The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 23, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIIL, NO. 5004, MANY VESSELS IN DISTRESS ON ATLANTIC Freighter and Tanker with 60 Men Aboard Are Being Sought SEARCH FOR ONE SHIP REPORTED ABANDONED Many Small Craft in Acci- dents—Rescue Ships Fighting Storms NEW YORK, Jan. 23. — The steamship America reported this afternoon that she is so close to the disabled freighter Florida The divorce that Paris mill gra that the latter’s wireless signals a o are very strong. ‘The liner Prést- Vanderbilt and former wife of Und dent Harrison had previously re-| tary of the Treasury Ogdcn_l\lx‘lm i ported she could not find the s by i Florida. The America also reported the tanker Dannedaike is in distress in the me vicinity, about 800 miles off the Virginia Capes and that the tanker had set up a jury rig attempting to make Bermuda under her own. steam. Search for the British freight- er Teesbridge, with a crew of 3 aboard, has been abandcned. Res- cue sels could find no trace of her 300 miles east of Cape Race, Newfoundland. Other Accidents Other marine accidents report- ed along the coast tall of the four master schooner Kinsway having burned to the waterline at Broad Cove, Maine, where she is laid up for the winter; Norwegian freighter Terne held in the ice, which may fwpriscn her f0r the winter, after escaping from the rocks which threatened destru tion off Friar's Head, at the en- trance to Margaree, Nova Scotia, and the dicsel trawler Mariner being disabled off Nantucket. The Béfiefactor! jatter ship was finally taken in tow for Boston. The liner President Garfield, which went aground in the Ba hamas, has been refloated and & v proceed to' Nassau on her| . % : world crulke and pick up her|Lively interest in:plans for celebrating his 8lst birthday on Jan. 31 is being shcwn by Nathan Strauss, philanthropist. | For on that day his gift of & Health and Welfare Centre is to be turned over to the holy city of Jerusalem. r. John Haynes Holmes will officiate at | its dedication. (International Mewsreeld passengers. FIGHTING THROUGH STORM NEW YORK, Jan. 23.—Ships fighting passage through the storm almost hove to at times to- day. Three ships struggled to- ward the position of the Danne- daike and Florica with 60 men aboard. On the bridge of the America is Capt. Griee, hero of the rescue of the crew of the British freighter Antinoe three years ago. The other two ships headed for NON-RESIDENT HUNTERS ARREGTED AND FINED As a resuct oi a report made to ‘.“’?,; "?],ffm‘((-:‘:nll»:‘;hm‘::-ti };;:r the Alaska Game Commission' by ot and German BT | warden Dufresne and by Warden e s Jewell, Howard Crick and Hon r,‘____:“_ ___=3| Anderson, were arrested on the! | charges of hunting and trapping; o witho#t a nonresident Yicense.! .Shgl.'t Ouakes They pleaded guilty in the court ali | Continue at | | commissioner - Kehoe, at Ketchi-| | kan, and were fined $61.35 each. | | Fairbanks \ el 7 i el | FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Jan. | WHAT ABOUT IT? ! 23.—Slight quakes, increasing e at intervals, apparently indi- || WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. — A cate the final convulsions of | |charge that newspaper articles| the earth folloming Monday's upheavals. Geologists, familiar with the country, forecast re- currences even more severe until the cycle is’ complete. | written aboard Hoover's ships on | his South American tour were’ ! censored by members of his staff, | was made in the Senate yesterday afternoon by Senator Harrison, Demoerat, of Mississippi. 4 g LEAGUE RENEWS PLEA FOR POWERFUL COURT, statutes. 1t provides i adhers to the compul- GENEVA, Jan. 23.—Concurrent!the court with reports that the United States|that any state wh would reopen negogations!for ad-|court may recogn e as h n to the world court, the sory the jurisdiction of the court conrt has been brought into thejin all or any of the classes of spotlight from another angle.. legal disputes concerning four A call has been issued urging all| questions. ,The first is the interpretation of |a treaty, the second is any ques- tion clause of ‘the court. Behind | tion of international law, and the this move is the desire manifested |third is the existence of any t at the last League assembly to{whl«:h, if established, would con- push porward vigorously the inter-istitute a breach of an international national ‘movement in . favor of obligation. ' The fourth is the na compulsory arbitration. | ture of extent of the reparation to Twenty-six nations have now/be made for the breach of an inter- signed the compulsory arbitration,|national obligation. or so-called optional “clause of' In accepting the abowve, states the permanent court. The clause; may do so unconditionally or on condition of reciprocity on the part of several or certain members o7 the court, # i’ 4 states, which have not done so, to adhere to the compulsory arbitra- has been ratified by 16 nations. The compulsory arbitntlon, clause is contained in article 36 of! " the /by Davis, JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1929. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS Divorces Knight .er _lsrince nted Lady Paul Dukes (above), daughter of Mrs. William K.*| Charles Murat, A party in France and descendant of the illus- trious Corsican. International lllustrated News) f Under Secre- said to JAPAN BUILDS EIGHT CRUISERS, pave the way for her marriage to Prince son of head of Bonapartist ARE MOST POWERFUL IN WORLD THREE MARINES ARE SHOT DOWN BY NIC. REBELS Reports ‘Are Received- at - Headquarters—Martial Law Is Declared AGT Nicaragua, Jan. t advices from North- gua state three United States Marines of a patrol of geven, which clashed with out- laws northeast of Yali, w ed. The dead are Private ctt Rector of Des Mcin Collins of Lyons, Georgi George Oswill of Miami, Florida The first word of Rector” death was brought to the Marine headquarters here by a messenger yesterday while additional ad- vices today told of the deaths of the other two Marines. Only the most meager ern N details lwere reccived of the clash. Steps, toward declarifig martial law in Northein epariments have been taken by the Nicaraguan authorities . and volunteers for e in the region are being enlisted rapidly e TWO ARE FOUND DEAD; MYSTERY IN CRIME PACT May Be M:x;i;r and Sui- cide—Note Left Throws Some Clue on Case LOS ANGELES, Cal., Jan. 23. —What the police believe was a murder anfd ‘suicide pact between Andrew Davis, aged 28, a me- — chanic, and a beautiful red-hair-! ed girl, about 24 years of age, later apparently developed info a murder with someone other tham Davis firing one -and perliaps both of the fatal shots. The bodies of the man and woman were found in a roeming house. Examination of the unidenti- fied woman’s body revealed she met death from a bullet fired into her head from a small caliber gun while Davis, Police Surgeon’s examinaticn showed, had either taken his life or had been klllEd‘ by a bullet from a .45 pistol. Officers first reported a seven- shot pistol was found near the bed on which the two nude bodies were discovered. = Two empty shells were in the pistol but later reports stated there were six un- fired shells found in it. The police said a note, written read: “My wife and family killed this woman. Looks bad for me but I am: inmocent. They say they are going to kill me.with my own gun. Tt has not beer shot syet,” Y ¥ § ' | By GLEN BABB ] (A. P. Correspondent) | TOKYO, Jan. 23.—Last of the cight 10,000-ton crui called for iby the Japanese navy's curr {building programs, the Ma; now under construction in the big Kakasaki doc rd at Kobe. | A dezen Shinto priests, in white |robes and carrying branches o |the sacred “sak , emblers |of saceomental purity, recently pey {formed -the ‘s imple purification { ites accompanying the laying of keel, designed to ward off evil hi ‘im’xuunu-, and beseech the blessing land protection of the national gods | rument of empire of an ancient cult > out of Marmony with for this ins | These rite | seem a Titt |the modernity of the Maya aud her sisters, but they help ensure the {human morale that must make these machines effective. | The Nachi, whose details are \‘Iul followed in all her ers, has /a speed of 33 knots, a designed ! horsepower of 130,000 and carries 10 eight-inch guns. She is believed to embody many new features of naval design, but these are a well guarded "secret. * The glimpse ob- tained of her at the Yokohama na- val review showed long, low lines drawn for speed. She carries a fighting top more like that a battleship than of a light cru to turrets for her eight-inch ung show. fore and aft; her whole as- pect is formidable. She has a crew of 700 men. On Trial Trips The Nachi s to be joined in commission within a few wecks by her next sister, the Myoko, nw jundergoing her trials off the Yoko- suka naval base, where she was built. The Haguro and Ashigara, the private dockyards of M shi at Nagasaki and Kawasaki af Kobe, respectively, were launched from ubi- last spring and should reach com- pletion about the end of 1929. Next [come the Atago and Takao, still (on the ‘ways at the naval nalg of Kure and Yokosuka and due [or Chokal launching this year. The was laid down at Nags April and now the Kaw ers have the Maya in hand Cruiser Progror On the best authority it | ed that this eight-cruiser pr n- am i the only onc new contemplated by the navy department 1 m has three years to run. a will not be complgted until < in 1932, At the time the An an House of Representative :d the ‘15-cruiser bill a year Ad- of miral Keisuke Okada, minis jthe navy, said Japan had n en- tion of framing a “reply m, The budget for 1929-30 aing no appropriations for any naval iconstruction except the m already in hand. The official Japanese position i8 that the Nachl class 1y replacements for old cru W {becoming obsolete and 8- sary to maintain the bala of the navy as an instrument im- perial defense. Big Navy In 1922 This will give Japan a navy of six superdr s, in- | four battle eruigers, 29 | (Continued on Page Fivc) - NANSE KD, STABLER 15 NOMINATED - FORDIS. ATTY. ssistant for Past Nine | Years Is Named to Chief Office | | BULLETIN — WASHING- | TON, Jan. 23. — Prcsident Ceolidge has nominated How- . evd D. Stabler to be United ! Stetes District Attorney for the First Alaska Division, with headquarters at Juneau. Mr. United here has been / Distriet Stabler States be- ippointed as ciata Shoup on Nevember 4, a graduate of the Han of Law. School, Ch llls., with & i me erato degree of L.L.B. in fe « Alaska in the U £ rps. Prior te that time he hod ded in Spokane, Wash., and a member cf the bar of the as 1919 Signal was State of Washington before com- {ing to AL He lived in until his appointment as aidc Mr. Shoup. His* non g n by President Coolidge was nct unexpected. He filed hi; ation for the posi- on after the nomination of | in W. Harding, his chief, to |e District Judge. He was en- {dorsed by the local Bar Associa- | tion and had the support of Capt |A. E. Lathrop, Republican Na tional Committeeman - - N PLANS 3 FLIGHTS IN ARCTIC RECION Nome, Alaska Will Be! Used as Base—Explor- | er Arrives in U. S. W YORK, Jan. NE 3.—Dr. jof Nansen, Norwegian, Arctic ex-! plorer and scientist, reached New!' York today frgm Norway and plan | to spend two months in this coun try planning an expedition in (he af Zeppelin over the North Pol | ar geas in the spring of 1930 " will also discuss with the Amer can government the need for a mooring mast at Nome in ord accomplish the trip. Nansen uopes to make flights, first " from Le Spitzbergen, thence over Norih Greenland and the Canadian Arc pelago to Nome. Second—northeast to W Island thence over the unknown, area, returning ‘to Nome a T i fuelling. Third—To follow.the rim of Lenin:, Continental shell of Asia (o grad from Nom | TAREDEAD IN CRASH IN SNOWSTORM Electric Train Hits Passen- ger Bus—Number Are Injured BELLEVUE, Ohio, Jan. 23 least 17 persons we number of others Injur west Dbound Lake interurban car crash burgh-Chicago bus, o 16 Gr hound Company 1 a blind snowstorm, one m 1 a b east of here this af on | Eight ¢ hodies we ught to one undertaking estubli-hment, 1wo more to apother and four to th third, In addition, an ambuiun reported one more b v and it is believed two iree oth-| ers are still pinncd n h the wreckage. Some of the hod | mangled .that ident! | Possible. { Four of those kil None of the passea: interurban were hurt The anthorities ar determine the manne grash oceurred. It is D bus driver failed to =c( gl because of the suow storm were wom on he inable to which the ed the the electrie . \ The charming ivi leading motion p lier, famous French ot uchd - L% Alnternationsl Newsregi) Hint Romance Georgia Hale, 24, wh. played with Charlie Chaplin in “The Gold Rush” has been mentioned In Hollywood film circles in rumors .nl new Chaplin romance, ALASKAPACKERS SAN FRANCISCO, Jan, 23.—1I: jconnection with the annual repo: of Alaska Packers Associatim Tim t the made public today, William son, President, announced tk egular quarterly dividend o { ire and insurance fund come on dividends of § are payable on February 9. The Assoefation operated 13 canneries in Alaska, and one on Puget Sound last year pack 641,143 es, imeciuding 560,21 of red salmon — - Evidence Too Much for Northcott: AilHe Is Taken JUl RIVERSIDE, Cal., | pondent over “the weigh produced aggiust te in' an ¢for he murders of Lewis on Winslow dnd ap annan Mexican 1ad Gordon Stewart jeott wag last night in the ¢ at the Riverside al He Is ‘expected ay from court for two day B % BEALL TRIES COME-BACK TOLEDO, Ohio, Jan one of the wilde B i in captivity, has been t g ace, and will hack with Casey Mudhens next Spring. to Di FAIRBA Fred Crew nalist, v Cook Rewarded, For Hot Coffee, Good Flapjac SEATTLE, 1ition of hon TR FRED CREWE PASSES AWAY! NKS, e, aged pri was lured ndike, die « ed Sta Pribilo 1 rnmen or above is Dita Parlo, one of Germany’s ture actresses, who succumbed to the lure of Hellywood’s talkies and will play opposite Maurice Cheva- ir, in an American film the producer for wanting her name on the do One can’t blame stted line—that is, | Aged Character of Interior| in Lonely S boun. Cabin now- PRICE TEN CENTS MILLIONS ARE VOTED TO ENFORCE PROHIBITION LAW Tall;iégljure for German B;avauty GEGANT;QF UNE 1S ATE FOR Y8 Twenty-Four Million Del lars Are Voted for President’s Use WIDE POWERS ARE GIVEN EXECUTIVE Measure Passed in Strong Opposition of .Secre- tary of Treasury WASHINGTON Jan 1 ¥ day I 24,000,000 for Appropri \ action must e approved by the Houzo and Coolidg 3 is forthcoming, the expen- ~arod to he made by tir-amendment adoptad, be ven the ex s measur r William J was who arg ury Mallon § busines: yernment principals. liet in the sessk T T R ~lor Maryland, for an 5,000,000, he measure m among the dry leaders af- Mellon sent a letter to the recommending that the in- disapproved. Some offi- of the AntiSaloon League asked for the appropriation end others said it was not needed. Up To Hoover While the amendment does not mentioh Hoover by name, it will probably fall to his lot to hse the fund as Proesident Co 2 hardiy has time enough to do =0 | The amendment merely to make us2 o ate ase be dire lon of the Harris propas the Sena acting upan fment of ator Jol 1 1 ) fouse and Pr Co The only fés n u } | P it in the use of the N, 000 that he must allocate ti money to Departments and Bureau of the government which "have a part in the rcement of the d laws The vote on the Harris propesal 50 to It is the ¢ been voted ung e e — FUR BUYER GOING SOUTH i C. Schwaogle is a passenge m the Ad miral Rogers emroute south, aftep having made an extensiye trip into the Interig laska. Mr. Schweg- ler fofmerly lived in Nome. {CCOMPLISHMENTS, AMBITIONS OF 1. EGGERSGLUESS MADE KNCWN; 1{LASKA PROSPECTUS MAPPED OUT; Alaska omplisk d amb . lome ska wild fety flou of hard hybrid, d¢ s of oats which thrive g Galloway 15 2 hardy ty vel wh ear the Ar Circle will, ba. 8 in f waving grain with ca v idin g ‘miflions of lor 1l vegeiab! ovine which lives in the eold His ambitions that Alaska will som. exporting egeH, dairy 1; colonizat market for the 8 industry; that the eastern Al a bower of! fruil nd that the plaj ands, | Harris, Georgla, a dry, as.past st deficiency approprigss s The nate voted this sum fos | Dry Enforcement over the 8 oppesition of Secretary ol Tréas- ! Long Fight Madel i The appropriation was ap- ;w:-uved after a long fight by Sena. Harri The inerease in-the Prohibition fund was asked for N &n amount 0,000 bt the nripobal was increass of caused much dis- and was adopted in 8 face of Mellon's sirong oppe- s me money hag ch. circumstan | , fur buyer of produets tog Iy enough to pross i o