LITERACY BILL
FAILS TO PASS
ON FINAL VOTE
Measure Lost by Tie Vote—
Opponents Assail it as
Class Legislation.
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for the Territorial Legislature to
confer citizenship on any person but
equally impossible for it to deprive
them of 1t. He declared that the
proposed law was more stringent than
the "Washington literacy law, which
he quoted. He declared the Indians
•re citizens and entitled to vote.
He attacked .the bill for leaving it
np to the judges of election to decide
whether or not electors were educa
tionally qualified to vote and asserted
that should it pass, the judges of elec
tion would permit persons to cast
their voles df their complexions suit
ed the Judges and not otherwise. “It
would make czars out of the judges,"
be declared
Force* Final Action
At the conclusion of Mr. Dunn's
speech, Ayer moved to recommit the
'bill, Whidh Was dofeatcd. Chamber
lin moved for % recess during the
noon how, thlat motion also being
loht.
Senator Snodgrass closed the argu
ment for the opposition in a brief
balk. He said he had been unable
to find any comf'.rmatiion of the
charges of mass voting A study of
tho last election returns, he said,
showed but few Indians had voted in
the election last fall. He character
ized the mass voting of illiterate In
dians as a “bugaboo." The literacy
ifcts of some Southern Slates, he said,
are required lo control the heavy,
ignorant negro vote there but there
119 no parallel situation in Alaska
which demands such a law, adding
thlat he could conceive of no danger
from the Indian vote.
He declared his opposition to the
measure is based on its unfairness
to the Indians 'and that he came to
that conclusion “without talking to
anybody." adding he had heard noth
Ung since to linduce him to change
Me mind. "This bill is uncalled for
at this time, and is unjust in prin
ciple,” he said, adding in conclusion
that If the measure called for a lit -
pracy test of those young persons
Who are coming to a voting age every
yoar he probably could support it.
iBrown Gives Reasons
Senator Drown, who described him
self as an “Alaskan laborer.” said
he was opposing the bill because It
was class legislat ion. violated the
15tU Amendment to the Constitution,
and was beyond the scope of the
Territorial Legislature to enact. He
called It trick legislation which
sought to evade the limitations placed
on euch subjects by the Constitution.
He declared that the Legislature lias
no power to change the qualifications
of electors, quoting an opinion ol
fortner Attorney General Grigsby to
sbppoart his argument. It wuld be
more befitting, he said. f^T the L-egis
lature to provide ways and means
(dr educating the Indians instead of
attempting to deprive them of their
vdte on account or that ignorance.
-Says Not Consistent
■Senator Chamberlin charged Browu
With Inconsistency. The latter, he
said, iwae basing his opposition large
ly on legal grounds yet he had yes
terday voted against an amendment
Which. If adopted, would have wiped
out all chance for quibbling over
questions of legislative power and
constitutionality.
The differences between the two
sides, declared Mr. Dimond, in a
ahdrt closing talk, are deeper than
more differences of opinion on legal
questions. This, he said, was shown
■ooocluMvely by the rejection of the
Chambeiflin amendment which was
designed to wipe out those questions.
He denied that 'in the Foster biU
there was any semblance or sub
stance of "trick legislation." as
Charged by Brown. He declared that
the argument of the opposition that
all citizens have the right of fran
chise is fallacious. “This is not true,
nor has ft ever been true anywhere."
he declared. He cited the fact that
persons under age of 21 have not the
right of franchise yet at the same
tdme are citizens.
James L. McCloskey. local agent
for the Canadian Pacific Railway
Company, returned to Juneau last
night on the steamer Princess Mary
after a vacation of several weeks
in the States. Mr. McCloskey visit
ed on the coast qnd in St. Paul,
Minneapolis. Chicago and lies
Moines In Des Moines lie visited
vrfcth James Rust, formerly a resi
dent of Juneau, who is attending
the university there.
The weather in the middle wesi
was very cold and there was lots of
■now. Mr. McCloskey said. In some
places the anow was piled six feet
Hgh and low temperatures war#
frequent visitors. When he reached
the coast. returning to Juneau.
Testation was growing, residents in
the /dties he passed through were
noting la/wns and in Victoria
patch trees w%re in bloom.
Captain Williams, Of the White
ftaa steamer Caeca, operating on
Uw Yukon River, and Mrs. Williams.
FOSTER’S FATE IS UP TO THIS JURY.
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Mere Is the jury of eleven meend one woman, empaneled In the Berrien County (Michigan)
Court House to try the sensational case of William Z. Poster, radical, accused of criminal syndicalism.
A huge American flag is the most prominent decoration of the courtroom where Poster is on trial and
where the other Indicted radicals are to be tried.
ST. JOSEPH, Mich., April 4.—United States Attorney Gore making fhe final argument for the
Sla.te in the Poster, Communist case, declared the defense of the American institutions demanded
Poster's conviction under the M Ichlgnn syndicalism law'.
TRANSPORTATION
HEARING STARTS
IN HOUSE TODAY
Committees to Air Rustgard’s
Charges—House Passes
Eagle Bounty Bill.
(Formal 'Investigation of the charges
made against steamship companies
operating bcttween Seattle and Al
askan ports in the biennial report, of
Attorney General John Kustgard will
tregin tonight when .public hearings
will be started by the Senate and
House Committees on Transportation,
meeting in joint session in the hall j
of Ithe House of Representatives. Gen
eral Manages' Knickerbocker, of the
Alaska Steam ship Company, and the j
Attorney General will be among the
principal witnesses to appear before
[ tihe com/mittees.
I The House this morning passed
Senator Dim: il l’s bill to raise the
bounly on oag/les from 50 cents to $1.
It now goes back to Ithe Senate for
transmission to the Governor. Mr.
Dimond. at the time the bill was in
troduced, said iit was prepared at
the suggestion of Prince William
Sound fox farmers, who have »uf-|
fered 'heavily from the Inroads of
eagles on their slock.
House Bill No. 18. by Mr. Johnston,
providing for changing the' time for
tiling of candidacies, from GO days
pilot' to the primary elections as at
present required, to on or before tlie
/first Tuesday in February, passed its
second reading. House Rill No. 19,
olso introduced by Mr. Johnston,
providing that all election forms
Should bo furnished the Clerk of
Court in the several divisions by the
Territorial Secretary, met with dis
favor and was killed when a motion
for indefinite postponement was!
| adopted.
mouse Joint Memorial No. 10, ask
ing that the Organic Act be amended
to change the date of the fall elec
tions bo October, was passed by
the House. House Joint Memorial
No. 13, asking Congress to give the
Territory control of the Alaska Kupd.
was also passed
Senate Jd'snt Memorial No. 3, urg
ing the establishment of wireless
stations at Wiseman. Haycock, Teller
and Kotzebue, passed its second read
toy in the 'House.
House Clone nr rent Resolut'lon No.
2, appropriating $100 for the Mining
Inspector for the employment of
Stenographic assistance in the prepa
ration of >a comprehensive mining re
port, was passed unanimously by the
House under suspended rules.
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; WHO’S WHO |!
1 AND WHERE I
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H. K. Biggs and his sou william
left Juneau on the steamer Queen en
roulte to the States on a pleasure trip.
They shipped their car on the boat
and will tour through the southwest
ern states this summer
Mrs. G. G. Bruce will leave on the
Princess Mary for the States on it
pleasure trip to vis.it with relatives
and ifriends.
H. P. Bailey, superintendent of the
Hntonali Packing Company cannery
at Hoonah. was in town late yester
day afternoon on business and left
litst evening.
H. L. Faulkner, local attorney, re
turned to Juneau from Hainds, where
'he has been the past few days on
legal business.
W. J. Alulvlhlll, trainmaster for
the White Pass & Yukon, was a pas
senger on the Princess Mary, in pert
last night, for his headquarters' ut
Skagway.
W. M. Eddy left on the Queen for
Seattle, lie has been here several j
weeks on business.
Mans Floe, superintendent of tlie *
P K. Harris cannery at Hawk Inlet,}
has left for the plant. He came in;
town on business.
At the Gastineau
1 K. H. Bailey, I,. <\ Pratt, Mr. and!
Mrs. J. Horan. Howard Roberts, \V.|
A. Seppunen, G R. Shotter.
At the Zynda
Mrs. A. Turner
At the Alaskan
Knutt Hansen. J. Gravrock, T. Pren
tice.
uoat aometni.-.# You can get tl
hack by using the "Isoat and Found’
col ume of The Eatplra.
ONE MAN, ONE WIFE,
MAY BE NEW RULE
IN LAND OF TURK
PARIS, April 4.- A law is
shortly to be passed in Turkey
prohibiting a man from having
more than ono wife, according
to Dr. Found Bey, a member of
the Angora Parliament, and for
mer Turkish minister of health I
and child welfare, who has ]
sailed for N'ew York, where he
will attend a congress of Mos
j lenvs callod to assist the 200,000 j
i Turkish war orphans. V
FISH MEMORIAL
IS UNAVAILING
MOVE TO SPEED
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Senate Defeats Motion to
Suspend Rules on Grant
Fish Memorial Today.
The Senate opened Us form ,I con
sideration of House Joint Memorial
No. 1, the so-called Grant Fisheries
Memorial, with tilt before the mens
ure hardly reached the floor of the
chamber from its stay in Committee.
The memorial was reported out fa
vorably with Senators Snodgrass and
Aldrich reporting favorably and a
minority report by Chairman Cham
berlin asking that Senate Joint Me
morial No. ti, Introduced by him yes
terday, be substituted for the House
Ml.
As soon as the reports were read.
Mr. Aldrich moved that the majority
report be adopted, which was car
ried without a record vote. Mr. Al
drich then moved that the rules be
suspendod and the House memorial
be considered on today’s file. Mr.
Dlntond demanded a rising vote and
the motion was /lost, Ayer. Dimocd,
Chamberlin and Hunt opposing sus
pension of rules and Aldrich, Dunn
and 'Snodgrass supporting it. The
memorial was /then placed in its
regular place on the daily file and
will be considered tomorrow. A fight
is expected to be made on the floor
for substlitution of tlhe Chamberlin
miomorial.
Time Limit Recalled
President Hunt today called atten
tion of the Senators to the fact that
only 15 days remaiin In which bills
may be Introduced except by special
permission from 'the Senate. Mem
bers having legislation tin mind, he
said, should get it In as early as pos
sible.
The Senate concurred In the amend
ments of the House to Senate Hill
No. 4-5 'this morning. It also passed
Bill No. 67, amending wlightly the
Territorial Pharmacy Act of 1913.
It was in session this afternoon
considering Senate Bdl No. 3. codify
ing and revising laws relating to mu
nlc rp«liUes.
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ESTEBETH IN PORT
Mail and passmger boat Katebetli
Is in port today from Skagway and
way ports. Passengers were H. L
Faulkner and .1. Ansalen, both from
Halne-s.
Vincent Mulvihlll, assistant agent
at Skagway. for .'the Canadian Pacific
Railway Company, left Juneau last |
night on the Princess Mary for his
headquarters. He bias been here
the past several weeks in charge
of the office, during the absence o
Agent McCloskcy.
Basketball Game
TONIGHT
A. B. HALL—8 O'CLOCK
JUNEAU CITY TEAM
vs.
CHILKOOT BARRACKS
Admission 50 cents and 25 cents
NEW EVIDENCE
IN MODEL CASE
NEW YORK, April 4.—Detectives
investigating the mysterious murder
of Dorothy King Keenan, cloak
model, have found in addition to
her role as a “Broadway butter
fly" that she had another role, that
of senior member of a stock brok
erage concern. The detectives claim
that a new angle to the murder may
develop trom this discovery.
FOREST SERVICE MEN
LEAVE FOR KETCHIKAN
J. P. Williams, Forest Examiner
and Harry Sperling, Chief of Main
tenance of the U. S. Forest Service,
left Juneau last night on the steam
er Queen for KotChikan.' Mr. Will
iams will bo in charge of a timber
survey party to cruise timber in
the Southern district and will be
out from headquarters here about
five months. Mr, Sperling will assist
with work in the Ketchikan office
for the next month.
SUTHERLAND LEAVES
FOR SOUTHERN DISTRICT
Delegate Din Sutherland left Ju
ncau (last rtight on the steamer Queen
for Wrangell on a tour of the south
ern district. He will return here on
one of the next, boats on his way to
the Westward.
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AND IRON
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ant office in the human body.
It improves the quality of the
blood, the tissues are better
nourished and all functions are
performed with more vigor.
The combinaton of Beef, Iron
and Wine also promotes appetite
and invigorates and stimulates
the digestion and thus acts as th.s
very best stomach tonic.
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The Rexall Store
PHONE 28
HERD LAW BILL
GIVEN SUPPORT
BEFORE SENATE,
Witnesses Urge Need for Re
j striding Livestock—Bill
Is Recommitted.
Inhibitions of the Organic Act was
the ruck on which the bill providing j
for a herd law split in the Senate
yesterday afternoon when Senate Bill
No. 77 was under consideration in
Committee of the Whole. Sentiment
against t.'he bill applied to all of the
Territory was virtually unanimotts.
Senator Diniond voicing the general
opinion that enactment of such a[
law for the whole Territory would ,
be a menace to the stock-raising in- \
dustry now in its infancy. <
The measure was introduced by |
Senator Aldrich to meet a situation j
i claimed to be existing along Glacier ,
Highway. Stock from the various |
dairy farms along the route is saidi
to have done considerable damage to
property and constitutes a menace to
automobile traffic, many accidents;
being narrowly averted.
Besides properly owners residing
along the Highway who appeared in
support of the measure yesterday.
Harry Buzby. a pioneer homesteader |
of the Tanana Valley, who is here
on route to Fairbanks, also urged
passage of a stringent livestogk meas
ure for the protection of farmers in
that section of the Territory. The
loss incurred by farmers there in the!
past from depredations of livestock!
allowed to roam at large, he said.;
was not inconsiderable and it had |
been found impossible to fence them 1
iut of the grain fields.
J. P. Anderson. George Hurford and
C. .1. Skti-se were among those who
ippeared for the bill. Mr. Anderson
aid he realized that a herd law ap
! plying to all of Alaska would work
| lard ships in certain districts and
suggested that a "local option” law
night solve the difficulty. He sug
gested that the Legislature pass a
law and leave it to the residents of
ach recording district to decide
whether or not it should he enforced, 1.
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Phis plan was approved by the other
witnesses.
C. W. Cheatham, Assistant District'
Engineer for the Bureau of Public
[loads, said that unrestricted stock
lad done considerable damage Jo
•oads 'here and in the Ketchikan dls
rict. They also had caused acci
lents and in being permitted to roam
it will, untended, threatened to cause
serious accidents possibly involving
oss of life.
Although Mr. Diinond said he be- ■
ieved it impossible to pass a "local j
iption law" under the provisions of
he. Organic Aot. the bill was recom-1
nittcd to the Judiciary Committee!
o see if some plan of that nature j
wild be worked out. if it were pos- j
;.'ble to create counties, provide for |
ountiy form of government and ad
ninislration under the present Or
taniic Act, ho said, the solution would
>e Simple. iHe doubted if the Legls
ature had that power, he said.
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Into Service—6 A. M. on. Phone
!57. Stand next to Boston Store.
If i.’s aavemsea lft of TIMELY
NTEREST. That’B something to re
oember—to your profit.
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AND
ANSGO
FILMS
We also do develop
ing and printing.
TRY THE
BUTLER-MAURO DRUG
COMPANY
FIRST
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GRAND IGLOO DELEGATES
LEAVE FOR HOME TOWNS
FAIRBANKS. April 4.—The dele
gates attending the Grand Igloo of
Pionei!- at Nenana, who were guests
of this city for two days, left tin a
! pecria 1 train yesterday for the coast
where they will catch the North
western for their coast towns. !
THAT SPARK. ROOM ts a cash
asset—if you use the Empire classi
fied. You can rent It to a desirable
tenant at a good price, thus lessen
ing your own rent-burden.
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The average person's daily ex
perience in the use of things
should convince them more than
anything else, that
QUALITY IS A BETTER
BARGAIN THAN
CHEAPNESS
Gruen watches are scientifically
built for real timekeeping serv
ice. They are the last word in
beauty and distinctive design.
We have them for men and
women
from $25 to $150.
The Nugget Shop
R. SIMPSON, Manager.
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' to our initial showing
of Wooltex Coals
and Suits
This being our first showing of
WOOLTEX garments we more than
welcome you to our store this week
to see them.
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Wooltex Wardrobe
for Spring
It figures out this Way. For
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