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The Alaskan. (Petersburg, Alaska) 1926-1932, 1927-04-15
BLAME THE WHALE

Telegraphic service between AL
aska and the United States, which
was severed early last Sunday
morning, is expected to resume
again according to word received
from the cableship Dellwood.
Members of the crew who have
been hunting for the break the
past week reported that the curio-
sity or hunger Of a small whale
caused the break. Evidently mis-
taking the cable for something to
cat, the whale bit into the line in
it's struggle broke the conductor in
side the armored cable. =
The incident recalls to oldtimers
a similar episode 20 years ago
when a whale bit into the old
Seattle-S itka cable. The sea an
imal became entangled with wire
and-was fished up when repairs
were made.
The present break in the cable
was about 200 miles out of Seattle
While service to Alaska has beer
hampered considerably, many mes
sages are being handled by radio
The Alaskan. (Petersburg, Alaska) 1926-1932, 1927-04-15
Schoenwald Wife Beaten

Seattle, April S.-Ernest Schoen-
valid, manager of the Petersburg
Packing Co., was arrested yester-
day charged with third degree as
sault on his wife, who is suing
him for divorce.
Mrs. Schoenwald alleged they
met on the street and her husband
started quarreling and demanding
that she return to him and drop
the divorce action, which started
last December.
She says she refused and that
he beat her up.
Schoenwa1d was released on
$500 bail.-Chronicle
The Alaskan. (Petersburg, Alaska) 1926-1932, 1927-04-15
NINE CASES TO BE PRESENTED
GRAND JURY ON APRIL IL

There are nine cases on the cal
endar for presentation to the Fed
era1 Grand Jury which met
Thursday, April IA, according to
United States District Attorney J..
H. Harding. The cases which have
been bound over to the Grand Jury
are as follows:
w. R. Hanlon, A. Murray, K.
Raatikainin, W.Larianoff and John
Hollywood, malfeasance in office.
from Sitka; Perry Merwin, viola
ton of the National Prohibition
Act, Sitka; Mark Reep Loeg and
Arthur Carlson, larceny in the
dwelling, Ketchikan; Erling j.
Peterson. assault with intent to
commit rape, Ketchikan; Alva Allen,
Jimmy Rhodes and David Philips,
riot, Petersburg; George Hall rape,
Wrangell; Pablo Delarosa and
Daisy Thomas, illegal cohabitation,
Juneau; L. A. Slane, rape and
making, exhibiting and possessing
obscene pictures, juneau; Albert
Shappee, wilful and malicious de
struction of personal property, Ju,
neau.
The only cases set for trial be
fore the petit jury which will be
called April 10, are to date:
United States versus William
Douglas, conspiracy to violate the
! National Prohibition Act; ant
limited States versus Chris Rado
milovich, trespass, appealed from
In. S. commissioners Court.-Em
The Alaskan. (Petersburg, Alaska) 1926-1932, 1927-04-15
Point OF View

Haines Dewitt of Kake appeared
before the Ways and Means COM
mittee to testify as an expert fish
erman. While no one has ever
before the Senate. Every Senator
ses, and cannerymen and their
lawyers have been extended the
courtesies of the floor repeatedly,
Rep. Lomen objected to hearing
Dewitt and other native fishermen
unless their statements were re-
ported. This was done.
In his testimony, Dewitt testifi-
ed that his net earnings as fish
erman last year was $3.50 Pegues
of Empire and Marquam fame
whispered, Pretty good for one
months work" Another man sit
ing near had this thought, "That
man with his wife and children
has got to live on that $3.50 for
one year. Isn't it tough"
1t is all in the point Of view.
The Alaskan. (Petersburg, Alaska) 1926-1932, 1927-04-15
CRAIG TO GET CHURCH

A carnival was given in Moose
hall by the natives of Craig, Klaw-
ak and Hydaburg On March %.
The receipts are to be used to
build a new church at Craig. Ma
tive Indian dances were on during
the first part of the entertainment.
A fruit cake modelled to represent
The proposed church was auctioned
Of and purchased by the Klawak
Christian Endeavor Society. The
sum of $500 was taken in during
the evening.
The Alaskan. (Petersburg, Alaska) 1926-1932, 1927-04-15
SideHghts on
Legislature

Of Lomen's" to use his own Ian.
guage, provides that some $4,000
should be given to any boat thai
makes certain runs in Norton
and Kotzebue Sounds during the
next two years. Last legislature
made the gift conditional on the
amount of profit. Mr.. Gaffney's
bill proposed to make an outright
gift. The House on Wednesday
restored the profit limitation SO
that if the boats made net pro
fit of $4,000. in each year, no sub
sidy would be paid.
There are some who suspect
that this bill would not have been
50 closely examined if Mr. Lomen
understood the ordinary rules of
courtesy. The Enterprise Steam
ship Company, of which Mr.. Lo-
men is the President, is the only
company that is in position to get
the subsidy.
What ELEVEN Ounces says !.
The work of the Liberals is i'm
proving The Speaker, Mr.. Smith,
is now quite familiar with the
rules and is settled down to his
work The alignment is such that
the Juneau reactionary Fog Horn"
seldom prints the names, being sat
isf1ed with merely saying ''the u.s.
ual alignment"
The Alaskan. (Petersburg, Alaska) 1926-1932, 1927-04-15
Commercial Club
Planning For Fonrth

The Commercial Club during it's
last business session discussed
celebration of Fourth of July and
the Club advised that this year
the matter be handled as it was
handled a number of years back,
namely: instead of one organiza-
ton collecting the funds, that the
Mayor call a mass meeting to dis
cuss the event and appoint COM
mittees to take charge of the af-
fair.
The Alaskan. (Petersburg, Alaska) 1926-1932, 1927-04-15
Governor reclamation

In accordance with the establish
ed custom, the President of the
, United States has by proclamation
designated the week beginning
April twenty-fourth, 1927, as
AMERICAN FOREST WEEK
so that the attention Of all the
people may be directed to the
necessity of united effort in formu
iating plans for the preservation
and perpetuation of our forests. If
| the Importance of our forests as
factor in our national prosperity
| is understood, and the grave dan
ger of their destruction can be pre-
sented to all of the people, the eff
forts to protect them will be sue
cessful. The greatest obstacle to
be overcome is the Indifference of
public opinion towards the conser-
walton of one of the greatest of
our national resources.
The purpose Of American Forest
Week is to afford an opportunity
for concentrated effort directed
toward the, dissemination of infor-
nation concerning the extent Of the
| forests, their Importance to the ma
ton, their efficient utilization, me
;hods for the prevention Of their
destruction by fire, plans for re-
forestation, and toward the slim
ulation of nationwide interest in
he problem Of forest rehabilitation
Alaska is interested particularly
| in all of these problems because
| we have large areas of virgin forests
land we must look to them as one
OF our greatest assets, hence we
should make every effort to en-
courage an efficient utilization of
their products, at the same time
having in mind that they must be
safeguarded and perpetuated.
| Therefore, T, Geo. A. Parks, Gov
ernor of the Territory of Alaska,
lin conformity with the Proclama
ton of the President of the United
States, do hereby designate the
wee beginning April "a, 1927, as
American Forest Week and urge
that during this time all Alaskane
give heed to the necessity of pre-
venting forest fires and to measures
necessary for the preservation and
Iperpetuation of our forests.
earnestly urge that special exercises
he held in all the schools and that
1.-THE press and public generally give
consideration to the forest needs
The Alaskan. (Petersburg, Alaska) 1926-1932, 1927-04-15
Refuses to take Count


The Committee on Elections. of
which Represent ative' w 18th or
which Representative Worth is
Chairman, reported back to the
House that a Committee Substi-
tute bill be adopted in place of the
original controller bill. This re-
port was opposed by Representa-
tive Fisher, and supported by Mr..
North and Mr.. Sundquist. Mr..
Fisher made the motion to send the
matter to the judiciary committee
for consideration, saying, II real
ly cannot under stand the bill"
While the House no doubt believ-
cd he was telling the truth, the
motion was defeated by the usual
men, Murray, Scott, Sheldon and
Rydeen for the motion; Benjamin,
Ferguson, Paul, Grier, Johnston,
Ross, Sundquist, and Smith against
it,
The Alaskan. (Petersburg, Alaska) 1926-1932, 1927-04-15

Several members of the Chris
tian Endeavor Society of the Ma
tive Presbyterian Church, left for
Wrangell this morning. They are
PLANNING to be present at the East
er exercises of the church and will
return Monday.
The Alaskan. (Petersburg, Alaska) 1926-1932, 1927-04-15

The repairs to the Seattle-Ketch-
ikan section Of the cable were
completed on Saturday night and
the local Office worked overtime
Sunday to relay the delayed mes
sages, Everything is once more
running according to schedule.
The Alaskan. (Petersburg, Alaska) 1926-1932, 1927-04-15

Mana Paul, little daughter OF L.
F. Paul, local teacher in the U. S.
Bureau of Education, school has
been quite i'll with intestinal du
the past two weeks but is now on
the road to recovery.
The Alaskan. (Petersburg, Alaska) 1926-1932, 1927-04-15
Benefits Lomen's Company

Representative Lomen should
leave this legislature sadder. and
wiser man. A bill introduced by
Tom Gaffney, friend of labor from
Nome and mo particular friend
The Alaskan. (Petersburg, Alaska) 1926-1932, 1927-04-15

Anchorage wants the capital OF
Alaska in place of Juneau. She Is
welcome to it. Not wishing her
any hard luck.
The Alaskan. (Petersburg, Alaska) 1926-1932, 1927-04-15

The memorial Of Sumner Smith S
praying that Congress grant the
right of suit to anybody who IS
hurt on the Alaska railroad thru
the negligence of the operators was
before the Senate. Eevry Senator
there saw the justice of the petit
ton, except Senator Tom Jensen,
friend of labor from Nome He
opposed the bill on the ground
that the railroad was already los
ing lot of money and if the
Railroad had to pay for damages
which occur thru the negligence or
carelessness of the employees, the
railroad would lose more money.
1t hasn't occurred to the dis
and friend of labor (sic), that even
the United States should not have
the right to injure persons thru
negligence, and that the only eff
feet such a petition could have
would be to give the court the
right to determine who is right or
wrong in injury cases.
The Alaskan. (Petersburg, Alaska) 1926-1932, 1927-04-15
their respective communities.

In their respective communities.
GIVEN under my hand and
the SEAL of the Territory
of Alaska, in Juneau, the
capital, this sixth day OF
April, in the year Of our
SEAL Lord one thousand nine
hundred twenty-seven and
OF the independence of the
United States of America,
the one hundred fifty first,
(signed) GEO. A. PARKS,
Governor
BY the Governor
KARL THIELE,
Secretary OF Alaska.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-25
Menus for the Family

Breakfast-Baked apples, oat-
meal, thin cream, crisp whole wheat
toast. tomato omelet, milk, coffee.
Luncheon-Casserole of spinach.
brown bread and butter, jelly roll,
milk, tea.
Dinner-Stuffed pork tenderloin
with apple rings, Drowned sweet po-
tatoes, mashed turnips, fresh rhu-
barb pie, bran rolls, milk, coffee.
A child under six years of age
should not be served the dinner
meat. A sweet potato should be put
aside before browning and a dash of
Stewed rhubarb take the place of
the pie for his dinner. Turnips are
excellent for small children.
Casserole of Spinach
Two pounds spinach, table
spoons chopped cooked broiled ba-
con, y to l cup fine dried bread
crumbs, IA teaspoon pepper, <
teaspoon salt, eggs, tablespoons
grated cheese.
Wash spinach through many wa.
ters and cook in the water that
clings to the leaves. Chop very fine
and add bacon. Season with salt
New Britain herald., 1927-02-25

willing now and then to give chick
en- to a hawk or an owl in return for
all the rats and mice that hawk or
owl has killed.
Just then Whitley turned his head
and looked down at Farmer Brown
and Farmer Browns Boy. There was
no fear in his big yellow eyes. He
looked at them for all the world as
if he didn't know of the word fear"
See said Farmer Browns Boy,
anyone could shoot him. Yet the
other day I heard a man boasting of
having SHOT a Snowy Owl. To hear
him you would have thought that
he had done something very smart
Yet | heard him say that that owl
just sat and looked at him. That
man wasn't sportsman; She was
JUS a killer"
The next story: Whitley Gets a
Good Meal"
New Britain herald., 1927-02-25
Your Health
How to Keep It.
Causes of Illness
(BY DR.. MORRIS FISHBEIN)

(BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN)
Editor Journal of the American
Medical Association and of Hygiea
the Health Magazine
There was a time when any doc.
tor could definitely calculate on the
returns from typhoid fever TO be
sufficient in amount to permit him
to send all of his clcildren to col.
lege.
1t has been stated that there
would be 10000 cases of typhoid
fever in Chicago each year now if
the rate for IS years ago still per-
sisted. Instead Chicago has about
zoo cases a year with less than 20
deaths.
This has been brought about by
the provision of pure water, pure
milk and the proper disposal OF
sewage.
How Germs Arc Spread
Food becomes contaminated by
the bacteria of typhoid fever when
grown on soil polluted by the ex-
cretions of those who have the dis
Csc, or when handled by persons
who carry the typhoid germ.
The small typhoid epidemic of
few years ago resulted from oys-
tiers which were grown on beds
polluted by contaminated water.
AS a result of that epidemic safe
guards have been thrown around
! the oyster industry which make the
handling of oysters almost 100 per
cent foolproof.
The house fly was for while
known as the typhoid fly because
it fed on filth contaminated with
the. germs of typhoid fever and
carried the germs to food within the
/ home. The use of screening, of fly
| paper and the "swat-the-ny" cam
paigns have resulted largely in
eliminating this menace.
| Finally, the patient with typhoid
fever is now cared for under cir
cumstances which make it prac-
! tfcally impossible for him to infect
other persons. All eating utensils
are boiled after the patient has used
them. The bed linen and clothing
is Immediately tisinfected.
Treatment Is Better
Obviously it is much easier to
take care of these things in hos
| pital than in a home.
Much could also be said of the
part played by anti-typhoid inocu-
| lations in preventing typhoid fever,
| particularly in times of epidemic.
and also in persons who are about
to take vacation trips or other eX-
cursions into places where they are
| likely to be exposed to water. milk,
or food that has not been properly
safeguarded from typhoid contami-
nation.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-25
Quicksands of Love
Adele Garrison's New Phase of
Revelations of a Wife

of those delicious cakes you baked
yesterday"
You want cup for dot Chop
impertinent rebellion in her tones.
"Or course" l said sternly. And
please remember. Katie, that you
never are to ask me that question
again. Mr.. Lee Chow ie to be treated
exactly the same as Major Grant
land"
l turned away to my mirror with
out waiting for an answer. Katie
realized that | desired none, and she
beat hasty retreat to the kitchen.
l knew that when she brought in
the tea tray. there would be no
hint OF her chagrin, for my little
maid admires Major Grantland
greatly, and stands in awe of him
as well. His approval Of her tea
service was something she would
not lightly risk.
l tried to tone down my flaming
cheeks with my powder puff, but as
l came through the door which
separated my bed chamber from the
living room, l was conscious that /
looked as if l were heavily rouged
But neither of the courtly gentle
men who rose to meet me noticed
anything strange in my appearance
l am sure. They were intent upon
some problem OF their own. I, who
knew them both so well, saw that
! even before Hugh Grantland spoke
in quick, clipped fashion as soon as
the perfunctory greetings had been
disposed of.
How many people will there be
: in your apartment during the next
two hours?"
1 recognized the tone. 1t wa.
one he had been wont to use in the
old days when we had some impor-
tant piece of work on hand. But !
controlled my excitement with an
iron hand and answered him
quietly.
NO one on this floor except my
self and Katie"
| Can you engage TO keep her out
| of the way after half an hour" he
asked. We have an engagement to
meet your father, and we dare not
keep it at our own lodgings. We
! have reason to believe that there is
| espionage there"
Copyright, 1927, by Newspaper
| Feature Service, 1nc.)
New Britain herald., 1927-02-25
Hugh Grantland Prepares Madge
for Big Surprise

wasted no time upon correcting
Katie's rendition of Lee elbows
name. To the end OF her days she
will apply the ridiculous epithets OF
"Chop-chop" and "Chop-seeeks" to
the high-born Chinese. who is Hugh
Grantland's best friend and to whom
the army officer owe, hts life.
My little maid has one-track
mind, and she cannot forget that
she first knew Lee Chow as an ex-
ceedingly humble servant of Hugh
Grantland's whom the army officer
had sent to me when he wandered
away upon his strange odyssey.
The names with which she christen-
I'D him then In her prejudice and
her dislike are are the ones that she
still uses, and l am secretly and
amusedly aware that she resents Lee
Chow's Transformation from a
kitchen boy TO a rich and cultured
gentleman of the Orient.
Did you ask them to be seated?"
asked. trying to mask by the
stereotyped request the agitation
Which, "dS l1llllt de liSI
ment. I had not seen Hugh Grant
land since the memorable day fol-
lowing his home coming from the
Orient, when, in the grounds of the
little Westchester restaurant he had
dashed aside the restraint which had
been his during the years of our
friendship, and told me impassion-
ately that II l left my husband /
was coming to him. not to any
other man. We had made a pact
later that we would forget the Incl
dent and go back to the calm
strong friendship which has been
ours since our work in the govern
ment service during the world war
brought Us together. But my FAM
ing cheeks and my bounding pulses
at Katie's announcement told me
that I, at least had not forgotten
that astounding interview.
My little maid tossed her head at
my question.
Sure ting 7 tell dem TO sect
down" she said In an aggrieved
tone. "Und l tell dem l see eet
you home"
Tell them will be with them di-
rectly. Then come back and prepare
tea. Make the tray as pretty as
possible and be sure to give us some
New Britain herald., 1927-02-25

Whitley ought to know. He has
had a lot of experience. OF course,
YOU know that Whitley makes his
home way up in the Far North, in
the land of ice and snow. But once
III Il while he comes down during the
winter as a visitor. The reason he
does it is because he cannot get
enough to eat UP home. So, rather
than starve, he uses those great
white wings of his to bring him
down where there is better chance
of finding food.
This is what had brought him
down to Farmer Browns. 1t was
Farmer Browns Boy who discovered
him. Whitley was sitting on top Of
the barn. From little distance he
looked as il he were carved out of
snow. Nearer to little gray or dark
spots appeared, and he then didn't
look quite so much as if he were
carved out of snow. Farmer Browns
Boy called his father. Whitley was
at the end of the barn, nearest the
hen yard, and he was looking down
into the hen yard.
why don't you get your gun,
SOM" said Farmer Brown.
What for" asked Farmer
Browns Boy with note of surprise
in his voice.
why, aren't you going to shoot
him? Are you going to let him live
on our hens?" asked Farmer Brown.
II you could have seen Farmer
Browns eyes you would have noticed
twinkle in back of them.
He hasn't taken any hens yet
said Farmer Browns Boy
But don't you want to kin him
and have him stuffed?" asked Farm
or Brown. "See what a big, hand
some fellow he is"
Farmer Browns Boy looked Very
hard at Farmer Brown. He saw
the twinkle in his fathers eyes.
You're teasing me-" he declared.
You know very we'll that any big,
handsome bird is much handsomer
alive than dead. I don't believe you
would kill that owl yourself. No, sir,
I don't believe you would kill it even
IL you saw it catch a chicken
WE'LL" said Farmer Brown slow
~. "it wouldn't he very nice way to
treat a visitor from so far away It
is wonder that Whitley has man
aged to get as far as this without be-
Ing killed. You know, son, hunters
are curious critters. The more rare
thing is the more eager they are
TO kill it. Now, that isn't ordinary
common sense. If a thing is rare
everybody ought to do everything
possible to preserve It. But lot of
mon with guns no sooner hear of or
sec a rare animal or bird than out
they go with their guns to try to kin
il. Now if Whitley of there should
make II his business to live on our
chickens and refuse to be frightened
away | suppose we should have to
shoot him to save the chickens. But
II he should take just one hen I
should tigger that he had probably
bought and paid for that hen"
Farmer Browns boy looked little
puzzled. How could he have bought
and paid for a hen?" he asked,
Farmer Brown chuckled. II reck-
on" said he, that he has bought
and paid for any hen he may get
with rats. I don't know much about
him. but I have an idea that he
would rather have raj than n
chicken, and that probably he has
had a great many rats and mice
since he started ont in the Great
World. You know as well as | do
that rats and mi, can do more mis-.
chief on farm in q month than
hawks and owls can do in a poultry
yard In 4 year So ] am perfectly
New Britain herald., 1927-02-25

and pepper and add enough crumt
+ to absorb excess water on the spi1
ach. Put mixture into well blu
terede casserole and make four d.
pressions with a large spoon. 81
raw egg into each depression al
eggs begin to set. Cover wi
grated cheese and put into VI
hot oven or under the gas fame
the broiler to melt and slight,
brown the cheese and finish cookin
the eggs. Serve in the casserole.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-25

Tan and White striped flannel trou.
tremely popular at Palm Beach.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-25

BY THORNTON W. BURGESS
Some people never lack excuse
TO treat a stranger with abuse.
Whitley the Snowy Owl.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-10

NEW YORK, Nov. 9 Qj-The recov-
cry in stock prices which has been
under way for about a week came to
an abrupt halt today, when sudden
selling movement cancelled or reduced
early gains and carried scores of is
sues down l to points below Mon
days closing level The reaction un-
doubtedly was stimulated by the break
of SIS to So O. bale in cotton prices on
the publication of an unexpectedly
large government crop estimate
Final quotations disclosed number
of Independent strong spots, American
Tobacco and Continental Insurance
issues each soaring NOR than points
Ito 1lew high records. go
The recent advance III prices, which
was widely regarded as correction of
temporarily oversoldg position, had
left the market in vulnerable posi-
ton to selling attacks on which the
bears were quick to take advantage.
In addition to the break in cotton, the
market was disturbed by the calling
of about $30,O00,000 in loans, made by
erroneous reports that George F. Bak-
er, veteran capitalistI was dead.
General Motors, which closed 81