The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-01

I passed this afternoon ani seLt ts the Senate.
 As soon as the House completes the measure. it will take ID the tax alton and revenue bill which mem bers hoped would pass today. Fol lowing this measure. the House ha. set for special order of business ths Aver workmen's compensation act which it was expected would be taken up at an evening session today.
 Last Nieh.'s Session
 Efforts made by Representative Ross to increase the Alaska College , appropriation in the Foster bill from $45.000 10 S11S,000 were defeated ir the House yesterday afternoon after debate that continued over a large part of the morning session and un t1 almost p. m. The vote on the amendment was without record. but rising voted showed seven mcn bers supporting t.
 That q second effort will be made to increase the allotment in today , session is certain. and indications last night pointed to a substantial in- crease being made. The college ap- proprialtion measure Was continued ID second reading without opposition while the items in the general aD- propriat1ons measure covering the college estimates were passel over last night d Inc request of Mf. Roa5.
 Fight on Fish Appropriations
 After fl had laid aside the college measure, the House al once went into the Committee of the Whole for con s.deraltion of the general apqrorria- lions measure. In the evening ses- sion after a heated debate the pro vision for the Alaska Fish C3mnis- sion was increased to Sl00.000 and agreement WIS reached to drop fur. ther consideration of MT. Raeison's $ bill asking for s125,0O0 for the Com. mission.
 Representative Grant, of Wrangeh, led the fight against the Commission item. When MT. Ro5s, after confer ence with Representative Foster, who had been leading the supporters oi the Commission for increased funds, offered the amendment boosting the item 10 a total Of S100,000, Mir. Grant openly charged that trading was responsible for it, characterizing ii as most damna0le proceeding. Both Mir Foster and Mir. Ross chal lenged his assertion. Mir. Grant openly announced his opposition to the increase, declaring, T w0uldn't be able to look myself in the face again if l voted for such q bill Is this. It is an outrageous waste ol the peoples money" He asserted that he was opposed to the establish ment of more habeherles for the req son that they had ndt proven sue cessful During the d1bgte he read a letter from Commissioner O'Malley Of the Bureau of Fisheries, support ing his contention. He questioned sharply j. R. Healnman, vice-ehairman of the Fish Commission; Edwin Wentworth. superintendent of Hatch cries, and w F. Bathe, who appeared in support Of the increased apfroprl- ation. A. j. Sprague was also called as witness.
 Results Are Promised
 Both MT. Heckman and Mr Went worth defended the operation of haItoheries. The fermer said il the Commission were given $100,Oj0 foi the biennium he would assure the Legislature returns for the money. Ii the allowance should be eul below $50, ,000, he added, as far as the Com mission was concerned. the bill might as we'll be killed. The Ross amendment passed by single vote margin.
 The next change made in tha meas ure came in the provisions for the support of schools. Mir. Murray's amendment increasing the i'em for schools outside of incorpora. towns from $200,000 to $250,000 Wa adopt ed. Ten thousand dollar4 were topped off the item coveriis Terri