The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 6, 1927, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE —— — _ VOL. XXX., NO. 4473, * * * EIGHTH SESSION OF LEGISLATURE ENDS THURSDAY Featured by Kefusal of Ley- islators to Raise Taxes on Any Industry. SHELDON STAGES LAST HOUR FIGHT ON PENSIONS Fairbanksan Forces Pension Bill on Floor But Unable The eighth Legislature closed its session here last night af ter 60 da of lawmaking. While can justly lay claim to the enviable distinetion of having refused to vaise | a single tax schedule and lowered some rates, it was-at the same time the best spender of the eight assemb lies since the body was created It appropriated approximately 500,000 in special and general ap- propriations. It, however, had to des with moras measures propriations than any of its predeces- wors. Thus while its actual appropria tions were larger it also rejected more proposed money grants than any other preceding Territorial legislature. Ends with Point of Order The ending of the session in the Senate was quiet and harmonious. It had disposed of almost every meas ure hefore it when President Howard brought down his gavel marking th: slaure. In the Touse, feast in which their parts, it ferent situation. however, after a love all and sund 100 was a somewh it As the session hal begun, with a well defined lineup. point of order raised, overruled, ap- peal from the ruling of the Chair, sustained nine.to seven. so it ended With this difference, however, the vote on the last appeal from the Chair's ruling wa eight to eight, with Representative Grier for the first time of the session voting ‘o overturn a decision of the Speaker Not Very Acrimonious It wasn't however, an acrimoniou session, but was lively enough to tertain the well-filled galleries. It was enlivened by numerous good- natured sallies which came frequent- ly enough to relieve the tedium of the routine work of reports from con: ference committees on various bills on which disagreements existed. The feature of the last hours was the determined fight staged by Rep- resentative Robert K. Sheldon, Fair banks, aided by Lomen, Nome, to force a vote on a Senate measure, by Dunn, increasing the maximum allowance to aged pioneers, qualified tn be members of the Pioneers of Alaska, to $35 per month. This bill had slumbered most two weeks in the Way Means Committee. When M don discovered its | whereabouts, demanded that the Speaker have for al- and Shel- he it brought back to the House. Chairman | prepared a mnon-com-| Ross hurriedly mital report which was approved by all members of the Committee ex- cept Messrs. Lomen and Scott who recommended its passage. Starts Fight Anew the report was read, Mr. ‘When Sheldon promptly moved for a sus-j pension of the rules in order to pui the measure on final passage. M Johnston, sensing an opportunity amended the motion to include the Senate bill providing for the election of Treasurer. This bill had earlier in | the day been killed when the Hous refus>d to suspend rules for its vancement and consideration. Supporters of the /pioneers’ pen- sion bill objected fo this procedure. Mr. Sheldon pointed out that the (Continued on Page Six.) * LAWMAKERS END it! requiring ap- | * * * “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1927. * * * * * Convicts Strike Ends; Yield to Crackers, Water | 200 white prison er struck Wednesday for a |8 working week and Satur | afternoons off, yielded to the [lure of ctackers and water After wrecking the cell houses the mutineers were quelled and a policy of “no work, no foot nor water” was put into effect After 36 hours without food and | 24" hours without water, all con- victs surrendered when promised jerackers and water and if they { would denounce the ring leaders. C. H. FLORY AND HIS ASSISTANTS ARE COMMENDED {Juneau Chamber of Com- merce Praises Officials of Forest Service. CELEDONIA PRISON FAF 6.—Over Distri Forester his assistants, M. L. Merritt and B. Heintzleman, and oiher officers and employees of the Bureau of For estry, in Alaska, were the unexpected recipients of praise today from the Juneau Chamber of Commerce for i their policy which has encouraged :lhe immediate development of the timber resources of Southeastern Al aska ‘for paper manufacturing. This {praise came in the form of a resolu {tion whieh was passed unanimously by the ‘members of the at he noonday luncheon today o {solution was signed by President I. Lucas and Secretary Frank Boyle, | Shiels, Harris Introduced | Archie W. Shiels, Vice-President of |the Pacific Ame P. E. Harris, principal owner of \P. . Harvis Company, large A isalmon packers, were introduced i(lm Chamber. Mr. Shiel lwas glad to be in Juneau, and it w lindeed a pleasure to address such C. H. Flory { the te and Mr. Harris agr ISeattle, that on Tuesda) |and Saturdays he would ma es, if they wore called on Mondays, Wednesday, i |days. Mr. Harris would be the |speechmaker. However, Mr. Har {remarked that he had nothing to say. | Representative Robert E. Sheldon |of the Fourth Division, urged th {members when touring Alaska ispend a few weeks, in the land he would that they | | 1 | . upon leaving © 8pe upon, aud ¥ " see enjoy (Continued on Page Eignt.) 88 e Al FRENCH FLIER IS MISSING ON OCEAN FLIGHT DAKAR, South Africa, May 6.— Great angiety is felt for the safety of French Aviator Capt. St. Roman, who left St. Louis, Senegal, yester- day morning on an attempted trans- Atlantic flight to Pernambuco, Brazil. Vessels in the South Atlantic |have been asked to search for the plane. The distance of the flight, 1,875 | miles, should have been covered in |18 or 20 hours. | A Pernambuco newspaper posted a bulletin last night that St. Roman passed over St. Paul's Rock, 540 miles from South America at 6 o'clock last night but this has not been confirmed. | FRENCH DOCTORS FIND TUBERCULOSIS SERUM PARIS, May 6. — Three famous French scientists claim to have prac- tically solved the problem of finding an anti-tuberculosis serum for the cure of *human pulmonary tubercu- losis. Doctor Philippe A. Kfouri, Pro- fessor Gabriel Petit of the Academy of Medicine and Professor Panisset of the National Veterinary School at Aifort have worked for years on the nmb:zm. regone conclusion they red that the serum would have to be derived from the blood of a person or animal afflicted with pul- monary tuberculosis. For various rea. sons it was impossible to take the bleod of human patients, The scientists first experimented | with dogs, rabbits and other ani- mals, inducing in them pulmonary tuberculosis. The serum derived from thelr blood, however, was not of sufficient intensity to combat the disease in the human body. They next experimented, with horses at the National Veterinary School, well known for their resist- ance to the disease. The problem was especially difficult since it was neces- sary to induce only pulmonary tuber- culosis and not a general tubercular condition. These experiments have now succeeded, they claim. LIFE OR DEATH FOR MRS.3NYDER AN S — ; e . Mrs. Ruth Snyder’s and Henry Judd Gray’s hopes of escaping the death are pinned to these twelve men, the jury chosen after five days of strenuous examination, 4, Herman Ballweg, 63, retired saloon-keeper; 5, John Schneider, Jr., 30, florist; Ruchdashal, 41, employment munager; 8, Everett J, Van Vrenken, 48, secretary derhyde, 35, clerk; 11, Fred J. Grob, 41, piano maker; 12 Philip MeCabe, ken are widowers; the others have wives, v; 9, George , 86, electrical instepctor, MRS. CHAPLIN (323,837 FLOOD LIBERALS WILL GRAY SAYS HE - ... WANTS FORTUNE VICTIMS ARE IN | LAYDOWNARMS | | | | | | i \ | “|that Lita Grey Chaplin has set $1, | an_Fisheries, and |! 1 ska | ! been willing to stated ho | 11 | | Thursdays | Was issued declaring that Mrs. Chap- to| interior | | | | | | | | | | " |Kidnaping ‘Gang Busy | more money than Chaplin possesse: |an intelligent group of men, but he|%4¥% DIVORCE CASE Counsel Say's She Demands |Greatest Ngmber Ever Re—lLibcral Commander Says U. Million and Quarter Dol- sulting fromDisaster Aid- | S. Will Take Field Against lars — Is Denied. ed by Relief Funds: <Fhem if They" Don't. LOS ANGEERS, Cal. May 6 MEMPHIS, §oda, Miw s May ¢ Counsel for Charles Chaplin disclosed | Mississippi. River flood, after infte peace ~ soifle than weeks' ramps peen reached hetween Hon placed persons, a rec: mson, President Coolidg: ber under the mediator, between the warring Lib the Ame Red Cross erals and Conservatives, Gon, Jos | This li swelled hourly Maria Moncada, Liberal Commander ditional waters poured announced, in effect, that he wa dikes ready to lay down arms on insist Reports to the Red Cross officials ence of the United States showed 95.000 have been immuned fo| After an interview with typhoid and 85,000 from’ small- General said it s the United § to take the field erals if fighting continues. He is prepared to order his troops to ture their arms over to the United Sta troops. This proceeding will be nounced to the Liberal (roops Supporting his contention th United States was ready to ta un arms st the Liberals, Gen. Mon cada disy a letter addressed him from sOn, saying Coolidge 4 the forces (o pt custody of of those who are willing to lay down including the Government disarm forcibly those who do do s0." The more has rd num care 0f 250,000 as the sum for would settle the divorce. Chaplin's attorneys, in a férma) statement, answered the charges of Lita's “tounsel that Chaplin refused o settle the ¢ fairly out of court. | “At all time arles Chaplin has Lita Grey (r:uv of her sharé of . but $1,250,000 which she sters, can is flood 1 ad from Cl e | Stimsc in her exc | community propert | 58 to pox Twenty-seven | boats are in 0 wireless - JAMES WILKIN DROPS DEAD IN | SAN FRANDISCO Made Fortune in Alaska Gold Rush—Dies While Pay- ing Income Tax. the that prepared airplanes inst the Lib the flood stations are 826 power waters and operating the formal statement multaneously a counter statement an lin “asks only $650.000 with an ad ditional trust fund for the two chil dren and a share of the receipts from his uncompleted pictures.” — .- Coast “Strangler”” Is Believed Under Arrest 6. Th arms them and SACRAMENTO, Cal not police belicve Albert Lou, arrested for molesting Mrs. C. L. Shapard may he the coast “strangled” sought for the murder of a dozen women He was arrested trying to force his way into the home of Mrs. Shapari who was alone. R CAPT. TOM SMITH SURPRISED WITH A KITCHEN SHOWER One of the most important society events of the week was a delight- ful kitchen surprise party for Capt Tom Smith, About 30 young couples were present at the informal din- ner at the Duck Club, on the Glac- ier Highway last night, presenting Capt. Smith with: various cooking utensils. After the dinner Capt. Smith thanked all present and asked th to make a trip on his new launch the Yakobi. .as soon as it is com- pletd, which will be in about three weeks He also entertained the hosts with a short ballet dance. The evening was spent playing bridge and dancing. ———e—— May - e Explosion in New York Is Believed to Have Killed 7 NEW YORK, May 6. Sevon per sons are believed to have been killed in a two story building this afte noon following an explosion and col lapse of the structure. Unofficial reports said a gas tank buried under the building exploded nd burst the water mains. The dead are said to have been trapped and drowned while working in the cella which was a taxicab office Marriage Nullification: Of Marconi Is Announced ullification of the sentence of mar of William Mar coni, wireless inventor, and Beatrice O'Brien, has been communicated sec SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, May 6 James Wilkins, who made a fortune n the Alaska gold rush, dropped dead in the Customs House yester day afternoon while paying his in come Wilkins was a San Francisco cafe owner before going to Alaska where he owned half interest in No. 1 Grass Gulch mine, As a member of the firm of Sullivan and Wilking, he later sold for about $1,000,000. e Many Srcotch Immigrants Disappointed This Spring ROME, May ¢ EDINBURGH, May 6. Thousands of would be cmigrants from Scotland to the United States who have ap-|retly to the interested parties and plied for emigrant visas in the Ediu-|[will be published within a few days burgh, Glasgow, and Dundee consula ' |Official announcement was made May areas during the Spring will be dis-|2 of the engagement, of Marconi o appointed Countess Christina Sozzi Scali, youth The Consuls announce that they|[ful member of the old Roman family have a waiting list of 60,000 appli-{and belonging to the Papal aristo cant, more than 50,000 of whom live |cracy. in Southwestern Secotland. A ding to Consular officials, Scotlan share of the British emigrant quota wili not this year be more than 15,000, In City of New York NEW YORK, May 6. Abraham Scharling and James Taylor, held prisoners for ransom by a kidnapin® gang, have been released. The polic believe the release was prompted by the killing yesterday of Joseph Mar- cus and the arrest of David Berman and Charles Kraemer suspected of being involved in the kidnaping. >ee — SCHOOL BOY BEATEN BY PRINCIPAL, PASSES AWAY PORTLAND, Ore., May 6.—An au topsy and investigation is underway to determine whether the death yes- terday of Leonard Staffor, 12 year old school boy, had any connection with a flogging received a week ago for playing hockey. W. A Dickson, Principal, who whipped the lad.’ said he used only a small strap and dil not strike hard. Bootleggers in Flood District ——e——— Work in Trees EARL CARROLL, NERVOUS WRECK S A : MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 6.—In swaying tree tops of half a dozen Mississippi River islands near ! | here, ingenious bootleggers erect- ed great whiskey stills and houses during the last few weeks to do a land office business while GREENVILLE, 8. C., May 6.—A¢- tending physicians = announce that Earl Carroll, theatrical producer, is a nervous wreck and will be unable to work for some time after being taken to Atlanta Penitentiary to serve ———————— SEATTLE HALIBUT PRICES SEATTLE, May 6.-—Halibut 11 and 14 cents yesterday. rivals included the Seymour aver Th with his “bathtub” sentemce. He may he 24,000 . pounds, Beaver 10,000, able to work after he leaves prison as his confinement there might ail recuperation of his health. competitors were put out of busi- | mess by the flood. S S i American 21,000, 5,000, Norma 2,300, Madeline J 6500 La Paloma 23000 i “und Chaneellor 11,000, APPROPRIATIONS TIED UP BY § RS T N DGRAY? THESEM e ——— penalty for the murder of M y All believe in 1, William E. Young (foreman), 38, publicity man; 2, Charles Meissner, 50, landscape gardener; 8, Alfred R. Kramer, 35 elerk; 6, John K. Connolly, 89, engineer: 7, Louis iegler, 47, printer; 10, CARE RED CROSS N NICARAGUA DEEDBYWOMAN | Claims ,Mrs.k Svder’s Mag- Aloha | liam J A ————— PRICE TEN CENTS ur * *9 * kS 8 18 FILED - AGAINST SMITH. BY WICKERSHAM fFunds- for Governor, Secre- and Legislative Help Tied Up by Suit. SAYS. APPROPRIATIONS ARE MADE UNLAWFULLY iStoos Work of Completing Records of Legislature —Ties Up Overtime. | Based of a complaint filed hy [Judge Wickersham in the i Court today Judge Reed issued a temporary |order restraining Walstein G. Smith, | Territorial asur fom - paying fout any momey from appropriations |made by the Legislature for the offide of Gay. George A. Parks and |maifitenance and repair of the Kx- Mansion, Secretary Theile’s : | I ) | ey b4 L —— Snyder’s hushand pital punishment. vhn Van- quchdashal and Vau Vren- ecutive office and for all special legislative expenses The total | . WAS LED INTO | 690, Judge Reed set 2 p. m. May 11, as the time for the Treasurer {to appear and show cause why the torder should not be made perman- ent. The suit to stop payment was file by Judge Wickersham ‘‘fops himsel! “and all “Wther taxpayers® similariy situated.” L A Stops Clerical Work | The firet direct resnlt of thle guit fWas to shut off post-session work I, fhe oMices of Searetary’ of-the, . el e Olark nflfil Hoikns 18pee T iegfilative Tunds tied up ny Ruth | the order were appropriated to caver him, SAtra work neceas for preparing |mu Journals of the two houses for pubiication and other necessary |elorleal work that always foilows s g el tagil actual sesglon and for overtime said both of them w rined with! 2 tually put In by meinbers of the lethal gas and lnstruments when|¢lerical staffs, % they went to Snyder's bedside where| While the regalar salaries paid the husband was slebping. He teg-|the stenographers and typists will titied that he had never seen Mr.|"Gt be affecied by the actiom, it Snyder, that he joined the plot to] "'l not be possible for them to be kill the man against whom he had: ) or any of the hours of over- noeimily WNASkoever work done during the regular v was dismissed from the wit 56s:on. This amounts to several ness stand after the State rxw-uuul,]'”“'“"" dollars in each branch. him for half an hour and Mis Notice to Stop Snyder's attorney examined him for; President Howard, of the Senate, right hours His own attoruey ex-|and ker Smith, of the House, amined him for six hours and re-!when informed by the Treasurer lirect examination Jasted three|that the suit had been brought, at minutes, once notifled their office forces thay (iray’s defense rested and the|would not be responsible for any testimony was completed. The mur-)salary earned for post-session work. der trial then adjourned until next|Preparations were being made today Monday to suspend work and box up all records and supplies pending definite settlement of the action It was regarded as unlikely that tthe fournals would be completed for publication. The Federal funds for ibrinting these volumes are not in- {volved in the wuit, but money to | pay for thelr preparation is tied up is $43.- netism Led Him from Syracuse to*New York °, NEW ¥ P Gay, tate yesterdasoafiernoon testified in the Synder murder cas that the magnetism of Mrs Snyder, co-d-fendant, pulled 100 miles to help kill Snvder. 4 of traveling from Syru- New York City fto he led e —— F F " jand cannot legally be used until i the aciion has been decided “Frogged Out of Turn” “Judge Wickersham has frogged o out of turn,” was the comment of Senator Borah Supports Pro-|dme” members of the Legislature = today Tuere was a good deal of posal Submitted by ity e e eabut Minister Briand. have included funds to pay off the i clerical workers for duty actually FASHINGTON i a 1 performed during the session, in the WASHINGTON, May 6. — United |y orotuin oo Sonion’ they put i States Senator William E. Borah, | o STt B0 e Chairman of the Senate Forelgn ““As it affects myself as President Relations Committee, hopes the pro-loe ine Senate, the Governor's and posal of Foreign Minister Briand of | gy ratury’s oftices, I have no feeling ce, that the United States and|u¢ 411 iy the matter. But I do feel ance will agree to outlaw war Will| vary' girongly about the loss which take the form of a proposed treaty wij] he inflicted upon the women This’ is the snbstance of a letter | who have worked so efficiently and the 'Senator wr Raymond Fos-|go hard durifig the session, putting dick, former Under Secretary Gen-'jn many night hours in order that eral of the League of Nations. The|we could have our journals, out letter was in reply for Borah's con |properly and ‘our records kept up to sideration of the nt Briand mes-| qate,” declared President Howard. sage to the American people in which ;;-.- such an agreement with Amer jture and others accepted the suit ca as a followup on the defeat of all I S efforts to pass the celebrated Con- Isle Royale in Lake Superior, oltrolley Bill. [t was recalled that whole township of Keweenaw coud-|jygg. Wickersham, in his speech be- t .!\hullnguu. has h.u! two wlnn-‘-\.“‘,n, a joln sessfon of the Legisla- sidents, a game warden and ""‘i Bty SO s .3 wife. (Centinued on Page Kight) S ys Administration Is in ‘High Favor in the Far West WASHINGTON, May President Coolidge calied Administration and Republican leaders info u breakfast conference today before which Wil M. Butler, Chairman of the [ turus1 from a western tour, said the Adniivistration is in high standing in the far wesfern states. The guests included Secretary of State Kullogg, Secretary of Treasury Mollon. Secretary of Navy Wilbur, Republican National Committee, made a report. * Chairman Butler, who has just re- Secrelr'y of Interfor Work, Speaker Longworth, Senator Curtls of Kansas aud Sevator Borah of ldaho,