The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 8, 1930, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “4LL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVI., NO. 5455. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JULY 8, 1930. CHICAGO CHURCH FEDERA — PARDON IS DENIED GOVERNOR YOUNG GIVES DECISION IN MOONEY CASE Conclusions of State Su- preme Court Accepted —No Pardon Granted CASE OF BILLINGS AND MOONEY SIMILAR Chief Executive Says Both' Men Are Guilty or Both Innocent LOS ANGELES, Cal., July 8.—Gov. C. C. Young has de- nied a pardon to Tom Moon- ey “until some further light is shed upon his case which I do not possess. I must manifestly accept the conclu- sions of the Supreme Court as Advisory Pardon Board.” The Governor said he con-| sidered the case of Warren G.; Billings parallel with that of the case of Mooney, both men| are innocent or both are guilty. Mooney and Billings were | found guilty of bombing of a Preparednéss Parade in San Francisco in 1916. The State Supreme Court‘ %o bis native land, because of recently denied a pardon for Billings and Gov. Young fol- lowed the same course as re- gards Mooney. — ALASKA MURDER CASE REVERSED BY CIR. COURT Charles Frank, Sentenced to Life from Nome, Given New Trial SAN FRANCISCO, July 8—The United States Circuit Court of Ap- peals has reversed the conviction of Charles Frank in a District Court of Alaska. Frank was convicted and sen- tenced to life imprisonment on a charge of first degree murder of Joseph W. Sparrow, at Nome, De- cember 4, 1928. The Circuit Court said/ where there is any doubt whether a man killed angther in self-defense, the defendant should be acquitted. Frank based his plea on self-de- fense, charging Sparrow attacked him with a hammer when they quarreled in a disorderly house. The opinion ordered a new trial If necessary. L e - BRINGS HALIBUT ‘The halibut ‘boat Gjo came in today with 6,000 pounds of halibut which were sold to New England Fish Company for 9.75 and 6 cents. e Valdo Kolitch, Jugoslav concert | and radio violinist, with his | %ride, the former Louise Pro- ! rhiska, from whom he may be i weparated and forced to return i [ { Quota Law May Part Them !'king crabs. JAPANESE ARE | CRAB FISHING IN'BERING SEA Steamer and Trawier Are Seen by Coast Guard Cutter Chelan VALDEZ, Alaska, Juiy ‘8.—Ths| Coast Guard cutter Chelan brings the story that on June 30 she dis- covered the Japanese steamer Taisoyu Maru, home port -Fuchu, anchored 30 miles off -shore in Nelson Lagoon, Bering Sea. Tho cutter sent a boat‘ to the shio but the Japanese captain ‘refused permission to board. - From the cutter it appeared that the steamer was engaged, in taking Some 10 miles distant, the cutter passed the Myogi Maru, steam trawler, towing a beam trailer and about 20 smaller boats, all appafr- ently engaged in fishing. the sea horses. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PR S JON STARTS GANG INQUIRY PRICE TEN CENTS RSTIVAL i 14V | i the American immigration laws. The young violinist is in the | country on a twice-extended | permit and must leave by July ! 26 or be deported. His bride | is American born. | - ‘imiernational Newareell | 1 TUNIS, July 8—Franco-Italian I rivalries over naval parity, the Tunis or any other subject ,arouse | their loudest echoes here, Tunis being the key to most of the dif-| ised readjustments of northern Ital- ian boundaries and an extension |of her African possessions. ‘The !treaty of Versailles and Gabriel | d’Annunzio’s picturesque seizure of |Fiume settled the Italian boundary fqumxon. At the same time both France and England gave Italy additions to her African possessions. On the !south of Libya and along the west ! (Continued on Page Three) AMERICAN AIRMAIL TO RIO EQUALS EUROPEAN RIO JANEIRO, July 8.—American exporters to South America’s east coast will be on an equal footing with Eurcpean rivals in the matter of airmail service for some time to come, in the opinion of experts “here. This notwithstanding the flight of Jean Mermoz from San Luis, Senegal, to Natal, Brazil, which brought mail to Rio Janeiro in less than three days from Paris. The time from New York is seven days, but this is sure while the Af- rica-Brazil hop can be made only under favorable conditions. This was brought out when Mer- moz tried his return from Natal to Dakar the second week in June. For three days he failed to get into the air from the Potengy river at Natal. There was no wind and the plane could not lify its three occu- pants, 3,600 liters of gasoline and 600 pounds of mail. Outside in the open sea the water was too rough for a takeoff. The proposed dirigible line from Seville to Pernambuco, may make faster time than the present air- mail operated by the American NYRBA line along the east coast of South America to New York, but experts here are inclined to doubt it. They point out that the recent Graf Zeppelin flight was under good weather conditions but that a ship of that size could not be used eco- nomically as a mail and fast freight carrier. Furthermore, the Graf came to the Equator, and even then was short of water, so what, they ask, would happen on flights when the sun is south of the line? TUNIS CENTERS | FRANCOITALIAN WORLD RIV ALRY;Vice-Presidem of :Gniaha peace treaties, Italian rights in| | 'John D. Celebrates Ninety-first Birthday Today This is the first time the Jap- enese have gone into Bering Sea for crab hunting. It is feared by cannery operators in Bristol Bay that this may be the fore-runner of extensive opera- tions in taking red salmon on their way to the spawning grounds a% the head of Bristol Bay. On July 4, the Chelan passed the Taisoyu Maru and it was found she had moved her position 10 miles. She was still engaged in taking crabs. \ BODY, MISSING - BANKER, FOUND DETROIT, Mich,, July B8—The end of a series of kidnapings and extortions that have drawn thou- sands of dollars from terrorized De- troiters over & two-year period, is scen By . police. ‘When ‘“Jimmy’. Walters, debo= nair cabaret owner, was slain in April—gangland’'s reprisal for the double-cross—police were furnished with the clew that has resulted in the breaking up of a gang of 17 extortionists. Seven are in prison, four are un- der arrest, and five are sought as the aftermath of the police investi- gation. Walters, one-time leader of the gang, was killed in front of his home by two gunmen. David Cass, 2l-year-old victim of the kidnap ring, was killed by abductors when police stumbled onto a clew to his kidnaping. Walters, police discovered, was “finger man” for the gang—the man who marked David Cass and a dozen other victims for kidnaping. Institution Found in River—Leaves Note OMAHA, July 8-—The body of Edward L. Droste, missing Vice | President of the First National Bank of Omaha, was found today TWO-YEAR FIGHT ROUTS DETROIT’S KIDNAPING GANG NAVAL TREATY DEBATE STARTS: DEFENSE GIVEN Senator Swanson, War Time Chairman Senate Naval Committee, Makes Address WASHINGTON, July 8. — Th2 Naval Treaty was championed to- day at the outset of the Senai: debate by Senator Claude A. Swan- son, Democrat of Virginia, Time Chairman of the Senate Na al Committee, in a address. 12,000-word | With waves of sweet peas, horses of white daisies having eyes of marigold and noctrils and tongue of roses, the float Neptune captured first prize in Portland’s rose fete parade. Protty mermaida rode [World War Veterans Must Make New Application WASHINGTON, July 8— World War veterans entitled to benefits of the new pen- sion bill must file applica- tion if they want the dis- ability allowance, Chairman of the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Legislative Committee, Capt. Edwin e, Bettelheim announced today. Previous applications are not sufficient, he stated. Director Hines, of the Vet~ erans’ Bureau, said veterans in hospitals eligible to com- pensation under the new Veterans' Bill, will be taken care of as soon as possible. are over 30,000 men now in hospitals. e e e e ene o030 s00co0eseces0cD000LOOS 13 . . . . . . . . . ° VERDICT GIVEN FILM COMEDIAN ROWER INQUIRY BEGINS IN MURDER CASE Il OF JAKE LINGLE i' Federation, with' Congrega- tion of Five Hundred Thousand, Takes Action | PRIVATE PROBE: FIRST {WITNESS IS SUMMONED {Investigation Is Apart from that Taken by Chi- cago Grand Jury CHICAGO, 1L, July 8.—A secret inquiry into the slay- ing by gangsters of Alfred “Jake” Lingle, veteran re- porter ¢f the Chicago Tri- bune, was begun today by the Chicago Church Federa- tion. The Federation’s inquiry is entirely apart from the offic- ial investigation begun by the Grand Jury. The Inquisitorial Commit- tee of the Chicago Church F e d e ration, representing a congregation totaling 500,000, has summoned as the first witness, Alderman Albert, who demanded and failed to get a City Council investiga- tion of Lingle’s reported al- liance with police officers and gangsters. CROPS DAMAGED, SEVERE STORM Wide Section of Manitoba | and Alberta Swept by Three Fold Storm WINNIPEG, July 8.—An electrical storm, accompanied by hail and High winds, swept a wide stretch of Brazil while it was winter south of | ferences between the two Lating® TARRYTOWN, New York, ® fi,ating in the Missouri River near powers. ® July 8—In the privacy of ® nayota City, Nebraska, | Naval parity is an issue here be-|® his Pocantico Hills estate, ®| Tne night before his disappear- cause the French protectorate of|® John D. Rockefeller today @ 'ance it was revealed he was in con- ‘Tunis is opposite Italy on the Medi-| ® 9bscrvcd utmost simplicity ® versation with Denman Yountze, terranean and it adjoins the Ital-|® in celebrating his Ninety- ®lalso a bank official. Droste re- |ian Tripolitaine. ® First birthday. Around his ® ported he was “in trouble to th: | What touches Tunis even more|® estate is a 15-foot wall, and @ |extent of about $25,000.” |directly are the two more specific(® ©On his birthday as other ®| A note he left in & pocket of fsub]ects in discussion, Italy’s insis-|® days, nobody gets in who is @ 'his coat read: “Grace darling, fors tence upon maintenance of Ital-|® not invited. Very few friends e 'give me. Dad? ians' particular status here and|® Were invited today, only a 0; Grace is his wife. Italy’s demand for more territory|® few neighbors. ~He played e LA in Africa. ® golf with members of his e Date From World War e family, and there will be a | Plane, Out for Record, These last two things date from|® dinner tonight. John D. | the World War. In [;1915, in ex-|® Rockefeller, jr. is in the west | Forced Down Because |change for Italian entrance into the |® ©On a business trip. . Of 0il Consumption | conflict, France and England prom-/® © © ® ¢ ¢ ¢ 0 ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ s 0L, LINDBERGH MAKES REPORT, COM. AVIATION Sends Comprehensive Statement on Subject to League of Nations NEW YORK, July”8—Respond ing to a request fr the League of Nations of his views on inter- national aspects of commercial av-| {iation, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh has cabled a comprehensive outline of what can be done for flying. Col. Lindbergh suggested that now is the time, while airlines of the world are in a formative stage, to; establish principles and practices| to offer a board as a basis for| development which will be recog-i nized. i The airplane is going to breax down national barriers, ‘prejudices and isolation, Col. Lindbergh said.| A uniform system of,markings and signals should be decided upon ard| !a comprehensive weather and radis| irepornng systemi established. — Harold Smith, United States For- est Ranger, left Sunday for Yaku-| |tat on official business. He will| lbc absent about two weeks, | pension of Political Action, weekly He, with two others of the gang,| Senator Swanson made a detailed |, ' » led the remaining members to be- gnalysis of the agreement and call- Harry Li_mgdon Wins ,JUdg lieve that part of the ransom mon- ed for ratification in “the ment in Alleged Alien- ey was used to “pay off” officials terests of the United State: | ti Siii and detectives. Instead, Walters and | Senator Sawnson said the treaty | ation urt fhis two companions pocketed the gives America a well-balanced fleet money. and for the first time establishes' LOS ANGELES, Cal, July 8. - All this was brought out in an raval supremacy in this country, Judgment in fayor of Harry Lang- investigation of the police depart- on the Western Hemisphere. don, film comedian, has been re- ment, before which Walters was| e turned in the Superior Court here A L A e T Rhoriiy” agtar ‘ES“_.NANUK ls FREE lond placed responsibility for the ey sl 43 ‘pay Ot mOney |1oss of his former wife's affections for his! # ¥ {on Thomas J. O'Brien, former hus - '.:u:x;}l:;t;;:u;om?ms:dw“ Killed band of the present Mrs. Lang- Fi " By ) don. uble-crossing remaining members | FRUM IcE PAGK‘ O'Brien sought to collect $11,599 of the gang. o l| heart balm from Langdon, on notes Working from e‘{;dem’e :!flrfltw fld! |which he alleged were glven in Walters death, police went forward settlement of a threatened aliena- I seven men were arrested. Fol- tion of affections action. Langdon, lowing every clew offered by the {who said O'Brien had no grounds men, police said they learned the| {for an alienation suit, sought re- leaders of the gang. i i |covery of $15,000 he gave the maa ‘The seven, now serving prison lwith the notes. sentences, are Joseph Laman, Henry : B R Andrews, Frank Hohfer, Edwm-d} { LOUISE Wiles, Andrew Germano, Roy Cor-| MOTORSHIP NANUK, er the | nelius and Jimmy Kane. {Coast of s:benx?. fols,' 8.~ LI;)hr' bi,cnf Police, questioning the sentenced :“k mo;ed‘ Yegle‘::(‘:l’m"‘\” 4 T;X‘this morning from Skagway and men, uncovered clews that led to Ne;: k“: : ";md a“d‘ is now|l€ft 8t 8 oclock with the following the arrest of four others, all de- Nanuk has been freed and i ! passengers: Frank Webber, G. Ny- clared to be members of the extor- gnchoredi hThe lsf”“"‘!w"'r(d" rr';:“: berg, A. Ewing for Seattle; Capt. tion circle. From the four arrested Stavropol has also escap John Trving for “Vancouver, police learned of five others who the pack where it was frozen in are at large. last September. | During the night the ice idirectly off North Cape and opened Man Wanted for Murder, {rlghtly. ‘The Stavropol worked it3| l' Fol.llld Dead, Sulcule way around and anchoréd alongside | {the Nanuk at 530 oclock this] SACRAMENTO, Cal, July 8 morning. Crews of both ships re-, The body of 8. H. Baxter, mr‘m*;en;::n:ll: :1‘;?1 ’;:uc:-ed eastward | CRMIRVA, iy 8 -While‘vomclalq whom the police have searched/gng nhome to Seattle as soon as of Fhe League of -Nation:, Secre_- for since last week, has been found |¢ongitions warrant. The Stavropol u?{‘mb Bagw; psicled the itmoey on the banks of the American RiV-'wi proceed to Vladivostok. |discretion in refrainfhg from com- er. Baxter was wanted for thei 3 ment upon Aristide Briand's pro- murder of Mrs. Margaret Carrigan, | |posed federation of European states, Sacramento widow. Kt A bullet hole was discernible in, - ” |8ir Eric Drummond, the Secretary anper Jll'llll\y Pays | General, has found in league ‘rec- Baxter's forehead. A note, found! in a pocket, indicated he plsnn.d' in- JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Flor- ida, July 8—Excessive oil consumg- tion forced George Haldeman and Stewart Chadwick to land their airplane after being aloft 15 hours in an effort to establish a new world’s record for a mo-refuel en- durance flight. Haldeman said the motor burn- ed 40 out of 70 gallons of oil ia the 15 hours. He said another at- tempt to break the 67 hour and 12 minute record will be made soon. Motorship Frozen in Last Year, Moves Out— Stavropol Freed SAILS SOUTH The Princess Louise arrived early —— e Dry Weekly Is “Benumbed” and Will Take Rest MADISON, Wis., July 8—Tempo- rary, and perhaps permanent sus- moved publication issued here in the in- terests of a national prohibition party, has been announced. Action of the state committee of the Prohibition Party in Pennsyl- vania, which accepted withdrawal of its regular nominee and indorsed Gifford Pinchot, Republican nomi- nee for governor, “benumbs us,” Alfred B. Taynton, editor, stated in the current issue. . “We are going to give Politidal e With Life for Murder ords something which he regards |as pertinent to discussion of the suicide, blaming Mrs. Carrigan for! BELLEFONTE, Penn, July 8- scheme. Action a month's vacation so we|his downfall. iJames Florl, “Dapper Jimmy,”| In receiving a delegation of ‘the| can think i oves, 4nd:if we cannof S lr’hil«deluhh gangster, was execu- Federation of National Committees find enough prohibitionists in the| Mrs, Flossie Doolin, stenographer ed during the night in the electric for European Federation, which in- country who ring true at all timeland clerk in the United States Mar- chair in Rockview Penitentiary, for|terested itself in M. Briand's idea, in any situation to support it we|shal's office here, returned today the murder of Pasquale Livoy, as Sir Eric said it was not possible for will graciously retire from the fieldfafter a short leave during which the result of a bootleg fued. Flori him to express any opinion upon of prohibition journalism,” he said.'she visited Seattle and Ketchikan. shot Livoy to death in April, 1920 Jthe French statesman’s proposal. He GENEV A DODGES TALK OF PAN-EUROPE PLAN territory of Manitoba and Alberta. Heavy damage to crops and farm buildings is reported. Communica- (tions are interrupted and for a while Winnipeg was isolated. - — 0000000 s00ce . TODAY'S STOCK L] . QUOTATIONS . 2000000000000 NEW YORK, July 8. — Closing quotations today on Alaska Ju- neau mine stock is 5%, Alleghany Corporation 20%, Anaconda 49'% Bethlehem Steel 78%, General Mot- ors 40%, Granby 217%, International Harvester 807, Kennecott 38, Acme no sale, Montgomery-Ward 33%, Packards 13%, 12%, 13, Simmons Beds 21'%, Standard Brands 18%, Standard Oil of California 60, Stan- dard Oil of New Jersey 64%, Unit- ed Aircraft 50%, U. S. Steel 156%, Fox Films 397 i i S i ! RIVERSIDE, Cal, July 8-—Jess Mortensen, A. A, U. National cham- pien in the javelin toss, will coach at the junior college here this fall. Mortensen was graduated from the University of Southern California this year. recalled, however, that the league assembly in 1921 adopted a report that contained this passage: “Agreements between members of the league, tending to define or complete the engagemnts contained in the Covenant for the mainten- | ance of peace, or the promotion of international cooperation, may be regarded as of a nature likely to contribute to the progress of the league in the path of pradtical real- ization.” ‘The Becretary General in com- menting diplomatically on this pas- sage said discretely that he re- garded it as “worth very close at- tention,”