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VOL XI N© 39''
TAKOJNA ALASKA SATLRLAY. NOVEMBER 1931
PRICE 23 CENTS
Peace Signs,
Manchuria
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A? MINISTER WELCOMES CHI
NESE- PROPOSAL OF NEU
TRAL ZONE..
UNDATED.—Promise of an/ early
restoration of peace in Manchuria is
contained in a report appearing in
the press news today, in which, it is
stated that Maroru Shingemitsu, Jap
anese minister at Nanking,, has an*
nounced that the Japanese govern
ment welcomes the Chinese proposal
for a neutral zone between Chinchow
and Mukden.
From Paris comes the report that
members, of the Council of the
League of Nations are at work on the
Japanese delegation tryng to bring
about acceptance of the League plan
for the restoration of. peace.
HENRY RODEN IN CONTEMPT,.
JUNEAU.—Refusing to pay a fine
of $250 imposed on him by District
Judge Harding this week, Henry
Roden, pioneer Alaska attorney, went
to jail to serve out. the fine. He had
hegun serving time when, friends
made up a purse and gave the money
to Attorney Frank Foster, who turn
ed the cash into the court and ob
tained the release of Roden. Some
of. the money was. cabled from old
friends at Nome and Ketchikan.
R6den was citedJ for contempt sev
eral weeks ago when he called a wit
ness a. liar. Hr apologized to the
court later, but refused, to. apologize
to the witness..
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New Jersey’s
New Senator
WARREN W. BARBOUR NAMED
ST OUGCEED LATE DWIGHT
W. MORROW.
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TRENTON, N. J.—W. Warren
Barbour, former mayor of Rumsen,
former amateur heavyweight boxing
champion of the world, and wealthy
thread manufacturer, was appointed,
by Governor Larson to succeed the
late Dwight W. Morrow as United
States Senator from New Jersey.
This asures Republicans of a ma
jority in the Senate. They have 48
seats, Democrats 47, and the Farmer
Labor party 1.
WASHINGTON. —After months
spent in the background of party af- |
fairs, John J. Raskob, chairman of
the Democratic national committee,
said the next national convention of
the party should declare frankly for
submitting the prohibition issue to
the people. I
Raskoh sent 77,580 contributors to
the 1928 Democratic campaign fund a
questionaire asking them to answer
yes or no to seven propositions. In
an accompanying letter Raskob em
ployed his most persuasive argument
for a declaration on prohibition.
“I believe the time has come for
the Democratic party to face the issue
squarely and present to the people a
definite plan under the policy of
states rights and local self-govern
ment,” he said.
Alaska Interests At
> The Nation’s Capital
(By W. A. 8:
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.—The re*
port that the War Department in
tends to have a bill introduced in the
forthcoming Congress authorising the
sale’ to.< the\ highest bidder of the
Washing toe-Alaska Military (fable
and Telegraph System prompted
Delegate Wickersham to secure defi
nite information on the subject. He
learned that the legislative commit
tee of the War Department, as is cus
tomary, .prepared a number of . bills to
be. first, submitted to the Secretary of
War. This committee has prepared
its report and has included the same
bill that was introduced in the last
Congress, providing for the sale of
the cable system. This report has not
yet been submitted. toSerretary Hur
ley and. of course has not yet received
his indoteemen. Inthe hope, that this
may be * prevented, the Delegate has
writtenthaSeeretary a lengthy letter
explaining why the sale should1 not be
made, aHA ending with, the latter
paragraphsh.
‘‘I arm writing you, Mr. Secretary,
upon bekstlaf’of the people of Alaska,
to urge tho sdvisability and necessity
of the Government retaining the op
eration of tide system, which is now
satisfactory and highly desirable. The
introduction in the coming Congress
of a MS to authorize the sale of this
system would 'he a sad blow to the
Interests of Alaska, and we place our
faith in your friendliness to discour
age this attempt to sell or transfer.
From a monetary standpoint we Un
derstand that the system is not ataxf
.on the Government, when the free ;
business of the various departments,
and bureaus is taken into considera-!
tion, and when, part of the expense of j
the repair ship Dellwooti is properly ;
charged to other activities.
“Personally, I feel very intensely '
on this subject, fearing that a change 1
in ownesrship would reduce the splen- i
did service that we have now and re- 1
suit in an increase ofthe present sat- 1
isfactory tariff. If a bill for the sale 1
of the system were not again intro- 1
duced in Congress there would be 1
general satisfaction and rejoicing in 1
Alaska. May we not ask that you '
give serious consideration to the mat-:
tec before deciding a question that is ’
of such vital importance to a strug- 1
gling Territory?” 1
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Among the visitors who called at ;
the office of the- Delegate the past f
week were Judge and Mrs.. A. J. <
Adams, of Cordova. They leisurely <
drove from the Pacific coast, and 1
after another week or two- in this f
section they will drive through the (
South and return to Seattle via Cali-1 <
fornia, before taking the* steamer for; i
Alaska. Bartley Howard;i* here from
Anchorage, and has business before t
the Interior Department with regard s
to the operation of coal mines in-the
Matanuska field. Jim L. -Fosard, who r
was for years manager of . the copper
property at La touche, was in Wash- £
ington a couple of days on his way to I
New Orleans. It is eightcyears-since r
he left Alaska, spend in geowiderable J
tim ein Arizona and more lately in
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DECISION OF JUDGE CLEGG
IN THE JOE OATES CASE
The following in full text is the
decision rendered by Judge Cecil H.
Clegg in District Court in Fairbanks.
in the matter of the petition of Joe
Dates, Sr., for a writ of habeas cor-!
pus, as printed by the Fairbanks
News-Miner.
This is anaction for writ of habeas
corpus by Joe Oates, Sr., to secure
re.ease from custody imposed by an
Alleged judgment and commitment of
.he justice court of the Mt. McKinley
precinct, oFurth judicial division,
Alaska, showing conviction of the pe
titioner on a charge of assault and
sentencing him to ninety days im- j
prisonment in the FedeTal jail, costs
jf action amounting to $181.70, and
£25 line, and imprisonment at the
rate of $2 per day until the fine and
;osts are paid.
Upon return to the writ by the
United States Marshal for the Fourth
iivision, Alaska, alleging detention of
,he petitioner by him under the judg
nent and commitment above set forth ^
i reply was filed by the petitioner j
admitting the facts stated in the re-1
;urn and alleging affirmatively that
;aid judgment and commitment were
and are illegal, unlawful and void, the
jaaiu uv;iu(4 uaavki u|>uu an mc^ai »ci - |
iict rendered by an unlawful jury
:outrary to the provisions of existing
ttatute law aud the constitutional;
tights of the petitioner.
Upon a hearing the petitioner in- j
produced proof substantially as fol- J
lows: That he was duly arraigned in •
the justice court above mentioned on j
November 4th, 1931, on the charge of \
issault charged to have been commit
ted against one Anderson, that he
pleaded not guilty, and that said
:ourt then and there instructed the
[Jnited States Marshal verbally to
mmediately summon a jury; that
vithin half an hour such jury was so j
summoned and appeared in said court j
md from those summoned a jury of j
twelve persons was placed in the juryj
jox and sworn to try the cause, and j
lid so try it, and thereafter rendered
i verdict of guilty against the peti
tioner as defendant ir. said cause.
That said court in securing, draw
ng and impaneling said jury not only
iuthorized the United States Marshal
to secure said urjy upon the court’s
>rder in the nature of an open venire,
>ut said jury was entirely secured by
icrsonal selection by the said United
states Marshal and from the towns- ‘
jeople. in the town of Takotna, andi
hat traefa action was afterwards ac- ’
luiesced in by the said court in per
uittir.g the jury that tried said cause
o be composed of such persons so se- i
ecteri. I
lhat no jury box containing the
lames of prospective jurors was used
>y the court in selecting said jury;
hat no names of prospective jurors
rare drawn from any jury box; that
aid court utterly ignored and disre
;arded all the provisions of Sections
i and 8, Chapter 100, Session Laws
if Alaska for the year 1931, relative
o» the manner of drawing jurors for
ervice before said court in all trials,
ivil or criminal, and that petitioner
ntered into no stipulation of agree
neut that the jury then being drawn
hould be drawn in any other manner
han in accordance with the provi
ions of said above mentioned statute.
Thomas B. Drayton, Esq., author
ey for petitioner.
Julien A. Hurley, Esq., United
tates Attorney, and E. B. Collins,
Isq., Assistant United States Attor
ey, for Lynn Smith, United States
larshaL
CLEGG, Judge:
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Items of Importance
In Recent News Events
WASHINGTON.—A decrease dur
ing 1930 of $7,073,000,000 in the indi
vidual net income of the nation, as
compared to 1029, was reported yes
terday by the internal revenue bu
reau.
The number of those having in
comes above $500,000 was cut in half
Five hundred and seventy-four thou
sand, seven hundred and five fewei
persons filed income tax returns
Arhile tax collections from both indi
viduals and corporations dropped
sharply. The income tax rate was
me per cent higher than in the pre
vious year on individual and corpora
tion incomes.
PHOENIX, Ariz.—The trial oi
ttuth Judd for the slaying of Miss
Hedvig Samueison and Mrs. Agnes
LcRoi has been postponed until Jan
iary 19. Her counsel said it would be
mpossible to, get the case ready be
fore that time.
BERLIN.-—The Einsteins are en
~oute to Los Angeles, aboard the
steamer Portland, and are due to ar
-ive there December- 27. It was dis
dosed that Frau Einstein boarded the
steamer at Bremen and her husband
it Antwerp. They plan to remian in
he United States for ten weeks.
ST. LOUTS.—FaiLng in last-min
ite efforts to obtain financial aid, the
■Vabash Railway: company is in the
lands of receivers.
This is the first major business
:asualty in railroad circles since the
stock crash and. .subsequent business
ull.
Unable to meet operating expenses
n the face of drastic cuts in freight
evenue, the road consented to the
ippointment of "two receivers on a
letition which claimed the road is
'completely insolvent.’’
The action is based on a $$49,651
laim against the railroad, which like
wise has defaulted on large interest
layments.
LOS ANGELES. — Miss Eunice
’ringle will receive only $2,100 of the
13,000 settlement made out of court
n her million-dollar suit against Al
xandcr Pantages, the remainder
:oing to her attorney. It was re
ealed that she is dropping the suit
ollowing Pantages acquittal last Fri
ay on a criminal charge. She made
surprise appearance in court and
greed to the settlement.
SAN SALVADOR. — A military
unta governed the republic follow
ig a short revolt which resulted in
harp fighting and the flight of Pres
lent Arturo Araujo from the coun
ry. The military assumed complete
Dntrol after the fighting and pre
ared to obtain ratification from the
ingress to direct’ afl'airs until an
lection is held. It is expected an
lection will take place within the
ext 48 hours.
LONDON.—Premier Ramsay Rlc
onald closed the'second round table
>nference today with the declaration
lat it has failed to reach an agree-:
ient on the India ■ problem but that I
le work of arranging independence1
»r India would continue through a
unmittee named for that purpose, j
In his final statement just before
e conclusion of the conference, Ma-j
itmi Gandhi said, as far as he could
stermine, he and the British govern
ent had reached the paring of the.
■ ways. He turned thumbs down on
all compromises and insisted on hist,
construction of a liberty or death pol
icy for India’s millions.
Gandhi decares he will carry out
his threat to renew India’s civil diso
bedience campaign because of Brit
ain’s failure to grant India real free
dom. Such a campaign, the aged di
plomat asserts, will give India’s half
starved millions the satisfaction of
knowing that they are not taking
lives but giving them.
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! NEW YORK.—Primo Camera, the
Italian giant, knocked out Victorio
1 Campolo, South American, tonight,
' in the second round of a 1 around but
tle of giant heavyweights. With a
volley of rights and lefts to the head,
he floored Campolo once in the second
round before finishing him later in
the same round with another volley.
Camera scaled 226 1-2 pounds, and
| Campolo 224 1-2.
j It was a surprising but unconvinc
ing display of the punching power on
the part of Primo, still the enigma of
heavyweights for Campolo, who took
tire final count sitting down, gazing
in melancholy fashion at the canvas.
Twelve thousand people saw the
bout, which may mean the end of the
ring game for Campolo, as he had
! previously announced that he would
quit if he lost this fight.
oija i ijji,.—r. vjiu^uii
left for Washington last night, say
ing he is convinced the Alaska Rail
road is gradualy “rounding into tho
: money.”
j He predicted the Seattle-Fair
banks highway will be a reality with
in five years.
“We are going to buy a new loco
motive on this trip east,” he said,
“and next winter will replace wooden
bridges with steel ones across Cant
well and the east fork of the Chu
1 litna. TheThe former will cost $112,
000, and the latter $70,000.”
POINT BARROW.—The Baychimo,
Hudson’s Bay Company’s trading
ship, locked in the ice, was located by
an Eskimo trapper Thursday about
18 miles south of here and about 45
miles north of the point where it was
caught in the ice pack last fall.
The ship, blown by a heavy storm
which swept the area several days
ago, had been given up for lost. The
Eskimo said it was apparently un
damaged. It is surrounded by a large
field of rough ice.
Mariners believe it will be impossi
ble for the Baychimo to survive the
winter. An attempt will be made to
bring ashore furs and other valuable
cargo aboard the ship, which is said
to be about five miles off shore.
SEATTLE.—The industrial section
of the Seattle waterfront was swept
hy fire at an early hour today, the
Draper Engine Works being wiped
out completely and the Commercial
Boiler Works partly destroyed.
Five firemen narrowly escaped in
jury and possible death when the
wall of the three-story boiler plant
crumpled. The loss is estimated at
$175,000.
A man touring Europe sent back a
picture postcard bearing this mes
sage:
“Dear Son: On the other side yoa
will see a picture of the rock from
which the Spartans used- to throw
their defective children. 'Wish you
were here, Y*ur dUr*