The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 10, 1927, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXX,. NO. 4605. SINCLAIR LOSE “ALL THE NEWS ~ JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, S TEAPOT DOME ALL'THE TIME” 1927. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS Appropriatons by Congress Are to Be Held Down BEAUTY, TO WED AIR RACE VICTOR [FOUR KILLED “PORK BARREL” MAY BE EMPTY NEXTCONGRESS Federal Projects Are to Be Closely Scanned Be- fore Approved PRESIDENT COOLIDGE TO ENFORCE ECONOMY White House to Seek Re-| duction National Debt and Also Taxation WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.—The “Pork Barrel,” popular echarac- terization of the Federal appro- priations for projects sponsored at each session of Congress by Congressmen, may be doomed to be empty at the next session. This is indicated by views em-| anating from the White House! which represnted President Cool- idge as seeking both a reduction in the National Public. Debt and taxes and also strict adherence of Congress to economy in Govern-! ment administration. | President Coolidge, while feel-| ing the Mississippi River flood problem and other related pro-! jects must be given a place in} the Government Budget, is under- stood to donsider that Executive appreval should.be given only to such projects as are most urgent - ts. 3 o Proposals 1‘ g’“eg‘ dre ex- pected to be submitted to ‘scrut- iny of a close and careful kind, before White House approval is granted. A program of a $400,000,000 tax reduction has been formulat- ed by the United States Chamber of Commerce and is being dis- tributed to 1,500 members of the organization for a referendum; vote to determine its policy dur- ing Congressional deliberations on revenue legislation The program calls for the re- peal of the Federal estate tax, war excise lévies and reduction of corporate income taxes. Government officials hava plac- ed a reduction estimate of ap- proximately $306,000,000. B i T FLIGHT TO U.S.1S OFF LEBOURGET FIELD, France, " i —_ Miss Margaret Carey of Pen- sacola, Fla.,, reigning beauty of Florida and queen of Pensacola Mardi Gras, will soon become bride of Lieut. William K. Davis %ggtfih erof the Dole air, gcc the Pg"?xfic. (latern: ustrated News) " IN GUN FIGHT; 2 MRE DYING ‘Kenlucky Town Is Scene | of General Shooting Af- { fray Last Night PRESTONBURG, Ky., Oct. —Four men are dead and 10. two result gt [night 9 W. L. Osborn, Police Chief; | Mertin Osborn, his son; Joe and Tom Mullins, brothers, are dead. Felix Flannery, who killed Os- | born, is in the hospital, paralyzed by a shot through the chest and spine. Wes Hall, said to one of the Mullins brothers, not expected to survive. a wound in the chest. ‘The elder Osborn is survived by a widow and 12 children, | Flannery became angered be- cause Osborn shot and wounded his uncle, Si Bradley, when at- tempting to arrest him a week ago. Flannery opened fire on the two Osborns on sight, killing {the Chief of Police outright and {fatally wounding his son. Mart'n, Joe Mullins, who was also shot in the gun play, raised up on his elbow, and shot Flannery, then collapsed and died. Later, Wes HAll staggered intp the home of a relative and sald he had shot ‘and killed Tom Mul- TS - And: T goless” A am - done for.”. of two gun fights last 1s ‘ K ESCORTTD | LUNDBERGH FALLS DOWN NEW ORLEANS, La., ieutenant Commander Ralph Davison, acting as escort to Charles A. Lindbergh in the lat- ter’s flight from Pensacola to New Orleans, escaped unhurt to- day when he made a forced land- ing in the Mississippi Rivor. Licdbergh, after arriving herc, took off again to hunt for his escort but in the meatnime, Davi- sou was saved. New Style of Bobs to Bring Oct. 10. —L Oét. 10, — Prevented by bad]|| i 3 weather ' from attempting the Ol” 'nd"nduahty Paris to New York flight this late in the seasom, Dieundonne| VIENNA, Oct. 10.—Individuality | Costes and Lieut. Le Brix have turned the plane, named Nun- gesser 4nd Coli, south with Buenos Aites as the ultimate des- tination. They took off at'9:45 o'clock this morning for Senegal on the first hop to cross the South | Atlantie to Natal on the Brazillan Coast, They will then proceed to the Argentine Capital, then go to Rio de Janerio. After the start of the plane this morning they signalled all was going well e OLD GAME REVI i LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 10.—Uni. versity of Nebraska students have revived the ancient game of hare and hounds. There will be team' and individual competition. i H Braves . VICTORIA, B. C, Oct, 10. — SWhen winter gales scream off the northwest coast of Vancouvar Island and snow lies deep in the valleys, Mrs. W. Mahen of e % y. follows her trap Iines, i he llie snarl of her ca» in bobs and shingles is the slogan of a congress of hairdressers from 54 countries now in session. The delegates have been informed that bobs originated in the disguises of Russian women nihilists to make themselves look like men. While the bob has come to stay, sald the chairman, it should Ye! undulated, dyed . and otherwise treated to harmonize with the in- dividual's contour of face and her dress. ————— Fifteen Persons Dead in S8AN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10. Traffic accidents took 15 livas and injured 37 persons op the coastrover the week-end. Wilds To Trap Fur AuiM she took 86 pelts, mostly those of raccoons, mink, otter and mar- ten. The business pays, she say: and it costs practically nothing. “It's lonely with nothing to do up here,” says Mrs. - Maben. RUSSELL SCOTT NOME DRY SAYS HANGS HIMSELF N PRISON CELL Former We—afiy Canadian| Bridge Promoter, Takes Own Life Federal Official Believes Nome Is Driest Town in World SEATTLE, Oct. 10. — William Fred Harrison, Federal District Attorney at Nome, out for the first time since ’'98, has arrived in Seattle. He said: ‘‘Nome, I venture to say, is the driest town in the world. We win our liquor cases. Nome is so inaccessible for smuggling that perhaps this is largely responsihle for the dryness.’ Mr Harrison is here for treat- ment for a paralytic :troke which a year ago rendered his leg and arm almost useless. He hopes to return north in a month. WHALERS GET LIGHT CATCH Sixty-five Whalers Arrive in Seattle After Sum- mer at Akutan SEATTLE, Oct. 10.—Sixty-five whalers have returned from Aki- tan, Alaska. The summer’s catch was light and Wwas termed fair. Several thousand barrels of oil and a large quantity of fertilizer ‘CHICAGO, Oct. 10. — Russell| were manufactured from the body Scott, former wealthy Canadian|of the whales and brought souta. Bridge promoter who narrowly es-{Old-timers sald the common belief caped the gallows sentence fol-|that whales are becoming scarc, lowing his conviction of a charge|is erroneous. of murder of a Chicago drug e —l;-oo-o—.—- eclerk during a robbery, hung him- ‘M' N“ self. in' the County jail Saturday " - L night. His lifeless body was found Doubts About Radio ENW YORK, Oct. 10.—The Rev. Dr. Cortland Myers of Los Au- in his cell by the jailer. :‘tf had handed himself with a ‘The jailor sald he passed Scott's | geles, doesn't kmow 'whether -the cell at' 9:45 o'clock Saturday night |radio is a’blessing or not, preach- and Scott was all right then but|ing in the First Baptist Churci, when he passed again, an hour|he proceeded: “Did jt mot send later, he noticed the body. out to so.g . people a brutal, Scott was convicted of the mur-|dastardly prize’ fight which killed der of Joseph Maurer, drug clerk.)some listeners? . had been in' a cell since his - , several months ago from asylum where he had i discharged after a sanity had been | mittee, it f to|the State C half to o It s estl raise aj itol Com- to reduce 1928. new levy wili 100,000 or men are reported dying as the|- have shot! He hfls‘: DIST. ATTORNEY i | 1 RAIN o.gF BANK NOTES CHICAGQ, . Oct, 10. — “It isn't raining rain, you kmow, it's rain. ing dollar bills.” Thus @id John Sutherland, 19,! paraphrdse Al ‘Jolson’s one time “hit" song last night as he found himself in.a shower of currency while walking through an alley| near the Sheridan-Plaza Hotel. First a screen fell from a win- dow narrowly missing him. Then following the shower of fluttering | banknotes in $1, $5, $10 and $20 / denominations, As Sutherland stooped to pick up the bills there came raining| down a roll of currency—aboat 1$360, he guessed. He picked it from the ground and as he did {80 up rushed an excited stranger, grabbed it and ran away. Sutherland started picking up the loose bills. A voice from above ordered him to bring the monay into the hotel lobby. He did. A second stranger there picked the | handful of bills from his fingers (and vanished. Police found the room from which the money dropped was in the name of “T. Maud” and “J. Harris,” both of whom disappear- ed. Who, what and why todly'gre‘ mained & mystery. 3 Garden of Eden Stuff Is Only Folklore LONDON, - Oct. 10.—Storfes of the Garden of Eden are regarded as folklore by the Rt. Rev. Ernest Willlam Barnes, Bishop of Birm- ingham. Preaching'in Westminster Abbey, he added: “Darwin's tri- umph has 'destroyed the whole theological scheme. Man ig not a being who has fallen from the ideal state of perfect innocence. He is an animal who is slowly gaining spiritual understanding.” —o— o0 o Great Britain Soon to Renew Soviet Relations MONTREAL, Oct. 10. — Great Britaln’ will renew and extend trade tions - with Russia and @ political relations on a comparatively limited scale in the o] of Reginald McKen- na, former British Chancellor of the Exchequer, in an address here. 4 | 1 l -search for a Potll:, _ ‘bandit queen, wio l‘q’u’, Delmas while ; “"POURS 'ON HE 'LOSES ALL; IT IS A MYSTERY Area of central part of St. Louis, where tornado’s death toll and 'p e Columbtis Schol, wher usideda of clidres were eaviest. Right: | headed teachers, just before roof collapsed and-walls E-fi, Gremk gty - re blown in, - Photo also MILLIONS LOST IN ST. LOUIS “TWISTER” OIL LEASE SET ASIDE, HIGH COURT Supreme Court Affirms Decision of Eighth Cir- cuit Court of Appeals TEAPOT DOME LEASE OBTAINED BY FRAUD Decision Follows Closely Ruling Against Ed- ward L. Doheny WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.—Harry | F. Sinclair lost the Teapot Dons :| Case when the Supreme Court s ! i| it aside. Its effect was to aftivm " rty out in 3 8| ety AND SHOWER ‘BOY, BUT NEW FACTS ON INDIANS OF ALASKA iEdward Curtis Returns to Seattle After Four | _ Months Trip, Alaska SEATTLE, Oct. 10. -— Edward 8. Curtis, known @s ihe greatesr Jdving authority on the Norta Amerfcan Indisns, las rotnraed from a four jmonths’ (rip, nludy-l ing Alaska Indians. He 'declares that he secured many new and interesting facts and these wil: be included in volume twenty of his writing on the North Ameri- can Indian, He has spent 35 years complling his writings on the Indians and experisncel many hardships. During his Alaska trip Curtis visited Nunivak Islanl, Kotzehu: and King Island. BULGARIANS AND CREEKS ARE IN BOUT ATHENS, Oct. 10. — A clash between (ireek soldiers and Bul- garians comitadjis on Greek ter- ritory nedir Goritsova, in which two irregulars were killed, is re- ported here. Bombs were found on the bodies of the irregulars. The Greek Government s watehing the Servo-Bulgarian situation closely and consider Serbian Indignation ie justified. “Prop” House Raided; . Liquor in Odd Places HOLLYWOQOD, ' Cal., Oct. 10.— Ninety-five n were arrested on gambling and Mquor charges when deputy sheriffs ralded the “House of Props” a film concern's ware- house. The raiders sald they found liquor fn' suits of armor and in costly vases. ALL IN THE FAMILY gt s DULUTH, Minn., Oct. 10.—The head of the David Wisted post Says Women Now Indicate Pagan | Tendencies ; —— NEW YORK, Oct, 10, Preaching in the Actors’ Cha- | pel here, Rev. Hugh L. Mec- | Menamin, Denver Priest, giv- | ing his views on the Woman” said: “Far be it from me, a mere man, to find | fault with what milady should | wear. If she insists on wear- ing her hair as shkort as her skirt, it is her business. But | it may be indicative of pagan | tendencies. She attempts to | attract' by lure of person rath- ' | er than personality and men | and beginning to take her at her own valuation, a rag, a | bone, a hank of hair.” PANIC AFTER EARTH SHOCKS SCWARDOROF, Burgenland, | the decisfon of the Eighth Cirewi . af Appeals, rendered i growing out of the Senate ofl ‘f:. vestigation, which was ‘uftiatél after the lease of the Wyomins naval oll reserve to Harry F. Bi clair by Albert B. Fall as Intetio: Secretary. The other naval oil reserve in- volved, that on Elk Hills, Cali fornia, awarded to Edward L. Doheny by Fall, was restored . the government by the Suprem~ Court in a decision early this year. A Fraud and corruption wein charged by the government in both cases, with alleged Liberty bond payments to Fall by Sinicla:r figuring prominently in the Teapot Dome case and the $100,000 pay- ment to Fall by Doheny in ex- change for a personal note featu:- ing the Elk Hills litigation. The “little black bag” trans. action between the Interior Sac- retary and the California oil ope:- ator as well as one payment ot $25,000 in Liberty bonds to Fall by the lessor of Teapot Dom after .Fall left the Cabinet we.e developed by the Senate commi tee after months of investigation. It remained for special govern- ment ofl counsel appointed by Austria, Oct. 10. — Five earth|direction of the Senate, to bring shocks, coming on the heels ofthe further startling charge thit shocks last Saturday night in|Within a fow weeks after the 8in- Vienna and other parts of the|clair-Fall negotiations had been Balkans, today shook this town|completed, $230600 in Liborty causing the collapse of many cot-: bonds, found their way from .th: tages and damaging others, The|0il operator to the then Interin population is panic stricken and|Secretary and his son-n-law, M, have .not re-entered their homes,|T. Everhart, of Pueblo, Colo. —_——— Shansi Forces Are Reported in Retreat TOKYO, Oct. 10.—A general re- treat of the Shansi forces which have been advancing on Peking from the southwest, in underway according to advices recelved by a Japanese news agency. Indica- tion are that the Manchurian of- fensive along the Ptking-Hankow rallway is successful. Lease Invalid The goverument attacked th: Sinclair lease as invalid not on'y on the ground of fraud and cor- ruption, but also on the groun:i that it was mot authorized by law. The federal district court a Cheyenne, Wyoming, disagreed ot} both contentions and sustainel the lease and the supplemental contract under which Simclair waj to build a pipe line to the Teapni Dome reserve and construct sto: (Continued Three.) - Bee Stings Take Way <l : Taste for Hard Dmol . NEW VESSEL ON BUN WITH STEAMER HUMBOLDT SAN PEDRO, Oct. 10. '— The Los Angeles and San Francisco Navigation Company announce the addition of the limer San Juan to run opposite the Hum- boldt on the San Francisco Das-y senger and freight run. The line announced a new fare of $8 for the one way traffic effective for the winter season. LONDON, Oct. 10.—~Bee are a sure cure for and rheumatism, so J. one of the judges at the Bee Soclety’s Show at . Crysiil Palace, told visitors. “l know a man who weat a hospital where they cured of rheumatism by means stings. But when he ecame told me he would rather rheumatism the t