THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
“ALL THE NEWS AU’ THE TIME"
VOL XXI., NO. 3172.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY. FEBRUARY 19, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CENTSi *
TWENTY-THREE PERISH IN FIRE
ARREST DOCTOR
FOR MURDER OF
CIRL; SENSATION
Physician at Camp Kearney
Charged with Slaying
Fritzie Mann, Dancer.
ISAN DIEGO. Cal., Feb. 10.—'Tht
arrest of Dr. I.ouis L. Jacobs, phvsi
eian at Camp Kearney, for the mur
der of Fritzie Mann, pretty dancer
•whose body was found several weeks
ago an the beach at Torrey Pines
has proved one of the sensations ol
the day.
'Dr. Jacobs was held in custody
,following the discovery of the body
indicating evidences of murder. Ht
was released on a writ of habeas
corpus proceeding on account of in
sufficient evidence, but new evidence
presented to the grand jury resulted
in ths return of an indictment ch.srg
ing hint with the murder of tht
pretty girl. This evidence has nol
been revealed to the public by tht
authorities.
PORTUGAL MAY
SEEK INTERNAL
LOAN; BIG SUM
Little Nation Will Bring Abou1
Own Salvation by
Tax System.
ni'SBOX. ,Fet>. 1.1. In subniittini
■to the Chambar his proposal for raid
ing an internal loan of four inijlto
pounds sterling:, ''he Minister of Fi
na;ace emphasizes his view that For
tugal must bring about tier own sal
vadon by means of internal taxes, t
be borne, by all -classes alike; tin
stabilization of the escudo, and i
gradual amortization to reduce thi
national deficit.
Furthermore, there must be ah
sttent'ion from continued Issue o
notes, and a gradual withdrawal o
those already in circulation.
fThe new loan is to be a consoli
dated loan, bearing Interest at 6 pe
cent, payable quarterly, and will lx
secured on the general revenues o
the state. It is also to be free fron
all taxation, etither present or future
and the proceeds are to be applied
in the first place, to meeting th<
general expenditure of the state foi
the year 1922-23.
The negotiations for a loan it
France, based on an arrangement
affecting the tobacco and mate!
monopolies, do not appear to be at'
fording much prospect of success.
Pott Officet Serve
More People Now
.WASHINGTON, Feb. 19—The
United States has a post office for
every 2,124 Inhabitants. Ten years
ago there was a post office for every
1,702 persons living in this country,
while 20 years ago there was a post
office for every 1,039 citizens. Dens
ity c,f population aind extension of
rural route service is responsible
far the 'fact that fewer post offices
are required every year to give pos
tal service (to the people of America.
Crews of Two Ship Wrecked
Vessels Finally Rescued By
I Uo So Cotter; Battle for Life,
TOWED FOUR MILES BY GIANT FISH.
.Mi'eS*. T/z-oru^i-'d
HJ'tO lXV<5l-S*
&ruSC -Scy-tL'
Mrs. Leonard Tliomas, prominent New York social leader,
shown here with her son, Townsend Sackett. shared honors with
Lewis G. Kaufman in a thrilling experiehce at Palm Beach, Flor
ida. Alter hooking a giant saill oh, measuring 7 feet ti Inches in
length, Mrs. Thomas lost him for u moment, but her hook caught
in the fish's sail, and then followed a 3-hour battle, in which she
and her companion were tewed four miles out into the open sea.
They landed the fish.
SLAYS DOCTOR;
FOUND GUILTY
NEW YORK, Feb, 19.—A verdict
of guilty of second degree nutrdcr
has been returned by the jury In
I the Supreme Court against Mrs. Ell- i
lian Raizen who shot and killed Dr. I
! Abraham Glickstein in his Brooklyn
office in December, 1921. Her de
i fense was that the physician had
! ruined her life and she had been j
I driven insane by haunting fear of |
| him.
FOR INVESTIGATION
WASHINGTON. Feb. 19. A bill i j
authorizing the investigation and re- j
port on the feasibility of the Colum- j
bia River irrigation project has
passed the House.
1
SCIENTIST SITS THAT SOFT
COAL WILL PRODUCE GASOLINE ■
PITTSBURGH, Pa., Feb. 19.—1
waning petroleum supply of the co
try may be supplemented to gr
extent, according to Charles
Fettke, associate professor of geol<
and mineralogy at Carnegie In
tute of Technology, by taking
enormous quantities of bitumin'
coal, now being burned in the i
state for steam raising purposes :
domestic use, and subjecting it
low-temperature carbonization. t
lessor Fettke set forth this idea
the course of an address to the
etitute students.
This process, he said, wiill prod
a .fuel that is lin many respects
perlor to raw coal; the smoke n
ance of cities will be abated, ;
valuable by-products will be rec
ered which will aid greatly In
•fecting a petroleum supply that
being rapidly depleted.
Professor Fettke emphasized
warning that the known reserves
petroleum are being so rapidly
duced that one of the problems
be faced within the next decada
*
two will be to find substitutes, In
continually growing amounts, for the
products now obtained from them.
“The distillation of oils from oil
shales, another important source of
supply, will be restricted to those
regions where enormous quantities
of the shales are .found," said I'ro
feasor Fettke. “Where bituminous
coal is found in larger quant:
than shale. It will be more economi
cal to confine the business of oil
distillation to coal.
“With the growing shortage of
natural gas and anthracite coal and
their consequent increase in price,
other sources of domestic fuel most
come more and more into use. One
of (these undoubtedly will hr low
temperature coke. The low-temp, ra
tine carbonization of coal in th>
respect will have the advantage of
the oil shale industry. It will yield
a valuable fuel as a residue, wlide
the spent shale from the latter not
only has little or no economic value
hut means wilt have to he provided
ter its disposal.”
Ic
CONFESSED SPY
ARRESTED;HEIS
REAL CRIMINAL
Radical Spy, Who Has Made
Many Startling Revelations,
Now Under Arrest.
CHICAGO, Feb. 19.—Albert Builin,
ilias Balanow, confessed radical spy,
las been arrested and charged wUh
reiing a criminal us the result of hIs j,
worn depositions taken by Fran*,
t. Walsh to use in defense of the 21 j,
'ommtmists whose .trial takes place
,t St. Joseph, Michigan, on Febru
ry 26.
Balanow made charges against the
luma Detective Agency and Thiel
geny stated he was employed by ,
sith. made false reports, sold reports
if one agentvv t > Uae other, and also ]
old of the part he had played in ’ i
tony plots.
>ir Wilfred Blunt i
Leaves Mystery Will '
- j.
LONIxan. ~ali. Id.— The will of j:
iir Wilfred flea-wen Blunt, famous [,
lastern traveler and former lieuten-ji
nt to Arabl Pasha, provides that ]
Is body be buried wrapped in oid • ]
iastern traveling carpets and with
tit a coffin. 11
It also bequeaths the mysterious c
ox of manuscripts to FitzwHllatn |
luseum at Canrbilidge, with the pro- ]
ision that tiie box must not be j
pened until 30 years hence. ■ ]
Monument to Yukoners
To Be Erected at Dawson :
DAWSON'. Feb. 19 —Charles Bush. I
ne of the bos* known pioneers of
)awson, member of many fraternal j
rders and leader in the Great War i
reterans' Association, announces he ■,
rill erect a monument to the Vu-(*
oners losing their lives in the World (
1’ar. i
PORT A.VOEuBS. Wash., Feb. 19.
—Rate last Saturday nin.it the Coast j
f5ii;ml cutter Snohomish arrived here)
wiith the crews of the Furness line I
steamer Tuscan Prince and the
steamer Santa Rita, both wrecked
last Thursday night or Friday night
near the entrance uf the Straits ot
San Juan de Fuca. *
The Santa Rita was wrecked go
ing to the assistance of the steamer
\'ika, rudderless in the terrific gale.
The Tuscan Prince was wrecked,
driven ashore by the gale.
The captain of the Santa Rita re
called that lus boat on November
20, 1920, cut loose the Peruvian t
barge W. J. Plrrie, near the point |
where the Santa Rita was herself
wrecked last week. The barge drift
ed down the coast in the gale and
was later wrecked with the loss of
18 men.
The Santa Rita went ashore last
Friday mornittg. The captain, his
wife, baby and two men in the life
boat were rescued by Indians. They
were half dead. The other mem
bers of the crew finally reached
shore and were also cared for by
the Indians until picked up by the
Snohomish.
The Tuscan Prince hit on a bleak
desolate (slant in tne entrance of
Barclay Sound last Friday night
junt before dusk. Saturday morn
ing the life saving crew from Ham
Weld, assisted by the crews of the j
seine boats Halimint and China Hat,
tried to take th» wrecked men off
the island but the waves were run- i
ning too high. A howling blizzard1
was raging c.t the Mine Finally th^'j
storm abated ana the Snohomish, '
which had then arrived at the scene,!]
shot a 'line ashore which was made I
fast by the Tuscan Prince crew and j
all men were finally rescued by life'
buoys.
The men were chilled and dazed.
Salt foam had whipped their bodies
and chilled them to the bone. They
were forced to leave the ship and
huddle on the little shelf of rock
as the waves were heating the Tus
can Prince unmercifully, virtually,
breaking lit to pieces.
The shipwrecked men of both!
boats loudly praise the Snohomish's
crew and Lieut. H. (J. Hemingway,j
commander.
I
NINE MEN ARE
FACING TRIAL >
MINE MURDERS
Second Case Resulting from 1
Herrin Mine Riots Will
Soon Be Started.
MARION, 111., Feb. 19.—With the)
tompletion of the first panel and ]
teeming only four jurors for the |
tecond Herrin mine riot trial, it is;
■ogarded as possible that a com
dote jury will be secured in the i
.VHlinmson county Circuit Court this •
yeek.
Nine men will be tried on charges;
if killing Antonio Molkovich, Krlc,
’enn., one of the employees of the1
tester strip mine, killed during the
ioting last June 22.
Among the nine to face trial on thb
ei ond murder charge are three—t ?
)u!s Clarke, Peter HiHer and Bert!
Jr ace—who were acquitted recently j j1
if a charge of murder in connection
yith the death of Howard Hoffman, j
I'hc six other defendants for th ■ ’
stond trial are Joseph Brown, a
ipgro; Percy Hall. Dallas MrCree, ■a
)«ear Howard, Phillip Fontanetta and , s
High Willis, a member of the Slate \
loard of the Illinois Mine Workers.
baseball Riot Causes !•
One Man to Be Wounded z
_ C
SANTA ANA. Cal., Peb. 19.—i'!
I'rank Moore, an employee of an oil |
ompany, was possibly fatally r
rounded yesterday during a riot at
baseball game, being shot by a ■ *]
loltceraan attempting to quell a riot.
IRISH FIGHT
DUBLIN, Feb 19.—In a fight yes- i
erday between Free State Troops i
nd Irregulars in dint of Aberlow, i
’ipperary, Commandant Lacey, one i
>f the most prominent Irish leaders
WOMAN SUES FOR HALF MILLION.
Mrs. Otqme 6* BoucWlc
Sj Asa (a. Cartclleg.
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ATLANTA, Pet). 19. Mrs. O. do Bouchelc-, rl' New Orleans, has
filed suit for $509,000 against Asia G. Candler, eoeo cola king, on
aceonnt of the breaking of their engagement on the eve of their
wedding. Tills announcement was made here today when her at
torneys filed tile suit.
Word “Hootch”
Comes from
Alaska Natives , j
SEATTLE. Feb. 1!). The word I
“hootch,” widely used as the
name of the booties variety of |
whiskey that prevails in tin !
land, comes from the Alaska
Indians, in the belief of F. S. |
Hall, director of the museum !
of tho University of Washing
ton. Mr. Hall says that a gov
ernment report from Alaska ,n I
lstiit says that the natives there '
caWod moonshine liquor “hooca- 1
cnoo." Tlio old report said thu '
"hoochenoo" had an abominable
smell and an atrocious taste,
and that a quart of It would
craze 10 Indians. The Indian.
were said to have learned to |
make moonshine from Ameri
can soldiers sent to Alaska after
the purchase.
BERMANS ARE
MORE HOSTILE
Jureomasters and Other
Municipal Authorities
Striking at French.
ESSEN, Fob. lb Increased re
h’.tance of German officials and it
tore ho tile attitude generally by
urgomast ers and otner muntcipul
uthoritien throughout the Kulir,
ave been felt by the French during
lie past 24 hours.
On tlie other hand the boycott by
he stores and restaurants of Ksson
nd elsewhere appears losing
trength.
BRITISH HELP FRENCH/
COLOGNE, Feb. 1!I Tlie British
uiay turned over a six kilometer
irip on the western end of their
one to the French and Belgians.
Iving them complete control of the
ouble track railroad from Duascl
orf lor the Hhort stretch which
an through the British area.
ro Ask Nations to Cut
Narcotic Production
WASHINGTON'. Feb. 19 T!i
louse foreign affairs committee ho
muo.imuuely voted favorably on th
•r solution by Chairman Porter. r>
luesting President Harding to n«
iotiate with other nations to con
ine the production of narootlcj t.
nedical needs.
SEEK WOMAN
FOR MURDER
OF AVIATOR
Stilletto Wound Found in
Heart of Earl Remington
—Police Mystery.
LOS A.VOELBS, Fob. 19. A stilk’to
wound in die heart caused the death
t| last Friday morning of Karl Reming
ton, aviator and electrical engineer.
The police ire searching for a woman
in connection with the murder mys
; tery.
Remington was murdered In th
yard or his home In one of the most
exclusive residential sections of ‘the
i city. Shots were heard by neigh
bors and the police were notified.
Remington's body was found on his
jlawn near the path loading to his
front door. Remington hud tried to
I shield himself by throwing u port
■ folio across his chest, but it was
! first announced ono bullet had
I pierced the portfolio and entered
lii' hear: and another his stomach.
Brig. Gen. Derussey
Dead at Age of 83
NEW YORK, Feb. 19 Brigadier
.(leneral Isaac Dcrussey, aged 8.'l, died
Saturday night. He was retired in
, 190:1 after 40 velars' service in the
United States army.
TWENTY-THREE
LOSE LIVES IN
! INSANE ASYLUM
Fire Destroys Portion of
Asylum at New York Dur
ing Early Morning.
THREE HERO ATTENDANTS
BURNED SAVING OTHERS
Sixteen Hundred Patients
, Endangered—Panic Fol
lows Fire Alarm.
—
! NEW YORK. Feb. 19.—Twenty
inmates of the Manhattan State
Horpital for the Insane on Ward’s
Inland, in the East River were burn
ed to death ally this morning- in
a fire which swept the west wing
of the building.
Thiee attendants also peiished so
that 70 other patients might be
saved.
Hcepital attendants and city fire
men rcrcued many, making heroic
attempts to stamp out the blaze.
Sixteen hundied patients were in
the hospital and 300 were endan
gered by the fire and subsequent
panic.
The cause of the blaze has net
been determined but is believed to
have resulted from a break in the
insulation of electric wires follow
ing a blast set by divers in Hole
tabu mffUbi
SATTEREDBOATS
! REACHING PORTS
FROM OVER SEAS
Four Atlantic Liners Badly
Damaged by Terrific Seas,
Limp Into Ports.
NEW YORK. Feb 19. — Batters']
by huge waves encountered In ter
rific storms continuing elnce last
Wednesday, four big liners limped
into port yesterday with bulwarks
haltered in. life boats bent and
twist ed.
^ The giant Canard liner Beren
garla hail 50 feet of her port bul
waiks on the forecastle deck swept
away by the waves.
SCHOONER GOES DOWN.
BOSTON. Feb. 19.-—The freighter
Edgcrmont late last night picked up
22 of the crew of the wrecked
three-masted schooner Santino which
went down yesterday morning in a
gale 4u miles south of Nantucket
Light.
CONSPIRACY
YORKERS, Feb 19—William H.
Anderson. State Superintendent ot
the Anti-Saloon league of New York
charged In a sermon yesterday at the
Central Methodist Church that con
spiracy was afoot to "get” him and
the League’s Board and reduce tho
organization to a status of a "kept”
concern. Anderson pluced th blame
on tile wet forces.
CHAMPION HANDCUFF SHAKER
GIVES TIP ON HIS EXPLOITS
SAN HUMTSCU, Feu. UC An or
i flciul "chaperon," who in 20 year;
. said to have shaken handcuffs wil'a
more alleged criminals than any »i
Mdse in the world, in Mike Hu:k •
detective of tihe San Francisco po
,l.i i* department. During this t;m<
Burk- traveled several hundred thou
cm I miles, visiting practically every
city in the United 'States, Mexico
and Canada.
“Shaking handcuffs." however,
must be taken figuratively in the
t is- of litirke. In fact, one of th
most remarkable things about his
record is that he has never used
[handcuffs, chains, bracelets or
shackles on any of his ">00 prisoners
“That," he said, “is because I
.watch them, and they know I’m
' watching them.
j “There isn't any sense In putting
j cuffs on a man. It just makes him
| feel moan I always try to make my
prisoners feel good. I give them
cigars. Jolly them along anil make
'em like it. The whole trick is to
always keep between your man and
th^ open air. When you go into a
train, always sit down with him next
to tiie window and the window tight
shut When you go to bed always
sleep with him on the inside of
tlie berth.”
Only once Burke almost "lost a
man, Alexander Walton, leader of the
"clairvoyants,” who worked the city
in 1916. In conjunction with several
alleged crooked stock brokers, Wal
ton, who professed to be a “seer,"
along Investment lines, swindled his
clients out of nearli HUu.Ooo
"I followed him to Chicago," saJil
| Burke, “and chased him all around
! the city before 1 could bring him
. back. But finally we arrived in San
Francisco, and a few days later he
! died. Yes sir, that was one man I
! nearly lost. He might have died on
the train coming back!"