Plenty of Candidates in Field
As predicted in previous issues
of this paper, the Democrats
were hopelessly split on the pri
mary issue at their Divisional
Convention held at Petersburg.
The Troy-Connors crowd fight
ing to insert a plank, and in
serting it in the platform to
abolish the primary laws of
Alaska. They were opposed by
N. R. Walker and A. H. Ziegler
The assertion that the party
was split was vigorously denied
by the Troy faction in his news
print but the filings before the
primary are plenty of evidence
as to which, the great Troy or
the little Alaskan, was telling
the truth.
On the Democratic Ticket,
George B. Grigsby, Anthony
Dimond and A. H. Ziegler filed
for Delegate. On the Republican
tjeket, Delegate James Wicker
sham for renomination.
List of Republicans
F or Delegate to Congress,
Jame^ Wickersham.
Attorney General:
Frank H. Foster, Juneau
John Rustgard, Juneau
Auditor:
Cash Cole, Progressive Re
publican for re-nomination; H.
I Lucas, Juneau Percy G.
Charles, Ketchikan.
School Commissioner:
W. K. Keller, unopposed.
Highway Engineer:
T. E. Wann, Fairbanks.
Legislative Ticket—Senate:
J. E. Johnson, Ketchikan
House of Representatives:
L. H. Kubley, H. P. Hanson,
Ketchikan, Dr. R. N. Scruby.
Wrangell, Grover C. Winn, Ju
neau.
Delegate to National Conven
tion :
Dr. W. H. Chase, Cordova, E.
S Hungerford, Petersburg, Karl
Thiele, Juneau, Jack Davies
Ketchikan.
Alternate:
Albert White, Juneau
National Committeeman:
E. A. Rasmusson, Anchorage,
Jack White, Juneau
democratic Line-up No Set-up
Delegate to Congress:
George B. Grigsby, Anthony
Dimond, A. H. Ziegler.
Attorney General:
James Truitt, Anchorage.
Auditor:
Frank A. Boyle, Juneau
Highway Engineer:
William A. Hesse, Ketchikan.
Commissioner of Education:
Anthony E. Karnes, Ketchikan
legislative Ticket—Senator:
N. R. Walker.
House of Representatives:
Frank J. Peratrovich, Klawock,
E. L. Sampson, J. W. Kehoe,
F. J. Baranovich, Ketchikan;
Joe Green, Hyder, C. H. Helgese .i
and Thomas B. Judson and Fred
Sorri, Juneau.
National Committeeman:
James J. Connors, renomina
tion; heads the following list of
delegates to the national con
vention: T. H. Deal, Fairbanks,
H. F, Morton and A. A. Shonbeok,
Anchorage; W. B. Kirk, John
Walmer and John Troy, Juneau:
P. C. McMullen, Seward, J. C.
Todd, Valdez, S. Hellenthal and
Allen Shattuck, alternates. Con
nors also is supporting Anthony
Dimond for delegate to Con
gress.
R. E. Hardcastle of Ketchikan
is supported by A. H. Ziegler and
‘Doc” Walker for national com
mitteeman.
John Frame, Ketchikan,
cheated out of the national
committeemanship of the Re
publican party several years ago
by the machinations of the fed
ei’al brigade, has swung back
into the democratic line-up and
is offering himself to the voters
for national committeeman. It
lias not been intimated with
whom he is working but if de
ductions are to be made, George
B. Grigsby is the only candidate
for delegate to Congressi with
out a national committeeman.
Frame is heading the slate
which includes Tom A. Wake
field, M. M. Heath, John B. Rice.
J. T. Moran and Eugene Wacker
and Dave W. Hoskins of Ketchi
kan with Archie McDonald for
alternate to the national con
vention.
The various factions are al
ready lining up their forces for
the primary campaign and the
voters are already making up
their minds which factions to
support. Final decisions, natur
ally, will be made after hearing
the several candidates and the
principles which they stand for.
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NEW TRIAL GIVEN IN
ALASKA MURDER CASE
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John Friebags, convicted in
Alaska of manslaughter follow
ing the death of an Indian wo
man known as Mrs. Big Joe, was
granted a new trial by the Unit
ed States circuit court of ap
peals. Friebags, according to the
testimony, killed the Indian wo
man in a drunken brawl near
Fairbanks.
The circuit court reversed the
judgement on the ground that
the judge erred in instructing
the jury concerning Mrs. Big
Joe’s dying statement.
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MEDIATION TRIED IN
TUNA FISH PRICE WAR
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Breaking of the deadlock be
tween San Diego and San Pedro
tuna fishermen and the.South
ern California fish canneries
o'/er the price of fish wls at
tempted by E. H. Fitzgerald,
mediator for the United States
labor commission. The fisher
men are holding out for $100 a
ton, while the canneries a?e
offering $80. ' .