The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 24, 1927, Page 1

i + SEVEN COUNTRIES ‘ 0 = | o championships. |Woman Buys Town : Bight American boys and giris am 1 1 will be given a trip to the Olym- F e.d - s'or’ ic Games at Amsterd: a ¥ o8 ot Amsterdsn and | GARBER, Mo, Dec. 24—This '3 e © “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE LIVOL. XXXL, NO. 4669. J NEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1927. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE. TEN CENTS ¥ T N O - HerrgChristmas @o; | '\ 1 | i | DEMOCRATS TO /MRS, GRAYSON "GET TOGETHER | HOPS OFF T Grayson, {John W. Davis Will Be * terday on Attempted |W. Davis, the Democratic stand-|Dee, 24.-—Heading into the north jon January 12, the first National | to Croydon, England. Mrs. Fran- |~ At this revival of the party's i have been put forward for nom- It was twilight when the huge {cratic Party have also been in-jwarmed the motors, but darkness Toastmaster, Jack- Atlantic Flight | i ! s S _nr(l bearer in 1924, will preside{on the first leg of what she hopes {get-together of Democratic lead-|ees Wilson hopped off pre-convention rally, Davis will|Yesterday afternoon for Harbor ination at the next convention.iplane was trundled to the foot of vited to gather the banquet|was falling when the ship came Plane Takes Air Late Yes- | son Day Dinner WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—John! ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. over the Jackson Day dinner here|will be a trans-Atlantic flight ers since 1920, as toastmaster. 4 few minutes 5 o'clock call on all those whose names|Grace, Newfoundland. {All other leaders of the Demo-ithe mound, where mechanics table to hear the call to arms of i down the runway. the Presidential campaign andl Oskar Omdahl and Pilot Brice views of the party's potential|{Goldsborough, who accompanied nominees, Mrs. Grayson on her futile at- Invitations have been sent to!tempts to cross the Atlantic in nearly 1,000 men and women,|October, and Fred Koehler, motor prominent in the affairs of the|expert, were aboard the plane party, including all Democrats of | with Mrs. Grayson. the House and Senate; Demo- Omdahl was with Capt. Roald cratic Governors and members of | Amundsen when he flew across the Democratic National Commit-|the North Pole. tee and chairmen of State Cen- b tral Committees, { IS OVERDUE . While the program is still -l NEW YORK, Uec. 24— Mrs. mplete. present. exnectations, arey son - fulled to arrive tw that those gatheed at the speak- A e i i hours after the time set for her er's table will be Gov. Smith “ & »lto reach Harbor Grace. ;"“_‘““" QPR e f{"":"f]“" She undertook the flight Maryland, Gov. Donahey of Ohi0.|, g yingt the advice of the Weather Senator Walsh of Montana, Rep- : Bureau officials resentative Hull of Tennessee, the Dr. James Kimball, of | Weather Bureau, expressed slight {hope that the airplane, despite |its pontoons, could withstand {buffeting the waves if it made a forced landing during the night Senator Swanson of Virginia ang Representative Oldfield of Ar- kausas, - eee - AS ROBBERS LINDBERGH T0 IN FRAME-UP: START FLIGHT Officers Ar;“(:vl';a\:ged withE UN WEnNEsnAY Murder—Testimony | Is Given iWill Hop Off for Guate- VIE IN 1928 ORATORY TILT WASHINGTON, Dec. 24~Fifl;’-$”‘e Wonsi f”““ymf"e‘;";ifl'i:'i;:' : L clean, Jr., e Philadelphia fthree newspapers in seven con { Bulletin; George B. Longan, thz tries will sponsor the Fifth Na-| gKansas City Star, and Ha,.”‘ tional and Third International Or-| Chandler, the Los Angeles Times. atorical Contest. | Heretofore the largest numbe: Randolph Leigh, ~ director-gen: | °f Bewspapers conducting the con- eral of the contest, announced to- day plans for the 1928 oratorical | ' [ tour of six European nations next summer as awards in the com- petition. Formal work in the contest, to § which any secondary school pupil under 19 years old is eligible, will not begin until the opening of the second school - term about “¥February 1. The.country is di- vided into eight zones. The win- ners in each will have a place in the national finals in Washington May 25, and all these will be giv- én the 10 weeks' tour of Europe . With all expenses paid. The winner of the championship . the United States will compete little town, the setting for Haroll Bell Wright's novel, “The Shep |herd of the Hills,” now is owned by one person, a woman. Mrs. Ada Clodfelter of Spring- field, Mo., has acquired the en- tire town without ever seeing it. She plans to develop it into a summer resort. The J. K. Ross general store and the postoffice i where “Uncle lke,” a promineat character in the novel, handed out |letters and philosophy, ~will re-| main a part of the scenery. } Besides the general store and; | the postatfice, the buildings herc i 4n the international finals to he|inclnde a railroad depot. a gro- ' in Washington October 13, m‘eery store and several small ~=dhich there will be one apeaker homes. | gy | for each of seven nations—Eng- d, France, Germany, Canada, exico, Japan, and the United! States, pe The contestants must deal with , e Development of the Cons'i- tution” or “The Present Signifi- of the ConstitutionsEach ker will be allowed ten min- One Line Is Placed Undn:___SllkenCnft‘ PROVINCETOWN, Mass., Dec. 24.—A forty mile an hour wind kicked up high seas about the salyage fleet at the scene of the +'sunken submarine S-4. Diving| in getting & under ‘one_end of the sub- EIELSON AND WILKINS AR COING, ARCTIC Alaska Aviator Reaches Seattle to Perfect Plans for Flight SEATTLE, Dec. 24.—Ben Efel- son, Alaska flier, is here to per- fect plans for the proposed Are- tic flight in February. Capt. Eielson expect to leave adjacent to the Arctic. Eielson plans to inspect the new Lockhead-Vega plane which has been in Portland. The shipped north, Barrow from where the flight is scheduled to start. Irish Set Precedent construction plane will For Woman “Hangman” BELFAST, Ireland, plied for the teenth century, and historians she proved he: George H. Wilkins and here on February 11° and complete the charting of the unknown regions taken to Point Aretic Dee. 24— Reports that a woman had a»- vacant office of “hangman” at Prague were wide- ly published in Ireland, which has not forgotten “Lady Betty,” the Irish executrix of long ags, “Lady Betty” was on the job for six years early in the nine- MIPLAND, Texas, Dec. 24—An| mala—Last Function inyestigation of an alleged plot tc | on Monday collect a $5,000 reward for Texas | bank bandits, dead or alive, foual| MEXICO CITY, Dee. 24.—Col. two officers charged with mur-cparies A, Lindbergh's entertain- der in connection with the slay-|jent as Mexico's guest, will end ing of two Mexicans and the | Monday afternoon with the first wounding of another, Jand only purely American func- C. C. Babe, deputy sheriff, aod|¢jon he will have known here. his companion, Lee Smith, said There will be a reception at they fired at three Mexicans when {¢he American Embassy to permit they suspected thein of attempt-| members of the American colony ing to rob a hank at Stanton.|¢, meet the flier and his mother, Victory Ramos, shot four times on Tuesday, Col. Lindbergh by the offciers and beaten OVer|will be left free to prepare for the head, testified at the prelimn-|the Central American flight and inary hearing, that he and hi3|study the maps. two companions were planted in Co!. Lindbergh, according to front of the bank. Me declared |present plans, will hop off for they were taken to Stanton on|Guatemala on Wednesday, prob- promise of obtaining employment. |ably in the early morning hours. Ramos said that on arrival, they| Mrs. Evangeline Lindbergh will were told to stand in front of the | probably fly back to the United bank. About the time they took States in the Ford plane in which their position, the officers appear-ishe winged her way south from ed and the shooting followed. it!petroit, Mieh., to Mexico City, is said the Mexicans were un-jbut there is a possibility she may armed. return. by railroad. »| FIVE THOUSAND BEGGARS _ | FRENCHMAN JOYFUL ROAM PARISIAN STREETS OVER WHITER BREAD PARIS, Dec. 24.—The French- man, who does not live by bread alone, but very nearly, is smiling again. Instead of the yellow, sog- gy mass of wheat flour, maize, barley, potatoes, ete., necessita- ted by last year's poor crop, he is to have again a loaf approxi- mating to the dazzling whiteness of pre-war times. The mueh jmproved yield of the present year has enabled PARIS, Dec. 24—Five thousanl beggars in the streets of Parls, it is estimated, have 18,000,600 francs dropped in their hands -r tincups each year. These fizurcs should be multiplied by four for France, says M. Lefebure, of the Paris Municipal Couneil. He is trying to gef parliam-nt to take the beggars off the streels| and put them to wobk in spcciil| institutions, as 8 mow done Belginm. L Jail sentences, he adds, ouly increase the number of begsars. Jail is a place where they can eat and sleep out working int collecicd | ants is ! rely enoush | and shel v to issue a decree reducing the percentage of substitutes to be incorporated in bread flour from 10 to 6 per cent and authorizing rye only as added substitute. In addition mifllers must gradually reduce the bolting rate, permit- ting the manufacture of a better| qualit; ‘without {nerease in price, to at only ten for the o 2% Minister of Agriculture Queuille; Senator-Elect {Vare Files Formal Denial WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 | ator-elect Vare, of Pennsylvania.! has filed with the Senate Priv- ileges and Elections Committee, a formal denial of the charges brought by his Democratic oppon- ent, William Wilson, declaring| there were no irregularities in the general election last year as| asserted by Wilson in his peti-| [tion for contest on the Senate| seat. i The Pennsylvania Senator-elect| said Gifford Pinchot, ‘as Governor, withheld from him, the certifi- cate of election *‘maliciously and| illegally.” A i TAX REDUCTIO BILL MUST BE CHANGED SOM White Housé .Orders Sen-| ate to Stick to Limi- tations WASHINGTON, Dec. 24, — A paring down of the £290,000,000 tax reduction bill 'as passed by| the House is demanded by Chair- man Smoot of the Senate Finance { Committee, which will work overl the measure aftey the holiday under pre&sure. Troni “the Wihite] House, that the original limita tion set by the Administration! | be adhered to. } I'he Senate Republican are admittedly puzzled as to how the work can be rcomplishad | and some delay in action on the| bill seems probable. Restoration of part of the au-| tomobile sales tax levy, which was wiped out by the House, and some corporation levy, which} was cut 2 per cent, are seen by Chairman Smoot as two possible means of trimming down the to- tal veduction. { R | ! Smokers Bring Gain in Cigarettes teader| WOIIICI; : RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 24—The, feminine smoker is responsible in| a marked degree for an unusual increase in consumption of ciga- rettes, says T. M. Carrington, chairman of the board of direc- tors of the Tobacco Association of the United States. Fully 25 per cent of the 1a- creased demand for this form of tobacco is the result of women {smoking, he adds. The 16,000,000, 000 cigarettes manufactured ‘n the United States in 1914 increas-, ed to $5,000,000,000 in 1926 and | probably will reach 93,000,000,000 when the totals of 1927 are as- sembled, he believes. (Special to Empire) SKAGWAY, Alaska, Dec. 24-— Harry Higgins died suddenly last night at midnight as a result of heart trouble. He was about 70; years old and was an oldtimer of Haines. He had been working for | Erik Oslung. The deceased was married about six months ago. —————— CHOOSES DAD'S PROFESSION LONDON, Dec. 24—Miss Lala Smit, 17, daughter of the British High Commisgioner for South Af- rica, has decided to follow her; father's footsteps and read for tho bar. She hopes to qualify three years and return to South Africa to practice law. 8She Is) studying at the Temple in Lon-) don, ancient seat of the Knights Templars and the legal fraternity. ————— CANADA WHEAT YIELD BIG e OTTAWA, Dec. ures phclm&:nu'a new wheat crop at 00 bushels, on: of the hw;yuhlu in dominion history, is ed to boost the total prodi p of 26 countries, now est| &b 3.175,455,000 bu- shels. While the Canadim yleld is 8(1” bushels above the 1926 r , Yugoslav and has decreasei. Revised fig 24 | Serebrosky, | Howard Lerch, Barl Dr. W. W. Council, Demorest, P. A. Butler. [two steerage. anvelling Westcotts lor program for the couneil Proposal to Outlaw War Is | Up to Briand | WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 Premier Briand has been call- ed upon Senator William E. Borah to extend his pro- posal to outlaw war bhetween America and France to other | world Powers. ator Borah has also pro posed that Premier Briand in by dicate a willingness to join | the United es in making | overture for such treaties with Great Britain, Japan and ltaly | AGROUND BUT IS REFLOATED Alaska Steamship Com- pany Vessel Strands Amidships SEATTLE, Dec. er Lakina, of the ship Company, which weunt aground at 5:28 clock this morn- ing, refloated herself through her own power a few hours after. The steamer went aground st Portiers Pass, B. C., and flashed “SOS" signals. The steamer was stranded amidships shortly after it left Ladysmith where coal was taken aboard for Alaska ports. The vessel was ordered into Nu naimo for a survey of the dam age, it any. Steamship officials said the La kina was not leaking. She car- ried no passengers but had a crew of 25 aboard. The cause of the grounding is not known. The Lakina left Seattle last Tuesday for Alaska. 24—The steam- Alaska Steam- ALASKA IS NOW ON WAY NORTH SEATTLE, Dec. 24.-—Steamer Alagka sailed for Alaska , poin at 9 o'clock this morring with 51 pasgsengers, including the fol- lowing for Juneau: W. 8. George, Ole Angen, P. Hendrickson, P'rof. Miss Berglund, Mrs. Bacon and B Live in Ninety Cities INDEPENDENCE, Kas.,, Dec. 2t ~In 47 years of married life Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Westcott have established Their legal residence in 90 cities. They stopped at Independence, their old home, when they moved the last time—from Springfield, Mo., to Lewellen, Neb. They have lived in almost all of the western, middle western and southern states. Westcott was an Indian fighter and stage coach driver in pioneer days. NEW POLICY OF WOMEN'S COUNCIL EXPECTED TO NEW YORK, Dec. 24—Plans for reorganization National Council of Women will make 1928 a banner year for accomplishment in national women’s organizations, hopes Dr. Valerie Parker, pres: dent, ag she surveyed the work of the annual convention just held in New York. “The establishment of a New York business office of the coun- cil will give the officers a much better opportunity of carrying on their work,"” she said. “The newly adopted policy of becoming a non-resoluting organi- zation will facilitate the work of the council and tend to eliminate the petty squabblings that have previously marked the work of oyr organization. “Hereafter the council will be of the solely a clearing house for the 34 . member societies. It will be an organization where every mem- ber group cen see and hear of the work of all other women's na- tional organizations and where all material will be available for use.” With the diversified interests of the various member soecietics there can be no unified platfora to adopt, Dr. Parker pointed out. “What, for example,” she ex- plained, “can the Needlework Guild of America have in com- mon with the National League of ‘Women Voters? A policy that one would wish to adopt ’oull have mo bearing upon the activi- ty of the other. But the action of ‘the league is very importamnt to the guild members, and the latter organization, through the coumcil, will hereafter have access to all HICKMAN STILL MAINTAINS HE DID NOT SLAY Tells Officers He Told Truth in His Orig- inal Confession CRAMER, MAN NAMED AS SLAYER, IN JAIL Kidnapper Is Said to Talk with Apparent Frankness PENDLETON, Ore., Dec. 24— His eyes red lidded and overcast by shadows and mouth drawn from six sleepless days and nights as he fled from the arms of the law, William Edward Hickman denied in sullen monotones that he is a murderer. For only the briefest instant lid Hickman hesitate when con- ‘ronted with the news that the man he knew as Andrew Cramer, is confined in jail. . “Well, this must be a trick by he man I knew as Cramer to get me in bad. Perhaps he thought this for a long time. I only knew him by the name of Cramer. Per- haps he assumed the name of the nan in jail to dopble cross me.” Los Angeles authorities are ex- pected to reach Pendleton late onight and will decide then whet to do with the prisoner. Told point blank that the Po- lice had evidence imat he killed Marian Parker, the 12 year old school girl whom he kidnapped, in his apartment, Hickman de- “lared: “That is not true. do it.” Hickman was told that under the California law “you would face death for what you already confessed.” Hickman replied: “I can't heip it. 1 told the truth. 1 feel bet- ter to let it go that way than' to ell a lie” Hickman spoke . steadily and ‘with apparent frankness. ~ Evidence Produced Hickman was told the Police learned he used 10 bars of soap and two cans of cleaning powder in removing blood stains in his 1 did not apartment after Marian Parker had been killed The prisoner replied quickly. “That is not true.” Hickman then said: “Well, [ may have to die, but the blood of Christ was spilled too.” GARMENTS ARE FOUND LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 24 - The discovery of a pair of stock- ings and underclothing believed worn by Marian Parker, is ar- nounced by the Police. The garments were found by a Police officer in the alley near a residence on Pasadena Avenue on the northeast side of the city. The garments were wrapped in a newspaper, date of December 17, the day the girl's mutilated body was returned to the father. BRING BANNER YEAR the material of the league, and vice versa.” Another important feature af | the council's work that will be developed with the establishmeat of a ‘central clearing office will be facilities for enmtertaining rep- resentatives of foreign women's organizations. “The Council of Women of the United States is affiliated with the International Council of Wo- men,” sald Dr. Parker, “and >f | course our organization must act as hostess to any representatives ‘of other countries who come () the United States. ' “Through our central office we will be able to entertain them, give them any Information they wish and direct them to the local representatives of the organiza. tions whom they wish to see.” Contemm Adjournment to Jan. 2 WASHINGTON, Dec. 24—Crim- inal contempt proceedings against Harry F. Sinclair, Burns and as | soclates, adjourned late yesterday until January 2 with Edward Kid- well, who has charged the goy: ernment attorney with intimida- |tion and coercion, still on the {stand, yet to be examined by the | defense. 5 | | |California Town ANAHEIM, Cak, nm‘ slight earthquake shock was generally throughout the eif 4:36 o'clock yesterday after |No damage has been | J e