The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 1, 1929, Page 1

HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRID. 1929, FALL S SENTENC NOVEL GAINS DURING || THREE HOURS Prices Range Upwards from Two to Thirty Points in Short Session EXCHANGE CLOSED FOR PRESENT WEEK Brokers Strive to Catch Up with Record Volume of Business | STOCK MARKET k% NEW YORK, Nov. i.—The stockI\ market is closed while brokers strive to catch up with the greatest vol- | ume of business ever transacted in four days in the history of Wall | Btreet. ] The Stock Exchange and curb | enarket ended the week yesterday | after a three-hour session in which a flood of buying stimulated by ! constructive financial news, recoup- | ed much loss in quoted values suf- fered in the record breaking col- fapse of Monday and Tuesday. Prices showed net gains ranging (rom 2 to 30 points. The maximum gain on the curb was 55% points. ET UNSETTLED ‘Nov. 1.—According to a statement issued by Milne, Ryan | the Gardner school In New York among the studonts. PROMPTS Carman Dee Barnes of Nashville, Tenn., 16-year-old author of “gchoolgirl,” a novel of boarding school life, has been dismissed from DISMISSAL . Associated Press Photo as a result of her book’s popularity and Gibson, Incorporated, the re- cent heavy declines in the New York stock market has depressed conditions generally throughout the country and the fur market is very much unsettled at present and it is| LUCKY STRIKES EARN AN EXTRA Bingham Questioned : n o FITTS WILL OPPOSE W. B. Foshay Concern Goes Into Receivership MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. Nov. 1.—All properties -own= ed and managed by Wilbur B. Foshay and the W. B. Foshay Company, valued at more than $20,000,000, in- cluding industrial and util- ity concerns in 30 States, besides Alaska, Canada and Central America, went into receivership today. The ac- tion was brought on the judgment of $5,000 obtained against the W. B. Foshay Company by H. H. Hanley, Vice-President of the con- cern. ©ceeesesceccoce . ° . 000000 css e SENTENCING OF PANTAGES HELD UP FOR PERIOD Motion for New Trial Is! Made Today—Hearing Set November 8 RELEASE FROM JAIL Claims Pantages Had Pre-| pared Airplane in Which to Fly from Country LOS ANGELES, Cal, Nov. 1.— Sentencing of Alexander Pantugea,1 recently found guilty of a statutory ¢ — Ay FORMER SECY. INTERIOR GETS YEAR IN JAIL Fine of $100,000 Is Also Part of Sentence Given A. B. Fall MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL IS DENIED Case Will Be Appealed— Justice Hitz Makes Statement WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.—Alber B. Fall, former Scertary of I Interior, convicted of receiving a $100,000 bribe, was today sentenced to one year in jail and also fined $100,000. Sentence was passed after W p ki a motion for a new trial was de- Associated Press telephoto showing the President and Mrs. Hoover, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Edison nied by Justice Hitz, of the Dis- and Henry Ford on the rear platform of a train at Dearborn, for the celebration honoring the Ameri- grict of Columbia Supreme Court. can inventor on the fifticth anniversary of the incandescent light. Fall was found guilty last week — . - - - — —— e of receiving the bribe from E. L. . Doheny, oil operator. To Wed R"}nhy Fall was granted freedom on a bond pending appeal. Under the law, the maximum sen- tence could have been given the former Cabinet member, three times the amount he received or $300,000 and three years in a Fed- eral prison. The defense attorneys made a brief formal motion for a new trial at the opening of court. The pro- ceedings were over within a few minute Justice Hitz said that had Fall been in good physical condition he would have imposed the full sen- tence but in view of his health ENT PAYS TRIBUTE TO THOMAS A. EDISON YOUNGQUISTTO SUCCEED MRS, WILLEBRANDT ! | Attornel General of Minne- sota Is Chosen for Position by Hoover Parted n Paris ED TO JAIL: ALSO GIVEN FINE anticipated there will be declines | |offense preferred by Eunice Pringle, WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.—G. A.! he would suspend sentence if it of fully 25 per cent in all items. {17-year-old_coed-dancer was delayed | Attorney G al of had taken effect at once. Further information will be issued | | jautomatically today by the filing} been selected by t b B i O R 4 as the market is stabilized. $2 DIv‘ u E N D jof a motion for a new trial, Su-| Hoover to succeed Mrs. | \perior Judge Fricke set November ligbrandl as it Attorney RESENTS STATEMENT —— |0 for hearing of arguments. % ;General in charge cof Prohibition ; 3 WASIERNGTOW, duv. 1-~Scnator Yesterday, District Attorney Pitts] * e | Enforcement, 7 Youngquist was horn in Sweden and his home is in Crookston, Min- nesota. He is now in hington and will take his office in the nes Robinson, Repubiican of Indiana,|American Tobacco Compa- today characterized as “unfair and | o unjust{‘ the statement of Senator ny GI.VCS Newsp?mrs Credit for Earnings Isaid invstigators had discovered | ithat before the close of Pantages lu'ml. Pantages had prepared an, airplane at San Diego for flight |from the country. A Robinson, of Arkansas, blaming the stock market collapse on prosperity | BERLIN HISSED | | A | B ™| future. The nomination is ex- S dal D Duri | statements of President Hoover,/] NEW YORK, Nov. 1.—The Am- | Fitts said his office would op-| BB .. |pected to be transmitted to the canda evelops uring | former President Coolidge and Sec- |erican Tobacco Company yesterday pose any attempt the defense; Senate today or tomorrow. Oflicial's Visit in | retary of Treasury Mellon. The In-|voted an extra cash dividend of might make to obtain Pantagess| Youngquist h orved several dignan asserted that President $2 on each share of common stock. {release from jail. Jerry Geisler, United States [ A ot L AN 9 3 & terms as Attorney General in his { | Ioover, during all of his public|This is in addition to the regular |Pantages's attowney, said he wouldi state and before that as A tant e ; E\ureeri niver encouraged anyone to quarterly dividend of $2 a shur‘e)i noé n;flke am:;:lquest. i Attorney General. He is a close! RMumol: has it !}l:cet M:fssDBe‘rnla;gme BERLIN, Germany, Nov. 1.—Gus- il R S B g ey e |iriena of Andrew Volstead and 6.1 Muroky, dasehtehet Danlel TCH tav Bosss, Berlins Lord Mayoe xes [ _ s 8 5 1 vale. ad * turned today from an American QUOTATIONS YESTERDAY President L. Ames Brown of the charges and his trial. was set for: ID' Bvale. { will shortly announce her engage- Y NEW YORK, Nov. 1.—Closing famous advertising firm of Lord quotations yesterday were as fol- lows: Alaska Juneau mine stock 5%, Alleghany 30%, American Ice 38%, American Alcohol 31%, Beth- lehem Steel 96!, Corn Products 103%, Fox Films 75, General Mo- tors 47%, International Harvester 95%, Kennecott Copper 75%, Na- tional Acme 42%, Pan-American B |and Thomas and Logan said today: {“The ability of the American To- bacco Company to announce this definite forward step, which is due to enormous sales of Lucky Strike Cigarettes, registers an emphatic achievement of American news- papers. The American Tobacco Company are demonstrating and Aassoclated Press Photo Senator Bingham of Connecticut | testifying before the senate lobby investigating committee. ——e——— November 26. — > NEW LEADERS IN GCOMMAND tour and was greeted with jeers 3 RUSS FLIERS | DETROIT, Mucis, lov. 1.—The OFF FOR N. Y. | / ment to Prince Borromeo, of Italy. ;4 pisses, both at the rallway sta= | tion and again as he and his wife =707 T cntered their home. The demon- 03 > strations were the echoes of one "’"’l P’ l_zc wm L that took place as he debarked from Medicine Divided |the steamer Bremen at Bremer- Between Professors haven. The cause of the manifestations resulted from a scandal over con- M, dov. 1—The No- STOCIIIICT Creno: intratioe] 65%, Standard Oil of New' Jerse! confidence n e value o ne\'.is- n | # (the four iers aboard, 0! or.peen divided between Dr. Frederick i 69%, Texas Corporation 57%, Al |PAPET advertising. Thelr appropria- B | New York at 10 o'clock this morn-| Lord Mayor was visiting in Call ition for advertising this year was $12,000,000, most of which will be expended with daily newspapers.” Reduction 141, Electric Storage 88, American T & T 242, Missouri Pa- cific 70%. e e ————— {Load of Stone Drops On Chicago Official; Later Dies in Hospital CHICAGO, I, Nov. l1—Henry A. Burger, trustee of the Sanitary District of Chicago, was killed to- day when a load of stone toppled from the thirty-fourth story of a new North La Salle Street build- !ing and crushed him. Butger was walking to his office, a_ block away, when the stone SPEEDY CORN HUSKERS TO -COMPETE FOR TITLE PLATTE CITY, Mo, Nov. 1.—The middle west's fastest corn shuck- ers are preparing to beat a record- breaking tattoo on the wagon boards hgre November 15 in the sixth national corn husking con- test. Walter Olson of Toulon, Il last year’s champion, will defend his title against nearly 20 of the corn belt’s speediest huskers. dropped to the sidewalk. At first it |Was introduced in the Senate today | A xansas, who is arranging affairs, R F A RM Bo A R D,g T ASK e The present record of 35.8 bushels |was believed the driver of a light |by Senator Norris of Nebraska, .bu'f. before leaving for the London Naval | WASHINGTON, Nov. « 1.—Three k. husked in 80 minutes, is held by |delivery truck had been struck but |8t the request of Senator Fess of{c,pference, i reporters, Gorham Hendricks, Lin- | Elmer Williams of Knox county,|Burger was identified before he|Ohio, consideration was deferred. PR e L R { ton Burkett and Jack Nevin, of the IN LI VESTOCK SETUP Illinois, 1925 winner, He was run-|died at a hospital, by his law| Senator Norrls called attention | | Washington Times, who were senc ner-up in last year’s contest. pertner, Benjamin F. Goldstein. |0 the fact that the resolution was) Mr. and Mrs. Pred Sorrl and e ~ |to jail for contempt of court after T . k. privilege but said he would glaffl&ison, Fred, Jr., returned to Juneau » 19 ‘”m, refused to give information By FRANK 1. WELLER jal legislation to force packers to lay it aside temporarily if anyonejon the steamer Northwestern. Mrs. Don.s Stevens, noted feminist, has to the grand jury, have requested Farm Editor !buy at livestock terminals and om CIGARETTE SALEg JUMP requested. Sorri and her son have been vis- & obtained a divorce’ in Paris from relbae: o AR l‘)ond eQUESHOd | associated Pross Feature Servier) |an open market have failed. Many [ The resolution follows: iting her mother, Mrs. Grace Pur- Dudley Field Malone. Mrs. Malone @ e ; 3| WASHINGTON, Nov. 1—In bring- | packers have sold great blocks ‘of “That the action of the Senator |que, in Potrland, Ore. for the past. filed her suit several months ago, |corPus proceedings, .This couse| HET oo Lt o o o e stocke tn publin stockyards and sed 10 PER CENT YE A RIIY from . Connecticut,” Mr. Bingham, |few weeks, They were joined in chaugiig desertion, The marriage | Was taken when Justice Gordon de- (6 1€ Mot iPA® YR 00 Oth M0 | bite: S AT Malone clined to reconsider his refusal to into a gigantic corporation such as|up their own concentration points, :l;np‘llad:gn:;ir}“gh;rlle:oul;. o]:ij":;:e Seattie u by B | ::1:,:; gl)!;zi:‘:t‘;;n%l lfgséw;lqua‘r,“ wse the trio on bond pending |is underway for grain and wool and | buying direct from the farmer or 3 Semtepont the t.h:e and manner |Syock Losses | confidant of the late President appeal from his decision. 'r.“:h-;if :horifn'm bw!;{ {éndb »:;v ims cooperative. NEW YORK, Nov. 1.—One hun- |nouncement that wholesale cigaret|set forth in the report of the sub-|" s Woodrow Wilson, During the Wil- JRE% 3 ice the chief economic factor, rather i dred cigarets yearly for every man, | prices would be put back up where{committee of the Committee on Are Blamed for son regime, he was Collector of the |/ .,)) One Year § than creation of a commodity ou(-‘ Constant wrangles with stockyard woman and child in the United |they were before the recent com- | Judiciary, is gontrary to good mor- Suici Port of New York. 4 ’ | let. 3 ‘lmerests and commission merchants States is the current rate of pro- | petitive “tobacco war.” i and Benikatbal o wnd wnds’()ne uwl,de ‘ international Newsresl For Im:bezzlement | Meat prices are profitable and | have resulted. Prequeml_y cooper- 2 duction in the American tobacco in-| Based on figures for the past 15|to pring the Senate. into dishonor! Wi 0f 25 Cent |the industry does not suffer for|atives themselves are serious coms dustry. years the consumption of cigarets'and disrepute' and such conduct is|® CHICAGO, Ill, Nov. 1.— e/ 45 51 e / zo Lents lack of sales. Its big problem lsipeulcrs. w_here cooperatives com-~ ‘A statistical examination of the |will continue its gigantic HDWB!d'hereby s byiipe ® The Police blamed stock e Icu'y COUNCIL TO HOLD Y . | the coordination of sales to prevent | pete in terminal markets, the cor- industry, sponsored by Clark, Dodge | swing for several years. Since 1915| Senator Bingham employed Eyan- e market losses for the suicide e | REGULAR MEETING TODAY o I'ERRE HAUTE, Ind., Nov. e market gluts that momentarily de- |poration hopes to amalgamate thelr & Co., indicates that the American |the annual increase in the United !son, of the Connecticut Manufact-|® of wealthy real estate oper- pashir P e 1.—Walter Plerce, Notary e |press price. mterest_.s on the theory that unity 3 public will pay more this year for States has ranged from 6.8 to |urers Association to assist in cer- e ator, J. F. Kubec, who was The first of this month’s re e Public, has been sentenced to ) of action will give them greater little white rolls of shredded to-|40.78 per cent, with the exceptiontain matters pertaining to, the ® found hanging in his office lar. semi-monthly meetings will be|e one year at the State Penal e | Spokesmen recall that a short|bargaining power. bacco than for national defense. of a 10.71 per cent decline in 1920.:',mfl measure. e when employees returned held by the City Council tonight e Farm for embezzlement of _25 ® (time ago 200 carloads of livestock | Since the program of a commodi- The total amount is estimated at | For 10 years the rise has main- S S MR e from lunch. e in Council Chambers at City Hall.'e cents, when he pleaded guil- @ reached the St. Louis market on a |ty corporation makes the coopera- $850000,000 for 1929, Other authori- |tained itself at an average rate of | Miss Mamie Feusi and Miss Eliza- | Stock losses are also blam- The matter of the projected floate ty to allegation of having e day when its capacity was bub 40|tive rather than the individual ties have estimated as high as $1,- {[more than 10 per cent each year. beth Feusi, of Douglas, who have |® ed for the attempted suicide o [for small boats, to be constructed e failed to forward to the Sec- @ | carloads. Such occurrences con-!farmer the chief entity, the lve- 000,000,000. 8 Consumption has doubled since the |been visiting friends and reletives ® of Himan Mendelson, retired at the Alaska Juneau rock dump.je retary of State, a 25 cent e | stitute one of the elements the cor-|stock set-up is interested in devel- Many millions of dollars have | war. At the present rate of in-!in San Francisco, Oakland, Port- ® business man, who was re- e is expected to be discussed and the e fe collected for an automo- @ |poration will seek to eliminate. | opment of centralization points been added recently to the value of | crease for 1929 this year will show |land, Tacoma, and Seattle for the ® vived after inhaling gas. © |estimates furnished by the Alaska e bile driver's license. ® | The question of service also em- from which cooperatives may con- tobacco company shares. Specula-|a rise of more than 13 per cent!past five weeks, returned home on ® Road Commission given considera- o » ® braces the “direct shipment” prac-|duct direct shipment activities with & tive interest was revived by an an- jover 1928, Ithe Princess Mary, |90 88 8V § W 9. 0w IM ¥ % es o0 000000 packers. 3 OF SENATOR IS | BEING SOUGHT Resolution Censuring Bing- ham Introduced by Senator Norris WASHINGTON; Nov. 1.—A reso- lution asking for condemnation of United States Senator Hiram Bing- ham, Republican of Connecticut, ing. The fliers have been held Gowland Hopkins, professor of bio- ¢ .- Jones at Helm of Republi-; cans and Walsh Will | Guide Democrats ‘ WASHINGTON, Nov. 1—New, leaders are in command of both the ' Republican and Democratic sides of | the Senate. ! Senator Wesley L. Jones of Wash- | ington, today took over the helm‘. of the Republicans, Watson having | temporarily relinquished command | in order to take a rest. 1 Senator Thomas J. Walsh, of Montana, stepped into the place of Senator Joseph T. Robinson, of chemistry at the University of Cam- bridge, England, and Dr. C. Eijk- | mann, professor at the university of | REACH NEW YORK | Utrecht in Holland. R. A. Zeller, Supervisor of Ton- | NEW YORK, Nov. 1.—Complet-| o T Tar dle“ W‘“ Auempt gass National Forest, left today for 1ing the hazardous journey of 12,500 imiles, the globe trotting Russian | 1 3 1., . {plane landed at Curtiss Field at| To Form French Cabinet SG"Q'.f,‘,‘gQSfll’,';nf‘ffif;p;fi {hec;z’. |4:13 o'clock this @fternoon. Six| PARIS, Nov. 1.—Undre Tardicu ka ranger district. He will return |thousand persons greeted the fliers.{n,s formally accepted President here sometime next week. “}"ulicmnc-n were unable to check|poumergue's invitation to form a S e |the crowd. {new ministry. ‘Two others have; One-third of the cost of a French | failed to form a Cabinet. motor car consists of taxes. i ——————— ZFLLER LEAVES TODAY FOR INSPECTION SITKA DIST. ‘hnrc for two days by unfavorable ! weather conditions. | | | | '_ 174 {'I'hr(-v Reporters e hatneics Contempt of Court| itke. For years attempted nation-