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SAVING THE SEAL HERDS
The award, October 6, to the Union Steamship Com
pany of Canada of $59,000 in settlement for the seizure
in 1892 by the United States of the ship Coquitlam in the
vicinity of the Aleutian Islands recalls the initial steps
taken by the United States to save the seal herds from ex
tinction, and points a warning for judicious care on the
part of trappers with respect to taking other fur.
A survey, made by direction of Congress in 1874,
showed that the seal herd numbered 4,700,000, but which,
under a joint survey by Canada and the United States in
1891, had dwindled to 1,000,000. By 1906 the herd had
dropped to about 180,000, brought about by Canadian and
other sealers killing the female seals while in the water
during their annual pilgrimage to and from the south, or
while feeding. At this time the females were pregnant
and had one unweaned pup. Thus three animals were
destroyed in one, the pups starving.
In 1896, 16,000 young seals were found dead from
starvation on the Pribilof Islands. In 1897, it was esti
mated that 400,000 adult female seals had been killed at
sea and more than 300,000 young seals had died of star
vation. The Bering Sea Tribunal, which sat in Pans in
1893, decided that the United States did not have exclus
ive jurisdiction in Bering Sea, but provided a closed sea
son, from May 1 to July 31, in which no seals should be
killed within 60 miles of the islands.
In his message of 1906, Theodore Roosevelt informed
Congress that the Japanese, not being signatory to the
gentleman's agreement for conserving the seals, nationals
of that country invaded St. Paul Island on July 16 and 17,
1906, and before beaten off by the guards, had slain sev
eral hundred seals, many of which were skinned alive.
Five invaders were killed, two wounded and 12 captured.
This led to the inclusion of all islands in Bering Sea in the
reservation, then consisting only of the Pribilofs and St.
Paul, and the eventual stoppage of pelagic sealing.
CIGARS AND ROMANCE
Recent action of a large motion picture company in for
bidding its male stars to smoke cigars on the screen was
attributed to a theory of the movie magnates that cigar
smoking was unromantic.
Movie officials, explaining the ban, intimated that
the lustre of their younger stars was dimmed, so to speak,
by fragrant cigar smoke. A critic of this view rises to the
defense of cigar smokers in this fashion:
“It wiould seem that the movie men's prohibition was
based on a badly warped conception of romance. After
all, romantic qualities in men are shown in their habits and
characteristics; and since cigar smoking has become al
most a symbol of masculine success and power, it indicates
an addition to their romantic appeal rather than a sub
traction from it.
“Ever since tobacco was first rolled and smoked, cigar
smoking has been allied closely with romanticism. From
the early adventures in America to modern captains of
industry, sport heroes, world fliers, and thousands of
young men in universities, the cigar has been a mark of
manliness and romantic appeal.”
.If this critic is correct, as seems more than likely, the
motion picture men seem to have made a grave error in
that they have confused romanticism with effeminacy in
the American's make-up, and by so doing, have been un
complimentary both to men and women.
An expedition backed by Wall Street bankers is pre
paring to search for Kruger's millions, Lobengulas chests
of diamonds and gold, the lost valley of precious stones,
bullion of the Grosvenor, the lost mines of Chicola and the
other half of the Cullinan diamond. Well, they might as
well make it a clean sweep, they have everything else.
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i SEWARD FROM SEATTLE
The large schooner “Dorothy”
; arrived in Seward this morning
ifrom Seattle. The “Dorothy”, one
! of the largest of the schooners of
! the halibut fleet, is bound for
j Chirikof Island.
The vessel is under charter by
; the Chirikof Island Cattle Co-,
which is operating the farthest
; west cattle ranch in the world.
Charles H. Frye, president and
| active manager of the Frye & Co.,
! is president of the Chirikof Island
| Cattle Co., and Jack McCord is
| vice-president of the company.
The vessel carries a quantity of
! supplies, a couple of horses and
j implements which will be needed
at the “Farthest West” cattle
ranch
Jack McCord, accompanied by
Mrs. McCord and her sister, Miss
Helen Barker, are passengers
| aboad the vessel.
ROLPH 111 IN PORT
Capt. Pete Sather, on the Rolph
111, arrived in port this forenoon
from Nuka Bay. He is to load oil
and some freight and will depart
for Nuka Bay sometime tomorrow.
A number of Nuka Bay miners
are going out on the MS* Rolph
when it leaves tomorrow.
HARDING RULES GRAND
JUT LEGALLY DRAWN
IN ABATEMENT PLEA
Holding that the Territory Leg
islature in the Jury Act of 1931
had exceeded its constitutional
authority, Judge Justin W- Hard
ing, U. S. District Judge, recently
over-ruled the plea in abatement
filed in the J. W. Roberts case,
and ordered trial to proceed
forthwith, reports the Juneau
Empire.
The effect of Judge Harding's
opinion was to nullify the latest
Territorial jury law- He held that
the present grand jury panel, the
legality of which was questioned
in Robert’s plea of abatement,
was legally constituted.
The abatement plea was filed
i by George B Grigsby counsel for
| Roberts, recently when his client
appeared to enter a plea to an in
dictment charging him with vio
lating the Alaska Bone Dry Law.
Mr. Grigsby argued the case and
he contended that the circuit
court of appeals, in an earlier
case arising in the First Division,
has affirmed the right of the
Legislature to legislate upon the
manner of drawing juries and
that the manner used in selecting
the grand jury now in session was
different from that prescribed by
the latest Territorial statute.
Judge Harding ruled against
him- The court held that the ap
peal court has never had before it
the question of the power of the
Legislature to enact jury laws;
that its decision in the case cited
by Mr. Grigsby went only to
whether the provisions of the Act
' 1925 as to putting the names
of talesmen in the jury box for
drawing out had been violated in
such a manner as to prejudice
cause of the ’ appellant. What it
had to say regarding the law out
side of the question was obiter
dicta.
He ruled, that, notwithstanding,
inhibitions of the Territorial Or
ganic Act, the Legislature by the
Act of 1931 sought to impose con
ditions in the drawing of jury
panels that would deprive the
court of one of its rights and
powers. This, he said, could only
be done by an Act of Congress.
Because the law of 1931 was con
trary to the Organic Act, it was!
not valid
The SS Alameda is scheduled to
sail from Seward at 11 a- m. to
morrow, according to the bulletin
board of the A. S. S. Co
The blase favorite of Broadway
EDMUND LOWE
takes it and likes it from
JEANETTE MCDONALD
in the spicy comedy drama
“Don’t Bet on Women”
A play filled to overflowing with comical situations.
You’ll like it, and learn something too.
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With it we will show a one reel feature
WHY CONTINUE THE STRUGGLE"
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Also we have another one of those amndng piiiting
Cartoons full of peppy music and laughs.
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An interesting News reel completes
the program
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