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IE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIIL, NO. 5021. _ P ' JUNEAU, ALASKA. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1929, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS 7 PRICEV'Iv'EN CENTS STEAMER PILES UP ON ALEUTIAN ISLAND; CALLS FOR AID PE’'S STORM | WAVECAUSES | faaeisel® Tootea'=sl MAY BE CURBED; | MANY TO DIE | SENATE IS BUSY Arctic Conditions Are Con-| 1Resolution Passed Askiné' | Suggestions from Fed. tinuing Today Over All of Europe Reserve Board i WASHINGTON, Feb. 12—The Senate called upon the Federa serve Board to suggest legisl to check the incre in brokar loans from the Reserve funds of which it complained last K Expressing the view that good but no harm™ could come | from this course, Sena‘ ss of | Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Edison on the veranda of the inventor's |virginia, assailed the Sto N LONDON, Feb. 12.—Death ton| heme at Fort Myers, Fla. change as a “gambl | | Wik . AGROUND; “SAVE ’US:,REQUEST (Wireless Message Telling of Disaster Intercept- ed at Seattle 'STEAMERS RUSHING " TO GIVE ASSISTANCE Coast Guard Cutter Chelan Changes Course Towards Stranded Pacific Craft E TTLE, Feb. 12 — Steamer | Meiyo Marn is aground on Uga- mak Island, Aleutian Islands, ac- cording to a wireless message in- tercepted here. The message said,! partially deoffliered: | Save our lives Most of the communication is | in anese and unintelligible tg radio men o, GERMANY SUFFERS : LOW TEMPERATURES | Ship Capsizes in Storm with Loss of 48 Lives —Russia Freezing institution menacing the entire commercial | structure.” Hoover, Henry Ford,| Senator mas A. Edison on the | resc = from the Arctic conditions throughcut Europe mounted to- day. All advices emphasized the severity of the cold, ice and snow. | FORT MYERS, Fla.,, Feb. 12.—Herber! and H. S. Firestone paid their tribute to T Temperatures were the lowest for | latter's 82nd birthday yesterday. - gest many years | Arising shortly after K Deaths, attributable to the!squad of writers and c interview, then weather, occurred in all of thejat noon he took Hoove Heflin intrafged tha n asking fglation w hout a dissenting v 110 sugs 15 adopg vbreak, as custon men fcr’ his faced a|ed ! | € ¥ | Against Tinkering ord and r a motor tour of I of ntuckyy larger centers of population. | the city while 20,000 persons lined Eiaats wak ing them. {Democratic member ¢ Bankink Seyeral Japanese steamers are Rural casualties apparently|mhey took lunchecn after which Hoover boarded a yacht for a fish-|Commities, warned agaiusi ang Ix SSipmpnication witlk SHeC . run to a high total. She s e g (B Maru and the Manko Maru is 48. Many passengers were saved | STeater era for naticnal prosperit Hoaret DY S, nrad]olpd viow Nt (0 | The Coast Guard cutter Chelan, si Gitaiian-onked with fee. | an ultimate panic unless stock speculation was checked. Re- | which has been dispatched to the e’ Boa Germany has so far been one lation but of the worst sufferers. The dead | — - Ll —ng | 1% . 3 . 0 . { | {harmful could be runs into the scores. | | i Russia has had the lowest tem- | (fooli«l;u- Soon | 1 i peratures for decade when the aid of the Allow changed her (course and is proceeding to the ance of the Meiyo Maru. lan is 800 miles away expected to reach her to detert Manhattan welcomes Capt. George Fried and crew of the America with a shower of ticker tape ke gress to under ‘ Mmoo and torn paper as a parade passes through streets. The America and its crew rescued 32 from the | . . oo ghed to 49 degrees 1~ Make Decision ; afternoon. l | Would Forbid Lokns . sinking freighter Florida. (Associated Press photo transmitted by telephoneds I y jersons have| | o | Senator Brookhart, however, hay e | aint. messages. from ih : . | ruiser Bill | h urged Congress to prohibit mema | f Meiyo Maru indicated the engine h-mmw&“h T e ettt ars- ot the- Dumks- ot~ h- e HOOVER.WITH HIS FIRST,“ILFISH HBDVER Ean i ngine V 22 iroom 15 flooded and the battery | ture of 22 degrees below zero, WASBHINGTON, Feb. 12.— | ‘Re.wr\'o System i (power is being used to operate lent Coolidge expects to | Famous "Jersey Liiy" Dies | whatever to brok the radio. Hle TR'P The Meiyo Maru has a tonnage |of 5,400 and is owned by the the coldest in 130 years. Grave diggers are forced to use dyna- mite to break through a three- each a decision cnsthe naval that this situation 4 strugtion - Wit proposing | | - -at‘Monte Cétlo from * “face o bur times ‘ Boct mnat | ing of 15 cruisers and | | anchiti | Senator Glass reminded the | Kaisen Kaisha Line. It is believed SR Sy one carried within Bi: n‘:hms Senate the Res Board w ot | Ishe c a crew of 25 men. | a day or two. H charged by law with supervision She left Puget Sound for the 7,000,000 USE PARKS | f Comes Ashore from House- orient. boat Leaving Remainder | : i | ALLOWA’ of Party On Board | smarrik, S (0 {message from Dutch Harbor late {yesterday said the freighter Mon- Feb. 12.|tauk got a line aboard the Al embark-|{1oway and was towing slowly mterer toward Dutch Harbor, 250 miles for his|gistant. of Stock Exchange activities and, irecalled also he was preparing a bill for withholding more res |funds from speculation. e REPARATIONS COMMISSION STARTS WORK CHICAGO, Feb. 12—The zoo is s 5 TR not Lincoln Park’s only attraction. } More than 7,000,000 men, womon(BID AGGEPTED | and children, according to park I records, participated in more than | a dozen sports in the park’s play- ground areas last year. M z | - e Fito l ATLANTICLINE PINTA RASSA, Fia Herbert Hoover has d ed from the houseboat and has started bac 2 Miami Beach preinaugural head- The message read: ‘‘Montauk by autcmobile. e |28 tow line on Alloway. We , and Mr. and Mrs, | wow have steam enough for remained aboardliagiy metor and steering gedriin $ hours. Keep in touch with taulk e may los us or Hope cutter yay | Crowd Standing ‘ | In Pouring Rain [Report Is Made to Senate | ! Commerce Committee 2 May not | ROME, Feb. 12. — Pope 1 Y I El d ST PP & NOF < AL s Owen Youn s Llecte H 1 ! mtheast gale, | Pius signalized the settle- | by Shipping Board i i g e nengast Eal ment of the historic Roman | * Chairman — Two Ses- hind to make the 4§-hour boat question between Italy and | B — | d . . t1ip. T - B S k ! { | | trix | The c¢utier Chelan W 1 tet the Vatlean and seventh an- [ [ oo ' | sions Be Held Daily B over plkned: B undeviskely ShE MILLG CHEY WIS niversary of his coronation | WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—Ac- i v d ing. trip. along the S b § an | jceptance of the bid of Paul Chap-| 3 £ e ) \llowa; un- as Pontifft by appearing on |, & : the balcony outside of the | |man, Incorporated, of Basilica of St. Peters and | [for the Government West Coast but at midnight, word | was sent back from the Saunterer |that the trip would probably be | PARIS, Feb. 12.—The As- | sociated Press learned today | on <ood authority that Dr. ew York, Atlantic was an-| - o - g _ | |fleet of passenger sair ‘ { ::1(«"[\'::".. the great crowd be “ nounced to the Senate Commerce Hjalmar Schact, President of }-xlmnvlunitl. s ‘ | The Pope, wearing a red | [Committee by the Shipping; SperooTag the German Reichsbank, told o ot | cape 'and big red hat with | (Board. S LiLY AN the Reparations experts that L i | gold tassels, appeared pn the i ‘The dissenting opinon by Com- sy Bl Germany could no longer pay M P: | Dolcony after solemn high | |missioner Myers, of the Board,| MONTE CARLO, Feb. 12—Lily . at the present rate under the Wlicrs Ave Killsd | ['mass in St. Peters and bless- ac long | Dawes plan. 1 | ‘ Cled P e “The Jersey Lily, | y after an attack of Toe, kpown In Crash of Plane| The Chapman bid for the Unit-|here led States Line and American|bronchi ed the crowd standing in a | pouring rain. When the | | | i i SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Cal, r SAN DIRGO, wal. *i | was also.laid before the Commit-|Langtry, the famc | i | | Pope appeared the populace A tions Commission got aw 12— {Feb. 12.—Gordon Stewart North- | cheered him to the echo. ‘:;fi':h“?;m:“;,"ni: t:’em'flii{;fhalnl i terday to a business like start {Crashing on a farm near Senate, cott, sentenced to hang for the | wflf $16,082,000 "| ' Lity Langtry, “the Jersey Lily |elected “Owen Young, Chairma ltwo Marine Corps filers, Sorsoant [slaying of three boys, ‘entered B 2 AR of a generation ago, was thej The Commission decided to hold} President-elect Hoover displays the 45-pound sailfish he caught |Thomas Nickle and Corporal Ray-|San Quentin Prison today and be- = 1 | | i PARIS, Feb, 12—The Repara-| [ | | | | H daughter of the Very Rev. W. C.|two meetings daily d sent a ‘ofl Long Key, Fla. (Picture by telephoto from Atlanta.) {mond Wiley were instantly killed [came canvict No. 46,957. He was l) S Z~AMES AIR E. le Breton, Dean of the Islejtelegram to Charles G. Dawcs, gy Lt ik Nkl |late*yesterday atternoon. placed in the condemned row. 4 2. of Jersey, England. She was born [hoping it would “be able to accom-| | b e A > £2 October 13, 1852 and when only plish something as far as did (el |taxes, the fact being that Prince| v Y 5 FIELDS IN HONOR 16 married Bdward Langiry, & |Dawes Commission” ; j o was wo i fensery ety | | NGILISH GIRLS FIND wealthy English merchant. Re-| The new body has already been | |that he actumally pa for the| ¥ FS ceived into London society, ber|gubbed the “Young Commitic:”| . {privilege of ruling his peeple. | l] S GIRLS SERIOUS OF DEAD H I |beauty attracted the attention of | - Ajthough the delegates a: i Is DEAD AT 88 There is mo public debt and the| Jeo . |the Prince of Wales, lated King gupposed to talk about 3 vvinw]mi has had no. army, | si Edward VII, and she often ap- moating j et The cost of building | ARG it T ; ; i g, it was learned tha : s A | 4 : z . e MA. yUA, Nicaragua, Feb. 12.laragua, named in honor of Cap-ipeared at Court ceremonies. I wofd “debts” was not mentionedd new ro-ds amd ke the old|{ LONDON, ¥ 12—~Oune of the) “The m:;lmlnm ~luexm;l ml (n!n~ i in Ni i i 1 By v vas g Y - ones r building | chie ¢ rought back|preciate the English style of de- —Five landing fields in Nicaragua{tain William Carl Byrd, who was Makes Her Debut Rt e nda 'nf tlow 1 a 1 ; 9 in r / idin 2jchief imp brough | { have been named in honor of Unit|killed at Esteli, Nicaragua, when| In 1881 when she decided tofg o “pi0es % O Grand Old Man of Rulerschurches, school, mospitals and|trom Ame the members of bating very muck. They slwars i i el rge 2 8 fessiona i § it © JE, : | mountain refuges has been borne| ne ‘ ‘e | expresse eat surprise at finds ed States marine av‘latm;is v]zho lo:t hIsk plnlnp rolll.(lsull ;:I‘h{ ml 1(1;: :;:p(;:m : ‘Lis\l:‘:llmvu‘i‘:):a:l ‘:c'::;s:'mllmlmg Rtk ke experts ! "{ Of WOl‘ld Pdml S A“ay g : f,\, z”". ‘ H:I::x”':rl,crui“:‘::ln i 1 : m al:)i hl:)\‘:. ;::rc;::]lmfr:xezu;lg ;L:rl:- ; frcoi ir lives in service during the|turkey buzzard only 250 feet from 'having ac success a o j aak e o )0 o * I iy & 4 & « { 1 2 E i 8 ot il : the ground. The buszard struckiteur theatricals, her debut at the it G18€ussion was woi 0 i o 70 Years Reign 1o ges, fs|of humor. ) one of the strats, which caused |Haymarket Theatre, London, was | EHtCECEY ‘m: W o rancel 3 2 T?)IUM.SWAYZHI‘NI‘A 4 ans by| “Apparently they expected u§ Four of the fliers were Killed Injyy, rignt wing to collapse. a great social event mnd was at-1 1o G T 8 S0 ! TROPPAU, Creen ikia, Feb N e e ke <4 t h people have | tosbe frightfully severe and ‘stands Nicaragua. The fifth, Captain| mporoc werd Octol, Nicaragua,|tended by the Prince and ms‘bsz"(,‘i;q‘['n‘l_’;("i"‘l‘“,b"’,"“'l' oAy | fan among | 2ot W13 "’,‘_‘"X”' "“,'F,"i‘l‘l”"" Wil |4 sense of hum {oftish, and were yery relieved Robert James Archibald, was Kill-fin "y o0 ¢ Lieutenant Barl Al-|friends. . The play was ‘“She /HTE TTE40 A ¥ . ithe world’s rulers, P Johann.| L Sie SIS STEWRMS. 19 ey ¥ *!when we were found to be quite ed last November near Langleyip.. Thomas, who lost his life in|Stoops to Conquer” in which Mrs, |if the German reparati R le’l\lvu»:: 4 kg | seer for with th vl-.nh‘ul l.lmu, Three girl ales chosen "-"é‘noruml' Soniti. % Field, Virginia. ~Captain Archi-l oo agains‘t nostile Nicaraguans|Langtry played the part of Kate|Were Fefinced. ace yesterday, o 88 years,| ' e l““‘i A .I Natlor Union of Students| “«smepican debating an ears bald had served 15 months in'the| o o "“poiceq. Janding on Sapo.|Hardcastle. From a society lead- T jatter 70 years \‘;”J i ‘Y“‘;‘m’:’d‘“ o iy g tutbd the | team. THeY | nogt business. They rely almost air service here, and under h(;s di-| til1a Ridge. ‘elt' Shle hwl’amc;] a f:imous “c"es'flC()l. Luulbergh on | \:h B .” OREEL Aeme. K :r Lo Miss Nancy Samuel :n\)u;’a;l;l- entitely ‘on facts. and stabiagiess action 1y all of the. dozen a1 i. Nicaragua,|at a bound and a clever manager: . g A Y . 3 i ¢ 3 E ate o yr ( g xford; | gnd often bring more facts thamy ;;L(\I:I-Hinn:\a!: ooy Werd Heler:qnaz?::;’lie"" ::,,I,‘(’,',ff’,?“s'e;.\;;;;:g;:,‘{’a& well, for in the succeeding six| Inspection Trip in .ami"'rr:zmemJu!mm i was unique)ing prince tyhrst\«"“‘(" panga’e | Miss B. Lockhart, of (irton, Cam-/ {hought into their case. . Thelf ed. ward Dowdell, killed in action z‘:‘,’;;u:“:: ‘:::l‘;’i‘,“‘;“e;;:“”‘:,;:‘!‘;g British Honduras|wora and durine reign his|State become .t part of Sw foridee gid. Miss MATHER Sharp. | debating teams are cosched o & The fields which have been of jagainst, the enemy following aigr /o' Ly Canaia, Her prineipal AR {little country — ! ) ¥ \laid, but that/they woulg rematn |°F Pedtord to B 3 ¥ary Hgk pitch, Our siqaRiy. Sy ficially named by marine headquar-forced{landing on Sapotilla Ridge. | o " Wy (500Gl NAs yoy + BELIZE, British Hondu Feb. tof Liechtenstein — pe 1 l1oyal to him-apd i under | izcussing the tour, | the other hand, was largely extems ters, follow: Frankforter Field, Egteli, named {’,ke" 1t in which played Rosa-|12—Col Charles A jthe Alps betwee: x ind {His rule while he lived. 8 L ! fock story in Ameri- { poraneous and altogether lighter Archibald Field, Managua, which|in honor of Sergeant Rudolph .;nd “bl.copalra » “Rster - Sand-|Pent vesterday afternoon it :»!swluerlund. W iique an the prine i ‘:.‘” not .t.wll an Eng-|in f'hararler. is the western base for the twenty|Adolph Frankforter, killed in an?m, " “Lady Cm;cany,. and Syd-|IDg sites for an airport 1 Ha the sovereign Sta: the wor in the ¢ i joke on Tuesday for| “The result was that the: des planes now in use in Nicaragua. airplane accident near Esteli, on ) *___lflew direct here from M 1a,{I6 _was a place w the ruler|—— e e — | tear he :-xhx:ml it in church the hu'(_)s were v—j l:lvf:- duels bet: Byrd Field, Puerto Cabezas, Nic-'March 8, 1928, (Continted on Page Three) |Nicaragua. sinsteadl of the peoplc paid the (Coativned on age T \following Sunday ; rapier and ‘cutlass. i

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