The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 1, 1929, Page 1

| e THE DAILY ALASKA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” MPIRE VOL. XXXIV., NO. 5088. A JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1929. / /) CHICAGO POLICE CAPTAINS, POLITICIANS, INDICTED POLICE AND COMMUNISTS IN CLASH Gl ail Magnate Must Serve Jail Sentence e s According to Associated Press dispatches received today by The Empire, the Supreme Court is ready to take final steps committing Harry F. Sinclair, (right) millionaire oil man, to jail for three months in the nige guiet jail of the District of Columbia (shown above) for refusal to answer questions of the Scnate u«'\(; Committee. The Supreme Court’s ipandate is drawn and will probably reach the District of Columbia b7 8aturday and final sentence will then be pessed. If the Supreme Court upholds the conviction of shadowing a jury during the conspiracy trial, Sin- clair will serve another six months on that count. In the above picture, Major Peake (left) will play the role of host whether the guest likes it or not. AMERICAN SCHOOL BOY IS SOUGHT BY EDISON |Cramer and Gamble Aie Flying East for Regina enroute to Chi- and he will be awarded four years’ cago and New York. tuition in a technical school. TWO HUNDRED * UNDER ARREST FORDISORDERS Demonstrations Are Staged in Many European Centers PROCESSIONS ARE DISPERSED TODAY Extra Precautions Are Tak- en — Quiet Prevails in Many Cities BERLIN, May 1. Numerous clashes between police and Com- munists are reported. Two hundred arrests have been ;mnde in May Day celebrations up to middle afternoon today. Communists nieetings were held in different halls and processions (were formed and marched along various streets. Mounted police intervened and |dispersed the several crowds. At one gathering the police were met with stones and bottles and a few shots are reported to have been fired. Several demonstrators are said to have been wounded. Police in most capitals in Europe took extra precautions but nothing intoward has been reported. NEW YORK, niay 1—Cable ad- | vices. report parades and outdeor meetings* of Communists and L r organigations in Paris, Londom, |Rome and South American capi- thls but no reports of clashes. e Kikan Naval Survey ”“!yN S rhoto of three amphibian planes at North Island Naval Air Station, in which six officers and crew of 120, together with a tender, will survey about 12,000 square miles of Alaska, including the Islands of Kuiu; Baranof and Chichagef. The survey is being undertaken at the request of the Department of ricu living quarters tory. Inset, 1. | wiil Jead Liamond Is Found in Can of Salmon ASHTABULA, Ohio, May 1.—Mrs. Frank English yes- erday opened a can of sal- mon and dumped the econ- tents on a plate. Something rattled - like a pebble and she dmvestigated. She found a 2fimmond and a jeweler appraiséd tie stone as being worth $175. i . ° ° E ° ° . © . . ° ° MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ture and Interior, and will complete survey started in 1926. The tender will be used as ant, and Lieut. Commander Radford, who Naval Survey party. 1 Unternationsl Newsreol) HUNT CLEWg TO Coroner Bundesen (center), is shown at the Chicage Valentine mas- PRICE TEN CENTS : to Be Completed I]ISOI_I]SURES e — OF SYNDICATE - BE SHOWN UP ITwenty-five Thousand Dol- i lars Daily Net Returns Are Indicated GRAND JURY NAMES MANY IN TRUE BILLS Records Being Searched for Possible Clues in Mystery Death CHICAGO, Iil, May 1—Six po- lice captains and several prominent and for a photographic labora- |politicians, 28 in all, have been to r., Lieut. Burkett, Chief As- |nanmed in true bills by the Cook County Grand Jury in the further sensational disclosures hinted at concerning a syndicate said to have netted $25,000 daily in operation of slot machines. The crusade grew out of the |death of Mrs. Selma Burnham, wealthy widow of the head of the Vending Machine Company. Records are being searched for | possible clues as to her death and these give an inkling to the auth- orities of the vast operations of the syndicate and possible solution of bombing of homes of two of those |named in the bills returned by the Grand Jury. G 'FORMER REBEL GANGSTER GUNS o | Taken Over by Gen. A high school or preparatory ‘Gorst Aircraft Will Make FINAL ACTION sacre inquest questioning Edward E. Weidener (riyht), representative Lucas GOI’IZ&]CS PN { TO CARRY ON HIS WORK |: msovos s sy o =~ ceeeseeeendd }o 1—Gliding in pitch dark- e e e e it | G'TY Is Nuw e % - o —_— ® ness to a strange field, Capt. e PLANE 0M|NG | » NEW YORK, May 1—Thomas|© Parker Cramer and W. S. e HUUSE GETTING | TURGH MURDER Edison is seeking an American © Gamble landed here at 10 o i FED school boy whose scientific mind|® o'clock last night from e FRUM SEATTLE | - qualified him to carry on the work|® Prince George where they e| | A0 of the great inventor. le arrived yesterday afternoon | I N s H A P E FGR ! ;2 Such a boy will be selected by|® from Atlin, B. C . They left oi N ] ¢ means of Edison’s questionnaire|® 8¢ 6 otclock this morning e | [Nogales, in Sonora State, . | L4 ° " . L4 ° BY CONFESSION Husband of Young Bride Tells of Crime—Sweet- heart Is Held WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., May 1.— Peacos has confessed he killed his 22-year-old bride Dorothy, af- ter a quarrel and then set her body afire with kerosene. school student is eligible for com- petition. : The announcement of the oI.‘cr! was made by Charles Edison, son! of the inventor, and President of | the Edison industries, of Orange, N. J. ‘The Governor of each state and| Commissioner of the District of Co-| lumbia will designate one male stu- | dent who is the best representative of American manhood and possesses | ©000 00000000 —————— FARM RELIEF WITH TARIFF Special Trip to Juneau, then Westward SEATTLE, May 1.—The aviation craze has seized Alaska according to officials of the Gorst Air Trans- port Company here. The officials have received a cablegram from Juneau asking the company if it could take six mem- bers of the Alaska Legislature to Cordova next Saturday. Paves Way for Last Day of Session — Calendar Is Entirely Cleared | The House today paved the way for quick action on matters in dis- pute with the Senate by agreeing |to amendments of the latter to several House measures and clear- ing up its calendar entirely at the of a sporting goods store, regarding machine guns sold by the store and found In hands of gangsters. Maj. Calvin H. Goddard, ballistics expery, Is at left. NOGALES, Sonora, Mexico, May MACHINE GUNS 0L GANGMEN T ‘This former Rebel City is com- pletely Federalized. Gen. Lucas Gonzalez, Mexican 1 | ! | | TH R EE BnM Bs Federal Commander at Naco, has jarrived and assumed control. | All public ofices are now under | Federal control. | | T | AMERICANS IN BAD | BIG ISSUES New Evidence érought Out Hre charred body was found in|the highest ability on morning session. It recessed at TUCSON, Ariz., May 1.—Capt. R. scientific | pple iree grove last Saturday. |subjects, in the school year 1928 to | Identification was made by a|1929. Each winner will receive aj gmall piece of the burned dress and | free trip to Edison laboratories and | the husband was arrested Monday, answer the questionnaire personally | night. | prepared by Edison early in Aug- The couple had been living apart ' yst. The names of the winners, for a year after a disagreement. imyst be in Edison’s hands by July | ©n April 21 Peacon was playing cards and remembered his wedding | ! | i PROHI AGENTS | Two Major Topics Before Congress—Action Ex- | pected This Week WASHINGTON, May 1. — Farm| Relief is the major topic on both| sides of the Capitol with the tariffi revision bill still in the making in the House. A series of bills are before the anniversary. He excused him-| self and when where his wife was ‘living. He took her for a ride and they went to their old home. d President Vern Gorst said last] night that a plane would be dis- patched north this morning and is scheduled to land at Ketchikan to- night, then proceed to Juneau Thursday for the Cordova hop. Clayton Scott will pilot the plane. J, M. RUFFNER PASSES AWAY noon to convene again at 3 p.m. when it will be ready to take up any matters that may present themselves. —_ It adopted the recommendations' CHICAGO, I, May 1.—Witnesses of the Committee on Free Confer- at the St. Valentine's Day massacre ence relative to school refunds by inquest yesterday told of selling the Territory to municipalities. enough machine guns to equip sev- These establish three classes Of'eral army squads. schools and provide refunds at 80, A representative of a fircarms per cent to schools having less than | firm said Frank R. Thompson, fugi- 150 pupils, 75 per cent between 150 tive machine gun salesman, is al- and 300 and, 70 per cent above that leged to have supplied the St. Val- number with a maximum annual cntine’s Day -massacre gangsters in Chicago Massa- cre Inquest - EARLY TODAY ‘Chicago S;n—dicale Exe- cutes Contracts in Early Morning Hours | CHICAGO, T, May 1. ! Bombing Syndicate early today ex- ecuted three contracts with pre- (cision and efficiency. ! At 3:08 o'clock this morning a bomb exploded in the doorway of a — The! | H. Polk, recent Commander of the | Rebel Flying unit, who surrendered at Nogales, has been charged with !“conspimcy to violate the neutral- ity of the United States.” Five other American fliers who fought with the Rebels are expected to face similar charges. LOOK FOR AGREEMENT AGUA PRIETA, Sonora, Mexico, {May 1—A conference of Mexican rebel and Federal officers, officers of the United States Army and WWhen they entered his wife said: House from the Agricultural Com- caloon | ] “Well this looks like the old dump.” REP RIM AN“ED § !mittec supplement to the general| y . |tmit of $40,000. The Senate also|with the guns. H i minl ootadie ok Bogab ex_‘:;"z‘::::m‘i‘m.:“’:n ‘it::;ke: \:Don : Peacos resented this an a quarrel ’ |tan-n relief program. iWell Known Atlin Mine|adopted the report. o One salesman said guns bad gio4eq in the doorway of another agreement to end the re\l:olu.uonu b ensued and in the struggle she} started to claw him with her finger | nails and began screaming. He, placed one hand over her mouth | and the other at her throat. Shn) before the week-end. Struggling with Mellon’s right to | The Senate has advanced the| ARE susPENDED'Iarm bill near -the voting stage‘ and hopeful of getting it through} Operator Dies Sud- denly in Illinois MONTMOUTH, Ill, May 1.—Jul- been sold-at one time to the Haw- thorne Kennels Club. The dog race track was then owned by “Scarface” Al Capone. Guns were also sold to a former alderman, Titus Haffa, Concur in Amendments The House concurred in the Sen- ate amendments to House Bill 67, relative to the stealing of various | kinds of animals, making that| | saloon. | At 3:13 o'clock the third bomb | exploded in the doorway of a soft drink parlor. | Each caused damage to the ex- { All concerned have declined to | make any comment as to the result of the conference. Gen. Jose Escobar, rebel leader, |is reported to have left for an un- appeared to faint, went cold and he realized she was dead. ; Peacos said he placed the body | in his car and carried it to a| thicket and went and purchased | some kerosene. He returned, sat-| urated the body, and set it afire., Frances Nurray, believed to be| Two Officials Use Young| Girls to Get Evidence | —Case Thrown Out COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 1—State Prohibition Agents Edward Little| hold office as Secretary of Treas- ury, the Senate Judiciary Commit- tee has before it an inquiry of the trip of the Secretary, made to Can-| ada in 1925 in the interest of the| Aluminum Company. |ius M. Ruffner, aged 60 years, pio- ineer mining man of Atlin, British Columbia, died here yesterday at the home of relatives. He recently incorporated his mining properties. in the Atlin District and was on a trip east when stricken. He has crime a misdemeanor where the value is $50 or less, and a felony above that sum. It concurred in |amendments to House Bill No. 101, relative to suspending sentences and their revocation. These amend- ments provide that sentences may now in prison for liquor conspir- lacy. 1 i, RS Dr. Julius Klein Is [ Closen as Assistant |tent of about $1,500. announced destination. | Two saloon keepers shook their| Gen. Medina, ras heads when asked the motive. Theylme garrison, t:he n]:?zwote:e l;mlfl; |said they had “been selling near-ipy the rebels, is said to have of- {ber only.” |fered to surrender the city. ey i | Gen. Almazan is encamped 10 miles southeast with 2,000 men. | Gen, Escobar did not cross to Heroic Fliers Peacos' sweetheart, is held as arang Jolhn Cmv}:ever?:nn "xzn?d!Kcunecott Copper terial witmess. She told the/and given se e mizihewvlvas living in his flpm.t_lusmg two 18-year-old girls to get Er{r ns 3455656a921 During Past Year | : s iven her some €vidence in a liquor case. | g pas be had ety | The case was thrown out of o e s S0 |eourt on admissions of the girls been in the north since the days of the Klondike rush. J. M. Ruffner is one of the well- known mine operators of the At- {lin District and has many friends not be revoked after the time they | Commerce Secretary would have expired had they been | Bces served out. | WASHINGTON, May 1.—Dr. Jul- Although it had adopted yester.‘ius Klein of California, chief of day the report of the conlerencc}the Bureau of Foreign and Domes- committee relative to the expendi- |tic Commerce, has been selected Are Found Dead |the United States as others of his Near Plane | | SYDNEY, Australia, May 1.—The tragic aftermath of the search for |army heve done and much specu- {lation arises as to where he has |gone since the Federals are en- |camped within a few miles of all sides of the city. ture of road funds for airplane by President Hoover as assistant NEW YORK, May 1.—Kennecott : landing facilities, the House was Secretary of commerce, succeeding Copper earned $10.03 a share in in Juneau. He went into the Atlin district during the gold rush and the plane Southern Cross closed !they drank wine with the agents the report of the land searchers | before and after a raid. The girls ——e—— New Print Concern Buying Newspapers 1928 on 4,552,036 shares of old stock {were the Misses Carrie Walton and before the two for one split up. | Catherine Gunion. When the girls Jtold the Judge their part of the|Earnings in 1927 were $6.23 a share.| WASHINGTON, May 1<—AtChi"lprooeedSngs, he charged the men; Lehigh Valley Coal Corporation’s| bald R. Graustein, President of the | with exceeding the bounds ofnet profit for the first quarter was International Paper and Power propriety and warned them to re-|$468,328 against $99,336 in the cor- Company, told the Federal Trade main out of court unless their!responding period of 1928. Commission yesterday that his com-hands were clean. Colorado Fuel & Iron’s first quar- pany and affiliated concerns had | DR e, o L \ter report shows profit of $918,677 purchased stock in 13 newspepers| Mr. and Mrs. Martin Knuppe,'before federal taxes, compared with | in various sections of the country. cafe proprietors at Fairbanks, are 522250 a year ago. | He said the purchases were to aid [returning to their north home after| Acme Steel earnings in the first| in the sale of news print and had spending several weeks Vmflomng!quarter were equal to $2.87 a share located many claims and later ac- quired others. — e, Flier Crashes in Army Plane, Killed SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 1.— Lieut. J. C. Banta, Brookfield flier, was killed today, ~vhen his Army plane crashed. Authorities said Banta was at- tempting 2 108 degree turn. in landing his ship which went into no design to direct the editorial outside. They are aboard the Aleu-;agm $1.67 in the same period a spin at an altitude of 400 feet. tian. policy. lof 1928, He was flying. alone. rejected that report and had ap- pointed a new committee to go into the whole subject again. The House had the matter under con- sideration but was withholding ac- tion until later today. It was notified today that the Senate had |Walter F. Brown, now postmaster-| ‘general. Coolidge Summer Home Is for Sale SUPERIOR, Wis., May 1—Calvin who found the body of Robert| MINING CO. INCORPORATES Hitchcock under the wing of his| 5 plane Kookaburra, and the body of | . Artieles of incorporation for the !Keith Anderson, his companion,| SCIAr Development Company, Lim- nearby. 1 |ited, a Canadian mining company, Hitchcock and Anderson were| were filed in the office of the Sec- among the first to head their) Felary of Alaska this morning. The plane into the air to search for|nheadquarters of the company is at also considering the Senate amend- | ment to House Bill 51, which origi- Coolidge’s 1928 summer home is for nally appropriated $10,000 for the sale, it was announced today. The Alaska college scientists to study (4400 acre estate of Henry Clay the warble fly in the rgxndee,-‘lflerce and Cedar Island Lodge, the herds. The Senate turned the 1928 summer White House, has o !been put into the hands of a (Continued on Page Eight) neapolis real estate concern. the Southern Cross. After the lat- ter plane was located and the crew rescued, search was then started for Hitchcock and Ander- son. Their plane was sighted from Montreal, Quebec, and the princi- pal place where operations will be |carried on in Alaska, is Rua Cove, ZKn!flhl‘s Island. The capital stock . of the corporation is $150,000. R. E. Min- the air having ecrashed on the'| Robertson represents the company & desert. in Juneau. »