The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 24, 1928, Page 8

SIX DEATHS IN EPIDEMIC OF MEASLES One Hundred and Fiflyll Cases Reported at Hoo- nah by Dr. DeVighne One hundred and fifty cases of measles, resulting in six s0 far, at Hoonah, are reported by Dr. H. C. DeVighne, neau | night on the U. S. Fish- eries vessel Widgeon after mak ing an investigation of the measles and whooping cough ep demic reported from that place last week. The deaths have all been amony the children and while the grea! er majority of the cases ar: among the children a number of adults are also afflicted. There are now 62 active cases of measles and 42 children remain who have deaths itorial health officer, who returned to Ju- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, JAN. 24, 1928. SPEED MAY BE RIVAL OF BULK IN ATLANTIC SHIPPING LA !time. Mail and passenger planes | would land -and take off from a | deck running the entire length of NFQ‘ the ships and having elevator con- %1 | nection with a below-deck “han | gar” for servicing and storage. In |event of war the ships, normally | not unlike the new airplane car- | riers “Lexington” and “Saratoga” in appearance, could be converte [mvn that type of war vessel with 'in an estimated 72 hours. Plans for the new ships, tho | American especially, represes t |new attempls to achieve t am | bition of the centuries, reduced time of travel between continen's Columbus W days making his |trip from Spain in 1492, The Dreadnaught, a clipper ship, | 1889 salled from Sandy Hook to | cape Cle Ireland, in 13 days, eight hours. In 1905 “Atlantic, la schooner yacht | ook to Lizard, England, i four hours. The Savannah, first steamship . to cross the Atlantic, paddled her , way in 1819 from Savannah, Ga to Liverpool in 26 day {1910 the “Mauretanfa” h | the passenger steamship record Ibetween New York and Queens- I town, four days, 10 hours and 41 | minutes. days, held Since | c URPOHA“UNS Co. Hamilton Packing Co. Ken-| sington Mining Co., Killisnoo HEAVY HAINS Packing Co., Kotzebue Fur Trad- 5 ing Co., Latouche Packing (n,..l STR'GKEN FROM‘McKlnley jold Placers, Inc. LAND F (Del.), Virginia Alaska Co., Whic-| jon Hardware Co. | i {Many Districts in England RECORDS NAMED poyg FliERs vy pivic o MEET TnDAY ; Town Submerged s LONDON, Jun 2% — ieavy |rains during the past 24 hours | Ihave caused floods in many dis- | tricts in England The Thames River is rising and above Teddington at noon today | was running in full flood on the {banks and in many places over- into large tracts of the Secretary Alaska Lists Cor- porations Stricken for Non-Payment Licenses The office of the Secretary of | Alagka, - Karl Theile, has an-|Quartette Will Be Joined! nounced the corporations which g by Sister of Plane: have been siricken from the re-| cords of the Secretary for nou-| Manufacturer o Hlowing payment of annual corporation license fees for two successlve lowlands Trent the cit is sub- The river thers has risen ibove normal. CRISTOBAL, Jan. 24—Fqur in . ternationally known famous fliers | At |,\..,\ one of the named corpora-land a sister of a widely known |mersed tions may be reinstated upon ap-lgirplane manufacturer, are due to (elght feet plication made to the Secretary|meet here sometime today. e of Alaska before July 1, 1928, up-1 (o1 ' be on the payment of all license fee: in arrears and an additional pen- alty of $20 for reinstatement. Following is the list of corpora- tions stricken from the record Charles A. Lindbergh here and French fliers Cosbes and LeBrix are expected a second | time on their way to the United! States from Paris. The fourth: C Whae reinforced ! e records. | flier is Lieut. James Doolittle, who | Domestic—Alaska = Airship Coiionce flew over the Andes Moun-| Alaska Hotel, Cafe & Bakery Co., tains with his legs in plaster by | e E\I. ~k\al. A\klvlllz'*\' \'nhwl \;'){l“f\_;"lif;rum_ The quartette of fiiers will | alltili ‘ ‘0., Alaska Northwest Dirigible | he supplemented by Miss Mar]ori.-| i 8 | Co., Annette Island Mining Stinson, sister of Eddie Stinson,| m».‘.-_f.& Smelting Co., of Ketchikan, B: | i TflRY Is T n; Smelting Co., of Ketchikan, Bak | planei manufacturer, lag of Anchorage, Barrier Island Fox|™ poolittle is on his way to Lima, | s UL Farmes, - lpc., - Br Mining | pery,” with Curtis planes. t $35 Wristlets we i Corporation, The Center Creek| I can recommend Dredging Co., Channel Concentrat Gruen has now perfected the ferpreter nurse, of the local BOV-|y 007 Gtates four-day service across the Atlantic, under plans announced by L. R. Wilder (left) Son-in-Law of Fall Fma“y :Ivl,;,:”:.“ ("mm‘('i-‘.:-(;,ruflqii‘:j:g . g i S : first wrist watch we can fully recommend at this price. ernment hospital, made a house| \ Fach would house a dozen planes t> shorten Testifies Before Dl Oresk Mintie Goic This is made possible by the %o house canvass and took a cei | for the Amcrican Brown-Beveri Electric Corporation. sus of the residents of the village, |the mail and passenger crossings at either end of the voyage. British lines are said to have crd- Serute Cori Co., Douglas Fish Co., Finkelstein |air made hi b, il bR ik i & Sapiro Inc, Golden Horn Min-|yater Jate afterhoon. i special Gruen movement con- struction which allows and the number of each family | ered 1,600-foot liners 46 feet longer than the Majectic (above). afflicted with measles or Whoor- —_— | 5 e - ing Co. Home Builder Mining, | po, Shlil ot lisded : | R L mpany with Commander Wi : ing cough. From this record they | By VICTOR M. SCALES [scas by placing 10 of the “four.|the world, presents ’_ WASHINGTON, Jan. 24—Tell-| Miiling & Power Co., Hyder Min:|wortmen. The flier ;Ifl",pw ?:i‘: greater size and strength established a working basis 0| (Aeccciated Press Staff Writer) | in service within the,lem, ing at last the story which the |jng Securities Inc.. Tdaho Mining | jpp iy a submarine staying down e combat the epidemic. | NEW YORK. Jan. 24—Spec]|next three years. | It is not expected theyp il COUTts and investigating commit-|& Leasing Co., Inmoko Lumber 4o minytes, % (i B S Wiiade aie B i b balieyes| UWL XORR Jen 34— Speed greatly surpass her sustained g5.| €63 have been seeking for four|Co. Juneau Hardware Co., Lake| Som ARSI b L of el N it | 8 ) @ chairman | ? vears, M. T. Everhart, son-4nlaw | Vireinia P b, u sma lesigns in the epidemic will be under uln‘\m”‘""gpr StORidted Janox of . he «1...;"\;'{’,\,,(,, peed mor. batter her tegular 2.} anI) Tq .P.‘f,’qh i ;mll ‘t"]“‘ ¥ | Virginia Mining Co., Long Island | beavy white b mom gold trol sufficiently that l\\.n u‘( ](_l! ATt adekr BtWAEY Now - York mu"‘(l." .("“i“'rumlin:._' time of five days and 10| % 1 ',rF;lelxr‘rJr,\ N;) lolr" 5)1]1.‘. p..,,. Co., Lost Ri Tin Minins oty Gt ! i four nurses who accompanied M|,y 1iverpool within the next few | 0 s ol ‘ghe|ours for the New York topiver-| Ny Stegiet.yovas o day be-| (o, Mt. McKinley Bituminous| walter St. George has been sen- | to Hoonah, Miss Mae (d;*hf"\-' 0} oaars; b L A e el the | pool voyage, but they undoubted- gy s T w‘"'}"“'g‘“ Coal Corporation, National Alaska|tenced to four months in jail at Miss Jean Robbins of St. :ml, Gigantic ocean liners, 1,000 feet | Tormation: o ,'.'v FURT RS {Iv will require the immediate con- | " i ;‘ bk £ ’4"'1‘ Fur Farms, Inc., North Empive|wrangell. He was convicted of | Hospital, may return on the . | Corporation, to have a capitaliza- erty Loan bonds from Harry ¥.|Metals, Inc., orthern Fishing | the ‘theft of an automobile at J not yet contracted the disease but have been exposed. There are about 35 active cases op whooping cough but no fatali- ties have occurred. On arriving at Hoonah Sunday morning, having left Juneau last Saturday, January 21, Dr. De. Vighne and Miss Marjorie Major, % nurse, and Miss Susie Dixon, n Nine-hundred-foot DOWN IN SUBMARINE CRISTOBAL, Jan. 24—Col. Lind. bergh, who has taken many ceia-| brities for their first ride in the | liners' rences ilder, ST ) | Laurenc R. Wilder, ST. GEORGE SENTENCED | of the shipbuilding div American Brown-Boveri NUGGET SHOP Phone 257.| Germany’s colors will fly from —adv. the North German Lloyd's 4 L 000-ton “Bremen” and “Buropa, now being built for use by 1929 to be 5 8 o . [long and with 60,000 tonnage,| . . 4 o “jstruction of 1,100-foot pie: S inalate e 3 Widgeon leaving Friday for Hoo probably - will lcerry. the bulk of n‘.m.u( $50,000,000. Mr. Wilder jangth neither port at present p ~““I‘T.”', les: «':x Teapot Dome. | (o, Petersburg Cooperative Asso-|negu. Advice of the sentence w nah. The mhpr tv;;! nurm-z“!\hr.:»: has asked the United States shiv-| he securities were passed over|ciation, Ploneer Pictures Corpora-|received here today by U. S. Max Major and Miss Dixon, Will T& |y \"oyiner ships are planned to| D8 DOARE for & AATRE JARTATY | degree exceed the “Majestd | t0 Exgey : n ; turn to Juneau when (Ill‘t(.\llj | carry tewer 1 stigers; bt miic ll{':_ m‘IT“ :1““4'0;: proposa 1‘., .‘:,n:‘:"“ vity of 4,000 ssengers’ ‘@ani r: Lo .v)_/] “1‘“‘(}]\‘ !l 'ml.l_ Everhart | road Co., Primrose Mines Corpor- | ju A SEE s R\ tlon entirely warrants their leay- | (6T FEREr K8y O and mail, | ©f $90.000.000, -approximately 75| congierable freight. inanced their New Mexican ranch | atjon, Ramsey Rutherford Go!l|WHY SURE! THE PRESIDENT, > % w ing Hoonah. They would ' | The proposed “rour-day limers”|: : | > ————— new liners. | jointly. Under the reorganiza vy, & Power Co., Shields Sa-| lapproximate in size the new Ger- |y " mverhart was fo he trustee | o ower Co., Shields Sa-)comfortable. Just ) ' 21 PRlsuNERs or more in mail deliveries, as ion, Everhart was to be trustee|ther Lumber & Box Co. Inc.:Bob Turner. a ili : - i Mining Co., | ——om— o’ as passenger sailing and arriv them in speed at least by sevin g it X g i ? by liberating and receiving knots. Tentative plans call for ..“'“'k M g tompany inal Rail & P Co., West ! LTSN | minal Railway & Power Co., West, 5 MAKE ESGAPE' sailing, from any port. While some designers fear tha beam of 80 feet, 31,000 tonnas: Ay Bevelopiae el STOCK UP AGAIN ON CANNED GOODS The 1,000-footers appear 1,000-footers may find difficulty | and a sustained speed of 3 TR Foreign—Alaska Associated Can 5 i Firemen were called ont on &~ Alaska = Pacitic Two Cans FREE in Every Dozen ders for their construction. The |point out that the addition of tric drive to four propellers. ‘.‘;"]3 ".”'"l“"_ ‘i',“"” I "';']"",‘ k“ 1‘ Packing Co., Cahoon Croek NI K, American Brown-Boveri Electric|only 46 feet to structural design chimney burning out at the Wind-| pjacer Co. Dan Creek Hydrauli: the | : 73 {to one:third that of present pas-|the excitement and when thelc, é d g it oA PHONE 174 3 the American flag on the hizh' “Majestic,” largest steamship in|g oo jon, gt | the g Co., Diamond Fish Co., Fish Creek | T Tuch Brick Wall—Fac- | i . {senger liners and fucl expenditure | tpuck arrived at the scene all that | Mining' Co, Golovin Bay Railroal ed N t. Ch to nnov!mll" while the ships, sail-|could be seen was a few sparks e o L arcolic Lharges ing daily from ecach port with}issuing from the chimney. Seeing DETROIT, Mich, Jan. 24.— and malil, would make 37 trips 2 |pack to the hall when the flue Q Twenty - one Federal prisoners C(‘r(l Part ("l(’ Dance vear as compared with the pres-iceased to pour forth sparks. ‘) ] el Smaller, | 1 , vides. They probably will to . . passengers and freight. Smaller,| . 5000 for a hearing January | " . ito Everhart, he said, th a deal in | tion, Prince William Sound Rail-| gpal Albert A, White \ sHiaks the voyage in per cent of the cost of six of the| in which they were interested caprporation, Salmon River Light,| Will be out all winter. warm and| g r four days flat and save 20 hour: m G\ man ships, but would surpa‘s|go. ‘ginclair for one-third of ths|Southeastern Al South Alaska Publishing Co., Ter-| fs planes when 500 miles, or a day length not far below 900 feet, | s FIREMEN CALLED OUT Coast Development Co. AII. nearing reality with reliable ro-|in spanning with keel virtually un-| through use of a propuls 075 | other wild goos haain - yekiar 1 jer Mining C H ports that both the White Star |supported the 500 feet betwesn'tem combining the advantages of | %" | Lo Ry ska Premier Mining i/ ruit « etables nETRulT j and Cunard lines have placed or-|the Atlantic's wave crests, others|the Diesel engine and turboelec.|2[terROOR when a cull from 1-5 1+ Yukon Gold Co. Inc., Bean-| of Fruit and Vegetables . ? Crew requiremenis are re d artme: Ve g P ., Dig Tunnel Through Six | Corporation hopes to re-establish |alrcady found satisfactory in h (uirements are reduced | sor Apartments, was the cause of | Mining Co. Daly Alaska Mines limited cargoes of express freigni|ne fire the boys took the truc have escaped from the Elmwood ent average of 14. /” branch of the Wayne County Jail Four hundred of the S00 pa by tunneling through a six-inch sengers are to be accommagdat FOUND 0 The store you have been look- - brick wall. in single and double stateroom All available officers have been Given by Douglas P.-T. A. and the others in twoberth cab- mustered and a search begun. ins at rates no greater than thel: ing for, the place where you The prisoners were held await- present, due to the reduced travel|: can get fresh and good brands ing trials on charges of violating — - — -—-——; of DRUGS, MEDICINES, COS- R Peieral natcotly Jews Wednesday Night, Jan. 25—Eagles’ Hall | TAKE IMPROVED | METICS TOILET ARTICLES, { They scattered after rllmlnlnl-! RUBBER GOODS, SCHRAFFTS through the jail garage and down ) '* and LOWNEY’S CHOCOLATES, \PINE-TAR AND HONEY{ {14 o1 ARK's SEATTLE ICE Mentholated, with Cod Liver 0illi CREAM. an alley. The prisoners who refused to oxtract and Bucalyptus for relief| ) of Coughs, Colds, Loss of Voice, SPECIAL ATTENTION giv- | cn to prescriptions. escape said the men dug through the wall with plumbing fixtures ! Bronchitis, Hoarseness and affec tions of Throat and Lungs. HELLAN’S PHARMACY and pieces of a bucket. 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