The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 3, 1930, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVL, NO. 5426. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 3. 1930. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ARMED INSANE CRIMINALS MAKE BREAK FOR FREEDOM PENSION BILL PASSED OVER HOOVER'S VETO New Law for Payment to| Spanish-American Vet- erans Now on Books DEMOCRATS SOLIDLY AGAINST PRESIDENT Dependable:fine Up for| Hoover—Independents Are Against Him WASHINGTON, June 3.—Enact- ed over President Hoover's veto, a new law for payments of pensions te veterans of the Spanish-Ameri- can War took a place on the ntdtute books. The Senate voted 61 to 18 and the House 298 to 14 to pass the measure over the veto. The Democrats voted solidly against the President. The group of Administration de- pendables supported Hoover's posi- tion. The Western Independent Re- publicans joined the Democrats. —————— BRIT. PREMIER WINS SKIRMISH ONNAVALPACT First Victory on Treaty Scored by MacDonald —Liberals Help LONDON, June 3.—Premier Ram- say MacDonald won his first vic- tory on the London Naval Treaty in the House of Commons, defeat- ing the Ceonservative's motion to! appoint a committee which would: examine the treaty. i The vote was 282 to 201. The Government was supported | by the Liberals. The attack was led by former Premicr Baldwin. - Old Pete Is ‘ | LIQUOR SELLERS’ PATRONS OUTSIDE DRY LAW’S SCOPE WASHINGTON, June 3. — The buyer of bootleg liquor cannot une | der ordinary circumstances be pros- | ecuted. In one cf the most important de- cisions under pronibition, the Su- preme Court made this ruling in the test case of James 8. Farrar of Boston. guilty by pleading nolo contendere his conviction must be sustained. Quashed Indictment The Farrar case was selected by Attorney-General Mitchell in an attempt to solve several trouble- | some questions in prohibition en- | forcement. The Federal District | Court quashed the Farrar indict- At the same time it in effect de- | clined to pass upon the questton‘ whether the buyer of liquor who | knows that shipment is involved in | delivery can be prosecuted for con- | ment holding it was not an of- fense under the prohibition act to purchase liquor from a bootlegger. | The government took the posi- tion in the Supreme Court that all spiracy. The latter case was that of Al- fred E. Norris, New York banker, | who bought liquor from a Philadel- phia bootlegger. The high court said since Norris haf virtually entered a plea of purchases of liquor, except under a permit, or a physician's prescrip- tion, were illegal. Counsel for Farrar argued that the permits which the government | insisted were necessary to legalize (Continued on Page Two) SPLIT DAMPENS FIRST FLORIDA | G. 0. P. PRIMARY JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June 3.— Failure of Florida Democrats to| lagitate the Hoover-Democratic | question drew virtually all the fire-| works out of the off-year primary| today. Girl Baby Weighs One Pound, One Ounce, at Birth SIMPSONVILLE, North Despite the fact that this year Carolina, June 3.—Mr. and ® imargs the entry of the Republican Mrs. Will Hamby have a @ |payty into the primary for the first three days’ old baby girl. ®|{ime in history only two races in It weighed one pound and one ounce at birth. The baby is normal and the father is feeding her with a medicine dropper. the state-wide primary have any |elaim for the national spotlight and both are Democratic. One marks the return to politics of Sidney J. Catts, picturesque war time Governor of ' Florida, who seeks nomination to Congress in the Third District. Catts recently was tried on fed- Ieml charges of aiding and abetting 1a counterfeiting ring. A mistrial re- ! sulted and no date for a new trial ce e s e vs 0000 Released by Philadelplia | o bl o PHILADELPHIA, June 3. —Grover Cleveland Alexand- er, veteran pitcher and one of the greatest in the Na- tional League in his best him resulted from a political frame- up. He is carrying a vigorous cam- paign against Tom A. Yon, incum- bent, and J. Harvey Bayliss, former Denies He Is a Lobbyist ’ Ssil idate i s dis- But lees Eflorls to 'S‘?Cnfrms onal candidate in this di: Proh]bltlon ‘The other race brought unexpect- |ed opposition to Mrs. Ruth Bryan by Committee today that he is no is Dewitt T. Deen, Daytona Beach lobbyist in the popular sense but| attorney, who stands on a platform gave his best efforts to promote calling for the repeal of the 18th Prohibition by every "Iegltlmate[amendment. BEFORE SENATE =i Mayor of Pensacola. WASHINGTON, June 3.—Bishop Owen, member of Congress from Christian means.” Republicans have endeavored to Catts charged the charges against | Republicans did not qualify a Cannon informed the Senate Lob- the Fourth District. Her opponent Bishop Cannon said he seldom | some extent to take advantage of | The Secretary of Agriculture is also L4 ‘used personal suasion on members‘me result of the 1928 general elec- ® of Congress and rarely interested|tion when for the first time since ® himself in the appointments to|reconstruction days Florida went days, has probably come to the end of his major league ° . o . . . . ® career. . Announcement was made ® today by the Philadelphia ® National League Club man- ® agement that “Old Pete” ® has been unconditionally e ® released. o . . e 0 ecscvescrocon S ee— CHAPMAN STARTS YOUNG FORT SMITH, Ark., June 3.— Raymond - T.' Chapman, who will pilot the 1931 Virginia Military In- stitute boxing team, began boxing and his publishers deny they had!er vukon was in port. They will| at the age of 11 at a boxing school jany knowledge of the existence orl 4 here. ,omce. % Claim Plagiarism Against English Author and Sues TRENTON, N. J., June 3.—Claim- ing plagiarism against H. G. Wells, English author, Florence Deeks has started action asking $500,000 dam- ages. She said matter from her book, “The Web,” was contained in Wells’ “Outline History.” Wells “The Web.” NEW PLAN ASSURES FERTILIZER SUPPLY AT MUSCLE SHOALS By FRANK 1. WELLER (A. P. Farm Editor) WASHINGTON, D. C.,, June 3.— The Reese plan for private opera- tion of Muscle Shoals, adopted by the house military affairs' commit- tee in preference to the Senate- adopted Norris resolution for gov- ernment operation, providesjfor a constant supply of 2500 tons of fertilizer. It is still a point of debate wheth- er fertilizer would be produced as cheaply as under government Op- eration, but the profit to the manu- facturer is limited to 8 per cent. A prescribed amount of nitro- gencus plant food to be produced annually is to be set by the board of three members the President would appoint for consummation of the lease. However, the proposed plan makes mandatory the manufacture of 10,- 000 tons of fixed nitrogen within three years and six months of the date of the lease and requires peri- odical increases as market de- mands justify. In fixing a maximum production capacity, the leasing board would be guided by thé amount economi- cally adapted or susceptible of being made economically adapted to the|® fixation of nitrogen, if the reason- able demands of the market shall Justify it. . ‘The sale price would be compucedl on the 8 per cent profit, the cost of the production including the rent paid to the government for use of equipment and 6 per cent on any capital invested by the lessee in improvements to existing plants or in additional plants used for the manufacture of fertilizer. Preference in sales would be giv- en first to farmers and cooperative organizations. : Republican. | The party in Florida, however, fhas a factional fight for control of the state committee. 'PROMINENT PACKERS HERE ENROUTE WEST | FOR SUMMER SEASON Enroute to Bristol Bay points to look over cannery and fishing roperations, B. R. Hart and C. P. ‘wfllle, prominent salmon packers, visited here today while the steam- be in the Territory until midsum- mer. Mr. Hart \is vice-president of the Alaska Packers Association and general superintendent of that com- pany's cannery operations. Mr. Hale is President of the Northern Fish- eries, Inc., Bristol Bay Packing' ‘Company, Alaska Salmon Company, and Union Fisheries. ———————— LESTER RINK RETURNS Much improved in health, Lester {Rink, Gustavus. rancher, returned this morning on the Yukon. He| has been in the Bremerton naval hospital for the past three months undergoing medicpl treatment. | ——— 003200000000 . TODAY'S STOCK le QUOTATIONS L] L] CRC IR A NG A R B f NEW YORK, June 3.—Closing| quotation of Alaska Junezu mine | Istock today was 6%, Alleghany Cor- |poration 26%, Anaconda 59%, Beth-| . derstood Mr. Eastman will visit Ju- ALASKA FUNDS CONTAINED IN BILL PENDING Thousands of Dollars for? Alaska Projects in'" | Bill Before Hoover .WASHINGTON, D. C., June 3.— Carrying thousands of dollas. for Alaska in items for various bu- reaus of that Department, the ap- propriation bill of the Department of Agriculture is now before Presi- dent Hoover. It carries funds for the department's various uctlvifle" for the fiscal year beginning July 1, next. The Alaska items are as follows: Sbfii‘ing Over Atlantic in Lap of L]lxilry THIRTEEN MEN MAKE ESCAPES FROMHOSPITAL Are Armed with Knives and Razors—Five of Them Are Slayers SENSATIONAL BREAK | AT INSANE HOSPITAL :Telephone Wires to Instis For the establishment and main- tenance of agricultural experiment stations, including $8,000 for the erection of new buildings, $85,000. authorized to discontinue eithet or both the Sitka and Kodiak sta- tions ‘if he thinks this is warranted. For National Forest Adminis~{ tration, $139,000. It is specified that $16,000 will be available for .the purchase or construction of a boat for use in Alaska. For investigations and experi- ments concerning the production | and utilization of fur bearing ani-! mals raised for meat or fur in the: United States and- Alaska, $64,000. For investigations concerning’the improvement and increase of nmg’ deer and musk oxen in Alaska, in- cluding the erection of necessary buildings in co-operation with other agencies, $167,000. The bill speci- fied that not more than $3,000 should be used for the purchase, quarters building for use of a war- den at Ft. Yukon. ATTEMPT MADE TO KILL WOMAN AS SHE SLEEPS Life of Wealthy Elderly: Chicago Woman Is in Danger ¢ CHICAGO, 1., June 3.—An at-| tempt was made on the life of Mrs. Lottie Dechow, a wealthy eld- | erly woman who recently broughti perjury charges against her young| husband, self-style@d Count von Bue- low, alleging he married her under a spurious name. The would-be assassin fired two of land and construction of a head- i UP IN cHIGAGn | % IREADY FOR TRANS- ATLANTIC TRIP TO CANADA Britain’s dream of an air-linked T England and head for Montreal, empire will be realized in the Canada, via Cape Farewell. The near future when the Dirigible crossing is expected to take R-100 will leave its moorings in three days. Above illustration GANGSTERS ARE | ™<= BEING ROUNDED Slaying of;E_ight Personsi Causes Police Action —Over 100 Arrests CHICAGO, Ill, June 3.—Stirred | by the slaying of eight persons and | the wounding of four others in gang war outbreaks over the week- end, the Police began an energetic | | gangster round-up. More than 100 alleged gangsters were in cells within a féw hours, including important gangsters. Last night the police said that by dawn | today they expected to have 200! gangsters in cells. | — e LEWIS ARRIVES FOR ANNUAL VISIT; LOOK | OVER WATER SUPPLY shots through the woman’s bed-) room window. } Mrs. Dechow had risen five min-| utes before to go to her sister's bedroom and while there heard | the shots. | BYRDBEGINS TRPTON. Y, BALBOA, June 3.—Rear Admiral for Colon and the Antarctic party| iz prepared to board the City of | New York for New York City im-| mediately. | GEORGE EASTMAN IS AFTER BROWN BEAR George Eastman, head of East-| man Kodak Company, and bigl game hunter of New York, is no Island, according to word received! at local headquarters of the Alas- ka Game Commission. He is ac- companied by Campbell Church,| Jr., and Allen Hasselberg is their guide. The party is aboard the yacht‘ Carolyn. It is now hunting in the Seymour Canal “district. It is un-, neau before he returns South. Cordova Wants Repeal Of Prohibition Laws to the | | Standard Brands 23%, Beds 36%, Standard Oil Simmons |Curtiss Wright 9%; { ttmd 274 for Repeal, CORDOVA, Alaska( June 3.—A| laws resulted in 369 votes being| | On his annual trip to look after @ PrePARING To COOK ON R 100. AKS THREE JUNIOR RECORDS tution Cut—Country- side Is Warned INIA, Michigan, June 3.—Thir~ teen insane criminals, five of them slayers, armed themselves with knives and razoors, imprisoned two guards, threatened the night super- visor with death, and then escaped from the State Hospital for the Criminal Insane. Two fugitives were recaptured on the highway a few miles from the Institution within a few hours. The others are still at large and the countryside has been warned. Before leaving the institution, cells of the inmates were opened |by the criminals escaping. Twenty- |four other prisoners were released |but none joined the break. The telephone wires were cut. | Superintendent Robertson blames {the break on the limited facilities which made it necessary to con- fine 18 men, with dangerous repu- tations, in a ward rather than in separate cells. shows the care that hasz been taken to provide for the comfort of passengers in the trip to the Dominions. (International Newiveel} & | GRAF ZEPPELIN | STARTS FLIGHT | TO-HOME PORT Sails Over New York City —Residents Gaze at Illuminated Bag LAKEHURST, N. J, June 3.— | The Graf Zeppelin took off at 9:12 |o'clock last night, Eastern Standard time, for Seville and Friedrich- |shafen, the last lap of the four continent flight. The Graf passed over New York City at 9:56 o'clock and all ‘New York was leaning out of windows or peering upwards from the streets as the illuminated bag floated over. IS SPEEDING FAST NEW YORK, June 3.—According to a radiogram recived here, the local interests, R. F. Lewis, Presi dent of the Juneau Water Com pany and for many years a re dent of this city, arrived Sund on the steamer Alaska from his home in San Francisco. He will be here several days, but will not be able to spend as much time as he desired, being forced to return to the States on business matfers needing his attention Mr. Lewis will look over the wat- er situation while here, and con- fer with municipal authorities re- garding possible betterments. He | fight a night blaze, must telephone | P, A Richard E. Byrd has left by train|nopes to return here late this Fall g g : Posse Clash and and spend several weeks going more thoroughly into the situation. [FORMER JUNEAU BOY ABERDEEN 'GRADUATE James A. McKanna, former local IN SEYMOUR cANAL‘bOY son of Mrs. James McKanna, on occasions and on this a who resided here many years and still has property interests in this city, will graduate from Weather- wax High School, Aberdeen, Wash., hunting brown bear on Admiralty |this week, according to information for full pressure to come up in the received by The Empire. Mrs. Mc~ Kanna and her {wo sons, it is un- derstood, have been residing at Aberdeen sometime, going there from Alabama. James was a student in the Ju- neau Public Schools, and was af one time employed as a carrier by ‘The Empire. ———ewe GOVERNMENT DENTIST ON YUKON, ENROUTE INSIDE Dr. Edna Tavlin, dentist on the staff of the United States Bureau of Education, is a passenger O the steamer enroute to Seward |and interior points for the sUm-lgoainct the Fraternity Clubs and | mer. She will be attached to the lehem Steel 93%, Granby 32, Ken-poll conducted by the Cordova hospital boat plying on the lowvr;a month ago, Assistant necott 48, Montgomery-Ward 45‘/«.‘Times on Enforcement, Modifica- | Yukon River, treating Indians and |states Attorney Watts announced National Acme 18%, Packard 16%, tion or Repeal of the Prohibition Bskimos in that region. This is Dr. Tavlin’s second sea- . of Cali- recorded. Twenty-four were for son in the Territory. She covered| The club was raided by Pro-|beat California, New Year's day,|graduate of fornia 70%, United Aircraft 74%, Enforcement, 71 for Modification a wide area last summer, treating hibition agents impersonating col- hundreds of patients, Associated Press Photo Frank Goldsborough, 19, at New York City airport after complet- ing his fiight from Los Angeles in 28 hours and 18 minutes, a new Graf Zeppelin, homeward bound with the bit in her teeth, is speed- |ing fast over the North Atlantic junior record. He flew from Westfield, N. J., to Los Angeles in 34 hours and three minutes, another record, and his flying time for the round trip was 62 hours 21 minutes, a third record. ‘Rio Firemen Must Call Up for Water at Ni | RIO JANEIRO, June 3.—Firemen in Brazil's capital when called to about 90 miles an hour. The Graf reported the position at 9:30 a. m. as being 780 miles due east of New York City and at the time was favored by a tail wind. The average cruising speed of the big airship is about 60 miles an hour but with the wind the ship is making 90 miles. S T e I Air Ferry Hits Pilot House of Tug, Takes Nose Dive Into Bay aht| Two Livisions of or the water to be turned on be- |fore they can get into action | On several occasions night fires }in the downtown district have made | considerable headway before there was enough water pressure. An explanation given by the water de- | partment reads: | “Our water supply is insufficient int Fire on Each Other BELLAIRE, Mich,, June 3.—Seck-| ing four men who held up and rcbbed the Ansrim County bank of | $500, two divisions of the posse en- countered each other and believed to be' confronted by the bandits, opened fire. Dr. J. R. Gerver was| seriously injured before recognized. ‘The robbers have not been caught.' e OAKLAND, Cal, June 3.—An air ferry carrying six passengers and two pilots, struck the pilot house of a tugboat in the Oakland estu- ary, swerved to the top of a barge and nose dived into the water, probably fatally injuring Mrs. J. E. Hawley. The others sustained only minor lacerations. ii:v, turned off at night from the r iervoirs so they may fill for the fol- |lowing day. Naturaily, when the ! - FORMER JUNEAU GIRL CELEBRATING oo meer. somens | mains.” | PADLOCKS FOR " N.Y, BUILDINGS Miss Helen Troy, arrived here this (morning on the Yukon, accompany- LONDON, June 3—The King is|Ing her father, John W. Troy, editor celebrating his 65th birthday to-°f The Empire, who went south day by remaining quietly in Buck- | ®rly in March. She will visit with 4 |ingham Palace while the Prince Ner father in Juneau for about two ‘Proceedmgs to Be Started|of Wales took the royal salute|months betore rejoining Mr. Bender | Resul ol |of the “trooping colors.” {in the States. ! as Result o alc ’ The King's uncle, the Duke of| Mrs. Troy, who spent a month | Conaught, witnessed the ceremony in Portland, where she was in St. | LaSt Momh from the balcony. 1Joseph‘s Hospital, is in San Diego, - | California. Her health had been BEAR GOES PRO Padlock started NEW YORK, June 3 proceedings. are to be ?very much improved, but her physi- ATLANTA, June 3—When Stum- |cians said she would soon be ill !PY Thomason, Georgia Tech’s little again unless she vould spend two giant of the backfield for three or three months in the sunshine seasons, left here for Buffalo, he and heat of Southern California. much of |took his pet bear with him. The“ This is Mrs. Bender’s first visit to close. |beast was given Stump when Tech}!o Juneau in ten years. She is a the Juneau High 1929. Thomason has signed with the | School and attended the University Buffalo pro eleven ior Washington from this Placc, |buildings as the result of a raid United |He declined to say ho the building he will s¢ lege men,