Strike Called
“It seems to me to be a matter
here of whether or not the company
bargained with the Union after July !
5,” he said in explaining his rul
(Continued on rage Two.)
Charcoal Point
Votes to Annex
with Ketchikan
Special Election Held Yes
terday — U n o f f i cial
Count Reported
KETCHIKAN. Alaska, March 18
—Charcoal Point will be annexed
to Ketchikan. This is according to
an unofficial count of yesterday's
returns showing 91 percent of the
voters of Ketchikan and 76 percent
of the voters of Charcoal Point are
in favor of annexation.
Charcoal Point has 372 residents
and the annexation gives Ketchikan
an estimated population of 4,168.
JOHN DM IS
TO ACCOMPANY
FR. HUBBARD
Son of Alaska Delegate to
Explore Taku with Glac
ier Priest’s Expedition
WASHINGTON, March 18.—John
Dimond, 17-year-old son of the
Alaska Delegatee, early looks for
ward to accompanying Father Ber
nard R. Hubbard, noted geologist i
and Arctic exlorer, on an expedi
tion to the Taku River district,
north of Juneau.
The youth says he intends to
leave Washington, D. C.. at the j
close of the school year and arrive
in Juneau in time to leave with the
Rev. Hubbard in June.
The expedition will explore Taku
glacier and the rugged surround
ing area.
twosenTenced '
IN THEFT CASE
S. J. Meade and Elmer Howerter,
pleaded guilty to charges of petty
larceny before U. S. Commissioner
J. F. Mullen late yesterday, and
each received sentences of 60 days
in jail.
The pair was charged with enter
ing the Home Grocery Store recent- 1
ly and stealing several bottles of
liquor. Howerter received an addi
tional sentence of 100 days suspend
ed for carrying concealed weapons.
