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VOL XXL NO. 3232.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1923.
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PORTLAND WOBBUES STAGE RIOT
SENATOR KNUTE
NELSON PASSES
AWAY ON TRAIN
Well Known Minnesota Sena
tor Dies While on Way
from East to His Home.
HARRISBURG. Pa.. April 30.- Unit
ed States Senator Knuite Nelson, of
Minnesota, died on a Pennsylvania
train Saturday night while en route
(mm Watihhn#ton to Chicago on his
Way home.
The ibody of Senator Nelson l«ft
yesterday morning for Alexandria.
Minh., Where tihe funeral will be held
probably on Friday..
The Senator's sudden death was
due to heart failure brought on by
grippe and colds, of which he suf
fered during the winter, aceoiding to
physicians.
IN GOOD HEALTH
•WASHINGTON, April 30.—Senator
Nelson, though ill tram influenza last
winter, remained active and when lie
|aft for his hottje in Minnesota late
last Saturday afternoon appeared to
be In excellent health.
■Close friends, however, say he nav
er recovered from depression due to
the death of his wife a year ago.
During the war Senator Nelson
wtorked hard for legislation dealing
with Americanization, Including the
espionage act.
^•president Harding received the
news of tibe death of Senator Nelson
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Steam Boiler Explodes;
Citizens Are Frightened
•ATLANTIC. X J., April 30. An
explos'ion of a steam bolTer in the
pfartt cf the Atlantic City G'a.s Com
Ipany last night wrecked the engine
rotom eif the plant, shattered window.
(far a radius of one mile and fright
«ned hundreds of citizens. One mar
•was injured.
YUKON BREAK-UP
WILL BE EARLY
Indications Are that Yukon
Will Be Open to Navi
gation by June I.
1
'SEATTLE, April SO.—The early
break-up of the ice in the Yukon
■River is anticipated and the steamer
Yukon will undoubtedly leave White
‘horse June 1 for Neniana, according
to officials of tlie White Pass &
Yltkon Railway & NiaVlgatlion Com
ijtany. Officials who came here sev
eral weeks ago are planning to leave
for Bkagway this week preparatory
ito opening of the season's business.
German Reparation
Plan Is Discussed
LONDON. April 30. — British,
American and Italian members held
a conference today with Chancellor
Cuno, In Berlin, in regard to Ger
many’s new reparations offer. This
la according to a Central News dis
patch.
WINDOWLESS BUILDINGS ARE
NOW PREDICTED FOR FUTURE
OLEVE3LAND, April 30 — (By Asao
dated Press.)—The downtown build
lng as well as the factory of she
near future i)s destined to be without
windows, and to depend upon artifi
cial moans for light and pure air
according to officials of the Nela
Paric Research Laboratories of the
General .Electric Company here.
tlltftertor lighting for every working
purpose hae been perfected to a
stag* where it even surpasses day
light,” said Dr. Matt Luckiesh, ol
the laboratory.
According to Dr. Luckiesh, prelim
inary findings in the research work
have demonstrated that daylight
actually costs more to factories, of
flee buildings museums and public
buildings than electric illumination
"We congratulate ourselves on out
free sunlight,” kaid Dr. Luckiesh. “yet
we pay dearly for H- In the first
buildings securing most ol
' * -n't nation thhoogh wtmtos
’ heavy ledger Item fot
THEIR STAR OF LOVE WILL RISE.
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Dr. George A. .ft.nullwood. a physician and astrologer, of Som
erville, taa.-.sachuseju. and .Miss Caroline iRiin, of Brooklyn. New
York, were married in Brooklyn on Friday, Aipril IS. l>r- Small
wood, who is til, has been study ins the stars for a long time, and
he assents 'that the brilliant -tw.nklers in the skies t>;-ua«M t taut
the happy event. Tills will be Ills third luari:a'l adventure. Tiie
bride is only L’8. the daughter of Mr. and -Mrs. Nathaniel Bain.
INTERNATIONAL PAN-AMERICAN
CONFERENCE IS NOW PLANNED
Emerson Hough,
Well Known
Author, Is Dead
I CHICAGO, Apr!! "0. -Emerson
Hougfn. author oj many dories and
I historical novels, (lied today a;
Evatiall'on, 111., at. the age of <i(> years.
He was a devotee of out-door life
and had written many Western an 1
Alaskan stories. Hough explored
m'any of ‘the wildest parts of the
country. He was born in Newton,
Ir.wa, an 1 graduated from the Iowa
University in 18S8. He leaves a
widow.
SOCIALISTS ARE
OUT AFTER TAFT
i National Legislative Commit
tee Asks His Resignation
of Impeachment.
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! CHICAGO, April 30.—'The National
1Legislalive Committee of the Social
list Party passed a resolution today
urging the resignation or impeach
ment of Chief das tree William How
■aid Taft, of the United States Su
preme Count bench, because of his
continued acceptance of a $lh,U0U
annuity from the estate of Andrew
Carnegie
"Acceptance of (his annuity coming
I tin directly from 'the stool trust, the
| mosit powerful predatory corporation
[in the United Slates, is not only:
unethical, but 'a menace to the In |
!tefcrity of our courts and detrimental
to the be»t interests of the American
i[people,” the resolution says.
| replacement of glass and general
| maintenance of cleaning, as well as
j for .-sills and window frames.
“Secondly, wo have discovered by
i actual tests iu a laTge number of
i buildings the loss of heat bt 25 per
! cent over that In buildings having no
, windows.
"Thirdly, Ihoro is the tremendous
; cost incidental 'to the fading of decor
ations and the cost of removing the
large quantities of dirt and soot that
, blow in through w'indows each day.
“Probably the greatest costs to fac
tories and public buildings, however,
, lies in the ground areas given over
i to courts or light, shafts. Besides
the initial cost of this property,
usually a total wastq. thb taxes ex
pended in keeping j/ clear for day
light each year Is afaggering.”
Venttilatlon in w/idowless buildings,
Dr. Lucklesh sayt. can be obtained
free of all dirt land soot and with
purified air from artificial vents.
NEW YORK. April 80—The organ-j
iaration of ihe new International Pan-!
American convention for the primary!
purpose of "o »-j!kenin« 'the coptineu*j
till public's conscience on tlia ill)port- ’
ant of 1 m-American solidarity!
for peace and t rogrcv s of the Weet-j
ern Hemisphere," is announced by I
John Hami t, former Director (Jen-i
eral of ;h? Pan-American Union. This)
ann'ounicenier.'t cam in cablegram toi
Austin Edward-:, p: sident of th Pan-|
American conference in sci.-ion in j
Santiago, Chile.
NEW DIRECTORS !
AT FAIRBANKS
Flouring Mill Corporation
Holds Election—Seed
Grain Is Received.
(Special from News-Minor.)
FAI FUlANKS, April 30,—At the
election of the Fairbanks Flouring!
Mill Corporation Directors last Sat-!
urday night Snodgrass and McIntyre
were replaced as directors with I
K. T. Kibou and James McGrath. |
Seventy-fivo tons of seed grain
from North Dakota are here for;
farmers for planting after the fail
ure of lust year's harvest wit.li
$0,000 in the bank to take the
seed up.
OFFIClAtS ARE
SENT TO PRISON
Fifty-two Persons, Convicted
of Violating Prohibition
Laws, Sentenced.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 30.—Plfty
two persons convicted of conspiracy
to violate Hhe prohibition laws ini
Gory and Lake County, Indiana, have j
been given sentences in the Federal
Court ranging from one day in jail L»
one year and a half in the penu
tentiary.
Roswell C. Johnson, Mayor of Gary,;
has been sentenced to a year and a
half in the Atlanta penitentiary and
fined $2,000.
Lewis Barnes, former sheriff of!
Lake County and .present chairman of
the Gary Board of Public Works, Is
sentenced to one year in the peni
tentiary and fined $1,000.
William M. Dunn, Judge of the
Gary Cttiy Court, was given a aim-!
ilar sentence as Barnes.
Memphis Man Succeeds
Mitchell on Fed. Board
WASHINGTON, April 30.—Presl- j
dent Harding has appointed George]
j R. James, (of Memphis, to the Federal;
! Reserve Bdard to succeed John R
' Mitchell, of St. Paul, resigned
NEW SCHEDULES
OF PACK TAXES
ARE SUGGESTED
Reduction in Tentative Scales
Offered—Mining Income
Tax Still Unsettled.
NEW APPROPklATIONS
BILL IS BROUGHT OUT
Alaska College Items Are Re
duced — Fish Commission
Item Is Boosted.
•Inst 'before t'.ie T(oast adjourned
late S.i i unlay afte.Vbnu, Chairman
Ross of ihe Ways anil .Means Com
mirtee reported the I xauou and reve
nue and general appro’iriHtions mess
urea. The former contains an en
tirely now salmon pwk schedule and |
n'o mining Income !i;nc rate had been I
agreed on; in the Hecond measjije
the ATarfka College appropriation was
cifr from $182,600 to $118,800, and
the item for the ^Territorial Kish'
Commission raised rom $12,500 to I
$56,500, other items being virtually I
unchanged.
In bringing in tve 'taxation and i
revenue bill, Mr. .’loss announced;
that the committee ad been upabie
to agree on the fiilsing im.iine lax.
Flour member* of t lie hoavnii.t^t
wanted to keep the present one per
rent tax in the measure us a basis for
consideration by the House, while
the other four members voted to
adopt graduated scale recommended
by Mr, Ross. This taxes ne In
come* from mines in excess c.f $5,000 j
and not more lhan $100,000 one per.
ctenl, and a!' npi,^ incomes In ex-,
cess of $100,000. two per pent.
Speaker Not Bound
Mr. Ross announced that tho lat-l
ter plan was written into the bill |
but that the ootnmlttee had agree I j
that It would not be considered as j
adopted and that a further agree-1
mem had been made by the eight;
members that it would ta,ke ninej
votes to insert any mining schedule. |
‘The Chair must say lo the House;
that It will not be bound by any l
such agreements that the committee!
wtH make," declared Speaker Cole, j
"It will make its rulings on points |
as they are raised anil it is possible
that points of order tn'ay be mad? I
against any item and wall be. ritlesl
on as they are made on their mer
its,” tie added.
Close Alignment Indicated
That there may be titiestions of!
difference on items in the general
appropriations measure os well as on i
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FIGHT STARTED |
IN HOUSE OVER |
.COLLEGE FUNDS:
Ross Offers Substitute for
Foster Bill—Seeks Boost
Low Estimates.
The long; predicted nght over the
Alaska College appropriation broke
In the House this morning when
Representative Ross, of Fairbanks,
introduced a substitute bill carrying
a total or *118.800 to replace Foe
tor's measure, House Bill No. 30,;
which only carries *45,000. The
debate on the subject was in pro-;
cress early this afternoon.
The defeat of the Roes amend-!
mont would entail the loss of the
■primates for the college which are'
ncluded in the general appropria-1
Ion measure, as the one is identical i
with the other. In case of defeat,|
however, it would be possible to
iffer other amendments increasing;
the sum carried in the original blll.i
Murray Opens Debate.
Members who are attempting to1
jam through large appropriations
are unconsciously making the col
lege a political issue around which
much of tlie Territorial politics will
cofiter In the future, declared Mr.
Murray, who opened the debate in
opposition to the amendment. He
pointed out that the institution Is a
Territorial project, one in which all
parts of Alaska Lake .an interest and
that it would be unwise to make it
a local one. He argued that the
1917 Legislature provided funds for
starting the college against the best
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ROBERT HOWARD GAMBELS DIVORCED.
Mrs Kdbert Howard Gamfoel, of New York, has been granted a
Paris divorce. The Gam beta, one of the most prominent families
in New York society life, were married in 1918, just after Mr.
Gumbel loft the army, in which he was an aviator, winning the
Croix de Guerre. Mr. Gambol parents were lost on the f.iisitanfa.
after putting her in a lifoboat. Just before they sailed her moth
er. Mrs. Alien If. l.oney, made a will in which she left $1,600,000
to heh daughter.
BONE VETOES RESOLUTION OF ’
SENATE AUTHORIZING ATTACK
ON FISH RESERVATION ORDERS
Police Begin Search
for Elopers.
Miss Mary Abizald, daughter of
a wealthy Bouton manufacturer,
ia missing. So is Philip Abdenour,
an employee of. the 17-year-old
gill’s lather. It Is reported Ihey
eloped. The father Insists that
Abdenour he arrested, as the girl
Is not of age.
Two Women Held for
Murder; Home Bombed
PADUCAH, Ky„ April 30. — A
bomb explosion this morning wreck
ed the home of Mrs. Rosetta D. War
ren, killing her and her unborn
child Three children escaped un
injured. Two middle-aged women,
neighbors, have been arrested and
charged with murder.
Ruth Damage Case Is
Taking New Angle Now
NEW’ YORK, April 30.—Hymen
Bushel, counsel for Babe Ruth, to
day laid before District Attorney
Peeora charges of conspiracy and
the request for the indictment of
Dolores Dixon and others involved
in the girl's suit against Ruth for
$50,000 damages.
LONDON', April SO. The conven
tion under which Roar Admiral ('hea
ter, American navy, retired, and as
sociates are granted a development
concession in Anatolia, has been
signed at Angora, according to dis
patches received here.
Declaring it would involve waste of
Territorial fund*, unprofitable legal!
warfare, and that it does not seem !
to him the part of wisdom to greet,
the President of the United States
and the Secretary of Commerce with ;
law suits when they visit the Terri |
tory in the near future. Governor;
Bone today notified the Senate that ■
he had vetoed Senate Joint Resolu-i
tion No. 2. The Senate failed to j
pars the resolution over the veto.
Two-thirds vote is required to pass
bills over the Governor's veto. The
vote on such passage this morning
stood five for and three against over
riding the veto. Aldrich, Brown, Dunn,
Hunt and Snodgrass voting for. and
Ayer, Chamberlin and Dimond
against it.
No Debate on Message
Tlie Senate's action was marked j
by a ttftal ataence of debate. When
the Secretary had completed reading
tht! vo. t 'message, for several min
utes there was absolute silence,
broken only by the rustling of paper
us members turned through the rules
lof procedure to make certain of the
course of action to be followed. Tile
question was put and the vote taken
without debalte and when President
Hunt announced that the resolution
bad failed Ho pass, the Senate pro
ceeded to consideration of its calen
dar.
This Is the first time Governor
Hone has made exercise of the veto
power vested 1n his office, lu excess
fContinned on Page Two.)
DAYLIGHT SAVING BEGAN IN
EASTERN STATES YESTERDAY
NEW YORK. April 30. (By Asso
elated Press )-d)ayllght saving time
began «it 2 a. in. yesterday under lo
cal ordinances in about 350 cities
and towns in a group of Eastern
states, as well as a few ecaityrod
Middle Western cities. Massachusetts
is the only state having a daylight
saving statute. The new thne will
continue until 2 a. tu. September 30.
New York and New Jersey are the
principal states in the Eastern time
zone in which, under local ordinances.
1 clocks advanced one hour, while
about 50 scattered cities and towns In
i New England, outside of Massachu
setts, will observe daylight saving
, cither by local ordinance or by com
1 inon consent. Daylight saving
throughout Massachusetts was as
' sured by the recent action of the
! House In refusing to consider further
(the repeal of the present statute.
1 In Connecticut attempts to prevent
WOBBLIES STAGE
RIOT IN OREGON;
WOMEN ARRESTED
Police Reserves Called Out to
Clear Wobblies from Port
land Headquarters.
—
PORTbA.VT), Ore., April 3t>.—A
j uear riot was staged at the police
station late yesterday when striking
Wobblies stormed the lobby in pro
test against the arrest of two women
| pickets. Police reserves Anally
| cleared the station and dispersed
j he crowd.
j Th« disorder resulted from at
I lompts of Wobblies to picket a hotel
] which they had ordered be closed on
j the alleged ground that liquor was
I being told there.
The proprietor refused to eloso
whereupon WobhUy strikers sur
rounded the place while I wo women
pickets displayed banner denouncing
the place as a bootlegging reaort.
The proprietor appealed to the po
lice who arrested the women.
MEETING IN SEATTLE.
SEATTLE, April 30.—A continu
ous meeting yesterday afternoon and
last night at Wobbly headquarters
where several speeches were made
was the only development in the
trike here yesterday. Twenty soft
drink resorts were closed yesterday
by the poltoe on request of the
Wobbly loaders who said they did
not want too many places open
where the strikers could spend their
money.
COLUMBIA DISTRICT HIT.
PORTLAND, April 30.—Practical
ly every logging camp in the Lower
rduinlbla River district Is closed to
day as the result of the I. W. W.
tiiko but curtailed operations aro
con tinning in other logging centers.
LIVING COST
ON INCREASE
Federal Bureau of Labor
Publishes Figures Showing
Big Increase in Living.
WASHINGTON, April 30. — The
Federal Bureau of Labor statistics
made public today llgures showing
the cost of living was 68.8 per cent
higher last March than the average
for the year 1913.
Food was 43 per cent higher,
clothing 74 4, housing 60.4, fuel and
light 86.3. furniture 17.4 and mis
cellauoouH commodities 100.03 ac
cording to the figures published.
Makes Murderous Attack;
Five Persons Are Dead
MALTA, Alone., April 39.—-.Jamen E.
Huvey, wire and two small children,
are dead, their bodies badly mutilat
ed at their ranch home near here,
ami a iba.by girl is believe I fatally
injured following an axe and club
attack by Hovey early yesterday
morning. Two bov <, aged 9 and 11
years, nude their escape and noil
'find tlu- neighbors. Hovey is tbe
lieved to have gone »nd lenly iusane.
| iltyKgM waving time failed parlier
I tills month when the state Senate
' defeated nn anti-daylight saving bill,
which thp House previously had
passed. The bill provided for a fin*
of $100 or 10 days’ imprisonment, or
, lK>th, for the wilful display of au.v
but standard time In public places.
Some members dt tile legislature con
sidered that the bill even applied to
wrist watches. Members from th>
’•oral districts opposed any changs
in time.
The Common Council of Hartford
I recently voted for daylight saving.
I after the failure of an attempt In the
| legislature to have a referendum on
i the question. Hartford, so far a*
1 known, is the only municipality in
| the state to 'take this action. Last
' year such cities as New Haven. Hart
| ford. New London. Norwalk. Bridge
port. Now Britain. Meriden. Wajtftf.
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