The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 10, 1928, Page 1

A } ) THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXl., NO. 4682, _]U‘IEAU ALASKA TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1928. MEMBER OF AsstIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS MINERS CAUGHT IN BLAST AND KILLED Great W elcome for MORE HONORS T0 LINDBERGH, PANAMA TRIP Lands on Flying Field Nam- ed in His Honor— Receives Decoration PANAMA. san. 10-—Another ‘tri- umph awaited the Good-Will Am- bassador from the United States, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, when he arrived at a field mamed ia his honor, Camp Lindbergh. The flier came sailing through space from the direction of Bal-| boa and settled down to earth at 1:40 yesterday afternoon. It had} taken him a little more than four | hours to span the distance be-! tween San Jose, Costa Rica, and Panama, a trip of 310 miles. The flying field was well | thronged with spectators who im-; mediately. made a rush for Spirit of St. Louis, which taxied swiftly to the grand stand where President Chiari and numerods | p high officials of the government awaited Col. Lindbergh. President Chiari took the youtn cordially by the hand and con- ferred upon him the National medal. Col. mined where his be, Lindbergh has not deter- next stop will {ius.. (inset) the | ! | Chang Tso-lin, North Chmn\ war Jord, doesn’ ing his picture taken. od in waiting 21 days boloret t the pfio ‘graph above of hung and hls‘b gdlnnd said to be the onlyl 'hkcnm of flm war lord in exist- '0' L .5 obedit e & .lne movie crank doesn’t Organize for Modlficatnon — Advocate Govern- | ment Liquor Control i { BISMARCK, ~North Dakota,| Jan. 10.—Republicans who favor, modi tion of the Eighteenth Amendment have effected an or- ganization, adopted a platform and endorsed candidates for Na- tional and State offices. The closing of hundreds Dt. banks in North Dakota and driv-; 2 ing of thousands of farmers lnto‘sluml that it should not be con-|the camera man was hustled eut due to the destruction 'sidered that the “All High” had|of the grounds and told that the bankruptey of the farmers’ market for bar-, '> ley, corn, tye, oats and hops, is| atributed in one resolution to the Prohibition laws, The organization control of the liquor traffic the Government for profit. Hunt to Testify Against l'llckman LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 10 - » William K. Hickman's confessed pal, Welby Hunt, will probably be allied with the prosecution forces in Hickman’s trials. Hunt wiil testify against Hickman in Hick- man%s insanity defense to two murders. Hunt will be tried iua] the Juvenile Court. hy‘ | | b — % DAUGHTER IS BORN ' " A baby gir), weighing nine ami ¥ one quarter (pounds was born ai { whose cnoe, !‘nANleco Jan, o , pri T ‘may yield him AN W] turns stack. very high with North China's war lord, Chang Tso-lin, who' is credited with plans to jerown himsell emperor. But after keeping an American inews photographer waiting three i weeks, the Manchurian ‘generalis- simo of the Northern for followers call him “the strong man of China,”” conde- scended to pace tem feet on a sun porch while the persistent camera man ground away. A. E, Lilius, veteran war correspond- ent of Russia, Mexico and China, jtrained the lens on the man who dominates the Peking govérn- ment, but he was given % under- posed for a picture. Lilius wag told that if he sta- ———— e e v’ 3,530,000 MOTORS U. S. Red KRose in 'Crash; Fliers Are Injured MUNTOK, Banks Ieland, B. W. I, Jan. 10—The airplane Red Rose, in which Capt. W. W. Lan- caster and Mrs. Keith Miller have been’flying to Australia from Ehg- lAnd, crashed, and Mrs." Mille pyose; was broken, Capt. Laneas- ter's 1ip was cut and he sustain- | ed slight comcussion of the brain, The plane is- badly damaged. The aviators arrived here from midnight last night o Mrs. Nikin.| Simgapore yesterday and. started ovich, wife of Vaso Nikinovich, at the family home. Mr. Nikinovich is with the local store of the Se- attle Fruit and Produce Co. for Batavia foday. When ‘he plane reached 200 feet, engine trouble developed ‘and the crash resulted. | PARIS CHORUS cmLs MUST co TO SCHOOL PARIS, Jan. girls must henceforth. That has been dec| . @irectors of music¢ , ‘the ‘tors’ Union and the girls them- selves. Incidentally, the décision intended to sound. the knmell of | dmported troupes, such as the merican “Hoffman Girls,” the *“Tiller Girls” and other -nimblo. toed ensembles that have dollght- ed _the French stage for years. - French dancers, tral ; usual rd. W o g lD—-PN'll chorus be schooktrained, ed by tha small. The new school, already in" . process of orgamization, Wwill give thorough training in" acrobat- ics, and modern, comic and classic dancing. Future ' applicants for chorus positions, say. the music Hall directors, must have complat- 'ed the course. Costs of the training will be borne by the managers and .he s union, and it is hoped that m, will be enough funds .on hand' to pay the pupils a small uhty wlfld they ' are &t '.n u‘c:;‘n their mnhmfu Nmmuum of ext year, 2 A WAR LORD POSES—GRUDGINGLY 7 the . camera man gives . and potentates— obtain a try duty for picture. He took up sen- nd watched and waited 21 days, Finally the war lord, followed by his newer-absent hody guard, eppeared on thé sun po: before which the weary camera man was stationed. Chang looked neither to right nor left, and moved so slowly the camera! could scarcely register any mu-’ tion. He carried a fan and hel(l it in front of his face to ward off the rays of the sun. As he passed into tne shade he lowered his fan for an in-} stant, exposing his face. Then great generalissimo be hothered again. must never| | i | 1927 OUTPUT| NEW YORK, Jan. 10—American | motor car and truck manufaetur- ers built 3,530,000 vehicles, worih | $2,556,750,000 wholesale, during! 1927, the National Automobils Chamber of Commerce reportel today. Of the total 3,066,000 were cars, 80 per cent of them enclos- ed, and 464,000 were trucks. Production fell off slightly from 1926, when 3,864,407 cars and 451, 054 trucks were built, the decline| being attributed largely to the six-month shut-down of one of the largest plants. Despite the de- cline the production results in in- creasing td slightly more than seven the number of cars per mila travelling American highways and Bives the ‘United States 80 -per cent of the total world registra- tion, 28,900,000 vehicles. The average retail price of cars was $9683 and of trucks $1,063. Fifty-eight per.cent of the cars and 55 per cent of the trucks were purchaged - on the install- ment 'plan. - Total taxes pald on mniov vehicles during the year was $725,555,812. !on)c 3,675,000 persons . were| employed in automotive manufac- ture and allied lines during tho year, The industry bought 84 per cent “of the country’s rubber im- ports, 50 per cemt of plate glass production, 12 per cent of the unnrd himself at a ¢ in point{ po mmmv%n—gv R pen t0 pass that péint he *might” inspect the rubber {the announcement {ing: .icrop of 1926 was shaken from the Plague of Rats Sweeping City of London LONDON, Eng., Jan. 10—A | plague of rats is sweeping London in the wake of the flood. Driven from the wharves, warehouses and basements on | the low lying parts of the city, all kinds of rats in fam- ilies of 10 and dozens are | | new homes _ i Never before has London | been so rat ridden. A staff | of expert pied pipers are worikng day and night to drive the invaders from the | city. FORD MAY FLY T0 BRAZIL ON BUSINESS TRIP Going to Inspect Rubber Plantatmn — Says “Damn”, Interview NF\V YORK, Jan. 10—Henvy that he is trip to Brazil’ Dlanlutlnn his automobile company develop as a private enter- which } will prlsn. While he did mot elaborate on or set a daie for the flight, his son, Edsel, said the plantation was about 80%| miles from Para up the Tapajos | River, a branch of the Amazon. Henry Ford’s announcement was made at his motor show in Matll-l son Square Garden, during an in-! terview in which he was asked it he was a billionaire. Ford waved the question dflldu. saying: “I don't know about that.” Pressed to state the amount of | his fortune, the automobile mag- nate shook his head again, say- “l don't kmwow and I don't give a damn.” Ford said he was working the development of a diesel gime for airplanes. on en. Oklahema Builds Up { Big Pecan Industry OKLAHOMA OITY, Okla, Jan. 10—A new agricibtural industry pecan growing—has been develop- | ed in Oklahoma in the last de-| cade. | A state pecan growers' associa. | tion has just held its first conven- | tion and exhibition, where it dem onstrated the use of pecans in candies and cakes. The associa- tion will urge farmers to plant more of the nut-bearing trees. In 1920 Oklahoma raised 1,900 000 pounds of ' pecans, valued at $228,000 and in 1926 the output reached 10,000,000 pounds, netting farmers $1,000,000. The 1927 crop has been estimated at 4,500,000 pounds. The hoard of agriculture attributes the decline in produc- tion to the fact that many buds were destroyed when the heavy trees. ;_g.__.—____.__._? Marine Corps Plane Crashes ‘ Down in Flames | - MANAGUA. Nic, Jan. 10— | An American Marine Corps | plane crashed in flames yes- copper production and 14 per cent of the iron. and steel output. in addition, motor vehicles con- sumed | '9,697,000,000 gallons terday within sight of Gen. Sandino’s sharpsbooters. The ‘plane, piloted by Lieut. Guy- man, developed .n.h. trouble | over Ridge, the scene of the -‘ll tecent clash between the ) and reb- scurrying about in search of | | sas day, i members of the Kangas Day club iSenate Committee to In- ROOSEVELT TO SPEAK ON KANSAS BIRTHDAY TOPEKA, Kas., Jan. 10-—When Kansas celebrates the sixty-sev- enth anniversary of its admission to the union on January 30, Col. Theodore Roosevelt will coma from New York to make a speach on the occasion and Gov. Ben S. Paulen of Kansas will go to New York for observance of the same event. Gov. Paulen will addr the Kansas Society of New York, and he will not make a polithal speech. Roosevelt, as the =uest of honor of the Kansas Day Clun, an organization of Republicans, will take politics for his theme. Kansas became a state on Jana- ary 29, 1861, but the anniversary of statehood will be observed January 30 this year, as the real “bifthday” falls on Sunday. Only Republicans célebrate Kan- meeting in Topeka as to glorify their state and their party. In election years Kansas day is regarded as the opening of the election campaign leading to the Republican primaries in Aug- ust. Democrats in Kansas, instead of observing the state’s birthday, hold a rally on Washington's birthday, February 22, when the Democratic pre-primary campaign gets under way in even-numbered | years. NEW TEAPOT | DOME PROBE vestigate New Angle in Leasing Case WASHINGTON, Jan. Senate inquiry into a the Teapot Dome naval oil serve has been ordered in con- nection with the order for post- ponement of the Fall-Sinclair trial until April 2. Without discussion the Senate approved a resolution by Senator George W. Norris directing tha | Senate Public Lands Committea to investigate the extent of the relations of the Continental Trad- ing Company of Canada, and Sin- clair. One of the backers of the company has been charged by the government that M. T. Everhart, son-in-law of A. B. Fall, received | $230,000 in Liberty Bonds from company- of which $90,000 went to Fall NORTH POLE TRAPPER 1S LOSER, CASE 10 phase A new nf Klengenberg's Damages Are Reduced by Circuit Court SAN FRANCISCO, Jan, 10—C. E. Klengenberg, trapper who lives 1200 miles from the North Pole in Alaska, made a deal with Capt. Patterson, sk|pne" of a ship own- ed by H. Liebes and Company,) fur dealers, of San Fran deliver 500 furs for which to receive supplies in 1923. Klengenberg alleged the sup- plies did not come until 1924 and he got less for his furs than he axpected. He sued in the United States Distrigt Court here and re- ceived an award of $17,972. The Circuit Court of Appeals now holds the deal was made with Capt. Patterson and was invalid, because 4t was not made by the company, also the higher court reduced the amount of the award made by the lower court for al- leged loss due to the delayed sup- plies to$5,400. Etuu:dhuo T Alaska Is Propesed WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 —Fx- | els but' it down by | ‘| the flhlm WW to | | tension®of the act providing for| stock w homesteads to Al- o aska w in a biil by Dele- 'rial gate A 1S ORBERED re-| Alleged! White Ho At | | i dential nominees—including Gov, years, the gavel. WASHINGTO | Probable starters in the Demo-! cratic Presidential nomination} derby may go through their paces Iht-t'ore party leaders at the Ja son Day dinner here January 12, the first national get-together of the party since 1920. Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New, York, Senator James A. Reed of Missouri and a half dozen or| more others whose! names have| been linked ith Democratic| White House hopes may - gather {around the banquet board to give, their views to the men ‘who ad-| minister party affairs. “ , Jan. 10.—| John D. Davig, Democratic standard bearer in 1924, will wield the gavel after being intro. Col. Lmdbergh by Panama Officials Democrats to View use Hopes Jackson Dinner Men to whom tae uemocratw "Party looks as possible Preii- Alfred E. Smith of New York (upper left) and Senator Jamcs E. Reed of Missouri (upper right) —will join in discussion of party affaiis at a Jackson Day ban- quet in Washington, January 12—the first such event in eight Clem L, Shaver (lower left), National Chairman, and John W. Davis (lower right), Presidential nominee in 1924, will handle will be one of sues. Cleveland, the liveliest Is- Detroit and San ncisco have. been mentioned prominently, but friends of half a dozen uthur 4itw~4 are active. PROHIBITION GREAT ISSUE TRENTON, N. 3., Jan. 10—Gov A. Harry Moore, In his annual message to the special gession of the State Legislature, asserted that prohibition is the most ou! standing issue in the country to- day. duced by Clem L. Shaver of Wes! Virginia, chairman of the Na-| tional Committee, and Claude G. Bowers of New York, author and authority on the adminstrations] of Jackson and Jefferson, will de- !liver one of the principal ad- | dresses. Twelve have gone Democrats in the the fact that the ional Com- mlltee goes into session on the samé day to decide a time and| place for the National Conven-; tion Is expected to draw a host| invitations prominent Nation, and hundred out o |of acceptances. The present get-together will] {offer a decided contrast to the |situation eight years ago. Then the Democratic Party had been in power for eight years, Wood-| row Wilson still was in the White House and the Demgeratic dovkey was surfeited with politi- cal favor. It ‘was at that last Jacksen an parted company on whether the League of Nations should be made an issue at the coming el- ection, and it was Gov. James M. Cox of Ohlo en- tered the 1920 campaign. Now, after eight years In which the Republican pachyderm has held the favored spot, the Democratic donkey has heard the call to arms of the Presidenmtial campaign in President Coolidge's “1 do mot choose to run’ state- ment; and it is gauging its pos- sibilities for leadership. At the last rally the interests in President Wilson's message i importers. Day dinner that Wilson and Bry-| there that| Gov. Moore said New must keep abreast of her sister states in aviation ahd that the building of airport facilities cou!d not he unduly posinoned. Cov. Moore advocated empowar- ing of counties and municipalitiey to issue airport bonds. ARG RAACR: LEIPZIG, Jan. 10--Manufactur. ers of artificial pearls who for- y obtained the fish scale es- sence from which their product is manufactured from fish of the | Baltic sea, now are buying it from foreign sources through Hamburg They pay $13 a pounl, but are dissatisfied with the pres ent produci and are seeking (o find an American source of sup- ply. Jersey | killed | Coal TWENTY - ONE MINERS DEAD INDISASTER |Bogies Are Found ‘Halé Burned and Mutiliated by Explosion WEST FRANKFORT, Ill., Jan. 10.i —— Twenty-one miners were out ht in an explosion which wrecked the one- chamber in the Industrial Company's Mine No. 18 yesterday morning. The 21 bodies were burned and mutiliated by the force of the blast and fire which followed and were only identified by numbers on the safety lamps attached to their clothing. The bodies were located by rescue teams from Herrin, Valier and Benton. The mine officials say that all employees have been accounted for. There were 100 men in the mine at the time of the ex- plosion. The cause of the explosion has w been determined. The State ne Inspector is conducting an investigation, FIGHT BEGINS ON MERCHANT MARINE NOW luge ement. | gram e “W-‘ idge Is Against It WASHINGTON, Jan. 10—Chak lenging the demand of President Coolidge for disposal of the Mei- chent Marine into private hands, the Senate Commerce Committes has ordergd reported a bill pro- posing a huge replacement pro- gram for it under governmen: supervigion, The measure is sponsored ov Senator Wesley L. Jones, of Washington, Administration stal- wart and chairman of the com- mittee. It has gained support of both Republicans and Democrats on the committee. Senator Royal 8. Copeland, of New York, alone reserved tha right to file a minority repor: coming from the committee, Early in the present session of. Congress, it was indicated the bill was certain to get consideration and force a showdown on itha controversial shipping question. President Coolidge has repeat- edly made known he wants the Shipping Board to sell the govern- ment fleet to private ‘interests s speedily as possible, complaining against the losses of business, but Senator Jones, in @ report to ths Scnate, declared “there seems to be no way we can get the Mer- chant Marine privately operated.” e, ———— PLEADS GUILTY ASSAULT Marcus Condalerio plead guilty to a charge of assault and was tined $50 and costs by Judge Frank A. Béyle, in the U. 8. Com-~ missioner's Court this morning. He Is serving his sentence out in the local federal jail. Condalerio’s case arose out of a fracas in the City Cafe several weeks ago which resulted in his heing a:. m.tml on a rhmlll ‘charge. of gas mile OPO: LINCOLN, Neb., Jan, 10—Busi- | ness reforms accomplished in the Nebragka government will be an igsue in the gubernatorial tion. Arthur J. Weaver, Republt- can candidate, ‘declares that if is made governor he will strive for repeal of the departiment methad and for reversion to the former system of hoards, bureaus and commissions, Nebraska was the second statre in the union to consolidate ii5 governmental activities under di- | rectors, a plan evolved in illinols overshadowed the interest in the selection of a convention city. This time the convention llh under Gov. Frank O. Lowden., The innovation was hailed as a forward step in 9“0 governmeat (“ILLINOIS PLAN” and as a “business” method of ministering the affairs of a’ New York and Ohlo are states where it was adopted. Weaver asserts: the met) cumbersome and extravagant thai power 1s too much e ized. Gov. Adagi MeMullen, v&lg a candidate for rNheuo-. ‘b rullledwhmd th He contends e tmsluu-&q, # tion, Neb head: public and comal