The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 29, 1928, Page 1

® Wait ) THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” OL. XXXlll.. NO. 4983. JU’\IEAU, ALASKA. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1928. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS 'BELGIUM DISTRICT UNDER WATER; DIKES BREAK SEA THRILLER IS RELATED BY CAPT. OF ATTU Tells How Four Men Bat- tled in Gale to Save Boat and Crew SEWARD, Alaska, Pec. 29.—An- other thriller was told here yesterday with the arrival of the halibuter Attu, of Ketchikan, Cap- Bhald, of-S W .of four rescued the Ssgevelt' from Wessel's reef WA Ushe rly this week b Wold to 10r s ont responsibls f saving velt and &ew of 16 men The Attu chaaged direction Cape Dy fon and arrived at scene a fow hours la ran de the line aboard apd Clear Twice and ‘hours elag were Cape Capt sea at sto de # course on ) Roose- off the alor . headed for Capc the aawser broke o hefore new line 1. Arriving after battling the gal Clear where workmen are ing to unwrap the ste: tangled i the Roosevelt's lor. now CAPT. BARRON'S STATEMENT CORDOV, Alaska, Dec. Declaring that he will not wen on the (‘ult of unle Barron, of llu _mai¥ ‘ifim«-r BOarr Wamed: Wk} af propet towing equipment on the | tug Rovsevelt for the near disas- ter last Monday. The Starr is an- chored four miles from here wh it was towed by the c guard cutter Unalga, Capt. Barron said: “The R velt's towing lines were-rotten and Wit e by o lve e R anted to quit us cold: “1 won't risk my men on the Gulf of Alaska again unless forced to and I'll what @ board of in- quiry says about it. Tk boat in these waters us over the gulf <k h\\ 2" again than can in these a carry storm UNALGA AS CONVOY A radio message received in Ju- neau this afternoon stated that the Unalga will convoy the Starr when again taken in tow by the tug Roosevelt. The radio did not state when the tow was to start nor as convoy. CREW IS PRAISED CORDOVA, Alaska, Dec The courage of every man on the Starr was given praise by Capt Barron, who told of the tragic Christmas when they were on the verge of abandoning the ship a dozen times. At one time the cook pleaded with the members of the crew to until after dinner was eaten he had it all ready to 29 hecause nerve. Pathetic Incident Pathos was emphasized when the first mate on the Starr found out that his wife was on tHe liner Northwestern, standing by. They spent Christmas within sight of each other but unable to exchange greeting above the roar of the | storm. The members of thé crew were on the verge of virtual collapse, many not having slept since they left Seward in tow of the tug Roosevelt Alaska Company Must Produce Its Records| OLYMPIA, Wash,, Dec. ~Af- firming the Spokane County Court, the Supreme Court has approved the writ of mandate compelling the Goldsmith Dredging Company of Spokane, operating in Alaska, to give Charles H. Lee, stockhold- er, access to the company’s rec- ords. 29 Man Who Claimed to Be 108 Years Old, Is Dead TONASKET, Wash., Dec. 29— Henry Livingstone, who claimed to be 108 years old, died at his home here where he has lived for 70 years. He came to Okanogan in 1837 and participated in the Caribou gold rush in British Columbia. He is credited with clinching a treaty with the Oka- nogan Indians by dynamiting enough fish to feed the whole which | save | is believed Wold continued to Latouche | attempt- | 2] hawser en- | propel-’ how far the Unalga would act| HOOVER ‘ARRIVING IN ECUADOR SEEK NEGRU FOR MURDER, KIDNAPPING Husdeed MeTx. Airplane | and Bloodhounds Search | for Prison Farm Trusty | | | | | PARCHMAN, Miss, Dec. 20| One hundred men aided by an alf-| lane and bloodhounds spent yes- rday hunting for Charley Shep- 1, ne trusty, at the State I on Farm here, wanted for the murder, of J. D. Duvall, carpenter and sergeant at the tarm, and for kidnay ind possible murder of his dau Ruth, aged 18 Duvall tound early day in the dining room,| slashed and head beaten in with an ice pick | girl was found missing from which was blood stained Zro ping er was morning yester- his throa GIRL RETURNS PARCHMAN, Miss., Dec Ruth Duvall, missing was slain yesterday | t the State Prison mbled into the State Prison Camp today. She was able to mumble only: “I have been wandering in the woods.” ~ She lthen became unconscious. Meanwhile search continues for the negro trusty blamed for the ‘x.‘mm and kidnapping NEW VESSEL CFORRUNTO S.EALASKA g REBfllfi IB%STETL Es . tation.Lompany SEATTLE, Do ith plang for enlarg & between Seat'le Southeastern Alaska, the W, Foshaw Company, Minneapolis, Mis \ since er Mr. Hoover with the president of Ecuador, Dr. Is riding along crowded streets to the presidential palace president-elect was welcomed to the republic. dro Ayora, where the Farm, Named Gnrl Rafl"lel | | | 'Afghanistan rLovyal Troops | Win—American Bride A ¢ - Escapes | 1 e 20 connee- ing the b LONDON, De Advices to] the Afghanistan A Legation from| i the Foreign Office at Kabul, tell| of victories by the troops loyal to| |which recently made large fnves. King Amannulah over the rebels| ments in the Northwest and Alas- ; : Eh e Hanty i b : Mrs. Carol |ka, will build a steel passenge i J motorship for the subsidar : ELDATIOAD JOuIAY o biocdl i gt s B cucd from Kabul bty b MR (hean y military airplane, described her | pany experiences when the revolt in- The terrupted her honeymoon. She | is said she had nearly given up| {hope when she was rescued. Her | hushand, remain- | led at other men. | SON OF FORMER COVERNOR ROSS DEAD, ACCIDENT 29 servich \ckson, ymln*:‘ who was res- by the British new ship will co! the first steel ship |tor a Seattle line sinc [Tt reported three will be built ultimately have accommodations for passenge Refrigeration in all holds transport fish. Construction bids will be opened {here on_January i e RESTFUL NIGKT SPENT BY KING LONDON, Dec. Two slightly more hopeful bulletins on King George’s fliness since decid edly disturbing ones, served to-! day to hearten the deep anxiety] lct the public. The latest bulle-; | | ordere the war.| h vessals| They will| ; cabin Here is an exclusive photo ot | beautiful Ruth E. Bolling, Brockton, Mass., society girl, | who, police assert, was the leader of amazing group of young pm-! ple which preyed upon elderly | ! churchmen, business and profes-? sional man as a means of financ- | ing gay nocturnal revels. She is| | 19 and a senior ! will be the provi 0 vessels in Brockton | Hieh School. 1‘ (luternational Newsreen) SARATOGA, Wyo., Dec Ambrose Ross, son of former Gov. Nellie T. Ross, was killed when |an automobie turned over on |sleet-covered road. | | Ross who was 25 year old, was| returning to Saratoga from a Ishort ‘drive with John Paulsen, |former university friend. They GAPTAIN KILLS 29— ¢ 29— with ice. into Py 8 . AL il o] " paulsen was thrown of his wife, Lellaiihe car but Ross was pinned bt H r1er, M3 |ypderneath. The horn jammed steamer S. A. Perkins, i,5q jtg constant blowing attract- to the stern rail of his shid{aq the attention of people living shot himself through the! ety adisits |near the COLSTON "BASSETT, Norris-'hcad and tumbled lifeless Mrs. Ross is in Springfield, hampton, England, Dec. 29.-—The |the water of the harbor. {suffering from influenza hunt of the Belvoir Hounds, with Bt i . AP which the Prince of Wales rode, ‘,." ill Slayer, in ’ was marked by tragedy toddy in| the death of the famous English | Prison, Ill; Has Flu Dec Nath- Leopold, one hunting man William Wrougll-‘ H. Sides is apsent from his ton. His horse fell at a high work in the U. 8. Customs House, fence and rolled on him. An-'with a case of influenza contracted jan of the thrill{ other rider fell at the same fence several days ago. Though not seri-|slayers of little Bobby Fre s ill with influenza in prison ac- :(:or(Hng to advices received here. 29— al al 29. Itin stated the King spent a rest- \ful night. LON( After th |Parrer, yter |fled jand BEACH, Cal., Dec. ending four bullets et by Prince of Wales Near Scene of Death of Hunter ( of the into ., SIDES ILL WITH FLU CHICOGO, 111., but escaped injury. The accident ougsly ill, Mr. Sides was confined to took place not far from where 3du for a few days though at the the Prince was riding. | present is on his feet again, PETERSBURG PAYING DEBT | | The town of Petershurg will redeem $5,000 worth of the bonds issued for the building of the municipal hydro-electric plant. In Message from 2 Amundsen Is Reported Found 0SLO, Dec. 29.—The newspaper Tidens Tegn anuounced it is in-|hadition the interest on all out- vestigating the report that a bot-'standing bonds will be paid at tle was washed up on the coast that time. of Finmarken containing a mes-| R o O A, sage signed Roald Amundsen. The BROTHER SUCCEEDS BROTHER newspaper said the message was, contained im an English beer| bottle but it is not known if there 'was an English beer aboard Pay Honor to Memory of Woodrow Wilson | NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—Ad- | i mirers of Woodrow Wilson \ | gathered in many parts of the country last night to honor | the memory of the anniversary !'| of his birthday. At Wilming- The Petersburg City Council|| ton, N. €, a tablet honoring has appointed Peder Lund to|| Wilson was dedicated by the serve oul the term as City Coun-|| pastor of the Iirst Presbyter- ,Amflfldlflll seaplane. The mes- cilman to which his brother, Paul| | fan church 1 which Wil- !sage, the newspaper said, is re- Lund, was elected. The latter|| son’s father was associated. ported to give an account of the was recently drowned at Poters- | disaster, 3 | may take | dustry | congre. {tute weuld | MERBERT HOOVER’S W ELCOME IN ECUADOR 5,000 MAY BE REMOVED FROM DANGER Sections Along River Scheldt Are Flooded by Breaking Dikes EPIDEMIC FEARED AMONG SUFFERERS Some Sections Under Six Feet of Water—Traf- fic Is Suspended BRUSSELS, Dec. 29.—The question of removing the en- tire population of 8,000 per- sens frem the districts flood- ed by renewed breaking of President-elect Herbert Hoover (in first automgbile) riding through streets of Guayaquil, Beiow: Mr. Hoover reviewing troops from the balcon Moover, Dr. Ayora, president of Ecuador, and Mrs. Ho! Use of Alcohol in U. S. Abserbs ()ul put of Culm By ARTHUR POWELL (A. P. Correspondent) HAVANA, Dec. 29 duced from black mola its place as a leading in n Cuba if proposals befor ss are accepted. The fact that the United Stat acts like a sponge on Cuba’s alco- hol production advanced in fa vor of large investment in the projected It argued that such alecohol be a substitute zasoline The claim is that by making u of the raw m which i thrown off as product of su gar, and produc 1 finished pro-!| duct, namely al a great quan- | tity of the raw al which | now shipped (o countries 1 distillation would remain in Cuba At the same additonal mon-| ey would, ac to the projec remain. and be spent here |mi the buying of the finished product ! Should al really be used|og where gasoline now utilized, it!quring will bring some radical ef-|women fects, it is pointed out. The princi-|oners pal effect the elim tion of the imption tax pla on gasoline In way might be considered disastr Deputy City A the financial rests of the coun-'has been lodged in try, but th balanced wheu it is shown tha more than counter-| The two couples, | Harry Dominey and of the money gasoline sub it hers and for Thaler, spent the e s pointed out to home of the latt valking the Do iventions seeking to|On the way ¢t by alcohol have|were belug followed unsuccessful, it is,er and they qui efore many shrewd |5teps rone to say that| The stranger rests entirely |and followed them of substituting | /ney home. The stra pid |forced the four to & g Iport, theatening t Seven Overcome by . Smoke in Hotel Fire PITTSBU —Seven per Buest, were the Strand Hot ing. More th S0nus ram into t! night clothin guest, and =ix | Alcohol pro. ap | WASHINGTON mond Walters, Chief Engineer of Reclamation, ha in charge of con ) Boulder Dam would| The dam will D satest engineering tory surpassed only ing of the Panama total cost of the at $165,000,000 e \Alleged “Bad \Man” Stages t be r is scale industry 13 als 1, SAN FRANCISC( After a which time and their under threat hol 1| the this, was s toof couple, Joseph a youth one rite, for a home pro it The many supplant ga hitherto b shown, and ¢ observers the whele on the possih alcohol for y ga |Once he did fire a shot, missing Dominey. broke the telephor |and wrecked the fu ling he was a 29, |and would show GH, Penn., Dec. t in a fire in early this morn-|hours a score of per-|phoned streets in their The police found F. H. Glasco, |front yard of the Di emen were over- prowling around. }zl\w- any explanatio and Thaler WILL HANDLE BIG CONTRACT i Reign of Terror rei hushands |two hours in the hom drew real one a hotellcould do with a gun. Tuite left the hou from a neighbor’'s house. the River Schedlt dikes is raised today. This action may be decid- ed upon because of difficul- ties in providing fuel and drinking water for the iso- lated villages and hamlets and also danger of epidemics as the water recedes. The danger of epidemics is thought to be weeks distant as some of the places are under six feet of water. Traffic by road and rail is cuspendm‘l 00D S*ORIES TODAY'S NEWS PALO AI.'TO, Cal.,, Dec. 29. —Walter Snyder, graduate stu. dent of Stanford and a. Capa- ulan war veteran, was ciectro. cuted in a bathtub in his home when he attempted to discon. nect an electric heater plug. N Ecuades, y of the presidential palace. Left to righty 85 over. DROWNS IN WASH BASIN SEATTLE, Dec. 29-—Mar- vius Larsen, logger, was found drowned in a wash basin in his hotel room. There was just enough water to cover his e e sk mouth and nose. The body was ¥ ] slumped over the basin. Equator in Rain Squall 1 FISH STORY SAN FRANCISCO, Calif, Dec. 29.—Today's fish story concerns a little striped bass that wriggled into a water pipe in an apartment house shutting off the supply. The boiler on the heating plant burned out due to lack of water. Today Mrs. Edna Behrends, owner, 'was awarded $25 judgment against the water company for damages to the boiler. D Six ()uml Fall Before Gun of Coolidge ABOARD Dec 29 Pr pert Hoover sed the equa- rday afternoon 220 miles off during a UTAH, n Her- route Bra lent yes en the vio. north fan rain squall l(:)_\‘vi Denver, | ,, SAYS BOLIVIA of the WASHINGTON, Dec jolivian Legation h denied the Paraguayan charges thut Bolivian trcops occupied Van Guardia within the last days and had advanced 11 s into Paraguayan territory. - —~ PIONEER DIES Sternberg, pioneer of Al- aska and for many years a dent of Ket 1, died recently > at Olympia, hington, his for- death for. = = 63 1 i N i r iy o 53 years. He erved as warden for a Re form in Al He is survived SO by two sisters and a brother, Mrs, Tuite, | B, Faulkner and Mrs. A. M. Darling of Olympla, and Oscar _~11~n.!n|u, of Californ of en uction | one of the| tasks in his- | by the build Canal. The | roject et 29.—The officially | SAPELO ISLAND, Ga., Dee. 20, & President Coolidge bagged six & quail while hunting yesterday afe ternoon with Col. E. W. Starling: ¥ Brady Home at Sitka Is Destroyed by Fire - - b SIT Alaska, Dec. 29.—The e known as the Ex-Governor Brady home burned to the ground = last night at midnight. The place had not been occupied for ye The cal of thefire is known he alarm was turned @ in at midnight but when the | firemen reached the scene the fire was beyond control ), cal, Dec of terr kept | Julin or two pris- h g Wi ged game 2 £ ECONOMIC AMITY IS his into the nger, a y Pt it on a daven-! " o kill them. " narrowly | ¢ennection The youth 'uys of se comnection Committee rniture, boast- here her world peace “bad man, achievement Dec. 29.—The United | extending with the League ters, he deemed collabora- | nomic differences more dangerg of Nations than political difficulties becau! economic qu ons in this [they struck at the very root of the President Daniel S life of the nations. s the League's economic The economic committee has told newspaper men|augurated an extensive exi that more than ever|tion of the most favored depends on the | clause is that no nation should & what he ju economic | favored—that every nation & agreement |be placed on the same footis Mr. Serruys, who has long been |with preferential treatment | he economic expert of the French none. Other nations had a diff Luu-xmm-u' declared there wuas no|ent idea, that of showing fas it Tuite in the |limit to what the League could do|ism to special nations. He | ominey house, |with reference to economic prob-|nounced that an effort would He refused to lems, though its action might be made to put order into this ¥ n. ‘llimum as regards political mat. commercial question, However, Dom its uth, hem o after two went out and