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VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 235
SEWARD, ALASKA MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1928.
PRICE TEN CENTS
OPPONENT PER SONA NON GRATA IN WASHING
TON WHERE HE SUPPOSED TO ACCOMPLISH
THINGS FOR ALASKA SAYS DEMOCRATIC
NOMINEE FOR PRIVILEGE REPRESENTING
ALASKA PEOPLE IN HALLS OF CONGRESS:
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM CALLS FOR RIGHT
OF SELF DETERMINATION AND THAT IS
WHAT HE STANDS FOR.
George Grigsby opened his campagin in the Fourth
Division Saturday night and not for years has an Alas
kan candidate for office received such tumultuous ap
plause such as did this Democratic nominee for Delegate
to Congress. Grigsby was interupted frequently by pro
longed applause.
lie declared vigorously for repeal of the Alaska
Bone Dry law terming it as unnecessary and unwarrant
ted legislation and in need of immediate correction.
He assailed the present delegate for his frequent
failure, in his recent speech in Fairbanks, to identify
himself with the head of the National ticket and said the
quarrel between his opponent and Hoover was too deep
seated to be mended. He read from the Congressional
Record, extracts from the fisheries hearings of 1924.
when the present delegate called Hoover a “grafter and
fixer, and a thief, by implication.
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] SHANGHAI. Oct. 1, (/P)— Pre
B1LL DRAWS CRITICISM ipavations arc being made for an
He called attention to the fact I elaborate ceremony in connection
the present delegate is now op-!with the reopening of the United
posing Federal bureaus and when! States Consulate at Nanking, new
the Territorial legislature voted capital of Nationalsis China.
to favored acts increasing me pow
ers of federal officials, his oppo-,
nent is campaigning exclusively
on the Controller bill and is draw
ing criticism on that score. j
This is a matter for the Alaska
legistative members to settle with
out advice from said delegate.
Grigsby said the bill does not
cover the principles of home rule
as viewed by the Democrats but
made it plain it was an undeemed
measure issued by the delegate
whose party indorsed the National
candidates.
Grigsby said Smith was friend- !
ly because of the Alaska delega
tions support in the last two Dem
ocratic National Conventions and
in conclusion said the Territory’s .
right to legislate was a subject of j
local concern, including fisheries i
and game, which is real home rule. ,
Mr. Grigsby will arrive in Sew
ard Friday and on that evening !
will address Sewardites at the Lib
erty theater. A free show will pre
ceed his appearance.
Seek Io Disbar
Judge Who V/as
In Aimee Case
LOS ANGELES. Oct. 1, (TP)—Su
perior Judge Carios Hardy whose
acceptance of a $2,o00 fee from
Evangelist Aimee Eemple McPner
sen while he sat on the county
bench was challenged by the State
Bar Association and was ordered
cited for court when he refused to
fake the stand at a hearing oi the
Bar Committtee.
ASSISTANT WA'j SECRETARY
FLAYS SMITH ON PRESIDEN
TIAL PRESUMPTIONS
SYRACUSE, Oct. i. (/P)—Gover
nor Alfied E. Smith’s record as a
State executive was assailed at th„
second day’s session of the State
Republican Convention by its
manent chairman, Assistant Sec
retary of War. F. Trubee Davison.
He said the road to Washington
i’vas one “over which Tammany
shall not pass. “The Democratic
Party would apoeal with empty
gesture for law enforcement oy
telling us that if he takes the oath
to uphold the Constitution and law
I whatever his personal belie:- may
be he would see that they enforced
: it. Well, remember that he took
j juch nn oath four times as Gover
jnor of New York and are whole
I world knows how little he has been
'inclined to aid Federal en force
■■nent in New York. If it is any
standard by which to fudge whal
would happen. Washington Nation
>al enforcement would be a crave*
ty.”
Believe Nortkeotf
Case Most Ghastly
In Criminal History
I VANCOUVER, B. C„ Oct. 1, UP)—
Alb: rt L. Kelly and James R. Quini
i investigators of the alleged River
(side murders have arrived here t
' start extradition proceedin''
j against Gordon Stuart Ncrthcott
R. L. Haitland, attorney for t’.
California authorities, oesenbe:
I the alleged crimes as the mo
'ghastly in police history.
CAN’T SAIL WITHOUT
NEW YORK, Oct. 1. (/P)—'The de- |
i parture of the liner Cedric was de- i
i
layed for 20 minutes, while a de
tective returned to a hotel andi
! brought back a case of jewals, left
behind by the wife of Sir Thomas '
Esmond,Ireland’s richest man. The
’jewels were the family heirlooms.
PRESIDENT DECLARES PROS
PERITY ASSURED UNDER
PRESENT MANAGEMENT
j BOSTON, Oct. 1. (/P)—-President j
Coolidge in a message to the Re- i
nubiican State Convention said the !
nation needed “continuation oi the '
administration of public affairs'
in accordance with the principles
which guided the acheivements of 1
the Republican party,” This need j
;he President wrote, ‘‘Should be
fulfilled by the beginning of the
next fiscal year under the tried and .
experienced leadership of Frank C.
in our commonwealth and Hoover
and Curtis in the Nation.” Frank
and Curtis inthe Nation.” Frank
Allen is a republican candidate for :
governor and Benjamin Young is j
a candidate for senator.
’ Mob Erie
Australia Strike
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MET,BORNE. ' U :t." T ••• t. 1. i/P)
» hi' ; ernes ■ u i 1 other
j | acts violence : ’ ' i con
nection with a dock-workers strike, j
> special constables are being armed
i with rifles and trained by former
. rmy officers to meet what is de
scribed as the threat of mob rule.
DEAUVILLE PROSPERING WHILE SPENDERS PL;'
Deauville’s happy business men say the famed French
season than ever. They have been busy collecting profits v
and Jenny, (upper left), and other visitors, acquired a
the right is a view of the board walk and “regulars.”
resort is having a better I
hile the Dolly sisters, Rosie
fashionable duskiness. At j
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE TELLS
MILWAUKEE NO DODGING
BIG ISSUE
MILWAUKEE, Oct., 1, UP}—
Cheered as he leveled an attack
an prohibition, A1 Smith called for
'Safe, sane and honest handling
of the problem and advocated the
sale of liquor, under restrictions,
in those States where the plan
might meet the approval of the
majority of the voters.”
Outlining his program in this
city, once famed arount the en
tire world as a brewing center,
the nominee emphasized that the
plan he sponsors would protect,
“All the rights of dry States” and
throw around them all the safe
guards of the 18th amendment
and the Volstead law.
“Dry States should be reason
able abut it,” Smith told the crowd
which packed the big auditorium
here and his radio listeners. “They
should listen to the State that is
not in accord with their opinion.
What would dry States of the
country say if wet States proposed
an amendment to the Constitu
tion prohibiting them from pass
ing any dry law?”
Following the lines in his ac
ceptance speech in the remedy
. A* he made no
reference to the Canadian system
of handling the liquor problem.
Smith reiterated he opposed the
return of the saloon. “Despised
as of the right of American
people” and stirred a rousing round
of applause when he promised if
elected he would enforce law.
He was greeted with another
noisy tumult when he declared
that as President he would regard
it as his duty to recommend to
Congres both modification of the
Volstead law and the prohibition
amendment, as he remarked that
in 1919, 20,000,000 Americans be
lieved hard liquor could be ban
ished from the country “by an
amendment to the Constitution
and by passing a law.”
He added, “This is not a ques
tion of liquor or no liquor, pro
hibition or anti-prohibition; the
question before the American
people today is what is the best
thing to do about it in the inter
est of this country.”
S. S. Yukon Sails
For The Northland
With Comebackers
SEATTLE, Oct. 1. <7P)—The S. S.
Yukon, of the Alaska Steamship
Co., sailed at 9 o’clock Saturday
marring carrying 83 passengers.
The 'Award passengers are J. John
son Mrs. R. S. Wood, Mr. and Mrs.
Ohas. Henning, Miss B. Lewis, Mr.
■'■.id Ilrs. M. M. Skrivan. P. Henry,
Velma R. Kolle, Dr. I. G. Dick, T.
W. Thorpe, Mrs. A. E. Gibbs, Mr.
and Mrs. C. M. Carson. Wm. Brown,
T. Rice, Mrs. Petty J. Winters, T. W.
Doery, J. W. McClellan, B. S. Ken
nedy, Lieut. J. Green, F. Stoyker
and one steerage.
GUNS SPIT AGAIN
CHICAGO, Oct. l.(/P)— Guns spat
in Chicago when one was instantly
and two others probably fatally
wounded in a taxi driver’s war for
supremacy in the South side the
ater ditrict, here.