The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 7, 1927, Page 1

| - THE DAIJILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXXL, NO. 4629, OVER 1,500 “ALL THE NEWS JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY: ALL THE TIME” NOVEMBER 7, 1927. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS EAD IN FLOODS IN EAST Claims Scheme on Foot to MASTERS OF POLITICS IN NEW SCHEME Leading Politicians Make Plans to Spring Cool- idge’s ~Name NATIVE SONS TO BE BROUGHT INTO ACTION Only Thing that Can Stop Plan Is fer*Definite Statement INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Nov. 7. ~——Louis Ludlow, President of the National Pres Club and well known Washington correspondent, believes President Coolidge will be nominated unless he issues another statement positively for- bidding the use of his name. This was what Lud'ow told the Women's Press Club here today. “Master politicians of the R publican Party have already pic ed the next Republican Pres: dential candidate,” said Ludlow, “and they have chosen Calvin Coolidge. 4 ' ““There may not be a hard fast!! understanding among the master|: politicians but they are driving abead with' the common inspira- i tion and with the common pur- Kusc plank to fill the Republican Natignal Convention with a large humber of uninstructed delegates, nd with delegates instructed for vorite sons. This combined mass [ delegutes wilt'He hetd' for” de- lvery to Coolidge. - “Whérever an active Presiden- tial candidate iuvades or threat- ens (¢ invade the State, the mas- ter politicians who are support- ing Coolidge, will bring out a favorite son in that State who will hold the State delegation intact until such a time as Cool” idge's name will be resprung in the convention, when the delega tion will flop to Coolidge. ‘Activities of rival aspirants for the Republican Presidential nomination will subside. Cool- idge will be renominated as sure- ly as tomorrow succeeds today, unless he takes himself out by al positive statemeat he wil not ac-| cept if nominated.” e Coolidge Intends to W hittle ] | < WASHINGTON, Nov. 7— | | The latest anecdote on Presi- - | dent Coolidge follows when | | he was asked what he in- | | tended to do after his term | | expired, | Coolidge replied: “T am go- | ing back to Vermont and ! | whittle for a year or two.” | 2 2 “Pussyfoot,” Malone To Debate Dry Law| BOSTON, Nov. 7—“Resolved, That the Volstead act should be modified,” that gquestion will be debated by Willlam E. ‘‘Pussy- foot” Johuson, dty cfusader, and Dudley Field Malone, liberal lead- er, in Symphony Hall the evening of November 10, it was announc- ed ‘today. | | Wt_)men Off;r Good-Will : To N. Y. Consuls’ Wives | On Next Armistice Day ks SCANS U B. L. THANE IS OF PNEUMONIA Former Leading Mining Engineer of Juneau, Passes Away e —— Bartlett L. Thane, aged 49, former local resident and for many years a leading mining en- gineer and operator of Alaska, died today in New York City from pneumonia. Word of his death was' received by H. 1. Faalkner for many years his close personal friend and ney, from Mrs. Thane who was with him when the end came. He is survived by Mrs. Thane, a daughter 21 years of age, his parents Mr, and Mrs. J. E. Thane, and a sister, Mrs. Laura Whipple, of Niles, Cailf. It is understood the body will be taken to Niles for interment. Active in Mining During the entire period of his residence ‘n Alsska, from 1897 to 1916, Mr. Thane was ‘actively engaged in gold mining and at- tained the foremost ranks in his profession as a mining engiueer. However, he turned moting end a good deal and in- terestad some of the largest min- ing capital in the country in the development of the Juneau gold belt. Some seven American clubwomen acting as hostesses to the foreign consuls’ wives in an Armistice Day cele- bration include: NEW YO H asper. differences and international dis.| , Ameng. the representatives of putes will be forgotten once more [OF€ig1 Women are Lady Harry | Armstro; lower left) of Eng. on armistice day this year, when | AoF , ' A ey iland, an me. Bollini (lower club women of New York act ght) ol Argenting. vears ago, he di- récted his attention to the de- {velopment of a pulp and paper manufacturing industry for the utilization of water power pro- Jects and other facilities built np bere by his company. It was very largelw due to his personal {efforts that capital was interestec in_local resources for that.in- as| hostesses to women of foreign lands now residing in the city On that day the New York m_\-'New York Bar, a Republican, anl Federation of Women’s Clubs wiil| Magistrate Jean Norris, only wo-| honor thle wives of foreign con- Man judge in this city who is a suls in New York. The lattée,! member of the Democratic party. several of whom belong to coun.| The president of the federation, s e »' allies| Mrs. Harry Harvey Thomas, Mrs.| i fi;:‘:‘d:‘ffl of their woriten “°""§m:‘ the committen 0 TV eqtanlishment of ‘manufacturing “We are trying to bring back| Lady Uy afmationk; Wike "h:rllzl?:l :nr;sl:l-‘l:u:::\.lnnlt;i»:ml::td:‘i{::: the real stgnificance to Armistice|the British Cousul General, wii @2ded his efforts, = His last visit 's sley-Casper, | e the chief guest of honor, and Day,” says Mrs. R. Insley-Casper.| 4 onor, 8NY 026, was made in company with U. S. Paid $7,264 for - Speak-Easy, Is Chargqi Good WIill. of the federation, |be obe of the most important ren.|¥Mecrs —represent! o e | | gations on which to base a plan their former enemies and spent | Mines of the University of Cali- The club women of New York M { k H for the Sum Dum Mining Com- members’ wives will be our guests school and received his degree as cludes political - opponents and ka—Talks Politics Dum mines. In 1901, on the good will on Armistice Day.” jhis soir Robert B. Bone, declared |, ...~ . . that year went for a National Security League and|George A. Parks. icept for trips made to the States Herbert Hoover, with practical: & Pro the r Mr test, in my opinion, will be be. From h ier mine, Mr chairman of - the Department_of | Madame Bollini, wife of the Con.| 920 Was IAfe i ¢ “When the soldiers laid d‘,“nl‘ressu,tdnves of Lnti'x-AmerwunI\mml of; timber i thiadaistriot their - arms November 11, 1918,}Women. ! by % iy fation er] {of construction and development. ours in mutual apprec 0] s the patriotism and courage ut; Came North in 1897 . ¥ i{fornia, Mr. Thane first came to are emulating the spirit of toler- | Alaska in 1897. He worked one ance. The Society of Foreign | 4 FflR THE EAsTip&ny of which H. T. Tripp was are also anxious to destroy all , {then General Manager. At the vestige of former enmity. The H Former Alaska Governor mining engineer. many who differ radically con- He returned to Alaska then cerning government policies on in- “They represent many thousands SEATTLE, Nov. T7—Scott C'vrerummendnuon of Mr. Tripp, he of women who agree, however, on | Bone, former Governor of Alnk»,;w" given the position of Su'per- Spme of the women who'are co-| his interest in Alaska has not short visit to San Francisco operating with Mrs. Insley-Casper | waned. He expressed the highest | o) re l:( was m.":ed returcnlflng Mrs. James Lee Laidlaw, advo-! The former Governor, touching P £ nd abrcad on business, he recid- cate of the League of Nations; |upon politics, said: ‘“California ;d h‘"é “m:“ 1916, when he fornia, residing in San Francisco | unanimity. Undoubtedly there Il'an“ Berkeley f‘u“ taat time. a -popular sentiment 'for him tween Hoover and Vice-President Dawes. 1 expect the withdrawal | HOUSE COMMITTEE attor-} to the pro-l 5. EXPENSES| 1 WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 | house cleaning of the govern-| ment’s fiscal affairs will be start-| ed ‘goon by the house appropria-| tions committee as a preparatory | step toward appropriation by the forthcoming Congress of nearly $4,000,000,000 to pay Uncle Sam s running expenses during the fis- cal year 1928-29. The committee, in its present | form, came into existence when the budget bureau was Treate:l early in the Harding administra-’ tion, and in the succeeding half | dozen years has become ome Of| the most powerful committees in Congress. Headed by Representative Mai- tin B. Madden of Illinois, it sum- mons before it each year practi- cally all officials of the executive branch of the government for de- tafled consideration of their re- quests for funds to carry on the work of their departments and agencies. “The work of the committee i not merely sitting down and allot: ing sums to government activi- ties,” Chairman Madden declares. “It involves the examination of the economy of administration, a study of affairs looking to the elimination of waste and the - sistence on efficiency in opera- tion. “The highest and ministrative officer who comes befare the committee niust be able to give a straightforward and understandable - account of - his stewardship, and if he fails to do so the moun#y is not appropriated untipsomgpne. who can s put in charge. “In its six years of work the committee always has effected re- ductions in estimates of the bud- get.” lowest ad- ! SLAYER CAN'T GET TWO-YEAR STAY Renominate Coolidge THOUSANDS IN NEW ENGLAND STATESSUFFER ISnow Qualls and Bitter t Freezing Weather Add to Flood Disaster _ | WATER SUBSIDES IN NORTH, RISE SOUTH Residents Twin Towns in Vermont Without Food Since L.asl Thursday BOSTON, Mass., Nov. 7.-—~Snow squalls and freezing weather add- ed today to the discomforture of thousnnds in the New England flouod area whose homes are sur- rounded and cellars filled with water, furnaces useless and im- possible to get warmth from wood stove flres. The dead now 150. Rellef workers have bent ef- forts toward feeding and cloth- ing those driven from their homes. While the waters in the North- ern States continues to subside, the situation im the Southern | Btates remained acute with 6,000 people ronted from their dwel- . {Ings in Springfield, where the 'tull effects of the Connecticut (River were experienced. .. Ruilvond communication s bee llux gradually restored. The little twin communities, Duxbury and North Duxbury, in Vermont, are in ecritical need. Their 200 inhabitants have been {without food sincé last Thursday number over 'Body of Discoverer of paper en-| {of California but Paris Penman Paid an hour for addressing envelopes {is said to be the scale in France. Imade by a newspaper investiga-|s : | Itor as part of the paper's social’ {small incomes. Thane went to Bagle River where| he had charge of the operations|rate paid for addressing envelopes Mrs. Ruthi Siyder, convicted withi Judd Gray of sashweight murder of her husband, will not get two-year respite from J; TREADWELL FOUND DEAD IN BATH TUB expected reprieve so she could wage fight agai company on §50,000 policy, en her husband, which the sompany, ‘ At Swedidh Embuse £ ECTIONS ON - MANY STATES NEW YORK, Nov. 7--John Treadwell, aged 85 years, «discov- erer of the famous readweil | g | | Various Issues Will Be De- cided at Polls, States, Cities mine in Alaska, was found dead in his bathtub in scalding water, in his apartment in the Great Northern hotel last night. | Death was apparently due :o ! t failure. 4 | Treadwell is a former resident| 3 has lived in a H hotel here since 1914 when he | filed a voluntary petition in bank- ptey Msting his liabilities at 391,000, | NEW YORK, Nov. 7.-—Varlous iparts of the country will be in political activity tomorrow®as the [result of elections, and the fol- NEW YORK Gov. A, K. Smith opposing the 'adoption of a4 constitutional mendment to lengthen the term f Governor from 2 to 4 years, with guhernatorial elections In { Presidential yeavs. * The amend- {ment is sponsored by the Ie- i publicans, KENTUCKY Repeal of the law legalizing . the parimutual betting on hofse vime. Bostrom, wife of new |races, espoused by Democrats, Swedish minister to United | yin" pepneratic gnbernatorlal States, is preparing to lcave her | sanaiqate J. C. Beckman and home in Solhem to take up |plem D. Sampson, Kepublican. Jher duties as embassy hostess | in Washington, | Three Ceim an Hour PARIS, Nov. 7.—Three cents lowest wage An actual test of the work, was service survey. Nearly all of the workers were described ‘as ‘“‘white collar” peo- ple, many of them civil service employees trying to supplement ps 3 It was found that the average (Continued on Page Two.) electric ahxir.rrc:ording to New York prosecutor, Mrs. Snyder (qgze ' i ) i | i because of {solation and over- looked in the rescue work. All means of reaching the outside world were cut off when the across the Winooski River nst insurance was carcted away. ——P e Woman Seeking Office Opposes Death Penalty JERSEY CITY, N. J., Nov. T Opponents of capital punishment lwm have a staunch fighter added to their ranks If Miss Anna B. { Hogan, youthful lawyer, Is elected i | i { | { to the New Jersey House of As- sembly. , Miss Hogan, who is a Republi- can candidate, promises to carry her fight to the Legislature at its rext session. Life imprisonment, she maintaing, Is the more hn- mane way of punishing slayers and leaves (he possibility of cor- rection in the event of a miscar- riage of justice, Soldier Faints at Fine; Is Revived, then Reduced ATLANTA, Nov. 7. - When Judze A, W. Callaway today fined David T, Willlams, private at Fort McPherson $51 on a charge of reckless driving, the soldler fainted. The Judge way told by Williams after ‘he revived that he had only fifty dollars to his name. The fine was reduced to thirty-six dollars. —— - ———— 500 YEAR-OLD VEIL LONDON, Nov, 7-—-Miss Jean Gairdner, who was married to Stephen Phillips, M. €., wore a medieval wedding dress. with a veil of real lace deting back more than 500 years. Unternational Newsreel) in International Understanding and;““‘ General of the Argentine, wm\xinoorn rapronsnbiik. Caldoraln land wh conducting investi- they crossed into the camps of| AR g o5 £ gt A BBNE VISITS | As a junior in the School of each other. year in the mines at Sum Dum Consuls of New York whese! fend of his year, he returned to committee with which 1 work in- e ont et 8 Still Interested in Alas- and again ‘worked in the Sum ternational aftairs. il » this one idea of international| week-end visitor in Seattle with i, 5 ondent of the Ebner mine are Miss Etta V. Leighton, of theipraise for his successor, Go"'[here at once with his bride. Ex- Mrs. Jean Nelson Penfield, of. the|Republicans are, of course, 'orlmoved with his family to Cali- throughout the country. The con- Goes to le River of ‘Frank O. Lowden, of Illinois, of the Eagle River Mining Com- longhand for circular houses pany. Later he promoted the de-|wad six franes a thousand. In- velopment of properties at Bern-|quiry among the workers and a ers Bay, bringing about the or-{long test by a good penman gave ganization of the Kensington the production in an eight hour 1Gold Mining Company in which diy as 1,000 addressed envelopes, . NEW YORK, Nov. 7—Congress- cover: agents to trap bootleggers|who apparently is. making no man, F. H. LaGuardia has made fand get information from them,|headway and this will naturally public a letter which he said was|totaled $1,452.25. There was an|rebound to the henefit of Dawes.” signed by the secretary of the item for $15 for analysis of li-| Former Gov. Bone believes that i e |Life May Be Taken | le&srll:s'rdemofi-lf In Moment of Peril Treasury under date of February 11, 1927, itemizing expenses . of equipping and * dperating the Bridge Whist Club, government speak-easy in FEast 44th Street, and glving the total expenses as 47,264.50. “These figures,” LaGuardia said, “now confirm every single soli- "tary charge 1 in | .88 to the imp p use of public funds,” i id Quor specimens. Most of.the li-|President Coolidge is not going he interested the Haydon & Stone for which was paid six francs or e PARIS, Nov. 7—Arthur Henry quor items failed to reveal lhe‘to run and he believes the people prices paid, but one showed the; will respect his wishes. gin was bought for $65 a case. The former Governor's only|, aoth Installation of the bar and bar;comment on the Democratic out- mf@:;,i ;;-‘,:;;:‘yd:::x.;::( h.‘M:‘;(e_ fixtures cost $345, according to[look was that seemingly a “mlr-f:mia trip to l.omlonp he secured the letter, and the premises were,acle would be required to extri-|. 5 " " V' Pitanbening . rented for $876 a month. Onejcate the party from the fix ft is wl and, returning ‘to New y,,,'.k ltem gave the bartender’s salary (i and give it chance to win® |37 t00- GO0 L de- at 376 & week. Monthly rentals | Bone left last night for an in-ue, IO SRR R 00 :oul.l;u:’gm W. 1926, g-mm. tour to the East, "lHayaen & Stone ‘Cot. D, C i s g C ; g M ling. y The Bridge. Whist 'Club. was| L. M. Carria, local- i i abandontd as a government | arrived f:" tu:' Mulmi’m il i'f“m sy speak-casy affer its. exist g “Alnskas of the Alaska Gastineau Company. gt interests. Shortly after this, in 1909, he lmade Fleming, the Pasadena, Cal, lum-| BERLIN, Nov. 7-To push ane ber king, was knighted a chievalier [ other person off a boat in order of the Leglon of Monor by l’rfl-a-| to save one’s own lite i3 not mur- | 25 cents, —_—— BUTTONS FROM BLOOD RAGUE, Nov. 7.—Buttons ar¢ from. dried blood plastic importél by Czechoslovakia in ident. Gaston Doumerguc in recog-{ der, the German Supreme Couvt nition, of his bullding a concrete' recently held. structure to house: the wagon lit| An Kast Prussian woman teaci- \salon car where ithe Armistice er of athletics and her escort, & was signed at the identical spot|merchant from Berlin, were riding hundreds of tons yvearly, chiefly,in the forest. Compiezne. (in a rowboat on a Mecklenburg from Austria, Geemany, The| The car h n at the.ln-)lake this summer, when a sud Netherlands: and Switzerland. A|valides, but Jrain aud snow ! storm arose. The two .battied betier. grade plastic, of whichiwas rottlng the ‘woodwork and|bravely with the waves, but seon blood I8 the chief ingredient, is!there was to. place it un-)realized that the task was a hope- us | for dyeing yeneer and card-|til the A nstrucied thelless one. To make majters worke, hoard, ¢ "*1‘: . \phelter, the boat sprang a leak, © o l = The teacher, who was the stronger of the two, pushed her male friend into the water in or- der to save herself. He was drowned. The girl was rescupe, but was arrested on the charge first of murder, then of maa- slaughter. e Her lawyer found & provision in the law to the effect that apy- bady who, in order to save