The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 24, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY VOL XXX\ W NO JUNEAU “ALL THE NEWS ALASKA TUESDAY DLCEMBER 24 ALASKA EMPIRE ALL THE TIME” | 929 MhMBLR OF ASJOCIA'I ED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS APPEALS TO SOVIETS T0 MAKE SE PLOT TO KILL ROYALTY OF BELGIUM 12 | 1 WasThe N POLICE MAKE DISCOVERY OF MURDER PLOT Royal Farmly e Belglum‘ Said to Be Slated for 1 Assassination ITALIAN ARRESTED, Would Pravent Mamage of Princess and Prince by Foul Methods BRUSSLES, Belgium, Dec. 24, -— The newspaper Inde- pendence Belge, says a plot to assassinate members of the Belgian Royal family to prevent the marriage of ie Jose to Crown Prince Humbert, of Italy, has been discovered by the police. The plot is said to be aimed at the Belgivm Italian ster if the marriage are carried out. The ncwspaper says the police arrested an Italian Communist named Bierni, who is alleged to have con- ved that he tame to Belus» and that is of jolly old “St. Nick.” to wait up and see if Santa would pay them an advance vi have fallen asleep before they could find out. have met the jolly old man, and are, of course, lu\mw their orders persomally rather than trust to erowded maila. Internaticnal Newsreel T There is but one thought constantly in the minds of Young America, These two youngsters had decided But However, th em to gium to murder the Italian Minister of Justice, Prof. Christmas Flying Roceo. A Couple of Years The Italian is further al- From Now, Perhaps leged to have disclosed a plot to bomb the Royal train which is to convey King Al- NEW YORK, Dec. Fritz Vonopel, aged 30 year: inventor of the pelled automobile, here and arnounced hat he hog to perfec! 2,000 miles an hour. ine will use a new fluid explosive which his en- gineers are now testing. This is produced by com- bining two other high pc ered explosives, and is a ret form . Voropel w pend o r here ing the motor industry. e e 600000000 - DEMUG'%ATS BAR 600006000 c0000600 STATE TICKET s LR vl is a passen- ger on the Alemeda to spend the bert and Queen Elizabeth to Italy for the wedding. - Vast Machinery of Govern-! ment Takmg Rest for Holiday Tomorrow WASHINGTON, Dec. 24—The glad spirit whi comes each year with Holly wreaths, sprigs of ever- grecns and bundle-laden but cheer- 1ul pedestrians, prevaded the Na- nal Capital as its residents, offi- 1 and unofficial, entered heartily | | into the observance of Christmas. i/\labama Democrats Won't The vast machinery of the Gov- ernment is at rest. Let Any One Who Oppos- President Hoover has cancelled | 1 \ practically all of his engagements, | Cd GOV. Smflh Run including the regular Cabinet meet-| \ ing and conference with newspaper-| MONTGOMFRY, Ala, Dec. 24— men, in order that he might be free .An opinion just announced by At- to spend as much of the day uytorney -General McCall upheld the possible with Mrs. Hoover and fam- | legality of the decision of the ily. | State Democratic Executive Com- L jmitteg to bar as candidates for nominations in the 1930 Democratic A . | primaries those who failed to sup- New American Iport the Democratic Presidential Ambassador Is ticket in 1928, but to permit them A o !to participate in the primaries as Received, Spain e Senli » gy | The qualifications determined MADRID, Dec. 24—Amid all of ypon by the Executive Committee the traditional pomp and pageant-lexclude Senator Heflin who seeks horacterizing the Spanish Court, |re-election next year. Hugh A King Alfonso today formally re- Tocke, entrant in the race for ceived Erwin B. Laughlin in the Governor, is also excluded. Both Royzl Palace and accepted his cre- of them stumped Alabama s as new American Ambas- Hoover in the last campaign. | Heflin and Locke have announced g Alfonso and Ambassador | that they will run for Senator and Laughlin exchanged felicitations on |Governor respectively as independ- the agreeable relations between the ents. two couniries and expressed hope| Attorney-General McCall is also they will increasingly continue. |a candidate for the Democratic e \ncmmatmn for Governor. He is ’ sident manager 'g leader among those who oppose of the Ala ka Fish Brokerage, is 2 the K. K. K. passenger to Wrangell on the Ala- R meda to spend the holidays wi ’H Mrs. H. C. Turner, his father. Mrs. Engstrom accom--Turner of Kennecott, panied her husband. ' D holidays with friends in Seattle. Miss Dorothy Chisholm, of the - eees Juneau Public School, is a passen-| Clara H. Dickinson, nurse, ar- ger to Wrangell on the Alameda to rived from Seward on the Alameda spend the holidays with her par-|with three patients:for St. Ann’s ¢nts, Hospital, in her charge, 900000000000 000000 HEFLIN FROM: wife of Dr. HELEN WILLS - TENNIS STAR, ~ NOW MARRIED Quiet Ceremony Perform- ed Yesterday—Honey- mooners Off on Cruise BERKELEY, Cal., Dec. 24—Helen Wills, who won the Women's World Tennis Championship, captivated the hearts of two cont 1ts, paint- ed pictures wh praise in the London ga who was presented to the young man and is rs. Frederick 8. M was married pel near the tennis col her one known women in The b L( ceremony, day after two families, ~] ed away in an ped=away in an automok leyed to Los Angeles, where theught they will take a y a honeymoon cruise. ¢ BUrrg Senator Harris Called To W hite House ;Confers With President Hoover| 24.—Presi- | with } who thc n WASHINGTON, Dec. dent Hoover has - conferred nator Harris, of Georgia anded the removal from Enforcement Commissiol dissat- isfaction of the procedure Commission and said he to the White House by the dent. President Hoovér made ment on the nature of the Presi- no com- for S nator Harris objected to the statements Judge McCormick made in Los Angeles about Prohibitign Enforcement. Judge McCormick is said to have stated search of pri- e dwellings without was an ouistanding evil H contended that Judge s utterances encouraged Senator law-breaking. e TO LTlLl7E CRUDE OIL STOCKHOLM, Sweden.—An in- vention which treats crude oil so it can be used in swi light motors, will be marketed here by Swedish and English eapital. It has been tried two years by the London Gen- cral Omnibus company. ¢ Faulkner to Reporl to} Chamber on Activities | Carried On in 1929 | o | it | | \ | of the! was called | discus-learly in November for the first 11| warrants | Mc- done. ht Beforo Lhrlitmas— PANTAGES Is PETITIONING FOR RELEASE Noke 1 Bk Up Bonds Pending Appeal— Claims He Is Sick Cal, Dec. 24.— Atterney Burton Fitt uld appoint three physi-| mine Alexander Pan-| to Superior Court ricket next Thurs- | t a hearing on Pantages’ pe-| or release on bond pending cision on his appeal, following | tion and sentence for assaul-| e Pringle. ! had filed a petition for lease on bail and presented affi- davits of eight medical experts ng that chronic heart attacks endangered his life. | e affidavits said Pantages has ered several heart attacks in jail and such conditions might cause him to die any moment. o> o SEEKS REVENGE; - TWO MEN SLAIN Armed Rifle, T Amuck atag w-th Automatic | !.\v}\‘n IQUHS Is Killed Dec. 24—Run- ning amuck with an automatic rifle, | Anton Huebner, a farmer, killed two men yesterday and wounded a third before he was slain by an armed icitizen, | Huebner said he was seeking re- venge against an automobile dealer who two years ago hit Huebner on| the head with a heavy stick. ! Yesterday Huebner walked to a motor company’s office at the lunch hour and opened fire, k)llm,,‘ Hubert Wefley, dealer, and Con-> stable Charles Sens. Sheriff Blay- lock was wounded. | For 20 minutes Huebner ruled the downtown streets shooting at every- body on sight Three times he emptied and reloaded his rifle be-| ore he was finally fired upon and ) lknlled | e o ANNUALREPORT T0 BE FEATURE - NEXT THURSDAY The last regular meeting of the {Juneau Chamber of Commerce for | {the current year will be held Thurs- | day at noon at the Arcade Cafe. ‘It will be the last for the present iboard of directors and President H. L. Faulkner, the new board and of- | ficers taking over the management | wb) the first January meeting. | A detailed report covering the Chamber's activities for the past year will be submitted by the Ex- jecutive Board. It will be supple- nented by an additional report rom the Secretary's office covering | the period from November 1, and| ishowing the financial status of the |organization. A report was made| |months of the year. | | Last year was probably the most .actlve in the Chamber’s history. 'The Executive Committee urged allj members who can possible do so to attend the meeting Friday as| it was felt that everyone would bej interested in a review of the work Several special guests will be in attendance, it was said. | - e - PLANE SPEED! RVEY | VANCOUVER, 8. C,; Dec. 21.«——By| use of aerial photography, a Cana- dian electric company completed in| four days a survey for a new elec-| tric line between Vancouver and A (‘HRISTM AS PU /71 E |services -at the Resurrect ldered, Rev. Harry R. Allen ¢ {who' returns praise and th OLD STYLE JUBILA NT CHRISTMAS PLANNED BY HOOVERS THIS YEAR WILBUR SENDS MESSAGES TO MOSCOWGOVT. Secretary of Interior-Asks for Assistance to Find Fliers SOVIET SHIPS NEAR SCENE ALSO TO AID Gov. Parks Will Flash Ap- peal Messages Direct to Arctic Region WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.— American Government mes- sages appealing unofficially to the Soviet Russian Gov- ernment for assistance in the isearch for Col. Carl Ben Eiel- |son and his mechanician Earl | Borland, have been flashed [ directly to Moscow and will (be flashed to two Soviet sips, Ithe icebreaker Litke and | Stavropol, in the vicinity Christmas will be a joMy time at the Whitc Fouse this year, what with the shouts of Herbert Where Eielson disappeared. | Hoover IIX (left) and Peggy Ann lloovcr (right). | The message to Moscow [ dre: lacking the shoufs and laughter, was transmitted through the will make Christmas this vear a rAnl Tass Soviet N A [A. P. Feature Service Writer) |the H lone. The favorife W Egse [# A28 WON. ENS Apemcy. WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 —An old- | Large, sister h in |dogs—Pat, a big Ir The messages to the ships fashioned Christmas such as has|their teens. | belonging to Mrs. Hoove. i will be seni by Gov. Gw not” been celebrated in the Whitd | Some- of the old. heighbors from |kon,.g: whith husky. with. ing - Al Parks,’ wdiAlaskia. s House in many administrations will [the former 8 street home of > |will add their own gru mas oo The State Department h« two trees formed the Interior Depart A make the holidays this year radi- | Hoovers may be invited in with |greetings to the merrym ant. their children for Christm: e There probably will b Children, for the first time in|or at some time during Christm —one in the ea room for the 5 11l gather round the bright- |day. | genersl caliers to mpe ‘And the other |Taos it had no (?bjectxon o ghted tree and pull presents out of | The homing spirit, which draws |in the private quarters of the Presi- an appeal for assistance. stockings in the early Christmas|wanderers from far corners of the |dent and his family on the floor Ignoring national usage, dawn, s {earth, will be symbolized in the above, Se : + 4 | 4 3 cretar, bar, Little Herbert Hoover III will|lights shining from the White| Church on Christmas morning, a y of Interior Wil o clutch his wooly dog with the same | House windows tonight. n dinner and a quiet afterngon ON an urgent appeal for as- glee as other youngsters in millions | President and Mrs. Hoover have with a few old friends will com- sistance from Vilh jalmar of homes all over the land. A doll jalways made much of TUhe day, no plete the day. Stefansson, Arctic explorer in a pink or blue bonnet will| matter in what distant land they| The Coolidges always had a small ¢ 5 o > tree decorated with stars and an. S€Rt a C""‘_m““'ca""“ direct gels in the east room. There was to the Soviet Capital. The tate Deparfment was not bring smiles to the face of little have been. For the President, Peggy Ann Hoover, aged 3, who is | pecially, the sentiment the day no need of a special family tree. There was only John to « called ‘tpon to rule: upon MR sent hefore her grandfather’s pride holds powerful appeal. from College and he wi con- By SUE JA('N:\.\I ARA ¥ 1i; of “children” | ~Herbert two chil- are home for the holiday of ldren in rooms which have Houvcr r., his wife and | heretofore been holiday fpxuv:\ but For the White House Th: coupled with the presence boyoml the family tree ag Y A8 5 wi ulat DID HE SHOP ARI Y OR l()() I'ARIY ()l{“" sulted. 3 4 The messages to be sent by Gov. Parks will suggest the vessels use planes and do‘ teams. Jepariment was SENATOR BORAH ALSO DS DIRECT REQUE & WASHINGTON, Dec. 24—A di- | rect request to the Soviet Govern- ment for aid in rescuing Eielson hag been made by Chairman William E. Borah of the Senate Foreign Rela= tions Committee. Senator Borah's request was made | in a cablegram to M. Litvinoff, Aet- ing Secreatry of Foreign Affairs. Senator Borah acted upon the re- quest of Mrs. Mabel Walker Wille- brandt, former Assistant Attorney General in charge of Prohibition' Enforcement, now counsel for the Aviation Corporation which Gll-( ployed Eielson and Borland. Senator Borah said in his cable= : gram, sent independently of the ac= . tion taken by Secretary of Inbeflnr. s Wilbur: : “Two American aviators, Eielson and Borland, flying from Teller, Alaska, are known fo be down in the vicinity of the icebound motor- ship Nanuk, within 100 miles of & your icebreakers Litke and Stavros i il s STm'CMT ACTON pol. I bring this to your attens WEATHER FORECAST GOES TO WRANGELL tion believing you will be plad to. FOR CHRISTMAS direct the Stavropol or Litke flp‘ el make such a search for them as i Joseph A Divisi- | practicable.” Commander for Alaska and Pty Northern British Columbia, for the READY FOR PLANES Salvation Army, with headquarters | ON ARRIVAL AT SEW, Wrangell, who arrtved in Ju-| SEWARD, Alaska, Dec. 24T neau on the Margnita, left on tu'-’mfl;k,., Railroad is preparing for th Alameda for his home at Wrangell. | arpival of the Coast Guard Cutt He has just completed a tour 8 Chelan with the three large part of Southeast Alaska,|planes to join in the search during which he visifed Patersburg, Eielson and Rorland. Kake, Angoon, i . Lenvk lat cars are at the dock and Juncau. cranes and o'her loading || Stalf-Capt. Acton established 810 be operated by experts who S Salvation Army Citidal st Angoon hag previous experience in han ling December 15. The attendance w: planes for Wilkins and also ¢ large and the interest all that!mereial planes. could be desired, the Caplain said.| The Canadian fliers and LUTHERAN CHURCH IS HOLDING SERVICES TOMORROW FORENOON Staff-Capt. Snow; not much change onal in temperature; moderatg There will be Chri southeasterly winds. as Day Luther- at an church tomorrow w;mzl.u 11 o'cloek. Special music by robed Junior Choir will voeeenese0 €Cevcceesone e0e 0000000 e ren- pose be ok Surely ‘we should be graie:ul enough to God to spend one hour in His House worshipping and praising the Author and Giver of every good and perfect gift. The public is cordial invited to wor- ship with the congregation at t service.” of day: “The true meaning of C! a mas is the celebratin: of great gift to all mankind thr His Son, Jesus Christ. His birth fulfills the promise of God to give to the world a Savio: ! deemer. The greatest of Chr joy and happiness comes God's 1gh istmas % > BOSTON—Inspectors, working in Bridge River. Officials said thei survey would have required a year by the ordinary methods, ) !The Christmas Day services are |to be posted on Massachusetts roads ing to God for this blessed season. |pairs and wearing plain clothes, are Capt. Acton will spend Christ- planes will probably be enroute mas holiday with his family at|Fairbanks two hours M to watch for driving violations. lWrBHSE!I. arrival hm being arranged for this very pur-’ |