The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 1, 1927, Page 1

xxxx., NO. 4649 VOL. wn CONTROL OF SENATE NOW BIG ISSUE Republican_fi;;xs on Sen- ate Organization May Receive Upset “WESTERN BLOC IS OPPOSING SLATE Objection Centers Around Senator Moses of New CHICAGO, Dec. 1-—The sena- torial st¥tus of Frank L. Smith, of Illinois, once refused a seat in the upper house, must be consid- ered again when' congress meets in December. For versy has raged around the ques- tion of his admission to the sen- ate, heavy expenditures in his behalf in the primary campaign of 1924, when he wrested the Republican senatorial nmomination from liam B. McKinley, incumbent. A senate committee developed evidence, after the primary, that Smith’s campaign fund contained 4 some $250,000. Of this amount, Ha"lpshlre it was testified, public utilities e executives contributed the bulk. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1—Wi‘h!Samuel Insull, of Chicago, gave $126,000 directly. the time of hig nomination, man of the Illinois which regulates public utilities. Despite the evidence adduced, Smith was elected to the "senate in the autumn balloting and when McKinley died soon after, Gover- nor Small appointed Smith serve the rest of McKinley's term. which expired last March. The senate refused to seat Smith, de- fnying him the oath of office n Janvary, 1927. Smith, acutely il with an aural affection during the two-day debate, declined fo Smith was, at chair- only a few votes needed to” up- set the Republican plans for re- tention of control in the organiza- tion of the Senate, members of * the Western Independent grovp found cause for objection to the slate of officers proposed for the coming session by party leaders. The bloc, however, will vote unanimously in opposition., As yet there has been no indi- ation whether others of those dissatisfied will vote adversely when “the time comes for -sei- tling the organization question. Objection is raised principally against the re-election of Senator George H. Moses,. of New Hi or, returning home to rest. shire, as President Pro Tem: Meanw the term began last the body, based on the part|March to which Smith was regu- the Senator played in the sae-flarly elected, n has been ulml fillbuster in the senate ”l!am:n ToX; Stush Fund ]l:gnm? h'taldg::“fiflnv- shy ay BIG TAX CUT T0 BE FOUGHT | BY THEASIIRY,M Administration Leaders; "Are to Support Mel- | lon’s Safety Lines { DPENVER, Colo., Dec. 1.~Na- nal Guards troops are station- WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. — flfiim at every coal mine in North- STATIONED AT MINES IN COL. ilitia Sent to Mines Northern Colorado—- Work Be Resumed | | brakes are being clamped downiern Colorado as operators an- by Administration leaders in aW!pounced they will attempt to r . effort to prevent Congress from|sume operations. over-running what the Treasury¥| Col. Newton, Adjutant General|" regards as the safety line inm tax:of the State, has completed plans reduction, whereby tbe military forces will Representative John Q. Tilsom,!cover the entire area of the of Connecticut. Republican ‘House | Northern part.of the State. :::glex is backing up the Treas- mine operators in y not in excess of $225,000,000 an at the Treasury Department, s’er vetary Mellon reiterated . the| made on any plans ; sted for Treasury figures répresented Lhe],mung the dispnt & ween the maximum slice to be e"!cl@dinpern[orq nnd mj %flsl the The - recommendations for a ecut{Southerh part of the stnle re- ported-larger forces No apparent headway hal been with safety, - While Tilson and Mellon with , el reference to-.the announce- mellt of the officials of the Cham: ‘hn}' of Commerce of the United ! « Stutes that the belief {s felt that . a ‘reduction of $400,000,000 will e authorized, - both contended ogists are uhable to explain the . this would be dangerous if Con-;appearance of earth formations of ‘sress exceeded the limit proposel!various colors found in the driil- zutllo Treasury and favored by ing of an ofl well on the O. B. T ident Ooolwn | Grayson farm near here. 4 q The first strange formation was ~ ERECTS OWN .uwrond .la green mud. Deeper drilling . WEST PLAINS, Mo, Dec. 1 brought forth sands and limes -ri- valing all’ colors of the . rainbow. G. Smith, “just to be prepar-| Specimens have been sent tg lab- o) l-lwln his own tomb- ! oratories lnr.dnnh.Uon. _stone on the family burial lot ml An easternpaint manufacturing | a unoun here. - He is 85 i | says he ‘ more than a year mntro-} in the wake of allegations of | Wil-’ commissicn | Zarky the ftight beyond the senate | HASKELL, Okia., Dec. 1—Geol ' ATE STATUS OF FRANK L. SMITH PROBLEM AGAIN AT LOMINC CON('RESS JUNEAU ALASKA THURSDAY, DECEMBER I ‘FRANK L. SMITH 1 by United States senator, bui | still without recognition | senate itself. | Commencement of the new question of his admission, the manner him should take—whether he may properly be denied oath of office. During the summer Smith south of Chi leght. 1L, where_he 18 a banker and Three Thousand Drown in Floods, Algiers District ALGIERS, Dec, | thousand persons, and enjoys other privileges of al he s the sos- sion-of congress ralses again the and, of the action against his | case is one to be disposed of after | he has taken the oath or wumher- "the has | remained quietly at his home at cago, has 1—Three | including | 250 Ruropeans, have perish- | ed in the floods in the Oran | district. Twelve thousand of the territory tated.. The flood threatens neig! boring districts of Algiers. | The _Shelif River are tion, exceft by airplane, 1 | impossible. SIX ESKIMOS | T0 ACCOMPAN square miles of the most fertile part | devas- | is ris- | ing rapidly and communica- h- is Y BYRD ON TRIP Pole Expedition for Double Purpose NEW YORK, Dec. 1.—The mander Richard E. Byrd, the Antarctic cl.mate. iie expedition next year and dog teams. Will Be Taken on South pro- Jected South Pole flight of Com-| will give Arctie Eskimos the first op- portunity of testing the rigors of Byrd told the Associated Press six Bskimos wili be included ir. they a Stinson Detroiter, | here T 3 ’uwnfi “ALL THE NEWS IGHT ON SENATE ALL THE TIME” 1927. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN (:Efig Razlroads Again Able To R(use New Capital Through Stock Sale.s Dawes Is Not Candidate; Favors Lowden WASHINGTO! Dee. 1.— | Vice - President Charles -G. Dawes repeated today he will | not'be a candidate for the | Presidency. ored the Frank 0. He said he fav- nomination Lowden, of | of Illinois. JUNEAU MAN IMPORTANT IN REMUS TRIAL Hard Proposition for Prosecution CINCINNATI, Ohio, Dee. 1.— The prosecution today tried to regain ground in the Remus mur- der trial by showing that Johm B. Marshall, of Juneau, Alaska has been maintained here at Rer mug’s expense for more than ome He has been an impért jant defense witness. Marshall admitted he left Ju- neau three days after Remus sho! and killed his wife. He left, he {said, even before the request came from Remus, and made a nine-day trip direct to. Cinein- nati. Marshall first went to‘a hotel where he registered as from Atlanta, Georgia The prosecution sought to show at his hotel bill was paid by che Watson, Remus's secre- t 3 farshall admitted he remained at the hotel for only a few days then went to Remus's $750,000 mansion, For the last month he has been at another hotel where his expenses have been paid by others. Marshall has been active, h- “ladmitted, in behalf of Remus. Stx llmes he conferred with Charles B. Elston, counsel for Remus, also with Remus, many times vis- iting him in the jail. Marshall admitted that one O’Neal, described in his téstimony yesterday as having been pointed out to him as a gunman by Re- mus, actually had been a defend- ant in the Jack Daniel’s case. He admitted O'Neal had been ‘I convicted upon Remus's testi- mony and sent to prison while Remus secured immunity. e Germans Nationalize Employment Bureau BERLIN, Dec. 1—All theatrical contracts for employment of ac- tors and actresses must be made, after January 1, through the Ger- man national employment bureau. Theatrical agencies have been will be given an opportunity tojheld to come within the scope of} consider feasibility of establish-{a movement under which all pri- ing an Eskimo settlement tliere.|vate employment agencies will be Their’ duties will - consist chiefly nationalized by Detember 31, of taking ‘eare and driving of the{be maintained thereafter from to 'pllblle taxes and to charge no fee ltor services. John B. Marshall Proves i ORGANIZATION By STANLEY W. PRENOSIL Associated Press Financial Editor NEW YORK, Dec. improving earnings 1—Steadily | and increased | operating efficiency of the coun- try's railroads during the past few years have placed many of the! leading systems in a posi- tion to ralse new capital through the sale of stock for the first time since the World war. | Railroad financing in the firgi| nine months of 1927 totalled $839,774,187, of which §172 H 187 was stock. ‘This compa with total financing of $3 000 in the corresponding pericd of 1926, of which only $10,240,000 represented stock. Railroad credit in the post-war period had sunk so low that many roads were compelled to raise new | capital solely through the sale of bonds ang notes bearing interest rates of 6 and even 7 per cent.| This continued emission of bonds, with their heavy fixed chargos, resulted in unbalanced and un-} wigldy capital structures, which gradually are being corrected through the retirement of bonds and the sale of stock. The Inter-| state Commerce Commisgion has readily granted approval for rail- road stock issues wherever the credit of the road was such as to assure a ready sale at par or bet- ter, | Little Financing Now: fttlo new railroad atock financ- & ls dyi-pyespect for- the nen: ftuture,’ however. ~Railroad bank- ers point out that the large sys- tems which could easily sell addi- tional stock already have retired as many high coupon bonds as were redeemable and had no im mediate need of cash, while the earnings positions of others, par- ticularly in the Northwest, had not yet reached a point where! stock financing was feasible or profitable. The Great Northern. for example, recently sold a $20,- 000,000 issue of 5 per cent hon Improved earnings of rallroads have been due to heavier traffic wd greatdr operating efficiency, which has been accomplished by making the engines run further and faster, increasing the length of ‘trains, keeping terminals clear of congestion and rolling stock ir Love Are HAROLD K. BECK AND DORO' (International Newsreel) Before Dorothy La Verne Bach- er of Kast Oramge, N. J, would say “yes” to the ardent proposal of Harold K. Beck of Everett, Mass., she madé him agree to tho following “Ten Commandments sf Love": “Thou 'shalt say thy prayers each night on hended knee, pai- ticularly asking divine blessing upon our home. “Thou shalt undertake all fam ily duties on a 50-50 basis, even unto the care of the children, the doing of the dishes and the gen- eral housework. good repair and assuring bettor| “Thou shalt let naught trgn- cooperation between the carriers|spire calculated to arouse my and shippers through frequent re-|jealousy. gional conferences and other| “Thou shalt hold no secrots means of close contact. from me, my right to open all " (Continued on }’nge e.) MURDER IS CHARGED T0 | i Teatlmondlv Gx;i;n in Trial egarding Slaying o Dr. Ltlhendnhl MAYS LANDING, N. I, Dec. 1.—Samuel Bank, Baltimore law- yer and showman, testified that Willis Beach confessed to him of | the killing of Dr. A. William Lil- liendahl. Bank said he talked with Beach' in Baltimore in Septem- | ber. Bank said: “I tdld him that I saw by the newspapers he was | wanted. and he replied ‘not very {bad.' Beach and a man named | Thompson asked me for $600 but ,1 said mo,” Bank qll the men wanted the money .to take some jewelry out iof “soak’ in Philadelphia. Thomp- son, ‘to Bank, said he { told Beach that it looked like he was in an awful fix and Beach |nuhl he could béat it. “Then I asked him" just how he got in_the fix and Beach said ihe got in a racket with an old man and shot him,” said Bank. |“He meant Dr. Lilllendahl. Beach told me he the old man in jan lmlcul shot him in | the “ to his I i | eastward across the River and from the Canadian bor- der down to 'hxpu. a cold wave the season temperatures, i B .‘mmm and MM Yo00-Hoo | Federal R s ' let her know aocuu your mail, of whatever kind, remain Invinlnble o ONFLICT IS FEARED IN EUROPE | | Ten Commandments of Pretty Strict 'HY BACHER “Thou shalt not indulge in in- toxicating liquors, nor hecome ea- slaved to Lady Nicotine nor any | of her noxious Kin. “Thou shalt be on time for all appointments. “Thou shalt cater to my whims, not neglect attendance at the theatre, opera and dance and oth- er social activities, and always appear neat when in by presence. “Thou shalt not dwell unduy upon past affairs of the heart, real or imaginary. “Thou shalt never depart from me without first bestowing a kiss, nor fail to greet me with the same caress.” Miss Bacher is 22 years old, and an artist. Beck i3 25, and o graduate of Tufts College witn the (hlun nf 1 AID TO THRIFT SEEN IN INSTALLMENT PLAN l WILL BEACH WINTER HITS MIDDLE WEST Cold Wave Moves East- ward from Rocky Moun- s——Snmg Reported KANBAS OITY, Dec. 1,—Win- ter has made ‘& Mew bid in the several days ! Mountains Mississippi v plunging to The first 1 snowstorm ef shed sub-zero Minnesota and moving east- do, j Be Cut Off| Dec. 1. — The mmission has elimination of 4 broadcas! Wyoming ; NEW ‘youurws, Dec. '1--Install- ment plan buying, attacked by some business leaders as a- factor ‘in- encouraging American families |to extravagance, is really proving is true, declares Prof. E. R. A. Seligman, Columbia University economist, arvey of installmen: es, plan prac el el e ! “Istallment credit tends. on the’ Frost on Windshield whole to strengthen the. motives which induce’ an individual « to save, and also tends to increase his capacity to do 50" says a view of Review i-vu.’) = ( summary of Professor Seligman’s pelsoll(ln were killed when a train conclusions presented in the Re-|8truck a sedan today. WAR CLOUDS ARE SEEN IN EUROPE'S SKY [Friction Between Italy and ‘ France Discussed in French Chamber [MINISTER BRIAND IS OPTIMISTIC HOWEVER One French 1 ‘Deputy Sees Uncle Sam Ready to Start Something PARIS, Dec. 1.—Accumulating threats of trouble between Euro- pean nations r ved an airing in the French Chamber of Depu- ties today, particularly friction |between France and Italy. | Several Radical Deputies pro- fessed to see a great many war clouds in the European sky but Foreign Minister Briand, in an eloquent resume of the situation was optimistic even as to the possibility of France and Italy straightening out their difficul- ties. War between the two couns tries, Minister Briand declared, was unthinkable and impossible, Some other Deputies seemed to Ithink otherwise. They repeated & few of Premler Mussolini’s am- bitlous orations - about . Italy’s rights and her dreams of empire. Radical Soclalist Mont went sofar to say there wot rbe no Communists, | “ Deputy Cachin was even more pessimistic and saw war everywhere even in America and pictured Uncle Sam as gasing greedily at Central and South American countries. ——e——— PROPOSALS OF SOVIETS TAKEN UP AT GENEVA Security Committee, Dis- armament’ Commis- sion, Gets Busy GENEVA, Dec. 1—The newly appointed Security Committee of | the Preparatory ' Disgrmament Commission, still buzzing with the Soviet proposals for abolition of all air, land and sea arma: ments, begail its labors today, en the Russian proposals. Relations between France and Italy, with regard to the Balkans, and also the Poland-Lithuanian controversy, although not speeif: | ically before the Security Com- mission, presented problems up-: permost to the delegates, Lord Cushenden ~said Grear Britain was ready to encourage - that the reverse of that charge|ad assist in the promotion of tiv ¢ disarmament sisted the proposals. but in- Becurity Committes He has just completed should get a clear cut proposis . tion t Cnusbuthdhd DECATUR, Ind., Dee. 1. Frost on the windshield of the aud bile’ prevented the driver from leeinx the train, it is M BARTLESVILLE, Okla., Dee, 1 —Like Robin Hood's forest, the wooded Osage Hills of Northern and eastern Oklahoma are hiding place of bandits. * From the days when Jqu James rode a horse to rob to the present era when the ’*‘ Kimes and R;y 'l‘mlll m ‘ry off “bank loot fl:lu.mlu has )u- \ lontlaws. - Once & criminal the Osage ofticers BANDITS FIND REFUGE IN OKLAHOMA FORES: & is such that pursuit is difticult: if not impossible. - Nature made land with the shifting sands the desert as well as the . vegetation of the forest. W robber is forced to flee the shelter of trees he goes stretches of sand’ swept ally by sttong M