The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 17, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” MEMBER OF AS%CIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS STEAMER DRIVEN ASHORE ON COAST DURING STORM DISARMAMENT MOVEMENT LAUNCHED UNDERSTANDING IS REPORTED ON NAVAL PROBLEM Ambassador Dawes and Premier MacDonald Be- ginning Negotiations IMPORTANT PLANS ARE | DISCUSSED, LUNCHEON; | | Amplification of Proposals| Will Be Made To- morrow in Speech LONDON, June 17.—Charles G. Dawes, American Ambassador to England, and Premier Ramsay Mac- Donald have launched a new move- ment toward broad naval disarma- ment. This was launched at a luncheon in the little town of For- rest, Scotland The two arrived at an under- standing which may prove to be the basis of negotiations for the two Governments, joined by other great naval Powers. The announcement of accord is contained in a statement after the conference. Details, the two of- ficials said, will be left in two speeches, both to be delivered to- morrow night. Ambassador Dawes will speak be- fore the Pilgrims at London, and Premier MacDonald before the Téwn Council bx Lossiemoutl, Ehg- land. Ambnssador Dawes returned to London after the week-end trip to Scotland. JAPAN WILL COOPERATE TOKYO, June 17.—Japan’s coO- operation in any disarmament pro- gram and négotiations by Ameri- can Ambassador Charles G. Dawes, to England, and Premier Ramsay MacDonald, may begin, is promised by Premier Tanaka. This promise was made in a statement to the Associated Press. The Premier said: “I am grati- fied at the report that Premier MacDonald and Ambassador Dawes had an important conversation, which will be regarded as the be- ginning of negotiations among the Powers concerned for reduction of naval armament. Japan will be quite ready to offer cooperation in such negotiations as she is always anxious to do her utmost to pro- mote universal peace.” SLAYING OF COED BEFORE GRAND JURY Ohio Murd—;_Case to Bel Laid Before Body—One Professor Is Held COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 17— John Chester, County Prosecuting Attorney, announced he will lay ‘the killing of Theora Hix, Ohio State coed, Before the County Grand Jury and probably aeek‘ first degree murder charges against Dr. James Snook, Ohio State Uni- versity Professor, and for investi- gation into the slaying. The statement was made as he started a series of interviews with persons connected with the case. Stains have been found on the door ‘jamb of an automobile driven by Prof. Snook. Chester said the girl’s right hand revealed a severe injury when the body was found. He is working on the theory she might have been injured by a slammed door of the automobile. Detectives examined attachments on the doors of four machines and | announced the marks of injury fit-| ted the jamb of Snook's machine. —er—— Alkali l'akes” in the Mohave, desert of California have yielded a| substitute for cement suitable for sealing oil well cases. e s s SEomd Habit proved strong with Dr.| Silah Moreland of Ark. | He filled out his own cate except the date and cause. “for general use by September 1, Long Dormant Volcano in Japan, Starts Erupting MATRU, Japan, June 17. —~The volcano Komagatak, which has been quiescent for a decade, is erupting and lava is flowing down firing the forests on the moun- tain side. Ash is falling in nearby villages and is already to a depth of from three to five inche: Inhabitants are deserting their homes. eeco00oeses e T0 MAKE NEW ATTACK UPON SCHEI]ULE FOR YACHT RACERS IS ANNUUNGED Time of Departure of |0 Entries from Petersburg | Is Made Public Seven yachts racing from Olym:- pia to Juneau in the Capital Capital yacht race are scheduled to leave Petersburg late next Thurs- | day evening and three early Friday mornmg, according to official ad- vices received by the Juneau Yacht Club. Local dopesters, interested in the race pool, have until Thursday noon in which to figure out how long it will take them to make the Ju- neau-Petershurg stretch. LIGUOR LAWS Wisconsin Attorney Inter-| prets States Can Manu- facture Liquor MILWAUKEE, Wis, June 17—‘: The State Legislature will be asked to attack the Eighteenth Amend-| ment from an aitogether new angle. | J. 'G. Hardgrove, former Presi-| dent of the Milwaukee Bar Associa- tion, has issued an opinion that the Amendment applies only to in- dividual corperations and does not‘ prohibit States from manumcturmg‘ and selling liquor. “If the Amendment can be in- terpreted as directed against pri-| vate enterprigi.and not against ac-| tivities of Stabes themselves, there| is nothing to prevent any State| from dealing with the subject in/ the same manner in which some Canadian Provinces now deal with it,” Hardgrove said. Following the statement, State Senatorr Ben Gettelman declared he and Assemblyman John Nok- schmidt were working on a joint resolution to be introduced in the| Legislature calling for action, possibly through a referen-| immediate | dum which will enable the State| of Wisconsin fo manufacture and sell liquor. COLONIZATION | PLAN BOOSTED Ohlson’s ScEw to Popu- late Alaska Is Com- mended by Sawyer SEWARD, Alaska, June 17.—The colonization plan for Alaska, advo- cated by Col. O. F. Ohlson, Gen- eral Manager of the Alaska Rail- road, is commended by Ernest W. Sawyer, Special Assistant to Sec- retary of Interior Wilbur, who has| arrived from Seattle Saturday and; departed for Fairbanks. Mr. Sawyer will fly with Major Malcolm Elliott, President of the, Alaska Road Commission, to Nome. Southbound from the Interior,; Mr. Sawyer will stop at' Juneau for a conference with Gov. George A. Parks, Elaborate Equipment Provided for Airport SPRI‘NGFIELD Mass., June 17.— Every convenience for aviators, pas- sengers and field crew is planned; for the new Agawam airport under construction near here. The administration building, abut- ing on the landing field, will con- tain waiting rooms, offices, control rooms, restaurant, baggage room ! and telegraph equipment. The sec- ond floor will be given over to the owner and transportation compa- nies, with five bedrooms for over- night guests. On the roof two rooms will house radio and meteorological equipment. A glass observation tower will sur- mount the building alongside a pow- crful revolving beacon and flood- lights for illuminating the field. Facilities for pilots will be pro- vided in the basement. The field is expected to be ready — e Social organizations are contrary to the spirit of democracy which Abraham Lincoln typified, the Lin- cided. mmm | The Yacht Club announces the following time of departures from‘ Pete: N() ers, 9:53 p.m., June 20. ]\o 2, Klosh, Capt. W. G. Reed, 9:53 p.m., June 20. No. 3, Kittiwake, Capt. Walter !Draham, 10:53:36 p.m., June 20. No. 4, Koyoia, Capt. George Brif- fitt, 10:53:36 p.m., June 20. No. 5, Jazz, Capt. Cash 10:53:36 p.m., June 20. No. 6, Bolinder, Capt. rsburg for all entries: 1, Cole, Richard | Froboese, 11:4€:30 p.m., June 20. No. 7, Blonde, Capt. Milton Hen- derson, 11:59 p.m., June 20. No. 8, Winifred, Capt. Adolph Schmidt, 12:33:10 p.m., June 21. No. 9, Mary Mar-Ann, Capt. Frank Seidelhuber, 117.40 pm, June 21 No. 10, Marlin, Capt. Henry Thur- ling, 1 40 p.m., June 21. START IN RAIN The Capital-to-Capital Yacht Race started from Olympia, Wash., last Saturday forenoon with rain pouring from the sky, when Skip-| pers Jack Powers, of Seattle, and | William G, Reed, of Shelton, took itheir boats, the Maidie and Klosh iacross the starting' line at 10:14 1o'clock, the first vessels out on the cruise to Juneau. All 10 entries in the yacht race trimmed close because of the bad weather and were ready for the starting bomb with the arrival of Cash Cole’s entry, Jazz, from Ju- neau, at 8 o'clock Saturday morn- ing. The Olympia ‘Chamber of Com- merce had not figured the Juneau boat's handicap and rating when the first boats crossed the line, but the vessel shoved off later in the day. The race this year lacked the spectacular showing of last season inasmuch as the boats accepted their handicaps on ‘the Olympia end of the run so as to put into Juneau about the same time next Friday. All are due in Juneau, ac- cording to an Associated Press dis- patch, about 1 o'clock uext Friday. PLANE DROPS OFF ENGLISH COAST; 7.DIE FOLKESTON, Eng, June 17— Three bodies have been recovered from the Imperial Airways City of Pretoria plane which came down in the Channel this morning. Four more bodies are thought to be in the cabin of the submerged plane which has been grapped by a trawler. ‘The plane was a land one and had no pontoons. It came down three miles from the British shore. PP s DENVER BOYS SEEK WORK W. M. Sanders and W. O. Box are two young high school graduates ! who arrived in Juneau on the Ala- meda from Denver. They are look- ing for summer work with the pur- pose in view of earning something with which to begin university studies next fall. They have an apartment over the Piggly Wiggly store. Both of them are interest- ed in athletic sports, and are be- coming acquainted in the city. - French censors object to fighting certifi- |coln Memorial University has de-/and war scenes in films but “sexy” |7 bits rarely arouse their ire. to | Maidie, Capt. Jack Pow- | GEN BRAMWELL BOOTH PASSES AWAY,ENGLAND |Salvation Army Head Dies, Surrounded by Nearly Entire Family FSeoCATeS P (u-«ws e MW | HOLLYWOOD, Engiand, June 17. —Gen. Bramwell Booth, former head .ot the.Salvation Army, sied iat his home here last might. The end came to the militant religious leader, who celebrated his 73rd birth day on March 8, shorly after 9 Io'clock. His wife and family, with {the exception of his daughter Com- missioner Mary Booth, who shared largely in his work with the Army, and supported him when he fought to maintain control, were with him. “Patriarch of Slums” The nature and extent of his life's iwork were tersely described by char- |acterizations of General William Bramwell Booth. He had been called “Father of the World's Poor;” “Patriarch of the Slums,” and “Bishop of the Church of the Poor.” As com- mander-in-chief of the Salvation Army, he was all of these. General Booth devoted his life ito strengthening and extending the organization founded to promulgate the teaching of religion among per- sons not reached by the churches, and to give to men and women who had failed a new start in life. He inherited command of the Salvation Army from his father, the late General Willlam Booth, its founder, whose chief lieutenant hel had been for many years. As commander-in -chief he be- came the guiding irector and ad- ministrator of an organization whose annual re hias heen estimated at $40.00 ‘There condi incluc air f tels, « tels. Salvat tion bank, an imn 1 his control the nal institutions, homes, open- '¢n, men’s ho- v soldiers’ ho- cavities of the e his direc- orduct of a cmpany and 1 y i Activit ar ackiviti The ) tunity 1« Salvation did their w end the army hed the status of a to a powerful ir »d oppor- by the charity ! organ- ernatio Iyears ago. AIR MAPPING PLANES COME Fliers Arrive trom Peters- burg—Tender Gannett Is Due Tonight for the next few weeks, the four mand of Commander A. W. Rad- ford, U. 8. N., arrived in Gastineau Channel at 9:40 o'clock this morn- ing from Petersburg which has been their base for the last three weeks while they completed the air map- ping of that district, begun three The Gannet, 150 foot tender for the expedition, Lieut. Thomas Macklin, Commanding Officer, is \due to arrive tonight at 6:45 o'clock with the 120-foot barge which is equipped with a complete photo- graphic laboratory, a motor over- haul shop, dispensary, quarters for the aviation personnel, galley, mess room and office. It will tie up at the Government dock during the time the air-mapping expedi- tion bases at Juneau. What Is To Be Done During the time they stay here, the air-mappers will photograph lextensively in this vicinity, com- pleting the photographing of Bar- anof and Chichagof Islands, which was begun three years ago. The mapping of areas in Peters- burg district has been completed according to R. H. Sargent, Topo- graphical Engineer of the Alaska Branch of the U. 8. Geological Sur- vey, who is in charge of the map- ping for the U. S. Department of the Interior. In addition to the vertical photographs, used for map- ping purposes, a number of oblique photographs were taken, showing timber and water-power localities for the U. 8. Forest Service. Oblicue photograpns are taken with a single lens camera which i3 held by the camera man over the side of the plane at an altitude which varies according to the amount of detail required, while mapping photographs are taken 1through a hole in the bottom of the plane, according to Lieut. R. F. ‘Whitehead, pilot of plane no. 3 in the expedition. ‘When the plane takes off, the camera hatch is re- moved and the camera is mounted so as to take vertical photographs, he said. The altitude for map- ping photographs is 11,000 feet and successful photography requires per- fectly clear weather. The cameras used for mapping lare T-2, four-lens cameras. Two planes are used for mapping pur- poses, one plane to stand by and the fourth planc is equipped with radio. Personnel on Planes The personnel of the planes is: Plane number one, which has radio equipment, Commander Radford pilot; Hicks, chief radio mechanic; Cox, aviation chief mechanic’s mate. Plane number two: Lieut. E. F. Burkett, pilot; Mr. Sargent, and Johnson, aviation mechanic’s mate first class. Plane number three: Lieut. R. F. ‘Whitehead, pilot; Reneau, aviation mechanic’s mate first class, and Haase, chief photographer. Plane number four: Lieut. C. F. Greber, pilot; Trafton, aviation me- chanie’s mate first class, and Reed, aviation chief mechanic’s mate. On' the Gannet are: Lieut. Com- mander H. B. Smith, of the Medi- ization. General Booth in sending workers intc station behir 4 countries of with doughn the soldiers. ization’s heroi work it few persons heve been the of as much gre ¥ude a stowed on Ge.rra' Boolh and after the var Born in Halife |8, 1856, he was ki | Bramwell Boow.. 1 Iseif from his f |1atter’s lifetime. severe training frou his life'’s work. of staff in 1880, he was ins the Salvatic every “earm the front hie' billiger and o Jsecause of I mental Army vid rest ! in the Ations 5 for gan- that ent he- ng 7a e Wi ingland, Ma own generally » disfinguish §o¢ her’ during Te ‘recelved his parents wpolisted vigd In .t (Continued 0% 1977 '(\;01 h s | cal Corps, U. 8. N; Lieut. E. F. Carr, Paymaster, and Lieut. L. P. Tawliaowski, aviator. ‘The personnel of the Gannet is: Lieut. Thomas Macklin, Command- ing Officer; Glick, Chief Boatswain; Dowd, boatswain and machinist Hoey. The planes made the trip north from Petersburg in one hour and 25 minutes. e i g JUNEAU REACHED KETCHIKAN IN TWO HOURS LAST NIGHT The Alaska-Washington plane Ju- neau, pilot Anscel Eckmann, which left Juneau for Ketchikan at eight o'clock last evening, arrived in Ket- chikan at 10:10 pm. according to cable recelved by Larry Parks, /aneau representative. TO THIS CITY To make their headquarters here | amphibian planes, under the com- | HAINES OUT OF SIGHT:NO WORD SINGE FRIDAY {Local Man Missing Since| Left Ketchikan Friday in 15-Foot Boat Raymond Haines, trying for the outboard motor boat marathon rec- ord over a 960-mile course from this port to Seattle, has been miss- ing since he left Ketchikan last | Friday morning. No word has been | ‘.rcceived from him since then and no steamer on the route has re- |ported seeing him Haines left Ketchikan at 7:46 a m. last Friday. His next scheduled stop was Butedale, B. C. approxi-| mately 100 miles south of Princ» Rupert. His other two stops were | to have been Alert Bay and Na- naimo. A press dispatch received by The Empire this afternoon said the Associated Press was checking up various stations along the coast of British Columbia in an effort to locate him. Mrs. Haines is in Seattle await- | ng the arrival of her husband. She is greatly worried over his failure to report from somewhere along| the route and fears he may have| met with a serious accident. | | Haines, an expert outboard op-| srator with years of experience in| distance trips, left this port at 1:22 p. m. last Thursday. IHe was using @ 15-foot outboard of the| Hooten-Vee type equipped with a| 25-horsepower twin Evinrude su)ckl niodel. He was familitr -with both he boat and motor and was con- ‘ident they would meet any de- nands made necessary by weather at this season of the year. He was lkewise familiar with the course aaving covered it last year in a 3,000-mile journey in search of| material for stories. When he left here he had 40 gallons of gasoline aboard. He was supplied with fried chicken, fruits and nuts, tea, chocolate, pepper| and salt and a limited quantity of emergency rations. He was dress- ed in heavy woolens and wore a life jacket. He took aboard 40 gal- lons more gasoline at Ketchikan Friday morning and probably -add- ed to his food supply there. Haines was trying to travel from Juneau to Seattue under 60 hours, hoping to beat steamer time be- tween the two ports. The race was being staged under the auspices of the American Power Boat Associa- ton. It was the longest distance ever undertaken by a craft of the type used with official sanction. e BEER RUNNER SHOT, KILLED Border Pat-rInen Declare Fatal Shot Uninten- tional—Two Stories | I { | | PLATTSBURGH, N. Y., June 17. —The death of Arthur Gordon, aged 22, shot while running 27 cases of beer from Canada in an automobile, presented today a prob- lem for County officials. John C. Tulloch, Collector of the Port of Ogdensburg, said the shoot- ing was accidental on the part of the Customs Border Patrolmen. The County authorities said five shots, which persons reported to District Attorney O'Connell, . were fired. This does not jibe with the statement of Border Patrolman Cheatham, that one shot from his rifle fatally wounded Gordon. This shot, the officer said, was fired unintentionally when he fell while chasing Gordon and his el- bow, striking a stone, caused him to tighten his Granger rifle dis- iry G | Yellow Bird | At Last |Reacl:es Paris June 17. — Jean Assolant, Rene LeFevre and Armento Lotti, Jr., French fliers, and Arthur Schrieber, stowaway, arrived yesterday in the plane Yellow Bird to the acclaim which awaited thém two days. They are the first French fliers to blaze the name of France on the dangerous air route over the Atlantic Ocean. PARIS, 90000 cvees e GOV, PARKS IS ENROUTE EAST | ONCONFERENCE Called East Sudderlly-—Be- lieved to Confer on Al- aska Governorship Gov. George A. Parks is now en- route to Washington, D. C., for a conference with Department of In-| terior officers, according to tele- graphic information received from him by his private secretary Har- Watson. The Governor was due to have arrived in Denver to- day and expected to visit there a few days with his parents, Mr, and Mrs. James Parks. The nature of the conference that |called Gov. Parks to Washington was not revealer in the telegram istar received by Mr.. Watson. The call to the East was unexpected when the Governor left here early this month for the States. He had planned to visit in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle, and sail from Olympia last Saturday as a mem- ber of the cruiser Jazz, local entry in the Capital-to-Capital Yacht race. An Associated Press despatch from Seattle to The Empire last Wednesday, said the Governor was slated to address the Queen City ‘Yacht Club, in that city, Wednes- day evening. Apparently he was summoned east from Seattle. Local Republican leaders are in- clined to believe that the confer- ence is in connection with the Alas- ka gubernatorial appointment. Gov. Parks has been recommended for re-appointment and has the en- dorsement of National Committee- man Capt. A. E. Lathrop, and the backing of all of the local ad- ministration leaders. Reliable re- ports received here recently indi- cate that a hard fight was being staged in Washington to prevent his reappointment. The names of the leaders of this opposition were not revealed. In- dications are not lacking that Dele- gate Sutherland, if not in fact ap- pearing in the fight, against the Governor. His faction in the Alaska Senate of the recent Legislature, steamrollered a e me- morial through the upper House savagely attacking Gov. Parks, charging him with political activ- ity and using pressure to defeat cer- tain legislation. Senators Anderson, Frame, Benjamin, Sundquist and Steel, all Sutherland supporters, voted for it. A letter urging the appointment of Holmes, Texas Republican and ‘former Alaskan, signed by four of these five Senators, was sent to President Hoover, according to a United Press dispatch from Amaril- lo, Texas. Administration lead- ers here, familiar with the close alliance between the Delegate and these Senators, firmly believe the former is connected with if not the mainspring of their opposition to Gov. Parks. The Governor's four-year term expired June 15. However, he will continue to serve until his succes- sor is appointed and qualified for office. charging the shot. Gordon was shot while running towards the border after jumping from his car which had crashed into another automobile. ,e-— - MRS. SIMMONS AND DAUGHTER OF KODIAK ENTER HOSPITAL Mrs. Earl Simmons, of Kodiak, and her daughter, entered St. Ann's hospital last evening. Mrs. Sim- mons underwent a major operation this morning and her daughter had her tonsils removed. et OREGON PEOPLE TOUR ALASKA Among the interested passengers on the Princess Louise are Dr. and Mrs. C. L. Schwering of Eugene, Ore. While in Juneau Saturday night they visited with the Misses Etolin and Hansena Campen, whom they met when the latter were at the University of Oregon at Eu- gene. This is Dr. and Mrs. Sch- wering’s first visit to Alaska and both are enthusiastic over the scen- ic grandeur of the trip. is aligned | CRAFT FORCED ON BEACH AND BREAKSINTWO Crew of Thirty two Believ- ed Safe on Wreckage —Eight Rescued LUMBER LADEN BOAT IS WRECKED, STORM |Life Saving Boats Unable to Give Aid for Over Twen ly-fou r Hours ASTORIA, Ore,, June 17. — The |storm-tossed steamer Laurel, bound from Portland to the East Coast, was driven ashore on Peacock Spit at the mouth of the Columbia Riv- er and pounded apart by the waves while the captain and crew of 32 clung to wreckage. Life saving crews sald they were unable to get within 200 yards of the vessel due to floating wreckage from the craft. One report from the scene said 15 men were clin {ing to the wreckage, while offi |of the company operating the el insisted “all were still Pounded Ashore The Laurel pounded ashore it left Astoria. The tug Arrow cated the vessel on the beach &t 17 o’clock Sunday morning and 1 mihutes later the bflurod started brenklnlvm (stern drifted towards. lll” and the bow to seaward. Reports from Ilwaco, Wash., told how the Laurel, laden with lumber, was seen to break in two by mem- bers of the Point Canby and North Head Coast Guard. bow is Nnng anchored and the stern men were discerned ‘on the wrecks aglwhue 32 are reported nM» schooner, The Laurel was a steel 3 4296 tons and was owned by m ‘Williams-Dimond Company. N All efforts to reach the crew had failed up to last night. FIRST RESCUES REPORTED ASTORIA, Ore., June 17.—Power !life boats from Point Canby and North Head Life Saving Stations, worked their way through heavy seas to within a short distance of the after part of the Laurel early /this morning and rescued eight [members of the crew as they leap- ed from the ship into the boiling sea and were pulled aboard the life boats. ‘The men were not brought ashore as the rescue work is still in progress. It is not known whether all aboard the Laurel were on the jafter half of the vessel when it broke in two. MORE MARINE TROUBLE ASTORIA, Ore, June 17.—The gale off the coast has also disabled the steamer Multnomah bound from Portland to San Francisco with lumber and passengers. The pas- sengers were taken off by a pilot Ischooner and brought to Astoria. The crew stayed with the ship. The Multnomah got in trouble about the same time as the Laurel, and lost her deckload of lumber. LIVES LOST IN EARTHQUAKEIN N.NEW ZEALAND WELLINGTON, New Zealand, June 17—At least a dozen lives were lost in a disastrous earth- quake which rocked Northern New Zealand. Four men are reported to have been killed by a heavy landslide which broke across West- land River. Two others are missing in the Westland district and another man was killed at Fall Rock. 4 - LEAVE HOSPITAL Mrs. S. E. McDermott, and small son, born June 9, left Ann’s Hospital for their home, ! morning.