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The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-03-13
ADMIRAL Ev ANS OUT SATU RDAY P. M. FOR SOUTH.

The Admiral Evans, Capt. T. Nickerson, Purser R. V. Harris, left the Alaska Juneau dock bound for Seattle, Saturday night at Il o'clock. While in port Saturday, a shipment of fresh halibut for Seattle and concentrates from the Alaska Juneau were loaded.
 Passengers leaving Saturday night were-for Ketchikan, E. B. Elliott, Glenn Darlington and Tom Smith; for Seattle, G. E. Young, Leola Bacon, L. M. Carrigan, c. L. Zimmerman, Mrs. John Rust gard, John Rustgard, L. Williams, B. w. Burton, Helen c. Skuse, J. c. Thomas, P. H. Abbott, Mrs. IT, Goldstein, I. Goldstein, Mrs. Charles Goldstein, Charles Gold stein, Mrs. G. Beblan, and one third class.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-03-13
HERE
 FROM SITKA RUN

Returning from it's regular week ly trip to Sitka and way ports. the motcrship Estebeth, Capt. Ed ward Bach, Purser Robert Cough lin, arrived in Juneau at 430 o'clock this morning.
 Passengers arriving here were: from Chichagof, Andrew Hobick; from Tenakee, o. Nelson and ,Ts Taumura; from Hoonah, George Jones' s
 The Estebeth will leave here next Thursday evening on the out ward run.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-03-13
Marine News
Steamer Movements
NORTHBOUND

. Northwestern scheduled to- [ . arrive sometime tomorrow. [ . Sails from Ketchikan at II [ . tonight. . Princess Norah due tomorrow. [ . Scheduled to sail from Ket- ( . chikan at 6:30 o'clock to- . . night. . . zapora due to arrive Friday . Q morning. . SCHEDULED SAILINGS . . Norco scheduled to sail from [ . Seattle March 13 at g p. m. [ . Admiral Evans scheduled to { Q sail from Seattle March Is ( . at 10 am. ( Q Northland scheduled to sail [ c from Seattle March 20 at ( . g pm.
 . SOUTHBOUND SAH.INGS |
 . Alaska is scheduled to sail { . south March 16. {
 . LOCAL SAILINGS [
 . Estebeth leaves every Thurs (
 . day night at 6 p. m., for (
 . Sttka and way ports. |
 . Pacific leaves every Thursday [
 . at 10 a. m., for Petersburg. ( . Rake and way ports. .
 . [
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-03-13
TO REPLACE DOLPHIN AND LIGHT AT SHEEP CREEK, FERN ARRIVES

The Lighthouse tender Fern, Capt. William H. Barton, arrived in Gastineau Channel on Saturday to replace the dolphin and light at Sheep Creek, which were blown loose by a severe wind storm about ten days ago.
 The Coast Guard cutter Talla- poosa picked up the dolphin and light on Thursday and tied them up on the Treadwel side of the Channel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-03-13
EAGLE LEAVES FOR
 SEATTLE ON SUNDAY

The Eagle, Capt. Jacob Engdal, left fer the south last night, re- pairs having been completed by the Charles G. Warner machine shop to the, broken shaft which necessitated the craft being lowed to Juneau by the U. s. Coast Guard Gutter Tallapoosa.
 Aboard the Eagle is the party of scientists of the International Fisheries Commission to whom the motorship has been under charter for the last ten weeks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-03-13
IN sour ABOUND
 THIS MORNING

The motorship Northland, Capt. Leonard Williams, Purser B. P. Winch, arrived in Juneau this morning from Sitka, Port h-thorp and Funter, at 5:30 o'clock and left for Seattle at 8 o'clock.
 Those taking passage from Jun eau for the south on the Northland were: George Baum, Larry Parks, Herb Kittelesby, Karl Theile, and 10. w. Hufeisen for Seattle, and Herb aCarbray for Ketchikan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-03-13

and Celtic with 30000 pounds, sell ing for 9A and cents a pound.
 From the local banks the Chan cellor brought 10000 pounds, Mar iner, 1000 pounds, Unimak, 5000 pounds, all three selling for Il and cents a pound, and Lebanon with $500 pounds, selling for 11la and g cents a pound.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-03-13
FERN IN FROM TRIP TO SOAPSTONE

The Fern, Capt. John Lowell, arrived in Juneau on Saturdey from its regular run to Soapstone. It is due to leave here Tuesday morning with mail and freight.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-03-13
CITY FORCES AT WORK
 CUTTING ICE, STREET

Several city forces are engaged today in cutting ice from corners of streets to permit of easier going for automobile traffic.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-03-13
PIANO STUDIO

Removed to 430 Goldstein Build ing; residence, MacKinnon Apts. Phone 1e6. ff-'sf aslgy adv. HAZEL JAMES FERGUSON
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-03-13
9 !; S1liI5;s <; fl l'; Ads

FOR SALE-Columbia air-cell bat tery set complete. Cheap. Phone I43.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-03-13
SEVEN HALIBUT
 SCHOONERS SELL
 CATCHES, SEATTLE

SEATTLE, March 13. = Three schooners arrived today from the western halibut banks and four came in from the local banks, sell ing their cargoes soon after ar rival.
 The vessels from the western banks were Aleutian, 30,0O0 pounds, Tordenskjold, 3O,O00 pounds, both selling for 10 and ' cents a pound,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-03-13
WANTED

WANTED-$5,0 ,0oo.u loan for one year, 15qo interest, good security Empire c 2580.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-03-13

FOR RENT = 4-room furnished house. Electric range. Phone l07 after p. m.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-03-13

M c u7ApORA" Leave Seattle Arrive Junea i'A' 'O' -AAA CAeAA March 10 March17 Chhago Hoonan renasee Port Alexander F wock Craig ketchlkan 'Cals first trip of month only
 Round trip to Seattle WILLS NAVIGATION co. THOMAS A MORGAN Agent
The Washington times., 1933-09-26
V|RG|N|ASLEUTH
AIDED CAPTURE

William A. Rorer, Department
of Justice detective, who aided in
the capture of Machine Gun"
Kelly and his wife, is practically
a local boy who made good.
Rorer, who is 35 years old, is
one of the youngest officers in
the division of investigation of
the department. and is known as
the hoy detective"
He is a native of Lynchburg,
Va, and his residence is Dan
vile. On September 20, he was
transferred from the San Fran
cisco office to Birmingham, Ala,
to take charge of the office there.
He has been in the Department
of Justice since 1923.
Rorer resided in Washington for
several years and was graduated
several years ago from National
University with a bachelor of laws
degree.
The Department Of Justice has
been only "a hours behind Kelly
for the past two weeks, Hoover
said. The gunman has been NOV
ing about the Southwest in a big
16-cylinder motor car.
During this period he wrote a
number of threatening letters to
the United States attorney at
Oklahoma City in which threats
we're made against Urschel,
Joseph B. keenan,, special assist
ant to the Attorney General in
charge of the crime drive, and
others.
Officials here thought it posi-
BILE Kelly might be tried under
State laws Of Oklahoma, on
charges of holdup. The Okla
homa law places the death penalty
on that crime.
The Washington times., 1933-09-26

due to torrential rains inundated
an area of hundreds OF square
miles.
-Four States Suffer
Reports received here said 70
miles of railroad track, embracing
a large area around Tamplco'
W re under water.
Between IL and IS small boats
anchored in the harbor were
swept away when a 12O-m1le-an-
hour wind roared in from the
Gulf of Mexico, spreading horror
and desolation over four states
of the republic.
wireless messages from govern
ment officials at Tampico re-
ported three-quarters OF the city
destroyed by the hurricane and
floods.
Hundreds of houses and build
ings collapsed beneath the fury
of the wind or were swept away
by the flood waters.
No trains were running to the
stricken city, and the d1tflculty
of finding landing places IN the
flooded areas surrounding Tam
pico crippled the government IN
it's efforts to aid the city by
sending an aerial brigade OF Sanl-
tation and relief workers to the
scene.
Power Plant Crippled
The power plant at Tamplco
was inundated by the 1lood
waters, crippling lighting ana
communication facilities.
One report wirelesSed from the
master of the steamer TabaSco
from Tampico Harbor, and sent
by way of Vera Cruz, read:
Gas far as 1 could see, the
city lay under 10 feet Of water.
The railway station, situated
along the waterfront, was COM
pIetely demolished. The Civil
Hospital collapsed. Water sur
rounded the federal palace"
Plane Field Flooded
Eduardo Vasconcelos, minister
of gobernacion, who had been
ordered by President Rodriguez
to proceed Immediately to Tam
pico to take charge OF reilet
operations, delayed his departure
on receipt of word from Pan
American Airways that the land
ing field was flooded and that
The Washington times., 1933-09-26
SW|NDLE MADE
. BASIS Of SUIT

SALT LAKE CITY G.N.SJ.
Memories of one Of the greatest
swindles of recent years, in which
astute New York bankers were
bilked of approximately $500,000,
were recalled recently with the
filing of a suit in United States
district court here.
In the suit on file here five New
York banks seek to recover $50, 900
on deposit in a Salt Lake City
bank.
The deposits were assertedly
made by Charles D. Waggoner,
former president of the Bank of
Telluride, at Telluride, Col, from
funds obtained fraudulently in his
dealings with. New York banks.
Waggoner was sentenced to a
term in a Federal penitentiary
about four years ago. BY the
use of forged kilograms he had
withdrawn half a million dollars
from correspondent banks in
Denver. His bank failed and he
disappeared, only to be appre-
hended a few weeks later in
Wyoming.
Plaintiffs in the suit are the
National City Bank of New York,
the First National Bank of the
City Of New York, the Hartman
National Bank and Trust Com
pany of New York, the Chemical
National Bank and Trust Com
pany and the Guaranty Trust
Company of New York.
The Washington times., 1933-09-26
FIVE AIR LINES
FIX PAY BOOST
PILOTS
18 and Fl Hour Weeks Set to
Yield $1,000 and $7,700
Yearly Salaries

CHICAGO, Sept. 26 QN.S0.
Five major air transport lines to-
day announced, as effective Octo-
ber /, new rate of salaries for
pilots, ranging from $1,000 to
$7,700 annually, under the new
NRA schedule.
An average Of 18 hours week
will pay $1,000 year and 81 hours
a week, $7,700.
The lines which have adopted
the rate are United Air Lines,
American Airways, TranScontinen-
tai and Western Air, Western Air
Express and Eastern Air Trans
port.
Approximately $50 of the 375
pilots employed will get pay in
crease. Based on a composite Of
base pay and hourly pay for fly
ing time, the pilots income will
average about $3.50 an hour, the
companies say.
The hourly pay schedules in.
crease with the speed of the ships
flown in order to equalize the
rates.
The Washington times., 1933-09-26
SEES
WAR CLOUDS

SYDNEY, Australia GN.S0
Signs of the gathering of the
clouds of war on the horizon OF
the Pacific, a war for supremacy
between the White and Yellow
race, are becoming more and more
promising to the Australian gov
ernment and people.
The expansion of the power OF
the Japanese empire in the Far
East, the tremendous size and
strength Of the Japanese army,
navy and air force, together with
the fast increasing Japanese pop
ulation which must have an out
let, are the danger signals.
w. H. Hughes, eX-Premier Of
the Australian Commonwealth, in
a radio broadcast recently said:
"A war in the Pacific is in
evitabIe and permanent peace is
an Illusion"
"Manchuria will be no per-
manent solution of Japan's
problem of finding room for her
increasing population.
"What if Japan demands ad-
mittance to Australia? If Aus
tralia wishes to remain white
and free, she must be prepared
to defend herself. AS things
are, we cannot hope to resist q
powerful agreSSOr.
Australia must be able to
keep the enemy at bay until
the arrival of the British fleet"
That the Australian Govern
ment is aware of the danger of
invasion from the Far East is
evident. and steps to prevent such
an occurrence are being put into
operation.
Following a conference of Aus
tralian Army, Navy and Air Force
authorities, it is understood that
the Commonwealth Government
has decided to make Port Darwin,
North Australia. a vital strategic
defense center.
The Washington times., 1933-09-26
SHANNON ADMITS HE ACTED AS HOST TO DESPERADOE
Disaster Seen
As MEXICO S
Worst

MEXICO CITY, Sept. 26
G.N.SO-If restoration of COM
munications to Tampico con-
firms estimates that 5000 per-
sons perished in a cyclone the
disaster will go down as the
greatest in the modern history
of Mexico.
Two thousand persons were
drowned in the floods that
swept over the State of Vera
Cruz in 1925, and 500 died in
an earthquake in Colima two
years ago.
Before the dawn of history,
according to an Aztec legend,
half the population of Teno-
chitlan-the ancient name for
Mexico City-perished in a
deluge of lava from snow-capped
Popocatepetl volcano.
The Washington times., 1933-09-26
.URSCHEL To AID
PROSECUTION

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Sept
26 GN.S0.-Charles F.. Urschel,
millionaire oil man, who was kid
naped by George C'Machine-
Gun'D Kelly and Albert L. Bates
from his home in Oklahoma City
on the night of July %, last, and
held for 100000 ransom, told In
ternational News Service today
that he was "elated' over the cap
ture of Kelly and his wife, Kath-
ryn, in Memphis, Tenn. He said:
"That's wonderful news"
Asked if he would help prose
cute the Kellys, he smiled and
said:
"I'lI be ready to aid the Gov
ernment if they need me-"
Kelly recently sent Urschel a
death threat from Chicago, call
ing him Ignorant Charlie" and
warning him against assisting the
Government.
United States Attorney Herbert
K. Hyde, who is prosecuting the
Urschel defendants, said he did
not believe the Kellys would be
brought to Oklahoma City until
the Urschel trial is over. But, he
added, the Kellys would be prose
cuted as soon as possible.
The Washington times., 1933-09-26
Americans In Storm Zone
Reported to Be Safe

All Americans in the hurricane
stricken zone about Tampico,
Mexico, are believed safe, Vice
counsul R. S. Carey advised the
State Department today.
A brief message from Carey
stated that the hurricane struck
Tampico Sunday afternoon, that
all Americans were believed sate'
and that the city was under
martial law.
This -.'as all the information re-
ceived from American consular
sources in Mexico.
There are 969 Americans en-
ployed in the oil fields about Tam
pico, according to State Depart
ment records. In view OF this
great number Of Americans, Off
cials of the State Department were
doubtful that all could have es'
capped the fury Of the Caribbean
storm.
The Washington times., 1933-09-26
KELLY'S WIFE.
IS THROUGH

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Sept. 26
G.N.SO.
"I was going back to Okla
homa City tomorrow and give
myself up"
So declared Kathryn Kelly to-
day after being locked in her
cell following the arrest of her
self and her husband, George
C:Machine-gun"O Kelly. She
added:
George told me he would
kill me if 1 did. But 1 was
about myself. I'm thinking
about my parents, the Shan
nOnS."
Through with George
Mr.. and Mrs. R. G. Shannon,
her parents, are on trial in con-
nection with the kidnapping Of
Charles Urschel, millionaire oil
man. Both Kelly and his wife
are under indictment in the case.
In reply to a question by
Police Chief Will D. Lee regard
ing Kelly, Kathryn said:
I've got nothing to say
about that guy. don't want
to have anything more to do
with him. He got me into this
terrible mess"
She said she had told a De
partment of Justice agent that
she was going to testify for her
parents.
Intended To Leave
She demurred at having her
picture taken and said she never
had been photographed and fin
ger-printed by police.
Smartly dressed in a black suit
trimmed in black fur, she was a
trim if somewhat rumpled figure.
She said:
81 came here to see George
and tell him I was going back
to Oklahoma City. I meant to
leave here tomorrow"
The Washington times., 1933-09-26
TampiCo Is Reported
Practically Destroyed

MEXICO CITY, Sept. 26
G.N.SO.-The Mexican govern
ment reestablished contact with
the hurricane-devastated region
about Tampico at noon today, but
still was unable to attempt any
accurate estimate of the number
of dead, variously reported at
from 300 to 5000.
Gen. Anselmo MaciaS, chief Of
military operations in the state
Of Tamalipas, wirelessed the war
department via Pan-American Air
ways that the Red Cross had
picked up IL bodies and had
found go injured.
Death Estimate Sought
General Macias made no at
tempt to estimate the total casu-
alties, though President Rodriguez
wirelessed him this morning, urg'
ing an accurate estimate as soon
as possible, in view of reports to
the government last night that
5000 had periShed.
His message follow:
"The port of Tampico has
been practically destroyed by a
cyclone which struck the city
yesterday with frightful We
lOcity.
"All kinds of buildings have
been razed or partly destroyed.
"The inundatiOns from the
Rivers PanucO and TameSi at
tain the proportions of a
catastrophe.
"The residential sections Of
ChaireI, MOreIOS and the re-
giOnS of Ell Aguila, Miramar,
Legunas and Del CarpintelO Of
fer a sad aspect. Only by con-
templating the port may the
magnitude of the disaster be
realized"
Floods which resulted when the
| Panuco River overflowed its banks
The Washington times., 1933-09-26
JAP EXCLUSION
ISSUE WATTS
By International News Service

BY International News Service
Japan's renewed drive for modi-
fication of the exclusion act to
permit application of the immi-
grant quota system to the Far
Eastern Empire need cause little
fear to California at present.
Although officials of the new
Administration are not entirely
adverse to a change in the law
to remove the stigma Of exclusion
on racial grounds, they do not
believe the time is ripe to re-
open the delicate subject.
Initiative Is Opposed
State Department Far Eastern
policy is definitely opposed to the
American Government taking any
initiative in the matter until con-
gressional support for a change
favorable to japan is assured.
The modification movement
within this country has by no
means reached the stage where
congressional action should be
riSked in the near future, it was
said.
Furthermore, the State Depart
ment is of the opinion that If
and when the matter does come
before Congress, extraordinary
precautions must be taken to
avoid any controversy.
The Japanese, is was pointed
out, are extremely sensitive on
this exclusion question and a de-
bate in Congress undoubtedly
would arouse anti-American feel
ing throughout the Nippon en-
pire. Such situation would be
highly undesirable with the mill
tary element in the saddle in
Japan, as at present, officials
added.
New Deal Sympathetic
Recommendations have been
that the subject be kept out of
Congress until whatever action
desired by the Administration
can be rushed through passage
without danger Of anw extended
debate.
While some of the New Deal
officials are sympathetic towards
the proposal that the law be
modified to permit a handful OF
japanese immigrants to enter un
der the quota system in order tc
remove the stigma of complete
exclusion, which Japan regards
as an "affront" to its honor, vet
eran officials are opposed to any
change.
The Washington times., 1933-09-26
DAVIS DEFENSE
LOSES POINT
At TRIAL
Senator's Report to Moose
Convention Shows His Con-
tact With Order

NEW YORK, Sept. 26 G.N.S0.
After repeated objections by de-
fense counsel, Louis Mead Trad
well, Federal prosecutor, succeeded
today in reading into the record
the report made to the 1881 con-
vention of the Loyal Order OF
Moose by it's director general,
United States Senator James j.
Davis of Pennsylvania, who is on
trial charged with conspiracy to
promote lotteries through the or
ganization.
Davis report said that in spite
of his duties as a Cabinet officer,
and more recently as a Senator,
he "had maintained personal con-
tact with every detail of Moose
activities"
Part of these activities, the Gov
ernment maintains, was the con-
duct of a lottery in connection
with the sale of Moose charity ball
tickets, which brought $150,000 to
Mooseheart, the orphanage OF the
order, and an approximately SINH
lar amount to Senator Davis.
The Washington times., 1933-09-26
% HERE SUED
IN TAX DELAY

Continuing the drive to compel
filing of personal tag returns for
the fiscal year which ended June
80, the District Commissioners in
stituted mandamus proceedings
against 20 more persons today in
District Supreme Court.
The defendants were given until
October 16 to advance a reason
why they should not be compelled
to file return. Those named as
defendants are: Frederick H.
Butcher, $500 black Cathedral
Ave. N. W.; Edward A. Garvey,
Denrike Building; Francis l..
Hawes, 34OO block Macomb st.
N. W.; Virginia E. Holland, Ben
jamin Jacobs, Leonard w. Jacobs,
John Russell Juten, and Harvey
Warwick, all of the WeStcheSter
Apartments: w. Jett Lauck, Mills
Building; j. A. McKeever, 5000
block Oliver st. N. W.; Thomas
M. Mather, Broadmoor Apart
ments; Eugene Meacham, 44OO
block @ st. N. W.: Walter Miles,
1900 block Jocelyn ST. N. W.; DR..
E. E. Newcomber, Medical Science
Building r. M. O'Hara, Shoreham
Building; R. Lester Rose, 4400
block Greenwich Parkway N. W.;
Frank A. Simon, 3700 block
Jocelyn st. N. w.; Mary c. Stauf-
fer, 37OO block Kanawha st. NV;
Mrs. Harriette B. Stuart, 5000
block Albermarle st. N. W.; and
Benjamin H. Sullivan, Shoreham
Ruildinp.
The Washington times., 1933-09-26

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 26
GN.S3.-Charles Spencer Chap
lin, jr.. 8, and Earl Chaplin, Z,
sons of Charles Chaplin, film
comedy king, each will have to
get along on $3.50 a month.
After criticizing the fifth an
nual accounting of Chaplin's for
mer wife, Lita Grey Chaplin, as
"vague and unsatisfactory" Supe-
rior Judge Charles Grail has
ordered the monthly allowance
on each boy cut from $500 to $3.50.
Chaplin's attorneys filed an ex-
ception to his former wife's &C.
counting, showing she had spent
$33,994.62 for the boys support
during the % months ended last
July.
Chaplin at the time Of the di-
vorce created a 100000 trust
The Washington times., 1933-09-26
TEXAS RANCHER
! BLAMES FEAR
FOR ACTION
Thought Kidnapers Would Kill
Him If He Gave Word to
7 Police Authorities

OKLAHOM CITY, Okla, Sept.
a6 G.N.S0-R. G. C'Boss") Shan
non, wizened-faced Texas rancher,
squirmed and fidgeted on the wit
ness stand at the Urschel kidnap-
ing trial today when he was again
subjected to lashing cross-examl'
nation by Joseph B. keenan,, Spe-
cial Assistant United States AT
torney General.
Shannon, one of the 10 defend
ants on trial, helped guard the
kidnapped Charles F. Urschel when
the abducted oil millionaire was
brought to his ranch by George
("Machine-Gun"D Kelly, his SON.
tn-law, and Albert Bates, notorious
desperate.
Shannon's explanation was that
Kelly and Bates threatened to kill
him if he didn't keep Urschel un-
der armed guard.
DesperadOes as Guests
keenan,, seeking to prove the
Governments contention that
Shannon's ranch was cooling
off spot" for hardened criminals,
brought out that Shannon had as
his guest at various times such
desperadoes as Machine Gun"
Kelly, Bates, Harvey Bailey, Jim
Clark, and Bob Brady. He asked:
'Did Bailey have anything to
do with this kidnaping?"
''NO, sir; not as far as I
know"
The 54-year-old, leathery-faced
xancher was i'll at ease. He didn't
like blunt questions hurled at
him by the Government prose-
cutor.
keenan, wanted to know why
Shannon had not notified the
police that UrSchel was brought
to his place. The witness meekly
replied that "the boys"-Kelly
and Bates-had radios in their
cars and would know if an alarm
had been sent out and would kill
him.
Didn't Know UrSchel
Shannon insisted he did not
know the blindfolded man Kelly
and Bates brought to his place
was Urschel. The witness claimed
he did not know until he was
brought to trial in Oklahoma City
that the man was Urschel.
Urschel, who was sitting in
court with his wife, was requested
to stand up. Keenan, asked Shan
non if he recognized the oil man.
Shannon nodded his head af.
firmatively.
@. (by Keenan)-Who was in
charge of the guarding Of
Urschel when Kelly and Bates
were away making ransom
negotiations?
Al don't know. Both my
self and my son, Aarmon,
guarded him.
Q.-Who put the chains on
Mr.. Urschel?
A.-Armon.