The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 2, 1927, Page 1

THE DAILY VOL. XXIX., NO. 4393, REORGANIZATION “ALL THE JUNEAU, NEW'S ALL THE TIME” ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1927 BRITISH GENERAL 4 — fa 3 COMMANDER OF BRITISH FORCES OFF FOR CHINA Major General Duncan Is En-| East on Warship. route to l"m British LONDON, Feb. 2.—Bound for China, with Majer General John Duncan who is to command the land forces in the Far East, the arshin Negantic has departed from Matla after embarking two battalicn with auxiliary medical for and nurses. Uther transports are steam- ing for China which is taken to indicate the British Govern- ment will carry through the or- iginal plans to assemble a gi- gantic armada in the disturbed area to protect foreign resi- dents, AIR EQUIPMENT SENT PORTSMOUTH, England, Feb 2.—The British aircraft carrier b sailed for China with rplanes and a fuli complement of naval air personnel. HANKOW, Jeb. alists’ Minister of fairs Chen, today announced the Nationalist Gevernment will sign an agreement for a new Lrenty with Great Britain a5 s00n the British for are wnhdhv\n from Shanghai. The Minister asserted his signa- ture to the document while ticeps remain at Shanghai would be tantamount to signing under duress. > TUNNEY TO TALK T0 LEGISLATORS - PIA, Wash heavywei, 2.-—Na Foreign Af- Gen, Tunney champion tl fre b ing talk ht wor ) is in Seattle, will fly m Seattle (o this city and appear Legislature hill 11y 10 ro fore the Stat concern und boxin i then performance v Negro Assaulter Taken By Mok and Strung Up WILLIS Payne, er, negro from two officers by hite 1 was taken an unma of nigiht and ha Payne had been arre with the assault.with inten of Jack Roger mill wor er. Rogers throat cut. He wi recover. Rogers was also robbed $60. Fearing violence the ofii were transferring Payne to Hunt ville when the mot rounded them and took Payne away. - > - Eight Million Pianos In U S. Out of Tune DALLA>, ‘exas Deutschmann, of Chicago, Pre: of the National Association of Tune said £,000,000 of the 10,060, 000 pianos in the United States are out of tune and they are merely “thump boxes.” He artist wear out pianos quicker cal exponents because they play viciously and have less range. el - ul to a roa sted de charg to mur, der white was Feb. 2.0 dent more Authorizes Wrangell To Issue $50 000 Bonds WASHINGTON, Feb, 2 has passed and sent to ident Coolidge the bill authorizing the City of Wrangell to issue school to the amount of $50.000 The )lmm bonids CLAIMS BILL PASSED WASHINGTON. Feb. 2.~ The House has passed the Senat resolution authorizing the President to pay sur- geons for claims against the Alaska Railroad, winill work- | | family Piano | than classi- | .| dence i PRINCESS HELENE 1tor Jame CONFESSION OF . CONVICTED MAN NOW CONFIRMED Texas Murderer, Guilty Killing Nine, Also Slew Four Others. of Hasgell, rece f killing his ildren, in which f a Whittier beet Iy wifl tep murder o ha g of hur admitted the 10 years firmed by the findi buried in the cellar of formerly occupied The victims are Mrs. Marie Vogel children who d terious cireums Officers were guided a chart Hassell H 11 declared clubbed the woman, living killed the sleeping iren, following an argument ‘\\).i‘ln: he should enlist in the the World War, the were 1 bone he the house e adopted believed to and three appeared under mys- in 1917 in the I« seurcn prepared with who he chil- then as army duri When | they {adult }(n’ A i keletons found and th had were dug up thoze of an The skulls to bit drawn mute The vy to be children crushed tightly each i and gave lati in heen rope fo necks evi- boy's cloti mothered abont the of strar m. skull Wre a he in he i.um strangled was pped ating had -+ 'Tax Reduction Vote Up Before Saturday | WASHINGTON, Feb, 2.-The Se | vate ha agreed, to on record | before turday concerning the Dem- ;m'rflli(‘ tax reducfion proposal. i >oo {Interest on French War Debt Received WASHINCTON, Feb, 2--The semi annual $10,000,000 interest payment on the French war debt h been received, 2o MRS FANNY F MEANY ouri, Real Inves the leadership Frank 1 bheen red Party Is tigated by Grand Jury TLA ( IPeb The ha a party Club NTA, ( started giver B <ehi by neg ved imaxed a which a neipal characte >oe MURDERS BIRL; FANATIC DOES Fi TOLEDO n, P she belief: A natic, t Wash t on the Si The he tbandoned fided 1o« on," becan to 'his b Hill church. ton home persuade About 10 frien h “The Sav not follov he told girl. refused ENDISH A(}T; b. 2 Jecan-e him in hi lexander Hill, religious led to death Minnie 17-year-old gini le1z reservation to follow Indian | s discovered in an after Hill had con friend: “I've sent the girl o refused to subscribe | . conducting gospel Siletz reser at the Washing the morning to| 80 with appeared wd announced he He w him of kil carly in Min 10 o'clock he at wa sald all who would would suffer. Then the Wa —_—— e SKAGWAY MAN FOUND DEAD (8pec SKAGW Thornton cabin last for eigh Thornton Skagwiy Several y from beine M to Empire.) Alaska, Feb. 2.—Joe found dead in hi He had been dead hours, it is said. familiar figure of and was a longshoreman. irs g0 he lost both hands frozen AY was or ten was i ation | I|ln. | hington | MEMBER OF TURNS-SENATE DOWN ON NEW CRUISER PLAN House Refuses to Accept nate Anl ‘n(}l“('“l fUl' New Scout Cruisers. NGTON, the Houg Senate Feb. 2 Without refased to today amendment to the ppropriatign bill wrtin con truction bBili wa House al Senate cus omery Rerday >| in face of Jaccept naval providing | three | | for on seqt to confer | refused to aceept | unendments nee all othe dure passed the the wiser n :‘;.[x n LEQUUR HEASURE HALTEG BY COM. R(‘ )’('l}i.‘?h)l]’ ol Nl(‘(“( dl. | 5 | Liquor and New Corpoi- ation Hits Snag. W HINGTON. Feb Hm Way Means [ today ted tre Treasury for rep e proposal | th nighing gug luding the « rnment eorp ture and provision to commities tion of to laquor liquor Gov on manu [ contral with the hat the liguor counld| individual felt th hition ¢ 5 private { h provision N ure prohi nb-committee was ap { mer A yinted to make inquiries and draft pr W eliminatin nabl -+ SMALL REWARD FOR BIG SUM J., Feb. 2 fifty-cent §1,200 which Mrs. Bertha Ger and alone i Loiew Do Gbje Tang aecompi Parado is twe ment. ty-five han of m than | rew fioa: Maseier W ithous Veil Service: Hat Cause of it All refused 1o aceept the| | wings in eturn of With the fered 10 cent sight, she 50 conts and they the! disgust | found VIENNA mt of day tation Pre Lordes a wailress in the e mone Meanwhile ! maste i The the ne Mrs. Gerhorn w for the in tonch with hecking Mrs. Gerhorn's learned that a bag tound in been an home at Livingst she was 1‘|“||r;v| 1 for her care and atiention y land then to News ) Well Captain | police headquarters, “suppose the money over to you now, oing reward this honest \mmk lady promised in the paper? | “well! she said, “if T give 10 cents |1 am giving a re d as | promised.” Pinally she increased the reward, 50 cents, Sebold urging that the | {finder was entitled to more than that. | sooner than give a 1 ard you | | L police said {keep it all!” was her reply as she | el [ oft |captured t oft reward return of her! employ Hi and avings and go police fellow offense called strike wag mattres of was her she had » Orange Cit vear inmate | . | B BANK ROBRER ARRESTED AND € hnltl. we are \vm' to to TACOMA, Wash,, Thoma Feh participating in robbing the |y ille, W |Ogden Milis ‘Confirmed T $100 To Treasury Position ! temptea o rent : er linstead of u ® ] one The Se-|driving th nomination A gara of Representative Ogden L. Mlll:.‘l’rmn newspag of Nev rk, to be under Secre-|telephoned the pol tary of Treasury, succeeding rrency 1 Garrard W nwmn, retired. bank of 0,000 arou he wtomohil P e he w | WASHINGTON, | nate has confirmed Feb. 2 entitied ription Twn thou the ser notes doilars in ¢ hearing iial numbers ot jwere found in Hi 200 Patients Rmued | Jardy's ool e From Burning Hospital| ;o,bery e stolen Thomas I tner in the x-con B seion | robbery was a gunman and e vict from the Montana State Peniten Feb. 2—Two | tiar were rescued last| Conway night from the old hospital at the|ing the University of Michigan when fire| Qakville partailly desiroyed the building. The|pia Dai is reporied to bave been of in-!gilver, erndiary l«llrilh-s we ANN ARBOR. Mich hundred patients ke jaliad herk dtier. tek o ) Dispatches from Recorder said in 00 in warrants and s found in the cache. cache near the Oiyn $500 origin HAS CONFESSED vandeville comedienne and Allan Parado. lier , are shown posed considered to give piclorial confirmation of their enua and his fianeee somewhat older, in a picture that might he WHIP WIELDER KILLED BY HIS WIFE, DAUGHTER Febh AND, Olilo, last daughter night izaheth Anna, aged afraid wife he husband and her The oldest child had Anna drink of refused he bed Fearing her he and been got water forced up last which tor tumbled hushand ind o get she her slew a zabeth they > OIL TANKER IN PORT mker Bl Segundo arvived last ht with 1 for Alaska Junean Dock inker at the Standard Oil this afterno discharging 0il port Cargo fust @ The 1 ol the on ASSOCIATED PRESS ! ner her. | PRICE TEN CENTS D —————— ] BILL IS PASSED ALASKA BUREAU REORGANIZATION LAW IS PASSED Measure Requested by Gov. Parks Passed Today by l'l()uh\f, H(‘Comes La“’. W e [ iTON, D. C., Feb, House of Representatives cd the Alaska Departmental nization biti witich passoed the the first term of the of Cong It au Interior, 10 ctaries of I Commerc having aje coms presentatives the Al rvizion of activities of n aska This measure was Gov. Geo introduced at the A. Parks, major re request of out « the by him in his report in 1925. He re that recommendation in his nual re Consolidate Activities Gove beliel measure of consolidation and aperation could be brought about snch law which embraces departments most concern- ed with the administration of public resources in the Torritory. T ob- ject of the measure is to elin duplication authority and work, possible the primary admini- tration af. public resources on. the ground by giving administrative pow- to resident official nd to make administration possible with the sible inter-departmental fric= i carric mendattiions m annual port It wa that Ul the mor's through the three | make such least tion I'he and wa by nat hy Repre noof the measiure Admini wits an the the House both chair Territories ponsoréd Willis and itive Curry, in in ents n Commitiee on in their respective house Provisicns of Bill The hill a wlly introduced provided for designation, by each of the affected, of ona of its employes ex-officio Com- Alaska who shall main Juneau; for sioners the departments mi an office in del Commis gen- or all matters in » jurisdiction of suci uch of Alaska u i dep:; 1y bureau or agency extent, in the man ¢ to such supervision the retary may for sueh de who with which may be ot Interios, Agriculture or Comime from personnel of his departinents™; for transter of official | and docu- held three Washington Alaska tments o1 the md subjec and control and the employes by th Alaski deem g expedience control of of the Act nd placing Comnis \ents affected are stationed in foree Secretary wditionad any detailed by e the fi scords ments now in the depart- ments in to and (Continned on Page Eight.) - Waits Long Time For Attack and Then Gets It WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 send regular American represents the Irish State and to Canada have prog that the Department’s is now Plans o diplomatic so far State Budget Bureau overtures ippropriation were - mderstood woth commonwealths cone a '.;umm\ BYRD I’LANE TO ST. (ND IN NEW FORD MU DIETROIT, Feb, 2 Fordson, where he Henry Ford of industrial On a site in was will ex s ago mild a4 museum hibit It will Const i occupy will to fall showing will a forty begin finishing acre this the arca spring with a view struc by late exhibit iure An the transportation the museum, and th plane which Commander progress assembled this group “Josephine Richard he in of in Wil Ford,” i the north pole over the locomotive to one-horse to travel and the shay, the from De- other vehicles panorama of carts troit Chicago, will constitute transportation Many other lines of industry will exemplified in the museum. An cient and modern methods of brick making —an industry for which Ford- son formerly was widely known-—- will be displayed, as will a collection of sawmills, be