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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL XXXIlI., NO 4958 JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1928. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CEVTS YoUTHFUL SLAYER CONFESSES ONE CRIME NOT FOUR PROSPERITY IS |"*5¥"afts A6t 5 oo HOOVER IS N CONGRESS SESSION M.AY BEQUIET ~ NORTHCOTT IS STILL SHOWING }"*w:fi°gj(s)§,.:§v:§{:fj‘j‘j: ~ WAYSO.AMER. | - DESFITE MANY U @3.‘_’_’;4_“_;‘\ “> GRILLED HARD President Dawes will see almost ] i constantly before him his successor La:t Official Pronounce-|in cffice—sen. Charles Curtis of ' : § Ends \Mt to Central Am-! [* 1 [Confesses to Murder of ment of Hoover Is Made | Moreover, as Republican 1 i | erica f——K}ng Neptune ) T Mexican Lad on Cali- Public. Today b naie the next Vice resi.| B8 -5 ‘ Is Rulrmg Today ; : 1 4 Yy — «‘ 5 : s fomla Ranch dent will be thrown in daily con- tact with Mr. Dawes. It is the prob. - - SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, Nov. BUILDING REUIVITY | || ©ie oer oifonin il et : 0 rcideni-etee Hoover, clow:| WIS ORRN R, | T DR B RS | REFUSES TO ADMIT inst de-j | ( s ntral American tour MOST SATISFACTORY |ciont ot e presiins oric:x on v b hro Wednesday night| JE : - A OSSN : 3 OTHER SLAYINGS some of which he himself will be South America i called to decide in the next con- ¥ 1al holiday was pro- Conditions of Counhy in| ¢ . P Slaimed here Wadnestan e il T NG = Sk Sl g L Young Man Extradited All Lines Indicate situation is a new one fory ; thousand persons met Hoover at| 10 S : ks d et from B.C., Taken South F. 1 H ll’l {the Senate. Not the half | g the railroad station who came | % . - . L . : inancial Healt N e Vieo Prosident,| : |iere by train from Punta Arenas. | f8 i R W Talks to Officers ~ whose duty is to preside over| — » i S 3 3 WASHINGTON, Nov. 30—Her-|he Senate, been chosen from that| ' *epyapr e o e ey | THANKSGIVING DAY SPREAD | { e S b SR T : BAKERSFIELD, Cal, Nov. 30 bert Hbover's last officlal Dro-|pody's ranks. Back in 1832, how- | LES CURTIS O | "ABOARD U. S. . MARYLAND, R K0 ! . ¢ Deputy Distriet Attorney Farle nouncement as a servant of the|aver. John C. Calhoun resigned as|— -lenroute to Nov. 30.—| 3 . B, ehd ! Redwing, of Riverside County, government before his election as|yijce President to become a senator o ! bl This battlest rved Sunday A “ X - innounces that Gordon Northcott, in the form of the annual report| The picture this session mIght|.es hetween the two branches C Divine services aboard at-| i A % 3 5 i he was captured and brought of the Commerce Department for|well be entitled “the ma and She ke wats by hoth President-elect | < Lo ¢ : i N back to the scene of his alleged the fiscal year 1928, which closed| pupii” but it happens that the Pu-|gin-ca into log e ine oid ) '-!‘.nl )l:~ Hoover and r.ulrn, 4 : 5 P . 6 7% farm slayings, has made com- i June 80 DIl Senator Curis, 1s a precocious | e & \ elaborate dinner, to which the | Pl ¢ g & : Sie plete confession to the murder of The document’s keynote Stres- one for he is the s crew was invited | o p. : ) g in- identified, Mexican youth on aed e temarkabie sontinwlty Of of the tas ke 100 ProcTAE Kinatid saiburs 1 tter dinner the Maryland we B = Vi p i . 3 / the Northcott ranch the prosperity of the United States o pyle sesslon with high hopes rought .to hait momentapily e A 3 4 e Redwing said the youthful slay- during recent years and its pre-|’ In his ¢ E revision of the rules to. per. | While Davey Jone rsonal agent | N i A er said he told the officers that vafling upward tremd” in the!concrass At SN p L me fntaticn of ‘dehats. In|0f His Majssty tune, 4 \ . g Sanford Clark, his 15-year-old foreword, usually the Secretary's'partionlarly inte b st sl kRS . | Se .,lu.‘.lxlq : and l\~;|l‘l]v‘ sub- S s 0 . nephew, and _principal acenser, own preduction, the steadiness of jne of rul oW TR AL as | paralieled in &everity BMr. Dawes POnas \"‘[‘ ”‘ .‘“;(’ j“‘l“ \A'\‘T;H:\- s f 3 X 4 4 aided him, Northcott then told prices, the improvements in trans- an expert on the subject. For |four years ago d \ded that tho O v”“w‘ e . "[‘”‘,.”;m“vl:;u“' i B i N % 4 harshe DhraNd | Ve, S portation, and the phemomena of many vears he has been chairman |Senate make this RV EG LT, O TC AURUIE S0 initia . 4 youth's head at the ranch and 4 : . i ¢n the forecastle deck where a i . ™ 3 ’ b o T g R finance were treated, while agricul-|o¢ (no Senate rules committee, and long standing rulss which ) foTeomE s & e o X had taken the hody to Puente, ture was given a special study. |pe takes offic March 4, prob. | put few. bays BEainst QeBuYE ””'"”' Wnk San Leed 1l -y - e 3 WY California, where he buried it. y he takes office next Marc prob- | put g bate. sl Northeoll previo admitted “Viewing the agricultural situa-|ap1y one of the best qualified pre-| No change whatever has b "' While the calendars of the short session of the cevemticth Cengress comtain meny unsolvidipiiiroating the youth :]K;'r' o gt "‘; {very ma”;’;‘ siding officers of the Senate in his- | made in the rules during his term, problems, much firewcrks is not anticipated, barring unexpected developments. Muscle Shoals, T am Bappy not that § Rl ifference appears between condi- yory and it seems likely that Mr. Daw rb 13 g5 2 S e | m ha 5o s X oulder dam and farm rolief are among the left-over iscues to ccme up for comsideration whenitola it,” Northeott is qu tions in the fiscal year 1927-28 and | genator Curtis is credited with|will retire with the Senate stil i & I cott is quoted ag 3 mgworth (left) in the House and Vice-President Dawes (right) in the Senate set the' saving. the preceding fiscal yeal Mr. |y : . y its: ‘weltaptv 4 J > ¥ i ® h i Hoover's section said, “The uumx"l,:: T‘,‘,'h”,r;:tl‘?ufil‘:]r",:L‘“ullll,:: .x.'(r;;:‘l“A‘)’:],l.:mm,:‘i“nk”:‘"_.“: :!lt“ | L,[,A..l.wc machinery in action December 8., The Kellogg peace pact, up for Senate confirmatioh, Tells of Crime '8 8 ¥ v the ad e n Vi E eliberaty 1 Northcott told the Prosecutor harvested in the autumn of 1927 s when they were in body.” Debate 18 still unchecked 1s among the most formidable new problems. | e ¢ o that he “killed the lad on the :.‘-;:'(1;1I :ll:; u;‘;;;l:gm;"::mn“;:fi‘mxl» !Source of Plaster Starts In ranch, decapitating the body. “He | Soyerd ST W SEIEIERN S NUME RETURNS was axtully hard to kUL 1 puss g nase of 1926 and ) han in | T W / L,‘,i",,r;mf“,;,‘“ # er-,&,‘,’;’.'m’,‘,.l_INER ALASKA . Governot's: Daughter | vesug&xrial' San ‘anBITIUN M (A. P. Btaft Wiriter) ! fnine builets nto his head, ad this route. o A5 pistl and suitord snoy o 1920. [ President’s Son, | 1 WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—1 him through the neck with a .22 Demand for Production 5 | e P 2 4 an unexpec (m] b should : rifle, Sanford helped me saw off “It is true, that the increase in- Are Engaged [ AN QUIRFRLN, Gal,, Hov congress gives promise thi is head m it on the . g X his and burn Ao pie | ivw il | Sergeant Julius Scheppler frustra > ok agricultural production both ov ed an attempted prison break of inter ut( Jthek ' {sadndt gk ranth . snll ST ‘took: tNe’ Nody i a long period of time and during HARTFORD, Conn,, Nov. 30 ough thie doldrums of legisla iy g il e by i ) P R s . ; v Ol uente and burled it recent years has been decidedly Is RELEASED Coincident with the celebra- | |four condemned slayers; aided by e 3 Sundquist Beats Gaffney, "Northeott declared he would less rapid than that in the produc- tion of the twenty-fifth wed. | |two long term convicts Prison | The ok di nz 23 1 | ¥ Jotes witl fight the case if it was tried in tion of manufactured and mineral| ding anniversary of Gov. and | suards sald the break was s he "’ or startling natu Votes with One | Los Angeles but would plead guil- ! Rt s ol v o Mrs John H. Trumbull last | |uled for last Wednesday night s oukolyad prOblen i D end e i e e o O Rohiota: -wiishb e do%. thy o Steamer Hlts in Wrangell | | wednesday night, formal an. | [had been engineered by th ¥ MUCh Appmhe"“"’" Felt| Lot (e Toek wabston: bt then 6l Precinct Out b o ies of life, tends to in- Narrows — Lifeboats nouncement was made we | [condemned men who drove tun When Third P]WwCli\n ‘.|:.’,mn‘ to tell just what £ NOME, Nov. 30.—W only| Redwing said Northcott seem- & ;i e pmie| . th t 1els bhetween the two condemned ¢ " ¢ | se little if any more rn[mll\" engagement of h Ik C l d members who ma one mall precinet wih ev ed deathly afraid of Los Angeles. 3 ¥ 7 . LS ol " atidthor - dall b s Called n I &k than population, On the other| Are Made Ready Florence to - John cells and another cell occu Is I |and senate will stir u votes to be received the follow Confession Hard to Get hand, there is practically no limit — Coolidge, son of President and &by the two long termers | AR ‘\_ & . |Seventieth Cong P i re. those ele 1 and whose pc The confession came by de- to the demand for manufactured| SEATTLE, Nov. 30.—Confusion | Mrs. Coolidge It was indi- | | y stuffed the bricks from the| 'lflf"\“”»‘ y ov. ; 30 The | pictory at moom, Mar |tions cannot be ected prees. Yesterday Northcott sadd commodities, many of which are in|oceurred abosrd the itner Alaska, | osted thet the wedding will | | tunnels into mattresses and hid the King's condition ‘showed some |5 L0 Blpen By R 4 fh re oK glisag who* {# i burned the head and buried the nature of semi.luxuries or lux.|when losing the way in the dark-| | not take place before next | |entrance of the tunnels t "”'f"»':"”_‘,“" today but this I8 re-| ..\ 01 appropriation b Kel.|{votes- ahead of Th Gaffney £ o uri ven if the need for one|ness Wednesday night the steam-| | summer eliminating the beds garded. WF NS, fioaie that he i8], Joulder 3 ; (Continued on Page Two) type fully met, new and more|er grounded on a reef in Wran- ' | bility of a White House Six di ¢ 1 P » treaty, | anvon o tor f the lon term out of nger The official bul-! ¥ 2 o ~oe— - ¥ l1etin 1. “{nflammation of the|dam and the’ $274,000000 naval| srson wtor for- the short highly elaborate articles. are con.|gell Narrows near Petersburg. mony. files, saws, grappling hooks 1 : " A o feet of rope gcaling i . s e ime|puilding program are an the was elected by a large stantly coming into use with the| Cable advices here stated the |i— > for g e O e 1, | major (asks {0 be tackled at the |majority. | : advaneing standards of living and|Alaska bumped several times, ——— prison wall were found hidden DEOVETORL HIS JEmATE % short session ‘starting December | For Representatives: Alfred J Injured Brakeman of equipment : .,,,‘,\]‘,(.““,L th(In”f'l. v'\;L l:‘ 8 ,‘“1‘::“ H'(.J::;”::li :\!‘( :“””‘I&':.nlhx( l:( g possible spread of infection, , altl 'HLII congre . uell le .njln s A "n.m|1: l[“‘ uvl!“’v”}.l ,7;“ ‘I‘ 4Tull; Prevents Building Lifeboats were swung and DY W YU ust be noted, has not vet are undecided) whethe farm O oo A 1 g e . ; AL pade el TRAKL be when he investigated. the so Y ndy Nylen, thirds and C. J.| | R. R. Disaster Turning to another field, the re.|Preparations and in any case progress must]problem should be port marked that “during the past|Passengers. | ot piagter TRl 8 ons 90E18 ¢ be slow.” mediately or postponed WooltgRstsourth, JERN STHIM . Ua | seven or eight years, the amount| A survey showed the vessel IN Dls E ST T s Bilakll wan posted atter] sl ion in the early spring hind Nylen. All except Nylen, MEMPHIS, Tenn., Nov. 30, of construction (of buildings) in|in mo danger although the hull, Christmas Beoxes Going i Mol Sir Stanl Anti-Injunction Proposal 10 ran as an Independent, are A railroad brakeman suffer- | 3 el i ol |a prolonged visit by niey i the United States has been un.|Was damaged, several plates be-| publican ed a broken bone here L % Hewett and Lord Dawson, during| While these questions in ithe| c paralleled in the history of this |8 SPTune. ! WARD‘ To Far A“ay Children which time they called in a third | minds of many members hold fore-| % - but saved the Panama Lim- | or any other important country.’ The Alaska freed herself after | | physieian for consultation most positions a host of s sub STOCK QUOTATIONS ited, Nlinois Central's fast Chi. | “This high activity reflects both|@n hour under her own power, WASHING ’m , Nov. 30—Sev The alarm which the calling|jects are rubbing should 1 S : | | cago to New Orleans train expansion of the equipment of in.|then proceeding to Petersburg. enty-five thousand Christmas boxes{op iy Humphrey Rolleston caus-|one another to obtain poin NEW YORK, Nov. 30.—Alaska| | trom disaster dustry and commerce,” Mr. Hoo.|She had 135 passengers aboard. \Blg Carrier Has Accidentisent by members of the Juniori.q, was headed off by a simul-|vantage This latter group in.|Juneau mine k is quoted today W. C. Lightfoot is the brake- ver's report said, after giving the| Bo. Red Cross of America are on their) yaneous semi-official announce- cludes - the Shipstead anti-inju 8, Chrysle 120%, Eiti man and he suffered his in- figures of the continuation, “and| The Alaska was in Juneau wst| Near Aleutians—Boats | way 1o children of other counivics.| ment saying the King was altion proposal, r nol holds 41%, Kennecott COPDEr| | juries when a string of freight marked improvement in the quali-|Wednesday morning and left for Hurrying to Aid { Some of the boxes, destincd for|jittle better al around tion, coal legiklative and a group| 145%, M e 72%, Nevada Con-| | cars piled up along the right- ty of that equipment, and, above|the south at about moon, several ofi. ~lul‘“ far Im'r'hf‘r"] countric 4 r RS, lof senate investigating committe ;")"I-‘h te "l‘tki\"‘\ Motors| | of-way «and blocked the pas- all, in the quality of the homes of |hours after arrival here from the | Nov. 30.—With '17|thosé i-Ntepe along the Bal reports. %, Sears, Rochuck 194%, § sage of the passenger train the people.” Westward. Lo “T\‘..m e engine room, 8e& Where the fce closes in carly ?d‘())R'EmSKENEfFUI; REPOB‘E re| O the whole array of questionsart-Warner 11 U. 8. Steel} | which was to follow 10 min- R. R. Business Good No further word has been re- . (Mwl“” American Shipping had to be shipped from New Yo “\\‘a‘; ;: nu;r;- xlm\.rlwil ‘““”\m sonie 14 etiemabinaR to Capitol Hill Texa yrporation 68% s Totar Railroads were said to “have|celved of the steamer’s condition i,y ;any's steamer Chief Maquil- by October 25. A | eadimit Bkteth chakn . PAiacé land the inquisitive citizen can tind SRR Lighttoot, despite his : continued to furnish adequate and (and it is presumed she proceeded 'j, g 50¢.1on grain carrier, is Tl PONEY. HigEilled by | terday as a result of the m mnnu,l“’l""“ 8 gisfmptinony and repo A Magill, ploneer Cook Inlet} | staggered up the track and efficient service and to enjoy large |to Seattle. {oididrek a3l axa¥ e United S Ibulletin issued which reported [0n each of them fin fhe v i i B it ,"“'“" herel | with the aid of a lantern su traffic and revenues.” O S R Montreal Maru, racing to her as-|and among the article *|the infective process heing held |commitiee rooms of the two ! Ho »H.‘:. ‘:\n' o e home| | ceeded in flagging the: limited “The betterment of railway serv. | sistance. The latter steamer was! hair ribbons, handkerch [ i Eiokaeke T that his-Majekty|S : route to his home| | 5 4 gtandstill fco has heen the result of an ef. Investigation Follows ,2!-0 miles from the digabled craft|and games. Fruit and candy are| oo weanseday night quietly.| The Boulder Canyon ¢ i, | ‘I'(‘)‘ 3. '.m‘ after a busine fort on the part of raflway com- Coast ‘Guard Shootlng 5 o'clock, Pacific time last|barred on account of their perish- % i].x‘u[mxnx government con | e 5 A IR — | shooting rockets to guide the panies themselves,” it was added, night, and was expected to nr-ia"k’ nnfurer gy SUMMONED TO BEDSIDE of a huge flood control.p “and of cooperation on the part of IFF, - 30.—F rive at the side of the Chief| _— LONDON, N The | £ation dam on the Colorad m ”ll or F l”{ ' ”f ‘9, ame shippers and receivers 6f merchan- praB]La ntl%?u‘n?v‘ 1)Iflzl\!aol‘: aae m(e:;, Maquilla this forenoon 3 Prince of \.\':‘Alu-:\.lu t \\mlnmd.’n’;' is' iy KOEUNSHRE SHiNinas e dise. The railway companies have . < 4 6% Steamers Atlantic City and com Kt 1ok - 08 senate The measure, passed by improved their rcadbeds and equi { ibyoatsath AL Jhoniing by {Domedono Maru are also pro PR s Ot lex of the house late last n | l’ -,1 2 ’ l l 4 B o p- | . . ” edono Maru E 4 j 3 e wilds Africa {410 ROUSS L y T P-lthe Coast Guard when a “M““ et the . Ohilet Maqoilien s journey from the wil Africa e % ? UCHS t wan sua (4 ment. e 8l | " . | Stor debate, pre tated Reks men ham magn. pacfcularty | e, "%, T, 30IeA, o8 Itk ifo : AR WAy of nis sick tather e | At e . conspicuous in the form of regional U"t""’“:‘\"” the mouth of the NI-|*"word from the ship is being ) day morning, The Prince arrived |8ion the two Arizona senators ur GOlng Bfl('k to Congress advisory boards of the American|"“oar) Ande A ltaken in three relays with re-| : ¢t Dares Salaam Wedncsday even- | doubtedly will make another ¢ Railway association. R - 0”““'“@ delay. . ing. He is to await at Dodoma termined fight against its 0 i Gold Movement the bug's‘crew, was shot to death,} gy, firet word of the accident, %% 11is Rhundas hroviicr, the Duke|Mebt) SWALLOW FLOCK—1st pag will number 40 in the Hotse. oM AT and Bdmund Sand, 24, and other t v known, ‘was re- RS OTOsIer, TR, SIS & AREIOTON. - 2ov. | 30- bt o : ouse. AN Analyzing the movement of gotd| it © I LE E L re serious 'W“““ 1. yeot B , 4. ¢ Glouchester, who 15 hunting New Farm Bill _WASHINGTON, ~ Nov. 30.—The | this number, nine were defeated fnf to Europe, with the fluctuating re. By Wounded. e ('ehed hu'e yesterday morning. |in another field. Both will prob-| On farm relief Senator McNary of “lame .Iu‘(k,' n the house | primary campaigns for the nomis serve bank rate that has accom-|" () AT Ly T {Ofticials belteve the cargo of lum-| ably. safl Sunday on the cruiser|of Oregon, who heads the agricul-|during the coming thsee-mouths nation of their respective parties, panied it, and the resulting swings sho:f‘;l; v::l:‘j:slilied prGhL bm‘:‘:’;:*; shifted causing the ship to| Enterprise which left Aden Wed- | ture committee, has announced he of Congress will b htly and the other 31 were beaten im L';,;’:";a';fifig“:'fi;‘ln‘:;’: S that! suspected of being a rum runner,| The Cief Maquilla is believed extraordinary volume of trading K nesday, 2,000 miles aw ! will introduce a new bill minu the average over a number|the national slecticn. —— .- the t ed equalization fee|of r Beside 10 w i failed to heave to when ordered. !", be near the end of the Aleu- - p # ; -” he controverted equalization les th 0 who will retive on the stock exchanges,” the c"“_! tian Islands and may be towed||! ‘ San rrapcisco Man, provisions, ~ He has expressed b e v ¢ 1o |1rom Congress March 4, there also & |lief that this long standing prob-| Tylar Page, « 38| w111 e 29 more who will give G ¢ ho abhors the use of the . ac » ation indicated “a healthy state of Slayer Is Shot at §00 3 Dutch HatRepan g, Student at Oxford, lom can be solved without an extra | RBjors (the, B the! ihoir seats of thelr aws'accord il businoss activity.” | \ ¥ t me duck” and politely n fMhe country’s foreign trade was Opening of Trial p,yql Recommended .| Found Dead; Accident e o dome o o eora: ™M\ scolds newspaper _corrospondente |y d'Ih, 5o vontieth Gongrens Wil will be done on this score thay o it (SAsBiaie illustrated by special report sec- - 2 2 tions prepared by Dr. Julius Klein, | the department’s director in that| activity, Canada’s emergence as the best customer of the United States displacing Great Britain from a long held post, was noted ! and the conclusion was expressed . s 3 | Alon i o far blem | ©¥* PRAGUE, Czecho-Slovakia, Nov. For Thomas Miller 4 OXFORD, Nov. 30—Dr. R. Dby o0& withy the farm problew|, ., with him, has estimatéd tha |t v revision. Pres 1uv lect | 7 Seventy-first, re 'w |dent who assassinated Zena Bey,| WA SHINGTON, Nov. 30— - ing in Oxford, was found dead out-| oo 3% Ay avintatint. Bk viE SE rtis both have suggested tariff! . be increased further by ds nuu Albaria, was shot to death at the New York of charges of conspiracy Cohen’s body was found on the usually runs about 12 per cent. | jassassin was a sérvant of Zena been recommended for parole by student, It was his third year in! ¢+ S _|bers who still have three months} has been linked the by Thus in the next | than nine per cent of the House and Vive-President-clect face les: o) h {Albanian Minister at Prague, and Thomas W. Miller, former Alien side the window of his ence | ¢, i 4. unloas . SRR DU : {duck” class. The average, he says, {the agricultural industry, and some| | ©Of this group leaving the (Cogtinued op Page Seven.) ‘397 J the Federal Parole Board. the University. } ¢ ((,‘ tinned on l"ne Three) |to serve after defeat at the D“"m[ X 30.—Alcibiade Bebe, Albanian stu- -~ Cohen, San Francisco student 1iv- | . 00 only a fraction more membershjp will be in the “lame | his brother.in-law, King Zogn, of Property Custodian, convicted in v trom which it is believed he #ell | ,ovicions as one means of aiding winter. ‘opening of his trial here today, His to defraud the government, has pavement. He was a non- mllflualhmi.mmm of congress feel a farm The “lame ducks,” or those mem-| o 'y e qum acu)nl a few v |