The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 16, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS VOLfi XXXV., NO. 5281. NEAU, ALA SKA. MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1929, ALL THE TIME” MEMBER PRICE TEN CENTS OF ASSOCIATED PREE&S U.S.CUTTER TO BRING EIELSON SEARCH PLANES NORTH TARIFEBILL T0 BE GIVEN RIGHT OF WAY Agreement Is Reached on| Measure Following Christmas Recess TN WAS! GTON, D. C, Dec. 16— | An agreement has been reached ir the Senate among the factional | leaders to devote fuil t in the | Senate, after the Christmas recess, to the passage of the ta bill. Senator Watson, of Indiana, Re- publican leader, entered agreement with leaders of the Dem- ceratic and Republican-Independent Coalition. | This agreement was made after a conference with President Hoover during which the Congressional pro-- gram was discussed. The Republican leader joined in a promise not to ask consideration of any legislation, even appropria- tion bills, after the holiday recess, until the long pending tariff meas- ure was disposed of. } ————— LEXINGTON T0 GIVE ELECTRIC POWERTOCITY Airplane Carrier to Furnish Light, Power, to City of Tacoma TACOMA, Wash., Dee. 16:—The| airplane carrier Lexington tied up. into the | | ‘Womfinr i]fges Tax Cut . | TEN MILLION DOLLARS FOR WELFARE WORK Capitalist of Pittsburgh Announces Gift—Pur- poses Are Outlined PITTSBURGH, Penn., Dec. 16.— 1A gift of $10,000000, td be expended thro a philanthropic Founda- tion, to be used in the interest of public welfare, is announced by Maurice Falk, capitalist and phil- anthropist, of Plitsburgh. The fund to be known a8 the E Laura Falk Founda- ticn and is established as a me- morial to Mr Ik. 4 || The Foun with a copy of the new official seal of his tions carly next year and the en- didn’t like the eagle on the department’s tiro fun pended Sccrertur); of Imerri;)\_rr Vwivtth : Copy of New Official Seal’ i | | Secretary of the Interior Wilbur department. Secretary Wilbur seal when he took charge last March and asked thn; a new u‘!al‘ | designed, saying that the eagle was so widcly used that it hqd no distine- | 1. ition and that the one on the department’s seal was a x»a\rc_ncular!y aafl— la “hoard looking bird. A very fierce buffalo was designed and Dr. Wilbur liked it. broad po \He has asked the comptroller general to approve a small expenditure . Wil b \aecessary to make the change. Tnternational Newsreel sets forth that seven managers with of discretion given signed the task of {religious, charitable and educational ~|philanthropics of a public inter- |est. CARNEGIE TECH > : l For Unmarried Women WASHINGTON, Dec. 16—Very single persons can devote their calaries to themselves, for most of them have one or more persons to support, says Miss Martha Connole, { su GALIFURNIA legislative chairman of the National L] Federation of Business and Profes- { sional Women. | Miss Connole argues that the in- | crease in tax exemption for married and single persons is disproportion- ¢ | ate and that under the present law H single persons suffer more than ny other group. Stage and Finance Mated in Arizon: Great Attack of Eastern Eleven Swept Away in Final Period LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 16— n will begin opera- | interest will be ex-l She was one of the leaders of the o 4 - Carnegie Tech scored by an at- at a Tacoma dock Sunday and will | delegation of business women who be there for the next 30 days to called on PX'OSldEl‘"lL Hoover' in Te- serve as an auxiliary steam plant gard to increase in tax exemption to furnish Tacoma with electrical for single persons current. Lack of rain and con drought, unequalled in 39 years, has prevailed here for weeks. It is believed that the Lexington's generators will be hooked up and! begin delivering power late tonight | or early tomorrow morning. ] The generators of the Lexington; are capable of supplying electric current to a city the size of New York, it is said. .- tinued same mission. JjS]:oecially Made Rayon WILMINGTON, Del, Dec. 16— Rayon making has advanced to where it is possible to put a piece successively into two dyes and have the remaining fibers take only the other. Flakes on Lnurchgoers | This cannot be done with any piece of rayon, but only with that Are Exposed as Splders‘Specialuy Gt Dec. 16—Sci-| The color selectivity is due, say n,8 rveport of the research depart- ment of the Du Pont Company, to BERKELZY, Cal, ence has exonerated a Hawaiia v harge of having an- | ;Z];::ofloefalzs;urg,g Cal, chur:ihgo. development of varled_methods of ers. ‘making rayon, Pam_cularly one On a recent Sabbath morning Which emp_luys acetic a;xd, the sub- showers of ash-like flakes descended |Stance which causes cider to turn on the citizenry en route to church, |t0_vinegar. As the last similar visitation was| The Acetate variety takes cer- coincident with the eruption of M:.tain dyes which other threads re- Lassen 14 years ago, the conclusion Sist, so that bs" weaving two kinds was reached that the descending |Of rayon threads, unusual dye tricks dust cloud was due to the volcano C¢an be performed. then, ~atertaining Hawaii. 1 g ST R T..e curator of the California Mu~j' SRR N N0 RD NN seum of Vertebrate Zoology provid- | * TODAY'S STOCK ed an explanation. ‘The shower, ® QUOTATIONS he declared was of microscopic spi- @ @ @ 0 @ ¢ v @ » 3 & o o ders. The insects distribute them- selves over wide areas by floating| NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—Alaska Ju- in the air on webs in which par-/neau mine stock is quoted today at ticles of shed skin are mixed. ‘7'-’_.. American Ice 37%, Bethlehem ——————— | Steel 91%, General Motors 41, Com- NATIONAL PARKS GAIN |bustion 131, International | vester 79, Kennecott 57 1-3, Magma WASHINGTON, D. C.—Eleven,or|52%, Montgomery-Ward 61%, Na- more than half, of the national tional Acme 19. Standard Oil of parks passed the 100,000 mark for California 62, Standard Oil of Ne visitors this year. iJersey 65%, Texas Corporation 57. TIME TRIED FRAUDS She has made | (three trips to Washington on thr‘; Takes Different Dyes| P — | Har- | {tack which blossomed and flour- lished in the first half, then wilted and was swept away before the de-~ {termined Trojans of the University |of Southern California last Satur- |day afternoon. | Southern California in the final |two periods sent the Carnegie Tech . eleven to a 45 to 13 defeat before | 50,000 fans o o vl 7l some threads take one color while | Another stage and finance alliance comes to light in the marriage of Marie Merrifield, beautiful stage star, and Leo M. Meeker, well- known Southern California banker. News of the ceremony, which was performed at Yuma, Arizona, has just been received at Los Angeles. The newlyweds are enjoying a Mex- ican honeymoon. In addition to be- ing a well-known star of the stage, Miss Merrifield gleans additional glamor through her illustrious grandfather, Andrew Jackson. ——————— R-100 MAKES FIRST FLIGH Is Successfully Launched and Taken on Short Maiden Flight w, HOWDEN, England, Dec. 16.—The Ment: new Eritish airship R-100, which is a sister ship to the ‘R-101, one of the largest aircrafts in the world. was successfully launched today and jafter being taken from the hangar. | maneuvered around the district for The tremendous reserve strength of Southern California brought | about the crash to the great of- fensive of Carnegie Tech. The first half ended 13 all. G CARDINALS ARE CREATED VATICAN CITY, Italy, Dec. 16. —Six new cardinals have been cre- ated by the Pope at a secret Con- | sistory. The six elected to the Sacred Col- lege, are Archhishops Gerejeira, ¢f Lisbon, Laviatrano Palmero of Si- cilly, Minoretti of Genoa, MaCrory and Armags Verdier, of Paris, and ! Pacelli, Papal Nuncio of Berlin. | The Sacred College has been brought up to the strength of 63. | e Wall Street Recovers { | AIHRY, | NEW YORK, Dec. 16—Financial | advertisements tell a story of their own about the public's current atti- | tude toward stocks and bonds. | “Sound,” “conservative,” “depend- |able,” “Seasoned” and similar words figure in almost every advertise- Preferred stocks, good bonds and the highest grade of high yield common stocks form the bulk of is- sues offered to the public today. i Conservative Temper| | designating grants for promotion of | | Burt McConnell, just back from nine weeks of life as a primitive man in the Quebec wilderness. He entered | the wilderness 300 miles above Quebec, naked, except | for a running suit and without hunting or camping ‘5 laqniyu-nt. ‘boyond & small axe and n camerz. This { Caveman Home From Wildern self in the woods i FOUR DIE AS i Rush of Flames in Bal- timore Plant BALTIMORE, MG, Dec. 16.—At least four persons died in a fire in the four-story plant of Thomes H. O'Connor Waste Papes Company in the downtown railroa cistrict. | Firemen recovered three bodies |from the building. Another victim, |whose back was broken when he {leaped from a third-story window, |died in a hospital. About 50 other employees in the ‘of the rush of flames through quantities of old paper which con- |verted the building into a furnace ]berore-the first fire apparatus and {ambulances arrived at the fire The fire is believed to have been started on, the fourth floor, al- though it burst out so suddenly {the firemen are unable to get def- inite information. SOUGHT FOR MURDER, ALS0 FOR_ ROBBERY Resident of Fashionable Section of City, Shows i His True Self | | ST. JOSEPH. Mich., D 16. While the Police ' throughout the Middle West are seeking Frederick Dane, as murderer and bank rob- Jbfl'. acquaintances and neighbors of fashionable Lake Shore Drive iwhere three months ago he pur- jchased a luxurious home h are “~— STILL OPEN PURSES half an hour. The craft was o { {watched by a small group. After | the maiden flight, the R-100 was| NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—During public is thought to have led many hitched to the mooring mast at| these banner months for swindlers, [into the net of swindlers. If com- Caddington. new and untried frauds have made | modities could be l:ought with a| \digesting the Dr. Jeky( and Hyde ,story. |\ Dane got into a tight place Sa |day night and showed his t | After a slight traffic Dane shot and fatally wounded little headway against the popular old fashioned schemes. smaller initial payment, why not! securities? The most skilful tricks in finan- cial juggling, lately uncovered by the National Better Business bu- reau, vary in certain details but fall naturally into a very small number of general classes. A diligent search for something new in the world of fraud yields practically nothing. “How to make money without working too hard for it,” covers most of the schemes, although a smaller family belong to the “how to be healthy” division and to simi- lar way of approach to swindle in its myriad variations. Instalment buying by the general been offered to purchasers, parti- cularly to employes, on the instal- ment plan. But along came a swarm of dis- honest promoters, who seized on the idea as an excellent one for the purpose of selling worthless certifi- cates. Small investors, says the National Better Business bureau, were per- of stocks above their value by the fact that the first payment was a small one. During the past few years man_v“ millions in excellent securities have | Fur Bearing Animals Classed as Livestock| TONOPAH, Nev., Dec. 16 —Musk- rats, red and silver foxes and mink are classed as “livestock” by the; Nevada tax commission. This decision was reached when the board was called upon to define officially the standing of ket. Thousands of ‘these species suaded to contract for the purchase bred for their pelts and also for| sale in establishing new colonies. The industry has become highly lucrative. fauna ! reared in tame colonies for the mar- | CHRISTMAS ' “SHOPPING EARLY | AFTER TODAY THERE ARE ONLY ' 7 MORE sHOPPING DAYS Charles Skelly aged 30 years, motor- cycle patrolman rather than go to ioning to aid ihim in escaping after wrecking his sown car in his getaway. | The Police found garage bills in |the car and identified the driver |as Dane.” The Police raided Dane's |Lake Shore Drive mansion and |found $319,000 in securities stolen last November in a holdup of the {Farmers and Merchants bank, at {Jetferson, Wisconsin; two machine (#uns, a sawed-off shot gun, two /high powered rifles, and cans of |shells. Tear gas bombs were also |discovered. Hop Off for |Nonstop Flight RESULT, FIRE " i. Fifty Escape Ahead of e the | ® . {building fled by fire escapes ahead » South America SEVILLE, Spain, Dec. —Major Tadem Larre-Vor~ is how he appeared when he snapped & picture of him- Quebec. At the left, he is being welcomed home by his wife as he returned to their New York home. Internationa! Newsresl € S5 |CHELAN 1S 0 " BRING THREE { | | - PLANESNORTH {Fairchild Planes Will Be Sent to Seward from Seattle This Week ‘r 6 CANADIAN AVIATORS IN SEARCHING PARTY Craft Will Be Assembled at Fairbanks for Flight Into Arctic Wastes SEATTLE, Deec. 16. — The Coast Guard cutter Chelan has been authorized to take |three Fairchild airplanes and | six Canadian fliers to Sew- ard, Alask: where the planes will be sh sped rail to Fairbanks. jassembled them flowi Nome or Tel- ler to"did in the search for Col. Carl Ben Kielson and hig mechanician Eaii LDorland. | The cutter Chelan will be ready to depart as soon as ° the planes and pilots arrive here. : Major Howard C. Deckard, Production Manager of the | Fairchild Airplane Manufact- uring Corporation, will ac- |company the planes and fliers {to Fairbanks, “fhe search Las been organized’ by and of Normandine in the Province of MOTHER AND T { CHILDREN DEAD ges and Copilot Lieuatnant by the Aviation Company of New Challes, hopped off at 7:456 o'clock Sunday morning, Eastern Standard Time, on a nonstop flight to South America. When they left they hoped to reach the South American coast early Tuesday morning. ° . ° . . . @eeeeccsocoene e TWO ARRESTED AT KETCHIKAN, WHITE SLAVERY Woman in Case Also Taken Into Custody by Fed- eral Authorities Nels Anderson, alias W. E. Peer- on, alias Resengreen, and John Gibson, were arrested Saturday at Ketchikan by Deputy United States Marshal W. H. Caswell, charged with violation of the White Slavery Act, vices received by United States Marczhal Albert White. ® Anette Rus allcged to be the victim of the two men, was held on an adultery charge. Her real name 5 said to be Mrs. Miller. according to telegraphic ad- ‘Eight Are’ Found in Beds in Home with Their Throats Cut York, which is a holding company controlling the Alaska Airways, In- corporated, Eielson's company. Capt. Oaks in Charge THREE RIVERS. Quebec, ln«o!C:,T }‘,’_"",‘f Bfi:‘sbew,‘:nf:m;feufi 16—Mrs. Andrew Day and seven McKee Trai)hy go," the best Can- children, ranging in ages from one |adian air achievement in 1927 to 14 years, were found dead in The other pilots are Pat M their home, with their throats cut,|Biil Roach, Sector Ptolmey, Clif- ;apparemly with an ax. ‘,rord Swartman and William Hicks. | Andrew Day, father of the family,| All fliers are experienced “bad was found wandering the slrfcts,'wenther" aviators. His throat was also cut by an ax.: The cutter Chelan may go north At the Day home, the Police in two or three days. It will take |found the woma:a and her children about three days for the cutter to in their beds In three different reach Seward. rcoms. All had received one or, more cuts about the throat as| though the perpetrator of the crime | |wanted to decapitate his victims, ! Day made no statement, He is Last Saturday night Ernest Rob- in a hospital and is expected to re- inson, Vice-President of the Avia=- cover. & “uon Corporation of America an- —————— nounced the details for the planned search for Elelson. He said Capt. MISSIONARY H. A. Oaks would be in charge of IS CAPTURED i three Fairchild airplanes which are outfitted with winter flying equip= | The Rev. Sandy Reported « Held by Bandits for ment. Three of the searchers are pilots and three are mechanicians, Large Ransom 3 | i FALSE REPORT HANKOW, Dec. 16.—Rev. H. K.| Last night a report was circulat- W. Sandy, representative of the ed in Juneau that Eielson and British Wesleyan Mission at Tayeh, Borland had been located. Persum- in the southeastern part of the @bly the report is not true as The PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT MONTREAL, Quebec, Dec. 16.— BLIZZARD RAGING NOME, Alaska, Dec. 16.—Blizzard eather is still prevailing here, at | Teller and at the frozen-in schoon= |er Nanuk at East Cape, Siberia. The three came from Seward to Province of Hupeh, has been cap- Empire and Associated Press hln,& Juneau several weeks ago, accord- ng to the authorities. After a short top here, they proceeded to Ket- chikan. DAIRY HERD FOUNDATION 1S HIS AIM LANSING, Mich., Dee. 16.-—-Gov. Fred M. Green has offered a plan to Michigan State college and to tured by bandits who are reported N0 such advices. to be holding him for a large mn-ll HEWR=2 s - L som. | tahan (far Ill]d Word of Sandy being taken pris-| B or oner has reached here and it is| also stated that it is generally be-| ved that his capture was carried | LONDON, Dec. 16.—The future of out at the same place by the same |the automobile is “all in the air,* band of alleged Communists, who In the opinion of Senator Romeo, carried off the Rev. Ulrich Kreut- |Italian designer of the Alfa-Ro~ zen, Americen missionary, on No- meo car. vember 11. Kreutzen was later re-' In support of his belief he plans leased on payment of a small ran-|to form a London airplane taxi som company in London next spring e im:}u{acturing his own planes here. ¢ s Pack & e pictured the Thames of the Xmas l(l'llx(lfl(’s will {future alive with the machines of Be Received At lan air-taxi stand, ready to be hailed (for a quick trip to Paris, Ports- Post Office This P. M. state hospitals by which he pro- poses to build up the greatest foun- lation dairy "herd in the country it the college. He suggests that tHe best cattle from the hospitals be turned over o ‘the college for its foundation 1erd. Hospitals would receive the benefit of experimental results. Off- spring of the herd would be turned back to the institutions. The governor will ask an out-of- state commission of three experts o select the cattle if his plan is wlopted. There is some opposition 0 it, both from the college and the nstitutions. {mouth, Berlin or Birmingham. | In order to accommodate last minute patrons and facilitate the mailing of Christmas packages, mo“ general delivery window of e | Post Office will be open between 7 and 9 o'tlock this evening, it was | announced today by Postmistress| WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 16— = Spickett No deliveries of mail |[A favorable report on the nomina- will be made however, as the serv-|tion of Julius Harold Hart to be ice is extended only to the out-:United States District Attorney of going mail. Judicial Division of Alaska, Nu The mail on the Princess Norah|Two, with headquarters at and the Northwestern, both early|Alaska, has been ordered by tomorrow morning, will be the last |Senate Judiciary Committee. from Alaska to reach the States|is a former resident of :for holiday deliveries. le.l. [Favorable Report Is Ordered on Hart Won Over by Plane ; 'z.i For Alaska Dist.Atty. =