The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 3, 1928, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIEHE VOL. XXXIIL, NO. 4960. ]UNEAU ALASKA MONDAY DLChMBLR 3 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” I928. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATE] PIRLAS CONGRESS MEETS FOR SHORT SE | MANY DEAD IN EARTHQUAKE IN SOUTH AMERICA Death List Placed at 230 with 400 Injured 1 Chilean District PRESIDENT IBANEZ DIRECTING RELIEF Martial Law Is Declared in One District Where 36,000 Afiected SANTIAGO Chile, Dec. 3. —President Tbanez is on the scene today directing relief measures for survivors of the carthquake which devastated a large area 150 miles south of Santiago. The casualty list as com- piled from unofficial sources aced the death list at 30 with more than 400 injured. Martial law has been es- tablished at Tacla, the in- dustrial city, where 36,000 bere the brunt of the quake. Advices from there stated that only 10 per cent of the houses are habitable. Buildings not al- ready razed are being demolished to avert sudden collapse. The deaths in Talca are esti- mated at 108 with 300 injured. Relief trains are speeding the stricken area. Soldiers are ordered on sight any marauders. Troops took over most of the fogd supply to prevent looting and * are rationing the food out. The damage in Talca is esti- mated at $12,000,000. v . to to shoot SOUTH CHILE SHAKEN SANTIAGO, Chile Dec. 3.—A tentative death list from the se- vere earthquake which shook Southern Chile early # day morning, exceded 100 late lagt Saturday night. Communjca- ticns with large sections of the country were lacking at that time. A on conductor of a train from Talca reported avout there which appeared to be one ® of the cities hit the hardest. Destruction of a hospital there increased the distress. 17 Are Drowned Seventeen persons were drown- ed at the Barahona Camp at the Teniente Mine of the Braden Copper Company when the shock let loose a torrent from the res- ervoir and swept away several small bridges. Five persons are known to have been killed at Quinta where the tremblor wrecked the rail- road station. Santiago and Valparaiso were only slightly damaged but sev- eral persons are known to have been injured during panics when the quake awoke the populace. Martial law has been declared at Talca and the Minister of War hastened there by airplane. Chile is to be visited this week by President-elect Hoover. American Student Is ' Found Dead in London LONDON, Dec. 3.—George Ro- nald Robinson, law student at Downing College, Cambridge, said to be an American, was found dead in his lodgings, dressed in pajamas. > The Police said a gas jet in the room had .been turned on. His father is thought to live in Paris. Robinson’s death is the second ® among American students in Eng- land during the past few days. Robert David Cohen, whose par- ents reside in San Francisco, was ’ \d found dead beneath a window ofnally of Texas. last Satur-} |session of the Seventieth Congress 80 Kkilled | jriver |BURTON OF OHIO AT 77 RI;TURr T() SENATE AFTI‘R LONG | By WALTER W. CHAMBLIN, JR.| (A. P. Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 the bang of the gavel called Senate to order at noon to Theodore E. Burton, who be his career on Capitol Hill be many members of the present gress were born, presented his cre dentials Senator from Ohlo. It was the second time in his life that the veteran legislator| has appeared before the Senat> as a representative from his state in that body. The first time was; 19 years ago, or in the session of Congress came into authority in the spring of 1909 Upon that t ton knocked the Senate, alr an \\‘!un! the | as a | Bur- the in| occacion dcor of dy “old timer” | the legislative councils of the na- | tion. He had rounded out what he thought was his career in the House where for saveral sessions he had been Chairman of the Riv. |ers and Harbors Committee in the days when that body not only de- cided what work would be done on natiop’s many waterways but ated the appropriaticns the comstruction into ¢f al to carry fect In the Senate, back in the days when Taft and Wilson were in the White House, he quickly rose to prominence. Even to this day some of the filibusters he lad on and harbor and also Indian appropriation bills still are being discussed—and now in his seventy- seventh year he has returned for another period of service. The Ohioan might still have bcen in the Senate except that by his own choosing he decided to re- tire from public office—for the time at least. His retirement paved the way for the election to the Senate of Warren G. Harding and | subsequently his elevation to the Presidency. Many haye wondered what would have been the outcome it Burton had at that time decided to remain in office. And now Burton has returned to 1Ihl‘ \('l' — impending A TNEODORE BURTON ~ his old mping grounds to 7ind remaining only 18 of his ¢-lleagues of former days. Of the 18, five Warren of W ing, Simmons and Overman of N Carolina, Smoot of Utah and Borah of Idaho—wer there when he first ed and the others entered elther with him or afterwards During the years since 1915, Ohioan has risen to pror the ign affairs of the nationm, having represented the United States as a delegate at number of meetings with forelgn powers, including the Geneva pavley for outlawing the use of poisonous gas in warfare. In 1 Burton again decided to enter congressional life. In that year he was elected to the Sixty- Seventh Congress as a representa-| tive from one of the C |”\"1(l“v]! congressional districts and has served continuously up to the pres. ent. In the election last month he was selected by the voters of| his state to fill the Senate vacancy| caused by the death of Frank B. Willis of Ohlo. the inence in fore /ATE VETERANS, REED AND M’LEAN AMONG SEVEN SEEING LAST SESSION| WASHINGTON, Dec. veterans of the Senate their services at this 3.—Two wind up | concluding | -James A. Reed of Missouri, Dem. | ocrat, and George P. McLean of | Connecticut, Republican. | Each, oddly enough, goes out of his own accord, having declined to}| stand for re-election and each has | served.three terms—18 years. Both men occupy commanding positions in their parties in the Senate by virtue of experience as well as ability. Senator Reed refused to | run again when he announced his | candidacy for the Democratic pres- idential nomination last spring. | Besides these two; the Senate has at this last session of the present Congress, six “lame ducks” —all Democrats. “Lame duck” ig an appellation applied to members of Congress who have been de- feated but who continue to serve by virtue of the short session of the old Congress which follows election, Continued efforts by Senator Norris of Nebraska, Republican, to obtain a constitutional amendment abolishing the short session of the old Congress following election of a new one, have failed of approval. Of the six Senate “lame ducks” this session, all are first termers in the Senate with the exception of Peter Gerry of Rhode Island. He has served two terms. The other five Democratic Senators who lost out in the election ‘are Bayard of Delaware, Bruce of Maryland, Edwards of New Jersey, Neely of West Virginia and May- field of Texas. The latter was defeated for the nomination and will be succeeded by dnother Dem- ocrat, Representative Tom Con- The others lost lus Oxfonl residence last Prmly to Republicans. * DRY AGENT FINED ONLY $5 AND COSTS FOR SHOOTING WOMAN IN THE ‘NECK , ELYRIA, Ohlo, Dec. 3.—Louis Cicco, Prohibition officer of Lorain City, has been fined $5 and costs by Judge A. R. Webbér for wound- ing Miss Betty Heywood when her automobile was fired on near Lor- ain by dry officers seeking to in- spect the car for alleged liquor, Judge Webber postponed sen- tencing of Cicco three times in order to give him an opportunity *#o make a tinancial settlement with the girl. The fine imposed today was without agreement being reached. Miss Heywood was shot in the neck on ,September 26 as she drove into Lorain with her father. Cicco and two others of a dry squad were arrested. Cicco ad- mitted the shooting and was found guilty of assault and battery after testifying he fired at the pave- ment instead of at the car, and the bullet glanced. ‘When Cicco first came up, he was asked to seek L% settlement by Judge Webber. The election, however, immediate effect on the of Congress this session will be four new faces in the Sen-| ate, all Republicans, elected to fill out terms of deceased or resigned members. John Thomas of Idaho, takes the place of the late Frank Gooding; Representative Burton of Ohio suc- ceeds the late Frank Willis, whose | seat was held temporarily by Cy- rus Locher, a Democrat; Octavino| A. Larrazolo serves out the term of the late Andrieus A. Jones of | New Mexico, until next March 4 ‘This seat is held by appointment by Bronson Cutting, who was elect- ed to succeed Jones in the next Congress. Otis F. Glenn of Illi- nois, elected to fill the vacancy re- sulting from the resignation of Frank L. Smith, takes office im-| mediately. ‘The terms of Glenn, Thomas will run until original terms of their sors, had an make-up There Jurton and 1932, tha predeces- >-eo “Pow Wow” Doctor Is Killed; Cast Spell on Family 3 YORK, renn, Dec. 3.—The Po-) lice said John Blymer, aged 32 and John Curry, aged 15, are two of three under arrest for killing| Nelson D. Rehmeyer in an effort to get a lock of his hair to break a spell believed to have beeén cast by Rehmeyer over Blymyer. None of the trio appear to re.' | gret the slaying. ‘They said they | did not expect to kill the man but || are not scrry he is dead as the | spell is broken. 1 ‘Wilbert G. Hess, whose family is led to believe Rehmeyer was a. “Pow-Wow" doctor, seems the only one worried about the killing. He ‘was present when Rehmeyer, a farmer, was clubbed to déath Tue: day night in his home. The lock of hair was to be buried eight feet underground to break the spell. ——————— STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Dec. 3.—Alaska Ju- neau Mine stock is quoted today at 9%, Chrysler 126%, Eitigon Schilds 39%, Kennecott Copper 143, Missourl 72%, Nevada Con- solidated 36%, Packard Motors 140%, Sears, Roebuck 185, Stewart Warner 115%, Texas Corporation 68, U. 8. Steel 164%. KING GEORGE'S - GONDITION 18 BETTER TODAY Public Belleves. However, that His Majesty Is Fighting for Life LONDON, Dec. 3.—Fears of an calamity” which grip- British throughout the after it learned ¥(ing|u had been given oxygen and that the long illness menaced his heart, was somewhat allayed by the doctor’'s reports issued this morning hat the King's con- dition was improved. But thepe remains in the public mind, how- ever, the conviction that the King is fighting for his life. This is intensified by the knowledge that oxygen is being used in his ilthough the authorities minimized the importance of this and explained that it was cus- tomary to administer oxygen for A tonic effect in such cases, At 10:30 o'clock this morning a bulletin said: “The King had three hours of quieter sleep than ince previous bulletins. His tem- perature is 99.8. There is a slight improvement in his general cendition.” ped the night, George case WALES HOMEBOUND DAR SALAAM, Tanganyika, Dec. 3.—The Prince of Wales em- barked yesterday on the cruiser Enterprise and sailed for England at 10:30 o'clock yesterday morn- ing. Before sailing the Prince attended a number of functions all in formal attire. DUKE HURBYI‘G HOME .. LIVINGSTONE, Northern Rho- dsia, Dec. The Duke of Glou- cester left the Sakania border, | Belgian Congo, Sunday afternoon on a special train. He expects to r h Vietoria Falls, South Rhode tomorrow where will take the shortest England to the bedside father, King George e 5 ARE KILLED, PLANE CRASH SPUR, Tl‘xAN I)s- 3. were burned to death north of here when a trimotored airplane in which they were fly- ing from San Antonio to Denver, crashed and burst into flames Homer D. Ballard, of Denver, owner of the plane and the mil- iionaire President of the Sunbeam Air Transport Company of Den- ver, was one of the victims, R of Five men| six miles |Shasta Limited Is Derailed ;Passengers And Crew Injured ROSEBURG, Ore., Dec 3 The Southern Pacific passenger train, the Shasta Limited, route from Portland to San Rran- cisco, was derailed last night. The locomotive and six cars piled |into a ditch when the rim of a wheel on the locomotive came off. A score of passengers and several members of the crew were injured and were taken to hos- pitals. A wreeking crew soon cleared the tracks. he | route to| his en-| BIG WELCOME FOR HOOVER Fust Formal Banquet, City in So. America GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Dee. 3 President.elect Hodver was given a rousing reception here last t- urday afternoon on his first visit! to a city South America. He| was brought here from the Battle- ship Maryland by the craiser Cleveland under escort of Ecuadorian crui: M:. Hoover's welcome reached a climax Saturday night in a forr banquet given by President Ididre Ayora Mr. Hoover emphasized teem and good will of the Unitec States toward her sister Republics of the W n Hemisphere, saying its Democracy a guarantee of its good will and it cannot be Im perialistic He sald he hoped his tour would strengthen the mutual respect and esteem of equals en gaged in a common struggle tc build up human welfare. Mr. Hoover spoke hopefully world prosperity which he lieves in prospect. an i is of be. Cordial Friendship Prosident Ididro Ayora, In hig welcome address, expressed cordial friendship for the United State and for the man who is soon to become its Chief Executive. Members of the President's Cabi net individually gave similar surances of their esteem for tieir northern neighbor. About 50 American résgdents of Ecuador came here to meet Mr. Hoover at the reception. — Mr. | Hoover also was greeted by other {members of the foreign colon | cluding 50 British subjects res ing here. as | STEAMING TOWARD PERU ABOARD U. 8. 8. MARYLAND, |enroute to Callao, Peru, Dec. 3. {Convoyed by the flagship of the (Peruvian Navy, the Admiranta Grau, the battleship Maryland is speeding southward through a smooth sea for Callao where President-elect Hoover will make \lwh second call in his South Am- .rican tour, on Wednesday. Upon arrival, Hoover will be greeted |aboard the Maryland by the Peruvian Foreign Minister and the Mayor of Callao will welcome him upon landing. After the | ceremony, Hoover will motor 10 miles fo Lima where he will meet President LPguIH BYRD IS OFF - TO ANTARCTIC Expedition Expected to En- ter Ice Pack 200 Miles i After Start | WELLINGTON, |Dec. 3.—Commander Richard Byrd and advance party of |men have left Dunedin for Antarctic aboard the supply Eleanor Bolling which had in tow another supply ship. The party will establish a base on the Bay of Whales and remain there until the Eleanor Bolling returns to Dunedin for the remainder of the personnel and equipment Nearly 2,000 miles of ocean, filled with icebergs are before Byrd and his objective. The ships will probably bump into the polar ifce pack about 200 miles out must find crevasses through the barrier. New Zealand, E 50 the ship Two Believed Drowned; Auto Plunges Into Lake are believed to have been drowned Saturday night when an automo- bile crashed into a railing of a small bridge and plunged into the Lincoln Park Lagoon. The body of John van Duzer, aged 18, has been recovered. The lagoon is being. dragged for the body of Herman Reed, said to have owned the car. Witnesses claim more than two persons were in the ma-}. chine. IN ECUADOR Ovalion Re&ches Climax at| the es-| CHICAGO, Dec, 3.—Two persons | WO V“L\ TO BESIEGE GRESS IN FIGHT FOR KELLOGG PACT | \ = Five million organized wemen in the United Siates will senl representatives to the approaching session of Congress to press for ratification of the Kellogg multilateral peace treaty. Among these reprecentatives are Mrs, S, M. N. Marrs (inset), President, Na- tional Parent-Teachers Association; Mrs. Clarence ¥ «ina (left) Chairman of the Legiclative Department, General Y Women's Clubs, gnd Mrs. Maud Woed Park (right) of the Na tional Lelgue ot Women Voters, . EIRA MEEKER, N. W. PIONEER, PASSES AWAY Crossed Plams by Ox Team with Bride and Seven Weeks Old Baby By SUE McNAMAR»\ (A. P. Feature Writer) WASHINGTON, Dec, million women through a representatives or organization: with that many individuals on their rolls, will press for Senate ratifi |tion of the Kellogg multilateral treaty to renounce war, at the short session of Congress that be: gan tod There have bee sues which have enlisted the parent tremendous women's port as that accorded the Kellogg pact. While various groups pet measures which they are sp soring, the peace pact is receiving the support of all groups Women from over the country have written to headquarters of he various organizations here that pact pilgrims should flock Senate galleries when the on proposal is up, hoping | & their silent pre some power, Spokesmen Named | The big organizations will have their appointed spokesmen, . the | best qualified women they can find, to urge their cause among mem- bers of Congress. Among these women will be Mrs. Maud Wood Park, counsclor on legislation for the National League of Women Voters, Miss Belle Sher- win, President of the Mr Clarence Fraim, legislative chai man of the Gemeral Federatior Women's Clubs, Mrs. ‘John F. pel, president of the National Par- ent-Teachers agsociation, and Mrs, William Tilton, legislative chair- man While the women realize there are breakers ahead before the cen. | turies-long dream of women can EATTLE, Wash., Dec. 3.— actually SODM ENeE Abiay in Ezra Meeke year-old pioneer, the Kellogg ftreaty a beacon of ied at 4:05 o'clock this morning hope and they are united in sup./® & hotel room after several Mort oLt months illness. Meeker clung ton- ‘Another issue of major legisla. | 2ciously to life until the end tive interest to women at the POMIng on by sheer will pows present session of Congress deals|A[teT Physiclans and relatives had also with the conservation of life.|* ‘,l‘,'i"")“zh'_"]]l‘.:'r“"“'fug 2 This is the Newton bill, creating a S ohild wolfdre extension service.in Of 0SSt 18 & Detroit the U. S. Children's bureau. This bill guthorizes an annual appropri- ation of one million dollars to be used in a campaign to reduce the maternity and infancy death rate and to promote maternal and in- fant hygiene. 8.-T. Measure When the Sheppard-Towner m ternity and infaney bill was en-| public ap- n peace to the ratifica that wield Fue ASSOCIA TED PRESS (UNDERWOOD) | EZRAMEEKER see the point hospital Three) H‘vn' nned on Page | acted into law it expressed u,(.]()[ the disrupted Thompson-Crowe CHICAGO, Dec, ~One member the otes L convietion that the federal and|political organization surv governments should cooper-|avalanche of anm v ate in a campaign of education to|emerge a member of gress, the the end that mothers and their|first negro Hiinols ever sent babies should not die needlessly.| Washingtor. Not since 1903 has | The Newton bill places responsi. ome of his race been in Congrys bility upon the federal government | to continue to bear its share of al nation-wide program of maternal and infant welfare. Various groups will work also for other legislation of interest to He is Oscar De Priest, 58 yeais old, only one generation resoved (from the slave days in Alabama. Virtually all others of the Repub! can faction forwerly controlled by Mayor Willlam Hale Thompsen and State’s Attyrney Robert (E;Elnued on Page Tarce) Two Uliosts deration of Loy the B I DISPUTE ARISES ONLEEG!3L2TION aT YERY START rarm Relief anc Fariff. Bota Boost- ed for Discussion CONCGRLESSMEN NOT ANY ARGRI:EMENT to De > Toruorrow then Starte Presiclent WASHY Congres the shor on the Wh with an at 1 towar where I GTON Dec bled T »day for th an eye 1se . but ear tnrn- ath Pacifie Y dent-clect Hoover § anpal v cutside the cir- cle of politics and atronagé which usaally closes m an incoming President. By all rules, it s a Coclidge Congress elected to ~erve him but neverthelecs 1gnre of Herbsit Hoov °d as the major rctor lote m- ination ou what must be done and the wa: There 8 pleaty of & to be utlined done amd it 1s eleariy hut the rccent cam;iicu brought w issu ¢ might make lively se oul of one ordi- arily tiv bul t . th pirte iff. » wiinked engthg pixit-o) adted nodrih to be brought Sovie wani the sparated. far arift la nere is a and tar- m relief giv- a4 some vl ton upward immediately. 'snes (0 be n and nate and 11is in McNary- orts rough. =W " two i the Latle 0] it t Mes-age Tomorrow wgran: fo. the opening ! for hrict sessions of nd Senate. The ointing com- 1@ President ession were adopted then rnment taken out of respe to members who die! during tue sumuer. Toworrow Prosident Coolidge vil' read his annval mescage and Weidnesday botli Houses will be «in work. PLENTY ttoes at Congre N wm oF B campalgn Revision, tol oday bers of Congr. the lud levs in b ghosts of F Loov cou ng Sena tor the they mdered Bills ‘o approp-i lions for next year's government expense will oceuny attention A\t the i ) term Campaign But re-ele hosts ure alrea’ problems of ministratior discuss ion ngliug 1 valgn ]ll ad e iff Revisic The call the Hous mittee Committe cuss the erved te Republium r look iy c Lirmg Hawley, of Aeans Com- nembers of the tog aer today to dis- i7? revision program, wrarily quiet the ‘all hands lovked W 2 (Continuad NEGRO IN CONGRESS IS FIRST SINCY 1903 err fro Crowe, o awu rac. De t wer it office, or sk county riest ¢ ot 8¢ cuy late M n sman €ds (o the first 1 for 23 years . Madon. The a. ivarly op- biican fae- ¢ an indepen- ani by a Democrat. De Priest pow unde s indiet.. ment In eonucc with vote frauds and cother irregularities ‘1 primacy last April. He (Couimued on Foge Three) Conre tions den ndidate