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WASHINGTON, Jan. 7—The Nor
wegiau governmenl having declined to
finance his spring airplane trip from
iSpitzbergen to Alaska, Ilaold Amund
sen, Arctic explorer has agreed that
the United States shall claim all the
land he may find in return for financ
iug him.
ITTEMPT IIMILl
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SMYRNA, Jan. 7.—An attempt was1
made today to assassinate the Presi
dent of Kemal, Turkey. The bomb
thrown missed him but injured his
■wife. I
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JUNEAU, Jan. 7.—In a comprehen
sive memorandum opinion just filed in
thefederal district court, copies of
vhich have been received here, Judge
T. M. Reed upholds the validity ofj
both the new territorial jury law, the|
so_called Dimond Act, and the Wom
en’s Jury law, both enacted by the1
legislature last spring Both laws were
attacked in motions filed by Juneau
attorneys in a number of cases at the
beginning of the present term of court,
here.
The memorandum opinion was filed
following a ruling of Judge Reed which
denied a motion of quash and a plea
in abatement entered by H. L. Faulk
ner against the indictment in tire case
of William Lott for shooting W. F.
Prentice. A similar motion and plea
were filed by R. E Roberts -n and Hen
ry Roden in the Johnson murder case.'
Three grounds were set. up in the at
t"r,k on the two laws in question—first!
that the court was in error in select-1
ing and impaneling the grand jury un
der the provisions of chapter 81, ses
sion laws of Alaska, 1923, the Dimond;
Act; and for impaneling women as
qualified grand jurors under chapter
63 of the same laws; and further, be_
cause one Indian, was allowed to sit
on the grand jury.
The opinion took up first among the
general propositions, the Dimond Act.!
One of the defects alleged was that it!
required a minimum jury list of three-)
fourths of the voters as shown by the)
returns o fthe last preceeding general)
election instead of the minimum 01
300 as provided for under the old. Af
ter discussing this and citing a num
ber of authorities, Judge Reed said;
“How this provision extending the
minimum limit of names of prospec
tive grand jurors placed in the jury
box can prejudice the defendant is in
comprehensible to me. The onus is on
the defendant to show such prejudice
in his plea as to the manner of draw,
ing the grand jury is as was said by
Chief Justice Fuller, “fatally defec
tive ”
That the act of drawing jurors is a
ministerial and not judicial function,
Judge Reed says:
is invalid in that it deprives the Judge
of the court, the U. S. attorney, the
U. S. marshal, and the clerk of thhe
court, respectively, jurisdiction and
functions exercised by like judges and
officers of district courts of the Unit
ed States.
“I doubt if this is material to defen
dant if he cannot show that he is prej
udiced thereby. The drawing of the
original panel of grand jurors is not a
judicial act; it is purely ministerial
which the court is empowered, and is
a necessary adjunct of the court in
the administration of justice. If b>
the assignation in the plea it is meanl
that it deprives the court of authori.
ty to fill the panel impartially fron
the bystanders or issue a special ve
nire for that purpose, it might be con
sidered; but it should be noted that ii
the territorial statute there is no pro
vision for filing the panel of grand ju
rors if sufficient regularly drawl
grand jurors do not appear.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—That (
*>. Forbes, deposed director geners
of the Veterans’ Bureau, was a “hea
devil in an established conspiracy t
defraud the government,” was char*
ed today by General Counsel Ryan i
his report to the Senate Veterani
committee.
JUNEAU, Alaska, Jan. 7.—The Ter
ritorial law establishing closed periods
on the commercial salmon fishing In
dustry in Southeastern Alaska was up
held in the Federal District Court the
other day by Judge T, M. Reed who
overruled a demurrer and motion to
quash an indictment against the Auk
Bay Salmon Canning company, filed
several weeks ago by H. |L. Faulkner
and R. E. Robertson A memorandum
opinion setting forth the grounds for
his ruling will be filed in the near fu„
ture by Judge Reed, it was intimated
later.
The inhibition against legislation by
the Teritorial assembly contained in
the Alaska organic act, said the court,
is against a modification of the stat
utes passed by Congress upon the sub
ject of Alaska fisheries, tl would pre
vent the Alaska Legislature from re
moving the restrictions imposed by
C mgresional acts but would not serve
to bar the local legislature from enact
ing laws for additional protection to
the saimon. He declared that debates
in Congress, occurring at the time the
Alaska organic act was being discuss
ed supported such a conclusion. He
held that the Teritorial law, passed
last spring, is not inconsistent with
the Federal statutes applicable to the
same subject and not irreconciliable
with its intent and provisions.
Counsel for the company said that
an appeal would be taken at once from
the ruling of Judge Reed and that the
case would be taken to the Appelate
Court of San Francisco. Pending the
outcome of the appeal, other fisheries
cases based in the Territorial law in
which demurrers have been filed will
be held in abeyance.
1 LIFE
Burglar Who Shot Down Special Of
f• cr Gets Off Easy
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7.—Edward H.
Carleton who was found guilty of the
murder of special officer, Robert E.
McGee, on recommendation of the
jury will only be imprisoned for life.
Carleton and his young bride shot
McGee as he apprehended them com.
ing out of the window of a home in
the residential section
SEATTLE, Jan. 10.— Announcing
that tlie Ku Klux Klan, with a mem
bership in this state of 53,000, includ
ing 38,000 in Seattle, would assume
responsibility for the initiative bill
filed this week in Olympia, aimed at
parochal and private schools, John A.
Jeffery, grand dragon of the realm of
Washington, today stated that the
klans would attempt to abolish all but
public schools in the State.
It is expected that a bitter fight
will develop in case the bill goes be
fore the legislature.
LIVING IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Jan. 10.—Frank Simons
a San Francisco broker and clubman
S supposed to have drowned himself ii
San Francisco Bay four years ago, hi
wile having later collected the insui
ance on his life, it develops has beei
• living in Seattle employed under th
name of Frank P. Simmons, as a tra\
I' eling auditor of the Shell Oil Con
-j Pany. He admitted this morning tha
- he was the missing man.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY DUGGAN
WILL LEAVE FOR CALIFORNL
U. S. Attorney Sherman Duggan wi
arrive on tomorrow’s train from Ai
I: ehorage on his w'ay to San Francisc
1j to appear for the government befor
the appellate court in connection wit
several cases appealed from this div
i sion, among which is the case of Raj
j time Kelly, Ray & David attorney;
3 Mr. Duggan is one of the most po]
0 ular of the court officials, and is als
a writer of considerable humor, an a
3 tide appearing from him in a recer
j. sporting magazine being better tha
the average.
SETS NEW WORLD’S ALTITUDE
RECORD FOR SEAPLANE
COPYRIGHT UNDERWOOD A UNDERWOOD. N. Y
Jean Laporte, the French aviator,
who has just established a new alti_
tude record for the hydro-airplane, as
cending to a height of 5,535 meters, or
1,293 meters higher than the previous
world’s record sec by Lt. C. F. Harjer,
U. S. N., at Argenteuil, France Dur
ing the flight Laporte suffered ex
tremely from the cold and his face
was badly frostbitten. The flight was
made under supervision of an Aero
Club officer, and the record is verified
and ofifcial.
10 IKE FLIGHTS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—Major Fred
L. Martin, and Lieuts. Lowell Smith,
Leigh Wade and Eric Nelson were
designated this afternoon by Major
General Patrick, chief of the air ser
vice, to make a round the world flight
for the Army. Major Martin will be
in command of the expedition.
001 CLUBMAN:
TIKES OWN LIFE
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 7.—Win 1
the police today entered the apart
ment of George A. Rooth, sales man.
agei of a milling concern of this cRy
to arrest him for running down with
his auto and dangerously injuring
Heger Tilden, a wealthy club man
Roolh shot and killed himself. Th
suicide left a note stating that the ac
ri'lenl was entirely his fault.
Several radio receiving sets picked
up Donald McMillan on the Bowdoin
11 degrees from the North Pole, Sat
urday night. Mr. McMillan in the
message of congratulations to fellow
members of his class, who were meet
ing that night The message 'stated
that the Bowdoin flag, the most ncrtii
era in the world, is fying tonight in
memory of the happy gathering.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—Directo
General Davis in a report to Presiden
’ Coolidge, says that Federal contro
’ and operation of the railroads durini
1 the war and the six months’ guarar
3 tee per cent thereafter cost the gov
eminent $,696,000,000.
WASHJNGTON, Jan 11.—The p<
[ :ar expedition on the dirigible Shei
t andoah will be commanded by Rea
0 Admiral Moffett, Secretary Denb^ai
e nounced this afternoon.
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SHIP PROTEST
CONGRESS OVER
PROFITS HOST
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.— Replying
to the protest of Senator New to
President Coolidge against the United
States Grain Corporation making a
profit of $50,000,000 on wheat, Sena
tor Curtis, Republican whip in the
Senate said that Congress could not
Vemedy the condition.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8—Senator
T. K. Caraway of Arkansas, in the
Senate this afternoon charged that
the lease given Harry F. Sinclair by
the former secretary of the Interior,
Albert G. Fall, for development of the
Tea PoL La 'ae naval oil tract, was
c irupciy oota’tied ano he asked out
uglit that the lease be cancelled,- in
troducing a resolution to this effect.
Mr. Fall reiterated hi3 statement
today that the money loaned him by
E. B. McLean, the Washington pub
lisher, had no bearing on the oil lease
and was given hint to purchase addi
tional ranch holder's in N w Mexic >.
The statement filed by Hie t rmer
secretary dealt also with various oth
er subjects which have bee a previ
ously touched upon.
The $100,000 advanced by Mr. Me
Lean, says Mr. Fall, was secured by
! personal note and was loaned to;
the purchase of the Harris ranch ad
joining that of the secretary. The
loan was for three years at the end
of which time the publisher was to
have the right to call the loan or en
ter into co-partnership with Mr. Fall
in which the latter was to put up
lands or other assets equal to the
loan. The statement placed the pres
ent book value of the Fall property
In New Mexico at $600,000.
Was a Cash Deal
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Lxpiaining references 01 »unt-&t.e=
Lo la.’ge sums of cash presented in
pa\inenl for the Harris property, Mr.
Pall said he expected it to be a cash
deal, and therefore took the entire
sum with him
Mr. Fall said he never approached
Mr. Sinclair or Edward L. Dohene\
for a loan, advance or other assist
a nee.
Referring to a shipment of blooded
cattle to his place by Mr. Sinclair
Mr. Fall said he had insisted that the
livestock be paid for all full marke
! price. Mr. Sinclair’s visit to Three
Rivers, N. M., prior to the leasing o
the Wyoming reesrve was pure coin
eidence, the former secretary said.
The Three Rivers Cattle Company
in which Fall owns 50 per cent ane
his son-in-law the remainder, was de
scribed by Fall as holding a line o
credit at Pueblo, Colo., from the
Thatcher estate and from the same
estate he borrowed $100,000 to finance
improvements on his home ranch, re
maining unpaid
Holdings Are Numerous
Practically all of his holdings it
New Mexico were acquired before
1906, Mr. Fall said, and comprised a
least forty separate parcels of land
Th evaried composition of the whole
area was given by the secretary a:
one of the causes of unpaid taxes
The officials of Otero county, he said
attempted to assess him on the ful
j value of the whole tract as well a
I on the value of the improvements.
■ His opposition to the assessment h
t declared was finally upheld in th
l courts. The legal fight began in 191
and was settled in 1922 when he pai
- all back taxes on the basis for whic
he had been contending.
I PARESIS AND LOCOMOTOR
ATAXIA BELIEVED CURABL
COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 8.—The Roc
feller institute is soon to release
physicians a new specific called tryp
samid, of A-63, which is asserted
’’ show a 50 per cent result in the trez
l' ment of paresis and locomotor ataxi
r according to a story that appears
l* the Ohio State Journal which giv
Dr. H. M. Brundage of Columbus :
its authority. Fifty per cent cur
was declared by Dr. Brundage to 1
far in excess of results obtained 1
any previously known specific f
these two diseases.
The specific’s greatest virtue w
declared to lie in the fact that tl
drug possesses an affinity for tissu
of the central nervous system and ci
be injected into the veins.
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ZIONIST HEAD HERE TO EFFECT
UNITY OF JEWS
Here to devote several months to
unifying the various factions among
the 3,500,000 Jews in this country in
the interest of the Jewish national
home provided for in the British man
date over Palestine, Ur. Chaim Weiz
mann, president of the World Zionist
organization, evinced little enthusiasm
over being regarded as the opponent
of Isreal Zangwill and said that “en
gaging in controversies is a luxury in
which 1 cannot afford to indulge.
There is too much constructive work
to be done.”
NATIONWIDE PETITION FM
! RELEASE LIEUT. GRIFFIS
CHICAGO, Jan. 8.—A nation wide
i movement is under way to bring
about the release of Lieutenant Cor
. liss Hoover Griffis, former Americar
i soldier, sentenced to 19 months in a
German prison for attempted kidnap
ing of Grover C. Bergdoll, wealthy
draft evader, Dr. James Whitney Hall,
president of the Iroquois club, has an
nounced. He is head of a national or
ganization to obtain a pardon for the
convicted soldier.
Dr. Hall said that Lieut. Griffis was
being notified of the movement in his
behalf by Americans.
One of the activities of the com
mittee he said, wTa» to botain sig
natures to a petition addressed to the
, German government asserting that the
; American people would consider a his
release a “most gracious act.”
The Srst signature was that of Mor
ris Sussman, a former German soldiei
who lost an arm in the Argonne.
Borah urged Russian recognition ii
. the Senate today which was bitterly
opposed by Senator Lodge, who de
dared there were interlocking direc
i torates between the Soviet govern
| ment and the Commune Internationa
; against the American form of govern
i ment.
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BOYLE RETURNING HOME
FROM VACATION OUTINC
Frank A. Boyle, register of the U. S
Land Office, with headquarters in An
chorage, and George A. Parks, chie
1 of the field division, with headquai
ters in the same town are expectec
• to return on one of the first boats.
Both men have been on the thirty
: day vacation Mr. Boyle has beei
5 spending his‘time at Juneau his for
• mer home and Mr. Parks has beei
. spending the holidays with his folk
1 back in Denver. Mr. Parks will sto;
3 off at Ketchikan before returning t
his post.
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7.—Fire last *
night destroyed Ocean Park amuse
ment zone, located principally on the
piers of Pickering, Frager and Lick,
with a loss of a quarter of a million
It is stated that the resort? will be
rebuilt.
ITALY ELECTS PRESIDENT
OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
VENICE, Italy, Jan 7.—Venizelos
vas today elected president of the
Italian National Assembly, by unani
mous vote.
Cannery at Bella Bella
Destroyed by Flames
VANCOUVER, aJn. 7.—The U:ge
salmon connery at Bella Bella in Brit
ish Columbia, on Denny Island, was #
■ destroyed by fire recently. Dwellings
fjoccuoied by a score of employees and
all of the cannery buildings were
burned to the ground during the con
flagration. hTe loss is estimated at
I two hundred thousand dollars. Bella
''Bella is 320 miles north of Vancou
| ver.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—Legislation
proposed by President Coolidge and
Secretary Hoover to create a Bureau
of Civil Aeronautics in the Commerce
Department was approved this after
noon by the Senate committees.
LONDON, Jan. 7.—Boudoirs for
1 the eight women members of parlia
i ment are being fitted up in the parlia
ment building today.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—President
Coolidge has issued a proclamation
creating an embargo against the ship
ment of arms to Mexican revolution
'! ists.
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EHRLYNOVEMBER
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—It is an.
f nounced today that revised plans of
. the Signal Corps contemplate having
[ the Alaska cable completed and in
working order by November.
The first section laid will be from
i Seattle to Ketchikan via Craig going
. overland from the latter point seven
i miles, and thence to Ketchikan under
3 water.
j The remaining stretch will be laid
j i from Ketchikan direct to Seward, and
j will be completed this year.
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