MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 186
SEWARD. ALASKA WEDNESDAY, DEC., 12, 1928.
I'KICE TEN CENTS
NINE POLICEMEN
SHOT, WOUNDED
BY YOUNG NEORO
BARilTCADE!) HIMSELF IN HOMii
WHEN CAPTURED HAD 15
BULLET WOUNDS
CHICAGO, Dec.. 12. (/P)—A 15
vear old negro youth shot and
wounded nine policemen, among
ihem Deputy Commissioner Martm
Mullen, before more than 200 police
—^_^nen and firemen using shotguns,
pistols, tear bombs and machine
guns succeeded in breaking into the
building where he had barricaded
himsel* and killed him.
The crazed youth, Ernest White
hurst, staged one of the most pro
tracts barricades in the history cf
the Police Department, with police
men firing on the building in which
he made his stand, from adjacent
buildings, telephone poles and even
ladders.
When finally captured White
hurl had 15 bullet wounds in his
body; he lived two hours despite his
injuries. Three sisters, one a year
old L i’oy, and. two brothers of the
negro were in the house with him
throughout the siege but by hud
dling in an inside room they were
able ao escape most of the effects of
the tear bombs.
When the seige was over they
came out from their hiding place
all neaily white from plaster chip
ped from the ceiling by police bul
lets.
Whitehurst threw a brick thru a
.store window and police pursued
him into his home whpre, obtaining
shotguns and pistols, he turned on
DISTRESS CULLS
FROM THE STARR
RECIEVED SEATTLE
MESSAGE BELIEVED TO HAVE
BEEN SENT BY CAPTAIN
ALBERT BARRON
SEATTLE. Dec., 12, (/P)—Distress
calls from the steamer Starr, carry
ing 11 passengers to Seward from
Westward Alaska, were intercepted
by a radio station here.
The Starr wirelessed she had
twisted her propellor shaft and ask
_^-.pd tee coast guard cutter Unalga
to proceed from Juneau immedi
ately.
The message believed to have
heen sent bv Capt. Albert Barron
said, “Please send help to take pas
sengers off- 11 are on board and
ready to be landed if necessary. In
• bad shape and anchored in 12 fath
oms of water off the Southwest
point of Pearl Island. Can’t go
anywhere.”
FRANCE WANTS PEACE
PARIS, Dec., 12, (JP)—France
wants peace with all her neighbors
and ''ll lands beyond the seas, For
eign Minister Briand told the
Chamber of Deputies. Only by a
final settlement of reparations and
evacuation of Rhineland can real
neace be obtained he said
* WILL ENJOY WEALTH
CHICAGO, Dec., 12, f^P)—Marquis
of Huntley has adopted Isabelle and
Marjorie Meusel, two young daugh
t.ers of a deceased advertising man.
The Marchioness is the former Mrs.
Paines McDonald. Washington soc
•ety woman. The girls will enjoy
v alth and social positions in Eng
V.riJ.
ROGERS SAIL SNORTH
SEATTLE, Dec., 12, (/P)—The Ad
miral Rogers, of the P. S. S. Co.,
sailerl for Alaska at 10 o’clock th e
morning with 41 passengers. There
were no Seward passengers v on
board.
PLOT TO BOMB
HOOVER TRAIN IS
IDE PUBLIC
TWO ARE JAILED AS SUSPECTS
, PLANNED PLACE BOMBS
RAILROAD TRACK
BUENOS AIRES. Dec., 12, (/P)—
President Irigoyen made official
confirmation of a plot against
President-elect Herbert Hoover’s
life.
Police seized, in a house on Es
tombe street, four hand grenades,
two cylinderical bombs, one square
bomb, dynamite, revolvers, auto
matic pistols and ammunition.
The police said the house con
tained a detailed railroad map
the plotters h*ad used in planning
the attack.
Five hundred guards will be
put on special duty for the Hoover
visit.
The conspirators planned to
place bombs on the tracks before
the arrival of Hoover’s special
train near the outskirts of the city
Alejandro Rompo, alias Carlos
Guiterrez, 18 year old chemistry
student, and Haime Castro, alias
Jaime Oliver, a chaffeur, have
been jailed a ssuspects.
D*E IN FiPE
NEW YORK, Dec., 12, (Ah—Three
Dersons including two young women
and a youth who was the fiance of
one of the girls, were killed in a fire
set bv a pyromaniac.
N. Y. CLIMATE
9 NEW YORK, Dec., 12, (A5)—Tem
perature; minimum 39. maximum
53.
sue wive is
THOUGHT BE 5IFE
ICHOR III COI
SEARCHED EVERY COVE FROM
COOK INLET TO LATOUCHE
FOR HALIBUTERS
SEATTLE, Dec., 12, UP)— Captain
Hvatum, master of the Internat
ional Fisheries schooner Dorothy,
arrived in Seattle yesterday after
noon at 3:30 o'clock and said that
on last Saturday afternoon he had
sighted a fishing schooner an
chored in safety in a cove north
of Queen Charlotte Sound and be
lieves it was the missing Silver
Wave.
“I could not read the name of
the vessel but she was a two-mas
ter, painted white, and answered
the description of the Silver
Wave,” he said.
He added he thought, the cap
tain had put into the cove owing
to the prevailing heavy weather.
The schooner Dorothy searched
every bay and cove from Cook In
let to Latouche for the schoon
ers Brunvoll and Imperial but
saw no trace of them or found
any wreckage.
OPERATION PERFORMED
ON KING GEORGE WHO
IS SAID IS IMPROVED
LONDON. Dec.. 1?. (/P)—King
George underwe^^ an ''>oerr'+iori for
the removal. bv nur>ctnve, of nu^u
ient fh’id abound tv>° t^'-e his
right lung.
Som*3 hold was removed but fur
ther drainage is necessary. The
bulletin said there is a slight im
provement in *his condition noted
this rooming Tha P c '' Wales
visited the King for an hour this
morning.
SHORTAGE OF CONTENDERS REVIVES TALK
Here are Jack and Luis, the comeback twins. Luis is the one on
the floor in the scene above (second round, Dempsey-Firpo fight,
1923).The center pose is of Jack in his prime. Left inset is Jack today
and right inset is Luis today.
CONFESSES SOME MORE
LOS ANGELES. Dec., 12, (A1)
Gordon Northcott has confessed to
mistreatment and murder of five
small boys on a farm near Riverside
Calif., according to police. Eight
youngsters were killed there at
various times he said.
BOULDER 01 BILL
IS BLOCKING THE
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT BILL
BE IN SENATE HOPPER END
OF WEEK
WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec., 12,
(A’)—The Boulder Dam bill is
blocking progress of Senate action
on other legislation but seemed to
have been budged for a moment
today but finally California and
Arizona resumed opposing each
ether.
As the struggle proceeded the
House passed and sent to the
Senate more bills the principal
one being the resolution for settle
ment of the 534,000,000 Austrian
debt
The House then took up the In
terior Department appropriation
bill determined to throw it into
the Senate hopper before the end
of the wek.
IH U. S. EXPANDS
OUT RAPIDITY
py \ vre a " .
TEND LINE’S TO SOUTHERN
COUNTRIES
WASHINGTON, Dec . 12, UP)—'The
progress of man’s efforts to conquer
the air. going back to the fourth
century before Christ, was outlined
bv President Coolidge in an address
before the International Civil Aero
nautics Conference.
Coolidge drew a picture of flying,
especially heavier than air flying,
’n ti e present day which showed
great strides in this new industry
since the Wright brothers rose from
the «and dunes of Kittyhawk. N. C.,
25 years ago in the first sustained
flight in a machine driven airplane.
Coolidge pointed out that in 1920
the value of the auronautic indus
try in the United States was $5,000 -
000; now it is $150,000,000.
| Regular flying in this country,
beginning with a short air mail
hne, he said, has increased to 15,500
miles end planes are underway to
1 xtend International lines to the
Isthmus and to South America.
IJADWIN ENDORSES
DRY PASS PROJECT
WASHINGTON Dec. 12, OP) —
Chief of Army Engineers Jadwin,
recommended to Congress the im
provement of Dry Pass. Alaska lo
provide a channei six feet deep and
60 feet wide at an estimated cost of
S79,00Q with $1,600 for maintenance
the first year and $300 annually
thereafter
A CHEWING SUIT
CHICAGO, Dec., 12, (£>)—A 17
years suit ended with Wrigley
Chewing Gum Co., paying $1,900,000
for infringment upon L. P. Larson’s
chewing gum trademark.
Till SIFT on
WITH PREVAILING WEATHER
LITTLE DANGER SEEN BY
CArTAIN JOHANSEN
The mail steamer Starr lies
crippled with a broken tail shaft
near Pearl Island, off Cape Eliza
beth, just out of Portlock, accord
fng to an SOS received early
this morning from the vessel. At
7 o’clock another report said Capt.
Albert Barron was preparing to
land his passengers of which it is
estimated there are about 20; the
crew numbers 23. It is thought
passengers and boat are not in
serious danger.
Captain Heinie Berger, of the
M. S. Discoverer, was notified of
the accident this morning and im
mediately made preparations to
leave for the vicinity of the acci
dent.
Reports from the Starr have
been meager, it is stated, and dif
ficulty is being encountered in get
ting messages to the ship.
It has been ascertained the near
est coast guard vessel is the Unal
ga at Sitka.
SECOND REPORT
Captain Berger, of the M. S. Dis
coverer, left port shortly after 9
o’clock this morning for Dark Is
land, where later reports said1 the
S. S. Starr was at anchor.
From sources, other than the lo
cal Signal Corps, it is reliably re
ported there is little danger to the
vessel .passengers or crew, unless
a northwlnd comes up and this Is
unlikely at the present time.
Captain Berger said the run to
he Starr from here would require
24 hours and that he did not ex
pect to reach the vessel until to
morrow morning. He was already
prepared to leave for Seattle this
morning so hours were saved in
getting underway.
Francis J. Harrison, photogra
pher, was a passenger on the Dis
coverer acting as the Gateway’s
representative. If wires can be
dispatched from or near the Starr,
Mr. Harrisan will wire the details
direct to this paper.
NO DANGER SEEN
It is learned that the wireless on
the S. S- Starr is not in perfect
order for the Starr operator can
send but cannot receive.
Four boats, the Discoverer from
Seward, one from Seldovia, one
from Latouche and the S. S. Ala
meda, now in the gulf, are rush
ing to the Starr’s assistance.
Capt. O. A. Johanson, veteran
skippers of the westward seas who,
until a few months ago was mas
ter of the Starr, stated “Prevailing
weather conditions are favorable
from reports received and unless a
storm swoops down from the
North, which is unlikely, the pas
sengers, crew and the vessel it
self is in little danger.
“Dark Island, about 100 miles
off the course, is at the uppermost
northern peak of the Kodiak
group; it has no shelter of any
kind, is flat, covered with grass,
and not a tree on it. Of all the
‘H— spots’ of that entire region
this place is about the worst
“The Starr is said to be laying
in 11 fathoms of water and for that
reason, combined with lack of a
lee thereabouts, if a North wind
came down it would undoubtedly
caused the vessel to drag her -an
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