The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 24, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA E,MPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XX)\HI NO 5082 ]UNEAU ALASKA WI:DNESDAY APRIL 24, 1929. MEMBI PRICE TEN CENTS F ASSOCIA H D PRLDS CLEVELAND BOOTLEGGERS WAR ON POL CE USE BOMBS GRAMER AND GAMBLE ARE NOW IN NOME, Reach Goal of Flight Yes-| terday Afternoon “from Fairbanks PLAN TO CIRCLE EAST CAPE, SIBERIA, TODAY Reception Will Be Held To-! night—Return_Flight Starts Tomorrow NOME, Alaska, April 24.—Parker Cramer and W. S. Gamble arrived here at 1:45 o'clock yesterday af- ternoon and landed in a light snow- storm. £ Blazing an air mail mer don, the and com- two fliers were to leave Name this forenoon for Gape Prince | of Wales where they will cross Bering Sea and the Diomede 'Is- lands to'Siberia, a distancz of 30 m being the narrowest water crossing between America and Asia Not having a special permit to land on Soviet soil, they will circle over the Siberian coast of East Cape and return to Nome this afterroor where this evening Nome will tur . out and give the airmen a recep- tion. Cramer and Gamble plan to hop | off Thursday and expect to reach Atlin by night and reach home fou or five days later. They are well pleased with fly- ing conditions: in Alaska, TAKE OFF FOR NOME FARBANKS; -Alaska, -April 24— "‘rum(‘l and Gamble took off yes- terday morning at 9:45 o'clock for Nome in the face of unfavorable weather reports. Nulato reported cloudy weather and Nome, snow. Both fliers were given snowshoes by local aviators as a precaution in event of being forced down by in- dicated storms. The plane had difficylty in hop- ping off on account of the small- ness of the skiis and it took two attempts before they were off. | REACH FAIRBANKS FAIRBANKS, Alaska, April 24— Completing a flight from Dawson to Fairbanks, 250 miles, in three hours, Parker Cramer ‘and W. S. Gamble, Chicago to Nome fliers. landed here early yesterday. They spent Monday night in Dawson. They ate breakfast here, refueling their plane and weather reports were awaited before the take-off on | the last leg of the flight to Nome. Cramer and Gamble expect to remain several days at Nome and then return to'Chicago via Fair- banks. The most difficult part of the flight was made last Sunday from Hazelton to Whitehorse, although they had no trouble, the motor‘ functioning perfectly. Wheels on the plane were ex—l changed for skiis at Whitehorse as the remainder of the journey‘ was over ice-covered land. Capt. Cramer said: “We are mak- ing the flight to see if it is prac- ticable to fly a plane over the coun- try and to gather information on Alaska.” The plane is the first craft to fly over the proposed route of the In- ternational Highway. First Motorcycle To Be Sent To Far North SEATTLE, April 24—One of the first motorcycles ever sent to the northern part of Alaska, will be Joaded this week on the sailing schooner C. S. Holmes which will sail soon on thé annual trip to the far northern settlements. The motorcycle is for use over the trail in the Kobuk and Sela- wick River sections. The schooner will also take a motor truck, sled and tractor for use in the far north and will carry a knocked down parsonage for Rev. T. Griest, pastor at Point Barrow. i ——————— Former Alaskan Miner Passes Away in Seattle SEATTLE, April 2¢—Funeral services for +J. D. Harrican, aged 75, pioneer real estate man and former Alaskan miner, was held ) forgets his prison worties and Lerest in domestic activitics. penitentiaries inaugurated by Willebrandt. son, Quinton, and toys. {International BORDER LINE IS SUDDENLY CLOSEDTIGHT i Takes Unexplained Action at Nogales Snook became “ex” 'sx"nul from his post as a protest against the spy system in He is shown here at his Atlanta home with his iM exican Rebel G(zneral NOGALES, April 24. — American . . citizens were held for three hours @ after the Mexican rebels closed the|® international line without warning|® shortly after midnight and Mexi-|® cans were held on the U. S. side’|® of tie line, cut-off from return-;® ing to their country. i. ° After 3 o'clock this morning, | e Gen. Francisco Borquez, rebel com- | ¢ mander, got up and rescinded Lhc order. le Americans who settled down in e saloons and cafes to make a night | e of it were permitted to cross back into Arizona and Mexicans also re- turned. Iy Gen. Borquez announced that)e hereafter the border line will be o closed from midnight to 6 oclock' in the morning. He gave no LX-‘. planation of the order. Scores of persons attempted to‘. cross the line during the closed'q period early this morning but inj, only one exception took place and | that was an automobile driven by a niece of Gen. Jose Escobar, Su- preme Commander of the rebels. The girl explained: “They could | not stop me.” | Asked how they could prevent Americans returning to their own country, immigration officials re- plied briefly: “Push them back.” | They refused to elaborate as to just what was meant. — ALASKAN OFF FOR SEATTLE, RETURN SOON H. W. McDermott, recently ap-, pointed Juneau representative for‘ | ] | | |ers were badly *th\rd is ashore, flooded as the result of a dense fog on, Puget Sound. route from Chicago to Lon-| john W. Snook, ex-warden of the penitentiary at Atlanta, G;\ 5 takes a new and genuine in=- when he re- Mrs. Mabel the indomitable Newsreel) ) ce0e0ccccec oo © FAMED DETECTIVE JOINS HUNT FOR OGDEN’S SLAYER | The circumstances and surrounding the ational murder of An- drew Ogden, millionaire, in “Geld Bullets,” the story which begins in The Empire April 29, were so startling that Euther. MagNair, fa- mous detegigve, ceme out-of’ retirement to enter the case. John Peebles, who re~ lates the story and al$o par- ticipates in the investiga- tion, describes MacNair as a tall, lean man, with a swarthy skin and a thin face as keen as a razor blu(lo is eyes were dark and rard, with nothing friendly or human about them,” Pecbles says. “A year or two my junidr, he had re- tired from professional life six months ago and taken up residence in San Felipe. He brought with him a handsome reputation as a man-tracker. Ruthless in his methods and diabolically clever, he was said to be less a personality than a ma- chine.” The exciting events fol- lowing MacNair's entrance into the case will be told in daily installments in The Empire, beginning Monday, April 29. -oeuo-n“ooooo ° ° B ° ° ° ° ° ° ° | PUGET SOUND FOG CAUSES 2 ACCIDENTS Two Freighters Damaged in Collision — One Craft Is Ashore SEATTLE, April 24.—Two freight- damaged and a her engine room The Matlian, bound from Grays arbor to Everett, is ashore at| | Marrowstone Point, taking water in the engine roam. o \Jurwrm Man Leaves By Plane to Reach Mother Who Is Dying In an effort to bid his dying mother farewell, H. H. Andre, of the grocery de- partment of B. M. Behrends Co., Inc., left on the Gorst plane Alaskan yesterday af- ternoon enroute to Califor- nia. He plans to make con- nections at Seattle with a southbound plane to San Francisco. Mr. Andre receiv- ed word that his mother was dying and adopted the air route to reach her bed- side. The plane tobk " off from Ketchikan this morn- ing at 10 o'clock and should reach Seattle this after- noon about 4 or 5 o'clock. LIMITATIONS OF NAVIES IS coccesoo BIVEN BOOST Amencan Plans Announced| —Evaluation Basis Is Great\ Need | WASHINGTON, . April 24.—The |need of a basis of evaluating the relative strength of warships and pointing out a way to reduction jof existing and authorized sea craft are accomplishments which the American government hopes for at ithe preliminary Arms Conference |at Geneva. ‘ The Administration realizes that {negotiations to this end may move |slowly because of highly technical naval questions involved and may {render finding a basis of accord dflflculf '!u g FUUR DIE ON. the Gorst Air Transport Company,! today received a cable message from Mr. Gorst, President of the| company, sent from Ketchikan tell- ing that the plane Alaskan, which left here last evening, took the air for Seattle at 10 o'clock this morning. When leaving here Mr. Gorst was undecided about the return trip to Ketchikan. He was of the opinion that he would work the ship commercially out of Ketchi- kan for a few days and then re- turn here. The cable message stated that the plane and party would return north next Tuesday. ¢ Mr. McDermott has been ap- pointed by Mr. Gorst as agent for the company. Mr. McDermott will book air flights and handle certain this morning. Harrigan died Mon- day at his home following a short other business in Juneau for the concern, The Errington Court, bound from Tacoma to Everett, and the Maun- |alla, bound from Bellingham to Ta~ {coma, collided off Pulley Point and JhulL of both were damaged. They are proceeding to Seattle. No in- juries to persons have been re-| ported. ‘Many Are Shbbed In Students’ Feud VIENNA, April 24—A dispatch to the Neue Freie Presse from Lemberg says 36 students were stabbed and seventeen seriously wounded in a battle last night be- tween Christians and Jews. The feud has existed for a long time and rival sects of the student body had a culmination struggle in a |restaurant. Swords, knives, and pistols were used freely. The res- taurant was demolished. 0. P. STEAMER Sun Stroke Causes Death " of Two—Malaria Con- tracted by Others NEW YORK, April 24—Four passengers on the Canadian Pacific steamer Duchess of Atholl, died on the ship about a month ago, the line announced yesterday after re-' ports were published that the death list was much larger: The Montreal offices gave the {death list as follows:* Dr. Edward Hardenbrook, of Ro- chester, N. Y. Henry J. Dorwe, of Long Island, N.. Y. Mrs. Ashernecke, Hollywood, Cal. Luther Facey, of Kingston, Ja- maica. Two of the deaths are attributed to sun-stroke and two to malaria contracted ashore. The deaths occurred March 26, March 28, March 30 and April 1. The ship was on a cruise to South America, Africa, Egypt-and Europe. — ., — HOMEWARD BOUND ON YUKON R. J. Cacy, merchant of Chat- anika, and Mrs. Cacy, who are westward bound passengers on the Yukon, visited with friends here while the boat was in port. They are returning to their home from six months spent traveling through the States. Elinor Smith Break Woman's Air Record ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y., April 24—Elinor Smith, aged 17 years, plane pilot, has set a néw endurance record for women when she passed the mark of 22 hours, 3 minutes and 12 seconds this motning. She is still aloft The old record was held by Louise McPherridge, of Cali fornia. [ . . LANDS THIS P. M. ROOSEVELT FIELD, April 24—Miss Smith landed at 2:02 o'clock this afternoon ending her new solo flight endurance and credited with breaking the woman's rec- ord by remaining in the air 26 hours, 21 minutes and 32 seconds. She made a per- fect landing. She had to be helped from her seat after ldong hours aloft. lo eeveccccee I% o| “Quotations and nautics, department of comm of commerce for aeronautics. BREMEN FLIER | | distinguished himself in polar i HOOVER PRESENTS HARMON TROPHY TO EIELSON President Hoover presented Harmon trophy t3 Capt. Carl Ben Eielson, who with Captain W Mr. Hoover, Clarence M. Young, director of Left to Captain ht: Il erce; lelson and Wiliiam IN U. S. AGAIN Col. James C. Fitzr In German plane Breme Frank Cryan (left), o Fitzmaurice will supeiv LONDON, April 24—Sir Charles Higham, one of Britain's leading advertising experts, forecasts that America will capture the world’s markets through he advertising and salesmanship enterprise. Speaking before th- Publicity club of London on “the trend of American advertising,” Sir Charles said: “It is more and the newspapers. T ter than ever. Sl: and jazz de- sign is passing. American people respond to advertising more |keenly than ever. Practically every- thing good is trademarked and ad- vertised. The American woman buys practically nothing that is not guaranteed by the makers. “The installment method of sell- ing is growing in America and nearly everything can be hought on this plan. It has played a big part in America's prosperity and in my opinion would help us tre- mendously here if we adopted it generally. “America will soon be a big ad- vertiser in the export market. She /is determined to capture the world \marketl and we may well look to |our laurels. We need to push for export also, or mark my words, we | shall lose it. ‘The prince of Wales | is right—we have got to buck up, |stimulate our salesmanship and more toward copy is bet- he o |2dvertise. “The manner in manship abroad is simply astonish- ing. No expense is spared. sent by air mail \'w( | The salesman cable instead of writing ] homv of- fice weleomes his inquiries and the sales organization behind American trave in the foreign field would stage many of our manufacturers at home.” - KARL THEILE Karl [Theile, Secretary of Alaska, returned on the from a short trip to Wrangell. lephones RETURNS 1 \ { vhich American ; o ' business houses back up their sale: samples’ are| po‘slbk’ 3 the | riay fller, who flew the Atlantic t> New York.and was met by rport at Massepequa, N. Y. t of the airport. BRI TISH EXPERT SE ES U.S. TRADE QUPREM ACY FARM RELIEF IS PREFERRED, WORK, CONGRESS All Other Issues Are Put Aside for Administra- tion's. Program WASHINGTON, April 24 —Immi- gration, . Prohibition, Flood Relief and a host of other proposals push- ed before the Senate in the early days of the extra session of Con- {gress have settled behind in the Irestricted program in the face of ’doubtlul futurg. | Senator Heflin |started ‘a debate and held the floor for two hours appealing for adoptien of a resolution condemn- ling treatment accorded him at v‘Bx uckten, Mass., w he made a Ku Klux Klan speceh but Farm !Relief got a start and his reso- {lution was put aside. Farm Relief npas reached dment stage in the House and is in first place on the Adminis- |tration’s program in the Senate. Hcw long the debate I i After Administration’s bill for the census and reapportionment of the of Alabama, (GROSS RETURNS TO | JUNEAU FROM SOUTH W. D. Gross, owner of the Coli- seum Theatres in Jureau and Ket- chikan, returned to Juneau on the 1 Yv He said & will have an |important annoucement to make | tomorrow regarding something that steamer Yukon will please the movie fans of this Jcity. K. P. FLETCHER HOMES OF TWO OFFICIALS ARE BOMBED TODAY [)ynamxtc Machines Placed at Abodes of Po- lice Officers ‘SLEEPERS SHAKEN FROM THEIR BEDS No Clues Are Left—Tnfbr nal Machines Tossed from Autos .#‘i 1 | CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 24— Two dynamite bombs, which the lpolite charged against harrassed | bootleggers, exploded within an |hour, early today, attacks on two ‘mcmbvrs of the police department. | One bomb was planted in the hv:mo of William McMasters and |the other in the recent residence ‘0( Sergeant Patrick Holland, Chief (of the Vice and Liquor Squad. At McMasters's home part of the porch was blown away. Mrs, Me- Masters and two children were badly shaken and windows in the neighborhood were shattered and frame porches ripped away. At the apartment of the former home of Holland, windows were broken and" the occupants were thrown from their beds. The bombers left no clues. The bombs are believed to have been RESIGNS POST AS AMBASSACOR Retires After More than GANGSTERS MURDER Quarter of Century, AT Al Diplomatic Service ilkina erol P. McCracken, assistant secrgtary | | | | CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 24— {The bodies of two men, shot to death and thrown into a diteh, \were found by the police this fore- ni.b, o The police ‘seid gang, war- fare had broken out in Cléveland again. The dead men are identified as “Skinny” Fuerstman and Isadore | | WASHINGTON, April 24.—Hen- 1y Prwielihet after: more than oo quarter of ‘a century in American liplomatic service, retires as Am- bassador to Rome upon the ap-| pointment of his sucee r and will return to the United States. | Shiller. the | will run is, it ends the 1930 The men had been taken for a ride in the approved gangster fash- fon. They weré dumped from the killer's car in typical style at a point where the bodies were found. d for appointment as Governor There was no indication of a eneral of the Philipy This struggle which showed they had includes Fletcher, Silas H. been killed elsewhere. wn, of Chicago; Brig. Gen.| The police announced the mur- ank McCoy and Major General ders are a case of bitterness be- Douglas MacA. ‘thur. tween rival bootleg gangs. President Hoover is at present | PG | siving little consideration to the filling of the post which he sought PROMINENT CANNERY to give William Donovan, of New MEN TO VISIT PLANTS Yerk. Meanwhile Eugene Gilmore X is acting as Governor General.and! P E. Hairls, President of the apparently functioning to the sat-|12r8¢ cannery company bearing his While no definite announcement is made, it is reported he may en- ter the race for the United States in Pennsylvania. It is also rted that h s belng consid- isfaction of the President. |name, aprived in Junesu ebosrd Bl {the steamer Yukon. Mr. Harris is makmg a combined trip of inspect- ‘mg the company's plant in the GRAF ZEPPELIN {north and of pleasure. ‘ Accompanying Mr. Harris is Vie- tor H. Elfendahl, First Vice-Presi- s A !N A UN jdent of the Skinner and Eddy Compeny Both men will leave here soon to visit the canneries nt. Hawk Inlet and Funter Bay. LISBON, Portugal, April 24—The The men are guests at the Gas- Graf Zeppelin, on the ‘last land tineau. voyage prior to the trans-Atlantic) .- crossing on May 15, passed Lishon U. S. STEAMBOAT early today on continuation of the INSPECTORS ARE three - day eastern Mediterranean GOING TO WRANGELL' cruise. The route of the flight s, {not fixed to allow the master ot\ the Zeppelin, Hugo Eckener, to' ,United States Steamboat Inspec- evade the storfn areas. The Zep- tors, are leaving on the Alaska pelin . left Friedrichshafen yester- Itomght for Wrangell on an in- day -specnon trip. Captains Newmarker and Tyler, TALKIE MYSTERIES NONE TOO COMPLEX CHICAGO, April 24—Movie fans; The start of all the talkies was lall know what makes the talkies|in another piece of apparatus of ’tulk but three are some whispers | the whisper-catching variety, made in scientific laboratories still left in the Bell Laboratories of New to be revealed. | York by Dr.;Edward C. Wente of One of these is the reputed “si-|the research’ department. lent” film of the silver screen.| When tested for recording sound,| (some of this film was found to be surprisingly noisy. The racket came from microscopically” fine irregu- larities in the silver grains forming the sensitized surface of the film. .'1h( se noisy, rough spots were got- | ten rid of by making a smoother| But right here the simplicity |emulsion« for the film surfaces. |€PdS, as they describe the extreme * Another whisper is the “fader.”|C3re Used to obtain precision in is is part of a control that mnununuracture They tell of measure- amplify sound in talkie apparatus|Tents dealing with ten-thousandths by 100,000,000 times. 1ts pse is not|°f AR inch, machines so delicate to make extremely loud sounds, but | th€Y are operated only after mid~ to fade them down to such real|Pi8ht when cars are not causing | whispers in volume that the sound | Vibration. dfrom a new reel may be broadcas: They tell of workingmen thrust- without being heard by anyone ex-lxng their hands into dust proof cept the operator, while the old|cabinets to make some sensitive reel is finishing. It is used to|parts, and wearing rubber gloves synchromze the sound reels. that are sealed into the cabineus, The experts at the Western Elec- tric Company here, where talkie machines are manufactured, say | that making the talkies talk is very simple.” One type, they say, does- it with a film and the other with |a recording disc.