SALVATION ARMY
REVOLUTION
This is the title which the
Literary Digest gives to the
conflict between the London
office of the Salvation Army
and Evangeline Booth, com
manded of the American Sal
vation Army. The trouble
comes from the attempt of W.
Bramwell Booth to make him
self the head of the world Sal
vation Army following the
death of the late Gen. William
Booth.
Evangeline Booth is, like
Bramwell Booth and Balling
ton Booth (Head of the Volun
teers of America), a child of
Gen. William Booth, founder
of the Salvation Army. Upon
the death of Gen. William
Booth, Bramwell Booth, of
London, became the commander
of the world-wide organization,
and altho Evangeline Booth
has been the commander of the
American forces for 22 years,
Bramwell has twice—inl920 and
in 1923—tried to remove his
sister from her position. His
excuse was that their father
had established shifting officers
as an organization policy. The
American forces however have
protested so vigorously that
Evangeline has not been re
moved. With her reappoint
ment, it looks as if the Decla
ration of Independence of the
American Salvation Army is
near at hand.
And indeed, the question has
often been raised in Alaska as
to why the Alaska Army should
be tied to the Canadian Army.
While the officers who have
been sent to Alaska have been
fine workers, why should Amer
ican citizens receive their or
ders from Canada? Aren’t there
any American officers who can
come to Alaska to preach loyal
ty to Christ and to the United
States of America? Or shall
the Alaskan Army sing My
Country Tis of Thee while
their officers sing God Save the
King?
A BAD PRACTICE
“The commissioner (Billy
Thomas of Wrangell) did not
give him a jail sentence as has
been reported, but assessed his
(Saito’s) punishment at a fine
of $10 and costs. It was in
default of the payment of the
fine and costs that the defend
ant was committed (not sent
enced) to jail.”
The personal equation here
is immaterial, altho even a Jap
is entitled to justice and
should be defended from perse
cution. The objectional thing
is that this Jap was accused of
criminal trespass in Judge
Thomas’s court at Wrangell
when the ony question to be
decided was “Who owned the
sidewalk between his house
and his neighbor.”
The issue is a civil question
strictly. The plaintiff has no
right to call in the United
States government by charging
a criminal offense and thus
have his “rights” decided cheap.
Criminal trespass is only pro
perly chargeable when posses
sion is actual and a breach of
the peace imminent.
The reason we know that
this is the usual practice of
Billy Thomas of Wrangell is
because we had it from his
own mouth.
THE DRIFT INN
L. A. OLSEN, Proprietor
Pool Hall—Cigars and Tobaccos
Furnished Rooms
Wrangell, — Alaska
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Not long ago, a subsidized
newspaper made the statement
that ‘Everybody made money
last summer except a few sein
ers who insisted on fishing in
inland waters.”
The purpose of the article
was to fool people who live in
cities and also those outside of
Alaska. It certainly could not
have been meant to make the
seiners think they had a lot
of money when the facts are
otherwise.
We have gone to a great deal
of trouble to find out what the
recognized expert seiners real
ly did make and herewith pub
lish a partial list, the name of
the boat captain being first
mentioned followed by the
number of humpies and dog
salmon, the humpies being the
main catch; Phillip Nelson,
14,000; George Collins, 12,000;
Willie Brown 7,000; Frank
Marks 35,000; James Starr
27,000; Frank Williams 35,000;
Charles Williams 8,000; Ed.
Vanderwheel 15,000; Ibsen (gas
boat) averaged $100 per share
for 9 shares; Star of Heaven
averaged $90.; Pioneer averag
ed $100; Traveller 40,000; Kit
Kettles on the Viga lost on
the season’s operations; Andy
Moses, 14,000; Joseph Starr
14,000; Charlie Brown 8,000;
Alex Peel (Hunters Bay) 18,
000; Eugene Tom (Hunters
Bay) 23,000 (high boat); Ben
Duncan (Hunters Bay) 19,000;
Fred Grant (Rose Inlet) 18,000;
Henry Bennett (Rose Inlet)
7,000; John Hudson 14,000;
William Alford 7,000; Ted
Benson 18,000; Nick Barono
vitch 15,000; Louis Jones 5,000;
George Haldane 12,000.
The average price per fish
was less than 8^.