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r.,NE RULE MEASURE FOR ALASKA
 uNAPpRECiATED TERRITORIAL POW Eho

tContinued from Page Three). {. ..rohv every voter speaks direct. for any other system by which few persons have the power to speak for the majority"
 penresentative ogden L. Mills comments the ,rasen. effort in Alaska in declaring that The closer the the people the better the govern mont and the best way to strengthen and foster self government is build up self-reliance and 'n aenendence fin the individual citizen by placing on him direct and immediate responsibility In MT Bryce,s book on the American Commonwealth he states that "self-government in small areas renders a splendid service in forming the quahues neeoeo by the citizens of free country"
 Judge James Wickersham. whose valuable services in Congress resulted in the enactment of the Organic Act, that gave Alaska Leg1siatiVe Assembly and the power for Home Rule is astound- cd that the hard-fought-for privileges should have been so lightly appreciated and ruthlessly turned over to Federal officials He earnestly urges return to the sovereignty and local selfgovernmen that Congress intended the Territory to enjoy
 Delegate Dan Sutherland writes in favor of the Comptroller and of Control bill and urges every friend he has in the Legislature to stand firm 10, this progressive measure. He says that the Territory should courageously take it's own bur eho"'"NA" VI Federal officials
 WILL. OF THE PEOPLE SHOULD PREVAIL
 In making fight for the return of Territorial duties to elective Territorial officials. no reflection :s intended on Federal officials who now be car rying our burdens. The present Governor has not been party to the existing conditions, which were all created prior to his taking office June II. 1925. Reputed to be big, broad-minded Vest crner and Alaskan, Governor George A. Parks is expected resist the importunities of those who will have him interfere with the will of the people, as reflected through their legislators Rather will Governor Parks be expected to emulate the example of William Penn, who wrote the in habitans of his domain, follows "I hopt you will not be troubled by your change and the Kings choice, for you fixed at the mercy of nc Governor who to make his fortune great You shall be governed by laws of your makns snd live free, and if you will sober and indus trious people I shall not usurp the right of way GOV. RIGGS FAVORED ELECTIVE COMPTROLLER
 Although Governor Thomas Riggs never soueh
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shop the three balls out.
 The neglect of the Citys affairs by the pres .ut incumbent in wise caused by lack of ability his pat. but simply because he had loo many fire and he naturally paid most sttention in which he had his money invested. Mir. Grimm personally is splendid gentleman, and had hoped that his repeated decar- aton that he going outside would have mater iaized and spared the unpeasantness of running against him.
 asking your support mply because need the position. am asking II because l can will conduct the affairs of the Cit! an eff basis I will that the taxes justly and equiably levied and that burden of running the tlty's affairs will placed where it belongs You Will have quarreling about your taxes under my administration My entire time will be devoted to running the office, and will every effort to be faithful public servant. Please give me trial.
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to assist the Legislature in retrieving lost privileges and duties he did have the courage to express his real sentiments on the subject May 12, 1921. a month prior to retiring from office. In an open let ter addressed to Judge Cochran. among other things ne said:
 "There is no denying the fact that there exists considerable sentiment in favor of the creation of an Auditors office and making the other ohces e'- ectiye During the last session of the Legislature tnere was a great deal of dissatisfaction expressed at the powers given to the Federaly appointed Gov ernor At each session new duties are imposed upou the Governor breaking point has near j., been reached" Governor Riggs then suggested this plan of relief:
 "To establish form of government by the r,ople of Alaska and to a chief executive who shall be directly responsible to the people and to their Legislature There shall be elected in each Presidential year Comptroller of the Territory who shall assume the Territorial duties delegated to the Federal Governor. The Comptroller snail ap point with the Senate approving, the Commissioner of Education the Mine Inspector. the Attorney Gen. eral the Treasurer, and the membership of all ad- visory boards and commissions. and shall himself he a member thereof The salary Of the ComptroHer shall be ss,oOO per annum"
 Thus Governor Riggs advocated halfway measure of Home Rule, although he went further in his letter when he said: "1 have always been great believer in the of government by the consent of the governed" He strongly favors the election of at least one official. he wrote: "One thing is sure that through the election by the peo- He of Territorial Comptroller there will be imme- diately created a government directly responsible to the people themselyes.''
 IT Is THE FIGHT OF PROGRESSIVES
 In its issue of May 14, 1921 the Juneau Elm pire said: "In Alaska the Progressive has fought for self-government-the government of Alaska in Alaska by Alaskans" That true then and it is true in the year 1927. The Progressves in the Eighth session of the Alaska Legislature beginning March :. will make stronger fight than fol progressive measures. One of the first of these to be introduced will be "An Act to reorganze th' Executive Department of Alaska. creating the office of Comptroller. Treasurer, Attorney General an' Board of Control, and defining their functions The large majority of the electorate of the Terri tory is progressive and they expected to stan sodlv behind their legislative servants who seek t give them some of Home Rule that Congres intended they should have.
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The important features of the new measure ere as follows:
 DtTIEs OF THE COMPTROLLER
 He shall audit and allow all just and legal charges against the Territory, and for the payment of which appropriation has been made by the Leg islature.
 He shall file articles of incorporation, annual reports and financial statements of corporations and all other documents and records relative to private corporations of kind. together with re ceivng the collection of fees and license taxes from such corporations
 He shall perform all duties in connection with the Act. 'To protect the industry of Fur Farming
 He shall perform such duties relative to elec- tions devolve upon the Secretary of the Ter ritory bv virtue of the several laws passed by the Legislature.
 He shall be Registrar of Vital Statistic
 He shall appoint Noares Public
 He shall appoint the Commissioner and As sistant Commissioners of Health
 He shall appoint School Tax Collectors for districts outside of incorporated school districts
 He shall appoint the members of the following Boards: The Pharmacy Board Board of Medical Examiners Board of Dental Examiners, Board of Childrens Guardians
 DUTIES OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL
 The Comptroller. Treasurer and Attorney Gen eral of Territory, all of whom shall be elected al the general election of 1928 shall constitute the Board of Control, and shall serve for four years The first Comptroller and Treasurer shall be elected at joint of the Eighth Legislature, to serve until March 1, 1929. the Attorney General having been elected to until that date. The Comp troer shall be Chairman of the Board. with See rearv to he elected by the Board
 The Board of Control shall constitute and dis charge the duties of the following Boards
 Territorial Board of Road Commissioners
 Territorial Board of Education
 Territorial Banking Board.
 Territorial Fish Commission.
 Board of Trustees of the Alaska Pioneers Home
 Territorial Historical Library and Mnseun Commission
 The Board of Control shall also perform h following duties:
 Appoint the Territorial Mine Inspector t'1nti that office is eective).
 Appoint the Commissioner of EfHcation epnfi that office is made eectivel.
 Appoint the Trustees of the Alaska AericeltHra
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Collage and school ef Mines.

( College and school of Mines.
 Appoint She Territorial Goard of Aeeountancy
 Appon, Inspector of Live Stock,
 Lease lands belonging the Territory
 Discharge duties relative 10 inc relief of des- titution.
 Purchase supplies for the various Territorial offices.
 Prepare estimates of appropriations neeoeu tor the purposes of the Territory for the succeeding bennum and submit to the Legislature
 The Comptroller Treasurer and Attorney Gen- eral during their incumbency of office shall reside at the Capitol of the eTrritory
 nTIEs OF ATTY GEN. AND TREASURER
 Other than taking away any dictation of the Governor over these officials they will continue , nerform the duties of these offices under laws that are practically in with the present stat utes prescribing their duties
 NO INCREASE IN COST TO TERRITORY
 In creating the office of Comptroller and mak- ing that official with the Attorney General and Treas urer the Board of Control, the Territorial auues now performed by the Governor, Secretary ana others would be taken over without any add'tionai cost the Territory.
 At present the Legislature for the bennium provides for the office of the Governor sl9,o'V' and he office ofhte Secretary S-''i'''
 The Territory does not provide any addition o the salary of s7 900 which the Governor receives from the Federal Government but does provide s2 900 per annurn addition to the s5'oV' received as salary by the Secretary from the Gov ernment.
 The Territory pays the Treasurer and At'or' nev General each salary of s5.Ooo per ahhun' with the necessary office expenses. which sum would not he increased bv reason of these officials per forming the additional duties devolving upon them as members of Board of Control
 The Comptroller would receive a salary or s6 6o00 and with clerical help and contingent eN- penses for his office and for the Board of Control, aggregang less than 5000 per annum, the total cost of the new program of having Territorial duties performed by elective Territorial officials would be less than Sl5 o00 CT saving of S3.ooo as under the present Bureaucratic system. Or if any ap7 preparation were continued to the office of the HeV- .rnor it would mean but very little additional 9nt- lav than under the present system,
 WILL. A STEEL
 Territorial senator. First Division. 1unaal Juneau Febrarg IL. 1927
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The important features of the new measure
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Elizabeth Somers Glee Club, accom-.
panied by Miss Helen Jacobs: readings
from "Everywoman," by Miss Lillian
Krause: selections on the harp by Miss
Ola Abrams and on the guitar by Miss
Violet Mcintyre: vocal solos by Misses
Alta Smith and Eunice Wartman and
piano solos by Misses Vivienne Win.
stead and Mildred Robinson.
Elizabeth Somers day" will be OBJ.
served at the Elizabeth Somers Res
idence on May IS at 4:30 pm. In mem
ory Of Mrs. Elizabeth Somers, when
the faculty and graduates of Mount
Vernon Seminary will be entertained
at the residence. Members of the
board of directors Of the association
will receive the guests. and the chair
man of the Elizabeth Somers commit
tee, Mrs. Woodbury. Pulsifer. with the
members of her committee and the
young ladies living in the residence,
will act as hostesses.
Last week "a beautiful flag was pre-
scented to the residence by the Mount
Vernon Seminary. DR.. Jean Cole,
with group of the students. made the
presentation. and the flag was re-
ceived by Mrs Pulsifer and Miss
Ennes, director of the residence.
AOung Business and professional
Women.
The Amicitia Club Of young business
women is having a house party over
the week end at Vacation Lodge in
Cherrydale, Va. Mrs. Gertrude Strong
is president of the club. Miss Cecilia
Iden is chairman of this party.
This afternoon the members of the
section will be the guests
of Mrs. Abrams at the clubhouse of
the American Association of Uni.
versity Women.
The last "hooklover hour" Of the sea
son will be observed tomorrow evening
at o'clock in the assembly room of
the "B and Z" floor. The program
will be presented by the Lyric Trio
and Miss Alice Hutchins Drake. Lucy
Higgins. first soprano;
Lorraine Wycoff, second soprano. and
Lucille Forrest Hastings, contrato,
will sing three groups of songs. Miss
Emile Margaret White will be the
The musical program
viii be presented through the courtesy
of Mrs Henry White. Poems by
Washington women will be read.
Among the poets represented will be
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Alice Rogers Hager, who recently won
first prize in the League of American
Pen Women contest; Estelle Moses.
Gertrude Thomas. Elise Mulliken.
Amanda Hall Brownell and Angela
Morgan. Final plans for the seventh
annual booklovers' fund benefit, which
will occur on June 6. will be an
nounced tomorrow evening.
On Tuesday evening. at $50, supper
will be served on the ''B and Pr floor
for all young business and professional
women making reservations at the
"B and p" office by l o'clock of that
day, At o'clock Miss Jessie La
Sale will speak on Personality" and
all young women interested are heart.
lily invited to hear her. At s o'clock
the Amicitia, Hitika, Premiere, Tip
Top and Wohelo Clubs will hold their
regular meetings.
On Thursday evening the Blue Tri-
angle Club will meet for supper at
$50 and the balance OF the evening
will be spent in recreation.
Chapters.
Three chapters are to have their
meetings at Seventeenth and X streets
tomorrow afternoon.
Georgetown Chapter will meet in
the sun parlor on the roof at IL am.
Mrs. George Leetch is chairman, Mrs.
f. b. Wright. treasurer and Mrs.
Archibald King secretary of this
chapter.
The Piney Branch Chapter, Mrs.
George w. Harsch, chairman; Mrs.
Frances Brown, secretary. and Mrs:
Thomas f. Holmes, treasurer, will
meet in the board and chapter room
at pm.
Dupont Chapter will meet in the
cIubroom on the third floor at 3 pm.
Miss Kate White is chairman, Mrs.
L. u. Carman and Miss Louise White
and Mrs. G.. IL. Markward
treasurer.
Industrial Department.
On Thursday evening the industrial
will hold,a Spring concert
to raise funds for the Summer confer
cnce delegates. The concert will be
given in the roof garden at 8:15 pm
The program consists of numbers by
the Columbia Banjo and Hawaiian Gui-
tar Clubs, under the direction of Soph-
ocles Papas. There will be folk
songs and dances by German, Greek
and English clubs in native costume.
Nine. Lipa. wife of the counselor
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Friday--315 pm. Girls Art and
Craft Club.
Garfield Center. Alabama avenue
and Twenty.fifth street southeast;
Wednesday--3:l5 pm, music exten.
sion piano class; 1880 pm. musical
program and exhibit.
Lovejoy Center. Twelfth and d
streets northeast:
Monday-3:15 pm. Art Petite Ora
matte Club.
Tuesday-315 pm, music extension
piano class.
Thursday-S:15 pm. Good Words
Club. Girls Club, reading group. game
group. logan 4. c.. Manchester a. c..
Whirlpool Business Mems Club. bas
kerry class. boy scouts.
Saturady-7:30 pm. Boy Scouts,
Manchester A. G.. Girls Industrial Art
Club. reading group. game group,
Boys Quartet, Dennison art class.
Military Road Center, Military road
and Thirteenth street:
Monday-315 pm. Bu3sing Bees
Dramatic Club; pm, Northwest Citi'
Zens' Association.
Tuesday-3I5, Buzzing Bees ORA.
matte Club.
Wednesday-3:1 pm. Buzzing Bees
Dramatic Club.
Thursday-3:l5 pm. music eXten.
sion piano class.
Smothers Music Center, Benning
road and Forty-second street north
east:
Monday-3:15 pm, music extension
piano class.
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ing as their closing activity, on Thurs
day afternoon at 2:45 o'clock.
On Friday afternoon at 8 o'clock
the members of the Semper Fidelis
Club are planning to entertain the
children from the Gospel Mission, and
the Bon Secour Club is holding a So
cial meeting at the same hour.
All Girl Reserve Club activities will
close with the banquet to be held in
Barker Hall, at Seventeenth and X
streets. on May % at $50 pm, when
Girl Reserves in all the schools are
cordially invited.
The theme of the banquet is to be
Seeing the Beautiful" The girls will
present short playlet which will in
terpret this theme. The new Girl
Reserve council will be installed on
that evening, and Miss Helen T. Nc.
CULLEN. former Girl Reserve secretary
in Washington, will give short talk
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Y. W. C.. A.

Interesting visitors through the week
many of them in Washington because
of the American Medical Association
convention, have been Mrs. Russell
Wilcox. president Of the association in
nawanda, n. Y; Mrs A. +. Jones
association president in Omaha, Nebr.:
Miss Marion Hopkins of the national
board, Miss S. r. Watson. director Of
the international Students Hostel in
Paris: Miss II. Huntley of Philadel-
phia, Mrs. Nutting. member of the
board of the San Francisco associa.
ton: Mrs. Charles L. Doelman and Mrs.
John G. Ullman of Buffalo, Mrs.
Thomas Greer of Stonesboro, Pa, and
Mrs. A L. Hawley of Mansfield, Ohio
Employees of the National Metro
politan Bank, with their families, are
spending today at Kamp Kahlert on
West River. Arrangements for the
more than 20 guests are under the di-
rection of Mrs. K. 3. Hubbard, cafe.
terra director of the association.
Miss Florence Dunlap, director of
kamp Kahlert. left Thursday to at
tend the camp leaders conference
which is being conducted by the ma
tional board at Camp Ariel. Pa. from
May 90 to 2T. Miss Dorothea Nc.
lert for several easons. Is also a dele.
gate to the conference, and Miss limo.
gene Ireland, music director Of the
Washington association, will have
charge Of the music at the conference.
Among the groups using the build.
ing the coming week are the Auxiliary
Home Board of the Eastern Star,
Brookland Chapter. which will have a
luncheon tomorrow: the Beaver Group
of the. Burrell Glass. which will give
a party on the third floor on the eve.
ming Of May 25; the Potomac Park
Community Church. which will give a
luncheon on the fourth floor on Thurs.
day, and the p. E. o.. Chapter A,
which will give party in the third.
floor assembly room on Friday eve.
ming.
The Good viii Club will hold a pic
mic luncheon at Vacation Lodge on
Thursday.
On Thursday at 1890 pm. buffet
luncheon will be served on the third
floor by the world fellowship commit
tee. Mrs. David Lum. who has lived
In India for 25 years and who has
served on the Y. w. C. A. committee
there, will be the speaker. Reserva.
tons for the luncheon may be made
until noon Wednesday.
Elizabeth Somers Residence.
The vesper service at the residence
this afternoon at $50 will consist of
music and readings. The program
viii be as follows: Selections by the
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of the Czechoslovakian Legation, will
give a piano solo and will wear the
native Czech costume.
Girl Reserves.
Tomorrow afternoon at 2:45 the new
Girl Reserve Club, recently organized
at the Dennison Vocational School for
Girls, will visit the new building and
will have party in the Girl Reserve
clubrooms.
On the same afternoon the Girl Re-
serve Club at the Macfarland Junior
High School will go on picnic as it's
last meeting of the season, leaving
at 2:45.
On Tuesday at pm. the Lealatad
Club Of Business High School will
have a social meeting in the Girl Re-
serve rooms.
The two clubs at Eastern High
School Will hold joint social meet
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SERVANT IS LEFT $25, 900.

NEW YORK, May 81 C9.-The will
Of William Earl Dodge. flied for pro
bate yesterday. bequeathed s25 900 to
his servant. George Hadenham. who
had been in Dodge's employ since
1911.
Dodge. who was a member Of the
firm of Phelps, Dodge & Co. and
connected with the FL Paso & South
western Railway Co, left the bulk of
his estate to his widow. their child
and his mother.
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SACRIFICE FAMOUS 0AKSs
Village Forced by High Taxes I'd
Sell Stately Trees. I

PARIS. May 21 R).-Corot's oake
must fall beeath the woodman's AK. !
victims Of the high cost Of living.
The venerable trees form a superb
Background for the ancient and pic
turcsque chapel OF Sainte Suzanna,i
at the little village of Muir, near
LoudeaC, Brittany. and Corot
never tired of painting and sketchlng
them. The country folk were proud of
their famous trees. but being forced
to choose between the trees and high.
err taxes. the council did not hesitate
and sold the oaks to a timber mer-
chant
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on the theme. The program commit.
tee for the banquet consists OF Ruby
Collins, Catherine English, Kathryn
Townsend and Helen Hutchinson.
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Central Center, Thirteenth and Cliff
ton streets:
Mondays pm, Woodlothian Chorus
concert.
Frday--3:l5 pm, rehearsal for dem
onstration of community violin classes;
s pm, demonstra ton of community
violin classes, direction of Mrs. Laura
+. Ward.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-04
Pilots of Legion
Boxers Rivals

Emil Baksic of Gary, who meets
Billy Peterson of Detroit in the main
event of Fridays Armory show, Is
under the management Of Jack
O'Keefe, well-known Chicago hand
Ter of boxers, and the inimitable
O'Keefe, in praising the prowess OF
the former amateur champ, reveals
a cline" that should make his near
namesake, Jack Keefe, turn green
with envy.
In a letter to the Legion boxing
committee, O'Keefe, among other
things, says:
For long time I've been trying
to get o shot for Baksic with Mike
McNultys star (Peterson), and now
that the match is made, l advise all
the customers who missed the World
War to buy seats for Friday night.
Boys and girls, when Emil opens up
and starts in to work, Mr.. Peterson
will think everybody in the hall is
throwing rocks at him. He likes to
trade 'em, does Baksic, and when
he finds a boy willing to stand up
with him and punch, he's happier
than an undertaken at bootleggers'
picnic"
McNulty, manager of the Detroit
boxer, and O'Keefe have been bitter
rivals in the fistic game for several
years, and both announce they will
be on hand to direct the battle from
the corners.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-04
SeCretssflOMarsl
Successful pitChin
0NEA SERNct
BY GROVER ALEXANDER ''' q
,teran Pitcher of Worlds Champions

Such style batters will worry any
pitcher.
The first thing I do when my bat
ter is set is to watch his feet. When
he starts digging that rear foot deep
into the ground he is getting a toe
hold. He is ready to bust one for
fair. He gets a slow curve.
Rousch and Young do not set
themselves at any time. They scrape
and jockey around. balance on their
toes, shift the feet and keep the
pitcher up in the air.
The pitcher doesn't know whether
it is a bunt or a full swing. What's
the result? The pitcher is trying to
do the guessing.
Take batters like Rog Hornsby.
Heinie Zimmerman, Gavvy Gray
ath, Emil Meusel. George Kelly, who
have one spot at the plate and only
one. They are waiting for one to
come over, then put all Of their
power behind the swing.
Such fellows will hit them far.
When they do, The pitcher isn't wor-
ried. But Rousch and Young are
the ones who make a pitcher do a
full days work each time they strut
to the plate.
The proper mental attitude Is
everything in pitching. / always
carry the thought that it is more
difficult for the batter to get the ball
safe than to be retired. He is play
ing a lone hand against nine men. I
face a majority of batsmen with
that thought and have been very
successful.
Batters of the Rousch and Young
type-Ty Cobb of the American
League has a similar style-test the
pitcher to the limit. I am frank to
admit 1 always feel a bit more COM
Portable when either of the first two
named are out of the way.
The batsman who mixes 'em up Is
a much tougher customer than the
smuggling type, best exemplified by
Babe Ruth.