The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 31, 1930, Page 1

THE DAIIY ALASKA EMPIRE XXXV, NO 5371 l HUNDREDS CANNOT AGREE | Aanin o ON PROCEDURE, TARIFF BILL House ch;fl;l\can Leaders Fail -to Get Pro- gram Outlined FOUR CONTROVERSIAL RATES BOTHERSOME Lumber, Cement, Sugar‘ and Shingles Cause llv Ailanim IIop for Difference NASHINGTON, March 31 W use Republican leader last Saturday to ag ram of sending the tariff bill nference and will meet again| in an effort to satisfy the| groups desiring separata| three or four contro » Longworth said there is| still possibility of getting the bill| to conference with the Senate b\‘i i nan Snell of the House Rules Commitiee, said the majority | of the Republicans still favor send- the measure direct to conferenc without first putting it to a di-| rect vote on the controversial rates| on lumber, cement, sugar and| shingles. Jacques Bellonte and Dieudonne whos2 attempt to fly from Paris to indicated in the map (below). ever, by their flight from Paris to | SUGAR GROUP BUSY ? WASHINGTON, March 31 —A| determined move to prevent a sep- arate vote on the sugar rate tarif:“ when the measure reaches the floor of the House, has been organized' by Republican Representatives of| 13 states Cramton, of Michigan, member of the Steering Committec, has been seiected gnokesman for the sugar producing states. THIRD FAILURE WASHINGTON, March 13.— For the third time the House Repub- lican leaders failed to reach an grecment upon the plans for pro- cedure in consideration of the tz iff bill before sending it to con- ference with the Senate committee. Failure came late this afternoon. It is indicated that demands of ‘Western Republicans that the House ' accept the Senate agricultural rates is the cause for difficulties. - e REGISTERS AT HOTEL, JUMPS FROM WINDOW Wife of Wealthy Man Plans g for Millions I Death—Successful- | for Public Buildings | ly Carried Out ! Signed by Hoover| LOM ANCGELES, Gal, derch 8l WASHINGTON, March 31. | Ten minutes after Mrs. Elsie M —President Hoover has sign- Rice, wife of a wealthy Beverly ed the Keyes - Elliott bill Hills loan broker, registered at a ¢ gauthorizing appropriation of downtown hotel, she leaped to her|q 330,000,000 for public build- death from a tenth story window ings, half to be used through- A government officer was the e out the country and the first to reach her side. She de-le other half in the District clared the act was intentional and e of Columbia. died on her way to a hospital. |e Allocations will ®e decid- Mrs. Rice was a young society e ed upon by the Inter-De- matron and is survived by her hus- | partment Board of officers band, David G. Rice and three, e of the Post Office and young children. Bank books and Treasury Departments. rental checks found in her posses- ®© © @ ¢ ® e o o 0o 0 0 0 @ sion, showed much personal wealth. One of the woman’s friends, Mrs. Trma Strelite, told the Police the Kxplosion and Fire woman's home: life was happy but | that illness caused despondency. | At Aircraft Plant . - ' Does $100,000 Damage W eather Stations for : . . DETROIT, Michigan, March 31. Transatlantic Fliers —Explosion, followed by fire, at the Are to Be Established stimson Aircratt Corporation at the iWayne-Detroit Airport, caused $100000 damage last Saturday night. The fire spread rapidly from net has decided to create meteoro- the paint shop in the north wing stations on the Maderia and threatened the entire plant be- Azores and at Cap'- Verdc fore brought under control. William Van Dusen at the controls of his motorless amphibian | aircraft on the waters of San Diego, Cal, B:ly‘ BY OTHER RAIDERS . . ° ° . LISBON, March 31—As an aid to Trans-Atlantic fliers, the Cabi- Jogical H()Hh LIBRARY OF 500 VOLUMES IS NOW BEING COLLECTED WHICH WILL BE GIVEN TO WHITE HOUSE NEW YORK, March 31.—Don]umes as a gift to the Executive Quixote, Sherlock Holmes, Tom Mansion. . ¢+| Those who will take a part in SRWIAL A Uncle.mmus 0 nbo“"!si\lecung the home library will be | to cccupy the White House perma- Alice Rbosevelt Longworth, of nently for mental diversion of | washington, D. C. and Douglas | American Presidential families as|Watson, of San Francisco. The| the National Booksellers are col-|idea originated with Watson, fath- lecting a home library of 500 vol-jer-in-law of Herbert Hoover, jr. 1 Costes, noted French aviators, v York failed last year. They Siberia. (International Newsreel) —Associated Press Photo. 'THREE LIQUOR RAIDERS ARE ARRESTED WHILE MOVING 500 i i GALLONS OF MOONSHINE TO SAFE PLACE| LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 31— Three liquor ralders were arrested | Saturday night by other raiders | while moving 500 gallons of moon- shine belonging to a convicted boot- legger sentenced to two years in Atlanta Penitentiary. Constable H. H. Wahler and Dep- uties Frank Powell and H. H. Sager, were arrested by Federals in the midst of a raid. ty to the charge they accepted $300 from Mrs. Lola May, wife of A. R. May, who is under sentence of five years, to allow her husband o move whiskey to the home of an- other man where it was to be stored. NEW CABINET FOR GERMANY BERLIN, March 31.—After more interparty wrangling than was ex- pected, Dr. Heinrich Bruening, Cen- | trist Party leader in the Reigh- stag, got together a new coalition Government to succeed that of Henrich Mueller, resigned last week. iForeigners, Including Missionaries, Are to Quit Chinese Section | SHANGHAI, March 31.—Foreign dispatches from Nanching, capital of Kianghi Province, said menace of bandits is increasing and a gen- eral evacuation of foreigners is an- ticipated, including all mission- aries. - e J. E. Pickering, contractor of Mayo, visited in Juneau last evc- ning while the Princess Norah was in port. They admitted | they faked and today pleaded guil-| “ALL THE NEWS BRIAND SAYS ALL IS FINE Expects Anglo - French Agreement to Be Made Satisfactorily LONDON, March 31—Former | Minister Briand, of France, speak- !ing to newspaper men, sald tifere |was no grounds for the alarmist | rumors spread® rega a dead- {lock in the Anglo-French negotia- | tions. | there was a | good chance of reaching a satisfac- |tory conclusion. | COTYON'S UPINION | WASHINGTON, March 31.—Aet- | |ing Secretary of State Cotton to- |day said he believed this week's nogu,’;mtmm will determine the fu- ture ccurse of the Naval Confer- ence in London. He did not g0 beyond the brief ement and had nothing to say regarding press dispatches from London saging Great Britain, in discussions with Franes, refused to arrange any military commitments. S. EGO’IIAT[OI\S PROCEED TOKYO, Mm‘cn 31—It is under- stood here that Baron Shidehara, Foreign Minister, has completed a draft of instructions to the Japan- (ese delegation at the London Naval ! Conternce authorizing acceptance NI plan to make the attempt again the early Summer over the route - of the Japanese-American formula, They héld the distance record, how-_ without material alteration. The fig- {ures involved, on naval ratio, will |be presented to other powers, with ~itwo or thres reservations attached to Tokyo's acceptance. —w-—— THREE BANDITS - STEALPAYROLL, SHOOT OFFIGER Policeman on Duty Fails to Prevent Hold-up, Laundry Office NEW ORLEANS, March 31— Three bandits and a Policeman fought with pistol and shot guns late last Saturday afternoon in the office of a laundry. The bandits held up and robbed the place of an undetermined amount of money and escaped. Twenty-five women employees | | | " were thrown into a panic. Policeman Basile Economides, on guard at the plant during the pay | hour, whipped out his pistol and blazed away. One bandit fell to, |the floor. His companions opened | |fire with their sawed-off shotguns, | Ipicked up the fallen man, backed| |lout of the place and escaped in an mutomobxle s DT LOOT JEWELRY OFFICE, ESCAPE i | | Showcases — Escape with $20,000 Loot DALLAS, Texas., March 31.—Two | robbers held up the Pike and Kra- Imer Jewelry Company offices on the tenth floor of the Republican Na- |tional Bank Building last Saturday afternoon and escaped with jewel |valued at $20,000. Irving L. Kramer, President, W alone in the offices at the time one kept Kramer covered with 2 gun while the other looted the ! showcases. The two men then fled warning Kramer not to follow. Fleeing Man Shot and Killed ; Officer In Technical Custody | RICHMOND, Kentucky, March 31.—Ambrose Willilams, aged 30, farmer, was shot and killed by De- puty Sheriff Lloyd Lane when flee- |/ing from his home that had been irmded 3 Officers found a whiskey still in the house. The officers said Williams iz~ nored the command to surrender Lane has been placed in tec nical custody pending an inves gation. |Well Dressed Men Pilfer|" Two men, well dressed, entered and | ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1930. | | | Seattle crowds gathered at the dock as the bo i m the steamer Alaska. last pictures of Eielson sarried fr Insct, the ftom RUSSIAN CAMP IN EIELSON S'lfllRCH MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS es of Col. Photo shows Eielson's coffin pa (left) and his mechanie. Carl ng Aluska to the icchound fur ahip Nanuk last winter. Using a wing of their airplanes his mechanic, Fahreg, b Ben Eielson’s wrecked craft. for the bodie sof Eielson and Earl FOLLIES BREAKLOWN FOLL WASHED FROM RIGGING INTO ~ STORMY SEAS | Seven Men, Lashed to Wrecked Boat, Believed to Have Perished | RWICK, Shetland Islands, MJrch 31.—Seven men who had ‘hz\cn clinging to the rigging of the | |Aberdeen steam trawler Ben I)np an, which struck a reef west of the Shetland Islands last Satur-| dav disappeared with the ship to- | |day and it is feared they per- ed. There is no sign of life nor (boat anywhere. | The boat went aground in :heavy gale and snow and suec storm. | Gallant efforts were made to {reach the trawler by several boats but boiling seas made this impos- sible to get any closer than 300 yards From this distance the would-be rescuers could see seven men lashed to the rigging. — - | | i Jods \l)“ ‘....I......l.‘ . . TODAY'S STOCK L . QUOTATIONS » . . ® 8 00 99 eSO e e e i NEW YORK, March 31—Alaska |Juneau mine stock is quoted today {at 8%, Alleghany Corporation 34' |American Ice 41, Anaconda Co: per 79, Bethlehem Steel 107%, Cen- tral Alloy 34%, General Motors 49 Gold Dust 42%, Granby Copper Mining 58, Grigsby-Grunow 18 International Harvester 94'¢c, Ken- necott Copner 58%, Missouri P cific 94%, Montgomery-Ward 37 National Acme 24%, Packard 22 Radio Corporation 5414, Standard Brands 24, Standard Oil of Ca fornia 66%, Standard Oil of New |Tersey 74%. United Corporation 41 U. S. Steel 193%, Humble Oil on treated, the husband of the woman |here by Rev. Curb 112, Ford Motor Limited on curb 18%. a, snow house at the scene of Col, It was used as a base during the search BEAUTY SUFFERS NERVOUS IsFEI’ SLIM FIGURE AND l AKES ! passed through the shielding body s Photo. mmander S i enov and | Carl| as a reof, Co Borland. | OWING DIETING TO LILAI’i NEW YORK. Mm(.ll 318 ing effects of a nervous breakdown, | following effor to reduce her weight, Allyn King, aged 29, an a tress, for four years In the Ziez-| |geld Follies, attempted suicide by | | jumping from the fifth floor win-| dow of her apartment last Satur-| day afternoon | Both legs and both arms were bvohn and her skull was frac-! tured. | for- NEW YORK, March 31, 77/\'13n§ King, Southern beauty, who became a Follies star, died Sunday after- noon in Bellevue Hospital as lho‘ result of injuries suffered when she | jumped from the window of hex\ apartment. Relatives said contin- ued dieting to keep her figure mml demanded by the stage, caused a | | nervous breakdown and de*pon-‘ | dency. D [First 1luulvr Charge Iiled in Recent Colorado Prison Riot| CANON CIT%, Colo., March 31. —The first murder charge growmu] out of the riot at the Colorado| State Penitentiary last October, has | been filed. | | Charles W. Davis, only survivor | of the ring leaders, has been charg- | ed with the murder of John J Eeles, guard in Cell House Number | 3. The riot broke out on October Seven guards were killed and convicts perished, some slain other suicides. charge against Davis was| ed by the District Attorney James T. Locke, of Fremont County. The investigation of the riot was| made by a JCommission appointed by Gov. W. H. Adams. -se - Bullet Passes Through Body of Husband, Kills Wife DALLAS, Tex., March 31.- a pistol bullet after -Struck | it had| of her husband, Mrs. Tony Tor- dora, aged 26 years, was killed by a negro hijacker in a grocery) store. After his wound had been went home to comfort his five imotherless children. | “eptance of the plan | proved -Associated Press Photo. Ben Eiclson and Earl Berland through an honor guard of soldiers. They lost their lives while attempting to fly Democratic Chairman To Be Summoned if New Inquiry Started WASHINGTON, March 31. -—Senator Robinson, of In- diana, said that if the Sen- ate Lobby Committee inves- tigated the Wet and Dry organizations as announced, he would demand John J. Raskob, Chairman of the Democratic National Com- mittee, be summoned and tell of his activities in connec- tion with his work with the Asscclation Against the Pro- hibition Amendment. e es 0000 X aeoe —— e - SPEEDING CAR RUNS OFF ROAD; 3 ARE KILLED TACOMA, Wash, Mrs. Doris Kindberg, aged about |25 years, Mrs. Tiny Cramer and L. H. Noble, three Seattleites, were killed Sunday north of here, when a big automobile hit a guard rail and steered off the road. The machine overturned end for end three times, It was sald to esseeseeececso0o00 March 31 ‘have been speeding. Two others in the ecar, Mr, Mrs. Bert Ayes, were injured. NN ) 4 and iYoung Plan Is Approved by {French Deputies PARIS, March 31.—The French Chamber of Deputies has approved ithe Young plan by a vote of 530 to 55, which practically means ac- Little opps sition 1s expected in the Senate. The plan has already been ap-| Germany. PR o S I)auxhlers then Enters Plea of Not Guilty NEWTOWN, Iowa, March 31— ipleaded not guilty to first degree transcontinental | murder charges for the slaying of loose from his tow plane, piloted | his twin daughters, Artie and Dira, aged 25, and Gladys, aged 12. He has been in the County Jail since last Wednesday when he walked into the court house and told of- ficials he had killed his daughters. Insanity tests are to be made upon the man. are | PRICE?E;J CENTS IN PERIL IN DISASTER, COLUMBIA RIVER PLEASURE BOAT 1S HIT HEAD-ON BY BIG COASTER (Two Hundred and Eighty- six Excursionists Are in Fatal Crash 'ACCIDENT OCCURS WITHOUT WARNING Four Known to Be Dead, Three Missing and Others Injured ST. HELENS, Ore., March .~—Four persons are dead, three missing and 12 were injured scriously after the excursion boat Swan, return- ing to Vancouver, Washing- ton, with 286 passengers {from Longview, was rammed head-on off St. Helens on the Columbia River, early Sunday morning by the large coast- wise steamer Davenport. Those aboard the Swan were returning from the ded- ication Saturday of a new bridge at Longview. The dead are: MRS. J. E. HAGEDORN, of Van- couver MRS. G. E. LUNDY, of Vancou- ver. J. E. LARSON, of Vancouver. MRS, STANLEY STONE, of Van- seagver, The missing are: RICHARD BELLAND, land. JACK MITCHELL, deckhand of the Swan. SERGEANT R. G. ANDERSON, bandsman of the Seventh Infantry, of Vancouver Barracks, Washing- ton. Darkness overtook the craft soon after leaving Longview and the crash with the Davenport came without warning at the height of the merrymaking. The Swan was equipped as a floating dance-hall and was towed by the tug Dix. The crew of the Davenport sav- ed most of those thrown into the water, The Swan drifted downstream and lodged on a_sandbar but the tug which towed it, sank. The Swan was later towed to St. Helens. The crash is being investigated. ———..———— CAPT. HAWKS . FLYING EAST WITH GLIDER | BAN DIEGO, Cal, March 31— |Capt. Frank Hawks landed at Lind- Ibergh Field at 12:55 o'clock last Saturday night, ending a glider flight from Los Angeles. Towed by an airplane, Capt. Hawks left Los Angeles at 10:50 o'clock Saturday morning. of Port- | TUCSON, Ariz, March 31.—Four +hundred miles and ten hours and forty minutes on his way to New |George McKinney, aged 52 years, York from San Diego, Capt. Hawks, glider pilot, cut by J. D. Jernigan, Jr., and landed here in the darkness last -night. Twice he landed on the way here when his towing plane refuelled. Capt. Hawks expects to reach E] Paso tonight, having resumed his glider flight in tow this morning ourly Original Wntmgs of Mark Twain Discovered Among Newspaper Files HANNIBAL, Missouri, March 31. —Long sought for newspaper files containing the original and first works of Mark Twain, humorist, described by him as representing “my first literary venture,” have been discovered in his native home | C. J. Armstrong, long a student of Twain. The files were found among vol- o 1 (umes of old Hannibal newspapers preserved by the late W. H. League, |boyhood friend of Twain and |shelved away by his daughter, Miss | Nettie League. | The discoveries included one ori- gmal poem, several witty articles |and editorials and a few cleverly |designed woodcut cartoons by ‘the {famous humorist. N 238