The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 18, 1928, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIII, NO. 4973. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1928. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ARMED STRIFE AVERTED BETWEEN TWO0 S. A. NATIONS KELLOGG PACT VOTE EXPECTED SOON IN SENATE Q\V{ll (Onsll’ucllon Bl“ Be ing Held Up—Boulder Dam /\greemcnl BULLETIN — WASHING- TON, Dce. 18.—The House accepted the Senate amend- ments to the Swing-Johnson Boulder Canyon Dam bill, sending the measure to the President. The vote was 166 to 122 WASHINGTO Dec. 18.— While the Senate passed the Treasury-Post Office bill without he increased Prohibition appro- priation, the House went through calendar of minor bills. The Irrigation Committee how- ever instructed Chairman Smith to bring up the Boulder Dam bill and asked that the Senate amend- ments be reed to. If this move is successful the could he to President Coolidge im mediately without the nec r conference between the Senate and House over their differences. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee went over the Kellogg treaty but deferred action. Hope for an carly vote on the Kellogg treaty was strengthened when opponents of the‘naval con- struction bill threatened to block congideration of the bill until the committee acts on the Kellogg treaty The naval new cruisers. Chairman Borah expressed con- fidence last night that the might reach a vote during toda Senator Novris, of Nebraska, op- ponent of the naval Dbill, that the Senate delay its sideration until it acts on peace ll.ut the measure sent bill authorizes 15 con- the NO SUFFERING BY PASSENGERS ABOARD STARR Kept Comfortably in Trap- per’s Cabin—Cause of Accident Alaska, Dec from Dark Island, off Island, the Alameda, tow maii steamer Starr, did not a two knots an hour coming to Seward according to officers. For the first time the real u.lllw u{ the accident was known. trouble began when the Starr was | ordered to go to Red Fox Bay While enroute there she struck reef. Her profellor shows it be. WARD, 18. route diak the erage came locked and the Starr drifted | a short distance, then anchored/ off Dark Island where the passen.- | gers were immediately landed. One lifehoat was damaged in making| shore. There was no suffering as a trapper’s cabin proved adequate to take care of the passengers. It is understood here that a freighter is leaving Seattle to tow the Starr to Seattle, also that the San Juan Company is dispatching| a boat from Seattle to take over the run of the Starr to Westward Alaska. e NEW NAME FOR RAIDERS DULUTH, Minn.—~The chief of police believes “purity squad” is undignified as a title for the raid- ing squad that enforces prohibi- tion and public morals. The squad is now to be known as the ‘liquor and vice bureau.” Senate | imsists ' En. ! Ko-'! al | i | i Lo PN b 4N p Ravishing "Tina Meller (above), who came out of Andalusia to capture the hearts of Paris playgoers, now bids fair to equal, if not exceed, the reputation of her famous sister, Raquel | ‘&he fe:nured artiste in a current sevue. King Passes Undisturbed Night says Bulletin LONDON, Dee. 18. long patient struggle the life of King George and restore him to health and | strength witnessed another | tremulous fluctuation dur the last 24 hours but the t advices indicated and 1 turn. He passed an urbed night, the bulle- this morning said. The to save tin FLU ISNOW - GOING EAST Dec. 18.—Pub-, estimated 403,185 | cases of influenza have d |veloped in 20 States and New! York City last week, basing fig- |ues on the actual reports of 80,- {637 in these States. 1 Reports are not available from |other States but the health of- ficlals said the outbreak seemed to be moving eastward along lines of traffic. Kansas still had the greatest |number of cases reported with 168,843, Illinois reports 2,196 and |Arizona 2,615, | The death rate ‘‘seems to be increasing slightly but still runs| away behind what we would ex- cct with so many cases,’” said health officials. “Neither is the! death rate nearly mnum.nblet with the rate during the 1918 epidemic.” |lie officials new CENTRAL HUNGARY IS LAND OF PETTICOATS SZEGBEDIN, Hungary, Dec. 18.— There one section of Kurope where the short skirt has not pene. trated, where the petticoat billows and sways in unchallenged su- premacy. Here in the rural districts of Hungary girls and women wear from eight to a dozen daintily em- broidered petticoats, all in differ- ent colors, making the wearers ap- pear like Dresden dolls come to life, Hungarian girls still use woolen stockings and recently, when a lo- cal coquette ignored village gos- sip to the point wearing silk hose, she was held up to public ap- probrium, Peiticoats and all dresses heirlooms as a rule, and are hand. ed down from mother to daughter through generations. Marriage trousseaus are objects of venera- tion bordering on ancestor wor- ship. The clothing, together with em- broidered linen, and plates, go to form the doweries of marriageable daughters. of ara | | Leon She'’s T SHELL MISSES FIRE, ONE MAN ESCAPES DEATH {Woman Is Shot and Killed Slayer then Com- mits Suicide SEATTLE, Dec. 18. — Uieorge rd and killed his nged wife, Mrs. Alvina Leon- mard, last night during what the police believed had been a quarrel over their prcperty. He then turned the gun on himsel? and died two after in a hos- pital. But for F. Patterson, Patterson, partment shot hou a shell son of Mrs, who ocecupied a with Mrs. might also have been Mrs. Patterson had for the evening when Lecnhard telephoned he was going to the apartment. Mrs. Leonhard asked Patterson to remain with her. When Leonhard reached the apartment, Patterson opened the ¢oor and Leonhard brushed past him and fired, shooting and kill- ing his wife. Patterson made an attempt to wrest the gun from him and Leonhard pointed the pistol at Patterson, pulled the trigger, but the shell missed fire, Leonhard then shot himself. e STOCK QUOTATIONS missing fire, Martha the killed. gone out NEW YURK, Dec. 18.—Alaska Juneau mine stock is quoted today at 7%, Air Reduction 85, Ameri. can Smelting 261, Chrysler 120%, Cudahy Kennecott Copper 135%, ouri 62, Nevada Con- solidated 23%, Packard Motors 147, Pennsylvania 713, Phillips Pe- troleum 44%, Sears, Roebuck 161%, Stewart-Warner 110%, Ten.- nessee Copper 16%, Texas Cor. poration 7%, U. 8. Steel 152%, White Bagle Oi1 35, Byers and Compuny my. e BOILED SmT CONTROVERSY ROME — Whether waiters in {Roman restaurants should be re- quired to wear swallowtails and boiled shirts in winter is a ques- tion being discussed by patrons and waiters afike here. Many fa- vor for year-round wear the meat white jackets used in summer. e Cuba is starting an energetic !drive against cancer with copera- [tlon of lha Anti-Cancer League. Leonhard, | '|ing as drummer boys at the head! SAYS UNITED STATES SEEKS COOPERATION Hoover Explams to People of Uruguay Prime Ef- fort of U. S. Policy MON IDEO, Uruguay, Dee |18.—Herbert Hoover speaking at a banquet in his honor last night! emphasized the desire of the Unit- jed States for Mtellectual and spiritnal cooperation with the | Republics of South America. Pro- { Viously President Campistguay had !welcomed Hoover to Uruguay of- ticially, ] The American President-eléct said Uruguayl demonstrated that the moral weight of nations is pot ed on size numbers but on rit and character of the people, declaring that “Uruguay is exemp- |lary of the profound political truth that national greatness prings | not primarily from broad areasiof | Imperial possessions but from 1}11" | height and depth of national soul. | “More and more you have heen | the world with hands | full of spiritual gifts.” Before the banquet, ferred with offi of Uruguay obtaining additional information about the government and resoure- es of the country, giving frank ex- pression and desire of the Unijted | States for friendly cooperatiof fr coming to Hoover con- lals THERE WAS A PLOT BUENOS AIRES, Dec. police have anncunced they definitely confirmed that the we-| cently frustrated bomb plot was {aimed at Herbert Hoover's special itrain. Confirmation came as’ a iresult of obtaining more detadls from the mew-.wnder arrest#in connection with the finding of [bombs and other equipment In the home cf one of them. The police said the plotters definitely arranged the time and place where the bombing was to be carried out. It was agreed that when the train passed sign. by the side of the railroad with the word “action”™ written lupon it, the bomb was to have been ¢xp]m|0(| The have i FAMOUS SCOUT AND SOLDIER PASSES AWAY |Capt. Lulher Sage Kelly, Known in Alaska, Goes on Last Trail CHICO, Cal, Dec, 18— Luther Sage Kelly, famous Indian scout and soldier, died 1 ter day at his home at Paradise, 18 miles from here, at the age 70 years., He made visits to :()u different occasions. tapt e ye of Alaska FAMED AS SCOUT | Luther Sage Kelly gained fame as one of the greatest Indian scouts in American history while he was with General Nelson P Miles, but his exciting experiences were not confined to this period. | Two Alaskan expeditions found him a member. He saw service in the Philippine insurrection and later was made provincial treasur- er at Surigao and was acting gov- ernor there when a mob of Fili pinos kept him and a few compan ions surrounded eighteen months. Kelly was born in Geneva, New| York, July 27, 1849. His early edu- cation was gained in the Lima|) Methodist Seminary. Fired with patriotism when he saw his former playmates marc "'l of a Union regiment, Kelly took advantage of a few days’ vacation trom school to seek admission “"Ul the army. He was under age and was rejected because of his tender| years. But he continued his ef- forts and finally was successful through the assistance of a ser-| geant friend. | He was a private and then @ corporal in «<Company G, 10th U. 8. Infantry, which was stationed near Richmond to guard prisoners. For a short period after the close of the war, he served at various posts, ineluding Fort Ripley, Minn., Fort Ransom on the Bears Dem Hills and Fort Wadsworth. in 1868 he was homorably discharged. (Continuea on Page Seven) } !terial RUBBER AND COFFEE INDUSTRIES OF INTEREST TO HOOVER IN BI{ 17Z1L Hoover’s attent: view of the city, and (lower lef! BULLETIN — MONTEVI- DEC. Uruguay, Dec. 18.— Herbert Hoover, President- clect of the Unifed States, cailed today abeard the Utah for Rio de Janerio, BY L. A. BROPHY (A. P. Feature Editor) WASHINGTON, Dec, 18 —In Bra zil, President-elect Herbert Hoo ver may )u-fl' most about the rub- ber » industry and the in- creasing amount of from the United States entering there American attention has focused re. cently upon those three things, Henry Ford's effort e grow cul tivated rubber in Brazll is getting under way a tr of land of empire proportiong, 1 outh of the Amazon #ver Ameri can may be the instrumentality through which Brazil will ain its position as a World producer o rubber. The rise and f#ll of B I's |ber industry is a fasc and the probability that an can may lead the way prestige again is as sequel, The coffee industry one of nine governmen combinations of as many which the mark lands demand. Coffee prices by controel of the certain quantitie to reach Braz mainder being held in in the interior, Mr. Hoover's op study first-hand, T valorization of ecoffee comes at time when the government ha been faced with a somewhat acute problem of growing out ¢f the bumper coffee crop for the year ending June 30. As of that dafe, 13,109 of coffee were held out of market hn(-h bag contains 132 pounds. A and coffee capital rub. story Am wo' nating to 1 interesting 1 Brazil i controlled raw of ma ts all maintained Onl sermitted the 1 warehou are rtunity to ir's plan of ba rtstmas A %omm.m.w TIONLY M'ORE‘ n w)u.n he stops at lho de Jan Mr)n,dn (lower right), U. 8. Ambassador to Brazil, BOLIVIA AND PARAGUAYTO STAY ACTION | i |Offer of Mediation Is Ac- ct'plc(] ll\ Both Lit- tle Ndlmns P. A. CONFERENCE TO START ARBITRATION {Special Committee To Ask Countries to Cease Warlike Activities WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.— With its cffer of medliation in the Belivian - Paraguay controversy accepted by both dxsputm;: countries, the way is clear for the Pan-Ameri- can Conference to take af- firmative steps to reconcile the two nations. Although no concrete steps are suggested to remove all danger of war l)etween Bol- ivia an is undext nuttee o\\ i THh é'\oh conntrfl activities Paraguay to demnbxlme Buhvn to calm her people. e n L | OFFICIALS OF LY Above is a ‘m_ua cye- UNE TuwN ARE tremendous amount of money con- & T s - - | scquently was needed to financc u lgrowers until the surpius One Santa Dies | through the. magpket botiloneck. || gwr. 7 y With “Tays I American capital has’ be flor Strewn About will ke the Hoover host. t) the Avenida Rio Branco there. 3 ing into Brazil at an a~ rate lately, much of it public utility The world obtained rubber from Brazil decade and a half most of it has come and Dutch possessions dle east | Brazil ty-five lefi RY spec of the Grand Jury Invemates“ Old Mining Town of Leadville, Colo. LEADVILLE, Colorado, Last week's grand jury | gation of liguor way into 18 come Ariz., Dee will not this year. children of that mountain town lost Santa yesterday when Goodwin, wealthy v wild bachelor and cattleman, died Englishman!| | as the result of injuries suf- 75,000 a fered when his automobile plunged down mountain ravine in a torm Sun- day night. I’» had a load of toys and Christmas candy for annual jo, Officers found with bright about him in he was dying he PRESCOTT, santa Clau Wagoner The bound their Tom most of it until the Since then from DBritish in the mid-| i ;| holdings. | | last to a snow Dec. 18, investi. conditions in this ;um mining town resulted yesterday tin the arrest of ten of its officials and business men on a charge of consp! to violate the prohibi- tion laws With the thermometer ing 15 degrees below States Marshal Richard Callen, of Denver, and his force swooped down Harrison avenue, the town's main street One of the first pe was M R soon after two rubber gre Twen years drazil with tree Ilavea-Bra which produce world’s rubber indigenous to the Amazon Transporied Ao Ceylon, Maiaya |and other middle east possessions, a few of thoge seeds developed into | tre From that ha the | great cultivated rubber industry of middle | | cultivation thej of rubber and made it bett ways, Brazil's market for wild product declined. World of rubber now total 606,000 anually, Brazil s le than 30,000 tons. In 1905 wild rubber composed 99.7 per eent of the 1d's sup- is 6.8 per cent today. My, Ferd's effo successful cultivation in Brazil is tion that alone can answer Dr. Washington Luis is president of Brazil He took office in 1926 His administration has been noted [for stabilization of the country's | currency, progress in road build- ing, and reform of the system of :))uh]ll' instruction, | Edwin V. Morgan, United States ambassador at Rio de Janciro, will |be the Hoove ago an of liensis, t a 95 per « nd which i vall nt smow register. ) zero, United Geodwin strewn snow and toys come the sons arrested McDonald and ouncilmen, then the Police Chief and City Marshal were taken into custody. They were all released on bonds pend- ing arraignment. Only half of the warr served up to last night > or Before win said: those kiddies Good- that happy."” he expired increased se¢ yie or | in other - expo Bin rants were pli 'Q . fagh Says Amanullal Throne Is All Right; Army Not in Revolt [ Horses Are Burned when Barn Destroyed by Fire ERLANGER, Ky., large barn on the stock farm he by fire with seven horses and 15 blood mares. The total loss is estimated at 140,000. About 1,- 000 bushels of cats and 75 tons of hay were also destroyed. Andrew Williams, negro care- taker, was awakened early this morning by screams of a horse, terrified by the flames. He vush- ed into the barn only to be |tal of Russia, was founded by|overcome by smoke. The negro |Swedish Vikings mc than !Duillmzln.mul to crawl out but was |years ago, two Swedish scientistsfunable to save any of the ani- | aE8er mals. Whether it in will of{ LONDON, Dec. 18.—The ghanistan Legation officials s ed today that information been received from I tal city, denying reports rec in India that King Amanullai and Queen Souria had taken re- fuge in a fort after a revolt of the army. The Legation declared the King and Queen are residing jat the Palace, as usual, and all |foreign representatives are safe - Af- Wb a que Dec. 18.—A Polk Laffoon’s destroyed was doo- Leningrad, until recently capi- e ‘State Witness in { Kidnapping Case Is Shot to Death CHICAGO, Dec. 18.—A State witness against the alleged Mafia plotters on trial for the kidnap-| ping of little’ Billy Ranieri, ENGLISH CH URCH CALLS ins . e il R DEATHPENALTY MURDER |three eompanions so badly that | Sy, BOERS RANRY | : i Gl | (A. P. Staff Writer) one will probably die. The dead e iyt it man Ole Scalzetti, LONDON, Dec "o B60s B4 orce the last few te DN, Pec. 18.—A. latge #ec- |y ooy “wis precipitated into: S cousin of | who was abdueted 'tion of Britis] ubli inic Sup- 2 h ‘l, thliv (jll”“‘" el den action by the recent case of portéd by Dr. Cosmo Gordon Lang Oscar Slater, who was condemnad held for 13 % Archbishop of Canterbury is : el T Seray to death eighteen years nu'tpr N o mutedd a few Cordova Contractor ¥ * Passes Away, Seatile : wad wa The movement punishment, which has been stead- against capital is September and days for ransom. R with ecan which he might be and young cuted. A powerfully supported petition ohildren could be exe. Dootrine. Modified It is pointed out by churchmen that the practice of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth re- SEATTLE, Dec. 18.—The fun- | eral services f\r Edward Fundeen, I‘“‘"" 42, who diéd Sunday, will|asking parliament to abolish the i be held tomorrow. Fundeen ar-|death penalty has been issued to . 3 rived here recently from Cordova, [the public for signature. It is be- :::::;::‘il I;,h,x,i‘l.:,;“‘; (.,‘;‘r.l: i Alaska, where he was a con-|ing followed by a vigorous educa-| " J8 FEFREEROR €8 CHISHE tractor for many years. His | tional campaign. The petition ““l moditad aihg widow and three children sur-|be presented to the house of com. |5 Adually ,.vlvs. mons next spring, (Ciatinued on Page Th i .