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The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-30
Trying To Avert
 Wa|koui

SAN F'RAtICt5CO. Cal. July 30.- Fe lcral Concjliator Walter MtteW- rcn. continues efforts to avert a pcs ~ible city wide warehouse tieup, Matcwson met with the CIO Ware hcu-emcn and representatives from he Ssn Trancisce- distributors to rcck scmc solution to the dispute. However. tho mediator reported that tho parties to the dispute still re- ma red daadlocked.
 Tho Warehouscmen are asking hat CIO WnrchoIsemcn replace AFT, mcmfcrs at San Franc sco company. The union has threatened 10 guyrend present contracts and r'rikc 'rrlcss a suitable settlement is reached.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-30
TOMORROW DEADLINE FOR FILING LIQUOR,
 CIGARETTE INVENTORY

Tomorrow is the last day for merchants to file with the Bureau of Internal Revenue inventories of liquor and cigarettes on hand June 50, Deputy Collector Wesley Over by warned today.
 After tomorrow penalty will De imposed on merchants filing in- YentorieS.
 Blanks for such inventory state ments may be obtained from the internal Revenue office here.
 Overby is leaving tomorrow on he steamer North Sea for Sitka nd Southeast Alaska points. Dur ng the three weeks of his absence he local office of the Bureau ill be closed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-30
You ' Born! Yep,
 Find 0ui

WASHINGTON, July 30. = The census Bureau is doing a thriving business these days in furnishing persons with official proof that they were born.
 Bureau Director William Austin explained that both Government services and allied private indus tries are requiring prospective en- ployes to show legal proof of their age and place of birth. When a person does not possess birth cer- tificate proving his birth and age he may now go to the Census Bu- reau which is prepared to investi- gate and furnish an official docu- ment.
 Austin said the Bureau now fur nishes this information to thousands of persons every month.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-30
NEW CRUISER E REGISTERED
 OUT OF HERE
Yacht Nanodk Taking Par ty Through Islands of
 Southeast Alaska

The trim 42-foot cruiser Nanoak was built on Boring Sea, is regis tered out of Juneau, and yet ar rived here last weekend for the first time.
 The craft is owned by MT. and Mrs. Henry Wilson, former Bureau of Indian Affairs teachers who spent five years at Angoon and another five years at Film, near Nome. where Wilson built his cruiser.
 Leaving the Boring Sea country, the Wilson's shipped their craft to Seattle. They are making the pres ent cruise to look over old stamp ing grounds near Angoon and plan to bring charter parties north.
 The Nanoak-Eskimo for Polar Bear-i5 powered with a semi- diesel Miller engine and cruises at about eight knots. There are sleeping accommodations for seven.
 Aboard the Nanoak are MT and Mrs. Wilson, Lois Vincent. of Se- attle, school teacher making her first trip to the North, and Billy Wright, former Juneau jeweler.
 Planning to leave tomorrow morn- ing, the party will go to Angoon and spend a few days in the Mitchell Bay area before continu- ing the trip.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-30
Barber Loses Tools, Sues Steamship Line

A barber who lost a trunkful of tools and isn't able to ply his trade without them today filed damage suit in District Court here against the Northland Transportation Com eany. which firm is accused to los ing the trunk.
 Plaintiff in the case is George w. Stinson who arrived here June 5 enroute to Sitka to start business. He states in his complaint that the trunk containing his tools and clothing for himself and son was moved to the Northland dock for transshipment to Sitka, that he later saw the trunk at the North land dock and gave instructions for it's shipment and that it has since been lost.
 Stinson seeks to collect $850 for the contents of the trunk, $280 for months wages lost and his costs and attorneys fees.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-30
CLIPPER AND ELECTRA OFF
 ON SCHEDULES

The Alaska Clipper flew south this morning from Aux Bay with nine passengers from here, and a PAA Electra went to Fairbanks with eight persons.
 To Seattle passengers were T. s. Bailey. T. w. Ildstead. Dick Jameson, w. II. Bartholomae, MT. and Mrs. Loring Gale, Lena Har- rala, H. Bernhardt, Adelia Bender
 Southbound. from Ketchikan, James Hanson, David Scott, June Smith and Mrs. Ed Riddle.
 Flying north with the Electra were J. K. Campbell, August Buschmann, M Gould. Charlotte Robert, Mrs John Harris, Mrs John Phelan, John Carlson, Mrs w. Joslin.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-30
LOW WAFER IN
 STREAMS HURTS i
 RUN OF SALMON
Olson Finds Pinks Refuse to Enter Spawning
 Grounds SO Far '

Streams throughout Southeast Alaska are disastrously low at this time for salmon escapement, ac- cording to Fishery Management Supervisor Clarence Olson of the Fish and Wildlife Service who re- turned last night from a stream inspection trip on the patrol ves- sel Brant in the Lisianski, Port Althorp and Hoonah regions.
 Early dog salmon streams are full of fish, Olson said, but no pinks are showing anywhere. With no snow in the hills and very lit tie rain. the streams are so low that the fish are not coming into them. Only glacial streams are run ming with a normal amount of water
 When streams are low, Olson said. pink salmon refuse to enter them and swim back along the shores of the bays, where they be- come easy pickings for seinerS.
 Illegal Gear
 Olson reported the conviction of Harry Whitten and his crew Of the Lois " in the court of U. $. Commissi ioner Rober5 Brown at Hoonah for fishing with illegal gear in Surge Bay, Yakobi Island. The boat was fined $500. The ar rest was made by Fish and Wild fife Service speedboat.
 The Lois w was the 14th boat to be apprehended in the Juneau Patrol District this season. Two have been arrested by the Alaska Game Commission vessel Bear in the Sitka area and the other l2 have been brought to book by Fish cries patrol vessels inside. Convic- tions have been obtained in every instance and heavy fines imposed, Olson said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-30
WARTIME JITTERS ARE BLAMED FOR
 TRAFFIC DEATHS

CHICAGO, July 50. Wartime jitters, war psychology, effects Am erican motorists and is held partly responsible for the sharp increase in the nations traffic deaths.
 The National Safety Council re- ported an eight percent increase in them during the first half year over that of last fear and said that they found the number began to increase sharply with the out break of war and reached its peak when France surrendered.
 The Council further stated that 14,740 persons were killed the first six months, a 1,040 increase.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-30
YEAR'5pA(k 45o,ooo FOR
 BRISTOL BAY
Final Total Less than Half Last Sedson-Eight
 Canneries

A total 1940 Bristol Bay pack of approximately 450,000 cases of red salmon is reported to the Fish and Wildlife Service here. Last year the final pack was 1,043,l84. The l940 season closed last Thursday
 This seasons catch is considered fair in view of the curtailment im- posed by the regulationt. Only eight canneries operated this year as against 20 in 1939
 The run of pinks in Prince Will liam Sound has been exceptional for the past 10 days according to reports received by the Fish and Wildhfe Service office here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-30
China Turns
 Down FIatIy,
 Peace Offers
0vertures Made by Japan. csc Government Are
 Bounced Right Back

HONGKONG, July 30-It is re- ported that China has rejected Jap anese peace overtures including out right cession of Hoper, Chahar, Shangtung, Shansi, Suiyuan and recognition of Wang Ching Wei as President of the new Republic.
 The rejection was also made re- garding ccssion of British Burma, French Indo- o-China, leaving Man choukuos status in abeyance.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-30
RUMANIA
 THREATENED
 BY POWERS
Must Yield Land 10 Hun gary, Bulgaria, by Ger
 lain Date or Else

BUCHAREST, July 30.-It is au- thoritatively reported that Germany has given Rumania until September 15 to settle differences with Hun gary and Bulgaria over ceding Of territory directly and then if not settled, the Rome-Berlin Axis will impose the settlement.
 Officials have not confirmed the report that the Rumanian GOvcru- ment merely expressed appreciation at the Italo-German real interest in Rumania's problems.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-30
{ LOST A5 FIRE HITS
 BIG PLANT
Paint Factory Burns in Camden = Seventeen
 Taken 10 Hospitals

CAMDEN, N. J., July 30. - Six persons are unaccounted for after fire broke out following an explo- sion in the R M Holingshead Com- pany's block long plant during the noon hour.
 The flames spread rapidly and leaped to buildings across tn e street
 Seventeen persons were treated at hospitals for burns and other injuries.
 The Holingshead plant employs 3CO persons in the manufacture of automobile paint and grease. It is located in the heart of the city.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-30
GABRIElS0N, DUFRESNE
 ARRIVE IN ANCHORAGE

Director Ira Gabrielson of the Fish and Wildlife Service and Executive Officer Frank Dufresne of the AL sska Game Commission are now in Anchorage. They plan trip to Fairbanks and out over the Rich ardson Highway to Valdez before re- turning to Juneau on the vessel Brown Bear.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-30
HALIFAX SAYS JAPANESE ARE
 TELLING TALE
Tells House of Lords Spy Network Accusation
 UnWarrdnted

LONDON. July 30.-Foreign Sec tary Lord Halifax told the House of Lords today, "It is hardly neces- sary to state there is no foundation whatsoever" for the Japanese all legation of spy networks in Japan.
 Britain is entirely unable to ac- cept the totally unwarranted as sumption of guilt" on the part of Melville Box, Britisher, who the Japanese reported leaped out a window to suicide when he was con- vinced he could not escape convic- tion.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-30
Return 10 States
 After Visit Here

Mrs. Mary Holbrook of Freewater, Oregon; Mrs. c. E. Waldron of Walla Walla, Washington; and Mrs. H. F. Sheehy of Baker, Oregon, sailed for the States this morning on the Princess Louise.
 They have been the guests of MT. and Mrs. .Wellman Holbrook for the past several weeks and during their visit have been the incentive for much entertaining.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-30
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, July 30. = Closing notation of Alaska Juneau mine tock today is 43s. American Can a51s, Anaconda 20 7/8. Bethlehem
 teel 81, Common alth and Southern IS. Curtiss Wright 7B, General Motors 46, International Harvester 45, Kennecott 27ss, New York Central 1912, United States Steel 55A, Pound $385h.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-30
Rodeo Rider
 Jo Ann Will
 Return Here
Claims AIIegedIy Forge d Check Was Part Pay
 menf in Poker

SEATTLE, July 30. - Jo Anne Thompson, of San Angelo, Texas, rodeo rider, has changed her mind and said she is willing to return to Juneau on the first ship and face charges of forging the name of Mayor Harry l. Lucas to a $200 check in Juneau.
 A Territorial warrant charged she forged 1t, but she told Detective Lieutenant Borneman yesterday that she obtained it as partial payment for winnings in a dice and poker Game.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-30
GIBRALTAR K
 BOMBED AGAIN

ALGECIRAS, July 30. - Several bombs were dropped today on the fortress by two unidentified planes which approached swiftly under cover of low clouds
 The invaders escaped in the face of furious anti-aircraft fire. The bombs did no damage to military objectives.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-30
ROTARY BANQUET FOR B0RLESKE I5
 SET FOR TONIGHT

TCnight's banquet for Rotary Dis trict Governor R. Vincent Borleske will bcgin at. T o'clock sharp. &C., cording to Ernest Parsons, Acting Secretary of the local club.
 Rotarians and their wives are invited to attend the affair in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-30
S(hoett|er Family
 Return by Plane

After an enjoyable weekend at Mary Joyce's Taku Lodge and a visit with the Frank McPhersons at Polaris-Taku. Mrs. Miriam c. Schoettler, Mrs. Robert Schoettler, and her daughter Maria, returned here last evening by plane.
 Mrs. Miriam Schoettler, mother of Robert Schoettler. is visiting here from Seatt e.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-30
17 Go Out
 On Louise

Seventeen from Juneau booked southbound this morning on the steamer Princess Louise.
 They were MT. and Mrs. L. Roe- mer, John Mclaughlin, Ruth AL len. Mrs. E. Bowden, Miss R. Ca- lone. Mrs. N. J. Holbrook, Mrs. 0. G. Waldron, Mrs. H. F. Sheehy, MT. and Mrs. Stanley Cox, Mrs. J. Mo Kinley, Miss R. McBroom, Roger McBroom, Mrs. R. M. O'Loane, Leo Kaieri.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-30
COASTAL FLIGHT
 I5 FLOWN TODAY

Alex Holden flew to the coast this morning with four passengers.
 Jesse Nelson, L. F. Freeburn and Joohn O'Connor were flown to Sit ka. while R. E. Murphy was flown to Hirst.
 Yesterday, Simmons came in from Sitka with Ernest Whitehead, l.. Freeburn and J. Nelson.
 John Amundsen flew the Mon day clipper shuttle to Ketchikan yesterday evening. taking w. j.. Manahan to Petersburg and Conrad Espe to Ketchikan
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-30
Border
 Is Shut Off

BASLE, July 30-Germans have closed all road and rail posts on the Swiss German frontier except at Saint Margarethen in Austria
 Apparently the move is to insure secrecy of troop movements through southern Germany in connection with preparations for the offensive against En9liAj.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-30
KAY METZGAR UNDERGOES
 MINOR OPERATION TODAY

Vera Kay Metzgar is at home today under her mothers care minus her tonsils and adenoids. Little Kay was operated upon at the Ju- neau Medical Clinic this morning by Dr. w. w. Council.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-30
HERE'S AN
 ODD CASE

LOS ANGELES. Cal, July 30.-- County physicians report that a young woman stricken with in- fantile paralysis, confined in an iron lung. Mrs Virginia Natives, gave birth Sunday to normal con. Both the mother and the baby we e in good condition and expected to survive
 The hospital superintendent, DT. Edwin Bennett, said that the iron lung birth was the third Cn record in medical annals and the fist in which both the mother and child lived
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-30
Southern Cross On
 WayHere
luxury Yacht Is Reported Headed North from
 Seattle for Juneau

SEATTLE, July 30.-The luxury yacht Southern Cross, owned by the Swedish industrialist, Axel Wenner Gren, headed up the coast toward Juneau today, after a days stop in Seattle.
 Axel Gren has played a mysteri- ous part in European diplomacy since the outbreak of the war His yacht participated last summer in the rescue of victims from the tor pedoed Athenia.
 The Southern Cross was watched closely by customs guards during it's stay in Seattle.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-30
CHARTERED
 FOR ALASKA

TACOMA, Wash, July 30-The Alaska Steamship Company has chartered the coastal freighter Lake Francis for the special midseasason rush" run to Kodiak Island and Alaska Peninsula points.
 The Lake Francis will sail north from Seattle tomorrow night.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-30
SALMON INDUSTRY
 MANAGER IN TOWN

Henry Von Hovenberg, Manager of the Alaska Salmon Industry, Inc, is spending a few days in Juneau on business. He came in on the steamer Mt Mckinley Saturday from Kodiak. He is stopping at the Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-30
DIVORCE CASES

Suits for divorce were filed in District Court today by Sam Duker against Mary Speer Duker on grounds of desertion, and Miguel V. Seludo against Lucille Seludo on grounds of incompatability.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-30
Baseball Today

The following are sc3ics of games played this afterncoh in the two major leagues:
 National Leasrc St. Louis 13, Boston [ Chicago 5; Philadelphia T.
 American League Philadelphia l; Chicago 3. New York 8; Detroit 6.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-30
EDWARDS RETURNS

Oliver Edwards, Forest Service Biologist. returned on the steamer Columbia from work in the Gnu zach National Forest
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-30
ARTIST THROUGH

Eustace Paul ziegler, Alaska art ist, was 2 through passenger for the States Hast night on the steamer Columbia. He has been painting in the Interior, .7-s-r ---.-s's-z--.''-'' '-'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-30
HERE FROM ANGOON

Fred Brandeis, Angoon merchant, is visiting in Juneau for few days, having come in from the Admiralty Island port yesterday He is registered at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-30
HAWKE5W0RTH BACK
 FROM FIELD TRIP

Charles w. Hawkesworth, Assist ant to the, General Superintendent of the Office of Indian Affairs, Alaska Division, returned by Elec- tra yesterday after three months field trip to Bristol Bay. the Upper Panama and Lower Yukon regions.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-30
DOW. JONES AVERAGES

The following are today's Dow Jones averages: industrials 125.97, rails 27.O9, utilities 22.75.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-30
TOSS RETURNS

Harold Foss, architect, returned on the steamer Columbia from a trip to the Westward during which he visited Anchorage, site of the new Army air base
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-30
SARBER VISITS

, l. wildlife Agent Hoea sarber of the Alaska Game Commission ar rived here today on the vessel Black
 Bear and went out again on patrol,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-30

The National Resources Board re- ports 881, ,725 900 acres of land in the United States essentially in- capable of tillage"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-30

Wyoming contains 1,6000G0 acre. of governmont-owned primitive areas" i'll which no roads may bc built.
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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-01-27

the authors extraordinary achieve
ment. It was edited by William 5.
Lewis, an attorney of Spokane, Wash,
and Prof. Najiro Murakami, former
head of the department of foreign
languages at the Imperial university IN
Tokyo, Japan. Only 1000 copies of the
book were printed, and these were I'M
mediately purchased by libraries and
private collectors.
Not much Is known of Ranald Nc
Donald's life, other than the material
given in the story Of his japanese
adventure.
When Mrs. Christina Mcdonald Will
liams, half blood daughter of Angus
Mcdonald and sister OF the late Dun
can Mcdonald of St. Ignatius, Mont,
wrote an account of her life for a
washington historical magazine, she
mentioned Ranald Mcdonald. She said
II first met my cousin, Ranald Nc
Donald of Japan fame at Clintook,
b. O., about 1874. He was reported TO
have made 100000 In the Cariboo mines
but had lost 1t all through bad luck,
and trickery Of sharperE met him
at old McLeanis building, the Bona
p@rte House, or Bonaparte station IN
the Cariboo and KaTnlOops fork He
Was IN the employ OF the men. dancing
all night with the ladies and showing
them the little courteous, polished at
tentsons noticeable for their absence
among the rougher elements Of the
west.
aThe following winter OF 1875 he
casne over 30 ksml0ops where was
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-01-27

oath day OF August, 1894, and was
buried near Boundary creek on Kettle
river MY half brother Ranald McDon-
aid never married.
I'm the conversations with my broth
er Ranald Mcdonald. he told me he
had been mining at Ballarat near Mel
bourne, Australia, where the gold was
found in a formation resembling chalk,
specimens of which Ranald Mcdonald
brought with him to Canada, and dem
onstrated and explained TO the family
how they washed the gold from this
chalk formation by crushing It.
"Ranald Mcdonald also related an
incident that occurred at BalIarat
when there was some trouble with the
miners over the working OF the claims
Ranald was naturally OF a very mild
and nOncombative disposition. In the
course Of the difficulty and the melee
which occurred thereover, Ranaid was
attacked by man who was a stranger
to him and in defending himself
Ranald knocked this man out and went
on about his business and gave the
affair no further thought until the
evening Of that day he heard q ram
on bis CABIN door and UPON opening
IL he found some men who said they
were q committee to interview him
and they handed him q belt. On IA
nald hdcDOnalu mqu1fmR what thew
meant they informed him that he was
now entitled TO the belt as champion
Of Australia, having knocked the
previous champion out However, Ra-
Maid not being interested In that
branch OF athletics. declined the belt
and shook hands with the committee
and thanked them for the honor prof
fered him.
When Ranald Mcdonald returned
from Australia he must have sailed
around the Cape OF Good Hope as he
told me OF having visited Rome. Paris
and London ON his way home.
"Ranald Mcdonald must have re-
turned to old Fort Colville In the late
seventies when he took UP his perma-
nent residence on his pre-empted
claim which he took up from part OF
the land which had been previously
cultivated by our father as a part OF
the Hudson's Bay Co. holdings at
Fort Colville open for settlement. ex-
cepting 100 acres, the immediate sits
of old Fort Colviile Ranald Mcdonald
built a residence on his pre-empted
claim where he made his permanent
residence up to the time of his death,
dividing his time between improving
his pre-empted claim and prospecting
on the upper Kettle river in the vi
entity Of Boundary creek"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-01-27
Nv WALTER E. TAYLOR

ame-tirue resident Of Montana
WAS eue OF the first men 90 teach
the English language TO the Japa-
neSe people. He preceded Comma
dore Matthew Calbraith Perry 70
Japan by nearly a decade. and but
for hHw Perry's task Of Opening"
japan TO foreign trade might have
been mmch more difficult than it
was.
This sounds like one Of Ripley's be
heve It or nots." but frontier Montana
knew many adventurous men. Thomas
Francis MeaRher was such a man, as
PaSha," became dictator Of Egypt back
IN the 1906. But Of all the adven-
&rers who Ghronged Montana's from
tier, none could tell a tale more ex-
citing than the fabulous japanese ad-
venture Of Ranald Mcdonald.
This red-headed, black-eyed Scotch
Indian, member of q family famous
in the fur trade of Montana and the
northwest, penetrated single-handed
the mystery that was Japan IN the
18th century. Two of the japanese to
whom he taught English later became
interpreters for Commodore Perry, yet
few Of the great commodore's biogra-
piers have considered McDOnald's ex-
plot worthy Of mention. During his
lifetime his daring adventure went
lnnnoticed and he couldn't even find
a publisher in all England or America
willing to put his story into print
Rana1d McDonald's Japanese adven-
tzIre- occurred before he came to Mon
tana. for he was still in his teens when
he set sail for the far east. BY the
time he arrived in the Flathead coun-
Try, tins 18th century Anthony Adverse
had already seen most of the conti-
nents OF the globe; and those were
the days when globe-trotting was not
the common, comparatively easy &C
complishment it Is today.
Born at Trading Post
Ranald Mcdonald was born in 1924
at a trading post in what is now the
state of Washington His father was
DR.. Archibald Mcdonald, the Scotch
physician turned trader who was
power IN the northwest as chief factor
for the alI-powerful HudSon's Bay Co.
Dr. Mcdonald had married Princess
Sunday, the daughter of Comcomley,
the great chief of the Chinook Indians,
a tribe residing at the mouth of the
Columbia river. Ranald Mcdonald was
che only child of that union, although
ne had several half brothers and sis
ters, children Of DR.. Mcdonald by his
white wife whom he married after
the death OF Princess sunday Incl
dentaiIy, historians disagree as to the
spelling of the name Of the Mcdonald
clan. some using the INC" others the
Mac"
RanaId Mcdonald was given a good
education and his writings show con-
siderable literary quality. He was
nephew Of that other Mcdonald with
q literary turn of mind, famous Angus
Mcdonald Of Salish House in the Flat
head country, whose neatly written
of several plays and travel