The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 11, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXXIIL, NO. 5071. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, THUVRSDAY. APRIL 11, 1929. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS FAMILIES CRUSHED TO DEATH IN RUINS OF HOMES lCO\TiJS'i' FORD. A. R U. S. SOLDIERS READY TO MOVE T0 MEX.S0RDER Orders Tssued: for Fifteen Hundred Men to Leave San Antonio MEASURES TAKEN FOR PRECAUTIONS Siege of Naco Reported Underway by Generals of Rebel Forces ANTONTO, Texas, April 11.] roximately 1,500 United States | soldiers here are “»ady to proceed to Arizona, New Mexico, and other border points within a short dis-| tance of Sonora where the major | battle betwen the opposing forces: in the Mexican warfare is immin- | ent. ' Orders for the movement of thc? soldiers was issued yesterday. i Fighteen planes patrolling the border. %o Election of the Congress gton April Julizs Y. Talmadge au (upper left a new President Gen. L: er ¢;scribed the move- | jecye o ment as pre utionary measure | o to afford equ 3 ection to‘“r‘ border points in a possible emer: o gency. a » Mrs. ight) SEIGE OF NACO NACO, April 11.—Convergence of rebel troops for what General E: cobar described as the seige of Naco, is under way to the South, East and West of the Federal gar: ”'S? A nce some ¢ national soclety, Daughters of e robel leaders announce SOme| i, american Revolution, in Wash- 600 additional tr have reached . p = 3 ington, April 15-20, will be the the hills surrounding Naco to re- - i B a2 inforce Gen. Topete\t- force. atest, between Mrs. Lowell F. Ho- ‘ art of Ohic and Mrs. Julius Y. Thy ehlizg forhe, MMy Sl gle ol | ‘almadge of Georgia for the office |of president general. ers to be not less than 6,000 is ex: | Further and intensive efforts on pected to be here tonight. linlf of nationu. defense 4s a plat~ For Great Battle Troop movements indicate prep- i cat battle within!form pledge of each candidate, The rebels- said McNAMARA Feature Writer) 11,—Over- dowing ev in inter- for the 2,000 women who will tend the continental congress of Press IINGTON for a few days. volt cause to take tlic Federal gar-|With the election. rison hi hundred of those who will attend 1t is said that it is possible that|have voting privileges. Voting the Federals will transport large:bcoths and tellers will be instalied bodies of troops across the Unitedin Ci inental hall, national head- States and entire Mexico here and quarters of the D. A. R., where the attack the rebels from the rear. meeting will be. 7 Rt R A “ Both candidates have campaigned i for months and each has built up a FIVE K“-LED | machine worthy of a‘keen politi- | <'an. This year the candidates are about evenly matched in ap- ANE GRASH parent strength. Mrs. organizing secretary of the na- |tional body and Mrs. Talmadge is g vice p: dent general. Four Americans and One Mr. Hobart was the first organ- Mexi Victi _ Wor |izing president of the American ivlexican 1c 'll'nS 4 orse Legion auxiliary and the member- Accident in Mexico {ship increased from 40,000 to 260,000 L during her regime. MEXICO CITY, April 11—Five international president of the F. I. lives were counted as the cost of D. A. C.composed of world war vet- the worse accident in Mexican av- erans from all countries. Mrs. Tal- iation history. Four of the dead madge has been a national worker are Americans and the fifth is a for the D. A. R. 17 Mexican resident. | Both women will entertain the None aboard the plane survived 3,000 visitors at a social function the accident which occurred late during the congr financing the yesterday when the American Av- affair out of their own pocket. jation Company plane, bound from ' While the election is the princi- Mexico City to Brownsville crash-|pal item of business, other activi- ed as it took off for the Texas ties will attract attention. Consti- borde tution hall, a $2,000,000 addition to e plane’s single motor failed the D, A. R. headguarters here, will when not more than 100 feet in pe dedicated. The structure was the air. The pilot was never able projected during the incumbency to regain control. (of Mrfs. Alfred Brosseau as presi- e e g i k y y dent general. It is only par{ly Seven Naval Cadets | completed but nevertheless will be Are Killed, 30 Are | dedicated formally to the use of the . A S society April 19, anniversary of the Injured in Explosion battie of Lexington. | e TOKIO, April 10—Seven naval! GENEVA.—Mme. Maxime Litvin- cadets were killed and 30 injured off, an accomplished linguist, is to yesterday by the explosion of a|be one of the Russian delegates to mine aboard a Japanese mine layer | the armament conference next at the naval base at Yokosuka while month. Her husband will be an- practicing. lother. SPIDER MAN’S FRIEND, ASSERTS CUBAN PADRE HAVANA, April 11.—Spiders in)are virtually unknown. The great Cuha are found wy Padre Pelegrin|fear instilled in people regarding Franganillo, ‘S. J., of Belen college |the bites of spiders is vastly over- to protect men from the ravages of jdrawn and a great part of it is other insects.’ pure fiction. He says that Cuba need not wor- “The reaction of loathing and re- ry about inscct pests because tbelpflsnance at the sight of a spider spiders eat all other varieties of‘,should not be, because the spider is insects and are so numerous as to!really a friend of mankind, destroy- afford real protection. He has ing harmful insects, and in so doing found more than 700 varieties of |making life more bearable.” spiders in Cuba alone. i Padre Franganillo’s opinions on “No one,” he says, “should fear .spiders are based on many years' the sight of a spider, for the spideristudy, which began in Spain. He never bothers a human voluntarily. has collected a total of 1500 kinds It is a tare case when the dread|of spiders, from those the size of trantula bites 2 human being and|a human hand, to some barely visi- even then the cases of mortal bites | ble. ENDS WITH APRIL ! the Daught are iring President General. 5 An entire day of the five set aside | it is absolutely essential for the re-|for the gathering will be consumed | Twenty-one Hobart is | She also ‘was . THRONE SSIONS B T T e e B R Y General will be the overshadowing 's of the American Revolution Lowell ¥. Hobart (lower left) and the candidates. Mrs, Alfred J. LEVIATHAN 1S CARRYING WINF, Former Prohibition Ship Is Now Under Private Ownership NEW YORK, April 11. — Liner Leviathan, Queen of the American Merchant Marine for six years and a Prohibition ship, is enroute with liquor for sale. The liner js mak- ling her maiden voyage under pri- jvate American ownership as the | flagship of the newly organized United States Lines. Medical liquor stor avail- lable for beverage purp The liner will stock up while abroad |and carry a more complete line of liquors and wines. Joseph Sheedy, Executive Vice President of the line, said there will be no public bar aboard the Leviathan but liquors and wihes will be served to passengers in their cabins, dining rooms and noking rooms. Drinks will be 4 at meals. It will not be sary to purchase whole bot- The same policy will be put chased from the United States Shipping Board. Sheedy said the company sought no direct financial gain from the sale of liquor and wine but deeme: f:t necessary to offer beverages f rale to put American vessels - on equal footing with foreign vessels. | For westward t {cers have bcen |aboard a supp to the 12-mile over the medic: ithrown overboard D instructed to take sufficient to last limit and all liquors allowance will be ® 020060900800 0000 |® DISTRICT COURT NEW; ° @9 000000000000 § Two true bills and two not true {bills were returncd by the Grand! |Jury in the U. S. District Court| |this morning. The true bills were {in the cases of John Sarabia and | Judith Johns, charged with illega’ | cohabitation, and Karl Kar'son and Anng Anderson, charged with vio- lation of the Mann Act. The not ‘true bills were in the case of Jos- eph Peterson, charged with lar- |ceny, and the case of John Navosel, |charged with violation of the Mann' | Act. | The petit jury reported this !morning and the trial of the case lof the U .. vs. Stanley Krasson, which had beén delayed several \days, bega Krasson is chargedlr |with violation of the prohibition laws. | | GOING TO BUY PLANE Interior, ,the Yukon. L. Fry, an aviator from the is going Outside al From Seattle Mr. Fi will travel to Minneapolis where | ‘he is to purchasc a plane which ‘he intends to fly back to Fair- LIQUOR ABOARD which Paul Chapman recently pur-| ofi a new: the ships’ offi-| 'SENATOR JONES | TY DISCUSSES HIS | 4 - NEW DRY LAW | i g | s Purpose and Intent|} Will Not Affect Min- |k or Violations | Say. IWARK, N. J., April 11.—Unit- ed States Senator Wesley L. Jones, of Washington, father of the new law which carries a 10 year penalty for Prohibition Law violations, ex- d regret “there some ntatives tor Jones argued that there was no excuse for drinking as done by those opposed to hition. He explained the purpose and in-| & tent of the law would not affect minor violations. { He questioned the altruism of a coteric of young lawyers banded | together in New York City to de fend certain prisoners indicted un- ider the Jones Law and declared that Congressional drinking was on Ithe decrease. He predicted fewer fand fewer solons would appear in- toxicated as the years go by. T BALL IN HONOR OF NEWLYWED ROYAL t FLORY BIVES VIEWS TODAY ON PULP WUBK;(,‘«:L Lindbergh In Air on Way To New York City MEIIDEN, Miss., April —Col. C A. Lindb in a 10-minute refueling 1 he was on his way Now Yerk' to pe soyal life guards in their honor. royal families. | | | i | Asks Alaskans Not to Be Impatient—Capital Building Plans ‘ ° ° | C. H. Flory, United States Com= | missioner of Agriculture and United.io |States Dissrict Forester, speaking | e 1!,'1 the Juneau Chamber of Com-|e !merce at the noon lunche today | o !warned Alaskans not to become im- | o i patient about the proposed pulp e projects that are contemplated by e |several interests in the States. Mr.|e |Flory recently returned from a o |several months’ trip to Washington | ¢ nd as the principal speaker at the luncheon he told the members some lof the views he gathered while in ithe States. | i | | ° deceased sador to y e United lined to say ¢ spent last night nor where he intended to stop next 80 0e00060000e o | He stated that a great amount jof detail ‘was involved in the de- MISSING GiRL’ jcision to erect pulp projects in any | g {lccality and this made it of vita importance that research work be carried on sometimes for a number |of vears before the actual erection lof plants. Pulp Projects ! “The Alaska pulp projects ‘primunly news print plant s 3 {jects,” said Mr. Flo; He explain- HilS P,een ]‘ng\ n led that many of the new plants A {being erected in the States are of Hotel Room and Wor e | | $7 of an entirely |They do not represent the gre {investment that the A an pro-| MIAMI, jects do. They are smalier andjgy g7 v o sometimes their fields are not so Mary Sprague extencive as those required where s Miss Rosan s print plant 0 be cted. |years, missing B I ““The various interests carrying haojre; jon research work in A are s year will continue| She a with the view of of Mary erecting plants this Te! when she came Mr. Flory stated. |Augustine, She told ti Capital Building she was from St. Lo While in Washington, Mr. Flory been earning a living as @ had the opportunity to look over in restaurants. the plans for the new capital build-| A wide search iing. He said that while the struc- the girl's father ture is severely plain, nevertheless | Boston banker, it has architectural features that on the might of Janu will rank it well with new| The heires: Scéttish Rite Temple and igh|to see the cour school, only on a much I . |ments with her He stated that he believed the con-| She was rec | struction would start this spri |who had been friendiy Revamping Departments Qz:e\‘era} weeks. He “The new Government adminis- the girl in New Yort |tration,” said Mr. Flory, s to,She admitted her ider be revamping several der nents ed with her father of the eentral government The | phone. She whole of Washington appears (0 hc}todasu ioptimistic as regards the new ad- mlnlstratk_m, President fl'm.\'L. l\. L R ) gathered is regarded as a progres- B o s STOCK sive President and also as onc who QUOT:\'I"N’\'\ will bring about economy.” ? ’refmorm Development |90 98880000000 In visiting and conferring various Government depart Mr. - Flory said that he gatl that the officials are much int ested in the development of Derritory. He especially mentioned 'General r the work done by Dr, C. E. Bunnell|62%, Mack Tru while in Washington. Beca different nature. al | registered Spr un ne to i was instituted by decided gree- a man newspaps ty and talk e tele — -2 o NEW YOREK, A uneau miné stock s er-.day at 6%, Am the | 104%, Chesapeake 85 Motors 84 | 11.—Alaska quoted to- 1 Smelting Cudahy 5 Coid Dust 105, and Light 4, Te Steel 189% merican T ontinental Alkali 187, ise of 8%, National Pc him, said Mr. Flory, the Depart-|49%, Packard Mc ment of Agriculture is now, more Corporation 64, U. than ever, prepared to cooperate | Bethlenem Stee! 111 with the Alaska Coliege in all|and T Company : undertakings. The Agricultural Ex-|{Motors 20%, Mathi periment Station at Fairbanks will, Goodyear Rubber Interna- Mr. Floty believes, in the near fu- tional Paper A 31, ernational banks this summeg. Paper B 19, Standard Oll of Cali- fornia 78%, Stewart-Warner 133, ven) (Continued on Page £ eo0verseco0secnoe name | FOUND,FLORIDA. | and brought dbout an embargo that | Missouri | 1814 | | i | mentous | loned | Fifth ‘rince Olaf of Norway (center) and his bride (at his right) attending the ball of the Swedist The affair was attended by most of the members of Scandinavian Left to right: Colonel Cyllensteirna of the guards; Princess Ingeborg, Princess Martha, rince Olaf, Crown Princess Louise, Princess Margaret and Crown Prince Gustav Adolf. TR H ATIONATL CRISES HAVE MARKED EXTRA SESSIONS OF AMERICAN CONGRESS By C. . P. Mude Assassinate neral Calles DICKSON Stall Writer) /il{}l WASHINGTON and trying the Amer n marked b; ) ions of Congr Either an tic crisis when e: with th th truction, ent, f 4 i pre: 1 with foreign gov In cach, the guidin; Ami an - stat moulder of the trend whick lestiny of the nation. sdom displayed by little re- ed patriofs in the forma- and chaotic periods of the gov- portrs n th history of April MEXICO CITY ] here disclosed un and C Calle him in few nman- and as- the State days ago. are t They sought and peeted soon. problem confiict sinate Jalisco men and co ense 8 00003200006 BARE Chicago Public Schools May Not {Open in September ns the nembe B tiv ernmen 12eo! of earlier ‘The first éxtra in 1797 by Presi when war with I [¢ last, in when conveked Cong merchant marine. Preseat Favo Congress meet condition: > i fad=c called dam > H. C ad- the Bo: lay that without lg the Chicago unable to open next September. The Board ithorized the issu- ince of a pamphlet to inform all porents of the situation, described {1s desperate. The announcemcnt all school ident lucation islative relier, w00l5 will be 1; the rst 922 Harding P iblic This under the h 1 of all ex-| denly Wi nade it cléar ounds will 15 because i | | pl its | 9609 l funds and free issuance lle . of text books will be discontinued the - - meeting World War, |the War of 1812, COMMONWEALTI TO SHIP s now that CREW po 1797, by s 1 Bogar U E »jing that the crew the ha hooner Commonwealth, which was ment at Mount Vernon to lead his|wrecked on Simon Island, April 17, country again at war. ugotla—f“ould leave Unga on the mail however, secured peace. ;stcamer Starr for Seward April 7 Eighth Congre was con-|The wirc did not state whether the in 1203 by Jeflerson, | ooner wa B, ratification of the I | " ng high A was ! t Washington offered to ¢ The voked for the omas a total 1¢ E gain control over the | United States, Jefferson called thel Tenth Congress into session in 1807 | Yankee clippers from the War Congress With war with C tain | imminent, James Madison convok- the Twelth Congress in 1811 to | ike preparations and to rlmu\w”f > he shipping embargo. Later, in;,’ with every resource of the couniry being used Madison was compelled by the prolonged war to convoke the Thirtieth Congre With flat money in 1837 and finances in ¢ E Martin Van Buren called the T e ty-fifth Congress to suspend specie P April 11—By pro- Mrs. Edward and off] 1 ident- Charles temporary victor 1 status meeting in decided M as Curtis’ will hence- be coneeded social position at onfous functions which are ally given the wife of a Vice~ dent. decision HINGTON ngen Gann of Vice-Pre t hostess L {in the n'TmeTornvPr( Sev was transmitted to ABOARD STARR TORNADO HITS ARKANSAS AND KILLS SCORES Forty-eight Known to Have Been Victims of Storm Last Night \RESCUE WORK IS BADLY HAMPERED Farm Houses Collapse and Whole Families Known to Have Been Crushed — LITTLE ROCK, L — The death toll at 8 o'clock this morning had reached forty-eight. Rescue work is hampered by the rain soaked soil and debris. Roads are blocked and streams swollen. Injured persons are being rushed by train to hospitals. At Neport and Batesville, hospitals are reported filled. the DEATH TOLL MOUNTING LITTLE ROCK, Ark. April 11.— A tornado from cut of the South- west swept through North and Cen- tral Arkansas last night leaving a death toll at least 20 persons and indications are that this might mount considerably. A large number were injured and heavy property damage is also in- dicated. Apparently the greatest havoc was wrolight near Swifton, where 16 bodies were received before midnight. The death toll at 2 o'clock this {morning was Jincreasing so rapidly that indications were that it might reach 40" or 50 when"alt communi- les and sections are heard from. Injured Dying Red Cross officials at 4 o'clock ‘his morning reported several of 30 wjured in the Batesville hospital are so serious that there is little hope held out for their recovery. The dead and injured in the Swifton section are farmers and families. Several families are known to have been crushed to death under the debris of their homes. The tornado, according to early morning reports affected an area within a radius of 50 miles of Swifton. .o - NATION WIDE SEARCH UNDER WAY FOR MAN Wanted for Questioning in Crime — Woman's Torso Found LOS ANGELES, Cal., April 11.— A nation wide search is under way for Robert Bernard, alias Leonard, aged 26, a butcher apprentice, wanted for questioning in connec- tion with the finding of a woman's torso near Compton, one week ago. The sheriff believes the torso is part of the body of Miss Laura |Bell Davis, aged 25, of Denver, | missing since April 1. More than 1,000 pictures of Bern- ard, with fingerprints, have been sent out by the police. Twice he has been convicted under the Wright Act and was recently re- leased from the city jail. Police records show the missing 1 left a rooming house with Bernard following a heated quarrel. . Gann, Temporary Winner, Social Status Case in Washington,D.C. | Sceretary of State Stimson in a ilener from Sir Esme Howard, Brit- |ish Ambassador and Dean of the | Diplomatic Corps. The decision is a direct result of the Secretary’s letter to the Corps ! on Tuesday, placing on their shoul- s. | ders responsibility of determining the place Mrs. Gann shall be ac- |corded at entertainments. Former Secretary of State Kel= logg, before leaving office, ruled. Mrs. Cann should rank below wives of the heads of Foreign Missions, =