The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 10, 1926, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” s ———— — VOL. XXIX., NO. 4348. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, ‘ 1926. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS * PRICE TEN CENTS DOHENY LOANED MEXICO MILLIONS STAGE CAREER AIM OF VALENTINO SPIRIT, FORMER WIFE SAYS RS- NEW YORK, Dec 10.— Rudolph Valentino, one of the greatset motion | { picture actors while he lived, has! | Hears Rudy " aspirations to tread the boards of the | legitimate stage now that he is dead, | Winifred Hudnut, his second wife, asserted here. Miss Hudnut, known as Natacha Rambova, arrived on the | Homeric with George B. Wehner, who' said he medium associa- ted with the American Society for Psychical Research | The gist of the screen star's reve- ions concerning his activities | since his death last August, as con-| fided to Miss Rambova, through the mediumship of Weblner at her cha-! teau near Paris, follows: | Valentino is a citizen of the astral plane. He hopes to actor there. He bas met Enrico Caruso and ha heard the late tenor sing He has visited theatres worldly plane) where his were being shown, and has been pleased at the “flattery” he sensed in the minds of the audience. ] Everything in the (heatre, how ever, now appears to be strange to | him, as he “can see through all things.” | Carry Out Terms of Wil e wishes his will, which left thing to Miss Rambova, to be car- ried out as executed, and believes this will be done. 3 He made no mention in his “com munications” of Pola Negvi, screen actress, who announced at his death- bed that they had been engaged to| be married. Miss Rambova- explained | this silence apparently to her own! satisfaction by saying that Valentino only “spoke to her of significa things and subjects that mean some- thing."” When Miss Rambova had finished telling news reporters of what she had learned “directly” concerning her | f former husband’s estral activities, |40 sult Wehner assumed the burden of con-| “Would versatino. [nndS HOAUH Seances Conducted jan insane message as, ‘I am very Wehner said that Valentino and happy here ete, and talk about Miss Rambova at one time conducted | Wills,” Mrs. Houdini said “No, many seances, but that the actor had | Houdini's message will be worth- given up the habit when he received ! while, and until some medium who the sacrament of the Catholic churcii, | claims he or she is favored by Our which forbids such practices 1/\1mu:hly Father to communicate Later, he said, he received a “spir-| With our beloved dead speaks those itual message” from Valentino call. | sacred words of our compact, I will ing for Miss Rambova. He said she [be skeptical and promptly consign replied by cable and received a re-|all other messages to the waste ply by radio. All this, of course, | basket prior to the actor's death. When Valentino's body was lying in state in the funeral church here, besieged by thousands of admirers, Wehner said he received a “commun- | ication” from the screen star deplor- ing the fact that he had “recognized and spoken” to many of those who| filed past his bier’ but that they had not known that he was “addressing” them. Yes, Miss Rambova asserted, she plans to publish a book concerning her communications with her former husband. on the stage become a legitimate (on the pictures | e Nalacha Rambova, second i wife of Rudolph Valentino, ! arrived in America from | Europe with the news that she has been in spirit com- muvication with her former husband., He is happy, acts, and still loves her, she re-, ported he informed her, | '-—————-—-,—-—-—,____._. from ages were intelligence the briliant possessed send such through Houdini, medinms but those to my a man with Only Real Love “Miss Rambova also only real love counts What was our love, our holy love; thirty-two years of love and devo- tion? Surely, If love counts I should be blessed with the gift of speaking to my dead. that there, claims over “I have in less heritage ters; lette one fach y my possession a price- from my dead—let- that he wrote, fifteen, . not to be opened until his lett letters that breathed love and devotion. They were read by me after we had laid him beside his beloved parents, and each priceless gem read: “‘Sweetheart thi Doubts Spirit Talke NEW YORK, Dec. 10 Mrs. Bes trice Houdini, widow of the magici: Harry Houdini, scouts the claims of |my sainted parents. Do not grieve, Natacha Rambova, former wife of|dear heart, 1 have just gone ahead, the late Rudolp Valentino, that she|and will be waiting for you—yours in has been in communication in thelife. death and ever after.’ other world. “Each letter contained the “There is no doubt that Miss Ram-|words of our compact. Now, hova believes the messages to be|diums, come forth! Only real love from Valentino,” said Mrs. Houdini. | counts. Get through to my Hou- “I have also received messages|dini, for our love was 1 CAMPAIGN FUND PROBE REOPENS WASHINGTON, Dec. 10—The Cam- paign Funds Committee has agreed to reopen the primary investigation in Pennsylvania, Illinois, Oregon and Arizona. or closed, neither are there any in- “ 2.0 Install “Water Taxis dications the State is to go to rack For Dlllcll cm.l Use|ana ruin it the Governor is allowed to serve out his term to which you elected him.” Moulton declared that th: acts of Gov. Hartley were those of a man who places himself above the Legislature, boasts he is the pin- nacle, nay—the apex of tke State Government. mine, when you read I will be at rest, at rest beside key Debate Over Recall of Gov. Hartley SEATTLE, Dec. 10.—0. F. Gard- ner. lumberman of Leavenworth, and Mark M. Moulton, attorney of Kennewick, both State Legislators, debated the recall of Gov. R. H. Hartley before the Women's City Club. Gardner said: “Your institutioas are not going to be burned down AMSTERDAM, Dec. 10.—“Waler taxis” are to be installed here for service in the canals which wind about the city. The taxis will ac- commodate to to four persons and are really small motorboats with cabins, the taximeter being attached to the shaft of the propeller. ——————— The taxis were decided upon to| WORCESTER, Mass., 10.— meet the increased growth of Am-|A West Point cadet.who broke his sterdam on both sides of the river|mneck trying to meet the Academy's 1j. as well as the other waterways}standards for erect posture, is said of the city and nearby districts, ‘ro be recuperating at his home here. Dec. | \ { NO LOOPHOLES FORWITNESSES IN RUM PROBE | Dominion Commission Insists on All Questions Be- ing Answered. ANCOUVE B €., Dec 10 Chairman Brown of the Dominio Comm on, announced that wit- nesses will be required to answer all questions although the testimony might incriminate them in the Ameri cap courts. Hen of liquor Reifel, head of a number organizations and indicted in the United States, was on the stand late yesterday He requested his testimony be held secret. Chair man Brown said: “The proceedings pending in this country, to be bot- tled up, become subservient to the laws of another country, and ques- tions must be answered.” Liquor Routes The Great I\mtlnlu Railwa been identificd in the Comwmission testimony which liquor reaches States from Canada Herbert S. Oldham, Manager the Vancouver Transfer told of delivering liquor Caps of the Great Northern for customers going to the States, of giving it directly sengers, ¢r unloading it road yards to be loaded cars, partly filled with shingl John Carswell, truck driver. tes- tified that he took a load of liquor to the border on Wednesday and it was loaded onto a for Washington. He said the age truck-load is 56 SAYS EVIDENCE IS PLANTED IN ORMISTON CASE has Dominion means by the United as of to Red station United to p in the rail- on freight lumber and vessel aver- Father of Arrested Man in! McPherson Case Talks After 6 Months. SAN FRANCISCO, Ormiston, father of miston, arvested in the east nection with the Mrs. Aimee Mc Pherson case, last night declared: I have stayed out of this case for six months. Now I am going to put up| a battle. I do not want them plant- ing evidence on Kenneth. Yesterday when they opened a rear compart ment of Kenneth’s car, I watched | them. Afterwards, when [ was not looking, they pin and pendant He ought to fight extradition. He cannot come bhack and turn states| evidence. That would be the part of a cad and 1 do not think is a cad In received from my son, he character- ized all the stuff about Mrs. Mc- Pherson as bunk.” Ormiston said son. yet if he tleman,” Dec. 10 Kenneth w. £ G C in con- from a necklace. he believed his has, said he lied like a gen- his father. BOUND FOR CHICAGO HARRISBURG, Penn., Dec. 10.— After leaving yesterday in an auto- mobile, a train was boarded later at Johnstown by Ormiston and the two detectives and they continued by railroad for Chicago. HARRISBURG, Dec. 10.—An ex- amination of Ormiston's trunk dis- closed that he had a wife in Brazil, Twenty-One Miners Killed in Explosion PRINCETON, Ind., Dec. 10.—Res- cuers, disregarding fire hazards, con- tinued today in an effort to rescue five miners who remain entombed after the explosion of yesterday morning. It is estimated that 21 men are dead. An explosion this fore- noon injured nobody. ————— PROHIBITION CONDEMNED NEW YORK, Dec. 10.—A Federal Grand Jury here resolved 19 to 4 that the Volstead Act is a breeder of ‘“ruthless and dangerous crim- inals” and should be repealed. The jury considered liquor cases and de- clared that 95 per cent of the cases handled in November were prohibi- tion cases, Company, | night| | Alaska aid they found a hair-| Kenneth | all messages I have o ) “I do not believe he has lied, ‘ Wish for Kiss || Is Granetd; | | Wife Dies SEATTLE, ]71! her last wish, a convict husband Eva Graham, aged 22, smiled contentedly late yesterday aft- ernon, lapsed into unconscious- ness and then ied. Her husband is Monroe Reformatory after a two-hour visit. He was brought to his wife yesterday under | guard, by order’ of Gov. Hart- 10 With kiss from her fultilled, Mrs, today back | in BOYLE RENDERS AGCOUNTING OF CHAMBER'S WORK Secretary’s Apnust Report Feature pf Meeting— Activities Varied. A ity - {of the Chamber brief summary of the activiti of Commerce during the past year, presented by retary Frank A. Boyle, featured tod meeting of that body. It showed an unusually large 1st of undertakings fostered by the Chamber. Mr. Boyle also presented a finan- cial report, showing the collections of the Chamber and fits disburse- | ments, with a cash balance on hand lof $163.59, and equipment and sup- plies valued at $1575. | Change Name of Fund The Chamber's annual drive for funds, held in the past in the month of December, will open on January 10, it was decidgl today when the Chamber approved a recommendation of the Board of Directors to that ef-| | fect The fund derived from this drive has heretofore been known as | the Community Chest Fund. The Board recommended and the Cham ber unanimously voted to change this to the Chamber of Commerce | Fund. It was announced, however. | that there would be no change in the objects for which the fund is raised and no curtailment of the Chamber's activities, sident 11, 1 as, presiding to- nnounced that the Board would | congider the personnel of the sev eral committees during the next few days and make committee appoint ments at its regular meeting next { Wednesday. } Boosts Alaska Industries | One of the most important und :hlkill;.’.‘i of the Chamber last y i Mr. Boyle reported, was its effort lln promote a more general use of timber and wood products by the larger industrial units in the Territory. In this connection letters were written early last year to all the cannerics, large mines and rail- way companies. The Juneau Lumber Mills particularly, and other similar | establishments in this s ion of the country, had reaped material benefits {from these letters, he pointed out |A follow up letter along the same s recently sent to 29 and already 20 of them had ! replied favorably. During the y the Chamber sup ‘ported the work of the Forest Serv- ice in its attempt to interest pulp and paper manufacturers of the coun- try in Alaskan resources; it was active in securing extensions of road and trail development in this vicin- ity and during the year a trail was constructed from Glacier Highway in Eagle River valley to Windtall Lake, and another from the northern end of the highway to the beach at Jagle river; it was successful in hav- ing the face of Mendenhall Glacier marked to the successive stages of ice recession: its legislative Commit- tee submitted data and recommenda- tions to Congress on a number of matters of legislation, including tha White Literacy Bill, the Public Build- ings Bill, construction of Coast Guard vessels; it rendered the réquest of the Petershurg Chamber of Com- merce for a repeal of taxes on fur farming; it recommended and se- cured the elimination of the Takn River valley game sanctuary; it en- tertained a number of prominent vis- itors and delegations, including the Ketchikan Elks’ delegation, the Navy Alaska Air Mapping squadron, the Unalga and Explorer personnel; it installed a telephone at the lower Citiy float; secured water at the City Dock at all times for small boats; initiated a survey of the harbor front near the rock dump for the purpose of determining the practicability of ‘Moro Thanw | Race (Continued om Page Two.) o lAPPflUPRIATIUNS FUH ALASKA ARE REPORTED TODAY F;ur—Fif(hs Interior Money Goes for Pensions. WASHINGTON, Dec. Interior Department bill was reported tod four-fiftths of the § for Civil and Spanish sions The follows Mount 22,500 10. — The appropriations More than 167,000 War is pen Alaska appropriations are as McKinley ional Park, Education, $169.400 Medical Relief, $150,000, Reindeer Fund, $1 20. Care of Insane, $161,000. Suppression of Liquoy Traftic, $16,200. Alagka Railroad, $1,400,000, —_—————— GOV, PIERCE IS NOT WEAKENING Believes in Law l:ufoncemcnt and that Laws Can . Be Enforced. SEATTLE, Dec. 10, M. Pierce, of Oregon, declared him- self strongly in favor of Prohibition before the Men's Council of the Port. lnd area of the Methodist Episcopal church. “Without law enforcement, there will be no America. Somebody sail I had lost my faith in our ability to enforce Prohibition,” said Governof Pierc “Do you think I am going to desert now? No, I believe in the Eighteenth Amendment. [ believe in law enforcement. It must be en- forced and it can be enforced.” Winton Alexander, of Tennessec, Executive Secretary of the Inter- Commission, stated that the white people will never golve the problem. It will be solved how- ever by sensible men of all racial groups working together. Mueh of our attitude toward the negro is a hold-over from the slave days.” Gov. Walter |Flood Control Bill Going Before House WASHINGTON, D. €. Dee. 10 The Flood Control Committee has de- cided to bring the Omnibus Flood Prevention measure before the House despite the advice of Seeretary of War Davis that it is contrary to the President’s financial program. The bill would appropriate $109,500 preliminary examination of 22 rivers in 18 states. New Proposal for Farm Relief; "o Sell Booze WASHINGTON, sentative Black, York, has introduced a bill to create a Federal Alcoholic Board in the Department of Agriculture, to license farm organizations to sell beer and wine and the revenue derived to be used for farm rellef purposes. Dec. 10.—Repre- 12 More Shopping Days Before Christmas Democrat of New; Movie Love | Dorothy Mn(k'n“ film ac- tress, fell in love with, and agreed to marry Lothar, endes, German director, within two months after \he met him. flnllnnllonll Newsreel) ASST. DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAYS MEN CONFESSED Testifies F ia ermen Sad Knew Watchman Shouldn’t Sell Fish from Traps. The Government closed its case in chief yesterday afternoon against Capt. Olaf Olsen, Andrew Halborsen John Jorgensen and Haakon Thmop- son with testimony designed to show that each of these men, charged with fish trap robbery, had voluntarily admitted buying fish from the trap watchman and acknowledged th knew at the time the watchman had no right to sell the fish. The latter acknowledgment was testified to Asst. U. S, Attorney H. D. Stathle who said he the defendants after they were July. Haakon called by ing questioned shortly last separately brought here first witness admitted be by Mr. Stabler denied he had told the Assistant U 8. Attorney he knew the watchman was not permitted to sell fish. He also contradicted Mr. Stabler's teti- mony in other respects, Give Similar Accounts The Government closed up its rapidly yesterday afternoon. Westerlund and Percy Redmond members of the crew of the Wini fred I, A. N. Minard, superintend ent of the Kake cannery, Deputy U 3. MarsTial Phil Herriman and Mr. Stabler were all on the stand Mr. Westerlund told of his discov of the Mildred, Capt. Olsen's boat ig at the fish trap and his notification to Mr. Skinn He con- firmed in virtually ev respect the testimony given by Mr. Skiner early yesterday. His account covered the convoying of the Mildred to Kake. Mr. Redmond, engineer on the yacht, testified along the same lines He was in the engineroom most of the time the yacht was at the trap and when it reached the Mildred and did not hear of Mr, Skinner's con- versation with either the watchman or Capt. Olsen. Mr. Minard (testified that Olsen admitted taking about fish from the Sunny Point trap, but did not recall whether he had said anything about the watchman having a right to sell fish. Capt. Olsen howe , did say it was the first time he had ever done anything of that nature, Mr. Minard said. Aftor all the fish were unloaded at Kake, he said, including about 300 fish| 'rlnlmul by Capt. Olsen, he brought +the Mildred and its crew here and turned them over to Federal authori- ties, Thompson, the defense, Capt Herriman on Stand Deputy Herriman was next called | He testified he had been present when Mr. Stabler questioned John Jorgensen and that the latter admit- ted paying the watchman $20 foy about 1,500 fish. He could not re- member any statement made by Jor gensen about the watchman's right to sell the fish. When Mr. Stabler was called to the stand, Henry Roden, of the de- fense counsel, objected to him gl\- (Coatinuen on Page Fight.) by | had questiongd each of | but | ' Guardia, 1,600 OIL MAGNATE HELPED GOVT. PRES, OBREGON rLSllmOny ln Oll Cflse RC‘ cals Assistance Was Given to Mexico. | | | et eg | WASHINGTON, Dec ‘ ss-examination today, E. L. Do- testified that he lent Albert | B. Fall $5,000 just before he came | to Washington for trial. He said he had spent a restless night with hfs arm, due to infection. His arm was in a sling. It was disclosed in the cross- examination that I)llhfll) lent the | Obregon Government '$10,000,000 in the form of advance taxes on Pan- American properties. Fall, as Mexi- "l:l agent fo rthe Pan-American interests, arranged the loan after he left the Cabinet. The money was used to rehabilitate the Army. With a whimsical smile, Doheny conceded he had not told “every- thing I knew” the Senate Oil Committee, Secretary 10.—Under I'heny to is the of Navy Wilbur | promised as a witness before session ends this afternoon. Attorney Roberts sald Fall's prop- erty in New Mexico was capiatlized at §10,000, valued at $100 a share and asked Doheny: *“Then your 33 shares, given as security for the $100,000 loan, is valued at $3,300?" Doheny assented. Secretary of the Navy Wilbur on the witness stand late this afternoon refused to give information asked. | He declared the request was impro- per and injurious to the public in- terest and was excused after a fow minutes. He was asked vainly about the Pacific war scare which preceded the decision to construct oil storage at Pearl Harbor in 1921, WETS LOSE IN . APPROPRIATION FIGHT, HOUSE {Eleven Million Dollars Ap- propriation Is Retained —Vote 140 to 12. Dec. 10.—While mustered only 12 votes on the attack on the Pro- hibition appropriation, they elim- inated action permitting the spend- ing of $500,000 next year for under- cover agents without a detailed accounting Representative Florello H. La Soclalist wet of New York, {contended the section was contrary to the existing law. Representative B. H. Snell, Republican dry of New | York, presiding, ruled the section out The House WASHINGTON, the House wets rejected the move to eliminate the $11,900,000 appro- priation carried in the Treasury {and Post Office bill for Prohibition | by a vote of 140 to 12. Representative Gallivan, Democrat of Massachuselts, introduced a pro- posal to eliminate the Prohibition Appropriation and Chairman Madden, of the Appropriations Committee termed the proposal “unworthy of the gentleman from Massachusetts. I voted against Prohibition but we have the law. I consider it would be a violation of my oath of office to fail to provide funds to enforce it.! { Gaines Appeal Be Heard High Court Next Year SEATTLE, Dec. 10.—The defense | attorneys predicted today that the umn-ul in the case of Bob Gaines will !be heard by the Supreme Court in May or June of next year, —e—— Cigarette Smoking Nurses, Ford’s Hospital, Let Out | DETROIT, Mich.,, Dec. 10.— The discharge of “two senior | nurses in the Henry Ford hos- pital for cigaret smoking in the Nurse’'s Home has been followed by the ousting of the BSuperin- tendent of the Hospita land Su-.| erintendent nurses. | | | | r’ ! | | I | | ! |