The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 20, 1932, Page 8

£ it no provision is made for the elec- tion of delegates to the Territorial convention that will adopt such a platform. Those delegates should be elected at the primary election VETERAN SOLON ADDRESSES BIG CROWD TUESDAY Nails Campamn Lie' that He Had Withdrawn from Primary Contest (Continued irom Page One) In this case, as case, I can refer you record of what I did as a lature. The nal of the Senatc of 1931—‘!1J 3 J)a'. on for the rep(‘al r primary faw. The motion prevm\ed and the bill was laid on the table and that was the end of it. The bill died. No fur- action was ‘taken concerning er ut T did say at the time, and now, that the present pri y law is materially defective, therefore, 1 have the highe: for the opinions and the of those who voted for the repeal of ‘the present law. They are just as highminded and just as devoted to the welfare of the people of Alaska as those who support the law now in force, for the presen ly insufficient and it ed in two respe should be Sheuld Be Amended “First: it should be amended 50 that the members of any po- litical party are required to vote in the primary for the candidates of their party and not vote in the, primary for the candidates of some other panty for the purpose of disrupting that party or of nom- inating its weakest or most unfit candidate. That has been done in the past and I am firmly con- vinced an ‘attempt is now being made to do it. “And, secondly, the present pri- mary law should be further amend- to the Territonial con- ntions of the several political parties at the primaries, The lows oOf Alaska at present recog- | nize directly or indirectly that party may hold a convention tes to the plaform and its principles, to provide for the election of | |veise in all general Territorial elec- | tions. . ltive because it primary law is entire- |: ]‘ spread @s |with respect to and thus every vobter be full for those men who will, as a part of their duties, declare the prin- ciples of the party—principles which issue in the election will be an to be held thereafter. “In order to avoid any chance misinterpretation, to r First, m;;n:fld to a primary law or a law nh.ng & system of primary but that, on the con- (B8 § am emphatically in faxor of md, 1 believe is insufficient that the pres- and defec- does mot go far enough in establishing the essen- al principles of a primary elec- tion law.” He itold a Lincoln story to illus- trate the frivolity of the matter. Once, in 1848 'in the Illinois Leg- islature on a somewhat similar question Lincoln characterized :t as being as unsubstantial as soup made from the shadow of a bhum- ming bird that had starved to death. He ended his comment in this issue by declaring: “I am in favor of a better. clearer, more nearly perfect pri- mary law. And so I blast at once \and forever all of the misstate- ments and untruths that have been to my stand on the primary law.” Cites Party Record “Associated with the primary law,” he continued, ‘“the further, untrue statement has been made that the Democratc party in Al- aska is somehow endeavoring to e away from women some of their civil , and political rights. So far as the Democratic party is concerned, I am proud of its rec- ord, and so far as I am concerned, I am proud of my own record with respect to the political and civil rights and p'nvfleges\ of wo- men. “The Democratic party, as a party, has always supported, to the fullest, the extension of political rights and duties to women. I refer to the record of the party the Nineteenth Amendment providing for general woman's suffrage. I refer to the record of the party in Alaska with respect to the act of the 1913 Leg- islature giving women the right to I refer to the Act of tie Ternitorial Legislature of 1923, an Act which I wrote for Senator Brown, and which I supported and voted for, giving women the right adopt a platform, and the|and imposing upon them the duty | tes are required to pledge|to serve upon juries. I refer to the veral aots of the Territorial Leg- And yet, !lea,urcs whereby women were en- L, = RED ARROW SALTED CRACKERS Large Metal Damp-Proof can HIGHLANDS PURE MAPLE R R R GEORGE BROTHERS Phones 92—95. 5 Fast Deliveries “Purveyors to Particular People” ‘Modernizing Dad’ A Three-Act Play PARISH HALL THURSDAY, APRIL 21 DON'T MISS IT Make the Kiddies Happy— $1.00 SKOOTER FREE WITH 2 large packages Lux Washing Powder 3 Camay Toilet Soap 2 small packages Ivory Flakes 1 large Ivory Seap ALL FOR $1.15 GARNICK’S—Phone 174 ANTISEPTIS "mxzm 5 EXPRESS MONEY ORDERS Full 16 0z.,75¢ Butler, Mauro Drug Co. . THE REXALL STORE FREE DELIVERY given a and fair opportunity to vote I wish now that I am not [ Gaily bedecked with bunting, the new U. 8. subma- rine Dolphin, originally named the V-7, is shown as she slid down the ways at Portsmouth Navy Yard during her launching ceremonics. The Dol- phin is cof a different type from previous fleet submarines, being considerably smaller than the Narwhal and Nautilus, which immediately preceded her, of the hull. torpedo tubes N. H., a bottle of wa New Cabinet Lady 1 abled to buy, sell and deal in all ]lunds of property, both real and | personal, without securing the con- | {sent or ratification of their hus- bands, just as freely as a man| might or could do. I refer to the | act, drawn and introduced by me, | of fthe last Territorial Legislature, | jheld in 1931, vepealing some old sections of the law which required a woman to register her personal property. Community Property Bill “In this connection I wish to say for myself personally that I| | voted for and supported a com- {munity property bill which was |considered at the Legislative ses- sions of 1929 and 1931. This was |not @ partisan measure. Some Democrats, including myself, end some Republicans, voted in favor of it. Some Democrats and some Republicans voted against it; but I personally voted for it at both sessions of the Legislatures men- tioned, and I sought in every way jan enactment of a proper com- imunity property law.” \ He then referred briefly to some | jof the more important accomplish- | |ments made by him as a mem- {ber of the upper house of the Al- aska Legislature. He pointed to the Fishermen's Lien Law, draft- | [g ed with the aid of Attorney Gen- | |5 eral Rustgard, introduced by him- self and passed largely through | his efforts. [ Workmen’s Compensation was | {more than a hobby with him in |'his legislative and, since he first en Associated Press Photo Here is a recent picture of Mrs. | Ogden Mills, wife of the secretary of the treasury, taken while she Was walking on fashionable Connecticut avenue in Washington. of ccmpensation were increased 50 t; hospitalization was made compulsory to mine owmers, em- | playees were given liens on physi- | cal propenties. 1 i { } you hav* no right to reru.w me your ballct.” Reverts To Primary Just before closing, the speaker A bill for trial oy jury in con- tempt of court cases, similar fto! some extent to the bill recently en- acted by the national Senate that | years, was written and introduced |Pearing last Monday, he had been by him. The law for the admin- \qu(’ted as saying one of his oppo- tration of small estates bore his ments had pledged himself, if elect- name. And he is the guthor of ed, to introduce @ bill in Congress the Territory’s budget law. for another and different kind of HE cited his suppart of the Ter- (& Primary law of Alaska. ritorial School System, and his| “After that had appeared 1 mel connection with legislation for thelr |MI- Origsby on the street, and he | etterment. Since he entered the|$ked me why I didn't give the | Legislature nine years -ago, ap-|'3me Of the man Wwho so propos- | proprisitions from ' the Territorial|¢% He sald many people had treasury for the system have in-|% ked if he was the candidate re- creased more than 100 per cent,,|f*Ted 1o, and fie felf that an in- he declared | Local Control Is Solution Extension to the Alaska Legis-| lature of powers to control and administer all the resources of the Territory he advocated the only real means of solving its problems. As far as is possible, he said, Alaska ought to be per- mitted to govern itself “T2is means tnar we ought to have full coxtrcl of our fish, our didn't want voters to think he was so lacking in intelligence. “Mr. Grigsby is not the candi- daLe who made the statement. I am not the one. As there are only three candidates for the nomina- tion, and the third is Mr. Zeg- ler, T leave it to you to guess Who e FRENCH READY TO MOP UP as She is the first underwater craft in whick electric welding has been used in the construction Her armament consists of six 21-inch Edward D. Toland, of St. who officially christened the Dolphin with ' has been hailed as one of the most again reverted to the’ primary. in’ progressive pleces of legislation in an interview in The Empire, ap-| '|justice had been done him, that he are bein made to the shelving ar- ORAN, Algeria, April 20.—Franch New Sub - \MGUTCHEON IN CONGRESS RACE ASKS DRY TEST :: TACOMA Wash April 20—The public is not satisfied . with the present federal liquor law and should be allowed to pass on the merits of the Eighteenth Amend- ment again, John T. MeCucheon, assistant United States afttorney, declared in formally announcing candidacy for the Republican nomi- nation for Congress from the new Sixth District. MoCutcheon ran against Albert Johnson two years ago in the old Third District, now | represented by the Hoquiam cong- ressman. McCuicheon promised, if elected,! (to join the progressives who look to ' Senator Norris for leadership. Rex S. Roudebush is also candi- date for the Republican nomina- tion, while ‘Wesley Lloyd, wet, and George P. Fishburne, dry, are contesting for the Democratic nomi- and one 4-inch gun. ' Inset is Mrs. Paul’s School, Concord, ter from the Piscataqua River, b STEPS ON HIGH - TENSION WIRE; - LIFE IS LOST Airplane Accident Causes MISS TURNBULL ASKED TO SHOW BOATING SKILL MONROVIA, Cal, April 20. Miss Loretta Turnbull, internation- al racing champion, will appear in the boat races in Ttaly this season and may enter the famous 100- mile dinghy race at Poole Har- Death to Young |5o" mehns “Eevitation to enter Man of Seattle the English race has been made Miss Turnbull, her father, Judge BELLINGHAM, Wash., April 20.(Rupert Tumnbull, said, adding that —Jack Keefe, aged 23, of Seattle,|the invitation would be accepted was electrocuted when he stepped |if arrangements can be made. on high tension wires alighting Judge Murnbull will take his from his plane at the Point Rob- |daughter and his two sons, Ray- erts Landing Field. mond and Rupert Jr., to Dtaly. The plane, failing to gain speed |They will take six boats on the at the take-off tore down the|European invasion. ])O’;‘vl?:e:l{)fiers in the plane were JU’NEAU P AINT STORE BUILDS WAREHOUSE slightly injured, E. T. Mileski, barnstorming pilot who had in- vited Keefe, Marie Walton, aged 21, and Alvin Springed, aged 16,| At ithe rear of the Juneau Faint of Seattle, to take a flight north.|Store, on Second Street, Stanley —— Norwicka, owner of the business and the premises, is erecting a new warehouse for the storage of stock. The structure will rest on BOTH PARTIES = rarassise s GET WARNINGS ON WET PLANKS New York Woman Claims | Move Will Arouse Prohibitionists wide. Tt will be one-story high,| with a flat roof. ———— SON OF BIG LEAGUE UMFP SHINES ON TROJAN NINE LOS ANEGELES, Cal., April 20— Al Hildebrand is stirring up consid- erable comment this year as third baseman on the University of Southern California. baseball team. Of course whatever Al does in a WASHINGTON, April 20. — A|baseball way is bound to stir com- |warning that wet planks in the|Ment because he is the son of {Democratic and Republican plat- [ George Hildebrand, the American forms this year would cause the |league umpire. Prohibitionists to get together and| AS 4 sophomoare, young Hilde- elect a Dry President was issued |brand hit 330 with the Trojan nine today by Mrs. Leigh Colvin, of {last spring and is starting out New York, at the convention of |8S well this season. He throws the Women’s National Committee |ighthanded and bats left, {for Law Enforcement. . His father was an outfielder first | Mrs. Colvin claimed President|With the SanTFrancisco Seals and | Hoover is definitely supporting Pro- later with Brooklyn before he hibition but said a wet plank would defeat the party. - e UNITED FOOD NEEDS MORE SHELF SPACE Improvements and extensions umpiring behind him. Independent Druggists |rangements of the store of the iUni,ed Fruit Company in the Gold- stein Building. “Changes are being affected w {afford more storage space,” ex- .Plained S. A. Light, manager of the jestablishment. “More room is es- sential to meet the evermflml | requirements of our wholesale bus- | iness.” Special MONTAG'S Fashionable Writing o HUNGARY'S ASYLUMS FULL nation. All are Tacoma n.mvas.l started calling balls and strikes in | a large way. He has 19 years of| |fur and our game. T kelieve if the | Territory had control of these re- sources we would have taken the longest step in the right directicn ‘that has ever been taken. troops having pacified thewhcfleAt-I BUDAPEST, April 20.—Hungar- las area of French Morocco except!ian insane asylums are so over- the line of summits from Tadla to ‘crowded that trusty- patients sleep Farkla, are preparing a mopping up on corridor cots. Recently ten new campaign of two years in that re- ' patients were brought here, but Paper |41 Ib. Paper, 1 1b. Envelopes “If 1 am nominated and elect-| 8ion. Both for 65 cents there was no place for them. ed, I am confident on my own jvecord, and the record of the Al- ;adm ture for sanity and |reason and dntelligence in its ac- |tions in the past behind me, 1 can |show Congress that the power to |administer these resources will be used wisely by Alaskans.” | Bases Appeal on Fitness | Senator Dimond ended his talk {by appealing for support in next ‘Tuesday's primary election, not on (personal friendship or any senti- |mental ground or anything else except on the sole basis of merit. “In the ancient days there was |a saying that a. ruler who ap- |points & man to an office;, when | there is another man in the nation |better qualified for that office, |sins against God'and against the state. In this country the people\ |are the rulers and they have the 1 {Som e Siley A Y e e cleaning the bowl. for their representative the man who is the best qualified for the office and who is the best flh"d| to represent them, and to put into effect their political aspira- | tions. I do not ask any woman or any man tc vote for me be- cause of friendship, or for any oth- er similar reason. but I put to all of you this request and this chal- |Jenge! | “If you think that I am. the lone best qualitied for the office, Pho wflnnxsoommvdmnh' )wrdutywmiwmelnd . CHINA TANK TOILET $19.95 Each We sive FREE with every closet com- bination sold a high grade brush for Rice & Ahlers Co. PLUMBING—HEATING—SHEET METAL “We tell you in advance what the job will cost” { Juneau Drug 5 Co. “There Is No Substitute for QUALITY” Daily Cross-word Puzzle ACROSS Solution of'Yesterday’s Puzzle 9. Agfeeable 1. Stufr 10. Outer cover~ ‘oah’ i e vessel [FTRTM 1L. Tree of the collog, IARIE R R Military as- [P 16. 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Wax baked clay felled trees - 7. Small barrel 46 First garden { 43. Shelter 54, Affirmative 8. Put & tennis 48. Déposit | 4. Frozen water §5. At that time ball into olay 49, Consume i | /8 IH I/I// /dR g / [ " JHER {dEN JEEE tim | e lfllll e Hen Has $1,000 Egg; Cackler Sits on Rock; It’s Part of Bank Loot TYLER, Tex., April 20—~Who |wouldn't fight for a nest egg of of 20 feet and a width of 24 feet |$1,000? A settingi hen on a farm near |Gould, Texas, pecked viciously in defense of a sock containing ten old-style $100 bills. The odds, however, were two to one. H. R. Turner and D. D. Dalo, Bmith County deputy sher- iffs, |the money as well as the injuries. The hen went back to work. Officers identified the currency as part of $2,395.25 stolen recently from Hemy Pitts, farmer. He |had kept % concealed in a feed trough. Three men were arrested. Deputies said the hen’s part was confined to hiding a share of the loot. retired from the nest with | MARQUEE ADDED TO HELLENTHAL BLDG. At a cost of $500, a marquee is being added to the Hellenthal Building on Front Street. The improvement is 56- fest long and extends in width 7 feet over the sidewalk. @t is of wood construs- tion with a steel core. The work is being done by A. Dishaw and Son, general contractors. ————— NORTHWESTERN SAILING | FOR NEXT WEEK, CANCELLED The sailing of the Northwestern from Seattle on next Yuesday has been cancelled according to advices received by Agent Willis E. Nowell, today. No reason was given in the cablegram received here. William A. Horner, 84, class cf 1866, is the oldest living graduate of the University of Missouri. APRON AT MOOSE HALL WEDNESDAY NIGHT Auspices L. 0. 0. Moose No. 700 HARRY KRANE’S Admission $1.00 DANCE ARCTIC. PLAYERS Students 50 cents ! HALF PRICE BEFORE 10 P. M. D e ] ne 34 , ERtRRRERIRERERTEE RADIUM Only 2 dozen on Hand A Standard Radium Dialed Alarm Clock for $1. Luminous in the dark and a fine timekeeper with a loud ring. 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