The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 23, 1928, Page 1

TH VOL. XXXL, NO. 4720. 'HIRTY ARE MISSING IN AILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1928. MFJVIBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS HOTEL PRICE TEN CENTS . K. K. Dzscam’s Part of Regalia; No Political Actzvzty KLAN UNMASKS:; 10 HEREAFTER SHOW IT'S FAGE flicial Copyrighted State- | v ment Is Issued from Headquarters WASHINGTON, Feb. Jificial announcement is made by he Ku Klux Klan that the mask has been discarded as part of I\x} fficial regalia. In a copyrighted statement issued at the organiza- ion’s headquarters, it is asserted hat “in eve Klavern through- it the nation, Klansmen” for- swore the mask and the state- nent also made it clear “the or ler has no political ambition for Jitself members."” j or statement Florida, | 1,000 St word Petersburg, 25, and sent out by ated Press, Dr. W. A, Imperial Lecturer and | ngelist, said on Febru- | In a kned at n Janua The jiiotalen Kian e jiry 22, ollow the conferment of the K- Trio or Third Degree upon all members of the order, an a(tinnl provided for by the constitution hdopted six years ago in Atlanta i nd would signalize abolition of kecrecy in membership of me' i<tan. | The statement denied hat ll\s robe and helmet would | nd declared em-| 2dlu unmasking_ did reult from any antieipatsd anti-masking legislation “or*‘recent hgitation in Alabama, Georgia, In- diana or Pennsylvania. Answering specific questions, [Dr. Hotalen said in effect that| he Klan's policy will be opposed to demonstrations and parades, i although such action might be ta-; lken by members on occasion, huli marchers will be unmasked. He declared ignorance of any threat hpy Dr. Hiram W. Evans that| members voting for Alfred .. [Smith for President would be dis missed, characterizing such re- ports as “the invention of some unscrupulous reporters.” Klan to Fight “AL" You can bet your immortal soul it will,” the statement an- wered to the query: “Will the Klan take an active’ part in the campaign against ‘Al' Smith forj President 2" declaring Smith’s ! “Romanism and not his Catholic-}a was reason for this action. Dr. Hotalen said Senator Thom- as J. Heflin, of Alabama, was not an official of the Klan nor in ils| employ and, in so far as he knew, | not even a member of the order, further declaring that the Klan did not intend to nominate Heflin for President or to nominate any other individual for this office. “The Klan does not favor the third party idea,” he said. Dr. Hotalen’s statement said that on Januaty 8§ and*® the Im- perial Kloncilium, the whele Col- Jege of Grand Dragons and all Imperial Representatives of the invivsible empire met in Chicago, 11, and received the K-Trio, or third and unmasked degree. Five hundred Klansmen received this degree in Chicago January 9, and on January 10, in Montgomery, Ala,, 1,500 were reciplents of the degree, he said. “Very Much in Error” “press dispatches reporting the Montgomery ceremony and con- jectures of most of the editorial writers who have since comment- ed thereon, have been very muuh| in error,” he said. - “The mnews dispatches state that the am- nouncement of the unmasking of the Klans ‘came as a thunderclap’ and ‘burst like a bombshell’ upon the unsuspecting Klansmen gath ered in Montgomery. “That statement is untrue,” he continued; pointing out that the unmasking was anticipated oy Klansmen, and that al local Klans . had received announce- ments of the approaching action.” Dr. Hotalen is attached to the realm of Alabama Klan, and is said to have taken an active part ‘in the organization work of the Kian since he became a membar Il 1919. Pred - Harrison, United States strict Attorney of Nome, left ism” general unmgsking would’_flA_,_ K207 1 ‘Game Commlsswn Asks for reports | . Smith, | ment will be slow S NS S S B Mrs, Florence Knapp (feft), former secretary of New York State, has diseppeared following a probe ol her census records made by Commis- sioner R. H. LeBoeuf formal action to be taken and removal of public records. inst her (right), who iIndicates that he will recommend for grand larceny, false audits (International Newsreel) Several Changes in Local Game and Fur Regulations ABOUT ALASKA Nebraskan Has Queer Idea of Scope of Alaska Rail- road — Set Wise SEATTLE, Feb. General Manager Alaska Railroad, ‘is in from Washington enroute to his headquarters at. Anchorage, Alas- ka. He says Alaska develop and uncertain unless a nation-wide educational campaign illuminates conditions. Mr. Smith said the need of such campaign was demonstrated when Senator Robert B. Howell, of Nebraska, proposed an amend- ment to the appropriation bill styiking out provision for main- taining the Alaska Railroad froni Seward to Anchorage and from Nenana to Fairbanks. Senator Howell urged abandon- ment of these two sections, sug- gesting that traffic be handled via Cook Inlet and by boats between Nenana and Fairbanks. When informed Cook Inlet was icelocked in winters and the Ne- nana and Fairbanks boats operate only in the summer time, Howell said the Alaskans should travel by other means in winter and lay their supplies down in the sum- mer time. ‘The Howell amendment lost by a vote of 56 to 17. 23—Noel of Seattle was Smith sails north on the Aleu-jginn tian on Saturday. e Bank Keeps Only $100 Cash to Foil Robbers WILDORADO, Tex., Feb, 23— Eight times within the last three years, the Wildorado State Bank has been robbed, the losses to- taling about $4,000. Now . the bank has ‘adopted the policy of carrying less than $100 cash, and as a result only $86 was lmt in the last robbery. “We have been criticized be- cause we cannot cash large checks,” says Mrs. W. E. O'Neal, cashier, “but we could not stay in business if we kept much more mopey on h ‘The bhank been held up twice in daylight, and rohbed llt times at night. Other Dbusiness | % fs s NOT INFORMED | i . W.\come regulations. the | changes become effective before A closed seagon on beaver for ‘eertam the fur distriets, reductior limits on some varieties of game triets, and a requirement = for guide examinations are included | in the annual recommendations of the Alaska Game Commigsion to be submitted to the United States Department of Agricul-| ture. The Commission concluded its fourth annual session here last Tuesday. The recommendations have be acted on by the Secrs y Agriculture before they can None of to of be- the next summer, and a new bulletin covering all regulations for 1928 will be issued early next May. Few Changes Desired A statement, giving a general summary of the recommendations, was issued to-| day by Hugh W. Terhune, Execu- tive Secretary of the Commission. It follows in full: “It is the desire of the Commis- sion to make as few changes as possible in the present regula- tions. It was found, from recommendations received from trappers and other residents interested in the wild life of the Territory, and from recommenda- tions of the Commission’s field force, that some changes in sea- sons, for the taking of fur-bearing animalg were desirable to allow trapping to be done when the fur is more fully prime. These changes in the :regulations pro- mulgated under the Alaska CGame Law for the year beginning July 1, 1928, are being. recommended to the Secretary of Agriculture. Beaver Protection * “It 18 the wish of the Commis- to maintain the breeding stock of beaver at a point where the heavy trapping of one or two seasons will not deplete the sup- ply to the danger line leading to extermination. With this end in view it is thought best to fol- low a period of one or two open seasons with a like period of, closed seasons. “Information received from those sections of the Territory where beaver were permitted to be trapped last year, together with the knowledge of the extra- ordinary large catchés made and the losses ensuing from the tak- ing of these animals by shooting, has ‘caused the Commission to fear that with the umknown out- “the danger line is rapidiy approaching. This eondition is “hastened by ‘the tendency - Jess um trappers to lcous of« the, present years open houses lnn 8lso -have been rob-| b‘d . to' visit! ¢ are now: almost de| it ig |A. E.Si animals in one or two dis-} Commission .‘ however, | | Hoover Makes | First Declaration ‘ Of His Policies i e WASHINGTO! the United States “deliberately undertaken a great social and cconomic | experiment, noble in motive | and far reaching in purpose,” | Herbert C. Hoover, as Presi- | dential candidate, pledged support to the Prohibition Amendment. The declaration was first Hoover has made on the | political subject since the campaign opened. The dec- | laration is contained in a let- I ter to Senator William E. Borah, answering the quiz of | | Republican candidates, and declares that it is the Presi- | dent’s. solemn duty to sup- { port the laws. | [ b | Feb. 23 Declaring has the | i ’flEM(lCRATS ARE ! | GIVEN ADVICE 3Y REPUBLICAN' Should Nommate Smith or| Disband and Affiliate | | | | l | | with Klan Tribe | BOSTON, Feb. 22 —Alvan T. ,u)le;, Republican. . Goyernor of “;:? ?‘h uun , “be: C. Hoover ot Gov. will be the next President. He holds this opinion despite efforts of friends to' place his name before the forthcoming Republican National Convention. Gov. Fuller declared that if the| ““Republicans put over some can- didate nominated by the bosses ‘in a back room at 2 o'clock in| the morning and the Democrats; nominate Smith, I believe Smith | jwill be elected President. | “I the Democrats do not nom-| jinate Smith, they had better dis-| band or else reorganize the party as a Free Trade Council of the {Ku Klux Klan with Tom Heflin ias head Kleagle. “The public is better informed and therefore more independent of the old time processes and in- {fluences than ever before. | “For the future we must have| {a government that can be loved, not merely supported. We must have men who because of ideals tor humble beginnings will be ;(le\uml to the interests of people 1as opposed to sinister influences which, operating behind the scenes, have played altogether | {too important a part in the Na- tional Covernment.” . STEWART I8 - SLIPPERY IN, THEN 1S OUT Senate Gets. Wltnaps for| | Moment, THen Him ‘Suddenly WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.—For ia fleeting moment the Senate got its hand on Rébert W. Stew- | art, Chairman of the Board on the Standard Oil Company of m—\ diafia but he was quickly slipped, away into the'arms of the courts !__A man who is believed to have | lclothing have been saturated i night she was £8ina, ablaze, in the {near here. She died with € iMilitant Missourian Gives | eratic leaders | have. |Untailored Pelts which once before had taken Him ‘rrom the Congressional groups. ( A writ of habeas eorpus which | the oil man obtained after the‘ to answer questioms of the Tea- \ ivm Dome Committee, was dis- | missed by Justice Bailey and the | Senate Sergeant-at-Arms took him | in custody, again \ Stewart was immediately freed | again when his attorney nated' :: dlpp!ll and placed a $5,000; n T e e HAS lubnln LEG- Anatole lulniitv 15 in the St. dving cnwred last NIN; to mhl. He now has 40 days lnl W lu, POLICE GIVEN CLUE IN N. J. MURDER CASE ho Drugged Rob- en Burned Wom- an ! Death, Identified SOMERVILLE, N. J.,, Feb. 23. drugged. robbed and then burn-| ed todeath Miss Margaret Brown after’ leading her to believe he was taking her to California on a wedding journey, is today sought by detectives of New York and New Jersey. A clu to the slayer of woman, { who was found on lonely road burning to death, the a her by afire, came ames Giilles- {gagoline, then set ifrom the family of pie, of New York City, where the woman was employed for nine months as governe: She resigned last Monday after tell- ing her employees she was with- drawing $1,000 in cash and $8,- 000 in bonds and was going to Pasadena, Cal, to see a sick sister. I That clothing gaining consciousness. One of the Gillespie children said the governess frequently met a man known as “Doc.” The murdered women said he was u. “fine gentleman with a c DENOUNGED BY | * SENATOR REED New Angle, in Western Campaign Tour TOPEKA, Kan., Feb. 23—Demo- who insist upon platform planks on which the party is divided, were bitterly as- | sailed by Senator James A. Reed last night before a State-wide rally of Democrats, on his west- ern campaign tour for the Presi- dential nomination. Without mentioning names or issues to which he referred, fhe militant Missourian declared thai “the man who seeks to divide the party or to force into the plat-| form, issues upon which there is great division” is the best assist- ant the Republican party can Btforts to coddle and at-; tract all sorts of classes and | opinions have alienated vuteu of thousands who willingly give loy- al adherence to great principles which we stand.” opening his campaign, Senator Reed said he believed he had bigger fish to try than Prohibition and again he declared the issue, in his opinion, was the “purging of puh- lic business, cleaning of depari: ments, expulsion of the sinister lobby and restoration of honesty and deceney at the Capitol.” for Since western Hardest to Steal NEW YORK, Feb. 23—Fur thieves run less risk of detection when they steal dressed furs and coats prepared for sale to the re tailer than they do when steal raw furs. “Of course, we keep these furs well guarded,” remarked a fur Senate arrested him for refusing expert a8 he showed a visitor|the earliest since the construc-| around @ warehouse filled with valuable pelts, “Quite a number of the men around here have guns in: their pockets. But there really isn’t nearly so much chance of getting away with these raw furs as with dressed furs. “It might seem that it would be hard to find or identify ordi- nary raw’fur pelts, but as a mal ter of fact, there is a limited number of places where these can be sold. ‘"Any unusual offerings of raw fursvcan be quickly detected. “On the other hand, there is an almost market for furs that ‘are ng for retail sale.” theyl 4 ScAnt DAPFOW MAY SAVE FROM NOOSE\ | | | i Two views of Mrs. Julla Palmer McDonald and her husband, George 3cDonala, who are sghtenced to dle on the gallows in Quebee In six weeks for the murder of a taxi driver. Mount Vernom, N. Y., friends have interested themselyes in their gase, and have appealed to Clarence Darrow, noted erfminal lawyer, to take un thelr fight tor um d of ssutence, s REPUBLICANS pfi.‘lfi, 4@’35,', Feb. 23.—The Pacific Ameri- Discusses Presidential Nom- can Fisheries will operate | eight caneries in Alaska this | inations of Both Ma- jor Parties year and employ approxi- | mately 1,500 men. The pay- | | | roll will be about $700,000 | for labor and $850,000 for | supplies. ! The P. A. F. operated sev- en plants last year. Pragtdont af The first vessel, in an ad-! | Wood, sails Saturday for {| Squaw Harbor and King Cove with about 100 work- ers and cargo of supplies. Two hundred more employees | will leave March 1 on the Catherine 1, JERSEY CITY, Feb. 23-—Nicho- las Murray Butler Columbia University, dress before the Hudson County Republican Committee said he aid | not believe that 'the -Democrats, | unaided, could elect the next Pres-| dent but he warned that “Repub- . lican blundering might easily put | it within their power to do so.” Asserting that the signs indi- cate the Democrat: woul! nuin inate either Gov. A B. Smith, of New York, or Gov. A. E. Ritchie, of Maryland, “we must not un- derestimate their strength,” said Butler. “The Republicans must name a candidate who can keep New York, New Jersey and Mass- {achusetts in the Republican ranks.” the Red- | ELECTION IN Parties in Control— | ; Bloc Exists TOKYO, Feb. 23—BElection re- (turns from all Japan, complete with the exception of one Prefec- ,ture, shows the first operation of !the Universal Manhood Suffrage Law has given Seiyukai, or the Government party, a narrow mar- gin of 10 seats over the chief op- —wae——— SOLID I0E BLOCKS R.R. SEWARD, F‘ph. ally directing the slides’ on the Southern Division of the Alaska Railroad between | Position Minseite. Portage Station and Anchorage,| The balance of power rests Assistant General Manager Horn With neither of the two leading has moved all forces from the Parties but with 15 Independents Northern Division which {s tem-|and 8 Proletarians, who won porarily cleared. A double ro- seatd. These constitute & bloc! tary crew and scores of laborers|in the Diet capable of swinging and a carload of dynamite have Power to either of the two lead- been pressed into service, Almost)ing parties. solid fce blocks the railrond in| some sections. Traffic may be resumed next Monday if mo more slides oceur. Present conditions were pre- cipitated by early mild weather, 23.—Person- clearing of tion of the raflroad. Slides usual-! ly occur in March or April. LIVINGSTON, Tex., Feb. 23— ———e GEE GOESs TO SITKA Steven @Gee, oldtimer in the Territory, who was brought here some months ago from Yakutat, left the hospital yesterday now on the Margnita enroute to the Pioneers Home in Sitka. JAPAN CLOSE Neither of Two Leading | President Coolidge will meet a rival in taciturnity when SunKee Mikko, new chief of the Alabama Indians, calls at the white house. | Mikko, who gave newspaper d 1.‘men a two-word imterview when | he was inaugurated as the head of the people who once dwelt in + HOTEL GUESTS - FLEE IN NIGHT CLOTHES TODAY Two Persor:s_Known Dead —4 in Hospital—30 Unaccounted for SHELBY, N. C., Feb. 23.—Two persons are known to be dead, 30 are unaccounted for, and four others are in the hospital, as the result of a fire which de- stroyed the Central Hotel early this morning. The fire continued to burn un- til a business block was also de- stroyed. Spurgeon Hewitt, Assistant |Manager of the Central Hotel, |saved the register in. which 65 ‘Lgueuln had been entered. Thirty guests have not been ‘avcuume(l for but it is said this ‘doe- not necessarily mean they ihave been killed. It is impos- sible to make a complete check until all guests who escaped have made a report, The majority of Ithe guests fled in their night clothes. The fire started in the linen room from an undetermined cause. BLIGHT OF L HINKLER 1S ¥ C;\BERR:.. Australia, Feb. '23.—Commenting on. the fight of Bert Hinkler, from England (to Australia,. 8ir Robert Horne, former Chaneellor of the Ex- |chequer safd: ‘‘Hinkler outclassed !Lindbergh's achievement. His {flight is the most encouraging {and inspiring that has taken place and relieved the whole | British race of the feeling that it {has been outclassed in recent |times in air developments. Hink- ‘ln-r'u flight required endurance jover long periods and patient 'courage of an exceptional order. |This flight s the greatest single {achievement in the history of | javiation.,” Hinkler used a baby plane on his flight; which was made in 15 days. B = LITTLEPAGE FAMILY i LEAVES FOR RUSSIA | J. D Lntlenuxc. well known mining engineer, accompanied by his wife and two daughters, took departure from Juneau on the ,Yukon on the way to Russia, where they will take up their {rezidence after spending nearly fifteen years in Juneau and vi- jeinity. i They will go across the Am- erican continent o New York, thence to England and through Europe to Russia. He expects 1to be located at Tobolsk, Russia, and on the staff of the Union |Gold Mining Comjany of Russia. ! Mr. Littlepage cameé to Juneau in 1913 and resided here until 1921 with the exception of one year spent in the aerial service during the World War. ' In 1921 he went to the Hyder mining district and was there until last spring when he became associated with the Apex-El Nido Gold Min- |ng Company at Lisianski where |he remained until he resigned ‘tu take the position which he is now on his way to fill. ‘President Will Meet Rival in Taciturnity | that their reservation is restricted to only two sections of land. When reporters asked Mikko what he had to say as spokes- ! man for his tribe, the chief pom- . | dered a while and then answered: ' | “Nothing.” Still persistent, the reporters asked him what he thought of t world in gemeral. The old the forests of Alabama, will go|again pondered and finally re- ITAL John Marshall entered the nu- to Washington February 24 to in-! plied: A tercede with the president for fi- nancial help for the small band pital evening and this morn.|of Indlans. The Alabamas are ‘jing mfim a major operation.’ nmty--trlcnn due to the fac: “Cold. Thus u‘i the intcrvh'. {w«a ever