MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 201. SEWARD, ALASKA SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1928.
PRICE TEN GENTS
Alaska For Self;
End Bureaucracy,
Says Geo. Grigsby
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR DELEGATE TO CON
GRESS OUTLINES VIEWS ON WHAT IS GOOL
FOR THE TERRITORY. WANTS HOME RULE
AND TERRITORIAL CONTROL OF RESOURCES
WANTS ALASKA TO REGULATE OWN FISHER
IES AND FAVORS MODIFICATION OF BONt
DRY LAW; SAYS ALASKA NEEDS ROADS AND
HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS TO MAKE READY
AND TO SPEED UP THE ERA OF PROSPERITY
THAT IS SURELY IMPENDING. IS ON WAY TO
INTERIOR STARTING HIS CAMPAIGN.
George B. Grigsby, Democratic candidate for Del
egate to Congress, was a. Seward visitor yesterday on
bis way to Fairbanks. After campaigning the Fourth
Division, and possibly making a flying trip to Nome, he
wiil return here for several days stay winding up his
campaign in the First Division, at Ketchikan.
“I was nominated and am
running
on the
Dem
ocratic Platform ■•.icioptex^ at Seward last winter. We de
em red for Home Rule—a full form of Territorial'govern
rmnt. What has held the development of Alaska back
more than any one tiling is the lack of the right to gov
ern ourselves which was accorded every other Territory.
V e should have the right to make our own laws, and
they should be administered by bona-fide Alaskan res
idents
PLATFORM ENDORSED NATIONALLY
‘“The National Democratic Platform adopted at
Houston endorses our stand. The National Republicar
Platform adopted at Kansas City declares for a contin
uance of the present administration.
“In our declarations of candidacy my opponent anr
myself are pledged under oath to support the National
Platforms of our respective parties. I am pledged to
Home Rule, to local self government. My opponent is
pledged to the present bureaucratic system.
‘‘Incidentally and since I have been asked to state my
position on this question, I am in favor of the immediate
repeal of the Alaska Bone Dry law. There is no reason
on earth for a special prohibition law for Alaska.
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I undertand that in the Third Divi
sion the Bone Dry Law is not invok
ed. In the First Division it is. Un
der its provisions possession of in.
toxicants, however lawfully acquired
is a crime. Mei‘3 intoxication is a
crime, punishable by imprisonment
lor oil's year and $1,000 fine. The
U93 of any liquor medicinally, by hos
pitals, doctors, no matter that the
emergency, is a crime. We should
be placed under the same prohibition
law as the rest of the Territory un
der Federal jurisdiction. All prosecu.
tions should be under the Volstead
Act. If th'3 people of Alaska desire
a stricter law than the Volstead Act,
they should have the right, the same
as the State, to 'snact one thru their
Legislature.
“I bi:i3ve in he ability as well as
the right of the people of Alaska to
govern themselves a’41 control their
own resources, including of course,
the fisheries and game.”
PROSPERITY ERA DUE
“I believe in the ability as well as
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CHICAGO GIGS
STILL RUTHLESS
IN DEATH CHASE
FURTHER FLAREUP IN RENEW
ED GANGSTER WAR CLAIMS
TWO VICTIMS RUSH HOUR
CHICAGO, Sept. 8, (#>)—Seething
gangland has again erupted, this time
in the heart ot the city at the rush
hour. The laitst flareup cost the life
of Tony Lombardo powerful gangstei
and intimate < f Ai Capone, recently
Main.
Joseph PoMiira, a body guard, will
probably die. Boch men were shot in
;:»Mr backs, Fianlc Krejoia was ar
rested on the scene of the shooting.
Beside th'a bodies two pistols were
left by the assassins.
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DISASTROUS FIRE
ATTACKS SEATTLE
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOL
LAR FERRY SLIP DESTROY
ED; BOAT RAMMED
SEATTLE, Sept., 8, (/P)—jFire, be
lieved to have started from a cig.
arette, resulted in considerable dam
age to the Colman Dock and des.
troyed the ferry slip on the water
front yesterday. The ferries. Seattle
and Tacoma were quickly backed out
to safety. ■
The fire was a stubborn one be.
cause of the oiled planks, and tarred j
pilings. The firemen were hampered i
by dense clouds of smoke and were I
forced to work in 'shifts, remaining ;
only a few minutes befor. giving'
way lo fresh men.
The ferry slip was constructed a
year ago and cc.-t §100,000. The Fer
ry Taonna,departing for Tacoma,
later, was rammed by the lire boat !
Alki as the latter rushed lo the burn
ing dock under full speed. The Ta.
coma suffered a hole in the .starboard j
side hut continued on to Tacoma. ,
REVOLT ATTENDENTS ^AINST
QUESTIONNAIRE MEETS
WITH NO SYMPATHY
SEATTLE, Sept. 8. (£>)—'“Pati.
, ents are going to receive proper care
if I have to ask Governor Hartley
! to turn out the State Militia.” This j
! was the dictum of Supt. Charles E. j
| Taylor, at the Western State Hos
pital, at Fort Steilacoom, after the
names of 18 more employes had be.
?n stricken from the roll of the insti
tution. Resignation of 17 and the dis.
missal of one for insubordination,
brought the total of attendents who
have left Steilacoom since last Fri
day to 55, 14 discharged and 41 re
signed, in sympathy with their fight
against the Questionnaire issued by
the hospital management.
SEATTLE, Sept. 8. <£>)— Forty
men and women, former employes of
the Western State hospital were
seeking employment and the roar of
Fort Steilacoom’s questionnaire re.
volt subsided into a mutter of re
criminations and veiled threats. Quite
again reigned at the institution,
protesting of former attendants, in
fear of whom a call for aid was
sent out.
Every Seward Voter
Should Do His Duty
To School Children
Monday is the day for the $50,000
bond election for the building of a
new school for Seward. The polling
place is the city hall and the polls
will be open from 8 o’cock a. m. to 7
o’clock p. m.
Every man and woman shall be a
qualified elector whose name appears
upon the last assesisment roll for
municipal taxation.
If you wish to vote “yes”, put a
cross in the box in front of the
words, “FOR BONDS”. If you want
to vote “No”, put a crtoSs in the box
before the words, “AGAINST
BONDS”.
Go early and avoid the rush, but
see to it that not a single dissenting
voice is raised against the new
school house.
TWO PROMINENT JUDGES' Of
UNITED STATES TRY LUCK
ON KENAI PENINSULA
Two judges, one wt.h a camera and
the other wth a gu’n are back tin Sew.
ard alter a 10 day hunt on the Kenai
Peninsula under the care of the
Alaska Guides, Inc. They wens pilot
ed by Guides A1 Hardy and Hal
Palmer.
“On account of the bad weather I
had very poor success with my pic
ture box,’’ said Solicitor General Wm.
O. Mitchell of the United States
Department of Justice. “With my
little gun, 1 brought down a fine
moose,” stated Justice Edward R.
Pinch, of'the highest court of New
York State, the Court of Appeals.
Both were regretful that they had
the misfortune to run into such
heavy rains as they were confident
they wt3re in the right country for
good sport. Both complimented the
guides who did all that was humanly
possible to make the trip an Enjoya
ble one despite the adverse con li
tions.
This was the second hunt anjoyed
by Judge Finch on his present Alas,
ka sojourn. The first one took place
near Chickaloon where Judge Finch
brought down a record head of Ovis
Poli or white mountain sheep of
which he is very proud. He is also
enthusiastic about moose hunting aid
says he is coming again. Both jurists
were guests of the Sew'ard Chamber
of Commerce at a luncheon at 12:30
today, which had been hurriedly ar
ranged when it was found that the
two distinguished gentlemen were in
the city.
WORLD “SERIES”
NEW YORK, Sept. 8. (£>)—World
series excitement has come to New
York nearly a month ahead of time
when several thousand baseball fans
stormed the downtown offices of the
New York Yankees in search of tic
ets for the Athletic Yankee series,
opening Sunday at the Stadium.
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EASTERN STATES
!
NEW YORK, RHODE ISLAND, VER
GINIA CONCEDED BY G. O.
P. BE CLOSE
WASHINGTON, Sept., 8, {&)—
From the succession of callers at
headquarters here Hoover received
supplemental ire porta from New
York, Rhode Island and Virginia,
some encouraging and others not so
good.
Representative Hamilton Fish said
the race in New York will be close
and that the Republicans have to do
some real campaign work if they
hoped to carry that State. He added
that New York State should return
a majority of 100,000 for Hoover.
' C. Baseoim Slemp, former secretary
to Coolidge, reported an even break
, in Virginia between Hoover and
! A1 Smith but predicted the tide
j would swing to Hoover,
j Frederick Pack reported Repub.
licans are making big efforts to com
' bat the opposition in Rhode Island
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LETTER IN BOTTLE WRITTEN
NINE YEARS AGO MAY
CLEAR TRAGEDY
J SEATTLE. Sept., S, (#>)—Cast up -
I by the sea a timejclimmed message,
which may prove to be a hoax or
reveal a tragedy of the deep more
than nine years ago, was picked up
by James Jeffries at Fort Casey,
near Seattle.
It purports to be signed by Robert
Mark and Francis Kraus of Juneau,
addressed “to whom it may concern’’
and read: “On January 2. 1919 our
boat caught lire off the coast near
Los Angeles; no aid arrived and we
must drown for neither of us can
swiim.”
The message had been written with
a pencil and was so faded and smear
ed that it was almost elligible. It
had been washed ashore in a tightly
sealed bottle.
Yukon Sailing With
Considerable List
Seward Passengers
| SEATTLE, Sept., 8, (£>)—'The S. S.
Yukon sailed North today with 89
passengers. The Seward list was;
Mies M. Boswell, Miss. R. Jones,
Miss S. Fink, Lee Linch, Donald
Linch, Miss E. Linch, Mrs. L. E.
Linch, Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Stacey,
H. B. Blauvelt, H. J. Moland, Mi’s.
Friar, Fred Tuch, Frank Reed, A.
T. L. Grott, Marie Cook, Franas
Doty, Harry Hassard, G. S. Heming,
L. Lee, Jim Maroney, Frank Lyons,
Mrs. J. J. Bradley, Miss N. Heissong,
Mrs. R. Nowland, J. Burkhard, and
one steerage.
Vote For The School Monday