The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 14, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE 'VOL. XXXIIL, NO. 4996. “ALL THE NEWS ]UNI:AU ALASKA MONDAY ALL THE TIME” JAM)ARY I4 1929 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS WIFE OF BABE RUTH DIES IN FIRE IN HOME OF DENTIST UICIDES ON EVE OF HER WEDDING DAY WEALTHY GIRL IS FOUND DEAD | INAUTOMOBILE ociety Woman of Spokane and Patron of Art, Takes Her Life | | | | | S, oA BODY IS FOUND AFTER SEARCH OF TWO DAYS Was to Marty Arhst of Se-| attle Tomorrow— He Is Questioned sh., Jan. 14.—! eath of Miss Ruth McDon- | wealthy ciety girl and| arts, who planned to an artist tomorrow, but who drove to a lonely spot and| took her life, today had the :unh-j orities mystified, although letters | found among her possessions and ! circumstances of her death indi-! cated suicide, according to asser-| tions of C. W. Greenough, County | ttorney. | Fink, of Seattle, Rus-| 5 st, and man to whom she | was betrotheg, is held for ques- tioning until the motive for the suicide is established. McDonald's body was found in the rear of her automo- bile yesterdey, the culmination of a two day Search in which any airplane figured. | She had appar-| ently been aspiyxiated by carbon menoxide” fumed“iibm the exhaust of her automobile. i Fink told the authorities he met the girl at an exhibition of his work and that the chance acquaintance developed into love. The two intended to be married. Fink was in a state of col- lapse when taken to police head- quarters but about noon recov- ered and told a straight forward story Shortly a artist SPOK The old, d Prosecuting d r the betrothal, the Miss McDonald gave him §150,000 in bonds to be held for her. . | COLD WAVEIN MIDDLE STATES AND NO RELIEF - Three Deaths Are Report- ed—Many in Hospitals —Fires in Chicago CHICAGO, that ing 14.—All was noth- bitter cold | North- | 1., Jan. gone before compared to the that held the middle and west America in sub-zero tem- perature over the week-end. No relief of consequence is in sight before Wednesday. i It was 30 degrees below zero at Duluth and 10 degrees below zero here where three deaths; hove occurred, attributed to the cold. | There are many hospital cases| of persons suffering from frozen | hands, feet or faces or persons | injured on slippery sidewalks. Over - 14 alarms of “fire weru! answered Sunday by the Chicago! Fire Department. One spectacu-| lar blaze was atop of the Fore-! man National Bank Building,| under construction. The fire, started in the tower which be-| came a torch lighting roofs of | surrounding TLoop skyscrapers. | The scaffolding and tarpaulins| from the 25th floor to the top| of the 40 story building were de- stroyed. - e “Stampede Dance” Is Given in Seattle by Pioneers of Alaska| SEATTLE, Jan. 14.—Alaska pio- neers revived the days of the gold! rush by giving a “Stampede| Dance” here Saturday night under | the auspices of the Alaska-Yukon Pioneers and Ladies of the Gflldeni North. A special intermission was provided by old-timers who mushed together in the early days. has | 'ARCHBLSHOP EMBARKS insofar as the present arrangement {ing them as follows | teenth centuries cannot remain un. | HUUVER TALKS " OVER HOOK-UP ON SAT. NIGHT ;Says Completion of G. N. Tunnel Is Great Ac- complishment IOHN ROACH STRATON S SON WEDS WASHINGTON, Jan voice of President-Hlect Herbart Ioover, for the fir time singe his election last Novembe wils heard over the radio Saturday night in connection with the opeh- ing of the Cascade tunnel of tHe Great Northern Railway. Hoover declared over a mnation. wide chain: “I am glad to partici- pate in a small way in recognition of this great engineering accom. plishment, the ecompletion of the greatest tunnel on the continent, and the opening of the tunnel. A “This tunnel more than ah engineering accomplishment. It is a contribution for all time to quickened and cheapened transpof- jon. Through these savings it dds something to productivity and | prosperity of far flung it serves | prosper of far-fling communi- it ves. “Never have we perfect co-ordination American industry. who operated the drills, jed the rock and built new tracks ON VIGOR()U SEROGRAM: o v o i e v' { tablished a record in construction. | | 14 Warren Badenoch Straton, third son of the Rev. Dr. John Roa_cl\ Straton, and Ruth Stokes Cater were married at Calvary Baptist church in New York. Dr. Straton officiated- ties it se witnessed more of forces The miners who clear- [This accomplishment is of more h@’u Stny | movnent than impwiement of ‘Fire {Great Northern Railway. It gives every. American citizen satisfac- tion of confidence in the vitality of our civilization.” By BATES RANEY A. P. Staft Witer) CANTERBURY, England, 14—The new Archbishop of terbury has embarked on an aml tious administrative policy. ¥ ly summarized, the popular in pretation of his program ,\\I}\})‘l#(s‘ three main planks: TUNNEL NOW OPEN SEATTLE, Jan. 14—With the | ceremony broadcast throughout the |nation by a radio hook-up, the |Great Northern's new $14,000,000 ,eu.]ll mile tunnel through the Cas- cade mountains, was opened to traffic last Saturday night. | The bore is the longest in Amer-| |ica, from Scenic to Berne. The tunnel cuts two hours from east |and west railroad schedules. FLU CLAIMING MANY VICTIMS [Census Bureau Issues Statement Regarding Present Epidemic WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—~Public| | Health officers estimated that 26,-| 000 persons have died from in‘ln | .enza and D du the |5€VEN weeks preceding January 5| {The estimate was reached after analysis of reports reaching That he will seek some strong central authority with power to enforce the rulings of the church.| (This may only mean givin “teeth” to the decisions of the clesiastical Courts, for which there| lately has been strong reform | agitation.) g That he a will seek to weld the Catholic, Libéral and Evangelical jelements of the Church of Eng-| Iand into one solid group and turn | their attention to spreading the| Anz!n.ln faith throughout the world instead of using up their enflr;:) dissenting with one anoth- Madeline Gibson, Londen thorus pirl, had to come to New York to be discovered. She came in a minor role with “This Year of Grace,” English revue, and now an American producer has signed her to remain in the United States as an ingenue in his productions. Seeks Modification That he will seek a modification of the union that now exists be- tween church and state, at least e authority to dictate| to the church in purely ecclesiasti- | cal matters, but not so far 10 rens embrace actual disestabliskment, | i o5 which is inseparable from disen-| oo Lo dowment | His Grace does mnot pass the troubles which now b Church of England. He epitomizes them and his own poliey respect-| gives the s | its miss for forev nmonia an the While Dr. Lang’s utterances are merely the expression of his own Sonane Burasu, R L | The statement said: “Any doubt point of view, h.~ high station in the Angilcan: lles and great |28 to the reality of the current in- | inflnencs as a ehuirch leader, will|{11énsa epidemic 15 promptly d w0 o pelled by examination of sta There are, | ) B fes. e heaviest mortality In addition to Belfig a statemengiof |tié8- ~ The h i tin the mountain states. his own policy and interpretation {of his own attitude toward mp n-.i ligious problems of the day is well known that “His Grace (her {ishes the idea of an Anglican com- riunity Whicn shaii not be fined to the British Isles, but which | | will some day be embraced by the | “The 'mission of the Church of St. Augustine is no longer to Kent only, or to the realm of England| only, or to the British Empire only, but to the world. re | i Severe Earthquake Is Regutered at Loyola con- ! ! NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 14 \n; |earthquake, of severe inten:ity |estimated at many hundred mile south of here, has been reco {by the Loyola University sei graph. Supreme Conflict “As you thus look ‘out upon the world you » field Dbeing everywhere cleared for ome su- preme confl It is not bet one form of religion and another It is between spiritual religion in any fo and a matierial c iza-| tion elaiming to be self-sufficient.| As that civilization advanc an- 4 / ; cient religions crumble and fall.| Richard Temmbo pleaded guil- o . religion which|ty to the charge of possession ?‘:‘::nmlr‘;\»’;:xl]‘d m;: Jrl;d‘g]]:)ul( . (h.‘immi. ting liquor at Hoonah,| stand only, but redeem—enter and | Aliska, and was fned $35 and | : | cleanse and claim for God. It is| by Judge Frank Bayle . . || Another Patient | th appeals : . e religion which app: Reported in ] nm;((.lll’l. o to any one age or race, but man himself—the gospel of RECEIVES SENTENCE Buckingham Palace sion and | — [ to| Harry Donneily plead guilty Son of Man. § LONDON, Jan. 14.—Anothe the to a charge of pos: Fsstive Rrincipls {transportation of intoxicating li- | patient has been added to th list of those in Buckingh | “The relations of the church mm“”,m and was fined $100 and sen-| state which reflected the condi-|tenced to four months in jail by tions of the sixteenth and seven-iy. s Commissioner Frank Boyle.!| Palace when it was announced || that Prince George, youngest | | son of the King, also has cold today and he is keeping to his room. The King and Queen are r¢ | ported better today. 1 wee | i HOONAH MAN FINED world at — a —_———— e | merchandise changed. Some effective princi-| L. M. Carrigan, ple of authority within the church|broker, arrived on the Admiral itself must be accepted if free-|Rogers from the south. Mr. Car- dom is not to become license Irmm making his first trip of “If during this time of transyion|the year and has with him a com- and difficulty any section or party|plete line of 1920 merchandise within the state or church were samples. | Fuchs, | Hess family. | corroborating | chandise broker, was a pa o) “The Lady of Shalott,” symbolizing Tennyson's poem, took first honors in the Tournament of Roses pageant. The GO-foot float, entered by the California city, portrayed a boat, constructed of flow- ers, floating down a river of blue sweet peas past an old Cuglish castle. SAN FRANCISCO'S ROSE BOWL ENTRY [JEMOCRATS NOT DISHEARTENED; READY TU FIGHT Gov. Roosevelt Receives Replies to Question- naires Senl Out ALBANY, N. Y. r analyzing replies ire sent to mo S county, toosevelt jan. 14, to a ques- : than 3,000 theavehays ranklin D, convineed that the paty hag a “will to win.” Fomer Gov. Albert E. had a heart heart talk Gov. Roosevelt, Gov. Roosevelt is The Golden Gate City's float in the fortieth annual parade of the Tournament of Roses at Pasadena. Smith to with j”WASHINGTUN LEGISLATURE - BEGINS WORK Twenty-First Legislature of | Evergreen State Confirms Caucus Selections said replies to the questionnaire indicated the Democratic Patry leaders are in militant mood and stood ready not only centribute enough to wipe out the party deficit of $1,500,000 but enough more to carry on the work of the party in the nation during the next four years. IS SHOT DOWN IN HIS HOME Former Czarist Is Killed— Assassin Escapes Afler Crime 14.—Gen Slaschoff has been his home rson who gai Are Commended For Assisting Roosmwlt bturr to WASHINGTON, Jan. 14. Naval radio stations in Alas- ka have been commended for the work while the tug Roosevelt and mail steamer Starr were in distress for two days last December off Cape | St. Elias. Messages commending E. 8. Addison of the Guard cutter Unalga Capt. Jock Livingston, steamer Northwestern, which went to the assistance of the two crafts, ve been made public by Navy Depart- ment. EMIL FUCHS I NEW YORK, Jan. 1 Com. Coast and of the o OLYMPIA, Wash.,, Jan. 14— With the leadership of both the |Senate and House of Repesenta- settled at caucuses last night, the oganization of the Twenty-First Washington Legis- lature whose opening se on was today tive the | The Senate caucus last % texand oy iton |completed slates for both Houses , n lof the Legislature. The House | p < had heen held previonsly. | MOSCOW, Jan, night sinated by an 1 ad as unidentified pe n v SUICID Y | pro-Tem jOROHE. Ednate. He | ceived votes toc 12 for \Im Because |Reba Hurn, the only woman Sen- {he suffered from cancer, Emillator. Senator Ralph Metcalf of famous painter and p-|Tacoma was selected for floor tor, committed suicide in his stu-|le of the Republicans in the dio yesterday by shooting himself.|Scnate and Herbert Sieler was His body was found this forenoon. |chosen Secretary. VR NG S Davis was Thlrd Conviction in Spake R Murder ‘Powwow Doctor ., — YORK, Penn., Jun T ARBESI:EAé,T, KETCHIKAN- dict of second de been returned against Hess for his part in kiii Rehmeyer, alleged “powwow” d0 tor. wo others who tite killing, John Blymy¢ John Curry, were convict same court last week of gree murder. Rehmeyer was killed resisted efforts of the t tain a lock of his hair a spell supposedly held o Commander high War Commissariat dur t six years Cutter Unalga, 23 C Ru rose the Soviet ing the pa n selected for of Repre 11 A e murder Wilbe v According Ma ilkey sted to reports received al Albert White, Willie| who was recently ar- Ketchikan by Pohi T. L. Chidester, was thirty day entence by 1. 8. Commissioner Kehoe on a charge of violation the National Prohibition Act It was also reported that Helen! Edwards, of Ketchikan, was found guilty of the charge of | violating the National Prohibi Act and was fined $200 by sioner Kehoe. P STOCK QUOTATIONS YORK, Jan. 14 is quoted toda , Cudahy 67 ational Power and 15%, Nevada Consolidated Packard 1433, Postum Jan eruis v | by SHINGTON m |y jre the n to villages in have rea in b Agent South i 1 A Public Heal ficial commenda Dr. L. B. Sturdevant, er ached to the wemen teacher and| giyen suspended ka hed the h Service, bringing of- m of heroism of of and of when vessel to oh-| y to ob-| he | and nurses break | | Unalga left Juneau after urgent Health Commis- DeVighne The headquarters 3 for aid H ver the cutter tion the re- The penalty means 10 ) ni Hess' mother took th her son nat let him go to Rehmeyer's only m" get a lock of his hair to o)J.‘ NEW tain a book on powowism Juneau R jChry H. F. @reston, travellir r-|necott 17 tand | i ugh ey six s aming a 0 men | mander S eached Hoc |Dr. Sturdeva | Hawkesworth { Education, a distributing Hoonah 51 passes officers and r command of Com- Addison, the Unalga December Charles Burean leadership supplies. whites e crew Alaskzs ung F h on with the w of inj it r Light of for Juneau on the Roger umed is the first trip of the Preston. ye medical ut of .lnl Jacob | Health Offi- | 19.110 WIFE OF SWAT KING PERISHES EASTERN FIRE and ldenty- itive Case Is Mystery INVESTIGATION IS SOUGHT BY BROTHER Dentist, WhorsierHome Was Destroyed, Apparently Drops from Sight | | WATTERTOW ‘II ~Mrs. George Herman Ruth, Babe Ruth's wife, was burned to ideath last Friday night. Relatives identified the body found in the of Dr. BEdward H. Kinder, dentist, which was destroyed by hlv Neighbors knew her as Mrs. elen Kinder, the doctor's wite. ‘Iwu sisters identified the body. Kinder has not been located. The District Attorney ordered All investigation and autopsy. Dr. |George West, medical examiner, said the autopsy showed death |was due to burns and suffoca- | tion. Mass,, Jan. home Ruth Issues Statement Babe Ruth arrived here from Boston and issued a statement saying that he and his wife had inot lived together for the past Ithree years, His nine-year-old daughter Doroth ve s atte nnl!nr' a I privare™denoor "in Weslo, A pedestrian discovered the |fire in the Kinder home. When |the fire apparatus arrived, the |interior of the house was a mass of flames. | Found Unconscious Firemen found Mrs. Ruth un- consious on the floer of a bed- room where she had apparently retired and had become overcome by smoke in attempting to es- cape. She was taken to a neigh- |bor's home where she died. Dr. Kinder is reported to have left the house earlier in the even- ing and gone to Boston. Body Identified body Was identified as that of Mrs. Kinder and taken to an undetaking establishment where it remained until the po- lice had been informed the body was that of Babe Ruth's wife. Although Dr. West made an examination of Mrs. Ruth’s body and reported no evidences of al- | cohol, drugs or foul play, Thomas Woodford, her brother, said he ‘not satisfied with the police explanation of circumstances” demanded a thorough inves- tigation, expresed the belief the police had ndt learned all the facts behind the tragedy. | —————— M Mrs. Isaac The jand Sowarby fe and marriage which took place le in November. of their daagh in Beat- il Doctor and Others Praised in Report on F lu Cruise 350 out of 380 Indians were pros- trated. Cough syrup, mustard plas- ‘l«x and one termometer was found ters and one thermometer were found for the village. Madical sup. plies were left for the sufferer Unalga went to Tenakee there was no physician or nurse and 58 were suffering. Ship's | supplies were distributed. | The next day the cutter reached Angoon where 61 Indians and one white woman were found stricken. | Th ns the heroie | work of the Bureau of Bdu- | cation nurse and two teachers. Reaching Kake, where the entire | population without doctor or nurse, the cutter anchoved until Indians and two whites were, before leaving. Dr. Stur- prescribed also for one Indians suffering other ail- from bruised arms to tuber. where report m | treated devant dozen I'v- -t i