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THE DAIIY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXIX., NO. 4358. > "~ JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1926. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ACQUIT GREEN IN SIXTEEN MINUTES Baseball Scandal Cobb and Spea/eer are Implzcated Cted | = P o R —No Prosecutions. Says Thompson. [ D ) AT ‘F‘[\r 1TI" § (.I:ums- Soldiers ] I /1 »SE-S b YLV A V] [ | Deserting at Rate | & ’ e Of 1.000 a Month WASHINGTON, Dec. 22~ The Sen- | e i ‘ sl | Yate has passed the rivers and har- REc NEW YORK, Dee. 22 Rrig. | | TAKING Ll UDR 1bo bill by a vote of 57 to 9. All " i T Gen. Reilly, of the Rainbow — ments we proved L Of Girl Is | l the Century Magazine, declares Third Baseball Scandal in| Semater Gooding. of ko with | | g c0ored 'ln(l:‘pendcncc of Islands Report Transmitted to Con- the United States soldlers are haul amendments to the rivers and AR : J 3 : 3 month as a protest against be- | |+ ministrator Cleared of harbors bill before the measure went | | o PASADENA, Cal. Do | Gives His Views. underfed and forced to live Clintoes. Mt 1 Christy rayer that —— ; in shacks unfit for habitation, larges ade. The bill authorizes expenditure of it il e e et VASHINGTON, Dee. 22 Carmi{ WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 Presi | | through excessive governmental CHICAGO, Dee. 22 The thitd { 370,000,000 on improvements and pro % : 6 & 3 littva: 151 Soife 5 spe! everal | gress the report of Comptroller Gen | Ned Green, dismissed Prohibition Ad- as answered last nig Mrs, | |the Phillippines, who spent sever ’ ition A amnounced yesterday by Baseball| cod Canal for $11500,000 and the | "% "¢ :‘,',,’.'J,l ]“,,,. l:.t!,lrl l;,\l(,ll,:.: Imonths in the Island Group. has re-'eral McCarl, on Alien Property ad i ministrator of Northern California, Commissioner Landis, when he made | improving of the Hlinois River as a| | o A Spencer, girl's & ’ 3 i | tha s Philippines be granted furt-! perty and cash disposed of as auth- | ment of government liquor, his been : Hed L a s sht's Pasadena | [that the Philipy B T of “Duteh” Leonard, once pitcher. | waterway ;.\_‘fllm'"“ l,'“‘\l' el Im' ot her | |ber autonomy in internal atfairs but [orized by law.” | acquitted by the jury which deliber- and Joe Wood, American Leaguc > daughter, in Seattle, as sent out | |absolute independence be postponed.| Senator William k. Borah suggest ( d just 16 minutes 1 ¢ Associated Press. Mis Speaker, and implying ir ularities \'.'\“'I:‘h“l (,‘”:,’,‘lullf'““, Post's of ;[um.n'm nt 1o administer to the lu:rlhn( “property sold for 10 cents nlv on eight counts remaining in the in a game between Detroit and Cleve !’ ) | fice and after sgiven further | |lands and overseas territory and' the dollar and that the 10 cents \m».A .uulnwm nt but on three others which land on September 25, 1919, Betting | SR ' e ¢ | strengthening of control in the Moro'accounted for instead of the dollar dismissed during the trial, thus Philippine government withdraw from ! ator Borah said further: 1 ||m would telegraph Assistant Sec- Landis that “Cobb, Speaker, Wood | s g ivate business, ave no doubt $1,000.000 w pur- | ’I'M' of Treasury Andrews asking and 1 happened to meet under the FUG PpEVAILlNG s — [lolmed or illegally taken by thosc| INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dee, 2o |Feinstatemenc of Green so he might grandstand and talked about base | charged with the responsibility of | «On your toes to a glorious victory,” | Fesign with clear recor ball and we, of Detroit, wanted to ]NURTHWESTERN o ‘m??(}r“s\em p;onyr s pros, | Protecting privat |nnx|v vty ALl viesfig ghe inspiving note in a message it finish in third place. Speaker said | SHINGTOX i YeStltims have been forced to give re- | 16 ee-quarters of Nioy ! Bstls vy ahont oniorin s game | f dent Coolidge, in‘a wes to Con-{ eipts in full when the property \\A.w'{’,“',,,:l:,‘. ‘y“,‘ it i el Good-Will Fll(‘\s, Bound for| ) egi ‘ t = or maladministration I e the first national | telegraphed Col. Green “Everybody agreed it it was go Are Delayed. 9 {closely. Tle repeated that Gov. Gen.| -ee - appeal to (he organization by the new | COngratulations. Orders issued fov | his | i commander. 1t outlines the ihrec ement. well get some money out of it. I{ BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Dec. 2 = sre Bound|¢fmice with “tact, abitiy and (o they ke A e S was o put up $1500, as 1 remem- (A heavy fog today rolled over La kSt“““C‘ Arrives Here ladvantoze of the Filipino people.” b e e L ber, Cobb $2,000, Wood and Speaker |#una Madre, where the ten army | for W(‘bl\\a' New The recommendations included HI t | 2 190, RGd. Enve 6 alesl lo. Pred 1 ;‘”‘””"' e g |“""’;"""“”w | clares, are ones to be accomplizhed t aud left for Independence, Mis.! planes are anchored. e s ARt TN hetween the executive branches m: iby local posts. The national and | sourl. | received Wood's letter with| Major H. A. Dargue, flight Com-| The ""l“_'“ s "'l-' "r"-”“""h“ [the Philippiue government,” and { various state headquarters are ready | $1,630. West wrote he was ably to|mander, said the planes would notj William Jensen, ‘arrived fro [that the Gaverpog General be pro- | ! | hris 0] Senate Coinmerce Committee amen Christmas Praye vision, veteran, in an article in ‘ ¢ Dismissed Prohibiti Ad s B | I deserting ate of 1,000 a | L1smissec rohibition g d 1 e AL L D ) - Should Be Postponed gress by Coolidge—Borah || deserting at the rate of 1000 a Six Years Is Revealed ) | . : | Edna May Bell d 15 years I 0 a vote : ; y ; o SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 22.—Col. sSeparatl The Thompson, special commissioner o dent Coolid today ent to Con economy SA t A baseball scandal in six years was|yides for the purch b e auna) R0y eRIREsL e lion The prayer Mrs. Spencer lives here and she | | commended to President Coolidge | ministration, which covers “all pro- 2 e amd on trial charged with embezzle- public 100 pages of the testimony!link in the Great Lakes to the Gult | oo SPERS ; i twirler, linking Ty Cobb and Tris | Establishment of an independent|ed that MeCarl negloct Y s The jury not only exonerated him ) on said she anxiouy : it e liEaiiie | E,‘nf‘.‘..y"le"xlxll .xl:r: hter and. would | |country. arc also recommended. | theft, graft and extravagance over g Col. Green a clean slate Hiceed = l Bt ot & | Thompson recommended that thela period of elght years.” |h~ defense attorneys announced Leonard testified to Commissioner | a record , of Cleveland, have second place ‘ g today, transmitting Thomp-| peturned, relieving the administra- | suod today by Howard P. Savage | WASHINGTON, Dee. 22.—Assistant cinched and you will win tomorrow. South American Pomls, | son's report, saldi tie pecommenda-tion of any malfeasance in office | the national commander | Secretary of Treasury Andre Sct-Up Hinted [tions follow, this of the President’s W bl 5 ing to be a set-up, we might as | | Leonard Wood had administered your i,m”“,l“,“ i | fort wulat the licies of o new $1,000 each. I was through for the|fliers in five amphibian planes are h t Ad] (J | “such steps he taken a nay )6 ; U i 'l}lw e, | ||. i PADLUCKS UN N6 ; i on their Pan-American flight. Tb qulpmcn ded. P | -u ministration. The big tusks, south lasc night at midnight, after] 00 C0% AR L et 11| - PATERSON, NJF. Dee. 27-<Twen 1Lu glve eyery assistance, he said only pay part of the money be towed to open water until g r | ; L E g 3 . s b S e the fog lifts ja two months' overhauling and re-win not he necessary to select ad-|ty-five police reserves, in an armor s Yk 'f”’,’{\‘""“‘ i y Natiar. dBD) . ! i ; modeling visers from the army, extend the|C8F, with riot guns and tear ga PHeSEERSRD: OIS I n a letter, Cobh wrote to Leon-| Ten men wito iiav< en il : iy work of The American Log ion for the year ahead of us ha ard, Cobb was quoted as saying|ing part in developing the army| 2 B¢V Joou e ral Reserve system of the Iy \Dombs, quieted a riot at the High T e e by anne e davs workiToOm andi writing voom bave been|inds establieh @ leral Land | Sehool here where Commander Nobile (been planned carefully; the great! NEW YORK, Dec. 22— Padlo- 3 s added 3 s+ velleve the far <« mnow became the center of an anti- ist A IRK, Dec. 22— Padlo ks siderably disappointed in our busi-|every day and leavin sectacular inks to relieve the farmers now U objectives have been chosen by the pave closed front doors of 58 'of 4 : . Thare' (8- lsc -8 deve- aveial: hall, |l aehe e | demonstration as he was about to| "¢ _ ness proposition as we had $2,000; accomplishments to others, are pilot- “"]' N e s o 0 e e {begin @ specch to 1500 Italians and national convention, and have been New York's popular night elubs. to put in it for the other side.” The|ing the five amphibian planes for a Moved from the promena k Lo]tereat, establish egriouiture experi:|REBIA 8 speach to 1600 Mallans andy boioio) “gomitely and whololioarl: Seven Fedesal eald)ie” 3lats sbicih IBttan s aald toiliave continusd tia S America, Central Amer.|the boat deck, and a writing room | mental stations, and that the Insular | Americans. More than 500 anti-Fu s by tite At ¥ s A ¢ bt 2 liLoUE. ok BOUTE A TREKER SENLIS QISR i leen minde Bub ot ties pitl wosiall g f leniotat Lfeists stormed the doors of fieclye by, tilletatate ommanderasand ¢ha gwners Witk HIlE ‘ofveompIRiHE PRSI IR - it 4 - 4 has been made > old social| pegislature and no ONEIess amens 8 ) e do € 4§ b we finally secured that much. It fica and the West Indic e i iR sy \HW”:_ e apital | 5¢hool. The audience resisted. Many | Adjutants and temporary injunctions last WA HAbOUt & oiclock and they: red| Whien alr service headnuartors agks| D8l THE. SMoSME oom, WHieh WA thaninnil liy &0 asito capllal | B0100 e uclionco rasteled, Many! ™ imne whole organization 1 o fused (o deal with us as they had'ed commanders of various flying| O™ Ll "I l”k ".“' 0 and busin experien bt hey were finally driven 3dvanced position. Preliminary men in Chicago to take the matter|units over the country to recom. |0 he promenac ity | ————————— e bt i e Irangement for our work has been up with.” mend men to mplke the flight the| THe new obssrvation oot has [outside the school grounds and the . g PSR olien mamiaied o o ™ done. The 1927 memberstip is great- Airplanes to Be Used Paid $20,000 request specified that those men re-| fifty-six windows SN A Ru N \:‘” the meoting. - "PHE 8%ler by two-thirds than it was thisl In Smuggling Liquor Ty Cobb said the American offi- | commended should be master flyers|View. New hardwood floors havoy e meeting i . | Vllgl g Liq f time year ago. Our 1 objectives i o) i) 4 W Jaby Grang Hann -0- I 2 cials gave Leonard $20,000 for in-|who deserved the honor. The idea|bcen laid, new Baby Grand pi are we derstood. The Legion to! nocent letters from Cobb and Wood. | was to obtain men who has sacri-|and a new Brunswick —Panethrope |Girl T tifies to Bei [+ o - tows. e o houy || VANCOUVER, 1y 0. Doe. 28 Cobb said: “could not think of any.|ticed the glamour and fame of spec.| Phonograph installed for dancing. juirl lestihes to Deing i nt hand for every member to] The Daily Province today prints a Cobb said: “I conld not think ef any-|tacular flights to give all of their| The woodwork 1s black walnu Lured to House of David .o over the top 1o o glovion story stating that a syndicate plans Ame 1 League game in my life. [time to the less noticeable, but|With rvose colored drapes over thej the use of 14 airplanes to smuggle I do not believe anybody played alequally important phases of ..»nw"winvim\s "l')u;krurmmn- is I\\u ker, gome of ball any harder, cleaner|quering the lined with silk tapestry, and over S as pardons | — Benjamin Purneil, “King of the Beneficial Service y " LELELU :'\:h.”“'”t ’é e ?°""{’]"°"' “l")"' AR T,{,‘:,ff,'i:g ‘}l,‘im;“;',',‘.:? ,:I“:‘?)’v].'x)y‘:;;);' :} ':;I e, it quv::-‘ ln‘;:x.u :I.-:‘r. ‘l|1“lmw of David,” was carried into| “In communily service, every one l“‘ll'v‘l:“v'““'l'l:'\'l'"‘“"‘":,"’“’:,':"[’l‘l""l'(:" l‘i‘:' s are compele E y L ;@ i > 3 flchan s %) o e cal Legion Seaplanes ha sel » that as Cobb and Speaker “wero out|long experience in the army. Major|the observatory. A large glass dome Years for the President to releaso | Mre. Ootrorth. testity Ahat ' o : g o | [ 'obr 5 92 vhel a W 1 erform a concrete, outstanding i ) an ut ON¥iRtnG o from|on February 5, 1921, when she was|to per f of buseball, no decision will be made | Herbert A Dargue s the oldest|adds to the splender of the room. jone prisoner ul :','f ,””f»f”” '3,'»,' b vearh: of ¢ Purnell influenced | beneficial service for their own towns unless conditions changed.” of the group, which ranges between| The smoking room is aft on the ’\{"‘ of the ""'; ”";””‘ e Raompary kT b ahai {and neighborhoods that will bhe q Made by the Dominion Commission.” o A s inished in| White House officials said no such 0 _accomp s cham- |1 « o i a Cobb further declared that he did |30 and 10 years in age. Major Dargue | promenade deck and is finished in bers. There i . monument for all time to come (¢ 3 s - ; e Atun k. The fur o steps have been taken, Friends urged | Ders iere in his chambers, A‘Iu" nen o i not know of the bet until long after | is the veteran of many responsible natural oak. The furniture is of th erainh for former Gov. MeCray. |testified, she was subjected to his|the Legion: that will be an ‘\.mm. Afleged Embezzler Is to ward. Leonard bet Wood $600 agianst | undertakings. He was a star fencer|same color and is lined with li jelemency for i0 A ay, p ; aresses er young girls olin unselfish thought and labor fo $120 that Detroit, in third place,{at West Point, later the only air|brown leather. The floors are of in fof lf“““’.‘” g2l i e LAl Il:::us: :r ::;‘.'\‘-ivl ,f(lll'lli,;lld “\I:cul-"‘.x:,):‘ n:le:'[w |l.l. ’<-m\|l;v¥vl‘ that \\lel 'n...]\‘ Be Re'umed to Ketd“ku would get in second place, the posi-|service officer in the Philippines, flaid tile R auary larly treated. : 5 those communities better places in tion held by Cleveland. the first flier to receive a wirel Several of the old state rooms] e ? IR WAl J#o0d altiZankRiD Wil thlve In the game in question neither|message aloft, and finally in charge|have been remodeled into de luxe; s C t: A ! amd good Americans will live dudge Jeremian vor hag:orfasi Leonard nor Wood pitched. Speaker [of all army flying instructions in|rooms and others have been made 91X onvicts Are Carl Schuneman Is “This is a real issue that can well o - Davis, arrested five months hit heavily and Cobb hit once. The|the United States. This appointment |into outside rooms. Sentenced to Han be compared to the service the men °5° it Greeley, Colo., to be trans- Score was 9 10 5 in favor of Detroit. | came Just as the armistice was sign- | T';‘—‘r-\'flrlflllweflllflnl llfl;l ul‘“'_‘o"fl of | bt ) g Confirmed by Smate!;mu o e (o i ")‘"“’*""“”]‘“"- ;‘“'“i':‘l" o::’ — ed. He pilots the “New York,” flag.|local freight and the folowing pas | jopigr, 111, Dec. 22.-Six con- T L ST SR, . |country in time of war, because com 4 AVoR D GHAERRA WICH I Visited Leonard ship of (he expedition with Lieute. | hengers for Juneau: Miss E. EAmonyicis “or murdering Deputy w;mn‘..g‘ ““v‘“'”'Mf_”‘\j'l “l‘"k' L' I””: Sen-| unity betterment, when multiplieq "e#41ing $1.000 from his fellow FRESNO, Cal, Dec. 22—“Dutch”|nant Ennis C.'Whitehcad as relio|son, D. W. Brock, Helen A Laurie{ ko in (heir prison escape on May |22 contirmed the Dominatlon ofl,, ;5" ¢iies aw It will be in this /United States Foresters in Ket- Leonard, now here, said Commission-|pilot. Lieutenant Whitehead, born in|F. C. Gregg, Wm. Moyer. Mrs. Wil-lg " uvo heen sentenced to hang on | hBghagieman, of f’"l AL ol Ao ram, (s & magiltieant it COURAR er Landis visited him in October. |Kansas and graduated from the Uni-|lam Moyer, A W. Mertel, Mrs. A ljcpiuary 11, : '”'_".'ffi B0 At ob ',:, Binas e R tioh | = — versity of Kansas, has had extensive|W. Mertel, F. W. Cornwtight, C. L.l ~ e UHY sucosegipg MoRensla JNoss, Yoy the Leslon's. tlismaze o Jinals Aals lnqlury Into ; o] By < e ; g il Sidav i G DLl signed. Speaker's Resignation engineering training and signal corps | Skuse, Rev. A. J. Coudeyre, G. D. | Fran to the battlefields where our . 3 CLEVELAND, Dec. 22.—Sporting|work. woel | Urisko, H Andre, Mrs. H. N.|® -8 —o— e S i U. S.-Nicaragua Relations | comrades gave their lives, and the writers here declared that Speaker| Capt. A. B. McDaniel, who as sec-|Andre, J. Carter, Harry Murray, Her- Wants Whlppmg Post |G tiatanian. whiore Loyt kst the elal Soanlece o ki resigned as manager of Cleveland,[ond in command is flying the “San|Man Carter, Mrs. Kitty Carter, Mrs WASHINGTON, Dec. 22. — The of the world will be on each of us becanse of the impeding scandal and | Antonio” just to the right and be.|J. A. Thibodeau, Cecelin Thibodeau, | For Beat"s of Wives o e e nt Wi matiaty Bemste tovay. dlzesipdsthe BOIRING ot because of friction hind the “New York” was horn and|Robert Thibodeau, Mamie J. Fusie,| i = |the longings of those who went to Lwelations Committee to inquire Into o+ educated in Texas and has done most |8nd four steerage from Seattle; Dr. BUTTE, Mont, Dec. 22-—Police|France in war to see it in peace. Ir)>Werican relations with the Diaz it the Bent” of his flying here. For two years|Charles E. Bunnell, K. W. Abell, Art. | Magistrate Shea announced that he|will ease, in a way, the disappoint. GOVernment of Nicaragua with” a CLEVELAND, Dec. 22, Tris|he was in charge of all flying in-)Loftus, Ted. Loftus, Richard Ander- will recommend to the state legis-|ment of those whose duty orders ‘1% Of assisting establishing a re- Speaker characterized himself as the|struction at Kelly fied. He was|$0n. Richard Boyd, Vern Reed, Don- |lature, conveniniz in January, forlkept them on this side ol il goat and declared that Leonard falsi- inally in the infantry but was|ald McDonald, Jack Elizabeth Rob- the enactment of a etatute providing | “Qur task in getting new members | e fied the charges against him. “The|(ransferred to the Air Service and|ertson, Jas. Truitt, Daniel Ross, D. whipping post for wite beaters. | the Legion, and holding the old | Indicts Sheriff testimony in Commissioner Landis'|started to study aviation while in|E. Sheriff, Nels Berg, Miss . Mad- SEESE . members, fouches every other eu-\gyp . ts office will vindicate me. f am not|the army of occupation. He is tlying|40X. and H. Heinze from Ketchikan L deavor of the Legion, because the! ! 110 FTotects mentioned in the letters Cobb and|with Lieutenant McK. Robinson,| The Northwestern departed for the P Baggy Trousers greater our numbers, the more! Bootleggers Wood wrote to Leonard. I request-|a graduate of Ohio State University | West at 6 o'clock this morning with Make N” Hit power we have for doing good. No| ed repeatedly that Leonard be|and an athlete while in college. the” following passengers from Ju- > b 3 man has the risht to be outside the! SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Deec. 22.— brought to face me. He positively Third Ranking Officer Ineau: P. E. Nelson, and R. R. Ma With Alaskans Legion it he saw service in the A Federal Grand Jury has indicted refused. It seems strange that a| Capt. Ira C. Laker, third ranking)duis for Seward; and Mrs. Grace World war. That duty was brought Sheriff Monroe, of Yolo County, for baseball ruler takes the word of alofficer of the flight takes his place |H. Silverman, for Valdez. i Do Martin_ Pin-|home to me when I returned from 'alleged violating of the Volstead act. man of Leonard's calibre to the|in the V formation just behind and . Fairbanks clothier, enroute east,!the war and saw four vacant chairs|The Sheriff has held his position for ;{fe('l 11 am [impli(-aled. M::Pn my|to the left of Major Dargue’s New Doheny Is Greeted by l!lw'lm'nrll that .\l;x;k.lms disdain «Ilm in the office where my job had been 20 years. He is charged with pro- ame does not appear in the case|York. Captain Laker, a native Texan, 0 hagey trousers which seem popular fheld for me. I realized that in order!tecting bootleggers’ interests. It is any other manner, shape or!was assigned to the “San Francisco” Committee, Los Angeles in the states to be square with myself, and in alclaimed he l‘;mvotl off bootlegging form. i partly because he has spent a great| & o R e “I imported a pair of knickers with|way partly measure up to the duty ‘nwvl'w when Federal officers pro- Speaker said: “ am innocent of deal of time in the west at Rock-| , “OS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 22—} a twopant suit for the Recorder,|those men performed, that my serv-i posed raids and also interested him- any wrongdoing anyway.” well .Field. He is an all round flier ;\“ 1;]9::‘1()::" cnin;nmitne[i“ufm::xm H:u:‘ last Spring.” said Pinska. “Only the|ice must continue in peace time {m‘.L” in stills, i N Bar e poratia dre s and busines greete . P ; fact that he is six feet two inches my country, for our disabled vete- None with Cleveland ! experience at various ports. His com.| ¥ L+ Doheny, oil magnate, at the More Shopping Days tall and weighs 210 pounds, saved |rans, for the widows and for the! Berlin music lovers were treated CLEVELAND, Dec. 22—Not one' panion, Lieutenant Muir S Fairchild | *8tion last night when he arrived . {him. We are strong however for|orphans of the great war. to a concert in Esperanto, they “uni- of the Indians who took part in the | was educated in Washington State|{O™ Washington. D. C. where he Before Christmas airplanes and automobiles and the| “That service is found in the Leg- versal language” in the form of a & [———e______| Was acquitted with Fall for con: radfo, also bobbed hair, but we like|ion, and every exservice man should recital by a baritone using Espe- (Continued on rage Two.) j (Continued on Fuge Two.) spiracy. Y W3 Y[ | [— ——gjour pants long and calves hooted.” |ho in it nto text - [tory, and 1 am confident of i " liquor into the Pacific Coast. The WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 There s | T'ON HARBOR, Mich, Dec. 22 {outcome NOWSPAPEr Says Western States. The liquor Kings are alarmed at the inquiry that has been - Federal >oe —