30 Aug 1924
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Newspaper
The Daily Alaska Empire
Location
Juneau, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1924
Page
1
Secretary Weeks praised patriotic American organizations and local governments after analyzing arguments against Defense Day. He noted that conscientious non-resisters and pacifists opposing the program make up about 80 percent of protesters, urging citizen cooperation for home defense readiness.
One hundred delegates to the Massachusetts American Auxiliary convention fell ill after a banquet in Worchester Mass Poisoning by ptomaine is listed as the cause Local officials reported the incident on August 30 with the banquet event noted and the afflicted delegates affected by food poisoning labels.
Two gun bandits robbed the First National Bank at Watts near Los Angeles late yesterday afternoon. They forced two clerks in the vault and escaped with $9000. Their whispered methods concealed the crime from outsiders.
Seattle dispatch reports Lt. Broome, a British agent, arrived yesterday and sold a Russian vessel named Red October with infantry and a six pound cannon. The ship, bound from Petropavlovsk toward Wrangell Island, is ordered to seize inhabitants and establish sovereignty.
REMY de PROVENCE reports Lieut Thoret set a new world duration record for a motorless airplane with a nine hour four minute flight in France. The prior record was eight hours forty two minutes set by Rossmitten of Germany and Ferdinand Schultz.
Bend Oregon reports Arch Cody of Myrtle Creek captured by a posse as the slayer of Sheriff Goodman. No details released about Fred Yardlow, said to have actually killed the sheriff.
In Oakland California on August 30, Mrs. Jola Huyler of Grants Pass asked the Superior Court to appoint her administrator of the $120000 estate of George Ampusait, a prospector who froze to death near Fairbanks on May 20. She claimed her mother was Blanch Meeker of Medford and that Ampusalt worked on the Meeker farm near Grants Pass 33 years ago.
Ice age voyage from Ivigtut to Richmond base delayed to tomorrow due to bad weather. Lieut Neville and Seamen Down and Canal credited with possible continuation from the field. Their shore camp flooded by the storm and 18 drums of 60 pound fuel broke loose and struck rocks. They capsized a boat and fell into icy water to their necks before rescuers lashed drums and dragged them ashore.
Grand jury returns indictments against Henry C. Weist bond broker and five others for conspiracy to obtain money under false pretenses in securities marketing. Weist and Barney A. Schwartz arrested. Commissioner Daugherty says his office aids nationwide drive to prosecute such schemes.
Santa Monica Cal Aug 30 Mrs Anna Vanskite began an all night swim around Venice pier to celebrate her 64th birthday but turned back due to swells from pleasure speed boats delaying the event and ending the attempt.
Twenty three passengers and four trainmen were injured when two New York Central passenger trains collided about 32 miles west of Syracuse. The railroad stated the accident occurred this forenoon and involved fast trains on the main line.
Salt Lake City description reports that during a frontier day event 10,000 spectators believed a staged stunt, when Harry Bowles of Littlet on fatally shot Roy Rivet of Cheyenne. Both were cowboys.
The schooner Duxbury reached Point Barrow from Barters Island reporting exceptionally heavy ice. The Maid of Orleans passed Barters Island earlier heading east. The Lady Kindersley remains trapped and likely to be abandoned. the Boxer stands by with two launches and skin boats ready to rescue the crew.
In Les Ables Dalonne France on August 20 an automobile carrying Clemenceau struck Mme Charlier aged 74, killing her. The chauffeur was driving at the time of the accident.
Paris Aug 20 France will begin the evacuation of Dortmund in the Ruhr tomorrow following Premier Herriott’s agreement. The move is tied to the London agreement signed today in London, with the evacuation scheduled to end the day after.
New York Aug 30 Babe Ruth has virtually abandoned hope of equalling his single season home run record. Up to yesterday Ruth has hit 42 homers this season.
Lieut Layle N Morgan 28, an officer on Vice Admiral Wiley’s staff, shot himself in his stateroom aboard the battleship Mexico after guests left. A Navy board ruled the death was by his own action due to mind temporarily deranged from despondency of unknown cause.
The Prince of Wales arrived aboard the Black Watch en route to the Burden home in Syosset New York. He fledged a crowd of about 2000 at the pier as security kept watchers back during the visit on August 40.
Paris Australia reports the reparations commission has named Owen BD Young as interim general agent for reparations payments and announced the formation of the German bank fees committee with Gates McGarrah of New York joining the Board.
Two lots of valuables stored under Shelby McCoy were found in a Hollywood storage plant bank vault. Mors identified the antique pieces from his Hollywood shop.
In Pittsburgh a gasoline explosion in a garage last night killed seven men and fatally injured six others. Property damage is estimated at $10,000.
Freeport Maine August 30 Explorer MacMillan and his Arctic expedition are en route home aboard the Bowdoin radio from MacMillan’s sister Mrs Letitian Fogg stating all on board are well and the radio confirms the homeward travel.
Aug 30 report: Five held up a woolen mill office and escaped with a payroll totaling $7,000. Police searched the scene and chased possible suspects, no arrests announced. The theft disrupted operations and prompted an investigation by local authorities.
General Ferreras' rebels seize Santa Rosa in western Honduras and push toward San Pedro, according to advices received by the State Department. The report notes advancing columns and potential consolidation of rebel control in the region.
Ketchikan August 20 United States Fish Commissioner Henry O Malley arrived from the Weelwerd and urged abolition of stake nets in the Copper River district and is to recommend that the regulations be changed in favor of seine nets in that district.
Yankees defeat Washington 2 to 1 in a tense game at Yankee Stadium. Meusel hits a clutch single in the ninth, driving in Pipp for the deciding run as Washington had won the first two games of the series.
Returns from 1,327 of 1,535 precincts show Frank Linderman of Kaliopell ahead of Attorney General Rankin by 994 votes in the Montana Republican primary for the United States Senate. Senator Thomas J. Walsh is the Democratic nominee.
A Georgetown selamograph recorded a "rather severe" earthquake last night that may have occurred in Japan. The震 event was reported from Washington with possibility of Japanese origin, noting seismic activity and potential regional impact.
Seward Alaska August 30 report that the Government’s Alaska Railroad must deal with porcupines. Officials order rubber hose in pumping stations and all rubber fixtures to be placed on high poles to deter the animals and prevent damage.
Secretary of the Navy Wilbur told Seattle chamber members that basing the U S fleet on the Pacific marks a definite national policy. He linked Pacific basing to immigration acts and a clash of civilizations across the ocean. He urged preparedness, equating it with duty, and endorsed Sand Point as a naval air base.
Washington dispatch reports Great Britain Japan France and the United States delivering solemn warnings to Peking that China must protect foreign life and property during the Shanghai fighting. In Peking on August 20 foreign diplomats met with the Chinese Foreign Office and heard assurances the government aims to stop the war. Intermediaries quoted Chi Chinh Yuang and Lu Ling Shing as seeking to avoid hostilities.
In Troy New York on August 30 Col R H Hilett a former Republican Assembly member in 1920 21 was designated as the Democratic candidate for State Senator in Rensselaer County.
Washington reports the government will pursue rum runners from foreign countries under tariff law rather than the Volstead Act. Smuggling penalties are higher, with Texas cases yielding 18 months in prison and $5,000 fines for each defendant.
Lincoln Neb Aug 30 Charles G Dawes Republican vice presidential nominee spoke on the agricultural program, getting a big welcome from both Democrats and Republicans. He urged removing agricultural problems from politics and solving them by a non partisan competent commission modeled on the Angell reforms.
London August 30 England 100000 years ago was a tropical land inhabited by hunters of elephants and other warm climate animals with craft tools. Major A G Wade the British archaeologist reports discoveries in Farnham Dover shire gravel pits showing mammoth rhinoceros remains and large flint implements. He argues the finds imply a higher civilization than Neolithic peoples. Wade dates the deposits at 100000 years based on Wey River bed depth.
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