The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 21, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” NO. 5105. VOL. XXXIV., DEMAND $ JUNEAU, ALASKA . TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1929, MEMBER OF ASSOCI PRICE TEN CENTE ATED PRESS 50,000 FROM MORROW; THREATS ARE MADE HURLEY RAISES QUESTION OVER COLE ELECTION Declares Election of Audi- tor and Commissioner of Education Illegal In an open letter addressed to Walstein- G. Smith, Territorial 3 urer, Robert C. Hurley, well- own local attorney at law, de- clares the election by the Legisla- ture of Cash Cole as Auditor and of L. W. Brewer as Commissioner of Education to have been illegal, and adds, “cautions Mr. Smith” cordingly in his official actions in connection therewith. M Hurley contends that the ature's election of Mr. Cole an invasion of the executive power, and that Mr. Cole was and is a Federal employee, Secretary of the Alaska Senate, and that the attempt to elect a Commissioner of Education, which he terms Superin- tendent of Education, was likewise an usurpation of executive author-| ity. Office Held Illegally Mr. Hurley alleges, first, “That the office of Auditor now occupied and administered by Mr. Cash Cole, is so held, occupied and adminis tered illegally for the following rea- | 50! That the said Cole was at the time of his alleged appoint- ment and as far as I know is still ac- | l l i I 1 Cupid in Another Royal Match | | IS SUED FOR Breach of Promise to Marry Suit NEW HAVE;;nn., May 21.- Mrs. Katherine King Fogarty, of New York, has sent papers in an ,suit, against Gene Tunney, to | Bridgeport, to be entered in the Superior Civil Court ,of Fairfield County The woman asks $500,000 dams ages A deputy sheriff, accompanied by a member of a law firm, went to Bridgeport to file the papers and |arrange all details of the suit. | All banks where Tunney might {have money have been served with ‘r‘garnishee ttachments and at- tachments have also been entered jagainst Tunney's Stamford estate | valued at $14,000. Mrs. Fogarty formerly lived in' | Fort Worth, Texas, where she se-| |cured a divorce from her husband.; Attorneys refused to say where {Mrs. Fogarty is now staying and ! divulged. —— - TOURIST TRAVEL GENE TUNNEY lfiff'aé?ed by Talkies’ - HALF MILLION. Woman Brings Alleged; alleged breach of promise to marry| |no details of the suit have been| | a Federal employee and as such| ineligible to hold a Territorial of- | fice created by the Legislature of Alaska, Section 4 of what is commonly known as the ‘Organic Act’ of Alaska provides for the clection and terms of office of the various Senators and members of the House of Representatives, Sec- tion 7 provides for the organiza- tion of the I ture, and, among “other things, e {Uf “he" &lec- tion of a Secretary of the Senate, as provided in Section 1,861 of the U. S. Revised Statutes. These pro-| visions taken in conjunction with the provisions of Section 6 of the Organic Act indicate a permanent Organization is effected at the com- mencement of each session which holds good until the expiration of two years, in order that the Legis- lature may be available for the transaction of business in case the Governor should see fit to call a special or extraordinary session. Mr. Cole was the duly elected and qualified Secretary of the Senate of the Alaska Legislature, MNinth Session, and therefore was and is a Federal employee and ineligible to the office he is attempting to fill and administer. No Right To Elect “II. There is nothing contained in the Constitution of the United States, the Organic Act of Alaska or any other Congressional enact- ment which vests in the Legislature of the Territory of Alaska the right to fill an office created by it by the vote of its members in whole or in part. It is an ele- mentary proposition that the duty and functions of the Legislature of Alaska, or any other Legislature for that matter, is to legislate, and that is all. It has no authority to usurp the right, prerogatives and duties of the executive or judicial branches of the Government, and when it does, as the Alaska Legis- lature did in its last session by at- tempting to fill the office of Audi- tor by its own vote, it is exceeding its field of power and intruding in an unconstitutional manner on other fields. It may create an of- fice but it cannot thereafter at- tempt to fill that office—that being a duty devolving on the executive (Continued on Page Two) According to report, the little fellow is striking right and Jeft in the Nordic region. cated, involves Princess Ingrid Martha, who married | | | i The latest rumor, though unauthenti- Prince Frederic of Sweden (inset). She is cousin of Princess Crown Prince Olaf of Norway recently. (Iztur!l}illlll Newsresl) o WILL BE LARGEi i[ndicalions Point to Record. Breaker, G. N. Or- ficial Declares of Sweden (above) and Crown MEN KILLED; " SHGHOD TAKEN BOLD ROBBERY Mexican Officers Slain;Re- ceipts of Gambling Resort Stolen | SAN DIEGO, Cal, May 21— {Search is being made for three men who shot and killed two Mexi- |can special officers and made away |with $85,800 the week-end receipts 1ot‘ a gambling resort at Agua; | Cliente, Mexico. | The robbery took place on a traf-| fic crowded highway while the special officers were enroute to San | | Diego. The bandits had evidently fol lowed the money car for some di tance, then suddenly pulled along side and opened fire with a ma-, !chine gun. | The Mexican officers replied with pistols but were soon killed. ! The bandits grabbed the satchels | {containing the money and made |away chased by several motorists who witnessed the hold-up. The bandits abandoned their own car and made their escape in another. ! SEATTLE, May 21.—"Every indi- jcation points to a record breaking | tourist travel to the Pacific Nortlis, |west this summer. Low westbound |excursion fares go into effect May Pope to Leave Vatican; First Visit, May 30 ROME, May 21. — Pope o |15th; eastbound May 22, on all Pius will mnk‘e his first of- |railroads. Some of the lines will ficial visit from the Vatican e 85 usual run second sections of | o regular trains to accommodate the! o |heavy travel on the first few days o the excursion tcikets are on sale. e, “The new fast schedules between o boints in the Pacific Northwest and on May 30 at the Feast of Corpus Christi, participating in the procession and mass at St. Peters. '45 minutes from present schedules. | | Westbound the running time will |be 63 hours, a reduction of 5 hours. | | These fast trains, materially reduc- | |ing the time required for tourists ON ANNUITIES, 1 REPARATIONS |section, coupled with the fact that | no extra fare will be charged for | — 1 |the faster service, should assist in e e e e300 00 0 0 o o Chicago, will go into effect the LGB T L N jsecond week in June. Eastbound |the running time will be S| GET TUGETHER |hours, a reduction of 6 hours and | Experts of Various Nations the Pacific Northwest,” said C. W. |Meldrum, Asst. General Passenger | Reppr(ed to Be Near- “Agent. Great Northern Railroad. | mg Agree‘ment | “Another valuable tourist asset | will be a brand new train, the Em- pire Builder, the last word in pas- senger equipment construction af- fording every travel refinement. PARIS, May 21.—Experts of cred- itor nations are reported to have reached an accord, in principle, on to reach the beauty spots of this . the question of the readjustment of reparation annuities among themselves, except for a number of This train will make its initial trip to the east starting from the Coast |June 11, and be a luxurious com- small points in the language to be Panion train to the Oriental Lim- used. |ited. The Great Northern will then The report is nct confirmed but [have two of America’s finest trains it is known great progress has been {Tunning between Puget Sound, Spo- made in the last few days and kane and Chicago, as against but positive results will probably be |One train at the present time. made known tomorrow. “Advance reservations in Glacier Patsy Ruth Miller Engaged to Be Wed HOLLYWOOD, Cal, May 21.— National Park in Montana, ar o Patsy Ruth Miller, motion picture actress, announced here last night |she will be married in September to Tay Garnett, film director. Miss Miller, who is the daughter of Os- car Miller, former Eastern news- paper publisher, said marriage is lbelng delayed until she completes a series of pictures. WORLD’S ROTARIANS TO MEET IN DALLAS DALLAS, Tex., May 21.—Rotari- ans from nearly 50 nations, includ- ing delegations from principal cap- jtals of Europe, South America and the Orient, will gather in Dallas for their world wide conclave, May 26 to 31. Dallas expects to entertain more than 10,000 guests during the six- day fiesta. Reminiscent episodes of the old south and pioneer west, presented in pageant, parade and song, will supplement business sessions. Special events for Rotary Anns, wives of visiting delegates, will in- ciude an “old south” party, reviv- ing memories of log cabin planta- tion days in Dixie. Fair park’s stadium will be trans- formed into an international court scene for a “parade of nations.” A cast of several hundred per- sons is being trained to portray something of the life and history of each nation to be represented in spectacle. | heavier than ever before, and a vast army of sightseers from the east are coming to matchless scenery and unequalled climate, leaving a “golden trail,” in all parts of the Pacific Northwest.” 5 - % SOCIETY BIRL FORCED UPON MYSTERY RIDE SAN JOSE, Cal, May 21.—Taken| MOSCOW, May 21.—The Agri- for a mystery ride by a man be-|cultural Gazette says that a Rus- lieved to be fleeing from the con-!sian expedition will explore this sequences of some crime, Miss IAJm‘,summer for rubber producing plants Smith, clad in dainty evening gar- jn goviet territory. ments, entered police headquarters! 1t tells of a plant growing wild here early this morning and told y, central Asia that is said to pro- a story of two-hour terror drive guce rubber from its roots. An ex- from Oakland with a pistol held|orocconce grows on them, weigh- at her bat;l; and being urged 10 ;. yiwards of a pound. The Ga- greater speed. | cresce; - Miss Smith is prominent soclallymze“e says Ciiees iy =t Plants of Russia Sought for Rubber A massed choir of 800 negro voices, singing southern spirituals {tion, also will be held in Fair Park. in a carnival display. Visiting Rotary ministers will May 26. and modern songs, Will appear inlg; to ner car alone to rest. Sud-! lone of several concerts scheduled. denly a man opened the door of | The president’s ball, listed as &|per ~aytomobile and stepping in' |leading social event of the conven-|ordered her to drive away. Attractions typical of plo-|commanded the car to be stopped neer days of Texas will be featured {and then disappeared. occupy pulpits of Dallas churches learned more than $250,000 at the She was attending a reception last | it Aight af thie hogg:of My, and Mrs,|ixed vith send St gicks to 1t, /00 ‘Homapt SOy She wemlrubber-like substance washes out of the sand. is reported to grow in Kazakstan, | Kirghizia and Turkestan. At the San Jose city limits, he -, The ring in which Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney fought in Phila- ts ' delphia in 1926 now is in the gym- - e Twelve hundred working studen University of Illinois last year. lflt Pottstown, Pa, share our| ed from a rubber sap of the plantl { { J Poli Negri, screen actress, pho- tographed two years ago it congenial attitude with Prince Mdivani, her husband an¢ business manager. They’re not talking, though, since “talkies’ haye caused a disagreement ir their policies jn connectigh with a French contract. (International Newsreel) TARIFF BILL DEBATE NOW NEARINGEND Various Increases Are Op- posed by Democrats— Revisions Upwards WASHINGTON, May 21.—The general debate on the tariff bill |attracting attention and travel to|has neared the end in the House | with the Democrats opposing the proposed increases on duties on manufactures and opponents the increased sugar tariff, adding fur- ther protests. The Republicans intend to con- fer on the rule of procedure after the debate ends. One Democrat described the bill as “highway robbery” and declared revisions should have been down- ward on articles farmers must buy. e FOREST FIRES IN WASHINGTON SEATTLE, May 21.—The first forest fires of the secason have been reported, owing to the present per-| jod of warm weather accompanied by low humidity. Crews ‘have bcen rushed to one fire on Grays Harbor reported by jan airplane pilot. Two other forest fires near Bel- lingham were easily controlled AT A Jealousy Over School Girl Causes Tragedy PORTLAND, Cre., May 21.—Mad- dened and stung by what he thought was unrequitted love, Wal- ter J. Finke, jr., aged 17, high |and that about 20 per cent of a|school student, shot Herbert Beem, a fellow student, then turned the gun on himself inflicting a danger- The plant is the hondrilla andjous wound over the heart from which he may die. Jealousy over a 16-year-old girl was the cause of the shooting. ., — When President von Hindenburg of Germany had the grippe, he re- nasium of the Hill School for Boysiceived an avalanche of mail con- taining “cures.” Commission To W. Wickersham, Attorney General ¢ | during the Taft Administration, has ‘,been selected by President Hoover to be Chairman of the National Law Enforcement Commission. There will be nine other lawyers representing different parts of the country assisting Wickersham. President Hoover did not recog- selections although the drys urged he give them recognition in gen- eral. Those named have not identified with either the wet or dry cause. Politics has also been disregard- ed in making up the Commission. Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War during the Wilson Adminis- tration, is one of those chosen. The work of the Commission wiil include a thorough going into a survey of the whole Law Enforce- ment, including enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment with a view of reorganization of the whole Fed- President Hoover has called the :"eleven members of the Law En- forcement Commission to meet with : him at the White House for lunch- eon on May 28. After luncheon an organization meeting will be held. Besides Wickersham and Baker, other members of the Commission Study of Enforcement Is Named by President WASHINGTON, May 21.—George | and one woman on the Commission ! nize either drys or wets in making | been | eral Judicial and Enforcement ma- | i chinery. Make ) | 1 i ~ | GEORGE W. WICKERSHAM ’(‘lmirmnn of National Enforcement Commission. | l ! I | | i |are three Federal judges, William | KIDNAPPING, DEATH PLOT 1S REVEALED U. S. Ambagdor Morrow Receives Threats Con- cerning Daughter LARGE SUM DEMANDED OR TORTURE INDICATED Guards S:;;und Girl— Hurried Flight Made by Col. Lindbergh BOSTON, Mass., May 21.— The Boston Post, in a copy- righted article today, says Dwight W. Morrow, Ambas- sador to Mexico, has been made a subject of a $50,000 extortion plot. The money was demanded under penalty of kidnapping, torture and death to his youngest daughter, Con- stance, aged 15 years, stu- dent at the Milton Academy. The Post said it learned that receipt of two threaten- ing letters was directly re- | | | | sponsible for last Saturday’s secret flight of Col. Charles |A. Lindbergh and members of the Morrow family to the Morrow Home at North | Kenyon, Willlam Grubb, and Paul| |McCormick; four attorneys, Roscoe Pound, Henry Anderson, Monte Lembann and Frank Loesch; form- er jurist Kenneth D. Mackintosh, of Washington state, and one edu- cator, Miss Ada Comstock. | 125th Victim of I'Clevelaml Gas 'Explosion Dies | e | CLEVELAND, Oho, May 21— 1Dr. George Belcher, Staff Physi- clan of the Cleveland Clinic Hos-| pital, died today from effects of the poison gas explosion of last | Wednesday, the 125th victim, and the seventh physician to die. | Dr. Belcher was a specialist in idiseases of the bladder and re- }scnrch leader. Four other victims iare in a critical condition and not lexpected to live. | ——————————— ARMY FLIER IS KILLED; PLANE PLUNGES DOWN 'Second Victim of National War Game Reported —Plane Crashes YELLOWSTONE, Ohio, May 21.— Killed on a friendly greeting flight between two rival air camps in the National War Game, Lieut. Florine Shade, is the second victim of the air maneuvers. Lieut. Edward Meadows lost his {life in a head-on collision with another plane last Saturday. Lieut. Shade was attached to the Blue Army. With fellow pilots he was paying a call on Red Army (Aviators. Enroute motor trouble developed and he was forced down. He fixed his engine and started again. At an altitude of 200 feet, the |englnc stalled and the plane crash- ed. | ¢ NEWTON D. BAKER | e Com- mission appointed by President Hoover. R e IGATION ' BY DRY FORCE NEW DIRECTION Products that Can Be Made Into Intoxicants Being Surveyed {One of the members of thi | | INVEST | | | WASHINGTON, May 21.—Prohi- bition Commissioner Doran an- nounces that the investigation into all products that can easily be converted into intoxicants will be extended to include hops and flav-| ored malt. Commissioner Doran said infor- mal conferences with producers of | malt have been under way for| Haven, Maine, and is also re- sponsible for a detective guard around the home and impersonation of Constance by another girl at the Acad- emy, while Constance was spirited away to join Lind- bergh. Constanee received the first let- ter and: showed it to’ the school authorities. The family was im- mediately notified and a guard was placed around her. The second letter contained de- tailed instructions concerning plac- ing of money and named last Sat- urday as the time for the money to be left. Morrow’s former partners in the law firm of J. P. Morgan Company, took a hand in the case and the services of Federal operatives were enlisted. Although Constance’s imperson- ator followed the instructions close- ly, no one appeared to claim the dummy package. Meanwhile Constance and Miss Anne Morrow, Lindbergh's fiancee, and other members of the family, mad. a quick trip to Maine. ———.——— MAY REDUCE WAR CLAIMS U. S. May Make Reduction Against Germany for Occupation Army ithree weeks. He declined to re-. WASHINGTON, May 21.—Reduc- veal the results, declaring no ac-|tion by the United States of claims |tion will be taken to interfere with against German for expenses of hop growers. |the Army of Occupation is con- | The inquiry into malt was the sidered a possibility in official cir- {third to have been made by the cles, that is if other Allies will Prohibition Bureau. The first was agree to make a similar cut in concerning corn and sugar. Cali- fornia grapes are also to be sur-! veyed. The results of the surveys will be kept secret. —e— E. M. Polley, Territorial Tax Col-“ lector, left on the Aleutian for Seward and other western points. | He will go as far west as Bristol Bay and will return here about August 1. their claims. The amount of the proposed re- duction is not known and is en- tirely contingent on the Allies agreeing to make reductions them- selves. .- The Aero Club of Berlin has been given $5000 by the Guggenheim foundation for the starting of an archieve on aviation. Suspect Is Held Incommuicado in Culver City Jail LOS ANGELES, Cal, May 21— One of four men arrested Sunday night at Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle’s Plantation Cafe, is held incom- municado in the Culver City jail, |as a suspect in a killing in San Francisco. The four men were arrested after they had severely beaten Detective Lieutenant Coulter, of Culver City. It is said the man is wanted in connection with a fatal shooting affray in the Printer’s Club in San Francisco. Coulter was badly beaten when he attempted to stop a fight. - eee —— Prairie dogs still are a menace to farming in sections of Nebraska. \ | LOS ANGELES, May 21.—During the four years in which Los An- geles police have been required to pass a pistol shooting test for pro- motion or retention of their rank- ings, robberies have been reduced 38 per cent and burglaries 58 per cent, On this showing James E. Davis, chief of police, declares that scien- |tific training of officers in pistol | marksmanship is the best means of crime prevention in populous cen- ters. For stimulation of interest a bon- POLICE AIM REDUCES LOS ANGELES CRIME provides $5 a month extra for a marksman score, $10 for sharp- shooter and $20 for expert. Of the 2,348 men on the police force, 16, including Chief Davis, receive the expert bonus, 119 the sharpshooter, and 236 the marksman. Eleven separate police pistol rang- es are maintained here, ome in each division and a central range upon which all men must qualify each month. A team led by Chief Davis in competition at Camp Perry, Ohio, in 1928, won first honors in the police division and third place in us schedule has been evolved that lopen pistol competition.