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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-05

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-P)-The
legislative battle over farm relief
was renewed today in the senate
with Chairman McNary of the agri-
culture committee explaining his pro
posal to levy an equalization fee
TO dispose of surplus crops
He Immediately drew fire from the
opposition camp led by Senator Fess,
Republican, Ohio, who declared the
measure would have to provide for
price fixing if the government was
to be protected from loss by op
Grafton of the equalization.
II challenge anyone to point to
a single word in the bill) referring
to price fixing" responded Senator
McNary. ''The price would be pro-
tccted by the removal of the sur
plus"
While the debate was proceeding
in the senate, numerous private con-
ferences were under way between
senate groups in an effort to com.
promise on the provision for cotton.
Led by Senator Harrison, Democrat
Mississippi, a bloc of southern mem
bers has demanded substitution of
the Bledsoe cotton insurance plan
for the equalization fee against cot
ton.
Managers of the measure, spon-
sored jointly by Senator McNary and
Chairman Haugeh of the house agri-
culture committee, so far have de-
clined to accept the insurance plan
on the contention that it would re-
uuire amendment of the farm bank,
ing laws which could not be affected
at this session.
Supporters of the bill which will
be taken UP by the house next
week, believe its position has been
improved materially by the decision
to include tobacco as one of the basic
agricultural commodities along with
corn, wheat, hogs, rice and cotton.
They claim to have obtained the
support of several senators from
tobacco states and predict that if
members from states can be salts
fled, the bill will be passed.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-05
SENATE, REVIEWS SAVINGS
FIGHT ON FARM BANK PRESIDENT
RELIEF AEASURE.fKlLLS S HIMSELF

NEW YORK, Feb. 4-P-A re-
volver shot, muffled by the roar of
traffic outside the Forty-Second
street branch of tho Bowery Saw
ings bank today ended the life of
William Elliott Knox, who rose from
a minor clerkship to the presidency
of the bank and of the American
Bankers association.
Percy Delamoter, secretary, who,
had seen Mr.. Knox enter third
floor lounge room to rest after
luncheon went to summon him to
the telephone in his office down"
stairs He found Mr.. knox, a re-
volver gripped in his hand lying
lifeless on the floor. A physician
said he had been dead for half al
hour.
Officials of the bank attributed Mr.
Knox's suicide to general i'll health.
They said he suffered nerv'
breakdown three months ago. Re-
covering, Mr. Knox returned to duty
at the bank, working, they said.
eight, ten or 12 hours a day as
conditions dictated. He was not
despondent at any time, they said.
Mr.. Knox was born in Strabane,
Ireland in 1862. He came to Amer,
lea as boy and was educated in
New York public schools and city
colleges. He entered the employ of
the Bowery Savings bank in 1885 az
a clerk. He rose steadily and in
1922 was made president. Under
his direction the bank became the
second largest savings bank in New
York and with a total of $259,0o0,
600 in deposits and 211,OOO depositors.
He was, succeeded as president of
the American Bankers association in
1925 by oscar Wells, birmingham
Alabama.
Recently three tellers in the
Bowery Savings bank were arrested
and confessed to having embezzled
$4,000 of the banks funds, which
they lost playing horse races. Sus>
pended sentences were imposed and
the tellers put on ten years pro-
baton.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-05
Los Angeles Sustains
Slight Earth Tremor

Los ANGELES, Feb. 4.-QP)-A slight
earth tremor was felt in the southwest
section of the city shortly after p. m.
today, and also in the suburban sec
tions of Santa Monica, Pasadena, Alta
dena and Monrovia. No damage was
reported. Residents in the southwest
part of the city, many of whom had
been engaged in spanning streets
flooded by the heavy rains, with cross
ing planks, reported that the tremor
in that section was long drawn out,
but very slight.
The disturbance was more of the jolt
variety in ths foothills and Pasadena.
Not a brick was dislodged, however,
nor a dish cracked in the area affected
so far as reports went.
Few if any persons in the downtown
area of Los Angeles felt the move
ment.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-05

litigation would be compromised out
of court attracted considerable atten-
tion, but it was summarily denied by
counsel for both the government and
the former minority stockholders.
The government srecent re-assess-
ment of Ford stock nthe basis of $S,-
5472S a share as of March 1, 1913, as
against the valuation of $9,4S9 an
nounced by the bureau of internal
revenue when the transfer of the stock
to Henry Ford took place, forms the
basis for the present litigation.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-05
MAYOR AND l3.
GUILTY OF N. ].
RUMC.ONSPIRACY

NEW YORK, Feb. 4.-P)-Mayor
Henry Wissel of Edgewater, N. j.,
his chief Of police and two detectives
and ten others were convicted to-
/ night of conspiracy to conceal and
distribute contraband merchandise In
connection with the rum running
activities of the steamer Eker.
! NE WYORKK, Feb. 4.-P)-The
fate of Mayor Henry Wissel of Edge
water, N. J., his chief of police and
! two detectives, together with IL
other defendants charged with con-
spiracy to violate the prohibition law,
was placed in the hands of jury
this afternoon after Max D. Steur,
chief defense counsel and United
! states Attorney Stichman had waived
summation.
The case is based on an indict.
ment of three counts involving the
rum running activities of the steamer
Eker and alleged bribes paid to
Mayor Wissel and police officials
Steur's waving of summation sur.
prised other members of defense
counsel as well as government prose-
cutors and after hurried confer
ence Stichman agreed to do Likes
wise.
The omission of arguments came
after the defense had put on char
acter witnesses and the rested with
out placing any fthe accused men
on the stand
Judge Meekin's charge had hardly
got under way when Mr.. Steur was
on his feet protesting bitterly that
the courts summarizing Of the gov
ernments evidence was zone of the
most one-sided presentations I have
ever heard"
"It was our understanding, your
honor" he continued "that the court
would charge this jury on the law
without going into the evidence. I
must insist that unless your charge
is confined to the law tht the de-
fense must be. given the opportunity
to present its view of the evidence
, to the jury"
Judge Meekins then ordered the
ready told it and proceeded to charge
counsel at the conclusion of the
i
to any or all of it.
The case originally began with
10 defendants on trail Cases against
two were dismissed on motion of
defense counsel and a third defend
ant was given a mis-trial on order
of the court today, and a severance
from the. present action was granted
when William G. Ross suffered
broken ankle and was unable to
appear in court.
Ten of the defendants were i'm
mediately sentenced. The sentencing
Of Mayor Wissel, Chief of Police
Games A. Dinan of Edgewater and
Detectives Alexander F. Flanery and
Edward Pickering of Edgewater was
deferred until next Wednesday af-
ternoon bail continuing. Those sen
fenced were: Edward Ritz, customs
inspector of Union City, N. j., ono
tentiary, Atlanta, Ga; Paul Demon
treaux and James Baldwin of the
Edgewater boat. repair shop, a. year
and day in Atlanta; Eustace r
Smith, also of the boat repair shop,
81, 900 fine.
six members #of the Eker's crew
were given sentence of one year
and one day in Atlanta, provided
they are in the country June / when
their sentences begin. Sentence in
the case of Baldwin and Demon
treaux was suspended, they being
paroled for two years.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-05
!. HELP For PLANTERS

MEXICO CITY, Feb. 4.-(Special TO
The Dispatch) .-Horatio LAWN, COM
missioned by the National Bank of
Agrarian Credits to investigate the
cotton situation in the Gomez Pa1acio
district of Durango, has recommended
that credit of half million pesos
be granted to the planters in that dis
trict. A similar advance was recently
made to planters in this region.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-05

pIapateh TelepaOnes-sl and 3.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-05
PROMINENT VISITOR

MEXICO CITY, Feb. Especial to
The Dispatch). = Miss Mary Winsor,
representative of the international
Women's council of Washington, has
been visiting in Mexico for some days
as the guest of the National Council
of Mexican Women, which is affiliated
with the Washington organization.
The purpose of her visit is to study the
conditions of women's organizations in
Mexico with view to rendering them
assistance.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-05


1T is too bad. Just when Aimee
decided she would go out and give
couple of lectures. along came the
Chaplin case!
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George Young says he was able
TO swim the Catalina channel be-
cause he lived cleanly But he did
admit taking flappers to the
movies couple of times.
Forty-four state legislatures are
busily grinding out laws this
month. Young man. become a
judge!
THE critics agreed "Abie's Irish
Rose" was trash. 1t played it's
2OOOth performance recently.
Maybe the show still has a chance.
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Let us be thankful for Latin
America, Japan and Wild Youth.
Where would the orators be ii it
were not for perils?
Copyright 1927. NEA Service. lnc.l
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-05
OIL WELL CEMENTED

MEXICO CITY, Feb, 4-(Special to
The Dispatch). = The oil well Ger
ronales So" of the National Petroleum
Control, which was brought in on the
right of way of the Tampico railway
line in the vicinity of Chapacao, has
been cemented at 655 meters. The
we'll had an initial production of 1900
barrels daily.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-05
ARIZONA PIoNEER DIES

PHOENIX, Feb. 4.-R-James Scott,
50 years old, a member of the tetri-
torial legislature and the constitutional
convention, and state senator from
Navajo county in 1922-23, died at his
home in Mesa this morning. Scott had
resided in Arizona 46 years and was
a prominent sheepman, Funeral serv-
ices will be held in Mesa Sunday aft
.ernoon.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-05


linsville, ILL.,, January ~, 1925; an as
sault with a deadly weapon on the
mail messenger, James Matthias; Ire
ceiving and concealing stolen property
and unlawful possession of property
known to be stolen. Sentences of 2E
years each in prison are provided un-
der the verdict.
Charles Birger, arch enemy of the
Shelton brothers, was the. chief gov
ernment witness. He was described in
closing argument of defense attorneys
as the emperor of Harrisburg" a
small mining town.
Birger in his testimony said the
Sheltons planned and conducted the
robbery as a means of obtaining more
money to aid them in carrying on their
illicit liquor operations.
The Alaskan., 1927-12-23
CONVICTION SUSTAINED

It is reported, December 9th, that the Circuit Court of Appeals, San Francisco, has affirmed the convic- tion of Val Klemm, Ketchikan, con- victed last fall--a year aga for taking salmon out of cannery trap. The sentence was three years in the penitentiary.
 Another of his crew, Walter Mo- Call is serving his sentence at Me- Neil Island; another truned states evidence and was set at liberty by the court: still another member of the crew fought his case to a finish at Ketchikan an dwas declared to be not guilty of having taken salmon from the trap, with the same crew, at the same time for which Klemm and Mccall must pay penalty.
The Alaskan., 1927-12-23
At The MacGregor

An exceptionally good list of pie lures for the holiday week at The MacGregor Friday and Christmas Eve is Johnny Hines and Edna Murphy in ''All Aboard; funny, too. All Clancy fans will be pleased to learn that this worthy actor will present himself in the inscrutable MT Wu." New Years Eve (bar- ring the unforseen) the lovable in Naughty But Nice" New Year s day may vision "McFadden's Flats" with the comedy couple, Charley Murray and Chester Conklin.
The Alaskan., 1927-12-23

road open it would be kept that way.
 Revenue of the city light and pow CT was brought up. Statement read that the receipts to the last of Mo- vember had footed $23,000. Though that for the year the total would be beyond $25,00O.
 A communication from Waller. engineer, relative to the light and power equipment was read, desiring to know how the outfit was standing up to it's work. Was told that there was deal of trouble caused by faulty adjustment of insulators. That the storms kept pulling the high voltage insulators from their pins and that the line came down frequently.
The Alaskan., 1927-12-23
A Blaze At Noon

Midday on the 22nd the fire bell rang. The cause was the burning of small motor boat on the grids or Sawmill Creek. Henry Ash, the own CT, went on board the vessel, open ed the cabin door and stopped there a moment to light a lantern. At the flash of the match an explosion occurred and the fire started MT Ash was burned more or less around face and hands, but not seriously. The fire was quickly extinguished. Damage slight. On the icy streets it was some job to get the fire appa- rtus down to the fire. It seemed that for every two feet tn machines pulled ahead, they slid back three. But the boys got there all right.
The Alaskan., 1927-12-23
Some Salyaging

There is more or less salvaging going on of the s. s. Northwestern Some baggage that was listed as lost has turned up locally. Merchcan- disc from the Sears-Roebuck and Company, lost on the steamer, will be made good by the company (S-R & Co., on their guarantee of safe delivery soon as it is ascertained what merchcandise was shipped on the unfortunate boat. Some of those in the city who had purchased there received notification that orders would be duplicated.
The Alaskan., 1927-12-23
City Band Gives Concert

The concert given by the Peters burg City Band, December 20th is now history, but it'll be remembered as fine, clean entertainment. Ev- idently, all of the band boys had worked hard to make their offerings la success and the audience appreci- lated the diversion of last Tuesday. |Of the band pieces, Queen of the Night" La Golondrina' and the Overture 'Lustspiel' stand out above the others if there is any real choice.
 The violin solos, vocal solos, pi- ano solos were excellent parts of the program and were spaced so that they gave added attraction to the evenings concert.
 Yes, it was all very good. There was fair audience-a good turn out, in fact, when the miserable weather of the day is taken into con sideration.
 It calls for deal of time, labor and expense to stage a concert such as that of December goth, but the players get little or nothing out of it, financially. The receipts go, for the most part, in new instruments, new music and equipment
 As Director Verney said from the stage: Tt is the city's band and by liberally patronizing the band con- certs the boys who do the playing are enabled to better equip them selves and make of the company something worth while to the city.
The Alaskan., 1927-12-23
Amusernents

The other night we wandered down to the Variety show house and took in the reel version of The Pony Express. It was very good. The staging of this bit of history was excellent, and the scenes good. the acting aobve average and the costumes a pleasing flare back to those exciting days.
 Later we mosied up to The Me- Greggor. The Winds of Chance, screene from one of Rex Beach's western stories, was on. It is an Alaska play from start to pleasing wind-up. You see the stampede in it's youth at Dyea, you get glimpses of the long climb over the Chilkoot Pass, the drift down the rivers of the interior and the climax at Daw- 
 in the stop-overs along the trail, in the streets and the sporting places of the mushroom cities were above criticism A double romance is neat VI woven in the story and we'll brought out on the films. The two cantankerous miners who were also partners were a scream. 'PoleOn, the swift water man, guide, packer and the very Johnny -OnThe-Spot, all through the play was muchly the bettor acor of all those who took part.
 A great many Alaska" plays are- nt worth going across the street t0 look at. We are pleased to remark that The Winds of Chance agree ably surprised us.
The Alaskan., 1927-12-23
Bound For The
 Pen

The population of our penal in- stitutiOns is increasing faster than the pro rata increase of population of the United States. If this condi. tion should continue for few years, more than half the people of the country would be in jail.
 The United States Department of Justice on October 31st, issued re- port in which it was shown that the Federal prison population had in- creased more than no per cent, while the population of the country was increasing about 20 per cent
 Is crime on the increase? Arc people more criminally inclined? Or, is it true that our law makers are manufacturing crimes faster than can be assimilated? On the face of things there is nothing to indicate that the world, or coun- try, is growing worse rather than better, but there is the grotesque spectacle of a mad race between law makers and law breakers, with the odds in favor of the Wash ington News Letter.
The Alaskan., 1927-12-23
More Navy

Senator Frank B. Willis, of Ohio, has this to say bearing on the navy: When other nations undertake to tell us how many ships we can build, how long they can be, and the num- Der of guns they can carry, it is time for the United States, in the inter- ests of peace, to strengthen the weak pieces in our navy and make out of it a we'll balanced fighting force. We shall enter into no com petitive race with any people, but we shall do the things necessary to protect American interests"
 There is something in a program of this kind. Presumably, there are wars somewhere in the offing. So long as war is possible and probable it stands us in hand to be at least partly equipped and ready to protect ourselves. It appears, despite all the peace meetings, that other nations are going right on with their war preparations and navy building. We are tail enders in army strength and naval equipment. Our condition at present is such that it would take us a long time to put soldiers in the field and war vessels on the sea. Should trouble arise with nation readyto declare war at once we would be so seriously handicapped that we'd suffer stupendous losses in men and property before we'd be able to strike back. The more ready we are to take care of ourselves, the less liklihood there'll be of getting swiftly and dangerously kicked
 But we want the people of the na- tion to have say as to whether or not there shall be war. This leav- ing the jumping into strife to the money bags of the country whenever they see an opportunity to make all the way from 200 per cent to 20, 900 per cent on a nice little scrap in which they, themselves, do no ffghting-is old stuff. The idea of killing off lot of young people in
 order that a few older and richer
 folk should add to their bank roll
 Is getting out of the ordinary run of
 things and shouldn't be counten- anced.
The Alaskan., 1927-12-23
AT THE LUTHERAN CHURCH

On Christmas Day, at 11:3O am there will be English services at the Lutheran Church. The choir an them Light O Heaven (by Toursl will be under the direction of Mrs. A. Johnson. In the evening the ser vices will be in Norwegian. On Monday there will be a Sunday School program featuring a pageant of the Sunday School children under the direction of Mrs. J. Fruit, Mrs, W. Lotsfeldt, Mrs. A. Johnson and Mrs. Wick.
The Alaskan., 1927-12-23
FOR HOLIDAY SUPPLIES

Fred Friday, Arthur Johnson, Eugene Dugaqua and Tommy Twist came in at midnight, December 2-st, on the Three Brothers from Rake. The trip up was windy and rough.
 The Three Bros. took on a cargo of holiday goods and turned back down Frederick Sound the night os the 22nd. The holiday festival at Rake will run through Saturday, Sunday and Monday and prepara- tions have been made for a good time.
The Alaskan., 1927-12-23
Making Baskets

The high school basketball play CTS of Wrangell arrived in Peters burg about noon Saturday, and that same night mixed with the team of the local H. s.
 Insofar as the players themselves figured, the contest was good. There was pep and dash on both sides. But with the officials there was a whole lot lacking. Especially in clean sportsmanlike decisions. And there were most unfair decisions which slowed up the game to a great ex- tent
 In the first quarter the Wrangell team was top-side-ahead. They were the leaders on the score card, but from the second quarter on they dropped behind as if they were going the other way. Engstrom, Wran- gell, wasn't considered whole lot as a referee. The final score stood: Wrangell, 19. Petersburg, 32. The Wrangell boys left Sunday morning on the seine boat Seven Bros.
The Alaskan., 1927-12-23
Shoots Herself

Mrs. L. A. Duer was found be an Indian near CAitina, a few days ago, lying in the snow, the top of her head blown off and a revolver in the clutch of her dead hand: The snow around the body was all blood stain ed Mrs. Dyer left two babies and a husband, the latter a bookkepper in he Chitina Cash Store. No cause is known for the self-destruction. The report comes from Cordova.
The Alaskan., 1927-12-23
By The City Fathers

In the matter of the new Nesting house generator for the city's light and power equipment, it was decid ed to insure same and to have it held at place of shipment pending improvement ill weather. Had no place for it with the country snow covered and frozen Requested ex- tension of time of final payment to such time as the outfit was shipped.
 Practically the same plan was adopted relative to the Pelton water fheti
 I @ard brought up some matters of finance and the sum 2skei for was allowed.
 The report of officers was read and Hiea' aasi
 The roadway to the city garbage dump was ordered cleared so that the trucks could move the accumu- lated garbage out of town.
 Notification sent to Olsen Bros, to vacate and remove garage on the 20 foot street donated to the city on the Jack Nelson place. AS this was the second notice, Olsen Bros. were given week of time to con- ply with the orders of the Council
 It came before the Council that the school children living down Scow Bay way were finding it almost inn possible to reach town by the main road on account of snow and drifts Matter aken up with Henderson, Jul neau, of the Territorial School Board and with the Road Commissioner tn see if the matter couldn't be remed- jed.
 It was decided to put on another man at the Blind Slough power sta tion. It was learned that weather conditions at the power station were bad and that more help was need ed. Decided to supply this extra help until February 18th, or longer if conditions held as they are now.
 The matter of the new light and power rates were brought up, but nothing definitely done at this time Rates come up for another reading later on. With the installation of new lights, or extension of the light system, it was considered not ad- visable to carry any more heaters (electric) until some future arrange ments were made. No heater rates decided on at this time, although there was some talk on the subject.
 New line connections, with the oil engine auxiliary, were going sat isfactorily. This bears on oil engine main line to power devices and oii heaters.
 Some talk bearing back to gar bage removal; some thought that it was up to the truck drivers to keep the roadway to the garbage dump cleared. Finally it was de-
The Alaskan., 1927-12-23
Returns From Juneau

David Paul, who was taken to Ju- leau some time back by the Marshal on a deer killing case, is back to Petersburg on the Rogers, December 22nd. At the hearing before the District Court, he was sentenced to three months in jail. The case was handled for the government by the Game Commission. On account of past reputation the sentence was suspended during good behavior.
The Alaskan., 1927-12-23
A Show And Cards

The American Legion card party. at the Grand Cafe last Saturday ev- ening was a two phase social affair. Instead of following the original program a change was made so that the show at The MacGregor was talk en in and enjoyed. Afterward the cards were dealt around, as at first planned, and "a good time was had by all."