The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-17
WANT WOMEN TO BE ADMITTED TO
 PIONEERS HOME
Second Division Residents Present Petition To Legislature for
 Procedure.
WILSON THANKS HOUSE

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 Tho session of the House of Rep, resentatyes this morning was short, one bill being introduced, three pc. titions presented. and two stand ing committee reports were adopted before the House adjourned to meet again on Monday morning.
 The roll was called and all leGis. iators were present Prayer was offered by Chaplain Condit and the Journal of the preceding day was read and approved after minor chang. es.
 The first business was the reading of a petition signed by 800 residents of the Second Division asking that
 he existing laws be amended to al. low women to enter the Pioneers Home at Sitka. Referred to com. mittee on Territorial Institutions.
 Women Make Petition
 The petition was signed by over five hundred persons resident of the Second Division and was presented to the Legislature by Representa-. tive J. P Daly. The petition was as follows;
 We, the undersigned residents of Nome, and citizens of Alaska, re. spcctrally petition your honorable body 10 cause to be formulated and established, such regulations as will provide for the admission of women 10 the Alaska Pioneers Home at Sitka, and under the same terms and conditions as are made appli. cable to men, and that it the exist. ing act establishing and regulating the Home is not broad enough, to include the admission and care of women. you will at once amend the laws in that behalf"
 Monte Benson introduced a peti- ton from Douglas asking that the Territory provide 75 per cent. of the cost of maintaining the schools of that city and other cities in the Ter. ritOry. as provided in the Allan bill. The petition was signed by the May. or and City Council of Douglas, the School Board, the ParentTeachers' Association and the Douglas Island Woman's Club.
 w. w. Casey presented the com municatiOn from the Douglas Island Woman's Club asking that the Leg. lslature provide club rooms in each city or camp of the Territory after the saloons are closed, to provide gathering place for men who at present frequent the liquor dispen. saries for company Referred to the committee on Public Morals.
 Reply From President
 Speaker Hess then presented an answer to the telegram sent to the President of the United States. by the House. which read as follows:
 White House, Washington D. C..
 "The President thanks you for. your good will which prompted you to forward your kind message and which has helped and sustained him in this, his hour of trial"
 Representative Coombs presented the report of the ways and means committee which asked that the re- port of the Territorial Treasurer be printed Mr. Snow moved that the report be adopted and the report was ordered printed.
 Chairman Benson, of the printing committee asked for instructions as to how many copies of each report were wanted. Mir. Day moved that each member be allowed 9 copies. It was called to his attention that the number specified was plenty for some reports, while hundred would be required by each member for other reports. After some discus. sion Mir. Snow amended the motion to instruct each member to list the reports and the number required for his use of each and inform the chair man of the printing committee, who is to report back to the House not later than Monday. The amendment carried and the motion as amend ed was passed.
 Print Mine Report
 Mir. Daly reported for the commit tee on mines and recommended that the report of the Territorial Mine Inspector be printed. The report was adopted.
 Legislator Nerland introduced | House Bill No. 12, which provides for "An Act to provide small debt for the Territory of Al. aska," and this was referred to the on judiciary.
 No bills were reported for sec.