The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 7, 1929, Page 1

¥ $ I THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” ) VOL XXXV., NO 5249 JUNEAU, ALASKA THURSDAY NOVI:MBER 7 1929 MEMBER OF AS‘)OCIAT ED PRLSS PRICE TEN CENTS WOMEN JURORS, PANTAGES’ CASE, CLAIM“INFLUENCED” NEW HALIBUT TREATY WILL BE BROACHED Certain Changes Will Be Presented at Session of Parliament i COASTAL WATERS MAY BE DIVIDED Closed Season Will Be Ad- vanced — Certain Areas Be Closed OTTAWA, Ontario, Nov. 7—A new halibut treaty embodying cer- tain modifications of the 1924 con- vention between Canada and the United States, will probably be pre- sented to Parliament during the forthcoming session. .This is the result of recommen- dations by the International Fish- eries Commission. These recommendations urged that the Pacific costal waters be divided into specific fishing areas and limitations placed on the an- nual catch of halibut and that the closed season start on November 1 instead of November 15, until the middle of February. It is also suggested that fishing for halibut be prohibited in certain arcas which have been found to be resorts for the young and growing fish. ————— 400 PERISH IN EROPTION ! OF VOLCANO g Death List Reaches Largest Ever Occured in Am- ericas—Aid Sent GUATEMALA CITY, Nov. 7— The toll from the eruption of vol- cano Santa Maria is officially esti- mated at more than 400 persons. This places the eruption, which began last Saturday and was con- tinuing today, as one of the most serious volcano disasters In the' Americas. Casualties have not ap- proached this only in the eruption| of Mount Pelee in Martinique in 1002 when it was then estimated 30,000 perished. Numerous relief expeditions have been sent into the stricken area. Women’s Group to Study Naval Building Program WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.—The ship building program of the United States will be one of the chief top- ies of discussion at the women’s pa- triotic conference for national de-! fense here January 29-30-31. Views on the pending naval situ- ation are incorporated in the call totbomlu—enee,wbeuntwt within the next few weeks. These| views are outlined by the advisory “poard which consists of 40 repre- sentatives of national women’s or-[ ganizations cooperating with the D. A R, and the Amgrican Legion, auxiliary. Mrs. Lowell Fletcher Hohrt pres- ident general of the D. A. R, will preside at the conference. GIRLS CAN RUN OWN bUSINESSES, THINKS PIONEER WOMAN JEWELER BOSTON, Nov. 7.—~Women need not be afraid to enter business for themselves is the advice given by Boston's pioneer woman jeweler as she surveys 15 years 6f experience in her own wholesale and retail es- tablishment. When Miss Anna L. Callahan left her bookkeeper’s desk in 1914, she broke with a past that had bound her to that desk, working for some- one else, for 17 years. In place of serving someone else, she was determined to work for herself. But the jewelry trade was amazed. It had hever been done in Boston before. Some said it was financial sui- cide. Some warned that she would fail before Christmas. But some agreed that if any woman could succeed, it was Miss co.unnn for had been not | but a ¢ E 5 |To Investigate Wine Storage in Cdliom hardest scrapper on the Sam Hous- |, Hates Publicity SENATOR REED SAYS TARIFF BILL IS DEAD Declaration_NTade After Coalitionists Vote on One Issue WASHINGTON, Nov. 7—The co- alition of Democrats and Western Republicans yesterday succeeded by 1 vote of 48 te 30, in the Senate, to reduce the rate on pig iron from i $1.12% to 75 eents a ton. g The vote was a test of strength. »f Pennsylvania, declared that this showed the futility of attempting further arguments on industrial tar- iff increases. He further declared that the tariff bill was dead as the Associated Press Photo House would never agree to the Laura Harding, $7,000,000 heiress Wholesale changes being wrought quit a minor role in a Chicago shov by the coalition. because newspapers found out sh e —— was daughter of late J. Horac Harding, New York banker. HmH TARIFF | Latest Developed Robot Pilot Is Given Fine Test | WASHINGTON, Nov. Army aviators are enthusi over the demonstrated efficiency of a newly developed Robot pilot, two gyroscopes which : i i i 1.— ern Association Uncov- ered by Committee WASHINMQH Nov, 7. — Cam-, pnlgnphmdmflwtmrn'l'aflfl Association to obtain a high sugar maintain a constant position and keep the plane flying true and straight on its ecourse with no attention of the flier at the controls. The Robot pilot was given an test in a trimotored Ford plane flying from Cleve- S {covered yesterday by the BSenate :Lobby Committee. } J, A. Arnold, VicePresident and | General Manager of the Association {said he believed the Republican mey probably would follow Presi- |dent Hoom‘u wishes regarding the ! sugar duty. “My thought is that the President is a target,” sald Ar- nold..” Arnold explained that what he until within 30 miles of here when the propellor operating the generator failed. Lieut. Hegenberger, partner of Lieut. Maitland on the Califor- nia-Hawaii flight, then took the ' controls for the remainder of, the flight. .- ACQUITTAL IS GIVEN TEXAN FOR SHOOTING . Sius of P WEATHERF‘ORD, ‘Texas, Nov. 7., —Judge R. H. Hamilton is free to- In Excmng Chase day, a jury having decided: he acted in self-defense when his, gy FRANCIBOO Cal,, Nov. 7.— son-in-lay, Tom Walton, ‘71" ,bridge-" 5 chase in which'a Police auto was groom of a secret marriage, was ofs « were shot and killed in Hamilton's Am- Jaco cod to tonk es rfilemg s mrilio law office inst Bny, |was riddled with revolver bullets The jury, after listening ;zven last night, 16ed 1 ‘the . arrest days to testimony and eight hours of two youngsboys both sons of of argument, required only ome ..o oo R e hour and forty-six minutes to bring ;':mt amilies ; lving in in an acquittal verdict. i b ol m“'d.mxu 1S STAR TACKLE ol | DESPITE LOSS OF ARM |duty and that the word “target” was ill-advised. not amenable to public sentiment,” sald Arnold. Arnold- listed - S8enator Harrison and Senator ' Simmons as leading opponents t.o the advance of the -—0—0—0— HUNTSVILLE, Tex., Nov. 7.—One larmed Jack Jackson. is called the | 'wn state teachers. college football WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.—An in- quiry into the wine storage situa-| Despite his handicap Jackson tion in OCalifornia looking to the Plays tackle regularly. He passes 'legitimate disposal of old wine and catches the ball with ease. Six| atocks has been Initiated by Prohi- ifeet, two inches tall, he weighs 185 bition Commissioner Doran at the pounds. instance of Representative Lea, Re- ! Jackson never handled a football phblican, California. before he entered Sam Houston | ,three years ago. He amazed coaches | by reporting for practice and be- | jcame a regular last year. could keep business going while her employers were out on-the road. “In looking back over the 15 years since I started in business for my- self,” Miss Callahan says, “I find nothing that would prevent me from doing the same thing over again. “I can assure all women that there is no mystery about succeed- ing in a oommerdnl career, even where one is the manuer Add a little courage and common sense to a thorough grounding in the fun- damentals of the line you choose’ and the odds are surely in your| AFTER TODAY THERE ARE ONLY Following the vote, Senator Reed, ~ GIVENAIRING Campaurn Plans of South-. stariff in the pending bill were un- | jhad in mind was to develop a sen- ' 'timent in favor of a high sugar| “I never saw a President who was ROYAL CO’UPLE WILL BE { I | { | i Edyth Rose, 22, (right) co-pilot; B. Clark lost their lives in an aerial S ~ PHOTO_BY EWING - GALLOWAY. The marriage of Crown Prince Humbert (left) of (taly and Prince of Santa Marie Degli Angela, sear the Bates of Dio: dinal Gamba (inset, center), archbishop of Turin, will perform the rites. lan, the national church of Italy. The exterior o Marie Joc= (right) of Belgium pr. accident near Cottage Grove, O Associated Press Photo Capt. Frank O. Mercer, (left) photographer, and Pilot William re. WIFE HAGKED 10 DEATH BY HER HUSBAND PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 7.—Wally Voges, aged 28, a longshoreman, hacked his wife to death and then attempted to end his own life by cutting his throat with the same weapon, the police said who were summoned by 15-year-old Yerold Volet Jurith, who lived with the | Voges. | The officers found Voges lying jon the sidewalk in front of his home. A trail of blood led up five flights of stairs to the Voges’ japartment and to the dead body f Mrs. Mary Voges. The Jurith girl said she was, wakened early this morning by ,the Voges quarreling. She crawled !from her bed in time to see Voges advance and ‘hack his wife to death. | Petersburg Protests ‘ To Seattle Statements . LS 05 | PETERSBURG, Alaska, Nov. 7.— |'The Oity Council, Commercial Club, 'Cold storage, Telephone Company 'and other local utilities vigorously |deny the statement in Seattle news- ypaper§ that the Foshay Company | have any interest in any local en- | terprise. | The light and power systems of | Petersburg are operated by the city. ° Foshay started negotiations but failed to complete them. { | Walks Into Police | Trap and Captured SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 7.— Walking into a police trap set for at Pier 32, James To- paz,’ alias Roy Fisher, 23, ac- Hiks during the holdup of the American Trust . Company’s | ich at Sacramento and Pre- Avenue Wednesday, was captyred this morning. l (GOVERNMENT IS DEFIED BY 3 BURLY MEN CHICAGO, Ill., Nov. 7—A new effert of the Federal Government to collect $300,000 which it claims is due from Terry Druggan, former beer baron, for back income taxes and penalties, has been defeated by three of Druggan’s employees. Mrs. Myrtle Blackridge, Collec- tor of Internal Revenue, and Chief, Deputy Robert Neely, were stopped at the gates of the Druggan coun- try estate by three burly men who told the Government representa- tives: “Nothing done. You can't come in here.” Neely is not sure what '.he next step will be. ——e——— Juneau Police - Dog Turns Out As Petty Thief . When is a Police dog not a Police dog? That question is not only puzzling a Juneau milk de- livery man but also Chief of Police Getchell. There is a German Police dog, supposed to have been trained to do guarding, that has turned out to be a com- mon, ordinary petty thief. ‘The milkman in question complained that bottles of milk had disappeared after he was sure delivery had been made, He and others watched and a certain police dog was seen to sneak up on a porch, seize the milk bottle in his mouth and disappéar in the vieinity of the Grade School. ‘ To add more mystery, the . Police' dog now has a con- federate and pupil—a ‘mon- grel thief. Together they are o _ pilfering milk in bottles, but- e their rendezvous is still un- e maflfi their capture o ,..'..'.< ........Qi.... @ececccscccsseseccocsoe TRAILING RUM TRUGK,OFFIGER FATALLY SHOT TOLEDO, Ohio, Nov. 7.—Ralph Toledo, died as a result of bullet | wounds received when he was fired ;upon by a gang of rum runners | last night. Zahnle and another Deputy Mar- Jshal. E. H. Genzler, were trailing a truck into Toledo which they sus- pected was loaded with liquor. The truck was apparently guard- ed by men following in an auto- mobile. The guards, seeing that they were being foHowed, suddenly turned their machine and blocked the road to the officers. ‘The officérs’ car 'coluded and immediately four men in the guard car began shooting at the officers. The Marshals did not have a chance to fire their guns. Ganzler was not hurt. General, Who Crushed Mexican Revolution, Is Given Big Command pie MEXICO 'CITY, Nov. 7—Gen. }Juan Almagan, who drove the Es- cobar rebels out of Northern Mex- ico command of the entire border from the Chihuahua poundary to Mata- moros, .under a revision of mili- tary commands. The revision glves Gen. Almagan, who is expécted to return from |France sometime this month, one {of the strongest and most strategic | commands in Mexico. {Surrenders on Charge Of Robbing Chinaman B s BAKERSFIELD, Cal, Nov. 7.— Frank Wilson surrendered at the Sheriff'’s office here today to a |warrant out for' his arrest for al« leged robbery of Earl Wong, Bak+ ersfield Chinese, who reported three .‘mun last week lwd drugged him in a hotel room and robbed him of ASQOOO Zahnle, aged 33, Deputy Marshal of | last spring, has been given! ”"‘"\‘RIED BY CARDINA' GAMBA (b. ROME 4 Press Photo ace at the church snown above. Car bly witi he churei / tion Issued Nations to tied Chicago Fair WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.— ° Presikmt Herbert Hoover lo dev “issued a proclamation e ting the nations of the . crld to participate in a & World's Fair, in Chicago, in L . ) 20000000000 e 'TARDIEU-FORMS - NEW MINISTR 0 «elaration Is Presented to Uvenchi Parliament— i Pcliy Outlined PARIS, Nov. 7.—A ministerial| declaration of the new Andre Tar- dieu Government was today pre- sented to the French Parliament. The declaration outlines a policy of peace and conciliation abroad and. prosperity and security at home. The Tardieu Covernment assured the Chamber of Deputies it will enter the London naval confer- ence In the friendliest spirit hav- ing in mind, however, like the attitude of predecessors that gen- eral disarmament must include that of land and air as well as sea. !New Gambling Ruling Is Made |By Cal. Judge LOS ANGELES, Cal, Nov. 7. —The Superior Court in grant- ing a Writ of Habeas Corpus in a case connected with the re- cent offshore operations of the former gambling ship Mont- falcone, today branded as arbi- trary, unreasonable and oppres- sive the act of the legislature in making transport of passen- gers to and from a gambling ship a misdemeanor. ———.——— Charles Devlin, of the Booterie Shoe Shop in Ketchikan, arrived in Juneau on the steamer Northwest- | ern and is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel. dimcugn made. [AFFIDAVITS N CASE FILED IN SUPEROR COURT Three \Vomen Claim Fear | Caused Them to Vote for Conviction STATEMENTS MADE IN PLEA FOR NEW TRIAL Biffle and Wife Also Make Statements—Outgrowth of Perjury Charges LOS ANGELES, Cal., Nov. 7.—~Fear of radio utterances against them by Rev. R. P. Shuler influenced voting for {conviction of Alexander Pan- ’tnges on a statutory charge |brought by Eunice Pringle, |17-year-old university dancer, [three women stated in affi- ;dnvlts filed in the Superior | Court. i These were filed in connection with the theatre man’s plea for a new trial which will be heard in the Superior Court on Saturday. The Three Women The jurors, whose statements (were included among seven affi- davits, are Mrs. Christina D. Ul- rich, Mrs. William Ingles and Mrs. Lotta C. Steiner. They swore they were influenced {aiso by the: sWitching of early votes for acqui by inclusions of the words “with cleméncy” in the ver- dict, upnder the impression such ’.lt mandatory ou %fimflw a light ‘l‘wo Other Affidavits Affidavits were also filed by Gar- land Biffle and wife, both of whom lestified for Pantages by attorneys W. I Gilbert and Joseph Ford, {defense counsel lawyers, who said Rev. Shuler’s addresses affected the trial. ‘Biffles sald his arrest on perjury charges unnerved him and |he " was unable to give further ‘fitrnlzhuwmard testimony. “It seems rather strange to me,” District Attorney Fitts said, “that since the verdict was returned, the jurors have had a sudden change of henr!” GGMMUNISTS CELEBRATING Twelfth Anmversary of 1917 Upheaval Is Being Observed MOSCOW, Nov. 7.—Communist {Russia observed in traditional revo- lutionary fashion the twelfth anni- versary of the 1917 upheaval which ushered Bolshevism into the world and destroyed the ancient Russian Government. Millions of yards of red bunting ]are displayed, huge flaming placards |and symbolical wooden floats, num- |erous speakers’ stands and large portraits of Lenine, Marx and Stal- in are everywhere. The historic Red Square here was 1trans!ormed into a mighty theatri- cal stage for the passing of a 12- mlclle long military and civilian pa- rade. LONDON, Nov. 7.—Hamlet in plus-fours has been succeeded on the London stage by a Falstaff who carries an umbrella and reads the evening papers. Modern dress presentations of Shakespearean plays are of course |no longer a novelty; but the “The! Merry Wives of Windsor” as pro- duced here by the British Empire Shakespearean society is more than that. and ultra modernized, with a few original “gags” thrown in. “I've run out of petrol,” observes |Master Fenton as he prepares to \take the beauteous Anne Page for & ride on the flapper bracket on his motorcycle. Falstaff wears a tall coat and soft gray hat, and, when his clothes seem rather damp after the celebrated ducking in the wash bas- ket, Bardolph dries them with an lelect.rtc iron. It is Shakespeare syncopated , 'BRITISH PRESENTATION JAZZES SHAKESPEARE Mrs. Ford has a grand piano in her drawing room and a telephone on which she calls the number “Windsor 34" in connection with her arrangements for the final dis- comfiture of Falstaff. The Merry Wives of course, ap~ {pear in the smartest of modern at- tire, and the parson of the play wears modern English clerical gar- |ments. ~ Newsboys dash in at one | junctute shouting the results of the Lincolnshire handicap and the boat race. Outside the inn a woman is playing a portable phonograph {seen as a down-and-out actor car= {rying a sandwich board advertising |a motion picture called “Why She ;Lled to ‘Her Husband.” Many poptilar songs are heard ‘durmg the ‘course of the comedy, ,nnd the final revel proceeds to the jaccompaniment of a portable wire less set. playing a recent hit. % ¥ £ on. a perambulator, and Pistol is