“Federal Officials Cannot Lawfully be Appointed to any Territorial Office.”
—Attorney General of Alaska John Rustgard.
MKAIBKR ASSOCIATED FRKS41
I VOLUME xxvm. NUMBER 4.
SEWARD, ALASKA, Wednesday. January 6,1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO BE
FORMED TO MAP OUT COURSE
OF ACTION
SEATLE, Jan. G. (JP)—A third
party movement was launched by!
a group of ‘'Progressive Republi
cans” to give “organized and effec
tive support” to the insurgent re
publicans in the Senate and the i
House
A campaign will be made for an,
independent presidential candidate j
if the nominees of the G. O. P, and
the Demos are unsatisfactory.
Tiiis announcement was made by
H. F. Love, of Tacoma, chairman;
John W. Ballaine, of Seattle, W. W.
Drake, of Yakima, and John Binns,
* of Tacoma, all members of the ex
ecutive committee.
Mr. Ballaine said that a repre
sentative would be sent soon to
Washington to cooperate with re
presentatives of other States for the
forming of a ‘national committee of
progressive republicans who are to
map out a course of action in the
approaching presidential cam.
oaign.”
HOOVER WANTS MODE
HUT ECONOMY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 6. i/P) j
—President Hoover announced a j
aew drive for governmental ccon-1
% arny through consolidation of num- j
rous departments and bureaus. j
A plan which is calculated to save
many millions of dollars will be
rormally submitted to Congress by
the President in a special message
which is to be forwarded in the
next few weeks.
Mr. Hoover will recommend that
all construction projects except
purely military and naval features
be placed under the supervision of
a single agency and will suggest
That shipping and allied interests
be grouped under control of the
Department of Commerce.
HAS NEW JOB NOW
NEW YORK, Jan- 6. (/P) —- John
F. “Chick” Meehan who recently
Resigned as head football coach at
New York University, has been ap
pointed director of physical edu
cation and football coach at Man
hattan College, a Jesuit ins .
lion in the upper Bronx.
PRE-CAMPAIGN TALK
WINSTON-SALEM, N. D., Jan. 6.
lip)—Newton Baker, former Sec. of
War, rated as one of the leading
. Democratic presidential possibili
ties, is ready to “fight for the revi
vals of liberalism and ideals in
this country, he informed news
paper editors here.
LIMIT FARMERS HOURS
MADISON, Wis-, Jan. 6- (/P)—
Tire Assembly passed a bill limit
ng the working day of farmers to
eight hours providing that those
who received less than cost of pro
duction from sale of their produce
may collect the difference from the
state.
j ALASKA CONTROL FISHERIES
t WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 6. (/P)
—A move to place the control of the
Alaska salmon fisheries and furs
under the jurisdiction of the Alas
ka Legislature was made by Dele
gate James Wickersham in a bill in
troduced in Congress- Another bill,
also introduced by Delegate Wick- i
ersham, asked for an appropriation!
for the repair of the Fedeal wharf !
at Juneau.
KODIAK REPUBLICANS j
EXPRESS FAITH IN .
OIITCiff OF MFET
In a message received today by j
the Seward Republican Club from j
W. J. Erskine, secretary’ of the Ko- j
diak organization, Mr. Erskine says 1
that the Kodiak club held a meet- j
ing last evening and adopted a'
platform. Briefly, Mr. Erskine’s I
message said that the Kodiak club’s j
platform included:
First: The Kodiak Republican
Club reaffirms its belief in and ad
herence to the principles of the Re
publican party.
Second: Approves and stands for
principles and Territorial policies
as promulgated and advocated by
Delegate 'Vfackersham and'stands
for his continuance in office.
Third: Pledges support to the
candidates to be nominated by the
Republican convention at Seward.
Fourth: Believes that the Alaska
Legislature should establish a Pio
\ neers’ home some place in Alaska
Fifth: Believes in repeal of exist-!
ing placer mining laws for Alaska.!
Sixth: Provides for various pol
icies of more or less local interest. '
Seventh: Believes in the abolish- j
ment of the fee system to commis- j
sioners and that salaries be paid j
them
The Kodiak club did not name j
! any candidates for the Alaska Leg- j
islature at last night’s meeting, the ;
sense of the meeting being that the j
club has confidence in the purpose i
of the Republicans who were con
vened at Seward to see that the in
j terests of the western portion of the
; Third Division be amply protected
| through careful selection of candi
| dates and that officers of the local
club would endeavor to secure the
nomination of men acquainted with
the needs of the Westward and fit-,
ted for this trust of the Westward
as evidenced by the action of the
Kodiak Republican Club.
Mr. Erskine also said that the
club of Kodiak regretted the lack
of time and communication pre
cludes as complete an exchange of
ideas as might be desired but that
the Westward club has every confi
dence in the judgment of officers
of the Seward club.
The Kodiak Republican Club ex
tended sincere appreciation for ef
forts of officers of the Seward Re
publican Club they had extended in
their behalf.
In conclusion, Mr. Erskine asked
that the Kodiak club be advised as
to the outlook of the Seward con
vention.
Dr. W. A. Rystrom, Cordova den
tist and well known Alaska pioneer,
is renewing acquaintances in Sew
ard while the SS Northwestern is
in port- Dr. Rystrom is a Cordova
delegate to the local Republican
Divisional meeting.
g. o. p. on
REPUBLICANS UNITING TO PUT
STRONG CANDIDATES IN
PRIMARY FIELD
The heralded Divisional Conven
tion of the Republican clubs of the
Third Division, to whiqh delegates
from Cordova and Anchorage ar
rived in Seward yesterday, turned
out to be but a round-table confer
ence.
The hoped-for equitable appor
tionment of representation to the
Alaska Legislature ran Into a snag
with the announcement by the An
chorage delegates that they had
been instructed to bring home an
allotment of two Representatives.
This, with their present hold-over
Senator, would give the Anchorage
district one Senator and two Rep
resentatives in the next Legislature.
The discussion, which lasted until
2:30 o’clock this morning, therefor
i ended in a deadlock as Seward dele
gates thought Seward and. the West
ward area should have o^e Senator
and one Representative.fPreviously
it had been agreed Cordova, includ
ing Copper River and Valdez dis
tricts, should have two Representa
tives. As one Delegate expressed
himself: “Anchorage desires one
half of the entire representation
from the Third Division.”
The motion of Dr. W. A. Rys
trom, Cordova delegate, wiiich was
adopted, finally brought an end to
the meeting. Briefly, his sugges
tion was to the effect that after
candidates for the primary had
filed early in February, for each of
the three Republican clubs — An
chorage, Cordova and Seward — to
endorse four men, then select and
endorse the strongest four regard
less of where they might be from.
“Unity must be preserved and the
solid support of the Third Division
Republican clubs will be needed to
successfully win in the primary,”
cautioned Dr. Rystrom.
Delegates from Anchorage,and
Cordova heartily recommended At
torney L. V. Ray of Seward as their
choice for Senator and are carry
ing back to their respective clubs
this decision. Mr. Ray said he high
ly regarded the expression of es
teem stating that no candidate
could hardly be expected to win
without the solid support of party
organization.
It was resolved to work for Mr.
Lucas of Juneau for Territorial Au
ditor and that the clubs be asked
to support his candidacy.
C. M. Brosius and Dr- Rystrom
both suggested specific road items
which should be included in the
road plank.
Capt. A. E. Lathrop expressed
himself in favor of a Southwestern
Alaska representative, meaning not
Seward in particular but the West
ward area. He also spoke in favor
of E. A. Rasmusson for National
Committeeman; that Mr. Rasmuj
son is in a receptive mood, i^ut
regarding the Delegate candidacy,
had not given the subject any
thought todate.
Tlie names of Rev- E. L. Winter
berger of Anchorage, Dr. W. H.
Chase of Cordova and John Moore
of Anchrage were mentioned as pos
sible delegates to the Chica,f-j con
vention, June 14.
Cordova delegates were F. A.
Hansen and Dr. W. A. Chase. An
I chorage: E. R. Tarwater, Mrs. J. E.
! Ketchum, J. N. McCain, Bero vVen
; nerstrom and Rev. E. L. Winter
! berger.
The following tentative platform
compiled by the local organization
| was accepted by the delegates who
t will ask their respective clubs to
| endorse it:
“We favor the exclusion of Fed
eral appointive officials from par
j ticipatlon in strictly Territorial af
| fairs.
j “We recommend the creation of
| Territorial boards having to do
I with the administration of Terri
jtorial affairs constituted entirely
! from residents of Alaska, and the
| exclusion from such Territorial
! boards of any and all appointive
' Federal officials.
“We favor the enactment of a
! community law for the Territory
! and, so far as can be made accept
; able, we favor the present form of
i the community law as enacted by
| the State of Washington.
“We favor the construction of
roads and trails.
“We insist that the resources of
i Alaska and profits and taxes ac
jeruing therefrom should be cover
ied into the Territorial Treasury,
subject to Territorial control.
“We favor the granting to the
Territory of a #orm of full and
complete government, and the ces
sation of the experimental and
I formative legislation given by the
Act of August 24, 1912, (Organic
| Act).
“We assert, Alaska has demon
| strated its ability in the formative
! stages of Territorial government,
'and is now entitled to the same
S autonomous government as has
j been granted to other Territories
! of the United States.
• “We are against the form of im
; perialism fostered and engendered
; by bureau cdntrol centralized in
I the. National Capitol.
PROMINENT VISITOR
F. A. Hansen, general mangaer
; of the C. R- & N. W. Ry., and former
| member for many years of the en
gineering headquarters staff of the
Alaska Railroad, is a brief visitor
here from Cordova as a delegate to
the local O. O. P. meeting.
GOES TO WILLOW CREEK
Nils Johansson, who is with the
Willow Creek Mines in the Willow
Creek district, was an arrival in
Seward on the SS Northwestern
Tuesday and left on this morning’s
train for Wasilla and the Willow
Creek area. Mr. Johansson went
Outside to spend the holidays hav
ing left Alaska a few weeks ago.
INCOMING LISTING
Incoming passengers on the SS
: Northwestern Tuesday other than
the Seattle listing published prev
iously included: From Ketchikan:
Mrs. C. H. Scheffler, Carol Schef
' fler; From Cordova: W. A. Rys
jtrom, F. A. Hansen, Mrs. Harold
I Chadwick, Mrs. W- B. Phinn, L. W.
Benedict, Lawrence Council, A. E.
Lathrop, John Coats; From Ju
neau: Marjory B. Major, L. M. Ber
lin, Winston W. Spencer, J. W.
Johnson; From Valdez: John R.
Wilcox; From Haines: Erik Oslund,
E. Peverall
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With the change of moon Thurs
day, January 7, should also come
a change in weather, for better or
worse.
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| WOMAN REPORTED TO POLICE
THAT SHE WAS ATTACKED
BY ARMY OFFICER
GILROY, Calif., Jan. 6. (/?)—An
attractive and fashionably dressed
woman rode into this city on the
j front seat of a truck Monday and
i reported to the authorities that
| she had been attacked by a United
i States Army officer in an automo
, bile a short distance from here.
| Her name is Mrs. Gertrude Mc
j Enroe of Butte, Mont. A short time
i later the body of First Lieut. Wil
jliam J. French was found beside
his automobile out on the main
| highway. He had a bullet through
i his brain and an Army pistol was
j found on the running board of the
| car a few feet from the body.
; Mrs. McEnroe states that she
; started to drive to Los Angeles with
: French but he began to act In a
i peculiar manner, then struck her
[ on the head with a hammer. She
leaped from the car, accosted the
driver of a truck and rode into Gil
roy with him
She said she had been a friend
of French’s family for years. He
was stationed at Camp Devens,
Mass., and was on leave.
! IRENE GOULD BECOMES
!
j The beautifully decorated A. W.
; Newhall chapel of the Jesse Lee
I Home was the scene of a pretty
| wedding ceremony last evening
! when Miss Anne Irene Gould be
| came the bride of Ralph Williams.
George W. James, vocalist, sang a
solo which was followed by the
Wedding March, played on the
piano by Mrs. Francis Groth- About
50 invited guests were present at
the ceremony which was'perform
ed by the Rev. Chas. T. Hatten.
Mrs. Williams was brought up by
the Jesse Lee Home and a few years
ago went to the States to complete
her education. She spent some time
in Ohio and then in Pittsburgh,
coming back to Alaska when the
Jesse Lee Home was opened up in
Seward about six years ago. She
has been with the Jesse Lee Home
in the capacity of instructor ever
since.
Mr. Williams is from Fairbanks
and is employed by the Fairbanks
Exploration Company.
The newlyweds are to depart for
Fairbanks where they will make
their home.
After the wedding ceremony a re
ception for the bridal couple was
held in the Hatten residence in the
Goode Hall of the Jesse Lee Home.
FORMAL APOLOGY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 6- (A5)
—Japan has tendered a formal
apology to the United States lor
the assault by three Japanese on
Vice Consul Culver Chamberlain at
Mukden the other day. The apol
ogy of Japan, which expressed “sin
cere regret over the unfortunate in
cident at Mukden,” was transmitted
to the U. S. Deparment of State by
the Japanese Ambassador at Wash
ington.