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The Alaska fisherman., 1928-09-15
SECTION 2z, OF THE JONES MARINE ACT From Public Document 261-6Gth Congress

great many Aaskans do not know what section v of the Jones Act is print the same. is ap- parently general provision for all United States and such all loyal citizens the United States re- siding in Alaska would not complain But the Act then goes to say that it shall apply to Any part of the United States EXCEPT Alaska. It is against the unjus discrimination that protest.
 Section 27. That NO MERCHANDISE shall be transported by water, or BY LAND AND WATER on penalty of forfeiture thereof, between points ill THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING DISTRICTS, Ter ritories, and possessions THEREOF EMBRACED WITH IN the coastwise laws, either directly via foreign port or for any of the transportation in any oth CT vessel THAN A VESSEL BUILT and DOCUMENTED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OWNED BY PERSONS WHO ARE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OR VESSELS TO WHICH THE PRIVILEGE OF ENGAGING IN COASTWISE TRADE IS EXTENDED BY SECTIONS IS OR 22 OF THIS ACT Provided, THAT THIS SECTION SHALL NOT AP- PLY TO MERCHANDISE TRANSPORTED BETWEEN POINTS WITHIN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES, EXCLUDING ALASKA OVER THROUGH ROUTES HERETOFORE OR HEREAFTER RECOG- NEED BY THE INTERSTATE COMMISSION FOR WHICH ROUTES HAVE BEEN OR SHALL HEREAF- TER BE FILED WITH SAID. COMMISSION WHEN SAID ROUTES ARE IN pART OVID C.>rADr
The Alaska fisherman., 1928-09-15
TERRITORIAL PLATFORM OF THE REPUBLICAN
 PARTY PROPOSED

A number of the members of the last legislature '1et informally night and some suggested that proposed Republican Platform adopted for the ntre Territory.
 We herewith print the result of this and other discussions for the consideration of the Republican Party in Alaska to-wit:
 ]. Elective Territorial Officials for all major offices: 2. Separation of Terroral offices from federal offices $. Equitable taxation: 4. Trap-taX based catch; 3. Discriminatory tax nonresident fishermen. 6. Repeal by Congress of Section 27 of the Jones
 Merchant Marine Act.
The Alaska fisherman., 1928-09-15

We talked with him and he freely admitted that our analysis of the situation correct would not perhaps could not, do the LOGICAL THING, agree to work for home rule for Alaska her game and anim- al life.
The Alaska fisherman., 1928-09-15

The Northwestern Fisheries Company the Fdago Island Packing Company, Sunny Point Packing Company, all of Ketcn;kan Canning District got large amount of their salmon supply from Icy Straits dis tric
 Fish lowed in scows from 300 to $50 miles,
 The Bristol Bay red salmon district is about 5OO,- OO0 above normal This will enable Bureau Fish cries join the Cannery Chorus and say that "There is danger of depletion"
 At this time, the southern district be 2OG5 below normal, and West Coast of Prince 40f below normal.
The Alaska fisherman., 1928-09-15

OUR PLATFORM: ALASKA FOR ALASKANS. FULL TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT. ENDORSEMENT OF ALL TRAPS. COMPETENT CHRISTIAN CITIZENSHIP
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-07

Battling at the goal
against San Francisco's sky
line. An unusual back
ground for a polo match on
the Governors Island field
in the End Corps Area mill
tary tournament.
P. K A. Photos.
Evening star., 1928-12-08
The British Regency.

It is no innovation for the govern
ment of Stanley Baldwin to name a
commission to fulfill the functions of a
regency during the disability Of King
George. In so doing, his majesty's min
listers pursue long and ancient line Of
precedents.
Councils of Regency" to give them
their formal title, are as old as the
constitution itself-that palladium Of
British liberties which loses no whit OF
its strength through the anomalous fact
that it has no physical existence in the
form of a written document.
What a hoary respect for tradition is
exemplified by the mere tabulation OF
personages who comprise the council OF
regency clothed with authority during
George VS. illness! 1t will consist Of the
Queen and the heir apparent, the heir
presumptive, the Archbishop of Canter.
bury, the lord chancellor and the prime
minister. They represent "all the estates
of the kingdom and the empire" &
phrase in itself, which. taken in con-
junction with, the titles the councils
members bear, runs like a fragment o
.Shakespearean king drama.
Henry VIII, England's merry KIM
Hail." receives credit at the hands o
most historians for originating tn
council Of regency. He ordained II 10
Evening star., 1928-12-08
Apes Are Religious,
Educator Believes
BYE. FREE, PHI. d.

That apes are religious and the be-
ginnings of religion traceable even far
ther back in evolution than the first
man is the conclusion of Prof. A. L.
Kroeber, distinguished anthropologist
of the University of California, ex-
pressed in a review of pre-human be-
ginnings of what we call culture, COM
municated to the Quarterly Review OF
Biology, edited by Prof. Raymond Pearl
In an experiment by DR.. Wolfgang
Koehler, Prof. Kroeber recountS, CHM
panzees were seen to express what can
be described only as awe, feeling
which he regards as important, If not
essential, in religion. The aweSome
object was a rag-doll animal, somewhat
like a donkey, but obviously artificial.
probably even to the untutored eye OF
a chimpanzee.
This artificial animal had features in
common, the California anthropologist
believes. with ghosts and spirits and
weird idols and other ideas or objects
associated with human religious ideas.
Like them, the stuffed rag donkey did
not occur In ordinary experience: 1t
was conceived as both similar to living
creatures and different from them.
"a dummy donkey with button eyes,
Prof. Kroeber writes, lis literally super
natural to a chimpanzee." The apes
were enormously interested, but thor
oughly respectful, an attitude quite diff
ferent from those shown either toward
living creatures or toward lifeleSs things.
Even when much-desired food was placed
close to the awesome image 1t was
taken only after long hesitation, hastily
and with evident apprehension. CHM
panzees do not have a religion, Prof.
Kroeber concludes, but they act at
times as though they were religious.
Evening star., 1928-12-08

the lights will be Synchronized with the
average speed of travel Considerable
experimentation may be necessary, of
course, to attain the highest peak of
efficiency, but this problem presents no
insurmountable difficulties.
For the perfect operation of the new
system after the installations are COM
plete and the lights are turned on, the
Commissioners should abolish the awk-
ward and unsound left-hand-turn rule
now practiced in Washington, and mo-
torists should give a greater degree of
cooperation to the authority of the sig
mails The left turn is directly at variance
with the uniform vehicle code of the
National Conference on Street and
Highway Safety and violates one of the
fundamental rules of the road. 1t will
never work successfully to promote the
free flow of traffic which is necessary to
avoid accidents and congestion.
Since motorists were permitted to pro-
ceed on the caution light following the
green, conditions have materially i'm
proved as standing traffic has been un-
able to get under way until the red
signal flashes on. In some cases, how
ever, those running on the green and
caution signals have taken undue ad-
vantage of their privileges and have
even crossed an intersection on the red
light. This practice is not only illegal,
but highly dangerous, and should be dis
continued in order that the maximum of
benefit can be obtained from a system
which is devised to promote safety on
the streets.
Evening star., 1928-12-08
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

AS they saw it, a man did not neces-
sarily have to be prophet to be a
righteous man.
These extreme cases were rather
startling examples Of general truths.
One could find righteousness nearer at
home. He might meet meanness at his
own front door as easily as halfway
across the village.
Let us take very homely and COM
monplace example:
Book borrowing is something iridulged
in by every one. Often one has a book
thrust upon one by an overzealous
friend.
Too often, however, one borrows a
book simply because one wants to read
it. And much too often, alas, one fails
to return 1t!
Thus one automatically puts himself
or herself-in the position of the guilty
fleeing when the owner approacheth.
The real owner of the book is as
righteous as IAN lion" He has done a
good deed and was glad Of the oppor-
tunity, but naturally wants his book
back some time or other.
The guilty borrower may have some
CACuOE All AOAAlkAE W ACOuIAA VA1C VO1ulkIC
for months on end If the rightful owner
lives clear across the city.
In such case he may find 1t highly
inconvenient to return the book He
puts it off several weeks too long, then
finds 1t increasingly difficult to do what
he should have done many days before.
Here is where the element of guilt
enters. 1t is not high guilt, it is not a
grave misdemeanor; 1t is far from
tragedy.
Yet any person of ordinary sensibility
will feel that he has, to certain eX-
tent, done wrong by himself.
He has been untrue to the best that
was in him!
X Y x
This is the severe indictment which
character makes against itself.
The grand episodes of life are few
and far between, but everyday occur
rences come thick and fast.
1t is in them that a person is either
righteous or guilty. 1t is in relation to
them that he faces life bold as an lion"
or as the guilty who flee when no
man pursueth."
The aforementioned book borrower
finally comes to return the overdue
volume.
She apologies.
1t is for herself that she apologies.
She fees when no man pursueth.
The righteous owner, brave as an
lion," actually feels sorry for her.
He is embarrassed by the plenitude
of her guilt.
He knows that she, as a person of
sensibilities, has done wrong by her
self.
He thinks of the times when he put
himself in similar positions, until he
realized that one should so conduct
himself that at any time and under any
circumstance he might be able to face
the world with clear conscience.
THE guilty fee when no man pur-
sueth, but the righteous are bold as an
linn -
Evening star., 1928-12-08

service in the emergency Of his death
before the majority of his son, Edward
vi. A placeholder, Lanfranc, held sway
while William the Conqueror's son hur-
ried to England to occupy the vacated
throne. While Richard I was fighting
in the Crusades, the Bishop Of Ely
reigned in his stead During the youth
of Henry III, the crown was lntrusted to
the Earl of Pembroke. On the eve of the
American Revolution, George II decreed
that the Princess Dowager of Wales
should WELD royal authority till the heir
apparent, babe in arms, should attain
the statutory age Of twenty-one. That
infant, George III, was destined to be
the British sovereign whose weakness
and ineptitude provoked the fateful and
fatal struggle with the American col
arch who created in British history the
record Of having succeeded and been
succeeded by regency. George Ills
son, George w, took over a regency
crown when his father, in 1910, though
still alive, had ceased to be mentally re-
sponSible.
Even into the Victorian era councils
of regency thrust themselves. The
Duchess of Kent, Victoria's mother, was
vested with regents rights for use in
the event that the sailor King, Will
liam w, should quit the tempestuous
sea of life before Victoria reached
eighteen. There was as little need for
the Duchess of Kent to don the crown
as there was for Queen Mary. consort
of the present King. to do likewise, had
she been-as in all probability she
would have been-assigned the duties of
regency before the Prince Of Wales,
now heir r-apparent, crossed the threshold
of manhood.
Evening star., 1928-12-08
Traffic Light Installations.

The great body of Washington motor
dsts were doubtless gratified to learn
that the traffic Office is going actively
ahead for the installation Of automatic
lights in the congested section. In the
beginning, the District went about the
establishment Of the signal system in a
back-handed sort of way. Other cities
installed the lights in the downtown
sections first and in the residential Sec
tions last, while the District turned its
attention first to the wide thorough
fares of the uptown section. But now,
with the long proposed plans for the
network of automatic trafac signals
completed for the business area, Wash
1ngton will soon be on a par with other
cities in its handling of the heavy VOL
une of traffic
Traffic officials expect that the en-
tire installation will be in operation by
early Spring. unless weather conditions
delay the work. The cost is estimated
at nearly two hundred thousand dollars,
which, in view of economies effected
since the first part of the system was
established, is not as high figure as
had been estimated. Work on Thir-
teenth street between E street and Mas
sachusetts avenue will be started al
once and before the first of the veal
these lights are expected to be in oper'
alton.
Beneficial results have followed down
town installations in every city anc
there is no reason to believe that Wash
ington will not experience smoothe
how Of traffic than with manually op
Grated signals. Traffic is always slow
or Ia business areas and the timing O
Evening star., 1928-12-08

This is a special department devoted
solely to the handling of queries. This
paper puts at your disposal the services
of an extensive organization in Wash
ington to serve you in any capacity
that relates to information. This serv-
ice is free. Failure to make use of 1t
deprives you of benefits to which you
are entitled. Your obligation Is only 2
cents in coin or stamps incloSed with
your inquiry for direct reply. Address
The Evening Star Information Bureau,
Frederic j. Haskin, director, Washing
ton, d. G.
@. How many nations will be repre-
sented in the first international Aero
nauticS Conference in Washington,
d. c.. in December?-S. N.
A. Representatives of SO nations. in
cluding the British dependencies. are eX-
pected to be in attendance This con-
ference has been called by President
Coolidge to commemorate the twenty
fifth anniversary of human flight.
@. What is neonicotine?-V. c.
A. Owing to the high cost Of nico-
tine as an insecticide, scientists in the
Bureau of Chemistry and Soils have
evolved neonicotine, obtained from
CIuUS ulpyTluyI. AS d SuDStlIutc 1OE
nicotine it has been found to be even
more deadly to insects than natural
nicotine.
@. When was compressed air first
used for work In tunnels?-L. r.
A. Compressed air was first used
in tunnel work by Hersent at Antwerp
In 1879 in small drift with a cast
iron lining. In the same year CON-
pressed air was used for the first time
in any important tunnel by D. c.
Haskin in the famous first Hudson
River Tunnel New York City, N. Y.
@. What is the per capita wealth
of the following countries: United
States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand
and Great Britannia. NICK.
A. In 1922, according to the lates
census statistics, the per capita wealth
of the United States was S2,919. Tht
World Economic Chart, 1927, gives tht
other countries as follows: Canada
S2,662.40: Australia, S2,599: New Zea
land. $3,371.70, and Great Britain
! $2,690.10.
@. Which of the AIexanders was
Alexander the Great?-E. j.
A. Alexander III, named the Great
was born in $50 BIC. and died in S2a
BE-
@. What qualities should one have Il
become successful engineer?-D. N.
A. John Hays Hammond in his bool
1.-The Engineer saws, THE important
qualities with which nature must have
Evening star., 1928-12-08
Message of Hope for All Lepers
Heralded by Cure of John Early

Daily Herald also holds that there is
reason why sympathetic souls should
contribute to the $2,000,000 fund be-
ing raised for the leper colony at Culion
"a memorial to Gen. Wood"
ut seems strange" says the Toledo
Blade, that, almost coincident with
John Early's cure, DR.. Henry T. Hol-
mann comes to this country from Homo
lulu DR.. Holman Is credited with
discovery = and development of the
chaulmoogra oil treatment for leprosy
treatment which often arrests the
progress of the disease and cures in
many cases. In proof is the reduction
by so per cent of the population of
Molokai, world famous Hawaiian leper
colony. Leprosy, which has prevailed
since earliest times, and which was
carried to Europe by the Crusaders, is
conquered by a modern crusader In
the realm of scientific discovery"
"If surgeons and physicians had pos
sessed in the past anything like the
knowledge now at the command of the
medical fraternity" concludes the AL
toona Mirror, "our ancestors would have
found their average lifetime greatly pro-
longed. Even more marvellous things
are still in store for the race"
Evening star., 1928-12-08
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKlN.

endowed the prospective engineer are
imagination, integrity Of purpose, ac-
curacy of thought capacity for judg-
ment, ingenuity, curiosity, the creative
instinct and an innate interest in the
working of natural laws
@. What does "sacra cnversazione"
A. Clara Clement in Saints in Art'
says that Conversations dos not as
sentially mean a conversatAn in the
sense of speech, but rathe. a COM
munion; thus, a communion of holy
beings" is the best definition of the
phrase as here employed
@. May more than one cotcil be
added to a Willis. S.
A. There may be as many codils to
a will as a testator cares to maxi. and
where a provision in codicil Is leon
Sistent with a provision in a wihthe
provision in the codicil governs, asthc
purpose of the codicil is to express he
testator's latest wishes.
O. What was the coloring Substare
used by old-time cooks In baked frult
such as pears. to give them the beautifL
deep rose color? 1t was different from
the pink vegetable coloring purchaSable
today-H. N H.
A. Cochineal, a dried insect, was
formerly much used as cOloring. also
as a dye. The color. though brilliant,
was not enduring and 1t has been largely
replaced by coal tar products.
@. What became of the Monitor?-
E. l.. T.
A. She sank of Cape Hatterss or
December 81, 1862, during stiff gale.
@. Which State has the most pine
treeS?-B. L.
A. The Forest Service says that there
are probably mokk long-leaved pines III
Florida than in other States, more
| short-leaved pines in Mississippi anc
Texas and more white pines in Mime
| sofa.
@. When was opium introduced int
| China?-O. T.
A. Opium is said to have been intro
| duced into China by the Arabs, perhap:
| in the thirteenth century. 1t was orig
! inally used as medicine. Opium Smok
| ing was introduced in China in th'
| seventeenth century 1t was first pro
| hibited by the edict of the Emperor
| Yung -Cheng in 1929. 80
@. What becomes of the dirt tina
comes out when a ground. hog digs it:
hole?-J. F. S. 49,.
A. The dirt the ground hog digs ou
| of its hole is on the ground around tht
hole. He does not pile it in a mound
but distributes 1t over an area so tina
! it looks level.
Evening star., 1928-12-08

"The guilty flee when no man pur-
sueth, but the righteous are bold as an
lion'
So said the writer of Proverbs, and
he was wise man.
Yet today many people think such a
good maxim has application only on
Sunday, or in special connections.
The fact seems to be that there Is
no moraliStic saying in world literature
which has a wider application than
this, or one which applies more Squarely
to everyday living.
Many wise maxims have an air which
strikes the reader as being reserved for
the grand occasion. Others are so
homely that they seem to fit peasants
only.
Some are so cynical that their appii-
cation is limited to those few through
the ages who specialize on the bitter
thought.
Their opposite are those optimistic
utterances which appertain only to
certain temperaments by nature bright
and cheerful.
In medium ground, however, comes
the sonorous line, THE guilty fee when
no man purSueth, but the righteous
are as bold as an lion"
Much of the divine flavor would be
lost If the charming King James ver-
sion were changed to modernese:
Guilty men run away when nobody
runs after them, but good men are
bold as lions"
We must insist on that IAN lion" To
use the simple "a" would not do al
all. No. it Is IAN lion" which the
righteous man is like.
We have not to do here with eX-
ceSSive guilt, or paramount goodness
made in considering Bible texts from
the pinnacle viewpoint than from any
other one consideration.
"The guilty. are simply those who
do acts and say words Of which their
own conSciences do not approve.
1.-THE righteous are those who in
variably attempt to live up to the high
est and best they know.
Here, it may be submitted, IS the
solution for all the problems OF ma
tional, international and individual life
Yet 1t will be many decade, alas, be-
fore such a solution is carried into ef-
feet!
Whereas general and universal edu-
cation once seemed to point the way
to the solution, by giving every one the
basic standards of right and wrong, as
deduced from a study of religion and
common everyday sense, 1t becomes
increasingly evident that intelligence
without a good heart, Is almost worse
than ignorance.
X X X
He who acts in lesser manner than
his heart and mind tell him is right is
guilty in his own sight.
He who lives up to the best he
knows Is righteous.
Neither is "holier than thou" in ary
sense. The divine common sense OF
the ancient Hebrews worked in an
everyday medium, the human spirit.
In their eyes, one did not have to
commit murder to be guilty and to fee
an intense sense of shame.
Evening star., 1928-12-08
Banana Stalks Make
Substitute for Cotton

Alfredo E. Balingao, young Philippine
chemist, has evolved from banana stalks
a substitute for cotton fiber, which he
believes will soon establish an important
weaving industry in the Islands. He
calls the process "balingarization," a
term derived from his own name, and
saws it resembles mercerization.
He cracks" off the cellulose binding
OF the fiber, leaving it pure white and
ready for weaving machines without the
necessity for spinning. He also gets
similar fiber from other native plants
including Manila hemp. which is very
abundant and has for several years beer
source of cloth fiber in Japan, where Il
has been shipped from the Philippine:
for that purpose.