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The Alaskan., 1932-05-13

weak acts of Congress, of the most valuable fisheries in A. merican waters, which belong to the people of the United States, who pay through the nose.
 Another Evil of Bristol Bay
 Monopoly
 The hearings on this bill dis closes that the canneries in Bristol Bay, and generally on the Alaska coast, have adopted the practice of importing all their fishermen and cannery laborers from San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle, to the general exclusion of resident Alaska fishermen and laborers. These labOrers are all brought to these Alaska canneries each spring in their vessels with the seasons supplies of food, cans, and other cannery necessities The fishermen come under a season contract, at wage rates much below normal, the cannery workers-the oriental crew-are brought along under an agree ment with some Chinese boss contractor, who employs them at the port of departure, who feeds them on rice, in Chinese quarters, receives fixed sum fer their wages, and pays them eff when they return to San Francisco, Portland, or Seattle, after fishing season is closed.
 This Chinese boss and his en- ployees are termed the oriental crew for they are all Chinese, Japanese, Filipinos, Mexicans, etc., and they represent the very lowest class of human laborers.
 The official report Blowers, 193O. l D. 48) presented to the commit 1 tee in the hearings shows that l in 1880 there were 3,591 white persons-vessel crews, imported fishermen, and machine workers, engaged in canning fish in the lregion about Bristol Bay; also l2,1O7 imported orientals-Chin-
 csc, Filipinos, Japanese, Mexi- cans etc.-and but 295 resident lnatives of Alaska-65 per cent
 whites, 30 per cent orientals and
 but O.O5 per cent native Alas
 kans. This imported peonage Isystem has resulted in creating 1 a bread line of hungry unem-
 ployment along the fishing coast of Alaska from Ketchikan 1 to Bristol Bay. It is the direct result of the laws enacted by Congress for the control of the Alaska fisheries, the most valu- able in the world, by monopoly.
 This bill tends strongly to per ipetuate that system.
 (To be continued)
The Alaskan., 1932-05-13
Sitka Earn, Station,

Superintendent w. Leslie YaW is deSirouS that the Sheldon Jackson School be privileged to take over the management of tn e agricultural station a t Sitka, now that it has been practically abandoned by the Department of Agriculture. The has been taken up with the proper official, by the Dele gate, and Dr. Alberts and Chas. H. Flory have been directed to lave survey made of the situa ton regarding the disposal of
The Alaskan., 1932-05-13

There are three distinct Sab baths in the Holy Land-Friday for the MohammedanS; Satur- day for the Jews, and Sunday for the Christians. Which means three distinct excuses for slam. ming each other in the pokey for violating the mandates of the various prohibition parties. Seward Gateway.
The Alaskan., 1932-05-13
Protection of Fish in Alaska

settlement or improvements procured United States patents for such lands, and now hold the title to every possible cannery
 site on that bay, and have held them unimproved for m any years, thereby preventing the
 construction of any other shore
 cannery on that bay. In that way
 they have had and held a con- |plete monopoly of the fisheries of
 Bristol Bay for nearly a quarter
 of a century and demand the right to do so forever. Only a
 floating cannery can now get
 into Bristol Bay, for the shore
 canneries now there control all
 the shore sites, and if the bill
 H R.. 6483 shall pass Congress,
 it will effectually drive them out, and thus practically guaran-
 tee the entire monoply of this great natural food supply, be-
 longing to the people of the
 United States, in the shore can
 neries now situated on this bay.
 The hearings on this bill dis
 closed, without denial or ques-
 tion, another harmful type of
 monopoly in the Bristol Bay fish cries, national in it's character,
 in this way: That Libby, McNeill
 & Libby, operated 6 of these |shore-site canneries, and in 1881
 packed 20.5 per cent of the total
 Bristol Bay pack; that that com |pany is a subsidiary of Swift &
 Co.,, the Chicago meat trust; that
 the Alaska Packers Association
 of San Francisco, said to be the
 author of this bill, operated T
 shore-site cannerieS, and in 1881
 packed 37.5 per cent of the pack; that that company is a subsidiary of the California Packing Corporation, the fruit and food canning trust; that the Nakat Packing Corporation op erated 1 cannery in Bristol Bay, and in 1881 packed A per cent of the total pack in that bay;
 that the Nakat Co. is subsidi- ary of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. of America, with its 15,000 chain stores, which also has 5 more canneries in southeastern Alaska. These 3 great food-trust companies own
 14 out of a possible 27 shore site canneries in Bristol Bay and ill 1881 packed 62.4 per cent of the entire Bristol Bay pack of reds, the most valuable fish on the Alaska coast. No testimony was elicited in the hearings to con- meet the other Bristol Bay can neries with the food trusts except the testimony which clearly shows they are all in the combine to monoplize all the shore-cannery sites in that bay, all independent can- neries and fishermen, especially Alaska resident fishermen are excluded from it's valuable fish- cries, either as operators or labOrers. It appears to be a xater-tight monopoly, based onj
The Alaskan., 1932-05-13
Flag Wauiing

In a letter from the Interior inquiry is made as to whether or not a private citizen may fly the U. s. Flag from pole at his home other than on a holiday. The War Department states that there is no regulation against the flying of the flag.
The Alaskan., 1932-05-13
BED CATCHES FIRE;
 WOODEN LEG BURNED

D. w. McLendon, Atlanta, Ga, 57-year-old cripple with two wooden legs, was severly burned recently when his bed caught fire, destroying both wooden legs He was rescued by neighbors and taken to a hospital.
The Alaskan., 1932-05-13
Radio Stations

The Alaska Pacific Salmon Corporation has made applica- tion to the Federal Radio Com for construction permit for new tranSmitter for tele- phone and telegraph service at Chomley and at Cape Chacon.
The Alaskan., 1932-05-13
Seward Postmaster

Letters have been received from Seward recommending the reappointment of Charles Shel- eon as Postmaster at Seward, whose present commission ex- pires on May 12. It is expected that his nomination will soon he sent to the Senate.
The Alaskan., 1932-05-13
H. R. 6483 (Continued from last week.
Mononply in the Bristol Bay
 Fisheries

Mononply in the Bristol Bay
 Fisheries
 The hearings on this bill show that Bristol Bay is the narrow channel through which the most valuable variety of Alaska salm- on reaches their natural spawn- ing beds in the rivers tributary 10 it's waters. This variety Of salmon is known to the trade and in common parlance as reds Or sockeyes. These are the most desirable and highest priced salmon on the American market, and Bristol Bay is, by far, the greatest single producer of this particular fish on the Alaska coast. A case of canned salmon contains forty-eight 1-pound cans. The average market price Of Alaska reds is $10 per case, while other varieties of canned salmon average two, three, or more dollars per case below reds:
 Out of a total of 1,183,001 cases of salmon packed on Bris- 1ol Bay in 1881, there were l. 107,725 cases of reds packed, equal to 93 per cent of the total. This pack of Bristol Bay reds had a total market value of S11,OO0,O00 and this average pack value for that bay has held good for many years The red pack from Bristol Bay consti- tutes about one-f1fth of the en : tire Alaska pack of canned salmon. For nearly 25 years there have been about 25 can neries on Bristol Bay, canning reds. These canneries are located On the bay or river shore, at Joints where there is good an- chorage and an abundance of fresh-water streams, both Of which are indispensable in car rying on fish-cannery work.
 Very early in the history. of canning reds on this bay the nonresident cannery companies saw their opportunity for mo- nopolizing this business by secur ing the ownership of shore can nery sites, since each new can nery naturally divided the sup ply of fish coming yearly into that bay. After locating and constructing canneries on g cannery sites, they adopted a shrewd system of acquiring a complete monopoly of the bay and the fish resorting to it in this way: They made a careful examination of the shores of the bay and streams emptying into it with view to securing all other sites upon which can neries might be constructed, caused a survey of every such site to be made, applied to the United States to purchase every such possible site, paid for them with soldiers additional home stead scrip (which did not re- quire the purchaser to make anyl
The Alaskan., 1932-05-13

Answering the Call.-
 All State officers plan to be present at the opening of the homes for the feeble minded "30 Years Ago Today" in the Wisconsin State Journal.
The Alaskan., 1932-05-13

Siam is another country that has gone off of the gold stand ard because of the slump. The slump in this country was due to slump in rice.
The Alaskan., 1932-05-13

Drat Those Optimists!-
 M. c. Phillips returned from the convention of undertakers at Yakima enthused with the prospects for a record crop ill Washington this year.-Wilbur (Wash.) paper.
The Alaskan., 1932-05-13

contribute practically all. That is each Indian is taxed $377 a year to be supervised by a bu- rcaucratS.
 On other reservations it's the same story. The Uintahs pay
The Alaskan., 1932-05-13

the Sitka and Matanuska sta tions.
The Alaskan., 1932-05-13

s1O8 apiece; the Apaches on the Mescalero reserve cough up $163 q year; the Jacarillas get off for $102.
 Sweat on, Red Brother; sweat Seattle Star.
The Washington times., 1932-12-13

Meeting-Women's Union Bu-
reau of Engraving and Printing,
Local. 105 N. F. F.. E., 8 p. m,
willard Hotel.
Meeting-Washington Chamber
of Commerce, 8 p. m, MaytloWer
Hotel.
Dinner-American College AS
sociation, $50 p. M, Shoreham
Hotel.
Meeting-District of Columbia
Pharmaceutical Association, 8
p. m, Raleigh Hotel.
Meetine-Men's Club Of Rock
Creek Episcopal Parish, 3 p. m,
parish auditorium. Rock Greek
Church Rd. and Webster st. N, w.
Presentation-"T Eye of
Naga," by st. Thomas Dramatic
Club. 8:l5 p. m, Wardman Park
Theater.
Meeting and Lecture-"Egypt,
the Cradle of Civilization" by
DR.. George s. Duncan, before the
Society for Philosophical Inquiry,
4:45 p. m, new building, National
Museum.
Meeting Takoma Partk Citi-
zenS Association, 8 p. m, Takoma
Park Branch Of the Public Library.
Bridge - Duplicate contract
series, pm, Carlton Hotel.
Meeting and Debate-Washing-
ton Council, No. 224, knights
Of Columbus; debate on Free
Trade" by two teams represent
ing the Phocian Debating Society
of Gonzaga College High School,
8 p. M, 918 Tenth st. N. w.
Meeting-Poetry Evening, Dis
trict of Columbia League Of Amer
ican Pen Women, 8 p. M, 1706
L st. N. w.
Meeting-Federal Bridge League,
8 p. m, Carlton Hotel.
Meeting - National Council of
Jewish Women, 8 p. M Jewish
Community Center.
Meeting-Girl Scout Troop, No.
"A, 3:15 p. m, Burroughs Center,
Eighteenth and Monroe SITS. N. E.
Meeting - Washington Choral
Society, 1880 p. m, Central Cen
ter, Thirteenth and Clifton SITS,
N. w.
Meeting - Columbia Players,
p. m, Columbia Heights Center
Hiatt Pl. near Irving st. N. w.
Meeting-Burleith Citizens AS
sociation, 8 p. M, Gordon Junior
High School, Thirty-fifth and 7
SITS. N. w.
Meeting-McKinley Parent
Teacher Association, 8 p. m. Sec
ond and T Sts. N. E.
Meeting Capital Athletic Club
p. M, MacFarland Center, Iowa
Ave. and Webster st. N. w.
Meeting-The Workshop Drama
Class, 1880 p. M. Roosevelt Cen
The Washington times., 1932-12-13
AID ASKED FOR 8.
DOOMED MEN

DR.. A. Clayton Powell, pastor
of the Abyssinian Baptist Church
of New York city, addressed the
Baptist Ministers Conference yes
terday at the Florida Avenue Bap-
tist Church.
Also appearing before the con-
ference was Marion Cant, a men,
Der of the international Labor
Defense, who urged the clergy.
men to cooperate with the league
in respect to three colored youths
now sentenced to death for the
murder of a local policeman some
time ago, at Logan Circle.
The conference announced that
the annual Christmas massmeet-
ing for the benefit Of the foreign
mission department Of the Bap-
tist churches would take place on
the night of December 26, at Yer
mont Avenue Baptist Church.
The Washington times., 1932-12-13
HUNGER DEATH,
JEW s SPROTEST
ONPOGROMS

NEW YORK, Dec. 13 GN.S). d.
For four days, DR.. Arthur Kraus,
young professor Of philosophy,
has refused all food, and as he
lies in his furnished room, the
pain Of a hunger.gnawed stomach
Is reflected in his drawn face.
He is taking his life for the
same cause he has lived for, to
save the Polish Jew from perse-
cution. He feels he has lived in
vain. His one hope now is that
he will not die in vain.
But there will be no last min
ute reprise, as there was for
Gandhi, despite the fact that
KrauS' hunger strike is strongly
suggestive of that of India's
leader. He explained:
81 do not desire to become
D martyr or q hero. 1t is my
sole desire to withdraw quietly
{, from the scene of humanity.
| Nothing can dissuade me from
that end"
His Self-imposed sentence of
death is protest against pogromS
m his native Poland.
Kraus is on the faculty Of the
College Of the City of New York.
Former lieutenant in the Polish
army, he is a graduate of the Uni.
NerSity of Berlin and post
graduate student of Oxford.
At oxford his room was burned
because he spoke in defense of
Gandhi, who, he thinks, is the
greatest moral individual since
Christ"
From oxford he came to this
country. Here two years, he has
never ceased to fight the perSecu-
tion of his racial brothers.
kilograms have been prepared,
he said, which will be sent after
his death to President Hoover, DR..
Albert Einstein, DR.. Sigmund
Freud, and DIR. Henri Bergson. ask
lng them to carry on his fight.
The Washington times., 1932-12-13
WHATS DOING

ter, Thirteenth and Upshur SITS.
N. w.
Observation-Disclosures Lig ght
Opera Company, 1880 p. m,
Thomson Center, Twelfth and L
SITS. N. w.
Meeting-McKinley Night High
School Glee Club, 1880 p. o.
Thomson Center, Twelfth and L
StS. N. W.,
Meeting Barnard Parent-Teacher
Association, 8 p. m, Stuart Cen
ter, Fourth and e SITS. N. e.
Meeting-Banneker Cente RS
Mothers Club, 8 p. m, Eighth
and Euclid SITS. N. E.
Exhibition-Thirteenth Centen-
nial exhibition of contemporary
American oil paintings, 8 a. m.
to 4:S0 p. m, Corcoran Art Gal
lery.
Meeting-Washington section of
the American Institute of Elec-
trical Engineers, 8 p. M, Potomac
Electric Power Company, Tenth
and e StS. N, w,
The Washington times., 1932-12-13
Bethesda Man Files
ctiOn for DiDOrce

Charging cruelty, George w.
Schaeffer, of Bethesda, Md, has
filed suit in Circuit Court at
Rockv,''e for an absolute div ,rce
from Maude T. Schaeffer, whom
he married in April, 1912. They
have one son, Guy W.
Schaeffer, 10.
Through Attorney Kenneth
Lyddane, Of Rockville. Schaeffer
states that his wife has q vile
and ungovernable temper and has
done all in her power to ruin
him financially, physically and
mentally"
The Washington times., 1932-12-13
LICENSED TO MARRY

Marriage licenses were issued at
Rockville to Ernest A. Holtzclaw,
q, and Harriet A. Pride, 81, both
of Fort Humphreys, Va; Benjamin
j. Coard, 80, and Pincky Clicks,
81, both Of Washington; Charles
E. Rowe, 80. and Agnes C. Sharp,
27, both of Baltimore, Md, and
Jack Manford, 25, of Washington,
and Anna Wheedle, %, Of Alex
andria, Va.
The Washington times., 1932-12-13
Miss O'Brien Joins
Social SerUice BOdU

Miss Katherine L. O'Brien, Of
Washington, a graduate Of WelleS-
ley College, where she obtained
an M. A. degree, has been added
to the Montgomery County Social
Service League, Miss Willie Greene
Day, executive secretary, an
nounced today.
Miss O'Brien, a former in
structor in the department of
psychology at Wellesley, has been
a psychiatric social worker in the
School for Feeble-Minded Of
Massachusetts,, and phychiatric
social case worker at the Boston
General Hospital.
The Washington times., 1932-12-13
Bill Authorizes
KOsciuskO Stamps

To commemorate the 150th an
niversary of the naturalization as
an American citizen of Brig. Gen.
Thaddeus KosciuSko. a hero Of
the Revolutionary War, bill
has been introduced in the House
by Representative Francis B. Con-
don, of Rhode Island, authorizing
the Postmaster General to issue
a special series of Scent stamps
in honor of the event.
KosciuSko, a native Of Poland,
was naturalized in 1888.
The Washington times., 1932-12-13
SnOU Storm Crash
Is Fatal to Woman

Injuries in a traffic accident
during the snowstorm Sunday
proved fatal yesterday to Hilda
Mccarthy, colored, 80. 1000 block
Of Thirteenth st. N. w. The
woman was passenger in a
taXicab. The cab was struck,
police reported, by an automobile
driven by Ella c. Coxen, %, 331
Seventeenth st. N. E.
The Washington times., 1932-12-13
HARD TINES DANCE

Prizes for the most representa-
tive costume will be given at the
hard times" dance to be held by
the Ladies Auxiliary Of the Ia
koma Park American Legion Post,
No. %, Thursday evening in the
Carroll Avenue Fire Hall.
The Washington times., 1932-12-13
v. W. BINGO PARTY

The National Capital Auxiliary,
No. 1877, Veterans Of Foreign
Wars, will hold a bingo party to-
night at $3.50 o'clock in Pythian
Temple, 1000 block Ninth ST.
N w
The Washington times., 1932-12-13
DEPARTURES FROM No

ANOANAAA@AA@
Accumulated excess of temperature
since January 1. 1899, s53.
Excess of temperature since Decem-
ber /, 1892, H.
Accumulated excess OF precipitation
since January ]. 1882, 5SS
Deficiency of precipitation since De-
cember /, 1882. 0.69.
TIDE TABLES
Today-Hlgh tides s:13 a. m. and
S:2S p. M; low tides 2:5O a. m and
2:4S n, m.
Tomorrow-High tides s:52 n. m. and
9:O7 p: M; low tides S:33 a, m.
ana 5:25 p. m.
sun AND MOON
The sun rises today 1918 a. m.
and sets 4:46 D. M
The sun rises tomorrow 1919 a. m.
and sets 4:46 p. m.
The moon rises today. 4:5S p. m.
and sets sos a. m.
The moon rises tomorrow 5:57 p. m.
and sets S:55 a m
The Washington times., 1932-12-13
The Weather

For the District Of Columbia-Cloudy.
with rain or snow tonight and tomor-
rowi not much change in temperature; |;
minimum temperature tonight about 80
degrees; gentle variable winds.
For Maryland and Virginia-Rain in
east and rain or snow in west por-
tons tonight and tomorrow; not much
change in temperature
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
Evening star., 1932-06-28

hiding place there. the Pixies Cave.
they call 1t. As narrow an opening
between two rocks as you could find,
but IL widens out inside. They say
one of King Charles men hid there
once for a fortnight with a serving
maid from a farm bringing him food. I"
Il must take lock at that Pixie S
Cave" said Charles
You'll be surprised how hard 1t is
to find. sir. Many a picnic party in
Summer looks for it the whole after
noon and doesn't find it. but if you do
find it be sure you leave a pin inside
1t for luck"
Il wonder" said Charles when break
fast was over and he and Emily had
garden, "if l ought to go off to Prince
town? Amazing how things pile up
once you have bit of luck. Here
| AMI start with a simple foot ball
competition prize, and before 1 know
| where I am l run straight into an es-
capped convict and murderer. Mar
| velous!"
What about this photographing OF
Maj Burnaby's cottage?"
Charles looked up at the sky. HIN, -
he said. Il think I shall say the
weather is wrong I have to hang on
| to my raison detre. Er-I hope you
don't mind. I have just sent off an
/ interview with you?"
"Oh! That's all right" said Emily
mechanically. What have you made
me say?"
"Oh, the usual sort of things people
like to hear" said Mr. Enderby Our
Evening star., 1932-06-28
MURDER HATIMOR ~
: ~ AGATHA CHRISTIE Ss' 81

was an ornithologist and criminologist.
Sittaford clearly appeared an ideal
residence to Mr.. Rycroft.
They had been slowly descending the
hillside and were now vending their
way down the lane.
who lives in that cottage?" asked
Emily abruptly.
Capt Wyatt-he is an invalid.
Rather unsociable 1 fear"
Was he friend of Capt. Trevel-
yans?"
Not an intimate friend in any way.
Trevelyan merely made a formal visit
to him every now and then. AS q
matter of fact, Wyatt doesn't encourage
visitors. A surly man"
Emily was silent She was reviewing
the possibility of how she herself might
become a visitor She had no intention
of allowing any angle of attack TO
remain unexplored.
She suddenly remembered the
hitherto unmentioned member of the
seance.
What about Mr.. Duke?" she asked
brightly Who is he?"
We'll" said Mr. Rycroft slowly, that
is what nobody knows. You see, Duke
is such an entirely unmysterious indi-
vidual I should imagine that the only
mystery about him was his social
origin Not-not quite. if you under
stand me- But a very solid good
fellow" he hastened to add.
Emily was silent.
This is my cottage" said Mr.
Rycroft pausing. Perhaps you will do
me the great honor of coming in and
inspecting it,
Il should love to-" said Emily
They went up the small path and
Evening star., 1932-06-28

special representative records his inter-
view with Miss Emily Trefusis, the
fiancee Of Mr. James Pearson. who
has been arrested by the police and
charged with the murder of Capt.
Trevelyan-then my impression of you
as a high-spirited. beautiful girl"
Thank you" said Emily.
'It was a splendid interview" said
fine. womanly, touching things you said
about standing by your man. no matter
If the whole world was against him"
Did l really say that?" said Emily
wincing slightly.
do you mind?" said Mr.. Enderby
anxiously.
"Oh. no." sec Emily. Enjoy your
self darling
Mr. Enderby looked slightly taken
aback.
ITS all right" said Emily. That's
a quotation. I had it on my bib when
I was small-my Sunday bib. The
weekday one had Don't be a glutton'
on it."
oh! I see. I put in a very good
bit about Capt, Trevelyan's sea career
and just a hint at foreign idols looted
and possibility of strange priests S
revenge-only hint you know"
We'll, you seem to have done your
days good deed" said Emily
What have you been up to? You
were up early enough. heaven knows. "
Emily decribed her meeting with Mr.
Rycroft.
She broke off suddenly and Endefb by.
glancing over his shoulder and follow
Evening star., 1932-06-28

ing the direction OF her eyes, became
aware of a pink. healthy looking young
man leaning over the gate and making
various apologetic noises to attract
attention.
Il say" said the young man, fright
fully sorry to butt in. 1 mean. it is
awfully awkward, but my aunt sent
me along"
Emily and Charles both said. ooh" "
in an inquiring tone, not being much
the wiser for the explanation.
Yes" said the young man. ITO tell
the truth my aunt's rather Tartar.
What she says goes, If you know what
mean. OF course. I think it's fright
fully bac form coming along at a
time Ike this but If you knew my
aunt-and if you do as she wants, you
will know her in a few minutes"
rs your aunt Miss Percehouse?"
broke in Emily.
That's right" said the young man
much relieved. so you know all about
her? Old Mother Curtis has been
talking 1 suppose. Well. the fact is,
my aunt said she wanted to see you,
and 1 was to tell you so. Compliments,
and all that, and would it be troubling
YOU too much-she was an invalid and
quite unable to get out and it would
be a great kindness-we. you know
the sort of thing. 1 needn't say it all
It's curiosity really, Of course, and If
you say you've got a headache, or have
got letters to write it will be quite all
right and you needn't bother"
"Oh. but I should like to bother, Z"
said Emily