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

\ ? i | » | | ¢ VOL. XXXL, NO. 4653, : IILY AL “ALL THE NEWS AEL THE TIME” ~ JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1927. BY PRESIDENT i REVIEW OF TERRITORY FOR LAST FISCAL YEAR IS MADE BY GOV. PARKS Commerce Well Ahead of Normal with Large Balance of Trade in Favor of Alaska—Fisheries Produc- tion Breaks All Records—Mining Declines Shightly —Pulp and Paper Development Looms as Import- -anit—Money for Construction of Capitol Building Here One of Five Recommendations Made by the Governor in Annual Report, TO CONGRE 1 "LAYS DOWN | RULES FoR ~ THE 6.0, P, IPresident Gives Set of Principles to Na- tional Committee WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—With- {out mentioning his own connec- Junn with the approaching politi- ] cal’ campaign, President Coolidge today laid down a set of political Tax Reduction Measure Is Given House WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.— The first major piece of leg- islation for the new Congress is the new $236,000,000 tax reduction . bill which has | been _ introduced in the House. —_— | HIGH LIGHTS IN THE PRESIDENT RECOMMENDATIONS TO CONGRESS i P TGN ! FARM RELIEF-—Creation of a Federal Farm Board to ad- « minister a revolving fund to help co-operatives. " FLOOD CONTROL—Construction of dikes, emergency spill- 3 ways and aides to navigation on the lower Mississippi. by TAXATION—Moderate reduction as recommended the Treasury and retention of certain excise taxes. ARMY-—Large enough for national defense with a generous § [ § NAVY-—More cruisers, submarines and airplane carriers but » { no participation in a naval building race. PROHIBITION —Strict enforcement SKA EMPIRE MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS “STERN SELF-DENIAL” IN EXPENDITURES IS " EMPHASIZED, MESSAGE Coolidge Presents Annual Recommendations to Con- gress—Comprehensive Document Touches Upon Legislative Issues Which Have Aroused Interest and Speculation—Program Is Moderate One for Expansion of Nation’s Defenses and Natural .q- sources — Views Are Approximately Same ‘s Have Been Previously Outlined. A close-up of all Federal activi- ties in Alaska and an accounting of general conditions in the Ter- ritory are included in the annual report of Gov. George A. Parks to Secretary Hubert Work of the Intreior Department made pub- lic today. It covers the fiscal year ending June 30, 1927. A general review is given by the Governor, prefacing more de tailed statements which recount the accomplishments of the sev- eral bureaus during the year. Only five specific recommendations are made, being: _Additional appro: yriations for the United States Bureau of Education to enable them to build 'and equip one or more isolation wards for tuber- calar patients; enlargement of the _ station at Tanana by providing a home for defective children, {so- tation ward for contagious ‘dis cases, and an industrial school; detention home. - for ug'e.rrm natives in the Territory; re of the tax provisions of the Alas: a » far as they :Q game laws A Cbrang atrin tion of a Territorial capitol build- ing. Large Trade Balance The Governor's report follows in part: “A review of conditions in Alas- ka for the fiscal year'ended June 30, 1927, indicates that the im- provement noted during the pi ceding year continued -and . was apparent in renewed activities in many industries _throughout the Territory. General health cond* tions were good, although seve! epidemics of contagious diseases were reported from isolated com- munities in the Yukon and K kokwim districts. Customs re- ports show that there was a mnot- able increase in the value of im- ports and exports, and the year closed with a balance of trade in favor of the Territory amounting to $47,955132, This is an in- crease of $18,665,742 over last year. The increase in exports accounted for by the unusually large catch of salmon, and it can not be expected thaj this condi- tion will prevail during the mext year. ¥ Mining Conditions “Commerce, loreign and domes- tie. reached a total of $112,090, 936, as compared to $92,844,344 for the preceding year. Of this amount, the exports were valued at’ $80,018,034 and imports $32,062,902. “There was A decline in the value of the ' mineral progduction due chiefly to curtailed produc: the 11 duced, ts where have been installed. banks district the preliminary work usual to extensive dredge’ mining is progressing rapidly and | it is expected that active produc- tion will begin next year. Copper Ore Leads “For many years the production of copper has exceeded all other minerals, hence any appreciable decline in the quantity produced or in the price of the metal is re- flected in the value of mineral production of the Territory. Dur- ing the year 67,778,000 pounds of copper, valued at $9,489,000, was produced as compared with 73, 866,298 poupds,” valued at $10 861,336, for the preceding year. “The Federal Government and the Territory are endeavoring to stimulate mhinmg, the former by the construction of roads and _the latter by partici- il comstruction and to pay transpor- instances to bona ‘The success’ of| l;fr;%%l{{ 5.,(#:':'2 to prospectors, “The coal mining industry shows little improvement since last year. Practically all of the production came from the mines in the Matanuska Valley and the Healy River field. Many im- provements have been made at the mines, both in equipment and mining methods, hence it is ex- pected that the quality of the coal placed on the market will improve and the cost of production be ve- In the Matanuska field the Alaska Railroad standardized the track from the main line to the Moose Creek mines and this will facilitate the shipping of qon! from thig district. It is estimated that the domestic consumption of coal in Alaska is less than 160, 000 tons per annum and last year about 70,000 tons of this was im- ported. Qil Drilling Continues “The petroleum production was confined to the Katalla field as in former years. The oil is obtain- ed from a number of shallow wells and is refined in the vicini. ty. The production is limited and the product disposed of locally At a price somewhat higher than the imported product. The oil-drill- ing operations on Pearl Creek Dome near Becharoff Lake in the Alaska Peninsula ~were discon- tinued early in 1926. One well was drilled to & reported depth of 5,034 feet befére it was aban. doned. 'There are other favor- able localities ‘in this region and ! | similar machines | In the Fair-| PRESENTED IN HOUSE, 1 DAY Regular Deluge of Meas- ures and Resolutions Are Introduced WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. — The legislative levees gave way yes- terday in the House of Represen- tatives by a flood of 5,400 bills and resolutions, ranging from in- dividual to ' national interest, which poured in. The Senate was fect of a deluge u 1zes. 9 The bills in lho}buw, of ma- tional and regiomal- importance involved -such QMI?I' as Pro- hibition, Furm Re oad . €on- trol, Coal, Inuhigratign, Aviation, Nationef Defense ‘a Harbors. * A national referendum for the repeal of the Eighteerith Amend- ment, was proposed by Represen- tative Charles J. McLeod,, Repub- lican, of Michigan. Yesterday afternoon the House was organized when Nicholas Longworth was re-electéd Speak- er. The Democrats cast their complimentary vote for Finis J arrett, of Tennessee. — e —— ELECTION OF ALASKA GOV. IS PROPOSED Delegate Introduces Reso- lutions in House for Many Purposes’ ired the ef- 1 it crgan- WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—Elec- tion of the Governor of Alaska by "|ment limitation.” principles for the Republican Na- tional Committee and recited at length the aims of the Adminis- tration and *lans for the future. Those who expected President Coolidge to amplify his state- ment “he did not choose to run,’” were disappointed. Speaking in the East Room of| the White House, President Cool- idge reiterated belief in a high; protective tariff, freedom of pri- vate interests from government interference in the operation of industry, agricultural or business | pursuits in general. He urged the necessity of economy and re-| duction of the National debt. Banking Institutions “We wish our banking institu- tions to be strong and profitable| in order that they may serve the‘ needs of the. Nation,” said the; President. “We believe they should assist other people in supplying _ credit requirements. We do not think this should be done by sacrificing any other .de- sirable domestic interest. We .could not Jook. with faxer in . ting in jeopardy our industry orj: agriculture to serve the needs of! foreign debtors.” f Build Up Navy The building up of the Ameri- can Navy, President Coolidge; | said, was imperative but in thlsll endeavor ‘‘no one need see thel | threat of aggression, while we|| beem in the Territory for believe this country is commit-{ | more than 30 years without ted”to a policy of naval armas| | a tuip to the States. l i 3 strikes. ! FOREIGN RELATIONS —Und ! toward outlawing war not out of harmony with ¥ | PHILIPPINES-—Congressional 4 ditures and visit to the PANAMA CANAL—Construct. " MERCHANT MARINE-—Stop & over to private capital a lantic waterway through {1 Oldtimer Dies Following Stroke & | KETCGHIKAN, Alaska, Dec, | — After living for five | Bays, <Bazalyzed, | unable to ‘prepare feod or [ build a fire and with cold | ather prevailing, Capt, H. Hansen, aged 72, veteran miner and prospector, died yesterday shortly after he was brought to the hospital from Point Niblic. He had | —————— SAYS NEGROES KILLED HUBBY Mrs. Lilliendahl Testifies that She and Beach Are Not Guilty MAYS LANDING, N. Y., Dec. 6.—Garbed in her widow’s weeds, Mrs. Margaret Lilliendahl told, hetween sobs, on the witness stand, her story of the manner The President declared thut‘ “unless 1 have misread the con-; victions of my countrymen, we; are likewise® determined to enter no covenant that assigns to: the| United States any sevondary place among maval powers ‘of the world."” President Coolidge declared that| agriculture, as a whole, is in bet- ter circumstances than some of the other divisions of industry. ——————————— f COL. LINDBERGH HAS ACGIDENT | 0 COAL—Legislation permitting the President to act during erstanding with other nations and negotiations of covenants the Constitution, supervision of revenue expen- Islands every two years of a Congressional Commiltee. ion of a §$12,000,000 dam at Alhajuela for flood protection. further building; turn ships s second line of naval defense. 5 INLAND NAVIGATION-—Projection of the Gulf to the At- the St. Lawrence. b - OITY STARTS FRESH FAT Chairman Butler in Wrong ! Again with National Committee WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. — The fight in the Republican National Committee against Chairman Wil- liam M. Butler, because he de- clared publiely that he favored Kansas City for the mnext Na- tional Convention broke out in the open as committeemen began to hear formal arguments from a dozen cities seeking the conven- tion, Two committeemen issued statements to the effect it was not in the province of the chair- man to attempt to swing the convention to agy one city while Cleveland, Chieago, San Francisco and other cities are in the race. The statements éxpressed surpri and some anger that the chair- man had not remained neutral. Harrison Garnett, North Dako- ta Committeeman, advocated De- troit for the convention. He de- clared that it is not necessary for committeemen to follow the suggestion of Chalrman Butler the p‘ople of the Territory is HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N. J., asked in a number of resolutions;Dec. 6.--Col. Charles A, Lind- introduced in the House of Rep-|bergh narrowly escaped injury regéntatives by Delegate Dan|yesterday when one of the wheels Sutherland. < This bill, which is;of his. Spirit of 8t. Louis struck in line, it is said, with the re-|a hole and tilted the plane suf- cent governmental poliey of in-|ficiently to damage the propeller. creasing the authority of the| Col. Lindbergh was taxiing residents in Alaskdn affairs, |across the field, ready to leave, tion_in the copper mines and 10W- |, joupt other wells will be drill- er prices in the copper market.|.q i, tne district in an effort o The mineral production for the|n.q ine gource of the seepage ofl « ‘year i3 valued at $17.667.800, 881 ;o¢ {5 present. Another company compared with $18,220,802 for the |, q.jiing near Johnson Creek in preeeding year. The produetion |, .= vayaraga ofl field on the of gold increased from $6,360.280 | . ihern comst of Alaska, east of in 1925, to $6,707,000 in 1937, |y aia)la, but the well has mot would take the selection of the Alaska Executive from the hands of the President, . | The first popular election would be held the first Monday in No- vember, 1930. Other resolutions introduced by when the accident octurred. Offi- cials of the Gales Flying Circus Company, sald if the hole had been slightly deeper, the plane might have been thrown over. in which two negroes killed her|and that he was greatly displeas- aged husband, with whose mur-|ed that the chairman had shown der she fs charged. preferance. Willis Beach, elderly chicken farmer, jointly charged with the widow and whose infatuation for her was put forward by the State as the motive for the erime, list-| WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 6. ened to her testimony, which ~The controversy over the seat- characterized him as innocent,/ M8 Of the Alaskn representative with a twisted emile on his pallid. °" the Republican National Com- lips. mittee was today sidetracked by o the Executive Committee because Cross examination of the Wom-|representatives of the two con- an was more dramatic than thejagy lal 1 th. direct testimony. She sald she we:uvlzb.:;‘.mmu % oo ahd ‘her husband were driving ALASKA CO0; VERYSY IS smrgn COMMITTEE while the value of the co in 1925 to $9,489,000 in 1826. The gold production fs derived from lode and placer mines distributed throughout the Territory.. The lode mines prodiced & $2.938,0007 about 85 per cent of this came from the mines in southeastern a. 1t is gratifying to note that there is of increas- @ aetivity in lode mining in all _disteicts, and are pros Pects in- the course of elop- ment than in previous years. The principal placer mines are in the d and fourth judicial divi- The largest operations at esent time are found in Pro-| oached sufficlent depth to deter-|Delegate Sutherland are as fol- duced decreased from $10,361.336 |0 the presence of oil in com-+lows: mercial - quantities. “There extensive deposits of marble in southeastern Alaska but only one quarry is operating at the present time. The depos- its are favorably situated near tidewater .and the marble is of some grade, hence there is no ques tion but that they will be worked more extensively in the future. 1 L Canning Industry “The ‘pAck of canned salmon, 6,052,882 cases, was the. greateat in the history of the, Territory, b Appropriation of $50,000 for acquisition of herd of musk oxen by the Federal Government and experimentation for domestica- tion in Alaska, Author! To Elect Ddggates After an interlude of more | than a year, politics will be | on tap again tomight when the Democrats. of Juneau will meet to seléct delegates to attend the Divisional Con- vention to be héld ‘at Ket- { chikan on’ December 16. The | meeting, which was called | by J. J. Connots, Acting Chairman of the Divisional Committee, held in the Counefl Chi at the City Hall 1 Local 'p shown col in. this 1 today. AN zation of appeal of all criminal prosecutions in Federal Courts to the Ninth Circuit Court| | of A.DI’:P, : ! 4 Empowering the town of An- chorage . fo issue $100,000 in Autharizing the patenting of gvuhl_lq.ull- near Seward to the oman’s - -Home - Mlssig So- clety of the Ie!hmlln%l Chureh” ‘ a0 ferring criminally insane in ] bave . interest was said point Twen- named | ttend g and At to-'f along ‘a ‘wooded highway, very slowly;~when suddenly two mask- el negroes - boarded the automo- bile, -one jumping on the run- ning board, She said ker hu: band was pulled from: the car. She heard a shot and then faint- ed. When she regained con- sciousness, she ran down the road | Tand, called for help. I blood was on her clothing |after her husband was kiiled, it came ffom a nose bleed her son had and from mosquitoes she slapped as they stinged her and not from’ her husband’s wounds, Mrs. Litliendahl said. She ‘styck to the story that two megroes slew. her hushand. Dee. 6.—Mrs. land, mother of fland, of Alasks, s last Sunday Deleg diedt aftef . She wlil|! .of two weeks,) st —_— The Alaska National Commit- teemanship da .claimed by both iJohn Frame, Ketchikan, George Sex 8eward, both plo- neers of the Territory. The fight for the seat has heen waged since the Republican National Conven- tion imet in Cleveland in 1924. Mr. Frame refused a seat at that time, Mr. Sexton was des- ignated as ting National Com- mitteeman g =« final de- cision by ‘the Rxecutive Com- mittee. : Life P WWnnts e Secrets CITY, Dec. 6.—D. _Hte prisoner, in a restraining order, from physical may make public he contends is, the authoritles| utends will en- State Admin- na. The peti- Robert Moore, nson. A MICHIG C. Steph petition seeks P 2 violence 80 info not a and mesh and| WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.— Prcsident Coolidge tranamit- ted his message to Congress tcday, one seething with political conjecture, which revealed him as hewing to the line his Administration maintained on such all im- rtant measures as Farm lief, Taxation, Flood Con- trol, Foreign Relations and National Defense, coupled with recommendations for action by Congress on these any many cther questions. Presidcnt Coolidge sent the message to the Capitol by messenger and it was read in each house by clerks. WASHINGTON, Dec, 6—Calling upon the people to continue a “stern self-denial™ in natlopal ox. penditures, - President Coolidge laid before Congress today a mod- erate program of expansian for its defenses and natural rescurceg. In .a mmessage which toug ipoH “virtually “all “of ‘the legfsla- tive issues which have aroused in- terest amd speculation, the Presi- dent presented . views differing only in minor details from thore he has previously outlined on the major taxation, flood control, foreign re. lations and the state of the army and navy. Informing Congress that he hal not changed in his opposition of the McNary-Haugen farm relief bill with its equalization fee, he recommended instead a federal farm loan board with«a revolving fund to build up co-operative mar- keting and aid in the disposition of crop surpluses. On tax revi- sion he stood by the Treasury's program. Navy CTxpansion The Navy, he said, should be expanded by the addition of cruis- |ers, submarines, airplanes and arriers as well as the develop- ment of the merchant marine as a second line of defense. Flood Control He recommended that flosd control he confined this year to the lower Mississippi River, wiily provision for adequate dikes, emergency spillways and aides ‘o navigation; cautioned that this problem should be met by viewing it as a separate, national guestion without attempts to link it wita other proposals for river contro! and expansion; and suggested that the people enjoying the bet fits of land reclaimed by govern- ment-built dikes share a partial, although perhaps lighter, burden of its expense. Boulder Canyon Dam Construction of a dam at Bould: er Canyon in the Colorado ‘river was favored by the President, who cautioned, however, that every other possibility shosld be exhausted before the federad. gov- ernment becomes engaged the power business. Muscle Shoasls. he sald, should be sold to private interests providing the revenues are dedicated to agriculture, through research for methods of more economical production of centralized fertilizer, * 7 National Debt Contendigg that the country hal attained a \ prosperity never ex- ceeded and therefore was in a position to enjoy some of the benefits which resulted from econ- omy, Mr, Coolidge presented the spectre, nevertheless, of & large national debt and warned that until the revennes now directid towards its reduction could be di- verted (o Internal Improvements and national “development, 'the people must continue - sacri- continue to economize. problems- of farm relief, ! clent revenue. plete support.” High Protective Tariff The President reiterated his Bas liet in a high protective tarite, declaring that any reduction of the levies would work a hardship |on industry and agriculture alike. Prohibition Although but one paragraph of his message was devoted to pro- hibition, the President em e the need for both the people public officials to *“observe sanctions of this constitutionsl provision and its resulting law Recalling that Congress and states “with one or two n exceptions” have passed )¢ laws for enforcement of the teenth amendment, Mr. y declared that “The Federal thorities proposed. to h their. obligation for to the full extent of their [ Raiiroad Conanlidation Railroad m is ne sary” to-the- “Hoth' 'culture and industry, the L dent said in recommending that turther legisiation to facilitate this under the supervision of the | Interstate Commetce Commission {be passed without further delay. He also restated his desire for egislation which would permit him to act during coal strikes. Intervention Although the message was do- voted almost exclusively to de- | mestic affairs, the President did inform Congress again that Amer- ican intervention in foreign lands was merely for the purpose of protecting the lives and mm.lg of this country’s nationals. He = defended the administration’s poli- cy in China and Nicaragua and expressed the belief that the 3 troversy with Mexico over ofl land laws, by “a firm adherence jto our rights and a sc for the sovereigni would be solved withou impairment of friendly teeling. ‘While the President’s to his tormer policy regarding &g riculture did not come as a sur- prise, it was noticeable hecause neither political repercussions nor his summer in the West seemed to have affected his viewpoint. Agricuitural Problems Any. sound and workable pre- posal to help the farmer, ha would have his earnest su o but he laid down the principle that it should aim to assist the farmer “to work out his own vation, socially and economically.” Taking the position that the er already has been assisted reduction of federal taxes nd that agriculture was signs of improving, Mr. said: ) i “It is useless to propose & porary expedient. What 1 ed Is permanency and stability. Government price fixing is kn¢ to be unsound and bound to sult in disaster. A Govi subsidy would work out n tnnme way. It has my com * | Price Fixing “Price fixing and subsidy both increase the surplus, of diminishing it.. Putting Government directly into busi is merely & combination sidy and price fixing by political pressure, g “These expedients would le| logically to telliug the farmer law what and how ch A should plant and wheré he shoul plant it, and what and how ch he should sell and where should sell it. “The most dealing, with reduce the