The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 9, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXX, NO. 5069. SINCLAIR MUST SERVE TIME IN JAIL; GONTEMPT {)itallianLlS D ecC i S i on IS Made by Judges of Supreme Court Capt. Eielson Is Honored by Presiden: Hoover "ON, April 9. Eielson, pilot T ¢ Hubert Wil- s on the plane from Point Sarrow to Spitzbe received from President Hoo- he Harmon Trophy g nually for an out- INGT Carl WASH e —cap (o |e I e ; now » Internatior A‘.m’hr» went to Shirl airmail Col. recei FINE OF $500 IS | ALSO TO BE PAID Wealthy O1l Operator ‘I Given 24 Days to Seek Rehearing . o . ] rophy for his the Atlantic. eocoevesoe R HUUSE REPORT | ON CONTROLLER BILL IS READY Committee Reooxt Said to| Make Many Changes from Senate Measure t ° . K |® i | i { { { | | | f [ Committee on Terri- JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, APRIL “ALL THE NEWS »mmendations stitutions on the Steel Con- | ’lro'lc. Bill is rcady to be the House just as soon as enough |mcml\c are available to make up was made know of the Commit- not rman Donnelley of the Com- is & member of the Sitka arty and the revort will not be ASHINGTON, April 9—HaIry | officially med bl i 7, Sunres i Court Fa, ve three mONtRS|Byt in a general way it is - contempt of the United | that the amendments approved by te in refusing to ans-lthe Committee materi: alter the juestions asked in a Tea-imcasure as it was enacted by the t Dome investigation. Senate. I "i‘)" of the Court Wflsi It is learned from a reliable nenir | source that the report would ehm:-' The wealthy oll operator will have inate entirely the Board of Con- 25 days in which to ask for & Te-|tro] provisions which has been re-| hearing before the mandate is igarded by the proponents of the ed but rehearings are -seldom| granted. In addition to the jai entence there is a fine of $500. Sinclair appeared several time: before the committee as a witness. | w Ser This, of course, would leave the owers of the Governor almost un- | touched while the Steel bill virtual- ly robbed that office of all appoint- 1 the committee was through, ljve and administrative functions | r Thomas J. Walsh, in March | connected with the Territorial gov-' 1924, ;\Nvm])ted to obtain 1nforma—lemmem tion concerning the contract made] It is also understood that the! in September, 1022, by SINCIAI in|method of confirmation of ap- behalf of the Mammoth Oil Com'vpomtces has been changed. pany, with F. G. Bonfils and John | present all gubernatorial appoint- | Leo Stack. Sinclair refused $0|ments are required to be confirmed cr contending the Inquiry Was by the Senate. The Committee of control of the Senate. When report would have the entire Legis-; brought to trial he claimed the jature act on them. And this questions he refused to answer Per-|ywoulq include the Commissioner of d to private affairs and ch: Education, now elected by d the Senate to continue in-|poarq of Education and not re- vestigations. Justice Butler then|guired to be confirmed. announced the decision that th 1t is said that a majority of the were not private affairs. members of the House are favor- 1able to the amendments to be 3AN|T SHUT {brought in. After they are adopted DEAD, HOLD-UP L is believed the bill will be speed- | |ily passed and sent back to the HOLLYWOOD, Cal, April 9.— Two bandits tried to hold-up a| Senate. The measure in such form prob- Holiywood Boulevard motion picture theatre during the rush hour last | | made to | make the Sitka lan as one of its principal features. | the , [MORE TRUE BILLS ably will have three staunch sup- | porters in the upper House—Sena- night at the beginning of the sec- ond show. | tors Dunn, Dimond and Hess. That it will be approved by the remain- | John Gezick, aged 22, was shot dead in the getaway car. His com- |ing members can hardly be expect- |ed, although it is said that in as panion, former Los Angeles Police- man, was captured. {much as it will provide for popular Policeman James Alexander was election of two more officials, Audi- in the theatre lobby when the ticket seller screamed and dropped to the| floor of her box office as the men| leaped from the car and flashed their guns and demanded the mon- ey. Alexander ran out of the lobby and opened .fire. - Protection of Whales Aim of League Nations GENEVA, April 9.—Protec- tion of whales is the new aim of the League of Nations Economic Comumittee. The League appointed a delega- tion tc meet in London April 18 to devise measures to in- sure preservation of certain species of whales in general and prevent the rapid de- struction of all species. e0oc 000000000 {tor and Treasurer, it should finally not prove unacceptible to most of the Senators. It seems almost| certain that protracted conferences will be necessary to iron out dif- ferences of opinion before any workable agreement can be reached. D Radio Operator on Southern Cross Is Planning New Flight SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, April 9. —James Warner, ragio operator on the trans-Pacific monoplane South- :ern Cross on the flight to Aus- tralia, is planning a flight to To- kyo. He said he is considering ;two routes, one the northern via Seattle to Kamchatka, thence to | Japan, and the other the southern via San Francisco to Honolulu, Imen across 4,500 miles of open sea |to Tokyo. Warner said he will be accom- panied on the flight by Harry Ab- bott, veteran Pacific Coast aviator and a crew not yet selected. Announcement of the plans are premature said Warner and there will be made this year, Young, below, ree left; are xr]m.lcd fr i | SOCIAL VICE-PRESIDENT winications, Inc., and the reph, Inc,, are joined in th system. “ernational until he re-| i | WASHINGTON, April 9.—Pros- for an early settlement of | ial upl 1 over Edward Gann, sis- of ce- is seen s icm p ary of State Stim- | son has been asked for a definite | ruling. | The diplomats discussed the in- ‘mLaLr problem for two hours at a meeting called by Sir Esme How- ard, as Dean. The Corps agreed | {to view the protest of the Vice-| ! Presider in the Kellogg ruling, ¥ | putting Mrs. Gann below wives Incidentally the Cabinet members | ’a.ld Senators, ing to the dip- |lomats, should take the matter up jwith the new tand it is thoug |ruitng 15 more de to avoid embar: ing guests’ 1 {both diplom acc t a definite able than ermrcl sment by arrang- 0 as not to include RETURNED BY THE 'GRAND JURY TODAY True bills returned by the Grand | Jury in the U. S. District Court | this morning, were: the United States vs. Zanis Williams, charged with forgery; the United States vs. I William Fraser and C. L. Hulse, charged with grand larceny and the United States vs. Walter ‘Thompson, charged with embezzle- ment by- bailee. The - civil case of the Alaska | Handy Gold Mining company, vs. the Chichagof Extension Gold Min- | ing company went to the jury at 11:40 o'clock this forenoon, at the end of a five and one-half day trial. 1 Members of the petit jury re-| ported this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock | when the Stanley Krasson case was set for trial, but were dismiss- ed until tomorrow morning as no cases were ready for trial. Judge E. Coke Hill presided in the Court room this afternoon in| place of Judge J. W. Harding, who ! is disqualified to sit en the bench while cases which originated while he was U. S. Attorney, are being tried. | Ketchikan for conspiracy to violate | the prohibition laws, was sentenced today by Judge Hill, to serve a year, and a day at McNeil island. Court | was adjourned at 2 o'clock for an hour when several motions willl come before the Court to be argued. —————— ient whereby the Radio Corporz OFFICIAL DECISION I \afternoon by Deputy David Sarnoff, right, and Thomas W., om I’:m< ance, as signers tion of America International Telephone and e world’s largest communicas Newsreel) "ATUS OF SISTER QF IS QUESTIONED; l\l 1)1/ LS lI Gets Navy Post Ernest Lee Jahncke of New On leans has been appointed assistanl secretary of the navy by President Hoover. HIGH SIERRAS SNOW CROWNED RENO, Nevada, April 9 high Sierras ‘are today cr with new caps of snow as the re- sult of a storm which swept the mountains last night, the h est snow in months. Rail line roads are blocked at the summit. Eighteen inches of snow fell on the summit and four inches fell in Reno. FOUND GUILTY LAW VIO Edna Kane, Peggy Horn Harry Johnson and Gus Re holm, who were arrested yesterday Prohibition Administrator T. L. Chidister and Deputy U. S. Marshal W. F. Sib- ley, were tried for alleged violation to the Alaska Bone Dry La in the U. 8. Commission and sentenced by U. S. sioner Charles Sey. A. B. D. TION TODAY Mrs. e~ Court | Commis- Kane Edna d Jjail. Mrs. Harry Johnson Peggy Horn were given I each, and Gus Rosenhc tenced to serve 30 days & fine of $00 and costs. look | D! , today | ALL THE TIME” 1929. MRS. KENNEDY IS SUED FOR | Bv ecach of Promlfle Case Brought by Rev. H. H. Clark, of Seattle 'MOTHER GF AIMEE ) M’FPHERSON IN BAD r/\llvgc:l She Made Love to Minister, Asked Him to Wed, Then Jilted Him April 9.—Asking t balm, Rev. H. H. Clar -aged Seattle clergyman ed suit for breach of pror | 1st Mrs. Minnie Kenne {mother of Mrs. Aimee 82 Phercon of the Los Angeles Tan inacle Clark charges Mrs. Kc! d to provide him a Seattle and a gospel sbip ed in missionary ‘work in and Pacific Coast ports, Clark avers Mrs. Kennedy lonely and alon» t they go to of enjoyment together. At ch meeting, Rev. Clark sa; inedy made love to him, him to marry her. Yinally Mrs. Kennedy promised to Clark in religious work would marry her. and the marriage was | ta rly this year but 1 she refused to see him any more and @ d to marry him | Rev s he is now heart broken, humiliated and disturbed of | peace of mind. - GEN FSCOBAR IS PROCLAIMED a0 . SEATTLE, 000 | nody | Alasks to e PRO,PRESIDENT : Mexican Insurgents Honor Rebel Chief—Fleeing to Mountain District JUAREZ, April Provisional President by the In- surgents, Gen. Escobar is on his way to the mountains with 6,000 well-equipped troops. Before his departure on a three-section train, Gen. Eg- cobar said the Revolutionists will meake a stand at Chihuahua og So- nora, it all depending on circum- stances. Gen. Caraveo is/believed to be in the vicinity of Chihuahua City with 4,000 men. It is believed Gen. Escobar plans to concentrate forces and attack that city. CAPT. COGHRAN COMING NORTH SAN FRANCISCO, April 9.— Capt. Charles Cochran, of the United States Coast Guard, will |leave today for Seattle to resume command of the Bering Sea Patrol fleet. | Capt. Cochran for years com- manded the old cutter Bear which was recently presented to Oakland. He announced his intention of re- |tiring next fall and associates say |this may be his last trip. Capt. Cochran will sail attle April 17 on the ¢ {lan for Unalaska whic summer headquarters. — e ©ee 00000000000 L4 TODAY’S STOCK L QUOTATIONS S0 00000000000 9.—Proclaimed from Se- tter Che- will be his neau mine stock is quoted today at 6 4, Chesapeake Corporation 85, Cudnhy 5414, General Motors 84, Tom Barry, who was convicted in!was sentenced to serve 30 days in|CGold Dust 61%, Mack Trucks 104%, Missouri 77%, National Power and |Light 477, Packard Motors 127, |Postum 621, Te cumomflon , Bethlehem | American T and T com- Motors 184, Inter-| B 20%, ,Steel 109%, ‘pany 216%, Continental |20%, Matheison Alkali |national Paper A 327, $50,000 BALM esterday ! iSlavia, the summer 1 Queen Marie. NEW YORK, April 9.—Alaska Ju- | MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS cailed fron He con-|¥ Col. Lindbergh To Pay Tribute T'o Herrick MEXICO CITY, April 9.— Col. Charles A. Lindbergh turned his face towards the United States today where he will go to pay tribute to Myron T. Herrick, whos Saturday M Lindbergh ays consid i he owed ¢ than a debt of gr tude to the Ambassador who took him in hand 1 piloted him about Paris after he made his flight 0ss the Atlantic. Col. Lindbergh e pects to arrive in New Y tomorrow or Thursday. . I |o lo lo ° lo le |o ° o o le lo le . ©ce 000500000060 KING MIGHAEL T0 MEET DAD BUCHAREST, April in reliable cles Michael will go 9.—Reports that Kir 3led, Jugt home of King next July to Alexander, became reconciled with Mother It is thought the| meeting is planned merely to giv the tiny King an oppor reacquaint himself with 1 from whom he has be for nearly three ye -->o REP. ZIEGLER AND JUDGE HARDING TO BE LEGION GUESTS ern,.cntatx':- A. H. Ziegler and Judge J. W. Harding are to bc the special guests of the local Ameri- can Legion Post members at the regular meeting Thursd: Mr. Ziegler is a member of the here will tell the members of Alaska Boxing Bill Legion was sponsor of the bill and the members will he interested to hear Mr. Ziegler's information on the bill and the pending measure in the Alaska Territorial Legisla- ture. the ————— RUTH KRUGNE Ruth Krugness, daughter of Mr. |and Mrs. J. A. Krugness of Juneau, Lr a star student at Oregon Agri- | eultural College, which she is at- |tending. In addition to athletic Mmernsts she has made excellent sa A’s and two grades, receiving four B's on her last report. The grade A is the highest received, as the gradlng is A, B, C, and D, passing marks. Miss Krugness, one of several young students of is It's all right to marry for love if like they were trying to outdo—or | Goodyear Rubber lfl Standard Oil| Juneau, who have made excellent is no necessity for either marrying. is little likelihood that the flight 'both have so much money there Outshow, rather—the summer bath-lof California 77%, ln? suits, rt Warner 113314, marks for themselves in the |versities in the States. Uni-' " KELLOGG TO EUROPE FOR RES1, @0 c©000000000000000 g | N@:«fl of styte, and Mra, m New Yerk for Europe. From Lynn To Lvnn | | The Marchioness of Townshend, mayor of King's Lynn, England, will be the guest of Lynn, Mass, fcur days beginning June 30 for the | eity’s celebration of its founding. PRICE TEN CENTS JONGREGATION OF CHURCH IS HELD UP AND ROBBED FIVE MASKED MEN STICK-UP CHURCH CROWD Eighty Worshipers in Chi- cago Synagogue Rob- bed of Large Sum MONEY AND JEWELS TAKEN IN HOLD-UP First Instance of Kind in | Chicago [Records— Suspect Known CHICAGO, I, April 9.—Five snarling, cursing thieves, masked and armed, held up 80 members of the First Rumanian Synagogue congregation last night, securing $75,000 in money and jewels. It the first instance in Chi- go Police records of a hold-up inside of a place of worship. Laurence Bungardean, Rumanian Vice-Col was among the few to escape loss. He was mistaken one who had already been E hed. | For nearly half an hour, the rob- bers, with pistols and shotguns, moved among the congregation !which had been ordered to line up against the wall. From hands and arms of tho i women, the robbers snajched brace« lets and rings. | The pockets of the men yielded | billfolds and watches. ! The robbers frequently broke the |silence in the church with curses: They held handkerchiefs to their {faces but before the robbery was .+ finished, two of the robbers abams Tdoned concealment and some of {the congregation are said to have | recognized them. i Two names of the suspected rob. |bers were given later to the police i During the leisurely search, tha \robbers came to Rabbi Goldstein 'and took $22 from his billfold. Ob- i serving the Rabbi's name, the lead- er of the robbers Yold his aide to return the money. J. D. Raynes offered the robbers $1.90 as they approached, saying: “I'm the janitor.” “Keep it,” said the robber chief. > COAST LEAGUE 1. GILFILLAN to meet his| | Presidents Dies at Age of 93 Years Conn., |Untted States |Hayes and Garfield, "lmnw here last night ;DB years. | Gilfillan was born town, Mass. He was a Garfield and first !Trensury Department under at the age of in schoolmate of entered PASSES AWAY father, Prince Carol, who recently [J S, Tr(:asurcr Under Two April 9. President died at his Belchers- the under Abra-| TEAMS TRAVEL There were no games played in the Pacific Coast Leagus yesterday as the teams were travelling to |open this afternoon on the follow- ing schedule for this week: Mission at Seattle. Hollywood at Portland. Sacramento at San Francisco. Oakland at Los Angeles. Seattle is planning giving the Indians a great welcome on their {first trip north this season, and opening in the home town. 4 s COVER | i { ALASKAN SNOW The following amounts of snow were reported on the ground at various Alaskan stations Monday evening, April 8: Barrow, 3 inches; Cordova, 2 inches; Fort Yukon, 17 |inches; Juneau, trace; Nome 48 f s y evening. | etchika st and at the meeting | K n Post and he mi ““'"assnsslmtn(i_ The American | . from for | iham Lincoln and served as Clerk (of the Administrations of Lincoln, | Johnson and part of Grant's. The! latter appointed him cashier of the United States but he resigned the Treasuryship after Garfield was - BUREAU OF MINES | MAN IS BACK FROM | GIVING LECTURES| : George H. Miller,, First Aid In- | structor with the U. S. Bureau of | Mines, returned on the Virginia IV. a ten days' trip to the Chi- chagof Min Limited, and the| Hirst-Chich: where he gave lectures to groups of miners. ‘He received excellent cooperation at !both mines, and altogether taught first aid methods to 44 men, he He expects to leav for Komukan He will give lec- tures the Kassan Gold Com- pany at Hollis, on the east coast of Prince of Wales Island, the limestone quarries at View Cove, Dall Island, the Hyder district, and!e the marble quarries, if they are|e laywl;\ting. . Juneau soon inches; Tanana, 33 inches. > All-Alaska Chamber Of Commerce Meeting Postponed ‘The final organization meeting of delegates here to form a Territorial Chamber of Commerce, announced yesterday to be held this evening at City Hall, was to- day postponed to Thursday evening Frank H. Foster, delegate from the Seward Chamber of Commerce, and Chairman of the temporary organization, made an an- nouncement to this effect this morning. Several of the delegates, who are members of the Legislature, are out of town on an official trip to Sitka and are not expected to he here in time to attend to- night. It was considered advisable to await their re- turn before proceeding with final organization.