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Newspaper
The Daily Alaska Empire
Location
Juneau, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1925
Page
1
Mass action notes Coolidge opposes abroad proposals to lower tariffs and curb production to help Germany meet reparations. The president calls such ideas left handed efforts to make the United States pay debts, viewing them as attempts to shift costs.
In Great Falls Montana on June 27 Secretary Work said the Interior Department desires further reclamation but will not allow Federal Reclamation to continue to fund ruinous projects. He cited Montana four projects costing $16 million with only $600,000 repaid and argued the reclamation act favors land speculation over industrious settlers.
Washington June 27 steps are being taken to dispose of power generated at Muscle Shoals in tests. The main generator units will begin in August and continue for several months in the program.
Firemen discovered two unidentified men among the ruins of the Gillis Theatre in Kansas City Missouri after an explosion and fire destroyed the building late Thursday night.
New York June 27 small stockholders of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway now in receivership will be assisted by the reorganization managers. The announcement followed a meeting called to discuss the plan.
Oliver O. Clark, foreman at a logging camp near Prince Rupert, was burned to death while trying to rescue others during a forest blaze. A refugee boat departed after he returned to search for more people to save.
Seattle June 27 One hundred people are homeless after a blaze at Monahan near here burned all but six houses and the school building. Damage is estimated at 500000 with 1000 acres of timber destroyed near Bremerton in Kitsap County as 1200 acres burned in the region and 100 firefighters battled the flames.
MEMPHIS Tenn June 27 A resolution protesting making or using a criminal trial as advertising in our state as is done in the Scopes trial at Dayton will be presented for approval of the Tennessee Bar Association.
Edmonton reports miner Lambert Bewers was shot while he and six others pelted police guarding the powder house at the A B C coal mine in Drumseller. His condition is serious. The mine closed after rioting miners opposed resumption with strikebreakers.
In New York a modified unemployment dole aids the seasonal cloak and suit industry. Hundreds of idle workers receive ten dollars weekly from a fund of over 1.2 million dollars, financed by a 1 percent employee contribution and two thirds of payroll from manufacturers. Benefits end after 12 weeks or reach 120 dollars, with potential price pass through to garments.
June 27 Seattle The Foreign Trade Council adjourned after talks. James A. Farrell of United States Steel Corp urged development and maintenance of the American Merchant Marine under private ownership as essential to commerce and national defense. He said government owned fleets create uneconomic competition hindering private investment.
The Plumas Eureka gold mine near Johns ville California will resume operation with San Francisco capital. The 2500 acre property includes quartz placer and timber claims with a history of multiple ownership changes since the mid 1800s. Two shafts extending 180 feet below the tunnel will be drained to prospect a great ore body.
Tacoma news reports David W. Nadeau, one of four men jailed and later exonerated in the Citizens' State Bank robbery case near Anacortes on April 14, 1924, won an $850 judgment against King County Sheriff Matt Starwick and Skagit Sheriff Coxe and their deputies. Bondsmen of Nadeau had sued for $50,000.
Cooling breeze provides partial relief in Portland this morning while forecasts indicate the heat will continue into tomorrow. City residents brace for higher temperatures and potential heat advisories as conditions remain hot and dry.
Local defense drill set with Army detachment of two companies totaling 120 men arriving July 3 for National Defense Test observances and Fourth of July events. They will parade on the Fourth, stage a field camp, and recruit volunteers under a model station run by Maj Maddox. Enlistment is voluntary for ages 18 to 45 with no further obligations.
Great Falls Montana June 27 witnesses testifying in the Wheeler and Gordon Campbell trials have been subpoenaed to appear before the Spokane grand jury Monday. No reason for the Spokane inquiry has been given. Washington June 27 Senator Wheeler said he knew efforts are under way in Spokane to indict him or some of his witnesses in the Senate hearing or Montana trial.
Chicago June 27 The Journal reports Robert M La Follette Jr 30 will announce candidacy for his father’s U S Senate seat backed by the Blaine La Follette organization Governor Blaine of Wisconsin plans a special primary next year Blaine will oppose Lentoot Mrs La Follette declined to run despite urged support
In Los Angeles on June 27 detectives moved to arrest David Lh. Snyder on robbery suspicions. He drew a weapon and officers fired first, a bullet entering his right cheek and clipping his tonsils before exiting his left cheek. He is not critically wounded.
Berlin June 27. The Zeppelin factory at Friedrichshafen will construct an airship for Fridtjof Nansen to pilot two polar expeditions. The plant bears all construction costs and international subscriptions cover incidental expenses of the journeys.
Seaport notice from Seattle dated June 27 reports Steamer Northwestern leaving at 8 am bound for Southeastern and Southwestern Alaskan ports with 200 passengers. Listed aboard for Juneau are K McCormack Rica Martini Victor Breslau F Freidle C M Wagner Max Effe E Kirkpatrick M J Sullivan John H Dunn and wife H D Stabler Mrs N Sorby and child and two steerage passengers.
A letter to Mrs Theodore Roosevelt from Oyster Bay dated June 27 reports her husband Theodore Roosevelt and his brother Kermit as leaders of a Field Museum expedition in Central Asia have obtained 14 specimens of rare birds in the mountainous area above Srinagar in Kashmir.
George Lamprecht of Tulane defeated Jack Westland of Everett Washington by nine and seven to win the Intercollegiate Gold championship this afternoon.
D C Jackling faced an extortion attempt demanding fifty thousand dollars with a plan to kidnap his wife. Police and Jackling tracked a messenger, arresting Briss Garker a UC Berkeley student and taxi driver Barker. Liebowitz was later released.
SEATTLE June 27 The mission ship Aeriel sails next week for Siberian waters under Rev N F Halsier. Seven aboard include missionaries Ernest Bowman Carl von Landburg Karl Hendrickson Paul Cara Alfred Eklund Carl Carlson. The Aeriel, rebuilt from a former government ship, has Capt Rev Hoijer aboard who has survived three shipwrecks on East Cape and Diomedes. He says twice they saved Siberian motives near the mission from starving.
Chicago reports William D. Shepherd was acquitted of murder by germ inoculation in the death of his foster son William N. DeClintock the so called millionaire orphan. The five hour forty five minute deliberation freed Shepherd who had been in custody since March fifteenth. He still faces another murder charge in the death of Mrs Emma Nelson McChintock though his bond was allowed. Chief Justice Olson lamented the outcome noting many admissible facts were not presented by the State. Miss Isabelle Pope questioned why witnesses were not asked about numerous details.
Chicago June 27 Shepherd will not be prosecuted for the murder of Mrs Emma Nelson McClintock. Prosecutor Crowe stated there is no evidence that Mrs McClintock was murdered.
Helena Montana resident John W. Mahan was elected Commander-in-Chief of the Disabled Veterans of the World War. John W. Scott of Gary Indiana was elected Vice-Commander. The announcement was made in Omaha Nebraska on June 27.
About 5,000 World War veterans eligible for Kansas soldier bonus funds remain unaware of their entitlement. State bonus director Edmonds warns the June 30 deadline will not be extended again, though roughly 1,000 claims have already been paid, many to veterans in other states or abroad who learned of Kansas payments.
London June 27 Dean Inge told a Sunlight League dinner that sea bathing could improve health and urged minimal clothing at certain beach hours. He criticized clothing requirements as hygienically useless and proposed separate women’s recreation areas on parts of the beach.
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