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THEDAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” NEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1934. HMBE.R OF ASSOCIATI:D PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS + VOL. XLIIL, NO. 6573. CONVICTS MOWED DOWN BY GUNFIRE OMEN, CHILDREN KILLED IN AUSTRIAN CIVIL WAR HOWITZER FIRE ONE-DAY STRIKE 1S POURED INTO ‘m ERANCE ENDS: 2,000 FAMILIES 1S QUIETTODAY Createst Apartment House, |Clashes Between Rioters| in Europe Is Razed | and Authorities Occur by Gov't. Troops in Large Cities TERRIBLE INCIDENT \Hoonwms RUN DOWN OCCURS EARLY TODAY 'BY MOUNTED GUARDS Socialists Continue to Fight Eoth Sides O Many 3 4 ‘ = ; Troops in Many Aus- Casualties but Only Y o 3 W ) Ay trian Cities Pre51dent of Cuba and His Cabinet [PRISON BREAK FRUSTRATED BY TOWER GUARDS Seventy Inmates of Walla Walla Peniten tiary Attempt Escape LONG TERMERS ARE SHOT DOWN IN YARD \Com pany “of National Guard Called Out— Order Restored WALLA WALLA, Wash,, Feh. 13. — Seven convicts were killed; two were serious- ly wounded, one guard was killed and four injured, in an unsuccessful attempt of long termers to break out of the State Penitentiary here yes- terday afternoon. The convicts, armed with knives and scissors, from the tailer shop, forced a number — of the officers to accompany them when they started their march toward the prison gates. . The marehers Were alted by a withering rifle and ma- chine gun fire by the guards from No. 8 Tower. The convicts had tied their tailor shop guards together WESTERNERS AT BIRTHDAY FETE e One Death PARIS, Feb | general strike VIENNA, Feb. 13.—Wom-| en and children have also been fed to the flames of a Civil War the Austrian Government’s artillery early teday smashed the Karl Marz, Apartment Building, housingf1 2,000 Secialist families. No cne knows hew many| have been killed. { Howitzers apparently smashed the third and fourth floors of the greatest apart- ment building in Europe. The| middle arch of the four mil- lion dollar structure then col-' lapsed. | This is only one aspect of the present warfare as the forces of Chancellor Dollfuss| struggled through streets to| U*I‘h\' one-day in France is appar- |ently over y_clashes be- | | tween rioters and police reported |from various section: nted guards rode down riot- Marseille as after time the guards !charged the rioters in the three |cities and it was nearly dawn be-| fore order was restored. Bc L any cas ties a was killed lin the Today | follo Here is first photograph of President Carlos Mendieta of Cuba and members of his cabinet, comprising zovernment formally recognized by U. S. Seated, left to right: Dr. Santiago Verdeja, Minister of Health; Dr. Cosme de la Torriente, Minister of State; President Mendieta; Dr. Roberto Mendez Penate, Minister of Justice, and Dr. Joaqum Martinez Saenz, Minister of Finance. Standing, left to right: Dr. C. M. de la Rionda, Minister of Agriculture and Commerce; Dr. Miguel Mariano Gom Mayor of Havana; Lieut. Hector Aguelera and Major Franco Granero, Prm‘lduntml aides; Dr. Luis Baralt, Minister of Education; Br. Muquu Sterling, nurbaszador to U. S, and Dr. Emcuno Santovenia, Minister of the Preqldency‘ of violence and many arrests \\'erv MURE Tu SAY imade especially in Marseilles where | |hoodlums took the lead in rioting.| ABOUT FLY'NG | b one outbre it is vely quiet strike of MANY PRESENT ATWOIMEN'S - GLUB MEETING [Eclipse of Sun |Today; Expected To Shade Alaska An Mrs. Isabella Greenway (left), representative from Arizona, and close friend of the Roosevelts chatting with Senator Key Pitman of Nevada and Mrs. Pittman during the birthday ball of the President in Washington, D, C. (Auocna(ed Press Photo) Scores Wounded It is estimated that 150 were vu'ndad in the. various ouluxcdk RULES AGAINS [Mural Is Pickaxed From Walls of Rockefeller Center | | | | of the sun is crossing the Pacific today, starting at dawn about 200 miles off-the Malay Peninsu The eclipse crosses the P cific in eleven hours, ending eclipse | L night the hoodlums rode {through the- streets shooting at lighted windows. The police swarm- | ed the street and engaged the| ~—Work- | },0dlums, killing one, ' before the NEW YORK, Feb, 13. put down the rebellion of thw Socialist Party. men the walls of the Rockefeller | p,.is fatalities from the rioting with pickaxes dug from |rioters were routed or captured. |Added Safely Dev1ces Are| Needed—Praise Given close to the Alaskan coast at sunset., A partial shadow will cross ‘Twen!y—lwo New Members Join Democratic Organi- with wire and used them as a shield. Center last Saturday night the | | 5 : week mounted to 25 when| | mural which Diego Rivera, not- those wounded died yes- |of last five of terday. Apparently 200 persons have been killed ouside of Vienna in battles that raged yesterday at Seyr, Graz' and Linz, also at St. Ery. Texas Federal ]udge Makes Sharp fighting broke out again Decision ( overnment to Appeal Case Roosevelt’s Action RICHMOND, Virginia, Feb. 13.— | Terming their accident record en- tirely too high, former Brigad | General Willlam Mitchell yester- day said he favored compulsory installation of more safety devices by cqmercial airlines, Cabin parachutes, devices for The Walla Walla Company of the State National Guards was immediately called out and sent to the prison to aid in quelling the outbreak. Apparently about 70 convicts were involved in the attempted prison break. After the shooting, quickly restored. Five convicts were killed outright and two others died later in the prison hospital as the result of wounds. zation at Second Session ed Mexican artist was prevent- ed from finishing. This was learned yesterday. Rivera called it cultural van- dalism, assassination of a nu- [ man creation. } Rivera was ordered to stop early today when Socialists sta- tioned machine guns on the top of the hill commanding Linz. order was Death List The dead are: H. L. BRIGGS, tailor shop. WALLACE TURCOTT, aged 21, sentenced from 5 to 20 years for an attempted robbery. PAUL KROUSE, aged 22, sen- tenced from 8 to 20 years for rob- bery. GERALD HILL, tenced from 2% grand larceny. H. R. CLARK, aged 22, sen- tenced from 10 to 20 years for second degree murder. JAMES R. DELONG, aged 25, sentenced from 10 to 25 years for robbery. ERNEST DEBOER, aged 28, sen- tenced from 5 to 6 years, for rob- opin- turnkey of the Th las| as A accor aged 18, sen- to 15 years for e special meeting to e purpose of hear- s for coming elec- and arrange —lee to.the: Bo - | ditions and also the move to regu- appointe Frau Sever, widow of a former ) ilate speculation, Socialist Governor in Lower Aus- Today’s close was steady. tria, is believed to be one of the totaled 2,100,000 shares women victims of the war. i On the Curb v Bonds had an upswing in do- WEDS IN ARIL, higher. The fore list. i edian’s ife Is l Im Comed W fe I was unsettled. streaming towards them. U. S. Smelting got up today at| 1n their struggle to keep tr Not Connected with Movieland |a record high at 131 before relax-|soives and their families from _\[... |ing moderately. Others ‘ed | yation, many men haye taken TUCSON, Arizona, Feb. 13.—Har- ry Langdon, sober-faced film com- | gains of one to around th . | thett. edian, and Mabel Georgena Shel- PR Grains Steady [CWA Worker Takes His | .ains were asout steady don, of Los Angeles, were married here last night in the Presbyter- Life; Believed Despondent ian Church. | TOLEDO, Wash, Feb, 13— ! Silver, Howe Sound, American Met- Charles Carlyle, aged 35 yea: A a1s, Anaconda, Kennecott, DePasco, Langdon said his wife is not con- nected with the films, | NEW YORK, Feb. 13.—Feder Judge John Knox has gra order applied for by the Continental and Western Alr, requiring Fos:mas' General Jar A. Farley and Postmaster Jol Kiely, of \Iew York City, to show e cause Friday why they should nrn‘ be restrained from acting under the order cancelling air mail con- tracts: Sales are| HERNANDO, Three negroes who utvmckmz a white girl I()ll"/l Luck Sure ed to the gallows, are Jackson jail after being \mw*' lo”ul(\ 2 Aleutian |away in uniforms of guardsmen 7 Johnny Jones, Isaac Howard and I\"”“I Ir""”” Ernest McGhee, the n 1 W |hang on March 26 for their “Klontiike of Nome” ‘(;il'ls Foolb(l” . J Wins Dog Show Award Under Protest In Toledo NEW YORK, Feb. 13.—“Klondike — of Nome,” owned by Jean Dempst TOLEDO, Feb., 13— has been adjudged the best Eskimo!approving basketball ¢ dog at the Westminster Kenne!|girls, the Toledo Council of Club’'s annual show. The dog was|lic Women has gone on record | given to Miss Dempster by Admiral |against football games for girls, or| Richard E. Byrd and was born on baskethall games in which girls the first Antarctic expedition. oppose boys, & BLOEMFONTEIN, Feb. 13.—T drought and unemployment given as the reasons for the fac that jails in the Orange Free Stat are full, with more offenders now Feb. 13 confessed lO and sent Zn 3—Climax- | ing a secason of tough fuck, | o st Harry Old and Henry Peters, |August Busch, Sr., Com- Aleutian Islands trappers, were T s L forced te ride in the open sea h for 48 hours in a small dory Palatial Home after their gasboat burned fol- lowing an explosion caused by LOUIS, Mo., Feb. 13 backfiring. , Sr., aged 68 year The two men landed at Kal- | ident of the Anheu lachak Bay. ated, head of Earlier in the trapping season known family they lost their first boat in a mrl killed himself in sterm and narrowly escaped home today. He had with their lives, il for six weeks, — SEWARD, Feb. today. Cotton lost $2 a bale at one time. Gainers today of one to around |four points included International ST. houg ust Busc! ts for Catho- worker, has been found shot 10| american Smelting. death in the barn of his father-in- Rails Go Up law, John Turner, on whose ranch! pnjon Pacific was up four Wlns he lived with his wile and small | land New York Central advanced son. Priends said they believed g5 4id Santa Fe. Carlyle became despondent and|__ ‘shot himself, ! (wonunued on Page Two) of shot lati nearly half of the Pacific Occan just before sunset and it is ex- pected to shade the west coast 2 SRR R AL TP T of the UnieX Hiales: from “’Ihm, the W}Jmun Democratic | South i Calif i & R Club has met with popular approv- | S, °"; “M 68 € lal and is filling a real place as a northern b"rd" - o timely and appropriate organiza- o tion, was evidenced by the large at- Muniti 1 | tendance present at the second i SR Tt ?:chm St | FELEE G h"}a" ‘3L*F;d-l work on the mural lnst May BE MAINTA'NED JAPAN VUTES | meeting held in the council cham- ryani uled ' Va oy o v a8 vern session of the great wartime muni- L,le:ée;’::gem?:ng:ni]ueh unqe;l the | :,ecu‘:*a‘.:zzh::l?o“fmw]:fn-k:? steering through fogs and auto- |Jll:w o‘! th:.v L‘Al}’hflll ?dsl ":\‘LJI‘“% tions plans. Government forces5 i 1 + ) P 4 ‘s matic defrosters were among the | In addition ot those who ha NRA petroleum code could not be! feller family, but he was paid | 3 pre signed the roll of the ed the plant repeatedly ini 0" ooinc ofl companies that| the regular contract price for | |additional safety devices Mitchell i i ik gt S i attempts to take the! g0 a o Anf 20K recommended. 1club, TWeHiy-y BRGNS P position. Many fell dead and )L‘:Zigm"';’%“mfnmf‘ in.ien‘:: “r])m e Dovere, | The former Assistant Chief of g | present last ev uulm Ll;ul .\\m\»u b wounded but there was no time age. o . | P .. lthe Army Alr Service said he was t o the roster. nor opportunity to count the Casu_:mgxucg:e S baten g .Presldent Makes Decmon heartily in accord with President % ;nlo Amf‘l‘(lmfluh) alties | G S o . H Ord I d Roosevelt’s action in takin {invite all party candidates for the 2 1 a dent or his —Urders Issued to Lom-~ ary elagis befor: Horrible Battle AR iy A S".VER METAI. 5 ate el oit' of the ands of com- primary election to appear before The battle at the Karl Marz|fd evertis B0 €7FCC B0 manding Generals |mercial concerns and declared that ! {the club at a special session to Building is reported horrible as| ™At might effect HICHIEE MlNlNG SHARES ity velations i the Senate investi-|Largest Peace-time Appro- whies i Bl WAL be. et some of the veterans who fought > g | WASHINGTON, Feb. 13— jons in air mail showed a “most B ometime prior to the eclection, at this scene were veterans of the ;’:““&;n S [‘ o “l’“ | War Departmeiit. announced |corrupt ‘condition ever uncovered | P”a;_’lon Is %‘:‘Sised by ,\|::’1: 4. The exact u;m- and plucg World War. e OO T Safurday that orders providing {in Washington.” ouse ay of the meeting will be announce Machine guns blazed from the |Phase might be ‘Lm.f“dwmrm g |tinuance of the CCC at | Mitchell said he believed the| as soon the candidates have windows of the grest apartment| T(}“:‘ i:rré:::" e | | strength of 200,000 men have 'my mail flying was only tempor-| TOKYO, Feb. 13.—A Budget Bill |™ ;‘” heard £ I ot AT house as the soidiers attempted to | PRoty e RN | sent to commanding Gen and mail transp ill | providing for the largest peace- e g ",.”-‘ “"‘lerf’ Ses entér. b all Army Corps Areas. be turned back to com: time defense appropriation in Ja- "-"’" club, Th TR metshiers. Be Machine guus, grenades and tear Firm Appearance Is Given| Tne President's decision to main-|ganizations after reorgan pon's nistoi REIRRED. Dasd by | 0% »M}"‘Efl::‘\(lllll-;x‘ry\(_fl 0%, gas bombs were insuffici ' tain the corps 11 strength v C to requirements. 3 use e »Iming ¥ ¥ " 00, . RTA. break down resistance so hl:;:"tze'x.'z'sufl ‘ —AlCOhOlS, Ancmfl 1 Max‘chc 311p lz’éafumll ll;:z] u‘ m- | ———O*C'l—_ lnl\‘:*)wr}l{l‘:/.m F:ry;y-‘::ur OV;lerCl:(“l'.n l::[ A P‘:‘wnd}uml Mx;» " ¥ were unlimbered. | ontinue Weak plished by two enrollment periods | more than half a billion dollars| v ertec o g T | | of six months each. | goes for the Army and Navy. } bl i & i e WILD RUMORS AFLOAT | URDER MADE | NEW YORK, Feb. 13—Strength| Additional local and experienced WH I TE GlRl_ flérs jcommittee of two to arrange for a VIENNA, Feb. 13—Unofficial es- fof silver, mining and metal issues [men will be enlisted in the extreme apeaker for G BN Meeiig Vo timates this afternoon of the dead | gave the stock market a fairly firm | West. He, B e ) OngL oA | of in Austria’s Civil War was placedi a')pcax ance today, despite scattered| President Roosevelt will ask C:m-‘ ; M‘A;L‘; Fhe 4 ‘ox ki run g mib: bery. at 100 killed while wild rumors| weakness of alcohols and aircraft, s for an appropriation not to| JOEY SOLL i placed the list at 2,000, ] after Secretary Morgenthaws an- [exceed $300000,000 for the CCC| e .‘uf,‘(‘gifcgfit‘f;"eg?ifi?fkPARK‘:_; A Berlin newspaper correspon- | | nouncement the Government Wwill fcorps. THREE Tfl D | s‘_ y kel gy iy ks, dent has sent a dispatch sayur"one Company ASk\ Re do something for silver. | ! ¥ i Lr)l‘}(‘i‘v:a?;m by Smmw!,-y ‘mem‘:i that sections of the Fifth Aus-| straining Order n Arkdans e B hesitant bec | ol i it OI)Q“.L;l!:.sns‘ff gu:crd trian TInfa regiment deserted | Cancellatlon cause of European unsettled con- ()nm:m Free State i et S f ts ounded. J a 2. 3Negr0es Spmtet] to ale| > Department officials said a — ails Are Filled | : . et M8 2eC B [ tor . | Pla(‘e n Umfurms gation is being made into By Economic ”1\; { G Is ir mail contracts with a of Luardsmen ncellation, similar to the 'n on domestic contracts. HELD BY SENATE‘ WL 57 < S | 9 MacCracken's Attorney Says Client Is an In- nocent Man WASHINGTON, Feb. 13— The S went into an Executive n this afternoon to deliberate - on the William J. MacCracken and In- three other cases after MacCrack- ha-len's atforney said his client had no knowledge of the removal er his pa- | destruction of airway files and had been | purged himself of contempt by the \refurn of other files,