The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 24, 1930, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR VOL. XXXV., NO. 5365 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU ALASKA MONDAY MARCH 24, 1930 THREE POWER AGREEMENT 18 T0 BE DRAWN American and British Dele- gations Plan Action at Naval Conference JAPAN GOVERNMENT | TO FILL IN BLANKS | | | | | | | | | Franco-ltalian Imbroglio Shows No Signs of Breaking Deadlock LONDON, March 24—FPending word frogn the Japanese Govern- ment regarding the tentative agrce-| ment between the Americans Japanese on naval ratios, it 1.71\ d in authoritative circles that the Americans and British will go ahead | in preparation of a draft on ‘the} conference pact, on the assumption | that no break in the Franco-Italian | deadlock develops. | The Americans and British plan| drafting a pact, leaving blankl| qmmm for the Japanese to fill] later. ( France and Italy will be invited | to sign and may subscribe some | clauses but the pact would be vir-| -uall\ a Three Power agreement| , it is understood, will follow | Uw lines of the Washington Treaty. | So far there s mo secret that| the Five Power agreement the| Americans brought to the Confer- ence will not likely see the light of | day, owing to the Franco~lmlian imbroglio. FRENCH STATEMENT ‘ PARIS, March 24—The French Naval delegation will negotiate to| tge dast, minife. declared otl‘xu\m in reply to the inquiry on rumaors| that Briand's return here meant an| end of French efforts, Briand, Oi—i ficials said, was obliged to coma‘ home to attend matters of his Minstry, neglected for more or less for four m’)lhhi CUSTOMS MEN SENTENCED Tll PENITENTIARY Three Are Convxc!ed of | Conspiracy Against . S. Government | | | | | | | i | DULUTH, Minn, March 24— Sentences have been meted out tol three former customs employees! convicted of conspiracy against the! Government. Oscar E. Dahly, Collector here for | six years, has been sentenced to twn1 years at Leavenworth and fined| $3,000. Thomas F. Hoban, border patrol- man has been sentenced to two years and Ernest W. Beaton, em- ployee of the customs service for 20 years, has been given one year and | one day. ————— — Western Union Agents Reported Hustling to WlLL ATTEMPT A world flight in which they hope to better the 21-day record of the German dirigible Graf Zeppe! Fahy and Mrs. Fahy, both noted June 1. F all Discusses Ver(hct Acquitting Doheny; His Wlfe Makos ‘Statement Sr’(rotarv of Treasury Is | {Celebrating WASHINGTON, jgiarch 24, o —With quiet umobtrusive- ne in keeping with his character, Andrew W. Mel- lon today celebrated the 75th anniversary of his birth The cares of _guiding the financial destinies of the world’s richest nation, were left behind in Washington cretary of Treas- returned to his Pitts- l)uxgh home to celebrate his birthday. o of | o i | D BIG BUILDING YEARPLANNED BY TREASURY iNew Construction Launch-!c ed Involving Ninety- two Million Dollars WASHINGTON, March 24—The | Treasury Department is to launch| 1$92,000,000 in new construction this! |year, in addition to expediting $40,- 000,000 of public buildings under way, Secretary of Treasury Mel- lon announced. Secretary Mellon also said th: |if the Senate will pass the Keye: Elliott public building bill, this | congratulated that i heny. |my case, | newspapers WORLD FLIGHT 4TAR":F B“.L PASSED TODAY BU LLETI WASHING TON, March 24.—The Sen- |ate passed the tariff bill late this afternoon. —— o DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE OWES MONEY and Only $24,720. in Treasury REPUBLICAN NATIONAL' COMMITTEE 1N VELVEf Cash Balance on Hand on March First, Report- ed at $115,110 WASHINGTON, March 24.— The | Democratic National Committee re- ported outstanding obligations of ‘5488‘687 and only $24,720 in the | Treasury on March 1. The Republican National Com- mittee reported a balance of $115,- 110 in the Treasury on the same | date. James W. Gerard, Treasurer of the Democratic National Commit- tee, filed his statement with the ‘Clerk of the House, showing a debt of $375,000 to the Bankers Trust Company of New York City and $110,000 to John J. Raskob, Chair- | man of the Committee. From January 1 ta-darch 5, el tributions were $56,746 and expen- ditures $32,025. | J. R. Nutt, Treasurer of the Re- the matter | Publican National Committee, re- left, if |Ported expenditures of $21,525 from ' 7 |January 1 to March 1, with no con- tributions during the same period. 4 ARE KILLED, PISTOL DUELS, | WITH POLICE Associated Press Photo lin will be attempted by Herbert fliers. They plant to start about EL PASO, 'lexas, March 24.—Ad- vised of the acquittal of E. L. Do- heny, Albert B. Fall, former Secre- tary of the Interior, said the people of the United States are to be “truth . and in- mocence finally have triumphed-and | it now remains for the people to answer the puzzie for newspapers, as leading or voleing public senti- ment, and to ponder these two verdicts have they can. “One jury found me guilty {accepting bribe,” said Fall. ‘A jury which heard the identical evidence, acquitted of same | Do- “Of course I rejoice with the Do- henys and their friends. | “The foreman of the jury in| I am informed, stated in afterwards, that nine| |Jurymen voted for my acquittal on | {the first ballot, apparently in per- |fect agreement with twelve intel- IO'bligatlons Ale $489/687‘ Get Lumber Tariff|win authorize $115000,000 more for| HgLnL jurors who recorded the Do-/ heny verdict.” Fall is white-haired, showing in- 'roads of advancing age and troub- les. MRS. FALL’'S STATEMEN' EL PASO, Texas, March 24—Ac- al of Edward L. Doheny on a e of bribery in the Elk Hill |Naval Oil Lease, is a “splendid \‘r‘dlc’xu(m that surely will eall at- !tention of the entire world to the |terrible injustice done to Mr. Fall and his family,” said Mrs. Albert B. Fall, wife of the former Cabinet member. WAS QUICK VERDICT WASHINGTON, March 24— took place in the jury room during |the arrival of an acquittal verdict in e against Edward L. Doheny, for alleged bribe in connection with the Elk Hill Naval Oil Lease, was deseribed by Chester H. Ray, fore- What | All Are Young Men Want- ed for Stealing Automo- biles in Buffalo | BUFFALO, N. Y, March 24— |Four men have been killed here in pistol duels with police officers. The dead are: | Walter Krajewski, aged 21, sought (by the police for the killing of |Patrolman Carl Wunderlich. Henry Piotrowski, 2, with a po- lice record. Edward Dombkeiwicz, 17, broth- er of Peter, who recently tried to icut the throat of David Glickstein, a jeweler. \ John Dzazdyynski, 22, many times in clashes with police for stealing |cars. | Eight automobiles were reported, |stolen within a short time last (Saturday and the police started a |round-up with the above results ——-—— | | WASHINGTON, March 24—Tele- grams from lumber dealers in Min- neapolis complaining against “so- | licitation” by “Western TUnion egents” that messages be sent to| ‘Washington advocating & high lum- ber tariff, were read today in the | Senate by Senator Nye. He said| he bhad. recefved about 20 tele- |construction with still more work ' which may be undertaken durmg| the year. e+ Asks that Official Conduct of District Judge Be Investigated., grams, most of them from Min- neapolis, saying the Western Union | representatives were soliciting such business. The senders of the mes- sages aid they were opposed 1o a higher duty on soft wood lumber and regarded the activities as “un- ethical.” Senator Dill. of Washipgton, said | “such practice sHuwa be con- demned.” Selecting Coffin For His Wife, Man Drops Dead ELIZABETH CITY, North Carolina, March 24—While selecting a coffin for his wife, who died yesterday, Joseph Banks, aged 73 yegrs, a farmér, dropped dead this afternoon. cseseces s e e | WASHINGTON, March 24. — A resolution asking for an investiga- | tion into the official conduct of Federal Judge Anderson of the Western Tennessee District, has| {been introduced by Representative|Measureablv En |Florello La Guardia, of New York. | D Scientific CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 24— ‘\Announcement of a new kind of He said a fair test awaits the op- attack on fog by the Massachusetts | ® 'Institute of Technology's new met- Justice Department as proposed in eorological observatory, is made. The attack is first to be concen-| trated on learning how fog par- ticles are put together and then hope of this knowledge may show | how to take them apart in some more effective manner than now. J E ‘man of the jury, to Doheny’s coun-‘ |sel, who repeated it as follows: | Engineer Dies in “The’ verdict was reached in 15| The indictment had been | Cab; Fireman e o s ! ’ | | b i % ; ell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizoma, from which the actual discovery of the new trans-Neptunian planet was made. The large star on the |plate showing crossed lines of light is Delta Gaminora. The new planet is indicated by the two arrows. !Insert photo at upper left is Clyde W. Tombaugh, photographer, who made the plate and was first to see evidence of the new planet, and at right Dr. V. M. Slipher, Direc- jed the search which led to the dh- covery, Below %s shown the phaw- graphic 24-inch telescope with which the . discovery made. —(The Associated Press Phoatos) SEIZE $10,000 {Suitcase Contammg Nar-| cotics Dropped Into { Reach of Customs SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, March 24.—Two Customs GuerdS seized a suitcase containing narcotics four! Chinese were attempting to smug- |gle from the Dollar Line President Cleveland. The Chinese fled after shots were fired. Three Chinese were lowering the suitcase by a rope from a port- hole. 'When the shots were fired they disappeared, after dropping the rope anf ‘suitease. ‘A launch, which was another Chinaman, sped away, leaving the suitcase fleating on the water. The dope in the suitcase is val- ued at $10,000. Engineer Killed and Fireman Scalded in Ohio Train Accident MANSFIELD, Ohio, March 21— Engineer Charles A. Bell was killed and Fireman P. J. Jenson was badly (scalded when ~their engine on a westbound, Pennsylvania Pullman train left the rails six miles west in | MEMBER Photographic piae taken at Low- tof oh the Observatory who direct- | photo, was WORTH OF DOPE OF ASSOCIATED PRESS THE NEW TRANS- NEPTUNIAN PLANET| EARL B[]RLAND me 'LAID TO REST IN MAUSOLEUM Body of Col.Eie]son Speed- ing Eastward Aboard Special | Coach PUBLIC SERVICES ARE HELD SUNDAY SEATTLE (City Pays Most Impressive 4 e CONVICTED OF E lllfl'//l ING OVER ONE MAN IS PAROLED IN MILLION DOLLARS, [ MINNESOTA; WAS SHOOTINGIN ~ NIGHT CLUB AT CHICAGO Bullela Whiz at Earewell I Party Given by Hos- tess Texas Guinan CHICAGO, Ill, March 24 citzer was shot ahd seri Vo 1 early Sunday mornin Ithe office of the Gireen Mill, a ni club, while Texas Guinan, night| club hostess, delivered her valedic- | [ n | asly | | the fand poult i French Consul, SENSATIONAL AFFAIR ST. PAUL, Minn., March 24— Ransom J. “Cy” Thomson, convict- | ed In 1921 for embezzling more than $1,000,000 from the George A. Hor- | mel Packing Company, of Huston M\nnesolu, has been paroled from State Penilentiary after serv- ing nine ‘years of a sentence not to exceed 15 years. The case was one of the most sensational in the hostory of the state. Thomson said he stole the | money to establish a model stock | farm at Leroy, Minne- ting animals and fowls any countries. - ota, im from r Also Homage to Aviators Killed in North SEATTLE, March 24—With in- terment in the new $1,000,000 mau- soleum in Acacia Memorial Park, on the Bothell Highway, on Sun- day, marking the end of the long journey from North Cape, Siberia, |for Earl Borland, the body of Col. Carl Ben Eielson is today speeding eastward in a special coach over the Great Northern Railroad for Hatton, North Dakota, where the famous flier will be buried in his boyhood home next Wednesday. The services here Sunday were the most impressive ever paid by Seattle to heroic dead. , Throng Meets Steamer A great throng met the steamer Alaska here last Saturday night and thousands filed by the flaged craped caskets in Eumrwm, Mortuary yesterday. Following the foint services, the body of Borland was taken to the mausoleum and the body of Col. Eielson, to the Great Northern sta- tion on & military calsson, with a military guard of honor and fol~ lowed hy & long procession. N. D. Honor Guard Ole Eielson, fifl'r of Col Eielson, wha. went to {urned ‘here with the on vt-fiu) son, and' a detail of North Dakota Guardsmen are accompanying the body to Hatton. The Guardsmen are all former comrades of Col. Eielson and are as follows: Brigadier General Fraser, Col. Ivan Metzgar and Col. Tom Mur~ phy, both of the Governor's Staff; Maj. Earle Sarles, Capt. Fred A. Moore, Capt. “George Beler, Past Department Commander of the Am- erican Legion of North Dakota; Harry Hart, State Commander of the American Legion, and T. O. Kraabel, State Service Officer of the American Legion. Miss Adeline Eielson, sister of the dead pilot, came here from Wen= atchee for the services but did not go East. To Last Resting Place Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Borland, parents of Earl Borland, his widow and her two sons and a large num~ ber of friends accompanied the body of the dead mechanic to the last resting place. Conspicuous among the mourners |were the two Russian fliers, Com~ mahder Marvick Slipenov and Me- chanic Fabio Fahreg, and the three Canadian aviators, Capt. Pat Reid, Wiillam Hughes and Sam MacCau~- ley. A squadron of five Naval planes, three Army reserve plans and three civillan planes soared overhead as the bodies were removed from the chapel. Met Alaska At the dock Saturday night, bes sides the Honor Guard from North Research Scientist, Dies in Pittsburgh tory at her farewell party on the Dakota, were members of the Seat- |tle American Legion, representa- |difference of opinion, the jury re- 'Says Prolibition | Yeves |Attack to Be 3 ; {Made on Fog !fore it next week. minutes. | read. After a brief discussion took place on its terms, the first ballot | was called for and after finding no Averts Collision KANSAS CITY, Mo, March 24.—Quick action by Fireman E. E. Milburn, saved a passen- ger train of the Chicago and Milwaukee from collision with a freight train near Excelsior Springs yesterday. Engineer George R. Robin- son, aged 68 years, died of heart disease in his cab. This was revealed when his family wished to credit Milburn with laxed a little, more than half an hour, before returning to the court room.” D Laws Can Be Jorced WASHINGTON, March 24— | Chairman Wickersham of the Hoov-| keeping Robinson’s 49-year rec- ord perfect The freight train was sched- uled to take a siding and clear the way for the faster train. Milburn was surprised to sce the freight train net yet sided and found Robinson slumped in his seat. After shouting, Milburn leap- ed across the cab and applied the air brakes, stopping the passenger train in time to avert a collision. ————o—o—o-— Chairman Wickersham advocated| Avocados, oduced into Pal- modification of the Jones Act which estine from Cnlflmnu have been increased penalties. lfound to thrive near Jaffa. Enforcement Commission be-| that the Prohibition ' laws| “can be measurably enforced, al-| though the human appetite is wide-| spread.” | His prediction was given to the' |Sehate Judiciary Committee today. er portunity of enforcement under the legislation before Congress. The committee has called Attor- ney General Mitchell to appear be- of here Sunday morning. The engine, two baggage cars two coaches and the express car left the rails but none of the Pull- mans, No passengers were injured | e Earl of Balfour Is Laid to Rest At Ancestral Home | LONDON, March 24—The Earl of Balfour, the last of Great Bri- tain’s Victorian statesmen, was buried Saturday afterncon with simple services at his ancestral home in Whittingeham. The bod was escorted by men high in t! 'flflah-s of the Empire and of other lands. {Negroes Denied Right to Vote In Dem. Primaries LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, March |24—The rules of the Democratic ]F&r!y of Arkansas denying negroes |the right to participate in party m-imariea‘ has been upheld by the Supreme Court. | tior helow. i Sweitzer told the Police the shots | (had been fired by Harry A. Voiler, | !proprietor of the Green Mill; Ar-! thur Reed, his floor manager and| an unidentified assailant, ronowmz; an argument over the club's lease.| The victim's chest, left leg nnd‘ left arm were punctured by slugs | Ve and Reed appeared volun- y at the Police Station and de- I tion In the shoot- ing. Both were held on an epen charge. | Miss Guinan also went to the station to protest her innocence in connection with the affair. St not held - | | | | was Psitacosis Inquiry To Continue but at Island Quarantines SHINGTON, March 24 investieation of psittac be done by the Public Health Serv- lice at some island quarantine sta-| tion. It is likely that an ibland‘ in New York harbor, Reedy Island n the Delaware River, or an island in the Norfolk Harbor will be lecled, according to an announce | ment. w ther -F B o- ) |tives of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, the Alaska-Yukon Plo- PITTSBURGH, Penn., March 24.|peers Ladies of the Golden North | Dr. Aime Leteve, aged 65, Prench | _ Consul here and former pupil of | Louls Pasteur, noted French scien- tist, died here last Saturday night after a lingering illness. He did much research work on hydrophobia in 1807 and discovered the cause, also research work in cancer, tu- berculosis and other dise; [ Two Youths Drown ; Rowboat Overturns JENNINGS LODGE, Oregon, March 24.—Delmare Briggs, and his cousin Charles Howertone, both aged 13 years, were drow day when a rowboat in W were crossing the Willamette River overturned. The bodies had not been recm‘cred late last night y buena airfield. (Conunued on Paee Three) BANKER DIES, PLANE GRASII?L MEXICO CITY, March 24.—Bd- ward R. Mead, Assistant Manager of the New Mexico Branch of the Bank of Montreal, was killed last Saturday afternoon when a he was piloting fell near the Mead was a m ber of a prominent Mexican of Eritish extraction. He and piloted his own airplane. “KLONDIKE” DAVI FIGURE AL FORMER FAMILIAR KA MINING CAMPS GIVEN LIFE SENTENCE FOR MURDER, SEATTL SEATTLE, March 2¢—Robert londike” Davis, aged 43, sen- lmwl to life in the State Peni- entiary for the murder. on last ptember 1 of Harold Stacy, nar- colorful figure in Alaska min camps. Davis killed Stacy in a hand to hand encounter in the ter's apartment here after Jeotics peddler, was at one time a|had refused to give him n