The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 10, 1928, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE © VOL. XXXL, SHOOTING, SLUGGINGS, KiD “ALL THE NEWS JUNEAU. ALASKA, TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1928. ALL THE TIME” MEMBER START ELECTION DAY IN * COOLIDGE NOT PLEASED WITH FARM MEASURE Equali/,.auor.) Fee Is Not Changed to Conform to His Views WASHINGTON, ident April 10 Coolidge believes noth- occurred to make the tion of the MecNary Haugew Farm Relief Bill conform to his of constitutionality In the Pr lent's judgment the bill as now drafted, contains a large number of provisions he found necessary to eri in his veto, the equalization fee be- i chief among these he President is very wever, that Congress tak W positive action for the lines he has messages to Con- addresses. ideas E cise anxious some ho k farm of ong ned in and in public WASHINGTON, April 10.—All perishable commodities, fruits and vegetables particularly, will be excluded from the provisions of the Mc -Haugen Farm Relief Bill under anamendment accepted by the enate today without a record. yote. . CLAIM HOOVER " NOT FRIEND OF “INER FARM Another Attack Is Made by Group of Farm Lead- ers — Statement WASHINGTC ., Herbert C. April 10— Heover, Secretary of Commerce and Presidential can- didate, and his attitude toward agriculture are targets for an- other attack by a group of farm lea who contended mislead- ing efforts are being made to represent Hoover as a friend of the farmer, “The American farmer has suf- feted much ai the hands of Hoover to view with complaceny the effort to make an appeal for him the farmer’s friend can- Aiddte,” said the statement sign- ed by Charlgs 8. Weller, Chair- man of “_ge South Dakota Agri- sultural Committee; J. H. Kim- ble. Legislative Agent of the Farmers” National Congress; Rob- srt M. Crowder, President of the South Dakota Farm Bureau; C. £. Huff, President of the Kansas Farmers' Union and Ralph Sny- der, President of the Kansas Farm Bureau. e ee——— A. J. QUOTATION: NEW YORK, April 10.—Alas- Juneau mine stock is quoted today at Believes in Divorce % Ex ¥ L A L 7 : | sented | Mrs changed her Sinclair Lewls h ideas on divorce veported in Reno, Nev., where sne I8 taking steps for a divorc: on the grounds of incompatidility “international Newsreal) ———ee——— BIG VERMONT DAM BURSTS Farmers Along Banks of Connecticut River Given Warning now anc of dam at here, m 10.~—The bursting a 35 miles fro caused the passing of but aside from u short- n the already shallow the Connecticut R believed it will hav sequences. The dam extended across river 330 feet high The went out at midnight, but ing had been given ear night of the danger. Sc hension was felt for farms adja cent to the river banks between Gilman and Barnet but the farm- had been on the alert for two s because of the flooded con- due to the unseasonable and many had removed household goods and live- n ved waters of it not serious con- the barrier warn- in the 1e appre- stock. Plane of Lady Mary Bailey Crashes;Lady Heatl’s Flight Offj LONDON, April 10 Two women, flying rivals, apparently faced defeats in attempts to make flights between London and Cape Town, South Africa, It is reported that Lady Mary Bailey crashed while landing at Tabora. The plane was wrecked but she escaped injury. Lady Heath has been prevented from continuing her flight be- cause e has no escort. CHICAGO, April 10—A congres- more than 1,400 exhibjts, some of.| gional filibuster is like a tete-a- tete compared with the 10,600,000- word discourse on grain rates to which the interstate commerce commission representatives have listened here. And the end is not in sight. The investigation, authorized wander the Hoch-Smith resolution, has been completed in the middle- west, but there are hearings to be held in Seattle and Los Angeles, Several million more words will be recorded before the commis- sion can undertake the ‘task of finding out what freight rates can be established that will be of the greatest benefit te the farmer. The Hoch-Smith resolution was aimed at relieving the producer of .wmgome of his burden. The hearing, in “point of dura- tion and extensiveness of record, is the longest the commission ever has conducted. It began in May, 1927, at Dallas and has shifted to Wichita, Kas., where six wecks were spent; to Minneapolis for another six and then Chicago, where the sittings lasted 15 weeks, . In addition to the more than 10,000,000 words “of testimony written into the ’ TEN MILLION WORDS OF TE TAKEN IN GRAIN RATE HEARINGS | record, there are STIMONY them totalling 25,000 words. | Upon Arthur Mackley and George Hall, examiners, will fall the task of preparing a report to the commission. They have been in constant attendance. Commis- | sioner B. H. Meyer has attended i most of the time. Reading at the speed the exam- jiners say they maintain—40,000 words a day—Mackley and Hal would spend almost a year on the grain hearing. They have mini- mized their work, however, by keeping notes on the testimony, intending to refer to the record only when they are disputed or where the issues are the most im- portant. The Hoch-Smith resolution was passed in 1925, The grain investigation has Idenn with domestic and export rates separately, and includes, be- side individual shippers, repre. |sentativea of railroads, state rate- making bodies and executives of chambers of commerce and grain exchanges in Kansas City, St Louis, Omaha, Minpeapolis. Mil- waunkee, Duluth, Chicago, New Or- leans, Buffale, Wichita, Cairo, | Pecria, Ft. Worth, Galvesten a:l Houstoun. s HANDBOOK OF |REV. CATALDO IMONUMENT TO JUDGE BROWN BOY SCOUTS BIVEN PRES. Presentation Made at Same| Time Convention Is Opened | | i | w | ident 106—Pres pre th f, the ASHINGTON Calvin Coolidge was the 500,000th copy Handbook for Boys Scouts of America by H. Loren Adams, of W D. C., vesterday afternoon,' at 12:15 o'clock The Pr of the United States, who iz also Honorary President of the Boy Scouts of America, personally ac cepted the book. The presenta tion of the Handbhook for Boys was made simultaneously with the ! opening of the Eighteenth Annual Meeting the al Council of the Boy Scouts of America at San Franci With a continued culation larger than théit of book, excepting the Eible, | Handbook for Boys has the p tige of being the best ki H»wn book for boys in the world,” When a completely new Handbaok was sued during the last months 1927, the former editions already had a circulation exceeding 3,000, 1000 copies and it was estimated {that nearly 5000000 boys had read its pages. It 8 a tribute to {the new Handbook for Boys that “il has been so greatly in demand that in less than five months |time it has gone throwgh five PresidenCdoddse - sar presented with the 5060,000th copy | Simultaneously with the presens President of the United States ,copies of the Hand- i book for B were presented by | Eagle Scouts to the Governors of [the 48 states and to Mayors and | college presidents throughout the Ination, who also sent greetings tc the Boy Scouis of America. In one paragraph of his leiter. to the President of the United States Chief Scout Executive James E. | West, said: “We have endeavored 'this book not merely interesting ‘and helpful to boys in carry fout the useful and practical ac | tivities of the program; we have itried to emphasize the importance iof the Scout Oath and the Scout [Law and the Spirit of Service, | which are the primary conecern of jall Scout Leaders | R | FORMER GOV. ~OFN.Y.DIES Aprli new Boy Scout ington, o any the i H is- | | tation to the to make NEW YORK, April 10.—John {Alden Dix, aged 67 vyears, Gov- lernor of New York State 1910- 11912, died last night in a sani- |tarium where he had been a pa-] tient for three weeks. Death (nl-| lowed a heart attack. | John Alden Dix was a prom- inent Democrat of the State, high in the councils of the party. He| was a last minute compromise candidate for Governor prior to his election. He was a college graduate secur:ng the A.B. de- gree at Cornell and LL.D. degree {at Hamilton College. He was a marble and lumber merchant. His 4home was at Santa Barbara, Cal. — e - ‘ l PRODUCES CAR Vo DS MONROE, little La., April 10—The! city of Madison, Ind, is! good hunting ground for the St.| Louis Cardinals and its various farms. Tommy Thevenow was the first to come from there. Then Bob Morrow, catcher. And now Herbert Clements Hassfurder, pitcher with Rochester. o President Asks For Large Sum Of Moneys WASHINGTON, April 10. —President Coolidge trans- mitted to Congress today’a request for supplemental ap- propriations ~ totalling $56,- 897,800 Of thjs amount $50,000,000 will be used to | carry out-the Alien Property | Act 5 ¥ P 1 ng| ! {—The way { small town police department lies ‘hls PASSES AWAY Founder of Gonzaga Uni- versity Dies at Age of 91 Years PORTLAND, “ather Joseph 91 years, University died 1 Ore., April M. Cataldo, S.J., founder of Gon- at Spokane, last night in 10 ged Va here For was a dian years, Fatlier Cataldo ry among the In- of the west and was Super Missions in Montana, Ida- hington and Alaska mission ho, Wa He was born in Italy and came | the United in ill health after his 1 been dispaired of in Europe. He had dedicated his life to work for the Society of Jesus some 11 ars before coming to America Last December 26th he celebrated 75th anniversary mem- ber of order Funeral services will Thursday and burial in Saint Michael cemetery Spokane. — e e—— — tes 60 years ago hi as a be held Mount near ALASKA BOAT IS MISSING; SEARCH MADE ported for 35 Days— Storms Prevailing SEATTLE, April 10.—Unheard from since March the motor- p Iskum, of Seattle, with four attle men and probably a num- ber of Aleutian natives aboard will be sought for in Bering Sea by the United States ™isheries Bureau vessels and Coast Guard boats. Radio messages from Unalasku craft touched at Atka ), hefore sailing west- ward to pick up employees from fur ranches on isolated islands in Bering Sea The Iskum is owrded by Kana Ranching Company, of Seattle, and is commanded by Capt. Harold Bowman, President of the Company. The ship should have at Dutch Harbor and False nearly three weeks ago. Before proceeding to Seattle the Eider, U. 8. Fisheries boat, has been ordered to sail from Dutch Harbor and search for the vessél. The cutters Haida and U'nalga will join the search after niling from Seattle April 15, if no trace is found by the Eider Heavy storms are reported to have been raging in Bering Sea The owners feel the craft has weathered the storms but think engine trouble might have de- layed her as the power plant had been giving trouble. the callec Pass Chief Urges Towns To Motorize Police|'. SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., April 10 to efficiency in the through a completely motorized force, says Walter Franecis Reeve chief of the Swampscott police. Chief Reeves is trying to pu idea into practice here and points out that the town's force has shrunk from 21 patrolmen and officers to 15 men. crease and diminished expen have come motor equipment, and, the chief asserts, a far more ef ficient police service. Reeves believes that every town ih the United States should torize. its force. His plan would banish the old-time “sidewalk- pounder” and would put all po- licemen except traffic men in well equipped vehicles, automobiles or motorcycles with sidecars. A criminal, he sald, can keep tab of the oldtime patroiman, but he cannot tell when the motor- mounted policeman may show at any given spot. In suburban |and thickly settled town districts! alike, he says, police are needed summoned at top With the de-| mo- | LEE AGGEPTED {Great Granite Carving Un- | a veiled—Mayor er Accepts It STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga., April 10. idoration of the Nation was lavished yesterday before the sreatest stone carving in history, mmortalizing the Confederate Chieftain, General Lee and those who followed the lost cav * m the y-third anniver 3 tof their defeat n 1865 when Lee surrendered to Gen. Grant, vast assemblage watched the two flags drop from the mountain side revealing the featurves of n. Lee preserved in nite for time. of the James Walker, York City accepted for the Nation e e w New memaorial I Jones's Prohibition Mieasure Has O. K. Of Committee WASHINGTON. April 10— | Under a bill by Senator Wes- ley L. Jones, of Washington, approved by the Senate Ju diciary Committee, the Fed- eral Government will no long- er have to rely upon the erim- | inal conspiracy law to ob- tain severe punishment for “vivlations of the Prohibition | act. The measure would pro- | vjle a maximum penalty of i g prisan -and a fine of $10,000, or both. | CHARGES THA MONEY PASSED IN OIL LEASE Statement of Charges in Sinclair Case Made by ‘Government WASHINGTON, Apfil 10.—The ‘harge that Harry F. Sinclair, lessee’\of Teapnt Dome, gave for- mer Secretary of Interfor Albert B. Fall the sum of $293,000 “‘i four payments ‘‘under circum-| tances of secrecy and suspicion” | were made today by Owen J.| Roberts in outlinipg the Govern-| nent's case against the wealthy )il operator who is accused of onspiracy to defraud the Gov-! rnment, The first orts, was made Liberty Bonds, $10,000 in cash, the third with 000 in cash and the fourth jwith $25,000 in Liberty bonds. Attorney Roberts said the Gov- ernment would further show that the comspiracy was hatched first at Falls River, New Mexico, when the Cabinet officer and Counsel W. Zevely laid plans for get- of the naval oil] d Rob- 33,000 in second with payment, with the $ ting control reserve, e International Exci:n;lge Of Sculpture Planned GENEVA, | ion of beauty leads to a harmoni (ous knowledge of peoples, thinks the League of Nations. The league therefore has launch- d a program for an exchange -ll astings and moulds of great works of sculpture in the various museums of the world so that the international public may have an opportunity of seeing master- pieces, The commission on intellectual co-operation through one of ite |organs, the international office of { museums, has obtained the co-op- erat| of the principal museums ot rope and has established relations with the American As sociation of Museums. ,e- —— SEATTLE HALIBUT PRICES April 10—Apprecia- SEATTLE, April 10— Halibu =old 14, 11 and 7 cents. ves terdfly. " Vessels arriving bronzht let.ow' pounds. | ~in ! Union PASSES AWAY AT LARAMIE Former, Alaska Jurist and | Famous Western Lawyer Dies at Ripe Age of 89 LARAMIE, wyn., Tudge Melviiie C. Brown, !"-r:u. r United States L { Tudge in Alaska, died hera this morning. He was the first Mayor [7f Laramie and President of | Wyom!r Constitutional tion. He had previously {a member of the Idaho Constitu- \tional Convention and the Idahc Legislaturs, Judze Brown was the Fed al Judge to serve the District of Alaska before the Territory wa livided into Judieial Divisions and| was the first Judge of Division He camc | early 1900 and served | for Territory and Division for five years | ceeded by Judge Royal |son in 1905. He cam {a reputation made in {Idaho and Wyoming as one of th |ablest lawyers of the Wost { was particularly noted 3 ability as a trial lawyer and | his knowledge of mining law | was credited with drafting | Constitutions of two States |and Wyoming 1 Judge Brown cams to California as a boy and was raised in the placer mining distriet of California | the - vicingty. - of Mary.« whence hailed 8o many of nia’s great lawyers, He atnd! law and bhegan its practice there. During his residence in Judge Brown made many and his ability as generally recognized. After retiring from Judge Brown practiced law for a, while in Seattle where Maurice D | Leehey, well known in A and H. Kane, two of the l:ad the Seattle bar, were as| with him partners r practicing there for a time |he returned to Laramie and re- 'sumed the practice of law in thc | town which he he'ped to organize His widow, who was M H Fillmore, daughter of a famous Pacific Railroad attorney | of California, and three daughter survive Judge Brown - e Utah Delegation Not Instructed but Said To Be for Gov. Smith last th the First being A. Guoni-| rth with California e suc i He| nis | for| He/| the | Tdahe | I I friends yer w the bench | aska i SALT LAKE, Utah, April 10.— | The Utah State Demoeratic Con- | vention completed its work late yesterday afternoon without for-| mally expressing chofce for the party's Presidential nomination | but supporters of Gov. A. .| Smith claimed the sixteen dele- | gates chosen represent the ! State at the Houston convention are virtually solid for the New York Governor. ———.——— | Willis Supporters i Now Swing to Dawes In Ohio Campaign, CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 10. ~——The name of Charles G. Dawes, Viece-President of the United States, has been thrown into the Presidential delegate campaign in this State following announce- ment of Ralph Cole that he and 33 other of Willis' candidates for delegates would vote for Dawes| “when the opportunity presented ! itself.” 3 — .- WORD TO THE WISE CINCINNATI, April 10-—Jay walkers here get a police ticket| telling that 68 pedestrians were killed and 884 hurt by autos in 1927, B — i Bad Situation Now Exists In Congress WASHINGTON, April 10. ~«President Coolidge is of | the opinion that the situa- tin afecting Mississippi Flood - Control hecoming impossibly bod Congress: is in |Cleveland and Wilson. | way, | Willlam L. Nevin, vice-president of the Wanamaker store in Philadel- phia, who was elevated to the head of the vast business by the terms of the will of the late Rodman | Wanamaker. (International Newsreel) - e M'ADOO GIVES GREAT PRAISE T0 SEN. WALSH Pre=ident of U.S.; Mon- tana Man Could Bring New Prosperity ASHINGTON, April 10.—De iing United States Senato hom Walsh as “one of th ongest supporters of Wilson's dministration,” W m G. Mec deo, in lengthy letter to hi and colleague in Californin ed the view that “‘there Lemocrat in public life chievemnts entitled hin honors at the hands With Walsh in the White House there would be ust man, courageous man, intel: lectual man, great man and sober American who would lead the people of the United States inte 1 new era of prosperity and law obedience Ihe fundamental Democrati principles will operate again fo: the benefit of all classes and all creeds, all races and the bes! traditions of Jefferson, Jackson They wiil find a new expression and a new power.” These statements and others, all complimentary to the Mon- tana Senator, are contained in a letter sent by the former Secre- tary of Treasury to John Elliott, of Los Angeles g et DRINK MILK CAMPAIGN J a rty expre is no whose 0 great of his party LONDON, April 10-~The Britisl government plans to spend hal a million dollars on a “drink milk campaign to encourage the drink ing of milk in England, 2R S, To visit with relatives in Ska Mrs. Walter Troberg an Ruby Troherg are enroute to tha city on the Admiral Rogers, FROM POLLS IN CHICAGO TODAY Trouble Starts Early When Milliori Persons Be- gin Voting ONE DENEEN- WORKER ISKIDNAPPED, BEATEN Squads of Detectives Aré Rushed to Centers of Many Disorders CHICAGO, Ill,, April 10.— One shooting, several kidnap- ings and sluggings, ballot box stuffing and minor dis- order were reported this fcrenoon in less than two hours after the polls opened teday at the ciose of Chi- cago’s hotiest and most votuperative primary cam- paign. The sun shone bright as morc than 1,000.000 voters started to the polls. R. H. Taylor, Committee- men from a Deneen precinct, was kidnapped by several men who forced him into an automobile as he was deliv- ering ballots. Taylor was beaten severely and then shoved cut into the street. Squads of detectives rushed to overal precincts shortly aftér the n!lg opened on reports of el finoftfetdls permittine stnfing hallpt bnxes One negro dnapped in negro distriet. uble is reporte ntieth ward «re reported vay from the polls wit . shiot e'cetion dispint The: wost from the ogdlums voters i\ two d STATE-WIDE ELECTION "HICAGO, 1., April 10.- -With Nation as its witness. and despread preparation made to serve the purity of the ballot, icago last night poised for one the momentous primary elec~ s in the tempestuous political tory of the city. The event will be State-wide th cand!dates for United States nator, Governor and other ma- r State offices to be selected the Republicans and Demo- ‘ats, and Presidential prefer- nces expressed, but developments ntered chief attention upom hicago and suburbs which make up Cook County with well more han 1,000,000 votes. The chief contests all down he line are between candidates vith strict adherence to the lead- rship of Mayor Thompson and hose classified as cohorts of nited States Senator Charles 8. Deneen. RGPS/ TEACHERS LIKE MYSTERIES ANN ARBOR, Mich.,, Apru 10— Detective stories are the best sell- ng works. of fiction to professors of the University of Michigan, a :anvass of Ann Arbor book stores showed. EREEAE I S Fred Handy, Federal Prohibition Agent, arrived in Juneau this af- ernoon on the steamer Admiral Rogers. i Ways a - WASHINGTON, April 10—Aj touch of the old school class room and its pedagogic rule may be in jected into proceedings of the| ways and means committee of the house under the regime of Rep. Willis €. Hawley of Oregon, new chairman designate. Tentatively selected to succeed William R. Green of lowa, who is retiring from caongress to a fod eral judicial post, Hawley may| find the “legislative class room” 1 little more unruly than these he csided over at Willamette Uni Sal¢ Or> He wa {dent of that institution. As a stalwart in the ramks of house Republicans he will find| hix most difficult job in keepiuz Demoerats nnder control v 1 conl with 1 powar (o lnitiate L b \ | any other nd Means Head Once College President tariff legislation is one of the big - policy making committees in com- ° gress, and for that reason prob- ably more political rows are stir- = red up at its meetings than in. of the half hundred committees on Capitol Hill. HE But Hawley, whose father and mother were among the first pio- neers to travel the old Oregon trail, is accustomed to and ums . afraid of political skirmishes and, if things become too bois! he has one of the deepest most melodious of voices that drown out opposition and h'mself heard in any verbal The chairman designate been a member of the house a score of years. During v all that time he has been embér of the and mey ways i ommitied,