The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 29, 1927, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE i/OL. XXXL, No. 4647, HUNDREDS ! “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, T UESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1927. MEMBER LIQUOR BARON OF NORTHWEST BEHIND BARS Olmsted Commltted Begms é SOVEREIGN HONORS IFOR U. S. GUEST 'cuRPflRATIUN | | { ! Olmsted and Eight Co-De-fl fendants Quickly Com- mitted Toclay ATTL 29.—Commit- ments were -issued for Roy Olm- sted, Northwest liquor baron, and eight co-defendants Olmsted with the raising hond ch would Olmsted his freedom. serving four today Othie of a $10,000 have given He started his vear senitence defendants and their sen as follows: Attorney Pinch, 2 years; Ol Maur- months; Tom Nakagawa, Clarence Healey, 18 Franeis R. Brown, 15 John Barly, 18 months; Berg, 2 ye Ed Eng- 15 month; e MEN BURIED UNDER BRICK 'AND GIRDERS Building Under Construc-| . tion. Crashes in Rain, Stam montis; Meyer dahl, ey CHICAGO, NoLyv. than a score of workmen were injured, several so seriously there is little hope for their recovery,| when a brick garage bullding under construction collapsed dur-; ing a storm after it had been| struck by lightning. The mass of First wreckag reports were killed but a search through! tie tangled wreckage revealed ne dead. The collapse of the building | came at the heighth of a rain and electric storm. A bolt lghtning struck several girders which place. 'Three or’four brick walls suddenly buckled and crashed in- ward, ving workmen down under tons of twisted steel und bricks, Birds Stand Guard cs Over Electric Wires' LONDON, Nov. birds have set up their own po- lice force to protect featherad tribes against deadly high-pow- er wires. Electrical englueeru find ®ird | ¢ e growing fewer all| the time and credit it to the cau- tion with which Dbirds now ap- proach all wires. 1In some places engineers ‘even maintain theyv have seen bird guards warning heir associates against dangerois nes. in the first] 29. — More; en were buried under a | | d eight or ten! of | steel | were being set in ! 29 — British | 1 , almost simultaneous! | \ 1 vl unit of the British ccmmonwealth, Viscount Willington (left), Gov- "ernor General of Canada, and his wife will be accorled homors due' raling. mnrelg‘ns wheu they visit Waszhington in December. WASHINGTON, Nov. ' 29--The | full honors dwe a ruling sovereign | (will be accorded to @& EOverno .5enerul ot Canada for the f | time when Viscount and WViscoun-{ Ctens, Willingdon. visit’ “.Mhhll: { ton December 6 and 7. Since the reorganization of ih“ “British Commonwealth,” maXing | !.hutanute Late! |1 the Canadian govermor-gene ranks officially with the pr 2 3 3 dent of a republic, and ‘officiai | 2 % Washington is preparing to foi- { ‘ low out the prescribed traditions | ! surrounding the visit of one hold- ing that rank. President i Coolidge. will gation for the first Viscount Willingdon's visit, is not customary for the executive to enter foreign during as it chief diplo ' time i { ministers or ambassadors. Vi count Willingdon will be the host | o g at the legation on avenue, as his rank and right en- title him, instead of being guest of the Hon. Vincent Mas- sey, the Canadian Minister. { Tentative arrangements { 5 vide for a state dinner for Presi- » dent and Mrs. Coolidge at tse lc- | ] , gation, and it is probable that tha | White Housge may be the scene of a brilliant party in the gover- nor-general’s honor. Canadians here point out th { hew “nationhood” of Canada and | its diplomatic independence as ex- emplified by the establishment of a Canadian Legation here in Feb- ruary; 1927. The visit of the governor-gen- eral, it is pointed out, has no po { litical or state significance, Ae | Rachel Vanderblit was Sust exacth | | sixty seconds behind her husband Cornelius Vanderbflt, Jr, in filing | | sutt for divorce &t Reno, Nev. 8h | | slleges desertion, while wealth: r youth complains that she interferes \ with his newspaper “career. | (International Newsreel) SOUTHWEST BANS BANDIT LEADER.S BUT SMALL BANK ROBBERIES GO ON)| OKLAHOHA CITY, Okla., Nov. 29—Although - the - three = large gangs of bank robbers have bean @isorganized by arrests and cou wictions, bank robberies are in- ereasing in. the solithwest, due to the operations of “indeperi- ent” bandits. : .. The “lndermndn!u g Phl. n of two or three, rob only smell banks and usually get ratively sthall amounts f ey. Most of these robbers se- t banks in territory with which are familiar. ’Wa ot lao state’ bureau for h:l.n fication show that ks luve been robbed ‘n in rthe last two years in the five years preceding, t the amount of money stolen: mn a pinpomom n&: & vqfi,, rank of visit other | countries. sovereigns and Boston Canada. C«hfiutu Given For “Alr Baptism”| PARIS, Nov. 29--Certificates of “air baptism” are being given in France to encourage people to travel by air, |nki|lful leaders, in the. opinion! of Charles Worley, Superintendent of the Oklahoma bureau for crim- inal identification. Only one rob- ber wore a mask in the last two years in Oklahoma, and he let it drop to his neck when he shoved |a pistol against a banker’s ribs. ‘ The three large gangs of bank robbers which have been broken up were led by Matthew Kimes, Lawrence (“Red”) YCalloway. and!prance to its members but llr Ray Terrill and Elmer Inman.|elub officials all over France now | Fragments of these gangs dart|gre suggesting eyery persom on ‘out of hiding now and then tolu, or her first air trip should be {rob a bank, but the¥ keep out of jgiven an Interesting and wosth the reach of the law. while souvenir of the voyage as a Terrill and Inman were sen- ‘nflwd ot propaganda. e in 1913 by the Aeronautic tenced to prison last wmm, but it cod escaped on their' way to the peni- tentiary. Kimes is mnnu for the pr.l the formalities will emphasize the| The first of these were given| Club of | | disposed | major INCOMES ARE OF ASSOCIATED PRESS Serving 4 Year Sentence B ST B PRICE TEN CENTS ARE DROWNED IN FLOODS REED TO RENEW CAMPAIGN AGAINST VARE AND SMlTH Loss UF ”FE i | | NOW SETTLED Ways and Means Commit- tee Takes Action on Last Tax Question WASHINGTON, Nov he protest of the solid ‘ratic membership, the Ways and Means Committes cided to make a proposed tion in the tax tion incon to ments gdue next M The vote was 13 to 10 Determination of the question of the last number of issues. developed 20 Dem « reduc to pav- It during the d {ing of the tax reduction bill that | tax | against | proposed | tute ; . LA {less effective on- the date of the { In token of Canada's lately acquired status as an independent| ° © cctive om Uh¢ i f i | i | i €ross | Const Guard, the threshold of the Canadian le- | yuneau, matic premises as a caller u;mn“,",mnmul Massachusetts | agk $7,000 from the Government | | | | ot | Kegal i | | | ! \ | i the Democrats contended the cor- porations already included in tie of 19 earnings in sale s and products and thereby ed the tax along to the « It argued that as are due in 1928, the 1927 earnings, reduction would cons:i a bonus to corporations un- pnvI;mmd year. e MARINE CASE T0 BE HEARD - IN.THIS CITY. entities of Imperial Dominion-, |Capt Berry Comlng to JU"‘ neau in Case of Un- alga vs. Eurus SEATTLE, Nov tJohn G. Berry, Commandant of the Northwest Division of the leaves Saturday for Alaska, to hear a case in which the Coast Guard Catter Unalga rammed and sank a boat. In trying to rescue the aft, the Unalga rammed a disabled when the tow line broke in a heavy gale. Two men aboard were rescucd and they 29. for payment of the motorship’s the ! loss. It is believed the case mention- ed above is that of the Eurus,’ owned by Paul’ Kegal, wellknown Channel resident. The REurus went down when the tow line !parted and the Unalga was at- tempting to pick her up again in Dixon Harbor several weeks ago. and Waiter McCormick were aboard the Burus at the time. ‘Boston Riot Squad Called Into Action Boston, Mmu at daybreak when the Riot Sqlmd The Viscount and Vis-| stormed the building and (lrn;.;.i:'l countess plan visits in New York | out two negroes and two wonn-n.‘nr finished product and 400 gal- before returning tojone of whom was white, Scores of shots were fired ani tear bombs were used. Three policemen and one hegro were injures The Police plain the which started drinking party. are unable to ex- cause of the trouble at an all-night | Over House | | rate on; corpora-y capt. | ‘ll]l ! william | Sernator James A. Reed of Missouri (center inset), declares he is going to use every means | possible to prevent the seating of Senators I‘rank Smith of Illinois”(left), and William S, Vare of Pepnsylvania. Reed hotly denies that he has * senators whose elections are under fire. 113 STATES 1 {H | Government Lases in , Malt Case MI | ‘ i B I | IS EAPOLIS, Minn., Nov. The Government's efferts to stop the sale of malt and othcr supplies for brewing purnoses has 1y sivor a petback by the 4“(‘1‘0!’;‘! Court. Federal Judge Willfam A, Cant jate yesterday dismissed the libel proceedings brought | by the Government to obtain control of the stock-of the Cleco Supply Company of Minneapolis. Malt and other itock will be returned to the company, ordered by the | Court, which held the rant invalid through techni- | cal imperfections, HUGE LIQUOR i DISTILLERY - IS REVEALED Explosion in Holl w ood Mansion Dlscloses Big quuor Joint , HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Nov. 29.- An explesion, heard for i blocks, revealed what was sup-| |posed to have been an unoccupiod | {mansion in the exclusive resi-| {dential - section, but in fact al [huge illicit Tiquor distilleby. The police found that 12 of 20! lrooms had been used for the, Nov. 29—A gul | manufacture and storage of whis- paign, sald being | battle between 60 policemen who,key. merely a formality required hy‘h(-slm{n d a South End house with jon that the explosion has cut off | Board of Te tradition when personages of the!four inhabitants for hours, ended!gne The police expressed opin- of Hollywood's sources of liguor Tywo cnormous stills, 200 cases principa’ lons of mash were found by the police. It I8 estimated that the, Imarket value of the whiskey is $10,090.. The damage caused by (the explosion s estimated at 1$50,000, Eighteenth Amenhent Issue to Pushed NEW ‘0]“(, hxv, 29.-—Plans for raising a $3,000,000 fund for the purpose of interesting voters in a National or State referendum repealing ' or changing the Eizhteenth Amendment were out- ifned at ‘a dinner in the Union League Club last night by Capt. tayton, Chairman of the Assoclation Against the Pro- hibition Amendment. Wiile the dinner was a private affair to which newspapermen were not admitted, Stayton told \the reporters the gist of the plans at the hotel ‘before the. dinner began sald the fand will be used to l1 000,000 letters to voters during the mext four years to 'eaf the attitude of the peo- e on SN AMMREIRRG. o) war- | f muny‘ (Tuternational Newsree!) FOR LOWDEN - SAYS BUCK | i | Director “for [llinois Man Annoum:cment DES MOINE lowa, Thirteen states are | un for Frank O. Lowden, by | Clarence F. Buek, Director for) | “Lowden for President” campaign {in Illinofs. ! “These states control 348 of the | convention votes under the 1924 | apportionment and may be consid- {ered the minimum of Lowden's| Isuppnr(.” said Buek. i The states . as Lowden are Arfgona, Arkansas, | Colorado, Indiana, lowa, Missouri, | | Minnesota, Montada, New Mexico, { North Dakota, South Dakcta, Ore | ;yum and Oklahoma. i Buck said Lowden has & to win in Michigan and N |and possibly Tenmessce, Washing- |ton, Nevada, Utah, West Virginia | | and Wyummg lgn of Nov, classed 3 29 | | | 3 classed for | chance TRUE WILSON | Married After Game | obraska | § ‘toned down” his views in regard to the INCREASING IN N. W. ALGERIA {Catastrophe Is Reported as Worst Experienced in Fifty Ygars ORAN, Algeria, Nov. 29—Wih | every hour bringing fresh tidings |of the disaster, it i3 estimated !that the . total loss of life by | floods which have swept North | western Algeria, wiil exceed 900, The catastrophe is the worst | experienced in 50 years and tha ! sitvation is extremely grave as | the weather is bad. | Torrential rain storms continua. | Communications are out every- | where. | BEfforts are being made to drop food from airplancs to the strick- ‘t-n ull.us MAN ARRESTED IN EAST; HELD ALASKA CASE \John Holland Finds Him- self in Peculiar Predica- | ment in Wisconsin { PARK FALLS, Wis., Nov. h:& {¢=Jobn Holland has com i Lhimself and uu A““g“ 4 but J | | H has not beer ‘I must now convlnce the police he /i | mess, b A | | | NOW TALKING WASHINGTON,, tical parties sh to incorporate af hibition platforms Nov, 20 Poli-| 10 be required, itudes on Pro-} Enforcement - in their for the coming Dr. « nee Wilson, General Secretary of t mperance, Prohibition |and Public Morals of the Meth-| { odist church. Dr. Wilkon déelared candidate for Président or Vic President should be presented who is known te.be unsympathe- tie with the emfercement of the| Volstead Act, Dr. True sald’ felonies should include such ations as the mmmtmlura, , importation, exportation nl transportation of Hgnuor and ry o fine of tn $5,000 and ! 8 of (lve years, gaders il | i | i that mno Farm Girl| HASKELL, the age of 18, Kinney, of clared O farm girl by the Oklahoms In her 4 the past y and prepared. Nov. 29-—At liss Thelma Me- I, has been de- 's outstanding lub leaders at 1d M. College. work during e grew erops ehold products of alinost $6, eredit the can- of fruits and at $1,515; the #f articles valued sing of 1,253 at $1,641, fowls, v A NS N Pegry Tackett, Washington, D. Cy co-ed, who married Captaln Coth- | ran of Lafayette University football | team, two days after the Washing~ | ton-Lafayette game at Washin ton. Cothran met Miss Tack ‘Saturday, visited her Sunday and ! married her Monday, unl-nnlunl Newareel) e - COLD AT CORDOVA CORDOVA. nov. 20-The tem-| | perature was zero here yvesterdasy for the first time In a Novamher in the history of the towh, i i 1 $! - | ol Number of Suicides 1s not a bigamist. When arrosted for drunkefn- newspaper clippings found {In his pocket related to his “‘mur- sder.” { letter from Sequim, Wash., = | signed “Mother”, revealed that “some one was looking for you.” The police ascertained he 1s & tugitive from higamy charges. He is alleged to have marrted an In- dian girl in Alaska in 1925 while he had & wife in Kansas. | Helland is held pending arri- i val of Alaska Department of Jul— tice ugents lRIJB'BER TRIO PULLS STUNT IDulmond Estubhshmenl Is Held-up—Loss Over $200,000 CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov. 20.— A trio of robbers, one woman and two men, late yesterday, en- |tered the diamond establichment of Swirsky Brothers on the sixth !floor of a downtown office build- llny held-up the clerks and cus- mmcr- and escaped with dia- |mundu and other gems valued at - 1$205,000, The police be“we the robbery I‘-.n perfectly planed and carrled 'out with remarkable precision, by texpert jawelry store robbers. The police “have a detailed * description of the trio from the elevator starter, 5 U Increasing in Germany. BERLIN, Nov. 2)—-(iermany en- viously eyes Greece, the land without sulcides. The number of suicides in Qe many has increased even com- pared with the rate during the post-war inflation period, accord- ing to the latest statistics. Bta- bilization of the nation's currency has not lessened individual fingn- cial distress, the principal eaunse of voluntary d2ath. In 1926 there were 15,273 deaths compared with 13,149 in 1923, (be helght of the inflation period. kY With an annual suicide 2.3 to every 10,000 persons, many comes third atter with 2.7, and mm'l 2.6, Switzerland and Austria 1o low close om Germany suicides habitants. At the better end, Greece leads with only two suicides to every 100,000, or less than one-tenth the numBer in Germany. Other favorable rates are: Ireland, to 100,000; Spaio, 4; Lithusnis, 5. and Italy, 9. The figure for ireland is for the Ivish Free Stata, in North Ireland there are exact: ly twice as many self-murders or 6 to every 100,000 inhabltants. Sweden with 14 suicides to ey ery 100,000 unit has more double the rate in Norway, wi there are but 6., ., ; Statistics show M the. ¢ ern European smaller rate (I with the " Where & Jow. rate out of every 10,000 In-