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The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-27

time as he smiled warmly at her. She had to blink her eyes rapidly several times to keep the tears back
 The woman's aged father made a pathetic figure on the stand as he testified to astrain of insanity in the McKinnell family that reached back four generations from the defendant. Five of the line, he asserted, were victims of insanity.
 The first of which he had any knowledge was his fathers mother, in Scotland. Next came his fathers brother, Joseph. After him the son of his own sister was afflicted, and then two second cousins of Mrs. Judd, one of whom died in an insane asylum and the other is still living.
 Recalls Her Childhood
 Mrs McKinnell recalled incidents of her daughters childhood that, she claimed indicated the same strain of insanity that others of the line had exhibited before her Her brother also gave somewhat similar testimony.
 Mrs. Judd provided the thrill of the trial so far yesterday after noon when she jumped from her seat with her counsel, ran over to her brother and then rushed from the courtroom. She declared that the sheriff was coaching witnesses what to say.
 That officer followed her from the courtroom, followed her into a restroom mad brought her back to the courtroom where she resumed her place with her lawyers and the trial proceeded.
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members, it was not to become ef- fective unless and until it was ap- proved by Congress. The vote on lthe repeal bill in the form finally Jpassed was unanimous in both the House and Senate.
 The measure in that form was approved by Gov. Parks on April 30. f8
 Considera ble opposition was voiced to the bill from ministerial associations here and elsewhere and an active lobby was conducted against it without success. Opposi- tion to it was also expressed by some of the Federal court off, cialS.
 MemOrialized Congress
 The Legislature, in support of of it's action, passed memorial to the President, Congress and Dele gate Wickersham, urging that the local repeal bill be validated. Shortly after the current session of Congress opened, Delegate Wick ersham introduced the bill repeal ing the Congressional Act which is now being opposed by Bishop Can- non.
 In it's memorial, the Legislature said it's action was taken neither ito endorse or repudiate Prohibi- tion, but solely in the interest of humanity" It pointed out that the Alaska Bone Dry Law is not "an enforcement Act, since there are !, no Territorial enforcement off cers," and that the law enforce ment machinery of the Territory Is entirely in the hands of the Fed eral Government, so that the Vol stead Act can be made to serve every purpose of a Prohibition law"
 Cites Serious Objection ! The Legislature further declared "The most serious objection to thf Alaska Bone Dry Law lies in the fact that it prevents the use oi intoxicating beverages for medici- nal purposes. When the law was first adopted it was supposed that medical liquors could, notwith- standing the provisions of the law be supplied under the general stat utes of the United States, but thf courts held otherwise.
 This did not at first present g very serious situation for the req son that there were in the Terri tory many small private stock. from which medicinal liquors coulo be supplied; and later when these became exhausted the situation was met by supplying hospitals ane physicians with liquors seized by Prohibition officers. This was, o1 course, illegal, but under the cir cumstanceS no one could attacl any blame to the action taken by the officials; it was advisable ir order to save human life and there fore justHiable. The people of Al aska are, at the present time, SC situated that medicinal liquors can no longer be obtained"
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Two Alaskan Pliers to
 Seek Lost Ship Baychimo

[. SEATTLE, Jan 27-Pilot Gra- ham said, He's just the type who would" when informed that Frank Dorbandt, at Anchorage. is prepar- ing to compete with him in seeking the Hudsons Bay trading steamer Bavchtmo, in the Arctic. and sal- vaging the fur cargo aboard.
 sIf anybody can find the Bay chino. Dprhandt is the man" furth- er soid Graham. -seyeral Alaskans asknd - e with me but perfer to IF G1o1e . I VIII have more mn to .y inn and sappliee' 7
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INTEREST KEEN IN BASKETBALL
 GAMES FRIDAY
Juneau and Douglas High Schools to Give Fine
 Exhibitions

Keen interest is manifested in the basketball games to be played at Douglas next Friday evening be- tween boy and girl teams repre- senting Juneau and Douglas High Schools Each contest, that be- tween the boys quintetts as well as that of the girls sixtettes, will be the fourth game in a scheduled four game Gastineau Channel championship.
 Of the boys teams, Juneau has two victories to dts credit and needs but one more triumph to be &C., corded title honors. Douglas has won one game, and requires two more for the championship trophy.
 Juneau Girls Need Two
 !. Of the girls teams, Juneau has taken one game and Douglas two. The Juneau maids require two more victories and the Douglas girls only one more for the title.
 We shall be in better condition for the game next Friday night than we were for the contest fast week." declared E. G. Wentland, coach of the Juneau High School boys squad, this forenoon. In the last contest, three of our players George Karibelnikoff, left guard |; Elmer Lindstrom, right forward, and Bill Nikish, center, started in under-par condition; but now Kar- abelnikoff is the only athlete ail- ing. ls
 Unconscious Four Times ~He was knocked unconscious three times by collisions in the game week ago last Friday and was put out of commission once in the game last Friday. He is round ing into form, but he will not be at his peak next Friday. He will be good enough to start, however and he will be on the floor at the first tip off.
 The last three contests show the teams are very evenly matched Juneau won the first game by three points, took the second game by seven points and lost the third game by two points.
 Neither team can be assured of victory in the approaching contest. If either should experience a few bad breaks it's defeat would be the result. Both can be expected to exert their best efforts As a con- sequence, Friday nights exhibition is almost certain to be the best Of the season." Girls Greatly Encouraged
 The Juneau girls are greatly en- couraged by their victory of last Friday by 8 margin of 10 points. Their coach, Miss Enid Burns is putting them through careful practice this week and expects to send them on the floor next Fri day evening at their top form of the season. The team clicked in fine style last week. In the opinion of many followers of the hoop paSttinae, the local maids have now struck a stride that will take them unswerved to the Channels cham pionship goal
 The Juneau team will be accom- panied to Douglas by their band, by virtually the entire student body and by large delegation of town folks. . k aa
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DE LUXE STALL MAKES EASY
 PHAR LAPS OCEAN TRAVEL

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Jan. 20-Australia's champion race horse, Phar Lap, was awarded de luxe trip across the Pacific. J
 Phar Lap sailed on the Monowai for San Francisco, December g. with his own private seaside" all the way. The quarters were on the boat deck in special stall open ing into a fenced-off yard into which ten tons of sand had been put. aa.--..l. ax
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SOFIA--Following the example of King Boris, who recently dash ed his kingly budget to help Bull garia's economy program. Queen Ionna and Princess Eudoxia, the kings sister. have asked tl1at their personal allowances be reduced
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BUY BH-TISH UNTO DEATH

LONDON = The "buy British" movement has reached the grave yard. The Central Council for Care of the Churches calls atten- tion to really deplorable" foreign monuments in many churchyards and says they show decay in pulp lie taste"
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Society Leader Joins
 Night School Class

MEMPHIS. Tenn, Jan. H.--Mrs. R. Brinkley Snowden, Memphis so- cial leader, claims the title of grandmother of the art classes"
 She is attending high school night classes here and records show she has almost perfect at tendance.
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 pressure northeastern Pacific souheastward and from southern Beng Sea westward where rapidly extremely the western Aleuian high The weather generally practically portions
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WASHINGTON = The National Institute of Health, a government institution, is empowered to accept private donations to further its work. tf5
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UNDERGOES OPERATION

Mrs. John Eldemar of this city successfully underwent surgical operation in St. Ann's Hospital this morning.
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Graham has special plane which he will take north for his pros pective trip into the Arctic.
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The W eather
tBy tho U. s. Weather Bsrse,

tho 70. s. WeatheF buEUeN and vicinity beginning at pn Jan 27 tonight Thursday partly cloudy north westerly winds
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FIVE RELATIVES INSANE, HER
 OFW0MAN AYERS
Rev. B. J. McKmnell Bares Insanity Skeletons from
 Family Closets

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BISHOP CANNON OPENS WARFARE
 ON | 0CAL BILL
Wickersham Urges Com mittee to Rec o mmend
 Measure for Passage

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LOCAL DATA
TODAY
YESTERDAY

CABLE AND RADIO REPORTS
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-09-30

farmers win relief Greater masses of farmers are
beginning to realize this For that reason Reno Simp-
son. and other farm takers bring forth radical slogans
about direct action These miseaders have been trail
tors They have not changed Their present radical
word chewing is used to maintain control over the farm
ers.
Only mass action under rank and file control can
bring results The action that they are playing
with is an attempt to provoke the farmers into vain
radical moves This is playing into the hands of the
bankers and their sheriff agents
Farmers, do not be deceived by the radical OF
peaceful word chewing of these takers Organize 70,
mass struggle around your immediate demands and nm
der rank and file leadership
Spread the struggle to every county in the country
Build your township county and state COMMITTEES
OF ACTION
Prepare for the great Farmers Emergency Relief
conference IN Washington when Congress opens. Elec
delegates and collect funds to send them
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LARGEST BANK IN
IDAHO, 9 BRANCHES
GOES BANKRUPTED

The First National Bank of Ida
no and nine subsidiary banks in
Central and Western Idaho and
Eastern Oregon closed Aug. 81,
and were turned over to National
and State Bank officials.
The total resources of the banks
were $12,753,O63 on the date of
the last call, June 80.
The First National Bank of Ida
no was the largest single institu'
tion of its kind in the state. II
was the second bank to suspend
business in Boise within month
the City National Bank having
having failed to open Aug. 1.
The First Security Bank O1
Boise is the only bank remaining
in the city.
The banks closed under the FRS
National system, with their re
sources follow:
First National Bank of Idaho
Rupert State Bank, $429,014.
Bull State Bank, $613,29S.
Meridian State Bank, S176,108.
Nampa State Bank, $753, 377.
Bank of Emmett, 1854, 165.
Weiser State Bank, $S56,883.
Ontario National Bank, Ontario
Oregon, $956,433.
Vale National Bank, Vale, Greg
$280,656.
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Point 3 in the Commun-

Point 3 In the Commun-
list election program ''For
emergency relief for i'm
poverished farmers, with
out restrictions by the
government and banks;
exemption of impover-
ished farmers from taxes,
and no forced collection
of rents or debts"
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Thanks, Ruby.
Aaron Kivsto, Iron River, Wis,
wants a dollars worth of copies.
Effie Kjorstad, Williston, N. D.,
sends one sub.
Hans Kali, Dassel, MIMI,
starts out with three subs.
Roy Miller, Frederick, S. D.,
sends another sub.
NO STOP TO IT
Frank Denk, Deerbrook, Wis,
renews his subscription, sends an
other sub and pays for bundles.
Don't stop sending the bundles,
and send me a sub book so l can
get more subs for the Producers
News" he says.
John Haneck, Homestead, Mont.
renews his sub.
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gen, Westby, Chas. 1. Shallbetter,
Plentywood, Ed Hanna, Raymond,
Andy Hansen, Reserve all in Sheri-
dan county renew their subscrip-
lions. Carl j. Christensen, Conner
town, Mont, renews with chick
ems.
Dan Mccall and E. S. Strand,
Comertown, Mont, renew.
James E. Rice, Arlington, Wash.
sends for a bundle of ten papers
per week.
MORE FOR STRIKERS
Frank Walters, Sioux City, or
ders more bundles for the strik-
ers.
Robert Kirmo, Frederick, S. D.
sends two more subs.
James Allen, Aneta, N. Oak. got
us one more sub. Jim is one of
, the National Hunger marchers and
you should have heard Jim cuss
after the police had hit him on the
nose at Hammond, Ind.
) THE NEXT SHERIFF
: James Pearson, White Earth,
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is going to be their next sheriff
r in Burke county.
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Wash, orders bundle of five PEI
week.
Archie Young, Mt. Vernon, Wash
renews his subscription and says
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In these small communities.
PEARSON VISITED US
G. V. Pearson, Rockford, Ill.
sends US an interesting lettel
about the strike, and also namei
of good prospects. Thanks for
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EMIL HERE AGAIN
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FILA. Leaders Get
BrOOkhart to SDeak
at Big Farmers Meet

More than 1900 farmers attend
ed a mass meeting at Melville, 20
miles east of Sioux City on We'd
nesday, Sept. Fl, to which the
Farm Holiday leaders of Iowa had
invited Senator Brookhart to speak
The meeting was designed to re-
new the broken confidence of the
farmers in the capitalist political
parties and in congressional ere
liefn LEGISLATION.
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ARRANGE ANOTHER
MEETING

This same Commissioner Hould
agreed to meet with the Lake
county farmers when they were to
present their demands on Sept. 8,
but failed to show because he no
doubt knew the farmers would ex-
pose him. However, the farmers
are not going to let him get by
with it, and the newly organized
United Farmers League is arrang-
ing for a special meeting with
this commissioner when they will
present to him their demands.
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GETTING THEM AT THE
COUNTY FAIR

]. w. Standinger, Ludden, N.
Oak, orders a bundle of papers:
II win pass them to the farm
ers at the county fair" he says.
Every subscriber should order
a bundle to help the paper along
and spread the word" He IL per
fectly correct. That is just what
everybody should be doing.
Geo. o. Anderson, Dalbo, MINI.
renews his subscription.
Ellen Lemponen, Superior, Wis.
sends US another yearly sub.
Ruby MOharenweiseF, Wadena,
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In CaSS county, North Dakota,
the Holiday association leaders are
trying to prevent any mass pick
citing.
"There isn't going to be any
strike in that sense of the
word" said George Mcintyre of
CasseltOn, one of the chief pro-
mOters of the holiday movement
in this county. GAS soon as the
farmers are signed up they are
expected to start holding their
produce right on the farms, es-
tablishing a peaceful halt in
marketing activities"
In order to make the farmers
feel that something is being done
so that they wont have to picket
the leaders had a petition to Gov
ernor Shafer adopted. This pc
tition asks Shafer to declare mar.
tial law and enforce it with the
militia. Several weeks ago Shafel
said that he would do no sucl
thing but this does not concern thu
Holiday leaders in their attempt!
to fool the farmers and keep then
off of the picket lines. Shafer re
jected this petition on Monday
Sept. Is.
500 MEET IN MAYVILLE
Five hundred farmers of Trail
county, North Dakota met in May
vile on Monday night, Sept. 10 t,
lay the foundation for a county
Holiday organization. Usher L
Burdick, Fargo lawyer, and stat
head of the Holiday association
cautioned as usual against picket
ing.
He brought forth the usual "vio
lence" talk in particularly viciou
form.
1 "DOn't let there be any shoot
ing" he said. "You fellows might
shoot like you vote. You'd get
the wrong man."
This is an open invitation on tn
part of these leaders" for VIC.
lence on the part of the sheriff
and their deputies if the farmer
picket militantly. This is STRIKl
BREAKING.
One hundred fifty potato grow
ers and shippers, representing /
towns IN the northern Red rive
valley at a meeting in Hoople, \
D., on Monday night, Septembe
10, agreed to suspend Immediate
all shipments of potatoes frol
their communities until such tin
as a minimum price of 40 cent
I. o. b. for hundredweight sacks
stock graded U. S. No. 1 can I
obtained.
The prevailing price is approx
mately rs cents per hundredweigI
sack. The present low scale do,
not warrant harvesting the 1913
crop except at an actual loss
the grower. 1t was recommends
other potato growing sections al:
hold their shipments.
The meeting was sponsored b
the Northwest Breeders associi
ton.
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PICKET ROADS
In MINNESOTA
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includes possible stopping of
traffic. Peaceful methods of
picketing for the purpose of OBJ
serving if farm products are
moving to market and for the
purpose of ascertaining origin Of
shipments with report to town.
ship officers of point of origin
are advocated. Township CON-
mitbeemen and their members
are urged to use peaceful per-
suasiOn to prevent shipment of
of farm products"
Diekman who is the same sor+
of a misleader as. Reno and Bosch
complied with these instruction:
and ordered picketing stopped
" Peaceful pieketing," peaceful
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DOings of the
Advance Guard

VIM ferguson OF OedtIe TOW Can uley XIII d Paper
and movement with that kind of people in ita And Bill
is the only We have many of them all over the
country. They can't kill it, that's all there is to it.
Dear Contradict
Il greatly disappointed that have been unable
to send in few subs this week. This is my fault
to extent there is no for any organizer
falling down the job bad that he send in
least two subs week Well as just have go foot
all the time, when altogether active, | plead
lack of time because of meetings and taking look at
places have already covered in order why
not growing rapidly and helping little ways just
keep rather busy Anyway, this will have to be ex-
cuse enough for this time.
i want you to send me 80 copies of the Producers
News in time for next farmers rally at Pine Lake
don't know how soon can pay for them, but will do so
as soon as possible
Say, Bill try and sell the paper instead of giving it
away If the farmer has5 invested in the paper ha
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-09-30
MISERABLE LIVING
CONDITIONS

Even now after twenty and more
years of toll, there is not single
tractor to be found near Finland
for blowing. Horses are being
used for that purpose. 1t is ex-
ceptional to find home with a
radio set, there are no electric
lights, no telephones. But from
the first day of their settling on
this land, these small farmers of
the county have been paying taxes
to the state, the county.
Few of them have ever asked
for relief from Lake county, and
now that they have to skmp on
bread, have to reboil the same cof-
fee grounds, have to buy cheapest
kinds of meat, and skimp on their
food in every way, let alone doing
without dental and medical ser
vice, and insufficient clothing the
Lake county commissioners have
turned their backs on these farm
erS.
FARMER-LABOR POLITICIAN
The case of one elderly settler
who sought relief is typical of the
general attitude of the commits
sioners. In the Finland district,
where Commissioner Hould, q
Farmer-Laborite who claims he is
a radical and a friend of the work
ers and farmers lives, the farmer
in question asked a grocery order
He was finally given a $40 grocery
order. Later on he was given 3
days work by this same commits
sioner at a rate of 1920 a day
When he came to get his pay Com
missioner Hould was indignant
"Why" he answered the farmer
"you still owe the county a bal
ance of 90 cents for the grocery
order that we gave you, and be
sides you owe 20 cents more as in
terest."
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PICKET MINOT

Continued from Front Pagel
The trucks carried placards which
read as follows:
mo More Forced Collections.
No More Foreclosures, No More
Forced Evictions."
mo One Ever Broke Through
our Picket Lines; No one Ever
Will"
Another truck carrying a billy
goat bore the following placard
'sWe are Broke but They Have
Not got our Goat"
Bringing uD in the rear was a
spreader on which was implant-
ed a placard reading: 'eHOOver's
Platform"
The Lions Club invited the farm,
ers in to hear the speech making
of its district governor, w. Muir
ray Allen, of Grand Forks. Dur
ing the course of the speech T. E
Hagen, one of the leaders of the
farmers pointed out to the audi
ence that Allen and the Lions cluI
were trying TO prevent the farmer,
from carrying on a militant strik'
struggle.
A permanent organization Of th'
Grand Forks county, North Dakot,
Holiday Association will be estab
lished at a meeting called for OF
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new UFLLOCAL
FORCES RELIEF
MLAKE COUNTY
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hesitate to tax the farm of the for
eign-born workers or the non-citi-
zen as heavily as they did that of
the native-born. They demanded
that no discrimination against the
foreign-born be shown in the Civ
ing out of relief or giving out of
work. So militantly did the work
ers insist on this point that the
Socialist chairman of the county
board did not dare insist on this
point.
BECOME MORE MILITANT
The farmers of Lake county are
daily becoming more militant as
they realize that the ground is be-
ing cut from under their feet by
the burdensome taxes that are i'm
posed upon them, by the refusal
of the county to give them relief
and by forcing them to work out
the rare relief orders that they
do give out.
Practically all of the small farm
ers of Finland, as the name of the
town indicates, are of Finnish de-
scent, most of the settlers having
come there after years of toll in
the mines and in the forests OF
that section. Most of the farmers
living there at the present time
had to carry pack sacks on theil
backs to the wilderness tracts that
they had bought, with hard earned
savings.