The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 18, 1930, Page 1

TH \OL XX)\V NO 5360 JUNEAU, ALASKA TUESD \\ MARCP DAILY ALASKA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” . 1930 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS BANDITS MASSACRE POPUL?ATION OF ENTIRE TOWN NOTED GANGSTMR N\TQ’W [ Denies Taking Part In Bank Robbery SCARFACE AL GAPONE FREED FROM PRISON Walks Away with Bod_v guard but Where, No- body' Seems to Know CROWD AT PRISON ‘ GATE DISAPPOINTED | Gang Leader Released Aft- er Serving Ten Months of Year's Sentence PHIA, Penn, Al Capor PHILAD] rd while hundreds of curi- ous spectators, newspapermen and photographers awaited his release front of the tern State iary in this of these will say the two men left. Al pro- ignorance of their destina- | Miss Barbara La Mass, 25, alleged of a|accomplice of Floyd Drennan in 1oaded | $15,000 robbery of a New Boston, cut | Michigan, bank in 1926, as o appeared in the Wayne County, 800d | Mich., jail after she whs brought | back to Detroit from Florida. Miss La Marr denies having any connec- | tion with the robbery, to which Drennan has pleaded . 5 R nmrnde&)&yumrem ARSON RING IS REVEALED INN. Y, CITY ';Fraudulent Insurance Claims May Run Into Millions—One Arrest served 10 months sentence for car Two months were > term on account of or. apone yeal pist from t beh CHICAGO ON WAT(WI c Al Capone. oadway Limited, of oad, arrived ning and P Station and for Capone, also |» bi patrolled Union “Scarface” Al Capone is the re- puted famous gang leader of Ct cago. He disappeared over a 0 and went to Flori ned north in Philadelph! tha i1 the Police he £ wanted ¢ At | arrested in Phil i a guilty plea of o Lxxise| * has heen arrest of Tuttle, NEW YORK. apons and went to prison. |tence of an “Arso: circles reported he was|, covered he n: be placed behind the |gocenn Eisenstel fearing he was marked bY|ppiteq gangs of Chicago. l —— - POTATO FERTILIZER Rir the Charle ttorney Various us to bars rival BE EAST LANSING, Mich. — Four | parts of nitrate to 16 parts of oheric acid and eight parts of the best formula for late three years of cxperi-| have convinced iMichi- College specialis | - - |re ; whom ! d mem- | n their es-| could collect | 1 had been {are mercha bers of the ring tablishments in nce on goods w moved previous .to the fires Eisenstein has been aigned on {two charges of second degree arson |He is said, by Fire Marshal Brophy, to have admitted firing a loft for !3750 and promise ‘of $2,200 more. | to hu mentat so th Sta Decrease Shown In Income Tax Collections WASHINGTON, March 18. —Income tax collections, up to and including March 15, according to estimates, to- tal $67,000,000 compared t@ $72,000,000 for the corre- sponding period a year ago. RUBBER TREES THRIVE TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Brazilian | rubber trees, planted in experi-| mental tracts in South ' Florida, | {have grown rapidly and have reach- ed a height of 15 feet or more,| reports Dr. O. F. Cook of the De-! Ll partmem of Agnculture FRENCH MAIDS SCORN ‘[ GOOD GIRL DOWRIES - {ou PARIS, March 18.—Dowries, the |limit backbone of the French marriage system, are going begging. The Paris Poor Relief has six $400 dowries a year to award,to maids who measure up to certain cenditional standards, and many cther es have similar ‘funds, some with prizes of $1,400. But there are few takers. Many of the dowries are hedged ns to which the pre- ar girl ribed but which cause the 1930 feminine model to laugh with disdain. There are dowries on marriage. Still there are hundreds of these ! awarded each year, many of them | to “rosieres.” This'is the term ap- plied to girls chosen in villages or | towns as the most worthy and who are crowned with roses at a public| ceremony. This custom is 15 centuries old. It originated with 8t. Medard, bish op of Noyon, and wealthy for those | days. He set aside part of hi: property for this purpose and ir 525 at Salency crowned his sister, who was chosen by the village as| for those who wear their hair long, | worthy of her clerical brother's| or go to church regularly, or help bounty. The custem still continues with the housework, or support|there and has spread to other com- their parents, and all place a time | munities. ANNUAL ALASKA & JUNEAU | REPORT s {President Indicates Al Mine Will Be on Divi- dent Basis Next Year Dividends to the stockholders of“ | stock |tributary to Juneau by purchase ‘in the Taku River district. o ventures are shared on a 50-50 K Yukon |” the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining ' Company will be justified, beginning with the ond quarter is the statement made by President F. W. Bradley in his an- nual letter to the stockhol , 8c- ving the compan report for 1929, The company’s bonded indebtcdness at the end of last $873,400, and Mr: Bradley ar's profits should these bonds and surplus.” company trammed a of ').8.}5/‘40 tons of ore to the e thah accumulate sor In 1929 th total mill R gold, $ 410 408.3: lead, $169,874.31; crating profit for 94,175.60, while narketing costs $2,233,071.71. After d including i ures on out- 2 10w abandoned, main plant ciation, accrued inceme taxecs for the year, the op- erations showed a net profit before depletion of $1,025,208.43 fieit of $588,019.40 was showr d_cver from December 31 1029. This-gase the gempany a surplus on December 31, last. of $436,289.03. Outstanding capital ued had a par value of $14,460,000. Detail of Assets Mr. Bradley included in his re- port a detail of capital asscts as follows: | Property Power Site Develop- ment Mill Sites Right of Way Surveys Assessment Work Perfecting Title Direct Rea Mining Property Oil Claims A.d as ca $ 49,750.43 60,000.00 9,431,370.00 41 $9,730,854.06 Mine Development Gold Creck Tunnel .$ Mine Development roperty Carrying Charges 137,647.72 1,004,510.8' truction and ipment Accommodation Blgs., and Eguipment Power Plants Power Trancmi Haulage Way Equipment Repair hops Fquipment Da Flumes, Ditch- cs, and Pipé Line: Wharves and Ware- houses Stamp Mills 8,000-Ton Mill £,000-Ton Mill Chang- es to suit Alaska Juneau Ore Equipment and 24353284 1,244,187.91 714.236.46 Mine $4,168,661.64 | Portable and Under- ! ground Equipment Outside Mining | Venturcs $ 7251240 Other Properties Mentioned President Bradley's letter to the ckholders refers to the company’s | side mining ventures as follows: $ 5341284 “After prospecting the Stampede group 'of mining claims throughout the past summer with unsatisfac- tory results, this eption was drop- ped: but we have otherwise widen-| ed our activities in the mining field and acquisition of new and addi- ¢ tional options on mining claims, all These basis with the Treadwell {Company and cover interests ra |ing from 55 per cent to 100 per cent in promising groups comprising 53 mining claims in a newly discavered mineral area on the Taku River in British Columbia, about 50 miles east of Juneau. The principal one (Continued on Page Eight) | Cap fast and Mr | her formal cial manner u quest for bum. pleasure by Mrs. 4k t LIBERTY Demonstrations “TWU TH“USAND ‘ARE KILLED IN * GHINESE TOWN Men, Wornen and Children | Are Slaughtered by Bandlts, Report 'TOWN IS LOOTED AND PLUNDER CARRIED OFF 3People of Onc Province Paralyzed by Fear—Are Afraid Oppose Bandits SHANGHAI, March 18 —Bandit according to delayed Chincse ! |ports, attacked and captu § |a town in Central Kienesl Prov- lince, killing all of the popuisce ui (the town, 2,000 men, women and children, After slaying the populace, the town was looted and the bandits carried the plunder into the moun- tains of Western Kiagnsi. ‘The outrage is reported by a magistrate of Kianfu, near Fuan. He said the people were paralyzed by fear and afraid to further op- pose the bandits who are depicted as subjecting Kiangsi Province to |a merciless deluge of robberies and | wholesale killings. PLANE AFIRE, FROM FLAMES od to the police Jall and (lower patrol w s before massed erowds in San Frane agon in Los Angeles, Lower left: 1t) Oakland communists particiy ng in a o (upj per lef caceful demonstra ociated Press telephoto of the body of William Howard Taft in the rotunda of the ol shortly before final services were held for him, | = 215,560.86 | GAYNESS ()1‘ MRS. h"x)l ER RI‘J/ILALLD AT CLUB BRE JI\IAbT IN HER HONOR « SUE By TON, March n her hon a gaj erself to it oundings. to a McNAMARA (A. P. Staff Writer) (% 18. and informal ¢ ons, She program gi orchestra and conclusion. haired Ju les Hoover promptly ad In contrast with ty demanded of her a functi ok on the r smi oW listened She of off att She cauged Vallee to flush with him you she posi Porter Dale, president of ch ub b(fnre a battery of cameras Jike | Ann's know I don't said, “but if by Ru applaud del De Vorzon violini¢t, by complying with his her autograph in his a f and ant to ‘take me just chatting rmally, go ahead.” Prior to the time Rudy vefore the microphone the hall of the Americas” in tr American Union buiiding lace of humming voices, 1t and spring flowers. With the first mu the p tvmme like a huge bouguet f i:md) the bees have departed |¢ wa gay n ( color was there, but the buz had ceased. Mrs. Hoover arrived promptly noon and chatted throughout akfast with Mrs. Dale and M | R Lyman Wilbur, wife of “ | secretary of the interior, who v |seated on either side of her. |wore a green and black flow | chiffon velvet and small black h - - > } br MRS. ELIASEN TLL | Mrs. Eliasen was admitted to S evening for hospital last \ I medical treatment, ard Ol of TODA National STOCK QUOTATIONS e 00008006 "~"0 00 YORK, March 18 1 min eghany Ice thiehem 32 ld Dust by G ester el 184%4 ndard mble Oil e stock is 7, Steel 103, General 43 C 17%, 92%, Brands Alaska quoted today Corporation Anaconda 3! Al- 46 Central Motors sranby National Radio 24, Stan- California 64'%, Montgome Oil of New 105. - - ALASKAN SNOW COVER 4 amounts of snow, repo orted on the gro xd at various Alaskan stations ! March 17: Point Nome ¢ eau 1 Cordova le 21, Tanana 56, Eagle 21, Fort Yukon 23, and Ju- while (upper right) a woman disturber Chief of Police Quinn of San Francisco with the paraders in their ti Bor-is——Sergievsky, Out for Record, Has Serious Accident |Capt. 56 Churches in | PAIRFIELD, Conn., March 18.— SO, 7 einity |Fire believed to have started from Moscow, ¥ lcutsly; a broken gasoline line, late yester~ To Be Closed {day afternoon forced Capt. Boris |Sergievsky to make an emergency OSLOW © .landing in Long Island Sound while ficial announcement today e |attempting to set a seaplane speed sald that churches in ® record Moscow and vicinity will be Capt. Sergievsky leaped from the closed “upon demand of the e blazing ship as it struck the water eople and public organiza- e !and paddled about until rescued by tions.” is is the largest o a motor boat. He was not injured. numb churches closed e | Officials said two of the motors by the Soviet at one time. . ‘“m be snlvaged from the scaplane. The churches will be con- - verted into ools, workers’ laborator 2 F!onda Farmers Attend Tooms" and Club Meetings at Home ]\A rch 18.—Of- of mess GAINESVILLE, Fla., March 18.— Florida farmers may now come in |from their day’s plowing, kick off their boots, make themselves com- ensartl’up |fortable in the old arm-chair, twirl a dial, and presto—they are seated Debate Is Started in a state-wide agricultural club. Such is the result of the organi- \zation of the Florida Farmers’ Ra- « dio club in cooperation with the ‘Florida agricultural extension divi- sion. . . ° . T -~eweoe -+ ‘Book WASHINGTON, March 18— debate on the “book cen- of the section of the tariff nator Cutting sald practi- cally all educators in the country PR 1, were opposed to the present system| An ironshield, believed to have and urged the Senate to adhere to belonged to one of DeSoto's sol- the decision to repeal the censor- diers, was uncovered by excavators -~ in Atlanta. LIVESTOCK SET-UP REVAMPED;W AITING VOTE FROM CO-OPS FRANK 1. WELLER P. Farm Editor) ON, March 18 Board intercession is be have smoothed out the path toward incorporation of the proposed na- tional commodi ma 1 asso- nancing corperation. ciation for livestock | Cooperatives would come into the ve months com ive co-|national set-up by vote of their were dea 1 over the bhoards of directors. When two plan of operation proposed by the thirds of them have signed con- mnonfl or 8 \ committee. |tracts, plans for incorporation of he confli d around di- the 1000000 National Livestock » relative ad- Producers association will go for- interests buy- ward. in public yards and | Cooperatives now handle only ; direct from the pro-|about 18 percent of the nation's }In'eszock and the farm board was issue was taken back to a'eager to leave the door open to the e discussion by the co-|other 82 percent, which incorpora- and members of the farm [tion according to the new plan The latter opened the way would do, hip section, |for constructive action by propos- |ing a central sales agency with which the various cooperatives would affiliate by contract. It would have two subsidiaries—a pub= lishing concern and a feeders' fi- By Farm ieved to be stock ing i buy those ducer. The round t opH