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THE DAILY VOL. XXXI., “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1928. ALASKA EAU PUBLIC BUILDING FUND IS REPORTED TODAY IN SUPPLY BILL 0OVER AND REED SILENT ON POLITICS Both Expected However to Soon Make Announce- ments of Candidacy WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—Defin- developments in the candi- of Herbert C. Hoover, Sec- of Commerce, for the Re-!| publican nomination ef President looked for within the next few | Thus far the Commerce Secre-| s standard has been borne by friends, but prossure ing daily to have Hoov-| r it to his own hands. ve rapidly achieving | In face of all this, Hoov- adhered to his refusal to polities but within a week | 1e is expected to decid2 one way | br the other } Rced Also Silent ¢ Another who remains silent! ihile friends work for him with \is “‘knowledge and consent,’ | hey expressed it, is Senato ames A, Reed, of Missourl. 1It| s understood, however, Senator, “riends ity teed will announce his (l)ll(“(la(}" nomination Birthday ad- | huu]\. ANNIVERSARY BOY SCOUTS 15 TOMORROW or the Demo n a Washington iress, but eveloped. Smith’s Friends Active Gov. A. E. Smith’s friends have| become active here with eyes on| ix votes which the District of Polumbia will cast at the Hous- on convention. Under the lead- hip of Charles Darr, attorney, | Snich for Presidont” Clubbas ,‘ ie no confirmation fied offices h NFORCEMENT. | FUNDS NEEDED ouse Presented with Blll‘ for Money—Illicit Dis- tilling, Is Problem WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. — The| atest chronicle of Uncle Sam’s| rultifarious efforts to enforce ohibition, given to the House ppropriations Comm ittee by| ommissioner Doran, was reyeal- 0 with presentaion to the House| f the bill to provide for lhe‘ reasury Department. Commissioner Doran charged ooperation with Federal author ieg was lacking in New York, aryland, Montana, Nevada and| ew Mexico because “‘there was/| 0 State code under which State| fficers may work.” | .The greatest single problenr! cing ‘enforcement officers is il-| distilling, Commissjoner Dor- n said. He also said that the, past Guagd and Customs have hecked off large smuggling op- ations, such as the old Rum oW, ————— Disappearance 28 Years Ago at Last Cleared Up; Mystery PITTSBURGH, Feb. 7—The hysterious disappearance 28 years o of Henry A. Brown, Pitts- urgh artist, was cleared up .to o satisfaction of relatives today hen word was received that rown had’ died at Baltimore last pring and the body had been rned over to the medical school the University of Maryland. rown dropped out of sight In 00 eight weeks after his 15 r oM wife had given birth lo uon The son, William w. Brown. ow 28 years old, and his mother, has since re-married, live, “Life Extended for Year A ]ter March 15 ABHKHGTQN' 'l“M of of the life of 0;:" mh dlfig» for . another | 15 has been ‘sm MESE |to the BUILDING ROCKET TO SHOOT HIM TO V NUS | Robert Condit of Condit, Ohlo (inset, right), believes | he can reach the planet Venus by | main photo. TWINS ARE speclally constructed Mycket, which is shown in the The rocket, which is in the course of | construction, s to be taken to Miami Beach, Fla., whera ha lnlend taking a ride on a | few weeks, then SEPARATED BY OPERATION AFTER ONE DIES; ()llll'R NOW NORMAL A’W) ST l/Rl)Y‘ | (Eight Hundred Thousand to Stand at Atten- tion, in Honor NEW YORK, Feb. 7—Eigh hundred thousand Boy Scouts and | their leaders, the pick of Ameri- L 1 | can boyhood and American man- hood will stand at attention the evening of February 8th, eighteenth birthday of Scoufing in America, to” recommit themsely.s principles of the Scout Oath and TLaw. Boy Scouts-- Troop Scouts, Sea Scouts, Lone Scouts and Rural Scouts—repra- sentatives of every section of the pation and of every type of American home will “Be Pre- pared” to pledge themselves anew 0 the ideals and objectives of he Scout Mevement, which in i ighteen years of progress in this country, has become- the greatest organized effort on behalf of boys of which history holds record. Incorporated in 1910 The Boy Scouts of America was incorporated in Wanhmnon D. C., on February 8, 1910. This mark- ed the establishment of the Bo: Scout Movement in the United States. In England the Movemeni had been’ launched three years before by ‘General Sir Robert S. S. Baden-Powell, its founder. National observance of Anniver- sary Week of the Boy Scouts of Ameri e&vll include a program: on the of Scout activities in nearly svetv'lntormluon whatever as to theirjand the community starting yesterday aad ending on February 12th. The first day of Anniversary Wesk was set aside as Home Day ani each of the Scouts, for that day at least, were to relieve his par ents of tie burden of some of the household tasks in which the Scout usually takes no part. Today, ©f Auniversary Week, School Day,—Scouts are to par- ticipate in school demonstrations to ‘show - that Scouting augmen:s school work and tends to in- crease the interest of boys In schiool and education. All Scouts are 'to Wear their uniforms to hool - dufing Anniversary Week. A 1 Scout Mobilization, in which_all Troops, Home and Farm P&J‘bll. Sea and Lone flcnu. | participate will take Anpiversary Weex. of the mobilization TE demonstrate the effec- tiven efticiency of Scout in time of munici f ! for ,civie CHICAGO, Feb. Separation by surgery of Siamese twins, a week old, ln save the life of one of them after the other had died, has been reperted from tha Ry-: burn Memorial Hospital at Ot- tawa, Illinois. The twing were, kg_sn to: Mrs. Frank Keler.. They were joined loge the lower part of the dbfl()mk’l! in such a manner that the same blood coursed through = both bodies. Each twin weighed one-half pounds. % Dr. Paul Clark said one of the twins, named Meta Marie, ‘cried lustily at birth. The other, also| a girl baby, showed no signs of | lite ecxcept the circulation of| blood pumped through the heart of Meta Marie. Efforts to start life body of the other failed. An anesthetic was used and an operation was performed. Oxygen was used for an hour to counteract the effect of the anesthetic and Meta Marie was returned to her mother, normal and sturdy. ARE STUMPED five and in the Again on Securing Information WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. +- The Continental ,Trading . Compa Liberty Bonds up another, blind} alley today and fafled to gét any disposition ' from George Taber, Jr., former President of the Sin- elair Crude ou Purchasing Com- ]plny . Taber testified that he exccut- ed for the purchasing company a Cofll;lt! for oil which resulted in milllons of dollars profit the Continental Company, part of , which reached Albert B. Fall fofmer Secrétary of the Interior after the lease of Teapot Dome was made to Sinclair. Taber said he knew nd more| {of the honds or the Continental | deal than ‘the ‘‘magn duvm the ! street” amd was excused. i U. S, Marine Is Killed By ExploamGremide, ' Mayor Rem Is Injured, 'eb. 7 HANAGUA Nlu —Prjvate Frélerick Pe! fi"q U. 8. Marine, _killed by the acci- 3.” explogion. ot ‘a_hand gren near Totogaipa. ~ Major Ed- Renb was - alightly jnjured m" ¢ foi the trip to Venus. hasn't quite figured out yet. (International Newsreel) X InY within two days| ON NEW DRIVE {Senate Oil Committee Fails| Senate Oil Committee chased the | for| s to conduct several trials within a will launch himself into space for Just how he'll get back, Condit e Felt at Cordova , Last Night | CORDOVA, Alaska, Feb. 7. Severe carth tremors were felt at the Naval Radio | station hers at 10 o'clock last might. The tremor las agj 10 secomds. , Cape Hine fnbrek felt .the [ ABANDON PLAN 'FOR CABLE T0 | | | Earth Tremors | { 15 | Western Union Not to Lay Speed Cable from Se- attle to Japan | f SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7T—Tlhe plan of the Western Union Tel graph Company to lay a high speed cable between Seattle anc Japan has been abandoned, cause of inability of the Telegrapk Company to meet the require- ments of the Japanese govern ment, Newcomb Carlten, presi- dent, announced here. Instead, the Western Union bas under contideration ,plans for dropping a cable across the Pa. cific, via the “Southern Route starting at San Francisco, touch- |ing the Hawalian Islands stretching to the Philippine {lands which woulds be the {terminal in the Far East, insteacl of Hakodate Island, a Japanes: possession. The break tween the is in negotiations be- Japanese government Western Union came | when Japan insisted that the {main_ terminal in that country bLe operated and managed by Jap- anese. ’ Aceording to present plans, ne- | gotiations will be openped with countries other than Japan to obtain permission to extend the {cable from the Philippine Islands tinto Java, French Indo-China aund China. i e ‘Cmarpne Comumptwn | Will Increase in Next | Few Years, Prediction | | NEW YORK, Feb. 7—An un- | precedented increase in . consump- tion of cigarettes in America the next few years was forecast by George J. Whelan, of United Cigar |storeu Company returning from Bermuda. The “saturation poini” {has not been reached, he said. |Mr Whelan, a large holder of pressed steel car stock, added ie | would be glad to enter any enter- prise with which David Schulte ' connected, » referriiig to +Schulte's entrance in the mer- his possible (:lm in- CROSS PACIFIC and main | _ [ROUNDING UP REBELS IN 4 || MEX. REGIONS Mexu:an Govelnment Is Attacking Outlaw Bands by Land and Aix MEXICO CIT can Federal troops ing theoretically a around the tes of Jalico, Agua, Micocan, Sagientes and Colima, and have begun aerial hombing of 1ebel bands in concert with & tacks by infantry, valry and tillery. The I troops are watch- | ing over; trail, highway anl {railroad entering these four wes'- ern States. They examine every traveler with a view of prevent- ing entrance of men and materials !for the rebels. Two Douglas airplanes, bought {in the United States by the M |can government and recently livered, are being used by the Govermment forces to locats and bomb rebel strongholds in the mountains, This spar: inhap- itated region, for years past, has had large bands of rebels who {have been living by looting towns |villages' and robbing railw trains. They hide themselves in the wild mountain regions where pursuit is most difficult and some places imposside. The govern ment hbpes by the present meth- ods to route them. eb. are ¢ ar ederal | | ly | | BUOZE URDEBS Duplicate Prescription Blanks Are Soon to Be Required WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—Phy- isicians prescribing liquor for ail- ing patients, will follow a new {method before long under the v]bluh revealed today by Commis- sioner Doran in presenting to ‘Ihn House Appropriations Com- imittee the draft of the Treasury {supply bill. Duplicate prescription are called for instead of copies under the revised change, Commissioner Doran id, was necessitated partly by proven sale of prescription books by doctops and the ‘‘use of ch prescriptibns by unauthorized persons.” The new method expected to make a closer check possible. ———.ee——— Rain of Stones Frighten Natives In Bolivia Region blanks is LA PAZ, Bolivia, Feb. 7—A me- | teorological < phenomen described as a veritgble rain of stones from ithe skies” has frightened natives of Tarugani region, according (o advices rea¢hing this city. A flash i the skies a day or so ago was immediately followed by a roar, as of thunder, which hal not ended hefore stone fragments began to fall to the earth. This suddenly ended with the fall of « huge neteor which broke into small pleces whem it struck the ground. Bits of the meteor have been taken to the museum at Co- chabamba, ——————— — Representative of Senator-Elect Vare Quits Counting Room WASHINGTON, Felf. 7. — A representative . ;of Senator-elect william 8. Vare withdrew from the orgamization today to con- duct the recount in the Penn- sylvania Senatorial election re- count whieh has been c¢ontested by William B, Wilson Harry Kungel, County Commis- sioner of Philadelphia, named as supervison' fn . the recount for Vare, leli the counting room to- day when he was overruled on the cmnlldfi; ‘that there were too m tatives A there for Wils Senate Cam- e paig ittee, Ihas gained his fr RECTOR RESIGNS | | | | | The Rev. George Warh | Episcopal Churchy Flu { Catholic girl, Rita i pastor's age. Dr. {ecclesiastical circlesi WASHINGTON, rew arbitration France, was signed yeste der unusual circum S the clicking of motion picture cameras & in ‘the presence of u score Of newspaper men. Fel In the words of ¥ h Ambag- sador Claudel, the treaty w start a new idea of outlawry war. The French Ambassador re- marked that with deep emotion. He affixed his seal on the 150ih anniversary of the signing m Paris of the first treaty of al- liance between America France. Robert E. Olds, Under tary of State, signeds’the for the United States, Roy Olmsted, Released From Prison on Bond, Is Sued by Attorney SEATTLE, Feb. Although ha dom from Me- Neil Island penitentiary by poast- ing $20,000 bonds, Roy Olmsted has not obtained respite froin his legal troubles. Paul Carrigan attorney who defended Olmstad suceessfully in the Woodmonat Beach smuggling case, has filed a civil swit for $2,400 legal fees. ———-—e — W ashington State Democrats Are to Meet in Spokane SPOKANE, Wash., Feh. 7—This city has been choscn for the Dem-| ocratic State Convention and the date 18 set for April 13. This Is considered a victory for the Smith supponters as Spokane ig hafled as the cemter of their strongest territory. Scott Bullitt, of Seattlc, has been named by the tral Comimittee as the temporary chairman of the convention. Hu is a Smith supporter ———— ,FM Fliers Reach 1 Montgomer from N. O. “iac MONTGOMERY, Ala., Feb. 7~ [ French fliers Costes and LeBrix | 1anded at Maxwell Field yesterday afterndon completing approximate. ly a 280 mile hop from New Oi- in m hnms and 45 mine mccle}( for 23 years rector of St has resigned and wili' marry & (20%). Iyric Soprano, Who i§ just halt t“ monn«mm has uuud &) commotion of | and State Cen-! 'TO WED SINGER? Fie 1 BETWEEN FRANCE-U. S. SIGNED ANNIVERSARY | WILL TIGHTEN LIQUOR BARS AGAINST U. 3. Clearance to Carriers of Intoxicants WASHING desire of the ment that the s, Feb, . 7—The Washingten Gover treaty of 1924, with Canada, for supnression of smu gling, be amended to provide the refusal of clearances of v» sels or vehicles carrying cargoes of liguor was disclosed when the toms officers were made public. The Canadian officials feel the ends so desired will be accomn- plished and -the Commission re- commended that effactment such measures be made by Canadian government. — A. J. QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Feb, T.-—Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company “lulk ln quotcrl today at 3% the Canada Asked to Refuse. | minutes of the conference of Cu:-' of! $200,000 18 INGLUDED IN REPORT,HOUSE Second Allotment for Pub- lic Buildings Program in Supply Bill {OVER TWO BILLIONS | FOR APPROPRIATIONS |Treasury and Post Office Departments Provided for in Measure WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.— The second allotment of funds, totaling $45,500,000 to carry out the Administra- tion’s public building pro- gram, is provided for in the annual supply bill of the Treasury and Post Office De- rtménts, reported to the ouse,’ proprnluon is part of ti TE. ‘2’ 000 the Oov'i crnment pmponl to spen 10-year period for W include $200,- the Juneau public je he(l the largest allotment of I $1,500,000,000 which creasé of $51,000,000 ow the current funds and - $53,000,000 under the Budget estimate. | \ The Coast Guard is glven ap- !proximatély $29,000,000 and de- |scribed as almost rivaling the i\h\y Department, with a force (ol 13,000 men and a fleet of 450 | boats, together -with five sea- , planes, —_—————— Rose Ponselle Insists bhe Is Thirty-One Years ' Old;Has Real Surprise NEW YORK, !‘sb.\ 7—110#- Ponsglle, Metropolitan Opera star, lis 31 vears old, she insisted to | friends at a surprise birthday | party here. | “I always want to tell my cor- ct age,” she said, adding an- other cagglle to the thirty which (decorated a huge birthday eake provided in henor of the prima donnd’s birthiay. ) | Otto H. Kahn, chairman of the ard of the Metropolitan Com- pany; Mrs. Dorothy Caruse, Ro- mano Romani, Miss Ponselle’s music teacher, and Mrs. William Randolph, Hearst were among the 200 fellow artists and friends who attended the party. RS iy 0. o g & DIPEEM CHINA KFEI\FEBUVK' Me., | Feb. 7.— lA chinga dinner set more than 78 U’cnrs old, and without a single nick or mark as a tell-tale of its age. is an heirloom owned by harles Jellison. Cull “Oh, Mary Mtllwn wiil NEW YORK, Feb. 7—If you were to call “Mary!"” in a voice that could be heard from Maine to California, an army of 2000, 000 women and girls would an- swer to that name, according an article, “What's in a Nama by George R. Steward, Jr, in “Children, the Magazine for Par- ents.” Mr. Stewart, a wmember of the facalty of the University of Cali- fornia, has just completed a sur- the same imaginary, farreaching voice call “William!” the air ol these United States would echo with 2,500,000 “Aye, aye, sirs."” But even though these good olid- fashioned names are still answer- ed to by vast m-;nrum‘, Mr. ey which also shows that should | 4 > and Two Answer; Call “William” Even More Reply | Stewart predicts that in the [ |tnre there will be 'an overwhelm: ing crop of Anitas, Glorias, and Constances to mark the popularity of movie stars in our generation. For My, Stewart hgs - discovared that therc are fashions in names. |In 1905 Mary led the list ome in fourteen. Today the "Marys are gradually giving way to Bliza- beth, Dorothy and Mdrie. In 190§ ’\rvu Grace, Emily; Alice, Card: line, May, Eunma dud Mabel were | | popular, ng_in popularlty: . Occasionally there is some | direct reason for these fashio in names. Take Bdna for: stance, o is a de- - but- today they are do- s