The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 24, 1927, Page 1

THE DAIIY ALASKA EMPIRE | “ALILL THE NEWS ALL THE TIML™ VOL. XXIX.. NO. 4412, f= g JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1927, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRI<S PRICE TEN CENTS SCANDIA STRIKES REEF AND SINKS Great Britain and Soviet Russia J/]av Break Relations GREAT BRITAIN FISHING CRAFT MAY SEND WAR - MEETS DISASTER CRAFT TO NIC. - IN'WEST ALASKA COVERNMENT OF | lest Model in Paris GREAT BRITAIN ' * WARNS SOVIETS | / : Siers Nate T Sent to Mos- Secretary of State R*"“’“i |Scandia Hits Reef and Goes cow Over “Breach of Information Received |9 ‘l) a n\_s_ cef and Goes Solemn Agreements.” from U. S. Minister. own- —Scientists, Crew ;v J | —— | | N'{ll row ]_\ I"A.\'Cup?. _ LONDON, Feb. 24.—The vis- | arert. Arifein df contsministiog % ing tide of British feeling | the dispatch cf warships to the SEATTLE., Feb. 24. — Six against Communist propaganda and unsatisfactory relations be- tween the British Government and the Russian Soviet Govern- ment has culminated in a stern warning forwarded by Sir Aus- ten Chamberlain to Moscow. The warning is a protest / against ‘‘continuous breach of / solemn agreements’ between the two governments and also widespread Bolshevist propa- ganda. The British warning is in the scientists of the International Fisheries Commission and the crew of nine escaped with their lives when the 100 foot schoon- cr Scandia struck a reef and | sank fourteen miles from Kc- | | West Coast of Nicaragua. ! Secretary of State Kcllogg has | made public a telegram from | American Minister Eberhardt, I at Managua, saying the British | Charge d'Affairs has informed | him of Great Britain's inten- | tions f Anierican Minister Eberhardt, in his teleeram to Secretary | Kellogg said the action is b H taken on account of the sence of guarantecs from Ni- caraguan apd the United States diak, Alaska. The scientists were aboard the Scandia studying the life, movements o1 the halibut for | the Canadian and American | governments, A radio message said the 15 men were being taken to Ko- | ¥ a di ic note de- | 2 : | il eks and Elizahe f ep ( \ ; fom3 of a dlplomn.uc ily 1 governments foy protection to «lI “, Weel nd Elizabeth Miller, Departm of Ju dink and will proceed to Se- claring in the gravest terms { tice telephone operators, were Government surprise witn s | lives and properties of British | attle on the steamer Admiral | it the conspivacy trial of Harry M. Daughort that the Anglo-Russian trade subjects in the event of further Watson. agreement may be abrogated, torney General, and lonel Thomas W. Miller, former Alien even diplomatic relations com- s“lf" flgl;tmg, ‘“;’"d“’”;'" f‘l“‘f Property Custodian, in New York. They testified to frequni The loss of four lives was nar- pletely severed, unless the “flag- | piilage ft 1}1I¢.alene blm LR telephone calls between Daughorty and the late Josse Ki rowly averted by the arrival 1ant violations of the solemn | tricts of this Republi Daugherty’s “vight hand man.” of a fleet of small vessels from agreement between the two ! : | —m L Kodiak just as the Scandia was | Cruiser Goes to Nicaragua LONDON, Feb. 24 Late this af ternoon it was annovnced that ihe! sinking. A dozen fishing smacks head- ed for the open sea when Capt. Olaf Hvatum sent a wireless { message to the Kodiak radio f station that the Scandia was sinki y fast and eleven had left the <iip in the only lifeboats. M Asu E ihe Captain, radio operator and two others remained countries cease.” : The note is the strongest ever | dnpalched to Russm ALASKA STATUS IS BOOSTED BY | British cruiser Colorado has been [ordered from Bermpda, West Indies, | to Nicaragua to prétect British liv f and property. The dacision to send I bihe crniser o gllfeavagna followed | word from the British ol AL fairs that the 2 Minister was | i / unable to gua . protection to B P H MARGH 1 Mlle. Soubiran was declared to be the best model in Paris Britishi. lives and property | P ?ll:(em?j" "Ii’::ez;::? v::al:"x‘ !y;;n by the verdict of French artists and sculptors. Beauty, form The government officials says thi saiiola / oy o v i E rapidly h 1 l; and intelligence were the deciding factor e ot change the attitude toward resident Approves Bill to] i g with water and the res- e Pl S i __|the Monroe doctrine Allow Juneau to Issue ru~f umtsl_u;lsthclemed as the | craft roised high in the air $100,000 Bonds. went down stcgln first. . An Associated Press dispateh re ceived last Scandia in Juneau ; I andia was in Juneau a week received by R. B. Robertson, Presi-|ago and the scienti ydent of the Juneau School Board,|epart {this morning, convey the news that|just toand a telegram aboard the time were entertained by ‘the Chamber of Com- |President Coolidge yesterday signed {mevee at the weekly noon-day {the bill permitting the City of Ju- |1, n from District No. 1. with headquar-' at Curry, Alaska, for heaver and nean o issue bonds in the amount inse uboard the Scandia speak- ters at Portland, Ore., according 1o’ muskrat, and proscrves at other [of $100.000 to ralse money for ad-|ing ut the Chamber of Commerce an official announcement just re points alongz Aaska Rail Commission of Five Members jditional school building and equip- | juncheon were 8. H 1’41 1‘.mun::: celved. at local headquarters of the! | road, s authodzed. Under terma b S8} = lviem Jun(‘all and Douglas Bd“k"l‘: jment for this city scferitists connecten: with: the Gani bureau. M. D. Williams, who has' | of the authorization order it will Will Have Jurlsdlcllon ball Players Ready for | ! The biil passed Congress and went | miesion, K. V. Butt, American scien- o lieh o 3 iy 7558 e s G ’ ol . i , | e ) ) | to the President ab on days @ i 7 g B A il At en STl Over Radio Business Games—Schedule | L0 18- bt N R GRTRE e o e o M e R A for almos VO ars ank ure or kill any heaver or ma e o > 2y H |t b IEAKUTD, e e s seient connected with the Amer- of Asst. District Engineer, will be: krat in reservations which are et T | | of which the proposal (o submit the s and Moxioal TRECSRaH o ai G in charge of the District, as Acting! placed under the jurisdiction of WASHINGTON, Feh. 24 Designed (Special to Empire,) question of issuing bonds to the vot- | mission, also Capt l.‘,‘.”,”’ e District Kngineer the Department of Agriculture, | |10 ¢lear up the chaotic conditions| KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Feb. 24 {ers at the mext municipal election] When the Seandia was here, Capt The effect of this change will be: | ji[ e e aly \he madio. sontiol bily The dunenu aiibyuglas 1iove: hos |is being conside by (the ity livatum stated Ke intendsn i |‘-'||(’. to bring Alaska up to a par with g gy|became. ‘o dawe with' e *‘“"-""““k.»nm|| fives of the Gastineau Chan | Couneil Fhe matter will be set-|} I,,a‘.“, ist .W”\’ hu':“(')v “-.(.‘ " other districts throughout the coun s of “ sident Coolidge Inel high schools arrived here thi [tled at the meeting of the City o A ';‘ : ’\ fi hl pilare mmission of five members 'ynorning aboard the Alaska and all [ Couneil tomorrow night A a1 | ¢ —— Mayor James ) <-mmm‘\ h nd to make their views on I proposition known to the Couneil | - > : ! [ |Gold Vein biscovered; § ATTLE, Feb. 24 H. J. Cham- Rush Is Now Expected bers, University of Washington Eng- Vish instrucior, who used the hook try. There are ten of these, the local! district being District No. 11. It will w\w.] sm complete control of radio \are in fine condition | be in direct contact with general, -“mw mication. One year is provided & The jnterschool basketball tour- headaquarters at Washington, the after that time initial - control | yey opens here tonight between the climinating working through the Por \\11| |‘. e "hoys' fives. The following is the ¢ Sceretary of Commerce willl ((hequle t head but the € | land office as has been necessar in the past. Iu \u- Commission | Tonight | | | /| \ Welcomed By Officials | | will pass on controversies r_-l.-nml Douglas ve. Wrangell The raising of the status of the| [ to him on appeals from parties dis-| jooci o Katehikan f vith | fi. izfied with his rulings g | | | i | Alaska branch was received with i | Friday Night | unqualified approval by both Ter- The Commission will have author-| yypupgell vs. Juneau ritorial and Federal officials, Gov. (ity to classity radio stations, pre-t ), 10y v, Ketchikan George A. Parks said it would facil-| CANTON. Oliio, Feb. 21 Ben ! scribe the nature of their servic CH| Saturday Night ! itate greatly the carrying out of co- | Rudner merchant, has been ) assign wave lengths, station locations |10 Tunean . ’ E MINNEAPOLIS _UHHV Feb, What 1 Believe” by Hertrand Rus- operative working agreements be-| convicted of second degree murder|and regnlate the apparatus and pre-| oy Sy ,\.m_mkm Every night Frances Mae The discovery of a gold vein over sell, as a texthook in his classes, tween the Territory, the Forest Serv-|0f Don R. Mellett, Canton Editor.|vent interference, one with an-| Mildern appears in this cos= jone mile long and 60 feet wide by has been placed on probation and ice and Bureau of Public Roads|The verdict carries the death penal-lother. Iis tasks will prevent mono-| tumein the chorusof arevue. o woman on Lake Manitoba, may «ill noi be reemploged at the end and probably expedite the program|!y or life imprisonment polization —of radio communication MANILA |s HIT But on Sunday morning she [prove one of the richest finds made of the present quarter. Officials of for construction of low type roads| Rudner is charged with instigatingjand end discrimination and excessive | teaches a Sunday school class [in the golds ficlds northwest of 1he Endlish department said the into mineralized areas along the; ¢ plot to kill Mellett hecause of | charges for transmission. | of boys at the Church of the | Manitoba. Thi weording to ad- instructor also allowed students to coustal streams heading back intojthe editor's attack on vice condi-| e Rn BY FIREb Imdercession fn New York. | vices recelved here. A gold rush is!discuss religious subjects in the the regions of the International| tions on Canton. He is the second'Mine Near Seward Is | e {expected to follow lclasses and the parents objected. |man to be convicted. Patrick Mc- Bausdan Dermott is serving life sentence in Involved in Queer Case| |0l Tanker Destroyed by It is indicated that the uun-unn-nl} Céfl' ‘ X / / W ZlYE T e . og S 1ov. | the Ohio penitentiary, having been T MANILA, Feb, 24 e u.‘l..}w F F W W ’/\ KP R’, L 4 recently reached between the Gov : OKLAHOMA (II‘Y Feb., 24.—J heart of the business sec- | e 0“0 lng Explosmn’ LRYL 4 £ Skl 5 : victed of firing one of the shots [ swept the ernor, District Forester €. H. Flory convicted of fiving one of 4 ? . | and the Bureau of Dublic |<mu(.~'”“°" Kkilled Mellett. Louis Mazer, the|E. Ratclift . on whose com-|tion of Manila causing damage esti-| i ant, 1 aitd dial| plaint W. S. Deamer, engineer I | between $1,000,000 and [ e ORI e i Ped TI"NG ()[‘ BRITIQ relative to extensive surveys in third defendant, is awaiting trial B @ gineer has|mated ) 000, E bodies have been found in the hulk | o r, A ARt month been arrested for forgery in s....luu.m.m Nine ofithe prinoipal busi.|PUles Rave Been fOuRd In tie B (Costinuel on Page Eight) |} {Francisco, has cngaged attorney to|ness houses were destroyed and four |00 (8¢ BT SR TEEE SO0 { his interests in what he char.|others damaged. This is the second | Which burned foilowin o = i ; d an attempt to steal his|bad fire to hit Mapila within six yesterduy. Most of the erew were; LONDON, Feb. 24 Wingtou Matihew's church, New Kent road. rescued. The sides of the craft are|Churchill’s cordially hated betting| Policemen are not concerned with in a rich silver mine near|weeks. No loss of life is reported HOLDS LONG RECORD ] | Seward, Alaska ‘ i still red hot vllltl‘:’uhr wllv:nln;‘lll a v“.“\““:‘.“‘)i". nu');u"ux-' v ,‘ : spreaders, ‘ _\]~ m»lmiw i R6i 10 woid e war etk e | s - ger calle e “td e et- ister, who has conceived this scheme ] ened with imprisonment in a con | At Valdivia, Chile! rursxayBuco. prasil Feh, 2q. @ bet “without tax” and on the later nature f spiracy to prevent him fulfilling a —_— Commander de Pinedo has arrived | Tefusing they go to a street bookic| The female scandal monger of DENVER, Feb. 24—Denver lays|year, the “burial parson”, establish-|contract to raise 00 to build| VALDIVIA. Chile, Feb. 24.—Four|here from Port Natal [Who is quite ready to treat the bet-{South London is the counterpart of claim to having developed the ed a day's record by officiating atla mill on the mining property. Pan-American army planes have ar- > — ;'“v '-“’} as a ‘l'l-"' letter. It is sald | the male imbler who has no i champion funeral prmn-m'rl.1 : | eight services. | e, {rived here und fliers and machines | "",” in Peril »"-"_""""”!““fi""’l':'l{ - ‘t’:"l ;::"“m‘;l"';";""»" "h.\' lltllvll its :-l rllwr«h)’re re- To the Rev. Gustav G. Barth, “re- For more than 20 years R excellent conditiol - 200XINake ¢ ¥ 3] o0 I+ 5 orm of con- ! tired” minister, has heen ‘given the Mr. Barth held pastorates in Kan- [Ma,or Borge’ Attempting 1 e R In Houseboats hafore, they How desl In bounds, auf jversation—taulé tinding LA NREESCIR ; ! wreath of champion for his record |sas, before removing {0 Denver to| Flight, Italy to Urnmy Pass Over Andes Adrift on River :'," bt LA el ‘”"'; fneresgad) vlcan In his, parinly achaile { in presiding at funeral services. He|go into “retirement.” But a short| T NEUGSN, Argentina, Feb. 24, — | pORTLAND, Ore, Feb, 20 Police AGEE S USTIORS ‘A"" mousiy | The female species the same ¥ is 84 and has been in active service|time afterward he stopped at a local| MADRID, Feb. 24.—Major Larro|Three Amecrican planes passed over | egtimate that 10 hon<ehoats, several type ¢ chatters empty stupidities . 1,.:.:1 ves harm in that way. The for more than half a century. ‘murluul\ was pressed into emer-|Borges, flying from Italy to Uruguay,|here having cleared the Andes, and|of them with occupants aboard, are Denounce Scandal Mongers s thivz tor the vicar to do is to ignore He has officiated at more than|gency service as officiating minister |has arrived at Casa Blanca, Morocco, | going in the direction of Bahia Blan-ladrift on the Willi tte river. Har. Scandal mongers, by name, are tol b 1,000 funerals in the last two years. and since has became probably thejon the west coast of Afriea, from|ca. The fourth plane is coming. The |bor police are trving fo rescne those be denounced from the pulpit by the o Put T she really does harm and J In addition, on January 2, of lmsIhnrdesl working minister in Denver.'Malaga, Spain. entire population watched the planes. |in peril, The river is at flood stage. Rev. T. P. Stevens, vicar of St (Continued on Page Five.) i .. Gt b : | . *