John Markred Called by Death Funeral Rites Planned
John Markred, longtime Alaska and Yukon figure and local barber, died Tuesday from peritonitis due to a gastric ulcer. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1 PM at the Sons of Norway Hall, with Chester Holm to accompany the remains. He leaves two brothers and two sisters in Wallace SD. Remains to be shipped to his former home aboard the Queen.
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John Markred
Sons of Norway Hall
Markred
Seemingy
Rogers
North
Alaska
Yukon
Juneau
Petersburg
Wallace
South Dakota
Death
Chester Holm
Big Joint Picnic Draws Large Crowd Near Mason's Pace
A huge turnout gathered for a joint picnic between Mason's Pace and Wrangell groups 20 miles down the Narrows. The Wrangell contingent arrived after 2 PM with two gas boats and a large scow, later joining in rifle shooting where Wrangell edged Petersburg by one point amid heavy revelry and dancing.
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Mason
Narrows
Wrangell
Americ
Eunice
Lorraine
Sherman
Odin
Jesse Ames
Petersburg
Chas. Greenan
New Floating Cannery On Barge Maude Nearing Ready
Erick Ness and Carl Wold have spent several weeks fitting the old barge Maude as a floating cannery. They installed boilers and machinery from their shrimp factory and expect the cannery to operate when the fish start running.
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Erick .Ness
Carl Wold
Maude
Remodeling Hall Under Direction Of Pioneers
Work has begun on remodeling the old A. B. Hall under the Pioneers. Imber is assembled, plans and estimates secured. Pete Sluggen leads and rushes the project to completion with assistants. It is expected to be nearly ready by the Fourth of July.
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A. B
Pioneers
Imber
Pete Sluggen
City Cafe Reopens Under Mrs Rosich After Renovation
City Café reopened by Mrs. F. Rosich after months of closure, with a cleaned and painted interior and a pledge to specialize in home cooking and good meals. The floating cannery Olympia was towed to Wrangell for painting and repairs, with about two weeks required before resuming shrimp canning operations.
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Wrangell
Bank of England Cuts Discount Rate to 3 1 2 Percent
The Bank of England on Thursday lowered its discount rate to three and one half percent in a move affecting financial markets. The reduction signals easing credit conditions and could influence lending costs across the economy.
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London
Bank of England
Rossich Arrested at Funter Bay Cannery
Steve Russich was lodged in the Juneau Federal jail on an assault with intent to kill charge after an alleged assault on Julius Jensen in Petersburg last March. He was arrested earlier this week at a Funter Bay cannery by Deputy Marshal Harry Pryde and waived formal appearance. He faces preliminary hearing and has been bound over to the Juneau Grand Jury. He will not be brought to Petersburg as first thought.
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Steve Russich
Juneau
Julius Jensen
Petersburg
Russich
Funter Bay
Harry Pryde
H. Roden
Juneau Grand Jury
Dance at Scow Bay draws Petersburg crowd
A large dance held last Saturday night in Scow Bay drew many attendees from Petersburg. Guests reported a good time and praised the Alaska Fish and Cold Storage Company store building as an excellent dance hall.
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Scow Bay
Petersburg
Alaska Fish and Cold Storage Company
Doctor to occupy remodeled quarters as office
Dr. R Rogers has secured two quarters in the Gauffin building vacated by J E Elfstrom and is remodeling them for his office. He expects to occupy them within the next few days. He has leased the Sverre Rengen house and plans to bring his mother and two sons north soon to locate.
Missionaries aided as Canton forces crush Northern Army
The American gunboat Isobel departed from here to Nancheng to assist missionaries after their Methodist mission was swamped by the Canton troops of Sun Yat Sen. Wounded Northern Army survivors were left in the aftermath.
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Kiu Kiang
China
Isobel
Nancheng
Canton
Sun Yet Sen
Seattle Mayor Comments on Chehalis Liquor Convention
Mayor Brown speaks on the Chehalis Liquor Convention noting 800 quarts of liquor were taken to the event and 824 delegates attended the meeting in Seattle.
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Seattle
Brown
Strikers, Operators End Talks on New York Strike
All negotiations between hard coal operators and striking miners were declared off on Thursday in New York, ending attempts to settle the dispute.
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New York
Thrift by Uncle Sam Aims to Boost National Savings
Government led thrift drive urges Americans to save and invest through Postal Savings and Treasury Savings Certificates. Small savers can access ten cent stamps exchange for a dollar, with certificates offered at $25, $100 and $1000 denominations. Tax advantages apply, deals available at post offices nationwide.
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United States
Postal Savings
Treasury
Bank of
Ambassador Harvey Dinners with King George and Taft
London report says Ambassador Harvey will host a June 24 dinner for King George, Queen Mary, and Chief Justice Taft, with Paests listed as guests.
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London
Harvey
King George
Queen Mary
Taft
Local Travels Mentioned in EOCAL Notes
INTEREST .H. Peterson and son sailed north on the Queen for a short visit. Mrs. Martin Evans, south for a visit, is on the Admiral Evans which sailed Thursday. Haakon Berg departed for Juneau on the Queen to seek medical care for a knee problem that has troubled him for weeks.
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Eocal
H. Peterson
Son
Es Ae
Martin Evans
Admiral Evans
Haakon Berg
Juneau
Local travelers and visitors depart by Jefferson and Vigilant
Mrs P Jorgeson and daughter from Alaska sail on the Jefferson to Ketchikan to visit with Mr and Mrs O Parks. Miss Durham returns home to Ketchikan after visiting with Mr and Mrs Joe Hill. The Admiral Evans sails north at 10 am with Mrs Martin Evans Mrs A Hofstad H M Peterson and Helen Evans for Petersburg. Mrs George Bidwell of Wrangell and daughter Edna visit Petersburg, brought by Mr Bidwell on the Vigilant.
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P. Jorgeson
Alaska
Jefferson
Ketchikan
O. Parks
Admiral Evans
Martin Evans
A. Hofstad
H. M. Peterson
Helen Evans
Petersburg
George Bidwell
Wransell
Edna
Mr. Bidwell
Several Petersburg Visitors and Family News
Mr and Mrs Charles West welcomed a baby boy on Wednesday June 7 and both mother and child are reported as doing nicely. A L Swanson of Portland is visiting Petersburg this week, brother of JC Swanson of Swanson and Dahl. Mrs F Roundtree and daughter Frances return on the Queen and plan to stay awhile. Sing Lee the Petersburg merchant plans to leave for Hyder to explore business, with Mrs Roundtree to manage the rear store. Mrs Frank Prueschoff, Eunice Newman and Helen Lund travel on the Spokane to Ketchikan and will visit Mrs Mable Newman. Newman has been in Juneau and passed southbound on the Spokane. E Guerin, civil engineer with the General Land Office, was a Petersburg visitor, surveying Craig town site and will return to Juneau on the forestry boat Tahin. C E Gardner, chief forester of the Tongass National Forest, was in Petersburg inspecting fox islands and went to Etchikan from here on the Jetday. The article notes officers allegedly drunk at the Republican State Convention and an officer addressed the convention apologizing for Seattle having a Socialist mayor, with names of those involved not disclosed.
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Charles West
Juneau
Frank Prueschoff
Eunice Newman
Helen Lund
Spokane
Ketchikan
Mable Newmans
Newman
E. Guerin
General Land Office
Petersburg
C. E. Gardner
Tongass National
Tahin
Seattle
Brown
Washington
Head of Masonic Bodies Seattle James McCormack Tacoma Elected Grand Master
James McCormack of Tacoma has been elected grand master of the Masons of Washington as head of Masonic bodies in Seattle. The appointment marks a leadership shift for Washington Masonry with McCormack named to guide statewide lodges and ceremonial functions.
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Seattle
James
McCormack
Tacoma
Sutherland Attacks Bureau of Fisheries Over Alaska Pirates
Delegate Dan Sutherland criticizes the Bureau of Fisheries and Alaska cannery interests amid a Commerce plan to curb alleged fish pirates in Alaskan waters. Despatches note his claim the bureau aids packers and monopolizes public fishing rights, posing a larger threat than petty theft.
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Department of Commerce
Alaska
United States Bureau of Fisheries
Superintendent to lead probe into Atlanta prison drug ring
H. Wotow, superintendent of federal cris, travels to Atlanta on Thursday to oversee the investigation into a drug smuggling ring among prisoners at the Atlanta prison. Federal officers have uncovered the scheme.
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Washington
H. Wotow
Federal Crisis
Atlant
Atlanta
Promotion of Kaplan case by Senator Sutherland sparks yearbook dispute
In Annapolis Naval Academy discipline row Senator Sutherland of West Virginia demands punishment for all students over a yearbook listing of Leonard Kaplan, a Hebrew, claiming stigma on the graduating class. The letter to President Harding addresses the issue as a public matter.
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Washington
Annapolis Naval Academy
Leonard Kaplan
Sutherland
West Virginia
Harding
Kaplan
Romance Blossoms in Wallace Marriage of Law Expert and Local
Daniel Willard Jr. a New York lawyer and railroad magnate's son wed Miss Mary Beale a local girl in Wallace Idaho on Thursday. The couple departed for Yellowstone in the private car of Willard's father after the ceremony.
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Wallace
Idaho
Daniel Willard, Jr
New York
Mary Beale
Yellowstone
Cherry Malotte Sues for Divorce in Los Angeles
Mrs Caro Chilberg posing as the original Cherry Malotte filed for divorce from Eugene Beache's son in Seattle banking circles. She claims they married in Nome in 1907 and that he left after she insisted on working, amid a local bakery ad for homemade apple pie.
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Los Angeles
Caroline Chilberg
Rex Beache
Cherry Malotte
Eugene
Seattle
Nome
Alaska coal outlook dampens hopes for Pacific shipments
Dr. H. Bain of the U S Bureau of Mines told Anchorage and Juneau audiences that the Matanuska coal field has not produced enough coal to justify current Pacific Coast shipments. He noted the Alaska Railroad’s future depends on tourism and small-industry growth, a view that unsettled local backers of Matanuska mining.
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Matanuska
Pacific Coast
H. Foster
Bain
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Anchorage
Anchorage Chamber of Commerce
Juneau
Alamieda
Navy
Anchorace
Alaska
Anchoorage
Closed season power trolling and enforcement measures
E M Ball, agent for the Bureau of Fisheries in Southeastern Alaska, outlines added staffing and vessels to protect spawning grounds. About 26 steam guards will patrol Southeastern Alaska. 72 more personnel and 30 boats join regular staff. A 500 yard stream prohibition and a new Commerce Order restrict trolling 6 p.m. Saturdays to 6 a.m. Mondays, with prosecutions for violations.
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E. M. Ball
Bureau of Fisheries
Alaska
Wrangell
Fisheries clash with Japanese vessel fleet on coast
Vancouver authorities seized suspected ships as Canadian officials intensified controls off Vancouver Island. Officials issued licenses to 200 Japanese boats while 300 others refused, continuing to fish despite the crackdown.
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Vancouver
B. C
Vancouver Island
Dublin cruiser warns off Blakely near Lusitania wreck
The British cruiser Dublin steamed off the Lusitania wreck site to deter the steamer Blakely operated by a Philadelphia salvage firm. The snippet also notes bread offerings at Star Bakery with whole wheat and raising rye.
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London
Dublin
Blakely
Star Bakery
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Chines
Uncle Sam
Thrift
Miss Durham
Joe Hill
Atchikan
A. L. Swanson
Porland, Ore
JC. E. Swanson
Swanson
Sing Lee
Hyder
Sence
Cherry
Department of Justice
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