The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 10, 1927, Page 1

b THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL, THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” S———— VOL. XXIX., NO. 4424, HORRORS OF JAPA JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1927. BILL STRIPPING GUV. OF POWERS IS INTRODUCED . Steel 'Introduces [Controller Bill in Senate—Is Sweep- ing in Nature. Entitled “An Act to reorganize the Executive Department of Alaska, creating the office of Controller, Treasurer, Attorney General and Board of Control and defining their functions and declaring an emer-| gency,” the much diseussed Con- troller Bill introduced in the Senate this morning by Senator Will | A. Steel, Juneau. He said an identi- SE e cal measure would be intoduced in est and, mosupuREgratanddble i . short statement of > manner o TRk FGiaa whet it meb this afters|Soolt blatement of e (nd : oy governing and administering the di & ’ - verse problems of the Territory Two other bills made their ap- proslemsy ot ing, both by Senator Arthur Frame. | = 00 "R m“ ! One sought to amend subdivision ' ; . 6 | : 101 ot the innumerable evidence B fon Hé Mninioinal [Goda of 1880 w0 on el S L and the other, Scmate Bill No. 3, ing SR A secks to amend Section 1,120, Chap- (ul»lx: 7 Hs q' ‘_"1‘1'[ e ter 1913 Compiled 3 GICIGHALS G of | 5 Alaska. Pratt B Holds Morning Session The Senate met at 11 a. m. was in session about 45 minutes. House adjourned yesterday to at 2 p. m. today. In the Senate, a of Cong: inviting ticipation in the celebration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary in 1932} of the birth of George Washington |instructive was received. tained sugge : 0 A petition was presented by lmlm- to the Legislature. ator Steel from the West End j Frame. provement Club of Ketchikan, dorsing the Controller Bill and ing its passage. It said that sesgions of fhe Legislature have; done little to extend home rule to Alaska,” and asserted that the pas sage of the Controller Bill “would recover the rights and powers of| self-government” which has been! thrown away by slators the| past . Given Finance Committee The petition was referred origin- ally to the Committee on Education| but later this was changed to the! Committee on Finance, to which livered the Controller Bill was also referred, | tinent President Howard remarked his idea|¢OnSid¢ had been that the proper designa-; Very tion for the petition was to the| Edueation Committee inasmuch as it| seemed to be its “intention to edu- cate some of us." The Commitiec authorized to have 100 copies of the prepared for distribution bers of both Houses and interested persons. Bill Is Sweeping The bill is sweeping in its pro- visions for taking away from the| Governor's oftice of all its Territor-| jal administrative functions, and| those now exercsied by the office of| Territorial Secreta It provides for the election, every flour TS, of the Controller, the Treasurer and lof progressive measures and expre oy (hrit vio woula com-|o8 o0 Mol sGLiRfaction WiLLCXIBE pose the Board of Control whichiing conditions.”— Will A. S:eel. would supercede all existing organi- - {nu 1ok as the Board ot Bou-| ~Tocoverstes dation, the Board of Road. Confifa-|i¥ 15 possible tor sioners, Bamking Board, Trustees ofJ+ H Murray. the Pioneers’ Home, etc. It \\unm‘ e appoint all other Territorial boards| clearcut message. ‘Therc and commissions, inclading the '—Charles Trustees of the Alaska Agricultural| College and School of Mines. | The bill also provides for taking| away from the Governor and Sec- retary, all ‘“the furniture, Gov. George the Legisla- [ture yesterday made a marked im- pression upon the members of the Senate and House has been cvident. It has been the chiefl of con- versation, and with fews | tions there complete and iastic 11 of the principles | policies clearly set forth by the Governor. That Gov. Parks has met the fondest of his friends and 3 to think- ing there is no doubt lelow is a symposium tive » of I'.lnl. the me Parks delivered topic very enthus- ppro S0 expectations set everybody le message of comment on the e Governor's message shows -cut, oemprehensive knowledge Alaska, its needs and laws. [t is a was and of is of ks is execu- Harry one of 0, Laws his context of Governor's the advantages at the head of| who has personal | parts of the Ter- D. Jeusen. “The the and| G AN mes established The meeg |0 having a man et affairs in Alaska knowledge of all ritory."—Thomas © joint resolution Territorial par- Parks’s message was interesting and con- tions that should be. of | —Arthur ‘ “Governor Sen- Im- en-| urg- past “An excellent presentation and very fine, showing an excellent und-| erstanding of his subject. 1 do not agree with all his suggestions but many of them are timely and valu-, |able."—¢C. W. Brown. | is an excellent message shows that the Governor has the subjects deep study and th {understands the needs of Alaska John W. Dunn. It and given t he in de- pers hy of it was Hunt. well very “It is a good mes contain It ge, some estions, well wor tion. In general, very fine."—Forest J. - - | “I appreciated the Governor's mes- very much indced. It was con- and to the point If the Leg- was | islature endeavors to follow out hs than | Susgestions and advice, it will pil(achieve credit rather than discredit Ito itself and the Territory will bene- ifit directly therefrom. I do not s 1 am in agrecment with is every suggestion but in the main 1 am in| | sympathy with it.”—Bartley Howard, President of the Senate. cise on Finauce not moro Controller to to mem- other “The message ientation of the is a strong pr Governor's attitude lon dmportant Territorial question Jut it lacks initiation in advoc: IlV T aation as well as words to do.’ “A fine, ‘ {is no misunderstanding it.’ Benjamin. “I agree with the Governor's rec- ommendations for economy, efficiency equip- | and fewer laws.”"—C. B. Ferguson. ment and paraphernalia of their lc-‘ A2 ilay X 163 spectives offices belonging to the] The Governor’s message is clear- and for which the Ter-|Cut, to the point, and shows the| ;r‘:;:i;o‘:;'s paid.” 2 close attention he has given to all oo 'queslm'nfl‘an‘c(:lmg the Territory.” Flgllt on Red I.Il'lt |{—R. N. Sundquist. Nevada District l"nlsl “A real message from a real Alas- Ney., March 10.—Efforts of kan Governor.”—Walter Fisher. RENO, the Public Morals Committee of the Nevada Assembly to abolish restrict-} *It was a very fine address and ed districts failed yesterday when ably presented the Governor's views. the subject was put to a vote in the|He told us, in my opinion, that our lower House, losing by three vote:.|Territorial government is simple and The bill was intended to close and |cheap; that whatever criticism prohibit all red light districts. might be directed against previous WOMAN ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTING TO PURCHASE INFANT BOY PASADENA, Cal, March 10.——|nml later sought the purchase of Mrs. Minnie Hines was carried intojan infant boy from Mrs. Doorthy a Justice’s Court on a cot yester-|King, of Los Angeles, to gain sym- day and held for trial in the Super-|pathy of the court when tried on for Court on a charge of attempt-ia charge of issuing a check without ing to buy a baby. funds in a bank. She admitted of- excep- | and i T the | | tions |shown a thorougs knowledge of the | sane | lowed |our L analytical | Prosecutor LEGISLATIVE CROSS CURRENT it bureau, or right, and give and he could r of more work the Controller Bill." messag Nothi William administrations, is not this one; the system all another clerk |the Territory Ishort, “forget very true In is a good g is L bureaueracy intended.)’ personal Panl facts | be expected ecutive as Gov R. E. Sheldon statement a message as wonld able A commonsensge Just such from ca an ex George Parks.” ible and worthy message ssibly a little too in general policy Territory.”—F. I | “A very | though pc vative growing ton. con for a Johns- “A most able nd constructive message and I am heartily in sccord with the policies cnumerated.”™ Thomas 8. Scott messagze shows of the Terri- and a careful study activities. His recommenda- wre scund and worthy of care- ful consideration.” Sumner 8 Smith, Speaker of the House. fine message, “The Governor's thorough knowledge “It was a ve ably delivered. Every subject ered should have the 1l con- sideration of the Legis —Ben A. Grier. v very cov I | ature “The Governor in his outlined a safe and sane policy has and | message lafrairs the talph 'Lomen. of rritory. “The me entation of legislation ge was a foreeful pres- Alaska conditions. The suggested sound. | and constructive and if fol-| as 1 am sure it will be by legislative body will accelerate present prosperity. His vigor- thrust at experimental le well logical reasoning on the t legislation 1 was the our tion as as his and | tion | my of support and it probably delivered Thot phase eives hearty consider sage ever Legislature.”— indorsement the ablest m to an Alaskan| Gaffney ! “The message was well prepared| and shows much study of the prob- of | Federal, | him | lieve | l(‘ { of | | that TWO BE Col. Jaang Alusk | returned t | Alaska fro {as far as that the Alaska next seasor to $2,600,0( ¥ | last propriated propriation Alaska Roa 000 over the last lowed by When the had passed atives the to §700,000, to $1 com ol the sum ferees 000,000 An addit ized by Ma ’ of the Road under way lated appro tieth Con long sessiol Nat In additi propriation Was secured vice for mile road n Mt. MeKin Col. Steese. 3¢ The same struction, the E Juneau, able July 1 ture shonld date Ithe dock w feet and modate | water The Rive Con prel lems of the Terr Hosea H.| Ross | interesting delivered and document. Lacking only in sugges- tions that would show us the way to self-government.”—W. K. Worth.| “A well closed needed And Mr. Rydeen cussion by saying it ment from him the dis- no com- New Information Filed Against !(etchl an Ma SBATTLE, March John Dunn |the Superior Court, 'charging Albert __ljail at Ketchikan, |degree assault. inducing two his partner, cember 11. Bank President Enters Guilty Plefiimbezzlement EUGENE, Ore., March 10.—Henry Bergman, President of the Lane County State and Savings Bank Florence, entered a plea of guilty to embezzlement of the bank’s funds when he learned the reserves we impaired. Harriet Weatherson, cash- ier of the bank, who fled and was returned here with Bergman, will make her plea later today. GOOD-WILL FLIERS REACH SANTOS TODAY SANTOS, Brazil, March 10.—The Pan-American good-will fliers arrived here early today B Robbed Bank for Thrill; Girl Is Sentenced 10.—Deputy | has filed in| information Barlow, now in Alaska, with firs He is accused nf\ men to beat and R. V. Jewett, on robi De- VERMILLON, So. Dak., March 10. —OQutwardly calm, with no visible emotion, Marian Myers, former Uni- versity student, heard Circuit Judge Beck sentence her to 30 days in ithe State Penitentiary for attempt- Officers charge that she pretended |fering Mrs. King $50 for a baby she was soon to become a mother|which was horn Tuesday. ing to rob a bank on February 5, | with survey | bor | River I for i | mended {rick, n Anchorage ul | at | | survey the channel draft of 10 The report i tion wher bill is and the sn tiver, ked for and survey Sitka Port: | Henr; Ba tay Seward Appropriation Another gress authe sl“' 000 fo k » amage (o minal and ¢ Seward. A bill au the passed in atives on pass the Se during the session, to Additiona the dredgin and the c Puget Soun Co., for th ALASKA RUADS Steese Oullm(‘s viewed by | Amounts te Be Expended Next Season. cxpenditures di Ro two amount had been increased | Congress For Juneau Dock appropriating $1.000.000 for huilding at ves Bar Examination of the for to b whic| fev an Nome- February 2, Wrangell (Coxtin MILLIONS SPENT FOR : £ [CLAINIS AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINIES | USED AS HUMAN TARGETS POLICE 1. Marcl 10 of THE DAY IN THE LEGCISLATURE Il S burned 1 heen for ment pistol o Thirt In the Scnate Introduced: Senat by M ecl, Con first time b { v Finance nin murders th (’ll'iO\l\ polic d th and of ti read charge had only and Committec Senate Frame the police . hodie camp. -+ * WILKINS PLANS - T0 HOP-OFF ON | NEXT THURSDAY [:«-nhf":n All to Poimnt 7 tound som of th by \||- polic ident who nei took hi mornin cted by th ad Commission for th would probably ammouni 0. sesslon £1,000,000, the largest ap it has ever made for the d Compmission, being $10) the 900,000 received for The figure ai- the budget was $500,000 bill for the appropriation | the House of Represent-| es (. Steese, Pre Road Commission, Juneau on the ste; a trip which ot thi h vu..lu Judiciar, nend division Municipal t of refery Committee enate Frame Chapter of m 1l id No by amend section 81, 103 Aaska mittee. In the House il 1 amen Chapter sill Mr. 1.12 Compiled erred Liws Judiciary to ( of Cong ap-| Hou Gaffney and I by Mr one of Chapter affecting old teferved to Tervitorial Insti- for | ! h"h! 16, Laws et ) amended of 192 lowance: Committ tutions Hous My extension Federal I;‘Yl FOW W on Joint No endor the enate incr i ( =40, and fi promised on an sed |hm; moi ally even by Wilkin " cor Sundau clton road by rrow ation e Nome-8) nex the each 1ppropy $750,000 was autho to available 928 the 1920 program | ('(mfi: fon might be put wigsont waiting for b pliations from the Seven which meets for December Park Service on to the $1,000,000 a for voad building, $60.000 ! from the National the extention of 2 now under construction in| ley National Park, said|Qut ional he > o e 'MAIL ROBBERY " CASE JURY IS IN DEADLOCK 42 Hours Without Reaching Verdict—In- structed to Continue, n i ra to be u reed 1a The first City and River the Pas Iach ndding Union to Colville 1 to « Anayinvak hop will be the pla to ess, second n in ional nois propo: hoes, rounds rries rifle, ping b boat, it T posit iteen > xrmrbarks Man Is plane ca CHUTS Ak | axe, un ammuaition, collapsible radio. A lished at of , 0il stove, t oand be Iou the ald will 1ile estab- » bill Congre road coni- appropriated 500 fo of a government dock| the funds to varl-| of this year ri be completed soon after According to the plan ill have a frontage of 409 | low tide will accon drawing feet of passed by BULLETIN — FAIRBANKS, Alaska, March 10.-—Reporting today the seccend time that an cement was imoossible, Judge Ritchie discharged the Nellie Beattie jury after a dead- lock for 491/ hours. The FAIRBANKS, 10 Frid the wtin ial rd Strathe alls Alaska tin failin been granted will probabl noxt recently Murch two i | b | Struthers, Crror court in to ¢ ony. ha new The ¢ a 150 i he iin hefore vei els 15 convicted od A M 1 I B0es=i) mail | © ska embezzlement -+ 3 ) FAIRBANK: | The jury in the Nellic tie | robbery ont yesterday afternoon for 42 howrs, reported 10 Judge £ | Balto and Teammates mer K. Ritchie that there was no Purchased by Cleveland likeliLiood of ever veaching a verdic [ He sred the jury continne deliberations. It is fhat Mrs, BeNG) Oscar of Fair appeared | to, leader of en to be out the other | i the Nome diptherin 1 next week with his ot 2,000 case which author- | Harbor bill in January, examination roand gres imina and Gastineau Channel Bar| in mind of dredging a small hoats up @ 12 feet at low tide this examination and ubmitted for conside- | next River and Har consideration. The " upming o (heir homes so th bill called del little probability of an early of the Tolovana | 9 0 % {trial in cvent the jury remains d was favorably recom | locked ¥y ago, The bill additional examination | of Dry Port Fred Havbor, Cordova Harboy flarhor, Nome Harl Afognak, William a Ohio Ka eu said 1k inst to vel holding in The sum by populai dogs from The team ace, arviv t raised to buy ammat her the Musceuin th Jurors | The | Many witne progress 23 d » i excused in were he under Iarbor ng ) subscription a Los will Zoo. 1 housed also e in agy it h eral 'Race for Mu;(;r‘of Spokane Is Close One Wash., March the complete MOTHER OF WELL KNOWN ALASKANS DIES IN EAST Pass, SPOKANE, A recheck of ived | returns of Tuesday | telegraphic advices informing he of | tion shows John A Con- | the death of her mother, Mrs. M. B.| Commissioner, is ot | Manning, who passed Tuesday, | Fleming, incumbent March at the family home in | Mayor ymerville, near Boston, Mass. The | tuneral will be Friday. | Mrs. Manning wa se. She had been "many year Mrs. Charles M. McGrath, 10 ticini municipal el sall, former Cit leading Charle by 19 voie Miss Agne: ; dent of this Manning long a city, y erday i ¥ and passed by rizing an expenditure r the control of Lowe rotect from flood waters the Alaska Railroad ter sther government property bill was -e 'Son, Who Murderefl His Father, Is Given Life March 10 murder Westeott T4 an inv rs of alid for thorizing the extension of Shelton Tramway — was| the House of Represent-|ter of Mrs. Manning, was in Seattle | but failed (o ©n her way from Sitka to the East nate due to the filibuster | €M sick bed when she heard of her closing days of the short|mother's death I James L. Manning, formerly Juneau, is a son of deceased. He was ill at the family home when the end came Mis | Alaska LOS ANGELES, Cal., Carl Westcott, convicted of ing his father, Charles G has been sentenced for 1if a_ daugh | Narrows funds were secured for i of Wrangell Narrows | ontract was let to tha| 1d Dredge and Dredging e completion of this pro- Manning has never been m? but her three children, Mrs.| | McGrath, Miss Manning and James Manning, are all well and favorably | known here, and have the sympathy of their host of friends on Pun "Eight.) Barkin Saves Man SEWAT awoke H Lo escape which | intendent chery. ¢ | The dar $10,000 | to have | fire Just for a thrill. s Barking | stroyed I A WASHINGTON, March government's effort to - (000,000 additional tpxes from former e | { minority stock holders of the Ford MADRID, March 10.—Major Larre-| Motor Company promises to produce s, who was forced down last|y valuable library of information 4l weck attempting to fly from sn‘“"‘prnmult ants for future tax litigation to Uruguay, and his three compa-| The record of the hearings con nions have arrived Cape Jubifqucted by the United States Boi They were found by hostile tribesmen | (,, s ARDREIN HaFE anil st Dekrolt on the coast and have been heiq! huge gince Wednesday, March 2, but were opinion of subsequently released. engaged in S e mass of SEATTLE, March 10 Roa, | heretotore rilable aged 39, sailor on the guard | venient form relating cutter Haida, was killed today when stock evaluation he attempted to run in front of a That knowledge, street car. His death made a total legal authorities, of 18 in Seattle so far this year ‘n|and economists, is S——— Y TR T D toward clarifying The 10 § e . collect § BORGAS AT CAPE JUBI g of Dog Hatchery rom Death Alaska, March 10. of his 1 terrier K. Starr just in time > death from the flames esterday morning de- is home. Starr is super- )t the Territorial Hat- :ht miles from Seward. nage is estimated at defective flue is said the cause of the D, at 1 N, at- con not dimensions the score of the fight, information in such to corpor attained in the torneys tains a a con tion Pedro coast contributed taxation experts expected to o the | | i | | [ | i | | MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS Granted New Trial| nebulons | * PRICE TEN CENTS QUAKE INGREASE INTEN E COLD - SWEEPS QUAKE AREA IN JAPAN Fifty Thousand People Suf- fering — Death Toll Keeps Inueasmg TOKYO, Jdpan ol a March from 10 the o Bach earth- fresh pter to last Monday's Japan prevailing, snow erflowing streams, k of food and shel- wrth u |a the | cat : | tow pled fires v T t of 8el il nd ntral and rain ther accor by blings, 50,000 per ahout tol continued e, to the trials of wse homes were burned in shock Police have the suf- tracks, country rum added ons w them or ! the A ombined but hlocked wed v and to efforts bhroken and o ind res railway flooded i | | | | roads | rel inds SLroy hindering Violent v prevented d rough seas have ers bring sup- plies Official kno 500 advices today report dead i pld unofficial estimate re killed in the that ced at still quake 4} n now whilr 1. 000 fires follow NEW YORK MAN KILLED NEW YORK, March 10.—A cable- wram relatives announces that Renshelar Choates King, busines man, has been the Kobe earthquake. A BIG AIRPLANE CONTRACT LET March 10 yany 500,000 Van York in [ Col | New killed Boe- been contract for of navy pursuit of developing The planes lelivery by the The has SATTLE Airplane a ing Co awarded he construction planes capable mile hous be | | an ready for first the | | | year -~ 10ld Ledger Reveals Moderate Fur Costs Alaska, March 10.—An the Northern Comme | cial Compuny of Alaska, dated 1882 | discovered at Dutch Harbor, discloses that it would have been in expensive in that to supply a movie star’s full complement of furs. Here yme quotations: otters seal, $114 silver 8 black $21 $60; 436 day 142 sea 300 foxes, cross are $1 foxes, 20 red §300; foxes, foxes, > Members of Dry Force Must Now Take Quiz WASHINGTON, William €. Deming, the Civil Service announces that every member of the Prohibition En- forcement Service is required to ! take a Civil Service Examina- tion in order to hold the job. March 10, President of Commission, present | I ———8 ! RECORD IN FORD CASE IS LIBRARY MANY PRECEDENTS concoption how common stock in close corporation is to be apprais- which has prevailed since t | federal income tax law went into effect March 1, 1913, Arthur J. Lacy, of for Senator James Couzens and other appellants, is convineed that “in this case more testimony has been presented on the valuation of common stocks and intangibles than has ever been brought together in any one proceeding” and that it probably contains the most scien- (tific analysis of the philosophy of in- | vestment values ever presented by | experts in any similar litigation." The record, he thinks, will be of | great value not only to, tax boards, security and commerce commissions, but to the investing public as well, Detroit, coun- el |