The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 24, 1929, Page 1

VOL XXXIII NO 5005 JUNEAU ALASKA THURSDAY J\\U\RY 24 1929 BRI AN S ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE Tl-.N CENTS 32 RESCUED IN ATLANTIC GALE FROM SINKING VESSEL CONGRESSMEN GIVE OPINION ON DRY FUND Indicake . Positiond They, Will Take on $24,000,- 000 Measure REPUBLICANS AND DEMCCRATS DIVIDED LaGuardia Says It Is Only, Step Toward Spending Millions Annually WASHINGTO! Jan, 24. —\\'hilu! ‘he Scnate struggled with the de- ficiency appropriation bill. House members voiced varying options on the $24,000,000 addition to th measure for the use of the Pres dent Prohibition Several indicaled the positions they expect to take when Enforcement. ! the | measure comes before the House.| tepresentative Wood, and Congressman <rampton, n, both Republican of the House Committee, of of Indiana ! mem- | Appropriation ! flatly opposed ita Wood | will be in charge of the bill when| it is returned to the House. Democratic Stand Among the Democrats, Garrett, ! Tennessee, minority leader, ex- pressed approval on the ground] that if the money is a\(ulah](' for Enforcement, the [)\'>1hn|om ("ml(l not complain of inability force the law because of Jx'k funds. Congressman see, of of Byrns of Tennes- king 1" »mocrat on the A\,, propriations Committee, disagre with Wood mul Crampton, there was a lack of money for en- forcement of prohibition and he feit the House should approve of| the $24,000,000 extra. LaGuardia’s Position Representative LaGuardia, New York, a wet, declared say m~ { | of | the, Karin Andren, young Swedish skater, is a keen competitor in shis winter's championship skating meet in Europe. PROPOSEDDUTY " ON HALIBUT IS CAUSINGACTION Vessel Owners Assomahon Sends Man East— Ketchikan’s Plans 1 amendment is the “first toward an| SEATTLE, Jan. 24 Believing | NINETEEN DIE IN CRASH, BUS ELECTRIC CAR Four Separate Investiga- tions Are Started— Motorman s Story BELLEVU L‘ Ohio, Jan. 24.—~Tho CRUISER BILL IS NOW BEFORE but Measure Faces Stubborn Fight |DEFICIENCY BILL IS PASSED CONFERENCE Prohibition Item Must Be Discussed with House —Tax Hearings WASHINGTO. July 24.—The Administration naval cruiser bill late yesterday was made the order of business after the Senate pas ed the deficiency supply bill Chairman Hale, the Nava Committee, called the measur of before the Senate just before ad- journment. = Signs of filibuster against the bill died down and | \leaders of the opposition have de- | ‘(I'nml no obstructionist tactics iwill be employed in an attempt |to block the final vote but a stub- 'born fight is promised Copesition to Bill | * Opposition to the bill centers around the drive for a reduction in the number of « to ".mlhurizml. The bill by the Heuse proposes |15 ponents hope to reduce the num- |per to 10 or even five. Time Limit President Coolidge wants elim- ination of the clause icompletion of cruisers ,three years. Senator Barton, of \()h:u. who was a member cf the {House last session, 2pd led th fight there for the elimination of the time clause pledged sup- port to Coolidge's proposal but |Chairman Hale said he is con- fident he will have enough votes to pass the bill without any building cruisers which the Senate op-| requiring | within | U.S. SENATORS 1Signs of Filibuster Dies Qut | ¢ Represent U.S. on Reparations be | passed | Delegation of Wenatchee misses greeting' the first electric locomotive to pass through the Great liorthern's Cascade tunnel in Washington. It is eight miles long and cost $14,000,000. CAPITAL YACHT CLUB OFFICERS ELECTED TODAY Dr. H. C. DeVighne Chosen as, Commodol;e——Whil- ficr Ts”Named Second With the election of a full set officers today, the plan of the Cham of Commerce for the ALL MEMBERS OF FLORIDA'S CREW RESCUED Capt. George Fried Hero of Battle with Ocean Storm GRIM DRAMA COMES TO SUCCESSFUL END Many of Rescued Crew | Are Near Collapse from Exposure in Gale NEW YORK. Jan. phant for the second battle with the sea, Fried, of the liner American, is today headed toward port with the rescued crew of the freighter |Florida, which was, in distress 800 miles off the '»a -+ Capt. Friedls messin id: “Rescued full crew oi ¥lorida, total of thirty-two. Chief Officer Manning in charge whole. West- gale. Life boats lost. De- s later.” Grim Drama Staged This radio told the happy |ending of the grim drama on the |wintry Atlantic which opened {when the American began the |360-mile race with death last Tuesday. ! The message recalled a similar communication sent by Capt| Fried three years ago when he told ‘of the rescue of the British freighter Antinme. | Rigs Jury Rudder The other steamer in distress in the same vicinity appareatly surmounted difficulties when the |American radioed the Danne- 24.—Trium- time ih a Capt. George | | | - pdatieiniaew had rgEod. o/ Jurke. g rudder and was {at Bermuda. The American’s feat at locat- {ing the Florida is emphasized by the fact that two other steam- seeking shelter ers, nearer at hand, had been unable to lccate her and were fmu-(l to abandon the search. Crew Near Collapse The New York r\m(‘rican print- a copyright radio dispatech material change. Deficiency Bill Passed The Senate yesterday aftermoon passed the deficiency measure, which carries $24,000,000 for the President’s use in Prohibition e annual expenditure of about $25,-ithe right of any fisherman to mar-|death toll of yesterday's crash be- 000,000, then a billion before the, ket his catch in any port he choos-! tween a passenger bus and an American people could be ('un\m(uzbs has been endangered by the re-|Electric Interurban train mountad ed ‘that Prohibition cannot be en- ported move to place a duty on|to 19 today with the death of Rich forced.” {halibut entering Prince Rupert, H.|ard Freeman. in the meantime, friends of Pro-. E. Loken, Manager of the Fishing George Gould, Capital Yacht Club of Juneau be- reality. Dr. H. C. De- | shne was elected cut of a field of four to be the first Commo- N | {dore of tre Club, led Other cers elected were: for tho hibition cannot escape the respon-| sibility for accepting the appropria- tion and making an honest attemp: to enforce the law. BITTER COLD CAUSES DEATH T0 11 PERSONS Three States in Middle! West Are Blocked by Heavy Snow CHICAGO, 111, Jan. 24.—Warm northeast winds which will blow away lhe severe cold that cost 11 lives in the Middle West was today’s promise to stormbound States suffering the rigors of| winter. The absence of snow here was | in contrast to the intense cold| and heavy snow that paralyzed traffic in parts of Michigan, Min- nesota and Wisconsin. Trains are dehyed and high- ways_blocked. The storgp approached blizzard | proporticns im ‘Michigan where the cold accounted for five lives. Minnesota reported four deaths.' Two deaths attributed. to in Chicago the weather. are ihere, { meanwhile ‘ Commercial { Vessel -Owners Association, been sent to Washington to com- ybat any such move through the United States authorities. According to 1ccn§ headquarter while the situation” is mot the understanding ds Commercial [ m catches of individual boats, permitting entry shipments from Ketchikan whole-; salers, duty free. | 1Says Religion iIs Becoming , "HATTANOOGA, Tenn., 24.—Bishop Thomas Gailor, {the Protestant Episcopal Church, Diocese of Tennessee, deplores the; (modern tendency to consider ‘mnnev the main thing in church life. He said it reduces religion | to a commercial basis. Bishop Gailor said: “I must {deplore the tendency to measure | ‘all success by commercial stand- tards. There is danger that the !minictry of the church itself shall be regarded as a mere business or profession where ability to raise money is a test of smriom‘y| and where the outlying places in {the country may be neglected be- cause the young of ability, who ire not xmdw plain living.” Jan. jenter the ministry, |for the sacrifices of BACHELOR SOVEREIGN FORESEES RAINY DAY SOFIA, Jan. 24—King Boris of Bulgaria, has recently received a substantial increase in salary and the report echoes once more thal he is going to get married. He has made drastic euts in his household expenses and reduced his clerical staff from 26 to 14, Princess Giovagna of Italy, con- tinyes to be the center Of all gos- sip concerning the prospect of a royal romance. King Boris has abolished the an- nual ball, diplomatic receptions and banquets, which were making ser- fous inroads on his meagre person- al ex,c!wquer. He also has stop- | in-! et| ped smoking and refuses the stallation of a modern wireless in his working rooms, for reasons| i has | bus company, clear miles an the and no warning signal was at the Club at Ketchikan crossing. asked the Canadian government to Butler got out of the bus, |impose a two-cent duty per pound he stopped 12 feet from the cross- of tra of economy. He is abstemions in all his tastes and adheres'to a simple djet. He | drinks nothing¥between meals d,,,l.s.m Franeiscans, his favorite dish is Irish stew and green peas. He avoids meat far as possible.. . Vegetables, ik and buttered toast comprise h-~ Company. breakfast. His evenings' would - seem to the average person, His relaxation is reading to -cqm information and .to keep abreast O A DA IS NS | - (Continued on Page Tarce) - dull as! 2 attornay decl blamele could not see in the snow interurban Holden But- Gould more than storm, was running fifty hour on a late schedule ler was Butler 200 feet the Gonld said that wh alzo ing, and looked up and down the 3. Fourteen persons were injured. Four investigations were started to dstermine the responsibility for | the crash. Interurban Motorman Fred Schuyler said he blew the whistle and threw on the ‘emérgency brake rand reversed the current when ho, w the bus on iha crossing. He caped injury by running into the ()f'[mssenflor compartment of his car {Just before the crash. his passengers were injured beydn miny brulses or ghock. The interurban struck tho bus in the middle, knifing the top from the body and flinging it 50 feot jdown the roadway. The electrie car hurled the chasis and rammed it into the ditch. ne of d Cousin of Lindbergh Dies, Ruult of Crash AUGUSTA, Ga., Jan. 24—Ray Barlow, of New York, sald to be a cousin of Col. Charles A. Lind- | bergh, died at a hospital here yes: terday of injuries received when {his airplane crashed Saturday. CatEofic Decoration Is Awarded San Franciscans SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Jan. 24. —Knighthood in the Order of Mal- ita, oldest and most distinguished | decoration of laymen conferred by tlu- Catholic Church, has been lawarded by the Vatican to two A. P. Gianca, President of ' the Trans-American { Corporation and John 8. Drum, President of the American Trust — e SEATTLE — The Weslern Dry {Gocds Cempany, established here in 1905, will soon pass out of ence as the result of its pur- ichase Ly the A. V. Love Dry 1Goods Company,. galdl that | -, eince !forcement, and $75,000,000 for jtax refunds. The Senate voted |for public hearings of the com- {mittee on the Treasury Depart- (ment refund cases involving over $10,000. The House has already passed the deficiency supply measure but it had not considered the 1$24,000,000 item, increase in tax revision and cther revisions the Dbill now goes to conference for adjustment of the difference ——— Sue Carol Won't Come Home; Rich Husband Is Suing e | CHICAGO, Jan. 24.—Allen H Rufus G. Dawes (left), brother of Vice-President Dawes and widely known Chicago banker, and Owen D. Young, chairman of the board of the General Electric Co., will represent the United States in settling the vexing problem of German repara- tions, (International Newsreel) LEADER OF BANK RORBER KILLS Keefer, wealthy. livestock comm sion man, prominent in Chic, society, filed a bill for divorce the Circuit Court today again Sue Carol, Hollywood movie star The charge is desertion. Josep Drucker, close friend of Mr. Ke« er and his attorney in the explained that since Miss went into the movies two ago_her interests have been’ ferent” from her husband’s that she has declined his reques to come home. “There is no gquestion of b ness involved,” said the lawye Miss ‘Carol—Sue Carol, is m her screen name—is of well-k! family, as her husband. ‘the daughter of the Samuel L ers. Her wedding to Mr. was an important social event years ago. - e Army Is Told to Help In Raising Birth Rate PARIS, Jan. 24.—The F h army will spread’ propaganda for larger families. " Two officers fn each must be assigned, on order the Minister of War, to tell soldiers why it is their du! have children. The Mi Painleve, is himself a b Much fun is being poked at the arrangement by newspapoel humorists, who foresee that the “‘repopulation” officers will have difficulty in expeunding the sub- ject when they face the young: recruits and the hard-boiled non- eoms for their' dissertdtions on why every Frenchman should ,bave more children, cas Carol years “d 1 3 Keé 1t of the to regi :|band of bank robbers “Jlicemen who pretended th ‘|Declares “|\Suspicion” "|Be Cleared I P IROBBERS GAUGHT WOMAN CLERK Jan. 24—V policen A of CHICAGO, Laura Buehc clerk, was clubbed 1[to death and robbed one (from her home as she turnin from work Her slayer escaped. The only witness Grace Hanley, school heard the girls’ from her window in time “man in a dark over agging the woman’s body the street, Apparently ned by the sound of the ow which Mrs. Hanley rais he siayer released his body and fled. found the truck twice over the purse and hat we the body was o A Jan. EL PASO, Texas, _— tim of a ruse by two posing as prohibition 0. Pendleton, accused Miss ader last t faced the end of a long trail of al- leged lawlessness. More than 20 hmnk rol eight killings Pendleton and h Pendleton was last night was Mrs teacher, sereams, es and t dr capt conducting a mere bhoo vestigation. —— “Sulky Must hoid m the Phy been Her ing when iciang girl had d miss- reached he NEW Yl)RK Ja for active efforts ments’ of th Un Great Britain to r¢ ky suspicion” whic to elations betwee: tries, is made by Ram ald, former British Labc in an article 1 Nation.” MacDonald case for private tion and conferc ments must act ‘ought to appoint their most outstand {Tepresentatives tion, fo meet and scure corners the of things which ibetween us. Let Perhaps fresh a +our minds of then.’ Doiler of River Steamer Explodes BOGOTA; (,ulmn!nu, Jan. 24 nty-two peérsons were dro a disaster on the Ma ver when the river boat sank after an explosion ¢ iler. - Adviced said two Ar and a Parish pri I nAr are among the survive > Bert Hassell down in Greenl attempting kford, ML, to Sweden is to soom visit here on sent “USe an Airplane in " flights appi {Tw said and block | was re-| 22 Persons Killed) . 8. Whittier, Vice-Commodore; Robert Simpson, Rear Com-, H. G. Walmsley, Port H. G. Watscn, Secre and H. VanderLeest, Mr, Commodore Whittier by became almost amation head T itter protested strennous ly, withdrawing his name frem nomination but finally consent- ing to take a place on the official | roster if elected. He was second i the field of four and itomatically became Viee-Com- dore. e STOCK QUCTATIONS N Junes day Ch W YORK, Jun. 24.—A mine stock is quoted t 81, Canadian Pacifl r 117%, Cudahy nhlor Brothers Cigars ennecott Copper 15%%, ri 64%, Nevada Cor National Power and packard Motors 142, 8 uck 16 : ska | to- 249, | | s 3 107, Mis- lidated | \ i 1140 thlnlr"ll FRANCE BAb By SAVINGTON CRAMPTON (A. P. Staff Writer) i | VINCENNES France! rnest to show hmen are as ny people any colonial exhibi- city at the the firfl cor been laid by! ue, is the first plan for capital- the 60.000,000 people who live e world which has just Doumerg President chapter in a vast glok the e cglonial exhibition, for mendous preparations ave . from Treas- | Light | in the four quar-{ } the American saying the jerew of the Florida was near collapse when rescued. The mes- sage said: hey tion in a weak condi« were stripped to the ving badly torn. ” Ins sted aboard by, All tired, are any hre added that ndoned, e the been ab prevente | the | condition. Kellogg Announces He Will Retire to St. Paul in March WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—Formal announcement that he will retire {from the cabinet on March 4 and inul‘t- his home in St. Paul, has ' come from Secretary Kellogg to ltermi intermittent speculation |as to the course he intended to fol- = oW It is the secretary’'s intention to mme the practice of law in his city. Recent reports that Kellogg was to make his resi- in California were termed incorrect. S HOPES " dence ON COLONIAL WEALTH the symbol in the of farsighted Frenchmen a France not of 40,000,000 in= but of 100,000,000. From and Martinique to the & and Djiboutl, donia to Seme- these men have Vincennes Exhi- & | being made | minds or 1\;1)mm!s | Guadeloupe island of Madag \Laos and New Ca al and Cameroun, their eyes on the ! bit | fon. It will open in 1931 and embody’ two vears of work devoted to dis- ° Jlaying the essence of French cok onies to stay-at-homes. Its largest building will main as a perma- nent new mi v of colonies. Al S (Continued on Page lom)