The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 1, 1929, Page 1

4 eloudod +the 93 Gver “an ‘ad SN LR s it o 3 et B i e i Nothing is known of the fate of those who may have been living on the island. | Akutan, a village on the north-| ern shore of the island, has a whal- ing station and cattle ranch. There! are probably about 12 inhabitants; there at this time of the year.| These presumably are the only| persons living on the island. Heavy ash from the volcano| island on the upper Aleutian * and traces of the ash have been seert here on the streets. This was at first assumed to be from! Bogoslof, a mountainous uninhab- | ited islet near Auktan, believed to have become active again. MOUNTAIN TOP TOPPLED OVER BYEARTHOUAKE Stories of Damage and Horror Reported from B. C. Islands PRINCE RUPERT, B. C, June| 1—Stories of terror during the earthquake series on Queen Char- lotte Islands are reported by the, officers of the steamer Prince John ' which has arrived here. i Moresby Graham, one of the| smaller islands, was rocked by three quakes Sunday, Monday and Tues- | day The peak of a high mountain | is reported to have toppled over| at Lockport. A 50-foot sand beach is also re- ported to have slid into the sea near Sandspit. ———————— S 000 0000w 0000 . HALIBUT PRICES . 2000006000000 00 SEATTLE, June 1.—Four vessels with 89,000 pounds of halibut ar- rived yesterday and sold for 19 and 12 cents. One catch of 1,600 pounds, mediums, brought the rec- ord price of the season 25% cents. PRINCE RUPERT, B. C, June 1.—Eighty-nine thousand pounds of halibut were sold here yesterday. Amcrican fish sold for 7 to 15% cents and Canadion for 7 to 14.7 cents. | ., — | PIEHL SURRENDERS SELF Alexander Piehl, well known old- time gasboat man of Southeastern Alaska, who was arrested several weeks ago by Federal Prohibition Agents charged with violation of' the Alaska Bone Dry Law, today walked into the U. 8. Marshal’s of- fice here and surrendered himself. He was at liberty on $1500 cash bond which he had posted himself. Piehl told Federal officers he wasn't feeling well and thought he had better come in now as he might not be able to later. — Sweden now can telephone to 23 foreign countries. Associated Press Photos ™ | Walter J. Finke, jr., (below) 17- found in the basement of some year old Portland High student busincss block when the flood wat- w7ho lhol] an‘d killet: ;elr"’bel: zte:n. ers recede. 17, over jealousy o ildre nott, A v 16 itk sctmot airls Finks: tHIBG Pt R e G In an stiemps 5t pulolde. ‘current and drowned. ! The Houston and Beaumont dis- |tricts received the brunt of the | floog. One hundred homes are flooded. |~ Whewatereow c1s two d¥ks? bE SetatndE: i warehouses are flooded and ship- & ping is halted. | It is beli e ! is believed the bodles will be v, yie funters are said never wlto obtained before, a giant panda, | has been bagged by the R/oosevelts,: | Theodore and Kermit, hunting in Tibet. This panda, a full sized bear that {resembles a raccoon, is so rare. 'that even scientists know it only {by description obtained from na- | tives. Some thing very like it could !dy bear and drawing him out long | |enough to leave some of his roly: l ’ poly proportions. Substitute the LEVEE BREAKS powerful neck of the polar bear, | MADISONVILLE, Texas, June 1.iwith that killer’s head shortened | A break in a levee here has re-|and flattened a little. sulted in the flooding of between| Paint two black rings around the 000 and 10,000 acres of farm land |eyes, just like those common in in Houston County. No loss of life the comics. Make both small ears Argument Quver 45 Cents; Mirder Results” BUNKER HILL, IIl, June 1.—Argument over 45 cents cost the life of Mrs. Mary Williams. Her husband, Fred ' Wil- liams, shot her dead. The two quarreled because he was short 45 cents sup- “ was working perfectly. Speeded by Gov. Parks The racer was sped on his way by Gov. George A. Parks who wish-! ed him all the luck in the world! and successs as he shook Haines' hand and said “so long!” Although there had been paint a broad stripe of black and make this color completely encase the forelegs, like hip boots. Finally put short boot lengths of blgck on the hind legs, and the color scheme of the panda repro- duced at the Field Museum of Na- no tural History here is complete. previous announcement as to the| The Roosevelts are collecting for|time of departure, there was al the museum. Word of their success (fair-sized crowd 4t the ferry float| ‘came to William V. Kelley, sponsor|to’ watch ] % puil ‘mut/ one. of the expedition. Wilfred Osgood, |long journey. Moving piétures of’ the muscum’s curator of zoology,|the navigator, his boat and equip- | says the panda is about the size|ment, and of the official start were! of a bear and that never before|taken by the Alaska Scenic Views.| has a white hunter obtained one. Haines had aboard enoug] He says there have been only six |and gas to make Ketchikan with a| recorded specimens in the world, |25 per cent reserve for emergenc and in no instance a complete|[He was dressed warmly in heav skeleton. blue flannel trousers and shirt and| wore @ racer’s leather helmet and| is reported. : SOCKEYE RUN AT CORDOVA | | CORDOVA, Alaska, June 1.— | All Cordova is rejoicing today with e the sockeye run in full boom and e scores of tenders scurrying back,io Forty thousand fish have already been packed. The pack is twice e las heavy here as at this time last|e posed to have been obtain- ed from the sale of three boxes of strawberries. |Fifticth Anniversary |0f Incandescent Lamp Is Observed ACTION FILED AGAINST U, S, FISHING BOA Writ Entered at Victoria”™ __ cee Against American Boat [¢ e eece-ooeo0 e Seized by Canada |o TODALEBT0CK * . QUOTATIONS . ® 000009 0000000 VICTORIA, B. C., June 1.-—-For- feoture of the American salmon| NEW YORE,Jugs 1—Algska Ju- trolling boat 557-Ga, equlpment,‘i"c““ /mme stock is quoted tod:ny cargo, proceeds, etc., to the Kinz:“ 4%, American Smelting 96'%, because of an alleged violation of | Cudahy 50%, General Motors 69%, the treaty regulations between Can-|CG0ld Dust 54%, Mack Trucks 93%, ada and the United States, is asked | Missouri 90%, Texas Corporation in a writ filed by the Federal De-|62%, U. S. Steel 165, Bethlehem partment of Candian Fisheries. | Stcel 90%, Continental Motors 17%, The boat was seized May 18 off | Mathieson Alkali 46%, Internation- Pachema Point, on the east coast|al Paper A 26%, Paper B, no sale, of Vancouver Island. The craft is! Standard Oil of California 73%, claimed to -have been caught fish- | Stewart Warner 68%, American To- ing within the three mile limit off |bacco A 170, Tobacco B, no sale. Canada. o ATLANTIC CITY, N. J, June 1.—Millions of electric lights blazed last night from one end of this resort to the other as a land and sea spec- tacle inaugurated the Golden Jubilee marking the fiftieth anniversary of the invention of the incandescent lamp by Thomas Edison. Forty-two | ® 'thousand attended the cele- le bration iast night. Edison was unable to be present. leoeecoeoooce e ——r———— RELIGION IN MEXICO NEARS - SOLUTION NOW [Early Negotiations Between Government and Cath- olics Forecast FRIDAY'S QUOTATIONS Alaska Juneau mine stock was yesterday quoted at 4%, American ) & cHrr CUNDITIUN nF Smelting 97, American Tobacco A WASHINGTON, ;!tl’mc 1. P‘i‘;}v 163, Alericall” TobRoco A 1704, |Eosopations 107 & SCPREEIERE ek ) ‘ »! ferences between the Mexican Gov- . # Bethichem Steel 96%, Continental| .. ,nq the Roman Gatholic Motors 17%, Cudahy 50%, General KING GEORGE Church is presaged by the an-| Motors 70, Gold Dust 54%, Inter- : ceme! f Archbishop Ruiz, ! 26% nouncement 0 b : ;?,t;m;;;cfa,}f‘:c‘: Q;A‘I'Nmfizm‘: President of the Mexican Bishops Alkali 457, National Power and Conference. & chsl;iid l’]:)eellmclL b"’“"\‘ e ieo. | appointed Apostolic egate o L Light 497%, Standard Oil of Califor- Mexico by the Pope. nia 73%, Stewart-Warner 68, U. 8. Steel 166. Explosion in Mixing Room of Fireworks Company Fatal One jent Gil, of Mexico, accord- ing to Archbishop Ruiz, is ready to receive overtures from the Catho- lic Ecclesiastical organization in Recovery of Sovereign will! Be Tedious, Bulle- tins Says LONDON, June 1—King George passsed a good night and his con- dition is reported favorable today. The usual routine was carried out at Windsor Castle including the noisy changing of the guard. The physician’s announcement said the King’s condition was sat- isfactory but that recovery will be tedious. The Dean of Westminster an- nounced that the Thanksgiving Service for the King's recovery,|Was entered recently by officers REPILING MIRAL DOCK R. M. Keeny, who has the con- traact for the annual repair of the Pacific Coast Coal Company dock, has his pile driver in the ware-) house of the dock where they are pusy repiling. Repiling and replank-! ing on the exterior of the dock | has been completed. ————————— Miss Florence Tobin, of Ketchi- |kan, recently left for the States ELKTON, Md,, June 1. — Harry Brown, truck driver, was killed and three others are in the hospital and not expected to live following an explosion in the mixing room of a fireworks company here late yes- |terday afternoon. - —— Dick Rice’s house at Fairbanks e jmission are merely marking tme. {yong of g, goggles to protect his eyes. He hud‘ aboard emergency rations. He also| wore over his shoulders and around his body a life preserver jacket. | Course 960 Miles | The officiel course as measured | by B. D. Stewart, Official Surveyor, was declared to be 960 miles, some 60 miles less than the steamboat icourse as given by the Coast Pilot. It follows the latter very closely.| Mr. Stewart platted and measured | the course on official charts is-| sued by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. It is sub-| ject to recheck, but the original measurements are considered to b.‘*‘ Iacmxrabc. | The race is sanctioned by the American | NOW HINGING, | ONE QUESTION Single Issue Remains Be- fore Settlement Is Be- lieved Concluded Power Boat Association and is made under the auspices of | the Juneau Yacht Club. The time made will be a record from alli angles, The object is to complete | the course in less than the sfeam- | boat time of 63 hours. The present marathon record for outhoard craft is slightly more than 300 miles, or less than one-third the distance| aimed at by Haines. Plans Four Stops PARIS, June 1.—A single ques- tion remained today in the way of a settlement of the Reparations problems, awaiting word from Ber- lin which will remove that ques- tion, of Belgian renumeration for German marks left in Berlin after occupation. This question was thought tr)l have been setled yesterday with an agreement between Belgium and Germany in the matter by nego- tiations but overnight there devel-| gaines plans four stops enroute, oped obstacles. at Ketchikan, Butedale, Alert Bay Belgium has appointed M. Guit|ang Nanaimo, B. C. Only 30 min- as representative for a conferencefutes will be spent at each place. but Germany has not yet named)pooq water, oil and gas will be| AR, FEVOY. taken aboard but no rest will be| Emil Francqui, head of the Bel-| o4, In fact, Haines plans to gium Reparations delegation, refus-|mgke the trip without sleep or rest. settlement until ed to sign the He will travel day and night. actual mark negotiations have been| g j5 supplied with fried chicken, started. fruit, nuts and chocolate with -tea, The conferees believe the situd-}ga) ‘and chocolate for emergency tion is mercly an overnight delay|rations in case of being stranded on the part of Germany and thelgiong (he British Columbia coast. members of the Reparations Com-|" poaving here Haines had 40 gal- line on board. He will take on like quantities at each of| {the stops enroute. ————---— To Investigate The Miss Juneau is flying the Treatment of eoiors of the Juneau Yacht Club.| Multimillionai It is a well-built eraft, handles ultimillionaire leasily and planes over the water when running at full speed. It is! of the Hooten-Vee type. The motor is a speediwin, Evinrude stock model rated at 20 horsepower, and has a maximum speed of 36 miles an hour. His cruising speed is 22 miles per hour. Familiar with Course Haines is familiar with the course and waters that he will traverse.| Blaine. He made the trip from Seattle to| The wife claims McCormick - s /Alaska last year in a somewhat| kept virtually a prisoner by Dr. similar craft, traveling 3,000 miles E. J. Keps, hired by the guardians on the journey. He was gathering g ¢ material for stories and articles. SANTA BARBARA, Cal, June 1. —Superior Judge H. S. Gans has ordered investigation into the treat- ment of Stanley McCormick, incom- petent multi-millionaire, whose es- tate valued at $78,000,000, is man- aged by his brother Harold and sister, Mrs. Anita McCormick MANIAC KILL h oil, Chicago men dead and wounded four others, | |fled down the alle i v “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIV.‘, NO. 5515. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1929. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS 5 7 —T : — — s g —— ik LAVA F LUW' N G Cchael A7 ‘lfl LIVE s ARE RARE BEAR IS CAPTURED HAlNEs JUMPS Oregon Beauty LAB 0 R PARTY i BY ROOSEVELTS IN TIBET SN | DOWNMOUNTAIN LOST;PROPERTY T = <7 | OFFTHISP.M WINS BUT NOT DAMAGE LARGE | AKUTAN {SLAND | ON LONG RAGE WITH MAJORITY Eruption of Unnamed Torrential Rains Cause Daring Racer Leaves in {MacDonald Has 288 Mem- 5 . 4 | . 3 Mountain to Far West Two Sections of Texas Outboard Craft for Seat- | bers but Combined : Alaska Reported | to Be Flooded tle at 2 P. M. Today | Opposition Has 327 NOTHING KNOWN OF O S Mt MISS. JEKESL BIN 2D LABOR PARTY MAY ATMARATHON RECORD ‘ i FATE, INHABITANTS X THEN | FORM GOVERNMENT e Water Covers Docks and : : Heavy Ash Clouds Sky— Transportation by Ship- Local Man Trying to Beat| Tenure of New Cabinet Substance Is Seen on | ping Is Halted i Steamer Time on Course | Would Depend on Abil- | ~ . 3 g # Cordova Streets { | ‘ Extending 960 Miles [ ity to Command Liberals { | HOUSTON, Texas, June 1.—| i i — CORDOVA, Alaska, June 1.— |Floods in South and East Texas, ) Racing against steamboat time. | LONDON, June 1. — The Labor FEruption of an unnamed moun- | following torrential rains, have between Juneau and Seattle, Ray- Party under the leadership of for- b tain on the south end of Akutan| iclaimed 10 lives up to noon today mond L. Haines left here this \mer Premier Ramsay MacDonald Island, which is 1,000 miles south- | |and damage amounting into the afternoon in a 15-foot open boat, !swept the British elections at the west of here, is reported here by ' millions of dollars. Miss Juneau, powered with an out- ballotting Thursday, though it fail- residents of the far Westward, who | Three persons, none idenmicd“ { board motor. He hopes to be in jed to secure a majority of the said that it appeared likely that | were drowned yesterday. ey ey e “;:Q m.:; Seattle by Monday evening. members of the Commons. Virtually lava would overspread the entire | Seven others lost their lives earl-| by 2 At s bear b Haines made his start from in complete returns show the Labor- ! e k. ! The giant panda, a rare, raccoon-like bear bagged by Theodore and A o I - : island. i ier in the week. Kermit R It in Tibet. Th ot show: front of the Pacific Steamship |ites elected mmebers, the Con- The top of the mountain appear- | 1 A" iedsenger hoy, iaiiaiiniy: bi-) SO0 Rosegyalt tn Tibet. SHEUARERNEShOWD WY sketched by Tibetan|company's dock at four minutes | servatives * the Liberals and i ed to have been blown off and the | icycle, was caught in the current natives and was obtained from them by a French monk. Few white|and 12 seconds after 2 p. m. In minor parties ve, -*ed 77 seats. bt lava, at the time of the eruption | {on a Houston street and swept men ever have seen the panda. one minute’s time he was passing It is believed that the Labor by was reported here, appeared to be| ‘away. A terrified onlooker fell into i the face of the Alaska Juneau rock dssosiaséd PYEGOE {Party will be invited to form a , half way down the mountain side.| th rats i he il d. PR : 7 b i dump. The bi dtwi tor| Mary Benoit, 18, Portl i new Cabinet. Whether or not it i JHlo WAl ARGH e CHICAGO, June 1—An animgl|G0al black, and over the shoulders |C\E R O reprbant Nar A in tha 5berna g cure Nk s‘upp:rt that will 4 tional Pageant of Pulchritude Ir permit the Government to carry on Galveston, Tex., June 8. \is still problematical. A coalition 'of the Laborites with the Liberals in order to get a clear majority behind the Government is among the possibilities. Under the British system the Government must have the support of a clear over all ma- jority of the members to remain m._power. THREE MEN AND. of Ramsay but neither case it a clear Jority. Ramsay was An- Prime Minister of Bngland from January 22, 1924, until Nos H |4 of the same year, whem. |Liberals _withdrew their support other Tragedy—Slayer L support | and joined the Conservatives ik Dies on R. R. Tracks i voting lack of confidence. The Con= CHICAGO, June 1. — Ferdinand gervatives have bene in power since Preuss, maniac, who shot three that time. Experiences was decapitated by a Chicago and' Northwestern Raullroad train. The body was found on the, right-of-way and identified by &' LONDON, June 1.—Ramsay Mac- fishing card. | Donald, Labor leader, declared that The police believe that Preuss he would do everything in his sobered during the night and real- pbwer to prevent the necessity of ized what he had done and com- another election within the next mitted suicide. The condition of two years. He announced also that the body indicated Preuss had lain a meeting of the Labor Party will on the tracks and waited for the pe held shortly to consider the train to run over him. | position growing out oft the elec- Two Officers Dropped !tion. Preuss killed two policemen and| The Liberal Party members are one civilian with a pump-gun. John also to hold a session. It is con- Conley, detective, was the first to'ceded by the Laborites that a fall. After mortally wounding Con- | MacDonald Cabinet must have Lib- ley, Preuss killed Policeman Her- eral aid as the Labor Party has bert Hagberg and a neighbor, John not a majority of all the votes. Chorazk, when the latter came to Lloyd George, Liberal leader, thus the aid of the officers. |holds the balance of power. Preuss is said to have been| Only a few small constituencies drinking. |are yet to hear from and it is not The police received a call that a expected that they will change the MACDONALD EXPECTS LIBERAL AID man was threatening to kill his'general result. wife. | ——————— Conley's squad went to a flat thinking it was just one of those ordinary calls. They walked around to the rear door and death. Joseph Murphy, Conley’s chauf-| feur, hearing the shots, grabbed a| gun and started to help. He had taken less than a dozen steps when | he fell badly wounded. Then Gus| Karos, Chorazk’s neighbor, rushed | out and he was wounded. I Gun Is Emptied l Preuss, in a fury, pressed the trigger of his gun again but the 20 PASSENGERS ABOARD YUKON FOR THIS PORT SEATTLE, June 1. Steamer Yukon sailed at 9 o'clock this gun was empty. Foaming at the morning for Seattle with 178 first mouth, he rushed from the house |class passengers and 48 steerage. and took Conl shot-gun and The following passengers are book- y where he fired ed for Juneau: Mrs. Jane Norris, at Frank Vodicka, but failed to hit |Albert White and wife, Einar Lijke, him. Preuss then threw the gun|Henry Roden and wife, Mrs. E. C. at Vodicka. [Pool, E. L. Pool, C. A Boyle, E. The shooting was witnessed by |G- Waldon, Mrs. Theo. Gray, Helen many people. Women fainted. Mrs.|Lafox, E. H. Dahlgren, Mrs. C. G. Preuss took refuge in the home of Minert and six steerage. a neighbor. She said Preuss had| bt 5 - served in the World War and had| MWayd Stabs Sotiety won a marksmanship award. 2 o 05 S A S Woman to Death in Quarrel Over Wages Mrs. E. E. Kellogg, former Fair- banks matron, died recently I Norwalk, Cal, where she was re- siding with her husband and son AP Mrs. May Black, for years man- aging the Seattle Rooming House at Fairbanks, and Otto Johnson, well known Interior carpenter, were recently married at Fairbanks. the quarrel started in the —————— and that Mrs. Snyder was the CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 1.— Anna Seeznan, maid, killed her employer, Mrs. Alonzo M. Snyder, society woman, with a knife in & row over wages, which took place /" early last evening. The maid i | | to take care of him. The cs'.at.e1 On the present trip the run bound for Eurcpe on an extended planned for June 16, has been in-|and a big still was found in full tour, definitely postponed . ‘opernucn. ey l suits, has been the cause of many law- X (Cominu-:d_on i’age Five) 'The Tanana Bakery and Tavern|gressor. - Mrs. Snyder was stah Cafe at Fairbanks were recently' twice when she fell. The m badly damaged by fire. charged with firsi degree my