The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 1, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY Al.A > “ALL VEWS ALL THE 7T ‘IME” VOL. XXXVIIL, NO. 5812 __JUNEAU, ALASKA, T ! * MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS KA EMPIRE " PRICE TEN CENTS AMERICAN AVIATORS A7 HELD IN ALLEGED PLOT FOSHAY CRASH |Ex-Convict “Vamped” by Lady Bluebeard, Missing With Her Afer She Fle WILL BE AIRED FEDERAL GUURT FLOWER TRELLIS ENlABLED WO.\IAN SLAYER TO ESCAPE PRISON Head of Many Enterprises, with Associates, Goes on Trial Today GOVERNMENT MAKES KNOWN CONTENTIONS Charge Is Using Mails to Defraud—Companies Losing Money MINNEAPOLIS, Minn, Sept. 1.— The crash two years ago of the Foshay enterprises is due for an- other airing in the Federal Court with the opening of the trial of Wilbur B. Foshay and six of his former associates charged with us- ing the mails to defraud. The Government alleges Foshay and his associates sold stocks and securities in the various Foshay subsidiaries through the mails, representing them as good investments although the compan- ies were said to have been losing money. Several truck loads of books. vecords and documents were moved to the Federal Building for the trial which is expected to last for at least one month. One hundred and forty witnesses have been subpoenaed for the trial. ———————— SEATTLE HAS GAMBLING WAR: ATTACK MADE Filipinos Swoop Down with Knives, Clubs on Chinese Place SEATTLE, Sept. 1.—One Chin- ese was killed and four others were wounded when a mob of fifty Fillipinos descended on the Chinese here last night, branish- ing knives and wielding clubs in a riot what the police said was the outgrowth of a gambling war. Lew Jim, aged 45 years, died soon after the rioting in a hospi- tal as the result of a stab wound over the heart. Four other Chinei2 are in the hospitals, all suffering from krife ‘wounds. Only two of the attackers were arrested as the others scattered, One Fillipino, called San Fran- cisco Vallejo, aged 24, one of tliose arrested, confessed to the police and said he stabbed =t least four of the Chinese. He told detectives he “simply went wild" after losing about $200 in various gambling de- vices in the Chinese place. e, SCREEN STAR T0 SOON WED NEW YORK, Sept. 1.—Constance Bennett - screen Bctress, returned today from France with ‘he Mar- quis de la Falaise Coudray. Asked if they will be married in December, the Marquis, who is awaiting a final degree from Gloria Swanson, said: “It is customary for the lady to set the date.” Plot Reported to Kidnap Rudy Vallee NEW YORK, Sept. Vallee refused a police guard to- day despite warnings that a plot to kidnap him was overheard on an Albany to New York train. The police were notified the plot was hatched by two men. Mrs, Vallee is leaving shortly for Cali- fornia to visit with ber parents. WONDERLY RiTES HELD IN PORTLAND The funeral rites of Ernest ‘Wonderly, who died from the loss of blood after accidentylly cutting himself while at work in the Al- aska Meat Shop last viday, wili be held in Portland, Oregon, ac- cording to an announcement madz today. Mrs. Wonderly will accompany her husband’s body south on the Aleutian, salling from Junesu to- morrow afternoon. o that | 1.—Rudv | quartered in the woman's ward—the small building in the compound the above picture. After sawing the bars, she used a ladder-shaped bench. The warden suspects a former convict aided her. / Sentenced to serve from 10 years to life in the Idaho Penitentiary for the murder of her husband,| Mrs. Lyda Southard chose the minimum when she escaped near the end of the shorter period. She was who helped her obtain a length of the 16-foot wall, thence letting herself down by a rope made of her blanket and fastened by a hose to a es from Penitentiary BOISE, Ida. Sept. 7—A feminine Bluebeard who left headstones over several husbands in western states as she journeyed about marrying new ones is still at large. For the last tip to police, which had Lydia Southard Colorado, appears to hav way of the rest. Thus the wit of a woman who “had a way with men” and whose husbands had a way of dying soon after they married her has had western sleuthing outguessed for nearly five months. Mrs. Southard has been ed” in many places since that night of May 4 last when she astonished Idaho peace officers by climbing over the prison wall and ~escaping from the state peniten- tiary. The confidently uttered “We ex- pect to have her within 24 hours” that came out of Colorado recently predicted an end to the long hunt to recapture the woman convicted of poisoning her fourth husband for his insurance. But a raid on a house where she was supposed to have been liv- ing with a former convict ac- cused of helping her escape dis- closed empty premises. Ex-Convict Suspected ‘This victim of her latest con- quest, Warden R. E. Thomas, says, was David Minton, automobile mechanic and trap drummer, who was paroled nearly a month be- fore her break. It was he, declares the warden, “Spc ¥ “report- { of hose and a metal flower trellis, on which she climbed to the top of the wall after sawing the cell bars with a saw Minton had provided. | Warden Thomas suspects that in the lower right hand corner flower trellis (upper right) to climb Sir Hall Caine, Writer of Many Books, W ealthiest of Novelists, Dies in London LONDON, Sept. 1.—S8ir Caine, novelist, died at o'clock last night. Derided, laughed ar and demmed because of some of his early literary efforts, Sir Hall Caine attained success the equal of which few authors could boast His English pubiic on both sides of larger than that of most writers and novel readecs generally were eager for his lalest . With a comenlerable leamivg t.werds the eternal triiei» jerit- irs declared smn2 of his Dpiots crude and the result ususlly clumsy when, on rare occass he attempted *o intrcduc2 morus passage. Neverneless, Hall gave ample eveidence of his ability for fluent, grapniz writing. Dueal Puropse for Works It would seem that Sir Hall al- ways had in mind a dual purpose for his work—to please the reading public and then present the same subject dramatized so thay it would appeal to theatr2-goers. |Many of his book success attained even greater popularity when pre- sented on the stage. In 1907 he was declared by the manager of the Lyceum Thaeatre London, to be the wealthiest nove- list in the world. "His theatrical royalties from America and Eng- land up to that time amounzed to $450,000, the manager revealed, iand it was said that the sales of his novels had produced an even larger income. Sir Hall Caine was born May 14, 1853, at Runcorn, Cheshire, of | mixed Manx and Cumberland par- entage. At an early age he wen to live with relatives on the meécommmee to coordinate local un- of Man where his boyhood, sPenl!empioyment relief efforts is an- in a condition of poverty, CON-|nqunced by Walter S. Gifford, Na- siderably influenced his imagina- {,ong) Relief Director. tive writings in later years. Journalistic' Works His foster parents eventually| sent him to Liverpool with the' idea of making him an architect |and he was educated with that ob- ject in view. He never practiced that profession, however, turning to journalistic work upon com- pleting his studies, when he be- came a leading writer on the staff of the Liverpool Mercury. Mere newspaper writing became s0 unsatisfactory to Hall Caine that it is related he petitioned for shorter working hours and a re- duction in salary so that he might devote more time to novel writing. After six years in Liverpool he went to London on the invitation of D. C. Rossetti, with whom he lived and acted as secretary and companion to the poet-painter un- til the latter's death. Sir Hall was married Hall Oaine, became an {Continuea on Page 1 Hall | 10:50 con- Asgmm:o PRESS (UNDERWOGD) IR HALL CAINE NAMES YOUNG ~ TO HELP 0UT RELIEF WORK WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 1.— | Appointment of Owen D. Young, job will be to co-ordinate the ef- forts of the state authorities and welfare organizations in raising |unemployment funds. e ‘Day of Horse Now Gone, Figures Show SACRAMENTO, Cal, Sept. 1.— The horse is here to stay. The automobile has pushed Dob- bin into virtual retirement so far 4s utilitarian purposes are con- cerned, but there are just as many horses around these parts today as there were twenty years ";onldofllchuotthe&flfmh |State Fair, in announcing that during this year's fair, 5012 went vajued -at of for prizes - |stock today is 16%, American Can | ' h | f New York, as Chairman of the} Gifford said Young agreed 10 |Richard Ringling, aged 39, mem- \serve on the committee and hiSiper of the famous circus family, |was found dead in his bed here b |the fugitive and her supposed |companion have a hideout in Colorado. This man once lived there and | has,_relatives near Superior Colo. It ' is the warden’s theory that the convict purchased an automo- STOOK MARKET DULL, OPENING DAY OF SEPT, ==y Lydia Southard’s husbands | iNo Inclination Shown of | were short-lived, as indicated | | | by the following table showing Breaking Out—Fluc- tuations Narrow the dates of marriages and | deaths: | Robert C. Dooley, March 17, | | 1912, and Oct. 1, 1915—33 | | months. | William G. McHaffie June 4 | | 1917, and Oct. 1, 1918—17 | months. | Harlem C. Lewis March 10, 6, 1919—4 | NEW YORK, Sept. 1.—The stock market entered the month with- out showing inclination of breaking out and the extremely narrow range of trading was about as dull as experienced this year. Most of the pivotal shares fluc- tuated within ranges of small frac- tfons. | and Sept. 7, 1920—28 days. American Tobacco “B," North|® American and Electric Autolite losi bile shortly before the break and more than one and one-half points was waiting in it outside the jand imparted a slightly heavy tone | walls. after midday. He believes that Mrs. Southard’s Some oils eased fractionally. accomplice drove her directly to a o s prearranged retreat, where he pro- o |vided her with clothes to replace TODAY'S STOCK | ther prison garb. QUOTATIONS | Fiv Murders Charged ®| Mrs. Southard was originally ar- rested in Honolulu, where she was NEW YORK, Sept. 1—Closing i oqqing a5 the wite of a petty of- quotation of Alaska Juneau minel»... on the 17, 8 S. Monterey. Although tried only on the charge of poisoning her fourth husband, the prosecuting officials | | 1919, and July | months. Ed F. Meyer Aug. 10, 1920, 93, Anaconda Copper 24%, Beth- lehem Steel 397%, Checker Cab 8%, 8%, 8%, Curtiss-Wright 2%, Fox imi- h " accused her of slaying in a simi Films 14%, General Motors 36%, ()" ¢ocnion her first husband, International Harvester 38, Kenne- » . Robert, C, ; his brother, Ed cott 17%, Packard Motars 6%, Stan- | ;oofiynfliy Sea Susband. dard Brands 19%, Standard Oil of g "G McHaffie; her third California 40%, Standard Oi! of New husband, !iuland C. . Lewis; her Jersey 40%, United Aircralt 284, |go % ot Ed B, Meyer, and U. 8. Steel 88. charge that her infant child died X under suspicious circumstances. cIRcus MAN The irst husband was the father (Continued on Page Seven) HELENA, : |PROMINENT MO, DEMOGRAT DIES Nicholas Montgomery Bell Passes Away—Nego- tiated Mail Treaties ST. LOUIS, Mo, Sept. I.— Nicholas Montgomery Bell, aged 89, one of the most widely known — Missouri Democrats, is dead here. | PARIS, Sept. 1—Flesh colored| N. M. Bell went west to Salem, hose have returned to vogue for |Oregon, in 1864 from this country. ievening wear. The flesh tint now|He was in the general merchandis- worn, however, has less Y! the pink 'ing business there until 1868 whenl hue and more of natural skin eolor‘he returned here and engaged in than formerly. The fayorite evep-|the tobacco business since. He ing hose is an ultra sheer weave|was appointed by President Grover with a modified square heel barely | Cleveland, as superintendent of showing above the slipper. Few Foreign mafls but resigned in clocked hose are worn. ° ,‘{Iurch 1885. He was author of ; ) - - and negotiated the first parcel fliss Grace Naghel left on the post treatles of the U. 8. with Alice this merning for foreign countries. He was a mem- Montana, Sept. 1.— He was hurt in san automobile accident. four years ago and never completely recovered. A widow and three children survive. e, {Flesh Hose Returns for Evening Wear MRS. LINDBERGH IN LIMELIGHT N JAPANESE CITY Is Center of Attraction a! | Bri'liant Affair Giv- en in Tokyo TOKYO, Japaa Sept. 1 Charles A. Lindbergh has lost t spotlight to his wif2. The ¢ himself commented on 1 Jccasion was the bri given by Premier W. the Lindberghs and bring end the rourd of social f N honor of the fliers The invitations were T Mrs. Lindbergh came f Premier gave the dinner Jaughter of my friend, Dv Mcrrow and her husband During the evening, Cabinet members, their wives and other distinguished guests gathered around Mrs. Lindbergh. The Colonel remarked that “she's the belle of the ball, no doubt,” and then again later agreed ‘l “it’s Anne’s party all right” The affair was.one of the most brilllant given here in years A few more days of sight-secing and the Lindberghs will go China. to the W to — - HIRSCHFIELD IS DETACHED FROM CUTTER Executive Officer of Talla- poosa Transfersed— Others May Follow SEATTLE, Sept. 1.—Lieut. James A. Hirschfield, Executive Officer of the coast guard cutter Talla- poosa, has been detached from that craft and three other of- ficers, Lieut. Reginald French, Lieut. Carl Bowman and Ma- chinist Zina R. Schoen are ex- pected by guardsmen to be de- tached. All were acquitted at the recent court martial here as were| Howard Bryant and Leonard —_————— HIGH HATS ARE RAISED; WALKER REACHES PARIS New York—Mayor Given Cordial Welcome in French Capital PARIS, Sept. 1.—Mayor James J Walker, of New York, came to Paris today for the first time in four years. Paris welcomed him hats. Mayor Walker will participate tomorrow in the unveiling of a monument to New York's war dead in Pershing Hall. As Mayor Walker stepped from the train, a shout went up and| high hats came off. Walker smiled, then removed his grey fedora which he wore rakish. BOB ELLIS TO FLY OUT OF ANCHORAGE R. E. Ellis, well known and popular pilot who has been flying out of Juneau for the Alaska- Washington Airways for the past| three years, left for Seward today on the steamer Yukon, accompan- ied by Mrs. Ellis, enroute to An- chorage where he will join the staff of the Alaskan Airways. - Doctor.l.eaves Nurse $250,000 CHICAGO, I, Sept. 1.—Half of the $500,000 fortune of Dr. Joseph J. McGrory, chief surgeon at 8t. Anne’s Hospital, who died recently at the age of fifty-nine, was left to his nurse, Miss Mary | Margaret Brown, thirty-five, under terms of the will approved by Judge Oscar Caplan. Dr. McGrory's will expressed gratitude for Miss Brown's aid, not only in assisting him in his| work, but because she had pro- longed his life and comforted him in his illness during his later in high| el 10 VETERAN N | AR MEN ARE 5 N LA AL Believed ]r:lplicated in Shipping Fighting | Planes to China | INVESTIGATION OPENS BY FEDERAL OFFICIALS |Large Sum of Money Seiz- ed on Receipt from Denver Bank LOS ANGELES, Cal., Sept 1.—With two veteran aviat- ors, Floyd N. Shumaker and Winston B. Hall, held in jail, Federal authorities indicated a thorough investigation of .an alleged plot to ship fight- .ing airplanes from the United States to the revolutionary Government in South China, |will be made. A sum of $78,000, in cash, was seized when it arrived | here by express consigned to | the two aviators from a bank n Denver. . The authorities allege this |money was part of an ad- * |vance payment from Julian S. Liang, South China rep- |resentative, to the two men, to purchase fighting ships for the Chinese rebels. Assorrared Press Phato Ruth Turner of San Francisco was married in Reng, Nev,, to Eimer 1 Griffin, natmnal& famous ténn -1 J5TH CONGRESS | ARDUSED OVER OF MEXICO TO | SHORT SEASON OPEN TONIGHT MEXICO CITY, Szpt. 1.—Sur- rounded by the members of his Cabinet, President Rubio- will to- night read his annual Presidential messag>? to a Jjoint session of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies. This will inaugurate the regular period of the thirty-fifth Congress of Mexico. e et L |Sportsmen from Ketchikan to Juneau Up in Arms, Says W. R. Selfridge Southeast Alaska sportsmen from Ketchikan to Juneau are up ;in arms over the curtailment of the duck and goose hunting season to the current month from the usual three and one-half months period, declared W. R. S. Selfridge, Acting Chairman of the Alaska Game Commission and | First Division member of that ibody, who visited here today en- iroute to Fairbanks where he will |attend a speclal meeting of the Commission next week. BATTALINO | T0 MEET SHEA sz = = ™ HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. 1—Bat as all of Alaska's requests for a Battalino, world featherweight modification have failed of at- champion, has agreed to meet Ed- taining the desired result,” he die Shea, of Chicago, at the Hurley |asserted. “The only thing we can Stadium here on September 15. do is to be good sportsmen and “he bout will be ten rounds and co-operate in making it a success, a non-title affair, thoping that next year, even oo [though it should be felt advisable PPER RETURNS to continue the curtallment, an |exception will be made in our case Mrs. Josephine Tupper returned to meet local conditions which on the Princess Louise this af- are not present in other sections ternoon from the states where she of the United States.” has been vacationing for several| Mr. Selfridge was joined here weeks. She is a teacher in the by H. W. Terhune, Executive Of= Juneau Public Schools. | (Continuea on Page Two) MRS. TU Texas Oil Well Shutdown to End W aste of Heritage AUSTIN, Tex. Sept. 1.—Once(tended, for output of the giant more quick-shifting events in the|pool underlying 110000 proven petroleum industry have focused acres had increased from 400,~ the spotlight on east Texas. 1000 to 650,000 barrels dally during Gov. Ross Sterling’s decision to|the legislature's 30-day h close down wells in the nation's| A fine of $1,000 for each day of biggest field by martial law until violation of a commission order is the newly enacted conservation'provided. statute of the Texas legislature, As troops stopped the ‘tremen- could be made operative served to|dous flow of east Texas ofl under divert attention from Oklahoma,|the governor's proclamation, for- 2 where Gov. W. H. Murray's shut- |tune hunters who cameé rushing to down order, also enforced by na-|the scene last winter after the dis- tional guardsmen, still checked the covery well blew in, still were flood of crude from that quarter. |there hobnobbing and bartening. These two fields, it is estimated, |with men whose families had lived have been producing 40 per cent in the region for ge { of the nation's total, and for a; In the main it was the time it seemed all efforts to stem who pleaded most for a the outpouring from cast Texas shutdown under martial law. T - might be in vain. argued the heritage of their chils Then, on the final day of a spo-'dren was being’ needlessly da cial session called to cope with the stroyed. situation, the Texas legislators en-f Plans were being formulated acted a law empowering the sule“a conference at Oklahmoa railroad commission to prevent September 11, at which 1 where she will again teach|ber of the 26th and 2Tth Mis- iblic schools. souri General Assemblies. 2y | years. physical waste. tives of oil producing It was high time, oll men con-|plan uniform curtailment.