The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 28, 1927, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” “VOL. XXXL, NO. 4646. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1927. TAX PROGRAM NEARLY COMPLETED MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS MONEY USED T0 CONTROL GOVERNMENT Greatest Menace to U. S. ‘; —Oil Scandal Case | BOSTO of government € sa Nov. y for control constitutes the z menace to Democ- United States Senator Ger- P. Nye, Republican Independ- rth Dakota, declared’ in here in the Ford Hall 28 of use mon racy ald ent an For of address m electing flagrant the oil seandal as the example” of the + the American dollar is giv- in the American Government, Senator Nye said there was i volved the “pu of an ministrative brangh the ernment.” tor Nye declared: “I have Dl Ad-| Gov ase of | PRINCE OF WALES IS A ‘ % 1LOSER ABROBATION OF | | | | U. S. TREATIES, - URGED, MEXICO iMore Alleged Light Thrown on Nicaraguan Liberal Revolt NEW YORK, 28—Contina- |ing the copyrighted publications | of purported official Mexicgn doe- | uments, the Hearst papers today that the purported secrct | treaty between President Calles, land Dr. Jean Bautista and | casta, leaders of the unsuc Liberal revolution in_ pledged Sacasta to aborgate sueh "treaties as one under which th | United States has the right io | build the Nicaraguan canal. | In return for | treaties, the Mexican government pledged itself to extend every moral and material aid to Sa- |casta to the “end that he may | | v say | aborgation of l i WASHINGTON Nov. Post 28 | | | tof | expectea PRICE TEN CENTS TAX REDUCTION PROBLEMS ARE ABOUT SETTLED Committee Expects Finish This Week—Congress Meets Monday WASHINGTON, Nov. 28, —With the Seventieth Congress conven- ing at noon next Monday, leaders looked forward to the last week preparation before the Na- tional legislative machinery is set. in motion. By the end of this week it is the House Ways and Means Committee will have the new revenue bill completed ready for submission with time left over | for consideration of alien prop- erty legislation. The program also called for & continuation of hearings before the House Flood Control Commit- Beautiful Lady Mary Thynne, whose engagement to the Prince, 0 . of Wales was frequently rumored but never confirmed, is soon | recover Executive Power, v to become a bride. The lady who was at one time almost a sure | today's asticle. bet to be the next Queen of England will wed Lord Nunburn- tee in hope that the body will be able to report iws prospective measure early. With the Ways and Means r heen an advocate of capl punishment but when [ see what men of the type of Sinclair, neve tal postoffices will wish had rub- masters at the 50,000 throughout the couniry their working quarters During the holiday time the volume of and Burns are attempting to do, 1 can only confess I as see: ing occasions when pital pun- ishment altogether proper for they their kind, with means which are at their command, gtitute a threat against our well- being nation, one thousand times than that afforded by in creation com- bined « is and con- | | as a | preater | the reds | e 4 Dead, Many Injured In Train Collision BELLEVILLE, Ont., Nov. s Four deaths, four seriously in- jured and 30 slightly hurt was the toll as the resulf of a col-! miles west of here today a ‘Canadian Pacific pas- or. train-and s ofreights, e crash is attributed to fail- the freight train to take e E T ure of & siding The two locomotives left the truck, rolling down an embank-| ment, and the mail, baggage and passenger cars were badly smash- broke out “in the for- It is believed that all) passengers unaccounted| in the list of r are dead and injured - - Wife in Terrific Fight to Save Life ST. PAUL, Minn,, Nov. 28.—In a blood spattered hotel room which gave evidence of a terrific struggle, the body of Mrs Al- len, of Prescott, Oregon, was found shot to death and her hus-| band unconscious and dying frum' a bullet wound. , Clad in night - clothing, the woman was lying dead on the bed and Allen lay on the floor. The police expressed belief that Allen shot the woman, then turn- ed the gun on himself. Indica- tions were fhat the woman fought fiercely before slain, Svery arti ¢le of furniture in the room was overturned, chairs broken, bed ‘lothing and "curtaine torn and the walls were blood spattered. Junker Plane Flight To U. S. Called Of BERLIN, wov. 28.—The crew of the Junkers Plane D-1230, now at the Azores, has decided to give up the attempt to fly to America this.year. The decision ‘was made after the propeller was bent after a hop-off today. HILL ROADS SAVE DAY holme in Londoa shortly. GREAT FUTURE FOR AVIATION | IN'U. S, SEEN | Director of Aeronautics,! Makes Public His Annual Report WASHINGTON, Nov. 28—Lux urious fairplanes traveling on | schednlely oyer . charted and i Tamied alr rontes—‘taxi” air planes awaiting the call of the husy business man—private pleas ure planes of such safe construc tion that the danger of ‘accident is no greater than in an automo- bile—such is the picture envi- oned for the near futy by Clarence M. Young, Director of Aeronawsics, Department of Com- me in his annual report. If, as has been char: United States "was lagg; in development of ¢ivil aeronauti Mr. Young’s report sho is going ahead at good s Last year rplane construction in this country was valued at more than $20,000,000-—a 60 per cent over 1925 Air- planes of new design are rapidly replacing the war surplus types e, which have been doing service up| : New air routes! : to the present. are being charted in all parts of the country; cities are vying with one another in the - construction | of the most improved airports. It is estimated that by the end| of 1928 a thousand airports will| be in operation, a large percent age of them municipal. Num ous cities and towns are being air marked, one company alone hav- ing painted city names on more | than 4,000 of its stations, Airworthiness The safe and continued develop- ment of all classes of air opera- tions, Director Young's report points out, depends primarily up- on the airworthiness of the air- eraft employed, the competency of pilots, the establishment and| maintenance of properly equipped airways, the enforcement. of stand. (Continued on Page Seven.) IN FLOODED REGIO ‘WOODSTOCK, Vi, Nov. 28— The “hill roads” of New England neglected since the advent of the motor car, have come into their own again in Vermont by reason of the floods. So undeveloped that they sel- dom appeared on general maps, narrow to the width of a farm ‘wagon or logging sledge, with only a natural surface of earth, the back roads were called upon 10 handle not ouly small automo- Dile but the big trucks which, | after the collapse of railroal| dwidges, were the only means of Dringing supplies to stricken re- gions. - 4 - No motorist ever took the old ‘mountain roads with their steep 'fi)del, where one machine had But the main highways all fol- lowed the valleys, and when: thg floods came bridges were washed away and highways gullied, ' and the mountain roads were resorted to ? Within a. week these roads were “back on the maps.” Each motorist left ithe ' benefit of his experience at the hotel or garage in the next town. ~A few days after the flood, by calling at these clearing houses in edch village, travelers could find their way to any - desired point. Progressive inn. managers even posted detowr maps in up improvised maps. The . -o0ld * routes frequently doubled the .distance and some- times quadrupled the v e nt o their lobbies or pinned|: | B. Ford expects In Royal Romance A Gh . Lapproximately i o Princesg Marie Jose of Belglu’m (top), will soon marry Crown Prince Umberto of Italy (lower), accord- ing to reports emanating from the royal household at Rome, (International Illusirated News) e ——.—— Juneau Teachers Are 100 Per Cent N. E. A. WASHINGTO D. ., Nov. 28 —(Special to The Alaska Empire) —=All the teachers of the public schools of Juneau, Alaska, have taken membership in the National Education Association for third consecutive year, according to a report received at the Asso- ciation’s headquarters here, and made public today by J. W. Crah- tree, secratary of the Association. The one hundred per cent en- rollment application was received from the superintendent of schools, W. K. Keller, represent- ing twenty teachers. In a letter to Superintendent Keller, Mr. Crabtree says: “We are proud of your continuous record of one hundred per cent enrollment in the National Edu- cation Assoclation. It is indica tive of your splendid leadership and of the profe pnal spirit of your corps of teachers. Congratu- lations to you and your teachers and success to you all im your work for the cause of edueation.” /NEW YORK, Nov. 28, = Kdse 41l models ‘ot th {Business Reaps Big Returns| the | 'TRADE BUREA | | her w. before the Christm rush is over, Claus on his speedy trip ayerage approximately 200 cent above the per BIG ASSET T0 NATION, CLAIM | | from Service, Says Re- | | port of Director WASHINGTON, Nov. 28—Amer- jcan business was the gainer by ‘ t a billion dol-' [lars during the last fiscal year as| @ -result -of the trade-promotive | services of the Bureau of Foreign| land Domestic Commerc it 1! lestimated by Dr. Julius Klein, | Director, in his annual report | made public tod | 3 This substantial addition to tha/ | credit side of the American busi- ! ledger includes not only | actual orders secured by manu: | facturers, agriculturists, and ex- | porters through the assistance of | the bureau’s foreign and domestic | branches, but also specific losses | which were avoided because of action taken in behalf of Ameri | ean exporters or information fur- {nished to them. | The estimate is Dased upon ac- | tual returns from a wide range of | commercial and industrial enter- | pri The total appropriation I for the Bureau for the year unde eview was $3,263,000. “Clearl Dr. Klein points out, “the Amer! can taxpayer . is collecting most | substantial dividends on his i1 | vestment, in the services of thi organization.” | That the American business ! man is taking advantage in an in | creasing degree of the assistance offered him by the Government in the way of foreign trade helps is evidenced by the progressivery | increasing number of trade-prc motion services rendered, Dr. Klein points out. During the last | fiscal year, the report shows, the | total number of these commercia services .reached two and a haif | million, a figure nearly per | cent greater than that of the pre- Ivluus vear, and five times that lof 1922, | -t DUTY TO FINANCE WORK ! ness I 25 25 ( MONTEVIDEO, Nov. 28—The government of Uruguay is pro- i posing to increase by 10 per cent | the present duties on imported automobiles and to reimpose du- [ties on bus bodies. Additionzl {revenue so obtained will be used to finance public works. s O0GlI 00 | t new Ford will be ready for in- itial public showing Friday. is, officially announced .the. ear will be equipped with' fo 24 Sl of It W r f the posia' «depa New, postmast When othe fire-crackers day the ning Ch were nd proclamations back postal department to think of Christmas trees, tmas” packages and moun in Juy tains of mail For three months the depart ment has been laying plans, inte viewing extra clerks and makin every effort to see that Santa's gifts reach their destinations time to go into Yule stockings. he department ostimates (hit approximately $9.000,000 will be disbursed to provide additional service to handle the big increase in mail matter deposited in tri- bute to the spirit of St. Nicholas. Letters to Santa Claus already have been received in some cities. Where circumstances warrant these letters are referred to chari- table organizations, /and if there seems to be any likelihood that Santa may overlook the writers these organizations take steps to call them to his attention. Yor some years the department has conducted an educational cam- paign to get the public to mail Six French Aviators Killed infl ?hne Crash BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 28.—A dispatch to the L’Anacion from Tangier, Morocco, says six French viators were killed when their plane, one of a squadron of five, crashed in flames, falling 3,000 meters, Tension Now Between Poland afll Lithuania GENEVA, Nov. 28.—Increased tension between Poland and Lithuania s indicated with Te- ceipt by the League of Natjons of two new communications con- taining extracts from the Polish newspapers which Lithuania in- sists proves Poland seeks to se- cure the overthrow of the exist- ing regime, DEPARTMENT CALLED OUT BY FIRE SUNDAY A minor blaze in a house owned by Jake Hall, on 12th and E. Streets, was extinguished by the re Department Sunday fore- noon. The damage was slight, only a few boards being charred. The origin of the blaze is sald to haye been an overheated, or defective, flue. Barly yesterday evening a sec- ond alarm was sounded. Lights seen on the lower slopes of Mr. Roberts™ led to. the belief that someone was lost there. Before the Firemen had started out a relief expedition, however, it was learned the lights were those of| crew working on the Nelson water lne, —————— Returning from Petersburg with David Paul, who was arrested there on a bench warrant charg- ing him with violation ot the ame. laws, C. V. Brown, Deputy J. 8. Marshal, who left here on rbursday, ar- aa Watson, The business of assisting Santa | round | ! B | the world on Christmas Eve will| was begin- in | mail inoreases approximately 200 per cent. It s a phyeical imposeidility to handle this great mass of mail matter efficlently and promptly within a few days. Therefore to ineure delivery of their Christmas presents. carde and letters by Christmas Day the public should SHOP AND MAIL EARLY, Do your Christmas shopping eo that you can mail your gifts, greetings, and letters to rela- tives and friends at least a week or ten days before Ohristmas, according to the distance. This »ill not only meke it certain that they are received on or befors Christaas Day, but will be a great aid to your postal scrvice and to postal employees and enable them to spend Ohristzas Day with their familiecs. Independenca l 4 People are better than they used to be, says Postmaster General 'Harry S. New (left). about mailing Christmas parcels early, but in hope of further imvrovement he addresses to shoppers cverywhere the letter repreduced here. Even with the utmost ccoperatizn, he expects a good many Christmas eve scenes like the one at the right, taken in the Boston nostoffice last Yuletide. early. fruit rush Tne| tional clerks, in | tional Christmas packages campaign has borne many sections, and the $2,200,000 for addi- railroad transportation, $1.- 5 for additional city letter being distributed over ers, $925,000 for overtime and period of time, but si-{ travel allowance for railway post- still is an extremely expen- | al clerks, $398,600 for hiring addi- sive business because of the rush.|tional motor vehieles and $335,000 Last year's figures show $2-|for the tramsportation of foreign 856,672 was paid out for addi- mails. 8 PLANE IS TO Over 500,000 Aliens Admitted To U. S. in 1927 WASHINGTON, Nov, 28.— Allens admitted to the United States during the fiscal year of 1927 totaled 538,001 compared i to 496,001 in the fiscal/ year of 1826, Canada and exico {*Spirit of California’ Takes|were the greatest sourc I Air Tomorrow on o7 i Endurance Test ! - oo Man and Wo.mn in Parked Car; Man Shot ( SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Nov. ! 28—The tri-motored Fokker air- & g plarie “Spirit of California,” once| . GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. known as the “Detroiter” when |NOV: 28.—Having shot and killed used in Wilkins' Polar Expedi. |21 intruder whom he found with !tions, will attempt to break the ';J':om:t" :“ a parked car, Gil- iworld record for sustained flight,|”ert Stanley, aged 30 years hockey star and member of a | starti , 1 ! ::v:';_ '(fi“;“;::“’:mw and hoverlng ) o minent family, manager of the Berkshire Preparatory School, is Lieut. George R. Pond, navy aviator, wil pilot ihe plane, ae At lberty today under $10,000 companied by Capt. Charles King. bail. He killed Peter Fulco, whom 'ford Smith, one of the Australiang|D¢ #aid-attempted to attack him { preparing here for a Golden Gate- wl;len he ordered him to leave thc Australla flight. Feliool. Srovgdn. The rlane which was named Fulco was widely known [ “The Southe Cross” aftar|the district brought south” from Alaska, has|8emi - professional been rechristeried “Spirit of Cati.|basketball player. {fornia,” temporarily, for the at.|Eraduate of Yale. in as a high schoo! bzseball and Stanléy is a Committee having a single major tax tissue remaining unsettled, that of fixing the year in which the proposed two per cent re- duction in corporation income tax rate should become effective, | Chairman Green advocated 1928, arguing = that business houses should be given advantage of the slash immediately. . ION BRATIANU LAID TO REST No Pom :TFunerll & mier—Last Wish FLORICA, Rumania, Nov. 28— Six huge white oxen, led by 50 priests, in medieval robes, yester- day bore the body of fon Bratiang from the funeral train to its lagt resting place in the little Byxan- tine church here which the late Premier built himself. i Ten thousand reverent peasants bearing lighted candles, wooden crosses and hottles containing Holy water, came to Florica, fn their colorful embroidered nation. al costumes, to pay homage to tha veteran statesman who ruled the country through the darkest days of the war and brightest days of peace. For 25 years, the dead Premier moved among kings and princes but in death he preferred the humble funeral of a peasant, his dying wish being that there he no pomp at his interment. i i o Alaska Trapper Has e i Escape from Freezing RUBY, Alaska, Nov. 28—Alex Brown, Big Creek trapper, nar- rowly escaped freezing to death last Friday night when his dog team went into an overflow with the temperature 40 degrees below zero. Brown got wet to his walst. The nearest cabin was only a mile away, however, and he reached there to be thawed out in time. Tt e COMMUNITY YULE TREE WERNIGERODE, Germany, Nov. 28—The community Christmas tree is little known throughout much of Germany, but it is & fixed feature of the Harz moum+ tain villages, where pine trees abound. RBefore the city hall, o the market place, at the “Kur- haus” and other such places of public gathering are the ' popular locations. flight record ot 52 hours and 11 | minutes which h«l Cerman fliers set last summer. praiins - S Airplane Circles Oku_Pike’s Peak 'OLORADO SI'RIN Colo., {Nov. 28.—For the third time, an has glreled and crossed above Pike’s Peak. A plane pi-| loted by Carl B. Eilson, aviation |examiner for the Department of Commerce, eontaining as a pas- isenger, Fred Parrish, cameraman, {climbed to altitude of 17,000 feet after unsuceessful at- tempts and managed to fly over the peak. \\113,783 Patents WASHINGTON, Nov, plications for patents, trade marks, and legal registrations coming under the supervision of the United* States patent office set a new high record for the fiscal year 1927, Commissioner 28—Ap |airplane day to the commerce départment. The total number was 113,783, or 2,762 more than for 1926, and 18 more than during 1922, which was the previous high record year. In the tace of this tlood of ap- plications _for patents, Commis- | siqoner Robertson’s department { 1s 14,000 feet New Record for U. 8. Thomas E. Robertson reported to- | 1 Set . has been forced to fall schedule. The average patent ap- plication now takes three and o half months for granting, while W year ago issues were made, on an average, two and: half months after receipt. The ditficulty is in maini ta force of examiners sufficl for the w Says. Wage incréases for’ and an enlargement of concludes, now is necessary in interests of the country's trial efficiency. P ork, the commii A