The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 3, 1927, Page 1

\ __known alienist and VOL. XXXL, NO. NE W 4651 PROSP - JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” 1927. ERITY IS SEEN ' PROMISE I 3 IMPORTANT MEASURES T0 BE DISCUSSED Senator Curtis Assuresl.l Vote on Farm Relief and Other Bills WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.—Sena- tor Charles Curtis, Conference Chairman and Republican Floor Leader, gave assurance today there will be votes at the coming session on three measures the Western Independent Republican Senators desired action upon. 1 The subjects to be presented to| the Senate for discussions and digposal are the farm relief bill, measure dealing with injunctions by Federal Court and tion for investigation into Am- ericah activities in Central and South America. y Senator Curtis declared: *“While I cannot speak for the Republi- can majority, 'f can adfure you personclly, without committing myself on the matters to be cov- ered in your letter, that I feel ¥ou are entitled to a final vote during the first session of the Seventieth Congress on these , Questions. A% leader of the Republican majority, T will gladly make ev- L ery effort to secuye considerati and a final vote on them when they are reported from the com- ittees to which: . they -are.re- -&«-u.. o S —————— ———— PREPARATORY DISARMAMENT | SESSION ENDS Adjourns Until March 15| —Soviet Russia Loses for Earlier Date GENEVA, Dec. 3.-—The Pre-| paratory Disarmament Conference adjourned today after Soviet Rus- sia suffered defeat in selection of | a date for the next meeting. i Soviet delegates wanted to meet again in January but the Secur- ity Committee put the date off until March 15. The Soviets did not bolt dis- armament discussions on account of the tate date. Maxim Litvin- off, Soviet delegate, said: *Cer- tainly’ we will return to Geneva for the next meeting. We sajid we will always attend meetings Wwhich promise to bring abput| disaramament. - We are for dis- armament first, last and forever.” President Loudon warned that Adisarmament be built not on dreams but realities. a resolu- i P S MADE ~ MEMBER FOR ALASKA OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS | STAGE AND BUSINESS END ROMANCE Katherine Wilson and Richard Barthelmess (inset) are sald to be too busy to be bothered with romance, according to the ones who are in the know at Hollywood. In fact, they say that Richard has l_:emn Jilted, At any rate, the wedding which had been .set for Nov. 15 Is indefnitely. (International Illustrated News) Endurance Flight Is Called Off Tlis Afternoon B if Coolidge Going | To Havana | Next January \ N FRANCISCO, Cal., Deec. 3.( |1 WASHINGTON, pt. Kingsford Smith, ' with| | Dec, 3— Lieut. Pond, took off this morn-!| Presidéiit Coolidge has de- ing in the monoplane Southern| | eided to go to Havana in | Cross to attempt to establish al | January to address the Sixth new. world's endurance record.( | Pan-American Congress. He The flight will be along the Cali- | intends to travel by rail to ! fornia coast. The plane, for fhe; | Key West, then board an | tripi was rechristened “Pride of{ | American warship for Cuba. : Qalifornia.” | He expeets to return the Pr— | same route. ¢ i | RETURNS TO FIELD 3 e L ] —_—— e — SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3.— The Southern Cross retgrned to| the field this afternoon® hecause of tail flutter. A radio message from the plane before it landed, said: “Bad luck. We dumped gas. Will ‘come in. Tail flutter prac- tically impossible. We do it to- morrow instead. All else fine. Gas, oil, excellent,” 9 - TOMANAGUA Pm Crazy- ’Bout And Experts Differ OAKLAND, Cal, Dec. 3—“I'm crazy about you, girlie,” breathey the lovesick youth in the conceal- €d ear of his inamorata. 3 "Crazy is right,” comments ths Psychiatrist of this sonlful expres- sion. $ 4 In fact the only reason most of are not fleeing down back al- ys pursued by asylum squads §s % use there are so many of us.! It has been declared. “Love is not called insanity be- - tause''so many people have it.”} @uoth Dr. Siegfried Block, well- psychiatrist §i charge of the department of rous diseases at a Brookl ‘hospital, o . “Doctor Absurd Block’s statement -is an | Trimotored Fokker Mono- plane Leaves Miami l MIAMI, Fla., Lec. 3.—Major E. for. Nicaragua not in accord with Doctor Block's:H. Brainard, Commander ofs the definition, she conceded thatlove, | United States Marine Corps Avia- by sheer mass formation, became a natural characteristic or phe nomenon. Love has.a bumber of charac- You, iy ard, pilot, and W. M. Winchester, mechanic, hopped off today for a line of duty flight to Managua, Nicaragua, to deliver a tri-motor- ed Fokker.' monoplane to the Marine Corps officers for service with the American troops. ‘ Flying conditions are Teported to be perfect. - ‘Havana was the immedigte ob- [Jective. The plane was due there within two hours after taking off here| - FA ~ Major Brainard pla L to make the second jump, 10 Managua, in 10 hours, ¥ meeting of grand jurors. ‘That ‘may be,” i3 the comment of Doctor Bridgman, “but such symptoms also arise- under a va- riety of other conditions which have nothing to do with love.” € Trifle Balmy . When r_made the fyrst channel ewim on record to visit his lady g: and finally drowned jn the Hi t he was a trifle ‘balmy, Decfor Block _informs -us. he on the trellls at Juliet's b S ~—Alvin tha|Q ? te for the United § postponed | IS ON TODAY, tion forces; Sergeant M. T. Shep-| GOVERNOR SMITH BREAKS SILENCE ON PROHIBITION Sees No Reason Why Vot- ers Should Not Oppose Volstead: Act ALBANY, N. Dec. For the first time since he has hebn prominently mentioned as a Dem ocratic Presidential possibility, Gov. Al Smith broke his silence {on the Prohibition question by de- {claring that while he stands for the enforcement of all laws, he Bees no reason why any group of voters should not oppose the Fed- eral Prohibition statutes. The Governor's declaration was | {made at the annual convention {dinner of the New York Stae O WEST Here is a new picture of the National Ca paint which makes it shine more brightly tha ‘BLOC pitc]l, with the dome n even o Vi 7 ¢ David Lynn, architect of :,f.:f"‘m“f‘ ‘r‘e:'{:’,f,':m),"fi,':;“;':r | WASHINGTON, D. . Dec. 3~/ capitol, and_his statf have heen| the Nassau County Branch of the {House cleaning days at the ci i since July 1 to effeci| League, condemming organization|tol are almost over and when ! 3 nges. i opposition to the Volstead Act|congress convenes December 5| The center part of the capitol and urgipz “respect for and|mombers will find the old build-| Was constructed of sandstone obedience to the law.” ing wrapped in new glory. { When the house and senate wings | The Governor was asked what The famous capitol dome, which | Were added, 1]1('_\" were construc- was wrong with that and if there ted of marble. l:.vz‘v since, ther: | was any reason why opposition | towers above the center of Wash-|has bheen a slight .dlfrnrenm lu' ! should not organize. ington, is cloaked in a coat of|the shade of the wings and the new paint, specially designed by the bureau of standards to bring out its reflective qualities. The {main building has been repainted ——oo DIVORGES HIS commission ' {of fine arts approved the harmon.! on and the architect’s staft! arrvied it out. H older portion. © The the [ grounds. PULP, PAPER INDUSTRY TO HELP ALASKA Development of Forest In- i dustries Will Be Per- ; ! manent Business 'SALE OF TWO TRACTS GREATEST GF BOOSTS Secretary of Agriculture Jardine Elated at Al- aska’s Future i | | | ! ] i | | WASHINGTON, any other heavily timbered ro- | gion in the United States, the | Alaska Coast has mot become the h | scene of temporary exploitation Painters have been throughout | leaditig to timber depletion, but the corridors, galleries and cloak can look forward to development fooms in ‘the house and senate, | o permanent forest industries in and the senate library has been keeping with the capacity of tha completely redecorated. The la- forest lands to sustain them, Sec- dies” lounge in the semate has retary of Agriculture Willilam M. heen refurnished. Electrical fix- Jardine declared in his annual re- . tures throughout the capitol have vort made public today. been inspected and Thew bulbs The report, on the pulp ami placed in the battery of 11qod } paper industry of Alaska, declas- lights that plays lon the dome ed that the “notable development at night. of the year in ‘the National For- The dome, which has appeared est ‘Administration was the initia- a glaring white, really is gray|gjon of projects for utilization of all dressed up in a fresh coat of Dec. 3—Unlika H | i outside to harmonize with the| Congress —appropriated — §100,-'now, but the architect declares | fhe timber in | fhouse and senate wings, and the|735.80 for renovation of the capi- | the reflective qualities of the newt two l-rga:l “?::'.:" ::,:::'-:: | w’FE su R'vAL jinterior has been venovatod|tol itself, and $74,792.20 for the paint will make it atand out as timber. ever made. i | | throughou ‘improvement of the capitol prominently as ever. 4 “There ave 7Y National Fore \ % Qs l : l G' but on the . The v MAY WED HEB ' ; *|Smith and Vare Given 1nd more ‘senthatly’ NULSAM Bor | RiA | Tax Reduction L o ¥ est is the ’l;lnnxlus National For- | % | 2 Y |1 D k S 3 B ’ est. It is here the pulp timber {Husband Here Makes SaC-fl‘ K_’m‘";"’ .l°l » ' | es8h's in enate) oth |areas covered by the present & . ! ) Co . sales are located. rifice for Woman in ;| Now Completec Loc 1 N he E 3 ‘ ot ocated [Near the EXit8 wiions of coras : | Germany WASHINGTON, Dec. - R L ‘The Tongass National Foreat : | etk aia t | Drafting of the Tax Reduction AR TLARE RN O _"h:md ullr m:«l t::!oul 120,000,000 CHICAGO. Dec. 3—As a token | | bill has been completed by | | ASHINGTON, Do Frank | Thae 75} . cords of pulpwood stumpage and of the love he bears his wifc. | the House Ways and Means | |1, ‘Smpn vty oy bofrank| Tao Cities in its estimated growth, a contint- ' Henry C. R. Japling's gift this} | Committee and with the ex- ' |10 mako his fight for a piace 1 |Front for ous yield of pulpwood of at least year on the sixteenth anniversary || ception of a few minor the United States iite 1,000,000 cords annually. ‘This iof their marriage is to be a di-! | changes, the measure will be | | vorce decree so she may wed the! | placed in form for introdue- man who has supplanted him in! | tion on the opening day of { her affections. | | Congress. | He makes the sacrifice without | | | thought of self because “she Wil i ARSMMNGT be happler.” SRR i his attorney, F. W. Siegel, had filed suit in the superior couit charging Mrs. Japing with deser- ition. The charge is merely tech- niecal. Mr. Japling, now living in Liep- zig, Germany, requested him to| file the suit because she had no| grounds. He immediately com- plied. { Mr. Japling, a salesman, plained it all. His wife four months ago wrots him she was in. love with one Walter Reichenbach, a neighbor, in Leipzig, and wanted her free- dom. Mr, Reichenbach sent A supplementary letter stating that ‘we have for years been planning to marry each other.” “It was up to me," i His action was disclosed ufu-rz i DEFENDANTS - NOT SLAYERS, CLAM MADE {Defense Is Presenting Tes- timony in Dr. Lillien- " dahl Murder Case MAYS LANDING, N. J., Dec. 3 ~-Margaret Lilliendahl and Wil {liam Beach, who for four days !have heen pictured through tho said Mr.i Prosecution witnesses as the mur- Japling. “She couldn’t get a t||-fderers of the woman's aged hus- vorce. 1 had offered her a home band, were late yesterday pre. {in Chicago. I had regularly sent | sented in the light of innocent, Iher $100 a month after she left!injured persons, entirely uncon- jhere for Germany, following tha|nected with the crime. This was {World War. [ had provided for|in the opening addresses of de- lour two children, Harold, fifteen,|fense. and Gertie, fourteen, So the only! The, bulk of the testimony for way for her to regain her !ree~|lhe defense was to the effect tha dom was for me to file the suit./Beach was nowhere near th I am glad to do that. |scene of the crime when Dr. Lil- Never Cared for U. 8. i liendahl was shot to death, that “Please don't make me out .[two negroes were and fled a# if hero or an angel. I am just ajpursucd by the shadow of death, human being, & hard-working and there was no motive for the salesman, who belleves in doing|defendants to commit the crime. the right thing. Happiness is n‘[ The woman says two negroes matter of viewpoint. If what I|killed ber husband. am doing adds to her happiness I/ am satisfied. And, anyway, may- be after she marries him I'll look | confessed to the murdef of Dr. ex vorce him and come back-to me; |timote, as ‘he was in Marcus 2K Hook, Penmsylvania, all that day, a defense witness testified today. Beachl took the stand this aft- crnoof - ia his own defense. was pale and .nervous. d_any conpection whatsoever _the killing and denied he rked any maps @t the scene of the . Buch maps were found Lilllendahl’s bag at the be crime. - Mrs. Japling never ecared for our American tion. She wore a lorgnette, the strects to her “were dirfy. Mr. Japling ,‘ : here was inter and the Hungarian goul wi on Stand Wiilis Wh could mot have better to her. Perhaps she'll di-ir,mmj_anl, on October 1, in Bal-| He' | He de-' and found a desk assigned him for his use, at least until his name .3 called for the oath of office nest Monday. His desk is on the end of the back row near the exit. | William 8. Vare, of Pennsy!- vania, whose right to a seat in the |Smm|e is also disputed becausa, ’nf the Primary campaign_ ex-! penses, has been assigned tem- | porarily to a desk at the end of| the next row. His desk is f'qunl-! ly as convenlent ‘to an exit ag] Smith's. While some friends of the two Senators-elect “concede there ap- pears to be little hope of either be taken into the party confer- when the organization is perfect- ed. % {Trust Blocks Flood ' | Control, Says Norrisi - WASHINGTON, Dec, 3 | charge that a power trust exi with a view to blocking “any j tematic flood control program” well as government operat| Muscle Shoals was made by Sena- Senator Norrls, who will renew ihis fight this session for govern- are insisting mow that the Senate should admit 8mith of Illinois and Vare of lvania into the Senate chamber.” G.0.P, Convention [for the Republican National con- strongly in the race, are Kansas City, Cleveland and |appear to be restricted by a de- of them belng seated, they willisire of many of the early arriving -1 committeemen ienw of the Senate Republicans |vention into the i iD. C. Faces Blue ito ban all amusements A nation’s capit sted | launched as soon as congress con- #ys:{venes, Representative William P, 43| Lankford, n of | announced yesterday. tor Norris, Republican, Nebraska. { dump into on the first day of the sesafon, specitically outlaws movies ai ment operation of the Alabama | baseball, sales will write in the long property, deelared the trust *is| “Con‘inued on the same speclal interests that| = e, - Alqska military cable and telegraph sys- tem between Seattle and 'Alaska Is costing less and earning more jas time goes on, and made | especially favorable showing n the last fiscal year, as shown by | |the annual report of Maj. Gea. Charles McK. Saltzman, chiet sig nal officer of the Army, which i made public. The story of transi- jtion from land telegraph to,_ radio, ithe grawth of the system' m: {benefits are summariz report in this way: j will permit an output for all time i of not less than 1,000,000 tons of {newsprint a yéar, or onefourtn of the present consumption in tha United States. Sales Under Way “The sales now underway con- template an output within five years of 120,000 tons of news. print annually. “The entrance of the pulp and paper industry in the Alaskiin re- gion will be of almost immeasur- able importance to the Territory. “A capital investment of at least $8,000,000 or $10,000,000 will be necessary «in connection with each of the two projects. Part of this lnvenman’ will be for b’ development of ' water power | Power sites, like timber, are pub- lic property and in consequence | co-ordinated development of both | resources is in the best possible Nowilmere;u of the Territory, | Joint Policy Federal = Water Power mmission, and the Department Agriculture are pursuing a Jjoint policy under which puly wood areas and water power are juecessary to make their opern- of Georgta, | tions feasible, blocked. up er and made available to the: same manufacturer, after adver- tisement for competitive bidding. . “Consumption of these WASHINGTON, Dec. 5—Activi- ty on behalf of Detroit and San Francisco put them in the front vention city, Speculation as to the confer- tion city continues as the mem- bers of the Republican National Committee continued to arrive for the meeting next week. In the background, but stili Philadelphia, although Philadelphia’s ~chances to take the con- ‘West, | o Sunday Drive “The | ITON, Dec. 3—A fight i Co! from the | of al on Sunday will be | WASHI Democrat, The bill which Lankford wis the legislative hopper Cablexsnl.;owing i WASHINGTON, - Dec. = 8—The ) on the south coast of Alaska, the chain of radio stations in interior of that Territory. Commercial Receipts The sum of $287,921.235 turned into the treasury of United States from tolls on com mercial messages transmitted the people. In addition, the tem handled free of chatge cial dispatches for various caus of the $140,562.94, an its “ e and military purposes; 1| o5t use is flected In th