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“A TYPICAL VALDEZ JURY”
—Anchorage Times.
In its anxiety to find reasons for the removal of court
* headquarters from Valdez to Anchorage, the Times per
mitted itself, through its news columns, to overstep the
bounds of propriety, and we feel duty bound to call it to
task on that score.
In one of its issues, early this month, under the head
ing “Valdez Session is very costly arrivals claim,” the
Times reporter quotes one of the members of the Fourth
Division court party, returning from the trial of the
Gaustad case at Valdez, as saying: “It was a typical Val
dez jury”, and goes on to say that “this was the answer
given when one member of the party was asked why a
conviction had not been secured in the first trial, and he
pointed to the fact that a conviction quickly was secured
when the second trial was held before a jury composed of
Cordovans.”
If such statements were made, and we are not dispos
ed to question the statement of the Times’ reporter, it
could not have been more than a foolish prattling of a silly
individual, and the editorial staff of the Times should
have been better advised than to have printed it. But to
use this statement for argumentative purposes, in an ef
fort to bring a material gain to the community the paper
serves, is inexcusable.
To begin with the petit jury at Valdez was not whol
ly made up of residents of Valdez. The jury was called
from Seward, Anchorage, Cordova, and adjacent com
munities. But aside from that, no people have a corner
on virtue and a law-abiding disposition. The people of
Alaska, as a whole, are law-abiding. The same sort of
people live in Valdez as do in Cordova Anchorage, Seward,
Fairbanks, and elsewhere in Alaska, and all Alaskans,
when serving on juries, will act according to the dictates
of their conscience.
It evidently has not occured to the Times that the pro
secution might have failed to make a case on the first
trial, and that the jury might have, and more than likely
did, decide the case on the evidence and the instructions
of the court, and that the evidence presented under the
second indictment must have been more positive and con
vincing than that presented under the first.
The best proof of the fact that a “typical Valdez jury”
is not a jury of lawless people, is given by the record of
convictions had at the Valdez term of the District court.
Every prosecution for a felony tried there, and there were
several of them, resulted in a conviction
The Times owes the people of Valdez an apology.
A TRUE KNIGHT
Much satisfaction has been expressed concerning the re
cent action of King George in conferring knighthood
on Dr. Wilfred T. Grenfell, an Englishman who has serv
ed the humble fishermen, hunters and trappers of Labra
dor for 35 years.
Out of pure love for humanity Dr Grenfell has labor
ed in the far north all these years, bringing to these al
most primitive people the blessings of hospitals, nursing
stations, schools and vocational training, thru the estab
lishment of more than a dozen institutions.
Thru his writings and lectures he has interested peo
ple in means, both in England and America, in the welfare
of his Labrador friends and has thus raised funds with
which to carry on his noble work.
Dr. Grenfell was a knight of service long before he
was formally elevated to knighthood by the king. In con
ferring this distinction upon such a worthy subject, King
George has honored himself as well as Sir Wilfred.
The King of Siam has conferred upon Premier Mus
solini the Grand Cross of the Order of the White Ele
phant. The same honor might be appropriately bestowed
on Muscle Shoals.
JUDGE HILL'S COURT
ACTIVE MINT MONTHS
CONTINUOUS BUSINESS
Judge Hill’s court has been in al
most constant session since his ar
rival here this spring. Commencing
with a term of court at Cordova last
spring, the court held a jury session
at Anchorage until the middle of
July, thence proceeded Westward on
a floating term on board the U. S.
Coast Guard Cutter “Haida” so far
as Bristol Bay and the Aleutian Is
lands. Returning to Valdez in the
last part of August, a general term,
with a grand and petit jury in at
tendance, was held, and the court
continued in session until its de
parture on the steamer Aleutian for
Seward, and the Anchorage term is
now expected to keep the court there
from a month to six weeks.
At Valdez, during the term just
adjourned, two articles of the cases
against O. P. Gaustad, arising from
the Fourth Division, on charges of
embezzlement while Receiver of the
defunct Washington-Alaska Bank,
were held, the first trial resulting in
an accquittal and the second trial
in a conviction on another indict
ment. A number of other felony
cases were tried, all resulting in
convictions.
The court party Teports wintry
weather in Valdez, with quite a
snowfall during the last few days.
Attorneys A. J. Diamond, of Valdez,
J. H. Murray, of Cordova, and Harry
F. Morton, of Anchorage, are accom
panying the court party.
Eva Lerner, author, from the rosy
State of California, was among to
day’s arrivals from Seattle heading
Fairbanksward.
RAILROADER IN TOWN
K. K. Katz, passenger representa
tive of the Northern Pacific Railway,
is again a welcomed visitor in Sew
ard today, having arrived on the S.
S. Aleutian from Seattle. Mr. Katz
is enroute on one of his periodical
trips thru the Territory in the inter
ests of the company.
The Interior rivers are running full
| of slush ice, local arrivals report,
and by this time should be frozen
over.
The temperature in Fairbanks the
other day was said to have registered
22 below zero.
BLONDE GIRLS OUTDO
BRUNETTES IN SWIM
TORONTO, Ont., Oct. 15. (£>)—'The
blonde girl, who has suffered many
an unchivalrous cut of late on the
score of temperament and fickleness
of purpose, won an impressive vic
tory in tl|e gruelling 21-mile Mara
thon Swim here recently.
When the analysts got busy they
discovered that the blonde girl en
trants had won over the brunettes
in a walk, so to speak.
It was a blonde girl who swam the
farthest. It was a blonde girl who
stayed in the icy water the longest.
Observers insisted that the blondes
displayed more presence of mind
than the brunettes and were, on the
whole, calmer. The only brunette
girl to win a prize ended her sv/im
when she was frightened by an eel.
Chocolate and vanilla ice
cream. Schallerer’s Alaska
Shop.
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Schallerer’s Alaska Shop.
IHHtUMII
LIBERTY
THEATER
TONIGHT—TWO SHOWS 7 AND 9
BEBE DANIELS
In the whirlwind comedy drama
“ Palm Beach Girl
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BREATH TAKING THRILLS
BREEZY HUMOR
Western country girl thrown into the exclusive
society of the seaside resorts
ENTERTAINING ALL THE WAY THROUGH
Also an interesting Pathe News, Educational film
SUNDAY ONLY
it
The Sap
A FINE DRAMA DEALING WITH A SUPPOS
ED COWARD.
Also a great two- -reel comedy
And a Pathe News
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SWEDISH CRIMES LESS
HANGINGS ARE BANNED
RESPECT FDR LIFE
STOCKHOLM, October 15. (/P)—
Sweden has not had an execution
since the World War. Capital punish
ment was abolished in 1921 and be
cause of the clemency of the King no
hangings had been iheld for some
years before that time.
Nor has the elimination of the death
penalty been followed by any increase
in crime, says Dr. Victor Almqvist,
head of the Swedish prison system.
Seventy-five years ago murders in
the county averaged 16.6 per million
inhabitants each year, while in 1922
23 the corresponding number was
but 1.36. Since 1917 the total murders
committed or attempted in Sweden
have numbered but 15-riess than 12
a year.
“My impression is that the reform
(has created increased respect for hu
man life,” Dr. Almqvist says. “Capi
tal punishment has never detered any
criminal. I believe the death' sentence
tends to stimulate the very brutality
which it was intended to suppress,
and as a penologist I have the im
pression, moreover, that a life sen
tence is a worse punishment than
death.”
MOROCCAN TATTOOING
FEZ, Morocco, Oct. 15. (IP)—Tattoo
ing is a lucrative profession for wo
men here. Girls submit to the needle
of the professional tattooer at an early
age. The tattooer traces designs on
the ankles and forearms.
TOMORROW'S TIDE
First high water
Second high water
First low water
Second law water
4*37 a. m.
3:58 p. m.
9: 43 a. m.
11:10 p. m.
MONDAY’S
First high water
Second high water
First low water
Second low water
TIDE
5:59 a. m.
5:09 p. m.
10:53 a. m.
11:15 p. m.
FRESH KILLED CHICKENS FROM
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LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF SUBMITfNG FINAL
PROOF
Anchorage, Alaska, July 10th, 192?.
Notice is hereby given that Horace
Samuel Abbert, entry man, together
with his witnesses, Zeph T. Halferty
ind Karl Armstrong, all of Kodiak,
Alaska, has submitted final proof on
lis homestead entry, Serial No. 05546
tor the land included in Non Mineral,
Q. S. Survey No. 1464, containing
L59.986 acres, Situate Latitude 57
leg. 43 min. 43 sec. N., Longitude
162 deg. 28 min. 05 sec. W. and said
final proof is now in the files of the
[J. S. Land Office at Anchorage,
Alaska, and if no protest is filed in
She said U. S. Land Office at Anch
orage, Alaska within the period of
publication or witbin thirty days
thereafter, said final proof will be
iccepted and final certificate will be
Issued.
J. LINDLHY GREEN,
Register.
Date of first publication Sept. 3, 1927.
Date of last publication Nor. 12, 1927.