THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
*ALL THE NEWS ILL THE TIMEH
VOL. XXII., NO. 3236.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CENTS,
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Sixth Alaska Legislature Adjourns Sine Die Today
Lawmakers Finish Busy Session
PISS IN BILLS;
MUSE TIXES ON
! TWO INDUSTRIES
Salmon Pack Schedules and
Net Income from Mining
Boosted Materially.
APPROPRIATIONS TOTAL
IN EXCESS OfF $1,650,000
Schools Get Almost 50 Per
Cent—Fish Commission
Funds Are Increased.
The Sixth Alaska legislature ad
journed sine die early this morning,
Che Hcuse, ibeing the last to quit, at
6:35 a. m., and the Senate at 6.27
a. m. FTed B. Johnston, youngest
House member, made -the formal rao
titan for adjournment .in the House
a^jd 'Senator John W. Dunn in the
'Senate.
The ifinaii day's session lasted vir
tu&Lly 21 hours, beginning at !):3C
lyeteterday snomlng. Just before mid
night, wish one conference just com
plated and another still to be held
clonks were stopped in both Houses
The second flortference ended at 3:47
a. m. .Mule.li of the spirit of excite
meat so marked in previous ses-silons
"Was rrctwsing in the last day this year
Although conferences were necessary
on ibotih the revenue and general ap
tpiVJprfetCions (bills, they were quiet
(totally without 'the stormy character
istfcs usually acoompajvying such ses
shuts.
Appropriation* Raise Taxes
Increased expenditures for virtually
every purpose resulted In materia
increases in taxes on both of the
Territory's big industries, fishing and
trtlnlng. The special and general ap
propitiations 'bills passed tarried a
aggregate of $1,650,000, an increasf
of more than onedhird over two years
ago. Appropriations for educational
3>urposes cover almost 50 per cent ol
(the total, these amounting to more
Ithan $770,000, including $90,000 fui
the Alaska College. The Alaska Fis):
Oonnm irs.»ion was given a substantial
Increase over two years ago, raising
room $40,000 to $86,500.
The mining schedule finally accept
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Request Grand Jury
Probe in Mount Case
CHICAGO, May 4.—The trustees of
the iNbi'thwestern University today
formally requested a grand jury ln
vejttigu'UJon into the death of Leighton
Mount, student, whose body was
found two days ,ago under a dock at
Evanston. Mount has been missing
since September, 1921. It is claimed
he Was the victFm of a class rush
and the body was ihiddeti by fright
ened .students.
SIVINGS ACCOUNTS OF SCHOOL
CHILDREN TOTAL 14 MILLIONS
NEW YORK, May 4.—(By Associat
ed Press.)—Growth of membership
in public school savings bank sys
tems of the country ifi<am 802,000 in
June. 1021, 'to 1,543,406 on February
1, 1923, and a grand bank balance
Of $14,144,716 on the same date, are
shown in the reports just made pub
lic toy the America® Bankers' Asao
clBJOon.
The total savings during the school
year ending January 31 amounted to
$4,457,000 Tho grand balance of
more tfrlan 14 millions is twice as
largo a® the balance reported lasit
June. iFour hundred and one sav
ings systems In as many cities are
included In the roportH.
Tho A. B. A. honor roll, bearing
the names and records of villages
and itwwtta in which at least 75 ,per
cent off -the official school enrollment
are participating as savers. Includes
207 towns this year, a.3 compared .to
102 last June and 87 in January,
1022. Ttoe 1,543,406 school children
partldlpatblng In the savings' systems
represent a 'total school enrollment
of $2 *45,629.
THE ITALIAN RYOAL WEDDING.
Princess Jolanda, eldest daughter of the Kins mad Queen of
Italy, as she appeared with her husihund, le Comte Cafvo dl Hergub,
la dashing captain of cavalry, on the balcony in the Quirina! Pal
ace, Lmimedialtely after their wedding, while hundreds of thousands of
loyal Romans cheered them.
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Paddock Sets
| ; New World’s
| ; Record Today
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PARIS, Muy 4.—Paddock s»;
| 1 a. new world's record tiris after- '
noon of 8 2-5 seconds for the j
! 75-moter dfiwth, which is 4-5 sc,
1 onds under the record set by I
Enkhduhl of Sweden.
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SENSATION IN
DIVORCE CASE
NEW YORK, May 4.—Geraldine
Farrar's divorce suit against !>m
Tell eigen, which is nearly completed
| before a referee, itnuat be retried bv u
Jury so Stella Karri more, corespond
ent, may have an opportunity to clear
her name. The Appelate Division uf
I tille Supreme Court made this ruling
! today.
Practice Flight Is
Fatal to 2 Aviators
SAN DIEGO, May 4.—Two enlisted
men elf the air squadron fell yester
day 'in a 'practice flight near San
Miguel. Their bodies have been re
covered. The plane was a complete
wreck
Five Indicted (or
Lynching One Negro
COLUMBIA, May 4.—Five indict
ments were returned today in the
•lynching otf a negro last Sunday.
In the Clans A division of the
honor roll, for systems of enroll
ments over 10,000. 28 cities are listed,
led l>v Ontfflon. Ohio. with 98 per cent,
or 13.789 of tho total enrollment of
the city's schools, (participating In
She daVtoga. The total savings for
the ochool year were $36,103 and the
average net individual deposit $2.54.
Walerbury. Connecticut; Harris- j
hure. til.; Huntington. W. Va.: l/o'tle
I viile, Ivy.; Providence, Rhode Island:
| Mew Britain. Conn.: Wilkes-Barre,j
| Pa.; Dayton. Ohio, and Pittsburgh i
[ and Scranton. Pt, are next in line.
Johnstown, Pa.; Akron. Toledo and
YoungrJtown. Ohio, and Torre, Haute,
End-. and Omaha. Nob are lower
down In the division on the honor
roll.
•Meriden Conn., with 99 ppr cent
j of the enrollment saving $28,412.
! or a net average individual deposit
i of $4.56. loads ithe Class D division.
I Martin® Ferry. Ohio, also with 99
per cent of tho school ohildren stav
ing, leado Class C, and Dixon. 111.,
lead! class D.
BOY CHAINED
BY FATHER IS
CHARGE MADE
Lad Is Held Prisoner for Two
Years He Tells Police
in Ohio Town.
LORAIN, Ohio, May 4 Police are
setwhing for rlv i'i irr of 12ye.tr
old Jose/ph f'zn}k.t, who after two
years in lock and chains In an up
'stair* room at his hiKii**, was rescued
by police.
Young Cz.tjka toW authorities Unit
Wh /father placed him in the chains
each night after fche.il. and held hint
prisoner under l.ck an<l key from
fVida.v aifiermsm until Monday morn
ing of each woek.
The heavy chain wf/s cut front the
-bay's wrist in -police headquarters as
he swore to an affidavit charging his
parent with having tortured a minor
child.
j 'According to t'.ie story told to p>
[lice, -the boy's father chained and tied
him up each day and carried the key
lit© the lock in this /pocket.
/Pilled wiith fear from alleged
threats, the/boy's mV.her told authori
ties she lead never dated to reveal
to any one the story c/f tier son’s im
prtson/m-en’t.
A delivery bay first learned of the
incident. He reported it to police
who /made /the inve cigation. They
found the boy -in rags, suffering from
the confinement
Long Daylight Flight
Be Attempted June 21
WASHINGTON, May 4. Lieutenant
Muugban, of the Army Air Service,
wlill probably begin his proposed day
light transoominehijl flight. New
York to San Francisco, on June 21,
the longest day of tho ye ir. This Is
the announcemei*! made here today.
Camp Lewis to Have
An Airplane Squadron
SEATTLE. May 4 Gen. Mason
Patrick, hoad of the Air Service, an
nounced today that Camp Lends will
be made a base for an airplane squad
ron and also it hat a training school
for aviation officers will be estab
lished at Sand Point, near here.
Post Names of Twelve
Now Missing in Wreck
CAPETOWN. May 4.—A list of 12
passengers missing since the recent
foundering of the liner Messamedes
and presumed Co be dead, has been
Issued here. There were 342 passen
gers and crew aboard the liner at
the time of tho wreck and all were
saved with the exception of the 12
on the missing list.
HARDING MAY
LEAVE ALASKA
ON NAVY CRAFT
Secretary Denby Suggests
Plan So President May
Also Visit Porto Rico.
WASHINGTON, May 4 President
Harding it considering mi jng olhar
plans for his Western it r its. Sec re: ary
Denby s propiomi'l that lie pftturn train
, Alaska on a na.v.t.1 vps. by way of
the Panrma Oanail and «f*orto ILlco.
Denby's p'Jan is under . ito'ad io in
j Volvo the unto olf one of the navy’s
new vessel's, poaafbiy the fast cruis
ars I Sot wit or Omaha, just com
pleted
Tlu* Pretrfdonit id lUntt.-sins his
I Western trip always makes it plain
|tlvai the ehtof object i < n n speeches
hut a Study of condition- and espo
i daily those in Alaska.
Tf rhe President returns from the
North Ibty water he o n alsj study
conditions in Perm H o.
ALIBI DEFENSE
| IN MURDER CASE
VANCOUVER, Wash., May 4.—
! Pearl Smith, 'aged 13 years, t lnr n of
| Antra Not ko, testified late yesterday
1 afternoon In the trial of George Whit
field. charged With rawrder, that site
• ww Whitfield on the paved highway
iflive inimfteis after Anna parsed on
her wav home turn Rfklotd on .March
8, the dalte she was found murdered.
] This iforcntlon, Paul Smith, father
of Pearl, to Ctfied on cross examina
lliton that ho ww Wit it field going
towards Battleground, which would
'Lake him a'wtay from 'Lite place wh -re
Anna iNolsko, later in the day, was
found riltain. This is expected to
Ibe a link in an alibi defense.
This aiftern'ocn .VIrm. L'lLh in Smith,
sifter of WhiftfieSd, h routine 'the chief
witness for the proaetcu'hton. when
She iprod'ittccd a pock oil knife -the
found near the spot Anna Nosko was
slain and identified it as belonging
to her ibrhthor. Sho found the kulfe
on April 21 anti turned it over to the
i authorities.
PAN-AMERICAN
I CONFERENCE IS
; NOT A SUCCESS
SANTIAGO. (Thlle, May 4.—The
| fifth P.m-Amoivean conference, which
| ende«1 the geM'lon 1 ■ i USgtot after six
I weeks olf deliberation. succeeded in
reaching agreements on general qttos
tions of ccranmerro, education and
hygiene. The eontferenlee tailed, liow
evor, to s.ni3t3l“h tile differences aris
ing on dlscit ion of naval anna
j manes, Le '.uie of Nations, Monroe
I doctrine and American Court of Jus
j fik'e.
Conidd'eratlon of same questions
■ postponed iby the conference was in
rcAi'ition to treaties for protection of
Pan-American trademarks and for
an agreement u.Wler which Interaa
tiontil disputes are to he investigated
by a foot finding <V»mmi‘.scion.
Subchasers to Be Used in
North Pacific; Prohibition
! SEATTLE, May 4.—The Coast
Gktiard cutter Bear, which has sailed
from San 'Framoieoo tor the Arctic,
is convoying .the -tubchaisers Svgop
and Vaughn, wthich will be used to
enforce prohibition in the North Pa
cific.
AMOY. Ml v 4.—A local boveot‘
against the Japanese growing out of
their refusal to discuss abrogation of
the 21 demands its becoming more se
rlous. »
Veteran Alaskan
Navigator Injured
By Automobile
■SEATTLE, May 4.—Ca.pt. John A
O'Brien, veteran navigator of the Se
a'Ctle-Aiaslca route, wag severely in
jured when he was struck by an m»to
mobile. He was first treated at the
etty hospital and then taken to his
home.
KIDNAPS BABY IN AUTO ACCIDENT.
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One of the most reme-ncabl» onset: in M i- hu« ;:s t m: s hat
rebutted in the arrest, on the charge of mui'Jrr, < Fra.l Milter, of
Hittsfield, Mtwwaubu setts. .Witter, driving his car n higSi speed, ran
into a group of five j ter sons who ■were wafting for a our. Miss
iMIMred E. Holt and John P. Hinson were Unsaan'lly killed. Airs.
OHsaon w.iiS hurled far away, and lier little lu.hy, Rulh. three
years old, was Horn ffom her a rate. Tire ibaib.v atotually fell into
■the speedinig atrtomobi'le. Miller dhl not stop, and it was the dis
covery of tjhe Ibaiby, uninjured in his home, tinu' led to iiis arrest. He
admits the d'O’iible killing.
WINS FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
ON NON-STOP FLIGHT; DONATES
ENTIRE AMOUNT TO AVIATORS;
ACHIEVEMENT IS SPLENDID ONE
Uses Hand of
Clock to
; Strangle Himself {
I PARIS. May 4.—The most tie- I
[ termined seif--layer in al'l hls
I itory finally iiiecomuiiched h.ls ob
| Jwt recently in the strangest of
I etll such cases.
Juies Guernler, of Bordeaux,
! former wins merchant, after j
I leaping live ,-e into tha Gironde :
! River, being thwarted In at
1 tempts upon Ilia life by being
| yanked out of the waiter in safe
I t.y, tried a more successful way.
j He eLimibed the belfry of St.
1 Pierre O hunch, stuck his head
l through a hole In the fatie (if
] the great clock, and walled a |
| quarter of an hour until the big
| hand. duscendltiB. oh,-iked him to
d«ath
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CHICAGO IS TO
GET CONVENTION
■ST. LOUIS. May 4. Cii c.Wo will
gel next year’s Republican naflona
convention, aceordii«g to Jacob Rub
lor, N'atioral Comun.t‘.oemtan of Mis
souri. He announced today thul
Trcjoirrer Uphaim has already re
aelvad pledg'vs fr n 28 of 52 meinber>
to vote for Uillcigo.
Alien Language School
Measure Signed by Gov
HONOLULU. May 4 Governo
FarnintpSon has signed the bill ti
regulate alien language school* whicl
j recently passed the Hawaiian iegls
failure.
I WASHINGTON, May i Franklin
R. Kenny. of New York, war-time
executive ctl’fieeir of the Army Air
Service, et.i.ed Unlay that he won
$5,000 on live completion yesterday of
tho tran-acont incotal flight and he
lias off; red his money to Lieutenants
John A. MacUtwdy and Oakley Kelly,
1 who made the flight.
"WE WILL ACCEPT IT”
SAN DIEGO, May 4 "We accept
With pleaisure if it Is not a dream.
■ You know us," was the reply sent
| flo Kenny today by Lieutenunts Mac
Ready and Kelly.
HARDING CONGRATULATES
WASHINGTON, May 4—-President
| Harding has telegraphed AlaoReady
; and Kelly tint they have “written a
| new triumph in American aviation."
GREAT ACHIEVEMENT
SAN DIEGO, May 4 - Major Arnold,
I Ccinmander of (he Rs-kwell Plying
i Field, in a sita.tomenit today said the
flight of Mac.Roady and Kelly has
‘'surpasned any achlov ament in fly
ing olnce the firvt fl'gtht in Nbntih
| Carolina 20 years ago. Tills flight
| whs mtado po wfcWc by the Liberty
; engine whlrli is a product of Ameri
can engineers and medharelcs and one
of the out. tntiding products of the
'World War."
! Hundreds o.f telegrams have, poured
jin here for Mu-Ready ami Kelly.
1 Tltelr m>n,stiop aeroplane rUght from
; lbo Roosevelt Field, New York, to
j the Rockwell Flying Field here, which
1 ended yoaterday afternoon, is con
| sfdered one of the beat ever made,
j The unofficial time for it he flight still
| hangs at 2H hours, 50 minutes and
! 38 seconds for the 2.800 miles.
Lenine Is Improving;
Reviews Parade Today
MOSCOW. May ’.— Premier Lenine
t is so Improved that he Is able to
i sit up. according to tho Workers’
■ Gazette. He reviewed a parade to
day.
STRIKER SHOT
i BY WATCHMAN
IN WASHINGTON
Industrial Worker Is Killed
by Night Watchman at
| Aberdeen Lumber Plant.
FIRST VIOLENT ACT
IN PRESENT STRIKE
Wobblies Attempt to Storm
Plant and Shooting Af
fray Breaks Out.
ABERDEEN, Wash., May 4 —
William McKh.v. I. W. W., logger on
a strike, was shot fatally by E. I.
Green, watchman of the Bay City
Lumber Company's plant in South
Aberdeen, and died an hour after
the shooting.
The shooting was the first act of
violence in connection with the
strike of Wobblies in this district.
Green reported 15 to 20 Wobblies,
acting as pickets, attempted to rush
the mill gates. Green said he was
knocked down during the fray and
was beaten. He then got up on one
knee, drew his revolver and fired
twice. Both bullets struck McKay.
The I. W. W. men declare the
shooting occurred outside the mill
property and was not provoked.
STIRRING UP STRIFE.
ABERDEEN, May 4, — Wobblies
I today distributed handbills headed
"Bay City Gunman Murders Un
armed Plcke tin Cold Blood.’’ The
printed statement on the handbill
declares that McKay was killed 200
foot off the company property and
then added:
“Every one is urged to watch this
case and compare it with the Cen
tralla frame-up.’’
APPLYING FOR WORK.
^BATTLE, May 4.—Lumbermen
said today many strikers were ap
plying for reinstatement in many
logging camps iti Washington and
predicted a dissolution of the strike
within a few days. Officers of the
Wobblies, however, said the men
were standing pat.
oumhetmeu pointed to the figures
Issued by the West CoaBt Lumber
men's Association showing the mill
uit for the last week has been 19
per cent above normal as a proof
the strike has not affected the mills.
SEATLE, May 4.—Robert B. Al
len, Secretary of the West Coast
Lumbermen’s Association declared
today iho striko so far as logging
ca-ips are concerned, will be ovor
next week.
If Lad Jilt a
Lass, He Must Pay
Is Ruling
CHICAGO, HI.. May 4. -When a
young fellow bgc-onres .1 steady caller
upon a Kiri, im'onnjoil zing her time
and barring other suitors and then
Jilts her for another, he must pay,
according to a decision in the Su
perior Court tier,'.
Miss Irene McNulty, 20 years old.
was the Complainant, and the court
awarded to her 12,500 and ruled she
could retain the diamond ring and
other gifts she received duping the
courtship. Edward J. Hal!than was
tho defendin' who left her "waiting
at it he church.”
"We met i,n May, 1921." testified
the girl, "and ifor five months he
called to see me every evening ex
cept Mondays. In August he pro
posed marriage, 1 bough' me a diamond
ring and obtained t,he license. The
priest announced the hanns twice.
Then Hullihan told ine he never want
ed to see me again December 8 he
married (Miny Dillon.”
Would Teach
! Americanism in
Public Schools
SEATTLE. May 4 —The State j
Americanization Committee of 1
! tho American Legion has decided 1
I to a sk Superintendent of Pub- j
I He Instruction Preston to install
teaching of Americanism in the
' public schools and establish ex- I
* aminatlomi to determine whether '
j children are naught disloyalty at (
home.
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