The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 4, 1927, Page 1

THE /OL. XXIX., NO. 4419. LASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIIE” JUNEAU, ALASKA,RIDAY, MARCH 4, 1927. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ~ PRICE TEN CENTS PUBLIC BUILDING PROGRAM IS Queen 1l - DEVELOPMENT OF PULP INDUSTRY NOW BECINNING B. F. Heintzelman Most Sanguine Over Prospects of New Alaska Industry. ting his belief that we shall se the beginning of the devei large pulp and paper in- utheastern Alaska, B. 1 in a very interesung luncheon today at told the Chamber Reite soon opnient of dustry in § Heintzelman, talk at noon the Arcade Cafe of Commerce members that the con tract (o be entered into, if require successful bidders and Ketchikan units 1T tons of paper at each place within five and 500 tons daily within ten vears, He explained, further, that | the contract will permit of even fur- ther development and the allottmeit of timber sufficient to supply the larger output. He said that it s possible that the plant which utilizc the Speel river power may be panded a capacity of 1,000 duily said, further, that while the Forestry Bureau will not attempt 10 dictate as to where the central manufacturing plant will be, he lieved that, it would be found praci cable transmit the Speel power mills Gastinean nel Mr any. | for to | will the Juneau manufactu day vears ex e Queen Viclovin, of Sweder, was ALL EXCEPT TWO LEGISLATORS IN CITY FOR TERM Lawmakers Assemble for 60- day Session Informal Organization Talks. 10 tiver 0 on Chan after the as an: spoke to Heintzelman lunch had been served peaple as could be crowded into ti Arcade banquet room and after E. L Nanthrup, L. H. Pratt, J. A. Clary W. J. McDonald, and Daniel Ross most of them from the Forestry Ser vice, had been introduced members and after Thomas Cordova banker and Third member of the Legislature, and made talk 1o the Divisior a short Why We May Expect Development Answering questions that he s=aid had been asked of the Forestry Bu veau, Mr. Heintzelman that de velopment in Alaska will be de layed on account of the growing puly and paper development of Washing. of the member Legislature n of With all of the eighth biennial informal taik zation of the taking place | majority House is overwhelmingly by label at least Out of the eight Senators, elected Democratic dependent 16 in the Republican pendents that e the two hranches have | last night the Senate and Republican two : hody, said wding organi on not of b ton and Oregon hecause our and the development the different lines and are not tive. The mills that ave in Washington and Oregon with rapidity that it difficult up with them, he said cerns, utilizing the timber logging camps that are not for the mills and the the milis, while the Alaska are large newsprint similar to those that are being in Canada where it is possible to get timber reserves enough gnaranty a supply 2 quantities of timber for a 50-yes Our competitors arve the Canadian forests, he said We Have Canda Worsted The Alaska projects offer more to the manufacturer than the Canadiun, according to Mr. Heintzelman. Dem- ounstrating this he described two of the last Canadian developments where there are respectively 700- ton and 600-ton mills. In Canada, he said, weather conditions made the logging and transportation of logs | Worth, First Division: Thomas Gaff. to the mills seasonal matters, which Almer Rydeen and R. N. Sund requires t very large quantiti Second Division, Ben A. Grier, of timber have to be carried from H. Murray. Thomas S. Scott year to year; sometimes, he said, it|and Sumner Smith, Third Di on, two ¥y from the time the | Walter Fisher, Fred B. Johnston, H. pulpwood is cut before it is made in-|{ [ and k. Sheldon, Fourth to paper. Here the timber may be | Division. brought almost immediately from the Messrs. Gafiney stump to the mills and used. Pulp|and Sheldon are the wood, he said, costs the Canadian!members of the House. mills about $10 a cord at the mills Caucus Is Proposed while for many years the cost in; All talk regarding the organization Alaska will be less than $6 a cord.[up to this afternoon, as far as could All this operates to make the over-|be learned, has been merely infor- projocis are on competi feaa being erected suck keep are small con from the suitabls from Republicans, one on a in as and Twelve House tickets ticket one as an 1o members elected on four Inde were and waste Sen J D Sec- and who are here ave: Steel and First Division; and Charles W Division; Jartley IFrame Third 1) ion, and John W. Dunn, Fourth Division. Sen ator Harry E. Pratt, the lone Demo- member of the upper branch, arrive next Tuesday from: Se Legislator W proposals A Forest Thomas Brown, Howard at plants | g DR Jensen ond LOf Arthur period ocratic will attle Only one member Representative Ralph lican, of Nome, has id he is due next Tuesday from Seattle, where he been detained on bhusiness. The members who have arrived are: Charles Benjamin, C. B Ferguson, W. L. Paul and William K of the House, Lomen, Repub failed to arrive ney, quist, Joseph 18 s Ross R Fisher Independent Rydeen, (Continuea on Page Eight (Continued on Page Two.) Seven Babies Dead; Matron Of “Farm” Charged, Murder 4.—A against QUEBEC, March murder | to death. The charge is the resull of a coroner’s inquest into the death tharge has been laid Mrs. Diano Lacroix, aged 62, matron of a| of three babies in 10 days, attributed g ¥ to malnutrition. Physicians testi- “Baby Farm” on the outskirts of|go) (o6 of the infant inmates were the city, wso is accused of lelting|so undernourished that their bones seven infant charges virtually starve|almost pierced their skins, of the| ESTIMATES FOR SCHOOL BUDGET TOTAL T840 Slight Increase Asked for; Next Biennium—Growth | Noted by Henderson. SCHOOL BUDGET 1927.29 Schools, towns Schools. outside incoipor ated towns Miscellancous incorporated i $413.000 Commisisoner’s office Total Increase over 1925 | Students enrolled Alaska terri torial schools of all kinds in 1925 numbered 4,353, an increase of the previous year when the en- rollment totaled 4,163, according the bienial rveport of L. D. Hender son, Commissioner of Fducation, | public today. Enrolment for inincorporated towns was compared to 2862 and iu outside incorporated 1365 and 1 for the tive years given above The a budget rying a $12,650 in over made schools | 2,088 as schools of towns, )3 respe Commissioner also submitetd for the next biennium car total of $778900 which 4+ in excess the appropria tions made in 19 | Two Years of Progress Hen- | vears In his report derson Commissioner the two “present a gratifying story of growth and improvement in the Territorial Growth has not fined to any particula the work There cre in the number school enrolment, in teachers employed, in undertaken, and in view of the of operation said past [ schools nocon one phise heen 1 has an m of the the activities he expected foregoing, in the These matters will dealt with more specitcially and fully in succeeding pages, “he said. “How ever brief summary of certain concrete jtems presented in tabls schools number of as to be: a more the following 1925-26 ol teachers 211 of Total |H. 8 Slem schools enrolment Enrolment 8. enrolment 2511 FA41.391.37 $401 Appropriations Adequate probably cannot said," commented that interest on the part of the public since Alaskans have for | many vears taken a highly gratitying | [interest in education by the legislature [ auate, school hoards | efficient service, sociations School costs, he the | T report scl sed Appropriations | have parent-t have heen active the | good th eschools and free from {internal dissension and bickering | | which sometimes impair the valuc | | of organizations, newspapers have Dheen generous in their allot | ment of space (o school ;u!ivilnu‘: and news, and the public generally | has exercised that attitude toward | things educational which is essentiai to real growth and progress. ! “An encouraging feature of schol! development.” said the Commission- er, “is the increasing attention given | Lto extra-curricular activities as I resented by school orchestras, b glee clubs. newspaps and rendervd her for such maga- (Comtinual on Page Eight.) WATKINS GETS " CUSTOMS POST i SAN FRANCISCO, March 4.--Ap- pointment of Guy M. Watkins, ve {eran of the customs service, as sp icial agent for the new customs di trict, including California, Oregon, Washington, Utah, Arizona, Hawaii and Alaska, is announced. Watkins has been head of the special agents in the San Francisco division for twelve years. As head of the new district No. 6, consoli- dated territory formerly divided in- to four districts, he will be in com- mand of the department's investiga. tions through the entire Uacific dis- trict. This Chinc DELAYED BY SENATE DEADLOCK American Troops Land at Siangfl 3 _ 'GONBRESS ENDS shows' the debar where 'se civil war, Policeman Dies In Attempt to e w e LAND, SHANGHAL IW n his life his effor and haby Heen ment over the char lay near MOVIE CON - IN BIG MERGE Consolida NEW ¥( have been ade "lmnx for the motion more gress and p early next The Company Theatres al Pictures The pen the largest nous Pl The Stan atres Pennsylvan The Wes theatres o1 The First of the th distributing States con Many Vessels Battered When extinguis) dead picture thi in YORK. March 4.-—Po Blars 2o () FFm e today &uve ful unsiee in t5 Lo rescue a from a five-story fla tiremen tene- the Wore the O'lFarrel 1ed stam s hody hold baby arms ved hody of mother PICTURE CERNS JOIN R ation Nearly Com- pleted of Three Firms, with Assets $100,000,000. " March 1 consolidation Negotia three K of concerns witl F100,000,000 yably will he i i pro completed the Stanley West IMirst ocerns are ot America ompany and Coast Nation deal described consolidation since and Lasky merger. Company has 210 the- York, W and Washington, D. Company has | Pacific Coast is rated ling is as ayers ley New 8 i t Coast 1 the Nat o« largest produc companies in the as one g and United - By Storm; No Lives Lost NORFOL though badly off Virgin pleting a 1 of life hi cutters are principally are adrift total of a s hattered K. March Al- sls have been Northeaster 1 core by the a4, Coast Guard men com-| ist. disclosed that no los resulted far. Three couring the seaboard for four barges which with crews numbering 50 a men - TEN LASHES FOR WIFE BEATER IN MARYLAND ST Lee today at the w in jai} tor Dont NICHOLAS, Md., March 4.— 11, aged 0 years, was ed to receive 10 lashes they were to prolect Americ the | ROYAL MARIN Fake-Up Position to Defend A"l(’ri(‘(’l“ Settlement ition of American forces from the U. S. S. Pittsburgh at Shanghat, wer an lives and property endangered by the This is the first picture of the landing to reach this country, ~ === ES I\]ll ]'ill(‘b at Shflllghili. SHANGHAL W settl Royal feamen Mar h 4 naticn me wele Marines Minne 1,00 from sota, W o day hav Tor Meanwhiie the strengthen which tuk tion already et n e s news has hes here that | ¢ tin thei b { way and cut | tune than « Cantone: ral next \ Moy eI major ¢ the Nui defend I 1l south uy thrust toward the forces from their continuation the of ady hai ttors within Shangh general sirike wlministration Marines aboard another down th The American arvived here the from San Diego the Settl officials the march Marines Chauni L mareh Saturda the to purpe exercise the remain unless arises TO USE U. S. MARI LONDON March 4 dispateh to the Daily Mail the American Marines will billeted withi ternational settlement fe days An hai he vange Telegraph that hai H rumored 150 miles west ot Sh loccupicd by the Southe the Cant {further leutting Shangtungese fur Shanghai reported the By Kiukiaugton is states the and forcements It | cossion | Yangtse River o Chine authority | Chen-0’Malley agreement | R {Fourth Man hases preventing from is at t n has been of d The Int cmed the " ho landed the . fore o ict ceived nt indi It wili iking rail ng Sha ase rather district Shing I on 1 are urg to break who ‘have transport | Cal ement wiil n explaind They 1 will an ey NES A London says half at Shang n " the in a few | dispateh Soochow, . has been rners and onese are from their ther rein itish con on the rans | nder the Implicated ‘ In Murder, Ohio Editor CANTON, March Stark County first deg Floyd policeman Ohio grand murder | against Stretenherge | Canton lcity in the |lett, newspaper already chargin slaying Do publisher convicted of | tion in the and o thir to go on trial. The indi | Stretenberger make sthe f mplicated heen crime - governmen worked The Belgian gold mines are jury h 4.—The returned indictment ', former g compli n R. Mecl Two have participa- | d remains ctment of ourth per Congo by 18,000 ping post and 30 days negroes and annually produce 8060 wife beating, |pounds of gold worth § 000, * ARE SIGNED BY SESSION; SENATE INFILIBUSTER {Many Administration Meas- ures Fail to Be Acted Upon, Last Hours. \JUNEAU CAPITOL PLANS ARE ONCE MORE DELAYED Vice-President Dawes Bangs Down Gavel and De- nounces Minority. WASHINGTON, March The sixty-ninth Congress has passed into history with the Senate storm that swept into limbo some of the best laid plans of the party leaders. Among the Administration bills not acted upon by the Senate are the following Ninety-three million . dollar deficiency measure carrying im- pcrtant appropriations for the Army, Veterans' loans and pen sion increase. Alicn property bill Pos'al ra“r revision bill Yineteen nillion dollar ap- propriation ior first year's work of the public building program, which includes the Juneau Capi- tol Ruilding plans, Adininistration Senators were dragged to defeat. The nreposal which paralyzed the Senate for three days was the resolution by Senator Reed, of Missouri, to extend the life of the campaign funds com- mittee. As presiding officer, Vice- President Dawes banged th: wel, announcing the Sena': W adjourned, he bitterly de- ed : [ p— Fire Horse Drops Liead : Broken Heart, W hen Auctioned Off PATERSON Doctors, said friend March 4 caused ‘Har he N. J colic bt helieve A fire nt heart lied of broken Y dash at the auct as 60 an and f o horse deas LASK > A BILLS “This is the only pulia mentary body in the weo:ld in which the minority can hcld-up the will of the majority.” The situation in the House was entirvely different, with the business «!l cleaned up. President Coolidge, following his usual custom, sat in a room adjoining the Senate Chambers, signing bills A ~ PRES, COOLIDGE | | 3 | ‘M[‘ElSlll'(‘S P(lSS(’d I)_V COH" gre ative to Il 1PI-ANE ALASKAN Tone that establishes grazing districts F il House part ‘ tory, Become Laws. Alask in the that Ptorial domain lunder [ partment in oval ri vid appr coneur tmendmen of the | excepting reservations jurisdiction of the De of Agriculture, may be| vazing Th e dis- Terrvitor ture by | . 2 Ben Eielson Flies Recon- structed Plane at Fair- banks for Wilkins. FAIRBANKS {The { made terday Eielson any the leased Tor privileges A at the i L bills signed & Alaska, reconstructed plane an hour and half with Ben Eielson piloting it brought the plane to a landing on skiis while Capt. H. Wilkins looked on smii- March 4 Alaskan flight will the place receipts | I | posal of posal ves- \mong Alaska President fiving qualifications of aska and specifying they the Constitution he able to was the measure M- pertect be in in Coolidge voters in must ieorge read [ ingly { The Detroiters wings, which re- ‘xxl.nml those wrecked on the Alaskan reorganization fjast the ship a nine foot the spread and also bei- and write prohibition year, give was also igned by measiure Fi | additional wing ter buoyancy The two Stinson | rived and diatley for Reports from Cop-{ cate heavily New YOorkiably nccessitate share 10!y ckii investigation | pline ident > | KAY COPPER REMOVED FROM N. Y. CURB MARKET planes have ar- be assembled imme. trial flights Point Barrow indi- drifted snows will prob- an entire reliance Wilkins says the equipped with both will early NEW YORK, March per, which dropped Curb Market from conts share was begun, has been removed from trading list of New York Curb Mar ket | James G Godfrey. who controlled Mother Lode before its sale necott, dominates Kay Copper 1 Kay on $1.25 a althongh will be skiis R one of Mo world's finest collee- fion of orchids is grown by Dr. Juan O. Hall, a British merchant of \ires wheels and to Ken tea 'MURDER IS CHARGED A RESULT CORDOV A FIRE i s e [ | CORDOVA, jury Alaska found March that 1A Nicik in buildin ot the flay had ead and building 'y recommended wider, robbery and | hall Wednesday morning in the Hesg against “John Doe.” been killed left by a blow to die in the has body lthe smomldering ruins of his poo! coroner's Stahis, found y whose was charges of arson be filed SRS