The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 27, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1929. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS INPEACHMENT OF LOS ANGELES JURIST ENDS, FAILURE ALASKA’S HONORED FLIER IS COMING ( CAPT. BEN EIELSON NOW ON WAY NORTH; ON AVIATION MISSION SEATTLE, April 27.—Capt. Carl Ben Eielson, pilot of Wilkins’' ex- pedition in the Polar Regions, left Seattle this morning on the steamer Aleutian for Fairbanks. Capt. Eielson is representing eastern capital proposing to establish a commercial aviation service to include all major cities in Alaska and eventually between Siberia and Alaska. “apt. Eiclson commented on the typical spring day in Seattle, fan- ning himself with his hat. i This is the fijrst time Capt. Eielson has been to Alaska since flying across the North Polar regions, flying in the South Polar regions and having been awarded the Harmon trophy, which was recently pre- ! sented to him by President Hoover. GIRL FLIER 1 IN AMERICA:TO MAKE FLIGHT ir -Haired Daughter of Vikings Is Here— w¥light News To Let Hubby Alom - NEW YORK, April 27.—A fair-} haired daughter of the Vikings is| among the venturesome spirits who hopes to attemit a flight acrossi the Atantic in ‘August. Miss| Dagnya Berger, Norwegian, has ar- | rived here and left ‘for Montreal. | She declined to give details of her! proposed flight over the Atlantic: | other iban to state it would be in . I Details of flights in which Italy, France, Germany and Chile are represented were announced here today. The first is a flight of 4,900 ‘niles, a nonstop venture from some | American field to Santiago, Chile, ! to be begun in 10 days by John! Montgomery. | It is announced that the giant | Sikorsky plane, built in Paris for | Rene Fonck for his trans-Atlantic | flight, will be sent to Chile in an attempt to break a nonstop flight record. Sergeant Rene LeFevre, of the French Air Service, arrived on the Leviathan with a monoplane and! plans to fly back to Paris with N Jean Assolant. Col. Easterbrok who announceJh: a $25,000 prize for a flight from | Mrs. Dallas, Texas, to Rome, said Count ! Dergame, of Italy, and Otto Schay,| of Germany, have entered the con- test. Marion Revell, divorced! wife of Fleming H. Revell, was warned by the court, be- fore 'which she was sentenced to thirty days on charges of | Andy W. Bauer, Seward Penin-| Deating her husband, to leave sula pioneer, recently died at Nome - him, her father-in-law and and was buried under the auspices daughter entirely alone, SF the Blos sak. ! (International” Newsroel) - e —e—— Miss Doris Jones, of Nanaimo, 5-; The office of United States Com- C., ax‘_nd Miss Sadie Hurst, of San missioner at Anchorage was the Francisco, both trained nurses, have 'scene of a quiet wedding recently Joined the staff of the Cordova when Viola Head became the britie General Hospital. of Charles E. Rogers. | Juneauw Man Wins Race With Death SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, April 27.—H. H. Andre, of Juneau, Alaska, won a 2,000 mile race against death and arrived at the bedside of his mother, Mrs. J. Andre, two and one-half days after learning of her illness. At the sight of her son, she took a turn for the better and hove is held ovt for her recoyer eec0o0eo0ecvecee CAPT. CRAMER MAKES FLIGHT ° ° OVER SIBERIA Completes Four Hundred Mile Flight Alone— Pictures Taken NOME, Alaska, April 27—Com- pleting a 400-mile f{light alone which took him from North Am- erica over Asia, Capt. Parker Cram- l er, Chicago flier, is back in Nome waiting to take off with W. 8. Gamble for the return flight to Chicago which is expected to be completed in five days. The Asiatic flight was made with- ocut a stop and took Capt. Cramer from Nome to Cape Prince of Wales, across the ice packed Ber- ing, Sea, over Little Diomede Island and East Cape. Cramer dropped packages at East Capes and on the island and shot motion pictures but has little hope of them turning out good becaust of poor visibility. KILLED MAN: CONFESSES | Police Are Not Satisfied and Will Question ' Woman in Case LOS ANGELES, Cal., April 27.— John L. Howard has confesséd he killed Victor A. Cooley, employer of Pasadena, who died last Satur-} day, four days after an attack. Howard said Cooley discharged him for too much drinking. The attack was made in Cooley's apart- ment. Howard struck Cooley with a hammer when he thought Cooley was reaching for a gun. The police doubt the explanation and will question Mrs. Cooley as to her part in the killing, if any, of her husband. Howard will be charged with first degree murder. il iWas Act Inspi | | | i | THE VICTIM Arthur M. Smith arthy Cleveland manufac- | We turer, found mortally wounded | . under canopy of The Mar- guery, patronized by noted people of wealth. He was guest at bridge party given by Mrs. Robert W. Schuette, NO PARDONS FOR W, W. Armistice Day Parade Shooters Must Re- main in Prison i | | | OLYMPIA, April 27.—Gov. R. H. ]Harucy vesterday told a delega- tion seeking the release of eight i Industrial Workers cf the World who shot up an Armistice Day { parade in Centralia, Wash, in | 1919, that he believed the men |had a fair trial and he would not accede to the delegation’s demand |for pardons. He said anyway he |could not act until the Prosecutor { | there was an error in the trial of the labor leaders. The delegation declared attempts |at liberation of the eight men | would be continued. e, | A movement has been started (to make Lieut. Carl Ben Eielson, |Alaska flier, the National Com- ;mander of the American Legion. — .ee - |+ P. G. Hofstead, pioneer resident {of Fairbanks, recently returned [from a vacation trip to his former Ihome in Norway. {and the Court had informed him | red by J égl(;uéy dr 7(737hivéll‘ry?_ | THE ACCUSED Samuel E. Bell WOMAN IN CASE Mrs. Robert L. Brown |been called on to take [UDGE CARLOS HARDY IS ACQUITTED OF ALL CHARGES AGAINST HIM | SACRAMLUNTO, Cal., April The State Senate, sitting as a | Court of Impeachment, has acquitted Judge Carlos Hardy of Los | Angeles, of ail charges of misdemeanor in office, activities in behalf of | Mrs. Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist; charges of practicing law in | office, of receiving a check for $2,500 and obstruction of Justice, Spdctators were stopped from applauding the verdict e trial opened on April 8 and consumed 11 days of actual trial. ) MELLON'S JOB [ROBINSON HITS IS NOW BEFORE | SENATOR BORAH SENATE COM, ON TOLERANGE ;Senators Norris Cites Old|Democratic Leader Says Statute in Case of Cab- inet ' Member | | | | | | | | | Borah Was Silent Dur- ing Last Campaign — The| WASHINGTON, April 27.—Sena- tor Joseph T. Robinson, Democratic Senate leader and recent candidate WASHINGTON, April 27. Senate Judiciary Committee a definite | : ¢ Oil and real estate man, with i -Young Xo(jkmg matron of Lex- Chesterfieldian manners, and ington, Ky, member of the | pincelf with somewhat of a aristocratic Blue Grass set.| mystery record, alleged to have| For the favor of escorting her | punched or pushed Smith to the two elderly men are al-| the pavement, fracturing | leged to have clashed like ar-| Smith’s skull. Alleged to be se- dent schoolboys. In a secret| cretly in love with the woman love romance with the accused. | in the case. AR MAPPERS WO DISPUTED "ARE COMING | BILLS BROUGHT NEXT MONTH N TO'SENATE SEATTLE, April 27.—The Naval| Committees Report Bills | Air Expedition of 30 men will leave Sought by Dimond— 1here about May 2 to continue map- "'C ll Bll ollege Bi |ping of Alaska from the air. Three iplanes and a mine sweeper, carry- R |ing supplies, will go north tof ;Snuth(‘usb Alaska in charge of Lt. sought Thursday and Friday to be jA. W. Radford. |ordered out of committee by Sena- R. H. Sargent, topographic en-itor Dimond, were voluntarily re- |gineer of the branch of the geo-|tuyrned to the floor of the Senate |logical survey, will accompany the yesterday afternoon, both reported party as an observer for the Inter-!fayorably, one with an increased (lor and Agricultural Departments. (appropriation over the sum allowed E R |by the House. A hearing was held |NO VISITING DAY ‘}on a t‘hh‘d measure included in { Dimond’s list. AT FEDERAL JAIL| - | The two biils = : | House Bills 47 and 50. The first Owing to the po:,sunmy of COR= | orrlos By appropriation for the lf;;‘;;""v,bfmg Sticd into the 1U sd'lrouur of St. Joseph's Hospital at . visitors will not be allowed | pyipanis for the care of an indi- | gent person, and the other as pass- |to see prisoners on the regular ge |visiting day, May 1, U. 8. Marshal; .4y the ‘House carried $500 for publicity for the International | Albert White said th morning. { Whether the following visiting day, | priop v 5 . |Highway project. The latter was May 15 will be observed or not C!C'}boosted by the Senate PFinance pends on t%ond\txops and the advice Committee to $1,500. of the Jail physician, Dr. W. w.i | Council, Marshal White said | i | | { | \ | i Two of the measures vainly reported were (Continued on Page Eight) stand on the question of Andrew for Vice-President, flayed Senator Mellon's right to serve as Secre-|Willam E. Borah in a speech in tary of Treasury, a post he lu\sllhc Senate. Senator Borah made a Yeld for more than eight years. plea for religious tolerance during Chnirman Norris has called a the farm relief debate Wednesday neeting to vote. He contends that when protesting against insults to Mellon is serving illegally, since an’ Senator Heflin. Senator Robinson ’ld statute forbids a Secret in- declared that Borah could favor erested in trade commerce freedom of religious conscience and give expression to it as there is no political campaign. He said that in the last campaign when The cone 1+0of Norris is con- srary to the opinion recently given W Attorney General Miitchell t0 the jssue dominated the situation >resident Hoover, Ti® Attorney gonator Borah was as quiet as an General held there is no question uctar 4 »f Mellon's right to the office. | Senator Robinson objected to the Regardless of the vote of the interjection of the Heflin Resolu- Committee, Senator Norris intends tion concerning the investigation of to submit the report of the com-|qn glleged insult to Senator Heflin mitte to the Senate. |at Brockton, Mass., during the con- o et o8 !sldl‘rauun of the Farm Relief Bill. | ———— | | » ARE K".I.ED TO BE IN MILWAUKEE | The funeral of Mrs. F. A. Boyle, —_— wife of U. 8. Commissioner Boyle, 5 ¢ 4 of Juneau, will be held in her girl+ jpeedmg Auto Hits Tele- hood home, Milwaukee, Wis., ac- l’l P l . Se l |cording to a cable received today phone role in attle |by Guy MecNaughton from Judge —Others Dylng |Boyle. Mrs. Boyle died in Los i Angeles, Thursday night following ‘an operation for acute appendicitis SEATTLE, April 27.-—Mrs. Gene»inertcrmed a week ago. Philip vieve Hilton, of Everett, daughter Lee, a brother of Mrs. Boyle, and of State Senator Joseph St. Peter, the only surviving member of her and James Douglas, her compan-) family arrived in Los Angeles yes- fon, were killed last night when terday from his home in Milwaukee, their auto, traveling at a great|the message stated. speed crashed into an Eastlake| Judge Boyle wired that Mrs, Avenue telephone pole. Boyle had the best of care and did Mrs. Hilton's sister, Miss Verna pnot guffer, but that her condition St. Peter, and Miss Martle,_whu was hopeless from the beginning. were also in the car, were injured el and may die | J. P. Lahey, driver of the ma-| chine, is held in jail. | The party was joy riding, it is|tered said. Seward. Jack Prosser, well known i throughout the Territory, has en- the transfer business in Thrilling Serial “Gold Bullets” Starts Monday. Subscribe for The Empire Now and Get All Chapters. Kills Father? The last person seen with An- Murder Suspect? drew Ogden before he was found murdered was Jerry Ogden, his son. The two had quarreled over Ogden’s refusal to permit Jerry to open a deserted gold mine in Tor- ridity, ghost town of Skull Valley. Jerry strangely disappeared after the murder. ‘Did he kill his fath- er? Solve the mystery in “Gold Bullets,” beginning in The Empire, Monday, April 29. Lucy Peebles, dark-eyed and beautiful, fiancee of Jerry Ogden, was not in her home when Andrew Ogden, his millionaire father, was murdered. She declares her con- fidence in Jerry, known to have quarreled with his father, and who disappeared after the crime. Did Lucy kill Ogden? Find the an- swer in “Gold Bullets,” which starts in this paper, Monday, ,April 29. Shortly beforé ‘Andrew Ogden was mysteriously murdered, he cried out: “gold bullets.” John Peebles, his neighbor, had just bought an old revolver, loaded with golden bullets. | Peebles reported the mur- der to the police. Is he the mur- derer? Solve the mystery in “Gold Bullets,” which begins in The Em- pire, April 29. Did He Kill Ogden? The mysterious figure of Joe Lundy hovers over the investiga- tion of the baffling murder of Andrew Ogden, California million- aire. Did Lundy kill him? “Gold Bullets,” the thrifling mystery-ro- mance by Charles G. Booth, begin- ning in The Empire Monday, April 29, gives the answer. Murderer? Slayer of Millionaire? o | HAMMOND The police are investigating the whereabouts of Roy Hammond, law- yer, at_ the time Andrew Ogden, of mystery, was with Andrew Og- millionaire, was killed. Hammond g " yonaive shortly before the was the man in conference with Nathan Hyde, antique dealer, who latter was mysteriously murdered. sold John Peeble, neighbor of Og- Is he the slayer? “Gold Bullets,” den, the revolver loaded with “g0ld peginning in The Empire Monday, bullets.” Is Hammond the slayer? B i hs ek “Gold Bullets” begins in this paper APril 20 Will give you Monday, April 29. - Old Furie, “desert rat” and man Suspected of Murder? Famous Detective . The circumstances and develop~ ments surrounding the baffling murder of Andrew Ogden, million~ aire, were so startling that Luther MacNair, famous sleuth, cime out of retirement. Read the part he ' plays in “Gold Bullets,” beginning Monday, April 29, in The Empire. One of the queer visitors whom' Andrew Ogden, millionaire, saw a few days before he was murdered, was Mrs, Joe Lundy, the “woman in black.” Did she stab the mil- licnaire? Solve the mystery of “Gold Bullets,” beginning in The Lrpire Monday, April 29,