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The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-24
LAKINA GOES
 AGROUND BUT
 IS REFL0ATED
Alask k a Steamship Com pany Vessel Strands
 Amidships

SEATTLE, Dec. 24-The steam CT Lakina, of the Alaska Steam. ship Company, which went aground at 5:2S o'clock this morn. ing, refloated herself through hey own power a few hours after.
 The steamer went aground al Portiers Pass, B. C., and flashed sos" signals. The steamer was stranded amidships shortly after it left Ladysmith where coal was taken aboard for Alaska ports. The vessel was ordered into Ma naimo for survey of the dam. age. if any.
 Steamship officials said the La. kina was not leaking. She car ried no passengers but had 8 crew of 20 aboard. The cause of the grounding is not known.
 The Lakina left Seattle last Tuesday for Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-24
FIVE THOUSAND BEccARS
 ROAM PARlslAN STREETS

PARIS. Dec. 24-Five thousanl beggars in the streets of Par.s, it is estimated, have 1S,000,G00 francs dropped in their hands 1T tincups each year. These figure s should be multiplied by four for France. says M. Lefebure. of the Paris Municipal Council.
 He is trying to get parliament to take the beggars off the streets and put them to work in special institutions, as is now done III Belgium.
 Jail sentences, he adds, only increase the number of beggars. Jail is a place where they can eat and sleep without working.
 The average amount collected daily by these mendicants is put at only ten francs. barely enough for the plainest food and shelter occasionally at night in the great lodging rooms.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-24

the material of the league. and vice versa
 Another important feature If the councils work that will be developed with the establishment of a central clearing office will be facilities for entertaining rep resentatives of foreign women's organizations.
 "The Council of Women of the United States is affiliated with the International Council of Wo- men," said Dr. Parker, land ,f course our organization must act as hostess to any representatives of other countries who come t) the United States.
 Through our central office we will be able to entertain them. give them any information they wish and direct them to the local representative of the organixa- tions whom they wish to see"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-24
TAX REDUCTION BILL MUST BE
 CHANGED SOME
White House Orders Sen ate to Stick to Limi-
 tatlOns

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. = A pairing down of the S290, ,000, 900 tax reduction bill as passed by the House is demanded by Chair man Shoot of the Senate Finance Committee, which will work over the measure after the holidays under pressure rom the White House, that the original limita- tion set by the Administration be adhered to.
 The Senate Republican .eaders are admittedly puzzled as to how the work can be accomplished and some delay in action on the bill seems probable.
 Restoration of part of the au- tomobile sales tax levy. which was wiped out by the House, and some corporation levy. which was cut per cent. are seen by Chairman Smoot as two possible means of trimming down the to- tai reduC ton.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-24
Women Smokers Bring
 Gain in Cigarettes

RICHMOND. Va, Dec. 24-The feminine smoker is responsible in marked degree for an unusual increase in consumption of ciga- rettes. says T. M. Darlington, chairman of the board of direc- tors of the Tobacco Association of the United States.
 Fully 25 per cent of the h creased demand for this form of tobacco is the result of women smoking, he adds. The 1G,000,000,- 900 cigarettes manufactured 'n the United States in 1914 increa j. ed to S5,000, 100000 in 1926 and probably will reach 93,000,000,O00 when the totals of 1927 are as- sembled, he believes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-24
Woman Buys Town
 Famed in Story

CAREER. Mo-, Dec. 24-This little town, the setting for Harol,l Bell Wright's novel. "The Shep herd of the Hills" now is owned by one person, woman.
 Mrs. Ada Clodfelter of Spring. field. Mo. has acquired the en- tire town without ever seeing il! She plans to develop it into a summer resort. The J. K. Ross general store and the postoffice where Uncle Ike" prominent character in the novel. handed out letters and philosophy, will re main a part of the scenery.
 Besides the general store and the postoffice, the buildings hero include railroad depot. gro cery store and several small homes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-24
cAooses DADS PROFESSION

LONDON, Dec. 24-Miss La.a Shit, IT. daughter of the British High Commissione for South Af. rica, has decided to follow her fathers footsteps and read for the bar. She hopes to qualify n three years and return to South Africa to practice law. She is studying at the Temple in Lon don, ancient seat of the Knights Templars and the legal fraternity.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-24
aHerry)Gbri$tma$ Go>0ucvQno2<Al1
SenafOr-EIect are Files
 Formal Denial

WASHINGTON. Dec. 24.-Sen- ator-elect Ware. Of Pennsylvania. has filed with the Senate Priv ileges and Elections Committee, a formal denial of the charges brought by his Democratic oppon- ent, William Wilson, declaring there were no irregularities in the general election last year as asserted by Wilson in his peti- tion for contest on the Senate seat.
 The Pennsylvania Senator-elect said Clifford Pinchot, as Governor, withheld from him, the certifi- cate of election "maliciously and illegally"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-24
.EIELSON AND
 WILKINS ARE
 GOING, ARCTIC
Ala s k a Aviator Reaches Seattle to Perfect
 Plans for Flight

SEATTLE. Dec. 24.--Ben Eiel- son, Alaska fiier. is here to per feet plans for the proposed Arc tic flight in February.
 Capt. George H. Wilkins and Eielson expect to leave here on February II and complete the charting of the unknown regions adjacent to the Arctic.
 Eielson plans to inspect the new Lockhead-Vega plane which has been in construction al Portland. The plane will be shipped north. taken to Point Barrow from where the Arctic flight is scheduled to start.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-24
DEMOCRATS TO GET TOGETHER
 ON JANUARY P
John w. Davis Will Bs Postmaster, Jack
 son Day Dinner

WASHINGTON, Dec. e4.-John w. Davis, the Democratic stand ard bearer in 1924, will preside over the Jackson Day dinner here on January 12. the first National get-together of Democratic lead CTS since 1920. as toastmaster.
 At this revival of the party's pre-convention rally, Davis will call on all those whose names have been put forward for nom ination at the next convention. All other leaders of the Demo- cratic Party haze also been in- vited to gather at the banquet table to hear the call to arms of the Presidential campaign and views of the party's potential nominees.
 Invitations have been sent to nearly 1000 men and women, prominent in the affairs of the party, including all Democrats of the House and Senate: Demo- cratic Governors and members of the Democratic National Commit tee and chairmen of State Cen tral Committees.
 While the program is still in present. expectatiops are that those gatheed at the speak er's table will be Gov. Smith, Senator Reed. Gov. Ritchie of Maryland, Gov Donahey of Ohio, Senator Walsh of Montana. Rep resentative Hull of Tennessee. Senator Swanson of Virginia anG Representative Oldfield of Ar kansas.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-24

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24-Fiftv- three newspapers in seven coun- tries will sponsor the Fifth Ma tional and Third International Or atorical Contest.
 Randolph Leigh, director-gen. eral of the contest, announced rc- day plans for the 1928 oratoricel championships.
 Eight American boys and girls will be given trip to the Olym- pic Games at Amsterdam and a tour of six European nations next summer as awards in the com petition
 Formal work in the contest, ic which any secondary school pupil under 19 years old is eligible, will not begin until the opening ci the second school term about February 1. The country is di vided into eight zones. The win ners in each will have a place iii the national finals in Washington May 25, and all these will be giv en the 10 weeks tour of Europe with all expenses paid.
 The winner of the championship of the United States will compete in the International finals to be in Washington October 1s al which there will be one speaker for each of seven nations Eng land. France, Germany, Canada Mexico. Japan, and the United States.
 The contestants must deal will "The Development of the Cons-i tuition" or "The Present Signifi canoe of the ConstitutionH- Each speaker will be allowed ten min utes.
 The committee for the contes' Fin the United States includes { Frank B. Moves, the Washington Star; Adolph s. Ochs, the NaS York Times; Walter A. strong
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-24
NEW POLICY OF WOMEN'S COUNCIL
 EXPECTED TO BRING BANNER YEAR

NEW YORK, Dec. 24-Plans for reorganization of the National Council of Women will make 1928 a banner year for accomplishment in national women's organizations hopes Dr. Valerie Parker. prest dent, as she surveyed the work of the annual convention just held in New York.
 "The establishment of a New York business office of the coun cil will give the officers a much better opportunity of carrying on their work" she said.
 "The newly adopted policy oi becoming non-resoluting organi zation will facilitate the work of the council and tend to eliminate the petty squabblings that have previously marked the work of our organization.
 Thereafter the council will be solely a clearing house for the 24 member societies. It will be an organization where every mem Der group can see and hear of the work of all other women's na. tional organizations and where all material will be available for use"
 With the diversified interests of the various member societies there can be no unified platform or program for the council to adopt. Dr. Parker pointed out.
 What, for example," she ex plained, ''can the Needlework Guild of America have ill com mon with the National League of Women Voters? A policy that one would wish to adopt woull have no bearing upon the activi ty of the other. But the action oi the league is very important to the guild members, and the latter organization. through the council will hereafter have access to all
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-24
Travelling Westcotts
 Live in Ninety Cities

INDEPENDENCE. Kas., Dec. 2f In 47 years of married life MT. and Mrs. Fred l.. Westcott have established Their legal residence in 90 cities.
 They stopped at Independence, their old home, when they moved the last time--from Springfield Mo, to Lewellen, Neb. They have lived in almost all of the western, middle western and southern states. Westcott was an Indian fighter and stage coach driver in pioneer days.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-24
Irish Set Precedent
 For Woman "Hangman'

BELFAST. Ireland. Dec. 24 : Reports that woman had ap- piled for the vacant office oi 'hangman" at Prague were wide. ly published in Ireland. which has not forgotten Lady Betty the Irish executrix of long ago.
 Lady Betty" was on the joh for six years early in the nine. teenth century, and according to historians she proved herself as efficient and callous as any man of those days in carrying out hes duties. Her real name was guard. ed SO closely that it never even crept into historical records.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-24
Proposal to
 OutIalU War Is Up to Bridnd

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24-- Premier Briand has been call ed upon by Senator William E. Borah to extend his pro posal to outlaw war between America and France to other world Powers.
 Senator Borah has also pro posed that Premier Briand in dicate a willingness to join the United States in making overtures for such treaties with Great Britain, Japan and Italy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-24
Contempt Case Takes
 Adjournment to Jan. Z

WASHINGTON. Dec. 24-Crim- inal contempt proceedings against Harry F. Sinclair. Burns and as sociates. adjourned late yesterday until January with Edward Kid well. who has charged the gov ernment attorney with intimida- ton and coercion, still on tho stand, yet to be examined by the defense.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-24
ALASKA IS NOW
 ON WAY NORTH

{ SEATTLE, Dec 24--Steamer Alaska sailed for Alaska points at o'clock this morning with 51 passengers. including the fol- lowing for Juneau: w. s. George. Ole Ansen. P. Hendrickson. Prof. Serebrosky. Howard Lerch, Earl Rossman, Dr. w. w. Council, Charles Demorest. P. A. Butler. Miss Berglund, Mrs. Bacon and two steerage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-24
CANADA wHeAT YIELD BIC

OTTAWA, Dec. 2i-Revised fig
 ures placing Canada's new wheat crop at 444,282.O bushels. on ] of the largest yields in dominion history, is expected to boost the total production of 26 countries. now estimated at 3.17s.455,OO0 bu- shels. While the Canadian yield is 34.OO0.0O0 bushels above the 1926 figure. Italian. Yugoslav and Spanish production has decreasei.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-24
One Line Is Placed
 Under Sunken Graft

PROvINCETOWN, Mass. Dec 24.-A forty mile an hour wind kicked up high seas about the salvage fleet at the scene of the sunken submarine S-4 Diving were suspended for the time being. Late yesterday divers succeeded in getting a |line under one end of the sub- marine.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-24
SEVEN COUNTRIES VIE
 IN 1928 ORATORY TILT

the Chicago Daily News; William L. Mclean, Jr., the Philadelphia Bulletin; George B. Longan, the Kansas City Star, and Harry Chandler, the Los Angeles Times.
 Heretofore the largest number of newspapers conducting the con test was 26.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-24
Harry Higgins, An
 Oldtimer, Passes Away
Especial to Empire)

SKAGWAY, Alaska. Dec. A. Harry Higgins died suddenly last night at midnight as result of heart trouble. He was about D years old and was an oldtimer o. Haines. He had been working for Erik Oslung. The deceased was married about six months ago.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-24
HICKMAN STILL
 MAINTAINS HE DID NOT SHAY
Tells Officers He Told Truth in His Orig
 inal Confession
CRAMER, MAN NAMED
 AS SLAYER, IN JAIL
Kidnapper Is Said to Talk with Apparent
 Frankness

PENDLETON, Ore. Dec. 24- His eyes red lidded and overcast by shadows and mouth drawn from six sleepless days and nights as he fled from the arms of the law, William Edward Hickman denied in sullen monotones tha. he is a murderer.
 For only the briefest instant did Hickman hesitate when con fronted with the news that the man he knew as Andrew Cramer, is confined in jail.
 Well, this must be a trick Dy he man knew as Cramer to get me in bad. Perhaps he thought this for a long time. I only knew him by the name of Cramer. Per haps he assumed the name of the man in jail to double cross me-"
 Los Angeles authorities are ex- pected to reach Pendleton late sonight and will decide then whet to do with the prisoner.
 Told point blank that the Po- lice had evidence that he killed Marian Parker, the 12 year old school girl whom he kidnapped, in his apartment. Hickman de- clared:
 That is not true. did not do it."
 Hickman was told that under the California law you would face death for what you already confessed"
 Hickman replied: "f cant help it. told the truth. I feel bet ter to let it go that way than to ell lie"
 Hickman spoke steadily and with apparent frankness.
 Evidence Produced
 Hickman was told the Police learned he used 10 bars of soap and two cans of cleaning powder in removing blood stains in his apartment after Marian Parker had been killed
 The prisoner replied quickly That is not true"
 Hickman then said: Well. may have to die, but the blood of Christ was spilled too"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-24
MRS. CRIMSON
 HOPS OFF TO
 HARBOR GRACE
Plane Takes Air Late Yes. terday on Attempted
 Atlantic Flight
ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. ,

ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y., Dee. 24.-Heading into the north on the first leg of what she hopes will be a transatlantic flight to Croydon. England. Mrs. Fran ces Wilson Grayson, hopped off a few minutes after o'clock yesterday afternoon for Harbor Grace, Newfoundland.
 It was twilight when the huge plano was trundled to the foot of the mound where mechanics warmed the motors. but darkness was falling when the ship came down the runway.
 Oskar Omdahl and Pilot Brice Goldsborough, who accompanied Mrs. Grayson on her futile at- tempts to cross the Atlantic in October, and Fred Koehler, motor expert. were aboard the plane with Mrs. Grayson.
 Omdahl was with Capt. Roald Amundsen when he flew across the North Pole.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-24
California Town
 Feels Earth Shock

ANAHEIM, Cak. Dec. 24-A slight earthquake shock was felt generally throughout the city Il: 4:36 o'clock yesterday afterno0n. No damage has been reported.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-24
GARMENTS ARE FOUND

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 2i = The discovery of pair of stock ings and underclothing believed worn by Marian Parker. is ar nounced by the Police.
 The garments were found by Police officer in the alley near residence on Pasadena Avenue on the northeast side of the city. The garments were wrapped in a newspaper, date of December IT, the day the girls mutilated body was returned to the father.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-24
IS OVERDUE

NEW YORK. Dec. 24. Mrs. tisa son filled to arrive two hours after the time set for her to reach Harbor Grace.
 She undertook the flight against the advice of the Weather Bureau officials.
 Dr. James Kimball of the Weather Bureau, expressed slight hope that the airplane, despite it's pontoons, could withstand buffeting the waves if it made a forced landing during the night on the ocean.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-22
WORK TO MAKE TOUR
Secretary to View Efforts on
Behalf of Dam.

BIZ Times Special
WASHINGTON, June 22.-Prog-
ress made by the special fact-flnd-
ing committee appointed by Secre-
tary of Interior Hubert Work TO
expedite passage of Boulder Dam
legislation by the next Congress will
be reviewed by that official during
special Western trip soon.
Work announced today that he
intends to leave Washington about
July Is OIL his annual inspection of
reclamation projects and other
Federal activities coming under
jurisdiction of the Interior Depart
ment.
The meeting with the five special
advisers now investigating the Boul-
der Dam project probably will take
place in Denver during the first
week in August. From Denver Sec
rotary Work will swing northwest
into Wyoming and Montana to in
spect irrigation projects there.
The secretary indicated he will
spend some time with President
Coolidge i'll the Black Hills.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-22
Fat n Happy!
Thirty Big Boys, All Over
300 Pounds. tJine and
Drink 20 Gallons of
Wine.

BV United Press
MILAN, June 22.-More than
8,40O pounds of human flesh sat
around the banquet table of 30 per-
sons at the annual fat mems feast
here. More than 300 pounds of
food we're consumed, or an average
of ten pounds each.
Cesare Ramorini, who weighs 1862
pounds. presided at the banquet,
while the presidential chair
was taken by Signor De Rosa, who
turns the scale at 302 pounds.
The guests had to show a properly
authenticated weight ticket issued
On the day of the banquet, proving
their capacity to turn the scale at
210 pounds or over. One man who
was a few pounds under weight was
admitted through the intervention
of the president, after showing that
his loss of weight was due to an
attack of fever, from which he had
Just recovered.
The fat men displayed excellent
appetites, and in the 800 pounds
consumed we're 81 plates of spa
ghetti. II chickens. four OK tongues,
Sd pounds of asparagus. and 20
pounds of strawberries. More than
20 gallons of wine we're drunk. Dur
ing the feast, the orchestra played
"Falstaff."
A quiet harmony reigned, and
there was only one speech by the
president, who put forward the
theory that stoutnesS, far from
being a drawback to human beings,
is the only happy and philosoplic
state. Fat men, he declared, ere
the wisest and most contented of
mortals. They never worry, and
their pleasantly accumulated adj
pose tissue acts, he stated, as a
physical and moral buffer against
all the troubles of life.
The fat men present at the BAN
quet grinned their approval of the
presidents words, and ordered a
few more gallons of wine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-22
Orutory of H. Year-Old
Boy Clears His Father
Chauffeur, Represented at
Traffic Court by Son,
Freed of Charge.

NEW YORK, June Gas the
crowd in traffic court observed,
William McCafferoy, IL, is one of
those boys with a wide grin and
straight hair that won't stay part
ed, and will stick up behind and
defy convention around the fore
head.
Patrolman Kelly shouted the
name of Joseph McCafferoy, charged
with driving on the wrong side of
the street.
Mr.. McCafferoy is not here"
piped voice in the rear, but he
is represented"
A policeman lifted William above
the heads of the crowd so Magis-
trate Glatzmeyer could see him.
Nov, what is your story?" de-
manded the magistrate
My father is a chauffeur" Will
liam said, after taking a long
breath which never ran out until he
finished, and if he loses a days
work it makes it bad for him. The
patrolman caught him on the wrong
side of the street on Fathers day,
so l said I would come down for
him.
ST have to miss school, but that
IS not so important. My father was
on the wrong side of the street, but
it was the first time he ever was
and he will never do it again"
The crowd apulauded and Magis-
trate Glatzmeyer said: Tell your
father that his sons oratory has
cleared him"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-22
Son of Steamship Manager
Is Working While Wait
ing for Harvard Degree.
BY HORTENSE SAUNDERS
NEA Service Writer

NEW YORK, June EFT isn't
the least bit difficult to imagine 49,
year-old Antoine de Malglaive, Jr,
clad in tennis fannels or dinner
coat and creating big stir among
debuntantes of the season.
For one thing, he's handsome.
For another, his family is wealthy
and prominent. Again, he has q
degree from the Sorbonpe in Paris.
and in a year or so he will finish a
postgraduate course at Harvard.
But instead of tennis flannels or
dinner coat. Antoine de Malglaice,
Jr,, wears blue jeans. He is break
ing into exclusive longShoreman So
ciety on the New York docks of the
French Line steamship company.
His father is the company's New
York manager.
Best Friends Pass Him By
With his six feet and more of
physique he looks so perfectly at
home in overalls, toiling away at his
truck trunding, that his best friends
pass him by on their way TO Europe
and never guess.
mo one sees the longshoremaf1, :"
he laughed. They see merely a
pair Of strong arms guiding a truck,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-22
LOAN BUSINESS GOOD
New Foreign Financing Rec
ord May Be Set,
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
WASHINGTON, June 22.AUncle
Sans foreign loan business may es-
tablish an all-time worlds record
this month.
Officials of the Commerce De-
partment today dispe!led the notion
that the sharp decline of United
States loans abroaC2 in May was a
precursor of the time when a crops
Of high pressure statesmen would
have 20 be dispatched throught the
world to appeal for credit customers.
Foreign loans placed in this
country in May, according to the
department, were only about SAB
100000. a drop of over $150.00O,00o
from the total of $2O9,0O0000 in
April. The April total was greater
than that for any previous month.
Commerce Department officials
predict, however, that the total of
foreign loans in June will approx
mate that in April and may exceed
it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-22
BANKER is BOUND OVER
Frank Kenner, Columbia City, Faces
Embezzlement Charge.

Frank E. Kenner, assistant cash
Ter of the First National Bank at
Columbia, City, was bound over to
the Federal grand jury on $4,000
bond Tuesday by United States
Commissioner Fac w. Patrick after
hearing when he was formally
charged with embezzlement. Kenner
and Archie Smith, former cashier,
were arrested in Chicago Monday.
At hearing there they were Or
dered removed to Indianapolis.
Smith, however, was not returned
Tuesday.
Charges against the men are In
connection with the banks closing
March 7.