The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 17, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY VOL. XXXIV., NO. 5231. JUNEAU, ALASKA, I‘HURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1929. ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS SEVEN PERSONS LOSE LIVES IN SEATTLE HOTEL FIRE NEW ISSUES ARE NOW APPEARING, PANTAGES’ CASE Charges of Perjury and Denials Overshadow | Main Issue OPTICIAN CREATES MILD ssusmon" Another Witness Indicted for Perjury by | Grand Jury LOS ANGELES, Cal, Oct. 17—| Charges of perqury and denials by | a defense witness of the statement | credited him by the District At—i torney’s investigation, overshadow | the issue at stake in Alexander | Pantages’ trial on a statutory| charge made by Eunice Pringle. H Dr. C. H. Herd was summoned by Panta attorneys and cre-| ated a sensation by his repudiation | of statements he is alleged to have made about Eunice Pringle. Dr. Herd is an opticlan and rents rooms on the second floor of the Pantages Theatre Building. He! said he was standing in the door- way of his reception room in his office and saw Pantages come out DEATH OF GIRL 105 AlgeIcs Suvio s illa. Rhoads (center) 16 ritual of a “ivine” order. home of her foster parent ing been preserved burn and daughter, Mrs. Ruth Wic Her Mr. cult had fraudulently collected $50, MEMBER OF CULT INVESTIGATION seesing o car-old girl was sacrificed as part of a and Mrs. on ice for a year. PARKS THANKS = | LOCAL CHAMBER FOR TS WORK Gov. Parks Says Highest Tribute s Loyal Support that Was Given Him Declaring that the highest tribute oaid to him as Governor of Alas- ‘ka had been the loyal and con- tinued support of all the Cham- bers of Commerce in Alaska and particularly the local organization, Gov. George A. Parks told the Chamber of Commerce today, “I shall use my best efforts to con- tinue to merit that support.” “I can my no ater promise than that” he added. “At no time when I have called on vou for aid has it not been given me. I expect to call on you again for support and I will do my best o merit it.” Mect Popular Will Introducing Henry Roden who oxtended the congratulations of the Chamber to the Governor on his recent reappointment, Presi- {dent H. L. Faulkner declared: “When President Hoover reappoint- ed Gov. Parks; he not only showed his wisdom, and his knowledge of Alaska’s needs, but he also com- plied with the almost unanimous ‘fic,m* of the people of the Terri- |tory.” “We are always glad when one cwrmine if the life of was found buried under the W. P. Rhoads (below) hav- Above—Mrs, May Ofis Black- ested on the allegation the body land, 000, 'HOOVER AND FORD TO ATTEND EDISON JUBILEE President Hoover, Henry Ford and Thomas A. Edizon will meet fane, near Dearborn, Mich.,, October 21 when they atte PROMISE TO OBEY IS OMITTTD IN REV 17—The re- hon prayer of scopal Church NEW YORK, Oct. vised book of com the Protestant I nd the Edison ISED EPISCOPAL RITES CAPT, ROBISON | Associated Press Photo at Henry Ford's home at Fair~ jubilee there, First Victim of Hunting Season In S. E. Alaska KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Oct. body of Oscar | Fe FLAMES, SMOKE KILL ROOMERS SEATTLE HOTEL {One of Oldest Structures, South Section, De- stroyed by Fire FLAMES START TO RAGE 4:30 TODAY Fire Apparatus on Scene in Three: Minutes— Hard Struggle SEATTLE, Wash, Oct. 17— Trapped in a mass of fiames and smoke, seven persons lost their lives end thirteen were injured when fire swept through the Port- land Hotel at 4:30 o'clock this morning. Several of the injured are in a critical condition and some are not cxpected to live. The cause of the blaze has not been determined. | The dead were apparently suf- |focated, some vhm.‘.th' slept. Firemen said John * Fitzhenry, roomer in the Grand Central across the street from the land Hotel, turned in the He looked out of his of his main office’ and go to the! 4:30, saw the fire and i " as been issued after fifteel ars’ ’ of our own men is appointed tol 25 been issued after fifteen year first victim of the {work by the committee on revision. e e g T NS R WIZH COFFEE CANS He made no motion. A state's| witness alleged Pantages seated | A Miss Pringle in the theatre before| LOS ANGELES, Oct. 17.—Fanatic | C.. Pratt, who examined her body taking her to the little office room. practices of the “Rq Arms of the death at the Santa Susanna Dr. Herd said he had known Pan-|Great Eleven” cut are being studied cabin, refused to sign a deatl ; for nine years and had given!as authorities sought clues to the|certi but another physician vhi bouts of nine missing per-|did, giving stomach ulcers as the cause of death. | son; yeij Accuses “Fleecing” Mrs. May Otis Blackburn and her |daughter, Ruth Weiland, are ex- pected to be released from jail. Af- S of the cult’s fi could find noth- a felony charge Clifford J. Dabney, wealthy oil man, had accused (he woman of “fleecing” him of $40,000. Missing members of the cult be- ing sought are” Samuel Rizzio, hus- band of Miss Weiland; | enbaugh, also reported to have been married to Miss Weiland at one time; Mrs .Addie McGuffin; Mrs. Katherine Volz, Barbara Jeffery, Floyd Steffen, his wife, Phoebe, and ! their two daughter: A - FARM BOAR CONFIRMED 17.—The lc him the “high sign” when he saw the theatre man emerge u‘om his . ? B e, o e Y| Fear was expressed“that wome or Wae not friendly with, kim, !all of them might- have met the Garland Biffle, who testified for {4, o wia Rhoads, whose body the defense Tuesday in the Pan- ant splde to’r tages case, has been indicted on a|g . years after her mysterious P y charge. He was arrested| ;...\ To ey b % g ;‘u‘ Tuesday immediately after leaving !, oo o .o C % 37 the wituess stand.. ~Bail will be| 00 = Of Heven pups. set at $7,000 and Biffle's attorney| Mrs. Jennie (Grandma) Blac said he will surrender sometime t0- burn, 65, mother of May tis day. |Elackburn who was held in jail cn'! ————— |suspicion of grand theft, told D: \-i‘ ’Lrirt Attorney Charles Kearney of MOTHER LUDE {being chai to bed for two . | i briel, speaking through my daugh- ter, released me spiritually. |months and sixtcen ‘dzt,\:\ while her Istepson, Ward Sitton Blackburn, | “predicted the weather with a cof- Belief that Important Find| “I had the keys to the padiocks. H Be M d . |The chains didn’t hurt me and they as en ade 1In iwere long enough to let me get Yukon Territory was preserved in ic | nances, authoritie; ing to bear ed to chains,” she and I have never been hap- in my life. The Angel Ga- !fee can and counted automobiles on a boulevard.” “I was padloc] said, |down stairs. An angel told daugh- ter when to open the locks.” SEATTLE, Oct, 17.—Discovery of | Ward Blackburn, her stepson and a quartz reef believed to be the h"‘“’"‘"‘"‘;‘ of May Otis Blackburn, “mother lode” of the Klondike from |to1d of his part in the ceremony. He which came millions of dollars in We€&rs a Chinene mandarian’s mus dust and nuggets during the heigm:lnchc. He is “king orymv NL:J‘Lh of the gold rush, is reported by C. Star of the grand central point. J. Rogers, Comptroller of the White! ‘T Was the home boy” he safd Pass and Yukon Route, who has | T remained at my point in the arrived here from Whitehorse and |house-by keeping tab on traffic and Dawson. {counting cars, which I reported to The reef runs across the upper ;™Y wife. When we maved to reaches of Bonanza and Eldorado |Deadquarters near Santa Suzanna crecks. The Dawson Mining Com_ll counted the trains. When the pany uncovered the promising ore. {weather was clear I made a record Rogers said the silver camp Ht‘of it. When it rained I put out a Mayo on the Stewart River ship- coffee can and measured it.” ped 8000 tons of silver ore con-| “She seemed to be choking but centrates valued at more than $2,-|died peacefully two days Ilater, WASHINGTON, Oct. ral Farm Board by President Hoover have been fully empowered Yo go ahead with the task of bring- ing prosperity to the American farmer. The Senate’s confirmation was the last obstacle to the Adminis- tration’s desire for a board of its own choosing and this was given last night after the Senate laid aside the tariff debate. BIANT FLYING sight men appointed to the Fed-| office, particularly if he is an old- (timer, a ‘sourdough',” declared Mr. |Roden in opening. his talk. ‘3t |makes us feel that he has recog- ‘nizcd that even the ‘roughnecks' {have rights.” He declared he did not believe in “perpetual suc- lcession of office-holding. Ii was good for neithex the encumbent nor ;Lhc puplic. Where one holdsinfs (fice continually over a long period 10( years, he becomes an uutocrat,' he becomes the master instead of |the servant, which is contrary to |the theory and practice of dcmoc- racy, he said. ! Should Have Second Term | However, he declared, it was per- fectly proper that the Governor should have a second term. Usually it takes time for the Chief Execu- tive to orient himself, and he is capable of rendering better service |during a second term than in the first. | The Governor of Alaska, he pointed out, is a direct representa- jtive of the President. President |Hoover is a man of exceptional | executive ability rather than an ex- | |pert politician. He built up the Department of Commerce from thz |lowest to the highest rank, par- 'ticularly in business efficiency. Mr. Roden urged the Governor to take a leaf out of Mr. Hoover’s book and bend all his efforts toward the economic advancethent of the Ter- ritory. “If he succeeds in that work, he goes down in history as the Gover- nor of Alaska who stopped the exodus of people from it, he will (have accomplished more than any lof his predecessors,” he asserted.| Gov. Parks, he added, is well versed in knowledge of Alaskan conditions and has the ability to aid the Territory to progress. Needs Much Support The Governor alone, however, he | added, cannot do much. It is necessary to have the undivided support of such organizations as the Juneau Chamber of Commerce, and the all-Alaska Chamber of | Commerce. | In the warmest terms, Mr. Ro- !Drubably be Prime Minister. 000,000 during the past summer. |Kearney quoted the aged man as saying. Blackburn was said to have revealed that he built the oven with the aid of his wife and Mrs. Margaret Sands, sister of Mrs. Turner. Mrs. Sands maintains that her sister died a natural death, but authorities were attempting to dis- ver the burial place. The death of Miss Harlene Sar- toris, talented 24-year-old pi: b also wx?s being investigated. Dr. A. Russian Turkestan | City Shaken, Quake‘ OSCOW, Oct. 17.—Walls of| scveral houses were cracked night by a strong quake wmchj shook the City of Tashkent, Rus-| sian TurKestan, for 30 seconds. last | co! ;‘Mystery’? Car With No Axles, Other Features Exhibited in Wisconsin BELOIT, Wis,, Oct. 17.—A “mys- tery” car, which has no axles, is being tested. This was disclosed today. The machine is said to be manufactured by a million dol- lar corporation, now being financed on the West Coast, to sell for about $2,000. ‘The car has eight transverse the rear which are centered to the center frame. The drive shaft to the front wheels contains two universal joints while all wheels move independent- Iy. The exact place of manufacture and the manufacturers remains a secret, other than the car is to be placed on the market for the _ den congratulated the Governor on WASHINGTON, Oct. 17. — The his reappointment. “We all wish giant flying boat Buenos Aires, of him the utmost of success. We the New York, Rio and Buenos|are delighted with his continuance Aires Line, took off from the Naval |in office. I do not want to flatter | Air Station here shortly before |him, but it is true that those who 6 o’clock this morning on the first know him best are his friends stage of the flight to Buenos| “I feel confident that whatever Aires, effort he makes to better condi~ - |tions in the Territory, he will have Poker Game Ends 'the unanimous support of the 5 oy Chambers of Commerce of the Ter- With Ride to Jall‘nwry. We wish him luck. We i |hope for him to sueceed and that SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 17— he will accomplish everything he There was a nice poker game go- has set for himself to do,” Mr. Ro- ing. Then in walked the police den concluded. ° J and announced all bets were “cop- | L pered.” o0 000060000000 A patrol wagon was backed upje TODAY’S STOCK to the door and seven women and|e QUOTATIONS five men drew a ride to the city/e e ¢ 6 6 0 6 0 0 6 0 ¢ o jail. | The “aces” were wild, but each| NEW YORK, Oct. 17.—Alaska Ju- anted $5 for freedom. Mrs. Caro- | neau mine stock is quoted toda; line Olsen, charged with keeping a at 7', Alleghany Corporation 44%, percentage poker gare, was re-|Corn Products 126, Fox Films 97, leased on $30 bail. General Motors 64%, International e — Harvester 112%, National A Thirsty teurists cooled them-|297, Pan-American B 65'%, Stan- selves with . approximately 10,000|dard Oil of California 747%, Stan- tons of ice on American railroads|dard Oil of New Jersey 81%, Tex- springs, four in front and four in|West Coast. this summer, as Corporation 63, The draft of the book was ratified a year ago by the church au- thorities. Some of the outstanding changes from the old prayer book a Omission of the word “obey” from the woman's promise in the marriage ritual and the omission of the statement ‘with all my worldly goods T thee ghdow” from the man’s promise. In the service for the visitation of the sick phrases linking the pa- tient’s illness with the wrath of God are omitted. The holy communion office has been rearranged and modern Eng- lish employed. ——..—— AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY SOON REIGNS Will Take Hold of Govern- ment This Week—Work with English Labor —The victorious Au: Labor Party, which takes over ernment at the end of this » expects to work in cl har with the Labor Party of Great Pritain in practical steps towards reduction of armaments. James Henry, Scullin the Australian Labor leader Party, will said labor’s rule in Great Pritain and Australia, simultaneously, will prove highly beneficial to both countries and the Australian Gov- ernment would especially second England’s peaceful overtures to America and other countries James Garfield Is Chairman of New Commission A r WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.—James |A. Garfeild, Secretary of In during the Roosevelt Administra- tion, has been designated by Presi- dent Hoover to be Chairman of the Commission on Conservation and Management of Public Do- mains. lor Woman, Believed to Be Insane, Lost On Shuyak Island A searching party been organized at Uzkir to go to Shuyak Island to look for Mrs. Zenia Sum- merland, according to vices received today by Gov George A. Parks from Unit- ed States Commissioner A F. Stowe. The woman has been missing for several days and is believed to be insane. The party is hea ed by O. L. Grimes, Uzinki canneryman. 909900000000 ( of ON STAND IN FALL'S TRIAL Break Down His Evi- dence in Bribery Case WASHINGTON, Oct. by the Government counsel to |break down the testimony of Capt, J. K. Robison, retired Navy of- |awarded only half of the oil re- |serve to the Pan-American pany was started as soon as the |Fall casc was resumed this morn- |ing | Capt. Robison was in charge of |the Navy Burcau of Engineering at [the time the lease was negotiated. Capt. Robison was placed on the stand yesterday by the defense counsel in an attempt to disprove |charges that Fall accepted a $100,- | 1060 bribe from E. L. Doheny for approving the lease. Robison tes- tified Doheny agreed to bid on the Pearl Harbor project only after the Naval officials sketched to him the horrors that war might come on the Pacific Coast and the ne- sity of having a fuel supply sta- tion at Pearl Harbor. KINDNESS PAYS IRL $10,000 He | LynN, Mass, Oct. 17.—Thomas Kenney, 91, Civil War veteran of Lynn, has repaid, after death, the kindness in life of a woman neigh- bor and her daughter when he twas ill Cutting off relatives without a cent, he bequeathed his entire es- valued at $10,000, including property, money in the cats, to Rose Bruni, Street, Lynn. Her ph Bruni, was ta | persenal bank and was revealed I3 vas fi for pro- Salem court. Kenney was known as “Grand- to Mrs. Bruni and her five childre And in turn he called Bruni “mother,” though she half his age. Five months ago he was taken Alone in his ramshackle cot- his condition excited the pity { the Brunis. “Mother” prepared his favorite dishes and Rose took them across the way, where she erved them to him. That was but a few of the kind- nesses they showered on Kenney, g READMAN GOES SOUTH Th bate in daddy J. C. Readman left Juneau on les, Calif,, where he veral days as the guest s son-in-law and daughter, nd Mrs. N. M. Hayter. He iso see his new grand-daugh- illias Sutherland Hayter, to Lc Government Trying to| 17.—Efforts | \ficer, that the Elk Hills lease was| Com- i teamer Alaska and is enroute | hunting season in Southeast Alacka this season, was brought here from the flats near Petersburg. Craig was 22 years of age and a mem- ber of a prominent Ketchi- kan family. Cralg was hunt- ing ducks and his gun ex- ploded and pleces of steel from._ the. 1, severed his Juglarvir, Cralg didd with- in a few minutes. ® 06000 00 00 00 GREAT LIOUOR " RAID MADE BY " LARGE FORCES (Fortified Arsenal, Hidden Radio Station, Liquor Are Seized Today NEW YORK, Oct. 17—A forti- fied arsenal equipped with em- placemer for its battery guns and used as the headquarters for a million dollar rum smuggling syndica is in the hands of Fed- eral Agents after a surprise at- itack on the syndicate extending jalong the Atlantic Coast from here |to Atlantic City, N. J. | A mile from the armed base of 1();)t-l'nllun:i at Highlands, New Jer- sey, the raiders captured a hidden 'radio station from which orders in code were sent to a fleet of liquor ships and speed boats op- ‘u'.m-rl by the syndicate. | A force of 130 Treasury Agen!s.‘ |Deputy United States Marshals and |New Jersey State Police, went into action simultaneously, made 32 {raids, arrested 32 men and scized 'quantities of imported liquor, g - Ties Co_w;’s Tail to Wrist; Boy Killed | TOPEKA, Kan., Oct. 17—Tying |himself to a cow's tail proved fa- {tal to ten-year-old Benjamin Trent ;Anno)’cd by the whip of the ani- Imal's tail across his face, Benja- !min tied the appendage to his wrist and proceeded with the milking The cow became excited and bolt- ed for pasture, bumping the boy on the ground behind her. The boy died of internal injuries. PTG o S Mississippi chose a hlind man to lead the blind when it named |Jesse A. Adams executive secretary of the State Commission for the | Blind. The hotel was an old three-story brick structure on First Avenue South, just two blocks south of Feolets Seattle. The hotel' W! by K. Mayeda, Japanese, whose wife was among those critically injured when he leaped from a tthird story window. The fire apparatus scene three minutes alarm was turned in. Three firemen were overcome by smoke but were rescued and |restored. | The fire was over in less than |balf an hour despite the dense smoke which made fire fighting difficult. BOB MEUSEL INB. B.DEAL NEW YORK, Oct. 17. Bob Meusel, veteran outfielder, who has |been with the New York Yankees !«,mcc 1920, has been sold to the |Cincinnati Reds after all clubs in the was at the after the Beater of Dogs Yarred from I()u'm'ug Canine SACRAMENTO, Oct. 17.—If Jess Malo of Brighton, Sacramento coun- ty, ever owns another dog, he will have to serve six months in the county jail. This unusual sentence | was pronounced by Justice of the | Peace Edwin McEwen after Malo }‘.uu pleaded guilty to charges of cruelty to animals. In addition - to the suspended sentence Malo was fined $225 for beating one dog and killing an- other. - e — Flight of Land Of Soviets Is Postponed SEATTLE, Oct. 17. Broken |control wires were discovered just as the Russian fliers in the plane Land of Seviets this morning to leave for Oakland, Cal. This caused a postponement of the flight. ROUTE DIES IN AN ESTA { SEATTLE, Oct. 17.—William B. Decatur, who for 23 years was mail lclerk running to Alaska from Se- |attle and for years aboard the old steamer City of Seattle, who died here October 6 at the age of 65 years, left $100000, his attorneys dsaid in asking for an administra- ' £ {MAIL, CLERK ON SEATTLE-ALASKA SEATTLE; LEAVES . VALUED AT $100,000 | tor. } The accumulated fortune is im | invested earnings in stocks, bonds {and real estate. | The estate goes equally to two sisters, Miss Edith Decatur. and |Mrs. Alice D. Pollock, wife of a | Seattle capitalist, both of Seattle, were preparing A 3