Doings of the Alaska
Legislature for Past Week
j
. (By Special Correspondent) j
JUNEAU, Alaska, Apr. 30.—In the
revised approppriations measure re- {
ported Saturday only two important
changes were made. The appropria- ^
tion for (the Alaska college was cut to
$118,800, and the Alaska Fish com
mission apppropriation was raised to
$56,500.
The revised fish tax bill was report
ed carrying the following altered sal-1
mon pack rates: On reds, kings, (
and sockeves counted together, a ba
sic rate of 15 cents was made. Ad-j
•ditional taxes on all cases in excess
of 25,000 and no< more than 40,000,
five cents; 40,000 to 50,000, ten cents
additional; 50,000 to 60,000, fifteen
' cents per case additional; in excess of
60,000 cases, twenty cents per case, j
Medium reds including all varieties
"except chums, three and one-half cents
per case, and on packs graduated as
above, two, four, six and eight and
one-half cents per case additional; j
chums, three cents straight.
The mining schedule was unchang
ed from the rate first announced sev- ■
eral days ago, but the committee was
unable to agree on the measure and
Chairman Ross announced that the ■
mining schedule would have to be in
serted by the House. I
Without a dissenting vote the Sen- j
ate passed the Ayer’s revision of the
Workmen’s Compensation Act of 1915
covering every industry and business
employing five or more persons ex
cept agriculture, dairying, domestic
service and railroads operating as
common carriers. It is predicted this
< bill will pass the House.
The Foster memorial asking Con
* gress to amend the organic act to en
able the Territorial legislature to pass
a law requiring voters to read and
write the English language was lost
on a tie vote in the Senate, Adrich,:
Brown, Dunn and Snodgrass voting
against it.
Foster’s bill providing a refund of
$30 by the Territory to incorporated
towns for each pupil attending school
from outside the district, passed the
Senate.
A fight on the Alaska College ap
propriation was forecasted when ijie
House Education committee reported
favorably on the bill carrying an item
cf $45,000 for the college, while orig
inal estimates for $182,600 in the gen
eral appropriations bill were cut in
the ways and means committee to
less than $120,000. It is expected the
fight will be carried to the floor of
(the House today.
(By Special Corresponded)
JUNEAU, May 1.—Governor Scott j
C. Bone vetoed the Senate Joint Res- |
olution No. Two, by which Attorneyj
General Rustgard was authorized to
attack the validity of Che Presidential
orders creating fish reserves, declar
ing the measure was returned without
his signature “because it overrides
Territorial law and would invo'./e if
effective an unprofitable if not hurt
ful legal warfare, and actual waste of
public money, I disapprove and return
the resolution.”
The Governor touched brieflj upon
the fish reserve policy, reiterating
that it was adopted as a temporary
expedient to meet and emergency, and
said, “whatever its defects in opera
tion I repeat that obviously its aims
are for the public good. Any thought
advanced or entertained in heat that
the two reserves were fictitiously
conceived and created to despoil the
people of their rights and hand Alaska j
over Co sordid interests is unworthy |
of sober consideration.’’
He referred to the contemplated
visits of the President and Secretary j
Hoover, saying, “It is not the part oi
wisdom to greet them wich lawsuits,
or good public policy to show hostility
toward the Federal government when
it is doing more today for Alaska than
ever in the history of Alaska.”
The Senate declined Co pass the '
resolution over the governor’s veto,
the vote standing five for and three j
against its passage, one less than the
required number. Ayer, Chamberiin. ■
and Dimond voted against its passage, j
(By Special Correspondent) ^
JUNEAU, May 2.—With the Alaska (
College items stricken and the fish (
commission item boosted to $S6,500, j
the general appropriations measure ,
passed the House yesterday afternoon.
Although the college item was taken }
from the list that institution was pro- .
tected by a special college appropiia- 5
tion measure which ca’led for $90,000. (
Both the college and fish measures j
have been bones of conte lim be
tween the two legislative bodies si’ ce ,
Monday morning and it was no: unhl i
near the noon hour yesterday that a .
compromise was effected. The only (
other material change in the general j
appropriations was the provision cov
ering schools outside of incorporated (
towns. This amount was increased (
$20,000, passing in the measure at
$220,000.
The Senate passed the Grant reso
lution and the fisheries bill which
carries provisions aimed fut traps lo
cated in small bays and estuaries and
provides for the creation of an Alaska
fish commission control and regulation
of fisheries.' This measure will be
sent to congress for enactment.
The Senate also passed House Bill
No. 36, revising the general business
law’s of the territory; and House Bill
No. 58, appropriating $8,000 for the
purchase of the Tolovana tram road,
connecting the head of navigation on
the Tolovana river with the town oi
Livingood, the mining center of that
district.
With but two days remaining for
legislative business there yet remain
36 measures to be acted upon, wrhich
includes the Ayer’s workmen’s com
pensation act, which is scheduled to
follow the House’s disposition of the
taxation bill. Ten House and twenty
Senate bills are yet to be acted upon
by the lower body, while the Senate
has only four bills unacted. Owing
to these conditions it will require a
continuous session of both houses if
all measures are to be considered be
fore adjournment.
The appropriations measure, passed
yesterday, carried a total of $1,452,
360, included in which were the fol
lowing items:
Maintenance of schools, $674,000.
Roads and trails, $240,OoO.
Pioneers Home at Sitka, $9S,450.
Fish Commission, $86,500.
Pensions, $60,000.
Some slashing is predicted when
these allocations reach the Senate.
The House passed the taxation bill
which includes the following: On net
incomes between $5,000 to $1,000,000,
one per cent of the profits. Above a
million dollars, one and a half per
cent.
The new fish taxation schedule is |
as follows: With a base rate of 12
cents on reds, kings and sockeyes, on <
packs under 10,000 cases. Three J
cents a case additional will be levied
on all increases up to 25,000 cases.
Other increases will be as follows; j
25.000 to 40,000 cases, 8 cents.
40.000 to 50,000 caes, 13 cents.
50.000 to 60,000 cases, 18 cents.
Above 60,000 cases, 23 cents.
The above schedule covers medium
reds, cohoes and pinks.
On a base pack of 25,000 cases a I
surtax of 4% cents per case will be
collected with the following surtax on
increases:
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40.000 to 50,000 cases, 4 cents.
50.000 cases to 60,000 cases, 6 cts.
All over 60,000 cases, 8% cents.
The rate on chums is unchanged
from the previous listing, which was
three cents. It is estimated that
schedule is about 135 per cent higher
than last year.
The Senate adopted the substitute
'or the Price fish bill creating two
Ssheries districts in Southeastern i
Alaska. The first district lies between
the 57th and 60th parallels, north lat
itude. The closed season is desig
nated between August 10 and Sept
l, and will be annually. The second
iistrict lies south of the 57th parallel,
wit hthe closed season covering be- ;
tween August 20 to September 9. j
Both of these districts lie east of the ;
L39th meridian and affetcs territory ;
nutside of the First division. i
The legislature will close Saturday, ;
Vlay 5th. i
JUNEAU, May 3.—The Senate last
night took apart the recently revised 1
House taxation schedules and reas- '
sembled them with a totally new i
schedule of taxes on red, kings, sock- 1
?yes, etc., and a new mining income
ax schedule. The others remained 1
mchanged. The new salmon schedule 1
irranged places the base tax at ten J
;ents on reds, kings and sockeyes; on <
packs of 10,000 cases; with five cent
graduations from ten to twenty thou- .
and cases; twenty-five to forty thou- 1
and cases; forty to fifty thousand i
ases; and sixty thousand to an ex- 1
less of sixty thousand. „
The mining schedule adopted car- <
•ies a one per cent tax on net incomes i
)f $10,000 to $200,000, and iy2 per 1
:ent tax on $200,000 to $500,000; with 1
wo per cent tax on incomes over <
1500,000. t
The House passed fifteen Senate £
tills, including the Dimond jury draw- I
ng bill; the amendment to the Alaska t
oad law to receive aid from the Fed- (
ral highway act if extended to Alas- <
a, and several^minor relief bills.
The Snodgrass bill providing for t
territorial co-operation for annual <
airs in each division, and appropriat- (
ng $8,000 for the biennium, equally i
livided among the four divisions was
tassed. c
Dunn’s bill calling for a referendum 1
m making the office of Commissioner £
f Education elective, was defeated. t
FLIERS STURT ON TRIP
FROM NEW YORK
TO SUN DIEGO
HAMPSTEAD, May 3.— Lieuten
ants Macready and Kelly, en route
from New York to San Diego, took off
from the Roosevelt Field at 1:36 to
day in army monoplane T-2 in their
second attempt to make a non-stop
transcontinental flight
Making Good Time
INDIANAPOLIS, May 3.—Lts. Mac
ready and Kelly, en route from New
York to San Diego, on a nonstop
flight passed over Indianapolis at 6
p. m. They reported all well.
SAN DIEGO, May 3.—Reports at
North Island aviation station gave the
T-2 as passing over Tusumcari, New
Mexico, at 7:50 this morning.
Pass Over Topeka in Night
TOPEKA, Kan., May 3.—The west
bound transcontinental aviators, Mac
ready and Kelly, passed high over To
peka at 2 o’clock this morning.
Going Strong in Arizona
PHOENIX, May. 3.—The transcon
tinental aviators in the New York to
San Diego non-stop flight passed over
Wickenberg, Arizona, 56* miles north
of Phoneix, at 10:20 a. m.
Barring accidents they should ar
rive in San Diego some time this eve
ning.
WASHINGTON, May 2.—The an
aouncement trickled through under
ground political channels today from
Detroit, that Henry Ford would no
a candidate for the presidency on an
independent ticket, but would try to
capture the nomination on <he demo
cratic ticket.
Democratic leaders are uneasy ovei
the announcement, while republican- j
including Harding, are corresponding
!y pleased.
The House starts its final day of the |
session tomorrow without a single
Senate^ measure on the calendar, while
the Senate has but five House bills I
left; with three short ones and a gen-j
eral appropriations bill yet to be con
sidered, and the taxation bill up for
final passage. Conference on the lat
ter two measures is necessary with
the prospect of a hard fight being
made by the House against the adop
tion of the new fisheries and mining
rates.
JUNEAU, May 4.—The Sixth Alaska
legislature adjourned sine die at 7:00
j’clock this morning after twenty-one
tiours continuous session passing ap
propriations aggregating one million,
six hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars, about fifty per cent of which
(srere for educational purposes.
Increased taxes on both mining and
fishing industries were passed to meet
growing governmental costs. The
mining income tax passed as amended
Includes one per cent tax on incomes
)f $10,000 to $200,000; one and a half
per cent on $200,000 to. $500,000; and
me and three quarters per cent tax
m all sums over that amount.
The final fisheries schedule is the
same as that passed by the Senate
vith the exception that the five cent
surtax is eliminated on packs in ex
cess of 60,000 cases.
The session was one of the busiest
since the creation of the legislature, a
otal of one hundred and four bills be
ng passed out of one hundred and
sight introduced.
Among the bills passed are the first
Uaska law ever enacted to regulate
ishing seasons, applying only to the
southeastern part of Alaska; a great
y enlarged workmen’s compensation
^ct; revised municipal code; increas
ed pensions for aged men and women;
i liberalized mothers’ Pension Law;
he Women’s Jury Bill; the usual bills
or appropriations; bills for protection
»f fox farmers; a bill for reindeer
.razing; numerous code amendments;
' Provision for the purchase of local
•roperty to be used for Territorial of
ices and Alaska Museum and Histori
al Library, entailing an expenditure
»f $21,000.
The nominations of J. R. Heckman,
ice-chairman of the Alaska Fish
ommission; E. M. Keys, and Mrs. L.
5. Hess, regents of the Alaska college,
rere confirmed by the Senate.
Members of the Third and Fourth
elegations plan to leave here for their
lomes on the steamship Alameda; the
lecond and out-of-town members will
ake the first boat leaving south.
NOTE PREPOSTEROUS'
FRENCH WILL NOT
CONSIDER IT
PARIS, May 3.—The terms of the
German reparations note appear “so
preposterous” to members of the
French government that it was as.
sumed there was no hope or desire on
the part of Berlin that they be ac
cepted.
France Reject Proposals
PARIS, May 3.—The French cabi
net today unanimously rejected the
new German reparation proposals. The
reason given for the rejections were
for lack of guarantees and the insuf
ficiency of the sum offered by the
Germans. Premier Poincare will con
sult with the Belgian government as
to the reply to Germany and when it
is ready it will be communicated to
the allies.
LABOR LEADERS WILL
MEET THE PRINCE OF WALES
LONDON, May 3.—Labor leaders in
the House of Commons have accepted
the invitation of Lady Astor to a din
ner party May eleventh to meet the
Prince of Wales.
REAR ADMIRAL COWLES DEAD
FARMINGTON, Conn., May 2—Rear
Admiral Cowles, retired, died today.
He was a brother-in-law of Theodor*
Roosevelt.
RRIT1 WILL REVIVE
WASHINGTON, May 3.—Britain re
vived her policy of naval world su
premacy today and proclaimed in par
liament Tuesday. The announcement
touched off an explosion of stunning
effect in official Washington. Every
where one heard asked the question
of whether it was the intention of Bri
tain to disregard the principles enun
ciated at the Washington conference,
and return to her traditional policy of
Britanni. ruling the waves.
IND WRITER PUSSES ON
CHICAGO, 111., April 30.—Emerson
Hough, writer, author and publicist,
died this morning at his home in tms
city. Mr. Hough was one of Ameri
ca’s foremost short story writers and
also contributed many special articles
to the Saturday^ Evening Post and
other magazines^
The was born in Newton, la., June
28, 1857. In 1895 Mrj Hough travel
ed over the Yellowstone park in the
winter, on skiis, the act of Congress
protecting the Park buffalo being due
to his writeup showing conditions at
the time. Mr. Hough was author of
The Singing Mouse Stories, The Girl
at the Half Way House, The Missis
sippi Bubble, The Law of the Land,
The Story of the Outlaw, The Pur
chase Price, Young Alaskans on the
Trail and numbers of others.
SEATTLE, Apr. 30.—Captain Max
Gunther, master of the Admiral Wat
son, died at Juneau last night, where
he was removed ill from the ship a
week ago.
Capt. Gunther, commander of the
Admiral Watson was taken from the
ship when it docked a* Juneau suf
fering from ptomaine poisoning. He
was in a dangerous condition, but it
was believed he would recover. Capt.
A1 Olson, pilot on the Watson, was
sworn in as commander and proceed
ed with the ship.
Capt. Gunther was making his first
trip as commander of the Wajtson. He
has been in command of the Admiral
Goodrich for the past several years.
mm PURCHASES
SEATTLE, May 4.—H. E. Harrio,
President of the Haynes Packing Co.
this afternoon purchased ihe Crary
building on Union street, for '.he rum
of $200,oce.
Telegraphic News of Week
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SEN. KITE NELSON
DIES ON TRAIN ON
HIS WAY HOME
HARRISBURG, Pa., Apr. 30.—Sena
tor Knute Nelson, Republican, of
Alexandria, Minnesota, died aboard
a Pennsylvania railway train last
night while on his way from Washing
ton to his home in Minnesota.
His death was entirely unexpected
as he had been feeling unusually well
since Congress adjourned, and was
on his way home to lay his plans for
re-election.
Knute Nelson was born in Norway
February 2, 1843; came to the United
States in July, 1849, and resided in
Chicago until 1850, when he removed
to Wisconsin, and from there to Min
nesota in July, 1871. He was a private
and noncommissioned officer in the
Fourth Wisconsin regiment during
the Civil War, and was wounded and
taken prisoner at Port Hudson, La.,
June 14, 1863; was admitted to th<_
bar in the spring of 1867! was a mem
ber of the assembly in the Wisconsin j
Legislature in 1868 and 1869; was!
county attorney of Douglas County, j
Minnesota, in 18872, 1873, and 1874;
wras State senator in 1875, 1876, 1877,
and 1878; was presidential elector in
1880; was a member of the board o.
regents of the State university iron,
February 1, 1882, to January 1, 1893;
was a member of the Forty-eighth,
Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses
for the fifth district of Minnesota;
was elected governor of Minnesota in
the fall of 1892 and re-elected in the
fall of 1894; was elected U. S. sena
tor l'or Minnesota January 23, 1895,
for the term commencing March 4,
1895; relected in 1901, 1907, and
1913. Again reelected by a majority
of nearly 70,000 on the 5th of Novem
ber, 1918 for the term ending March
4, 1924.
The death of Senator Nelson is al
ready arousing speculation as to how
[ the republican majority in the next
I Senate will be affected.
U. S. SUPREME COUHT
HOLD LIQUOR CAN BE
SOLO 01 SHIPS
WASHINGTON, Apr. 30.—The Su
preme Court today overruled Attor
ney General Daugherty’s order against
the sale of liquor on American ships
in the overseas trade, holding that the
prohibition amendment could not le
gally bq applied to prevent American
ships from selling beverages when
they are outside American (territori
al waters.
The court however, held that the
ban against both American and for
eign ships from bringing liquor stocks
into American ports under bond was
legal and enforceable.
II EXPEDITION TO
SPEND SUMMER IN
ALASKA SURVEYS
WASHINGTON, Apr. 30.—In order
that information regarding Alaskan
waters and the feasibility and practi
cability of the further establishment
of a Naval district or of an advanced
Naval base for war time operations,
may be available to the department,
a naval expedition will spend three
months in Alaska in an exhaustive
preliminary survey this summer.
Hear Admiral John V. Chase, com
mander of the fleet base force has
been ordered to proceed to Alaskan
waters about May 25, to make an
extra survey of harbor facilities and
various anchorages available sites
for shore stations.
WASHINGTON, Apr. 30.—The Ar
istook will be the flagship for the
aviation force in the Pacific, and in
addition will have two mine sweepers.
Commander Chase will have with him
Captan Watt T. Cluverius and a num
ber of other officers on his staff.
Several planes will be taken on the
cruise for the purpose of making sur
veys and photographs and the coast
guard Mojave will be under orders to
give the commander assistance if he
needs it
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TW CAMPS ARE IT
10 BY STRIKE
OF I. W. W.
EVERETT, May 4.—The walk-out
on the waterfront by longshoremen af
filiated with the I. W. W., has made
little difference in this port. Five
vessels are loading here and between
200 and 300 men are idle.
Groups of loggers ari also partici
pating in the stiike, called by I. W.
V,’. on behalf of sc-calied political
prisoners.
ABERDEEN, May '.--T.jgg^.s in 27
camps answered the I. W. W. strike
call. It is estiina'ei that about 2000
men have quu work. Loggers in many
of the larger camps did not walk ouc.
Between 60 and 100 longshoremen,
representing about 30 per cent of the
waterfront workers here, also walked
out.
OLYMPIA,f May 4.—A number o
logging camps in this section are idle
from the strike. A number of them
have engaged new crews and resumed
operations, while others declare they
will close down, fearing violence if
they continue to operate.
SEATTLE, May 4.—The strike call
ed last week by the marine transport
workers had little effect on the local
waterfront up to date. Handbills an
nouncing the walk-out appeared at
most of the docks, but no picketing
or disorders are reported.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 4—“No man
can be an avowed I. W. W. and get
any recognition or support on a coast
wise vessel,” Andrew Furuseth, pres
ident of the Seamen’s union said to
day.
SAN DIEGO, May 4.—“You have
written a new chapter in the tri
umphs of American aviation,v said a
telegram of congratulations received
from President Harding to Lieuten
ants Macready and Kelly, following
their arrival here at 12:36 p. m., hav
ing completed their long non-stop
flight of 2650 miles in monoplane T-2,
from New York to San Diego in 26
hours, 50 minutes, 39 seconds.
Later the aviators will try to es
tablish a world duration record of
48 hours, and next spring they will
attempt to fly around the world.
SAN DIEGO, May 4.—Lieutenants
Macready and Kelly received cabled
congratulations from the kings of
Britain and Sweden.
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