The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 15, 1929, Page 1

B i s A AR THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIV., NO. 5100. SCORES PERISH IN HOSPITAL FIRE IN CLEVELAND COV. PARKS IS ANEXCELLENT ADMINISTRATOR Vice - President Curtis| Places Resolution Be- fore U. S. Senate WASHINGTON, D. C.,, May 15.—)| Vice-President Curtis today placed before the Senate a resolution passed by the House of Representa- tives of the Alaska Legislature, re- futing charges that Gov. ad interested himself in petty partisan matters” of his office. The resolution described the Gov- ernor as an excellent administra- tor. It was referred to the Sen- ate Committee on Territories, the ceretary of which Gov. De resolution was the aftermath of an Parks. ate Sutherland said the attempt by Gov. Parks to obtain the repeal of certain provisions of the Alaska Organic Act curtaining the power of the Governor. He added he understood the Alaska Senate recently adopted and would transmit a second resolution, one not so favorable to Parks. CONTRACT NOT SET ASIDE BY LOGA! STATUTE Teacher’s Contract Held Valid by Rustgard, Rul- There is serious doubt that the Alaska Legislature has the power to enact legislation that would im- pair contracts, and contracts en- tered into between School Boards and teachers prior te the enact- ment by the recent Legislature of a law requiring all municipal em- ployees to be citizens of the United States are not affected by that Act, in the opinion of Attorney General Rustgard. This was sub- mitted .to Lester D. Henderson, Commissioner of Education. The question arose over a con- tract made by the Douglas School Board with Miss Josie M. Hursh, a non-citizen, who has been em- ployed to teach in Douglas schools next year. Her contract was sign- ed 12 days before the law became cffective. Contract Is Valid In his opinion, the Attorney Gen- eral said: “I have no reason to doubt the validity of the contract at the time it was entered into. The ques- tion now arises as to whether or not the recent Act of the Legis- lature dissolves or invalidates this contract. “The Constitution of the United States provides that “no State shall | * * pass any * * * law impair- ing the obligation of contracts.” “This prohibition is expressly di- rected to state action and does. not | apply to Congress. It has been held | by the highest authority that the Congress may pass laws directly, or indirectly, impairing the obligation of contracts.” This very questior, Mr. Rustgard said, was raised in an Alaska case taken on appeal to the Appellate Court for the Ninth Federal Circuit, which, although not ruling specifi- cally said although Alaska is not a stete, “it does not follow from this that its Legislature may pass law nt; cts.” (Continued on Page Three) ~ee - CHAMBER COMMERCE MEETS TOMORROW JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1929. George | mier in conduct 7. . l Publisher of Washington [' x 'y said he had| d nothing of charges against | ' land, Alaska, impairing the obligations of | BIG MISSOURI MINE EMUST FAMOUS CASE YOR 3100000 - | [ONGINSTANGE IS ENDED SUDDENLY WALKER DIES swore Lindeborg had said Harris| had an interest in the Big Missouri. Johnny Howland. of Seattle, who VICTORIA, B. C., May 15. leth‘ a number of the best known min- | ing characters of Alaska here to Edward Payson Weston testify in the Willlam F. Harris |discovered the claims around the| Pagges Away in New fight against his old prospecting Big Missouri d Premier Gold partner Dan Lindeborg for a $100,- | Mine, swore Harris had said in| York—Made Records 000 sharc in the Big Missouri en- terprise, the trial came to an end late yesterday when Chief Justice MacAulay Morrison took the case under advisement. Pat Daly, discoverer of the Pre- Mine, Lindeborg’s cabin at Hyder in 1908 | {that he did not consider he had | any longer an interest in the claims, | which statement Harris denied court. Harris is mow 77 years of age and lives in Port Angeles and Mountain Boy, Wash in | Post Sues Philadelphia Record for Million Libel DICK DOUGLAS :5ios COMINGNORTH [ Ww. NGTON, May 15.—Edward ‘ B. McLean, publisher of the Wash- ington Post, newspaper, has brought suit for libel of $1,000,000 against | Illw Philadzlphia Record for an’ jarticle published last Monday pur-| porting to describe circumstances of a social breach between McLean | ‘l, and Prince Deligne, Belglan Am-| : bassador. ! —_— The article said the story was ASSOCIATED PRESS (UNDERWOOD) ELslrs S e ent that the publisher had| EDWVARD PAXSON WESTON ~agle dcout dalls 1rom O€- peen requested to leave the Em-| attle Today — Be Greeted in Juncau | e Post SEATTLE, siay 15.—Dick Doug- 2 las, Jr., Eagle Scout ot Greensboro, the Ambassador had called at the Tireless Feet and Legs North Carolina, and co-author of State Department to find out if : pdward I S y f “Three Boy Scouts in Africa,” set he was persona non grata with thc}“fd:]:\;‘ limm:'l o‘;vci:)(x:"" d‘i’:tinzc sail from Seattle on the Admiral Government. Veod 2 . hiva pedestrians, seemed to have legs after he had dined there| “not wisely but too well.” The Record s NEW YORK, May 15.—Edward |Payson Weston, famous long dis~ id the next day the tance hiker, died here yesterday “began printing outhursts|at the age of 90 years. nst Prince Deligne” and that | Evans today for Alaska and an-| McLean denied the allegations in| ' 00 F P00 red. Although other adventure. He is one of his complaint. Lol e i e the three Boy Scouts who last year bk (W %9 whall s ol i el sl iy Si)uth | walk, 443 miles from Boston to FAITTCR Wit Marti JURTEon. Tick's present destination is Kodiak Is- the home of the grizzly bear. He left New York City on May b5th, traveled as a guest of Sir Henry Thornton, pres- ident of the Canadian National Rys., north to Montreal, and crossed Cenada to Seattle, from which point he boarded ship. In his journey Canada, Dick made special visits to Jasper tion of Abraham Lincoln, the most ! remarkable feats of his long career | were accomplished after he had passed threescore and ten He | - - — BE INSTA I-I.En | continued taking long distance !'mkcs until his 84th year, in which GHIGAGU BLDG {he walked from Buffalo to New ! g York City, i completing the trip | nearly two days ahead of his sched= | ule. His walk fromi Boston to Wash- National Park and Mount Robson. . . i | tracted considerable afttention and At Jasper, he went out over the Visible for Distance | prompted Weston to start on a trails of Canada's great national of 500 Miles | walk from Portland, Me., to Chi- park, accompanied by members of | |cago in 1867, covering 1,326 miles the Royal Canadian Mounted Police | |in 26 days. Forty years later he Force, and Fred Brewster, famous| CHICAGO, May 15.—The world’s duplicated that trip and although Canadian guide. At Mount Rob- [ most powerful aerial beacon, bright- o wajked 19 more miles he bet- son he visited the camp of George er than the sun, will be installed tered his previous record by 29 Hargreave, a well-known Rocky atop of the 37-story Palmolive ). | Mountain guide, where he witnessed Building. Authorization is now 4 Goes Abroad some bronco busting, horse brand- sought from the City Council. Between those two walks Weston ing, and the regular spring round-| The beacon will have 2,000,000} up. candlepower and will be visible| On the sea trip north, Dick will for a distance of 500 miles. ! make a stop-over at Juneau, where Elmer Sperry, inventor, has of- he will meet Gov. George A. Parks, fered to donate the light in honor and participate in some Boy Scout '_"’r COI’I' gharlcs Al {Jlmdblfm(lllb ““;11 demonstrations in the capital city. i’ iW.' be Hamed the Lindbergh P . Rtk 5 Nlaa He Wil hitve. & ‘thosth or mare of beacon. 1t (x'expeetsd the cost wijin 1679 by Walldng-650 miles i i r he $100,000. | 141 hours and 44 minutes, hunting and adventuring around g Lo The Church of England engaged Kodiak, under the wing of Captain | Weston for a campaign in 1883. He Charlie Madsen, famous Alaska FI VE HUNDRED appeared in many cxhibitions and contests in this country and Europe. He performed in several European countries between 1876 and 1884 and among his accomplishments in 4 R | walked 50 miles a day for 100 suc- guide, and Siberian fur trader, who | cessive days and each evening at Will personally conduct his expe- | the conclusion of his walk he de- dition, for Kodiak Guides, whose g 3 | | livered a lecture on temperance. guest Dick will be during his stay. | DENT LL | Two years after his second Portland Among the excitements planned for {to Chicago walk in 1907, Weston him is a whale hunt. These often occur in the waters adjacent to Ko- | diak Island where whales are still| captured in the exciting and dan- ! gerous old-fashioned method of| hand harpooning. There will be 3 Al X fishing too, and hunting for the Ho]d Up Trafhc at Tnp] (e, Kodiak grizzly bear. | The second expedition of this| sixteen year old Scout has served Street Intersection | L to focus the attention of Boy, Scouts throughout the continent upon him. All along his route of, PHILADELPHIA, Penn, May 15. travel there have been special Boy —Five hundred University of Penn-| Scout demonstrations in his hon- sylvania students swept down to nl or. Having experienced the thrills triple street intersection last mght‘ of the South African safari, and and staged a riot which called out| 3 a the Canadian trip, with the Alas- the police reserves. } BATTLE EAST kan adventure before him, Dick Taking charge of the traffic § ‘performed what is regarded as his BI R T;mmt remarkable feat. Then at | the age of 70 he walked from New | York to San Francisco over a route 13,895 miles in 104 days and seven The next year, 1910, he <d6ntin\1ed on Page Two) Douglas will be oné of the most lights, the students switched sig-| widely traveled young adventurers hals at split second intervals and| o 3 % in the great juvenile organization 5oon tied traffic in a jam that| Army Air Forces Will Find required half an hour to untangle. ‘Washington to attend the inauguras \ Lindbergh Light Will Be'ington, coverca in 208 nours, at-| was the winning of the Astley belty \Mid-May Snow !Slurm Hits Three {Canadian Provinces | | | WINNIPEG, Canada, May 15.—Three Western Provinc- es are today recovering from a mid-May snow storm. Farming conditions have been halted and seeding de- layed but the snow has not med the crops already ard conditions prevail- in Northern Manitoba districts and Saskadtchewan. High winds and snow struck Alberta Province. ed EVARABLEN WILL ANSWER -~ NEXT FRIDAY Will Be Arraigned for AL| leged Poisoning of Hus- band at Sonora COLUMBIA, Cal., May 15.—In a; setting that might well have been | the scene of a Bret Harte story, Mrs. Eva Rablen, Texas mail order bride, will be arraigned for triall next Friday in the Superior Court| at Sonora and the date will then| be set for her trial on a charge of {murder. 1t is alleged she killed her |husband, Carroll Rablen by poison) |given to him in a cup of coffee| |handed to him while he sat in his| lautomobile outside of a dance hall. | | “I never killed Carroll. He was |the only man I ever loved,” the| | woman sobbed. | After their marriage, she said| friction developed with the father| of her husband over her. The wom- an admitted carrying coffee to her husband but denied pélsoning it. When questioned as to the al- leged purchase of poison at a drug; store she refused to answer. BUILDINGS AT WESTERN FORT MAY BESCHOOL Seventh Day Adventists| Have Plan for School Near Valdez | WALLA WALLA, Wash., May 15. —The North Pacific Union Con-| ference of Seventh Day Adventist in convention here decided to in-| vestigate Fort Liscum, Alaska, as a | possible school site. Rev. H. L. Wood, of Ketchikan, Alaska, will be sent to investigate the Buildings under consideration | and the feesibility of establishing the school. | The convention also decided to| send Mrs. Vernon Gyes, of the| Southern Oregon Conference, to| Valdez as a missionary. Both moves are in furtherance of | the denomination’s Alaska expan- sion, } SIS Serving Term in Jail, Sinclair Is Reelected Chairman Oil Concern NEW YORK, May 15.—Harry F. Sinclair, serving a jail sentence ln{ ‘Washington, D. C., for contempt of | the United States Senate, has been | re-elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Sinclair Con- solidated Oil Corporation at the annual meeting held here today. - e L4 Prince of Wales Proves Hero; Saves i Man from Death {than an eastern. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS Scientists to Seck “Golden Age” Era Of Alaskan Culture f i The line sidered rich and flowing by expe woman's workbag fastener (bel in the center of the E of the United States By OSCAR LEIDING (A. P. ce Editor) WASHINGTON, May 15.—Rem- nants of a “golden age” of Eskimo culture: will be sought this sum- mer south of Bering strait, The search will be made by Hen- ry B. Collins, jr., assistant curator of cthnology, United States Na- tional museum, and Herman E. Brandt, an engineer. Findings are expected to add evi= dence to the theory that the Es- kimo had a Siberian, Bering Sea, or northern Alaskan origin, rather It may be prov- ed that the art of the Greenland, Labrador and North Canadian Es- kimo was derived from an ancient but newly discovered, civilization. The Eskimo culture, the oldest of its kind of which man has knowl- edge, was first found in 1926 by Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, anthropologi ness, of the National museum of Canada, Ar. of the period excels with of the ancient Eskimo art object s hown above are con- whereas they consider the modern Henry B. Coilins, Jr., mechanical, no children, is Assistant Curator of Ethnology | National Muscum, lines that adapt shape of the ob ioned sweepir es to th sircles fa and, d ornamentation that is flowing. Modern Eskimo ¢ s called mechanical in n. Collins and Brandt will collect ornaments, tools, and weapons. Permanently frozen piles of refu or “kitchen-middens,” than 16. feel thick, will Great numbers of @ 1a of bone and ivory nown to be contained in the rubbish heaps. be..p! Objects unearthed so far are to- | tally different in shape and detail from those of mor times. Har- poon heads were fashioned differ- ently and the use of many obje is unknown to the Eskimo of today. The present expedition will leave Seattle on the Northland, a coast \{guard cutter, and reach Nome in of the museum, and Diamond Jen- the middle of June. The men will explore si ¢ Norton scund and St. Lawrence i.lnnd, probably re- turning in October King George Cheered When Returns Home WINDSOR, Eng., May 15.—King George came back to his ancient | home like a conquering hero today | and the Windsor countryside turn- ed out to¢ welcome him back. The Monarch has been recuper- ating from a long illness at Craig- well. Thousands cheer of g subjects and school children greeted him as, the Royal car was driven through the strects and bags of petals were emptied. e e - FARM RELIEF BILL PASSES U. S. SENATE Measure Not Acceptable to President—Up to House to Make Change HINGTON, May 15.—The Farm Relief Bill, not acceptable to President Hoover because it con- tains the export debenture plan, has passed the Senate 54 to 33. The bill must now go to the House for action on the debenture feature. |2 number of Republic HOOVER TAKES ‘ HAND IN BILL | Victims were_removed _through ABOUT TARIFF Proposes Raise in Certain Duties Will Pro- tect Farmers WASHINGTON, 15.—While s and Dem- fault at the of Ma ocrats are’ findiig pending tariff bill President Hoover sed the duties of flaxseed, milk m and windg under provisions of the w. The President said he to give the farmers immediate benefit of the proposed law in referring to farm products and have the duties increased. House, 300 STRIKERS UNDER ARREST ELIZABETHTON, Tenn., May 15. Disorders in connection with the strike of several thousand workers in the textile mills here reached a climax last night with the arrest of more than 300 strikers on charges PRICE TEN CENTE NINETY PERSONS KNOWN DEAD AND SCORES. INJURED Cleveland Clinic Hospital | Scene of Explosion then Fierce Fire ;DEATH LIST WILL | GO HIGHER, BELIEF Many Patients Suffocated by Wall of Bromide Gas —Bodies Turn Green CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 15. — Ninety persons are |knewn to have lost their lives 'and sccres have been injured in an explosion and fire at the Cleveland Clinic Hospital this afternogon. The police caid the death list might run higher. Most of those killed are pa- tients and others are believed to be nurses and doctors. Two hours after the build- ing took fire all occupants had been removed and the fire extinguished. Most of the fatalities are the result of the fire but many are believed to have been suffocated by poisonous fumes of burning chemicals, | Some of the dead had | Mrs. Ireme Lantz, of Parsons, ‘West Virginia, at the hospital wait- ,/ing for a physical examination, de- some e | Mrs. Lantz was in the waiting room and saw smoke issuing from the next room. She thought noth- ing of it as doctors had been |smoking in the room. Instantly red lights flashed and doctors and nurses were rushing S frantically about and began wheel- ing out patients. | Mrs. Lantz ran toward the door and others in the waiting room followed. A wall of bromide gas intercepted them and many collapsed. | One woman cried, “Oh, my daughter,” and collapsed. Hardly two hours were required to complete the tragedy. Firemen battled the scorching flames and others with gas masks risked their lives inside the build- windows and off the roof. Some were burned horribly. Others were unconscious. GRAF ZEPPELIN STARTS FLIGHT -~ TOU.S.TODAY | Expected to Cast-off by ! Midnight — Sailing 1 Wast Postponed | PARIS, May 15. — The French |Government has given Dr. Eckener | permission to fly over France any- |time he may wish without further |notice, the Germany Embasay has been informed. | The second flight of the Graf Zeppelin is expected to be started |from Friedrichshafen tonight at midnight. The flight was held up jone day when it was reported France refused permission to fly over the ion except between the hours ol to 9 o'clock in the morning. | THIRD FLIGHT BERLIN, May 15. — While the 1 i At the regular meeting of the of America. Trolleys were ferked from the wires| Fighting Unfavorable [$ LONDON. May 15--%be o | ministration leaders assert the ©f intimidating employees of those|Graf Zeppelin is waiting to_start Chamber of Commerce, tomorrow | |and torpedoes placed upon the| Start T ight R i EXF“’V“; l(3 Al‘:a:}zd thi o |House will not accede to the Sen- returning to work at two affected the second flight to the United nocen at the Arcade Cafe, the ques- [/, S. Health Service ‘tracks. ! ——IIaris L ipnlg) A e of e Newcastle o|ate’s move in adding debenture to, Plants. ; States, a third flight to America tion of a summer secretary and in- | | "Upon the arrival of the police,| R 5 i 8 iimeman 8l the Mg e #lthe bin | National Guardsmen and special late in July is announced by the formation burcau for the Chamber,| . leports on Influenza ‘the students fled to the campus| COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 15.—The|® Exposition from death or in- e ik RN TR | Police have redoubled vigilance to|Hamburg-American Line and on will be discussed with the view of Epidcmic Of Winter and closed the gates. {United States Army Air Forces are|® jury. The m::\: h.(-rumgdc?- : Watorontl Burois ‘rxm, nt threatened riots. jthe return, a world cruise with coming to a decision in the matter, | Only one student, John Barber,| fighting unfavorable weather cnn-i: ::nzled h}r:rlx_:c _:n’t;yuul::ewnr: 4 etercns’ Bureaus ! L 4 Toklo, San Diego, Lakehurst as H. I Faulkner, President said {0-| \AHINGTON, May 15—Tabu- of New Rochelle, N. J. was cap-| ditions in preparation for the-sham ) 3 e manc(iemre &V S007 80 4o Be Investigated, |Football Player Dies B e e da; i | ¥, o - . v . . | | 5 als 1 Flans for & Fourth of July cele- ‘ii‘.fil‘fi‘nbsyer‘flieg?ifif‘i f&:fisy opfmc):;lz:m‘r'gd;{amxnatton perlods” was the The weather has kept many|® bed the man’s overalls :o"d * Special (‘rnnnmsun;} From Gangster’s Bullet mianight sun fiight in June over | bration will also be talked over by mfl;em epidemic shows the di- Teason a veteran police officer gave,PI“"f‘S -lro.x_n arriving. ] : pgl:;d him f:::arwjl:: dara;xt : ; PR 8 iLapland, the Norwegian Coast and | members of the Chamber. |sease affected half as many per- 8s an explanation for the outburst.| Flers v\_lll spend today studying as elman ],m“r i WASHINO’I‘ON.'N,IY 15—A sur-| FORT DODGE, Iowa, May 15_‘Arcuc Circle. g | Anscel C. Eckmann, pilot of theson in each unit of population as| o A ftne terjein. ShE Buling for| beae ARG the macbioy WHEHSS e of the Veterans; Buresy, Bension|Jolin Acher, Noritiwestern Unives-| e vt plane Juneau; L. S. Parks, Juneau|ine epidemic in 1918 but that the! Political speakers of England ginning of maneuvers. e was revolving al .‘uul '-:Dem. 4 Bureau anq other chgral organi- | sity football players, died today as A (xt“rmnn‘ gardener dug up a representative of the Washington-|attack spread more uniformly over have thought out a way to defea'.| Thirty-eight planes in the attack|® The Prince _‘fmf 0s| A: zations naymg to do with Govern-!a result of bullet wounds inflicted gold coin mmlc? in 1444. Only ~ Alaska Airways, and Robert EIlS,|the nation. Nearly 15 per cent of the hecklers who interrupt cam- group and 14 craft of the Eleventh|® hold and quickly recovered ® iment relations to veterans of wars,/by a Chicago gangster there last|one specimen of this coln was navigator of the plane, will be in-|the persons reported influenza at- Paign orations. Speakers’ trucks are Bombardment group from Rockwell [® it. ® (will be undertaken by a special November. He has been at the known before and it was valued vited to be guests of the organiza- | tacks and an additional 14 per cent equipped with loudspeakers whichiflcld, California, arrived here yes-|® .'wmm!sslon to be set-up by direc-'family home here since the shoot- highly. He received for his the convey sound a half mile and more, | terday, ® e 00000 e 0000 oltions of President Hoover. ing. ] “equi\'nlent of a year's wage. tion. reported colds, i ) T