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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE ‘ VOL XXXV., NO 5279 e W TV IToyNN” Lt Ad 1 b bd 4 e e s T MR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” ]UNEAU ALASKA FRIDAY DECLniB[R l 9:9 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS NEW SENATOR FROM PENNSYLVANIA TAKES HIS OATH SMITH GWEN rSl.lowmg How it’s Made in Supreme Court in the National Capital FINE WELCOME BY NAVY DEPT. Former Governor of New York Given Ovation— Makes Proposition WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. — Amid secent reminiscent of his political campaign last year, former Gov. Alfred E. Smith, of New York, ar- rived &t the N Department to- day to discuss with Secretary Adams the feasibility of placing a diri gible mooring mast on the 85-stor building his company is construct- g in w York City. tually the entire personnel of the Navy Department lined the cor- s of the huge building and ga the former Democratic Presi- dential candidate a tremendous ovation After his conference with Secre- tary Adams, the former Governor said Adal indicated desire to help and turned technical consideration| An innovation in court procedure was instituted in District Supreme of the proposal over to Rear Ad-| Court, Washington, D. C., when these two stills were $et up in Justice miral Moffett, in .charge of Navy| Peyton Gordon’s courtroom in the trial of Linden Haddock on a charge to study. of violating a section of the national prohibition law which prohibits “advertising, manufacturing, selling or possession for sale” any contri-’ Aeronautics — e —— REINDEER IN ALASKA NEED AID OF GOVT. yance : :(or brewmg intoxicating drink. Iwhmesa)e shake-up in the diplo- tacking Insects Is_ been announced by President Hoo- CausmgConcem ver in the subn s WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—Along|pa; wit the propagaticn of lwadecr{aragua, Hendulas wnd in ‘laska by the Federal Govern-|can Republic. lo mert, comes the problem of eradi-} aj of the new appointees arc' e insect. pests attacking the|career or service men; all speak the o wimals, which apparently have|janouage of the countries to which | e wn in proportion with the in-|,ocreqited’ and all were chosen in ose of 1260 reindeer in 1892, 0 )fn, with the policy of the Presi-|e ) i “"1“’ g ? {dent announced umerical growth of the reindeer | s,ge o Congress “to establish more h and description of the para-| & . v our understanding d ré- particularly the warble fly aship with the Latin Amer penetrates the ' hides, were L R A 1 to the Appropriations Sub- ittee considering the Agricul- ions of new to Bolivia, ! Supply Bill, reported to the el by Carl J. Lomen, Presi- . A men, PreS"| Julius G. Ley of Washington, D, $ If, the Lomen Reindeer Cor-s ™, Honquras; Matthew E. Han- na-of Ohio, to N Wheeler of Washington Paraguay; Roy souri, to Panam L en testified that the reindeer oo hid- were five times as valuable f f from insects. He said about animals were brought into the 1 imber could have been 100,- [RePub! Yopng, of South 000 ad better shipping facilities |Dakota, to Bolivia, and H. F. Arthur e o Schoenfeld, of Washington, D. C 1 ¥ i T R SR to Costa Rica. Wheeler, of wid on bxt ceeds in P perience, ¥ 5 PLACE BLAME - guay Georzge L. Cr x Kan., who was apg 2 25, 1) FDR DISASTER and now retires from the service. . e | SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Dec. 13. PARIS, Dec 3 ~It takes mmr‘!B —3lame for the collision between |ermines than it used to for an er- the tanker S. C. T. Todd and the |mine coat. nia coast, when 75 persons lost|and sleeves are larger than they their lives, last August, hasbeen used to be. But the chief reason laid mainly on the negligence of is that some of the most exc the tanker by Capt. John Bulger, |so that the seams do not show, 2| Supervising Inspector of Steam- process which entals much wastage. VL(IAI’ and Mendenhall boats. Black ermine is the newest thing e A ruling was made by Bulger on in the fur market. Most of it is e Robert Papenfush, Third Officer of Japanese ermine dyed a ravenje the San Juan, whose license was black. Much Japanese ermine i reduced the suspension of Papen- used in the natural white, also. | revoked by the Inspectors. Bulger Thousands of ermine tails are beinz | e fush from two years and eight used for trimmings on coats and|e mohiths to one )enr dresses otherwise furless. f . LONDON TOYS MIRROR i OF WORLD PROGRESS LONDON, Dec. 13—A toyland re- | There are huge airplanes and zep-1 4 flection of this modern world with |pelins modeled on the lines of this|e planes, huge bridges, modern |season’s glants of the air. There | o nd its general speed is open- |are toy automobiles almost as big | e ing up all over London in prepara- !as the “baby” models that parents|e tion for Christmas. drive about London in the fond|e % | belief that they are being veryle Shop windows are filled with the | a4yt 4 st amazing things. Hung‘}'c‘ed And in keeping with the move to- TappaTiers S0 dragging parents 10 |warq world disarmament, there is'e he toy departments to get in early |3 notable decline in the size of orders. | popguns. Toy department mana-|e When the little antic-man turns |gers report there has been a defi-|e fifty somersaults with no visible 'nite reduction in the demand for means of propulsion, some of the |instruments of warfare. There are onlookers are frankly distrustful, practically no cannons, compara- <ome are properly amazed and some | tively few tin soldiers, and only an are just plain bored, " Tnternational Newsrea! _ LATIN AMERICAN ENVOYS TRANSFER IN BIG SHAKE Up, Problem of Eradicating At- WASHINGTON, Dre. 13 — \IFxperzmpntul matic corps in Latin America, has Stalwns in Alaska fon of the nomi- Given Large Sum WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. % The Agtoul ed to the Ho se by the Ap- tions commmpe car- n his annual mes-'s ¢ e e o @ @ 0 0 0 0 0 O TRIAL DATE OF DOHENY IS SET FOR MARCH 10 4% “iates during the past year but s of New York, to the Dominican Wcahhy Oil Magnale Must | Face Charge of Giving Fall a Bribe WASHINGTON, Dec " |date of the trial of E oil magnate, has been set for ice Hitz of the indictment of the of tht‘ oil leases made d\n'in" Lyare. . oil man is f £ UPUN PAGIHGinter Fur Fashions \Z,.,z i the 1 i Intl“de BlaCk Ermlne 't han e is lhdl Duhcx y former Secretary e \the United States.” Inter conne ¢ Sigar fas i 2 s i ! heny’s 3 steamer San Juan, off the Califor- Wraps are longer, on the ole, | \oval Ol Reserve in Califo A s o usive | [ce Just Right for tto Saunders, Third Officer ol‘furner: are doveteiling the skins| 5’1411["2 at Auk This was the war cr good skating is to be girls, young and old, ¢ to dig out their skates a frantic search was on for the skate strap that some- one used during the mer and forgot to put back where it belonged. There is a large section on the south end of Auk in fine shape for the it was said. from four to six inches th and the surface is just right for the steel. port has been rece ponds near the was thought that good skat- ing could be found there. Saturday and Sunday is ex- pected to see big crowds & Mendenhall and Auk Lake for the first skating of the occasional rifle “for hunting.” 10000voooooooo' UNION PACIFIC | IS COMMANDED I C:'C A<se\ts Power foi' | Construction of 180- Mlld Line in Oregon State § ! WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. — Interstate Commerce Commissiofi; | for the first time, assgrted its pow=| er to compel a railroad to builtt againct will extensive new lines, when the Commission directed thej| Union Ps stem to construet | 180 miles ailroad between Crang and scent Lake, in Oregon, &t an approximate cost of $8,000,0004 | Because the principle involved, the drew in all rail~ roads in the Pacific Northwes! In down the ve the C sion also ruled it hat er to compel railpoads to under- the The Oregon ant Washington Railroad and Naviga- tion Comp: ., a subsidiary of the Union Pacific, was directed to begir actual col 1etic l > > - = BRITISH LEAVE RHINELAND ZONE | High Comimissiog Deskelss that French Will Take Full Command t WEST BADEN, Germany, Dec. 13.—The Interallicd Rhineland High Commission nas decreed that the zone evacuated by the British yes- terday afternoon be placed under French command, The same regulation was adopt{d for those parts of the Third Rhine- land zone which was evacuated by the Bnlgi:ms November 30. L DR " EDGE REAGHES po * FRANGE:GIVES | - DUT INTERVIEW ‘Nf’w Amba;;ol‘ fl’Om U. 5. Pledges Perpetua- tion of Friendship HAVRE, Dec. 13. — Walter E. Edge, new Ambassador to France | (from the United Stat: Mrs. Edge | - TOBUILD LINE | M LEADERS MEET WITH PRESIDENT HOOVER o e e . HOOVER ) p apiNDY TAKES SEAT, U, S. SENATE Hears Himvsjf and Gov. Fisher Assailed in Out- spoken Language NYE RESOLUTION IS REFERRED,COMMITTEE Opposition Is Caused by . Association with G.O. P. Campaign Fund WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—After hours, in which he heard himself and Gov. John S. Fisher, of Penn- sylvania, who appointed him, assail- ed in outspoken language, Jomh R. Grundy took the oath of oflmtf as Senator from Pennsylvania. 1 The manufacturer veteran and - high tariff advocate, smiled fre- . Associated Press Fhoto ‘quvmly durine the harsh discussion * Farm leaders conferred with President Hoover at the White House to pledge their ald in carrying 5 Lo the seat made out hia plan for stimulating business and industry. Left to right, front row: C. E. Huft, presidant am S. Vare, whom Farmers union: Leroy Milton: §. H. Thempson, president American Farm Bureau federation; Avex.n- |the Senate refused to seat. der Legge, chairman farm board: Secretary Hyde and Eari Smith. Back row: C. Rogers, C. C. Senator Nye's resolution which © Talbot, Louis Chambers and P. T. Bette |dmm,ed Grundy was fiot entiiel " jretain his seat because of partici= = Fame in Fima Kille |SUPREME COURT ua i B, S S Camilla Horn Romance - Tlections Commit- tee and then immediately adminis- TO DECIDE VITAL s 80 hen immeciaely Mol | DRY LAW PHASES™" ES](Y THING | ot R s Vfllfl[ OF RAD:D Two phaseg of the powers of the Federal government in prohibition d Is ISOLATED enforcemeny, affecting selzure of automobiles carrying liquor and the issuance of liquor manufacturing 3 y permits, will be passed upon by the The questions be presented | in cases whic court has de Speaks from London, then cided to review. One case chal- CHICAGO, I, Dec. 13.—A 32- T ey or Omage, 101565 the right to contiscato auto-| Broadcast from New has ‘announced the successful iso |Tobiles’ under the.internal reve-| . “wrob Anniveres Jation of the germ which causes|Due 1aW. instead of the prohibition ty influenza laws. ‘The other involves the right k. Professor of ‘Hygiéne |10 sot Gefinite dates for termins-| NEW YORK, Dec. 12 - o land Bacteriology, began the search .tion of manufacturing permits and| veice of Gugliemo Marcom thus require firms to renew their spanned the Atlantic just as permits. did the letter “S” 28 years ago The automobile case was brought{ on the memorable occasion ‘when by the Richbourg Motor Company} & radio signal, coming from wse of the experi- 0f North Carplina. The case has| England was heard for the first as well as aroused widesproad intérést in the| time in America. self, were victims of automobile industry, especially in Unlike that day, when only the disease. connection with the salg of cars| himself listened, Last night the Hope is expressed that a vaccine on time-payment plans. entire nation he;u! him tell of or antitoxine might be developed 1f an automobile is seized under| the difficulties he ‘had to over- to bring influenza, or common the prohibition laws the manufac-| come in making the first trans- colds, under control. turer or agent holding a lien on it| Atlantie signal faintly audible. | The influenza germ, Dr. Falk would be able to protect his inter- Last night Marconi spoke said, of a pleomorphic streptoc- est, as he later could obtain the| from London to New York, link- he influenza germ a year ago. rday he announced he had eded in of the germ Dr, and their three children, landed! Gamille Horn, flaxen-haired film ae-| U5 type, rcsembling a string of car if title to the machine was es- ed to the NBC studios here, and today from the liner Isle de France, | tress, has come to a definite parting | Pearls, not well matched tablished. On the other hand,| then broadeast. leaving shortly afterward by “(““xoithewnyswmhhcrb \Imml,Klaus’ - e heould the car be seized under the The plonecr radio inventor's for Paris. ||Geerz, a young merch | 5 nternal revenue law, the govern-| voice was brought to America The new Ambassador & to the burg, The young mer Lh,,,‘“m,;,dndf Woman and 5,4,,,,',,,]w,4 ment could be compelled to give | by short waves. A special re- French newspaper men: “I am de- |\attributes the divorce to her mmel 3 . it up coivor was linked to the stu- lighted to reach your country. It in the films, tre Murdered ;Husband n ihe case involving the setting| dios here from River Head, lis with genuine enthusiasm that x , Arroeg of definite expiration dates on per-| Long Island. undertake the responsibility t‘n- Of Woman Under Arrest mits, Llllw uoye‘:l:ncnt lost in pur ":pummu great distances trusted to me by President Herbert | Hoover in maintaining and per- pctuanng the deep friendship which | 'has existed between France m’. e e MAJOR ELLIOTT WILL e e ’ . lower federal ‘courts in New York! mow is child’s play compared to GU"—TY PLEA CHARLEETION, M- V4. Dep. 13, | 7 - | what it was then. The day is John Gann and her SteD- 5 o o 5 @ s @ e ® e ® ® @ 8 |l ine when television T [ A fatk x lnc{mrd ‘Prnv‘r_ 'r‘:’(l 65 years, o TODAY'S STOCK @ | il also be commonplace,” Mar- i CA were shot and Killed in their home. |, QUOTATIONS ®| .oni said. He was heard dis- Wl }‘va lice announce that th ee e 0000w e el iy s husband has been arrested at and cl > }Newport, Kentu: NEW YORK, Dec. lfl—Aw ARRIVE NEXT WEEK!Tom Vernon Admits Mt the erime. The police de-|yuneuy mine stock i quoted Countess Alice Szechenyi | [ { I Maj. Malcolm Fll ott, President | the Alaska Road Commission | tand Dist. Engineer, U. S. Board of |Engineers, will leave Seattle to- morrow morning for Juneau, ac-| cording to word received at local | Vernon, su | headquarters of the Comm He has been in Washin: ing before the budget i with estimates f app: for the next fisea r nnection riations i Wrecking Train sion, | from Pawnee, Oklalfom appear- | BUIltY to the cha After a 10~ d.n tri Lynn Ca -/ mountai CHRISTMAS |nal ana 1oy sivait pou !Examiner WLlIman Holbro! rang- HOPPING EARLY |er Barold Smith and Capt. George end, which is so narrow tha three | jcl | d that the Ganns were| . estranged and Gann had threat- o ened the life of his wife and two ildren. 8, American Ice 37, Bet ve | In Capital Debut Dec. 19 Steel * 941 General Moto 41 Examined for Ins: Combustion 16%, International Har-| WASHINGTON, Dee. 13—Coun- - vester 81%, International I tess Alice Szechenyl, daughter of g A 2%, Paper B 14%, Paper C 18100 finister of Hungary and Count- | LOS ANGELES, Dec. 14, — Tom 'NINE HUNDRED FOOT Kennecott Copper 5¢':, National P38 LR PC P Will make hor debut Cali- December 19 at a tea. } Original plans had been made for ntation November 30 but pe i ornia 62 | ANTENNAE REPAIRED |%me, i, Saiund 0, «| BY CABLE MEN HERE|rerr @ x ing and Decemb: for | Magma 5 was postponed owing to ;sentencing. The 900-foot antennae at the U.|%0%: mowning for Secretary A request that pt e al-|s Radio station here, which was| Halibut verel . c lowed to examinc jamaged by the high gales of sev- | Bernard Hanser On Decemuer 3 she went to New anity, was granted 4 ‘eral days ago, has been repaired,|.f being the )¢ the York with her sister, Countess Cor- The' maximum pen for N lifted to the big 300-foot tower and | gotehikan f t wson of lnelia. They were guests of honor wrecking is death )] r(' ‘,‘(M\ anchored again on the moun- | 19299, with ea f man. sl &t a dinner given by their grand- |Attorney announced 1d de- 'ain side. The cable and radio|ing $354560. | took in'mother, Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt. mand the maximum nder Operator-in-Charge |4 total of 520,000 pounds of halibut Countess Cornelia made her debut B - worked from 8 o'clock in|4uring the season here two years ago. morning until darkness in the - MESRRSEA — FORESTERS RETURN afterncon for the past two days| MEVORY DAWNS FOR VETERAN FROM 10.DAY TRIP; er ana. sosom. | M2 M OF : ‘ 1g severe weather and accom- lished ask. 1en nust AFTER 12-YEAR MENTAIL BLAN DELAYED BY STORM & poati g el gl o i e carry thelr tools, wire, ete., up the| JACKSONVILLE, I, Dec. 13.—|school ring he was wearing, de over slippery grass |An amnesia victim for twelve years,| Then came partial memory. He hrubs and other unde C son of Lewiston, Mont.,|said his father's name was “Cha ) and work on the anchor 1ew himself again land was prominent in Masonic ed after the war, Carl-|zine carried an account of the hrou Peterson returned last 1 n the 'mu can st find a foothold ¢ cked up in Chicago, his |work. The Red Cross in its maga- AFTER TODAY THERE |Forestry boat Ranger VII. They some idea of the task is indicated mind a blank &5 to who he was. To |case, This was read by a Lewis- ARE ONLY were engaged in homesi ind tim- Three of the “boys” met with slight |the Elgin, IlL, State Hospital he | ton, Mont., man who recognized ] ber surveys and callin; isolated injuries during the work i was sent, then to the State ex-|Carlson’s picture. A brother, Ed fox ranches to take the census ping and falling over 50 feet down |Service Men's Hospital in Jackson- | Carlson, was notified. Work was done at Tee Harbor,|the mountain side. ville. The brother came to Jacksonville MORE SHOPPING DAYS % 4 Skagway, Hoonah and Harbor. They were for |in ‘shelter at Spaskaia LEFT : Jdays by a northerly # 7 J - b il G f More than a thousand high [last night. At first Alvin did not The Ketchikan night school re-|schools were communicated with in |know him. -Then his face bright= cently opened witj@fan enrollment{an unsuc ul attempt to estab- |ened &s memory returned. torm, Jot 19, lish his ide through a hign \ “Why, it's E4,” he said,