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“PURAN SWARAJ”
The independence of India
lias been proclaimed by the po
tent Mahatma Gandhi at La
hore. The Indian National Con
gress voted by a virtually unani
mous majority the following De
claration of “Puran Swaraj'
(Complete Independence):
“It has become a solemn obli
gation and a revolutionary right
for the people of India to as
sert their inherent power and
dissolve the immoral ties which
bind them to the British imperi
al system. .. .. We solemnly
declare that India .. .. is a free
and independent nation, and
that Independent India now un
dertakes the responsibility of
conducting war, concluding
peace, contracting alliances, and
establishing political and com
mercial relations with other na
tions.
“For support of this Declara
tion, we pledge our lives, our
honor, and all that we possess
to the cause of our country and
humanity.”
Additional clauses of the De
claration provided for an Ex
ecutive Committee to take im
mediate charge of the affairs ol
government.
A program of “civil disobedi
ence” to British rule was pro
proclaimed, including non-pay
ment of taxes and the desertion
of 200,000 native troops in the
British. Indian Army. January
26th has been fixed as the date
for a nation-wide demonstra
tion.”
In London, the House of Com
mons is in recess. The Prime
Minister and practically evety
statesman of consequence
away on vacation.
WHERE. THEY COME FROM
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In Chicago, a survey of popula
tion gave the following history
as to stock:
Thirty out of every one hun
dred of Chicago’s population
were, born abroad. In addition.
42 out of 100 had at least one
parent who was born abroad and
four, were negroes. This left 24
out of every 100 Chicagoans na
tive-whites of native parentage.
Of the more than 800,000 for-;
eign born in Chicago, the nation
alities chiefly represented, in;
order, were as follows: Poles,:
Germans, Russians. Italians.!
Irish, Austrian^.
Of the almost 2,000,000 Chica-;
goans who were either born
abroad or had at least one pa- j
rent who was born abroad, the'
German stock led, followed in ■
order by Russians, Austrian,!
Irish and Italian.
Other cities with 1 arge per
centages of foreign born were:
Cleveland, 30 per cent; Boston,
33; Sail Francisco, 23; Milwau
kee, 24; Los Angeles, 21; Pits-!
' burg, 20 per cent.
Of 14,000,000 foreign born in
the United States at the last
census, the Germans led, follow
ed-by the Italians and then by
the Russians. There w^ere over
a million each of Poles, Cana
dians and Irish, and almost 1,
000,000 English.
Of the 36,000,000 in the United
States who were either born
abroad or had at least one pa
rent who was born abroad, over
^,000,000 were of German stock
and over 4 million of Irish.
There were over three million
each of Russians, Italians and
Austrians. The other stocks re
presented, in order, were Cana
dian, English, Swedish, Hun
Alaska Native Brotherhood
urg, Alaska.. Entered in the Post
Class Matter.
Louis F. Paul, Editor-Manager.
garian, Norwegian and Mexican.
Figures published put the
number of those of Jewish stock
ah generations, in the United
States at 4,500,000, which is
about 4 per cent of the total
population were in New York
city, comprising about 30 per
cent of New York City’s total
population.
BOA SCOUTS GET HALF
MILLION
A committee consisting of
Calvin Coolidge, Julius Rosen
v/aid and Alfred E. Smith, has
announced the apportionment
of the $6,000,000 fund left in
their care by the late Conrad
Hubert.
After appraising some 500 in
stitutions .in eight months they
selected 34 worthy beneficiaries,
among them, Boy Scouts; $500,
eOO; Girl Scouts $500,000; Red
Cross, $375,000; Y. M. C. A.,
$250,000; Y. M. H. A., $75,000.
WIFE OF GREAT COMMONER
DEAD
Mrs. Mary Baird Bryan, who
has been an invalid for the past
twelve years, wife of the late
William Jennings Bryan, died
on the 15th at her daughter’s
home in Hollywood. California.
She was sixty-four years of ag<‘
for thirty-five of which she was
the inspiration of Mr. Bryan.
She studied law to be of help to
him and was admitted to the
tar.
PROHI FORCE UNDER DE«’T.
OF JUSTICE
Prohibition Commissioner Do
ran, it is reported, wUl retire
when the Department of Justice
takes over the Prohibition De
partment. Several large dealers
in industrial alcohol are said to
be making attractive offers to
him to take over their manage
ment.
Secretary of Treasury, Andrew
W. Mellon has urged that the
prohibition department be put
under the Department of Jus
tice but the Congressional Com
mittee fails to follow the plan.
The result of which is an open
controversy between the Secre
tary and the Committee. Mel
lon declares that this is a matter
cf legislation before us on pro
1, ibition which is a very contro
versial subject and he did not
see where it would do any good
to express his personal views.
fcGYPT THREATENS SECEDE
FROM GREAT BRITAIN
Following closely on the news
of the secession of India, there
came to Great Britain a comr
munieation from King Fuad of
Egypt:
“It becomes my duty to inform
\our Majesty that as Prime
Minister I shall proceed to ef
fect a revision of the Constitu
tion which will secure the full
and complete independence of
Egypt.”
King Fuad has heretofore been
considered pro-British and his
iingdom has been called The
Independent Kingdom of Egypt.
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KETCHIKAN CHAMBER COM
MERCE PROTESTS RULING
The Ketchikan Commercial
Club has joined with the Troll
ers in protesting the closed peri
od of August and September.
Under the present regulations
there are four months of closed
season, January, February, Aug
ust and September. The bur-'
den of conservation of king sal
mon and cohoes being thrown
wholly upon the trollers and al
so quite directly, the financial
burden upon the business men. ,
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Attorney General William Mit
jcliell has fired a dozen district
i attorneys and allowed a num
ber of others to “resign” as a re
sult of Senator Borah’s attack
on the administrating force of
prohibition. Attorney General
P/Titchell, however, declared that
Senator Borah has failed to sub
mit any evidence that many at
torneys are unqualified to act
in their capacities.
FIRST DIVISION CENSUS
The census enumeration of
the First Division is practically
completed, according to Charles
E. Naghel, Supervisor of Census
for Alaska.
It is of much importance, to
the Territory and every com
munity therein that the enumer
ation be complete. The enum
eraors have endeavered to inter
view every resident, but it is
j probable that some persons
i have not been reached due to
temporary absence from their
places of abode.
Any person who has any doubt
as to their having been enumer
ated is requested to fill out the
coupon which will be supplied
by Enumerator William Gribble
in the town of Petersburg and by
the local enumerator of any dis
trict and mail same to - the Su
pervisor of Census at Juneau.
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WELL KNOWN BOOTLEGGER
TAKEN FOR RIDE
j Petersburg people will be very
much grieved to learn of the
jsad demise, this week one of the
j the most prominent bootleggers
on the Pacific Coast. He had
long been a resident of the Town
of Petersburg where he never
failed to meet incoming tourist
boats in a spirit of friendliness
and good fellowship. In this
manner, he had greatly extend
ed the circle of his acquaintance
and had only recently returned
from a mysterious trip to the
j C anadian border. His “spirit”
was always of the best though
Ids bottles were mostly .empty
and on some occasions, none too
well concealed.
i We understand, further, that
a well known member of his
gang residing up on the hill will
be with’ us no more. Requiescat
in pace.
TRAVEL PRIZE WON BY GIRL
FROM ALASKA
Miss Patsy Ray, of Seward, is
winner by a close margin, of. the
popularity contest for Queen of
I the Circus Maximus held under
the auspices of the Seattle Press
Club.
The prize consists of a trip
around the world on an Ameri
eai;i Mail Line Steamer at th?
V inner’s convenience, probably
in July.
| Miss Ray is a daughter of at
j torney Ray of Seward and is at
present attending the University
of Washington,, Seattle.
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For ’Um and Agin ’Um
Petersburg, Alaska
.. January 21, 1930
Bon. Dan A. Sutherland,
Delegate to Congress,
Washington, D. C.
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Friend Sutherland:
I just received your speech in ’
Congress and certainly appre- '
ciate your good and sincere ef- ,
fort in telling them the truth
about the condition in the Alas
ka fisheries:
The new regulations for 1930
are now here, and we have look
ed them over and it is simply a
ban on seiners and giiinetters
here in Southeastern Alaska. We
co not know of a place where we
can go and get a fish; there is
no piece of water left where we
can go and get any fish. The
Alaska waters are parcelled out
to certain individuals and cor
porations with that special pri
vilege and they get rights to so
much water from surface to bot
tom and one thousand feet or
more from the shore and from
one to one and a half miles
along the shoreline. The fish al
; ways follow the shore so that the
1 big fence in. the water stops the
i movement of the fish so that
j that they go into what they call
| call a “trap.”
The bays and inlets and the
! ■.reams are all closed and as a
! rule there is a trap on each side
of the bay so that very few ;■*
can get into the bays and the
. e * . anyhow.
All these regulations or con
cessions are for the conservation
of fish, so they say. But we do
not quite get what they mean,
because they can the fish, and i
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fish do not spawn in tin cans.
The people with those SPE
CIAL PRIVILEGES are killing
at least ninety per cent of the
fish that come along the shore
so the fish are getting killed and j
exterminated so that it is only a j
matter of who is allowed to kill1
’em, that’s all.
We seiners and gill netters
are puzzled as to why we should j
not be allowed to take a few]
fish, especially when we can kill
i only two or three thousand while j
those fellows with SPECIAL;
PRIVILEGES ON WATER KJIjL
as many as five hundred thou
sand in a single trap. We do not
understand why those people
come up here from Seattle, San
Francisco and other places,
should be allowed to do those
things.
We fishermen have been here
a long time. I have been here
for thirty-three years and most
of us were born here, se we be
lieve with each other that the
fish have been taken from us
and given to those fellows. Now
we do not know what to do; if
we go fishing the Fisheries Bu- i
reau guys will put us in jail, and |
if we do not fish, we will starve.
Yours truly, j
.Subscriber.
The Fort Leavenworth Parole
, Board has recommended that
Dr. Cook be paroled.
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