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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVL, NO. 5541. JUNEAU, ALASKA FRIDAY OCTOBER I7 1930 MEMBER OF ASSOCIA'IED PRESS ym nN’chms EIGHTEEN DIE IN EXPLOSION, FIRE IN LOS ANGELES WILD SCENES IN REICHSTAG " BREAK FORTH Commumsts ists Howl Over‘ Government’s Proposed Economic Program FASCISTS ADVOCATE NATION GO TO WAR Abrogation of Versailles Treaty Suggested— Berlin in Disorder BERLIN, Oct. 17.—Bedlam reign- ed today in the German Reichstag as Communists howled about the Government’s program for econ- omic reform. Gregor Strassar, Fascist Party spokesman, advocated abrogation of the Versailles treaty and “if necessary, the Germans' salvation is war.’ Strassar's declaration was madc after fellow partisans howled down | others who were forced to bellow | arguments for or against the Gov- ernment. At one point the Sodlallatsl REPORT CAPTURE OF INLAND CITY PR | Federal Infantry Surrend-| ers in City of 60,000 3 Population \ /GOVERNMENT FORCES ADVANCE, ALL FRONTS l RADIO WIZARD WEDS FILM STAR | | | %Insurgents Abandon Three! i Localities—U.S. Navy | Craft Dispatched I MONTIEVIDEO, Uruguay, Oct. |17—An official Rebel communique | said the Insurgents in Brazil have captured the interior city of Sanjoa Delrey. The infantry stationed there surrendered without a fight, ' it 1s claimed. | | Sanjoa Delrey is located on one of two rail routes to Rio de Jan- eiro to Bellohorizonte. The popu- {lation is 60,000. The infantry there had been be- |seiged by the Insurgents since the ' revolution started. | | Reports from Federal quarters | claimed advanced on all fronts and [ | ‘ | 1 | i | | | | BRAZ ||_ REBELS BRAZILI #° kg;;x a AN CITY IN PATH OF ADVANCING REBELS ELEVEN STORY STRUCTURE IS - MASS OF RUINS ‘Garment - Capltal Building i Is Wrecked by Ex- plosion and Fire CLOTHES BURNED OFF | BODIES OF VICTIMS Scores Are Rescued, All | Severely Burned—In- vestigation Started | | LOS ANGELES, Cal, Oct. 17— |An explsoion practically wrecked the 11-ctory Garment-Capital Build- 1ing this afternoon and fire, follow- ing the explosion, completed de- | struction | Eightecn are believed to have been kil b > explosion and fire. Bodies in the ruins were found | with clothes burned off of them. | Forty or more persons were res- cued by firemen and they suffered |severe burns and other injuries. | One hour after the explosion, the building was a mere semblance |to a steel skeleton. |in many localities, the Government | Dr. Lee DeForest, 52, disllnguished developer of radio and talking 'TOOPS are experiencing no refllsl-| i S s 6 g A view of a business center in Sao Paulo (shown above), coffee center of Brazil, which is believed do it.” motion pictures, and Marie Mosquini, pretty film comedienne, were The Bedlam lasted for hours and did|quietly married at Tiajuana, Mexico, on October 3. The newlyweds Bban;gfl;”fl;a :{:fle“‘d to have't, pe an objective of rebel forces reported to be driving forward to unseat the Federal Government of not cease when Strassar took the|are living apart in Hollywood pending culmination of the New York anq Imbuzeiro. .. floor and said: “The Fascists are|giyorce obtained by the first Mrs. DeForest. not seeking war but won't shrink LA Al BIAELY (8 e S TS et E i if it should become the last means of securing German independence MINNEAPOLIS, BR]DEGROO\I LASKA, M 'ER MARRIES THEM; shouted: “Throw them out.” d | The police have started an in- The Fascists replied: “Come an \ vestigation, believing the blast was perpetrated as Lhe result of labor troubles. \ Dojacutinga presigent Washington Luis. Federal troops such as these pictured below marching in Rio Janeiro, are — qpo explosion shattered windows i |engaged with the revolutionists. Hou Tevn Nitkket astay 1 456 Ao | CRUISER ORDERED SOUTH | it ——+|town wholesale district. i | Six fire companies were rushed |to the scene and battled to stem |the blaze while rescuers dragged | . and social freedom.” !The American cruiser Penucolal Strassar said the Versailles trea- ty was “immoral and hence void.” The Reichstag met while the has been ordered to Brazilian wat- | UNIQUE CEREMONY IS PERFORMED ers as a precautionary measure for | wasmvaton, ». ¢, os. 11— BISHOP CANNON FACES CHARGES |F|VE M||_|_|[]N | victims to safety. Every available ambulance in the city was called out. Those suffering burns were taken b |:|LEDVIIN]'EII GIVES FIRST THREAT Snow in Mountains — Val- || WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 17.—| | Piairies Chilled Attempts to discredit Bishop James| 1€YyS, Irairies iled— Cannon, Jr., of the Methodist Ep-| if iscopal Church of the South and| Man Loses Life malign the character of the pres-\ urGAGO, 1L, Oct. 17—The |ent Mrs. Cannon are charges made| in a $5,000000 libel suit the Bishop 'St threat of winter weather Has been made. has filed against Willlam R »d i R rangolon | Snow blankets the Cascades and Hearst. A : Bishép Cannon charges that in|ROCky Mountains. 5 | "June, the New York Journal and| The plains of the Mississippl Val- other Hearst newspapers printed ley have been chilled accounts of the Bishop being at; In Texas, the northern prairies the home of his present wife at are experiencing cold, crops are the time the late Mrs. Cannon died damaged and danger to stock is in- |and telephoned his son for his dicated. wife’s condition. One death is reported. The body SO SR | Americans who might want to leave | MINNEAPOLIS, Minn, Oct. 17./the country. —While the minister 'and biide The British cruiser Delhi is now | |stood behind a telegraph ins“,u_‘enrcute to Pernambuco, Brazil. | - ‘Im-t. in a telegraph office here,: LA o GuMMUlels Repeal and the bridegroom was in the ‘U 8. Signal Corps office at An-‘NAvAI- THEATY BOSTON, Mass., Oct. 17.— chorage. Alaska, William Kinsell, i » IN NEW YORK "IN OUTBREAK manding repeal of the Eigh- teenth Amendment and Vol- . Demonstrators Are Dis-: stead Act. persed by Charging |e Mounted Police city was seething in disorder and police were fighting Communists. Labor F(u'ors 2_75 - Beer; Againsty Bishop James Cannon, Jr., Takes Action Against Wm. R. Hearst The American Federation of Labor has reiterated its pol- icy favoring modification of the Volstead Act to permit of 2.75 per cent beer but de- feated the resolution de- head of the motor equipment de-| partment of the Government Rall-| road in Alaska, and Vivian Brown, l here, were married by telegrap‘l | Both are residents of Mlnneapohs, but press of business took Kmseul 1 M to Alaska and this brought abour.' the unique ceremony. The Rev. L. J. Beynon officiated. || - Woodri Carri Standing beside the operator n!Ll€ut. oodring Larries the telegraph office he addressed | Documents Across questions to the bridegroom. The C t. t ontinen: 'messages went by wire to Seattle, cable to Seward and land wires to| y [y NEW YORK CITY, N. Y., Oct. LEUPULD LUEB J 17—A series of four Communist | Anchorage. The replies came back! NEW YORK CITY, N. Y. Oct.| disturbances within a few hours | promptly. 17.—Lieut. I. E. Woodring, Army : were climaxed in an outbreak in | It took about 10 minutes to put|flier, landed here late yesterday 4 the City Hall Park when demofl- the questions and about the same|afternoon bringing documents sig- strators were dispersed by ch: length of time to receive the an-|nifying Japan's ratification to the mounted police. swers. {London Naval Treaty. The docu- 000 ceo0ccve A AL (L S . dswiricn® ' gssoMated Press Photo | Bishop Jameu Cannon, .jr., returned from a South American trip The €ommunist candidate for The whole ceremony was little,ments were given to him at Vic- e of Benedict Imhoecfer has been Slayers_of thtle Bobbie [toria, B. C. and sped across the| to defend himselt against accusations brought by four ministers of | % Sy o Lt e it ; his church. Bishop Cannon (right) is shown receiving his customs | Democrats Full of g Lieutenant Governor, two other men AR i more than half an hour. and three women were arrested. ranks re Demole Mrs. Kinsell will leave at once|continent to be given to a carrier | apers from Staft Officer Fralick. e The spokesman entered the City lfor Alaska. leaving on the liner Leviathan. P % v Hall to read a petition concerning B | e Widespread| Temperatures have dropped in d protest to May- { : ] gseJm:"'l“:};m;m;;ker :;:‘“5" th" OLEET diinals, Oct. M sHar i v 550 S I N VES T()RS ! ?}hNVER' o Minnesota, the Dakotas, Towa, Ne B : e ik i [ B l ). . enthusiasm” over pros- sota, the 3 , Ne- they called police brutality. The first time since their imprisonment, MAIL TRAINS CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Oct. 17. ¢ g P for the entire Democratic|braska, Missouri, western Kansas HAVE BIG STAKE Leopold hard Loeb, o " eokeoman and oihers were eieted.| L o ke Bonty Pran e crushed and broken. wreckage from United States senator|and Oklahoma. s DAk IN BRAZEE BONDS i, i v 5 e |4 oD 2 e 4 Walker, Democratic state chairman. —————————— sk s of little Bobby Franks, in of the plane and th f Lieut. slayers of little Bobby s pl e body of Lieu |down—was expressed today in a| Temperatures dropped from 78 to Montana. Hope m Colorado The heavy snow in the Cascades in Prison Life has stopped traffic Chicago, have been placed at hard William Caldwell were found yes- B ltemay on the hill top in a rugged work in the prison shops. Leopold has been secretary to the country north of Laramie. It is there from Paris. crew; Conductor Jerry Duckson from B and 3 H A the other, all from Cleveland. TOKYO, Oct. 17. — Two earth |statistics. in large quantities. the prospetcor's samples assayed $8|® missal from school. Previously they had been given| gaN FRANCISOO, Cal, Oct. 17. B d el lln‘cd ' shocks have been felt in the west=| Ag reports reached here that four P B I bt R, to the ton /s 60000000090 1 a check for almost twice that| _George Sheldon, ‘photographer. s O 259 A e ©lern part of Mondo Island, fairly|states, Rio Grande do Sul, Minas b amount, money not expended fromisuffered a cut hand and other p(ar:[mBke sny comment Chaplain but was demoted for fail- R apparent the plane lunged to the WW““““', “"““““;:“1 ”‘a; T Accused of Smoking, ure to deliver a message to another ground at a terrific speed during P ri- Bond and Share of New York is the speakers to be heard in 7 s l GIVEN 325 000 prisoner. Th[;eedMEmbe}s_ of dCrew weather with no cefling and no| WASHINGTON, Oct B A O tand. 1o, v atquirad con. jsiate during the campalgn will be Expelled from » y P90 03 Toen foasseriber ead, Four Injured— |vsibilty. C estments ol b | e e, Senator David 1. Walsh, of Mass-{School. Girl Suicid, . - s half a billion dollars in Brazil,[trol recently of the Brazilian Trac- =~ S Rkdran < w 1ochool, wt dutcutes ! - Leopold is in the old state prison Lieut. Caldwell left Victoria with 5 ton is in progress. |tion Company’ from Belgium, Eng- achusetts, and Senator Joseph T. ki K. r—— L T I s Wiy hnsw priaciiy kb o Comment Made Lieut. Woodring on the Japan nay-|Where a revolution prog S Duton ana Canadias interests,|ROPINSON of Arkansa e e s e _ Another Check Is Also|statevire. e al pact treaty carrying mission. | wme great bulk of these invest-| Gomparatively 11ttle. American e 3 DECROEL . O 160 P ed Co: The Warden said: “I do not be-| CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct. 17— BB A ments, between $400,000,000 and |y oo it 4s understood, is invested Gold Discovery Is > dlacastt Hhdaihe. aH0. Al T resented to Loste ol Two mail trains on the Big Four ‘ i T | ST X 48 4 3 iy g, ause she ha dBellont B both - shnald jbe, under e ol et b olty $450,000,000 represent American p ;‘<i y in Brazilian coffee or rub- Reported in Ontario|® been accused and expelled o an onte same roof. lnitts Ak i Th g | chases of Brazilian government p.. two of the country's most im- S !. from school for smoking ® Leopold and Loeb are serving life limits this morning. S bonds. Of the remainder, betWeen poriant products. However, many| gk LAKE, Ontarlo, Oct. 17—|® cigareites committed suicide ® NEW YORK CITY, N. Y. Oct.|sentences bers of the crews were killed ‘and $40,000,000 and $50,000,000 are in- S | § S one ; Mars: Coste - and. Bal~ % four injured. | i entani 108hS o' Briuillans ‘are(y poiq fever Hias ‘Hroken:out and|®. by dwmwning in. he Detxalt ]17-?“5’:?“:“9;: R fi:e:'; o) B 5 Th' dead’ are: | FELT IN jAPAN | vested am bmanu fact :ll‘()“[»'lfl“m) ris- backed by coffee land colaters @l hundreds of prospectors are mass- | ® River . check. 3 een 3 3 s - g g s gz ey :zvslfm by William Easterwood Injured in Premature Engineer Henry Sprous-and Fire- !:;10?730 DOOC‘;'; on 19000000 &ad{Heury Pord recently started a rub-|ing at Bannockburn townsite, 50|® Dorothy Berger is the girl. ® . 4 " E l . f Fl . h man Charles Craft from one train ¥ | ber plantation about 400 miles from ' miles north of here where a rich'® She denied the accusation e Jr. of Dallas, Texas, for fiying xplosion of Flashlight cording o commerce department|pary. but it is not yet Producing |gold discovery is reported. One of [@ but brooded over her dis- ® . . ¥ strong. The shocks were the Each locomotive was pulling tWolcevere in Ishikawa and Fuk 108 | Geraes, Par ba and Px-z'n.wmbuco‘;I‘[’)),l[ ("‘,(,r“,, I‘VI','..’(’S 'UPTURN IN VALUES the fund raised by the good-will \sons were slightly bruised by the il s e-|were the scenes of revolutionary| ¢ tour committee. premature explosion of Sheldon's 8 fectures. No casualties arc €= gaing officials d the out-| Ruthless Cut {flashlight while preparing to pho- ported. come of what ed o be the | ()f Armament Bill [ ’KIJI Y F()R HE4T Chases Son Around \r;;:{’zn“;‘int;; %":‘d"g’l’h*‘““‘“ Senator’s Son Pleads i 2 1most serious Bra: ‘,mn n\u‘uixfll_u J Vi ) 2z % y Hall yester- . B TODAY’! since Emperor Don Pedro was over P JAY. Engls R h Poker: & Guill I | '8 STOCK | TORQUAY, England, Oct. 17. b oom with Foker; i e P ty, Intoxication| QUOTATIONS T b T Zilloyd George, Liberal leader |- WITH LESS SURPLUS 3 . . . el ny Firms Interes E | Is Skot Down SHRINE TO COMMEMORATE ATLANTA. Ciorels, . Odt,. 1125 AT | A arge number of American| 73 wATDme Fremien feld the | | FIRST CATI . g ! ¥ ? R g a1 5 INDEPENDENCE, Ky, Oct. | CATHOLIC SETTLERS |Thomas Heflin, Jr., son of Senator glEV:’ YORK CITY, N. Y.f rl'l. firms are 1n(err,.»tvc'dv t“ B:jm;lz w Trose tolan al he ol oen | By FRANK I. WELLER R T ne santiins-” hidian - ok f ATooBerniien Certiie 8 faem- | popcoo L ST o o | Berlin, has beey fined 10 "and ) °“‘18 Huotafion of Alaska JUgfsong them s the Unitec RIS1E8 | by of ‘one: hupd ke d anifiioh . | (A. P. Farm Editor) sumption Of wheat is expected to er, aged 32 years, relative of | 1, - 1T.1costs of $2 after he pleaded guilty neau mine stock today is 6. Ar .l-!sceex Corporation with extensive pounds ought to be cut ruth- [comdiine. fo marmal yolame:: N |—A sm. I wayside shrine, similar t " \pe] K 7ilson a i 7 A T - S l y ar t0|to the charge of being drunk and'can Can 114%, Anaconda Copper|manganese mines. Wilson and Com- | (SO (WRL B Do TG L | WASHINGTON, D. C., Ot 11— jogica) result would bring material e e armisteation, |Uhose seen clong Old World roads, gisorderly. Heflin gave the name35%, Bethlenem Steel 7% FOX|pany, Swift and Company, Armour | 508 (. TC EEEERTOR U8 Irne market may be one of | yeguc e NS John G. Carlisle, shot his fath- | to be erected on the Richmond-|of “J. Thomas,” but admitted being Films 35, General Motors ’3%iand Company, are interested, di-| ;. hi coneration.” [the tirst units in the American eco- |~ wrio g 8 situation would er, Robert, aged 61, who he said Washington highway, commemorat-ithe son of the Alabama Senator.|Granby Corporation 13%, In‘er-|rectly, or through subsidiaries, in | R I, {nomic structure to recover from | .notnan wheat as a cash erop, chased him around the room |IDg the first Catholic settiement in (Unable to pay his fine, he tele- | national Harvester 58%, Kenuccott|Brazilian meat pach plants. {the general depression in commodity | woiq not ngcm‘;amy Thaak ta with a poker. The father was | Virginia. flgraphed for money. |Copper 26%, Montgomery-Ward| Both the Standard Oil and Texas | tota! railroad mileage |values return to the relatively high prices found behind the stove, dead. _ Nearby is lk_xe ceme(ery in which | P 5 T ST, 22%; National Acme 9, Company group so have exten- of 52&‘ It is almost conclusive that cur-|e oo have m;m_ u; beliwg ne- Murder charges have been |the settlers, including a daughter| New barges of the Mississippi- Motors 10%, 9%, 9%, S sive interests 4as have: the | 3 low prices will \curtall pigc] SEacrR Iave.ooma 1o EAAS, filed against Herndon Carlisle. of Lord Baltimore, are buried. The|warrior line will be given names Beds 15%, Standard Brand .|Dupont, St ral Electric, | —_— 1, particularly in the United | ;006 ¢ pfin;n: uL'S—(‘)m'u’mnv of e [Catholic Woman's Club is sponsor-|of famous river characters such as Standard Ol of =California Diamond M d and Interna-| A double-barrelled cannon, in-|States. Market stocks are heavy |y mederal Form Board. says pric » A dog was the defendant in the ing the shrine and will unveil the “Mark Twain," “Huckleberry Finn,” Standard Oil of New Jerse: '%,/tional Tele and Telegraph |vented as a Confeder cagon 1n lnow, but the short corn crop s irete gt O e will first lawsuit ever held in Grundy !crucifix on the second Sunday in{“Tom Sawyer” “Pirate Belle” and United Aircraft 34%, U. S ©5'cel companies. the Civil War, is a relic at A:hl')!a‘.:])utunu a large amount of wheat EP““ ’ ‘? " ffi,L l county, Tennessee¢, November, i“Jim Bludsoe,” 145%, ! In the utilities field, Electric|Ga. It was a failure in battle, Jinto livestock feed | (Continued on Page Seven)