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The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-24
THREEHUNDRED THOUSAND MEN
 ARE IN FIGHT
Nationalists and P eople $ Army Are Battling
 Near Hankow

HANKOW, Oct. 24.-With oppos- ing forces estimated at more than 30O,OOo men engaged in struggle for supremacy in Central China, the Nationalist government seemed to have the advantage in the fight ing against the rebellious troops un- der Marshal Feng Yusan Shiang, leader of the Knominchun, or Peo- ple's Army.
 The Nationalist forces have re- captured Yencheng, city in Honan province, driving the Kuominchun troops 35 miles northward to Hsu- chow. Achievements are reported coming from Loyang to aid the re- volters in an attempt to sweep aside the troops of President Chiang Kaida Shsek and roll southward to reach the Yanzmse river at Han kow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-24
By ROBEIN COoNS GA. P. Feature Service Writer)

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 24.-Elsie Janis has gone back stage"
 The vivacious musical com dy and vaudeville star now is working out ideas for a new screen revue, but all her work will be behind the scenes.
 Not even to give one of her fa- nous Representations will she go before the camera and microphone.
 Does her reticence mean per manent retirement from the foot lights?
 Hollywood wonders Some of her friends believe so. Miss Janis herself would rather not say" She dislikes to make any announce ment savoring of a farewell. Then there is always the possibility that a woman will change her mind.
 "This work will take all my time for the present. she says. "No, I am not taking part in the revue as an actress. I want to rest, and acting as well as helping in the creative end would be too strenu- ous.p
 Strange mode of rest Miss Janis has. Her studio associates say she seems unable to adopt the leisurely pace of Hollywood life and wants to be doing something" every minute. A few months ago she was near death in a Paris hos pital.
 Miss Janis entered the movies Cor re-entered, for more than a decade ago she was starred in sev- |eral pictures), after an agreement last year with a prominent produc- tion executive. Under it she was to begin virtually at the bottom as a title writer.
 First she sailed for Europe for a season there, intending to return to Hollywood in such a capacity Stricken ill during a Paris engage ment, she fought her way back to health after physicians had de- spaired of her life.
 She returned then to Hollywood which the talkie craze had trans formed almost overnight.
 Title writers were out of date The demand now was for sparkling |dialog, clever situations, snappy and tuneful songs, wit and humor.
 In her the boss" now saw a commanding officer instead of a mere private; in short, an "idea man." so to speak, for musical revue.
 Miss Janis and her mother, whose sharp repartee rivals her daugh- ter's. have moved into Beverly Hills home.
 It may be Elsie will become a Hollywood fixture. She loves Cali fornia.
 If she retires as an actress, the stage will lose one of its most bril- liant figures, star consistently since her early teens. Almost since babyhood she has been of the stage.
 The Vanderbilt Cup" her first
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-24
WRECK PERHAPS AvERTED; AUTO FOUND, TRACKS
Special Presidential Train Is Stopped-Plot
 Is Thwarted
TWO ARRESTS ARE
 MADE BY OFFICERS
Investigation Quickly Start ed and. Confessions
 Are Secured

NEW ALBANY, Ind, Oct. 24. = An alleged plot which would have involved Presi- dent Hoover's special train in a wreck with a heavy sedan, five miles north of here, was thwarted by three men who removed the obstruction from the Baltimore and Ohio tracks a few minutes before the train arrived.
 The train was halted IS minutes while Secret Service and railroad detectives start ed an investigation which re- suited several hours later in the arrest of two negroes who confessed to the off cers. They said they had placed the automobile on the track in a plot to collect dam ages for it's destruction. This plot was traced to Charles w. Burdock, aged 19, and Y. E. Wright, aged 43 years, both negroes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-24
WOMAN, MAN
 FOUND SHOT
Murder and Suicide, Claim Police-In -Infatuation Is
 Given as Cause

COLORADO SPRIN c s, Colo, Oct. 24.-Mrs. George Seivert and R. A. Moore were found shot to death in Mrs. Seivert's home by her son, Carl, when he returned from dance shortly after mid night.
 The police say that the position of the bodies indicated Moore shot Mrs. Seiverts in the back of the head and then sent bullet into his own temple.
 The boy said Moore became in- fatuated with his mother. He said he and his mother were going to
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-24

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Oct. 24.-Crown Prince Humbert, of Italy, affianced husband of Princess Marie Jose, of Belgium, narrowly escaped death at the hands of an assailant who fired a shot at the Royal visitor as the Prince was placing a wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier here today.
 Quick work of one of the Italian Embassy party, who knock e d down the mans arm, seized the gun and Ov- empowered him, is believed to have saved the Princes life.
 The would-be assassin who only escaped lynching though protection of the police, later told the authori- ties he was an Italian named En- rico Difosa. He said he only in- tended to fire in the air as a pro- test to the young Prince whose en- gagement to the Belgian Princess was formally announced today.
 One of the calmest of those present, the Prince continued plac- ing the wreath on the tomb while the bands played Italian anthems. The Prince later returned to the Italian Embassy where he is stop ping.
 Despite stringent precautions taken by the police to prevent any unpleasant incident at the cere- mony, Difosa succeeded in making his way to point near the Princes car firing the shot when he was about 15 yards awey Di- fosa's revolver was found to con- tain several unusued cartridges.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-24
WRECKACE OF PLANE FOUND
 ON ATLANTIC
Lone Aviator Diteman, Fly ing to London, Believed
 to Have Perished
BLACK AND ORANGE
 WRECKAGE PICKED UP
Ra dio Messages Indicate Disaster Overtakes
 Montana Flier

HARBOR GRACE, Newfoundland, Oct. 24.-A radio message from the steamship Kyle advises that it picked up a Marconi message from Sycthis that another ship, name unknown, had discovered airplane wreckage painted black and orange.
 NEW YORK, Oct. 24.-The little plane in which Urban F. Diteman, cattleman from Billings, Montana, essayed to cross the Atlantic from Harbor Grace to London, had a black fuselage and the wings were painted orange.
 Diteman has not arrived in Lon don.
 Diteman took off from Harbor Grace last Tuesday in his little plane, "The Golden Hind" It was not until he disappeared that a note he had left was read by the air port officials, stating his inter ions The note said he was attempting a flight to London.
 Diteman carried only 165 gallons of gasoline but as the plane used little gas it was believed he had sufficient fuel to carry him to his destination, barring an accident.
 Diteman was born in Yakima, Wash, 32 years ago, He had been in Montana for the past ten years. His parents lived in Portland, Ore.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-24
KIDNAPPED
 BOY FREED
Twenty-Five Thousand Ran. som Said to Have Been
 Paid for Release

DETROIT, Mich, Oct. 24.-Jack- ie Thompson, aged 5 years, who was kidnapped from in front of his home on September 30, has been returned unharmed to his parents, MT. and Mrs. Henry s. Thompson.
 The Police said Thompson paid $25,000 for his sons release.
 Two men and two women are being held in connection with the Kidnapping.
 The men charged with the kid mapping are James Fernando. aged 39, and Emil Saovie, aged g.
 The women are held for investi- gation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-24
BOOMERS TRAIN IS INVOLVED IN ALLEGED PLOT
ATTEMPTS TO KILL GROWN PRINCE
Stock Market Slunips Not Effect Tax Reduction

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.- Recent slumps in the stock market will not affect the Administrations tax reduc- tion program.
 This view is held by the Treasury officials who regard the slump as being more in paper profits tn a n actual values and believe the &C., tion is in the nature of re- adjustment of the market. The opinion is also held that the slump did not effect revenues.
 It is indicated, however, that if the trend of the mar ket is unfavorable there will be some hesitancy in carry ing out the tax reduction program.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-24
Auto Maker Foresees
 Cars of Greater Speed

NEW YORK, OcI. 24-By 1850 there will be motor cars capable of transporting passengers safely and comfortably at 100 miles an hour and more, predicts Paul G. Hoff- man.
 Tt is true that we shall need roads engineered for such speeds" said MT Hoffman, who Is vice. president of the Stakeholder Cor poration of America, but they will come.'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-24

starring vehicle, was followed in steady succession by musical come dies which kept her at the top.
 Most of her later productions she wrote, planned and directed personally. She has attained note as "a writer of song lyrics and short stories, several of which have been filmed.
 To thousands of American dough- boys, Elsie Janis will be remem- bered chiefly as Sweetheart of the A. E. F." When the World War came she went abroad with her mother as a volunteer entertainer at the front, braving hardships and dangers to bolster the soldiers morale.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-24
Claims Infm1t Can Be
 Built to Order; Racial
 Characteristics Chan ged

growth may be retarded or in creased and other physical charac- teristics may be fixed, he claims, by electrical nutrition and glandular control.
 He said he could change an h. dian into negro or Japanese into a Caucasian. He further said racial characteristics are the re- suit ofs glandular secretions and physical environment.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-24

NEW YORK, Oct. 24.-Dr Yha- burg Doguchi, Japanese biologist, has returned from Brazil announce ing that after an extensive study of racial characteristics, he can practically build an infant to order through the use of ultraviolet rays by stimulation or diminition of the glandular activity.
 Dr. Doguchi said an infants
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-24
Ten lrabs Are Ciuen
 Life for Disorders
 M Which Je,Us Killed

JE R U SALEM, Oct. 24.-Ten Agrabs have been sentenced to life Imprisonment by the courts at Hai- ia for participating in the recent disorders at Safed in which many Jews were killed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-24

rejoin his father at Phoenix, Ari- zona.
 The woman was slain while sit- ting on couch, not suspecting her impending fate.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-24
AUSTRALIAN POLOISTS
 WILL BRING 40 PONIES

SYDNEY, Australia, Oct. 24.- Australia's polo team, when it goes to the United States will take with it about 40 ponies. representing the cream of Australian polo mounts.
 They will be worth s100,000.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-24

J. D. Dunlayy of Ellisyille. Miss, wore the federal blue in the Civil War. He attended the Confederate Reunion this year with the gray clad friends of his old age,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-24
SEATTLE MOOSE TO
 HONOR FOUNDER DAVIS

SEATTLE, Oct 24.-Next Sunday October 27, a large class will be initiated by the Seattle Moose Tn honor of the birthday of James j.. Davis, founder of Mooseheart.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-24

The "Boerenbond," cooperative organization of Belgian farmers. handled business transactions amounting to sl80oo,o0o last year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-07
M. E. CLAPP 1 PASSES AWAY
Former United States Sen A atof from Minnesota
 Is Dead

WASHINGTON, March 7-Moses Edwin Clapp, United States Senator from Minnesota for sixteen years prior to 1917, died here this morn- lng aged 78 years. He has prac- 5iced law nere since retiring from she Senate twelve years ago.
 Senator Clapp was born at. Del phi, Indiana, May 21, 1851. He was educated in the public schools of Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin, where he was gradu- ated in law in 1873. He practiced law at Hudson, Wis, until 1881 when he located at Fergus Mil, Minnesota, where he practiced law for ten years, moving to St. Paul in 1891. He was Attorney General of Minnesota from 1887 to 1893. He was elected to the United States Senate in January, 1901, succeeding the late Senator Cushnan K. Davis. He was elected to a full six year term in 1905 and again in 1911. Tn 1917 he opened law offices in Wash ington. He took a prominent place when in the Senate and was regarded as one of it's able law yers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-07
SEVEN CHARGED WITH MURDER
 POISON LIQUOR
Authorities Issue Warrants in Peoria-Se Seventeen
 Dead in One City

PEORIA, H., March 7-Three
 more men have been accused ot
 murder for sharing in the distribu-
 ton of poisoned alcohol which
 caused r deaths over the week
 end.
 Three other deaths in Galesburg are also believed as result of poi
 son liquor. Louis Fells, owner of the Stock yards Hotel, Walter Neibert, his bartender and Maurice Quirk, boot legger, are acused in the new mur- der warrants. c. O. Guffin, bootlegger and his wife, are also accused of murder. Maurice Mansfield, liquor dis tributor and his wife are held with
 out bail.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-07
Gard Come, Then Shooting; One
 Man Is Killed

MIAMI, Fla, March 7.-Mystery surrounds a shooting affray in the Miami Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables in which one man, believed to be Thomas sValsh. former body guard of Arnold Rothstein, was Killed, another wounded in the chest and a score of fashionable guests thrown into confusion.
 The police learned that a card game was in progress in a suite on the fourteenth floor when the dis pute arose. Several shots were said to have been fired
 Officers founI the body of man ly'ng on the floor
 Beneath a card table was Arthur Clark, injured. He said: You can ask me all the question you want but I won't say a thing
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-07
6. 0. P. MAKING PLANS TO HOLD
 SOLID SOUTH
Executive Body of National
 Committee Meets in Washington

WASHINGTON, March 7.--vic- tories by the Republican Party in the one-time Solid South, is seen by leaders not as political acci- dents but as gains to be consoli- dated after the session here by the executive body of the Republican National Committee.
 /, Chairman Hubert Work announc- ed that the party would exert ev- cry influence within it's power not only to make these results perman- ent but to encourage building up of a yirile militant party organi- zation throughout the Southern States"
 With this announcement went the, statement that this decision is / in response to demands from virtually every Southern State ito become permanently identified with the Republican Party"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-07
WORRIES CAUSE | FAMILY TRAGEDY

ST. LOUIS, March T. Crazed presumably by worry over the sul- eide of her husband, Mrs. Lena Hawkins. aged 42 years, this morn ing shot and killed one of her daughters and wounded another while they slept in the family home. She then turned the pistol on herself but all bullets had been discharged.
 .Neighbors rushing to the home found Mrs. Hawkins in night attire lamenting that she failed to end her own life.
 Officers were unable to obtain a coherent story from her.
 MT. Hawkins shot and killed her self with a shotgun last Novem- Der.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-07
DESTRUCTION BY
 SNOW AND WIND

CHICAGO. III, March 7.-De- structive west winds spread snow and cold over the Midwest last night, causing personal injuries, property damage and possibly loss of life.
 At Tomahawk. Wisconsin, the wind whipped fire through the business section causing a loss of half million dollars.
 Fishermen Lost
 In Chicago, six persons were in- jured and three others who set out on Lake Michigan late yester- day in small fishing boat. are believed to be lost in the gale.
 The cold wave came just when the Midwest was enjoying the balmiest weather.
 Winds, which reached velocity of AS miles an hour, broke win< dows. blew down trees, chimneys and signs in Milwaukee and Chi cago.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-07
10TH CONGRESS
 MADE A RECORD

WASHINGTON. March 7.-Estab- fishing high peace time record for Government expenditures, the Seventieth Congress appropriated s9 ,291 ,599 ,000 during the last two years.
 Although small compared to the $27 900 100000 appropriated in 1918 and 1919, during the World War the amount exceeds the appropria- tions of the Sixty-Ninth Congress by half a million dollars.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-07
STOCKS TAKE
 GREAT DROP;
 BULLS ON RUN
Call Money Sends Interest UpMany Specialties
 Forced to Break

NEW YORK, March TIA short age of call money sent interest from to 12 per cent yesterday and the bull forces of the Stock Ex- change, ran for cover '.
 Some high price specialties broke $10 and $45 share and a long list of active industrials, railroad and public utility issues, dropped from $3 to $7.
 Declining prices, according to the Associated Press index, showed that industrials have declined 7l2 points, rails 3ls and utilities points in the past four days.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-07
Fur Catch Lightest In Years in
 Western AIaska

SEWARD, Alaska, March 7.-- Steamer Alameda, now enroute to Seattle via Juneau, has a large quantity of furs aboard from the westward. It is reported the catch in the Kuskokwim and Bristol Bay areas is the lightest in years and in many instances the. trappers have been unable to catch single fox. It is reported 1000 fox have
 been harvested on Unimak Island.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-07
EXTRA SESSION WILL CONVENE
 ON APRIL 1!
President Hoover Issues Call-Purposes of
 Special Congress

WASHINGTON, March 7.-Presi- dent Hoover has called an extra session of Congress for April IS for agricultural relief and limited changes of the tariff.
 The proclamation for the extra session says these matters cannot in justice ito our farmers, our labor and manufacturers, be post poned."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-07
MOffett Tells of Air Problems in Working
 For FlOating Bases

erations of air planes from their floating bases" with ships of the fleet.
 It is not enough to put single air. planes into the air merely to fly around, and return to their base They must be able to do something useful once they have got into the air; they must be capable of pro- ceeding long distances out of sight of their base ship; and of keep ing track of their own position and that of the base ship which is constantly moving during their absence.
 It must be remembered that at sea there are no convenient land- marks or farm meadows where, if the pilot loses his way, he may 1 (COntinued on Page Fivel
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-07
SHOT IN BACK
 BY DAUGHTER

LOUISVILLE, Ky, March 7.- Shot in the back with his own pistol by his 17-year-old daughter, F. B. Smith, aged 45 years, is not expected to live. The shooting fol- lowed a family altercation on a street corner in which the daugh- ter asserts her father knocked her mother down. Alice Smith, the daughter, was arrested.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-07
Loyal To Friends

Thomas Taggart- became power in national and Indiana politics be- cause of two characteristics-loy- alty to friends and his ability to remember names, faces and the smallest incidents.
 Proof of his regard and loyalty for friendship is shown by an in cident in 1915 when with AT others, he was indicted on charges of elec- tion frauds in Indianapolis. Having furnished bond for his release he spared no efforts until he had faised $200000 bail, obtaining the release of the entire AT persons in dicted with him. The charges later were dropped for lack of evil dence. During the 30 years of his leadership in Indiana politics and his 20 years connection with nation al affairs, Thomas Taggart, was said never to have deserted a friend in need.
 AcqudintanceSnip
 MT. Taggart was an ardent be- liever in acquaintanceship as a fac- tor to success. His friends related numerous instances in which he would pass through a crowded hall, meet people to the right and left of him, chat only for a moment and then several years later remem- Der their faces, names and incidents relating to his first introduction to them.
 A native of Ireland. born Novdm- Der IT. 1856. he earned his first wages as a waiter behind rail- way lunch counter, but 1t was not long before he discarded his apron ( (fx<,.&ftvnx><.<1
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-07
100 ARE KILLED
 BIG LANDSLIDE

LISBON, March TIA dispatch from Funchal, Madeira Islands, said over 100 persons were killed and many injured in big landslide in the Valley of St. Vincent. Nine houses in which 100 were crowded fel, with the landslide into the flooded river and carried to sea. Torrential rains caused the land- slide.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-07
LINDBERCH HAS
 USE, RIGHT ARM

MEXICO CITY, March 7-Col Charles A. Lindbergh had the use of his right arm today for the first time since his accident His physi- elan allowed him to remove the sling which held his arm in place until the effects of a dislocated shoulder could be overcome.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-07
.Dauid Buick Dies
 ForIorn, PenniIess, DisilLusioned

DETROIT, Mich, March 2. David Buick, inventor and dreamer, founder of the Buick automobile industry, died yesterday at the age of 72 years, forlorn, penniless and disiliusioned. He had been in the hospital for months with cancer. He was once wealthy dealer in plumbing fixtures but his in- terest in automobiles led to his downfall and every sub sequent venture was a fail ure.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-07
 PLANE HERE
 NEXT WEEK
Air Line M an Talks to Chamber Other Mat
 ters Are Considered

The first commercial plane to reach Alaska this year and the plane that will be the forerunner of Seattle to Alaska airplane service will reach Juneau sometime next week. This was announced by Gerald Smith at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon today noon.
 MT. Smith has been in Juneau for the past two or three weeks doing preliminary work for the es- tablishment of Seattle Alaska air service by the International Air Lines. His work has been entirely satisfactory, he said. The plane coming north next week, he sa'5sy was at this time in the Boeing fac tory at Seattle. but will leave there next Monday for the flight North unless something unforeseen de- .velops.
 Survey Flight
 This first flight will be in the nature of a survey and mapping trip and to study the conditions that are to be encountered over the route. After reaching Juneau the plane and it's crew will make an exhaustive study of the local conditions that are vital factors to a new service in new territory.
 Fire Hazard Small
 MT. Smith pointed out and quot ed from Assistant Postmaster Gen eraf Glover's report the relative small loss that is incident to the transportation of air mail, which has a direct bearing to the safety of carrying passengers, from the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-07
DUNDEE IS CALLED

CHICAGO, March 7-Joe Dundee of Baltimore, worlds welterweight champion, has been told by the National Boxing Association to de- fend his title by March 21 or va cate his throne.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-07

EDITORS NOTE; Extraor- dinary problems have entered the efficient use of fighting aircraft as a navy auxiliary. How these problems are being solved and the part the airplane iseIf may play in future maneu- vers of the worlds fleets have been told exclusively for The Associated Press by Rear Adm. William A. Moffett. chief of the bureau of aeronautics of the navy department.)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-07
HERMAN SIGNS AGAIN

CLEARWATER, Fla. March 7.--
 Babe Herman has come to terms
 with the Brooklyn Robins and the
 hard hitting outfielder-infielder has signed his contract after trying un- successfully to get a raise.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-07
NOEL VEIN HOPS
 OFF FROM NOME
 TODAY FOR SIBERIA

Noel Vein, in a Hamilton plane, hopped of from Nome this morning for North Cape, Siberia, with supplies and is expected to return late today with furs. This is according to a cablegram from Nome received by the U. s. Customs office in Ju- neau.