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Written From
Washington
John L Lewis assuming the
double role of prophet and un-1
dertaker has hung crepe on the
White House door while the oc
cupant still remains anything
put a political corpse, and in- i
-deed shows no signs of even be
ing a sick man. It seems that af
ter seven years of pow^- the Ad
ministration has gone down to ig
nominious defeat and has found
no solution for unemployment,
low income, increased taxation
and decreasing foreign trade.
Notwithstanding the foregoing
there are no outward and vis
ible tokens that the President
has taken the remarks of Mr.
Lewis so seriously that he plans
to resign and let Mr. Garner fin
ish out the term. It cannot be de
nied however that from the
standpoint of pure politics at
least Mr Lewis lias a ready ton
gue and a faithful following
which are of more service with
in than without the fold.
Aside from its effect on ship
pers and those immediately ad
jacent to the border, the St. Law
rence canal treaty now under
co-nsideration by the United Stat
es and Canada may seem a mat
ter of remote interest and second
ary importance. The limiting
depth of water at present is
about 13 feet. If increased to 27
as proposed -ar.d if a foreign pdw
er should get control of a St.
Lawrence canal zone hostile
troops ships of good size could
leave Russia or Germany, and
without touching at an interven
ing port land an army in Chicago
or Duluth. The seas have been
praised as a safeguard, yet to ex
tend them inland a thousand
miles or so, into continental Unit
■ed States is something before
which naval and military experts
and perhaps all, will do well to
pause and consider.
Within a few days, the com
mercial treaty between the Unit
ed States and Japan will come to
a painless expiration by the op
eration of its own terms. The Is
land Kingdom then will be open
to an embargo or a tariff discrim
ination which would be found
unpleasant on the other side of
the Pacific. It would be idle to
deny that there is a wide-spread
if not active feeling .in the United
States that Japan is treading on
China little too hard. That feel-;
ing may be grounded partly on a
general sympathy in the abstract
for China. More definitely, the
open-door policy established by
the United States so long ago is
a valuable asset for this country
and something in the mainten
ance of which it is to be sus
pected, Japan has little interest.
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Sharp words were passed in
the House over the continuance
of the Dies committee but its
life was saved, so far as the low
er chamber is concerned by a
vote of 345 to 21. The Dies act
ivities are regarded mildly and
somewhat covertly as an anti
Adminstration effort, although
the majority recorded indicated
that the House did not take
much stock in that theory. The
findings of the committee have
made good reading. They have
convinced that average person
that un-American activities ac
tually exist and that there is
truth in the adage that where
there is smoke there must be
fire.
The Senate Banking Commit
tee has advocated a measure
which will make it possible for
; the federal government to ex
i tend an increased credit to Fin
I land. The situation was approach
I ed somewhat gingerly and with
the careful tread of a man walk
I ing on thin ice. The money must
be spent here for food stuffs, and
not for munitions of war. The
Finns it seems are to be put in
good condition for a boxing
match hut not for bomb-drop
ping. This is markedly to the dis
like of the borrowers but very
likely they will find that the
cakes and ale will keep some
how.
A few days ago, Washington
was carpeted with a nine inch
snow fall to the pleasure of the
small boy and to the discomfit
ure of his elders who ought to
have little to say since they have
not had to put up with the like
for eleven years. A mere mat
ter of 25 thousand dollars out of
the city treasury and a like sum
spent by motorists for towing
and repairs set the town jogging
along at the accustomed pace, af
ter a slowing-up that last for
a day or two.
Alaska Criminal
Makes Break
From McNeil Is.
TACOMA, Jan. 30 </P) — Wil
liam Dempsey, 40, serving a life
term at McNeil Island for the
murder of a woman in An
chorage and a deputy marshal
in Seward escaped at noon today
while the prison was wrapped in
heavy fog.
Dempsey was discovered miss
ing when the post-Lunch check
up was made. A search of the
yards and waters surrounding
the prison island was started
immediately.
Dempsey was sentenced to liife
imprisonment July 10, 1920, by
the federal district court in ses
sion at Valdez.
He was returned to McNeil Is
land recently from Leavenworth
penitentiary where he had been
serving a part of his time. He
was convicted of first degree
minder and prison reeprds list
his home address as Cleveland,
Ohio.
Escape of Dempsey recalls one
of t!ie most spectacular episodes
in the criminal history of Alaska.
He murdered Margaret Lavor
of Anchorage according to the
files of the Anchorage Daily Tim
es that carried the text of his
confession. He then fled to Se
ward while officials in Anchorage
| searched for the woman’s body.
When approached by Deputy
Marshal Isaac Evans at Seward
he shot the officer fatally and
\ fled to the hiils. Posses search
ed for him several days before
| he was apprehended and placed
! in jail.
In a confession made to Charl
es E Herron then publisher of
i the Anchorage Times, Dempsey
admitted that he lured Margaret
Lavor to bis cabin and murder
j cd her. Robbery was the motive.
. The body was found covered
! with debris at the bottom of an
| old well after soldiers and fed
i eral officials combed a wide sec
tion of Anchorage.
Upon arrival at Seward, Damp
sey was placed under arrest by
i Deputy Marsha] Evans. He gave
! no resistance and went to the
I marshal’s office. After leaving
the office, Dempsey stooped to
pick up >a bag of clothing he had
been carrying. From it he took
a revolver fired four shots at
the officer and fled. Evans died
a day or two later.
Dempsey ran to the railroad
yards, mounted a railroad hand
car and headed for Resurrection
River. J Lfndley Green who vas
working there threw a plank ac
ross tlie rails to halt the car.
Dempsey covered Green with his
revolver but did not shoot. The
hand car proceeding rapidly
jumped the plank and remained
on the rails.
At Ressurection Bay, Dempsey
abandoned the ar and headed for
the hills. He took an automatic
pistol from D C Brownell, a line
man on the railqoad. Posses
searched several days before cap
turing the fugitive, ill and weak
from exposure.
WHAT DO FLIERS DO WHILE
AWAIAING WEATHER?
Alaska Moody, Fairbanks traf
fic manager for Pacific Alaska
Airways, provided the answer to
day to the old question “What do
flying folks do while they’re sit
ting around waiting for navig
able weather ”
On a reconnaissance flight, Al
aska accompanied by pilot Bert
Lien and flight mehanic Fred
die Moller flew to the Kusko
kwim last week. They were ob
liged to await the fair weather
flag two days at McGrath and at
Aniak.
.. Alaska expressed surprise atj
the aerial activity in McGrath j
She stated a half a dozen planes j
were on the landing field when ,
the PAA Pilgrim put down there. |
At Aniak while awaiting a hole
in the sky Alaska mushed dogs
to nearby woods to collect spruce
boughs for runway markings.
Meanwhile pilot Bert Lien is
nursing nasty callouses in the
palms of his hands He chopped j
down trees.
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Seated, left to right: Mr. Batt, president of S.K.F. Industries, Philadelphia; Asst. Sec. of Commerce
J. Monroe Johnson; W. A. Ilarriman, board chairman of Union Pacific railroad. Standing: M. B. Fol
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Co.. Pine Bluff, Ark.; John Riggers, president Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Co., Toledo, Ohio.
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Carrying an Assortment
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^ HERE S THE HORSE? —Snow might flurry outside
but New York eould still have a .fashion show of spring hats,
among them this red “coachman s” straw with the saucy red and
black grosgrain cockade in front.
SETTLING UP—This kiss, anil SI,000, helped persuade
wife of Gee Jordan, crippled Pittsburgh news dealer, to with
draw her charges of non-support for 17 years. They met in N. Y.,
after Gee learned he’s to share in S39.000 estate.
LIFE'LL BE EASIER —Rep. Robert L. Doughton (left),
76, North Carolina Democrat who recently announced his de
cision to retire at the end Of this year “to take •life easier,” is
shown at Washington with a fellow-legislator, Allen T. Treadway
(R.-Mass.), ranking minority member. Doughton heads the ways,
and means committee, has served in congress since 1911,