The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 4, 1928, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIIL, NO. 4961. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1928. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS MANY ISSUES PLACED BEFORE CONGRESS ESTIMATES OF §2,000,000 ARE MADE FOR A.R. C. Chief of Engineers Asks Congress for Big Appro- pr iation for A. R $1,150,000 SOUGHT FOR NEW PROJECTS Total for Improvements and Repairs $850,000 Projects Listed WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 4 For new construction and mainten- ance of Alaskan and du fiscal year endi 30, and b Chiet of submitted roads trails pr nd repair of ex ing projects $850,000 was re mended, and for new projects 150,000, This in accord with the ap:| proved program of the Alaska Road Commission. | om- §1,. Need Larger Funds In discussing the proposed oper. ations, the report of the Chief of | Engineers said prelimin con- | struction would he completed on | the Fairbanks-Circle iproject, | (Steese Highway), but little other new work would be accomplished | “unless much greater annual ap- propriations are made little can Pe détie (v meet the pressing noed for improvements to and extension of the system, especially in pro-| viding urgently needed highway | and trail feeders to the Govern-| ment railroad. The annual main. | tenance of the road and trail s tem after completion, as nearly can be estimated at present, will cost ahout Allocation of Funds Discussing the distribution of the $2,000,000 appropriation recom- mended for the coming fiscal year,! the report of the Chief of Engi- neers specified the following tricts: Southeastern Bethel $61,000; §433,400; Southw kwim, For proved spent tion: Bagle, $40,000; Chitina, $80,000; airbanks, §200,000; Southwestern | $180,000. For approved projects mot yet was recommended lowing distributions: Chitina, $100,000; $130,000; Southwestern $100,000; Nome, $120,000. For new projects likely to be de- veloped, $200,000, as follows: Southeastern Alaska $20,000; Beth-| el district, $20,000; Valdez, $25.- 000; Chitina, $110,000; Kuskokwim | $25,000. —————— dis- Alaska, X agle, | (Chiti $671,225; Kusko- 200; Fairbanks, 63,400; $65,500; Nome, $213 new construction, projects, $500,000 with the following on ap- will be distribu- | ¥ Alaska, construction on| started, $450,000 with the fol- Fairbanks, :\!u:&ku.i | Delegate Sutherland ‘ Suggests Amendment, * | Alaska Fisheries Law, WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. amendment to the Alaska fish- eries conservation law to prevent preparing for sale as food, sal- mon above 48 hours dead, ig pro- pesed in a bill by Delegate Sutherland. Under the measure it will be| anlawful to “can, salt, ice, freeze or preserve, for sale, as food, for consumption, salmon more than 48 hours after killed.” — Anj 110 reache tour | will | progress will find itself in a well- {by all Latin-American countr. {and Urugu 'mw%fim MAKING DASH FOR LONDON Prince Speeding Home on Warship—Duke Trav- eling by Canoe Washm gton M eetlng Of American States Lms at Arbttruluu” IMPR( 7EMENT IS NCTED, CONDITION CF KING GEORGE LONDON, Dec. 4. physicians, this afternoon bulletin saying rovement the a issued | in gene jesty noted quiet morni 100.2 d is All the bulle- Premier in the a com- ypointed | in be- | while he ians LONDON, Dec. 1 has been profoundly dramatic dash { Wales and his | of uceste I their fathe the hunting fields the Eastern Coast of The , warship En is ploughing homeward at full spegd |~ bearing the Prince it will bej possibly December before xm, reaches Eondon, Throughout the trip he keeps 1n, constunt. tonch . with the, nom[ Family by radio. Af Alexandria another cruiger awaiting the Prince and even flying boat has been prepared nt he wants to complete journey by air Meanwhile news illness has been taken to the Duke of Gloucester in Bangweuli swamps of northern Rhodesia where he has been hunt- ing. He is making dash for the railroad by means of a canoe, the fastest transportation avail- able All England | »d by the| Prin ot} the Dulkte the bedside of George, from omewhere along Afri rprise of the brothe to a General principies for "ulntratm' of disputes between raun | American nations will be developed at the Intermational Confer cnce of American Ctates on Arbitration and Concilliaticn at Wash- ingten, D. €., in “The Hall of the Americas” (above), Pan-Ameri can' Union Building, 8ecretary Kellogg (lower left) and Charles Evans Hughes (right) will be Ame 12 is By L. A. BROPHY (A. P. Feature Editor) a in the Bride Groom Aged Aged On Honeymoon WASHINGTON the Dec Americas uniform policies for of all 4 countries of the King" y ranners bound by 2 [ peaceable ques: it th of Am - ration and € I|m|n. BOSTON, Dec | can State Mas d Past Christian Ch ar-old r former Sunday , are ir today The Leonard Wade and M resa Deane, The couple looked more like a mother and son. Wade's parents are endeav- oring to find some grounds f annulment but without su since both principals complied all legal formalities a December e for whi ciliation at and husband, who School the chjec alled conference a year ago aft sixth Pan-Ame favana and the Unite asked to play host It comes now at a tin continuance and amity between th and the countries of Latin-Ameri- ca is in the forefront of world .m] tention because of the good will of President-elect Herbert Hoover. 5 This requested effort of the! United States to aid its southern, neighbors to better relations among " themselves, which if successful mean spur to economic| I it was cted the The proj close e of on th TO ACT FOR KING LONDON, Dec. 4 The Mail says a decision has reached to appcint a comm to act for the King when His Majesty from England after {in March, 1925, It is understood the commission will comprise Lord Chancellor, Premier, Archbishop of Canter- bury and the Duke of York Difficulies are said to arisen over the signing cf papers. COURTSHIP OF SEVERALYEARS ENDS FATALLY Rejected Suitor Kills| Sweetheart, Her Moth- er and Himself honeymoon n newlywed Dails been on done absent illness 4 Stat when the was & his ceess have tate Old Coast Guard Cutter Bear May Be Given Oakland a The Bear, ntury L reseu-| WASHINGTON '(»hl Coast Guard dutter { which for over halt broad | plied the hern wat {ing many stranded Arctic survi- To lay down certain funda-|Vors, wculd be given to the City principles to be followed of Oaklanw, California, under the jes in terms of a bill filed in the settling disputes which dre arbi- House, by Representative Albert tral and to provide a um,,,,.m‘Curter, Re pll-)]lrun't»f California. (2) To permit the United States| M h and \I-‘~11;\‘1~’::m;s;-y' ’l:rn soen to sign arbitration treaties with all the (Princess Mary 4 - Latin-American countri There attle, enroute to Tacoma and other are effective now five such treaties| Washington ‘[“ “[" for a several with Brazil, Ecuador, Haiti, Peru, “Mk‘ vacation all consummated in lighted position in the world’s at- vee 4 tention. Aims Of Conference conference two « The No aims: 1) mental has method of selecting arbitrotors. | i \ | | AMEROID, Sask.,, Dec. 4. Re- jected as a suitor after a court- \ship of several years, William Lagua, aged 30 years, lit stick | of dynamite with his c te, |while he held his former sweet- | heart in his arms, killing him-| \gelf and the girl and the | \&irl's mother, who tried to sop- (arate them during the stry e. Lagua was a well-digger quarreled recently with the Beatrice Barrager, aged 26 the attentions 6 of his rival 1909, Three of four fundamental mon- arbitral principles which this coun. try has incorporated in treaties | with European nations will be in- cluded in the treaties projected | for South America, They are questions of sovereignty and inde- pendence; domestic issues and a Te | also 1 rl, over u‘nnnnuea “on Page Seven.) NEW CHAPI'ER IN HOOVER'S REVEALED BY WOMAN IN NEW YORK NEW YORK, Dec. 4.—A hither. to unchronicled chapter of Herbert Hoover's life has been revealed by Miss Lucy Fletcher Brown. Thirty-six years ago, Mrs. Brown had a private school for girls in Calitornia. Hoover took care of the horses. “He was a silent worker and knew how to take care of horses,” -m Mrs, mgm kept the mm LIFE Forbidden to the girl’s home, Lagua yesterday called and again pleaded with Miss Barrager to marry him. When she refused, he seized her in his arms. Her screams attracted the attention of a neighbor who arrived just 41in time to witness the tragely. e e STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Dec. 4.—Alaska Juneau mine stock is quoted to- day at 9%, Chrysier 141, Cudahy 67, Eiligon 38%, Kennecott Coppex 139, Missouri 71%, Nevada Conzoli- dated 38%, Packard Motors 140%%, ‘Sears, Roebuck 185%, Stewart- Wnrnnr 117, Texas Consoiidated 67%. U. 8. Steel 164, O aYOU ris tma% Suommlm -DAY; LONLY'( MORE: in a room on the top flcor. He ate his breakfast and supper in the kitchen and carried his lunch to school. After he left the) school he waited on table in the Encina Hall, boys’ dormitory at Stanford where he was a fresh- man.” | Mrs. Brown said Hoover had a| positive genius for doing ‘things.| He never wor and never said/ ‘anythings <just “went pheld and| ey i il tha | | market | children, ANCIENT AND MODERN WILL VIE FOR HOOVE dern progress in Peru in contrast with centuries-old will 'be vicwed by President-elect Ho.ver ( when “v‘y dock at the wharf (lower right) at Callao pht) of Peiu ig ncw serving a third term., 1he interest ng eights of the capital. 1st ABOARD U. S. 8. MARY- LAND, Dee. 4—The battle- ship is gliding over smooth waters off the coast of North- ern - Pern' while--2residents. elect Hoover rested and stud- ied, with the mountains of Peru dimly visible in the distance. Mr. Hoover began to study and analyze the great mass of printed matter vrepared for him by the Ecuadorian officials,. This data was given him when he visited Guayaquil to be used to wupplement imprestions gained on the visit from conversations with cflicials. Seeks Eugenic Mate | By L. A. BROPHY (A. P. Feature Editor) WASHINGTON, Dec much to excite the [”. srbert Hoover, preside | Peru he reaches there | good will tour of Latin countries | The Tacna-Ari tional controve and Chile since | process of divect megotiations be- tween the two republics United States, after an active part {in attempting to further'a settle- | ment standing by hoping f | success of these negotiations | Aside from the possibility rlml this issue may be brought to the ion of the President-elect, ffers the good-will party an iguing view of South American anclent and modern Modern Architecture There will be unfolded tourists & magnificent | medern architeeture, bathed |soft sunshine of the tropic | fleeting glimpses of the ) civilization of the Inea | even Pilzarro, conquerc | country, stood in awe, | Li apital of the {known in ancient times |“City of Kings,” is elght mile {from the port of Callao, at which {the Hoover boat, the batileshiy [ Maryland, will dock. It Lima of which has been written “In awful pride, enthroned above the skies, Peaks upon peaks in match- less grandeur rise; 'Mid frowning glaciers upon whose snowy crest, The e fon of elect, on Amarican a ween now na- bet 1883, is a ire, to the ta in the v of ble republic, of cir: Odell Tiring of her proic cus strong woma (above) announces for the band.” Her eugenic are that candidatc muscular, poss mind, a lover of cc on Della i she perf | m»nr tall, | good | and be a life t d of untry savage vulture builds its BRY ‘nest.” Peru's greatest rescurces of na- | tional wealth are mining, Mr. Hoo- For Greater Penalties | ver's own profession, and agricul-| | ture One of For quuor Violationsis_transportation o cularly modern highways, although much progress has been made in |the last decade. Fine Highway facilities, WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.—Greater | penalties for yiolations of “the liguor Jaw were firzed by Clarence! Gallao now 14 connected True Wilson, General Secretary!ypima by a 60-foot concrete road, of the Board of Temperance, Pro-| oo, qidered one of the finest built hibition and Public Morals of the highways, but progress in Methodist BEpiscopal Church, in & pujiding has been impeded by the report at the gnnual meeting of gyponse and Sihenlty of con. the Board of Managers of the Or- gructing highways in such a ganization, He advocated passage jmountainous country. However, of the Stalker bill which will make ! iquor law yiolations felonies. (Continuea on Page Saven) 'R ATTENTION IN PERU remnants wer left) and his party of goad-will tour-| President Augusto B. Leguia The municipal builling (uppe ,, ucumml b | ' trat in duction his measure by Senator McNary Peru stabilization of corpor: in’ derly The market, its greatest needs! parti- | with road | Penitentiary which FINAL MESSAGE 1S PRESENTED BY PRESIDENT Old and New Problems Recommended for Con- gressional Action 'FEDERAL FARM BOARD | LEGISLATION DESIRED Wants Nav»al Construction Bill for $274,000,000 to Be Made Law Dec. 4 Pres- g today had on the crowd- and he annual me; recomme old and new plea to the at in times toil what ndations ny nding h remember perity Ty ined The Pre |to the D! tl unremitting Is neces- to has been dent sent his Senate and House 4 n message by mes- age urged farm Federal Farm in disposing of problem. il Naval Stren; . oguia (UPBSY| roie " Preniong T liratad . the left) et Lima is among| qesire of the Administration for }Il\' reasing the naval strength. relief Board to the surplug }-,\uh thelp a of the old Inca -~nd' pre-Inca | he President gave his views yon rivers and harbors legislation, | Boulder Canyon Dam, Musecle |Shoals, immigration, and a di- |versity of other subjects, "Rhe _ President remmm»ndod Wiy, thet. th 8224 08 aval construction rr rnun n Fedmal Farm Board ident called for the the measure creating NOWBRAFTED . Senator M(va Presents .m.x g fund vided by the Government to sist cooperative N(‘W Meaauwfi—/\dmm- |farm organizations in marketing by & aer |the surplu P8, istration’s Approval | e Prestesnt belief that t} Farm ' refrain from of 1l pr o cr reiterated his e Government should entering the field \ private electrical power en- rprise in conmection with Boulder Canyon Dam and Mu Shoals PYROMANIAC AT < LARGEINN. Y, Three Fnt’s Beheved to Have Been Set by One Person—3 Dead NEW WASHINGTON, Relief islatica Coolidge desig Dec. 4 drafted on the and apparently the Admin tarted on e with the intro-| surplus control{ ien, ‘ha in the Senat th. 16 been th way of The tablishes a Fed-| with fund ml proposed | ions In or. DS measure Farm Board 00,000,000 to [ e a as | marketi withholding of er irpluses 1 controversial fee has been left out ure introduced today, - o 'ALASKA WINS TAX APPEAL, SAN PRANCISCO, Cal The decision againss the Consolidated Canneries and | Pacitic IMsheries n a suit ertain fish trap taxe 1923 was affirmed here the Circuit Court of Appe the Ninth Circuit in favor Territory of Alaska equalization | of the m YORK,, Dec. 4.—Three killed, two were in- ;mmx and lives of hundreds of thers were endangered in three separate fires believed to be the ‘\uvrk of a pyromaniac. the first blaze in a tene- house at Bast Fourteenth two women and one man suffocated when the fire through the five story trapping them on_the | persons were {ime n( | Street “‘I‘; “-l"l‘ were Alaska fgnreaq Alaska |pi1ding, involv- gt r the| ghor afterwards, today | gjscovered in baby carriages and s lamong rubbish in hallways of O tenements on Kast Fifteenth Street, The fires were ex- inguished but hundreds were routed from their beds. hals bélieve the fires set by one person. - Richmond, spend some me, Mrs. F. N Cheyne and daughter Elea- accompanied by Mr. Cheyne's Mrs. A. Cheyne, left to- r Seattle. top ‘-H‘»-Iv_ 8 ¥ fires were by for the e This suit was the local U acided by the late Judge d against the packer s the surtax on fish in traps. Arguments in the made before the Circui Appeals on November ney General John od there for the T originally br District ought Court e in were Enroute to Calit,, to re urt le Rt Pnsoner Would S peml COLUMBIA, 8. €., Dec. Hen- negro returned Scrivens, Charleston negro, | begged to he readmitted. i South Carolina's oldest prisoner in| He pastly paralyzed and point of service, lives in fear that|almost deaf. The only time he ' the law may force him to leave the | leaves his cell block except has been his|meals is a daily trip to the & {for cigarettes. He knows only of sentenced to llle‘u( his fellow prisoners by 1. to the prison and is home The 43 year: negro | imprisonment in 1885 for burglary | his deafness having made it Bm] larceny. In 1924, Gov. Thama.«,n cult for him to learn othe . McLeod paroled him but hardly | the men he knew in fo (hre(-' months passed before the|are either dead or have left