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THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME'’
VOL. XXIX., NO. 4345. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1926. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS
MAM PERISH FROM COED IN EAST
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CLAIMS SLAIN
GIRL WAS NOT
HAPPY AT HOME
Witness in Kirkland High
School Girl Murder Gives j
New Information.
SEATTLE. Dec. 7. rhilip Heiser
testified yesterday afternoon at the
coroner's inquest that Letitia White
hall, slain Kirkland High School girl,
told him “she would he happy when
she was in a hearse."
Heiser said lie was afraid for
months something would happen to
her.
When Prosecuting Attorney Meaeli
am asked him why lie said he pre
ferred to tell him in private, Heiser.
testified that Letitia was “very much
cut uii" over her father’s treatment
of her 17-year-old brother.
"She told me,” said Heiser, "if hoi
father ever touched her she would
leave home and it would not do then;
any good to look for her.”
James L. Gerald testified that In
saw a car parked on the bridge ovei
the slough on the night Letitia dis
appeared. He saw a man leaning
over the railing as if looking at the
water. He saw a woman inside the
car, asleep or intoxicated.
Afler a conference with Proseeut
lng Attorney E. I). Colvin. Mrs. Ma
llei Whtiehall. said: "I know what
they are driving at hut they are on
the wrong track. I cannot account
for every minute of my husband's
time on the night Letty disappeared.'
Coroner Corson said this after
noon the inquest had failed to bring
results.
Prosecuting Attorney Colvin said
he would interview all witnesses
who have appeared before the cor
oner’s jury.
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$120,000 FIRE
NEAR SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Dec. 7.—Fire early this
morning destroyed property valued a
$120,000 at Bothell. The fire started
from an explosion of gasoline and
dynamite and the explosion shattered
windows for a radius of jjearly
mile.
The Todd Dry Docks warehousi
and Ericson Mercantile warehouse
were destroyed. The tools and shed
were valued at $75,1)00 and the three
docks were valued at $20,000,000 bur
they were only damaged.
The liner K. 1. Luckenbach, four
whalers und the wooden motorship
Calamba escaped damage.
A Seattle fire brigade was sent to
Bothel and the firemen rescued
seven persons trapped when the fire
started in a store over which a fam
ily lived, and which was destroyed.
“44” Dinner Arranged
In Honor of Frohman
NEW YORK, Dec. 7.—Forty-four
will be the signal number at the din
ner to be given here December 19 to
Daniel Frohman in celebration of his
41 years as an officpr of tlie Actors'
Fund of America. It is planned to
have 44 “prominent and preeminent"
actors and actresses at one table,
each to represent a year of service,
and 44 child artists at another table.
Prominent, stage and screen folk
and personages outside of the pro
fession, including governors of sev
eral states, have notified Frohman
that they will attend, and contribute
$1,000.14 a plate toward the charity
fund for the aged, sick and disabled
people of the theatre.
GUN CONTROL TRAPS
AIRPLANES IN TEST
SAN PEDRO, Dec. 7—A new fire
control instrument for the operation
of anti-aircraft guns, recently per
fected by the Navy Department, has
proven “highly satisfactory” in its
first service tests made aboard the
U. S. S. Maryland, naval experts
revealed today.
The device, which transmits elec
trically all firing data to the anti-air
craft batteries, is said to direct shell
fire with such accuracy as to inter
sect the path of a flying plane and
indicate the fuse setting that will
explode the shell at the moment it
reaches the point of intersection.
Hannibal Ford, American inventor,
and naval experts from the Bureau
of Ordnance have been working sec
retly with the new device aboard the
Maryland.
The instrument, described as hav
ing 40,000 working parts, is so de
signed that once the altitude of the
plane is determined, the only action
required is for one observer to follow
the target’s elevation and another its
direction. This is done through te!
escopes mounted on the instrument.
The movement of the telescopes con
trols a mechanism which electrically
transmits all' firing data by moving
pointers on the gun on the fuse-set
ting machine. All that is required
of the gun crew is to keep the gun
at the elevation and direction and to
time the fuses as automatically in
dicated.
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ceivedj, Congress
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Stanley Joyce Marries Again W
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Stanley Joyce, of Chicago, who was the—let’s sec—ah, yes,—j
third husband of Peggy Etc. Morner, is shown with liis new;
bride, the former Mrs/R. N. Vail, of New York. , --->•»—
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DEFICIT ALASKA
RAILROAD SHOWS
GOOD DEGREASE
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General Manager s Report Is
Submitted Today to
Secretary Interior.
WASHINGTON, 1). Dec. 7. \
reduction of $504,795.22 or 30 per
cent, in Hie annual deficit of the Al
aska Railroad during the fiscal year
of 1926 was announced today in the
annual report of its General Mana
ger, Noel W. Smith, submitted to the
Secretary of the Interior.
Tlie deficit for 1926 amounted to!
$1,169,202. as compared witli $1,673,-1
997.63 for the year 1925. According:
to the report, the revenues of the)
road Increased during the year by'
$206,274.63 while the annual main
tenance and operation cost including
replacements was reduced over the!
preceding year by $298,520.69. A re-!
duct ion of $136,480 was effected in:
the road’s pay roll.
Improved Conditions
Improved financial condition is at
tributed to the increased economic
and efficient operation of ihe prop-]
erty, which is reflected in reduction j
in the pay roll and in gradual im-1
provement of the rigiit of way. Dur-j
ing tlie year the report states that a]
number of steel bridges have sup-|
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SUGGEST NEW
WAY,OBSERVE
HOLIDAY TIME
Ministerial Association of;
Portland Outlines Yule |
Tide Observance.
PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 7. — The
Portland Ministerial Association hac
adopted a resolution urging a simp
ler form of observance of Christmas,
declaring that Christmas has heeom :
burdensome, tiresome and unwel
come' other tha na joyous and inspir
ing because of the practice of gif'
giving. The resolution asserted the
holiday lias “been allowed to become
the object of intensive commercial
ism by forces that disregard the re
iigious purpose and made it a time
for trade bargaining and selling. We
call upon the Christian people to
disregard the insistent call of com
mercial interests and observe the
day in the spirit of reverent wor
ship."
j lllind Man Accuses
Other of Stealing
His Wife, Also lllind
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MARION, 111., Dec. 7. Love Is
blind, but when the eternal triangle
appears, and one blind man steals
the blind wife of another, the hus
band can see what he is up against.
At least this is ihe attitude of Berry
Wheeler, who has asked for a war
rant for the arrest of Clarence Rady
on the charge of making love to Mrs.
Wheeler. All of the principals are
blind.
Rady agreed to furnish room and
hoard for the Wheelers, who have a
j child. Rady and Wheeler quarreledj
| and Rady, it is charged, forced Wheo
j ler to leave the premises, but per
I mitted Mrs. Wheeler and the child
; to remain. Wheeler charges this was
I part of a plot to steal his wife. Mag
! istrate Long mulled over the situa
j tlon which finally solved itself when
j Mrs. Wheeler agreed to quit the Rady
ihome-'and accompany her husband to
Chicago.
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At. the London dairy show experts
said that milking the cows morning,
noon and night Increased their pro
duction.
WASHINGTON, Hoc. 7.—The an
ntial message bf President Coolidge
was transmitted, to Congress this
afternoon at aj Joint session of the
Senate and House.
When the message was received
in full, tlie Republicans of the
House applauded t lie tribute to
protective tariff and the Democrats
were silent
Doth lines were interested in the
mention of the Treasury surplus.
The Republicans clapped their
hands over the (ax credit proposal.
The Senate was to proceed with
the resolution questioning the quali
fications of Sen ttnr elect Gould from
Maine, whose seating was held up
yesterday by Senator IValsh, of Mon
tana.
The resolution of Senator Walsh
quotes the New IJrunswick Judges,
tin a formal opinion on the pending
$100,000 bribery of too Gould in
terests to Provincial officials. Gould
represents this payment as practi
cally forced from him, but the opin
ion says "we are not so sure about
this.”
Senator WaiMi said: "I think he
was only too ready to purchase ad
vantage by m iking a payment of
such nature, but indeed 1 see no
reason why be should have paid it
as he could have placed the most
trusted public man in the Province
under his cont id."
The Gould Investigation went be
fore the Senate with prospects of
speedy action.
Adopt Resolution
Witli approval of Gould the Sen
ate, by a vote of 70 to 7, adopted
Walsh's resolution for an investi
i was an aiiempi io set a preceueui
to lie used in exclusive expenditure
charges against Vare of Pennsyl
vania a-.:d Smith of Illinois.
Senator Walsh contended after the
adoption of the resolution that
Gould could he ejected by a ma
jority vote instead of a two-thirds
vote.
Other Issues
Senator Edwards, of New Jersey,
(ledared that after Christmas he
would recall the resolution (or a
national liquor referendum.
Senator Trammell, of Florida,
made good his threat to introduce
| a resolution for the repeal of Hie
: ratification of the World Court pro
| local. Trammell voted for ratifica
| tion last, session but as the Powers
i have not accepted the reservations,
the I'nited States should withdraw
1 the offer.
The House adjourned as a tribute
| to the late Joseph Cannon.
Steamer Runs Out of
Fuel; Burning Woodwork
ST. JOHNC. Newfoundland, Dec. 7 |
The Halifax wrecking lug has heel;
dispatched lo the steamer Hillcrofl
which Is |u miles off Cape Spear,
witli coal exhausted and woodwork
torn up and burned.
RICHMOND. va„ Dec. 7.—Dr. T.
D. Ray, Assistant Secretary of the
Foreign Mission Board of the South
ern Baptist Convention, announced
the Treasurer's hooks are $!)2,000
short. He said Oeorge N. Sanders,
of Richmond, confessed guilt.
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More Shopping Days
Before Christmas
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Men and Women in the News
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CHARI EKIE MEREDITH ,
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HENT2JTC S*HI PVSTEAO
CLAREKCE C DlEcV
Mrs. W. H. Vanderbilt planned a Paris divorce. Charlene
Meredith incorporated herself and sold shares before she
attempted to break into the movies in Los Angeles. Equality
of strength between Republicans and Democrats in the new
Congress was expected to give Henrik Shipstead, Farmer
Laburite, balance of power. Senator C. C. Dill planned to
Introduce a bill providing Federal control of .radio.
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Chaplins Wife
! Turns Down
! Stage Offer 1
| LOS ANGELES, Cal, Pec T.
| —Litn Grey, wife of Charles j
I Chaplin, has refused an offer of j
; $2,500 a week for appearance j
in a London theatrical revue,
j "My lir.st duty will always he
| to my babies," said Mrs. Ch ip
| Mn. ‘ 1 am not at all interested
in the otter.’’
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GOOD PROGRESS
IS REPORTED BY
U. S. FISHERIES
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Commissioner O’Malley Says;
Effectiveness of Work
Is Being Shown.
Unusual interest has been shown !
in the development of the science of
aipilculture; in the conduct of fish
orles investigations as the basis for
proper legislation an deontrol; In ex
panding the present scale of fish j
propagation for stocking waters; in;
providing for annual inventories of |
the fisheries to reveal their trend, I
and the need for further protection
or expansion; in the conduct of tech
nological investigations to effect ad
ditional improvement in the use of
merchandising of fishery products:
in insuring the perpetuity of fhe A1
askan salmon fisheries; and in solv
ing fisheries problems international
in character, Commissioner of Kish- i
eries Henry O’Malley says in his!
annual report.
, The regulations promulgated under j
the law of June ti, 1924, governing
the fisheries of Alaska are proving
j beneficial and are being complied I
! with in a better spirit with the re- j
i suit that the Alaska salmon fisheries'
i are in a healthy condition. There
I has been an increase of 1,700,000
I cases in the Alaska pack of salmon
as compared with 1925, the pack of
pink salmon (which matures in two
yearsl being the largest, in the his
tory of the industry.
Fur Seal Increasing
The fur-seal herd of the Prlbilof
Islands is steadily increasing in num
bers, now being in excess of 700,000
animals as compared with 130.000, in
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SINGAIR-FALL
TO FACE TRIAL
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. — Thu
Supreme Court has refused to re
view the criminal charges against
Marry Sinclair and A. H Fall on
the Teapot Dome lease. Attorney
Itoherts said lie would ask for u
trial before January 15.
Argument for New Trial,
Gaines Case Coming Up
SEATTLE, Dec. 7. Judge Robei*
Jones has signed a statement of facts
for the defense and a supplemental
statements of facts for the prosecu
tion in the Wallace C. Gaines case
for presentation to the Supreme
| Court. Attorneys expect to argue
| for a new trial within in days. The
defense avers Judge Jones erred in
barring casual spectators from the
Court and also failed to give requests
for instructions to the jury.
Farm Federation Urged
To Fight for Legislation
CHICAGO, Dec. 7 President Sam
II. Thompson, of Quincy, 111., opened
the Eighth Annual Convention of
the American Farm Bureau Federa
tion today and in a speech urged
constant aggressiveness for Federal
farm aid legislation.
16 REPORTED
DEAD IN EAST
EXTREME COLD
Record Breaking Cold Sea
son Paralyzes. Traffic
by Land and Sea.
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j NEW YORK, Dec. 7.—The North
j western States and Eastern Canada
I report sixteen persons dead from
j I he record breaking early season
| cold and snow.
I Ire threntenrd to tie-up river and
■ lake shipping for the winter.
Cities spent thousands of dollars
clearing away the snow.
Automobile and railroad traffic
is becoming normal today.
Fourteen steamers are still Ice
bound in Sail It Ste. Marie.
Seven steamers were wrecked off
Nova Scotia and lishiug and barge
fleets crippled.
lee blocked the Lock port-New
York Canal gates and 2K vessels
were frozen In at Whitehall, N. Y..
southbound from Lake Champlain
and 40 are tied up at Port Hangor,
Maine, and the port officially closed.
The three-masted schooner Emile
F Hortham lay broadside on Cran
berry Isle after smashing through a
22-foot fishing craft as Islesford,
Maine.
DOHENY-FALL
TRIAL HALTED
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One of Principals Compelled
to Remain Away from
Court Session.
WASHINGTON, Dee. 7.—Admiral
Robison, testifying late yesterday
in the Doheny-Fall oil scandal case,
said he knew nothing about tile
$100,000 alleged to have been loan
ed to the former Secretary of the
Interior by the oil magnate.
The Admiral was asked: “Well,
if you had known about that loan,
your conduot in behalf of the Navy
might have been different?”
Admiral Robison replied: "Yes, I
think if I had known everything,
I Blight have acted differently," hut
"exactly” and lie turned to the next
subject.
Doheny's condition is worse today
and I lie trial adjourned until he re
turns to the court room. His left
arm was lanced for the second time
last night.
Commander Nobile in
Chicago; Has Black Eye
CHICAGO, Dec. 7. — Commander
Nobile, of the dirigible Norge, on
the Arctic flight, arrived here last
night from New York, with a black
eye. He said he fell out of a hotu
bed and struck his eye on a chair.
Pinkerton Nominated
Fairbanks Postmaster
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. — Presi
dent Coulidge lias nominated Wilkie
T. Pinkerton to he Postmaster at
Fairbanks, Alaska.
SEWING TROUSERS IN
FRENCH PRISON, HARD
LABOR TASK OF DOTY
ALPKUTVILLK, Savol, France,
Dec. 7.—Hopeful that his deserter’s
sentence of eight years in the gloom
of a French military prison will he
terminated before it run its course,
| Bennett J. Doty of Biloxi, Miss., who
I was ’’Hilbert Clare" of the Foreign
Legion, remains cheerful and seem
ingly courageous.
Two “worries" were confessed to
a correspondent of The Associated
Press. His fingers are too slow in
sewing army trousers, the “hard la
i hor," to which he was sentenced, and
he's afraid the folks hack home will
think cowardice, instead of home
sickness, prompted his flight from
warfare In the arid Syrian desert.
Is a Model Prisoner
Doty was sentenced by a French
court martial at Damascus on Aug
t
ust ltt last to the military peniten
tiary here for his attempt to leave
the French Foreign Legion when
i serving on the soli of an alien land.
There, under the name of Gilbert
Clare, of Memphis, Tenn., he had
fought the Uruse rebels in the cam
paign before Soueida and the mount
tains of the Houran.
Perilled high in the Alps, in the
shadow of Mont Blanc, the military
penitentiary of Albertville, overlook
ing a beautiful valley surrounded
by snow capped peaks, has a forbid
ding and gloomy aspect.
“Clare is a model prisoner,” said
Captain liesancon, commandant of
the institution. "His army record
Is Hplendid and he Is a fine boy.’
A little thinner and somewhat
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