04 Apr 1925
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Newspaper
The Daily Alaska Empire
Location
Juneau, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1925
Page
1
Hartford April 4 Gerald Chapman the mail bandit and jail breaker was found guilty of murdering Policeman James Skelly in New Britain Connecticut on October 12. He acted as his own counsel and received the verdict after a little over 11 hours of jury deliberation. He was sentenced to hang June 25.
Washington April 4 Means is indicted for forgery tied to the Dau gherty investigation by the Senate He pleaded innocent and was released on bail of 1000 dollars
Washington April 4 Secretary of War Weeks had a restful night and doctors were not summoned until late morning.
SEATTLE April 4 A program and luncheon at Sand Point will mark the anniversary of the world flight. Erik Nelson one of the flyers will be guest of honor as the event features a celebration next Monday.
Seattle widow demands inquiry into the death of Federal Prohibition Agent Harold V. Mooring. An autopsy found a bullet in the left lung, matching the calibre of a pistol carried by William M. Whitney, who was with Mooring during a 1931 confrontation with bootleggers Elmer Todd and Gypsy Smith in Cosmopolis.
Moscow reports the Council of Labor and Defense will invite private capitalists to enter trade in Russia after deeming government control a failure. A bill to reduce taxation on private capital will be prepared by the Finance Commissariat. The budget allocates 10,000,000 rubles to boost national firms and cooperative activities.
Washington April 4 John Van A McMurray Assistant Secretary of State chosen to replace Schurman as Minister to Peking in a key diplomatic appointment during the Coolidge administration.
Dodge heirs plan reinvestment in a new company formed by Dillon Read after the Dodge Brothers sale. Reports say General Motors submitted two bids totaling around 150 to 176 million dollars, with failed offers at 124.6 million cash and 14 million cash plus securities.
At Krupp mine near Essen a cage fell from a shaft four stories high. Of 70 men aboard, 64 were counted. Two were killed, three seriously injured, 43 slightly hurt, and 15 unharmed. The rear broke causing the plunge.
CORTEZ COLO April 4 Mormon Joe a Ute medicine man pleaded guilty to second degree murder and was sentenced to 20 to 25 years for beating a Mexican fellow prisoner to death The Mexican accused Joe of burying a baby alive on the charge that put him in jail
A five foot wall of water surged through Sawpit Canyon after 1.7 inches of rain, sweeping through the area where fires left devastation. Hundreds of chickens drowned in the flood Priors.
TOKIO April 4 Miss Tsune Kar asumoto a maiden of Kuchikimura recently offered herself as a sacrifice to be buried alive in the foundations of the new temple near the Imperial tombs in Momoyama. Tradition says a Tokio girl was interred in the central pillar of Asakusa Temple about 50 years ago, and her sacrifice saved the edifice from the September 1923 earthquake. Times have changed and Miss Tsune's offer was refused, so she and 89 other maidens offered their tresses to be laid under the cornerstone. The temple will house all Imperial rescripts of Emperor Meiji and villagers provide the building material by felling one perfect tree each for the site.
Berlin reports that the Gentrists, Democratic and Social Democratic parties have named Wilhelm Marx as presidential candidate and foresee a plurality in the April 26 vote. Otto Braun is named Prussia’s premier, while the former Crown Prince seeks to defend Germany with a forthcoming book. An effort to woo von Hindenburg for the National Bourgeois candidacy is noted amid doubts Karl Jarres can defeat Marx.
Both branches defer business as four House members and three senators miss the Sitka inspection. Sessions are brief with no new bills and adjournment at calendar reach. Twenty two working days remain in a 26-day span before members resume duties next Tuesday. Since opening, only three appropriation bills passed and signed by Gov. Bone, funding wolf and eagle bounties, school aid, and old age pensions.
Forty two bills have been introduced in the House. Three passed both branches, nine more passed by the House and sent to the Senate, two failed, and one was withdrawn. Six House bills await action on the House calendar. Twenty one measures are before committees for study and report. The Fisheries Committee lists six bills including Nos. 2 and 3 by Paul to abolish the Territorial Fish Commission and No. 25 by Grier to strengthen fur farming law. No. 1 by Paul taxes fish taken in traps, No. 34 by Grier to permit Elk imports. The Elections committee handles four bills including No. 1 and No. 2 by Grant and Grier on Literacy Test.
Vienna reports a strong year for Austrian aviation with a 30 percent rise in flights on Vienna Munch, Vienna Prague, and Vienna Budapest routes. Mileage flown up 60 percent, passenger carriage up, goods transport doubled, total distance equaling 14 world circumnavigations. New routes Vienna Berlin Cra cow and Vienna Trieste are being contemplated.
London April 4 The Bishop of Woolwich says Southwark Cathedral is the poorest in Christendom with virtually no endowment. Deans subdeans and canons have not been paid. The cathedral sits in a poor area and has not cleaned its windows for 12 years due to lack of funds, risking bankruptcy.
A new kind of accident occurred when a plane was wrecked on the Langley airplane carrier off San Pedro. No one was hurt.
San Diego reports the Pacific Coast’s largest fleet ordered to sail from San Francisco on April 14 and reach Hawaiian waters by April 20. Seattle at sea describes a 32 mile wide semi circular cruising formation with multiple flag officers aboard, marking the mightiest American seapower concentration in these waters.
HOLLYWOOD, April 4. Chairman Schenck of United Artists announced the affiliation of William H. Hart with Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Charles Chaplin, Norma and Constance Talmadge, and Rudolph Valentino.
London reports scholarships announced by the Education Committee of the English Speaking Union to fund British women teachers studying American life. The Page Traveling Scholarship offers a summer in the United States as a guest of the Union. Two other awards provide six weeks in the United States with access to the New York State Summer Chautauqua in July and August.
In San Francisco April 4 Dr. Fred Clark superintendent of the State Asylum at Stockton testified in the Dorothy Ellingson case on her mental state. He said she suffered from dementia praecox described as inflated ego arising from lack of discipline in childhood and worsening with age.
Washington April 4 A special publicity campaign for early ratification by the Senate of the World Court proposal will be launched by 13 members of the organization of the World Court consisting of women about the latter part of this month.
Prof. H. G. Martin of Purdue sharply attacked intercollegiate athletics at a Columbus dinner of the Ohio College Association. He said the system operates on a professional basis, turning football eleven games into occasions for liquor, drinking and debauchery.
New York April 4 readers ask where four percent money from Wall Street can be obtained when local banks charge six. A leading metropolitan banker explains that such cheaper money is not available to the general banking public and is offered only under special conditions.
Paris reports Senator Dekerguzee of the Navy Committee introducing the naval budget said England and the United States divide supremacy on the seas while France adheres to freedom of the seas and abandons plans for a dominant high seas fleet.
A recall petition against Kelso Mayor Todd has been filed with 674 signatures, surpassing the 53 percent threshold required to initiate action. The measure hinges on maintaining or removing the incumbent based on the petition's validity and local procedures.
Seattle man Frank H. Mitchell aged 67, a noted timber cruiser, was killed yesterday when two gasoline speeders collided near Granite Falls. Authorities investigated the crash and identified Mitchell as one of the victims.
Federal Prohibition authorities report ten convictions and 24 acquittals in the Quadra case. Vincent Quartaro and Charles H Belanger receive two year Leavenworth terms and heavy fines. Ford and crew face prison terms and fines. The Quadra, seized off Golden Gate on October 12, carried liquor valued at 250000.
Judge Ronald resentences two to 15 years after discovering a statute reducing the minimum for grand larceny. Stewart, a bookkeeper, pleaded guilty to stealing 16 000 dollars. hacksaws were found, and a girl was said to be smuggling tools for a Chicago robbery ring linked to a cellmate of Brockway awaiting extradition in Nanaimo.
Seattle resident Fred F. Stimson, son of the late Fred S. Stimson, fled the state after facing three charges including drunkenness reckless driving and driving while intoxicated. Juanita White filed a $25,000 damages suit for injuries from an accident involving Stimson’s car, which struck another vehicle, hit a tree and mounted a sidewalk last Tuesday.
TOKIO April 4 The Japanese Navy Department announces plans for the construction of 22 warships with a total tonnage of 124 90.
Jean De Reske famed operatic tenor and once leading tenor of the Metropolitan Opera Company died here late yesterday afternoon. He gained international fame across Europe before joining New York's stage and, with his brother Edouard, shared top honors on the European opera scene. He was celebrated for Romeo in Romeo and Juliette and for Lohengrin and Vasco da Gama, with a career spanning Europe and America. He began as a baritone, studied under Sibriglia, and debuted as a tenor in Robert le Diable in Madrid in 1879. Critics noted his rising success after the switch to tenor, with Massenet and Gounod shaping roles around him. Continued on page seven.
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