MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XIV. NUMBER120.
SEWARD, ALASKA. THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
FLAYS GOVERNMENT
CONNIVANCE WITH
ORGANIZER CRIME
SPOKE SPECIFICALLY ON THE
PRACTICE OF THE TREAS
URY DEPARTMENT
CHICAGO, May 22, (/PY-^Tudge
David Robinson, former public de
fender from Oregon, flayed “Gov
ernment connivance with organized
rrime” before the American crime
study commission.”
He spoke specifically on the
practice of the treasury department
demanding income tax returns
from vice resorts and their women
inmates.
“The internal revenue service is
now making a careful survey of
prostitutes and landladies. This
check is not for the purpose of ter
minating their disease spreading
activities but merely the desire to
want to know whether they filed
income tax returns and if not de
mand tax.
“If a settlement is made and tax
plus interest is paid, the govern
ment assures these women no pub
licity as to their methods of liveli
hood will follow.”
JUNEAU. May 23, (/P)—Gover
nor Parks Dlans to take an active
..art in the capitol to capitol yach'
irtce iiom Oivmpia to Juneau anc
will be aboard as a member of the
crew of Cash Cole’s yacht “Jazz"
the Juneau entry in the race.
The Governor plans to leave here
tune 1 by airplane and hopes tc
make close connections at Seattl:
for San Francisco reaching- there
within one day from Juneau whicl
will make a record for such a flight
He will attend the Mills colleg
commencement where a ^ niece
Mary Thompson, graduates.
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WASHINGTON, Ma/ 22. (£>)
Secretary Wilbur announced thai
be had requested President Hoove:
to appoint an advisory committee
on education to work out a pro
gram to be recommended to con
gress which would permit the fed
eral government to render the
greatest possible degree of sei
vice to education.
CAL IS APPROACHED
NEW YORK, May 22, (£>)_ Calvir
Coolidge has been approached witl
an offer to become chairman of the
board of a $5,000,000,000 investmeni
trust which is reported to be the
subject of conversations betweer
John Raskob and bankers. The
trust which would be the largest ir
the world, has for its aim, the as
sistance of the workers.
ANOTHER CLASH
WASHINGTON, May 22, (IF)—A
clash between Bolivia and Para
guay trops in the neighborhood oj
Vanguardia fortress in disputec
territory, forced the internationa
conciliation commission to hold 2
'nnck session.
BODY OF HODGSON IS
; RECOVERED FROM LAKE
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, May 22,
tfP)—The body of Carey V. Hodg
son, United States geodetic survey
official who was drowned Sunday
'in a sudden storm on Chesapeake
Bay while he and his 10 year old
son were canoeing, was recovered.
Hodgson had been assistant chief
of the division of the geodetic sur
vey since 1921.
KETCH BANKER,
L D. RYUS, IS GALLFD
TO GREAT BEYOND
KETCHIKAN, May 22, (/P)—L. D.
Rvus, one of Ketchikan’s earliest
residents, died last night after
being stricken ivith apoplexy.
He was 58 years old and is sur
vived by his widow who will accom
pany the body south on the liner
Yukon. He leaves two daughters,
Ruth and Helen of Seattle and a
son, Emmet of Ketchikan.
Funeral services are expected to
be held in Seattle with interment
in Bellingham. Mr. Ryus was pres
ident of the Mipers’ Merchants
bank of Ketchikan.
RETURN TO SPAIN
BUCHAREST, May 22, (A3)—
Queen Marie and Princess Iieana
returned to Bucharest from Spain.
SEARCH FOR MEN
NEW YORK, May 22, (VP)—Police
are searching for two men who bmt
Mrs. Helen Coburg, estranged wife
of a policeman so viciously that she
liter d’ed of blood poisoning.
PREDICTS QUAKES
TAENZA, Italy, May 22, (VP)—A
Bandandi, widely known seismolo
1 gist, expects wide-spread violent
, earthquakes to be felt in various
carts of the world.
> NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
! WASHINGTON. May 22, (VP)—
Word was received that Mrs. H. F.
L Sinclair, wife of the oil man now
• serving a 90 day sentence for con
J tempt of court is having a nervous
’ breakdown.
NEW ROLE FOR SANDE
LOUISVILLE, May 22, (VP)—Earl
Sande only jockey to win the derby
twice in recent years, will ride his
own entry this year. The colt,
christened Hermitage, may be run
(as Sande’s Choice, a petition hav
ing been submitted for this change.
! ACESSORY TO MURDER
! CHICAGO, May 22,. (yp)_Slim
Nelson, bootlegger, who sold gin
to the two men who later killed
two school boys while riding in
a stolen automobile is being held
for grand jury on the charge of
being an acessory to murder.
1 MISERABLE FAILURES
1 SACRAMENTO, May 22, (£>)—
1 Prohibition as a preventative of
' crime is “A miserable failure”. This
J i? the declaration of Rev. Father
L William A. Fleming, chaplain at
! San Quintin prison, in a report fil
1 ed with Gov. C. C. Young and the
state board of prison directors.
LARGEST THEATER
OSLO. Norway, May 22, <7P)—E.
. been drawn for the biggest movie
r theater in Europe, equipted with
[ latest sound devices. The building
[ will also house a big cafe and will
be erected in a crowded working
class residence section.
BANDITS DRAGGED WIFE AWAY
BUT ABANDONED HER ON
MAIN HIGHWAY
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| REEDING, Calif., May 22, itP)—
A mountain storekeeper and his
wife fought two armed and mask
ed bandits in their isolated store
and won.
They were awakened in the
; dead of night and Mrs. Edward
Hufford grappled one man while
the husband, 71 years old, grabb
ed a shotgun.
Realizing they were bested the
. bandits retreated dragging Mrs.
Hufford with them but they
abandoned her after reaching
the main highway.
Hufford then opened fire upon
them but the assailants escaped.
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GOV. HUEY LONG
RELEASED. GHEES
BATON ROUGE. May 22, (£>)—
Without one word of testimony
being taken, the Lousiana Senate
Court of Impeachment released
Governor Huey Long from charges
of high crimes and misdemeaners.
Just as the .prosecution was
ready to present its first witness,
Senator Philip H. Gilbert, lawyer
and planter of Hupoleonville, pre
sented to the court a written
motion to adjourn. The motion
carried the signatures of many
prominent men and was immediat
ly accepted.
| SEATTLE. May 22, UP)—Immedi
ate development of land, water anc
air'terminals on the Lake Washing
ton site is announced by the Boeing
Air Transport Co. The airport wil
;.he used as a seaboat and seaplane
ibase for a fleet of six-seat Boeing
flying boats in operation on Pugel
Sound and southeastern Alaska.
OFFICII ORY BANQUET
FEATURED ICO WATER
MEXICO CITY, May 23. (AP)—The
first dry official banquet ever serv
ed here was given in honor of Gen
Joaquin Amaro, former secretary ol
war, who has just returned froir
i he United States where he under
went an operation for the remova!
j of his left eye. Only mineral watei
| and other non-alcoholic drinks
were served.
VENEZUELA BIBS OIL
DRILLING EQUIPMENT
| WASHINGTON, May 23. {IP)
If America’s exports of oil wel
equipment are a barometer ol
production activities, Venezuela,
the Dutch East Indies and British
India are the chief centers o1
drilling operations at the present
Rumania is well up in the de
partment of commerce list, with
I Colombia, Australia and South
Africa next in order.
;PIONEER BUSINESS
MINSEATTLE DIES
SEATTLE, May 22, (/P)—James
Moore once real estate and busi
ness promoter of Seattle, died of
heart trouble in San Francisco.
I Moore was influential in devel
oping a suburban section in Seat
tle and also built the new Washing
ton and Moore hotel. He is surviv
ed by a son Eugene A. Moose of
Fairbanks; James, Junior of Cali
fornia and his widow, Elsie.
MEETING GOMES TO
NAUGHT BETWEEN
ALLIED DELEGATES
PARIS, May 22. (/P)—After four
hours of discussion on the condi
tions under which Germany is
willing tOi accept the reparation
annuities proposed by Owen D.
Young, allied delegates to the re
paration conference adjo u r n e d
their meeting without actually
having accepted or rejected out
right any of them.
It was announced that discus
sion between the allies and Ameri
cans would be continued after a
further study of Sir Joseph’s re
port and the German conditions
embodied therein
CROSSED SAFELY
HAVANA, May 22, (JP)— Paul Mul
ler. German mariner, crossed the
Atlantic ocean in a 22-foot boat
which he calls “Aga”. He has been
enroute since last July 6th.
FORBIDS REVUE NAME
LONDON. May 22, UP)—Viscount
Cromer, official censor, has forbid
den the new revue named “Musso
lines Lunch” which his office con
siders humiliating to the Premier
of Italv.
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HE’S OIL RIGHT
WASHINGTON, May 22. t/P)—
Harry Sinclair assisted the physi
cian of the Washington jail to per:
form a minor operation on one oi
the inmates in his new role as
pharmacist at that institution.
FREIGHT CUT, WHEAT
i CHICAGO, May 22, (JP)—A freignt
"lit of five and one-half cents to 11
ond one-quarter per 100 pounds on
wheat, and wheat flour for export
was announced by the Western
Trunk Railroad lines.
WHAT ABOUT IT?
WASHINGTON, May 22, UP)—
'Waste in American business takes
|a toll of nearly $10,000,000,000 year
ly. Secretary of Commerce Klein
said. He added that most of the
wbste is preventable.
SHOULD HAVE BEEN WET
NEW YORK, May 22, (A5)—Even
the United States navy is not ex
empt from prohibition inspection,
Seven customs men swooped down
on the U. S. S. Richmond, a cruiser
, anchored at New York and search
ed her from stem to stern but no
;iouor was found.
NO DIFFERENCE
NEWT YORK, May 22, (/P)—Althc
making no protest against the
award of the 1932 Olympic winter
J sports championships to Lake Plac
ed, N. Y., California plans'to con
■ duct a post Olympic program of
winter sports at Lake Tahoe ac
■ cording to information made public
thru the American Olympic com
mittee.
BROTHER ALASKA
PUBLISHER DIES
ATTORNEY P. M, TROY, WASH
INGTON STATE DEMOCRAT,
ILL MANY MONTHS
OLPMPIA, May 22. (JP)—P. M.
Troy, 62, attorney and state demo
crat leader died last night after
j many months illness and heart
! trouble.
I Mr. Troy was born at Dungeness,
jWash , and was a graduate of
the Michigan law school. He prac
tised here for 37 pears and serv
ed in the position of city attorney,
Thurston county prosecutor, and
chairman of the state board of
! law examiners.
Troy was the senior member of
!the Troy & Yantis firm. He is sur
vived by a widow, a daughter,
Mrs. Marion Troy Lemon and two
sons, Harold P. Troy of this city
and attorney and Smith a Univer
sity of Washington student, and a
brother, John W. Troy publisher
:Of the Juneau Empire at Juneau.
Funeral services have been ar
ranged for Friday.
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FRENCH RACE LIONIZED CREW
j AND PASSENGERS SINCE ITS
ARRIVAL
CUEES, France, May 23, (/P)—The
departure of the dirigible Graf
Zeppelin from its emergency refuge
here for Friedrichshafen, first
scheduled at dawn tomorrow, has
[been postponed to Thursday a wait
jing the arrival of Dr. Hugo Eckener,
Tmman'der, who is coming from
Germany.
The ship is fully prepared to start
as originally planned and passen
gers are anxious to take-off. Six
I French officers will be among those
|to make the return trip to Ger
many
j The French have lionized the
I Graf crew and passengers since the
|emergency landing here.
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TIME DEPLETES SINKS
OF DUHTEIIS OF 1812
WASHINGTON, May 22, (/P)—Real
daughters of 1812 are passing rap
idly. Only 160 of the daughters of
men who fought in the war of 1812
are still living. Fourteen died last
year. Six of the surviving members
live in the District of Columbia.
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i DIFFERENT FRONT
( SAN DIEGO, May 22, (JP)—‘“The
[medical professions fight of today
| is being waged on an entirely di
fferent front than yesterday,” Dr.
'william J. Mayo, famous sergion of
Ithe Rochester, Minn., clinic and
guest sneaker at the 58th annual
convention of the California Medi
cal association, declared.
GAMUAT OF EMOTIONS
NEW YORK, May 22, (/P)—A new
development in the “Talkies” where
;bv a producer may “Turn on the
moonlight” for love scenes o” use all
[the tints from blue to red to run
■ the gamut of emotions, was an
nounced before the society of mo
tion picture engineers here.