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The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-09
LONDON AGAIN
 | IS MENACED BY THAMES RIVER
IWorkmen Avert Damage with Sandbag Barrier
 Art Treasures Ruined

LONDON, Jan. y-Tne surging waters of the Thames River seri- ously menaced Westminster again Sunday afternoon at high tide bu. the vigilance of an army of work. men averted serious damage.
 Water seeped through the sanl. bag barrier at the break in the river wall in front of the Tate Gallery and reached the curb, but pfompt reinforcement prevented q repetition of Saturdays disaster when art treasures, valued at mil. lions of pounds sterling, were ruined.
 The Tate Gallery is the Nation. al Gallery of British Art.
 High Tide Continues
 The Port of London officials is sued warning that all tides will increase until Tuesday and great uneasiness exists in all quarters until that time will have passed.
 The Salvation Army band which played all Sunday after noon at the corner oe the Tate Gallery to collect funds for flood sufferers, conducted Thanksgiving services when officials announced the danger had passed for the day.
 The Salvation Army's large bar racks nearby has been the relief center for tho flood victims since flh first break spread terror in the heart Of London and caused IA deaths.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-09
Wire Tapping Euidence Before Supreme Court

WASHINGTON, Jan. D. The Supreme Court has re- versed itself and has decid- ed to consider the validity of evidence obtained in pro- hibition cases by wire tap ping. Three cases are from the Pacific Coast. brought by Roy Olmsted, Charles S Green, Edward s. McInnes and others who challenged the right of the Government in prohibition cases to use evidence obtained by listen ing in on telephone wires. In all three cases. the Su- preme Court refused to grant reviews but announces it will go exhaustively into the subject to determine wheth- CT the Government h vio- lating the constitutional rights of individuals.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-09
.LINDBERCH IS
 AT BULL FIGHT
Attends Sports in Costa Rica-No Protests
 Are Received
BULLETIN = PANAMA, Jan. g. - Col. Charles A. Lindbergh s safely arrived here this afternoon from Costa Rica.

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, Jan. 3 Col. Charles A. Lindbergh at tended another bull fight here Sunday. There were no protests from organizations in the United States against his attendance as there were in Mexico City.
 The bull fights here were not put on by professional matadores but by farm hands who did theiI best to initiate the death h-defyine stunts of the regulars. Some oi them paid for their audacity by getting thrown into the air but none were seriously injured.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-09
Children Attempt
 To Saue ReIatiues
 When House Burn.

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Jan. g. While three children battled to save them, six persons, including the father, mother, two boys and two girls, were burned to death yesterday morning on the Henry Merwin farm in the Pacific Dis trict. The children who tried to save their relatives, were sleeping in an outbuilding when the flames from the house awakened them.
 The fire is supposed to have originated in the kitchen.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-09
5 GAI.ANTRY CITATIONS

-lsx24fSxAtftAy Sdu. 5.----$5ILdLl0H3 for gallantry here revealed that the United State Marines had lived up to the best of the tradi- tions of the corps, famous for intrepid fighting.
 Citations told of the personal courage. under whitening ma chine gun fire, when the Marines captured Quilali, the stronghold of the rebels of Sandino, self styled Wild Beast of the Noun tains," who is believed lurking in mine three miles from Elchipote. with body guard of 50 picked men surrounding him.
 Six officers, two non-commis- stoned officers and seven privates of the Marines. and three Navy pharmacists mates, have been cited for gallantry.
 Gen. Sandino. according to documents which have been found, and believed to be official. is prearing to escape through Honduras or down the Coco Riv- CT to the Caribbean if he is hard pressed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-09
} CONTINCENTS
 SAILING TODAY
 FOR THE SOUTH
M a jor General Lejuene, Marine Commander,
 Goes for Inspection
FORCE IN NICARAGUA
 TO BE 2;400 MARINES
Officers and Privates Cited for Gallantry-Tra-
 ditions Upheld

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. = The oft recurring picture of Ameri- can Marines sailing for duty in foreign lands was afforded today at three ports cities as reinforce ments for the Nicaraguan cam paign assembled at San Diego. on the Pacific Coast, and at Charleston and Norfolk on the Atlantic Coast.
 At the head of the Marine force leaving from Charleston is Major General John Lejeune, Commandment of the Marine Cor ps. who is bound for Central Amerlcan republics to gather first hand information of the strife involving the Marines and forces of Gen. Sandino.
 When the 1000 Marines from the East and West coasts unite with their buddies in Nicaragua. the total force will approximate 2.d00 men.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-09
Former VaIdes Girl Is to
 Marry Hindu

LONDON, Jan. 9. = An Ex- change Telegraph dispatch from Bombay says the American girl, Miss Nancy Miller. of Seattle and formerly of Valdez, Alaska, has arrived at Bombay for the pur- pose of marrying the former Maharajah Indore, whom she met while he was visiting in America. The American Consul, according to the dispatch. said he has fail ed in his attempt to dissuade Miss Miller from marriage which will occur with Indore after she adopts the Hindu religion.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-09

daughter of cavalry captain, she opened fashion shop in Berlin in 1914 when her fathers death on the battlefront left the family in straitened circumstances.
 She conducted it for six years, and her marriage to Dr. Prittwitz in 1920 was held in the shop among model gowns and a pro fusion cf feminine finerv.
 Dr. Prittwitz Is widely known in Germany for his interest in sports, the arts and music as for his accomplishments in the field of politics and economies. He is notably fond of and adept at golf and tennis.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-09
John Hancock, Alaska
 Pioneer, Passes Away

LOS ANGELES. Cal, Jan. 9-- The funeral services for John Hancock. aged 69 years. Alaska pioneer. will be held Wednesday, He died last Friday night from injuries received in an automobile accident.
 John Hancock was resident of Nome for 22 years, having gona there in 1900 to be government game warden. He was an active Republican in politics and came here five years ago to live with his brother. Philip Hancock, also Alaska gold rush pioneer,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-09

BERLIN, Jan. 9-One of Ger manys younger diplomats will succeed in January to the post of ambassador from his nation to tue United States, when Dr. Fried rich von Prittwitz reaches Wash ington 10 take the portfolio made vacant by the death last summer of Baron Ago von Maltzan.
 With him will come his wife formerly Countess Marie Louise yon Strachwitz, and their daugh- ter, Marisa, four years old.
 In the wife of the ambassador Washington will meet the first member of the German nobility to go in for earning living. The
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-09
FISH PRODUCTS
 AND PAPER ARE
 EQUAL IN N. E.
Two Industries Have Re markable Year - Pulp
 Plants Operate Capacity

ST. JOHNS, N. F., Jan. D. For the first time in history of Newfoundland, pulp and paper products equalled the total value of the colony's fishing enterprise during the year just closed.
 The two industries produced approximately s13,500,000 each.
 The increase in the pulp and paper production is attributed to the fact that the Grand Falls mills, woned by the Rothmere in- terests. of London. operated at capacity and the Corner Brook Mills. recently acquired by the International Paper Company. op- erated at 9S per cent capacity.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-09
New Pay Schedule
 Alaska Railroad

WASHINGTON. san. 9--Gen- eral Manager Noel w. Smith, of the Alaska Railroad, has been au- thorized to amend the schedules and rules of pay on the railroad. and to pay regular assigned em- ployes on the days swhen they are not called on for duty. This is by decision of Controller General McCarl. The pay allowance will be on a minimum schedule calcu- lated for eight hours or for 400 miles.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-09
Two Murderers Die
 Today on Callows

~ VANCOUVER, B. C., Jan. g..
 A double execution took place here this morning. Kennetie R Bailey and Yuchi Yaoki paid the supreme penalty and were ex- ecuted on the gallows. Bailey was hanged for the murder of Charles Jury last June and YaokI for the murder of a Japanese woman.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-09
TWENTY-FOUR MEN CAUGHT
 BY EXPLOSION
Fire Raging in Mine and Rescue Work Being
 Made Difficult

WEST FRANKFORT, H., Jan. 9-Two miners are known to have been killed and 24 are miss ing, four hours after an expio- sion this forenoon in the Indus trial Coal Company's mine No. IS. Approximately 100 men were in the section of the mine where the explosion occurred and all but 24 are accounted for. Fire broke out after the explosion and is making rescue work difficult.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-09

Sweeping out of the Southwest at a velocity of 70 miles an hour, "a terrific windstorm wrought havoc in Ketchikan last Saturday afternoon, according to passen- !. gers arriving from there on the Alameda last night.
 Three houses were knocked into the hay and some smaller shachs in Newtown along the bay side of the roadway during the storm swhich swept the waterfront the greater part of the day and caus- ed considerable other damage. The storm lashed the waters of kTongass Narrows. No loss of life was reported. ! . With driftwood piling up against the wharves, roadways and houses along the waterfront, the greatest danger was during high tide shortly before o'clock in the afternoon.
 { The roadway was partiaiiy flooded in the north end Of New town and beyond the city limits The driftwood piled against the IT = ' -- . rn.-a
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-09
Wife of Gov. Smith
 Is Operated Upon

NEW YORK;, Jan. 9.-Mrs. All fred F. Smith, wife of the Gov ernor of the State, is reported to have passed fair night at the hospital where she was op- erated upon for appendicitis last Saturday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-09
Daniel McDonald
 Dead in Seattle

SEATTLE. Jan. 9-The funeral of Daniel Mcdonald, aged S3 years. old time Alaska outfitters of sleds and equipment used by the gold miners, who died last Thursday, was held today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-09
VALDEZ POSTMASTER

AsHIN TON, Jan, g. Among the postmasterS nomin- ated by President Coolidge Is George w. Robbins for the office at Valdez, Alaska,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-09
MUCH DAMAGE :. AT KETCH|KAN
 BY HIGH WIND
Storm Hits First City Last
 Saturday - Houses Knocked Into Bay

KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Jan. 9.-The damage by the storm here last Saturday estimated at $75,00O, after a prelim- mary survey. Small shipping was the hardest hit. Many boats were washed ashore and heavy scows pounded to pieces against the docks.
 POWER LINES DOWN
 The electric light and pow CT lines are down all over the city.
 The New England Fish Company suspended opera tions when the power lines to the George Inlet plant were severed.
 A number of wooden streets have been torn up and dirt roads washed away in places.
 Two Indians a woman and a boy, were injured when struck by a mast torn loose from a boat and car ried away by the wind.
 Private advices say Craig suffered heavy damage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-09

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Evening star., 1928-05-24

tion also. coincided with ceremony
today at which Premier Mussolini was
to decorate the banner of the Royal
Aeronautic Corps with the bronze mill
tary medal which that body won fight
ing in the italian colony OF Cyrenaica,
North Africa, against native dissidents
News of the sItalia's reaching the
pole came early this morning just ss
the church bells were pealing In honor
of the war anniversary and soon after
q number Of airplanes took off from
surrounding airdrories and encircled the
city for two hours, the whole center Of
the Eternal City echoing to the whirr
Of their motors.
The newspapers were full of enthusi-
asm for the flight, carrying large head
lines, such as italian Flag Again Over
Pole" and calling it an excellent augury
for the new Italy born of the war upon
the recurrence Of the date of her entry
into it. ,. tt
Cardinal Gasparfi, papal secretary Of
state. in a message to Father Gianfran-
cheschi, chaplain of the Mobile expedi-
ton, expresses the Pope's qualification
over the success attained. saying:
THE holy father Is particularly grati-
fed at the auspicious announcement
that the glorious enterprise has been
accomplished, thanks to the Almighty
through the work Of Gen. Mobile and
his valoro1ls companions. Aided by
Divine PpSldence, the sign of the re-
Evening star., 1928-05-24
Easy Terms

A small initial payment
will put an Automatic Gas
Water Heater in your home,
The balance can be paid in
convenient installmentS
monthly.
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of "by-laws of a community welfare
fund for the District OF Columbia" The
big idea In the chest movement. he said,
Is better service, better understanding
and better support"
Substantially the same needs that
have moved 800 other cities In this
country to adopt the federation plan
are now present In Washington, Mr..
Williams stated 1t is difficult he said,
to see how the various welfare agencies
here can continue to function effective
ly under the present competitive race
for support,
Only $4,000 persons in the city OF
Washington are now giving with any
degree of regularity to charities, or
about one out of every so citizens, he
pointed out. insisting also that the
present cost of raising funds here Is
far too high.
Following Mr.. Williams remarks the
meeting voted that the president OF
each social agency be requested to ap-
point two members of its board to act
as committee in cooperation with
the committee Of civic and business
leaders.
Mrs. O'Connor announced that the
general committee of the civic and busi-
ness groups appointed at the meeting
on Tuesday Is to have its first meeting
today for formal organization.
Evening star., 1928-05-24
COMMUNITY CHEST
MOVE |NDORSED
Social Agencies Approve Plan
for Capital at U. S. Cham
Der Session.

The Washington Community Chest
movement to finance and coordinate
the social agencies of the District adj
vanced step nearer realization, yes
terday when the project as outlined in
report by Pierce Williams. special
representative of the Association of
Community Chests and Councils, was
unanimously Endorsed by the various
agencies at special meeting of the die
rectors held in the United States Cham
ber of Commerce Building during the
afternoon.
The meeting which was called by the
Council of Social Agencies of the Dis
trict. was presided over by Mrs. John
J. O'Connor, president, who reported
on action favorable to the chest which
was taken by a prominent group of civic
leaders and business groups on Tues
day. and at her suggestion the same
resolution was unanimously adopted
yesterday.
Mr. Williams explained in detail his
survey of the local situation and sub
mitted for consideration tentative set
Evening star., 1928-05-24

heir wives will BE- held at the bishops
residence at Mount st. Alban.
On Thursday, october IL. the trien-
NAL corporate communion and united
thank offering of the women of the
church, which is expected to. reach ST.
900 600, will abe held at the Church or
the Epiphany at 1880 am.
Communion at st. Johns.
On Friday, October IL, corporate COM
munion will be held in st. Johns Church,
Sixteenth and H streets. at 7:30 am,
and study classes will be held at the
Y. w. c. A.. Building. at Seventeenth
and X streets. A joint session of the
House of Bishops and the House of
Deputies will be held in Memorial Con-
tinental Hall At s o'clock in the eve
ming general reception to all the
delegates of the convention will be
held in the Pan American Building.
On Saturday. October Is. the national
conference of deaconesses corporate
communion will be conducted by Right
chapel of the House of Mercy. At 30
in the afternoon the delegates will be
taken on trip to Mount Vernon.
On Sunday. october IA, the birthday
thank offering will be held in the
Church of the Epiphany. with an ad-
dress by the Bishop of Mexico.
On Monday. october Is, a joint ses-
sion of the House of Bishops and the
House of Deputies will be held In Me
mortal Continental Hall.
On the evening of Tuesday. october
Is. the American Church Institute mass
meeting will be held in Memorial Con-
tinental Hall at o'clock and at the
same hour a mass meeting on rural
work will be held in st. Johns Church.
Sixteenth and H streets, with an address
by Secretary Jardine.
Green to Speak.
On the evening of Wednesday. Oc-
tober II, the department Of Christian
social service will hold a mass meeting
in Memorial Continental Hall at s
o'clock and will hear addresses by Will
liam r. Green. president of the Amer
.ican Federation of Labor. and Charles
NJ. Schwab of the Bethlehem Steel
Corporation.
On Thursday, October 18, the depart
ment of missions will hold mass meet
ing in Memorial Continental Hall at 8
pm.
On Friday, October 19, at 4 o'clock,
the Girls Friendly Society will dedicate
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NEW ROADS RECOMMENDED.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LURAY, Va, May 24.--Twelve miles
Of feeder roads in Page County to be
taken into the State highway system
have been recommended by the Page
County board of supervisors.
The roads comprise three sections In
Marksville, Luray and Springfield dis
tricts The Marksville route joins the
Eastside and Lee highways at the Mas
sanutten Mountain, the Springfield adds
and completes the Eastside Highway on
the north in this county, joining Page
and Warren County seats and the
Luray- Springfield route joins Luray to
the Shenandoah County seat at Wood
stock, over the United States forestry
route by way of Bixlers Ferry.
Evening star., 1928-05-24

it's Washington National Center, at 1888
New Hampshire avenue.
The proposal of DR.. Dudley to estab-
lish a central treasury for trusts and
special funds was referred to the exec
utive council for report to the 1929 con-
Fention. st. Mary's parish, Washington,
was voted a seat in the diocesan con-
vention. Women OF st. Marys parish.
ST. Marys County, Md, were given the
right to vote as its vestry had requested.
The convention voted to permit altera-
ton of the boundaries Of Silver Spring
parish. If conditions are acceptable to
the VeStrV
Evening star., 1928-05-24
Courtesy at Any Cost.
rrespondence of The Star.

Correspondence of The Star.
: PARIS. Factories worth millions of
francs burned while the Paris fire de-
partment stood and watched because 1t
had not been asked to help. A for
mality requires signed request from
officials before one set Of fire fighters
can cross city limits to help another.
Evening star., 1928-05-24
ITALIA IS SILENT =.
AFTER TWO-HOUR
NORTH POLE VISIT

Continued from First Page.)
with Italy's celebration Of the thirteenth
anniversary of her entry into the
World War. which Is likewise being
observed this year AS Colonial day."
This new achievement of Italian avia-
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demption Is now sanctifying the here
tofore unexplored Arctic regions
His holiness hopes that they will at
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taip ever new conquests for Aith and
science, and paternafy irnpsfts again
to them his apostolic benedictibn."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-20

mand the release of Mooney, Bill
lings, the Centralia victims, the
New Bedford fighters and all other
prlsorers OF class justice.
We appeal to the workers to pro-
test most vigorously and In large
masses against class justice, which
is an expression Of class rule,
against capitalist attacks on work
ers' struggles, workers organiza-
tons, workers leaders, workers
press.
We call the attention of the work.
ers to the great danger for all the
exploited now being prepared by
the ruling classes-the danger of
new imperialist war. The hands
that slaughtered Sacco and Van
zetti, the hands that beat and i'm
prison strikers; the hands that
slaughter innocent Nicaraguan
peasants and workers by marines
bullets;- the hands that have helped
slaughter thousands of revolutions
airy Chinese workers and peasants
fighting for freedom from capital
ism and imperialist oppression-are
now preparing new war for
colonies, for markets, for raw ma
terials for investment of capital, for
the throttling of the only workers
republic in the world, the Soviet
Union-all for the benefit of the
manufacturers, bankers, financiers
and their servants, the capitalist
politicians.
One of the methods Of preparing
for this new monstrous slaughter Is
to break the unity, the fighting
spirit, the organization of the work
ers in order that they may not re.
sist their masters when war comes
One of those methods was the chal.
lenge to the working class in the
murder of Sacco and Vanzetti.
On the day of the great ami
versary, we shall reply to all the
crimes of the ruling class by in.
creasing our class forces and uni.
ting for new struggles under the
fighting slogans:
Down with the war!
Down with the forces the prepare
the war!
Down with class justice!
Down with the attacks on the
struggling workingclass!
Liberate the class war prisoners
Long live the workers struggle
against capitalism!
Long live a government of work
ers and expedited farmersl
| CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COM
MITTEE, WORKERS (COM
MUNIST) PARTY.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-20

"Ma, what are the boys playing
ats"
''why that's Sir Robert Baden
Powell. on the left, Lord Hampton,
president of the British Boy Scouts
and Lady Baden-PoweH reviewing
the Girl Pathfinders at Budapest"
"Weii mn, what path do the path
finders fInds'
"a roundabout route to imperinIist
war"
'sweu. doesn't Lord know
enough to wear long pants when the
mosquitoes are so bad"
'sAdOIphi"
SHUT they'll crawl all the way up
to his neck
"Nrercy! Quit washing the cat in
Molasses!"
Since Sam Rosenberg, an attorney
of Pittsburgh, broke eight ribs rid
ing a hobby horse, Cal Coolidge, the
sour-mouthed slave driver of the U.
5. nation, has given up the sport al
together, it is reported. From now on
ne will ride nothing more dangerous
than a Morris char. Cal, it is said,
never was thrown from his hobby
horse. Of course he usually ap-
pears dazed, but it doesn't take an
accident to explain that.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-20

fore American. To the working
youth must be exposed their real
enemy-the American capitalist.
The fact that there are assertions
from the army shows that. bourgeois
patriotism is failing to hold the
youth. We must double our activi-
ties against militarism and against
military institutions, because from
patriotic" youths the American
working class will receive their
severest blows and greatest opposi-
ton.
Communism is spreading in
America. The sparks of revolution
airy fire in the coal regions will be
famed by every act of the coal
barons against the workers. Injunc-
tions, wage cuts, and prosecutions
will but add fuel to the fire of free
dom. The foreign European plague
which the American capitalist warns
the youth against and fears, will one
day meet the robber class OF
America face to face with a Rec
Flag of freedom as their banner.
F. H.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-20
American Legion in.
fractional Squabble

WASHINGTON, Aug. ia new
squabble in the ranks of the Amer
lean Legion was the latest develop
ment in the jingoist organizations
high-tensioned internal political
fight last night.
Republican members resent the
activity of Coe Bennett Clark of
Missouri, who is one of the Tam
many leaders in the western states
and democratic members are equal
in their objections to the activity OF
ex-secretary of war Hanford McNi.
der, who is campaigning for the
Hoover G. o. P. machine.