The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 15, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL XXXHI., NO. 5024 _IUNEAU ALAQKA FRIDAY FEBRUARY 15 I929 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS SEVEN MEN, FACES TO WALL, SHOT DOWN IN CHICAGO COLD WAVE CAUSES GREAT SUFFERING reezing Temperatures Continue in Many Areas | l n E urope;Food Shortager Home vs. Career Referee Esther Ralston, pretty mmovie star, decided that the former was the winner, So in another year or so she will defi- nitely abandon the creeping astels it order tordevote hers self to her home, her husband | and two adopted children, George Webb, ex-newspaper- lman is the lucky man. (lnzemnuonu N---» " MANY INJURED [N BOSTON BY i LONDON, Feb. 15.—The extreme ’l‘()'k‘ ve over Europe lightened ltoday a few degrees but suffering {increased due to depletion of fuel and food. In Czechosiovakia 143 trains car- rying passengers have been taken off in der that coal might be rushed to freezing communities in Austria and Hungar In Berlin appeals are posted in Universities for volunteers for the 'lignite fields to increase the coal w i output. i The weather in Poland has mod- erated but railways are still block- led by snow. A young peasant bride, church for her wedding, |cold in a s ‘; South to of going to (‘!HI!L.~ freezing coun in that a famine in coal, Budapest, Fiume, expr trains have been buried in snow for three days. Several col lisions have been reported bacause nal men froze to death at their All| report (1 » and food. BLEAK DESOLATION | VIENNA, Feb. 15.—Unrelenting snow, ice and wind today tran |formed Southeastern Europe \nm‘ | bleak desolation with scores of | deaths frbm cold, nfluenza, pneu-| monia and even s ion. e cities are coverod with heavy mantles of snow while | great rivers like the Danube are frozen from one end to the other. All parts of the Balkans raport the worst human suffering from weather conditions in 250 years. People are fleeing from snowbound es by caravans. Forty gypsies perished while crossing the frozen Drava river. Everywhere throughout the Bal- kans, carca of horses, cows | | | {Byrd Winter Llosos In On Byrd I*. Commander Blchnv d .supr. y station in the Bay of Whales. ! rcunds the Bay of Whales. NEW YORK, Feb. Antarctiec Expedition loading its supplies on the the“Bay ot Whalds tie so winter approaching 15.—While the | un- | A i gt pALE \ polar | W is rapidly. |49 It is not unusual, says Dr. Rob- ert Cushman Murphy, Antarctic|m explorer of the American Museum | at of Natural History, for winter con- | h ditions to sweep down' in Febru- | ary over the Antar which is a solid sheet of the size of the United States. where upon its expanse except a few points about its border m No- at | sic has | Rc continent ‘ the e about | way s i o By *uxw s —— Byrd (inset) will shortly by facmg the fury of an Antarctic winter at }ub tian The view (above) is of the desolate areas of ice which sur- One uf the cxpedltxon pths is slmwn in fl»zht (hc ow) ] )ed ition ALLOWAYLOST; NOW DERELICT UPON PACIFIC Warning Broadcast from Coast Guard Cutter— Tow Line Breaks A SEATTLE, Feb. 15 ing to shipping in the North leifie, vicinity of Unimak was broadeast today after anccessful efforts of Guard cutter Chelan t Alloway to port. the Chelan parte way lost in surrounding the lan v unable to Prior taking the tow, Guardsme Poley, oiler, who refused the ship when the other of the were taken he was to be ane. wern- Pa- Pass Coast w the wsers of Allo: the . Che locate her Allowcy 7 scued ave to the to le m off well mbers and and and crew found OFF FOR JAPAN SEATTLE, Feb 1 me | teraay lhn membe ‘\'h)'l cued of the Aleu- crew aground on an eaded for to the Japan ng the {f the storm 0 f the Allo- > delayed until Marc arctic the safe wrted 50 hich tly i 3 At ampitheater, long and 5 broad e outer shoe al 1e or open “The. protection afforded him by in conf due veral les of p8s ‘Sea. ation to the thousand this great Ins is land 's winter more n which he is camped the | 2 feet h, but rule early th what at 1 v abou tha edge not which on howl in the’ get hurts, | is in a i 100 300 to i t n of rises three called | ead it is furnished mos at Dutch n t of the Antarctica Foi _the shores \hu“ uo\w TN great elevations and in the winter| }u e swept by terrific winds, as caused Scott’s dedth | trequently are equal in 1 hurricane. camp i3 far enough ou ion the ice plain to escape the v | winds. Discovery of the compara- \ tive winter calm of this Bay of Whales site was made Amund sen, who forecast the orable | Harbor. ’ Otler vuluuml v\llh the We Poi remained the Allowa tinkeregd wirelession” the dereliet ay night-but was unable ad a coherent message. It is reported Poiey laughed at Capt. Y phrockmorton when the latter {ordered him to leave the vessel at |the point of a pistol. — e for un- Engaged? No! SENSATIONAL SHOOTING IN GANG WARFARE | [Executioneers, Wearing {| Stars, Posing as Offi- cers, Do Slayings LEADER OF GANG BULLET RIDDLED | | { | {Four Different Clues Fol- lowed in Investigation ¥Charges Made | 1 | | | | CHICAGO, 1l Fek. —Sev- ‘{en members of a powerful North (Side gang, headed "y George “ 1 Moran, were trapped in the North * |Clark Street headquarters by five |gunmen who lined them up with their faces to the brieck wall be- neath powerful electric lights, and shot them to death The wholesalé killing was the most sensational in the long blocdy history of Chicago gang- land’s warfare. . The killings were carried out with precision by the five execui- tioneers, wearing stars and pos- ing as police officers. They invad- ed the garage where the Moran gang was in conference and herd- ed the helpless unarmed victims lto the rear and mercilessly ex- Louise. ”%w {ecuted thepr awith sawed-oft s ful ‘dancer mn?“f’?nm i .:n‘e“fiao gt o «ally that she’s engaged to Ogden | Every body bore from six to ten uoelet, blue-blooded young mils | Duliets. lionaire, Latter is reported to! The have been warned by aristocratic notoricus gangste James. Clark, father that if he |Arthur Hayes, Arthur Davis, | ‘actréas he v\nlll s Cu?i?::xfi:’: Frank Foster, Al Weinshank and mere $1,500,000 instead of a "M GuEnDEIE: ) fortune twenty times as large, T (International Newsreel) dead are Peter (GGuzenberg, THECRY ADVANCED CHICAGO, Feb. 15. — Major ! Fred Silloway, Assistant Prohibi- tion Administrator, advanced the {theory that police officers killed the seven gangsters in their stronghold. He declared the names of the actual slayers will be known before night. Police Cocmmissioner Russell, who hurried to the scene ¢ slayings s quoted as saying: ‘“This will be the end of gang | peculiar meteorologic and sheep are seen in the snow.|there yet been discovered any |through The Hungarian Government an-Wgreak in the ice sheet sufficient to | conditions over the area of nounces that if the snow continues | expose bare ground enough to col-|glacial ice that cove it will soon be without light and|lect a little of the summer sun's|thousands of squaré {heat because-of the coal shortage. heat to stay the chill of unending |inner part of Ross 'Sea. The Bratislava Express is im-|ice. “Existence of this vast plain of prisoned in a dark two-mile tunne!| <winter, ice enables Byrd to keep away both ends bemg choked with snow. from the dange nmnuulin; to al metuu.:lugirul feborts. Tl “:K;:i UF K“_LING B Oh! Wlat a Peeve | duction by Amundsen was one done in| She Has! And She’s {the cleverest things ever Antarctic exploration. He spont| 1100 Years Old {Two Women Arraigned for | - a winter and part of a summer at "] First Degree Murder | BostoN, Mas 15.—Miss the Bay of Whale: er that for tllu Ant all the time.” Wilhelmina Robin as reached San“y Tests |the age of 100 years and today ishe said: “I detest man and I put § S0 many in GASEXPLOSION Manholes Are Blown Sky- ward—People Trampled miles he Feb. says Dr. Murphy, “may Upon During Panic BOSTON, Mass., Feb. 15.—Te rific dnderground gas explosions | which hurled manhole covers sky- ward, shattering plate glass win-| dows, caused injuries to above 40{ persons in the down town mercan- e district. Over 20 persons wére treated in hospitals but for the most part the injuries are not serious. The explosions took place last evening, as thousands milled about the streets panic stricken. Many were trampled under foot. The explosions are attributed to/ a short circuit in the electrical conduits setting off gas which ac-| cumulated because snow and ice opped the vents preventing its escape, e, NO PERMIT FOR ALASKA GO, SEATTLE, Feb. 15.—0. C. Mer- rill, Executive Seecretary of the Federal Power Commission, has informed Senator Wesley L. Jones, | of Washington, that the Commis-! sion has rejected the application of the Kassan Gold Company of Seattle for a power permit on the! Karta River in Alaska. It is understood the Commission held that protection of the saimon industry in that region is more ant than power development. e oclation of Pacific Fisher- s fought issuance of thé€ permit Col. Lindbergh ls Guut of Coffins| SAPELO ISLAND, Fla., Feb.| 15.—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh has landed here from Miami to be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. mnnrd Colin‘ml lheh' lsland |Children Play {With Matches; |—Three children were burned to |flames when the father saw the 'HOOVER OFF | T0 INSPECT , FLOOD AREA Leaves for Two Day Trip! in Lake Okeecho- bee District MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 15.—Herbert Hoover has left his vacation home for a two day automobile trip through the Lake Okeechobee dis- trict, Florida, so as to have a close-up view of conditions which call for Federal aid for flood control, navigation and improve- ment. Maj. Gen. Jadwin, Chief of the Army Engineers, who proposed to Congress an _ appropriation of more than $7,000,000 for flood/ contrcl in the Everglades dis- trict, is to join the party at the lake. Three Are Dead WENATCHEE, Wash., Feb. 15, death 'at the Fendera Sawmill Camp, 100 miles north of here when the home of Mr. and Mrs.| Lawrence Reeves burned to the ground. The fire is believed to have been started by onme of the children playing with matched. /The dead .are an infant hoy, £ix months old; Helen, aged two |years and Elmer, aged three. A fourth child, Howard, aged four, was saved. The interior of the house was almost entirely fn| fire. Groping his way through the smoke he searched the place wher the dflldm were utt but 1d ” l ACTRESS TO WED BRITISH LORD G B R, Miss !une, musical comedy actress, has announced her engage The wedding will be in March. The actress, whose name is June Howard- ‘rnpp. has been playing ment to Loed Inverciyde of London. New York. STOCK QUOTATIONS 15.—Alaska Juneau mine st is quoted to-| day at 7 American Smelting 1143, Canadian Pacific 244, Chesa- peake Corporation 823, Cudahy 59, Internat .nml Paper A 30%, B 29, C 137%, Mack Trucks 106, Missouri 711%, Packard Motors 139, Pittshburgh Coal 63%2, Postum 70, Standard Oil of New Jer 48%., U. S. Rubber 48, Westinghouse Electric 148, Electric Bond 358, Standard Oil of Indiana 897%, Tex- as 58%. e - YORK, Feb. k NEW ra te) € st MEXICO CITY.~There are 6,932 Catholic churches in Mexico. Goy- ernment figures just made public mlmu then' yalue at $60,000,000, {19 {4“ als imprisonment ral jail Frank A. rested tairs, KEENE GLTS FIVE MONTES ?a: the election. Fleading guilty to larceny gasboat, Bill rday sentenced in by U. Boyle. to last He was, charged olen a magneto hoat Seymour Keene the Commis; Keene wa December over to the Grand Jury. from wi five local and with e e PARIS mulation of diplomatic load down 4% miles of shelves the French ministry of for librarians shelyes daily adding new Three 5, ‘Three centuries docun patr the m . — of his expendit om’ ARREST KLAWAK MAN ..nl {bound over to the Federal ( ving (ralg charged ST. JOSEPH, Micu., #eb. 15 ‘.\4'('11%’4] by . her daughter having slain eight children, | Bthel Lewis, with her !Mrs. Okel Gorham, must stand !trial for the Killing of the five months’ old son of Mrs. Gorham, last Sunday. Both women waived examination | yesterday when arraigned in a Justice Court under first degree 'Marquam Pleads Not Guil- murder warrants. < | It is estimated they ty to Washington, D. C., |en sanity tests before Federal Indictment in court. 1926 DELEGATE Mrs, will be giv-; appearing Wallace' Lewis and Herber: (.t)r- {ham, husbands of the two women, {are also jailed but no charges have | WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 15.— } been mad agaluu them, Thomas A. Marquam, mnmnk« Alaska, indicted last year for al- | coNsuL‘lDATE leged violation of the Federal Cor- rupt ‘Practices Act, today vmvrml \\'/\SIIIN(.TON. Feb. 15,—Ap- proval of railroad plans to con- an a n D A.xlw f FOR STATUTORY CRIME ; Peter Dalton was Jury by Commissioner with a 13- erime, according to wdvice a plea of not guilty in the Federa distriet court. Simon Mi chelet, i his counsel, was given 30 days to| consider what attack would | | make on the validity of the indict| " ment. ln:':"r?aul?m s pend olldate. {ho 'entire express’ Eail: rtha(, B8 eabiaidate for Delegate to!%8Y n_! the noumry‘hl the hands { Congress in 1926, vanetved: comLOr & ~1<n1.:lo corporation, the Rail- Itvibntions amounting to $3.000, but) W3 Express Agency, has been that bl tabat 1o 11 Junt | 8iven !:y t_he Interstate Com- O ith the House | Merce Commission. o i e Under a contract which the In- of Repreagntatives within 15 days| . geatq Commerce Commission n‘.- appoved, the Railway Agency will issue stock and 000,000 five per cent bonds to acquire the property of the American Railway Bxpress l'uuv[mu_. The prdfits will be divided among the railroads yesterday | preportion to the business. rand ——— tasiey o Mayor and Police e Chief Convicted ceived b J, /8. Marshal Albert| R L s arrested | Liquor Lon.spua ib al J. H. Nielsen| e u-lgp g::‘“"" Mrepal | EAST ST. LOUIS, 1L, Feb. ts | ¥ oPhe “alleged crime was Mayor Marshall MeCormack N Pmitted “at Klaw on the and Chief of Police John Stamm -|largest Indian communitics in the have heen convicted of conspiracy Dl'hiom Nielson is enroute to violate the Prohibition Act h ‘make a thorough inves- The verdict was returned in the n of the affair, | United States Distriet Court. with | daughter, | Ex-| in| down my long happy life to the ifact that I was never encugh to marry one.” { She declared she wears caps and her rooms two milk white cats, both |les.” “The single ! better life Robinson said are a scandal. !men, all the time. any man to marry me and no man_ ever asked me to marry himA I always hated men.’ S e — VJ. K. CAMPBELL HAS frilly with “lad- women have a far than of s men, men, I never asked J. K. (‘amp‘mll who went south {several weeks ago, accompanied {by his wife, came through a fine 10[1&!‘:\[)()1! in Seattle, for eye | trouble. This is according to a cablegram received this morning by his daughter Mrs. Malcolm Wil ‘HDH. from M Campbell foolish | Miss | today | SUCCESSFUL OPERATION| wer'fn Chieago. The police witl t out to the denth 'with nen.” He ascribed most of | gang killings to the Profiihi 1 . seeking Two in- rs, the third pali- urth dealt with aning and dye- are still sheoting. ackete the n the business. Heads of the Federal Prohihi- tion Department anpounced that the Government will take a & ml in the investigation. | ¢ PESARER e o £ HAGEN ENROUTE SOUTH James Hagen, oldtime peace of- ficer of the Interior, and for inahy "% | years a Deputy U. S. Marshal in |the Fourth Division, is a passen- | ger on the Alameda enroute southy according to word received at tha: local U. S. Marshal's office. He i8 taking an insane patient to Morns ingside Sanitarium. Six Su’b jects ()kc::pying 3 Attention of Congress As Session Nears End 15, Ships, Navy ar the atten end of the WASHINGTON, Feb. vlat Prohib Muscle Shoals and the subjec g tion of C« session neared The Senate bill preventing ton and grain fu Pres fon, on, ngre e ed the Caraway culation in cot 370,000 to begin work on July 1 The Ap Sub-¢ voted cquest, $700,000 0f which immediately. worked all day Appropriation $18.675,000, ors on ypriations ommittee available The Hons he Legisl finally voting meajure inelu bers of Congr The Hous fcreated a new on ive This salaries of mem Military Committee legisiative tangle Bill | in considering Musele Shoals. The " majority of the Comenittee voteds o approve the bid of the Ameris :an Cyanamid Company for Muselg hoals but Chairman Morin sald:’ he Committee had not been l:ssak y called into session and theres fore the action was invalid. Moring was absent during the meeting The Shipping Board aceepied $16,300,000 bid for States lines and Am chant Line made by man, Inc., of New Y WASHINGTON, Feb, 15, ing § for . the st ! program of newly authorized er eonstruction, the ‘hvy‘m ment appropriation: hill husi i reported to the Senate .bym