The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 3, 1928, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXI., NO. 4703. JUNEAU ALASKA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1928. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS BUSINESS SECTION OF CITY IN RUINS; LOSS RUNS INTO MILLIONS RHINELAND EVACUATION NOW LOOMS France Makes Suggestion to Germany to For- ward Proposals BERLIN, Feb. ~The speech ! Foreign Minister Briand of | France, in which he asked Berlin | to make a proposal”for. the evn-‘ cuation of the Rhineland, has| been greeted in German ofrir'in]i circles with enthusiasm, | It regarded as a distinct! step to forward the Franeo-Ger- | man discussions. The spokesman for the German | Foreign office said: “Considering the fact that Briand spoke ex- temporaneously with a view of securing unanimous vote of| confidence, we must not appraise each word too heavily. He stated for the first time in behalf of France, that his country has an an interest in seeing the Rhine- land evacuated i ———————— DON'T BELIEVE JACKDEMPSEY | NOT TO FIGHT of a { | | After one year in a Worcester, WEDS YOUTH WHG SHOT, HER Maes., hospital with a bullet in her xperts in i et York Doubt Assertions Made | body fired by her siveetheart, ‘Raymond Wentworth, Mary O'Cuonvor, aged 17, 18 now .on her horeymoon with him. She had been shot-during a sweethearts’ quarrel, but even shooting did not stop her from getting her man, by Fight Promoter i NEW YORK, Feb. 3.—Bxperts — of the fight game feel that they cannot be blamed for sprinkling PnRTu Rlcu salt and skepticism on Tex Rick- ard's idea that Jack Dempsey hnq fought his last big fight. There are various and sundry' reasons why the boys do not be- lieve everything is exactly as it appears on the surfdce. They feel that when the proper mo- ment comes, Dempsey will sud- denly decide that he is in shape’ again and ready for another $2,- Message of People Senl to 000,000 battle with Tunney. Yust now, Rickara is casting: ~ U. S. by Col. Charles labout for an early summer op- % ponent for Tunney. The cham-| A Llndbergh pion wants two title bouts this; SAN JUAN, Forto Rico, Feb. 3 year but so long Dempsey has' , plea for freedom of Porto been looked on as the only out- Rico in the form of a.“message standing contender, it has been', = iy, people ot Porto Rlico difficult to work up enthusiasm =4, people of the: United for another aspirant. Iu Other| gy, ogv hag been - entrusted 6 words it is believed to be better . ;" ¢pavjes A, Lindbergh at (aete the: main purhossy of & special session of the Porto Rican hallyhoo and focus more undivid- Legislature. led attention on other contenders ~pp. pegiglature conferred a and thus shelve Dempsey for the ! Medal of Honor upon the Ameri- time being, or at least until Tun-' .. " Go64-Will Ambassador. ney’s contemplated title defense| 4y o nessage reads, in part, as il follows: “A message of Porto Rico to your people is to grant us the umbly Penny treedom that you enjoy, for which St i you struggled, which you worship bith Modiym :nnd which we deserve and you / Emhange ‘huve promised us that if we ask b, e ot I the right for a place in freedom, NEW YORK, Feb. 3—The hum-|the sun of this land will bel ble penny, despite the high coat | prightened by the stars of your of almost every’' thing, still rn-lgloflom flag.” mains a medium of exchange not{ 'Col. Lindbergh in his speech to be scotfed at. The General made no Teference to the message [Vending Company today announc-|and talked on aviation. ed that in 1927 a total of 8500,‘ 000,000 of the copper cents pass-| ed through their vending mys.w.rd to Be AIFP'II!& chines in payment fo chewing [gum, candy and many other small Mme"’ NGW Lllle rcels which may be purchased ¢ :)n.r the least of Uncle Sam’s coins, | “SEWARD, Alaska, Feb. 3—This The Treasury department recent-| city ;will be the headquarters ot} § ly estimated that the cwrrent eir-: the nmnosed airplane service culation of ome cent pleces’ is fbe established by the Rodenbaugh- Bennett Airplane Corporation, ac-| about 4,721,287,900. icordlng to A. A. Bennett, who| TORONTO, Ont., Feb. Mx@ has arrived here from Seattle. Hev word “tombstone” was banned by |said three planes have been pur-, the Ontario Association M Mera-| chased to operate along the coast, orial Craftsmen. meeting Here. | touching at Seward, Cordova, Ju- “Tombstone carvers” are to oe neau, Ketehikan and ‘also pmnul known as “memorial craftsmen.” 'to the tar westward. | _—a—.—q—&—-‘v———u\—h—u "HURCH UNITY RECOMMENDED; REPORT OF WORLD: CONFERENCE MADE PUBLIC: ......,.n.-——-.———*-,-.—— NEW YORK, Febi 3—Elimisa- »a- m-nlcm hedded by mlhn: of needless mmmn and “Brent, 05‘ M&l:; W:;i pmpetition among churches in minations 1 interests ot Chrigtian l'"" ’M Field and: the’ Cifllfilnl w bt mW, (Interaational Newsresl) Oil Man May | Be Cited for Cautvmpt WASHINGTON, Feb. | After Robert Stewart, Chair- | | man of the Board of the | Standard Oil Company of In- | diana, again defied the Sen- | | ate Oil Committee in refus- | ing to answer questions, United States Senator Walsh prosecutor of the inquiry, said he favorefl asking the | | Senate to cite him for con- | tempt and order his a MIGHTY NAVAL AR FLEET T0 B MOBOLIZED SAN DIEGO, ¥eh — The mightiest . ‘naval air flest ever mobilized under any flag in times of peace will gather at San Diego in July and August to train for battle exereises which will be staged five months later in the Canal Zone, it was announced ere today . by fleet aviation authorities. Sixtéen squadrons of fighting, hombing, torpedo and scouting planes from the battle fleet plus the giant ulrcr‘nft carriers Sara-' toga and Lexington, the earrier Langley: and tenders Aroostook and Gannet and a plane guard idivision of destroyers, are to | participate in these extensive aerfak exercises here and at Panama, : Indian Affairs. Are To Be Investigated : Senabe Has Approved WASHING’!‘ON. Feb. 3—Investi- gation of the Administration of Indian Affairs. has been ordered by the Senate. The resolution of Senator Willlam ;. Hs ' King, of Utah, yfilfl authorizes the Com- W into the relations ty, was approved without debate. A p ed that he ictive investiga-|a «li new laws ace ot m JUNEAU P. 0, EMBEZILER IS ARRESTED {Is Taken I;;Custody at Governor’s Island— Be Brought Here NEW YORK, Feb. 3.— Two Deputy United States Marshals have been ordered tr lrave hcre next Monday for Juneau, Alaska, with Da- vid Genender, former Juneau Post Oftice clerk, wanted there for the alleged embez- zling <f $1,000 of the Post Cffice funds. two ycars -ago. Genender disappeared. He was arrested three days ago at Governor's Island where he had enlisted in the Army. He told his captors he had been in Germany since leav- ing Alaska. — e — UNKIND THRUST AT DRY FORGE New YorL Repreaenlahvc "Has Balm for Sleuths Who Failed WASHINGTON, FKeb. ed by ‘the failure of many appli- cants for appointment as Federal prohibition sleuths to pass the Civil Service Commission exan- ination, Representative Emanucl Celler, New York, Democrat, has suggested these questions for a re-examination: “What is the best way to satis-| fy an itching palm? ' “How many times may you| ‘shake down’ a bootlegger? “What kind of a bird is a stool pigeon? ! “How ridiculous is the fourth} amendment? “Is” ‘sacredness of the extinct as the dodo? “What is cheating cheaters? “Should local police be permit- |’ ted to interfere with your game of graft? “Are ‘Tom and Jerry’ good fel- low: “Is “Is a “Is maker? “Is ‘rummy’ a good game? “May one sing ‘Drink to Only With Thine Eyes?' “Can you buy a ‘nightcap’ the five-and-ten? “Is the silver of society?" “How does ‘speak-easies —— o PREPAREDNESS WILL PREVENT WARS, CLAIM Two Women Speakers Ex- press Logical ‘Views at Conference 3 Anspir- ! | { home’ as | | an oyster cocktail lawful? ‘punch’ permitted? ‘Sherry Cobbler’ a shoe-| | 0 Me flask a ‘badze money talk in| WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, — In- sistence that preparedness is the best war. preventative was ex- pressed by Mrs. Nourse Rogers, Republican Representative from Massachusetts, and also by Miss Etta V. Leighton, of the National Security Leagwe. Both were speakers before the Women's Pa- triotic Conference on National Defanse. ] Mrs. Rogers sald: “We must be armed for peace.” She stress- ed that preparedness: should ex- ténd fully to the merchant marine and - commercial expan- sion as well as the Army and Navy. ™ {Prison Guard Is Shet By-llktihby Another Indian Affairs to con-| ogs, lnow ol 8 way by . steamer tu ! Juneau. “He 15 Superintendant of | [ the laway jan London Pays "Last Tribute To Earl lllug 10\1]?()\ Fuh all England mourned three sons of the King led a mile procession from St. Columibia’s to Westminster | Abbey, the body of former Field. Marshal Earl Douglas Haig was borne through the streets of London lml:l)‘. ll was ‘one of the gre military pageants in history. The casket was wrapped a4 weather-torn Union which has ved at simiigr functions as a ceno- path , to Britain's memorial | to h.r hero dead. While and in Ji »*fl-** LOTISFELDT 1S ON WAY 70 JUNEAY Travels 1,000 Miles from Kuskokwim Using Team 15 Dogs SEWARD, Alaska, Feb. 3 from the remote interior of tho Com | pleting @ 1.000 mile dog team trip Alaska | Road Commission heal- |2 quaner‘ on the Kuskokwim River, of 156 arrived ‘here and Kuikok: | dogs the his the Commission on wim and is taking Juneau with him. Lottsfeldt was trail crossing the which no official has ing the last three N vast caribou herds are worki towards the foothills of the Uga- shik mountains. He said the ani- mals appeared to be mixing with reindeer which had escap=d from government herds. In regard to the platinum strik> at Good News Bay, Lottsfeldt sail he “heard more about it 500 milcs than at the scene of the strike. Everything is in a pros- pecting stage and does not in my opinion warrant a stampede. next fall the extent of the may be known.” SOVIET PLAN FISH INDUSTRY Purchasing Million Dollars Worth of Equipment in United States -The Rus- 19 days on thu barren lands covered dur- ore SEATTLE, Feb. 3.— sian Soviet' Government, official, company, the Kam- chatka Corporation, is complet- ing purchases totalling $1,000,- 000 in the United States, prin- cipally cannery equipment, a steamship and a motor schoonem ! Senning Plaun, of the Danish| Consulate, revealed this today. He is associated with the Siber- jan Fish and Cold Storage Com-| pany which represents the Rus- sian Corporation. The plans of the Kamchatka Corporation, Plaun said, includes the conversion of an unnamed 4,200-tcn steamship into a float- ing crab eanhnery to can giant crabs in the Okhotsk Sea. Salmon eanneries will also be established along the Sibertan Couast and it 18 expected they will pack 200,000 cases of sdlmon to be mnrkfled n London. Dare-Devtl Flying, Other Flirtations With Death, Banned PARIS, Feb. 3. — Dare-devil flying and other kinds of aero- nautical flirting with death must Bo. through | | Carl F.| Lottsteldt, with his team »g‘ 8 i Lo} Histrionic talent placed Ruth Mi mtster s Dau ghtor Launched on Stage Career at Seventeen Cranmer, daughter of an Urbana, Ill,, minister, on the stage of the Chicago Art Theatre almost im- CHICAGO—Just out of school, seventeen-year-old Cranmer, daughter of an ML, minister, high Ruth has won recognition _with the Chicago Art theatre. By, 1 Such is the dictum of the|Dolores del After she ‘had tucked away her diploma last June, Miss Cranmer, daughter of the Rev. Ray Darwin Cranmer, Universalist pastor, came to Chicago to seek her stage fortune. This fall, she landed a part with | | | Tear Gas Bomb Gets Its Man At Last CHICAGO, gas bomb which exploded | Saturday night, got its man last night, thuswis Joseph Kutil had been crying; his | eyes were red and swollen; two sympathetic detectives asked him the trouble; Ku- til said the discussion was digtateful to him; the detec- tives suggested perhaps he was ¢rying because in Frike's Jewelry store urday night, when robbers took $5,000 | worth of jewelry, a tear gas | bomb exploded. | Kutil guessed that might be | | | the trouble. P 1 The officers took police headquarters. e e Anne Morgan Is Not Engaged to Prince; Reports Are Denied him NEW YORK, of réports that Feh, Miss -Denials Monaco are made in her behalf. A statement issued by Miss Morgan’s private sccretary brands the report as ‘“‘utterly ithout foundation” and “untry News agencies and newspapers in France have carried the re- ports. Dolores Del Rio Signs ‘With U. A. for 5 Years, Cai., Feb., 3.— Mexican film HOLLYWOOD, Rio, HL'NTBVILLB. Tex., Feb. 3—|International League of Aviators|star, yesterday hecame a member ot Indian Affairs;D. H. Long, guard at the East-(in which 20 nations, u.j their proper-|ham State Prison farm, was shot |the and killed by Tom Bozeman, an- other guard, who mistook him for a prisoner prison break in which 16 m yester- lfil Ten. m . recap- | o UMM lul.u. are sented, lmmu main pl platform closely gl it will including fof United Artists Studios under repre-ia contract which will star her for five years. Edwin Carewe, nt in security is the|who also will be aligned with. of the league's 1928 |United Artists cuomlulmtuc under the new _undertakes to produce with Miss Del of each cast, Urbana, | [ 3.4-A tear | | | |t | burned, she le Anne Mor-| gan {8 engaged to the Prince of | He said mediately after she left high school [hu art theatre, ai l\nn L)urnrl dire thought so much of her ability as shown in rehearsals that she was given the le part in “Torch Bearers,” George Kelly's satire on amateur theatri- cals, initial presentation of the art theatre reportoire company. Lazareff, for 20 years a mem- ber of the Moscow Art theatre, says the [llinois girl should go far on lh» stage. MAN AND FOUR CHILDREN ARE BURNED, DEATH MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Feb. 3. Leon Wiley and four children were burned to death, Mrs. Wiley and a fifth child narrowly es- caped when fire destroyed their | cottage early this morning. S ams of Wiley awakened his | wite and she took her baby and (tried unsuccessfully to reach her jhughand. After she was severely aped from a widow with her child in her arms. Her condition is reported eritical. The cause of the fire is undetermined. e ALAMEDA COMING tor, Steamer Alameda gsailed from Jordova at 10 o'clock this moru lm, and is epxected in Juneau fabout midnight tomorrow night. PRICE. TEN CENTS ;FIRE DESTROYS 5 CITY BLOCKS EASTERN TOWN \Loss Estimated from Sev- en to Twenty-Five Million Dollars 'FLAMES RAGE DURING NIGHT UNTIL TODAY Two Thousand Employees ! of Business District Out of Employment FALL RIVER, Mass.,, Feb. 3.-— The business district of this ‘eity lay in ruins with only a few gaunt walls standing in an area of five blocks which were swept by fire last night and early today. The ‘loss is estimated by the Mayor and police authorities to be between $7,000,000 and $12.- 000,000. Insurance men sald the loss may run to $25.000,000. No Loss of Life No loss of life Is reported al- though several firemen and others were slightly injured by falling walls and effects of smoke, Two thousand workers in of- fices, banks, hotels and stores are . without employment. ge ¢ The flames destroyed.three hq{ tels, six banks, two theatres, o churcl, one newspaper plant several office and store buildd "r‘lreq:on from al! .u!tl! towns In the vieinity of Fall Rivs 5 or fame here and helped fight the hlaze which started from the for- mey mber One plank of the Paocasset Monufacturing Com- pany. Four units of this aband- oned textile plant were in pro- cess of demolition. Downtowu theatres were filled and a warning was given the audiences and they filed out without any panie. Hotel Guests Warned iuests of hotels in the path the flames were notified in to leave before the firé ed them, e Western Unlon and Postal Telegraph companies lost their quarters. The telephone exchange was aved but the operators were ord- ered to leave their stations when it appeared the building would he destroyed. e e of time One Companionate Marriage Is Given Swat by L.A. Judge LOS ANGRLES, Feb. 3.—Com- panionate marriage was held to- day to constitute a fraud on the California courts by Superior Judge Leon R. Yankwich, In the case of Mrs. Sybil Ollie Henry versus Wilmot Clark Hen- ry, Judge Yankwish set aside an interlocutory decree of divoree previously granted Mrs. Henry because her husband has since entered into, what the court said, amounts to a companionate mar- ringe with her. 3 Mrs. !eury, granted a di- vorce last summer, with $1756 a month alimony, a «onsiderable property settlement and the cus. tody of their nine-year-old daugh- ter Yvonae, filed the motien to t aside the decree Like Merch Church i L N that Y YORK, Fob. religion can be advertisod Just like bananas or paint or ciz- | argttes, the TLutheran churches are looking for a soul-saving slo- gan. “It would be difficult to com- pute the sclling power of the flor-| Rev. Oscar Feught, pastor of Ca! vary Luntheran church of Kansas City. writes in the current fissue of the magazine American Luth. ern. “The telegraph statfons have ' ‘Don't Wright—Telegraph.’ the Plnt men, Whrfiwud. 5 3—Believing | ists’ “Say It With Flowers’’ the! To Advertise Religion andise; One Wants a Slogan You-Save-All,’ md the fruit men | ‘Bananas—the Body-Builder’. Why should not the Lutheran chureh have a trade mark or slogan? | Surely we ought to be as zealous to preach the gospel and to save {souls as the mercantile house ‘s to sell its goods. “If persistently used for a doz- en years, it will be bound to regis- - tor in the minds of men, on the ro-ords of the church and on the ‘books of the Kingdom of Heaven.' The American Lutheran ‘aus inounces .that the author of best slogan submitted before {1 will ha given a free {7-day ropean g,