The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 8, 1928, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXXIL, NO. 4862. ALL FOUND “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1928. TROPICAL FELDON APTS, BURNED EARLY THIS MORNING Large Structure Is Destroy- ed by Fire—Tenants Heavy Losers The Feldon Apartments, former- Iy known as the Juneau Apart. ments, owned by Sam Feldon and located on Calhoun avenue, we totally destroyed by fire early | this morning. Few of the fifty-seven tenants the apartments were able to e their personal belongings, By the time the fire was discovered, | about 4 a.m,, the blaze had a good | start and the building was already | filled with smoke and burning rap- | idly. a | Firemen were called out shortly ' after 4 o'clock, but were able to! do little, for upon their arrival the building a mass of flame in a short while water was being poured from lines of hose. | Three high pressure lines, from | Fifth and Seward, Fourth and| Seward and Court House Hill were used, while low pressure lines were | strung from Fifth and Main and Fifth and Calhoun, two from the latter hydrant. Kept From Spreading For four hours the fire fighters were on the job. When it be- came apparent the fire could not! be stopped, care was taken to keep the flames from spreading. Nearby buildings were kept under a spray of water, especially Gfovanetti’s Grocery buildin ich 13 located “within a few feet of tl Adoh Apartments. One line of hose was put in use fro mthe top of Giovanetti's; an- other sprayed between the build- ings, while a third was used to| pump water into the nearest end| of the burning structure. | Recent heavy rains undoubtedly saved the north end of the city from a far more serious confl gration, for burning sparks and pies of paper flew through the air and diopped blocks from the scene. As house tops were all damp the sparks had little oppor- tunity of catching fire to other places, Tenant Causes Worry | During the early stages of the| fire it was believed for a time one of the tenants of the apartments had been caught in the blaze. He had been running to and from the street and his room, saving what he could, when suddenly a tion of the building caved in. was nowhere to be seen and in- tense anxiety was felt for his safe. ty until he was located on the street a short time later. Some trouble was experienced with a tenant of a small house below the apartment, who did not wish to leave his home. He was convinced of the folly of his de- sires when one of the large chim- neys from the burning building dropped onto his roof and contin- ued on until it reached the inter- ior of the dwelling. During and after the fire, Min- nie Fields, cook at the Court House, and Mary Young, who op- erates the Arcade Cafe, served hot coffee to the firemen. The men from the Fire Hall today ex- tended their thanks to these wo- men for their aid. Sam Feldon said today he would do nothing, while his work in re. buildimg the Cliff Apartments which he recently took over, may be temporarily delayed: Origin Unknown He was unable to shed any. light " (Continued on Page Eight.) i { of { “Lady Lindy’ st to while aw: * Goes A-Sightseei ay a few hours during her visit to Chicago, b . (diss Amelia Earhart, Boston’s “Lady Lindy,” and Mrs. Wilmer Stultz, wife of the trans-Atlantic flier, went a-s:glltseelng in one of the big ships of the Grey Goose Airlines, They are pic: tured here in the plane’s commodious stateroom just prior te taking off, MORE ECONOMY Will Exercise Veto Fower if Congress Starts Spending PERIOK, Wi Aug. 8. President Coolidge is determined to fight for economy more strenu. ously at coming session Congress and will exercise hi, of ve- | to unsparingly on all appropriation | He | the tax cut passed at the bills appearing belicves last session will not result in lars- er government revenues, Brigadier General H. director of the budget, ostimat a possible deficit of $100,000,000, President Coolidge believes busi. ness cond taxation superfluous M. Lord, s now apportioned to r spond directly to the general pro: perity, Treasury receipts will sufficient to wipe out the possible deficit. rince George Will Serve with British Navy in Far East MONTREAL, Aug. 8—Prince George, young son of the King of England, will drrive in Quebec on August 16 aboard the steamship Empress of Australia. He will take a train for Vancouver whence he will sail for China. join the China station flagship for the remainder of his commission. The prince will assume the role of lieutenant upon joining the squad- ron. Loss Insurance Barred For Bootleggers’ Cars BOSTON, Aug. 8.—Insuring boot- leggers against the loss of their motor cars through confiscation by state or federal government is frowned upon in Massachusetts. Notice has been .issued to 350 companies transacting automobile fire and ‘theft insurance in the Bay State that such insurance will not be allowed. ‘Wesley E. Monk, state insurance commissioner, was roused to ac. tion when request was made for approval of a form of insurance protecting owners against confis- cation of cars for illegal transpor- tation. “This form of coverage,” said the commissioner, “is apparently intended to secure indemnity for loss caunsed by an unlawful act.” He expressed the opinion that such insurance was unlawful and against public, policy and cannot be permitted. He believed it doubt- ful whether a motor vehicle owner could enforce payment in the courts for confiscation of a motor car for law violation. He ordered all such policies previously issued to be canceled. : ons are good and since| be | He will| PRESIDENT 1S~ 'DRY-PLANKS ' T0 FIGHT FOR | DEBATED BY - TWO WOMEN Democratic, Mrs. Wille- brandt Republican [ WASHINGTON, Franklin D. Roosevelt, head of (Gov. Al Smith's Advisory Com. o for Women, and Mrs. Mabel alker Willebrandt, United State Assistant Attorney General, last night debated over the radio on the relative merits of the law en. rement planks in the Democrat. and Republican platforms, Mrs. Roosevelt declared the Democratic plank, from her view- ipoint as a dry, seemed much more | specific than the Republican plank land Gov while favoring modification of Volstead Act would the first to agree that in changing the law he would be I powerless unless Congress agrees.” | Mrs. Willebrandt declared the | Democratic plank did not go as far 'as the Republican plank and she | ehargéd Gov. Smith serapped his | party’s ple by his message to | the Houston convention. She as- | serted Herh C. Hoover “has in his private life and habits, tem- | peran h is square with the party's | 4 Aug. 8.-—Mrs ic Smith, the be whic !Armored Payroll Car | Held-up and Robbed ' Of Twenty Thousand Minn,, —_ this ncon held up money car, hurled into the interior dis- zuards, and escaped with $20,000. The hold-up oc- {eurred about a mile from the leity limits where the car was operated by a private detective !Bgl-m y carrying payrolls for packing plant Sourdough Picnic to Be Held on August 19 SEATTLE, ' Aug. 8.—The 1928 gsourdough picnic of the Alaska- i Yukon Pioneers, their families and i friends, will be held at Wildwood Park, Bellevue, on the east shore of Lake Washington, Sunday, Aug- ust 19, it was announced today by Henry W. Powell, chairman of the committee fn charge. Mys. Marie Denhart heads a commit. tee of Ladies of the Golden North, who are cooperating in arrange- ments for the annual affair. ST. PAUL Aug. Four bandits fan armored gas bombs abling the Alaska, Hawaii National Banks | Have Large Sum MANY TOWNS rae REPORTED TO | banks of Alaska and Hawaii are more than $28,500,000,000 - . e | Hundred Mile Stretch of East Florida Coast | the largest in the history of the National Banking Sys. Storm Swept tem, Comptroller of Curren- cy Mcintosh announced to- day. JACKSON The Florida Bast Coast om above West Palm Beach to Mel- bourne, a stretch of 100 miles has beéen battered by a tropi hurricane which has distre shipping and isolated towns causing tremendous damage property Anxiety was expressed for time' over the whereabouts of palatial Havana pecial Florida Coast Railroad | which 1 five hours overdue from Its route lay through the storm area. The Lempi Honduran ve sel, 60 miles off the QT 0 lost Several lifebe are ST. LOUIS, Mo., “Aug 8.~|;orted making no progress in the | Charles M. Hay, prominent law-{,.;. 7 \hatintna " fngs ver, léading supporter of the poli-fiie with a velocity of 660 miles cles of President Wilson, advo-{u )" pour X cate of the League of Nations inl" 6,0 missing freight peaking campaign, candidate] ot heen roported {for Democratic momination {orlport pierce which | United States Senator in 1920, .41 towns isolated. dry, and bitter opponent of Sen-|" s go.mile an honr wind swept ator James A. Reed, apparently [p,im peaches plunging the towns was nominated yesterday in the inio qarkness. Democratic primary for United % States Senatcr. With more than |half of the precincts of Missouri RCOFS CARRIED AWAY | reported in whole or part, Hay i8] MELBOURNIE, {leading James ®ollet of Kansasimne train City, wet, whose candidacy WAS . Special sponsored by Senatof Reed, by 12,000 ni Senator Reed is retiring from the Senate after eighteen years of service there. The apparent defeat of Collet, however, is not regarded as a real test of Senator | Reed’s strength because the for- | mer entered politics only recently land was not well known, while Hay has been prominent for many R galy VILLE, Fla., Aug It < A IDRY DEMOCRA DEFEATS WET IN MISSOURI Senator 7Rercd's Enemy Wins Out Over His Wet Friend in Primary and to i | the | | A coast, is ts re has left train since it is among Aug. 8. crew of the Havana reported . upon arrival lrere that roofs had been carried away and light buildings toppled over at Fort Pierce and Stuart by the tropical storms. The train passed through the disturbance| area, The storm appeared to the trainmen as moving northward. .- — MINISTER AND GOV. SMITH IN {Herbert Hoover in an effort to | determine whether they furnish o | an index to the probable result )Ny Y. Pastor Makes Charge in that State in the National| __Gov Smith Demands Right to Be Heard | la., STUDYING RETURNS ANFORD UNIVERSITY, Aug. Returns from the Democratic ¢ in Missouri, one of the election. The chief interest of jthe Republican Presidential nom- i was centered on the Demo- atic Senatorial race. There is no secret that the Re- publican Party leaders would wel- come the Victory of Hay, who is leading in the early irns, this would place a dry Senatorial candidate on the Democratic ticket with a wet Presidential candidate, and thus work in favor of the Republicans all along the line ce ALBANY, N. Y, Aug. 8.- De-| manding proof of the charge and| the right to reply, Gov. Al Smith | has taken the Rev. Dr. John Roach | Straton to task for his pulpit de- claration in the Calvary Bapt Church in New York last Sunday that Gov. Smith, “as a public man. was the deadliest foe in Amer of the force of moral progress and true political wisdom.” A caustic letter from Gov., Smith requested the spirit of fair play and that he be invited to the clergyman’s church and given an opportunity to be heard from his side. Gov. Smith, in his letter, promised to answer any ques- tion the Rev. Straton would put re-| garding his public career in New | York, as Actress’ Charges In $1,847,000 Suit Denied by Christie LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8.—Charles H.-Christie, wealthy film producer, through his attorney has recorded a blanket denial of all charges made last week in the sensational cuit of Alys Murrell, screen actress who demanded a total of $1,847,500 frmo Christie. The actrs has ( . | charged “breach of promise to { marry and breach of contract to employ.” Christie’s attorney said that Miss Murrell’s suit probably was an ef- fort to force the producer to pay over a big sum of money rather than permit the unfavorable pub. licity which would attend filing of the suit. “This is not the first time it has been tried,” the attorney said. “Some months ago Christie was approached and told that unless he made a settlement court ac- tion would be started.” NEW YORK Rev. John Roach cepted the challeng Smith and suggest torium be secured debate with Gov ies of speeches Aug. 8—The| on has ac-| of 1 a lary and he would ith in a ser- | “Meanest Worm In S. F. Swindles Girl Seeking Job SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 8.—A swindler who preys on women, advertising for some one to be a housekeeper to care for his little girl, and then, after borrowing money from them. disappears, is being sought by the polfce. The man, named by his vietims a8 George F. Worm, has gardered sums ranging from $10 to $100, According to the police, Mrs. Ruby Easton parted with $100 inl cash and lost a phonograph and a quantity of jewelry to Worm. Another who has filed a com- plaint is Mrs. Gena Stephens. More than a dozen women in ali, have been victimized, the police say. ” British Secretary Of Foreign Affairs Ordered to Take Rest LONDON, Aug. 8.--8ir J. Austen Chamberlain, British Foreign Sec. retary, has been ordered to take a complete rest that he may re. cover from the attack of bronchial pneumonia which he is suffering. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS DEAD ON SUNKEN SUB | o ¢ % the | § Raced With Stork—and Wén 7 ~ UNDERSEA BOAT * IS RAISED: ALL {Italian Submarine Brought Up—Found to Be Tomb of 27 ad, from poisonous gases, was ought to the surface of the Ad- atic 34 hours after the collisions The weary salv who per. | formed the almost naval miraele lin retrieving the submersible 138 feet below the surface of the sem peered hopefuily into the hatches when they were open only to fin} | they were gazing into the tomb |of their comrades. The salvagers had practically | heen are of the tragedy during yesterday afternoon when the tele graph signals ceased. KNOWN DEATH LIST | ROME, Aug. 8.—The death toll |1s definitely fixed at 27 by a count | of the bod four men having re- | mained ashore and missing death. | " William Reed and his wife (the former Eva Novak) hurried | home from Australia in order that their baby might be born radio advices, insp | on American soil, arriving in Honolulu one day ahead of the “ stork. The picture shows the proud parents, their daughter, Vivian, and baby Pamela Reed. (International Newsreel) | CAUSE OF DISASTER ROME, Aug. 8-—According to ction of the | hull of the submersible showed | i the craft was not rammed as first | thought but was struck by the | propellor of the destroyer. This | caused a great gaping gash near PASSES AWAY EARLY TODAY Master Mind of Illinois De~“ mocracy Dies at His Home in Chicago GEORGE E. BRENNAN CHICAGO, Aug Brennan, Democr of the Tllinois at 8:10 o’clock th lowing a coma of during which tir constitution alenc end which since yesterday. Brennan wa than a week ago infection and s developed the i moval of two George E. Brennan was one of A palatial hom the strongest supporters of Al Smith, both and again this long a bulwark Democacy and for guiding hand. | the eve of anoth election is regarde: irreparable loss | ciates. after an 8. —Geor atic morni ral his eV ne warded off t evitable med strick ith a poi teeth our of th eight ye i er d party Gets Leadership George L. Iirer to leadership of Party in Illinoi Sullivan dfed, stronghold he qu and inan the when from 1ickly Natio Committeeman, and master mind | Democracy, operation E. il ge died g fol- hours turd o more tooth } oning for Gov. ago was rs the passing on, With agricultural leaders Presidential almost an ass0~ succeeded | of August 19 Democratic Roger that elevated himself to a place in the national councils of the pa His political legend even while rty sagacity Sull was " | the gtern through which the ’3 ,'. i Celebrdtes His 92nd Birthday Today the immediate . vieinity met ina stant death by drowninmg, | the watertight compartments mo. | mentarily saved the lives of the remainder of the crew until they |died from poisoning. ' It was found that all watertight | compartments held_until the end, | despite fear they might yield um. der the terrific pressure to whieh the submarine subject. % _ UL 05 - POCATELLO, Idaho, Aug. 8~—Thomas ' Ewing Harris, believed to be the sole sur- vivor of the chorus of 300 which sang at the funeral of President Lificoln, celebrates | his 92nd birthday today. | | | 5 ———————— GEN, NOBILE " PLEASEDWITH HI EFFORTS Au Gen Nobile 18 quoted as saying that | the scientific results of his Arctic % K | SHANGHATL A 8. — Johi | expedition are most important. He FEAL: - Auk ted | satd 1l phot A i ) | MacMurray, American Minister in | tirst two flights of the Italis -were|X SXing; s sent s note ‘SEuy ! 5% Mhe the last flight | Vationalist Foreign Minister eall | e Tost. Bart of Lo motton. e, | InE . attention to fafluve ‘o SN Dol ”‘”‘ = ‘f‘]’ S ihn e~ | Nationalist Government to full e . e O e s 1t | PrOmIses made on several o [ F e e e o il tae | cislons to evacuate all’ Amerieatl for fuel and the remainder fell into |, o, 60ty gecupled by soldiers @ | the sea. to otherwise prevent further s | oceurrences { The note says that despite AT ‘{UOT_“'HONS {promises by the Nationalist Gows Aug. 8.—Alagka |[¢rnment only a portion of suchis i Juneau mine ¢ iproperties have been evacual ‘day at 87%. and even additional property h ! been seized. U. S. Minister Wants Seiz+ | ed Property in China to Be Returned ROME, | i | Umberto NEW YORK ek 18 quoted to- S e I0W A MANSION READY FOR VISIT OF HOOVER! 1 CEDAR RAPIDS, lowa, Aug. 8| Cedar Rapids it is the scene He many social affairs. o The house fronts on First a ninue. Behind the residence are. | swimming pool, swan pond, »{sive gardens, tennis court and servants’ quarters, It the weather Is warm wl | Mr. Hoover is here he can his conferences on the cool shady lawn. While Mr. Hoover is not aled to make a formal address, is hoped he will make an info talk from the front porch of more. Delegations from all middle.western farm states expected. Social courtesies for Mrs. ver will be governed by her ing for her father, whe cently in California. Mrs. Douglas will return f dar Raplds for the wvisit Hoovers, p ch as Hoover, the little lowa could have believed existed only dreams will be the abode of H bert Hoover, presidential candid when he is for a conference “Brucemore,” es of Mrs George B. Douglas, widow of thej man who made a fortune in starch, is to be the of the re.| publican standard bearer and Mrs. | Hoover during their visit the week!| tate residence of 42 acres of ex- gardens and wood. land. In the center, nearly two blocks from a street in each di- rection, is the Douglas home, a | three story brick mansion of 20 largé rooms. It kept in fine condition all year, and wheu Mrs. Douglas and her danghters are at It consists ! pansive law: