The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 20, 1930, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS VOL. XXXVL, NO. 5543. ALL THE TIME” HUNDREDS OF AUTOS TOURISTS ARE CAUGHT;SNOW TIES UP ROADS Traffic Is Paralyzed by Snow from 9 Inches’ to 4 Feet Deep AUTOISTS ABANDON CARS FOR SHELTER Farm Houses Taxed to Limit—60-Year-Old Record Broken BUFFALO, N. Y., Oct. 20—Hun- dreds of automobiles snow bound in Western New York have been abandoned by tourists who left; their homes during Indian summer weather and were caught in snow from nine inches to four feet. | The storm broke suddenly over| Lake Erie and drove freighters to shelter. Autoists who abandoned their | cars sought shelter in farm houses as snow plows attempted to open the roads. | One farm house accommodated 67 persons who slept on the floor, from the basement to the attic. | Broken wires are everywhere. | The snow stopped electric trains and busses. 1 | ) WINTER SETTLES DOWN CHICAGO, I, Oct. 20—One 60-year-old record has been smash- ed by winter which ~has settled down for a several days stay. Sun- day's low of 31 degrees was the coldest for October in 60 (years. UNCLE SAM’S BOAT WINS FISHING SCHOONER GERTRUDE L. THEBAUD AND HER MASTER, CAPT. BEN PINE (Inset) GLOUCESTER, Mass., Oct. 20- L. Thebaud, pride of the Gloucester fishing fleet, defeated the Nova Scotia schooner Blue .Nose, champion of, the' Canadian fishing fleet, 1ast Saturday afternoon to take the series for Sir Thomas Lipton’s In- ternational Fishermen's Trophy and a $3,500 purse. “time the Blue Nose has met a declsive defeat in her ten-year career. T DEMOCRATS WILL CONTROL e rT— Shouse Sa;?Democratic Victory Certain — Will Have House and May May Win Senate WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. — For {the first time during the course of the campaign, Jouett Shouse, { Chairman of the Democratic Ex- ecutive Committee, today predicted that the Democratic Party would control the next National House |of Representatives and practically wipe out the Republican Senate majority, if, indeed, it does not control that body by a narrow mar- gin over the Republicans. Shouse placed the absolute mini- mum of the Democratic gains in the House at sixty members and declared that it would probably be nearer seventy than sixty. Only seats now held by Republicans would have to be carried by the Democrats to give them a clear majority. .| That the Democrats will make remarkable Senate gains,. Mr. | Shouse says, is a foregone oon- | clusion, and they might gain a ' Imajority over the Republicans. ;STEBBINS ADMITS HE PAID GROCER TO FILE LINCOLN, Neb, Oct. 20~—State Treasurer W. M. Stebbins, uksuc- jcessful candidate, against Senator |George W. Norris for the Repub- lican Senatorial nomination in Ne- —The American schooner Gertrude! It is the first Hundreds of homeless tramped thl’ streets in the cold without shelter | Bris as all available acco modatlons‘Prohsznon e 'Poll of Editors Is Called Off U.S. TO URGE SPEEDING UP " OF BIG ISSUE | | WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 20.—The poll of Editors upon their prohibition views has been called off. Prohi- bition Director Amos Wood- cock said this was done “lest the purpose be misun- derstood.” Disarmament Commission | to Be Asked to Con- - | < Adkeqio™ TANKER CRAIG Ibraskn admitted that he donated la $500 Liberty Bond to George W. Norris, Brokenbow groceryman STINK BOMBS after the grocer filed as a candi- date of the oppositon to Senator ARE THRan |George W. Norris in the Republi- | |can primary. Stebbins took full | responsibility for the bond dona- - BY FASCISTS ition and for cash contributions to ald in the campaign to defeat 'Japanese Royal Couple Forced to Leave Opera Senator Norris, saying that he act- |ed wholly within his rights. in German Town e, — NATIONALISTS PRESS REBELS FRANKFORT - ON-MAIN, Ger- many, Oct. 20.—Prince Takamatsu, NEXT CONGRESS | 1 'New Reichstag Ends Brief ! Stormy Session—Meet ! in * December | | BERLIN, new | Reichstag wound up the first of but tumultous session shortly after midnight last Saturday and ad- journed until December 3, after giving a vote of confidence to] Chancellor Breuning’s Coalition| Government. ., | The vote of confidence was 318 | | Communists and Fascists greeted, the vote by booes and cat calls. During the stormy concluding session, the Nationalists, who de- mand renunciation of the Versailles Treaty, distributed in the Reich- stag copies of an interpellation to the Government asking if it was aware that “American Senator Shipstead had introduced in the United States Senate” a resolution [characterizing the war guilt para- graph of the Versallles Treaty a produet of the “hystefia, hypocr and falsification” of the war years and proposing its elimination. “What steps has the German Government taken to encourage such stirrings of the world’s con- |science on the subject?” the reso- lution asked. Debate against the interpellation | was rendered almost impossible by the heckling of Fascists. Finally shouting, “Germany Awakel” they rose in a body and left the cham- ber. Chancellor Bruening had not at- tempted to speak during the tu- multuous scenes, and evidently had not intended to participate in the disorderly debate. But just before the vote of confidence was taken, he was compelled to resent an in- sinuation that President von Hin-| denburg was not giving full sup-| Iport to all of the cabinet’s poli-| cies. ! Von Oldenburg, one of the lead- ers of the opposition to the Gov- ernment, intimated that the Presi- dent was not in sympathy with the | program of Gen.,Wilhelm Goerner, Minister of Defense. - The Chan- cellor's respogse was uncquivocal.; He said: “The Minister of Defense joys the confidence of the Presi- dent in the fullest degree.” en- | | \brother of the Japenese Emperor, Chinese Government MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS —— PRICE TEN CENTS E FEDERAL FORCE SNOW BOUND IS NEWARK, N. J,, Oct aviator, landed Saturday new junior transcontinental record. WINS NEW FLYING HONORS ROOSEVELT FIELD, N York and St. Louis, 2 35 minutes, flying time. 20.—Rcbert Buck, 15-year at the Metro] Los Angeles in 23 hours and 47 minutes Y., Oct. 20—Miss Laura Ingalls, of New in Parana. holder of two aviation records for women, bombing. |collected another when she brought her last Saturday combbleting a flight from Los Angeles in 25 hours and She made the last leg from Columbus, Ohio, LAND CITY BESIEGED BY REBEL FORCE Federals, Hard Pressed, Retreat from Mainland Across Bridge 'ATTEMPTS BEING MADE 'TO MINE THE CHANNEL | Brazilian Wa rnships Are Threatened—Pow- er Is Cut Off PORTE ALEGRE, Brazil, Oct. 20, —The Rebel siege of Florianapolis, the sole Federal stronghold in the south, has been pressed so hard that the Federal have withdrawn from the mainland across the bridge to the island on which the (city is situated. On Sunday the Revolutionists occupied Estreito on the mainland |opposite Florianapolis and obtained ‘control of thé power lines which |feed the city. The power was shut off. Attempts are being made to mine ‘thc channel between the island -old Elizabeth, N. J.,'and mainland to bottle up the jlitan Airport after flying from Federal warships using the city wctual flying time, setting a 2 8 base. | Florianapolis is a city of about 140,000 population. It is the capi- |tal of the State of Santa Cath- |arina on the island of the same "n;\mv and is connected by the long- iest eye-bar suspension bridge in itrhe world, protected by several small forts. | The forts have remained loyal. | The city has proved a thorn in {the revolt from a rebel stand- | point, { The rebels wished to concentrate [the entire force on the Parana- Sao Paulo front but had to watch ; Florianapolis. \ i AMERICAN PLANES USED | RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 20.— {Four American airplanes comprise !part ‘of the military equipment being used by the Federals against | the rebels. The machnies are own= led by the State of Sao Paulo and are used by the State Police. The planes are equipped with machine !guns and are now on active duty They are also used for tiny moth plane down here I B B i e FATHER, THREE and his wife were driven from an i | WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 20.—| Ex P LUDES IN Speedy conclusion of the work of | . the League of Nations’ Preparatory. Disarmament Commission will be urged by the American delegation. This was the stand taken after ex- tended conferences between Presi- dent Hoover, Secretary of State, Stimson and other Department offi- | cials. The delegation is headed by Hugh S. Gibson, American Ambassador to Belgium, Gibson and Hugh R.| Wilson, Minister to Switzerland,| have left for Geneva to attend the session next month. { - OUTTOBEAT MISS INGALLS WINSLOW, Arizona, Oct. 20.—! Mrs. Keith Miller, British aviatrix, | stopped here Saturday night in an attempt to break the West to East women’s flight record. She broke a wheel in landing. Miss Laura Ingalls on Saturday set a record of 25 hours and 35 minutes when she landed in New York City. Mrs. Miller has broken Miss In- gall's East to West record by near- 1y five hours, landing in Los An- geles in 25 hours and 44 minutes, flying time. HUDSON RIVER Hot Decks, Burning Gaso- line on Water, Makes Rescue Difficult TROY, New York, Oct. 20.—An oil tanker exploded in the Hudson River with a detonation that was felt for miles. Several men were {killed and many injured. Two tugs nearby caught fire. The tanker Craig was being tow- ed at the time of the explosion. The charred body of one of its crew was scen on the deck but the fire was too hot for the res- cuers to reach. Hundreds of windows were blown out along the waterfront. A 500-pound fire hydrant was thrown three blocks. burning gasoline on the water 'which endangered boats. et BOMB FOUND, S, . THEATRE i | SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Oct. 20. A dynamite bomb said to con- tain enough explosive to wreck a Iblock of buildings, was found Sat- urday at the foot of a ticket booth 'of the Alhambra Theatre, one of a !string owned by the Nasser Broth- ers whose Royal Theatre was bomb- led last June. | Ten sticks of dynamite in a gal- |vanized metal box with an un- lighted fuse four feet long was e 'found placed at the foot of the veev o009 90 0 e o o ticket booth Hot Iron for Stomach Ache May Prove Fatal CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 20. — Edward Paulson had the stomach ache and his wife applied a hot iron. Paulson was so badly burn- ed that he may die. Rescue efforts were hampered by | lopera here by stink bombs thrown by Fascists. The bombs were accompanied by _cries of: “Hail Hitler; Awake Ger- many.” The bombs and cries were not directed at the Royal visitors but as a protest to the opera. Fascists said the theme was political as it depicted a scene in Utopia where one could do wrong. The hero fin- paying his debts and was electro- cuted. The opera is named “The Rise and Fall of the City of Ma- hogony.” DRINK ALL DAY: MURDER, RESULT San Francisco Hotel Own-! er Charged with Killing Woman SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Oct. 20. —Mrs. Rose Farley” was shot to| death last night and George| Wright, owner of the hotel where/ the sheoting occurred,. is charged | with the murder. The police said Wright confessed to shooting the woman and then tried to kill him- | self when he realized what he had | done. He said both had been on an all-day drinking bout. Screen Star Is Wedded in Yuma YUMA, Arizona, Oct. 20—Lewis S. Stone, aged 50 years, screen and stage star, and Hazel Elizabeth Wood, aged 29 years, of Palya del ‘Rey, California, were married here! Sunday, Troops Driving Back e i i quLfl PEAcE =1n four and one-half hours, covering the 535 miles ahead of strong tail |winds and crossing the Alleghenies at an altitude of 4,000 feet. ally committed the crime of not|Armies in Northwestern Feng's. Army SURE TO COME | [ NANKING, China, Oct. 20.—Ter- mination of what many National- ist officials say has been the “most 'devastating war- in the history of the Republic,” appears to be near. The Government Military Head- !quarters announced the Nationalist Honan |Province have rapidly pushed back !the Northern Alllance Rebels in Shangshi Province and are operat- |ing along two railways running west (and north of Chengchow. The Nationalists drove back the|B. Kellogg, forces of General Feng Yushiang.|as Judge of the World Court next | SAYS KELLOGG Next JudgeZfiX/orld Court| Optimistic—Discuss- es Business THE HAGUE, Oct. 20.—Former American Secretary of State Frank | who will be installed | | {of the original Rebel Army of 260,- | Thursday, told the Associated Press | Miss Ingalls holds the record for women both for barrel rolls and She executed 980 lops last May. (her flight as when making her other records loops. VIKING OF AIR WEDDED Bernt Balchen and North- land Sweetheart Marry in New Jersey 000 only 70,000 remained and 30,000|representatives today that if the| paspROUCK HEIGHTS, N. J., were killed or captured. Problems of Unemployment ‘To Be Worked Out WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 20.—The Special Cabinct Com- mittee on Unemployment has been called to meet with Sec- retary of Commerce Lamont, Chairman. Views on the out- look will be sought and at- tempts made to estimatc relief necessary, Some data has al- ready been assembled by the Department of Commerce. It is believed some unprecedented proposals will emerge from the meeting. The committee is ex- pected to make a report before the end of the week, The Presi- dent will probably transmit the findings to Congress during the short session which starts in December. ‘ The Committee is composed of Secretaries Lamont, Davis, Wilbur, Hurley, Hyde and Mel= lon, with Gov. Meyer, of the Federal Reserve Board. nations of the world want peace they can have it. Kellogg blamed the world wide business depression to agitations | and sald Germany provided a| typical example but said: “There 1s no cause for undue anxiety.” ! Kellogg is most optimistic about efforts being made for world peace.| e NEW RECORD | FOR FLIGHT Kingsford-Smith Beats Pre- vious Time, England to Australia PORT DARWIN, Australia, Oct. 20.—~Wing- Commander Charles !'Kingsford Smith arrived here Sun- iday from the Island of Timor, es- (tablishing a new record of 9 days and 23% hours for a flight between England and the Australian conti- nent. The old record was 15'; days es- tablished by Bert Hinkler in 1928 | Oct. 20—Bernt Balchen, blonde Viking of the Air, who accompan- ied Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd on his Atlantic flight and expedi- tion to the South Pole, married his Northland sweetheart at a quiet ceremony last turday. The bride is Miss Emmy Soerlie, of Oslo, Norway, who came to thi country when Balchen returned from the South Pole. The wedding took place at Coytesville, New Jersey. Balchen went back to work but when the news leaked out, he took his pretty blonde bride and left to “avoid publicity.” e e VICE-PRESIDENT TO ATTEND HORSE RACE LEXINGTON, Ky., Oct. 20—Vice- President Charles Curtis, a former jockey, has accepted Col R Bradley's invi n to third annual Race meeting on November 17 > will present a cup to the owner of the winner of the §.000 Orph akes in the 2-year-old fea Flo Ziegfeld alic E. and attend the | — IN HOME FIRE PARSONS, Oct Kennedy and three children were burned' to death on Big Island Sunday morning. Kennedy used kerosene to kindle the fire and an explosion resulted Mrs. Kennedy and two other children were eritically burned. Kenne returned to the house after rescuing one child and was trapped and burned. - .- Four Men Believed Lost, Lake St. Clair DETROIT, Mich., Oct. 20.—Lake St. Clair claimed the lives of four men, Joseph Daoust, Morris Trip= anier and two unidentified, who started out last Thursday in a 60- foot combination sail and motor * boat for Detroit from Belle River turned near Windsor, Ontario. The four n have not been heard from since they left Belle River and relatives havé reported the cir- cumstances to the police. S eee TWO PILOTS ARE VICTIMS IN AIR RACE One Plane Clips Tail of Another—Both Crash -One in Flames Kansas, 20—Ed TRENTON, N. J.,, Oct R. W. Mackie and were ‘killed when their pilots kie's ship as marker and bot plane in flam p demolished was strewn over tail of Ma: the fir fell, Zinn May s planes me eckage a wid - Nothing Definite About Can Factory At Ketchikan BFELLINGHAM, Wash, Oct. 20.—H. W. Phelps, President of the American Can Company, cays negotiations for building a factory at Ketchikan, Alaska, have not proceeded to the point where any announcement is po-sible, and anything said now would “probably be wrong.” Mine Cars Run Away; Many Men Are Injured JOHNSTOWN, Penn, Two men w kille ¥ were Oct 20—-; nd a score the when cars ing miners in the Sonman at Sonman and were the two have been runaway the the coal mi The bod: of jed white The cause known unid found is not €