The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 26, 1933, Page 1

= ll & THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIL, NO. 6453. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1933. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS 5,000 ARE DEAD, INJURED HURRICANE NOTORIOUS U. S. OUTLAW IS CAPTURED CUSTODIANSHIP | FOR CUBANS IS LATEST REPORT Havana Hears Rumors— Military Forces Being Strengthened TENSE ATMOSPHERE IS BEING CREATED Negotiations Between Pres- ent Government and Opposition Fail HAVANA, Cuba, Sept. 26.—Mili- tary forces of the new Cuban Government have been strengthen- ed as rumors reached the Govern- ment authorities that some form of custodianship for Cuba is b2ing planned by Washington. This rumor created a tense mosphere. Authentic reports said another revolt was due. H Army Increased ! Col. Bativas' army has been increased by the addition of a Civil Guard of 2,000 of the Car- ibbean Army, a student organi- zation. The youths have done duty in the small interior towns. Regular troops are being con-, centrated in Provincial Capitals. Soldiers helped the police throughout Havana “to-keep order following incipient uprlslngs Governor The Provincial Governur at San- tiago has been forced by revolu- tionists to resign. Strikes continue along the coast and interior. Negotiations of the Government with opposition factions have ap- proached no closer toward a so- at- lution of the problems which threatened to overthrow the Gov- ernment. . | lal' is an ITALIANS ARE TERRORIZED BY | EARTH SHOCKS i Four Villages es Shaken Near, Adriatic Sea—Musso- | lini Orders Relief CHIEFTA, Italy, Sept. 26.—Eight persons have been killed and 30 injured in a quake which terror- ized the inhabitants of four vil-; lages near the Adriatic Sea in the mountainous regions, scemes of many previous gquakes. Premier Mussolini has ordered relief immediately. Lana and Peligne were hit the ‘worst. Most of the injured are in Sul- mona. The quake was also felt in Rome and Naples. Sweden l.om Toumts STOCKKOLM — Sweden has had fewer German tourists this year, because of the 200-mark 1im- | it imposed on travelers from that country, but the drop has been! less tham anticipated, Swedish travel agencies report. Two of the most popular tours in Swe- den, it is pointed out, are by boat, the cost of which leaves very lit-| tle left from the 200 marks travel' money. Pleads Guilty to i Conspiring to Aid Kidnaper to Escape; DALLAS, Tex., Sept. 26.—Grov- er C. Bevill, Dallas business man, pleaded guilty on arraignment yes- terday to charges of conspiring to aid Harvey Bailey, kidnap suspect,| to escape from the Dallas County jail on Labor Day. A plea of not guilty was entered by Tom L. Manion, former jailer,] accused of a delivery plot. He will be tried vn October 3, i | National Lusitania Hoard Lures Undersea Explorers S. S. LusiTANIA Using his 22-foot submarine, Explorer, Conn., hopes to succeed in a ave off the Irish Coast, where she was to 00 f2at, in initial tests in Long Island Sound, the Lake expedition an excel of tha liner is said to contain about $4,000,000 in gold and silver, sonable to concede forthcoming attempt Simon Lake, famous inventor edoed i and other :lewelry. ExPLORERS MECHANICAY ARM, to reach the wreck of the liner in 1916. The diminutive submarine attained a depth of | and as the sunken liner lies in only 200 feet of water, it is rea llent chance of succeeding in the venture. The strong roon as well as a large quontity of precious stone: of undersea_craft, of Bridgeport, Lusitania, in her ocean FAD FOR SHORTS QUSTS PAJAMAS ON THE RIVIERA NICE, Sept. crowding pajamas 26. — Shorts ! men and childven along the Riv-| ierd, where se‘rch for the unusu- important occupation. Shorts were frcwned down last year. but now they are worn at , tea, on the beach and even ion The street. Pajamas almost| obscured skirts, but now have their day. The ban on shorts last year was imposed by the tennis authorities because they were worn with very sk\zchy bathing suits designed for| sun baths. This year Launchmg of shorts at Wimbledon and the| Pris Davis Cup matches' broke | down resistance. The censors com- ! | promised with their scruples by | authorizing shorts .if worn with tennis skirts. Word that Helen Jacobs wore! shorts in the recent Forest Hills pionship touched off the somewhat i suppressed desire of the | crowd, and the fever has spread.| ,On tennis courts’ shorts are com- mon. They appear increasing on | golf courses, at dances and are; crylng to make pajamas seem! | prudish and old-fashioned on the ! sand. ———————— FOHD WORKMEN OUT ON STRIKE CHESTER, Penn., Sept. 26. Several thousand Ford Auto Com- pany workmen walked out this| morning from the local plant dis- satisfied with the wage rate. — - Prince Names Insull, iAngry Attacks, in Seeking Divorce LOS ANGELES, Cal, Sept. 26. — Naming Samuel Insull, fugitive utilities magnate, now in Athens, Greece, as a fre- Prince Serge Mdivani of Geor- gia, has asked a divorce from her. The complaint charges that Insull and the singer met several times in 1930 and 1932 and she also made angry physi- cal attacks on the Prince and once ripped his clothing. are | off men, wo-| shorts | Women's Tennis cham-! play-| | Post River and Lake. WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.—Opti- | | mism regarding the future of min- | eral recession suffered in the past| four years, is voiced by the Bu-| | reau of Mines in the Mineral Year | Book for 1932-1033, i The report said the consumption | of minerals cannot be suppressed indefinitely as a steady rise in| i living standards is made possible ‘Lhmugh increased utilization of | minerals and metals and as the rise of standards increase, con- Mining Industry Recovering; Optimism Regardmg Future Indicated in Bureau’s Report | sumption must follow suit. The report points out that the mineral industries employ more than 1,700,000 men who furnish more than half of the tonnage handled by the railroads. Placing these industries in key positions in relation to the na- tional business recovery, the pro- duction of gold, the report said, exceeds the average yearly quan- tity produced during the boom period. RING LARDNER, - NOTED WRITER, DIES AT HOME Aulhor of “You Know Me| Al” Pasdes Away After | Long Illness | NEW YORK, Sept, 2. — Ring Lardner, noted writer and humor- |ist, died last night at his home at | |East Hampton, Long Island, after a long illness. | Starting as a brilliant sports ;wflter, Lardner later became fa- mous with a series of “You Know Me Al"” humorous stories depict- ing the adventures of a rookie base- | ball player in the big leagues. | Later Lardner wrote numerous | i @ kits and plays. Although ill a long time, doctors finally let him continue writing as they found he was not happy unless working. | Lardner had suffered for the |past 10 years with tuberculasis,! ! however, heart disease, complicated by other ailments, was given as | the cause of death by the doctors. ———————— Hunters in Interior Of Alaska Report Many Earth Shocks ANCHORAGE, Alagka, Sept. 26.—Nightly earthquakes fol- lowed by thunderous roars and | boeming explosions were report- | ed here by a party of hunt- | ers returning by airplane from The hunters said they felt U. S, GAPITAL SENT ABROAD WILL RETURN Wall Street.—B;nkers Look for Home-Coming of Large Amount NEW YORK, Sept. 26.—A deluge | of funds from abroad is expected by Wall Street International bankers as soon as the stabili- zation of the dollar seems assured While the bankers are inclined| to shy at definite estimates as to| how much American capital has| gone abroad since the depreciation ! of the dollar was first feared, the| amount of funds waiting to come| home is generally believed to bew huge. Some bankers regard the conser-| vative estimate of the capital which| has taken wings since March 1| to be excessive. This amount was stated as approaching half a bil- lion dollars. Apprehension or tne gold dol began to push the money o the country several months be: March, said some bankers, even as much as a year ago, ot claim. Take Leaf from Nra | 26— BUENOS AIRES, Sept. Adopting a portion of Preside Roosevelt’s recovery program, Lne; Labor Committee of the Chamber of Deputies has recommende: forty-hour working week Wi decrease of pay, and asked the minimum age for child wor be raised from 12 to 14 years kers — e - Taylor County in Kentucky has eliminated all grade and scrub maie hogs from its farms, | Wright' 2%, Fox Films 16%, | who disappeared | found yesterday in the brush by | New York. GOLD PRICE WASHINGTON, Sept. 26— The price 'of gold today is $3149 an ounce, according to announcement made by The Treasury Department. This is . an increase of 19 cents over yesterday's price. . ° . . . . . . . . . . . ——e——— LATE SELLING FLURRY SENDS STOCKS DOWN Moderate Losses Are Re- * ported in Very Unen- thusiastic Session NEW YORK, Sept. 26.—A late selling flury in stocks was accom- panied by a last minute reaction and grains and leading equities that had held fairly firm during most of the gquiet session closed with moderate losses. There was little enthusiasm dur- ing the entire session. Sales were 1,135,000 shares. The curb was irregular. Bonds were steady today. Wheat Off Dealings today were mostly pro- fessional. ‘Wheat was off more than two cefits a bushel. o ‘few - stocks retained gains of fractions to around two points and these included Brooklyn Man- hattan Transit, Interborough Rap- id Transit, National Distillers, Tidewater Oil, Seaboard Oil, and Santa Fe. Others Off Shares off from fractions to two points included American Tele- phone and Telegraph, Case, Chrys- ler, American Can, Western Union. A recent cooling off of infla- tionary = sentiment tended to en- gender extreme caution among the traders and the public is also holding aloof from extensive in- vestment or speculative commit- ments. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Sept. 26.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 25%, American Can 90, American Power and Light 8%, American Smelting 44%, Anaconda 16, Armour B 2%, Bethlehem Steel 35%, Calumet and Hecla 6%, Colo- rado Fuel and Iron 6%, Curtiss- Gen- eral Motors 29%, International Har- vester 38%, Kennecott 217%, Mis- souri Pacific 47%, Packard Motors 3%, Standard Oil of California 4 Chicago and Milwaukee (preferred) 97%, Radio Corporation 7%, Stand- ard Brands 24%, United States Steel 48%, Western Union 59, Unit- | ed Aireraft 31%, Ward Baking B 3. Chaplin’s Two Sons Must Get Along on $350 Monthly Expense HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Sept. 26.— Charlie Chaplin’'s two sons monthly living expenses have been cut by the Court from $500 to $350, but hereafter Lita Chaplin | will not have to account for the | expenditures. Body of Anchorage Man, W ho Disappeared in June Found in Brush by Boys ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 26— The body of Mickey Crowley, aged 54 years, former railway employe last June, was There is no signs of Two brothers live in small boys. violence, — e — WOMAN IS RECUPERATING FROM ACCIDENTAL WOUND Mrs. Chris Jorgenson, who was accidentally wounded on Saturday afternoon, when a stray bullet from a 22 caliber rifle struck her leg, while she was hiking on the Ba-| sin Road, is recuperating rapidly ‘MA(}HINE GUN’ GEORGE KELLY TAKEN IN RAID Famous Criminal Arrested Early This Morning in Texas Town WIFE, ACCOMPLICES, ARE UNDER ARREST| Federal Agents with Local Officers Surround House and Make Capture MEMPHIS, Tex., Sept. 26. —Pclice Chief Will Lee an-{ nounced this morning that George “Machine Gun” Kelly, notorious outlaw, and his wife Kathryn, aged 29, and two other men, J. R. Tichnor, aged 30, and E. Travis, aged 26, were captured early teday in a raid. The officers said Kelly surrend- ered peaceably when Detective Ser- geant William Raney, accompanied by other Memphis officers and Department of Justice operatives, surrounded the house in which Kelly, wife and two men were sleeping. Capture Reported W. A. Roper, whom the police said was a Department of Justice Agent from Birmingham, reported the capture by telephone to Wash- ington. Roper told Washington: “He ad- mits he is Kelly and she is Kathryn.” Will Face Charges Kathryn Kelly immediately agreed to return to Oklahoma City and face charges in connection with the kidnaping of Charles Urschel. She said she planned to leave her husband and surrender in order to defend her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Shannon, now on trial in Oklahoma City in connection with housing Urschel during his abduc- tion. Threatened with Death The woman stated Kelly said he would kill her if she surrendered but “I was going to do so anyway. I don’t want to have anything more to do with Kelly.” The auburn-haired woman furth- er said: “He got me in this ter- rible mess.” Kelly’s hair had been bleached He will be put on trial as soon as the present one in Oklahoma City is finished. Kelly refused to talk about his connection with lany crime. GIRL GIVES TIP. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Sept. 26—A tip leading to the arrest of|_ the Kellys came from a 12-year-old girl, Geraldine Arnold, whom they were taking about the country as their little daughter. District Attorney Herbert Hyde disclosed the little girl is the daughter of Kelly's contact man here, Luther Arnold. She arrived on the train and gave the officers enough information to make the raid. She had been traveling with the Kellys and giving information to the officers for several days but the Kellys changed their plans so often they avoided capture. The girl's parents were picked up as hitch-hikers. Later Arnold became contact man.’ It was he who obtained lawyers to defend Mrs. Shannon, The little girl came here to see her father and Federal agents then sent officers to Memphis by airplanes. TRIAL DATE SET MEMPHIS, - Texas, Sept. 26—It |15 announced here that Kelly will go on trial in Oklahoma City on October 9. He told the officers to tell the world he will be out of jail before |long. No charges have yet been placed against the two men arrested with Kelly and his wife. They have not been identified with any crime yet. at her home, according to Chief| of Police C. J, Davis, to whom the, accident was reported. o Montana has a State beer tax of 5 cents a barrel, Sues For Balm Joy McLaughlin, 22, (above) filed suit in Los Angeles for $500,000 against Don Lee, wealthy automo. bile dealer, whom she accused of breach of promise to marry. (Asso- ciated Press Photo) ROADS BUREAU ASKS FOR BiDS ON 2 PROJECTS, Reconstruction of Juneau- Lemon Creek Section of Highway Is One Calls for bids on two projects, totaling .some. $85,000, were -adver- ‘{sed today by the United States Bureau of Public Roads, one for $50,000 on Glacier Highway and the other at Seward for $35,000. These are two projects on the Public Works Relief program fi- nanced under the Forest Highway section of the National Recovery Act. Three other projects are still pending. The local work will consist of reconstruction of the Juneau-Lemon Creek section of Glacier Highway. The road will be realigned, danger- ous curves eliminated, points clear- ed, shoulders strengthened and the section surfaced with crushed rock. The project is identical with that in the Lemon Creek-Duck Creek section which is now under con- struction It is estimated that 8500 -cubic yards of surfacing material will be required. All of the work ex- cept the surfacing will be done by day labor. It is estimated that 35 men will be hired .for the day labor, and 15 will be used in the surfacing contract. As the work will not start for some time, the Bureau ,announced it would nob need any additional labor at this time. The Seward project is similar tc that here. It consists of recon- struction between Woodrow and Kenai Lake, three and one-half miles. It will be handled in the same manner as the local job. The surfacing at Seward will be screen- ed gravel, requiring 8200 cubic yards. A third project, construction at Petershurg, will be advertised soon, it was said. Plans for the work) have been forwarded to division headquarters at San Francisco and as soon as they are approved, the call will be issued. Two other projects on the same program are still in the formative stage. One at Ketchikan involves an extension to Tongass Highway, and the other at Hoonah launches construction on Gartina Highway. Both are held up by negotiations for the right of way over privately owned lands. ——————— Anchorage Auxiliary to Veterans of Foreign Wars Is Given Charter ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 26. —Mrs. Mae Jenkins has been elect- ed President of the Ladies’ Aux- iliary, Denali Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, organized here with 24 charter members. —,———— Put - in - Bay Fish Hatchery, a $103,105 institution, is perhaps the largest and most complete of its| kind, hatehing spawn from food | fish taken from Lake Erie and planting the fry for restocking. | { THOUSANDS ARE HOMELESS ; GALE | SPREADS RUIN ! Tampico Struck Two Days Ago—City Is Reported Under 14 Feet Water 'FEDERAL TROOPS RUSHED ° TO SCENE All ,‘Struclures Destroyed or Unroofed—Martial Law Is Proclamied MEXICO, D. F., Sept. 26. —Resources are mobilized to |laid the storm stricken and flooded city of Tampico where estimates placed the number of dead or injured as high as 5,000, with thousands left homeless and enormous prop- erty damage. Two relief trains carrying a battalion of infantrymen to {aid in reconstruction work, food and medical supplies are enroute to the oil port city. | Parts of the city are under 14 feet of water. Military airplanes have also left here for Tampico. The city is virtually iso- lated by a hurricane which struck in all its fury two days ago. The city is without com- munication facilities except - from ships in the harbor and passing planes. The wind hit the city with a velocity of 125 miles an hour. The hurricane levelled the city hospital, railroad station, customs house and nearly every other struc- ture was destroyed or unroofed. It is feared hundreds have been buried alive in the ruins. Two rivers were flooded by the deluge of rain that followed adding to the terror. Tampico and surrounding coun- try is under martial law to prevent looting and to render aid. KILLED IN HOSPITAL BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Sept. 26. —Eighty-seven persons were killed at Tampico, Mexico, when the Civil Hospital collapsed last Sun- day night during the hurricane. This is according to a wireléss message received from the Pan- American Airways Company. —— e 10 ADDITIONAL MEN ARE HIRED HERE FOR TAKU Crew at Cannery Site Now Numbers 75—Carpent- ers to Be Used Soon Ten additional laborers were hired here yesterday by Supt. Al Minard, in charge of the work there, for the force now recon- structing the Libby McNeill & Libby cannery at Taku Harbor. There are now 75 men employed at the plant, Mr. Minard said, all common labor. Within a short time, carpenters will be hired here and put to work on the buildings. Lumber, purchased from the Juneau Lum- ber Mills is beginning to arrive and as soon as the decking of the docks and foundation is com- pleted, the erection of buildings will begin. Reconstruction is progressing satisfactorily, Mr. Minard said. The entire job will be completed this Winter. Next Spring the machin- ery for a five-lide cannery will be installed, and the cannery will be operated next season. ————— CAPT. JOHN HANSEN IS PATIENT AT ST. ANN'S Capt. John Hansen entered St. Ann's Hospital today to recelve medicdl care,