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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” 2 VOL. XXXV., NO. 5304. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY | VlV’R<ICE TEN CENTS 'FAMILY OF FILM ACTOR SAVED FROM FLAMES TODAY " JOE CROSSON GREAT BRITAIN T POWERS HOPE TO CUT ARMS MRS, KEATON 1, 1930. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS |TO MARRY IN SPRING | 'WORLD’S GREAT POWERS HOPE COMPETITION AT COMING LONDON CONI i | | | | By KIRKE SIMPSO! ‘ Tu TAKE-UFF‘ ! UN NAVAL Iss E (A. P. Feature Scrvice Writer) ARE RESGUED 4| | WASHINGTON, Jjan, 11.—The | fourth atte ce 1021 to elimi- Ll s E ' % o oE | nate ajl D building among | o TR - - Expected to Make Search| | e i Will Consent to Reducelthe five chict oo powers will be Comedian's Wife and Chil- for Eielson Yesterday | f - Nuniber of its Battle: 4E5STmn 00 1ooirt SR o dren Are Rushed from * from Nanuk 1 g 4 Cruisers to 50 Each of the preceding er[ortstr Burmng Home | T i o A failed because of conflicting views . NOME, Alaska, Jan. 1I.—Ac-| : ABOARD STEAMSHIP GEORGE | ¥mong the governments as to thejl: cording to early morning advices | i | | WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. — The|'VPe and number of cruisers or| NURSE MAID ACTS received here yesterday, Joe Cros- | B B & anncuncement by First Lord of | ‘ubmarines each felt it moeded. son was to have taken off from‘ u b e . the Admiralty Alexander of Great The strongly held French view,| | As HEROINE TODAY the Nanuk at North Cape to search! : {Britain, that his Government wil | hat naval armaments canndt be WS 6 in the direction of the reindeer e 3 : ‘iconsont at the forthcoming Londox | ‘Teated separatoly but must be con-§ Servants Are A]SO Saved— camps to the south for Col. Carl g ; | |confe ce to reduce the numbe | idered for limitation purposes In S . Ben Eielson and Earl Borland, but | {of its battle cruisers from 70 fo 5¢ | wy final treaty in conjunction with ' pend Remainder of word - A | cre: nsi ble eres! 1 a arma ents was a d | 1 % ] 23v¥:11 up to noon had been re t}xunm(:\ixf:l ;::?raél"“ijlt‘:’rvgt :::fi: )Yilvdat?:;”m““ was an added ‘com | nghl at Mix’s Home Crosson has suggested to Alfred [ ithis ship, but it is not believed| At the criginal Washingion navall T gl 4« J. Lomen, in charge of the Eielson | ! |the announcement removes the '.mitations conference, called by ‘rr}’;;oi”‘:"c'gl:l‘:?" f‘fild Juni"lBl,-- Search Expedition, that the Fair- . British cruiser strength as a live President Harding in 1 the five | BIG. V50 HUARNIS ORSRIES 1 ng in , the fi ter Keaton, film comedian, were child planes come through to the 3 ssue from the London negotia- powers—Gri itain, the Uhited| r ; ‘ht 11 st P 3 § ¥ 8 s 8 po Great Britain, the Uniled] rescued during the night from a anuk, on the first frip with sup- ¢ | tioms. : g |States, Japan, France and Italy— fire which destroyed the dining plies, bringing enough gasoline fori : The feelinz prevails that the re-|found little difficulty in negatiatins room and the children’s sleepi a return trip, then further plans NS { maining difficulties have to do a treaty to curb competitive build- l‘mrtcrs in the actor”; Bs. slzefiix;g v can be made to making a base| |§ {with the size and type of ships ing in battleships and airplane car- i R e near Koluchin Bay. instead of their exact number. riers 3 ! 4 it has started clearing at the| ——————— | y Barge Fibots Plaithsd “::n!on WAL DL 5 DO N Nanuk and h i 4 thaaltutherré wi]‘;pise ireg:;;e?;:::;: s Only Great Britain, the Unitzd The blaze was discovered by a s of fiying weather, { PARRuTs States and Japan had or planned (purce who aroused Mrs. Keaton " 5 o | extensive' battleship flect Tha and the children, and rushed the ! | ratio of relative .strength in these | thres from the house. | R T o g heavy ships was then fixed at 5-5-3 A number of servants were also | ARICIENG PRy Tty i 1 Ury 1.75-1.75 for the five countries in awakened in time to make their | y i The only part to become effec- eaton :and her children h tor, th ; s SR IAEY ratio in battleships between the “g”" “"_:;Jse esmt: udj&lns the Kea- et :Unl‘l‘,d States and Japan. |9 residencs. Wiee ey remained FI- H 1 : L bt p s SR The U. S. S. Concord, light cruiser (upper loft); the U. S. S. Selfridge, 3 : (woper right);|for the rest of the night. }GOAST STATES Christmas Gifts of Birds ship fleet to reach parity with the and the $-51 submarine (lower right), are types of naval eraft which wil y in @iscussions ml;gg;\endesfimte the damage at P, Fatal—Di United States was provided for af- at the naval conference in London. The United S'atcs battle ship Utah (lower loft) is on of two) 310,000 an defective wiring as the 60 i s Jan cr e : rove ralal—l)isease Iter a term of years. It would be|American capital ships which will have to be replaccd by 1936 unless a farther postpanement of battleship| 5 3 ey . vl o i . . 2 R e layed by one frozen motor, 18’ ARE s“lvEHlNG Called Phl“aSCOSIS |arrived at through working out Or\"pla(‘(‘mtnt is agreed upon. Army snowbirds of the Winter'tesli |the schedules for replacement of | — O T KR PO e ~ 5 5 Srea flight to Spokane, Wash., took ths! g obsolete battleships. | France announced her intention but his chance Yo mova directly jthan t E I L| N air on the second day's journey “? m:';év:,. ghor?s{;n'xa;’a?fi o I;arrozs, Both France and Italy were far of building 300,000 tons in cruisers did not come unbil 1927 | It also called for on of npoon today for Cyatill Forks, North | Fog i 1o 2 i‘t S'S;c lamed pejoy the relative strength in bats 'and 90,000 tons in submarines. ‘ He then invited the five powers submarines bf from 600 tons up to *Pakota, the next’ stopping point.” | ‘ ein T ‘i‘-“ ;d‘] - L‘-‘:‘i‘ tieships provided: for- them: Nefthvr | Great Britein coutilered &yat in to reassemble, but France and Ttaly” the Wesl trauty b L e = Four other planes which failed' SR parts, the Umte’dnstvl:teey S::lér“ country as yet attempted to build 'view of the French program, she|found themsclves unable to ‘accept sizes of 10,000 tons, but i g 5 Nt to arrive here on the flight yes-'From Canadian to Mexican many. 5 and Ger- up to its 175 ration in that regard. could accept no limitation upon|his invitation. Rather than aban- of undersea boats of los ! i terday did not arrive before the| Bird F . Peniin b ot .| British invitations to the five construction of anti-submarine crafi don the effort completely, M. tons. | & takBiGtr. at TOUR: A8y, | order, I'reezing Tem- Jiriadie= 2o }Ph“;&sgg;ms “”;‘; powers for a new attempt to apply which means cruisers, destroyers and Coolidge reduced his project to a| This proposal died with formai| i peratures Prevail . coutiihbd ;'“m’ o "”“ ‘1 both relative limitations of fleets|all smaller types of combat vessels.|three-power conference betiveen the rejection by the United States as a Pri b Prd 5 ! 5 v troplcal anq reduction of tonnage to other At that point the Washington | United States, Great Britain and |possible basis of ne aval limita- | ——— i rince a rincess \ SAN. PRANCISGO “ahl. dat. ‘11 Bix deaths o Histitasdost types of war craft, such as cruxscrs.‘canlerencc abandoned the effort to Japan. tion negctiations CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. 11— Round Out Six Days | _vrom canada to the Mexican reported from Germany. ame i m. Submarines and destroyers, reopenlimit by treaty any other form of | Parity Basis The fo to obtain|Flames which are still sullenly A OF Faisioisics ; e iy o os T Mexionh M(YI’U- o Sk “n!- g Tff; only one phase of the subjects cov-'naval construction than battleships ' That met in Geneva and made | complete n limitation was ini- |smouldering today, levelled an ele- ¥ f Festivities in Rome Bty 5k Seniberatines cnitthed th cr cally i1l pe Warre;"”o";““ .‘“l ered by the Washington treaty. |and airplane carriers. Ino progress, due to a conflict be- tiated by Presiden: Hoover soon|vator and valued contents of grain Ihover arpling the: Iveeatngaherk. . in Balfiaibre, ‘Matvind. SR Replacement Question Treaty Definitions jtween Great Britain and the United ;after his inauguration. estimated at nearly $1,000,000 in ROME, Italy, Jan. 11—The Prince | my e 15 no indication of immed- Cormias }eporzfed 2 cases in. Lhat is the question of replace-| It did, however, write treaty defi-|States as to the size of the cruls His willingness to make conces-|the city's most serious and spec- and Princess of Piedmont SO ol itar froms the' sameasonabl bluding an. Aok ety nt“l)rcs- ment of capital ships. It is pro-initions affecting other categorics fleet each wo tain on a pe sions from previous American ideas |tacular fire Jn years. out six days of festivities for their{oo1q gespite *intermittent showers den S” posed as a result of preliminary|of ships.- Under the Washington bazis were discloscd at a subsequent| Twenty-nine fire companies util- marriage at a gala performance at|;, California, principally the setith- !x; PR < o conference between Great sBritain|treaty no vessel other than a The United States wanted reduc- meeting of the leazue commission ized every available fire hose in the Rome Opera last night, attend- (o part of the State where ex- cently recetved. . "°° '® and the United States, to postpone battleship may carry guns larger tion to 250000 tons; Great Britain |at Geneva, held during the elec- [Cleveland with crews of two fire ed by nearly all of the Visiting pected rises in temperatures was poth aim'is'and o . 'battleship replacements beyond the than 8-inch bore and no combat!wanted upward of 500,000 tons. The |tion campaign ti.2t brought Ramsay |1u8s battled ice and fire for hours royalties. The performance began not forthcoming. en Jd pl h the umanst CXPerl- gates for each country set down in|vessel other than a battleship or question of a Japanese cruiser ra- MacDonald, labor chief, into power |1 2 vain attempt to save the 10- ¢ carlier than usual to allow the —————- meb ",“c £ ei rslnme attack, va the Washington treaty and now airplane carrier, whether for sur- tio was never reached. as British prime minister. \»‘:fflry elevator of the Cleveland bridal couple to escape by a royal | c;x:i;nfi“vlf: of Influenza and ty- apiqly approaching for Great Brit- face or sub-surface use, may ex-' Fcllowing failure of the Geneva| Mr. MacDonald urged acceptance |G8in Company building valued at 1 « train or auto to the hunting lodge » Voot ot i ain, the United States, and Japan.iceed 10,000 treaty standard tons in cdnference, the Baldwin ministry of the Hoover overtures. There fol- [$400,000 and grain valued at $500,- at San Rosore, near Pisa. i | e e Sl’mh":“‘:“? Were T~ No objection on the part of the displacement. in Lendon negotiated a naval ac-|lowed his conversations with Am- |%00: e Ebngtne merica, and & oiher three powers to this sugges-| It also provided that no merchant cord with France | bassador Ds and visit to the| TN structure had just been Express Collides with . Gl tion has been indicated. ship could be equipped in peace-| That accord called for limitation |United States to culminate negotia- '2KER over by the county as part | ——————— ¢ b & | 9 ~of-w: . 2 | ERSBURG Tu The effort of the Harding admin- |time to carry guns larger than 6- on a relative ratio of construction |tions for an Anglo-American nav. "“k.( \““v t-of-way for the pro- Freight Train; 12 Dead| F Asihoniiad istration to obtain complete naval|inch bore. . lof, crulsers of between 6,000 and |accord as a basis for calling a new |Posed Viadu v Sy | our Asphyxiate: ['initation in 1921-'22 was balked \J)" President Coolidge took office in- 10000 tons displacement, but for | five-power naval Limitat The loss covered by insur- NEW DELHI, India, Jan. 11—/ By Gas from Coal a ute ween Great Britain tent upon renewing the effort to no limitation as to cruisers of less |duction conference i Twelve persons were killed and 14! F’. in Tub Cell and France limit all types of naval construction PEASITIY iy 1. sdie mjured when the Pessawar express' wre wn 1 uber Cellar | — —— - ———p———— - — T v ? collided late yesterday with a| WO | F . F. 18 Texas Governor Wants freight train at Clitterbuckan. Sev- | i SAN ANGELO, Texas, Jan. 11.— F l / Al og and Snow | Mexic % cral cpachies’ of the express wersiliydroplane: Eanding 7Ports ‘seipe Nara, two. sons. hepd 8 aad “uropean vmon ong inin C Ao Eanmisiun g telescoped. |~ Will Be Constructed 10 ¥ears .and a daughter aged 5 P l. . _— : Win in Contest | Laredo to Be Opened AR e, vy AR v olitical Lines Gets With Air Pilot H AVE FORTUNE | There Soon fumes from a coal fire in a tuber ——— P | WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. — Gov. | R cellar, ‘at the rear of their home | S f F l DJ) © SIDNEY. Nebraska, Jan. e Dan Moody, of Texas, has asked y Hydroplane landing ports will be at Melvin. Mrs. Nara said the upport 0 rencnmen e 11—Fog and snow won the e |the White House to arrange for a |constructed at both Petersburg and family last night sought refuze in ‘o fn AR TN 9. o grim contest with Charles e "’("'1 distance conversation between IN UWN HlGHT‘wmnu“ early this season, it was the pit when unable to keep warm By JOSEPH E. SHARKEY jwas who conceived the project of © Kenwood, 28-year-old air e L :‘r"msélf and President Hoover on anncunced today by Highway Engi- in the house. She became ill dur-| (Associated Press Correspondent) |the world economic conference ® mail pilot. who was burned e s ”Q ‘.subjecl of the closing of the ;;]o(rflzkfi \géricnmgs.don:g;:m:?;s Kxcghrrhe nsivi‘ht ;aix:‘d rx"e:uxg‘.cij tl;; ;‘hr:‘ PARIS, Jan. 1l.—Ardent F..D“ch‘w‘hu(h was helgfl:lmh such ::ucc';;s : ::‘ :I;::;::]pltag; x:gm;r:;eg:nl:; : l | l '“ I C ]d ’l":‘i‘a‘:n“ Consulate at Laredo, Vi < 3 - P She 0f isturl er . -t ol 's -la Jeneva sevi years ago. e C. - ar Py . g support f Aristide Briand's pro i J0 Liitec ” » Royal Newlyweds Need Not operative basis between the two husband nor the children because joat to form & United States of belleves in international 'coopera-[® landing and the planc e nuate on 0Id) 1t is said at the White Houss F Wolf Scratchin communities and the Territory have they were sleeping so soundly. The Eyrope are finding powder for their | ton and is an. enthusiastic backer ® ¢rashed on the farm of Ben Exports —Yellow Coin |that Gov. Moody will he advised ear wo % ratching been completed. positions of the bodies indicated ccnténtmn that the federation Of the League of Nations. |® Couch ; in Circulation felegraphically that the State De- at Their Door It is estimated that the landing the four died without moving after ' i o8 oy Jding rou-|® Kenwood - had - evidently A 2 partment is doing everything pos- T J S should be political as well as econ n expanding his ideas, M. Lou- | J usad. ‘uplMUA O Ahds ' flares S sible to bring’ about the reopening facilities, exclusive of real property they fell asleep. |omic in official documents of the cheur gave importance to two eco- | = o i Saiste of the Consulatavand it is nok ROME, Italy, Jan. ll.—-Princess‘“CC“ffed: “‘d i:cohm Plafreh will Coft B . o |League of Nations. nomic factors. Oneé was the indus- . .\ o plitgs. ¥The gasolis TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 11.—Japan ipelicved that President Hoovner o not to excel ,000. ots ars el tri ¢ S 5.1 e R ‘ o A I ful esume o gold stand-| .., > Marie Jose, of Belgium, who onIwm . (;“3 " i E_hl;’r:m‘_ Sirivth A | It appears that Sir Arthur Salter trial power of the United States.|y ... "wipioded, envelopi fully resumed the gold stand-|could add anything to the Depart- Wednesday became the bride of e r‘me on C;’“ rract which will Spxtieth Anniversary |director of the economic and finan-| The other was that Burope with|, ) = A0 S0t e L m of more tk [ments. etforts Crown Prince Humbert, brought as|be-let after April 1, Mr. Sommers . cial section of the League of Na-|two million unemployed knows but ™Ha ! ] ! 5 ; 7! o e The Lared: her dowry, it is said in prlomauc!SSk!- ()/ Fou"d""g Standard tions, who recently lectured in the|a mediocre economic existence. He s g ,,..;:;,.,,. 8 been accomplished by |, ° D‘i\rlengz Ci’:s;xl‘i\!ei' W:Isalgosi: circles, 45,000,000 Belgian francs,| Sites have been obtained at both 0il Co. Celebrated United States, has distrigmted to | said: 3 the removal of the embargo or threatened the arrest of or about $6,500,000. places. At Petersburg the Cham- interested friends a m ndum | “The activity of the United States . I old exports which was established | former President Calles, of Mi . This amount, together with the ber of Commerce is now endeavor-| orpvprAND, Ohlo, Jan, 11 in Wi he insists tha pro- |has developed because of its mass Secret Document on in 1917 }, bé pasked throuahc‘iuu‘d wg(_.co. Crown Prince’s own private prop- |ing to secure upland rights on the nyooinan 100 outsbn;;‘fllng Jeaders Posed United States ‘of Europe |production, while Europe produces \,“‘”I‘Afl(“’rs Shown he embargo was lifted pursuant |, “L-(:,;:» trip nbrgoud r;m?ls A:: erties, including Raccognigi Casue,!land adjacent to the water site. The ;. the oil industry last night cele- Must be a political reality or it|only on a small scale. The United g6 aunouncement last No- | Calles of ccnsplr‘ac e 12 which by itself is one of the larg-ilandings will be completed late next brated the sixtieth anniversary of DeVer can be an economic reality.)States has an enormous internal To Be ()llly S(ltll'(’ \ber the Bar pan re-|ger in Conl;eclmn with ”};e Slamur est estates in the world, forms such /spring and ready for use by planes the founding of the Standard Oil Sir Arthur Salter wrote: market with the average American imed over the r the re-| . ‘ Mexican: - e Officery“;: a substantial patrimony as wfllifor the summer, Company. b;, John D. Eockernller; “We cannot conceive the estab-|having .a.much bigger purchasing, WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 A demption of its notes in gold | the hmtc"l-Slales 4 » # give the newlyweds an independent' The ports will be similar to that o, ‘and: his. former asibotates ~l|lishment of a Buropean customs |power than the average European.’ document given to the Senate Hundreds thronged t iny titu- o 290NE status equal, if not surpassingai Ketchikan which is also a Co- | "pooyerener s spending the win-|!Dion in @ reasonably near futurej M. Loucheur thought that if the Committee by William B. Shear- tion today during the half day of | 1 most European royalties. cperative project. The contract for ter in Florida and was unable to be unless there is in existence a po-|200 million people of Europe could cr, naval propagandist, and describ- s to obtain the low c: ol | oo Vor: T o7 3 e ST the First City port was let some- o 0 0TS o e eture. of lLitical situation which would not beibe grouped under the same cco-|cd by him as @ seeret British which made its ap in cir-| More L.onvicts B time ago for $7.000. The project is pu oo P F R B O o [very far removed from a political | nomic banner the purchasing power memorandum was identified before | culation f« first time since the Die on Gallows for g o e ® 2 ®®*® %o be completed by April 1. B o ™ Breel | federation of the European states.” |of Europe would be immensely in- the committee by Dr. E. Maloney, beginning of the World War vt i A ; e TODAY’S STOCK ® | A permit for constructing the Ju- &> With Foreign Minister Briand si- | creased. of New York, @s a “skit on the Lifting of the embargo was haled | Killing One in Riot . QUOTATIONS : neau port has been issued by th~| |lent concerning the memorandum, He believed i possible to ar- British propaganda” written by him-|by the press and public meetings eeed0ervecance NEW YORK, Jan. 11.—Alaska Ju- neau mine stock is quoted today at % 81, American Ice 36, Bethlehem | War Department covering a site |at- Salmon Creek. However, no |action toward construction has been taken yet by the municipal authori- | ties. Premier and Cabinet Of Portugal Resigns; Second in One Year range for a rationing of production sclf among European countries and' Dr. pointed out that at Geneva ex- the perts already - are trying to work ' ga this out in respect to sugar and by Lord Norihcliffe. |which he has been asked to pre- as marking |pare on his subject, Louis Lou- |cheur, the French Minister of La- !bor, who is a keen supporter of |the confederation idea, has come an epoch in the Jap- Maloney explained he wrote a » economic history ending the ‘satire” as an offset to propa- long period of i ability which was a work in this country in 1919, accompanied by misfortunes. -+ SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 11.— With the hanging of Walter Burke and James Gregg, but two of the |six sentenced to death for the mur- ler of George Baker in 'the 1927 Steel 94% , General Motors 39, Com- el { ‘out in a statement which expresses | coal. | Dr. Maloney said 500,000 copies| MILAN are thifty billion | Thanksgiving Day riot in Folsom i bustion 6, Kennecott 59, Magma, wp¥1cO CITY — The Depart-| LISBON, Portugal, Jan. 11.—Pre- 'his conviction that to organize Eu- S —— were distributed. lire, appr ately $1,580,000, of | Prison, remained to be executed. 50%. Montgomery-Ward 65%, Na-|, . or Education is trying to re- mier Ivens Ferraz and his cabinet rope as an economic unity should| SEBASTOPOL—That the bottom Shearer had a seat in the com- savings in Italian banks or invested |Burke and Gregg died on the gal- T tional Acme no sale, Standard Oil « Of California no sale, Standard Oil of New Jersey 65%, Texas Cor- poration 55%, Radio 41%, U. S. ‘Steel 169%. vive on a national scale the Indian ball games of “tlaxili,” " precursor of and “quemada de re- star,”{ the latter resembling base resigned last night. | The Cabinet was formed last July. It succeeded that headed by _Col. Jose Defreitas, who formed the jgovernient in April, 1928, ibe the first goal for the movement |of the Black Sea is gradually sink- mittee [for the creation of the United ing is the coneclusion of a Soviet testified | States of Europe. Scientific Expedition which recent-|fight on the League of Nations, | M. Loucheur is one of the big|ly finished a study of that body of the purpose of the paper died,” Dr. industrtal figures of France, He it)water and eho of the Azcv Sea. it‘.h:',- ¥ said room while Dr. Maloney “With the end of the in foreign bonds by Italians, Sen- ator de Capitani, outgoing Mayor of Milan, told the local Rotary Club. The International Savings | Institute ha | its headquarters here. on lows last night. James Gleason is due to die next Friday night. Albert Stewart awaits action of the State Supreme Court his appeal, 3