The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 8, 1929, Page 1

" VESSEL IS OFF g ! 4 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1929, PRICE TEN CENTS DISABLED SHIP IS CALLING FOR HELP ALASKACOAST, BAD CONDITION Emergency Radio Message for Assistance Is Sent Broadcast FREIGHTER ALLOWAY | IN PERIL IN GALE| Second fin; Craft Has Been in Dangerous Posi * tion, Two Months | ATTLE, Feb. 8—A weak 1':1(”()I message for assistance today was | sent to the freighter Koki Maru,| racing in the North Facific to aid| the freighter Allowav which s/ ing helplessly with disabled | nes in a southwest gale, | The Alloway is believed im'a dis-| tressed condition for several days. She carries a crew of 34 men. Two other ships in the vieinity » reported standing by. First Advices Received The first word of the plight of the Alloway was received by the Bremerton Naval Radio station from the freighter Montauk early morning, The Montauk re- ported the trouble of the Alloway | and the approximate position, b | lieved to he about three * miles' | of the judge and Mrs. McPherso FORMER HEAD this " LEGISLATORS INVESTIGATE PAYMENT TO JUDGE A special committee of the California legislature in session to determine if Superior Judge Carlos | Hardy of Los Angeles is to be impeached for accepting a $2,500 check from Aimee Semple McPherson ! while she was under investigation two years ago. Mrs. McPherson has appeared on the stand. Mem. bers of the committee are William Clowdsley, Santa Clara; Harry Sewell, Whittier; Chairman W. J. | Little, Santa Monica; Clare Woolwine, Los Angeles, and William Hornblower, S8an Francisco. Insets n are recent pictures. seuthwest of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. Edwin Denby Dies Sudden‘-% Coast radio stations were unable | to communicate with the distressed | vessel direct, either because thel batteries were entirely down or)| because they were very weak. Later the Bremerton immediate Later Bremerton received a mes- sage from Dutch Harbor that the Alloway was heard asking the Ko- ki Maru for immediate assistance. The Koki Maru was then re- ported about 30 miles away from the Alloway. The Dutch Harbor station said the freighter Yogen Maru was in the vicinity as was the Montauk. Adding to the plight of the Allo- ly Today at His Home | in Detroit DETROIT, Mic! Denby, former S and one of the f tical career was abruptly termi: Inated by the Teapot Dome oil scandal, died at his home here this | morning following a heart attack. While Denby has been in poor | health during the recent weeks, an- {nouncement of his death was a d Itinct shock to his friends here. Although Denby was virtually ASSOCIATED PRESS (UNDERWOOD) (Jast way, the Montauk radioed that the distressed vessel was out of fresh water and nearly out of food. SECOND TIME IN DANGER This is the second time the Al- loway has been in distress in re- cent months She sailed for Ja- pan from Seattle, Christmas, with a load of lumber and became dis- abled off Cape Flattery. She was towed to Victoria where her boil- ers were repaired. She left Se- atfle again under command o? Capt. Throckmorton. on January 29 to be scrapped when she reach- ed Japan. It is expected that when e is picked up in her present plight she will be taken to Dutch Harbor for repairs. 3 4 - compelled to resign from the Cabi- jupon the shoulders of anyone else, Denby arose at 8 o'clock this morning but complained of feeling ill. A physician was summoned but before he could arrive, Denby was dead. Drowned, Politically After riding the crest of a wave of accomplishments that carried him to the Cabinet of President Harding, Edwin Denby was drown- ed” politically in the flood of oil scandal that boiled from the naval oil leases at Teapot Dome. One_ of the most popular men ever to sit as a member of an net as a result of the Teapot Dome | affair, he did not attempt to place |the best interests of the country. any responsibility charged to him | American president’s cabinet, Den- by virtualiy was compelled to re-; sign the Becretaryship of thel NEW YORK, Feb. 8.—Alaska|Navy in 1924 as part of the Cabi- Juneau mine stock is quoted today net clean-up demanded when the at 7%, Chrysler 102%, Cudahy country became aroused over the 603, Kennecott 1543, National;leases which led to the indictment| Power and Light 52, Nevada Con-|for conspiracy of Albert B. Fall,| solidated 46%, Packard Motors|former Secretary of the Interior,!| 131%, Sears, Roebuck 157%, Stew-|and the oil men, Edward Doheny art-Warner 129%, U. S. Steel 173%,{ard Harry F. Sinclair. Pittsburgh Coal 703, Postum 69%, Unfortunate acquiescence rather; Gold Dust 707%, Chesapeake Cor-|than deliberate participation was| poration 8214, Eisenholr Brothers the most for which Denby was§ Cigars has been very inactive and|blamed. He always insisted that| not moved during the last several his part in the leasing of the na-| days tval oil reserves was proper and for| SUCCOR SENT ISLAND FOR MEMORY’S SAKE, STOCK QUOTATIONS wrote the Washington Red Cross| of the need of some of the 1,100 inhabitants and a sum of money | was sent through the Netherlands | Red Cross. | During the revolution the island, | which was then a prosperous set- tlement known as “Golden Rock‘"} furnished the Americans with val- uable stores and ammunition un-| til in 1781 Admiral Rodney of the English navy swooped down and' captured 200 merchant ships, half a dozen men o’ war and stores. | With the surrender at Yorktown, however, it is reported that the first cannon salute to the flag of the United States was ficed trom' the quaint little isle. - - J WASHINGTON, Feb. membrance of a friendship that has existed since the American olution, the American Red Cross 8.—In re- a little island in the West Indies. From this island the first cammnon sa- the United “Stati; Dutch little lute to the flag of States was fired. Without wireless or cables, and touched only occaslonally’ by small sailing vessels, the island has been completely cut off from the out- gside world since $10,000 damage was done by the hurricane which visited the West Indies last fall. An American visiting in Statia has sent’ monetary assistance to| 1 1jority-——walked up to {and EDWIN DENBY “Had I not taken the action I did,” he said in a public address tafter he had res d from the cabinet, “I would have been false to my trust and culpably negligent in the performance of my duties.” Feted As Hero Detroit, Denby’s home town. long will remember Denby’s return from Washington, after he had quitted the Cabinet with the gossip and condemnation of a nation sounding \m his ears, He was feted as a {hero, a day of celebration being 'climaxed by a great pu banquet at which representative citizens sat and by their presence and by their words bespoke complete con- fidence #n him. Tears glistened in the Denby eyes as he heard eulogistic words spoken that night, He all but broke down when three members of the Marine Corps—the branch of the service in which he enlist- ed as a private and rose to a ma- him unan- spoke a few nounced, saluted, words of regard and confidence turned on their heels and marched out of the banquet hall. Whatever the nation may have thought, Denby never lost the es- teem and faith of his townspeople. He had been out of the cabinet only a few months when he was chosen chairmag of a $5,000,000 building program campaign of the Y. M. C. A, He resumed his banking, industrial and legal con- nections and was strongly urged as a candidate for the United States Senate. Gob and “Devil Doy” Denby’s service to his country was full and varied, It ran the gamut from “gob” in. the navy and “Devil Dog” in the Marine Corps, to hezd of the Navy-De- partment. His career, begun in his home state of Indiana, carried him to China, through the University of Michigan Law $chool, to fame as a Woolverine football star, to the decks of the U. 8. S. Yosemite during the Spanish-American war, the Michigan legislature, to the national house of representatives, to important positions in Detroit’s 2 (Contined on ;‘ gc Three) . £ — |cludes an item authorizing the Sec- ifrequently turned from the subject| | torney by DISCUSSED IN' BOTH HOUSES [Major Measutes Diébozefij' of Now—Various Side | Issues Discussed WASHINGTON, Feb. 8- The( major Administration meas- ure was disposed of yesterday when the House approved the Sen ate amendments to the cruiser bill and the measure now goes to the President. The House then took up the Na-| val ' Appropriation bill while the} Senate worked on the War De partment’s supply bill which in- retary of War to make a prelimi- nary examination of scores of streams under the Flood Control| Act of 1917. ! One river affected is the Salmon f river in Alaska. ! Senate Debate In the Senate yesterday, debate under discussion. One of these de- partures was an aftack by Senator | Norris on Col. Robert W. Stewart, whom John D. Rockefeller jr. is seeking to oust from the Chair- manship of the Standard Oil Com- pany of Indiana. Similarly in the House, during| the Naval question debate, Con- gressman McFadden, Chairman of the Banking Committee, expressed a difference of opinion with the Federal Reserve Board's action, commenting on stock market con- ditions. Tariff Revision The House Ways and Means Committee took further data on which to base tariff revision and also action to amend the Pure Food and Drugs Act of 1906 by | describing “canned foods” as all foods which are in hermetically sealed containers, sterilized by heat, except meat and meat pro ducts and canned milk. The re-| port was favorable. It has been| 50 reported by the Senate Agricul- tural Committee. Sub S-4 Taken From Sea; Repairs Are to Be Made KEY WEST, Fla., Feb 8-The| submarine S-4 has arrived here for repairs. A leaky periscope vyes- terday halted safety tests near Smith Shoals. After escaping in the sunken Submarine at depths of 40 and 75 feet, the officers an nounced they will try a depth of 125 feet on Monday, wearing oxy- gen masks. e Work has begun on a 27-story church building in San Francisco.| The ground floor will conta Methodist church; the other flx offices. {on tariff revision but it developed | {es in but |Major General Neville i || To His Old PRINCIPALS IN NORTHCOTT CASE | Stabler Is Confirmed by Senate WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. Senate has confirmed the on of Howard D. Stab- United States 5 Attorney of the al District in headquarters at be Alaska Juneau Mr. Stabler w nominated President Coolidge on Jan- ! uary 23, Several days ago he was appointed District At Judge Justin W. Harding, pending confirmalion. by FIRM POSITION TARIFF ISSUE: Does Not Beheve General Revision Should Be = | Taken Now i MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Feb. 8. With only a few callers yesterday,! Gordon Stewart Northcott ( Herbert Hoover was able to devote | with the murder of three boys on considerable of his time to his|He was yesterday fcund guilty, inaugural address and con Northeott - (upper right) his alle with Senator Smoot, of Utah, the|yasted in Canada Chairman of the Senate Finance |y qers, Committee. Apparently. there developed some confusion of pleading guilty. . ine | 1eft), ‘Gorden's father, over Hoover's position | She was sentenced to life for complicily in the nfos nephe Ve supptied. checiilges Ak s o mt vl testifiedgagainst .his son. DEATH VERDICT IS RETURNED BY - RIVERSIDE JURY Gordon Northcott Found Guilty of Murders in Quick Deliberation [Youthful ‘S la ste = Thanks Jury for Attention— Dramatic Appeal RIVERSIDE, "Cal,, Feb. 8—The Jury returned a verdict of death against Gordon Stewart Northeet! last night after deliberating three hours and 15 minutes with an hour and a half of that time spent at idinner, The jury found Northcott guflty as charged in the indictment on three counts, the slaying of son Winslow, Lewis brothers, and an unidentified can boy. Judge Freeman asked Northeott if he wished ‘to poll the jury. No Jury Poll Young Northcott, who during the (luwer right) ifs the past two weeks has conducted his q Noiblre.d own case, acting 4s counsel, arose BaNorun s Mw oy “A poll is entirely unnecessary, 29 upper left), aged 22, his Riverside, Cal., chicken ranch. deuth werdict. Mrs. Sarah Louise ged mother, and Gordon were ar- was charged Clark | Santa Claus definitely there has been no chang- this situation since Hoover conferred with party leaders in . WY Washington a fortnight ago. I Brings Suit Hoover is in agreement with the| | For $7.50 Senate and House leade that | there should be a general revision' S amendments to the existing To law covering agriculture and othor where schedules affecting the othér 264 da which face changed vear, information from those existing with vouchsafed. Fordney-MeCumber bill | He spent one day, ten six years ago. | | day, suing Arthur It also developed that Hoove for $7.50. does not intend to call any farm Santa Claus, conference before the extra session | | intimates as of Congress. complained that while he was spreading Christmas cheer in a St. Paul store last December, Mr. Young saun- tered by. Santa Claus ‘had placed his overcoat on a chair and Young drcpped a cigarette thereon with a re- sultant _conflagration which i 11 | PAUL, those Santa Claus Minn who Feh. § wonder spends cf the is here- indusjries| conditions | when the ! was writ yester- Young, known to his John Schikert, NEWS CONFERENCE MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Feh. § Herbert Hoover, after entering the | White House, will continue th 3 semi-weekly conferences with! newspaper correspondents inaugu-| rated by President Harding and carried forward by President Cool burned a $7.50 hole in the idge. { | garment Since' the election of Hoover, he | Santa Claus believed this | has had but a few meetings with| | Was the proper value of the a large staff of correspondents as-| | N0l and the court thought signed to report his activities and this had given rise to the conjec ture as to whether he might adopt some other system than that vogue for stating his views to the country on public questions. DOCTOR FREE, LIQUOR PARTY Charged with Causing Girl’s Death, Court Al- lows Him to Go Is to Succeed Lejeune| WASHINGTON, Feb. S$.—Presi- dent Coolidge has nominated Major General Neville, Marine Corps com mandant, succeeding Major Genera coppuend John Lejeune who has announced| SEATTLE, Feb. §-—Over the he will retire on March 5 Iprotest of the Prosecuting Attor- ney's office, Dr. Royal Tracy, ac- v d of ‘manslaughter for the death of Miss Ella Fallis, aged 24, stenographer, at a drinking party, is free on his personal recognizance. F . E R Ignoring the State's plea for a riend Edison ,000 bonds, Justice peerse: Claypool in granting the physi- FORT MYERS, Fla, Feb. 8. | [¢ b Ry —Henry Ford, arriving for his | winter vacation, was so eager to see his old friend, Thomas A. Edison, that he hastened from the train, walking the two miles in 20 minutes direct to the Edison estate. Ford's home i& nexf door to Edison’s | but instead of going there | first Ford walked into Edison’s laboratory, without being an nounced, then leaned over the | desk where Edison was check- | ing some rubber experiments. | The two men went out into the sunshine and crossed the | street, entering Edi | acre experimental rubbe g | Reporters were barred as the | tWo old cromies roamed about. — b BC I, e LA Ford Hastens Dr. Tracy was guilty of “méral cowardice.” Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Peyser pretected the court’s ac- tion and said: “It eertainly looks as if the law was made one way for one person and another for another person.” After commenting on Dr. Tracy giving Miss Fallis aqua ammonia, which the State contends proved to be a lethal drink, Defense At- torney Dore said; “The thing is purely a mistake and was made while the doctor was doing a kindly charitable act with no hope of reward.” Miss Fallis beecame ill from drink and Dr. Traey gave her the ammonia believing it to be spirits lur ammonia. T § Charles | an freedom without bond, said | whole | | Your Honor. “I wish to thank the‘jury for the attention it has given me.” Northcott’s iron control amazed i sgte ] STOCKS TAKE | |the deputies massed around h'm DRGP. VALUES {awating him to “break.” | j | He only smiled at their apparent ! conecern \ TAKE TUMBLE - L at 10 o'clo tay m | He's Not Human” Ao | “He's not human,” Sheriff Clem |Swetters exclaimed after North- cott sauntered back to his cell. The authoritiesshowever, are pre: pared to cope with any reaction in Northeott’s demeanor. Sweeping Reaction Follows Federal Re-erve Board Credit Ultimatum ‘ g Ballot Unanimous 1 i NEW YORK, Feb. 8.—Two mil-| The jury ballot was unanimous lion dollars in quoted values were | for the death verdict. wiped away in the sweeping reac-| Northcott spent the greater part tion on the York Stock Ex- of the day before the jury box in change following the a last dramatic appeal for his life, Federal Reserve Board’s ultimatum |He called upon the jury to witness that speculative credit must be re- his composure challenging them strained. {to find him guilty, saying: The Bank of England y | “No person could stand here raiged the rediscount rate from looking you in the eye, as I am, if 4% 0 5% per cent and this added |he is not speaking the truth” to the bearishness | Declines ranged from $3 to $35( per share as blocks of 5,000 to 20 Vatican-Italian 000 were dumped on the market. | Treuty Will Be The Governors of the Exchange | voted to close the market lum'n'-' Signed Monday row. | The Federal Reserve Board ye iterday made public figures show ilng that the week ending P 16, broker loans totalled $5, 000, a new high. ROME, Feb. 8.—The signature jof the treaty of conciliation and bruary [ concordat between the Vatican 9,000+ | and Italian Government has been postponed from Sunday until 5 b i . Monday morning. On Sunday the ATHEISTS GIVE A PLANE Te Deum will be sung for the MOSCOW.—The Soviet. aerial anniversary of the Pope's corona- fleet soon is to be presented with| tion in the church of St. Johm a new plane, “The Godless.” The Lateran which adjoins the Papal plane will built from funds Palace where the ceremony of icontributed by Moscow atheists. signing takes place. | GERMANY BREAKS ' BRITISH TARIFF WALL BY TREATY Some observers regard the new treaty as part of the growing pains becoming manifest in other parts of the Empire, In Ceylon the lo- cal legislature is demanding a new constitution with a definite date to be set by Great Britain for the granting of a full responsible gov- ernment. Scotland and Wales also have “home rule” movements but nejther has reached serious proportions. India is in a state of unrest, while East Africa is urging that the crown colonies and protectorates of Uganda, Ken- vya, Tanganyika be merged into one dominion with a combined area of 700,000 square miles, eight times the size of England, a popus lation of mare than 10,000,000, and wonderful matural resources. b be L 8. thy Germany has tarift walls of LONDON, Feb {broken through {the British E Her new {trade treaty with South' Africa, embracing “a most favored nation” { clause, gives her e y the same business footing in that part of the dark continent as England. Already a great hue and cry has in England and such epi- as “against the spirit of the x * and “inconsistent with the l‘i\l'ul. of the imperial conference” {are in the press. One journal de- scribes the preaty as a “grievous blow to the cause of Imperial pref- |erence.” The Daily Express, leas |ing independent-conservative news- |paper, blames the politicians at Whitehall. sen Emp