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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
v “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME”
VOL. XXXV., NO. 5277.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1929,
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
PRICE TEN CENTS
CONVICTS OF NEW YORK STATE PRISON STAGE MUTINY
RIVERS RISING:
FURTHER HAVOC
NOW EXPECTED
Fresh Gales Sweeping
Across British Isles
Adding to Fears
PORTUGAL AND FRANCE
REPORT HIGH WATER
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Thames River Threatens
Many Historic Spots
Near London ,
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LONDON, Dec. 11.—Flood
waters are mounting in Eng
land as fresh gales sweep
acrcss the British Isles add
ing possibility of further
havoc by the terrific storm
which has already taken 181
lives along the British and
continental coasts.
Portugal reports swollen
rivers.
France is combatting flood
conditions in many parts.
In England, particularly the
Thames River which last year
overflowed its banks do
ing great damage to many
historic points near London,
today threatens the State.
Art Gallery with its rich col
lection.
Guards are along the river
as the Thames mounted.
The lower grounds of Wind
sor Castle are under water,
also the grounds of the his
toric Eton College, across the
river, are flooded.
Rivers in various sections
are approaching to tops of
their hanks while others have
already overflowed.
Future Swedish
King Dodges
Hazing Stunt
STOCKHOLM. Dec. ix.—'The em
barrassment of having to haze
tile future King of Sweden was
obviated at the University of Up
sal;: through having royal tasks
keep Prince Gustav Adolf, eldest
son of the Crown Prince, from put
ting in an appearance until the
day after the undergraduate razz
ing.
When he matriculated the Prince
enrolled as the Duke of Vester
botten. He was elected to “tht
Ncorlands nation,” one of the stu
dent clubs.
The curator of this particular;
"nation” was worried over carry-1
ing out on the new member the
law of the university that on a j
certain day every man must be in
itiated into his “nation.” The cur
ator communicated his distress to
certain officials who saw to it the
royal student was "unavoidably de
tained.”
Coal mines in Illinois produced
55,948,199 tons of soft coal last
year.
Hunter College Girls Favor Short
Skirts for Comfort and Economy
[The girls of Hunter College, New York, seventy per cent of whom are
against the proposed long dresses, believe the men, for once are reason
able. However, they assert that admiration by mere man i3 not their
only reason for keeping a distance between sidewalk and hem. Comfort,
economy and even the classics were advanced as motives by several
College girls interviewed.
T!dnrt Again
Denies Radio
“Vested Right"
By ALEXANDER GEORGE
(A.P. Feature Service Writer)
WASHINGTON. D. C„ Dec. 11.—
A high court again has denied the
contention of broadcasting stations
that they can acquire property
rights in the u e of wavelength, in
full time operation or the use of
certain transmission power.
This ruling is regarded by radio
men and lawyers here as the most
important part of the decision made
by the court of appeals of the Dis
trict of Columbia upholding the au
thority of the rederal radio com
mission to order WNYC. New York,
to divide time with WMCA of the
same city.
WNYC, in its appeal, contended
that it had obtained a property right
to operate its station full time and
that the commissioner's order had
amounted to a taking of property
without due process of law in vio
lation of the United States consti
tution.
"We do not agree with thiff con
tention," the court said. "In our
opinion the interstate broadcasting
of radio communications is a species
of interstate commerce and as such
is subject of federal regulation.”
Twenty Persons Are
Injured when Car and
Trailer Leave Tracks
DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 11.—Twentv
persons were injured, none fatally,
when an interurban car and trailer
running from Port Worth to hero
left the tracks near here last nigh
Some “obstacle on the track" caused
the wreck, the report says. The
tracks were torn up for 100 feet. The
leading car wai smashed when it
left the tracks.
POLES SOLVE DEATH
OF 1812 DIPLOMAT
WARSAW, Dec. 11.—The grave of
Joel Barlow, one of the first Ameri
can diplomatic representatives to
Europe—he was minister to the gov
ernment of Napoleon in 1812—has
been found in a deserted little coun
try church-by the Polish Society for
the Protection of Graves of War He
roes.
Barlow accompanied the French
emperor on his Moscow campaign
in 1812, and after the defeat of Na
poleon tried to make his way by
sleigh through Eastern Europe. He
contracted the typhoid that was rav
aging the defeated army and died
somewhere in Poland. But the de
tails of his death or whereabouts
of his grave have remained a mys
tery until the discovery by the So
ciety.
The records of the little church in
Zarnowiec in the county of Krakow
revealed that the minister died De
cember 26, 1812. The death certi- |
ficate in the church archives states
that two witnesses, Jan Blask, post
master and Idzi Bojerkiewicz, owner
of a small farm, made depositions
that Barlow “died in house number
one while passing through Zarno
wiec on his way to Warsaw."
The witnesses were unaware of the
names of his parents but knew that
he was the husband of Margaret
Baldwin and a resident of an Ameri
can town named Ridgefield.
I Asserts Flaming Youth
Same in Every Age
vnEpy
Mrs. Sidney C. Borg, president of
the New York Conference of social
workers, convening in Albany, has
stepped forward with a defense of
„he youth of today. Shd denies that'
young people are any worse or any
better than their parents.
International Newsreel
WARREN LEFT _
LARGE ESTATE
Widow Will Receive Ap
proximately $6,400,
000 as Her Share
CHEYENNE, Wyoming. Dec. 11.— ]
.The estate Of the late Senator War
I ren, who died last month in Wash
ington, is conservatively estimated
worth $7,000,000. The widow re
I reives approximately $5,400,000 in
addition to the Cheyenne re.-idence.'
Eighteen persons are named to;
: share in the estate including rela- j
itives, employees, friends and sons,
: the total estimated at $356,000.
i STAID LONDON CLUB BARS
WOMEN CABINET MEMBERS
• LONDON, Dec. 11. — With its
usual ponderous decorum, the Unit- |
ed Services Club has averted an
other crisis.
It has had a committee meeting 1
and put an official ban upon giv- [
ing honorary membership in its |
masculine organization to any
woman who might be made cabinet
minister of one of the fighting
: services, 1
MAJOR ELLIOTT
j TO MEET GRAF
I AT FAIRBANKS
_
Is Designated Official Rep
resentative of Maj.
Gen. Hines
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. Doc. 11.—
' M ijcr General John Hines, Com
! mander or the Ninth Corps Area, ha
j instructed Army officers in Alask.t
1 to render full cooperation to the
crew cf the Graf Zeppelin when she
Arrive; there next April for Arctic
flights.
Major General Hines has desig
nated Major Malcolm Elliott, Presi
dent of the Alaska Road Commis
sion. his official representative on
the arrival of the Graf Zeppelin at
Fairbanks.
Major Basil Spaulding, Command
er of the Seventh Infantry at Chil
koot Barracks, on Lynn Canal, Alas
as ietance to the officers of the Zep
ka, has been instructed to give all
pclin.
FILM ACTOR
IS SUED FOR
BIG AMOUNT
Maurice Costello Sued for
$100,000 Breach of
Promise Case
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 11.—
Maurice Cost, Ho, one time idol of
Broadway. ,v, a ?ray haired mem
ber of Holly woo i s motion picture
colony, is prepared to combat in the
Superior court a $100,000 breach of
promise suit filed by Viviene Seng
ley, youthful musician, artist and
author.
Costello declared he was aston
ished at the suit which he termed
an “absurd attempt to shake me
down.”
Costello, who is the father of Mrs.
John Barrymore and Helene Cos
t e 11 o, prominent actresses, denied
there was ever an understanding be
tween himself and the girl. He said
she proposed to him and he was
startled by the proposition and he
had not seen her since.
Nude Bathing Is
Basis of Divorce
BERLIN, Dec. 11.—The German
court of appeals will shortly be called
upon to decide whether a married
woman may bathe absolutely nude
in the company of other naked men
and women without the consent of
her husband.
The woman joined one of the
numerous naked swimming clubs in
the neighborhood of Berlin. Her
husband, with whom she had hith
erto lived happily, objected and sued
for a divorce, which he obtained.
The court held that naked bath
ing by a wife was in order, but only
if the husband's permission was ob
tained.
NEW MAIL RECORD
HILO. Hawaii, Dec. 11.—A new
record for speedy transmission of
mail was established when a letter
reached Hilo from New York—4,
G00 miles—in eight days 13 hours.
DO
CHRISTMAS
HOPPING EARiy
AFTER TODAY THERE
ARE ONLY
MORE SHOPPING DAYS
I EFT
7
WHERE NEWFOUNDLAND TIDAL WAVE TOOK TOLL [
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Associated Press Photo
Above are two typical fishing hamlets along the south coast of Newfoundland where a tidal wave
took a toll of more than 36 lives and heavy property damage.
Chicago College President at Thirty
Robert Maynard
llutchins, as he
appeared
at the
ceremonies
marking his
inauguration
as President
of the
LI niversity
of Chicago.
He is the
youngest
V niversity
President in
the world,
having reached
only his
thirtieth
birthday. j
STATUS OF BOYS IS
ROM E-PARIS PUZZLE
VXNTIMXLLE Franco-Italian Bor- j
der, Dec. 11.—Many years ago Ed-j
ward Everett Hale showed the di
lemma of The Man Without a Coun- I
try in one short volume However, 1’
had but one man and one country
to deal with.
Mussolini and the French Ministry
cf Foreign Affairs arc fared wi h a
more difficult problem. The y have
58 children with two countries each |
to deal with. Undougtediy many voi- j
umes will be written before the
children are classified.
This city is in Italian territory, j
and the puzzle started ■ hortly after |
the armistice when a French family,
the husband being employs i a the
local French customs oflif v i
comed an heir. Fifty-seven .inilar
Incidents took place in other French j
families.
Now Mussolini has announced that j
the heirs are Italian ..nc° he. !
were born in Italy and rave lived j
here for ten years. The children are j
not complaining, but the parental
moans have reached Paris. The re
sult is problematical, but the 58
children have eight years before they ,
have to serve apprenticeship in any
army.
Of all mayors in Kansas. 23 per
cent are merchants, while 23 per
cent of all council men and city
commissioners are it. rchants.
SENTENCED TO
DiE IN MARCH
Bank Robber, Convicted
of Murder, to Hang
—No New Trial
LAMAR, Colorado, Dec. 11—Over
ruling a motion for a new trial by
counsel for Ralph Pleagle, aged 50,
b4nk robber convicted for first de
gree murder. Judge Hollenbeck sen
tenced him to be hanged during the
week of March 29. 1930.
Two of Fleagle s partners in the
Lamar bank robbery of May, 1928,
have been sentenced to hang the
week ending February 15.
TRIBUTE TO D. A. K. WORKER
WASHINGTON. Dec. 11.—A $10,-’
000 bronze window in honor of a
woman still living has been present
ed to the Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution. It is the gift of ’
Alfred J. Brosseau of New York, a
testimonial to his wife, Grace Lin- ;
coin Brosseau, former president gen- J
eral of the D. A. R. It will be placed j
in the new constitution hall.
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YOUNG FARM
w^a1
* I.V
HIS PARENTS
Makes Confession to Dis
trict Attorney—Plans
Were Well Laid
WAXHACHIE, Texas, Dec. 11.—A
nineteen-year-old farm boy. Herman
Riley, Is held on a charts of mur
dering his mother and father and
attempting to kill his brother in
order that he might harvest the pro
duce of their farm and “get a start
in life.”
District Attorney A. D. Emerson
said the boy confessed that he shot
his parents and brother in the hopes
of "making the crops myself.”
Herman’s statement to the Dis
trict Attorney was that he went to
his home Friday night and planned
the murders. The plans were well
fixed in his mind. He waited awhile
because "my daddy was still awake."
After his father went to sleep, Her
man lit a match so he could see the
leeping man and shot him from
within a few feet of his mother. The
mother ran out of the house. She
then returned and he shot her as
she entered the room The confes
sion was obtained after bloody cloth
ing belonging to the young slayer
was found in a seed bin.
i • TODAV’S STOCK •
• QUOTATIONS •
NEW YORK, Dec. 11.—Alaska
Juneau mine stock is quoted today
at 6 4, American Ice 39, Bethle
, hem Steel 9811. General Motors
424, Combustion 174, Interna
tional Harvester 83'4, National
Acme 19s, International Paper A
27 4. Paper B 1912, Paper C 15,:
Kennecott Copper GO7., Standard
Oil of California 63 s. Standard
Oil of New Jersey 674, Texas Cor
poration 58, Cities Service 30. Mag
ma 531 ■>, Montgomery-Ward 62.
Tuesday’s Quotations
Alaska Juneau mine stock was ■
yesterday quoted at 74, American!
Ice 30. Bethlehem Steel 98>4, Gen- j
eral Motors 43 4, Combustion 124,
International Harvester 894. Inter
national Paper A 284, Paper B 19 4.;
Paper C 154, Kennecott 614. Na
tional Acme 19 4, Standard Oil of
California 644, Standard Oil of New'
Jersey 67 s, Texas Corporation 574, i
Cities Service 294, Magma 54 4,1
Montgomery-Ward 637 .
Oil is found in 1 ’vjrd" of
many homes in Suu Antonio .'ex
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OVER FIFTEEN
HUNDRED MEN
ARE IN REVOLT
Convicts Armed with Guns
Smuggled in — Keeper
Reported Shot Down
WARDEN AND OTHERS
SEIZED BY PRISONERS
Walls Are Surrounded by
National Guardsmen
—Orders Issued
AUBURN, N. Y., Dec. 11.
—For the second time with
in six months, a desperate
group of lo- A-1 convicts
■ in the Auburn state Prison
' mutineed and soread death
J and terror throughout the
j p r i s o n, shooting down the
j principal keeper, seizing the
| warden and seven guards
I who were held hostages for
I their safe conduct to free
| dcm.
Within four hours after
| the mutiny started W'arden
j Jennings and all seven guards
j were snatched to safety by
| State Troopers operating be
1 hind a barrage of t°or gps. J
j Three convicts, including
the spek“sm?>n for the mut
Aeers w< slain while the
remaining members of the
little group of desperadoes
remained barricaded behind
the back wall of the prison
surrounded by hundreds of
State Troopers, National
Guardsmen and City Police.
The known dead are:
Principal Keeper George A.
Durnford, slain at the out
break; Henry Sullivan, lead
ier of the mutinv, and two
| unidentified convicts.
I Three guards have been
j wounded, one probably fat
! allv.
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FIRST REPORTS
AUBURN, N. Y., Dec. 11.
—Armed with guns .smuggled
into the prison from outside
of t he walls, approximately
1,580 convicts in the Auburn
| State Prison revolted and
shot down the principal keep
jer, George A. Durnford, seiz
ed Warden Edward S. Jen
nings and several other keep
ers and are holding them as
i hostages for their release,
jThere are said to be about
12 ringleaders.
i The walls are entirely sur
rounded by National Guards
! men with loaded guns. City
; officials ordered the front
gate of the prison opened
and sent word to the con
\ victs to file out.
One thousand men are pre
l pared to stage a battle should
Jhe convicts refuse.
7 hree Reporters Are
\ Released from Jail;
Refused to Testify
i -
Washington. d?c. 11._Thre©
j reprters of the Washington Times.
; sentenced to 45 days in jail tor
refusing to testify before a Grand
Jury investigation into liquor con
ditions in Washington, completed
their sentences and were released
at midnight.
The reporters are Jack Nevln.
Jr., lanto Burkett and Gordon
Hendricks. They refused to give
information which they accumu
ated in • .ing articles on liquor
.onditiono or the Times,