The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 30, 1928, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE 'VOL. XXXL, NO. 4751 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1928. MEMBER PRICE TEN CENTS OF ASSOCIATED PRESS MORE BOMB THREATS ARE MADE IN CHICAGO; ONE MAN IS KILLED HOWARD FINDS MUCH SUPPORT | IN NORTH END | Anchorage Candidate Vis-| its Skagway, Haines and k Sitka and Goes South | arning from a trip to Skag aines and Sitka, Senator Howard, candidate for the an nomination for Dele .0 Congress, was in Junean for a short time this morning and continued on to Petersburg on the steamer Admiral Rogers. This »ds his personal campaign in the rth end the Division and he work from Petersburg south now until the primary n April 24 am delighted with the politi- in the three towns I have just visited and am confi dent 1 will receive a majority of the votes cast in them in the pri- mi election. The voters are ap- parently convinced that the time is rvipe for a change in their, Washington representation and, believe that such a change will be for the benefit of the Terri tory, declared Senator Howard. | Interested in Roads He found all three towns inte ested in obtaining more roads| which are needed for promoting| the mining indust in the areas adjacent to them. “I think they| should have more roads and trails. | Each of the communities Is tho coanter. of well mineralized dis- tricts that can only be developed| through being made accessible b trails and roads. I am deeply i sympathy with their desires and, ! if elec! will endeavor to give them all possible assistance,” he said, | Agricultural Possibilities | Senator Howard was 4 with the agricultural possibi of the Haines region, which, said, were far beyond any previ ous conception he had had of He saw a chance there to develop | a farming community which lnu!l supply a great many of the pro-| ducts of the soil that are now be m;z shipped into, the Territory o of the (n[nm touched on} by Senator Howard in his lnn‘ paign speeches aroused consider able interest in the northern l‘lll‘ of the district, he said. His lhdx‘“- that the so-called Controller Bi ll was designed to create a politi- cal machine, and his dhlnmn‘ that this fact was admitted by its | supporters, caused favorable com- ment Surpri was caused hy! the Senator’s disclosure that 1 tain supporters al situation of the present delegate to Congress were foste ing a bill giving trap holders and | operators , a fouryear lease on| sites with a preferred option fnr[ renewal. Senator Howard will be in Petershurg and Wrangell several days, and go to Kefchikan next week. From there Mp will visit Hyder, Metlakatla and a number of communities on the west coast. He will return to Ketchikan to close his campaign, remaining there over the nr(nmrv election. 1() (‘()’UMANDMLNTS ARE LAID DOWN FOR bCHOOL.TEA(‘HLRb WASHINGTON, March commandments have been laid down for the American school! teacher, by the Federal Burean of Education. The bureau evidently holds that heredity and an even temperament have much to do with the teach- er's ability to maintain her posi- tion. The ten commandments fol-| low: " “Thou shalt have other interests besides thy schoolroom. “Thou shalt not try to make of| thy children little images. For they are a live little bunch, visit- ing the wriggling of their captivi- ty upon you, their teacher, unto the last weary moment of the day; and showing interest and co- operation unto those who can give them reasonable freedom in work- ing. “Thou shalt not scream the names of thy children in irrita. tion, for they will not hold thee in respect if thou screamest their ' mames in vain. “Remember the last day ot the ‘week, to keep it happy. “Humor the feelings of thy 1 flut their good-will may RS e} 30—Ten ¢ ! governor | primary ed! the presumed mandate of the pri-| | France, | the HOOVER AND SMITH O IN MICHIGA "Mich,, March presidential prefe LANSING, \ April 2 can re m} | The Mich ence prin only in the n ¥ ndorsement of Her. bert Hoover on the Republican {ticket and Governor Altred E Smith on the Democratic. 'They| are the only candidates who have qualified. Hoover and Smith An effort to provide a contest | on the Republican ticket failed | when the headquarters of Frank 0. Lowden of Illinois frowred up on a proposal to enter his name Likewise a favorite son move-| me with former Gov., Chase S.| Oshorn in the principal role, col- lapsed when Osborn refused to compete for the Republican pret erence, despite the fact that he avowedly untriendly to the Hoov-| er candidacy. On the Democrutic de 1o attempt was made to pla in the ficld Hoover campatga gol unde Iy when J. Walter Drake, | former assistant secretary of « | I merce under Hoover, opened head- | quarters here. Gov. Fred W.| Green largely was instramental in obtaining the backing of large part of his organization f Hoover. Such leaders as Gerritt Diekema, chalrman of the Repub-| lican state organization, flocked to the Hoover colors with the will gain 33 delegates one against Smith. } The way Petitions bearing 104,000 Repub- lican signatures were fil>d with the state deportment to qualify Hoover, although only 5,000 names | are required. | Gov. Smith has the support of | W. A. Comstock, Democratic na- tional «ommittadman, The foreordained outcome of the | theoretically binds the Michigan delegation to the n tional conventions to cast their| ballots for Hoover and Smith. In | ous conventions, however, delegations have known to | bolt after few ballots, despite | I | | | been a mary. DRY AGENT BY WOM. 1'\ W H() B ROYAL GOUPLE LOSES FORTUNE| \Gaming Tbles Reported to Have Received Much »0} Wealth CAP D'AIL, French Ri March 30-—A million franc placed on the Villa | Alam, property of the Grand Duke Andre of Russia, had led to find- ing that the family fortune of Duke and his wife, Princess Krassinskaya, once famous Rus- sian dancer, has heen lost. Three vears ago it was said to be 16, 000,000 francs. A great part of it, their friends say, went over the green gaming tables at Monte Carlo, where the mortgage (l mmnued on Page Twu) domain over which thou rulest. “Thou shalt not kill one breath of stirring endeavor in the heart of a little child. “Thou shalt not suffer any un- kindness of speech or action to enter the door of thy room. Recreation Hours shalt not steal for the the “Thou drudgery of many ‘papers’ | precious hours that should be giv- en to recreation, that thy strength and happiness may appear unml all that come within thy presence. “Thou shalt mot bear witness; to too many ‘schemes of work,’ for much scattered effort is a weariness to the soul and a stumbling block to weary fingers. “Thou shalt laugh—when it rains and wee, wooly omes muddy the floor; when it blows and doors bang, when little angels conceal their wings and wriggle, when Tommy spills ink and Mary flops a tray of trailing letters; when visitors appear at the precise mo- ment when all small heads have forgotten everything you thought they knew, And again I say unto you. laugh for upon all these com- -lulmentl hangs all the law and AND ASSISTANTS ARE l:/l'lS f!lhll T() DRAW Notrice NLY ENTRANTS N PRIMARIE Gov. Fred W. Green of Michi- gan (above); Gerritt Diekama, republican state chairman, (center) and W. A. Comstock, democratic national commit- teeman. TREED CALEXICO, C(al, Three officers of the were chased into the vesterday by a ranch gun who beat the trio on draw and treed the officers, hibition Agent Knight and deputy sheriffs, The trio had gone ranch with rant. The rancher's wife, with five children behind her skirts, flashed a revolver and chased the to cover behind a grou of trees and then up the tre where they were held there an hour. Zurrelgen arrived disarmed his wife. “We did not have time to draw our guns, and besides she was woman so we took to the trees,” explained Knight. The man and woman rested and taken to jail and liquor was seized. — .- — GEORGE REMUS March 30 lquor law tall timbers woman with the Pro- two house search war- WINS LIBERTY ™ * Former Boo!leg King and! Wife Slayer Is Sane —Court Decision LIMA, Ohio, March George Remus, former king and acquitted has won his fight for from the insane hospital the Third District Court peals held him sane. sentenced to the insane following his trial for the slay- ing of his wife for which he was practically found not guilty on account of being mwn-- e Three Eskimos Dle 0f Whooping Cough NOME, Alaska; March 30—The epidemic of whooping cough which has prevailed at St. Lawrence Island during the past four months has resulted in tha death of three Eskimo: The toll previ- ous to their deaths had heen in- fants. Teachers of Campbell and 30— of Ap- He was Sevoonga did not enurely escape uk- Juneaun the ettt hospital | APRIL 2 Man, Masquerading As Woman, Takes His Lif(’ Ukla March registered SAPULA, A man who hotel here as a woman, Tuesday night, giving name of Frances Anderson, Los Angeles, was found in the hotel room yesterday af ternoon, dead. He had slash- ed both wrists and throat with safety razor blades. He was dressed as a woman and had clippings in his pockets indicating he was known as a woman who had been a champion billiard player. The wardrobe consisted of female attire. Not until the body was - pre. pared for buri. did the se- cret of the ars masquer- ading become own. In one of the stockings was a letter indicating he contemplated death. The letter said “Do what you want my body but don’'t let world know my secret.” 30- at a last the of with the MAY 1ST FIXED {Council Calls Special Elec- i ‘ertson | Tuesday's ' mhun/ Iu, len to Zurrelgens need half and only (will be were ar- and E | | | wife slayer, | freedom | on when | formally with I - TOHOLD SEWER ~ BOND ELECTION tion to Vote on Issuancé of Sewer Bonds Advised by Attorney R. E. Rob- that it was not legally to have a referendum at election on the issu- of the sewer bonds, the City Counecil last night at 'a spec ial meeting adopted resowtion calling a special election {to be held May 1, next The act the town to bond sewer improvements ro- -day notice to be giv- before having a referendum on the subject. The act authorizing providing it per cent or tax payers, w ss in Februa has herctofore for special sewer ment funds, no vote been taken on it While it necessary on the whole issue, the lopted last night specifies no than $10,000 in issued at such part of it as needed used in the coming coun- year. Mayor Thomas 13 stimated it will prob require $10,000 to defray cost of sewer improvements replacements during the possible bond itself quires the bond approved more of the passed by 1925. As been no improve- has ever ssue, is by 60 local Cong the is to vote solution that more bonds 1 be cilmanic Judson has ably the year. The Fire Hall is designated as ithe voting place for the special lelection. Judges named are: M. A La ik, J. L. Gray and 1 {Sowerby, and John M. McLough- Iin uul Mrs. William Franks med as clerks. |Mother Kills Her Little Son; Dashes Him Upon the Floor LOS ANGELES, Cal., A 34 year old mother March has been bootleg | accused of killing the voungest of eight children by dashing him up the floor and she is charged first degree mur- der. 3 The complaint was filed againsi Mrs. Marie Ybarra by the District Attorney after hearing the story of a neighbor, a woman who said she witnessed the killing of the child. When the 22 months old baby began screaming, Mrs. Ybarra shouted “shut up” and cursed the child as it continued to cry. She is then said to have seized the child, raised it above her head and flung ‘it to the floor. The child died a few minute: later from a fractured skull. ——————— A. J. QUOTATION NEW YORK, March 30.-—-Al- lll this time and| FALL STARTS TELLING HIS | LEASE STORY Former Secretary of Inter- ior Is Now Being Questioned EL PASO, 30—| Propped up the spacious Te: 8, March in an ¢ asy chair in library of his home here, Albert B. Fall, former Sec retary of the Interior and charged with Harry F. Sinclair with con spiring to defraud the governm in the lease of Teapot Dome gan yesterday to tell the story the deal under questioning Daniel Trew Wright, counsel Sinclair The had passe ing of The went be of for preliminary examination | do with the first laws in 1920 authorizing les oil lands ! individual examination then extensively into the govern-| ment's policy regarding oil ds and details of negotiations lead ing up to the Executive Order | through which Sinclair finally ob-| talued the naval oil reserve in April, 1922 A mass documents the defense Fall himself COMSTOCK AND ROY THORNTON ARE AGOUITTED Jury Dehberales 24 Hours Frees Two of Li- quor Charges to of correspondence and will be introduced in attempt to show that lliul lilHl- to say. , March 30 Police Lieutenant George Comstock and Roy Thornton, dance hall pro- prietor, resident of Ketchik: Alagka, have been acquitted charges of liquor conspiracy The jury was out 24 hours Frank and John Gatt, former Seattle liquor barons, co-defend ants, pleaded guilty several days ago and were given sentenc which did not add to the time! they already were sentenced to erve on a previous liguor con- spiracy charge. Four others have not yet bheen brought to trial. 1 Comstock and Thornton were acquitted on six counts of con- spiring to violate the Prohibition law in connection with the dis- |tribution of liguor through the | payment of $1,000 month for | protection during 1 1924, when Comstock headed the Dry |Squad. Both are defendants in |a second Comstock case in which |nine Seattle policemen are de- fendants. The - trial is set for May 15. | —ee— - | SEATTL SENATOR REED | IN TENNESSEE !Attacks Coolidge Admin-| istration—Takes Shot | at Secretary Hoover | KNOXVILLE, Tenn., March 30 f Carrying the fight for the Dem- ocratie Presidential nomingtion into Tennessee, Senator James A. Reed last night set out in a speech to pungture the Republican claim that the Coolidge administration had given the country prosperity. Senator Reed also took a shot at Hoover, declaring the Secretary Commerce had a hand in cur- rency deflation policy after the war which he contended brought hardships to the farmers. o R e Gales Again Postpone Proposed Ocean Flight DUBLIN, March 20. — Gales continued to delay the proposed flight of the German plane Brem- en acress the Atlantic. The gale stock is quoted nm«,w subside Tate this after-|“dumb.” Lcoffins to tell Flier Will Attempt Overland Journey io E lurope Over . Aretic| NEW YORK Something new in flights to Europc is plannel for eaily sum- Reekford, 11, mer by Bert Hassell (below), » Rockford-to-Stockhelm flight by en the map, with but three shor is a Stintcn-Detroiter like that at [ | _ROCKFORD, 1Ii., Mar 30 ert Hassell, Rockford aviator, .wm to blaze an overland air | from the United Stutes to T v — spring spurs the activity of uropean and American air- grooming planes for projects ed flights over the wide Atlantic, Hassel, backed by Rockford, is rushing through his plans, hoping to be in the van of the air heg He will pllot a Stinson-Detroiter plane which b built him, and will swing over “great circle” route from this land city to Stockholm. He will ialke one stop, at the Mt Evans| station of the University of Michi- gan's nland expedition. Hig landing place will be charted by the Michigan scientists, and he will refuel his plane there. There are but three many men, water THREE LEAD MEN OF DEAD MAN'S ISLAND ARE UNEARTHED; BURIED COFFINS OF IN CRUDE N PEDRO, Cal, hree “dead men of island,” in the harbor here, found buried five feet deep, by side, in crude Redwood in grave top of March Dead Man's were ki the | island ¥ 100 years h burials, judg of the ho may he passed since (he from the condit coffing. Muny legena ity or m vy aave been told about Dead Man's Island, some of a scourge that ship, other: of pirates and dark deeds, ete. | No marks were found on the which of the many legends may be supported. The three coffing were discovered by | contractors who are removing the island from the harbor as a men ace to nayvigation e —— Canneryman’s Home And Plant Gnthered\ SAN PEI)K()_ Cal., B A guard has Deen around the home and fish can-| nery of Gilbert C. VanCamp, | while the police followed up clues | to the apparent attempt to dyn-} amite the plant, becanse of dif ficulties between the packer and employees, Severnl sticks of dyn- amite, with fuse attached, were | found near the cannery. ... — arch |hlinhml i JACQUELINE LOGAN GETS | DIVORCE FROM HUSBANDJ‘ LOS ANGELES, March 30--Jac- queline Gillespie, known on the screen as Jacqueline Logan, has! been granted a divorce from Rob- ert Gillespie. On the witness stand in Judge!tons exported in 1913. The ¥ B. Rey Schauer's court, Miss Lo gan chargde tha: her husband was frequently intoxicated and that he had kicked her and called her The Gillespies were mar- ried June 13. 1925, | detafled maps {but has never participated in any after casualties, ‘Slayers of Hermit ers, ) {for the murder of Fred W. Selaly 110 and 15 per |i8 more than 50 peicent. | those ‘!MAN 1S SHOT, " BODY BURNED, - CITY STREET Pomb Threals, Builets, Pep Up Interest in Chi- cago Primary MORE PLEAS MADE FOR FED. PRGTECTION Snow Exnngmshes Fuse Attached to 16 Sticks of Dynamlte CHICAGO, More threats bullets and ral primary S'rocm-nou'. Ny N g 052 il S B of March “bombings, more more pleas for Fed- tion in the April 10 clection at the polls have pepped politics here, United 8 s Distict Attorney Tohnson, appointee of Senator ‘harles 8. Deneen, has been warn- od by an anonymous telephone 1l that he marked for a yomh., A Municipal Court Bailiff and hard worker for the anti-Deneen orces, headed by Mayor Thomp- son, was shot and seriously wounded by a dozen Federal His plane | igents who ratded a saloon. This torch added to Chicago killer's repertoire when a man selieved to bave been Paul Marchses was shot down and burned on the street. Gasoline mn pnurvl over the M,’A xry’ the - fam h m. 'hn dow of “Diamond Joe » posfto, slain nine days ago. Ex- posito was a Deneen supporter. A fuse attached to 16 eight- inch sticks of dynamite wrapped n black tape, was extinguished hy a hoavy fall of snow after aced ai entrance of a South Water street produce building. PR b5 i g ¢ Bodies, Result of Tragic Deaths, Lay in Morgue of Texas Town AMARILLO, Tex., March 30.-— Six unidentified bodies are in the morgue. Two were found yes- evday in the Fort Worth and Denver roundhouse. It is be- feved they met death by foul play. The others were killed by Lifting railorad ties in a car. e Albert Wile and Ben C. Delzelle commercial brokers, are enroutd to Petershurg ou the Admira’ Rogers, 30— protec Is aviat He will try the cverland Arctic route shown jumps over water. right, jumps on the route, the of which is ouly 528 miles. sell will' fly- ap over the Lakes to mnl’ Sault ‘Ste. hen. up. across. Ontarjo, tip of Hudson Bay onwarf ward the coast of Labradur near Cape Chidley, thenge across Gireenland, over lceland and on to the Scandinavian peninsula. The hazards will come in pilot ing the ship ove for which there longest Has- Graat M nne those wastes are no available Rockford civie associations they are meeting with quick sponse for the mnecessary fund The flight has been made a vir tual civie undertaking. Hassell is rated as one of countr, best pilots. He apent years. in commercial flying say re the ye of the itionnl ventures a TORNADO HITS TOWN IN . C. ROCKHILL. 8 C., March 80 - A tornado struck here this at noon smashing windws, blowin down signs and damaging build- ings. It was not known an hous the storm If there are any U. S. Fliers Break Flight indurance Record g JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 30.—Aviators Halde- man and Stinson have set a new world’s record for am afrplane endurance flight of 53 honrs and minutes, bettering the old record, held by German fiera, by 1 hour, 12 minutes and 40 see- onds. They landed a mile from the take-off, taxiing to the spot. There was still some gasoline in the tanks and the motor was ning R 35 Forfeit Their Lives CANON CITY Arthur Colo,, Mareh 30, Oshorne and Ray s, Colorado’s were executed this mornine aged recluse. 'WORLD USE OF COAL SHOWQ QTEADY GAIN COPENHAGEN, 20—In practically coal consumption | creasing since countries the Denmark, M all count has been in- 1912, In most rease is between ut. In Holland it ipproximately 3.000,000 tons lesg than in 1926--the year of the big British coal strike—but 5,000,000 tons more than in 1825, fignres indicate the which Poland was able to ret: the trade captured in the In spite of this, says the Scun- when the British mines were dinavian Shipping Gazette, British | for seven months. Polish exp coal exports are dwindling, while to Ausiria and Hungary in of France, Germany and were about the same as in 104 Poland are on the increase. Thus, but the exports to Scandinay the amouttt of British coal export- countries inereased greatly. « ed last year was but 48,700,000 Sweden the exports inel tons, far short of the 73,400,000 from 344,000 tons to 2,304,0 ench tons; to Denmark from 221, increase of coal exporis is abou' 1,231,000 tons; to Norway 6,000,000 metric tons, that of Ger- £00 to 188,000 tons; and to B many 9484000 tons, and that of land from 8000 tons to. Poland 5,672,000 tohs. tons. Poland had also Polish éxports to del increase in coal other than Germany in } tlons