The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 26, 1927, Page 1

THE DAILY VOL. XXIX., NO. 4414 JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” 1947 26, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ———— EP— PRICE TEN CENTS ——— HALIBUT FLEET IN DANGER; STORM DI[SASTR@US FIRE. RAGES, CORDOVA BOND ELECTION IS CALLED FOR TUES,, APRIL 19 Councii Adopts Resolution for Special Election on School Bond Issue. payers whose names rolls for April on the matter of honding the commuuity fo needed additional chool housing facilities. This was definitely settled last night by the € Council at it recessed meeting A resolution election, which under be participated in only owners, on April 19, was presented by Dr. G. F. Freeburger and passed with only one dissenting vote, br. R ipson, who in favor of com bining the bond eclection the regular Municipal election April 6. are 1926 Local tax on the as vill vote Tuesd sment i ity holding special the by a law property can wil with on Attended out a number capacity ol Meeting Well The meeting drew of ecitizens, the ting the Council Chambers being exhaust ed. An overwhelming majority those present were apparently favor of segregating the municipal election from the vote on the bond issue. It the present whelming. men and sed ol of in that ol was also clearly cvident sentiment for enlargement building fac was over- K speaker, citi emphasized need for expansion to take both present and future needs The suggestion, originally offered that the two elections be combined on April opposed by J. J. Connors who presented hi sons coneisely. His based mainly on a des the outcome of efforts legislature increase the proportion ate share of the Territory’s partici pation in school maintenance. 1t lo cal taxpayers know that part of this burden, which is now hea tinuously increasing, w ed by the Territory said he was ens are of b, was opposition ire to ait e a have to t avy and con- be assum convinced they would more willingly vote to bond the city for additional facilities Taxed to Limit pointed out that the local rate is now at the maximum allow- ed by law. He said assessments are sufficiently high on all kinds of pro- perty and he was not willing crease them. The action of the legi lature, he said, would be of much importance. It was believed any tion it might take would knowi by April 19 City in Fine Shape Robertson, member of School pointed out that the March 1. will have redeemed the tire e covering the present s building. The community’s finances he added, ar xcellent. The only indebtedness a it is comprised e tax to in be R E Board en hool (Cottln'xul o Paga nght) CLOTURE RULE ON TWO BILLS FAILS, SENATE Jones Wants s Rule on. Pro- hibition Bill — Junket Trip Is _Squelched. WASHINGTO Feb. to invoke the cloture Boulder Canyon dam bill, bill to grant world w: officers the same disability tirement privileges as regular army officers, failed today. Thirty two senators voted for the cloture on the Boulder Canyon dam and 59 against. Two thirds are necessary the rule Senator Wesley L. Jones, of Wash- ington, has asked the cloture rule on the Administration’s Reorganization bill. Senator Borah's proposal to have the Foreign Relations Commitiee authorized to visit Mexico and Ni- caragna, has heen squelched by the committee itself, 26.—Attempts rule on and Tyson emergency and re- council- | the | the ! Prohibition ! | | | | | | ) it | they | jowner a by L declared , herself. | to invoke ! please let there be no interviews and 3 Intends to Go to Eurcpe Not I Miller | the last Mayor Connors | paphaps | been involved LEADER OF NICAQA(,UAN PkBLLS | i i | Here is Dr. Juan Sasca (center, seated), leader of the Nicaraguan rebels. With him are shown his licutenants, Dr. Leonardo Arguollo (left), Minister of Government, and Dr. Rodolpho E: spmoza (right), Minister of Foreign Af(mrs, and their secretaries (standing). ' MRS. STOKES IS PLANNING TRIP ABROAD Byrd and Bennett Given Congressional Vedal of Honor W President yester- da presented Commander Rich- ard B ind Floyd Bennett North Pole fliers, Con gressional The entatior the HINC Feb TON 26 with the Honor made Medal of pre W of the ht F 15 in Forever, But Only to Forget Troubles. Davi Naval Dwig igh rank officers, Stolke e NO OBJECTION BRITISH MOVE IN NICARAGUA President Overrid Objec-! tions on British Sending | Clum‘ South. Feh no but Lake eve will = mother, N two her W childrer her. Th 1w home will e zerland the o crased” memory then, And when « ew they years arc will return learned slipped My the irom in from into All Stokes city this was who quietly few da Denver. She and suite at will Thi 0, coming family Hotel Plaza until the he would her are where sailing remain date ¢ veal Expatriation hi recently Denies Some of those with Mrs. Stoke the widow of the laic tiv wh ve cor se0 on for the British the cruises moral e lives WASHIN Cooli TON, T hotel Anson dent toward hev nter objection 1o Government Colomb to fect protec and property President understands and Talian y eing dispatehing gua tion lan the this sh She until the me of litigation over the later troubls have been wits said native going awa forever But Nicar for report British She and of rial( away denied exp stay long g okes vould not only to of the marital discord ¢ his t have The he Britisi susta was nationals es due Nicaragua. The that under the circun movement of the va. although it is I American countries, European powers a mory year to tie Presi- ned prope 10 war in civil dent stance over ¢ forgotten feet cruiser heatuty whose s air: time and said she would James, eclev in schools in live near them than displeas found, but The woes again in place her en, and Switzer quietly. ed that said: “fm (rying and avoid the attached itself of the situations ed been titian-ha have the courts, two children Muriel, ten, and and there le was more had been to in as ther between to are concerned, to be drawn dispatch of a warship place of refuge for for- eign n il and any proposal by Buropean to land naval forces to enforce debt collections oy other that character Dr. Dobbs Loses Fight For lTTediate Trial C. C | itist of Kirkland, charged | murder of Letitia White- | high school girl, and now out on $35.000 bail, lost his| fight today for immediate trial. The |} date will probably be hetween April 11 and April 1% : - e | Nationalists Commandeer 0Oil Craft HANKOW, Feb. 26. — The Na- tionalist Government has command- | eered three Standard Oil (‘omm\n\, motor vessels and other small craft| on the Y River, near Shasi. The flags of the nationals were re-| moved and the Nationalist flag run! up. The vessels will be used as troop ships. is a tinction the act as a " she to slip away quietly notoriety that has my name because in which ¥ ettlements of to have Children me now and my this time, before, Protects “You can't blame k to protect myself dren from all that at had to suffer for it couldn’t prevent it. It isn't true that I am going to live the rest of my life abroad but I'm going over there and put the two children in a day school in Switzerland and live there with them and my mother. We'll stay until the memory of the last few years h been erased, and so Feb. 26.—Dr. i chil- We We Dobbs, ¢ with the hall, Kirkland this time. “l feel now that started on my vac front pages, and that is why I want you to let me slip away quietly. “You newspaper folk have always been so charming that it might seem ungracious for me not to talk, but my retreat from the spotlight has already begun,” pictures, I have already tion from the angtze fliers have 3100,000 LOSS GORDOVA FIRE; GETS TROPHY FOR PARACHUTE USE DYNAMITE Borden Building, tents Destroyed-—Stop Fire by Dynamite. CCRDOVA, Alaska, TFeb. —~The mest disastions five the history of Cordova which started in the basement of the Star 1estauiant, in the Borden building, resuited in the stry n of that block, includ- ing Swansen's Dry Goods Store and ali persomal effects of the D rts of the aputments on the second fleor: Cordova Drag ny and stock ek was moved from Ray-Dryson General Merchan- dise Store and Recx Barber Shop in the Hubard hnilding, which was then dynaaited to keep the flames from spréading to the Empress Theatre building. The concussion of the dyna- mite explosion broke most of the plate glass windews in Front Street establishments. The fire burned for four hours despite a heavy rain. The loss is estimated at $100,000 partly covered by in- surance. The origin termined. in de. de- the Jas not been de- PROPAGANDA AGAINST U. S. BY LAB[]RITES CANTON I Int deleg il nd th Unit tl Laborers Party Imperialism th yocritical China while from e State Am insidion rance told that most erican h The dele professing Anerica tak liberat and Jap it mns, of oust friendly 1 is v re g to > China’s British I Juneau Public Building Plans Are Discussed b 26 Mellon New to Congress 5,000 for WA Secret SHINGTON, K f Treasury tor I General recommended and L have appropriation of new public building in Revision of plans for building at Juncau but no penditure over was recommended 3 Seat- the a public was discussed increased ex the §1090,000 I — ARMY FLIERS FLYING NORTH MAR DEL PIATA Argentin The American Army fiie here last night ar- from 26 rive PINEDO AT BAHIA BAHIA, Brazil, Feb. 26 cesco de Pinedo arrived vesterday enroute to North from Italy, after crossing lantic Ocean Fran here late America the At- Reach New Ports Press dispatches this tated de Pinedo has reach janeiro and the Army arrived at Buenos Aaire: Associated afternoon ed Rio de > - DIAMOND RUSH ON POTSCHEFSTROM, Transvaal, Seventeen thousand “peg- again lined up for the h on the Gastonian farm broke yesterday before The police pulled up the land must be re. - gers” diwmond s |after 12,0 the time the pegs staked eb. 24 and and dan-| with Con-| Major E. L. Hoffman (left), of McCook 1% presented with a trophy by President invention of the Type-A parachute, whicl aviators from death. “.nle!llzllunfl Newsreel) /‘uu v-Hangen Farm lwlu'f Bl W as Unconstitutional WORK IS CALLED OFF F0R 1 YEAR said he I ride . Loss of Scandia Seriously De- lays Work of Interna- the tional Commission. 26 MeNary, Chairman Agrienlt ( will moke no effort Senat ural i to o the > velo MeNary batt by th seident Haug but a bill niee s over ) or » took the ‘ bill in unequivocal fash long vet ge, di folly’ mpt surpluse lovy hasic fon in hi o Hi decla to att by 1 t ng | ,.,,,,‘llu |aia near wa (regulate farm {an equalization produet 7 the {in I price eConGmic I"TLE of Feb the truck fee on lo, which li and sa undert for [Bround work for scientific [ tion e halibut industr | be A for D hompson toduy ad sion Dr Kodiak ecarlier experimental 14 prope ident, also pronounced al diseriminatory it | sirvey ken plain cheme CONGE fix livin term was a would raise the of t | f mnounced International W H ymin e delaye one year For | sent mea Pre Att 1T sident Sar-| he of the (o, w mg bill GANG WARFARE, ~ PHILADELPHIA; LIEUT. KILLED Feh gun fire PPhiladelphin ' Thompson annoanced that the vessel and the it had depleted the th cost o appropriution | D {Echo of Tacoma Bank Failure Heard Again OLYMPIA the Wash., Tacoma falinr the irding and former 26.—F Scandinavian the Pierce viving American Bank Hmn affirmed Count verdict a ' t | Court compen he PHILADELPHIA, rattle in 26 : : tions of 335,000 eXpense ) of machine ushe \ e cach of the three liquidator a new era ; ; the last il underworld fell, perhap wounded heside lieu tenant. A third man collapsed withi| three bullet his thigh, when autoinobile past a night in 1 1 of hiank warfare teader | ¢ ko of the tally - R MOTORIZING HUNGARY his deal BUDAPEST, M ding sl peasant an club Machine them th and led toward thei car. The the ciimax of Philadelphia buy motor ploug! and trur mid-We ginning 1o lirger their acre clbon - Last million " | motorized implement the shooting is| . pumber of machines having in- Mol iveased from 215 in 1914 519 in Of motor tractors Hungary now than a thousund, numhber zun fire spouted lead af ; in trn a y emerged from the n a year sty r own motor ploughe the this countr acres were b it police believe a nootleg, g owar Chic tween and TAngs Hm more a >-> Seattle and London Now In Voice Commumcatlon‘ Seattle cach other and LE, talked trans-oceanie communications were ex all Pacific states. | ported hearing clearly llu‘ ] .....u today trans-con- | London to when tinental tended to London r voice me WICHITA, Ka Feb, 26 The Wichita Rotary Club's male quariet is learning songs of 20 different na |tions for the International Rotary Club convention which will be held ’v!t Ostend, Germany, in June Coast > EDITOR BEATEN UP which is composed who have sung will sing anthem of the 20 International and Japanese This quartet, business SOPERTON. Ga. Feb. 26—H. M.| Flanders, Editor the Soperton | Of News, was seized three hooded | Kether for men last night and beaten into in ‘l“"m the national sensibility. The attack believed | distinctive airs of each to be the result of editorial attacks represented at upon hootleggers The Chinese men ten to folk and of " vears, is nations Rotary Supreme | FISHERMEN IN i \WILL SING SONG 20 NATION I A BATTLE ON SEA RAGING STORM Rvpm\« Indicate 150 of 270 Halibut Boats Are in Great Penl. BULLETIN — SEWARD, Al- aska, Feb. 26.—The storm blew itself out by noon today and hope that fishermen are safe has been greatly increased. Many of them probably reached shelter, SEWARD, Alaska, Feb. 26— The lives of nearly 1,000 men are at stake as the halibut fleat battles doggedly against de- struction in a gale and snow storm of unusual fury which has swept across the North Pa- cific and threatened to wipe out hoats in its path Reports indicated that 150 of 270 of the storm-stricken boats might never reach port. Three battered and torn ves- sels arrived here last night. The storm hourly grew worse and navigators said prcbably only the staunchest vessels will escape destruction. The storm swept into Seward's harbor, tore vessels lose from their moorings and tossed them about the bay. The Admiral Watson was in imminent danger of being bat- tered to pieces against the dock and scught safety at anchor in the outer hirbor. The mail steamer Starr came perilously near destruction when it was swept to within 50 feet of the shore, Halibut boats are in danger of being capsized by the moun- tainous waves if they attempted to ride at anchor and efforts were made to reach protected coves, h-lding against the risk of being dashed on the rocky shove As a vesult of the storm, it is said that virtually the entire halibut industry on the North Pacific Coast is at a standstill. >-o MISSING BOAT IS FOUND SAFE CORDOVA, Alaska, 26.—The ashoat Tmp A. Ham- ing lighthouse stores and to Hinchinbrook found by the For- boat Chugach in a small pot- ff Port Etches from the weatn- or All aboard are safe. The Naval personnel included Clifford Murr and fdwin Rost, Government radio op- rator Feb missing Capt ilton, carry Naval onnel Island try ner has heen e >oe Senate Accepts Cruises Amendment Of the House WASHINGTON, Senate, late accepted the House amendment the Naval Ap- propriati bill providing for $400,- 006 construction of three light b. yesterday 26 The cruiser OF AT MEET languages have proven the most dif- ticult. Presidents of the Rotary elub in the la city in each of the 20 countr supplied the quartet with the music and words. The quartet consists of Harry W. Stanley manager of an in- surance company; Merle K. Bennett, treasurer and general manager of a music company; Cliff V. Hunt, presi- dent of a business college, and Har- W. Albright, manager of a newspaper supply house. Hunt is leader of the quartet, state rison