The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 26, 1928, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXXL, NO. 4747, “ALL THE NEWS JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDA ALL THE TIME” Y, MARCH 26, 1928. MEMBER OF ASSCCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS PLAN TO HOLD-UP U. S. AMBASSADOR Will Ask U. §. to Sever HOWARD CLOSES CAMPAIGN HERE IN BRIEF TALK Anchorage Man Declares Time Ripe for Change in Delegate’s Position In minute talk at the Coli- seum Theatre that touched brief. ly on the tes of the campaign, Senator Bartley Howard last night osed his local campaign for Republican nomination for Delegate to Congress, A sized crowd gave him an attentive hearing and applauded him warm- ly at the conclusion of Lis re marks. Declaring that he was convinc ed that a majority of Alaskans believed that a change was need- ed in its representation in Wash- ington, Senator Howard told his audience he would, if elected, con- sider himself a representative of all Alaskans without regard for faction or partisan polit their servant sent to the national capi- tal to get things done for them; | and that he would work in har-| mony with the various depari- ments and bureaus having to do, with Alaskan affairs for the Ter- ritory's benefit. i Challenges Delegate { “The present Delegate, whom T, have supported gladly in all things in which [ have considered | him to be right, has been in Washington for eight years, but is met in itself any reason jich fie shouly not bé returied,” declared the speaker. “What 1|u-4v he accomplished, in that time lu promote the development of Alas ka?’ he queried. He said durin the past four years he had found| it necess: to spend much time | in Washington and what he had observed there had forced him luctantly to conciude that Al:Hl\d needed some one other than its| present Delegate to represent it.! In the brief space of time at| his disposal last night, Senator| Howard touched in rapid succ sion on the need for funds for roads and trails, better mail serv- ice both in interior and coastal Alaska, on aids to navigation, en- couragement to prospecting and mining, to fostering of the grazing industry and agriculture. On Fisheries Industry He devoted much of his talk to the fishing industry and, as he had done in his Douglas speeah Friday night, again questioned the present Delegate’s sin ty re. ‘garding fish traps. Representing to certain elements that he is un posed to fish traps, the presenti encumbent does not now and| never has worked for their abol-| ishment, ‘he asserted. | In fact, he added, there ha Deen prepared for introduction in| Congress a bill which would per-| mit trapmen to lease locations for | a period of four years and give| them preferential rights for re- location after the expiration: of | that time. And certain supporters of the Delegate had prepared the measure and were advocating it, he asserted. g He pointed out that the fisheries industry is the source of 74 per cent of the Territory’s finances and for that reason it is of vital importance that it be maintained in a healthy state and the fish supply so administered that it will| not become exhausted. As Sena- tor in the Territorial lezislature for four years he had noted that as the ! most ! ing ! expecting HEIR MAY SUCCEED FATHER fair- | @ Rodman Wanamaker, Jr. (upper lef man Wanamaker, as head of the ! With his sister, Mrs, Hector Munn (lower left), the young heir was a' his father's bedside when he died llness, dnurn.nnnn Newsreel) IBERGER OUT * WITH ATTACK ON RUMANIA | Wants Severance of Rela-| tions—Charges Nations With Atrocities | WASHINGTON | Breaking off of i with Rumania is lution prepared by Representative ger, Socialist charged that ties against religions mi | nor including the Catholics, Lutherans, Baptists, Jews, Ger- mans and Magyars Representative Berger | that cruelties and bratal | practiced by some of the mor | nations of Europe, including | mania, again discloses how ishly we acted when we pour out our life and “treasure on ropean battlefields in order to safeguard and perpetnate exist ence of these nations. As the re- sult of our sacrifice, Ruma increased her territory from 000 to 120,000 square miles and acquired jurisdietion over 18,600, 000 of people in place of 8,600,000 she ruled before the Worl March 26 treaty relations urged in a for introduction Victor L. Ber Wisconsin ~ who with atroc reso. of nation racial fos rel Ru fool a t) may succeed his late father, Rod- | New York and Philadelphia stoves | in Atlantic City after a four Cays J. . MDONALD, A PROMINENT CITIZEN, mes hnd Cdn]c Pcaccfu“y Whlle Beloved Citizen Sleep at St. Ann's Hospital John F. McDonald, citizen of Junean and more than a passed awa morning at prominent Douglas for of a century o'clock th Anw’s hospital, at| the ripe age of vears, Th end came peacefully and quietly old ploneer was asleep. the bedside was his wife of ove 50 years and Mrs. Harry F. Mor ton Anchorage, his daughter. He was con until the end, and w over business matters with his wife and daughter until he went to sleep a few minutes be- {fore death came. He has known for several days that death was only a matter of hours. While the community the announcement 5 1411. had been ! that ! the end had come, when' it was; that | reported thronghout the ity “Jack MeDonald is dead” caused a severe shock. He been prominently identified with | the activities of Gastineau Chan- nel for more than two-and-a-half decades and no one in the com- munity had more or closer friends. John F. McDonald was born in County Carlow, Ireland, 76 years ago, and came to America with his parents when 18 age. They locatéd in vania where Jack grew hood. He crossed the continent when a young man and located at* Marshfield, Oregon, where he was married in 1875 to Elizabeth Hutcheson, who survives it | had | Pennsyl- to man- (Continved on Page Eight.) (Continued on Page Eight.) OHIO COLLEGE TESTS TEACHING METHODS SURINGFIELD, 0., March 26— To determine whether learning fs more rapid under a mothod of teaching the whole performance at the start, or by the present system of step-by-step instruction, Wittenberg college is completing a group of experiments which has been carried on for two years. Dr. M. L. Reymert, director of the Wittenberg psychological la- boratories, believes the results may lead to important changes in the present methods of teaching ¢ children and of training men and women for athletics. & the experiment has con- unflns the BM off Partial results show, said Dr. Reymert, especially in the in. stance of men who were handed| a rifle and told to shoot, that learning may come quicker by the individual attempting to grasp a| total motor performance, rather than learning the elements of a performance before combining them. In the ball thrnwhzg experiment. 76 students have learned to throw with their untrgined arm, usually 'the left, and the learning proce: has heen recorded by an appara- tus ‘attached to the boy's arm. 1t the mew method is proved asible, Dr. ert fs hopeful 1 “m» 3 months of | Mis’s’ MRS, GOODHUE | Unemploywenly. .« | Situation Is Now Serious NORTHAMPTON March 26 The condition of Mrs. Lemira Goodhue, mother of Mrs. Coolid has taken a turn for the and she suffered a relapse terd; Mrs. to leave day for WASHIN Secretary iTON, March 26 of Labor James J reported to the Senate y (hat the unemployment situation is serious, although “not so extensive or grave as estimates which are gencrally circulated.” HUNDREDS | N BATTLE;FIGHT FOR 3 HOURS VIENNA, March 2 dred members of the fense Leagne and Bourgeoise | Home Defense League fonzht for three hours at Feldkirchen last Friday night, according to ad- {vices received here today. The | Gendarmes were powerless to stop the riot which only ended when troops intervened. Ten persons were yusly wounded and many were stabbed. The largest jhall in the town was wrecked. The authorities fear the baitle will be resumed but taking precautions to prevent it Re- inforcements are already arriving at the town from outside points. The trouble Friday night start- ed when the Bourgeoise at‘empted to oust speakers from the Social- ist meeting. Both sides svmmon- ed reinforcements by tclephone. - “Passport” for Voter Proposed in Quebec QUEBEC, March signed to prevent at the polls and which quire every voter to carry an identification card, has been of- fered in the Quebec legislature. The bill provides that every voter must present at (he polling booth a card ‘of identification. This would hear his photograph, his signature, his full name, his occupation, address, age, nation- ality and allegiance and, if he is a naturalized subject, the date of his natyralization, The = card would carry ¢ the city's coat of —————— . COLLEGE GETS HOTEL ye! bedside, mother's -oe Congressional Inquiry i I [ Into Sinking of S-4 WASHINGTON, The Senate today stood pat in the demand that a Congressional committee investigate the sinking of the submarine S-4 and turned down a compromise offer from the House that a Presidential commission, with some Congres- jonal membership, make lln» inquiry ! March 26 even hun- Socinlist De - Television in Homes NEW March New York Times quotes an named representative of the dio Corporation of Ameri dicting that “ome year ought see television in homes.” The New York Times said the “invention of the television causes observers in the radio field to give credence to rumors of acquisition of the Victor Talking Machine Company by the Radio Corporation.” 6 —The un- pre- | to Aviatrix Crashes Into DUNKEN FIELD, England, Mar, ©26-—~Attempting to bring her plane to a stop on the small field here, Miss Winthrop Brown crashed in- to a wall killing instantly Jack Hood, aged 10 years and injuring five other children seated on top of the wall. The plane carried away the top of the wall with the nose. The propellor was smashed but neither Miss Brown nor her companion were injured. t 26— A bill de- impersonation | i would: re- | Engineers Plan for Tokio Congress in "29 NEW YORK, March 26-—Ameri. | can engineers are already making plans to participate in the World Engineering Congress, which will be held in Tokio in October, 1929. I'l"he purpose of the congress is to ‘Western ”ru Univer«ity has’ promote international co-operation been teft one of the queercst lega-|in the study of engineering sci- cles Iultg shistery-—a country hotel: ence and problem; wfirflmral spring as! The Amefican committee met feature. R. Don Rey-|in Washington on March 22 at graduate of the umvarluy,j the invitation of Tsuneo Matsu- will pmvflb{,l\v nited th jarms. - CLEVELAND, Obio, March 26— -fll hi. daira, Japanese ambassador to the it be given his ‘States, | uss details e Orient. Treqp‘y declared | Eu- | nia has | war.” | HAS RELAPSE worse | chine Coolidge is expected | Washington sometime to- Is Demand of Senate] Predicted Within Year| Ra-| the | Wall; Child Is Killed FLDOD WATERS | THREATEN ONE NEVADA TOWN ‘Lowel Secllons of Reno Inundated During Night | ~Dam Still Holds ). | | | i { . | Danger from further lllmm by the flood Truckee River diminished consid erably today word from the | Boca Dam, 20 miles up the stream, | | indicated hourly improvement in | the situation there and less possi bility - that the structure weuld | | break, after a night of anxiety | Police were prepared pread:| the alarm in event the dam broke The dam showed a drop of 18 inches | A torrent of water is still rush-! ing over the dam but this dropped | five inches during the night Lower sections of ‘Reno linundated Jast night and the flow waters entered hasements and covered sections of the city’s park system. Fears had ,vn. excess Nevada, March - 26— inundation of waters of the were | over been expressed that would weaken fthe dam and pak it throwin contents of more than 500 of water down the valley ‘hrough | Reno | ~—— %4"!0 Crashes Into Seattle Street Car Two Persons Killed SEATELE, March 26—Vern Ben. | Tron- and Jessie Ryan {and two others Badly injured {when Benson drove his atuomobil into a street ¢ar yesterday after-| noon, Paris of the wrecked ma were found 200 feet away police reported the automo party had been drivking. iSeattle Coffee i | | The: bile hop Is Robbed in' Sight of Many Thl'utragnw s | SEATTLE, March 26— While res of theatregoers passed by, two robbers last night stole the cagh register from the Meves Coffee Shop. One bandit, masked, stood outside the door (U\l'lflle the patrons wjth a pistol. The| other stepped side the ‘ulfn‘l" Shop, wrenched the register the counter. The two fied automobile. It is said ther $350 in the cash I»'KI~(4I o Automatlc Telephones Being lnstalled France| 50 i ‘ \ \ | i [ | i | \ was fover i PARIS, March phone, girls in F |notv so deat smingly 0 a | gradually losing their jobs. The| {answer is the antomatic telephone. | One-fourth of the telephones in France will be antomatics by the | end of the year with P leading | the way. It has been a long hard [fight to get them, with hints in | parliament of contract scandals,| | but the government is .Jrr\mg' |out its plan to replace the manual | system with the automatic be-| cause it never has been able to develop what Americans v\nul(l1 consider a competent staff of op-| erators. The standard has been | so low that only ently tests ur\ the telephone girls' hearing were made, Some of them were deaf. Nine cities already have tauto matie This year five oth places will at least be ., part equipped with them and Paris {expected to Kel about 150,000, Chmtemu in Famlly Of 24 Is Gala Event BASEL- WAES ll(»h(hlm 26 The gwenty-second child of the | Van Hul-DeBen family has been | christened, and the event was a; 1 occasion for this little umn; The papal nuncio, Mmmunnr‘ Micara, performed the ceremony. Senator Viscount Vilain XIV, lhb‘ burgomaster, ' was there in state with many of his friemds. The+ king and queen, who are godpar-; ents of two of the numerous pro- geny, Bent representatives. After the christening everyone | turned out to attend the laying of a cornerstone of a new house on 1 farme d for the Van Hul- De-Bens public subscription, All of the 22 children, the eldest te lu others 26— Deaf ance and [ March | l of wh ing. were Kiiled [/ lelec WHAT ARE THEIR CHANCES? In March, 1929, a man will take ti States, Here is Frank O, Lowden, f Lowden. He was named for Vice-P; wention in Cleveland, but declined 1 he be nominated this year? io oath as President of the United | ormer Governor of Illinois, and Mrs, resident at the last Republican con= n favor of Charles G, Dawes. Wil (International Newsreeld German Plane | To Auempt Arlanric’ Vight LN, 'March mpt 1o ¢ Atlantic ocean f west is underway with t of Junkers plane, for Baldonnel Ireland, on the first lap of the hazardous Journey. Th plane is carrying Baron von Huenfeld, Capt. Herman Koehl and Mechanic Spindler. The plane ieft secretly DUBLIN.' March The German plane Bremen, on the first lap of the propos flight across the Atlantic, has arrived at the Baldonnel air- drome. from | -~ KEYNOTER TAKES RAP AT SENATOR . [Vlanfl(.,f‘l‘ fO\' ]“\V(]e" leks at G. 0. P. Missouri Convention March “d hone 26 not on nor JOSEPH, he Republican I condone nor exect the part of public fraudulent practice said James Manager for forn 0. Lowden, keyn the Republican held here today. Finch attacked Reed's uttoranc in governmer ons will be Mo party in Fineh Gov pealke Convention of senator James that “hon- tnd purity paramount i3 {sues” in the coming campaign. | Finch declared thy Scuator Reed 'was a beneficiary with oth ll Democrat candidates of al Heged election fraud in ( ity. LA | esty rlong ——— iSirr and Larrimore Are Off for Upper Koyukuk 26— who TANANA, Alasgka. March Ben Sirr and H. Larrimore | have returned here from a fri to Seattle, left. yesicrday by dog cam for the Upper Koyuknk Riv- er where they have prospected lur many years. —— o —— Postlnnhr Kills Ftnay then Him LOWDEN, Iuv\.l March Lambert Meier, postmaster, forenoon killed his wife, children and then himself. 26— this | three No raged i of Relations with Rumania U, . OFFICIAL 18 CHOSEN FOR . BOLD ROBBERY Mexican Bandits Stage Hold-up Intending to Rob Morrow AMBASSADOR IS AT SCENE HOURS LATER Mexican Soldlers Scouring Region — Plan to Em- barrass Government CITY, 1 of troops one of Mexico's chief while squads of sol- | diers scouring the foothills a band of highwaymen who saturday held-up four antomo- biles and 11 automobile busses {and robbed 200 persons because American Ambassador Dwight W. | Morrow was scheduled to pass ong the road at the time of the Frobbery The 1 | MEXICO | Strong trolling | highways March 26.— are pa- affair is held in some quarters to be an attempt on the Ipart of insurgents to embarrass {the Mexican Government | Ambassador Morrow arrived at = |the scene ihree hours after the GAPT, COCHRAN PLANS BUYINB. - AT !.Hl SAN Capt Coast buying the B it Congress priate money for Cochran for my ut the [TER BEAR Mareh of Ylu- plans for Cutt appro- | FRANC ( l.\ml"v Guard, ol ated fails to up} and investments and | propose r to keep from junking or wrecker. [ will vacht and the I together will pass the eve of our lives cruising about Seas A other outof: rhu>_ D 'Vlary Refuses Bes think to turn purchase vears, are bis ) ) th Governmnent it Bear for ing to a the and ning the Sont! the-wa an Queen To Disclose Weight HURMIN The Bri (]n’ King March learned 150 it wa on M, ¥ngland, ish nation ha orge V. weigh pounds. Ha vigiilng the ish Industries F here and invited to test his waight patent weighing machine When the 1 wias presented 1, he exciaimed: “Is that my weight? Well, that's not at all bs il the tome of his remark indicated that he was fgnorant on the subject of his own weight as most jeets. The queen, who her husband’s test, was then ask ed whether she would like to he weighed, but she started back quickly as if fearful of ordeal and shook her head with a laugh aying, “O dear, no, thank yon!" Loyal subjects arc therefore guessing at what figure this bux 'om lady turns the scale. White Wy;xao‘tte Hen Does More than Share MARKET RASEN, England March 26—A white Wyandoiie hen is reported by its owner, F. Park- er of Weelsby Honse, as ostra- cised by its fellow hens for not observing union rules and laying more than the orthodox number of eggs daily, The Wyandotte hegan to lay two eggs A day when it was a pullet and the other hens showel their digpleasure by pecking and il treating it. 3 Parker segregated .lu_u-r which continued to produce s daily quota of two oggs s is her record for ohe week mmnun" to Parker: ' Sunday 3 eggs, Monday 2, Tues- ’:lnv 1. Wednesday 2. Thursday 2 Friday 0, Saturday 4 H o ——— A. J. QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, March 26.-Al t had watehed Kansas | the prolific today at 3%. of his sub-| leti | robbers had scattered. Fitty men held-up the automo- biles and busses, methodically etripping the occupants of valu- ables, While the heldap was in grees, a pay car carrving $50,000 ddenly appeared. The driver of the car, realizing what was haps pening, swung around and ese |cuped to Mexico City after the shwaymen’s shot wounded two 'of the pay ear guards, - e + COURT BALLS STOP 2 A, M. ROME, March 26--Two o'clock lin the morning sees the end of court bails at the Quirinal Palace. To after this Lour Is not “Fascist” and the Royal family thinks the example should come from above, This was the closing hour fer tirst court ball of the season en in honor of the twenty- vear-old Princess Giovanna. As [ftar as King Victor Emmanuel was concerned, it did not begin much hefore the buffet supper was erved at midnight. He appeared at cleven thirty and together with | Queen Helena, the princes, prin- cesses and several nobleinen of hiz court made a “circle” for the resentation of guests. Francesco de Pinedo, the aviator, now General de Pinedo, fell the honor of being the partner |of Princess Giovanna for the first dance. She was dressed in red. The Queen was in a toilotte of blue voile and wore a diadem of brilliants, Princess Mafalda wore a zown of silver blue lace, adorn- ed with brilliants and sapphires.. Two quadrilles were danced under the direetion of Marquis Gugliel- mi sell. | use | ro e Future Shipbuilders S Taste Shipfi Discomforts PARIS, March 26—Discomforts »ard ~ ship that make sailors rumble in the French navy are due to be removed when the rising generation of naval engineers be- gin to build warships. For it is ered that the young engineers, now in training in government technical schools, must hereafter et part of their instruction at and taste. the xmilnr'n lite themaelves. From this experience, th:- naval authorities eoxpect that, among ther things, they will gain_an understanding that wiil lead to a hange in the design of the crews® living quarters, said to be poorer than in other navies. et i SCHOOL CLOSES; SIDNEY, Iowa, March 26 ‘H.mm-d school in Riverside | ship has closed for lack of ronage. But two children years old, are liv-| i‘“‘fl has heon advanced for thelaska Junean wmine stock i8 guoted ' attending and they 'm