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THE DOUGLAS ISLAND NEWS
= DOUGLAS. ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBKR 2d, 15)20 I NO fyj
BASKETBALL IS
FEATURED HERE
FiTf Game* in Four Nights Played
on the Channel Between
Various Teams
Klve dim of basketball on llu
tineau Channel In tour nights, be
the fans on their toe* the latter part
ginning last Krlday evening. kepi
of last week and the tlrst part o(
Ihla. llealdeo the games between
local team*, the icldlers from Kort
afternoon and were given name# by
Thane In Juneau on Saturday ''Ten
las llirh on Sunday evening
The rhlef (am? of Interest of bas
ketball recently, for the young folks
at least, was the double-headed name
at the licuglss Natatorluni last Krl
day evening. In which the Douglas
Hoys" High School team defeated the
a? lo 1 1. and the ltougla* High girls
The balconies of the Natatorlum
dreds of young folks and grownups
see the formal opening of the winter
basketball seaton between the
lads so clearly outclassed their op
ponents that after the #rst few min
ute* of play the Inequality became
too apparent In the girls' game,
however, the Intereat was kept up
after a shift in the lineup In the
second half, showr# a marked im
provement ta their play.
The bora started scoring from the
whiatle. and the almost perfect ma
chine worked with admirable
smoothness all through the game. ;
Nelson WKL, the leader in aeorlng.
annexing eleven baskets from the
Held f?r a total of twenty-two point*
and threw seven baakets from the
foul line out of fifteen trrlea. Abbie
Harold Gallwaa. Captain Martin
with nine Held goals The entire
will be hard to beat by any quintet
nev .>f the Juneau team, not many
much basketball experience and the
team ta not as strong as last year's
aggregation. They will improve as
they play more, however.
Brst half was all Juneau, but during
the second half the Douglas maid
team. each throwing three baskets
from the Held. Aalto and Crowe of
mill half liallwaa aubatituted (or
Barragvr. who made four prraonal
IhMKlaa Held Nelson 11.
Koul throw*- Ntlaon S. Hrown 1.
Junvati Kield coals Kortney 1.
Hi'DdrlrkM>n 1 Barra*er 1. Koul
throw* Hendri<kaon 5. Fortney 1.
IVrxin.il foul* 13; technical fouls. I.
m an 1". Bii.il score. Douglas 56; Ju
timekeeper. Minify; srorokeepcrs.
UNE1I' OIRLS
Junaau
l.undatrom
C'apt. Aalto H* liendrlrkxon
G ("apt Janlks'.
feual substituted for Matson md
N'leml for Bland In Mrond half for
OJa ii aerond half for Junf.m
Kleld <oal? Juneau ? Hendrlckaon
la* 3; final acore. Juneau 13. IKjuk
Kefcaee -K. I Kowley. Tread
(Continued on page 4)
DANCING PASTY
Then- waa it young people'* party
?I Kaglea' Hall Tuesday evening fh
honor of Ague* LlTle. graduate of
the clana of laat year of the Douglai)
High Sehool. Minn Llvle la to leave
noon to accompany her mother to
California.
Dancing waa the principal amuse
ment of the evening.
BOWLING IS ON
BY THE FIREMEN
Douglas Wins From Eaglet in Firtt
Game of Tournament on
Treadwell Alleyi
The flrst Ram* of the Firemen'!
bowling tournament waa played
Wednesday evening on the Tread-,
well alleys between the Douglas
flremen's team and the Kaitlea. The
former won by a score of ISIS to
1989. The score:
FIREMEN
It. UcCormlck 145 154 138 ?437
1> McOormick 123 IKS 184 ?475
Robertson 1S9 2<?4 158 ? 631
Nelson 138 1 25 137 ?390
Total 708 781 73t? 221S
13? 131 119 ?376
Anderson .. 138 17S 119 ?432
.. 123 170 123 - ? 418
UrlKK ... 13S 154 138 ?437
94 143 91 ? 318
The next icamv of the tournament
will be played ou next Monday night
when the Heady Bullion and Tread
well teams meet.
MASSACRES ARE
STILL GOING ON
Need for Aid Ij Still Apparent for
Unfortunate People of the
Near Eait
SPOKANE. Waah.. Nor. 22.?
I'rgent appeals for help In dealing
with desperate want in the Bible I
lands hare been made by the Near |
East Belief to sehools. churches,
lodges, clubs and labor organizations
is well as to the public throughout
the Northwest. Needs the Near
East will be stressed in programs In
nearly every city, hamlet and coun
giving-Christmas period.
With the recurrence of massacred,
which small, lightly-equipped forces,
detailed by European powers, have
failed to stop, the problem of relief
Intensified. Speedy gathering of ad
equate funds for housing and feed
ing children fleeing from murder
Into the perils of starvation, ii do
il?ne in preserving the Near East
promised by the world powers. It Is
Imperative the.: our people in gen
eral must share Just a little from
?nes who have nothing." Thus de
clared Executive Secretary E. A.
for Near East Relief.
nl t>r i Va> m on ami
women, saved from past tragedies
hrlp form the sturdy foundation of
elenn and virile new Christian na
tions. now In the making, have
been slaughtered during the last
few weeks. Their homes have been
plundered and destroyed and their
orphaned children are roaming up
and down the country; sleeping
without rover or shelter; weeplngly
hunting for food.
"It Is unthinkable that after all
we have done to save them, we must
now let these little fellows perish.
science turn out Into the winter
the other thousands we have nursed
bark to life and educated to Ameri
can ideals In our Near Kast Relief
hospitals and orphanages, to make
room for these latest recruits to
starvation's ranka. yet our present
funds will not permit even of a con
dom* What ran you do to make
us understand?"
MOVE
Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Heacock. for
mer n-iidonts of this city, have
moved from St. Helens. Oregon, to
Columbus, in the same state.
ALASKAN NAMED
TO HIGH POSITION
George A. Parks of Juneau Appointed
Assistant Secretary of the
Interior
Tho appointment of a real Alas
kan, George A. Parks, as assistant
secretary of tho Interior and as
<-hairmaii of the Interdepartmental
Alaska committee by Secretary John
Barton t'ayne, and the naming of
the rent of the committee was an
nounced last Monday.
The other members of the com
mittee are: E. A. Sherman, depart
ment of acrlculture; Col. Clarence
O. Sherlll, war department; Capt. W.
C. Cole, navy department; Dr. Hugh
M. Smith, department of commerce;
Harry Y. Saint, shipping board;
Jam? U. Corrigan, post office de
partment.
Mr. Parks Is now in Washington,
having left Juneau last month to
meet Secretary Payne at the former
The object* of the Interdepartmen
tal commute* are, briefly, to cut
much of the departmental red tape
and have men at the head of ? the
varioua bureau* who are rljcht on
the ground aud who can lake short
cuts to settle matter* pertaining to
Alaska, or. a* the recommendation*
formally read: "(1) That an Inter
departmental Alnsk committee be
organized, fo be competed of repre
sentatives of all government de
partment* concerned In Alaska af
fair*. AI*o the governor of Alaaka
to be made an ex-offlclo member of
the committee. (!) That an ad
ditional assistant socretary of the In
terior be appointed who aball he
chalrrann of the commltteo and shall
devote all hi* time to Alaska affair*.
(3) That the chairman of the com
mittee shall spend a large part of
hi* time In Alaaka and thus by per
sonal rontact become Intimately ac
quainted with Alaska condition*"
Ceorge A. Park* I* at the present
time chief of the field Division of
the General Land Office, having been
appointed to that office In 1919 to
succeed f. R. Arundell. He was
born In Colorado S5 year* ago and
graduated from the Colorado School
of Mines. In . 90S he was appoint
ed mineral inspector of -the General
aLnd Office, he having come North
He made a considerable reputa
tion as the government'* repreaenta
Cunnlngliam coal claim* a number
of year* ago. During hi* service as
mineral Inspector his duties carried
him to every section of the Terri
tory. He la said to know Alaska
perhaps better than any other man
Shortly after the late war started
vr. Park* applied for permission to
enter the officers' training corpa
Camp Meade for preliminary. Instruc
tion r.nd then was assigned to Camp
Sheridan, near Montgomery, Ala
bama, as instructor. He remained
there until the armiatlco wa* signed
and wa* dl*charged with the rank of
Having been nottNcd that he had I
hccn favorably considered (or ap
r<l which will perhaps develop Into
the most Important office in Alaska
when he left Juneau he said ho
accept only with the understanding
that he be alfbwed to spent moat of
hla time In the North and that the
committee which he la to head
would have definite authority to act
In matter* demanding attention.
Following the announcement Mon
day of the personnel of the Alaska
Interdepartmental committee. It has
been Indicated that the army Is ready
to expand the work of the Alaaka
road commlxslon and carry It along
on more pretentious lines, with the
expenditure of a million dollars a
year for tell years, to give all of the
territory a network of roads and
trails. This proposed expansion has
been talked of and has been outlined
In the press of the territory for sev
eral months.
FAMILY LEAVES
Th? family of L. Conover will
I'-ave today tor the South, after
having visited with Mra. Gertrude
| l.nughlln and family tor a number of
lays. Mr. Conover arrived Wednes
day on the Estebeth from Kort Sew
ard. where he received his discharge
from the Signal Corps of the army.
The biggest dollar's worth of sat
isfactlon In lb? world li the pur
hase of an annual membership In
I the American Re<. Cross. The Roll
('all la now on.
SETTLEMENT REACHED
The Chlchagoff Mining Company
yesterday settled with John Tuppcla
for $300,000, for all of bis Interest*
In the two mining claims awarded
entirely and In part to him by the
circuit court of appeals. The two
1-lalmn are tho "Over the Mill" and
"Rising Sun." Out of ono of the '
claims tho Chlchagoff Company ha*
taken many thousands of dollars In
told.
This Is a definite settlement ol
what perhaps was the blggcait mining
suit evor tried In the Territory. It
was started In the district court and
Judge Jennings gare his decision
for the company. He was reversed
in the circuit court of appeals and
the supreme court of the United
States denied the mining company a
new trial.
The lawyers for Tuppcla were
PROGRAM TONIGHT
BENEFIT SCHOOL
Well-Arranged Entertainment to b<
Given by Treadwell Parent
Teacher*
The Treadwell Parent - Teacher
Association will stage an entertain
ment tonight at the Treadwell Club
building, at which an admission fee
of twenty-five cents will bo charged.
The proceeds will be used for the
purchase of some needed equipment
for the school.
What Is said to be a very well ar
ranged program will be given by the
children and will consist of the fol
lowing numbers, which will start at
8 o'clock.
Chorus, "Thanksgiving"
Dialoge, "Thanksgiving"
.. Nine Primary Children
Finger Play ...
France!) and iluth Bradley
Dialogue. "The Little Pilgrims"..
Three Third Grade Girls
Story of Thanksgiving .
Three Fourth Grade Girls
Duet May Slee and Philip Hurke
Dialogue. "Thanksgiving Gifts"..
Two Second Grade Girls
Song. "Oats, Deans au\ Harley
Grow" Mary Itadovlcb
Motion Picture*
Folk Dances, (a4 "Caahebogar"
English" Twelve Girls
Heading. "So Win I" David ltamsav
(a) "Pilgrim Maiden"
(b) "An Autumn Gypsy"
Heading, "Our Klag". Margaret Bell
"America"
GOING TO TEXAS
Iximilc M. Powers, who several
years ago was stationed at Douglas
in charge of the t'nlted State* Sig
nal Corps cable ocice, was visiting
here Tuesday. Lonnlo. who has been
way to San Antonio, Texas, where he i
til the present school term Is over.
Sitka Is the home of Mrs. Powers'
cut at the ancient capital of Alaska
when the transfer was made from
Hussia.
attained the rank of captain in the
Signal Corps and saw sixteen mouths
active warfare in France, going
through the heavy fighting In the
Argonne without a scratch.
He has Ave years more to serve In
the army, when he will be retired on
pay after thirty years' service. Much
of the time was put Ini In Alaska,
where formerly one year's service
counted as two. He left for the
south on the steamer Spokane.
I
n
STOP THAT
COUGH
NOW
It might become chronic if
you let it go any farther, and
then it will coit yon many timet
ai much to get relief.
One bottle now of that
famous
WHITE PINE
Cough Syrup will do the work.
Guy's Drug Store
OUY U SMITH. Prop.
3d and D St. Douglas, Alaska
INDIANS IN NEED,
WITNESS CLAIMS
Fish Hearing About Copper River
Regulations Opened at Seattle
November 18
There Is a hearing now In prog
ress at Seattle In regards to the
llshlng Industry. The hearing start
ed on November 18 and I* to con
tinue for somo time. The following,
concerning somo of the opinions
voiced by witnesses at the first day's
session, Is taken from the Seattle
Time*:
9Urvatlon fart's hundreds or
Alaska Indians In tho upper Copper
Rlrer district, according to Paul
Schwarts. who Is in the city from
Alaska to appeal in behalf of the
Indians before the commission now
In session In the assembly room of
the (,'humber of Commorce to con
sider further restrlrtlons 011 salmon
llshlng a'ong the Copper, Kusko
kwlm, Yukon and Boring riven.
Mr. Schwartz, who went to Alaska
to recover from the effects of a (tax
attack In Franco and there found
health and friends among the In
dians, has enlisted the aid of W. T.
Ijopp. chief of the Alaska division,
U. 8. Bureau of Education.
"Mr. Schwartz reports that na
tive* are actually facing starvation
this year because of a failure of the
salmon fishing In their district."
said Mr. Ix>pp. "At the mouth of
the Copper river is a- great delta
where there aro hundreds of nets
spread. Above is located a cannery.
What escapes the nels at the mouth
of the river and near the cannery
up stream goes to the natives. Ti:ls
year but few salmon got through
and the natives suffered. Salmon
for the Alaskan natives Is absolutely
necessary, not only as food for them
selves, but for the dogs. There will
be much suffering on the upper Cop
per river thl* year.
"The American Red Cross has al
ready sent In $1,000 to relieve the
situation. Effort* are being made
In Alaska to raise mor# money."
Mr. Schwartz, who Is the son of
a prominent New York family, wheu
he cams home from France suffering
front shell shock and a gas attack,
?pent six months In California in an
attempt to regain his health. Fail
ing to dc so In the Southland, he de
cided to try u year In Alaska. En
route to his new home ho met the
present Mrs. Schwartz. The couple
at once became friends of the In
dians, and now Mr. Schwartz Is in
The commission which will decide
tho matter of salmon flshlug on the
Copper river at the conclusion of
the hearing which started this morn
ing. consists of Ward T. Bower,
chief agent, Alaskan Service of tho
t'nlted States Bureau of Fisheries,
who presides as chairman; llenry
P'Malley. salmon expert In connec
tion with the Bureau of Fisheries,
Seattle office, and II. J. Christoph
er*. chief in charge of the Seattle
offlcc.
"This hearing today concerns the
salmon fisheries on tho Copper
river," suld Mr. Bower. "On Novem
ber 13 we w ill recelvo evidence from
?hose interested In tho Yukon river
district. On November 30 the mat
ter of the Kupskokwlm fisheries will
be heard nud on December 3 the
Bering river,*
Uov. Thomas lilggs of Alaska and
ISO "or more Alaskans interested in
the salmon fisheries will be In at
tendance at the conference. The
llrst hearing is in session today In
tho Chamber of Commerce assembly
room. The other hearings will be
In the L. C. Smith building.
Witnesses at the hearing declared
that the flsh were unable to get up
the rivers to their spawning grounds
and that drastic stops must be takon
to savo tho flsh in the Alaska
streams. E. A. Graham and P. W.
Lee wore among those who submitted
affidavits to the effect that only now
regulations governing salmon tlsfi
1 11K will save the food fish.
Other witnesses declared there was
little ground for the complaints of
the Indians who. they suld. had been
chronic kickers" siuco 1886, when
*>.he the llrst white men came to nie
copper river.
MISS JOHNSON RETURNING
Mlsa Gertrude Johnson will arrive i
here on the Admiral Watson tomor-j
row, after having for .lie past year
been at l^ead. S. D.. with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Johnson, former
ly of this city. Miss Johnson will
visit with hei slater, Mr*. Bessie
Manning, of Juneau.
Still serving millions. The Amer
ican Ked Cross.
CANDIDATES INITIATED
Aurora Kncampment No. 1, I.O.O.
F? Initiated a clan of Arc candi
date Into tbe order at tbe Odd Fel
lows' ball on Saturday night. After
the Initiation ceremonies there waa
a banquet which waa very much en
joyed. Several other candidates will
boon bo Initiated Into the Kncatnp
ment.
GIRLS WILL TRY
TO BREAK EVEN
Donblr-Headed Game by High School
Teams at Juneau Gym Thii
Evening
Smarting under Oieir 12-to-7 de
feat of last Friday night, the girls'
basketball team of the Douglas
High School will attempt to win Id
the game at Juneau tonight with the
the Juneau girls. The line-up of
the Douglas team will be somewhat
changed, and several practices that
have been held on the Juneau floor
will make tbe game of tonight a
hard battle.
The boys' teams of the two schools
will also mix tonight in their second
name of the scries. The game should
be a good one. It Is Is more than
likely that Vestal, star of the Ju
neau last year, will play tonight.
Brown, one of the strong men of
the Island team, is definitely out
with an injured knee, and Martin
Callwas. captain and running guard,
lias been sli k for several days aud
may not be la the line up. Gam
will substitute for Drown and per
haps Kronqvlst will be called upon
tn play in place of Uallwas. If the
Juncnu boys do not win tonight on
i heir own floor against a crippled
Douglas High School team, there Is
little hope of them ever defeating
the Douglas aggregation.
The double-headed games are
scheduled to start at 8 o'clock In the
TO
nui uuijjii .
VERDICT FOUND;
Case Against Henry BrirfT Formerly
of Thi* City. Comet to Cloie
at Seattle
Recently the drug store iu Seattle
belonging to Henry Brie, a former
Douglas druggist. wan raided and
some kIii found In the strong box be
longing to th<- ??ompany. The raid
wax made on the supposition that
there wan a case of whisky on the
premises. The Seattle Time* of No
vember 17 Hives the outcome of the
"Henry Uric and A. ('. Butler, as,
l^oprletors of the Brie Drug Com
pany. 501 Third avenue, were freed
bv a Jury which reported late yes
terday in the federal court, on
charge- of violating the national pro
hibition act by possession of a pint
of gin. \V. F. Brandenburg, book
Peeper, a witness during the trial,
yesterday was arrested when he tes
tified that he mixed the gin which
was found and put It in the com
pany's strong box.
The pint of gin which figured In
the trial Is held as evidence against
Brandenburg, who is at liberty on
$500 ball. The bookkeeper asked
extension of time until next Mon
day to plead to charges of manufac
turing liquor.
Ilald on the drug company, which
led to the charges," was made by
federal agents on Sunday morning,
August t. in an attempt, officers
said, to locate a case of whisky which
was believed to be floating about
somewhere, nnd which they had
been Informed was in the drug com
pany's safe. No traces of the whis
ky were found.
ALMA MARRIED
News was received here by mall
yesterday of the marriage on Oc
tober 31. at San Francisco. Calif.,
of Mis* Alma Wortman and Mr. Wal
ter Horack. They have gone to
Eureka. California, where they will
make their homo In the future.
Alma was born on Douglas Inland
and whs the d aughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Wortman. now de
ceased. She lived here all her life
up until two years ago. when she
went to San KraTiclsco to live. She
visited with friends here for a time
this summer and with her brother.
Charles, at 8ltka.
CHANGE JOBS
After having boen employed for
a week In the mining and milling; de
partment of Treadwoll. 11. I-. Rowley
was late last week transferred to the
store, and G. Comstock, who had
been clerking In the store was placed
In charge of mining and milling.
APPEAL IS MADE
FOR ROLL CALL
Chairman Bradley in Feraonal Letter
Tells of Society's Aimi
on Iiland
The Fourth tied Crow noil Call
iM now on. In other parti of the na
tion the campaign for renewal of
membership occurred from Novem
ber 11 to 2S, but owing to various
Hrcumstances Incidental to Alaika
belli* ao far from the source of yip
iilles, the campaign In the Territory
Ik now started and will continue un
til a later date not yet announced.
Chairman P. It. Bradley of the
Douglas-Tread well Chapter of the
American Hed Cross has aent out
personal letters to many people on
the Island, it li possible that some
may have been overlooked on the
mailing list and the following I*
meant to be a personal communica
tion to them:
To the residents of Douglas and
Tread well:
The 4th Hod Cross lloll Call Is now
under way. There will be no In
sive campaign or drive for member
ship on Douglas Aland.
Instead. I am making a quiet ap
peal for your continued support to
the Red Cross for the following rea
sons:
The character of the work dono
by the lied Cross is such that no one
ran afford not to be connected with
It.
The splendid and gratuitous de
votion of Red Cross workers at home
and abroad during tho war should
receive your endorsement In tho
form of a renewed membership.
The Northwest em Divisional
Headquarters has agreed that our
chapter continue, and that It ran
administer a sum of $500 for local
charities. This sum is now In our
possession.
Membership thin year, therefore ,la
a matter more of local pride than
national pride, as our effort* Instead
of being nation-wide wilt be devoted
to our own community. Therefore,
we should renew our membership to
show (hat the faith In n* to admin
ister our own affairs is justified.
The Northwestern Headquarters
hare placed a trust in our hands;
our duty is lo render Hed Cross serv
ice In our community and to prove
we are worthy of this trust, to do
this our chapter must continue, and
to continue It must have members.
The response of our community on
several recent occasion* to appeals
for financial assistance baa been as
rcmnrknble as It has bma gratify
inn. Lot us continue to show that
our community spirit surpasses that
of any section of Alaska We can do
this by a prompt response to this ap
peal. Yours for Ited Cross.
P. It. BRADLEY, Chairmaan.
Subscriptions win be received at
Guy's Drug Store, F. A. J. Gallwas'
store. J. \V. Martin's (tore. First
Territorial Bank, Treadwcll Store.
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
In celebration of her 14th birth
day. Miss Marie Henson entertained
about eighteen of her girl friends on
last Saturday night at the home of
her parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Hen
Nl morons games were played
during the evening and very nice
refreshments were served to the
guests.
In the games Elizabeth Robertson
won the guessing contest and Helen
Hewitt won at pinning the tall on
(he donkey.
Those present were: Emma Gam,
Elizabeth Robertson, Elizabeth
Eraser. Daisy Vesoja, Helen Hewitt,
Nelma Nelmela. Augusta Widemann.
AIM Kronqvlst. Harriet Derggeren.
Jessie Joseph. Mamie Feusl, Martha
Sey, Alberta Gallwas, Lillian De
Mytt. Margaret Cashcl, Mona Carl
son, Marie Henson.
CHRISTMAS TREE
Alreday extensive plain are being
made by the Kaglm' lodge for their
Christmas tree entertainment that la
to bo given for the benefit of the
children of tho members. Over one
hundred youngsters are on the Hat
for presents. r From the roll of mem
bers of the lodge It haa been found
that for every married man that la
here there la an average of three
? hlldren In the family.
The masquerade ball that Is to be
alven by the order on Nom Year's
eve is rrcatlng considerable Interest
and promises to be one of the most
largely attended affairs of the whole
Have you answered the Roll Call
for 1921? Do It now.