The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 2, 1929, Page 1

i \ ~ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIIL, NO. 5037. MARCH 2, 1928. SATURDAY, JUNEAU, ALASKA, SEVENTIETH ONGRESS NEARLY READY TO ADJOURN HOOVER PRESIDENT'S CABINET IS NOW COMPLETE Last Two Selections Are Announced This Morn- ing at Capital NONE FROM SOUTH | OR FROM CATHOLICS | No Presidentia;lr Adviser) from Dixie or from Catholic Church WASHINGTON, March 2—With the announcement today of the se-| lection of former Gov. Arthur M.||¥ Hyde of Missouri, for Secretary of Agriculture and Robert P. Lamont, of Chicago, for Secretary of Com- merce, President-elect Herbert Hoo- | ver has completed his Cabinet! which will be as follows: | Secretary of State—HENRY M. STIMSON of New York. [ Sccretary of the Treasury—AN-| DREW W. MELLON of Pennsyl- | vania. \\ Secretary of War—JAMES W.| GOOD of Illinois, formerly of Towa. | Attorney-General — WILLIAM D. | MITCHELL of Minnesota. | Postmaster-General—WALTER F. | BROWN of Ohio. | Secretary of the Navy—CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS of Massachus- Letts. \ Secretary of the Interior—DR. RAY LYMAN WILBUR of Califor-| nia. Secretary of Agriculture—AR- THUR M. HYDE of Missouri. Secretary of Commerce—ROBERT P. LAMONT of Illinois. | Secretary of Labor—JAMES J.| DAVIS of Pennsylvania. | Tt -is noted that nothwithstanding all speculation to the contrary Hoo- ver selected no Cabinet member | from the South, unless Missouri may be classed as a Southern State, and there will be no Catholic among his advisors. FORMER GOV. HYDE FOR AGRICULTURE | WASHINGTON, March 2—Her- bert Hoover admitted Arthur M. Hyde, former Governor of Mis- souri, will be Secretary of Agri- culture. This was after the Kan- sas City Star announced Hyde's| appointment. Gov. Hyde was born at Princeton, Mo., 52 years ago and practiced law there for fifteen years | when he moved to Trenton, where he now resides. He was Governor of Missouri from 1921 until 1925. He took his A. B. degree at the! University of Michigan and his law | degree at the University of Iowa. ENGINEER CAPITALIST GETS COMMERCE POST WASHINGTON, March 2—Robert | P. Lamont, civil engineer, manu- facturer and capitalist, has been chosen for Secretary of Commerce, | it was announced today, completing Hoover's Cabinet. Lamont was born in Detroit, De- cember 1, 1867, was graduated in civil engineering at the University of Michigan. He moved to Chi- cago where he followéd his profes- sion and became a member of a contracting firm and then manu- facturer. He is a director in many corporations, including Armour and Company, the International Har- vester Company, Montgomery Ward, American Radiator, Bell Telephone, First National Bank, etc. He never held public office. el STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, March 2.—Alaska Juneau mine stock is quoted today at 9. American Smelting 121%, Cudahy 60%, General Motors, new jssue 83%, Gold Dust 72%, Inter- national Paper A 32, B 21%, Mack Trucks 108, National Power and Light 58, Packard Motors 146%, Postum 727%, U. S. Steel 188%, Bethlehem 1047, Canada Dry 83%. American Can 121%, American T and T Co. 215%, Continental Mot- ors 23%. ———————— ARE IN CALIFORNIA Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Behrends, who have been away from Juneau for approximately two months, are in San Francisco, Cal, having re- turned West from New York City | Chief Clerk in the House in 1925, jother matters for the earnest law- Elected President | | | Frederick W. Bradley, San Fran-! cisco, who has been clected head | of the American Institute of Min- | ing and Metallurgical Engineers. | Mr. Bradley is head of the Al-| aska Juneau and Treadwell inter- | csts in Alaska and the Yukon Ter- | ritery and well known in Juncau| where he has rpent much of his| time during the iast two or thre: decades. NINTH SESSION OPENS MONDAY, 60-DAY TERM Secretary Theile to Preside at Opening Ceremonies —No Organization | The Ninth Alaska Legislature will convene here at noon Monday, for 60 days, Secretary Karl Theile pre- siding in both the Senate and House at the brief ceremonies which mark the taking of oaths by the new members and temporary or- ganizations. The Senate probably will convene first, followed im- mediately by the ceremony in the House. By Monday all members of the| Senate will be present. Three Sena- tors are yet to arrive, Arthur Frame of the Third, Charles Benjamin of the First, and L. C. Hess of the| Fourth Division. House Members Missing There will be three members of | the House missing at the opening session, A. H. Ziegler, of the First, | J. N. McCain of the Third, and Joe McDonald of the Fourth. The first and last named will arrive Tuesday, and M. McCain about | next Friday. There has been no movement to- ward definite organization yet. It is thought these matters will be arranged tomorrow so there will be no unusual delay in perfecting the final organizations Monday. There were two leading candi- dates in the field today for Sec- retary of the Senate and Chief Clerk of the House. For the for- mer place, Lawrence Kerr, who was seems assured of appointment. Rob- ert C. Hurley, of this city, is men- tioned most prominently for the House position. Other employees will be decided upon after the Sec- retaryship and Clerkship are out of the way. Important Subjects Pending Governmental re-organization, in- volving the creation of at least one new Territorial office, larger pen- sions, tax revision and a whole| horde of proposals involving ap-l propriations, are among the more| important subjects which the Legis- lature will be called upon to con- sider. There are the co-operative game stocking program, aid to fur-farm- ers, control of predatory animals, roads and trails, subsidies for ship- ping in waters along some of the ‘Territory’s sparsely settled coasts, subsidies for airplanes carrying mails, continued construction of air- plane landing fields, continuation ! of aid to prospectors, and many | by way of the Panama Canal, ac- cording to word received from Mr. Behrends yesterday. maker whose constituents, in most {tion provisions. s CROWDS BEGIN | COOLIDGE ki GATHERING FOR INAUGURATION Overwhelm;g’ Throng Is Expected in Capital | City by Monday HOOVER PREPARES FOR BiG EVENT| Coolidge Saying Farewell| in White House—Dawes | Raps for Order, Senate | WASHINGTON, March 2—Her- | | bert Hoover last night sat in the seclusion of his S street home, free from the noise and tumult of | thousands pouring into Washington j for the inauguration on Monday. | A few blocks a , amid echo2s | of farewells, President Coolidge was spending one of his last nights | in surroundings familiar for seven, years, | In the Capitol Building, Vice-| President Dawes occasionally rap- | ped for order in the Senatz and | Vice-President-clect Charles Cur- | s, who succeeds him, faced himl from the floor. i Hodver has finished the task of | preparing himself for the Adminis—i tration and has selected his cabi- | net. Hoover has prepared his ad-| dress to be delivered. | President Coolidge said farewell to his cahin'ck,fi- . { Special afrémgements have beem | completed for an overwhelming crowd which is pouring into the| Capital City. The weather is the chief worry. RAIN PROBABLE g WASHINGTON, March 2—Thz ;| Weather Bureau predicted today | th&t it will probably be raining| Monday during the inauguration of | Herbert Hoover. [ } Mother Love 1 Causes Woman i To Be Kidnapper . SAN FRANCISCO, March 2.— After Mrs. Edna Sharp, held by the Superior Court on charges of kid- napping Doris Smith-Murphy, aged four years, the Police announced| the woman has confessed to the|: kidnapping of Barbara June Os-! born in 1926 and taking her to Los | Angeles, where she left her at a|| napping was on account of rncnher;l love which her own children were || unable to satisfy. | stage depot. She said the Xid —_—————- COMPROMIS NOW REACHED INT. MEASURE Appropriation Bill Dead- locked for Six Weeks, Now to Be Passed | WASHINGTON, March 2. — A| compromise has been reached by | the Senate and House conferees on | {the Interior Department appropria- tién bill which has been in dead- |lock for six weeks, thus clearing | the way for final passage. The two Houses have been at odds over the provision voted by the House empowering the Interior Secretary to condemn property in National Parks. The wmpromm.i would except private dwellings and buildings for religious purposes from the terms of the conde: Steamship Auditor Confesses to Theft; Is Skielding Armtheri SEATTLE, March 2—Admitting | manipulation of the, accounts to shield another, Albert Weise, audi- tor of the McCormick Steamship Company, has been jailed for theft instances, <have sent him to the of at least $11,000 from his em- ployers. He refused to reveal the name of the other party. % As A YOUNG NORTHAMPTON ~ AS G%vpa RNOR MASS MASSACHUSETTS SIGNING THE KELLOGG PEACE TRFATY White House to Be Just Another Home To New First Lady By MARY BAINBRIDGE For her, the White House will be Pu not only the Executive Mansion but | om: |another home, and White House a homelike ity such as Washington ra: l T(Coatinued on Page Three) 'S CABINET IS ANNOUNCED AS PROSPERITY PRESIDE | GooDBYE TO THE By L. A. BROPHY (A. P. Feature Editor) | WASHINGTON, iarch American presidential admini |tion that began in the ls ed dimness of an austere |a New England farm nome Aug 3, 1923, ends March 4, 1929, histori | cally labelled with the word “pros< March 4, 1925, when Calvin renewed his vows as thir- |tieth chief executive of the United ter 19 months service of |the term Warren G. Harding, the © con- | formal words of his accep! | tained the observation t } w an era of g jahead for the American people ! At at time, the American {balance was at a favorable |'The clinging fingo:s | readjustments, how had not been entirely loosened from indus- | try. | | | Coolidge and Prosp The years that followed | American industry reaching new ihlv‘:h records. and the lopment jof a Damon and Py 1! {between the Coolidge adm land the term prosp |and prosperity becam r connected, a concept of virtually | unive 1 acceptance, an New Englander relinquishes off with | that conception riding at its high- est. | Ceolidse's six years in the White House, w, in equal importance, significant steps taken by his ad- | ministration in an American-pio- neered path towards world peace and the beginning of a studied ef- fort to gain a betfer approachment een the United S and the of South America. rat policy has caused the world ito focus sharper attention on the potentialities and the possibilities {of the South American impress on |the affairs of other countries | the probable effect of the future re- lationships with that continent in {the course of nations, 6ne with an- {other. y Economy | Hand in hand with Coolidge pros- acclamation went his we ized prospensity toward ec all things. The record of to, his regime is high-lighted with ve- €| open its doors to her friends j\m\uws of measures that carried, !n‘!): Juneai as She has all the other homes with | many instances, vast expenditur MEMBER OF ASSOCIATE[S PRESS “To Washington r uN DHY FUNU MEXICO CI;Y. ';\/Iurch ‘.3.—J():].<1 i b & jdeficiency bill but which died in 24 conference It was abandoned in witnessed | ge Democratic caucs RICE TEN CENTS NT TWIN SESSION ¥ HELD TO RUSH . THROUGH WORK Major. Legislation Is Prac- tically Completed by Congress ,COMPROMISES AND ) | CONCESSIGNS MADE Many Eleven Hour Nomin- ations and Minor Billls May Be Killed WASHINGTON, March 2—Ifs | principal worries over as the resulb of last minute concessions and éom= promises on major legislation, the Seventieth Congress is almost ready to close the doors and turn out to see Herbert Hoover's inaugural. Of course much remains to Bbe done and the fall of the gavel Monday threatens to kill many el= eventh hour nominations and min- or bills, but leaders are breathing @ the first time in weeks after * the Senate and House, at the first twin night session of the winter, held last night, rcached an agree- ment on the controversial proposal for increase of Prohibition enforce- /ment funds and broke the deadlosl on the radio bill. 3l i The first move toward relieving — the clogged machinery was the _compromise on the Prohibition item. The amount finally agreed Loipon was $2.977,000 exclusive of. the - M&Mmo.ggg m} »mhmy'E enforcement canditions by a com- mission to be appointed by Hoover. { 'The House agreed to the confer- ence report on one of the defic- lency measures and the comprom- v I R 4 ize brings the total direct appro- " ¢ 2 A priations for the next fiscal year E% e o 2% for dry law enforcement to &p- proxzimately $18,000,000. WHITEHOUSE L ARRIS DS f Flight, Mexico quin Pacheco and C. F. McMillan| {hopped from here this morning on' a nongtop flight to Washington, ex-! WASHINGTOX, Marcn 2.—The |pecting to reach there tomorrow $3,000,000 compromise proposed at | morning. the conference on the second de- The distance is estimated at 2,300 ficiency supply bill was with con- miles. sent of Senator Harris, author of Col. Charles A. Lindbe! is the the $24,000,000 dry fund provision. only man who has flown without & Senator Harris won his fight in stop between the two capitals. the Senate when the $24,000,000 At roposal was adopfed in the first he second deficiency bill and Presi- dent Coolidge recommended an in~ ) crease of $2724,000 which the ’ House accepted and incorporated in the second bi | Two measures are now in confer- Democratic Caucus Unani- ence between the Senate and House. < " carry more than $215,000,000 mously Selects Texan— |for o variety of Federal projects } i LY throughout the country. | Whlp Named Mondd) Senator Harris said: “I feel T ., .. |won the principle of my fight. The WASHIN (.1(.\1v ”x:?;.u,:.llm-’ s i‘i Administration recognized more lected Reproéentative John N money ‘was needed for (e ST &= 3¢ s narty leader tb ment of the law. It isn't as much * ol b . as I wanted but I have confidence o ot en- ::t“ceed F;m led of :‘lt:"‘m:““n Hoover will recommend the full s s i tion 10- 4,000,000 increase.” .the Senate, and h.4‘~ beer Z(‘IW?H('_ —————— ed to a Federal Bench NS S AW'S OLD HOUSE HAS o i DRAWBACK AS RESIDENCE cratic be nounced Monda Re entative John McD: } ma, will undoubted!y named - vro - — LONDON, March 2—To live in Bernard Shaw’s old flat in Adelplfl Terrace is a source of inspiration for Michele Martinez, an Italian chemist, but there are disadvan- PRINCE RUPERT HALIBUT ta , i Men and women continually eall B. C., March at Shaw's old flat, believing the thousand pounds Irish sage still lives there, and try re yesterday for to make Martinez read their plays, "or listen to the story of their lives. | | PRINCE RUP 2.~Three hundre of halibut sold t 6 and 10 cents. [RISH SETTER, HAPPY PASSENGER ON STEAMER ALASKA, FOR JUNEAU HOME LE, March 2—Among the| Graham lost Pat while on a Sé- ssengers on the steam- | attle v Pressing business call- er Alaska which sailed this marn-|ed Graham back home and he wis\ ng for Alaska, was Pat, an Irish|unable to wait and hunt for th setter belonging to C. J. Graham, | dog. The Humane Society found Pat seemed fo “:cnsfl he was going | and entertained him as honor I SEATT happiest ihnmo after two weeks' separation. |guest.