The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 7, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXXIV., NO. 5120. “ALL THE NEW JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE - ALL THE TIME” 7, 1929. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CEN PROHIBITION LAW PUT UP TO CONGRESS BY PRESIDE E. W, SAWYER STARTS NORTH ON SATURDAY Executive Assistant, Inter- . | ior Department, Leaves S | Seattle Tomorrow | | PORTLAND, Ore., June 7.—Er- rest Walker Sawyer, Executive As- sistant ot the Interior Department, arrived here last night from San Francisco enroute to Alaska. He will sail Sunday making Fairbanks his headquarters and flying from there to various Alaska cities. Mr. Sawyer freely discussed the | outstanding problems confronting the Interior Department and spe- | cifically mentioned the expiration of Gov. George A. Parks’ term and‘r gubernatorial appointment which must be made. Mr. Sawyer said the Graf Zeppe- | Pole Region. 1oad, operated by the Interior De-, partment. H “Air traffic from Siberia and the | Far East will develop via Fairbanks, | because Fairbanks is on the shorti route from the Pacific Northwest; to the Orient,” said Mr. Sawyer. | The Executive Assistant mention- | ed that farming has increased. He | said 60 new airplane landing fields | have been established in Alaska ! and the Interior Department has taken an interest in both. Mr. Sawyer will be the guest of Gov. Parks on July 4. He intends; visiting Circle City and Fort Yu- kon on his present trip. - EXPECTNEW. MOVENAVAL REDUCTIONS Disarmament Proposal Is Expected from New | British Gov't. { WASHINGTON, June 7.—Early, moves in reduction of international | naval armaments are expected to| he made soon by the United States and Great Britain. i Private advices are interpreted as meaning that Premier Ramsay Mac Donald is ready to grasp the lead-| ership in the reductions campaign. | President Hoover, in his Memor- ial Day address, mentioned a pros- | pective race of disarmament. ! It is known that MacDonald has been in close communication for | sometime with leaders in the United States, exchanging views. He and‘ Chairman Borah, Chairman of the| Foreign Relations Committee of the | Senate, have corresponded in the| past 3! years . During the ' recent election in| England, disarmament was one of | the main planks in the Labor plat- | form. ' The next move is regarded as be- | ing up to England. This is the| viewpoint of United States leaders.| ———— Narcotics Valued At $100,000 Are Seized, Seattle _ SEATTLE, June 7.—Narcotics val- | ued at $100,000 were seized aboard the Blue Funnel Liner Icion, when she docked here today from the Orient. | The narcotics were found con- | A giant bombing plane, following an eight hun- lin will operate from Fairbanks on!| dred-mile route from Dayton, Ohio, swept out voyages of exploration to the North{ of the cloudy skies over New York and loosed Supplies must be| three huge flares representing 2,000 pounds of {aken north on the Alaska Rail-| death, technically destroying the army base at Lieutenant Odas Moon, , was in command of the plane, while Lieu- Governors Island. left WI Traveling In opposite d! (left) and Raffacle Mauil navigating the globe by r LL RACE AROUND THE WORLD r transportation facilities. rk and _l_*jsc_:al»)‘esfi] tenant Charles Skow, right, assisted him at the controls. The plane was refueled in air from another plane at Washington, D. C., both on the trip to New York and on the return to Dayton. The view above shows the New York skyline blazing in the light of one of the flares. (Interpational Newsreel) New World's Seaplane Altitude Record Is Made WASHINGTON, June T. —Lieut. Appolo Soucek es- tablished a new world’s sea- plane altitude record in his attempt last Tuesday. This is announced by the Nation- al Aeronautical Association after a barograph check. Lieut. Soucek exceeded 560 feet the mark of 37,995 feet made by Lieut. C. C. Cham- ploh, two.years ago in the same plane. Lieut. Soucek recently set a new mark of 39,144 feet with a land plane. I.l'.."..“;-..l..QOC ®SeBeocermneeccccccoce CELEBRATION HELD IN ROME Associated Press Photo 3, two New Yorkers, Charles Olsen vie for a new record in circum- Peters Open After Starts F FOREST FIRES UNDER CONTROL Manitoba Fall Be- fO re Fla.mes THE PAS, Manitoba, June 7.— Fires raging in Northern Manitoba have been checked after destroying Cranberry Portage, a mining town, and Mile 83. Three hundred inhabitants of .!Mile 83 are homeless. Scores are shelterless at Cranber- ry Portage. The Provincial Government has undertaken relief measures. HEINTZLEMAN LEAVES ON PETERSBURG TRIP ire to Awaken Caller; Arrested Arson Over 50 Years VATICAN CITY, June T7—All Rome responded to the pealing of bells today as Premier Mussolini and Cardinal Gasparri exchanged | gratifications at the historic Lat- | | |eran treaty bringing an end to the | LOS ANGELES, Cal, June 7'_ilong strife of Church and State in |When a man calls on a girl ‘"e“d-llaly, |and goes to sleep on a davenport,| pe ceremony was brief and sim- he commits a social error in the ;e opinion of Mrs. Eva Wheat. No speeches were made. She has been arrested on ani ope of the most symbolical mo- arson charge. . {ments was when the great bronze She said she merely 1"‘°“ded‘doors of St. Peters Square Colon- | | {Two Towns in Northern|“to give a lesson,” when she start- 1,40 which have remained shut for |ed a newspaper fire on the floor 50 * 3 { years, were swung open, Musso- fhiro:;:igfitltilfflg? o other MeN n entering the Vatican for the ! ime in his life. asleep. She failed to awaken herim;;em::n;: chetler‘:d then: rushed caller, started a fire with several across the Square u” Witndex: the ne,;:gnr‘::: ::Skteh'nui'g‘:};eh;o?::" opening of the doors which ended & W floor and.:;ent Bome. *lthe voluntary imprisonment of Pope % 7 Pius. Neighbors who saw the 'u‘.aze”‘ " | telephoned the sheriff. o ngreemcnt fecognizes the A il Pope's Sovereignty and the status — e s iof Catholicism as a State religion. | eeeeevsocoooe TODAY’S STOCK ' famendment Great Bronze Doors of St.j | , QUOTATIONS o esececsecsscssoe NEW YORK, June 7. — Alaska Juneau mine stock is quoted today at 5%, American Smelting 99%, | American Tobacco A 171, American Tobacco B 173, Bethlehem Steel, Col. Lindbergh Reported Nearing {Morrow Maine Home YORK HARBOR, Me., June 7.— Col. Charles A. Lindbergh stopped cealed under chain lockers. 1 The seizure is the largest made| To go over the mapping pro- here in 10 years. {gram with the Navy’s air mappers 99%, Continental Motors 18%, Cud-'p.e yesterday to obtain gasoline ahy 51, General Motors 72%, Gold gng fresh water and also ice, H. M Dust 60%, International Paper A pynrick, proprietor of a usn com- HOUSE PASSES CENSUS BILL; * STORMY FIGHT Two Amendments Are El- iminated—Reapportion- ment Is Next Move WASHINGTON, June 7. — The Census Bill has passed the House after a stormy session featured by successful parliamentary maneu- vers by party leaders and elimina- tion of two amendments that they feared endangered the reappor- tionment provisions. One of the amendments excluded aliens from count upon which re- apportionment is based and another Foul Play Victim?, would have excluded from the county disenfranchised citizens. The latter was aimed at Southern States where it has been contended many negroes are not permitted to vote. There has been no reallotment of seats in Congress since 1911 al- though the Constitution provides that one be made every ten years. 3 MEN NOME SHAFT NOME, Alaska, June 7.—Three men met death near here yesterday at the bottom of a prospect shaft, from carbon monoxide gas, when they were lowered by a windlass. The dead are Ralph Ingran, owner of the mine, and two Indian boys, Joe and Paul Bernard. ORI - s ITexas Co-Ed Beauty Earns Way by Typing AUSTIN, Tex., June 7.—A Texas university co-ed, Lylia Engberg, is | proving that it is possible to pos- sess ,beauty to spare, work nine hours daily to pay college expenses jand still rate high scholastically. The blonde beauty, named as one of the school’s nine fairest under- graduates, works as a stenographer in the house of representatives. She aspires to a private secretaryship. Miss Engberg's greatest regret is that some of her grades have slip- ped to “B.” Last year she main- itained a consistent “A” average. World Demand Grows | For Labor Pamphlets GENEVA, June 7—The interna-| tional labor office’s publications on technical subjects are increasing steadily under pressure of a world wide demand. Inr1925 the sum obtained from the sale of such publications was slightly more than $20,000. Sales during the past year reached a| value of almost $50,000. International publications are sold now in 61 countries. Increases in sales have been notable in Ger- many, Great Britain and Spain. The next countries on the list are France and Italy. Approximately $2,000 worth of the publications were sold in the United States dur- ing 1928. — e —— PARIS FAIR DRAWS MANY EXHIBITS FROM ABROAD PARIS, June 7.—The Paris fair, an annual trade exhibition, this year counts 7,392 exhibitors. Of these 754 are foreigners, represent- ing 33 nations. Japan is second among the for- eigners with 138 exhibitors. Italy is first with 141 and Russia sent {49. Machinery is the biggest ex- hibit, followed by foodstuffs and building industry. ——o——— | Turkish historians says last win-| 1 The fair emissaries are the Miss- HOOVER MAKES SECOND MOVE IN ENFORCEMEN" OBSERV ANCE PROGR: SEATTLE GIRLS COMING NORTH; TRIP PURPOSES, Will Invite Alaskans to At- tend Sourdough Stam- pede in August SEATTLE, June T7-—A party of Seatitle girls left here Thursday| night to invite Alaskan, both sour- doughs and Chechakos, to attend the Sourdough Stampede here on August 16, 17 and 18. es Jessie Bridgeman, Earle Bent- ley, Telina Mercer, Mernice Rovig, Irene Ducey, May Nyberg, and Lu- cile Sunderman. WASHINGTON, June 7.1 4= dent Hoover has taken his sc ond step in carrying out the law En- forcement and Observance program by recommending to Congress the appointment of a joint committee of the House and Senate to frame legislation transferring the major activities of Prohibition Enforce~ ment from the Treasury Depart- ment to the Department of Jus- tice. Congress moved fast to accept the recommendations. Senator Jones immediately offer- ed a resolution for the appointment of three Senators and four Repre- sentatives to get the program ready for unification of enforcement so it can be submitted at the regular session of Congress on December 2. DORAN MAKES REPORT WASHINGTON, July 7.—Prohibi= tion Commissioner Doran said to- day that preliminary reports follow- ing a national survey of aid given the Prohibition Bureau by State | The party is headed by Mrs. Dor- othy O'Keefe, Lady of the Mid- ~ |night Sun, in the local chapter of {the Daughters of the Golden North |Who spent her girlhood in Dawson s officials, | Still trying to solve the mys- | tery of his wife’s disappear- ance, Warren R. Cliffe of Wol- laston, Mass., has asked the New York police to seck for her there. Mrs, Elizabeth Cliffe lantic City where she was stopping, and nothing has been seen or heard of her since, _. (International Newsreel) BABERUTHIS OUT OF GAME: VERY SICKMAN Will Not Be in Lineup for Month, Perhaps for Re- | mainder of Season | NEW YORK, June 7—The New | York Evening World today says' that an overtaxed and weakened heart will keep Babe Ruth from the | Yankee Lineup at least for one month and perhaps for the re- | mainder of the season. H Babe Ruth, the Swat King, is de- | scribed as being a “pretty sick man.” A stubborn lung congestion taxing his strength and he is fret- | ting under physicians' orders that | he must avoid excitement. He | will not be allowed to even drive his automobile and is also refused permission to attend any baseball games. Doctors have been visiting Ruth two or three times nightly. The| exact nature of his illness is still unknown. Newspapermen and other visitors are refused admission to Ruth's apartment, mainly because of the excitement. ¥ Mrs. Ruth, bride of two months, is in constant attendance and does her part to see that Babe obeys all orders. 3 It has been almost a week since Ruth appeared in the Yankee line- and Fairbanks. The girls are making the trip on the invitation of Seattle Camp, Alaska-Yukon pioneers which has; charge of the plans for the Sour- dough Stampede celebrating the Thirty-Third Anniversary of the discovery of gold in the Klondike. Alaska before. The party will make stops at Ketchikan, Juneau,’ Skagway, Dawson, Lake Atlin,' Prince Rupert and Alert Bay, and be gone three weeks. i The party will go north on the; C. P. R. steamer Princess Adelaide. Reparations Experts’ Report Is Signed PARIS, June 7.—Experts of the Reparations Commission report liquidating the long controversial reparations problems which have troubl- ed the peace of Europe for the past 10 years and the report has been signed. I 1 | | | | | | 0000000000 | Canada Greatest Buyer | Of American Radioes WASHINGT(E)N, June 7.—Canada | is buying almost half the current exports of radio receiving sets from | shows “most gratifying cooperation.” ‘The reports show the Burea getting more assistance pected. Commissioner Doran stated Prohibition depended a great upon State cooperation and every, state, with the exception of those which have no prohibition laws, are doing their enforcement share. Commissioner Doran said that during the first nine months of the vanished from the hotel at At- None of the girls have ever visited ,regent fiscal year, the Dry forces made 51,380 arrests as B to 75,207 during the entire year of 1928 o ) —_——— UNDER ARREST ° LIQUOR CHARGE Thirty-three Men Gathered Up in Raid Made in New York NE WYORK, June 7.—Thirty- three men, including Mazence de Polignac, French Count, have been arrested as operators of a syndi- cate alleged to have brought mil- lions of dollars worth of liquor into this country. Ralds were made under sealed or- ders to prevent any leak. The Count is held on $25,000 bail. is! the United States. |He sald he represented a French The department of commerce uys:wmery and has never violated the that during February 3,302 sets)United States laws to his know- were sent to Canada, compared; with a total to all countries of 8,-/ 246. Costa Rica, Panama, Barbados, Java, British Oceania and Morocco bought one set each from the Unit- ed States during the month, GRS Dio0rs- WL W. L. Butterbaugh, who came north a week ago to attend the funeral of his brother, who died here recently, left on the steamer Queen for the States. ledge. He declared the seven cases of liquor found in his apartment were for his own use. Prohibition agents are sald to have been trying to get the Count for several years. - e PLANE JUNEAU DUE The plane Juneau, from Seattle, left Ketchikan this afternoon via Craig, for Juneau, and is due here at any hour. PACIFIC RAILROADS LOCK HORNS OVER RIGHT TO OLYMPIC TIMBER By WILBUR A. SANDERS (A. P. Staff Writer) support to plans of the northern railroads. Grays Harbor compa- SEATTLE, Wash,, June 7.—Na- up. That was last S8aturday when he slammed out his tenth home run of the season. On Monday it was announced he would not be in the lineup because of a heavy cold Pl 06 ¢ |Pussycats Cause ture's quiet reign of many centuries over the vast forests of the Olympic Peninsula in western Washington will be broken soon by a battle of commercial interests for timker val- jued at more than $100,000,000. Three transcontinental railroads nies seek construction of roads from the south, thus diverting logs to- ward their mills, United States and state forest officials have warned all factions that indiscriminate cutting of fed- eral and state reserves will not be permitted. Both the federal and and several large lumber compa- | state officers seek conservative cut- ter was the worst in Constantino- Burglary; Students ple since 1620. : Under Arrest | A long' steel “probe” with electric |there, B. F. Heintzleman, Asst. Dis- trict Forester, left today for Peters- burg. He will be absent several days. Mr. Heintzelman will fly with the mappers over certain areas on Kuiu Island and Baranof Island, and point out certain areas on which work is desired. The expe- dition is now engaged in mapping in that district. — Capt. George Tyler, U. S. Steam- boat Inspector, left on the Queen for Seattle. He will take over his duties at Hoquiam, Wash., to which place he has been transferred. N e Ohio has passed an habitual criminal act, which provides life im- prisonment for two convictions on major charges. R light attached, was used to search | for the opium, Under the law the Icion is liable | to a fine of $200,000: Air Motor Exports Continue Low Level WASHINGTON, June 7.—The' United States had only eight for-| eign customers for airplane motors | during the month of February, as| recorded in department of com-| merce statistics. The total number exported was 23, valued ‘at $116,694, over half of which were shipped to Japan. Germany bought five. Belgium, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Peru and! New Zealand purchased one each. 28%, International Paper B 16%, Mack Trucks 95, Mathieson Alkali| 47%, National Power and Light 51%, Standard Oil of California 76, Stewart-Warner 71, U. S. Steel 169. | Quotations Thursday | Alaska Juneau mine stock was quoted yesterday at 5%, American Smelting 100, American Tobacco A | 171%, Tobacco B 170, Bethlehem“ Steel 98, Continental Motors 18%, Cudahy 51%, General Motors 73%, | Gold Dust 59%, International Pa-| per A 287, Paper B, no sale, Mack | Trucks 94%, Mathieson Alkali 47%, Missouri 90%, National Power and Light 52%, Standard Oil of Cali- fornia 761, Stewart-Warner 71, Texas Corporation 62%, U. S. Steel 169. | pany said. Philbrick said he saw no one but Lindy but said his wife could easily have kept hidden in the cabin of the yacht. The Flier was reticent merely answering questions “yes” or “no” | and left in the general direction of North Haven, the summer home of Ambassador MOrrow. Philbrick said Lindbergh took on enough gas to about last to North Haven. S ee———— Miss Bertha Lofstad, Miss Mar- garet Pendleton, Miss Martha Schnell and Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Patey, who have been teaching at Sitka during the last year, are southbound passengers aboard the Queen. Big Tobacco Interests Are Planning Merger NEW YORK, June 7.—A several hundred million dol- lar merger of tobacco inter- ests, bringing together the Duke, Thomas and Fortune Ryan interests, is reported under way in Wall Street. The merger is aimed to bring peace to the industry which |® has been torn by private wars for the past two years, due to the death of Ryan and James B. Duke. I P ERS ¥ P 0000000 FRESNO, Calif., June 7.—Three charges of burglary because one of | them decided to put a quiet end to the nocturnal solos and chorus- es of pussycats. The three broke into the Chemis- try laboratory and got a can of lether and varied assortments of test tubes, retorts, ete. When the Police stopped them and questioned the youths, they ad- mitted their actions. Dick Wilkins admitted it was his e 'fault. Their landlord liked cats e and refused to get rid of them so © !Wilkins took responsibility himself. e The Police decided nevertheless ® that burglary had been-committed .;so jailed him and his companions. eeeocvose Inies have become involved in the| fight. First plans for develop- ing the péninsula were announced by the Northern Pacific and Union | started surveys for a proposed joint railroad extending nearly 60 miles north into the district from Ch'ny'.\:‘l harbor. Logging rallroads followed by de- claring their intention of building soutn from Port Angeles on the| northern tip of the peninsula. The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and | Pacific railroad has extensive in- terests in the district and lumber- men expect the road to extend its line from the north. Behind the railroad plan lies a struggle between big lumber com- panies. Puget Sound interests say ! the Olympic timber is necessary for their mills and have thrown their ting on a scale that will assure a perpetual supply through refores- tation. More than 50,000,000,000 board State College youths are jailed on!Pacific railroads. These lines have |feet of lumber, enough to build 5,000,000 five-room houses, can be obtained from Clallam, Jefferson and Mason counties. This is more than one-third of the amount that has been cut in the state since 1852 and more than was cut in America during the first 200 years after its discovery. At present the annual timber har- vest in the state is more than 6, 000,000,000 feet annually, being one- sixth of all the soft wood lumber used in the United States. Trees of the Olympic forests include the giant Douglas fir, averaging 200 to 250 feet in height, and western Hemlock, Sitka spruce and western red cedar, all forest giants.