The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 12, 1930, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE "VOL. XXXVI NO 5407 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU ALASKA, MONDAY MAY 1930. MEMBE.R OF ASSOC[ATED PRESS PR]CE TEN CEN]'S FLOODS THREATENING ARE CONFIDENT THAT ROBERTS IS ACCEPTABLE Administration Believes Senate Will Approve of Nomination ONE PROTEST COMES OUT FROM THE SOUTH, Observers Are Hesitant About Making Any Sure Predictions WASHINGTON, May 12.—Confi- dence of the Administration that Owen J. Roberts will prove ac- ceptable to the Senate as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, is undiminished. Threats of opposition are based on the Prohibition issue, Regular Republicans are enthusi- astic over the President’s choice, and leaders in the fight against Judge John J. Parker welcomed the nomination . From the South came a protest| that Roberts denounced the Eigh-! teenth Amendment in an address in 1923. Senator Sheppard, of Tex- as, one of the authors of the amendment, said that was “enough” for him. Later he announced he had been reliably informed that Roberts denied the attributed as- sertions and Sheppard said he would withhold judgment pending investigation. As in the cases of Hughes and Parker, when their names were first submitted for confirmation and appeared likely for an overwhelm- ing vote and recalling controversies that developed, observers are hesi- tant about predicting the outcome on Roberts. M’BRIDE’S VIEWS WASHINGTON, May 12.—F. Scott McBride, General Superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League, in a state- ment on the appointment of Owen J. Roberts, said: “Integrity and character are the regal qualifications, and an intel- lectual, honest and judicial tem- perament and capacity to deal with! legal questions- strictly from a ju- dicial standpoint, should determine the fitness of members of the Ju- diciary rather than other consid- erations. If Roberts measures up to those qualifications, he should be confirmed.” —————— THOUSANDS ARE KILLED, BATTLE Nationalists Reported De- * feated with Disastrous Results in China LONDON, May i2—Peiping dis- patches to the Daily Express said t boaety Beauty “and Flancee | The engagement of Miss Alexandra Van Rensselaer Devereux and Rodman Wanamaker, 2d, grandson of the late John Wanamaker, has been announced by the young woman’s mother, Mrs. Radcliffe enough to join the drive which fol- lows :ie route north of the Arctic Circle across ‘Alaska to the Mac- kenzie River Basin in the Canad- lian Arctic. Dr. Benson, surgeon, accompany- ing the herders, is in a hospital, believed to have frozen his lungs He was brought back to Nomt plane piloted by Victor Ross. Ross says he was only able to fly four of 14 days from the time| the herd left until he arrived here on account of fog conditions. ‘ The reindcer have been sold by the Lomens to the Canadian Gov- ernment. The reindeer were taken from the herds on Kotzebue Sound. — e |® TODAY’S STOCK H QUOTATIONS . [ . iieeeesoeo0scccse NEW YORK, »May 12.—The clos- jmine stock today was 6%, Alle- ;ghany Corporation 26%, Anaconda Isfl.. Bethlehem Steel 96%, General {Motors 48%, Gold Dust 447%, Mis- {ing quotation of Alaska Juneau ' that according to Northern Alliance |souri Pacific 80, Granby 34%, In- Generals, 15,000 Nationalists troops |ternational Harvester 104%, Kenne- were killed and 15,000 captured in | cott 487, National Acme 19, Pack- heavy fighting during the past few days near Peng-Pu. The Nationalists were battling against the Northern coalition and were proceeding along the Lunghai Railway. The Northerners were driving toward Nanking. FRANK BOYLE IS TAKING IN PARIS Frank Boyle, making a trip around the world, is in Paris, or was on April 18 the date of a letter re- ceived today by Mrs. 8. Guyot. Mr. ard 18%, Standard Brands 23%, i|Simmons Beds 39%, Standard Oil lof California 69%, United Aircraft 69, U. S. Steel 171%, Ward Baking B 11, Allis Chalmers 62%, Ameri- can Tobacco B 262%, Phillips Pet- {roleum 41, American Can 143, Ford (Limited 19%, Montgomery Ward graph Company 237%. \Capone’s Cotton Club CHICAGO, Ill, May 12—Ralph Capone’s Cotton Club, at Cicreo, 42%, American Telephone and Tele- | ] Is Raided Second Time! Boyle said he was on the last lap has been raided for the second time of his tour after visiting Honolulu, Within three days by Prohibition Japan, India, Italy and Egypt. He officers. The agents arrested Percy dwelt at length on his trip in Italy Haller, manager. He has been at which he declared was a wonderful liberty on bond after a previous country. raid. Parents Witness Air Accident in Which Son Is Critically Injured SANTA ROSA, Cal, May 12.—)offered to take the others to San‘a Fay Berry, aged 25 years, pilot, was Rosa for a trip. He was flying killed instantly; Robert Smith, aged low over the ranch home of the 18, and Aruold Berry, aged 23, brother of Fay, were injured criti- cally when a plane crashed Sunday near the Santa Rosa airfield. Perry was a student pilot and had the elder Smiths, when the plane nose dived. Mr. and Mrs. Smith witnessed the accident. Arnold Berry died this morning. Smiths, to attract the atteniion of | | Cheston, Jr. The date of the wedding is not announced. Mr. Wanamaker is a well-known aviation enthusiast. REINDEER TREK New Organization ‘ | Announced to HALTED . s‘l'u P Fight Prohibition ’ ° WASHINGTON, May 2.— e | ® The formation of a Joint e |® Elective and Legislative e ® council of ten anti-Prohibi- e —_— ® tion organizations and the e . -3 e adoption of a plan for con- e Fawmng Season Amves—‘— | ® certed work toward the over- o/ Dr. Benson Taken to |e throw of Pronibition was an- e N F L ® nounced after a meeting of ® ome, I'rozen Lungs ® representatives of tie ten e groups held here last Satur- e { NOME, Alaska, May 12—Three|q day. The general plan will thousand reindeer, the first to en-|g e announced later. . ter Canada, have been halted in’ g United States Senator Wil- the tedious long march across the o jiam Gapell Bruce, of Mary- o itop of the world, in the Colville & 1304 was made Honorary e River section. The “.wning season‘. Chairman of the Joint Coun- @ Has’'begun and the Herd will wait g el & until the new born are strong o 0 o 0 o 0 0 o e 00 6 e — e THREE ARE SHOT T0 DEATH; TRAP . LAID BY PULIGE .Propnetor of Beer Flat and| Two Robbers Killed, Extortion Case CHICAGO, IL., May 12.—Three men were shot dead in a trap |laid Ly the Police in a beer flat. The Proprietor, Jack Hayes, and two of four gunmen who attempted to rob him, were killed. Joseph Altmeier, Special Investi- gator for the States Attorney's of- fice, was seriously wounded Altmeier said two of the robbers 1who escaped were also wounded , Altmeier was hidden in a |with four other officers. | The robbers entered the flat, and flourishing their guns, demanded | money. Hayes resisted and before the !Police fired, he was shot down. Police guns began pouring lead and two robbers were shot down and killed, the other two escaping. | Altmeier was working on an ex- tortion case. ——————— flat i Body of Ensign Is Found in Hotel Room; Suicide Indicated NEW YORK, May 12.—The body of Ensign V. Shinkle, aged 22 years, attached to the United States Decatur, was found in a hotel Iroom with a bullet would in the |temple. An automatic pistol with one discharged cartridge, was found | (nearby. Despondent since a sun-; stroke nearly a month ago, naval| |officers reported they believed | !Shinkle suicided. His parents live |in Spokane, Washington. FISHERIES BOAT, ! BLOWS UP; 2MEN | ! ABOARD ARE SAFE PRINCE RUPERT, B. C,, May 12. A fishery boat operated. by George Ness and C. Lewis, blew up off'® Alpha Point near here. Both men ‘were saved, TARIFF BILL CONTROVERSY | — 5 Conferees Have Lo¢ked Horns Regarding E‘fi-‘ port Debenture .’ " | AWSHINGTON, D. C., May fa— | The Congressional Tariff conferees {have locked horns over the dis- butcd export debenture and flex- |ible provisions and have found no iway out. Scnate members refused to yield to the demand of the House group ‘thac they ask the Senate to relieve (them of the pledge made not to re- cede on the two propositions. The conference settled practi- {cally all of the hundreds of other | differences and adjourned subject |to the call of Chairman Smoot of the Scnate Finance Committee. Senator Smoot said he would call a meeting Tuesday or Wednesday. ! The Senate conferees agreed. to take the bill back but declined to agree to ask release of the House' | propositions. The impression pres | vails that the Senate group will net] Imeet the House request until a | satisfactory compromise has been agreed upon. None of the Tew rates remaining under dl&l&t‘e- ment were dnscussed CROSSON AND LAST FLIGHT 'No More Trips to Be Made { To Nanuk Account of' Dense Fogs NOME, Alaska, May 12.—Pilots Crosson and Robbins have arrived with another load of fur from the Nanuk. Crosson said no further trips will be made due to immense fog banks at this time of the year. The north wind has alSo ‘opened a lead in the ice extending practically from RBering Sea to North Cape, within a few miles of the shore. Crosson and Robbins made the trip to the Nanuk in one plane, a |Fairchild, in order that Robbins !Lould bring back the Alaska Waco |plane left in Siberia by Crosson »Iast December. The plane will be taken back to Fairbanks. Street Car Struck By Passenger Train; 7 Persons Injured | OAKLAND, Cal, May 12.—Seven (persons were injured when a West- ern Pacific passenger train crashed into a loaded street car. The train was proceeding little more than 10 miles an hour when it struck the street car at a crossing. The doors of the street car jammed so tight- ly that rescue of passengers im- NOT SETTLED | promise to compromise on flexible| Areflected banking operations and ‘{cooperation in organizing the Amer- ROBBINS MAKE {Bank said they had no informa- AVIATOR PLANS TOKIO TO SEATTLE FLIGHT Charles Rocheville, veteran pilot. anc¢ thé low winged monoplane Fokio to Seattles Assoctated Press Photo In which he hopes to fiy from The plane will receive ite final test at Long Beach, Cal, when he will try a non- ertueling endurance recors in an effort to better the German record of 65 hours and 20 minunes. FORD’S NAME LINKED WITH BIG BANK DEAL NAVAL TREATY EPOCHAL” SAYS SEC. OF STATE Stimson Appears Before Committee for Ratifi- cation of Treaty NEW YORK, May 12.—The Jour- nal of Commerce says it has learned that Henry Ford and interests have been making substantial purchases of stock in the National City Bank of New York City, during the past few months. The buying is ac- companied by increasingly close re- lation with the bank and Ford's iean Chemical Corporation. Officials ‘of the National City n relative to the reported pur- hases of stock by Ford and inter- ests. /The Journal pointed out that con- | WASHINGTON, May 12.—Stating siderable participation of the Ford [that the London Treaty is “epoch-! interests would establish a fourth|al” Sccretary of State Stimson to- financial graup. The Mor-'day told -the Foreign Relations gan banks, now including the Guar- Committee that ratification of the anty Trust Company and Chase treaty would end British and National, are the world’s largest American naval competition, and banks it being considered that the set a notable example in the cause Rockefeller institution, Irving Trust of world peace. and Chemical National as being, Secretary Stimson said the dele-, DuPonts. . gates agreed on all the major sub- | —_—————— ‘jecv.s and worked without interfer-| ‘ence or instructions from President | |Hoovcr IS CRUSHED | TODEATHBY MARTIAL LAW BARROW ICE IN TEXAS TOWN INative Killed when Watch- { man Falls Asleep— Record Whale Catch —_— e Governor Moody Issues Proclamation—Troops Are at Sherman ‘ DALLAS, Tex:+, May 12.—Last |Saturday night, Gov Dan Moody | gned a proclamation ~declaring rrartl&l law at Sherman, where a ‘mob Friday night set fire to the| $60,000 Court House, which was des'.myed with three city block of | business houses when a negro M- |saulter was dragged from a vaul and killed. Additional troops will| not be sent to Sherman unless re- POINT BARROW, Alaska, May 12.—The crushing ice killed a na tive whaler when a slecping watch- man allowed the pack to reach the camp unnoticed. A tent. boat and| all gear were lost. The native was attempting to se- cure a rifle and was gripped to the knees, unable to move. Men risk- mediately was prevented. Widow Kills Three Children and Then Suicides CHICAGC., Ill, May 12.—Mrs. Albino Deporre, a widow of two months, killed her three children last night and then committed sui- cide. The bodies of the four were found by neighbors this fore« noon. The mother had slashed the throat of her eldest daughter, shot her son, aged nine and another daughter aged 11, then cut her own throat and also sent a shot into her ed their lives and tugged in vain, to break the grip. The doomedI man said: “No use; t:smer run, {away.” In a moment he was burled by toppling tons of ice. ‘Three whales have been captured to! date; a record catch for sev- eral years. !quested. The proclamation was issued upvm representations made tothe Gove {nor by citizens of Sherman. The {mob spirit had apparently flickererl | out and State officials were singling lout the leaders for further action.| Reports were received by the Gov- i T ernor that a mob threatened to| form .again and danger was immin- Jury De.aocked for ent and martial Iav!/l was then de-| 75 Hours; Dismissedclared. LOS ANGELES, Cal, May 12—Tries to Beat torti trial of | . t . The jury in the extortion tri 1Tram o Cross”m; Morris Lavine and Miss Leontine, ! Johnson, has been dismissed when Three Are Killed [ | it reported it was hopelessly dead- Gzrl Flier Makmg {Fast Time on Lone Flight KARHI, India, May 12.—One day ahead of Bert Hinkler's 15-day record for an England to Australia flight, Amy Johnson, 23 year old aviatrix, arrived here Saturday. The lone girl flier came down from Bandar Abbas, Persia. She said the flight from Bagdad down the Persian gulf was uneventful except for the Terrific heat. CALCUTTA, May 12—Amy John- son, British aviatrix, has arrived from Allahabad, flying solo from England to Australia. It is re- ported she is traveling so light she borrows a kahki shirt and pair of skirts at rvery stage ‘of the flight .o MEXICAN AIR ACE IS DEAD, PLANE CRASH Co] Sidar and Copllol Kill- ed in Attempt to Make Record MEXICO CITY, May 12. — Col. Pablo Sidar and co-pilot Lieut. Rovirose were killed in attempting a world's record distance nonstop {flight from Mexico City to Buenos Aires when their plane divied into the sea three miles from Port Olimon, Costa Rica. The two fliers took off from the Cerro Loco ranch at Oaxaca Sun- (h\y morning. A storm sprang up over Costa Rica and they were seen {cruising apparently seeking a land- ing. The plane crashed about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Col. Sidar was 27 years of age and was Mexico's aviation ace and hero 2 COMPANIES NADO STRUCK SECTIONS RAIN FOLLOWS WIND STORMS, WATER RISING | Floods Ar?fieported States of Texas, Okla- homa and Kansas |STREAMS SWOLLEN; TRAFFIC HINDERED Wintry Weather Prevails in Rocky Mountains— Freezing Temperatures KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 12— In the wake of tornadoes over the Southwest for more than a week, heavy rains in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas have brought floods. A twister struck near Austin, Texas, and nearby vicinities kill- ing F. W. Tucker and injuring 36 others. The rain, accompanied by winds of tornado force, have hit Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. Streams all over the section are swollen. Crops have been damaged con- siderably by the wind. Traffic is hindered. Last Saturday night snow was falling at Goodland, Kansas, after twelve hours of rain and the tem- perature dropped near freezing. BLEAK WINTER AGAIN DENVER, Colo, May 12.—Bleak winter returned to the Rocky Moun- tain and the West Saturday. The cold extended from Montana dowa to Santa Fe. Snow was accompan- ied by freezing temperatures. Fruit on the Colorado western islupe appeared to have suffered severely. Temperatures ranged as low as 18 degrees above zero, The snow. storm at Santa Fe struck at the height of the lamb- ing season and losses are pre- dicted. Mixed rain and snow hit Mon- tana. CHINESE ARE USING BOMBS FROM PLANES Up—!o—Date;/:rfare Being Undertaken by Chi- nese Government PEIPING, China, May 12.—Forty {seven civillans were killed at Chieng Chow and 20 others were injured /in an aerial bombardment on Northern troops by government forces. Several buildings were destroyed. Hostilities are continuing along a 7T0-mile front near the Lunghai Railway. Senate Confirms Minnesota Man as |school boy, is employed at J. B. I'BSE LEASES Minister, Ecuador VALDEZ, Alaska, May 12—On ‘WASHINGTON, May 12. — The complaints brought by the United nomination of Willlam Dawson, of States, the Court has cancelled the Minnesota, to be Minister to Ecua- leases of the Alaska Petroleum and dor, has been confirmed by the |Coal Company, and Alaska Coke Senate. and Coal Company. The leases are all in the Bering River Coal Fields. common" of L D ity nonn o RS | Pensions Is Dead Edward Rodenberg, local high WASHINGTON, May 12.—Earl Burford's office supply store. He Church, of Hartford, Connecticut, is filling the vacancy created by Commissioner of Pensions for the the resignation of Ben Stewart, who past year, died here last night as 6ecececcccsccsooe . ‘e head. Indians in Nor. Manitoba no Verge Of Starving to Death THE PAS, Manitoba, May 12.—One hundred and fifty Indians in the York area, northern Manitoba, are on the verge of starving to death, hunters have reported to the government agent here. The scarcity of wild ani- mals is given as the cause of the plight of the Indians. The Government is expect- ed to send emergency sup- plies, LR 9 90099000 locked. The jury had deliberated 75 hours and 10 minutes in the case, grow- 'ing out of the Julian Petroleum stock over-issue. —_—————— ALBANY, Oregon, May 12.—Mrs Gertrude Michael, aged 21 years, has died in a hospital of injuries received in a collision of her auto- mobile with a Southern Pacific train near Shedd, Oregon. Sibert Poland, aged 14 years, and | Keith Mallow, aged 14 years, were killed at the time and Frances Far- well, aged 16 years, was injured| | seriously. Esther Mallow, aged 17, suffered from the shock and bruis- {Hughes’ Resignation Accepted by Council: GENEVA, May 12.—The resigna- tion of Charles Evans Hughes from the Permanent Court of Interna- tional Justice has been nccepted’ by the Council of the League of i Was trying to beat the train to the Nations, crossing and the car was struck on The train crew said Keith Mallow | special election at the next as-| Esther Mallow said her brothers sembly in September to elect a suc-""e" was obstructed by a pile of |road building material. — .- cessor. Hughes resigned from the court Montana's prison population has passed the 700 mark, the largest it jhas been sipce the World War. when he was confirmed Chief Jus- ice of the Supreme Court of the . o . . . . . . | The Council voted to hold a the side by the locomotive . o . . . o /United States, left early this week for the west- ard. Nineteen - Year a result of cerebro-spinal menin- sitls ol - r Flier Breaks Three % Records for Juniors NEW YORK, May 12—Frank Goldborough, aged 19 years, land- ed here Sunday after having set three transcontingntal vecords for| American youths L A He arrived here . 15 o'clock Sunday afiernoon, FEast Stan- dard time, from Los Angeles, Cali- fornia, completing the journey in 128 hours and 18 minutes, flying time, and setting a junior record for the West to East flight. He stopped overnight three times and \snx times for fuel. ; Thirteen days ago yesterday he |flew to Los Angeles from West Field, New Jersey, in 34 hours and 3 minutes, another junior record. Goldborough's flying time for the round trip was 62 hours and 21 minutes, the third junior record,