The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 21, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL )\XXV NO 5286 JUNEA U ALASKA SA"IURDA DECI:MBLR 21 I 929, MEMBER OF ASoOCIAT [:D PRbSS ALASKA AVHAT@R LANDS IN SIBERIA MRS. FOGARTY T0 WITHDRAW TUNNEY SUIT Authorizes Wtomey Stop $500,000 Breach of Promise Suit FORMER CHAMPION OBJECTS TO MOVE Wants Case Fought to De-| cision—One Attor- | ney Quits BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Dec. 21— The desire of Mrs. Katherine Fog- artly, Forth Worth, Texas, divorcee, | to withdraw her $500,000 breach of promise suit against Gene Tunney retired heavyweight champion of the world, will be fought by the ertitleholder who is demand- fight to a decision. nk L. Wilder, Mrs. Fogarty's| sel, announced in court, after granted permission to quit| the c as her representative that Mrs. arty dispatched a letter| authorizing withdrawal of the ac- tion brought against Tunney in the Superior Court last May. ney's attorney, Homer S ings, immediately filed a mo- judgment in his cross| int which among other| leges the suit was brougml merely to defame Tunney and ex- tort money. The motion will be| ued next Friday before Judge 'l Foster. SLAYER OF BOY | DIES IN CHAIR Shuffles to—B;ath Instru- ment, Sits Down—Dies Without Word TRENTON, N. J., Dec. 21.ANer—|‘ and unable to repeat the pray- ers uttered by his priest, Peter Kid- zinowski, slayer of a 7-year-old York Boy, died during the in the electric chair in the: Prison. h)dmnm\skx a pale, peaked little | man, aged 27 years, lured Joseph Storclli with a bag of candy and killed him when he cried for his mother. He claimed he was drunk at the time. Kidzinowski twiddled his fingers as he walked from the death house to the execution chambers. He‘ shuffled to the death chair and sat down without a word to the guards. to ANDERSON INSTALLS SPECIAL PIANO ON | PRES. MISSION BOAT A specially constructed piano. built to specifications which would | permit its installation in a certain epace aboard the Presbyterian Mis- sion boat Princeton, was received, knocked down, by the Anderson Music Shoppe, a few days ago. It was assembled and has now been installed by George Anderson. B American antelope are so numer- ous in Idaho as to constitute a farm nuisance. J " |ka. Mrs. Smith Reynolds, the former Miss Anne Cannon, of Concord, N. C., bas just married the eighteen-year= old son of _ the late R. ]. Reynolds, tobacco magnate, The bride is nineteen. The marriage, @ great surprise to friends, is said to bave joined two of the best known families in the Carolinas, _— SIX MEMBERS OF ONE KILLED ON CHR CLARINDIA, Iowa, Dec. Seven persons, six of one family were killed late yesterday a {ncon when a passenger train ’1 truc! k on which th" hml ing lhp The truck was laden witk '1 1d other Christmas things. e was sirewn for 4.undx od feet along the tracks. The dead are F. E. Glass, baby and three young sons and ;1!‘,‘ unidentified man. ALASKA CRAFT HELPLESS UPON | STORMY OCEAN Old Historic Sleamer Santa Ana Is in Rough Sea —Rudder Gone MIAMI, Florida, Dec. 21— less messages recevied here the United Fruit Line ship Toloa {said the passenger liner Santa Ana was helpless in a rough sea 130 miles southwest. of the Isle of Pines, with her rudder gone. The Toloa radioed she nd- ing by the historic little steamer which left Seattle on November 14 for a Florida port, to become part of the United Fruit line fleet. The Santa Ana was one of the , |vessels leaving Seattle during the Klondike gold rush about 1900. She had been lying idle in Lake Union except for occasional trips to Alas- Following discontinuance on the Alaska route she has been idle until purchased for the fruit trade. | — e A German corporation has formed a company in the Philippine Islands to build houses of steel and copper to replace nipa and wooden houses. SUCCESS IN HAZARDOUS FIELD TO WOMEN LABOR MEDIATORS By SUE McNAMARA (A. P. Feature Service Writer) WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. — Two women employed by the U. 8. De- partment of Labor help settle the ikes that constantly occur in the | ranks of workers over the country. “Commissioner of Conciliation” is the official title given Miss Anna Weinstock of Roxbury, Mass., and Emmilinne Pitts of Pitts- vy sometimes go into danger- erritory, but brickbats are to them. They never carry They dress attractively like crdx 1ary business women. Yet their scft voices and persuasive argu- ments have settled some bad strikes. OCne is blonde, one is brunette. lm s Pitt studied for the ministry ordained to preach, if she . Miss Weinstock was a v worker in a Massachusetts factory. young women are seldom in ‘Washington except for a few hours. On the a garvee e..wo- oeop "th On an average of 50 strikes are in progress over the country all the time. There are 35 conciliators employed by the department of la- bor, which has settled 9,000 strikes in 14 years. > So the fun of making dinner and dance dates is not for Miss Wein- stock or Miss Pitt. But the excite- ment of their daily lives makes the social round of the debutantes look tame. Upon the gestures of their slim hands and the tones of their voices depends the fate of thous- ands of men, women and children. They are sent on the same mis- sions as men conciliators, but are used particularly in strikes where women workers are concerned. An outstanding feat of Miss Wein-|g stock was helping in the settlement of the big textile strike in Eliza- bethton, Tenn., last spring. It brought her national fame. One of Miss Pitt’s achievements was settling the Pittsburgh strike of newspaper mailers and stuffers in 1926. They demanded increase of wages and recognition of their union. Miss Pitts effected an amicable adjustment after a six-day 21— | FAMILY ARE IST’!I/!SI 11)1‘\ TRUCK | IMay Command | American Legion | In Italy Agaix Mrs. Julia Wheelock, popular Amer- |ican, who for the past three years has been department commander for Italy of the American Legion in Rome. She wilk shortly be up for re-election and indications are that she will be returned to her diplo- matic post. Killed His Estranged | Wife Last Christmas; Pays for Deed, Gallows SAN QUENTIN, Cal, Dec. 21— Mario Croce, aged 40 years, died |last night on the gallows for killing his wife, from whom he was' estranged, last Christmas day. | Croce broke down as the guards |came to take him from the death icell but he regained some compos- ure when he entered the echu(lon room and tried to smile as he mounted the steps to the scaffold. Croce entered a guilty plea at hls’ "nal confessing he shot his wife |because she would not invite him to her Christmas dinner. i Pope Pius Descends Into St. Peters, Rome, | And Celebrates Mass1 ROME, Italy, Dec. 21.—Pope Pmsw today descended into St. Peters| while an immense congregation of\ 70,000 cheered and applauded. The\ Pope celebrated the fiftieth anni-| versary of his first mass. B P00 000 e . TODAY’S STOCK » QUOTATIONS 00 ceceo00 00000 — | LRI ® ° NEW YORK, Dec. 21. — Alaska Juneau mine stock is quoted to- day at 7%, American Ice 35%, Bethlehem Steel 90%, General Mot- ors 40%, Combustion 6%, Interna- tional Harvester 79 Kennecott 56%, Magma 47%, Montgomery- Ward 47%|, National Acme 16%, Standard Oil of California 59%, | { Sun Starts North Two Canadian Groupings iSanta Claus’ workshop at the North iPole, with the elves busily engaged !ished by the Serenaders. | Today Is Shortest Of Year; Tomorrow Today is the sh of the year 1929. The win- ter s will occur at 10:53 o'clock tonight, Juneau time. On the Atlantic sea- board the shortest day will be December 22, for the winter solstice will be at A. M. of that date. The sun will start north again before midnight to- night for its six months’ Journey, bringing with it an- other spring and summer. It will be several days before there will be any no- ticeable change in the length of the daylight hours. ®ececccecevo e CONSOLIDATION | ' OF RAILROADS NOW OUTLINED Nineteen Link Line System Plan Is Made Public in Washington I. C. COMMISSION UNFOLDS SCHEME test day eceenseseoe | { i | | i Are Brought Into Pro- | posed Consolidation iCi ‘eminine power and influence in the Federal Government will reach a new high state with the select the House of Representatives to important posts. Several wom- en members of the House con- template running for Senatorial honorl A.nung the lad es uhase n of women members of hristmas Edition WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. — A!()f The Empire to Be nineteen link line system is pro- posed by the Interstate Commerce Commission in its contemplated | consolidation of railroads. o The plan of the Commis n'e also provides two Canadian group-'® ings with five Eastem lines formed o end - W#Xd by the Penusylvisu, e Baltimore & Ohio, Wabash, Sea-| board Air Line, New York Centrn].'l Chesapeake and Ohio and other'se key systems which include the® Great Northern, Northern Pacific, ® Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, @ Union Pacific, Southern ' Pacific, | ® Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, Mis- | ® souri Pacifis, Chicego, Rock Island:e and Pacific. g i: SCHOOL OPERETTA | DRAWS BiG CROWD | LAST PERFORMANCE . ‘The school operetta: “Cross Patch * Fairfes,” produced by the Juneau e Grade School pupils, scored a genu- ' e ing hit in the final performance, e at the Elks Hall last night. A large @ and appreciative audience filled the '@ hall when the High School quartet e sang the opening number and the‘ rising curtain on the first act| brought applause. ZFhe gay colored uniforms of the Toyland Brigade and their weAl- executed military evolutions cnlledl for a big hand, also the setting of in sewing dolls and teddy bears.| The last act, with the performers | in their pyjamas, was the high| spot in the play, judging by the applause. Miss Dorothy Chisholm, Director, | iis justly proud of her troopers as| weu as her technical staff. The| scenery, props and costumes were | nll made locally. ! ——.—————— BENEFIT DANCE IS |Bass, night knocked out Tod Morgan, of iDistributed Sunday THe Christmas edition of The Empire will be printed tonight and delivered to the subscribers tomorrow morning. . It will, consist of twenty-four pages including a cover illustrated in colors. The forms for the Christ- mas edition will close at midnight tonight, and any advertising for it must be in early this evening—not later than six o'clock. This is an extra edition of The Empire, but it will be evened up next Wednes- day — Christmas Day, when there will be edition at all. The Christmas edition will be filled with Christmas reading and Christmas ad- vertising, both profusely il- lustrated and interesting. One will find it just as ab- sorbing and profitable to read the advertising as the Christmas features. s0e0csecsscee > T0D MORGAN KNOGKED OUT; LOSES TITLE :Benny Bass New Champion | Winning Honor in Second Round NEW YORK, Dec. 21.—Benny of Philadelphia, last night WELL ATTENDED AFFAIR Seattle, Junior Lightweight cham- {pion, in the second round of their The benefit dance given at Moose scheduled 15 round match, Hall last night for Mrs. Eva Rob- ' come to be- the new 130-pound title inson, who was injured in a bas- holder. |ketball game a short time ago,) Morgan was down twice before was well attended. Music was furn- he was finally counted out " S 4 A/ AFTER TODAY THERE ARE ONLY (accident vietim here pays $175 for 9 ‘anatmm;al repairs. pr4 e — Standard Oil of New Jersey 62% Texas Corporation 55'%. / ! LEFT | MORE SHOPPING DAYS the count of nine in round and another fini seconds later. [ Morgan defended the champion- ship successfully 15 times in the past four years, Last night Morgan appeared well 'on the way to an easy victory, hav- |ing Bass in distress the first |round from rights to the chin. A wild right floored Morgan for Morgan weighed 128 pounds and Bass weighed 127 pounds. ——— WHY PEDESTRIANS WORRY ATLANTA —Pedestrians here at least know how much it is going to cost them if their joints stiffen |at the wrong moment. |cian finds that the average auto A statisti- AMERICAN CARS LEAD BERLIN —Every second or third Ltl!fl here is from America. election may form part of a pos- sible women’s “bloc” are (upper row) Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCor- mick, Representative from Il- linois; Ruth Pratt, of New York; Miss Edith Nourse Rogers, who has been mentioned as the Re- publican nominee from Mass- achusetts. (Below) Judge Flor- 'BOY TAKEN FOR WILD l | _____CRAFT LANDS; CAPTAIN OF - SKRBWAY 1§ - Commander of Steamer Run Aground to Escape | Fire—Did Good Deed | SEATTLE, Dec. 21.—Capt. Eric Strandquist, of the steamer Skag- way, used good judgment in beach- ing the burning vessel near Cape Flattery last Monday, Steamboat Inspectors Donald S. Ames and Thomas Short said today in making\ known the result of their investiga- ! tion into the wreck. The inspec-! tors exonerated Capt. strnndqulst‘ from all blame and said a master of a ship is respdnsible for the! | property under his care and the lives of his officers and crew. | The Inspectors said the Captain| ifollowed what he believed was the ‘sa!est course. The Inspector said that accusa- | tions against the Captain that he |£gnored the counsel of his officers and members of his crew and headed for the rocks after being told he could make Neah Bay, three miles away, were held groundless | |by Inspectors Ames and Short. The Skagway was enroute from | 3an Francisco to Seattle, loaded with gasoline, alcohol and oil and caught fire, ‘Water poured into the hold, made the ship unmanage- able and the captain ran the craft on the beach. All aboard escaped. .- ONE, TWO AND THREE ORCHARD, Iowa.—Fourteen years | ago a baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Leon Clark. Ten years ago :wins were born and mplets re- ~ently. ence Allen, the nomination oa ocratic ticket; Mrs. Nellie T, Rogs, former Governor of Wy- oming; Sayre, Woodrow Owen, of Florida. EXONERATED - |over i"lhezr Election ‘Will Form a Woman’s Bloc L__._/"’“\... who & Ohio, o the Nem- Mrs. Jessie Woodrow daughter of the late ilson; Ruth Bryan RIDE ()I\r PLANE HANGING TO TAIL UNIT; JUMPS WHEN SUFFERS SHAKING UP CAMDEN, N. J,, Dec, 21.—William Coumbe, with other farmhand boys, |was asked by Don Darby to hold down the tail of his airplane while o warrmed up | chv angin ady, | ‘V]'AEI th‘ mu/u C(‘umbe failed to hear the warning to let go and soon found himself clinging to the tail unit and going rough the air. Unaware of his passenger, Darby flew his craft seven miles from| Moorestown to Camden at an alti- tude of 1,500 feet As the plane leveled to maks a landing, Coumbe jumped. He rolled several times and was taken to a hospital where it was said he ,was suffering from a shaking up. L MIDNIGHT MASS AT TRINITY CATHEDRAL ON CHRISTMAS EVE| Midnight Mass will be celebrated as usual in the Holy Trinity Cathe- dral beginning promptly at mid- night, Christmas Eve. The service will consist of Adlam’s full choral Mass, with appropriate | 'hymns and anthems, sung by a |vested choir of fourteen voices, At. St. Luke’s Church, in Douglas, there will be a celebration of the Holy Communion at 11 o'clock on Christmas morning. PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO CLOSE NEXT MONDAY The Juneau Public Schools will |close Monday for the Christmas holidays, it was announced today by W. K. Keller, Superintendent of Schools. The usual hours will be observed Monday. The Christmas vacation will last over New Year, and the schools will reopen Thursday, January 2. - NORCO DUE TONIGHT The motorship Norco is due at 10 o'clock tonight, from Seattle, ac- |cording to word received by D. B. | Femmer, Juneau agent. — PRICE ]TN CE\TS jPII.[IT GILLAM IS AT NORTH CAPE SAYS RADIOGRAM 1}.'las Landed in Siberia Alongside of Frozen-in Schooner Nanuk JOE CROSSON NOT REPORTED ON TRIP Two Fliers*‘szpurated by Fog on Search Trip for Eielson and Borland Pilot C. H. Gillam arrived at North Cape, Siberia, yes- terday afterncon, where the trading schooner Nanuk is |fozen in the ice, accurding to Associated Press dispatches received by The Empire, in the search attempt for Col. Carl Ben Eielson and Earl Borland. Pilot Joe Crosson had not reached there at the time the radiogram was dispatched but Gillam believed his compan- ion flier was all right. [The two fliers left Teller, Aaska, Wednesday morning. They are believed to have estab- lished a search base half way beétween Teller and North Cape, and then resumed their flights towards North Cape. Gillam flew above the fog encountered and Crosson be- low the fog. This was how /the two fliers beuq par- ated. Pilot Ed Young le eller yesterday morning a flew to East Cape. He f 1+ d n¢ suitable place to land d re |turned to Teller. Pilot Frank Dorbar i » returned to Teller from Vo yesterday in a Standa plane, was expected (v hLop for Siberia this mor .ug, i | weather permitted. METHODIST CHURCH IS HAVING SPECIAL CHRISTMAS SERVICE The Methodist Church will hold Christmas exercises at 8 o'clock Sunday evening. A Christmas pageant entitled “Carrying Christ to Every Child” will be presented, and promises to be of interest to. all. GUN CLUB SHOOT HELD TOMORROW; | TURKEYS, PRIZES The Juneau Gun Club will hold the annual Christmas turkey shoot at the range tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. Scatter gun artists are expected to turn out in large numbers as the public is invited, the shoot not being limited to members. There are 32 prizes offered, including a 10-pound turkey, sort of a gate prize, a ticket being given to every person through and also each shooter gets an extra one. The turkey is do- nated by the Gun Club. Missouri has begun plans for new $2,300,000 road program. GERMANS LIKE GRAF BOOK ITALY GAINS FAST | IN FIGHT AGAINST | IMPORTED WHEA | BERLIN.—A boak containing the wrticles written by the correspon- lent of a group of Berlin papers during the Graf Zeppelin's world flight has become one of the best sellers here. ety Qritipres BIG BUSINESS IN GOATS AUSTIN, Tex—The three inspec-| ROME, Dec. 21—Italy is win- | tors for the Sheep and Goat Rais- ars’ Association of Texas are guard- | ians of 5,000,000 sheep and 3,000,000 'once a year she decides who has| weight. lwon the struggle. | goats, K HSYS AR TN BLONDS VS. BRUNETS IOWA CITY, Towa.—More blonds 'farmers. { By ANDRUE BERDING | (AP. Staff Writer) |ning “The Battle of Grain." An-| nuallv she fights this battle, and | | “The Battle of Grain,” as Musso- | lini calls it, is the struggle of wheat growers in Italy against foreign In a nutshell, have been selected queens of the|battle of Benito Mussolini to make University of Iowa, but a survey shows that more of the brunet jueens have married. ‘naly independent of the wheat |fields in the United States, Argen- lnna, Canada and Australia. it is the | , The annual day of reckoning | year yielded these figures: In tober, 1929, Italy imported 237 | hundredweight of grain. In |same month of the nnoedtu |she imported 1944753 h e This is a gain of 1161 hundredweight. In the four mon |from July to October, Italy in 2,616,720 hundredweight. year for the same period, she ported 7,072,697. This bettered trade balance by $30,000,000. Italy hopes that next year