The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 12, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY A ASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXV., NO. 5253. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1929. HOOVER ADVOCATES RED PAID LOBBYIST | -CURTISS FIELD, N. Y, Nov. 1 —_— (—Ruth Rockwell, aged 2 igi well, N. Y., committed sulcide Mon- S . , Jenator Caraway Pays Re dey by leaping from a passenzer | v spects to Pottery As- plane shortly after the takeoff from $ .8 M Curtiss Field. sociation Man The plane was piloted by B. F.! Booth, who said the girl appeared WASHINGTON, Nov. 12—Chair-|at the field fifteen minutes be- man Caraway, of the Senate Lobby |fore her leap from the plane. She Investigation Committee, on the |asked to charter the plane for &l flcor of the Senate, referring to |short ride. William Burgess, of the United' ates Fottery Association, said: p. £ GIRL CHARTERS PLANE FROM WHICH TO TAKE HER LIFE BY LEAPING fan aititude of 1500 feet lu Ithe door of the girl on rl asted him to go higher. Bosth had reached 2,000 hen he said he irch and he looked back the cabin op to ¥ arently yinz her pray: The body was eld. when the feet | felt a sudden nees before it ap- and a| moment laier she arose and leaped | to dec ir]'s found 200 murder of hi feet from (he cdge of the flying Arnold Rothstein, has adjouthed MURDER TRIAL 1S ADJOURNED UNTIL NOV. 18 Delay Cccurs in Mystery| Surrounding Murder of | N. Y. Gambler NEW YORK, Nov. 12—The frinl A. McManus, for the| gambler assoclate | {of George until November 18 because of ‘the illnezs of Thomas Thompson, fal- | Pilot Booth said he had gained | “This paid lobbyist has no regard for his own reputation and no hesi- tation at committing perjury. He is perfectly willing to slander the members of the Senate.” Senator Caraway made the state- mont after reading a report of his Commission’s investigations of Bur- gess’ activities and the latter’s at- tempt to have Frederick Kozh, em-‘; pioyee of the Tariff Commission, disciplined. This amounted to “ap- proximately contempt of the Sen- ate,” said Caraway. Burgess criticized Koch for giving | Congressmen certain aid during the hearings on the tariff bill. | | | NEW INQUIRY | WASHINGTON, Nov. 12—The| Senate Lobby Committee today be- gan an inquiry into purported plans to organize the Southern Republi-| can Council “and hold the line” in| the Southern States. Among other exhibits placed in| the record was a letter, under the | name of J. A. Arnold, Manager of | the Southern Tariff Association, dis- | cussing the place of the negro in Southern politics. { In addition, a document was in- troduced into the record which pur- ported to give plans of the South- ern Republican Council which said | # the “t_:egm..;p'!om&em Ppolitics can best be eliminated through the elec- tion of southern negro Democrats t0 Congress from Chicago and Harlem and other colored districts.” - BRITISH ISLES LASHED BY GALE ~- Blht Persons IGllad: Many|CTime Revapled § By Nervousness Injured, Property Dam- 0f Chicago Lad age Is Enormous flost CHICAGO, I, Nov. 12—Nerv-|e® ousness displayed by 13-year-old ® Freddie Nette, at school, led to his|® being held for killing a hunter on|e his father’s land on Sunday. | Statement made by the boy.led e the police to the backyard of the|e Nette farm where they dug up the|e boy's .22 calibre rifle. A baying e hound over the body, led to the|e discovery of Herman Ansen, 19 e years old, who had been killed. |e “Yes, I shot him,” the Nette boy | is quoted as saying by the police. “He was about 400 yards away.| I did not think I could hit him.| He had no business on my rather'sf land anyway.” FRESISIPSL )y Bt Internat i LONDON, Nov. 12.—Eight per- sons were killed through accidents and drownings, many were injured and tremendous property damage inflicted by a gale which lashed the British Isles and surrounding seas. The wind blew at a velocity varying from 50 to 70 miles an hour. Occasional bursts reached’ a speed of 90 miles. Cross Channel steamers reported a terrific buffeting by waves which often smothered them and some- times overtopped the funnels. Passengers suffered severely from anxiety and sickness. Condition improved with dawn this morning and the sun shone brilliantly over scenes of wreckage in various places. - eee STABLER GOING SOUTH Round Steak Moves Up | As Sirloin Goes Down‘ | | The Red Slicker Bandit o \ losephine Dobscher, eighteen and pretty, of Chicago, known as the “Red Slicker Bandit,” as she appeared in court on a charee of first degree, lajor McReynolds {Reported Killed ‘I n Nicaragua WASHINGTON, Nov. 12. The Navy Department has been advised from Managua, Nicaragua, that Major Charles S. McReynolds, Unit- ed States Marine Corps, has died as the result of a bul- let wounds inflicted by na- tives. The report gave no details pending an inquest. ® 0 00000 00 0 00 e — LAUNDRY MARK P GIVES CLUE T0 TRAINWRECKER leged to be one of the men with | fwhom McManus and Rothstein ‘plnyed cards a few days bemrei-thE! | shocting, whe: it is said R@th- {stein lost hea: to McManus? | Ome juror has been sworn. | | An affidavit from a Milwaukee physiclan said Thompson is ill there and unable to comec to New ¥ork for a week or ten da e STOCK ~ LAID TO BLOG N CONGRESS New York—gnker Gées His Opinion for Recent Stock Debacle - | NEW YORK, Nov. 12.—The re- cent stock market crash, in ‘the opinion of Fred I. Kent, Director of the Bankers Trust Company, was largely due to fear engendered in the minds of business men by oppo- sition of the coalition bloc in Con- gress on proposed tariff. W Sp hefore 400 bankers.dkize (sal “activities of this hlo¢ and the method aroused a l‘eellng) of uncertainty on the part of in- dustry and uncertainty is the most 'difficult thing that business faces.” RAISE DUTY "~ ON TUNGSTEN, WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.—The Senate has voted to give higher ! protection to tungsten used in the martufacture of steel, approving re- i tention of the House duty of 50 cents a pound as against 45 cents, the present law. The issue was decided on a tiei vote, 31 to 31. The action is against steel manu- facturers who import tungsten and in favor of American mines produc- ing it. The Sendte recently approved an increase on manganese, also used in steel manufacture. George Is Ill; Engagements Cancelled LONDON, Nov. 12—Prince George, youngest son of King George and Queen Mary, is confined to his room ( today with a chill and has cancelled all engagements. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS TION IN NAVAL ARMAMENT S s A view of the the Soviets,” as it arrived in Roo Moscow via Japan and Alaska, Althcugh the “Red” crowd around the Soviet plane, “Land of (i ”\VV’Yelc;)n;efiilil Nuv li;i'k‘ ‘ sevelt Field from i ko government is not reéognized by the United States, the crowd gave the Russian flyers a huge ovation. International Newsreel Soviet Flyers Greeted in New York Che Russian flyers who flew to New York in their plane “Land of the Soviets” as the velt Field. They are Semyon PEELE £ STaRee STATE POLICE LINKED y arrived in Roose- Shestakov, Philip | International Newsreel BY TYPEWRITER MESH' MILLIONS ARE EMBEZZLED BY BANK JUNIORS Money Is Used in Specula- tions in Stock Market —Books Audited FLINT, Mich, Nov. 12. — Em- ployees and junior executives of the Union Industrial Bank embezzled $3,592,000 from the bank for specu- lations in the stock market, an audit of the institution reveals. Higher officials of the bank have turned over a large sum of per- sonal funds to guarantee depositors HARRISBURGE, Pa., Nov. The advantage of the criminal with a high speed automobile will be off- isnt in Pennsylvania by installation lof a system of instantaneous com= munication among all police de- partments. ! Through an appropriation of $260,000 by the legislature, one hun- | | dred cities and control points of the state police and highway patrol| will be connected on January 1 by the telegraph-typewriter machine |that has gained wide use in busi- ness, particularly by newspapers. | The discovery of a crime will be | immediately flashed to all police headquarters, with all data that might aid in apprehension. Maj. Lynn G. Adams, superin- tendent of the state police, has se- lected cities along the two main thoroughfares of the state, the Wil- | liam Penn and the Lincoln high-| | ways, approximately 20 miles apart, Bolotov, Boris Sterligov and Dmitry Toofayee. Start- ing from Moseow they came to New York by way of Japan, the Bering Straits and Alaska. Liquor Raider Given 50 Years For Murder CHANDALER, Okla., Nov. 12—Jeff Harris, Deputized Federal liquor raider, was today sentenced to 50 yea in the State Penitentiary by the vict Court for the murder of Oscar Lowery, farmer, during a raid on the farm, Tarris was convicted two weeks ago. In a bitter statement, Har- ris said he never would for- give witnesses who testi- fied that he shot Lowery without provocation. He said he hoped that some day, the witnesses would find them- selves in the same predica- ment he is in, Harris is also charged with the murder of James Harris, Lowery's brother-in-law. e ceo0000 00000 e German Novelist {solution, for a large | st rmmig het: ae- :vm:mwnfi};«-‘ BIVES POSITION IN ADDRESS ON ARMISTICE DAY Reduction of Naval Arma- ment Cannot Be Too Low for the U.S. NEW PROPOSITION IS NOW SUBMITTED Give Food Ships Freedom of Seas—Breparedness Is Discussed — WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.—Presi- idenL Hoover appraised the worla last night that reduction of naval jarmament could not be too low to {suit the United States. “We will reduce our naval strength in proportion to any ot=- er,” the President asserted in an Armistice Day address. *“Having said that it only re- {mains for others to say how long they will go, it cannot be too low for the Unlteda?tam continued the President, - New Contribution As another econtribution to ul~ timate peace inthe world, Presi- dent Hoover . propesed that fodL ‘ Iships should be made free of any o interfernce in times of war. g “The time has come when we should remove starvation of women and children from the weapons of warfare,” said the ing he put forward tion. of treating food ships as hospital mft”:-} a practical step in the tion, part, of th old ‘age eontroversy of the freedom 1of the seas. Act As a Preventative. as well as a limitation “of war. ’“‘ offer it only for consideration of the world. I have not made it & governmental proposition to any nation and do not do so now.” President Hoover spoke in the i City Auditorfum under the aus- \pices of the American Legion, to |an audience made up largely of {men who fought in the great World War. t Guarantee of Peace | The President said the greatest |guarantee of peace was “to bufld la spirit of good will and friend- illnoss to create respect and con- {fidence to stimulate esteem be- tween pecples in that atmosphere {and all controversies will become ® but passing incidents of the day.” Preparedness On preparedness, the President sald: “I am_ for adequate prepar- edness as a guaranty that no for- eign soldier shall ever step upon the soil of our country and no Am- erican will arise today and say that we wish one gun or one arm- €d man beyond that necessary for the defense of our people.” More Deaths Result From Assassination Riot in Argentina MENDOZA, Argentine, Nov. 12.— [Three persons have died and a { fourth is dying as a consequence of |the rioting Sunday growing out of the assassination of 12—Goy.| LOS ANGELES, Cal, Nov. 12—| The Prince, the fifth child of | for the installation. Qaylos, el ernment index figures indicate the |A laundry mark torn from a gray the British Monarch, is the fourth public is paying more today than |CO3t furnishes a clue to officers son recently forced to leave the a year ago for round steak, rip t0 the identity of one man in- British Navy for which his career roast, chuck roast, plate beef, hDm"‘volvedk in wrecking and robbing the had been planned, for the Foreign hens, milk, eggs and tea. |Southern’ Pacific passenger train Office, because of illhealth. | The index lists the following com- ":ie;;c Saugus, California, Sunday| Prince dGeorge has never b)e]en_‘ in ¢ sturdy and has never had the phy- e by ber than a Year | ‘The idemttty of the suspect has gique of his elder brothers, He H. D. Stabler, United States Dis- trict Attorney, will leave Juneau this evening on the steamer Ala- meda for the south and is enroute to San Francisco, Cal., where he will appear before the Circuit Court of Appeals in connection with sev- eral Alaska cases which are pend- WASHINGTON, Nov, Given Nobel Prize |cinas "political boss" of this city. Twenty-one persons were injured. Among the dead is Jose Caceres. The Police believe he is the assassin of Lencinas. The city is under martial law. Newspapers condemn the shoot- ing as politically inspired and a from loss. Insurance carried by The system will also be employed | | oo mkmbszfm.d st sid. in sychntaders faf paciy} For ‘29 Literature| The speculations are said to be lost mrplar}es, and advising avla-i | the largest ever suffercd by any 0TS Of weather condition { STOCKHOLM, Nov. 12.—Thomas single bank in the history of Am- o Mann, widely known German novel- | erican banking. © 0000000 0060 8 0 5t whose best known work ———————— . TODAY’S STOCK ® | “Magic Mountain,” has been award- . QUOTATIONS 3led this year's Nobel prize for lit- SIMPKINS RETURNS not been revealed. ing in that court. Mr. Stabler will return to this city the latter part of the month. rice, potatoes, sugar, toffee, sirloin | steak, pork chops, bacon, butter ! and cheese. reported to have been scalded to death when the boiler of the loco- MARRIAGE NO PROBLEM - TO MRS. JOHN COOLIDGE| s NEW HAVEN, Conn. Nov. 12— Marriage? “Why, it's the most natural thing in the world to me.” Florence Trumbull Coolidge, who occupies the unique position of America’s most prominent young wife, said this. She answered the age-old question concerning the age-old institution promptly. 3 What is all the shouting about? Why create a problem out of the simplest and most natural thing in a young girl's life? Mrs. Coolidge wants to know. Chatting on her views on. the marriage situation, in her New Haven apartment here, Mrs. Cool- idge said: “I've always felt unt marriage motive exploded after leaving the rails, is expected to recover but he is still too weak to make any statement. S Aged Gypsy Woman was the most genuine thlng'ln life | —even when I was in college. Of course, there are a lot of people who won't agree with me, but per-|England’s veteran gypsy mother has sonally that is the way I have al-;died, in a tent, and has been buried ways felt.” in her beldved Forest of Dean close When it was pointed out to Mrs.;t0 where she was born, and lived Coolidge that this was a mature for near a hundred years. view for a young college girl in the' era of free love and companionate marriage, she readily assented. She | said: “I know it is. It is entirely due: to my bringing up. My mother is| She was born in a tent on Han- wonderful. She taught my sistcr {nam Commony, in Shropshire It Jean and myself these views on|was her bpast she never had a wood marriage. She advised us to marry, |or stone # over her head, al- but she also advised us to marry |though scorned the life in a cara She believed in settling (Continued on Page Three) bl +..in a tent, the best known and most beloved of the gypsy band that haunts the forest. She had more than 140 descendants. Richard ©. Ball, engineer atfirst giates and was extensively enter- Spent Life in Tenti Mrs. Sarah Fletcher was one of | 'recently made a trip to the United tained at Hollywood, California. { I George M. Simpkins, of the Simp- kins Bindery Company, returned to Junegu on the Princess Mary aft having spent the past four weeks on a business and pleasure trip on | which he visited Portland, Ore coma and Seattle, Wash., and Van | couver, B. C e L. W. Shultz, pioneer of Atl and leading merchant of that com- munity, accompanied by his daugh- COLEFORD, England, Nov. 12 i 4 jter, is a Princess Mary passenger [51%, Combus! | y enroute to the south on a combined | [/CHRISTMAS | HOPPING EARLY | AFTER TODAY THERE ARE ONLY A | MORE SHOPPING DAYS | business and pleasure trip. Great Highway Is Endorsed In Convention o SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 12. ® —The convention of the Western Association of State * Highway officials today en- dorsed the proposed plans for an International-Pacific Highway from Alaska through Nogales to Buenos i | o0 @000 00 05 0 00 | NEW YORK, Nov. 12—Alaska Ju- neau mine stock is quoted today at 4%, Alleghany Corporation 20%%, American Ice 31%, American Alco- hol 20%, Bethlehem Steel 8112, Corn | Products 797%, General Motors 40 i Interr onal Harvester 69%, Ken- necott 4, National Acme 17, Pan- American B 57%, Standard Oil of | on 9%. i Monday's Quotations Alaska Juneau mine stock was quoted terday at 5'%, Alleghany Corporation 22%, American Tce 32%, | American Alcohol 23, Bethlehem Steel 95, Corn Products 83%, Gen- Motors 40, International Har-| 75, Kennecott 63%, National Acme 19, Pan American B 50, Stan- fard Oil of California 64, Texas ) Corporation 53, Combustion 11%. ——— e r ester One juror went on a hunger rike and others protested at pros- of being locked up for a week, in Atlanta, Ga. A mistrial was declared. 4 erature. Recent Stock Excha Break By WILLIAM R. KUHNS Financial Editor Jalifornia 60%, Texas Corporation! (Associated Press Feature Service) | stop. NEW YORK, Nov. 12.—A collision !is credited in some quarters as hav- |around for ing been an important factor in the recent break on the New York stock exchange. It was a collision be- tween the merger movement and the mounting level of stock prices Great banks and corporations which had been taking the lead in mergers and consolidations, were id to be finding it more and more difficult to negotiate terms for the acquisition of independent con- cerr Executives of the latter had caught the fever of mounting prices and were holding out for highe: and higher figures. Consequently the merger move- plot to remove a powerful enemy of the President. nge Due to Collision | swift progress in the . spring and % summer creaked almost to a dead Leading banks and induse | trial concerns continued to shop new companies buf found the latter being held at prices 4| |unwarranted by earning power, | | either present or prospective. For several months the desire to | support pivotal stocks on the part of banks and corporations has been weakening. Their only interest was to keep the decline from be~ coming too perpendicular. Certain large investment trusts in close touch with banking opinion believe - that the support of strong bamks, - which was enlisted after the 5 clash of prices, was only tempa derly decline” is still the ob imcnl which had been making sush of leading Wall Street inte