The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 18, 1931, Page 1

- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVIIL, NO.5722. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 18, 1931. " MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTY e v s LASH IS INDICATED IN FEDERAL EXPENDITURES REPUBLIC WARS ON RELIGIOUS ORDER EXPULSION OF JESUITS FROM SPAIN, DEMAND Extreme Lefts Worrying President—Communists Seek Banishment STRIKES ARE AGAIN HELD OUT AS THREAT Skirmishes with Monarch- ists Are Reported in Various Sections MADRID, Spain, May 18.—The Extreme Left elements are demand- ing the expulsion of Jesuits from Spain by Provisional President Al- cala Zamora, himself a Catholic, who already is perplexed over tue religious situation. The periodical Cristol, represent- ing the staunch Republican circles, has joined the Communist organs in demanding the Jesuits be ban- ished. In addition, the Communist ele- ments, with increasing bitferness, are attacking the Republic as be- ing too conservative and are urg- ing that Spain have a “real revolu- tion” and abolish the army, expell religious orders and confiscate property and divide the land. Meanwhile minor skirmishes are going on in various parts of the country with Monarchists. Rumors of strikes also persist as added threats to complicate the situation. VATICAN CITY, italy, May 18. —Riots and incendarism in Spain during the past ten days are con- sidered by the Pope as “sacrileges against God and the Holy religion and heavy responsibility exists on the malefactors and upon those who allowed the things to take' place.” The Pontiff made his first public utterance on the subject to a group of Spanish Pilgrims headed by the Bishop of Valencia. The Pope further said ‘“conditions are al- ready too much comprised and nienaced without need.” Election Disturbances Cause for Nine Deaths CAIRO, Egipt, May 18. — Nine UPSIDE DOWN STUNT PROVES FATAL SUNDAY “Speed” Holman, Recog- nized - American Aviator Is Killed, Air Races TWENTY THOUSAND WITNESS ACCIDENT Portland Girl Breaks World Record in Single Flight, Qutside Loops OMAHA, May 18. — Charles W “Speed” Holman, aged 33, of St Paul, Minnesota, whose name for years has been high in the list of American aviators, was killed Sun- day while stunting upside down at a height of 20 feet in air races here. Death was instantaneous. Twenty thousand spectators saw Holman volunteer, during the lull in a program, to go aloft in a stiff wind. For 15 minutes he delighted the crowd then fell. His plane bounced, rolled and plowed 200 feet before it stopped. Holman’s body was thrown out. It is believed his safety belt broke. Dorothy Hestor, aged 19 years, of Portland, Oregon, broke the women’s world record for outside loops in a single flight, making 62 loops. ———————— BOMBS USED, CELEBRATING IN PORTUBAL Fifteen Persons Are Injur- ed—Three Explosions Are Reported LISBON, May 18.—Fifteen per- sons were injured by the explos!onsi |of three bombs in the streets as crowds were celebrating the achieve- i ments of the dictatorship of Presi- dent Carmona. The first bomb was thrown into 'the heart of a crowd and wound- 13 persons. The infuriated persons were killed and 30 wound- crowd ct 4 the man sup| T ed in election disturbances over have thrown the bombs, firing their ihe Jets I I revolvers, but he escaped. The clashes are due to the ten- The second bomb exploded near sion existing between the Govern- the headquarters of the Republi- ment and coalition Nationalists can Guard. TWo persons were in- and Liberals. { Jured; e | The mob wrecked the plant of Monument the newspaper Republica. "l | The third bomb exploded in To Uncle Sam Abiroalto and damaged property. Unveiled | RO e s 1 iDAWM- " PASSES AWAY last Saturday afternoon over the grave of Samuel Wilson VANCOUVER, B. C., May 18— Dawson for 18 years, died here last |Saturday after a brief illness. | who, Troyans say, was the in- spiration for them for “Uncle o . o l “crm.d“” Of W.C. T. U. Is Dead Sam,” the sobriguet for the United States Government dur- HILLSBORO, Ohio, May 18— | Mrs. Sarah Doggett, aged 92 years, ing the war of 1812. Wilson was then operating a ione of the original “Crusaders” {who founded the W. C. T. U, is slaughterhouse and was given a sub-contract to supply meat to the troops stationed mnearby. Wilson was tall and spare and of kindly visage, like the Uncle Sam cartoon. Wilson became known as Un- . cl¢' Sam and stamped his wares “uU. 8.” Soon the soldiers referred to cverything belonging to the Government as Uncle Sam’s. 'dead here. Father of Girl Witness in Bombing Case, Shot, Killed SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, May 18 (fied man recently had attempted —Raffelle Romano, aged 48, San|to get Romano to force his daugh- Francisco real estate man, and!ter to change her story on the wit- father of Adele Romano, 14-year-|ness stand. It was largely her iden- old school girl, who figured as atification of Ilse, in connection witness in the recent trial of Henry with the bomb, which resulted in Tise, Spokane bomb plotter, was|his conviction. shot and killed late Saturday night| Ilse was convicted of sending a by an unidentified man who thea [bomb to the Associated Press office turned the weapon on himself in-!in the Cowles Publishing Company’s flicting fatal wounds. bullding in Spokane, Washington, ‘While the police at first believed [in an effort to blow-up the build- the shooting was over a business ing. Ilse charged that various Spo- deal, they became convinced later kane officials were persecuting him. it was the aftermath of the llnl trial when they learned from M-' mano's family that an unidenti- San Quentin prison. | { | i Sails To Wed I e Associated I'ress Photo Mrs. Janet Gattls, 24-year-old widow and former Washington so- ciety woman, sailed for Hawail to wed John McCormick, motion pic- ture producer, despite reports Doro- thy Mackaill, actress, was engaged to him. SEVEN YOUNG PERSONS DIE Auto Darts from Behind Freight Train Into Pas- senger Train ‘CALAMUS, Iowa, May 18—Four girls and their brother, and their two cousins were killed here Sun- day when their automobile darted into the path of a Chicago and Northwestern passenger train. The dead are Arnold Berner, aged 13; -Martha Berner, aged 20; Medona Berner, aged 19;B ernadette Berner, aged 16;, Monica Berner, aged 15, brother and sisters. Mildred Mumford, aged 19, and Walter Mumford, aged 17 years, driver of the car. Berner family, the mother having died some years ago. The coroner will hold an inquest. The crossing is said to be pro- tected with a wig wag and flag- man. —————— GUILTY, MURDER; Is Convictecfi— 6 Women, 6 Men — Dramatic Incident at Trial TACOMA, Wash, May 18—George Weyrauch, Camp Lewis Army deserter has been convicted of of Edward Hennessy, highway lunch room oprator, last June. ‘The jury, six women and six men, did not recommend the death pen- alty, so Weyrauch will be automat- ically sentenced to life imprison- ment. ‘Weyrauch was accused with Caul- ie Avrea, another deserter, still at |large, with shooting and killing crippling her, then robbing the place of $25. The money was to aid in escaping from the army. ‘A most dramatic incident of the trial was when Mrs. Hennessy, helpless, was brought into court from a hospital, to testify. ‘Weyrauch was captured when he returned to this region after go- ing with a circus to Florida and shipping on boats to the West In- dies. i Circuit Judge’s Estate Is Cash and Money Due SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, May 18. —The estate of the late Circuit Judge PFrank H. Rudkin is only The bomb was shipped from here.[$9,900 in cash and mMoney due, the| F. Cunningham, from Wrangel! Iise is npow serving 100 years.ip!petition for administration in be_-.,u a Juneau visitor, having arrived z.&oucker joined the party at Val; half of the widow revealed. AT CROSSING from behind a moving freight train' Only the father remains of the| ARMY DESERTER WILL GET LIFE first -degree murder for the slaying | Hennessy, slugging and wounding' Mrs. Hennessy and permanently | PRICES SLUMP Many Issues Decline to Lowest in Four Years— U. S. Steel Below 100 I NEW YORK, May 18.—Values of | shares slipped away swiftly on the stock market today. Selling was | jonly moderate, the volume being 2,500,000 shares. ‘The general level of prices was | depressed and many leading issues selling at the lowest levels of the past four years. | Wall Street is inclined to view |as bearish the upholding of the Indiana chain stores tax law by the Supreme Court. Chain store | issues were liquidated. | Final prices were generally close | ,to the days’ lowest. | Steel dropped through the 100 | mark with three point losses. Rail issues were off from four to ten points. Several of the leading industrials ‘and utilitles sagged only a point or two. i American Telephone and Tele- !graph sold under $169 for the first | time since 1927, L] TODAY’ STOCK QUOTATIONS l - e i S | NEW YORK, May 18. — Closm.c quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 16%, American Can 97, Anaconda Copper 25%, Beth- lehem Steel 43, Fox Films 15%, General Motors 39%, Granby Con- solidated 13, International Harvest- ler 45%, Kennecott 19%, Packard Motors 7%, Standard Brands 17%, Stand Ofl of California 34%, Stan- | dard Ol of New Jersey 34%, United | Aircraft 28, U. 8. Steel 99, Curtiss- | Wright 3, Hudson Bay 4, Checker Cab 11, 10%, 11, California Pack- (ing 23%, Trans-Atlantic, no: sale. e ———— BREAKS UNDER STRAIN; KILLS ONE, SUICIDES iMember of Prominent Bos- ton, New York Family Runs Amuck WASHINGTON, D. C., May 18— Robert Montgomery, aged 25, wounded Charles Garbett, night club manager, and killed Police- iman Jesse Taylor, then shot him- |self, when refused a table in a fashionable club here on Sunday. Following the shooting Mont- gomery ran outside, dashed be- hind a taxi and shot himself. He died enroute to a hospital. Taylor was shot twice and killed instantly. Montgomery was the member of a prominent Boston and New York family. Relatives sald he had brok- len under the strain of preparing for an examination as certified public acocuntant. — e 'SHOOTS WIFE ' AFTER YEARS ' OF QUARRELS :Domestic Strife Ended at Seattle when Ranch- er Kills Mate SEATTLE, May 18.—A domestic |strife over a period of several years is blamed by O. E. Bakken rancher, for his shooting to death of his wife Carolina during a quar- rel attheir Lake Forest home. He surrendered. Bakken said after a two days' \quarrel, his wife approached him with a piece of wood in her hands |He took the wood away from her. beat her and then shot her thre: times with his pistol. . STOCK MARKET | 0 LOW LEVELS|| homa; Ashurst, Arizona; Commi 'SENATORS ON TOUR OF INDIAN RESERV Sub-committee of the senate made a trip through the southwest Investigating conditlons on | ervations photographed at the Loupp Navajo building in Arizona. Left to right: Senators Thomas, Okla- ATIONS = v a1 Press Phoi ndian res- Frazier, Montana; North Dakota, Assistant Commissioner Scattergood and Special Counsel Grorud. ssioner Rhoads, Senators Wheeler, GANGSTERS NOT MAKING MONEY, LIQUOR TRAFFIC Attorney General Broad- casts Statement — [t Is Racketeering ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., May 18.—- Illegal traffic in liquor was said by Attorney General Mitchell last Sat- urday night to provide “on the av- erage of not over 20 percent” reve- nue of organized gangsters, who have been prosecuted recently on income tax violations. “This traffic has been diminish- ing and if this is the indication of general conditions, removal of the illicit liquor traffic as a source of revenue would not end gangsterism and racketeering,” said Mitcheli. The Attorney General made ths remarks in a radio broadcast and added that in one community, 'u- vestigators found 48 different kinds of rackets in existence. — e ONE PROFESSOR DROWNS, OTHER ESCAPES DEATH American and English In- structors Principals in Tragedy MADISON, Wisconsin, May 18.— Sterling A. Leonard, aged 43, Asso- clate Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin was drown- ed in Lake Mendota, and his com- ‘Panion, I. A. Richards, aged 38 years, Professor at Cambridge Uni- versity, England, was rescued. Richards is here for a lecture en- gagement. He said the canoe over- turned. for two hours. Leonard sank ex- hausted. Richards said he made an unsuccessful attempt to reach him. Don Tracy, boat house owner, Saw the drifting canoe and rescued Leonard. Leonard had written several books and edited collections of prose and poetry. Richards is also an author. — .- R. H. Chadwick and Richard on the Alameda, Wakelin, traveling men, arrived on the Yukon from the Westwa: i, J. Home, Hits Night Time Building Bursts Into Flames ~—One Farmer Is Killed " | WOMAN FREED OF MURDER CHARGE CROWD CHEERS {Dying Request of Chief of Police Not Followed by Authorities LEONIA, Idaho, May 18.—A ter- | rific lightning bolt struck the farm \house of Clyde M. Eberhart and blasted it into flames. Eberhart was killed and a broth- er, Louis, was injured. Members of the family escaped from the building in their night clothes. V18 —Mrs. Letha Gray Swindler has been acquitted of the charge of murdering her husband, Joshua Swindler, Police Chief of Tholiquin, Oregon. Tumultuous applause greeted the verdict and the Court was unable to obtain silence. KLAMATH FALLS, Oregon, May | He clung to the gunwale |, CANTON STARTS THIRD REVOLT; LOYALS KILLED Provisional Government Is! Expected to Be Pro- | claimed Shortly SHANGHAI, May 18. — Canton the birthplace of two successful revolutions, has proclaimed by open fighting the commencement of ai third insurrectionist movement. Two hundred loyal Nanking| soldiers have 'been killed during! the past few days, said, when attempts were made to disarm them. A-Provisional Government is ex- pected to be established in op-| position to the rule of Kia Shek.| The son of Sun Yat Sen, known | as the father of the Chinese Re-! public, is expected to play an im-| portant part in the Canton insur-/| rection. He has been Minister of Railways. He is hiding here but is| expected to proceed to Canton)| shortly. e L A Loaned Money to Himself; Former Banker Convicted VANCOUVER, Wash.,, May 18.— Dr. C. B. Alexander, aged 56 years, former President of the now de- funct American Securities Bank here, has been convicted of two counts of embezzlement. He was :harged specifically with illegally oaning $1875 to himself and em- bezglement of that amount, et 0il pipelines costing $4,000,000 are being laid in the new East Texas field. | I their leaders | Swindler was shot March 13, he told the authorities, by his wife. He made a dying request that they should not prosecute her. Mrs. Swindler admitted the shooting. She said her husband had been on a drinking party all n'ght. | In the morning, she said, she was leaving the house and he attempted to choke her. She seized his re- volver, lying on a couch, and shot him, inflicting a fatal head wound. D HRDLICKA 1S BOUND NORTH SAN TRANCISCO, Cal, May 18. | —Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, anthropologist, left Alask Sunday for Alaska on an to America from Asia. This is his fourth trip on such a mission. Justin McGrath, News Man for Hearst, Dies CLIFTON SPRINGS, N. Y., May‘ 18.—Justin McGrath, aged 64, for- mer newsman, representative of the Hearst newspapers at Paris at the Peace Conference in 1919, died here today. a Packers Association’s vessel | eking to trace the coming of men | INTERIOR DEPT, - PLANS TO SAVE " MANY MILLIONS Scheme Worked Out by De- partment Officials and President CURTAILMENT OF MANY 'ACTIVITIES PR O BABLE |Detailed Su;r;ary May Be Announced Within Few Days at Washington ORANGE, Virginia, May 18.—A plan by which it is hoped from $17,000,000 to $19,000000 will be saved in estimated expenditures of the Interior Department for this and for the next few years, was worked out Saturday by Govern- ment officials and President Hoo- ver at the Executive's Rapidan fishing lodge. President Hoover hopes to ef- fect a saving by eliminating some of the Department's activities, de- ferring some work which may be necessary ultimately, but can be | Postponed for the present. It was estimated that $4,000,000 will be saved during the present fiscal year, six to seven million dol- lars the next year and seven to eight million dollars in the fiscal year of 1933. The yearly budget is $85,000,000 including a $15,000,000 appropria- tlon each year for the present for | the Hoover dam. \ It is not amnounced what Do- partmental activities will be cur- |tailed or postponed but it was in- dicated a detailed summary .of the plans will be announced within a | few days. KENNY IFLAREN IS DEAD, ATLIN 1 {Discoverer of Famous In- terior District, Pass- es Away Sunday ATLIN, B. C, May 18.—Kenny | McLaren, who with Fritz Miller | discovered the Atlin district in | 1898, died in the Atlin Hospital here Sunday. McLaren will be buried beside his old partner in the Atlin Ceme- tery alongside the massive monu- ment erected by citizens in honor of the discoverers of this great gold camp. | McLaren is survived by relatives {in Blue Mountain, Pictow County, Nova Scotia. iF irst American |Wounded in World War, Killed by Wife NEW ORLEANS, La., May 18. —Edgar Douglingny, aged 43, a photographer, officially desig- nated as the first American wounded in the World War, was shot and killed by his wife, aged 37, at their home here | In the French quarter. She said | she shot him as the climax to | years of quarrel and threats against her life. Douglingny was shot four tims and takcn to Paris while a member of the LaFayette Escadrille. He met his wife in | Paris. When he returned here he came as a hero. | Forty-nine women, all more than 75 years old, were Invited to Okla- homa’s first all-State quilting bee by Gov, and Mrs, W. H. Murray. \Beauty Contest Winner to Go on Trial, Shooting Mate NICE, France, May 18.—A verdict of murder with the excuse of pro- vecation will be asked by the prose- cution when Mrs. Charlotte Nash- Nixon-Nirdlinger, aged 26, beauty contest winner as Miss St. Louis in 192: on trial Wednesday for the ooting of her husband Fred, Philadelphia theatrical mag- nate-at their villa here last March. Conviction will carry a maximum of five years and a minimum of two years’ imprisonment. The prosecution’s intent is be- lieved to have upset the plans of the defense which expected the Prosecutor would demand at least five years in solitary imprisonment in which case it was expected an acquittal would be easy. The woman said her husband ac- cused her of attentions to another man and threatened to attack her,