The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 6, 1929, Page 1

ony THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL XXXIV NO 5170. JUNEAU ALASKA TUESDAY AUGUST 6 | 929 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TbN CENTS FIRES DESTROYING THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF FORESTS BLOODY TONG WAR BELIEVED STARTED NOW Additional Killings Are Re-| ported in New York City and Boston WARNING TO TONG LEADERS UNHEEDED | Situation in Chicago and Newark Is Tense But Quiet Prevailing NEW YORK, Aug. 6.—Prospects of one of the bloodiest Tong wars in years is seen by additional km-l i ings in this city and Boston, bring- ing the dead to five in two days, in addition to several wounded. A few hours after United States Attorney Charles Tuttle and the Chinese Consul General had warn- ed Tong leaders that no violence would be tolerated pending a peace confrence, a Harlem laundryman was shot and killed at his ironing board. Similarly, two other Chinese were shot and killed within a few hours after. Police Deceived According to advices received here Tong leaders assured the Boston Police there would be no Tong war- fare in that city but there has been killings and the Police said this is the first time Tong leaders have deliberately deceived them. The Police believe that the kill- ings so far will result in the blood- iest Tong war ever seen in the New England States. Situation Tense In Chicago and Newark the situ- ation is tense but quiet, following death in ‘eacii® eitu’on & Sunday. The cause of the outbreak still remains a mystery. The New York Police are working on the theory that the war has been caused by the rice-liquor trade which is said to have become profitable with de- teriorating quality of other bootleg liquor. The war at Newark how- ever, is believed to be the result of the opium trade. SHOT TO DEATH NEW YORK, Aug. 6—Chin Lee, aged 50-years, Chinese laundryman, was shot while at work here last night, by three Chinese gunmen, being the first killing in New York in the present tong war. KILLED IN BOSTON BOSTON, Aug. 6. — Early last night an unidentified Chinaman was killed in the tong war and another Chinaman perhaps fatally wounded. HERRING FISHING IS POOR, FEW FISH ARE RECEIVED AT PLANTS Comparatively few fish are being taken by herring packers in Cba- tham Strait, according to G. A. Rounsefell, Aquatic Biologist of the United States Bureau of Fish- eries, who has just returned here after spending two months study- ing the herring fisheries in that district. His work is far from being complete and he will spend the rest of the season in the field. Samples of herring have been obtained from all parts of South- castern Alaska. These are used by Mr. Rounsefell in studying the life history of the herring. Data gath- ered by him will be used as a basis for future regulations by the bureau, and it is expected will have a bearing on the much disputed ques- tion as to whether the herring sup- ply in this seotion of the Terri- tory is being depleted by opera- tions of the reduction works and mild curers. Deadlock in CLino-Russo Negotiations Chicago A5 P Because he boasted of athletic By EDWARD STANLEY (Associated Press Feature Writer) | I CHICAGO, Aug. 6. — Many a| gangster has been “taken for a ride” because he talked too much, but Henry W. Nelson, 23-year-old athlete-bandit, is in jail because ' he talked too much on a ride. | Nelson was tco proud of the lau-, rels won by his strong, sleek body | ever to get his papers as a modern | journeyman highwayman. He had to tell a girl victim how good he was. ' Now he's in a ceil, 20 .crimes con- | fessed, his “easy money” scheme gone bitterly away. Winner of a score of sporting | trophies, many of the skating med- | als in Chicago, the international | amateur skating champion in 1927, | when he was also joint holder of the national championship, a star | sprinter and rated a cracking first | baseman when he played with the | Peoria team of the Three-I League, | Nelson might have served as a| model for American boys a few | months ago. \ He is stalwart, more than 6 {ect‘ tall, clean-cut and of mt.elllgcntn appearance. He lives on a rigid | training schedule — no coffee, no tobacco, no liquor. He had a $65-a-week job with al wholesale grocery house. This ne| gave up for the “easy money” he| thought crime would bring. i Police were without clews to a| 1 series of holdups until Nelson and | a pal stole a car in Evanston, kid- |naping Dolores Bannon, 22, who' | was drowsing in it, and forcing her to accompany them on a robbery tour in another suburb. Dolores wept in fright while Nel- son, with school-boy braggadocio, related his athletic triumphs, em- phasizing his skill with skates. He | didn’t give his name, of course, but Dolores, for all her tears, was a| good listener. She learned enough! that when she told police her story they checked over athletic records, put two and two together and msd8| four. Then a nation-wide search be- gan. Nelson’s picture was broad- cast. Police thought he would be captured next winter at some ice! event. But two dtectives, investi-| gating a suspncious car, found him | by accident in Chicago. Nelson ran, plain clothes men, but they halted him with shots. Nelson confessed almost gladly and when victims had trouble in identifying him supplied incidents of the crime to refresh their mem- ories. “I might as well tell all,” he com- mented. “If I don’t some of it will | confront me later. I've been dumb enough to get into this, and I'm willing to serve my rap. I've learned enough during the last few months to sicken me of ‘easy mon- ey’ for the rest of my life.” Nelson laughed at the suggestion; | NANKING, Aug. 6—The Foreign Office of the Nation- alist Government announces a deadlock in the conference between Russia and China over the seizure of the Chi- nese Eastern Railway. The Nationalist authorities are unable to accept the Rus- sian demand for reinstate- ment of the Russian asso- ciated managers on the rail- way during the progress of the conference. he might be mentally unbalanced. “You can hardly lay this dumb lineup to anything but my own shortsightedness. I refuse to alibi on such a weak defense.” e WILL VISIT PARENTS Miss Mary Jane Wilson, daughter | of Mr. and Mrs. Jack W. Wilson, | is a northbound passenger on the steamer Alaska. She will spend the| remainder of the summer visiting her parents here. Miss Wilson at-| tended both the grade school and high school here. Boasts to Girl Reveal as he kidnapped her, Henry W. Nelson is facing robbery charges. DISARMAMENT | Prime Minister’s official residence. | easily sprinting away from the| ,al Paper A 36%, Paper B 24, Na- /the Admiral Watson, and after Jers here. PARTIES PLAN BIGBATTLE T0 CONTROL SENATE Democrats Expect to Gain Seats—G. 0. P. Expect to Hold Then’ Senators \VI\SHIN(.ION 0. O, Aug 6.~ Farty leaders have begun: to thin seriously about the Senatorial cam- paigns next year in which -one- third of the Senate membership, consisting of nineteen Republicans and thirteen Democrats, must stand for re-election if they desire to re- main in office. The Republicans have already selected a special committee to help Scnators in the party who are seek- ing re-election. The Democrats have been dis- |cussing hopefully their chances of capturing five or six seats in States where party lines are closely ai- ' vided. The States in which the | Democrats believe they have the | best chances to capture seats from | {Republicans are Massachuscus, | Delaware, Rhode Island, omahomu,, ,flnd Kentucky. | Republican leaders profes& con- | prowess to Dolores Bannon "'“) fidence that they will retain. most, | ,xi not all their seats, and alsg; gain —|a seat in Towa. They also alpec" fto make hard bids for seats im New\ | Mexico and Tennessee and possibly | in Virginia. Athlete-Bandit Groomed For Race VIRGINIA DEMOCRATS HOLDING PRIMARY RICHMOND, Va. Aug. 6.—Vir- ginia’s embattled Democratic hosts are today choosing a champion to lead them as the party nominee for Governor in an effort to drive the Republicans beyond the Potomac. John Garland Pollard, Professor at- Wiliam and- Mary University; G. Walter Mapp, former State Sen-| ator, and Rosewell Page, hrother of the late Thomas Nelson Page, au- thor and Ambassador to Ttaly, arc! the three candidates for the Demo- cratic gubernatorial nomination ini today's State-wide primary election. Dr. Wiliam Brown, an anti-' Smith Democrat, has been nomi- nated by the Republicans for Gov- | ernor. i - e | MAN IS KILLED AFTER THREATS Murder Charge Is Placed Against Vancouver Private Detective VANCOUVER, B. C, Aug. 6— Alex Kirkwood, proprietor of a | private detective agency, is charged | with murder as the result of the (a!al shooting last night of David Spence, of Vancouver. Kirkwood and a companion told ,the police Spence approached them {while they sat in their car and TOday n London {made threatening remarks. T | Spence, they said, reached for LONDON, Aug. 6.—New steps in pjs pocket, saying: a series of Anglo-American con-| 1 have something on my hlp versations on naval dlsarmament |that will kill you.” are being taken at a conference! Kirkwood then drew his gun und betwcen United States Ambassador i, the struggle, Spence was shot Charles F. Dawes and British Pre-‘flmuy. mier Ramsay McDonald. Two at-| petectives said no gun was found |taches of the American Embassy, ., Spence’s body but a bottle of accompanied the Ambassador to "helbeer was in his hip pocket. Associated Press Phows The coming campaign for the U. 8. senatorial seat of Frederick H. Gillett of Massachusctts may see Mrs. Jessie Sayre, daughter of Woedrow Wilson, in the field, 1 ISSUE -1 UP Dawes and MacDonald Are' Holding Conferences | | i | - o000 cr 0000000 TODAY'S STOCK . QUOTATIONS o0 00000000000 i.lapanese Coal Mine Wrecked by Exploslon . . e *| TOKYO, Aug. 6—Fifty-two bod-| |ies have been taken from the Sus- NEW YORK, Aug. 6.—Alaska Ju- om0 Bantan Coal Mine. It is| mesu e, Sock. S PRI t’ocmy\behexed that 24 other miners, who at 6, American Tobacco A no sale,; .. missing, are dead. Of the 13 Tobaco B 179, Eethlehens s"eevwho escaped, five were injured in | 121%, Continental 13%, Corn Pro-| losion which wrecked the| ducts 98%, Cudahy 51, Internation- | 1 *P1** e, TWO GAME LAW VIOLATORS SENTENCED TO PAY FINES| | tional Acme 37%, Standard Oil of ! California 70%, Stewart-Warner 68%, Texas Corporation 60%. MIZE ON INSPECTION VOYAGE TO WEST Enroute as far West as Dutch Harbor to look over the Weather, Bureau stations at various points, R. C. Mize, Meteorologist in Charge of Alaska stations left Sunday on the steamer Admiral Watson. He will be absent several weeks. Mr. Mize will go to Kodiak on Two violators of the Alaska Game law were reported today to the {Alaska Game Commission, the de- fendants in each case entering a plea of guilty and paying a fine. Eugene Mingus was arrested at Kaltag for capturing live fox oul of season and fined $75 and costs amounting to $64. A. R. Eldridge | was arrested at MecGrath for having unprime land otter pelts and was fined $25 and costs. Mihgus was arrested by Warden Winkler and Eldridge by Warden Hallson. — e — C. J. Woofter, Territorial Repre- sentative for the Second Division, llell on the Northwestern for Haines, looking over the station there pro- ,ceed to Dutch Harbor on the steam- er Starr. He will visit other points before returning to his headquart. Hoovor Slash Plan 90t jarmy officers within the general istaff to find out what can be done vr vice ‘I(’n I‘wurm ‘ President Hoover’s suggestion lery on the Mexican border. By L. A. BROPHY (Associated Press Feature Editor) WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. — Four major factors stand out in the in- creased, and increasing, cost of| maintaining America’s national land defense which President Hoover re- gards as a possible place to prune, the country’s budget, They are: Development of an air defense under the five-year progressively expansion program of 1926. Increased expenditures for army | housing. The cruiser building program of | the navy. The exhaustion of war time sup- plies. Two of these same factors, avia- tion development and cxhaustlon of war supplies, apply equally to incrcasmg naval costs. With the s Inavy, however, one of the main, iprospective upward jumps of ex- penditures has to do with the con- struction of new cruisers. What will happen in that regard, | as President Hoover has pointed | out, depends on the success of ne-| gotiations for further naval reduc- tion treaties. The President’s announcement| that he would appoint a board of to\\ard reducmg mml.uy (‘xrwnd\ ) _speculnuon as to where and when |reductions might be made. MILITARY EXPENDITURES OF THE U.S. THE LAST FIVE YEARS $ 708,029,890 667,845,636 79,717,873 683, 000,000 (APPROXIMATE) for a reduction in military expenditure will be studied by a commis~ tmcs has like a stone cast into a have 1,800 planes ready to rango quiet pool, caused many ripples of the skies. The army accounts for the 1920 increase as being due to automatic At a time when the business of vance of officers to higher p'\y mechanizing the war machine is rates, an increase in officer strength 'of increasing inter and import to of 0 to provide for additional lall nations, the projected study of!officers for the air corps; an in- | costs has caused wide discussion. |crease in the retired lists for q&- The yPresident has pointed out|ficers and enlisted wmen, and in: that the national defense outlay creased amounts ended for con- for 1933 will be $803,000,000, some struction of barracks and quarters. $120,000,000 more than similar ex-| Where, runs the popular question, penditures for the fiscal year just are obsolete military arms that the ended. He compared that with pre- President hopes may be done way war activities for military activi- | with? The cavalry? ties of the army and navy of $266,-| But, technicians point out, if the 000,000 annually. :m:\n on the horse is done away Aircraft cost plenty of money. with by mechanization, his place The big army bombers range around | will have to be taken. 1$60,000 to $70,000 each. The navy!to be superseded for tactical pur- spent $134,000 alone for a single|poses by soldiers in armored cars. glant experimental patrol boat— Another conjecture is that it the XPY-1. might be economical to concen- The {wo 6,000,000-cubic fool navy trate the American standing army dirigibles now building will cost|at one or two posts in the conti- $8,000,000; an experimental metal|nental United States. There are clad dirigible under construction many posts now with a few men for the navy will represent an ex-|and officers. penditure of $300,000. | But army posts are a local politi- Under the five-year program,|cal asset and always have been. $85,780,750 was set aside for navy| Whatever the eventful findings air exp: planes in commission at that time.|dent's announced plans have set The army, under the same pmumn[lochmemns and statisticians to do- 1L Lhc cnd o( the flve ye\rs wxll 1ing a lot of quiet ngurmg Will Demand Evacuation of Rhineland BERLIN, Aug. 6. — The German Government repre- sentatives at The Hague Peace Conference which is to meet today with six gov- ernments represented, will take a definite stand on the evacuation of the Rhineland. It is declared here that the German delegates will hold that evacuation must be treated independently of the reparations settlement made when the Young reparation agreement was reached in Paris on June 7. German officials are not optimistic regarding the early conclusion of negotia- tions for application of the Young plan. o000 000000000 ——————— HALIBUT BOATS TAKE BAIT AND ICE HERE A number of halibut boats took ice and bait at the Juncau Cold Storage Company yesterday after- noon and today before returning to the fishing grounds. Capt. Ing- Yesterday the Addington, Anton Sandness; Alpha, Capt. jvald Sunderland; Emma, Capt. Tom Ness; Harding, Capt. Martin Er- stad; Louhelen, Capt. Knute Hildre; Margaret, Capt. Pete Hildre; and Thelma, Capt. Bernt Alstead, took bait and ice and left. The Urana, Capt. Dan Molvar, of Petersburg, took bait and ice the Freemont, Capt. Olaf Winthers and Tern, Capt. Andrew Rosness, Juneau boats. i b {two are being sought. .|his third year at the university. 'Deputy Prosecutor ‘Booked by Police On Open Charge ARSON PLOTI : KANSAS CITY; 3 : ARRESTS RESULT Pollce Are Seecking Two| Others Involved—Ex- plosion in Drug Store SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. €. —Declared by the police to have been drinking, Edwin Driscoll, King County De- puty Prosecuting Attorney, has been booked on an open charge after his automobile crashed into a street car. The police said they found a bottle of moonshine in Driscoll’s car. The automobile was wreck- ed. The Deputy Prosecutor has handled many important criminal cases involving reckless driving while auto- ists were under the influ- ence of liquor. KANSAS CITY, Aug. 6—Durwood | Dailey, operator of a drug store,, mysteriously blown up during a fire, supported the Police theory that an | arson plot is responsible, by giving five names to the Police. A blast killed three firemen and | injured 11 others. Three men are under arrest andi. see e 200000000 The alleged leader, Dailey seid, ) - .- financed the drug store for him| and instructed him, when it was|Pp, KOSTROMETINOFF opened, to take out $5,000 insurance. IS JUNEAU VISITOR The two men arrested with Dail- ‘e) are John Crowe and D. L. Pig- gott. Pete Kostrometinoff, well-known Piggott was identified by Warren | resident of Sitka, was a Juneau McBride, a delivery boy, and Don-fVN(Ul‘ yestetday. He left the '\ld Beaumont, a clerk, as the mnu‘Adm“‘fl] Rogers, on which he was hey saw carrying large bottles con- |a northbound passenger, and stayed v.amxng a liquid into the basement in Juneau until the Northwester.a of the drug store. |sailed this morning. Mr. Firemen said the floor appeared ' trometinoff recently accompanied | to have been covered with an in-|his wife to Rochester, Minn., where | | flamable liquid. {she is receiving treatment at the e {Mayo Brothers clinic. Mr. Kostro- James Connors, son of Mr. and | metinoff remained in Rochester for {Mrs. J. J. Connors of Juneau, |pn,|severnl weeks before returning to| lon the Dorothy Alexander for Cali-!the coast. fornia where he will attend Sum.av The condition of Mrs. Kostro- {Clara University in San Jose. He metinoff, who was first taken has been spending the summer|south for medical treatment in the with his parents and while here| seaplane Juneau early in May, was employed at the Connors Mot-i or Company. Mr. Connors is in husband. |Rochester in the near future. He will have | on. There are to be 1,000 |of the proposed board, the Presi-! Kos- | is still very serious, according to her He expects to return to THREE STATES "IN NORTHWEST REPORT FIRES Fatlx_,uml /\lmy of One Thousand Men Are Combullmg Flames IRECRUITS ARE BEING | RUSHED TO GIVE AID Continued Lack of Rain, Low Humidity Makes Dangerous Season SPOKANE, Wash,, tigued army of men is fighting ’(Ium:udly to stem flames in a three sided attack on Lake Plague. Upwards of 30,000 acres of Mon- {tana, Idaho, and Eastern Washing- ton forests have been burned. As fast as recruits are to be found they are added to the 1,000 fighters. Continued lack of rain and low | humidity is making the season one of the most dangerous in history of | the section. Federal Air Patrols have reported !a dozen new fires started by lighi- 'ning which descended with the usua! accompaniment of rain. In Montana, one fire was dis- Aug. 6.—A fa- {slnn appointed by James W. Good (left), Secretary of War. The action picture shows United States artil- sovered to have been started by ‘cnrnpers’ carelessness and this has (rosulted in @ threat that the Mis- ' soula National Forest, will be closed. ; In North Idaho, the largest fire is along thé Pack River and this has burned over 10,000 acres. A fire in Chelan forest, Wash- ington, is belhg fought by 500 men. This fire has alr “hurned over 12,000 acres, ™% " “ 5 Tires-in the Jepofted under-) DRY AGENT IS LEFT T0 DROWN DETROITRIVER |Wealthy Man Gives Clue to Missing Man—Dis- played No Authority | DETROIT, Mich, Aug. 6.—John M. Heath, wealthy elevator engi- neer, last night admitted he left a Porder Prohibition Patrol agent floundering in the Detroit River, after a struggle in which both men were carried from a boat into the water. Heath rsaid he would surrender to the authorities today. The Prohibition agent was Rich- ard J. Sandlands, who has been the object of quite a search by the Fed- eral authorities since early Satur- day morning. Heath said he and Sandlands fel) into the water after a struggle which took place when the officor, without identifying himself, at- tempted to arrest him and his wife aboard their boat. X Heath swam back to the boat, he said, but never saw Sandlands again, GUERIN AND PARTY GO INTO INTERIOR With two assistants, E. C. Guerin, Cadastral Engineer in charge of the United States Public Survey Bureau, will leave tomorrow for in- terior Alaska to spend about six weeks in the field. The party will make subdivisional and homestead surveys in several areas. It will go via Cordova and Chiti~ na to Tonsina for a homestead survey. From there it will move |to Harding, or Saichaket Lake, ;‘about 60 miles south of Fairbanks, {to lay out a small townsite. Twenty- |one lots are owned there by resi- jdents of Fairbanks who own sum- jmex homes at the lake. Some work will be done near | Fairbanks. The crew will move {then to Wasilla for more subdivision |work. Accompanying Mr. Guerin | will be Donald S. Haley and L. A :Dauphiny e e e William Holzheimer, | | i | Mrs. | wife |of Judge Holzheimer of Ketchikan, {was a homeward bound passenger from Seattle on the Northwestern. She was accompanied by her small - granddaughter with whom she \q spent several months visiting in the ,vicinity of Seattle. & )‘t'