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o B THE DAILY VOL. XXXL, NO. 4738. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1928. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ‘MISSING PLANE REPORTED SIGHTED; ALASKA EMPIRE PRICE TEN CENTS HOPE, HOWEVER, GIVES WAY TO FEAR 200° DEAD, 300 | MISSING, LATE FLOOD REPORT Condition So Chaotic Cali-' fornia Region, Hard | to Make Check ! f - | LOS ANGELES, Cal., March 15, ~Estimates of the number of homeless persons in the flood area varies as ever-changing fig- ures on the death toll results from the chaotic conditions of the devastating sweep of flood makes it almost impossible to get a definite line of the number of persons who lost their homes, Most of those affected keep up a tragical hunt for missing rela- but they do not keep in place long enough to give information on families or muel ‘AS HAYS APPEARS BEFORE PROBERS | TORUN LIGUOR 3 sl Evidence that Coyotes Killing Alaska Sheep | ALASKA NOW | CONSIDERED from California to | Skagway SEATTLE, March 15--The en tire Pacific Coast, from Los An | geles to Alaska, will probably be linked with airlines within a year it an adequate landing field isj developed at Seattle, Charles Baking, of Portland, General Man- ager of the West Coast Air Trans- port revealed. Haking said the service from Vaneouver and Seattle connecting with lines to California, will be | stagged within 30 or 40 days by: his company. This will be fol-| lowed, he said, by a regular serv- CORDOV 2 Alaska, March } 15—The question as to wheth- er a coyote will attack Alas- kan sheep is answered by Con | Miller, veteran trapper who | caught coyotes, dissected them and found sheep fur in the stomachs of the animals. All fur bearing animals in the Copper River and Chitina Valleys face extermination, Miller has warned. USING PLANES | | | | | homes. The toll wide of death on fluctuates Photo shows Will Hays, movie czar and Republican leader, as he gave | testimony about Harry Sinclair's huge contribution to G. O. P, campaigr | deficit, before Senate committee digging into Teapot Dome oll scandal “ACROSS BORDER lee tp Skagway, plans for which are glready under way. Plans for !a Bervice touching at Ketchikan 2 . ""qfirmt percentage a to 4 d w7 P e d £ margins in the with 300 and today neighborhood of persons missing. stand in Washington. (International Newsreel) Shattered communications and mud-bound countryside make it seible for positive checking. récovered are removed one morgue to another CAPT. WILKINS IS READY FOR from worgue. CAUSE OF DISASTER LOS ANGELES, March 15.— William Mulholland, Chief En- gineer of the Los Angeles Burean of Water uand Powgr, after a thorough inspection of the scene of the St. Francis dam collapse, declared his belief that a series! of landslides above the dam caus- | ed the catastrophe. ! “Something terrific happened! to break that huge mass of con-| PAIRBANKS. Alaska, March 1.! crete into bits,” Mulholland re-' _cupt. . George H. Wilkins an ported. Bvidence of three slides nounced yesterday that the fi were fon~ ' above the dam. {Teg of his Spitzbergen flight will {be undertaken Jlate this week or - ]‘mn-l_\' next week, the hop to Point ! Barrow depending on the weather. | { The Lochead plane has been| up almost daily for tes flights and pronounced in perfect | taken condition | Week or Next, All De- pending on Weather | doubt exists, says Wilkins and| | Ben Eielson, as to the feasibility ! WASHINGTON, March 15—Tha of skiis with which the plane is. Ciyil Service Commission, whose equipped in making a hazardons | exAminations recently found a landing on an Arctic ice pack. of prohibition Equipment assembled here in-| gents unable make passing cludes an extra steel propellor,; marks, still believes such tests are snowshoes, skiis, rifle, 400 rounds; the best means of discovering the of ammuniation, enough food for most efficient workers. (nine days, fishing nets and hooks At the Commission’s office, the and néts for catching small birds.| opinion is expressed that the At Point Barrow there is oil,| tests reliably weed out the un |{gas and condensed rations for 30} worthy among those already em |days which will be taken on. ployed as well as among prospec-! Wilking continues in the fivm} tive employees. belief that with the equipment | —————— taken, he and Eielson can live off: . O t i finit Woman Found Slain; | 1% coumtry indefinitely gency arises. | Husband Is Placed | e g g AT ! Under Arrest Today Husband of Sister Of Former—Kais SPOKANE, Wash.,, March 15— , o L. C. C. Bagwell, aged 37 years, has been jailed iin conpection with the death of his wife who was murdered last night. The woman was found bound and gagged, apparently strangied to death. Bagwell said he discovered the if emer- BERLIN, March 15—Alexandgr Subyoff, young husband of Prin- ! cess Victoria, of Schaumburg, sis- ordered ‘expelled from’Germany by the police authorities. BARROW FLIGHT, Take-Off. - Will' Be -%;,[# 4 | Must Quit Germany ! ter of the former Kaiser, has been | g, q g — LOCAL MEN RECUPERATING body when he returned from Spo- kane to his ranch home on the edge of the city. ! - Two children, aged 9 and 11} Wflliam Bosch and Bei Laon- years, slept in an adjoining room ard, well known Junéauites, why and did not awaken when their mother was bound to the bed anl killed. Police officials said discrepan- cies in Bagwell's story led to his arrest. . i covering from major operationg, are reported by hospital attend- ants to be improving rapidly and will probably be up and around within a short time. y German Court Rules - 'On Mother-In-Laws BERLIN, March 15—®he rights(sided with his. mother and refused of mothers-in-taw do not stand soihis wife's requests that they leave high as they might with the Gor-|the “in law™ out of the combina- man federal supreme rt, theltion and live by themselves. Reichsgericht. Wives ‘have pre-| Such an attitude on the part of cedence over them. in all family & husband, the German supreme disputes, says. the Reichegericht in | court decided, represented a' flag- repealing a number of decisions|rant violation of connubial rights] of the lower courts i ‘which the|and duties, involving the respect wives were given the edge over{of one party for anmother, and en- their hushands’ mothers. titled the wi with her child”or The cases in point dealt, with|children to leave her husband. married- couples maintai are in the St. Ann's hospital re-| ¥ I'retty Katberine Elizabeth Tierney 1aughter of wealthy New York pa runts, tired of Juxury rnd ease <kipped away from a Tarrytown N. Y, coilege; Katherine was late discovered working as a maid-ser t in & home in Kew Gardess WY Tatarnatianal Nowsraald ——e——— — FORDS LOSE SUIT MOTION PONTEAC, Mich, March 15— The tian of Henry and Edsel o dismiss the $6,000,000 damage: suit filed against them by Henry and Wilfred Leland has Déen denied by Judge Covert. Quartz Strike Is Made Near Cordova;Stampede CORDOVA, Alaska, March 15-- A ledge of rich quartz, two miles long, is feporteéd uncovered near| Mile 126 on the Copper River by QGus ' Wilson. The news has brought a near stampede excite- ment to Cordova, The strike lies on the Copper River, half a mile from the railroad in the center of a rich’ mineral balt Ameérican Ambassador at Flu|term expires at the first meetinz | . CONSTANTINOPLE, March 15 +—Joseph Dhassador; by an' atl C. Grew, Ameriéan Am- s confined to his bed k of influenza which m deen an épidemic here. He ~been Il a week in the Ameri- ”fifi pital. Infirmaries’ and ~ and colleges mugu capacity with patients. “Tke' Taylor "And Lieut, ‘B, L. : P .‘: oy " gl \jtario. Ten and 12 Trips Dai]y'sre also being discussed. it GAPT.DODGE | PASSES AWAY DETROIT, Mich., March 15.-- {Indications that liquor runners; {have taken to the air in an effort jto circumvent Federal customs 'parriers in the Detroit area has nted a new problem for law Veteran Alaska Skipper‘ lenforcement officials Crown 1 i |authorities have seized a liquor; Dies. Aboard Latouche | laden plane and arrested Ernest; FJones, pilot, ut el River, On- tw'FUMftl on Monday.. § told the Canadian tlI]'I-] cials he was one of a string of aviators running liquor between Ontario and Detroit. His plane iearried a ecapacity of 12 cases. Planes make 10 and 12 trips daily Jones refused to give his {employer’s name. { e INCOME TAXES ARE DUE TunAY' Capt. Dodge has hundreds of | ki friends in Juneau. He Nas served 'on many of the Alaska Steamship | First Information of Coun- Company vessels. He was always jovial and made friends easily and try’s Finances Will i them. ; Be Given i i A Jones SBATTLE, March 15-—Funeral services for Capt. Joseph Dodgo, | veteran Seattle-Alaska skipper, | who died Tuesday aboard the| freighter LaTouche, will be held | next Monday. i Capt. Dodge was 65 years of age | and has served on Alaska vessels| for 30 years. He has been with| the Alaska Steamship Company as pilot for the past 20 years. The body will arrive here next| Sunday aboard the steamer Yu- kon. | | ‘Joffre Forced to Move Because Rent Doubled PARIS, March 15 — Marshal} Joffre, victor of the battle of the Barne, has been vanquished by the high cost of living. { France's great soldier, with a salary of $200 a month, must| leave his handsome old Paris| apartment because the proprieior | has doubled the rent. Joffre can't pay the doubled rent and so he is| going to move. He s 76 years old and not as! strong as in the dark days of the| war when he was the commander of millions, in and out of uniform. Joffre, nevertheless, will find a place to ‘live. He still has his modest little home in the country but he will have no difficulty in| getting another apartment in Paris.’ It was a Spaniard, whose son and grandson both fought un-' der Joffre, who was the first to| ofter “Papa” Joffre a home. This | gentleman, hearing of the Mar- shal's plight, offered him an apart- ! ment either in Paris or in Nice, {in buildings he owns. G. O. P. Committee Jotfre still is on “active service o for Marshals, of whom there are; DENVER, Colo, March 15— ¢ix, are never retired. They have William V. Hodges, Treasurer oi | become, in these times of peace, the Republican Nationai Commit., SOrt of consulting engineers to | tee has confirmed the report from | the army and various problems Chicago that he will not be a can- are referred to Joffre and the didate, for the Treasureship of others by the Superior War Coun- the Phrty at the expiration of his present four year term. His WASHINGTON, March 15.— American taxpayers have dug into their purses again to meet annual dues to Uncle Sam but |with the gratifying knowledge that on the basis of their income tax payments this year a perman- ent reduction jin rates may be possible in years to come. Awaiting returns from the first |installment of = income taxes which must be paid by today, March 15, the Senate Finance Committee is suspending judg- ment on .what the total insert of tax reduction in the measure will be as received some time ago from the House. The returns will give the first real guage of the financial condition of the country during last year and if there is any appreciable drop in the nation’s income it will cloud a prospect of a measureable re- duction at this session of Con- gress, ————— Hodges Not Candidate For Treasurer of Nat. though it may not be followed. SHEPARD LEAVES TO ATTEND IGLOO MEET e ® H. R. Shepard, president of the In Hands of Receiver Grana Igioo of the Pioneers o] lAlui., left here this morning on| SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March' the ‘Admiral Rogers enroute to] 16—Alleged by the Federal Inter-| Ketchikan to attend the Igloo coa- mediate Credit. Bank of Spokano|vention which is scheduled to to be im arrears. of $185,000 in|opem fhere tomorrow. pdyments to the bank, the West | He s the only Juneau repre- ern Livestock Loan Company,)sentative attending the conven- Salt ! rpor 1, has_been | tion, ac to members of thy > and has four prox- of the Committee affer the Na- tional Convention Corporation Is Placed | POSSIBLE NEXT FIRST LADY OF LAND New and hitherto unpublished photo of Mrs. Herbert Hoover, wife of thi Secretary of Commerce, who may very possibly be the next first lady of the land it her husband's efferts to President are suacessful. TWO TRAINMEN REPORT PLANE SEEN IN NIGHT Claim Made Red and White Lights Are Visible: Approaching Coast {WIDESPREAD RUMORS ‘ NOT SUBSTANTIATED ;Fcars Now Felt_Hinchclifie and Elsie MacKay Lost on Flight BULLETIN — S. JOHNS, March 15. — Two troinmen reported -at Moncton they saw a lighted plane flying in from the Atlantic Coast at 1:05 o'clock this morning at Anagace, 60 miles north- west of here. Richard Peters. engincer of the said he distinctly saw a plane with a white and red light cn either side. FEARS INCREASING NEW YORK, March 15.—Des- pite widespread but {nconfirmed reports of planes heard winging through the night, fear increases hat a Visecount's, hter has attain the Republican nomination £01 i liowed a Princess ‘o death in in attempt ‘to fly " perilous | Marines | To Wipe Out | Nicaraguan Rebels MANAGQGUA, Nicaragua, March 15, — Marines have been ordered to make a stringent effort to wipe out the Sandino revolt. For | weeks supplies have been moving steadily into North- ern Nicaragua where the | rebel general has heen | tive. . SENATOR REED VERY HOPEFUL FORDEMOCRATS Returns to Washington After 26-Day -Trip on Campaign to Coast WASHINGTON, Mar. 15—United States Senator James,A. Reed has returned to Washington from a 26 {day speech making tour that car-| ried him to the Pacific Coast, breathing confidence that the Democrats have the makings of a successful Presidential cam- paign issue. ~ He reiterated that corruption, which he contends will not be dissociated from the man- agement of the Republican Party. The American public, he believes, is thoroughly aroused and can be depended upon ‘to render a verdict in the November election. After a 10-day stay here, the Missouri Democrat will again take | the road going first to High Point, North Carolina, and speak on the! night of March 26! i oy A Conference on Disarmament Is Held in Geneva, GENEVA, March 15—With a I¢il, and thelr advice is asked al-|new comer, Turkey, among them,|coor who founded Thomas Cook 24 countries including two. nom- members of the League of tions, the United States and Rus- sla, met today to renew. efforts to get a practical start toward dis- armament, ————— Earth Shock Rolls Beds on Casters.in | 'RESIGNED FROM Na-| -] came tern air lane ae North |met by | Wettheim and her two pilots and by Nungesser and Coll, but dea- peration and an optimistic com- FEDERAL noARD putation was that ‘the gasoline | about the plang could only have ' A \kept the Stinson Detrofter &:lo |aloft until dawn today but % o o ‘o @fter no definite word M Tariff Commissioner Quits 1t 2P Lo e peneratty and Assails Coohdge. fear the North Atlantic has § Commissioners |y e ! o WASHINGTON, March 15-—The | controversy that for more th. two years has surrounded activi ties of the Tariff Commission moved with a sharp and sudden MAN AND WOMAXR | '| LONDON, Mareh 15. ~= Capt. | Walter Hinehcliffe Elsie Mac- | Kay are the sole occupants of the i S Stinson Detroiter plane Endeavor climax yesterday with the resig- >on nation of Commissioner Ellwur'l'mh:",r'u:d“d a . rama-R UNBHE P. Costigan, the last of the orig. | "1Sht Tuesday morning. inal Wilson appointees. e ai‘;:‘:" (;‘:r‘:;’: dg:"":'lzl,’ ¥ t ith fr .| 4 In a letter with frank personal |close riend: ¢ Hinchelifte, and itles, Costigan simultaneously as-| lgailed President Coolidge ana Whose whereabouts since 'the Commissioners Marvin, Lowen [ight started, has been a¥mys- | and Brossard. tery, appeared at Purely, sub- | At the White House it was an.|UrPan home of the British ace.: nounced the resignation had been| Major Sinclair said Miss Mae- accepted. “Kay was the only passenger :vuh. p Costigan t ;Hl.rf('hcllfle. s Coolidge with refusal to act ou| Tbe Whole thing was 'l%l‘ {dectstve evidence that ertain | MUrriedly aranged,” said Sinclalr. \tariff rates should be lowered., 1t was originally intended 1 ae- {The President's course, he sail, c°MPany Hincheliffe but Migs” “helped wreck the Commission’s|MacKay was keen on golng usefulness.” gave way to her, At her u\m ) Terming 1 agreed to be a party to the Commissioners as “ 1 " 0y _{fiction that I was fiying with, ‘The Marvin Group,” Costigan as Bhe. 458 Rt (Captain. serted they worked together [steadily for higher rates and ALy to know anything i her trip as she desired they ingnlnst important reductions and spared snxisty." Bo HhwAMeE were ‘“reckless on occasions in » cheliffe was” concerned, he their treatment of facts and law. {indifferent ash to Whether '} MacKay or 1 accompany him on his flight.” charged Presiden Passengers on the Aamiral Rog ’er- from Juneau included Gapt. A.| ———————— | E. Lathrop, candidate for Repub-| Frank Price, Deputy ‘U.°S. lcan National Committeeman, shal at Juneau, wad .an { who plans to campaign in Peters- passenger on the Admiral burg, Wrangel and Ketchikan. He took prisoners to S “Cook’s Tours” Ortgmated : In Teniperance Lecturin, i Young Cook's"first udm& a tourist agent was whe pealed to the Midland " company for cheap tickets ' frog Leicester to - Loughborough poor people who wished to n LONDON, March 15-~Thomas & Son, the travel agency recently’ | amalgamated with the Internu- | tional Sleeping Car company on |the continent, was a gardemer as ? a young man in Leicestershirs a temperance meeting. The ra working for a penny a day. | way issued uo:u at one shillin | each, inst three times ! Being more interested in texnfi‘;mo“‘ l:‘:hll‘fld formerly, perance than flowers, Cook be-| Cook sold 570 of them. a . lecturer and travelel about the country givii his| to run s California Town {milar excursions SANTA MARIA, Cal, March 16.—Au earthquake of 15 seconds beeause of inadequate transportu | tarople lines, duration, strong enough te roll ‘Mfin on their casters, was félt at this morning. ‘No views. He found that his lec-|he did for several years. tures were often poorly attended' were conducted purely om N and \ . tickets. | realized the commercial i brough: | ties of this move and to 341 of the{ which in time estal i tion and the lack of ¢l |,'uu. inspired plans wi about the founding in tourist y jcreased the number of its viotims =