The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 17, 1928, Page 1

OL. XXXI., NO. 4715. PACIFIG “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU ALASKA FRIDAY FmRUARY 17, 1928. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS eneral Plea Made to Natlon for Rellglous Tolerance OHN W. DAVIS AKES ADDRESS, USTICE PLEA bays Religion Should Not Be Major Issu Will Session Held Feb. 17.—As Nation cast the WASHINGTON, he voters of the heir inquisitive glances at eld of candidates .for President, hose of the Democratic persua- fion are receiving more attention nd some concrete demonstrations f harmany and tolerance will uide them in the election, ohn W. Davis said. Davis said religion should not be a major issue in the forth- oming race. He pointed to past nd present European executives) ) support his plea. Speaking at Columbia, 'ayolina, before the Convention { the State Bar Association, havis reminded his listeners that fentile England had a Jew Prime finister, FProtestant Canada a fatholic Fremier, and Catholic rance a Protestant for Presi- ent. “I would be ashamed to be- lieve that the spirit of tolerance as less in merica than in this reat Democracies,” concluded avis. GOOD-WILL DINNER WASHINGTON, Feb. ~ 17.— fatholic, Jew and Protéstant hathared at..a - i¢hmond to hear outstanding igures of their creed plead (or eligious tolerance. Senator Joseph E. Ransdnll, emocrat of Louisiana, spoke for he Catholics; Gov. Harry Flood iyrd, of Virginia for the Protes-| ants and Rabbi Louis D. Mrdoza or the Jews. Democrats Advised “More counsel for the Demo- ratic Party to accept the chal- erge of issues and not again fall fetim of its own folly and bother hout non-essentials,” Representative Finis J. Garrett. f Tennessee, speaking at Indi- napolis, Indiana, before the In- jana Democratic Editorial Asso- fation. Garrett said, “favorit- sm which within seven ears has been wrought into the aw tangled confusion fol- owing in the wake of corruptls nd shame; the foreign po!’ r lack of foreign policy, W .ich as left us without a friend mong the nations of the world; lomestic distresses, which all unning will not enable them to] because avarice forbade el-| ure, leviation, will surely summon us o find a firm common ground pon which the leading Democ- acy bt yore. ood Control, Alaska River, to Be Discussed WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.— hairman Reed announced that the | bemocratic Party's 1924 nominee, | | South | came from | short | can stand and give lusty: pattle as in the victorious days, » | : Mrs. Doris Palmer McDonald, forme Vernon, N. Y., where she was kno' for the murdes of a Montreal taxi | SENTENCED TO HANG FOR MURDER r cabaret dancer and singer in Ioum wn as Margery Anderson, will meet death on the gailows with her husband, George, in Quebec on Marth 23 driver. Prominent soclety women of Mount Vernon have banded together to save her from the noose. (International Newsreel) |Hughe.s Cheered When He Says U. S. Proposes that War Shall Be Outlawed! REPLACEMENT OR BUILDING | IS QUESTION Navy Program Causes Speculation, Accord- ing to Witnesses HAVANA, Cuba, Feb, 17— Charles Evens Hug! head of the American delegation attending the Pan-American Conferencs, amid applause of represeniatives of all Republics of the Western World, threw the whole waight of the United States behind the proposal’ to outlaw all aggressive wars on this Hemisphere. At the same time, Hughes outlined to the Cotiference plans for main- tenance of American peace. -Hej | was again applauded when he de-, ¢lared his country opposed any acts of aggression and was de-] sirous of seeing force aholfshed! from the Hemisphere. WASHINGTON, Feb. 17—The question of whether the Admin- o ypjteq States seeks nothing istration’s plans for construction put friandship, independence and| of 71 new warships constitutes & proeperity to all American states, | uew building program or replace- ment program bobbed up contin- | | uously before the House f\;uvnl’ HAVANA, Cuba, Feb. 17— Hon-| Commiitee hearing. Testmony o, pyeyrredon, Ambassador to of one witness opposed expansioh yagningion and President of ths of the Navy. Linley Gordon, EX- sioantjne delegation to the Pan-| IfNRY Besretsry af-the ‘Wurhl American Conference, has = re- Allirnce for International Friend- tused to withdraw his resignation | ship, asserted emphatically he o )oep posts. This was disclosed {had come to Washington to 0P+ wpen he made public texts of| pose an increase in the Navy but telegrams he sent his govern- that it was not until after he ar- . oni “caple correspondence re- rived had he heard the program yepjeq that the resignations werc | HAS RESIGNED ment. Other witnesses sald they oinee of instructions to sign, with | rules of conduct for his pros- pective bride as they stood be fore the church altar, Nick Mas- ciarclll is /still a bachelor. Nick chcose the last minute to tell Miss Rosie Devecky what would be expected of her after ghe became his wife. Rosie cast away her bridal vefl and hurled her corsage of owers at Nick and stormed out of the church. Rosie, in the opinion of the would-be groom, should be pre- pared to wash all dishes, have the meals ready on time, should not walk the streets at night and avoid Jooking at other men. Other rules were® of less portance, » Now Nick is trying to get his money back that he paid for the marriage license. ——————— {May Need Cowboys to Round-up Caribou at His Ranch in Alaska SEATTLE, Feb. i7—Thomas White, of Fairbanks, Caribou King, who claims the only cari- bou ranch in thé World, declared he may soon require the services |of cowboys to ride his herd to his - ranch *100 miles north of Fairbanks. He reported the first caribou round-up last, Fall el Dr. Frost Is to Take Charge, Nulato Hospital im- he House Flood Control Commits | ee will probably commence hear- ngs next week on flood surveys, nciuding Salmon -River, in the| yder district, Alaska. EAP YEAR IN BRITISH SOCIETY RUBY, Alaska, Feb. 17—Dr. Willlam Frost has left for Nu- lato where he takes charge of the lnurem ot Bducation- Hospital. » SEES MANY ENGAGEMENTS BROKEN LONDON, Feb. 17—Leap year s proving disastrous to engage- ents in Britain's hl‘hn‘ ‘soclal ircles. The announcement that m arl of Bandon’s eng: iss Marjory Sheila Clifton heen broken oft follows th ellation of at least 20 of 4 rothals among young couples brominent in London's soeial life 1928 was rung in. Harl of Bandon and Miss tnn became engaged las is an Irish peer ‘o::;"n n:» man and yer. “had a serious alr m’ht« hs ago. . i -mymu newest style l-nqfi- couples. who ha od atter all not to marry. i June. | th ed very old fashioned indeed. Titled folk as well as others in soclety circles all appear to favor 'the fad. Notices of the cancellation of the Bandon/Clifton engagement were published in the newspapers. Lady Rosemary Bootle-Wilbra- ham’s engagement to Richard Al- derson was also cancelled about the same time, the newspapers giving about as much space to cancellation announcements as did to the original stories. ouncements of engagements here produce such a erop of em- mulu attentions in the way from furniture stores, money lenders, photog- o announce the decision l:‘lld! co custom of WOULD-BE GROOM LEFT AT ALTAR WHEN FOOLISHLY ANNOUNCED TEN RULES EXPECTED OF FUTURE WiKE ¥ ! Mrs, Doris Mercer Kresge has com= husband, Sebastian S. Kresge, chein | store operator. The divorce battle | started in Michigan and is now l:rminnllng in New 'York, with all dications pointing to a decree for | the wite. (Tnternational Newsreel) JUNEAU CITY GARDEN CLUB MEETS TONIGHT, tully covered in The Empire| The first meeting of the vear, ,po.q gatisfactorily. There is no of the Juneau City Garden Club | will be held tonigke in the High| work on the plants will be un- 8 usually delayed,” he added. School Assembly Hall at o'clock. As there Is much busi- |neu to come hefore the members, {a full attendar is desired. Old-Fashioned Houses Slip Into N. Y. ‘Subway N'W YORK, Feb. 17— Three brown stons houses of | the ' sort, fashionable in van- | ishing New York's Nineteenth | O.ntnry. plunged 40 feet into a subway excavation late yes- terday afternoon and buried | halt a_ doz p‘ only one | known to have been killed. ’ Twenty men were tunnel- ing under the houses cutting ‘out space for & mn on the | new, | i | Membership in United pleted her litigation against her | .|to the effect 'that detailed en-) ihad the same impression and did reservations, the projected Pan- ot "m’“p reglacempht, American Union convention even 1ig it did not contain a clause of tariff “JOIN NATIONAL: m DEAL BODY AT ONGE IN NICARAGUA Local Oragmzatlon to Seek! 2 Is UNDERWAY 'Letters Are Exchanged Be- tween Rebel Leader, U. S. Official MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Feb. 17 —Communjcations’ said to deal with peace terms have been ex- changed between Augustino San- dino, rebel leader, and Rear Ad- miral David Sellers, Commander of the United States Special Ser- | vice Squadron. The letters include peace terms written by Sellers for Sandino and dropped by airplane over San- dino’s position, and by the Rebel Chieftain. Sandino replied to the letters giving terms under which he {would lay down arms but the ! States Chamber By a unanimous vote the Ju-| ‘neau Chamber of Commerce to- | day voted to affillate with the| Chamber of Commerce of the United States and authorized Sec-| retary Frank A. Boyle to make out the mnecessary application papers at once. This action was recommended the Board of Directors. | The United States Chamber of Commerce has 1,600 member or- ganizations. It maintalns eight | service departments for promot- ing the welfare of business inter- ests of its individual members. Other Alaskan organizations affil- ’hltell with it are: Ketchikan, {Commercial Club, Cordova Com-' {mercial Club, Anchorage Cham- ber of Commerce and Northwest- o are mot given out. |ern Chamber of Commerce Of = gellers has arrived here from {Nome. Fees for joining are one-|corinto for a conference with half of one per cent of the a&- cparles E. Eberhardy, American l“’x"“’ membership fees of the'yinisier o Nicaragua, and Briga- {Cnamber. | dier General Logan Feland, com- Pregress Is Satisfactory | manding the American Marines. Commenting on the projec,ted‘) |pulp and paper development in| iSoutheastern Alaska, B. F. Progi i {Heintzleman, Assistant. District President Rec‘?lves i | Forester, told the Chamber that| Alone for First Time Since in White House by the latest developments had been | |earlier this week. |sary investigations “The necea-| ibe golng WASHINGTON, Feb, 17—Pres! dent Coolidge received alone at one formal reception of the win- ter soclal season at the White House, for the first time since he lentered it. He stood in the Blue Room - last mnight without Mrs Coolidge. He was forced to do this because of the ¢old which confined Mrs. Coolidge to her |room. ‘The reception, the final of the season, was to the officers of the Army and Navy. ——eeo—— |reason to feel that comstruction | Mr. Heintzleman’s statement to The Empire on his return from the south last Wednesday was gineering finvestigations covering waterpower, dam site locations, {power lines, tunnels, etc., and| jtimber would be made this sum- |mer. Pending these it was not | possible for those interested to * idraw up a definite plan of plant construction and deyelopment. Candidates and Prospects at Same Breakfast ‘ | Praises Schools Juneau’s schools are on a par, with those oi, California in vir- tually every respect, being be-; hind possibly only in their phys! cal education work, ‘deelared M.| | L. Merfitt, who with his family | returned home thfs week after| 60 days spent in - Beach, He jeaid had taken' fiflfiuln in- terest in the ‘there and was satisfled sons he had - WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.— Senators Curtis, Watson and Willls, avowed Presidential candidates, were among a group . of Senators at a | White House breakfast this morning. Others included Senators Borah -and. Walsh who have: been mentioned in conmn ‘with . the Presi- | denlm). He said/ referred to as one for replace- guiyitted Tuesday following re- < i charging the offense SIGNING NEW FRIENDSHIP TREATY | Renewing a peace pact mldn between the Unlted States and France uo years ago, Paul Claudel, French ambassador (left), and Under Secwetary of State Robert E. Olds (right), sign & new friendship treaty in Wash- ington. Behind them are standing Jules Henri, French embassy secre- tary’ (left), and Willlam Castle, Jr., assistant secretary of state, @ (Interaational Newsrasld GOV, JACKSON IS AGUIIITTEI] - BRIBE CH Judgment Is Returned Agamst State—Ku Klux GOV. ED JACKSON INDIANAPOLIS, In¢ Feb. 17 ~—Acquittal of Gov. Bd Jackson, who has been on trial on a charge of congpiracy to commit a felony in an attempt to bribe, has been ordered by Judge Charles M. Mec- Cabe, of the Criminal Court. Judge McCabe said the State failed to prove concealment of the alleged crime which was necessary to be proved, to get around the statute of limitations and keep the case in the Courts, The state, he sald, was bound to prove not only the commission of the alleged crime bot that it had been concealed for approximately four years under the law. The Court held the indictment should alone have been returned within two yoars of the date of the alleged commission, Decemboer §, 1923, Gov. Jackson was indicted late in 1927 Klan Attacked Before rendering jufgment, Judge MeCabe launched into an attack on the Ku Kilux Klan and sald: “How any Governor of Indlana ecould have believed for one moment that the Klan could gontrol verdicts of courts, T ecan- not possibly see. 1 am perfectly aware of the slime and disgrace of that organization. There |is nothin more regrettable in the history of Indiana (han that or- ‘ganization' and its participation in politics. It has resulted in dis- Imr to the State of Indiana.” — il Jack Chamberlin and A. Van ‘Mavern w. through passengersy on ral Rogers, the foe- urg and the latter |we. || Hill Jury Unable || To Agree After '1|| Four Days L LOTTAWA, L The I LooBeh 1Tshe fury “whieh for four ! days has been deliberating tha fate of Harr Hil, charged with kil his mother, has been discharged after reported disag ment. Hill was arrested in Seattle, Wash wnid brought here for trial He did not take the stand as his attor- | ney believed the case was conclusive that Hill was not guilty. | SENTIMENT “ B0 | professional FOR HOOVER Reported New York Dele-| gates-at-Large to Sup- vort Com. Sec. WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.—Sen- timent of the delegates-at-large from New York State to' the Re-! »ublican National Convention are'! to Herbert C. of Commerc distinctly Hoover, in the B. H. Snell said after a call at the White House While none of have chmmitted themselves to Hoover, ail were first for Cool- idge but felt the President would not run and they mms where for a candidate. - e, A. J. QUOTATIONS friendly Secretary the delegates' NEW Y()RK‘ Feh Juneau mine stock md.-y at u'fi was quoted look else- | 17.—Alaska 'BODY OF FLIER MISSING PLANE IS WASHED UP - Believed Pavy Jones Lock- er Has Given Up Lt S. R. Knope VENTURA, Cal, Feb, 17.— \Brought up by the tide from Davy Jones ' Locker in the depths of the ocean, a body believed to he ,that of one of the ill-fated trans- Pacific filors, was found on the beach near here, Around the neck was found a black taffeta handkerchief, the type used in the Navy. The body may he that of Lieut. Silas R. Knope, missing with the plane Miss Doran since last August 15, Kunope was navigator of the plane and is the only naval aviator un- accounted for among the five of the ill-fated fliers in the race. Officers pointed out that the Japunesd current swings down the California coast and that the ibody could have been carried from mldo(‘mn SCHOOL BflAHll T0 RECOMMEND medigte Construction New High School The local School Board will to- night submit a recommendation {to the City Council that the low | bids be accepted for constructing and furnishing the proposed High | 8chool, it was announced today Iby R. E. Robertson, President. This action, it was made kpown, has been made possible by the ction of some 40 business apd men in signing " a | guaranty for $10,000, the amount by which the lowest bids exceed- {ed the school buflding fund avail- {able. The original bond issue author- ized was for $100,000. Of this sum $22,500 has been expended {for the building site, leaving $77.- | 600 available for construction {costs, The lowest bids for every- thing eontemplated and costs ‘for architect’s services aggregated | $53.500, or $11,000. more than the balance of the hond issue pro- «s. This is cut to 310,000 by a §1,000 balance that the School Board has saved from its regu- | lar school support. funds. Lions Put’it Over decision to seek personal to covgr the differ- made yesterday aftor 1 | | | The guarantees ence was BID APPROVAL opinion of Representative!ihe Board conferred with the s " ecutive Committee of the recent- . organized Lions Club. This ganization offered its services Board and immediately ited a list. Its -plan re- ceived instant approval amd in two hours’ canvass yesterday af- Iternoon, a sufficient number of 'igners had been secured to in- !eure success. Today lddmonll signatures Were secured. The plan as outlited by Presi- dent Robertson does not call for fiy a to ot (Lontinuea on Page Two.) 1,300, 000 F mgerprmts On File in Washmgton WASHINGTON, Feb. 17—With| 1,300,000 ! a file of approximately fingerprints of persons arrested for felonies in the United Sulefll‘ and Canada, the identification di- vision of the department of jus- tice i8 receiving between 600 and 700 new prints a day. J. E. Hoover, director of the bureau of investigation, before the house appropriation committee that the division finds} approximately a third of the 600 received dafly belong to with previous , eriminai records. - “As indicative of that worl Hoover said, “let-me refer to ma gitdation in St. followin: the tornado there. prints persons of revealed | police proposed to npwlit “ ber of temporary policemen. sent us the fingerprints of 648 ten had previous criminal Two had been convieted two for grand larceny, one fon desertion, one. for desertion larceny, one for seduction and for burglary. Ome an for investigation. “The chief of llmrenn he buld 11 more, N 21 persons who were to | pointed there who. had rpcords, thus proving of the w :p was going to appoint. Of thoss i nd saret {ed sentences for petit hr«b