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

. W “derful scenery, game, fisheries, or THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVL, NO. 5539. JUNEAU ALASKA WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, l930 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS “PRICE TEN CENTS FEDERALS CLAIM VICTORIES IN BATTLES IN BRAZIL 'POSSES HOT ON ABDUCT@R”S TRAIL WOMAN FREED BY KIDNAPPER; RETURNS HOME Heiress Bac—k—v;ilh Parents After Held Captive 24 Hours GREENFIELD, Missouri, Oct. 15. —Mrs. Alma Wilson McKinley, aged 24, heiress and expectant mother, daughter of an oil millionaire, was returned to her parent’s home last night. ‘ Mrs. McKinley was unharmed. | Monday night a lone intruder, armed with a sawed-off shotgun entered the home of Mrs. McKin- ley's parents and kidnapped her. He left a note demanding & ran-| some of $60,000. . Previous to the! kidnapping, Mrs. Wilson, mother | of the girl had been bound and gagged. She finally freed herself" and gave the alarm and officers started in pursuit of the kxdnapper.; PICK UP 1RAIL GREENFIELD, Mo, Oct. 15— Members of a posse seeking Mrs. McKinley's abductor reported they have picked up a hot trail at Eldorado Springs, a place near here, where she was released after promising to return with at least $10,000 for the man who took her from her parent’s home the night before. Members of the posse said they believe they are closing in on the abductor with a large pack of bloodhounds hot on the trail. Mr. Wilson, the girl's father, has offered $500 to the man who kills the abductor of $1,000 to the “man who brings him for me to kill.” ————— COUNTTOLSTOY ASTONISHED AT SITUATION HERE Grandson o-f_G;eal Russian Writer Advocates Home Rule for Alaska The most astonishing phenome- -non in Alaska today is not its won- minerals, but the lack of local self- ‘government, in the opinion of Count Ivan A. Tolstoy, grandson of the great Russian author and social reformer, Leo Tolstoy. After spending the summer ‘n interior Alaska, he is here for a week’s visit, the guest of Maj. L. E. Atkins. He will make an airplane trip to Sitka. Capable of Government Expressing his astonishment at restrictions on local government here, Count Tolstoy said: “In Russia the Bolsheviks are en- deavoring to educate the people in order that they may assume the] responsibilities of governing them- gelves. In Alaska, where you have a-people already educated and cap- able of governing themselves, the right to do so is largely denied to them, and the government is centered in Washington, a long distance away, the governing done by men who lack knowledge of lo- cal conditions, instead of being done at home by those informed of such conditions. “To me, it seems evident such a system eventually will produce a citizenship that is not desirable. Assumption of responsibilities in government, as well as in other di- rections, broadens the outlook and ! creates capacity. Denial of it, con- | versely lessens capacity and nar- rows vision. In the end, I belleve,/ it will create a spirit of g-rasplng. of selfish exploitation without true/ development, resulting in a looting| of the best of the country, leaving the country to hold what remains. And that is not the true American spirit.” 1 Alackans Real Ploneers | In Alaska, Count Tolstoy said, he had found the real ploneer spirit. The hospitality, the willingness of Alaskans to extend the helping hand to the utmost of their power and facilities, has impressed him tremenduously. The traditional pio- peer individuality and trait of ini- A E Steno to Wed Rfiékob’s Sen nounced. ' It is reported that John J, Raskob, Sr., Democratic National Committee Chairman, has set aside a trust fund of $2,000,000 for the couple. rIM.l'lll Ne Miss Minerva Aaronson, 19- ear-old Jewish secretary, of ew Haven, Conn., (ufipe? whose engagement to John J. Raskob, Jr., has been an- KEEPS KEEN EYE ON WORLD OPIUM TRADE | GENEVA, Oct. 15—No keener eyes watch the League of Nations' efforts to control world trade in opium and other narcotics than the twinkling orbs of Alfredo E. Blanco, Kotzebue Plane Crash Is to Be Investigated mopolite. This handsome Spaniard has spent no more than three months of his life in Spain. He was born in England, married an Irishwoman, worked for a quarter of a century in China, knows Europe intimately and looks to the United States as the hope of mankind. He says: “Half a dozen picked, public- | spirited Americans, by combining | their energles, could stop the illieit o | narcotic business of the world. The ol | Americans have tackled and solved | bigger problems than this.” Senor Blanco was formerly an expert in the league’s narcotic sec- tion, but now directs the Anti- | Opium Information Bureau, which he founded. He presses tirelessly | |for an international agreement to. | restrict manufacture of narcotics { to the world’s medical and scientific o | Reeds. o He says the work is handicapped o | because most of the league’s com- | mittee on the opium traffic repre- | sent countries which are finnncmly interested in the manufacture of | | narcotics. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Oct. 15.—William Moore, As- sistant Supervisor of the Eighth District of Aeronau- tics, said Federal authorities will begin an investigation at once into the crash of the Jesuit plane Marquette Mis- slonary, at Kotzebue, Alaska, last Sunday. He said a man will be sent north to inspect the wrecked plane. Three persons were in- stantly killed in the crash, Father Phillip I. Delon, Fa- ther William F. Walsh and Ralph Wien, pilot. BODY OF WIEN IS AT FAIRBANKS FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Oct. 15.—Pilot Robbins and Gen- eral Manager Arthur W. Johnson, of the Alaskan Air- ways, landed here last night bringing the body of Pilot Ralph Wien, from Kotzebue. They lgnded in total dark- ness after a flight against strong head winds. eeos 0o rvecov e AR R | FLORENCE, Colo., Oct. 15—Fif- H.een persons were injured, three | seriously, and two locomotives were ‘wrecked in a collision of a pas- senger train and switch engine near | here last night. The switch en- gine was switched out of the main |line in front of the passenger train | traveling at 35 miles an hour. L e NEW YORK TO WIDEN ROADS ALBANY, N. Y. — Increase by 1940 of all main roads in the| State of New York to widths of | more than 40, feet is planned by & the Department of Public Works. HOYLE’S FIRST BOOK COMES TO U. S.; ONLY OTHER COPY STAYS AT OXFORD NEW YORK, Oct. 15.—If Edmond Eng)and, Hoyle‘ father of the literature of | So far as known there is only card rules, could revisit the world one other copy in existence, in the he wculd come to the conclusion Bodleian library at Oxford. that he had started something. | Hoyle, the weight of whose au- Some two centiries ago he de-|thority is indicated by the fact cided to put his knowledge of whist |that the phrase “according to into writing and he produced a Hoyle" is a proverb, was born in modest volume of 86 pages contain- |1672. ing all there was to tell of the rules, His early life is lost in the mists of the game ‘“whereby a begmner‘or histery, and it is not until 1741 Imay, with due attention to them, that he emerges as a teacher of ,attain to the playing it well.” | whist fn Queen Square, London. Hoyle did not know that whist in| He compiled a handbook on whist time, would give way to bridge, to |playing which circulated among his ‘be followed by auction bridge and ‘students and which finally develop- the contract bridge of today, each|ed into his famous “Short Trea- to be interpreted by more books | tise on the Game of Whist,” pub- than Hoyle's first volume had pages. lished in 1742. All of which is introduction to| Hoyle continued to be regarded as the fact that a copy of Hoyle's first |authoritative until 1864, after which card book, the “editio princeps” of his laws gradually were superseded the literature of card playing, has by new rules adopted by Arlington * (Continued on Page Eight) ilaund its way to this country from land Portland clubs in that year. passengers, anti-drug crusader and colorful cos- | FAIRBANKSMAN SEEKING WIFE, ~ UNDER ARREST Wlfe, in Seattle, Claims He Pursues Her to' Kill Her | SEATTLE, Oct. 15—Floyd ‘Mor- ton, of Fairbanks, has been arrest- ed on complaint of his estranged wife who said he pursued her from the north for the purpose of killing her. Mrs. Morton told the police -her husband was sentenced to 30°days in jail at Fairbanks when he. beat her after & quarrel. She fled here and moved three times in one wcek when she learned he was looking | for her. She finally appealed to the police and he was arrested at the docr of his wife’s apartment. = She asked that he be held until she|To Protest to takes legal action. {Hoover on 1‘ ] AKET[EREE Wage Reduction - KEEPS SILENT i: ON DEATH BEW Notorious Robber Reveals Little to Officers Before He Dies ° SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, Oct. 15. e |—Jake Fleagle, noforious bank rob- e ‘ber who was shot yesterday by e |officers, died in a hospital here. | Fleagle had been sought about two years for robbery and murder at the time of the hold-up of a Lamar, Colorado, bank. - | Fleagle was shot through the| jabdomen when he was surprised by detectives and other officers as he was about to board a train ut Branson, Missouri. | Fleagle was consclous but weak as a blood-vessel had been rup- tur Offlcers obtained little informa-, tion from him about numerous Ibank and mnfl robberies. AMERICAN 1S ; "§‘,o<';8: ZN‘“;,JJ;‘;’:"ZX].‘“ | HELD GAPTIVE! s S PIEPING, China, Oct. 15—Am- ada‘x herd of over 3,000 reindeer | ierican Consular officers report Bert! which started in December, 1929, Nelson, Lutheran missionary of ign the 1,000-mile crive across Alas- | Minneapolis, is held by brigands.'ka and Northwestern Canada to The abductors belong to the 5°'lthe selected area east of the delta called First Red Army and demflfld‘or the Mackenzie River is halted a large ransome. dn the Hunt River, having complet- 'ed the first lap of the journey east- Bodies Found {ward. |Under Fishing Boat; Satisfactory progress has been made in the movement of the ani- Engine Run’ung mals purchased by the Canadian LONGVIEW, Wash,, Oct. 15. —The bodies of Frank Lyons, aged 37, of Kelso, and Frank Marston, aged 40, of Mayger, Ore.,, were found beneath an overturmed fishing boat near Mayger, the engine still run- ning. It is believed Lyons, who was unable to swim, fell intg ! the water and Warston was drewned trying to rescue Lyons. | | | | | | I { Four of New York Democratic leaders are shown as they left for Syracuse to attend the Dem- ocratic State Convention there. [ 0 BOSTON, Mass, Oct. 15— The American Federation of Labor has instructed Presi- dent Willlam Green to pro- test personally to President Hoover ‘against the alleged reduction in wages in United States Navy Yards. The action followed an at- tack on the convention floor on Secretary of War Adams who was accused of attempt- ing to lower wages through reclassification. G. M. Bug- niazet said Adams was at- tempting to carry out the policies of opponent of labor instead of the policies of President Hoover who had declared for a maintenance of high wages. @00 e0cc000 000 REINDEER DRIVE ACROSS ALASKA WINNIPEG, Man., Oct. 15.— Can- its Northwest territories and Yukon branch in Alaska for the establish- ment of herds in Northern Canada to supplement the supplies of food and clothing of natives along the Arctic coast. Many Difficulties Many unforseen difficulties.arose durigg the early part of the drive which greatly retarded progress, with the result that the halt for fawning had to be called consider- ably short of the objective—the Col- Police Conduct Another: |vine miver vaney. However, it 1s expected that when the movement Raid, Bombay Congress, 11 resumed this month much better ce | Progress will be made and that the herd will be delivered on the east ibank of the Mackenzie spring of 1931 BOMBAY, Oct. 15—The poll today raided the offices the Bombay All-Indian National (,"m-‘ gress Committee and arrested 125, i including 25 boys and President The herd began the long drive on |Nagindas of the Bombay War cember 16 from the assembling Council, The National Flag had[Point on the Napaktoolik River in been substituted for the Union Western Alaska. The chief diffi- Jack. ’cully encountered by the Lapp and — e - {Eskimo herders in charge of the A'“, 3 |drive was the fact that the animals New semce to llur the greater part were young CM Is lnaugurdted and consequently intractable. early in the The purpose in selecting the young ani- mals was that they had only been :nes @ short time on the range and An- they would not be under the same here 'urge as the older animals to return »ast 'to their former feeding ground. reves| ———————— Fort' George Kendler, proprietor of ried the Alaska Dairy, returned last ght night from a business visit to the / , States, ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct [5— The first of three trimotor inaugurating the Atlanta-Lo: geles air passenger line, left this morning for the Pacific via Jackson, Mississippi; S port, Louisiana, Dallas (Worth, Texas. The plane ¢ 2,000 pieces of mail and IS SUGCESSFUL Department of the Interior through| Left to right, John F. John McCooey, Jo: Ryan and Judge Jeremiah Mahoney. New York City graft disclosure Curry, I Democratlc Leaders at Com enti and refusal by Tammany lead- ers to waive immunity took the spotlight on the eve of the con- vention, Standard Bearer for G.O.P. If the new Wet plank in the platform of the Republican State party accomplishes its purpose, this family will be the future occupants of the Ex- ecutive Mansion at Albany, N. Y. They are: Charles H. Tuttle, anti-Volstead candidate for the RAIN FALLING, WATER FAMINE NEW YORK, Oct. 15.—Rain fell today in many sections of the East following a long drought and set at rest fears of a water fam- ine. Before the rain, Gov, Franklin D. Roosevelt had closed the' Adri- hunting. In Pennsylvania, John $. Fisher had. started deer Gov. hunting. S eee— Representative of Tariff Commission To Be Sent Abroad WASHINGTON, D. C. Oct. 15—Jchn Bethune, of Falls Church, Virginia, has been ap- pointed by the Tariff Com: sion ac its representative Europe with headquarters Brussels. The appointment is regarded as further pvidence that the Commission intends to attach great importance to the foreign aspects of the tariff. ———— Lord Ambultree Named Bntlsh Air Minister LONDON, Oct. 15 |ree, agea 72 years experienced in avi made Minister ¢ Lord Thomas, of the British ¢ Lord Ambul- cally un- has been suceeeding the crash R-101. n, Air d in ible, to close all forests for small game 4 Governorship on the Republican ticket; Mrs. Tuttle, and their daughter, Jasmine. Following a hectic party session, the Re- publicans decided to adopt a declaration ealling for the re- peal of the Eighteenth Amend- ment. | COMMUNISTS ' AND FASCISTS * FEARS VANISH ARE IN CLASH " DESSAU, Germany, Oct. 15.— e been sent to a sly injured after h \Mvh Communists. The Fascists were through the streets singing when \they passed a cafe filled with Com- | cl ondacks and Catskill Mountains t0 munists who bombarded them with following with all apons. - beer bottles available v , TRAVELING TO HOLLYWOOD McManus of Mr Yukon for will make | | Jackie grand on the where he left Cal Delia Dull, Hollywood, his home. trooping] eight year old REBELS ARE ON RETREAT ALONG THREE FRONTS ——Troops Re- ‘Government ported to Be Success- fully Advancing 'FIGHTINC IS FORCED INTO PARANA REGION {Insurgents Claim Cowboys | Win Fight in Jacar- { ezino Sector | Ao | MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, |Oct. 15.—The Brazilian Fed- __lerals today claimed steady ladvances for the armies on three fronts. g Twe sections of the Minas {Geraes rebels are retreating in two columns on the 200- mile front. | On the Sao Paulo-Parana front, the Federals have forc- ed the fighting into Parana away from the San Paulo | border. Insurgent quarters are si- lent on the Federal claims but insisted that Rio Grande do Sul cowboys are still ad- | vancing and claimed a victory jat Carlepolis in the Jacar- ezinso sector. This is denied, howevcr, by the Pederals. 120000 LAY DOWN TOOLS IN GERMANY ‘Metal Workers Go on Strike—New Economic and Political Snarl | BERLIN, Oct. 15—One hundred jand twenty thousand metal work- ers laid down their tools today as |a protest to the Government ar- bitrator’s award for a reduction of wages. | The reduction is 8 per cent for workers above 18 and 6 per cent |for those below. | The strike creates a new snarl in |Germany’s economic and political s!rugule e ventures to predict the Re-ole('t Socialist 'As President of & German Reichstag 1 BERLIN, Oct. 15—Dr. Paul ! Leibe, Socialist, has been re- elected President of the Reich- stag after a bitter fight. The first ballot gave Dr. Loibe 226 making it necessary for a second ballot as Ernest Scholz, of the German Peo- ple’s Party had 179 votes. R E. L. C. De la Pole, mining en- gineer, is a passenger on the steam- ship Northwestern. He is destined for Fairban! | | REVIVE KELP | INDUSTRY ON IRISH DUBLIN, Oct. 15 State’s government I Fisherie that out $7( s year tive m g cheme gathered on the Irish west The Free ment of has paid a coopera- kelp, coast in of Something 2,000 tons of cah ashe f sea d, from obtained, the de- alt in- differ- 1d compara~ ousands ul the 1zged h.r e partmer dustry en T verty tive uence to tk lmnl\ fisher WEST COAST | The best kelp comes from Tory {Island, Donegal, and brings about $70 a ton but there is a good gqual- ity also from around Quilty in |County Clare and other supplies are available along the entire Con- nemara coastline and the Arran Islands. One official told of a family of father, mother and five children which had netted $760 from the sea- son'’s work. “This meant,” he ex- ‘plained. “that the boy and three of the girls did not have to emigrate as_would have been the case if this money had not been forthcom- ing.”