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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXI., NO. 4654. JUNEAU ALASKA, WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 7 1927. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN cms PRESIDENT 1S UNDER ATTACK BY RUBINSUN‘ Democratic Senate Leader Criticises Message of Coolidge | | WASHINGTON, Deec. 7.—Presi-| dent Coolidge's reference in his annual message to prosperity, flood relief and farm relief, was, criticised in a statement by Sen- ’ ator Joseph T. Robinson, Demo- cratic Senate leader. Senator Robinson said the pros- perity claim was ‘‘ficticious, his| references to farm relief, nebulous ! and his discussion of flood relief, | a disappointment.” Senator Robinson complained that the President practically asked the flood districts to meet part of the expenses for the con- struction of levees. ——————— REMUS IN HYSTERICS Witness Says He Trailed Man on Trial for Days to Slay Him ° CINCINNATE, Ohjo, Dec. T.—— George Remus, on trial for the alleged turder of his wife, be-: came hysterical. in court m’ morning when Henry Truesdale: in the limelight du calmly testified he watched, Re- :‘:‘;c:“‘vma Presldle';ltt I‘L:;Z mus for days in an effort to klll favorite, and him for a payment of $100, 000 afered by, Mrs. Remus, the Wi i an Remus slew on October 6. Romola Remus also became hystérical and the court took a recess. ' Miss Remus's screams echved down the court house cor- ridors. vesterday afternoon Re-; Late mus aroused the jre of the Judge, by an outburst that required ef- forts of three men and his daugh- ter to subdue. LAGGING BEHIND BUILDING SHIPS America Outclassed Not Only in Tonnage but in Service Remus, in a roaring voice heard above the tyrmoil of rush-| ing feet towards him, bellowed: “My life’s at stake, my life's at stake, and [ know my legal right | WASHINGTON, Dec. T7-—-For . every first cl merchant - ship | built in“the United States since | !1‘)2\ Great Britain has built 41, EHsEcuTEn ‘Germany 12, Italy 5 and France .nnd Japan approximately four | each. These figures were contained the anhual report of the Shippina Board, which also showed that its operating loss for the year ended last June 30 was $16,000,000 as against $19,000,000 the year be- fore, although the United States Lines, which the board operates, had a profit of $371,000. The United States 'liners are the Leviathan, the George Wash- ington, the Republic, the Presi- dent “Harding and the President Roosevelt. They lost $962,000 the year before. Foreign, Building Foreign building, the report said, provided foreign competitors not only - with more .ships but also with faster ones, for the modern trend in shipbuilding all has been in the direction of speed with economy of operation due to the use of up-to-date machinery, “We are thus being outclassel not only in tonnage, but also in the character of the service ren- dered . the shipper,” the réport continued, “More and more are (Continued on Page Seven.) NEW YORK, Dec. 7.—"A hid- ecous campaign of intimidation and brutality” against the Jews exists in Rumania, the American committee: on the Rights of Re- ligious Minorities declared in, theg preliminary report of a survey of that country. _This persecution, the cummn- tee asserts, is not confined to the Jews, but extends in a lesser de- gree to other religious minorities, including Baptists, Roman Catb- ‘olies and Hungarian speaking Lautherans. 2 DAYS OF DISORDER BUDAPEST, Dec. 7.—Two days of disorder -during which three men were stabbed to death, many persons were injured and several buildings destroyed, occurred in the town of Nagvarad, Rumania. ' demonstrations were first di- . rected against the Jews and then against the Magars. . Nagvarad formerly belonged to H}hnslry but was annexed by Ru- mania. CHRISTMAS MEETING . W (1 > dro The organization has been in existence since 1848. It has at- tempted . to bhave its conventions in the fall. But at that season its members, attached to university ALTIMORE, Dec. 7—Only a ientist could be expected to ex- Main ‘why a national organization ald meet at Christmas time. e National . Association for Advancement of Science will annual meeting at Nash-| ogtjons and are unable or unwill: the day affer Christ- 18 its um..!o. and CONGRESS MAY SHAPE FORTUNES “With tho ncminating conventions apprmhiuz, includes A SCIENTIST’S PLAN ¢ VR AREERIE C whom are]#ourl, who stalked through the e oty fomtiifas | evidence ‘of huge primary. expen- have just returned home from va- ing to ‘Ko away again 8o soen. fllflvmwnfionud(ofln PRESIDENT IS NOT CAN DIDATE FOR 1928 PRESIDENTIAL RACE| the Seventieth Co : (upper left), pre Representative Nis Y THREE MAJOR BILLS, HOUSE WASHINGTON, Dec. 7—~Tha seventigth congress will write a {large. part of: the record upen | which ‘the major parties will go| tinto the 1928 presidential election. Virtually every plece of impor-| {tant legislation holds pramise of | | bearing political import, ana m\m) maneuver by Republicans : |and ~ Democrats alike will ,,A.wlmporlam Mcasures Intro- | ! duced on Second Day ‘ of Congress watched with keen eyes by those interested in the. fortunes of the {major parties as the election year ‘ lr"( 1228 is reached. ! ; | WASHINGIUN, Dec. 7.—With { At the helm of bolh houses are iy, pregident 's message out of tmen who are themselves either| iy. (wiv the House at another avowed or prospective candidates for the presidential nomination. Outstanding among these are the presiding officers, Vice l’reniden’; Charles G. Dawes in the senate/ and Speaker Nicholas Longworth in; the house, lappropriation cairying $200,000, The senate presents the iargesti 990 and the Boulder Dam crop ‘at present and prospective | posal, were presented together candidates, but the house has its|yith a score of Federal buildings possibilities .in Longworth, Cor-|,nq pridge measures, dell Hull of Tennessee, former In the Senate, nearly chairman of the Democratic na- tional - committee, and others. troduced. Senator Charles Curtis of Kan-! sas, Republican floor leader, has | the jump on his many mlleuguen;Hd‘ of Mflllull who have their ears attuned to| the call of the highest office in| the land, as he is the only avowed candidate in congress. Clustered about Curtis on the { Republican side of the senate wiil went through preliminaries which usually precede the launching of big and important business. Three major bills, tax reduc- 50 minor HELENA, Mont;, blizzard which sperad over the| eastern half of Montana, be many other presidential possi-|spent itself leaving zero, also sub- bilities. Near the leader sits 'zero temperatures. It is predicted Borah of Idaho, and almost as|there will be more snow and con- tinued cold .for at least another 24 hours. Breaks Down and close is Norris of Nebraska, the “favorite son”, of the independent group in the senate. \ Then there -are Watson of In-| diana, assistant majority floor leader; Moses of New Hampshire, president pro tempore of the sen- ate and the first to predict thal President Coolidge would not! HANFORD, Cal, Dec. 7.— “choose” to run; Willis of Ohlo,!James Allendale today broke down and still others whose names have lunder questioning and confessed peen mentioned” in connection |he wielded the crowbar with with the nomination. which Mrs. Edna Artist was kill- The Democratic side of the sen-|ed, and her husband so severely ate provides almost as many pos-|wounded that he 18 expected sibilities as. does the Republican.)to die. ; the majority, the minority EDNARD W. BROWNING hn its leader’s name well up on the list of whose names are dlleuud wherd politicians . foro- gather. Besides this Jeader, Robinson pf sas, there arg Reed of ditures in Pennsylvania and Ili- . last year; Walsh of ufi. who fought his way vlbll‘h diffie after difficulty to idential timber in the House and Scnfe will report Among lzp:blwnm boomed for the Presi- in the upper house; Senator Norris (upper $9,000,000 for th Longworth .(center below), Speaker of the ¥ AL vmxi (center Above). Glass of Virginia, M |short session yesterday afternoon, | tion measure, the first deficiency| pro- | { pension and claim bills were in-| Swept by Blizzard| Dec. 7.—Thel has | Confesses Murder| N {Lq'ses Life on | Aécount of !A?‘tifi«'iul Leg WILLIAMSTOW W. Va,, Dec. ~—Fight persons died in a fire | which destroyed a boarding house. of those who died were witnesses in the murder | trial of Elijah - Wellman and | three ' sons. The fire originated in the hall- | way between the two sections of | the rooming house at 6 o'clock | this morning and spread so rap- |idly that the eight persons were | trapped. ; All the bodies were found in a | bathroom on the upper floor to | which the victims had fled. | The origin of the fire is un- | certain. Deputy Marshal A. Marcum is | believed to have lost his life be- cayse of the time it took him to ,attach his artificial leg after the dangpr be(‘.lm(-\ known, iPtflST OFFIGE [DEP ARTMENT | { 1 iContinued Lfllcmncy [s i dicated- -Recommen- dations Made WASHINGTON, Dec. '(Ipuud efticiency of the Postal] Service, that part of the Govern ment in most intimate touch with| all the people was indicated in Postmaster General New’s annual | to President Coolidze, which recited that the operating deficit was cut by approximatelv e When regular overseas air rtation shall have been strated as - practicable an} m_ta. Mr. New told the President, the Post Office Department would endeavor to be among the firat to use such facilities in advan:- ing air mails to foreign countries, He asked amthority to inaugurate (such setvice under four-year con- ltracts after advertising for bids. the part of some classes of mail users over changes made in 1925,” he said. “The readjustment of i postage rates to the classes of mail and the services rendered them is always a difficult matter, {especially when such readjust- (ment applies to business condi- tions established under rates of long standing. The changes made are still under consideration by the Congress and the depart- lm«nl‘ Postal Rates A comprehensive plan for an equitable readjustment of postal {rates, the Postmaster General said, would be submitted at the |appropriate time, A report on the cost of handling the various classes of mail during 1927 will |be made to Congress, shortly after it convenes, for use in connection change of |with legislation for ;n\u-s Postal revenues for the year to- taled. $683,988, an increase of $2: 187, or 3.53 per cent, over 1926. Audited expenditures total- ed $714,677491, an increase of $34,873,438, over 1926.. The ex- penditures included transfer of $15,072,032 to the retirement fund | which in previous years was not |recognized as a cash expenditure. Exclusive of that amount, audited expenditures totaled $699,605,459, an increase of but $19,801,406 over 1926. After adjustments for obligations carried over from the previous year and for obligations outstanding, expenditures totaled $712,036,704, making an operating deficit of $28,914,’ Recommendations Numerous recommendations were made by the Postmaster General for legislation to improve the postal gervice. These included provision to carry into effect the President's views providing for the classification of postmasters at first, second, and third class offices, amd repeal of the four- year term of office. Approval was renewed of a gen- eral plan of Government owner- ship of bulldings, within the limit of good business judgment, as distinguished from the leasing system, . extensive review of of the postal service in the devobuh-t of the air mall serv- h,e,":' relinquished to private con was ports the vel mil withy ! dem | | - REPORT MADE “There is still dissatisfaction on | DOUBLES ARE INTRODUGED IN MURDER TRIAL ) Both Defieadants i Lilliery | dahl Case Have Good ! Likenesses w MAYS LANDING, 7.—Both defendants Lilliendahl murder Margafet Lilliendahl Jeach, have doubles. This developed late yesterday afternoon just before the last witness was heard and court ad- Dec Dr Mrs, Willis N. J, in the case, and journey, prepared to end the trial. Early in the trial, A. J. Riner, aged “cranberry king,” was pro- duced as a double for-Beach. A | woman s placed on the stuml {who testified that Alice Lum.l(), a nurse, was the image of A\qu, Lilliendahl. } Rider was produced im an at-| tempt to prove that a State wil— ness, who testified seeing a man! {resembling Beach near the scene| {of the crime, had in fact seen the “cranbe king.” The nurs as brought into \lln'-prm't-ellln,'.;fi to indicate that; |another State witness might as! | well have seen her at the place| Ihe said he saw Mrs. Lilliendahl; | | on the day of the killing. FINAL ARGUMENTS "l MAYS LANDING, N. J., Dec. | 7.~ Testimony in the Li!liendahl | murder case warrants a verdict lof guilty against the widow of ithe victim and Willis Beach, | Prosecuting Attorney Hinkle to-; (day asserted in his summation lof the evidence to the videres tg AlS'Jury. DEFENDANTS ' MUST PROVE - NOT GUILTY Burden of P;f_ Rests with show by their testimony they are nots guilty if they wish to escape punishment. Justice Siddons overruled, with- out prejudice, motions made by Sinclair and associates to dis- miss the charges. Justice Siddons, in whose court the Fall-Sinclair oil conspiracy charges ended in a mistrial, ont of which grew the contempt pro- ceedings, declared he was con- cerned and believed the entire counlry was concerned with whe- ther a jury in a United States Court can be shadowed by detec- tives. KIDWELL'S NAME MENTIONED WASHINGTON, Dec. Jdward Kidwell, known as the talkative juror in the Fall-Sinclair trial, was brought into the Sinclair con- temipt proceedings yesterday when Counsel for Sheldon Clark, Chi- cago sportsman, one of the de- fendanti serted the real reason for the oil case mistrial, was the approaching of Kidwgll by tw> persons and that no action had been taken against these persons by the Distriet Attorney. Former Alaskan Is Found Dead, Street LONGVIEW, Wash., Dec. 7. The body of James A. Spencer, prominent restaurant operator, was found lying just off the side- walk a block from his home. He had left his place of business apparently ' in good health last night. Desth was due to heaft failure. i Spen aska, during t a fortune in the business in Al- He leaves e children. salmon d, Found ., Dec. 7.—All . erew of 25 con- which = were rd raging here ive been located | = iThrows Hat Into Ring for good enough to mention my name can nomination dency,” Senator Willis said in a feel tion, I shall feel it a great honor to do so.” dates in the of the Senate, the other being JCW.I’, Wortll SZ”,.“ Senator Charles Curtls, sas, Mother of Two The body of Mrs. mother of two bables, wife of Chitina Cash Store, lying an Indian near Chitina, up the Copper River Valley. was nearby. was nearly blown off. lleved Mrs. Dyer shot herself last Sunday night in a fit of despend- ency. Leaving a neighbor' in the afternoon anything CmimCityls cally paralyzed. The entire rq-l] erate and German Cuts Sum spend 119,000,000 jbont vention of ¢ $172,000,000, in 1928 'fl' ':llokl m“fi and navy. This is 50 tured hip besa than spant 1n:2437 Jdeat, Coolidge Eliminates Himself as Candidate For President in 1928 In Vigorous Statement WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—In a posteript prepared to his speech yesterday before the Republican National Com- mittee, President Coolidge said: “To give time and mature deliberation, 1 stated to the country on August 2 I do not choose to run for President . in 1928. “My statement -d.md*. “No one should be led to suppose I have modified it. My decision will be respected. “After I had been eliminated the Party began‘and should vigorously continue the serious task of selecting . another candidate from among the numbers of distinguish- ed men .mulnble." SEN. WILLIS KANSAS GITY IS GANDIDATE ' GETS G. 0. P. PRESIDENGY ~ CONVENTION t Int Chairman Bu—tle r, of Na- tional Committee, Wins His Fight WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—Kan- sas City is chosen for the 1928 Republican National Convention. The convention will open at 11 o'clock on the morning of Tues- day, June 12. Selection ¢f Kansas City was ade in a break-up of a spee- ular 20 ballot deadiock in the National Committee. 3 During the. several hours of - balloting, advantage swung be- tween San Francisco and Kansas City with several other cities trailing. s City 58, San Francisco 39, De- troit 4 and Chicago 1. 'The result represented the m fought victory for Chairman lqt- ler. VARE-SMITH Republican Nomination at Convention | i SENATOR F. B. WILLIS WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—Sena- v, . . tor Frank B. Willis, Republican A | Sinclair and His of Ohfo, tossed his hat into the| Assoc:.ates Presidential ring immediately after President Coolidge told the . 3 oo Republican Natlonal Committee- g trial before Justice Slddons on|had “eliminated” himself from|terday marked the opening of the criminal contempt charges, must|the 1928 Presidential situation.|fight in the Senate on the seating of Senators-elect Vare of Pemn- sylvania, and Smith of linois, both Republicans. ¢ Opponents of the two men were led by Sentor Norris, Independent Republican of Nebraska, who com- tends the two were fllegally el- ected because of expenditures of excessive sums in the primaries which elected them. The fight is expected to be a hot dne and may last for mamy days. “Numerous friends in Ohio and some in other States, have been in connection with the Republi- for the Presi- formal statement. “If the Republicans of Ohio I can creditable represent them as their candidate in the forthcoming National Conven- This candi- both members puts two avowed field, of Kan- Republican Floor Leader. - laS!oIe--l.ocAudn LOS ANGELES, .. Dec. T.— Theft of jewelry valued at more’ than $200,000 from Bernard Ren- felt, New York City consignment jeweler, in a downtown Los An- geles hotel, last Friday, was dis- closed today by the police for the first time. The authorities withheld publicity because they believed they had several clues which might result in the eap ture of the thiel. However, the police said, no arrest is immi ¢ o Children Ends Life at Chitina CORDOVA, Alaska, Dec. 7. L. A. Dyer, and the the bookkeeper of the was found blood-stained snow . by in A revalver The woman's head It is be- house | INDIANAPOLIB, lnd “Jti{Joseph B. Kealing, take| National Committeeman from diana, died suddenly toda; ing was taken ill in Wi liast week where he went to {tend the sessions of the na | Committee, and returned jhome here for medical {His condition wea not M CALGARY, Doc 7. ——Clml in'be serious. the fury of one of the worst blizzards experienced in a. num- wm"- " M ber of years, Calgary is .futl- CLEVELAND, Ohlo, Dee. Willilsm B. Prenter, aged 73 ye former President of the E hood of | died here ww“"“ ill health since lsst ihe suftered an’ sita will ' monia she sald happens to me, ‘e of my children.” ——.——— rallway system is unable op- zml sessions. hvel been suspen: For Armp BERLIN, Dec. T-