The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 31, 1931, Page 1

P ¥ \ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE _ 'VOL. XXXVIIL, NO. 5785. ~ JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRID “AEL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” AY, JULY 31, 1931. CHICAGO GANGSTER PERMITTED TO CHANGE HIS PLEA MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRE! MAN HUNT ON IN NEW YORK: OFFER REWARD Metropolis Aroused at Sheoting Down of Two Little Children MAYOR WALKER URGES CITIZENS TO ACTION ‘Drive Out the Dogs’ Says Executive—American Legion Offers Aid NEW YORK, July 31.—A hunt for the gunmen who shot down little children and failing to get ; - their intended victim, has been' A particularly intimate picture of spurred by a $25000 reward and Foyalty enjoying itself on the p Beach at Ostend 'is shown here in a ringing ‘appeal of Mayor JaMes ip, “photo of Princess Astrid of J. Walker to “drive out the dogs,| Belgium, wife of Crown Prince guilty of killing these little ones, Leopold, and their baby daughter, for protection to your own'chil-| Princess Josephine Charlotte. Royal Sun Bathers . dren and shoot above the waist.” , Anthony Buzzone, bookmaker, ad- mitted to the police he was the intended victim because of a policy gaming fued. The American Legion has offered 30,000 men to help drive out the gangsters. The intended victim of the “ex- ecution squad” of machine gunners of the underworld, was standing on a sidewalk with five children. The gunmen riding past poured 40 slugs into the group. Two of the children died later from wounds. The victim escaped. e PRINCE DAVID BOES ON ROCKS IN" DENSE F06 High and Dry with Bottom Punctured Slightly— Passengers Off PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., July 31.—Canadian National steamship Prince David, bound from Victoria and Vancouver to Seattle, grounded on the rocks off Point Wilson near here at 10:45 o'clock this morning in a heavy fog and is high and dry. The bottom of the craft is reported punctured slightly and she has a slight list. Several boats are alongside. The Canadian Pacific steamer Princess Kathleen took off the passengers. The Prince David is a sister ship to the Prince Henry now in the Alaska service. The Prince David was built in England a year ago. 200 Rescued from Genoa’s Tallest Bldg. First Major Fire in City in One Hundred Years Takes Place GENOA, Italy July 31.—Six per- sons * were injured and 200 res- cued from grave danger last night as the flames swept through the tallest building in Genoa in the first major fire the city has seen in 100 years. Thirty girls alone dropped five floors into police nets, without in- jury. DR. DEVIGHNE WILL TAKE CRUISE; OFF ON VACATION TRIP Dr. H C. DeVighne is leaving tomorrow for a weeks’ cruise on a vacation trip. During his absence, Dr. H, 8. Judd, of Tacoma, who recently arrived from the South, will be in Dr. DeVighne's office. Hired to Kill Woman for $2.20; Hangs for Crime SAN QUENTIN, Cal, July 31 —Benjamin F. Brown, formerly of Scattle, was hanged today for the murder of Mrs. Merle Ells, of Los Angeles, last November. It was disclosed he was hired to kill her for $2.20 in dimes by her husband who is serving a life sentence here for the same crime. Mother and child appear to be en- | joying their sun bath to the ut- ! most on the sandy beach where most of their Summer. they are spendin, time during STOCK MARKET CLOSES MONTH SLOW DECLINE Ending Is, However, More Favorable than Expected —Heaviness Shown NEW YORK, July 31.—The Stock Market went into a slow decline {today ending July with the lowest !levels of the month but more fav- drable than expected. Earnings of Bethlehem Steel gave a higher tendency today at the start but heaviness soon spread and several shares lost 2 to 6 points. Bethlehem Steel went up a point and one-half and retained part of the gain at closing. Drug and Safeway went up three points. General Electric and General Moters were steady. to a new low since the autumn of 1929. U. S. Steel sagged today. TODAY'S STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, July 31.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 14%, American Can 91%, Anaconda Copper 24%, Beth- lehem Steel 36%, Fox Films 16, General Motors 37%, International Harvester 387%, Kennecott 18, | Checker Cab, no sale; Curtiss- Wright 3, Packard Motors T%, Standard Brands 17%, Standard ©Oil of California 36%, Standard Oil of New Jersey 37%, Trans- America 7%, United Aircraft 26%, U. S. Steel 85%. STRIKERS €0 BACK T0 WORK I NEW YORK, July 31. — More |than 20000 of the 35,000 striking lgn.rment workers returned to work today after an agreement ablishing sweat shops. - ORDER BRIAND 'TO TAKE REST | PARIS, July 31.—Worn out by a Iseries of international negotiations, | Foreign Minister Aristide Briand has been ordered to rest at his country home at Coherel for pos- sibly a for.tnight or a month. His blood pressure. is high. ——.e— — SOLTSAD’S TONSILS REMOVED Henry Solstad, 81 years old, of !Junenu, underwent an operation | yesterday at St. Ann’s hospital for ‘the removal of his tonsils. e ENLARGE AUTO RACE CIRCUIT, ! LO8 ANGELES, Cal, July 31.—| Revival of popular interest in au-| ,tomombile racing soon will bring, |about a reorganization of the Southwestern A/A.A. racing circuit. Pismo Beach will be admitted and & new $100,000 speedway is con- ,templated near Oakland, Cal | | American Can broke three points 'ROBBINS.JONES PREPARING FOR - HOP SATURDAY U. S. Meteorologist Says Tailwinds Better To- i morrow for Flight PLANE FORT WORTH . GIVEN SEVERE TEST | RS ‘| Believed Only Two Re- fuellings Will Be Nec- essary on Trip SEATTLE, July 31—Reg L. Rob- bins and H. 8. Jones said last night they expect to takeoff in the plane Fort Worth on a non- stop refuelling flight to Tokyo to- morrow morning. United States Meteorologist C. O. Schick said the weather was fav- orable either today or Saturday but the prospect of a tallwind was better for tomorrow. The Fort Worth was put through a full fuel load test yesterday and cruised 138 miles an hour and burned approximately 22 gallons of gasoline in one hour and five | minutes. | Robbins sald even with a cruis- |ing speed of 130 miles an hour | the plane will have a good margin !in which to reach Tokyo after taking 550 gallons in a final re- | fuelling over Bering Sea. { The Fort Worth will leave here ywith 350 gallons of gasoline to cover the Fairbanks leg of the hop where Mattern and Greener are waiting with their refuelling | plane. | e e—— - WDONALD CASE APPEAL IS FILED IN DIST. COURT Grigsby Files Appeal in Ketchikan Murder Case on Last Day An appeal in the Burton G. (Bert) McDonald murder case was filed in the United.States district court here ~today by George B. Grigsby who with A. H. McCain represented McDonald in the trial which occurred at Ketchikan last Spring. Today was the last on 4| which the appeal could be taken. McDonald was convicted of mur- der for the alleged killing of George P. Marshall, a Ketchikan fish buy- er. Sentence to life imprisonment at hard labor was imposed on him by Judge Justin W. Harding on May 2, and McDonald is now con- fined in the Federal penitentiary at McNeil Island. The appeal alleges that the evi- dence was insufficient for convic- tion. MecDonald is without funds and the appeal was taken in forma paperis without a transcript of record of the trial. —————— CAN'T BLUFF BACKER HALL HOLLYWOOD, Cal, July 31— F. C. Hall, Oklahoma oil man, who financed the Wiley Post and Harold Gatty flight around the world said he would finance another world flight if Panghorn and Herndon lower the record. EXPRESS AUDITO! COMES NORTH AGAIN L. L. Trimble, auditor for the American Express Company, has returned North on his second business visit of the year. He came from Seattle and will leave to- morrow for Skagway. From there he will go to Whitehorse, and Dawson. On his visit earlier in the year, |he went from this city to the Westward, and then to the Interior and finally to Nome. He left Nome on the first southbound voyage from there, to Seattle by the | steamship Victoria. i — CRUISERS COME ON DRIVA A. E. Owens and L. M. Owens, who have been cruising timber in this section for some time, returned to Juneau yesterday. They came on the Juneau Lumber Mills' tug Driva. Seeks Presidency - s me"‘,‘;’iremdar‘l,ual_bee .':.hm’ ! its buzzing wi ;\sm. Former United States Sen- ator Joseph Irvin France (al has announced his candidacy the Republican nomination for President. Mr. France is as an authority on Russian aff: He will distuss what he as the issue of the campaign a public meeting July 11 at his es- tate, Mount Ararat Farms, near Port Deposit, Md. HISTORIC SITKA CASTS SPELL ON CONGRESSMAN Representative Smith Is Enthusiastic Friend of Alaska “Sitka is one of the most inter- esting attractions of the North- land, and I am surprised that ;nore is not done to bring this historic city with her enthalling annals of Russian occupation and American sovereignty and her surpassing scenic grandeurs to the attention of visitors,” declared Addison T. Smith, Republican Representative in Congress, whose home is in Twin Falls, Idaho. He came morth with the Congressional party that voyaged on the steamship Yukon and the Coast Guard cutter Tahce and that called at Juneau recently enroute to the Westward. He stay- ed In this part of the Territory in- stead of taking the trip to Seward and Fairbanks. He returned on the steamship Queen to this city last night from a sojourn in Sitka. Greatly Impressed by Sitka “I am greatly impressed by Sit- ka’s historic and scenic advantages. The city is well worth a visit of several days by any tourist, and more should be done to bring the ancient capital of the Territory to the attention of travelers. “Indeed, I marvel at the con- ditions existing in Alaska and her rich and varied resources. The mild delightful climate is surprising, and of course, the scenery is quite un- rivalled by anything anywhere else in the world. Fisheries and fur yield rich returns, which will in- crease rather than diminish in the future, and forestry wealth is in- calculable. Gold mining has at- tained considerable development, but present results in this region are small to what they are sure to be in the future. All Lawmakers Should Come “Every Congressman and Sena- tor should come to Alaska. Federal lawmakers should make themselves acquainted with this great Terri- tory and then they would be more capable and more willing to co- operate in its development. “The annual deficit of the Alas- ka Railroad makes some of the federal lawmakers nervous, but I do not think that the system should be disposed of or its serv- ice curtailed to the detriment of the developnient of the country. “The crying need of Alaska is air mail. To wait three or four (Continuel on Page Three) Raise in Price of Popular Cigarettes Causes Investigation WASHINGTON, D. C, July 3l.— An investigation into the recent simultaneous advance in prices of four popular cigarettes has been opened by the Anti-Trust Division of the Departmént of Justice to ascertain whether there has been a violation of the law. Four of the largest tobacco firms, R. J. Reynolds, American Tobacco, P. Lorrilard and Liggett and Myers raised the price to job- bers 45 cents a thousand to $6.85 |a thousand. WORLD FLIERS ARE CROSSING - OVER SIBERIA Panghorn and Herndon Expect to Catch Up with Previous Record LINDBERGHS REMAIN OVER DAY IN OTTAWA Long Distance Record Heroes Sleep in Bor- rowed Pajamas MOCOW, July 81 —Clyde Pang- horn and Hugh Herndon landed from Berlin at 11:51 am, or 1:52 a.m., Pacific time, and hopped off at 5:20 pm., or 6:20 am. Pacific time, toward Irkutsk. ‘This puts Panghorn and Hern- done 9 hours and 58 minutes be- hind Post and Gatty who remained at Moscow 11% hours. Panghorn and Herdon expect to overhaul the Post-Gatty record. Although their plane is slower than the Post-Gatty plane the flying range is greater. They also ex- pect to make fewer stops than Post and Gatty, considering only two more, Irkutsk or Chita in Siberia, Nome or Unalakleet in Alaska, where a five mile hard beach is available. Post and Gatty circled the globe In 8 days, 16 hours and 51 min- utes. LINDBERGHS HOP OFF TOMORROW OTATWA, July 31.—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife said today they would not continue their flight to the Orient, over Cahada and Alaska, until tomorrow. Their next leg of their flight will prob- ably be to Moose Factory, 461 miles. from here. BOARDMAN, POLANDO, SLEEP FOR 16 HOURS IN BORROWED PAJAMAS ISTANBUL, Turkey, July 31.— Russell Boardman and John Pol- ando slept 16 hours after making their record breaking nonstop flight from New York City in 49 hours and 20 minutes, a distance of more than 5,000 miles. Pajamas were borrowed from Ambassador Grew and the Embassy Staff bought them new suits and shoes. Only two pair of shoes were found in the city that would fit the heroes. President Kemal Pasha has in- vited Boardman and Polando to the summer capital at Yalova and instructed the Turkish Aviation League to prepare two medals. BRITISH AVIATRIX IN AIR FOR KRASNOJARSK OMSK, Siberia, July 30. — Amy Johnson, British aviatrix, and her companion J. Humphreys, took off this morning for Krasnojarsk on the flight from England to Tokyo. GRAF ZEPPELIN SCIENTISTS FIND NEW ARCTIC LAND FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, July 31.—The Graf Zeppelin com- pleted a seven-day cruise when it goounded at 5 am., today or 8 pm.,, Pacific time. Scientists aboard chartered 50,000 square kilometers of hitherto un- known territory. The Graf did not' go to the North Pole. Some land was found not known before and the Arctic maps will be changed accordingly. —— e ————— ANTITOXIN ON - BOARD YUKON SEATTLE, July 31—Antitoxin for scarlet fever relief in the vil- lages in the Nushdgak district, Alaska, will be carried north by the steamer Yukon leaving here tomorrow. The antitoxin will be transferred to a train at Seward, taken to Anchorage and then sent by plane to the westward, —_— e CALLED SOUTH TO SEATTLE BY ILLNESS OF HER SISTER Mrs. Stella Young left on the Princess Charlotte this morning for Seattle, having received a cable- gram that her sister, Miss Loraine McLeod, is seriously ill. Miss Mc- Leod is well known in Juneau and for the past year has been in the states. flying in to the Orient. Monoplane i ing their flight around the world. took the air during a test flight? Above picture shows the Lockheed Sirius low-winged monoplane, with pontoons, in which Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife are The picture was taken from another plane when the famous pilot was testing his craft in a test flight. n which Clyde Pangborn and SS Hugh Herndon are mak- The photo shows the plane as it FOOD DROPPED 2 PROSPECTORS FROM AIRPLANE Pilot Howard Makes Suc- cessful Trip to Aid Dawson, Fromholz ‘ KETCHIKAN, Alaska, July 31,—‘ Pilot Ray Howard and Mechanic Burras Smith made a successful trip yesterday to the headwaters of the Leduc River and dropped two | bags of food, 150 pounds each, for | Wendell Dawson and William Fromholz, prospecting in a gold region heretofore regarded as in- accessable. A smoke signal showed Pilot Howard where to drop the food. — .. - GIVEN LIFE FOR MURDER | PORTLAND, Ore, July 31.—Al-| bert D. Gilbert, aged 58, mill wright, who shot John Bevis, mill manager because the latter discharged him, was yesterday sentenced to life im- prisonment. e STEAMER ALASKA NOW NORTHBOUND SEATTLE, July 31—Steamer Alaska, on an excursion trip to Southeast Alaska, sailed at 9 o'clock last night with 67 first class pas-| sengers and two steerage. | Passengers booked for Jumeau are | M. Lassick and wife. Skagway then ing at Juncau on the present trip. |She is scheduled to arrive at| |has ¢ The Alaska goes to Sitka and |Petersburg southbpund touch- |night on the steamship Queen for ALBRIGHT NOW GAINING AFTER HIS. OPERATION Director of National Parks Improving in Fair- banks Hospital FAIRBANKS, Alaska, July 31.— Horace M. Albright, Director of the National Parks Service, is gaining strength after an appendicitis op- eration Wednesday mnight. The operation was performed by Dr. Aubrey R. Carter, Alaska Rail-| road surgeon, assisted by Dr. F. Delavergne. Albright was brought here by plane on Monday after he was stricken in Mount McKinley Na- tional Park Sunday, while touring with the Congressional Party. Albright praised the attention given him by the staff of St. Jos- ephs hospital. R WILKINS NEARS | NORTHERN PORT BERGEN, July 31. — Sir Hubert Wilkins has radioed he expects to reach Bergen tomorrow in his sub- marine Nautilus, enroute under the North Pole. e e WILLIAM E. BRITT | GOES TO KETCHIKAN| William E. Britt's duties as chair-| man of the Alaska Pharmacy Board d him to Ketchikan and He left Juneau last Ketchikan After attending to PRICE TEN CENTY QUEER ANGLE, CAPONE CASE BROUGHT 0UT Attorney General's Name Mentioned in Request to Change Plea DECLARES LENIENCY PROMISED GANGSTER Judge Wilkerson of Chicas go, Defers Action Un- til Today on Decision CHICAGO, TIl, July 31—Declar~ ing that the Attorney General of the United States sanctionsd an agreement with Al Capone that |leniency would be recommended it Capone pleaded guilty to income tax evasion and Prohibition con= spiracy, Attorney Michael Ahern, late yesterday, moved in the Fed= eral Court to withdraw Capone's plea of guilty. Judge James Wilkerson deferred action until sometime today on his decision as to whether a change of plea will be permitted. Judge Wilkerson said such an agreement was “unheard of.” Capone was recently sentenced to three years and fined $10,000 for income tax evasion. ACTION IS TAKEN CHICAGO, Il, July 31. — Al Capone was today granted leave to withdraw his plea of guilty of violations of the income tax laws. Judge Wilkerson set the case for hearing on September 8 and re= served decision until then on the gangster’s motion to withdraw his guilty plea to the charge of con= spiracy against the Prohibition laws TO DEMAND INQUIRY MINNEAPOLIS, Minn,, July 31— United States Senator Thomas D. |Schall, of Minnesota, said he will demand an inquiry as to what ar- rangement, if any, was made by the Department of Justice for Capone leniency. Judge Wilkerson said the accusa- tion against Capone in the liquor indictment required a more serious charge and a Grand Jury was summoned. The Judge directed that evidence be presented anew before the Grand Jury. It is said a heavier penalty is provided for offenses named than possible under the conspiracy indictment. WM. L. W'LEAN PASSES AWAY Publisher of Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Dies at Age of 79 PHILADELPHIA, Penn., July 31, —Willia Lm. McLean, publisher of the ‘Philadelphia- Evening Bulletin is dead here. He was 79 years of age. 1In 1872, McLean started in the business department of the Pittsburgh Leader and in 1878 be- came business manager of the Philadelphia Press. In 1895 he became publisher and proprietor of the Philadelphia Bulletin which had been established in 1847. The Bulletin has been conducted as an Independent Republican newspaper. Two Score of Persons Are Stricken at Picnic READING, Penn. July 31.—Two score of persons are suffering ptomaine polsoning, stricken at & picnic at Carsonua Park. They col- lapsed on a merry-go-round, on the Midway and in remote parts of the park. Denver Carrier Pigeon Flies Home from Alaska, 2550 Miles DENVER, Colo., July 31.—A Denver carrier pigeon, released at Nome, Alaska, flew 2550 miles to return to his home roost and establish what was believed to be a long-distance record for birds on the American con- tinent. The feather messenger, own= ed by Mrs. Effa M. Johnsen, was taken to Alaska by W. A, Walker of Chicago, Walker wrote a message on the back of a two-cent stamp and released the bird at Nome. Friday last it arrived at its official business there, he will go |Juneau next Wednesday morning Lw Petersburg. loft here. It was not known how long the flight lasted.