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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-02-15
Farmer Boy Confesses
Killing Woman and Son

CONNEAUT, Ohio, Feb. ID
Floyd Hewitt, aged IS. farmer boy
living across the road from the
home of Frederick Brown, confessed
this afternoon that he killed Mrs.
Brown and her five-year-old son last
night. He said Mrs. Brown struck
him with poker when he made
improper advances. He seized the
poker and killed her and then to
stop the boys crying, killed him.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-02-15
High School Student
Takes His Life on Stage

HEMPSTEAD, n. Y, Feb. 15.-
Thomas O'Donnell, aged IS, shot
the High School Auditorium last
night with pistol he used when
he played the star role in the Sen
ior play two nights before.
O'Donnell left a note saying he
wanted to Tighten the family ex
penses, borne chiefly by his
mother
O'Donnell is the second high
school student to suicide within two
DAYS and the eleventh within the
last few weeks.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-02-15
Bride Weighs
$50 Pounds;
Floor Creaks

Los ANGELES, Cal, Feb. 15.
The courtroom floors creaked
yesterday afternoon during the
wedding march as Josephine
Williams, known to circus and
sideshows as the $50 pound
Jolly Josephine and Karl Otto
Klein. who Weighs approximately
quarter as much. were married
by Superior Court Judge.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-02-15
Dog Mail Robbery
Starts at Fairbanks

FAIRBANKS, Alaska. Feb Is. -
The Beattie dog mail robbery trial
started here yesterday. 1t was in
dicated last night that the jury would
not be completed before this af-
ternoon. The defense is closely ques'
tioning prospective talismen.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-02-15
BANK MERGER
IS INDICATED

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Feb. Is.
State Banking superintendent
viii Wood announced today that II
given verbal authorization for the
sale of the Libery Bank, the Ameri-
can branch of the Bank of Italy, he
will pave the way for one of the
largest bank mergers in the west.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-02-15
All Windows in Texas
Town Broken, Explosion

BORGEK, Teaas. Feb. 15-One
man was killed, several injured and
virtually every window in Berger
was broken when II tons of nitro
gylcerine exploded last night in a
magazine two miles distant. There
was a brilliant fash then a terrific
concussion which was followed by
a hail of rocks over two mile
radius.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-02-15
.s5OO,ooO OF
DOPE SEIZED

SPOKANE Wash, Feb. 15.-The
police announced two shipments OF
opium. estimated valuation, at con-
traband retail prices. of 100000,
have been conhscated and several
members of the alleged smuggling
ring are under arrest.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-02-15
CL0TURE RULE
IS ADOPTED IN
SENATE DEBATE

WASHlNGTON, Feb. ID. Yhe
Senate has invoked the cloturc ruiz
limiting debate Oh the McFadden
Branch Banking Bill conference re
port.
Final action will probably be not
taken later than tomorrow.
The insurgents had planned a
hlibuster until President Coolidge
acted on the MeNary- Haugcn farm
bill.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-02-15

Harding and
Hill Confirmed
By Senate

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. The
Senate has confirmed the nomina
ton of +. Coke Hill, TO be Judge
OF the Third Judicial Division
of Alaska, and also tho nomina
ton of Judson w. Harding, to be
United States District Attorney
of the First Division with head
quarters at Juneau. Alaska
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-02-15
Four Continent Flier
Reaches Western Africa

MADRID, Feb. 5.-Commander
Franesco de Pinedo, Spanish flier
attempting to make four continent
fight, has arrived at Rio de Oro,
Western Africa, from Rabat enroute
to South America
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-02-15
Chicago School Principal
Indicted, Serious Charge

CHICAGO, Feb. 15.-Avery Wolf
rum. Public School Principal, has
been indicted on a charge Of taking
indecent liberties with children and
contributing to delinquency of min
ors. His bail has been placed at
Sc, 900.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-02-15
Mrs. Ormiston Is
Granted Her Divorce

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb. Is. -
Mrs. Ruth Peters Ormiston has been
granted an interlOcutory decree of
divorce from Kenneth G. Ormiston
alleged involved in the disappearance
of Mrs. Aimee Semple Mcpherson.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-02-15

Hosiety factories at Londonderry
ireland, are prospecting by the de
mand for women's "spattees."
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-02-15
Training Plane Buckles,
Lieut.. Cabell Is Killed

GALVESTON, Texas, Feb 10
Lieut. p. F. Cabell, aged 50, was
Jenny training plane buckled. The
plane dropped into the Gulf of Mex
leo, three miles off shore. Private
Carl G. Ashley leaped from the
plane with a parachute He was
exhausted when a life boat picked
him up.
--o
a young woman in Nottingham
England recovered from a trance
lasting more than two wears
Evening star., 1927-10-12
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET

CHICAGO, October 12 Omitted States
Department of Agriculture).-
receipts 5000 head; fairly active,
strong to 10 cents higher: most ad.
vance on packing sows; light lights
higher in spots; top, 11.90; several
loads, 225 to 26O pounds at that
price; bulk good and choice 100 to
200 pounds, lilo to Ills; 210 to 240
pounds, 11.65a11.S5; $50 to 800 pounds,
l1.60a11.85; packing sows mostly 1915
a10.50; best light weights up to 1875;
bulk pigs, 1o.00a10.50.
Cattle-Receipts, 10000 head: fed
steers steady to Csc higher; mostly
10 to Is up; western grassers and
stockers and feeders steady; shippers
demand broader; killing quality slight
~ improved; best fed steers, 1870; fin
ished yearlings held higher; bulk fed
steers, 13.00a15.25; western grassers
9.50a10.50; better grades stockers and
feeders, 9.00a10.0O; vealers, 13.5Oa
1400.
Sheep-Receipts. 10000 head: fat
lambs fairly active, 10a15c higher,
asking Csc higher on spots; bulk ma
tive lambs, 1350a1375; selected ma.
tiyes held around 14.00: bidding, 1890
a14.00 on good to choice rangers;
choice westerns held above 14.15; buck
lambs averaging 100 to 100 pounds,
11.00a12.00: culls, 10.00a10.50; sheep
steady; fat ewes, 5.50a6.25 mostly
feeding lambs fully Csc higher; bulk,
13.50al4.00.
Evening star., 1927-10-12
HOLDING OF COTTON
IN SOUTH FAVORED
Bear" Hammering at Interests in
Belt Charged in Wire to South
Carolina Governor.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
COLUMBIA, S. c., October 12.-EX-
pressing hearty sympathy for every
effort to secure, for cotton producers
the very best possible price, Gov. Rich.
ards yesterday made public tele-
gram signed by the International Mar
ket Forecast Bureau of America. Sent
from New York, the telegram was as
follows:
professional operators here, know.
ing that the cotton situation is the
most bullish since the war, are ham
mering the market in an effort to
shake Southern interests from their
holdings so that they can accumulate
large lines of long cotton to be held
for the sensational advance which is
bound to occur after the peak OF the
movement has passed.
unless you issue proclamation i'm
mediately making a direct appeal
through the local newspapers to your
farmers and merchants to hold their
cotton, they will become panic-strick-
en- and unload their product right on
the bottom of this decline, playing
into the hands of these sharpshooters.
This night letter is being sent to
the governors of all Southern States
and If they will act in absolute unison
it will save the Southern people oSr
one hundred million dollars"
Evening star., 1927-10-12
FEDERAL LAND BANK BOND
ISSUE EXPECTED SOON
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
BALTIMORE, October 12.-Invest.
ment bankers here look for an early
issue of Federal Land Bank bonds.
The belief prevails that the securities
will be marketed by the banking group
headed by Alexander Brown & Sons
of Baltimore, which handled the other
loans floated by the land banks.
The amount will be about $25 ,000,-
900 and the loan will bear per
cent coupon to be offered around par
according to rumors in the financial
district. Outstanding Federal Land
Bank issues. all of which are quoted
at substantial premiums, yield from
4.03 to 4.10 per cent.
The loan will supply the land banks
with new money to extend additional
credits to farmers, and IL the interest
rate is reduced to per cent. viii mean
further reduction in the rate charged
to agriculturists.
Evening star., 1927-10-12
! BIG PRUSSIAN ISSUE
COMES OUT TOMORROW

NEW YORK, October 12 CP).-Final
details of the $30,O00,O00 loan to the
State of Prussia by New York syn.
dicate headed by Harris, Forbes & Co.
have been completed and the bonds
will be offered tomorrow at 961a, to
yield about 6.2S per cent. The issue
is in the form of per cent sinking
fund gold bonds, due October Is. 1852.
Public offering had been expected
in financial circles about two weeks
ago, but delays were caused, 1t is
understood, by objections by the
Reichsbank and intimations from
Washington that Government approval
might be withheld. On assurance that
the proceeds were to be used for pro-
ductive purposes, however, approval
of the Reichsbank was given, and the
United States State Department inter-
posed no objections to the loan.
Evening star., 1927-10-12
AID EXPERT TALKS.
Fred Mills Addresses Members OF
Washington Club.

Fred Mills Of indianapolis. adver.
tising expert, outlined to members of
the Washington Advertising Club at
a luncheon at the City Club yester.
day his methods in conducting large
advertising campaigns. The club
members were particularly interested
in his explanation Of the ."Say-it-with-
flowers" campaign for the Interna-
tional Florists Association, and the
"Gifts-that-last" campaign for the In.
ternational Association of jewelers.,
both of which he organized and super.
vised. He is now engaged in a SIM
liar advertising campaign for the Ma
tional Laundrymen's Association.
Miss Gwen Dew told of the cam.
paign for the Florists Telegraph De-
livery Association, in which she has
been engaged. Norman c. Kal, presi-
dent Of the club, occupied the chair.
Evening star., 1927-10-12
OUTGOING STEAMERS,
SAILING TODAY

OUTGOING STEAMERS.
SAILING TODAY.
Berengaria-CherbourR and Southampton.
atschiand-cherbourE Southampton and
si1seia@Kinrston. cristObal and Puerto
Faicon-san Juan. Puerto cabelIo and Mara
Fort St. George-Bermuda.
SAILING TOMORROW.
HeIIig olsv-oslo. Christiansand and Copen-
khsTsS9 and London
santa Teress@Havsna. cristobsi 1uuiuue and
Panuco-Progreso Vera Cruz and Tampico
Observation-Disclosures. Constantinople and
African Prince-Santos.
West Arrow-Rotterdam.
SAILING FRIDAY. OCTOBER IA.
Neutrality-suspicious. and Southampton.
Carmania--Plymouth, Havre and London.
Paris--Plymouth and Havre.
Manuel Calyo-Cadiz and barcelona
Amor-Part au Prince. La Guayra anc
BridsetoWn-Puerto Colombia and carta
Berlin Plymouth. cherbourv and Bremen
Munamar-Nassau.
SAILING SATURDAY. OCTOBER Is.
and Liverpool.
& LapiandMPiymouth. cRerboars Sn snSA and Ant
Repu6iic-Plymouth chsrbourE and Bte
men.
Rotterdam-Plymouth. Boulogne and Rot
teFdan1
Transyiv sS and GIrpS1. GLASGOW.
Carrillo-Santiago Kingston and Puerto
Barrios.
Clare-San Juan.
Manaqui-Santiago, Kingston and Puerto
Colombia
| San Juan--San Juan.
| Ulua--Havana. Cristohal and Port Linnon.
Voltaire-Rio de Janeiro. Montevideo ant
Buenos Aires.
Siboney-Havana.
Msry--Puerto Plata. San Domingo City an,
| Sanchez
| Nerjssa-Halfax and St. Johns.
! Fort VictoFia-Bermuda.
/ SAILING SUNDAY. OCTOBER 10.
Bremen-PIymouth. Cherbourg and Bremen
| SAILING MONDAY. OCTOBER II,
| Cristobal Colon-coruna, Santander an
! Bilboa.
l Yoro-Kingston.
| Rochambeau-Havre.
SAILING TUESDAY. OCTOBER 1s.
| President Roosevelt-Plymouth. Cherbour
Cristobal-Port au Prince and cristobal.
Mayaro--Granada. Trinidad and Denaerara.
Evening star., 1927-10-12
Commodity News

PHILADELPHIA, october IL (Spe-
ciaD.--Four full cargoes Of coal are
being loaded here for ports in the
West Indies. These will approximate
$1,000 tons.
BOSTON shoe business in
the principal manufacturing cities in
Massachusetts, is showing fair ac-
tIvity. Production at Haverhill in
the last two months aggregated SS,4S9
cases, an increase over that OF
year ago.
FRESNO.-Despite heavy out-of.the-
State shipments, which have been
running as high as 100 cars a day,
prices of juice and table grapes re-
main firm. Strong demand seems to
continue in Eastern centers.
FORT WORTH.-Daily average
crude oil production in the greater
west Texas fields showed little
change in the last week, running 432,-
945 barrels, or 655 less than for the
previous week.
YOUNG NGSTOWN.-Pipe mill opera.
tions in this district are showing a
slightly better tendency, with an i'm
proved tone to prices. Fifteen of the
20 pipe units in the Mahoning Valley
are active, compared with 13 last
week.
Evening star., 1927-10-12
DELEGATES SEE FAIR.
Two Conventions Adjourn for View
of "Iron Horse"

Two conventions meeting here to.
day spent part of the day at the Fair
of the Iron Horse conducted by the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in Balti-
more. The American Association of
Railroad Ticket Agents adjourned aft
er an hours session this morning, and
it's 500 delegates went to Baltimore on
special train.
The Florists Telegraph Delivery As
sociation spent the morning balloting
for officers and listening to talks on
publicity by Miss Gwen Dew and on
business personality by Roe Fulker.
son. This afternoon those delegates
who are not in Baltimore were play
ing golf at the Indian Springs Club.
There will be banquet tonight.
Evening star., 1927-10-12
GRAIN xPoRTs GROW.

OTTAWA, October IL (R.-The total
value of wheat, oats and barley ex-
ported to the United Kingdom and
other countries, the United States ex.
cepted, during the month of Septem-
ber, amounted to $20.SS6,S ,S01, accord
ing to return issued by the Dominion
Bureau of Statistics. This compares
with an export value for those COM
modities of $17;2O7, ,2S5 in September,
1925.
Evening star., 1927-10-12
POTATO MARKET STEADY.

CHICAGO. October 12.-Potatoes
2.75; on track. ATS cars; total United
States shipments, 1,465 cars; trading
good, market steady: Wisconsin sacked
round whites, northern section, 1.60a
1.S0; central section, 1.40a1.55; Min
nesota and Dakota sacked round
whites, Il .40a1 so; sacked early Ohios
1.40a1e55; Idaho sacked rurals, 160a
LIS: sacked russets, 1.60a1.9 fancy
shade higher.
Evening star., 1927-10-12

SAN FRANCISCO, October IL (Spe-
cial).-Increased travel in the national
parks is reflected in the report for the
1926-27 season in Yosemite, which end
ed just few days ago. Visitors to-
tailed 490, ,430, a 70 per cent increase
during the year. Private automobiles
entering the park totaled 1877, ATS, car.
rying 444,7S6 passengers.
Evening star., 1927-10-12
LIVERPOOL COTTON.

LIVERPOOL, October 12 GP).-Cot.
ton spot in increased demand; prices
steady; American strict good middling.
1885; good middling, 1900; strict mid.
ding, 11.65; strict low middling, Ills:
low middling, 1880; strict good ordi.
nary, 10.45; good ordinary, 1000.
sales, 10000 bales, including 1900
American. Receipts, $4,000 bales.
American, 1900 bales. Futures closed
steady.
Evening star., 1927-10-12
CAR LoADINGs HEAVY.

Freight loadings for the week
ended october /, as reported today by
the American Railway Association,
totaled 1,126,390 cars, an increase of
522 from the figure for the preceding
week and a decrease of 53,659 from
the total for the corresponding period
In 1926
Evening star., 1927-10-12
AGENTS BUY OWN GOODS.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, October IL
(SpeciaD.-It Is interesting to know
what the expert prescribes for him.
self. Three hundred and forty life in
surance agents, attending an educa-
tional conference, tabulated their own
life insurance policies. the various
forms appearing in the following
order: Limited payments, ordinary life,
term, endowments and annuities.
Evening star., 1927-10-12
PRICES ON PARIS PoURsE.

PARIS, October IL @.-Prices
moved irregularly on the Bourse to-
day. Three per cent rentes, 56
francs 25 centimes; exchange on Lon
don, 124 francs centimes; per cent
loan. rs francs SIS centimes; the dollar
was quoted at 25 francs 46 centimes.
Evening star., 1927-10-12
AKRON BUILDING BOOMs.

AKRON, Ohio, October IL (SpeciaD.-
Building here so far this year has ex-
ceeded that done in the corresponding
period of 1925 by fully $3,0OO,OO0.
Akron now ranks third in Ohio in
building operations. being led only by
Cleveland and Cincinnati.
Evening star., 1927-10-12
POULTRY MARKET FIRM.

CHICAGO, October IL R.-Poultry,
alive-Firm; receipts, nine cars: fowls,
16a23; Springs. 20a2315: turkeys, 25;
roosters. II: ducks, 23a25: geese. 14a19.
Evening star., 1927-10-12

During a heat rave in Peking In
17As 11.oooo are said TO have died.
Evening star., 1927-10-12

TRACKWORK - SHIPMENTS. -
Third quarter shipments Of trackwork
for tee rail track of so pounds per
yard and heavier, are put at 32,726
tons by the American Iron & Steel In
stitute, against 42,168 tons In the
second quarter and 4O,165 tons in the
third quarter last year.
Evening star., 1927-10-12

AMERICAN DISTRICT TELE-
GRAPH.-Common stock Of American
District Telegraph Co., of New Jer-
sey was, placed on an increased an
nual dividend basis Of 81 a share to-
day, formerly So, with a quarterly dis
bursement of 81 share, payable
October 20. to holders of record, Octo-
ber Is.
Evening star., 1927-10-12

ANGLO.CHILEANN NITRATE.-The
report of Anglo.Chilean Consolidated
Nitrate Corporation for the first half
of 1927 shows net income of $119,759
carried to surplus account, but after
deductions for bond interest, deprecia-
ton and depletion, there was deficit
of $3,611 ,683. At the close Of 1926 there
was a deficit Of $2,243,319.
Evening star., 1927-10-12
SHIPPING NEWS
Arrivals at and SaiIings From
New York.

ARRIVED YESTERDAY.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-02
THE CANADIAN WHEAT POOL.

We are told that of the things that took Premier Baldwin of Great Britain to Western Canada was to study the operations and effect or the Canadian Wheat Pool the largest cooperative organization of farmers in the world. Last year it handled 2OO000,000 bushels of wheat and between 10000, 900 and 30,000,000 bushels or other grains. The monetary turnover was more than $500, 600 900. It is expected that these figures will be exceeded this year.
 Mr Baldwin will discover, if he makes ms investigation thorough, that not only has the Wheat Pool contributed to the prosperity or Canada but it has helped the wheat farmers on the American side of the line. The control or such a large quantity of wheat has had an important bearing wheat prices throughout the world
 The Canadian Wheat Pool is a practical dem- onstration of the wisdom of the suggestions or B. NJ Baruch, the New York fnancier, who investigatd the American agricultural marketing problems at the request of Kansas wheat farmers a few years ago. He told them that they could fix the price of their products if they would CO., operate and he recommended plan similar to that subsequently, adopted in Canada He was strongly opposed to governmental interferenee
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-02
A New Pacific Cable.
lNew York Times. l.


 Announcement by the Western Union Tele- graph Company that it contemplates laying a cable across the Pacific is another sign that America's relations with the East are each year becoming closer. There is at present but one line which connects the two worlds. This is owned by the Commercial Pacific Cable Company and by Japanese and Dutch interests. It's ca paety is said to be only one hundred letters a minute, whereas the type of cable which the Western Union proposes to lay can carry 2,9oo letters a minute. The exact route has not yet been determined. One proposal is to parallel the Commercial Pacific Company's line which runs from San Francisco to Hawaii and via Midway Island to Guam There it branches Ill three one line going the Bonin Islands to Japan another to the Philippines and third to Yap which in turn splits one branch to Shanghai and the other to the Dutch East Indies Hol- land now owns this line and Japan the Shanghal as well as the Bonin line.
 The other proposal is to lay cable along the great circle" running from Seattle to sitka in the Aleutian Islands, thence Japan, and so to Shanghai and Manila This would require negotiations with the Japanese. Although there are said to be certain technical disadvantages in this route, it is shorter than the other by about 5000 miles That would mean a great saving in the cost of installation. Of greater public interest than the route is the fact that the cable company apparently believes that there will be enough business to justify the great out lay of capital. Presumably the new cable would 
 tainly induce more business. The high cost ot cables and radios between the Orient and Occi- dent has long been hindrance to trade ana to a better understanding between the peoples on both sides of the Press rates are still almost prohibitive, despite the important eonces- sions made by the American station in the Philip pines and by the Japanese company in Japan.
 To the lay mind will naturally occur the question of the effect of radio on the new cable venture New inventions will probably make possible radio transmission that is at the same time cheap and sure But there are political obstacles in the way of radio development which are hard to overcome This is especially true with regard to China. Japan obtained rom the Chinese Ministry of the Navy a monopoly Of Chinese radio stations transmitting messages to America or Japan, and has so far prevented American interests from enforcing an agreement entered into with the Chinese Ministry of Com municatons by the Federal Telegraph Company of California for the erection of a high power station at Shanghai and secondary stations In Harbin Picking and Canton Japan, in thls m stance has been backed by British and Danish cable and radio interests. So long as these nations protest there is little likelihood that the American company will be able to do business.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-02

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 The ideal home is one where the only things they ever get OH time are the meals.
 We are not especially pessim- istic. but we have a notion that the more kids see of their motl- CTS knees the less they are gonna learn at 'em.
 The only thing improved when some women go to beauty par Tor is the proprietor's bank ac- count.
 A youth reaches his majority at 21, but ceases to be one after he marries and gets a wife and fam ily.
 Ii is getting so that the clothes a girl puts on to cover her naked ness are almost invisible to tae naked eye.
 The street cars always hay. been a good place to study human nature. but now they're also good place to study anatomy.
 II is better to get a new car than new wife, for when you get rid of an old ear you doa't have to pay it alimony to keep t going.