The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 4, 1929, Page 1

[y - - B - - - - THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL XXXIII NO. 4988 ]UNl:AU ALASKA FRIDAY JANUARY 4, 1929. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN (‘FN’I; KIDNAPPED GlRL IS RELEASED; IS FOUND BOUND PROHIBITION ENFORCEMENT | PROBE SOUGHT Senator Jones Wants In-; vestigation by Com- mittee of Congress ASHINGTON, Jan. 4 Senator y L. Jones, of Washington, proposed a resolution for in.' »n of Prohibition Enforce-| 1 Congressional Commit. | tee friendly to the dry cause unl‘ stipulated that the Inquiry be made| > Committee but said! willing to have a joint| committee of the Senate and the! House. I The resolution was referred to the Senate’ Judiciary Committee, ! whose ‘Chairman, Senator Norris,| braska, sald he had no cb- 1 to immediate discussion C. Durant, Automobile Manu. | recently malle the sugges- | tion that congress investigate Pro.! hibition | Coin with the Jones’_re-| Senator King, of Utah, of.| fered a bill for the transfer of the Enforcement Bureau from the asury to the Department of Justic He explained he believes' the Department of Justice is the logical braneh of the government to enforce the dry laws. | PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCEIS | REACHING END TR ‘ Concludes Efforts to End/ S. A. Trouble—Treat- ies Are Prepared WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.— The merican conference has 0 a successful conclusion ts to settle the Bolivian-] dispute and at the agreeing on two multi- aties to prevent future of hostilities on the \ i:emisphere. uay and Bolivia « represen- tatives signed the protocol of con- ciliation last night after the Con- ference had striven since Decem- ber 10 to bring peace. The Conference committees ap- proved of the drafts of the mult lateral treaties and these now only . effc Paraguayan ame time lateral out Weste ¥ lack formal ratification of the Con- ference as a whole The protocol provides for the appointment of nine judges to inve ate the recent clashes be- tween the two nations, determin- ing which broke peace. Each disputant will choose two judges, the United States, Mexico. Colombia, Uruguay and Cuba to choose one each. The protocol enjoins both nations to desist from any warlike activities pending the Gomm deliberations. S e e Letter Mailed 26 Years Ago Just Delivered \\' ASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—Twen- ty- ago, Mrs. E. Burk- loder wrote a letter to her hus-| band. | Yesterday the letter was deliv- ered to him here. The letter was mailed at Har- onburg, Virginia, February 23, 903. When the letter arrived at its destination, it showed plainly the effects of the long journey but bore no marks except the Harrisonburg postmark and re- ceipt mark of the Washington Post Office the next day and the stamp which declared “‘unknown at add Try 163 V Street, N II|HX\\|\' Where the letter has been, no to guess. one "attempts Bunnell Leaves Seattle Going to Wisking'ton,D.C. SEATTLE, Jan. 4.—President Charles E. Bunnell, of the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines, left yesterday for Washington to make his yearly report and recommendations. He is declared here to be one of the best known agricultural authori- ties in the country. j Waldor.-Astor.a Hotel Sold : — F Historic Waldorf-Astoria hotel on Fifth avenue, between 33d and 34th streets, New York City, which has been sold for $15,000,000 to make way for a 50-story office building. Inset, Oscar of the Waldorf, probably best known maitre de hotel 'HUNDRED ARRESTED IN D> FARM RELIEF ISSUE TAKEN BEFORE HOUSE Discussion Brings Question to Hoover’s Return— Opinion Split PORTLA‘\!D SAFETY DRlVE | WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—Presi dent- ct ‘Hoover's approach return to Washington and a ¢ le bearing on farm relief legi on, was debated yesterday after Chairman {the Rules Committee d saw 10 hope of passing suc bill af this session The' discussion started when Representative McKeown, of Okla homa, advocated enactment of th |farm bill at the present session on | the ground relief is urgent. H said it was mors needed than tar iff revision because the majority |ot the manutacturers in the coun- [try were mot in a hurry to have |the tariff changed | | Representative Burtness of North 1, declaring that if |it was postponed until tha special session of Congress, the ps lcrop would not be benefitted | Representative Adkins, of inols, member of the House Agr Icultural Committee, opposed ac # z {tion at this time declaring the a g [tarm problem was the leading is Following a week of education, police started a drive against careless autoists with the result {sue of the West and Hoover ha hat severai hundred violators were crowded into a courtroom daily. Inset shows Captain w“j been set up in the campaign a in, chief traffic officer of the Oregon city. {“having the initiative to point the | way” to the solution. - | men 0 >resident Coolidge a g A |the latter had no comment to Salvation Army | |X|d}((' AIR MAIL 1 .| Chief Says Deal Is Rough By T ] | DURIS TURNER IS RETURNED T0 HER HOME {Is Held (‘ap!i;'(’ for Two i Days in Shack — Eyes \ Are Blindfolded THREATS WERE MADE TO SLAY PRETTY GIRL Ph Claim She Is Unharm Found ith Ankles Bound an ts, 4.—Kid- death thr drugs and shack formed a melo- natic sequence to the story told by pretty Doris Turner who was found bound - and gagged, |after two day sce from her theme. | Doris collapsed last night in |a filling -station She was found | nearb bound at the ankles where she had been placed and remained for two lours before d Shé said she had been released | unharmed b with a cane,” for whom lice are searching j Blindfolds, Doris said, kept her from discerning where she was {being held. The old man wanted {to Kill her, she added, and other {men objected and persauded him to return her to Atlanta because “things were getting tco hot.” | Physisians said the girl was unharmed and that she was only suffering from exposure and was in a weak condition on account of lack of fuml a “kindly old man the po- ip, the world, He will retiré to his 1,000-acre farm near New | LONDON, Jan. 4.-Shocked | Paltz, Ulster county, New York. i £y -tha Jnfssmition 3 O Sl A Ml Bk X o B TS i e H Army has been summoned and | | 2 Aot A Y | | will likely depose him as Com- o i I mander in Chief, Gen. | Take Another 1] ¢ 3 | | “I have loved the Army and ) i | | dene my best for my people, ?‘tl‘)pkaH.O"_or .; Statement ‘Made Before' Websiavar mimee sainC iy FOR MUBDER Alsaka Flier . 1] Commlllee—Defiuency { t ;‘ nk ‘l“lk,\xf L'«v\'lwnrnn:: ‘A]‘? af- i | 1 ley mus eel s is A bill authorizing the Presi. | | § ¢ | Seeking . 4htlll, Mr, and Mras Glenn Hyde of Hansen, ldaho, || Mrs. Booth and. daughter ut orities Have New Clue dent to present the Congres WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. — The ' left Green River, Utah, on a home made raft October 20 to ride down | | broke (he news of the ritt in || in Murder of Salt sional Medal of Honor to Lieut decrease in the air mail postal, the river. They were last seen December 6. Mrs. Hyde was the first he organiz:tion to the aged | Ben Eielson, who flew over the rates from 10 to 5 cents an ounce | White woman to make the trip. Canter is a picture of Hvra. | | and sick lead:r Il Lake C'ty Girl North Pele with Capt. € ) doubled poundage carried bui | — e H. Wilkins last spring, b has cut the returns to the Gov- 5 s been reported by Senator Ger. ! ernment in half and postal offi- A \ SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. orth Dakota. Eiel- | clals see little hope of ever op- Makes Debut Efforts to apprehend the an Alaskan flier. He erating the business without a ““'“ltrvr of June Nelson today is now with Wilkins in tha 10ss. ‘ {centered in a search for a young Antarctic as chief air pilot. | This was the testimony made “”"" who was seen talking to ! Cbiic by W. TAIbE thaver, Ses | | the girl shortly before her dis- ond Assistant Postmaster General { { REPflRTED Nuw jappearance on New Year's Eve. before the House Sub-Committee | BANK ROBBERY\ jHe Is believed to be the person ! (urging a_deficiency appropria- i ‘I :J:;:x mu;_lu] improper advances to tion of $4,000000 to take care| | en living in the vicinity. Re- ARMY PLANE of the air mail transportation| | lNSIDE WATERS ok I“} “‘“ murderer's arrest for this fiscal year. i | MEXICO €ITy, Mo, Jan L1380 |/ Glover said that under the old A bank rchbery which bécame a . ‘ B SN e “ING rate 214,000 pounds of mail were M.m hunt was the introduction| Radio reports received this STOCK QUOTATIONS | carried by planes last July and iu two Missouri she to their morning from the cutter Unalga| NEW YO&x, Jan. 4.—Alaska Ithat the figure jumped to 419,- duties two days’after they took stated that the ship was miles Juneau mine stock is quoted to- LUNG GRIND 000 pounds the following month fice {off Cape Spencer and that the day at 83, California Packers 77, when the five cent rate took ef- v ol boemdcy Hevin want- Reosevelt, which is towing Chrysler 128, Cudahy 64, Kenne- fect. ; jed for the $21,000 hold-vp of tho disabled St was steaming cott Copper. 163, Missouri 68%, | Glover placed the loss at from First National Bank yesterd t a speed of five miles an hour.| Packard Motors 14815, Pennsyi- Three Records Have Al- lgeitd. sl ,:“.'llw\g f“"""“"""‘"l‘“ v” o Cullen e M By cdusor| T 3%, Fullipg 8 yavis eluded the p. £t y ships from Cordova ' trc 6, s, Roebuck 17784 under the new rate equnlled " ) ready Been Broken those under the former, expeus: A faa Motors Still Hum inereased as more mail was car- ‘% X q ‘\:”‘.‘ ried. ! two sheriffs. RpaE T AR & One robber was killed in the arrive in Juneau about il o'c > e driven the Army plane Question la DRBWN IN | he wds John Matthews but® .4 westher has favored the! AT U. 5. COURT House Mark through all existing records 2 o 4 rptof T:m e o "’“’f:: ip fle crossing the Gulf of | myuo yuoco Soons e ; A NV | Adeling Perez of San Francisco | Nira Gore, daughter of the blind was Willle Hightower Al Mild southerly winds!, .y, ang approaches te. th than-air machine, continue their bl of the Rizal P "ormel‘ senator from Oklahoma, Davis I8 axmedo ity vels have pr led and the water has ', od St AP o5 ko) A epochal adventure today andf g auesn o Rizsl 1os- | % tiomas B: .Gord, irecontly made i armed with a vevolver | v oaviably calm compared U P ited States Court House is being show mo inclination to come back | vl By more than 50,000 votes. | {her Broadway stage debut in “The (* 0 1 s that of aiee EERERY made by Holmquist and Russell, & She polled more than 200,000 and | BRUSSELS, Belgium, Jan S Oeby o - - : ! & contractors, and the work i to earth. 4 8I'n of the Leopard." The opinion of the authorities » and the work is fast will be crowned by Mayor James ! Eighteen stone cutters and «h.xuf— llll([ Han that the Roosevelt will "€aring completion The same The Question Mark began the| Rolph of the bay city. [teurs were drowned when an au- s continue south with the tow by CONtractors have recently coms fourth day in the air at 7:26 | tomobile, - taking a dangerous| lllu:u(l O'u way of Chatam, Sumner and Clar. Dleted the instalistion of s o'clock this morning. Since the s s g turn, crashed from a bridge into HUDVER PARTY New Year's Day dnre Biralts REE the Saride proot shingles on the cook house take-off it has shattered threc {the swollen Ourthe Rl\'e;‘ .\\; age to Seattle ind the garages of fhe Federal records, Am n and world's|; / i g eral persons witnessed the acc building e e and Lendispvosenl from Plvers o Ll gk Sl S anin it st PREPARING TU ']”“ AGO, Ji - Liniy's aine, o Le snce flights and the world’s rec- d g P Right of those drowned were irl.: call Lenore ord for sustained flying by anj (‘"”-""“ Antitoxin | married men who leave a total Longiey, in Maywood, 111, is M (“ ” B("’tl(’tt W (l"ts airplane, To Stricken District of 20 children. Only several Harold Knott now i [ The latter record was estab ! W {PRirehare, bamy riborered. MAKE LANDING Myl|"“ ‘m”:ty t‘)‘:‘f’:“ 11“(.-!“ nv“ ]l, S » SI 0, I V l 8 Be & ohgrnd S S mgle a e T 0 lished in Germany last year and{ EDMONTON, Jan with o FINAL SALE FOR harle Lindbergh roomed Daucer ; "'I’U esse had been bettered by one hour!pyrecious cargo of antitoxins. two| when he was just plain “Slim, . n o e at 1:51 o'clock this omrning. Theimamonton aviators have. vafish- | SITKA TOWNSITE| ,n0arp v s s vram, jan, 4, 0f the Alr Mail” was married F()r Ar(‘tl(‘ Exl)(’.(lltlon Germans, however, made theled toward the frozen edges of | LA _Phe Hoover par ¥ arted | NEW r's Day. flight without refueling. |Canadian civilization, 650 miles| J. A. Ramsey, Chief of thelpieparations for leaving the ship|, ‘VN" Lindbergh lived at the b -t Taking on 150 gallons of fuel|{northwest of here carrying re-lField Division of the General|gunday when ghe arriv At Hamyp. Longley home, Miss I.ongley often NEW YORK, Jan. 4.—A four| Capt. Bartlett said he would & at 6:30 o'clock this morning and|lief toc 200 persons feared suf-|Land Office, will leave Juneau |y, Roads. cpared hig breakfast and oc-|year scientific expedition around|like to shove into the ice some- - a load of oil, food and other|fering with diphtheria. |Sunday on the Queen for Sitka B L casionally played the piano forithe North Pole is visioned by|where above Bering Straits. He' supplies, the Question Mark show-| The fliers reacned Peace River,where there will be a final sale| The ships’ carpenters and Safl-fyp, ) Robert Bartlett who has|thought the Arctic drift would ed no ill-eftects from the long|yesterday, then hopped for Ver-|of vacant lots in the Sitka town-|makers are swcriped W i | .--— |arrived home from eleven months |carry the ship westward causing grind. It was &till lying over|million and the Little Red River.|site. As Chief of the Field Dj-|for boxes and bags for packing hel BANK STATEMENT CALL in the Arctic |it to emerge somewhere north ot the Imperial Valley where it was| Whether the pair completed | vision, Mr. Ramsey is trustee of varicus gifts purchased or | WASHINGTON. Jan. 4 he| The ship which Capt. Bartlett|Spitzbergen. forced yesterday because of fog|the flight Is not to be known|all white and Indian townsites injceived during the pa tour. {Comptroller ‘of the Currency I\m‘ visioned will he used is almost| The ship would carry a coms along the coast. There is no in-|until they fly back or a dog team | Alaska. The Utah yesterday sailed i call for a statement of |saucer ed to withstand the|plete laboratory and also an air- dication to ground observers that|brings out word of their arrival.| On February 10, Mr. Ramsey through a calm sea, with tropical conditions of National banks atjice pre: and non-magnetic, | plane for reconnoitering. He es- any of the plane’s three motors|They must land in the frozen | will issue deeds in the north ad- sun still shining, but temperature the we of business on De-|with no more than seven scien-|timated the cost of the voyage ' were wearing out. Jregions on wheels. |dition to Wrangell townsite. lcxuoler.'nm.,'. Jeember 31 )}n\h and marines aboard. I'would be approximately $330,000, |