The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 23, 1929, Page 1

e A A THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIV., NO. 5107. OFFICERS SHOT AND KILLED BY CHICAGO GANGSTERS JUNEAU, “UNITED PRESS CORRESPONDENT GETS IN WRONG Is Denied Right of Floor of Senate for Inaccur- ate Publication WASHINGTON, May 23. — The Senate is divided on the question of newspaper correspondents’ priv- ileges reporting the Chamber pro- ceedings The question was raised during an ent over the unanimous decision of the Rules Committee barring the United Press corres- pendents access to the Senate floor. The action was taken because of publication by the United Press of what is purported to be a Senate roll call on the nomination of former Senator Irvine Lenroot, of Wisconsin, to the Court of Customs and Patents Appeal. The voie was taken in an execu- tive session. It is declared the United Press published inaccurately the vote. Discriminatory Action Senators Johnson, of California, and La Follette of Wisconsin, pro- tested against disbarrment of the United Press correspondents claim- ing the action was discriminator and denied that the committee had a ht to give or withdraw the I ge of the Senate from any correspondent, In suppo’t of this contention, nator Lz Follette afterward de- manded withdrawal of the one re- porter from the floor. This was upteld by Vice-President Charles Curtis. Is Subpoenaed As a result of the resolution, Paul Mallon, Chief of the United Press Jureau in Washington, was sub- poenaed to appear for questioning it Monday concerning where he _obtainad the repert on, the,secret. ballot. hairman Moses described Mal- subpoena as the start of & committee investigation which might end in action being taken against a Senator or Senate.em- ployee, guilty of supplying pur- ported information on a secret vote. L ee— MOVIE STARS FAIL TO PAY INCOME TAX Grand Jur; Indictments Are Returned—Movie Colony in Trouble LOS ANGELES, Cal, M: 23— Income tax returns are the bane of existence of the increasing num- ber of the movie colony. Two more stars have moved into the ante room of the Fed:ral Courts. Eleanor Boardman Vidor has been indicted on a charge of evading payments and her director hushand, King Vidor, is accused of failing to pay income tax. Two weeks ago Tom Miv faced indictments and a month before that eleven others were listed in charges of fraud filed against them by Marjorie Bergbr and Edward Hayden, so-called income tax ex- perts. — e England is bowing to America’s ice water drinking habits. London’s largest cafeteria has imported an LOCAL CHAMBER 'VOICES REGRET IN' RESOLUTION Declares Alaska Suffered Great Loss in Death of Gen. Richardson GIRL HELD AS MATERIAL WITNESS \ 1 | | | | The Chamber of Commerce today | by a unanimous vote, adopted a | {resolution of regret at the death | of ¢ . Wilds Preston Richardson, ng that the “entire Territory | uffered a great loss” in his | Pdeath. The resolution was spread | jon the minutes of the meeting and | | copies sent to M William Og'il-' 'vie, General Richardson’s sister and to the Alaska Road Commission. | | ‘The resolution follows in full: “Whereas, it has pleased the A Wise Ruler of the Universe to res move by sudden death Alaska's sin- cere iend, who for many years was chairman of the Alaska Road . Commission, General Wilds P! Richardson, and y “Whereas, GCeneral Richardson,) through his great ability, his pow-| er and influence, and his untiring efforts, all exerted in the interests; of this Territory, through reason ! of his faith in its future, contribut- | ed as much if not more than any | single individual, to the develop- | ment of Alaska; . | Resolved, That we, the members 'of the Juneau Chamber of Com-, |merce, have heard with deep sor- | row of the death of Alaska’s true friend: | “That in the death of General| Richardson the entire Territory has { suffered a great loss, and the many | men and women who were privileg- | led to know him and who enjoyed | {his genuine friendship will ever ! miss his pleasant smile, his ready mpathy and the influence of his | manly character: ! “That-Wa tender to the bereaved sister and the members of her fam- {ily and to the friends of Genaral | Richardson our heartfelt sympathy |and condolence: Associated Press Photo Revelations in the torch slaying of Mrs. Dorothy Peacox by her husband, Earl (lower right), resulted in Florence Newman, friend of the youth, being held as a material witness. The girl is shows leaving the Mt. Vernon, N. V., police station. ALASKASTUDENT FLIER DROPS IN PLANE; IS ALIVE | 8 | Plane Gees Into Tail Spfn! then Turns and Drops | Bottom Side Up | CHEHALIS, Wash.,, May 23- ' Grant ‘Pearson, student flier 1| McKinley rk, Alaska, narrowly | escaped death yesterday afternoon | at the Chel Airport when his | plane went into a tailspin at an elevation of 3,000 feet. Pearson was slightly cut about the face and possibly a broken rib and minor brui: were his only in- juries sustained. The plane dropped several hun- dred feet, then turned Lottom side |™ % i up, landing on sandy ground 1 Residents living near the airport BIG s wl N n L E extricated Pearson from the plane and he was able to walk with as-| sistance. Pearson s and he was una Solicitor General | | “That these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of this day's meeting of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce, and that a copy thereof be transmitted to Mrs. William Ogilvie, the sister of deceased, that | a copy be transmitted to the Alas- ka Road Commission, and that copies be furnished to the press of ed Press PLoto | junogu for publication.” READY TORLY REVEALED NOW; ,, Charles Evans has been named co'icitor general of the United States. said the 7stick came Sailing Postponed to out le to get 1‘i e back in place. ! F!VE INB!GTED Await Return of P i A : ; [ Dr. Eckener SHAKEN BY e | =5 | CUERS, France, May 23.—The de-} Tuberculosis Cure” Fake parture of the Graf Zeppelin from PONSE Th | Priedrichshafen, first scheduled for | 000 Vietimized MENDOFEA, Aryeniina, May 23! dawn toda has been postponed g til Friday awaiting the arrival —Eight persons were injured, some 1 ; : & : of Dr. Hugo Eckener, Commander, seriously, in a series of sirong) o . s‘arthqu{\kes and many buildines| O3 , Cal, May 23— |who is rcturning from Germany were badly shaken. Walls cracked 't 0 "E(l{)fl._l“ ._“ SHE | with experts; and fell. jof the b L uberculosis cure The ship was fully prepared to |swindles ever operated in the West | .00 a5 originally planned and The shocks disrupted wire serv-|" ice and caused great consternation |D&s been disrupted by the indict- in this city which is an important;ment of ‘rm persons on a charge trading port between Buenos Aires Of using the mail to defraud. air Chile. Charles Laycock and Glen Jack- | Mendoea was overthrown by a SOn have b arrested. quake in 1861. | Telegraphic arrest warrants have passengers were anxious to take-off. Six French officers will be among those to make the return trip to Germany. The French have Iionized the Graf crew and passengers since the icing system. CALL MONEY ENTERS LOAN FIELD, NEW YORK, May 23.—The 10,- 000,000 to 15,000,000 stock speculators and investors in the United States have become so active that a group of New York bankers have organiz- ed the First Call Money company of America. The company will be modeled on the familiar pattern of automobile, refrigerator and household furni- ture finance corporations, except that it will finance stock operations only. Banks, corporations and wealthy individuals heretofore have | enjoyed the exclusive privilege of supplying ' funds for marginal and | instalment purchases of securities and reaping the high rewards of such financing. The new company, which later may extend branches to Chicago, San Francisco and the leading stock trading cities of the country, be- also been issued by Adolph Beyer, . emergency landing here. rge Lester and Martin Lester. ¥ P Y i 5 = | “Guaranteed cure” preparations . . COM AN {have been seized. These “cures” are Exploring with Plane claimed to have victimized more Planned by MacMillan than 10,000 persons of approximate- ly $1,000,000 during the past sev- ¥ £ ) B, ?erz\l years. lieves that it will aid in stabiliz- |~ Government chemists and medi- ing call Juensy. pritse s A headsd cal experts are unanimous in state- BOSTON, May 23.—Aerial explor- ation beyond the Arctic circle planned by Comm. Donald B. Mac- by John H. Allen, president of the ; 4 Millan for this summer. Amiariean . Foralk i ko oup. [E0I8 that b remedies are worth- | =000 der MacMillan expects to porat ®oresi. |less in the treatment of lung and| ;i on nis twelfth exploration trip | poration and a former vice presi-: ..0nav dis ; qu" of the National City bank. ¢ ’;“?:{:n:'lrjl.np(in?stf:s been opcrating i ifl.ssoamcd with him in the enter- in the name of the San Romany prise is a group of eastern bank'gcomp'mv ers and industrialists. Mr. Allen % S5 says that call money has averaged | 10 per cent in New York during the {pa.st six months, and he is con- vinced that stock trading in thcg into the Arctic with 11 men. His 'ship Bowdoin is to leave Wiscasset, Me., June 22. The schooner will be used as a mother ship, he.says, for a tri- motored cabin plane now under construction. “During the summer I am plan- Funeral of Richard P. Walsh Held, Seattle United States has entered a period | ning to make an aerial survey of {of higher money rates. | Labrador and Baffin's land,” he | The new company will accept! SEATTLE, May 23.—Funeralserv- said. “I am certain that a great ices for Richard P. Walsh, promi- nent canneryman of Ketchikan and Portland, will be held this after- deal more can be accomplished in one summer season with a plane' than in several years with a shi; If he uses an’ airplane, Com- mander MacMillan expects to com-| plete the exploration within a per- jod of three months, returning to the United States in September | money from large and small deposi- | tors so that anyone, no matter how small his bank account is, can ben- efit by the high returns from call noon at the Sacred Heart Church| Jloans. here. He is survived by his widow The average daily requil;emems Marie, of Seattle and three brothers, |of the financial district for stock Michael, John and Owen, all of | financing Is $17,000,000, Portland, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1929, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS CLEVELAND CLINIC EXPLOSION KILLS SCORES General view of the building after the blast and fire had snuffed out many lives. A large num- ber of patients were rescued from the roof. (Picture by telephoto from Cleveland). VICTIMS TREATED AT SCENE OF HOSPITAL BLAST Associated Press Photo Rendering first aid to the gassed and injured at the Cleveland Clinic hospital after an explo- sion and fire. More than 100 persons died. (Picture by telephoto from Cleveland). QUEERCAIME ALY MAY CONSCRIPT IS CUMMITTED WOMEN FOR WAR WORK ..... | 3y ANDRUE BERLING Loupl(: Attacked |,y Ban- | *%% { RO v 23—~Women will play an impc nt role in Italy’s next , to judge the on C Prof Vittc from reports publish- Government Commit- I Mobilization. io Franchini has writ- summary of the Italian women in the last exhaustive analyses of i g | r3 o Uttroburmintmo | TARIFF BILL | tee SPOKANE, Wash., May 2. Wil- | liam Johnson, aged 24 years, was shot four times and his companion, | . Hazel Miller, aged 28, was attacked | | an elabe of en giving g : conditions, which leads to the be- br s Tendls mno theo buBdete Representatie Beck Pays sier that in the next war women couple with wire, ire to their, will be mobilized for factories in auto and left them to burn. Respect to Measure 1n | Johnson's condition is described House Speech the same manner as men are mobil- ized for the trenches. as dangerous. i | Professor Fre ini concludes that The Girl is suff from the e men should & ed in wartime shock, scratches HINGTON, Ma ,/from the ma acture of small Johnson freed floxi provision of the Reput arms, projecti and instruments of !)ummg car s i ) tarits m flayed yesterday aft- precision, 1 that women, either in the brush as the ILf.lfllt fired | .. 00on by Represe Beck ag | volunteer gathered in through several x?um» shots at him. irivo 2 & “momentous and utterly ® :,y:d‘nn.; of m:m"npnpn, should A pgssing motorist brought John- ', . ) civie change in the c take their place son to town where he u{\abl.z ter of our Government.” Italian women, always accustom- to give a coherent account of the| " . ..iq the bill would allow . ed to o.‘r\t.‘rm. their place in the case. | President. to raise or lower import|Dome and appearing in public as It was first reported tlhn girl h’"l‘umu n he thought such actic tle as possible, were -n?u,».).,mh;, burned to death but she 8180 e5-1. .. nece to protect Am ‘.' ed lvr;:u ”,m t ldlh(»‘xl by t‘ho caped from the car and made her e st Becklcontended th World War. The committee fig- way to a house two miles distant. posed measure granted the resi- | Ures show that in the first six The bandit took a small amount dent power which mig i months of the great conflict, only of money. e Gostruetive 16 the genergl | 14000 Italian women were Working - welfare of the country. n)) war nu’lu.\ll'nwlwmn p;‘u:u c:.sox:e ing . b } T i this number had jumped to 200,- Former Residents | 000 and there were many more Of Ketchikan Will thousands taking the places of men in other industries. :Former Wife of Joh Have Picnic, Seattle, Barrymore Is Married he report of the Mobilization A A i Committee tells an interesting story SEATTLE, May 23—A reunion slopment 0f Women's and picnic for former residents of | DON, May 23. — Michael wing the war. The story Eetehikan, Alasks, will be held in s former wife of John Bar- comes under three periods. The first Woodland Park on Sunday, June!rymore, was married today to Ha was a period of propaganga. Wom- 9. The picnic is being arranged |rison et, New York 1awyer.!.n were taught to support their by Mrs. E. F. Underhill, of Seat-|Barrymore recently married ‘Do-| ramilies. rendered fatherless by tle, and Mrs. Gladys Cobb, of Black lores Costello, film and stage act- g (Continued on P:\'gewséven)? Diamond, Wash, Iress. =3 _"la church PRICE TEN CENTE ) CHICAGO " DETECTIVES ARE SLAIN Two Aces Shot Down | Within Week by Gang- sters — New Warfare CHICAGO, May 23.—“Cop Kill- |ers,” the most despised of mur- | derers under the policeman’s code, within a week have struck down two aces from the Chicago force, an unusual circumstance in a city where heretofore gangsters have |been cautious about killing offi- cers. | Joseph Sullivan, logked upon as |one of the best detectives of the /force, was killed last night. He was working on the St. Valentine Day massacre, also trailing men believed to be responsible for the illing of Detective Lawrence Mar- tin last week. Brother officers are of the opin- ion Sullivan was killed because he knew too much. TWO PLANES - PLAN FLIGHT - OVER OGEAN Green Flash Waiting for Hop to Rome—French | Plane for Paris | OLD ORCHARD, Maine, May 23. —A simultaneous take-off of two planes on trans-Atlantic flights, one bound for Rome and the other for Paris, appeared in pros- pect today with tlie announcement, that the Frenca plane Bernard 191 will be brought from New York for the Paris take-off. | Armano Lotti, flight pilot, said Old Orchard provided a better take-off than the New York field. | Meanwhile the departure of the monoplane Green Flash is await- ing weather changes. Roger Wil- liams, pilot ¢f the Green Flash, said the coming of the French plane would not stampede them and the plane will not hop for Rome before the weather is re- ported favorable. | gt i IDAHO FATHER. SLAIN BY SON May Escape Trial for Mur- | der and Be Sent to Insane Asylum SAND POINT, Idaho, May 23.— James Rau, aged 22 years, who beat 'his father Herman Rau to death with & hammer and then slit his throat for good measure because “I had a feeling I had to kill him,” today faced the possibility of es- caping trial for the murder. | County Prosecuting Attorney Mc- Farland has ordered a hearing to determine Rau’s sanity and if found mentally unbalanced, he will be sent to an asylum, Rau surrendered yesterday after his 70-year-old father was found slain on a ranch. Rau was examined a month ago (for sanity, and despite testimony lof doctors, he was released on his {father’s plea who said he would take his son to a private sanitar- fum. Instead of doing this he al- lowed him to work =zbout the ranch | “I had a feeling I wanted to ikill father. I could not shake it off. He went to the barn. I sneak- ed out of the house, behind him and struck him on the head. He !fell to the ground. I kept on strik- (ing him until he was sure dead. I |felt sorry about it. I could do |nothing about it and then cut his |throat to make sure he was dead,” |confessed James Rau. | ——e——— ARE VISITING RAVENS | Mrs. Fred Thedinga, of Monroe, !washington, and Mrs. W. A. Mun- |rce, Everett, Washington, arrived on the Aleutian and are house |guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Raven. Mrs. Thedinga is Mr. Raven’s moth-~ ler. - e — | The triumphal car of King So- ibk*skx of Poland, who reigned 250 vears ago, now forms the altar of in Raddaz, near New Stettin, S