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= THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE™ “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL XXXIII NO 5010 JUNEAU ALASKA WEDNESDAY JA NUARY 30, I929 7 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRFSS PRICE TEN CENTS MILLS CLOSE, FAMINE PREVAILS ASRESULT COLD WAVE GHUISER BILL Wew “Bflby Brother H[]USE SEssmN | WASHINGTON LECIS VOTEPROMISED 7 Lm;fber""/Fl{’l;;;"’Tm (IS CUT SHORT;, ‘@ .. BY NEXT WEEK, aores TRER 2O TROUBLE POPS EsS " FIVE THOUSAND @ MEN LC3E JOBS, GOLD WEATHER Senator Curtis Negotiates o ; (P4 idimentan, ty Procedure| ; e AT Agreement—Filibus- | | | Problem Causes Quick "‘O%E:*dz fifif?pfifié(zhw d ter Fears Ended 1 Adjournment Shut Down ! PROHIBITION AND REFUND COMES UP Heated E);h;xnges Tal Place—Committee - to: Make Decision @+ DEBATE IS TO BE | LIMITED IN SENATE Hoover's Position Again ' Brought Out Regard- ing Time Clause ONE CITY WITHOUT & SUPPLY OF WATER ‘ : |Cattle on Ranches Face Starvation—Cowboys ‘Are to Act SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 30.— Cold and »w which continued today to hold the Pacific North- west, brought three famines in widely separated sections, of wat- ter, fuel and cattle fodde | Residents of Rossland, B. C., 4 |hacked their way into adjacemt: creeks for water supply when the r voir mains froze, shutting down supply. The cold and snow closed log- ging camps in Wéstern Washing- ton and has also created a crisis in hundreds of homes because fuel cannot be found / Mills which have furnished most all districts they are fn, have exhausted their supplies. ! o Five thousand men have beén X ¢ thrown out of employment in Carried Out on ! [Grays Harbor by .indefinite clos~ PR el NG AL R {ing of ‘mills and camps. Ice Floc 2 Fisherman Cowhoys on two ranches in E& Saved by Wind Upper Snake and Salmon River 4 counties, Idaho, are prepa®ing to a., Jan. 30. | |et out on a three-day trek* the Jowlands with cattle which are facing starvation. BULLETIN — WASHING- TON, Jan. 30.—The House Rules Committee has approv- ed of a plan of sending the | deficiency approvriation bill, | with the controversial Pro- hibition and fax refund smendments, to confefence for the purpese of smoothing cut the differences hetween | the House and Senate, | WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—Final vote next week on the year old cruiser bill was assured yesterday when the Senate adopted a pro- posal of Senator Curtis, of Kan- sas, Vice-President-elect, to limit debates on the measure to 10 minutes for each speaker begin- ning next Monday afternoon. Senator Curtis negotiated the agreement which ended fears of a filibu ¢ against the bill, mak- ing certain a final vote. H Not a voice was raised against his request when he submitted it late yesterday, after conferences with opponents of the measure. Flans for night sessions were then promptly abandoned | ‘ | WASHINGTON, Jan m\.v—l-‘nri the second time in two years, the| House yesterday cut ‘short a ses- : p sion to solve the problem of par<| New experimental low-wing moncplane dcveloped by the build- {liamentary procedure when| ers of Lindbergh’s “Spirit of St. Louis” has dcmonstrated the prac-|trouble developed over ‘how fo) ticability of several new design features during its flight tests. (" d;‘[‘;-":-m\l,‘\m:;,i(.ml::.““1 oo ,m.,m.f{efi,‘;“tfirl'{"’&'{fi" Monday The three quarter view (above) shows the plane has neither rudder | i GEUF (O CROANE il wihd Bresident Wonlites. - Wartt fin nor stabxl;zer, whllle the front view (below) displays the ex-| riouble began when Represen- endorsement of his position, was Cepticnally wide landing gear trend. ttative Wood, of Indfana, in charge referred to in the discussion yes- 5 3 2 of the measure, called the bill up| terday when Senator Oddie, of Jan. 30.—A Dezigners for a dozen aircraft|and asked that it be sent to con- Nevada, ‘one of the supporters Charles A. Lind-{companies have been busy on the |ference with the Senate. of the time clause, declared Pergh’s famo “Spirit ©f St problem of developing a light,| Adopticn of this motion would Hoover's message should be “look- ' a low-winged mcnoplane (cheap and relatively foolproof 'have prevented a vote on the cd at in a broad way.” "several new features, ha airplane for sport use by avia-|$24,000,000 increase of dry funds Senator Harrison of Mississip- Deen built by the Mahoney-Ryan|ijon enthusiasts, . The Chicago (for the President’s u The I,.ttc‘ ST. by | i PETOSKEY, M Crawling and imbing o miles of jagged ice with fr zen pl,_immediately wanted to kmow Aireraft Corporation, builders of {aercnautical show saw more than Suggests Debate hands and feet, Lewid'Bante, a | UYR e o i it the Nevadan doubted the “sinu’“‘e‘ Spirit of St. Louis.” a half dozen low wing ‘mono~| Congressman Garnmer, of Texas, fishegman, given up for lost | |m . 4 cerity of the Presifient-gidet.” =« The new. plang, stilldn the exe|planes Dblossom out- tdr the “ap- [one of the ophglieats of this-item," Mw,z%» BEAEE LA 1IN perimental stage, has a lift win K;,)rcval of prospective \aviators, |countered with a suggestion to Michigan on an’ice floe a week | | IR JELD U o Embarrassing Position on the tail in place of the con Senator Oddie replied: “Not at ventional stabilizer and rudder fin. fnew feature to facilitate their| After further wrangling, Til- all. We must remember the It also has a wide tread landing | operation by spertsmen who fiy [son, cof Connecticut, Repubican President-clect has been placed gear and is said by its buiiders|for pleasure. leader, moved adjournment. The in an embarrassing position.” to have the ability to float almost . motton carried 105 &b 935 Mmost of “I wish the Senator to tell me straight dcwn, make a wheel{ The Mahoney-Ryan Corporation|ihe DPemocrats opposing and ”.,.| whether he thinks the President- landing, and stop rolling almost |recently moved its main plant to|Republicans favoring. elect agrees or differs with the as soon. as the tail is dropped. St. Louis from San Diego,. Cal. The Rules Committee will de- tin clause in this bill,” l{arri»| (Un]o of the principal purposes|The new long-wing monoplane |cide procedure. son persisted. of the new landing gear is to{was first built in the San Diego “I believe the President-elect minimize the ils of forced plan. where the “Spirit of s“:t. ,\‘lju.x}.x:?x:fgt!:r,ffi}ll:?&fies several hould be taken at his word. He landing under e grpund |Louis” v assembled, but ‘has |neated exchanges with the De ,m_,! declared for adequate National conditions. The corporation plans|been undergc ing refinement here.{crats pressing for a record vote ense in his acceptance speech,” to perfect the plane and build {The normal capacity of the new lon the direet questions of pro- ago, came ashore at Cross | Village today. He had been miles carried on the floe for 2 when the wind changed and | piled the floe up at Skillage Island, eight miles off shore. | | BOSTON, Mass., Jan. 30.—THe | He found food and shelter at | |[disabled British freighter Silver the lighthouse there where he | | Wave is safely in tow today after remained until today, then | [she drifted helpless in heavy seas: | | trudged ashore. The Coast Guard cutters Zampa ] and Mojave reached her Wester- 2 srjday after a 900-mile dash from = - Boston and started towing her to | Bermuda. nost of the planes hoasting some (flebate the proposal. Senator Oddie ;,“,wp,»?d, it on a production scale during|St. Louis plant is 30 planes a hibition and tax refunds. They | The S r Wave's rudder he- “Oh, everybody believes that,” the y nmnm argued that to vote later on final B {came emeshed rendering her helj retorted Senator Walsh, of Mon-, ———— e R By s ———lapproval of the bill after re- ¥ iiena has beén res MYSTERY CRIME 5o s ik tana. = . d £ visions by the conference com- . Brockhart Holds Floor 1] mittee would not be an expres- Senator Brookhart, of lowa, one ’ Prince of Wales ‘ Witk of the views Hh.eBe Hoflse, il | | } | d that a trawler res Seiner was peen iiies southe of the strong oppcnents of the Heart Sick at The verbal strife began when | hill held the floor for most of the Garner pressed Wood for a prom- Poverty Scenes I fse that if the House comsented afternoon in debate finally sug- Irifting 12 WILLIAMANTIC ( Jarp gesting the- crufser bill go over g to have the bill go te conference K0 Tho - staying: of De- | west Nantneket Shoals along: with fardi.cel it for bonsid- NEWCASTLE, Jan. 30— | lwith the Senate, would Wood tect ffame - Jacks Pk eration during the Hoover admin-| “yig neart heavy by the grim n bring these proposals back to the n ] cinvest ration. He was a staunch sup-| | reqlity of the poverty strick- | | House after a vote before finally prmer | Rider porter of Hoover. | en homes in the mining re- WASHINGTON, Jan, ——|disposing of them. {pulice today Hoover's wire sent Monday, to ident Coolidge, was in re- pouse to a published statement by Chairman Britten, of the House Naval Affairs Committee, representing Hoover to be pleased gions, the Prince of Wales | | Marine Corps fliers in \lcdrflgufl Wood’s Come-Back continued today to tour the | [have set a standard never before| Representative Wood said he coal fields, going to the | equalled by another organization {understood the Semate would not Northcumberlard district | |in the world, Major Brainard, of |recede from its positicn on the which is reputed to contain | |the Marine Corps told the House|matter and this will force the less than 40 minutes after they ‘h.‘ul left him sitting at mui ; kitchen table reading. i i some of the blackest f;‘cts“ Navy Appropriations Subcommit-|conferees to come back to the b if the time clause was retained. || i the country. | il : House for a vote. ke it (it | Jackson figured in an investi-| { “It makes one heart sick || Since November 21, 1927, Garner, however, pressed for a i | g : gation resulting in the u.,-,»‘.q ”!i ‘ e { Lady Heath Take: | | to see and hear of such eon- | |squadrons in Niacaragua have|specific promise that even if the State Senator Joseph A. 5t. Peter, 335 pounds, six feet four Inches | the Diamond brothers, who were| SEATTLE, Jan. 30. — Stewmer Lady Heath Takes Out . | | ditions,” said the Prince. { |flown 9,000 hours in a few more |Senate recedes, the question| gall, Jargest man of Washington state's legislators shakes hands with |gjectrocuted for a killing in a|Queen sailed for Southeastern First Papers Is to |¥ %51 than 5,700 flights. would be submitted for a House| the smallest, Walter A. Frary, 122 pounds and five feet seven inches . jank hold-up | Alaska ports at 10 o'clock this 2 { { The squadrons have transport-|vote but Wood and Crampton. of| high, 1 - ~ P |morning with 99 passengers, the ,000 passengers and carried |Michigan, another member « e !mllnwing for '"""‘"":, + than 1,750,000 pounds of |Appropriations Committee, arzued ———— - ”'uml' Casnalties | Willlam Payne, Brice Howard, omai nee treight. that would tie the hands of the Nic ‘wm- and two children, Miss K. NEW 7YORK, Jan. 30.—Lady I Waman Is Senen d E‘l: ‘.'u!:llliun‘ the Marine Corps H:use“oélonlernce Cnmml:u-u JunGE wENs ESGAPES FRUM In Nicaragua Are | r, Harry W. Douglas and Heath, British fiyer, former hold-| To Term, Hard Labor [sirmen nave made 54 contacts ——————— Told to Committee \\m George Erwin, C. B. Male er of altitude and Wme records| e with hostile fo Mrs. Mary Olson, Gow. es with the loss for women, procured her first| LONDON, Jan. 30.—Mrs. Kate|of only one pilot and observer. WA § papers at the Naturalization Merrick, mother-in-law of two PRESCASTIA X S I Twent o saragua, eight died | Aarsund, Mrs. Lena Shover and: Bureau today. She said she in- Peers and prominent as a night in action ived in action and,cne steerage tended to devote herself to the club proprietor was sentenced to H hesory st f Is s . of wound upbuilding of aviation as a fifteen months imprisonment at Cha'ge A amnst Druglen sPAIN NIPPEUI . 51 have ecen wounded, Major RN i o Become an American' Prominent English HINGTON, Jan. 30— |Gecrge A, Parks, H. L. Faulkner have been killed | and wife, A. 8. Shover, M. Ni¢ science and a profession among hard labor today on charges of Healer Dropped Seattle AIMPIIER, Cal. Jan o ‘“I Phoenix l‘A:xil'llhnv g General Lefeune revealed before| Gov. Georse A Parks is & EMESS American women. bribery and ronsmm( Judge Madison Owen zette Lo-) Uy aving of the House Appro-; senger on L)w Quwu for Juneag, <Al fid 8 SEATTLE, Jan. 30.—The case| ' =+~ —— known Southern Cul d L party headed = oo 0" cubcommittes on ~the 1 ttle ; and due.to against Dr. S. H. .Im':hm_ drugless| MADRID, Jan. 30 Prompt]ist, eommitted suicide farnigy orge Hunt ot RYEICH P .-i.;.Amn rrive here Bunday # SUICIDE HOME IS healer, husband of Mrs. Mabel|measures by the Government of|vesterday when he I Arizena now touring Mexico, sue-|“47Y # ? M -1, BRSG Seaborg Jordan, who fell to delfhlpremier Primo de Riv nipped fthe second story win coenful escaped an bya W 1 boy- information i 8 gontained in a ‘IMED !trom”a roof of a hotel here last|in the bud another militiry OMBAT summer, has been stricken from|Volt against the dictators! !the Superior Court calendar when |though the rebellion was mned laysts. Judge O GLOOMI SPIRITS Prosecuting Attorney Colvin an-|to break ocut simuliancously |Hood friend of Mrs. Herbert €, leles nounced he was uuable to prags|throughout Spain and indcc! did {Hoover. bl 2 ¥ i he larger attuck R the grand larceny charge because Lm" "“r‘ (‘;‘ -“"l-;' f"f 25 ,’ w : e . ining wi BRI CF Che gk, 1t only (0O & O : - 4 1 TOKY 's four . tions are within the teris of thes MES A. Mi 3 i 4 _|the complaining witness, Mrs. Em: 4 - : in-|Pro. ee In 3 TOKYO, Jan. 30.—Japan’s four.tions are within ; 3 ?K JFA c,:..,po,,d';',',s) Jealled, Were cstablished by thelu, wigenan, rich Portland wom.|hOM was gained in the Irovin vy Committc & Babe Ruth’s Wife \u switt, powerful cap- | Washington naval limitation treatyes : ¥ T g scheck the Svel, o). oy anable't81appest hecktipattinl jcanital of Cfuad Rel Oil Fight Retain Tico Leaves Him $5:Will | ass not represent-| The Haruna, which served as the' & BUDAPEST Jap. 30—Hungarians | & v iog mumber of suicides dueior'jjicss, The charges were that G 37 Mibrneys: in Ci 4 H Do te nerican navy, are un-| Emperors flagship in the recemus who seek death by suicide mow) > ‘\iemPlovment, financial TeVers- i ordan took $2,300, DEATH SENTENCES e iled for Probate | aegoing n turn a thorough reno-| enthronement naval review off ¥ find a happy home in the bealxxl..;:lesi;':::: 'a"d d“fi"’;‘“me': ]""’l e I]::A“DR”) {’a"] 1‘) : o0 MBI ¥ ORK Charl ‘\;» on designed to increase mater- | kahama, had just come from Y s are called guests an sentences of death ha ee . Ja rle W, % RSRPIIE Boensutth. voursypllagell s, Py o ful atchagtes Fhvin w:k:h fae !Sovi' are provided with libraries, smali|Col. Goebel Presented passed after a summar urt-)Bvans Hughes and Henry H.@o :" b ”\“lfk)'! san, ;' TheuS80 1 Mally: theit dRtensiss ngth ;2:“.:“::”“f:‘rkl’ll‘lv ")‘““.‘:A‘ !::rr\l:o ‘;m{ sxr:emflwll{to::? converted IO ® B4 I moving picture performances, ra- [/ jphy Airplane. for His |martial inauired into yeicioy's|EHornbrook. o leader of the In-jlf 500 g, ri:'urfxi( Hom The details are Kept secret. but {rns Kirishima has been takingi ld-be suicides have'dl“ 2508 Getly etnentan qutcest. Bkifiety (mutiny.: One ArtilloxUiNEuRREAt, bre refaied todayl, = Ol o | it is known that anti4orpedo blis-|her turn in drydock for more ChARS Here would-be, sulgide Most of the women sent to these| Flight Around W orld|General, who is said to hav by the. proxy commi uduct ;& and ward, Dorothy. ters are hei lded and the ar-|a year. . The Kongo has been wes s [to. havp Col. Robert W. Stewart Helon Ruth, at one time known as|mor others iproved. The Jap-' moved from the active list fors fon {remcved as Chairn of the|Maric Warrington, anese press reports that the ton-11929 and 1930 and will undergy imhun;.,l Babe Ruth, Mrs, Buth's moth of each cruiser, rated now at | her alterations at the Yokosul comfortable living "mmmo‘h“""]elmlu are victims of unfortunate the ringleader, is believed ¢ ing, John D. Rockefeller’s fight|loved cha relief from mental worrles and 1-i1ove atfairs, and these are given| WICHITA, Kan., Jan. 30.—Col, [éscaped over the Poriu: d;xceme[nt towarga: rx:ryers:ne;; special treatment by women psy-!Arthur W. Goebel, who two weeks |frontier. The tx’ynnuml reb bl s i (B of existence. ge, ) {chologists. Every effort is made|a80 announced plans for a mm.‘ceulern have been occup ndard O ompany i eing ‘el ut Ve ase rooms, cheertully furnished, arej - ig‘d“ce the wgmen 4l ':“e‘:,smn flight around the world, ac-itroops from Madrid under com-ibut it was said that wexpected | ur brothers and S pelia \neigam spoul | navel . PATEOTC s provided and inmates are givem| ot ... iy MG and to forget cepted a tri-motored plame to be|mand of Gen. Orbaz aud has{tarn fn affairs had developed to|are given $5 each under Mrs. M by the renovation, but this! The turn of the Hiyel is to mental treatment when necessary. ¥ jbuilt by the Koll Aircraft Oor- taken all possible measurcs tolprompt obtaining such eminent|Ruth’s will filed here today for camnot be officially confirmed. It |This process is costing several These mental clinics, as Mltl (mm‘q‘ q; h‘. Three.) ’nl'ltlol 9 Wichita, mlntam order, merely statedl that the altera 'Iwn dollars for each vessel, o