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o THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THi TIVS ——— e ————— e — i, e s VOL. XXIX., NO. 4410, : [& ~ JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 22, 1927. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRT'SS PRICE TEN CENTS AVIATOR FLIES ACROSS ATLANTTC SENAT(]R THINI(S | GEORGLE WASHINGTON GUMMANDER []F REED MAY NOT \TALIAN FORGE BE LEGAL JUDGE MAKES FLIGHT King Resolution Directs Judi- {Francesco de Pinedo Lands ciary Committee to Investi- | | in l:VSra/vl,vl 2 Hours from | gate Reed's Legal Status. | Cape Verde Islands. i ; ITALY NOT IN FAVOR OF PLAN FOR CONFERENCE Rejects Washmglon Proposal | and Five Power Agree- ment I~ ]m|)owl)|e. | | PERNAMBUCA, Brazil, Feb. 2 Commander Francesco de Pinedo, &l‘hlwl ol Staff of the Italian Air Force, arrived at Port Natal, Brazil at 1 oclock this afternoon. He rto Praya. Cape Verde Islands ASHINGTON, Feh. 22.—Italy's| Senator William H. King of Utaa i [ believes the douht as to whether | or not Judge Thomas M. Reed may | legally act as Judge, of the First) Division of Alaska. In a Senate| resolution he recites the history 1‘ | rejection of the disarmament confer Cooli I (pparently definitely ended hepe the Washington A Imin \dmin | | ence plan, proposed by President | \ stration may have regarding reach- ing an ultimate ,agreement among (110 o'clock this morning five Power Whether there still re sibility of formulating a three I'ow- er understanding to limit auxiliary a1, between Great Britain, Ja 1 and the United States, in what onal agreement Judge Reed's incumbency, his re | ns a pos- mself, the| 1 of the Senate Judiciary Com- nomination to succeed b refn BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 22 Dis- patehes 1o the L'Ancion said de Pi. nedo landed on the Island of Fern jando Noronha, 300 miles off Brail, e to recommend his confirma tion, the withdrawal by the I dent of his name together with si- then completed the flight to the those of others similariy situated mainland the nomination by the President of TN 5T persons to succeed the others whose Aty Mrs. Nancy Hoyt Wynne, writer umes were withdrawn and the fail-| _'Hw Italian Government holds that| o4 eolorful h:furo 0 Vo e o e Presidaat to name foyv| “limiting one type of armament| j,gy gocjely, took UP resi- lone to succeed Judge Reed, ‘\v‘\_‘l,‘,]‘{(‘iy,l‘l,\,i",r_7i:iv;-]”:T‘..m,].l:,l,..",i"M' " dence .\p.ermm her husband, ihen asks that the Senate Judiciary . i i b e B Gerald Wynn Wynne, whom Committee take cognizande of the alobhar it > she married last Summer in | situation and report upon whether London, or ot it believes Judge Reed is | (International Newsreel) 1 Iy holding office. i & S - | The resolution, in full, follows: (nominated in 1921 by the President BE RE ELEGTED' Liquor Control to be United States District Judge, | I 5 s : | [Fivst District of Alaska, and was Is Profitable | |therearter confirmed and entered ! For Manitoba | lupon the duties of his office; and | HGUSE SP the duties of his office; and | WINNIPEG, Feb. 22-—Gov- | | “Whereas his term of office ex and on De- might bhe called a ri appears to depend upon the British De Pinedo plans on visiting Nortin riea on his present flight The flight aeross the Atlantic to the Cape Verde Islands and from [the latter 1o Brazil was made with out any hoats being staitoned along the course POTTERY CASE IS DECIDED IN - FAVOR OF GOV, bl"nunc Mou1l Hands Down i ernment liquor control proved | |{pired August 16, | the President nor i profitable to Mantoba, Judge | |cember 21, 192 i Roosevelts's SOH -in-Law Will 11 A" Robson told the Royal | inated for the position of Dis- | Dp qson in Case Under ¥ : 5 Customs Commission [ tviet g First District of Alaska i Regrit T o Pr,ESlde‘ Over Rep\esenla | Province would have | jand his nominatior upon the | Anti-Trust Laws. tives in Next Congress. had a deficit every year for the | |same day referred to the Committe o o e last three years if it had not [on the Judiciary; and WASHINGTON, Feb, The Gov- y in the Su WASHINGTON, Feb. 22—A Rep-| been for the liguor business,” | “Whereas a subcommittee of the jorament Sonrste s bt Wblinas daiious tedky selevted Bpeak-| | said Robson [Committee on the Judiciary was ap W.BE.ForpLS (i SR g el ot Nioholes Losewosth as the. patty [pointed on said day to consider the - Iicenton Potteries and other pot- LIRS s Baebed limapit G ——————i nomination of said Thomas M. Reed b companies: under itiie SIeTLINE janti-trust law according to a de- e observed today, wus | well as the nominations of other The above fine portrait of George Washington, whose birthday is Speaker of the House of Represen cision returned tatives in the next Congress {persons named by the President at drawn by International News Service Artist W. B. Forbe Juncau is quic observing the holi | 3 5 T i i t I s dn .o w : b T ule ob reason” as applied D6 Repillicans will have & claai the same time to fill positions in day today, all husiness houses being elosed and all City. Territorial and Federal offi here was by the Hipiehie. GOt meiRstRtL L e for by I 6hE aet BT ouRe, HinE ’r\!‘q\, and a gloric ning and the duy promised to he a perfect one with two stewmers due in port to lake od o Tar (PO ing the renomination of Speaker Whereas said subcommittee upon night from the south with mail. Tonight both theatres are giving special holiday programs, there Pieudd: ‘Darore sInat. GALBIRL e AT Slsaite 11 he s U @ of si g i B ' | 1 = 4 e Longworth virtually an election WITH | full hearings upon each of said nom ! is card party at Pari Hall and the American Legion will give a dance in A, B. Hall by the government in appealing the veaker Longworth, who is a son mn ons unanimously reported tof e — - — — ——n e = e [ ) Prenton Potteries case in-law of the late President Roose Committee on the Judiciary on | velt, is serving his fi i jeighty per cent of the entire trade erick H. Gillett when the latter be Reed or the other persons nam HAE Communist Propaganda and s Lof Having agreod ugou flxad wAltor rices. In the federal district court : o A A R d Whereas the said committ ‘l‘; : - : ctivities Are Resente 1.n.|».m./m the chairman of the com-| PARDS, Feb. 22 “Bootleg Black es. I t ral cou B N | mail” i new industry of crime yin New York City twenty individuals by Mlmstms. [mittee to advise the President of the ) i s A e {and twenty-three corporations were | tetion of the subcommittee and also | iy s 4 e b FIL'B“STER LONDON lwh 22 Reports cur-ithe full committee; and : _x'm.m an v]ul munnnlrml‘ .I> l.» 'i;::\"\l‘ .h ‘”uu lm ::'Il h ‘L":II‘! o \«'I:!W 7 o A i i said, frequently are shadowed by osed 08 stance ed circles < Whereas upon being so advised A 3 ¢ s & jrent in well informed circles indi [ B St anlior Wb follows KIE mir leiren’t court of uppeals reversed (he cate that the I Government is|the President withdrew the names|\Extradition Requested for [}, decision, and the government took gets a good picture of the WASTI (:TU Feb. 2.—A fili- considering of a mnote of'of said persons, including the name oric 2 d, pre- the caze to the Supremc Court buster was blocked in the Senate protest to Soviet Russin against|of said Thomas M. Reed, und there-{ Partner Who Is Alleged ‘T':.‘,l'_[‘\f”:“ ';',If,:::f“‘,'(,h',“:"'fim;:':I\\]',,l“, | The cover contended that late yesterday on action on the Communist propi da and activi-[after transmitted to the Senate the| 4 L rdeAah. Tilolv b6 aet irtor A6 IConstitutional Amendment Is the contro sented issues of House bill authorizing the Veterans’ ties in Great B names of other persons than those| n f‘rume-Up S Gh R ant [vitat importance in the enforcement Bureau to make loans to vetorans! Lord Birkenhead, Chancellor of jadver reported against, except | * Slo plin B Dolnt are btaned Pl()po.s(‘d |)y Rt'],u[)hcan Yof the anti-trust laws, while the on adjusted vice certificates, The the heguer Churchill and other|Thomas M. Reed. to fill the positions| — T & A S Ta B b e o i gt of New York [poticries companies urged the court filibuster was not aimed at the bill ultra-Conservative Ministers, ever|theretofore held by such persons) SHATTI Feb, 22— Prosecuting | 1% home town and usually i (hinks = i to disiiss the appeail as presenting but at two riders. Senator Hiram since the Chinese situation became|whose names had been withdrawn | unsuhstantial -questfons, needing 1o ingham, Republican of Connecti- critical, are understood to have been [other than Thomas M. Reed; and | WASHINGTON, Feb. 22— Repre-|further argument cut, and Senato David A. Reed, Re- urging the Government to break off| “Wher no person has been 4 sentative Benjamin L. Fairchild, Re-! The goverument emphasized the pubican of Pennsylvania, led the relations with Russia nominated by the President to fil][tradition for Albert Barlow, aged \publicdn of New ¥ork, Wda proposed upplication ot the »ruls af Teaea filibusters. | Premier Baldwin and Foreign Sec-|the position of United States Dis-|?!: miner held at Ketchikan, Al- !,, constitutional amendment limiting by the circnit court as the out- e T T Ivetary Churchill are opposed to such|trict Judge for the First District of [#ska. since February 10, on Seattle to 10 years service any man as standinz question, asserting that it Veteran Section Man on 'a step being taken Alaska, although the term of said]@ssauit charges {President of the United States. The was pring TR o P Thomas M. Reed as Judge expired| qpe State claims Barlow and R lamendment would make ineligible that the tr Muk& Rulroad Killed SNOW FALL REPORT August 16, 1925, and notwithstand- |y jewett, his mining partner, cam [for the Presidency, any person who' versed. It asserted that the cireuit | ) Iy served two t wheth-'court had committed o when it The following amounts of Snow |ing the expiration of his term of iy, \M“,,, from Alaska last Decem ,,,.H 9 . 5 id office and ¢ on AR e % i B (Contlnned on Plxe Five. on the ground at several Al-[office he hasx continued and still rick McManninan, aged 60 years, askan statoins Monday evening, Feb-)continues to hold large sum of is alleged Litacnas . Colvin has asked|it Worth while to pay a good price Gov. R. H. Hartley to request ex- tly upon that ground I court had heen re- veteran section foreman on the Al-{ruary 21: Cordova 9 inches, Dutch|agsume the duties appertaining and hired two thugs, Rex Allen and s o e aska Railroad, was killed yesterd: 'Hdllmx 12 inches, Fairbanks 16 |thereto; Now, therefore, bhe it ok winvion. 1 m]'] ,|..;\..‘|. —_ | ) T when he struck by a snowplow {inches, Nome 18 inches, St. Paul Is- “Resolved, That the Committee on |’ CHICAGO, Feb Richard E ,BE TTFR AIVD SH( R ER at Potter while working in a deep lland 3 inches. Tanana 15 inches T e v T TR d cut. Juneau 1 inch Eight) Allen and Kinsley were arrested |y commander of the two man | & . . SeE Ing the hotel room where they hadiy,yp pole, announced here today L | beaten Jewett and robbed him of| g 10 witl attempt to fly across | v CONGRESS WIPES OUT Famished Tige | {5200 ey encered a piew of muity| e’ oo e Antaetie don | CAUSE BRIDGE BOOM ' and are now awaiting sentence. Thelj \ho gymmer of 1928 The flight | BOOTLEGGERS’ EDEN| jr Devowrins pair “mpticad Barlow, savins | L, i o e e barver — | Peasants | visited them in jail and promised|,iound the pole. He has been work-! SAN FRANCISCO i oo 08 San’ Brincineo +tir Darmisslon e e - | Jto follow Jewett to Ketchlkan:-and|ing out plans since last M The |mand for better and shorter Righ-|build toll bridges or combination 5 |+ TASHKEN Turkes- | |&et him to drop the charges supply bases established for taking ways, ativibutable to the automobile, [bridge and subways between this WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. — State rcers had nothing to do with main-{ ¢\n gep. 22 | ¥ e off and alighting will be prepared {has given an impetus to bridge build. city and the Oakland side. Kstimates hed tigers, | boundary questions and land title | taining order there. Federal nmhmui driven from their mountains and trial flights will be made during | ing, in the West as elsewhere, that range: up to $75.000,000, but choice troubles are fairly general, but they |ities had no practicable means of | laire by snow and lack of tood, | |Medal of Honor the next 18 month is rapidly overcoming natural bar-|of a site hinges upon getting per- seldom provide a “No Man's Land” |policing it, since it was no longer! | are gpreading a panic among | |For Ellsiorth An American built Fokker plane|rers to direct. travel, | mission from the war department where bootleggers and moonshiners | within the District of Columbia. | people of the Kisil Orado dis- e will be usediand private individuals $ ; |for a crossing north of Hunter's are practically free from molestation. | All because, when the United| | yyier which they invaded. One |18 Approved willl fioanoa the fHght The experience of stagecoach davs | poing | States returned to Virginia the 35} yiovecq entered a farmhouse and | o Commander Byrd said: “All scien-| {8 in a measure heing ted on{" New bridges on the Pacitic coast That is a situation, however, which | gquare miles or so originally ac- Congress has just attenmipted to cor- |quired from that state to form the an enlarged scale, with lt‘r(elu-n}”“‘lull',» devoured two peasants. Hun- WASHINGTON, Feb. 22-—The Sen-|ces will be called upon to aid. The " ‘ : ; s i g ate C ve has approved of a[giignt be for the purpose of as. |10 financing, in that private capital, | carquinez straits toll bridge dreds killed the animal but | |ate Commiti ; B ight will be for the purpose of a ; € | larquinez straits to ridge at rect by ‘“‘"“'(’I"‘"R to Virginia 40 | pigtrict of Columbia, it fixed the| | oouo” cior . great struggle in | |Fesolution to award Lincoln Eilsworth | ning wind, climate, geology and tracted by possible profits rom | grocke , Cal, costing $7,000.000, ;m:s near Alexandria known as pigh water mark of the Uotomac as | which the whole village par- | [@ medal of honov i recognition of|for air navigation. This means that|"tolls” fis uot flinching from sub-|jengih approximately 1 mile, clear- attery Cove. |its boundary, and Battery Cove was o o o | ticipated | “conspicuous courage, sagacity and|a score of scientists will spend six Stantial bridge investment: ance 135 feet, extreme heighth n 8 was done, the tract was | “made land,” with the bed of the 5 | | perseverance” in the Polar flight |months in the Polar night preceding | Sixteen applications have been fil-|f federal property. Virginia peace offi- | Potomac as its base. Y aboard the Norge. the flight.” fed with the board of supervisors | i‘inued on Page F' g