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The Alaskan., 1930-11-21
A. N B. Contention
 Delegates Here

Delegates to the convention of the Alaska Native Brother hood held in Ketchikan are re- turning to Hoonah, Angoon and Sitka by way of Petersburg. Tine Hoonah delegation of about 35 on two boats arrived in port Thursday evening and were giv- en a reception by the local camps of the Brotherhood and Sisterhood. A very pleasant evening was spent in the Devils Thumb with a large crowd at tending.
 The Sitka and Angoon delega- tions of approximately fifty peo- ple arrived this afternoon by way of Wrangell While they were in Wrangell this delegation was entertained by the Wran- gell Camps of the Brotherhood and Sisterhood and a very en- ioyable evening was spent by all.
 This boat encountered very heavy weather from Ketchikan to Union Bay and not too nice going in the inside channel to Wrangell. They will stop for a short visit at Rake tomorrow before returning to their sever al homes.
 Republicans To
 Maintain Headquarters
 It is announced from Wash ington. D. c. that the RepuDll- cans will maintains a permant organization in preparation 1ol the campaign proceeding the elections of 1882. This was de .ermined at a conference of ol ficials with President HooVe. this week. A permanent set-ur has been urged by party leaders similar to the Democratic or ganization which was working long before the recent election This is a departure from the pre- vious plan and contemplate continuous organized effort be- tween elections.
The Alaskan., 1930-11-21

Mrs. Ida Fohn Hanson, rep reSenting the Extension Depart ment of the Alaska Agricultural College, has spent the past few days in Petersburg delivering a number of instructive lectures. Thursday morning she spoke before the combined assembly of the high school and eighth grades on the formation of "A H" clubs and organized such a group among the high school girls. The girls will take up sewing during the winter and next summer they will lear, the most approved methods in canning foods, the best of the work to be exhibited at the fair. Yesterday afternoon she addres- Sed the members Of the Amelcan Legion Auxiliary on the relation of diet to health. This afternoon she again spoke to the schoo
 girls on short cuts in dress mak- 1 ing. This evening she is schedul- ed to speak in the science room
 at the high school on decorating
 and furnishing the living room
 She plans to leave tomorrow or
 the s. s. Farragut on her return to Fairbanks, stopping at An
 chorage and Cordova en route.
The Alaskan., 1930-11-21
WiCkerSham Leads
by 289 Votes

Cole, Smith and Hesse votes no longer kept up on account of their safe leads. Gardner with 2283 is 32 votes be- hind Shattuck.
The Alaskan., 1930-11-21

Six mountain sheep are to be captured in the Alaska Railroad belt and will be sent to the Zoo logical Park maintained by Will liam Randolph Hearst, the pub fisher, at San Simeon, Cal. The animals, two males and four fe- males, will be trapped under direction of Charles A. Cadwal- lader, game warden of Anchor age.
The Alaskan., 1930-11-21
Thanksgiving Day Proclamation

Wisely accepting the many privileges that they enjoy as blessings bestowed on them by an all wise Providence, and being inspired by a sincere desire to express their gratitude to AL mighty God in recognition for His beneficence, our forefathers adopted a custom of designating one day each year as a period of thanksgiving. In keeping with this custom, the President of the United States has proclaimed and set aside Thursday, the twenty-seventh day of Novem- Der, 1880 as
The Alaskan., 1930-11-21

paid liberal salary guilty results devote gear his entire time this work In admiralty The At the this officer has been peioned to collecting school fisher condition the mems which he Delegate urged present bill commission Indian Congress remedy this evil villages have been virtually neglected while taxes being
The Alaskan., 1930-11-21

The City Council has authoriz- ed payment of $2,5OO to Iver More for relinquishment of his homestead rights in Shoemaker Bay where the proposed In custrial School is to be con- Siructed-
The Alaskan., 1930-11-21
We'll Known Physician Passes
 Away

Dr. Henry c. Story, long time resident and practitioner of Ketchikan died this week at the Ketchikan General Hospital. Death was due to complications resulting from a nattack of in fluenZa.
The Alaskan., 1930-11-21

cdSOGIIl AldSkd 1IOlll dhuOdG OI Ketchikan came delegates tC the convention of the Alaska Native Brotherhood held in Ket- chikan from the 11th to the 18th both dates inclusive The at tituQe of the delegates was soon evident for while they enjoyed all the entertainment offered them they tackled their prob lems seriously and diligently Cce hundred delegates were ac- credited by the credential com mittee
 The big problem which af- fects the territory is the fish cries so. this problem was taken up and studied from various angles. Hoonah pointed to the fact that the seiner must have his gear out of the water and clear of salmon and any fishing operation after six o'clock Sat- urday D. m. until after the same hour Monday morning. Yet the traps hold salmon and are brail- cd at the wish of their owners. They point to the law Sec. 5. of the White Fisheries Law, That 1t shall be unlawful to fish for, take Or KILL ANY SALMON OF ANY SPECIES in ANY MAN NER or by ANY MEANS FIX CEPT BY HAND ROD, SPEAR OR GAFF FOR the personal use and NOT for sale or barter in any of the waters of Alaska" ," Violation of this provision of the law by trap operators is called to the attention of Sec ratary Of Commerce R. P. La mont, to the end that all traps be required to be empty of fish at the hour specified by law.
 Attention is called to laxity of the Bureau of Fisheries in en- forcing the fishery laws to the detIiment of the herring fish cries. The Department of Com merce is urged to take regula- tory steps to prevent further waste and destruction of this food fish by the fertilizer plants operating in the Territory.
 Non Resident Fishermen
 Attention is called to the need of building up the Territory with a permanent resident popu- lation who will secure all of their supplies and invest their earnings in Alaska and the Legislature is urged to place a prohibitive tax on ALL non-res- ident fishermen.
 Traps in Fishways
 The Commissions of Fisheries is asked to take steps as will prevent establishment and oper- ation of fish traps on the main Ishoreline of inlets which are in position to intercept fish head ing into the head of the inlets and streams for the purposes of spawning.
 Constitutional Right. of Trial
 The convention affirms that Alaskans are under protection ot the Constitution of the United i States which guarantees that every person accused of crime is i presumed to be innocent and en- titled to a fair hearing witf the right of counsel before 2 competent court and that the trial should be speedy; that mis- demeanOrs should be tried be- fore the nearest justice courts the nearest justice court' whever and whenever possible
 That defendants should not b'
 compelled to wait Severa
 months and to travel Severa
 hundred miles to the Distric
 Court when the justice court ha
 jurisdiction unless on motion o
 the defendent. Attention i
 called to the practice of arrest ing fisherman wherein the De partment of Justice has refuse jointly with the Bureau of Fish cries, to grant trial to defendant : unless they plead guilty and pa A~~
The Alaskan., 1930-11-21
4. ~. 3. Discusses Various Phases of Fish
 Problems and Reiterote Their Position

mount to blackmail in that re- fusal to plead guilty results in cOniiscatIon of boats and zeal under admiralty laws. The At torney General is petitioned tC remeoy this condition and the Delegate urged to present a bill n Congress to remedy this evil.
 Oriental Labor
 Attention is called to the Salm- on packers that they are dis p4aclng resident labor with inn ported Oriental labor to the economic hurt of the Territory. The officials of the Salmon Can ming Association is urged to use their good offices to remedy this growing evil.
 Unfair Closed Areas
 Certain fishing areas have been entirely closed to fishing and have proved discriminatory against gillnetters and seiners in favor of traps. Closure effects Ia1ge bodies of water to SeinerS because only in those areas can they operate while strategic points just outside Of the closed areas ale open to trap opera tionS thereby special privilege is being granted the traps there fore the secretary of Commerce is requested to remove fish traps from the entrance Of said bays and to permit operation of seine gear within a reasonable dist ance of fish streams, in the specifically named bays of Kasaan Bay, Security Bay and Port Frederick. |,
 Trapping For Fur Game
 Blue loEes have been and are being caught on lands not re- served for fox farms and legal traDDerS have been charged with Of foxes when they were entirely innocent; there is no way for the trapper to stop the fox from entering traps set for other animals so the Alaska Game Commission is urged that it repeal CT modify the law reg ulating the trapping of blue foxes on land not reserved for fox ia ms.
 Protest Proposed Search Laws
 For Game Wardens
 A bill introduced in Congress to give game Wardens the right to search gaSboatS without first procuring a search warrant which is clearly unconstitution- al therefore the convention went on record as being opposed to this proposed law except as it might relate to non-residents of Alaska who have not lived in the Territory for twelve months previous to the search.
 Specify Fox Island Leases
 Attention was called to sever al leases for fox ranching where in the operators have taken and marked for their own purpose other lands than those upon which fur farm permits have been issued and have attempted tu prevent so-called trespass up CT the lands which are public domain and as such matters be- come controversial and danger oUs to travellers, the matter is | brL ught to the attention of the Forest Department
 Law Enforcement
 Attention of the Department of Justice is called to the fact tllat the towns of Klawock Rake, Hyaburg and Angoon art without law enforcement of Ificers Or United States Commis. cioner, except at Hoonah where lthere is a Commissioner and in termittant deputy marshal. Th' convention urges that for tn assistance of the Natives o these several communities tha
 deputy marshals be appointed Special Liquor Officer. Among
The Alaskan., 1930-11-21


 his entire time to this work. In the past this officer has been collecting school and fisher mems taxes for which he receives a commission and the Indian villages have been virtually neglected while taxes were being collected in Port Alexander and Tenakee therefore the Governor of Alaska, the Treasurer of AL aska and the U. s. Department of Justice are urged to appoint a man who will not mix territOr- ial duties and federal duties for nay to their detriment of federal duties.
 ] Schools
 Attention of the Bureau of Education is called to the fact that their schools are operating generally without decent schoD, ground for play activities of the children and those play grounds which ere in use are inadequate therefore it is asked that An : goOn, SaXman, Juneau, HOOnah and Ketchikan be taken care of by presentation of the matter to the Congressional Committee for adequate appropriations to provide such play grounds. Medical Attention The economic condition of the Indians of Southeastern Alaska is so poor by virtue of the un- favorable fishery regulations therefore it is impossible for these people to secure proper medical service in their villages and elsewhere; >and the Federal Cfaverrment has undertaken to maintain medical service t""o""'7 the Bureau of Educa- tjon, which service is inadequate and unbalanced in the larger communities wi h populations ranging from 100 to 600, the gov ernment is urged to make ade- quate provisions for medical services in those places.
 Publice Health Service The Congressional Committee, the Bureau of Education and the Surgeon General of the United State are urged to use their eff forts to tranfer all medical work of the Bureau of Education to the Department of Public Health Service. This petition has the support of the Department of Public Health Service.
 Roads
 The need of roads in various communities is called to the at tention of the Forest Depart ment with the request that steps be taken to make provisions foy survey and building of such roads.
 AirmaiI
 Recognition of the need for Alaska is brought out with the request that the Postal Depart ment take steps to secure such contracts as will facilitate ra- pid delivery of mail from the State to and between ports of Alaska.
 Education Trust Fund
 The convention recognizing the need of supporting needy but ambitious young men anc women re-creates an Education Trust Fund, the amount to be determined by the Grand Coun- cil which will be secured from the various Camps. The money is to be loaned to those apply ing for such loans upon ex- animation as to their fitness fol receiving such help and provid' ing for repayment and security Sheldon Jackson School Recognition of the grea worth and services of the Shel < don Jackson School at Sitka i given and as a means of expres
 sing the gratitude and debt o
 many of the convention, tn people are asked to give thi P school their fullest measure Q 3 lSuppDrt.
The Alaskan., 1930-11-21

These are official, incomplete returns as of this date from Ju- neau. Relative standing of Sen ator may be changed by recheck of certain precincts.
The Alaskan., 1930-11-21
TANKSGIVING DAY

Therefore, I George A. Parks, Governor of the Territory of AL aska, in conformity herewith, do hereby summon all the people of the Territory to a devout oh- servance of this anniversary and recommend that they refrain from their usual occupations and gather in their homes or in their accustomed places of worship and there give thanks to God for the bOunties He has bestowed on them in the past and invoke His Divine Guidance for the future. Mindful of our reSponS- Utilities, we should not forget that at this time when the world lis passing through a period of depression there may be those nearby who are less fortunate and in need. Timely aid to thoCe in distress will imbue them with the spirit of thanksgiving and help to sustain them in their misfortune.
 Alaska has fared we'll during the past year. Our mines and fisheries have yielded returns commensurate with the efforts exerted by labor to recover them We have not experienced the scourge of peStilence nor sui fered from widespread poverty AcknoWledgino the many mani festationS of Divine Favor which we have received, let us ap- proach this Thanksgiving Day with a reverent cOntrite spirit expressive of our spiritual faith and of our profound gratitude to God.
 ] GIVEN under my hand and the SEAL of the Territory of Alaska in Juneau, the cap ital, this seventeenth day of November, in the year of
 our Lord one thousand nine hundred thirty and of the Independence of the United States of America the one
 hundred fifty fifth.
 (Signed) GEO. A. PARKS.
 Governor. By the Governor:
 (Signed KARL THEILE,
 Secretary of Alaska.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1930-05-01
TINKHADE ON WAR-PATH IN HOUSE
ssahue Congressman Says AntSa1oon League Methodist
Church Has Violated Corrupt Practice Act and
Demands Investigation

Representative Tinkham, Republican,
Massachusetts, wet, speaking before the
Senate Lobby Committee, April Is, charged
the Anti-Saloon League with repeatedly
violating the Federal corrupt practice act,
and demanded that the committee obtain
the names of at least the larger contribu-
tors 70 the League.
Tinkham is also. suspicious of the
Southern Methodist Board of Temperance
and Social Service, and requested the COM
mittee to demand Bishop James Cannon,
Jr, chairman of the Board to produce the
books and reports of that organization.
Bishop Cannon informed the committee
that he would be delighted to comply with
such request.
Evidently planning to do the job up
thoroughly, Tinkham is also clamoring
for an investigation of the Board of Tenn
perance, Prohibition and Public Morals of
the Methodist Episcopal Church and the
Federal Council of Churches.
The scion displayed table, purporting
to show the money collected and expended
by the national Anti-Saloon League and
the 81 state Leagues from 1920 to 1925 in
elusive He said that until 1920 the
League had made no returns whatever
under the Federal corrupt practice act,"
he went on to say, land its activities come
within the terms of the Federal corrupt
practice act.
"It maintains political organization in
every state of the Union and in some
states, New York and Illinois, notably, it
maintains expensive and extensive head
quarters.
mo returns are made of the expenses
of these establishments as required by law,
nor of the expenses of its Washington
Headquarters, which is purely political in
character"
Referring to F. Scott Mcbride as the
head lobbyist" of the League Tinkham
said that in 1927 or 1928 Mcbride had is
sued a statement to the press in which
he said that a 100000 fund was being
raised ito strike at every wet candidate"
and that the budget of the national
League was to be raised from $450,0OO to
$750,000 year.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1930-05-01
PROHIBITION HELPS
1t is Also Big Factor in Prevents
ing Crime, says an Authority

Prohibition is helping the released pris-
oner TO go straight and 1t is factor in
preventing crime, according to +. E. Lyon,
founder and superintendent of the Cen
trail Howard Association Of Chicago This
organization has been dealing for 80 years
with men and boys from prisons and re-
formatories in 8 of the central states,
helping them to get employment and q
fresh start towards useful citizenship.
we have far smaller number of peri
odic drinkers among our applicants since
the Eighteenth Amendment was enacted"
DR.. Lyon declared. among the men and
boys who come to us for help, there are
fewer now who committed their crimes as
a result of intoxication than there were
in the days before prohibition. There is
no question in my mind but what proli-
bition has been a benefit in preventing
crime. Many pitfalls are still left for
these eX-priSonerS, but not SO many as
formerly.
Experience with several hundred en-
ployerS leads DR.. Lyon to believe that
their attitude in insisting that employees
should not drink is still the same.
Business men as whole came to real
ize that drinking among their employees
was a nuisance" he said. ut made
greater turnover. Monday morning after
pay day lot of employees didn't show
up. The business mems attitude is UNI
changed, and we cannot send men who
drink to these employers for work"
Miss Nora Edmunds, manager OF the
Sarah Hackett Stevenson Memorial here,
a home for deserted women and children,
said that drinking is far less now among
the women with whom she deals than 1t
was before the Eighteenth Amendment
was adopted. 1--WE have very few cases of
drinking now; in fact, practically none at
ALL" she said.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1930-05-01
CLUB WOMEN OF OHIO DECLARE FOR PROHIBITION

One thousand members of the Ohio Federation of
ems Clubs attending the annual convention of the Federation Co.
ubus last week. unanimously and with applause adopted reso
ton reanng the Fedaons unfaltering belief wisdom
prohibition the effective of cbng the liquor traffic"
and protesting against ANY weakening of the enforcement laws The
Federatons further said
Federal and State Governments and all political agencies every
within their power give the greatest possible effect this
amendment"
OF the 232 Ohio clubs which received missionaries from
citizens committee of the Federation asking, your support
the President in his law enforcement program 179 answered the
affirmative, So" merely replied
question marks and said hope
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1930-05-01
AN IMPORTANT DECISION
United States Supreme Court Tells
How Trial by Jury May be
= Waived in Prohibition
Cases

The Supreme Court of the United States
has ruled that defendants in prohibition
and other criminal cases may waive their
constitutional right of trial by jury How
ever, the court holds that this right must
be jealousy preserved.
If the accused chooses to dispense with
the jury, and the government and court
sanction such a course the case may be
heard and decided by the judge, the court
held
Should one or more jurors in the midst
of a trial become unable to serve, oppos-
ing counsel and defendant may agree to
proceed with the remaining jurors and
the verdict would be legal it was ruled.
The decision was given in the case Of
defendants found guilty of conspiracy to
bride Federal prohibition agent in Okla
homa. Their trial proceeded for several
days with IL jurors. One became i'll and
it was agreed that the trial proceed with
the remaining II. Found guilty, the de-
PENDANTS appealed, claiming that under
the Constitution, they had no power to
waive trial with less than IL jurors. The
circuit court certified the question to the
Supreme Court which affirmed the con-
victions and prison sentences.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1930-05-01
TWO FEDERAL JUDGES RIGHT ON THE JOB


YEARS AND
OF
that the prohibition the
defendants because they that clients boogg
defene and
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1930-05-01
FRUITS OF FRANCE OPENS
GENERAL OFFICE

On the initiative of the National
League Against Alcoholism, a general Of
flee of the Fruits of France has been con-
stituted at Paris with Senator Justin
Godart, former minister, as president. The
principle task of the Office will be the fol-
lowing:
To centralize all Recommendation on the
non-alcoholic use of fruits;
To keep in touch with the associations
Interested: the Fruit Expectation Com
mittee, the National Horticultural So
ciety;
To defend the interests of the producers
and sellers of fruit in their relations with
the public authorities;
To endeavor to improve the conditions
of transportation of fruit:
To study the means of increasing the
consumption of fruit by reduction Of
price;
To give practical publicity in the in
terest of a wider appreciation of fruit
through the medium of exhibits lectures
and the press.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1930-05-01
DRY MOVE IN NORWAY

The Ministry of Social Affairs proposes
to create central organ of the movement
against alcohol by developing the existing
committee for temperance teaching. The
state would have two representatives in
this committee, one appointed by the Min
lister of Public instruction, the other by
the Central Statistical Bureau. Further,
other organizations than temperance So
cieties, properly so-called, might be af-
filiated to the committee. The state would
be prepared to grant this committee a
subvention which would enable it to ac-
compliSh valuable work.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1930-05-01
NATIONAL SURVEY TO BE
TAKEN
TAKEN

According to an International News
Service story for April Is, a national pro-
hibition survey with headquarters in At
lanta Georgia, employing 5000 people
and spending 100000 in salaries alone.
has been announced by Edward Kennedy
of the National Prohibition survey. Every
registered voter in the United States will
be given chance to vote said Mr.. Ken
nedy, the total cost of the poll being
$7,000,OO0
It is planned to employ summer college
students to call on delinquent voters and
obtain their ballots
Mr.. Kennedy explained that the survey
Is not backed by any particular group or
groups but is for the purpose of furnish
ing the public accurate statistics for the
benefit of legislation. The necessary
funds will be raised by public subscrip-
ton.