The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 4, 1927, Page 1

’ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE NO. 4600. VOL. xxx., “ALL THE NEWS AI’L THE TIME” PIRATES YANKS REAI 'KREMER, HOYT, SLATED TO TWIRL PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS HURLED ABOUT Washington Air Is Full of All Sorts of Rumors About G._O. P. CHAIRMAN BUTLER HOLDS CONF;RENCES’ Representative Madden As- serts Hoover Has Made One Promise \\'\\Hl\(.TU\' Oct .7\VHI\! athering of Repuh]lmn lenvl-‘ from many sections of the country, Washington found itself| in. an atmosphere sub-! rged with statements, predic-| 5, opinions and reports of| political trading on the Presiden- tial nomination next year. While William M. Butler, Chairman of the Republican Na- 1 Committee, was conferring’ with associates of the Committee| and ' canvassing party affairs,| Representative Martin B. Mad-| den, of Ilinois, brought into the; open the report that Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover| agreed to support the Boulder Canyon dam bill_ in return f Senator ~ HMiram - W.' Johhson's; [uumlw of California’s vote in! the Republican National Conven-| tion. . | Secretary Hoover declined m‘l' comment on the report, but seme friends recalled that he endorsed| the canyon measure at the last| session of Congress before Cool- idge’s announcement opened the! tepublican Presidential field. i Boy Fiend Is Sentenced to Life Imprisonment ors CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Oct. 4. —Lyle Messmer, 14-year-old jun-!| ior high school student, has been sentenced to spend the remainder! of his life at hard labor in the! State Prison for "the murder of Kathleen, Forrest, aged € years. Sentence was passed after the youth changed his plea from not guilty to guilty of first degree murder. The lad confessed “he dragged the little girl into a vacant house next to his home on the evening of September 13, attacked nnd then suflnrated her. KING ‘MIBHAEI. TOVISIT L. 8 BI!OH‘A“B‘P Oct, 4. — Marie hopes to take boy Kiag to the United States on next Wisit to show Americans what a Sovereign ‘in._the making looks like. There will undoubtediy be some opposition by the govern. ment to such a plan but it is said the popular Queen will prob- ‘ably “he * permitted to take the " King oti the visit on the theory that it will have & definite educa- & urrnal value to the young raler. "Eugluh Children Now TO \" ED AGAIN % | mote friendship and L —— Louise Fazenda, screen ho kum artiste, has announced her engagement to Harold Wallis, publicity man, of Holt lywoad. CIntetnatic=ai Nowareett JOHN DALZELL, FAMOUS MAN; PASSES AWAY Was Known as ‘“Father of House of Representa- tives” During Term LOE ANGELES Cal, Oct. 4.— John Dalzell, known as the “Fa- ther of the House of Represen- tatives,” while he served in Con- gress as Representative from Pitts- burgh, died here after a lingering 8| illness, at the heme of his son, Samuel Dalzell. Once a power in Republican, po- litics and one of a small ‘that had the H sentatives under its thumbs, John Dalzell had almost become a memory years befote his desth. The Roosevelt tide of 1912 swept him from his vantage point, and he passed at once completely out of the public eye. In the hey-dey of his mr, (Conunueu on tage Two.) | cent of the city's 63 square miles W - Expect Longer Lives {1 'LONDON, Oct. 4—The expecta- ‘tion of life for a child born .n land today is 17 years longer nvu!vrpthflllbomh 846, according to a report of Sir| )sorge Newman, chief medical of- gflfl : the Ministry of Health. eteaze O ulation, without dn- territory, the total dedtlorate ane he infant hortality of ihe atiom ve bean uvad i four teneral ¢ . e infant a rtality rate was B yer ceut dgw v in 1926 ah i@ 1925 yfar the country f'ro 40, ' lives sbove & ol ho xaf e [ WANTS RADID DEDICATED T0 | GREAT PoLIcY Coolidge Urges System Be i Beneficient Public Service to All \\'ASH]NGTE;J._ON. 4.—Preslvi dent Coolidge declared in an ad- dress today, at the opening of lh%l | International Radio and Telegraph Conference, that the radio has become a great influence in the world and needs to be raised in- |to the “realm of a beneficient Jpublic service so that it can pro- undorstand- ing, rather than ills and dissen- | sion among nations.” { The President said that like |every invention which increased the power of man, the radio mav | be used for good or evil. The President recommended to, the conference the setting aside of sectional needs, so that a | broad co-operative policy, for the| L'nml of all nations using this i method of communication, may be adopted, “The world will not be benefited | by this increase in scope of power {unless there is a corresponding increase in moral development,” the President. “Your main i S 1 said industry into the realm of a be-| | neficient pubHc service.” 1 M. T. HARTSON PASSES AWAY SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 4.— Millard T. Hartson, Collector of Customs of the Puget Sound Dis-, trict, died yesterday in a private sanitarium, outside of the city, where he has been for the past six weeks. Mr. Hartson had not been well for some months. k 5 | { | | Mr. Hartson was serving his second term as Collector of Cus- toms of the Washington State' District when he died. He had been prominent for many years,| and was Collector of Internal Revenue with headquarters at' Tacoma before displaced by the Wilson Administration. He had been prominent in Washington State Republic politics for many | years. Before his appointment as Collector of Internal Revenue a score of years ago he was a {resident of Spokane. | His health had been poor for several years. ago he suffered 4 break-down and was . compelled to take a long rest. He recovered, however, and returned to his desk in the Cus- toms House. Sometime ago he again broke down lnd went foj Cclltomh for his -health. M-hpniod in St. Louis Tornado Zone,i ST. LOUJS, Mo, Oct. 4—Rain soaked walls were a new menace to the relief and rehabilitation | workers in the tornado zome to- day. Heavy rain fell wetting fur- niture and other hpusehold goods which had not been removed from the roofiess houses. A new survey shows four and one half square miles or seven pé: were destroyed or damaged as.the result of last week's twister. Do- zens of victims were buried yes- ———ee— I Robbers Stage Regular Wild West Hold-up BUENOR AIRES, Oct. 4.— mll yesterday u!r.;. | ‘out a daring hold-up in city’s big hoapitals, policd guard, se- | About two years . MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS (COURTS GET CORRUPTION INVOLVING HOOSIER GOVERNOR| \ object will be to ralge the great | : ! with' havi Extended grand jury inquiry. into alieged poli in Indiana has led to indictment cf Gov. Ed.: Jackson (upper left) ; Mayor John Duvall of Indianapolis (center above); Robert I. Marsh, attorney (lower left) and George V. Coffin, Republican County Chairman at Indianapolis (lower right). Duvall iz charged with violating the corrupt practices act, and the other three with attempted bribery. In the latter trial former Gov. Warren T. McCray (upper right) may testify for the State. 1 ) | | . 9. Rl'nl | Umbrella, Rain, His Hat’s in | | Automobile, .| Woman Dead | PORTLAND, Oregon., Oct. 4.—An umbrella, held down | to ward off rain, caused the | death of Mrs. Pauline Stan- ley, aged 40, on a down | town street yesterday. She | walked into the side of an | automobile, said the police | | traffic report, BEN LINDSEY IS ABSOLVED 1 -OF CHARGES, Bar -Association Commilteel i lnvestmtet Report- Achons m, ade | DENVER, bol Oct. 4.—For-| & A . i mer Juvenile. Judge Ben Lindsey | . : has been absolved by the Denver Bar Association on a cRarge of destroying €ourt records, The charge was made by former Dis- trict Attorney Vancise. The special committee 'of the| Bar Assoclation that investigated| the charges found that the great majority of the documents Judg:| Lindsey d.tr:;.d §n the famous| P% O¢t. 4.—France intends bonfire, comsumed . the so-calle| '® Ber provisional debt ac- “records of shame” which he had | with: the United States and gathered during his many years Great, Britain. This was indicatel on the bench and'that they werc' today in high official quarters | not official records: h"’ 1t was added that it would e foolish for France to attempt "D negotiate new and better terms \for a ‘permanent ipl‘dulu of pay- } mBlllly Be Resumed by France . hytzoairplan: “for the sched- fted, Stat:: %, took (I w Oct. 4. —The( funy ly - | | | Ku Klux Klan and an acknowledg- ed power in politics. ‘Three grand juries carried on CASES INDIANAPOLig, 4.—Alter 13 months of investigation, In- diana’s drama of alleged politica: corruption has reached th2 court- room. Mayor John L. Duvall, of In- dlanapolis, first of four prominent Hoosier politiclans, to be, indig!- ed, has gone to trial charged with | violation of the.corrupt pxnclk‘es act of Indiana. After him will come Goyerngr ackson, Robert 'I. Marsh, former law partner, anl Jct. A o . b Duvall I8 : charged = specifically liam Ar , during the 1925 campaign when Duvall was a suc- cessful candidate for mayor, a $14,600 pgyment on condition that certain officials if Duvall won. Armitage has testified that he got $12,000 of the amount back because Duvall declined to permit him to name the men he desired to appoint. Governor Jackson, Marsh' and Coffin all are charged with con- spiracy to commit a felony and! with attemipted bribery, in con- nection with allegations that they offered $10,000 to Warren T. Me- Gray,. Jackson's predecessor s governor, if he would appoint their | designee to the office of prosecut- ing ‘attornéy of Marion county to fill an existing vacancy. More than a year ago Thomas H. Adams, crusading Vincennes editor, stirred the state with a broadside of charges linking men high in. Hoosler public life with allegations ‘of malfeasance, The charges could be substantiated, he d. by D. C. Stephenson, then and now serving a life term .n ‘prison {n connection with the death of an Indianapolis girl. Step- henson, prior. to his conviction, was grand dragon of the Indiana investigations, and the last re. turned the indictments now, pend- |ing, after Stephenson had come from his prison cell to testity before it. accepted from Wil-| | Games of World Series to Be Megaphoned | During tha World Series, | The Empire will receive the | games play by play. Dis- | played in the windows of | The Empire will be the score board and the game will be | megaphoned to all fans in | front of the cffice on Main | | Street EARL SMITH 1S T0 CATCH FOR PIRATES |Aggressive _Pl;;er Will Do Greater Part of Work Behind the Bat PITTSBURGH, Oct. 4.—With {Deppery, aggressive Earl Smith slated to do the bulk of the wark behind the bat, the Pirates are rexpected. by most critics to have ian edge over the Yankees In the ; World Series’ catching. Smith not only has a better defensive record than either of the Yankee regulars, Collins and ,Grabowski, but he is regarded .88 & more d-nnron- threat II v the bat. Smith always has been talka- Jtive and aggressive. Players credit the Pirate back- stop with getting the goats of ‘Bucky” * Harris and Goslin in the 19256 World Series which the Pirates won from the al corruption| Armitage be permitted to ndmo(Benators. PIRATE BASE RUNNERS MAY WORRY YANKS PITTSBURGH, Oct. 4. — The |speed of the Pirates on the base paths promises to give the Yankee inflelders something to worry about. Floyd Waner is the fastest man in the National League and he belts out infleld raps consist- ently forcing hurried throws but making the sacks. George Grantham s another flash, Several times he has dup- licated Ty Cobb’s stunt of scor- ing from first on a single. Levine Takes Air on Flight From Rome ROME, Oct. 4.—Charles A. Le- vine and his pilot, Capt. Hinch- cliffe, with Prince Louis Ferdi nand, has hopped off for Ravenna Jackson has been an office hold-|in his monoplane Columbia. Le- er in Indiana for many years. He|vine planned to drop a watch, was prosecutor in his home coun-|attached to a parachute, while ty for two terms, then judge,|flying over Villa Carpna, Premier then secretary of state in' Indiana | Mussolini’s country home, for the for two terms. During the world|Premier's little son Romana, who | was born last week. (Continued on Page Two.) Levite had s hslf bour cou- ference with the Premier, aviation being the subject discussed. Needed, St. Louis Work WORLD SERIES GAMES START OFF TOMORROW Right Handed Pitchinz Aces Are Scheduled to Oppose Each Other FORBES FIELD IS ALREADY SOLD OUT Thousands of Ticket Ord- ers Have Been Turned Down for Games PITTSBURGH, Oct. 4— Forbes Field could have becn sold out three or four fl.m, the Pirate . officials ac or ticket allof hn):ll‘::-lul turned down after the limit was reached. It the rejection of nearly 800,000 admissions, it is said. PITTSBURGH, Peny., O¢t. 4.-— It -there | thing in weather omens, it the Pirates may have the edge or the Yankees - the World Series starting to- g, sanired the 1028 meer” in mud and mist and last night and early today it locked as if a steady rain would change the battle ground into a quagmir: and favorable signs were turned . towards the Corsairs. The pros pect, however, for the open'nz day to be brighter wa: forecaste ' late today by the W.Ql" Bureau. Yanks on Scene The walloping Yankees htc reached ' the scene of comfi.ci, bubbling over with gnod spirifs The opening game seems as- sured to be a struggle betwe-n two right handed pitching aces of the contending clubs, Ray Kremer for the Pirates, anl Waite Hoyt for the Yankeas. Donie Bush, the scrappy little Pirate chief committed himse!? definitely regarding Kremer I» the opening game with Vie Al: ridge slated !.o start Iha secon i game 9 Huggins declined to commi himself beyond saying the fipsi game would probably see either Hoyt or Wiley Moore on thc mound. HERB PENNOCK- INJURED TODAY PITTSBURGH, Oct. 4.—Herd Pennock, star Yankee soun 3 who has never lost a or'd Series game, this afternoom suf- fered a ruptured blood vessel In the left leg when Cedric Durat, substitute outflelder, hit a lin: drive striking Pennock ju:t above the knee in practice. It i3 not known whether this will keep Pennock out of the serics. ————— — Returning from &, two wooki business trip to Seattle, H. T Tripp was an arrival on the Al aska. .l‘l'. LOUIS, Oct, 4.—The need One P aris Court Day for. & .greater reliet fund than asked by the Red Cross at fimt, is seen by relief work- ers in the tornado zone. Bert ,- Chairman of the Rellef ttee, declared that the| PARIS, Oct. 4.—Americans seek- s llm. begun and ahead is|ing divorces in French courts are program whiczh | becoming more and more numer- wfll take weeks to complete.” ous despite the discouraging at- titude of judges who of recent months have been adhering more City of Kalgan Is jand more rigidly to the exact let- Captured by Shamsi| " °f ™ ¥ :»lolen-“’ apparently bona fide 4.—The i t |8 tions sre now before the Mm the .:..:.m tribunal of the Seime that the center north of Peking, |Presiding has been compell- mmm-dwmmn“wm ome day s week /troéps from the Norta- mfi“ .o American applica- For American Dworm | quiet, painless and questionles: 1 nl separations found their appi. cations refused because they not complled strictly with requirement that - they bona fide residemces In Since then, investigation has o) ed, the undiscouraged seekers have in u‘