The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 19, 1930, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXXV., NO. 5361. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” ' JUNEAU, ALASKA, WED NESDAY, MARCH 19, 1930. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS BODIES OF EIELSON, BORLAND HERE ENROUTE SOUTH ARREST JURORS IN OIL BRIBE CHARGES ARE MADE:TWO MEN ARRESTED Climax Comes to Investiga- tion and Questioning Lasting 24 Hours SENSATION IN CASE OF TWO YEARS AGO District Attorney Fitts of Los Angeles Makes Revelations LOS ANGELES, Cal, March 19. —~Climaxing an entire day and night of continuous investigation and questioning of witnesses, Dis- rict At wey Fitts has arrested two ju ho two years ago ac- quitted Jacob Bergman, B. C. Lewis 1t other defendants accused spiracy to wreck the Julian leum Company by huge stock and eig of P cor Tht ank Grider. They were booked | on charges of bribery. | ts were predicated by an affidavit obtained by the Los les Examiner from Carl Vian- | former private detective em- by Bergman, that Louise , alleged go-between for the fer, and a clerk furnished - ightly with a quor and spent mon the Julian conspi rought | 's office where they are! undergoing a grilling. Three more have been ordered to appear for| Guestioning. [ TAFT'S VIEWS ON DRY LAW MADE PUBLI Letter of Former President Read Before Judic- iary Committee WASHINGTON, March 19— Friends of Prohibition again mar- lled forces today before the e Judiciary Committee. | Horace Taft, head of the Taft School for Boys in Connecticut, | read a letter his brother, the late | William Howard Taft, wrote tol prof, Irving Fisher, of Yale. } In the letter, dated November, | 1928, the former President and Chief Justice, stated that “while at first he despaired of the success| of the dry law results, the glorious persistence which the people main- tain in Congress, a two-thirds ma- jority of both houses, gives me | much hope. I am inclined to think this will wear down the moderate s to consciousness that the only solution is pressure in favor of enforcement.” 1 - e Ten thousand school children, from as far south as Atlanta and as far west as Chicago, will tour toric Virginia this spring. h | men are John B. Groves and | Woman Printer, Believed Poor, |Dies Leaving Cash WILMINGTON, Delaware, March 19.—For 30 years, Miss Fannie Hurlock worked in the composing rcom of a Wilmington evening news- paper. She died last week at the age of 67 years and was believed to have-been poor. Search of her rooms showed she was worth $15,- 000. Eleven hundred dollars were found stuffed in stock- ings and more c: el where. Her books showed balances in four banks. e0esv00000000000e e0eeeeccec0oevoo0 INDIAN WOMEN HELD IN DEATH OF ARTIST’S WIFE ASE | Abandons Hope of |Communicating U. 8. SEIZES - BRIT. CRAFT IN STRAITS. Largest British Freighter on Pacific in Posses- sion of Marshal SEATTLE, March 19. — Steamer Chief Capil&no, one of the largest British freighters on the Pacific Coast, was boarded and seized by Deputy United States Marshal Mec- Donald in the Strait of Juan de {Fuca on an order growing out of the 1loss of the freighter Chief Maquilla, which founded off the ‘Aleutian Islands on December 1, 1928 The Chief Capilano was halted by a Coast Guard cutter which forced her across the international boundary into American waters as she steamed down the strait from Vancouver, B. C., laden with Can- adian wheat. The Chief Capilano is owned by the Canadian - American Shipping Company. Dant and Russell, Portland ship- lect $20,000 for loss of cargo on th2 Chief Maquilla and the libel order and seizure resulted. ———.——————— LOMENS CAN SELL STOCK Authorization Is Given by Washington State Supervisor OLYMPIA, Wash, March 19— The Lomen Reindeer Company is authorized to sell $400,000 in stock by Charles Bowen, State Blue Sky Law Supervisor. Forty thousand shares will be sold at $10 par to gain public good-will and interest. Outstanding stock of 200,000 shares will be sold to the Inter- state Sales Publicity Company, one of the Lomen operating companies, at $7.50 a share. — .t OXEN GRADE ROADS BROWNSVILLE, Tex. — When Jesus Lopez, Mexican farmer, re- cently bought an automobile, he used a yoke of oxen to grade the| \Toad from a highway to his home.' PARIS, PACKED, SQUEEZES PEOPLE OUT PARIS, March 10.—“Now is the |joined in almost solid blocks and b® 8 new winter of our discontentment made | gloricus moving time by the ap-| N SAND prcach of spring,” declaims the; The development was timely, too, | average householder at this season, |for statisticians had figured that| and Paris is no exception. | | Neither is it unique in echoing to the anguished wails of the renter that while there is plenty of oppor- tunity to pick and choose, the place of his desire is usually priced too high. The French capital went over the hump of its post war housing short- age last summer. An unprecedented amount of building took place in the suburbs and outer fringes of | o noy ag physically when they got 2D Institute of Mining and Metal- enguer Government could give the city and rubbish littered vacant | Jots shaped up into streets flanked th gleaming new .apartments W | TO SUBURBS rising to the height limit imposed by city regulations. Paris had reached its greatest pop- ulation density. The 3,000,000 peo- ple living within the 28 square miles of the city were crowded un- til even dyed in the wool Parisians began to find the atmosphere some- | what stifling, and moved towards |the country. The squeezing out process had some bizarre effects upon the sub- urban areas. Many of the pack in city dwellers expended mentally into the comparative freedom of the (Continued on Page Seven) Two Indian women were charged with murder in Buffalo, N, Y. of Mrs. Ciothilde Marchand ! of Buffalo Museum of Science. ! Lillian jimerson, Seneca Indian, is said by police to have confessed she incited Mrs. Nancy Bowen | (center), Indian squaw, to slay the artist'’s wife. Police said she confessed she brought about the slay- i (left), wife of Henri Marchand (right), distinguished nature ar ing because of unrequited love for the artist. Beyond the Grave | i MIAMI, Florida, March 19 Mrs. Houdini, widow of the magician, said she has aban- doned hope of communicat- ing with her hus| Spirit World three years penetrate beyond and communica husband, renounced possibility. . ° . ° ° ° ° . ° the grave with her has now sach a but she faith in LARGEST BANK IN WORLD FOR NEWYORKCITY Announcement of Forma- tion of New Institution 5 Mol Toley | LARGE MERGER TO | MAKE INSTITUTION | Associated Press loto CONTESTANTS FOR TITLE OF “AMERICA’S SWEETHEART” SAG? |pers, have been attempting to col- | Beautiful girls from almost every State in the Union competed recently at Miami Beach, Florida, for Above are some of the contestants. Janet Eastman, blonde, aged 20, {of Fort Worth, Texas, won the first prize and will go to Rio de Janerio, Brazil, there to compete With 73644656 and Miss Los Angeles won second place and 814,535,635, the title of “America’s Sweetheart.” girls from all over the world for the title of “Miss Universe.” Miss Tampa third. ' Oregon Committeeman |HUSTON KEPT Acts in Huston’s Post | n ACCOUNT FoR ®\ sTocK DEALS Brokerage Firm Member Gives New Testimony in Lobby Hearing | WASHINGTON, D. C., March 19 ~ —Tectimony that the account of $14,000 maintained by Claudius |Huston, Chairman of the Republi- can National Committee, with thc |New York brokerage firm of jand Bonner, was used as mar |in stock purchases, was given before ‘the Senate Lobby Committee today {by Charles Krickl, member of the |brokerage firm. | Krickl said the account was !in the name of W. E. Moore who |Huston identified was a personal representative, Huston testified thdt he collected two checks of $22,000 and $14,000 from the Union Carbide Company ,for the Tennessee River Improve- « ment Association. The checks wer |deposited for him with the B! \and Bonner firm. Kalph Williams, of Oregon, vice- chairman of the Republican Na- tional Committee, will be in charge at the Republican headquarters, Washington, until November, when the Congressional elections will be held. After the Congressional | elections it is thought there may R s sl Wowkadt) | ISN'T JUST SAND; IT HAS FAMILY TRAITS | coLuMBUS, 0., March 19—sand ““Benevolent Dictator” divids i ilies, which e . . . s Jivided Into famies, Mol ! Laid to Rest in Madrid |not all alike, and its family | cht Iristics become important ! in steel molding. | MADRID, Spain, March 19.— The | Water laid sands are somewhat Benevolent Doctor,” as Primo de ,sharp and angular in shape. Wind Rivera was often called, was od blown sands are smooth and round- today in a modest grave in the ed. |family plot in the Sanisidro ceme- Various characteristics are de—jtery with the highest funeral hon- scribed in a report to the Ameri-/ors King Alfonso and the Ber- ; De lurgical Engineers by A. H. Dier- Rivera died suddenly in Paris ker, research engineer of Ofio State;Sunday as the result of a hearh university. iattack. Jast | to & large. choir of Russians, Ortho- | J \ Deposits Will Be Over Two i Billion and Resources Gigantic Sum NEW YORK, March 19 Crea- morning there was a large crowd | tion of the world's largest bank, fvith resources of approximately two billion, eight hundred million dollars, to be known as the Chase National Bank of tiie City of New York is announced to be formed with the approval of the stockhold- lers through a merger with the Chase National Bank, now the third ‘largest in the country, with the, Equitable Trust Company, which in turn is absorbing the Interstate Trust Company. i The new Chase National Bank of the City of New York will be |capitalized at $148,000,000 with an jequal amount in surplus reserve; of $32,000,000. | Capital assets will be increased to $493,000,000 through associated securities companies. Combined -deposits will total 52,~} resources of $2,- i :Imi)cached Governor BIG FRAUD Will Stage Comeback | CUNFESSED Country from Coast | Coast Flooded with ‘ Bogus Cheques ‘ | | DETROIT, Mich, March 19— Ralph Baker, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, sald today that John Gest, awaiting trial here, confessed that he and another man had plas- tered the United States from coast to coast with $100,000 in counter- feit Traveller's cheques against the Mellon National Bank of Pittsburgh. Gest, according to Baker, said the other man is Joe Harper, now un- der arrest in Mexico City. U. S. Aircraft Exports Set New Record in ’29 WASHINGTON, March 10.— American aeronautic exports estab- lished a new trade peak in 1929 trebling over the preceding year. Three hundred fifty-four air- planes were sent overseas, accord- ing to Lelghton W. Rogers, chief of the commerce department’s aero- | nautics trade division, The aircraft were valued at $5,- 574,480 in contrast to the 1928 ex- port figure of $1,759,653. ‘ Twenty-five countries purchased | planes, Latin America and the West Indies taking 56 per cent. of the trade, while less than four per cent. went to Europe. Aircraft engine shipments in- creased from 179 in 1928, valued at $664,826, to 321, valued at $1,375,697. to | | Former Governor James E. Fergu- son, of Texas, who, although ne was impeached and removed from office in 1917, announces that he will be a Democratic candidate for Governor in the July elections. Since his removal from office as Governor, Ferguson has been an unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate and ran for President on the American Party ticket. “taternational Newsreel) | | Pope Says Mass in Protest to Russian Anti-religious Move VATICAN CITY, March 19—The Pope entered St. Peters Basilica to- day and said mass in protest for religious persecution and the anti- religious movements in Russia. A | great erowd heard him and listened | market, e dox Greeks and Ruthenians chant Slavie hymns. 17,000 was reduced by only 265 by lunters during the winter, 1 ! EIELSON HERE WITH PARTY ON - WAY TO SOUTH Relatives of Eliers, Canad- ian Aviators, Visit in Juneau Today Bound for the with the bodles E and Eail aviator who were Kkilled near N 1 Cape, Siberia, in a plane sh early last November, Cle Elel- ther of Col. Co! Borland, of Carl Ben Ala ka . through Juneau today ka, With him aboard the steamer are Mrs. Borland, wife of Earl Borland, William Robert Borland, and Earl | Elsworth Borland, her two children; Capt. T. M. R S. McCauley and William Hughes, three of the Cana- dian fliers who went north many !weeks ago to join in the search for the missing men, and Soviet Cemmander Slipenov and his me- chanic Fahreg. Mrs. Borland and will go to Seattle whe band will be laid to r after thelr arrival there. Special Car East Upon reaching Seattle, Mr. Elel son, accompanied by the three Ca- |nadians, will leave on a special car and go direct to Hatton, North Da- kota. There services will be held for Col. Eielson, and will be at- her children * her hus- shortly tended by the Canadians, who will | then continue to their headquarters in Toronto. i On the way fo Juneau from Sew- 'ard the party was given warm re- |ceptions in Valdez and Cordova. When the steamer arrived here this on the City Dock. Visit Gov. Parks While in Juneau they spent most of their time at the office of Gov. George A. Parks. Before the Alaska sailed a body of American Legion members marched to the wharf where taps was blown as the | steamer left for the south. Mrs. Borland and her children, during the stay in Juncau, were the guests of Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Borland of this city.” Dr. Borland is an uncle of the mechanic who lost his life with Col. Elelson at North Cape. AERIAL ESCORT PLANNED FOR BODIES AT SEATTLE SEATTLE, March 19.—Ten planes will form an aerial squadron to es- cort the steamer Alaska to her pier when she arrives here this week-end with the bodies of Col. Carl Ben Eielson and Earl Bor- land aboard. Elaborate ceremoniss are planned, which will include Miss Marion !Swenson as one of the speakers| (at the eulogistic ceremony in the | Seattle Chamber of Commerce Au- ditorium on the day the Alaska arrives. g NATIONAL GUARDSMEN FROM NORTH DAKOTA ARRIVE AT SEATTLE SEATTLE, March 19 —Eight North Dakota National Guardsmen and Legionnaires, all personal friends of Col. Eielson, have ar- fed here to meet and escort their mrade’s body home for burial. “We will confer with the com- mittee here which is making plans to meet the Alaska and give the bodies military honors,” said Briga- dier General Fraser, Adjutant Gen- eral of North Dakota. He said the bodies will be borne on army cais- sons to the Butterworth Chapel, where a public funeral will be held Saturday. SOVIET FLIERS ™ BIVEN THANKS BY COV. PARKS Governor Officially Thanks Russians for Part in Eielson Relief The appreciation of Alaska for the part taken by the Russian fliers in the Eielson-Borland search jand recovery of the bodies of the American fliers was officially ex- pressed this morning by Gov. George A. Parks to Commander Slipenov and Mechanician Fahreg who are members of the funeral escort aboard the steamer Alaska. While that vessel was in port today, the Russian airmen called on the Governor, extending to him from the Soviet Air Ministry greet- |ings and an offer of co-operation |in such instances as the search for Col. Eielson and Mechanician Bor- land. The flier and his mechanic- fan were guests of the local Rus- sian colony at a dinner here today. Cooperation Speaking through Sam Gazoff, Chairman of the Russian Reception Committee, as interpreter, Com- mander Slipenov, who speaks no English, told the Governor they were glad to have been able to render assistance. He added that he had been requested by the So- viet Air Ministry to say to the Governor that it was ready to co- operate at any time under similar |circumstances and to lend assist- |ance whenever the need should |arise. Acknowledging the offer of co- |operation, Gov. Parks responded (that Alaska would be glad to re- ciprocate, and reiterdted his thanks {for the work done in recovering ithe bodies of the American fliers |by the Russians. He gave the Rus- |sians a cordial invitation to call on {him on their return trip to the North which will be within 30 days. Commander Slipenov said their present orders only permitted them to go as far as Seattle. He ex- |pects new orders there, and these may authorize him and his com- |panion to accompany Eielson's body |to Hatton, N. D., where it will be interred. Death Instantaneous The condition of the bodies of the American fliers indicated that the plane was traveling at a fairly {high rate of speed, it was indicated by Slipenov's description. Both of Col. Elelson’s arms were fractured and he had suffered severe wounds about the face and head. Bor- land’s body was also badly smashed by the force of the impact. From all indications, death to both was practically instantaneous. Eielson, apparently, had been fly- |ing just above the ground, follow- ing a lagoon, looking for a landing place. The plane evidently struck a bank of the lagoon and crashed. D | s e e vesses e TODAY'S STOCK QUOTATIONS . . L] . ® 0000 ~0 000 YORK, March 19.—Alaska Juneau mine stock is quoted today at 7, Alleghany Corporation 33, American Ice 38%, Anaconda 173, Bethlehem Steel 105, Central Al- loys 32%, General Motors 46%, Gold Dust 44, Granby 55, Grigsby Grunow 19, International Harvest- er 92%, Kennecott 55%, Missouri Pacific 967, National Acme 24%, Packard 22%, Radio 52%, Stan=- dard Brands 24, Standard Oil of California 64%, U. S. Steel 187%, Montgomery Ward 43, Standard Ofl of New Jersey 66%, Humble Oll 103. OIL RESOURC ES HELD AMPLE FOR TEN YEARS SAN FRANCISCO, March 19.- Enough oil resources have been dis- covered in the United States to sup- ply gasoline and oil for industrial uses, and pleasure cars for the next ten years without an increase in price,” oil statisticians here esti- mate Importance of new oil pool dis- cover are shown by figures of production from these areas. Dur- ing 1929 about one-third of the to- 000 barrels, came from pools opened that year, and therefore lacked were restricted by producers’ agree- ments. New pools opened in 1928 pro- luced about 15 times as much oil in 1929 as in the opening year. Santa Fe springs, California field, showed the greatest gain for an individual production area, adding 60,383,000 barrels to the oil flow as compared to that of 1928. Pecos county, Tex., field : a 1929 gain of 16,377,000 barrels to |take second place, and the Bruner pool in the same state showed z Germany was the leading motor |tal production increase, or 36,709.- |increased output of 8,509,000 jalthough operating under restrictions. The Bruner Montana's northern elk herd of)time for complete development, urfymoducmx abolt 70,000 barrels d | roughly about one-tenth of its pacity.