The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 30, 1930, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVI.,, NO. 5526. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1930. / ¥ 4 K * PRICE TEN CENTS WORLD SERIES OPENS TOMORROW; CLANS ARE READY | Ability NYE THINKS GROCER WAS HIRED TO RUN o PROF. CARROLL IS CANDIDATE OF . Y. DRYS Committee Investigating Methods of Getting Groc- er Run Against Senator WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.—Sena- tor Gerald P. Nye, Chairman of | the Senate Campaign Funds In- vestigating Committee, announced IMACKINTOSH TO 'ASK SHOWDOWN ON PROHIBITION WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 30. —President Hoover's law enforce- ment commission will be faced with the proposition that it pass judg- ment on the prohibition problem when it reconvenes October 8. Kenneth Mackintosh, a former Washington State Supreme Court Jjustice and & dry, said he would insist the commission, of which he was a member, “go to the bottom of Three !3 Toads, Imprisoned |For Centuries, |Found Alive OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Bept. 30.—Three toads, taken alive from an Indian mound in Northwestern Oklahoma, were probably imprisoned three or four centuries ago, according to scientists. . The toads are on display |® in the State Historical Mu- e seum. |® , The toads were dormant, |® with lips and eyes sealed |® when found. | Curator Thoburn. said within a few minutes after Season’s Marks Big Th that the committee intends to trace to its source of money sent to Plans Are Laid for Third . of the prohibition question.” . | Mackintosh, who has been study- | ® |ing exhaustive reports on crime and ® liberation, the toads hopped about with agility and their - - MentoB B CARDINALS AND ing in Series THI ETIGS ARE - IN 600D FORM Stadium Expected to Be Crowded to Capacity on Opening Day SPITBALLER GRIMES WILL GO ON MOUND Mack Not Decided Who atUpto | ' ) State Party Behind Closed Doors Nebraska in the recent Republican | primary fight against the renom-| ination of Senator Geprge W. Nor- | ris, the winner of the nomination. Senator Nye said that he had | been assured by District Attorney | Sandpall of Omaha that charges | of perjury will be filed against' Victor Seymour of Lincoln and George W. Norris, the Broken Bow grocer who tried to file for the nomination for the purpose of con- founding the voters on account of the similarity of his name and that to the Senator. i Senator Nye said that he was satisfied that Liberty Bonds given the grocer when he filed for the, Republican nomination are trace-| able to Seymour, and he added that Seymour’s bank account show- | ed that his deposits showed a $7,000 increase in a period of sev-! en months. The committee will endeavor to find out where the money came from and how it was spent. / SEYMOUR RESIGNS DENVER, Colo., Sept. 30.—Victor Seymour, Lincoln business man, As-: sistant to the Vice-President of the Western Republican Senatorial | campaign, has telegraphed his re- signation to Senator Frederick Steiwer, in charge of the West- ern campaign, and he is likely to be removed from the political pic- ture. Seymour insisted that he was “absolutely innocent of any wrong- ful act” in connection with the Nebraska Republican primary and that he is resigning solely from a desire to keep publicity attend- ing the committee hearings being conducted by Senator Nye in Ne- bfaska from reflecting on the par- ty's Senatorial committee. Party leaders believe that Sey- | Associated Press Photo l DR. ROBERT P. CARROLL NEW YORK CITY, Sept. 30.— The Dry Forces, after a three hour conference yesterday afternoon be- hind closed doors, ‘running Prof. Robert P. Carroll, of Syracuse University, as an Inde- pendent candidate for governor. Petitions for Carroll have already been circulated and probably will be filed Monday naming him guber- natorial candidate of the "“Law Preservation Party.” Representatives of dry organiza- tions who attended the secret meet- ing said a spirit of harmony and optimism prevailed. The naming of Carroll by the Drys was made necessary because both Republicans and Democrats have come out for dry law modifi- laid plans for| mour’s resignation will be accept- ed. Senator Norris said that he had learned that Senators Nye and Porter H. Dale, members of the investigating committee, had rec- ommended Seymour’s removal. — cations. STATE NORMAL woone AT BELLLINGHAM "éfiifiéfis sEm ROBBED TODAY T0 BE FALSE Senate Committee Issues Statement—Mrs. Mc- Cormick Replies Unmasked Men Escape with Safe Contain- ing Large Amount BELLINGHAM, Wasn., Sept. 30.— Unmasked bandits gagged and bound Charles Morgan, watchman in the State Normal School, broke into the vault and carried off a small safe from the Registrar's of- fice containing $2,683 in cash and $3925 in checks. ‘The Normal School opened yes- terday and about $3,000 were bank- ed at 3 o'clock, the stolen amount having been received after banking hours. One unmasked bandit met Mor- gan on his rounds about 4:30 o'clock this morning, shoved a pistol into his ribs, led him to the base- tment, gagged and bound him. Two other bandits, Morgan be- lieves, worked on the safe upstairs then tossed it out of the window and wheeled it away in a small cart. Morgan was released when an- other watchman came on at 6 o'clock this morning. PRELIMINARY COUNT GIVES POPULATION WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 30—Warning to mewspapers who repeat publications of Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick’s wire tapping charges against the Senate Campaign Funds In- vestigating Committee will be regarded by the Committee as “wilful and malicious libel.” This ent was issued to- day over signatures of Sen- ators Nye, Dill, Dale and Wag- ner. The statement characterizes Mrs. McCormick’s accusations as “false and lbelous.” Mrs. McCormick said the group is trying to “throttle the press of the United States.” MANY STILL IN SLAVERY L:)rd Cecil—l?e:/eals Situa- tion Before League of Nations Assembly Bethel recording district has a population of 3,350, according to {preliminary census estimates made GENEVA, Sept. 30.—Lord Cecil, |public today by Charles E. Naghel, of the League of Nations Assembly, Federal Supervisor of Census for computes the number of slaves Alaska. No comparative figures still existing in the world, as 5,000,- for 1920 are available for compari- 000. He made an impassioned ap- son. peal for suppression of slave own-| Bethel itself is the largest settle- ing and slave trading- and protest-|ment in the district, having a pop- ed vigorously against relection by |ulation of 274; Quinhagak second the Assembly Committee, the Brit-|with 230; and Akiak third with 229. ish proposal to create a permament| Other villages are: Nyac 5, and slavery commission to examine into |Tuluksak, 96. The scattered pop- the whole subject, lulation is placed at 2517. OF BETHEL AS 3,350| prohibition with the commission for more than a year, wants the commission to say whether the dry law is enforcible and if it is not, what could be done about it. He is convinced the commission will seek to meet the issue which he regards as one of the most out- | standing-economic and social prob- lems since the question of slavery. He also is convinced that ten men |and one woman on the commission jare still of an open mind on the jcontroversy awaiting study of the final reports. No proposition is now before the bers proposing either modification or repeal of the dry law. Wickcrsham’s Position Considerable interest attaches (here to the fepoft’of the commis- sion. It is expected to have con- | siderable influence on the position of President Hoover and the Re- publican Party in the 1932 cam- paign. notice several times -that the:com- mission is not going to report on whether “prohibition is or is not a desirable thing for the country.” There is no indication of whether the eleven minds can gét ‘together on the prohibitien controversy. There have been several discus- sions of it already, but these have been deferred pending the rceipt of the more exhaustive reports. SHIP'S WHISTLE 70 THRILL LITTL BOY IN HOSPITAL James Seitz, 11, Anxiously Awaits Alaska to Take Him Home There is a little boy in St. Ann’s Hospital whose ears are strained to hear the whistle of a steamship. He will leave for the home of his folks on the next vessel scheduled to arrive in port—the Alaska bound from Seattle ot Teward and due to call at Juneau tonight. But he has been ready to embark since yesterday because she might ar- rive, he thinks, ahead of time. James Seitz, 11 years old, while traveling north by himself on the steamship Northwestern to join his mother and brother at Mantanuska, near Anchorage, became ill with a fever, and on the arrival of the vessel here last Wednesday he was taken from the vessel to the hos- pital for medical observation and treatment. His ailment proved nothing serious, and he is com- pletely recoveréd now. Arrange- iments for the resumption of his voyage have been made by Sister Superior Ludovic of the hospital. Andrew Rosnes, who entered thz hospital August 26 for a surgical operation, is well. He left for his home today. Mrs. Don Skuse underwent a suc- cessful operation for the removal of her tonsils this morning. Mrs. G. Marks of Hoonah, is a new patient, having entered yester- day for a surgical operation. e, Lightni;g Does Damage Estimated at $10,000 COALINGA, Cal, Sept. 30— Lightning struck three blowout Ipipes in the Kettleman Hills Ofl Field late Monday, seriously injur- ing E. J. Lange, aged 38, Chief Chemist of the Associated Oil Com- pany. Property damage was caused to the extent of $10,000. ——— Tanana Arrested, Charges of Larceny FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Sept. 30— Rex Greenway has been arrested at Tanana on charges of larceny of government property valued at $4,- 200 from the old Army Post. The body of Les Bristine was found in the ruins, commission from any of its mem-| eo00 0000000000000 |® eyes and lips opened. DRI R SR SR R R ————— PRESIDENT 1S - OFFTOMORROW, * SPEAKING TOUR Will Attend Opening Game World's Series Enroute to Cleveland WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 30.— | Chairman Wickersham has given President Hoover will leave tomor- row on a special train on a four- stop speaking tour, stopping at Philadelphia enroute to Cleveland for the opening of the World Se- ries game. The President will speak Thurs- day at the American Bankers Asso- clation convention in Cleveland, re- turning to Washington Friday morning. The President will leave again next Sunday night for Boston where he speaks Monday before the American Legion in the forenoon and the American Federation of La- bor in the afternoon. He wx.'1 then go to Kings Mount, North {Carolina, to participate in the Ses- !quicentennial celebration of the Revolutionary Battle 'of King's Mountain. ATTEMPTED ROBBERY AT EXPRESS OFFICE™ JIMMY FOXX Three reasons why the Philadelphia Athletics are favored in the world’s series; Jimmy Foxx, first MICKEY COCHRANE baseman; Mickey Cochrane, catcher, and Al Simmons, left fielder. PHILADELPHIA, Scp[vao_‘Thmellatlons as sluggers — reputations in his first two world’s serles of Connie Mack’s new model A’sifounded on the numerous base hits after becoming the home run king. last year exploded the theory lhat’ star sluggers are under a greal; strain in a world’s series. Mickey “Himself” Cochrane, ‘he\ game’s greatest catcher, took thej pitching of the Chicago Cub at a| 400 pace. | Jimmy Foxx, who had just fin-|iD8 series gain as world’s cham-|that if they are hitters the base ished his first year as.a regular P at first, batted .350. This included two home runs in the series. Al Simmons, pointed to as the Athletics' heaviest gun, batted an even .300. ' The big left fielder also hit two home runs. All ‘three casually overcame ner- that had driven the Athletics to| the club’s first pennant since 1914. right hand slpggar, never has been The calmness of the hitters, and able to live up to expectations in their proven ability to get going a series. one of me::eflee average of the Cubs’ in reasons why the Athletics are second baseman was .227. in & short series, is mai favored to emerge from the com- ons. The big hitters are many who have flopped in a world's series. They begin with Ty Cobb, one of the greatest batters of all time, who never was able to do any- thing in his world’s series days with Detroit. | hits the are hitters. son have been around the top in| American League batting averages. | Foxx’s hitting has been well above .300. Will Be Athletic Pitch- er, Probably Grove PHILADELPHIA, Penn, Sept. 30.—The baseball clans are trooping here for the crewning festival of Ameri- can sport, the World Series. The City of Quakers is (taking Connie Mack’s tri- umph more quietly this year than last. The Stadium is expected to be crowded to its capacity with 33,000 fans tomorrow, the first game. President Herbert Hoover will be the city’s guest at the first game. | The old spitballer Burleigh Grimes will start for the Red Birds. Mack is not decided what Athletic pitcher will be sent to the mound *but volunteers named: Lefty Grove. The hotel headquarters of the Cardinals is the most en- thusiastie spot in Philadel- phia today. Both teams are form. AL SIMMONS Rogers Hornsby, a great natural Last year the world's big But Mack persuades his men in good come—no matter what And these three boys will series. e EMPIRE'S SCORE BOARD As in past years, The Empire’s score board will carry the story of the game. A full account of the games will be given in the regular edition. Simmons and Cochrane all sea- | He has driven out some 34 vousness to live up to their repu-| | REPORTED BY AGENT An | attempted robbery at the American Rallway Express Com- pany's office last night was report- ed today by Agent Cash Cole. The door of the office on Seward Street was forced open, but apparently the robber was scared away before he could carry out his plans check revealed nothing missing. The entry was made between 9:30 and 10:30 p.m., Mr. Cole said. At the former hour, Nightwatchman C. M. Jorgenson in making his rounds found the door closed. An hour later it was standing open. None of the office employees had been in during the interim. This is the second time that the office has been entered. The first| CHICAGO. Illinois, September occurred several weeks ago but!30.—The Congressional Committee nothing was taken at that time. on Communist activities concluded o its inquiry into Russia's short sell- Of the nearly ten million peach|ing of wheat late yesterday after- trees in Georgia, very few have|noon after hearing Chicago Board been found infected by the phony|of Trade executives describe it as peach disease. “hedging operations rather than an ———————— attempt to depress prices.” A Swiss village sells flowers to| Congressman Hamilton Fish, jr., pay its paving bills. of New York, Chairman, sald the COMMUNIST | PROBE ENDS IN NEW YORK Congressional Comm ittee Concludes Inquiry— | Coming to Coast @THE ROSE (o] | IN THE DARK ! 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Two seen the end of an African di/—lgr three doctors—fine fellows!—are It all goes with a rush—reds @0d|gn the germ's track, and although greens and purples rushing up they haven't really found out much {the skyline, the sun rushing Co“Mlghout him they believe they know all the beauty and all the savu what will kill him.” iclashing together and becoming “And that is—?" “BybApe aggeed Erying to “Another germ. Only, you see, piEihe Iy Xou.mnst see. it. they aren't sure. 1Its a big risk sighed 60 sharply that the sig! In a way, they hate to take that nienrly &< Kimn. X risk. Personally, I feel I'd rather s oy e A risk blindness than be pottering girl quickly, - “I was remembering that pe with your as he: ps “ (Continued on Pags Three) | ) Congressional Committee * investi- gating Communist activities are en- Babe Ruth got just seven hits homers. Committee had all of the facts con- sidered essential and would make its report on wheat sales and other Soviet activities next December STOCK MARKET ATTACKS U. S. "COLLAPSES AS | IMMIGRATION, TARIFF LAWS | | Rails SufieriBanker Voices Views at 01[8 COPPC"Sv g | Convention National reatest Drop—Loss- | Association ; es Are Heavy ‘ COMING TO COAST CHICAGO, Il., Sept. 30.—The route to the Pacific Coast to in- quire Into activities in Seattle, Los Angeles and San Francisco. NO FOUL PLAY WARREN'S CASE 2 1 CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. 30.— NEW YORK OITY, Sept. 30.— John W. Barton, Vice-President of The Stock Market went into a tail-|the Metropolitan National Bank of spin in a heavy selling spree yes-‘Minneapolis and President of the |terday afternoon and dropped to an|National Banks Division of the laltitude averaging less than 10|American Bankers Association, at- points above the low ground of last tacked the tariff and immigration | fall |laws of the United States at the | The collapse of oils, coppers, rails |opening of the Association’s con= 'and farm implements suffered the vention yesterday afternoon. most drop due to the hammering of | The speaker said that creating a FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Sept. 30.— bearish professionals. tariff and at the same time raising William Warren, whose body was| The loss ranged from $1 to $6 althe wall against the immigrant way found last week at Tanana, cam | hare. an inconsistent policy. to his death through natural caus | “If the tariff wall tends to reduce according to advices received @ our foreign trade, as I think it will, here. Doctors Sutherland and |then we need more people to con= Kaufman performed an autopsy' 'sume our surplus,” said Barton. confirming the findings of the cor- 4 — oner's jury. An indentation on Warren's head led to the belief he had been murdered. R 5,000 Prize for French Fliers Held Up Until Oct. 17 NEW YORK CITY, N. Y, Sept. 30.—Col. W. E. Ester- wood, jr., Dallas, Texas, bank- er announced payment of the $25,000 prize to Coste and Bel- lonte "for the Paris to Dallas flight, will be postponed until October 17 when the fliers end their present good-will tour here. October 10 was the origin- al date but the two French fli- ers wired Col. Esterwood they will not be available for the presentation until October 17. Aviation circles hers believe Coste and Bcllonte plan a flight of three or four days over East- ern Canada and tfe cenciusion of their precent tour. ———- There are 588 commercial craft operating in France. Tanana Man Came to Death Through Natural Causes S STOCK QUOTATIONS 30.—Closing quotation of Alaska nel glider flight is to be offefed by Juneau mining stock today is 5, the British Gliding Association. Alleghany Corporation 18, Ameri-| can Can 117, Anacondi Copper| o 35%. Bethlehem Bteel '30%. PaiCarner Avcuses G.OP. Films 42%, General Motors 38%,/Of Taking Money for Granby Corporation 15, Hupp Mot~ 1 ors 10%, 10, 10%, International ('(’Ill'ru’us Tax RPfll'ldS Harvester 65%, Kennecott Copper — 27%, Montgomery-Ward 28%, Na-| tional Acme 10, Packard Motors | 10%, 10%, 10%, Simmons Beds| 18%, Standard Brands 16%, Stan-| dard Ol of California 55, Standard | il of New Jersey 57'%, Stewart-| Warner 20%, 20, 20%, United Air- | craft 40%, S. Steel 155% | >-oo MRS. JOHN F. STARR | IS MOTHER OF SON Ford Starr, daughter! Gov. Scott C. Bone, is| | the mother of a son, born Septem-| iber 16 at Beverly Hills, Cal, where | Mr. and Mrs. Starr now make their | home. News og the happy event was rec d in Juneau by Mr\" Walstein G. Smith and other | friends I WASHINGTON, Sept. 30— Sizeable contributions o the Republican 1930 campaign funds were linked by Congressman John N. Garner of Texas, Dem- ocratic House leader, with tax refunds of more than $100,- 000,000. Garner said that sev- cnteen donors of $10,000 each had all been beneficiaries of am “cxtremely liberal” Treasury policy in refunds from income taxes paid. From a list of those contrib- uting $5,000 each to the Re- publican campaign chest Gar- ner selected a dozen names who had either received tax refunds, personally qr through corpora- tions in which they are inter- ested, during the past four years, U Mrs of former John air-