The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 23, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA E “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” ]UNEAU ALASKA bATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1929 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRI(.E TLN CEN IS TORNAI)OES, HAIL STORMS, RAIN AGAIN STR!KE SOUTH aUaPEClED RUM SHIP IS FIRED UPON AND SUNK Speedy British Craft Chased by Coast Guard Vessel Off Louisiana NEW ORLEANS, March 23.—The ritish auxiliary schooner Imalone, | OF CABINET MEMBER WII'E suspected contraband car- | 1k late B after d craft. r of the crew ay off the | battle with | , a negro | s either killed or drown- | ders to waylay the r Walcott, command- ant Officer Frank Paul, | ountered the Shoa 200 miles southeast of sh Island. Imalone failed to schooner off Trin-|{ heed the | * to prepare for boarding and | fled on Th 0a toward Mexico. Walcott placed a shell in tht‘l rigging but was unable | to overta water. The Imalone had several other times escaped cutters becaus of superior speed. The chase continued and o(hov cutters were summoned. The Dexter repeatedly until the In without nemk off 1 or of the crew except the one, drowned. - LIGUOR RULING FOR EMBASSIES were == MADE BY DEPT. Prohibition Officers, Cus-| toms Officials, Police Keep Hands Off WASHINGTON, March 23.—Fed-‘;t eral Prchibition agents and Cus- offic and the local Police been warned by the Treasury ment that they must use a -off policy when liquor ac- nied by an accredited attache of an Embassy, is being transport- ed. The Treasury Department has settled the question as just what requirements Foreign Legations must comply with to make liquor shipments free from interference. First—no permit will be lawfully issued for transportation of liquor by a diplomat. The Treasury De- partment will issue the permit. Second—all liquor imported by diplomats should be brought to Baltimore. Third—ownership of the vehicle transporting a shipment is not im- portant, since the accredited diplo- mat accompanying the vehicle will | be in physical possession of the shipment since he is immune from arrest. Should any officer arrest a dip- lomat or disturb his liquor, the of- ficer will be liable to severe penal- ties. The settlement has been received with elation by the Embassies who have been fearful for liquor since the Siamese incident of last week, when liquor was seized but later released and delivered. ——e When next Mrs. Martha Gilligan of Cambridge, Mass., slips on the jce she will be less prompt in thanking the man who saves her from a fall. After a stranger stead- ied her the other day she found her handbag oDen nnd su gone. alone | 1 offer to surrender either | ¢ her because of the shoal | | MRS, RAY LYMAN Wil mp, American fim‘ siments Are Heavy in Revolt- Embroiled Mex. Siutos WASHINGTON, March 23 |ican interests are hea lin the revolution-e |can states. | “In Senora, which fell quic |the revolters, are the great cop {h ~Dodge group, | meding |mines. Ve: “YChargPs Made broiled w“_‘Agamst ©|Senator Blease WASHINGT! March 23. —"Testimony " that Senator Cole L. Blease, Democrat of South Carolina, coniributed $500 to an organization headed by Joseph Tolbert, Republican National Com- mitteeman of the State, and Uml while Governor, Blease two of Tolbert's In the northern part of uz American capital is in- |vested on a large scale in the pe- | troleum fields. Petroleum pro- | ducts valued at $46919,144 were | ported last year, a drop of $75,70: 63 from 1927. om the state of Sinaloa, con- guous to Sonora, are shipped great {quantities of tomatoss and other fresh vegetables in the off se lof this count Sinaloa was & |other state whose capitulation was|® lquickly announced by revolting|® © 6 @ ¢ o v 0 0 0 0 0 @ DEATH TOLL OF MINE DISASTER ¥ | 5¢ | F ° ° . ° ° ° ° w | ° ° . ° mmittee bx w.. P Bl()\‘n ston contractor. @ ° Some 70 per cent of the copper exported from Mexico comes |Sonora, most of it through Agua Prieta and Cananea. Las{ year ! copper exportations amounted to 51,415,074 pounds from Sonora, val- {ued at $6,024,659. Gold exports reached a total value of $1,650451 and silver exports $4,302,119. Ex- ports of all metals from Sonora were valued at $12,456,766. Through the port of Tampico, Vera Cruz, last year, were sent ex- ports ,valued at $48,450, intlud- ing oil, fibre, some metals and fruits and vegetables. There are 28 states in Mexico, the federal district and two terri- tories. Vera Cruz, Jalisco and Puebla, each with populations of more than 1,000,000, are the larg lest. Of the known states tha |have either joined the revolution- lary movement or fallen before thc revolters, Chihuahua has a popula- jtfon of 401,622; Coahuila, 392,341: | Durango, 338,511; Oaxaca, 949973 and Sinaloa, 341,265. Sonora is on |the Pacific and Vera Cruz is on the Atlantic coast. Tampico is one of the most im- portant ports. It has a population of approximately 100,000, and is | situated about midway between the | United States frontier at Matamo- ros and Vera Cruz, 602 miles by railway from Mexico City. —Last 2 Unreported Men Found Alive PARNA<‘%"S Penn.,, March 23.— ring the exnlo- ‘lon-wrotkml Kinloch coal mine,ceas- d work this aiernoor. when two nissing men they were searching or were found al The death ‘6. One body ge is yet to be found. Three hundred men were in the mine at the time of the explosion which occunred two days ago. e High Honor Is Bestowed on Melville E. Stone WASHINGTON, March 23. —The doors of Washington (Continued on Page Tw0) FRANCE TO ECONOMIC FOREFRONT IN EUROPE PARIS, March 23—France's tre- mendous economic expansion since the war has more than doubled her business activity. While her per- centage of increase in 28 industries is only half that of the United States, it slightly exceeds improve- ment in German industry and puts her in the lead in Europe. France, in fact, according to tables prepared by the American chamber of commerce for its maga- zine “Foreign Trade,” deserves to bear comparison with the United States for two reasons. First, be- cause she had to recomstruct to recover prewar capacity and sec- ond, because she has increased in steel cutput, coal mining, machine construction and some chemical Catheral on Mount St. Al- ban, whose sacred cpypts embrace the tombs of 13 of the nation’s illustrious dead, were opened today to receive the ashes of another illus- trious American—Melville E. Stone, former head of the Associated Press. To the memory of this man, who was a friend of many who had died before, were offered the highest honors of the nation be- stowed upon a private citi- zen. President Hoover, Vice- President Curtis and other high officials and represen- tatives of a score of natlons attended the ceremeonies. |lines more than has the United States. Taking 1913 as a standard, France has increased her business activity 127 per cent, Germany 125 per cent, Iwhile the U. S. is credited with 367 per cent in the 28 industries, which jinclude textiles, metals, chemicals, ishipping, railroads, automobiles, fer- tilizers and foreign trade. | Foreign observers remark that {the French themselves are only be- |ginning to realize their progress. | They are beginning to throw off their spirit of depression and to Irealize that they have adopted mod- ern methods in many lines and of- ten show a hustle they would have considered quite undignified before |the war, 000000000000 0CePvEcOVLOY eSO Y eecsc0ecsssene e A wrought iron gateway bearing a bronze reproduction of the Rob- ert E. Lee coat of arms is to be placed at Washington and Lee Uni- versity. PLAGED AT 45 Rescue Crews Cease Work | list is now placed at| buried in the wreck-| o afterncon. o!/found dead near his home CREEK RISE ROUTS FIVE THOUSAND FROM HOMES K/ { CLUBBED, THEN SHOT; VICTIM OF GANGLAND Death Sentence “Let Him| Have It” Carried Out in Chicago IICAGO, March 23 The land death sentence “Let Him! Have It” was shouted in front of l)'mm Stanton’s saloen on South Halstead Street and then a sub- ne gun spread death to Ray- mond Cossidy last night. Five men, four of whom carried revolvers, leaped from a closed car and drew up in front of Sitanton’s saloon. Cassidy and several others were - in conversation. . idy was clubbed at the com- mand of “Let Him Have It” and the fifth man drew the submarine gun from under his coat and Cas- sidy fell dead on the street. The car was again boarded and [esi dents of Jefferson county, Alabama, sought refuge reached its highect stage in 20 years. (Associated Pre - GREAT DAMAGE BY STORMS IN STATES SOUTH Seven Already Known to Have Lost Lives— Scores Injured | CHILDREN TRAPPED IN HOUSE, KILLED Scattered Communities in | Southern States Report on Destruction RTLANTA, Ga., March 23.—Al- |ready sorely burdened with the jaftermath of last week's floods, the {South saw a mounting toll of dam- |age today left in the wake of a fes of tornadoes, hail storms, h winds and heavy rains which scended on scattered communi- 1 1 quickly sped a During the bullets purred {through windows. James Haw- Ikins, aged 22, on his way to visit {his flancee, was struck and per- haps fatally wounded ! 1 Cassidy is know to the police ambler and member of a beer ring gang. — e THREE COUNTER ATTACKSUNDER WAY BY REBELS {Insurgent Armies in Mex- | I ico Indicate Future Activity in North | f MEXICO CITY, March 23—Reb- | {el troops in their counter offensive | \against the Mexican Government | were at the gates of Mazatlan on | the West Coast and fighting today | {for po: on of that port. There has been fighting between | 2,500 defenders and 5,000 rebels but | apparently little blood has bvm; ties from Louisiana to North Caro- lina. Seven are known to have lost | their lives in the storms and scores |of others have been injured. | The property damage is unesti- | mated. Trapped in a church used as a school in Merrelton, Alabama, five children were killed and ssippi River continues {to rise at Memphis but it falling |at Cairo. 28 BOY SCOUTS ARE BELIEVED T0 BE DROWNED |Are Washed Away in House at Camp, Down Swirling, Swollen Stream CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., March 23.—A cottage in which 28 Boy | |Scouts were camped in near Rock- {wood, Tenn, was washed away |from its foundation and sent swirl- I |ing down the swollen stream by a shed. ‘ A rebel advance is also develop- |ing on the Naco River, along the| |border; the Insurgents being re- |ported 30 miles from that town| {where the Federals are strongly entrenched. Rebels who recently evacuated severa. This aerial view shows the busines: deaths and Lig property damage. (Assaciated Pres WESTPO’NI RESIDENTS ASSEMBLE AT BRlDGEHEAD Torreon, before Gen. Calles’ ad- vance, are again proceeding s«mlh-i ward and are reported to be about | |30 miles north of the city pointing | to three counter attacks being de- veloped. Rebel leaders expressed | ‘optimism they will be in control lof the country by July. CGHILD KILLED - MANY INJURED BY HIGH GALE: 1 {Tornado Does Much Prop-| erty Damage, in Short | Time, in South CHARLOTTE, N. C., March 23—/ |One child was killed and at least| |10 persons injured by a tornado which struck this city late yesterday | | Stevens, aged 10 years, was | after | his loyd |the storm passed. Both of | parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur St ens were injured seriously The storm lasted by a few ments. Reports of heavy damage mo- 4 | ! ,mmi ! x! As fiood waters covered the streets of the Georgla town persons living there gathered at the Chattahoochee river crossing. (Associated Press photc transmitted by telephone). 1 s portion of Westpoint after a heavy "un off of water caused photo transaittea by te |flood of water early this morning |uccording to reports reaching here. shone). ! Residents of the section heard o __.|the screams of the boys from the cottage. It is feared that all of the boys were drowned. 3 i The camp was about 70 miles ™| [north of here on White Creek, jnormally a small stream. A cloud- burst, which swelled the creek to |dangerous size and swept away the cottage, also washed out highway ibridges and hampered telephone and telegraphic communications, making it impossible to confirm re- | ports. ne report is that the town of iCm\l Creek was wiped out by the cloudburst. R MISSISSIPPI LEVEES HOLD iNo Breaks—in—Dikes Near | Quincy — Patrolmen Pace River Front | QuIiNcy, 11, March 23—The leves of those residing on the low- |lands cast their first glances over the Mississippi River this morning and the sight brought gratitude as the dikes were still holding. Worried patrolmen still pace up and down the river front ready |with sand bags to close any breach {that may threatened io flood 50,- 1000 acres. The river has raised one foot in the last 24 hours and is still rising. | Twenty thousand acres are still all nearby sections are made. | The roof of a two-story }buflding was lifted off and ca two yards by the storm. | « SPECIAL MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL FRIDAY - .........ll..l TODAY'S STOCK o! For the purpose of considering QUOTATIONS o the matter of terminating the leas eoseeeee o oo e e heldby the Juneau Cold Storage ————— . . . ° Juneau mine stock was quoted to- PIADt on the City Dock property, day at 73, American Smelting 115,/there was a special mecting of the | Chesapeake Corporation 81', Cud- City Council last nizht {ahy, no sale; Gold Dust 65'%, Mack 'Hal. Trucks 103, National Power d' Three different propositions were Light 55, Packard Motors tentatively submitted by the Cold Postum 687%, U. S. Steel 181%, Storage company and the matter and T Company 213%, Motors 217, Methieson Al sale. i, no 3. The three suggested proposi- jtions were: 1.—For the Cold Stor- L 1t NEW YORK, March 23—Alaska COMmbPany on the old Cold Storage | Bethlehem Steel 102, American T Was deferred until the next regular Continental meeting of the Coupcil on April) e company o sell the rete, to the city .as i 1t the city allow L ne to dispose of machinery, etc., to some other party; 3.—A pos- siblity of turning the property over to the city as it stand o JUDGE AND MRS. ROYLE OFF FOR SOUTI ON MARY in the City | Because of ill-health, Mrs. Boyle left on the Princess last night for the J gone for an indefinite Umo Judge Boyle, who is accompanying her south, will be away for about three | weeks. Mrs. Boyle left St. Ann’s "hospital, where she had been since y | They expect to go to southern Call under water, the results of two the latter part of February, a few breaks in the levees Thursday days ago to prepare for her trip. |Might. -ee fornia and Mrs. Boyle will remain | HAS BIRTHDAY PARTY south until her health is recovered. | During the absence of U. S. Com- | Art Judson celebrated a birthday missioner Boyle, Charles Sey, Com- |yesterday and last night, at the missioner at Douglas, will preside, | 2ome of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. P A L {Thomas B. Judson entertained FIREMEN GIVING ‘fru-nds at a house dance following | with refreshments. Among the PARTY TON]GHT!guesls were Renee Guerin, Phyllis Friend, Marion Foster, Harvie Hig~ gins, Cornelia Mohn, Alex Stur- The members of the Juneau Fire | ock, Muriel Jarman, ITenar Jack- Department are giving a dancing |son and George Deats. and card party temight at the Fire e Ha'l for members and ex-members| Nearly persons visited the only. Dancing will start at 9:30 \onredemw museum at Richmond, o'clock. k last year.