The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 9, 1929, Page 1

- DATLY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL XXXIII NO 5019 JUNEAU ALASKA SATURDAY FPBRUARY 9, 1929 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS FORMER HIGH OFFICIAL CONVICTED OF CONSPIRACY ALASKA BOXING LEGALIZED, BILL IS NOW SIGNED President Signs Measure; Authorizing Boxing = | Under Commission | | | | | i The bill legalizing boxing matehes in Alaska became a law when it was signed by dent Coolidge. Information | is effect was received this | by J. F. Mullen from :» Dan Sutherland iginally introduced s and passed by the| the law *d the rnor of the to ap- a Boxing Commission to| rules and regulations gov-| the holding of boxing | The Commission has | | | s in | it erning matches. the power to delegate its author- | ity to representatives in the dif-| ferent localit While no report has been received on the measure in its final form, it is not be- ved (here werp made any sial changes. i rovemnt to legalize box- the Territory was launch- ago by the Ameri- nization in Al- - Through its influence, the| | Legislature in 1927 ed Congress for the pas- | an act authorizing it. It| supported by Gov. George A.! and other officials in th y The ' American )'s naticnal organization took an active interest in it. | The organization of the Com-! migsion aunthorized probably will| e i o 1 { Capt. George Fried of the United PRFdenayed ~“"\tv‘ ,;’f? t'““'pt Of1 girected the rescue of 22 members of the the law from ashipgton. i Florida in mid-Atlantic. - () KFEN BRAINS ¢ OF T NATIllNS IN CONFERENCE Germany's 7dfiigations to! Allies to Be Settled Once and for All PARIS, Feb. ssembling nest financial brains of| , Great Britain, France, Belgium, Italy, Japan and Germany, | with the object of settling once! and for all, Germany’s obligat to the Allies of the world, w: 1 completed yesterday when the in-| of al American Reparations Del-} sation arrived. This includes| J. P. Morgan, Owen D. Young and Thomas W. Lamont, with a of 34, The French attitude might be summed up in the statemegnt that Germany must pay ]"xuxu e or France cannot pay America; vet wiping off Franc debt to Ameri- ca in ‘return for cancellation Germany's debt to France is op- posed by France. The task before the experts, wio will hold the first general mee:- ing at social functions today, to find a satisfactory compromise hetween the numbers of delk Germarry says she can pay and the amounts the Alies aver she c: pay. KING GEORGE AT SEASIDE BOGNOR, Susses, fingland, Feb. 9.—King George, slowly recover- ing from a long siege of illness, was safely removed to Craigwell House, near here today in order to benefit from the sea breeze. The King left Buckingham Pal- ace in a specially designed am- bulance in which every contriv- ance was used to avoid vibration. His car rolled safely and smooth- ly into the grounds of Craigwell House after a three hour trip, Queen Mary was on hand to re- ceive him. Hoover OR’;’_ Sp:ml Trip; Two-Fold Purpose MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Feb. 9.—| Herbert Hoover, for the third| time in less than three weeks, prepared to set out from his pre-| TOWANDA, Penn., Feb. inaugural home on a trip that|Arthur Leonard, aged 22 years, has a two-fold purpose, to at-ifarm hand, convicted of first de-Deputies today gave the Poincare tend the birthday celebration of |gree murder for the killing of sovernment a vote of confidence Thomas A. Edison at Fort Myers Mrs. Juanita Jones, has been sen-|on a motion expressing the Cham- and to try ‘his luck at tarpoon|tenced to life imprisonment. belief in the fishing on the Florida West Coast, i | | i gage of Le- | ‘States liner America whw 1‘ crew of the itatian freighter New York Stock Exchange Is ... Closed To(lav \I4v\ \(J]{I\ York Stock (|H)l market securities marke cities ysed The ange FA b. Ex. nd in are ¢l today. New York Cotton Chicago Board of Trade and other tnmmmllw market and lum open for the usua half day The Ne York Sto Ex- change closed for the day at the request cf brokerage houses which are running L behind in their work owing | | St : . 8 | to the succession of 4,000,- i i ' 000 and 5,000,000 share days s and the crippling of their forces by influen WINTRY BLAST SWEEPS DOWN | wed a poor man. In nine mon of movie making in the Unlted States, the French actress has come stoutly to the conclusion she | will never pick an American mil- lionaire. “All they do is talk (\" the stock market.” she says. of | i | ‘ {Mississippi River Section Hit by Cold—Snow and Rain in Many States KANSAS CITY, Feb. 9.—Wi nILr Iblew an icy breath deep into the flower Mississippi Valley last night lafteg bringing the coldest weather| of the season, accompanied by| heavy snow falls. Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas lisiana, Kentucky and Tenne Ifelt rain and snow ‘also low | peratures while in the and Northern Plains the clearing and the mercury is climb- ing. The frozen body of Jack caretaker of the Schofield Da Utah, was found in the w had been overcome by the and lay down to die a mile home. Two motorists, trapped a. snowdrift near Colton, Utah, ed themselves from freezing by burn- ; ing“the auto tires and upholster-! ing until rescued. Federal Reserve Board Gets Attention from ' Botl: Houses, Congress WASHINGTON €@ fion of Congress ha -'to the Federal R Board's | statement on speculative loans with the introduction in both hous- es or resolutions ding tke Board's action Boats, Representative 1 in) York offered a . He ing an inguiry cold | decle a while from of Alabama asked the Board be| requested to submit corrective report for speculative ills of which it complains Another resolution was acted IHIOH B gl {Confid:fice Is Voted » Beaten to Death; | Poincare Government Slayer Sentenced to l.ifel By’ Chitbér Depulies! Lou- 9.—Atten- en directed b 1 Rock skies are ack of N"“j olution pmpos- the Board’s | B res into Ser a i1 PARIS, Feb, 9—The Chamber of in her home, ! sace-Lorraine {9 the Republic.” | cight |two flee | commisgioned in 19 from {airplane designer was killed last night when window ‘She was | Columbia lof his sixth jing | found later. lently HOUSE PASSES |GERMANS PREPARE TO INAUGURATE ANNUALSUPPLY BILL FOR NAVY TRANS - ATLANTIC AIR LINE IN M. 1Y | Measure Is Sehl to Senate' —Puget Sound Navy Yard Loses WASHINGTON, Feb. House hag’ approved ang the Senate the §: Naval supply bill. 1 mendment of Cong Washington 00,000 for acilities at the Yard to accomm atoga, the Navy’ as defeated. Although $14,500,000 the supply bill last ure provides an enlisted men and mlr‘lll'ml of cruisers of ubmarines increa constr 10,000 During the debate I i, be a active se iers becau rman Fri Naval tion tee > prov state enlarging Puget )¢ th the less of 000,000 sent - The to 17,000,000 annual| man | rovid ound the s " T an m on tons and which will be wonld Congrags h of the costly ch Sub-commit. | irawn rplane op- of the expoen- WINDOW FOUND OPEN;WOMAN'S BODY IS BELOW EW YORK, Fokker, wife Feb. 9 er, jumped or her apartment floor of fell from a on the 35 years of age been in illhealth for Mr. Fokker adjoining room turned he saw —Mrs. Viol: Fokker, of Anthony and manuf: fifteent! Riverside Drive building and had when the window op. and his wife’s body on the below ANOTHER DEAT: NEW YORK, Feb. Leonard, educator, w Tec of the School tion of the Teachers’ University, to death from jumped a the night His Leonard recentl) vere attack of the returned to his soon, Dean William the Y terday Leonard un!e, in 1913. H some t had just left for he r ned round .—Robert} and d Educa- ter of College fell window | tery apartment dur- body ———.—— —— NEW CHARGES AREFILEDIN LIQUOR PARTY {Seattle Doctor Now Charg- suffered ¢ flu and appar- was a se- classes too| Russell, Teachers’ College said suffered ‘Irelapse and became delirious. married Eugenie Andruss, of of a Se~ ed with Manslaughter —Bond Demanded SEATTLE, Feb. 9. refusal of Justice require bail of Dr. | Prosecuting Attorney (L:y filed new charges against the Roy $2,000 bond charges in a “state c ammonia asking fcr The new Dr. Tracy, cdation” gav EHa Falli liquor party. Dr. Tracy referred to perior Court complaint “most malicious attack heard of” and recalled f S Colvin manslav nerve tor Heflin, \{alist in the Superior Court ,..m'lmnes and on up rt to stenographer, t ¥ hat “locked horas with Colvin’ he testified at the last year. Miss Fallis attended defer “Bob” Gaines 'who was I.Huzeq tilever monoplane f veloped for long rance a partylearrying. and became ill from drinki quor. Dr. Tracy gave lieve her and she died. her { “patriotic at- ammonia believing it to be Nirs. Jones was beaten to death |tachment of the population of Al- of ammonia in an effort Following Clayps 1 to ey, 0= hter pee= that ntoxi- Miss t a Su- the ever he when of g e aqua pirits to n ul" He | dry AZORES P ng/\ums——' % b 500 | for on the supply' ENOS AIRES f | i i e ——— Three giant flying boats of the Rohrbach “Romar” type (above) are being completed in Ger- many for use on a regular trans-Atlantic passenger route between Berlin and Buenos Aires to be unnugnrawd in May. Dr. Otto Merkel (inset), director of the German Lufthansa, is laying plam for! xthe route. The dotted line on the map (below) shows the proposed route of the first rcund-t which will vis 1t New York after reaching Bucnos Aires. By WILLIAM E. BERCHTOLD (A. P. Aviation Editor) gs by steel s{ruts and drive l 1éd pusher al r$ are fitted All fuel pipe lin NORTHGOTT T0. ' GONTINUE HIS WASHINGTON, t ration of regular tr plane passenger rv between | and “‘9 like are acce | Berlin and Buenos Aires in May |mechanic —through lis seen by American foreign trade |the Wings during fiight 5 important step in| Watertight doors seal each com orr yar program to re-|Partment in the cabin. It is built build her foreign market Ed that it could weather high Aside from the commercial sig.|Wave it necessary to alight nificance of such a project, solu-|Water, and u‘“‘ as a yacht, tion of the aeronautical pmhmm‘ » gt inyolved is seen by Am n avi tion interests as an important con- | tribution to the development of world air routes. Dr. Otto Merkle, VICTORIA, B. C (immdn Lufthansa, ()Dl’ rate the route across Salvage King will ve tod to assist the freighter Al- Atlantic, has been planning establishment of such a route everal years. Although he pointed out that an v.;mmunwmem of definite plans for |such a project at that time \\m\l(l‘ have been premature, Dr. .\lr!'k]w] M 4 d Isald that his organization was|lOWAY. Which radioed for assist- ance yesterday. The Alloway is now proceeding to Duteh Harbo Alaska, under own powe The vessel’s éngines were dis- abled ina storm The, salvage com |Havilah, which is imaking effort to solve the | {problems connected with such a Harbor with broken down bines, may be towed to Japan |feat, While Dr. Merkle discussed the ‘plans of his organization only in- {formally with delegates to the con- ference, it was not believed that the Lufthansa, which is the world’s largest operator of airplanes, plan- L ip ™ Tapoway T Both vessels ned to inaugurate its trans0cean- .o g po gerapped in Japan when they arrive ther the are | fly- Feb. 9.—Inaugu- | H =l i H ns-Atlantic air- an st G | on| | | Announce Wil Appeal Case to Circuit Court— Assistance Promised | RIVERSIDE don Stewar ty of the murder of two wi and ‘an unidentified Mexican verdict carrying the death penal announced definite ha quit the it to the low, “Yes, indeed, I certainly am go ing to appeal. Seven lawyers offered to help me and eron, has gone to confe them. He will gelect fof them to take mj to the Tourt of Northcott Cameron had been defendi Northcott during the trial Northeott was cheerful ye when interviewed and “I'm never going any- thing. If need be I'll walk up the 13 steps in San Quentin Prison to my doom and keep my mouth shut Of course I have nothing to e fe and if you reporters want any bodies, yow'll have up yoursel I'm not find any Northeott professed | ha ‘al,, Feb, Northeott director of :uw which plans to | the South | the | for | e escape Feb. 9.—The 1c Victoria Can with or twn April sall Hot case i Appe said the Duteh tur- any ) at terday ic service this year. Three giant flying boat Rohrback “Romar” type being tested in the Ballic ing with heavy loads througl and blizzards to prove their worthiness. of now | Singer and Song Writer Are Married ! By Mayor of N. Y. ‘ NEW YORK, Feb. 9—Fanny i 2 Brice, singer, was married ~last|/ove "I"”," o405 Sealint] ' night to Billy Rose, song writer, ‘l‘"“’"l" Ry e DL James J. Walker officiating. |™""1¢" pre i - o “It doesn’t make much The bride Is 37 years of age and | eyl Ithe groom 29 ye (‘nl(' navn't had a very ! 29 % S iire iy e i Nortr spending end mn r sea, ea- es. going to Dr. Merkel announced at Berlin that he was satisfied with the per formance of the planes, and that the Lufthansa plans to begin oper- ations early in May between eith- er Berlin or Hamburg and Buenos Aires, The huge fi h which are bigger than ¢ ye .veloned in the United St to fly by way of Pari Louis, Senegal, Ca Pernambuco, today to the said: differ- 4 pleas- t de plan the. weel Cracksmen Make Big Haul in Robbery of . Seattle Ballroom s Blood SEATTLE, Feb. 9.—Cracksmen ( ¢ wielded a 10-pownd sledg alor e West iy r to knock off the ) } tps ( of this $1.000 1 "ipts. Detectives said apparently the work of safe erackers who ha ocked off combinations of thri last f Woney The Iuauguu\l considered a gala ithe planes flying to Crime; AS¢ Me New York, returning way of the Bermud The Lufthansa has ar it hepes to extend it lin to ‘Buenos Aires addition of other gis no% under construction | Dornier dompany at Fredrichshafen and the Junkers at Dessau, and by includ-| | ———t | killed in a robbery and the finger ing North America in the s -imlw CORDOVA WOMAN DIES of suspicion pointed to Garmer. uled route. ‘ Mrs. Garner told officers she The Rohrback “Romar” is a can-; Mrs. Edward, Hargrove, whose received blood stained money n de- ll.mlmnxl is a member of the Co from her husband after he re- \per River Raflway staff, died r turned from at announced trip |cently at Cordoya, aged 50 years. to collect rent from Rozenboom. 128 miles Interment was that that place| i range of under the auspices of the Re-| The recent reduction in the 3 Three 600-!bekahs. She is survived by her|price of postage ‘stamps has re- Imwifia ’nm;,l""‘ are mounted /husband and a daughter, the lat-|sulted in a loss of $16,000,000 i‘. macelles supported high above ter residing in California, to the Post Office Department, 2 om 1 ounced that Ber- the ind Azore 2% egular was band ) by ve!lw ir of charges fol- jury verdiet murder rone kn strong boxes during the !days. lowed o boat passenger Its maximum speed | an hour with a cru trip plane FIGHT 70 LIVE Cthe involved a man whose name scans “jwas elected after Key have |, to dig them | attitude | of - which found Rozenbcom had heoni ASA KEYES AND 00 - DEFENDANTS . FOUND GUILTY Former Dislrict Attorney of Los Angeles, Bribe Taker, Is Verdict SENSATIONAL TRIAL RESULTS ON CHARGES | Most Astounaing Bribery Plots in History of Los Angeles Revealed Cal., Reb. 9 Attorney Asa efendunis guilty as for to thwark t cons jury nre cles 1 and he went on trial with on { the most astounding bribery plots in the history of Los Angeles. Keyes' name is identified with many sensational trials including the Aimee Semple McPherson case {end the murder trial of Wlmam |H. Hickman for sl |¥ear-old Marfan P The famous Drosecutors. § g n tam ey eourt on flmambbl} \\!I”k‘ Burton Fitts, his elected |successor amd one-time aide in loffice, sought to prove that Keyes accepted bribeés to secure the ae- quittal ¢f the notorious Julian Péroleum Corporation promoters. The history of that alleged oil gcandal was as much a part of the trial as the stock prosecutor himself, for thr of the men {charged with a part in the swindle of more than 40,600 investprs |also were caught in a grand {Jury’s charges of corruption. The case against Keyes was all sensational in that it more dal never touched long public career. Keyes' prosecutor, tenant - Governcr of before in a California, a short jury laid announced before the rds on the etirement. One Charge Made Keyes, the grand jury said, had engineered the Julian trial which " resulted in the acquittal of every defendant. As one witness put it: “The* verdict nearly knocked Judge Doran off his chair.” The jurors asserted that Keyes 1 conspired with the Julian promoters to obtain either the 1 of charges cr acquittal t event of trial. The money involved in the al= leged bribery was not large, the indictment disclosed. Officially it totaled $32,500, but rumors sent, it soaring to huge sums. . A Unit: ed States District Attorney said Berman made $3,000,000 of the Julian collapse. First evidence of a ripple in the smooth workings cf Keyes' office came when an emploves of the tailor shop, Milton Pike, ange at the Getzoffs fof al I salary differenc took & 1 cotmty official. Nt meet- de- grand time S table, in au o once Lieu- 8 Pike 8 1. Subs ulleged Lasker Moslems Lay in Wait For Solitary Hindus Feb. 9.—Rioting rés the esventh suceess ances. Groups BOMBAY, sumed with sive day of disturl of Moslems lay in wait on side stretes of the Bazaar and aistriets for solitary Hindus,' Four murders have been ported. Tram car service has been jecntinued.