The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 5, 1929, Page 1

w( - .handling the machine gun so he THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL‘ xxxm . 5039 FIRST BLOOD SHED IN MEXICAN REVOLT WATSONNAMED | _ G. 0. P. LEADER AT CONFERENCE Indiana Ma;l-\)?/ill Succeed Curtis—Others Are | Renominated | WASHINGTON, March 5—Sen-! ator James E. Watson of Indiana has been chosen Republican leader of the Senate at the party con-| fcremc He takes the post heldr -President Curtis. 1 Senate Republicans also re- ted their officers for the te, including the following: Senator George H. Moses, Presi- dent Protem. Edwin Thayer, Secretary. Davis Barry, Sergeant-at-Arms. Rev. E. Phillips, Chaplain. Democratic Caucus Senator Joseph T. Robinson, of Arkan: has been re-elected at' the Democratic causes to be Min-| crity leader in the Senate. Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Mon- | chosen assistant Minority | Senator Morris Sheppard, 2s Whip and Senator | o L. Black of Alabama, Se | | | | | | | tana we lead Taxas, g | Senator Key Pittman, of Nevada, | was chosen Democratic nominee for President Protem. TRAI’N”IS oUT IN TWO, SLIDE Three Men Are Killed and *Several Injured in Montana Disaster | | | | SPOKANE, Wash, March 5—| Wreckers and train crews are clear-| ing away the damage caused by‘ an avalanche of snow which wreck- | ed a mail train, killed three men,| injured four and paralyzed all traf- | fic over the Single-Shot on the| Montana Division of the Great‘[ Northern. Mail Train No. 27 was cut in half and the last six cars were| hurled over a 200-foot bank by a' slide at a tunnel near Slngle-shot.; ‘The dead men are Benjamin Stumpf, mail clerk; Gus Mazos, sec- | tion foreman, and Phil Tanas,| track walker. GANG SLAYERS MADE KNOWN Chicago Ofl_i;i—;l Publishes! Names of Three Prin- | cipals in Massacre | CHICAGO, Ill, March 5. — The' names of three men who the State’s Attorney believes: fingered the ma- ! chige guns that slew seven gang- sters, were made public this after- nocn. | Joe Lolordo, whose brother Pas-! qualino met a gang death on Janu- ary 8, is named as one of the actual executioners. Frederick Burke, long hunted! ank robber and James Ray, were | the other gunners. Burke and Ray were disguised as; police officers, it is said. Jack McGurn, who was arrested several days ago, was not one of the killers, although he may have iaken part in planning the mas- sacre. Lolordo is given the honor of | could avenge the death of his brother, it is renort»ed STUDENTS RIOT; ATTACK POLICE ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 5.—, A rioting crowd of 500 Michigan udents, remnants of 4,000 under graduates who withstood an hour battie with the police, who used tear gas bombs freely, were dis-i persed last night by President Clar- | ence Cook, after the students did $2,000 damage to a theatre which they attempted to enter. Four were arrested. Students at-| tacked the Police with old eggs and tomatoes and other missiles. The officers replied with tear gas bombs. | The students wanted the return of arrested leaders. |trip among them was a token of | | this country has in Latin-America. | | owners !Owlng to the unsettled financia 1\ CONTEST FOR BEAUTY HONORS ¥ B Maria Janescu -RUMANIA Among the entries for the international beauty contest at Gal- veston, Texas, are Sheila La Gal of San Francisco; Elisabeth Simon, Hungary’s beauty queen; and Maria Janescu, Rumania's prettiect. HOOVER TAK wr ’UN A SMO(HH COURSE' By ROGER LOR'XiA. (A. P. Staff Writer) WASHINGTON, March 5—F ly ever beforz on an maugumnon day have relations between the| United States and its neighbor | countries of the Western Hemi iphere been friendlier and shown | |greater promise of continued cor- | , diality. Herbert Hoover assumes office | with this situation further strengt! ened by the belief in all Latin| Amerigan states that his recent his intention not only to maintain | the present good relations, but to resolve the few problems which still remain unsettled. Mexico, the chief probl»m of | many past administrations, is at| present one of the closest friends ' A spirit of confidence in America’s intentions towards it is evident in that country and the new Presi- dent inherits a situation which al- though in process of development promis sethe final stabilization of that country and complete under- | standing on all points. Chief Difficulty The present chief difficulty with that country lies in the land laws| whereby the Mexicapn government ! iexpropriated lands, some belongingl to Americans, and compensated its with government bonds. ! conditions of that nation these| bonds are held'to be valueless by the former land-owners and vu'tunll confiscation is again claimed. The Mexican situation thercro*e,‘ is regarded as largely one of eco- nomic reconstruction, whereby that government will be enabled to meet | punctually all its demands. The of-| ficial Washington attitude regarding Mexico is one of optimism. The success with which Ameri-| can officials supervised the recent elecf.lons 4n Nicaragua, evoking the | ccngra.tnlntlons and the praise of| both parties engaged in the contest, have left only the best of relgtions, with that country. = Both parties ! however, already have imMicat \that they would ask the United| States to repeat its supervision nt‘ the next election, thus involving' determination of a major point in America’s foreign policy by the inew President. Marines Question . Further, Mr. Hoover will have| |to _decide whether a contingent of | American marines shall be left in the country, and if so for how long, and of what strength. sensus of official belief here is that such .a contingent probably will be left until a native constabulary upnble of maintaining order shall have been organized. i (Continued "S;""“"'“ 3 | hospitals for ES OFFICE THFOREIGN AFFAIRS . FOURTEEN ARE DEAD: POISON LIOUOR CAUSE {Others Not Expected to Recover—Two Are Ar- rested—Delay Inquest Fourteen PEORIA, 111, | persons have d d of poisonous bootleg liquor distributed in Peoria over the wek-end inquest is deiayed death' or recovery of others imbibed. Ben Teel, aged 60 years, the lat- est victim, was one of a group of stockmeri who became ill after a hotel party Thursday night. Maurice Mansfield has been ar- rested as local distributor. He reported to have admitted he im- ported 59 gallons from a Chicago bootleg syndicate but refused to name the source. It is rumored the same liquor was shipped to other Illinois towns. Bix died yesterday and s2ven on Saturday and Sunday. Sgveral persons are in receiving treatment, who are not expected to recover. Walter Niebert, bartender at the Stockyards Hotel, a soft drink par- lor, one of the supposed distribut- ing centers, has been arrested. The vxmms include two women. 1ONDONERS GET SCARE Explosions and Fire Cause Excitement — Bad who Blaze Fought LONDGN, ufarch 4.—The Wool- wich Arsenal area, close to the ! heart of Zondon, was alarmed this momm;; by a series of heavy ex- plosions in the primer and fuse fac- tories - of Great Britain's greatest The con- Munition manufacturing center and;118%, Canada supply dump. Nineteen persons are known to | have been injured. Flames licked the arsenal walls and rockets burst overhead. Firemen were in control of the ‘wmgmmm _ 'of Representatives Fisher, Mur st |Hau Ber’s Cabinet ~ ROTHENBURG IS ' MADE SPEAKER, . el . | . w NGTON, March 5. e | ® enate has confirmed e i by ent Hoover's Cabinet e . 1. ° o . ecco0eo0nrec00 000 HOer Compleles Organi- zation in Harmonious Session Held Today | R. C. Rothenburg, Fairbanks, was | today wsanimously elected Speaker ! of the House of Representatives and | the rest of the permanent 0rg,1n~ ization was speedily effected. ’I‘he eeting was marked throughout bv mony. - TIME AWAITING HOUSE AGTION chosen to be Chief Clerk and Lawr- LP"“’ Bla“d‘ of Leg‘513" ence Kerr, Ketchikan, was made| ture Completes QOrganiza- his assistant. The rest of the em ployees were named and took umcel tion 'Vlunday Afternoon | at once. S | A Committee on Committees cjm-[ After completing its organization posed of Winn, Lomen, Donnelly Vesterday afternoon, which included rintment of its regular com- the Senate marked time riting the oganization of Touse. It was scheduled 2 o'clock this afternoon tly with the House. and Foster was apopintefl and a |the |Committee on Employees and Nylen. | the | The effect of several caucuses {to meet | held Monday and this morning was | ¢oHCUIT! ! plainly apparent in the smoothne: i'j\'"m!‘ was notified yes- | with which the House perfected its b {ternoon that the Senate permanent organization. Members Was for business by a com- ed of Senators Di- Anderson and Ben- r notification House this after- from all the Divisions, without re- gard to party affiliation, were on 2ONC, conference on several occasions, and Jamin |were syccessful in ironing out what- | Was made to the | mitt rw lever minor differences that had Moon ) | presented themselyes earlier Mon- | Little time was lost in making {day and held up organization pm_’up the Senate committees. Tk?e ceedings. ’mm 7, composed of Senators Di- | Elmer E. Reed was elected Ser-| mond, Dunn and Hess, made uo | geant-at-Arms and Capt. E. K. |fights for any particular places, ex- Tobin was chosen for Chaplain, Pressing their willingness to aene r.m where or nowhere. Of the eight committees, {Capt. Tobin is head of the Salva- tion Army work in this city. \ five poiitied this afternoon were: Dogr-|trolled by the majority. The min- | recper, Harold Stabler; Engrossing lority received three chairmanships | Clerk, "felen V. Friend: Messenger, |8nd the majority repeéentation on Miss Betty Foster; Watchman, Mrs, | "W0- On the third, Taxation and Legia Brewer and Errolling Clerk, }Traqsporbnuon, there is a fifty-fifty | {F. J. Hayes. ealk | Through a committee composed of Representatives Nylen, Donnelly and Lomen, the House formally notified Gov. Parks it was organ- | jzed and ready for business. It also| Taxation and Transportation— notified the Senate, the committee |Punn, Anderson, Dimond and Ben-, being Representatives Woofter, '].nnln Fisher and McCormick. Fisheries, Game and Agriculture The House today adopted Lhcw»—BenJamln, Frame and Anderson. 11927 rules for its procedure for thc‘; Judiciery and Federal Relations| time being. Adjournment was tak- i—mee, Dimond, Dunn, Sundquist en until 1:456 p. m. Wednesday 21d Benjamin. when it will; prepare for the jm'lt‘ Education, Public Health and sesion with the Senate in the hall |Morals—Anderson, Hess and Frame, of the House. Rules, Elections and Election | Laws—Dimond, Hess and Steel. | Mining, Manufacture and Labor— | Hese, Anderson and Dunn Engrossment and Enrollment— | Sundquist, Dunn and Ben;amin MYSTERY OVER WOMAN'S DEATH {Suicide First Suspected But | Another Theory Now The personnel of the various com- | mittees is as follows: quist, Hess, Frame and Steel. | PLEA FOR HELP FOUND AT POINT HUGH YESTERDAY| Capt. Barton, of the light tender | Fern, today reported to the local { Customs authorities that yesterday he found at the Point Hugh Light an unsigned note, apparently v ten by a person lost and appealing for aid. The note was rastmn. to the door of the small light structure, and it read: “Please look for me, am lost.” | The paper was dated November Advanced 3, 1928. - An examination of the immediate| MIAMI, Fla, March 5—Myskery vicinity was made by Capt. Barton|surroundd the killing, in a hot without results. of Mrs. Nora Wilson, aged 40 year Late today at the United States|whose body was found with a bullet Commissioner’s Office, it was found |through the head. that there was no knowledge of any| The first theory advanced by the person not accounted for that would |police, which is still the strongest come under the jurisdiction of the | belief, was that the woman, former Juneau office. Commissioner Boyle| nousekeeper for Gus Loomis, stated that under the circumstanc- | wealthy New York winter visitor, es the meager information the note | had taken her own life. > I saw i surance as “the sol- bore, it would not be advisable to iclals now disclosed that the|Of President :i‘:,:‘}z,l‘,‘,fo;"if' Yoo economic ills send search parties out at this fatal wound bore no powder burr ) > g sy % | vel 08 of the. & .‘-1; 4 e e n that the|Some are inalined to beiieve she|On Prohibition {of society.” ¥ s responsible for | Petersburg Commissioner might|died &b the hand of anot: L4 '8 o instituting a visiting nurse v have knowled of some missing In the meantime, Loomis, o NEW YORY, March 5.— e |among industrial o e i B e Tars ; as being sued for $25,000, b; e Mys. Franklin D. Roosevelt, e Metropolitan The ide that the | te wa ,‘- son, for alleged back salary forl® wife of New York's Gover- e pany. To this itk e idea gt E nb?:'e " v ner services as housekecper, disap-|® 1Or, today expressed approv- ® a computed average ension of out. on Iw:)un 1: ts D mx,’l - "|peared “on his private yacht but e al of President Hoover's e ——-A--(c»- TR ¢ a signature is not strongly 1~ |iter refurned, He reported he left|® Stand for observance of the ontinued on Pag tertained. to avold pubnmty e Prohibition law in discussing e e VN i |® ““Woman’'s Place in the e \ |® World Today,” befcre an o BPOCK: QUOTATIONS ‘Body 0‘ Alllkal‘l o audience. She said the at- e NEW YORK, March 5.—Alaska Trapper Recovered: cade capane i Juneau mine stock is quoted today {. by e r’éel ;:ed“;i-; : at #§ American Smelting 117%, KETOHIRAN, Alaska, March 5— |0 (o0 ot G e, T8 o Chesapeake Corporation 85', Cuda- | The patrol boat Cygan has reti o dent’ A e ;Jork ]ust il 3y P. I. LIPSEY xe so;;.;‘ 02\:{:1 g‘;):)rs;mne';\\ & m;;igyhm N-:&x; ::”rxft vr Jg» 71;; TP~ le they did the problem of food | ® (A, P. Staff Writer) "Prvioks 107, Missour! 82%, National|dog gusvded his mastcr's tent and|y e o O 4UriDE the World e| 1onpoN, March 5.—The fight Power and Light 57%, Packard |body for months then disappeared o o between America and Europe for tors 142, Postum 71%, Texas Cor- and is believed to have becn killedie 0 0 0 6 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 o o SuPrCMaCYin North Atlantic steam- poration 59, U. 8. Steel 183%, Beth- | by Wolves. It is believed Demp- A ship traffic has inspired a forecast lehem Steel 100%, American Can|sey fell while returning from a trap Dry 83, American T |line and was knocked unconscious and T Company 215, Continental |and drowned by a rising tide. Motors 22%. 5 ——— ————e—— | More than 380,000 passengers ar- Bun bathers from 13 States and rive or from Chicago by rail {hree Canadian Provinces =t St. | each day. They are carried by Petersburg, Fla., formed a club and | 2,050 trains over 23 trunk lines and officers. Confirmed e SENATE MARKS | Other employees of the House ap- | have chairmen from and are gon-| 2 Finance and Corporations—Sund- | | JUNEAU ALASKA TUESDAY MAR(H 5 |929 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRE;SS PRICE TEN CENTS Marvel Crossman, center, is ‘at Los /., airport after dri feet high. Her sc.'ed barograph it will be detefmined if she b 20,170 feet for wome.. Coolidge and Wife Welcomed In Home Town ° — ° L] NORTHAMPTON, Mass., © March 5—This city today e © gave a whole hearted wel- o ° to fomer President e ° Cool and Mrs. © © Coolidge on their relurn to e |® private life. o I . o000 e0cs0000e0ooe ROCKEFELLER STEWARTBOUT NEARLY OVER Counling of Proxies in Standard Oil Fight Is Proceeding CHICAGO, Iil, March 5. John D. Rockefeller Jr., forc thousands of proxies in m under a heavily armed guard, have arrived here and are making final preparations for the fight with Col, The with 1 Robert W. Stewart, Chariman of the Boerd of Directors of the Stan- dard Oil of Indiana, for control.| Yesterday was the final day for submitting proxies for checking. The Rockefeller forces claim a majority of votes. A ct of the proxies w {omorrow. PR GO R R Approves Stand 1 probably be completed HALIBUT PRICES ~-~~ted by her mother and father ving |. ~'airplane more than 20,000 has been cent to Washington where roke the present altitude mark of HALEY FISKE Insurance lxccuhve Dies' Suddenly as Result Heart Att‘_ck HAL K, NEW YORK, Mdrch | Fiske, President of the Me |tan Iife Insurance Company, died ‘suddcnly here as the result of a| heart attack. Haley Fiske was a pioneer in the| development of a health program |among holders of industrial insur- jance policies—those wage earners |who make small weekly payments +to agénts who call at their homes, by British shipping authorities that the speed of ocean transit will be KETCHIKAN, March 5. — There revolutionized. was no sales here Monday. The world’s greatest shipmasters, driven by mutual rivalry and the PRINCE RUPERT, B. C, March challenge of the dirigible, are in- yesterday at 11.50 and 6 cents. 5—Two hundred and eighty thou- creasing their budgets and enlarg- sand pounds of jhalibut were sold ing their building plans. The crown worn by the Maure- ., PASSES AWAY FEDERALS AND REBELS CLASH FIVE STATES Life and D:;l h Struggle Appears to Have Started in Mexico MONTEREY REPORTED CAPTURED BY REBELS Troops Being Hurried from Capital—Insurgents Are in Field MEXICO CITY, March 5—The first bloodshed in the Mexican rev- olution is reported in five different States as the Government and revolutionists settled down to what appears to be a life and death struggle for supremacy. The capture of Monterey, strategic railway center in the State of Nuevo Leon, is claimed by the revo- lutionary leaders after a battle in which there were heavy casualties. Loyal Forces Victors Loyal Federal troops clashed with the rebels in the State of Vera Cruz.and claim a victory. Coahuila, Sonora and Sinaloa re- ported fighting today. Plans for Action The Central Government has made wide plans for action on two fronts, North and South. Calles in Charge Former President Calles, Com=- mander-in-Chief of all Government troops, will conduct the campaign while Gen. Andrew Almazan will concentrate on the South. Already 8,000 soldiers under Gen. | Almazan are on the march to Vera Cruz. Rebel Commander Opposing Calles and Almazan, will be Gen. Gonzalo Escobar, of { (Continued on Page Eight) PRESIDENT 18 ON JOB AHEAD OF HIS FORGE Hoover S;;s Work as Chief Executive at Early Hour Today WASHINGTON, M&I'Ch 5.—Presi- dent Hoover made an early start on the first full day as Chief Ex- ecutive arriving in his office at ,8:55 o'clock this morning ahead of nearly all of the members of his staff and White House force. The President switched on the lights to banish the murky gloom |caused by lowering clouds outside |and plunged immediately into work. His morning was free from formal engagements so he might be un- interrum.ed as he examined a mass -lof data which had been prepared for him. ALASKA FLIER T0 SOON WED | | | | | engagement of Miss Ada Arthur and Flier Noel Wien, is announced! here, Wien expects to hop-off for Siberia as soon as difficulties be- | _:twecn fur traders and the airplane | compapy are straightened out. Wien may fly to Wrangell Island to | obtain furs for the Soviets and take ruppuee to the Isinnders. FIVE NATIONS COMPETE IN ATLANTIC SHIPPING tania so proudly and so long as speed queen of the seas, will soon be claimed by another liner. i Five nations are entered in the new ocean race, the United States, (and Italy. For 21 yearsthe Maure: tania, with her unmatched speed of 25% knots, has held the W for Atlantic crossings. But today, British shipping M are listening to omnious from America. They hear an American financial ‘house (Continued on Page Two) NOME, Alaska, March 5—The | Great Britain, Germany, France = 7 %