VOLUME XX. NUMBER 30S
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SEATTLE, Nov 10 (JPl—Air. kan
development is being throttled by in
ordinately high freight rates. John E.
Bailainc told a Press Association meet
ing here. He bitterly attacked Con
gressman Free for advocating aban
donment of the railroad and said the
rates to and from Alaska by boat were
the highest in the world. He said po
1 ttoes were rotting in the ■ round on
the Tanana because the rates were
prohibitive to bring them to Outside
* markets, lie predicted that Alaska
would become a great state, "throbbing
with life and with populous cities of
happy people, when the costs of trans
portation give it the same opportuni
ties for development as the West and
Northwest.” Alaska, he said could
support a population of 50,000,000 or
more.
BILL WOULD ABOLISH
THE DEATH PENALTY
SYDNEY, N. S. W.t Nov. 10. (/P)—
A bill to abolish the death penalty
will be presented to the next session
of the legislature by the state cabi
net.
The measure would substitute im
prisonment for hanging in cases- of
convicted murderers, the sentence
varying in severity in accordance
with the circumstances of the crime.
OLYMPIA, Wn., Nov. 10 (TP)- -Both
Houses perfected organ! . 0 n at the
special session of the "Wash: • : leg*
Mature which Governor liar: . / sug
*• vested January 21, when he asked the
regular session to adjourn early and
lot him survey the situation before a
budget for state expenditures was
presented. e
^ Py a vote of 40 to 47 the House
f1 ted A. W. Calder, of Vancouver.
■' clerk, over Herbert II. Sitl.r.
Cludialis.
T! y Tree bills were intro-hr. ■;
in the House and**39 in the Si-nap ,
unusually soon for the session. One
MI asked for $90,000 to defray the
( : uses of the special session
Advocating many changes and rue
i us' ice of drastic economy. Cove mot
y' ; r rib y delivered his message to the
joint session of House and Senate. He
nade a survey of the state’s institu
t'ons. and advocated the reorganiza
tion of the school system under a non
saiaried superintendent. The gov
ernor appointed a hoard of educaiton
administration and r ported lower
costs in the state penal and eelemosy
nary institutions. The saving in de
partment offices were §1.570,000 last
year.
AMERICAN GIRL MAKES
DEBUT AS OPERA SINGER
NEW YORK, Nov. 10 (TP)—Mary
Lewis, age 25, an American girl who
made her debut as Marguerite in Vi
enna, seven months after leaving the
Follies, has signed a contract to sing
loading roles with the Metropolitan
Opera Company. She ' first heard
grand opera five years ago. using
way from home to be a chums girl.
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J. HAM LEWIS SAYS NATION
NOT STAND FOR COOLiDGE
WASHINGTON, D. €., Nov 10 (TP)—
Former Senator J. Hum Lew.s said
the American people will not land
for another term for President Cool
idge, and the next Republics.. . west
will be between Hoover and ■ . I
FRENCH PRESIDENT REMAINS
^NEIGHBOR GASTON" AT HOME
PARIS, Nov. 10. f/p)—C :-Dou
mcrgiie, President of France, is still
“Neighbor Gaston" to Ids old ac
quaintances in his native department
Card.
The husband of one of these ol
1 friends spent too much time an
; money ar the village inn. “He is call
i eel Gaston, too, you know,” the vi c
| wrote to President Don morgue. “J
i wish you would write to him a
i shake him a little. Tell him that :<
man who has the same Christian
name as yourself ought to behave
better."
Mr. Doumergue is a busier man
today than, when he s i beside the
inn fireside himself, !;: lie obedi
ently took up his pen and sent some
good advice to the thirsty husband.
Dempsey Does Not
Find Muck Favor
NEW YORK, Nov. 10 (JP)—The New
York Evening World today prints the
result of a country wide question
naire as to whether they though Jack
Dempsey, heavyweight champion, will
defend his title within six months and
whether he ever would meet Harry
Wills. ’The results were:
“Do you believe Dempsey has any
intention of meeting Harry Wills?"
Yes, 129; no. 2371.
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“Do you believe that Dempsey has
any intention of meeting Tunney or
any other serious contender?” Yes,
141; no, 2539.
“Do you believe Dempsey has any
right to the title if he does not de
fend it within six months?” Yes, SI;
no, 2119.
j “Do you believe the sev.- ral boxing
commissions, acting officially should
declare his title forfeited should he
not defend it in six months?” Yes,
2351; no, .149.
VICTORIA, R. C.. Nov. 10 (,?)—
Listing badly to nort and fighting
one of the season’s worst gales, the
Wash steamer Poleric is struggling
•0 miles out on the Pad:: t, : >turn
> this port. Tire steam? age
AW is en route to the s- u , ■> help
t v- the disabled vessel iiy. She is
w “ted to arrive Wednesday
The Poleric left Vancouver Friday
with a full cargo of grain for the
Orient. Her cargo shifted in a fifty
: .le gale and her crew is working
desperately to keep the vessel afloat.
Pathetic Story Told In
Quo cOoii t Is
Those Present to Tears
LITTLETON, Colo,, Nov. 10.
—Tears streamed from the eyes
of jurors, witnesses and specta
tors today as Mrs. Francis Bish
op, daughter of Dr. Harold E.
Blazier, on trial for the murder
of his 30-year-old daughter, Haz
el, told in sob-racked fashion the
tale of untold devotion her fath
er poured on the “human husk”
that the defense holds he slew
thru insanity and not “human
impulse.”
The aged defendant, himself,
broke into sobs frequently, as
the daughter unfolded her story
in justification of her father’s
act in taking the life of his first
born and her own sister.
Tomorrow being Armistice Day and
a Nat: } • there will be no
will issue the
next ay on Thurs
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By virtue of the authority vested in the unriersignco, Wednesday,
November " 1, It t - declared to be a holiday V. tain th incorporated
limi-i c: the Civ. awr.rd, Alaska, for the prop m observance of
/.-liv: 3 Day. .-con now receiving the benefits or the Peace
ink .V.•_ on /.r:n;o:k-c Day, ti.e immortal eleventh hour c * the eisventh
ray c V • eleventh month. : *e reminded of their obligations • those
wh: made such : c nor arc.
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SEATTLE, Nov./lO (/F — Our Alas
ka Development program calls for the
expenditure of more than nine million
dollars within the next five years, de
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! dared Norman C. Stinnes, manager
i of the Fairbanks Exploration Com
pany, arriving here yesterday.
“The old timers simply scratched
the surface, and modern methods and
machinery will make our fortunes out
of what they left behind.”
Mr. Stinnes said his company had
! already spent a million and a half dol
lars, but did not expect any return on
i the investment until 1D30.
An eighty mile ditch from Fair
banks to Chatanika will furnish water
: for the development and will be con
j structed next summer lie said that
I Alaska’s developtm nt would stop im
| mediately if the Alaska railroad is de
stroyed or abandon- 1.
He said, "With;:: fi ' . ext three
years my comp y I hip 12,000
; tons of building mm .: ov< r the road
to Fairbanks, and will later ship over
I the road 1<: ■» torn;, of coal annually
| when we operate to c: ; aci y.”
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oil S’: /; r ’"dustry
IN JA ,N IS A SOURCE
FOR DIG DEVELOPMENT
TOKIO, Nov. 10. (cP)—Japan’s oil
: shale industry in Machum probably
will develop info one of the big as
; sets of the Empire, said Viscount
Masatoshi Okochi, professor in the
i Tokio Imperial University and a not
; ed metallurgical anth.ority, upon liis
return from a prolong..'’. inspection
trip.
He declared in g that the
industry bids fair to so ' if the
dry distillation system c. oil hade
; is conducted according to the ap
proved method which Is use 1 in Scot
land. Coal is used f r : : 1 in this
| method, which is an advantageous
; factor s!".ce Fushun has the largest
I colliery is. .he Far East.
Longest Will Male
By London Widow
—
I LONDON, Nov. 10. (/P)—The long
I est will on record was filed for pro
i bate in London today. It consisted
of 99,940 words, practically all in
the handwriting of the testator, the
Widow of a prominent London mer
chant.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (£>)—In the
j face of a growing popularity of all
the year around water sports, the an
nual report of the American Red
Cross reveals that there- is a gradual
decline in the thousands drowning in
the United States. This is due, in
its opinion, to the adding of 22,S92
swimmers trained in water lifesaving
^science to the thousands the Red
Cross has already enrolled in its life
saving corps.
Mining
Sefs High
j BUTTE. j\Un , : 10 (zp)—John
J. Ryan, chairman of the board of
directors of the Anaconda Copper Co.
! is optimistic over the copper situa
tion. lie says:
| “Tile United States today is using
as much copper as the whole world
did before the war. The exporters of
1 copper from North and South Ameri
ca. to Europe this year will be the
greatest in the history of the indus
try.
“The production of copper the first
six months this year reached a record
j for all time. It was all used and
i a very substantial reduction in the
1 surplus that was on hand at the first
j of the year has taken place.
| “All the larger countries of Europe
! are carrying on big schemes of elec
J trification.’’
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WASHINGTON. D. C . Nov. 10 (JP)—
| Tentative revisions of excise taxes
* by the Ways and Means Committee
i .mated that the total tax reductions
| 'v:ii c:.o5(T the S')00,000 limit author
ize! -- -urv. If all requests
to cut the excise rates were granted
j the reduction in this category alone
j would reach $300,000.
I? f,fif a '0f. c> '■'?' ! V 'kij
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1 EL PASO, P x
J men were kill .
| the Tivoli Caff ,
across the Rio G
crashed after
ican ar i three
I were crushed to d
10. OP)—Four
the roof of
: ierz, Mexico,
. ' from El Paso,
ioon. One Amer
L xican workmen
a u and one other
Mexican injun.
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FRESNO, Calif., Nov. 10’. (IP)—
The Fresno police chief with twelve
other present and former police of
ficers of high rank are accused of
conspiracy to violate the National
Prohibition Act, in indictments re
turned against them by the Federal
Grand Jury just before noon today.
The chief and eleven of his offi
cers were arrested this afternoon
in the office of the United States
j Commissioner, Samuel H. Hollins.
They had been summoned by tele
phone by Sydney J. Shannon, U. S.
Marshal.
SHERIDAN’S WORDS MISNAMED
NEWARK, N. J., Nov. 10. (£>)—The
legendary, “Turn boys, turn, we’re j
going back,” were not the words of
General Phil Sheridan, when he com
pleted the ride which had been made
famous in song and story. The Gen
eral’s widow in an interview said
that the exact text of the command
could best be expressed by dashes.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Nov 10 (/?,—
Major General Fries said that. Briga
dier General Drum had consulted no
body or the chemical warfare service
when testifying before the House
:renvoi;t'fs hearing. Gen. Fries state
f •' twenty tens of *. ar gas
necessary to cause t> ■ evac
Hie District of Columbia,
• veral times the actual amount
. necessary.
Capt. Herbert G'fdys told the court
. martial that the “personnel and equip*
,mem at Hawaii bears.the ratio of one
to .v : between how many there
’are a• i how many there should be.
M r land objected, saying the testi- »
mony was incompetent, irrelevant,
and not the best testimony for the
purpose. The court overruled the ob
jection.
Major Charles Spats, the third wit
| ness for the defense, declared that
most of the army’s air equipment was
obsolescent or obsolete.
Major General Graves, a member of
the court, interrupted the proceedings
to ask a conference of his colleagues,
after which it was announced the
court would proceed to take evidence
according to the plans of the defense.
.Captain Robert Oldys told the court
martial that the government had ig
nored a letter written by an Ameri
can minister to Guatemala two years
, ago revealing the scheme of alien in
j t* rest? to establish a foothold near
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CHIC‘ GO, Nov. 10. (/P)—A fierce
s'or: - p: over Chicago today,
vOta a : . r rain driven by a lash
ing v.:: d. It pelted the city thruout
the entire day and tonight the tem
pera; ure was falling with a snow
tor tomorrow. A cold snap
spread over the entire north
■ advancing southeastward.
PAF CCC -» L SCANDAL
SHOCKS RESIDENTS OF CITY
PARIS, Nov. K ' -A high society
scaur 1 shevk J .. ; -Ay when the
affair: of Prince an acess Ligne,
an Old and well tan . family, were
aired in c . Lee Herbert, 22 year
old hand. t, was convicted of
tresspass an vtion on the charges
of Princess . Harbert unfolded
a story of the Prince hiring him to be
fun lone in the Princess’ boudoir
to create evidence so that the Prince
could obtain the custody of the chil
dren of the pair.
JAPAN ACCEPTS NUMBER 13
T. 'HO, Nov. 10. (/P)—The Japan
ese are not superstitious regarding
the number 13. It was announced
that 13-sen stamps would be issued
to cover the need created by the
increase in the registration fee to 10
sen in addition to the 3-sen for or
dinary postage.
Next Saturday’s football games
scheduled to be played in the East.
Ohio State vs. Michigan, at Ann
Arbor.
Minnesota vs. Iowa, at Minneapolis.
Chicago vs. Dartmouth, at Chicago.
Purdue vs. Northwestern, at Lafay
ette.
Illinois vs. Wabash, at Urbana.
Indiana vs. Rose Poly, at Blooming
ton.
Wisconsin vs. Michigan Aggies, at,
Madison.