The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 25, 1930, Page 1

JUNhAU ALASKA TUhSDAY FEBRUAR\ 25; 1930 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CEN IS LIFE OF CALVIN COOLIDGE IS REPORTED THREATENED |SWENSONS ARE ABOARD ALASKA AND DUE IN JUNEAU TONIGHT SOUTHBOUND, BANKER HELD TWO DAYS BY KIDNAP BAND Wi s 1s Fioally Re- leased Upon Payment of $40,000 Ransom SEARCH BEING MADE FOR MASTER MlNDS‘ Bondsman Confesses He Acted as Unwilling Go- | Between in Affair LOUIS, Mo., ST. cer Feb. 25.—Offi- of two states today searched- the master minds of a daring kidnapping ring which abducted’ Charles Perchall, wealthy Granite| i Illinois, chain grocer and| bz r, within two blocks of his home last week and held him cap- | tive for two day then released him on payment of a sum reputed | to be $40,000. Pershall’s release was engineerad by George Blockburger, Grani y bondsman, who declared that he was the unwilling go-between. | First denying any knowledge of | 4ssoclated Press Photo the ransom racket, Blockburger | Marion Swenson, Broadway Hig girl, Seattle, and ner finally confessed he paid $40,000 father, Capt. Olaf Swenson, head of a fur company, ice-bound on the raised by Pershall's family for the gopooner Nanuk at North Cape, Siberia, for several months, are aboard banker's freedom. the steamer Alaska due in port tonight from the Westward, enroute | south. It was Marion who sent out the radiogram from the Nanuk on January 25 stating that Pilots Joe Crosson and Harold Gillam had AGE flF quLu found the wrecked Eielson plane. Before that and until she left the Nanuk in an airplane piloted by Capt. Pat Reid for Nome, she was \a newspaper correspondent, relating daily by radiograms what was Is Alive When Extricated for Sciool WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—A ped- The pet parrot of Herry L. | estal proved no place for Old Soak.| itranspmm at the scene of the wrecked plane, the search for the bodies {of the fliers. When she arrives in Seattle, a trip to New York has been ung an Arctic map aboard the Nanuk locating where the Eielson plane | was wrecked. “irom Wreck—Dies in Ambulance and Thomas Middleton, aged 23, Of Los Angeles, a student, were kxllcd| vesterday afternoon in a plane| o being rushed to a hospital. He was an ace of the Royal Flying Corps during the World War. arranged which will serve to give her recompense for the months she has spent in the Arctic region{ forced to do so when the Nanuk became caugm in the ice. The picture above shows her and her father study Stimson’s Old Soak B i SANTA MARIA, Cal, Feb. 25— V H N (, I J. W. Pearson, aged 31, instructor. exes la uar( l‘!'ls n $400,000 Sufl \ crash in a river. Witnesses extricated Pearson alive but he died in an ambulance while Middleton was dead when taken from the plane. — ., e veoceo0e e e o0 TODAY’S STOCK e QUOTATIONS Lo 000006 ~000 0 NEW YORK, Feb. 25.—Alaska Ju- neau mine stock is quoted today at 7'z, American Ice 36%, Ana- conda 73, Bethlehem Steel 96%, Central Alloys 32%2, General Motors 42, Gold Dust 41%, Granby 56%, Grigsby Grunow 16%, Kennecott 57%, National Acme 25%, Packard 19%, Radio 44%, National Brands Standard Oil of ‘California U. 8. Steel 179%. 257%, f 567%, —. Associated Press Photo Mrs. Edna Lesdom Doegler, for Decentralized Branch will go on trial at Mays Landing, Of Banking Suggested g N. J., in the $400,000 alicnation suit WASHINGTON, Feb. 25—A de-|of Mrs, p,m K. £da0r. centralized branch of banking isj’ suggested as a solution of the ALASKAN SNOW TOVER mer musical comedy beauty, who | Stimson, Secretary of State, the Old Soak was given into the keep- when Mr. Stimson went London naval meeting. to the He was given a prominent pedes- tal in the patio of the Pan Ameri- jcan union, with bright-plumed but | sober minded mackaws for neigh- | bors. ¥ | There he {malm'olemly gazing around. Then | surprise and boredom overcame | him and he began to sputter “Hello, |Old Soak!" “Hello, Old Soak!” | punctuating each self-congratula- |tion with a shriek that split the |silence of the patio and cut into the air of busy adjacent offices | Nothing could stop him; visitors cnly made him more self-asser- |tive. Most of the personnel of the Fan American union building lrled ‘dm'chnt plans to quiet him. One | bird-loving worker even coaxed him /into a cage and walked the floor | with him. | But at last it was decided |would have to be reformed gradn- |ally. Now he is kept in a base- |ment room in the daytime and at night the caretaker transfers him | sat quietly for a time, hei GANGSTER SHOT WHILE TRUSSED UP IN HOSPITAL ‘Frank Erland, Gangland's Toughest, Is Perhaps Fatally Wounded ASSAILANTS STEAL ; INTG HOSPITAL | Firdon Their Enemy While He Is Practically Helpless in Bed CHICAGO, I, Feb. 25.—Frank McErland, whom gangland knows |as its toughest, was shot three times, probably fatally, by ene- mies last night as he lay already 1 | | \ | 1 | pital room, with his right leg in a cast and strung up high by pul- leys and weights. McErland grabbed a from beneath his pillow and fired back at his assailants as they rled ‘down the corridor. ‘ Bullets plerced McErland’s back, iwrist and right thigh. | As “Charles Miller,” McErland Igained entrance to the hospital January 28 for treatment of a bul- let wound which he said was acci- denta.]ly inflicted. | While the nurse was out of the room last night, his assailangs slipped in. McErland maintained | he was Miller until detectives rec- ognized him. Gangland is blamed for the shootmg SENTENGED T0 " DIE 5 TIMES FOR MURDERS P ronou ncemenl of Five| | Death Penalties Unpre- cedented, California | LOS ANGELES, Cal, Armondo Boltares, convicted killing five persons, has been sen- Feb. 25— ,Court Judge. Under the law he is snntenct‘d |to death for each murder. | Pronouncement of five death pm-: alties on one individual is unpre-| cedented in California courts, at- taches said. Boltares was accused of slaying Luciano Garcia and wife and three ) children of the Alvarez family who| were living with the Garcias The state claimed he committed the acts as revenge for his swee!- heart, Dolores Guichpa, who ha been exposed as a bootlegger by Garcia and his wife. Lure of Auto Racing WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—Two veterans are unable to turn their | backs on the auto racing world Rene Thomas, 55, French speed veteran who won the Indianapolis ‘5on»mue race in 1914, wishes to pit his experience this year against America’s youngsters “to win the al |tion to London. Keeps Veterans Active banking needs of the country by John W. Pole, Compiroller of Cur- rency. He was the first witness to testify before the banking Com- mittee of the House into the inves- tigation into a group of chain branch banking. The followilg amounts of snow, | in inches, was reported on the| ground at various Alaskan stations | Monday evening, February 24: Bar- row, 12; Bethel, 4. Cordova, 48;| Eagle, 17; Fort Yukon, 12; Nome, | 42; Tanana, 16; Juneau, 18. { SOVIET STRIVES TO REDUCE LIST | OF UNEMPLOYED By JAMES A. MILLS (A. P. Correspondent) MOSCOW, Feb. 25—Collective farming is seen by the Soviet union not only as a means of getting rid of the “kulaks” or private land owners among the peasants of Rus- sia, but also as a method of check- 1z the drift to the cities and thus | relieving the unemployment situa- tion. The importance of this latter consideration has been emphasized by a report on the number of idle. The latest figures fixed this at 1,241,000 in the middle of Jmunry. Most of those who were out of | work were women, or children un- der 18 years of age, and the big majority of the entire list was made up of unskilled labor. The government statisticians who analyzed the figures concluded that the chief cause of the situation |was the constant stream of peas-| |ants from the villages. These peo- | ple were seen as activated by a de- |sire to work in the larger communi- | ties rather than remain in the country. | | I | Farm Work In planning the project of indus- |truuzing farm work, the govern- | (Continued on Page Three) %) {ings in that manner. |Rib But Fills AU Engaflonwnts fltor to set the injured member. He {be joined shortly by Mr. McBri to his patio pedestal. It is argued he gradually will be- come accustomed to his surround- race just once more before I re- tire.” |tary of the American automobile e, association contest board, went no Lauder Breaks way to California to regain his health. As a ‘racing free lance” Hare-| |snape is organizing beach trials for March 15-30, when Kaye Don CHICI\GO Feb. 25.—Harry Lau- British driver, will try for a new ider proved that he is a real trouper world speed record. and is appearing nightly despite the | pain of a fractured rib. This be- came known when he caled a doc- Mrs, Tully Brings Suit fald hie waa “Ieelinig Tine” For Divorce from Mate, The ninth rib on the right side ‘I oboAuthor,’Hollywood {was broken a week ago when he| sllpped in a bathtub but he in- sisted in fulfilling all engagements. - - | | LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Feb. 25 Mrs. Margaret Tully has filed suil for divorce from James A. Tully, “Hobo Author,” of Hellywood, charging extreme cruelty. Tul Mrs. J. C. McBride was an out- and John Gilbert recently enga bound passenger last night on. m,‘in a fist fight in a Hollywood cafe. Princess Norah, She is bound for| O e . Berkeley, California, where she will | ROSS IN. HOSPITAL MRS. M'BRIDE LEAVES | who is now in the east. There| W. E. Ross, fox farmer of Tebe: |they will spend a month visiting kof Bay, entered 8t. Ann’s hospital [with a sister of Mrs. McBride, and |today to undergo treatment for! will return here about April 1. lheflv trouble. Val Haresnape, long-time secre-| farther thap Daytona Beath on his| FORMER PRESID“ I | wounded in a bed in a private hos-! revolver | N PA CIFIC CC L\oT } Associated Press Photo ~ Calvin Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge were officially welcomed to California by Gov. C. C. Young and Mrs. Young. The former president and his wife are at the left and California’s chief executive and Mrs. Young are at the right. Fog at Nanuk {Prevents Flying of Funeral (’ortege . SCHOONER NANUK, North Cape, Siberia, Feb. 25.—The weather was per- fect yesterday at Teller, being clear, etc., but low clouds and fog prevailed here and the funeral cortege with the bodies e¢f Col. Carl Ben Eielson and. Earl Borland ‘was postponed. ee 0000 e NAVAL PARLEY MAY CONTINUE ° e tes0ecsceese Flier’s Widow S RECESS STAGE of ing of the Pan American union tenced to be hanged by a Superior Conference Wlll Await | Crisis in France Pend- | ing Stable Cabinet LONDON, Feb. 25.—The Spok |man of the American delegation l’y ‘the Naval Conference, said that ithe French Cabinet does not get a {vote of confidence, the Conference! jwill probably continue in rec |until such a time as France has a 1Guvernment able to sent a delega- e 1l'ACll'-‘lC GAS GIVEN OLTR | AS CUSTOMER P'BOTECTION“ | SAN FRANCISCO, Feh. 25.—Mak- {ing gas smell is the objective of distributors of natural fuel gas in recently developed territory in Cal- {ifornia. Unlike the product of Middle Western States, natural fuel pas is odorles sin the Western fields and several fatalities occurred after its introduction to Pacific Coast users.: So the company is saturating its product with atomized oil. The odorant does its work thoroughly, |although no odor is created while the gas is burning. ———.— YANKEE PILOTS FLY CHINA WASHINGTON — American pilots fly Chinese passenger and mail services, according to Granville Woodard, Department -of Commerce |Trade Commissioner, e ‘ ® & 0 000000 00 WOMAN ADMITS POWER OF FEMININE TONGUE LONDON, Feb. 25.—Fem- inine superiority in endur- ance talking has been ac- knowledged by Susan Lawr- ence, Parliamentary Secre- tary to the Ministry of Health, “Physical = endurance is more important than wit and temper in parliamentary work,” sald the intrepid legislator at a recent pub- lic meeting. “Women are all powerful when they use the weapon God has given them, Lhe tongue.” . . ® ° . . . . . e . ° . . . . . 3 . . o . » K ying Aviation Mrs. R. H. Merrill, youthful widow of the Alaskan aviater swho perished in the icy wastes last September, is shown with her youngest son after her arrival at | Portland, Ore., | to complete | her course in aviation. Mrs. Merrill 'GUNMAN FROM EAST OUT TO GET COOLIDGE {Letter Saysmuld—Be As- i sailant Has Arrived \ in Los Angeles \WARNING RECEIVED IN \LETTER THROUGH MAIL Initials of Informer Are Withheld from Publication LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. {25. — Calvin Coolidge came lacross a threatening missive while reading his mail yes- |terday. With arched eye- brows, he turned to his guard ‘and said: “I guess this belongs to lyou.” | The letter read: | “Honorable Mr. C. Cool- idge: I like to warn you, gunman murderer from East larrived in Los Angeles. | “He said Mr. Coolidge go- /ing make trip back East in |coffin because he going to kill him. | “Se for God’s sake be care- {ful. Protect yourself and |Mrs. Coolidge because he sure 'do it. | “His brother in peniten- \tiary fer, booqg-(hg L | “God bless you, protect ' (you. I pray for you. Remain |your friend.” i The initials are withheld ifrom publication. FINAL TIMBER AREAS CHOSEN | | |Another Man Is in Hospi- k.1 plans to appiy for both commercial and transport flying licenses. | (International New: BY SYNDICATE Heintzleman Re Returning to Frisco—Cameron Makes Statement on Plans B. F. Heintzleman, Assistant Dis- trict United States Forester, who has been in Washintgon in connec- tion with the final selection of 0T GDOD imber areas for the Cameron- Chandler pulp project, left last |Saturday for San Francisco to re- new his conferences with George T. Cameron over the project, ac- cording to word received at dis- trict Forest Service headquarters here. Mr. Heintzleman represented the Government and Enginee r Don Meldrum the °Cameron-Chandlar Interests in the negotiations over the timber area selections. Cameron Makes Statement Mr. Cameron, who is publisher of the San Francisco Chronicle, re- cently made the following statement for Pacific Pulp and Paper Indus- |try, a leading trade journal of the | SH(]T IN RAID, MAN IS DEAD Patient Has Shown No Im- provement for Several Days, Says Bulletin tal, Severely Wounded —~Oklahoma Affair TULSA, Okla., Feb. 25.—George | WASHiNGION, Wep. 25—Physi- Lewis Redding, aged 30, shot by a| cians attending Willlam Howard Federal Prohibition Agent in a|Taft, issued a bulletin this mora- liquor raid last night, died today. ing stating’ that their patient -had Lawrence Morgan, guest at the “jost ground.” The bulletin fur-| Redding home at the time of the|ther sald Taft has shown no im- raid, is in the hospital, severely | provement for several days al- wounded. though there is no cause for im- mediate alarm. e . MINER IS ILL | J. H. CANN BACK FROM MINNESOTA Ann's hospital yesterday for medical treat- After spending several weeks at ment. He is a miner at the Alas- M.nh Bm:hers‘ sanitarium in Ro- ka Juneau Gold Mining Comp:my Steve Uzelac entered St. Pacific Coast: “The so-called Cameron-Chand- ler project in Alaska includes my- rconnnued on Page Eight) Southeast Aldsks mining man Bnd~ part owner of the Gastineau Hotel here, returned to Juneau on the | Princess Norah. He reported an enjoyable trip to the mid-western city and back to aska. He expects to remain in, 1 indefinitely. | ) | : FAVOR FACE WO By CHARLES R. FERLIN (A. P. Staff Writer) Ju KENTUCKY SOLAR ROOM TO STUDY SUN'S RAYS| LE: GTON, Ky. Feb. 25~A! laboratory of life and light that looks like a combination zoo and conservatory has been completed at the University of Kentucky In it will be studied secrets of temperature and sunlight that make for health or illness. Endowed by Percy H. Johnson of New York, the solar laboratory is an eight-room steel Quilding with a glass roof. when he mounted the rostrum of It is equipped with large ultra- the United States senate to ac- violet ray lamps and apparatus for quaint that body with the British air conditioning so as to provide view on naval disarmament. any degree of temperature, humid-| The recommendations were pub* ity and air motion. tation of foreign viewpoints to the national legislatures of the various countries has been endorsed as a means of forwarding international | good will by a number of Eumpean‘ statesmen and parliamentarians. Their sentiments resulted from consideration of tained by Ramsay MacDonald, prime minister of Great Britain, | endblatt” BERLIN, Feb. 25.—Direct presen- | the success at-| 'lished here in the “Acht Uhr Ab-k TO FACE TALKS ON RLD AFFAIRS in response to this query |from the newspaper: “Would the sending of a minis- |ter from time to time to the speak- ers’ rostrum of the parliament of a foreign nation be the best means for making known the viewpoint of one nation to another? ‘Would this new method lead speedily to better mutual understanding?” Prof. Dr. Theodor Ruyssen, gen- eral secretary of the Association of the International League of Na- tions Leagues, Brussels, wrote: National Horizons L, “It is to the advantage of the leaders of the foreign policies gt | the vauous countries to " (Continued on M‘&)