The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 7, 1929, Page 2

( I ] 1 R AP N A § CONDEWNED FLORIDA MIAMI, Fla., Auz. 7.—Relizious conversion holds out hope for 1ile to a condemned Floridian. James Horace Alderman, 50-yecar- old desperado sentenced to dic Au- gust 17 for killing two ccast guar: men gnd a secret service o ¥ appealed to President Ho for exceutive clemency on the grounds | that he has become converted to the Christian faith and has in} turn converted scor othar criminals. Alderman apparently lost a yea lcgal battle to escape hanging wk the United States Sug [} in June refused to take a hand in| the case. | ‘While attorneys were fighting his life in three courts, Ald declares that he led regular p: meetings in the Jacksonville and gave spiritual relief to his cell mates. Alderman’s killing of three Gov-| ernment operatives climaxed a lonz | career of crime that had for it background both Florida coasts as well as the Everglades. Convicted of rum-running and the robbery of a Seminole Indian chicftain, Alderman served prison terms for beth offenses before he, was found guilty of murder. At the time of his arrest on the la charge he was und 9 of smuggling aliens Btates from Cuba. In August, 1927, Alderman, his, ronfessed partner in liquor traffic Robert E. Weech, and a rum boat were seized off Fort Laud dale, Fla., and the men there taken aboard a coast guard cutter On the patro! boat Alderman lcd an attack on his captors and gai: possession of the Government Coast guardsmen said that be we going to make them “walk plank” in pirate style when service man, Robert E. Webs a counter offensive to retak cutter, Webster and two c guardsmen were killed in the en-| suing gun battle. Alderman pleaded self defen: but was found guilty of murder a jury in Federal court here in Jan- uary, 1928. Weech entered a pl of guilty to lesser charges and re- ceived 'a light sentence. Federal Judge Halstead L. Ritter who pronounced the death sen- tence on Alderman, has issued an ef i for an nto the Unitel| Now Is the Time to Consider to match every type of furnishings or sur- roundings. CRETONNES=-65c the yard, and up. FRENCH CRETONNES—95¢ and $1.25 the ART. CRASHES--50¢ the yard, and up. RAY( B M Behrefids Co., Inc. Juneaw’s Leading Department Store LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity Weather 4 p. m. yest'y ...30.18 63 44 w 16 Cldy 4 a. m. today 55 86 NW 3 Clay 3 3 Noon today ... 54 29 s ¢ Lt Rain b . & TCABLE ANG RADIO REFORTS YESTERDAY | §; TODAY ’ Highest 4pm. Low. 4cm. 4am. Precip. 4axm. F { Stations— temp. temp. | emp. temp. Velocity 24 hrs. 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DESPERADO BASES APPEAL ON CONVERSION OPERATION Juncau representa- Larry Parks, tive for the Alaska-Washington Airways, underwent an operation for the removal of tonsils and adenoids at the office of Dr. W, W. ouncil this morning. You wouldn’t puta sack of flour into one /z’scw'f and expect success Axp coffee roasted in bulk can never taste like Hills Bros. Coffee. only a few pounds at a time, cevery berry is roasted evenly. | portation of mail and passengers. The flavor is controlled, and {Starting of such a route seeris only order barring all newspaper men from the scene of the execution. He also warned official attend- ants that anyone witnessing the hanging and divulging details of the execution, would be held in contempt of court. what a flavor it is! HILLS BROS Fresh fr the . indl w"':.'.-d ‘pack. Easily opened with Bhe key, o Q1929 {Sawyer Sees Terfitpry as For by Con- |Europe via Siberia, not only is such trolled Roasting, Hills ros.” {3 trip a possibility, but European continuous process that rosts jcountries already have made over- COFFEE]| | year. In fact, tb cover the territory which he visited and saw from the 1 ' THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESD _|dova and Juneau are made at 8 am. and 8 p.m., Juneau time. AY, AUG. 7. 1929, by the U. S. Weather Conditions As Recorded Weather Bureau Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning 4 p. m. today: Rain tonight, Thursday showers; moderate southerly winds be- coming westerly. *Less than 10 miles. NOTE.—Observations at Alaska mainland stations, except Cor- TAKU? YUKON STOVES SHEET IRON ., PIPE FITTINGS SHEET IRON FLUME HYDRAULIC PIPE TANKS Loy i & AHLERS Ri b &N Whoieso!e and R PLUMBING HEATING “We tell you in advance what jeb wil — i o PR The high pressure area centered south of the leutians has moved slightly northward this morning while the low over the interior has | passed southeastward into Canada. Precipitation has occurred with- in the last 24 hours over most of the interior, the Bering Sea coast and at Cordova. P e s » A Washz’ngton - Bystander - SRk TR | By HERBERT PLUMMER make a high hurdle Jeff could | |, WASHINGTON, Aug. 7—Rarely only be held back by force. 1=‘imally‘i is Gen. John J. Pershing in Wash- 'the rider decided to let him take ! ington for long before he has paid a two-foot jump. a visit to two of his hest friends. | Back horse and rider went, turn-. One is Jeff. The other Kidron. cd, and advanced toward the| Both are the general's favorite hurdle. Jeff ignored the low bar- | horses. Their home is in the army rier and leaped high enough to| stables down near the munitions clear one three times its size. His| building. irider doesn’'t know to this good day Jeff is the mount presented to how he managed to stay on. General Pershing by the First Di-| But General Pershing has de- Yision at the close of the World Creed that Jeff’s jumping days are | War. Kidron was obtained from over. Only a short while ago he t) French Government shortly refused to permit his horse to enter | er Pershing’s arrival in France a contest, declaring that he was! to command the American troops too old. in the great conflict, and saw serv-| ice with the general until the end.| Both are quite advanced in age.|bred and came to the General| Jeff is 16, Kidron is 18. They live from the race tracks of France. He| Kidron is a French thorough- FOLKS — Here’s a Crackerjick ELECTRIC EGG BEATER and CREAM WHIPPER PRICE—$22.50 Free Trial First Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. Douglas Phone 18 Juneau Phone 6 a life of ease now, for except when|was used by Pershing whenever Pershing expresses a desire to ride, possible overseas and was his fav- ALASKATOBE - {for_industrial and commercial de- velopment but also as a junctipn point for the great intercontinental airways of the future, is the en- chanting picture portrayed by Ern- est Walker Sawyer, Executive As- sistant to the Secretary of the In- terior, while in Los Angeles enroute back to Washington. ture of the great northwestern em- pire already has resulted in stimu- but his picture of the importance of Alaska as a great airway junc. lica directly.to Europe via Alaska, or CENTER FOR AIR TRAFFIC Junction. Point for World Airways (Los Angeles Times\ Aleska, not enly as a fertile field Mr, Sawyer’s analysis of the fu- lating Southern California interesi in the Land of the Midnight Suni tion is a breath-taking vision of & future impottance hitherto littlé suspected. A study of the map, however shows clearly the strategic position that Alaska occupies as far as “all< land” air routes are concerned. I is possible to fly from North Amer- the plane can turn south along thé eastern coast of Asia and strike dir rectly irto the heart of the Orient. Air Distance Short Few people stop to redlize how comparatively short the distance to Alaska, is by airplane. The tri froth Los Angeles to Seattle via IE is made very nicely. in a single day’s journey and within the past month a flyer hopped from Seattle to Alaska in a single. day. While the trip from Seattle to Aldska was a trial trip and not part of a reg- ular schedule, it demonstrates that|. W once the demand is established, Al- aska will be only two days away from Los Angeles,and only twenty- four hours of actual flying time. As for the route from Alaska'to tures looking, toward the establish- ment of such a service for trans- a matter of a short space of time. One Reason for Belief Mr. Sawyer's firm belief in Alas- ka’s future as a center of commer- cial aviation is in no small measure due to the success with. which he accomplished his own mission of inspection. by -means of a plane, covering territory in about a month fcountry they will +{to the Boulder dam site. they never are used. |orite mount. Kidron was brought back to this {country at the conclusion of the !World War and given a place in the army stables. As a matter of |fact, he is the property now of | General Pershing's son, Warren, though officially he still belongs to the General. | Pershing’s other mount abroad— { British Tommy—was also brought 1 to {his country, but disposed lof several years ago. | Both Jeff and Kidron are the icbjects of special care at the army stables here. They occupy stalls |125 and 126 and ate attended by Staff Sergeant Edward S. Smith, who was with Pershing overseas. | The two are inseparable. Jeff | is never taken out unless Kidron 'is along. Their slightest illness is reported {to General Pershing’s office with| as much detail as if they were human beings. air would be an impossibility by any | other means as he traveled over | miles and miles of territory still in- | accessible by foot or wheel. He flew 2000 miles. The future, of Alaska's business relations with the Pacific Coast is| very promising according to Mr. Sawyer, and he' reports that he ele- ments which have hindered Alaskan | development are being conquered one By one. The Department of the [nterior, which Mr. Sawyer repre- sgnu, has charge of the Alaskan Railroad, Land Office, Geological Survey and Bureau of Education, inder which latter division come some 97 schools. Accoraing to Mr. Sawyer, the reindeer. lpdu;try promises to be- :ome as great. a factor in the fu- iure of Alaska as the cattle busi- aess to the West., A herd of 1,000,~ )00 reindeer is multiplying at the rate of about 35 per cent a year ind he sees in the future a great Jeff Is Jumper Of the two, Jeff boasts of the greater reputation. His skill as a jumper has been something that army men have pointed to with pride for many years. Maj. John G. Quackmire, a for- mer aide to the General, rode Jeff to most of his victories in jumps. And they were many. Before he became too, old, Jeff had won blue ribbons and medals of all descrip- tions—enough to fill agood size box. ., They say around the army stables ‘Bere that he was a natural jump- er, and that he enjoyed nothing more. Never was his rider forced to punish him to make a hurdle. There is a story of how Jeff was taken to Rock Creek Park here one day by a none-to-skilled rider (a high army officer), where other horses were jumping. Each time he would see one of the horses | jevelopment with these reindeer be- ng moved in great droves to the yonderfully productive Tanana re- flon and there fattened on the Canana Valley wheat before ship. ment to the United States. , At the present time Alaska’'s de-| velopment iis being retarded by lack »f the right kind of settlers. There ire more than 10,000,000 acres of Jroductive latid in the Tanana re- glon alone, all available to settiers tnd when the proper individuals are found to develop this great reap a great re- ward in establishment of trad telations with the rest of the world. Mr. Sawyer returned to Washing- fton last week after making a trip TR T et HH the buying power of their ) % ollars, why mer AT THE HOTELS REg ot A e=eog i B b o s Loy Alaskan REME OF WHEAT . $ .30 el MR, Tonaiee; JnckiS) DR TOAREIES, 2 f0r ..o 25 §| e KBLLOGG'S CORN FLAKES, 2 for ... .25 w. 3 i Ronikaol ¢ 1|3 MORTON'S SALT, plain or iodized . .15 M"é‘) Mrs. Crockwell, chiea-5 . 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