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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL, XXXIIL, NO. 5044, ey YALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” * JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1929, FOURTEEN LOSE LIVES IN FIRE HONGKONGHOTEL One American Seaman Killed Trying to Es- cape from Flames HONGKONG, March 11. — An American seaman, named Kish, of the U. 8. cruiser Memphis, last his life in a fire which took 14 lives in destroying the King Edward Hotel. 5 ! Kish jumped from a high win-/ (! in the burning building to a sheet held for him by firemen and spectators. He missed the sheet and struck the pavement. A pretty officer of the U. S. 8. Nashville named Phillips refused | to make a similiar jump and in-| stead knotted two sheets together and lowcred himself to a lower fire Chang Ming Shu, Civil nor of Kwantung, jumped h his wife into two sheets held under a window. They were in- jured slightly. The King Edward Hotel was one of the gest and most frequently patronized by tourists in the city. FORTUNE IN FURS LANDED Wien Arrives at Nome by Airplane with Large Fur Cargo from Siberia Noel Wien returned to Nome from | h Cape, }Siberia,. last Friday | v 6 e'clock, according to, an Associated Press dispatch re- ceived by the Empire Saturday| night. Wien's plane carried a cargo of | fi 1 ar valued at $150,000, mostly white The plane was to hop off from; Nome yesterday for Fairbanks to make connections with train and boat for Seattle. Wien was unable to take all of the furs offefed and two other long | trips into the Arctic Ocean are, planned to bring the fur out. i X e - HOTEL BURNS, TEN INJURED READING, Towa, Maich 11— Fire destroyed the Colonial Hotel | early this morning, leaving a cas- valty list of 10 persons injured and | property loss of $500,000. The fir started from an undetermin cause on the upper floor and quick-‘ Iy spread. | Congressman, Under Indictment, Free On Bond of $250 SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March 11. —Congressman Harry Wurzbach | has been released under a $250 bond following arrest on a Federal indictment on six counts. The case was transferred from Waco where the indictment was returned. One count alleges he accepted $100 in 1926 from H. M. Holden, then Fed- | eral District Attorney, as political | contribution. S KLONDIKE PIONEER | DIES AT ANCHORAGE Alexander (Sandy) Wilson, resi- dent of Anchorage since 1915, who arrived at Dawson in 1898 and| went to Fairbanks in 1896 and ! passies than cax “e accommodated, FEDERALS AND REBELS ARE NEAR BATTLE IN MEXIC MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS 0 Wales New Magn'et : the Royal Court Invitation Scramble In Now that the Prince of Wales may act for his father at the spring court in Buckingham Palace, the sparring for invitations, always keen, is more brisk than ever. LONDON, March 11—The nnxious‘mw“mc compiies with court rules, maneuvering for invitations to the embodying a train, long gloves, a spring court at Buckingham palace |geather fan and head dress. is expected to become a frantic significance of a stampede now that there is a :c-!l Jmo debutante's rious possibility the Prince of Wales | officially on sc- will act for the king. 1 lists of the year, tAnd The large gilt cards bearing the|? ith the Prince of Wales tak- engraven message, “The lord cham- |IDg one’s bow in person there would iberlain is commanded to invite you P¢ an added glamor. to Buckingham palace,” always have( exercised a mesmeric power over the debutantes of the world, but this will ke the first time that his royal highness has been cast in| s0 important a role. PRIEST SHOT: KILLED AFTER MASS IS SAID Woman Commits Deed Ac- cording to Authorities —Cause of Tragedy Queen Mary's announeement that the courts would be held caused | general rcjoicing among the debu-} antes expecting presentation by heir ambassadors. It was thought | for a time that King George's ill- ness and his possible absence from ! London would cause a postpon- ment. Now the queen has declar- i< ed the prince will assist her if the king is unable to be present. | The royal courts, which are held! in Buckingham palace each year, are considered the most formal af-, fairs of the British social world. Young women are presented by | Prosecuting Attorney Harter an- sponsors from the ranks of the | Dounced Mrs. Mamie Guerrieri, older women who have been ‘pre-f““em:e; ‘:’;‘ the congregation, con- sented in the past. Those from | %% A g other countries are escorted by their | MOst of the congregation had o dors. Many more appuca-llen the church when the woman tions always are filed with the em- Rfiey) o CANTON, Ohio, March 11.—Rev. Father Miccardi was shot and fat- ally wounded in his church yester- day just after celebration of mass. |approached the priest, {services. The two exchanged a few words ;‘;’t;n L;V:I;;::zer mZmber 18 €X-lypen five shots rngng out and the The ceremony {tselfl is brief. m}pfl;!s\te hgll"iest told the prosecutor king and queen enter the hrone y.rore he gled that the woman room after their approach is her- o,niiained her child had been mis- alded by a blast of trumpets. Ne“jtreaoed at the parish school. the throne chairs stand the offi-| . cers of the household and members | STOCK QUOTATIONS of the royal family. - The debutan- | afterward lived in Alaska, died re- cently at Anchorage, aged 73 years.. The funeral was under the auspices’ of the Pioneers of Alaska. te is announced at the door. She| NEw YORK, March 11.—Alaska crosses the floor, makes a deep|jyneau mine stock is quoted today curtsey before the king and queen g4 73y American Smelting 112%, and retires to & smaller room. Her | Ghesapeake Corporation 73%, Gold ITALY DEALS WITH BOOTLEG LIQUO ROME, March 11.—A nation-wide . campaign to clean up illicit liquor “etills hag been inaugurated by the Fageist government, in order to im- prove thé health of Italians gener- ally, and to make sure that fore- ign visitors during the forthcom- . season 132, B 222, Mack Trucks 105%, Mis- ;sourl 81%, National Power and | Light, 56%, Packard Motors 146%, | Postum 72, U. 8. Steel 180%, Beth- lehem Steel 98%, American Can !us%, Canada Dry 83%, American |T and T Company 212%, Conti- |Dust 647, International Paper A, + Already a big haul has been made of the Appennines, was put out of | commission. Another and no less and 2%, at Pistola, where a clandestine dis-| " o 4 oo tillery of “grappa,” that fiery water N7RS KILLED TWO M EIGHT SEEKING | POSITION HELD BY HENDERSON | | Many After Job as Head of | Education Department | —Action Delayed |- Eight applications for the position | of Commissioner of Education for Alaska were filed today with the Board of Education which held its| first meeting in the office of Gov,| George A. Parks. No action was| taken by the Board, which, after a brief session, carried over until next | Monday the-matter of electing &, head to the Department of Educa- | tion. The applicants are: L. .D. Hen:' 1erson, whose tenure in the officg; hos been unbroken since the creas ! tion of a Territorial Departinent of | Education; W. K. Keller, Superin®! tendent of the Jun Publig,| chools; L. Brewer, Superintendent of the Cordova Public' Schocls; €. ! M. Sly, Superintendent of the An-i chorage Public Schoo Carl E-( Bash, C. J. Williamson, John D.| Curts end Mrs, Florence Gas=i tonguay, all of San Francisco. Applications Filed Commissioner Henderson cation was filed by Gov. Pa |is Chairmap of the Board. Senator! J. H. Anderson, Second Division,| filed that of Supt. Brewer. Senator Arthur Frame, Third Division, pre- sented the names of Supt. Sly, An-[ chorage, and Messrs. Bash, Will=} |iamson and Curts. Senator Will A. Steel presented the names of Mrs. Gastonguay, a former resident lof this city and teacher in. locak| schools, and Supt. Keller. " Keller's Position 4 Mr. Keller said this afternoo) | Aihat- tho “filing-of his* Ibpiews 'hnd been ppemature. He had filed | it with the Governor and this| | morning requested it be withdrawn. | If it was the intention of the Board, he said, to reappint Com- | missioner Henderson, he was notf an applicant and did not desire | any application filed. The formal| application filed by him by Senator | Steel was a duplicate of that filed with Gov. Parks and was sent to the Senator for his information. Board’s Make-Up | The Board, which is made up of | the four senior Senators, is com- | |posed of Senators Steel, Anderson, | Frame, and J. W. Dunn and Gov.| Parks as Chairman. Senator Dunn, who was the only Senator not filing | an application for one or more| candidates, was author of the reso-! lution to defer action for one week. It was seconded by Senator Ander- son. | Mr. Henderson’s candidacy has been endorsed by school boards, teachers and Parent-Teacher Asso- | ciations in all parts of Alaska.| These endorsements came largely, by telegram, with a few by letter.| All of the endorsements were filed with the Board without being read | into the record of the meeting. — e, —— NORTHBOUND STEAMER IS IN TROUBLE | 1 SEATTLE, March 11.—Tempor- ary repairs have been effected by the steamer Diamond Cement and the vessel is proceeding for Ket- chikan, the Seattle Harb was advised after interceptir vious messages indicating the sel was in distress on account o disabled steering gear that ca the ship to send out requests help at 3:30 o'clock this morningz. A coast guard cutter was & from Ketchikan to the scene of the accident which occurred near Moria | Rock near Ketchikan. The vessel plies between Seattle| and View Cove, Dall Island, Alaska, | carrying cargoes of lime rock sou Walter King Is Now Asst. U. S. Attorney (Special to Empire) KETCHIKAN, Alaska, March 11 —Walter B. King for years Ass ant Deputy Clerk in the United John Sraniberg and Frank Nor-;States Clerk's office, today received REFURNISHED OFFICE AND SIMPLE HOME FOR COOLIDGE I DECISIVE FIGHT [ Former life. ivin w office of The old home a fury d. the neighbors have moved away PREPARE FOR AT . Arenzo (left) and Lieut. C'audio Mejia, Argentine Eanea0 A0 gon )lrom Bellanca field, Newcastle. Del., there to Buenos Aires where they will start on a 3,170-mile flight across the Atlantic to Seville, Spain. Below is their plane, formerly the Roma aviators, plan to take off s for Miami, Fla., and from CHARGED WITH Gurn is known as a Ca ————e— Six Men Plunged ‘{ Into Water, 'l‘rrowni g o, ° CHARLESTON, W. V h 11 —Six men, working on a new bridge across the Kanawha m"“~i, were drowned while crossing the| stream In a cable bucket post to which the cab! v tached broke throwing into midstream. Fiye mer most immediately und 3 t € LW the u {made a vallant effort to reach theim, tol Massasoolt St g:Lathmp and Mrs. Hunt Are Motions were heard today at the mained in session until noon. number of motions were heard upon ! e arrival, Jater this month, 'of | Judge E. Coke Hill, now at Ket- |t 18 EXPECTED IN TORREON REGION i Mexican Federals, Under Calles Are Moving Toward North 'REBELS MASSING 1 FOR BIG BATTLE Mazatlan Is Considered Pivotical Point in Revolution MEXICO CITY, March 11.—The | opening of the second week of the | Mexican revolution found the Gov- ernment and rebel forces converg- ing rapidly with the likelihood of a decisive clash in the region of | Torreon where Gen. Escobar iscon- centrating heavy rebel forces. Commander-in-Chief Calles of the Federal Armies, leading a body of picked men estimated at 18,000, 1s proceeding northward along the National Railway toward Torreon. Canetas Lost by Rebels Canetas, important railway junc- tion, held by the rebels for a short |time, fell before the advancing bacn i Noisaupui, wess, back o Federals without bloodshed when ing (upper left) has been redecorated MO than 1,000 surrendered.. t) is little chamged although some of!| Masuiinm ks Cumiueti BES, Lo, Hemenwa ing northward . {the rebels arc devi im :portant movement along the West !Oout in Sinaloa under command |of Gen. Curz with Mazatlan as the immediate goal. Should Mazatlan [fall to the insurrectionists, the way 1wm be open Nayarit and Guadalagar ity itself. tubs ‘flnnk Calles endangering his forces from a rear attack. Wants to Surrender | Gen. Aguirre, rebel leader in Vera |Cruz, who was decisively defeated {last week, has asked terms of sur- 11.—A host of State leaders, in render. He was informed that un- political and educational life gath-, cOnditional surrender is the only cred to pay respect at the burial!lerms he oould. get from the Goes ernment. of John Newton Tillman, aged 70 | | years, Democratic member of Con-| Vessels are dbellng hgunrded : n:: i |#ress from 1915 until this year. He| cr® Cruz and clsewhere agal - Preat |Gen. Aguirre’s escape by sea. 1 e ok vcrsn;r:}m;fiz:jfi?t 3 te 0 | That the Government will take Death came last Saturday mgmlutmng measures with the rebel following nine months' illness. leaders is indicated here where S courtmartial and executions are expected to close the uprising. J, N, TILLMAN ASSES AWAY .- s P v o g Former Democratic LANTIC FLIGHT Me ber of Congress Dies in Arkansas FAYETTESVILLE, Ark., March. John Newton Tillman was born at Springfield, Missouri, December 13, 1859. He attended various uni-| versities, studied law and was ad- mitted to the bar in 1833, He was' {a member of the Arkansas Senate, | - 11888-1892; Judge of the District |Court; President of the University ,of Arkansas, 1905 to 1912, and first | ‘elected to Congress in 1915 from {the Third Arkansas District. t - FOOD IS SEIZED NOGALES, Ariz, March 11.—A dispatch to the Nogales Herald said a courler, arriving at Tuila, Sinaloa, from Mazatlan, brought the in- formation that Gen. Carrillo, Fed- eral Commander there, has seized all food supplies in Mazatlan and ordered short rations of food and |water for the inhabitants. & N.TOCUT TRAIN TIME ST. PAUL, Minn, March 11.—A i |Former Transport Ship of Amundsen Destroyed by Fire HAMBURG, Germany, March 11. —The old wooden vessel Knut | Skaloren, formerly the transport 'ship of Capt. Roald Amundsen, has been destroyed by fire which rediiction in the ng Hme it started when the craft grounded in passenger trains 3 wm““me the estuary of the Elbe late last o phoect to meet the eon!m- ‘sm.urdsy. ‘The crew wask:;wcd.ipmwd ot b vt bymm TheiRin Rht SATBL WETo ! Great Northern is announced here. dl i ‘ ——el O e el EIGHT MURDERS &=« 4114 fhppitd BRIG. GEN. HINES |s wasuingTON, D. C, e|In Two Inches ' a 4 !e March 11.—The Republican : ] CHICAGO, March 11 o National Committee an- .lol W ater Is HEAPPOINTEB gang slaying, that of e nounces A. E. Lathrop, of e &2 in New York, last j @ Fairbanks, Alaska and Mrs, .!p-Pmn:z?%ox?r&hgfi;m&sunfi— bt 3 Lo Forest J. Hunh, of Keichl- @ iobile after it skidded off the| WASHINGTON, March 11—Pres- i kan, Alaska bave heen ree- @ 4 into a shallow creek, Clyde ident Hoover has reappointed Bri- hate. Aunoumoament ¢ ognized es National Commit- @ | TG 00 P Fon L er, drown- gadier General Frank T. Hines as has been identificd teeman and National Com- e " :‘v l“ sl iy I Director of the Veterans' Bureau. t|Uale killers was na mitteewoman from Alaskn. e |€d in two inches of water. Searches ‘, For 7,500,000 Acres fy the pact, consequently the In- dians did not gain title, With a compensation suit pend- ing the state surveyor general's of- fice started to find the land, but discovered the parcels were de- scribed in terms now obsolete. For 600000000000 - .o o MOTION bax AT COURT California . District Court, Judge J. W. ¢ presiding, which convened 11 o'clock this morning, and re-| Al SACRAMENTO, Cal., March 11— Seven and a half milllon acres of land is a sizeable plot to be lost, ch mo action will ken until|but a group of tracts aggrega gty o e lthis area have disappeared from e present records of the Califor- - | chi 1. as they were cases inwhich nio land office. g tnsH:Jrgi wguugmm m;;fcr T{_’: The missing ground was embrac- Motions to strike in the|ed in treaties signed in 1851 be- river bank but was lost. rney. fruitful raid was operated at Civi-' riners employed in(his appointment as Assistant Unil- tavesshia, where for a long tl.me;‘,:n'ms;m;‘&m mine, Portland|ed States Attorney with his office methylated. alcohel and a bit of canal district, were killed recently |in Ketchikan. put into g the result of an explosion. The ott then coroner’s jury found that the men Roman liquor mar- had delayed too long after firing Mr. King is now in Ketchikan, having gone there last week from his Juneau headquarters. - case of F. A, J. Gallwas vs. Joseph |tween United States agents and In- FEDERAL EMPLOYEES MYET |peii and Madalin Reidi, and in|dians. Under the settlement, the The Federal Business Association, |ihe case of Nick Nusebaumer vs.llfind was to be deeded in perpetu- made up of employees of the Ped- |Lm. wrangell Ice and Storage Com-|ity to the Indians for cession by eral government in Juncau, met!pany werc taken under advisement.|them of practically the rest of the today at luncheon at the Arcade! Court was adjourned at noon un- ground within the state. Wy 2 til tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock, United States senate failed to rati- The instance, part was set down as bounded by the north fork of two rivers which have since changed & river which has sinée changed its name. Nor could they find land.