The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 4, 1936, Page 3

B R R e A AN R R AT THE SHOW PLACE OF JUNEAU : 2| SAMUEL MUND. 8 T TERRS THE COUER 5| CAPITOL FILM B HISTORY! Ann Harding Comes to| ...A dramatic||| Coliseum in Absorb- story revealing ing Court Drama the di‘i—ma of fl'e | An almost forgotten island on| most tragic |the coast of America becomes the | 3 5% " Wicenter of action for the drama of figure in “The Prisoner of Shark Island, A,‘ne"can 0th Century’s picture now at H](“ history!|] SCREEN’S “O MARTYRDOM OF | | Capitol Theatre. | The real-life hero of “The Prison- | er of Shark Island” was Dr. Samuel | Alexander Mudd, who is portrayed | on the screen by Warner Baxter. Sun-scorched Fort Jefferson. on a tiny key in the Carribean, is the | |prison where he was sent under sentence of life imprisonment. | How Baxter, sustained by the love jof his wife, Gloria Stuart, lives| | through physical and spiritual tor- |ture to emerge a hero in the yellow | fever epidemic which strikes the is- lland is revealed in the picture, which was directed by John Ford and personally produced under the | supervision of Darryl F. Zenuck. What can a clever lawyer and unscrupulous witness do to an in- {nocent man? vays absorbing in a world where lit is possible that a murder charge ‘may at any time fall on the guilt- !le , this question is developed by |Ann Harding’s picture, “The Wit- Chair,” coming to the Coli- seum Theatre tonight. \ Walter Abel, with whom Miss | Harding was romantically paired in “The Lady Consents,” plays the leading role as the man in ed for the murder of his business asso- clate. Frail evidence points to him as the guilty one, but Miss Hard- ing dramatically explodes perjur-: ing witnesses’ testimony, in a bomb- | shell courtroom climax. Rita Weiman wrote “The Witness Chair, RKO Radio picture, in which Frances Sage, attractive im- port from Broadway, Douglas Dum- brille, Moroni Olsen and Margarct Hamilten ve important roles These once prominent screen players were photographed at a social function their organization just staged in Hollywood. Top, left to right, are Evelyn Seibie, Mrs. Frances Turner and Florence Turner. At left are D. W. Griffith, the director, and Agnes Ayers. At right are Mrs. Wallace Reid, who appeared on the screen as Dorothy Davenport, and (below) Clara Kimball Young. (Associated Press Photos) Popeye the Sailor Daily Alaska Empire’s Talking Reporter The Halibut Commission Its Legal Powers and Functions By EDWARD W. ALLEN STARTING TONIGHT lost his home district 1,037 to 1,233. He also lost his home precinct four The International Fisheries Com- | the mission is often called the CARRIES HOME TOWN Commission because it has to do|where needed if the production ca- INDEPENDENCE, Kansas—Lan-|only with halibut. Tt was estab-|pacity of onme bank or area is don won his home precinct 376 to|lished by a treaty of 1924 between different from that of other banks Committee, conceded the city of|170 Canada and the United States and|or areas unless the limit can be Philadelphia to the Democratic continued by a new treaty of 1930. made different for such banks. If ticket at 10:20 last night. FROM CALIFORNIA is important that the very|the fish move frecly from one area SAN FRANCISCO, Cal—Roosc-|limited powers of the commission (o another it would be right to. IN WISCONSIN velt polled 263,626 and Landon re- be understood. The commission does place one limit on all areas. But MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin.—Roos-|ceived 111,308 votes in the Lirst 1,-|not have any powers of law en- if each area had its own stock of evelt took the lead in the early|886 Drecincts reporting last night.|forcement. It can only make in- fish it would be necessary to bal- state returns and was steadily in- | ve ugm,mns and adopt regulations.|ance the catch each year against creasing the margin over Landon HOOVER SILENT Even its power to zfdnp( ‘rcgulauun the power ul”LhaL stock to re | Gov. Philip LaFollette, Progressive, PALO ALTO, Cal—Former Pres- is limited to specific fivld.s» En-|produce itself. The commission was who urged the election of Roosevelt, ident Hoover declined to comment forcement of the regulations is left LI}crvio required to determine was early in the evening leading a last evening on the election but|to the regular law nm(-rrr of each|whether the halibut moved freely three way race for the Governor- Dis secretary said he no longe r|country. But the regulations gr the or not, and was given the power S listened to the results. The secre- commission which are within its to regulate by area. tary said he guessed Hoover had Powers have the same force as the Regulation by Area ! no doubts as to the outcome. |1aws of each country. Needless to say, the commission Power to Regulate ldid not welcome the necessity of ELECTORAL VOTE | The commission has power to regulating by area. It would have WASHINGTON.—At 1 o'clock this regulate for “the purposes of pro-|been far simpler to regulate for morning Roosevelt was leading in|tecting and conserving the halibut the whole coast at once. But the 2% states with a total of 519 electoral fishery.” This does not authorize scientific results have shown clea LOSES OWN PRECINCT {votes and Landon leading in states any action for economic ends. The ly thai this cannot be done. T HYDE PARK, N. Y.—Roosevelt|With 12 votes, Maine, New Hamp-|commission can and does try to'is no need to review here the ———————— shire and Vermont, make its regulations interfere as extensive scientific work of the : - S S vith th B ic |c ission. The evid e is - atl AR, cindnet of e’ Indulil Bt e | IRl R0 . T veporie, T " I FROM RIPON “(',r)nducl, of the industry. But the lished in detail in its reports. It particular Halibut ' needed most banks where it is It cannot be effective HIGHLIGHTS OF ELECTION (Continuea from Page One) 745, and Democrat for 474 Senator Mahoney, nd McNary %18 IN NEW HAMPSHIRE MANCHESTER, New Hampshire. —Landon took a lead over Roosevelt returns with Landon receiv- ing 1,113, Roosevelt 472, Lemke 10 and Browder 1. IN UTAH SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — The first 33 precincts to report gave Roosevelt 4229 and Landon 28 votes. PHILADELPHIA CONCEDED PHILADELPHIA,—Edwin R. Cox, Chairman of the Republican City WILWAUKEE, Wisconsin. —The commission has no power to deal has been reviewed many times in /town of Ripon, which claims to be|with commercial purposes. It cau’nublic hearings, and in articles the birthplace of the Republican|only protect and conserve. :publxshed in trade periodicals and Party, in early returns gave Roose-| The most important power is newspapers. Only the most determ- velt 1,147 and Landon 1,125 votes. |that of limiting the catch of hali- ined obstinacy can ignore it. i . !but which can be taken from an only common sense that if you CALIFORNIA AGAIN area. This power is stated in two have separate stock of fish on SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.—At 1 o'-|{ways in the treaty; first, as the separate banks they must be kept clock this morning, with returns|power to change the length of track of separately. They may or half complete, Roosevelt led Lan-|the closed season; and second, as'may not require different treat- don 900,000 to 400,000. the power to set a limit to the ment. But the facts as to each S catch. These reach the same end stock must be separately obtained IN WASHINGTON |because the length of the fishing|in order to determine what regula- SEATTLE, Washington All|season determines the amount tion is necessary. Democratic National and State can-[whmh can be taken. The intent |didates were leading in early re-|was to see that the commission had turns. Roosevelt, Gov. Martin, state the power to do the one essential officers and Congressional candi- | thing; namely, to limit the catch dates had a 2 fo 1 lead except Con-|to the amount which the banks gressman Knute Hill who had a!can produce without damage to slight lead over former Congress- the future supply and “which will man John W. Summers in the|allow sufficient reproduction to | Fourth district. There was a heavy take place. |vote against seven of the eight| Important Power |measures on the ballot but the 40-| This is the most important pow- mill tax limit was carrying accord-|er which the commission has. It small in extent. The third power ,ing to early returns. |is necessary that it be applied in cnables the commission to collect |such a way as to be effective on'the statistics necessary to determine { — L 'AIRMEN TURN FIREMEN {------------rmmmmmm=--- |AT SMALL BLAZE TODAY| SEAGRAM’S CROWN | Juneau’s Fire Department was, BLENDED WHISKIES Four Powers There are four other powers or duties given the commission. One allows the size and character of halibut fishing appliances to be fixed in any area. This has al- |ready been done with very limited effect. Another allows the com- mission to close “nursery” This has also been one, areas which can thus be cl " B. P. 0. ELKS OFFICIAL VISIT turned out this morning by a call| at 10:45, but before the firemen | arrived at the scerie of the confla-| gration, at the newly installed upper hangar workshop of the Alaska Au, Transport, their work had been ta-| {ken out of their hands and the fire was no more. | The call was turned in when some overflowed gasoline became ignited, |but the blaze was extinguished by |shop attendants using chemicals, | TONIGHT before any damage was done. | e —— J. S. Flanagan, Clarksburg, W. | va., barber, figures he has shaved |one steady customer 9,000 times in| 130 years. Y | | JRSERG L PRI Ian Battutra was an Arab traveler |and geographer whose proper name was Abu Abdullah Mohammed. He died in 1378. e Lode and placer location notices “for sale at The Empire office. bistfiét Is)epli;y Cran(l Exalted Ruler For Sale By— JUNEAU LIQUOR STORE AND MOST EVERY OTHER BRAND AT — i= ¥ s POPULAR PRICES t Initiation Refreshments Percy Reynolds, Mar. the els re- port. condition and trend of fishery. Under this er ves are licensed and statistics are quired before clearance from the Scientific Investigations Finally, the commission is charg- ,ed with the duty of making the scientific investigations necessary ’unci of reporting upon them. This |has been done, and a series of even reports dealing with the (various investigations has been |printed and distributed throughout Canada and the United States, as well as to those foreign govern- {ments interested > condition of {the banks, the reasons for the regulations adopted, and the results {obtained have been made cles They have aroused universal in | te This has assured that the commission’s work is carried on in !thv full light of publicity. Inter ference with it for private ends {must bear the same full light. The | | future, as the past, will be written | |in public and scientific records | |which no one can ignore safely. Voluntary The comm lover the s ilment Curtailment on has no stem of voluntary now used by the fleets | This system was agreed (o by the |Canadian and American fleets | themselves. Its objects are to 1.~|)rmd the catch over a longer |season. One of its results has been to affect the landin of ‘different ports. It has also affected the different types of boats. The principal result—spreading out the season has undoubtedly been a good thing for the industry. But whether the results of curtailment have benefitted this or that fleet |or port, it is important to remem- ber that these results are due to the voluntary actions of the fleets {themselves, not of i Plan of Curtailment Three years ago, at the request | of the fleets, the commission pre- pared a plan of curtailment which it believed would secure larger profits and yet would leave the economic set-up undisturbed. This plan required giving the commis- sion the additional power of en- forcing curtailment. This was not accepted by the fleet. The powers necessary were not given to the commission, and the commission has no responsibility for the results of the system of curtailment which fleets themselves adopted. On other hand, the commission is rive the fleets whatever ance it can. But it should be understoed that the commission has done its duty when it sees that the maximum poundage is obtained from each bank, and that it has no power over the disposal of this poundage power cur- the the | Impartial Grounds It, is very plain that the com- mission must determine on impar- tial grounds what each bank can yield. Its members must not show favoritism to any particular sec- tion of the industry. It is in a ,very real sense of the word a tribunal passing upon questions of fact, and like a court it must de- cide on the facts alone. Were it |to do otherwise it would betray |its trust, and the results of this ibetrayal would be written large in the destruction of an industry and /in the records of science | | For this reason the members of the commission should not be advo- | |cates of any branch of the industry |—dealers, fishermen, supply house men, or vessel owners. Neither should they be sectional, with the |idea that they would favor any |State, Province, or port. It has |been a most fortunate thing that during the entire hitsory of the commission there has never beemn | an instance of any such favoritism.| Every decision of the commission | been unanimous because every | i ldecision has been based upon|g. @y |thorough investigation and on the | 11acts which have clearly appeared | Has Been Successful | The Commission has been suc- |eessful. It has carried out careful investigations. It has based its |actions upon facts. As a result, it |the banks increase in size and in the commission. | has seen the stock of halibut on | THEATRE STARTS TODAY MOROMNEOLSEN - RKO:RADIQ PICTURE § ALSO Italicn Riviera Maid for a Day >aramount News the total annual yield from 65 mil- lion pounds down to 22 milllion in Aren has been stopped. It is only matter of the time neces- allow the increased young marketable size before the vield can be again increas- The supply of fish on the grounds is being restored. And all this is being done without cutting down the quantity of fish which the fishermen are allowed to catch. I have been getting as much poundage each year under the regu- lation; they were when the commission charge. This is very much more than they would be getting if the commission had not taken charge. With the sup- ort of the industry the commission can continue to improve the con- dition of the banks and at the proper time allow the amount catch to be increased. The con- tinuance of the halibut indu: particularly in the southern ers, depends upon the commission’s being permitted to continue its work. That the commission has been successful is not epen to ques- tion. It deserves the support of all good citizens in order that the good work may go on for the benefit of both the industry and the public. sary to to reac wal ed as - e DOUGLAS NEWS P.-T. A, TONIGHT The second meeting of the Dsug- las Parent-Teacher Association for term will be held this in the school auditorium. ‘The Rev. John A. Glasse of Juneau will be the speaker on the pro- gram. His address will be “Citizen- ship.” Everyone is invited to attend. R SN | FEUSI TO ATTEND | FRISCO CELEBRATION evening John Feusi, Douglas hardware number until greater numbers are now reaching spawning size. The | merchant, who has been visiting PSSR A A decline in production that carried with relatives in Tacoma for the ' Empire classifieas pay. O be enjoyable, a whiskey must taste good, of course. But to be easy on you, it must also agree with you. 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Joe Weheren and Gerard are now out for a few days’ hunting on Admiralty Island. ED ANDREWS HAS POLITICAL CELEBRATION Yesterday was a big day for Ed Andrews, dean of the Douglas Is- Jand Democrats. And last night he celebrated the occasion with an op- vn-house party at his studio. It was a double celebration, first of his birthday at three score and ten and second of the Roosevelt's amazing vietory. ! “I knew Roosevelt would win by a safe majority of loyal supporters, for how could anyone helieve all that one read in the Literary Digest,” Andrews said to his friends, “nev- ertheless, I am as much surprised as Mr. Funk seemed to be over the unexpected and overwhelming land- slide. There are many peoplé who like to be fooled and Mr. Funk tried to fool them. but he couldn’t fool me. Andre has spent forty years in Douglas, working for his town and Democracy, and, he'll admit, occas- sionally for himself. 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