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The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-12-11
CAPONE LEVTES TAXES
 FOR CHRISTMAS EXPENSES

CHICAGO, Dec. 9-A tax of size- able proportions is being levied on thousands of speakeasy operators in Chicago this week by the Capone interests in preparation for the Christmas gift season and the ap- preaching municipal elections. Ac- cording to reports from local saloon keepers all buyers of Capone beer and this is now almost monop- oly product-are forced to pay for three barrels of the amber fluid for each two delivered. The tax of $60 thus collected is counted upon to provide the lucre which will grease the way for the holiday and election seasons.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-12-11
Commercial Club
 Asks For Action On Cannery Road Work
WOULD START OPERATIONS IMMEDIATELY TO RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT IN TOWN

While unemployment is not acute in Wrngell, there are enough idle workers here to start operations inn mediately on any public improve ment program which the govern ment or territory may have outlin- ed. This was the sentiment of the commercial club members who met at the regular weekly luncheon in the Wrangell Hotel dining room last Monday. The secretary was in- structed to write to the district en- gineer of the Bureau of Public Roads in Juneau, asking that the work be expedited.
 A communication from Major Nal colm Elliott, district engineer, for information and suggestions regard ing improvements to navigation in Rocky Pass, was placed in the hands of a committee.
 F. Angarman, who arrived from Latouche on the steamer Victoria, was a guest of Dr. R. N. Scruby at the luncheon. Mir. Angarman was heartily applauded when, upon invitation from the chairman to ad- dress the members, he informed them that he had decided to take up his residence in Wrangell. He is negotiating for the purchase of the Wrangell Shingle Mill, he said, and will make an announcement shortly.
 Dr. Scruby told the club that the Kennecott Copper Company had dis continued operations at the La touche property, and that there were a number of skilled workmen there who might be induced to come to Wrangell in view of the antici- pated development work in this vi- cinity for the coming year. They are of the class of men who save their earnings, Dr. Scruby pointed out, saying that the opportunities here were equal to those of any town in Alaska. Upon a vote of the members present the secretary was instructed to take the matter up.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-12-11
Judge Ben Lindsey
 Speaks Out In Church And Is Arrested
FAMOUS EX-JUDGE MOBBED IN HIGH-T0NE CHURCH BY MEM BERS OF CONGREGATION

NEW YORK, Dec. 7-Former Judge Ben Lindsey, advocate of com panionate marriage, was pummell- ed by angry church people and fin ally arrested in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine at the conclusion of Sunday services when he tried to reply to a vigorous attack from the pulpit delivered by Bishop Will liam Manning. Men and women participated in the assault on the former judge and order was not re- stored until six policemen were sta toned among the $500 parishoners and literally held them back amid cries of lynch him." and throw him out.'
 Bishop Mannings attack was de- livered against Lindsey and "a lit tie group of churchmen who are do- ing all within their power to em- barrass their Bishop" With respect to Lindsey the Judge attacked the former judge on what the bishop called teachings on free love-" "As to his last book" said the bishop, ''it is in my regard one of the most filthy and cleyerly written pieces of propaganda ever publish ed in behalf of lewdness, promis- cuous adultery and unwarranted sexual qualification,
 At the conclusion of the sermon Lindsey rose from a front seat and shouted: "Bishop Manning, you have lied about me ask for five min utes to answer your attack" There followed the attack upon the for mer judge and his arrest. The judge said he would seek legal redress.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-12-11
Poisonous Gas Is
 Cause of Sickness And Death In Belgium
MYSTERIOUS FOG CAUSES vER- TIGO; QUEEN ELIZABETH VIS- ITS STRICKEN AREA

BRUSSELS Belgium. Dec. B. Queen Elizabeth of the Belgians, ac- eompanied by a delegation of the Red Cross, visited the death strick- en valley of the Mouse yesterday and listened to the stories of slow Iy recovering victims who told of A priekling sensation in the throat immediately after they entered what they called the poisoned fog" area in the Mouse Valley, where 67 are dead and many more suffering from a mysterious poisoning of the at- mosphere which first became mani fest December 5.
 The theory is advanced by some that noxious fumes from neighbor- ing industrial plant is the cause of the widespread suffering Eye wit nesses said they saw a How dark cloud" roll down the valley, then pedestrians began to suffer vertigo and faIls down.
 Some believe the gas is from Ger man wan material supposed to be buried around Liege.
 Still others believe it is some se- cret store of poison gas which has been let loose in some manner.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-12-11
DOCTOR WRITES SENSATIONS WHILE AWAITING DEATH

LONDON, Dec. 9-After taking a fatal dose of chloral hydrate mixed with aconite, Doctor Hugh Lons- dale Hands, well-known Brighton practitioner saw a number of pa- tients in his office and then sat down and wrote his sensations of death. He was heavily in debt and should have appeared in Brighton court on a charge of drinking in "a social club after closing hours. He strenuously denied the charge.
 Ten minutes before he died Doc tor Hand saw one person and spoke to his wife, who was not aware anything was wrong. 'T am wait ing" he wrote. 'T am feeling very happy. It is the first time I have felt without worry and as If were free. My heart must be strong. It won't give way" The final entry read, "God seems to be over me. am just leaving for lovely yoy- age, but it is slow"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-12-11
LARD PARTY IS FOUND; BURKE DEAD; MARTIN AND KADING AT WHITEHORSE
SURVIVORS OF PARTY RES CUED BY WASSON AFTER 23 DAYS WITHOUT FOOD: BOB MARTIN GETS FROSTED TOES

Two months to a day from the time they were forced down in the fast-freezing Canadian wilderness, practically without food, with seant knowledge of their whereabouts or in which direction to seek aid, ''Three-Fingered" Bob Martin, old time mining man of the North, and Emil Kading German airplane me chanie late from the Fatherland, were rescued and brought to safety at Whitehorse by Everett Wasson, pilot who refused to abandon the search for the missing men although other searchers had given up hope long since.
 Pilot Paddy" Burke, wartime fly CT of the British army, who piloted the plane which was forced down on the upper reaches of the Liand, is dead, a victim of exposure and starvation.
 Two of the party live to tell of their experiences. Twenty-three days without food-but one sleep ing bag to share between the three of them-and a trackless wild fast taking on the uncompromising frig- idity of winter, with countless un- crossable streams to be crossed in the fight for life-these were some of the hardships which deprived the little party of their leader and left left the marks of the battle on the survivors.
 Following the flight in which he located the missing plane tied to the bank of the Lizard River, Pilot Wasson returned to the plane to find a note carved on a tree say ing that Burke and his companions had finally abandoned the plane when their food supply gave out. A third and fourth flight carried Was son and his companion, Joe Walsh, woodsman, over most of the sur rounding country in a search for the wandering men. Finally they were located, but a scant thirty-five miles north of the plane. and living meagerly on the remains of a cari- bou which had been killed when they had been twenty-three days foodless.
 Picked up and brought to White horse. Bob Martins first act was to wire to his wife, Claire Martin, who is a guest here at the Wrangell ho- tel where she has been ever since Bob left on the air trip to examine mining property in the Cassiar country, promising to come out by way of Atlin, B. C., and meet her here. The message to Mrs. Martin said: Have two frosted toes but otherwise am in good condi- tion."
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-12-11
Estimate $10O,OOO For Completion
 Indian School Here
FUNDS FOR EDUCATIONAL AND HEALTH PROGRAMS IN ALAS KA ASKED IN NEW BUDGET

WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. B. Funds to the amount of $31,220 for Mount Mckinley National Park in Alaska were asked by President Hoover in his annual budget sent to Congress today.
 Also contained in the budget were funds for health and educa- tional programs in Alaska. An ap- propriation for the office of educa- tion of $SO5,370 is asked. The ap- propriation for the year passed was $752,690. The budget provides S319,520 for medical relief as com pared with $268,761 in the present budget.
 An estimate of $100,000 for com pletion of the industrial school at Shoemaker Bay was submitted. A special fund of $20,O00, receipts from the oannery lease on Annette Island, was recommended allocated for use in that community.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-12-11
Man Who Made Speed Record From Dyea To Dawson Is Dead
ARCHIE D. SHELF, WELL KNOWN PIONEER OF '87, DIES OF HEART TROUBLE

Word was received in Wrangell this week of the death at Craig of Archie D. Shelps, a pioneer Alas kan who came north in 1887. MT. Shelp was we'll known in Wrangell, having lived here for a number of years. He was one of the few men who ever penetrated the upper re- gions of the Whiting River, and held the speed record for carrying mail between Dyea and Dawson in 1898. His death was due to heart trouble, according to the report from Craig, where he had been liy- ing for the past eight or ten years. He was "A years old.
 Men who knew him best say that he was a typical frontiersman of the old school Shortly before the Dawson excitement Shelp made a search of a brother who had disap- peared In making his way around the canyon mean the mouth of the river, he made an important mineral discovery. Years later, after he had stampeded to Dawson and staked a claim on Bonanza, he returned to the coast aud explored the region near the mouth of the Whiting. Walter Waters accompanied him on several of these expeditions.
 MT Shelp died at o'clock in the morning of December at Craig He is survived by a wife, a step son and a step-daugter. Mrs. Hugo Sehmolck, of Ketchikan.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-12-11
Alaska Will Receive $9S7, ,00O On New
 Road Program
WRANGELL ALLOTMENT IS $40,0O0; EXTENSION OF STIK- INE AVENUE PLANNED

A forest highway program for 1881 involving the expenditure in Alaska of sSS7.000 of Federal funds and S15,000 in territorial money has been approved by the secretary of agriculture it was announced last week by NJ. L. Merritt, assistant re. gional forester. This is supplement- ary to programs already approved and which are now pending, accord ing to the Juneau Empire.
 Of the total new funds allotted, there is an aggregate of s7O,000 for three projects on Glacier Highway. Other Southeast Alaska projects were allotted S255,00O, and Seward Highway $45,000.
 Skagway Gets Bridge
 An item of $60,00O for a new bridge across the Skagway river north of Skagway was included in the program. This will replace the present structure that was built prior to 1920 and is now unsafe for use. it was said.
 To extend the Tongass Highway, in Ketchikan, from the present southern terminus Of the New Eng land power plant, which will in- volve one bridge and about three quarters of mile of new road, the sum of S5O,000 was allotted,
 Forty thousand dollars was set aside for reconstruction of a three- mile section of Wrangell Highway. For short roads at Klawock and Craig sections of the West Coast Highway, a total of s30,000 was approved, s2O,O0O at Klawock and and $10,000 at Craig.
 Petersburg Creek Road
 Te program also listed $75, 1000 Forest Fund money for a three-mile road in the vicinity of Petersburg but across the Narrows from the town. The territory has set up $15,0oo to cooperate in this project, the total estimated cost of which is ss0.o00.
 For construction of new bridge across Resurrection River the sum of $45,000 was allotted.
 For location surveys on a num- Der of Southeast Alaska projects the secretary approved the allotment of $17,000. Included in these projects are: Mud Bay-Loring section of Tongass Highway, 12 miles, s12,- 000;. Lemon Creek Loop to Glacier Highway, three miles. $3,000; In
 
 Sitka Highway, one mile, $1,000; West Coast Highway. Hydaburg will lage, one mile, s1,000.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-12-11
Deal For Shingle Mill Closed; Will Start Logging Soon
A. ANGARMAN OF LATOUCHE WILL OPERATE WITH LOCAL MEN SOON AFTER NEW YEAR

Negotiations for the sale of the Wrangell Shingle Mill were success fully completed this week and the new owner, A Angarman of La touche, will have his logging crew in the woods before Christmas. Mrs Angarman and their two children will be passengers to Wrangell on the next southbound trip of the Yu- kon, Angarman said, and telegram received yesterday informed him that W. S. Klaich, accompanied by his family, will arrive on the same boat.
 MT. Angarman expects to operate the mill himself, and has arranged with F. R. "Curley" Bennett to have charge of the saw. Jimmie Green has been engaged to get out cedar logs for the mill and will start logging next week.
 Angarman appreciates the excel lent reputation MT. McKinney's pro- duct has earned throughout Alaska and he is optimistic about the pros poets fon business on this account He plans a trip to Juneau and to the Westward soon in the interests of his new enterprise.
 Mir and Mrs Mckinney, who have been visiting relatives in Bel lingham for the past two months, are expected back here soon after the holidays.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-12-11
Council Session Seeks Solution Light Problem
COMPANY OFFERS TO SELL OR LEASE PLANT FOR 10 YEARS; i; CITY AWAITS LEGAL ADVICE

Mayor G. E. Diema.t and all memDers of the eounei' were pres ent at the regular meeting of that body at o'clock last Thursday evening fhe principal topic of dis cussion was the electric service sit uation A crisis occurred early last week when the town was threat ened with darkness, due to the in Power Company to continue opera tion.
 Declaring that an emergency eA- isted. Mayor Diemart consulted with members of the council and entered into contract with the light com pany to pay the $500 fuel bill ow- ing the Union Oil Company, the contract constituting a lien on the plant until the town is reimbursed. The obligation is to be automatical- ly dishcarged by the quittance of monthly bills for municipal lights. according to the contract.
 In taking this action the mayor and the council were of the opin- ion that the town was not in a position to immediately annui the franchise until the light plant and transmission lines have ben ap- praised and a value placed on the property and legal counsel secured. The light company's offer to sell the power plant and transmission lines or to lease the equipment for a term of years, was rejected.
 Other Business
 A letter from the territorial aud itor requesting payment of the towns share of the expense of con- structing an airport was read, and the clerk was instructed to draw warrant for 5000, the balance of S103391 to be paid later,
 In answer to a request for the use of priosn labor in street work, the U. S. marshal at Juneau in formed the council that prisoners might be secured for this work. The letter stated that such labor had proved satisfactory in the towns of Petersburg, Douglas and Skagway.
 Complaints were registered con corning people who have been dis posing of garbage in unauthorized places. The committee on health was instructed to act. Walter G. Dygert renewed his request for wa ter service and was informed that action would be taken in the spring.
 Fire Department
 Standpipes for protection against fire were recently recommended by the fire department for all business houses, and a committee was ap- pointed to secure the cooperation of property owners in the business sec tion 10O-watt lights to replace the lanterns in the chemical stations was authorized.
 The street committee was author ized to negotiate with Mrs. William Lewis for a 30-foot right-of-way through her property, also to mo- tify the American Bakery that the new addition In the rear of the DullQl1S IS all SucTOdcHHcnL Ou town property.
 The matter of installing a public telephone on the float behind the breakwater to replace the one which was stolen was brought up. Mayor Diemart notified the council that certain business houses and taxi men would bear the expense of the tele- Dhona
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-12-11
RENAHAN STILL MISSING

CHlKAN-Although nome steader on Gravina Island reported hearing plane, followed by the sound of crash, at about the time Renahan disappeared, as yet no trace of the missing flyer and his two companions has been found. The Seattle Aeronautic Association has posted reward of s1,000 for the finding of Samuel W. Clerf, who was a passenger on the plane, or his body.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-12-11
Bootleg King
 Found Guilty In Ketchikan Trial
WOES OF BO0TLEGGERS AIRED IN KETCHIKAN COURT; CROSS AND DOUBLE CROSS REVEAL ED; JURY OUT 24 HOURS

Inner workings of bootlegging, ranging from the financing to the | delivery of booze, were discussed openly and frankly in ketchikan last week by men engaged or pre- yiously engaged in the traffic, ac- cording to the ketchikan Chronicle. This during the trial of the case of the United States vs. Matt Berko- yich, charged with conspiracy to violate the prohibition act. The Jury, after listening to evidence for four days, and consulting among themselves for 24 hours, returned the verdict of guilty.
 Harry Nixon, testifying for the prosecution, said that he had Dur chased liquor from BerkoYich and Bailey, and that later he had work ed for them. He also said he had made ten or eleven trips to Prince Rupert for them. During part of this time he worked at the Mint and delivered liquor from there.
 Everything Fixed"
 During the time he worked at the Mint Berkovieh told Nixon mot to worry about the marshalls." He said he continued to take money or drafts to Prince Rupert to buy car goes of liquor until May, 1880.
 The list of witnesses included Phil Dohm, Oscar Case, Red Ram sey, Frank Le Roy, Nick Kane, liar ry Nixon, Louis Benson, T. H. Chid- esten and J. c. Helmar. Some of these were bootleggers. They said so themselves. Then there were others, Le Roy, Ramsey, Benson, Chidester and Helmar who, accord- ing to the evidence, were not boot leggers or having any part in the illicit traffic.
 BerkoVich on Stand
 BerkoYich, calm, smiling and con fident, took the stand and in reply to questions fired at him by the prosecuting attorney, H. M. Stabler, said, No one has ever seen me handle any liquor"
 Questions on transactions alleged to have been made with him by var ious witnesses that had testified for the prosecution, were answered with monotonous succession of No. sir's."
 He denied having sold liquor to Harry Nixon, of having paid him for making trips to bring in liquor from Prince Rupert or of having told him that he would have pro- teetion if he sold his (Matt's) liq- uor.
 | He said he went good for Nixon's bond when he was arrested to the amount of $210, but that 1t was only loan which he had not re- paid.
 Matt denied that he told Phil Dohm that he had the bunch on the hill' fixed, or that he had told Oscar Case that he had protection with prohibition officials.
 He denied that he had paid Fred Handy, prohibition officer, $5 a case for liquor brought into Ketchikan, on of having sold Clint Griffith a ease of bourbon and one of rye.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-12-11

The steamer Victoria arrived in Wrangell southbound at o'clock Thursday evening last with the fol- lowing passengers: Harlan H. Cub ser, A. Van Mayern, N. A. McEach- ran, F. Angarman, H. B. Crewson.
 E. Johnson and A. George embark ed ion Seattle.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-12-11

Helen Charles, aged three and one-half years, daughter of MT. and Mrs George Charles, died early last Monday morning of pulmonary tu- berculosis, after a lingering illness of months Interment will be made at Klawak
 MT. and Mrs. William Taylor and Mrs. R. J. Suratt returned from Ketchikan Monday afternoon after a two-weeks' cruise on the cruiser Lymph.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-12-11
BENEFIT MATINEE FOR PIONEERS SUNDAY

A matinee for the benefit of old timers at the Pioneers Home at Sit ka will be given Sunday afternoon at the Coliseum Florence Vidor in "The Magnificent Flirt" Is to be shown Patrons may contribute whatever they like at the door; children will be charged 10 cents.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-12-11

A report has been current around town the past week that deal for the sawmill and power plant was in immediate prospect. The Sen tinel, however, is unable to secure any definite information regarding the report.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-12-11

The Legion dance which was scheduled to take place this month has been postponed until after the holidays.
 Louis Olson has been appointed administrator for the Curtis J. Platter estate.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-12-11

E. A. Rasmussen was a passen- ger to Ketchikan on the Farragut.
Evening star., 1930-06-21
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