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The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-12
EIELSON RELIEF CHIEF REQUESTS
 AID EXTENDED
Transportation of Fairchild' Planes, Seattle to Sew
 ard, Is Asked
SEARCHERS ARE NOW
 GATHERED AT TELLER
Crosson and Dorbandt Ex- pected to Hop Of To-
 day for Siberia

NOME, Alaska, Dec. 12.--l Pilot Frank DoTbandt, who is in charge of the Eielson- Bor-| land Relief ExDedition at Tel-| Ter, has appe c q to Gov George A. Parks to aid in get-| ting q naval vessel to trans- port three Fairchild planes and pilots from the States toI Seward, where the planes could be refUelcd and fly ol Nome, thence 10 Teller and Siberia to assist in rescueI work.
 Pilots Joe Crcsson and Dor bandt expected to get away this morning from Teller us- ing Q Standard and new Waco planes.
 Pilots Ed Young and c. H. Gillian arrived at Teller yes- terday with. two planes. The Stearman plane taken there by Gillam will also go Siberia with eaM9lesH oGsEfs u..l remain there until Eielson and Borland are found.
 Other planes will carry. gasoline to a halfway point.
 Pilot Barnhill will return to Fairbanks from Teller with the Stinson plane formerly used by Dorbandt to be re- paired.
 Pilot Matt Niemenen land ed here from Anchorage yes- terday having made the over land flight.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-12
HOOVER HAVING
 HARD TIME ON I,C.C, MAKEUP
No Easy Task Confronts Executive Opposition
 to Eastman

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-Presl- dent Hoover is finding the selection of two Democrats a smembers Of the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion anything but an easy task.
 While it is conceded by those in close touch with the White House that Joseph B. Eastman, of Boston, will be reappointed, strong opposing influences are at work these in cluding some of the leaders of the Republican Party as well as railroad interests
 It seems to be fairly well estab- lished that Richard " Taylor. of Mobile, Alabama, will not be reap pointed to the Commission.
 The real race will be among the Southern Demool 3t- for the place.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-12
LOBBYIST IS APPOINTED TO
 SENATE BODY
Joseph R. Grundy Named by Gov. Fisher as
 Vare's Successor
AROUSED SENATE IS
 READY TAKE ISSUE
Senator Nye Is Preparing Resolution in Face of
 Tuesdays Report

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-Joseph F. Grundy, appointed by Gov. John s. Fisher, of Pennsylvania, to fill the place of busted William S. Ware in the United States Senate, has reached the Capital prepared to pre- sent his credentials to an aroused Senate which only Tuesday heard a renort from the Lobby Investigating Committee on the lobbying activi- ties of Grundy in behalf of the pending tariff bill
 Senator Nye, of North Dakota, Re- publican, is preparing resolution to exclude Grundy, as participant in the expensive 1926 primary.
 Gov. Fisher said Grundy agreed to accept the commission and it was made with the distinct understand ing that he will be a candidate in the primary next year.
 Grundy personally said he accept ed the appointment as Senator and would be candidate for the posi- ton next May for the remainder Of the unexpired Ware term.
 " Report by Committee
 The Lobby Committee reported Tuesday to the Senate that infer ence is irresistible" that service was rendered by Joseph R. Grundy. Of Pennsylvania, in raising Republi- can campaign funds and that this led to the belief of Grundy and oth- CTS associated with him, that ne would be able to influence action on ''his party associates in Congress. 7"
 The committee held that the chief contributions to polite life by Grundy, have consisted in raising funds for campaign use.
 The committee report said there is no doubt of This ardent attach ment to the principal of protection" and it could not be overlooked that he has grown rich in pursuit of highly protected industry"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-12
CONGRESS TO ACT
 ON BROADCAST TAX

committee on interstate commerce hat he favored the imposition of 'icense fees. declaring it would in- luce broadcasters to realize more fully their obligations to the public. He said that the increased cost of administration made it expedient to assess charges upon licensees.
 The cost of radio regulation is es- timated at s75ooo0 annually and it is predicted that the increased work incidental to technical deval-l opment will soon bring expenditures to S1 100000
 Senator Dill says the license fec plan probably will be considered as a part of the Couzens bill for the creation of communication com- mission to regulate radio. telephono and telegraph transmission.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-12

WASHINGTON, Dec. PA nov to make broadcasters defray the costs of government regulation O radio will be made at this session of Congress.
 A proposed schedule of license fees to be imposed on all stations is being drafted by the federal radio commis- sion at the request of the Senate Several months abo the commission discussed with Senator Dill, Of Washington, one of the authors Of the Radio act, tentative proposal for wattage tax on broadcasting stations and flat license fee rates for commercial communication com panies.
 Judge Ira E. Robinson, chairman of the commission, told the Senate
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-12
ALASKA FISH RECULA ALTON
 IS PROPOSED
Wanton Waste, Destruc- ton to Be Prohibited
 by Amendment

WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 12.- Wanton waste and destruction of food fish taken from the waters of Alaska will be prohibited by an amendment to the act regulating the fishing industry there. introduced by Delegate Sutherland.
 Aid for Valdez
 The Delegate has also offered a bill to authorize the expenditure of s50,000 by the Secretary of War to regulate a glacier stream which now flows from the Valdez glacier to a point in Valdez, so as to protect the Richardson Highway and build ings near Valdez.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-12
STRIKERS ARE BOILED; STATE
 POLICE ON JOB
Efo Is to Prevent One Fac Lon of Miners Work
 ing, Stayed Off

AOEURN, Ill, Dec. 12.--Action of the State Highway Police and Dep uty Sheriffs at the Panther Creek mine No. l, today prevented clashes between United Mine Workers and strikers of the National Miners Un- ion.
 The National Miners Union, ri- val faction which seeks to shut down all Illinois mines, announced they would picket the Panther Gre e k mine and prevent 750 men employed there from working.
 The authorities said both factions were armed.
 State Police and Deputies patrol led the highways in the vicinity of the mine and as the strikers drove up in automobiles they were ordered to keep moving.
 The Panther Creek employees went to work unmolested.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-12
J. H. ROGERS IS DEAD;HADPART
 IN WORLD WAR
Inventions Were of Unes- timable Value to Gov
 ment of U. s.

WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 12.- J. Harris Rogers, whose inventions n the field of wireless communi- cation were of inestimable value during the World War, died today after a heart attack.
 The devices he perfected enabled the Government to carry on un- interrupted communication with the Allied Governments in war time by underwater radio communications. The method he developed was used oy submerged submarines trans hitting messages to battleships, air. planes and shore stations.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-12
Buffalo to Be Sold for Holiday Steaks

Q MISSCULA, Mont, Dec. 12. 0 Holiday markets will have a Q supply of buffalo steaks. 0 One hundred animals will . be culled from the herd of 6 3T5 on the fed deral bison e ranch north of here, to be c butchered and sold. The re- Q serve is overloaded.
 o The animals, according to
 0 Mai. E. A. Goldman, of the . United States biological sur Q vey, are fat and in excellent e condition.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-12
Street Says Box Scores Should Record "Boners''
4 Associated Press Photo

JOPLIN, Mo, Dec. 12.-"Gabby" Street. new manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, suggests a new column for the baseball box scores as food for thought in the hot stove league.
 The box scores omit a very im- portant column" says Street, "and that is the EJ column-errors of judgment.
 Manual errors we expaet-eyery- body makes them. But the real CT TOTS are those of judgment, like throwing to the wrong base, stealing vhen the next bag is occupied, being picked off base through careless ness, trying to steal home with the bases filled, nobody out and your pest hitter at bat.
 This type of errors ought to be charged up like manual errors"
 Indiana has 13 airports classed as "adequate' or. better.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-12
JAPAN STATES
 POSITION FOR
 NAVAL DEFENSE

SEATTLE, Wash, Dec. 12.-Out- lining Japan's policy at the coming Naval Disarmament Conference in London as for a minimum defense strength standard, 'Reijiro Wakat- suk, head Of the Japanese delega- tion to the conference, declared his country proposed no m enace to anyone and we want no menace to our country"
 The declaration was made in an address at luncheon rendered the delegation by the Japan Society and the Seattle Chamber of Commerce.
 The delegation arrived yesterday from Japan, after a brief stop at Victoria The members of the party leave tonight for the east.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-12
Life Imprisonment For Theft of 30.Cent Pie

Q VICTORIA, Texas, Dec. 12. Q The theft of a 30 cent choc- . olate pie has cost Thomas . McGrew, aged 30, a negro, a . life sentence.
 e McGrew was tried under Q the old law providing life . term for a third conviction. e McGrew had previously been . twice convicted of burglary.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-12
Byrd and Manly Are A,Umded Langley Medals

WASHINGTON. Dec. 12.- c om- mander Richard E. Byrd and Charles M. Manly have been awarded the Langley Medal for aeronauticaI achievement during 1929 by the Board of Regents of the Smithson- ian Institute.
 Commander Byrd received his for the South Pole plane exploration and Manly is the inventor of one of the first successful airplane engines.
 -eo
 Shipment of tree fruits from Cali fornia in 1929 decreased 1000 cars to a total of 12.OO0, 1t is estimated.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-12
PARKS RECEIVES REQUEST

PARKS RECEIVES REQUEST
 Gov. George A. Parks received a request from Pilot Prank Dorbandt for a naval vessel to transport the offered Fairchild planes. from Se- attle to Seward Dorbandt stated in his cablegram to the Governor that he understood there was no steamer sailing from Seattle for Seward until December 21. Gov. Parks immediately replied that a steamer was sailing north on Sat- urday, December IA.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-12
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ToDAY's STOCK
QUOTATIONS
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NEW YORK, Dec. I2.-Alaska Ju- neau mine stock is quoted today at T, American Ice 39, Bethlehem Steel 9114, General Motors 4012, Combus- ton 1112, International Harvester 30, International Paper A 28, Paper B no sale, Paper c IA, Kennecott Cop per STA, National Acme 19, Stan dard Oil of California 62, Standard Oil of New Jersey 6412, Texas Cor poration 57, Cities Service 2832, Magma 52B, Montgomery w d STA.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-12
Policy in Egypt
 Condemned by House of Lords

LONDON, Dec. 12.-The House of Lords, by vote of 46 to 13, has condemned the policy of the Labor Government toward Egypt The vote, while complicating the Governments program, is not likely to have any effect on the life of the government
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-12

MELBOURNE, Dec. 12.-Sir Will liam McPherson, Nationalist Pre- mier of Victoria. has handed in his resignation to his government and to Governor Lord Somers.
 Gov. Somers has requested Ed- mond Hogan. Labor leader, and for mer Premier, to form a new minis try.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-12

Horatio Nelson had to prove that he was not dead before he was permitted to vote in the Boston municipal election. The death of his father had resulted in mixup on the voting list.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-12

About 1000 men are engaged in the sale, servicing and repair of windmills in southwest Texas.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-12

Ten thousand predatory fish-gar, dogfish and carp-w ere removed from Indiana lakes this year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-12

There are 233o taxpayers in Am erican Samoa.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-12
PILOT DORBANDT ASKS GOVERNOR FOR NAVAL VESSEL
He Wants to Get Up in the World

"&%' :"
 Gilbert
 Ricbards
 sepenfeen, q
 mere lad of sepeii feet tlVo incbes, 1Vants to get np in tbe
 1Uorld. He aValked into tbe
 State-CHy
 employment
 offices at
 City Hall, CIe1eIdud ObiO. and asked for c job. Gilbert
 qVanted any kind of tVork,
 painting preferred. He's q real chip of l tbe old block, l as Dis fatber is I sig feet eigbt \ incbes tall and I Dis motber q measnres Six | feet force 3 incbes. 3 Diminnfipe
 Snzanne I MesaroS is l sbo1Vn taking ] dO1Vn GHberf'S l abbication l for q job. ] p%Sez-,,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-12

Indiana has 13 airports classed as adequate" or. better.
Evening star., 1929-12-12
SUBSTITUTE DRAWN
FOR BORLAND LAW
New Street Cost Assessment
Bill Sent to Congress
by Commissioners.

A new bill proposing a law to take
the place of the much attacked Borland
law relating to assessments for street
paving and renewals will be sent to Con-
gress by the District Commissioners soon
with a request for enactment.
The text of the new proposed law is
the subject of conference held among
Corporation Counsel william w. Bragg,
Tax Assessor william p. Richards and
Capt. Herbert C. Whitehurst. co-ordi-
nator and chief engineer of the Dis
trict.
The bill under consideration is said
to be largely of Capt. Whitehurst's
authorship and provides for equitable
means for assessing the costs of street
Improvements against abutting property
owners. The main objection to the
present law is that properties which
have long frontages, but are not deep
deep properties with short frontageS.
This particularly affects properties at
triangular intersections of avenues with
north and south or east and west streets.
1t is understood that the main pro-
poSal in the bill being drafted by the
District officials is to give to the District
Commissioners the power to change
assessments to meet the equities of ndi-
vidual situations. At present property
owner who feels that he is unjuStiy
taxed under this law must go to court
to get relief. It is understood that
under the proposed law he could appear
before the District Commissioners and
they could grant him relief, If they felt
proper, without reference to the courts.
Evening star., 1929-12-12
SNOW TO FOLLOW
EAST'S COLD WAVE
Official Readings as Low as
20 Below Recorded
in Vermont.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Thermometers in the Eastern States
today dipped in the grasp of the cold
wave which swept in yesterday from
the West. Official temperatures of 20
below zero were recorded and unoff1-
cial reading in parts of New England
were as low as 80 below.
Cloudy weather and possible light
snow was forecast for the District of
Columbia tonight. The temperature,
which dropped to 25 early this morn
ing, will rise tomorrow, the forecast
said.
Weather Bureau officials predicted
generally rising temperatures, however,
with snow tonight or tomorrow.
The coldest spot in New England, ac-
cording to the official figures of the
Weather Bureau in Boston, was North
field, VT, where the mercury slid down
to 20 below. Unofficial thermometers
in Londonderry and st. Johnsbury, VT,
read 80 below.
The Connecticut River at Turner's
Falls, Mass. was completely frozen over,
an unusual occurrence this early in the
season. The Deerf1eld River had been
frozen for several days.
Schools at South Merrimack, N. H.,
were closed because of the cold. Read
ings Of II below zero were reported
there.
Albany. N. Y, registered a low tenn
perature of zero; Boston, z; Buffalo, g.;
Montreal. 6 below; Portland Me-, 6
above, and New York City, IA.
New York Central officials at Syra-
cuSe, where a reading of 8 below estab-
lished new low record for the season,
reported trains running from 40 min
utes to an hour behind schedule.
Evening star., 1929-12-12
ARRESTS ORDERED
IN TEXT BOOK ROW
Seven Members of Kentucky Com
mission Must Appear in
Court.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
FRANKFORT, KY, December 12.-
Judge Ben G. Williams today ordered
that seven member of the State text
book commission be arrested without
bail and brought into court when they
failed to appear to testify in the suit
filed by Commissioner w. c. Bell
against the commission.
Those ordered brought into court
were K. r. Cummins, Miss Delpha
Evans, Frank v. McChesney, Robert j.
Nichol, George Sapp, Samuel L. Walk
er and Mrs. George Smith.
The commission members are ex-
pected to testify as to the procedure at
the meeting at which the readoption
of the text books was rejected, the
legality OF which is questioned by Bell
in his suit.
The plaintiff, Bell, today asked that
the case be tried on its merits, but
the defendants asked that it be tried
on the mandatory injunction filed by
Bell against the commission. Judge
Williams ruled for the defendants.
BY virtue of the ruling that the
mandatory injunction be the basis of
the procedure. If the case is carried
to the Court of Appeals it may be re-
turned to the Circuit Court and tried
on its merits, regardless of the Court
of Appeals decision.
Evening star., 1929-12-12
ICE AND FOG HAMPER
AIRMAIL SCHEDULES

Fog and thick weather, coupled with
the formation of ice on the planes,
made difficult and dangerous going for
the airmail pilots yesterday and last
night. All mail south of the National
Capital was loaded aboard trains and
but three flights were completed be-
tween this city and New York.
The transcontinental mail also en-
countered heavy going and twas near
ly noon before the plane from the West
arrived at Hadley Field, the New York
terminal. Southbound mail was trans
ferred to the Pitcairn plane and Pilot
c. C. Taliaferro, the youngest pilot on
the Pitcairn line, took off at noon; ar
irving at Boiling Field at $3.50 pm. He
had a thin coating Of ice on his wings
and found the going very thick. So bad
was the weather at the North end of
the run that Col. Charles A. Lindbergh.
who left here for New York, put in at
the Lakehurst Naval Air Station.
Despite the ice hazard and fog, Tai
iaferro took off here again at $50 pm.
on schedule, and got through to Hadley
Field Verne Treat came South with
the night mail last night, arriving here
shortly before midnight with ice on his
wings. Weather to the South being
even more unfavorable, he was held
here and the mail sent on by train.
Evening star., 1929-12-12
FILM EXECUTIVES
HELD IN FIRE PROBE
Pathe Studio Vice President
and Manager Charged
With ManSIaughter.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 1.-TWO
executives of the Pathe Studios were
arrested today on charges of man.
slaughter in connection with the death
of 10 persons in the fire which oe-
stroyed the Manhattan Film Studio
Tuesday.
They are John G. Finn, 40, of Yoll-
kers, a vice president, and Henry F.
Lalley, 40, manager. They were al
rested after police seized 160 contain
ers, estimated to hold between $4,000
and 100000 feet of film.
The manslaughter charge is based
on negligence growing out of alleged
violation of city ordinance prohibit
ing the storage of more than five reeIs
of film in certain types of buildings.
The Manhattan Studio was classified
as coming under this ordinance by the
fire marshal'S department.
Four chorus girls and six male MEM
bers of company of 100 were burned
to death when fire broke out in the
studio during the filming of talking
picture.
Oficials of the f1re-prevention bu-
reau said sprinkler system had been
ordered installed in the studio, but the
order could not be enforced because
not more than five reels of film were
stored in the building at one time.
Finn and Lalley were admitted rs
bail of $4,000 each.
Evening star., 1929-12-12
YULETIDE RADIO PARTY
TO BE GIVEN FOR BYRD
Adams to Speak to Explorer and Stage
Folk to Perform in Program Under
Auspices of The Star.

Comdr. Richard E. Byrd and his South
Polar companions will be rendered an
unusual Yuletide radio party Saturday
night, when Secretary of the Navy
Adams, the Marine and Navy Bands,
singers, musical comedy stars and 9TH
ers will join in special short-wave
broadcast to the bottom of the world"
under auspices of The Star.
Secretary Adams for the first time will
convey orally to Comdr. Byrd and his
men the fluctuations of the Navy for
Byrd's daring aerial conquest of the
South Pole.
The program will be broadcast locally
by Station WRC and will be flashed
5000 miles to Antarctiea by the short
wave transmitter of WGY, in Schenec-
Evening star., 1929-12-12

tady, which will be hooked directly
with WRC.
Even Broadway will be brought with
in hearing distance of Americas Ice
besieged polar adventures by the magic
of radio. BY courtesy of Earl Carroll,
w. G. Fields, Dorothy Britton and other
stars of the "VanitieS." as well as the
chorus will contribute toward the en-
tertainment of the little band of eX-
plorers in Little America. Only tele-
vision facilities will be lacking to make
the stage feature complete.
The strains of Garry Me Back to
OF Virginny," played by the U. S. Ma
rine Band, will open the program at IL
o'clock and "The Star Spangled BAN
ner." rendered by the U. S. Navy Band,
will bring the extraordinary event to a
close at midnight The General Elec-
trio station WGY, in Schenectady, in
Continued on Page 4. Column 1.)
Evening star., 1929-12-12
U. S. PRISON POLICIES
TO BE TOLD OVER AIR
Sanford Bates Will Discuss Fed.
eral Program in Radio Forum
Address.

Policies in handling Federal prisoners
will be discussed over the National
Radio Forum tonight by Sanford Bates,
superintendent of prisons for the Fed
eral Government.
Mr.. Bates will speak at 1890 o'clock
through Station WMAL and a Nation
wide hook-up on "a Protective Prison
Program" The National Radio Forum
is arranged by The Evening Star and
sponsored by the Columbia Broadcast
ing System.
Before coming to Washington Mr..
Bates rendered distinguished service as
commissioner of prisons in Massa-
chusetts. He also has served as mem
ber of both the House and Senate Of
the Massachusetts Legislature.
Evening star., 1929-12-12
HOLIDAY ON CHRISTMAS EVE GIFT
OF PRESIDENT TO u. S. WORKERS
Hoover Wants to Give Government Employees Chance to
Shop and Go to Homes for Holidays

President Hoover's Christmas present
to the Government workers in the Dis
trict of Columbia will be holiday on
Tuesday, the day before Christmas.
The holiday executive order, issued
today, states: 1T is hereby ordered
that the several executive departments
and independent Government estab-
lishments in the District of Columbia,
including the Government Printing
Office and the Navy Yard and stations,
be closed on Tuesday. December "a,
1929, and all clerks and other employees
in the Federal service in the District
of Columbia, except those who may for
special public reasons be excepted from
the provisions of this order, or those
whose absence from duty would be in
consistent with the provisions Of ex-
Evening star., 1929-12-12

1sting law, are hereby excused from
duty on that day.
This order is not to be deemed as
establishing a precedent.
"(SignedD HERBERT HOOVER"
The Presidents purpose in granting
this is principally to give those en-
ployes who may wish to return to their
homes in the States an opportunity to
have this extra day and also to permit
other employees to do their eleventh.
hour shopping on the last day before
Christmas.
1t has not been determined whether
or not the President will grant a half
day holiday on the day before New
Year. This has been done by some
Presidents but during the last three
or four years of his administration
President Coolidge declined to excuse
the employees from work for the half
day period on the ground that he did
not consider 1t warranted.