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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIIL., NO. 4966. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1928, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS HARDING IS NOMINATED FOR JUDGE OF FIRST DIVISION S||_VER WAVE ’Pans Divorce Courts MISSING UN VOYAGE SUUTH By SAVINGTON CRAMPTON (A. P. Staff Writer) Little Motorship Left K(‘l— ERSIN Dagr die Mtjetiont: oy . mand for French divorces has ex-| chikan December 1— |ceeded the supply so far that two years are required for delivery Not Reported Under the French government's \3 policy of striet curtailment the di-] TWELVE MEN ARE | vorce machinery of the courts has| been slowgd down 4o a quiring more patience than divorce seekers are able to ter. The ABOARD VESSEL Steamer Northwestern, Ar- riving in Seattle, Fails to Slght Craft SEATTLE, Dec. IH No word come from the motorship Sil- Wave, with 12 men aboard, which sailed from Ketchikan for Seattle ten days ago. The Silver Wave left Ketchi- kan December 1 and was on the lagt leg of the trip from Nome to ittle, liner today mus- result has gestion ou the div of the Palace of Justice that the Paris bar complaining. French divorces dragging along slow and ocking other casges. Two years for,a Paris divorce (from demand to receipt is the av lerage time estimated by lawyers The Paris bar favors a return to former procedure which finished off cases in 18 months at latest, What lawyers are asking for \yu cifically return of the * vorce by mutual consent.” this the judge re couples secking divorce in his of fice b court opened These were mnot inscribed on the register and the Jawyer: to brief re. been such con- e cal ur!.n‘ are as snails ha ver The arrived for her The Silver Wave was carrying the crew of the motorship Don- aldson passengers and should have made the voyage from Ket- chikan in 80 hou “Heavy weather and poor visi bility is reported in Southeastern Alaska and T believe the Sil v was forced to anchor the helter of some cove,” said Ralph Lomen. R COUNTRY WHITE HOUSE IS NEED PAN-AMERIGAN FOR EXECUTIVE CONFERENGE IS Pregdnt Conie Makesk OPENING TODAY Suggestion i e ‘-,13 llun " Newq 1 WAS ”l\h'l“\ # [)l( 10— x[\kh paper Article |paiser for the part played by 5 {the Republics of South Am in advancement of peace was ex- which Juneau and lookout sight Northwestern, from kept a vessel but the close did not port the system ourt limited their eloquence marks. The Most divorce cases xpeditious all gls- method lawyers was feel tha ting the court r ter is like throwing a ingwrench into the wheels of justice. | Postponement of cases scheduled )nr trial should be made more dif- ‘fuuh, it is felt. — eee in isolated monkey- slow-moving ST. LOUIS, Dec. 10—Tha St : )50 Louls Post-Dispatch, in its Fiftietn | Pressed by President Coolidge to- A rtyor copyrighted edition, |44y In welcoming the delegates ] to the Pan-American Conference publishes an article from President Coolidge telling of the demands made on the time of the Presi-| dent. | The President suggests a coun-, try White House in the hills near on Conciliation and Arbitration. delving into the lern Hemisphere, the Chief Ex- ecutive cited instance after in- |stance of conferences and treaties Washington, D. C., where the Exe. i, f,xing to the cause of peace cutive may escape the summer' i he termed milestones’ lw;x.l. of the Capital. | that the - way: to. fature resident Coolidge said he has progr the foundation of the distinction of being the health- ; |work of the present conf jest President rence. the country ever| gl b e had and ability to keep well is e 1o veguiar nanie " ** FRYE BRUHN AUDITOR | Commenting on the need of a! summer White House, the Presi- dent said the Washington climate! HERE UNTIL TUESDAY | Dunlap, i K R v traveling auditor is oppressive during the summer g, Frye-Bruhn Company, wnh because at sea level and humidity | |headquarters in Seattle, arrived | was high. The only escape Was! gunday on the steamer Queen, a trip on the yacht Mayflower | ang js visiting the local station which must travel down the Po.| today and tomorrow. He will tomac which provides no change|continue his journey to the west- in ‘elevation. A retreat in the hills ward on the Alameda tomorrow, woull allow the President a chance making fiscal audits of the sev- to entertain friends where his eral plants in western towns. movements would not be attended! Mr. Dunlap will return here by great ceremony and wllhuut“u\e latter part of this month or great preliminary disturbance in shortly after the first of the year making preparations. [for a more extended visit. This - e——— is his first trip to Alaska. W. P. Johnson, Juneau business ———-——— man, left for Skagway on the BOY BORN TO MRS, SCHASFER steamer Queen. He is making' A baby boy was born to Mrs. the trip in connection with his H. E. Schasfer at St. Ann's Hos- business and to visit %is sub- pital early this morning. At- agency at Skagway. He will be tendants report that theé mother gnne several days. and child are doing well. Louisiana Boy Genius In Mathematics Study NEW ORLBANS, La, Dec, “Thirty-five thousand and ninety. A small, pale, quiet child, 9-year-|two,” replies John immediately. old John Candieg, born in a se-|His answers appear to cofhe with. cluded home on the banks of ajout effort. South Louisiana bayou, has been{ John taught himself to read and 10.— discovered as a mathematical|{write. He learned his letters from genius, printed advertisements on grocery by 3 > ed from thd Mok Bhy 1e . sits, (n ithb. Deglerrt RBkh he. besk few store keepers along the bayou. He invented a system of his own which baffles his teachers. He knew one of his letters as “Ti Allemands school ready to give| lightning answers to problems of multiplication, addition and sub- traction. His talent has not af. fected his modesty. He performs for visitors at the request of his teacher with wide-eyed timidity and does not understand why peo- ple marvel. “John, multiply 283 by 124,” re- quests the teacher. Madame,” another as “Vieux Mar- th tong.” The boy's struggle for education attracted public attention and this year he was entered in school and ‘been assured a college educa- tion if he will take it. and still another as “Koo- as | history of in-' ternational relations on the West-, Have Long Waiting Line Of Customors from U. S. HOOVER GREETS BOLIVIANS ON point re- | most | Expressions of Good - Will Are Exchanged Be- | tween Nations ABOARD BATTLESHIP MARY. LAND, enroute to Valparaiso, De 10.—A brilliant function on the! afterdeck of the Maryland, anchor- ed off Antofasgasta, Chils, last Saturday, marked the exchang: of expressions of good-will between President-Elect Hoover and Fore. ign Minister Alberto Paiacious, of Bolivia, personal representative of President Hernando Siles The tion was also attended by oth s of the Bolivian Cabinet and | member of the House of Deputies who made the journey from LaPaz acro. the Chile border. Mr. Hoover requested Palacious to personally convey to President Siles regret that time limit pre. vented him visiting LaPaz and ex- press appreciation of the cordial sentiments of the Bolivian Gov ernment toward him and Mr Hoover. ! Welcoming Hoover, Palacicus said the visit would “establish a historical moment in the fraternal Irelations of both Americas, estab- {lishing néw rules for common | comprehension and understanding.” i IS ON LAND TRIP l ALPARAISO, Chile, Dee. 10, ; President-Elgct Hoover arrive | here today on the battleship M !land and with his party special train |.u >n[1w1 CONDITION OF KING SERIOUS {Anxiety Is Still Caused Ac- cording to Official ; Bulletin | LONDON, Dec. 10.—The condi- tion of King George is still caus- ing anxiety today. His tempe ture is lower, however, and de spite a restless night his general | condition is slightly improved, left on a {cording to an offical bulletin is- AT orring. a_country store and from 1871 to; ! e 1874 worked on his grandfatber’s! ORS” Ireiand, Dec. 10.—The SATURDAY NIGHT BULLETIN |farm. In 1874 he went to Chicazo|white Star limer Celtic wh LONDON, Dec, 10—An encour.|20d during the next four years|jeft New York December 1 with aging statement was lssued late|£athered his education in grain|353 passengers, ran on the rocks aturday night at Buckingham|Marketing as an inspector in theloff Roches Point at the entrance alace on the condition of King ."II!- grx:ln inspection department [ef the harbor and at low tide George, reading: “The King hag|From 1878 to 1880 he was employ-|is held fast in 15 feet of water; Ibeen on the upgrade today after a ed in a brokerage firm, and inlwith possibility she ml_l break | |slightly downward tarn on Friday,|1880 made his first venture injup if she does not get off on the | Progr is being made but is ne- husiness, in partnership with his next tide. cessarily slow and laborious. There|Prother, George, in the hrokerase| All passengers debarked safely has been great anxiety due to the|frm Of Patten Brothers. The|in tenders despite the roush fact infection involved the whole|P2artnership lasted until 1903, when) water. British destroyers cooper- system but now physicians Are George retired from the firm andjated in the work and aided in |dy i dith localized Infection.” |P€W Partners came in. bringing them safely to shore. O ehciams sfaod the staie.| 1n 1910 Patten announced his re-| The liner, which stove a hole ; tirement, but he remained an ac-|directly under the engine room, Lo tive speculator for several years,|is lying with a severe list to AR and at least two of his big market|port. PZ?:,?CQE”B[?A::VSNCklt)ile:,x coups ‘were executed during 1910 VTwenly-seven survivors of the o 1 4341 and the years thereafter estris disaster were aboard the !The Prince of Wales Saturday night boarded the British cruiser Enterprise and expected to reach Brindisi within 24 hours. - e, STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Dec. 10.—Alaska Juneau is quoted today at 8%, Air Reduction 827%, American Smelting and Refining 263, Chryser 119%, Etigon 36%, El- ectric Storage Battery 80%, Ken- necott 1347%, Mathiesen Alkali Packard Motors 139%, Penn- sylvania Railroad 70, Phillips Pe- troleum 45%, 8Sears, Roebuck 161, Stewart-Warner 107, Ten- nessee Copper and Chemical 16 %, Texas Corporation 64%, U. 8. Steel 154%, White Eagle O0il 34%. ——t———— RAMSAY LEAVES J. A. Ramsay, Chief of Field Division in Alaska for the U. S. General Land Office, left Sunday on the Queen for Sitka to close up the townsite trusteeship there. He will return here on bozt. 189%, Nevada Consolidated 33 %, WHEAT KING PASSES AWAY, CHICAGO HOME James A. Patten Dies Fol— lowing Short Illness— Double Pneumonia U.S.MARYLAND ] ASSOCIATED PRESS JAMES A, PATTE Dec. 10 Wheat of CHICAGO Patten, famed Chicag Board hig home here Saturday lionaire had been ill bul | time with double pncumonia James King of the died at The mil short A WAS PHILANTHROP!ST | James A. Patten’s name was known'swherever #he ‘great stahle crops of the world—swheat, corn, oats and cotton—are marketed His attempts to “corner” the world’s market in each commodity made his name familiar in many lands and brought him a fortune How much of millions re. mains is problematical, for Patten in the heart of the Illinois prairi and it was there that he gatherod much of the knowledge of food crops that later made him a ma nipulator of the world’s market Works Way Up From 1869 to 1871 he clerked in| His start as a speculator occur- red in the late seventies, when he entered the corn market with §2 500, his entire savings, and bhought “calls,” closing out later with profit of $25,000. The new capital was soon reinvested, and within a|)| short time had multiplied severs times over. By 1890 Patten a recognized leader in the Chic grain pits, International Figure It was in 1909, however, that became an “international fiz¢ through his efforts to corner wheat market. He bought estimated, 30,000,000 bushels of wheat. Publicity wrecked ambitious scheme and in time he saw his “paper profiis slump from an estimated $5.000.000 to $500,000. Following the failure of the wheat corner Patten turned his activities to the New York cotton market, and in 1910 in association with Eugene G. Scales, Frank B, Hayne and William P. Brown, ens gineered a cotton corner. As ‘a resylt all were indicted by o A i e (Continued on Page Three) he ire the it (Times WIGE wota) was reputed to have given most of his wealth to philanthrople, edu cational and charitable enterprise Once he declared that all of his in- come, above what he needed to support his family, was thus dis tributed Patten was born on a farm at Freeland Corners, 111, May 8, 1 the son of Alexander R. and Agnes Beveridge Patten. The first ? years of his life were spent there! 10 days’| TEACHER 1S \Was Criminally Attacked and Then Beaten— Boy Confesses BULLETIN—Sheridan, Mich., Dec. 10.—Jimmy Deakin, aged | 15 years, son of a janitor of the scheo! ich M ! ed, the he attacked and killed Carter whose body was in her car, Miss | BODY IS FOUND SHERIDAN, Mich, Dec Miss Flos: Carte cher, was found b her small coupe 10 school en to death| parked on al She had bheen criminally attacked. ‘There were marks on her throat and fa Hor elothing was torn nearly away. The | teache head had been crushed apparently with an axe and wasl found beside the body which wa found by Ray Collier, 14-year-old hiker, A note was found in reading: “I did this myself don’t blame any one el Miss Carter.” The ndwriting mbled teacher's but friends declared writing was not that of the teach er, The sheriff’s office is vinced the note was a crude |tempg by the slayer nstall estigation WHITE STAR - LINER ASHORE in little traveled reoad. e. the car Plea (Signed) rese con at in- | | Celtic when it gwum]ud i | | | Husband So * It Was Cruel;” Divorce Granted LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec 10. - George® Kress has been divorced by his wile becan he was so “sil]y it was cruel Mahle Kress showed the court antles husband d manded of her, one of which | | | was jumping up and down wm mall cirele witiher thumb in her mouth She al claimed her husband at meal times beat the table with a spoon and talked baby. talk F QIR 323 2 7- S | FOUND DEAD | IN HER AUTO found | |ets to Ni Brings the Argentine to Broadway L ! Jith half the mascuune population of the Argentine her de- w;led laves, La Argentina (above) bade the land of the gau- chos a revoir and sailed to conquer the United States. She's shown ag she arrived in New York aboard the liner Paris, ‘ # (h umnmn Tlustrated N""}. ““‘ i WORK OF U. S, MARINES GET BOLIVIA AND PARAGUAY IN REAL PRAISE, BORDER CRASH RC[)()][“R(’COHHHCH— | dations Are Made ) WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—A re. cital praising the work of the Marines, now on a front \\'Al]\1 fanks in Nicaragua and China, re- | porting important developments in! naval flying, and rejoicing in the high morale 6f his branch of the national defense is contained in the annual report of Secretary Wilbur At the same time the report made public today, said there was an insufficient enlisted personnel to maintain’ a balanced fleel, and that a “shortage, requiring the re- duction of vessels’ allowances of personnel helow the effi- and Burn:d — Rela- tions Severed Secretary W:U)ul Makes Fort Is Charged, Captured UNITED STATES DIST, ATTORNEY FOR U. 8. JUDGE Nomination of Justin W. Harding Is Made by President 'PRESENT OFFICIAL \ RECEIVES HONOR Came to Juneau in March Last Year Took His Oath March 16 | | WASHINGTON, | Dec. President Coolidge has 10.— nominated {Justin W. Harding, of Pederal Judge of the vision of Alaska, | Judge T. M. Reed, deceased | Mr. Harding is nois United States District Attortiey of the | First Division, with his head- |auarters at Juneau { R Mr ‘!nrllhm was nominated and confirmed by the United States Senate to be United States District Attorney, to succeed Ar- 14 time was recommended tors Frank B. Willis, now de- ceased, and Simeon D. Fess of Ohio, and the two Ohio Senators urged his speedy confirmation by the Senate. His candidacy was supported by leading Republicans throughout Ohio. Mr. Hgedina, 48 o nptiye of Warren Counly? and practicel! law for several y at Lebanon» He wag graduated from Phillips-Ex- by Scunu eter Academy .and the University of Michigan. He fis a veteran of the World War, having en- tered the service in May, 1917 as a Captain of Infantry. Later he was promoted to the rank of Major After being discharged from the army, he came to Al- aska and spent an entire summer re, much of his time being spent in Juneau, Mr. Harding is a former member of "the Ohilo General having served in the y-third, Eighty- fourth, ighty-fifth General Representative of LAPAZ, Bolivia, Dee. 10—~While ! &5 Hoover's party was anchored off|Warren County Antofagasta, Chile, last Saturday| Mr- Harding has made Juneau night, the Bolivian government «s. |8 home, with his wife and two sued an official announcement of | Children, since he came north in a frontier clash between Bolivian |MAreh. last year. and . Pavaguayan: soliliers resuiting The first information Mr. Hard- in partial severance of political oived concerning hilh S relations of the two nations announcement d Paraguayan sclosed tha the Government quests a committee of inquiry pro. vided by the Firth Pan-American Conference of appointed te Investigate the situation, re. N ) ciency existed during this current| The statement says a Paraguay. il which woull icreage|an force of cavalry and infantry, unless adequate measures we re totalling 300 men, attacked and e captured Fort Vanguardia, north The report of the Secretary|°f Bahia Negra on the Norder, touched o wille range of subjocts. |<HINE Most of the garrison of but dealt with especial emphasis|™e" and setting fire and razing on the Marine work in Nicaragua|¢ Fort w | The statement says the “Bolivi- and the important development of aviation, where great strides were reported in obtaining the aircraft to fill the five-year extension pro.! gram calling for 1,000 plan Special Service Squadron Telling of the dispatch the al Servie8 Squadron and more | 000 marines and blue jack-| agua, Mr. Wilbur said American naval forg in 'he “The situation at Shanghal has | become stabilized, partially due m‘l the fact that we still maintain a force of about 1,000 marines there,” Mr. Wilbur wrote. Contract «Work The airplane carriers Lexingion and Saratoga were added to the fleet during the year and contracts (Continued on Page Three.) an government considers tack on Fort the lent menace to the fraternit people and constitutes an on the sovereignty, providing motive for the virtual diplomatic relations with country from whose te: the Bolivian Le) L.ul.-n has re ul\ been withdrawn.” —_——— sor TOURING 8. E. ALASKA Ge in the ec Skagwd Mr st towns, and Sitka on the Quee Holcomb+ will stop at- Vanguardia an inso. of a rupture of the ag- Nicaragua have executed a very if | difficult duty with tact and for SOURDOUGHS FOR SITKA bearance.” - “Th have used force only| Pat Coffee, Ole Kleb and Chas where absolutely necessary and Swanson, Alaska pioneer, left Ju- have contributed as much as pos-|neau for Sitka on the Queen sible to the happiness and well-| The men are old sourdoughs and | being of the Nicaraguan people,”|arc going to the Pioneers’ Home | he continued. (to spend the remainder of their American forces made 85 con.|days. Coffee and Kleb came to tacts with hostile forces during|the Territory in the gold rush the year, suffering the lo d have r ted il 47 wound . € addition two cavi ed aud later died, M lhan 4,000 marines Wwere maiu-) L tained in China. | ion was morning upon soclated Press Empire. e TRAINS CRASH HEAD-ON; FIRE BREAKS FORTH Two Persons Killed, 10 In- jured — 16 Cars De- stroyed by Fire when notified this receipt of the As- dispatch by The FORT WORTH, Two engineers 10 persons injured in collision on the Fort Worth and Denver City railroad, northeast of the city. Officials say the wreck was caused by failure of a freight train to sidetrack between Amar- were . Dec. 10. killed and a head-on ilo and Dalhart for the passenger train Fourteen freight cars, baggage car and business car were burned. |A tank of gasoline exploded and 1set fire to the wreckage. The two locomotives were tele- scoped a length of 10 feet. Five trainmen were treated re | son and 1 hamperad | with intense heat and were forced to use an acetylene torch to .:. » Holcomb, who is visiting | tract Milesworth's body. left Junean for| e — l Miss May Stevens, who has a po. over at sition with the Pacific S Skagway for about two weeks, then Company in the purchasing dep to Sitka where a similar visit. he will make ‘From Sitka he for Juneau on the Queen. ment in Seattle, was a passeng will go to Ketchikan, and after &' Stevens came north to visit ‘short-stop will return south. her parents, who reside here,