The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 22, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIV., NO. 5235. JUNEAU, ALASKA; VTUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1929. LONE FLIER HOPS OFF FOR FLIGHT ACROSS ATLANTIC SENATE FORGES KEEP ALERT ON RATE SCHEDULES Coalition and Administra- tion Leaders Keeping Hopeful Watch SIX WEEKS REMAIN OF SPECIAL SESSION Disintegration Is Seen with Rate Controversies Still Pending WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.— 'In the face of remewed de- clarations of a steadfast pur-J pose, the Senate’s Democrat- ic - Independent Republican coalition and Administration leaders, began a vigilant, hopeful watch for the indica- tions of any break in the ranks of an alliance which might result frem the rate schedules of the tariff bill. After seven weeks devoted Clemenceau and Poincare Better, Doctors Report PARIS, Oct. 22.—Georges Clemenceau weathered the storm which thrcatened him yesterday and he apparently has returned to the former surprising vigor of his 88 years. . Doctors said they found* him in excellent con- dition after a night of rest. Choerful news also came from the bedside of former Premier Poincare after op- crations. Hospital authori- ties said the former Premier i had a good night and was getting on extremely well. . ° . ° . . . ° PRESIDENT 18 IN CINCINNATI AT DEDICATION \ 1 Will Unveil “Ohio River Monument” Commem- orating Canalization 0. CINCINNATI, Ohio, Oct. *Mezzanine Stairway to| MYSTERY ROOM NOW REVEALED PANTAGES' CASE | “Cubby Hole” Slips | Out in Testimony 'DEFENSE USES SLIP " TO GOOD ADVANTAGE Telephone Switchboard Operator Refers to Place as ‘Office Royal’ LOS ANGELES, Calif.,, Oct. 22 |An inadvertent slip of the tongue | |by one of the defense's important | witnesses, who had been in Alex- !ander Pantages’ employ for nine years, disclosed a mezzanine stair-! SOUTH BEND, Ind, Oct. 22— way to the “cubby hole” about When Oliver Loomis, one of Uncle which the trial centers in the pres- Sam's newer district attorneys, be- (gnt case against the theatre mag- gan using the broom in Indiana’s Inate for an alleged statutory workshop, he stirred up dust in cor- charge made by Eunice Pringle. i ners neglected and forgotten. | This room had been known to the (theatre magnate's employes as the! | “mystery room.” | The witness wag Mrs, Catherine Stone, telephone switchboard op- erator. | | | | | [ | | | | [ | | | | i JAMES E.WATSON The northern Indiana district at= torneyship is new, and Loomis i§ the first to hold the position. { Loomis, following exploited inves- tigatio: of election irregularities OLIVER LOOMIS RALEIGH & HALZ tentions of off-color voting to the 1926 senatorial election when the Republican Senators, James E. Wat- son and Arthur Robinson, retained their seats largely because Lake county gave them large pluralities. The district attorney, who had been Senator Robinson’s secretary, next led vice raids in East Chicago. The mayor Raleigh P. Hale, and chief of police, James Reagan, were the most miportant of 100 per- | sons arrested. Then came a new cloud of dust that attracted as: t United States attorney generals, indict- ment experts and the commission- er of prohibition James M. Doran as well as federal agents and offi- cials from Chicago and Indianapo- lis. A rumor that had traveled about Indiana for months gained national currency. It was to the effect that Lake county would be¢ “wide open” if Watson and Robinson were given MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS BROOM OF INDIANA PROSECUTOR STIRS DU PRICE TEN CENTs Y UL F. DITEMAN DEPARTS FOR ~ TRIP, LONDON Plane Soars Into Air—I10 Minutes Later Destina- tion Is Known FLIER LEAVES NOTE; IS READ BY AIR OFFICIALS Montana Cattleman Casual- ly Takes Off from Har- bor Grace on Flight | | | | - HARBOR GRACE, New- |foundland, Oct. 22.—Almost _ as casually as though he was It the age. Starting on a horseback ride outside of offi- Over his Western ranges, Ur- i ] ¢ ban F. Diteman, cattleman ;\:(‘lfisu‘\”l:’lll(}‘!“l\( grand jury meeling f rom l““infls‘ M on t an a’ The next cpisode caw Ralph B, Climbed into his monoplane Bradford, former political adviser “The Golden Hind” here and to the vLake county Republican Ku took off for London. Klux Klan, describing a purported Th : conference between Senator Wat- ere was no advance an- son, Federal Judge Thomas W. nouncement. Slick, of the northern Indiana dis-| Ten minutes later, as of- ARTHUR R.ROBINSON, wide ramification: davit exists nor cial circles kno trict and M, Burt Thurman, col- Prcsident Herbert Hoover arrived Catching her slip, she attempted to the Administration pro- visions of the measure, the herc at 9 o'clock this morning to unveil and dedicate the “Ohio .to explain she “had heard it called both the mystery room and con- schedules were unfinished River Monument” and commemor- forence room.” business in the Senate with but six weeks of the special ate the completion of the Ohio River. canalization system. The Presidential salute of 21 i Little as this indicated, that the room which only Pantages had the key and had borne the name session left for their consid- #uns greeted the President as his ;¢ wmystery room” among the the- eration. The coalition forces are de- special train arrived. Governors of three comed the President. states wel- They were 'atre and building employees, As- sistant Prosecuting Attorney Stew- art seized upon it, severely cross termined that the rates be Wiliam Conley, of West Virginia; eyamineq the witness and with a revised as to accord agricul- ture the extent of protection which it believes necessary. Republican regulars forsee disintegration of ¢ oa lition forces with controversies of rate schedules at hand. ————— RUSS PLANE STARTS EAST EARLY TODAY Land of Soviets Takes Air from Qakland for New York City OAKLAND, Cal, Oct. 22—The Russian fliers left in the plane Land of Soviets, at 5:50 o'clock this morning for Cheyenne, the next stop in the flight to New York. The plane arose gracefully after a dash of 500 yards and qulckl}'l gained altitude. A. V. Petroff, Vice President of the Amtorg Trading Corporation, of New York, is aboard the plane with his four countrymen. The fliers announced they had arranged to change motors at Cheyenne, if necessary. ————— Ninety-five million Americans and Canadians paid admission to fairs and exhibits last year, says Karl Lehman, chamber of commerce sec- retary at Orlando, Fla. Flem D. Sampson, of Kentucky, and Myers Y. Cooper, of Ohio, BRIBE OR LOAN IS CHIEF ISSUE ‘Attorneys for Government and Defense Make Much of $100,000 WASHINGTON, Oct. 22—The Government and defense attorneys summing up the bribery case against Albert B. Fall, former Sec- retary of Interior, had more to say to bolster up their respective con- tentions that the payment of $100,- :000 from E. L. Doheny was a bribe jor an innocent loan. Defense counsel Frank Hogan spoke a few minutes yesterday and | had the floor at the opening of | court this morning. It is considered likely that the ‘case will be given to the jury to- morrow. Workman Killed when NEW YORK, Oct. 22.—One work- :wnlk over the excavation foy a new |subway in Brooklyn, collapsed. The |body was recovered and identified 40 years, a negro. The Police said that it was' not likely there had been other fatalities. PREMIER WILL RETURN TO PARLOUS SESSION LONDON, O(t. 22—When Prime Minister Ramsijy MacDonald sailed for America thi) spotlight of British politics shiften across the sea, but it will swing kack to London with a bang when| parliament resumes October 29. Right up in front is the in- dustrial thundercloud labeled “coal.” The labor government long ago committed itself to do something definite about coal, but it has been waiting to see how far negotia- tions among the coalowners and between coalowners and miners can advance a solution before legisla- tive action is proposed. The coalowners have drawn up a scheme for national control of out- put and prices which is schediiled to be ready for submission to par- liament as .soon as it convenes. ‘They have s‘uwm little enthusiasm however, for the miners’ contention that a national marketing scheme presupposes a national wage agree- ment. There also is uneasiness over the expiration of the railway wage agreement November 12. The unions have given notice to terminate the wage agreement of last year and are asking the restoration to all {classes of employees of the 2% per cent surrendered voluntarily at that time on account of the companies’ low earnings. Still another source of anxiety has developed in the wood textile jindustry as a result of wage reduc- tions of 10 per cent by certain com- panies. culties in industry, however, looms the great perplexing problem of un- employment. Unemployment, af- ter all, was the outstanding problem the Baldwin government was ac- cused of having failed to solve, and it is therefore the one problem its successor in office cannot afford to fail to solve. - INFALL'SCASE Sidewalk Collapses! 'man was killed when a 35-foot side- as being that of Lee Logan, aged Behind all these sectional diffi-| thundering voice hurled questions {concerning Mrs. Stone's knowledge {of the “mystery room.” The defense attorney -protested | vigorously against the use of the cognomen insisting that the room 'had been known as a “conference” knowing virtually everything concerning the room, the “office royal” of her employer and also evi- \dent dislike for Miss Pringle, whom Ishe described as “rouged, and ‘haughty." ———e———— HONOR IS PAID EDISON BEFORE LARGEASSEMBLY Tribute Comes from Hoov- er, for Nation, All Parts of World DEARBORN, Mich,, Oct. 22— Having put behind him one of the ymost thrilling days of his long life, Thomas A. Edison is resting |today at the country home of Hen- {ry Ford preparing for his return to his home. at West Orange, New Jersey. ‘When Edison leaves here, he will carry with him the memory of the tribute voiced not only in his behalf, of the nation by President Hoover, but literally from all corners of the world. It was a tribute paid in the pres- jence of some 600 notable guests in- vited by Ford in joining and hon- |oring Edison on the Golden Jubilee of the anniversary of the discovery of the incandescent Ilght. The gathering was in a setting iof an early American village Ford constructed. ‘To Edison was given the honor seat at the épeaker’s table, despite the presence of the President, an honor rarely accorded a citizen. It was an hour of extreme hap- piness and it required all of the stamina of Edison to stand up in a flood light of his own making in the presence of the President and others to acknowledge the tribute. Several times during the brief ack- nowledgement he came near the breaking point. Chicago Coal Dealer Pays $1,000 Liquor Fine TAMPA, Fla, Oct. 22—Walter Grim, Chicago coal dealer, who was arrested on & liquor law violation charge at Key West last May after he had assumed responsibility for liquor found in the trunks brought into this country from Cuba by Congressman Michaelson, of TIlli- nois, entered a guilty plea today in the Federal Court and was fined $1,000 and costs, in Lake county by Indianapolis newspapers, sought a grand jury investigation, Lake county is the 1seat of Gary, Hammond, East Chi- cago and Whiting, teeming indus- trial cities. ‘The newspapers traced their con- As an aftermath of that, a spe- cial grand jury October 4, returned indictments against 181 persons, in- cluding Hale and Reagan. Charges | were based on violation of the | liquor, narcotic and motor theft the votes. A racketeer, facing im- prisonment for white slavery, talk- |ed. In September, 1927, James G. Browning, a veteran prohibition of- ficer in Indiana, questioned him It is contended the man recount- laws, and the Mann act. ed in an affidavit, a conspiracy of MEMPHIS, 'Tenn., Oct. 22.—The regulation of men and machines flying the nation’s airways will re- ceive the attention of outstanding legal figures here this fall during the convention of the American Bar association. Finding that state and county laws on this, the newest of man's endeavors, were so conflicting in many instances that airmen never knew when they were landing on the sheriff's toes, the association named a committee to study air- way regulations and to codify the best of them into a compact, easily understood model law. Members of the committee, head- ed by Chester W. Cuthell of New York City, will report their find- ings during the session here Oc- tober 23-25, and if acceptable, the code will be submitted to federal and state agencies. The association proposes to make its code the nation’s standard, and through it to bring safety, economy and a minimum of difficulty for flying concerns. As another important subject of the convention, an influential ele- ment of the association is endeavor- ling to make the way of the would- be lawyer longer and harder. Pre-convention notices from the Isection on legal education and ad- missions to the bar indicate that a complete pre-legal education, aside from eourses in law itself, will be | J BAR GROUP TO STUDY UNIFORM AIR LAWS AT CONVENTION AT MEMPHIS, ppsses AWAY candilord lector of internal revenue for In- diana, and manager of Watson’s last two campaigns. The conference, it was | was to influence the grand ju i Watson denied Brad- ford’s allegations. ned, Judge license to practice. The' group believes that the com- 000000000000 TODAY’S STOCK CAPT. STATES . PT.TONNSEND Former Juneau Resident Dies in South—Serv- ices Are Arranged | | | i i | | SEATTLE, Wash, Oct. 22.—Fu- (neral services are being arranged 'here for Capt. Waldo B. States, navigator of the Pacific Northwest, | who died last Saturday at Port Townsend, Wach. Capt. States was born in Hix- (ville, Ohio, in 1883, son of the late' Judge States, first United States | Commitsioner at Juneau, Alaska, where Capt. States received his early education and became a cap- tain but later turned to civil: en- |glneering, studying at the Univer- sity of Washington. During the war, Capt. States served in the Navy and was Chief Officer of several vessels in the war | zone. of the steamship International {from which he was removed by the Cutter Chelan and taken to the Marine Hospital at Port Townsend . In his youth, Capt. States travel- The courthouse (above) at Memphis and the municipal auditorim (below) will be used for sessions ©d from California to Alaska with of the American Bar Associaion October 23-25. Gurney E. Newlin (upper left) is President of the group; William Draper Lewis (upper right) is a section chairman, as is Chester W. Cuthell (lower left). Florence Ellinwood Allen (lower right) is the only woman supreme court justice in the world. Alex Ross, life-ng friend, in a small vessel, attracting wide at- tention. | Capt. States fell ill while master ficials at the airport were reading a note he had left behind, the plane had :oared out over the puggy New- foundland coast and i g peared. 1‘ Nobedy save Diteman kn .w. where he was going whea he zoomed into the ai: i the airport. The rest | the ,world found out a few min- utes later when the i pori officials’ read’ the note ; Diteman carried only 165 |of gasoline but as the plaie ‘little gas it is believed . he sufficient fuel to carry him to destination, barring accident Weather -conditions o ocean are reported fairly fa:crahic, Diteman was born in ¥.kima, Washington, 32 years ago. #¢' lafi for Montana ten years ago. His parents live in Portland, Oregon. sHoRs s has his e CONFESSES T0 SHAMHOLD-UP; ~ FIVE ARRESTED Wife of Millionaire Resorts to Scheme to Cover Gambling Debts CHICAGO, Ill, Oct. 22.—A hold- up last February in which Mrs. Edwin Price reported the loss of $18,000 in furs and jewelry, has resulted in her arrest and the ar- rest of four men she named as having conspired with her to de- fraud an insurance company. Mrs. Price is the 38-year-old wife jof a millionaire manufacturer. She |confessed to the States Attorney to |the hold-up sham. It is said that |she resorted to the sham to con- FORMER RUSS advocated as a condition of the‘ petent lawyer should be versed not |e QUOTATIONS only in the law but in the general (@ ¢ ¢ ¢ ® 8 0o 0 0 ¢ 0 0 0 ® field of knowledge. It is headed| NEW YORK, Oci. 22.—Alaska Ju- by William Draper Lewis of Pmla-‘minv stock is quoted today at 17, delphia. |Alleghany Corporation 41%, Corn Products 125%, Fox Films 92, Gen- 'ral Motors 60%, International Har- vester 109%, National Acme 31, Pan |American B 63%, Standard Oil of | California 72%, Standard Oil of New Jersey 777%, Texas Corporation | 62%, Alr Reduction 212, American | T and T 287, Electric Storage 95'%, | Missouri Pacific 92%. | —— Lawyers from all over the coun- try are to attend the convention to which jurists from many parts of the world will come. While pre- convention attendance estimates vary, local committees have ranged to eéquip the municipal au- ditorium, with a seating capacity of 12,000 for its full use. | | The huge halls of the Shelby P icounty court house, and hotel as-'St. Louis Puts Ulll'llly sembly rooms, will be used for sec- | tional meetings. Last official (rsli-) mates placed the association mem- | | pership at 27,000, | ST. LOUIS, Oct. 22—A river Some of those expected are Judge whose floods and pollution have| |Florence Ellinwood Allen of Cleve- menaced St. Louis for years, is to| land, associate justice of the Ohiobe placed in a mammoth man-made supreme court and only woman su- underground channel 13 miles long. ipreme court justice in the world The city is spending su,ooo,oooi |Silas H. Strawn, corporation coun- to create a subterranean stream, sel and former president of the as- bounded by a channel .of conerete sociation; the president, Gurney E. and steel, for what is now the River | Newlin; the two Tennesseeans on Des Per Elaborate excavation | {the United States supreme court | machinery enables 70 men to do! bench, Justices James C. McRey-|the work of 7,000, { nolds and E. T. Sanford and Dr.| The River Des Peres formerly ‘Walter C. Simons, of Berlin, chief drained an area of 110 square miles | justice of the supreme court of in the southwestern part of St. Germany. The address of Dr. Louis. When the sewer project is Simons will be one of the chief completed, the stream will be en- events, Stream Underground |Earth Tremors Felt - | Earth (Lawrence and Chapman. BENERALS DIE BEFORE SQUAD MOSCOW, Oct. z2.—Five generals of the Imperial army, named Michailov, Vossochansjy, Dymmann, Bekhanov and Schulga, have been executed by a firing! squad. The five were charged with pro- moting counter-revolutionary move- | ments whose chief aim was to| weaken the Red Army and pave the way for foreign intervention. A number of other defendants| were sent to concentration camps for varylng periods at hard labor. - former In Kansas Sections MANHATTAN, Kansas, Oct. 22.— tremors believed associated with a slight quake, were felt he: and in surrounding territory, last night. The tremors are reported at Junction City, Wamego, St. - e - A new engineering bullding, to ceal a gambling debt from her husband. According to the States Attor- ney, Mrs. Price said the plot was conceived by Morris Barnett, to whom she confided her gambling. The loot was disposed of by Max | Krakow, manufacturing jeweler and the actual “robbers” she said, were Jack Baum and Ben Levin. Mrs. Price said Barnett suggested she insure her jewels and furs for {a sum required to meet her debts and he arranged for the, “robbery” and disposition of the loot. ———— | ARMLESS GERMAN { IS VERSATILE ATHLETE SOLINGEN, Germany, Oct. 22— Fritz Bongartz, 24, who lost his arms in an accident, has received the German silver sports medal, in. recognition of his achievements as an athlete. Constant training enabled him to pass the tests prescribed by the National Olympic committee. Be= fore he received the medal hs had to pass the following examina- tions: 300 and 10,000 meters swim- ming, and 100 meters running. As by reason of his disablement shot= putting is ruled out, he will have to show proficiency in skating instead. cost $685,000, will be constructed on the University of California campus In Berkeley this year. Sporting circles rate this achieve- ment ol Bongartz much higher than any record in light athletics,