The Alaska daily empire. [volume], October 05, 1918, Page 5, Image 5

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WICK LIKED
PRESENT FISH
LAWS VERY WELL
Consented That Territorial
Legislature Should Have
No Jurisdiction Over
Question.
ONLY 1 ONE FISH LAW
Law Preventing Territorial
Legislature from Con
trol of Fisheries Only
Wick Achievement.
During the eight years that James
Wickersham was Delegate from Al
aska, the only legislation passed by
Congress with reference to the fish
eries of the Territory was the act
forbidding the Legislature of Alaska
to legislate for, or regulate the in
dustry. The Organic Act which ere
ated the Legislature of Alaska, and
which act was claimed by Mr. Wick
ersham as his own, forbid the Ter
ritory to handle its fisheries, or
pass any legislation concerning them.
Statements made by Mr. Wicker
sham. relative to this forbidding
clause in the Organic Act, will be en
lightening to many, in view of the
representations of the former Dele
gate’s champions that he is the one
man who, if elected again, could
save the fisheries.
Wick Denied His Child
On June 8, 1918, at a hearing on
the Alexander Fisheries measure, be
fore the Committee on Merchant
Marine and Fisheries, he said, ac
cording to the official report:
"Mr. Wickersham—Yes, sir. I read
Section 9 to you. Section 9 substan
tially gives the Territorial Legisla
ture Jurisdiction to pass laws for the
protection and conservation of the
fisheries of Alaska. They are now
debarred from doing so by a special
Act of Congress—that is to say. when
the act of August 24, 1912, was pass
ed by Congress to my amazement
1 found that the word ‘fish’ had been
inserted in that act, and that barred
the Legislature from any control
over the fisheries.”
There is the evidence. Mr. Wick
ersham said that he was "amazed”
to learn that the word “fish” was
included in that act to prevent Alas
ka from having control of its fisher
ies. * '
Hi» Fatherhood Proved
When Mr. Wickersham made that
statement, it is evident, he forgot a
statement made by him on the floor
of the House on April 24, 1912, as
reported on Page 5288, Part 8, volume
48, of the Congressional Record, 62d.
Congress.
Congressman Willis of Ohio intro
duced an amendment to the Organic
Act which read "Line 9, Page 23,
after the word ‘States,’ insert the
words ‘or to the game and fish laws
of the United States applicable to
Alaska.’ ”
The effect of the amendment was
to prevent the Alaska Legislature
from having authority to legislate
on fish or game.
Mr. Wickershatn then said he did
not think the word “fish" ought to
be there.
Mr. Willis said that there was a
Federal fish law for Alaska, and ask
ed Mr. Wickershatn If he objected to
that, and Wickershatn said he did
not. And after statements made by
Congressttien Willis, Flood and Mann
Mr. Wickershatn said: "I WITH
DRAW MY OBJECTION.”
Thus, he withdrew his objection
to the amendment to the Organic
Act, whereby the Territorial Legis
lature was forbidden the right to
regulate its fisheries, and by that
withdrawal of the objection put his
sanction on the act that robbed Al
aska of the control of the fisherie
to which it has always been entitled
Yet he stood before a committee
and said that he was "amazed” that
the word "fish” had been inserted.
POLLING PLACES
ARE NAMED AT THE
COUNCIL MEETEING
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By resolution last night the City
Council adopted polling places and
named Judges and Clerks for lhe
Delegate and Territorial election on
Nov. 5th as follows:
Precinct No. 1.—Voting place at the
City Hall.
Judges—Allen Shattuck, Dr. C. P.
Jenne and I. N. Kons.
Clerks—J. Latimer Gray and Har
ry Fisher.
Precinct No. 2.—Voting place 76
Front Street.
Judges—Otto J. Wicklander, A. J.
Sprague and M. J. Cassen.
Clerks—Charles Sweltzer and John
R. Stevens..
Precinct No. 3, (Tideflats) voting
place Rosselle residence.
Judges—A. W. Hoder, Jas. Kelly
and William A. Warwick.
Clerks—Robert Kennedy and Henry
La France.
For a little cnat and a bite to eat
there’* no place like THE GAST1
NEAU — ANY TIME. ALL THE
TIME, ANY TIME.
Headquarters for Ladysmith coal
Juneau Transfer Co., phone 48.
BUY MORE BONDS
For when you inscribe your name upon that appli
cation blank yours is the determined hand that writes
“THe United States Has Never Been Defeated—
and shall not be defeated now ”
THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF JUNEAU
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flff C ANY KIND YOU WANT Off
V/llJlj LIGHT HEAVY MEDIUM V/IlAj
The Famous Transco Auto and Motor Boat Oil!
LOOK AT THESE PRICES ANY GRADE:
75 cents per gallon— 1 gallon cans
70 cents ner gallon— 5 gallon cans
65 cents per gallon—10 or more gallon cans
ALASKA AUTO SDPPLY CO.
J. J. CONNORS, Proprietor
FINE POULTRY TXJXT
DEUVERY HOURj.^15 i*
Frye-Bruhn Market """HL'SZZ, ”■
THE CENTER OE EVERYTHING
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NOTHING MISSES US
HOTEL GASTINEAU
AID EXPECTED
IN CONFINING
CREEK WATERS
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Likely That Territorial and
Federal Aid Will Be Se
cured for Gold Creek
Residents.
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VOLUNTEERS WANT E D
Necessary That Emergen
cy Work Be Done at
Once to Save Re
maining Homes.
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The Street Committee of the Court
cil last night reported to the Coun
cil that volunteers had been called
for to do emergency work Sunday i
on Lower Cold Creek, to save as
much of the remaining property as
is possible from the effects of the
recent fijod, and that there seemed
excellent chances of getting both
Federal and Territorial assistance
finally for helping to confine the
waters against a repetition of the
laniage.
Volunteers havp he^n •
meet Sunday at 8 o’clock on Wil
loughby Avenue on Gold Cre!; ami
already a number have slgnif e I theit
intentions of be'ng present and as
sffltlng the property owners in sav
ing what remains of their homes.
Most likely a new hr’dge -icro
Gold Creek, with cement buMre,-e
will he constructed by KV leril ail
The question of ‘he lamas' caused
by the flood and the necessity of
action to prevent further damage
has been taken up with both the
Federal officials and the Territorial
officials, and it will be urged again
when Gov. Thomas Riggs, Jr., re
turns. The Councilmen pointed out
that the damage caused by a flood
arising from a source not within the
city limits, and that it caused a
greater loss than any disaster In
Alaska of a similar nature, and the
City was without means of repair
ing the damage and protecting pri
vate and public property against fu
ture damage from the same source.
A special appeal Is made for vol
unteers for Sunday In the hopes that
the remaining homes may he saved.
Many persons who may not be able
to work all day can be of great
assistance by putting In a few hours’
shift.
The Council will stand the cost
if sand and other material needed
'or the work to be performed Sun
day.
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Gastineau Gossip
(An Intercepted Letter)
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Dear Mary—
More things, of a various nature,
have happened during the last two
weeks. We have had a flood, like
he one they had five years ago.
inly heaps worse, that put the whole
own out of commission—that is why
you didn't hear from me last week
We've all come down to earth now,
hough, and everything is quite
normal again.
The "social events” of the past
wo weeks have been two jitneys
ind a dance for the drafted men.
Just about every one was at the
first one, sort of a last farewell for
Mrs. Mahone—hence the one last
week seemed rather tame. Monday
night the Council of Defense, the
Home Guards and the 309 crew gave
in Informal dance for the drafted
men. The men on the 309 deco
rated the hall with all their dress
oarade pennants and it was mighty
effective.
Mrs. Cragg is the new superintend
)nt of schools. I guess Mr. Sparks
had too much flood or rain or some
thing, for he left on account of his
health after spending about a month
here.
Two more prominent Red Cross
workehs went below on the Prin
workers went below on the Prin
er and Mrs. Morgan. Mrs. Davelqr
was head of the surgical dressings
department of the Thane Red Cross
chapter and Mrs. Morgan did the
same work in the local chapter. Mrs.
Sloane has taken Mrs. Morgan's
place as head of the surgical dress
ings division here.
Gov. Riggs and Mrs. Riggs will be
back the first of the week. They
have been making a trip just about
all over the Territory during the
past two months.
Georgia Caro Clark's—or Mrs. Wil
liam Harold Clark's, if you please
announcements have come. Her at
home card says that she was to be
in Fort Oglethorpe after October 1st
Mrs. Dupuy and Mrs. Sugden are
In San Francisco now, I guess. They
have been having a wonderful time
visiting in Vancouver and Seattle.
Everybody is going into their re
serve supply of linen thjs week to
find something to give to Mrs. Faulk
ner or Mrs. McNaughton for the Red
Cross “linen shower," for the hos
pitals in France.
Have you bought a Liberty Bond
yet? No? Then you had better be
gin saving right now. That is what
IN UNION THERE IS STRENGTH
PRESIDENT WOODROW W1ESON
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CHARLES A. SULZER
WITH A DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, A DEMOCRATIC DELEGATE
TO CONGRESS AND A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR OF ALASKA, A DEMOCRATIC LEGIS
LATURE FOR ALASKA IS IMPERATIVE
ALASKA NEEDS TEAM WORK
SUPPORT THE NOMINEES OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY FOR THE LEGISLATURE.
They were all nominated at the Primary Election as provided by Territorial law and not by
a “Hand-Picked,” secret chamber so-called convention as were several of the Republican can
didates. /
Each of the Democratic candidates stands for the development of Alaska on a broad scale.
They are unanimous for full Territorial government—the government of Alaska by Alaskans.
W. W. CASEY
Stand Behind Those
in Power
DEMOCRATIC TICKET:
For Delegate to Congress—CHARLES A. SULZER
Legislature, First Division:
For Senator - - WILLIAM BRITT
For Representatives:
W. W. CASEY, J. J. CONNORS
ISAAC SOWERBY, E. J. WHITE
WILLIAM BRITT
E. J. WHITE
For Road Commissioner - PERRY J. WILEY
ISAAC SOWEHBY
J. J. CONNORS
I am doing. You would laugh if you
knew how small an allowance 1 have
put myself on for this month, and
for every other month this winter,
if I can make it work. If 1 haven’t
saved enough hy the 19th of the
month to pay for one, I im going
to buy one on the installment plan
Talk about industrious war work
era! Mrs. Maln ue Is about the most
continually busy one I know. She
just left here, less than two weeks
ago, and she is already serving with
the Red Cross in Seattle.
Isn't the war news .great? And
wouldn’t it be vondetfVl if it should
be ovef by nod' Summer? And if
all the great ones that people pro
diet for Juneau after the* war come.
j
this will be tome little town about
a year from now. And in the mean
time, and if it doesn’t happen until
later even, what will we do? Jus’
eaYry on, that's all. That’s whai
they have been doing in Engl,uni
and France and Belgium for fout
years now, and we can do as much \
as the rest of them, can’t we?
As ever,
* M-.
P. 8.—Secret! I must wait until ■
I see you to tell you about a par' -
small, but excusive and oh! so it 1
arious.
SPECIAL! SPECIAL!
Fresh Eastern Oysters in ttni
shell. The Alaska Grill.
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MANY WITNESSES
TO LAYING OF
CORNER STONE
JERUSALEM, Oct. 4—The cere
mony of laying the foundation
-tone of the Hebrew University of
Mount .-ieopus was witnessed by 6,
hdO people. The site is on the
• astern slope of the mountain over
looking the valley of the Jordan as
it enters the Dead Sea.
Dr. WeUmann, head of the Brit
ish Committee in charge of the
work, said in his address: "Out of
the misery and desolation of war is
being created the germ of a new
life. This university, although in
tended primarily for Jews, will Kive
an affeetionate wide me also to mem
bers of every race and every creed,
and will be accessible to all classes
of the people."
WHERE RIGHT IS LEFT.”
VANCOl'VKlt, H. C. Oct. 4. —
Street cars, automobiles, and othT-r
vehicles in Vancouver, Victoria and
other llritish Columbia cities, still
follow an old Kuglish custom of
ruuninK to the left side of the
btreet.
Old papers for sale at The Rmplra
office. Second and Main street*.
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