The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 5, 1927, Page 1

THE DAILY Al “ALL THE NEW VOL. XXIX., NO. 4420, Jur ALL THE TIME” ‘AU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1927. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRES5 PRICE TEN CENTS 500 REPORTED KILLED IN CYCLONE BODY OF MISSING FLIER IS FOUND LEGISLATURE T CONVENE MONDAY IN 60-DAY TERM | tured | tol i dol Secretary Theile Will Form- ally Open Eighth Session at Noon Monday. ’ biennial session of the Alaska Legislature will be formally opened at noon next Mondoy { Secret Karl Theile will vene the Senate promptly at and the hour for calling the of Representatives to order for 12:30 p. m. Only two members will not b present, one Senator, Harry Pratt. | Fairbanks, and Representative Ralph| Lomen, Nome. Both left Seattle this| morning on the steamer Alaska and| are due here Tuesday morning Organization Undecided It was' said today that neither branch had perfected slates for pe manent organizations. In the Senate, Senator Bartley Howard, of the Third Division, and Senator Forest J. Hunt Ketchikan, are most mentioned for the position of Presi dent Both are Republicans. Sena- tor Charles W. Brown, senior Sena- tor from the Second Division, elect ed in 1925, running as an Independent, was also mentione din connecticu with that position. It was considered by some of the Senators that it was unlikely that any permanent organization would be attempted Monday. It was point ed out that Senator Pratt will arrive Tuesday and that a matt courtesy (o him final organization proceedings would be postponed pending his arvival, Two Lead for Speaker The speakership the seemed toda t betwen resentative Sumner Smith, and Representative H. H Tairbanks. So far as could be ed there were no other heing considered. Both are Republi The eighth con | noon, | House is st House Rejs Anchor- Ross, lear age. cans If a decision had been to election of a Secretary Senate and the Clerk of the it had not been made public. It was expected that their selection would be deferred until Tuesday The House, it believed, wouid probably not organize on a perman- ent is Monday Representative Lomen will not be in attendance be- fore Tuesday and, foilowing sible the House will await inz before electing permanent dents set in other years, it is cars, Informal talks were being tinued today among members of the reached for the of pois Senate relative to organization mat- | held ters. No general of Republican House, efforts informal caucus cessful. Message About Midweek Gov. George A. Parks is expected to* deliver his biennial message to the lawmakers as soon possible after permanent organization shall have been effected. No definite date has been fixed for this, but it was believed it would take place about Wednesday. The Governor has been working on his message for sometime. He had about completed it' today and was engaged in getting it into final shape for delivery. e HARDING GETS TOUGH Word has been received from Chit- ina that a “lone prohibition offic called Harding,” made a generai cleanup unaided, on the town. It 13 reported that 15 people. were found guilty of breaking the Eighteenth amendment. The only business places that escaped are the drug store and Tom Smith, formerly of McCarthy.—(McCarthy News.) caucus was members of the to bring about an also being unsuc- British Wives Barred from Borrowing Money LONDON, March 5. — Wives Great Britain are prohibited from borrowing money without the con- sent of their husbands under a dras- tic money lenders bill which passed the second reading in the House of Commons and therefore will prob- ably become a law. members | House, | prece- | his com- con- ‘IAI(‘H OR SIPHONED FROM BONDED WAREHOUSE of i 1 |} 50 t | | | prominently | | | | | | in | plosion 8 ALASKA GAME THROUGH 600 I'E OF HOsSE: RAID IS MADE Mrach 1 s whiske warehouse mtained $1.800.00 GO0 feet The 5 buildin CHICAGO was Over « prewar by thiey valued at Among the Wilhiam (Klondike was hehd in nnection with the of United la Simmons phon overn hose bonded e capiired O'Donnell ng men wi nent ilding police | Wi Kill Ai o men after cap Disi thousands of revealed today Federal ' it was [ Assis M William «Fur) leader Two men the pumps after the officers in for hours had and “nis ant four 2ht men in a spectacular wiggen ney 1 angland captured at Dad Tain the cmptied and recovered worth were fifth warehouse of ligquor W roof fire, The he man pursued and - escaped dropping dowa as over wait two on mid and after they their he a wall pistol Women in the Day’s News “ LUCILLE ATCHERSON OLGA MEMNCHEK. Anna Pavlova was to visit Russia, where she slarred in the Tmperial ballet, for the first time since the revolution. Mrs. Kathleen Rochelle became the first woman member of the i\Wyoming Legislature in twelve years. Lucille Atcherson, of ‘Columbus, 0., first woman member of the United States Dip- [lomatic Corps, was assigned to the Balboa, Panama, Legation. ,Olga Menchek won the chess championship for girls under twenty-three at the Imperial Chess Club, London, = ING MOONSHINE MASH IS NOT VIOLATION OF PROHIBITON LAW, RULES FEDERAL JUDGE TTLIE, March 5.—The use oi | sk Mrach The Alaska on has awarded af 13 foot stern wheel} Schertzer Brothers The vessel will cost $5.000 and be equipped with a 50-horse power en- gine to maintain a speed of 11 miles an hour. here will bp sleeping quar-| ters on the hoat for five persons. Fish Tenders The Ballard Marine and Railway Company is building two cannery tenders, each 72 feet long for the New England Fish Company. Bomb Wrecks Expensive . o e Autos, Chicago Building CHICAGO, March 5.—A bomb ex- in a West Side sales room early this morning demolished a dozen expensive automobiles and damaged the building. The explo- 3 PN sion was the second in the past week NEW NIGHT PATROLMAN on the property of Emil Denemark, Al Nord who attributes the attacks to politi-|night patrolman by Chief of Police cal enmity. McCloskey, to fill a vacancy, SEATTLE, 5. Game Comm contract for river boat to a neighbor's moonshine mash for | hog tecd does not constitute viola- "Hull of the National Prohibition Act Federal Judge Jeremiah Neterer so {held when he instructed a jury late i yestorday free William Russc i middle aged farmer and “occasional occupant of the pulpit of the Com munity Church at ( nite Falls Russell was trial with two al- Conteagt s Lt for SRR, Toms s 20, ekl o o Craft to Seattle Ship- jusing the mash from a still operated buildi C i by the codefendants uillding Concern. e R Cal., March 5. ipreme Justice Igor of LOS AN The theory Fe Nyga Cze Ny also in the servic States in the of the United Philipines as Major, Harry M. Fe Nyza, Alaskan, appear ed and said “I am the Judge's brother but am not a Chinese Marshal, in the United Spanish-American War, not as Major but as a buck pjrivate.” Orient. MAJOR BORGAS ¢ KILLED, FLIGHT brother, who is was completely exploded today when I I served States Army ip the a Harry spent the last years in Alas- ka after adventuring throughout the | | roof | | | seaplaie, floating | Larre-Bor | ned to hop to the Brazilian coast TO ARGENTINA Body Is Fo;md Floating on Sea — Three Others Also Missing. AGADIR, Morocco, Mrach reported here that the hody Major Tadero Larre-Borgas, Urugua van aviator, migsing since last Wed nesday baen found northwest of Cape Jobi. *®he body is reported to have heen found shortly after ihe in which he planned the Atlantic, found off the cape. reported findings of Mujor Borga’s body indicated he attempted to reach the Canary Islands when he left Casa Blanca on Wednesday. Cape Jobi near the C; He w accompanied his Blauco 185, radio Capt Barra, second Tose Figoll, mechaniciag It of is hop across was The is ries brother, operator pilot and The fliers Jose ) nd Montevideo, terminate the Uruguay PROHIBITION 1S NOT ISSUE FOR NEXT CAMPAIGN flight at Democratic Senators in Cau- fcommittee | | 1 . cus Made Decision—Rob- mson s Re-elected. WASHINGTON, March Demo- Senators have unanimously de P'rohibition will not be 5. craic cided an that issue At the Joseph Senator Arkansas Democratic T Robinson, unanimously re-clected for the Seventieth ucus unanimously approved ision that Senator James campaign investigating forward with the in- despite the Senate's failure to of the canens, of wis leader Ths ¢ the Congress. of A e teed's quiry extend the Senator can of 1% filibuster agz the committee, said will many legal attempts to continue work. Robinson, outlining the tand after the caucus, committee A. Reed, Republi- nsylvania, who led the extending the life the commit- David inst of obstacles tee meet if it Senator Prohibition said It exist recognized that differences varions States on politic and these difference: P'rohibition, are not partisan s in re he regarded In the very nature of the guestion it cannot be made a party issue.” U. S. INSPECTOR UNDER ARREST Edward W. Immigration subjects to nature. specting as of SEATTLE. March 5. Stetson, United States Inspector, has been arrested on a San Francisco Federal Grand jury indictment accusing him of conspiring with five Chinese for smuggling nar- cotics into the country, He has been lodged in the County jail in lieu of $15,000 bail COL. STEESE SAILS ON ALASKA FROM SEATTLE President of v Col. James G. Steese, the Alaska Road Commission and S. District Engineer, left Seattle ka While in Seattle it is stood he closed up the contract with the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredg ing Co Narrows improvement project. Col. Steese has been absent from Junean since early last fall. He at- tended the International Navigatiou Confere in Egypt late last year and returned to the United States shortly after the first of the year, Since (hat time he has been en- trom has been appointed | gaged in supporting and explaining the Alaska Road Commission esti- mates betore Congress. to| floor | to- 1 on day for Junean on the steamer Alus-| under-} cyrred when a heavy boom gave for completing the Wrangeli| | 1B hai .S. MARINES SEE FIRS] ACTION,CHINA W ARF AR SHANGIHAL Marines the "TOWN WRECKED, I SHIPS BATTERED I STRONG BALE !Cyclone Sweeps Madagascar | Islar.d—Does Damages Es- tunated Four Million. March into 5 American today a squad of Chi Standard O, the went action first time soldiers when took rted down Give a Sigh nese a [ Liunch and s The American Naval ofticers notified and { S, Devil were sent in pursuit. They the Chinese after five and recovered the ing a shot although the armed Marines Are Fifteen hundred paraded for the wits stream | were Do overtook | a mile chase | without it Chinese we | | ‘ hoat CAPE TOWN A terrifie zascur Island on that So. Africa, March lone struck Mada- Thursday and it is were killed in Tamative, which in harbor wrecks The $1.000.000 St | | On Parade ‘ American Marine, two hours today through | Shanghai streets and the march without incident, the Chin gazing on the Americans with g er than rines from Officers of parade ing the reported town | ruins, | the of and in {Joss I8 estimated at l Stear Catinat P Amanada and the s lzabeth and Berizky wrtcked Ml Colony n( ma the s Anne and respect soldiers other nation Marines statad any ng vessels the for were complete was purpose of giv- | Island the Tndian of Africa gas is a French off the island and men exercise Cantonese On Move The Cantonese army strenuous efforts v the Nanking the main Marshal advance reported which some in Ocean I'he east coast makinz reach Shanghai Railway which of comunication Tsun hang of the 1Hones miles miles jeontains has ' to square a population of 2.500.000 ALl 15 o The ar Soochow communications are wrecked reached with the by the first ships line Shang and here the storm parriving >oo EXTRA SESSI0 IN WASHINGTON NOW PROBABLE OLYMPIA, Wash., March 5-—The "possibility of an extra Legislative ! session oomed when the Senate Ap- [ propria: cns Commitiee further coin- | plica Q4 the pregent jam cutting an additional 400000 from theHouse i General Omaibus bill. The measue g a total of CUIRITITTTS $760000 less than Gov. Hartley ded Shoukd 1! guards news today 15 firty o from ARvel east of Shang CLAIMS FOUR MARINES DEAD ~MC. FIGTING March ™ refugees returning Venezuela from that four Amer were Killed in fighting Let those of us who consider the Congressional Record dull give a sigh today for William A. Smith, who has had to read it for fifty-two years. He became a messen- r in the proofroon at 'ashington in 1875 and now he is in charge of its publi- cation. (International New 35 PASSENGERS ABOARD ALASKA FOR THIS PORT - _ ... Morsing i 341 P SYNTHETIC GAS IN' ANNOUNGED ch Enéinecrs Produce Gasoline and Fuel Oil from Lignite. | | | | 5 LOS Examiner aboard the liner Nicaragua declared Marines Corinto, by ) jcan nos near rec- Motely Army—Get 'Em Drunk NEW YORK, March William P, Brooks, American pilot in the Nica air has sent | from to the York Times nearly all diers on hoth sides are conscripted, Generals get the men fo fight by getting them drunk. They tell them how bad the other side Jrooks stated he which omn House and Senate fail cement on the bill the will left with necessitating an - extra 5 to reach an I Stite Departments it fands salon he service Managu saying raguan patch a dis New sol- & is SAW @ new army men without shoes, sandals and others withont trousers, without shirts and one wore bedroom slippers and an- full dress suit, — e - FIRST STOR BOUND VESSEL REACHES N. Y. in were others Steamer | at 9| v fo [« 3 o B.| ni P LI sailed March for Alaska this morning with including the fol Bert Levy, Col. James Bez, J. H. Roberts, J H. Cann and Wife, K. M. Hagre, L. He three children, | Lomen and wife, B and wife, Harry K. Roselle, D, J. Williams, Thomas Knudson and W. Harding, wife and wtel and wife, and seven a bathrobe other por 41 wing Junean Fre Steese, N Littlepage w and wite and Walker, Ralph M. Behrends Pratt, Barney W. A. Fox, wife, Justin son, R L steerage. | Bereton Albert Frod- Houdry, French synthetic pro- a commerciai the present ing five gai- PARIS i bomme and engineers duction of [hasis of March Eneene announced asoline on two-thirds of plant extract gasoline apd four gallons ot and valuable sulphur from municipal council in a ton of lignite. 1t is estimated that of Marey-les-Fussey, there will be enough lignite avail- “71 years of able to supply France with gasoline “for 150 years cost by a NEW YORK, March The firs of the New York bound vessels (o tarrive after passing through the storm of last Wednesday put in early today with the forward skylights on the starboard side smashed and six cabing watersoaked. The vessel was the Manarge of the Munson Line. Capt. Thomas Simi-' mons reported he encountered 10 foot waves and 90 mile an hour winds, | 20 Tons of Steel Fall; Six Men VAre Badly Hurt’ TLE, March X steel kers were injured, two critically, when they hurled 75 feet to the ground yesterday afternoon by the collapse of 20 tons of steel gird- o whitel) the support of the| gy, .. commission of Fine Arts, the roof of the new women's gymnasium | land been acquired, and work the Univer of Washington | i i [ will during the latter pare campus. The accident, which oc. f o lons of SR fuel oil The France whose GREAT BRITAIN TO BUILD NEW EMBASSY room for ‘(I entrance. Blsewhere about | the embassy property, private own- ers cither have built or plan to build oldest is that members average 9 the circle, will give ample service Great dollar March million WASHINGTON, Britain have embassy Washington is to i §.—8 i in Designs for the building, drawn’ by | ¢ Sir Edwin Luytens, recreator of the fine magnificent Indian capital at Detni The have been approved by the United homes chancellery, which will be the residential section of by a port cochere, will back from the streer, park across Massa- The Ambassador's above the will have portions of were joined the embassy stand well overlookin a avenue he were begin ) | chusett year hu - L office will The little parcel of Great Britain| port cochere weeks |in Washington on which the embassy The injured men were riding a will be erected is peculiar in shape i seven ton triangular truss which was being the center of a triangular| being lowered into place by the block bounded by Massachusetts ave- hoom. nue to the northeastward hy W | street on the south, and by Thirty I Second street rthwest, and the | United States Naval Observatory | courts and similar amusement facili. civcles on the west. Two adjoining ties, while in front a tall iron fence of Jots, 100 by 200 feet each, have been will be broken by four gates lead- Am-' acquired on the Massachusetts ave- ing into and out of the chancellery - nue side to provide for the mainjand the embagsy along separate iumrunm, Another lot, fronting on| paths. ‘ . situgted where he hoth | | will delay construction for tu ready to the building The entire mistakably in It will be of red brick with stone trimmings, and will be sur- rounded by gardens, with tennis be un- tradition. white structure will the English | et HALIBUT PRICES PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., March 5.—Forty-two thousand pounds halibut were sold here today. !erl(-un brought 7 and 16 cents and |Canadian 8 and 15 cents.