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VOLUME XIX. NUMBER 136
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, JfJNE 9, 1924
PRICE TEX CENTS
STORMY SESSION MARKS THE
ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS
BUSY SESSION HELD BEFORE ADJOURNMENT—PRESI
DENT SIGNS OVER ONE HUNDRED BILLS—
BILLS BLOCKED AT LAST MINUTE
C* WASHINGTON, I). C., June 9—Congress ended the six months’
session Saturday night in an atmosphere oi controversy and tin moil
characteristic of the bitter dissention which marked the proceedings
from start to finish. The Farmers’ Relief Reform and the Reclama
tion policy of the Government failed and many other measures includ
ing the bill authorizing the construction of eight new cruisers and
the modernization of battle ships; the deficiency appropriation bill
carrying funds for the operation of the bonus law and for many other
purposes failed to pass the session when it ended at seven- The defi
ciency bill was blocked at the last moment by Senator Pittman of
Nevada because of the omission of the reclamation appropriation
and proposed similar action against the emergency bonus bill was
siistained by the objection of Senators Borah and King.
Bills and resolutions numbering one hundred and five were sign
ed by Coolidge in his part in making possible the adjournment of ;
Congress. He approved two dozen bills and vetoed one.
The resignation of U. S. Attorney Williams of San Francisco'
was requested by Attorney General Stone charging negligence and in- j
efficiency in the administration of his office. Stone declined to com
ment on the action.
Advocating the appropriation of ten million dollars for the re-1
lief of German women and children which the Senate rejected Sen-;
ator Lafollette roared and stamped for forty minutes in his oldtime
vigor last night convincing his colleagues that he has fully reco\eied
from his recent illness.
’ The house conferees on the deficiency bill reported a disagree
ment on the Senate reclamation amendment and asked for a vote by
the house. . .
The Dial amendment on the Omnibus pension bill increasing pen
sions of Spanish Amrican War veterans was eliminated in a confer
ence because Coolidge expressed his unalterable opposition to the pro
The appointment of a committee by the Senate to sit during the
campaign and investigate expenditures of candidates tor the 1 resi
dency and vice-presidency and all federal offices also was authorized
by the Senate before adjournment.
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 9—The House resolution authoriz
ing the admittance of certain aliens in excess of their quota tor the
year and legalizing the admittance of others who would be deporteu
under the various supreme court decisions was adopted at the last
minute by the Senate. Textual changes inserted by the Senate will
require that the bill go to a conference before being complete._
CONVENTION WILL
DRAFT PLATFORM
REPUBLICAN PARTY
%
MELLON AND WEEKS ALREADY
AT CONVENTION—COMMIT
TEE MEETS
CLEVELAND, June 9—Charles B.
Warren, Ambassador to Mexico and
chairman of the platform committee
ann^dnced today that while some of
the principal planks have been for
warded from Washington, the actual
drafting of the party pronouncement
will be done here. Mellon and Weeks
have arrived.
Committee Meetb Today
CLEVELAND, June 9—The com
mittee of 57 met today to begin prep
aration of the platform. Lowden de
clined to consider the vice-presidency,
and Dawes is now being boomed for
the position.
The Lafollette delegates from Wis
consin, who will cast a block vote
against Coolidge, were called together
today to take final action on a plat
form of proposals they will fight for
in the convention.
CYRIL WALKER WINS
GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
DETROIT, June 9—Cyril Walker
yesterday won the open golf champion
hip of America, defeating Bobby
Tones, who held the title, by a score
>f two hundred and ninety-seven to
hr# hundred. Walker is a native of
loylake, England and a professional
>f the Englewood country golf club of
\e\v York for which club he plays.
CHICAGO, June 9—Illinois won the
v'c%ern conference track meet with a
otal of 74 points, Iowa, 39, Michigan
1, and Ohio State 20.
VETERANS TO GET
$50 CASH BONUS
WASHINGTON, June 7—It is esti
mated that 3,058,283 veterans will be
entitled to insurance policies under the
bonus plan, while 395,583 will be paid
cash of $50 each. The bill provides
payment to dependents of deceased
veterans of the amount of adjusted
compensation to which they should be
entitled. Adjusted compensation is
figured on a basis of $1 a day for
home service and $1.25 for overseas
the first 60 days not counting and the
maximum being 500 days.
Veterans up to and including the
rank of captain in the army and ma
rine corps and lieutenants in the navy
are eligible to the bonus. It is esti
mated that the average insurance pol
icy is worth $962 while the maximum
value of the policies would be about
$1900 for overseas service and $1600
for home service.
The amount of the policy would be
equivalent of the amount which the
adjusted service plus 25 per cent
would purchase at regular insurance
rates based on 4 per cent interest
FAIRBANKS MAN
PLACED UNDER ARREST
FAIRBANKS, June 9.—District At
torney Collins and Dr. Sutherland
made airplane flights in the Rode-|
baugh plane Saturday, from Fair-!
banks to Tanana where Collins placed
Joseph Kane under arrest on charge
attacking Hazel Shade and Margaret
Peterson, two small girls.
The Shade girl is in a precarious
condition.
SECRETARY WILBUR
MAKES FAST TIME
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 9—
Secretary Wilbur did 93 miles an hour
in a flight from Norfolk to Washing
ton today.
STIUATION GROWING
MORE INTENSE OVER
IMMIGRATION BILL
JAPANESE RUFFIANS BREAK UP
DANCE IN IMPERIAL HOTEL,
TOKIO—FEAR OUTBREAK
....TOKIO, June 9—Gangs of political
Ruffians protesting the American ex
clusion act, broke up the Saturday
rtight dance at the Imperial Hotel. The
dance was being attended by many
members of the foreign colony here.
The gangs of ruffians also forced sev
eral motion picture shows which were
showing American films to close.
Anti-American feeling here has reach
ed a serious height.
Keep Automobiles Off Streets
TOKYO, June 9—The situation is
so tense today that American officials
have been advised to keep automobiles
bearing American licenses off the
streets .
DOME CREEK MAN
CAUSES DEATH OF
RAILROAD FOREMAN
Robert Morris, popular section fore
man in the employ of the Alaska Rail
road on Dome Creek, on the Chata
nika branch, was shot and killed at
an early.hour last Friday morning at
Olnes by John L. White, oldtime mer
chant and postmaster of that place.
The shooting is said to have been
the result of an old-standing quarrel
between the two men but there was no
quarrel at the time the tragedy occur
red. The story of the shooting as re
ported from Fairbanks is that Mor
ris and Charles Freeman and two
other men were returning from Chata
nika. As they approached Olnes they
heard shooting and very soon saw
White shooting promiscuously at some
horses which had entered a lot presum
ably belonging to him.
At about that time Morris is said to
have left the ti'ack and started in the
direction of White. As he was passing
between two cabins, White opened fire
on him, so the story goes, and one or
more of the bullets hit him, causing
death.
Morris is an oldtimer in the North
land being a member of the Anchorage
Igloo, No. 15, Pioneers of Alaska. He
i is also said to be an Elk. He leaves a
wife and four children to mourn his
loss. White has resided at Olnes many
i years, and has been engaged in the
mercantile business.
It is said White used a twelve-Gauge
shot gun in shooting Morris.
HUGE FOREST FIRES
RAGING IN CANADA
FORT M’MURRY, Alberta, June 9
—Colonel J. S. Cornwall, arrived on
the steamer Athabasca from the north
and reported the country afire from
here to a hundred miles in the north
ern direction, sixty miles east to west.
He declared it was the worst fire in
years.
New Community Hall
Be Built Ketchikan
It has been definitely announced by
legion members of Ketchikan Post No.
3 of the American Legion that they
will build a new community building.
The hall is to have a grand floor space
of ten thousand feet and a total floor
space of fifteen thousand five hundred
feet. There is to be five stories, eight
office rooms, a Legion assembly hall
where there will be a balcony as well
as a stage, and which will have a cap
acity of 1,000 people.
The purpose is defined as a means
of giving Ketchikan a community hall
that is big enough to take care of
large gatherings.
SEATTLE, June 9—Peter Vachon,
of Fairbanks purchased the Bristol ho
tel here today for a quarter of a mil
lion dollars.
WOULD GO TO GALLOWS
FOR MURDERERS OF
MILLIONAIRE'S SON
MILWAUKEE TAILOR WILL GIVE
LIFE IF HEIR IS GIVEN
MONEY v
CHICAGO, June 9—Police Super
intendent Collins received a letter to
day from Curt Geissler of Milwaukee
offering to go to the gallows for Leo
pold and Loed, if his heir would be
given one million dollars. The letter
read:
“I am a tailor twenty-eight years
old and the only crime I ever commit
ted was working hard all my life.”
Blames Leopold
CHICAGO, June 9—A confession
made by Loeb to States Attorney
Crowe, a week ago and made public
yesterday places all blame upon Leo
pold for the death of Frank Roberts.
Loeb concluded in the confession say
ing: “I offer no excuses. If it was not1
for suggestion and stimulance the
crime would not have been committed”
Only such a defense as that to
which every human being is entitled
to will be provided for Nathan Leo
pold f r d Rochard Loeb.
Typewriter Found
CHICAGO, June 9—The typewriter
believed to have been used to write the
ransom-demanding note by Leonard
and Loeb for Robert Franks, was dis
covered in a lagoon in Jackson park
Makes Confession
CHICAGO, June 9—The confession
of Nathon Leopold, who with Richard
Loeb, was named in true bills charg
ing them with kidnapping and mur
dering Franks was made public today.
In his confession Leopold outlined
the methods which he and Loeb pur
sued to obtain the ten thousand dol
lars from Jaboc Franks, father of the
murdered boy. The self-confessed mur
derer said in his statement that “we
were undecided until the last day who
the victim would be and it happened
to be Robert Franks.”
The confession declared that “Loeb
! hit Franks on the head with a chisel
and held a rag over his mouth so he
could not make an outcry.” They then
j undressed him and concealed his nak
I ed body in a culvert, burying his
! clothes. The final statement of Leo
pold said: “We notified Frank’s father
who failed to carry out instructions,
so we gave the whole thing up as a
bad job.”
INTERIOR AIR PLANE
DECLARED UNSAFE
FOR CARRYING MAILS
FAIRBANKS June 6—The De Havi
land mail plane which has been pilot
ed on eight of ten proposed test trips
between Fairbanks and McGrath by
Lieut. C. B. Eielson, has made its last
trip with the Alaskan mail, according
to an order from the Air Mail service
in which it is stated that the ship is
deemed unsafe for further use. It has
been ordered shipped to Seattle, where,
it is presumed, it will be overhauled
for use in the States. It is not definite
ly known whether it will be replaced
by another ship.
“Air Mail Plane not considered safe
for further use. Return plane to Seat
tle at once,” was the brief telegraph
ic instruction received by Chief Clerk
Wetzler from Superintendent Vander
voort at Seattle and transmitted by
Wetzler to pilot Eielson. The plane
will be held here until complete writ
ten instructions are received. The let
ter of instruction concerning its return
was mailed from Seattle several days
ago, prior to the recent breakage in
landing, and was expected by the flyer
for some time, as the plane had more
than doubled its allotted mileage.
Pilot Eielson feels confident that the
flights will be continued
Yale Refuses to Accept
Challenge from Wash.
POUKEEPSIE, June 9—A hot sun
smiled upon the crews training here.
Washington cover a mile in four min
utes and forty-eight seconds. Yale re
fused to accept a challenge for a sep
arate race with Washington.
AMERICAN WORLD FLYERS
REACH HONGKONG TODAY
HONGKONG, June 9—The three American flyers arrived here
from Amoy, China, covering the three hundred miles in three hours
and a quarter. Their next jump will be to Haipsong, French Indo
China.
TOKIO, June 9—Lieut. D’Oisy the French flyer arrived at Hir
oshima island from Taiku without mishap.
TOKIO, June 9—D’Oisy, French flyer enroute here from Paris
crossed the Korean straits, arriving at Shenaskami, Japan this morn
ing. The French Aviator made good time on this part of his trip.
AMOY, June 8.—The American globe flyers stopped from eleven
twenty to one fifty on a small island between Amoy anti Shanghai
and refueled before proceeding. They arrived at Amoy from Shang
hai at 4:30 p. m. Saturday evening, doing the five hundred miles in
nine hours and forty-five minutes. They began immediately refueling
and overhauling, hoping for good weather which aided them from
Shanghai to continue and permit them to depart today for Hongkong.
TWO SUITS FILED
AGAINST ROSS M’LEAN
SMOTHERED INFANT DAUGHTER
AND KICKED WIFE INSEN
SIBLE
TACOMA, June 9—Two suits were
filed in the superior court charging
Kenneth Ross McLean, son of A. R. j
McLean pioneer grocery operator in
this city, with smothering his infant
daughter to death in a hotel at Bruns
wick, Maine, and then kicking his wife
into insensibility and abandoning hit.,
—
COURT BUSY WITH
FROMMING TRIAL
The court is busy this week with
the Fromming murder trial which
! will probably be under way all week. |
Fromming was indicted bv the I
recent grand jury on two counts for:
! murder in the first degree.
Sam Langland pleaded guilty to
I violation of the dry laws and was
| fined $100.
It is reported that court will last
! all month and probably until after
July 4.
BAR ASSOCIATION GIVES
BANQUET COURT PARTY
The Bar Association of Anchorage
gave a banquet in Gtechell’s restau
rant to the court party, comprising
Judge E. E. Ritchie, District Attorney
Sherman Duggan, J. L. Waller, Dep
uty Marshal A. C. Dowling, Assistant
District Attorney McCain, Assistant
District Attorney Julien Hurley, U.
S. Marshal H. P. Sullivan, Clerk of
Court W. N. Cuddy, Deputy Clerk
Selma Scott, Court Stenographer De
lia Chace, Attorneys A. J. Dimond,
L. V. Ray, Leopold David, Tom Price,
Jerry Murphy, A. E. Rucker, and
several others. J. L. Waller was
toastmaster and speeches were deliv
ered by many of the assembled
guests.
TRUSTY IN COUNTY
JAIL CUTS THROAT
SEATTLE, June 9—Jack Lynch, a
trusty in the county jail, fifty-seven
years old, died from a razor wound in
his throat ,inflicted last Monday.
Lynch, who has spent the last half
of his fifteen years to date in jail,
was arrested May seventeenth charg
ed with drunkenness. He told the keep
ers that “a man might as well be dead
as always in jail.
EIGHT PERSONS DROWN
WHEN LAUNCH SINKS
SANTA ANA, Calif., June 9—Eight |
persons were drowned when the boat
in which they were riding capsized.
Among them were H. Newton Thorn
ton, architect and his sons Allen and
David.
FRENCH AVIATOR IS
NOW IN TOKIO, JAPAN
TOKYO, June 9—D’Oisy the French
aviator, arrived at noon today, thus
completing his flight from Paris.
POLIC CALLED TO
SUBDUE STUDENTS
OF BUCKNELL UNIV
STUDENTS ON RAMPAGE START
SMALL FIRES AND BURN
DRESSES OFF WOMEN
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa., June 9^.
Police were asked by the chief of po
lice in Lewisburg to send officers from
this city to help subdue two hundred
or more youths, said to be students
of Bucknell University, who are on
a rampage in the borough since Wed
nesday. The Lewisburg Chief of police
said the students were firing cannon
crackers, dynamite and other explo
sives in the main streets ,starting
small fires on automobiles and burn
ing the dresses off of women in the
streets. A number of persons were in
jured when they trampled the flags of
the Veterans memorial parade at the
cemetery, and smashed a number of
windows.
FIVE INCHES SNOW
FALLS IN NOME;
COLD IN MONTANA
SNOW HEAVIEST FOR JUNE IN
24 YEARS—BUTTE SUFFERS
FROM COLD SNAP
NOME, June 8—Heavy ice in the
Bering Sea delayed the arrival of the
Cutter Bear which was due today. Five
inches of snow followed by a day of
rain helped the mines in the scarcity
of water. The snow for the last few
days has been the heaviest for June
in 24 years.
In Butte, Montana on Friday night
,the coldest night of this month in the
history of the city, was experienced.
The temperature ranged from fifteen
to twenty degrees above zero,
VISCOUNT KATO WILL
SUCCEED KIYOURA
TOKIO, June 9—After the Kiyoura
cabinet resigned yesterday the Pre
mier carried the individual resigna
tions of every member to the Prince
Regent’s palace by motor. The cabinets
downfall is attributed principally to
the adverse verdict by the elections,
but Kiyoura was understood to have
accepted the entire responsibility for
the “diplomatic blunder” in connec
tion with America’s Japanese exclu
sion act.
TOKIO—Viscount Kato succeeded
Kiyoura as premier this morning.
Associated Oil Party
On Way to Kanatak
Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Jones, H. Zerr,
A. E. Hoskin, C. D. Hyde, L. F.
McKay, A. B. Sexton, B. R. Lee, C.
F. Livingston, W. J. Classon, W.
Johnston, C. W. Moodie, all of San
Francisco, arrived on the Alaska and
will leave for Kanatak, where Mr.
Jones is in charge of Associated Oil
activities.