The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 14, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXV., NO. 525“5._‘ JUNEAU, ALASKA, WAR G0OD IS Condition Is Reported to Be Serious—Next 48 Hours Will Tell WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.—Secre- t of War James W. Good, un- derwent a difficult operation yes- terday for gangreneous perforation of the appendicitis, at the Walter Hospital. His condition last was described as extremely serious. Conference : VICTORIA, B. C, Nov. 14.—The | appointment of a joint committe: ng of two United States and |two Canadian representat thoroughly inquire into ti posed highway through Br lumbia and the Yukon Territory tc | Alaska, was argued at a conference between Premier Mackenzie King, ! Premier H. F. Tolmie and Ameri- can representatives, including Ma- jor Malcelm Elliott, President of the Alaska Road Commission, and | cons The operation lasted more than | one after the Secretary of War was sud- denly stricken. It stood the operation well, as far as | his nervous condition would permit. DANGEROUSLY ILL WASHINGTON, Nov. 14—It was announced today that Secretary Good is dangerously ill It thought by =attending physicians that he has entered the critical period and the next 48 hours is ex- pected to determine whether he will survive the acute attack of appen- s for which he underwent an cration. Army Surgeons attend- ing the War Secretary noted this afternoon, with some apprehen- sion, that his temperature had risen slightly. The Secretary had a fair night No one is permitted in his room with the exception of the doctors and nurses. ——e———— KELLOGG OFF " FOR LONDON Former Secretary of State Goes Overseas to Be Honored Guest 'NEW YORK, Nov. 14—Frank B. Kellogg, former Secretary of State and before that Ambassador to the Court of St. James, accompanied by Mrs. Kellogg, sailed today aboard the Aquitania to attend a dinner to be given in his honor by the Pilgrims Society, in London, on November 28. “Sixty-three countries have sign- ed or adhered to the treaty,” Kel- logg said of the peace pact bearing his name and “fifty-nine countries have ratified the plan. Three more are on the verge of doing so.” The Kelloggs will remain in Eng- land 10 days. o Margorie Berger Is Sentenced to Prison, Also Heavily Fined LOS ANGELES, Wash., Nov. 14— Miss Marjorie Berger, Hollywood in- come tax counsellor, has been sen- tenced by the Federal Court to two years and six months in the Fed- cral Penitentiary for Women at Al- derson, West Virginia, and fined $5,000. Both penalties are the result of her recent conviction on a charge of aiding in falsification of income tax returns of Dorothy Mackaill, screen actiess. is said the Cabinet member | hour and was decided upon | | | f OPERATEDUPON Are Taken for Inquiry Cathecarts’ Daughter and Her Fiance ALASKA JUNEAU RECOVERY HIGH * IN PAST MONTH Held; Steps | | members of the Seattle Chamber of | | commer The p! bia to al is for British Colum- the highway be-| tween Vancouver and Hazelton and | carry it on to the Yukon, for the Dominion Government to build it to | the Alaskan Boundary, and the United States to take it from therc| to Fairbanks, thence to Valdez. Al Juneau last month showed Premier King intimated he needs a total recovery of gold and silver further information before commit- of $337,000, as compared to $310,500, ting himself on the matter. |according to a statement. issued by - —='J. W. Crosby, Secretary of the | Company, San Francisco, and made 'public. from local offices of the ! company. The operating profit was $173,000 as compared to $137,500 for Sep- tember, and the net was $132,000 as compared to $118,000 for the latter month. Total Recovery $337,000, Showing an Operating Profit of $173,000 Gain In Value The report showed there was a gain in the per ton recovery value {; for the month over September. The 1 ore handled in October totaled 328,- bl 900 tons as compared to 329,790 for | September, but the average value jumped from $.9590 to $1.0246, gain of $.0656. Statement of Operations The Company’s statement of op- erations follows: . Tons Mined Mill, 328,900. RECEIPTS: Cents Per ton $327,500 99.57 9,500 289 e $337,000 Gold Lead and Silver Total 102.46 {OPERATING EX- PENDITURES: Mining and Milling .$ 88,000 Milling ....... 65,500 !All other Juneau Op- | erating Costs ... !New York Stock Transfer and San PFrancisco Office 2616 1091 e 8,000 and Trammed to' Dolores De Grey Warter, sixteen-year-old daughter of Vera, Countess of | Catheart, and twenty-year-old Theodore Medlam, whese engagement has been blessed by the Countess despite their youth because, she says, “yomance is the salt of life.”” Countess Cathcart was the center of an | Ellis Island sensation in 1926 when she was barred from the United | States on the grounds of her “moral turpitude” but the ruling was later | Total $164,000 Operating profit ...$173,000 |OTHER EXPEN- DITURES AND relaxed. Internatior nal Newsreel ACCRUED EXPERTS TR CLARIFY DOMINION STATUS By MARTHA DALRYMPLE (Associated Press Staff Writer) LONDON, Nov. 14—In a musty little office i1z London a group of legal experts are struggling to straighten out international tangles, unnoticed by a world that is ap- plauding the spectacular efforts of American and British statesmen to secure world peace. These lawyers, r\mctlaning under the unilluminating title of “A Com-~ mittee of Experts Appointed by the Imperial Conference of 1926, are trying to reconcile legislation and rules governing the British domin- jons with the status of equality among the dominions as declared by that conference. They repre- sent all the dominions and England and are to report to the next Im- perial Conference in 1930. HERRIOT REPORTS EUROPEAN UNITY IDEA PARIS, Nov. 14—Edouard Her- riot, ex premier of France, has re- turned from a lecture tour in Cen- tral Europe enthusiastic over the plan advanced by Aristide Briand to organize the United States of Eu- rope. Basing his impressions particular- 1y upon his visits to Germany, M. Herriot expressed his conviction that no really insurmountable ob- jections have come to combat the formation of an European federa- tion and that he is not alarmed over any idea that a federation would result in a struggle between America and Europe. He argued that the Pan-Ameri- can conference has not prevented the republics of South America from collaborating with the League of Nations at Geneva and that Pan- Americanism interferes neither with the United States nor the League. He added: IS FEASIBLE in a United States of Europe. I believe that Russia one day will ad- here to our project and that Eng- land cannot afford to hold an at- titude of splendid isolation. Pan- Europeanism is necessary in order to secure a settlement of the grave social problems which menace Eu- rope.” M. Herriot said he found Holland, Belgium and Cgzechoslovakia par- ticularly interested in the plan be- cause it was regarded as an im- portant advance for the consolida- tion of peace. As a first step, M. Herriot favors the creation of a permanent cen- tral organization which would study all economic questions that possess a vital interest for European na- tions, such matters as river naviga- tion, international traffic regula- tions, aviation and radio broadcast- ing. He also favors a single Eu- ropean post office system which was advocated so earnestly by the late Foreign Minister of Germany, Gus- | CHARGES: |Ebner, Taku River Gr oup, Stampede, Manville and other OQutside prospect- ing Interest on Indebt- edness Y TO BRITISH | $ 33,500 7,500 | Total .....$ 41,000 The British government is more than glad to allow independence | to each of the dominions in their \internal affairs, but when laws af- fect other parts of the emvire or| {England itself, a line must be! |drawn between internal and empire legislation. creeinennn.-$132,000 J. W. CROSBY. * Secretary. Surplus Indictments Follow Liquor Selling at Recent Convention State Rights | It is the British equivalent of the theory on federal and state rights| of lcgis_lauon, a satisfactory division| LOS ANGELES, Cal., Nov. 14.— of which forms the basis of an The Federal Grand Jury has re- amlca_bl_e United States of America. turned indictments naming 16 per- Qflxclals of the colonial office sons as a climax to the inquiry into point out that there have been no jiquor sales during the recent State clashes between the rules that gov-|smerican Leglon Convention ab ern Dominion affairs and the new gan Diego. freedom. But the clarification of | legal .points now being sought is a| bit of prevention in case any dis-| CATCH GERMAN ART THIEF pute or question of applicationf should arise in the future. The| BERLIN, Nov. 14—The man who officials refuse to discuss what the |is bellelved to .‘3?&0 stfolen Pfl‘“; laws might be that a dominion |ings valued at f Fgm an & should not be allowed to enact, de- |dealer at Lelpsig recently has been claring that there have been no arrested here. In his possession cases in point. {was found one of the missing Ru- The committee is also seeking to bens and a Tischbein portarit. An- clarify the constitutional provision other of the stolen Rubens and a that legislation by the British par- |painting by Feuerbach have not liament applying to a dominion be becn recovered. passed only with the consent of the | e s T dominion concerned. BABY BOY FOR THE GUCKERS King’s Veto Other mnttets'under consideration | A fine baby boy arrived at the mmi { ker by the co} + meet- |home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Gucl i:gs are: | ity b | yesterday evening. The youngster Recommendations on the existing |3nd Mrs. Gucker are both doing ing’s | finely. sletuioes papgsion - for- the KmKS’trom the south end of the Division veto, if he cares to wield it, on any i .| Tuesday evening and was at home domini agest) inion legislation. His Magesty | g % has never exercised this power, but | greet he might. | Recommendations concerning theiS[ogk Crash Has principles underlying the Colonial|x, . Laws Validity Act of 1865 <whxchi/\ ot Disturbed (Continued on Pag2 sin) i i/‘n}’ I n‘dus"y — | CHEAP NITRATES SOUGHT ———to—— WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 —The Department of Labor, in the monthly emplovment bulletin, said October re- ports indicated the “recent financial upheaval” has not disturbed industry nor caused any reduction in employ- ment. o . . . WASHINGTON, Nov. 14—Promo- e tion of the chemical industry untilje Spain will produce nitrates as|e cheaply as Germany is contemplat- e led by the “Council of Energy” a|e® Spanish government body, accord-|e ing to consular advices to the de- partment of commerce. evecccevccced Mr. Gucker arrived home | al | 4 THU&?EBAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1929. MEMBER (S ] The principal actors in this mystery drama are shown in the picture. (Left to right upper row) Sam Isteward of the “Creole” who is held as a material witness in the murder of Jack Kraft, artist and fencing iystery, Deep and Dark on the Mississippi OF ASSOCIATED PRESS REDUCTION IN TAXES PROMISED: PLANS ANNOUNCED sEcRETARY OF kluteruatim[al HiéTh;my 1 .;*\ W”“ o Epstein, 'master. The jail where Epstein is held. “Ione Ord” pretty New York dancer is also held in the quaint jail at ointe a 1a Hache. Recent disclosures strip {Hollywood with Jack Kraft and reveal her as of the name “Ione Ord” under which she shipped passage for loria Rouzer, daughter of a wealthy New York family, a debu- tante from an exclusive boarding school. (Bottom row) Jack Kraft, whose death on the 8. 8. Creole is 'mystery. John McGouldrick, Second Mate weading the indictment of Mefiflm 1D Jack Kraft know tae secret of Ione Ord’s D true identity? To. the metwork of mystery woven around the death of the erstwhile fenc- ing master and pressman who found life in New York’s Greenwich Village too tame, is added an amaz- ing element. The girl who has “woman in the ease,” is revealed as the madcap daughter of a wealthy and socially prominent New York family, rather than the poor art student that she described herself to be. ‘When Fate weaves a mystery the skeins are gen- erally more tangled than those of the most intri imystery yarn that ever thrilled a tired business man. JAnd in the story of the death of Jack Kraft, romance, ealousy, intrigue, quarrel, secrecy and conjecture, all lay their part. When the S. S. “Creole” steamed out New York harbor headed for New Orleans, Jack Kraft and the girl whom he described as his foster ister were aboard, bound, as they said, for Hollywood fand fame. Ione, it is alleged, spent ichatting with Steward Samuel Epstein, and was quite pen in her professed admiration for the second mate, andsome, virile John McGouldrick. And no doubt Jack Kraft was said to be none too pleased and to have exhibited signs of jealousy. DETECTIVE ROY FORDYCEKILLED Spokane Officer Is Shot in Three Cornered Pis- tol Fight SPOKANE, Wash,, Nov. 14—De- tective Roy Fordyce, aged 51 years, was killed in a three-cornered pi tol fight between two detectives and a man they questioned, late yesterday afternoon. Detectives Fordyce and George Bradley saw Ralph Larsen, aged 22, and Charles Dow, aged 20, buy a pistol in a pawnshop. They fol- lowed them to their hotel room to ask the motive for the purchas Satisfied over the que the detectives were about eave when Bradley said Larsen pulled another gun and started shooting. The detectives replied with their guns. Fordyce was killed In the patrol wagon, the said, Larsen said: “I don't why I did it.. I did not want *o be'caught with a gun and be sent Police know |away.” Larson will be charged with mur- der. He had his left arm broken iin an exchange of shots. Dow will be charged with being an a ry, Bradley beat Lars he was unconscious, with after Fordyce fell. — et EGGS 150,06z YEARS OLD HAMILTON, Bermuda, Nov —Dr. Carey L. Wood, of McC University, estimates that fossi eggs now reposing in the Bermu Museum of Natural History, we laid between 150,000 and 200.000 years ago. The bird that laid gun 14, 1 mnmm., now extinct. of the “Creole” who is named as the slayer. Judge J. Claude M 1t ‘was atter the llsb—ni‘gh‘t-fi?l" group 'of people were observed in quick conversation.! The group consisted of Kraft, Epstein and Miss Ord,'; ux Inernational Newsreel “dance that a Iitéi;; while MeGouldrick was on the bridge in command,! steering the ship on the broad bosom of the murky} Mississippi. Suddenly there was a splash; a ery:! “Man overboard,” and the next day Jack Kraft was listed in the ship’s loz as a suicide. But sometimes| emerged as the ing into eternity? much of her time | murderer? UNDER ARREST | | | |Former Seattle Woman Is Head of Episcopal Church| | Held on Charge in ‘} New York City | NEW YORK, Nov. by .the Police of extorting mo: than $170,000 from Nathan L. Am- ster, prominent financier, an at- tractive brunette, aged 34, who |charges Amster is the father of her six-year-old boy, is under $5,000 bail pending a hearing to- mMOrrow. Olga N. Edwards, former resident of Seattle, Wash., was arrested af- |ter Amster's secretary, through ar- .'rangements with the Police, paid her $500 in marked bills. Amster, who is 60 years old, s married and the father of two sons, He denied paternity of the woman’s child but admitted he had | been paying the woman huge sums over the last six years. > Australian Labor Party Wants Home Governor SYDNEY, Australia, Nov. 14—The Labor Party an- nounces a motion will be submitted at its next confer- ence urging the appointment of an Australian as Gover- nor of the Commonwealth. Lord Stonehaven, English a Conservative, is the ent Governor. The General Labor Parly won the recent election and is now in power. Pe pr ¢ them is known as the Phactbon e joeoessosocsecae murdered and then thrown o as he stood poised on a deck rail ready to hurl himself; 14.—Accused the next day “Ol: Did Kraft meet| ng, or by a gun? Was he, erboard, or was he shot| W If Kraft was murdered will the ~ir] who now stands revealed as Gloria Rouzer prove the nemesis of the' After a sullen stubborn silence she has spoken, and a local Grand Jury has handed up an indictment and McGouldrick is under arrest charged with the murder, while Epstein and the girl .re in Plaquemines prison, held as material witnesses. International Newsreel NEW PRESIDING FOR EXTORTION BISHOP CHOSEN Elected After an All- Day Session NGTON, Nov. teverend Charles erson, Bishop of Ci | | | | Ay |the Episcopal Church at an all-day session of the Ninety-Four Diocesan heads. | He is 65 years of age and has been Bishop of Chicago since 1905 He is a native of Ontario. He will ‘serve for the remainder of the term of Bishop John Gardner Mur- s 1 dead on tar of St 1 Atlantic City. | The election for the full term will be in Denver in 1931. - One Bullet Kills Man and Wounds ‘,1 Woman CHICAGO, 111, 2 has (been elected Presiding Bishop of Nov. 14—With PRICE TEN CENTS | | ANNOUNCEMENT 1SMADETHAT CUT IS COMING Normal Rate of Taxation from Corporation to Wage-earner to Drop PLAN RECOMMENDED FOR NEXT CONGRESS Immediate Action Will Be Urged — President Hoover Approves WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, —A tax reduction “nd a ma- slash in the Govern- institutions are defin- itely in prospect, and a gen- eral cut of one per cent in the normal rate of t»xation, applicable to incemes of the present calendar year, effec- tive all along the line, from the mammoth corporation to the simple wage-earner whose earnings just exceed his per- sonal exemption, is planned by the Treasury Department. A detailed program has been drawn up, affer careful examina- tion of many factors which control the Government's revenues and ex- penditures. The profram has the approval of President Hoover. The reduction in the tax plan will be recommended to Congress for immediate action when it meets worte anth in ‘regralar sessign, “AU6f this was revealed by Seo- retary of Treasury Mellon in & statement issued after a serles of conferences of ranking lieutenants of his department and with Presi- dent Hoover. APPROVAL VOICED WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.—Con- gresional leaders spoke quickly and voiced approval of the Treasury's proposal of a $160,000,000 tax cut. Simultanecusly, Secretary Mellon said the announcement of the contemplated reduction had been turbed condition of the stock mar= ket. Secretary Mellon said losses im the stock market, which might tend to reduce incomes of those who suffered in the market, had been decision. p Treasury experts said continued prosperity in the country justified |the tax reductions at this time. e One Japanese flour mill company purchases annually about 15,000,000 |bushels of wheat on the Pacific |Coast, the bulk of it from British | Columbia. e TODAY’S STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Nov. 14, — Alaska Junean mine stock is quoted today |at 5, Allegehany Corporation 23, | American Ice 30, American Alcohol |22'¢, Bethlehem Steel 847, Corm | Products 82', General Motors 38, International Harvester 687%, Ken- necott 59%, National Acme 16%, |Pan-American B 60, Standard O of California 61', Texas Corpo {tion 52%, Combustion 11, Inter=' |national Paper A 27%, B 13%, C 1%. : one bullet from his revolver, John Rozinsky, Jr., shot his father and mothe His father was killed and his mother was wounded T police account of the affair id that during a dispute, the elder Rozinsky sprang at his wife with a knife. The son snatched the knife from his father and pick ed up a revolver from a drawer and fired as his father sprang toward him. His mother rushed between the two and was wounded in the arm, sl Miss Marion Mead, wealthy resi- dent of Skyland, N. C, who died (recently left $2,000 for care of her i cat. 5. | | “SHOPPING AFTER TODAY THERE ARE ONLY 33 ' MORE SHOPPING i o e DAY! decided upon & week ago and was merely a coincidence with the dis- = ;glven thorough consideration in the =