The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 19, 1927, Page 1

ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1927. VOL. XXX., NO. 4484. MYSTERY DEVE FLOOD WARNING | PRESBYTERIANS CAUSES FLIGHT, DO NOT WANT T0 MIX IN AFFAIRS - FIVE THOUSAND {Secretary Mission Board Says More Lowlands of Louisiana Are Inundated—Homes v — = — e T— S —— MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS LOPES, AL BROTHER AWAITS R R SN ASKA ISLAND NEWS OF ~IMISSING MAN'S . BODY IS FOUND . INROCKY GRAVE {Body of Phillip Munro, Miss- i ‘ Ice Pool Nets Winner Good Sum; His Plans NENANA, Alaska, May 19 | Edward Kehoe, of Fairbanks, | has received §34,790 from the ice pool committee Kehoe said | he has sold his garbage busi- ness in Fairbanks but has made no plans for the future exc 80 to Tacoma, Wash UNGESSER o s Are Abandoned. NEW ORLEANS, May 19.—Resi dents of the vast west Atchafalaya Basin gathered their possessions to- gother today and are fleeing from their homes because of ominous flood warnings. The homes are 100 wmiles northwest of New Orleans. A sudden inundation of an addi- tional portion of St. Landry Parish is sending several feet of water into Beggs, Garland, Dubuisson and Whiteville. 1t is reported that more than 5,- 000 persons are estimated to be in the inundated tervitory. They were notified to rush to the railroad line where cars are awaiting to take| them (o safety. Many refug-es were| without food and water 24 hours. | The Red Cross station at Eunive!| is already overtaked and a new re-| lief” station has been opened at| Opelousas. New River Formed | NEW ORLEANS, May 19—A new | river which Army Engineers esti-| mated is carrying much of the flood ' waters is streaming through Bayon des Glaises crevasses tearing away through the fertile farm lands and driving thousands from their homes | this afternoon. More than 7,000 have already been forced DECLARES WAR IN NICARAGUA 15 AT M E to flee. Personal Representative of| Coolidge Says Arms Be- ing Turned Over. PANAMA, May 19.—Henry L. Stimson, personal representative of President Coolidge, has arrived here from Corinto. He declared the war is over in Nicaragua. Stimson said during the past week the Liberals and Conservatives turned over to the American Marines 6,200 rifies, 272 machine guns and 5,000,000 rounds of ammunition. — e PREMIER HAS ELEVEN AND HALF MILLIONS IN SIGHT Known reserves of the Premier mine, as on December 31, 1926, were valued at about $11,518,000, accord- ing to calculation made from the an nual report of the company. , then to return Fairbanks and probably lo- | cate in business again. IS ALSO VICTIM | FIENDISH CRIME Body Found in Ruins of Farm House—One Funeral for 35 Children. BAY CITY, Mich., May 19.—Dor- tions of the body of Mrs. Andrew Kehoe were found in the ashes of one of the buildings on the Kehoe farm showing she was the first vic- tim of her maniac husband who blew up the school building yester- day afternoon resulting in the death of 42 persons, mostly children. The skull of the woman was crushed, leading to the belief Kehoe killed her before casting the body into the burning building. A group funeral is planned the 36 pupils of the school and separate services will be held for the five elder persons and for Kehoe whose body was found in the base- ment of the school. Kehoo set fire to the farm house other buildings were also burn- to the ground. The fire even destroyed trees on the place. On the fence was a sign reading: “Criminals are born, not made.” NARROWS T0 BE CLOSED TONIGHT B SEATTLE, Mmay 1).—Wrangell Nar- rows will be closed to commercial vessels at midnight tonight for ‘pre parations for one of the greatest aids to navigation in the history of the Northland, including widening and deepening the channel. The Narrows will probably be closed at least on¢ year. The operations will necessitate dredging and blasting. The work will be under the direction of the Unitea States Engineers. The Alaska Steamship Company announced it will cancel all calls at Petersburg with the exception of the Alameda sailing May 24, to Sep for The estimate is for the total of broken and unbroken ore reserves down to the fifth level. Tonnage is calculated to be about 799,827 tons, carrying an average of .48 ounces of sold and 9.60 ounces of silver. With gold at $20 and silver at 50 cents, the gross valur of the ore per ton is set down at $14.40. It is revealed that the Premier’s in- vestment in B. C. Silver amounts to 662,844 shares, out of a total of 1, 500,000 shares issued.—(Hyder Her- ald). ceo— — Bare Arms Are Banned at High School Parties IOWA CITY, lowa, May 19.—High school girls are confronted with tho problems of grafting sleeves on eve- ning gowns, or remaining away from school parties and dances. The rea- son lies in the edict of W. E. Beck. principal of the high school, who says formal gowns are taboo. It isn't a matter of modesty or immodesty, Principal Beck says, bu‘ a matter of school tradition. The school dances, he says, have always been informal, and the girls will either appear “under wraps” or they won't dance. % tember 27 inclusiwe owing to the 88 mile detour necessary. — e — — JENNE IS RAISED AND PUT ON BEACH TODAY The gasboat Jenne, sunk last Tues- day by an engine room explosion while she was tied up at the .upper City float, was raised this morning by Capt. J. V. Davis, representing “I the insurance company covering the, vessel. It was towed to the beach at Willoughby Avenue. The boat was not damaged to any extent by the fire which followed the explosion, apparently going down before the blaze made any headway. The force of the explosion opened the timbers at the sternpost, Capt. Davis sald. He estimated it would cost sev- eral hundred dollars to put the boat into serviceable condition. — oo CORDOVA PEOPLE WED Miss Myra Phillips, teacher of the Government Indian school at dova, and George McDonald, pro- prietor of the Cordova Drug Company Cor | 1ation, Whites, ‘Natives. ‘According to a telegram received today by the Rev. O. A. Stillmar. pastor of the Northern Light Presby terian Church, the report of the Presbyterian Board of National Mis sions docs not contain the matter credited to it by Associated Press tdispatch. On reading the pre: said that the report of the Board of Missions would urged that the church be allowed to act as a mediator between the white and na report which National other matters regarding the condition of the natives, entirely unjustified by conditions here, the Rov. Mt Stillman and the members of the session of the Northern Light Church immediately cabled protests againet the inclusion of such matter in the raport. In response to their . Mr. Stillman today ssage from Secretar gomery he said that tho report simply stated that economic adjustments of the na tives were in process. That any mediation by the church was neither asked for, nor thought of, and that the publicity man had evidently mis interprefed the tenor of the report He assures the Rev. Mr. Stillman and the members of the session that there is nothing in the report to cause them concern. BOOTLEGGERS COMING CLEAN Poer s, message received « A. J. Mont Tell Source of Income and Pay Taxes—Hypocrisy Is Revealed. SHATTLE, May 19.—Many be- sides bootleggers pay taxes on in- come from illegal sources, Frank Babeock, Division Chief of the In- ternal Revenue Bureau declared here. “We would no more tell any information given to us by boot- leggers about their income than we would reveal facts confided to us by a merchant, Many bootleggers have learned the safest way is to come clean with us. If a bootleg- ger conceals sources of his income from us,-he simply puts one more agency of the Government on his trail,” said Babeock. GIL UNDER SWAMPS? PROBABLY LIMONITE URBANA, 111, optimist swamp drilling for oll the water of an May 19.-—Many owner s led into by appearance oi oily looking film which is really limonite, an exide of iron, warns R. S. Knappen of the Illinois geological survey. The geologists made a survey of an Illinois region after many farm- erg had thought oil lay under themr land. It was found that there was no oil, and those who spent money in drilling lost it. The irridescent film which they mistook for oil on swamp waters turned out to be limonite. Two simple tests revealed the truth. The limonite film would not burn, and when disturbed it- broke up into sharp fragments, which dia not reunite as oil film does. —_——e———— GILDEA 1S NOW ATTORNEY an Patrick Gildea passed his oral ex- amination for the bar yesterday af- ternoon and was authorized to prac- tice law in the Territory of Alaska. Mr. Gildea left last night on the Queen for Ketchikan where, he said, at that place, were married recent-|he intonds to open a law office in ly. Mrs. McDonald will continue her work at the school until the end of the school year. the near tuture. George F. Folta, United States Court stenographei. who passed his examinations and was admitted to bar a few days ago said that he has no definite plans to prac- tice law at the present time. gt tive population of the Territory, and | of New York City, in Which | e o e e fate. Robeft w a steamer, as hoping again I, | 1 | R SO 93 B ing briefs intended to stay th after the verdiet, RO —— BN ist hope that Charles, believed lost : ' RUTH AND JUDD FACING DEATH Ih.-‘ é i ] Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray are clinging to the hore that an appeal will save their lives. Their attorneys afe prepars e death penalty inflicted on tle adulterous pair. New photos show (top) Mrs. Snyder and h.r lover facing death, and (bottom) Prosccuting Attorney New- i combe and Dana Wallace, Mra. Snyder’s lawyer, shaking hands FISH EXPERTS BOUND NORTH BELLINGHAM, Wash., May 19— Dr. €. H. Gilbert, of Stanford Uni versity, an anthority on salmon and the salmon habits, and his associate, Dr. Willis H. Rich, have sailed on the Pacific American Fisheries’ steamer Redwood for Karluk, Al- faska. Both have been in the em- ploy of the United States Bureau of | Pigheries for years and have been 1going north to study the salmon with a view of propagation and con- gervation in efforts of the Federal Government to preserve the Alaska fisheries. are shown. 3 B Austria Denounces Commercial Treaty VIENNA, May 19-—Austria and Czechoslovakia have broken off nego- tiations for a new commercial treaty and Austria has denounced the old arrangement as of April 15, This automatically increases import Dr. Gilbert said promising results] BERTAUD WILL NOT B FLIER YORK, NEW | Bertaud | York to May_ 19. Lloyd wil not fly on the New Paris flight with Cham- red ®harles Lévine, head iny. backing the flight Levine said Bertaud’s successor has lalready been selected but identity will not be ravealed until the planc is ready to hop-off of the com U. S. Infantrymen o Mounted for -China WASHINGTCN, May 19-—Lacking a cavalry troop and feeling that ons might be useful, officers of the 15th |U. 8. Infantry, guarding part of the Tientsin-Peking Railway in China !have improvised a mounted outfit | with their foot soldicrs. One officer and 34 men of the headquarters company were told off for this duty. Their mounts are Mongolian ponies, which range from 13 to 14 hands in height and aver- age about 700 pounds in weight. The 15th Infantry Headquarters Company Platoon has been trained Report Will Not Urge Med- | = 4 7Y Shae® e = 0 § 4 ‘ | Leigh Wade (left, inset) and Robert Nungesser, brother of Charles Nungesser, daring French flier, wait with great crowd at the Battery, New York, for 1 of Caplain Nungesser's at sea, had been picked up by 50 MARRIAGES ORDERED WHEN PROBE LOOMED Witness in Ho‘xsc of David Dissolution Case Shows Up Famous Cult. ST. JOSEPH, Mich., group of marriages were ordered for girl members of the House, of David - Colony when the Federal White Slave investigation was threafi{:e&' declared Mrs. Ruth Swanson, Witness in the dissolution procee s against the ~ult here. M sy anson. said more &Pnu‘ girls were guickly” * word ‘of the proposed inquiry was received and Benjamin Purnell, head of the colony, ordered marriages. He ! told the girls their husbands wonld have to live with them “If it be- came (. f INDIANAPOLIS | INDIAN | Bighteen pers i were injured last night when an 80 mile an hour wind swept through the city. Police ind ambulances were kept busy an- swering emergency calls. Most of the injured were cut by flying glass while eight persons were injuréd when a Gospel tent was blown down May 19.-—A nd., May 19— Five Are Drowned CHICAGO, May 19.—Two Peoria, 11, and Indianapolis, were the hardest hit in a of apring storms which lashed through two states late yesterday and last night. Five persons were drowned at Peoria where there was a terrific downpour flooding the downtown streets and basements and tying up railroa automobile and |street car traffic sending Farm Creek on a rampage. Government boats went into the lowlands to re- seue 300 families driven from their homes. The property damage is esti mated at nearly $1,000,000. - e Boiler of Locomotive citiec Ind., | | | COATESVILLE, Penn., May 19.— Three trainmen were killed and one man was injured, when of a locomotive of the Pennsylvania Railroad blew up last night. The train was running only 10 miles an hour when the accident occurred. All of the victims were riding in the locomotive which was hurled from the track. - o — J, S, YATES IS HERE ! J. 8. Yates, of the Seims Carlso. Company, which received the con tract from the United States Burea: of Public Roads for road work near Ketchikan is in Juneau to get some equipment for the work and will bhe | charge series | Blows Up; 3 Men Killed|, the boller|, ing for Months, Found: : on Alaska Island. SEATTLE, May 19.—The body of Phillip H. Munro, missing Seattle man, has been found buried in a shallow unmarked grave on the rocky shore of Kanaga Island, East- ern Aleutians, Alaska, said a cable- gram to his daughter, Mrs. Bert M. John from sthe Commander ' of the Bgring Sea Patrol. Muffro was 58 years of age and went north in June, 1925, to take of the Kanaga Ranching Company's fox farm on an island, near Kanaga. Two men named Shruger and Marrah, who were in charge of the Kanaga Fox Farm, vanished mys- teriously in March of last year. Shruger's hat was later found Bbat not a trace was discovered of the boat in which the two men set out in to do exploring. Munro was then transferred to Kanaga to take charge of the farm there. Louis Betteridge, aged 22, of Se- attle, went north and joined Munro. Betteridge remained two months. Munro disappeared in August of last year. | Betteridge came to Seattle d disappeared after he is reported.‘o have told the fox - farm officials that Munro put out to sea in a dory to explore the north end: of the island and failed to return. Indians found Munro's boat sey- eral days later, The cablezram to Munro’s daugh- ter said a man named Johnstone found the body. Johnstone ai Harold B. Bowman, President of Fur Farming Company are reported bound for Seattle on the ‘steamer Vietoria. : iy Y, NOTICE; ARE TO QUIT CONFERENCE GENEVA, May 19.—The Soviet delegates to the International Econ- oniic Conference served notice today they will leave Geneva immediately unless assured adoption of the reso- hution recognizing the co-existence of Communistic and Capitalistic economic systems and the possibil ity of a peacelul collaboration be- tween the (wo systems. Cherry Blossom Time Dulled by Mourning TOKYO, May 19.—The gayety that usually attends cherry blossom time in Japan was somewhat curtailed this year on acconnt of mourning for the late emperor. Police forbade parades of factory girls, singing, musie, open air speech- es, dancing or parades of floats, hard drinking, or the wearing of ridiculous costumes. Notwithstanding the numerous don'ts all of Tokyo's parks wers crowded with Japanese who viowed with delight the blossoms of more than 85,000 cherry trees. ———————— HALIBUT SALES PRINCE RUPERT, B. C, May 19 Thirty-four thousand pofinds of halibut were sold here today, Canadian, and bringing 8 and 14.90 cents, —_————m . T | De la Huerta | Is Named in 1' Charges of U. S., TUCSON, Ariz, May 19.— | Adolfe de la Huerta, former Provisional President of Mex- ico, and four others, are nam- ed in a charge filed by the United States Department of | Justice with exporting arms and ammuniticn in violation of the Act of Congress. MAGNETS HALT TRAINS WHEN IN DANGER ZONES PITTSBURGH, Pa., May 19%—Auto- matic train control, under which a train in a danger zone is brought to a stop independent of human hands, has proved so successful that the Pennsylvania Railroad is installing it on an 18-mile stretch in Ohio. The Toad has aporopriated $3,000,000 to extend it through the Pittsburgh region: The track is divided into blocks or sections, When a block is occu- pied no other train can enter it. here for several days before returning to Ketchikan duties on Czechoslovak goods 150 | per cent, which is unlikely to con- tinue long as the two countries are dependent on cach other. Austria, for the moment, will benefit in one way, as her imports from Uzecho- slovakia are responsible for one-third | of her adverse trade balance. Son of James J. Hill Marries Follies Star| ;. Mont, May 19— n of James J. Hill, + PETERSON OIL COMPANY WILL CONTINUE DRILLING. | by Gaptain H. M. Henderson in E— horsemanship, cavalry drill, patroll- ing and street fighting, with fre-j el w5 HERRIN REELECTS MAYOR WITHOUT ANY GUNPLAY HERRIN, 111, May 19. The WABASH, Ind., May 19.—Three | mayor's job in Herrin holds no ter- trainmen were killed when a Big|ror for Marshall McCormick. He has Four freight train crashed Into a)been reclected to the office at an creek near Lafontaine. The bridge|election unmarred by the gun play had been washed away by a flood.|which attracted attention to former after| The engine and six cars were piled|election bere, when southern [llinois in the cree k and the wrach‘elxlngland surged with internal strife. caught fire A year ago the city election was Capt. Ivan L. Peterson, head of the Peterson Oil Company which bg- gan drilling for oil in the Chickaloon country, has returned from California and announces that the drilling will be continued this summer to a depth of 2,500 feet at least. Magnets on the approaching loco- motive cause a whistle in the cab to sound loudly. If the engineer fails to answer the whistle within six seconds the automatic control .ap- plies the air and the train is stopped. Besides the whistle and the auto- matic braking, there are lights, on the sides of the locomotive, five in a series, which flash danger if tha tracks ahead are broken or switches have been tampered with. In the event of such danger the brakes ar: applied automatically, Bridge 'Gone, Train Goes Into Creek; Wreckage Burns| marked by ‘the killing of six men, three klansmen and three anti-klags- men, and machine guns in publie buildings evidenced the civic state of mind. This vear 25 armed deputy sheriffs of Willlamson county were sprinkled through the city as a pre- cautionary move, but they nothing to do, - FREIGHTER ON RUN BETWEEN ANCHORAGE AND CALIFORNIA The steamer Lassen, about 1,206 LIVINGSTO. tons, has been chartered by Capt. C.| Walter Hill, ¢ A. Pederson of Anchorage to operate |has married Mildred Richardson, between that place and San Fran-|Follies star, a short time cisco as a coal carrier. She has sail-|granted a divorce from Paunnal ed for Anchorage, via Kodiak, Hall,