The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 10, 1930, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” \OL XXXV., NO 5303 LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSIC JUNEAU, ALASKA FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, I930 SEVEREST COL IN SIXTY YEARS NOW PREVAILING Unteld Suflggr;z Is Report- ed from Famine Areas in China UNDERNOURISHED REPORTED DEAD Many Men ;(]—Women Are Found Frozen to Death by Peiping Police PEIPING, China, Jan. 10.—Parts of China are being swept by the severest cold in 60 years and un- told cuffering and considerable loss of life is resulting, famine areas being particularly hard hit. i The vernacular press publishes dispatches from the Suiyan district, Northern Shensi, estimating that 15,000 undernourished aged and children are dead due to exposure. The Honan Province reports the coldest weather since 1870. [ The Hah River is filled with blocks of ice and 1,000 junks have been destroyed. Hundreds of per- sons have drowned. The Peiping Police state that 16‘1 men and 41 women have been found dead here since Monday, most of them frozen to death. COLD WAVE S SPREADING TO STATES EAST Only Middle Aantic, Southeastern States Im- mune from Winter i | CHICAGO, I, Jan. 10.—Only the Middle Atlantic and Southeastern | States are immune from the cold wave which has spread over the country. California and the Pacific Coasti shivered in subnormal temperatures. Heavy snow fell in the mountams and blizzards swept castward {ro'n\ the Rocky Mountains, spreading | cold and snow far into the South- | west across the western plains and prairies. It is the second edition of the blizzard which visited the Mid- west, just before Christmas and held | that section in its spell and the| countryside lay covered with 8 Poj 18 inches of snow. e e—— .-o-u---noo-oo& L] TODAY’S STOCK . QUOTATIONS e ed0erevr0see neau mine stock is today quoted at 8%, American Ice 36%, Bethle-' hem Steel 97%, General Motors} 39%, Combustion 6, Kennecott 60%, Magma 51, Montgomery-Ward 46‘«.* National Acme 19%, Standard Oil] of California 61, Standard Oil of New Jersey 647%, Texas Corporation | 55%., American Radio 41%, U. S.| Steel 171%. ¢ R e ‘Whipping has been barred as a | punishment for unruly convicts in the Texas penitentiary. ! destruction. PERISH FRO WHERE FLIERS ARE EEING SOUGHT Karl Theile PACHFIT ’ ocelan, ! P [ el Where search is being conduct ed for Lieut. Carl Ben Eielson and Ear! Borland, Alaska airmen, Inst between Teller and North Cape since November 9. International Highway Commission For Cana U. S. Delegation To London, Now Sailing on Sea ABOARD S. S. GEORGE WASHINGTON, Jan. 10— Clear weather today greeted the American delegation to the London Naval Confer- ence, after a night of fog, which kept the ship blowing the fog horn most of the time. The sea was smooth, however, and the big ship lost little time as she plowed on. ° ° esesec00scnoesoe AIRPLANE AT FAIRBANKS IS TOSSED ABOUT St orless, Pilotless Craft Into Air—Wrecked FAIRBANKE, niaska, Jan. 10.-- A motorless, pilotless plane, was picked up by Wednesday's wind and flew 100 yards at an altitude of 30 | feet. NEW YORK, Jan. 0.—Alaska Ju- |hangar and came down to totall SEAT PLEASANT, Maryland, |Harding in the Federal district| The ship, a Swallow |Jan. 10—Leroy Brady, aged 26 years, ' court. owned by Harold’n mechanic, is charged with the! It sailed calmly over the biplane, was ‘Woodward, student flier, who was ‘overhauling his motor in a hangar at the time. The crew of the Alaskan Airways Incorporated, was also called out to hold down the cracked up Fairchild plane which crashed last week and which had |been removed to the entrance of the Hangar for salvage. The wind was so0 strong that it threatened to take Ithe plane into the air again. FRENCH RIVIERA SEES ROSY WINTER SEASON CANNES, France, Jan. 10.—Despite the trouble in the financial world eading hotel proprietors and casino directors believe that this winter's tourist season will be the best in five years. They content that British and American travelers will not cancel their vacation plans because of anv stock market losses, but will tend to select one spot instead of at- tempting to include several coun- tries in their itinerary. Egypt and the Near East will suffer most, they contend. As an added inducement to at-| tract tourists to the Riviera there; has been a general and widespread decrease in the price of food and drinks. Many of the most famous restaurants are serving dinners at a dollar a plate, a third of the price charged three years ago, while most drinks are from five to ten cents under last year’s prices. Frank Jay Gould's new casino in Nice is one of the leaders in cre- ating lower prices. The entry is twenty cents, entitling one of free- dom. of the building, with the ex-| ception of the baccarat room and; to the full-length movie show in the thgatre. Another innovation is a special’ police station where identity cards are distributed and expert Imer- preters answer guestions in thirty- five languages. rong Wind Carries Mot-‘ Is Proposed da-Alaska Road WASHINGTON, Jan 10—A spe- cial commission representing the Interior Department, Agricultural Department and Alaska Road Com- mission, to .confer wiht Oanadian Covernment * representatives for a study of construction of a highway between the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, is provided in a bill intro- duced by Delegate Sutherland. The Commission would confer with the | Canadians to study feasibility of such a highway. REACH DEFINITE FORM SEATTLE, Jan. 10.—Plans for the International Highway thmugh Canada to Alaska have already reached a definite form and a Na- | val air squadron plans to make a reconnaissance of the entire route next summer, Donald McDonald, lo- cating engineer of the Alaska Road Commission, said here. McDonald has just arrived from Fairbanks. —_———— -~ BRIDE'S DEATH Leroy Brady Is Held for Killing Girl Wife of I His Own Brother murder, as the sender of the gaily wrapped bomb which killed Naomi Hall Brady, bride of his brother. Officials said they intended to swear out additional warrants charging Brady with the slaying of Samuel Hall, 19 months, and Dorothy Hall, aged 4, brother and sister of the bride, who crowded forward eagerly as the package was fopened and then exploded. Both died later from injuries. The husband of the dead girl, also held, will be released the offi- cers said, and will appear as a wit- ness against his brother Leroy. Thirty Injured by ! Four Explosions in City of New York! ously, but four explosions in the across from the City Hall. The blasts followed a small fire lin .the ruins of the building, believed to' have been caused by a spark 1d.ropping into an acetylene tank. Crowds were homeward bound| ‘workers scattered in all directions,; Imany being knocked to the ground by the blasts and otherwise hurt in Jthe mad rush to safety. Is Confirmed Secy. of Alaska WASHINGTON, The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Karl Theile to be Secretary of Alaska for another term of four years. The nomination was sent to the Senate by President Hoover last Mon- day. This is Mr. Theile’s third term as Secretary of Alaska, He was first appointed by President Harding in 1821 and next by President Cool- idge in 1925 Jan. 10.— o 0808 00 0 smeNie ‘ - - ;ARMY PLANES TAKE TO AIR {Eighteen Pursuit Planes and One Transport Start for the West | | | SELFRIDGE FIELD, CLEMENS |Mich., Jan. (the ice on Lake St. Clair, Army's winter test flight, twice ' postponed on account of weather {conditions, got under way this the i 'THREE KILLED TEST FLIGHT 10.—Taking off from . { jmorning on the first leg of thel |flight that takes the planes flom» this1izsld to Spokane, Washingien. i NEW YORK, Jan. 10—More than | 180 persons were injured, four seri-| | partly demolished Globe Theatre,| from offices and stores and the\ Headed by Major Ralph Royce, !Y‘llght Commander, 18 pursuit |planes and one transport ship, ‘look off in rapid succession in |the bright sunshine with a tem- (perature of 10 degrees above zero. | The air fleet will stop at Du- luth, Minnesota, overnight. The planes are not expected to| |return here before January 13 The planes are equipped with skiis. 'G(lI.I.INS FOUN GUILTY TODAY; TERM 1S OVER Walker Collms Convncled on Two Counts in Li- quor, Sale Case After being out 19 hours and 30 \mmutes the jury this morning re- turned a verdict of guilty against {Walker Collins, local taxi driver, charged with violation of the Na- |tional Prohibition Act. The case ‘went to the jury at 4 p.m. Thursday, ‘(Ind it returned a verdict at 11:30 |a.m. today before Judge Justin W. | | | i | | i Collins was charged with posses- sion and sale of intoxicating liquor. The jury found him guilty on both | counts. This will be the last case tried by a jury during the current term. !Judge Harding this morning ex- |cused all jurors from further serv- ice. . “An intelligent jury panel is the prime factor in the administration of justice,” he told the jurors. |“Lacking this justice is not only blind, but it possesses, also, all the {other infirmities.” He thanked the panel for its ‘careful and intelli- |gent consideration of all cases pre- sented to it. | Judge Harding and other Court {officers will leave here next week on the steamer Alameda for Ket- |chikan where court sessions will be resumed. A petit jury panel has been drawn to report there on January 20. | R | AMATEUR GOLF CHAMP | BOXES TO KEEP FIT ST. PAUL, Jan. 10—When the winter’s blasts keep Harrison R | Johnston of St. Paul, away from the golf links, on which he is national |amateur champion, he takes to box- ing and handball to keep in trim. Johnson is more than a novice at the leather-pushing as he trained lscvem years under Tommy Gib- lbans. a fellow townsman. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS EMPIRE PRICE TEN CENTS WILL REPORT HINA WHEN GUARDS SEIZE RUM BOATS Associated Press Photo War on rum runners in southern New England coastal waters took the lives of three liquor smug- olers and caused seizure of three boats and 5,000 cases of liquor. Upper picture shows speedboat | C 5677. known as the Black Duck, on which three met death when coast guard opened fire near New- 1 port, R. I, when order to halt was ignored. Below guardsmen are shown unloading 4,000 cases of | tiquor from rum runner Flor del Mar captured off Montauk, L. [8 Representative 10/ Wisconsin ‘Raps Prohibition WASHINGTON, Jan. 10— An assertion that Prohibi- tion “has ushered in an age | of eorruption, intemperance, e disrespect of law and con- tempt of Government, such as this nation has never before witnessed,” was made by Representative John C. Shafer, Republican, of Mil- waukee, Wisconsin, today. The Wisconsin Represen- tative made the charge that the “Constitution has been changed from charter rights and liberties into a criminal statute book.” Shafer asked: “How can the people respect a Consti- tution that makes an act of temperance a crime?” PLOT CLAIMED, DETROIT, micn., can. 10 Detroit News today said an iny gation carried on by high Pol Officials into the shooting last we of Inspector Garvin, of the Bomb- ing Squad, has brought out th charge that the attack was part « a plot of a jealous Police Inspector of the same department. The News states that Detc van Coppenolle, of the Black Squad, accused one of spectors at Police Headquarter having engineered a plot by men to slay Garvin. Sub ntl van Coppenolle is said to have con- tradicted the charge. Garvin is said to have been 2 marked man by gangsters becausc of his intensive action against them. P HOSPITAL NOTES ive Hand he of gun- Amos Solburg entered St. Ann's Hospital Thursday morning for medical treatment. Chris Evanow entered the hospi- tal yesterday afternoon for medi- cal treatment. Mrs. Jack Kobe, whose baby was born December 29, left the hos- pital this afternoon for her home. : CAPITOLWORK * Five Hundred Yards of . cording to R. M. Curtis, SHOOTING CASE -* the In-| to W hite Russians Get Gold In Japan Despite Soviet By GLENN BAEB (A. P. Coirespondent) TOKYO, Jan. years ago, lof various i 10—An echo of ten when the “governments” White Russian adventur- making their last stands PROGRESSING - gal nancial and diplomatic circles |in Two agreeing te Russian factions, to end a ten-year ble, chtained a court order on which they received from the Yokohama Jank about 1,400,000 yen to be used for unstated in spite of the belated of the Soviet Embassy. story began in 1919 when At- aman Semionov, White Cossack ader in Siberia, came to Japan h more than a million yen in gold bullion, earm 1 for the pur- hase of war suppl to be used against the Bolsheviks. The gold was placed in charge of Major Gen- Which | o) Podtiagin, military attache of Concrete Poured—Two ub Contractors Coming Specie ($700,000) purposes, protest The : on the Alaska Capitol ling is progressing rapidly since ather moderated. Five hun- yards- of concrete has been nd the foundation struc- censisting of footings als is 80 per cent com Superin- tendent of Construction Eight concrete columns, . o el " support the floor the lipe still surviving Tsarist Embas- room took shape today and Pl 4 . |8y, who deposited it with the Yoko- e ey e Bround 100k oy gpects Fnk. and first floor is about 40 per cent Later Semionov's “government” complete. The concrete work on .d and he took refuge in Ja these two floors will begin som Meh A Gy E thine - el AR s Thren . } I Meanwhile General Podtia- ime eek, wee hur 2in i tired: aBTES atnite b tons of re-enforcing steel is 0/ Dad. HIeH. S5 R PRRE b i pected to. areive on the Queer Tckyo and joined the White Rus- There will be & call for oPloNy S SRR carpenters soon, said Su ere follawed. years b1 and it is expected that the AT ing and elfctr:cfl sub-co; gin to make over the gold deposit ill use as many local m to l.nm. while Podtiagin niu'umv.. ed available. it should be held in trust for the ])’.;r’l‘e; p(l:;mg';l; " (Continued on Page Twu)‘_ .u\(l the electrical contractor wi 20,,Mr. (Al'- ove: boiler litigation, REGISTERED AT CGASTINEAU The following guests the Gastineau las ! DALLAS, Jewell, C. W. Layman and George in Texas ha Dudley. se - Jan. 10.—Bank robberies > shown such a marked since the Texas Bankers' on offered a $5,000 reward “dead bank bandit” that rd offer will be held open. had 38 daylight bank rob- s in one year and 24 in eight veeks beforé the reward was an- nounced in November, 1927. Since | squad (then there have been only nine | daylight holdups in which five former Purdue backetball s ves in small court squad iays after practice beg Washington unive 12 men. A few he cut the suing to compel Podtia- | ?lfik Holdups Curbed By Texas Death Award PRESIDENT T0 GIVE REPORT T0 GONGRE Documenlsfil Be adl Public Next Monday, When Submitted 'HOUSE LEADERS " BE GIVEN Hoover Says ( Now One fc mentary Pre WASHINGTON, J dent Hoover will s¢ his Law Enforceme to Congress next Mt at the White House. The President _will various administrative officiais the Government at the disposal o the House Committees dealing 'fl‘lr Prohibition questions. A further statement made at the White House said the President felt the question was one for par- liamentary procedure and desired only expeditious legislation to adapt itself. The House leaders may adopt any methods they choose for early consideration of the proposals | to be submitted. SNOW ANDRAIN, NG VISIBILITY; WORRY FLIERS All Stations fres from Fairbanks | to Teller Report— ! No Flying Done FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Jan. 10— All stations along the air route from Fairbanks to Seward Penin- sula yesterday reported snow and rain and no visibility and Eielson search parties remain on the ground. Capt. R. A. Oaks, who came north with the Candian fliers and | the three Fairchild planes, who was ‘ordered south to prepare for & Canadian-Arctic exploration trip, did not take yesterday's south= bound train for Seward and will temain on the ground until Capt. “Pat” Reid is found. REPORT FROM DECKARD NOME, Alaska, Jan. 10.—It has been reported to Major H. C. Deck- ard that people at Unalakleet heard an airplane last Saturday, the day the two Fairchild planes left Fair- banks for Nome, Deckard says in & report made here from Nulato. His plane returned that way to the Yukon River from the north side of Unalakleet and the Major be= lieves the people there heard the plane piloted by Matt Neimenen and not the plane of Capt. “Pat” Reid, now lost somewhere over '-hl Norton Bay district. Dog teams have been sent to St. Michael and enroute are noti= fying all in the district to be om the lookout for Reid. 4 The weather at Nulato yester- day was imposible for a takeoff, Major Deckard has wired to Alfred J. Lomen, in charge of the Eielson | Search Expedition. ' - ATHENS—The Greek budget for 1930 shows a balance of $113815, despite diminished taxation and increased expense for national hy- giene. The naval and military es- timates total 322,225 812. | robbers were killed and rewu'll paid to their slayers. Insurance companies were thmt- ening to increase premiums or with= draw insurance when the reward was announced. In the 24 robber- ies immediately before the m was offered, not a shot was fired, |pot a robber captured and nob a cent of money recovered. G There are more than 1,600 banks in Texas. 3