The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 7, 1930, Page 1

«)1 “h “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” UNEAU, ALAS KA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1930. MEMBER dF ASSOCIATED PRESS ] ALASKA EMPIRE PRICE TEN CENTS STORMY WEATHER, LOW VISIBILITY STOPS SEARCH DELEGATION TO NAVAL SESSION Executive Discusses Final Plans with Delegation Going to London MEMBERS ARE UNIT UPON ALL ISSUES President Declares Confer- ence of Great Import- ance to World WASHINGTON, Jan. dent Hoover today gave a stirrix talk to the members of the Am- erican delegation to the London Naval Conference and their tech- nical advisers at the White House at breakfast. This was the Chief Executiy last meeting with the delegation before its departure Thursday for the British capital and the final gathering of the en- tire party before embarkation. Secrctary of State Stimson, Chzirman of the delegation, said 7—Presi- ! | \ ~ Statesmen Will Discuss Nav after the breakfast, that President | Hoover had given a “buckup” talk, outlining the general American pos- | ition “in his own inimitable way"| reviewing the world situation which| ffered by King George as a meeting Jed up to the conference. Secretary Stimson said the meet- ing showed no difference of opin- jon among the group and it will carry on as a unit. It was alsc wgreed that Secretary Stimson will e sole “spot man” of the delega- tion while in London. IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL CONFEREN SAYS HOOVER WASHINGION, dent Hoover describes the forth- coming Naval Limitations Confer- ence in London as the “most im- portant of international confer- er in ‘a great many years and probably the most important of many years to come. The progress of the world rests upon the should- ers of the five American members of the delegation.” The President said, “there is good will toward the. conference on the part of every nation. The import- ance and gravity of the occasion is recognized in the dispatch to Lon- don of the leading men of every country and they will succeed.” The President’s statement was made at the regular press confer- ence some hours after he held a final conference with the members of the American delegation. Advises Britons To Eschew Skyscrapers LONDON, Jan. 7—An American architect who builds skyscrapers has advised British architects not to erect any in London. William A. Delano, president of the New York branch of the Ameri- can Institute of Architects, speak- ing before the Architecture club in London said he felt that Ameri- cans “are gradually being crushed by these monsters which have made life about as sterile as it can pos- sibly be for the ordinary man.” “I hope you will not be capti- vated by this particular phase of our experiment,” he said. “Unless you are ready to swallow our civi- lization whole, it would seem a mistake to copy any part of it.” Presi- | that the offer will be accepted. Ab sart in the deliberations. Senator R ROYAL BELGIUM FAMILY VISITS THEPORETODAY Princess Marie Jose in Par- | | ty — Weds Crown | Prmce TO]’I]O“‘OVV | VATICAN CITY, italy, Jan Princess Marie Jose of Belgium, who will tomorrow become the bride | of Crown Prince Humbert, heir to (the Italian throne, was received in 2 private audience today by Pope Pius. With her were her father, mother, and Prin Leopold, her \brother, and Prince Charles, an- |other brother. This was the first visit of the 'Royal Belgian family to the Pope |since 1922. | | The marriage of Princess Marie Jose and Crown Prince Humbert will take place tomorrow in the his- toric Pauline Chapel in the Quir- inal Palace, the scene of four con- claves for the election of Popes. Cardinal Maffi, Archbishop of {Pisa, will perform the ceremony. | The guests will number three kings, King Albert of Belgium, King Victor Emmanuel of Italy and King Boris of Bulgaria. | iTu'o Persons Burned To Death in Hotel [ Fire, Kansas Town | | { PITTSBURGH, Kansas, Jan. 7.—| {Two guests of the Wick Hotel were burned to death early today and |five others were injured by a fire |which forced 74 scantily clad per- sons to flee from the hotel. The hotel, a three-story ture, was badly damaged. struc- RARE SILKEN COPY | OF PORTRAIT FOUND TYLERVILLE, Conn. Jan. 7.— A reproduction in black and white silk of Stuart’s famous portrait of Ceorge Washington has been dis- covered near here. This is believed to be one of three completed in 1786 by a French firm on the first perfected Jac- quard loom. Two years were required in the making of each of these portraits, according to the records of the American Heraldry society, which made the discovery. The portrait is copied in detail and the signature of the first President woven into the design. Only three were completed, the Joom being destroyed during riots in Paris. One is in the Mt. Ver- non home, where it was placed by popular subscription at a cost of $15,000. The second was pre- sented to the city of New York in 1885 by H. C. 8. Goodrich, then United States consul at Paris. Mr. Goodrich made the presentation in the name of the proprietors of the weaving firm which made the de- signs. This portrait is valued at $10,000. The outstanding feature of these pertraits is that the weaving is so skillful and the texture so fine that jat first glance they appear to be steel engravings. The signature is reproduced with such fidelity as to appear the actual writing of the President. Several attempts have been mad= | from time to time to have these| portraits copied by weaving firms, but each sample submitted has shown a marked decline in work- manship. { The newly discovered portrait has | been placed on exhibition at Her- aldic hall in New York, home of the soclety. i0n, Foreign Secretary of Great Britain; Rams cuburb. ; T'he Five-Powfr Con('vr_er_\('e on !\'aval Disarmament has been called for|of England; Captain Wedgewood Benn, Secretary of State for India; lanuary 21st in the British capital. The palace of St. James has been | A. V. Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty; Secretary of State Stim- place for the dele; ove are the state ced of Pennsylva es. Itis expected en who will take nia, Arthur Hender- MacDonald, Premier son. (Center) —The simple room in been offered as a meeting place. | Hugh Gibson, Ambassador Charles D. and Senator Robinson. I l,I] Mrs. Olive Ann Farnum, wife of William Farnum, for= mer Los Ange- les film actor, is pictured in court, at Los Angeles, where her mainte- nance suit goes on trial. She asks the court to award her an allowance of $2,500 per month. (International Newsreel) DRIVERLESS CAR MOVES FORWARD AND BACK ON COMMAND OF HUMAN VOICE; DEMONSTRATION-IS MADE IN NEW YORA PRESIDENT AND NEW YORK, Jan. 7.—A driverless moving backward, forward, turning on its lights at instructions dic- w'FE To ATTEND tated through a telephone, by a {human voice. Westinghouse Research Engineer R. Maxwell exhibited the workings with one of the new models. ! At his command, the car moved forward when a spoken word went ,tu the telephone. It went 40 feet forward, then another word and it }bu(ked up 40 feet and halted. | - e SOCIAL AFFAIRS Will Leave White House Tonight for Dinner— Also Reception | |Coast Guardsmen Are WASHINGTON, Jah. 7.—Presi- dent Hoover and Mrs. Hopver will leave the White House tonight to attend two social affairs given inl their honor and in keeping one ntl' the engagements they will depart| ypw LONDON, Conn., Jan. 7.— from recent Presidential preced- |y ing pleaded guilty to intoxi- ent. |cation from confiscated liquor, many The first affair will be a dinner | Guardsmen are on their boats to- given by Vice-President Charles|qiy awaiting review of their se Curtis, and his sister, Mrs. Dolly | tences Gann, |in their suite in the May- |yeiion. flower HMotel. .| Twenty-four Coast Guardsmen The sgcond affair is a reception | yere accused of intoxication and 15 given by the Congressional Club ‘m}\ the Club House. The membership |y yhen the rum runner Flor-de- of the organization includes the|y...r was captured in Long Is- wives of the Cabinet officers and|, .4 Sound and towed to New members of Congress. | London, where the cargo was un- The Coolidges attended only one |, . qaq such reception, the former Presi-| g jon liquor was found dent preferring to stay at home. - — ‘[ Courtmartialed for Theft Intoxication, in the !Cnns: Guard boats. Commander J. J. Ryan, President |of the Court Martial said .. con- MIAMI, Fla—To protect birds, & |victed of theft were liable to dis- movement has been started to bell |honorable discharge, while the max- all cats in Coconut Grove, a Miami | imum sentence of others a | month’s restrictions. WOULD BELL THE CAT is al Disarmas nent | | - | $20,000 MORE FOR CAPITOL BLOG., JUNEAU Appropriation s Introduc- ed to Provide for Bet- ter Foundations WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—The cost of the Federal Territorial build- ing at Juneau, Ala will be in- creased from $775000 to 000 to provide better foundations for the structure, under an ltem in thes supplemental appropriation bBill introduced. The additional appropriation of $20,000 to provide better foundation structures for the Alaska Capitol Building will cover the cost of re- dec’gning all footings to withstand a presure of four tons to the square foot, according to J. E. Marshall, Construction Engincer of the Treas- ury Department, now in Juneau. The preliminary report of 1913 showed that four borings had been made to an average depth of 14 feet where glacial sand was en- countered. A re test of 3,000 pounds to the square foot showed that the sand settled one inch in 72 hours. It was found necesary to go down to a greater depth of five to 20 feet until a strata of the Court, of St. James which has = CCmieRted gravel was reached. An- | Hostess at Capital | for S. Af n Legation | | | Mrs. Eric Louw, wife of Ho Eric Louw, the first M er Pleni potentiary of the Government of | the Union of South Africa ac-| credited to the United States, as —{ | ¢ clusiony of car yesterday obeyed spoken words, ast Guard barracks and aboard | (Lower) —Secretary of Navy Adams, awes, Ambassador Dwight Morrov\" CAPITAL CITY "NOTASBADAS IT IS PAINTED Federal Grand Jury De- clares Washington, D. ! C., Not Vice-Ridden | WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—The Na- tional Capital, pictured recently in the Senate as a vice-ridden and liquor oasis, is reported by the Federal Grand Jury as not half as bad as it has been painted. The report was made at the con- a tempestous three- months’ session during which time the Federal Grand Jurors heard ¢ charges of failure to enforce the prohibition laws and alleged bung- ling investigations of two mysterious deaths. { The Federal Grand jury in the repory seaid that in the opinion of the Grand Jury, “Washington is not a vice-ridden and lawless com- munity as has been pictured but we feel however that a -large num- ber of cases of crime presented have been indirectly attributable to. vio- lations of the Prohibition Act, due no doubt to the lack of complete cooperation on the part of the pub- lic to law enforcement.” R o AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS | ASKED TO TAKE CAR | PASSING SCHOOL BUS | | The members of the Juneau |School Board today are publishing in The Empire a request to auto- |mobile drivers to be careful in ap- {proaching or passing the school bus |which transports children to and {from the Juneau School from points |on the Glacier Highway. The au- toists are asked to blow their horns heavy fine and even to imprison-({ 'Tree Resembling a Man jand either stop or go slow when {the children are boarding or alight- ing from the hus, so as to avoid accidents. e © 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . TODAY'S STOCK . |® QUOTATIONS . ® 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NEW YORK, Jan. 7.—Alaska Ju- at 8%, American Ice 37%, Gen- eral Motors 40%, Combustion 6% Bethlehem Steel 94%, Kennecott \Ward 46%, National Acme 19'% Standard Oil of California 61, Standard Oil of New Jersey 647, Texas Corporation 56, Radio 42's, U. 8. Steel 169. - e - |ish Museum are wrestling with 2 twelve-year job of cataloguing 3 000,000 books on 46 miles of shelves. ‘The catalogue itself will require 160 volumes, each 500 pages. Forty ex- oratory, equipped with much scien- eumf { thé ed in form fitting gray bark, they a year in the shade of the present soldiers, working steadily, dust the books twice a year. other test on October 20 of 8 tons to the square foot showed no set- tlement on this strata. Unforeseen expenses were pro- vided for the in the initial ap- propriation, but these were only sufficient for the installation of two passenger elevators and lock boxes, said Mr. Marshall. e CALIFORNIA REAL WINTER ‘General Storm of Rain, Hail' and Snow Sweeps South from North SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. 7. —Freezing temperatures in the Far West followed in the wake of a general storm which swebt down out of the north and the fury of rain, hail and snow has given even California a taste of real winter weather. That the storm will pass today,‘ except in Southern California, is the prediction of the Weather Bureau which forecast abnormally low temperatures for the region west of the Mississippi. .- Turkish Police Act as Day Nurse Maids ISTANBUL, Tursey, Jan. 7.—Tur- key's alphabet schools for adults are turning police stations into day nurseries. It started like this: A policeman knocked at a little house in a poor quarter of Istan- bul. A woman opened the door. “How old are you?” the police- man asked abruptly. “Thirty-five,” the woman replied. “Then put on your hat and come sehool.” The woman objected that she had five small children whom she could not leave alone. The police- man was obdurate, the law definite the woman would be subjected to a to ment if she did not go to school and learn her ABC's. Later she appeared at the near- est police station with five urchins in tow. “You policemen make me leave home and go to school,” she sald, and so may Allah strike me blind if you don’t look after these chil- dren until T get back.” This woman's move gave a cue ek | 15 by Secretary of Treasury|yoqy mine stock is quoted today to hundreds of other 5chool-going |centuries old, mothers and the bewildered police- | men could find no way to extricate themselves from their nursemaid h pilfering liuor on December gz Magma 51%, Montgomery- roles. T G A, GENEVA — States of Northern Europe are taking the lead in ap- proving the “general act” of the League of Nations for pacific set- tlement of international disputes. LONDOIN—Librarians at the Brit- Finland 18 the fourth country to egister approval, the others being Sweden, Norway'and Belgium. e A portable erime detectioon lab- tific apparatus, is used by sheriff at Los Angeles. she was snapped in front of her residence at the South African Legation in Washington. (luternational Newsreel) NEW PROGRAM SNOW STORM PREVAILS AT SIBERIA CAPE Pilot Joe Crosson Prevent- ed from Continuing Eielson Search DORBANDT IS ALSO ' HELD UP AT SOLOMON Matt Neimenen May Take Air Today from Nulato to Search for Reid NOME, Alasl Jan. 7—Pilot Joe Crosson, radioing to Alfred J. Lo- men, from the schooner Nanuk at North Cape, Siberia, on Monday, said a snow storm was raging there and there was no prospect of fly- ing in continuation of the search for Col. Carl Ben Eielson and Earl Borland. 5 It is also stormy at Teller and Solomon with visibility decidedly poor. Pilot Frank Dorbandt is still held at Solomon. He was forced down there Sunday after searching for Capt. “Pat” Reid. In Nome, it snowed for the great- er part of yesterday. Pilot Matt Neimenen, Major H. C. Deckard and Mechanic Mac- Auley may leave Nulato and go via Unalakleet today for Nome, keep- ing a lookout enroute for the miss- ing Fairchild plane piloted by Capt. “Pat” Reid, accompanied 'by Me- chanics William Hughes and Jim Hutchinson. Reld was forced down over Nor- ton Bay last Saturday and is miss- ing on the flight from Fairbanks ~ ALONG BORDER IS SUBMITTED ! GlVEN TUUGH \Plans for Improving En- forcement Presented to |. WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. — The Treasury Department has submit- ted to the Canadian Government a detailed program for improving Prohibition enforcement along the i border. ¢ Although official advices are still lacking, it is stated that the plan is regarded favorably in Ottawa. Five hundred new ports of entry | will be established under the new | system with provisions that traffic, from Canada into the United States must cross the border at these places. One hundred ports of en- try are already designated. { This plan, it is said, should prevent smuggling between Can- ada and the United States and these points make up the new program. D | 1Chief Justice Taft Enters Hosptial for | Treatment ;Chuckles WASHINGTON, Jan 7. — Chief Justice Willlam Howard Taft of] the United States Supreme Court |entered Garfield Hospital today for \treatment of bladder trouble and ssured that relief will be obtained vithin a few days when he will be able to go south, probably to Ashe- ! ville, North Carolina, for several weeks rest, with his law clerk and’ his secretary. \ The Chief Justice worked for sev- eral hours before going to the hos- pital and had recovered much of his characteristic attitude and laughed with his customary chuckle. | to Nome. He and Neimenen be- came geparated in the fog and snow..Nejmenen returned aud land- ed at” Nuiato, o RUSTEARD AND SMITH FILINGS ARE ANNOUNGED Seek G. O. P. Nominations for Delegate and Treas- urer Respectively The skirmishing preceding the Territorial battle of ballots in the April primary election was formally set into motion today when John Rustgard, Attorney General, filed his declaration of candidacy for Delegate to Congress, and Walstein G. Smith filed his for Treasurer of Alaska, both on the Republican ticket. Mr. Rustgard will seek to succeed Delegate Sutherland, who announe- ed several weeks ago his prospective retirement from politics. Mr. Smith Is a candidate to succeed himself. Are First to File They are the first candidates to file for office in the Territorial primaries, as shown by the records of the Auditor's Office. With the ice broken, it is thought that other filings will be made shortly. It is generally known that some ticket makers have bien busy. Judge James Wickersham, who recently announced his intention to run for the delegateship, is expected to make his formal appearance with- out much further delay. Cash Cole, (Continued on _P-;age Two) | LENOIR, N. C., Jan. 7.—8ix mi {north of this city on the road to Blowing Rock there stands a re- markable freak, declared by woods- |men of the vicinity to be several It is a colossal Carolina poplar, more than 100 feet tall, sound of jtrunk and gfeen to the topmost |twig. Standing in solitary gran-| deur its trunk diwides 25 feet from | the ground, giving the tree. the ap-| 'pearance of a massive prehistoric giant, lounging on one leg, and trousered to modern sartorial per- fection. | Between the two feet of the |freak tree, moccasined in moun- {tain coil, a four horse team might easily pass. Each leg has a cir—i rence of eight feet, and cloth- meet in the semblance of a modest | i , Is Puzzle to Woodsmen 12-foot girth. Seen from various angles the giant tree seems to be lounging on its left leg, a leafy right arm sunk deep in a rignt (hand trouser pocket. Quaint Indian lore filtering down from frontier days, apparently seeks to solve the mystery of the “twia poplar.” Tribes of red men that roamed the Yadkin and Catawba river valleys respectively fought each other until paleface pioneers threatened to push both tribes off their ancestral hunting grounds. Then they merged the tribes and !with some secret art of tree sur- gery commemorated the site of |their union by grafting the tops of two slender poplars together. Thereafter, according to legend, they met over the peace pipe once two-legged tree.