The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 9, 1930, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVI., NO. 5508. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1930. TROOPS FIRE ONEACH OTHER IN ARGENTINA REVOLT MAKES DENIAL EVERY CHARGE AGAINST HIM William Whitney on Stand! for Three Days in Con- spiracy ~ Trial NEVER RECEIVED “ONE, PENNY,” HE DECLARES| General Disayowal of Cor- ruption, Bribery—Cor- win and Lyle Next | SEATTLE, Sept. 9. William Whitney, former Assistant Prohibi- tion Administrator, wound up threel days on the witness stand late yes- ' terday with a blanket denial of all charges of corruption and briberyi and a flat statement he never re- ceived “one penny” to influence his| official acts. - | The general disavowal of all un-| lawful acts followed specific denials of each overt act charged by Gov- ernment witnesses. | Earl Corwin and Roy Lyle, also co-defendants in the present con-, spiracy trial, will be called in their own defense after a few more ques- | tions are put to Whitney today. A cancelled check and deposit| slip was produced by Whitney tol disprove A. L. Hubbard’s testimony | that Whitney was financially in- terested in the Aberdeen Radioj Station. Whitney explained he gave the check to Hubbard to purchase radio equipmnt in exchange for $500 in cash given him by Hub-} bard. Whitney said he did not know several of the persons who testi- fied paying him bribes. ENGAGED To ATHLETICS sTAR ||| NESS CAUSE Lorothy Kuhn of Jenkintown, Pa., will wed Al Simmons, Phila- delphia Athletics’ hard hitting outfielder, after the world series in which she expects Al to take a prominent part. OF SUICIDE BY MRS, CHAMBERS Coroner’s Inquiry Results | in Verdict of Death at Her Own Hand Tliness and resultant despondency |were the probable causes of ‘Mrs. | | Edith Chambers, 50 years, shooting | herself early Monday morning at Benjamin Island where she and her husband, Harry Chambers, have been engaged in fox ranching for | several years” A coroner’s jury ‘lmpaneled by Judge A. W. Fox yes- terday, after an inquiry at the i [ranch, returned a verdict of suicide. | The body of the dead woman i | was brought to town last night by i her husband and Ike Weathers. % Funeral services will be held at Ju-| neau-Young Mortuary Chapel at| 2 p.m. Wednesday, Rev. C. C. Saun- ders officiating, and interment | made in Evergreen Cemetery. | i | | Chambers Tells Story | Mr. Chambers was the only other | | person at the ranch house when ‘the tragedy occurred between 6 and | 6:30 o'clock yesterday moraing.! ,Mrs. Chambers arose as usual about 6 o'clock and lighted the fire. Mr. | Chambers did not awaken until she | |returned to bed. For a short time they remained there discussing their | Associated Press Photo {Bodies of Two of RAIDERS FIRE ~ /fi/ced Expedicon ON AMERICAN, BRITISH BOATS Two Navy Craft on Yangtse River Attacked— Quick Reply HANKOW, China, Sept. 9.—Two foreign gunboats, the American Tu- tuila and British Lady Bird, were attacked on the Yangste River yes- terday but neither craft suffered any casualties among the officers and crew aboard. The gunboats both returned the fire of the raiders inflicting heavy damage. Machine guns and trench mortars were used by the raiders. T gunboats used six inch ma- chine guns in reply. ARE TRAPPED BY FIRE; DI Vigim of Booties R in PATTERSON, N. J,, Sept. 9.—At least three persons were trapped and burned to death in the La- mond-Robertson Cotton Mill this| afternoon. Eighty-five persons es-| caped. Two were seriously burned | and one fireman was also injured. The fire is said to have started from . TROMSOE, Norway, Sept. ® 9.—The bodies of Solomon ® Andree and Nils Strindberg, ® of the ill-fated balloon ex- o pedition to the North Pole in ® 1897, rest today in the pro- o visional crypt in the little e Tromsoe church, awaiting the ® body of Knut Frankel, dis- ® covered on White Island by e a party of journalists who e went there after the other e two bodies had been found. e Frankel's remains are now e on the way here. . DUMPED FROM MICHIGAN DRYS OPPOSE COUZENS IN SENATE RACE ,work for the day, then both arose !to dress. He went into the bath- |room and Mrs. Chambers proceeded | |to a front room. Doors leading | (from the bedroom to the other two |rooms were closed. When he |emerged from the bathroom, Mr. {Chambers went to the front room land opened the door to ask his wife ! about some fresh underclothing and | LANSING, Mich., Sept. 9.—Michi- saw her lying on a couch, arms gan's primary campaign revolves folded across her breast and a re~‘]‘ largely around the prohibition is- volver resting on the arms. Blood| !sue and party regularity in the was slowly oozing between her testh ,’cnmest for Republican nomination and lips. (for United States Senator. He had heard no report from the| 3 Chase 8. Osborn, former goverwlpinal, he said.. This was later ac- nor is opposing Senator James counted for, when an exumlmmon} Couzens in the primary today. {revealed that the woman had ap- The Michigan Anti-Saloon league, parently shoved the muzzle of the [through its offieial publication, has 'gun well back into her mouth and| |taken a hand in the contest. The closed her lips firmly before pulling’ |dry organ describes Osborn as a;the trigger. This was indicated by‘ {staunch friend of prohibition. (the fact that there were no pcwder' It finds nothing in Couzen's stand burns about the lips but the wnguc' to indicate he has changed his mind /was badly burned. The bullet pen- since six years ago when he ad-!etrated the roof of the mouth,} vocated five percent béer. ranging upward, but did not emerge Charges of party irregularities from the head. against the senior senator have Gun Falls Into Arms been met with the reply from Cou—| ‘With the shot, the woman seemed: zens that people of the state, al-'to have relaxed naturally with arms| though overwhelmingly Republican, folded, and the gun dropped out of prefer independence in thought andithe mouth into the arms. Dr. W. |action. |J. Pigg, who made the examination, Couzens advocates state and na-'and jurors conducting the inquest tional legislation to stabilize in-sagreed that the wound could have !comes of industrial workers, whileibeen inflicted by no one except the Osborn demands more adequate |woman. Ifarm relief. Last Saturday, while visiting with 1dny, GLIDER PILOT HURT IN AIR RACE ACCIDENT, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TLN_@_TE_ ERROR CAUSES BLOODSHED IN BUENOS AIRES Shooting and Fighting Re- sults on Streets Be- tween Loyal Forces ARTILLERY SHELL NAVY CRAFT IN CITY HARBOR Order Finally Restored in Capital — New Of- cials Take Oaths Kenneth Carr, a glider pilot, was the first casualty at the Chicago natlonal alr races. When hit motorless craft dropped he suffered a fractured skull and internal injuries. Above, wreck of glider. Weft, Mrs. Gladys O'Donnell, Long Beach, Calif., mother of two children, first in Pacific coast derby for women, * Right, John Blum, who won men’s derby from Seattle, LONG - RANSDELL CAMPAIGN STIRS - LOUISIANA VOTERS MAINE GOES T06.0.P.ON SMALL VOTE White Gets 30,000 Major- ity and Gardiner 16,- 000 in Pine Tree State PORTLAND, Me., Sept. 9.—In the lightest vote cast since women were enfranchised Maine stayed Republi- can in the off-year election yester- Congressman Wallace H. ‘White, Jr., Republican, defeated AUTO; 1S SHOT IN'HEAD, DIES An outstanding wet and dry fight in the Sixth Congressional District has attracted wide attention. Rep- resentative Grant M. Hudson, en- dorsed by the Anti-Saloon league, ‘has three opponents, all running on liberal platforms. Former Governor Alex J. Groes- beck is seeking a return to the of- Murder Clues fice he held three consecutive terms. 'His opponents for the Republican CHICAGO, Ill, Sept. 9. — pete}nommanan are Wilber M. Bruckner, Nicastro was found on the street attorney general, who has the sup- early today with four bullet wounds 'port of the present administration, in his head. He had been dumped and Judge Edward J. Jeffries of from a car. ! Detroit. Nicastro was alive when he was| Democratic candidates have no picked up and muttered: “Al Al-oh‘opposnion in the primary. Their spontaneous combustion. [nothlng nothing.” . oty R Nicastro died shortly afterwards. ! TODAY’S STOCK ’l The police said Nicastro must | QUOTATIONS | have been attempting to get; into Y o jthe West Side bootleg territory. He was a man of about 21 years NEW YORK CITY, N. Y, Sept. 9.—There was no sale today of Alas- ka Juneau mine stock. Quotations on other stocks follow: Allegany Corporation 22%, American Can lannHTHLAND Is Anaconda Copper 48%, Bethlehem Steel 89, Fox Films 51%, General Motors 46%, Granby 23, Hupp Mo- tors 14, 13%, 13%, International Harvester 81%, Kennecott Copper 37%, Montgomery-Ward 36%, Na- tional Acme, no sale, Packard Mo-| SEATTLE, Sept. 9.—The North- tors 141, 13%, 13%, Simmons Beds|land sailed last night at 9 o'clock 27, Standard Brands 20%, Standard |for Juneau and wayports with 32 Ofl of California 60%, Standard Ol (first class passengers. of New Jersey 68%,:Stewart-War-| The following passengers are ner 21%, 27, 27, U. 8. Steel 172%. [booked for Juneau: Mr. Knutson and wife, Helen Re duce d th“ Gnnte d Whiteley, Mrs. D. B. Femmer and Many Drought Counties Henry Moy. Six Are Killed When WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.— More than 300 additional counties have; Locomotive Explodes been recommended by Secretary of | lice. ————— of age but is not known to the po-| COMING NORTH, slate carries Thomas E. A." Wea- idock of Detroit, for United States (Senator, and" William 'A. Comstock, former National Democratic Com- {mitteeman, for Governor. e, —— Robbers Kidnap {Man, Force Him {To Open Safe CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. 9. —Two robbers kidnapped Ed- ward Wells last night and forced him to open the safe of the Belle Vernoh Sompany where he is employed. The robbers escaped with $11,588. (Western Alaska Fair Opens at Anchorage ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 9.— here today and will be practically a local fair due to the cut train service. The fair ends Sat- in | Mrs. Tke Weathers, who resides at Eagle River Landing, Mrs. Cham- bers had expressed the belief that she was seriously ill, but said she did not want her husband to know about it as it would cause him to worry. She made arrangements L0 come to Mrs. Weathers' place this week and then to town to consult with a physician. At that time she seemed despon- dent. It is believed that she brood- |{ed over her illness to ‘such an ex- |tent that it.caused her to decide to end it all. Came From Montana Mr. and Mrs, Chambers came to Juneau about six years ago from Montana. Since 1924 they have been working on fox ranches in Lynn Canal district. About two years ago, they purchased the Ben- |jamin Island property and have op- erated it since that time. CARNERA PUTS MCARTHY 0UT SECOND ROUND Carnera last night knocked out Pat round of a scheduled 10-round bout, by a right to the jaw. The bout ended after McCarthy had gone down for the count of one and nine in the same round. |McCarthy at 214. E—— W. R. Ives, attorney, and R. T. urday with:a Madri Gras feature./McCulloch, business man, both o(‘ton capitalist. | 3 !Frank Haskell, Democrat, by 30- 905 plurality. Gov. Willilam T ,Gardiner, Republican, was re-elect- ed Governor by a plurality of 16,14 !over Edward Moran, Democrat. The total vote cast was less than 1150,000 as against about 270,000 in 11928, - Hoover's plurality over Smith jwas 98,744, All four Congressional District \returned Republicans. Congress- jmen Carroll L. Beedy, John E. N son and Donald F. Snow were re- ]‘elected. ! | TEXAS REPUBLICANS . WILL. MAKE FIGHT NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 9.—~The race for a United States Senate seat between Sen. Joseph E. Ransdell |and Gov. Huey P. Long has aroused Louisiana to & high political pitch. There are no outstanding legis- |1ative issues involved, and the cam- paign has become a battle of per- | sonalities to be decided at the pri- mary today. | Long says a vote for him means a vote for good roads, while Rans- dell retorts that he stands more; for good roads than does Long. ( Ransdell points to his long legis- |lative record and Long declar |Ransdell ‘“has been sleeping ) Washington for 30 years.” | The governor sought'to poke fun |at the Senator’s goatee by referring {to him as “Feather Duster” Rans- dell. | Ransdell promptly made the feather duster his campaign em-| blem, accepted a mammoth duster | from women voters at a rally and| (said” he would use it to “sweep |clean Louisiana politics.” I | Newspapbrs, fighting the gover- |nor, cartoon his silk pajamas in | which he received a German naval officer on a courtesy call and charge that the governor wishes to be “em- |peror of Loulsiana.” Almost the en- tire daily press of the state op- poses Long. | The two men are strikingly dif- |ferent in type. Rdnsdell, who went to Washing- ton 31 years ago when Long was | | in the} ! NEWARK, N. J., Sept. 9.—Primo McCarthy of Boston in the second | { BAN ANGELO, Tex. Sept. 9,y iy years old, possesses great Contending that they have a “fight-|4iniey and has the manners of a [ibg chance” Texas Republicah|yor Chesterfleld. He campaigned ! DO ant | V0icC and a guarded tonguc. AR ete Tosae v, en ‘| Governor Long, born and bred in {platform is being written. Tt IS\yp. yoq hills of middle Louisiana expected that the platform Will fa-| 00 of poor farmer stock and is [vor a tariff on oil. |proud of it. His tactics are spec- ) S tacular and his speech and manner RICH WOMAN === * GETS DIVORCE Mrs. Helen Draper Taft ‘Ayer' Is Freed from Boston Capitalist 18 SUICIDE: BODY FOUND [ | FRESNO, Cal. Sept. 9.—The body lof Fern Schultz, aged 20 years RENO, Nevada, Sept. 9.— MIS. |jiciing high school secretary, wag' ,Helen Draper Taft Ayer, rated as s nq late yesterday in a tree- Massachusetts richest woman, niece |gnaqeq ditch on the outskirts of {of a former Governor of that State!i,. ity shot by a 410 guage shot- | The Western Alaska Fair opened| Carnera weighed in at 265 and and former wife of the nephew of o, which was found near the body. |the late P?esidem ‘hrw been granted |ghe had written a note to a Fresno {& divorce in the District Court here |y, indicating she planned sui- from Nathaniel Furwell Ayer, Bos-|.iqa -ee — understood to! Agriculture Hyde to receive freight | reductions on livestock feed as a result of the drought. There are now 1024 counties in 19 States PHILADELPHIA, Penn,, Sept. 9.— At least six men were killed and one dozen injured by the explosion getting reduced rates, ing roundhouse yard, ————————— | Washington, D. C., passed tz.muzh; from a business visit to the States. pleasure trip, The charges are Miss Sylvia: Sexton, well known here today on the steamer Alaska have been incompatibility. " ‘swrekeeper at Seward, is a passen- enroute to western and m"-nm'! The papers were ordered sealed John Winn, fish of a pusher locomotive in a Read-'ger on the Alaska, returning home points on a combined busincss and after the case was heard behind |Shapler, Mrs. Ardath LaPaugh, Miss ,closed doors, | Registered at the rap owner; Gastineau are P. H |Lola LaPaugh and P. E. Lawrence } Skeletons of 100 Aleska Indians Are Sent East SEATTLE, Sept. 9—One hun- Ared skeletoms of - Alaska. In- dians, ancient implements and war weapons have arrived here on the steamer William Tup- per. The whitened bones were taken from scores of graves and are on their way to the Smith- sonian Institute, collected by Dr. Ales Hrdlicka and party of scientists. Dr. Hrdlicka recent- ly returned to Washington from Alaska. BIVES WARNING OF HURRICANE, CARIBBEAN SEA Apprehension Created in Haiti—One Steamer Comes to Anchor PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Sept. 9. — A hurricane warning in the Caribbean Sea has created appre- hension here The steamship Ancon, of the Panama Line, bound for the Canal Zone, is anchored in the harbor awaiting better weather. The hurricane. warning, . issued yesterday, said the tropical dis- turbances will probably go south of Haiti. PLANNING SOLO FLIGHT ACROSS NORTH ATLANTIC Expects to Hop from New York to Paris, then to Berlin or Rome CHICAGO, Il Sept. 9.—Capt Roy Ammel, former Army aviator left here this morning in his plane for New York City He plans to await favorable weather for a solo flight then to Berlin or ome one hop. Capt. Ammel is flying a Lockheed Sirius plane The flier said when he reaches Paris he will circle the city and then fly to Berlin or Rome, it all dependent upon the weather The plane carries 817 gallons of gasoline and is powered with a 425 horsepower Radlal engine .- Among the guests at the Hotel are Maxine McLa liam Larsen; Ed Stearns and E. B Sparlin | BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Sept. 9.—After a night of wild shooting and rumors of a counter revolu- tion, Gen. Augustine Justo has been #{l 'mamed Commander-in-Chief of the Federal garrison here Shooting and fighting among the troops was caused by an error. " Rumors are that seven persons | were killed and 56 wounded. | Five shells were fired by the (light artillery defending the Gov- |ernment House in the direction of the navy in the harbor. All shells Ifell close to Admiral Storni’s ship. One shell exploded on the deck of the destroyer Mendoza killing a petty officer. Rumors said the counter revo- lutionists captured the Military College and this caused greater confusion. A guard on the roof of the Post Office left his station to go to the street with guns and Govern- ment House troops opened fire with machine guns wrecking the post office building. The city is still stunned today and only a few ventured on the streets until assured that no count- er revolution had broken out. ARRESTS ORDERED BUENOS AIRES, ept. 9.—Depos- ed President Hipolito Irigoyen and all the members of his Cabinet and backers in the Argentina Con- gress have been ordered arrested and held incommunicado. CENSORSHIP ESTABLISHED NEW YORK CITY, N. Y., Sept. 9.—All American cables announced the establishment of a cable cen- sorship in Buenos Aires. Code words are prohibited. NEW OFFICIALS WORN IN BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 9.—Amid the flash of military uniforms and the rejoicing of the people, Gen- eral Jose Uriburu, leader of the Army, was swornl in as President of Argentina, succeeding Hipolita Iri- goyen, whose regime was over- thrown. The ceremonies were con- ducted in public and were the high spot of a holiday called especially to celebrate the occasion. The highest civil as well as military of- ficials swore allegiance to the new President and the army also pledg- ed its support. An enormous crowd gathered be- fore the Presidential palace and cheered enthusiastically as the new | President and his Ministers took ithe oath of office. Later they formed parades and marched through the streets cheering for the {revolution and President Uriburu. The inauguration took place at 4 jo'clock yesterday afternoon. 1 SUPPLI BY PLANES | WAHINGTON, Sept. 9.—Lieuten- ant Harper of the Navy took off today in a tri-motored plane filled with medical supplies for Santo | Domingo. | Major Roy Greger took off on a similer mission from the Marine base at Quantico, Virginia. | Lieutenant Storrs left Philadel- phia similarly loaded for Santo Domingo. ———————— REVOLT STARTS IN BRAZIL SAYS URUGUAY REPORT ! MONTEVIDEO, Sept. 9.— Uruguayan Government has receiv- ed official information of a revolu- tion in the State of Rio Grande Dosul, Brazil. The Minister of War has ordered two regiments of cavalry to the border to enforce neutrality RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 9— Nothing is known here of a revolu- tion which is reported to have started in Rio Grande Dosul, The® | 28