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THE DAILY JUNEAU ALASKA TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1930. PROHIBITION X * * * * * “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” MEMBER OF ASSOCIA'IED PRESS ALASKA EMPIRE PRICE 'IEN CENTS OFFICIALS OF N. W. ARE INDICTED * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * » - - L FEDERAL GRAND JURY DOES WORK BIG FREIGHTER ODUNAINPERIL; CALLS FORHELP, ‘Alabama’s Prettiest Kurl Ari Alaska Steamshxp Compa- ny's Craft Sends Out Distress Signals SEATTLE, May 27.—The Coast Guard headquarters here has been notified that the freighter Oduna, of the Alaska Steamship Company, drifted sideways on the beach near the Granite mine, Port Wells, Prince William Sound, while making a turn and is listing badly. Word was sent to Cape Hinchinbrook and the Naval Station picked up the distress signals at 3:24 a. m. today. ! All ships in the ucmltv were notified. The freighter Latouche and survey steamer Discoverer are proceeding to the scencj from Cordova to give assist-| ance, Associated Press Photo Theola Matson of Birmingham, 2 | Ala., was chosen the most beautiful The Oduna was in the port of | eo-ed at the University of Alabama. Juneau last week bound for the — westward. Williamson Bill SEATTLETOUR it .., PARTY VISITS oo JUNEAU TODAY Business Executives Guests WASHINGTON, May 27— @ President Hoover has signed e the Williamson Bill trans- e ferring Prohibition Enforce- e . . . . ment on July 1 to the De- partment of Justice. The President has signed seven prison also reform X 5 bills designated to enlarge of City on Business the Federal prison system e G R T and establish a comprehen- e 00dW1 our sive system of prison re- e e form. . Headed by Nathan Eckstein, ° President of Schwabacher Grocery ® @ @ ¢ © ® 0 © 0 ¢ ¢ 0 o o Company and Chairman of Com- mittee in Charge, 30 of Seatt leading business cxecutives arri here this morning on the smamrr, Aleutian bringing a message of| business friendship and good will! GALLEB AFTE to Juneau, its business men and| Special Session Is Required for Enactment of Naval Treaty e b £ 2 (Continued on Page Eight) e Now Wouldn't | This Warm You ' And How ‘ Today is the warmest day . recorded in May in Juneau e | . . in five years. It was 70 de- | grees at 1:30 o'clock this af- | WASHINGTON, ternoon and Weather Man "waal Tre f’]l:vzuepk“_"flshzO g::gf:::g atr the :\u special session of the Senate. 1 e from @ president Hoover will the weather that he was just 3 5 % all the session about mid-June. | }wubblfng over with “Spring It is planned that Congress will' ever.” ® finish the other work and then ad- At 10 minutes to 3 o'clock ® |journ, the President xmmedlate]y' this afternoon, Weather Man -‘cumng the Senate back into the| Mize announced that it reg- hpecxal session to dispose of thc, istered 72 degrees, the high- |pact. est in eight years. ® | This course was given Presldentl ® 'Hoover by the majority leaders| ® of the Senate and Houce today. May 27. — ThP\ DISEASE DRAINS WORK CAPACITY FROM FILIPINOS By E. W. HOSKINS (A. P. Correspondent) lives or leave their victims weak- ened burdens upon others. i Despite all that has been written and said about it, leprosy is mnot| much of a factor in the situation. | Its tradition from Biblical times serves to attract more attention to| MANILA, May 27.—Despite years of effort to better conditions, di- sease continues to sap the vitality | of the Filipino race reducing both individual and national capacity for | Judge Cu | In the opinion of the Court, s guilty of a preju-| dicial error in refusing to instruci, | trial Judge w: wand their husbands. behind, | COLORADO SPRINGS, Color,| 'May 17.—Margaret Ferguson, aged | 17, high school student and one| iday in a plane crash, east of the| (‘ll_V limits. At the time of the crash, Miss| |Ferguson was performing figure cights at an altitude of 2,000 feet y will be taken up at| rob: | probably | o recovered control | Wrangell, | Martin Holst, lleft on the Yukon for the south. Clrcult C ourt Rewrsos Alaska Court in Case of nstrong, k Kodiak SAN FRAI\CISCO. Cal, reversed the trict Court in finding Karl Arm- strong guilty of manslaughter and sentencing him to one to 15 years| in connection with the slaying of Eric Dahlberg, at Kodiak, Sepmm-} ber 13, 1928 dissented. the Wilbur the jury that the alleged dying statement of Dahlberg was not given under oath. WIVES REVOLT; “ARE IN EXILE ~IN COLORADO 11|ed of Everyday Routine! I —Leave Homes, Hus- | bands, Children DENVER, Col, May 27.—In rc- volt against the conventions routine everyday life, eleven wom- en, nine of them married, are in seclusion in the country home of Mrs. Henry Sway. H They left Denver, their children| for- | bidding communication of any klnd.} | The husbands retired to clubs and the children have been placed in the custody of nurses. The only information as to the| schedule of the women was rope kipping in the morning, bridge in| the afternoon and possibly in Lho: evening. 1T-YEAR-OLD - AVIATRIX IS | DEAD, GRASH‘ Plans Stans, then Drops,! When Performing Figure Eights | [of the youngest girls in the United States to hold a Government pri- wibe pilot’s license, was killed to- The ship went into a stall and| too late to; avoid the crash | ————— | | MRS. WHALEY ARRIVES TO ATTEND COMMENCEMENT To attend the commencement ex-! ercises of Juneau High School, from | which her son, James, gradmates this year, Mrs. O. H. Whaley of and her daughter Jer- rine, arrived yesterday. She will be the house guest of Mrs. H. W. Terhune, her sister-in-law, during | her stay in the ci LOCAL MEN LEAVE FOR OLD COUNTRY On their way to visit relatives in the Old Country for several months, Oliver Drange, employee of the Ju- neau Cold Storage Company, and Juneau fisherman, Mr. Drange will go to Norway its cases but it is far below tuber- culosis, beriberi and malaria both| as to its number of deaths caused and its economical drain on the country. work and production and keeping public health as the big problem of the island. A survey just completed by the! Philippine Anti-Tuberculosis Socie- To the public health expert the| ty reveals the startling fact cm‘ideplorable part is that most of the| "mr?:"‘mamy S0 i Sy or‘afmczlons are preventable, being Abu\h one out of every six of the| . . largely to faulty dietary and inhabitants, suffer from tubercu- sanitary habits. But these hab- losis. ¢ | . In addition malaria, beriberi, dys-‘ih Sp; seglys socediand jiriculs to chan, intery, cholera, typhoid, pneumonia | _ %, and smallpox take annual tolls of ICOQLmued on Page Three) Ve m— T Amp——aie WSDATONST Pt wree HP |and he will spend most of his time | to visit with friends and relatives whom he has not seen in many years. Mr. Holst's mother is liv- ing in Denmark his native land, with her. Both men expect to return to Ju- neau some times next fall. RSN 57 R Round trip passengers aboard the Aleutian include W. H. Merriman, retired general freight and pas- |senger agent of the Northern Pa-litor in Juneau today w! cific, ’ T I S L e v gy May 27— The Circuit Court of Appeals has| Alaska Federal Dis-| ‘ hasn't a business trip as an ex- ' | |the subject are pec SIXTY DEAD IN plane, He is pictured above in the cockpit just before he tested Colonel Charles Lindbergh can't keep on the ground. When he » SEALS DESTROY JAPANESE FISH; LOSS 1S HEAVY 'Revision of Treaty of 1911 Sought—Many Com- plications Arise | | TOKYO, May 27. — Uncle Sam's herds of seals in the North Pa- cific have grown so numerous und- e the 1911 treaty that the seals are devouring large quantities of fish which Japan needs to feed her | people. It is said the Japanese Govern- ment is pressing for revision of the « International Seal Convention i It is claimed the seals are caus- |ing a loss of $10,000,000 yearly to Japan's fishing. Diplomatic ¢om m u nications on jar and due to lack of relationship with Rus- sla the negotiations are besct by diplomatic perplexities. .- — RANGOON RIOTS| Gloom Has Descended Upon City — Food Situation Is Acute RANGOON, India, May 27—SiX-| moane Goldsborough, 19, greet- ty deaths are reported officially} jng his mother and his grand- following two days of disorders at-{ mother as he arrived at the Néw itending the dock strike. Many| York City airport, after a record more are believed to have been| breaking flight from Los Anzeles. By making the trip in \killed in rioting between Burmese coolies and Hindu police. The problem of feeding populace has become acute residents are afraid to forth even to obtain food The gloom of a beleaguercd has descended upon Rangoon .- | the [ and ity . [d . TODAY’S STOCK . By WADE WERNER : QUOTATIONS 2 (A. P. Staff Writer) ®ee0es 00000 ®! HAMBURG, May 27—A sea-going showboat, built to br examples NEW YORK, . — Alaska | : scilag mgglitox(a{:]z:nd Codue atlOf Germany's best dramatic art into every port, 5 next autumn, Dust| The ship is owned by Marie Char- 16%, | lotte Steche, but the plays in fore- nal ing ports will be produced under 6%, Alleghany Corporation 27 conda 60, Bethlehem St General Motors 50%, Go 44%, Granby 31'%, Kennecoti .Montgomery-Ward 43%, Acme no sale, Packard 17% an- the auspices of the German Na- dard Brands 23%, Simmon s tional Theatre, Weim Twenty 37%, Standard Oil of California Players will travel on the vessel, 69'%, United Aircraft 76, U. S. Steel Which has been christened appro- | priately “The Pro Arte It is a twin-screw motor S. built-in stage ‘and auditorium. The vis- stage i modern, and the auditori- the um seats 500. J Taking its cue from the summer 173%, Curtiss Wright 10 — e Judge W. H. Whittlesey Commissioner at Seward, w Aleutian was in port, vt a3 g e ey o - sail from here | cuse to fly, he tries out a new I ( | hip with |G ,mdhergh Tests New Specd Plane the new “Fleetser” model of the Consolidated Aircraft Corpora tion, at Roosevelt Field, finternational Newsieel) 28 hours. Frank set another junior record. He is the son of late Brice Goldsborough, who died in the trans-Atlantic of the plane the flight attempt “Dawn.” & ‘,,.ODEEP SEA SHOW BOAT WILL GIVE GERMAN DRAMA cruse of the Graf Pro Arte will head fi ish ports, after which S ica will be visited. Tt then be pointed toward States, While the plan to Zeppel L4 Winding Up New Record ow will United send a boat- II LE AND WHITNEY ARE AMONG TWO OF FIVE WHO ARE NAMED, INDICTMENTS Charges Are Made of Bribery, Conspiracy and Perjury Involving Past and Present Leaders of Pacific Northwest Enforcement Unit — Convicted Boot- legger Gives Testimony—$50,000 Defamation of Character Suit Also Filed \ | SEATTLE, May 27.—After an investigation of 11 days linto charges of bribery and corruption in the Pacific North- |west Prchibition Enfercement Unit, during which time the |most noterious bootlegger in the region gave testimony, |the Federal Grand Jury yesterday returned indictments lugainst five past and present leaders of the Unit. Administrator Roy Lyle and Chief Assistant Whitney havc been indicted on charges of bribery, conspiracy and perjury. Earl Corwin, Whitney’s chief aide; C. T. McKinney, former United States Assistant District Attorney under Revelle, and Richard L. Fryant, former dry agent, dis- 'missed as deputy sheriff, have been indicted on various icharges. f McKinney is the only one not arrested yet. ! Lyle was given his liberty on personal recognizance lir lieu of $10,000 bail. Whitney was required to furnish $5,000 bail. Fryant posted $2,500 bail. Corwin is at liberty., It is said he has been given \l‘i hours to post his bail. Whitney, four hours before the indictment was re- turned, sued Ralph Horr, King County Republican Chair- man, for $50,000 for “defamation of character,” before the Republican State C tion at Bellingham. It is expected JArv men will be suspended at any moment. -They issued a statement saying indictments returned | were based on statements of a bootlegger and “we have :z\bsolutol_\' no fear of the ultimate outcome.” ! Roy Olmsted, convicted, is the bootlegger, referred to. |Alfred M. Hubbard was another of the many witnesses. ACQUITTAL PREDICTED WASHINGTON, May 27.—Senator Wesley L. Jones, of Washington, ;prpdmwd “a trlumphant acquittal” of Lyle and Whitney. He said the indictments were “made on secret one-sided charges, urged largely | by confessed and convicted lawbreakers.” TWO OFFICIALS ARE SUSPENDED YVASHINGTON. May 27.—The Treasury Department has suspend- ed Lyle and Whitney pending the outcome of their trials resulting from indictments at Seattle. Maurice Smith, Lyle's Second Assistant, Administrator. has been named Acting MANY ATTORNEYS IN SLANDER SUIT SEATTLE, May 27.—Forty-six attorneys will appear for Horr in the Whitney slander suit. Notice of appearances were filed in the &Klng County Superior Court. SENATORJONES WILL VOTE FOR MODIFICATION If Washington Votes Fav- orably on Proposal, He Will Stand Pat WASHINGTON, May 27.—Sena- ‘tor Wesley L. Jones, of Washing- ton State, announced today that he will vote for Prohibition modi- |fication if his State so votes on a |referendum. This was the Senator’s comment on the action of the Re- |publican State Convention held at COLUMBUS, Ohio, Bcllinghnm. Wash,, last week, when John Richardson, aged 22, of|& Platform plank was adopted fav- Cleveland, was electrocuted in the |OFiDE modification. Lester Henderson Assumes New Position July l . BURLINGAME, Cal, May e 27—Lester D. Henderson, e former Commissioner of e Education of Alaska, has e been appointed Superinten- dent of the Elementary o School here. He is now tak- e ing post graduate work at e Stanford University. He as- e . . . sumes the position July 1 e 0 0% 0 v 00 000000 SN LR ‘Sinxs “Sweet {Adeline” then Goes iTo Death Chamber May 27— in, the for Span-|Ohio Penitentiary shortly after Fens i - Jones is one of the h Amer- midnight for the murder of an,Strongest “drys” in the Senate. Akron waiter during a hold-up last | e ore [PIONEER FAIRBANKS Shortly before taken to the death chamber, Richardson was he«\rdt wOMAN PASSES AwAY singing “Sweet Adoline.” load of German drama cruising | the seven or d as a £ B { Mrs. Mary Pedro, well-known Dureil;' Bionie veniure, tuteily E;D‘espoml('ul Idaho ! pioneer of Fairbanks, died there possibility that tr rnment Of | . . as v v Thuringia may share che tinancial|(Girl Takes Poison ook wedk. Jollowing. 3 burden, —inasmu the cruise{fn San Francisco to a hospital for almost a year will be good publicity for the 1932 | prior to death. Goethe festival in Weimar SAN FRANCISCO Cal May 27., She had lived in Fairbanks many It is planned to present modern | —Stranded 3 ars. Her uusband, Felix Pedro, as well the Ger-|ent, Anita Caust ‘,,.1 10 vears, was widely known as the discover- and room made on the s fo other German art forms painting and sculpture 150 will be {of Twin Lakes, Idah examples of such as frank poison er of gold on Pedro Creek, one of in her apartment here She was the first streams on which rich taken to a hospital where attend- pay was found in the Fairbanks ants said she would live, | district. He died several years ago,

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