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THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
VOL. L, NO. 144. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1913. PRICE TEN CENTS
THE SENATE KILLS FISH-TRAP BILL
house Raises Lid for |
New Bill Then Kills lt|
The House this morning let down
the bars for the purpose of allowing
Col. Ingersoll. Ketchikan's represen
tative. the privilege of introducing a
bill by request. The request is said
to have come from the district attor
ney's office. The bill, known as House
Hill No. 92. is for an act authorizing
the introduction of e\ idence of de
fendant's character reputation, habits
and disposition in criminal prosecu
tions under indictment charging some
degree of homicide or assault with
dangerous weapons, or assault with
intent to kill. Section one provides
that in all criminal prosecutions, un
der an indictment charging some de
gree of homicide, it shall be compe
tent for the prosecution to prove the
character, reputation, habits and dis
position of the defendant with refer
ence to the use of weapons, irrespec
tive of whether the defendant intro
duces evidence of good character and
reputation or not. Section two de
clared an emergency to exist making
the act take effect immediately. The
bill was indefinitely postponed but not
before it had ben unmercifully grilled
by nearly every member of the House.
Representative Kennedy, of Candle,
denounced the bill in unmeasured
terms. He hopped on the emergency
clause with both feet, declaring it as
his belief that the bill was introduced
for ulterior purposes. This body
knows of no emergency that calls for
the passage of such a bill, he said,
even if it were a good law, which he
stated, it was not.
Speaker Collins addressed the i
House declaring that the bill, if it
should become a law, would work
great harm. "A law such as this," he
said, "would kill all incentive to re
form. Laws are made for the refor
mation of people as well as for re
straining wrongful tendencies.
Other speakers followed in rapid
succession, denouncing the bill either
as a wicked measure, designed to work
out the third degree methods, or as
a special act for a specific purpose, j
The emergency clause seemed to be |
the point most assailed in adverse:
comment
Representative Jones, of Nome, was j
the lone member who had a good word ,
for the bill. He said that he thought:
it would be proper to allow the prose-'
cution to go Into a man's past to prove
his character and habits in cases of
the homicide, and assaults with
dangerous weapons, or with assaults
with intent to kill.
The measure was Indefinitely post
poned with but one dissenting vote,
that of Mr. Jones. Col. Ingersoll was
excused from voting.
Senator Freeding Wants Ice
Breakers For Bering Sea
The United Suites government will
be asked to establish a winter water
service between Dutch Harbor and
Nome by the official representatives
of Alaska if the legislature passes a
memorial that was introduced yester
day in the Senate by Senator Conrad
Freeding. of Nome. The memorial
urges Congress to make the necessary
apropriation to build one or more ice
breaking craft, such as the Canadians
and Russians have demonstrated is
practicable under condit.ons that are
similar to those existing in Bering
sea in the winter time, and that a
semi-monthly service for passengers,
mail and freight be given to Seward
peninsula from November to June, the
months when Beriug sea is now closed
to navigation. It is asked that the
craft be attached to the revenue cut
ter service.
I
The memorial points to the fact that
there are 5.000 people in the Seward
peusilua country that have no means
of communication with the world from
late in October until early in June;
that they have produced in the last
decade approximately $65,000,000, in
gold: that 37 dredges are now in op
eration there and the number is being
increased yearly; that it will contin
ue indefinitely as a great gold-pro
ducing region; that Canada has dem
onstrated the practicability of ice
breaking on Northumberland strait
and Russia has done so on the Baltic
sea. and that the conditions in these
waters in the winter time and those
of Bering sea are in all respects sim
ilar; that ice-breaking craft could be
utilized as revenue cutters in North
ern waters in the summer time to ad
vantage.
ALASKA-JUALIN
PROGRESS SHOWN
The work of laying track from the
bayside portal of tunnel number 3 to
the Alaska- Juneau mine is now in pro
gress and it is expected that it will
be completed within the next three
weeks. The entire distance is about
5.000 feet. Tunnel number 3. which
penetrates Mount Roberts, was com
pleted yesterday. This tunnel is 2.
250 feet long, a short interval along
the mountainside separates it from
tunnel number 2 about 500 feet long;
another short Interval separates tun
nel number 1. which is but 300 feet
long. From tunnel number 1 to the
portal of the mine or main tunnel at
Snow Slide gulch, is but another brief
walk.
All of the road bed at the interven
ing points between tunnels has been
tinished for some time, also tunnels
number 1 and 2. The work of lay
ing track has been waiting upon the
completion of tunnel number 3. the
entry to tide water.
The main or mine tunnel has now
penetrated under the mountain a dis
yet to be bored before the main shaft
tance of 5,450 feet leaving 600 feet
of the mine can be tapped at this low
er level.
Eeverything is moving along smooth
ly and itis expected that by the time
the new ore reducing plant is erected
that the mine will be ready to deliver
the ore. The first unit consisting of
a 150-stamp mill with additional roll
machinery doubling the capacity of
the ordiuary stamp mill will, unless
serious mishaps occur, be extracting
the ore values before next August.
Waffles all day at "U and I" Lunch
Room. 4-14-lm.
JUNEAU MUST
DRESS TOR SUMMER
Junt.au must dre38 up for summer.
That is the order from the municipal
government. City .Marshal Martin is
going about telling the people that the
time is now here for the regular spring
clean-up. It is desirable that the cit
izens generally co-operate with the
municpal authorities in bringing the
town into a more presentable state.
It is a matter of some importance, not
only from a sanitary point of view, but
for the fair name of the city. Cap
tain Martin says, that all sorts of gar
bage and refuse be carted from the
streets and vacant spaces of town lots.
The unseemly condition results
from the laxity of enforcement of city
regulations during the winter months,
but the winter is now over, and Ju
neau must not cause unfavorable com
ment from the citizens of neighboring
towns and strangers from the Outside
on account of the condition of its
streets and vacant lots. The city
marshal says that Ordinance No 33
| is to be strictly enforced from this
time on, and the people should take
due notice and avoid possible unpleas
antness.
IMMIGRATION AGENT
MOVES FROM SKAGWAY
Immigration Officer A. H. Joy has
been notified that he is to be trans
ferred to Ketchikan where he is to
remain permanently. The business
of the immigration office in Skagway
will be handled by the customs office.
Mr. Joy, with his family, expects to re
ceive official authorization to remove
to the First City within the coming
1 week.?Skagway Alaskan.
CABLE BREAK
NEAR SEATTLE
The break in the United States mili
tary cable that interrupted service
Tuesday has been located as being
near Seattle. It is believed that it
is not more than 50 milea from that
place. This would bring it some place
about Port Townsend or Port Angeles.
The discovery of the whereabouts
of the break was made through tests
conducted from Sitka. It is believed,
inasmuch as the cable ship Burnside
is on Puget Sound that the necessary
repairs will soon be made and the
cable service resumed.
The injury to the cable is located
at about the same place the break
occurred a few weeks ago when the
line was out of commission for about
three days.
NEW STORE OPENS
IN JUNEAU
J. H .Handle, one of Juneau's well
known citizens, has entered the gen
eral merchandising business. His
store is being opened in the location
formerly occupied by the Fitzgerald
store on Franklin street, and has bebn
christened the "Scandinavian Gro
cery."
In addition to a complete line of
groceries, the Scandinavian Grocery
will carry a line of mens' boots, shoes
and clothing.
Mr. Handle has a large circle of
friends and acquaintances in Juneau
and vicinity, and he will doubtless re
ceive a large patronage.
* RODEN EIGHT-HOUR BILL *
SIGNED BY GOVERNOR *
? *
* Governor Clark this afternoon *
* signed the Roden eight-hour * j
* bill applying to the quartz min- *
* ing industry. And it Is now a *
* law. * j
EDDINGTON TALKS
COLD STORAGE
A large cold storage plant is being'
established by the Booth fisheries in- j
testers at Sitka. Building operations
are to begin at once, and the structure i
rushed to completion as rapidly as J
possible. Some of the lumber has been |
secured and is already on the ground, j
It is expected that the machinery will
all be installed and the plant ready
for business within the next sixty
days. The plant will have a capacity i
of one million pounds.
J. B. Eddington, vice president and
general manager of the Booth fisher
ies interests, is authority for the fore
going statements. Mr. Eddington has
just returned from Sitka where he per
sonally looked over the ground and
made final arrangements for carry
ing out the company's plans in this
respect. To The Empire Mr. Edding
ton said that he considered Sitka a
very favorable place for an establish
ment of this kind. It is a direct cen
ter for an immense fishing area easily
accessible at all times of the year.
While the place has not the transpor
tation facilities of Juneau, it is so
near the regular path of travel that
the disability can be overcome.
Mr. Eddington takes a great deal of
interest in the cold storage plant now
in process of construction here in Ju
neau, and expressed the belief that it
will be a great success, tl will un-,
doubtedly be of considerable import
ance to the town and will be of equal
importance to the man engaged in Ash
ing is *the belief of Mr. Eddington be
cause it furnisher a local market for
the Asherman who otherwise might
seek another home port.
In making the trip to Sitka and re
turn Mr. Eddington was accompanied
by his wife. The launch PaciAc was
chartered for that purpose and they
had a very enjoyable cruise. Mrs. Ed
dington is a great lover of the sea and
is a good sailor. They left for the
South on the Spokane and will go to
Chicago where the main offices of the
company are located. W. Stewart,
who has been representing the com
pany here, is in charge of the enter
prise at Sitka at present.
CORDOVA HERE.
The Cordova arived with a cargo of
coal and explosives and is now dis
charging. While off the coast ' of
Prince of Wales island she bumped
a rock and was slightly damaged.
CANADIAN LINE DOWN
The Canadian telegraph line was
down until nearly four o'clock today.
! At that hour press dispatches arrived.
The Empire will be late as a result.
W. J. Bryan Goes
to Sacramento
WASHINGTON, Aoril 24. ? Presl-i
dent Woodrow Wilson today wired
Governor Hiram Johnson, asking that
all anti-alien legislation be held in
abeyance until the arrival of Secre
tary of State William J. Bryan at Sac
ramento.
Word was received in reply to the
President's dispatch saying that the
state legislature of California had
passed a resolution announcing its
willingness to await the arival of Sec
retary Bryan before acting.
Br. Bryan Is preparing to leave for
Sacramento.
Bryan Has Peace Plan.
WASHINGTON. April 24. ? Secre
tary of State Bryan yesterday submit
ted a plan to the U. S. Senate for
eign relations commltte for interna
tional peace. The plan met with the
i unanimous approval of the committee.
, Secretary Bryan says he will announce
I the plans as soon as he shall have
conferred with President Wilson.
TOKYO, April 24.?It hsm been an
: nounced here that chambers of com
j inerce throughout the country are pass
ing resolutions requesting President
Wilson to oppose the proposed Cali
fornia legislation.
Jualin Mine on Berne^s
Bay Changes Ownership
The Jualiu mines have been sold. |
It is announced that the Algunican De
velopment Company, Ltd., has trans
ferred its interests in the Jualin prop
erty, on Berner's Bay, to the re-or
ganized Jualin-Alaska .Mines Com
pany, and that the new concern will
take possession of the property on or
i about May 1. It is also stated thai
I the re-organized Jualin-Alaska Mines
Company will take over all of the Alas-i
ka business of the Algunican Develop
ment Company on the same date.
Recently Sidney Smith, consulting
engineer of the Algunican Develop
ment Company visited the property
with the vice president and on their
return to Juneau took an early boat
for the States. Mr. Smith, It is an
nounced, will not return to Juneau but
remain in the East in connection with I
the opening up of some properties in
the Cobalt and Porcupine districts of
Ontario. With the retirement of Mr.
Smith. Superintendent of Construction
Albert X. Nadeau was placed in
charge.
It is altogether probable that there
will be hut little change of adininistra
tion under the new ownership except
p&rhaps a new business head. It is
hinted that Superintendent Nadeau
will retain his place as Superintend
ent and more than likely others will
hold their positions.
.Mr. Nadeau left for Jualin with
a party today having chartered the
launch Pacific to make the run. W.
H. Case, the commercial photogra
pher, accompanied the party for pur
pose of taking photographs of the de
velopment work at its present stage.
These photographs will be sent along
with reports to the head office so that
a clear understanding can be had as
to the work that has been accom
; plished.
The Jualin mine at Berner's Bay
has been one of the well known South
eastern Alaska mining properties for
about 20 years. . It was originally fi
nanced by Lieut. W. B. Hoggatt, af
terward Governor of Alaska, and the
capital in it came from Indiana. He
was superintendent of the mine for
many years, and was afterward suc
ceeded by his brother, Herbert Hog
gatt
8,000 KILLED
AT SCUTARI
CETINJE, April 24.?The Turkish com
mander yesterday signed articles of
capitulation of Scutari. Eight thous-1
and Turks and Montenegrins were
kileld in the final battle.
THEY DIDN'T
LIKE CEMETERIES
ST. LOUIS, April 23?The bodies of
.Mrs. Erestine Kommochau, aged 80
years, and her daughter, Thelma, aged
54, were discovered yesterday under
a concrete slab in the basement of
their home in this city. Another daugh
ter, Marce, aged 49 years, was arrest-!
ed. She insists that her mother and
sister died natural death# and were
' buried in the basement on account of
a prejudice that the family possessed
against cemeteries.
STREET CAR KILLS
PITTSBURGH GIRL
PITTSBURGH, April 23. ? A girl
marching with strikers here yester
day was run down by a street car and
killed.
SPOKANE TAKES MANY
PASSENGERS SOUTH
The Spokane took a large number
of passengers from Juneau at this
morning's sniling. Following is the
list:
For Seattle ? L. F. Jones, Maud
Frame, Florence Dayton, H. G. Con
way, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Edington,
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. B. Hillis, Mary I.
Flint, S. A. Asselt.
For Ketchikan?Judge Thomas R.
Lyons, Mrs. Lyons, Mr. and Mrs. R.
E. Robeitson, J. J. Clarke, John Rust
gard, R V. Nye, Miss Ina S. Liebhardt,
Mrs. Loibahrdt, J. F. Mullen, W. A.
Hillis, 31. L. Tatum, H. R. Miller
For W'rnngell?A Bernhelm, and R.
|w. Flint
GERMAN BALOONISTS
ANNOY FRENCH
NANCY, France, April 23.?Another
German military balloon alighted in I
French territory yesterday. This time
it came down at Nord Arracourt. The
ofllcers in the balloon said that they
had exhausted their gas. The citizens
generally and the ofllcers of the
French army are greatly indignant.
PARIS, April 23.?The French peo
ple are highly Incensed at the Ger
mans on account of the landing'of a
second military balloon in French ter
ritory within a few days of the first
one. They suspect that the Germans
are taking more than usual interest
in the French defenses on the fron
tier.
MUCH PROGRESS
ON STREET WORK
Farnham street, a thoroughfare of
the new and popular residence section
j in which the Governor's House is lo
cated, is at last to be put in a pass
able state. At the last meeting of the j
new city council a petition was read |
asking that the grade be established
on that street. City Engineer Blakes
lee says that progress is being made
on this work and that the street is
to be graded at once. Work will start
in a few days.
The city engineer and his assistants
are very busy these days. Street lev
els are being run in all parts of the
city with the .purpose in view of es
tablishing permanent grades. As soon
as this work is completed it is ex
pected that the city government will
order some permanent street Improve
ments. The idea is growing that rock
rather than planking should be used
in all future 'paving.
The engineering department is also
investigating the sewerage conditions
prevailing in Juneau at the present
early date. Ordinance No. 33?the
health and sanitary ordinance? is to
be strictly enforced.
fish-Trap Bill Meets
Death in Senate Today
The famous anti-fish trap bill met
its (leatli in the Territorial Senate
this afternoon. By a vote of four to
three?President I... V. Ka/ having
been excused from voting?the bill
went down to defeat when the roll was
called upon its final passage. Those
voting for the passage of the bill were
Senators Itoden, Sutherland and Tan
ner. It was opposed by Senators Bru-;
ner, Freedlng, Millard and Tripp.
Immediately after the defeat of the
bill, the rules were suspended and a
memorial to Congress was introduced
touching the fisheries question in Alas
ka. The memorial was not read.
In order to get the bill before the
Senate, the vote on the motion where
by the bill was indefinitely postponed
the other day, was reconsidered. The
vote for reconsideration was unani
mous.
The anti-fish trap bill has excited
more controversy and interest than
any other measure that has been be
fore the Legislature with the possi
ble exception of the eight-hour labor
bills. So far as Southeastern Alaska
is concerned it has aroused more in
terest than the other. It popped its
head up early in the session, and has
been coming up at close intervals
ever since. Delegate James Wicker-1
sham spoke of it in his now famous I
speech to the legislature, taking:
strong ground against the traps, and i
it has been the topic for numerous
hearings before the committees of the 1
Senate and House. It will be the sub-;
ject to be discussed at a mass meet-J
ing tonight.
*
THE SENATE, APRIL 24.
The Senate convened at 10 a. m.
Several committee reports were
read after which the Senate took a re
cess until 1 p. in.
Afternoon Session, The Senate.
The Senate was called to order at
1 p. ni.
Senate Hill No. .17 was called. Af
ter a lengthy discussion it was Indefi
nitely postponed.
The House conveued at 10 a. m.
A message fropi the Senate stated
that Senate Bill No. 1 had been re
called from the governor's office to
make a slight change.
House Bill No. 13 was recalled from
the governor's ofllce to make a change
providing for the disposition of fees
collected through the operation of the
law.
House Bill No. 65, by Boyle, extend
ing power to municipalities to control
wharves and wharfage charges, was
put on final passage and passed.
Senate Joint Memeorial No. 8 was
referred.
Housce Bill No. 92 was introduced
by request by Ingersoll, under suspen
sion of the rules. It was considered
and indefinitely postponed, on motion
of Shoup.
The House took a recess until 1:30
Yesterday Afternoon?House.
House Joint Memorials Nos. 10 and
8 were passed.
Senate Bills Nos. 01, 02. 47, and 48
and Senate Joint .Memorials Nos. IS
and 21 were passed.
House Bill No. 65 was read a third
time.
House Bill No. 81 came up. Inger
soll made the point or order that the
subject matter had been previously
passed on in the action taken on Sen
ate Bill No. 1. The chair ruled that
the point was well taken and the bill
was stricken.
ASK STRONG
_TO TALK
SEATTLE, April 24.?The Demo ?
crats of Seattle have invited Gov. J. P.
A. Strong, recently named as the Gov
ernor of Alaska, to make a speech to
them at the celebration (hat was to
have taken place on Jefferson's birth
day, but which was postponed.
RYAN GirS |
HIS PATENTS
Richard S. Ryan, known in Alaska, j
Washington, New York and Seattle,;
as Dick Ryan, has received a put-1
ent to 160 acres of land on the shores'
of Controller Bay. The patent arrived
in the last mail at the Juneau land of
fice and bears the signature of Wood
row Wilson, President of the United
States.
Ryan was the author, if there was
an author, of the so-called "Dick-to
Dick letter, if there was such a let
ter. 1 his alleged letter, if written at
all, was written in connection with
Ryan's efforts to secure the patent that
has arrived in this city and that now
reposes quietly in the land office.
It was Ryan, in his effort to get the
160 acres described in the patent here
referred to who got President Taft to
open to settlement 1,200 acres of the
Chukach forest reserve. For this he
was attacked by Pinchot and it start
ed a light that involved a Congression
al investigation and a special message
to Congress.
Pinchot started the fire-works by ac
cusing Taft of trying to present the
waterfront at Controller bay to the
Guggenheims. There is still some
thing like 800 to 1,000 acres of the
lands that Taft put out of the for
est reserve waiting for whoever
that wants it and it includes several
miles of Controller Bay's waterfront.
JUST LIKE MOTHER'S
Pies like mother used to make at
the dinner, Friday Friday night in
the basement of the Presbyterian
church, at 6 o'clock. Price 50 cents.
Charles T. Lyons arrived In Skag
way on the Jefferson Saturday night
and has taken charge of the Alaska
Steamship Company's business here.
He is relieving Acting Agent Bob Car
roll, who will leave for Seattle within
the next week or so where he will ship j
for Nome to become agent for the
company there.?Skagway Alaskan.
COMING TO JUNEAU
WITH HIS HOUSE
SKAGWAY, April 22.?An unusual
sight was witnessed when the gas hoat
Hogg towed a scow out of Skagway
harbor upon which rested a three
room house. Passengers on the boat
were Captain and Mrs. Aladsen and
family and Air. and Mrs. J. O. AlcKet
trick, the latter going to their ranch
at Glacier point. Mrs. Aladsen and
children to Haines, and the Captain
hound for Juneuu where he will place
his boat on a lot there and make of
it his future home.
Captain Aladsen owned the house in
Skagway which was situated near the
beach. He also owned a scow and a
gas boat. Desiring to remove to Ju
neau and engage in llshing and gener
al hauling and boating, he conceived
the idea of loading his house onto the
scow and towing it 102 miles to the
capital city. Captain Aladsen is an
intrepid skipper and there Is no doubt
he will reach Juneau .on schedule
time with his unusual cargo.
PRESBYTERIAN DELEGATE
LEAVES FOR ATLANTA
Rev. L. F. Jones departed on the
Spokane for Atlanta, Georgia, where
he goes to represent the Alaska Pres
bytery at the general assembly of the
Presbyterian church. He will go di
rectly to Los Angeles, where he will
be joined by Airs. Jones and their
daughter. From there the family will
go onto Atlanta over the Southern Pa
cific. The asembly will meet .May 15,
and remain in session for about two
weeks.
After the session of the general as
sembly closes, Mr. Jones and his fam
ily will visit at Washington, Philadel
phia and New Jersey towns. Mr.
Jones is a native of New Jersey, and
will spend some time around his old
stamping grounds. He expects to re
turn to Juneau some time in August.
Four branches of the Presbyterian
church will hold assemblies at At
lanta at the same time, and all will
meet in the same building. The ques
tion of the union of the branches will
be discussed, and it is believed that
at least two of the branches, the Pres
byterian church, North, with a mem
bership of about 1,450,000, and the
Presbyterian church. South, with a
membership of nearly 300,000, will
unite. The other branches that will
be represented at Atlanta, and which
it is hoped will unite with the others,
are the United Presbyterians, about
150,000 members, and the Reformed
Synod, about 10,000 members.