Peters burg to Get Shrimp and Crab Cannery Start
Petersburg prepares to launch Ewison and Malcolm shrimp and crab cannery in the old Public Dock warehouse. Capacity 40 to 50 cases daily, expanding to year round operation. H. H. Malcolm arrives from the south to supervise. two to three fishing boats and a packer vessel to be added.
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Petersburg
H. H. Malcolm
Jefferson
Ewison and
Malcolm
Main Street
K. Malcolm
Kechikan
Alaska Legislature Set to Return to Session
The article notes preparations for a new legislature session in Alaska with plans for quarters. Sir Thomas Riggs announces that quarters must include furnishings. Government readers learn January 21 as a key date for opening. past sessions met in various buildings including Elks' Building and Goldstein Building.
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Bisjal Legislac
Alaska
Thomas Riggs
Vics Fv
Ted
Elks
Goldstein Building
Garside Build
Backstrom Resigns as U S District Attorney in Juneau
J J Backstrom has submitted his resignation as United States District Attorney for Juneau and will end his term January 12. He plans to join the General Land Office in the Interior Department as a special agent and depart January 18 for Santa Fe New Mexico to assume the new duties. He was appointed November 25 1919 after years in Alaska land service.
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Esistant
U. S
J. J. Backstrom
Juneau
Atney
J. A. Smiser
Ur. Backstrom
Geneal Land Office
Decarent of the Interior
Aent
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Distiet Attorney’s
General Landsee Service
Alaska
Famine in China Reaches Historic Proportions
Telegram from American ambassador reports China facing the worst famine in its history with ten thousand deaths daily. Widespread hunger drives extreme measures including cannibalism among vulnerable groups.
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Toreka
Yies Crane
China
Chas. Crane
Christian Herald
For Sale Cheap nine hp four cycle gas engine
The Company Shop offers a nearly new nine horsepower four cycle gas engine with all equipment included for sale at a bargain price.
January Boat Sailings From Seattle and Vancouver
Advanced schedules received by Postmaster J C Allen from E McGrath Seattle superintendent of railway mail service list the City of Seattle Alameda Jefferson sailing January 14 20 and 24 and Northwestern January 29. The Princess Mary sails from Vancouver January 8 22 February 5 19.
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J. C. Allen
E. McGrath
Seattle
City of Seattle
Alameda
Jefferson
Northwestern
Princess Mary
Vancouver
New Steamship Line Promises 15 Percent Freight Cut
O E Kirkpatrick announces a new Puget Sound Steamship Co between Puget Sound ports and Southeastern Alaska with a 15 percent tariff reduction filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission. The first vessel will sail from Seattle or Tacoma on January 10, and two 4,000 ton ships may be added if needed. Southbound cargoes are said to be assured as the firm seeks northbound loads from Alaska shippers.
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O. E. Kirkpatrick
Puget Sound Steamship Company
Puget Sound
Alaska
Juneau Commercial Association
Seattle
Tacoma
Kirkpatrick
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ketchikan Men Per Ish in Big Storm
In Mary Island hunting trip last week, Leslie Williams 17 son of City Councilman E J Willams and Herb Scott 60 assistant keeper died from exposure after getting lost in a blinding snow storm. Roy Chapman 18 was ill from exposure. Chapman searched for help, reached the lighthouse, and news reached Ketchikan aboard the halibut schooner Washington. Searchers found Williams at a cliff and Scott nearby the next day.
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Leslie Williams
E. J. Willams
Ketchikan
Herb Scott
Mary Island
Roy Champman
The
Pary
Scott
Williams
Chapman
Washington
Japanese Sentry Kills American Naval Officer
Lieutenant Langdon chief engineer of the American cruiser Albany, was shot and killed by a Japanese sentry at Windivestock after failing to halt. The incident sparked tension as Admiral Gleaves prepares to arrive in Shanghai to investigate aboard the Huston.
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Washington, D. C
Langdon
Albany
Windivestock
Shanghai
Gleaves
Asiatic Fleet
United States Navy
Hust
Manila
Vladivostock
New Orleans
Aris
Soviet Governments Planned for Romania and Poland
London reports skeletons of Soviet governments prepared in Moscow for both Romania and Poland. Plans call for establishing these regimes after Russian Bolshevik troops overrun and conquer the two countries.
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London
Rumania
Poland
Moscow
Lenine Reported Dead in Moscow Sparks Unconfirmed Claim
Berlin reports from Moscow claim Lenine is dead though no official confirmation exists. Two attendants were recalled as physicians summoned from Berlin to the Russian frontier reached the border.
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Berlin
Moscow
Lenine
Seaplanes Reach Panama After Atlantic Flight
Fourteen air force seaplanes of the U S Navy wirelessed from Salvador that they expect to reach Panama Sunday afternoon. The message was received in San Diego where officials confirmed the plan and noted the long overwater route across the Caribbean.
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San Diego
Foureen
U. S. Navy
Salvador
Panama
New Head for Coast and Geodetic Survey
Battle Jan 13 Captain Richard B Edrickson arrived from Washington to succeed J E McGrath as head of the U S Coast and Geodetic Survey operations in Alaska on the Pacific Coast. McGrath expects to retire after forty years of service.
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Battle
Richard B. Edrickson
Washington
J. E. McGrath
Alaska
Pacific
McGrath
Crew Sinking Ship Rescued by Freightliner Fanad Head
The Norwegian freighter Ontameda captain and 24 crewmen were rescued 1000 miles east of Boston after their ship sank. The Fanad Head responded to a wireless message and saved the crew as they fought for survival.
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New York
Norway
Boston
Census: Over half U S population in cities
The census bureau reports fifty one and four tenths percent of the U S population now lives in cities, underscoring continued urban growth across the nation.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Petersburg optimistic on cannery and industry recovery
S. L. Hogue, city councilman and partner in Hogue and Tveten, returned from the south aboard the Spokane reporting improved health and a cautiously hopeful view for Petersburg. He notes Seattle job losses and unsettled markets but predicts the Petersburg Packing Company will run the cannery this season and nearby industries may start. He cites mixed prices for goods with cotton, rubber, and paper up, iron and steel steady, and food down slightly. Deputy Marshal Noah Howell returns to duty after court work in Ketchikan and a vacation relief period.
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S. L. Hogue
Hogue and
Tveten
Spokane
Hogue
Petersburg
Noah Howell
Ketchikan
Jefferson
Russian agitators blamed for England town hall riots
London reports claim that unemployment protests were instigated by Russian revolutionists. The Evening News says there has been no reorganization of England's labor forces and that the unrest is not due to genuine unemployed workers.
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London
England
Evening News
Austria to Collapse in Weeks Says Austrian Minister
Paris reports official Austrian circles foresee the political collapse of Austria within weeks or days. Baron Eichhoff, Austrian minister to France, warned that the end may be near rather than months from now.
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Paris
Austria
Baron Eichoff
France
Money for Veterans Not Used Isane
Washington reports no funds from Congress for veterans with mental illness have been spent on beds or hospitals. Dr. Salmon of the Rockefeller Foundation told the House Commerce Committee that care for the insane among veterans had not received allocations targeting hospital treatment.
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Washington
Congress
House Commerce Committee
Salmon
Rockefeller Foundation
Shipping Board Receives Eighty Million Under Appropriation Bill
Washington reports the Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill passed the House allocating eighty million dollars to the Shipping Board and two hundred thousand dollars for enforcement of national prohibition.
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Washington
Shipping Board
House
Harding Requests No Inaugural Ceremonies
Washington reports President elect Harding asked for a simple oath and brief address. A telegram to E B McLan shows he preferred minimal ceremonies. In Marion the plan for an ultra simple ceremony on the Capitol east porch was also requested.
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Harding
Washington
D. C
E. B. McLan
Marion
Capitol
Washington lawmakers convene in 17th Legislature session
Olympia January 10. The seventeenth Legislature of Washington convened in the state capital today marking the start of a new legislative session. The body gathers to consider bills and policy priorities for the upcoming term.
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Olympia
State of Washington
Auto Beats Time of the Shasta Limited Record Run
Claude McGee drives from San Francisco to Portland in twenty nine hours sixteen minutes breaking the Shasta Limited's speed record by forty minutes with R. E. Skinner as a passenger.
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Portland
San Francisco
Shasta ‘Limited
Claude McGee
R. E. ‘Skinner
No More Distillate for Local Boats
Special agent K L Steberg reports from Standard Oil Seattle that after current stock of Engine Distillate at Petersburg is used, no further shipments will arrive. The supply is due to last until late February, with Red Crown gasoline or Pearl Oil as alternatives for fuel. Distillate has been scarce across the year, except in Alaska where supply was attempted despite tight conditions.
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K. L. Steberg
Standard Oil Company
Petersburg
Seattle
Alaska
Pulp Survey Hints at New Alaska Mills in Spring
A telegraph to the Alaska forestry service in Ketchikan reports three big outfits plan preliminary surveys for pulp and paper in the spring. If any proceed, substantial employment and large spending would follow, with one East Coast church publisher rumored to build a major Alaska paper plant.
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Alaska
Ketchikan
Forest Office
Charles H. Flory
Alaska Forestry Service
Renue Forestry Office
Harding resigns from Senate effective Jan fifteenth
Marion says President elect Warren S. Harding has resigned as a United States senator. The resignation takes effect on January 15 and was mailed to Ohio Governor Harry L. Davis who was sworn in today.
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Marion
Warren S. Harding
Senate of the United States
Harry L. Davis
Ohio
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Switzerland
Rogue
Shasta Limited
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