensing gambling: having taken ef
fect Friday.
The recently enacted bill, provid
ng for wide-open gambling, is also
regarded as Nevada’s latest bid to in
crease the population of its divorce
colony in this city.
Faro, roulette, craps and similar
games, according to the bllj ust
enacted, will be taxed $70 a table per
. month, and .the revenues will be di
vided among city and county govern
, ments.
FAMOUS ITALIAN FLYER
FALLS -TO HIS -DEATH
PISA, Italy, Mar.. 21.—Lieut. Col,
Maddalena, famous Italian flyer,,
tinder of the dirigible Italia’s sur
; vivors, and two other aviators were
killed today when their -seaplane fol'
into the sea near here.
HOOVER OFF FOR BORTO RICOo
j OLD POINT COMFORT. Va., Mar.
21—President Hoover, aboard the
battleship Arizona, sailed today for
Porto Rico, where a vacation of sev
eral days will be spent.
—
STRETCHER PATIENTS TO BE
CARRIED AT REGULAR RATEF
Announcement ■was made toy Ar
thur W. Johnson, general manager ot
the Alaskan Airways, that hereafter
stretcher patients, in spite of the faoi
that they occupy practically the en
tire cabin space of a plane, will btj
carried at regular rates, says the
Fairbanks News-Mir.cr. This, Mr,
Johnson said, will considerably re
duce the cost in emergency' cases and
will be a .public service which the
Airway*'-will be pleased tc perform,
Fdnthesrmore, he added, when the
I stretcher patient reqhests that a phy
sician make the rodnd trip, the latter
will be carried free of charge one
way and the two-passenger rate will
be in effect returning to the base.
FOSHAY AN® 6 ASSOCIATES
MAKE PLEA OF NOT GUILT*
MINNEAPOLIS.— W. B. Foshay
: and six of his former associates in
the Foshay Company and subsidiaries
pleaded not guilty to using the mails
to defraud.
Federal Judge J. W. Molyneaux set
their trials for June 2. Federal offi
cials estimated the crash of the com
panies, operating utilities in more
than a score of states, Alaska and
Central America, would cost invest
ors more than $25,000,00l>.
■ ■
; Max Simel, after a brief business
visit here, got away early in the
week for his trading post In the
i Tolstoi section. One of the objects
• of Mr. Simel’s visit here was to ob
tain relief for Tom Irwin, an oldtlmer
of the Tolstoi section, who came to
his place some time previous in a >e
condition far from well. Mr. Irwin.
' a colored man, about-60 years of age,,
said Mr. Simel, is suffering apparent
ly from internal trouble Jmd -he
deemed it necessary that he should
be sent out.by airplane, to. receive
medical treatment.