The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 21, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR ot o VOL. XXXIV., NO. 5209 PLANE LAND OF DEATH LIST IN NIGHT LIFE IN DETROITGROWS, Victims of Night Club Fire Reaches Nineteen— Other Deaths BLAME FOR DISASTER IS PLACED UPON GIRL Cloak Room Attendant Opened Door—Spark Fanned Into Flames DSTROIT, Mich,, Sept. 21.—The death list in the fire of the De- troit Study Club, this city, which occurred about midnight Thursday, mounted to 19 today with doubts expressed as to the recovery of 13 of the 37 in- jured in the hospitals. One of the injured, Rolland Howe, of this city, died early this morn- ing. Eight of the injured were dis- charged and others arc reported temporarily in serious conditions. Girl Opened Door Blame for the disaster has ten- tatively been placed on a cloak room girl who opened a door when | the flames were first dicovered. The blaze started presumably from a lighted cigarette. Other investigations are under way to place responsibility on those granting licenses to places to op- erate when fire laws are not ob-| served. Only Small Spark The fire is believed to have been pbut a small spark in the club’s en- trance when a frightened girl op- ened the door and tne flames were shot through the filmsy draperies by the draft. Little damage was done to the property. Investigators considered that i would have been unlikely anyone would have .been harmed if all had remained at their seats while the blaze puffed itself out. D o s men o] CLAIMS HE WAS ROBBED OF SUM IN SECURITIES New York_B\:(_)ker's Mes- senger Kidnapped— Police Lock Him Up NEW YORK, Sept. 21.—Milton Alter, 17 year old broker's messen- ger, who disappeared yesterday forenoon with $512,000 worth of se- curities while enroute from a bank to his offices, returned last night with a story of having been kid- napped and robbed of the securities by two men. Alter was sent by the A. V. His- coe Company to the Guaranty Trust Company with a $400,000 check to pay indebtedness. In re- turn he received securities which were posted as collateral for a loan. Officials said he had been in- structed to wait for a clerk escort. The young man misunderstood and told the Police he started back to his offices and a “block from the bank was seized by two men, thrown into a waiting auto and driven away and dumped out on the outskirts of Brooklyn.” He later called at his offices and w-s picked up by detectives who last night said they found discrepancies in his story during a grilling and he was locked up. MAKES CONFESSION NEW YORK, Sept. 21. — Young Alter confessed to the police this morning that he had been the tool of others in the theft yesterday for negotiable securities. Arrests are expected to be made. e INQUIRY FOR JAMES E. RICE The Governor's office has receiv- ed request for information con- cerning the whereabouts ef James E. Rice. He was last heard from in Alaska. Any information should be sent to the Governor’s Office at Juneau. ! o The Rev. M. Leopoldine, Mother Superior General of St. Ann, who has been making an inspection trip throughout Alaska, left Juneau this morning for Victoria, B. C., on the Princess Louise. The Mother Gen- eral was acompanied by Mother M. Colombe. They will eventually re- turn to Quebec, Canada. night club of | = “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, "SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1929. MEMBER Wholesale raids Indiana in te the difficully of |ing bowl” of naticnall Raleiy By WALTER BROWN severe tests of prohibition enforce- ment. | The last wholesale roundup by | government officials entangled in the net the mayor of East Chicago, {the Chief of Police, a prominent lawyer and more than 100 persons of lesser importance, grading down |to the foreign tengued laborer who {couldn't pronounce his boss’ name. The Mayor, Raleigh P. Hale, free on $20,000 bond, is a candidate for |re-election next November, and on the same Republican ticket in the neighboring city of Gary is R. O. Johnson, who served a prison term for dry violation during a pre- vious mayoral term. Both Johnson and Hale should win, as the Calumet cities are top- heavy Republican, unless a trial before November 5 would remove Hale from the ballot. The industrial belt of Indiana, stretching from the Illinois line through Whiting, East Chicago, Hammond and Gary, not only is a thorn in the side of prohibition enforcement, but it is a burr under the saddle of the Republican state organization. Calumet “Mixin in the Calumet g Bbwl” Defies Dry Enforcement indusirial district of Northern, enforcigg prohibition in that “mix- gh P. Hale (left), Mayor of East | Chicago, is helu for dry law violation, and R. O. Johnon (right), can- didate for Mayor of Gary, once was convicted under the dry law. ) . 3 With its almost half a million (AP. Feature Service Writer) | mi workers it offers a block of | EAST CHICAGO, Ind., Sept. 21. vol that political managers, —Outlawing the spiritus frumenti|POsses, ward heelers and precinct | |in the Calumet industrial district, candidates—all of course, candi- | mixing howl of half a hundred dates, want and fear. Downstate; nationalities, is one of the most | Indiana can almost be overturned | by the Calumet vote. There is no| sympathy of interests; no similar- ity of aspirations; no likeness of background between the two sec- tions of the state. The last general prohibition on- slaught in the Calumet was directed | by Oliver M. Loomis, new Federal | District Attorney of northern In- diana. The previous wholesale dry foray | was in 1922 and centered upon IGary. Mayor Johnson, the county attorney, other city and county of- ficials and scores of civilians were arrested. Johnson, after a year at Atlanta, was pardoned by President i Coolidge, and came back last spring [to score a decisive primary victory. Prohibition agents, immigration agents, deputy United States mar- shals, and other federal arms as well as municipal and county forc- es have repeatedly reached into the Calumet to “clean it up.” “You can’t eliminate vice and! liquor in East Chicago” was the; cry of Mayor Hale, and it was echoed in other cities. District Attorney Loomis says| he can, and will. I England Has Financial Scandal Now LONDON, Sept. 21. — Clarence Harty and three associates, Edmund Daniels, Albert Tabor and John Dixon, are charged with conspiracy to obtain $1,045,000 on false pre- tenses. The men have been refused bail. The case has excited great inter- est in London financial circles and the court room was crowded to- day when called. The sensation has had wide re- percussions in many parts of the Kingdom and which resulted from a slump of seven securities of the Harty group of companies to small fractions of value several days ago. The Stock Exchange refused per- mission to deal in the securities after an estimated cost to share- holders of forty million dollars. BLOOD IS SHED MEX, CAMPAICN National Presidential Elec- tion Results in Clash, Mexico City MEXICO CITY, Sept. 21. — The first serious trouble in connection with the National Presidential elec- tion to be held in November, oc- curred last night when three men were killed and another probably fatally wounded, and three prob- ably less seriously injured. Fighting between supporters of Jose Vasconcelos and Pascual Rubio, Presidential candidates, parading the streets, took place. Supporters of Vasconcelos encountered Rubio enthusiasts. Shots were interchang- ed and the trouble grew into riot SCHOOL GRL 1S MURDERED Body Is Found in River, Weighted Down, Throat Cut—Attack Indicated KING HILL, Idaho, Sept. 21— The body of 11-year-old Marie West, with her throat cut and body showing signs of having been al- tacked, was found late yesterday at the edge of the Snake River, near here, 26 hours after she left her home to come here to school. The body was found sunk in two Ifeet of water and weighted by a stone. The child’s legs had been| bound by wire. The girl was adopted a year ago from the Boise Orphan Home by Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Miesenza. She was last seen following her usual course from home to the school| along the railroad track. GEORGES LEAVE FOR VACATION IN SOUTH Enroute to the States for a stay of at least a year, Mr. and Mrs. M. George and their three daugh- ters, Mathilda, Lilly and Virginia,| left this morning on the steamer Princess Louise for Seattle. The Leader Department Store, owned and operated by Mr. \and Mrs. George for several years, has been turned over to George Brothers. The family will spent about two weeks in Seattle. They have pur- chased a Packard car and will mo- tor from Seattle to southern Cali- fornia where they will winter. Next spring they will motor across the old home in Providence, R. L {Appears Before Senate lies into the activities of ship build- | Vice-President and Treasurer | Shearer as observer at the Geneva | |cessor will be appointed, |tion for more than four years, tak- TIME IN BANK ROBBERY CASE Fourth Jury Disagrees in Trial of Former Texas University Coed NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas, Sept j21—The jury which nea*ly 48 hours sought to determine the guilt | or innocence of Mrs. Rebecea Brad- ley Rogers, tried for bank robbery has been discharged after failure {to agree. The District Attorney |indicated he did not intend to at | | | | tempt another prosecution. The jury stood 9 to 3 for ac- | quittal. | It was the fourth appearance of {Mrs. Rogers since she held up wie | |Buda, Texas bank in December, | 1926. | Mrs. Rogers heard the verdiet and said nothing. She has al- ways been defended by her hus- band, in the four appearances in court. Mrs. Rogers is a former coed of the Texas University, and was attendingz the university at the time of the bank holdup. She |said it was in fun and returned th: money —eto—— SCHWAB GIVES TESTIMONY IN | SHEARER CASE Committee in Geneva " Parley Investigation WASHNGTON, Sept. 21.—Charles Schwab, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, took the stand as the Senate Committee resumed inquir- ers at the 1927 Geneva Disarma-i ment Conference. Before Schwab was called, the committee asked Norman Parker, of the New York Ship Building Cor- poration, to furnish a record of $143,000 in payments made by the shipping industry in behalf of mer- chant marine legislation in Wash- ington, Parker agreed to get the data. Smiling graciously, Schwab ex- plained relations of the Bethlehem Ship Building Corporation, as a subsidiary of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation which was one of mreel concerns employing William D.} parley. .- WATSON QUITS AS SEGRETARY Secretary to Governor Re- signs to Look After Business Affairs The resignation of H. G. Watson, Secretary to Gov. George A. Parks, was announced this morning by the Governor. For the present no suc- it was said. Mr. Watson had filled the posi- ing office at the time ¢he Gov- ernor entered on his tenure. Gov. Parks said that he accepted the resignation with deep regret and praised Mr. Watson's work and loyalty in the warmest terms. The resignation, the Governor said, was made in order to permit Mr. Watson to look after his pri- vate business interests. He recently was awarded the contracts for ex- cavating the capitol site and for furnishing sand and gravel for that building. Mr. Watson said he would take active charge of the work. Monday | morning the dragline excavator wm' be on the building site and will be put in operation at once. — e — MRS. MORGAN AND JOAN LEAVE FOR THE SOUTH ied by her little daughter, Joan, left for the South on the turning to Juneau in the sprirg. Mrs. Dorothy Morgan, accompan-!chine gun to every 400 yards,’ Miss |said. | f‘ ‘:— John Coolidge (I 23 in the Congregational Church ( Miss Dorothy Clark (lower right) are cousins of tendznts. NEW HAVEN, Conn, Sept. 21.— Up in New England they still be- lieve in marrying in the old fash-| ioned way—“for keeps.” Thus the Congregational church /at Plainville, Conn., will see the wedding next Monday of a young man interested in railroading and a young woman who knows how to cook and sew. John Coolidge, son of the former President, and Miss Florence Trumbull, daughter of the governor of Connecticut, will take their vows as their fathers and mothers did before them. A luncheon here revealed that John Coolidge and his prospective bride are more interested in serious success in life than in fads. The meeting was arranged by telephone—just an ordinary call to one of the junior clerks of the New Haven railroad. John agreed to be the guest of an Associated Press writer, whom he had never met, v» look at some clippings. The appointment was for 12:30 o'clock in the hotel near the New Haven offices. At that hour exact- ly the slender young man appeared. eft) and Miss Florence Trumbuill (right) will be married nexl.munduy, Septe above) at Plainville, Conn. Miss E FA"_S F(]URTH “mCooli(ige-i'rumb;fiflw;fie;«f:"ng “F orrfll\'oops” rence Trumbull and will OF ASSOCIATED PRESS | i sther Trumbul! (lower cente be among the br/ John did not wish to discuss hi marriage plans for publication, but he agreed to comment on news- paper stories in which Miss Trum bull had heen credited with cer- |tain statements. “I think she is, quite capable of speaking for herself, he said, “but I will answer the questions.” The first showed Miss Trumbull's disapproval of companionate mar- |riage. “The people who seem happiest to me in married life,” she was |quoted as saying, “are the ones like my father's and mother's friends. They have married for keeps; they have never thought of anything else—it is the old way, I guess.” | “Does that still represent Miss { Trumbull's view?” John was asked. “I am sure it does,” he replied. “I agree.” So it went. One clipping quoted |Miss Trumbull as saying she didn't |know how to cook. | John smiled and said: “That is not quite complete now. |She knows how to cook; she also Iis very skillful at sewing. ! And seemingly a brand of Trum | | bull economy may be the famous Coolidge ' reply to one questic'’ “She is also very nurchases—she knc about it than I do.' The son_ of Oalvi, reluctant to discuss personal affairs further, but there was one sub- ject about which he wished to talk. “What,” he asked by way of starting it, “do you know about railroading?” Since the correspondent knew little about railroading except how to buy a ticket, the luncheon was adjourned. FAREWELL AS BACHELOR PLAINVILLE, Conn., Sept. 21.— John Coolidge, with a group of intimate friends, made his farewell bow as a bachelor last night. The event took place at the Elm Tree Inn and was a surprise. The son of the ex-President decided to forego the traditional dinner prior to his wedding on Monday to Flor- ence Trumbull but eleven of his friends decreed otherwise. The party was marked with an informal atmosphere. All wore business suits. TELLS FRENCH ARMY TO RELY ON MACHINE GUNS By T. T. TOPPING (A. P. Staff Writer) PARIS, Sept. 21.—Machine guns; more machine guns and machine guns always. A smaller army, fewer soldiers, but a compact force of trained men and military officers of caree These are the broad outlines of a plan for the reorganization of the French army published in the “Review of the Living” under the' initials “ZZZ,” whom every One!peng force of 106,000 men and sol- 2 French military Ithe Haiti capital this morning/ matters has recognized as one of the high officers in the present conversant with army.. Plans for tne reorganization of the French army have been numer- ous mecently. It has been offi- cially admitted by the French min- machine guns are necessary for the establishment of a continuous bar- rage, requiring 375 squads or 100‘ companies. In the present state of our organization, 100 machine gun companies represent 100 in- {fantry battalions, or 11 divisions, which should be occupying our northern and eastern frentiers. Our | present army cannot assure that ‘\ service.” | The writer concluded by asking for the incorporation of a perma- diers of “career,” to be under arms at all times and by a final plea eral “incognito” was in deadly ear- nest and may be said to interpret |the thoughts of the French general staff. o At Geneva, after the Locarno in- istry of war that the French|terviews with Gustav Stressemann troops need reorganization. At t time of Marshal Foch's death was busy with Minister of W Painleve and several advisers dr of Germany, Aristide Briand, pre- ier of France, was also very much n earnest and translated the feel- {ings of a large majority of the ing up a set of reforms. The work |French nation, when before the is now being continued with Gen-|League of Nations he made his fa- | eral Weygand, Foch's right hand mous address: man, as collaborator to the minis-| ter of war. That the French military mind still regards Germany as a possiblc the trend of “ZZZ's” article. “The experience of the latc W proved that the machine gun ba rage is tmpassable, providing th the barrage is assured by one he “Spike the cannon. Destroy the machine guns. The war is over. This is an era of peace.” {menace to France was shown by u”(lnll'(l in K(’lChi’flIn, -'Nick Novak Under Arrest in Seattle SEATTLE, Sept. 21.—Wanted on a liquor violation Nick Novak, aged 39, a Servian, is “Reduce our eastern and north- peing held in the County Jail fol- into consideration thosc nals. Thus we find that 1,500 Princess Louise this morning. They |ern frontier to 360 miles—neglectin? ‘xowmg his arrest in a local room- will visit with relatives and friendsito take in Seattle and other Coast towns,|sections of it which are made im- jajl He was committed to preliminary hearing ®|ing house. after a proportions before quelled by the|continent for a visit to Mr. George's and may visit the East before re-|penetrable by forests, rivers and pefore U. S. Commissioner H. 8.[from the ]‘F,Iliott. who fixed bail at $3,000. for more machine guns. The gen- | in Ketehikan, | COL, LINDBERGH MAKING FLIGHT IN FAST TIME ;Reachcs Capital of Haiti Today, Cutting Time Down 26 Minutes PORT AU PRINCE, Halti, Sept. 21.—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, fly- ling to South America, landed at jafter a flight from Santiago, Cuba. | Col. Lindbergh covered the dis- tance of 270 miles in 234 minutes lcutting 26 minutes from the_time |he expected to take. » The flier plans to leave during the day for Santo Domingo. Thus far, Col. Lindbergh and his party has covered 1,030 miles of s 7,000-mile trip. He reached Ha- na, Camaguey and Santiago yes- |terday from Miami Florida. - - ® 00 000 00 00068 0 L TODAY'S STOCK . . QUOTATIONS ° ® 9 0 0 00 000 00000 NEW YORK, Sept. 21.—Alaska Juneau mine stock is quoted today at 7%, Bethlehem Steel 122%, Con- tinental Motors 13%, Corn Products {1157, International Paper A 34, llmm'nulnuml Paper B 24, National {Acme 337, Standard Oil of Cali- |fornia 74';, Alleghany Corporation |51%, American Ice 49%, General Motors 73%, International Harvest- er 128, Pan American B 63%. | | i 3 g Charles Greear, employed on the |Richardson Highway at Mile 30, |shot himself recently. It is thought effects of protracted toothache. 1 % | PRICE TEN CENTS SOVIETS REACHES ALASKA TODAY FOUR FLIERS LAND AT ATTU ENROUTE EAST Aviators Come Through | Violeat Storm Over Ber- g Sea, in Safety |~VDIA IS STARTLED WH :N PLANE SIGHTED Run to Shelter then Return and Give Welcome— Next Leg of Flight The Russian plane Land of ‘.‘s'oviets has landed at Attu, Alaska, ¥ “~ding to an As- sociated dispatch re- ceived ’ Empire this afterne 3 Th -om Mos- | cow o Soviet 5. *e plane ing i \ \ [raver descended and upon being reassured the fliers were not hostile. The Indians then welcomed the four Russian fliers heartily and their slender resources at their aid. After resting a day or so and priming their machine, the Rus- sians will resume the flight. The next stop will be at Dutch Harbor, Alaska, on the way to New York City. Invited to Juneau Russian residents of this city and former Russian citizens but now holding American citizenship, and others, have transmitted through Gov. George A. Parks an invitation to the Land of the Soviets to visit Juneau, asking that it fly from Sitka. More than 250 names were attached to the invi- tation. The Governor has sent this by radio to Capt. C. S. Cochran, U. 8. Goast Guard Comménder at Dutch Harbor, to be given to the plane on its arrival there. The Russians here plan to give a fete for the Russian flyers if the invi- tation is accepted. Escaped Convict Cuts Throat When Pursued; Death Rather than Pen LEWISTON, Idaho, Sept. 21.—An escaped convict from the Idaho Penitentiary who said he would rather die than return to prison, slashed his throat yesterday while being pursued by a posse across a field. Oliver Jones came home to his wife but officers reported his broth~ jer-in-law turned him in. Jones was cornered in a barn. Deputies fired once in the air and demanded that he surrender. Jones defied them and said: “Go ahead and shoot. I won't come out. I'd rather be dead than go back to the pen.” Jones then dashed for freedom. Officers started in pursuit and Jones slashed his throat. Hoover Will Not Give Freedom to Sinclair or Day WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.—Presi- dent Hoover will not commute the sentence of Harry F. Sinclair, oil magnate, or Mason Day, who are serving sentence in the District of Columbia jail for contempt of court. It is announced at the will follow the recommendations Attorney General Mitchell that Executive not interfere in c of the two men. Applications S clair and Day were received from that he was temporarily deranged [the Department of Justice last night with the attached. recommendation ‘White House that the President - fevurnea “whien the Pl & o commutation of sentences of Sin-