The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 19, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” "VOL. XXXIV., NO. 5207. THE DAII:Y ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, SEPT. 19, 1929. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT CANADIAN VESSEL IS SHELLED BY AMERICAN CRAFT CONSPRIACY 1S REVEALED:TWO MEN ARRESTED Wholesale E;uo r With- drawals from U.S. Ware- houses Is Charged FORGED DOCUMENTS 1S SYSTEM USED Bonded Li—q:_or Released Which Would Flood San Francisco, Claim | SAN FRNCISCO, Sept. 19.—Two | men have been arrested and two other persons, one of them a wom- an, are being hunted as principals | in a conspiracy in which it is! charged large amounts of liquor | have been illegally withdrawn from Government warehouses on forged | documents. The men arrested were Daniel Cottrel, former cashier of the Unit- ed States Customs House, and R.| N. Williams, proprietor of a «&rug store near the Customs House. The alleged operations of the four were disclosed when com-} plains were issued by a United States Commissioner charging each with conspiracy to violate the Pro- hibition laws. Enough bonded kuor was ob- tained, Government attorneys say, | - Bar;'y mores 7Expect Stork | | iy |the Northwestern about two years GOLDEN FOREST | CREW PRAISES LOCAL MARINER Men from \Wecked Vessel Taken Off by Capt. M. | Hansen on Explorer Officcrs and members Qf Jthe | crew of the steamship Golden For- | est, wre *d Sept. 5 on Cape Tlk- | tugitak, 24 miles from Kukuk. Bay,: on the northern shore of Shelikof | Strait, are aboard the steamer Ad-| miral Evans in port today. They | are enroute to Seattle and from there to n Francisco, homeport | of the wrecked ship. | The crew w full of praise for| Capt. Magnus Hansen and the) crew of the halibut boat Exploser, | of this port, which took them Of‘.'i { the Golden Forest, salvaged all of their personal belongings, and landed them safely aboard the Ad- miral Evans. Capt. Hansen res- cued the crew and passengers of ago at Cape Mudge. Hansen Refused Pay The Explorer pulled alongside the Golden Forest on the afterngon | of September 5, several hours after it went aground. The Salvage King, Victoria tug was already on the scene with representatives of | ific Marine Underwriters Capt. Hansen was of- PREPARE Maj. John Coolidge, son of the governor of Connecticut, will be married September 23. COOLIDGE-TRUMBULL‘ WEDDiNC Assoclatea Press Plote tormer fredident Calvin Coolidge, and Florence Trumbull, daughter of They are shown above. Below is the apartment in which they will live. Jean Trumbull (lower left) will act as maid of honor at the wed- [cHAnsE?MAnE "OF FIRING BY CAPT. MLEOD [ o Motorship Claims | Coast Guard Vessel's | Shells Did Damage 'SHOTS WERE FIRED, " QUESTIONED LATER 'Alleged Sh(;;ag Occurred When Craft Was 24 Miles Off New York HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Sept. 19. —Charges that a United States Coast Guard cutter shelled the .Canadian motorship Shawnee, 24 miles off New York, were made (today by the master of the craft, Capt. John McLeod. | The Shawnee arrived here with ‘chell holes in the port quarter and part of the rail was shown to have been carried away by shells. | Capt. McLeod said he intended filing a formal protest with the * Government. i Capt. McLeod said he was en- |route from Bermuda, and was off New York, when Cutter No. 145 came up without lights and with- out warning fired five shots at the Shawnee. After the firing, Capt. McLeod said the cutter then hail- ed him asking the identity of the |fered $50 to take off the crew.| ding and John Hills of Northampton, Mass., will be an usher. |“Keep your $50,” he replied, “I'll} E ship. that “would flood San 1"11111::.13(:01'I | 3 i . |take them off anywuy." And he Y f TFURMER ALA ‘ | | 7 | SKA ' GHIGAGO GANG rrr e e o BRIDE-T0-BE | MAIL BOX PAINT | 4 ¢ their belongings about 5 p. m. | i OUTLAWRY HAS NEW OUTBRE Double Kidnapping and Double Murder Is Indi- i ! Mr. and Mrs. John Barrymore are expecting another star in .. the family as soon as Doctor Stork makes his appearance. Mrs Barrymore is known on the screen as Dolores Costello, (International New: Crew of Balloon el) BROMLEY'S AR and placed them on the Admiral Evans at midnight. “Capt. Hansen, Cook O'Neil and ‘all of the men on the Explorer did cverything possible to make us comfortable. They fed us and looked after our needs in every way, and we are deeply grateful to- them,” declared members of the crew today. ! i | IS SHOWERED WITH EVENTS Round of Entertainments|chief enemy to Uncle Sam’s spic- | IS $30,000 A YEAR WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.-Hail, 3 rain, siow and the insidious ettects | Beasts Lose Fear :0( salt air cost the United S'a'(“;\(}f 7’»"""”’ ”‘0”01(' | postoffice deparfment $30,000 a year ke s for repainting mail boxes. {.’"(ln Thruugh l’lr(’. | Corrosion of the elements is the | WOMAN IS DEAD Mis. Alice Reed Fisk, Dies in Califorma — Was Il Four Months f I ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 19. 2 4 and-spar g ivers. They ® . ‘ . 'Saved from Returns to Salvage Keeping Miss Florence |nd:pan letier reces > —Mrs. Alice Reed Fisk mot cated, Latest Crime , A | The Golden Forest was given up T P % I B Girl must be repainted once a year. In|e NANAIMO, B. C., Sept. 19. .o A e Roo o of &:e;:f I Drowmng in Lake )GRA FT WREGKEnliby the Salvage King as a total rumbu usy Lir ’{;ex;}-coastlt?‘wnfl even Qu:l }ugflnnce.: ;:1‘:111:&0 Ol‘:x;:d‘toldm?l}l\m:; hofage’ Pirase, ‘diit (66 M CHICAGO, ML, Bepr, 19. — Aly oo = 0 o t §'loss, it was said. The ship was ! “B':“:: r::,}?s h‘:‘: i }{nstanc qle that fire fear quelled anti- e |CAlifornia, Wednesday morning at B duble: Bnapaing; it hodles ‘8-l 0 o AciEann arkiind, !in a desperate position and Was| prayNyILLE, Conn, Sept. 19.—Iin Atlantic City and a fow other|® Pathy to humans in savage e the home of her grandson, after double murder has started the § ;u]‘;urb,;el{:g: i: Lalég s PILUT Is HU RT!expected to break up at the first|s " oing of prenuptial entertain-!eoast towns R m‘oo[‘t' i n illness of four months, with dirty stew‘ of Chllcago gang out- # wcreyrercued touay L1 mile; « ‘;heavy storm. ‘Cupt, Hansen, how- | oo jo keeping Florence T""“'ifignl;x<'t iy Steel withstands |® Three cougars in the Al- e cancer of the stomach. The funeral lawry boiling again. i‘ ot G the crev% of R |ever, after seeing the crew aboard ;i phusy as she prepares for her o (_i’om“ Bestar than 'ca‘% iron |® berni fire district put faith o |scrvices will be held this after- Two men out driving last night CotnE iy: Vi R iaadis Taatt bl BN ., |the Admiral Evans returned to the wedding next Monday to ‘mh"‘Prinr to 1993 all U. s‘. mz\i.l boxeé e in man to lead them to e |noon at 3 o'clock at Vallejo, Cal., were abducted by four other men. |2 YH7S droobh! xom the # Second Clty of Tacoma,” |wreck to salvage as much of the |coolidge. N ant Gl et it e ety oland burial will also take place “Squawkers and stool pigeons” | b oy T f i Fl it T k D |cargo and ship’s gear as possible. e o i and e i i hudisudtigei e ] 1 Olsen related how the there. were the epithets hurled as the § DA8 and fowed it safely to 2/ for Fhight to lokyo, Dam- | " capt. 1. c. Drewson, of the Gold- | Sho¥ o plftvsiod s el A b | beasts took up his trail and e| Mrs. Fisk was born in Erie, Penn,, four men yanked their victims into|§ SPOTe. ed Bevond Repair [en Forest, declined to make any ol Pyl ot b 0 ol 18ities. ano i o8 £ Lo Setlowed Tine Seteits - o |on March 25, 1854. She came north 5 e While cruising about, a ® ag yon epair in rapid cuccession, while at mo- Some years ago smokers marred | m through a rag. 3 - a touring car and the automobile " statement regarding the disasters . e | i g to Ketchik: |® change in the wind carried ® ments between, the couple are op- the mail boxes by scratching|® 10 brush fire half a mile o elchikan | 1R 1903 and ree " . drove away before the car driver,! that followed the ship since it 4 9 P 5 Re . 1o al h , mained there il 1 e the balloon over the lake ©| BURBANK, Cal., Sept. 19.—Lieut ening presents which are coming matches against them. As most|® along the highway. . e until last year when who witnessed the act could notify | . Cal, Sept. 19.—Lieut. |qiarteq across the North Pacific. e, | ; e Apart f Ishe was called i . in at d I's % g | part from occasional e called to California by s the police. |® and it suddenly started @ Herbert Fahy, test pilot, was in-i.. iving the best of treat- | 8% @ Tate of 25 to 30 daily. smokers now carry lighters or| i ; Commissi Ste; id there ® Sinking. Ballast was thrown @' jured seriously, and Harold Brom-| v 'r o€ DE One of the most recent showers safety matches this cause of de-|®% Bfunts which did nothing e the serious illness of her daughter. ) oaUTissaner KE . 8o e le overboard without effect. ®|leys low winged monoplane built|ment, from Capt. 8. J. Gllle, of|yas a grocery party which gave facoment has largely disappeared. |® towards relieving Olsen’s e|Two sons, Van H. of Ketchikan, was little doubt but that the two . J by nop the Admiral Evans,” he said, but . = s i . i ‘| peace of mind, the cougars e|and Charles, of Anchora; Is: % taki I id d When the balloon was about ® gor the Tacoma to Tokyo flight & the bride-to-be staple groceries to The government still hopes to ¥ ge, also o by i AR e 50 feet from the water, the o ked d G har D other subjects he was silent.|j ot ¢5r two months 'cope with the chronic “leaner,”|® Showed no signs of attacking e |survive. killed. | - i as wrecked beyond repair When|oy.. officers from the wrecked % 5 D! ek L him. o e R L A i ide the!'® yacht's crew saw the plight @], oy rimental tail group broke! Meanwhile the couple is planning ygwever. | | cab driver drew alongside e o pel _g . |vessel aboard the Admiral Evans | ishi; o 4 . When the end of the burn- e |MINE REPRESENTATIVE 9 hile t] bducti and went to the rescue. ® away and dropped while the ship urnishing their $78 a month apart s { \ > wo cars while the abduction was! o 5 0 oI Ppe ‘ S iare: Chief officer, A. 8. ‘Axdel; inont in New Haven. i [® ing stretch was reached, the e, RETURNS TO STATION e e el il N PeUERy Jas 300 fect In the air in & trial|eoong, J. Puess; third; D. J. Kelly; | “mrg Goolidge has undertaken to |® cougars still followed him e R o e Z“er"“l:;mpn‘;e' ;’; mg‘ grcimey who witnessed the ac- |PWsers B: P. Sharon; wireless op- |turnish the bedroom. START PRuBEs e for six miles untl he e W.L. Bell, of the Granby Smelt- ' the dri f the abdi bo ity | cident fr 2 the o mmediates erator, E. C. Garland; chief engi-| wMigs Trumbull is far more ex-! ® reached a ‘h)gglns camp. ® |ing Company, returned to Vancou- iver of the abductors’ auto- | | om ground, neer, J. N. Williams, first assist-|cited over the prospect of keeping| I® Olsen said he was terri- e ver, B. C, on the steamer Yukon. mobile pointed a sawed-off shot- ly announced that his trans-Pa-|,,. " p reiman; second, C. P.|house than over the wedding | |® fied every step of the way. e Mr. Bell has been a guest at the L F“:‘ “"hh"m and told him to get| cific flight was off for this Vear.|qi....¢ third, H. Luckin, All she had to say about the |® He carried an umbrella and ® Gastineau for the past two and G5 OR LFs Beb AL feo, | SOUTHERN TRIP! Fahy suffered a fractured ‘“md'§ Twice on Rocks |wedding was that her dress would | e tried to wave the beasts ® one-half months and has been smifis OF ORE : ';” gasllxbeld vt tmed r:(ce" a:[“i The Golden Forest, owned bY |be of ivory satin—but about house- T i e away but they showed no e |spending some time in the Taku v as }x)ssx y a fracture { ul 'gn: Matson Navigation company and |keeping she developed eloquence. ‘;Folll' Inveshga!ons n Pro— e signs of fright and determ- e |district. ARE ATTRACTIVE| cHARLESTON, N. G, Sept, 10— | wains in & semi-consclous 8- |y;qer charter to the American| I shall spend from morning un- Affaic i e incdly pursued his trall. e RS 55 " _u]Bmkmg a flight from ‘;”asf“;‘gmn 'd"é““ in the C“e:‘d:lel d";"“p"i‘o Hawaiian Line, was enroute from /til night taking care of my four gress on air . ®| F. L Humphrey, a banker of and surgeons are not decided as 5 { g 7 . A5 g ¥ ) A glass case containing samplesof \D. C. to Miami, Florida, where he extegnt € i head Injuries, |00 Frafidiuo o (JRSeN with ajandahalf-room apartment. Therc'll North Carolina 5 S]0rovirie, QAR B € Sl BaS ore from several mining properties they will start a 20-day tour of| Tpe pmn: wm_,kefi was the sec. |mixed cargo. It was wrecked onibe marketing and cleaning and 8000808999 8.0 ejsengeranihe Alaske in the Taku district is creating a |Central and South American coun-|onq “City of Tacoma built by |JulY 24 on Anatavak Island, in the ¢oOking three meals a day WeT®| ygiNGS MOUNTAIN, N. C., Sept.|— - L y great deal of interest among the [tries, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh 2nd | Bromley and his backers for the Western Aleutians. It was lexr: 24 E':lngmow ;le anls ectric refrigera- 10" gour separate investigations W e Ui 3 vl e guests and visitors of the Gastineau |Li; wife spent the night here a8 mokvo flight, at the time to Dutch Harbor R jon: She: sald. are in progress regarding the fiog-, NEW INVESTMENT COMPANIES RAISE ¢ Hotel. It is the intention of the puests of Rear Admiral Newtcn| F:I:y hid‘ctrcled the test field |&1d to the second officer who was mAnyone might have guessed -th‘nL ging of Cleo Tesenair of Baltimore, NEW PROBLEMS FOR STOCK BUYERS officials of the Gastineau Hotel McCully, of the Charleston way‘lmce d i but of 8. dangerously ill. lorence Trumbull was a lass in organizer for the National Textile Y N ; It made shelter under 2 to obtain as many specimens of ore 'Yard. b '"e‘i h:’axsnap:uvzf Ry e de shelter under its own|very modest circumstances were it yroion” workers. W — | as possible, not only from the Taku‘ The Lindberghs expect to reach !y oug flutter:d L fen, [power and proceedéd to repair the not that ‘she was sitting on the | pojamiting of a platform used‘ NEW YORK, Sept. 10.—The rise | ¥as Electric Investors, Inc. This district but from the leading min-‘Miami late today from whence tney Degtivpd ¢ its directional con- damage done. On. August 30 it lawn of l3er father's estate as she by Union speakers is the latest|Of r{awwlnl investment and st_uck company, of which Sidney Z. Mit- ing companies of the entire Terri- will fly to the West Indies, down g M the |sailed from Akutan Bay to re-|chatted about her future home in|or many acts of violence accoms |trading companies, whose holdings |chell is president, was selling at a I tory, for the p of adding the. coast of South Americn to YO the pilot managed to kee: d ®|turn to San Francisco. It encoun- New Haven. Yet, she made it clear| |, vino” the North Carolina tex-|and operations are a closed book |low of 77% earlier this year, before them ta the suiples aiready on Foramaribo, Duieh Guans. From PRt out of @ spin. He had de|iered stormy weather almost con-|that she intends to be a railroad o ey ’ to the general public, has placed it was known that the earnings display in the lobby of the hotel. there they will cover the north scended to within a 1"; d ”heni“"‘“’“’ly and had made but 400 (clerk’s wife with all chat_such al The flogging was the second in{&n enormous premium on inside | per common share for the year ALl samples and donations will be coast through Central America ani UD€ ground in a long glide v:ik- miles when it struck the second poixmon means, for she said: 110 days, three union members hay- |information. ending June 30, 1929, would be 4 pratefully received according to an back to Miami inaugurating the th€ Ship slowed, one win‘gl S;hemme_ on Cape Ilktugitak. ‘We did want painted walls in j. peen kidnapped and one of| With the exception of a few|more than $12. cnnouncement made at the hotel extension of the Pan- American N8 @ tree and tearing off. ¢ of| The Salvage King had been with jour apartment but they cost t00'{}om Jashed by a mob a week ago.outstapding holding - companies| A list of the company’s holdings, ’ this morning. mail and passenger lines. iplane pl?nged to the p“e.mctn 4 |the ship then almost 30 days. It much. Father and Mr. Coolidg®| The gheriff has began a probe|whose securitics are listed on the |when finally disclosed, showed that oy la city street, skidded against ah-| . copgeq to fts atd but was unable (decided that John was earnin o no Tesenair case. He was car-New York stock cxchange, little ex- [the book value had leaped in two . other tree, shattering the remalf- i "q; "gnytning, The vessel was|eNOugh momey for Us fo live 0D jeq geross the State line into|act information exists regarding|years from $35000000 to gmore Astounded Brltons Hear {ing wing and flopped on its back. |, == "o oerous position with the [8d we're going to do so. We Will gouth Carolina and flogged. Thetheir activities or the true value |than $60,000,000. i R k. |waves washing its decks continu- spend his two weeks' vacation onlgeriff admitted the identity of the of their securities, unless the com- | Approximately five weeks before ) Of Beer Bril r Tricklednr‘:m;fys first plnnle w:;c:sre;go ously, when Capt. Hansen and the fl‘;‘,‘; l;;neym:o:! A Wr;;e 30(;““ '_";‘mtuckcrs was unknown. panies voluntarily chose to make |publication of these figures trad- v ied at Tacoma several m | Expl & “budget, , and we 5ov. €. Max Gardne t ing in the shares of Electri - _ | Explorer came alongside. gl GOV.. C er sent a it pubiic. g es lectric In. y |wfl;’e’r‘ h; :y” attempting a hop-) ———————— hh:;e;.‘(:y:)e ey ofeeful ";‘J“l ““,‘é versonal representative to make an| Investors in securities of indi-|vestors became unusually active | of 'or Tokyo. ng experience. e won in o pS 4 e A - av i % OXFORD, England, Sept. 19.— |audience here, who do not hesitate| His second plane had made sev-i' o8 f' (:D;!’S .S':‘ o::x. e :Ispend much on theatres!” v“:,q‘:v?; .’,','mf,fif (3(;‘;?‘;“: n:eb:l;;‘nldle\l '}nr;:’“m:‘,,:hnivfilfi};ccorgv :&tu;ofi::ge 3:;: :e",“;fl.,zp ol t “" Bribery of prohibition agents in|{to bribe the refreshment committee eral test flights, with Bromley ati® PGSR B e : o e ey 3 s o : the Uity ~.ates 16 & subject that |of & Workingmen's club. e o I hctner fughis|® QUOTATIONS . |descriptiop of the men who kid-|which to reckon the value of their | Investment companies are able * never grows stale in Eritish news-| The club members want their R A 1 b lanned t0{® $ ® ®®® e o0 e e ool oy 1o BURFORDS |U2PPed him jstock purchases with reference toffo keep.thelr haldings oyt of N yeme P E, Proney P NEW YORK, Sept. 19.—Alaska TR S a given company's earnings, prop- |spotlight until they apply for list: papers, but Englishmen have be- |beer, and they want good beer, and | go to Tacoma and start [ MRS. PARKER GOES SOUTH . . come so accustomed to reading |they leave it to the committee to|gae he Pacific within a week |Juneau mine stock is quoted to-| Mrs E. F. Schroeder, who arriv- ¥4 s erties and prospects. ing on the New York stock ex- about it that it no longer startles |buy good beer. Then enters an un- ":u day at 7%, American Smelting, led in Juneau this morning on the % g Holding companies, however, wit1 [change, when they must accom- them. scrupulous brewery salesman and o 121, Bethlehem Steel 1297%, Conti- |Admiral Evans, will be the guest| Mrs. Harold W. Parker and in- their varied and changing posi- |pany their application with a com- Now, however, comes a member |tactfully leaves a one pound note 3 nental Motors 13%, Corn Products (of her brother-in-law and sister, fant son leff Juneau on the Yu-|tions in the market, have raised |plete record of the securities they " of the newly appointed British com- | with the committee, confidently ex- | MISS METZGAR GOES SOUTH (116%, International Paper A 35%:.iMr. and Mrs. Jack Burford Mrs kon for Seattle where she will|difficult problems for investors. own. mission to investigate the liquor |pecting it to lavu;' his brand of !Paper B 24%, National Acme 347‘. Schroeder is the daughter of Frank await the return of her husband,! Securities of investment . com-| About the time clerks begin pre- traffic and divulges the disquleting | beer over the output of more cap-| °fiss Margaret Metzgar, daughtes |Standard Oll of California 74%,|H. Foster, Representative of the Gunner Harold W. Parker, U. S.|panies may sell for long periods paring this record, the news finds news that there is a relation be-|able breweries. of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Metzgar, |Texas Corporation 67%, Allegheney{Third Division in the Alaska Leg- C. G. of the cutter Haida. The either under or about their real|its way to trading circles and the a tween beer and bribery, even in| “It is this sort of thing” said left, Juneau on the steamer Yu- Corporation 521, American Ice 49, islature. She will remain in Ju- Haida has been spending the sum- value without the fact being dis- |value of the securities of the hold- England. Hall, “that brings democracy into |kon for Seattle where she will en- | General Motors 74'%, International [neau for the next two weeks and mer months cruising in the Bering covered by brokerage houses and |ing company moves up or down 4 ¥ Harvester 130%, Pan American B |will return to Cordova on the Ad- Sea. Mrs. Parker was accompanied [the investing public. accordingly. % ‘There are brewery salesmen, B. T. Hall, of the commission told an contempt.” ter the freshman class at the Uni- ersity of Washington. ‘63?.’;. ‘miral Evans. Lby her mother, Mrs. W. Newman. A recent outstanding instance