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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-21
SUPREME COURT.
UPHOLDS BRUNO.
CRAuDE FINDING.

PHOENIX, Dec. 2O.-(P)-In an opin-
ion handed down today, the state su-
preme court held that persons of suffi-
cient age and intelligence to realize the
hazards of riding in or on an automo-
bile. ride at their own risk when they
are on or in cars owned or driven by
persons other than themselves.
The case came up from Cochlse
county, the court affirming the judg-
ment of the Cochise county superior
court which found against Frank
Bruno and in favor of John Grande.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-21

Volunteer censors are working in
London with official consent, This
is an entirely new step in municipal
affairs. 1t is designed to aid the
lord chamberlain in keeping watch
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-21
DEALS CONFIRMED

NEW YORK, Dec. 20 P).-The New
York World says the New York yam
KEGS today completed two deals,
sending infielder Aaron Ward to the
Chicago White Sox and Pitcher Sam
Jones and Walter Beall to the St
Louis Browns.
In exchange for Ward, the New
York team will get Grabowski and
an infielder from the Chicago club.
For Jones and Beall, st. Louis will
exchange Cedric burst, outfielder
q left handed pitcher and two other
players. the world says. Joe Giard
is mentioned as likely to be the
moundsman.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-21
ELEkS

The Lions bowling team defeated the
B. and P. team at the Elks' home
Monday night by the score of 1855 to
1894 Wish was high man for the win
ners with a score of 563, and Foster
was high man for the B. and P. team
with 444.
Lions. - Mcmillan, 537; Wylie, 398;
Eberhardt ATT; Wish, 563. Total, 1855.
B. and P. - Schwantes, 426 Foster
444; Peterson, 351 Shotwell, 3G6. To-
tai, 1894.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-21
CHARITABLE DONATIONS

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 20 Especial to
The Dispatch) The federal treasury
has turned over the bureau of pub
lie charities the sum of 334,38S.04
pesos, which is the amount collected
by the treasury on donations, be.
quests and other money due the
bureau up to November /. The re-
mafnder of the money will be turned
over at an early date.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-21
STANFORD POLO TEAM WINS

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, 5oALO
AUTO, Calf, Dec. 20 R-stanford
made clean sweep of it's polo series
with oregon agricultural college by
winning the second and final game,
12 to 1, here today. The Aggies left
tonight for Tucson, Arizona, where
they will play the University of Ari-
Zona.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-21
BOWLING SCORES
Y. N. c. A.

The Arizona Edison team took four
points from the Warriors at the "Y'
alleys Monday night winning by the.
score Of 2142 to 1740. Guthrie was high
man for the victors, while Black was
best for the losers.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-21
Badness AMONG WOMEN
PREDICTED BY BARRIER
INDIANAPOl

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 20 P.-Bald''
ness is inevitable among women as
well as men, unless sanitary condi-
tions are improved in many barber
shops, believes James G. Shannesy'
president of the Journeyman Baroers
International union.
''It is not wild dream that bald
ness may come to plague women,
he declared. "Baldness, afflicts many
men, not because they wear their
hair short, but because they en-
counter scalp diseases in barber shops.
The remedy is state supervision or
the trade to enforce hygienic condi-
tions." cg
''No Breakfast Complete Without
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-21
By Williams

Grande was sued by Bruno, father OF
George Bruno, IA, who was fatally IN
jured in July, 1924 when he fell or was
thrown from the fender of a truck
owned and driven by Grande
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-21

PHILADELPHIA, Dec, 20 (P).-Ef
forts to identify young Joe" Wolcott,
negro pugilist, as the stranger" who
killed three women in this city last
year, failed Saturday when pawn
shop clerk said WOlcott Was not the
man who paWned certain articles
taken from the home of one of the
women.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-21

Spook voices are to be tested by q
delicate instrument installed at the
National Laboratory of Physical Re-
search. Scientists are eagerly await
ing the first trial of the new ma
chine. London and some of the near
by cities boast of ten or Is cXpe-
rienced mediums who specialize in
producing the direct or indirect spirit
voice and inducements have been
made to several of them to appear
before the apparatus at various times.
The instrument was conceived by
Prof. Harry Price, director of the
National Laboratory, and was de-
signed to establish definitely whether
alleged spirits of dead persons do
actually speak from space, as is con
tended by spiritualists at Seances.
Professor Price says his apparatus
is absolutely fraud proof and will pro-
vide tn emost drastic test ever ar
ranged for any medium who will agree
to an experiment.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-21

on theaters, night clubs, films, pic
ture postcards and books.
The London public morality council,
which includes leaders of every re-
ligious denomination and which is
presided over by the Bishop of Lon
don, has been endeavoring to i'm
press upon the lord chamberlain,
who acts as the city's official censor,
and the London city council, the good
that would result if the power of Ii
censing theatres was taken out of
the lord chamberlain's hands alto
gether.
The effort has not been successful,
but members of the morality council
have so altered the old policy of
Lord Cromer, the lord chamberlain,
that before granting a new theater
license he permits the council MEM
bers to state their objections to Ger
tain plays.
Pooling the receipts of all Lon
don's traffic undertakings is pro-
posed as a means of building subway
extensions to ease the transportation
plobIem The plans call for a COM
bine with a capital of more than
S1,O0O,O00,000.
A report on the subject has been
made by the London traffic advisory
committee to the ministry of trans
port The plan includes all the
tubes, buses, tram lines, and under
ground and suburban railway sys-
TENS. The proposal arose from de-
mands for an extension of the Great
Northern and Picadilly tube from
Finsbury Park to Wood Green in the
suburbs.
The committee takes the view that
case has been made in favor of
this extension but owing to financial
circumstances there is but scant pros
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-21

pect of the work being done unless
a pooling system for all the larger
paying traffic services is devised. 1t
is suggested that after payment of
operating costs the profits of the
pool would be divided among The un-
dertakingS, and in this way the
lame" lines would be assisted, and
numerous new extensions made pos
sibIe from time to time.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-21
king GEORGE A
POOR SHOPPER
AT HOLIDAYS

LONDON Dec. 20 PJ.-King George
gets as much kick" out of Christmas
as any of his subjects, but he has
tired of holiday shopping. SO Queen
Mary has taken on the additional
burden of buying the kings gifts
for relatives and friends and making
most of the selections for the Prince
of Wales, as she has done for years.
The king made but one shopping
expedition this year. That was Vto
a charity bazaar. He purchased jump
ing-jacks for Princess Mary's two
boys and a West Indian pickanninny
doll for little Princess Elizabeth. Then
he let it be known in the royal
household that he had done his first
and last shopping of the season.
on this account the queen has been
buster than usual this year on sew
eral occasions she devoted an entire
day to buying Christmas remem-
brances which are to be given in
the name of her husband and son.
The Alaskan., 1926-09-10
VIRGINIA CLARK DEAD

Rev. Robert J. Diven of Wran- sell received word from Rev. J. s. Clark that his daughter Virginia vas dead. Miss Clark was a gradu- ate of the University of Washing ton and taught one year at Kodiak. She was married to a fellow student from Washington.
 Rev. Clark for several years was rastor of the Presbyterian Church at Wrangell. It was while he had charge of that work in Wrangell and I etersburg that he started the pre- sent Lutheran Church of Peters burg. When the Presbyterian Board withdrew from active work in the Petersburg field, they sold their pro- perty to the Lutheran Church under whose auspices the church has been operated since.
The Alaskan., 1926-09-10
FOX FARMERS
 pROSPER|NC

The fox farms in the Kusiloff dis trict have prosperous appearance and it was learned by MT. Brown that there was a very substantial in crease this season. the average be- ing close to 200 per cent.
 Archie Mclean is preparing to try the experiment. of raising cattle for fox feed, confident that it can be done successful in that region. In that way he will have both fresh milk and beef for his foxes. He also is putting in a tractor at his place for general utility work.
 Pete Madsen and Pete Jensen, partners in thriving fox farm in the same locality, have purcheased five tube radio receiving set to pro- vide entertainment at there place during the long winter evenings. At the present time it is necessary for all the farmers to gather at the Williamson place to hear the air programs, which is somewhat of an inconvenience during the winter for those residing at a distance from the station.
 Game Warden Al Hardy, who is starting a fox ranch close to the Williamson place, is at present with the hunting varty sent into that re- zion by the Alaska Glacier Tours association. He has his new house almost ready occupancy.---Gateway.
The Alaskan., 1926-09-10
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
 FIRST DIVISION

During the past winter consider able talk was made of the indus trial school planned for the first di- vision for Native children Local organizations took up with the Blu reau the matter of having the school between Petersburg and ScOw Bay At the present time there is no indi- cation that the school will be built Nery soon. No provision having been l.ade in the budget for 1927.
 However, it is not believed that it will be possible to get the school near Petersburg as the proximity of tue school to towns is not thought desirable. There are some who fla vor Metlakatla owing to the fact that original plans of the Bureau was to build at Metlakatla. Tn fact the present school building in that town was to have been the first unit of such a school. However, the '"hlinget and Hydah people opposed the building vf the school in that town so the department has made no active plans to build at any point It has further been said the Bureau is not pushing the mat ter very hard at Washington ons ac- count of the fact that it might in terfere with the present building program of industrial schools in the other divisions.
 However the effort to get such a the fact that such a school would entail an original expenditure of ap- rroximately a half million dollars. The matter of outftting children as they come and go to the school V ould be an item that would mean much to any town; that without considering the large force necessary to hte management of an establish ment as such a school must be.
The Alaskan., 1926-09-10
ALASKA EXPORTS
 0N INCREASE

Alaskan products shipped to the States during the month ofAugust had an aggregate value of $14,121, l8O.. according to the monthly re- Iort of John c. Mcbride, Collector of U. s. Customs. The monthly ex port commerce amounts in value to s3,16O,79S. greater than that in the sac month last year.
 The principle commodity shipped was canned salmon valued at $11, &77,567. which was $3,092,18 greater then in August, 1925. The export of canned salmon in August of this year represented S1,078,096 pounds of salmon while that of last year represented 60,095,008 pounds.
 The shipment of furs and fur skins shows a slight decrease from last year, being $3O,219 and last August being $36,381.
 Copper shows a large increase be- ing valued at $926,943. an increase Of $908,850. it being quoted at SIS, 0S3 in August last year.
The Alaskan., 1926-09-10
RAILROAD GIVES
 GOAL CONTRACT

The Alaska Matanuska Coal com pany has been awarded contract to supply the Alaska Railroad with 25,OOO tons of coal according to re- cent announcement. This company submitted the lowest bid. Other companies which submitted bids were the Premier Coal Company and tho Evan Jones Coal Company. Spe- c;hcations call for 85 percent mine run and 15 percent steam coal.
 This contract insures the opera ton of the Alaska Matanuska coal mines for a period of eight to ten months. The terms of the contract call for delivery of from 2,5O0 to 1000 tons monthly. This allows but one handling as the coal may be taken directly from the cars and saves handling costs.
 The Evans Jones Company has closed it's plant indefinitely as there is not sufficient coal orders on hand to take care of operating costs.
The Alaskan., 1926-09-10
LOCAL SCHOOLS OPEN

The local schools opened Tuesday with an enrolment of I'll. There are twenty-four beginners under Miss Morrow; and twenty-two in the second grade which Miss Dick ems teaches. The fourth grade so large that they are dividing it by giving Miss McKecknie, who teaches the third grade this year, a ra1t of it and the other half to Miss Wick, who will also have the whole of the fifth grade. Miss Peterson will teach the sixth and seventh grades, having an enrolment of tnirty-one. The twelve members of the eighth grade will be housed and taught together with the high school. This year the high school has an enrolment of twenty-five; eight Freshmen, eleven Sopho- mores, five Juniors, and one Senior Miss Ruby Raynor holds the honor of being the only member of the Senior class. Since each class is re- presented and four teachers en- rloyed, all the requirements for an accredited high school are met, so the faculty is in hopes of this year attaining the privilege of being the privilege of being classed with classed with other accredited schools of Alaska.
The Alaskan., 1926-09-10
COURT BUSY NATURALIZATION
 CASES

Ninety-six declarations for citizen papers, 36 petitions for final papers, eight residents made citizens, some divorce matters and number of de- fault orders, were the sum total of the recent floating" term of court session to the Westward, occording to Clerk of the Court Wm. H. Whit tlesey, member of the official court party which returned to Se- ward yesterday on the SS. Starr.
 The arrival of the court party marked the completion of the first so-called floating term of court in the vast Westward region in Il years.
The Alaskan., 1926-09-10
COLLEGE GETS
 DEPT. AID

The Board of Trustees in a meet ing recently approved the plan to cooperate with the U. s. Biological Survey so that work of that depart ent will be carried on at the Fair banks Collage, The work will be in connecaion with reindeer investi- gation and general Iabratory experi- mentation in forage and grazing problems necessarily connected with the successful development of northern herds.
 A forty acre tract on the northern slope of the college is being fenced by the Bureau for the purpose of corraling animals for scientific ex- pertinent in breeding and forage. A wind shelter will be constructed for ten reindeer and few caribou it is expected will be on the campus this winter for a start. MT. Palmer ex- piained that this was only the begin ing as other stock would be added and the field of investigation widen ed. Under the terms of the agree ment the Survey is granted the use of the collage ground for experi- mental herds, and thhe use of the biological laboratories for it's investi- cations.
 A bill which will come up for fin- al action in the next Congress, car lying an appropriation of S5O,00O, provides for the introduction of musk oxen into Alaska. No doubt some of the experimental work with these animals will be carried on at the Collage in the event the bill receives favorable action from Con- Gress.
The Alaskan., 1926-09-10
TEACHERS INSTIgJIE

"The Teachers Instituo, !r my opinion. accomplished the ! .r!cse for which it as organized" Lester D Henderson, commissiol.r of edr- cation declared, addressing the Lrdy of a hundred or more teachers and townspeople who were D. esent in the auditorium of the h:e,l school Thursday afternoon. "'l9 teach. CTS who attended it be- tI29 better acquainted with the Alas'ca schoG. system and one anothet
 "Of the greatest importance is the fact that they gained all inspiration tFat shall enable them to better discharge their obligati'n. to Alas- ka's greatest possesstor-her chtl- dren.
 "The number of tea her. in at- tendance fell somewhat under the hundred it was anticipated would be present. A keener appreciation of the institute on the pat of schccl boards should result in the correc. tion of this defect.
 ''The visiting educators expressed themselves as highly pleased with the quality of teachers present and with the interest they manifested It presages splendid year for the Alaska schools.
 T wish to express my keen ap- preciation of the interest displayed and the courtesies extended to the teachers and instructors attending the institute, by the various orgari- zations and individual re, dents of Ketchikan." Chronicle.
The Alaskan., 1926-09-10
HUMANE SYSTEM
 .. TRAPPING ANIMALS

Robert F. Lincoln, naturalist, in 5n address before the American Hu mane Society of Portland, Oregon, urged that trappers, magazines and fur companies unite in a campaign Of educating the trapper to the inn rortance of humane methods, re- commenting that traps should be visited twice every day and traps should be set so animals would be drowned without suffering.
 We might suggest that MT. Lin coin set line of traps eight or ten miles over the hills of our shore line and have him visit that line twice a day. We have not bit of doubt that after such tramp through the snow and wet he would not be so vociferous in advocating impractical methods.
The Alaskan., 1926-09-10
AERIAL MATTERS
 GOING SOUTH

One of the flying machines at tached to the air mapping fleet ar lived in port this afternoon. The Gannet left Juneau this morning and should arrive sometime this ev- ing. The other flyers with the ex- ception of It. Ben Wyatt, will be along most anytime. It. Wyatt stopped on Admiralty for a little hunt with Gambler Bay" Jim.
 Work of this expedition for this year is at an end. The position of the sun being such that most eff fective photographic work is not possible.
 The fleet will stop here over night and will also stop at Ketchi- kan probably for day before pro- ceeding on south.
 The work of these men has been appreciated by the people of the Alaska and will be of untold bene- fit to navigators and to those also interested in the resources of the I erritory
The Alaskan., 1926-09-10
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the Common Council at its last regular meeting fixed the tax levy for the year 1926 at twenty (2O) mills on each dollar of assessed valuation for municipal purposes and five (5) mills for the payment of interest on the bonded indebtedness.
 Taxes are now due and payable at the office of the Town Treasurer at the Bank of Petersburg, and will become delinquent on the first day of October at 6 o'clock p. m. Un- less paid prior thereto 10 percent of the amount of the tax will be added to the amount due together with interest at the rate of 8 per. C'nt per annum from the date of delinquency until paid.
 T. s. ELsEMORE Treasurer. ---0-0-20
The Alaskan., 1926-09-10
ARRESTED FOR LARCENY

Chris Christensen was arrested on warrant alleging larceny of two hundred odd dollars. He plead guilty and was sentenced to term in the federal BastileA
 Joe and w. Brady were arrested by Marshall McGreggor on war rant charging them with larceny of some clothing at Washington Bay. They plead guilty to the charge and were given sixty days to contem- plate their ways.
The Alaskan., 1926-09-10
WAGE CASE BEFORE COURT

The Warm Springs Bay Packing company was found guilty before Commissioner court at Juneau charged with failure to pay an em- ployee wages when discharged as provided under Chapter 45 Terri torial Session Laws of 1925.
 A fine of $1. and costs was inn posed so that an appeal for higher ruling under the law might be made.
 John Rustgard, Attorney General and J. H. Hart, assistant U. s. Dis trict attorney represented the gov e1nment and s. Hellenthal appeared for the defendant.
The Alaskan., 1926-09-10
POWER PERMIT
 hT WRANGEll

The Lake Virginia Mining com pany operating in the Ground Hog Rasin near Wrangell, has been granted preliminary permit by the Federal Power Commission for tre development of water power on Mill Creek. This is an outlet from Vir- ginia Lake into the Eastern pc ssase a short distance from Wrangeil.
 Virginia Lake which would serve as a reservoir has a water-surfacs area of 670 acres and lies at an ele v.tion of 94 feet. The .vernment hydroelectric engineer who made a typographical survey of th.s power site estimates that 26,000 acrc-fect can be impounded by raising the lake to an elevation of 125 feet with draw down of 30 feet
 There is an excellent site ter
 over Ouse on the north side f a small CO at the mouth of Mill Creek just below the falls, at which site there is a good rock foundation
 The drainage are is 52 square niles at the outlet of Virginia Lake according to the United States Coast and Geoletic Survey Chart No. s2OO.
 The primary power capacity is 2,200 mechanical horsepower at 80 per cent efficiency and 100 per cent utilization with 26,000 acre-feet of storage. The average capacity is approximately 5000 mechanical hol sepower, limited by size of con- duit A 20O-foot dam would devel- op sufficient storage for complete regulation, and with a uniform flow of 414 second-feet the maximum capacity of the site would be $500 r,echaniical horsepower at 75 per cent efficiency and 100 per cent utilization.
The Alaskan., 1926-09-10
LEADING LEGION
 MEMBERSHIP CONTEST

A table of percentages recently prepared at department headouartes in Juneau gives the Dorman H. Bak- CT Post of the American Lgion the lead in membership over the past two years. Petersburg stands third on the list with Cordova leading her by 12 points. Fairbanks has not much of lead to crow about being only eight-tenths of a point ahead of Cordova.
The Alaskan., 1926-09-10
IDAHO DEMOS FAVOR
 DIRECT PRIMARY

The Democratic State Conven- ;ion nominated John F. Nugent of Foise for Senator, and adopted a 9 plank favoring adoption of the di- rect primary. The platform con- mittee had recommended commission Of this topic. (Not all Democrats favor putting control of elections in the hands of a hand picked crowd. )
The Alaskan., 1926-09-10
GAME LAWS

No license is required for the hunting of trophy and small game by residents who have established a voting citizenship in the Territory, or of resident aliens, thase of for eign birth who have held first de- claration papers for year. Aliens, however who have not established citizenship within seven years after taking out their first papers, are considered as aliens and must pay a hunting license of $1O0. Citizens of the United States who are not vot- ing residents of the Territory must pay a fee of $50. which gives the privilege of hunting in season all game animals and of trapping with in the regulations set by law. The alien hunting license also includes in the one sum trapper's license.
The Alaskan., 1926-09-10

Local radio fans report very good results now that the tays are grow ing shorter. Some of the more en- thusiastic listeners claim that on several occasions they have receiv- ed programs from different Austra- jan broadcasting stations. One must Ee especially faithful however, to be so fortunate, for these stations are not on the air until the wee small hours in the morning. However, it is an every night occurrence to listen to Chicago, St. Louis, and a number Of other distant stations. Last Sat urday St. Louis was broadcasting a special program which was test for distance. They were asking for dis tant listeners to inform them as to results, so one, of the local fans tel egraphed congratulations and in re- turn had a special number dedicat- ed to him as the most distant listen- rr.