The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 13, 1928, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXXIIL, NO. 4969. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1928. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ] PRICE TEN CENTS WILL PROTECT HOOVER WITH POLICE AND SOLDIERS BOLIVIANS IN | MOOD NOW FOR REAL WARFARE Offers of Mcn, Munlhons,’ War Material Made | to Government ¥ Fair “Racqueteer 5(’ % YOUTHS ARE SEIZED WITH FIGHTING SPIRIT| | Fifteen Thousand Volun-; teers Offer Services | in One City LA PAZ, Roivia, Dec. 13.—Of- ‘ munitions and other continued to pour Bolivian Government part appeared to be time awaiting a move uay on the demand for ion" the front- Fort VanGua iroughout the Repub zed with the war olunteering by the thon wnd the military authori- rejecting their services. La alone, 15,000 volun-| offered to join the colors. A committee of conscripts sent | notice to the Government plead-| ing they enrolled and sent to the disputed tervitory of Chaco.|: said their lives were in- |8 significant before the peril which | hung over territorial integrity. Hotels, restaurants and theatres offered their net receipts for six towards the Na-| tional War Fund. The tobacco monopoly 15,000 boxes of ecigarettc the Government for the Bolivian soldiers; fer of men rfare 1 upen the hich on it ti be They ha ave en WEALTHY MAN £ SR 4 AND WIFE ARE ==~ SLAININ HOME > ) - Mlle. Suzanne Lenglen (above) much-courted queen of courts, as she arrived with Ma Leng- len from that dear Paris, In her wake was young Thaddeus Winters, Pasadena, Cal,, mil- lionaire, who danced constant attendance on voyage over.' The three left immediately for California, where the Lenglens | will be house guests of Win- ters’ parents, ¢International Newsreel) Both Shot Dead by An In- truder— —Revenge Is Mo- tive, Believe Police CARBONDALE, J. €. Hundley, 1L, Dec. wealthy pioneer and former Mayor of Carbondale, | and his wife were shot to death | after midnight by an intruder in their home Hundley, who was 76 years of was shot in the head as he undressed for bed, The intruder, who had lurked in the bedroom, fled downstairs and chased Mr: Hundley up the back stairway, | kiling her instantly with pistol shots The murderer turned off lights, went out the iront locked it and escaped. Neighbors Awakened i N bors, awakened by 'the shots, entered the back door of the house and found Mrs. Hundley dead and Hundley unconscious. He died, shortly afterward. Mrs. Hundley, second wife of Mr. Hundley, wak 67 years old. Revenge May Be Motive Revenge for a killing nearly 40 co suggested itself to the as a motive for Hundley’ # He ‘once killed a music teacher, they recalled, for holding a tryst with his first wife. He was mequitted after pleading the unwritten law. This first wife, who obtained a divorce soon after the killing and trial, now lives in Memphis. Mrs. Hundley was shot, police believe, because the slayer feared she would recognize him. @ - -ee Woman Is Attacked, Then Slain;Negroes Held as Suspects ABBEVILLE, Ala.,, Dec. 13.— Two negroes are under arrest and the third is being sought for the glaying of Miss Alice Mourning, aged 23, as she was returning from Fort Gaines, Ga. Foul play was suspected when % the horse and empty buggy, which | Charles H. Fayram of this Ccity, carried the woman, returned, The |52id today that her father, John body was found in a ditch near |W. Reeder of Tipton, Ia., had ac- the highway. Death is believed {cepted an invitation from Presi- to_have resulted from a severe|dent.elect Herbert Hoover to hold beating with the limb of a treelhls silk hat during his inaugural after the assailants attacked hnn]lddreu. — e VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY age, apparently the door, Case Makes Plea when State Finishes ATTI Dec. 13 — State has proven that D. E. Mayer and his mother, Mrs. Mary Elea- nor Smith; stole the automobile 3 their attorney plea for a directed it was proven they mur- the missing owner of the lict, dered car. Henry Agne cited in the case contention that more proof was required to prove his clients’ guilt of grand larceny for which the pair is on trial, than for mur- dre. He intimated that if the Prosecuting Attorney sincerely believed he had proof of grand larceny he should have filed first the |degree murder charges, although tensive searches failed to reveal trace of Bassett, who disap- three months ago while otiating with Mayer for the le of his car. Superior Judge Steinert took the directed verdict of not under advisement. Agnew's plea followed completion of the State's testimon, S eee HOOVER NAMES IOWAN, 92, HOLD HAT AT INAUGURAL defense counsel, to support his William J motion for. a LOS ANGELE: Dec. 13.—Mrs. i Com. I, IS DEMANDED Counsel in Mayer Larceny| If the | guilty “‘ “It’s Just Bunk!” K. C. Civiec Club ot — Wants Action on 1,000 Saloons King George After In Operation Improves ,Dev. 13 ntly relieved terday purulent of seemed NSAS AW a CITY, De nforcement A body, has Baker and s at Wasl for imm r liquor sit This : 4 : assertions there L ; 3 ce 1,000 salcons in the more than befuts prohibit and that some arc polige protection. ALAMEDA GOES T0 AID STARR LONDON George by the for removal cof fluid from the base sht lung and today making progress. Queen Mary left the this afternoon for drive after lunching Irince of Wales. BOULDER DAM DEBATE T0 BE LIMITED NOW Pm:]u‘ri Is for Early Vote | cn Bill—House Keeps Up Activity K King || The 1 | | tiom, civie | | to Gov. Sam A " | hibition o ton, a request n on the inthis city. lowed least Pal a mot with the amer Expected at Scene Tomorrow—Unalga’s Sailing Cancelled VASHINGTON to lo Dee. 13.—Limit en the legislatiy applied to the Boul measure bringing pros- an early vote on the bill has all ince tjiam has been Dam | which on inlhm' business in the ate | the of the of | Congress. The agreement to Limit ceived unanimous approv al and goes into effect this afler- noon when Senators will ba al lewed only 15 minutes each to ex » view The House continued active | passing number of bills | nated to help the Navy, notably the measure (o ine pairs 1 aiterations battleships. West s Quizzed The Senfite Commitiee centered in the Lands where Roy O. West, Secretary the Interior, appeared for que tionc about his former holdinzs stock in the Insull Ulility inter in Chicago. He also stioned ahout his knowledge of contract held by Harry Sin Salt Creek R Ity oil be became Secretary of the Interior. The Committee has not acted on West's nomination Another Row in Senate The Senate had another row ye¢ terday after the Boulder Dam de bate limitation was reache ovar the $2,000 salary increase for Og- den Mills, Under tary of Treasury. The long wrangle end- ed without progres The House members moved f¢ ward in the fight for a new off building approving the bill $8,400,000 for the purpose. — e FINE IS IMPOSED FOR | der mer Alameda, th amehip company, was la terday afterncon mstructed by ra- dio from ‘Sea proceed Datk Island, off Kodiak Island aid the mail steamer Starr w sttuck a rock = early and bent disabling her. consequence of the order, S| Addison, cf the Coast Guard Cutter Unalga, cancelled his proposed (rip to the scene of dis- although he was ready to westward at o'clock last night after making boiler repairs and ecoaling, ~The Alameda left 1 o'clock yesterday morning for Cordova, Seward and way port Radio instructions to proceed di-| |rect to the Starr's aid were |to her while she was entering the Gulf of Alaska and the cancelied the coast calls westbound trip and steamed for| Kodlak Island. She is due to reach| the Starr sometime tomorrow i Pacsengers Larded i The eleven passengers aboard the Starr, which was enroute fro |Seward for Westward Alaska: ports, have heen landed on Dark Island and are being cared for in| a trapper's cabin. Capt. Bariowi and his crew are still aboard the| {Starr. When the Alameda reach- Dark Island, the passe ngu,: { will be taken aboard and the {will be towed to Seward. The Starr has been able to com { municate only with the radio sta-ison Gordon Stewart Northco tion on Kodiak Island on account|yesterday pleaded not guilty of her mast having been carriedarraigned for the murder of Walter away. ie is heavily iced down|Colli The trial was for {held by her hooks and in w0 dan-| January 10, p ger unless a sudden storm should; mpg Riverside courtroom meeting artse. of the mother and son was fraught | Gasboats to Aid ith - Symtisig As soon as the calls for ald were received along the coast yes. | terday morning and Com. Addi received a request to to Starr’s aid, small craft to westwa ) took notice. Disc left Seward and }144 miles to make. One [1eft Kodiak and had 72 travel to reach the Sturr. Oregon Wolf, nearest to the scene, left Seldovia for the St , a dlis r} sobbing. ce of ¢ v 6 le: tance of only 6% miles. | The sherift quieted her is owned and oporated | Then she again looked wn Juan Fishing and Pack SRRTamain look on who pantomined th company of Seattle and has|T Y it been on the Seward-West Alaskal ¥ ¢ g {ronte for a number of years, She| ASain the mother cried carries a crew of 35 men and has| Al nO time was the pair accommodations for about 75 pas- "‘v‘\‘,'l”".:"'”l;‘\ TR sengers as well as freight, mail Num:‘-.‘m ;:nm.d,;:xf:.lw‘]j v,‘ and expres - - eee Mother of Ten STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Dee. 13 Alaska Children Must Go - . 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Adsit, is leaving on the for Seattle for ance. v blocked on e, to to to *h yesterday propellor openi gession | dot i debate 1 morning shaft, In N—— o — " 3, —e—. | their { » ‘r | That's how Aimee McPherson, ! evangelist, answered reporters who went down the bay to in- quire details eoncerning new: prosecution of her in connection with kidnaping stery. She went straight from boat-to*Grand Ces tral depot, where she took train for Caljfornia. , S ee——— 2 MAKE PLEA OF NOT GUILTY MURDER CASE Northcott and His Mother Arraigned—Plead and Trial Date Is Set a desig- Juneau about intarest Committee of sent of steamer on th ests que the clair on fore was o8 RIVERSIDE, Cal, Dec. 13 sarah Lou Northeott and Mrs, h late when for who with Ben «d Tuesday by Tom Salipias | Cogdoreis was a Federal prohibition agen'ts Chides- ter and Harding, fined $150 today by U. 8. Commissioner F. A Boyle on a charge of posses liquor in vic of the Alas Bone Dry Law A similar charge Cordoreis was Court. shackled Was Angeles him in a counsel's and table, mile, sald: Northeott entered first by the wrists. A Lo County Deputy vlaced chair at one er/ f dneltable. The moti.or lu.‘l““‘ at the other end of th Northeott flashed a broad i3 stopped chewing gum and The, Hello, mother!” ; She returned the salua with » a smile and then feebly began '‘OH n the g0 ation entered 4 filed dismissed against OVe the by S ROads was a passenger for on the Vigtoria Mr. Kay been with road crews working near Seward the gpast summer. He will be in Juneau with the local head- quarters over the winter months, her words: at ing allowed began, tric K n o YoU 1'stmans" e J. J. Buckley, deputy U. S. Mar. shal with headquarters Fair. anks, is a passenger on the Ala- meda for Seward enroute to his home after taking some prisoners to the States. Mrs. Brckley, who accompanied him south, is remain. g in Seattle for a visit, \ Juneau broker, teamer Queen medical attend- "l of more VIOLATION OF DRY LAW, 7\’otml 1 s Prosecutor, Asa Kevyes "unsc'” Is Facing Prosecution Asa Kcycs (right), famous Los Angeles District Attorney who the has figured in many sensational trials, is to go on trial December 17 for alleged acceptance of bribes. Buron Fitts (lower left), Keyes’ successor-clect, will p the .charges against him and other co- defendants, including Jacob Berman (upper left). | LOS ANG Lweeks after e a county reci 1S, e lary 1o steps o1 Dee. 13- Two he from ofiico, District Attorney Asa Keyes, a fom jure in Los Angeles political cirelos|of Keyes Tar a quarter of a century, will go|in Getzuil's on” tral ‘eifarzed” With one of e HhIEeA Imost astounding bribery plots in {#orESting’ the city's history fpartitionet oftice Keyes' name mirror facing th many ational trials, including | the actions of the Ithe Aimee Semple MePherson caso | Pike said he saw land the murder trial of William 1 | money exchanged |Hickman for the y! 12-year. |others related alle old ‘Marian Park {deals in Keyes' office cente labout the Lasker and Julian ea - al d the frequent mestings nd various delendan shop, Pike said i se agens oscahon rd. e in the sided tod canvergations A oftice rofl upant ums | identified with lay ot surrgptitons ring The famou a familiar | while Burton Fitt prose will court the Julian seeks to prove that Key epted bribes to secure elf, for threec of the men ed with a part in the swind than 40,000 investors also /\mcncan Farm Bure {troleum corporation promoters | The history of that alleged ol been eaught in a grand jury s oion. | Federation Adopts Reso- {lutions for Relief scandal will be much a part ul the trial as the stocky prosecutor Resolutions ot have charges | Separate Trials Keyes, it has been tried apart from the others. | co-defendants are Jacob Ber- known up and down as the “bright youngster” of {legislation and the Julian fiasco; the Rosenbergs,/protect the Ed and Jack, promoters; .Charles |tion without subsidizing |Riemer, special investigator {in'|ture, were adopted yester Keyes' office; Ben and Dave Getz- noon by the American |cif, father and son prop ors of|reau Federation at the |an obscure Spring street tailor [nual Sess hop where the “pay-offs” al-| The aid \Iuw-rl to have. been made during|cognized generally that ed, will | be | The man, way OHICAGO, |asking gor Broad. | Congress to Dec. 13 an extra enact tarift ession Farm measures 1o agricul. 1y Farm Tenth Bu. An on re “It re- agricultral were olutions is sm The cage against Key all the more sensational in that it involves | Both a man upon whose name scandal extra never had touched | Congres, {long pubMe career. Keyes' pry cutor, ant governor of elected after Keyes, a short before the grand jury laid its ¢ on the table, announced h ment. consid be 1l @ i the Seventy-first should session before in a onc ar ‘4 One Charge Made Keyes, the grand jury said, had engineered the Julian trial whi resulted in the acquittal of « defendante As on put it: “The verdict y knocked | |Judge Doran off his chair. | NEW YORK, D 13.—Money | The jurors asserted (hat | flooding into the country’s great had conspired with the Julian pro.|centers of distribution in prepara. moters to obtain either the d for a Christmas demand for | missal of charges or acquittal in{currency estimated at $200,000,000 the event of t [ to §400,000,000. The money involved in The movement r 1.-,;.»41 bribery was not larg onal flow, one of lmlwlnwnl disclosed. Offic mll\ waves which carry totaled §$38,200, but rumors sent it ‘o the soaring to huge sums A United rveturn it in the backwash. Bank- States district attorney said Ber. crs say money thus is always mov- man made $3,000,000 of the Julian ing, sweeping across the country, collapse. |and back in seasonal movements. First evidence of a ripple in the| Demands for funds for crop- smooth workings of Keye office| planting and harvesting, draw came when an ‘employe of the tal-| money from the city to the coun- lor shop, Milton Pike, angered at try in the spring. Demands for the Getzoffs for alleged salary dif- lpurpusea of transportation, manu. > h ory By VICTOR H. SCALES witness (A. P. Financial Writer) Key« ion the resents 1 A the a recurring | money always those and | quently, | Roliet | urplus crop produc. | after- | point of demand and usually | SPECIAL GUARD FOR HOOVER IS T0 BE PROVIDED President-Elect to Be Sur- rounded While Visit- ing Argentine SPECIAL TRAIN IS DUE EARLY TONIGHT S AIRES, Argentine, While the police are Alejandro rson and Gomez Oliver,* accused of against President - elect life, the Government's work like organization for protection of the Hoover par- began functioning early today in anticipation of its arrival Police Chief Giraneros has mob- olized 1,500 police, including the _ entire strength of the detective and jn addition has under command, strong detachments military and navhl forces. Hoover's arrival is about 7:30 o’clock tonight and it will be the signal for clearing Central Argentine Railway area of all persons without offi- clal status and a cordon of police will keep the crowds from ap- proaching the station gates. Kxtraordinary precautions wiil continue until Hoover departs fo tevideo on Saturday. CROSSES ANDES MENDOZA, Argentine, Dee, 13. President-elect Hoover stopped to Buenos Aires from Santiago: 'A throng cf 15,000 greeted Hoover at the station where the Governor of the Province met the party. Allan Hoover rode tric locomctive over Divide. The clined the m,u.«n. ate ear. he party left here at 8 o'clock st night after transferring to um(hor special train. 13 holding Jaimie plotting Hoover's clock the ty in the elec- the Andean President-elect de- invitation, seeing the panorama from his pri- Thomas H ing man of Victoria today for {will spenl several in the northwest. Ashby this cit pioneer min- left on the Tacoma, He weeks visiting | (,'m'l'mnwnt Makes || Record on Alaska Request TLE | ‘nlh- Time Dec. 13.—A Se- pecial from Wash. | | ington sa all records for | | meeting a requisition for In. | | ternational Money Order forms was broken according to Post- master New as the re- of a cable request from Ketchikan, Alaska, on Novem. | ber 20 One s Gene | | sult after d, th the hour the message was ferms. were printed in Government i ‘ Yor » and i after ceived days the requisition here. was re — %2()(),000.()()0 MAY BE SPENT BY COUNTRY IN CHRISTM AS BUYING facturing and distribution draw back to the cities Seascnal activities in and sectional industries also e a drawing influence on funds, there is even a sizable “hot wave,” a_summer movement, whi {draws funds from city banks at one week and bri from the resort bank middle of the following Motivating Influences “Crop demand” is one of # first big motivating intluene the year, making itself felt |1y in the cotton growing Texas and the farm lands middle west and northwest | spring, when farmers bom from their Jocal banks to " (Continueda on Page essen lh. pe iy oxpsct!‘*