03 Nov 1925
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Newspaper
The Daily Alaska Empire
Location
Juneau, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1925
Page
1
Washington Nov 3 The court martial ruled Col William Mitchell may request testimony from a lengthy list of witnesses including three Cabinet officers to defend himself The court rejected his motion to dismiss the charges asserting the prosecution has not proven guilt
Boston dispatch reports Hudson's Bay Company warning that its relief ship failed to reach Southhampton Island this season. Posts at Repulse Bay Chesterfield Inlet and Wagner Inlet lack provisions. two sled loads of staple food forwarded to Southhampton with instructions to act immediately. The company notes Arctic radio sets cut transit time from months to hours.
DOUGLAS Ga Nov 2 Davis hunter and snake trapper scores again crawling through a hedge roping a five and a half foot rattler believed to have killed Lewis Adams The snake matched the wound double fangs on the right side none on the left Adams had gone into the woods with a sling shot for birds He was bitten and died that night Davis traced the reptile to a hedge near a fence after a lengthy hunt.
In Kelso Washington Mrs Cora Zack a mentally troubled mother of nine killed her youngest son aged five by hacking his head with an axe in the front room of their Kalama River Valley homestead. She then walked to the nearby school and confessed to neighbors. She said the boy “never was right.”
SEATTLE Nov. 3 Jerry Finch has withdrawn as attorney for eight of the 89 defendants indicted January 19 with Roy Olm at ed in a liquor conspiracy Finch said he could not make satisfactory arrangements
Seattle case ends as Superior Court Judge Calvin Hall dismisses the murder charge against Thomas Glover in the slaying of John Edin pool hall proprietor. Prosecutor asked for a not guilty verdict after two witnesses testified Edin had a bad reputation.
Washington November 3 Assist ant Secretary of Treasury Andrews urged the House Ways and Means Committee to levy a one cent per gallon tax on cereal beverages. The plan would grant government inspection power over breweries and assist prohibition officials in checking a tremendous flood of high powered beer sweeping the country.
Spokane report says University of Washington president Suzzallo told the Spokane Alumni Association that the state is doing more to aid lunatics than to develop the average person. He spoke amid a broader discussion of education and public welfare.
Stephen Thall, 79, noted British Columbia pioneer, express agent and postmaster at the 150 Mile House in Caribou District during the gold rush era, died yesterday at his Vancouver home.
Representative Hull of Tennessee and former DNC chairman, a Ways and Means member, said a fight to revise the tariff act will be launched in the coming Congress. He and Representative Oldfield of Arkansas plan to offer resolutions.
The American Legation reports two American priests captive on St Johns Island near Hongkong as American destroyers and a Chinese warship move toward the island seeking to resolve the incident.
Buzzard Leighton England Nov 3 The Prince of Wales had his first fall from a horse since returning to King land during a fox hunt. The horse failed at the fence but the prince was not hurt.
SEATTLE. Nov. 8. Among passengers arriving from Nome on the Alameda is Carl J. Lomen who reports reindeer shipments this year far in excess of last year.
Washington November 3. The majority report of the Muscle Shoals Commission urges temporary government operation of the project if no satisfactory lease is secured. Two minority reports are anticipated.
MEXICO CITY reports indicate five people were killed and 27 wounded in the Yucatan gubernatorial election, according to Merida dispatches from the state capital.
VANCOUVER B C November 3 Montgomery convicted of manslaughter for illegal operation on 19 year old Svelyn Campbell that caused her death on September 24 Paris November 3 The Socialist Council refused vote of confidence to Premier Painleve I and cabinet by a close vote
The Algonquin arrived in port and Lieut. Com C F Powell said he has cruised Alaska waters 25 years but never saw volcanoes so active in the Aleutians. Katmai Paviof Makushin Shisakin and Vsechov are smoking with dense halos. Makushin is the most active. Indians say there have been no earthquakes for a year, suggesting inactivity. The ship brought crew from the Ariel wreck including Chris Tahym, 70, who was exposed and lashed to an engine to stay warm during the voyage to Nome.
Jules Pernot, a French wartime aviator who lost both legs below the knees in a German prison camp after a crash in Belgium, arrived in Vancouver from Yokohama aboard the Empress of Asia. Using wooden pegs and a cane, he crossed Europe and Asia in 20 months and plans to reach New York within three years, wagering twenty years to complete the feat.
In Rouen France efforts are under way to breed silver foxes. Lectures with films show the lives of captive foxes on Canadian farms. Trappers and fox breeders from Canada say Northwestern France snow covered pine forests are ideal for raising the animals.
Chicago November reports Sing Sing warden L E E Daws who has oversaw many executions calling capital punishment a great spectacle of a Commonwealth stooping to the ethics of murder. He says it is cold revenge, serves no protective function, and prefers life imprisonment over the death penalty.
In Waycross Georgia a New York to Florida passenger train struck a school bus, killing eight children and injuring twenty one. The bus driver reportedly had side curtains on his wheelhouse and failed to see the train.
Vancouver reports about 20 000 tons of newsprint destined for Australia will ship from British Columbia instead of England due to a seamen strike. The change follows a Canadian Australian treaty of October 1 that grants Canada equal access to Australia with British product, previously the Baltic region and Britain handled most sales.
Rev. Amboise Bailey of the First Baptist Church reported threats to his life and said he will name names and places. Police officials provided him protection as he prepared to act on the list of alleged threats.
President Coolidge expresses optimism that tax cuts will be enacted, though he says no safe maximum can be set until the budget is finished. He believes a tax cut within Mellon’s estimates may not require a special session, with projections ranging from 100 million to 300 million dollars and Congress possibly up to 500 million.
SEATTLE November 5 The City Council voted to adopt a resolution authorizing revision of the Seattle charter. The plan calls for a special election March 9 for 15 freeholders to be elected to revise the city charter.
Washington reports a broad national campaign as the Ku Klux Klan and local problems shape the election. Smith trials in New York and mayoral races in Louisville and Detroit appear amid a wave of amendments and party maneuvering across thirteen states.
November 3 report on Gov Al Smith power test as bonds and amendments loom. Voters consider state finance proposals while Republicans oppose, Smith supports bond issues to fund ten year program. City mayoralty race overshadowed by bond fight and apathetic turnout. Joe Walker favored by insiders for mayoral post.
Vancouver Nov 3 The Emily Province reports indications of a salmon pack about 1,500,000 cases from BC waters for the forthcoming season. The previous year’s pack reached 1,745,090 cases, signaling a smaller harvest.
In Atlanta on November 3 the southward movement of hoboes appears to favor the older, motorizing type. Reports from stations and routes describe many tramps heading south, with Florida fever beginning in August from the Northwest. A growing number travel by box cars and old Pullman cars, facing housing shortages as they reach the South and are sometimes driven from town limits, awaiting the next freight. Continued on Page Two.
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