The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 12, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL XXXIV NO 5124. ]UNEAU ALASKA WEDNFSDAY ]UNE 12 I929 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS T0 INVESTIGATE MURDERS BY PROHIBITION FORCES FARM RELIEF. COMPROMISE posal Because of De- benture Elimination PRESIDENT HOOVER ISSUES STATEMENT Plan Will Be Put Up Dnreut to House for Positive Action Now WASHINGTON, June 12.—The ' MEXICO’S WEDDING PRESENT FOR'LI N Senate has rejected the compro-' mise on the Farm by a vote of 46 to 43 because of the climination of the export debenture plan. The Hoover’s action overrode President xpress d wishes. The Presidery issued a statement condemning ¢hy} vote, saying, adds furthes diflay to Farm Relief and may /gravely jeopardize enact- ment of legisl¢tion.” The /Republican House went dinto a (onference. Tae President later decided to bring the Houje to a direct vote on the debentur(; plan within a few probably tomorrow. It tho ouse defeats the debenture plan a direct vote it is believed the | Senate group will yield to the vi of the Administration. BIG RACKETS ARE RAIDED Authorities Strike at Main Source of Gangland Revenue, Chicago CHICAGO, Iil, June i2.—Three raids which the United torney’s office described as smash- ing blows at the dog racing racket, were executed simultaneously last | night. Tracks said to be operated by Al Capone, George Moran and others of Chicago syndicates, were raided and more than 100 persons were arrested, all employes or offi- cials. Three machiné guns were confis- | cated. The authorities said the “raids| stopped the racket for good. We | will raid them every night, if we have to. We are striking at the main source of revenue of big gangs. It follows they will soon | be starved out of existence as we've | cut off an income of $4,500,000 year- | ly. They can't stand that.” Moroccan Tribesmen In Rebellion; French Soldiers Ambushed RABAT, Morocco, June 12.— Thirteen French soldiers were. kill- ed and 10 wounded in an ambush by rebellious tribesmen. They were unable to fall back with the rest of the force. An unknown force of reinforcements have been sent into the region to take retributive measures. leaders | States At-| Relief measure | of arts, has been ' Lindbergh and Anne Morrow. ERGH\ | Oregon, Y Associated Press Phote The painting of “Mexican Flowers” by Alfredo Ramos Martlnez. director of the Mexican school purchased by President Portes Gil of Mexico as a wedding present for Col. Charles A. DENIAL ISSUED | ON SALE PLANS ' BY COMPANIES {Light and Po—wer Company i and Telephone Say No { | | Denials that they are negutmtm;,‘ for the sale of local interests with | the Foshay Company or any other| local concerns. These were the| {Alaska Electric Light & Power| Company and the Juneau and {Douglas Telephone Company. In an interview given by J. P. {Van Orsdale, engineer for the Fo- shay interests, to The Empire last {Monday, it was claimed he was here for the purpose of negotiating for the purchase of these and other {local properties. A statement given The Emplrc‘ today by W. 8. Pullen, Vice-Presi- dent and Manager of the light com- |pany, said: “QOur plant is not for sale. No {one has been authorized to appraise |our property.” Mrs. Anna Webster, President of |the telephone company, was equally emphatic in her denial of any pro- |jected sale of that company’s local | ! holdings. No offer has been made| I:md none is contemplated, she said | {Chauffeur to Slain Woman Is Arrested Andy Regulia, a Filipino, chauffeur for Mrs. Virginia Patty, slain in a Los Angeles apartment house on June 1, has been arrested and faces charges of burglary. Regulia has been sought for more than a year on information that he was the burglar who took $170, clothing and a violin from the home of Elirnian Fung, on January 6, 1928. “SILENT NINE” OF GERMANY CARRY SECRET MISSIVES TO MANY LANDS By LOUIS P. LOCHNER (A. P. Correspondent) BERLIN, June 12—Germany has a “silent nine” whose pictures no- body ever receives and whose names are never publicly divuiged. They are couriers of the foreign office | who carry the sealed diplomatic pouches from the German capital to foreign lands. Most of their trips are across Eu- rope or Asia for they are seldom used for overseas journeys. General- ly the captains of German ocean liners are employed on such mis- sions and their first objective on shore leave is to the German em- bassy or delegation. Sometimes, too, the foreign of- fice does not care to take the risk of reducing special instructions to writing. In such cases a trusted attache of the foreign office is coached to memorize verbal orders or information. When he arrives at his destination he identifies him- self with a password and the am- bassador or minister personally takes down the instructions as they are recited to him. In the regular routine, however, the “silent nine” are employed to convey confidential documents. Al- | most every month the code division | of the foreign office maps out their |railway schedules and it knows |day by day where each man is, whether in Kovno, Moscow, Angora, | Tirana, Rome, Madrid, or London. An outsider has little chance to recognize these men for what they are. They travel first class as they are not expected to risk loss of their baggage by sharing their railway compartments with others. This, however, is the only luxury in which they indulge. They stop in good, but not extravagant hotels, live unostentatiously, and never let their baggage out of sight. If a courier deems it essential, he may request the foreign govern- ment through whose country he is | traveling, to surround him with ‘specxal safety measures, such as de- tectives or police guards. This is a privilege, however, of which the courier takes advantage only in rare instances, because his identity be- | comes known to too many. ‘Whether Foreign Office knows. Disposal Planned | b |interests were issued today by two|e _LONG BEACH, Calif., June 12.—! he carries a pistol not even the; ‘hlstrmn Girl W ins Title of Miss Universe CGALVESTON, Texas, June 12—Miss Lisl Goldarbeiter, beautiful blue eyed Austrian brunette, barely out of her today wears the crown Universe. She is the daughter of a Vienna mer- chant and won the prize of $2000 over 34 American beau- ties and nine foreign damsels in the International pageant. Miss United States, Irene Ahlberg, of New York, was second, and Miss Ghig, Doro- thy Davis, was third choice. . ©eeoeecevoeceoe e e—— NEW OIL ORDER UP, CONFERENGE Governors’ Session Gets Down to Business on Oil Prospecting COLORADC SPRINGS, Colo, June 12.—Troubled two days with a vigorous discugsion of President Hoover’s order barring public lands from oil prospecting, the Gover- Inors’ Conference on Oil Conserva- tion today began actual considera- tion of the proposed interstate com- pact designed to prevent over-pro- duction and waste in the oil indus- try by controlling drilling and gen- eral oil development. Western oil producing states are most persistent in demanding the repeal of the order preventing prospecting on public lands. e KIP TO FILE FOR DIVORGE LAS VEGAS, Nev., June 12— H. Y. Harmon, attorney for Leon- ard Kip Rhinelander, disenherited son of the weliknown New York |family, disclosed that he has pre- | pared a divorce complaint tha'c Rhinelander plans to file against his wife, Alice Jones Rhinelander, daughter of a New Rochelle negro. Harmon said Rhinelander has, been living for the past six months in a mountain resort under an as- sumed name to establish his resi- dence and file his divorce which will be cruelty based on “humilia- tion my wife has caused me by her | actions.” Rhinelander's marriage several years ago was followed by enforced separation by the family. A sub- sequent suit for divorce was de- | nied but the couple permanently separated. Rhinelander was cul off by his family a year ago be- cause of the publicity. — e LIKES HER NEW TITLE SPRINGFIELD, Ill, June 12— Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick, Illi- nois’ first woman Representative to forget her title. ‘Congresswoman McCormick, please.’ J ®eeces00ccee SAWYER GOING T0 MAKE LONG - INTERIOR TRIP Executive Assistant to Sec- retary Wilbur Study- ing Local Problems To study economic as well as administrative problems in the Ter- Assistant to the Secretary of In- terior, passed through Juneau this | morning enroute to -interior angd Northern Alaska. He will return here about July 1, for a stay of several days. Mr. Sawyer was met on his ar- rival here by H. G. Watson, Sec- retary to Gov. George A. Parks; and conferred with him realtive to his traveling schedule. He will go direct to Sew: and‘ over the Alaska Railroad to Mec- Kinley National Park. There he/ will be met by Maj. Malcolm EI- liott and inspect the park road system. From there he and Major | Elliott will go to Fairbanks, ar- riving about June 18. Taking an airplane the folluwmg‘ day, Mr. Sawyer will go to Nome' via Flat and Ruby and plans to| {return to Fairbanks by June 21. He will leave immediately over| Steese Highway for Circle and take, {a boat there downriver via Tanana |for Fairbanks. He plans to leave Ithe interior metropolis over Rich- lardson Highway on June 27, reach- ing Cordova two days later and| arriving here July“l. He is sched- uled to sail south from here July 4 on the Admiral Watson. - {Hunters on Kodial | Island Secure Big | Bag of 9 Brownies rard SEWARD, Alaska, June 12.—Rob- ert Frothingham, of New York, has returned here from a five weeks' hunt on Kodiak Island with two bear pelts measuring 12 and 9 feet. The largest reported is one of the biggest Kodiak brownies ever | taken at the famous hunting | grounds. Frothingham is a member of the| llargest game expedition ever to {leave Seward. Each member of the expedmrm has been hunting in- |dxvndaally with separate guides, {cooks and packers. The members of the party are \Mr. and Mrs. S. N. Keifauver, of |Philadelphia; M. L. Carr, of Ok-| {mulgee, Okla.; C. B. Goddard of | Ardmore, Okla.; W. H. Miller of| Cleveland, and Frothingham. { The hunters plan to go to Kenai ‘Penimula after black bear. Red Salmon Running In Kodiak District ? SEWARD, Alska, June 12.—The (firsb of the red salmon are run- ining. Word from the Kodiak dis- Itrict said the Grimes and Katmai canneries put up several hundred cases the first day and also a similar pack was made by the Ko- in Congress, doesn't want anyone diak cannery. The run is not yet| Visiting here, in full swing. Indications are bright authorities dearned that freight she corrected several who greeted for a successful season, according Tates for cotton would be the same her as “Mrs. McCormick,” with to the viewpoint of the Kodiak can- t0o Danzig and Gdynia, the Polish nerymen. ‘ler to Fairbanks. - ritory, Ernest W. Sawyer, Executilf’" Ithe past four years but has found {it .impossible to visit here before. |He said he was much interested iin Alaska, desired to study condi- 'ditions gained through reports and |lighttul. LYLE MAKING INITIAL TRIP T0 TERRITORY {Pr o hibition Administrator Lyle Is Here on Trip of Investigation On a general inspection and in- vestigation trip, Roy C, Lyle, Fed- eral Prohibition Administrator for Washington and Alaska, here this ‘morning from Seattle where he has his head- quarters. He is accompanied by Mrs. Lyle and Inspector Leonard Regan. | He will cover a large portion of the Territory. He plans to remain here until Saturday then will go to| Skagway, thence via Whitehorse | and Dawson down the Yukon River to Tanana and up the Tanana Riv- He will return to' the coast over the Alaska Railroad and stop over here for a short time | on his way to Seattle. Mr. Lyle's district embraces more territory than that contained by any other in the nation. It ex- tends from the California border to the North Pole, roughly speak- ing. And thrust through its heart ) is 1,000 miles of alien country that | is wet which adds to its problems | of enforcement. “We feel that we have made def- inite progress in the enforcement of Prohibition and that conditions are, generally speaking, showing material improvement all the time,” Mr. Lyle said. He did not claim that the work of the Prohibition unit was alone responsible for this| gratifying showing. Rather, it has been made possible by the hearty and effective co-operation that exists between it and other Fed-| eral and State agencies, mention- ing the Coast Guard, Customs Serv- ice, Department of Justice, and 3tate enforcement organizations. And last but not least there has been a disposition of the public to| more generally obesrve the law and aid in its enforcement. | This is Mr. Lyle's first trip tol Alaska. He has been in charge of Prohibition enforcement here for arrived tions at first hand and make per- |sonal contact with its people. His visit is one of general inspection and investigation and has no par- ticular significance, he added. “I have some knowledge of con- meeting Alaskans in Seattle. I came here with a very favorable impression of the Territory and I am sure this will be more than supported by my personal observa- tions on this visit,” he said. The trip so far he found to be most enjoyable and his contacts with| Alaskans very pleasant and de- e Fifty -two Concerns Con- ANNOUNCEMENT OF E. PRINCESS INGRID, PRINCE OF WALES, NOW NGAGEMENT OF OF SWEDEN, TO § |at Detroit. PRINCESS lNGRIl) KNOWN AS “ROYAL BEAUTY” LONDON, June 12.—Belief the engagement of the Prince of Wales of the Crown Prince of Sweden, weeks. celebrate his 35th birthday on June Swedish Embassy has arranged for { of these occasions the announcement This is not the first time rumor the beautiful Princess, 19 ycars of never before has the rumor m One of two possible occasions are sug; been so strong. is growing that the announcement of to Princess Ingrid, daughter be made within the next iwo gested. The Prince will 23. An elaborate ball which the he Princess, is on June 14. On one may be made. had it that the Prince will marry age, and his second cousin, but The public recalls the Prince’s statement a few years ago to his friends, that he would marry when ‘he was 2 years gf aee. Family and the Princess are now Many members of the Swedish Royg) visiting England and’the time is (regarded as auspicious for the announcement, OIL COMPANIES FOUND GUILTY OF VIOLATIONS victed of Violating Sher- man Anti-Trust Law | CHICAGO, T, June 12.—Fifty-| two oil companies headed by the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, have been convicted of violating the Sherman Anti-Trust law of the United States. The United States District Court, ecceceecoe TALLMAN IS {ies guilty of restraining trade and Buchanan and |Boys Coming North Aggin SEATTLE, June ls—George E. Buchanan, wealthy Detroit coal op- erator, whose hobbies are boys and Alaska, arrives here August 10 on in an opinion, foutd the compan- monopolization of the oil industry by pooling interests in various oil cracking patents. The Court ruled the Government is entitled to an injunction restrain- ing the s)mpanies from farther violation of the law and calling for an agreement between counsel of both sides for setting aside the existing patent pooling arrange- |Gov. Parks Is Honor Guest :()f Yacht Club SEATTLE, June 12.—Gov. George A. Parks, of Alaska, will be the guest of honor to- night of the Queen City Yacht Club. At this meeting final details for the Capital- to-Capital cruiser race will be announced. BELIEVED T0 BE IN NORTH Murder Suspecl Reported | Probable Hiding in Portland, Ore. PORTLAND, Ore, June 12— EXPECTED ithe United States and Canada, but imostly {rom Detroit. |is character building. Nine brownies were brought back. i a tour of the Northwest with a party of 50 boys between the ages of 10 and 17 years. During the past seven years Bu- chanan has organized a group of boys enterprising enough to make one-third of their expenses and has taken them on extensive tours. The boys pay one third, the parents a third, and Buchanan the remain- der. The boys are from all cities in The object The organizer says the jaunt this year will include a trip to Alaska. Po'and Would Import U. S. Cotton Direct LODZ, Poland, June 12.—The Pol- ish government is encouraging the | direct import of American cotton to the cotton mills of Lodz, which use millions of dollars worth of white ! staple. | Heretofore all cotton shipments destined for Poland have come \mroush the German port of Brem- en and American dealers have sel- dom realized that they were really selling to Poland. From the shipping lines, Polish ports, as it is to Bremen. ments. The Government charged companies pooled patent and forced using the patents, Rumanian District Is Swept by Water; Sixteen Lives Lost BUCHAREST, Rumania, June 12, —S8ixteen persons have been drown- ed in a torrent which swept the Swinesch district of "Transylvania. Wide areas of farm land are inun- Thousands of heads of cattle have also been drowned. The is extensive. The fright- dated. damage ened population fled to the moun- The water in the | streams continue to rise and further loss of life and more tains to escape, ‘various damage is expected. Seaplane Severidge Has More Bad Luck! REYKJAVIK, June 12.—The sea-|ing was drenched from walking in plane Severidge for the third time,|the rain. returned to this harbor after start-| 1t alighted on | ing for Greenland. the interest independent concerns to pay royalties and privileges for William Tallman, radioman, sought in connection with the death of Mrs. Virginia Patty, in Los An-, geles, is believed to be in Portland, following a report that a man in water-soaked clothing, answering the description of Tallman had !been seen in an Astoria lumber! {yard. A. Pekuri, watchman of the As-| toria Lumber Company, identified ! the man who sought refuge in the, yard, as Tallman. He said the| man's clothing was drenched and| he devoured food ravenously. Tallman boarded the Admiral Benson at San Pedro shortly before | Mrs. Patty's body was found in an apartment in Los Angeles. A ra- dioed request for his arrest resulted | in a guard being placed at Tall-} |man’s door but when the ship docked at San Francisco, Tallman was not found. | Theories are advanced that he jumped overboard or had hidden| on the steamer. If he did, he might have jumped overboard when | ‘the steamer passed within a Iew, hundred yards of the Astoria water- | front. ‘The suspect told Pekuri his cloth- - ORDERS ISSUED TO INVESTIGATE TWO SHOOTINGS Treasury Department Takes Action in Michigan and Minnesota Cases REPRESENTATIVE TAKES HOT SHOT Declares Hiéh_'_ride of Fan- aticism and Bigotry Is Now Reached WASHINGTON, June 12. — The Treasury Department has ordered an investigation in the part en- forcement officers played in shoot- ing Henry Virkula, at International Falls, Minn., and Archibald Eugster, Both were shot down by Prohibition Agents looking for rum runners. Representative William A. Pit- tinger, Republican, of Minnesota, suggested that President Hoover's Commission on Law Enforcement and Observance could make no bet- ter beginning than to investigate the killing of Virkula, saying: “If Prohibition can only be en- forced by the use of sawed-off shot guns in the hands of irresponsible Government agents, then indeed we have reached the high tide of fan- aticism and bigotry in this mat- ter.” CAMPAIGN IS ON } WASHINGTON, June 12. — The | Departmient of Justice has thrown {the task to the Treasury Depart- ment for a campaign to stop the liquor flood across the Canadian border near Detroit without waiting for Congressional action to unify | the ‘Enforeement ef- forts which probably wiil umuic" months to work out. Attorney General Mitchell has called John Watkins, United States Attorney at Detroit, to Washington, to formulate methods whereby the Department can best stop smug- gling. The Attorney General has been asked by Representative Clan- (cy, of Michigan, to investigate the shooting of Archibald Eugster. “I have found that hair trigger or drunken Prohibition Agents, who have a tendency at shooting in- {nocent persons, are very much afraid of suspension during trial,” Clancy said in asking suspension of the Agents responsible for shoot- ing Eugster. - DOLPHIN MARKS HIGH BOTTOM OF CHANNEL A pile dolphin has been driven ‘on the mound in Gastineau Chan- |nel off the Alaska Juneau rock dump. It was put in by the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Com- pany the work being done by R. | M. Keeney. ! The elevation was discovered re- cently by the company in sounding for an extension of the dump. An | investigation was made by the ;Alnskn Road Commission which |showed a depth of 28 feet at mean jlow or low water over a limited area. PLANE JUNEAU I8 DELAYED BY FOG The Washington-Alaska plane Ju- neau, pilot Anscel Eckmann, arrived in Ketchikan at 6:20 o'clock last evening after being delayed by fog. The plane landed at Sunset Manor. Passengers aboard the plane when it reached Ketchikan, were F. A. Metcalf and Ray McCormick. J. F. Chamberlin and Chester Johnson, | brokers, left the plane at Peters- burg. L S P MISS NAGHEL OFFERED SCHOLARSHIP AT PULLMAN Miss Gladys Naghel, who was graduated last month from the !Juneau High School, has been of- fered a scholarship at the Wash- ington State Agricultural College at Pullman, Wash.,, consisting of a {room at the dormitory for a sem- ester. The scholarship is offered to Valdedictorians of graduating classes of certain high schools and is based on general scholarship. Miss Naghel has decided to ac- cept the scholarship and will begin a course of business administration Dr. William J. Cooper, United the water yesterday afternoon at|States Commissioner of Education, 6:14 p.m. less than two hours nnerxwm conduct classes on Federal and the takeoff. at that college mext fall. e, John E. Ballaine and wife, former The flight to the|State organization at the Univer-|rosidents of Seward, now of Seat- United States has been continually sity of Southern California thisitle are making a trip westward on delayed by a series of mishaps. summer. ithe Alaska.