The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 22, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVIL, NO. 5700, JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1931, 'MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS " PRICE TEN CENTY YSTERY STILL VEILS BUCKLEY MURDER; TRIAL ENDS MANY BLAZES ARE REPORTED IN CALIFORNIA Unseasonable Heat Is Held Responsible for Early | Wood Fires ! TOWN THREATENED IN | EASTERN WASHINGTON High Wind Is Blamed for Two Deaths—One Man Burns to Death SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April 22. —The California fire season has been started by unseasonable heat. Sacramento and Red Bluff tem- peratures are 96 and 98 degrees. The Weather Bureau, comment- ing on the outlook, said the weath- er remains unseasonably warm in the Southwestern States, Califor- nia, Nevada and Arizona. Numerous forest fires of a type not generally appearing until later in the season, are reported in Cali- fornia and Arizona. - ————————— Owing to the unusual interest taken by Charlie Chaplin in Patricia Detering (above), British actress, it is freely predicted in the English capital that the famous comedian will bring her back to Hollywood and stardom. Miss Detering, known professionally as Sari Maritza, is a blonde and very beautiful.’ Charlie is, to say the least, enthusiastie TOW: THERATRNED l \about her and says “she has everything.” SEATTLE, Wash, April 22— Strong winds are aiding to spread — - a fire. Wind is also blamed for two deaths. The fire threatened destruction of Grand View, near | FOR DIVORCE | Yakima, in Eastern Washington. | | | | [ Home from Erin The fire started in the Commer- clal Hotel, Grand View, and spread to other structures. | Communications are down and particulars are meagre. 1 Howard Hunie died of an injury at Bremerton, Wash,, when he leap- ed from a truck to recover the driver's hat which had been blown FoOrmer Stage and Screen Actress Now Seek- ing Separation } from his head. Hunie fell under the rear wheels of the truck and was crushed. Albert Nielsen, a blacksmith, was burned to death in his shack near LOS ANGELES, Cal, April 221 Spokane when a fire broke out and —Helen Lee Worthington, stage and | high wind spread the blaze. screen actress, once described by! g Harrison Fisher as possessing the | most beautiful profile in America, | FRE AK sT R has filed a divorce suit against Dr. | Eugene Nelson, her negro hus- band, charging cruelty and jeal-| ousy and threats to have her | “confined in a Home Institution.” | Dr. Nelson said he would not contest the suit. IN wAsHINGTfl ‘The couple married in 1928. She appeared in “San Juan” and “The Swan.” Semi-darkness Prevails for Time, Outdoor Work RA'D LINER' Is Suspended SEATTLE, April 22—A 50-mile; SEIZE DUPE gale late yesterday afternoon' Maureen O’Sullivan, cinema star, forced the lightest craft on Puget —_— i ;‘gl{’fe& ‘:,"fak‘é"‘lii;‘"?‘;ah i’;ca‘lgw PO Sor purty, 49 sholier, Narcotics Valued at $72,- She st out immediately for the The gale fanned numerous for- 000 F d—Chi | movie colony after a two months’ ::s;stei:‘eswmmsk:gic County and‘ ounda—~__hnina- | vacation in the Emssrald Isle, "ashington. — SOy — The gale swept sand down over man IS Arrested 1 ;}r':v:g:‘ belt and seml-darkness g,y FRANCISCO, Cal, April 2. PE AGEFUL IN Automobile traffic was stopped, —Narcotics valued by Federals as Sifo. all “outdoor ‘work. worth $72,000 were seized aboard Trees were uprooted, roofs were the liner President Jackson last; IGELAND FOR torn off buildings and telephone 4 i | lines are down. 3 e B A brush fire outside of Portland rested and charged with violation| threatened the Crippled Childreny Of the Federal Narcotics Law. | Home. Officers said they found San struggling up the engine room lad-| COPENHAGEN, April 22.—Ice- der with two suitcases and two land’s Government crisis has been DHILL TE AM | cartons of narcotics. ‘solved for the time being with the | — | acceptance by King Christian of |the Ministers of Justice and Fi- lN AcclnEN LARGE CROWD ENJOYS | nance. The demands from the opposition ; LEGISLATIVE DANCE for the resignation of the Premier A |and continuation of the session of SEATTLE, April 22—A plat- Many attended the dance given the dissolved Alting were refused. form on which 48 members of last night in the Elks' Hall by| Students still demand Iceland be the Daughters of the Nile drill Senators and Representatives of the made a Republic. team were practicing last night, Alaska Legislature, and all en-| - e — collapsed, throwing them six feet joyed a delightful time. Excellent * TODAY' STOCK to the floor of the Clvic Audi- music was furnished by the Las ) QUOTATIONS Senioritas—all-girls’ orchestra. Re-| sl el torium. Twelve of the women were injured. Ruth Nichols Plans Flight ~ To Paris; Plane Overhauled more powerful than Col. Lind- bergh’s Spirit of St. Louis, is being led. . freshments were served. NEW YORK, April 22.—Closing of Alaska Juneau mine stock is |14%, American Can 115%, Ana- conda Copper 29%, General Mo- tors 397%, Kennecott 22%, Stand- ard Oil of California 40, Standard 0il of New Jersey 37%, United Air- craft 267%, U. S. Steel 126%, Cur- tiss-Wright 3%, Hudson Bay 5%, Armour of Illinois, Class A 2%, Checker Cab 10%, 8%, 10, United Cigar 6%. e e A grain of popcorn was removed titude record, transcontinental rec-|from the lung of Nettie Jean Trot- ords each way and a speed record |ter, 3, of Roe, Ark., by Little Rock for women of 210 miles-an hour.iphymmns. NEW YORK, April 22—Ruth Nichols plans a solo flight to Paris in the red monoplane in which she set four women's rec- ords. The hauled in Jersey City. Hersepower motor, three . Clarence Chamberlain will fly with her as far as Harbor Grace. Miss Nichols set a women’s al- plane is now being over- A 650 times INSURGENTS PLAN ATTACK Reinforcem‘enls Are Rush- ed to One Locality with Machine Guns PUERTO CABEZAS, Nicaragua, April 22 —Persistent rumors of an Impending attack by the Insur- gents led to additional reinforce- ncnts and precautions for safety. The Guardia has been reinforced Yy detachments from Managua with machine guns. Other detachments are combing the jungles for Insurgeant leadér Sandino. He is said to be someé- where on the banks of the Yoro River. —— - - FIGHTING IN HONDURAS IS SLACKING OFF Believed Revolt Is Nearing End—Two Towns Threatened TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Apr. 22—With only two instances of ye- newed fighting reported, thefiels a widespread feeling the present "evolt is near termination although fear of an attack by rebels r Lalima led to the evacuation of American women and children to Tela. The principal rebel activity ap- peared centered about San Pedro and Sulay. Government forces have been sent to the two locali- ties. Dor’t Call Them King Or Queen |New Spanish Government Issues Warning About Royalty Titles MADRID, April 22—A Govern- ment decree forbids calling Alfonso Rey or King; Victoria, Reina or Queen and the Princes and Prin- cesses, Infantes or Infantas. Newspapers have been instructed to not use the former titles of the royal family but it is permissable to use Alfonso, Duke of Toledo. AMBASSADORS NAMED MADRID, April 22—Despite the failure of the United States Gov- ernment to recognize the new re- gime of the Spanish Republic, an Ambassador to the United States has been appointed. He is Sal- vador Dema Dariaga. He heads a long list of diplomatic appoint- ments. Navy Will Train More Fliers for Big ZRS Airships WASHINGTON, D. C., April 22, —Building up trained personnel for two new dirigibles, the navy has ordered 20 officers to the July 1 class in lighter-than-air school- ing in the naval air station, Lake= hurst, N. J. Five of the officers were added to the school list after congress appropriated funds to carry on construction of the second new rigid, ZR8-5. The ZRS-4, or Ak- ron, will be completed in midsum- mer. The navy has also issued a call for applications by warrant offi- cers, because of the ZRS-5 appro- priation, to take a modified ligh- er-than-air course to fit them for duty on board airships. ‘This additional detail will be made up of one boatswain, one gunner, and a machinist. AR i CLARENCE GEDDES ILL Ciarence Geddes of this city, af- flicted with a severe cold, is a /| patient in St. Ann's Hospital. S FO Death of LBnéwérth Breaks Grip Of President’s “Four Horsomen”; 3 MEN CHARGED By FRANK 1. WELLER (Associated Press Farm Editor.) WASHINGTON, D. C., April 22 —~The decath of Speaker Nicholas | Longworth has removed the lead- rship of the celebrated forsemen” — Longworth, “Four | Tilson, | nell and Hawley—who rode down | wery farm issue that Hoover disapproved Jass the agricultural act. Few more powerful groups ever dominated the house of represen- satives, It combined the influence >f Longworth as Speaker, Tilson s floor leader, Snell as chairman ley as Chairman of the all-import- ant Ways and Means Committee. Fight Makes History Under its tight rein the House majority three times sent back to| the Senate the export debenture, flatly refusing to join that body on a measure it had passed by three record votes. The fight of the Four Horsemen for the agricultural marketing act made history on capitol hill. ‘The atmosphere still tingled with the second Coolidge veto of the equalization fee when they trot-| form of | ted out the nebulous farm relief popularly ascribed to William M. Jardine, former Sec- retary of Agriculture. Skilifully Maneuvered The President contributed his ideas and the plan took definite shape. From then until enactment the measure was so skillfully ma- neuvered through the House that the voice of opposition scarcely rose above a whisper. Sc thorough was Longworth's organigation that he was able to tell the Senate just what the House would do, and invariably the Senate settled back in its tracks or was forced to a stand- still. That situation never was more apparent than in the special ses- sion of Congress when the Senate, ruled by Democrats and Insur- gents, lost its fight to hold tariff revision strictly within farm schedules. With the starting gun Hawley opened the tariff bill to revision of duties on industrial products, and nothing stopped the procession until his bill, joined with Sena- tor Smoot’s, had run the length President | and helpad ’ marketing | | of the Rules Committee and Haw- | Few more colorful groups ever dominated the House of Representa- tives than the celebrated “Four H worth (lower left) and Bertrand H. Snell, and breadth of the tariff fabric. It was in the closing days of the seventy-first Congress that the Four Horsemen really showed their power to strike swiftly and | surely. Mid-western deflections to the Democratic ranks in the Novem- ber elections had brought cogniz- ance of unrest in that great ag- ricultural region. It was the heart of the dairy industry, and there lay before the House a bill to subject all oleomargarine colored in the semblance of butter to a tax of 10 cents a pound. | Manufacturers of oleomargarine put every concelvable obstacle be- | fore the House, but under Long- worth's leadership the bill was HOUSE SPEEDS UP ACTION ON FINANCE BILLS House Passed Appropria- tion Bills for an Ag- gregate of $78,002 Fourteen measures, including one | to re-open the Ketchikan hatch-|ways from Seattle to Ketchikan | ery, two motor traffic regulation)early in May, it is announced bills, and ten carrying appropria- | nere. tions in varying sums, were pass- ed yesterday afternoon by the House of Representatives. Two bills were defeated, and tWO,and is equipped with a machine more were withdrawn by their au-|ghop quarters for pilots and ma- thors with the consent of the chinists and room for nine planes. House. The eight-hour bill for the placer mining industry was decided not to have been indefi- nitely postponed, so the House proceeded to lay it on the table. Reconsideration Move Works The resuscitation of the $20,000 appropriation for resuming opera ticns at the Ketchikan hatche was successfully engineered by Mr. Ziegler. Monday, on final age, seeing it was doomed to de- feat, he voted against it in order to be in position to move for a reconsideration. He gave notice at the time he would so move yes- terday. When it was reached on Tuesday’s calendar, the motion to reconsider was passed and on second vote, it carried nine to six with one member absent. bill will now go to the Senate)the jury som: where a stormy voyage is indi- cated. Mr. Foster's effort to pulmotor a bill by Mr. Winn was not so, Ross Sheakley of Hoonah, is a successful. and On relative to the sale of real personal property in probate. pass- | Big Hangar to Be Sent | | to Alaskal Tug Will Tow Floating Structure to Ketchi- kan for Airways | | SEATTLE, April 22.—The tug| Salvage of Vancouver is to start towing the huge floating hangar of the Alaska - Washington Air- The hangar was built by the| | | 4 I | i |. | ! The | It is expected the case will go to Marine Construction Company. Tt| is 100 feet long and 57 feet wide| ————————— BERT MDONALD 1S TESTIFYING AT KETCHIKAN KETCHIKAN, Alaska, April 22 —Bert McDonald took the stand| yesterday in his own defense in| the trial here where he is charged | with first degree murder for the| slaying of George Marshall, Ket- chikan fish buyer, six months ago. etime tomorrow. LRG0 HOONAH MAN IN HOSPITAL PRELES A RN, | Illinois’ Anti-Vivisection society | (upper left), John Q. Tilson orsemen”—Speaker Nicholas Long- (upper right), Willis C. Hawley the rooks and 24 carefully kept off it was passed with scarcely hours remaining. Longworth is credited with the successful guidance of the bill al- lowing any joint stock land bank which absorbs another to operate in a total of five states, a thing farm organizations desired as a means to wider agricultural cred- its. At the close of Congress farm groups saw in Longworth the de- velopment of a staunch friend. In an informal discussion with L. J. Taber, master of the National Grange, he expressed a desire on the last day of the session to go further into the study of the ex- port debenture. COMMUNITY BILL FAILS TO PASS SENATE TUESDAY Winn Community Property Bill Loses in Senate by One-Vote Margin Before empty tiers of gallery seats with no one in attendance except the members, its employees and a press reporter, the Senate late yesterday afternoon failed to pass the so-called Winn Commun- ity Property Bill, moot issue since 1929 when it passed both branches but was lost when the House re- Jected the report of its Commit- tee on Free Conference. The vote yesterday was four for and three against—Benjamin, Di- mond, Shattuck and Sundquist for, and Bragaw, Lomen and Hess against. Had Amended Measure Sometime earlier in the after- noon the Senate had read the bill a second time, adopted the Committee amendements which multitudinous and meticu- fous as to phraseology, punctua- tion, and nontext. They included the striking of the Ziegler elec- tive provision inserted by the far ware “(Continued ;m‘;‘u—ze Eight) ;;'ox Térrier, Accompu ; Byrd to Both Poles, Dies CHICAGO, April This sought, to amend Patient at St. Ann's Hospital, hav-:.’fn terrier accompanying Admiral section 1,665 of the Compiled Laws Ing entered for medical treatment.|Richard E. Byrd, to the North 22.—1Igloo, the and South Poles died in Boston of an intestinal ailment. Byrd sus- a reconsideration vote, it lost by Is endeavoring to prohibit vivisec- |pended his lecture to rush to Bos eight to seven. (Continyed on Page Three) tion of dogs with the argument that } the dog is virtually a “tax-paying” citizen by reason of liconse fees) word and ton when he receiv but cancelled his umed his tour here, | JURY ACOUITS ~ WITH SLAYING \ 8y 7 [Verdict Returned in De- troit After Delibera- tion of 33 Hours CLIMAX COMES IN RADIO MAN’S DEATH | Three Other Men and One Woman, Indicted, Are Still at Large DETROIT, Mich., April 22.—Cli- | maxing several months of investi- gation, a jury has acquitted Ted Pizzino, Angelo Levicchi and Joe Bommarito of the murder of Jerry Buckley, D2troit radio political commentator, last July 23. The others indicted for the mur- der, three men and one woman, are still at large. The jury deliberated 33 hours. Recall Aftermath Buckley was slain shortly after announcing the recall of Mayor Charles Bowles who he had at- tacked in his broadca: The trial revealed what had been ‘told to a special grand jury by 100 or more witnesses. The special grand jury worked in secrecy for five months, gather- ing ammunition for the state’s court battle. Gang Connections The three defendants said by police to have connections, Levicchi had been in custody since the day after the killing; Pizzino was arrested in New York a short time later, and brought back only after a fight in courts of the state. Bommartio was taken here a few months ago. The assassination last summer climaxed weeks of city-wide ex- citement in which crime and poli= ties figured. Quick Death A dozen or so men had been shot down gangster-fashion before Buckley was killed, and his death came just two hours after he had announced over station WMBS that the voters of Detroit in & special election had recalled Mayor Charles Bowles. Buckley himself had been an outspoken opponent of Bowles. Buckley, a young lawyer, had won a considerable radio follow- ing through campaigns for unem- ployment relief and charges of un- derworld collusion on the part of some officials. The extent of this following was revealed when 100000 persons crowded in and about the ceme- tery when he was buried Buck- ley was shot three times in the back as he sat in a hotel lobby. CAPT, HAWKS FORCED DOWN NEAR PARIS American Aviator Attempt- ing Fast Flight London, to Rome, Return HESTON, England, April 22— Airdrome officials have been in= formed that American Capt. Frank Hawks, returning to London from a flight between there and Rome, Italy, has been forced down 87 miles south of Paris because of lack of fuel. The plane was not damaged and the flight will be re= sumed tomorrow. Capt.” Hawks left here before breakfast, had luncheon in Rome I!.w\d expected to return here for tea are all had gang nving “Now Igloo is dead, there is nothing to do but to go on with = the lectures. I feel I have lost more than a friend in the passing of Igloo.” K The dog was presented 10 Ad- miral ngton friends, Byrd six years ago by i