ST. PAUL MAYOR
LEARNS EDITOR’S
JOB NOT ALL FUN
ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 6 (/p)—
Mayor Arthur E. Nelson of St. Paul
turned newspaper man tonight and
directed publication of the Sunday
edition of the St. Paul Pioneer Press
as “guest editor.”
The mayor, whose profession is law,
took off his coat, rolled up his shirt
sleeves and sat in as news editor,
make-up man and chief editorial wri
ter.
Crime news was swept from the
front page, eight color headings dis
appeared and the editorial support
was thrown to prohibition, whereas
the paper’s normal policy is for modi
fication of the Volstead Act.
"It is not the cinch that the other
fellows figures,” the mayor admitted,
and in a front page editorial he said
he was “free to confess that editing
a newspaper is about the hardest job
I ever tackled.”
Crime news and kindred subjects
he relegated to a remote inside page,
under inconspicuous headings and edi
torially he commented:
“I do not agree with the opinion
that publicity is a check to crime. It
is true that the public should be ad
vised of the existence of crime but it
is not necessary to present stories
which in gruesome details are dis
gusting to the average reader.”
The mayor said, “what is needed is
vigorous campaign of public educa
tion and less propaganda.”
Fishing Industry To
Be Carried On This
Winter On Cook Inlet
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t' A winter fishing industry will be
carried on in Cook Inlet this year,
it is reported to the Gateway by re
cent arrivals from the Westward. It
is said there will be probably thirty
people engaged around Seldovia and
Halibut Cove gill netting for bloaters.
Bloaters are herring, but are pack
ed in a different manner entirely
from t*he regular known herring pack
mg methods. The herring are salt
ed without gibbing and packed in
boxes. At the present time the mar
ket on bloaters is $80 a ton. The
largest market for fish packed un
der this method is found in Japan.
The people of Japan smoked the herr
ing which when served, is consider
ed a luxury.
It was also stated that the San
Juan Fishing and Packing Co., pro
pose to carry on a bloater packing
industry at Tutka bay, thruout the
coming winter, which plant may pos
sibly employ fifty people.
HUNT MUSHROOMS AS PASTIME
AYR, Scotland, Nov. 5. (JP)—Mush
room hunting by motorcar is the lat
est pastime of young people in Ayr
shire. There is a bumper crop of
mushrooms in the country this year
and parties of young people go out
before breakfast gathering them.
COMMANDS U. S. FLEET
ABROAD
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Read Admiral Roger Welles, who
is in command of the American fleet
in European waters, with the rank
of Vice Admiral. The U. S. S. Pitts
burgh is his flagship.
Prisoner-Lawyer
Pleads Own Case
MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED LAW
YERS LISTEN WHILE HIS
ARGUMENT IS MADE
NEW YORK, Nov. G (/P)~-George
Kammerer, prisoner on Welfare Isl
and, will know in a few days now
whether the long grind he has had
in studying the law behind prison bars
was worth his while.
Closely watched by an attendant
from the prison, Kammerer appeared
before the appellate division—second
highest court in the state—Friday,
and attacked the constitutionality of
the law under which he is held. More
than 100 spectators and lawyers were
present as the self-taught barrister
fired his prison-made ammunition at
a law which more formally taught
attorneys have assailed in vain.
The law in question is the parole
commission law. under which he was
sent to prison for an indeterminate
period after his conviction for grand
larceny and forgery in the third de
gree. Kammerer contends that the
law is invalid because it permits a
prisoner’s detention for • any period,
within certain limits that suits the
whim of the parole board members.
An awkward gesture now and then,
the prisoner-lawyer made, but for the
most part the fervor of his plea was
evidenced only by the tense voice in
which he urged the unconstitutional
ity on the court.
Answers Regretfully
Assistant District Attorney Dris
coll appeared almost regretful as he
arose, to cite case after case in which
the more noted lawyers had attacked
the parole law in vain.
At the end Kammerer was led away
to his cell, while the five judges took
the case under advisement. Their
decision, ending Kammerer’s suspense
will come in a few days.
“Even if I don’t win the case,” he
said, “I will not feel that my time
has been entirely w'asted. My study
has been interesting and I will be a
better citizen for what I have learned
while in prison.”
Monkeys in Siam are trained to
pick cocoanuts for their owners.
Former Anchorage Agent
May Have Florida Office
The Admiral liner H. F. Alexander,
which formerly operated out of Se
attle to Asia and San Francisco, is
now running between New York and
Miami. Brice Howard, former agent
of the Pacific Steamship Company at
Anchorage, who passed thru Seward
last month en route to the Seattle
headquarters of the company, looks
forward to being transferred to the
Florida office.
The S.S. Ruth Alexander, owned by
the same company, has been char
tered to another company and is said
to be operating between Seattle and
the Orient.
The English class of the local high
school, received new English books
last week. They are text on writ
ing and speaking. The class has for
merly been reading the classics.
Show Cards,
Posters,
Movie Slides,
Cartoons,
Advertising
Publicity,
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SEWARD, ALASKA
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Alaska Interior Silver
Black Foxes, a limited
number of 1925 pups will
be sold this season. If you
wish good foxes to start
your ranch with. Let me
furnish you your breeders
Price $500 per Pair f. o. b.
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Kasilof, Alaska
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