The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 10, 1929, Page 1

il w,_y.ryflm:_&w; g THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR i “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIV., NO 5174, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ZEPPELIN MAKES mzcom) BREAKING ATLANTIC TRIP i i Russian Plane Observin [Makes Another Im" g i |On Flight to U. S ! y {o KRASNOVARSK, Aug. 10 e MADISON, Va, Aug. 10. Somarre o —President Hoover dedicated @ ¢ pPlME GH APGED: L e Sl R e Change from Previous Date Uil i i elaptie S d 3 Cepa T . t and recrcation with a . | ok £ o party of frienas, relatives o/ Made at Suggestion - e et e T «IRecord Titve Is Made Owel Premier MacDonald Takealy - 2 Sororemn & T of Robinson Man Held on Suspicion of | the flight from Novostbirsk e | \ccorc LT B V \ ¢ on River camp. Never ac- o 5 Rebhery and Attempt |* in excellent time across the o/ Ocean in 55 Hours, Hand in Walkout in o over Bis birthday, he has no e | WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 10- p il Merct 1€ - ssoppes’ol: CollslV R e e 24 Minutes + Cotton Industry e special plans for & cclebra- e |After the Senate convenes on Au- to Kill Merchant el R > > qust 19 will recess i sptem- e | eeeeo00 0 s et % & although it is assum- gust 19 it will recess until Septem k | LR ” BT EUE Skl At o, e o e Wil ave o birthday e|ber 4 instead of September 3 a LONGVIEW, Wash., Aug. 10— | ————— 'DR. OTTO ECKENER’S | —Premier Ramsay MacDonald mov-|e cake at dinnor tonight. Col. e previously announced. Held on suspiclon of ‘Deing the rob- | BIRTHDAY OBSERVED | ed dramatically today to bring|e and Mrs. Charles A. Lind- e The change was made at the re- r who entered the store yesterday i 1 about A settlement of the cotton|e® bergh are included among e [quest of Senator Robinson, Demo- W ““‘lf‘d 8. E Am.' C I b I ] industry stoppage which is causing|e® the unofficial guests. o |crat leader, who called nncmx‘o, hant, ”'mnlm.llsc‘)lwg iInform al elel ratlon S | dleness for nearly 1,000,000 work- o |that the first date was the da; gview, is held whi \-v; | ) e e shut,dzv\n of 1,500 fac-|® ® ® @ ¢ » » 0 o ® @ o @ o following Labor D: sought cvidence on which | Held Aboard A“.Lm tories. The Senate leaders had previou charges | er Before Landing Leaving Rosiemouth, his native ly settled on a three-day recess ir who was found in | | village by airplane, he reached Ed- order to prepare the House Tarifi the nearby woods, told the Police AIC‘(JIH(](‘,}‘ l,“mu"cs (,lmrg- FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, inburgh at noon today and immed- bill for discussion on the floor. had g therc to get cool. He % S % Aug. 10—The Graf Zeppelin, after jately went into conference with | e denied all knowledge of the robbery ed with Attempting |a record breaking crossing of the | ecight representatives of the Em- and shooting. . e 3 :Allanlic Ocean on the first leg of | Dployers’ Committee and Sir Horace GANGLAND DUES The authorities said several pfl'-l to Ab‘”“"“ Gll’l la flight around the world from Wilson, permanent Secretary of § vons have identified Schefstrom as | LON ANGEELNS. sl kit m_‘Lr\kehursL N. J, landed at 7:03 Ministry of Labor. The cotton em- the man seen running from mc“AIchTld:}x lhll;?m?:l L’;;;"\t.l lo'clock Eastern Standard time. | The Graf made the crossing in magnate, is held under a technical | {55 hours and 24 minutes, picking arrest order by Police Cdmdlnwup speed as the coast of Europe Louis Canto, ‘pending an investiga- |ywag apporached. tore after the shooting. cander was wounded in the| b when he grappled wnh\ the rcbber. He is given an even | ployees resented a 12 per cent cut @ in wages and quit. — Spgnich-Ameian Wor - ANOTHER CRIME| COMING NORTH FOR PICTURES James A. Stiiman Heads Party on Alameda for Western Alaska SEATTLE, Aug. 10.—Bound for Alaska on a big-game hunt, James A. Stillman, New York capitalist; Joscph H. Durrell, New York City banker, and J. C. Chadwick, capi- talist, left here today on the steam- er Alameda for Seward. At that city they will take a plane and fly over Kenai Peninsula and possibly over Kodiak" Tsland. The party will take 6,000 feet of motion pic- ture films and will also attempt to photograph grizzly bears in ‘Western Alaska. KETCHIKAN BACK FROM SEATTLE THIS MORNING| Completing the first leg of his eleventh round trip to Juneau from Seattle, since April 15, when he ar- rived on the only non-stop flight which has been made between the two cities, Pilot Anscel Eckmann of the Alaska-Washington Airways, ar- rived here at 9:45 o'clock this morning from Ketchikan where he stayed over night. Dr. Robert Simpson, who with his son flew south on the Ketchi-| kan last Friday, returned on the seaplane today. Robert Jr., re- mained in Seattle visiting with relatives. Passengers for Skagway from Seattle were Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Murphy and Mrs. V. M. Power. The seaplane made a trip with prospectors to the Taku district this noon and was to make a round trip to Skagway this afternoon. Weather during the entire trip from Seattle, was bad, with heavy “ rains, clouds and poor visibility, Mr. Eckmann said. He arrived at Ketchikan at 7 o'clock last evening, and deemed it inadvisable to con- tinue to Juneau until this morning. BRUEUR RETURNS FROM TRIP TO KODIAK AND INTERIOR L. D. Breuer, Commissioner of Education, returned here this morn- ing after a trip of several weeks to western and interior points. He went to Kodiak to inspect the new $17,000 school building being erect- cd there by the Territory, and visit- ed various towns along the Alaska Railroad to Fairbanks, and on the coast between here and Seward. Rain Falls Near Tokyo, But City Sizzles from Heat TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 10.— While Tokyo has remained without rain in a sizzling summer heat since early in July, a heavy rainstorm in the nearby prefecture is causing floods. One flood has swept 50 homes away. A number of landslides are re- ported. Telephone service is disrupted and railroad trains are stalled. One train has been derailed, owing to a washout and the engincer killed. It is feared other casualties have occurred. © 0 0009 000000 “lin Minnesota this “year, sault and Battery Veteran Charges As- '; i Badly Char l'ed Body of Man Found in Burn- ing Automobile CHICAGO, rant charging on a 60-year-o War veteran ha against Federal , I, Aug. 10—A war-| assault and battery | Spanish-American | been sworn out | >, iti gent | Prohibition Aenu‘ NEWARK, N. J. Aug. 10.—Ap- William Mogland, who has just, Sty " ¢ zanbstire Ade been returned to the dry force paeer 1 B ‘;(_' ?’-“d“b"t.in" ’“r“.g Ads after a 60-day suspension for im- o d ‘;‘:f:p“_‘:) .\fu:l)d““in““-; sroper conduct. R . REOP BB obile by Frank Fer- The assault and battery charges are made by John Randecker, taurant owner. Randecker said that during a raid, Mogland struck him twice as he was pouring denatured alcohol in a sink. Randecker exhibited a blackened eye and bruised nose as proof. Randecker declared that he did| not resist Mogland and his three| & companions, joo Mogland admijtted there had bvcnx a fight. said the car was driven to the dumping ground by two men ywho drove off in another machine shortly before the car burst into (flames. The police said the man was either unconscious or dead |when the match was applied to the gasoline which saturated the cloth- and automobile. The rned had all identifcation marks chiseled off. e e 'MAN ARRESTED HERE FRASER RETURNS FROM, CHARGED WITH THEFT TAKU RIVER DlSTRlCTI OF DOG AT CORDOVA The properties being developerll Charged \nth hd\ln;, stolen an in the Taku and Tulsequah districts ' Alaska malamute at Cordova, Joe by the United Eastern Mining Com- Johnson was taken off the steam- pany and the Alaska Juneau show;or Yukon by Federal officers when every indication of being excellent that vessel arrived here today from mines, according to H. M. McN. the A telegraphic warrant Fraser, prominent mining man of for his arrest was sent here from | Vancouver, B. C. who returned Cordova. on the Amy from a stay in the, The dog was recovered, als newly discovered mining district. |Johnson is being held jn the local J. B. Stapler, who is in charge of | Federal jail, and the dog is also development work for the United being cared for there, pending the Eastern, and his two sons, and also ' larrival of a marshal from the H. T. Tripp and J. O .Kirkham, Third Division to take them back made the trip down the Taku River to Cordova where Johnson will face on a small boat yesterday, and @ charge of dog-stealing. {caught the Amy at the mouth of | SOl SR the river, returning to Juneau on| Capt. George Morgan, Capt. John it. | Newmarker, and LeRoy Vestal, com-: VAL RIS SR | posing the local Board of U. S. Six thousand acres of potatoes Steamboat Inspectors, returned to' will be inspected for certification Juneau today after an official trip lf'rn Alaska. “Death Treasure” by R. A. J. Walling, which starts in The Empire Monday, August 12, is noted for its splendid characterizations. because Grenofen once saw the deep, blue eyes of vivacious Veronica S chased. Professor Laxton (5) is interested in Fotherbury's excavations for archeological treasures and—in Roger Pell. chance for recovery Officers said the man, ost as a suspect, served a in the Monroe Reformatory where he e parole and finished his ntence in the State penitentiary H\l Walla W?lla . SLANG WRITER PASSES AWAY Hany Chmles Witmer Dies | being used for | alleged alienation Mrs. Helen Stroud( above), Camden $200,000 by Mrs. Florine N. Winkelspecht beauty, for the is of the affections of Clinton H. Winkelspecht, 0 engineer. Case will be heard in New Jersey State Supreme Court. | 1in Los Angeles Ner- A O £ ) vous Breakdown WRITTEN INSTRUMENT OF MEN 1 G FURTHER W.ORLD DREAM OF PEACE! 503 A g il B years, writer who made a fortune LD C. BOLLES Feature Writer) the White Hous since the World|roowing a nervous breakdown a| i war. The administrations of Wil-!geek o NEW YORK, Aug. 10.—A decade i 4 iy L6 week ago. § He was known chiefly O g A ecudeson, Harding and Coolidge were for prizc fight storles has elapsec since e Armis 4 5 > turned ilm wormL from :nmi.\qlr- marked by important milestones | witmer, in later ye turned i 8IS | opystallizing world thought against(to writing scenarios along with of war and has brought it a long sort to war. way on the road to a perpetual Among his The Leather {magazine contribution: |chief film series was : Those milestones, briefly, were: universal peace. :4 S " " stories - N I N A " 1. Birth of the leagt of na- i Pushers” and a series of stories A’Ihn discussion of another dis-|4 . i which President Wilson!entitled “Clas in Slang.” In his armament conference, coupled with played a prominent part, although| {early life he was a newspaperman conversations between the United States and Great Britain on naval parity and the promulgation of the jdid he enter the short story field.| o i 2. Washington disarmament con- ference during the administration | Kellogg-Briand pact, are the most| e poogigent Harding which saw the| e TODAY’S STOCK . recent acts in the moving drama |gpn,.gyy) of eight treatics, most im-|® QUOTATIONS ° to assure peace the world has Wit | oo o which was the decla P o P S OO nessed since 1218. tion of a 10-year naval holiday o1 (@ ® @ @ s e e @ e 0 0 0 0 @ Governments long have dreamed of an utopian world in which war shall be no more, and the moves -3 basis by the United States | at Britain, and Japan, with France and Italy joining. NEW YORK, Aug. 10.—Alaska ! |Juncau stock is today quoted at {since the World war to swing the " 3 he fri-partite naval confer-|7, American Tobacco A 188%, Am- {pendulum of world thought from|enco af Geneva which originatedcrican Tobacco B 190, Bethlehem military and naval preparedness to in the invitation of President Cool- Steel 121%, Continental Motors world peace has heartened the %, Corn Products 97, Cudahy idge to Great Britain, Japan, Fran: |and Italy to hold conversations by|51%, International Paper A 36%., which further reduction of arma-, In(rrnauonu] Paper B 24, National - | Acme 36, Standard Oil of Cali- } fornia 'IO Sle'mrt Warner 69 Washington government. In assuming an aggressive atti- tude in' promoting universal amity, Hoover is upholding the <Cuanucd on Pag: Six) eabroke (3), and is in love with her. (8) and Martin Somerfield (9) are racing-boat enthusiasts and Veronica's pals. under ar- | sentence | W |office to arrange a vaudeville ap- | the | tack her. | policy of his three predecessors injoue of American slang, died today the United States refused to join. land only on suggestion of his wife | 'clash wn.h the police. tion of an allegad assault upon Eunice Pringle, a 17-yecar-old dancer who had gone to Pantages private pearance. Pantages denied the charges of girl that he attempted to at-} The girl has been turn- ed over to the Juvenile KILLED,ROBBED Three Gunmen Murder R.| R. Collector, and Steal His Coliections CHICAGO, Tl Aug. 10.—Delbert Suds, aged 53 years, collector of suburban stations for the Tllinois Céntral Railroad, was killed and robbed of $3,000 by three gunmen at the Randolph Street Terminal last night. train. lections Southern Suds had completed his col- for the Lake Shore and suburbs. -+ Berlin Communist Is Killed by Policé| BERLIN, Aug. 10.—One Commun- ist was killed, another wounded and three policemen injured in a con- flict growing out of an intended qelebration set for Sunday of the Republican Constitution Day. The Communist demonstrators tried to hold up automobiles in the vicinity of a railway station after dark and this resulted in a Tom Grenofen (1), an artist, is entangled in the enigma of Roger Pell (2) Marling (4) is the parson of ancient Newplace Abbey, which Bertram Fotherbury (7) Commander Scabrok e (6) is Veronica's explosive father, afraid only of his wife. recently pur- Andy Royle | authorities [ for questioning and physical exami- | nation COLLECTORIS The bandits fled after | forcing the motorman to stop the| The home port field was lined with enthusiastic spectators. The day was Dr. Otto Eckener’s birth- day and the amazing arrival of the airship so long before the time nfixpccted. made an informal birth- Gt ration aboard the ship | just before it landed all. the more enthusiastic. The time was about 40 hours |better than made on the westward journey to Lakehurst and 13 hours and 22 minutes better than the last voyage from Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen last October. The ship averaged about 75 miles an hour. Within 15 minutes after landing, Lhc Graf was safely in the hangar. JRRGHARIR A g THREE FLIERS T AREMISSING Swiss Avial;—Take Air on Proposed Flight—No Word from Them LEBOURGET, France, Aug. 10.— Mystery surrounding the disappear- ance of three young Swiss aviators, who left Thursday, deepened today and air officials admitted the pos- sibility of disaster. The three fliers said they were going to Lisbon to initiate a trans- | Atlantic flight to New York City. Nothing has been heard from them since leaving here. It is regarded as possible that they began their flight and have been swallowed up by the Atlantic. The three fliers, who arrived here from Zurich, were Oscar Daeser, pilot; Kurt Luescker, backer and mechanic, and Alfred Tschopp, nav= igator. _Twenty-Nine-Year Old Woman Sentenced To Prison for Life LOS ANGELES, Cal, Aug. 10.— Irene Johnson, aged 29 years, has been sentenced to life imprison= ment in San Quentin Penitentiary under the habitual criminal law. Miss Johnson was recently con= | victed of attempting to murder her 80-year-old grandmother and also |forging the woman's name to & {check. She has been convicted three times previously for forgeries. |The Court said the life conviction |made Miss Johnson mcugsble lor | parole. ->-oo |Tragedy Continues t'l'o Follow Italia Expedition ! ROME, Aug. 10.—Tragedy, which stalked the dirigible Italia expedition from the first, continues in the foot- steps of rescue expeditions. On August 7 a famished bear attacked some¢ members of the expedition from the whaling steamer Suacei which has been searching north of Spitzbergen for traces of survivors of the sevescecncee guide named Guidoz seemed endangered and Giannine Albertine, head of the exs pedition, ran to his aid with'. a rifle. Albertine stumbled and fell on the ice. The crack discharged the rifle and hit the guide, who died three hours later, eeeecs e Nobile Expedition. An Italian & =