The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 15, 1927, Page 1

e 3 1 | ‘ | | ‘mate construction at a cost of ap-| . suecession of Lieut. Gov. Holin- pendod when the trial begins. ‘Impeachment - Court. ~ and " the e ey were ' presented by the Board “ALL THE-NEWS ALL THE TIME” "DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXXL, NO. 4661. JUNEAU, ALASKA, HURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1927. MEMBER PRIC OF ASSOCIATED PRESS . TEN CENTS SEVENTY-ONE | WAR VESSELS | ARE PLANNED Second Largest Naval Pro- gram of Nation Pre- sented Congress $725,000,000 IS ULTIMATE EXPENSE Secretary (;fVN'avy Wilbur ! Submits Plans—Ap- proval of Coolidge WASHINGTON. Dec. 15—Con gress has been azsked by the Ad- minis n to authorize the ond gest naval building pr gram in the history of the Nation.! The program proposes the ulti- i 000,006 of 71 war | proximately $7 vessels which include the follow-| ing: Twenty - five additional ligit .- Nine destroyer leaders, which are practically equivalent to scout cruisers. Thirty-two submarines. Five aircraft carriers. “he” plan “was' Sibmilted to Speaker Longworth by Secretary of Navy Wilbur, who said he had been- informed by the Director of the Budget that the ‘“proposed legislation is not in conflict with the financial program” of the President. Secretary Wilbur said the aver-} age expenditure each year (lurin-:r the next five years would be $130,000,000. OKLA, SENATE. 1S COURT OF IMPEACHMENT Recéive Charges Against Gov. Johnson and Other Officials BULLETIN—OKLAHOMA CITY; Dec. 15—The State Supreme Court has denied” a rehearing ‘on the guestion of the inherent right the Legislature to_assemble and at the same time reaffirmed jts stand that the petition providing for the pornvmhu nature of a majority of the members, is illegal. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Dec. 15 — Proceeding rapidly as a Court of Impeachment, the State Senate voted and received the cherges made by the House of Representatives against Gov. Henry S. Johnson and two other state officials without immegiate- 1y suspending them from office. The decision mot to suspend the aceused officials was made in an effort to avold the possibility of] a dual government if Gov. John son: jgnored suspension and if the recognized the automatic way. . Under the rule adopted, the rnor and others will be sus: U convening of the 'Scnat2, r"' vote of 23 to 12, it reaf- ed it had power to meet as au of !‘umr-. T PRODUCER AND ACTRESS ARRIVE AP S SIS ARSI, 5000, OO g v ld - . - Rosmond Pinchot, daughter of Gov. Pinchot, and Max Reinhardt, pro- ducer, shown upon their arrival at New York. Reinhardt was greeted by sub, servers in a suit by Phillip Miner of Cleveland, who claima that Rei It must make American pictures for no one but Miner. ¢ . (International Newsreel) y UNDERWRITERS Divers Sent to Scene of Was Central Figure in Fa- Wreck Make Report— \Take Crew Off VANCOUVER, B. The steamer o Northwes Salvage Company has from the divers sent the wreck. t TO TAKE CREW SEATTLE, Dec. 15— cials ~of the Company have freighter Lakina to call wreck of the Northwestern and Livingston'! take off Capt. Jock and others of the crew mained at the scene., kina will also probably some of . Dec. the damaged 15— tern received o inspect OFF The of:i. Alaska Steamship ordered they at the who re- The La- pick up freight which has been recovered. DUPLICATE PACKAGES 15— Christmas packages were lost when the Northwestern SEATTLE, Dec. ot grounded at Cape Mudge day, have been dupli Frederick ‘amd Nelson which had been filled an: the North: and dispad Indian Jailed to hed today. Joseph Sankey, Port ago, and was granted a after his case was cham dian affairs, Prince Rupert, B. C., au admitted to Oakalla jail. patched on the Alameda. stern . were BURNABY, B. C., Dec. Hundreds whica last Sun- cated by and dis-}" Orders d sent on refilled Await Death Retrial 15— Essington Indian who was sentenced to be hanged on February 16, one year new trial pioned by British Columbia Coast Indians and the federal department of Ia- has arrived from d was re He wili remain ‘here intil the spring as- the new trial will take sizes at New Westminster where place. Travel by Dog Team To Announce lilness ,Of Alaska Téacher has|'§ been abandoned to the underwr ers according to word the Pacifi IN HER HOME mous Kidnapping Case in 1901 CHELSEA, 'Mass,, Dec. 16— Miss Helen M. Stone, American missionary whose kidnapping by Macedonian bandits in 1901 elec: tritied the world, died here, a* her home. * KIDNAPPED In the autumn of 1901 much ex- citement was aroused in the United States by the news that Miss Ellen M. Stone, an American missionary, had been kidnapped by bandits in Macedonia and held for §110,000 ransom. The advices eceived by the State Department t Washington - announced - that the captors hud declared that.un- |less they were paid this sum within a month, Miss Stone would Ibe-put to death. The United States diplomatic representatives at Constantinople were at once urged to make every effort to s the release of-the missionary sind her com ivity, Mume. Tsilka, wite & b SENATORS ARE NAMED, MEXICAN CASE ORPHANAGE AT QUEBEC | DESTROYED, iy | Walls Collapse at Height of Fire — Death Toll May Mount to 50 (OLDER CHILDREN ARE REAL HEROES Drag Younger Ones to Safety—Furnace Ex- plosion Cause Fire —Righteon have heen recovered fro.r the fire swept ruins of the Hos pital of St. Charles Orphanage with Lhe probability of the death 1list mounting as a check of the missing / and fatally injured i¢ made. Firemen believe at least 50 lost their lives. The firemen are un- able to search the ruins whicn are still smouldering. Bodies of 17 children and onc woman recovered indicated that they died from suffocation rathor than by fire. Walls Collapse The walls of the uncient strie. ture collapsed while the fire was at its height, stopping rescue. Sc rapidly did the flames spread that despite every effort by nuns priests and citizens, little could be done to rescue the youngsters, many of whom were so overcome by sleep that they hardly realizad what was going on. Redcuers fearlessly ehtered th: burning building and returncd with children still half asleep. Many children jumped from the windows. The older children dragged the younger ones valong with them. Pitiful Sight The morgue is a pitiful sight The little bodies are laid on the slabs and frantic mothers in hun dreds are trying to identify them. Only two bodies had been ident'- fied early this forenoon. Fire presumably started an explosion of the furnace. The staff of nuns and 370 chil dren were asleep in the building when the fire started. The new section, of the Orphan- age is fireproof and was practical- ly undamaged. SIGNAL CORPS | CHIEF RESIENS . WASHINGTON, Dec. 15—The retirement of Major General Charles McK. Saltzman, Chief Sig- nal Corps Officer of the Army, from active service at his own request, effective " January 8, is announced by the War Depart- ment. . The appointment of Col. George Gibbs to sugceed Baltzman is an «nounced. Widow Loses All To Fast Worker b, ROCK ISLAND, i, Dec. 15— from Oftered a life of luxury by an ap-|.— parently wealthy amnd talented man, Mrs. " Beebe of this citv, comely young widow, is sadder and wiser today. After a whirl- iwind courtship and a rriage in Chicago, Ellis T, e I8 in jail, charged with being s parole viola-| tor from the _penitentiary | at Foit Leavel ~also with taking all of his 's insurance money, about all in the course of two A a (Africa, ~—George ident of Company, -seeondl hlxl ' NEW YO Eastman, {the Fastn palled Snow Fall Breaks Cold Wave at Ketchikan % s . Alaska, Dec. 15 has ended the cold est: spell here in years. The mer cury went down to 9 degrees above zero. NEW RULES FOR TRAP PERMITS ARE ANNOUNCED War Department Adopts New Regulations for Issuance of Permits In a circular letter “To All Concerned,” the Un States Dis t Engineer offi here has just drawn up new re quirements for securing licenscs for fish trap locations and maue them public today. The new poli ¢y, which provides for close co- operation with the Bureau of Fisherles so far as fish trap por- mits are concerned, is matarially different from that pursued in the past by the War Department. The new regulations are effoc: tivg immediately and no new pe. mits’ will be Issued until after January 1, 1928. Valid permits already held which have some- time to rum before their expira- tion, it was intimated, would not be affected. Text of Letter The circular letter, which is be- ing , mailed out to all salmon packers and holders of location permits, follows: “Effective immediately the War Department will not grant fish trap permits where to.do so would obviously result in a conflict witn regulations of the United States Bureau of Fisheries. “No permits will be issued duw- ing the remainder of this calen- dor year. All permits issued af- ter January 1, a provision that if the complete trap therein authorized is not 'in position by a specified date, the War Department reserves the right to cancel the permit. “Effective immediately, the War Department will not issue trap permits for locations within [fif- teen hundred feet of navigation aids maintained by the Depart ment of Commerce, except upon addre concurrence of the Lighthou Service. “Applications for permits will be considered In the order in which received, except that no application will be consider=d where ‘the Territorial license is not applied for within two days after the application for permit is received in this office. Showing Is Required “Drawings accompanying appli- cations must in future show ac: curate information as to the loca- tion, either by actual survey io determine the latitude and longi- tude, by compass bearing on some definite object (preferably a navigation aid), or by actually measured distance from some. def- inite object ih the vicinity and on the same shore line. It must alsn be shown that the proposed trap will not be in areas in which fish- (Continued on Page Three.) 1928, will contain | GREAT NAVAL PROGRAM IS PROPO the late John D. Archbold, Stan ding gill také (International I STANDARD OIL HElkEéS TO WED ¥ Lydia Archbold, daughter of Mrs. Anne Archbold and granddaughter of rd Oll magnate, has just announced her engagement to Lieut. Hlliiott Bowman Strauss, U. 8. N. The wed- February at Mrs. Archbol HEARST NAMES FOUR SENATORS IN SLUSH FUND 3 Alleged Recipients of Mex- ian Money Told to Special Sen. Com. Many Children Lose Their Lives In Early Morning Fire ‘ ARy 1 NEWSPAPERMAN ON i ll 3TAND, IN INQUIRY Presents Pugrpo}led Docu- ments—Those Involv- ed Mak_g_Denial WASHINGTON, Dee. 15.—Sen- jator Willlam ®. Borah,. Regubli- jean of Idaho, Chairman of the | Senate Foreign Relations Com- | mittee; Senator George W. Nor- + {ris, Republican’ of Nebraska; ! Robert M. LaFoliotte, Jr., Repub= lican af Wisconsin, and Senator J. Thomas Heflin, Democrat of Alabama, were the four United States Senators named in the documents furnished the Senate today by William Randolph Hearst, purporting to show that a Dbig Mexican slush fumd was made up for them. b e e Work of Enemy i Senator Heflin said: “This is he work of 1 enemy. T wi ave a good deal to say about this on the floor of the Senate. 's Washington rest¥nss. lNustrated News) LINDBERGH FOG ON FL CAUSED N MEXICO CITY, Dec. 15—At the American Embassy, under the watchful eye of Ambassador Mor- row, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh laughed as he told of his adven- ture in nearing Mexico City yes-, terday afternoof. The delay of, his arrival had worried everybody,} but Col. Lindhergh said: “I was not worried at all about being lost. 1 Knew it was meraly a question of floating around un- til I found some landmark oy Lnmer I had missed on my route trom Tampico, because of heavy |fog over the eoast and in the mountains, “These railroad stations haven't any name, at least 1 could not see any. I flew around and final- ly saw the name of Toluca on a railroad station and knew I wa¢ close to Mexico -City.” One of the first things Col. Lindbergh did was to talk by long distance telephone with his moth- er in Detroit, Michigan, but he had trouble .hearing. His ecard were in bad condition because of the flight and altitude at which he traveled.. DECLINES INVITATION DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 15— Mrs. Lindbergh, mother of the fiier, has declined the invitation of American Amhassador Morrow to spend the Christmas holidays with her son in Mexico City as the guest of the Ambassador and President Culles. Mrs. Lindbergh is back at {school today teaching chemisir ———— Fisheries mestion Prede Come Up Kei Convention Alaska, Dec. 15. question s ex- n the First Di- visional D meeting b tation of can- ‘supplies from the D' to be favored delegate is pre- Be convention to p favor of Terri- B of the fish- MANHELDFOR Companionate Mar riage| (Continuea on Things come to a pititul when we cannot avoid black- mailers getting at us. 1 hope the committee will prosecute these crooks and scoundrel La Follette's Statement Senator La Follette, Jr., said: “Inasmuch as the initials in the documents correspond to my own and no other Senaor has such initials, I appreciate the oppor- tunity to speak to link my name with these charges in the in. famous and intolerable fraud. was never approached, by anyone in connection with the relation between the United States and Mexico. It seems the committee is under obligation to prosecuts this investigation to the lmit, to the end that authenticity of the documents may be established or oS L Seven.) —— e QUIZZING CAN BE DONE NOW. Mexico Instructs Official lc. Appear Before Sen- ate Committee WASHIN ing its claim to immunity, Mexican Government has instruct- ed its Comsul General in New LOST IN IGHT BUT - 0 WORRYING DEED AS WIFE HILLSHERSELF Ends Fatally When Wishes Denied CHICAGO, Tiec. 15 — Bitter words belween a young wife who wanted children and a real home, and a young husband who was tired of the complajnts on this score, ended their companionate marriage with the suicide of the bride and the arrest of the hus- band. He was booked on charges of manslaughter on the theory that his harsh words had cansed his wife to turn on the gus. The bride was Mrs. Violet Cow. ger, eighteen. The husband 1 Kendal Cowger, twenty. It is the tirst time in Chicago" history that a person has bheen charged with manslaughter as the outgrowth of bitter words. Youngsters Elope The young couple had eloped from Kansas City, despite paren- tal objections te their youth ahd their lack of money, “We'll both work,” they sald “and we'll preserve economic ia to Investigate charges published by the Hearst newspapers that a fund of $1,425.000 was created to influence four United States Sena- Ltors, The documents published purs ported to show the money was sent to Consul General Elias by the President of Mexico and Elias's half brother is supposed to have given the money to an in; termediary. Industries in Need ‘ Of Real Research M. T the industries. “The non-chemical public, . scems, has been led to chemistry as really a modern magie, loned magical methods, fme sultable ‘formulas,’ as- they called. 3 B ‘Toa often this w‘ n 5 WASHINGTON, Dec. 18—Uni versities are dolng little to in- crease their output of research men, in the opinion of Prof. ¥rank C. Whitmore, new of the Division of Chemw _and Cll::)iw Technology of Na tior Rescarch Councit. - “The idea of “has been somewhat o the public in the sense aand on the research