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JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER
QUITS SUPREME COURT
WASHINGTON. May 18—Associate
Justice Willis M. Van Decanter, 78
years old, announced today he would
retire from the United States Su
preme Court June 2. His announce
ment was contained in a communica
tion to President Roosevelt.
Simultaneously with Associate Jus
tice Van Devanter’s announcement, a
Statement was made by well informed
cilicials that probably no more re
tirements from the court would occur
at, this time. Some authorities de
layed, however, that before the be
ginning of the tribunal’s fall term in
October, Associate Justice George
Sutherland, 75, might take advantage
of the recently enaeted congressional
law permitting member-' of the court
to retire . n full pay of ?2 ,0( 0 a year
on attaining the age of 70.
Associate Justice Van Decanter has
served on the Supreme Court bench
more than 26 years, having been ap
pointed in 1910 by the late President
William H. Taft. The associate jus
tice gave no reason for his retire
ment other than advanced age.
Until the beginning of the present
term of the high tribunal, he voted
against the Roosevelt, Administra
tion's actions or laws 12 times and
fo~ Ocis on’v m~e, the -:ngie excep
t: n being the case involving the eon
s' -t' nality of the Tennessee Valley
ArThoritv. During the present term,
however, he voted in line with the
Roosevelt Administration nine times
and against it three times.
Associate Justice Van Devanter’s de
parture from the Supreme Court, will
give President Roosevelt the oppor
tunity to select the justice’s successor.
^rr:n‘ment will be the Presi
i rst to the high tribunal.
Lending officials of the government
speculated today on wha* erect Asso
ciate Justice Van Devanter's retire
ment will have on President Roose
vr’t’s court reform bill, which now is
in the Senate and which proposes to
give the President power to increase
the members of the Supreme Court
bench from nine to 15. if he sees fit.
Senator Henry Ashurst, Democrat,
of Arizona, chairman of the Senate
judiciary co remittee declared today
the resignation “immensely prom
otes” the prospects of the passage of
the court reform measure.
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SIXTEEN YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK
The Alaskan arrived in McGath
from Takotna last Sunday, again
leaving for that, place Monday even
ing.
H. E. Carter returned to McGrath
late Saturday night from a trip to
Takotna, being accompanied by J.
Saupe from the latter place.
—
WASHINGTON. June 1—Scott C.
Bone, former editor of the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, has been selected
for Governor of Alaska, according to
announcement just made by Secre
tary of Interior Fall. The nomination
will be sent to the Senate this week,
possibly today.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Saupe returned to
Takotna Monday evening, going up on
the Alaskan.
John H. Baker left McGrath a
couple of days since for Takotna. Mr.
Baker will be attached to the Alaska
Road Commission force during -he
present season.
W. J. Widman arrived Monday
evening from the Landine on his
newly built launch. John Savoia was
also on board. The launch departed
Tuesday moiuir r for Takotna, vrr.tL
er Mr. Widman went for some needed!
sawmill accessories.
Olaf Waagen, who has been in Mc
Grath for a number of days nursing
u very sore arm, returned to his
work at Candle today.
WASHINGTON — Application for
water power rights in the Kougarok
district, Alaska, taken together with
the recent sale of a large number of
mining properties at Nome, indicate
revival of the colossal plan for the
development of the lowgrade gravels
of that region. The Sawtooth Power
Company made application, through
New York attorneys, to the Federal
Power Commission for license to de
velop the comprehensive power sys
tem of Seward Peninsula, the waters
of which will be harnessed, the tun
dra muck washed from the whole
area into Bering Sea and the marine
deposits dredged, if present plans are
carried out.
FIRE IN GAS CELL CAUSED
EXPLOSION OF HINDENBl'RG
LAKEHURST, N. J., May 18—
What caused the disaster to the Ger
man dirigible Hindenburg recently
when she was about to moor at Lake
hurst after a flight from Germany
was an outbreak of fire inside of gas
cell No. 4 in the stern of the air
craft. This was definitely stated to
day by Helmut Lau, a helmsman on
the dirigible, who had five tail gas
cells in his line of vision. A brilliant
light appeared in cell No. 4 simultan
eously with the explosion which
wrecked the craft with the loss of
35 lives, he testified today before
the board of inquiry investigating the
catastrophe.
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MATRIMONY ON THE
YUKON, WEDDING VOWS
ST. PAUL—In far-off Alaska, the
land of snow and long winters, Cnpid
is somewhat handicapped, but the
little Love god gets in his work just
the same.
Clerks of court are not numerous.
In the States it is customary to ob
tain marriage licenses and later to
make record of the ceremony. But in
the old days in Alaska it was si-me
what different. The following is a
peculiar record found carved on a
birch tree a number of years ago:
"Ten miles from the Yukon,
On the banks of the lake;
I For a partner to the Koyukuk
McGillis IH take.
We have no preacher
And we have no ring;
: It makes no difference.
It’s all the same thing.
(Signed) Aggie Daltow.
“I swear by my gee pole
Under this tree,
A faithful husband to Aggie
I always will be.
I'll love and protect
This maiden so frail
From the Sourdough stiffs
On the Koyukuk trail.
(Signed) Jack McGiHi*.'”
“For two dollars apiece
In chechako money,
I unite this couple •
In holy matrimony.
He be a miner.
And she be a teacher,
this job
Just as well as a preacher.
(Signed) ‘French Joe.’ m
LEGISLATION ^OK LABOR
IS ASKLD BY ROOSEVELT
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worked cut and was introduced today
in fco.h branches of congress.
In detailing the standards provided
in the measure Representative Wil
liam P. Connery, Jr., Democrat of
Massachusetts, chairman of the com
mittee of labor in the House, -who in
troduced the measure in the lower
branch of Congress, said:
“A five-man Labor Standards
Board will be created to administer
the law.
“Briefly stated, without regard t»
qualifying detail, the bill proposes to
bar from the channels of interstate
commerce the products ef child labor
and of workers employed at duly low
wages for unduly long boors tsr un
der conditions which violate the
rights of labor by use of Strikebreak
ers or spies.”
Rep. Connery explained that the
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FLAT. ALASKA
bill established “a 40-cent floor below
which the hourly wage ought not fail
and a 3S to aft-hour week beyond
which the working meek should net
be stretched.” .He added:
"The Labor Standards Board'would
have the power tc adjust these, limv
taticms Tor individual industries 'and
make allowance for a few exceptional
trades to work employees ’longer
hours on payment df tiiae and: a half
overtime.”
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