The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 27, 1928, Page 1

THE D VOL. XXXII., NO. 4852. “ALL THE NEWS JUNEAU, ALAékA, A4LL THE TIME” FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1928. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ILY ALASKA EMPIRE PRICETENCENTS FARMERS FIGHTING IMMENSE BLAZE MANIACS ESCAPE WHEN FIRE RAGES HOSPITAL FOR INSANE AFIRE; INMATES FLEE Over Twelve Hundred Pa- tients Terror Stricken —Many Get Away NASHVILLE, Tenn., July —Within a few hours after fire sent them scurrying over the cowntryside early this morning, all but 15 of 350 inmates of | the Central State Hospital for the Insane have been rounded up. t include Jesse 27 and Samuel Kemper, maniacs. The main building, 50 years cld, caught fire shortly after midnight, and the patients were driven from their beds scantily | attired. | Whether of life is afternoon. There were 1,072 inmates the hospital buildings. Warning shouts of the guards, police and firemen added to the terror of | the inmates and it is Dslimflt(-(l! that 350 darted across the fields | down the highway and railroad tracks. The remainder were in such a condition that they hud- dled together and were easily| controlled. The records of the institution were lost and many inmates, probably lost in the fire will nev- er be identified. The loss is estimated at §250,- 000. loss | this there not has been determined e iy JARDINE OFF FOR ALASKA; LEAVES TODAY, Expects to Spend Three| Weeks in Southeast- ern Alaska J WASHINGTON, July 27.—Sec- retary of Agricluture William M. Jardine, left Washington today for a three weeks’ inspection tour of Southeastern Alaska. Secretary Jardine will spend Sunday evening and Monday with President Coolidge at Brule. He will sail north from Seattle about August 7 and plans to study the varicus experiment stations and possibilities of future growth in Alaka with reference to power sites, forests, wild life and re- sou 'sl(ms will be made at Ketchi- kan; Sitka and Juneau where he Wil ' visit with Gov. George A. Parks. HOOVER GOING TO FISH, ORE. MEDFORD, Ore., July 27.— Herbert C. Hoover will visit Ore- gon. Reservations have been made for the Hoover party of 50 to arrive here Sunday night. Dinner has been requested at the Medford Hotel and Hoover will spend Monday fishing on the Rogue River. It is not expected that the party will continue northward. Los Angeles Man Named: President Of Bar Association SEATTLE, July 27.—Gurney Newlin, of Los Angeles, was to- day clected President of the Am- erican Bar Association by unani- mous vote. Off to Develop \ Rubber for For DETROIT, Mich.,, July 27.— An expedition destined to develop for the Ford Motor Company an independent source of low priced but high grade rubber with an annual yield sufficient to make tires for 2,000,000 automobiles has sailed for Santa Arem, Bulll.ltne 60,000 mark. in France. ~ Stage Star in “400 Bravcly Louise Groudy, musical comedy star, is going to for« bear “complicating” the life of young Ogden Goelet, | $75,000,000 estate of his banker-father, according to the story which Park avenue is telling and restelling. The little star is reported to have had an interesting tete-a-tete with Goelet pere at which the banker informed her that he would cut off his son | without a penny in event of his marriage to her. Groody denies it all and now is on the high seas for a vacation But Miss (International Miustrated News] Sensation Is Caused in Murder Case EDMONTON, Alberta, July 27.—Dr. Maximillian Langs- ner, Viennese criminologist, has created a sensation here by solving the Manville mystery in which four per- sons were killed. He solved the mysfary through the | medium of thought transfer- ence. Dr. Langsner found the gun which led to the con- | fession by Vernon Boother, aged 20, that he killed Mrs. | Henry Bocher, her son Fred, and two hired men. Dr. Langsner said: | man who commits a crime has it constantly in mind, therefcre it is comparatively simple to tune in on the criminal’s thoughts.” Dr. Langsner was passing through this city. and re- mained here a day to solve the murder mystery. “The ———3t Mother Uses Her Baby To Conceal Smuggling CONSTANTINOPLE, July 27— An incident unique in the anpals of Turkish smugglers occurred re. cently at the customs house here when a Turkish woman arriving from abroad attempted to smuggle in a qualtily of contraband tobacco tigntly packed round the body of her four-months’ old baby. When the customs officials began un- winding the suspiciously bulging swathes of material which Moslem tradition binds round the legs and arms of infants, the mother tock to her heels, abandoning baby and tobacco. ———eo—— P. A, F. TENDER HERE The Red Boy, ‘ender of the Pa- cific American Fisheries at Ex. cursion Inlet, is in port today. Re. ports brought in are that the pack ot the P. A. F. plant is nearing | | [ Prohibition i coast of the oo 1/FOUR BISHOPS SERVE NOTICE ON ANTI-DRYS Makes Appeal to Fight *“Would-Be Nullifiers of the Law” RICHMOND, Va., July 27— Four Southern Methodist Bishops have joined in a statement and served notice on opponents of that the drys “‘will not be driven from the field by the cry they bringing the church into politics by opposing an outstanding cnemy of Nation- al Prohibition” for the Presi- dency, The statement issued contains an appeal to the ministry and laity of the church of the South to continue the fight against the liguor traffic and the “weuld-be nullifiers of the law.” Trace Mexican Quakes To Subpaline Volcano are MEXICO CITY, July 27.—The newspaper Kl Universal prints re- ports .that the eruption of an un. located submarine voleano in the Pacific ocean somewhere off the State of Oxaca, caus- ed the recent severe earthquakes in Oxaca, Mexico City, and all the Southern part of Mexico. No lives are known to have been lost in these earthquakes but there was panic everywhere. Pioneer of Yukon Dies in Vancouver VANCOUVER, B. C, July 27, —Frederick McLennan, pioneer of the Yukon, is dead here at the age of 76 years. He was born in Picton, Nova Scotia, and went to the Klondike in 1898. He has lived here in retirement heir to the .1 sessions, TUNNEY WINS FROM HEENEY IN ELEVENTH Challenger Is Vlrtunlly Knocked Out—Fight Called by Referee TERRIFIC BEATING IS GIVEN HEENEY |/\ttendance Is Smallest Since Shelby Fiasco— Tex Rickard Loser NEW YORK, July 27.—Subject- ing Tom Heeney to one of the. most severe beatings any man ever took, Gene Tunney, Champion of the World, scored a technical knockout last night over the An- zac in the eleventh of what was to have been a fifteen round match. Tunney knocked Heeney uncons- cious at the close of the tenth round, but the bell saved the chal- lenger, lying unconscious on the floor of the ring in Yankee Sta- dium. Tunney weighed 189 pounds and Heeney 203% pounds. Terrific Punishment Never has a man been subject- to the punishment Heeney took after the seventh and still kept to his feet to plunge stubs bornly into the Champion's flails ing punches. The challenger's left eve wa4 hurt in the seventh round and this Teft hi g&xflg‘;m the | rest. of the. V.;\,n):?‘u' b Collapsed After reeling through the terrif. punishment of the eighth and Heeney collapsed under the champion’s bitter attack Just as the tenth round closed Heeney rolled on his back and was almost out and had to be carried to his corner. Although revived somewhat for the eleventh round, Tunney slash- ed Heeney into a gory figure and the round had gone two minutes and 52 seconds before the referee called the fight, Tribute by Tunney Champion Gene Tunney paid a glowing tribute to the rugged gameness of Heeney after the fight and announced: “I intend to remain in the fight busines: Tunney was greatly concerned over Heeney's condition and was glad to learn that it was not seri- ous. ed ic Denies Charges Tunney indignantly denied the charges of Heeney's handlers that he poked his gloved thumb into the challengers eye in the eighth round. “It was a hard, clean hook to the head that started him blink- ing.” But Heeney blamed Tunney's “blimy thumb” for his defeat and said: “That bloomin’ thumb—why 1 know I was leading.” Small Crowd A crowd of 50,000 witnegsed the fight with the gate receipts at $750,000, the smallest since the Shelby fiasco. Tex Rickard and his 600 (Continued on Page Five.) After the Battle Dope; Tunney And Heeney Talk NEW YORK, July 27—Tex i ard annoupced today that the ison Square Corporation w staged the Tunney-Heeney fight at Yankee Stadium last night, iost $155,719 dollars on the bout Gena, Tunney today said: was never in danger. Heeney nothing like Jack Dempsey. has no punch.” Tunney plans to go to the coun. He try to spend a few days with his mother, sisters and brother, and will sail for Europe on August 16. Tom Heeney today is far from: being broken hearted and lonked forward with pleasure at providing entertainment for his trio of brothers who came here from New Zealand. Heeney said: “I have no ex- cuses to offer. The best man won. What is the use of crying. It's a sporting proposition with me. I want to be a good winner and ' ]fnr the past seyen years,” - -- a good loser.” 9 mil. | -1which shook the i8 The appointments of Scott Frank Hague of Jersey City and Governor Harry Byrd of Virginia, above, vice chairmen of the Democrat Ferris, Mayor | mittee, have b John J. Raskol left to right, as | Motors whom ic natiopal com- N ew Democratlc Vlce-Chalrmen een announced by Chairmun b, financial wizard' of General Governor Smith called in to manage his presidential campaign, NO CAMPAIGN, SOLID SOUTH, SAYS SENATOR Moses Agamst Invasion of Territory—Has Sug- gestions, Howevey July 27. George . Mg the Eas h-ln NEW YORK, States Senator Vice-Chairman Republican Advisory Committee, is opposed to the invasion of the solid South for the purpose of se- curing electoral votes for Hoover becatise he believes it is useless Senator M said: *“It is a long time before election and there is time enough for fervid passion to cool off. I have no jgreat illusion to our ability |to break up the solid south, much as I desire to see it dome.” | Senator Moses said his advice |was to concentrate on the Con gressional campaign in certain sections of the South, “then if we find ground for optimism we may expand and go after bigger game,” Commenting on former Senator Owen, homa, in the Hoover jator Moses said t) deflection to the Republic ty might have been due persuasive power of his wife. MARINES HELP PUT OUT FIRE as enrollment of of Okla- an Par- NORFOLK, July 27.—A pany of Marines from the Nor folk Navy Yard helped to pre- vent fides spreading after igni- tion of 4,000 pounds of smoke- Mess powder at St caused by terrific explosion tion of that No one was little property a part of the country injured and very damage was done. seconds after the blast, the 40 magazines were flooded by the special emergency system and the Depot Fire Department played streams of water on the | ruins, IF ather-in-Law of Man Who Nominated all of SAN FRAN 27.—Isaac Wilson Grover, aged 76, father-in-law of John Mc- Nab, who nominated Herbert C.| 0, Cal, Hoover at the Kansas City Con-| vention, died last night. Grover was dean of the Deputy United .States Marshals here. —United | to the| com- | Juliens Depot, | Within a few | * Hoover Passes Away| July | GAPT, WILLIAM RULE, EDITOR, PASSES AWAY *Belleved to Be Oldest Ac- tive Editor in the United States | (ASSOCIATED PREaS PrHoTO) SAPT. WikLIAM RULE, | KNOXVILLE, Tenn { Capt. William Rule, for mos 50 years editor of the Journal and believed be the oldest editor in the country, died yesterday following an operation for appendicitis, July 27, than | Knoxville to | Captain Willlam 1ule | lican and former ion army, who for more than hai a century edited a newspaver the democratic South, first attr ed nationwide attention in 18 when he refused to fight a duel, characterizing such method settling disputes “heathenish” and “cowardly.” Shortly after his newspaper | had published a criticism of two| institutions of which .\IuJul ‘Im)ei' J. Wicks, of Memphis, T Wi { the head, Captain Rul muvwl |an order to retract his statements.y | This he refased to do, but advised the major the columns of his paper were open to any statements Wicks might care to m: Whereupon Major Wicks wrote Captain Rule, asking him to meet him at Dalton, Ga. Instead of do- ing this, the editor on date inamed in the mote for the meet. ing published in his paper a letter he had &nt to the major. This | step generally is believed to have {had a great influence in discredit- ing duelling in the South 1 Code of Honor “With such an affair | refuse to have amy comnmection,” he wrote. hree) Tepuh. officer in t Un. | | ' as | | | | | ke (Continued on P ' Stockholm & ,,‘.__._._..u { War Outlawry 4 ' Pact to Be Slgnc(l "*' PARIS, July 27.-—The Kel- lly v;f logg pact ontlawing war will | be signed here by 15 gov- ernments next mnnlh The number may be increased 16 since Spain intimated was glad to join. to she | i SOME HISSES FOR ITALIANS Norway City Crowd Show Feeling Towards Italia Survivors NARVIN, Norway Italian survivors of the ill-fated Nobile Italia dition disem- abrked here last night from the base ship Citta di Milano. While a great crowd assembled to watch the survivors, silence was maintained, only broken by a few scattering hisses, When the members of the Swedish Re- lief Expedition, traveling to by the same train their car the crowd loudly. Umberto P 27— July o boarded cheered Gen., Nobile looked {pale and worn and his face show- ed plainly the strain. The other members of the party appearec well except Ceccioni whose brok en leg was bandaged. Policemen were on there was no disorder. duty but LARGE SECTION - WHEAT FIELDS AREDESTROYED Farmers and Volunteers Fighting to Save Lives and Homes EASTERN WASHINGTON | SCENE GF BIG FIRE i\ A s Livestock Is Turned Loose to Escape Spread- ing Flames BULLETIN — WALLA WALLA, Wash., July 7.— The fire was apvarently halt- ed this afternoon after rav- aging 600 sections of“ the t}"mmim{ country for over 12 hours. BATTLE GRAIN FIRE WALLA WALLA, July 2%e-— | More than 300 frenzied farmers |and volunteer fire fighters are | battling a grain fire in the vi- cinity of Eureka Flats, 30 miles {away, in an attempt to save thelr lives, homes and wheat. It 18 estimated that the fire, which started last night from a switch engine's sparks, has already de- stroyed 25,000 acres of wheat {land, some wheat which had been {harvested hut left stahding and in addition more than 50,000 acres of spring shéep pasture has been burned over. Sheep: camps, attempt to stop the onrush flames and they headed into tll. ! best wheat land. Telephone vlm are down and roads blocked. Early reports said 10 farm houses have already been wiped out. This was at 4 o'clock this | morning. Farmers turned their livestock loose, packed their household goods and sent their families out of the fire area Tank cars of water have beenm rushed - to the scene by the Northern Pacific Railway. 13 HOMES DESTROYED 3 WINONA, Wash., July 27.— Thirteen homes were destroyed in a fire which swept in from the burning grain field. The fire was brought under control by volunteer fire fighters recruited from Colfax, 25 miles east of here. 4 5 Several hundred a of stand- ing grain in pasture land were burned. The loss is estimateéd at $50,000. - No business prop- . erty was burned. oo R L British Line Builds i World’s Largest Ship BELFAST, July the world's largest to be laid here, The vessel, of ed by the White Star Line, take three years to build, « It cost $35,000,000 and will be em-. ployed in passenger service be. tween Southamptor and New York. It will be 1,000 feet long, have speed of 25 knots and have 60,0 tons displacement {ldings and ) | | | | liner is SOVIET MOVES TO BAN LICENTIO By WILLIAM RESWICK (A. P. Staft Writer) MOSCOW, Jualy The abuse of power by Communists in vari- ous parts of Russia and tho pre. valeance in official circles of drinking. gamblinz, licentiousne: bribery an? other evils have mov- ed the Central Communist Commit tee to start a vigorous houscclean- ing. The campaign was liunched wiht a vitriolic proclamation broadcast througheut Russia. This was fol- | lowed by declarations from lesd- ing officials, including the one given below by FEmelyan Yaro- slavsky, secretary of the central control commission “Misbehavior in office and drunkenness go, as a rule, hand in hand. indulging in the evil. Then the US OFFICIALS | % group eradually grows, enlw | new members daily. Such drinks | ing finally deprives its v not only of human but of bo vik ideals. When their m | is exhausted, they grab for fi in the Soviet government “Money is being raken from unmn from party and profe: al. funds, from local governmen nstitutions. Zavchenko, of g Sochi branch of the comi party, for instance, forgot the | | ference between his own and ernment money. Others from subosdinates. The lati their turn, make franti get their money back by |and tricking the local and workers, “Drinking is the nrlm of many evils: bribery, First there is a small group| _____