The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 25, 1930, Page 1

VOL. XXXVL, NO. 5470. 1930, DEATH TOLL IN ITALIAN QUAKE MFMBER OF ASSOCrliATED PRESS DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 25, PRICE TEN CE EA NEARLY 3,000 DEMOGRATS T0 FIGHT TO WIN NEXTCONGRESS Leaders Plan RaisingFunds and Going Out for Ma- | jority of Forty | WASHINGTON, D. C, July 25— Democratic chieftains are laying plans for an intensive Congression- | al campaign to begin late in August by which they hope to obtain enough seats in the National House of Representatives to give them| control of the Seventy-Second Con- gress. The plans have been formu- lated at secret conferences among | party leaders here and in Newi York. | The plans of the chieftains entail | raising funds with which to launch) determined drives in at least 72| districts in Border and Northern States now held by the Republicans but all of which the Democrats| Jean Acker, first wife of Rudol| auit to compel William R. Delehan hope to win. None of the money raised will be applied to the payment of the $500,- 000 deficit from the last Presiden- tial campaign, as all of it will be The Democrats are confident they can capture 30 normally Democratic | districts that went to the Republi- cans in 1928. With these and 23 ad- ditional seats they would have 218 members, a bare majority. The Democrats believe, however, that| they can win about twenty morc} seats and have a majority of forty/ in the House. | Woman Shrinks from 100 to 38 Pounds By Starvation | | { ( v | CHICAGO, Illinois, July 25. | —The Police today walked in on a strange scene in a cottage where Mrs. Dina Schreiner lived. 5 The woman, aged 55, was speechless and deaf from lack of nourishment. She lay on a bed, shrunk by starvation from a normal weight | of 100 pounds to 38 pounds. Scated, watching her, was her brother-in-law, Jacob Pfeiffer, aged 78 years, and a nephew, Joseph Shea, aged 37 years. The woman was removed to a hospital, but died soon after- ward. The woman had fasted so long the physicians dared to give her only a mixture of milk and water. The two men are held by the Police. ' Shea had told a doctor of the woman’s condition and the doctor in turn notified the po- . lice. ' The two men said the woman refused food. Pfeiffer was recently paroled _ from the State Hospital for the * “ Insane. MEXICAN TOWN IS SHAKEN UPp- MEXICO CITY, July 25.—A spe- cial dispatch reported an earth- quake at the town of Pinotepa, State of Ozxaca. No casualties are reported but the inhabitants fled| panic stricken from their homes. The quake was preceeded by sub- ! terranean rumbles and accompan- jed by torrential rains. —— Miss D. Ellswick, nurse and| teacher in a native school at Ram- part, greeted Juneau friends last | evening while the Prince George| was in port. She is on’her way’ to the States. 1 LONDON STAGE STARS TRY OUT NEW SCHEME LONDON, July 25.—In an effort to bolster up a languishing theatri- cal season, an actor-manager com- bine has been formed comprising the leading actors and actresses of the London stage. The organization is called the Famous Players Guild and is back- ed by financiers who wished to test theories of reducing the risk of theatrical production. Each of the performers will be placed in 'a theatre where he or she will be star performer in every play, and virtually manager of the theatre, It is hoped that the sys- MERRITT, LOVERIDGE | Pet;” Marion Lorne, one of Britain's the films in 1925 and come to New amount stated. She also claims $25,600 is due her in back salary. ‘ACTRESS SUES FORMER BACKER aseuciaitn & 1voe 1 hoto ph Valentino, screen star, brought ty, wealthy New York real estate Jealer, to pay her $18,400 a year. She charges he induced her to quit York to live agreeing to pay the RESIGN 6. 0. P, CHAIRMANSHIP Will Quit Position in Aug.f ust—Executive Com- mittee. to ;Meet CLAUDIUS H. HUSTON | WASHINGTON, July 25.—Clau- | dius H. Huston, Chairman of the, Republican National Committece, | has announced he will resign in Au-| gust in a statement through James F. Burke, counsel for the Commit- tee. | Huston’s statement came after a conference with President Hoover and read: “I have just had a saus!acwry} conference with the President. We| are in accord with the progrnm,“ The President approved the de-| cision to call the Executive Com-| ittee on August 7. At that time I intend to submit by resignation as Chairman.” MAKING SITKA TRIP Enroute to the Sitka Ranger sta- tion, M. L. Merritt, Asst. Regional Forester, and E. W. Loveridge, in- spector from Washington, left | Thursday on the Ranger VIL, Capb. George Sarvela, and Ranger Charles Burdick. They will go by the way of Tena- kee Inlet to inspect trail work in progress there, and visit Baranof. | They are expected to return here sometime next week. tem will create a following for the policy which each theatre will adopt. Each star will receive a fixed salary and a pooling system will permit the actor-managers to share in the profits of all the houses. Owen Nares, Henry. Ainley, who has had a long run in “The First Mrs. Fraser,” and has just finished | a command performance of “Ham- most popular comediennes, and Cedric Hardwicke, who created the role of the king in Shaw's “The Apple Cart,” ars the four stars who have joined the group so far, \H. M. S. Dauntless : o for the Gongressional fights. IHUSTU\N WILL ] |Harold Gatty, are scheduled to hop |off from Tacoma tomorrow mort- Is Due in Juneau Tuesday (Special to The Empire) WRANGELL, Alaska, July 25—~The H. M. 8. Dauntless, light cruiser of the British Navy, arrived here Wednes- day afternoon. There is a crew of 410 men aboard in- cluding 26 officers headed by Capt. H. R. Moore, D. S. O. Present plans call for the salling of the cruiser for Juneau on next Monday, ar- riving there Tuesday morn- BROMLEY 1S SCHEDULED TO HOP SATURDAY Operator - in-Charge Irvine Receives Advices—To Report = Position Harold Bromley and his navigator ing on their attempted flight to Tokyo, via Alaska, according to cable advices receved here this morning by W. H, Irvine, Operator- in-Charge of the Juneau Cable and Radio Stations. According to the advices received by Operator Irvine, the plane City of Tacoma, which is to be flown| by Bromley and Gatty, is equipped with a radio sending apparatus and the local station is asked to tune in and get the plane’s position which will be broadcast from time to time. The City of Tacoma is expected | to make the flight to Nome, Al-} aska, where it wil be refueled, in 22 hours. While no route was indicated ‘n the adyices to Operator Irvine, the plane may not appear over Juneau, but keep to the ocean lane 1o Cordova thence along the coastlinz to Nome. Bridge Experts to Play In International Meet| LONDON, July 25.—Arrangements | have been completed for the first international bridge contest, be-. tween the' United States and Eng-! 'Flying Priest Leaves Chi- i plane’s base. 20,000 PAY TRIBUTE TO SLAIN MAN “Jerry” Bmy Honored in Death — Murder Suspects Arrested DETROIT, Michigan, July 25.— Twenty thousand persons waited si- lently in line today to pay tribute to Charles E. “Jerry” Buckley, tion WMBC who' was assassinated by three gunmen Jlast Tuesday night. Seven men are in custody ir sonnection with the slaying and indications are that ‘one of them will be formally charged in a war- rant issued before the day is over. Funeral services for Buckley will be held tomorrow. John Gillespie, storm center of Mayor Bowles' administration, has resigned as Commissioner of Publie | Works. p Mayor Bowles was recalled in the special election last Tuesday. —— i SEN.COMMITTEE Alaska Railroad Investiga- tors to Travel North on Two Destroyers Carrying the Senate Committee to investigate the Alaska Railroad and its prospects, two destroyers— attle August 12, for Seward, it was| The party will include Senatgrs R. B. Howell, ‘Nebraska, Chatrmun.l John B. Kendrick, Wyoming, and | Robert Edward Coontz, U. S. N”‘ . le This schedule reveals an entire change of plans from the one!le originally adopted. It was first an- o nounced several days ago that the'e Committee would sail from Seanlei‘. on August 16 on an Alaska Linee steamship and visit towns enroute o to Seward. Gov. Parks said today | he had received no- information re-| garding the change in plans. It ‘s not known if the party will call here enroute to Seward on the de- stroyers. JESUIT PLANE COMING WEST cago on Leisurely | "Trip to Coast ! CHICAGO, 11, July 25—The Rev. George J. Feltes, Flying Jesuit Priest, left here today after a one- | day stop enroute to his mission post in Alaska. He is making a leisure- ly trip across the continent in the red monoplane “Marquette Mission=- ary” before shipping the lane north by steamer. The flig 1} be to San Francisco and then up| the coast to Seattle where the e will be placed aboard a steamer [0r Alaska. Holy Cross will be the Belles and Wines of Pacific Isle Lure Tars| land, in September. One of the smartest West End| bridge clubs will be used for the! competition and an elaborate round of entertainment between - rubbers | has been planned for the visiting| players. i Final decision on the personnel of | the British team has not yet beeni made. 3 The American team, Mrs. Ely!' Cylbertson, Theodore Lightner, Bar- | ion Von Zedwitz, and George Reith, | chairman of the Knickerbocker Whist club of New York, will be! quartered at the club where the contest is played. ——————— mr®and Mrs. H. Wily, E. W.| Wiley and O. Campbell disembarked here from the steamship Prince George last evening. H. Wiley, E. W. Wiley and Mr. Campbell, are en- | gaged in the effort to secure treas-| ure aboard the submerged ship Islander, I o ) PAPEETE, Tahiti, July 25 Society Islands in the Eastern cific, inhabited by dusky belles flowing with cheap wine, were m to the liking of the crew of 'he American motorship Arcturus A broken camshaft forced 102 Arcturus to put in for repalrs. When the ship was ready to il many of the ecrew preferred 'ne cozy grass huts beneath the paims to the bunks in the forecast Officers ordered the encha seamen handcuffed and lite dragged them on board, and on eve of sailing arc lights were 102 over the sides of the ship to by a cog chain, ‘when the front tract sharks. wheels of the lead car left the The long, gray, menacing si:/°S |track. circling the vessel deterred '/ os¢| The car lunged on, striking a who felt inclined to swim asnore. B. R. Wilson and L. C. Nels( Prince Rupert are among the ¢1i° 'S of the Alaskan Hotel, political commentator of radio sta- | CHANGES PLANS WASHINGTON, D. C., July 25.—; Wasmuth and Perry—will leave Se- | announced here today. 1 | HIGHWAY COVEE(ED BY MUD IN UTAH CLOUDBURST | | | | o ¢ OVER 5,000 IN SOUTHERN ITALY ;Dead in Province of Ave- ‘ lonne Has Alone | Reached 2,573 KING ARRIVES AT ‘ STRICKEN REGION "Hurricane Today Adds to Horror—U. S. Re- lief Is Declined ROME, Italy, July 25.—A report made at noon teday showed that deaths from the ‘qunke of last Wednesday {morning total 2,930 killed. The list of injured has mount- |ed to over 5,000 persons. The dead in the Province iof Avellino alone is estimat- ed at 2,573, Rains continue to fall in the districts. | | | | | | | KING AT SCENE | ROCHETTA, Italy, July 25, —King Victor Emmanuel, CIENCE ACTS TO MAKE HOME SAFE FOR MOTHER, CHILDREN AND EVEN PA Business in June Automobiles were caught and partially buried under mud (upper) on the Salt Lake-Ogden highway near Farmington, Utah, when a flood rushed down the canyons of the Wasatch mountains. Lower: home o Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Olson which was turned half way around by the cloudburst. They were rescund {who left Naples yesterday for " |the scene of the stricken area, where he was born, arrived ‘here this morning and is per- By SUE McNAMARA ° : 'sonally comforting his sub Condition of | jects. | HURRICANE KILLS TREVIDO, Italy, July 25. |Is Analyzed Wood Pulp from Russia, for U. S., John Thomas, Idaho. Rear Admiral{[s Prohibited purchased by the Interna- tional Paper Company. Pro- the ground that the wood pulp is produced by convict hibition is based o bor. n la- retired, has been recalled to active WASHINGTON, July 25. ® House, the U. 8. Bureau of Stan- duty to accompany the committee|e —The Treasury Department dards is investigating the 24,000 because of his familiarity Wklh]o has issued an order prohibit- e laccidents Which occur yearly in' Alaska conditions. *o ing importation from Russia ® American homes. | ® of wood pulp which has been Forty per cent of suchs accidents, lof the dead patrolman was one of BANK ROBBERS DIE, GALLOWS Three Bandits Pay for Tak-| ing Life of Traffic 1 Patrolman ; KANSAS CITY, Missouri, July 25.—~Three bank robbers, who spray- ed bullets into the Republican Na- tional Convention in the down- town district two years ago, were hanged simultaneously this morning | for the murder of James Smith, Traffic Patrolman, victim of. their| fire. 44 | The three men were Tony Man- glaracina, Carl Nasello, operator of the machine gun for the gang, and| John Messino, driver of the bandit car. The bandits stood erect as the nooses were adjusted. The father! the witnesses to the hanging. ——————— COASTER CAR JUMPS TRACK Accident Occurs at Amuse-| ment Park — Three ! Dead—15 Injured OMAHA, Nebraska, July 25.-- Three are dead, one is near death snd 15 others are suffering less serious injuries as the result of &, 10ller coaster crash at the Krug Amusement Park this forenoon. A four-car coaster train had just left the starting station and was; being pulled up the first incline guard rail, and toppling over plung- ed 35 feet to the ground The other three cars were slowly | WASHINGTON, July 28410 pre-| , vefit mishaps stich as happened fo| | Mrs. Herbert Hoover when she suf- | fered a strained back from slipping lon a waxed floor of the White | according to Dr. M. G. Lloyd, hes of the “Safety of the Household” department which is making the in- | vestigation, are caused by falls. | The Bureau of Standards has asked the club women of North Carolina to assist in the prelimi- nary survey by making reports of all accidents occurring in their homes during the last year. From the findings of these re- ports the bureau will make recom- mendations for prevention Dr. Lloyd will suggest the at- taching of small ri to the floors |to prevent falls. Rails to cellar | steps will be another precautionary | measure advocated as will hand holds on bath tubs. Many falls are due to Slippery tubs. EXPLOSION IS CAUSE OF FIRE - C.uasoline Goes Off in Base- ment of Pool Hall— Man s Killed OREGON CITY, Oregon, July 25. —One man was killed in a terrific explosion that shattered windows and set fire to the Pastime Pool Hall, earlf this morning The dead man is Robert Pickles \aged 28 years, @ fireman. His body ing the blaze was found after b: for an hour. How Pickles “happened the basement is unknown Pastime has been ciosed hours. It is assumed the blast was caused to ‘be in as the several |from gasoline which was stored in the basement. —————— Stimulants In Dentistry Approved DENVER, Colorado, July 25.— Whiskey and brandy as neces- sary medical agents in the prac- tice of dentistry, have been ap- proved by the American Den- tal Association Convention, its supreme governing body, the Housé of Delegates, represent- ing 37,000 dentists, favoring the use of alcoholic stimulants in their practice. About 85 per pulled over the rajl by the cox ¢chain, cent of the delegates voted for the resolution, WASHINGTON, July 25.— Factory employment pay- rolls declined in the United States to new low levels in June. Industrial production was down; the volume of building contracts was large; prices of commodities de- clined and money rates were downward. @0 00000000000 JRAREL T BT TSR U, S. CUSTOMS —A hurricane swept down the Piave Valley today and 22 persons were killed, 100 in- 1’jured and 200 homes dam- aged: Relief expeditions have [been organized. | A | | DUCHESS INJURED NAPLES, July 25.—The Duchess of Apulia, daughter of the Duce, was treated yesterday with other commoners, for a wound on the hand at the Pellegrini Hospital formerly the Princess Ann. Her | hand was slightly hurt by a falling . COLLECTIONS ", ~ SHOW DECLINE | WASHINGTON, D. C., July 25.—~Customs collections for the first 23 days of July declined about 50 percent compared to the same period last year. The | collection for the 23 days to- | talled $18,000,000 compared to | $37,000,000 for the same period RELIEF OFFERS DECLINED WASHINGTON, D. C, July 25.— The Rome Foreign Office has noti- fied Italian Ambassador de Mar- tino that Italy declines all offex: for aid in the stricken area IThe notification said the Italian Government is meeting the situa- tion and residents in the affected zone are satisfied. Telegrams from all parts of th2 United States offering financial and other aid have been received in 1929, el the Italian Embassy here. —————— B e it . — - ) | TODA STOCK v | QUOTATIONS S | NEW YORK, N. Y | There was no sale today of Alaska Juneau mine stock. Closing quota- tions of Alleghany Corporation is 22%, Anaconda 51, Bethlehem Steel 83%, General Motors 45%, Granby 23, International Harvester 83%, Kennecott 40, Montgomery-Ward 36%, National Acme 14%, Packard Motors 147%, Simmons Beds 26%, Standard Brands 20%, Standard Oil of California 62, Standard Oil of New Jersey 73%, United Aircraft 591%, U. 8. Steel 167%, American Can 131%, Fox Films 47'%, Hupp Motors 15, Stewart-Warner 27%. HURT, CRASH BERLIN, Germany, July 25.— Thea Rasche, Germany's flying frauline, was injured when she crashed today enroute to Temple- hof Warnemuende from a height of 125 feet. The plane was wrecked. - Naval Treaty Passed by House Of Commons e B le LONDON, July —Naval H. S. Graves, prominent mer- Treaty legislation was ap- chant; Peter Brevick and Louis| proved by the House of Com- Deardale returned thé other day!e mons last night. The Treaty from a prospecting trip that occu- | the House of pied nearly a month. They are re-| ticent as to the locality they vis- ited. FRANCE ADAMANT ON HEAVY WINE TARIFFS abroad. now goes to Lords. LISBON, July 25. — Diplomatic notes, protest meetings :and threats Wine dealers are trying to per- of retaliation have left Paris un- |suade restaurants and hotels to re- moved in her attitude toward Por- |turn to the practice of inciuding tuguese wines, which, under the |wine with the fixed price meals, or new French tariff are practically |to charge extra if no wine is or- barred from France. | dered. The home market is now trying| The fight to repeal the eighteenth to absorb a huge wine surplus esti- |amendment in the United States is mated more than 2,000,000 gal- | léns. A vigorous campaign is being organized for increased wine con- sumption both in Portugal at | opponents of the American dry and | laws, | watched with the greatest interest. . The papers acclaim every victory of. X,