The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 23, 1930, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXV., NO. 5391. JUN[;AU ALASKA, WLDNESDAY APRIL 23 l930 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRVESS PRICE TI:.N CENTS — e MALONY BLOCK, CITY LANDMARK, DESTROYED BY FIRE - | ARREST IN TAYLOR MURDER MYSTERY PULIGE ARREST ‘ : MURDER HINTED IN HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR SWINDLE » uHm PRISON Is Lilfllg;isi"iif;‘):amo? HEAVY I.USS Isq - RUSSORINALDO, | . £ . “HRE DEATH " - SUSTAINED IN [ L ; b S y;’(iG:SLAR p - ' : 3 'b ‘ | . I TAYLORSLAYING | ot - S e BF TOLL GROMS MORNING. FIRE : G Three Hundrrch and Eigh-‘ T\wl) SPtory Frfime Building s Practically Gutted teen Victims of Disaster by Flames Are Rt.p()lte(] | BODIES ARE PREPARED | STORES AND OFFiCES ARE COMPLETE LOSS FOR BURIAL AT HOMES Minimum D;«;ges to Ma- lony Building, Contents, Bt d Testities Superior Given at $40,000 Told Him Not to Open In one of the most damag- Doors lr) Cells COLUMB X S, Ohio, April ing fires in the history of Juneau, the entire Malony Suspect Confesses Alleged Sheoting of Movie Pic- ture Director OLD MURDER MYSTERY * MAY NOW BE SOLVED Crime Followed Quarrel Between Movie Man and an Actress LOS ANGELES, Cal., April 23.—The Los Angeles police have arrested Russo Rinaldo, —The death toll in the fire | in the Ohio Penitentiary Mon- . day night was increased to aged 41, an accountant, on e E v ame o on ot 0 318 todey when Edward Wills Block, a' two story fr « suspicion of the slaying, . M building at Seward and Sec- § v iats succumbed in the prison hos- eight years ago, of William .y ond Streets, a landmark of % el 2 & |.pital. Death was caused by Desmond Tayler, moving pic- | sittocstion. Juneau, was completely gut- . IS (@ on. . ture director. Wills was serving from five to ted this morning. Rinaldo confessed but the | seven years for 1arceny i Whife the north section of investicators said there are ! The bodies of the dead convicts the building is not as badly S S R are ready for burial. They have g discrepancies in his story. | been attired in ‘black shrouds and ; burned as the remainder, {3 inaldo said he was a rested in @ temporary morgue at An interesting and fashiomable | ombined damage by water he State Fair Grounds. The State Shapshot of Lita Grey Chaplin, | = | furnished the robes and caskets, divorced wife of the famous screen |AMd fire practicaly ruined the {and will furnish transportation to comedian, as she appears outside |entire Block | homes. her Parisian hotel. Reports are Shortly berore 7 o'clock this Guard Thomas Watkinson tes- current that Charlie is en route to |morning the first alarm was turned tified before the investigating com- Paris and that he will stop at the |in by J. A. Davis, member of the Imittee that Capt. Hall, superior gelf-same hotel as the one in which |Juneau Fire Department, who was friend of a movie actress who! ¢ visited Taylor on the night cf the murder. Rinaldo said he overheard a violent quar- ylor and the Afte i officer, told him not to open the Mme, Chaplin' is now staying. . |vassing on his way to work. ehtered Tuylor's.d v {door leading to the fire-swept cells. ! (International Newsreel) Fire Spreads Rapidly =0 i Associated Preis P Capt. Hall"‘saft ‘fic rmmmwrm Sinoke them was' pouvr s from and remonstrated with him Assoclatod Progs Bhote y Suspicicn ef vielenes crept inte cations of the Jul in the wrecked car t inset with his b tock over-issue investigation when traces of poison were found in a |lling Watkinson to try and ge windows on the Second Stree! side - aadifas istrie 4 " 3 a .. |the prisoners out. of the building. He quickly turned vestigator for District A“flrm.\ Fitts, who was killed as The investigators plan to make FIND THREE in the alarm. Although the trueks s He said Taylor drew his r volver and in the scuffle, Ri- : 3 ; ; sutomebile plunged off n-( a few hours before Bursian w as to have appeared before the grand jury. J. H. Roth (upper right)|, “joc examination of the cells dnd fifemat reachsd : the. -seshh naldo secured possession of | C. Julia t) § Y, & estimony in Los Angeles leading to the indictment of Jack Friedlander, former State|in hopes of finding a reason for | within a few moments, by the time ¢ the gun and shot the director.! tion Cemmissioner, and others in the revived probe. the fire -vhich believed to hau they arrived the flames were shoot- Rinaldo is World \\'-u-y = ok = v FE O A XS B 1o T o (o A P e e O 1 i At | SR T origin, ing high above the building into § ar| B ay : the air. veteran and is said to be suf-|4re in Openr Revolt E‘/ oman, l [) ifll‘ (Jov()r'lor CUL LINDBERGH b BOLOXAME DEAR ! DEATH AUTU Mr. Davis, and others who lived fering from shell sock. HelA4gainst Supposed COLUMBUS, April 23. — They ) nearby the scene of the fire, re- b i P 4 (2 By | v aim their dead today. | ported hearing a series of light ex- g b“_“ living at Tuc o0\ Purposes, Dry Law ? avys )0 ltl( Jl v (’n fath and TR T plosions. The police are uncertain i Y who lost | 70 The cause of the fire is not their lives in the prison (,,S‘“m._;Speedomelcr Shows known, Apparently it started in mass against the bars of the office | . y 9 6 Flasks Indicate Booze From all indications it did not inside the prison. . i ¢ whether the actual slayer is in custody. The Taylor murder has WASHINGTON. April 23. I and cilizens are in open revolt a t the sup- M@ former sch hed to death in the wreckage ¢ been one of the my ‘lcria» posed purpo; ol IR St 's it s At a little table sat a trusty,| —_— ””“'““:“ ‘"d'hclb':;"me;“;?'w‘:"t i 1 D ae f i i 2 reference k be- i ¥ s . ists and a e ¢ here. Many clues were run 'l oD ko nausmatt Will Attempt to Inaugurate|J5, " ™" 20 B Los NGELES Cal, Aori 20 e furnaco room were: ot badly o industrialist, s LR e S [ y side him. [dohn Maxwell, aged 34; Frankie Prohibition he ful in the campa | Fastest International | Chief Record Clerk Bonzo passec | Junier, aged 30, and George Hume, ;?;":‘Sm 'lc“:;rfizg l’:;g:rg;:l;m‘:llln S Mail Servi out’ ordets -allowing | those, who |, 31, of Hollywood, were found | / opposing al ervice called to claim u,(.r dmd the heat above, while the bottom the alt in its benefits ate to drink parts were not even gcorched." The of an automobile necar Englewood,|floor between the basement and i hxplu.smns the entire south half of aorg. HieH-10 dhlina: his hour \vhv'\'lhe building was in flames. So I i | it left the road and leaped an em-'intense was the heat that it was Leaves ] ave: ‘Tomorrow for BY GHU E LEAP bankment almost impossible to attach hose do not h when -liquor is furnished them,” © > ° ° B . e «!.mn but all came to nauyht o todayatt ® ® ° ° le ° . BODY OF SLAN OFFICIAL HERE; : & = " DETAILS GIVEN o+ 555 ° ° . ° . . ° . he House Judi- e e OpRG g four men in . . . ° ° . . Yy BECLAPE@ 'RY [ Mlaml, Thence to Ha- | lhn):cn [:]A ks in 'numn; :]mck(»ts lines to the gydrnnt at the corner | . o | | K |led the police to believe the trio|of Second and Seward Streets. —_ { ner-goverzior | vana and Cristobal e L apheondl | Sherman Lost Life in Bort! her path to the | ; iLast of Three Musketeers’ had been drinking. A DARAGE Aron, WS € mn ort i | — Windows in Kann's Variety Store b Avrast Barvichaad ’ | NEw YORK, April 23—Inaug-| Has Narrow Escape | {on Seward Street were caved in by : = ! mi\»im} of '.hp world's fastest in- Whl Fl . | ®0e 9 0ee e s e e e »the heat, while goods in the dis- ¥ Cx‘aled, Tndian ternational airmail service is the e I'lying . ® play cases in the windows were B t THAN SALUDNS next task to which Col Charles iz . TODAY'S STOCK © |scorched: Ths -entirt frint siak o The body of Deputy United States A ! Lindbergh will bend his flying] SACRAMENTO, Cal, April 23.'e CUOTATIONS ® Ithe building was badly charred by Marshal E. H. Sherman, killed Mon- g i& 1eap 0 DRIASEIR GNE Mu- | o ¢ |the heat. One window in Gold= . ay at Haines by an Indian named' | Lindbergh will fly to Miami|ther Field saved the life of Lieut./e @ 0o ¢ o » e o s o o © 0 » |stein’s Building, opposite on Sec- rrow in the plane in which|I. A. Woodring, ‘of the Ninety Fifth | B ‘Qnd Street, was also broken by f.he | 'he set the transeontinental speed |Pursuit Squadron, from Rockwell| NEW YORK April 23.—Alaska |heat. regord Sunday. Field, San Diego. He abandoned | juneau mine stock is quoted today! Shortly after the alarm was turn= | At Miami, Col. Lindbergh will ithe plane while participating gy 71;, Alleghany Corporation 31%,|ed in all available hose lines had | ake over the controls of a Pan-|,jr fighting tactics with Capt. James Watson, reached here last Frelmghu_vsen, Seeking Re-‘f of state night, accompanied by Deputy Mar- | ¥ 3 Y 1926 became secretary. shal C. J. Sullivan and G. W, Nos.| POMnation, Fa\ ors mning for re-clection trand. At the time he was shot, | Modification given the 1 | Sherman was attempting to pene- | ace a candidaie for : PR I £ W i ; -|Anaconda 63%, Bethlehem Steel been laid from every hydrant with= trate & barricaded house in the| NEWARK, New Je fice in, South Dakota. of ability and a proficient house- w‘"‘;{“”‘"" A“c:a“ plane for & flight | mmendort, 102%, General Motors 51%, Gold!In reach. Water was being poured N Haines village to arrest Watson, |—Former United The woman politician is a singer |keeper. |0 Havana, thence seress the Car-| woodring is known as the last|pus; 473, Granby 39%, Grigsby |from all sides and men were om Additional _details received by Joseph S. Frelinghuysen, who voted | — ———— — ’Lzbg';stfg; twelve hundred miles|of the “Three Musketeers” trio| Grunow 24%, International Har-|Nearby roofs working as soon as Marshal White today revealed that |for the passage of the Volstead Law | .. . the body in the $200,000 insurance| e flight from Havéna to Cris- ! {of army air men noted for daring |yester 109%, Kennecott 48%, Mis- the heat had sufficiently died down. Watson had assaulted his wife end who is again a candidate for|Kidnapped American Wi AIc BloE }wba‘ will mark the first stage of| /U0 0 flying. The other tWo|souri Pacific 89%, National Acme| After the first alarm was turned ¢ with an iron bar, inflicting danger- |the Republican nomination for the | Rologsed by Bandits Tillman said he fired two shoS|the new fast mail service between | cr¢ Killed & short time ago. 12314, Packard 20%, Standard Brand (I from box 2-§ another was senk skull wounds. She was res.|Senate, today said he favored mod- 5l B \nto Peathianishads: Nobth o saamiEee o o 26%, Simmons Beds 49%, Standard |[TOM PBOX 2-4. All firemen were ¥ 2 neighbor woman, a M I‘icrd'mn g Al » On Payment of $200 | REBHEETLS % el provides a schedule of one week Raiding Group of |oi1 of Calttornia 74%, United Cor- f”l.'ffeawf(f'e»;a‘z‘filfh:céfiiffmzfi’:: nd rushed to the Army ‘en years of experience has led | — | ou P b poration 49%, U. S. Steel 1917, 58'N® 4 at Ohilkoo! Barracks |[Mim to belicve he said, that thel, o XICO CITY, April 23. .|ADMIRAL EVANS IS :xexlrlb:u::: x??shx:r::ehf:‘i:;;.mlm Indians Shot Down}wdm Baking B 11, Timken 84%.| ., C°ment Buildings Help e ST new law developed perils equal to|q _ e G i parnell, o ON WAY NORTHBOUND g ] {Curtis Wright 13, Fo xFilms 51% Concrete buildings adjoining the (Continued on Page Two) those of the saloon. e S g \Over One Milli CALOUTTA, Indls, Aprl 23—|Ford Limited 187 (Cortinued on Page Two) le land, kidr last Sun- ®| SEATTLE, April 23.—Steamer Ad-| g on Officials announce that 12 in- Sl dihe e ’ P )LAR REGIOZVS {e day near G ara, has ®|miral Evans sailed for Alaska ports For Federal Bureau suigents: Lave, Roes Ntiled and [iwos ( § o Tl s 8| B S Mt S e o Poderal Burenu |uthuty Yondst n ot ner BIG FUND TO FIGHT : e on payment of $200. ® | first class passengers and 71 steer-| % /CUC a Chittagong between a group which 1 L g CA N CIAIWI PR R RN ) by | SEATTLE, April 23.—Jonathan|raided the Chittagong Police Arse- ¥ ’ o Do 1 4 i o thdsa el : 3 sengers arc | WAgner said today that the appro-|nal, and the British troops. Four- | WII D ANIMAL PESTS o o had startec in pursuit of the e The following passengers are rintion todll j sl s o 4 ] 4 \J e bandits when Purnell re- e [booked for Juncau “’ ation for the Department "r In-¢ “‘E“v arrests have been made. Noj e il : MAY HIDE RICHES " "= ot | LS R T o v SOUGHT FROM U. S. | " ‘. i 4 5 E‘ms Eva u|[tfln‘ W P. Litton, ‘J e 31, has been appxowd by the| The main body of raiders is still 4 . . g A v o0 e o000 e v e o o o o|George Panir and 11 steerage. | House and is now pending in me‘at large and military operauons WASHINGTON, April 23—An | possible to tell whether the ice cov- | . Senate. \are continuing. By FRANK 1. WELLER Representative Scott Leavitt ‘ area kqual to about one-sixteenth |ering this territory rests on land | HOSPITAL NOTES wm;r?sel ?ppr&:}x:rlatilon provides $1.- | (A. P. Farm Editor) Montana. - . cf the United States is represented | or wate: | P W or the Alaska Division of [ v b5 he clacier studded’ streteh of| Bencaih thé rugsed ice heet over |CONfesses to Murder hc‘l’;i’,fl D;;:(r:m;;m;: St Annithe United States Bureau of Edu- Farmboy Slain by Negro; | WASHINGTON, April zz,aplans\mf;f“’;’ v e v B | Antarctica that explorations of Rear | which penguins stand guard, they | indle| reatment. cation. Latter Is Shot by Mob cor a 10-year war on predatory ani- | /e o [Rdieate to the Admire] Byrd made possible for this |point out there may be land c In Insurance Swindle "sment Foster, who has been| )LD LS mals are being backed by the de-| o 1O0¢ KRG animals cause AfS w country to claim. taining vdluable minerals but they | ) tn’ b HOSDHADIAE Gt ek Sorkal GUCKERS GO SOUTH | GUNNISON, Miss, April 23.—A|partment of agriculture. i o phot o $20,000000 1 : | Bave no evidence to support this| LINN, Missouri, April 23.—Casper | 4. o iccoq vesterday. J. W. Gucker, accompanicd hylcrowd of several hundred men shot| Secretary Hyde is lining up all his | ¥ W00 10 Ehe livestock industryst o» Georgraphers say that it will| g ,hsition, Tulman has been arrested and con- 1 {nis little son Jackie Gu left' and killed Dave Harris, 35 year old |influence behind a bill to appro- helr iproads an game Bt uire more exploration to de-| possinility of parts of this terri- |fessed to participation with Dr. An-| Passengers on the Alaska for thel!on the Alameda for Seattle. Both'negro, accused of the slaying of |priate $13787.000 for a campaign ;"d game and insectivorous birdef ne the economic value ofy ——|drew Bass in the murder of Wil- westward include Roy P. dJones |will return next week. Mr. Gucker Clayton Funderberg, 17 year old|against covotes, wolves, mountain|'® 4% have an JEDGSSCH ¢ Byrd Land as it is now im-| (Continued on Page Six) i‘m“ Pearman,, and disposition of |who is on his way to Seward. is one of Juneau’s brokers, farm boy, lions, bobeats and other pests, by| (Continued on Page Three)