The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 7, 1931, Page 8

T TR R LATHROP URGES NEW YORKER AS FESS SUCCESSOR Alaska National Commit- teeman Urged Appoint- ment of C. D. Hilles and feel that under Mr. Hilles’ leadership the Republican party will again be victorious in 1932.” Mr. Hilles has been active in G. O. P. organization circles for one- fifth of a century. He first entered national public life in 1909 as As- sistant Secretary of the Treasury. Two years later he became private secretary to then President Taft | and served from 1912 to 1916 as | Chairman of the National Commit- tee, and for many years immediate- (ly following as vice-chairman. FIREMEN TO BE ATTACK AIMED AT METHOD OF DRAWING JURY | erts Case Saying Grand Jury Is Illegal Shfi;‘d?:cng Ii(ham d:r! (Continuua trom Page One) e - CHAMBERGUESTS : pointment D, =H | fon in the last General Territorial nationally k York G. O. election preceding the drawing; P. leader as { the Re- —— (that at the time of sald drawing, Committee as nator Simeon Fess publican Ni i the returns were available to said P Department Members In-| 1 Clerk, and that so far as known to has been st d to President, vited to L unc h eon |said Clerk and Jury Commissioner, Hoover by Capt. A. E. Lathron | said persons who voted at said last National Committecman for Alas- | Tomorrow Noon | general Territorial election were at ka. | the time still residents of the First This was revealed in a letter re-| In contributing its bit WWfll’d‘}Dlvmon of the Territory of Alaska ceived here by Repres ative | Annual Fire Prevention Week, be-iand still qualified by law for such Frank H. F close personal | Ing nationally observed this week, | jury service; that by reason of the friend of Capt . which said |the Chamber of Commerce tomor-|foregoing said alleged or sup- that he underst hat Fess will |TOW will be host to members of the |posed grand jury was drawn in not accept the chairmanship {ur}-’“""fl" Fire Department at its|violation of Section 2 of Chapter another term. weekly noon luncheon meeting, it|100 of the Session Laws of Alaska, “It is my sincere hope that Mr.|Was announced today by Acting 1931, approved April 30, 1931. Hilles will be chosen to direct the |Secretary M. 8. Whittier. Claims Cause Injured 1932 campaign of the Republican| All members of the local depart-| «That the illegal proceedings that I voice|ment have been invited to attend;complained of, and the finding of party, and T am sure the sentiment sading Republi- |and are expected to be headed by the said indictment against the cans in A L p|Chief J. L. (Dolly) Gray |said J. W. Roberts by the alleged wrote, addin; The Chamber is making prepar-|or supposed grand jury, tended to “While geographically we in Alas-|ations for a bumper attendance of \his injury and prejudice in the ka are far from Washington, we |its own members who will be on | following particulars; that it has are perhaps closer in spirit to the hand to greet the firemen. |compelled him to defend himself Federal Government than any of| |against an answer an indictment the 48 States because of our politi-| Mexico, Mo. officers' found by an alleged or supposed cal and governmental structure. Wf?drazned a 100,000 ater grand jury, drawn without author- diamond ity of law and not in accordance with law, and a conviction and sen- are watching developments in na-|tank to recover a st tional politics with keen interest'thrown into it. i Grigsby Files Piea in Rob-| THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7, 1931. T 5 | tence thereunder would deprive him | [or his liberty without. due, process was drawn by the w | ture last Spring passed a new law | e le Clerk of Court' jand repealed the former one. :Mccarlhy Man Inst antly o3t i BUSTER DENNIS {DU%II)‘%.([;NE?{ MESI Killggtu};;)éa_)lzil{}ieg hsthOt States.” | | The plea is based upon the fact| | that the grand jury now in session ' |although the Territorial Legisla- | | | “Buster” Dennis, resident for m:;m:w:hrf?r l:;ll;zx‘l::s in his cu:- many years of McCarthy, was shot T ey nment in the ,,4 instantly killed last Saturday e etfix:d jl:mm:ln ::‘:r“ ;":‘1‘;135 he sdt in his home in that com- { o grand jury on a chaige of rape“::?:’el;y h'::ew:;lmfi::k a;i!‘fb;s‘os;r, 1::::‘{’"0““:13 ‘J”é‘i" States Com- | 3, oldtime friend of the dead man. e rL ) A arrived from yno fired the shot is a mystery o N steamer Admiral 55 yet unsolved, and no arrests Sam Hennegan was brought herelmg‘c,n‘:,e:? ::.g:.nxd, had no ene- to serve a three-month, and Tom | iec so '!ur as Is known. He was George a six-month term in the e e e ey s S e e . —— Musical Program Given Soon afterwards, the musical pro- gram was given. It follows: Valse in A Flat .. To A Water Lily Joyce Morris Love Like the Dawn Came Steal- [ BRI ¢ ...Cadman It's Home to He .Eugene Lockhart Vocal solo by Hazel James Madden La Fileuse ... Helen Torkelson MANY ATTEND RECEPTION FOR TEACHING STAFF‘) Musical Program, and Re-, freshments Feature 'a wanderers Song .....Ramach Vocal Solo by Max ‘Seriber. Delightful Affair [ Refreshmenta Served Refreshments were served from large table In the cehter of the gympasium. Mrs. M. L. Merritt was chairman .Rafl More than 100 persons attended . the reception in the high school building last night t6 members of , the teaching staff of the Juneau 5 el public schools. After opportunity Z‘I’;“;&&’e";‘;fi“h” Am’z“‘l’"f had been glven:to meet the teach-| o0 W“m arranged last ers, an interesting musical p;o-l _Bm: ;‘e‘x"":’mulflfl“& o o gram was rendered and then de- 5 lghtful refreshments were served. Cation will be held December 1. Preceding the reception, a brie(} B AR IR meeting of the Parent-Teacher As- Miss Elsa I. Larsson and Willis soclation was held in the Assem-'y Glasgow of SBeward were mar- local Federal jail. Richard Reese, charged with rape, was held to answer to the Federal grand jury and his cas> killed by a bullet fired from a rifle, 'bly Room of the High School. The| which penetrated his heart. He fljch\e! matter coming before the :s;en‘::re Ang,':fi'n:":a "",,',',‘,'ch",';?, | survived by a wife. | meeting was the reading of & re-| Glasgow has been transferred. He | His father, Jimmy Dennis, is one | port from Mrs, Harold Smith, pres- is 5 member of the United States of the oldest employees of the Ken- { ident of the Assoclation last year| Signal Corps. will be presented to that body now | pocott Mining Company, and is in session in the District Court. ftrumway foreman. He has worked ¥ [at Kennecott for almost a quarter CRAIG INDIAN BOUND of a century. Young Dennis was & machinist in the same company's OVER, RAPE CHARGE |empioy. | PRYDES RETURN AFTER | SEASON WORK, YAKUTAT ———,oo Tom Smith, Craig Indian, has been bound over to the Federal grand Jury, according to word received | today by United States Marshal Al- ,bert White. He is alleged to have been living with ‘a 15-year-old In- |erles Warden, and Mrs. Pryde have | dian girl. arrived here from Yakutat where | Smith is expectéd to be brought they have been since early last| here so that the grand jury now |Spring. Mr. Pryde has charge of | in session can investigate the that district for the United States charge against him. Bureau of Fisherles. H. A. Pryde, United States Fish-| and president of the Alaska Coun- HOME POWER COMPANY IS GIVEN JUDGMENT A judgment for $315 was return- ed Tuesday night by a jury in the United States district court in fa- vor of the Home Power Company, Skagway, against Walter McBrien, for electric current used by him over a perlod of several months without the knowledge of the com- pany. The case was started Monday morning. Two other defendants, Mrs. E. T. McBrien and John McBrien were freed from responsibility in tha case. ‘Walter McBrien, who admitted the charge of using the electricity and who paid a heavy fine in the Commissioner’s Court at Skagway some time ago, contended he should be charged but two cents per kilo- watt, while the company sued at the rate of 10 cents. The verdict of the jury allows the plaintiffs about six cents per kilowatt. ——e—e———— New buildings in Birmingham, Ala., constructed during the fisca! vear ending August 81, cost $2,470,- 000. cil of the Parent-Teacher Associa-| tlon now. i W. B. Helsel President Walter B. Helsel, president of the Juneau association, presided at the business meeting. Helen Starr, sec- retary of the association, was pres- ent. | Immediately after tne business | meeting, the reception line, headed b yMr. and ‘Mrs. Heisel, and con- talning Superintendent of Schools‘ R. 8. Raven and Mrs. Raven and all members of the teaching stan‘,‘ was formed in the gymnasium of | the high school. 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