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The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-17
ACRICUL LTURE
 CURE GIVEN
 BY COOLIDGE:
Cooperative Marketing Ad- vanced Before Grange
 Convention

WASHINGTON. Nov. 17-De- claring that any attempt at price fixing of farm products will b. ia tai to agriculture, President Cool idge last night before the National Grange, urged the use of coopera- tive marketing as tha most sue cessful method of curing agrieul- ture's ills
 The President presented his views together with what he called a review of the Accomplishments of the government toward aiding industry before the Grange dele gates from 20 states, attending the organizations annual convention here.
 Presidents Remedies
 The President advocated a more scientific production, declaring that elimination of waste, improV- ed machinery and livestock breeds and cultivation would aid in low ering the cost of growing crops.
 The President added that thanks to the government efforts in be- half of agriculture the 'great az ricultural depression had been gradually relieved. Seven years ago the purchasing power Of farm products had dropped to @ but this year had risen to 90.
 Grain Yield Increases
 "The livestock industry is es- pecially prosperous but grain prices are not so encouraging. The yield for this season is .about 3 per cent above the average, of the last 10 years while the acreage is the largest recorded giving a dell- nite assurance of increased gross income for agriculture as a whole !"
 Discounts One Theory
 The President discounted the theory that agriculture will be benefited if the duties of maru- factured imports are removed, say. ing that either industrial unem- ployment will result or "our wages and profits must be reduced to meet foreign competition"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-17
AGED INDIANA DEMOCRATIC CHIEF
 RETIRING TO POLITICAL SIDELINES

and his name had brief place in the deliberations.
 Taggart advanced Thomas Mar shall from the goyernorship oi Indiana to the national arena, jockeying him to a place on the ticket with Woodrow Wilson at Baltimore.
 After Marshall, the seer of French Lick sent Samuel Ralston s name to the New York convention, and for a time it seemed the skill full steering of Taggart would bring Ralston the nomination that Smith and McAdoo contested so bitterly. Ralston had been gover- nor and senator
 Taggart brought Woollen from his counting rooms to try for the senatorship against Arthur Robin son. the incumbent. So good a race did the banker run that Taggert promoted him for the presidential nomination.
 Maker of governors and sena- tors. Taggart himself could not obtain election to a national of- flee. Governor Ralston appointed him to the United States Senate in 1916 to fill an unexpired term. He failed of election two years later.
 Taggart's interest in human be- ings has been attested by his memory for names and faces. He apparently knew every precinct and ward worker of his party.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-17
Mayor of Herrin and
 Others Are Indicted
 As Protection Ring

EAST ST. LOUIS, H., Nov T.. Characterized as members of a protection ring" Mayor MeCor- mick of Herrin, his Chief of Po- lice, John Stamm; his brother in-law Elmer Mccormick, a Her rim policeman, and Alvin Mysker, Water Department Superintend- ent, are under indictment. The Assistant United States District Attorney said the quartet col lected regularly from liquor law violators and the monthly shake down brought in thousands of dollars"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-17
HOOVER VISITS LABORATORY ON
 UNIV. CAMPUS
Witnesses Electrical Dem onstration of Extreme
 High Voltage

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal, Nov. President Elect Herbert Hoover broke away from the task of clearing his desk before his South American Goodwill tour hnd visited the laboratory on Stan- ford campus. viewing a high volt age electrical experiment. He also renewed his membership II the Red Cross and received well wishes.
 { The Presiaant-elect read with .n- lterest the report of editorial esm~ inent of Lsndon newspapers criti- cising President Coolidge's Armis- tice Day speech but did not make any comment.
 Duringf the day the battleship Maryland began the journey down the coast to San Pedro where n will be boarded Monday by Hoover and his party. The vessel has been on the dsydock at San Fran cisco
 Spectacular Experiment
 The visit to the Harris Ryan Memorial Laboratory on the eam- pus gave the President-Elect an opportunity to observe the spec tacular high voltage experimen. under the direction Of Dr Ryan, Voltage was gradually stepped un through transformers until it at tained above two million volts, when bluish flames arose waver- Iingly along the wires conducting the electricity 10 metal prcngs 22 feet apart.
 As the voltage rose, the olec- st.icitv cracked and tiny flames leaped from the ends of the pronss in the midst of a violet arc that grew by inches with the rising voltage, cracking and then chang ed to vicious sputtering.
 The violet arcs filled with clutching, wavering tongues Of flame. then there was a dazzling flash, a reverberating report and tongues of flame met across the 22-foot space.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-17

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 17.-Age and infirmity have removed Tom Taggart, maker of statesmen, from the political tage.
 For the first time in 36 years he was on the sidelines this year while struggle for presidential honors was waged, and he was un able to lend a hand to his Demo- cratic party.
 From a hospital bed the 72-year old Indianian looked out on the struggle during most of this years fight. Some of the time he heard amid the sylvan isolation of his French Lick resort, the turmoil of the contest muted and far away.
 Thirty-six years old was Tag gart, with the flush of his Irish nativity on his cheeks, when ae burst upon the Indiana political stage. That was back in 1892, and Taggart became chairman Of the state Democratic committee. Three terms as mayor of Indian apolis fitted him for broader fields and in 1900 he was named to his party's national committee.
 At every quadrennial meeting of the rarty until last summer's Houston convention, Taggart was a notable figure. Even at Houston his handiwork was visible in pro- ceedings. Evans Woollen, an Ia dianapolis banker, was the mas- ter's choice for the nomination,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-17
COLD WEATHER FOLLOWS RAIN
 THREE STATES
Many Co m m LII ities Are
 Now Threatened With Menacing Floods
DEUCE LASTS FOR
 THIRTY-SIX HOURS
Temperature Drops Add ing to Suffering of
 Countless Persons

IAN S AS CITY, Nov. IT, Colder weather followed 36 hours of nearly continuous rainfall in Kansas, Missouri and Northern Oklahoma
 To add to the suffering, many communities are threatened by increasingly menacing floods while drenching torrents continued unabated.
 /The temperature slipped down ward into the thirties as fresh reports of inundations, washouts and marooned persons were re- ceived.
 Many localities, especially in the Southeast Kansas lowlands, are experimenting the worst floods in local history, following unprecedented downpours ranging in places up to nine inches.
 Three deaths had been reported up to noon today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-17
Bismarck's Wine Shop
 Reveals State Secret

ASSMANNSHAUSEN-ON-RHINE Germany, Nov. 17.-That Prince Otto von Bismarck, the Iron Chancellor" of the German Elm pire, preferred to say it with wine is the conviction everyone gains who chances to visit the hitoric "Gasthau gum Anker," at which Bismarck used often to stop on the Rhine.
 The manager of the hotel re- lates how Bismarck used to sip his glass of Assmannshausen red wine, and points with pride to an original order placed with Herr Jung, then owner ofthe plane, by Bismarck in 1861 for several thousand bottles of wine to be sent to St. Petersburg, Russia, "care of the German Embassy" Bismarck, it will be remembered, was Ambassador to the Russian Court from 1859 to 1862.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-17
Moscow Rag Collectors
 See Wolf at the Door

MOSCOW, Nov. 17.-Rag-eol- lectors have a hard time of it in Moscow Most people save rags for use in making patches. That is why there were many chuckles at recent suggestion from the Commissariat of Labor that Mos cows 250,000 unemployed be hir- cd by the new Government rag
 and junk collecting monopoly.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-17
Chinese Leaders Must
 Not Drink or Gamble

SHANGHAI, Nov. 17.-Kuom- intang leaders in Kansu Province are seeking stricter discipline among its members A resolution has been passed forbidding any member of the party to indulge in drinking alcoholic liquors, smoking or gambling. The regula- tions state that any member found guilty of these practices will be expelled from the party.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-17
Largest inUeStment Trust in World
 Being Organised

NEW YORK, Nov. IT. The New York Times says the largest investment trust in the world. in which will be held half bil- lion dollars in security holdings at the outset, is being organized by representatives Of the Fisher Brothers. of Detroit, Mich. The capital will Dc $210.00O,O00 and it is expected that eventually a billion dollar organization will be built.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-17
". C. Y. q. URGED TO VAR
 AGAINST TRIAL WEDLOCK

BOSTON, Nov. 1.-The Wo- mems Christian Temperance Un- ion was called upon today by Dr. Valeria II. Parker to combat ai- vorce and trial marriage with sex education and spiritual encourage ment
 Dr. Parker Is the director of the unions department of social morality. She spoke at the 54th annual convention of the organiza ton.
 New forms of union. more tem- porary in character than the one
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-17
PETRICH LEAVING FOR CONFERENCE.
 OF A. L. IN EAST

J. T. Petrich. Adjutant of the Alaska Department of the Ameri- can Legion in Alaska, leaves this afternoon on the Princess Alice for Indianapolis where he will at tend conference of Adjutant Generals of the organization
 Mrs. Petrich and children will accompany MT. Petrich to the south, but will visit in Kelso and Olympia, Wash, while he is in the East This will be the first time Mrs. Petrich has spent Christ mas with her parents in eight years.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-17
Democrats Face Deficit of OUer Million

NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-The Democratic Party faces a de- ficit of approximately $1,600,- 900 in meeting the expenses of the recent campaign, totalling $5,300,000. This is the an- nouncement made by James -Gerufds Treasures the DtnI- ocratic National Committee. He announced that contribu- tions still coming in totalled above $S7,000
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-17
Last State Banquet
 Staged Tonight by Royalty in Japan

KYOTO. Nov. 1.-The Emper- or and Empress are hosts tonight to 2,000 guests in the third and last state banquet held to cele- brate the completion of the en- thronement and great Thanks giving. This feast, like the two it preceded, is to be held in the magnificent hall erected in the Kyoto Palace encloseure for the purpose.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-17

sacred to church and legalized by state, are catching the attention of young people. many of whom are asking for the truth" said pr. Parker.
 Shall we not tell them why, and how the present form of mar riage meets the spiritual and bio- logical needs of the human family, and of the dangers of yielding to new philosophies which place self expression above morals?
 What is needed is sex character training begun in childhood.'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-17
Chicago Union Man Is
 Shot Dead by Gunmen

CHICAGO, Nov. 17.-Gangsters with machine guns and sawed off shotguns last night shot to death John Clay, head of the Laundry and Dye House Chauffeurs' Union while he was in his office. The gunmen fired through the office window from the street. killing Clay instantly.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-17
DEVELOPS COLLEGE HEADS

NoRTHFIELD. Minn.-When ". w. Bartlett becomes president os Rio Grande college in Ohio, ae will be the fourth president sent by Carleton college to other ins.i- tutions in seven years.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-17
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK. Nov. 17.-Alaska Juneau was quoted today at SM. Chrysler 131h Cudahy 6Sss. Missouri 70%, Stewart Warner 113 M. IT. S. Steel 171A, Pack ard Motors 121%, Pillsbury 55. Postum 70A.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-17
CHINESE RED CROSS IS
 MOVED TO NEW CAPITAL

SHANGHAI, Nov. 17.-The head office of the Chinese Red Cross Society, for years located in Pe- king. is soon to be moved to NaG- king under the direction of the na- tionalist government.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-17
Casualties
 Attend Hunting Season in Ky.

LOUISVILLE. Tenn, Nov. II. - Less than AS hours after the Kentucky hunting season opened, a toll, inelud- ing two deaths and five in- juries. was reported from points in the State. All deaths and injuries were caused by the accidental discharge of guns or by ac- cidental shooting by com panions.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-17
COUNCIL HOLDS SHORT
 SESSION FRIDAY NIGHT

A short session mostly occupied with routine business matters was held last night by the City Coua- cil. The usual bills were paid. No business of importance was transacted.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-17
Trading Records Broken Agdin On N. Y. Exchange

NEW YORK, Nov. 17.-All trading records of the New York Stock Exchange were smashed yesterday when G. 714,000 shares changed hands in the frenzied sbull market which carried 70 issues to records with gains as high as $23 a share.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-17
SOME SORT OF RECORD

STATESvILLE, N. CIV. B. Campbell, 66, says he has never taken a drink of coffee, soda water or intoxicating beverage in any form, has never chew, smoked O. used tobacco, and has never owned watch.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-17

LAKEPORT, Cal, Nov. 17-Da- spite efforts of a small army Of searchers. the rugged wilderness of the upper Lake County still held the secret last night of the whereabouts of four University of California students, missing for nearly a week.
 Hope for the safety of the stu- dents dwindled as scores of wear searchers afoot and horseback and planes returned from fruitless hunt fer the lost.
 The students are two girls ana two boys, in their early twenties, who left for a hike in the molr- tains six days ago. The only clue is their abandoned automobile dis covered near Lake PilsbuTy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-17
Cou. Smith Is in
 Mississippi; WW
 Coli osd Take Rest

EDGEGWATER, Miss. Nov. 17.-Gov. Alfred E. Smith has arrived here to spend few days golfing and resting from his cam paign. On account of the early hour he arrived, there was no crowd to meet him and he slept until a late hour in his private car,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-17
FOUR STUDENTS.
 L0ST,SEARCHERS. FIND NO TRACE
Two Boys, Two Girls Miss ing from California U
 Nearly a Week

BULLETIN-LAKEPORT, Ncv. 17.-Four lost students staggered into a deserted forest ranger cabin on Mount Sam Hedrin, 46 miles north east of here this afternoon and telephoned a request for feed. The wire was in bad condition and rangers were unable to learn where they had been. Rangers started for the cabin with food.
The Nome nugget., 1928-10-13
YANKEES TAKE THIRD GAME
 OF WORLDS SERIES

ST. LOUIS. Oct. s. (P) w The Yankees spilled the Cardinals yes- terday by score of Seven to Three, taking the third straight game of the Worlds Series, and the seventh straight victory from the National League contenders in the Fall clas- sic A record crowd for Sportsman Park attended the game yesterday. the number being thirty nine thou sand six hundred and two paid ad- missions. The big crowd watched the National Leaguers sunk in de- feat, which just about ruins their chances for winning the worlds series. Score, New York, seven, seven. two: St. Louis. three. nine. three.
 Batteries, New York. Zachary and Bengough; St. Louis. Haines, Johnson, Rheman. Wilson.
The Nome nugget., 1928-10-13
100000 MASSACRED IN CHINA
 IS REPORT TO NEW YORK

NEW YORK, Oct. g, LP) .-.- Dr.. S. Parker Cadman, chairman of the China Famine Relief organization of New York, today received infor- nation of the massacre of two hun dred thousand persons by fanatics in Kansus province of Southern China.
 Dr. Cadman received the letter from Leighton Rand, in charge of the China Inland Mission at Lanch- owfu, and described the horrors of the situation in Kansus. He said the situation in kansus had been intensified by the instruction of the Moslems who form one-third of the population.
 The letter said that the known massacred exceeded two hundred thousand souls. A stream of re- ports keep coming into the com mittee telling of the villages pil- laged and burned. and those inhab- itants who escaped with their lives are entirely without food. clothing or shelter.
The Nome nugget., 1928-10-13
CURTIS CROOKS FOUND DEAD IN AUTOMOBILE
 ON OSBORNE ROAD

About 9:3O this morning while Harry Kelling and one of the Lee boys were driving to Nome from Osborne creek, they came upon an auto truck enroute to Osborne with supplies. and in the cab of the auto was found the dead body of Curtis Crooks.
 The news soon reached Nome and many different stories as to how young Crooks met his death were being circulated, and enlarged upon. which is usual in such cases. How ever, the Nugget will not attempt to tell all the different stories be- cause it is more than probable that an inquest will be held by Coroner c. W. Thornton.
 From all the facts 1t seems that young Crooks left Nome Monday with a heavy auto truck loaded with supplies for the osborne creek Dredging Company and had near ly reached the old Julian camp on Osborne creek when the accident happened. which must have been about 4:30 or 500 o'clock in the
The Nome nugget., 1928-10-13

evening. It appears that he had a new 1s gauge. double barreiieo shotgun of the hammer type, which he was carrying in the cab along side of him. Just how the accident happened is problematical. Some think he had gotten out of the car to shoot some ptarmigan or rab- bit; others believe that he never left the seat of the car, and that the gun slid or fell to the running board and in doing so the trigger hit against something discharging the gun, the shot hitting young Crooks on the side of the head, causing instant death.
 The car was in motion because the gun and his cap were found some 25O feet to the rear of the car on the road. The roof Of the cab shows signs of gun shot and the impact or rebound from the ex- plosion of the shell evidently threw the gun out of the car.
 The car with it's IF omentum. went of the road only a. short distance and became stalled. The lifeless driver was bent over his wheel where he rema aimed until found this morning.
 Coroner Thornton, Judge James Frawley. Deputy Marshal Cliff AL lyn. Nels Swanberg, ST., and Alfred J. Lomen hurriedly drove to the scene of the accident, made thor ough investiga tion of all the cir cumstances, and brought the body back to Nome
 The sympathy of the entire com munity is extended to his grieving mother, brother and sister, in their hour of sorrow.
The Nome nugget., 1928-10-13
MONDAY
OHIO RE SOLID REPUBLICAN
 IN NOVEMBER, CLAIM

WASHINGTON. Oct. 8. (P) --.. Herbert Hoover was told by Meyers Cooper of Cincinnati, Republican Candidate for Governor. and Carmi Thompson, the Treasurer of the Ohio Republican campaign commit tee, that Ohio will be solidly Re- publican in November.
 Cooper said: Hoover will carry Ohio substantially and the whole Republican ticket will be elected. Both of the Republican candidates for the Senate will be elected. Sen ator Fess will return to his seat and Representative Burton will be elected to that body. The thing that appeals to the people of Ohio IS the continuance of the policies of President Coolidge, which have brot such general prosperity. They feel that as head of the Commerce De- partment Hoover has been vital factor in furthering the benefits of the program of the Administration. His election will make for contin- uance of the Coolidge policies"
 Cooper and Thompson later called on President Coolidge at the White House.
The Nome nugget., 1928-10-13
FIND TRACE OLD CIVILIZATION
 ON ST. LAWRENCE ISLAND

SEATTLE, Oct. g, (R - A trace of an old Eskimo civilization far surpassing that of today, was this summer found on Islands near the Alaska coast in Boring Sea by liar ry B. Collins. ethnologist and ar chaeologist for the Smithsonian Institute at Washington, he reveal ed upon his return here from the Arctic.
 Ancient villages, more preten- tious than those of today, and set dement's of long houses made of driftwood and whale bone were un- covered. The houses contained bone and vory carvings of exquisite design, and highly decorated uten- sils and weapons, which were un- covered by Mir. Colline on St. Law renee Island.
 Collins said: Tt was probably a pre-Russian civilization, would say from threa hundred to eight hundred years old"
 While the affiliations of that ear ly Eskimo and his orign have not as yet been determined, there is a close resemblance in the carvings, implements and physical character itics of the frozen bodies found, and of skeletons found, to the Asiatic That does not prove, however. that they did not come from Siberia. The Asiatic may have migrated from Alaska in the beginning.
 Collins continued: We actually found houses sixteen feet below the habitations of this generation, and six feet below the sea level, and buried in silt and slickings. There were bits of carving on bone and ivory, and all the utensils of living. Some of the bodies of this ancient people were rather we'll preserved in the ice"
The Nome nugget., 1928-10-13

and leader of three others of a group. tried to crash the gates of the presidential chateau here in be- half of the equal rights. The group was held in custody by the police for several hours for tkeir failure to have identity pape.s.
 They were released at 3:3O in the afternoon after all the states men who had luncheon with the President had gone.
 The women had sought ten minute audience with the presidents guests who signed the Kellogg Briand treaty. The plan of the feminists was to discuss with them project for an international treaty establishing equal rights for men and women.
The Nome nugget., 1928-10-13
SEVENTEEN CONNECTS PERISH

JUNCTION CITY, Ohio, Oct. 8, (P) . Seventeen convicts employed in state owned brick plant here are believed to have perished when fire swept the dormitory in which two hundred and seventy five pris- oners were sleeping. A check of the prisoners revealed that twenty are missing. Of these, seventeen are believed to have pcrished in the flames that destroyed the structure. Within two minutes after the fire was discovered, three of the twenty are believed to have escaped from custody.
The Nome nugget., 1928-10-13
MOTION PICTURE COMEDIAN
 CALLED To HIS REWARD

VICTOVILLE, Calf, Oct. 8, R) --.- Larry Semon, motion picture comedian died here today.
 He first became i'll several months ago after staging long losing bat tie against financial ill fortune.
 A few weeks ago he left his Los Angeles home and came to his ranch here where many film players have recovered their health. He was suffering from a nervous break down. A few days ago he contract ed double pneumonia. His wife. Dorothy Swan, 8 screen actress, was
The Nome nugget., 1928-10-13
FRENCH LIKE BASKETBALL
 WITH 15,OOO PLAYING

PARIS, (H) .-.- Basketball, brot to France from America only a few years ago, grows in popularity daily.
 Last year the French Athletic Federation granted 3.442 new li- censes to basketball players. This year the number added was 5,324.
 The total number of basketball players in France probably ap- breaches 15,000.
The Nome nugget., 1928-10-13
THREE BIG JAPANESE
 FREIGHTERS IN DISTRESS

TOKYO. Oct. 9. (H) -. Three big Japanese freighters. the Okama Maru, the Fukei Maru and the Ib- ukiyama Maru are all reported to be in sore distress off the East coast of Japan after typhoon which swept that region last night.
 The Fukei Maru reported that two of her seamen were washed overheard and perished.
 The Ibukiyama Maru was enroute to Japan from Grays Harbor, Wash ington
 Two fishing craft also are report ed missing.