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TOKOTNA, ALASKA. FEB. 23. 1925
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Drys Would Compel
Judges to Imprison All
Violators of Dry Law
Washington.—President Coolidge to
*3ay summari'v baited the movement
Wngineered by prohibition zealots to
’compel judges to imprison evervbodt
nhi violates the Volstead act. even h r
:the first time.
The attitude of the President wo
elicited in connection with the act ton
•of the House judiciary committee yes
terday in recommending passage of the
bill introduced by Representative
^Stalker, republican. New York, which
'would deprive a judge cf the discretioo
•of imposing a fine or imprisonment for
'violation of the prohibition law.
If the Stalker bill should become a
law, the only discretion allowed the
judge iD Volstead law cases would be
between imposing a sentence of im
.prisomnent or one of tine and imprison
'Burnt.
When inquiry was made at the
White House a9 to the position of Mr.
<Coolidge on the Stalker bill it was au
thoritatively stated that the president
is against it. Mr. Coolidge regards it
entirely too drastic. He conceives that
carrying a flask of bip liquor might not
•be a serious offense, particularly wbeu
it is a first offense.
The President does consider boosleg
ging a serious offense. It would not be
too drastic, in bis opinion, lo provide
for the imprisonment of bootleggers as
the sole punishment for the offense of
PIONEER
SHOP
Machine, Black
smith and
Sheet Metal Work
All Kinds of Repairs
Stoves Built
and Repaired
Robt. E. Lowrie
Tokotna, Alaska
selling intoxicating liquor. But I C
thinks it is going entirely too f.tr to
provide imprisonment a3 the sole pun
ishment for an infriugetheot of tl e
statute. Ele indicated beyond a dout-t
that he would veto the Stalker bill if it
should ever reach the White House.
The Stalker bill represents the latest
wrinkle in prohibition enforcement
conceived bv the prohibition organiza
lions. They deemed the time propi
tious for tightening up the provisions
for enforcing the eighieonth amend
ment, having been particularly azoused
by the widespread leniency of judges
in meting out punishment. The gen
eral disposition of judges to indict floes
instead of imprisonment was getting
on the nerves of the Ami-Saloon
League officials.
Manslaughter Jury’s
Verdict in White Case
Fairbanks News-Miner.
Manslaughter was the verdict
brought in bv the jury last night, after
a deliberation of two hours, io the case
of the U. S. vs. John L. While. U
verdict of manslaughter carries, ac
Cording to law, a sentence of from one
to twenty vears’ imprisonment. White
was indicted hy the grand jury of mur
der b ' I ■ ti - degree.
'H< i *-r receiving instruc
i* -r* mes’ duration by the
. private council at #:20.
>• ■ two hours later that
t >. the bailiff they had
r> in id a verdict and were ready to
precoi it. At 11:30 the court con
v.-ued, and in the presence of court offi
cials and five spectators the verdict j
was read. White listened intently to
the clerk of the court as he read the
report, and seemed to show little feel
iDg regarding tho verdict brought in.
‘Let Woman Propose,’
Says Cleveland Pastor
Cleveland.—“Let the woman propose.
Man has bungled the job of selecting
life mates.”
Thus did Dr. Samuel Friteche argue
to the congtegational flock at Hogue
Avenue church in his sermon tonight.
He talked on "Love’s choice.”
Dr. Fritscbe told the congregation:
“Woman is by nature better fitted to
make the matrimonial choice.
“The social convention that limits
the choice of a mate to the man is bar
baric. It is the relic of the primitive
savage custom of courtship by capture.
“Modern methods tnav he less crude,
but they do not grant mucn more free
dom of choice to the woman.
soo. Sometimes very little judgment
and very poor reason.
‘•But love rests not on reason or
judgment. It is intuitive. Woman by
oature makes her choice intuitively.
She is therefore likely to choose more
wisely.
•‘If the truth were confessed, in 90
percent of happy marriages the woman
did the bidding-.
“The existing fashion of having
love’s choice inherent in the man is
bungling and artificial.
‘“For the future welfare of the mar
riage institution let the woman be the
one who does the choosing.
“To this end only a simple custom
need be overthrown ”
Another reason why we have more
lawbreakers in than other countries is
because we have more laws.—Associat
ed Editors (Chicago).
Students of war say that the next
coufliet will be waged with gas. And
it will also be started that way.—Wall
Street Journal.
Still, thn cross word puzzle mania
isn’t ns h d as it would be if It were
—CioULtibia Record.
Tom Marshall Savs No
Democrat Ever Was in
Favor Dry Amendment
Grand Rapids. — Former Vice Presi
dent Marshall declared last night at a
banquet given here by the .Nation* 1
Hetail Fiirnit ure -School:
••I am not for ibe prohibition amend
meet, and never was. Ho democrat
ever was in favor of the amendment,
but let's maintain it or pot rid of it by
due process of law.
"I am getting tired of these.addi
tions to the Coos li tution. It’s getting
as easy to amend the Constitution of
the United States of America as it used
to be to draw a cork. I’d like to re
peal all federal and stale laws and re
enact the ten ■ commandments as the
golden rule.’’
Uncle Sam makes an benest but la
borious penny by auctioning rum run
ner*’ motor boats and recapturing
ibeua tbe Dext. week. — Boston Hera! i.
_
If ihev really force tbo'e thirty mil
lion silver dollars out into circulation
it is going to create a i>ri*k market for
suspenders — Columbus Dispatch.
JNouce or Dissolution
Notice is h.-reby fcjiv«r» that on Janu
ary 21si.. 1U2-J. the partnership hereto
fore existing between Walter W.
Johnson. II. G. Peake and I’bninas P.
Ai km, unoer tbe name of Kiiskokwim
I) edging Corupauv, was dissolved hv
mutual consent, the said Thomas- P.
ai Kni w11bdra wi og from -aid part
t ersbip audits mining operations.
(Signed) Thomas P. aitken,
W. W. JOHNSON,
H -G. Peake
Id the Probate Court for Oiler Pre
cinct. Fourth Division. Territory
of Ala-ka, before U-m. E J. Stier,
commissioner and ex officio probate
judge.
In the matter of th» estate of Fred E.
Soule, deceased—Probate No. 42.
Notice of final Hearing.
Notice is hereby given that tbe near
ing of objections to the final report and
account of 'Ira F. Wood, as adminis
trator of the estate of Fred E. Soule,
deceased, will ho held in the probate
court room at Flat. Alaska, on Satur
day, March 14h. 1925, at two o’clock
in the afternoon.
Dated at Flat, Alaska. Dec. 24. 1924
[Seal] E .1 STtER.
Probate Judge.
PROFESSIONAL
Albrecht and Taylor
tditarnd, Alaska,
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Leon G. Loomis
Notary Public
Tokotna, Alaska
Mrs. Jean McLean
Notary Public
Tokotna, Alaska
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t'XXK*
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