The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 25, 1927, Page 1

L . e b RIS “ALL THE NEWS 4 s THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXX., NO. 4618. ]UNEAU ALASKA, TUESDAY, AOCTOBER 25, RUMANIA UNDER MARTIAL LAW 1927, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS Comstock Liquor Conspzmcy Cases Dismissed in Seattle FED. ATTORNEYS TAKE ACTION ON LIQUOR CHARGES "Comstock Conspiracies Are Dismissed as Evidence Considered Weak FEDERAL JUDGE TAKES HAND IN LIQUOR CASES Losing of Two Important Cases Hits Govern- ment Hard Swat SEATTLE, Oct. ~In an ef- fort to save the remaining liquor conspiracy cases from the fate of those tried this month, the Gov- ernment has struck from the cal- endar the so-called Comstock con- spiract which were scheduled for trial this week. Judge Jeremiah® Neterer advis- ed the Federal attorneys to elim- inats defendants against whom the evidence was weak, The aection followed the ver- diet in the so-called Roy Olmsted case, and the acguittal of all the defendants © in the Snohomish County l!quar ring trial. in' the Olsted case, 77 were indicted, 40 brought to trial and only 14 being convieted. The Government’s attorneys characterized the convietion of 4 485 .8 tory, but gouxnt % ‘)ixivers ur¥n\:d the %tm tall- re, saying ithat all heads of the smuggling ring escaped while pet- uy offenders were convicted. The Comstock conspiracies in- volved Police Lieutenant George Comstock as the principal de- fendant, and 53 others, Imludmx eight other policemen. ———————— \ NO INCREASE APPROPRIATION FOR DRY UNIT | | l | FLIER WEDS SOUTHERN " BELLE ARTH SHOCK E ‘)lslurbances of Yesterday Morning Indicated Off Alaska Coast The center of yesterday morn- ug’s earth disturbances, shocks f which were felt in Juneau nd other sections of Southeast- ern Alaska, is believed to be about 1,650 miles wOrthw, of Berkeley, California, in the Pa- cific Ocean, off the coast of Al- aska. ‘This is according to Asoo- ciated Press dispatches to the Daily Empire from Seattle, The earthquak? shocks, of con- siderable intensity and which shook Southeastern Alaska, sever. ing ‘the cables between Petefs- burg and Wrangell, and between Juneau and the Lynn Canal sta- tions at Haines and Skagway, breaking dishes and clocks and causing mild alarm, were recordetl by seismegraphs all over the United States, according to the Associated Press and in | many instance§ the recording. needles were thrown off their| drams. - Indicated Oéiter Dr. Berry it, of the Uni~ versity ggw~California, reported the iméfeated disturbance as bes! ¥¢" central about 1,650 -nillds porthwest of Bcrkol n the Pa- lasted from The dlnturbance 8:05 o’clock to 10:30 o'clock in Honolulu. Dr. Jaggar, Director of Mount Kilauea Volcano Labor- atory notified the hydrographic offices that tidal waves, danger- ous to shipping, might occur, fol- lowing the disturbance. Skagway Shakes Advices recelved by letter from Skagway said “~the shocks i ——— Lieut. William V. Davis, U. S. N., winner of Pacific air race X.ud his bride, former Margaret Cary, Florida beauty prize win re at la, Fl; Mr, after marriage cer f.‘.‘]fi:'..’.’. m_l.’.mgc'a 'l.,. Fla, 1 Pennies to Be were Introduced felt there at 6:58 o'clock yester- At Cordova. ! day morning and at Haines at 6:55 o'clock. ported tions. Water in Pools Move The water in the swimming pools in the Y. M. C. A. at Seat- tle and also at Everett, swayed No damage was re- in the Lynn Canal CORDOVA, Alaska, Oct. 25. | sec- ~—The first pennies in gen- eral circulation here will be introduced by a new store which is bringing a large l s:\;szen_trheu:’mr;hewmco;»:::; | gently from side to side about Tl 0% hess fabire. ' Wha 10 o'clock yesterday morning, ) the movement lasting about an rnforc nt Stays ithin| | nickel is now the smallest | eme y W YT T general use here and | hour and a half, according to As- Past Appropriations | | the' ‘onty place . smaller | Fyites Fea Supa ' —Planes Added | 1‘;’:::‘“;“::9 SN0, o the') Col. Hartman, in charge of the | i Alaska Cable, announced in Seat- v . Y tle today, that the cableship WASHINGTON, Oct. 25. — No|s —31 increase in the, present annual 23""“’;“‘ will sail 'I*’"“’"“’" for appropriations for Prohibition etersburg to repair the cable Enforcement will be asked ‘from Congress at the coming session, announced Assistant Secretary Lowman. | He said the seizure of rum-running automobiles and air- planes has enabled the Prohibi- tion Unit to stay within the lim- its of the past appropriations, For next year the Government need not purchase any automo- biles, Secrtary s of Treasury Mellon reported three airplanes have been seized ‘and if the charges of rum running are sustained, they will furnish the nucleus for a Gov-! ernment fleet of the Prohlbmon Unit. WOMEN ASK PERMIT - T0 WEAR TROUSERS Commaunist t Party Vl INNA, Austria, Oct. . 256—VI- enpa’s women . are ~ discarding skirta and petticoats as cumber- some and impracticable. They have petitioned the police for gov- ernmental authority to wear troas. ers and other masculine garb. Most of the petitioners are in- ‘dustrial workers, who believe the male costume will enable them to perform their , work more easily. But not & few of the petitioners are smart soclety women, who, tired ot the ,and petticoat, ‘ate ‘themselves from their sistérs San Francisco Bay eastern shore of 8an Francisco Hunter's Point-Alameda line were officially dashed by a War De- partment annoumcement that it department declared that such ace to navigation and a handicap petticoats. But if such a thing caused be forbidden. men have éssayed this innovation. in Austria now wear boy's “pants, sox and masculine shirts, men are wearing instead simple ‘M masculine caps and tam o' shan- |ters. A great majority, whn be: line to Wrangell, then to Junean and make repairs to the cable to Haines und Skagway. Thirty men will be aboard the Dellwood for repair duty exclusively. The Bignal Corps will operate with radio between Ketchikan and Wrangell during the time the cable s out of commission. Slight Shakes Today Sev nral Juneau ruldcnu re- ported there were two very slight earth movements about 9:04 o’clock this morning. According w0 the Associated Press, no reports of earth shocks have been received at the Seattl. officc from the Westward Alaska towns, ————— Dry Investigator'Is Charged Serious Crime WASHINGTON, Oct. 26—Wil- liam E. Robinson, Chief Investi- gator of the Prohibition Unit, is under $5,000 boad in Montgomery Country, Xaryland, and also without a job. He 1s charged with an offense against a nine- year-old girl, t Secretary of Treasury anb annofinced Robinson has Bridge Is Forbidden WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.— Hopes of San Francisco for a highway bridge outlet to the i | | | Bay at any point north of the Mrs, Dorottiy Cafuso Inglp would not approve the project. ! yam, New York, who is report- In announcing its action, the| ed to be abolgt to ma: lhl ormer ambassador to Spain brigde would be ““a constant men to national defense.” Are Expelled From Committee MOSCOW, ot a8 Leop Trotzky and Gregory Zinovieft, nce leading figures In Soviet Russia, will be expelled from the Ceneral ' Committee, Communist [ Party. This wa: noun: to- day in a communigue oint plenary session, of the Cen- tral Committee and Central Con- mll‘l; Commission. The resolution declares 'l'rotzky It was even peinted out that men are free to wear skirts and public scandal it would So far ng Austrian But girls up to 15 years of age Picture-hats, togues, uals, a_ hostile party, oint rdering on the:ereation (of & new party. wmtn wm Eleven m.b apes, traveling as tirst class m have ar- rived here is a tendant. M stopping | g + | peated R lem AMERICAN WOMEN IN BANKING PLAN ] v M ) UST.ON ‘iex.. Qct. 26—Wo- leved fame and fon” Sray Tavd ael mthmah Ing but they stifl 160k to the male members of i banking 'orm for leadership advice. .and the Association whomare hank pxecuuvea, Y kve . that its members shoul the henetit of contacts and masions of (he larger men'’s e of the women are also 168 o e Jubter « For this reason the women choos: to meet in the same city and af the same time as the men. Six years ago a small local group under the leadership of Vir- | ginia D. H. Furman, then Assis. tant Secretary of the Columbia Trust Company and dean of wo- men bankers in New York City, agreed upon the desirability of assembling for purpose of con: terence the women serving in an and trust companies of Greater New York. In the fifst year it grow from a local to a national organization. It has a present membership of 204, representing 32 states and 113 cities. Included in the mem- bership. 1list are executives of every rank and title within the gift of any bank or trust com- pany. The purpose of the assoclation as expressed in a resolution adopted at its inception is: “To encourage mutual helpfulness and co-operation among its members with the end in view of making themselves increasingly valuable to the Institutions with ' which they are associated. “To help not only its members but other women wishing to take up the same type of work. “At all times to uphold the dig- nity and integrity of women as- sociated with - or - émployed by banks.” In the six years of the associa- tion’s existence three New York women have served successively as its president. Miss Virginia D, H. Furman, then assistant secre- tary of Columbia Trust company, was followed by Mrs, William Laimbeer, formerly assistant | cashier of the National City bank. She was succeeded by Miss Jean Arnot Reid, manager of Women's Department of the Bankers Trust company, who is at present hold, ing office, In Houston, Texas, Miss Emma L. Meyer, assistant cashier, Guar- anty National bank, represents the organmization. As local chalr- man of ‘the convention she has had the major burden of the preliminary plans. The: program for the convention, under the direction of Miss Mar- tary, y r of the Plaintield m covers each of banker—savings, trust and commercial. Although none are comtroversial, they are ™ | designed to ' stimulating and @ mdu, offi- assembled for the first time at last year's convention m hn re- tion of son, e executive capacity in the banks|‘ \ meit- bank exscutives, intereated nvention in Homflm. Tex., of {include: Above, left to ught-—-m Mrs. Lena Riddle Steck, of Austin, Tex., and Miss Mina M. Bruere of New York. UENTER IS IN " TO BENEFIT BY MEN’S QRGANIZATION PACIFIC OCEAN| [* & e | escu, Under Secretary of Fina: IDISCOVER PLOT T0 PUT PRINGE CAROL, THRONE Rumanian Makes Arrest of ! Former Official—Docu- ments Are Seized SENSATION CAUSED IN LITTLE NATION {Martial 'E_a";v ! Throughout Countsy % | on King's Birthday = | 5 s BUCHAREST, Rumania, Oet. ’25 —Martial law has been |clared throughout Rumania ’ lthe result’ of tha Goverpfjent’s discovery of a plb\, o > the return of Prince Carol and * the throne, { ¥ The Government is master of the situation. This was revealedl. as the nation is celebrating the sixth birthday of King Mi Government circles into consternaflon | SR plae yestel | by the sudden arrest of of the late Averescu Cal \is charged with plotting the re- the Association of Bank ss Jean Arnot Reid, of New York; Below, left to right—Miss Nina Y. Carter ‘of Chicagn, and Mrs. Elizabeth 8. Robinson, of New York. Millionaire Marriage P A —— AdelEIe (Ste- nta, Ga. (up- en;ent to Asa ‘_4 0 , eldest nair t drink n announced take place subjects. of specjal Intoren to M ‘Oct. 25.—A De- ' the New York D Q!uunwrny con- ‘Pord that the jeve 2 maximum miles an hour 6 miles per gal- It was stated e six,models of ng roadster,! , cabriolet an to corres- DRAWS BLACK BALLOT; MUST { ed Murderers Unlucky —Faces Firing Squad LAPAZ, Bolvia, Oct. 256.—In a lottery to determind which of four men should die for the mur- der ten years ago of former Presi- dent Jose Manuel . Pando, youngest has drawn the black firing squad. Although four were convleted, of only one. Three white ballots and one black one were placed in & box. The first three men to grab obtained the white ballots which left the black ballot for Alfredo Jauregul, aged 21, sending him to death. Jauregui laughed and said he was Inmocent, .however, he will not ask for a pardon. He said he wanted to be executed so his blood would stain the justice of, the same public which pmtuud the murder of Gen. Pando. i, oo T Teorat T RN fomen | Prison. His arrest ca 60 TO DEATH | Youngest of Pour Convict- the, ballot which sends him before a: the law permits of the execution| atoration of Carol. [ It is sald that a number ot comprising documents and' con- siderable correspondence with the disinherited Prince were found in a den- sation thsoughout Rumania. — e — OIL DRAINAGE EVIDENCE OUT INLEASE CASE Defense Bnngs Out Point in Present’ Criminal Conspiracy Trial WASHINGTON, Oct. 25—Pos- sibility of the drainage of oil from i the northern part of Teapot Dome | was brought to the attention of Albert B. Fall, former Secretary of the Interior, as early as 1921, | the defense brought owt on the seventh day of the trial. \ Under cross examination, Ar- thur Ambrose, employe of the In:" terior Department, said he report: ed to Fall in 1921 that the sad- dle In the Teapot Dome reserve had been erroneously located and that part of the reserve was susceptible of drainage by weils located in the Salt Creek field, to the’ north, —_—eo—— €. T. Gardner, president of ths Alaska Game commission, who has been making an official busi- ness trip to western and interior |Alaskan points, is expected to re- turn here tonight on the steamer Yukon, § TOKYO, Oct. 25—Japan gradu- ally Is losing her economic hold on North Manchuria, and she will lose it completely unless some- thing is done at onge, in #he be- lief of Eiji Amoh, until recently consul-general in Harbin, and nawly appointed first secretary of the Japanese legation in Peking. He ‘expressed surprise at, the patient and persistent manner in whi¢h the Chinese people are de- veloping North Manchuria almost without foreign aid, and thinks it extremely difficult for Japanese to attempt to entrench themselves economicélly in that region mnow merely by trying to compete with the Chinese railway enterprises. “0[ 2& m&. cl. [ hflnfli |JAPAN LOSING HOLD ON NORTH MANCHURIA ports of North Manchuria reachos over two hundred miilion yen. The Chinese are using this sur- plus for sailway, agricultural and industrial projects, and are de-: termined to push economic de- velopment without foreign aid. “Wiat Japan amight do with a tfttle railway building seems wn-.. important comparéd with what the Chinese are doing. 1 think the Japanese should look ahead 100 years and plan accordingly.” The diplomat found = Germah manufactured articles pouring in- to North' Manchuria, offering strong competition for the Jap: anese, - “Materials for rallways, ma als for buildings to be put