The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-01
Crime Detection Is Urged and Investigation of Sudden Deaths Is
 Recommended.
MORE WAGES TO JURORS
Members of Jury State Present Compensation Works Hardship
 on People.

The Federal Grand Jury which ha been in session since Jan. Sth. ha completed it's duties and was dis charged this forenoon by Judge Rob ert W. Jennings. The grand jur! submitted the following report Uni forenoon as the last act of the or ganizatiou. and this report is as fol lows:
 We. the Grand Jurors summoned Co attend this regular January Stl 1917 term of Court of the above en titled Court having finished oC' work and performed all the duties required Of us and concluded al business brought before us, beg leave to report as follows:
 We have been in session % day. and have acted on 31 cases, and have found 26 true bills and not true bills. and have considered scyera other matters. We have examined 12S witnesses, and have used two interpreters on : cases.
 As has been embodied in the re ports of previous Grand Juries,
 We beg again to call to the atten ton of the proper officials, the UT gent need for the provision of z fund for the detection and proseCu ton of crime in this Division Of tho Territory of Alaska, and earnestly re quest that the Honorable Court take whatever steps he may consider tc be most advisable to give effect to this recommendation.
 As the result of certain inyestga' tlons. we believe that in some cases victims of sudden death, particularly of natives have been buried with out sufficient care having been eX ercised to accrtGin the true cause Of death: and recommend that .n ru ture the officers in charge of such cases be instructed to investigate carefully before issuing death cer tticate
 On January 25th, on receipt Of the news og the sudden death of Hon John G. Held. prominent lawyer and rallow-nj izea Of Juneau. the Gsa-6 JIry Immediately resolved to adjourn as mark Of respect to his mem ory and as token of sympathy witt the bereayed family.
 The Court House building anl U. s. jail were inspected by us, ane we find that many repairs and al terations are badly needed The cook.house equipment is antiQuatet and entirely inadequate and the jai should be at once equipped 10 take proper care Of insane patients by the addition of padded cells for botf men and women. Certain additional security devices are also needed tc prevent a possible jail break.
 We consider the present wages O. the -}5O.OO-much too law, and recommend that they be raised tc equal those paid to other cooks do ing a similar amount of work.
 The Court House building itself is badly in need of renoyating and re pairing and certain repairs cannot in our judgment be longer postponed without seriously endangering it. physical condition.
 The city jail was also inspected and was apparently in a satisfac tory condition.
 We consider the rate of pay Of Grand Jurors should be raised to at least $500 per day; as in the case of out of town jurors particularly $500 per day does not cover theiI expenses while in attendance on the Court. without considering the loss to their business due to their ab' sc0ce.
 We wish Co extend our thanks tc the officers of the United States 4 torney's office and of the United States Marshars office. and to this Court. for the assistance rendered us by them during our session.
 Respectfully submitted,
 CSigned) LLOYD G. HILL,
 Foreman