The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 26, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL XXXIII NO 5007 “ALL THE NEWS JUNEAU ALASKA SATURDAY IWUARY 26, 1929 ALL THE TIME” MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CEN'IS REST MADE IN BIG PACIFIC COAST ARSON CASE HIGHER DUTIES PRETTISST GIRL IN ART schooL ARE ASKED FOR [77 MANY PRODUCTS Parade of Winesses iefore: WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.—Her- bert Hoover's campaign promise to aid agrieultur pparently has giv- en impetus to an organized effort v farm groups to seek a high nearly every commodity of ['1» farm of the i act A parade of witnesses before the House Ways and Means Committee Thursday urged higher and continued their vering a wide variety of agritultural - produsts, rabs-and So many witnesses appear- the committee was forced session last night. ill, of Omah See- retary of the National Grain Deal- Association, urged ¢ g the rate of 15 cents a bushel on corn to 30 cents. He contend- ed it cost the farmer 34 cents a bushel to move his corn to compet- | against 15 cents for so the duty differ- Jly wiped out. He said the farmers adjacent to Omaha desired a higher tariff to keep out ntina eorn from the Pacific Coa e, MYSTERY NOW {the eve nl‘ his seventie r1| birthd former Kaiser Wifhelm, spe Distress. Calls Sem Oul—— through a friend and co-worker, C {Barqu ' Elrich, von, Sell,, gave the Attempts to Communi- | scaciated Press an intersiew, first cate Later Fails !dietating the foreword as follows: i section (& duties uties ed that to hold J. W, ers present Appreciation of beauty Is the cardinal teaching of Kidd-Key college, a fine arts school at Sherman, Texas, and the students proved they learned their lessons well when they docided by ballot that Margaret Walker is the most beautiful girl amony them. ing territory entine corn, compl 0 Former German Kaiser Issues Statement on Eve | “Ta promote tne welfare of the JEW YORK, Jan. 26.—Mys- German people and preserve peace técr has cloaked the fate of the in the world—this has ever heen Ttalia® freighter Capo Capo which |the supreme law governing my ac : sent cut distress calls last night|tions, in firm faith in God, tha All § and then lapsed into silence. | Just, T therefore hope to live to | The distress ‘signals were pick-'gsee the day that will free us Ger- ed up by the Radio Marine Cor-'mans from the burden of false ac- poration but all attempts to com-|cysation of having unleashed the municate with the vessel failed. |greatest of all wi Wilhelm.” The ship gave her position as| jy the interview her denied Ger- about 750 miles east of Bermuda | {man cruelty during the war ob- but no (‘L Is of the trouble. yqrying with satistaction that blam- The Capo Capo left Constan-fi,, Germany alone for the war is | :‘"“l““ on December 24 for Bal- 'bvmmmg increasingly an unten- imore Two other freighters which|3ble thesis. found it necessery to send outl distress mns are A\Vlllllng flu, t [ ] I | l 5 Decause she wanted to get in condition for a forthcom-. ing endurance swim, Lot%le Schoemmel, New York dis- Of Seventieth Btrthday,‘ ALASKA AID BILL GIVEN FINE BOOST {Committee to Favorably Report on Hatch, Smith-| Lever Acts \\'ASHH\(‘T()\' Jan. 26. — A favorable report on the House 'bill extending the benefits of .the Hatch and._ Smith-Lever Acts to | Alaska, has Dbeen ordered by the | Senate Agricultural Committee, The acts provide for establish- |ment of agricultural experimental stations and for cooperation and textension ‘work between agricul- tural cclleges receiving benefit Dr. Charles E. Bunnell, Pre dent of the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines, who appeared in support of the bill,’ id Alaska would receive an ap<| propriation of ,000 from the two acts. | The bill provides that the Sec- retary of Agriculture approve the appropriaticn and the esti-| mates to be based on his findings s to ability of the Te tory to make em‘n‘li\'( use of the funds. CRUISER BILL IS IN FOR BIG FIGHT, SENATE ination of Time Clause in Measure 26 WASHINGTON, Jan. A heat-| led eontrowstsy over. striking fram+ i the cruiser bill the clause requir-| {ing start on the program within lthree years, was indicated ye ‘day when it became known Presi-| tdent Coolidge still insists on its elimination. H ! The President holds to the opin-| (don that the time clause should be, {eliminated because of Budget con- siderations, and not because objects to immediate building is explained. He believes impossible for budget expert see in advance what conditions Treasury will be in, in any year. It is also revealed that the Pr dent sees little practical good Borah's amendment yesterda; 4 i posing an International Confe! rence | for codification of the maritime | law. o} the n [ in | A he Borah's Proposal The President thinks theoreti ly the proposal is splendid but has conferred with the State De-! partment on it and practically! thinks the plan is not feasibl | The President doubts the prob- ability of obtaining rati by | the Senate of any treatie it-! ing from such a conference House Action i Last year the House turned down the President’s views on the tim clause in its consideration of ‘he naval bill when it retained a clause | requiring 15 plane carriers and !cruisers be started before July,| 1931, | Notice Served { Chairman Hale, of the Se Naval Committee, in (‘hflrgw of xCrnXser bill, gave notice yes 'he vwill fight Coolidge’s pre to the end. However, nate he rday rsal tor} . PENNSYLVAN]A AIRPLA]\E PLUNGE KILLS EIGHT 7 Kkitled and ‘bae fa o picces in a fo; i ARE KILLED | INACCIDENTS, ICY HIGHWAYS ppery Pabihc Highway in Oregon, Washing- ton, Take Toll SEATTLBE, Jan, om rains and snows, the Pacific Highway in Oregon and Washing- Monotas Hoeke 218 auso dopd Sa automcbile idents cla five lives half a dozen i John Cascy, Seattle attorney fatally injured and his brother ser- y hurt, when their machine |crashed info the bus, operated be tween ‘Seattle and Tacoma, la: night. George Pearsall, of Centralia was killed and his two girl compafiion : injured when his car skidded and | overturned near Centr An unidentified womau was kl“‘ whzn a car hit a pole near| Puyallup. | Delbert Ackerman and Robert| Oregon, were killed machine crashed into} another. Evelyn Fiske was I)liml—‘ by s and Charles Mehring will probably die from injuries Te:| e nace son of Prasident i ceived in the crash. : Bcolidge, may wear a major’s gold — —————— | REMAIN COAGH AT UNW OF W. NURSE COMING |pccigent spencer Makes NUHTH, SHEIS | Tooom Lt Nigh GOING TO NOME SEATTLE, Jans 26.—Enoch Bag Summoned Back to Alaska| Pr’ 1 Reel Rcmance' ‘Vlajor John Coolidge Slippery when the ¢ Beautiful Sue Carol, shown above with Nick Stuart in a re- cent 1cture, is being divorced in Chicago by her husband, Allen H. Keefer. Following decree, Sue lets it become known she’ll marry Nick, (International Newsreel) . ohn H. Trumbull, his prospective @ther-in-law. WINTER SETTLES : INTHREE AREAS CHICAGO, encased the Middle West ther with som Jan. 26. North, outh and in snow and sub- today and pelted snow, sleet and as the weather for the most a cold wave Heted., Storms brought discomfort and Winter shaw will remain head football i_]m In o i coach of the University of Wash-| = - . 00" 0 ington until his contract expir oaft s “,“,;,"“,u,“,“ o three years hence. with more snow is pr President Lyle Spencer made the | ppointing him tn the staff of Gov. | INCENDIARY SUSPECT IS CAUGHTNOW - Man Charged with Many Crimes in Northwes! Arrested, California ‘MANY HOTEL FIRES BLAMED TO SUSPECT Flaming Trail I Left with Unpaid Bills and Many Bad Crecks AKIKMA, Wash,, Jan. 26.— I'A flaming .volume is what W. A, Groce, Assistant State Fire Mar- hal, termed the “biggest arson case in the world” has been clos- ¢l when Sheriff W. A. Shay, of San Bernardino. Cal.. telegraphed |that R. M, MeCrary has been ar- | ested - for half a doz¢n Pacifie | Northwest cities. McCrary is aceused of leaving a trail of hotel fires, robberies, forged checks and unpaid bills behind him as he traveled through Washington and Oregon. His burning path, Groce said, |started with an early ‘morning {fire in Portland. The fire in the [Hotel Portland, ,April 11, 1927, {and an unpaid six-day hotel bill, |i§veredited to MecCrary, in® addi=’ {tion to a $1,500 blaze at mid- {night of the sdme day in a Ta- coma hotel. McCrary is credited with several hotel robberies, had checks and smaller fires in Ta- coma. MecCrary then went to Seattle and {is credited with a fire in the St. Regis Hotel which suffer- {ed a small blaze. He also left a three-day unpaid bill. thing further was chalk‘d nfls “MeCravy adtit when he is ac~ the Ash< Oregon, ber 6, cused Iast year, of having fired land Hotel, in shland, causing $600 damages. On December 19, last year, the Commereial Hotel in Yakima and a fire resulting in $3,500 dam= . age. McCrary left a three-day's unpaid bill and numercus bad checks. Two days later a hctel in Olym- pia burned after MecCrary hld passed many bad checks. The day after Christmas, the Hotel Osborn, Eugene, Oregon, had a blaze and some more bad checks ware left. All of the fires v-are started linen closets or toflets. .o in Pilot and Two Passengers Foreed Down: Are Rescued Utab E Jan: 1he LAKE Fra ‘.H‘.Iv CITY pas Pliue 35 er, forced miles north of Elk were rescued today by of ranchers. Barber was slightly injured when one of the wings ‘of his plane struck the side cf a {mountain but the two passengers 'were not injured. All suffered from cold and exposure. House Reapportion = Bill Does Not Get On Senate Calenw g WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 the ob ruling last might. His de-'y, s reached after yrdship everal States and P'rospect of* thg Senate to | tance star, first went skatmg Borah rallied opponents (0 o sl(-umm quLml‘ rpporled it hdd lost her rudder and was llPlnlexs 500 miles southeast of Bermuda. The American freighter Dix- jano reported she is aground on the scuthern coast of Cuba. The three vessels carry about 25 men (nwh { MEN TRAPPED lN SPOKANE, Wash,, Jan. 26.— \’rhe body of a woman was found !near the bed in her home and | | her husband was found in bed | unconscious in another room when ; |police called -to investigate why KINGSTON, W. Va,, Jan. 26.— the man had not reported for One man is heliaved killed and work. in | i,70 lsra;‘):io;le ::’ ;,: ;’:fi?:::: Po-| The woman was Mrs. Johanna cahontas Coal Company here. Lwlnkleman wife of Herman Seventy-one men were in the Winkleman, 1"““‘"’ mine at the time of the blast. The cause the tragedy is Fifty - three men escaped,unkiiown allhough the police said through anothef entrance on the|they found a peculiar odor inv opposite side of the mountain.|the house. Windows were cpen One of the survivors said he dispelling the first theory the recognized the body of Blaine’ overcome by Parker in a passageway. The blast came from the pit’s mouth with such force that ‘it knocked over a small building and damaged others, | gas, couple had been Physicians are investigating| the thecry that Mrs. Winkleman! was stricken by a gall stone ment, and her husband suf- fering fromr cerebral hemorrhage. is SLUMP IN WORK FOR IS LAID TO FILM “TALKIES HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Jan. 26.— Earnings of Hollywood’s film ex- tras slumped more tham a third of a million dollars .during 1928, and only two of approximately fifteen thousand registered extras averag- ed as much work as five days a week throughout the year. These and other facts are 're-l vealed in fignres made public today by the Central Casting Cérpora- tion, operated by the studios as a clearing house. for extra talent. Although the aggregate sum earned by extras during 1928 was only $2,469,711 as compared with $2.838,136 earned in 1927, the aver- age wage of those who 'worked was 35 cents a day higher lnn ln “EXTRAS” The 1928 average was $8.94 1927.° ge of §8.59 for| as against an ave; the previous year. The daily average of placements wd% 756 as against a daily average of 905 during 1927 Most of the extras placed W men. Women got only 32 per ce of the work and children, account ed for 3 pér cent. Talking - pictures generally blamed" for the reduced emplm ment of film extras. Most of the| dialogue films' so far produced, have been made with small casts few crowd scenes calling for ex-| tras. = Later, as talking picture productions became more elaborate the average numher of extrag may increase, A | Van in swimming togs of the i Cortlandt Park, ce at Dill yesterday when he anuou then he will not fight the bill if chopped ‘a hole in the ice and | plunged in for a brisk spnnt. Here she is at the start of her | morning’s morning. “foternationsl Newsreel) " Graf Zeppelin to Come to U.S. Again Durmg June, July BERLIN, program ! dirigible, Graf Zeppelin, Jan, 26.—A strenuous of fiying for the giant to include “|two trips to America in June and ‘i July, and thereaffer a possible trip round, the world, is cuilinad in a tentative schedule by Dr. Eckener, the Zeppelin's master, a Tageblatt interviewer today. ————— Hugo to ITAVANA — The Govvrnment g to dedicate the ney capi- “emay as the storm aba The | giving the first glimpse of 15. only partly o0 muleted already cost $12 000, 01\0. tol Eus aka of Cuba on May 19 It is Jarger than the capity! at Washingfon, he! time clause is eliminated {Rescued Men Are Landed Today in New York City Capt, rived NEW YORK, Jan. 26 Fried, of the American, here this afternoon with the cued crew of the Florida, foundered 800 miles off the {soon after the men were 1off. taken o g Arctic Night Ends; Sun Slines Forth POINT BARROW, Jan | —The Arctic night ended | | ¥ i l 1, | sun. Natives clustered in } | their lg]oys shouting “Ah De- gah" meaning fine. [ _{moned north to Take Charge of |ihiun Hospital conference following Ba _,,p, by the Student Boa Control, and the refusal of the| Faculty Athletic Committee to ap-| " (prove of the action Rine e ; ““ \Rmuud ()/}erer’ vas sum- For Ketchikan SN Dog Poisoner nurses | {ETCHIKAN, Jan This ised over the activity poisoner responsible al dgaths of two pets owned W. Foster. A reward of been offered for informati ading to’ the arrest of the poi wccounted for eight deaths, a wi sh e | ousting JAI \PA public ENRIQUEZ, pr cutor of the « has recom ctrocution for banditry Mexico SEATTLE, Jan. Morgan, for five Nome, Alaska, arriv day enroute to Nom from Wichita, her parents but las again when of nded death by ons ¥ me pe onvicted of {an of the hosp desired to leave. Miss Morgan Steamer Northwest From there she w Alaska Railroad to ¥a fly to her governm Nome. ot Lagt September M Morgan | « call to] went to Point Barr The TR 1 SRS Coloky « N pa@ maximum penalty of thr Soah fusters t [',‘ had | upon conviction of polsoning dog been lost for severa g e ~The for ' is disgruntled, says Brem:r Volk-| © MOSCOW — Pre |{szeitun, bevause the two new ! £ReY of ke Sup.en :mers. of the North Gergan|Wwhile he w Council l:ag apprc i caristened “Raropa’” vivid was his for the 1l “Eremen’’ instead of “Wil jwas pro Russia’s i hebn der Grogss™ and “Fricdyizh |and discovery lder Grosse,” iries by 26. Jan. 26 the Pacific Ocean \ coast is the des- se_headed by B £ contras ', Who yacht Peary cMillan, explor th then tion at imder twenty feet mley says it was o him in a dream in Cleveland So dream and so inviting pect of exploration in seas sailed for hips of every nati Kuyby- revealed Seonomic j$t6 ed development Der cent 6-—A "‘Ix'».\m‘y at this sessign the bill to mfi- portion the House membership according to the 1930 eensus be-* came less. favorable today when the Republican Steering Commit- tee failed to give it a place om the Senate ecalendar in, advance lct other legislation. DREAMER TO BUILD ISLAND IN P4CIFIG that Bramley set out his island while in, California. | A ship was chartered and Be made soundings for days witho zave up the idea ¢ bout to return when: pei ent promptings to find his *l island” caused him to charte airplanes He found it, plainly v ible from the cockpit, he said, fifteen or twenty feet of wate Now he means to bufld & by water, pump sand from thé of the sea to make new'l erect thereon a fishing and’ out paradise, 1% w es,