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The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-11-03
ARCTIC CIRCLE CANADA
Furs Valued at More Than a Million
 Dollars Are Taken Annually in the Vicinity Of the Mackenzie Delta

The TraiI Riders Of the Canadian Rockies recently he'd their annual campfire under the shadow of MouuH Assiniboine. They rode out from BantI and crossed che divide at an altitude of 9.0u9 feet above sea level Western Canada is suu frontier country. There in isolated valleys are waters thaI only the Indian has llshed and specimens of tbe wood buffalo may still be found in 3 wild state. But the strangest region oI Canada is much farther north. among the islands and peninsulas above the Arctic circle. Only trap pers and Eskimos know it. To day 1t is enjoying a boom. in which the Hudson.s Bay Company is chief ly interested. One hears a great deal about mineral wealth in dhs North. deposits Of gold. silver. cop per, nickel and zinc. But belts are the wealth that the company and it independent competitors are seeking above the Arctic circle. and of furs the most valuable is that. of the white fox. The supply must be enormous. for during each of Che last four years the product has been worth about SI,d0Os000. The story of the industry is told by Francis Dickie in the August Contemporary Review.
 Trapping the white fox has en- riehad the EskimOs who formerly hunted the caribou and the seal. wore furs themselves. and subsisted 014 Ys.a a2r ffub nd egaYf8a Il'4I7f,4,4.- supposed to be dying race. TheymaE go the faster because those in the service of the company are living iH tents and huts, adopting the white mans clothes and eating food cooked ia his manner 4 canoe made oI skins was formerly the ship of the Eskimos In the pursuit of the white fox some of them operate gaso- line schooners. having become expert mechanics They shoot with mod ern rifles, live in tents or wooden houses and play the gramophone Their sehooners are built in the Prairie Province of Alberta and are floated down the Mackenzie river From Hersehel Island to Fort Bra bant in Prince Albert Sound and on LAG 1bd5I QL B Gsl iGLOIid Idnu. q distance of HOO miles, the company has built a chain Of trading posts In 1924 the chain was extended to Cambridge Bay, in Southeastern Vic toria Land. and to Tree River, 186 miles further east on King William Land.
 How valuable is the taking of the white fox may be judged from the fact that Billy Kemetsena, a Cape Bathurst Eskimo missionary. "eleaned up" S40,0o0 in six years Johnson. a white boy of nineteen made S10,000 in the winter of 1924 25. An Eskimo known as Allan has built a fine house out of his pro fits on the Mackenzie Delta, and re gently he paid s7500 for a forty foot power schooner. Almost unz trapped is the country of the Copper Esk.mos about the Northwest Pas sage. Thither agents of the com pany and the boldest independents are straining. Members of the Mounted Police are resigning to en gage in the white fox business. Five years of trapping netted the De staf= fany brothers $100, ,000. "The west. ern Aretic,' says Mr. Dickie, lis the greatest and the last practically un- touched field for fur in the world to- day. New York Times.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-11-03

Miss Fife Seely, who lived il Wrangell some years ago and who for the past several years has been connected with the Nestle Food Com pany, is in Boston this winter at tending Miss Farmers School of Cookery. She is enrolled in the one-year course which embraces all the various subjects in Domestic Science. Besides these subjects she is taking six hours work week in Chemistry at Franklin Institute.
 Miss Seely plans to return next June to her position in educational work with the Nestle Food Co. During all the time she has been away from the north she has kept in touch with Wrangell through the weekly visits of the Sentinel.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-11-03

Miss Connie Grigwire, daughter of E. F. Grigwire, returned yester- day to her home in Portland after Q two months trip to eastern points While in New York she visited in the home of the former Miss Olive La Bounty. who is now married and the mother of a young son. Miss Grigwire stopped off at Ann Arbor Michigan, where a family reunion oi her fathers people was held in her honor.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-11-03
Music Appreciation

Southern songs were studied dur ing the past few weeks. Southern songs are quite different from others we have studied.
 $ Some of the songs sung by the stu dents were: It has That A-Calling, Li'l Liza Jane, Down in Mobile and Dixie.
 * * * School paper will come out No vember IS. It is hoped that every body will help out by buying paper. It is expected to be better than ever this time.
 * * * Student body will hold a short business meeting Friday. Noy.15.
 * *
 Basketball will get under way just as soon as the boys can get into the Gym to scrub the floor. This can not be done until the radiators are installed. and that will be some time this week.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-11-03

The cable repair ship Dellwood with 30 repair men arrived from Se- attle Monday night The break in the cable was located between Wrangell and Vanks Island, and was repaired on Tuesday. It was neces- sary to insert a piece of new cable two miles long to take the place of the section which was damaged by the earthquake last week. The Dell wood proceeded north from here to repair another break between Jun can and Haines which was also caused by the earthquake.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-11-03

Mrs Mary E. Wagner of Oakland. California, took passage south on the Alaska which was in port Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Wagner is a sister of E. H. Lyons. and has spent the past three weeks in Wran- gell as a guest of MT and Mrs. Lyons. This is her second trip north, she having visited in Wran- gell twelve years ago.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-11-03

Mayor G. E. Diemart this weel received a request from the Director of the L. s. Coast and Geodetie Sur vey, Washington. D. O.. for a report on the earthquake which was felt in Wrangell on Monday of last week The letter states that the mayors report will constitute part of the of ficial record of this earthquake.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-11-03

The Redmen's lodge gave a smokel Tuesday evening. The organization will give either a smoker or a party on the first Tuesday evening of each month during the winter season.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-11-03

Fred Gunderson left on the Yukon for Seattle. After visiting at points on Puget Sound and at Willipa liar bor. he will go to California fo- the remainder of the winter.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-11-03

Andrew Johnson of Lake Bay who has been in the States for the past three weeks returned north on the Aleutian which was in port Tues day morning
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-11-03

Call at the Sentinel office and look over samples of an exquisite line of Christmas Cards, at very reasonable prices.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-11-03

The Arctic Brotherhood gave smoker Wednesday evening.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-11-03

The c P. R. liner Princess Mary went south at 7:30 o'clock Wednes= day morning. Three persons took passage to Vancouver from this port They were: Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ham lin and A. D. Everitt.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-11-03

Charles Mcintosh took passage to Seattle on the s. s. Admiral Rogers which was in port southbound last Friday.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-11-03

The Aleutian arrived from the south at ? o'clock Tuesday morning. The vessel left Seattle with only 57 passengers. Those arriving at this port were: Ed Morke, Mrs. E. Morke, A. B. Johnson, Waino Lofberg.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-11-03

Geo. B Rice. a well known busi- ness man of Juneau. was visitor to Wrangell the first of the week.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-11-03

A daughter was born Sunday October 30 to Mr. and Mrs. ". R. Neville, of Juneau.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-11-03

The Admiral Watson was in port northbound Saturday morning.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-11-03

Clarence and Virgil Hulse arrived from Seattle on the Admiral Watson Saturday morning.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-11-03

There will be no Admiral boat from the south next week.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-11-03

Virginia is said to rank second to California in amount of sun shine received annually.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-11-03

An automobile run by compressed air is being tried out.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-11-03

The Beyier pIaysbed was com pleted yesterday.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-11-03

Round Trip Fares Wrangell to Seattle. good for return until March 25, s62.50.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-11-03
DANCE WILL BE A DANDY

Arrangements made for h e Pr. A. dance next Saturday even 'ng at the gymnasium assure every one having good time. Muril Ray, Seattle xylophonist, with Burke s "Hoot Owls will furnish the music. A musical treat and surprise has been arranged for everyone attend ing. Come, and enjoy the fun.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-11-03

A big bundle of old papers for ten cents at Sentinel office.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-11-03
LOCAL NEWS

The town council meets tonight.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-11-03

Student body will hold a shor business meeting Friday. Nov 5
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-11-03

Fears concerning the safety of S Vanvoorhis and Tom Meredith were set at rest when searchers in an air plane sighted the boat of the missing men on the mud flats seven miles up the Chickaloon river in the Anchor age district The men had estab- lished a camp and were awaiting high. tide. The plane dropped supplies.
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-31
Convict Worker for
Carrying Red Flag
At Union So. Meet

Placido Rodriguez, waiter who
was arrested Monday when the Sac
co-Vanzetti memorial meeting in
Union Square ended, was found guilty
of disorderly conduct yesterday by
Magistrate Goodman in the Yorkville
Court. He was remanded until to-
morrow for investigation and SEN
tence. The original charge was Grim
inal anarchy.
Rodriguez, together with thousands
of other workers had started to fol-
low the automobile bearing the armed
fist that was going to Stuyvesant
Casino when he was taken into Gus
tody. Because he was carrying a red
flag he was severely beaten and then
placed under arrest by two detectives.
Mounted police rode into the crowd
ID vpxirers who were near Rodriguez
and fi1rsw pnany to the sidewalk un-
ferthe horses hoofs.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-31
IRVING PLAZA
HALL Scene OF
4-DAY Meeting
L0vestone and Foster to
Make Reports

Business sessions of the Fifth Con-
vention of the Workers (Communist)
Party will begin today at one o'clock
at the Irving Plaza Hall, Irving Place
and 10Th Street, when Jay Lovestone,
acting secretary of the Party since
the death of c. E. Ruthenberg in
March, calls the delegates to order
The convention actually got under
way with the holding of the demon
stration of welcome at the Central
Opera House last night.
Entire Nation Represented.
All sections of the nation will be
represented at the convention by the
so delegates, some of these coming
from the states of Washington and
California on the Pacific Coast. There
will be about 80 fraternal delegates
from various organizations. All
Party publications have been invited
to send fraternal delegates.
Acting Secretary Lovestone will
make the report to the convention for
the political committee. William z.
Foster will report on the trade union
work of the Party.
Four-day Convention.
1t is expected that the convention
will extend over four days. Sessions
will be held after the first day as
follows: 1890 to 1 o'clock; 2.30 to
$50 O'Clock; 7.30 to 1880 o'clock
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-31
ADD CUNMEN FOR
OHIO MINE AREA;
EvICTIONS GROW
Wives and Daughters of
Miners Fight Scabs

BELLAIRE, o., (FP.) Aug. 3d.
The ruthless determination of Ohio
mine operators to cut wages below
the subsistence level is bearing fruit
in acutely strained relations in the
mining camps. The lockout declared
on April 1 was simply the formal rec
ognition of a condition that had
existed in some cases several years
previous. The union scale Of $3.50
a day would not be paid, the operators
asserted. while coal was being mined
in West Virginia and Kentucky,
across the river, for SIS non-union.
Gunmen Increase.
Though some mines have remained
closed down, others have attempted
to resume on non-union basis with
strikebreakers brought from Pitts
hurgh and elsewhere. These have en-
countered unionists who in most cases
persuaded them by various devices to
Quit the job and clear out. There
have been troop movements and en-
rolment of mine guards. These are
gunmen in company pay but de-
putized under state law by the
sheriffs.
The companies are using methods
of warfare against labor unprece-
dented in this state. They are copy
ing the western Pennsylvania opera
tors. The Florence mines at Glen
Run shut off the towns water supply
when the miners would not go under
ground at the non-union rate. Evic-
tions from company houses are be-
coming more frequent throughout the
district. The principal points of
struggle are Bellaire, Martins Ferry,
Shadyside, Steuhenville aud York
Vile
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-31
Joint Defense JambOree
Will Jam the Starlight
Park on September 3rd
Postpone.

Postpone.
Postpone all your hikes, outings,
etc. so that you can attend the
Joint Defense.
Jamboree.
On Saturday September 3rd in
Starlight Park Bronx. Buses will
leave Starlight Park for the vari-
Gus camps at the close of the af-
fair. If you want the militant
Needle Trades workers to win the
fight, rally to the support Of this
affair which is going to be the
most decisive in history of the
fight.
After the performance of the
Grand Opera Carmen" a splendid
dinner win be served. Tickets for
the dinner may be obtained for one
dollar from The DAILY WORKER,
108 Fast 14th ST., The Freiheit,
30 Union Square, Jimmie Higgins
Book Shop, log University Place
and the Joint Defense HeadQuar-
ters, III Union Square.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-31
FURRIERS' union
MEETING TO FIGHT
UNEMPLOYMENTI
All Locals Will Meet
Tomorrow Night

A renewal of the struggle agalnsS
the traitors within the furriers unhns
and against the bosses and the cosss'
tractors, is announced in leaflet, hee
ing distributed today in the markeas
which urges all registered and un<
registered workers to attend the fns&
portant local membership meetings.
which are scheduled for tornorUwk
night.
"The Joint Board is reorganfzfng.
the union machinery in order to be-,
gin the constructive organizatiunaf
work." says the leaflet; and in pro-
paration for this, elections are to be
held for paid and unpaid officers Tbs
first and last chance for nominations
win be afforded at the membership
meetings in which all workers ars
urged to participate.
Thousands Unemployed.
In the call to the meetings, Ben
Gold, Joint Board Manager says that
"the need and the suffering Of ths
Continued on Page FiUe)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-31
Chen And MADAM
sun YAT Sen ON
WAY TO MOSCOW
(Spcial To Daily Worker.)

MOSCOW, Aug. 30.-Mme. Sun
Yat-sen and Eugene Chen, former
Minister Of Foreign Affairs, are on
their way to Moscow via Khabarovsk.
In reply to the greetings of repre-
sentatives of the Communist Party,
Chen declared, e'The left wing of the
Kuomintag has not been destroyed by
the quarrels among the Wuhan gen.
erals. In the struggle which will de-
velop in the very near future we will
be able to bring the revolution to vic
tory in cooperation with the Com
munist Party"
Eugene Chen and Nine. Sun Vat
sen left the Wuhan Government when
it turned counter-revolutionar -
fought the left wing elements and re-
fused to develop the agrarian rcvolu-
ton.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-31

The arrival of the ashes of
the murdered workers in Paris
is expected to crystallize senti-
ment against American capital
ism which perpetrated the muir
der and to prevent the opening
of the American fascist congress
in Paris.
Luigia Vanzetti is expected to sail
with the ashes on either the Maure-
tania, which leaves New York, Sept.
7th, or the Caledonia, which leaves on
the 9Th.
Belong to Working Class.
Mrs. Sacco, wife of Nicola Sacco,
said yesterday that the ashes "do not
belong to any members of the family
but to the working class of the world
which should decide their final des-
tination."
More than 10000 workers have
already viewed the death masks Of
Sacco and Vanzetti at Stuyvesant Ca
sino, Second Ave-, near Ninth st.
Entire families pass by the platform
on which the masks are placed. They
Continued on Page TWo)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-31
LONG ISLAND R. R.
FARE BOOST PLAN
Barred IN REPORT
Profits Warrant Lower
Rates, Says Counsel

The plan of the Long Island Rail
road to mulct its docile strap-hang-
ing commuters for twenty per cent
increase in communication rates was
jolted little yesterday when George
P. Nicholson, corporation counsel,
filed a brief with the Transit and
Public Service Commissions arguing
against the increase.
The Long Island had asked for per-
mission to increase commutation rates
20 per cent but an exhaustive inves-
tigation Of the roads operating costs
has shown, says Mr.. Nicholson, chat
Communication paid in 1926 above all
operating expenses, taxes, etc, re-
turn of per cent on the fair value
of property used in the service, an
additional net prof of over S2,000,-
900. This contrasts quite sharply with
the company's claim that not only
does it receive no return from the
communication business, but that it ac-
tually loses money out of its pocket
with each commuter carried"
Charge Excess Valuation.
AS is usual in applications for rate
increases, the railroad had placed ex-
cess valuations on its land and struc-
lures so that it could figure on this
enlarged basis the percentage of rev.
enue it ought to receive. The city's
appraisers discovered that land which
additional net profit of over $1,000
900 was actually worth $25, 100000;
structures and equipment rated at
S155, 100000 was actually worth $79,-
100000.
Rates Should Be Lowered.
The conclusion of the city's find
ings in this case vas tha. the ar
gin of profit from commutalio1 ates
is large enough to justify 20 per
cent reduction instead of a 20 per
cent increase. 1t is now up to the
Transit and Public Service Commits
sions to decide who wins the railroad
or the commuters, who year in and
year out pay their 5, z, or II dollars
a month to keep up the dividends to
stockholders.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-31
Three Thousand Workers
Greet the Delegates

Three thousand workers packed the
Central Opera House, 67th Street ard
3rd Avenue to greet the delegates.
Referring to the inner party situa-
tion, Jay Lovestone, secretary of the
party said, "Never were our differ
ences so small. Never was there such
a sound basis for unity. Unity is now
more necessary than ever before"
Lovestone urged greater party unity
than ever in view of the ruthless
power that is being welded by the
forces of reaction.
Stresses Organization.
In stressing the necessity of organ
izing the more than 25,0OO,OO0 Amer
CONTINUED on Page Fiue)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-31
Soviet Correspondent .
Expelled from France
for Exaggerated Report

PARIS, Aug. 30-Jules Broune,
the Paris correspondent of the
Soviet Unions News Agency, Tass,
has just been expelled from France
by order of the Minister of the In.
terror.
Broune, who has been sending
too truthful reports of the brutali-
ties committed against the work
ers during the recent Sacco and
Vanzetti demonstrations in Paris,
is charged with "exaggeration."
His expulsion on such a charge is
felt to be part of the campaign
to reassure the American Legion
naires that the French govern aent
will permit no action by the work
ers during their stay in Paris.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-31

DES MONIES, Iowa, Aug. So
Charles A. Lindbergh took off early
this afternoon for Omaha, Nebr. on
another leg Of the trip that is taking
him into every state in the Union in
the interest of aviation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-31
OPENING DAY or AMERICAN LEGION
CONVENTION IS TO WITNESS GIANT
MEMORIAL BY FRENCH COMMUNISTS
Luigia Vanzett Plans to Sail on Cunard Liner
Soon on Return to Italy

became certain yesterday that the ashes of Nicola
BarOOmeO Vanzet will arrive in Paris before Sep
the convention of the American Legion is
French workers striving to offset the
meeting American fascsts with giant Sacco Vanzet
memorial
ashes of the murdered workers will be divided and
placed of which will Paris with LUgia
Vanzetti, of BartoomeO, of which will remain In
Plymouth.
Sailing Cunard liner in little week, LuigiaVaT
before the opening Of the Legion convention
the of demonstra
and Vanze But that before her brother and
Sacco had gone to their doom in the electric chair
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-31
CHICAGO MOVIES
SUSPEND; $4,000
union Men STRIKE

CHICAGO, Aug. 80. - Over 400
/ theaters in Chicago and its suburbs
continue to be closed following the
strike caused by a dispute between
the motion picture operators union
and the motion picture exhibitors as
/ sociation.
$4,000 Idle.
/ Twenty-Five thousand employees in
the theatres are affected by the strike
which was called by the union when
/ the bosses refused to reinstate four
operators in the Belmont and Orph-
cum theatres.
1t is estimated that half mil
lion people in the city were deprived
! last night of their usual form of
amusement, with the result that other
4 business activities of a similar nature
reported flourishing incomes.
/ Neither side today offered any hope
Of immediate settlement altho the
: theatre owners were to meet today to
consider whether they would accept
arbitration in case the union made
overtures.
Strike 1000 Solid.
/ Representative of the union, how
ever, declared that victory would come
shortly, the men being 100 per cent
behind the strike. They explained
that the bosses Interpretation of their
agreement which the l$tter claim gives
them the right to fire workers "when
they change their program" consti-
tute serious threat to their organi-
cation.
Meanwhile radio dealers reported
heavy sales increased today as a re-
suit Of the shutdown of the theatres.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-31

Keep Up the Sustaining Fund
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-31
Three Tie-ups on I.R.T.
Lines; Woman Is Hurt

Three accidents yesterday caused
tie-ups on the Interboro subway. In
the last of the three woman broke
her ankle and was taken to the hos
pital. She was Mrs. Ellen Edwards,
of II West 117th Street.
The s.rst tie-up occurred at the
Clark St. station, Brooklyn. Com
pressed air rales On a northbound ex-
press refused to operate. The Grand
Central station saw the second tie
up. Here southbound exnress ran
into signal trouble.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-31
To Appeal Year Jail
Sentence Imposed on
Miss Donovan Sept. 5

An appeal viii be taken at once
from the sentence of years inn
prsonment imposed Monday on Mary
Donovan, secretary Of the Boston
Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee, it
was declared today,
She was charged with "inciting to
riot" and "obstructing foot traffic"
The first charge is the result of Miss
Donovan's arrest last week for plac-
ing placards containing the words:
"Did you see what did to those
anarchistic bastards Judge Thay-
er" on the coffids Of Sacco and Van
zetti while they lay in Langone's
funeral parlor in the north end of
Boston.
Miss Donovan is now free under
$1,000 bail.