The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 11, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIV., NO. 5123. WEALTHY BOOTLEGGER SHOT AND KILLED BY WIFE JUNEAU, A LASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1929. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS CLASH CAUSED ON DEBENTURE PLAN, SENATE Two of Hoover's Strongest Campaign Supporters Debate ,Issue BORAH AND'ALLEN IN BITTER DEBATE Administration Leaders Are Ngw Concerned Over, Farm Relief WASHINGTON, June 11.—United States Senators William E. Borah, of Idaho, and Henry J. Allen, of Kansas, Hoover's staunchest sup- porters in the campaign, clashed in the Senate yesterday afternoon over the export debenture provision in the Farm Relief plan, in an ex- change which added to the uncer- tainty surrounding the final vote due late today. Senator Borah demanded the en- actment of the debenture section as a redeufition of the party's cam- paign 1fedges while Senator Allen (-nmm/ed that “this failure of Con- ss fo include the debenture in /rm Relief bill is not a viola- Jt the Republican Party Plat- sharp debate has left Ad- m@dstration leaders more concern- oAl feven about the outlook of the ¥7am Bill. The debenture vote in the Senate is of particular interest as the measure is Hoover's strength in the upper house of Congress. Senator Borah voted for the plan last month after Hoover declared against it. FOUR GIVE UP LIVES TRYING T0 SAVE BOY, Father, Mother and Two Girls Drown in Attempt to Rescue Young Lad RANDOLPH, Vermont, June 11.— A father, mother and two sisters gave their lives in a vain attempt to save their son and brother, Har- ry Boardman, aged 15 years, who was seized with cramps while swim- ming in the White River near their home. The dead are Mr. and Mrs. Hen- ry Boardman, Harryona, aged 14 Two Floridans pay visit to New York, arriving In 16-foot out. beard motorboat which negotiated the 1,600 miles from Miami in 25 days. In boat are John D. Ramsey and H. H. Harris of Miaml. NITROGEN PROBLEM BROUGHT TO FRONT BY MUSCLE SHOALS By FRANK I WELLER (Associated Press Farm Editor) nitrogen for munitions and fertili- zer For 10 years efforts to dispose WASHINGTON, June 11--Rein- s troduction of bills to disposc of [Of Muscle Shoals, now principally the Government’s $127,000,000 war-|& Power project, havg includ!:d the time property at Muscle Shoms.xmanu!acture of r_ermlzer either {Ala., has brought before Congress under lease to private industry or the details of an unsuspected ni- |y Government control. trogen situation in this country. Last year private industry pro- duced 50 per cent of &1l the nitro- 3 4hi¥ Unilo@esites. This , it will pro-| uee 65 per cent; next year, 80 pe {cent, and by 1932 erase the actual city of importing any nitro- gen at all. fore Congress, despite the rapid in- crease in production of synthetic nitrogen in the United States and abroad, and the accompanying de- rease in price. expensive element of fertilizer. The prices of both natural nitrates and The same proposals again are be-| RASKOB IS NOT TO-RESIGN AS DEM, CHAIRMAN |Makes Pointed Statement to Party Leaders at Ban- quet Last Night | | | | | | WASHINGTON, June 11.—John | J. Raskob, Chairman of the Demo- | cratic National Committee, told the (party leaders gathered at the ban- |quet here last night in honor ef | Jouett Shouse, new Chairman of | the Executive Committee, that he had no intention of resigning. “I hope the remarks tonight will set at rest all doubt about my con- tinuing,” said Raskob. Chairman Raskob also said Mrs. Nellie Taylor Ross, of Wyoming, {will be a member of the Executive | Committee in charge of Women's activiti He also stated that | Charles Greathouse, of Indiana, will continue as Secretary of the Com- mittee and James W. Gerard as ~ | Treasurer. - e — TWO CORDOVA |Searching Party of Ten Hunt for Arthur Cox and John Wagner CORDOVA, Alaska, June 11.—A searching party of 10 men has been ‘sent by United States Commissioner |E. P. Harwood, to locate Arthur | Cox and John Wagner, lost for fwo days on- Hinchinbrook Island. Neither man is armed. The is- Nitrogen long has been the most jand abounds in brown bear and | Officials |some fear the men are victims of |these animals as a preliminary MEN MISSING More nitrogen was used in 1928 than at any time in history—7,- the synthetic product are falling|gsearch failed to find trace of them. with increased production, and prl-l B S ) vate industry proposes that Gov-| 934,000 tons. By current calcula- ernment nitrate plants be used only tion American nitrate plants are|in an experimental capacity so far capable of producing 10,000,000 tonislas fertilizer is concerned. annually without extra effort. PREET S5 SN R To increase further domestic pro-‘TH u R I. ING Tu duction of nitrogen, a $60,000,000 beninudistrie Aktiengesellschaft of capital for the new concern. ON|can-Hawaiian steamer Kentuckian, 5 ter Teagle, President of the Stand-; and Beatyjice, aged 16. ard Oil Company of New Jersey; The trrgedy orphaned three other|ggse] Ford, President of the Ford childszn, the oldest four years OIfMoLur Company; Charles E. Mit- age chell, Chairman ,of the National| Harry was swimming when he city Bank, and Paul Warburg,| Frankfort, Germany, the forerun- {ner of all inorganic nitrogen pro-i : ( its Board of Directors will be Wal-| yhich arrived yesterday, brought al abin cruiser owned by H. L. Thur-| | duction. | A group of banks headed by the| ling for entrance into the Olympia- to-Juneau yacht race. plant soon is to be erected at Mon- National City Bank of New York The cruiser was part of the deck roe, La., by the famous I. G. Far-! already has acquired $30,000,000 of | SEATTLE, June 11.—The Ameri- load. The yacht was lifted aboard, KILLS MOTHER, " THEN SUICIDES lieved by the police to have been |driven temporarily insane by the thought of seeing his mother, 78. |years of age, being sent to an asylum, Willis Freer, aged 45 years, shot and killed her sometime be- }cween Sunday and yesterday after- {noon, then ended his own life. i Neighbors summoned the police| who found the tragedy when they| smashed in the dqors. Neighbors | said Mrs. Freer had mentionel| financial difficulties many times. | Freer was seen at thé house on Sunday and seemed greatly ag:-‘ PORTLAND, Ore., June 11.—Be-| MATES GREET | | Kelly, came down afte: establisl sons acclaimed their feat. Left Heath. After flying over Fort Worth, Tex., for 172 hours and 32 minutes, R. L. Robbins and James (Picture by telephoto from St. Louis). RECORD SMASHERS ON LANDING hing a world’s mark for refueling in flight. Twenty thousand per- to right: Robbins, Mvs. Robbins, Kelly, Mrs. Kelly, and Lady Mary 1 “‘Boo!lng Queen” Is Said to Be Just a Myth ‘WASHINGTON, June 11.—Pro- hibition officials declared that the “Bootleg Queen” is only a myth. Only 35 women have been sen- tenced to Federal institutions since January 1, indicating that women |are good stool pigeons but not |“higher ups.” “Women are bootleg helpers,” said Prohibition officials. ‘“They play minor roles, answering tele- phones, keeping accounts, but none are convicted of taking cargoes to s6éa or engaging i big time run- ning.” id the situation is ex- plained as being too new for wom- en to lead and only since the or- ganization of bootlegging, as a busi- ness, has there been an opportin- ity for engaging in it without brav- ing physical hazards. SALMON PRIGES BEING HELD UP SEATTLE, June 11.—Decision of the Alaska Packers generally to wait until early in August before naming the opening prices has caused a good volume of sales for Puget Sound canned salmon. Dur- ing the last few days spot prices have been firm for pinks and chums with stocks heavily reduced Choice ‘Alaska talls are meeting with a brisk demand at $1,40. e R. H. Chadwick, merchandise Russian Aviators BOATS CAUGHT 1 4 INHEAVY IGE "0 &= o ONEAST COAST of two Russian aviators Shetakov and Bolotov with mechanic Fufaev, | from Moscow to New York via! One Steamer and Several Schooners Reported in Great Danger Alaska, has been set for the start here on August 15. The flight is being undertaken by the Soviet Air- ways Commission. The proposed route covers 00 miles, Two Persons Are Killed and Mucl: Damage Done By Tornadoes, 2 States ST. PAUL, Minn, Juné 11— Tornadoes bounding around Min-| nesota and Wisconsin late yester-| ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, June 11.—~The steamer Earl of Devon and severa! fishing schooners have been canght in heavy ice extending northward from Cape St. John Newfoundland on the northeast coast. | i { ! i | " The steamer Clyde has been forced to turn back a few miles day afternoon and last night kill- ed two persons and injured nearly | I south of the Cape. The schooner Lady A. Pearsons has not been heard from since it landed four men at the Belle Isle fishing station. Numerous icebergs, of unusual size, have been sighted. One is estimated to be two miles long. An- other berg is said to be 40 feet above the water. Ice conditions are almost unpre- | cedented for this time of the year.|whose wedding occurred here Satur- | e e day evening, returned home last MRS. J. B. STAPLER AND night on the steamer Northwestern FAMILY ON ADELAIDE |after a trip to Skagway. They" Mrs. John . Stapler and her [will reside at the Hotel Zynda for | two children are northbound pas- |[the summer and spend the winter sengers on the Princess Adelaide |in Seattle or near there. due in Juneau this evening. They —————————— a score. Damage is estimated at $150,000. The heaviest loss was in Minnesota. Henry Wournos and | Gustava Wanttja were the two| killed. They are Minnesotans. L S | MR. AND MRS. CARLSON HOME | FROM VISIT TO SKAGWAY, PRICE TEN CENT. TRAGEDY TAKES PLACE IN HOME IN' CALIFORNIA James Mustol Killed When Refused to Quit Un- lawful Business INTENDED TO BECOME SMUGGLER, NARCOTICS Wife Makes Last Appeal for Her Husband to Go Straight RKVERSIEEAI. June 11— James Mustol, reported to be a wealthy liquor runner, was shot to death in his home by his wife who (refused to agree to Mustol's quit- ting bootlegging to enter narcotic |smuggling operations between Riv- erside and the Mexican border. Officers said the woman strug- igled with her husband for posdes- sion of a gun when he returned this morning from an all-night trip in running liquor. Officers said Mustol teld his wife {he had decided to quit the liquor business and was lining up with narcotic runners and her plea to quit the business brought on the = fatal dispute. “I wanted him to go straight and live like other men, but he just would not,” said Mrs. Mustol. “Our children knew how he made his money. T've never been happy, with him in the liquor business. I was happier taking in washing and ironing like when we were first married.” MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE MADE OVER SHOOTING Border Patrolmai HeldRe- sponsible as Result of Coroner’s Jury INTERNATIONAL FALLS, Minn , June 11.—Emmet J. White, Border Patrolman, has been arraigned on charge in connection with the slay- ing of Henry Virkula, near here Saturday night as the Patrolman sought to intercept liquor runners. A coroner’s jury found White re- sponsible for the killing. No liquor was found in the automobile. The wife of the slain man said |they did not hear the order to halt. will spend the summer here with Mr. Stapler, who is in charge of development work on the Tulse- quah mining property in the Taku River district. Mr. Stapler has taken an apartment at the Spickett JUNEAU COLD STORAGE SHIPS FISH SouTs, White is held in jail in lieu of $1,500 bail. It is said more serious charges Forty-five boxes of fresh fish,| may be filed later. including seven boxes of salmon,! were shipped south from the Ju- was seized with cramps. At the outery, the father rushed from home following by his wife and the two girls. All plunged into the swiftly mov- ing stream, fully clothed. Bennett, another brother, ran for aid and when he returned the five bodies were found floating on the surface of the river. Y Chairman of the International Ac- ceptance Bank. This year the production of in- |organic nitrogen in the United States will amount to about 275,000 tons, or more than six times the quantity hoped for at Muscle Shoals when Congress authorized the plants 13 years ago to supply NTHETIC RED BLOOD POSSIBLE AS CURE FOR ANEMIC CONDITION By DR. O. P. JACOB (A. P. Staff Writer) MUNICH, June 11.—The recent production synthetically for the first time of haemin, the principal constituent of red color in blood, has stirred medical eircles in Ger- many with hope for future ac- complishment. Haemin carries iron to the tis- sues. It also carries the indispen- sable oxygen, without which higher organisms cenngt live. It is one of the most important of all ele- ments in animal vitality. The synthesis was achieved after 17 years of endeavor by Dr. Hans Fischer, professor of chemistry at the Munich polytechnic. While for the moment the discovery is con- sidered of purely theoretical value, Professor Fischer and many other German scientists see in the syn- thetic production a valuable means of enlightenment on the chemical composition of haemin. Many believe that Fiseher’s syn- {hesis may pave the way to de- termining a remedy or cure for anemia and for carbon monoxide poisoning. Anemia is caused by a diminution of haemin in the red blood corpuscles. ‘The gas poison- 1ing is caused by carbonic acid gas entering the blood. There, because it has a greater affinity for haemin than has oxygen, it displaces and prevents the normal process of oxygen use. For some time a non-synthetic haemin has been made in factories from ox blood, but the value of the chemically made product is its greater purity. Knowledge of exact- ly all the substances composing the synthetic article is highly suited quired in the delicate tests whereby In his successful synthesis, Pro- human uses are sought. tessor Fischer first split a molecule of haemoglobin into a colorless al- bumen, called globin, and an iron- carrying haemin. The globin con- tinues to be a comparatively un- known substance, ‘but the haemin can be resolved into various chemi- cal groups known as porphyrins. Fischer and his assistant found various synthetic methods for mak- ing such of the porphyrins as are most closely allied to haemin. Then they produced a deutero-porphyrin to which acetyl was added. Acetyl is a chemical of the alcohol group. After the acetyl step the desired haemin ultimately was derived. for the precise measurements re-! at San Francisco. | {Nine Oil Derricks, 40,000 Barrels of Oil Lost in Ftrei 1 | ! LOS ANGELES, Cal, June 11— |Fire has destroyed nine oil der- Iricks and over 40,000 barrels of oil in the Santa Fe Springs Oil Fields. !"The fire is still burning. Damages| to noon today has been placed at over $1,000,000. | Asbestos-clad firemen are at |work aided by hundreds of volun- |teers in an efiort to control the \flames believed to have been start- ed by oil leaking into a boiler. To Celebrate Channel Flight Anniversary CALAIS, France, June 11.—July 125 will mark the twentieth anniver- sary of the first flight across the English Channel by Louis Bleroit. The occasion will be celebrated by a fete here and by the issuance of a stamp designed by the president of the Aeronautical Society of the Pas de Calais. ! The channel crossing was made |in 31 minutes from Calais to Dover,' England, July 25, 1909. |Smallpox Indicated In Vicinity, Valdez CORDOVA, Alaska, June 11.—In- dications that smallpox has broken out at Valdez or near there, was received here in a cablegram, a re- quest for vaccine for 100 persons. The serum will be shipped on the |and hurrying about the house. ! voice had broken with tated, muttering incoherrent phrases | broker, left on the Admiral Rog- lers for Skagway. neau Cold Storage on the steamer | Apartments for the summer. N Yukon this morning. do? Suddenly he made up his mind. ““This goes for the three of you,’ he said threateningly. ‘One crooked play and I'll give you a gold fill- ing’ “Lundy slapped his holster. ‘Yuh will play?’ “Dad nodded and Lundy’s eyes blazed. He asked if there was any limit. Dad said there wasn’t and | Lundy’s teeth clicked together. “They looked at each other, Dad be delayed until morning. “Jer- |and Lundy, with complete under- ry,” the brother, admits steal- |standing in their eyes. Dad knew ing Joe Lundy’s gold and Peter- ithat he was in for the biggest hour son foresces in Lundy’s invi- [of his life and I guess Lundy felt tation to play poker some ghast- |much the same about himself. ly proposal, probably a gamble = | “Lundy spread out half a dozen for the life of “Jerry.” Desper- Isealed packs of ‘playing cards on ate, Alex accents. the table and sat down opposite dad. MacCoy sat on dad's left, |Richey on his right. Lundy took off his glasses, saying he didn't suppose dad'd mind if he changed them for his other pair. These SYNOPSIS: Jerry Ogdén re- tells his father's story of the night which changed Alex Peterson, picturesque gambler, into Andrew Ogden, wealthy philanthropist. Peterson’s young- philanthropist. Peterson’s younger brother had been sen- tenced to hang for rebbery by a miner’s trial.- Peterson, defy- ing the mob, locks his brother into the Two Brothers mine and demands that the hanging ! Chapter 37 PAINTED LADIES emotion. His face was haggard. “Lundy's eyes were as hard as rock | were for distance. drills. MacCoy and Richey were; “Dad had nothing to say. Every- staring out of their inhuman faces!body knew that Lundy was near- iat him. Dad was asking himself: |sighted and that he used a second ‘Would the miners back him up|pair of steel-framed glasses for if her won? They might, if the|cnrd playing and reading. He took issue were put to them in a sport- |them out of a case which he kept ing light. lln the breast pocket of his gray “Lundy’s play was said to be drill shirt and put them on The crooked. MacCoy's and Richey's lenses of this pair also were eight- were known td be. But dad had |sided, but they were much thicker never yet met a crooked player he|and they magnified his eyes. ‘stcamer Alaska now enroute north. couldn’t trip. What should he| “Meanwhile, dad had picked out AGOLD BULLETS Six tierces of mild cured salmon {were shipped south on the Yukon| from the various buyers at the Ju- | néau Cold Storage company. N i PRINCESS ALICE SOUTHBOUND The Princess Alice, Capt. Thomasi Cliffe, docked in Juneau south-| bound at 6 o'clock and sailed for |vancouver at 8 a. m. Passengers leaving Juneau on the (Princess Alice were: For Vancouver—H. B. Patton. For Seattle—H. E. Waid, Mr. and Mrs. James Tobin, Lydia Tobin, Agnes Tobin, Mrs, L. E. Cook, Miss {a deck at random, glanced at the seal, broken it, and drawn out the cards. He counted and shuffled them and spread them face down. The backs were covered with an intricate design of red and white lines, circles, and flourishes. Ap-| parently they were all right and he pushed them fowards Lundy. = Dad always carried a fnir-sizcdiArqena Leh,rflflite Athecege. roll with mmrm thO§e days and|p s uGHTER IS BORN TO he peeled off $500 in 50's and tossed DEPUTY AND MRS, SIBLEY jigeown 1o 4rr0n£.‘of Talody MacOoy Deputy United States Marshal | and Richey ‘pu.x:led across similar| oy w B Sibley are receiving | jamounts. They had a great deal|ooratulations on the birth of a| of“moncv o theng 1. | daughter today at St. Ann's Hos-j They agreed that one another's|,iq) ne little girl tipped the checks should be honored. Lundy | ..jes gt nine pounds. She and shutfled, dad watching the flash o |the mother and progressing nicely. his hands and the fall of the cards. | jesfty y “‘Cut!” Lundy grunted. | CHARLES CARTER COMING “MacCoy did so. Richey slid for-| Gyarles Garter, who has been at- ward a blue chip, Lundy deahnu‘tmdmg a session of the Odd Fel- meanwhile. Dad followed the deall) ws in Washington, is returning closely, but the cards appeared 105 Juneau on the Princess Adelaide tome straight. Dad held three gue at 6 o'clock tonight. nines, an ace and a jack. He di gl 3D e N i carded the odd cards. Richey ask-| pr Charles Firestone, formerly in ed for three, dad for two, MacCoy charge of the Government Hospital for one. Lundy took one himself. here, and at the head of the Gov- “Dad found a three and a six in ernment Hospital at Akiak in the { his draw, but he felt fairly safe and Interior, and Dr. Rex F. Swartz, when Richey dropped he shoved head of the Government Hospital forward a stack of reds. MacCoy at Anchorage, are southbound pas- saw the bet and Lundy flung his sengers on the Yukon. They are cards down in disgust, exposing a on their way to Portland, Ore., to couple of pairs. Dad's three nines;atbend the meeting of the Am- ANOTHER SHOOTING DETROIT, Mich, June 11.—Archi- bald Eugster was seriously injured today when he was fired on by Jonah Cox, Customs Patrol Inspec- tor, who was guarding a captured rum runner’s motor boat on the river front. Eugster sald he was on the way with companions to fish in the De- troit River. His companions were ahead of Eugster. They heard a [shot and turned back. ‘They heard |another shot and Eugster fell. Cox appeared from the brush. When questioned he refused to admit he shot Eugster but said he had fired several shots into the air when the youths passed. e BABY BORN THIS MORNING A baby boy weighing 8': pounds was born this morning to Mr. and Mrs. James Larson at their resi- dence on Willoughby Avenue. Both mother and son are doing nicely. S e — JUNEAU YACHT CLUB CAPS AT SABIN AND SCOTT'S Caps for the members of the Juneau Yacht Club have arrived in Juneau and may be purchased at the men's furnishing shop of Sabin and Scott. The caps are regula- tion yachting caps with the letters J. Y. C. across the front. PR G Bl JUNEAU STUDENTS AR RETURNING FROM SOUTH Harold Brown, Hansena Campen, Miss E. Campen, Ben Stewart, and Miss Virginia Shattuck, who have been attending various colleges in the States, are returning to Ju- — e lerican Medical Association at that (Continued on Page Seven) ;cny. neau tonight on the Princéss Ade- Pllde. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd E. Carlson, ® second degree manslaughter w’f.’