The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 18, 1928, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” 'OL. XXXL, NO. SE( 4716. JUNEAU, ALASKA SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, undred Passengers Swept from F % g €a BOAT SUDDENLY PLUNGES DOWN AT BOW, IN BAY, Passengers Submerged and| Washed Overboard— | Eight Still Missing FRANCISCO, cal., Feb. least eight persons were ing when the police and checked reports today in an effort to ascertain the number asualties in the accident to vhoat Peralta from whose | n unknown number of ngers were swept into San neisco Bay last night. Revised figures showed 10 per- sons, believed to be on the ferry last night when the passenger- laden prow dipped into the bay, still failed to return to their | homes. | The swept into the number of passengers | water are still un- determined and investigators are | without means of checking. The ! estimates of the passengers plung- ed overboard were up to 100. The | official list shows 17 were rescued although others were taken from the water and not reported. What caused the submerging | of the forward part of the ferry| as it sped toward OaRland dur- ing the evening rush, undetermined. Six persons originally reported | missing, returped to their homes. | Search at Night | Dariner (ho night wosystematio ! scarch of the bay fatléd to ‘reveal trace of the bodies. | Although the ferry was mot loaded to capacity, which is 4,000 persons, a large crowd was| aboard. * Many had gathered on the lower forw: deck. Sudden-| ly the huge ferry lurched down-| ward and scores of passengers in the bow found themselves sub- wmerged. Dozens were washed overboard. Pademonium broke out among the other passengers who thought the ferry was going down Air Filled With Cries Women knelt on the decks and | prayed while men attacked uwl lockers filled with life-preservers. | i The air was filled with ('r[es| of those struggling in the water and screams of the women aml children on the decks. The Peralta’s crew was ordered to the life boats, as the ferry| slowly settled back to even keel. The ferryboat Hayward, which was passing near the scene, Jaunched life boats as did th(' naval training station at Goat | Island, a few hundred yards from | the scene. | The choppy water was strewa with hats and bits of wreckage. The rapidly falling twlllght. handicapped the rescue workers. Missing Persons J. W. Collins, Lewis Kean, W.| Sayre, Bert Tangrer and Walter | Foley, all of Oakland. Hugh Findlay, trade journal editor of Berkeley; a man named myrell and an unidentified negress. v ———————— LEETH IS RETURNING Melvin S. Leeth, who has been in San Jose since early last fall attending a business college, is returning t6 Jumeau aboard the’ gteamer Admiral Watson due to-| MOrrow. ———————— M'CAULS GOING SOUTH i . J. McCaul and wife will leave on the next southbound trip of | the steamer Yukon for a tour of the Pacific Coast states, being ab-| sent for possibly one month. % L | Trafia-Pacifié Japanese Flight i Is Believed Off TOKIO, Feb. 18—The pro- posed trans-Pacific Japanese aerial flight scheduled for the summer of 1928 is belleved to _have been pnatm-l on count of the refusal of remains | | i ] bencath a jas {hood fs being felt | England and the British Isles be- | lmmnrrhd o “Iliving are blamed for the present; 92 1928. PRINCE AND PRINCESS BETROTHED Princess Ingrid (left), daughter of the Swedish Crown Prince, is be- trothed to the Danish Crown Prince, Frederik (right). The National Tidende of Copenhagen has published a report that during the so-called Danish Week at Stockholm, Sweden, the engagement will be formally ’lnnuunced. Prince Frederik has left for the capital of Sweden to attend the approaching festivities. | ¢ " Meet Miss Cincinnati | Harbingers of { Early Spring Snowed Under Feh, 18-—Mid- Spring, har- Srobins and hud- were smothered x inch blanket of snow toda Two deaths and numerous injuries, attributed | to the storm reported. The storm swept Chicago and | a wide section surrounding following several weeks of weather. The air- Spring-like mail service is virtnally at a | CHICAGD. | west. ten | Bingered Qing lifacs, I.IUIIII]ATIUN PUBLIC DEBT IS OPPOSED |Texan Is Against Rapid, * Work on Cutting : Down Debt ¥ WASHINGTON, Feb. lSr#R&Di(H ¥ liquidation of the public debt was opposed in the House by Repre- sentative Garner, of Texas, rank- ing Democrat of the House Ways and Means Committee, on the ground that foreign countries would insist on cancellation of their debts’ to the United States soon as- she American debt was wiped out. The Texan predicted that inj such an event propagandists would charge the Government; with -using foreign money to de-i fray its expenses and adding no| such charge should be made 50| long as the debt stands. Here's Florence Wegener, and thil photo of her has been placed in th century box of a hig new offic building’s eornerstone in Cincinnat! O. In January, 2028, Cincinnat folks will open the box and get ( glimpse of a 1928 model beauty. & SRS S CRsg bwat oc1) RESIGNATION e~ 1,600,000 ENGLISH HOMES ARE WITHOUT CHILDREN, BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 18—The Argentine Government has ac- cepted the’ resignation of Honorio Puetrredon, Ambassador to Wash- ington and also as President of the Argentine delegation at the Pan-American Conference at Ha- vana, Cuba.” The offiefal resigned last Tuesday beesuse dissatisfied with certain. tariff issues before the Conference. LONDON, Feb. 18—Widespread | alarm ,over the future of mother-| throughout cause of the discovery by experts studying ' the. sifuglion that 1,500, ples are without children, 760,000 of whom are de- clared to be deliberately ¢hild- less. Two mnllon five hundred thou-| sand homes have only one child each. This leaves: the British ‘birth rate the lowest in Bufope today. Birth control dnd the cost of Mahara)ah ‘and His Bride-to-Be Reach Madaras; Seon Wed dangerous state of affairs, Win-} B —-—-oq ston Churchill, chancellor of the|. MADRAS, In 18— exchequer, going so far as to uy Surrounded hy- ’h n personal | that within olu menwm i sthe. former , | Charles G. - 18 ACCEPTED MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CEN?S OND BOMB OUTRAGE IN CHICAGO erry Into Frisco Bay (CONTRACTS FOR SCHOOL TO BE AWARDED SOON Council Approves Financ- ing Plan and Authorizes Board to Go Ahead Contracts for the construction jof the new local high school build- ing will be awarded at once to the low bidders by the Juneau School Board, it was announced today by President R. E. Robert- son, This action follows the ap- proval last night by the City Council of the financing plan de- vised by the Board in conjunction ) with the Lions' Club and put over by the latter organization this | week. The approval of the Couneil | was given last night when, by a' | unanimous vote, it adopted a reso- | | lution endorsing the financing plan and authorizing the School Board to award the contracts, | “The Board is already in touch' h the bidders and Architect Harlan Thomas and the contracts will be let immediately,” said Mr. Robertson today. “Work on the structure will be started as soon -as the evials . pod crews can be assembled. It is the expecta- tion of the Board that it wiil be completed by September 1, and in readiness for the next term of gchool.” Peter Woeck, Seattle, builder of the present public school build- ing, was awarded the general con- trict covering the building. He visited here recently to look over the ground and is familiar with local conditions. It i3 undersiood he will make up his construction ecrews as much as possible from local labhor. George B. Rice, local man, was awarded the heating contract. Oscar Harri & Com- pany was the successful bidder for the plumbing work. The Alas- ka Electric Light & Power Com- pany bid low and was awarded the contract for wiring and light- ing. Under the plan of the School Board as approved by the Council, the $10,000 excess cost over the sum on hand for building is guar- anteed by 42 local business and professional leaders. It originated in the Board of Directors of the local Lions’ Club and three mem- bers of that body, Messrs. Charles Goldstein, Allen Shattuck and M. L. Merritt, had personal charge of the canvass in which the pledges were secured and the $10,000 underwritten., In addition to the signers whose names ap- peared yesterday, the following were announced today: M. 8. | Whittier, 'W. P. Scott, G. Ingman, Warner, Thomas Jud- |son, Allen Shattuck and W. D. ’(:mss. .Government Argues Dismissal of Writ In Stewart Case 1 business WASHINGTON, Keb. 18.—Ar- guing for the dismissal of the writ of habeas corpus obtainad by Robert W. Stewart, Chairman of the Board of the Standard Oi) Company of Indiana, the Govern- ment today filed a brief in the District Supreme Court asserting the Senate, in ordering Stewart's arrest was not inflicting punish- ment but was adopting means of |forcing Stewart to follow the Sen- nuu lawful directions roqulrlng "answers to questions. 1 !Nulato and Galena 1 Dog Teams to Be in Races at Fairbanks ! i “RUBY, Alaska, Feb. 18—Joc' his arrival Stickman, of Nulato, and ‘Walter | April 27, Nouur. of: : with the have left for elr dog teams at "Fair- and daughter | Body Buried ai Sea Comes Up Second Time; Not Missinrr Aviator VENTURA, Cal, Fuh 18—The body found on the beach and be lk‘v&‘(l te be that of Lieut. Sila Knope, missing pilot of the M!“ Doran plane, in the Hono- llllll flight, has been identified as lh at of Henry Froelich, of Hono lulu, who has been twice buried ‘at sea. Deputy Sheriffs identified remains by a necktie, the article “of clothing left on body and by three scars. According to records in the Sheriff’s office, Froelich died at sea enroute from Havana to Hono- Iulu. Relatives ordered disposal of the remains at sea. The hody the only the | was lowered in an airtight coffin off the California coast last June 19. © The casket was picked up afloat on June 20 and on June 256 the ,body was wrapped in a weighted and taken nine blanket, miles out the second time and ,consigned to the deep. RALAESS S . NNAYY PROGRAM IS URGED BY 2 ORGANIZATIONS D. A.R. anEd A;nerican Le- %presemative z - Warships WASHINGTON, Feh, 18 Ap proval of the Administration’® warship construction program was yesterday urged upon the House Naval Committae by representa- tives of the Daughters of the American Revolution and Ameri can Lezion. Mrs. William Sherman Walker Vice-President General of th Daughters of the American Revo lution declared at the Ill‘xll'”\l-' that “as wiv mothers and ters of men who must go to sea in ships, we want the Navy in keeping with up-to<date principles as manifested in all business en- terprises of our country.” John Taylor, Legislative Repre- sentative of the American Legion, in a letter to members of the Naval Committee, also urged the building of additional ships, de- claring that the organization of men who fought in the World war wanted Congress to provide a pro- gram “which will give us abso- lute parity at sea.” A NOEL WIEN IS IN AIR AGAIN Missing Over One Week, Returns to Nome— Off for Fairbanks NOME, ‘Alaska, Feb. 18—Noel Wein, Alaska aviator, has return- ed to Nome' after being delayed over a week 'by storms on his northern trip to Kotzebue. Wein with three passengers had been forced down by stormy weather and because of broken communi- cation limes had been thought lost until his return. He immedi- ately left with mail and four pas- sengers for Fairbanks and will return as soon as possible with mail and take more passengers. Death Warrant and Ovder to Hang W . E. Hickman Is Signed LLOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb. 18— The last official act of the court which trled and condemned Wil- |liam E. Hickman for the Marian | Parker Kkidnapping and murder was the signing of the death war- rant and plaeing it on record. “The Fox" is ordered to hang on With the noose hang ing over him, Hickman is wait’ ing over the week-end in the Los { Angeles County jail, under heavy guard ‘to ‘prevent possible suicide, for the beginning of next week of the trial for another slaying| Hunt, another B SRR O MO TRR IESO) Here is a new and excluswely posed portrait of the First Lady of the Land, Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, photographed in the Harris and Ewing studios in Washington. Mrs, Coolidge has personally ap- proved of this portrait, which, in the opinion of her intimates, s one| of the finest camera studies ever made of her, (Copyright by Harris & llwln!) Hotel Clerk on Job Smce orTAWA, 1L, Feh. 18—James | Kelly, oldest hotel clerk in Il nois, attributes his longevily andj good health to little exercise and| not too much fresh air. Kelly’s age is his own secref and a matter of much conjecture among friends who recall his coming, here gin Civil war da He was the first clerk at the Clif- ton Hotel, built in 1867. The veteran clerk's only tion was forced on him afte more than half a century of un-| broken service. He returned af- ter a few days and told his em- ployer he went to an lowa town! and “sat around” in the hotel there, “I chased you away from a ho- tel to get a vacation,” said Louis Harvey, owner of the Clifton and president of the Illin Hotel as- sociation. 4 The Ilimols association has for mally declared Kelly the oldest clerk in the state in years and n service. v LEAVE FOR TOUR For a several weeks tour in the northern sections of the Pa- cific Coast, Mr. and Mrs. Horace 0. Adams and Mr. and Mrs. Mal-| colm 8, Wilson left last nLghu on ‘the steamer Alaska for the States. They will he gone | sev-: eral weeks, and will motor as far| north as Vancouver, B. C., and probably mnot further south than Portland, Ore. g . Andv M. Derringer, of the \'nl~; des Wharf Company, is a passen- ger on Alaska bound for a -acation to the Stetes. - ity Marshal Ralph E. rd, is a passenger on tln with J. Kapsimales, who recently went Insane at the Bay city. He Is be. to Morningside, ’ vaca- | reduction thought should be the cut, all of | le War Davs TAX REDUCTION IS FAR REMOTE : President Believes Con- gress too Liberal with Appropriations WASHINGTON, gress, Feb. its appropriations and the proc- pect for a tax reduction has cor- respondingly been endangered. Congress, as the President sees it, has added from six to eight million dollars to the Army ap- propriation bill above which he thought necessary and has doubled the appropriation for the Shipping Board. Also the House has added $65,000,000 to the tax bill above what he which in the President’s opinion has made tax reduction further| remote. | 18—Con- in the opinion of President | Coolidge, has been too liberal In ! TWO BOMBINGS ' ARE REPORTED - FROM CHICAGO 'Once Aga—i_fi—[)efiance Is Hurled at War on Or- ganized Crime v { i ® { CHICAGO, Ill., Feb. 18.—Dyna- mite bombs, silent for three weeks, have ripped their way through two buildings in separ- ate parts of the city. The home and undertaking es- tablishment of Judge John Sbar- baro were bombed almost at the same time a blast tore away a portion of the Century garage. The latter place has been frown- ed upon by the police as a gang- ster hangout. Coming less than a month after the bomb attacks against the homes of City Comptroller Fitz- {morris and Dr. Willlam Read, both of whom are close friends of Mayor Thompson, the bombing of Sbarbaro’s home - and business place is looked upon as another defiance of the city administra- tion for = war upon organized erime, No one was hurt in either place. The Judge had received thnllanlng letlarl. AHBITRATIDN Pacific Settlement of Inter- i American Disputes | Is Now Aim | HAVANA, vuva, Feb. 18— One of the happiest days in the lite of Charles E. Hughes, head of the American delegation to the Pan-American Conference, was followed by the summoning of the Plenary Session of the Pan- American Conference to put into effect a plan for pacific settle- |ment of inter-American disputes. | The suggestion of Hughes and others were speedily put into the (form of a report, flatly indorsing |compulsory arbitration, by the Committee on Public and Inter- national Law, The report was endorsed un- mlnmusly and the delegates said hey were sure of its ratification ‘m the Plenary Session. The report calls for the sum- mnniug of an ‘“Arbitration and Conciliation Conference” in Washington within the next yea. to draw up a collective Pan-Am erfcan Arbitration Convention. - eee Plane Falls Into Business District Of Georgia City MACON, Ga., Feb. 18.— Its pilot killed in midair by the premature explosion of | an aerial bomb, an airplane entered in the Southeastern Air Derby, crashed down into the main business thoroughfare today. The other occupant of the plane was killed, one pedestrian was perhaps fatally injured and slight hurts were infliet- ed to a score or more other pedestrians. 1 | | | | ‘ l \Cashier’s Bandlt Trap » Leads to Hw Own Death BESSIE, Okla, Feb. 18—Ben | Kiehn, cashier of the Bessie Siate bank, walted five years to prove the efficacy of a bandit trap he had devised, and then lost {his life in the experiment. Kiehn, who was decorated for bravery in the World war, be- came alarmed five years ago at the increasing number of bank Tobberies. He turned the vault Iu‘! a fortress i! the ||Xm)r so that it would lwt alqlt \onnrely | He kept an army rlna ufll, revolver, both loaded, inside \uuh Recently two bandits ral the institution, forcing lmn the vault. The door pmt close, and a crack inch wide was left. ~Kiebn, his revelver and i fatally wounding one dits. The other fired slit, the bullet brain. <