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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIIL, NO. 4950. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1928. CENTS MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED BRESS PRICE TEN THOUSANDS HOMELESS; FLOOD RAGING KUKLUX KLAN | Coolidge to Leave W hite House in Good CRITICISED BY HIGHEST COURT Severe Arraignment Made in Decision by U. S. Supreme Court WASHIN United ON, Nov. 20.— Supreme Court verely criticises the purposes activities of the Ku Klux F in an opinion sustaining the W York State law requiring the| Klan and other secret organiza-) tions to file reports concerning the membership with the Secre-| tary of State The court id it is clear that the Ku Kl Klan belonged to the elan of societies which made | surrounding pur and membership a cloak for inimical to personal rights the public and public wel-| The se- and <lan | ates “secrecy its pose acts and fare.’ Justice Van De the opinion, describing ! Klux Klan of today as a-‘“revival of the Klan of an earlier time| with additional features borrow- from orders of other periods; membership limited to native n Gentile Protestant Whites. “In one part of the Constitu- tion it proclaimed 'the dest freedom for all and full adher-| enc to th Constitution of the| United States. In another, ex-| Vanter the gavi ed its bo ghields and preserves white su- declared that any person oppos- ing its prineiples be ‘a dangerous ingredient in the body politic of | our country and an enemy weal| of our national commonwealth’| ho Klan is conducting a erusade | aidinst Cetholos, JJews: avdo npolgoni*orniREs WRHYE e White| groes and stimulating hurtful re- House March 4 in as good, if not| ligious and race prejudices.” | - SMUGGLERS ARE CAUGHT Four Suspects Held for Grand Jury—Ocean Liner Searched W YORK, has stepped Nov. 20.—Uncle in and stopped is believed to be con- to smuggle diamonds worth half a millien dollars into the United States. The chi steward of the ard liner Berengaria, York traffi officer Street, jeweler, with ter, held for Grand The sts followed the re-| ported discovery of diamonds in the stateroom of William Ballyn, steward, when a squad.of 60 cus- toms agents searched the last Saturday. The Federal offi- cers declared the four prisoners have made 10 deliveries of smug- gled gems during the past year. —,,——— | Currency Comptroller Tenders His Resignation WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, — J W. MecIntosh, Comptroller of Cur- rency, has tendered his resigna- ticn to President Coolidge. 3 Sam what gpiracy Cun- one New and John his daugh- are the Federal Ju ar liner Physical Condition| The arduous duties of the Chief Executive's position do not an tion of which is acted from the members' oath, it pear to have affected President Coolidge's physical condition, one| ré He is shown at the left at the time he|roads over of his physicians says. Washington. By ROGER CORTESI (A. P. Etaff Writer) WASHINGTON"Nov. 20. Pre; better physical state than whepn he assumed office in 1923 present ould s the Pre p him 3 od ye: was the opinion given fel who has ion for aminations of the chiof He if ident ha by oc squent executive, better phy he took of The secret of Mr. orous condition is en medical advisors in the fact th he is the first to notice the est alteration in his nor and immediately help to check what wise develop into troubl This prac pre e what is naturally a strc constitution, sound in all its func- tions, capable of withstanding lengthy exertions, both physical and mental. Knows His Body Mr. Coolid is credited with “knowing his body as well as his politics.” He ne no warning to become aware of som incipient indisposition and furthermore falls in the categor of the perfect patient in that he able to il e the physician task by revealing the likely causa f whatever indisposition ails him. President Coolidge intensely aware of the interdependence full physical and mental efficiency f his brain should at times not function with its customary lueidi- X is, possible, ia olidge's vig by hi pther- . might more ice seri helps is ' he o is (Continue! on Page Eigbt.) SEALS YIELD MILLION "ONU.S. “FUR FARM” TTLE, Wash., Nov. proved his ability as| a fur farmer this year by harvest. ing a million dollar ‘crop of seals and at the same time adding some | 0,000 to the value of his farm.! The “farm,” the little Pribilot| islands, 300 miles west of the skan mainland in the Bering the mmer hcme of the world's la t seal herd. The} valuable animals are protected and controlled by the United States | and since 1911, when killing on the high seas was prohibited by! treaty, only the bureau of fisher- jes has taken seals and market. ed the furs. During the summer 31,098 seals| were killed and when the furs are tanned they will have an average value between $35 and $40. A cen- sus showed that the herds in.| creased 62,642 during the last year, numbering 871513 as compared with 808,870 a year ago. In the latter part of the eighteenth cen- | before the start of pelagic sealing, the seals totaled 5,000,000, Wholesale number to government year-old male being left to a tural growth. three r-olds breeding purposes The growth of the herd added more than $2,000,000 to the value of the Pribilofs during the year. The seals have an estimated value of $32,000,000. When this year's harvest is sold® the islands will have yielded the United State about $17,000,000 in revenue, most two and a halfl times purchase price of Alaska. St. Paul and St. George, largest of Uncle Sam's four “treasure is- lands,” are the summer breeding grounds of the seals. In the fall the animals leave for deep sea southern waters, to return in the late spring. 4 50,000 by 1911, only Under control three- ure the herd’s na- This year 8,852 were branded fqr doctor's | condition I of active| Lund, prominent busi th Inight wher il shape than Whon |y o |on h t-ibrother. [ » Sn medical World at to here El 9 PETERSBURE MEN DROWN ON HUNTING TRIP Chester RG, Holm Alg Kka, M and is city, were drowned a hunting trip, ore safely Mr. Holm His Was flier survived parents re He ohomis V and and other local ks, Moose and gion. brothers | tired | [ As a Ci Mr here, He from bus tended visit to Europe ty Council - — Receiv; Appointed | pl em of Company has ha ;! Judge Lett | | tendent ———e——————=!Bay, Alaska, plant last summer, de 192 ion aughter had cut the | are taken, enough | | For Drier Bay Plant SEATTL ov. liam Prince placed the been receiver. nployee, nds of a ver, who was the company's as Reynold clared the company owes 500 which account of a poor pack. o.;Yyou vi's and in still another part gegumed office and at the right as he appeared a few weeks ago in by side was instructor | Langley Field and subsequent-| ly owned the tclephone exchang property He was a member of the Masons, | DY American member of the Petersburg | 20.—On Reynolds, Packing in the| Superior named Robert Blew- it is unable to pay IR, fmas' SHOPPING:TO:DAY Noy Paul men of | Sunday | a small skiff in which were entering Blind Slough | was swamped. | Three others in the party reached | ARE APPROVED Depends on Finances i projects involving every avorably Alaska Road Commis: in its program when are available, ylay by Major ssident. with made knc colm El a lst of brief e announced » order of ey may be progr Commission. Pend the needad construetion it is to make definite not ne by the securir sources for any nouncement as and which the program. 25 Years Old Commission, Major now entering Kin, ar.. It was es! lished in 1905 under Gen. W P. Richardson. Since that t has constructed and there a road system comprisin {miles of wagon road, a lar sed f fic; 1, miles which sleds drawn | dogs, horses, and tractors are | erated; 7,044 miles of trail; 1712 miles of flagged trail gives a total of 10,754 miles in system done 1 on will pointed EN ut, Sth wo I bile mportance in “viding the accessible waterways and the Territory, the Outside, Expend Large Sum | 1928, the expenditures of the C; | mission on the system had agi gated about § 0,060, Of sum $8,700,000 w derived f |direct Federal appropriations the remainder, $4,600,000 Adaskan sources, about of the total. In addition to th funds, the Commission pervised the expenditure of thing over $1,000,000 the u|eral district rond organizations | Without suitable highways, jor Elliott sald, freight must carried on men’s backs at a lof about $25 per ton mile, pac horses at of about Le.|per ton mile, or by dogsleds | cost of about $6.50 per ton 1) 36 per ¢ has £0 k by in| a cost Lund 1s survived by twolWith suitable sled, wagon or auto|high recently re-| 288 to make an)can roads, these freight and have been reduced He|from $.60 to $1.30 per ton mil re- | truck The large struction has been |makes necessary a large expenditure. This has resulte a material proportion of the nual appropriations in the | few rs being spent for tenance. However, as noted by Major Elliott, always been a fair-sized available for mew constructio “But all¢ of the needs of Territory for additional roads b not been met,” Major Elliott “led. The Commission h ored to keep in close touch v the situation and has studied isting conditions with a mileage on w ap- m it him view ed projects whenever it has ficient funds. Sixteen such projects, « exizting routes, have been this class. While they have |favorably consisted, it is nc sible to definitely program for initial construction pending propriations therefor. On Upper Yukon One such route is that conn ing Eagle, on the Upper Yu River with the 40-Mile dis where a summer freight rout needed to lnk the river placer mining areas. his gion is now served by a w sled road and summer trail pecting, dredging and hydra there in the vicinity of Dome Chicken creeks. Another route is that hetw Gulkana and Chistochena and future extension to Chisaia is a highly mineralized area « taining known deposits of =il {|lead, copper and gold. Ope (Continued on Page Two) FUNDS NEEDED |Alaska Road Commission | Favors 16 Projects— portion considerec He gave 2 import. to when the work on its time 1,623 por- automo- This | It reaches many of the areas connections ‘with -most routes, thus linking them up with Up to the end of the fiscal year at a Maintenance Cost Increases comple ant bala ende undertaking the most badly nee wholly new or new extensions Pr mining operations are in progress Radio Banned p After Midnight; y First Arrest EVANSTON, 1ll, Nov. 20 The first arrest for play- ing radio after midnight in Evanston was made when pe ook Mrs., Elizabeth Wo o custody early this mort Mrs. Wood was jailed after she slapped a police woman. The charge is disturbing the peace Inight. The radio was recently enacted city ordinance, THO WOMEN FOUND SLAIN: SEEK MANIA new mic o ban by a sion wa Mal om ces. un ling re not an. —Victims Pounced Upon in Sleep be iott Nott | were found dead yesterday, heads badly battered: Been choked, beaten saulted the b and /ilds HCW Ethe bodies of the viétims, Walter Resso, aged 21 yea her sister, Creta Brown, aged years Walter Resso found the bodi when he returned home yesterd afternoon from his work. He le at 4 o'clock yesterday working on a dairy route. The police believe the glaying was the work of a atiec. Two children, one nine months and the other thri warmoavere sledping o when ather returned home. sled by op- and the Iu s of P rail SECOND CRIME REVEALED mani OMAHA, Nov. 20.—A “hatchet man,” who in his brut fury pounces upon his vietims this|they sleep and crushes the 5 gkulls with his instrument "M qeath, is sought by the ““”H.n]iw for the killing of the tv TOM women found late yesterday, ar lian aged man and the woundir of another man and his wife While the madmamn apparent slays om- | gre- hosc su- | me- | sev does not children of attacked were belin their cribs. Rk Latest Victims ked| The latest victims of the ki §5 described by the police as ‘fiend, crazy man,” were Haro nile.| Stribling, aged 23 y form ool football stz hey were attacked he | Three Ma-|he babie famili harm two left oY, ates | wife. L ed the Stribling home at 3 ‘and beat in Stribling’s 1 After the struggle, he I|turned on the lights, w wual hands and asked Mrs 1 in,to see the baby. He a h calm stood fi veral minutes over the crib and to go| Omaha |swamps where she finally escaped hen forced |with him Mrs. Stribling air to the t W ,s|after held prisoner for thr o|hours. Stribling will probab! die. She is in the hospital crue ly beaten and may lost the sig of one eye resulting from attack. The attack on the came while hundreds of ox.|Were searching the city for ¢Imaniac who killed Mrs. Res “land sister, ana J. Blackma an expressman. |with an axe. n the ave add- av . poli H B d Canadian Control of Liquor Is Explained BOSTON, Mass., Nov. 20.—) Rosamund Duff, of Toronto, retary of the Ontario W. C. T. <on|National W, €. T. U, in sessic here, that under Government co; rict is|trol in Canada “faciiities for the sale of liquor means an increa r|erime and accidents.” She sa zing or sa :led to prevent bootlegg in of poisonous liquor il and liquor is obtainable, its|all the enormous quantity This, Government liquor sold in Can- on.l8da, there is a gr amount ver,|Tubbing aleohol used jond| Officials declare that —— (of the purchases are drinking."” « 75 per ce made Second Crime Is Revealed OMAHA, Nov. 20.-——Two women They had as- The clothes had been torn from Mre nd ay morning, double aged the Omaha | grown persons without mer- unharmed , and his after this | ticnal < 1o morning as they slept. He enter-| m. | head. shed his Stribling Striblings the All were Iu]lml‘ | at W.C.T. U. Session told the annual convention of the of liquor drinking, drunkenness, the Government control has fail- Canada, adding that “we are told if good nobody would want poison stuff. Yet with beverage. for l Husband Stra.ye'd,‘ Beauty Sfiés MISSISSIPPI . RIVER AGAIN ~ ONRAMPAGE Breaks Through Levees at ' Quincy, Illinois— Lfl lld FlOOd(’d OTHER RIVERS ARE OUT OF THEIR BANKS Thousands Driven from Homes 17 Persons Known Drowned after | i i ST. LOUIS, Nov, % % 3 lap of Old Man c i $ A : the deep rolling } 8 5 issippi Quiney, mitting 20.—Into the himself, untractable Mis- the anger of late flocds and lev near Ilinois, crumbled, per- the waters to sweep over thousands of acres of corn, wheat nd on both the Missouri wnd Ilinois sides the Mis- sissippi With the flood by the Kentucky and Cumberland Rivers in Kentuc the uneon- troller waters have so far claim- l ed 17 lives and inflicted prop- erty roughly estimated at $10,- 000,000 in Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma ~where the principal damage has been done and 14 of the 17 lost their lives. It is lmpossible to make a sur- lvey of the greatest vember a |flood in these States ever Mrs. Mary M. Kalven—the charming “Miss Cleveland of 1924” \ Miesouri River High —would rather have no husband at all than one who is con- " The Missouri “_“""' is running tinually straying from the domestic fold; so she’s suing f clggy. to & Rood stage ,across, iy or a | . divorce on grounds that her beauty-loving mate was—or i :';}’f"t"“:’:::"Or“"::‘lm‘)::";:a“’“ne:’: too friendly with another woman, ' re. She disdained to seck ali- I8t Lais’ is fhared. \railroads are blocked. were driven from their dwellings an LUUMING UN BATTLESH'P day, further abandonment of mark ever recorded in half a cen- River poured ric damage done pir 18 es pft n- ee in al ir of wo nd mony ifl her petition. . . | Smaller < streams Thousands Are Homeless in five Kentucky communities homes is expeeted. i g ’ Senate Successor to Curtis Pyt b - - - 4 Louis territory are NEw MAJURITY HOOVER GIVEN |water and many highways and 8o, | The number of homeless runs LEADER FlGHT BlG w E L c 0 M E into the thousands. One thousand alone and with the Kentucky and Cumberland Rivers still rising to- 4 | The guage at Quiney, Ill.,vmg- s Accorded High Honors istered 175 teet, the highest Furnishing New Polit- When He Sails for ical Pastime South America ly tury since it has been in use. Cold and snow follow the flood ing further rehabilitation and relief measures among thousands of refugees. Public buildings are thrown cpen as headquarters for flood victims, Highway damage already runs into hundreds of ands of dollars. es. | ok caun | WASHINGTU, N ABOARD | THE U of chooeing a ty |LAND AT SEA ,Nov MARY- 20.—With the ster Appare which i Iy atson of unches or wnch IResident of Gastineau Channel for Many Years, Passes Away the officials ce ly il ht | | problem 11- | leader to suceaed. Sena every honor except of a Presi- “u«“ is, Vice-President-E dential flag, President-Elect Her- 14 ing the Republican bert Hol left the United States or|the Senate HomME B0l ter on a mission of friend- | thous serious labor a Na.(ship to the Republics of ek ety r the Western Hemisphere | 57 oL A The Hoover party was cheered JOE PATTEHS“N atill '8 Mree.t ipon arrival at San Pedro by , ing waged in beh pecial train | kst Rebublican S The party boarded Admiral W. the namog Rl V. Pratt's barge and cruised two| 3 e kot [miles across the harbor under es- | loy L. JonesaiiMrash P '(\ rt of navy 1 IInlllml with | - ok cheering officers in full dress. o o o Of Orekon| Rear Admirals Nulton and Cole Senator GeorgéiH. Moses of New! . cre. among et Hampshire and Senator David A.| o ‘ll,yl‘l_y',ll'h pas r,-']"", “\;:l:.“‘ i Reed of Pennsylvania amon 105€}14nd's guns and those of nine | discussed |other battleships boomed a salute 21 Mr Seniority Waived ity has always guidin ht In dete the Senate posts, bu been waived in recent lection of a party. w Cabot Lodge, of died four years ago, was chosen although he ranked in seniority by w en of Wyoming, Utah and Borah of Idaho These three veterans dicated again that they chairmanships of their img committees to the cares of leaders, 80 the contest ha thrown_ wide open once mor Watson On Inside Track Senator Watson leader and believed its workers to have track Jones, who s outranks the Indiana Sen is however congid if an open contes velops. Decision rests with the part + :s which will probably y for called for the purpose until mber tor Curtis announces his ment or until shortly before becomes Vice-President of guns, | | Joe Patterson, Gastineau Chapi- and Mrs. Hoover stood onipel ploneer, passed away yestér- o quarter deck with Ambassa-|day afternoon at lis home in Ju= dor Fletcher as the ship cast off. ineau. He had been failing in De and planes escorted |health only a short time. ¢ Maryland out of the harbor.| Yesterday, Mr. Patterson weni The first stop will be atito work on the early morning Corinto. |shift at the Alaska Junean Mine he was employed as hoist A few hours before he was come off duty he returned home on account Of well. He went to bed and his condition quickly became serious. He died of heart failure about 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Mr. Patterson was born in and in 1866, He and his came to Alaska and settled Senio; troyers ce 3 80 n, \ b |m | to STEAMING SOUTH ABOARD U. 8. 8. MARYLAND, 0. Steaming southward speed of 15 knots an hour, ident-Elect Hoover is com- his plans for his mission good-will and understanding! the Latin American Republics S eee I ting L wife by =om the insid tha whip employ®d at 1he Treadwell Mine for over 20 years. go the family moved to Juneau and Mr. Patterson started work at the A. J. Mine where he has Viarian Ross, Member 0f Pioneer Family Of Alaska, Is Ih-ud; | since: been employed. 20.—The last| member of the Odd Fellows Lodge m n- se id PTLE, Nov ca of the ploneer will Alaska lof the be le Eagles He held |py his wife, Margaret Pattersom, {a ~daughter Mrs. Agnes Grigg, Rosses, Ross operated Tree Hotel in Nome later raising stock in|jjying in Oldham, England and finally settling at| he body is at the Carter Mor- Bothel, near here. A daughter,|iyary. The funderal will be at| Mrs. Agnes Cavanaugh, resides at|Thyursday afternoon at 2° o | 0.| Anchorage, and three sons, James, | at the I. 0. 0. F. Hall in Ji or| Mcrgan and Charles, Jr., in|under the auspices of the, Seattle ‘las and Junean LO. O, ¥ | Green 110 y Oregon ¥ for {uiding in of FINED FOR GAMBLING of — A report received here today the U .S. Marshal's office, sa Holland had been fined $100 gambling at Ketehikan, nt known, . the = 8¢ * choked with not feeling . in Douglas in 1897 where he was Six years He was a Marion Ross, aged 69,|for over 30 years, also a memiber is survived the |Charles Patterscn, & som, all res. Juneau and a sister