The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 14, 1928, Page 1

* fliers, THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXXI.. NO. -4686. “ALL THE NEWS JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1928. ALL THE TIME” MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CEii*rs 7 THREATENED TROUBLE DISCOVERED IN HAVANA; COOLIDGE IS TO BE GUARDED ° TARIFF FIGHT INDICATED IN SENATE, HOUSE Administral;; Leaders Are Given Hard Jolt Tariff Revision TOSSES HIS HAT INTO THE RING i WASHINGTON, Jan. 14—Wiin the Senate agreeing to vote Mon- day on the McMaster tariff re. vision resolution, there are defin- ite indications in the Houue, where the tariff legislation must originate, that changing of rates will be demanded. The uy ng 1n the House came as a distinct jolt to the Adm istration - leaders = who turncd thumbs down on any tariff re.; & vision this session and declined | to take the McMaster resolution | serfously: | In view of the fact that the Senate is powerless, under th: Constitution, to frame tariff legis- lation, added to the discomfiture of the Administration group, are rumblings about the Senate of a possible Democratic - Republican insurgent coalition to link th. taritf fight with the pending re- duction. measure. Unconfirmed reports indicated both groups are willing to pa’ forward proposals for lower taritf duties as amended in the House tax ‘bill, : MELLQN’S FRID!CTION NEW YORK, Jan. 14—Secre- tary of Treasury Mellon declared wm today that if Congress reduced ) taxes helow: $225,000,000: V ¥oa mended by the Treasury Depal ment, higher rates might hay be voted soon to meet the ernment’s” expefises - with cnnso quent harmful effect”on busines:: of Maine 1s the htm Mvuh* tu ’ | ster expects io start his leutenants working for him imsediately in of Drom i inence to panounn his eandidacy for the presidential nomination. Brew- hyo of developing to!imuhlu -t.rlnflh ”l! rlho Klnsu Mty conventfon.” PRES. BUNNELL PRESENTS HIS {Appears Before House Committee for Extension of Acts to Alaska WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 dent Charles #. Bunnell, Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines, at Fairbanks, Alaska, has presented his before the House Agricultural Committee, for extension of th: Federal Acts dealing with agri- | cultural colleges and agricultural extension work to Alaska. Extension of the acts, which in- clude the Hatch, Adams, Purneli and Smith-Levers acts, is propos- ed under a bill which Delegate Sutherland will introduce. Pr Territory's resources and argued that with the laws’ benefits, farm. will be greatly aided. Sutherland outlined - the benes which would result in (he itory from extension of these The committee took the bill under advisement. HUNT REBELS Presi- of the w2 Marimes 1n-Nica guan Warfare "MANAGUA, Nicaragua, ~A drive against the rebels will Jan. 14 Secretary Mellon made his stated & 5 ments before-the Women’s N-l‘!U’”P FRO’" PL‘”\F ”V PARA(‘HUTE tional. Republican. ¢lub. i TO BREAK }INX OF FRIDAY 13TH; ———.——— WASHINGTON, = Jan. THREE STARS “the most pleased *since his ar trival here. Army men, onc a Major, R ! The French airmen are from made parachute jumps from anrm via Africa and South Amer- \uuplunu over Bolling Field ica bound for New York City. |terday in a deliberate attempt A4 H-lap the | day the Liufilliosly hopped OfF .this I‘“"{- AR morning for a five day vacation| Major Carey Crocket, Llndbergh and French sear th; L;:wn of Dd'wlld 11:111 n}\\m»:: Fliers Costes and Le- | haq' fisn betore continuing hi b1 | and fish before continuing Brix Shake Hands ‘flight. : 14—Threa — 13th, and Private Emil Bolling Field, junmiped Douglas transport plane, feet up in the air Rastoeny, his! from PANAMA CITY, Jan. w“den 0‘ sing Sing flying stars of the air met he o yesterday afternoon before a Gou soll'h on Vacatlon‘ crowd of 20,000 persons whichj | cheered without restraint as the| NEW YORK, Jan. 14—Warden Col. Charles A. Lindbergh Lewis Laws, of Sing Sing Prison, | and. the French fliers Dieudonue|is here on his way to Palm Beach Costes and Joseph LeBrix shookfor a 10 day rest. He says his, hands on the balcony of the Mu-)nerves are shattered by the or- nicipal Building. = The airmen|deal of the executions of Mrs. waved and smiled at the crowd|Ruth Snyder and Henry - Judd below them. Gray.’ He has long heen opposed Col. Lindbergh seemed to capita¥punishment. {force that both received the field hospital. Major Crockett hurt slightly. Private {bad sprain: Rastoncy suffered Walsh were - also scheduled from leaving the plane {of the high wind. to be TWO MEN ARE TAKEN T() HOSPITAL 14—Two who yeu superstitution about Fr.. landed in the hos Infantry student of the Army War College, 2,000 and ware pro- I('ipi(a[@d to the ground with such treat- ! ment for injured underpinnings at his ankie Sergeant Swanson and Corperal make jumps but were prohjbited because | b continued by air rather tha i | by Marine patrols which run the risk of being ambushed. Bombardment of rebel pl)-ixlll)!h from airplanes has been very of- fective, the Marine Commander said, in announcing the The rebels are dispersing heavy cover (fearing bombing. under effect of an to MIAMI, Fla, Jan, 14—A trd motored Fokker monoplane or- dained for wuse of ‘the United States Marines in Nicaragua, with Major L. M. Bourne and two fly- ing mechanicians, took off at 5:35 o'clock this morning on jected 1,200 mile hop over and rough country for Managua. ar “ BOMB FALLS MANAGUA, Jan. 14—A bomb from a ‘Marine airplane fell ani imbedded fitself in the wall of a restaurant onm' Managua's main street today where 12 persons were lunching. The safety mech- anism prevented an explosion oI the bomb. o — Wolves Kill Baby and - Injure Motlm, in Latvia' a 1o CASE IN WASH, plea | ident Bunnell described ths BY AIRPLANE New Pohcy Is Adoplod bys poliey. | | PLANE FLIES SOUTH ‘i a pro- & water | TOUCHlNG TRIBUTE PAlb TO SUBMAR'NL DIQA.JTE R Cn_‘ N AW v G | deep-sea diver,for 20 years, who I nteers for rescue work weve v hy navy ofeers, who also, he med W gink any fshing ogafi that put laying wreaths and flowers on the hgtbor in mou: for the mer de}\um on the Nevy Withur ters of t who went to thelr | J y of thel ters At the l ot (iam sbpr an Antarntine) Ko } Capt. Lathrop May ! Toss His Hat dnto Mu.(:hinc in Bad .Wu/y; 1500 | (‘()lln VA, Alaska, Jan. Capt. "Austin 1. Lathrop, Anchorage, passed through here ofi the steamer Alameda on a short business trip to | the States. He has acceded to the @lemand of his friends in the Third and Fourth Divi- sions, to be a candidate for Republican National Commit- teeman at the April primaries | | providing he finds the same | sentiment in favor of his can- 14 ot FRIDAY 13TH UNLUCKY FOR WASHINGT ON. Jan. 14—That a (path has:been cut in the ranks o’ [ Prohibition Agents by the Civilj ,Service Commission became more ;apparent; with the announcement that 1,500 of 2,000 men on the overnment payroll had flunked n the pecent examinations and are apt to lose their jobs. More specific than in the past as to the extent of the hav | didacy 4 Southeastern Alas- | | Wrought by the Civil Service re- | ka. | quirements, Commissioner * Doran disclosed that 76 per cemt of the | ul Federal agents, inspectors anl supgrvisors had. failed to qual:ify |on written tests. It something is not dong to giva the flunkers another chanee, Dos- an said the Government's enfor: ment machine will be in a bad way. Commissioner Doran reiterated he is making every efforf to give those who failed to pass another \ chance, He again sharply criti- czed the form of examinations, declartng that he had been un {able to answer some of the ques- tions himself. Hickman Loses Plea, Superior Court LCS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 14— Friday the Thirteenth was an un- laeky day in court for 16-year-old Welby, Hunt, but just another d in the jail tedium and sanity tesis for William K. Hickman. Hunt, who told the jail attaches the expected the. popularly known ' “jinx day” to prove a lucky day for him, lost his plea in the Su. perior Cotirt for a separate triak from Hickman on the indictmen joinfly charging them with the murder of Thomas Ivy, druggist With the denial of his FLOOD WATERS ARE FILTERING OVER 4 STATES Much Damage Already Done in Pacific North- | jo Bigal Aing L Of 2000 F ail, Exammatmns| WELBY HUNT Accomphce of William E. TWO RUSSIANS UNDER ARREST AS AGITATORS {Cuban Authorities Take Steps for Peaceful Time for President EXTRA PRECAUTIONS GOING TO BE TAKEN |Two Haitains Refused Per- mission to Enter—- Troublesome Factors HAVANA, Cuba, Jan, 14, ~—Apparently determined to providé & harmonious atmos- phere for the Pan-American Conference opening here next week, two Russians giv- ing their names as Elexes and Baial have been arrest- ed. It is asserted they planned agitations, includ- ing disturbances when Presi- dent Coolidge arrived tomor- row aboard the battleship Texas. Extra pmm will be taken and the - dent wll‘ld, be surrounded by land because the authorities feaved they would be trouble- seme factors. " CUBA BOUND ON SPECIAL TRAIN | Passes Through Historical Section—Leaves Key West Temotrow % | RICHMOND, Va. : Jan. ll— +Bound fer Cuba to address the [ Pan-Amerieant Congress, Presient ‘(oulidfie in “the carly stages of I nis Journey passed through terri- tory rich in American history. The first operating stop of tha ‘Iung special train < which lefr | Washingten yesterday afternoon, | was at Fredericksburg, Virginia, ithe heart of the battleground of "h@ Civil 'war. Before . dinn this city, once the Conladan_ v Capital, was reaclied. From _here the special tnln will pass through the Carolfhas, {Gedrgia and Florida, stopping ac Jacksonville, Miami and Key Weat, where the Presidential party will board the battleship Texas Sun- dn) mornu for crossing to Ha- ana. i ————————— “ealth Comes to BRAIN POWER IS CAUSING MONG MEN, WHILE FLAPPERISMS OF WOMEN INCREASES MORTALITY BATTLE CREEK, Mich,, Jau. ’ 14—Man pays for his brain pow- er over lower forms of life, anil the price he pays is death, in the opinion of Dr. Alexis Carrel, in: ternationally known biologist of the Rockefeller Institute for Med- jcal Research, expressed before the third Race Betterment Cou- ference here. On the other hand, Dr. S, Adcl phus Knopf of New York told th= conference that modern dress, “the insane desire” for a boyish appearance and “too much night 1life” were causes for “the alarn. ing increase in the morbidity and mortality of tuberculosis among young women.” Discusses Immortality Dr. Carrel revealed the results of his scientitic experiment in keeping alive for nearly sixteen years the cell tissue of a chick- en’s heart, and described - its. re- Iation to. the life of man. _“The .cell,” said Dr. Carrel, “is mortal. It is merely the fluid{ ea which it floats which degene:- atés, Renew -this flm at_inter- , give the eell lflfih‘ up- ‘which to feed ug.‘ far as know, the puisations of 1if on i I Du Pont Heiress Who Became Nurse Is Engaged to Wed WILMINGTON, Dela., Jan. 14— The engagement of Mary Belin du Pont, daughter of Lam- mot du Pont, president of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., to Dr. James Morrison Faulkner of Bos- ton, son of Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Kimball. Faulkner of. Keene, N H., was announced yesterday. No date has béen set fof the wed- ding. §7, Miss du Pont startled Wilming- 'mn socidty a year ago by w- nouncing that she was planning to study nursing. ‘Despite objec- tlon her tamily she entered ‘Hopking Hospital in Balti- 3 mo t February shortly after| | her graduation from the Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr, to start. ihe thin material, sleeveless waist and |course.. She left the hospital short skirt, low shoes and silk | three weeks ago. stockings worn in the - coldest i weather,” constituted the first fOme Towm nmed k Il‘ cause of disease among young 3 " H lfll B il women, - in - Dr. Knopf’s opinio1. RIO DE JANI!IIIO Jan, 14— Secondly, he placed “the insane The National Telegraph Compan) desire for a_ boyish npgur::cu by has reported floods in throe states, Mina,’ Ceraes and Bahia. mm; fear that -?ue l:;! a good il ppoducs fisNe" flsis have’ obased the' péo- ph to evacuate several towns, one A8 completel§ DEATH RIGA, wolves defeated the heroic effor ! near the Lithuanian - village of Malety, and killed the woman's infant when the horse fell from exhaustion in sight of safety. Driving to the village in man? Why not purge the body of the wornout fluids, develop a similar technic. for remewing them—and so win immortality?%' “Death is the price we have to. pay for possession of our brains. The price is not excessive becaus2 the mysterious energy which is created by the brain cells, or ex- presses itself through them is, af- ter all, the greatest marvel the univeree. Dr. Knopf, a major in the Med- ical ~ Officers’ Reserve Corps of the Army, indicted the modern flapper for what she did, what|» she wore, what she ate lnd what she drank. “The filmy modern drcn of was suddenly attacked by ‘the feroctous beasts.” Urging her horse on at full speed, the woman gain- ed sight of the ‘village and safety when the horse dropped in tracks. Before peasants that wer aroused by her cries could reac ! the baby and severely injured the | distracted mother. —— e Heroic Firemen Fail to Save Life of Baby 1 CHICAGO, Jan. 14-Kept | alive for two days and nights | by a firemens' pulmotor squad, and by blood trapsfu- | sions, the 13 ddy old baby son 6f Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Smith died 'last night. . The tiny spark of life which bad been kept allve by constant efforts of the firemens’ squad ' | grew. dimmer until | it tlnllly nllt ult Lntvh. Jan. 14—Hungry | of a mother and a faithtul horve ! sleigh with her 'baby, the woman | 1ts| | western States SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 14.-= Swirling streams of flood waters, caused by melting of heavy snow drifts, began filtering out over ithe four Pacific Northwestern States today leaving behind hun- damage. | Highways have lout, ‘also " railroad tracks trestles and homes inundated. High water *threatened the (lives of . five . persons mareoned ,on an_ island in - the middle of, been and the scene, the wolves had kme-l the Yellowstone River near Jaco, {erons additions to fhe personuel Montana, ' The dangerous water {conditiong turned the rescué par-| ties back. | Lapwai and Kamiah, in Idaho, and Unigntown, Pullman, l)ay- {ton, Cle ‘Elum, Walla Walla and {Thomas in Washington are inun- [ dated. Water in some places is seven i i feet deep. Raflroad schedules are shatter- ed and gome trains are two days late. Gold Rush m Passes Away hmfl&lfl Jan. 14—William W. {|the Alaska gold rush, dropped dead mm-m failure at M- dreds *of thousands of dollars ‘of | washed, running, Ward, #ged 69° years, veteran fa! plea also | World Flier Joins Aeronauhcnl C. of C. NEW YORK .lml 14—The Aero nautical Chamber of Commerce announced yesterday the addition to its staff of former Lieut. John ! Harding, Jr., U. 8. A, a member of the Army's roundsthe-world) «flight <in 1924. He will maintain Man Hour ‘After Hfll_(:fls Himself COMBRIDGE, Mass, Jan. 14-- | Discouraged hsenuse- he had lost nis job, Albert 'E. Robertshaw, a | baker, shot himself to death yes- terday less than an hour before a telter arrived from his wife in Hemet, Cal, announcing that he had hecome rich through discov- ery of uil on, property he owned there. went the hope of a Juvenile unuul triel on the charge. e — Funeral of Falcon Joslin Tomorrorw SBATTLE, Jan, 14—Funernl services for Falcon Joslin, plonec: railroad and mining man of Alas. contact among the various gpe |ka, who died Thursduy. I P cialized groups of the industry. held tomorrow afternoon it 3 The chamber said the pgosper-|o’clock. oug ‘condition of the aircraft in-[-—— - WhAy L piee - e ot mu | TOWN'S BAD BOY, NOW MAYOR, KEEPS HIS WORD, DISCHARGES LONG. EIST OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS, HOME TOWN - NEWBURYPORT, Mass, Jan. “pinched” him for selling gas- 14-~A new city administration|oline without a permit. ’l‘lll‘c swung into action here with “Bud | therc was the “guy” who, when Boy” Andrew J. Gillis at itsithe prebent mayor was a boy, had helm. told him to “rtn along home, puds | The red-headed former gasoline|py dog” Those two were M{, ptation proprietor, who enterel |of luck for Mfe.” politics when a mayor refusid| Also there was the man. wh x him a license to conduct his Lusi | “spent a lot of jack to beat ness, made public the list of those | present mayor who was al wity officials who must walk thafa friend of his.” plank. It included just aholit| There werc several comp every officeholder . possible—fire|ly mild offenders: The man chief, ety solicitor, highways 2)-/spells his name Irish and perintendent, assessor, bulldlu..'nunncen it French' 1 inspector, oversecr of the poor.|“had his chance and city mesgenger, health comm.s-{the man who *hasn't made sioner, regigtrar of yoters, harbor|mind yet whather he is master, library director ard four policemen. i Ther¢ was the rni person wio | and facilities of the nr;,nniutinul {have been necessitated, both i New York and Washington, D ——— . had No, Hes Naot (luzy,‘ ‘He’s Only Sleepy ! ]urymcn Discover | P’RISNO Cal;, Jan. 14—Victor Lamanuzzi,. accused boetlegger, tound sane by a jury in Sa- rior ' Court yesterday and gis trial ‘on a liquor possession charge, interrupted last week 1o permit an fnquiry into his sanity, was ordered to continue before a Jury n} Superfor Court ‘by f;- perior Judge C. E. Beaumont: manuzzi iy suffering from incipi- ent sleeping sickness, Dr. C. j;