The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 8, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL TIIE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVIL, NO. 5611. JUNEAU ALASKA THURSDAY JANUARY 8 I931 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CLNTS LITA GRAY CHAPLIN IS KIDNAPPED, THEN ROBBED GSSRRRER - 0T ANOTHER FIND MADE, RENAHAN CASE SECOND' WHEEL FROM AIRPLANE FOUND ON BEAGH Pilot Dodson, of Ke!chlkan, Makes Discovery, Annette Island MORE SPECULATION AS! TO FATE OF 3 AIRMEN Wheels Migh_t Have Been Used as Life Belts If Plane Crashed KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Jan. | | ' | | i | J 3—A plane piloted by Jim Medson, sent out by the Ket- | *hikan Daily Chronicle, yes- terday found the second wheel belonging to the Rena- han plane. The wheel was found on the short west of Point Da- vidsen, Annette Island, two, Mardsen a week ago. The first wheel was found on the beach and sent to Seattle for identification by the officials of the Alaska-Washington Airways. Pilot Renahan and his two com- panions, Sam Clerk and Frank Hatcher, were bound north on a search for the Burke plane, re- cently found in the Liard district. The Renahan party was last seen October 28 flying north. The officials of the airways com- pany in Seattle are positive the wheels belong to Renahan’s plane but doubted that them to lighten his plane, in order to make a flight inland, which expression was given yesterday. Pilot Dodson is inclined to be- lieve the wheels, with the inflated tires, might have been used as life belts until the men on them became exhausted. Pilot Renahan was flying a plane with pontoons and the wheels were taken along as special equipment to provide for landin, and taking off in the interior of Alaska or Northern Blitish Columbia during the Burke search. Here’s a New One! Tearful Robber Appears LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 8. —Weeping profusely, a robber who said it was his first wrong act, took 8392 from Edward Ehrlich and a’' group of his guests in his home. The robber sobbed: “I =s- sure you I have never done anything like this in my life.” He then scooped up bills, sil- ver and jewelry from his vic- tims. . The tearful robber was ac- companied by another who heid the victims under cover of a gun. he discarded | | The Hoover aam and power plant as they will look frcm the downstream side are shown here, miles from where the fnrst the left is the Nevada side of Black Canyon and on the right the Arizona side with outlet valves which | wheel was found by the Rev. Will carry out water during the hlgh water season. DENVER, Col, Jan. 8—Within the coming months the mammoth Hoover dam will start pushing up from the depths of Black canyon. Contractors’ bids will be an- ynounced March 4 by the Denver | office of the United States bureau { reclamation, and then constrife- tion of the dam, power plant, and Boulder canyon project in Arizona Nevada and California will get un- der way. | Bids are to be opened this month |at Las Vegas, Nev. for construction of a seven-mile highway between Boulder City and the dam-site and | a 10-mile railroad which will en- contracting company to move its equipment without delay. i Diversion tunnels will be started lin July. The estimated cost of the Hoover ENGLISH STRIKE MAY BE SETTLED Miners and Mine Owners/ E in Wales Look for End of Trouble | CARDIFF, Wales, Jan. 8—Hope | of settlement of a strike, which !sent 140,000 men out just a week ago, brought cheers when the min- 'ers were told by union officers! that a meeting between miners and mine owners is scheduled for to- morrow and at this meeting it is expected results will be attained which will strike. | Both |are realized which will be disas- | trous to the industry if the strike continues. | SR, AT L | PARIS—Desire Ferry, minister {of public health, says that 1,371 { Frenchmen out of every 10,000 pass | see the end of the | sides are reported anxious to settle differences as hardships! Huge Hoover Dam Soon to ste in Canyoh Inset is Raymond On F. Walter, Chief Engineer. dam and power plant is $108,200,- 000 of which the dam and reser- | voir will cost $70,000,000, with tk | remainder going for the c¢ne-million | horsepower development. Approximately 30,000,000 acre feet | of water will be impounded by the dam, which will tower more than 1700 feet above bed roc | Because of the immens project, which Raymond F. Walt- |er, chief engineer, says is “the | biggest and most important in en- gineering history,” the federal rec- lamation department will investi- | gate thoroughly the competency | of the low bidder to carry through the work without delay. A deduction of $3,000 a day will | be made for each day's delay in completion beyond the time limit i set. CAUCUS GAI.LEI] Party Chieftains in House i of Representatives to Get Busy |CONTROL OF HOUSE : MOOTED QUESTION Re publicans Claim Super- fority Democrats Make Different Reply 1 WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 8— | The Republican and Democratic | chieftains have called their forces jin the next House to caucus here {the last days of this session to lay plans for controlling that branch Hans Swoboda, 21, of Milwaukee, 60 years of age whereas only 92410! the Seventy Second Congress built a model of Cologne Cathedral of 2,500,000 matches. Germans, Swedes reach that age. TURKS AGAIN HEAR “FEAR AL LAH” CRY AFTEREIGHT YEARS ADANA, Turkey, Jan. 8.—The old cry of “Fear Allah!” has been rais- ed in New Turkey for the first time in eight years of the Kemalist regime. The man who utters it is Abdul Kadir Kemall Bey, early political opponent of MUstapah Kemal, whose life and liberty were saved by that same Mustapah Kemal when the Turkish tchekas were after him. Despite the catastrophe to Fethi Bey's liberal party, Kemali Bey is keeping alive the small opposition “party of the population” <-hicn he formed in Adana, politically res- tive center of Turkey's cotton pro- duction. Sounds Old Warning In the Adana newspaper “Ahali” Kemali Bey has ultered the warn- ing that now sounds strange Turkish ears. “It is the fear of Allah you need,” he said, addressing the whole Turkish nation. “I shall be called a reactionary because I tell you this, but I tell you that the nation- al mourning in which we are now N (Continued op Page Three) 941 Englishmen and 850 in | plunged can be lifted only when The Republicans will caucus on | February 26 and the Democrats two |days later. | The Republicans will hold 218 of 435 seats. The Democrats will hold 214 ,seats and Farmer-Labor 1. | In addition, are two normally | Democratic posts, recently vacated by death. The Republicans assert there will !be no dispute as to which party !wm organize the House, but the |Democrats say that until the new | Congress has convened no one will know which party will be in con- | trol. ——ee———— CHRISTIANA.—The balance of |trade against Norway in the first nine months of 1930 was $74,115,000 |as compared with $63,820,000 in the |same period of 1929. | ————,——— | SANTIAGO, Cape Verde Island |—American tobacco buyers pur- chased the whole of the local 1930 crop. It is estimated at 4,500 tons. y of the| BY REPUBLICANS, ALSODEMOGRATS | | project have been drawn up in'the | Denver office of the reclamation bm(au under Chief Engineer Wal- ter; Sinclair O. Harper, assistant chief engineer, and John L. @av- | age, chief designing engineer. | “This preliminary work, consider - led a six months’ pleted in two months because of President Hoover's desi public works. re working on 25 other large projects at the same time, however, and it was necessary to increase engineering staff from 75 to 12 The entire project is to be com-| pleted in 1938 with the power plant to start furnishing electricity to Los Angeles in September of that! | year. TRADE WIND Plane with Pay Load, New | York to Paris, Reach- es Bermuda HAMILTON, Bermuda, Jan. 8.— . Beryl Hart and Lieut. William MacLa ren, enroute from New York ity to Paris with a pay load rd the plane Trade Wind will main here overnight while an oil line is being repaired. Weather is also reported unfavorable for the| next hop of the flight which is| to the Azores. MASQUERADER IS IN COURT CHICAGO, Ill., Jan. 8—A wom- an who has masqueraded as a man | for 17 years because she was un- able to find work as a woman, appeared in court today on The woman said Steamfitters’ Union card. The story that she passed wort less checks while out of work for a person who promised her pro- ceeds from every fourth check cashed was accepted by the court who released her on probation e Wing Collapses on Experimental Plane, Two Men Are Killed! ADA, Oklahoma, Jan. 8. — collapse of the wing of a plane, described as an experimental plane caused the deaths of Pilots Way Spencer and Lee Davis. They w killed after a flight of about thr miles. The craft was one of two of the type that was ever built. Plans and specifications for the' task, was com-| sire to speed: Government engineers in Denver! IS HELD UP, al charge of passing worthless checks. |takes place, it was decided to post-| she held a' . arrangements already _, handling delegations FIVE ITALIAN AVIATORS DIE One Plane Crashes Shortly After Take-Off, Bursts Into Flames FOUR OCCUPANTS Second Plane Strflqes Wat- er with Such Force, Mechanic Is Killed BULAMA, Portuguese Guinea, Jan. 8-—TFive Italian aviators died fand’ three others were injured at the start of the flight which car- ried ten seaplanes safely from thb point to Brazil. | The Stefani News Agency, {cial Itallan Press Service, this report last night. Two planes crashed shortly after \the take-off. l Two other planes were for: land on the ocean and were s led by Italian naval vessels. ! Clears Up Confusion The official report cleared up | the confusion which resulted at the [time as to the fate of the wrecked | planes. Two of the wrecked planes were | repaired by replacement units. They were not originally scheduled to I'make the trip. | One plane piloted by Captain VReganno dived sharply after reach- {ing a height of fifty yards, kill- |ing the mechanie. Reganno, his co- pilot and radio operator were in- | jured. made Ivag- Crashes-Flames The other unfortunate ship flew all right for ten minutes but sud- |denly was forced to return to the surface of the water at full speed fand burst into flames. ! The four occupants of the plane were burned to death. The accidents are attributed to the extremely heavy loads carried. The crews of the other two planes forced down were not in- | Jured. DEDIGATION 1S POSTPONED FOR )-WEEK PERIOD Ceremonies Deferred February 14, Chamber Is Informed Today Postponement of the capital building dedication ceremonies from January 31 to February 13 was an- inounced today at the regular meet- llng of the Juneau Chamber of | Commerce. All other commercial organizations in the Territory have been so notified. Vice-President H. VanderLeest, presiding today in the absence of {Dr. W. W. Council, President, an- nounced the delay in arrival of certain materials had slowed up iwork on the building and there was a possibility it might not be completed by the original dedica-! tion date. Special In order to insure that is finished before the i to Rates Possibly all work ceremony | pone it for two weel believed, will make possible a more general Territorial representation. | {Rates from Southeast and west- ern communities probably will be |lowered by Alaska steamship com- Ipanles for the occasion and this 11t is expected, will make it possible for Cordova, Valdez, Seward, An- chorage and Fairbanks to send delegations. i |certain phases bf the program to ‘be presented on the evening of | Pebruary 14 and the remainder of it on the following day. | The change in dates will make little difference in transportation made for from towns south of here, it was reported. The representatives from Ketchikan, (Gontinued on Page Eight) | ced to | This it is| Plans for the ceremonies call for! Invited OCEAN FLIGHT _ 3\” SENATOR. LoRAH offi- | NorRIsS SENATOR BROOKHART. revelations that Robert H. Lu- cas, executive director of the Republican National Committee had opposed the re-glection of the guntor from Nebraska. Senator Norris is backed by Sen- ators Borah of Idaho and Brook- hart of Towa, in his fight against the regular party machine. RoBERT H Lucas e { A conerete proposal for the for- | mation of a third party in the form of a letter from Prof. sewey of Columbia University 1 was declined by Sen. Norris. ! Prof. Dewey urged Norris to abandon the Republican Party and participate in the new movement as the result of recent | Poison Liquor BLAMES LUGAS /v i FOR FIGHT ON qrines NEBRASKA SEN persons are dead and .mnthcr is in a serious condition sup- posedly as a result of drinking iTreasurer Nutt Says Politi- cally Action Wrong, But Good Business | poisonous liquor. The dead are: s. S. Peters, aged 28 years; ad Mrs. Frank Angle, and John Nikil. Fred Peters is ill but may re- cover. Officers are hunting for the bootlegger who furnished the liguor for two fatal parties. Ch s have analyzed the of four victims and h was du: to poisun WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 8 Joseph Nutt, Treasurer of the Re- publican National Committee, sal he believed Robert M. Lucas, Ex ecutive Director of the Committee |“made a mistake” in circulating | campaign literature a tor N in the Nebraska cam- paign. Nutt testified before the Senate Campaign Fund . Committee and said that he was not consulted and | added he felt th the $4,000 note executed by Lucas should never have been made and the specia account should not have been use as security. “I do not think the secur! amounted to anything” testified | neau mine cock today is 8° Nutt. “No one has a right to pledg2| erican Can 114%, Anaconda an acount for any purpose.” per 32%, Bethlel 5 Nutt said he had no previous|General Motors 367 |knowledge of the loan or literature solidated 16'%, In against Senator Norris and smd“‘ r 517, Kenne he thought Lucas made a mistake; Montgomery-V in judgment but did not blame mm al Acme 8, Packard Motors 9% for fighting Norris. It might not be|simmons Beds 17 st rndasil {good politics but the way 1t lwkl"l‘n ands 17%, Standard Oil of Cali- it was a good business proposition | fornia 49%, Standard ©il of New }*alfl Nutt | Jersey 50%, U. S. Steel 1443, C Wright Hudsc Bay Mi Smelting 4%, General Gas and E c 48% Railroad 61, West- ric and Mechanical that chor- Iso reported from the effects of bad liquor. . TODAY'S STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK CITY Y —Closing quotation of Alaska Jar Am- Corpo ard 18%, Na- -+ | | FLORIDA COAST PREPAF [ FOR SALT WATER ANC fic LONG KBY, Fla, Jan. 8- iglant rods, reels and other g the salt water fishermen are bein: tuned and adjusted here for annual invasion of Florida keys by northern sportsmen. | This tiny coral island, scene President Hoover’s 1930 fishin iday is the northernmost of n 100 fishing camps between the ida mainland and Key West month fishermen will be casting| bait from the stern of hundreds! of tiny motor vessels to tempt sail- |fish, tarpon, kingfish and other game varieties. of CHICAGO, Il of the late ! Jan. 8.— The w ow has millions in again teday as >+ 2 faith of e packer Crackling pro- versal Oil the multimi in the Dubbs Oil cess, owned by Products Compi This faith e Sheldon Armour MOSCOW.—Prof Korvin, si ing the Kansk coal basin found 40 extensive beds 1 veins in some places 60 feet thick and, total supplies of forty million tons. A the Lolita more abled to Mrs. Cop- | 314, | | | | | to Lead Thu'd Party FURMEH WIFE OF CHAPLIN IN PUZILING CASE Assailant Imprisons Actress in Auto, Takes Money and Jewels GEGRGES CARPENTIER, COMPANION, ESCAPES Chauffeur Makes Report to Police—Trio Dumped Out, Dark Corner NEW YORK CITY, N. Y, Jan. 8.—The kidnapping of Lita Grey Chaplin, former wife of Charles Chaplin, and Georges Carpentier, as they left a theatre last night, puz- zles the police today. Mrs. Chaplin said she was robbed of money and jewels valued at $11,000. She said she was imprisoned in the car and driven for more than an hour before dumped out. Carpentier was not’ robbed of $30 he had in his pocket. The chauffeur, Albert | Frank, was not robbed. The victims said their as- | sailants dumped them at a ’d:lrk corner and sped | The car was found a few away. blocks from the corner. I'rank reported to the po- lice and Mrs. Chaplin gave a description of the robbers. ————-—— BARKING DOG REVEALS BODY SLAIN WOMAN Apartment Dwellers Make Complaint—Police Dis- cover Crime CHICAGO, Ill, Jan. 8. — The barking of a small dog which so annoyed apartment dwellers that fhey made complaints, led to the discovery of the body of a young woman who had been strangled to death. She was known as Mrs. George Nellson but George Neilson, located at Crown Point, Indiana, id her name was Mrs. Jean tevens and she was frcm Kansas Neilson said the last time he saw the woman was Sunday night. The police said the woman had " |been dead at least 24 hours. e e Former President And Sons Must Pay Back $10.000.000 LIMA, Peru, Jan. 8. — The National Sanctions Court has sertenced Augusto B. Leguia, deposed President of Peru, and his three sons, to reimburse the national treasury with $10,- 000,000, The action wa take after three months investigation of activities of the eleven years of the Leguia regime. ' “IDLE DREAM” BRINGS MILLIONS INTO STRONG BOX, ARMOUR’S WIDOW han $8,000,000 from the wreck bf nd’s estate. The Universal Oil Products Com- pany was sold last night to the Shell, Union and Standard Oil Companies of California for $22, 000,000 of which Mrs. Armour re- ceived one third. Armour backed the process when others considered it an “idle | dream.”