The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 16, 1929, Page 1

| THE DAILY A VOL. XXXIIL, NO. 5025. L “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1929. TRAIL THREE | GANGMEN FOR LATE MURDERS “Purple Gangsters” of De- troit Are Identified in | | Chicago Crime POLICE PROMISE ; TO MAKE ARRESTS| George Moran, Leader of | Chicago Mob, Accuses Capone Gangsters CHICAGO, Feb “Purple Gangste of Detroit) have been thrice indentified through photographs as members of a gang hunted for the s murders in gangland’s lates i aticnal crime. They were spies, | Jhe police id, and advance men | for murders. They were planted | in advance to observe men mark- ' ed, for death, note their hours of gathering so the actual Kkillers| would know exactly when and| how to strike. Suspects Identified | wo women and a man, living| ross a narrcw alley from the| g6 where the en gang- men were killed, made identific tion of three Detroit suspects | from scores of photographs. They | picked up the three likenesses of | men whom they said rented rooms overlooking the garage.| The three men oceupied the rooms | for several days immediately pre; | ceding the assassinations. Arrests Near and Phil Keywell, broth-| i 1 | 16 Three | | Harry ers, and Eddie Flacher, are the| An international rac thiee men. whose .pictures Weral-ger of Richatd,.and ene-time dancing par won by Morton Downey, singer. men were killed, made. identifica- | tion officers announced the traill of the gang was growing hot and| important arrests were near. ! Gang Leader Found ’ ieorge Moran has been fmmdl by newspapermen. The seven men slain were Moran’s mobsmen. | Moran left the hospital a few | days ago after an attack of the| influenza. He blamed the mur-| ons the Al Capone gang. Ca- pone himself, an outstanding fig- ure in gangland, is in Florida. Blames Capone Gang Moran said: “There is only cne gayg that kills like that one gang, that would line up seven| men against a wall and shoot| them dcwn, through the back, | and that is the Capone gang. If there were any policemen in the! shooting they were Cicero po-| licemen. Cicerois Capone’s place | of residence.’ Officials Warned United States Attorney Swan-| son called Police Commissioner | Russell and other high police of-| ficials, sheriffs and officers of the| county police to his office and| declared: ‘‘You must enforce the| gambling laws against vice. or you'll go to prison.” ——————————— der GIRL SEVERELY BURNED;UNDER | INVESTIGATION CHICAGO, IIlL, Feb. 13.—An-} other self-immolation, strikingly suggestive of the Elfrieda Knaak case, is under investigation at Evanston, a suburb. Miss Helen Friedrich, aged 22 years, was severely burned al- though not fatally in the fur- nace at her home, much the same as Elfrieda Knaak. Friedrich stuck her head houlders into the furnace and over red hot coals. The pain, however, forced her to fall back and her screams brought her father to her side. She cried: “I am too much of a coward. I canmot go through with it.” The girl’s hair was burned to her sczlp and her shoulders were|. seared. After treatment she was removed to a hospital. |of Washington Daily, has announcy N The p i |retary of Agriculture William M. e for the hand of Barbara Bennett, daugh- of Maurice, was oto shows them leaving St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York City, following thei: marriage. MAN DIES ON GALLOWS WIFE NEAR IN CELL First Time m r:lislory Man Executed with Wife in Same Prison SAN QUENTIN, Cal, Feb. 16.— While his wife lay in a cell 200 yards distant in a state of collapse Edgar Lapierre, convicted slayer of an Oakland policeman, went to death on the gallows with a firm step and carefree laugh today. He ran quickly up the 13 steps to the trap and while the guards fumbled with the noose and black cap, asked: “Make it snappy.” Lapierre was pronounced dead in 13 minutes after the trap had been sprung. Mrs. cars for complicity for the same crime Before leaving his cell, Lapierre handed the warden a note, direc ing that his heart be removed and ent’ to his brother-in-law, N. M. ‘Wheatley, in Oakland, “for having caused the death of a better man than himself.” ‘Wheatley testified against La- pierre at his trial. This is the first time in his- tory that a man has been executed with his wife in prison at the same time. —.e— Curtis Shattuck Gets Position Univ. Daily SEATTLE, Feb. 16.—Tom Barn-jand Northwest furs were aurtion-} hart, new editor of the University ed his new staff which includes Curtis Shattuck, of Juneau, as as- sistant news editor. - e JOHNSON IN HOSPITAL Elmer Johnson, of the halibut schooner Omaney, entered St Ann's Hospital yesterday for med-| The girl’s father said she had|ical treatment and it is expected been ill and was apparently dis-lhe will be confined for several couraged by reason of an-ear ail- ment. Physicians believe she was days. The Omaney reached Ju- neau a few days ago from Ketchi- Divorces Heir grandson of Adolphus | nine years of married life. was Mrs. Magnus’ charge. Mrs. Jessy Mc Cary Magnus and Lapierre is serving 10| Adolph Busch Magnus of Chicago, Busch, 8t. Louis brewer, were divorced after Cruelty FUR PRICES Furs Are Sold at coma Auction TACOMA, Wash, Over $§150,000 worth Fe of led off here by the We | Fur Salés, Inc. Good p 1$35,. Iynx $ ito $30, Al ’wensr‘] i $200, Alaskan otters $30 silver fox $75 to $150, | blue fox $60 to $85, Alas ver $20.80 to $ cross fox Charged jerime, ADVANCING Over $150,000 Worth of | Ta- eb. 16,— Alaskan Coast 28 Were lized including mink at 325 10 Bieldon and Joseph © fo §75, wolves 8261515 ang both Alaskans an muskrats $1.20, yijje porter, his mechanic. $180 to to $35, Alaskan kan bea- —————— HELD FOR CRIME with a statutory his alleged victim being| delirious when she went into the kan and Wednesday sailed for the 'a 14-year-old Klawak girl, Peter furnace room. ., ATHENS.—Greece is putting the final touches on the largest mili- tary air field in the Near East at fishing banks. .- of taken { Dalton, being to the K that community, is etchikan Mrs. T. M. Reed will leave|jail to be held to answer to the Juneau for Ketchikan qn the Ala- meda tonight and will visit Tatoi. Smaller fields will be built af Patras, Corfu and Japni- friends and relatives in the Firsi City for a week or so before re- S Federal Grand Jury. bound over yesterday by sioner Bagley at Craig. Jthe Commissiouer. He was Commis- He was unable to raise the bond fixed by tric Bond 248, Standard Oil of MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ‘KUDIAK BEAR‘S | ‘FAMOUS NEW YORK MAY BE SHOT | SAYS JARDINE |Agricultural Secretary Re- plies to Petitions of Alaskans WASHINGTON. Feb. Sec- | | | | Jardine, in answer to a petition from citizens of Kodiak and Afog- nak islands, presented to him hy Delegate Sutherland asking that all protective regulations against Kodiak bears be removed, inform- {ed the Delegate that the present regulations permit all that Ko- Giak residents ask him and at the same time preserve the unique wild life species. The residents of the two Al- taska islands, in a petition to the Secretary of Agriculture, told the Secretary big' brown bears were a comstant menace tc human life, | |also destructive to livestock and agriculture. Secretary Jardine said there was an open season on bears from September 1 to June 20 and present regulations allow them to be killed wherever (hreatening livestock or humans or whenever {they were discovered within half ta mile of a human’' habitation. He said he thought it best to allow the present regulations to {stand although there might be & possibility of modification later. CAPT, WILKINS RETURNS FROM SOUTH REGIO {Explorer Reaches Chil e! and Tells of Results of His Expedition [ ; { TALCAHUANO, Chile, Feb. 16.{ Capt George H. Wilkins arrived | here yesterday on his return from | Antarctic Air exploration from his| base on Deception Island. He said he encountered a wholly unexpect-| ed menace in the Southern lati-} tudes. | “The plane, on numerous occa-i sions ,was hampered by immense | |flocks of birds which flew into the ipath of the machine in such num-| bers that hundreds were killed by | the propeller. Luckily the plane | was not damaged,” Wilkins said.| Capt. Wilkins is returning | ,New York to plan another ex)nwli—! | 1 | tion. Results of Flight Capt. Wilkins described the re-| isults of his flight over the frozen | {south as follows: “I succeeded in establishing the existence of more than 1,000 miles |of coast line in the region west of Weddel Sea. I named it Bowman jcoast in honor of the distinguish-| {ed director of the American Geo-| graphic Society, of New York | “Struggling against one thousand | { natural obstacles, I could hardly tarrange with my companion a; single place to land during one| laerial trip of more than 3,000| miles when 1 might have made m—| teresting discoveries .wvhich per- haps will have an enormous in-| fluence in connection with the geo-| graphy of these places. | “For example, Graham Land [ | which figures on all maps as part| {of the Antarctic continent is oniy | a series of islands separated | canals and by a strait which 1} | | {named Btefansson Strait in honor of one of the first explorers ir jan enterprise of this characte Alaskans Praised | ‘Capt. Wilking praised the work| of his chief assistants, Lieut. Den on, pi- , and Or-| e | STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—/ Juneau is today quoted at 7 American Smelting 111, Canadian| Pacific 241, Cudahy 58%, Gen-| eral Motors, new issue, 7% Gold Dust 67%, International Paper A 29%, B 18%, C 13%, Mack Trucks 1057%, Nalmnull Power and Light 52%, Packard| Motors 127, Pittsburgh Coal 621%, Postum 695, Standard Oil of New Jersey 48, U. S. Rubber | 461, Westinghouse '145%, e Ay Indiana 87%. |and East. |Explosion at Army DRY LAW VIOLATION SENTENCES DISCUSSED, CONGRESS 1 { 1 i Hippodrome, famous New York theater, has been soid for $6,000,000. The purchaser, Frederick as not announced whether the structure will be ra la:west theater in the world Coniests Will ber i Margaret Gowan, Carthy, granddaughter of John Huntington, pioneer Cleveland oll | man. | NEW BLIZZARD SWOOPS DOWN UPON EUROPE LONDON, Feb. 16. — A blizzard bringing ice and is swooping down upon Central Eurcpe from the Siberian steppes The shor of ga coal, electricity and water devel ops @s ‘the intense cold from| which the continent has suffered, continued with little hope of dim-| inishing: | Germany has received forecasts of new cold weather. STOCKS DROP: MONEY FLURRY NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—A certed action by banking authori ties to force reduction of brokers' loans, was reflected rday in calling $60,000,000 w lu | si be U new SNOwW |th a he th de bank causing a flurry from six rate and higher charges on bank- ers’ acceptances and timo money.! This caused heavy lling and Stock = Bxchange prices dropped from $2 to $12 a shar —— - pe W 'n, M Ordnance Depot : 3 “ Civilians Killed NORFOLK, Va., Feb. 16.—Three persons were killed and five in jured By an explosion late ves terday afternoon at the Army Or dinance Depot at Pig Ioint mouth. The dead : John Duncan M M an ha Cly¢ and |tors any persons | This er grants skilled in sc HOOV | last Northwestern Feilch, Graham Tencich San shaw, A Ten Men Escape From Sunken Submarine KEY WES Teén men, ever to sunken submarine, pe 1 out’ of the submarine S-4 tc Iday & e their to the surfs 34 feet safely depth of fre The men Why 0 The Hippodrome when built wae the num- from a stepped a donned oxygen inflated lungs, worn like magks, and left the submarine through a prefected escape hatch. ———————— IMMIGRATION » - MEASURES ARE | Greenwich, ‘ Conn,, has engaged counsel to con- | test the $40,000,000 will of Mrs. Margaret Huntington Smith hic. | 5 | WASHINGTON, Feb. ouse has passed and is the Box measure prohibit admission comin nited States to seek or t designed to tuation of crossing the order of aliens who work nited States. ould rem 'he second measure grants pref- immi- of ence within the quota t certain ientific craft CLEWISTON, Fla., lap of, his rough the Bverglades. heavy fog over the vy going is in e roads that were stroyed in_the 1928 and floods. A3 AR RS SEATTLE, Feb. sailed for rts at o’clock this ith 179 passngers, the g for Juneau: Pat Davis, 0. V. arie Goldstein, E D. Reymor, Mrs Miss Ethel Bibby, . M. Basse, J. C 9 J. E lle, rs. J. cclm wife, Elliott, Ww. C. W nd Dubrell M Mona Graves, Fay Meredith, am, all civiiians. ‘(‘nu steerage. Feb. 16. sent to Senate two immigration bills first sy in ER TOURS FLOOD REGION 16.— | Herbert Hoover left today on the inspection prospect Alaska | morning | follow- } Davis, M. B Thomas, ucker and baby, Major in Nowell newly T The that visi- the jobs. the Canadian trip There is ction and over practically hurricane - NORTHWESTERN Miss| Smuh.l Del- | C. and ‘wife, Miss M. Grg J.q "M.E.STONEIS ~ DEAD IN HOME IN NEW YORK \Former Puusident - of Asstx ciated Press Dies— Newspaper Career i i | AROCIATED PRESS (6 e KIEY ) MELVILLE . STONE NE I, Stone, counselor of i clated Press, and General Manager, at his home here. many years its last Minister's Son Melville on August of Hudson, Illinois. son of Rev. Elijah Stone, ¢ dist clergyman and Sophia Creigh- ton Stone. Both in his father’s family and in that 'of his mother's there was a heritage of sturdy, intelligent that produced many able and busi ness men son was a com bination sh, and Ir ad able ca s d urnalist more than century twenty-six Elijah Stone was 29 tock professional In the of the h. Scotch a no for For general half a ears he was {Cor:'inusd on Page Seven.) le---‘Slé-anwri T“ke 1"0178 Armaments for Navies WASHINGTON,: Feb.. 18 Howard, Brit ed that ( Britain take the initiative soon proposing further limitations. ment ‘| The British Amba Rudolf had no information just as to what D. Di- Dishaw and wife, and added that any new parleys would|is one properly for the mext Ad- proceed on the assumption that the | ministration to settle. ¥ orm the move might take, but J night born ! 1848 in (he village here said the entire military es- He was theqcort of the train, usually between Metho- Great Britain to Soon Sir h Ambassador in- naval arma- ssador sald he ASKA EMPIRE PRICE TEN CEN:T S \ SRR PROAIBITION ' UNDER DEBATE BY SENATORS Jones’s Bill, Fixing Higher Maximum Sentence, B2 ¢ SEVERE SENTENCES KiLLING PURPOSE | Many Viewpoints Are Sta- ted—Proposal to Curb Judges’ Decisions j‘ WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—Tak- | ing up the bill of Senator Jones, | of Washington, fixing a higher | maximum penalty for violat:on of | the Prohibition laws, the Senate vester heard varying views ex- pressed about the proposal and a fnal vote soon is assured by unani- mous consent o limit debate af- ter 3 o'clock this afternoon. In the opening argument, Sena- tor Jones declared his measure aimed particularly at big bootleg- | gers, | Senator Johnson, of California, jexpressed the opinion some wag {was needed to keep Judges from using the law to pronounce ume 1 ust sentences in order to “curry |favor with some particular set of people.” State Law Criticised Some of the Senators’ criticised jthe Michigan State law imposing life sentence contending extreme penalties. only made enforcement of the law more difficult. ! Senator Tydings -of Maryland, {declared that “we have the case of one in ¢ Chicago involved 2 $5,0000 |off with three years, while a wom- an in Detroit was given life.” | Wants Good Reasons | Senator Wheeler of Montana de- clared that it appeared unneces- | sary increase the maximum | penalty until some good reasons were advanced. Senators Blease, of South Caro- lina, and Senator Heflin, of Ala- bama, asserted that extreme penal- ties defeated their own purpose ‘und very often guilty men were ac- | quitted because juries did not | desire to punish them too strong- ly. | Senator Bingham, of Connecti- cut, urged Congress to wait until a Committee has made a study and reported on the situation. | ATTACK TRAIN; " MANY KILLED to Mexican Insurgents Dyna- mite Train and Attack F« e v Eseort vivers of a train attack in which approximately 50 probably per- ished, are enroute to Mexico City | from Yurecuaro near here, where |the attack occurred. News of the attack received /30 and 50, and its engineer and |fireman, were killed. ! The train was dynamited by the insurgents and then the es- cort was attacked. The eseort nght until ammunition was ex- hausted. The train was burned. Several members of the train crew detached the locomotive from the train and taking some of the passengers, ran through the insurgents’ lines to Zamora. The entire garrison at Zamora has been sent in pursuit of the insurgents. on Limiting recently authorized warship pro- gram will be carried out. The Washington Government res mains sympathetic toward any. move limiting armament but no of- ficial intimation has reached Secs retary of State Kellogg on this matter from any British source. The Administration is proceed- ing cautiously, feeling the question conspiraer; gotting - i