The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 4, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXXIV., NO. 5220. “ALL THE NEWS : ALL THE TIME” JUNT AU ALASKA FRIDAY OCTOBI;R 4, 1929 MEMBER OF AS )OCI[\TED PRI:SS PRICE TEN CENTS PLANE LAND OF SOVIETS FORCED DOWN ON FLIGHT MRS. PRINGLE TESTIFIES IN ASSAULT CASE Take Witness Stand to Prove Pantages'’s Alleged Victim Is Minor GIRL IS TO GIVE TESTIMONY TODAY, Usherette Is Also to Tes- tify Today on “Fabri- cated” Evidence LOS ANGELES, Cal, Oct. 4—| Mrs. Irene Pringle, one of the| state’s chief witnesses, substanti-| ated many of the state's conten- tions and withstood a gruelling cross examination when she appear- | ed yesterday as the first prosecu- tion witness in the trial of Alexan- der Pantagesy theatrical magnate, charged with a statutory offense| against Mrs. Pringle’s daughter,| Eunice. Mrs. Pringle testified that Eunice born March 5, 191%, substanti-) the state’s contention that| Pantages’ accuser was a minor. N Pringle then described bruises and marks she found on her daughter the night of Augusc! 9, a few hours after the alleged attack. Five minutes before court ad- journed until today, the Prosecutor called Miss Pringle to take the witness stand. The Court suggested that as the hour was late her appearance be; postponed until this morning and this was done. Distriet Attorney Fitts said Miss Tillie Russo, usherette at P:m!ages" theatre hére, would testify, probably today, that the theatre operator ordered her to “fabricate” a stary’ to the District Atwmey BRIGHT LIGHTS FORDOWN TOWN ARE INSTALLED City Councim_a—ving Bright- er Lights Installed Throughout Town W Finishing touches were today being put on the new downtown street lighting system being install- | ed for the municipality by the Alaska Electric Light & Power| Company. The City Council hasi authorized the installation of 33| new street lights, each of 500 watts capacity. They are being put in on Fronf, Main, Seward and Franklin Strects up to Third Street, one at each corner and one midway of each block. The Council has also directed better lighting facilities for the; residential sections of the town. Two hundred and seventy-five watt, lamps will be installed to replace an equal number of 60-watt lamps. This work will follow the down- town improvements as rapidly as possible. MARGNITA IN FROM SKAGWAY AND OFF AGAIN FOR SITKA The Margnita, Capt. Severin Swanson, arrived in Juneau yester- day with the following passengers for Juneau: Dan McLean, John Grill, Sam Brunnier, S. K. Beekoof, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. MacKeen, Mrs. E. A. Troberg, Florence Troberg, Victoria Rendell, Dr. and Mrs. W. F. Thompson, Pat Perron, John Robertson, P. F. McLaughlin, J. K. Cram, M. E. Merrill, Maurice Benischke. The Margnita left port last night for Sitka and way ports at 6 o'clock with the following passengers from Juneau: John Riley, for Chichagof; Bill Barowf, for Tenakee, Samuel Watson, for Hoonah; A. Fritz, for Sitka. Capt. Larry Parks is now m charge of the Margnita and will act as her skipper during the ab- sence of Capt. Severin Swanson who is leaving for the south on an {ing of the Board of Bishops. {gard as the all important thing in l Frencl: l‘h(’r\ Are Reported Having Landed in Siberia PARIS, Oct. 4.—Advices received from Moscow said Dicudonne Costes and Maur- ice Bellonte, in the plane Question Mark, are reported to have landed safely 60 niles from Chita, Siberia. 'he report is not confirmed. The two flier left Le- bourget Field, France, on September 27 on a long dis ce flight aimed to break the world record that should have put the fliers down somewhere in Siberia. e95ceecececee BISHOP MURRAY | DIES SUDDENLY ATLANTIC CITY Head of Protestant Episco- pal Churches in U. S. Is Stricken—Dies Mccm:ran PRESS PHOTO) (RT.REV. JOHN 8. MURRAYDO ATLANTIC CITY, Oct. 4—Bish- op John Gardner Murray, head of (the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States, died from a stroke of paralysis during a meet- A business career of eleven years, enforced upon him by circumstan- ces in the midst of his preparation for the ministry, proved a blessing in disguise for Bishop John Gard- ner Murray. Later in life when he became the presiding bishop of( the Episcopal Church in the United States that earlier training helped him to gain the distinction of being one of the outstanding re—i ligious executives and administra- tors of the country. The bisnop, however, did not re- religious work the necessity of busi- ness training for ministers. Asked if he thought all clergymen should have that training before entering the priesthood he replied: “It is not so important that clergymen should have business training as that business men should have some religious training.” As the presiding Bishop and President of the National Council of the Episcopal Church in the United States, Bishop Murray oc- cupied a position similar to that of the Archbishop of Canterbury, ecclesiastical head of the Church of England. There is, however, this marked difference between the two offices: The Archbishop of Canter- bury is appointed by the British Crown, while the presiding bishop of the American church is elected by the Episcopal general conven- tion for a term of six years. Bishop Murray was the first presiding bish- op thus elected, all those precedi: him in the office and prior to the general convention of 1925 at whica Bishop Murray was elected, having executives and administrators of the country. Although he was one of the fore- most spiritual leaders of the Epis- copal church, Bishop Murray had achieved notable success in “ne financial and commercial world before he embarked upon what always had been his life’s ambi- tion—service in the church. Bishop Murray was born at Lona- coning, Md., August 31, 1857. After completing his theological studies, the death of his father compelled him to postpone his entry into the ministry, the future bishop being | obliged to enter business to help support his mother and three broth- ers and sisters. In eleven years and when he had reached the age |riously wounded five others, CONVICTS STAGE RIOT IN PRISON DAY AND NIGHT End to Chaomflair Comes Before Dawn — Ring- leaders Suicide "THIRTEEN MEN DEAD FIVE ARE WOUNDED | 1. R il e .}Dynamlle, Machme Guns, | r Gas Used But Wlthoul Effect CANON CITY, Colorado, Oct. 4— |The definite end of the prolonged ch'\rmr prison break at the Colo- ado State Penitentiary came as dn\\n broke over the mutiny rack- institution and besieged con- vnct: walked from the cell house in orderly fashion, with hands over | their heads. The exodus of the convicts fol- 1lowed receipt of the news that the ringleaders of the rebellion, which took the lives of 13 men and se- had ves during the early morning hout opposition. Guards swarmed the enclosure and surrounded the convicts. Instigators Suicide One guard who had been held prisoner, said Danny Daniels, Ma- jor Davis and Red Riley, the three known instigators of the plot, com- mitted suicide. The end of the mutiny came after a2 day and night of furious fight- ing during which time guards, held as hostages by the prisoners, were murdered when demands to Warden Crawford for safe conduct from the prison, were refused. During the riot, dynamite, a bar- rage of machine gun aad rifle-bul- lets and tear gas failed to van- quish the entrenched prisoners. Bodies Are Found Guards entering the prison found the bodies of the ringleaders, ap- parently dead. They noted the rebellion calmed down about two hours before the prisoners march- ed from the stronghold. Fifteen feet inside lay the dead guard, murdered by Daniels and nearby lay Daniels, the known ex- ecutioner of three defenseless guards. It was evident that the ring- leaders killed themselves. Their features were mutiliated. Riot at Signal The rioting broke out at noon yesterday and apparently a prearranged signal was known. James Perdue struck a guard on the head with a chair and then 900 prisoners broke loose. They seized the arsenal and kidnapped the guards. Fire Breaks Out Fire then swept the chapel, mess hall and two cell houses. Abade Wiggins, guard, was mur- dered in cold blood. “Wiggins, have you said your prayers?” asked Daniels. “Yes, where do you want me to stand,” said Wiggins. “Right where you are,” iels. Daniels then shot Wiggings the head. Turning to John Shea, another guard, Daniels said: “You have been a pretty good sport. Wiggins was not.” Shea said later Daniels ordered shot them: said Dan- in {Marvin Duncan ‘o say his prayers. SHEARER PAYS NO INCOME TAX WASHINGTON, Oct. 4—Agents of the Internal Revenue Depart- ment have investigated income tax returns of William Shearer and facts underlying his testimony and have placed these finds before the Senate Investigating Committee. Shearer, replying to questions, said he had not paid income taxes and contended that the $51,230 giv- en him by ship builders during a period of two years was expense money and could not be considered | salary. Alaska Doctor Being Rushed South; Plane Takes Him to Seward | they ison in “Rain.” BRIT. PREMIER | AND PARTY IN UNITED STATES MacDonald Arrives with Daughter and Party— Welcomed, New York TALKS WITH EMOTION ON HIS MISSION HERE Expects towfir_ld Treasure of Goodwill—Accident Narrowly Averted | | | | | NEW YORK, ' Oct. 4—Premier Ran MacDonald, his daughter Ishbel and the official British par- ty, are enroute to Washington. The Prime Minister reached here on the liner Berengaria this fare- noen. The visitors were enthus- iastically acclaimed as they land- tion at the quarantine station st immediately felt. The Berengaria was escorted to the guarantine station by the cruis- ers Memphis and Trenton. The welcoming committee board- | ed the liner and the Premier was greeted officially. Preliminaries over, | the party boarded the tug Macon | and swiftly speeded away to the quarantine station. The party left shortly after noan for Washington. Accident Averted An accident was narrowly averted | when the hawser holding the tug| to the liner proke, just as Mac- Donald was preparing to step aboard. Repairs were quickly niade, how- | ever, and MacDonald and his party clambered aboard. The little cabin | on the tug was jammed almost to | siffocation. 0 The Premiér submxtted to an in- terview and after several minor questions, the Prime Minister, with | his voice full of emotion, said: “I know I shall find here a treasure of goodwill toward Eng- land. If England and America stand side by side for peace, who ! can stand against us?” - e, MATSON FREED ON BAIL WITH HEARING SOON Posts $2,000 Bail in As- sault Case—Not Impli- cated in Other Attacks Fred Matson, arrested yesterday on a charge of assaulting Jesse Thompson, 18-year old Indian girl from Yakutat, was arraigned be- fore Judge Frank A. Boyle in the United States Commissioner’s Court. His bail was fixed at $2,000 and he was released when it was fur- nished. He will have a preliminary hear- ing when the United States District Attorney returns from Ketchikan, probably in about a week or ten days. Matson was freed from suspicion of being the slugger of two women | here last Saturday evening. When he was arrested yesterday morning police authorities were inclined to believe he was responsible for those attacks. Yesterday afternoon, however, Mrs. Walter B. Heisel and Miss Viola Riendeau, who were the vietims of Saturday's attacks, faced Matson and cleared him of suspicion by saying he was not the man. While neither of them had seen the face of their assailant, agreed that Matson could not have been he, as he was both taller and heavier than the man whol had attempted to slug them. / Actress Drops to Floor, Dies Suddenly NEW YORK, Oct. 4—Jeanne Eagles, actress, dropped dead in a sanitarium on Park Avenus late yesterday afternoon. She won-ac- claim on the stage as Sadie Thome- Accompanied by a nurse, the ac- tress entered the offices of the sanitarium and was about to take NOME, Alaska, Oct. 4—With Dr. R. E. Smith, of Kotzebue, who is! in a critical condition, as a pas- off her coat when she dropped to the floar and went into convul- sion. She was dead when a doc- tor examined her. lacounting as British Premier and Daug ed and the warmth of the recep-/ Premier Ramsay MacDonald, this morning. LOBBYISTS IN WASHINGTONBE INVESTIGATED Demand MEby Senator Caraway for Complete Probe of Activities WASHINGTON, Oct. 4—Exposure of the futility of Washington lob- byists to enactment of the law re- quiring registration of lobbyists, is before Congress and will be sought at the forthcoming regular Senate | session. An investigation demanding actual activities of paid representatives of those seeking legislation and to how money is spent, has been made by Senator Caraway. The inquiry is expected to curtail future usefulness. “Let’s find out how the parasites spend their money. I think that to a considerable extent the money winds up in their own pockets,” said Senator Caraway. Senator Caraway or Senator Nor- lris will be chairman of this group of investigators. CUTTERUNALGA RETURNS FROM TRIP TO SOUTH: Former Members of Crew Transferred—New Men Are in Places The cutter Unalga, Comdr. E(lA ward S. Addison, arrived in Juneau last night at 6 o'clock after en- countering dense smoke and fog i Puget Sound, and strong southeast gales with heavy rain and visibility. Wednesday night, the Unalga anchored in Port Arm- strong in order to be nearby when the plane Land of Soviets took off from Sitka to Seattle. Upon hear- 1ng that the plane had left Sitka at 5:43 o'clock Thursday morn the Unalga sailed for Juneau 5:50 o'clock the same morning. The Unalga is returning from Seattle where she recently towed! the disabled patrol boat Eider, of the U. 8. Bureau of Fisheries While in Seattle, eight members | of the crew were transferred from the Unalga and five new joined the ship. The five men who were transferred from the Unalza to the cutter Snohomish, at Port Angeles, Wash., were: Leo Oster man, Robert L .Reynclids, William Nichols, Guy C. Waltrip and Charles H. Saar. Frank A. Clark was transferred to Base 10, at Porr Townsend, Wash., and Curtis W The British Prime Minister came to America .urthcrance of All:l(l-\mericax\ ulli!y and naval dis rm: poor | ¥ | Yucatan. ' Igo to Belize, British Honduras, and men | ter Arrive in U. his daughter Ishb:l (above), for and party arrived in the United Siates conference with President Hoover in ament, to some extent. a ALASKA UTPUT OF SILVER AND ! Californian Makes Record As Solo Flier BEACH, Cal, Oct 4—Vern Seich, Santa Ana flier, set a new solo endur- ance nonrefuelling airplane flight record when he came down. His official time in the air was anhounced being 38 hours and 48 sec- onds. LCONG May Break Record of Past Decade—Big Gain Made in First Nine Months aska apparently going to have th est gold and silver output this year that it has turned Port Townsend before reporting for | . PRLUNE l\n'll in a single year for a decade uty ak e 8 &) duty aboard the Snohomish. \n should top t produc Three new men reporting aboard ! {by not less than $750,000 and may the Unalga for duty were transfer- lexceed that. the Snohomish, a < red from the Sughsmish; gnd /Ate | This was revealed today with the Ralph W. Young, Arthur C. Hol- | , 3 jand. and Cecll L. Andbinn. Gar« announcement by Collector of Cl:lt- toms J. C. McBride that the shio- termaster Anderson is the son of |y o S oty (5 ob s the first Capt. J. B. Anderson who is the | . . o & ‘ |nine months of 1920 aggregated pilot on the steamer Queen of the jyion seo This is $606,857 in ex- Pacific Steamship Company. TWO | o’ o¢ cimilar shipments for the sther new men reporting for dl"“‘iflmf‘ period last year. are William E. Thomas, who has| y | If the rate of increase to date been transferred from Base 10, at| ... 00 $6tHe GBA OF fte year Port Townsend, and David Jones, | {TE, 10 B0 BE0 € tae VBT who was transferred from Base 12,lga000 000 and should not ym“ Yoo “‘sfl‘:‘:i“’"g' Sm:: former Navy|10% §7500000. It is ten years il i ey * isince domestic gold and silver ship- man who has seen service on &}, ... from the Territory reached Navy Destroyer, enlisted in the e former Higure ‘m 1917 it 1. 8 posny SGuard 8s Q. M. 3¢ 11 | has ranged from about $5,000000 to a perlod of three years, and Is|,. p.p, a5 $7500,000° but not since tboard the Unalga. Clayton C h atthired the Tabter sain Coldwell also enlisted Inithe U. 8.| ", N o Tl vear are main. Cont T e ' 1 ®liy in the Second and Fourth Di-| ""S“"_ f]l ‘::P:n; o e o _lvisions, coming from the operations oy ers O 1€ W15 the dredges at Nome and Fair- aboard the Unalga stated that labor banks. The PFirst Division, whicn conditions in Seattle seemed very hus-pr‘umu(\{l n,'m_P lh‘-m '50‘"‘“, poor and that a g':“: Jnany MEN cent of the total as usual this year, “”e roamlnu the streets in quest| . (ho Third each gained a few thousand. The production by Division for the first nine months of 1929 and 1928 shown by Custom House figures follows as i i \ Tho rnllqwinp men attached to the Unalga are on leave in Se- |attle: Lee S. Usher, 30 days’ ab- |sence; John W. McCallum, 33 days and James J. Harris, 24 days. s (ul I,uulbergh Will Take Photographs of First Division 2, 4(-1 332 Second Div. Third Div Fourth Div $3,651,005 $4,261,862 September shipments re the largest so far this r, aggregat- ing $801,741 as compared to $414,- 097. Increases from the First and Second Divisions accounted for the gain, the former jumping from ‘5!8024” to $342,632, and the latter from $1,720 $219,658. . ——m FLORY AND WILLIAMS Total Ancient Maya Ruins GUATEMALA CITY, Oct. 4—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and wife will | ‘\:4*,'\!\ tomorrow a survey of the ancient Maya Indian. ruins near Leaving here they will to !from there to Cozumel Island which will be used as a base for flying. |Col. Lindbergh expects to photo- graph the ruins. Ll B AR il absence on Commissioner After a four-day to Skagway, rles H. Flory, U. ® 0 000006000000 . TODAY'S STOCK . QUOTATIONS 8 000 000000000 1 NEW YORK, Oct. 4—Alaska Ju- ineau mine stock is quoted today lzu. 8'%, American Smelting 107, Bethlehem Steel 112%, Continental {Motors 11, Corn Products 109, In- ternational Paper A 34, Paper B 23 |Standard Oil of California 71} , United States > Roads, returned They were ac- District Bureau of Public home last night companied on the Cash Cole, Highway Engineer R | J. Sommers and Ike P. Taylor, As- sistant Engineer of the Alaska Road { Commission. The trip was for the purpose of making a general - GOLD CLIMBING BACK FROM SKAGWAY | S. Department | and M. D. Williams, | trip by Auditor survey of the| RUSS PLANE IS REPORTED ATWATERFALL Forced Down on Prince of Wales Island— Fliers Safe SEARCH STARTED FOR PLANE, NORTH, SOUTH Unalga Left Juncau Haida from Seattle—Appre- hension Was Felt BULLETIN — SEATTLE, Oct. 4.—Two Russian aviators reached Craig, Alaska, and reported the plane Land of Soviets was forced down at ‘aterfall, 200 miles south of Sitka. The fliers were not |hurt. The first word was rcceived from the Alaska cable operator at Craig and then every station on the Pacific Coast from Alaska to San Francisco was instructed te keep quiet until the report was flashed. After being unreported since leav- ing Sitka yesterday morning at 5:43 o'clock on the flight to Seattle, and grave fears being expressed for the safety of the four Russian fliers and their plane, word was flashed through the air this afternoon by radio communication of the U. 8. Signal Corps, that the plane had been forced down at Waterfall, on Prmce of ‘Wales' 1Sland, ‘and Evefys thing was O. K. Pending receipt of this informa- tion, a search had been started for the plane. The Unalga left Juneau at 12 o'clock and was to cruise along the Alaska coast, going into all bays and fnlets. The Coast Guard cutter Haida had left the south and was to cruise along the west coast of Vancouver Island, north until meeting the Unalga. The Cygan was also pressed into service to run in and out of the bays around Prince of Wales Island. Early Report There was a report early this morning that the plane had been forced down at Hetta Inlet, but this was not confirmed later. Hetta Inlet is also on Prince of Wales Island. The reason Hetta Inlet was used as a possible spot for & forced landing was because of the fact that when Commander Shes- " takov took off at Sitka, he was given Copper Mountain, not far | from Hetta Inlet, as a land mark on the southern flight. With good | visibility the mount could be seem from the air on the proposed flight south. Much apprehension was felt early last evening when no report of the arrival of the Land of Soviets was | received. The plane carries no | radio sending apparatus on the trip {south, the generator having been |taken off the plane at Sitka and is aboard the Admiral Rogers, crated for Seattle. The plane could re- ceive, Proposed Flight Route Before leaving Sitka, Command- er Shestakov stated to Capt. Kol- ‘soth, of the Admiral Rogers, in port this forenoon, that the route to be followed on the flight south would be the outside passage to Seattle. From Sitka the fliers planned to go to Cape Omaney, to Dixon En- trance, over Hecate Strait to Cape Scott and along the western coast | [ot Vancouver Island to Cape Flat- |tery. This information was given |to Comdr. Addison of the Unalga | before he sailed at noon today and | he was to visit all inlets and on Prince of Wales Island other islands on the route south. Another report of import came from Deputy Collector Customs Bolshanin, of Sitka, stated that it was understood {the Soviet plane took the outsid Iroute especially in Canadian wats |as they had received no permissi to travel in Canadian territory. Was Down on Sunday According to passengers the Admiral Rogers, it was ed from good Russian sources Sitka that the Land of Soviets |forced down last Sunday as @ inally reported in the SOS 5 out from the plane. The spot it went down was as given. The po motor blew out a gasket and road situation at Skagway and ‘”‘ed on the Gulf of Alaska inspect the airport site. MPS”‘"hallbut schooner fishing in of 35, he was in a position to satis- fy his ambition and was ordained Assigned to missionary work in Tansy and Antonio Garcia were|Alleghany Corporation 42%,; Gen- transferred to Base 12, at Anaccr- |eral Motors 64, Fox Film 95, Stan- The actress was 35 years of age. senger, Pilot Frank Borbandt will important business trip. take off for Seward. Dr. Smith| ———.———— - Studies in the Chinese languages have been offered 33 years by the University of California. Alabama, the young clergyman (Continued on Page Two) is being taken to Seattle for medi-| French police charge 24 out of cal treatment. His wife will ac- 125 motoring aceidents to the human company him on the flight. )clument. tes, Wash. Robert L. R'umM who is suffering with tuberculosi will enter the Marine Hospital o dard Oil of New Jersey 73%, Inter- national Harvester 110%, Pan- t American B 617%. Cole, Sommers and Taylor con- tinued on to Strawberry Point for a road inspection in that districs = " vicinity. By its one good " (Continued on Page Eight) | L