The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 18, 1928, Page 7

Wuflmliu&imhlecmledbythevs _BAR ! 7 Weather Barea | | 7 Foreonst for Tuneau ud vicinity, begtntug 4 v, . today: Fair tonight and Sunday, coldetr touight; north winds. LOCAL DATA ime— g- m. Temo. Ramidity Wind Velocity Wufiiev1 p- m. yesty 5032 37 9, SE 9 a. m. today. 32 N 2 Lt. Rain oon today 38 83 w 3 Clear Cldy T R« SRR LR e mm AND RADIO REPORTS 1 i TODAY l!lnmlil ll.gm. !— 8 T PEACHES * v, Gcm-‘. €. I GUESS You've HEARD OF ME.HLRE. T G 'MV%’ AU, uniTed STATES POLITICS == TUE COME AWl e WA FROM WASHINGTON T8 GIVE YOU THE GLABHAND AND T Suf You ASSISTANCE (N ANYWAY \OU WISH ‘= THE CWEF AND T ARe CLD HANDS AT TS POLITICAL GAME AND NV FIND OUR ADNICE 1S GIVEA mawrm-mmr Now - HERE'S 'WOT T wan HEN TE wiRes FiRST EEASUED Toe STARTLING NEWS THAT Tie BILVGOATS HAD FORMED AN (NDEPENDENT PARTY AND NOMINATED BARNEY GUGLE FOR PRES\DEAIT, LITTLE ORNORONCERN WAS EXPRESSED "IN BTHER OF THE GREAT PouiTicaL CAMPS = WHEN e NEWS WAS VERIEIED, HOWEVER. TiE PROSPECT o LOSS oF RS Ty 10N VOTES escane 4 THE EMBLEMATIC ELEPHANT AND DoNKEY Cubm UP RGETHER 15 FiGgur ‘me’:n ON ENEMY, Tue BIUWVGoaT mederate east to BRO- MEREA Just one MOMBAIY MR PEACKES, || HAS T ORCLRRED - To Nob THAT 1 MAY CHOOSE Low Sa.m. 8an:. Preciy. Plationn— Vet Vel 3t & -12 0 12 Bethel 12 12 16 Clay Fort Yukon ... 6 -16 =8 Cldy Tanana : 4 -8 Pt. Cldy BEagle ... 14 -14 Pt. Cldy 8t. Paul ... 32 2 32 Cldy Dutch ' Harbor.. 32 26 38 Rain Kodiak .. 32 22 26 Clear Cordova . 28 g s Cldy Junmean ... 87 31 x Clear Ketchikan - 28 -, - Foggy Prince Rupert.. 44 36 * Pt. Cldy lice leads her to reflect on the Edmonton ........ 10 | 36 12 Clear | @dvantages of honesty, and she Seattle 42 44 . Clay | 8anounces her intention to go . 0 Clear | Stralght. However, her two com- Clear | Panlons, her foster father and his crook accomplice, persuade her to Necessary. Virtually all of theih | instinctively ! made use of. thelr lifesaving devico without glving the drop a thought. ’ ————— W. 'W. Batcheller;, broker, with Portland ¥ (1] § 38 8an Francisc 58 16 ¥ 0 *—Leds than 10 miges. STONE CROCKS B e R — Note.—Observations at Duich Harbor, Kodiak, Juneau, Princ Rupert, ®dmonton, Beattle, Portland and San Francisco arc made-at 4 a. m. and ¢ p. m., Juneau time. ' " The barometri¢ pressure was high this morning from Nome fouthward to California, the crest being located over the Upper Yukon Valley, with a reading of 30.66 With the exception of a local prevailed dur}n’ inches at Fort Yukon. shower at Junecau, fair weather the past 24 hours from Nome-to Californla. A barometri¢ distrbance of considerable intensity was central west , ot St. Paul Island, accompanied by rain and strong winds over ! the Bristol Bay region. It was much colder this morning over the Interior of Alaska, the temperature having fallen 18 degrees to.32 degrees over the Upper Yukon Valley. weather tonight at Juneau. — DOUGLAS NEWS W. NIEMELA BE BURIED ON ' MONDAY . AFTERNOON _ Attangements for the funeral of Hérmah Niemela, who passed BAway one week ago this morning in Bellingham, Wash., have been 80 thade that pending the arrival of the Admiral Wafson, which is brinklag’ the dody north, it will be : héld Monday afternoon, at 2 Wolotk, in the Oda Fellows hall, the Heceased being & member of tha Jinesu Lodge I. 0. 0. F. The g\‘l Encampment Lodge and fnal Order of Eagles, to tifeh ‘he alss belonged, will join) fn_ihie last rites for the departed ‘birbth _Allen will have .vzoe Raprosen-] Biich a gd m 80 towird the upkeep of' lla tite trick. A committee ‘was; also appoint- ed at ithe. meeting’ to. get 'data heumy for 'the giving of the inual ball ‘which 18 held in the Y wu al llrl. E. Alkenl. hz: waiting . since ay, left this Alaska for their luui "absence, B. F. Cashell plll Ovarsee operations at the well Mr. and- Mrs. Bmil Lang have removed from ome_of the Kilburn sés to the cottage which he Iu'ubfly omud, ah t. Ann's Ave-| Fair weather will prevail over Southeast- ern Alaska ‘during the next 36 hours, with somewhat colder evening for Seldovia and vicinity to look over that section of the country with the view of locating in some part there. ———ee—— GOVT. SCHOOL HOUSE SCENE OF MERRIMENT A combination Lincoln, Wash- ington and Valentine frolic was held in the government school last evening. Until 9 p. m. the little folks were given preference, the pop-corn man, valentine box and pinning the tail on the don- key, affording much fun. After the little folks went home the older pupils engaged in a series of contests for which prizes were given. Anna Stevens won the girls’ prize and Albert Wilson car ried off the prize for the boys. G — VISITING MRS. OLSON Mrs. M. Cottrell, who returned from thé south on-one of the iast ‘boats, i3 a house guest of Mrs. August Olson. church column thust be recetved by The Empire Dot later than 10 o’clock Satur- day morning to guarantee change »f sermon topics, ete. T Dougins Fro i ugias Presbyterian Native { Mission 2% Sunday bcnoos—2:30 p. m. Sermon at 3:15 p. m. 7:00 p. m. — Thursday—Mid- week, prayer service. All are . cordially weicome to these sorvices. — 3 Douglas Catholic Church Catholic services in the umé porary cha; ‘in the new resi- dence mmtu e old bank ' buildin, 9:00 mon. Holy Communion for all. 1:00 p. m.—Sunday School, 8¢, Luke's Episcopal Church Evemng rrayer and Sermon, 7:30 o'clock. OCK, Lay Pastor sunny scibot 10:30 to 11:30 fli{:r B’u”fi l;vlbfi 11:30 e to_bi 15 ‘men after 26 hours on the 3 flovllgtrdmg o aft g ~{ i to’ have treated it from ¢ 'angle, so that the aftair, fi. “Low Mass and Ser- help them pull off just one more job fm a house on Park Avenua. This starts the plot. OTHER SIDE S BEING TOLD IN CONTEMPT CASE Witness Says Sinclair Was Shadowed and Also Received Threats WASHINGTON, Feb. 18—Testi- fying freely, Henry Mason Day, | confidential associate of Sinclair, declared he hired Burns detec- tives to shadow. the members of the I Sinclair oil jury on order of Sinclair that the latter might get a square deal and his enemies be prevented from .approaching members of the jury panel. Taking the witness stand in the criminal contempt proceedings against Sinclair, Burns and oth- ers, Day 1*employment of de- tectives was merely to learn who approached the jurors. Day’s counsel said the witness and Sinclair had been shadowed constantly before the oil trial and would so l(-qllry it permitted to answer but the Governméiit ob- jected and prevented. Day said Sinclair's mail had been opened and that for two weeks' prier to the ofl trial, the wealthy ~oil *operator recetved threatening letters. INTIMIDATION CHARGED NOW Senator Reed Criticises De- cision, Lake Cargo " * Coal Rate Case WASHINGTON, Feb. 18—In- timidation of certain members of the Interstate Commerce Com- mission in the ‘Lake Cargo Rate Case by political influenee from Pennsylvania are reaching )ithe White = House ({tself, charged in the Senate h!é‘ ator Reed. He said the mission. reversed itself in fay of the operators of Pennsyl over those fn West- Virgi Kentucky, Tennessee and* ginia. el Senator Reed declared Commission rendered a d “not only reVolutionary dn just, but probdbly one 'of the most arbitrary, yet handed do by a Federal _board or tribunal FIVE VESSEI.S IN HARD LUCK Tanker B‘ows Up With | Loss of 15 Men—Other Marine Mlshaps NEW mnx, Feb. 18. — The death, toll from an unlucky Fri- ddy at sea In which ships figured |’ e_been confined to open spa. Twehty-one ' " members of the crew of the Amerfean tank steam- er dhlly w landed by fisher- men ofi th ?‘nm coast. Their captain ud 4 others perished when the | n, entering South- on a sand bank _doeked apparently four hours late. tank steamer Var- ) ; ard. : Thirty-eight members of the crew he ' British freighter which bro en, Hollan By WILLIAM F. BROOKS, (Aseociated Press Feature Edito| WASHINGTON, Feb. 18—Salty| ry bit as strange and thrill- ), ln;. are ‘the porsonal stories of tha 63 living members of the Cater | Game Commission, arrived on the | ‘wators of the Potomac. V Liverpool. The l 3 which used pillar club, but they are all true predominate arcund the Army anf|beyond doubt. Navy hang-outs in Washingt; Any flier who uses his para- are giving way before ox“uml,hme to save himselt from death tales of the daring of Ampritn‘l‘m a disabled aircraft in flight airmen. 1 automatically is elected to the or- One of the lat>st—although un Ji’llllzulinn. verified—tales has to do with a, The information division in the navy flying instructor and a stu-|office of the chlef of the alr corps| 473, John Holler, Prop, dent flier. It seems the student!recently has undertaken the task was brilliant in all phases of fly-|of obtaining complete details ot! ing except landing—probably thp(xmm(hum jumps most important. H> could make | club memb:rs. 8 plane do anything as long as jtjcord is a sories of short fact by Caterpillar was in tho air, but the minute he|stories in which the heroes save | master an. | started earthward his nerves got| themselves from the jumpy and almost invariably the,|tagonist—death. instructor had to take over tha| The 63 fliers made 75 life-sav. dual controls to prevent a crack-|ing cmergency jumps up to and up. ‘including November 9, 1927. Capt. The instructor was disgusteds) Frank O'D. Hunter and Lieut. He tried everything he <-au|||E.!;:(‘nn H. Barksdale (deceased) think of to hreak tho student of | jumped twice and Col. Charles A. his fear of landing. Finally, at mess, the instructor d ed the|less than four occasions. student with other fliers and de- - clared he was going to flivver np| Only one woman appears in the to about 6,000 feet, take out his|lists—Mrs. Irene McFardand, a control stick, and throw it ove:r- civilian. She was a passenger in board, leaving th> student alonc a plane flying over Grisard Field, with the remaining controls. Cineinnati, and was to make an In some way the instructor’s in-|exhibition jump. She left the tentions got back to the student,|plane at 2,000 feet, but the ox- He decided to be prepared.. They | hibition, chute fouled in the land- went up., The instructor flew-to|ing gear and falled to open. Had the proper altitude and then ui|she remalped with' the exhibition screwed his stick. He showed'iit|chute sho would have been killed to the student and tossed it ovef| when tihe planes landed. She pall- board. The student hesitated @/ed the rip cord of the U. S, Anmy njometit and then did the samg,|chute an army officer had ‘re- throwing his own control over|duested her to wear and descend- the side. The instructor frantical-éd safély to earth.’ ¢ ly tried to protest, but tha ensy iy ghe drowned him out. He wasted{ The accounts tell of wings be. no time; told the student to jump,{ing torn off, planes locking io- and went over the side with his|gether, gasoling tanks lqflng dry parachute, landing in the philly{over impossible land places, The stu:|and of almost sverymlng.nlse that dent took a spare stick he had se-|could happen td an airplane. ereted beneath his seat, connectéd| All of the club members agree it and brought the plane down t0{upon one thing=—that instruction a beautiful landing. in the use of -parichutes isn’t NOW A Painless Permanent Wave The New Frederic’s Vita-Tonic Compovnd: Is the Ancwer 9 AT TERRELL'S—$15.00 FOR 50 PER CENT LESS uired, all Granite Concrete Hol- alls m in winter and half fll’ fuel, better Louse built, comrm vnoptms MEG. CO mishaps in The resulting re- | Lindbergh used the chute on -u.i mnnmlmummmmummmm Ill hendquarters in Juneauw, returnbd from the westward on the Alaska. | - L. McK. 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