The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 29, 1930, Page 1

4 v ~ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVII‘, NO. 5602 JUNEAU ALASKA MONDAY DECEMBER 79 |930 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS PROPOSED BILLION DOLLAR STEEL MERGER DENIED @FF=SH©RE GAMBLING IS RAIDED DIST. ATTORNEY . MAKES ARRESTS | IN CALIFORNIA Gambling Ships Off Los Angeles Are Raided— Equipment Seized SWIFT BLOWS ARE STRUCK ;26 ARRESTED Business of Former Chi- cago, St. Louis Gang- sters Interrupted LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 29. — Raiding parties under command of District Attor-' ney Buron Fitts arrested 26 men and seized a large quan-, tity of gambling equipment in two swift blows struck on the off-shore gambling sl'ups Johanna Smith and Rose' Esle. Several hundred well dress- i ed patrons were sent ashore under guard but not arrested. Among those arrested and bailed out were men identified as operafors, dealers, waiters, musicians and crews of speed boats which plied beiween shore and the ships. District Attorney Fitts sa.ld the raid was made partly be-| cause the gambling houses' were financed to some extent by former Chicago and St. Louis gangsters. e SAYS BOTTOM NOW REACHED IN DEPRESSION Authority on Shipping Gives Opinion Regarding Business NEW YORK CITY, Dec. 29.— Irving Bush believes depression has about reached the bottom. Bush is president of the Bush Terminal Company and a director in the Bush House, Limited, of London, and authority on shipping. Bush said fundamental business conditions were down to bedrock early last December. The final spasms of the security markets are followed by a period of stagnation. Depression periods seldom last long- er than two or two and one-half years and half of the period is al- ready behind. - eee— — Condition of Marshal Joffre ‘ Most Serious PARIS, Dec. 29.—Marshal Joffre is fighting a losing e battle with death. He sank e into a state of extreme weakness today. Physicians issued a statement at 3 oclock this afternoon de- seribing his condition as most grave. v SAVED AFTER TWO MONTHS lN WILDS | | | | | Associated Press Photo Emil Kading (lower left) and Bob Marten were rescued from an improvised camp in the Liard river district of British Columbia after being lost since October. Their pilot, Capt. E. J. A. Burke; was found dead. Above, Burke's plane where it was forced down with one of the rescuers, Joe Walsh, standing beside it SANTA CLAUS FATALLY BURNED EAGLF’S PARTY | ! BURLINGTON, 1 Iflwn Dee. 29— SMUDGE PflTs ‘thlc playing Santa Clai last S:umd“) night at the Eagles' par- \\} Harvey Jaeger, Commissioner of Public Safety, was probably fa- l-d”‘ burned, ores of men, women and chil- \dren were injured in a stampede |caused by the blaze which is un- | known as to origin. The hall where the Christmas \puty was held was jammed by Sub- Freezmg Weather Pre- 1200 peopte. | Jaeger's clothing caught fire in some manner and when the crowd saw him ablaze, a stampede was started for the exits. | Those in charge of the party were unable to quiet the mob. Many received slight burns and others serious injuries. er——— down oo, e ‘ahi::'“:;::‘é3T||-|.UPERATURS FIGHT OFFICIALS IN LIQUOR RAID freezing weather prevails. Winds off the icebergs of the Two Complete Plants Are Seized with $30,000 vails — Hit «CHICAGO, Iil., Dec. 29.—Weather | and then lots of weather of various | types is being experienced on both | coasts of the United States } Burning of smudge pots up and Snow and Ice Atlantic Coast ings 1 in | both | have been issued all along the co: Snow and rain extended inlan pplies have been confiscated | Federal Agents were in a scuf- to Pittsburgh and Cleveland. fle preceding the arrest of three | the Dry Agents, and severely lacer- North Atlantic have brought snow A heavy sleet fell Central | Worth of Alcohol Pennsylvania. | o men held as operators. An unidentified man wrestled a BUCHAREST, Rumania, Dec. 29.|ated Anderson’s trigger tinger., —Three special trains made up| Lewis Kindt, another agent, was| and ice to the Atlantic seaboard.! ‘The wind along the New England Coast, a regular northeaster, gain-, ed a velocity of 60 miles an hour | and piled up a powerful surf and Dixie Land is experiencing SHELTON, wasn., Dec. 29.—What snow and rain. is believed to be the largest liquor Temperatures are moderately cold haul in Southwestern Washington in the Great Lakes region. has been made near here. B | Two complete stills and more the funeral cortege of Vintilla!knocked down. Bratianu, Liberal leader and form- Anderson’s assailant submitted to| er Premier, who died December 22.° arrest, but later escaped King Carol, whose ascension was The arrested men :gave their | made despite Bratianu's opposition,' names as Nels Nelson, James Nel- menaced chipping. Storm w |than $30,000 worth of alcohol and sent the widow a telegram of con-igon and Earl Pierson. They were dolence saying the deceased Was taken to Olympia, arraigned and! always an ‘“example of enerzy!placed in the county jail and labor.” | One still had a capacity of 750 THREE DAY SOCIETY , UNEMPLOYMENT AID, | IS BEING ORGANIZED) — igallons and the othey 250 gallons. ! Seven thousand gallons of ferment- |ed mash and 1,000 gallons of pure | grain alcohol, ready to be shipped, | were confiscated. The stills are sald to have been lox'n:d by a Seattle bootleg ring. e {First Law Office ST. LOUIS, Mo, Dec. 29.—Be- lieving the problems of unemploy- ment and business depression will disappear if humanity generally accepted their program, four St Louis men are attempting to found an International Society, to he known as the Three Day Society,» . Washington University; Of Woodrow Wilson the members of which will pledge! themselves to three days work a Is To Be Decorated week. The four founders of the Soci ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec. 29.— are John H. Zimmer, inventor, of The building which housed the first William law office of Woodrow Wilson, 48 | Siefert, consulting engineer; E. D. years ago, will be decorated with a Emme, botanist ,and Bernard Roh- bronze tablet tomorrow. Wilson mann, contractor, f's:arted his law practice here. gun from Carl Anderson, one of, S| TRAPS ARE BT (MRS. RENAHAN SEEKS AID OF BRITISH STRUGGLE FOR | | Gear Restrnchons and Mid-, ture Regulations 5 | : ; \ week Close Period Fea- i [ i | Gear restrictions in Southeast Alaska and a midweek closed sea- |son in Bristol Bay are the high !lights in the 1931 Alaska fisheries ations, a copy of which was ved today at local headquar- |ters of the United States Bureau of Fisheries. No changes in season fishing dates were made in the several Southeast Alaska districts. Threc traps were wiped out in the Icy | Strait district, but no figures werc |available for the rest of the Pan- | hande. \ Local Dates Unaltered As for several years past, the season will open in Icy Strait on !June 15 and close on August 6, ex- Icept that traps will close in the ‘westem end of the region on Aug- ust 3. The Fall season on Lynn Canal is unchanged from last year. One trap, opened and operated by the Alaska Pacific Salmon Cor- poration, was eliminated in Port Althorp. Another of the same com- pany was eliminated at Point Adol- phus. A third, owned by the Pa- (Continued on Page Seven) | :MORE CASH FOR DROUGHT RELIEF WILL BE SOUGHT Will Be Used for Food Loans Says Hyde WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 2 Secretary of Agriculture Hyde's an- nouncement that no part of the be used for food loans has resulted in demands for additional relief| | legislation. Senator Caraway,” of Arkansas, said he would introduce a biil to increase the fund to $60,000,000 as originally proposed to make an ad- ditional $15,000,000 available for | food loans. Secretary Hyde said he believed ministration would have b: ficient. 2en suf- LOAN IS APPROVED WASHINGTON, D. C, The appropriation of $45,000,000 | for drough relief loans has been approved by the Houss Appropria- Dec. 29.— in full to the committee next Mon- day. D Duke of ‘Gloucester $45,000,000 drought relief fund wiil| | No' Part of 845000000 FAX REDUG“UN | tions Subcommittee and will report | & | take afte i jallow income $25,000,000 recommended by the Ad- | been laid aside BY NEW ORDERS AIR MINLSTLI\ TO SEARCHFORHUSBAND MILLIONS ENDS ~ FOR NEXT YEAR VANCOUVER, B. C., Dec. 20.—Mrs. b to cableg Robin Re has sent a m WETH DECISIBN Lord Amulree, Secretary of State of Air, Leaden, England, the Imperial Govern- ment to support her request to the Canadiai Government for continuation of the search for her husband, lost October 28 with Mechanic Frank Hatcher und Sam Clerf, who Bethlehem Steel and were flying north to join the search for Pil t 1. J. A. Burke and his missing two com- Youmblown Company panions. | ot Renahan’s cablegram read as follows: | Md( er Is Denied Mrs. “Search planes withdrawn. Domi 1 refused my request !.I':' eearch be resumed MIN. STOCKHOLDERS mountains seeking to land on GRANTED lNJUNCT[ON inland. Subsequent events peints that he {l w over 1 lake. Unknown plane reported inland nex Report three white men| 5t Accountants Gave Mislead- ing Reports, Judge marocned in mountains near Hazellon.” _]c'llcms Decides BEACH FIRE DESTROYS HOMES OF YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Dec. —The proposed one billion dellar merger of the Bethle- hem Steel Corporation and the Youngstown Sheet Tube Company is denied by Judge David E. Jenkins. Judge Jenkins has granted the minority stockholders an injunction restraining the combination. Judge Jenkins handed down his decision six months after the inception ef the merger plan. The merger pian has been one of the bitterest legal bat- tles in corporate history in the struggle for millions and was carried out first with proxies, then with lawsuits. The forces were marshaled by Cyrus S. Baton, Cleveland financier, who went into court with charges of fraud after a spectacular battle for prox- ies. Judge Jenkins said the Youngstown Sheet Tube Com- pany Beard of Directors did not give adequate informa- tion, to their stockholders on the merger when they met last April and approved it. He said accountants delivered misleading reports to the stockholders. TRAGIC DEATHS OVER WEEK-END, an 20as ians. day by FILM PLAYERS 29 | | Nineteen residences, many of them in were ruined by fire at Malibu Beach, Cal, belonging to persons prominent motion with an estimated loss of $800,000. FiiMm pictures, STARS LOSE HOMES IN FIRE FOR CHARITIES | LACKS SUPPORT l {Ways and Means Chairman | Favors Paying Enemy | Alien War Claims WASHINGTON, i C., Dec The proposal of Secrgtary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon '.l) tax reductions to cor- their cha#ities has | by the House Com- 29.- 1| i porations on | mittee on ways and means, Repre- | sentative Willis C. Hawley, Repub- { s lican of Oregon, chairman of th & Committee, said today. He added, { that there was no plan pending for consideration of the proposal “Should the. Treasury press for hearir continued Chairman Hawley, would hold one, but what action the committee would rds no one knows.” Chairman Hawley announced that next month the committee would i iFifleen Lives Snuffed Out { —Child Burned to Death i —Others Are Injured SEATTLE, Dec. 3.—Death stalk- ed in the Northwest snuff Traffic the over the fiftee week- |end d for largest number, while consider the bill that proposes to Returns to London |reauce “international double tax- rsons committed suicide. ‘atwn ld wa: ?mf‘m‘(l to death, a | LONDON, Dec. 20.—The Duke of | He also stated that as chairman | ied, and another died in Gloucester, third son of King of the committee he would seek mishap. |George and Queen Mary has ar-|passage by the House of the bill | ilios years, |rived home from Abyssinia where|providing for the payment of Louise Fazenda, screen actress, shown In her home at Malibu |, i he went in October to attend the ! $2,500,000 of enemy alien war| beach, near Los Angeles, which, along with 18 other luxurious homes, y it |coronation of the l:mpem ! claims. including that of Marie Prevost (inset), also of the films, was destroyed IAs - iree hnd \Jail Stormed by Four ! Brothers Seeking Trwo Dc by a fire that swept the colony. Loss was estimated at $800,000 b MINISTER IN.~ REP, MAAS ON as burn=- n rescuing was probably empts to res- ¢ ; - JAIL, BIGAMY FLYING TRIP= ™ 7 \ en o dlew I ather e SARNIA, Omuario, Dec. 29.—The Cuba, Dec. - Pope Receives | Rev. Samuel ams, aged 49 Christ s Gif SALEM, Indiana, Doc. 20.—One( The four brothers demanded the Presbyterian man, has been ristmas: Gyt was killed and three officers were keys to the cell of Pleas Spurlock remanded to He plead guilty f'rom Edison | wounded in a gun battle here Sat-|aged 45, his or, John |t0 bigams e VATICAN CITY, Italy, ® :urday night when four brothers|Spurlock 40, for thei The Rev. Williams was arrested ® Dec. 29—Among the most ® |stormgd the Washington County |shoeting of Patton Gibson. on a compla of his wife, Mary ° Christmas gifts re- ® ‘jai! in an attempt to sieze two! Holly Gibson stood guard at the AT ms. The police said ° by the Pope was an | prisoners held in connection with|entrance while his three brothers aving a wife and e awparatus for recording dic- e a feud and the slaying of their|entered the jail. The jailer refused ! Engand in 1928 e tati by Thomas A. e father two weeks ago. to deliver the kezys and shots w mATT s And a school . . Holly Gibson 'was killed in the|exchanged. The Gibsons ped teacher, last year . serimented @ exchange of shots. @s an alarm was sounded bringing T . nd sent a @ Marshal Elmer Gerald will prob-!200 cit: s and firemen. Imports and ports of . appreeiation to @ ably die as the result of wounds. The slaying of Patton Gibson g harbor for tr f! ne . to whom he e Sheriff Milton Tinkle and his|was the outgrowth of a Tenne s of 1930 she gains. Ex- adio B the annual e wife, a deputy, were wounded|feud where the Spurlock and Gib- at $111,495492 operated . ° , slightly, ison families recently lived. 7,380,247 R EEE R o =¥