The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 9, 1929, Page 1

» t r 8y ver the Kéllogg treaty was an in-; THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL XXXIII NO. 4992 JUNP_AU ALASKA WEDNESDAY j MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS HOOVER WILL NOT INTERFERE WITHCONGRESS President-Elect Refuses to Express Opinion on Legislation SIMPLE CEREMONY FOR INAUGURATION Announces There Will Be Civic Parade — Sena- tor Moses Reports WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.—Presi dent-elect Hoover yesterday dis- cussed many problems with Secre-! tary of Treasury Mellon and a number of Congressional He approved plans for a simple| inanguration followed by a civic| parade lasting two hours. { In a conference with Chairman Hale, of the Senate aval mittee, Mr, Hoover expressed de-| termination not to interfere with the present legislative situation| fter Hale had requested that Hoo- ver make a public statement en- dorsing the pending measure au- thorizing construction ot 15 light cruisers and onme airplane carrier. | § Non.Interference The Presid the policy of Bal s the Towa delegation the House which reported concensus in Con- gress was that farm les:isla(ion{ could not be enacted at this ses-| sion. He repeated the same pol- icy to Senator Moses, President| Protem of the Senate, who report-| ed on the Senate legislative situa- tion. Wotes' Plednmns enator Moses said he told Hoo-| strument’ of national policy and} would be ratified and that the| cruiser bill will be passed by the| and sent to the President. | also said that if the -w Senate would get down to work, | that body could press the farm! measure at this session. | | enate Senator Moses Senator Moses reported after-| wards he gained the impression| Hoover was favorably disposed to- || ines Belng Drawn on Bill, tnis treaty and the| that Honvml him- | the Kellogg craiser bill, adding had not formally expressed self regarding them. e ——— HOMAGE PAID ARMY FLIERS LOS ANGE! LhS Cfll Jan. 9.—| The entire nation I8 paying hom- age to the five army men whoj flew the Question Mark for over 150 hours. A mass ol congratu- latory telegrams is still pouring in upon the members of the crew. Future plans call for the full crew to fly the plane to San Diego this week and then after ruinor repairs are completed fly the machine to| ‘Washington, D. C. —————— R. J. Merrill, of Valdez, was a passenger for Seattle on the North.* western. Mr. Merrill is an avia- tor and for the past several years has been actively engaged in fly- ing to the westward. — - C. V. Brown, Deputy Marshal at Petersburg, is a passenger for that port on the Alameda. He has been conferring with U. . Mar- shal White here for the past week. = ward | Operate on Bad B | Boy to Make | Him Good { CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. 9.— | | Death or freedom and a new | | chance awaits Arthur Beery, | 15-year-old bad boy, convicted of robbing the mails, as he | | lay in a hospital here fighting | | for recovery from an operation for removal of an abcess from | his brain. This was perform- { ed in an effort to correct his | tendencies for crime. | The operation Wwas ordered | by Judge Jones who also de- ferred execution of a sentence of one year for robbing the |#Philadelphia post office. By | this the Government enters int6 an experiment whereby | it is hoped the lad can be cured to see aright. | | B | leaders. | § | at the To Ask vaorce ? 4 Com- | @ Vivacious Irene Bordini, sical comedy star, who, it is re- orted, will seek a divorce rom E. Ray Goetz, Broadway producer. Byt neither will talle resent moment. International Newsreel) e BATTLE OVER FENNMEASURE IS PROMISED : ‘ to Change Reapportion- ment of House Jan. WASHINGTON, 9. japportionment of Ro])yewenldhvv' The measure is scheduled for dis. ! cussion tomorrow. Chairman Fenn, Committee, author of the prupmal declared after a conference with| his colleagues, that hi me'huln “has the best chance of adoplmn of any reapportionment measure submitted in the past decade and the prospects 7 for passage brighter than ever.” Representative Rankin, sissippi, ranking Democrat on the despite protes | Census Committee, filed a minori. | erman “We will enforce to the hilt is-'our regulations the bill tions of American the that ty report against measure, suing a statement mu- | bert eral Largest Tooth In World Is Sent from AlasAa BOSTON, Mass, Jan. 8 The largest tooth in the world, eleven feet and two inches and welghing above 300 pounds has arrived at the Harvard Dental Museum from Alaska. It is from the jaw of a masta- don and estimated as 50,000 years old. The tooth was found embedded in the bank | of .the Porcupine River, tribu- tary to the Yukon River, and | was hauled 56 miles by dog team and then shipped to Fort Yukon. | | | EXTRA SESSION ESSENTIAL SAYS SEN. BROOKHART Iowan Places Issue Before Hoover—Latter Visits White House WASHINGTON, Jan. 9—Her- Hoover called at the White House today for his second gen- discussion with President ((mlulgl\ of various.problems fae- ing the present and next Adminis- tration. The President-elect spent two | days developing views of Congres. T onal leaders as to an extra se sion of Congress for farm relief jand other subjects amd it is as- (sumed these matters formed the chief-basis of his" convefsition with' 1 President Coolidge. I ! ~Liner' provided for only are being drawn in the House for 000 000 i battle over the Fenn bill for re-'amounting to two billion dollars. | are | of Mis- spector of Fisheries, | proposals contained in the McN |legislation and he termed the Mc- \ Favors Extra Session Before going to the White | House, Hoover had a long confer- ence with Senator Brookhart, who l'a\,() s calling an extra session arly in the spring. Anothar caller Senator Wesley L. Jones, of ‘Washington. Senator Brookhart expressed his opinion that even if the McNary Farm Relief bill should be passed sion, a special session is {necessary. He contended that all Nary bill are provided for in existing deficient in that it a fund of $300,- an industry ry measure to stabilize —_———— o e <o U, 8, FISHERMEN LOSE PROTESTS VANCOUVER, B. Major Motherwell, C,, Jan: 9.— Dominion Tn. declared that s of American Fish opera- governing y in our 1s was “ridiculous and unwarranted.” waters.” He said nearly all Democrats of the House and many Republicans oppose the measure. STEAMSHIP COMPANY TO INCREASE SERVICE SEATTLE, Jan. 9.—The Alaska Steamship Company will start an increased steamship service to Alaska when the Tanana sails Jan- uary 18 and the liner Aleutian will {be returned to the service starting February 23 operating the passen- ger service with the Northwestern, Alameda, Latouche and Tanana. |The summer schedules are going! into effect soon. ‘The Alaska and| Yukon will enter the service in| | March, ——————— ARE FINED FOR SHOOTING DUCKS OUT OF SEASON Word has been received by E. M. Goddard of the Alaska Game Commission that Arthur Diklasson, of Everett, Wash., Floyd Pack- wood, of Entiat, Wash., and Dwin- al Smith, of Anacortes, Wash., were arrested in the vicinity of Wrangell by Warden Dufresne and charged with shooting ducks out of season, and with being mnon- residents, They were fined $50 each in the U. 8. Commissioner’s Court at Wrangell. ' | | l Major Motherwell received in- structions to this effect from Ot. tawa in answer to protests from Oregon and Washington trolling men, through the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, that the Canadian authorities are not conforming to the existing treaty between the United States and Canada. WOOTAN GOES TO SPEEL RIVER FOR CAMERON INTERESTS J. Wootan, assisiant to Wendall Dawson, water-power engineer for the Cameron paper interests, ar. |rived in Juneau last night from Ketchikan on the Northwestern. He left here today on a ten-day tield trip in stream flow measure- ments at Speel River powersites, better known as the holdings of the old Alaska Pulp and Paper Company. It will be remembered that the Cameron interests are capitalized at $10,000,000 and that negotiations for the purchase of 2,000,000,000 board feet of timber on the west gide of Admiralty Island, have been made to the forest service. —— J .H. Guffey, who has been in Juneau for the past week in con- nection with his interests with the Butler-Mauro Drug Store, returned to Seattle on the Alameda. Was Cult Captive e —— COMPROMISE ON KELLOGG [Kellogg and Borah Oppose ‘ any Form of Interpre- , tative Resolutlon IDEMOCRATS DEFEND; REPUBLICANS ASSAIL {Scnator Watson Renews Efforts Toward Mak- ing Agreement WASHINGTON, Jan, 9. Senate started to talk itself out on the Kellogg treaty as hopes faded for a compromise on the dispute over an interpretative declaration. vy Secretary of State Kellogg and Ellsworth, | Scnator Borah blew up the tenta.! chmbed“‘“ cement reached Monday by declining any interpretative reso- The Pretty Barbara 26, of Los Angeles, wearily up stairs to police sta- N J lution in the treaty. tion and told officers she had New Conferences been held a captive for 12 Noy conferences were called weeks by group practicing weird religious rites. A promi- nent Los Angeles man was ai- rested and is to receive a hear= ing on charges growing out of her story. during the day but each disbanded and Senator Borah took the floor with a determination to fight it out confident of having enough |votes to ratify the treaty without any reservations, | Meanwhile the der an assault from can side as Senator Mos son of ‘Indiana, and Blaine, manded the interpretative reserva- ational Newsreel) 20 PASSENGER treaty came the Republi- Robin.' de- un- [tion to American adherence. LANE TESTED. |/ “omreat i From the Democratic side is- sued words of indorsement of the SUGGESSFULLY .. Senators’ Bruee, Wagner and Sheppard announced they would support the pact as a “step in the right direction.” All against reservations. Senator Gillett praised the pact. Makes New Move Senator Watson, of declared Theories of Designer Vm- dicated—Long Flights Are Contemplated India: NEWARK, N. Yadi Tha|Prospective Republican leader next largest airplane ever built in th ol (fobk [ the. Jgitiative. late country, a 20-passenger plane peierday. . in, 8 unusual . construction, has vindi.|Feach an agrcement whorchy cated the theories of Vincent Bur.|report already drafted by Borah nellt; destgiors will be made by the Foreign Re- The plame has made four test|lations Committee as a substitute flights, one carrying 15 passen.|for the proposed interpretative gers, and after another week of |Fesolution of Moses. - eee— — tests it is planned to fly to Wash- ington then @cross the -continent to San Francisco. Burnelli planned the craft to minimize the drag of tle fuselage MAN CONFESSES The bod. 12 feet wide and has two motors set side by side in the nose and fully enclosed. The contour of the fuselage is streamline as is also the wing sec- CANTON, Ohio, Jan. 9.—Edward tion and this converts the usual!Kaltenbaugh, who confessed to the drag unit into an air foil with|double murder of John Oser and wife, was retitrned here this after- noon from Newecastle, Penn,, he was arrested at midnight His arrest terminated a search into three states which was under- way since Oser was found in his considerable lifting qualities. It is planned to put the plane in passenger service, first of a fleet, of 20 planes. As the fuel capacity is of 1,000 gallons, the plane can make 2,400 miles at a cruising speed of 115 miles an hour. dairy barn with a bullet in his B =1 4 3 K B head and his wife in her night- clothes, with her head dashed ia ALAM.EDA SOUTH on a rock pile nearby The bodies. were found Sunday morn- WITH LARGE LIST With a list of 75 passengers aboard - southbound, from ports to the Westward and after making a fair weather trip over the Gulf, the steamer Alameda, Capt. C. V. Westerlund, arrived in Juneau at 8 o'clock last night ‘and sailed for the south at 11 p.m. Capt. Wester- lund reported encountering little snow, and also stated the trip was without incident. ing by the six-year-old son. Kaltenbaugh admitted that a de- prompted him to slay the couple. e b BEHRENDS LEAVE FOR VACATION AND BUSINESS Mr. and Mrs. B. M Behrends left for the States on the Ala- Passengers for Juneau Who ar-fy,4074; o ahgent from home for rived on the steamer from thel oy, o " o ths. The trip I8 Westward ports were: K. Faul-ly compineq pusiness and vacation chier, R. J. Shepard and Mrsiyp gng ghile gone the Behrends Shepard, O. Smatberg, L. Christie.|yp yigit Seattle and from there 8. Reed, H. C. Johnson and l'.'“,‘” g0 to San Francisco. After { Powers. visiting friends in the southern Juneau passengers leaving fOT|city the couple will cross the ithe States and Southeastern towns!eontinent to New York and were: Chicago. For Seattle—Mrs. Bertha Nor-{ fhe trip is also the yearly man, Mrs, L. Kean, Ruth L. Kean,ibuying tour that is made by Mr. Miss Lyndall Knight, Miss M. Dur-|Behrends or the buying agent, land, Mr. and Mrs. Clauds Harris,|B. R, Alcott, of the Behrends Dorothy Parsons, Herbert Kicker,|Department Store. Mr. Alcott is J. H. Guffey, Mrs. R. Clark, Sam|leaving on the Princess Mary and Morris, Mr, and Mrs. B. M. Beh-|will meet Mr. Behrends in the rends, T. Lapotia, George McClure,|8outh. Together they will visit Fred Parry,"Margaret Kean, Albert|the large selling centers of the Kean, Marion Norman, A. Morris,|country before returning to Ju-| L. C. Hall, George Strohmeyer, Deau. Alfred Sunde, J. M. Smith, John e W. H. Caswell, U. 8 Kach. For Ketchikan—BEdward Davis,| Marshal at. Ketchikan, left Ju- W. H. Caswell, Charles Jones, T./Beau on the Alameda He has L. Chidester, and Antone Julich.{Déen in Juneau several days in ‘ For Petersburg—C. V. Brown. |¢omneetion with work of his office. PACT FAILS where | sire for the Oser automobile had’ Deputy | M yst in leaving Rogers was killed | bile accident, a comfortabie income, an his automo- widow — ! LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan, 9.—Lis ed officially among the “missing |in police records and her estat of approxim; ly $25,000 in | hands of a curator, Mrs. El P 29, pretty Loulsville w iOw has previded a riddia which morc | [than two months of intensive in. | ivestigation ha f to solve | M Roger cDowal married Hamilton an ad vertising man. ch, 1927, Poh('v Baffl(’d by ory of Pr etty Wulou" Dl. ap pvurvd IN DARKNESS, GUIDLD ONLY B} BARBED | WIRE FENCE, TO GET III) l~()R lll SBAND, | HUGO, Col, Jan. 9.—A | woman, Mrs. George Davis, strug-| ;:lwl over ditches and crossroads for two miles, feeling her way' along a barbed wire fence to a! neighbors last night to get help fo her husband who became suddenly | ill. ~When the woman rived at the neighbors, she was bleeding |trom wire cuts and badly bruised | from many falls and nearly ex hausted. Neighbors accompanied her home only to find that Davis| had died. | LIONS CLUB - MEETS TODAY Playground Subjecl Is Ad| vanced— Join Wash- ington District The first weekly luncheon since ‘the holidays was held this noon |by the members of the Juneau {Lions Club in the Arcade Cafe. Among the several matters brought - up for discussion by President Lester D. Henderson was the question of what na- tional district the Juneau Club should beleng. Due to the fact the local club in a technical way| ' B S ) . belonged to the Californla body|¥omen & few of whom had been Mercy T,-m of the nalln’nnl orgnnlzulinn,iwm””" ince dawn. Soon after Y which was largely responsible for|he doors were opened. the crowd || According to a report recety. | the initial forming of the JuneauSrew until it is estimated that|| gq this morning in the office | Club. Garl E, Croson, director ot 3000 were in line. ‘| ot the Governor, A. A. Ben- the nineteenth district, including | .., i S R R nett, pilot for the Bennett- the State of Washington un:lw[l'lflrl’lt/llllkfl Occurs Rodebaugh Airplane Co., has | British Columbia, sent an invita- | os BRI completed another act of mer- tion to the Junmeau Lions stating Dllll"fl RP("!’"”" cy in making an emergency that they would. be welcomed ! To !lr Lindbergh: | irip to Wiseman and return ,into the Washington district. The - to Fairbanks, in order to car- { matter was voted upon by the CONST. \\H\()I’I E, Jan. 9.— ry Joe Cudo, who was serious- {members at the luncheon and due | Mrs, Evangeline Lindbergh, moth- | ly 111, to the hospital in Fair- | to the strategie position of Wash- |er of the famous flier, experienced | | banks. | l\lngu)n in relation to Alaska it her first earthquake when a vio- This is one of many Instanc- |+ jwas decided that being a part of |lent shock accompanied hy a ter-| | es where airplanes throughout that district would be more bene- |rifying subterranean roar oc- Alaska have aided humanity. Iflt‘),::‘] than the California district. {curred at Angora last night dur-| | pijot Bennett has made many The great need of a community |ing a reception at the American| | oyergency trips of one kind playground was stressed to the|BEmbassy in her honor.. No acci-| b aartha members by R. B. Robertson and [dent to life or property is re-, . Jand the | 2 blindigart a campaign in the near fu-! ture relative ehildren to a providing the with proper’ indoor !play hcuse. Mr. Robertson point- ed out that here is a need for a place where the children could gather for play during the entir year and several suggestions wer offered by those attending the luncheon regarding the ground building. No action was taken on the matter but will be thoroughly gone into at the next meeting of the elub. A drive for an increased mem- bership of the club is to be arted with a final goal of 20 .mv\ members to swell the roster. When the goal dent Henderson is attained Pre prom th {tive participation of the body in |severa 1l new elvie projects. —————— — THOUSANDSPASS BEFORE BIER OF FIGHT PROMOTER opened s morning to permit the as a body the elub decided to Ported. PRICE TEN CENTS WEALTHY MAN - ASSASSINATED IN HIS HOME Italian Importer Is Shot i Down in Chicago—I18 Suspv('ls Arrested | DRINKING COMPANIONS PROVE TO BE SLAYERS Another Chapter Written in Gangland Warfare Mrs. R dropped from sight ] : s October 1928, nineteen .month \‘ mn ”lmms |later.. There is no verifiad recoi | 0 il i coen atteh thatovt | CHICAGO, 1, Jan. 9—Pasqua- |ning of that day. Relatives foun |lno Colordo, wealthy Italian im- in her apartment, suitcases usec porter and reputed chief of the SR ik o Chisago, SHilinh {North Side liquor syndicate, was packed. Remains of a dinne | assassinated last night as he sat {Which she shared with a frien¢ | giEy JcemSGMROE. g | & Wine in his home with were still on the table. None ¢ | MRS.ELLA MCDOWELL ROGERS, |!WO companions, The assailants (her clothing was missing, intimat. are unknown to the Police. They friends and relatives reported. Onl A o |{found the widow hysterical over (her purse and the key to he |m|m Haynes, negro janitor, ar-| e Body of her hushand. A re- apartment could not be found. sted in the case, was dismisged|VOIVEr 1ay at his side. Her father-in-law, Ira W. Rog |t a police court hearing. One by| Colordo’s sister-in-law told the lers, knowing she was accustomed | me the many clues proved false.|°fficers two or three men had been to travel a great deal, kept her{Supposed blocd spots on a lu:xxn,“'f""k‘"“ with him and then shot absence qulet even after detec.|mer in the basement proved to he|™m: tives were called to investigate it | srdinary stains. Bits of bone| ‘within an houf police rounded On November 30, however, it was|ind a peculiar white ash taken|'P 18 suspects. publicly announced that foul play|trom the furnace provided “no evi.| C0lordo’s body was punctured was suspected and a nation wide|dence of value.” Other theories|PY eleven bullets. search was begun | roved worthless ‘,‘ A few hours later, another Ital- The last known person to have| Mrs. Rogers is the second mem.|ian. Rocco Laggar, was shot in seen Mrs. Rogers was Hal Harned, |ber of her family to disappear and|'De head as he entered an auto- Dawson Springs, Ky. banker, an|strangely enough, her case result.|Mobile near his home. old acquaintance, who dined with|ed in the location of a brother,| 7 R 0 Uy her October 7. §As he was leaving | Rescoe McDowell, missing from| hér home R!lm‘éy after 8 o'clock.|Cincinnati for two years l.ivinxv5 GANNERIES {the lights in the\.apartment went|in Detroit now, he heard of the | out. Almost at'the same moment |[case and wrote to police offi his_taxicab arrived gpd Mrs. Rog-|offering to ¢ This wa P Y ers refugad his offer -of aid. in.|the first word othor. metfihers of sisting that she could care for the|hiss family had from him gince he matter herself. The time of Mr.|drepped from sight. Harned’s departure was verified{ Two other brothers, Wallace Mc- by his taxi driver. Dowell, a mortician, and J. B, Me- Detectives later learned that the|Dowell, and a sister, Mrs, Cora lights in the Rogers apartment had [ Keifer, came from their homes in|Alaska ,Dea] Involves Three gone out, not because of a blown|Cincinnati to aid in the inquiry. Al Ny ' fuse, but because someone in the' fourth brother, H. B. McDowell,| illion Dollars—Plants basement unscrewed a fuse Ilives in Los Angels i Are to Be Operated BLIND WOMAN STRUGGLES Iu’—‘,’ ViiJ ANGT. | Y B eies has ! ¢ {in Alas k.l 4-'L~'h!‘!’ with the steam- ship North King and other floating equipment, E. B. Deming, president | announced. Two canneries ]ru)m the Alaska-Portland Packers Agsociation at Bristol Bay; one (from the Alitak Packing Company purchased are lon Kodiak Island, one from the [Robinson Fisheries Corporation on |Kodiak fsland and one from the Petersburg Packing Company, in {Southeastern Alaska. The steamship North King was baught from the Alaska-Portland Packers Associa The purchase gives the local {concern 17 cannerles in Alaska and ’mw each at Bellingham and Ana- ortes All will be operated this . President Deming said. o e n | Are Discussing Fitness ! Of General Booth to | Remain Head of Army | SUNBURY, ON-THE-THAMES, England, Jan. 9.—After a solid lday of routine and organfzation the High Counecil of the Salva- icn Army is understood to have begun a discussion of the fitness n! Cov. Bamwell Botoh, leader of {the Army, to continue in office lin view of the condition of his NEW YORK an. 9—More than|health 500 persons w in line when the | —_— doors of Madison Square Garden |If—— ] | -~