Attention was called to the large
number of alarms received by the
Fire Department last month, and
residents of Juneau are requested
to cooperate with the department
by using greater care in prevention
of fires. During the month of Febru
ary the Fire Department responded
to 17 calls for assistance.
PICKETS SHOT
DOWN CHARGING
MILL WORKERS
Two Men Are Killed, Third
Fatally Wounded—Peace
Officers Are on Scene
SEASIDE, Oregon, March 7.—Two
men were killed and another injured
when Crown -Willamette Logging
Company workers repulsed an at
tack of a band of rock throwing ari
club-wielding pickets.
; James Rt-$- aged about 36, of Sea
tide. and William Blackwood, about
40, both of the invading group, were
shot to death.
William Weedel, also of the picket
band, was injured. He was rushed
to the hospital at Astoria.
Peace officers sent to the mill to
preserve order arrived too late to
avert bloodshed but did prevent the
struggle from becoming more bloody.
HALM ENROUTE HOME
John B. Halm, of the Columbia
Lumber Company, is a passenger to
Juneau on the Victoria. He has been i
vacationing in Coast cities for the'
past three weeks.
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MRS. CREWSON HOMEBOUNI)
Mrs. H. B. Crewson is a passenger
to Juneau on the Victoria, after a
short visit in Seattle and other
Washington cities.
STOCK PRICES
ARE HIT HARD
BY WAR TALK
Equity Leaders Decline
Aviation, Mining Shares
Are Stronger
NEW YORK, March 7.—War talk
unsettled the Stock Market today at
the short session.
Recent equity leaders dipped from
fractions to two points.
Aviation and mining issues were
stronger there for several days how
ever.
Today’s close was irregular.
Transfer were 1,150,000 shares.
The franc and other gold curren
cies were weak in relation to the
American dollar.
