The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 21, 1929, Page 1

[ R A G T L T 25 4TS TEL THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE. VOL. XXXIIL, NO. 5029. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” * JUNEAU, ALASKA, GONFERENCE Government Problems Are Discussed—Interviews | Secretary Kellogg | WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 s ssuring continnity in the and incoming admini Herbert Hoover confer- red with President Coolidge at length Government problems. After the conversation he inter-| viewed Secretary of State Kellogg for a review of Foreign affairs. President Coolidge received Hoo- | ver in the White House proper, not in the Executive offices. | After remaining closeted three quarters of an hour, Hoover told the reporters that “general affairs of the government” had been dis- cussed and referred them to the President for further information. | Hoover foday conferred with, Henry Robinson, Los Angeles banker, and close friend, who is prominently mentioned as a Cab- inet possibiliyt. The conversation | continued all of the forenoon. t e MEMORIAL FOR CONGRESSIONAL DEAD IS HELD First Group Services of| Kind Are Convened— —‘].:g\.'ge Attendance WASHINGTON, Fen. 21,—'1‘2\}‘-; ing aside Party differences, Demo- | crats and Republicans joined yes-! terday in honoring the dead of the | Seventieti Congress, in.the first group memorial service ever held. The House exercises were a dis- tinct. departure from the usual ceremonies of recent years and unlike former occasions, which/ were frequently attended by only a few members, both floors and the gallery yesterday were crowd- ed with colleague: friends and ns on relatives of those who died. /Spain and no swains chant their The roll of dead follows: Sena-| tor Gooding of Idaho; Representa- tives Vaille of Colorado, Madden of Illinois, Sweet of New York, Butler of Pennsylvania, Rathbone of Illinois, Frothingham of Massa- chusetts, Rubey of Missouri, Old- field of Arkansas, Faust o/ Mis- souri and King of Ilinois. e e———— Overheated Stoves Cause Fires Which Result in 10 Deaths PITTSBURGH, Penn., Feb. 21. —Members of two families were burned to death in fires which destroyed their homes in Western’ Pennsylvania. At Febensburg, Mrs. Leo Man- gold and her five children per- ished. 2 | At Hillsboro, Zenas Berkey and her three children died in a fire in which the home was burned. Overheated stoves caused both fires. “Desir-! WILLIAM M. JARDINE . DWIGHT F. DAVIS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1929, COOLIDGEIN ANDREW W. MELLON JAMES J. DAVIS 1t is believed that President-slect FHoover wiil hola over some cabinst. otary of a flon, s members of the Ceoli am M. Jardine, secr tary of wa w W. M & Doavis, sacret By CHARLES S. SMITH (Chief of Foreign Service, Aszo- ciated Press) RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. Women in the commercial -iti of Brazil have escaped completely from their cloistered past. There are no more barred windows in Brazil <suggestive of Portugal or love songs from the Brazil is the New World. Its women do not wear black gowns and black veils, and there are no women with lace shawls over their heads. The ancestors of Brazilian wcmen from the Mediterranean countries and Central Europe may have clung to European customs vhen they first came to South America. But, this generation has shaken off all Old World tram- mels and seized the freedom of a new era. 3 Bobbed hair, short skirts, snake-skin slippers and small felt hats—in spite of the brilliant sun ——are seen everywhere. Smart girls drive their own sport cars. Women ride-cross saddle on the bridle paths along the beautiful beaches. There is mixed bathing every- where along Rio’s miles of ocean front, and the costumes are just the same as one sees at the Lido or Atlantic City. Women may go through the Suggested for reappointment are culture: Dwight F. Davis, secras fe treasury, and Jomes BRAZILIAN WOMEN €AST AWAY OLD RESTRAINTS Year Dispute Is Settled SANTIAGO, Chile, Feb. Arica boundary d pute, which has caused war for 45 years, has been settled | by peaceful meahs. An agree- | | ment has been reached be- tween the governments of | Peru and Chile by which the | Province of Tacna goes to ! | Peru and Arica goes to Chile. | ARREST MADE IN MASSACRE CHICAG GAN Man with Prison Record|an estimatea aamage of $125,000. tions for a new trial. Arrested in Detroit— One Suspect Held CHICAGO, Feb. 21.—Nosey” Joe Lewis, with prison records in Illinois and Leavenworth, has Leo Mangold and his brotheri . ,.ots of Brazilian cities unac-ibeen arrested in Chicago in con- Donald escaped uninjured from|.,mpanjed day or night withoutfnection with Ahe gang massacre the dwelling and Mrs. Berkey's|y.ing stared at by men after the|here. husband escaped also from the other fire. ‘Continued on Paze Two.) AUTHORITIES WATCH INVESTMENT TRUSTS NEW YORK, Feb. 21.—Invest- ment trusts, which got their start in popular favor abroad and have Dbeen increasing in number al t daily in this country, are drawing to themselves the close attention of government regulatory authori- ties. Only recently the National Asso- ciation of Securitles Commission- ers, representing the authority of 37 states, prepared a code of eth- jes, or a standard by which the dependability of such trusts could be measured. 3 The trusts, in effect holding companies owning large blocks of securities, usually in a variety of corporations in different indus: tries, but sometimes confining in- vestments to securities of corpora- tions within one major industry, benetit, “their stockholdeérs through in the market value of securities owned or dividends paid. A “murder map” was found in lhls pocket, a diagram of the ter- iritory along the Lake Michigan shore, continuous to the Clark Street garage in which seven gangsters were killed. The arrest was made following loverhearmg of a remark that he “bumped off a party in Chi- cago.” A murder charge has ' been Impeachment Is Voted for Judge Hardy SACRAMENTO, (al, Dee. | 21.—The California State As- | sembly, late yesterday, voted to impeach Judge Carlos | Hardy, of Los Angeles, for | misdemeanor in office | The vote was to 18 The action followed the re- commendation of impeachment by the special committee in- | vestigating the charge that | | Judge Hardy accepted a cheek | | for $2,500\ from Aimee Me- | | Pherson for legal services. | BYRD MAKES DISCOVERIES SOUTH REGION Claims New Territory for U. S. and Names It - After His Wife NEW YORK, Feb. 21. - New York Times and St. Post-Dispatch announced today ithat Commander Richard E. Byrd, in an extensive flight made with two planes Monday, discov- ered and mapped in part a vast new territory in the Antarctic which he claimed for the United States and named for his wife Marje Byrd Land. The Commander also discovered a secend new mountain range east and south of the first dis- covered by him recently and nam- ed Rockefeller Range. The Louis been explored from the air. One Twin Girl Is Killed, Other Seriously Is EAST ORANGE, N. J.,, Feb. 21. — Margaret Bowes, aged 20, was instantly killed and her twin sister, Frances, was seriously wounded when shot by Peter Mooney, Sergeant of the Lacka- wanna Railroad Police, who shot himself afterwards. Frances and Mconey was taken to the hospital. In Mooney’s pocket was found a note saying: ‘“Murder is the only way I can prove my love for this girl.” Cigaette Causes Fire and Several teamers Destroyed DETROIT, Mich.,, Feb. ed from a carelessly flicked cig- arette, burned two lake passenger ships and a steam tug to the wat- er's edge and seriously damaged another excursion steamer with The ships were tied up on the Detroit River at Concourse. e e Would Take Police Power From Chicago . SPRINGFIELD, 111, Feb. 21.— A Dbill' to take control of the Chicago Police Department from the city’s hands and give it to the State, has been placed before the Illinois Senate. The measure was introduced by State Senator Marks. It would replace Police Commyissioner Rus- sell and deputies with a commis- sion appointed by the Governor. In presenting the bill, Senator During|;1aced against him. The author-|Marks said the Chicago Police| 1928 they increased rapidly iDljtjes also plan to question Philip|Force “needs a House cleaning.” number, capital and scope and be- came for the first time, in this country, at least, an important factor in stock market operations. Frequently the recovery of sag- ging markets could be ascribed to| purchases by these organizations. They have, however, yet to face the test of a real bear market. The code of the security com- missioners’ assoeiation provides in brief that securities offered by in- vestment trusts be marketable and negotiable by endorsement, that executive personnel have a clear record and good reputation for business ability, as well as a per- sonal investment in the trust, and that definite provision De made for making public the trust's fi- record. {Keywell, “Purple Gangster,” who iwas picked up yesterday. A pho- Llograph of Keywell was identified as.being one of the spotters. Deputy Police Commissioner Stagg, back from an interrupted vacation, has assumed charge of the police inquiry. He offered a new suggestion and said: “Doesn’t |it strike you funmy that all ¢he big men in the Moran gang es- {caned? Just suppose some of {Moran’s lesser men had been ‘double crossing him. What would Moran do? Think it over.” e NEW YORK — Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and Prince Ivan Alexecith Romanoff, member of the former Russian Royal family, are en- Igaged to wed. 7 RS e - Membership in Local | Chamber Reaches 170; Receipts $3.472 | Although the progress of its membership drive was | | somewhat slowed down, more | gains and additional receipts | were ' reported at tcday's | meeting of the Chamber of | Commerce, Secretary Frank | | A. Boyle reported a total of | l' 170 members enrolled for the | | yéar and raceipts amounting | to $3,472. The drive is being | } 4 continued. | &g Wounded 21.— Fire believed to have been start-j Sea ‘Frocess servers are sea is wanted by his wife as chief (left) 2 flie wife and two nounces the organization of a ne { i | CORDOVA, Aiaska, Feb. 21.—| | Resolutions adopted by the Grand | Igloo of the Pioneers of Alaska,| Inow in session here, include in-! do ment of a Territorial Pionecer Day each year, that the Territor- jal Legislature be petitioned to build and fireproof Pioneer Home, { construction of another Home for | {both pioneer men and women in !the Northwestern part of the Ter {ritory, memorialize the Legislature to make Armistice Day a legal { Ahout ‘u,ooo square miles have, holiday every November 11 as sug- gesteldl bY the American Legion; {indorsement of an owned and op. |erated institution for Alaska in-| | sane, increase of pension allow- |ances for aged residents of Alas |ka, and raising the present $2.'»i maximum to $35. oty George Love, of Valdez, wusi | elected permanent secretary of the | |organization. i i | | | | ASA KEYES IS SENTENCEDTO SAN QUENTIN Former Los Angeles Dis- trict Attorney Must | Go to Prison { | LOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb. 21 | Former District Attorney Asa Keyes and BE. H. Rosenberg, for-| mer corporation promoter, hoth! convicted of conspiracy to yi\w} {and receive bribes, have been sen-| |tenced to terms of one to fourteen | | years in San Quentin prison. 1 The Superior Court denied mo-, Ben Getzdoff, third member con- victed of comspiracy, was given, two weeks probation because of| iliness before he is sentenc NEW GLUE OF 'MISSING GIRL - PORTLAND, Ore. Feb. 21.—| Police are checking up a report| of A. K. Johnson, auditor of af news company, that he saw four-| year-old Doris Smith-Murphy, kid- napped San Francisco girl, in an old office building last night. He said the gir in! the company of a man and| woman. ER GIRL MISSING | ESN )., Feb. 21.—Posses | of ranchems and deputy sheriffs| are scouring the countryside in| Biola District for Linny Palm-| quist, aged 10 years and believed abducted. No tr has been found ef the girl since last seen running through her father’s vineyard yesterday CGpt. ms No_w Enroute to New York' . ! VALPARAISO, Chile, Feb. 21— Capt. George H. Wilkins is today enroute from the Antarctic explor- atlons to'New York City. He left aboard the steamship Ebro. fi?ecomrnendationé Made By Pioneers of Alaska MEMBER rch ngh éind Low for Abosta witness in a $150,000 dren, Allen w alrplane manufacturing firm. alienation ch nd Bert, are Winters In Havana Francis Kreisbergh of Denver, Colo,, enjoying the winter beach at OPEN WINTER NEAR DAWSON L] Week-End Air Trips Enjoy- ed—Temperature Mild —Heavy Fur Catch DAWSON; Y. T., Feb. 2 end party air trips are in the Yukon this winter. Three planes are operating be- tween Whitehorse, Mayo, Wer- —Week- vogue inecke and Dawson. Full advantage 15 being taken of the service both for business and pleasure, The Yukon has had the mildest winter in memory of the oldest white and Indian inhabitants. On very few days has the tem- perature been below zero. There has been no flu or unusu- al sickness. An unusually heavy fur catch is in progress. | The hills fairly |abound in lynx, martin, wolverine, | wolf, fox and beaver while caribou and mountain sheep are encounter- ed in largeé numbers. Guessing is in full swing as tof when the Yukon will break up. - WASHINGTON - We are big users of tin caps. The output of such and of tin utensils in 1927 shown in center. OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS' FRAUD CHARGE MADEU.S.HAS LOST FORTUNE Senator Robinson Brings Up Salt Creek Oil Field Leases . LANDS COMMiTTEE s . Torocest PoeavEs suit against Mrs. Dorothy Walker Meanwhile Bert an- FLOODS, COLD - WAVE, CAUSES - LOSS OF LIFE Praperty Damage Also Re- 3L ke ported High in Bal- kan Countries . LONDON; Feb. 21.~~Floods and avalanches have taken a. heavy toll of life and property in the Balkans- 4y ) coun- | Disrupted communications ‘pre- vent full and extended damage eports but it kncwn that thousands of acres of valley land | wre under water and scores of lives have been lost in: the flood | or zero weatier which has pre-! vailed. | There is no sign of abatement f the floods or ccld wave. ———— SKIFF FOUND; - 2 MEN LOST SEATTLE, Feb. 21.—With the finding of an overturned skiff the, search has heightened today for the bodies of Jerome Day and| Raymond Richards. A sudden squall apparently claimed theirf lives. . t 1. J. Pryde, Assistant Manager! of the Moran School, where Rich- ards was instructor, and Day sen-| IS CALLED TO MEET SECOND OIL: SCANDAL INDICATED: ASKS INVESTIGATION ! ‘Senator Walsh Also -At- : tacked by Indiana Man for His Censure WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—Sena- tor Arthur B. Robinson, Republican of Indiana, made charges yester- day in the Senate of frauds against the Government amounting to ahove one billion dollars, through the Salt Creek Oil Field leases. Coincidentally, Chairman Nye summoned the Lands Committee to consider a resolution extending au- thority to the committee to 'im- quire into the leases during the approaching recess claiming the |property can be reclaimed. Senator Robinson recommended the Lands Committee employ. as, counsel, Robert Bell, former Assis- tant Attorney General, who charg- ed fraud in connection with the original leases. Senator Robinson also attacked Senator Walsh, of Montana, for proposed censure of the Interior vl Justice 4 handling, « lair for .Salt Creek Oil &nd the leases were allowed under the leaging act. of 1920, Walsh. - conty ENFORCEMENT IS ADVANGED Cooperation’ of State, Municipalities NEW- HAVEN, Cann., Feb. 21.— James M. Doran, Prohibition Com- missioner, declared here that im- telligent cooperation by State and Municipal - government and n more concentration of the Federal Government, is the real solution of a more effective dry enforcement. Speaking before the Department of Economics, Sociology and Gov- ernment of Yale University, Com- missioner Doran charged that un- satisfactory conditions existing in sponsored by % pariments " in thejts declarsds io student, blamed the former for some communities, “are due almost = the tragedy. Pryde said: “There 18 a strict rule against boating. Richards saw fit to disregard this ruje.” without exception to the abject failure of the local authorities to. assume its proper obligation and enforce the criminal law.” The two voung men were last| The Gommissioner said the “M—' seen Tuesday afternoon in their skiff, with mast and sail, drift-" ing before a sudden squall. They were soon lost to sight, by those rushing to aid, in - - WASHINGTON-—One thousand ten-gallon hats are to be worn in the inaugural parade by Repub- licans from the State that made the brown derby famous. | the dm'kness.i jeral Government has substantially fulfilled its obligations under the concurrent clause of the Eigl tgenth Amendment.” N % 5 P £ 5 _GRAND FORKS, N. D. — The University of North Dakota and: the Army will meet at football at West Point, November 1, 1930, ¢ according to final arrangemen just completed. o FIGHT ON AGAINST _ | A KENTUCKY DOG LAW | i LEXINGTON, Ky, Feb. 21— Kentucky's famous dog law, which caused at least one feud and cen- gequent bloodshed, headed for discard. The ancient law, under which a magistrate is permitted to try a dog on a sheep killing charge and order execution, has seldom {been invoked in Kentucky courts, lyet the trials have nearly always |been attended by far-reaching con- | | sequences. Interest was stirred to high pitch last vear during the lengthy and | expensive battle in the courts by Mrs. Henry Gay, wealthy Mt. Ster-| !ling, Ky., woman, to save the life of “Kaiser Bill,” a valuable Ger-| man police dog accused of sheep | 1killlng. The case attracted na- {tion-wide attention. While awaiting a hearing on an appeal, after “Kaiser Bill” was | sentenced to die by one court, the | is | general assembly of on the stage in a large number of cities, Attacks on the law, based upon its constitutionality, were consid- ered but no action was taken until recently a Fayette county sheep owner sought to invoke the law. and bring about the execution of a dog in that country. The owner of the alleged sheep killing denied the animal was guilty ang the case was taken to the courts. Judge J ' hat Keene Daingerfield hold the od law whi o vitde 5" 10 heen repealed by an aci of el 1918 relating to the licensing of dogs. g The decision was followed by filing of a suit in Fayette court by George W. Vaughn, attorney. The court is asked pass on the constitutionaMty the 1918 act and to construe: <t Is figued by the Census Bureau, dog was taken on an extensive [sections which have been in dis at $252,478,601. ‘.srlgu tour by Mrs. Gay, appearing pute. s¢ e [ {Commissioner Doran Seeks = {3 it ¥