The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 15, 1930, Page 1

Walter B. King Attending Conspiracy Trial, Seattle| .sion of Alaska, with headquarters , ernment. ,these states make their adhesion THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVI., NO. 5488. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRID f\Y AUGUST 15 1930 MEMBER OF AbsoCiATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS HUBBARD IS FIRST WITNESS IN CONSPIRACY CASE ALASKA PILOT BREAKS RECORD FOR ALTITUDE Mounts Z4,(WFeet,Which; Is Believed Sets High | Mark in North NIEMINEN, HIGGINS SOAR OVER M'KINLEY| Circle ngh Peak Within, 100 Feet of Mountain ' —Pictures Taken ANCHORAGE. Alaska, Aug. 15.— Pilot Matt Nieminen, ascompanied by Mechanician Cecil Higgins, believed to have broken all Alaska | altitude records on Wednesday when he mounted 24,000 feet in a flight over the top of Mount Mc- Kinley. The two left Anchorage at 10:45; o'clock Wednesday morning and| flew 150 miles to Mount McKinley. | They were garbed'in ordinary fly- ing clothes. The plane returned to the hangar at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Pilot Nieminen said the going, was easy until’ an altitude of 18.- 000 feet was reached then the| climbing was slower because of lessening of the power of the en- i gine of the plane Sir Hubert Wilkins, who plans WILKINS INSPECTS POLAR SHIP Associated Dress Photo to crulse by submarine toward the north pole, is shown looking over his craft, the 0-12, In Philadelphia navy yard. 8ir Hubert Is below and standing above him are three men who expect to make the undersea journey with him, Left to right: Sloan Danenhawer. Ralph Shaw and Frank Crilley. The plane circled the peak or’GERMAN REVENUE HIT WHEN PEOPLE Mount McKinley, part of the time within 100 feet of the mountain. The fliers scanned in vain in the| snow and ice for the monuments/ supposed to have been planted by | the Stuck expedition and the Lioyd party which receded the Stuck party. The fliers remained close to the peak for almost an hour, spira]lm* slowly upward and then circhng; high above the peak to obv.nm downward views. Moving and still pictures wese obtained of the mountain. At various stages of the flight| the thermometer inside the plsne's| cabin registered 20 below zero. Sl Iy HOME 1S BLBWN UP; OCCUPANTS | ESCAPE DEATH Terrific Expiosion Demol—‘ ishes Residence of Cleveland Man ‘ CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 15—', ‘The pretentious home of Raymond JForello, who has seen two of his ®rothers meet death in the strife “ver the control of Cleveland’s corn and sugar trade, was demolished ! by a terrific explosion early this morning. USE W. K. BILLINGS UNSEALS LIPS, | DYNAMITEGASE Reveals Man Who Alleges_‘ Employed Him toCar- ry Explosives FOLSOM PRISON, California, | Aug. 15—Warren K. Billings, life termer, testified yesterday that ! Senator Edgar Hurley, of Alameda | County, was the man who hired him in 1913 to carry dynamite m San Francisco to Sacramento. Bilungs was arrested there and; sentenced to Folsom Prison for transportation of explosives. Until yesterday he never revealed who |employed him to carry the dyna- Ido mite. Billings was being questioned by ! State Supreme Court members sit- ting as a Commission for Govex-; nor Young to determine what ah-[ tion should be taken on Billings’| ‘petition for reconsideration of a pardon appeal in the San Francis- LESS LIQUOR j BERLIN, Aug. 15.—Through the | growing abstinence of Germans (from hard liquer, the government {is facing a material loss of revenue |from its state alcohol monopoly.* Thxs yeurs profits were estimated 000,000, an increase of 25 per cent over the previous year. | But returns thus far indicate that | there will be a deficit of around 40 per cent in this important itém. Sales of alcohol for industrial | purposes show & ‘slight increase and [the use of alecohol in motor fuels lis about at the same level. The difference, therefore, lies in the |smaller consumption of schnaps and jcordials, | Two main cures are being con- !sidered. One is to increase the per- |centage of aleohol in motor fuels. It now stands at 25 to 75 per cent benzol. The other remedy proposed is an increase in the price of distilled 'alnuhul Business circles, however, say this will resull in trimming the g from the tail, as the present augmented price of $150 a hecto- litre led to a reduction of one-fiftn in the consumpflon of -cordials ia 1928. To add to zhe woes of the mo- \m,)ol\ managers, is the fact that |they held over 400,000 hectolitres |of alcohol from last year's supply The Porello family escaped death | °0 Preparcdness Day bombing of |y o"inic vear an exceptional po- "because they were staying at the, home of Porello's mother. The explosion was caused by gas. | The loss is estimated at $20,000. Passers-by saw two men enter the house before the blnst, carrying 9 large box. SEATTLE, Aug. 15.—Walter B. King, Assistant United States At- torney for the First Judicial Divi- | at Ketchikan, is a spectatdr at the Lyle, Whitney, Corwin, Fryant, and ‘McKinney trial. North Carolina, which in 1960 had no high schools for negroes, now has 115, i Hurley acmitted he knew Billings | |but denied hiring him or anyone' lelse to carry dynarmte 2 SLAIN MEN, BANK BANDITS ST. PAUL, Minn,, Aug. 15—Two of three men found shot to death Wednesday night on an unfrequent- ed road have been identified ' by 'members of a bank staff as two of the gang of bandits which robbed | |the bank of Willmar, Minnesota, of ¢ $142000 on July 15. One man is identified as Harry Silverman, alias Stein. The name of the other man is not learned. FAILURE OF TREATY CHECKS LEAGUE WORK + GENEVA, Aug. 15.—In the failure of the convention designed to abol- ish export and import prohibitions, the economic work of the League of Nations has suffered a grave check. This convention was ratified by the United States senate nearly a year ago, thé second convention concluded under league auspices to be ratified by the Washington, gov- After months of delay, the agree- ment was ratified by seventeen states, the number required for its entry into force. 'But eleven of dependent upon ratification by Po- Jand, Germany shares with Poland the responsibility for failure of the convention, since Poland makes cer- tain new German restrictions on trade the basis of her decision not | to ratify. Germany’s new prohibi- tions, according to a Polish note to the league, have curtailed Polish exports to Germany by about eleven | per cent. The United States, Great Britain, Japan, Norway, Holland and Por- tugal ratified the convention with- out the reservation with regard to| Poland. These six may agree to put the treaty into force among| themselves, but its effect would be so reduced as to make its economic ‘vnlue relatively negligible. tato harvest has kept the country’s ,52,600 distilleries going at aug- mented speed. e g OUSTS FACTJON FROM A. F. OF L. Illinois Mine—Union Loses in Fight Against President Lewis SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, August 115—A two year old struggle be- |tween President John Lewis, of the United Mine Workers of Ameri- ca ,and his opponents in the Illi- | nois Union, reached a climax when read out of the American Federa- tion of Labor. | A letter from Willlam Green, | President of the American Federa- tion of Labor to Secretary Victor Orlander, of the Illinois Federation, Irequested that the delegates from |the revolting group be denied seats lat the State Federation Conven- |tion at Springfield to be held Sep-| |tember 15. - — |NORRIS’S EXPENDITURES FOR CAMPAIGN MODEST LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 15—Sen- |ator George W. Norris, who de- |feated State Treasurer W. W. Steb- bins in the Republican primary |for the nomination for United |States Senator spent $2,600 in his ‘campaizn according to his account ;nr expenditures that was filed rnda) : |the insurgent faction was virtually | 'NOTEDVISITORS DUE TO ARRIVE HERE MIDNIGHT |Chamber to Entertaln Sen- | atorial Party at Noon Luncheon Tomorrow | | ‘Three United States Senators, the | Chairman of the Interstate Com- | merce Commission, Rear Admiral R. E. Coontz, U. 8. N., retired, and two clerical assistants will visit | here tonight and to midafternoon Saturday, according to -advices re- |ceived here by the Chamber of | Commerce. | The party is scheduled to arrive | here at midnight on the destroy- |ers Perry and Wasmuth. It will sall at 2 p.m. Baturday for Skag- ,way, and proceed to Sitka Sunday mght 4 Howell Heads Committee i Senator R. B. Howell, Nebraska |1s chairman of the Committee to | investigate the economic condi- |tions of the Government's railroad | property in Alaska. The other mem- bers are: Senator John Thomas, Idaho, and John B. Kendrick, Wyoming. the Interstate Commission, is mak- | |ing the Alaska trip with the plm | Frank Milberg, Secretary, and W. lC. Heffner, stenographer, newm- pany them. Admiral Coontz, who spent many years in Alaska, and is very famil- iar with Alaska conditions, was re- called to active service to take charge of the expedition. Guests of Chamber The members of the party have accepted an invitation from the local Chamber of Commerce to be lits guests tomorrow. They will be taken over Glacier Highway to Mendenhall Glacier and to look jover fur farms along the foute, leaving town at 8:30 a.m. The auto party will return fo town in time to be luncheon guests of the Chamber at noon, Secretary G. H. Walmsley announced. The luncheon will be given in the Ar- cade Cafe, and it is expected that a capacity attendance will be present. On its arrival here tonight, the party will be met by United States Marshal Albert White, who is a friend of Senator Thomas; H. W. Irvine, operator-in-charge of the local United States cable and radio stations, as representative of Col. Frank Griffin, head of the Signal Corps communications service, and probably officers of the Chamber of Commerce. ) GOV, RITCHIE MAKES KicK Says Maryland Should Haw'/e Been Included, Dry States Conference BALTIMORE, Maryland, Aug. 15, —On the opinion of Gov. Albert E. Ritchie, this State should have been represented at President Hoov- er's Drought Relief Conference. “It is a known fact that Mary- land is included among the Statas most seriously affected by the con= und- said picnie our State and its farmers 1Gov. Ritchie at a farmers last night. RELIEF FOR ALl 'invited to the conference \JUNEAU CITY BAND | HAS NEW MEMBER; SON FOR T. HUGHES { A new member for the Junean City Band arrived here vrdav snd although it is not decided just mhat instrumeng he will p'iy, he lwlu be at one of the for \rehearsals and make his ovn de-, cision. | The new member is jus. ' and one-half pounds in we the boy baby of Mr: and Mrs. 'homas spital tather dents Hughes, born in St. Ann's | yesterday at noon. Bo! and mother are former of Douglas, but now resic neau. Mr. Hughes is phonist in the band an also employed at the Alaska J ., { Frank McManamy, Chairman orJ WASHINGTON, D. C.. 15— jAdministration officials d mof ,filate suffering from the drought {will be left out of the relicf. Thay |said that Governors of States be-! {lieved the hardest hit wcre only Jackson, O’Brine Start on 26th Day in Air ST. LOUIS, Mo, Aug. 15. —Dales Jackson and Forest O'Brine rounded out 600 hours this morning on their endurance and refueling flight and started on the 26th day of their flight. GAIN OF THIRTY PER CENT MADE IN SE ALASKA Salmon Pack Well Ahead of Last Year, Says Bureau of Fisheries With figures complete up to last Saturday night, the Southeast Alas- ka salmon pack at that time was 30 per cent ahead of the same date for 1929, it was announced here today by Capt. M. J. O'Con- nor, Asst. Agent of the United |States Bureau of Fisheries. The total for the Panhandle at |that time was 2,022394 cases as compared to 1,555,375 cases at the |same time last year. Every district |gained over 1929, the biggest in- crease reported being in Icy Strait. The pack by district was as fol- | lows: | 1930 1929 ! Yakutat . 35914 32,130 Icy Strait . 436,448 299,189 Western Dist. ... 476,121 343,114 Eastern Dist .. 294,442 203,486 North Prince of | Wales 241,779 185,027 South Prince of Wales 91,085 90,125 Southern 446,605 402,304 TOtals wosppyersn- 2,022,304 e ABANDON HOPE FOR 46 MINERS Rescue Parties Working,' However, in Gas ‘ : Filled Tunnels PRINCETON, B. C., Aug. 15— Although hope is virtually aban- 1 ,665,375 | the Blakeburn Mine at Coalmont, rescue parties are working in re- lays to reach the miners. The tunnels are so loaded with poisonous gases that the members of the rescue parties are only able to work in short shifts. ———.———— 00TLEGGER SHOT, KILLED Believed Assassins Intend-! ed to Slay Chicago Gangster | ROCKFORUD, Iilinols, Aug. 15 [ Joe Giovingo, reputed bootlegger, | was killed by a volley of machine gun bullets fired from a passing automobile. killers expected to kill Tommy Ab- bott, Chicago gangster, in the car with Giovingo. ——— FORMER RE SIDENT OF {GASTINEAU CHANNEL IS DEAD, GOLDENDALE,WN. Mrs. Elizabeth McKenna Wllhs.| wife of Major R. J. Willis, died in| Goldendale, Washington, last Sun- | iday according to advices received | here. Her death marked the pass-| WALLA WALLA, Washington, | AEEERSY ing of ancther prominent figure of Aug. 15.—~Robert Lee Wilkins wi SOUTHAMPTON, England, Aug.| {the old Northwest and Alaska gold hanged at dawn today in the State 15.—Marshall Field, third, of Chi- rush days. She was born in Milss Penitentiary yard for the murder cago, grandson of the famous mer- /City, Montana, but 'her girlhoad of Johm W. Brooks, Walla Waia |chant, confirmed the announcement was spent on Gastineau Channel, (attorney, killed, Deecmber 9, 1928 lof his engagement to Mrs. Dudley | ‘Ahakn and she was postmistreafl well. | Mrs. Willis returned south toj Goldendale in 1906 where she was| prominent in elub, church and civie ,affrals. She leaves her husband: and two children, Rovert and Knth»[ erine, both of Portland, Oregon. ‘James, the younger son, was n Ju- Growned in the Columbia River on|ritory, Whepe she has saxa- July 6, this year. | ! P McKenna, resides in Juneau, a brother, ‘This Is the first plclure to be wife, Queen Helen, since his return to the throne of Rumania. [ KING CAROL AND QUEEN HELEN Associalod reny PRoto obtained of King Carol Il with his They are shown leaving a requiem mdss to King Ferdinand. RUM RUNNER AND DRY AGENT GOES ON STAND FIRST Man in Dual Role to Tes- | tify at Start of Lyle, Whitney Trial |TESTIMONY RESULTED IN INDICTMENT OF 5 Defense Counsel Makes | Statement on Witness- | es for Government SEATTLE, Aug. 15.—With lopening stetements of the Governmcat and defense counsc! completed, the Gov- |crnment was prepared today ito proceed with the presen- Itation of evidence in the li- ;quor conspiracy case at the trial of Roy Lyle, William Whitney, Earl Corwin, R. L. Fryant and Clifford McKin- ney, four former high offi- cials in the Prohibition En- {forcement Bureau of the Pa- cific Northwest and one for- mer Assistant United States | District Attorney. | A. L. Hubbard is to be the MONEY SHARKS PREY ON TOURISTS INITALY . =5 BARROW WAITS FORBOAT WITH STORE SUPPLIES Shortage of Staples Still Acute — Schooner Holmes Due POINT BARROW, Alaska, 15—~The ice grinds on the beach hile inhabitants await the most important ship of the year. All Point Barrow so left no supplies end the shortagé of staples among the natives is still acute. The entire supply of stores for NAPLES, Aug. 15.—Many Ameri- can touri are complaining of Italian exchange sharks who give \them a scanty number of lire, in ‘retiirn for dolars. These shnrks operate mostly in an American prowmmg a ten-dollar bill or trav- el check he offers 180 lire instead | of the 190 or a little more that should be paid. Thus, on an ex- | nge of $10, he makes between 55 and 60 cents. If the American protests, the! exchange broker will go up to 182/ lire, but his profit on the simpie |transaction is still large. In cash-| $5. | Tourists receive the full market rate only by going to American or doned for 46 men imprisoned in ghins to date had no interests in English tourist agencies or branch:| es of American or English onanks or the big recognized Italian bank- ing houses. They should get 19 lire for a dullar ‘t irst principal Government wnlnesa to be called. Hubbard 'is in a dual role of rum run- ner and dry agent. He is |credited with maki ng the !chrages before the Grand “Jurv. resulting in the indict- ments. ““A. R. Hilen, Lyle’s attor- |ney, declared in his opening |statement that “while we |ourselves may introduce some linteresting characters for the |defense, unless I am mistak- ven, the Government is going ito show you gentlemen the greatest galaxy of scroundels that would ever cut a throat Ak ling a $100 travel check he makn'm- scuttle a ship.” Hubbard Testl"es Nattily dressed and with half & |smile on his lips, A. I Hubbard |on the stand this forenoon, accused d"lllmm Whitney of accepting & | !bribe of $500 and a radio before |he became a dry agent in 1925. | Hubbard said he had been build- traders, missions and whites comes on the schooner Holmes which is ("»Tma radio, llecemlr;g ar}: htrnnfi; on antiquated windjammer unab.e ‘n ng apparatus, e sald he m2 to cope with the ice. |Roy Olmsted when he »uilt a transmmer for him. The Holmes missed wrecking the last two seasons by inches and all are wondering if the third means the same or a crash —— - MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED AT PESHAWAR SIMLA, India. Aug lvA‘VIanml law has been proclaimed in Pes! awar and the surrounding dis!rlct The police said they believed the which for. a fortnight has been | beleaguered by Afridi tribesmen. Additional troops are moving in%o! the Peshawar area Other northwestern frontier dis- tricts’ are now being threatened by the Afridis. . —— ATTY, KILLED: SLAYER HANG The trap was sprung at 4:19 coming for a number of years at Tread- o'clock and Wilkins was pronounced |day. |dead three minutes 1at —— - MRS. MILLER RETURNS Mrs. Judith Miller, formerly in charge of the alteration depari= ment Gerdon's. Inc., recently re- |turnedt from Carcrass, Yukon Ter- been for the| past few months. Mrs. Miller re- noy turns to her home in Junkau much ' nocite improved in health year | ’ SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Aug. 15. |—Robert E. Proctor, attorney «f Elkhart, Indianz, has been ad- {vanced to the Grand National Pres-| idency of the Fraternal Order of Eagles by his election to the office at the meeting here of the thirty- annual convention. o — TRIPLE SLAYER DIES IN CHAIR LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Aug. 15—Bill Howell, aged 64 years, triple slayer, was electrocuted ir second |the State Penitentiary here tlus {morning. Howell was pronounced dead four minutes after strapped in the chair. |calmly He went to his death -oe Marshall Field Confirms | Engagement to Mrs. Coats, Coats, when he arrived here yester- Mrs. Coats is an English |woman. The wedding may be within | {a week or a month, Field said. | - | WRECKER ROX ON VEW JoB Wrecker Lee Rn\ who recently cnmp»rld work of demolishing the ,Malony Block, is now busily oc- cupied putting in a new founda- tion under the Winn house op- the Palace Franklin Streef, Theatre on " EAGLES’ HEAD Hubbard sald wniney telephon- {ed him shortly after he installel the radio at Olmsted’s home axd |asked him about Olmsted’s booi- legging activities. Hubbard said ha refused to deal with Whitney but two weeks later Whitney -called |again from the Prohibition office |and asked about Olmsted. Hub- 'bard said he again refused to do | business with Whitney. | Raid Is Made Soon afterwards, Olmsted’s home | was raided and Hubbard and others |were arrested. Then Olmsted sup= |plied him with money for radio \ectivities. Hubbard said he filed & 850,000 damage suit against Roy {Lyle, Prohibition Administrator, for (false arrest. | Hubbard then said \thney prom- |ised him an appointment as dry gent if he would dismiss the damage suit. After two months® ,connection with the Prohibiticn Bureau, Hubbard said he gave Whitney $500 in cash and a radio |set to “fix" charges against boot= |leggers. Olmsted, Hubbard said, sup= |plied the money. Hubbard said |Olmsted was very much pleased when informed that Whitney had |taken the bribe. — e {Change in Temperature Causes 7 to Die at Sea ! HONOLULU, Aug. 15.—4A change in temperature is believed to be jresponsible for the deaths of seven Filipino steerage passengers who died abpard the steamship Presi= dent Taft and were buried at sea. | - eee |Cold Star Mother Is ; Stricken, Dies in France 'VERDUN, France, Aug. 15.—Mrs, Harriet Bates, of Portage, Pennsyl- vania, is the first American Gold Star mother to die in Prance, of 2883 brought here. She died as a Jresult of cerebral hemorrhage,