The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 28, 1928, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” XXXIIL, NO. 4982. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1928. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS UNDER COVER AGENT IS TAKEN FOR RIDE THEN SHO'I“ BRITISH UNDER FIRE OF REBELS IN AFGHANISTAN Legation at Kabul Report- ed Seriously Damaged in Recent Fighting KING’S FORCES AND REBELS IN CLASH Lights and Power for Gov-| ernment Factories Cut Off by Rebels '\I\\ DELHI, India, Dec latest reports from tan said the rebels led in cutting off the lights and power for ernment factories in Kabul The rebels diverted the River, which provides the tric power for the Afgh: tan capital, into another channel It appe; there most fighting around British Legation at Kabul Both rebels and King Amanul lah's forces took advantage of the high walls surrounding the build- ings in the Legation grounds. Eight buildings in the Legation grounds were severaly damaged by shell fire The stables and power house suffered considerable although the machinery in the power house is intact. Most of the windows in the Legation were broken by rifle fire. The water tanks at the Legation were perforated by bul- 2 Af- have succe e trie evere the lcts and had to be repaired under | fire, “One ATERIATSTL AR e ey ed as watchman at the Legation was killed and two wounded. .- NOW CHARGED WITH MURDER OF HIS WIFE Affidavit Filed by Coroner in Ohio in Sensa- tional Case ON, Ohio, Dec. charging Wi furnace salseman, of his wife Margaret, years, on the night of December 13, was filed today by Ceroner McQuate. Heldman told the that his wife shdt the same gun she previously to end Venard Fearn, coal Heldman obtained a confession | to the Fearn slaying from his wife at their home earlier on the| day of December 13 and bringing her to Canton to turn her over to the authorities. He id Mrs. Heldman shot herself affidavit man, murder aged 21 with Hli authorities | herself with used a week | the life of| dealer. in reached the outskirts of Canton. He rushed her to a hospital where she died. Heldman said his wife confessed she shot Fearn after the two had been intimate for some time and after he v\ds mak- ing “life a hell for her.” | gov- has been | was | their automobile just as they! had | Nou* I’Iun file IIl trh Monte Carlo in Tuuos Rvpubliv { | | 1 | | B | | | | { . —_— Las Eccaldes v111n1,e, where gilded casino will rise for the j‘pleafime ve*penrists-who wish to gamble for high stakes. Below, left to right., the famous Spanish beauties, Mercedes Seros | Maria Lascudra, who have announced they will pass their vaca- fitmns in lovely Andorra. | | and demanded that atus be changed lixht backward some Riding I a its unique st Viewed in this glance reveals o | facts. It has an area of 191 square |aniles, 6,000 inhabitants republican form obtained almost a thousanil before the Declaration of Independ. ence. This was due, to the gen. erosity of Charlemagne, who, after 1 in the Pyre. | curiosity like a jewel in the sky Andorra, the site of Europe’s new. | est gambling centre, So close to the blu [ta skies thai the old pression, “tiie sky's must perforce, expressiveness, the latest paradise for patrons of le bon chance {expected to give Monte Carlo, Biar. | / vitz ang Deauville a sporting run, despatching his Louls for their money. If mot, indeed,|Debonair, to the aid of the Catalan {threaten their gllded existence. |MOuntaincers against the Moors, | For. gave to the Andorrans autonomy and placed them under the pro tection of one of his knights annual- levy on the y con- I sisted of two trout from the waters |ot Valira nees a in | interesting and mas gaming the limit,” some of its ex- and boasts a af lose years son, Offers a Fresh Thrill In addition to its sparkling foun. | tains, sumptuous hotels, gilded |gaming halls, champagne and its |showers of wagered gold, this new resort: it ofter 1ts patrons a A Hmh thrill. Bull fights! ( Four million, five hundred thou- S count {sand | by dollars was the price paid a French syndicate for the |whole of Las Escaldas village in {Andorra; and first steps to “slick | up” the mountain community in | preparation for the vanguard of sportsmen—and sportswomen—will include the erection of a palatial {casino, with, nearby, a de luxe thotel, ‘where the moneyed tourists can eat, flirt, gossip and sleep, if sleep they must. By 1930 it is planned, the meta- |morphosis will be complete, by | which time Riviera resorts will he!er into the interior. figuratively biting their najls in| Dr- Juan Ramirez, Charg ‘]I'L\I(iHSY and impotent rage. lf"‘ es, declared that “this "‘,"- |" called_a “Freak” Country |firms the Paraguayan contention Politically, Andorra has alwaysthat Bollvia never respects, terri- been a “freak.” Napoleon called n;“' al cighig (8. Aprand. Ogen i pacts WASHINGTON, . 0, Dee, The Paraguayan Government has advised the Paraguayan Legation hgre that Bolivian troops have oc- cupied the new fort Van Guardia and have advanced 12 miles furth- Charge d'Af- Bandtts and Lmdbergh Are Cause Airplane Service Growtlfl MEXICO CITY, Dee. 28-—Mexi- can oil field bandits and Col. Charles A. Lindbergh inspired the establishment and development, respectively, of commercial avia- tion in Mexico, although' neither was awara of the strange combina. tion. Ccmmercial planes were first used in Mexico to avoid bandits. Regular passengers and mail air services evolved as a result of the great aviation interest aroused in Mexico by Lindbergh's non-stop flight from Washington to Mexico City. Millions of pesos for oil field payrolls have been carried by air from Tampieo to camps throughout ‘the oil country, to the discomfi- | The present controversy, said the dispatch, “is very grave by the situation again created.” - eee Qutlook Conference Slated for January WASHINGTON, Dec. 28-—Prep- aration of charts on the trend of farm produce has begun for the annual agricultural outlook confer- 'ence of the federal bureau of ag- jricultural economics the week of i of Mexican ture of the bandits, unwinged and impotent, able only to stand on the ground and stare helplessly at the money-laden messengers be- yond their grasp. This pz:ymlll_]‘mu"ry 21 to 26, titon continugh L I Dr. C. B. Smith, chiet of the ex- Wid' on; A‘V"‘“’" i tension service, in inviting repre- Meanwlile, Lindbergh flew 40| ., atives of all the states to at. Mexico. The country went wikd| : - | tend, sugzests that they remain in about aviation. George L. Rihl, an Washington for several days after American originally from Wash-) 116 conference to discuss ways and ;’;‘m“' D. C, who had :";‘e‘l ‘,"",menns tor disseminating economic T payroll service in the Tampico' oo aion. fields, decided the impetus given! “We believe,” he says, “that we aviation by Lindbergh made oppOr-' o . "oy"iho heginning of a substan- tune the launching of regular pas-' ‘tial forward movement in agricul- “t'l'!" and air mail routes. HIS \,10) aeonomics extension, based Ju'rs:lmer;:“u;n .‘mnn[lied. ion ever-increasing research data e Mexican Aviation company [of great significance to the farm- ser. (Continued on Page sn;l.) and | zovernment ! the | MORE srmrE 28— HOOVER FACING BUSY TIME AT | - END OF VOYAGE Must Select Cabmet, De- termine Policies and Write Speech UTAH, Dec. | | | 1 | ABOARD U. §. § 28 With the labors of the Pesidential campaign and his 1good-will trip though Latin Am- behind him, President- | Herbert Hoover faces an-| other strenuous period during | than two months which re-| n before his_inauguration. | Hcover, has before him no in-| considerable task. He has the selection of his Cabinet, mapping | erica Elcet m, (()UUII"III lI l\ Il()()l II\ I\ {UGURATION BODY IS FOUND WITH 2 BULLET HOLES IN HEAD California Dry Law Agent Is Shot when Taken for AutosRide MAN AND WOMAN { The Inaugural committee Is making plans in Washington for the inauguration in March of Presi- dent-elect Herbert Hoover. Seated, left to right: Edward F. Colliday, William T. Galliher, Erving T. Glover, U. 8. Grant, 111, chairman; Dr. Hubert Work, Mrs. Virginia White Speel. Standing: €, C. Glover, jr., Robert Fleming, district commissioner; Corcoran Thom, Theodore P. Noyes, Edward C. Graham, Joseph C. Hines, David Lynn, Sidney Tolavero. district commissioner, and Joshua Evans, jr. f policies of his Administration | and preparation of his inaugural ldress and the writing of it.| | \is address, one of the most im- portant of his career, will be de- livered at the inauguration on | March 4 | The President-elect will go Washington to Florida | about the middle of January and| up esidence on. the Penny estate on island Miami take I an 1ear R FIND NO CLUE T0 WRECKERS OF FAST TRAIN ESensational Feature Is that| No Passengers Were Killed ” SAN BERNARDINO, While authorities persons who W Santa* Missionary t wrecking crews worked place three overturned coaches on the rails, the fact that no one was killed in the |sensational mountain wreck over- |shadowed everything else. The wreck deliberately | iplanned, railroad agents said, Two or three men carefully re moved the rail from the track and drove away on the des road as the fast train sped disaster. Only eight persons jured, none seriously. Railroad men said of the most sensational in the history of Pacific railroading. Search for fingerprints on two | sledges, two crowbars and a spike (o mall to remove the rail, failed| to reveal clues. — DISARMAMENT SESSIONS T0 BE IN APRIL Conference Is Convuked by President of Prepara- tory Commission { | | Cal., 28 for in, and to re- Pullman ¢ to were in-{,,, At a1 Bu it was one wrecks Coast of At a wl of of in thy Lu tr GENEVA, Dec. 28.—The Pre- paratory Commission for the Dis-| armament Conference has been convoked to meet in Geneva on April 15, The comvocation is announced by President Loudon of the Pre- paratory Commission after he as- certained the various countries, including the United States, had no objection to the date. It is understood that the Rus- sian project for partial disarma- ment for all nations will be the main item on the agenda with the hope that naval exports will|lal begin efforts to agree on for-|w |mula for a reduction in cruiserser and submarines. ——————— Forgets Trap: Man Seriously Injured in, th di. ly in, at! PHILADELPHIA, —Louis Cillini, ‘been robbed much recently, mount. g Penn., Dec. 2 and attached a cord from it-to a door to shoot the robbers. Cillini door when he returned last night |, He was taken to the hospital and his condition is critical. | portance in exn | Prohibition | spiracy College President Describes |1siand on December 11 Agricultural he Roosevelt he char morning at 800d run to the were running were that we About 8:30 p.m Roosevelt and She was taking all that was com.| were powerle assistance was the less as the (u finally, as | the ocean, came within the Northwe: forget the ant little boat S| of the sea whose home has|gareq to (ak ed a shotgun over a picture frame|er gng ghe A(ru loft with the mes-|cutter to the anchored Starr and| forgot the trap and opened ‘thelype " CONDITION OF KING IS NOT SATISF ALT()RY RESCUE STORY ON BULF TOLD - New Decision Is Made in Favor Of Dry Law PHILADELPHIA, The Federal District that the buyer of il be prosecuted ansno | | LONI George ha gained scme ground he lost yesterday condition is fraught wi In 11 informed N, Dec. 25 Kin of the but ]ns inxiety it is| Dec, ourt al a Penn 28 hold liquor party to can f ¥ T 1e ‘ Federals es of the hig forcement law. Kirkpatrick purchase is and the purchaser be convicted of aiding abetting the sale but transportation is involved con- to transport enters which is made a distinct sub- stantive offense under the dry | f the this morning tha dition that affect gion has definitely general condition the same progress R FLU SITUATION MORE SERIOUS WASHINGTON, Dec Sur- Yoard, |geon General Cummings views the North- |influenza situation as serious and eye-witness to believes every indication thay [the outbreak will spread the Atlantic States, He added deaths might exceed 15,000, the possibility of a more wave later in the lieves deaths this than as the of 14 talled between 1 his lung improved, his| has pot shown Judge aid the mere not an of- fense Cfl[)l. George TVl(’l’ Pl‘aifi(’s Seamanship Displayed in Rescue of Tug not steamer Sta l off Cape m week withont life af rding the 1. ! Service The rescue of the and tug Roosevelt Elias early this the loss of a single miracle of seamanship to Capt. Geerge Tyler, of S. Steamboat Inspection ‘ulul member of the local | He was a passenger on the western and an the rescue. Capt. Tyler headquarters I « was HIGH TRIBUTE T0 FISHERMEN | specting | damaged lon Chugach returned to e today after in the Starr, which was when it went aground Reef near Shuyak He was Northwost his a wint year will result of the when deaths to- 15,000 and 20,000, be greater returning here on the ern when that vessel answeriy a radio SOS from the Starr, rush ed to aid it and the tug Roose \velt. The latter vessel was tow- ing the disabled steamer fo Seat tle. It encountered rough weath- | er off Cape St. K A broken Dr. Charles B line foulea the tug’s propel- the Alaska and both it and the Starr and School g B o " 9 an ayewitness | i gate and hears s Five Are Killed, Bodies Are Burned; One Arrest Attu’s Rescue of Tug alsends : in Raging Storm | Al PORTL | Twenty-eight enza are tal of 71 yvesterda AN D, Ore, Dec. 28 new cases of influ. | ted here making a ) deaths were listed A d high tribute skill of the tu and halibut ally, was paid by mnell, President Coll Mines, who wa the Attu's vosevelt. He is e Northwestern “The courage of tu is outstanding of tough hich the men of to the courage halibut schooner fishermen gen. A8, tow loe wert ., —— ue of the tug Seas Prevent Rescue a passenger on| From the decks of the North-| | western, Capt, Tyler watched the | effcrts made to take off the erew | from the tug which seemed to he | doomed to be driven ashore. 1In halibut fleet frecounting the story today, he,ed and their bodies burned in the North Pacific are enrolled,” said it wa# a miracle that the|their home near Dallas, five miles said, and its saving of the|boats wera again taken in tow |from here. A seventeen-year-old acterized as “one | without the loss of any lives. son of the couple is held In jail the most daring and .courageous Try to Pass Lines |suspected of having slain the five cidents of rine heroism in The Northwestern tried to pass|and then set fire to the home in lines to the fug but was thwart-|an effort to hide the crime. ed in the attempt the heavy| The authorities said they had s that make any approach todbeen that the son be- the stricken ship dangerous. The[came angered about something Starr, shortly after parting from shortly after midwight and be- the Roosevelt, was anchored by |came violent. her crew in 60 fathoms of water and was not in immediate danger, Meanwhile the cutter Unalga had steamed full speed from her base at Juneau, arriving the scene of disaster late the next day. The Northwestern during the night % or flats and|Dad tried to take off the crew T e stanats ot]0f the Rcosevelt but was again| WASHINGTON, Dec. : lence was certain.|Peaten by the sgas that had in-\ence has made little progress in s B “|ereased in violence. 0Ol was solving the baffling problems of : z pumped from the ship to quiet!the cause and control of influenza the breaking waves and after sev-|since the world-wide epidemic of | {eral attempts the lifeboat of the|1918, but nevertheless has a some- | Northwestern was forced to re-|what.better understanding of jturn, being umable to approach |disease than at that time. |closer then halling distance to| | the Roosevelt. Although well known health ;m,‘ Ynulie 6 Boene [thorities disagree on methods for crew of the It surely i experience in the GASTONIA, J. . Wi N:. C., Vanderburg, wife and three children were kill Dec. 28. farmer, school he m e annals of the North Pacific.” In Tough Position Dr. Bunnell's account of the re e follows: “We left by informed Cordova Christmas am, and made a cape. Heavy seas and the indications were in for a rough Gulf of Alaska were near the Starr. 1+ heavy gale blow- 9 INFLUENZA C ip across the W at the I “There wa g off the C e Roosevelt stress in wallowing w 28.—8ci. evi and it looked as if we to render her any Some distance away| comingly as help- | It was a bad situ- though we lcarnm]‘ g to her, the | ion, ter ;that water wi lio ot 5 't Attu Tackles Job anl ¢ “We kept near the Roosevelt and | pagging the vieinity twice ! om the depths of|(he vessels were located, Inter-|it should go to bed at once and| halibut boat Attulmijttent snmow squalls made nn-‘; y there until they have recov. caking distance llr.\lsuhlllly poor and the cutter had|er definitely. General adoption I shall neveripassed comparatively close with-|of such procedure, they bhelieve, of this wonderful fout sighting the ships. | would save many lives. battled the fury Weather Moderates pt. Livingsion of- Shertly after the Unalga ar he crew of thelrived the weather moderated and | disabled steam-'lines were made fast from the even that|in accord that westeru Wik . Epidemics of influenza have co (ered the world at intervals for se eral centurie The major epi- demics have come about once 4 levery 30 years, with lesser out- the tow to SSiGera which e"“"d‘hrmkx intervening, indicating in- without mishap was started. |sofar as such statistics can be Meanwhile the motorship Attu, lied upan that the present sitna- re at o scene had| Shat Bad ¥HoMd 6 the scene Rad(, ..o ") caerics pishably talis inte the latter classification, ( oosevelt off the out of sight in than halt of the seemed a very L) e, “I think she seas more In wha (Coninued o was (Lunnnuea on ane Six.) Page S ARE UNDER ARREST Conwcted Bootlegger k Charged with Crime —Trial on Today SAN JOSE, Cal, Dec. 28, —Abel Frias, aged 28, und. ercover Dry Law Agent, was taken for a ride last night and his body was found this merning with two bullet holes in the head, dumped on the highway near Dos- palos. Frias was still living when found by a rancher who took h”l\‘ to a hospital adoy boot- I i to be tried this alternoon a chaige of possessing hqnor and Frias was to have been the chief witness for the prose- cution. TEN THOUSAND THREATENEDBY FLOOD, BELE BRUSSELS, Dec. augumented by inrushing tide- waters pushed by a violent gale & have swept the lowlands above Dermonde and inundating five vilet lages with 10,000 inhabitants and threatening destruction greafes .4 than four weeks ago The plight of the people iy sad ] the high spring tide I8 due There is already . much suffering and damage and a pessimistic view is taken by the residents 28-—Floods !! > Airways Lighted Over 7,000 Miles of Route CHICAGO, | Dec. 28—Seven thousand miles of lighted airways, extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific, now provide a network of routes for the night air mail, Although the air mail has been the pioneer in night flying as well as in other regular schedule serv. ice, several companies interested = in the development of commereial passenger lines are considering the use of lighted airways for night flying. Beacons, perched on 60-foot tow- ers located from three to ten miles apart, show the way to scores ot * pilots now flying the night air mail, desplle weather (()lltll(iolli ONTINUES TO BAFFLE STUDENTS The big 1918 epidemic served to emphasize the meagerness of ex- act knowledge about the disease and stimulated research workers everywhera to greater effonts tham |ever had been made before to meet the deficiency. This work continued without discouragem lack of progress acting on scientific mind as an added ti lous rather than a hinderance. 1 dearm wi bl TG Ty oo 5o ingly in 3o0d health as wcu those who are infected. The germ which, before the epidemic, generally was credi the cawse of the disease, is regarded by Public Health ice authorities as having litd fluence in that direction. A number of different have been identified with the dition in the last 10 years, none has Leen found present, ¢ sistently leaving the bacl ri¢ gical aspect of the problem in siderable confusion.