The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 29, 1929, Page 1

— THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIV., NO. 5112, _ JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1929. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS PROHIBITION ENFORCEMENT WIPED OUT, WISCONSIN HOUSE PASSES \ TARIFFBILL; 284 T0 147 Duties on Many Articles Are Increased—Now Goes to Senate WASHINGTON, May 29. tariff bill as written by the Ways }* and Means Committee passed the . House late yesterday by a vote of‘ 264 to 147. The bill raises the duties on many manufactured articles and| farm products, I The measure now goes to the ¥ ... Senate. Hearing to Be Held Chairman Smoot today announc- ed that the Senate'Finance Com- mittee will start hearings on the about Juhe 1 committee will receive testi- i from persons who did not| 7. ar before the House Ways and | Means Committee. | Chairman Smoot said he was willing to allow the Democratic members of the committee to par- ticipate in the hearings. e WILL DEFEND BENE TUNNEY, DAMAGECASE House tariff bill The | ,‘\. i j WILL RUN FOR SENATE IN 1930. children’s horse show in Washington. 1 {Mrs. Willebrandt 1 |Retires from Gout. E |Service June 15 WASHINGTON, May 29.— e Mrs. Mabel Walker Wille- brandt, Assistant Attorney General, in charge of Pro- hibition prosecutions, will tire from the Government ice on June 15. Mrs. Willebrandt will be- come Washington Counsel for the Aviation Corporation at a salary greatly exceed- ing the compensation paid by the Government. 5 Officials declined to state who would be successor to Mrs. Willebrandt who has ed seven years, under Presidents Harding, Coolidge and Hoover, ©00eeccees e e WANDA HAWLEY “fDEFENDANTlN - $50,000 SUIT # Screen and Stage Star Charged with Being In- | toxicated; Show Stopped LOS ANGELES, Cal, May 29.— : Hunter Keasey, author and pro- Associated Press Photo ducer of the play “Illegitimate” has Rep. Ruth Hanna McCormick, who has announced she will be a 'sued Wanda Hawley, stage and candidate for the senate in 1930, is shown with her daughter at the screen star, for $50,000, alleging {breach of contract. Homer Cummings Engaged ‘ as Counsel in Fifty Thou- | T’ Organize W sand Dollar Suit | STAMFORD, Conn, May 20— Homer Cummings, former Chair- men of, the Democratic mmonal‘ @ommi , has been engaged toj appear in behalf of Gene Tunney | 1 in the $50,000 damage suit brought| CHICAGO, May 29.—Mrs. Charles | by Mrs. Katherine Fogarty. |H. Sabin, formerly member of the “The suit will be contested to Republican National Committee of the limit,” Cummings said, adding New York State, announces tem- | that his firm was preparing an porary formation of a Women’s| answer to the charges which are organization designed to work a expected to be filed June 24. {change in the National Prohibition | —_—— laws. © 00000000 00 0 0 e Thestatement said the organiza- . TODAY’S STOCK ® tion was formed for the purpose of | L QUOTATIONS ® 'accomplishing a set purpose and | ®@© 000000 0 0 0 0 @ o woulddeal with facts and not fan-| |cies and added: NEW YORK, May 29. — Alaska' “We believe the Prot Juneau mine stock is quoted today violates the fundamenta princi- at 5%, American Smelting 96%, ples of our Government’ 1 the Cudahy 50%, General Motors 72%, women have pledged themse o Gold Dust 54%, Mack Trucks 93, give their uttermost aid in a sane Missouri 87, National Power and golution of the problem. Light 48'%, Texas Corporation 61%,' — e — U S. Steel 166%, Bethlehem Steel, 4, Continental Motors 18, Math- | on Alkali 45%, International Paper A 27, International Peper B, | no sale; Standard Oil of California | 3%, Stewart-Warner 66%, Ameri-| can Tobacco A 168, American To- | bacco B 168. bition Law | Six Villages in Phillippines Are Known to Be Destroyed Quotations Yesterday i Alaska Juneau was quoted at| 5%, American Smelting 95, Cud-( ahy 5014, General Motors T1%, Gold | n 55%, Mack Trucks 94, Mis.i MANILA, May 29. — The death sou: ., Texas Corporation BZ,i"(’“ of last Friday's typhoon in the U. S. .1 166%, Bethlehem Stee] southern part of the Lcytc_ Prm(- 95%, Continental Motors 18, Mathie- |ince is reported at 112. This esti- son Alkali 43%, International Paper mate follows reestablishment of A 25%, Paper B 15%, Standard omcommtmicnimns with the sections of California 74, Stewart-Warner Which suffered. 67%, American Tobacco A 170, To- | First reports were that only 12 bacco B 170. persons were killed. ; Several towns are still isolated b 9y Tand the list of dead may grow. PLANE JUNEAUME | The Philippine Red Cross is in ROUND TR]P SlTKA; been ordered to spend a sufficient TO SEATTLE TODAYI;S\A;SH_ for relief. ix villages in the district are M. S. Wilson, who represents KRown to have been destroyed. The Blake, Moffitt 'and Towne, paper heaviest loss of life occured at manufacturers, in Alaska, and Ar-|Sogod and Antiguo and vicinity. thur Van Mavern, with the West| T Coast Grocery Company made the Chain Store round trip to Sitka on the plane Ow Juneau, Pilot Anscel Eckmann, yes- (Jwner Gets One terday. Peter Kostrometinoff, W“S‘Slipped on Him also a round trip passenger. Miss Ora Kaykendall and Miss Iola B.| Van Vranken, who have taught at! the Sheldon Jackson School at Sit-| ka duri the last yea taa Jn:xl::f on the plzxe.r remmedlye‘“‘c']d son-in-law out into the The plane left Juneau at 9:20,,Woodshed and, spanking him, Rush arrived in Sitka at 10:40 and re-?mess' chain store owner, has given mained until 6 o'clock in the even- NS approval to the marriage of ing when it left for Juneau and his 17-year-old daughter Sylvia and the return trip was made in just Charles Abry, $30 a week clerk. an hour | The father’s approval of the mar- This morning the plane took D“'riage was given when the bride an- at 6 o'clock for Seattle with Peter nounced determination to live on Kostrometinoff as a passenger. They her husband’s salary. plan to return next Saturday orl “When I found this young man, Sunday. ; whom I scarcely knew, was my son- . — |in-law, I felt like taking him out Chief Victor Griffin is the first!into the woodshed, but you know, short haired chief of the Quapaw: he’s a fine boy. T am just getting NEW YORK, May 29.—The Amer- ican today said that although at he felt like taking his 21- , To Find Solution of Prohibition Questior IN TYPHOON |charge of the rellef work and has|® Keasey charges that on April 24 11 Wanda Hawley was so in- | toxicated that it was necessary to |stop the show, close the fire doors land ring down the curtain to pré- | vent the audience learning the cofj- dition of Miss Hawley, cast in the ';slm‘ role. omen MRS, OLOFIELD WO STEAMERS WILL RETIRE | COMING NORTH io'clock for Southeast Alaska ports |with 117 first class passengers and 1107 steerage. The following passengers are |booked for Juneau: N. J. Nelson, |J. Brandork, Walter Merells, G. |W. Morgan, Mae Erickson, Mrs. E. | Breshears and 20 steerage. Steamer Admiral Watson sailed at 10 o'clock this forenoon for Al- laska ports with 48 first class pas- |sengrs and 31 steerage, the follow- |ing booked for Juneau: P. V. Rath, |F. B .DeGrace, P. J. Krostrometin- (off, N. G, Nelson, and one steerage. | —_————— | IS TAKEN FROM JAIL, LYNGHED ALOMA, Tenn., May 20.—A mob Associated Press Photo | of nearly 100 men entered the i |County Jail early today and re- MRS, PEARL PEDEN OLDFIELD ) moved Joc Boxly, 19-year-old negro, WASHINGTON, May 29.—Mrs, |2ccused of attacking the wife of the Poarl P. Oldfield, Representative|Justice of the Peace and hanged from Arkansas, vidow of William N 1o & tee f T;I';Sn . tov, 1 N | The negro 5 e e /il jail about 4 olelock this morning cumstances” will she retumwcon-‘“a" his Rooy LR iaian Aoy after i _ |afterwards. pires. ‘Alé;:c li:rmg‘;ijtn::;gflcfi( A uar(_lboard ncar\the body read: the feminine bloe in the House of ("Let this ——= hang here until 4 Representatives, as the successor of P Thursday. her husband. MR v o Mrs. Oldfield said she found pub- | sMERICAN PENS 'CLEVER; lic life only one'of grief and al-| CAN WRITE ALL TONGUES though she will carry on for the remainder of the two year term to| WASHINGTON, May 20—Am- Bhjah she b - electyd, 1ollowing;erican pens and pencils are being ?er htu::“gd ih:ei';:‘l;;ze;::ihgh:g; |used to write in every language of JE s g She | (o world. believes woman belongs—the Home.| 1. ynited Kingdom is the best e BB | customer for writing tools made in CHAMBER NOT TO MEET the United States, ‘with Canada, Cuba and Argentina next in order. TOMORROWBNORIAL DAY Little Denmark buys more Amer- : . |ican fountain pens than any other Owing to the Memorial Day hoh-lcm"m_y in the world except Great day tomorrow, there will be 1o p. oy meeting of the Chamber of Com-| R 15 G eh 3 merce tomorrow, it was announced “TEACH” FURNITURE today by President H. L. Faulkner.| No business of importance was be- WASHINGTON, May 29. — The :nreduth:f Ct::nmgm:: fiz;‘:;; ::g furniture makers of America are s | concerned over the fact that the ! automobiles like an expert but L 4 | knows nothing about furniture. The national committee on wood utili- bation, a Department of Commerce enterprise, is preparing a book de- |signed to educate the public in the “Siamese twin” frogs have been found near Baden, Fa. They hop Indians in Oklahoma. He visits the acquainted with him. I like his met- barber regularly, tle,” Eress said. merrily about together as if un- hempered, matter of chairs, tables and beds. Wash,, to Tokyo, Japan, in June, LOS ANGELES, May 29.—A new challenge to the sternest barrier of aviation—the ocean—will be cast in June over the broad Pacific by a stocky Canadian. Lieut. Harold Bromley is here completing plans for what he be- lieves will be the ‘“best prepared water hop” ever recorded—a solo non-stop flight from Tacoma, Wash.,, to Tokyo, Japan. For more than a year Lieutenant Bromley, who learned the tricks of the “Joy stick” in the world war after 18 months in a machine gun nest with only a shrapnel scratch as a physical reminder, has been nursing his dream of such an ocean hop. And like most experienced pilots, Bromiey is supremely confident but shy of conversation except when someone touches on the purpose for this long shot against disaster. “It's not a stunt,” he exclaims with a bit of perturbation. “I regard THEORY OF in admin: and produc- of scientific method: tration, finance, sale {tion. 3. The increased cost of equip- ment required for mass production. 4. Improvements in technical practice. 5. New inventions resulting from research. 6. The high cost of distribution caused by attempts to dispose of the increased output resulting from na- tional advertising, high pressure cales methods, national distribution and direct contact with retailers. 7. Application of mass methods to purchasing and retail distribu- tion through the medium of chain stores. This movement was fur- ther assisted by the trend of popu- lation toward the cities by the de- velopment and popularization of the automobile and by the growth of hard surfaced highways. e TWO BOATS WITH HALIBUT The Sunset, Capt. Conrad Cas- person, brought in 17,000 pounds of halibut this morning which was sold to the Alaska Fish Brokerage for 11% and 8.15 cents. The Bonanza, Capt. R. A. Ring- stad, brought in 10,000 pounds which was bought by the San Juan Fishing and Packing Com- pany for 11% and 820 cents. —e——— RETURNS FROM COLLEGE J. J. Connors, Jr., returned home on the Admiral Rogers after com- pleting his sophomore year at San- ta Clara University at San Jose, Cal He will spend the summer |mmlng his father at the Connors Motor Qompany Lieut. Harold Bromley (inset) plans to MERGERS | CAREFULLY STUDIED ‘ qu_m(_lian Planfiing Tacm;(;-Tok;f;) F li-gl;tr - fly the route shown in a it as an effort to piloneer aviation in a particular field. “There’s a great possibility for | air mail between America and Ja- | pan. It takes two weeks to make it by steamer from Tacoma to Tokyo and I think a loaded mail plane could do it in five da Bromley, who will fly the “Great Circle” route up aroupd the Aleu- tian Islands—the same route fol- lowed by the army round-the-world fliers nine years ago—will be at- tempting the first non-stop flight between America and Asia. He be- lieves he can make it in 33 to 35 hours with an air speed of 135 miles from a 330-horsepower Wright, motor with™a top speed of 180 miles. Here, at a plant where many fa- mous airplanes have been built for record flights, Bromley is super- vising the construction of a special Lockheed-Vega under-wing mono- 80V, KOHLER SIGNS BILL FOR REPEAL |State Prohibition Enforce- | ment Act Is Cancelled l in One State ATTEMPT TO BLOCK PASSAGE FAILURE I[Federal Agents Are Now Sole Authority—State- f ment Is Issued MADISON, Wis, {Walter J. Kohler has signed the bill repealing the State Prohibi- tion Enforcement Act, thus obey- ling the mandate of the people who in the Spring election voted nearly 150,000 majority for the repeal. ‘The bill was passed in the Wis- consin Assembly a month ago and passed by the State Senate two weeks ago. Attempt to block passage failed in both Houses. The entire liquor enforcement of Wisconsin is now in the hands of Federal agents, as local and State officers have no authority. May 29.—Gov. trans-oceanic jump from Tacoma, plane. With a gasoline supply of 800 gallons, it has a fligut distance | of 6,000 miles to pit against the 4,700 miles to Tokyo. For this “best prepared” hop,| Gov, Kohler, in a statement, Bromley 18 schooling himself xn'Sflidi N celestial navigation, carrying an wnth Amendment pro- vided “Congress and several immense gasoline supply, and in- stalling a wireless set. The greatest danger, Bromley feels, will be fog off the Alaskan coast. “I'll get away from this through the wireless,” he beueves.i “Every hour I will bulletin my po-lulss cRn suN sition and air speed. I never will| be more than 400 miles from any | States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appro- priate legislation.” - station.” b o l The Lieuts who enlisted in| | = the Ofuddias S R T B b e % < 16, lives in Tacoma with his wife and five-year-old son. There, as FOR ALTITUD the head of a commercial flying school, he gained the financial| ki £ T I H e R {Former Alaska Flier Be- e g lieved to Have Reached Unenforceable New Height Women Laws Are to | LOS ANGELES, Cal, May 20— ( s Iy NEW YORI, may 29—Speeding L”"”,m-gh and J of communications end transporta-| . . tion, says the industrial economizt, | Bride Has i Dwu.:ht‘Fam_hnm. is an lmportant\'h‘,” (;u('ssing | factor in stimulating the present | tendency toward great industrial - and financial mergers. ® NEW Y{)RK. l\gfly 29.; . In an. analysls of the present(S Col Chatles A4 Lindbergh o large scale consolidation era, sub- : ‘fl."l ."“‘?_ bl:e'lwtm c;‘ C : milted to the recent convention of [§ 1ePOrers BUC POLETAPIS 9 the American Management associa- | & ’(:‘t iy a"y hard “;(;n ° tion, Mr. Farnham lists seven prin-| e Ment enioving cipal forces behind the movement 1: m;‘;::;;};'“gfl“nn of brigades b :iun;lr);f?“f‘x‘;fl:::twg(r)ndmon ot ln-}. of newspapermen entirely ® - - ’ |e failed to reveal the where- e 2. The development during thelg ..o o tho newlyweds. . war of mass production, which re- |, . sulted in the general incroducuun). o000t o eIk RS E. GALLAGHER PASSES AWAY Member of Once Famous Stage Team Dies Pen- niless, Paralyzed NEW YORK, May 29. — Edward Gallagher, member of the famous team of Gallagher and Shean, is dead. Penniless and paralyzed, Galla- gher entered a sanitarium for men- tal disorder last February after an unsuccessful attempt to stage a comeback. Gallagher and Shean shot to fame in 1920 but when Ziegfeld refused to pay them $1500 a week in 1925, they quickly dropped from sight. Gallagher's first wife, Helen Gallagher, night club hostess, paid his hospital expenses and was at his bedside when he died. ——————— An aged fisherman named Frye, lost his life when he ventured out on the Tanana River while the break-up was in progress at Tan- ana. Caught between grinding cakes of ice he was crushed to death. Frye's body was later re- covered g - D Some men are frank. One who applied for motor truck license at Richmond, Va., gave his occu- pation as “bootlegger.” Be Reported {Miss Marvel Crosson, San Diego jwoman and former Alaska -mail . WASHINGTON, may 20— e flier, apparently has established a e George W. Wickersham, new altitude record for a woman. e Chairman of the new Na- Miss Crosson drove a Ryan mono- e tional Law Enforcement e Planc up 24,000 feet. 2 e Commission, declared here e The altimeter was sealed on the e that if the commission e ship before the start and will be e found any Federal law to be e Sent to the Bureau of Standards, o unenforceable, it would be so | Washington, D. C. for calibration ® reported. This statement e @nd officla) recognition. ® was made in answer toques- -“ Miss Crosson is a sister of Joe o tions of newspaper men. e Crosson, Alaska flier, an associate e Chairman Wickersham e Of Capt. George H. Wilkins In var- o said: “Prohibition is one e ious flights. e angle to our work. The at- e| pe e, a et e titude of the American peo- e ¢ ple towards the law is not e FUREST FIRES o bounded by Prohibition.” [ . . ..".I..l.....l RA IN JAPAN | i One Villagejo—f—Seven Hun- ' dred Homes Already KIDNAPPER IS " UNDER ARREST ““Viei"au™ AUSTIN, Texas, May 29—Jack 25 persons have been killed and Freith, Austin swimming instruct- scores injured by forest fires in jor, charged with kidnapping Fan- the Tometaka region in Southern Inie Lee Minter, young Texas Uni- Saghalien. |versity student and daughter of a The village of Esutori, containing prominent family, has been arrest- 700 homes, has been wiped out. ed in New Bedford, Gov. Moody, Eight bodies have been recovered announced today. from ruins of another village. ——— | While Havana cigar makersspend have suffered by fires which are the day twisting leaves, profes- still burning. :sional readers entertain them. ! Communication is disrupted. BIG POOLS TAKE UNUSUAL LOSSES | IN WALL STREET | I By STANLEY W. PRENOSIL (A. P. Financial Editor) lateral, really became effective. NEW YORK, May 29—Recent| ywpie the result of pool operas !violent gyrations in call moneylnons seldom becomes a matter of rates, with their nccompanying‘pub“c record, Wall street has sharp fluctuations in stock prices. | hearq rather loud whispers recent- have forced curtailment in bull pool operations. | This explains the recent series of 12,500,000 to 3,000,000 share sessiohs lon the New York stock exchange as contrasted with the 5,000,000 and 6,000,000 pace before the “money . pinch,” created by the federal re- iserve policy of curtailing the volume been taken by the men supposed to “make the market.” The collapse of the pool in the Advance-Rumely issues, the quoted values of which were cut practically (Continued on Page Eight) Other localities are believed to |ly that some heavy losses have in half within a few days on what of credit available for security col- |