The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 11, 1928, Page 1

B THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE \OL. XXXIL., NO. 4710. JUNEAU ALASKA SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” 1928. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN EEF&TS POSTPONE SENTENCING OF HICKMAN Rail Deal Indicated in Alaska Panhandle Acquisition MOTIVE BEHIND AGITATION FOR DEAL IS HINTED Connection of United States and Alaska by Rail- 1oad Possnble VANCOUVER, B| 'C., Feb. 11 Possibility that the motive be- hind the agitation of the British Columbia TLegislature towards ac- quisition of the Alaska Pan- handle by the Canadian Domin- fon Government may be a move of international interests te link Alaska with the United States by a railwas circles. It il d that Columbians and Alaskans always believed a railway nec g Alaska with the body of the United States be nec 'y, eventually.” The Vancouver Star says: Great Northern took over the old Victoria, Vancouver and Railway and one of the attrac- tions to the charter was to build a road to Alaska. R. R .in Trade “Capt. Ian Mackenzie's state- ment in the Provincial Legisla- ture that British Columbia might | use the chart giving powers for guch a road, in trade to recover Alas] Panhandle. This appears to have Dheen based on the re- vived project.” have con- main will L Rail Link | _The Financial Post says: ‘A |the Prohibition question. group of American financiers, who it is said have support in } Washington, are working out a scheme to link the United States and Alaska by rail. At present steel is laid from Chicago to the| River The actual of the Peace plans would line Distriet. present cover construction of a from Peace River to Al- aska, following valleys and var- jous rivers in Northern British Columbia and the Yukon Terri- seen by financial | “Britigh | “The ! Bastern | promoters T"SEN WHEELER ~HITS POLICY | IN NICARAGUA . . . | Scores Administration and | Calls it War Waged by Coolidge Pair of Flour Bag Pajamas Sent Coolidge CHICAGO, I, Feb President Coolidge has been sent a suit of mas in appre tion of hi§ economy progra The pajam made of five flour ba by the Women's Society of the Millard Avenue Presby- | terfan Church. SENATORWILLIS GIVES POSITION ON PROHIBITION [Presidential Candidate In * ! Favor of Strict En- 11. CLEVELAND, Ohio, | Training his vitriolic guns upon | {the Nicaraguan policy of the | ; Washington Government, Senator ,Burton K. Wheeler, of Montana, |declared that recemt American activities in Ihe little Republ constituted a “war waged pri- vately by President Coolidge, in| defiance of the constitution, and| without consent of Congress or approval of the American peo-, [ple.” Senator Wheeler said Nic agua has been reduced lmm “'sovereign \umr to a Wall Street |protectorate.’ Squandercd Money The Montana man rh.lll.:i‘(l the [Coolidge administration with ha jing “sacrificed at least 700 lives { in Nicaragua and “deviated from the policy of economy, and has !squandered countless thousands | of dollars of our treasury at thej cost of our country's good-will in all South and Central Am- eiic U permitted, certain Wall Street bankers and Bastorn | financial tentaele {11 be upon, the unfortunate Nicaraguan na- tion and sack it dry.” Disgraceful Chapter Scnator Wheeler sum further: “We have dealt harshly enougl with Haiti and San Domingo and other Caribbean Republies, but our treatment of Nicaragua is the most disgraceful chapter in our whole course of American | dollar diplomacy. Every real Am-! erican who knows the whole ghastly history of this crime must hang his head in shame. If the American people are not! hopeless and pathetic, duped by systema propaganda of the Feb. 11 | forcement of Laws ! WASHINGTON, Feb. 11-Plada- {ing of the Republican party ani {its Presidential candidates t) | “vigorous, faithful and effective | enforcement” of the Prohibition {laws, is favored hy United States | Senator Frank B. Willis, who re- cently tossed his *hat in the Presi- cential ring. His views are out- lined in a letter to United States Senator William E. Borah in reply to the latter’s questionnaire, ask ing for the candidate's stand on | Declaring for«-a Prohibition plank in the party's platform. the Ohio man also declared that if nominated and elected he will | “put forth every effort to see it that the Eighteenth Amendm is observed, obeyed and respected and the laws enacted thercunder, | enforced.” ator Willis said |favor a program of | which would enable he did not legislation every state for itself coholic 1 air |mgeting was Mule Derails Train; Engineer Dies, Injuries SACRAMENTO, Cal, Feb. 11.—A mule on the South- ern Pacific railroad rks, resulted in the ditching of the Eldorado Flyer, with fatal injury to ngineer Walter Shiells and injury to the firemap, also a shaking up of a number of passan- gers. Shiells was trapped in the cab of the locomotive which became a eam in- ferno causing bur which resulted in his death. TWO AR LINES “IN ALASKA MAY ‘ SOON BE MEHGED Representatives Meet at Conference in Seattle —Raise Capital SEATTI Feb. 11—In an effort to consolidate two of the largest lines in Alaska Interior, 15 aviators and business men haire and threshed out questions, Tha called to order by K. L. Rabb, promoter of Northern aviation. He outlined the plan which calls for a combination of the Anchorage and Fairbanks lines, two transportation ventures, ‘which, Rabb said, at present were compelled to reject additional business of more than $100,000 annually because of inadequate equipment. The group, which- includes Bea Eielson, agreed to the merger of the two lines, and this is inai- cated to take effect ‘immediately. Two representatives of the pro- the - Demogratic Presidential no and :Mrs. Reed, who are shown iat the lower left | KANSAS CITY, Feb. 11-M | souri still tells how 30 years ago, | when James K. Reed was prose- feutor of Jackson county, in whica | Kansas City is situated, he tried in two years and gzot | 288 I cutor has been largely as a prose- of what he deemed evil in | his MISSOURI OFFERS REED AS DEMOCRATIC HOPE Friends of Senator James E. Reed of Missouri (left) have pnt him qnn‘lly into the nee bt ation, L @%&%&W s 0a fins. and treasured pictures, ths eluding thosa of his pa ts. @hio, native state of seven pres- idents, would have an eighth son in the White House if Reed be. homy has new Kansas Cherry street—for front porch. The broad veranda fropts the large brick house into which Sen- ator and Mrs. Reed moved onl; came the nation’s executive, for last summe ter having main- the man who has been serving tained their vesidence for many Missourl in the senate for 17 years years at a downtown hotel. The was born on a farm near Mans- City ho HICKMAN WILL BE SENTENED" NEXT TUESDAY " Change in> -Darle Is An- nounced Today by Judge Trabucco LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 11.—Sentencing of William E. Hickman, convicted mur- derer of little Marian Parker, was tgoned today by Judge J. Trabucco until Tuesday. At that time arguments will be heard on a motion for a new trial filed today by the defense counsel. _ Nearly a score of allega- tions of trial errors and de- privations of the rights of the defendant are set forth by the unorneyl. RUTH ELDER IN 3 HOUR FIGHY DURING Fllflfi |“~Ruth’ Elde 16 it means to make a for land- |ing in the middle of the Atfantic "= Ocean and lived to tell about it, has lad another narrow escape {from death or serious injury. A Stinson Detroiter, a six pas- |senger airplane, piloted by Bddie |Stinson, and earrying four pas- |sengers, including Miss Eider, was forced down on a farm today lvmer a three-hour battle with to determine contents of beverages. FIRST BOAT LEAVES ject will soon leave for New York public affairs that Reed has been jto enlist eastern capital in the , prominent figure in the United ! plan. | States senate since 1911, attract {ing national attention which now prompts his friends to offer him home stands it the center of a field, Ohio, on Nov. 9, 1861. wlml(ls and heavy fog. three-acre lawn, facing the eas(,| As a boy he went with his par- , The fog caused ice to form en with a hill sloping toward it ents to lowa, where he grew (|the wings and the plane was un- across Cherry streot. manhood near Cedar Rapids, en- able to land on the flylng field In the basement of this resi- tered the practice of law, and was|without risking a crash. Stinson State Department ,and have not lost every memory of the true Ameri tradition, they would; protest so loudly that this Ad- tory. The rallway line would| link Dawson City and White- horse, in Canada, and Juneau and other points in Alaska, di-| rectly with the rest of (‘uumlu and the United States. A bramch | line would be built to serve the Portland Canal mining area.” ——————— BOVERNOR OF HAWAIl TALKS T0 PLUNKETT Attacks Navy Officer for| Declaring Commerce Soon Means War HONOLULU, Feb. .fé~In yigor- ous language, Gov. WR. Farring- ton, of - Hawaii, dlscusud Rear Admiral Plunkett! 1 dechur- ation that com! the United Stat efe 'almost sure to lead the United States juto war. The declaration has been' much discussed here. Gov. Farrington said: “An of- ficer of the Navy broke loose re- cently in New York and announc- ed to the world that all wars have their origin’ in economic con- tests. Obviously, from that, if we keep on doing business, we must go to war. This navy offi- cer boldly sallies forth in the land and says that opposition will destroy us. Judging from what 1 call ancient standards, he is re- vealing stuff that has written failure all over the face of Eu- ey Aviator Flying to -/ U. S. via Alaska Has Plemy of Hardluck (‘Al.(‘b'l"l‘A India, ,‘& 11— eut. -Otto Koennecke, German fator, flying to the United tes via Alukq, e from Etaw met many lane b\‘pks the p jary to dismantle the for FOR HALIBUT BANKS; MORE BOATS ARRIVE The I.xvmgstnnn 11, | betts, was the first hnlll)ul lmal to saii irom Juneau for the fish {ing banks in readiness for the ! opening of the season on February 15. She left this morning, afte: loading bait. As she is registe; {under Canadian Customs she wiil ane her catch to Prince Rupei! to sell, < ¥ ER Two schooners from Ketchikan, the first to arrive here from that town, reached here “early this morning. They are the Senator, Capt. Chris Ross, and the Demo- crat, Capt. Knute Peterson. ‘Al though they iced up in the First City, they came here for herring, as there is mo bait there nor at Prince Rupert, Wallis Georga, president of the Juneau Coid Storage Company said. During the last day or two lo- cal boats have been circling the waters of Gastineau Channel try- ing out their engines, while others have remained at the float whila their owners make final prepara- tions. From now on, Mr. Georg: said, boats will be leaving in numbers, and the Juneau Coll _Storage Company will give day and night setrvice, SHEPARD TO MAKE INSPECTION TRIP J. G. Shepard, metal mining agsistant with the United States Bureau of Mines in Alaska, is leaving Juneau next Tuesday om the steamer Yukon on a two months’ “trip to the Westward and Interior. , He will be accom- panied by Mrs. Shepard, Mr. Shepard will mdke an in- spection -of nfining preperties in ‘The Alaska Railroad belt between Mé’h:!‘u:: and Fairbanks:. -He 'Wiil also “fake charge of’the of- fice of J, J. Corey, coal mine in- rpector with the U. 8. Geologlcal | - fl:{:cy.km headquarters at. An—} el for a month while url | | | | i | i | ministration would stop the un- justifiable war of killing inno- cent men, women and children.” M TRAPPED BY “WEIN AND 3 | BLAZEIN MINE pe Is Abandoned that PASSENGERS ARE MISSING oo Left Nome Last Sunday— No Report Been Received Since NOME, Alaska, Feb. 11—A pas- senger airplane piloted by Noeal Wein, carrying three passengers, and which hopped off for Candle and Kotzebue last Sunday, has not been heard from since. The Kotzebue radio station Te- ported storms have been raging since Sunday. Slight fears are entertained for the safety of the aviator and his passengers. There are no com- munication ‘lines in that section this winter but Weln has: severai times heen' forced down by storms, always reappeared Wit his plare and passengers safe. TIMMINS, Ontario, Feb. 1177 As the cage in the shaft of the burning Hollinger mine mmlo fruitless trips up and down the | smoke-laden entryway, hope fad- ped on the lower levels. 8ix bodies were’ through the night. Wives and children of the im- prisoned miners kept up a vigil at the mine last night praying, but each return of the empty; car dimmed their hopes, The car was run up and down | in hopes that some of the miners might work their way to the: shaft. recovered of the 44 men might have work- ed their way safely to ®he top and have not been reported. The most authenti¢ report of the source of the ,blaze is that the fire started in a pile of rub- Ibish on he 550-foot level. ———— Connally Comes Out To Make Senate Race 11.——The So-| WASHINGTON, Feb. 11—Repra- viét Government has informed |sentative Tom ‘Connally, Democrat the Secretary Gemeral of thefof Marlin, Texas, will run for the League of Natfons that Russia|Senate against his colleague, Rep- will ‘be represented by an ob-|resentative Tom Blanton of Abi- server ‘at the meeting of the|lene. League' K:mnmnm on Security| A statement issued at Mr. Con- an ation ‘ February 20.|nally’s office said he would an- _——_,x.__’ nounce his platform later. The I“WING TO JUNEAU _—_ by Earl B, Mayfield of Austin. + Johsi Inum ‘who has been it | Several others nvh announced | . the Portland Dental Col-|candidactes. lege, is m to Juneau on} Regarding the Kfil lllw. Con- und stegm-|nally said he had “nev qu—nnd here until | never expects to be a member of he ‘”ll-” school ‘the Ku Klux Kian.” am op- ,‘ tall vmluufl to secrecy in politics or government, Soviet Government to Be Represented at League’s Hearing GENEVA, Feb. ed for the 44 men believed trap-| There is a possibi}ity that some | race will b for the seat now held | Ito the Democratic party as its \nnmin e for president. It Senator Reed were the Dem L oc candidate for president, and if his disposition were not to jseek the stump and carry the ||).u||~ to the enemy, he might | wage a front porch (nmp.xizn from | ——— e —— !FRENGH FLIERS ~ GIVEN HONORS {Guests ‘at White House— Are Cheered in Sen- ate and House WASHINGTON, Feb. 11—Pre | dent Coolidge and the Americ | Congress yesterday formally wel- comed Costes and LeBrix, French |fliers. A luncheon was given at |the White House in honor of the Ifliers where French Ambassador | Claudel, Assistant Secretary of} |State’ Carr and Gen. John J. | Pershing ‘were also guests. Later the aviators visited | Senate and House where | were received with applause. Costes and LeBrix have arrived here from Paris, via the South Atlantie, enroute to New York City. Wilkins and Eielson Sail North on Yukon; . | SEATTLE, Feb. 11. Capt. George, H. Wilkins and Hen Elel- Jvon left on the steamer Yukon today for Seward with a specially constructed airplane, equipped with radio sending apparatus de- |signed for dong distance trams- mission, . The plane will be used the they {Arctic reglon from Point Barrow ——t — A J. QUOTATIONS NEW YO.K Feb. 11.—Alaska Juneau stock was quoted hodny. At [ on the projected flight ‘over the} [ STEV FNq POINT, Wis, | FAGING cELL ' | Feb. 11—While his father, | i |swept St Moritz. | iFormer Maharajah ‘ {The former Mah {Winter Olympic Games dence Senator Reed has his 1i- married in 1887 to Miss Lura M. brary and his ‘“work shop”—the Olmsted. In that year they went latter a long room, simply but to Kansas City, where Reed fol- comfortably furnished, with a fire- lowed the law, was elected county place at one end and at the other’ prosecutor at 37, a door leading into the librafy. two terms as mayor of Kansa Here are valued mementoes of 2 /City and thence in 1911 to the public career which began in senal P w73 RAILROAD EXECUTIVES Parents Drown. Trying to Save ! Little Son I i | mother and brother lay | drowned in a water hole on | | the family farm, Alva Rice, aged 10 years, was found, scrawling a letter to his aunt telling of the accident. From | the, youngster, the authorities | pleced together from the in- | coherent story, that pictured | Allen Rice, aged 11 years,'| {Federal Judge in Texas: Is- sues Drastic Court Manifesto HOUSTON, Texas, Feb. 11—A Federal Court injunction whicih breaking through the ice and | {yyion jeaders vigorously opposed | his parents’ vain attempt 10 | |,q 4 weapon against dabor in in- save him. A neighbor Doy | {qysirial suits, has brought thres | visited the Rice home and || rpicfaly of a railroad face to face | learned of the tragedy. | |with jail terms for the fight +|Waged on the Brotherhood o “**1 Railway Clerks. Federal Judge Hutcheson gave | three executives of the Southern Pacific Lines in Texas and Louisi- {ana, the choice of occupying cells | for an indefinite stay or obeying' the decree of disestablishing th~ Company Union and making the Brotherhood the official Labor body of 3,500 clerical employe:: of the road m the two states. Death Toll as Resuit 0Of Explosion and Fire | - At Everett Reaches 12 in Snow Storm and Seattle Girl Soon to Be Wedded COLOMBO, Ceylon, Feb, 11.— jah of Indore and Miss Nancy Aun Miller, of Sel".le and Valdez, Alaska, are | understood to be leaving for the interior resort of Nuwara Eliva tomorrow for Poona, India, for their wedding. EVERETT, Wash,, Feb. 11— v The death of two men in the 8T. MORITZ, Switzerland, Feb.| hospital today brought to 12 11.—Roaring a salute of 21 guns|the total of known dead in the while a blinding snow storm|explosion and fire at the Beacon 900 athletes, |0il Company plant yesterday aft- representing 25 nations, filed past|ernoon. Six men are still listed the Presidential Stand at thejas missing and there are a mum- Stadium, opening the|ber in critical mdlupl in the clynplc games, nunl. and went on to/ of | jmanaged to keep his plane up- right, however, while attempti to find a landing place. He (finally landed without mishap, ear Hartford, many miles from his destination. | — |Navy Department Is Quitting Clothing Business; Ask Bids WASHINGTON, Feb. W~ Changing another policy, the |Navy is going out of the cloth- ing business and will hereafter |buy clothing from small stores jon contract. Bids will be asked on articles which total millions of dollars. COYOTES SEEN NEAR i SEWARD, m& Feb. 11— Coyotes are continding invasion oi | Alaska and have resched Kenal | Peninsula. Two years afo coyotes were reported erossing the Yukon River from British Columbia t» |Alaska. Last year they were re- {ported in the district between ‘I‘nlrhmlu and Anchorage. ree |coyotes have been seen recently 30 miles from Seward. One was caught in a trap and another shot. The third escaped. Kenai Penin- |sula, known as the Alaska game incubator, would be a fertile tield for the coyotes unless eliminated mmediately. . gl— Western Division of i C. of C. Adjourns But Delegates Remaining ‘ HONOLULU, Feb. 11 — Western Division of the Chaml of Commerce of the United | ended gessions last night but 400, delegates remain here at least 3 other day for purposes of s ht seeiug and entertainment. J gates will then depart for homes in 11 western states i Alaska,