The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 20, 1928, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXXL, NO. 4742. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 20, “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” 1928. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS I WILKINS AND EIELSON REACH BARROW INCOME TAX RETURNS ARE INCREASIN Rus%a Makes DISARMAMENT DEMANDED BY SOVIET GOVT. Head of Russian Delega- tion at Geneya, Makes Direct Appeal ATTACKS METHODS OF LEAGUE GF NATIONS Public Debate Is Urged Upon Proposal-—Aims of U. S. Cited GENEVA, March 20—Russia had appealed to the United States to | join in forcing immediate action on the Soviet proposal for total disarmament within four years. The appeal was made before the Preparatory Committee of the Disarmament Conference by Maxin Litvinoff, head of the Russian delegation. I Litvinoff, after attacking the | methods being followed by the League of Nations and demanding an immediate public debate, al- luded to proposals of Secretary of Btato. Kellogs. of the' United States, for outlawry of war, then added: “The Soviet delegation feels au- thorized to count upon the port of the delegation of the gov- ernment which is intervening the present moment with a pro-| posal to prohibit all wa The sincerity of that propo: is not to be emphasized more per- suasively than by adherence to the Soviet project for disarma- ment, not only with a view of/ moral prohibition but to destrue-| tion of the possibility of making war, As armed forces exist for no other purpose than to make war, and as they will he perfect- ly useless, were it prohibited, it appears consistent and logical if the government in question sup- ported our proposals.” WILL REMOVE ROCKS FROM | YUKON_RIVER » Dominion Government En- gineer on Way North for Special Work i | | sup- VICTORIA, B. C.. March 20—Ti earry out the prégram of improy- ing facilities in the Yukon River undertaken last by the Do- minion Goverifient, Alexandcr Halkett, Assistant. Dominion - Pub- lic Works Engincer,’ has, left for the north. The government lu taking out some of the most dangerous rock abstacles in the river particularly the rocks of pinnacles in Riuk Rapms where the steamer Dayw- son ‘'was wrecked in 1326, <4l Real Trouble of Coal Industry Is Stated by U S.Senator from Okio WASHINGTON, March 20 The real trouble with the codl industry is a surplus of labor, Senator Simeon D. Fess told the Political Campaign School ' mow holding a meeting here under the auspices of the National lalglu‘ of Republican Women. Senator Fess said: ‘“There’ fu 500.000 men employed in the coal industry vhcn 300,000 would do the worl Senator . Fess lfn!d that ! Appeal to U.S.to Demand ()utlawry, War ;Glude to Try Ascent Of Highest Peak with Motwn Picture Camera Up 2C,300-foct Mt. McKinley (above) in Alaska, highest peak in North America, Guy C. Caldwell, Rocky Mountain guide, plans ito go rext year with motion picture camera. Caldwell is shown below with seven-year-old scaldcd but cnce. Bebbie Iddings of Lansing, Mich., face of Long’s Peak in Colorado. ‘WASHINGTON, March 20—Af- ter " accustoméng himself to high altitudes by living at an elevation of 9,000 feet for the last five years, Guy C. Caldwell, Rocky Mountain guide ~makes the an- nouncement through the head- quarters of the American Nature association here that he will at- tempt ‘to scale the precipitous cliffs of Mt. McKinley next year. A party. of taree, headed by Hudson Stuck, is, credited with having reached the summit of ‘this highest peak ofi the North Ameri- can continent in June, 1913, but as yet no one has made motion pictures of the higher portions Caldwell intends to make movies of the mountain and of the wild lite and fauna he encounters. ThF’ mountain is 350 uilles north of Seward, Alaska, and i8 20,300 feet high. Ty Caldwell is the guide who open- ed up the trail ~n Long’s Peak jn Colorado and s the only man who ever guided a woman down the east face of that treacherous mountain. She was Mrs. G. P.' Edmonds of Chicago. Caldwell also directed seven-year-old Bob- bie Iddings of Lansing-Mich,, the only boy to make the climb by way of the north face. Caldwell went over his plans with Arthur Newton Pack,. asso- ate editor of Nature Magazine, and sald he ‘expected _to spend three months “on Mt. McKinley. His" party will have to drink melt- ed snow and cook lts food on alcohol stoves. “First 1 aim to fly around Mt. McKinley and tok a good -look;" Caldwell told Pack.' “I want to get some motion pictures of this home of the most famous sllcleru on this continent. ‘I am now rounding up my par- ty) but the right kind of men are|Mello hatd to get. The men must be of i'n the & Republican Party “T Juuu "hy prosperity to the A ever it has been in power. tor Fess said industrial prosper- ity results from giving labor the) highest wages possible while hfiln tight . 5 and ‘D. The peak has been who ascended with him the north Under present plans he will sail from Seattle in May next year. He is conferring with several well known mountain climbers in the east before returning to his camp at Long’s Peak, HIGH OFFICIALS BE SUBPOENAED IN COAL PROBE Rockefeller; Schwab and Mellon Are Summoned Before Committee WASHINGTON, March 20.-— Announcement that subpoenas will be issued for John D. Rock- efeller, Jr.,, Charles M. Schwab B. Mellon, to testify be- \fore the Senate committee inves- tigating the bituminous mining |industry, made by Senator Bur- ton K. Wheeler, of Montana, was met with a statement from Chair- man Watson . that this should have been agreed upon first by the full .committee. While' acting as Chairman yes- terday, Senator Gooding, of Ida- hoy acceded to Wheeler's request that Rockefeller, Jr., Schwab.and iMellon be called. Senuor ‘Wheeler explained. that ho ‘wanted tg qidestion Rockefel- ler, d¥., beeause of his connection with eh Consolidated Coal Com- a gatd Schwah would ap- p‘ Chairman of the Board of the Bethlehem Steel Company and uelwmzner of Secretary ~the Tfeasury Depa ld be questioned as a Board of the Pitts- -J‘flP——', GH, Mar¢h 20—Scot- ing more cloth, “but | njted States. an llll;lilo North Pole Dirigible Has Successful Test March Tta MILAN, dirigiple ' General Nobile intends fiy to the North Pol successfully completed a hour test flight The Italia carried a complete load and a complement of 22 men. Gen. Nobile said he was sat- isfied with the results. NELLIE BATES IS ACQUITTED AT FAIRBANKS Jury Dellberated Only Three Hours—Trial Lasted 19 Days he in which l return FAIRBANKS, Alaska, March 20 ~Nellie Bates, on trial the se.- ond time, as an accomplice n the lditarod mail robbery of 192%, has been found not guilty. The jury, deliberated three hours Thomas A. Marquam was the de- fense attorney. The Bates trial, known as the “Black Bear” case; has been one of the most costly in the annals of Alaskan courts as government witnesses were brought by air- plane to appear at the trial. The trial lasted 19 days. In the first trial the jury (llfl agreed PISNERABE S I S S ™ Flying Instructor Is Drowned, Student Has Narrow Escape! PENSACOLA, Fla. March 20 Lient. John L. Lenharf, naval fl ing instructor, was drowned au C. A. White, student flier, narrow- v caped the same fate vester- day afternoon when the pontoon of their seaplane cracked, plung ing the craft into the water. Ti. accident occurred just as the sh'p struck the water in landing. Kills Himself with Same Pistol Used v Wife to Suicide NEW YORK, March 20—Major M. Jefferson Harding, war veteran and close friend of President Harding’s family, killed himself today in his Fifth Avenue office with the same pistol his wife uscd to commit suicide two months ago. ! ———— PARTY DELAYED TO The body of an Indian man, believed to be that of Albert James, ‘had not been brought to Juneau late this afternoon, the party having left Juneau for it night on account of the snow istorm yesterday. : y T. L. Chidester, Deputy Pro- hibition Administrator, and War- ren Harding Assistant Deputy, who left yesterday with Indians | for the locality on the west side of Lynn Canal where the body is said to be, returned to Ju- neau last night and chartered the vessel Ventura. leaving short- ly after for the place. The finding of the body w: reported - yesterday morning by Indians who left again to bring it in to Junéau. They were ac- companied by the prohibition agents whom they had informed lquor was being manufactured in the locality where the body !was found, XPORTS DROP | It is belleved the party will lonlfit qt tomorrow morning. ‘ Osear Am Mchorage met chant,” is enroute to Seward on len ' fabrics, lmi‘m steatier Aleutiag, after o trip? ‘made g to:the-Slatpn; £ GET BODY INDIAN| befng held up: at Auk Bay last| 15215,550,000 INCOME TAXES Already Indicate Great Increase {EXCEEDS " AMOUNT OF & SAME DATE LAST YEAR iBelieved Tleasurv Depart- ment Have Millions Above Estlmate WASHINGTON March 20. ~—Treasury receipts from the March 15 income tax pay- | ments, which are being watched closely by Congress and the Administration, show that at.the close of business on March 17, the Government obtuned pay- ments of $215,550,000. On the same date last year the total was $197,690,000. If the pioportion is car- ried through the entire col- lections for the year, the Treasury Department will have about $100,000,000 mere than tes CuL. LINDRERGH GETS 325,001, 'WILSON MEDAL - i [Presentation Is Made at | Dinner—Davis Explains Why Award Made NEW YORK, March 20.—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh has receiv- |ed the Woodrow Wilson award |consisting of a medal and $25,- {000 for *services for the cause of international friendship,” dur- ng the good-will flight to Cen- tral and South America, The presentation was made at v dinner of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Foundation last night. John W. Davis, in an address, explained that Col. Lindbergh was selected as the third recip- ient of the award, not as a vie- torious soldier mor successful (diplomat as statesman, nor as poet or orator, but as a mere lindividual who had “great for- [tune in the service of peace in 'mrml effective wa | -/vicaraguan Rebels { Are Now Attacking American Airplanes MANAGUA, 20-—Stiff resistance {up by the rebels against can planes. This indicates that the followers of Rebel Gen. San-| Nicaragua, March tacks and are becoming bolder. | Previously the rebels scurried to (cover when they heard a plane. | Now they are attempting to bring ‘vhvm down with rifle and machine | gun tire. | Capt.. Francis Pierce, observer |in one plane, was hit in the foot | duringia flight. About 200 insur- | gents. attacked the plane and the | fliers dropped bombs on 'them. ——eee - | Affairs of President Harding to Be Gone | Into by Oil Committee WASHINGTON, March 20—The inquiry hy the Teapot Dome Com- mittee into President Harding's affairs will go further than tind- ing i any Continental Trading Company profits came to him. “We shall determine whether tany ofl stocks or other securities might have emanated from oil deals, into which we are inquir- {ing” sald Chairman Nye. ‘The Humx sald the committee will ‘g0 nto - fl' sale of the Marion, 2 owned by Harding. | ARE RECEIVED March Fi-fteer;tl\ Returns| is being put. Ameri-! dino_are losing fear of aerial at-| | WOMEN DEMOCRATIC DELEGATES | rs. Charles Dana Gibson, upper left, wife of notel artist, and Mrs. Gertrude EBlkus, upper right, wife of former Ambassador. Nis Ida Blair, lower left, and Miss Annie Mathews, lower rixht, will represent lheIr districts of New York State at the Democratic Convention ai * WOMEN DRIVE DOG TEAMS IN ANNUAL RACES| RUBY, Alaska, March 20-~The women’s dog race, over a seven mile course last Sunday, was won by Mary Evans, driving DeVane's Irish setters in 24 minutes and 31 seconds, ’ Ella Vernetti, driving | wolf breed, was second in Newlywed Goes To Court to Get His Bride CHICAGO, Mur. of habeas corpus | by Andrew Pratt, return to him his St. Patrick’s | | Day bride, na Eastwood. Following the marriage of the couple, the two went to the | bride’s home to break, the | news to the parents. Only | | the bridegroom came out. “No | one can keep a man from his | wife, not even her parents,” his counsel argued in court, | | yres and 51 seconds, whereupon Judge Lewls or- | | x4 Garany SorOgh | dered the father-indaw to pro- | '), | duce the bride. . X ) L by 20—A writ | | | is employed aged 24, to Coyle's 24 min- Patrick’s Day, ce was won by Rdgar Noll and at Korines, the same day, Johnny Allen. TANANA, Alaska, March 20 {The women's annual dog race of the Tanana Kennel Club was won QHluluy by Miss Riene Coloumbe. | Mrs. Petere Coloumbe was second land Mrs. Ambrose Abraham w third: There were seven entries over the five ‘'mile course on the Yukon River, ., JOB FOR TITLE READER UWEN MEALS | IS BRINGING - PLANE NORTH Will Use Amrah for Ex-| ploiting District Adja- cent to Valdez NEW YORK, March 20—A job | has been found for people who read movie titles in China. Movie fans who cannot read employ in- terpreters to explain the titles to them. | SEATTLE, March 20.—Owen |Meals, Valdez airman, has ar- rived here from Denver where he purchased a three passenger Eagle Rock biplune for use in' THOUSAND B air taxl and fre'ght service in Southwestern Alaska. Meals sal “Lhere are a lot nfi small. but ‘rich ledges in the mountains back of Valdez where | men are grinding out $50 and| $20 daily with a bowl mortar, Some of this stuff runs as high as 25 per cent gold but the quan- tity is small and it will not pay to take machinery o reduce fit, but high grade rock cam be ex-! pected td be hauled at a good | profit by air and that is the kind | of freight I expect to haul.” 1,000. Meals leaves with his plame 0B’ reay had but 188 Pacifle. lights the steamer suiling for Alasks|while the exact total for 1928 is next Saturday. 1,086, and In addition there are| DR 121 fog signals and radio beacons | H. F. Preston and C. A. Scho-| gt wo:k |: the Pacific ll:: ";:::::v ':“‘::: ":’l';ul::;l"d Ny The numerous lights of today from) are marked by ever increasing Wrangell, where they have been brilliancy. The biggest and bes: on business, in Pgeitic waters 18 a million SAN FRANCISCO, March 20 The Pacific ocean may presently resemble something like a great white way. The department of commer.e at Washington recently listed the total of lighthousels and. beacons | established along its horders and 1 on its shoals in ald of naviga | uon and found that they exceeded In 1900 the lighthouse bu-| LG OF FLIGHT TELLS OF TRIP OF 2 AVIATORS Seward Radio Man in Touch , with Fliers, Fairbanks to Barrow 'WILKINS AND EIELSON MAKE SPLENDID FLIGHT Radio Ceases About 4:30 0'Clock Indicating Ar- rival Destination SEWARD, Alaska, —Capt. George H. Wilkins and Ben Eielson, who left Fairbanks yesterday shortly before noon for Foint Barrow, reached . there about 4:30 o'clock yesterday aft- ernoon. The following is the wireless log of Wilkins's flight received by Capt. Robert B. Wool- verton, radio officer in charge of the Signal Corps here, by prear- rangement with Wilkins, Capt. Woolverton heard a con- itant buzz of Wilking's radie, marked at intervals with call March 20. course. All Olch g At 11:47: “Bverything set, All g fine. Making ut 405 les.. Fairbanks please give fof ni to News-Miner: ‘Eiefson « v tnks everyhody best wishes and help.” Will nd agein at 1 o'clock. It 18 12 o’clock, noon. Golng strong. Feel better now. Just had sand- = wich and coffee. Passed over Dall City."” “ At 12:30: “Speed about 110 miles an hour. Looks good ahead. Wiseman ahead. Now oposite Wiseman, Will send u-ln JI half an hour.” i At 1:24 o'clock: “Have b-’ climbing. Now high enough to . cross Endicotts and have just passed Wiseman, Not bad going. 11 send again half an hour.' At 1:55 o'clock: “A Rit ¢ @ up here. Will soor begin tofi scend. Now almost over range. Will send half an hour.” At 2:33 o'clock: “We are vl‘ over the tundra new. Ha altitude. 'Should_be in Bar n about two hours, Fog -m s usual at this altitude.” : Wilkins stopped sending lnn, e then said: “Eielson wanted to give me coitee, but I have Some here Will send agaime "llllf 3:19 o'clock: “Now about feet and. mueh w 3 iy bunch of reindeer “just Have come this far in fe 1urs. Could walk the rest: of the way in a week. Send Schreck, 1370 w.uhindun 8t San Francisco, reache dkeh. Notify oshers expect to rv:ll-h thére quarter past four.' At 4:10: “Will soon. land Barrow. Now going . stros northeast wind: In sight’ beach. Have bad storm here At 4:20 o'clock: “We are fals ‘Cnn'lnuod on Page Seven.) EACONS 000 Saw a now. candle power " affair, lo Point Sur in California, every quarter second during |dark hours. The rays are 100 miles, a range only e by the radio beacons, with ings which can be picked up, a 200-mile radius. ' ¥ The Pacific light lists, enumerates all the nawv aids, 18 a moderate sized 1928, setting down and d each ' | tween * !and the Golden Ga | editiop whis! !vnleh warn dangera.: v,