The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 10, 1929, Page 1

"THE DAILY ALASKA | VOL. XXXV., NO. 5276. TEN LOSE LIVES IN STUDI0 FIRE; RAGING INFERNO JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1929, “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ONE HUNDRED SIXTY - THREE DEAD, STORMS Reports from Recent Gale Swept Regions Show Many Lives Lost 69 VESSELS EITHER Pri nccton Gridiron | | | WRECKED, DAMAGED Losses Are Greater Around British Isles—Paris Makes Report LONDON, Dec. 10. — Known ! deaths from the terrific storm which the continental past week, reached 163, cceurring in the ish Isles where at least 69 ves- were Wwr ed or badly dam- the most Pertial reports, tabulated in Paris, showed 52 lives were lost on the French coast or inland while at least half a dozen steam- ers and fishing vessels foundered or were badly damaged. The stormy waters have some- what quieted but signs of worst conditions pome and England’s chief worry is high water in the Thames and other rivers leading to a fear of a repetition of last year's serious floods. B MORROW HOME T0 PREPARE TO GO TO LONDON Ambassador to Mexico Reaches U. S. — Dele- gate to Naval Meet NEW YORK, Dec. 10.—United tates Ambassador Dwight W. Mor- row came home today from Mexico City preparatory to his departure for London in January as an Amer- ican delegate to the Naval Confer- ence, Meanwhile his time will be oc- cupied in conferences in Washing- ton with President Hoover over the naval discussions, and with Mexican battered Great Britain and | coast during the | and the heaviest losses | waters around the | 7Stal; and _|3rid;3 Sail for Bermuda Honeymoon As the referce called final to the game betweea Princeton and Yale last “DOC” OAKES T0 LEAD AVIATORS ON ARCTIC TRIP Will Be in Charge of Three ' Planes—Crew of Six Pi- lots to Hunt Eielson W YORE, Dec. 10—Graham B. Grosvenor, President of the Aviat Corporation, yesterday «aid three Fa ild planes are ready to be dispatched to Alas- ka (o aid in the search for Col. Carl Ben Eielson, and his me- chanic Earl Borland. Two planes are in San Fran- cisco and the othet will be shig~ ped from Grandmere, Quebec, to Victoria, he caid, where it will laced on the same boat that the other {wo planes. ing furnished by ion Corporation “Doc” Oakes, of Montreal, will be in charge of a crew of six pilots to man the ships. i The Army and Navy both advised Saturday, William C. Caldwell surprised his teammates by announcing ‘¢ Aviation Corporation they had his marriage to Miss Mary Folk of New Rochelle. The happy pair were photographed on the S. S. Fort Victoria as they were enroute for a Bermuda honeymoon. The Tiger e return. enter will not remain to finish his college course, but will enter the business world immediately upon his | International Newsresl Magnet for Républican France Is Potentates Seeking Holiday Jovs | | By J..EDWARD ANGLY ] (A. P. Staff Writer} PARIS, Dec. 10.—A holiday m republican France has ‘the same | fascination for kings and other |royalty as for the miilions of un- ititled trippers who breeze into Paris frcm all ends of the earth. Fra |has seen plenty of royal pers ‘ages is year. Most of them left | their rank at home and went about 1“mcognilc," for a rest and good 1time. | The Prince of Wales made his |regular summer visit to Le Tou- | quet, his favorite resort. He left the i whole St. James palace retinue be- ihind, arriving in his own blue air- Iplane accompanied only by his pilot. {He put up at the villa of a friend" and played two rounds of golf a day over the long English week-end— Friday to Tuesday afternoon. At night he visited the casino and his | | |just before emberking had a con-; ference at Marseilles with the Resi- dent General in Moreeco. A serious young man, the Sultan! The King of Annam hied himself | to the seashore as soon as he step- ped from his ship, and spent the summer taking things easy. The Aga Khan, who is the relig ious head of hundreds of thousands in India, was in Paris while the season went on, but after the Grand moved to Deauville, he followed them. He has a villa there. Many Indian maharajahs and princelings splashed about on the beaches at Deauville, Paris-Plage and Biarritz, waiting for winter to bring more comfortable weather in their own bounteous baliwicks. The King of Egypt, after a few {days of the formalities, put aside| (his title and turned to “incognito.” | {It was as easy as switching on an no planes properly equipped to aid in the search, Grosvenor stated. { NIEMINEN AT ANCHORAGE 1 ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 10— Nieminen arrived Saturday | nks in a small plane, jexpecting a new standard plane, just | being repaired here, would be ready |for a flight direct to Nome to assist {in the Eielson and Borland seareh, | The plane was ready but the weather |Sunday prevented a flight and the heavy fog yesterday still halted at-! tempts to fly. 4 PARKS’ ADVICES S Gov George A. Parks received ad- vices today that it was still foggy |at Teller and four degrees below‘ 'zero at North Cape, Siberia. | - e | "FIVE HUNDRED 'PERSONS SHAKE: |Prix when his string of racehorses | HflquR’s HAND j | |Chief Executive Has Busy | Afternoon — First o I Kind for Sometime | - A WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—Nearly 500 persons crossed the threshhold |to President Hoover’s private office high officials in New York City. |01 cans were confined to a visit e e o | Wi ikyie snil quuster Ex: !winh a French peasantwoman, at beth, Ambassador Mooy prov d whose farm house he was billeted directly to his hqme at Englewzmd,:more ¥hiationibe; Oumng: thie war: ! ( |gave one dinner at his embassy.! |Otherwise he went about with no NEW YORK, Dec m_pascua]!caslonal]y along the shopping Ortiz Rubio, President -elect of streets. Calles who is aboard the Bremen|from head to foot in the flowing from Europe, due here on Thurs-White of their country and their electric light, and perhaps as il- luminating, for 2 king cannot see so YeSterday providing the greatest ac- ch W] |tivity at the White House since the much when he is king as he can when he is just a max‘:. |practice of admitting the public in Prince and Princess Eric of Den- handshaking groups was discontin- i d. mark travelled through France like |U® % any pair of tourists, without even| During three hours he devoted to getting their names in the pwcrs'\callers‘ the President discussed a That is more than Mr. and Mrs. | Wide range of questions, heard pe- Irving Berlin or Mr. and Mrs. Gene titions from candidates seeking of- Tunney could ‘do. |fice, greeted distinguished Foreign As royalty from warm weather Visitors listened to reports from Ex- countries comes to France in sum- | ecutive Department heads and also mer, so those from damp and cold Welcomed a High Priest from Japan, climates arrive in winter. The Ri- bearing a gift of a beautiful tapes- viera would not seem its post-war UV self | if January went by v.rhont‘ the presence of the Duke of Con- y naught, and the King of n.‘F(lther of King Perhaps it will also see King G 'Can’t Return to of England. Ny Jersey, ‘The King of Spain paid a similar- ' Lceremcny, enjoying himself as might Mexico, arrived here today aboard| Things were different for the day. 1y brief visit to Paris, staying at a! RUBIU Tu MEET {hotel. He visited President Dou-| §lany gentleman of his tastes on a holiday in the French capital, din- a Pennsylvania Railroad train for young Sultan olfdMorocca.' I;hsvg;_and{ a conference with Mexican leaders |vizer, a wise old man, was e Rubio is accompanied by his fam- ily. Immediately after he reached fmergur for a few moments, ancli ing in restaurants and strolling oc-. at| including former President Plutarco his elbow, the two of them cxad! his hotel he announced he would receive American Ambassador Mor-" row this afternoon. rank, followed always by attendants., The sultan spent some time in the ! nineteenth-century quiet, of Vichy, toured industrial districts by mo- tor, visited Marshal Lyautey, who ‘ made Morocco what it is today, and PENMANSHIP USED BY GERM AN FIRMS TO JUDGE EFALTY| BERLIN, Dec. 10.—Graphology has gained a remarkable foothold in German business life. The hand- writing of candidates for jobs is carefully scrutinized by experts whose verdict as to the applicant’s henesty and steadiness often has a decisive influence. Not long ago a cashier was dis- charged by a business firm after 15 years service with a clean record, just because a graphologist reported to his employed unfavorably on the man’s handwriting. The dismisesd employe obtained redress in the courts. A warning against placing too much reliance upon handwriting is voiced in the Journal of the Ger- man Chamber of Commerce and i who believes nevertheless that the study, rightly applied, can render important services in the selection of business staffs. Only, he says,| the employer must not ask the im- possible. He must not expect to be told up to just what amount a clerk may be safely trusted. A per- son’s general character and special !npmude for certain classes of work, can, however, be revealed. i Dr. Sommer says also that when the expert's verdict is very posttive | and detailed, it cannot be accepted | ias trustworthy. The best grapholo- |gists are cautious. While testimon- ials and personal impressions of ipeople are likely to be misleading, they should be taken as factors, in conjunction wthi the graphologist's , in judging character and Suggests Chinese Wed In Municipal Pavilions| PEKING, Dec. 10.—A solution for the high cost of weddings in China has been suggested by Chen Quo- Chen, a prominent member of the Nationalist Party. Mr. Chen would have cities build pavilions where brides and bridegrooms of all classes might be united and where their friends could gather to rejoice . At present the business of get-| Poor | ting married is expensive. families sometimes spend the equiva- lent of an entire year's cost of liv-| ing upon a single wedding. Then they go on half rations for many months. FORMER D. A, R. CHIEF NOW INSURANCE HEAD I WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.Mrs. Ai- fred J. Brosseau, former president general of the D. A. R., has accepted the vice presidency of a life m<ur-l ance company. . She also will be associate editer of a journal of national opinion. Mrs. Brosseau, as both national treasurer and president general of the D. A. R., handled millions of dollars. Under her direction, $1,000,- 000 was raised for the completion of Constitution hall, the fine newbulld-J His Native Land i ( | BUCHAREST, Rumania, Dec. 10. —Application of Prince Carol, for- jmer Crown Prince of Rumania, to return to his native land, hashbeen rejected by the Government. The decree of Ferdinand, the late King of Rumania, banishes his errant son until 1963, it is said. Carol {is the father of the boy King Michael. I | | 1 ARE ONLY ! 12 SHUPPING DAYS' LEFT MORE ' : | AFTER TODAY THERE |2 LARGEST LA ND PLANE TESTED IN GERMANY The Junkers plane “G-38," said to be the largest land p! tested at Dessau, Germany. electric kitchen have bzen instal of the giant air lincr. POSSE TRAPS BANK BANDITS: ACT UPON TIP Three Robbers Are Sho Down as They Loot Financial House UNDERWORLD TIP WARNS OFFICERS Arme Surprise Three Men in Robbery SHAKOPEE, Minnesota, Dec. 10. —Acting on a tip from the under- world, a posse, hidden in a village, shop, shot down three bandits as they sought to escape after robbing the First National Bank of $1,500. A gun fight followed on the main street. One hundred shots were fired. One bandit has been identified as Willlam “Bud” McInerny, of St. Paul. The others are Frank Morris, of Chicago, and George Larkin, of St. Paul. The three are seriously wounded. McInerny may die Morris sat in an automobile while the others were raiding the ba; safe. Morris stepped out of ihe car and a member the posse opened fire with a shoulder ma- chine gun. The fire of the pos was joined by pistol fire from Police Chief John Ring and Sheriff Weck- man and deputies, hidden in shops across the street from the bank. Larkin dropped, severely wounded. Accommodations for passengers, Associated Press Ploto ane in the world, was recently successfully tuxuriously appointed eabins and an et shows one of the four wheels in the landing gear GRUNGY CITED BY COMMITTEE PROBINGLOBY Report Made to Senate Pennsylvanian Raised Campaign Funds INFLUENCE EXPECTED TO BE CHIEF RESULT led in the wings. In Treasury Approves Funding of French War Debt WASHINGTON, Dec. 10— Approval of the Treasury Department has been form- ally placed upon the plan worked out for the funding of four billion dollars of the French war debt to the United States. Appearing before the House Ways and Means Committee, Under Secretary Mills said the Treasury De- partment endorsed the pend- ing bill authorizing accept- I ance of the funding agree- ment worked out several years ago by the American Debt Commission. Soceecevccoo0es eecceovsocoo s Man Considered for Senate Seat Now Shown Up, Unfavorable Light @ ® 000 0000000 WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. — The bby Committee today reported |to Senate that “inference is J G %G |irresistible” that service was ren- UF $2 uflfl BY {dered by Joseph R. Grundy, of ¥ the lvar in raising Republi- |can campaign funds and that this led to the belief of Grundy and |others associated with him, that he {would be able to influence action TWORAIDERS Vigilantes and Citizens Open Fire but Ban- dits Malke Escape RICHMOND, Kansas, The Peoples National Dec. Bank 10— was robbed of approximately $2,000 by two unmasked men this forenoon ! lwho es |shots with vigilantes and who collected hurriedly after ’alurm was given and opencd yon the robbers as they fled. scaped after an exchange of citizens the fire | The MelInerny, with the loot, ran back fire was returned by the robbers into the bank, through a rear door.land their bullets shattered several and was shot as he ran down the alley. .. ALASKEA SNOW COVER ved up e U. 8. the fol- According to reports rec to 8 oclock last night by ‘Weather Bureau in Juneau lowing amounts of snow are ground in various Alaska localitie Nome 18 inches, Eagle 12 inches, Fort Yukon 18 inches and Juneau, a - on the Precaution Is Urged During Present W eather The city authorities are taking every possible pre- caution against the outbreak of fire. They are alarmed over the danger from that source due to the cold, dry weather and prevailing winds. In a notice to the public Chief of Police George A Getehell warns people, par- ticularly those who burn wood, to use extreme cau- tion to see that no live sparks escape from their chimneys and flues and di- rects that any person seeing defective chimneys or fluc immediately notify Fire Chief J. L. Gray or himself. #0800 0icsccce ‘ston- windows. No one was injured by the rob- “his party associates in Cqn- The committee \chief cont by Grun holds that the butions to political life who is now being con- the vacant Pennsylvania 5 have consisted in raising funds for camj The committee report said there is no doubt of “his ardent attach- ment to the principal of protec- and it could not be over- that he has “grown rich ‘in pursuit of highly protected in- lustry.” - o What is said to be the first Chi- (nese daily founded in America i 5iill published by its first editor, Dr. Ng Peon Chew, in San Francisco's Chinatown. trace, {bers’ bullets and it is not believed imc raiders were struck although ishots struck the rear of their au- tomokile, £ i Rhode Isiand expects retain the distinction of being the most heavily populated state in the RICSEE {union, after the next census. Its I \population exceeds 573 persons to LOTTSFELDT PLANS 1e square mile. i LONG WINTER to TRIP| win on his annual vacation, it! is the intention of Carl Lottsfeldt, | Alaska road commission superin- tendent in the Kuskokwim district, | to spend most of the winter on the | trail, making a general survey of | conditions on the Bristol bay 1 4 route, an inspection that will re-' LUXOR, Dee. 10.—A spell of di; quire a 1000-mile journey with a ter fell upon all who had in dog team. their possession a mummified hand rding in of an ancient Egyptian queen, has WEAVES to word received Anchorage, Mr. Lottsfeldt will ar- been broken by the return of !he, rive here from Takotna on Decem- hand to its tomb. ber 9 and, after a brief visit here,| Some months ago, as the story in he will set out for Kanatak, from |Luxor has f, an antique de: which point he will start over the came into possession of the hand trail for the Kuskokwim, He is'An Ausl n tourist bought it as a bringing a team of 15 dogs with|souvenir of his visit to Egypt. Then him from Takotna, driving them :recently the dealer received the over the mail trail which con and by post, with a note from the the upper Kuskokwim with the rail- | purchaser pleading with him to re- road.—(Anchorage Times). turn it to its tomb. e | The hand was wrapped in fine L. H. Metzgar, General Superin- white silk scarf and bore rings on tendent of the Alaska-Juneau Gold two fingers. The dealer entrusted Mining Compary, accompanied by the relic to an Arab, asking him to Mrs, Metzgar and young son, Frank, return it to the Mortuary Temple left for Seattle on the Yukon to of Hatshepsut, whence it had been spend the holidays in the south. |taken. D) HAND CMPIRE SIX MEN, FOUR WOMEN DIE IN FLAMES IN Y. Studio of Motion Picture " Exchange Ablaze—Un- determined Origin FOUR FIRE ALARMS CALL APPARATUS I i Flames Spread Quickly— Many Escape by Jump- ing from Windows NEW YORK, Dec. 10.—Ten per- ons, six men and four women, wre known to have been killed and several others are missing as the result of a fi which swept the three-st br dio of the Manhat Stud and Pathe Mo~ tion Picture Exchange. About 75 persons were in the building when the fire, of un- deterfined origin, was discovered. P L. i, the flames quickly made &fTmferno of the interior of - he building and many persons barely saved their lives'by jumping from the windows. Four fire alarms available apparatus Manhattan and the several fireboats played slreams - on the flaming building from the nearby Harlem Rive: brought all from upper §e ¥ D R e o by Justice Stone of Supreme Court In a room in which & flag hung draped in mourning for his pre- decessor, Patrick J. Hurley, of Ok~ '!ahomm, was late yesterday affer- noon sworn in as Secretary of War. He succeeds the Good, of Towa. late James W. The oath was ad- {ministered by Justice Harlan F. |Stone, of the United States Su- preme Court. Earlier in the day the Senate confirmed the nomina- tion of Hurley. : KINCAID, 1, Dec. 10.—Machine |guns with National Guardsmen, to= of the Peabody Coal Company |mines where the National Miners Union members are on a strike. 4 The mines which ordinarily em- |ploy 3400 men had only a fi score to report for work this morns ing. W. C. Argust, Superintendent said it was doubtful if any of the mines will be able to operate. Militiamen are om Fifty State trolling the properties ing each person who seeks to el i and permitting only a few who came to work. - There is no display of violence. WEB OF WOES TO ARABS The peasant stole the rings nj his village. His brother agreed to sell the rings in Cairo. 2 But the next day the p horse died and the day folk his camel died. To avoid f trouble the brothers dug up . hand and put it on the roof. {the roof fell in. Despite these omens the b |started for Cairo to sell the |He sat down on the roadside ' wait for his train and was dead several hours later. The peasant then became oughly alarmed. He restored |rings to the hand, swathed # in its silken covering and it to its tomb. ¢ Since then his life has b antly uneventful. Bronx and WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 104—1. £ |day commanded approaches of four & | buried the hand in the outskirts of . SEC. OF WAR Takes Qath Administered®