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

— * gl % THE DAILY VOL. XXXIIL, NO. 498t. CATASTROPHE ON RAILROAD ' IS AVERTED' COO]H(‘SS Of Engineer Pl'("j vents Disastrous Wreck Early This Morning ability of Los mind and C. Long, les, piloting the famous Santa Fe ove is credited with averting rious disaster when the sionary was derailed at Hesperia, | 25 miles north of here, this morning Only one person, bage, of Winslew, Arizona, torney for the Santa Fe w seriously He suffered a jury Half a dozen other passen- received attention of ph including Mrs J. C wife the Assistant nager of the railroad onary Chicago Angeles, Mar a se- wW. H at- hurt hip in- gers clans, kie, of Los General bound from Assistant Mackie was riding in a with his wife.. He dec after the wreck that Long's ness pretented a qatastrophe. “Long brought tI’ ain to a dead stop in 15 car lengths,” said Mackie. It g er ear ared ever seen.” Strikes Loose Rail The Missionary struck a loose rail “while speeding at 60 miles an hour. ‘Fhe fast speed is be- lieved to have saved the locomo- tive from plupging into a ditch The locomotive and baggage car were over the loose rail before e was tossed - upses; - senting: thwddresident Coolidee i te partici- following sleepers -off the ties. Seven cars left the track, three plunging down « 20-foot embank- ment. Two cars turned over, Charges that wreckers tamper- with the right-of-way are made by the Santa Fe officials. They report two crow bars and wrench were stolen from the ita Fe tool house at Hesperia his report was made to the Sheriff. Deputy Sheriff Farley reported he found spikes from the ties the length rail. Officials said the irons were unbolted. B Brother Kills Brother Without Criminal Intent a angle PORTLAND, ccroner’s jury, after 15 foind Bennie Howard, years, was struck down and killed by his brother George, aged 19, ibut ‘without criminal intent, in de- fense of his mother. George Howard was killed last Saturday following a quarrel at the breakfast table. The ' family related to ‘the jury how George be. came abusive when told there was no milk for breakfast for his tea His mother, who was ill, threw a cup 4t him, cutting him on the ear. The youth leaped for his -mother and Bennie felled him with a piece of wood. Ore., Deec. 27.—A inutes, aged 17 Bur- | was the finest feat of locomotive engineering 1 have | pulled | of one| Cnolulgv to Dedu ate Bok’s Singing Tower In Florida Februar i | :\[IF-’ i | private | cool- | | carillon of 61 bells. MOUNTAIN LAKE, | Fla, Dec. On a tiny island nestling like a green jewel in the lake that m rors Bdward Bok’'s Singing Towe |26 pate February 1 in the dedication of a bird sanctuary and its pealing carilion of 61 belis. There, at the highest point in Florida, from the lofty towe Ifretted walls, the almost eerie quietness of the shrine will be broken by marvelous tones as An- ton Brees, carillon maestro, tugs at the wooden handles in the small studio just under the 123,164 pounds of bells. The carillon of an’ immigrant s of fulfills the dreams boy who rose to {heights in America. He has built the tower and given its bells as a lasting memorial to his grandpar- lents of Holland. “Make you the world a bi ter and ore beautiful because you have lived in it,” they told him. Bok did not forget. Fifty thousand persohs attended | the state dedication of the Singing Tower, December 2, when listen-| ers came from miles across the peninsula. Officials are prepared to handle a greater crowd Febru-| ary 1. The Singing Tower is 205 feet high. It has a framework of steel, similar to that of a modern skyscraper. Milton B. Medary of Philadel- phia, American architect who de- signed the tower, created a plan that resulted in a changing wall. The tower is square for about three-fourths of its height, when each square corner ends in a bal- cony formed of carved slabs of bet- MOSCOW’S ONLY DEPARTMENT STORE IS ALWAYS CROWDED; LUXURJES IN 1IT, VERY FEW MOSCOW, Dec. 27.—Iu Moscow's one and only big department store every day is like the day before Christmas. From the opening hour in the morning until the doors are Jocked at night, shoppers stream through them in a pushing unhalting procession, There are no elevators in ‘the Dig four-story building and the stairways resound to the shuffle of many feet, At every counter there are many shoppers, at every lcashier's win- dow a queue, and where calico and other cheap necessities are for sale, the crowd is held away by guards, who permit only 50 or 60 persons to approach the goods at a time. Each article bought at the gov- ernment-owned Mostorg, as the store is called, must be paid for separately. The Mostorg’s shop-windows are of a pattern with those in coun- tries where private merchants make their living encouraging peo- ‘ple to buy. ‘There are, however, not many luxury articles to be seen. A few Chinese “table orna- ments, imported clocks and jewel- ry, some dolls and toys, perhap: but none of the furs 'that Russia sends abroad, no elegant evening wraps or fancy and flimsy feminine underthings, no hint of any and little that looks 1like London to a man. Substantial necessities fill most of the windows and most of the shelves. Chess boards for grown- ups and toys for children are about the limit in the display of unes- sentials. Little effort is made to display goods attractively. The govern. ment isn't trying to break down anybody's sales resistance. The big lon octagonal form, in-{heen spiration from Paris for the women Amer problem is for the consumer toj push through the crowd and buy; what he wants. Glass show-cases| have disappeared. Nowadays there are only plain wooden counters and plain ‘wooden shelves behind ‘them, ‘where the goods are placed or hung, Once the shopper gets to a coun- ter he or she selécts something by, sight on the shelves, and it is then brought down for closer inspec- tion. President Coolidge will participate in dedieating to the nation February 1 the Bok Singing Tower in Florida (right), with its From the setting of tropical splendor above Edward Bck and his party heard the first carillon recital there. marhle which meet at the base of a huge figure of an eagle with folded wings, symbolic of the sanc- tuary birds. Frome thin ghlnt the tower takes the eight but- which rear from the base drawing ghitly in as they rise tc the top and end in gigantic figures of cranes, Chief among the exterior carv- ings are the huge panels showing Florida bird life. These surround the bas the tower the north door 'at a height of 30 foct The panels form balconies be the marble b and are arved entirely through the stone. givin gthe effect of a grilie. Balconies on four sides at a height of 120 feet are designed of marble in conventional form. These balconie reached through doors which are part of large fai- ence grit At the height of 160 of e of about |feet are the four balconies which corners of the co- quina masonry. The large figure of an eagle with folded wings is placed at the exact corner, flanked on each side with a panel with doves as chief figures. Slightly above this marble buttresses taper inward. In each of the eight spaces be- tween the buttresses which outline the top the tower is huge faience grille, these depicting the Creation and man's dominion over nature. Adam and Eve are the dominant figures in a setting of trees. surmount the point the of a Surmountin the tower are sight| cranes, each 15 feet high, which form the pinnacles with which the buttresses terminate. The 61 bells, varying in weight from 16 to 22,000 pounds each, cover a range of four octaves. The bells were cast at Loughborough, England, by the Taylor bell foun- dry, the world’s largest bell mak- ers. The tower commands a view of in each direction. It is in the heart of (he bird which covers an entire small mountain. The whole has given by Mr. Bek to the an people as a place of rest and peace for humankind as well as birds. Brother of Evelyn 30 miles situated sanctuary, Nesbit Is Suicide NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—Howard Nesbit, aged 41 years, brother of Evelyn Nesbit, former 'wife of Harry K. Thaw, hanged himself from a steam pipe at his home in the Bronkx. The body was found by his wife upon her return from a visit to a neighbor. The motive is mot determined. —————— YOUTHS PROMOTE FARMING RENO, Nev.—One out of every 130 residents of Nevada is a farm boy or girl, affiliated with club work and engaged in promoting the agriculture of the State. ALASKA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” HOOVER WILL MAKE REPORT | 10 PRESIDENTl Outlines Full Program for Week or More When He Returns s Slect S. UTAH, Dec Hoover hat a full program for & k 10 days’ stay in Wash on upon his arrival next month report personally President Coolidge upon the feels the Administration information and impres. ions that he gathered Hoover also expects to consider Cabinet appointments and go ove he inauguration plans. H i with leaders and friends confer m the appointments. MILLIONS ARE REFUNDED FOR ILLEGAL TAXES WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—The Treasury Department’s annual list of tax refunds covering the fiseal year ending last June 30 has been issued. The refund is $142,- 393,567 in illegally and . erron- vously collected tax returned to 168,501 individuals and cor- porations Ten refunds ABOARD U ranged or He 0 proposes to tour as h. needs the amount to more than $1,000,000 with the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company re- | ceiving the largest amount, $6,- 213,808, - . The Ifst carried funds over $500 Included in the lowances on income, sales, estate taxes prior year Insurance companies, mills, in dustrial corporations and rich es-| tates are numerous on the ligt where large refunds are involved, | while many golt clubs and thous- |ands of individuals appeared in| smaller categories. The Tefunds State include Logging Company $28,038; Dodwell of Seattle, $57, ing Ccmpany of Bellingham, $85 162; Ostrander Rallway and Timber Company of Ostrander, §$188,975; Sunny Point Packing Company of Seattle,' $28,554; Yakima County Horticultural Un- ion of Yakima, $40,343 — .- SIX KILLED; TRAIN HITS AUTOMOBILE | CHICAGO, 11, Dec. 27.—Six; persons were killed when a 500 Line train struck an automobile at a grade crossing at Oak Park. The automobile, carrying seven passengers, had stopped one train sped on and then had gone ahead directly in the path of the other. A small boy was injured. The dead are Henry Olsen and |w:ie, Halvor Olsen and wife and the latter’s two children Misrepresentation Charged in Hundred Alaska Lode Claims SPATTLE, Dec. Misrepro. sentation involving 100 lode min. ing claims in the vi na, Alaska, form the damage action for $301.350 filed by George Hurlock against Adolph Ammann, executor of the estate of jthe late Archibold Crawford. i Hurlock said Ammann induced | him to spend the money in fthe mines representing them worth $275,000 but their value was only about $25,000. s only those re- claims are al- capital stock for 1928 and in Washington the Cherry Valley| of Tacoma,i and Compar Hoonah Pac 27 a SRS Ly o STAGE LEAVES HIGHWAY SAN MATEO, Calif; Dee. 27.— Eight persons were injured, two serfously when the Pickwick stage Oxford left the highway south of here and snapped off two trees and a telephone pole. The stage was enroute from Los Angeles to San- Francisco. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1928. A MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS OPENING SESSlO'\J OF }‘A N- AMLRICAN CONFERENCE § Opening session of the Pan-American conference on conciliation and arbitration in the Pan. y American Union building in Washington, tween Bolivia and Paraguay. The conference Hughes the other delegate from the United States. A Whole Bushel of Love? At least that flat the traus-Atlan ceremony. GULF t to come hom playing in Broadway /s Zelma O'Neal, Anthony and marry production telephone. Th TREAM FISHING who left the Longon stage Bushell, an actor, now who wooed his bride-to-be over . : shown here after wedding WILL TEST HOOVER’S SKILL FISHERMEN SAY MIAMI, Fla grip, a |the ability to are just a few o President.elec will need when as a deep-sca Stream while v This, in sub tive view of 20 ‘the fishing i lot is cast with sea. Herbert o told, is a v water rod and r the adult.sized Stream fisher the crafty the swift-car fish, the vicic deep diving “Hoover prob perience (o requisite is Capt. Bobby By ha Herbert r juipment {he Gulf| who has gerved 1 lic note, “He a different typ« of trout or bass gler in ting in Flo he ‘qualities that Hoover makes his bow the Gulf da @, is the coll 30 skippers of whose daily fighters of the have beer the fresh a far cry from they uses tackle ritting sallfi marlin sword irracuda and the nd group: enoug the cool,” veteran guid wmy men of pub. find, however, fight than that A sailfish can- It it strikes requires ' skill| sth and craft o ) ex-| first says has | | la ditferent Hoover will need to kr “Mr. Hoover,” bel M. Stevens, another vete erman, “only needs to hecon customed to the differe iting a deep sea fish. amazed at the speed of a angling, but with hi ence he should give a n count of hims Strensth endurance count heaviy. Hoove is siro 1 cool in a cris will lose few fish if he follows natural bent," ev be Capt many Hoover ri Fred Hutter, a veteran years' experience, think will find such a wide va of fish here that he type each day I think he'll ke the sail for game and the marlin for shedr fight.” “Hoover i$ a gdod fisherman and a good seaman,” says Capt. Wil liam Palastneck, guide for Herber: Hoover three years ago at West, logg, secretary of state. (L‘unuuued on Pnge Two) deep- will get| Key and guide to Frank B. Kel- “He can stand rough wuuu-r. knows what is considering the boundary dispute bes Secretary Kellogg i3 chairman of the conference and Charles Evans | Now Vacationing on Sapelo Island President SAPELO ISLAND, After a fat nearly 24 hingten and D journe between Wa pélo Island, a day of rest i for President C; Coolldge and his party Pregident’s host, | Coftin. Numerous points of historic he | betore | Ga., ( ruing ur. B | vin by floward | | trips interest to in | | lization. |tore MPIRE PRICETENCWTS - BYRD REPORTS POSITION FROM - POLAR REGION (‘;u'flri s American Flag Farther South than Ever Been Before EXPEDlTl(}N NOW AT ICE BARRIER {Commander of Expedition | Praises Local Coop- | eration of Men YORK Richard E NEW mande Dec B 27.—Com- rd has sefit “We reached mysterious the It today barrier. great pre- ice 1sents to us an ice ¢liff higher than the | mas mast of our ship. This Christ. Day are thankful and {proud to report we have {to carry the American eral miles further south than ever and it seems fitting that an airplane, that instrument of good- will; should reach the farthest on Christmas V. “We 40 statute miles from the nearest human dwelling in the onl yarea of the world where a ship can get so far south from civi- That we are safely here to Providence and my loyal, rted shipmates who work- led ‘together unselfishly as a unit. It will probably be some days be- we get ashore on account of |the ice. we is due tou the, adjacent country are m‘L of Wnulex The Chie however, hopes indulge in h orite recreations, and fishing on the an stocked estates of Coffin prospect, tive, long be to - EXTRA SESSI0 MUSTBEHE WASHINGTON, tor Willilam E. Borah, of Ida clared last night: there is cape from special s Congress “unless we Propo: terly the voters in the last cam Senator Borah said the an Party declared the farn lem needed fmmediate solut the Party pledges legislat yring reliet Dec. 27 a B Influenza Cases Said To Be Increasing WASHINGTON, Dec. enza cases throughout the showed a new increase week, ending December officers estimated the tot ber of cases at 856 yet reported. The figures « only 25 states. believe ther finl during O 97 27. i w stmas -~ TUDENTS CLEAN get a hnlh]d) each February rooms, “MeCormick 8, to clean By EVAN HOSKINS | (Associated Press Correspo: MANILA, Dee. three black-robec |ters, who, supersti spreading death in ]|its of PFilipinos to t{doors of their 97 on Manil mark the homes with crosses. The story ters, who are called the Marias, or Three Marys, to cireulate a few weeks spread like wild fire, and of xec disregard promises we made Republi- | n prob. p, 195 the highest Leading officials 2 about 1, F headless says, ago. u- fo ting | | oting iply- ‘\ LD* - ASSERTS BORAH Sena- ho, de-| | no n of to ut- es- paign.” | m and ion to Now Influ- | Nation or the Health | 2 num- | rovered 000,000 KETCHIKAN MAN WANTS FREEDOM FROM HIS WIFE Seeks /\nnulmen! Because Wife Not Divorced Former Mate EATTL lu, Dec. Royland Hutchison has filed a suit for an- nulment of his marriage to his common law wife, Esther Hutehi- son, also known as Esther Pollard Smith. He wants the custody of their two children, one aged three years @nd ithe other 18 months, Hutchison recites how the pair entered into marital relations in Ketchikan, Alaska in November, 1924, Eight months later he dis- covered his wife had a husband from whom she was not divorced and two boys, she said were her nephews, were really her own sons, 97 |Six Campus Bmldmp Are Destrpyed by Fire BLUE MOUNTAIN, Dec. ~—Fire destroyed six buildings on the Campus of the Blue Moun- tain College last night. The de- stroyed buildings home of Dr. L. dent. The loss Miss., T. Lowry, Presi. is estimated at n their hulllllnL.fl and 41I||I]HI'4 ndent) ear of sis-| are a and | suburbs, has caused thousands | ..o their front white the headless sis- Tatlong began It today $75,000. Uz -, — PRAISED ZLES vive 1tk v ¢ T () .new information and renew a¢- (I!ldlnlalue mm lllnrary classies. GHOSTLY SISTERS TERRIFY MANILA AFTER NIGHTFALL. fully 756 per cent of the houfl in and around Manila are mark- ed with crosses. to rosses on their doors, are making nightly the person who an- knock at the door will be stricken with a fatal ills ness. But, if a white cross upon the door the sisters pass that residence by. ’ Most of the crosses have drawn with white chalk, s, and That will be at the Bay/' those who have it included the