The Alaska daily empire., 1915-04-21
HANGING ABOLISHED 8-H0UR DAY FOR A-L
 INDUSTRIES FAVORED

By vote of to 2. and after near ly every member had expressed his views on the question. the sulzer bill abolishiug capital punishment in Alaska passed the House this morn ing The bin now goes 70 the Gov ernor Those voting aye were Rep resentatyes Britt. Burns. Daily Get. cheu. Held. Holland. Shoup Snow and Tansey.
 Those voting nay" were Represent tatives Coombs. Day HecSman. Dris- coll. Moran. Noon and Speaker Col lns. Representatives Burns. Snow. and Held led the debate in support Of the biil MT. Held referred to the Leo Frank case as justification for the passage of the bin. and read statis. tics showing the progress of various States Of the Union in aoolishing hanging or elecrocution.
 Representative Noon spoke of the murder or a member of his family. brother. and declared that in his iudg- ment no man who maiiciously takes che life of another should escape death.
 Fisheries Memorial Passes
 The Shoup substitute for the fish cries memorial that passed the Senate, passed the House. 12 voting for t. as follows Britt Burns. Coombs. Daily. Day. Driscou. Getchcii. Heckman. Mo ran. Shoup. Snow. Speaker Collins. Representative Holland Noon and Tansey voted against the memorial Representative Held was not in the House when the vote was taken. Mir. Noon's memorial asking Congress for control of ail fisheries matters was recommitted.
 The House was advised that Cover. mor. Strong had yesterday signed Che new mining law. amendatory oi the Roden act Accordingly ,he Driseoli and Shoup bills to amend the mining law were withdrawn.
 Announcement was made that the second public hearing on the work mems compensation bin would be held by the House and Senate committees on capital and labor in the House ,onight Amendments will be consid- cred. and the public has been invited to be present.
 Capital Moving Defeated
 By @ majority of two votes. the House today dragged blue pencil across Representative Noon's memor- iaI to Congress. asking that the capi- tal of the Territory be moved rom Juneau to Seward. The memorial was killed by indefinite postponment. The vote was as follows.
 Ayc-Britt. Burns. Daiy Driscoll. Getchel Heckman. Held Snoup. Speaker Collins. (0.
 -Coombs. Day. Holland. Moran Noon. Snow. Tansey co
 F. C. Austin. of Ketchikan was nam ed as Territorial road overseer for the First Division. by the House com mittee on capital and labor today un- der the provisions Of the Coombs bill dividing the forest reserve moneys accrued from the sale Of timber and rental Of lands in the First and Third division reserves. The other overseers are Dan. A. Jones. of Nome, Ed Wood. of Valdez and IT. H. Ross, of Fair banks. nominated by resolution yes terday. Each overseer shall receive two per cent. of the S1l5o0 70 be spent for roads and trails in each oi- vision. amounting to S23o The road work will be let by contract
 General e-Hour Law?
 Alaska may have @ general S-hour law. applying to all industries. The Snow bill came up for second reading in the House today and efforts to amend by inserting various industries in the bill were streuuously objected to. the committee of the whole voted to recommit the bill to Che committee on capital and labor. with instructions to rewrite. by including in che bin an industries.
 Is Counsel en oead2
 The legal counsel question may not be settled at this session. it was indi- cated ln the House this morning. when the House was advised that the Mil lard resolution for which House measure was substituted. had been withdrawn in the Senate. and the House substitute tabled. CT understand that our measure is on the table 70 stay. Representative Burns declared. The Fairbanks member objected to si' fencing any legislation looking Co the appointment of counsel or attorney general. Co prosecute vioiators ot Ter ritorial laws. he said The Senate this morning advanced on the calendar s. J. Resolution 1. Sulzer. relating to ie' gal counsel. and Senate Bill 8. Aidricn providing for an attorney general cleo. ted by the people.
 Mine stasion Urged
 Tho Senate committee or tae whole recommended for passage the Sulzer