The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 21, 1928, Page 1

y- . ren THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIIL, NO. 4976. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1928. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS “TRAIN WRECKERS FOILED BY QUICK WORK OF CREW AGREEMENT 18 REACHED UPON TWOMEASURES Kellogg Pa;t and Navall Cruiser Bill to Have Show Each Day in the Senate The war Dec. 21. renouncing WASHINGTON, Kellogg Treaty and the Naval cruis bill, beginning January be taken up under an to let each have a show each day 3 will both construetion | agreement | Austria’s Most Beautiful Back The was reached late cleared calendars compromise terday and the big the outlook days before of giving for two issues peaceful Christmas recess Are Passed The Senate passed the $285 000 Interior \Department m and the House passed the $112,000. Measures the | controversial 000 appropriation measure for the | Departments of State, Justice, La bor and Commerce. Unanimous Consent Senator Borah, of the Foreign ations Committee who is spon- ng the Kellogg Pact, submit- ted the double barreled and it received the necessary unan imous consent after the opponents of the Naval Bill successfully bustered cond attempt Chairman Hale, mittee, to get the cruiser me; up for immediate consideration Confident they have votes by ure to { proposal | fili- | of the Naval Com-| ¢ | push the treaty to a vete ahead of | the Naval measure, Borah and the! treaty advocates declared the com- promige a victory. They are lay ing plans to muster their forges to. accomplish thaty end when the fight is reswmed after the holi- days, Senator King, of Utah, Senator Norris, of Nebraska, fore. stalled attempts of Senator to get the Naval bill up declared last night he would move as soon as the Senate resumes to give the tr v undisputed right of way. HERBERT HOOVER NOW IN BRAZIL President - Elect Reaches Rio de Janerio at Noon —Salutes Given RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Dec. 21.—The battleship Utah bearing Herbert Hoover and his party, en- tered the harbor at mnoon today midst saluting of land batieries and of warships and sirens. Office workers rushed to the upper stor- jes and roofs of buildings. The city is decorated in holiday attire. 63 MINERS ARE TRAPPED TOKYO, Dec. 21 —Sixty-three miners have been trapped by an explosion in the Charutori coal mines near Kushiro, Yoxoi island. Fire followed the explogion and the fate of the miners has not been de-| termined. ——————— President Signs Appropriation Bill For -Billion Dollars WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—Presi- dent Coolidge has signed the Bil- lion Dollar Treasury-Post Office Appropriation bill. who with | A jury of eminent Vienna artists and scientists selected the | young person in the picture as the possessor of Austria’s most | beautiful back. Her name is Fraulein Hilde Bird; she hails from Vienna, and her job is to be her own decoranve self in the films. Half of Austria’s eligible malesisigh over her ray- ishing beauty, Hale | " GENEV A W ATCHES FATE : OF ANTI-W AR PLEDGE By JOSEPH E. SHARKEY (A. P. Correspondent) new principle into International life. For one thing, it was judg- GENBEVA, Dec. 21.—Geneva's in.: ¢d that the pact definitely illegal- ternational officialdom is watch ;1 °s war and removes it from the ing from this distant gallery the |accepted progress of the Kellogg Pact|intercourse; that it is both a corol- through the United |lary of and a stimulant to the work and effort of the League of Unusual interest has centered in| G S0 B ”' g b the recent publication of a sum- & e mary of the debate on the pact|'h® covenant in the renunciation of | Which occurred at the September| AT though not so far in detailed SR vadens {means of prevention. It is also N H\om'lv to make essential quick- | The summary, edited by the League of Nations’ non-partisan as.|°ned development of international i S Wi/ {law, particularly of arbitration and by g 08 ‘;““‘*‘::"';m".‘“ ‘Y”," conciliation, and that it constitutes the general debate or in technical EOFRE O “m'r"a'“(.m“].w“” r llscussions on international lawifTom Which a reduction in arma R R i le i i ments is most likely to eventuate, These speakers, it is pointed out, | Renouncing War made no claim that the Kellogg) A the agreement is a complete or final| this: effort to get rid of war. On the gained contrary, some of them remarked Kellogg that in certain places the vact is|serious either weak, or does not claim_to|started be complete; for instance, that th hough renunciation of war is not all in- to join specitic obligations for clusive, but is accompanied by ex. the prevention of war, is never. ceptions; that the peaceful meth-!theless willing and eager to lead in ods to which recourse is to be had dccepting a, self-denying agree. are not defined or prescribed; that' ment to renounce war and regu- no system, though heartily desired |late national action in the inter. by many states, is elaborated for est of world peace.” the assistance of countries which| Another comment is that there may be victims of aggression, orywere very naturally many expres. for the punishment of guilty states sions of appreciation for the initia- and finally, in some cases, that tive taken by the United States, the pact is accompanied by dis-{The report continues: “American tinct reservations. !diplomacy undoubtedly secured New Principle jgreat gratitude for this sweeping Despite these obvious difficul.jmove toward, world pe | ties, says the summary, it seemed '€ould not but be heightened at Ge- | universally agreed during the de.feva by the fact that the United pate that the paet . introduces wIStates had not joined in this other 4 A5 cooperative effort for international methods of international States senate. of pr the was conclusion “American through pact American report s ige abroad fact that the accepted as a effort demon- that the United States, she may not be prepared in President of Mexico Invited to Visit Texas EL PASO, Texas, Dec. 21— President Pontes Gil of Mexico may attend the annual convention of the West Texas chamber of commerce in Bl Paso next May. Eight representatives of the or. ganization made a good-will trip hy airplane to Mexico City to in- vite the new president of the re- public to Bl Paso, The flight was also a plonearmz venture in air transportation be- tween the Texas border city and the Mexican capital. It was made in a _tri-motored Ford machine which carried t'o pilots and a organization and cooperation, In- deed, the pact was accepted, as committing the United States to new and specitic obligations, 'but as a guarantee that she rang- {ed herself positively, even if by a method different from that of the other nations, on the side of active effort for avoiding war.” mechanic besides the eight passen- gers. Although flying an unmapped course the plane had only one mis- hap. A forced landing was made Quake Shakes Island at Aguascalientes on the flight| o south because a strong wind blew ! Ra Fl" Breaks Out the craft off its intended route. | “We were convinced of the safe.| MANFLA, Dec. 21.—It is learned ty of the new mode of travel,” E. here that a violent earthquake ‘W. Kayser, head of the deleguliau,,shmk the greater part of Mindanao relates, “when we learned that the Island and many houses collapsed. landing did not wake one of the' Fire broks out but was controlled. members of the party who was ! An undetermined number of per- taking a nap at the time, Most sons were Injared but only one ‘of the trip a bridge 'lmt was In’denln is reportéd. ‘The aamue progress in the mu. !is estimated at uwm ‘BOULDER DAM BILL SIGNED - BY COOLIDGE | Act Providés fL;r Reclama- | ion, Flood Control and Power Project WASHING | dent Coolidge PON, Dec. 21 has signed the der Dam bill making effective the act providing for the reclamatiou, Boul- | flood control and power project on| the Colorado river. | President Coolidge ‘, proponent nature befgre a bill. | The mea provides | government supply $1¢ ;Hm.nml as nec y to construct |the dam and accompanying works in Black Canyon. The money |0 be repaid under an amortization plan from the sure that the proceeds of the sale of power. | The signature was the last offi required in | thority for truetion but Utah or Arizona, of rado River basin states, fy the Colorado River compact for jdistribution of water before the {act becomes effective, -oe AMERICAN SHIP RUNS AGROUND; |cial act providing either Colo seven BELFAST, l)m 21.—The Ameri, can stenmer Westotant went ashore this afternoon in Bangor ¥Bay, close to the headquarters of |the Ulster Yacht Club. It is be- lieved the vessel will become a total wreck. e Night Air Mail Pilot Is Killed When His Plane Crashes, Gale HURON, Ohio, Dec. Ginn, night airmail pilot between Chicago and Cleveland, was Xilled last night when his plane crashed in the back yard of a residence here, during a -mile gale. Mc- Ginn’s body s (hrown r of the plane which burst into flames | | consuming the mail e 21.—Leo Mc. Gang Guns Spoil Christmas for Two Fhlldron CHICAGO, 111, Dec. 21.—Gang guns shattered Christmas joy for the two small children of Phillip Lapagalia, The police found his \body in an automobile. Shotgun and pistol fire were - dire d - at Lapagalia as he sat in a car with Peter Miranda, friend. His sination is ascribed to a beer run- ner's dispute, $848 Nomination of We;t ‘ ASHINGTON, De::. 21 Senate Lands Committee has pre- sented the nomination of Roy O. West as Secretary of the interior to the Senate but consideration hag been deferred until after the llolhl‘y& which]| ! not | \ % ngmm\m;w ¢ TJONLY( 4 e &-‘ + 000,600, es.] | | | au- | — must rati-| BELIEVED 0SS “|a month ago by Reported to Senaic The | COmmissioner Hoifman at | The Early Birds club was organized In Chicago when 14 flyers who were active In avlation prior to 1914 met there. Left to right: Louis Gertson, Beckwith Havens, Col. C. D. Chandler, A. H. Fokker, Maj. Lester D. Gardner, Capt. Jean F. DeVillard, Dr. Henry W. Walden, Charles Dickinson, Charles H. Day, J. I. Sikorsky, lvan R. Gates, Maj. Howard F. Wehrle, Inglis M. Uppercu. In the fore- | ground s Marjorle Stirson, ploneer woman fiyer. Elisabeth Morrow, daughter of Dwight W. Morrow, ambassador to Mexico, has returned to New York from Europe following a visit in Constantinople with her aunt, She declined to discuss reports of her possi- ble engagement to Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, Evangeline Lindberg HOME FROM VISIT IN EUROPL h. ONE PROBLEM CAPT. WILKINS Flight, Graham Island Is Separated from Continent NEW YORK, Dag, 21.—The N VoK R v h M ey It from Capt. George H. | Witkin Deception Island in the Antaret the {Fim Is, ! it says he ha olved baflled geog proving problem which ha phers for many years |Graham Island the Polar C filled channel. a- that from is separate the is- with- art of Geographers | land’s mounta out interruption continent Capt. Wilking the monoplane ud thought extended into the h flight ineisco, made a San F \ator, over of Graham -+ \ Boy's Story of Being Chained the volcanic Island mountain Miss Alice Morrow, and Mrs, MURDER CASE WINTER HITS TO WESTWARD THREE STATES, BETHEL, Alask reported a murder ¢ an Beaver, who killc Man’s son. Depuly man, enroute up I !rest an Indian n a ase, will cor and both e Mute then the guilt be brought here. - Mother Loses | Immediate a8, Dee. 21 nmitted ther | Travelers arriving from Sleet.Mutc Indian named Medicin Marshal Wise. river woman.attac to ar y parties wil ler Right To Have Children SEATTLE, Dec court records can be Alaska, the two chi Inez Kennedy w (friends of her hu custody of the chu the father stole (her ald continued the ca — e .'Ilh___., - Solo Flight For Women ROOSEVELT I’ Dec. 21.—Flying : through rain and Viola Gentry sin | eight hours and setting a new o woman's sustaine! ing at dawn and terday afternoon 2L#-Until She took off yeste the obtained from ldren of M main and here, ThH m e indefini iy Sets Record for KLD, N, Y., 1 upen plane leet, Miss aloft for minutes, rd for a ed x solo flight. | rday morn. landed yes- with {mother s petiticning the court for sing m. | 1 'Mostly Imagined RACINE, Wis., Dec. 21—l ar 0ld Raymond Stratton’s ir {ination proved to be the biggest link of the chain which bound him to a bed in foster parents’ home for four days and the court 'has dismissed the charges of cruel- Winter n, torture and inhumane treat- West today {ment against Mr. and Mrs. Charles | said it would.{Johnson CHICAGO, Dm'. 21 came to the Middle 1just as the almanac IS SOLVED BY | ATTEMPT MADE > T0 WRECK, ROB MONEY TRAIN | Lights Are Seen to Be Sud- | | | | | Indianapolis in| N cour Pl-lin loted by Ben Bielson, Alaskan avi-|yoq As the sun scooted to give the the year and herald coming of winter, wept into the midwest ¢ to the wintery The Police found hortest dayito the bed with a icial {chain. He told the weather|heen a prisoner sineé m €an., it was fevealed v Raymond tied| heavy logging | Police he had| Sunday but y 1. Wisconsin anc - Icy Paufic Highway ! Causes Auto AcmdenlsJ1 | \Famous Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Is to Be Razed | NEW YORK, Dec. 21.—The Wal- | | dorf-Astoria hotel, one of te {famous in the country, been | ‘»-uh] to the Bethlehem Engincoring| Company. The hotel will be razed| provide a site yoffice block. road TACOMA, Wash,, Dec. 21 n killed, a dozen injured, some v, and several automobilc |smashed was the toll of crashes on the icy Pacific Highway, near Fort |, Lewls yesterdsy. o One skidded off warping around a telephone Passing motorists stopped te the driver injured A passing machine driven by Ole Sorenson, of Tacoma, skidd:d into a wd of onlookers fatally injuring J. 8. Funk, aged 70, of Olympia. Sorenson was arresi- ed on a charge of infoxication e Smith Knews Nothmg Of Big Banking Job' ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 21.—Gov | ernor Smith paused in his prepara tions for leaving the executive mansion here long enough to set 'nt rest rumors that he would be- as car the who was sl Iy WASHINGTON, Dec will be a “dirty mon Americans ‘when the changing the new rency for the present issue begins about July 1, Issue of the present bizes will be suspended April 30, a house com- mitlee was told by Herrick Bond, ssistant treasury secretary in charge. Between that date and July 1, bills unfit for circulation, and turned in by banks for treatment at the 21— There period for process of ex- small-sized cur huge banking institution, [destroyed, will be kept at work. He said he had read the report; *“In that way this old size cur- with a great deal of interest uml!rpurv will be pretty thoroughly dded: “I know nothing about it.” exhausted,” Bond said. “It won't usually regarded as| for a 50~ umw {eerned. {facturing loss would be great: denly Switched on Right of Way ENGINE IS STOPPED WHEN HITS SWITCH 0U0,00U on Tram LOUISVILLRE, ¥y tectives of the Nec 21.—De- Pennsylvania Rafl- road, county aided by officars of Indiana, are investigating ‘the pes ported atfempt to wreck and loot pas- carrying to Louis- sped south on tha last 120 miles of the route from to Louisville engiheer. and the fast Chicago.Louisville senger train, supposedly $4,000,000 for gelivery ville banks as it Both the firo- ‘m.m reported the attempted wreek. Jacob Sehr, engineer, said that 40 minutes -out of Indlanapolis, he* and his fireman C. M. Crooks, saw the right of way lights a short dh. tance down the tracks, suddenly shift from green to red. ¥ Sehr quickly closed ¥he throttle and applied the brakes, stopping the .train as the engine was pass. ing from the maln line to th-;- switch, Sehr said an atitomabile parked | | on the nearby highway suddenly started and «disappeared down the road. Investigation revealed '.{ lock qt the awitch had been brel = ey o Sherift Bowen Afrested 4 negro suspeet. 3 Sehr said he belioved oceupants of the*automobile had thrown the switeh and planned to loot the (train when it was wrecked, > RIRDRMY oy s AN “"'/llmlm Railroad \Will Have Office In Chicago WASHINGTON, ge tourist colonization, will open Dec. 21.-"To en- travel and assist the Alaska Rafl- an’ office in Chi.' cago on January 15, Secretary of ¥ Interior West announced, Chicago was selected “becansé of its advantageous position. portion of the Alaska travel originates in West. Railroad ' i Aimee MecPherson Proves Subduer Of Panics ANGELES, Cal, Dec. Almee McPherson’s booms | ing voice often delivered here against the fire of the Fiend Incarnate, conquered a real fire yesterday and today her flock praised her as a b. LOS 21. as tree bur lamos The worshippers were ter- ror stricken but Aimee in \1 commanding voice ordefed her } flock back to their pews, ran, ]{? the fire alarm herself and tha while the firemen extinguish- | ed the blaze, continued her | sermon, i e 3 DIRTY MONEY PERIOD i SEEN IN BILL CHANGE& be wasted, and cancelled.” Some of the smaller bills ol Id sizes will not serve theip nine months, the treasury office sald, but there will be litth in making the exchange so fap United States currency is He estimated the m It wor't be called the old big denomination bills federal reserve notes as | will be still in good cm'mmo; (tinally retired compleétely. come chariman of the board of aftreasury money laundry or to be| 7 2 It will take several moumt! % complete the exchange after of the small currency begins that period money of both will be in circulation. . * A large; the Middle g«