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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU ALASKA, SATURDM NO\/EMBER 15, PRICE TEN CENTS VOL. XXXVIL, NO. 5566. 1930. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS BAD WEATHER PREVENTS SEARCH FOR MISSING FLIERS SIXTY Mll_l_mN 'Coast Guard Launches Aerial War i RESCUEPLANES DOLLARS TO BE On Smugglers; Orders }/jw P lune.s " ARE HAMPERED LN { ACermany Has Problems Too STR"(ERSAND# GIVEN FARMERS Fdtinistration Plans Huge Those Drought Sections Loan for in WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 15.— An appropriation of $60,000,000 for loans to farmers in the drought area to buy seeds, fertilizer and other necessities for crops, is plan-, ned by the Administration. The measure is how being draft- ed and will be presented at thz short session of Congress. Chairman McNary, of the Agri- culture Committee, is expected to be sponsor of the bill. This bill, together with other measures to expand Government construction in the interest of re- iicving unemployment, will com- mand first attention of Congress under the outlined program. —————— CONFESSESTO THEFT, GLARA BOW'S MBNEY Former Secretary of Girl Will File Dam- age Suit LOS ANGELES, Cal, Nov. 15— District Attorney Burton Fitts re- ported that Miss Daisy DeVoe, un- til a few days ago private secretary to Clara Bow, the “It” gi® of the screen, had made a 30-page con- fession” of the theft of $35,000 of Miss Bow’s money and property.” Fitts said he would place the matter before the Grand Jury. Nathan Friedman, Miss DeVoe's attorney said his client would deny the “confession.” Frideman said Miss DeVoe will a damage suit against the Dis- t Attorney’s office on the ground she was kept in “technical custody” unjustly, some 60 hours and com- pelled to open her strong box and surrender the contents to the inves- tigators. COMMUNISTS SLAY 2000 Five Thousg Carried Away for Ransom from Chinese Town HONGKONG, Nov. 15—Unveri- fied reports from Canton said Cum- munists retreating from Kian pass- | ed through Hsinpu which was put to the sword and fire. Some 2,000 men, women and children were killed within a few hours and 1,000 homes were fired. Some 5,000 more inhabitants of Hsinpu were carried off for ransom. Damage by fire is estimated at $2,000,000 in gold. — .- — TWO BOMBERS FACING DEATH New Statute Brought Into Action in Kansas City Labor Trouble KANSAS CITY, M Nov. 16.— Charges under a new statute pro-| viding death as the maximum pen- alty have been filed against two Union carpenters who the Police caid confessed to bombing buildings Somo of the 150,000 Rtr!lmr: 4 which recently arbitrated a dis- who have been already huge Honors Lincoln | his pute between employers and employes. The arbitration wa 3 uuunt]) declared not bind- ROBBER SLUGS GEM DEALER; GETS $300,000 Dapper Young Thief in Los Angeles Loots Safe of Diamonds LOS ANGELES, Cal, Nov. 15—On etense of shopping for a ring for wife, a dapper young robber gained entrance to the office of | Maurice Reingold, President of the | wholesalers, Associated Press Grand Army statue of Abraham Lincoln » unveiled Armistice day in the Spokane, Wash., busi- ness dln ict, WINTER CHILL * IN NORTHWEST Snow Reported in Oregon’ 1 —Rains Drenching Calfornia | SEATTLE, Nov. 17.—While Seat- ‘llf‘ and Vancouver, B. C. felt the Ifirst real chill of winter with a {snowfall during the night, Cali- fornia was being drenched under! rains which started during the} mlgm and are continuing today. Portland and other points in Oregon report snow but Seattle, Puget Sound and British Columbia {received no snow fall. | | M. Reingold Company, diamond late Friday afternoon and 'looted the safe of rings and unset gems valued by the company | officials at $300,000. Reingold was alone in his office at the time. He was slugged and then boun: The robbe | cernedly through the offices after |the theft, induced Reingold into opening the safe where the finest wares were locked on pretext that the gems shown him elsewhere | were “not good enoug - + STILL FIGHTS FOR HIS LIFE TOKYO, Nov. 15.—A bulletin is- sued late this afternoon warned that Premier Hamaguchi is not vet out of danger in the fight for his life against a pistol wound inflicted by a young Extremist in a railroad ! station. The Premier has had three blood n’vmon‘ one by his son Iwane 1 the other two from his Secre- i Burned to Death in Collision of Trains TOLEDO, Ohio, Nov. 15.—One man was killed and another in- jured in ‘a head-on collision of a Lake Shore freight and passenger train early this morning. | William Thurston, motorman of who walked uncon- f | force the sides of the hill to | vent further slides. POLICE FIGHT, “SPANISH CITY iStreels of N];\Eid Scene of Rioting — Students Add to Trouble MADRID, Nov. 15—Rioting broké out on the streets today, as strik- ers clashed with the Police in vari- | ous parts of the city. | Numerous arrests have been made | and some of the rioters have been | | wounded. metal workers quit this morning as | a protest against the Pofice methods in putting down yesterday's riots when three persons were killed and between 50 and 100 injured. B s is paralyzed. Five thousand students joined | in a d®monstration and" Radicals hoisted the red flag. At San Carlos students walked out of the class rooms. Exftra heavy guards have been | Forty thousand construction and | | | 1 Ao i 7ot | RADIUS 1100 MILES AREA SEARCHED PER DAY - 26.400 5Q MILES | | | | 1 placed around the University dis-| tricts to ward against a recurrence of recent outbreaks. - FIFTEEN ARE UNDER ARREST, LIQUOR RAIDS Radio Stahons D]rectmg ' Rum Runners Are to Be Smashed NEW YORK CITY N. Y., Nowv. 15—With 15 men and women under | bond of $116,000 and much liquor | confiscated, Federal Agents moved | today to smash radio stations which directed ships to shore for | a rum running syndicate. The arrests were made yesterday in Manhattan and Brooklyn and 2lso in New Jersey under secret| indictments. Five special planes of this type have t Guard work. The area covered by a plane is By OSCAR LEID! | (A. P. Aviation E WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—Rum 'iation in coast runners are to be “shot” from ¢ ‘p!dn(‘s by the United States cc ‘puun —with cameras. Three planes have been equipped Aerial | | ast | governm built planes. | periment of employing aeridl pho- |tracted with | tography as a weapon the east coast. It is planned for the planes to {operate beyond the 12-mile limit land take close-range pictures of ‘rum-running speed boats receiving | contraband from the “bla lcoast guard term for the L,IEI’\ ships. | Patrol boats will be informed of |the aviators' observations and tempt to intercept the speed boats run to shore with their| l smug- las they Smuggling been ordwred by Rear Adm photography sar experiment t that has culminated i nt order for five spe Rear Admiral - Frederick C Bil- with high-type cameras for the ex-|lard, coast guard commandant, con- | the Fokker aircraft against 'corporation for the ships that not | l%mu[’gl(‘h bringing in liguor off only can be used’ for observation |and reporting, the limitations of the present type, but also can land angd ‘fq: three or four rescucd mariners take off from the water under prac- |or as many law breakers. They will tically any conditions. Improved cameras will be the equipment of the livery on which will be made time after July 1. Aerial photogra- phy will be more extensive against at-rum running operations, because of the increased radii of the planes. prevention al Frederick C. Billard (inset) contrasted with that of a patrel beat in the map. coast guard estimates, be able to patrol an a square miles daily /ith a stouf, duralumin hull, wood wings, and motors with |“pusher” propellers, mounted well back, the planes will be fit for the |guardsmen to extend aid and make | actual rescues at sea They will carry a in the nose, pilot and co-pilot, and a radio operator and still have room is part of in testing a ard work—an e: have stretcher equipment for rush- ing emergency hospital cases from plan settled districts of the The five planes, to be in service by the end of n , will be based along the t from Cape Hatteras to Maine. The coast however, guards say that each plane daily Sam Levine, of Brooklyn, is und-'cargo. The photographs will be used;will be but a small part of the func- will be able to cover 24 times the er a $25.000 bond. Wireless stations were at on Long Island and New shores. {1 PASSENGERS ABOARD YUKON Jersey SEATTLE, Nov. 15.—Steamer Yu-| kon sailed at 9 o'clock this morn- ing for Alaska ports with 56 first class passengers and four st aboard. The following passengers booked for Juneau: G. Lanart, Mrs. John Pastl, Ever- ett J. Quinn, Mrs. 8. Wildes, Mrs, M. T. Brokkman, J. Bowman and|. wife, F. R. Townsend, Frank P, ‘Willlams, Paul H. Abbott, and one steerage. rage are B Old Chateaux Hospital Threatens to Collapse; LYONS, France, Nov. 15.—Totter= ing on the brink of a crater made by landslides, the old Chateau hos- pital is now threatened with col- lapse. Workers have attempted to r Only eight bodies of 60 buried in the landslides Thursday have been recov: MULE SHOE BBINGS LUCK TEAM of MANHATTAN, Kas, An ordinary mule shoe is a r He is said to/ be the leader of the rum runners.| points | ~ FOR THIS PORT a su;}plom"n"uv (-v‘dvnc" in court |4 Architect’s drawing of the constructed in Seattlc, Wash. {tions of the new planes which, "NEW BUILDING FOR SEATTLE proposed $3,000,000 federal bui'ding to bs the |territery of a patrol boat . FRENCH NAVAL AIRSHIP DOWN Reported B;ldl;’ Damaged —Men Aboard Are Severely Bruised ROCHEFORT, France, —The French naval di made a forced landing at Sur Seudre during the night |1s reported badly damaged The Comm and several men 3 bruised > dirigible was on a and training Assoctated Press Photo p The cause of the accident is not known. > .o ON DEER TI]DAY mals Reported Plenti- ful in All Areas son on deer closes in Alaska tod ter a period for|The hunting lasting since August 20(gat G last. The season for migratory wild |30 m birds remains open- for another 30 afternc days, ending on December 15 | The deer season has generally Ibeen successful from the hunters' standpoint. Animals were plentiful open se ac on | on the coast | weather. It - SEASON CLOSES DU X TAXIES DURING TRIP Season Successful and Ani- |Skims Water for Distance | of 100 Miles on Flight BORDEAUX, B on the northwest | The Do-X made a forc last was misty this mornin; RECLAIM 3,000-ACRE SWAMP / ORLEANS — Approximately 13,000 acres of swamp land extend- |ing five and one-half miles along |Lake Pontchartrain near here are being built up in recreational and residential area 0 a oA | | | WASHINGTON, | The White House Child Health and Protec | has been « 1 by Pre t November of t presidents of the D. C,, Nov. 15 nce, Nov. 15.— » Do-X lar Gironde estuary, | of here this| ed 5 I athering 1 landing night cause of sembled d o photographer ® Nieulle | - BY RAIN, SNOW Inclement Weather Delays Hunt for Two Planes and Six Men NAVY AMPHIBIANS ARE NOW DUE iN SEATTLE Yukon Flier Is Held ta Ground by Fog — An- other Plane North rs are held down by bad in the search for Pilot 4 wahan and Capt. E. J. A, Burke, mis: airmen with their four companions, resc anxious= ly awaited the arrival of two Unit- ed States Navy amphibian planes which left San Diego, Cal, yester- day to aid in the hunt in North- ern British Columbia The Navy planes are expected to arrive in Seattle sometime today although bad along the coast may force & deiay. Snow, rain and fog coast hampered workers. W. A. Joerrs, of Vancouver, re- ported yesterday from Burns Lake where he is aiting for R. I. Van Derbyl and E. A. Cressy, his com- panions, who were forced to take a dog sled from Thudada Lake be- cause the plane would not lift the load. They will continue the h for Burke. is holding Everett Wasson to the ground in the ukon Ter- ritory stopping his search in the vieinity of Liard Post where Burke and his companions Emil Kading and Bob Marten were last report- ed on October 11 With Pilot Renahan are Clerf and Frank Hatcher haye not been heard from dusk October 28. Pilot Anscel Eckmann and his two companions, Larry Parks and nk Wadham have not reported since yesterday when they started flying along the coast towards Prince Rupert from Portland Canal. There are also two Canadian planes and five fliers in Alaska waters somewhere, also searching for Renahan. No word has been received as to their umovements. Aboard the planes are Flight Lieut. Phinney, Flying Officer Dunlap and three men, Sergeant A. H. Warner and Corporals W. C. Ate wood and M. Squires. - - along the They since TODAY S ;TO("K QUOTATIONS NEW YORK CITY, | 15.—There was no sale of Juneau mine stock today qugtations on other American Can 116% Copper 40%, Bethlehem eel 66, Fox Films 32%, General Motors 36%, Granby Corporation 21, Inter- national Harv 61, Kennecott Copper 31%, National Acme 7%, rd Motors 9, Simmons Beds andard Brands 15%, Standard il of California 51, Standard Oil of New Jersey no sale, United Aire craft 2 U. S. Steel 147%, Curtis« Wright 4% N. Y, Nov. Alaska Closing are: Anaconda Conference on Children Third Called by [ation urvey, which most compre- ed and upon ded as ever I 1.100 experts » kind to | Samuel X Dr ieneral of the rman of the At Prince Rupert, B.C., and along | |the .North Coast snow has fallen. ————————— the electric freight, was burned to death when an overturned stove set fire to a car. | Erich Schwann, riding -a freight car, was slightly injured. Fifteen passengers were also slightly mjured ‘ - Alaska R R. Ofimal’ Back Is Broken in Fall SEWARD, Alaska, Nov. 15—For ‘Iunher treatment for a broken| back, Fred Johnson, Alaska Rail-| road official is being taken to Se- attle. Johnson was injured six’ weeks ago when he fell from a tree. being erected by nonunion labor last September. No one was in- jured at the time of the bombings. | The two men are Robert Fixley ‘Army and N avy and John Stubblefield. They were A held without bond after arraien-\To Play Football; i etriini A ‘Prm‘ends for Relief WOOD-PILE THINS BREAD LNE] e | NEW YORK CITY, N. Y. l Nov. 15.—After ,a conference between officials of West Point and Annapolis, it was decided to give the proceeds of the Army and Navy foot- ball game on December 13 to the Salvation Army for un- employment relief. ee e 00000 DULUTH, Minn—When this city| ® gave free lunches to men recently without conditions, except keemngl‘ an orderly line, 100 to 150 ate (reeJ each night. When a new rule, re- quiring the men to saw wood be- fore being fed, went into effect the bread line dwindled to about 15 each night, ured possession at the Kansa: Agricultural college. The shoe was found by ball player on the stadium fic | Columbus, Mo., last fall w ! Aggies beat the Tigers 7-6 Aggie athletes carried the a ishoe with them when they from Missouri in basketbal winter and again this spring they won two games from the baseball team. Now the shoe is looked luck in football this year. - Sflmuel O. White of Beaver. | uses a screen charged with |tricity to keep his farm hon of flies, ' State in most of the areas, but appar- ently more abundant in the south- ern end of the Division than in the northern sections. No estimate was available on the number of animals killed. The sea- von |00, 80 far as is known here, was last ) featured by an entire absence of mlany casualties among the hunters. .- CAR THEFTS OUTMODED OKLAHOMA CITY The car theft racket has gone the way of tah,4the cattle rustler in Oklahoma, ac- -loording to Sam Tilk, of the State ree |Criminal Investigation Bureau. The ‘blg rings are out of style, he says. foot= he same T wr[ ful" and the giant seaplane flew low{]!!Ts! throughout the trip at about 70 |leading miles an hour. It made a perrecz'fl” par descent into the Gironde River,|in Wi skimming the surface about 300 or }““' 400 yards before stopping 1 Ofticers and pilots denied reports | that the four engines have been d"“i missing and they were forced to|Pled top last night. The officers said,€mergency came so they taxied on the ' Teau ¢ 100 miles | con >——— | health MARION, O.—William B. Spauld- | handicapped ing, who is credited here with hay- | to_the problems ing used the first auto on a rural | pendenc free delivery route, has retived after| A g 24 years’ service carrying the mail | half mil out of Marion, ! sible the e work wton, to offer arding dependent the Ph hil- c D. fund v second mee lied child labor, | ticer of iren, ar i‘o’ Am: Pre n w a cpening if s of m private s dollars has made conference, pos- | ¢ is m pr fram | Public Hes chairmanship rsity of Ch a| Interior th Service and Adminis- . The Education and section is working under of F. J. Kelly, president of the Idaho, now of the ago. Handicapped surveyed by a rmanship of , executive of- re League se former ty of are under by tens, ild Hoover is president of and will make the Secreta of the Lyman Wilbur is Dr. H. E. Barnard address. Ray n and or