The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 10, 1927, Page 1

— _1 “ i | an yuut down IaRAIR m try lor THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXXL, NO. 4657. DOUR SH[]WN ARMY AIR SERVICE | . FACING DEARTH OF YOUNG ()FFICERS NOW| VARE; SENATE DENIES OATH Senator-Elect WASHINGTO Dec. 10—Fur ther concrete evidence that avia tion is an art’ that demands youth from Penn- ¢ in its devotees stands out sharp- sylvama Must Combat ly in the first annual report_ ren-| Fraud Evid dered by F tbee Davison, as rau vidence sistant secretary for air in the o ET War Department. He related that HINGTON, Dec. 10--The | Air Corps commissi are going has shown the door tc|begging for lack of youngsters 1o Senator-elect William 8. Vare, Re-[take them. publican of Pennsylvania, by 2 “There still is a shortage of vote of 56 to 30. commissioned personnel, caused Vare will not become Senator|chiefly by reason of the fact that unless he can present a convine-|fewer officers of other branches ing case hefore the Reed Slush|have applied for transfer to the| Fund Committee, Air Corps than expected, although Vare's oath was denied until|the War Department has made the committee reports after fur-|every effort to encourage such ac ther investization upon charges of | tion,” the report said. “Further- fraud Dboth in the Primary and|more, a substantial number m‘ General election. those officers who did apply were Both Houses Speed Up unable to pass the physical ex- The Senate and - House . have jamination and complete the speeded machinery -of the govern-|course in flying training. ment at both ends of the Capitol, Desirable Types moving expeditiously. The Vare “The type of personnel most case was quickly disposed of by|yaluahle is graduates of the the Senate. United States Military Academy The House passed the $200,000-1or of technical civil institutions 000 bill carrying miscellany appro-|of learning.’ priations and still had time to| Nor is it merely youth that fills; the bill, for Mr. Davison says the ratio of graduates from Army fly ing schools to the number of can | is debate the big tax reduction bill. Many New Bills Many new bills and resolutions were dumped into the House and |dijates who begin the training Senate "hoppers. discouragingly low One resolution was about Ad Still another adverse condition miral Magruder, proposing an in-|i, the corps affecting comm quiry into Magruder's reflectionseq personnel is the post-war pro- on the Navy. motion blockade, which the air The gun elevation item in the |gecretary said results in lower ef- House appropriation bill was ap-|gjcjency because of its effect or proved with the provision it did | jmerale. He deferred recommen not violate the Ary 31 tons, however, pending com- treaty. jon of the promotion study for Army now in progress. Los Angeles Li.:,:,_nrr Efficing), Wanes Early e ‘t is fairly definitely establish- Gangs Sta:t that a flying officer canmot to remain reasonably effl- (a LOS ANGRLES,. (' 1 Vil oty sereiee Ctype flying long ~Cleo Bush, ag “ienoagh to meach the present ¢ ker, 1s near Qests \. 4 cment age of 54 years,” he said. cels in The sorvices of those , have had long experience ving should not be lost, as would what the police bell break of rival liquor, Lamis wi Bush was found, shot & the] back, near a building 8¢ Had fust: pesably be the c in most in- left ces under the present I | Displaying stoleal Juei sing undoubtedly makes e to the officers wiho ‘41 dlirome physical demands and in- him as to the names ef iy ag 'dvces physical strains not inhe sailants, after telling hin 4% cui to other branches of the mill- probably fatally . wosnded DBush tary servied” refused to throw wuy keht on — t the affair and said: “If T get Mex'cm Town R‘lded wull. 1 will handle the ease my- One Merchant Killed MEXICO CITY, Dec. 10—Oue merchant was killed and a num- ber of townspeople wounded when 200 armed Agrarians on horseback ided the town of Huichapan,{ according (o a dispatch to the BEx celsior, newspaper. Had Hum:h Saved Hlmaelf, 3 Drown Wash,, Dec. Tony Zoolich and ANACORTE Dick Surys Joe Dragovich, jwere drowned to- > 2 day when a skitf in which the The mierchant was killed while were carrying 1,500 pounds of standing by the door of his store which was looted. The raiders looted Dbusiness } houses and residences then fled after the inhabitants armed them- «nlvox nnd began resisting. clams foundered in a storm while they were rowing to a gas hoat Joe Suryan, age 17 years, refused to board the skiff- and remained ashore, |h|ls escaping death. Ameru‘a 'S Perfect Girl Works Hard for Health| 10—Marie An-! Physically she rnled 100 per cent but she didn't stand properly. So all the next year, in addition | to the rigid health program she had already established for her- self, she took regular posture ex- ercises, consisting of stand at arms’ length from a wall, wlth palm against it, and bending for- ward and backward so that her chin touched the wall. Then for the third time she tried for first health homor she made it. She made such an excellent job of it sltogether that, of the competing girls at the Chicago show from forty-four states, Marie came off national champion. No Make-Up Necessary The young lady was insulted when ‘an impertinent young man asked her if she used any make- up. She has nothing but scorn for the great organization of fa: cial uplifters upon whom city wo- men are so0 dependent for their complexions. Her pink and white cheeks of finest texture are the result of much walking on Kan- 'san plains. Her bright blue eyes are no debtbrs to ‘eye luster Jlo- tions, and the dark lashes, which turn back in a long curve toward perfectly arched brows have nev- er known mascaro. Miss Antrim is a sophomore at high school. J. Fred Christmas, 18-year-old farm boy from Blanchard, lowa, representing 99 degrees of ras- © CHICAGO, Dec. trim, 15 years lod, who came from a farm near Kingman, Kans. to earry off national health honors at the convention of the 4-H Clubs in Chicago in connection with the Internationals Livestock Exposi- tion, walked the royal road to physical perfection by using the .medical rather than the cosmedi- cal profession as guides. Her en- viable position as healthiest gicl in America has not been a result of a kind providence entirely. Three or four years ago Marie ‘made up her mind to try to make a perfect health record. She fol- Jowed closely the health rules laid down by the Department of Agri- culture. She went to bed every night unfailingly at 9. Each morn- ing at 6:30 she was up and start- ed at her setting-up exercises, fthen down to a rather heavy Ibreakfast of cereal, fruit, bacon land eggs, bread and butter and ik, The noonday and evening meal msisted hlmost uniformly-of veg- "etables, both-raw and cooked, lots of fruit, little meat. She GR" lots of water and plenty of milk. . Cured Defect in Posture Finally, feeling quite fit, she went to the state meeting of the and Girls' Club, but came home with a dlquolmmx cond 'he £ wag bquall) L.en’.i“ about her hnlu Mm-ie Dog Star i - |““Communicative Insanity” | ception | primaries. | lic ]UNI;A[ I Valued at $100,000: Jury Makes Award [ | LOS ANC Cal, Dec. 16 Peter the one time dog| sereen s ued at $100, 000 by a jury in the Superior Court, judgment for that sum and an additional $25,000 for caused by his death being award-, ed the dog's owrers, Edwar Faust and Charles Dreyer in their suit against Fred Cyriacks, weal thy north Hollywood land owner. | Cyriacks shot and killed the dog last yea - o | HOWARD FILES - FOR DELEGATE IN 6.0.P. RACE ; r Is First Declaratlon of Can-| didacy Received at Of- /| fice of Secretary Bartley Howard, senior Sena-! tor from the Third Division, to- day filed his declaration of candi dacy for the Republican nomina tion for Delegate to Congress fo: the primary election to be held April, next year. He is the firs candidate for any office v\hlhph filing has reached the office of| the Territorial Secretary, it announced by Secretary Kar!! Theile. | Mr; Howard made his (ilhmx personally. The fluflb;—‘-n» haen expected. for some time as My Howard as far back as last Sep. tember announced his intention to seek the Republican nomination The Anchorage Senator has been actively laying the founda- tion for his campaign in this sec- tion for several weeks. He has| covered all of the larger towns in | Southeastern Alaska with the e of Hyder, Haines and Skagway. He réturned here last | week from a trip to Sitka and| other communities in this vicinity and will lepve Monday for Ska:! way and Haines. He is devoting himself entir>- Iy to meeting the voters and fa miliarizing himself with local eon-| ditions, making contacts, and gen- erally preparing for an intensive campaign next Spring prior to the He -has made nd pub- political speeches, his talks, | which have been fel, being con- fined to brief remarks before chambers of commerce and simi- lar organizations. Navy Promotion Bl Plans Rulu:nl Change . 1HAP;w- is \\'ASHINGT()A 1794 motion by selection through rank of lieutenant commander planned under a naval personnel bill to be introduced in the House by Representative Britten, Repub- lican, Illinois. Present promotion to the rank is by seniority. The bill also would create a fourth class of Naval Reserve to be known as the Transferred Of- ficers’ Reserve. |Charles Ray to Desert Screen for Vaudeville HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Dec. 10-- Another screen star has stepped from the Kleig lights of this film city to the footlights of New York’s Broadway. Charles Ray, whose portrayal of “hick” roles carried him to the heights of “movie” stardom, yes- terday signed a contract to appear in a New York comedy vaudevills | act with the opening scheduled for next month. Mr. Ray has been undergoing intensive voice training here for several months in preparation for his stage sing- ing and speaking appearances. Mrs. Ray also has signed a con. tract to appear in a play: on Broadway. —l GOV. SMITH SETS DEC. 26 . FOR SNYDER-GRAY HEARING . Albany, N. Y., Dec. 10—Hearing of a joint appeal for ] clemency for Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray, convicted of murder of Mrs. Snyder's ‘hride of three weeks, [ by cutting her throat with a knife. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” Al AQKA SATURDAY, DhLLMBER 10, 1927. * MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ;NEW PLEA IS MADE NOW IN MURDER CASE Is Defense of Banker Who Slew Bride BULLETIN — EUREKA, Dec. 10.—Ivan Hart was late this afternon convicted of second degree murder, EUREKA, defense of Kans; Dec. 10--A communicative insani- ty” was introduced yesterday at ial of Kvan Hart, banker. is on trial for killing his Mabel Hart, | Hart testified his bride plead: jed with him to kill her because of her fear of motherhood and he was unable to refuse her re ! quest. That Hart was temporarily in- sane at the time and that he de rived his insanity from’close as sociation with his wife, was the testimony of the defense which holds that Mrs. Hart was mental ly abnormal. Dr. arl Menninger, specialist on nervou of Topeka and mental diseas testified “communicative insanity” was a reality and in hie |opinion the killing was the re sult. 'SENATOR REED IS CANDIDATE Senator Hawes Says Col- league Will Not Be Al- lowed to Withdraw WASHINGTON, silence came from Senator Reed to meet the flat of his colleague, B. Hawes that Reed's will be presented at the Democratic National Conven- tion as a Presidential Candidate. in face of Reed's declination to announce his candidacy. Senator Hawes said there is no foundation for the reported with Dec. 10—Only James predi Senator tion Harry name next tdra of Senator Reed from the Presidential race. Senator Hawes said Senator Reed will “not he permitted to withdraw.” FARM RELIEF MEASURE 1S BACK AGAIN IMcNary Puts New Measure Into Senate Hopper— Contains Fee Plan WASHINGT Dec. 10—The | M y-Haugen Dbill vetoed by President Coolidge at the last sion of Congress, was today start- ed on the way through the new Congress, in a slightly modified form. Senator McNary put the bill in the hopper. The new measure contains a controversial equalization fée pro- vision objected to by President Coolidge, as unconstitutional, as a means of raising funds to meet the cost of marketing surplus crops. The equalization fee how- ever is now to be invoked only after co-operative marketing or- ganizations, with the aid of gov- ernment funds, find themselves unable to handle the surplus and the fees will then be applicable to afll commodities, ‘when required, instead of only part, ‘GOLOIE MINER A. L. WET AND DRY POLL IS | Nallonal Commander How- ever Takes All Respon- sibility on Issue NEW YORK, Deec. 10, The proposed poll on Prohibit'on ameng the entire membership of the American Legion and aux- fliary has struck a snag. The announcement of Commander Spafford that gion Posts will open dise on the Prohibition quest preliminary poll in Ma from State Commander fone former Comn and one po atements that in- dicate Spafford was acting with- ional 1 Le- out authority and contrary to| the Legion's constitution. [ | Cemmander Spafford said the poll. will be conducted on his| own authority and approval of the National Executive (‘mnmiz-l tee has not been sought. ————— Makes Dash for | Wedding; Groom Arrives Too Late CHICAGO, Dec. 10—A dash haif across the continent after a de layed ocean voyage from Chins, ended when Forsythe Sherfesee, dignified financial adviser to the Chinese Government, climbed out of an airplane and greeted his fiance, Mrs, Emily Ryerson, weal- thy widow, six hours too late for their wedding which was to have taken place at noon yesterday. Sherfesee flew from St. Paul to |Chicago in a final effort to ar rive in time not knowing that his Adingy= — .- — / SENTENGED T0 10 YEARS MAYS LANDING, N. Margaret Lilliendahl and Willi | Beach, convicted of voluntary manslaughter, the slaying of th: woman's aged husband, were to day sentenced to ten years each at hard labor, the maximum sen tence, without a fine attached. {Thompson Plans to Decorate Garbage ! Cans with Flags Dec. 10—A parade of 2,000 loaded garbage cans decor- ated with American flags, has {been promised for next summer by Mayor Thompson. The parade will celebrate completion of an incinerator plant and will signifv J., Dec. 10 CHICAGO, the disappearance forever of load- wagons {ed garbage from the North Side. {“Sacramental Wine” Defen_thnlc Fined CHICAGO, Dec. 10—About 59 defendants in the “sacramenta! wine” scandal of two years ago, were fined a total of $15,000 hy Federal Judge Cliffe in disposing of the conspiracy plot. Those fined included several former Prohibition agents, who either pleaded guilty or had been tried and convicted, The fines ranged from $100 to ‘l 500 Five Thlnnll Killed In Revolt in Ukraine NEW YORK, Dec. 10—Sup- pression of the revolt in Ukraine at a cost of 5,000 lives during three months of bitter fighting, |is reported in a copyrighted dis- pacth to the New York Times from Kishineff, Bessarabia. The dispatch told of massacres on the streets. —— - —— Political Intrt Charged, Indictment HARLAN, Ky.. Dec. 10—The United States Coal and Coke Com- pany, & subsidiary of the United States ~ Steel Corporation, is charged i a true bill returned by the. grand jury /with “unlawtully coercing rees” .to vote for D. Cs Ji successful Republican umlnlm ‘Buperior Judge o1 |\umlmq‘ other candidates Ion the thilt wero | HITTING SNAG - hnd«lonhe had postponed lhe wed- |SMITH TO RESIGN AS GOVERNOR IF HE IS N()MIN4TED Dead Flier Is % Credited with |} Altitude Record WASHINGTON, Dec. 10— | Lieut. arlton Champion, | | plucky navy flier who refused to leave his ship after it de veloped engine trouble and burst into flames, is credited with having attained the | | greatest altitude ever to be | reached by man in a heav than air machine. The com- | | munication was received by | | the National Aeronautic As- | sociation from the Federation Aeronautic International and announced jhe latter organ tion accepted Champion’s | mark as the record. He reach- ed an altitude of 38,474 feet. Champion’s body was found in the wreckage of his heav- jer than air craft when it crashed to the seyeral weeks ago. 1 earth | WESTERN BLOC HAS LINED UP | WITHREGULARS | i Republican Control of Sen< ate Is Now Said to Be Assured WASHINGTON, Dé¢. 10—Con- tinuation of Republican control of | i | | old guard in organizing. The declaration was made utlm‘! Senator Curtis, of Kansas, Rspub- lican floor leader, assured the Western bloc Semlitors that a ma- jority of the Republican Senate, n conference, *“took the puslliuul there will be mo unnecessary de-| ‘ay in securing a vote” on the three measures which the Inde- pendents proposed. These — are farm relief, a bill to curb issuance of labor injunctions by Federal Courts, and a resolution proposing an inquiry into the Administra- tion's policy in Latin America. — e Radio Announcer I Bids Dying Child Goodnight on Air LONDON, Dec. 10—A radio an- nouncer's “Goodnight, Everybody, enabled a child to die happily. The radio anmouncer was en- foying a night off, when, in re- sponse to the request of a mother of a little girl who was seriously ill, he was summoned from his home. The child had begged {0} hear “Goodnight, Everybody.” spoken by the voice which always soothed her, as she said it nmlml»‘ ed “fatherly.” | The announcer hurried to head-| quarters and gave his familiar| “Goodnight, Kverybod which, although it was heard by thou- sands, was meant only for the little sufferer, She heard the fa- miliar voice, smiled happily as she murmured “Goodnight” in re- ply, and lapsed into unconscious-! ness. Her feeble response was the last word she uttered. ———— No Effort to Revive Anglo-Japanese Pact — LONDON, Dee, 10--The Britisa Government has made no move to start negotlatfons with Japan to renew the Anglo-Japanese Al- liance, Godfrey Locker Sampsol Under Secretarysof KForeign fairs, told the House of Com- mons. Replying to questions he said the Japanese Aliiance agree- ment was merged into the Four Power Treaty,s signed in Wash- ington in 1921 return of the and former dual e suggested by el , Flight ! Leon Givons unsuccessful tic was killed | | ination ‘he Senate is assured with an- nouncement by flve Western In- dependents they will assist the |l ) SEWARD, Alaska, Dec. 10.— |Lake Kenai, about 20 miles northeast of here, was severely {rounding the lake. has not been | Keith Corporation, ‘,nvn-rnmc-nl " | York Vaudeville Theatres Corpor- Pierre Corbu,|pheum Corporation. flight. | er of modern vaudeville, will Ds flight here | President, n, Lacoste | President of the NEW YORK, Dec. 10—Gov. A fred K. Smith will resign as lh(\ chief executive of New York ate to make his campaign for Presi- {dent it he is nominated at the Demeocratic national convention in June. Lient. Gov. Edwin 8. Corn- {ing would succeed him as gover- nor for the remainder of the term, which expires December 31, 1928, This was learned authoritat ly from close friends of the e ecutive. Governor Smith feels, it was explained, that it would not be or state gover: ir to the people of this him to hold on to the [ norship while engaged in the ac tivities of the presidential cam- paign Charles 2. Hughes resigned a justice of the United States preme Court on the day he be- came the Republican presidential candidate. Grover Cleveland, ho'y ever, campaigned for the vresi- dency while he was governor of New York State and did not re- sign until shortly before his in- auguration. Whether Governor Smith wiii wait until adter the Democratic state convention in September next to resign has not heen de- cided, Tammany sages say this depends on how he views the can- didacy of Corning for governor. If Governor Smith favors this. Tammany men are confident he will resign as soon as he hecomer the presidential nominee. Mr, Corning would automatically be- come acting governor and this would place him in a strong posl- tion to make his bid for’ the nom for the office a few months later. REPORTS EARTH SHOCKS; LAKE KENAI ROCKS shaken by an earthquake Friday morning, at 7:30 o'clock. A long rumble was first Ilt*ul'd by resi- dents and they thought it was caused by a snow slide in the high range of mountains sur- A few seconds later the first shock was felt lasting at least five seconds. Two other shocks followed. Cabins swayed. The country is sparse- ly settled and no damage is re- ported. The Alaska Railroad skirts the shores of the lake for a distance of 20 miles and no slides are reported across the tracks. D — Right of Doctor To Let Patient Die Is Upheld SHEFFIELD, England, Dec. 10, ~—The right of a dector to let a patient die rather than live in unremediable pain has been tac- itly upheld by a coroner’s jury which returned a verdict that John' Robinson died from medi- cine taken to relieve pain and causing him to sleep. 2 Dr. Simpson was treating Rob- inson for dropsy and heart disease. On the day Robinson died, Dr. Simpson found Robin- son had taken an overdose of medicine. In view of the great pain Robinson had suffered in the past, Dr. Simpson decided to make no attempts at countéract- ing the poisonous effects of the medicine. Big Theatrical Merger Announced NEW YORK, Dec. 10—Consoli- dation of theatrical interests in- volving assets of approximately $100,000,000, is announced. “The Orpheum Cigcuit, B. ¥ (Gireater New ation and the Keithi-Albee Vaude- ville Exchange are in thes co1- solidation. The mew organization will bs known as the Keith-Albee-Or E. F. Albee, known the fath- and “Marcus be executive and PRICE TEN CENTS M COLD, PAGC. N. W. (COLD WEATHER HITS SEATTLE, N. W. SECTION Temperature Takes Decid~ ed Drop Following First Snow Storm, Season TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS OCCUR FREQUENTLY Snow Drifts Delay Com- munication—Havoc Re- ported on Great Lakes SEATTLE, Dec. 10.—The Pa- cific Northwest is today in the grip of a cold wave after the first heavy snow storm of the seasom, Clear skies and falling tempera- ture are predicted today and to- night. Five lives were taken by cold and storms in Northwestern Washington which was visited by a blizzard last night. Snow drifts delayed traffic and ‘cy streets followed a two inch fall of snow. Traffic accidents are frequent. Waves swept over a 20-foot bulkhead and sprayed windows of houses more than' 100 feet away. Passing motorists are watersoaked. The temperature at 12 o'clock noon had fallen to 27 degrees above zero, MARINE DISASTERS CHICAGO, Dec. 10.—In the wake of the blizzard which swept with sub-zero temperatures across the country, more than 20 vessels ou. the Great Lakes are in dis- ru: wrecked or Hmping toward rort. Although no deaths are re- ported in marine ecircles, sands of dollars worth of damage 1as been done to shipping by the zale leaving a trail of smashed shore property, wharves and ships, Warmer weather throughout the Middle West and South is in rospect for the week-end with milder winds a few hours behind for the Atlantic seaboard. Nine are reported to have met death in this city from the cold, four in the State, outside of Chi- cago and Canada’s blizzard toll has reached eight. Traing in the Middle West States are today working their way out of snow drifts, PEACE PROGRAM AVERTS STRIFE Polish - thhuanlan Contro- very to Be Amicably Settled NEVA, Dec. io—Peace or war was the question Preminr Pilsudski asked Premier Walde- mared, of Lithuania, at a secret session of the Council of the League of Nations at which an agreement “in principle” was reached on the Polish-Lithuanian controversy. Premier Waldemaras looked the Polish leader in the eye and an swered: “It is peace.” Then the two statesmen under- took certain reciprocal engage- ments to guarantee a peaceful set- tlement of the controversy whieh caused temsion in the Balt's States and all of Europe. ‘Puts Billiard Ball In Mouth on Bet; Doctor Gets It Out After winning a bet of 50 cemts that he could place a billiard ball Lin his mouth, B. Y. Harris, mill worker, had to get a doctor to work two hours last night to ex- tricate the ivory sphere from his Jaws. e — WATSON DUI MONDAY C. C. Graham, is due in port f the westward sometime morning, according to local & received up to & afterncon. She Is ntat and Sitka on Steamer Admln] Watson, eu“ thou- = OREGON CITY, Ore., Dec. 10— . today. No definite word had been