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The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-11-09
BETTER HOSPITAL FACILITIES
 AXE PROVIDED FOR INDIANS s

Trachoma and tuberculosis are highly prevalent infectious diseases among the Indian population. Hos pitalilation tor these and other ill., nesses Of general character have never been adequately provided for the Indians. Looking forward to better facilities, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Mir. John Col Her, announces the allotment Of S2,O16,400 by the PWA to be used in remodeHng seven old hospitaIs, some of which are little more than wooden shacks, and the building Of thirteen new ones. The new struc- lures will be located at the Warm Springs Agency, Ore gon; the Cherokee Agency, North Carol na; ; Eastern Navajo and Zuni Agencies, New Mexico; the Blackfeet and the Crow Agencies, Montana; the Col vile Agency, Washington; the Western Shoshone Agency, Nevada; the Fort Yuma Agency, California; the Yankton Sub-Agency and the Crow Creek Agency, South Dakota; Consolidated Chippewa A ncy |, Minnesota, ani at Ah Gwah Ching, Minnesota. They will be one-story buildings ana classed as general hospitals. They will have mostly two-bed and four-bed wards. AL most all of them will have a sur gical room, maternity room, iso- lation quarters for contagious diseases, and a special section for the treatment and cure of tubercu- losis.
 The existing hospitals, Commis- sioner Collier states, are generally badly oyercrowded. Some of them have only two wards, one for each sex. Patients of all types, and with all forms of contagious diseases often must be placed together. In many of the present hospitals it is necessary to move the beds togeth- the patients.
 The exterior designs, MT. Collier said, will be simple, complicated architecture being s t u d ou l y avoided, and the Indians themselves doing most of the masonry work A unique feature of plans will be the utilization of Indian craftsmen, sucn as wood earvers and painters wherever possible.
 AS an illustration, the entrance door of the Blackfeet hospital will be deeply recessed and the Indians will carve the wood jambs on either side. The waiting room and possibly some of the patients rooms will be decorated with the picture writing of the Blackfeet.
 The plan of employing Indians in this work is in line with the Com missioners program Of encouraging and educating the Indian to be self-supporting and to perpetuate his art and handicraft in wood and stone.
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we brought in with Us and the "Ohs" and Ans" at the scenes beyond their experiences and al- most beyond their comprehension.
 With few exceptions these people have never seen trees, horses, cows, automobiles. trains and other things common to Us. But after all, eX- perience is relative. l never before saw snow storms and ice in July. nor continuous daylight over a peri cd of three months, or a team of dogs drawing a loaded sled forty or fifty miles a day, nor a live whale or leopard seal or walrus. I may be able to drive an automobile ef- ficiently in Chicago traffic. but would be at a loss with a tangled
 dog team. I may be able to navi-
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gate a sail or motor boat in Lake Michigan, but would be helpless in a kiak or oomiak in floating ice of the Arctic Sea. Our circumstances vary and with them our abilities to meet these different conditions. Who can say which is entitled to the greater credit?
 It will be with deep regret that I shall soon bid farewell to my good friends here when the boats arrive, but I shall never forget the pleasant time spent here and the contacts made with both Eskimo and whites. The people and the mission work in Barrow have made an impress upon my mind and heart which the years will not efface.
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Chicago Lawyer Writes Account Of
 Interesting Trip To Point Barrow

, exorbitant rate as established, $750
 for the air trip from Fairbanks to
 Barrow, and was told that the
 trip is of such hazardous and un-
 certain character by reason of the terrain and the weather that the Airw2ys cannot risk the plane and
 the life of the pilot for any ordin- ary commercial fare, and that any | contract for passage is subject to the reservation, "d.v. and w.p..- God willing and the weather per
 hitting" I now concede the req condolences of the charge.
 My sister-in-law. wife of the
 Doctor, had gone Outside" on a hurried trip, and she and I returned together from Seattle. We had hoped to spend one day in Fair
 banks before proceeding to Barrow,
 but were told "The snow is going fast from the field here. and we
 have to take off on skis as landing
 must be made on skis at Barrow
 where there is nothing but snow, so
 we must leave at once"
 We left Fairbanks on Monday morning, April 23, and did not reach Barrow until the next Sun day evening. the 29th, with two nights spent at Bettles due to mis- haps in landing for refueling. in
 landing and taking off again on
 the snow covered rough ice of the Koyukuk river. We were once
 turned back and forced to return to Fairbanks when within 100
 miles of Barrow by ground fog. Not being able to again take off from Fairbanks by absence of snow. we were driven by auto to Birch Lake, so miles southeast from Fairbanks, where the plane had preceded us without load and the baggage was taken by truck Awaiting favorable weather, two days and two nights were spent at the Turnbow fox farm near the lake. We were once turned back by fog, subsequently,, in the White Mountains. and re- turned to the lake. where the ice remained intact for landing and taking oft with skis.
 Finally, we crossed through and over the Endicott mountains for the third time with beautiful sunshine and absence of this, from the height of 5000 to 1000 feet, jagged and saw-tooth peaks with precipitous sides meeting in the narrow deep gorges; then out over the Arctic plain, the brilliant sunshine over a ground mist. Below us in a direc- tion opposite the sun we saw travel ing with us a completely circular rainbow and, in the exact center of the vari-colored circle, our plane in silhouette. It was a strange sight which having once been ex- perienced can never be forgotten.
 After those repeated attempts to negotiate the trip, we finally land ed at Barrow Sunday evening at o'clock on the frozen lagoon within one hundred yards of the hospital and the manse, where we found almost the entire population
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gathered to welcome us. The well come was by no means one-sided Sister was overjoyed to reach home and to greet her husband and her son and the many others to whom her twelve years had endeared her; while the doctor and I fell upon each others neeks, at least figura- lively. after six years. It was also pleasure for me to again meet two different occasions I had en- ioyed visits in Chicago.
 I have now been privileged for two and a half months to live as part and parcel of the Barrow com munity. to become acquainted with the few whites and the hundreds of natives. old and young. The unfail- ing good nature and friendliness of these Eskimo. from the tiny tod dlers to the aged men and women is characteristic. I have yet to hear cross word passed between them. always laughing, cheerful under conditions and circumstances which would crush the spirit of us who have so much less reason to give way to Encouragement.
 And let us not forget the dogs' Estimated at from five hundred to six hundred in number. largely of wolfish ancestry and traits. they are of uncertain temper and not disposed to be friends. But what a transformation when they see the master coming with their harness. They become frantic, plunge and howl from sheer ecstacy. Tn the States dogs are supposed to howl as expressive of misery; here team of from six to twelve dogs will all point their noses to the sky and ! howl in unison in as many differ ent keys to express joy and eager ness. And how they do pull' Their claws digging into the ice and their bellies close to the snow as they put forth every ounce of strength. Theirs is the true joy of service. and if for any reason one is left out of the string he acts as heart broken.
 It is now the latter part of July. Snow storms are of almost daily occurrence. The Arctic Ocean is , filled with ice far beyond the range of vision-not smooth and suitable for skating or for walking save at places near the shore, but upstand ing ice masses as the ice pack moves in and out under the influ ence of winds and ocean currents We have twenty-four hours of day light as the sun moves in a circular plane but slightly inclined towards the northern horizon.-Fog. wind. and the sunshine.
 Space does not permit to tell of the, to me, novel round of whaling. sealing, duck and goose shooting, the trip of one hundred ten miles taken to Wainright by tracter and tent-sled caravan along the shore ice, the trips to the Point ten miles distant, the near epidemic of mea- sles suppressed with but six cases and no fatalities, the morning clin- ics in the hospital, the birth of several babies including py name sake, Lewis Suvlu, the church acti- vities, the teachers class, choir practice, Sunday School and preach from 200 to $50 Eskimos, the mani fest delight of young and old when the movie films are exhibited which
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Defense Attorney-Gentle of the jury, the defendant killed in self-defense!
 Offense Attorney-Did the mur- dered man draw first?
 D. A.-No, but we are prepared first if he'd had a gun.
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tie is known of his early life. Wm. Lloyd. a former partner believes that he was born in London. Ills only survivor is Charles Morse, a stepson. US. Commissioner Wm c Thomas appointed Wm Lloyd ad- ministrator of the estate and P. c. Mccormack. L. M. Churchill and J. W. Pritchett as appraisers.
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A copy of the August issue of the Northern Cross, published "every little while" at Point Barrow, Alas ka, by the Rev. Henry w. Greist, MD, in charge of the Presbyterian mission work at that point, reached Wrangell this morning. The hospi- tai, which pr. Greist superintends, is the farthest north hospital in the world.
 The Northern Cross, it is stated, seeks to represent that evangelism had within the limit of Yukon Presbytery, and particularly that among the Eskimo peoples of the Far North, far within the Arctic Circle. Yukon Presbytery is one of the largest in the world in point of square miles covered, but is one of the smallest anywhere found as to the number of ministers actively engaged"
 Dr. Greist's publication is done on a mimeograph and is gotten out under difficulties always and some times not all all and is sent out of the North by dogs, usually three times during the long Arctic win ter lasting nine months or more and one only in the short summer by ship, provided ships can get in through the ice, in all, 4400 miles to Seattle as winter mails go.'
 The Northern Cross contains much interesting matter, but a let ter from Dr. Greist's brother, Lewis T. Greist, of Chicago, who took moving pictures of Wrangell last summer while his boat was in port here enroute to Seward, is reprint ed as it is of especial interest. The letter follows:
 Point Barrow, Alaska
 July IS, 1884
 During the years since 1920, when my brother, the doctor, came to the Arctic, have desired to visit this most northerly point of the continent, but the time required for the trip, to say nothing of the expense, caused a postponement from year to year. Encouraged by my partners to believe that my presence in Chicago was not abso- lutely indispensable to the success of our law practice, 1 began in 1883 to plan for an absence of six months in 1894.
 From the time I sailed from Seat tie on April IA, to the present mid dle of July, I have enjoyed new experiences, including the delight full six-day trip to Seward over the Pacific waters of the justly cele- brated Inside Passage" with its superlative scenery, touching at Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg and Juneau, the boisterous Gulf of Alaska, with stops at Yakutat, Cor dova and Valdez, to Seward; thence up the scenic Alaska Railroad to Fairbanks. From Fairbanks to Bar row. or Point Barrow as the Army insists on terming it. Only about $50 miles in an air line, but over the precipitous Endicott range, the picturesque White Yukon and the Colville rivers. The saw tooth mountains of the Endicott Range leave no place in which to sit down in case of mishap, and no way in which to get out even if forced landing could be made, and is a region, too, particularly subject to storm and fog.
 I had questioned the seemingly
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Frank Daudy passed away Nov 3, 1919, after a short illness. Lit
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-11-09

Mrs. Josephine Mason is building a residence on the Cassiar street lot she recently purchased from Wm. c. Thomas
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-11-09

Word has been received by Wrangell friends that Miss Helen Hofstad is making a good recovery from her recent illness and with her mother and brother. Thor. is
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-11-09
Is YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
 News Items Taken from ntinelF of NnvR

F. E. Bronson. Wrangell chair man of the Roosevelt Memorial Fund, reported 461 voluntary sub scribers who responded to the sug- gestion that the memory of Theo- dore Roosevelt be honored in a suitable way. Contributions from Wrangell and west coast points amounted to s229S5 which was sent to the Roosevelt Memorial As sociation in New York.
 N. Nusshaumer has received from Washington. DC. flash light picture of his battalion which was taken in the Keats Theatre on the evening of Thanksgiving Day, 1917. Among the prominent per sons who ap0ear in the picture are President and Mrs. Wilson, Secre- tary of War and Mrs. Baker. Sec retary of State and Mrs. Lansing, Secretary of Treasury and Mrs. Me Adoo. and Miss Margaret Wilson daughter of the President.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-23

ways catching up on me. The next
time they sent me to FIT. Benjamin
Harrison, that camp right near here.
Hubert and Hamilton, the two
guys 1 got caught with the other
day, were in there, too. Well, for
six months we tried to escape from
that joint. We caused so much
trouble that they put a special
guard inside to watch U.S."
Blanton got around this, he says,
by winning the guards friendship
and then keeping him talking in
the rear of the guardhouse one day
while Hubert and Hamilton climbed
waterpipe in front and opened a
hole in the roof with daggers the
trio had made from old files.
Finally" he chuckled, i let the
guard go on about his business and,
when he was out of sight, we all
went out that hole like bat out
of hell. We got full hours start
on them and they never did catch
Hamilton until the other day"
His next arrest, Blanton said, was
the result of treachery on the part
of a friend" who tipped OF the
police. This occurred in Eaton. O.,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-23

The strike of drivers of the Chi
cago Motor coach Company, in
progress eight days with intermit-
tent sluggings ana the stoning of
several omnibuses, held the key to
a general strike.
Union leaders of 10000 street car
and elevated workers said feeling
was running high among their men
for sympathy strike" in support
of the bus mems demands for union
recognition.
The executive board of the Anal
gamated Association of Street and
Electric Railway Empoyes of Amer
lea, meeting in Detroit, postponed
consideration of the sympathetic
strike which would paralyze trans
portation facilities serving 100000
persons.
The postponement was ordered
pending outcome of federal media
ton attempts here.
Two representatives of the federal
labor board today abandoned hopes
of ending the bus drivers strike and
indicated that the dispute would be
handed over to the national labor
board.
They reported absolutely no
progress" to Washington.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-23
'HUEY MYPAL,'
GAMING KING
TELLS WORLD
'Frameup,' ROarS Long,
Pointing Accusing Finger
at WaImSIey, Aids.
THEY JUST CHUCKLE
For Move Puts KingfiSh
Right on Spot in the
Election.
By United Press

BY CHfte0 Press
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 23.-Sen-
ator Huey P. Long, who has
assumed the role of guardian of
public morals since the start of his
war" with the New Orleans city
administration, found himself in a
most embarrassing position today.
A. G. Rickerror, alleged king" of
the lottery ring of New Orleans,
today announced his political sup
port was with the "Kinghsh."
Long Immediately Shrieked foul
play" and accused the city ad-
ministration, led by Mayor T.
SemmeS Walmsley, with Matching a
deep, dark plot to Sully his repu-
tation.
Let him (Rickerfor) open one OF
his damned dens down there," Long
angrily exclaimed, and we'll show
him whether he is with us or not
Il don't see why he didn't say
that Walmsley and other city Of
ficials were with us, too," he added
Using the horrible vice ano
gambling conditions of New Or
leans" as basis. Long launched his
attack on the city administration
several weeks ago. During this time
he loudly cried out against the
terrible sins of the city"
This led directly to his goal of q
special session of the legislature
which, under his direction, passed
twenty-six spite" bills stripping
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/ army. feels that filling stations are
pretty small fry"
He leaned against the bars nom
chalantly as he told the story of his
escapes from military jails.
My first escape" he said, was
from the army Jail in Stockade, KY.
When they caught me they in
creased my sentence, so I decided
to get away again. damned out OF
there that time on Jan. 2, 1882. 1t
was pretty cold and they had us
build a fire near our work, which
was cracking rocks with sixteen
pound Sledge hammer.
One Of the Sentries sent me to
get some oil from nearby cache
and. when I saw my chance, ran.
1t was only 200 yards to some woods
and he had four good shots at me,
but the only scratch I got was when
I fell and bumped my knee.
When they got me after that
one, they stuck me in the jug in
Fl. Thomas, KY. guess they
thought that would hold me. but I
got out pretty soon-April Z, 1882,
it was"
Il could get out Of those army
jails pretty fast. but they were al
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where the friend" operates a beer
parlor.
This fellow sent word for me 70
go to his place for party" Blanton
recounted. When I got there, was
received by the bulls
He told of returning to Eaton,
after his escape from Governors
Island, to settle the score with the
friend" but said he found him in
Jail on a minor charge.
Il will take care of that guy one
of these days" he added.
We'll, anyway" he continued,
after they got me this time IN
Ohio they figured they would put
me some place where I couldn't get
away so they sent me to Governors
Island in New York. They had
caught Hubert and he was there.
too.
Il can't tell you how, but we were
in touch with Hamilton all the time
we were there. Then one night Hui
bert escaped by swimming Butter
milk channel to the mainland. He
kept in constant communication
with me by our secret method and
finally our chance came.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-23
VETERANS HEAR
MINTON PLEDGE
Democrat Senate Candidate
Promises Aid; Flags
ChiSeIerS.
BY BASIL GALLAGHER
Times staff Writer.

Veterans throughout the state are
watching with interest the senate
rial campaigns of Sherman Minton
Democratic candidate, and Arthur
R. Robinson, Republican incumbent
as legionnaires prepare for the state
convention at Gary next week.
At the Gary meeting, the senti-
ments of the veterans will be sound
ed out thoroughly. Senator Rob-
inson and Mr.. Minton will be pre-
sent, together at an American
Legion dinner, though political
speeches will be barred.
But political observers declare
that the meeting of the candidates
will be of vital interest, inasmuch
as representative veterans undoubt-
edly will show their political hands
at the meeting,
Realizing the potential danger OF
allowing both candidates to speak
at the dinner, V. M. Armstrong
commander of the legion's Indiana
department, has barred all political
speeches.
The Gary meeting will mark the
third time since the start of the
senatorial campaign that the can
didates have faced each other at
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Shortly before the vote count was
made, DR.. Smith grabbed off second
place, and then in laSt-minute
splurge to get Mondays ballots in
on time, DR.. Kernel stepped back
into second.
The busy doctors forces, however,
declared that they are only Spooflng
the "Kruegerites" and that in the
argot of the f1apper-"they amt
seen nothing yet"
Steinsberger Steps Up
Grocer Fred w. Steinsberger,
president of the Indianapolis Meat
and GrocerS Association, was the
only candidate to step up the ladder.
Mr.. Steinsberger scaled the Dave
Mitchell golfing gang like an Alpine
momtaineer escalating up the Mat
terhorn.
The "Steinsbergerians" are con-
f1dent. They say the race is in the
bag" and it's their bag.
other contestants for the felt
crown and the silver plaque, in ad-
dition to the right to speak before
a grandstand crowd at the Indiana
state fair on Sept. 6, just crept aloA 2
in the standings.
Monday Ballots Void
Voters of darby ballots are
warned to look at the date on each
ballot to be sure that they are not
void. Mondays ballots are void now.
Tuesdays ballots are good until
1 p. m. tonight.
Yesterdays vote coupon will not
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Il and two other prisoners were
sent with four sentries to the end
of the island to do some digging.
Well, Hubert rowed across the
channel and stuck up the sentries
with one .38 revolver and gave me
another and we disarmed them and
started to take it on the lam. Just
then along came big army car
with two lieutenants and sergeant
and a chauffeur. We stopped the
car and made it turn around and
drive back. Then we beat it in the
row boat
1.-THE other prisoners just stood
around and watched They didn't
have anything to do with it,
BY agreement they met Hamilton
and then, according to Blanton, the
trio held up "a few small joint"
because they needed money. They
started across the country, robbing
as they came.
When we pinched the license
plates of the chief of policies car
in Greensburg, Ind. We really
needed some plates" Blanton
laughed. We didn't know it was
the chiefs car, but We did know it
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JAPAN LIBERAL HERE
RAPS WORLD RULERS
Leaders Mental 'EunuChS,
Visitor Declares.

1.-THE governments Of the world
are in the hands of intellectual
eunuchs," according to DR.. Rokui-
chiro MaSujima, noted japanese
lawyer, philosopher and liberal.
DR.. Masujima started for his
homeland today, following visit
with Albert j. Beveridge Jr., Re-
publican candidate for the state
legislature in the fall elections,
whom he knew in Japan.
DR.. Masujima, known in his own
country as a great liberal. despite
his II years, believes the world has
become degraded since the World
war.
corruption and petty jealousies, -
he said, have played an important
part in the gradual but noticeable
change that has come over both the
Occident and the Orient. Those at
the head of government are corrupt
and spineless, intellectual eu-
nuchs.
1T is up to the youth of the
world to remedy this situation" DR..
Masujima said.