The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 25, 1928, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE | VOL. XXXL, NO. 4722, jUNEAU: ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE, TEN CENTS TRAIN IS HELD UP; BIG LOOT SECURED Two Vessels Collide; One REVOLUTION IN LOCOMOTION IS | TO SOUTH AMERICA DEMONSTRATED wdl il | Tests Are Made of New, Motor by Lindbergh and Lanphier ELECTRICALMAGNETISM BASIS OF PRINCIPLES' Guggenheim Foundation Interested — Further Tests to Be Made DETROIT, Mich., The Detroit Free airplane motor ope ectric magnetical gasoline or other tested essfully A. Lindbergh and Lanphier, Flight Selfridge Field The motor, which the news- paper pointed out might revolu- tionize the entire scheme of auto- motive power, was the invention of Lester J. Hendershot Col Lindbergh and Major Lan- phier, with D. Barr Peat, of Pittsburgh, business manager for the inventor, conducted the and the Free I™ s reports it as “successful in every respect.” The Guggenheim Foundation Feb. Press sa ated by an “el- fuel, has been by Col. Charles Major Thomas Commander of test for the Promotion of Aeronautics | has arranged for immediate dem- onstration of the motor which is d to be based on the p OF eTectrical” nASHETEm - plied rotary motion of earth. The newspaper said far. experiments have been made with power only applied to air- planes and later developments are planned to extend the scope of operation to other fields of locomotion.” il Qi MEISNEST HAS RESIGNED FROM UNIV. OF WASH. Will Accepl Posmon with New Three Million Dollar Concern the 80 to SEATTLE, Fg Me t, Graduate Manager of the University of Washington, an- nounces he will resign immed- jately to become Assistant Sales Manager of the new $3,000,000 Pacific Coast Cement Company. Meisnest has been Graduate Manager of the University for nine years and under his direc- tion the stadium, costing $500,- 000 and the new athletic pavil- ion, costing $600,000 were fin- avced and constructed. The resignation comes on the heels of the audit of expenditures on the athletic pavilion in which Meisnest was exonerated ~of charges of making unauthorized cxpenditures and congratulated for his work. The books were checked after Marion Zioncheck, Student President, repeatedly criticised Meisnest’s handling of the finances of the project. Zioncheck's accusations were largely responsible for his being kidnapped and ducked in Lake Washington by nine students who were either expelled or sus- pended. d Meisnest denies the controversy hus anything to do with his resignation. Fuel and Ol SI'" ; . WASHINGTO; Feb. 25—Last year more than M,MM motor vehicles were responsible for nearly 150 billion vehicle ‘miles of travel in the United States, . Scientific investigations show that road improvements have re- silted in tremendous reductions in the costs of operating motor | trucks and automobiles. The fed- eral bureau of public roads is | confident that the saving in fuel and oil and in wear and tear on vehicles is ‘mueh more than the ~ annual exmfllhm W roads; Darwin without | | Capt. R. A. O'Neill (above) of @eattle and a mail plane, one cf three types of ships he is taking on a tour of South American capitals. Feb. SEATTLE, Wash, 2 the the O’Neill, JAmerican ace in World war, to demonstrate feasibility of linking capitals the Latin republics by air. Caplain O'Neill will sail this month from New York to Rio de Janeiro, and he will assemble his three chines in the Brazilian city. om there he will fly northward along the coast to the mouth of Amazon river and will follow the stream to its source about 4,000 miles in the interior. | i on the continent. One of the three planes will be a flying boat, and in it Captain O'Neill will make the flights along the Ama- zon and up the Parana river from Buenos Aires. A land plane of the type used for carrying mail in this country will carry him on a trip to Valparaiso. Captain O'Neill also is taking a scout plane. RESUMES HIS DEBATE WITH N.Y.GOVERNOR McAdoo’s Second Chal- lenge Appears in Maga- zine for March NEW YORK, Feb. 25.—Resum- ing in the March issue of the American Review of Reviews his long range debate with Gov. A, E. Smith, William G. McAdoo as- serts the only and fundamental Prohibition issue is “shall the State be permitted to disregard any part of the Constitution which it elects not to obey?"” McAdoo said police enforce- ment was the principal and nor- mal function of the State Govern- ment and ‘“‘deprived of effective couperation of police organiza- tions of States, the amendment becomes nullity. This is what has happened in New York and Maryland although each of these States ratified the amendment and helped put it in the Consti- tution but they have’ refused co- operation and they have refused obedience.” Army Appropriation Bill Is Given Senate; Total Amount Reduced, WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—Car- rying $394,000,000 or $1,300,000 Jess than as passed by the House, the annual Army appropriation Dill has been reporied to the by the Appmflnthnl of | ' ment made today by ot a1 | Secretary iation. He plans to visit all the x;mnul.«{q'”""‘ ot the iREeofin Search for Slayer At Standstill; Identity Clouded R~ S e s for the | Margaret drugged, robbed and to death last week, at a standstill the identity whom the po- lice thought to have been Dr. Hoff or Huff, is clouded in doubt by conflicting clne BERNARDSVILLE, Feb, 25 ch slay Drown, burned is apparently today. Even of the killer, b ——— | TEMPLE BIDS " ARE AWARDED LOCAL FIRMS ‘Peler Woeck Secures Con— tract for Construction of Building aggregating $69,816 were accepted 1 night by the trustees ‘ur the Alaska Masonic gTemple sociation for the mml(un of a ottish Rite Temple their | property at the corner ..r Fourth land Seward streets, it was an- inounced today by M. S. Whittier, secretary. | Three local firms were suc | ful bidders for much of the im- | portant work in the comstruction and finishing of the building. orge B. Rice was awarded the | Bids for heating and vent"a( rinciple| Thres airplanes will be taken (o] SORITact A T ey A‘-‘-—“ Haeok: MachiShwcBiion | ... pluribinig, and the Klaska & Light and Power Company, elec-| tric wiring, Peter cent successful bidder public school building ‘awarded the general c for was also The awarding of this contract iis the happy culmination of sev jeral years of earnest work and | planning, according to a state- Mr. Whittier “The first thought of a Temple lto represent the Scottish Rite Bodies of Alaska,” he 1, “‘orig- inated during the period of the erection of the ‘present public school building. The late Hon.! Judge Royal A. Gunnison, then a leading member and high official ing part in having plans drawn for a Temple but at that time the Rite was in its infancy and such ed wise. The idea, however, has never been lost sight of and every effort of the Order has been bent toward this aim. of the Trustees last night therefore, a happy event.” The Temple contemplated is a three story concrete structure with basement for heating plant and storage rooms. The main entrance will be on Fourth street and will consist of a handsome tile, marble and terrazo effect. The first floor will be devoted to men’s lounge and library, ladies' lounge, Secretary's offices and ad- joining a banquet room and kitch- en. The second floor will contain a large auditorium and dance floor, rest rooms, tollets and me smoking room. The third floor is given over entirely to the lodge room with the necessary prepara- tion rooms. A large paraphernalia room will be located over the preparation rooms. A second ent- rance to the building will be lo- cated on the-Seward strect side. A solid fire wall will enclose this entrance extending from the basement to the upper story thus was, per story. The exterior dedign of the Tem- ple will be somewhat of an Orien- tal nature with column effects on the Fourth and Seward street sides. It will cover a space 50x90. Theé Temple is designed not only to accommodate the Scottish Rite Bodies but also’the Blue Lodge, the Eastern Star Lodge and the Shrine Club. It s ‘contemplated construction will oommenw April first. year, the new High School build- ing, the Idnmd; ‘Rite Temple and mldhl. Juneau’ 'flll indeed have cf Mr. Whittier l Woeck, who was the re- the | uction | contract for the Masonic Temple. | * | last of the Scottish Rite, took the lead-| a large undertaking was not deem-; providing a_safe exit from the up?| closed & good start toward a handsome center, de- STEAMER AND TRAINING SHIP CRASH IN F0G " \ i \ | | Thelini Shlp Goes Down! | with Many Lost—Rus- sian Boat Unreported DUNGENESS, Kent, Eng., of the survivors of the Italian steamer Alcantara, which u)llhlnn with the Russian Train- Ship Tovarisch in the fog u|~]||u|an|” Strait of Dover on the Kentish Coast, worry is caus ed about the craft. The )l;l | A believed to to wat- persons antara ed 80 ves ed trying to make Southampton, | considerable anxiety is felt as to 'her present whereabouts no wireless has been received following the “SOS” calls sent out after the collision. Fears are felt that the train- ing ship may have sunk with 100 cadets she carried. ———— ATTENTION OF - WORLD SOON ON PAGIFIC OCEAN Brmsh Ambassador Makes Interesting Prediction in Address CINCINNATI, Ohio, Feb. The first object of Great Brit foreign polic to seek peace | and wheneve s to help enforce it, Sir Esme Howard, I Ambassador, said here night in ap address before {the Foreign Policy Association of | Cincinnati. se the century measur, Atlantic Amer- V\hll || ment within would be in a “great | transferred from the {which is an Buropean and jcan ocean, to the Pacific is American and Asiat S Esme pointed out that British in- terests in the Pacific which -Ill' irepresented by Australia, New | Zealand and India, will be vitally affected by any effort peace in that part of the world countries. Europe, next | lhruuxf\ the League of | The decision | xutions and the Locarno treaties dential noiminee, refused to com- |is “gradually working toward sense of security,” said Sir Esme but hope largely on proper functioning the Four Power Treaty signed at the Washington Arms Conference i in 1921, a of - ee——— FLOOD CONTROL VIEWS . FORMED | i \Fed. Government Should Bare Expense Under Certain Conditions WASHINGTON, Feb. 25—-A¢ Congress neared a showdown on | the flood control fight, it ‘!“ m« that President Coolidge | will be willing, under certdin con-| ditions, protecting i River Valley. The “President teels, however, | that it is a question for Congress to determine after an agreement | has been reached ag to the type and scope of protection to be af- forded. In addition, the President holds {that anything the Federal Gov- “With the comhln.tlou of the|ernment does without financial "4"Y of Denver. present public school building, the |assistance from local communi- | Presbyterian church erected last|ties will be confined to the area Mittee he flooded last year. government NEW YORK, Feb. 25—Alaska l.lunm‘pmu m was quoted | Feb. || With no trace found of any |, was in | fate of the Russian | Although the Tovarisch report- | since | Predicting that political develop | | | g | to destroy | for the Pacific depends | BY PRESIDENT: to have the Federal Gov-| ernment shoulder the expense of | the lower Mississippi! oes Down, Other Is Missing TU\IULTUOUS GRFETING GIVEN F RENCH MR B Y A LN s | | | | | | | | | x B TR 1w Costes and Joseph Le Brix, France's good | will fliers, are welcomed with enthusiasm upon their | arrival at Bolling Field, Washington. Top photo | shows crowd that sreeted them on their arrival, Inset: 'SENATOR REED SIDE-STEPPING LIQUOR ISSUE Le Brix (left), and Costes Claudel, French ambassador. men clambering out of the co of thelr 23,000-mile journey. M howe | Dieud to t on the completior IWILLIS AND HOOVER NOW Author Gives A LD b New Praise to Henry Ford i [ ‘ { | NEW YORK Feb. 26+ Henry Ford could achieve suc- cess a matchmaker if he | ever iled as an automobile manufacturer the belief of Bruce Barton, author and edi- I | tor, | Barton said Ford once told him that was what he would do in case of failire of his present work. Barton said Ford was the outstanding genius, not only of modern life, but all time, WILBUR STILL ADVOCATES BIG - NAVY FOR U. S 'Says War Poth File l)eclarahon: as| Candidates in Ohio Primary Rnfuses to Comment on Ll;,hleenth Amendment in Public Address i | | COLUMBUS, | Filing - of their tions as FPresidential candi |with the § ry of St ’Hh' entrance of Semator Willls and Secretary of Comunerce Herbert €. Hoover in the Ohio J Presidential preferenceé primary lof April 24, gives impetus to the battle for control of Ohio's {51 delegates to the Republican JNational Convention. After days of close guarding of their plans, both candidates came forward on (he last day with their formal declarations. {The action assures a fight to the | finish and political observers pre- diet in Ohio's coming primary with bothr eamps getting out all available votes to) PUEBLO, Colo., Feb. United States Senator James Reed, punsll)ll‘ Democratic Presi- formal ‘1 on the Eighteenth Amend- ‘nuu' in his campaign address here, saying the Democratic Party | was coneerned with more import-| it issues. For the Mississippi River project, he urged that the be taken up on a basis of vention te overflow lands, veloping water power and es lishment of navigation as a Na- tional project. The Missourian wants National = Defense and that compares with those other nations. He stated the | bemocrats in the West have -'II chance to win and that the| I feeling prevails that the| NORFOLK, V. | quate National t Administration has been| {a Navy to deve! ircraft guns, failure. 4 torpedoes, submarines and protec- | Senator Reed predicted the s |usual squabble at the Democratic|tion and gunfire of capital ships, Wilhur told !Nutional Convention but feels [Seeretary of Navy night in an that no fists will fly jan, Sudignee. Tt address on the United States| Navy. Secretary Wilbur said he be- lieved war was avoldable through preparedness. A Navy can be ob- tained only in long years of peace and such preparedness as may be achieved in anticipation of war or during war is very costly and ineffective, the Secretary as- serted. Wilbur added that bitter attacks on the Navy's use otsaly oraft has subsided as it hag recognized aircraft is n ——— William Paul Has an Audience with Coolidge Feb, 25—Wil- an lawyer, dig- ment flood | work | pre-| J 1 ! el i de —X voidable Through Preparedness —Critics Silenced strong Navy uf‘ a 25 26.—Ade- requires { Uhio delegation. Wealthy Philanthropist ™ H PASADENA, al., Feb. 25 Mrs. L. Busch, aged 83 years, wealthy philantropist and widouw of Adolphus Busch, founder the Apheuser - Busch Brewing Company of (St. Louis, died to- day after several munilm ilness, B el PLEADS GUILTY |Son of Blackmer Testifies Before Semne 0il Com.! of| i \\'AEHIN‘K}TO& Feb ~Un- able to obtain testimony of H. [M. Blackmer, the moving spisit in the Continental Trading Com- il.,m,‘m oil transaction, the Senate |Teapot Dome Committee called his som, Myron, Vice-President of the Midwest Refining Com- Billie Km-n plead, guilty to gharge of larceny before U. S. Commissioner Frank Ay Boyle, yesterday afternoon \8éntence has ndt yet heen given and Keen is held in the local fel eral jail. He was charged with | having stolen & Colt antomatic pistol valued at $50 from Peter | Kanosh. Myron Blackmer told the Com- new his father had heen megotiating with the late |A. BE. Homphreys for oil from the|cyuced g regulations - om Texass flelds which the Contin-{ ajagkan waters with President |vntal subsequently bought and re-| coolidge and declared the time rold 40” the Sinclair Crude Oiliymit on kan fishing was un- {Com u: and Prajrie Oil and Gas duly e and suggested an fcompy rsgermoys. prof days for Indians. liam L. Paul, Ala e e———— MOVES RESIDENCE Mrs. Lorene Jobson has taken | ‘an apartment at the MacKinnon Apartments. She s Iq!ll into [her new nuuleuee § i | z'he robbers armed with nho J{“}flfl e o roes ) s miscuously aj IN BATTLE the lurgest Republican vote | history at the forth-; attempt to secure comtrok of the Pagses Away in Pasadena at a heario:| MASKEDBANDITS MAKE BIG HAUL TRAIN ROBBERY Hold Up Staged Near Chi- cago Today—Wild West Methods 175 PASSENGERS ; ARE TERRORIZED Mail Car s Blasted by | Robbers—Loot Esti- mated $130,000 CHICAGO, Feb. 25.—Half a 'nluzcn masked robbers, using Wild | West tacti held-up the Crand | Trunk local mail and passenger {train todey on the fringe of Chi- cago, terrorized the 75 passen- | #ers and train employees, blasted |the mail car and escaped with {$130.000, and possibly more. The hold-up was staged Evergreen Park at the identical #pot where the $135,000 train ‘robbery was executed a year ago. | The police believe the same |gang executed the second coup. One of the robbers boarded the train at Chicago with a ticket to Everzreen Park. The train was stopped and the robber got joffl. A quarter of a mile down the track five men wearing black {magks and khaki overalls, fluzx’d hg train, H 2 near ] cs, firing proi d intimidating the passengers. Oth* i robbers stood guard while two ‘ol the gang, carrying explosives, 'u\ruz to the mail car, which was lockud, and set off a charge of {the explosive in the vestibule of the mail car, blowing it away. The robbers then entered the “u.lil subdued the two mail {elerks and two Government \.w»nm guarding the money. { More than 50 shots were fired (but no one was Injured except tone mail elerk who was hit over the head. The robbers escaped in an au- tomobile. | The money taken was two | weeks” payroll for four factories. e Gfll. GREELEY | HAS RESIGNED FOR. SERVICE Chief to Come to Pacific Coast—Successor Is : Major Stuart | WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—Sec- retary of Agriculture Willlam M, Jardine anunounces the resigna- tion of Col. William B, (ireelvr. |Chiet of the JForest Service, De- partment of Agriculture. Major R. Y. Stuart, pru'nt \ Assistant Forester, in charge of ! Public Relations, will succeed Col. Greeley. . Col. Greeley has resigned to |take u position with the West Coast Lumber Manufacturers As- | sociation. Colonel Gresley resigned from 'the Forest Service to accept the | position of secretary-manager of the West Coast Lumber Manufac- urers’ Association, a recent con: solidation of all the Important lumber manufacturing concerns ou the Pacific Coast. ¥ The former chief of the Forest fervice was appolnted to that position in 1919. He experienced 124 vears with the Service, having entered the government departs ment on his graduation from the School of Forestry at Yale inm | 1904, ¢ Colonel Greeley visited Alaska wice; the first time in 1920 second time in 1923, Stuart Able Man “Major Stuart has had a ckground of' experience . very able man for the po | chief of the Service,” d | Frank 8. Heintzleman, |dv~4!rlot forester with the } - (con % Fage T )