The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 18, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIV.. NO. 5129, SEARCH IS STA JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1929. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS BIG BOOTLEGGERS GATHERING ON U.S BOUNDARY Smugglers Are Also Con- centrating for Liquor Running from Canada CONFIDEN11AL REPORTS ARE MADE TO LOWMAN Border Patrol Is Strength- ened to Attempt to Stop Activities WASHINGTON, June 18.—Assist- ant Secretary of Treasury Lowman announced today that confidential reports from Treasury Agents in- dicated an unprecedented gather- ing of bootleggers and smugglers along the Canadian border from ancouver, B. C., to the Atlantic oard to smuggle liquor into the United States. Because of this move, Lowman said the Customs Border Patrol across the entire country has been strengthened. Lowman also said that President Hoover has not asked for any re- ports concerning smuggling or the Prohibition Enforcement situation and that he had not conferred or made any report to the Executive or the White House. He said he SM For Paris Post Associated Press Phot: Senator Walter E. Edge of Nev Jersey is considered a likely choley for ambassador to France. MEDALS TO BE .~ GIVEN AIRMEN French Fliers Who Crossed Atlantic in Yellow Bird to Be Rewarded | held BEING PLANNED FOR YACHTSMEN Yacht Club Committee Formulates Program for Visiting Sportsmen At a meeting of the general com- mittee of the Juneau Yacht Club last evening, final arrange- ments were made for the entertain- ment of the visiting yacmsmen; and their ladies. According to the present schedule the yachts should arrive about |noon on Friday and will be met by the Reception Committee and officers of the Yacht Club. No |general entertainment has been !planned for the balance of Fri- |day afternoon in order that the | yachtsmen may have time to clean |ship and rest up. At 6:30 pm, a baseball game will take place at the ball park between a team from the Coast Guard cutter Snohomish and a local picked team. Capt. Birkett, commander of the Sno- homish, has written the Yacht of- ficials that his ship has a bunch of fast players and a good game is anticipated. Saturday meorning the visitors will be taken on sightseeing trips |about the city, which will include the Alaska Juneau mill, Territorial museum, Seottish Rite Temple, bus- | | | ENTERTAINMENT | RECEIVES MEDAL O his wife and child. Congress for his heroism in the World War. Bronson is shown with F HONOR AWARD Awsociaied Prens Photo | After 10 years Deming Bronson, Seattle, has been decorated by Favorable Report Is Authorized On Nomination of Hart The Senate Judigiary Com- mittee has authorized a sub- committee to m@ke a favor- able report on the nomina- tions of J. H. Hart of this city for United States At~ torney for the Second Divis- ion, and Warren N. Cuddy for a similar position in the Third Division. This was MEXICAN WAR VETERAN DIES AT AGE OF 101 William F. Buckner Passes Away in Missouri—Was in Great Struggle UGGLING SCHEME R CAPT, GUS NORD LOSES LIGENSE FOR SIXTY DAYS iSleambOat Inspectors Sus- | pend License of Cap- tain of Aleutian | SEATTLE, June 18.—United States Steamboat Inspectors Donald | Ames and Thomas Short, have sus- pended for 60 days the license of Capt. J. G. Nord, of the steamer Aleutian which sunk May 29 near | Kodiak Island. | The Inspectors said the rock the 1ship hit was marked on the latest charts. Efforts of the Coast and Geodetic |Survey to find the Aleutian were unsuccessful according to advices learned here. The investigation showed the rock was shattered by the impact of the metdl ship's hull. Copper ore cargo was found on the rock, which at extremely low tide is awash and covered with 37 feet at half tide. The investigators found that the Aleutian was out of the course {at the time of the wreck. The accident is the first Capt. | Nord has been responsible for dur- ing his 30 years’ service as master and mariner in Alaska waters. REPARATIONS | Gets Revenue Post ( | | | | Robert H. Lucas of Loulsville, sioner of internal revenue by Presh \dent Hoover. GRITTY CAPTAIN CLINGS TO HIS WRECKEDVESSEL Master of Laurel Remains Aboard Half of Boat— Associated Press Phote| | Ky, has been appointed commlie | COAST GUARD VESSELS ARE ASKED TO AID Cygan and Snohomish Re- quested by McBride to Search for Haines YACHTS AND OTHER CRAFT NOTIFIED iEnlries in Yacht Race and | Vessels from Ketchi- { kan to Join Search | Two United States Coast Guard cutters were today requested by | Collector of Customs J. C. McBride jto start a search for Raymond L. Haines, missing sportsman, who left Juneau last Thursday for Se- attle in an outboard motor boat, the Miss Juneau. He has not been seen or heard from since Friday morning when he left Ketchikan for Butedale, B. C., his next sched- uled stop. The Collector today telegraphed the cutter Cygan at Ketchikan re- questing it to start south and cruise over Haines's course, keeping a close lookout for signals. on shores as well as for the craft used by the missing man.' i RTED FOR MISSING JUNEAU BOATMAN EVEALED iness houses, and other points of Crew Is Rescued interest, At 1:30 pm. Saturday a trip to Mendenhall Glacier will be given the visitors. Cars will had transiaitted to the President ai telegram frogn Minnejota citizens! PARIS, Juné 18—Polit Asso)nng, protesting _against the killing of of the Yellow Bird, will receive a {gold medal from the Flefich Aero made kown in a press dis- He also sent a radio at the same . patch yeceived today by The {time to the cutter w, | voy vesesl in the Capital-f # Empire from the Associated PROPOSAL TO ASTORIA, Ore, June 18-De- ] Henry Virkula by Patrolman White. Lowman ‘declared ‘there was noth- ing to be done at this time and the case will be allowed to take!recognition of the trans-Atlantic| the usual course in the courts. 73 PASSENGERS FOR THIS PORT ABOARD ALIGE Twenty-three passengers for Ju-| neau are aboard the Princess Alice due in port tonight from the south. The passengers are: Arthur Burke, Miss I. Burke, Clarence L. Dunn, Miss M. G. Ellis, Mrs. L. Gray, Miss I. Gray, Mrs. K. Hellenthal, Miss M. C. Hellenthal, Miss Ruthi Krugness, Mrs. J. Livie, D. E. Livie, A. Lundstrom, Mrs. B. C. Manning, Mrs. E. Ness, Miss E. Ness, Master Arthur Ness, Miss M. Sturrock, Mr. and Mrs. N. Petrievich, Dr. G. L. Barton, Miss Miriam McBride, M. G. Brenno and L. R. Thompson. Japanese Volcano Subsides; Reports Of Missing Made TOKYO, June 18—The Hokaido government has telegraphed the Home Office that Volcano Komaga- take has subsided somewhat and refugees from many villages there- abouts are returning to their homes. Six mountain climbers are report- ed missing, in the government dis- patch, but there is no mention of various other missing groups which the native press listed. - ee e —— L. KEAN MADE MANAGER OF SACRAMENTO STORE L. Kean, formerly manager of the local Frye-Bruhn market, is now located at Sacramento, Calif., where he has charge of the same company’s branch market, according to word received by friends here. Mr. Kean and his family motored down to California from Seattle and were enjoying a vacation prior to him taking over his new station. — 0. T. HALLUM VISITS JUNEAU FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 1912 0. T. Hallum, mining engineer, iis spending some time in the vi- cinity of Juneau to look into the mining conditions in this part of the country. Mr. Hallum, who liv- ed in Juneau and attended school here from 1903 to 1906 and again visited here in 1912 commented on the tremendous change that has taken place in Juneau since that time. The number of new concrete buildings and the paved streets have | improved the appearance of the town beyond measure, he said. {Club, and Renee LeFevre, naviga- | tor, will receive a silver medal in ]hop. i The aviators are going the rounds iof receptions. Arthur Schreiber, American stow- ,away, is being ignored by officials {and also by Norman Armour, Amer- ican Charge d'Affaires. Schreiber is referred frequently |by the French press as an “imbe- | eile.” ‘The fliers, in answer to questions, isaid they had decided to ship Schreiber back to the United States |in care of the American Embassy. “The young man is our guest. He is free to enjoy the sights of Paris a few days,” said Assolant. OFFICIAL RECOGNITION | PARIS, June 18.—The crew of Ithe Trans-Atlantic monoplane Yel- low Bird will be received by the Chamber of Deputies and Senate tomorrow and the highest honors paid. Today a reception was given by M. Maurentgynac, Air Minister. ‘While the plans were being made for the flight, the Air Ministry frowned on the attempted flight, stating that the machine should be fitted with floats and that if the flight was made successfully, it would prove nothing. At the last minute however, the Air Ministry decided he would no longer refuse to give official recognition to the success of the three airmen. MacDonald Plans Trip to the :United States LOSSIEMOUTH, England, June |18 —Premier Ramsay MacDonald in denying reports that he has aban- doned his intentions of visiting America, indicated there is mno question in his mind that he will make the trip. “It is just a question of when I shall go. I believe that a tremen- dous amount of good work can be done with a visit to America,” said the Premier. Kellogg Anti-War Pact to Be Reported Favorably by Japan TOKYO, June 18—The Com- mittee of the Privy Council, which | has been considering the Kellogg |anti-war pact, has voted to report it favorably to the Council on June 26. ? — | A Frenchman was ordered to pay $7 for breaking down the door of a compartment in which he had been locked by accident. He fought the case two years and finally saved his money. The suit cost him a great deal more. leave from the Pacific Coast Steam- ship dock. At 6:30 p.m. Saturday the visi- tors and as many of the towns- |people as can be accommodated, will be tendered a banquet in the Scottish Rite Temple by the Ju- |neau Shrine Club. Owing to the impossibility of serving a large banquet in any of the restaurants the Juneau Shrine Club very kind- ily offered to be host to the visi- tors at the Temple. Although ac- commodations are also somewhat limited at the Temple, they will make an attempt to accommodate as many of the local people as pos- sible in addition to the visitors. Following the banquet the Ju- neau Yacht Club will tender the visitors a complimentary dance at the Elks Hall, to which the public is invited. During an intermis- sion in the dance program the win- ners in the Capital-to-Capital racz will be announced and the prizes awarded. On Sunday theé visitors and local yachts will make a cruise to Taku Glacier, convoyed by the official boat of the local club. Start will be made at 9:30 am. from the Femmer and Government docks. This Taku Glacier cruise last year was the big event for the visiting yachtsmen and several local boats Press If no opposition develops, said the dispatch, an early report can be expected. The sub-committee was instruct- ed to consult with anyone it desired relative to the ap- pointments. ®ecccsececsesBhosevcecscsce- 00000 c0oo0 o0 DR, WAUGH IS " COMING NORTH Will Conduct Dental Re- search Among Eskimos of Alaska NEW YORK, June 18.—Dr. Leu- man W. Waugh, Associate Dean of the Columbia University Dental and Oral Surgery School, will leave ‘Seamc July 6 to conduct an expe-| dition of dental research among| Alaskan Eskimos. Dr. Waugh has been commis-| sioned Dental Surgeon of the Fed-| eral Health Reserve, with rank of| Lieutenant Commander. He will are planning to make the trip in company with the visitors. This cruise will conclude the of- ficial entertainment program by the local Yacht Club and it is believed a number of the yachts will start returning south on Monday, as it is known some are to participate in races and cruises in British Columbia and Puget Sound, around the first of July. MAIDIE REPORTED Capt. Harry Nedden of the Prince George, in a radio to H. R. Shep- ard, of the Canadian National Rail- ways, reports that the Maidie, No. 1, in the Capital to Capital yacht race was off Ivory Island at 4 a. m. today. ————— REX RABBITS YIELD COSTLY FRENCH FURS PARIS, June 18—The scientific breeding of rabbits now carried on in France on an extensive scale is bringing fortunes to numerous'’ Frenchmen. The skins, specially cured and with the addition of the little word Rex, are launched upon the market as Castor-Rex, Ermine- Rel, Seal-Rex, Chinchilla-Rex and Russian-Rex. The French Government is tak- ing a keen interest in the develop- ment of this activity, eminently suitable to small business men and ?which during 1926 brought in a to-! tal of $105,000,000. Individual pelts sell at from $2.50 to $15. —— e Nebraska produced milk last year lvflued at $50,000,000. travel on the cutter Northland. In addition to an X-ray machine and complete dental equipment, Dr. Waugh will take gay colored hand- | kerchiefs, beads, tobacco and chew- ing gum to “pay” his patients who assist him in research work. He 'will return in September. The re- sult of his study will be published as a government document. —_———— HAS EMERGENCY OPERATION FOR ACUTE APPENDICITIS Percy Bond, Quartermaster on/ the tender Gannet, was taken di- rectly to St. Ann's Hospital upon the arrival of the Gannet in Ju- neau last evening, and underwent| an operation for the removal of ihis appendix. He was in a serious condition, but is reported to be |doing well this morning. ———— SALMON BROUGHT IN The Elfin, Capt. Ernest Swan-| son, brought in a load of king sal- Imon for the Marlyn Fish Company pany, and the Adler brought in a| load of salmon for the Alaska Fish TO TAKU THIS MORNING { The Rev. Bernard R. Hubbard left this morning, with his two stu- and Dr. DeVighne’s camp where the party will continue their ex-i plorations. k J ASSOC/IATED PRESS WILLIAM _F. BUCKNER PARIS, Missouri, June 18.—Wil- liam Fitzhugh Buckner, 101 years old, believed to be the last surviv- ing veteran of the Mexican War, died here yesterday. One of the thousands of young men who responded to the coun- try’s call for service in the war with Mexico, William Fitzhugh Buckner, survived that internation- al struggle by more than 80 years. In Jgnuary, 1928, he rounded out a century of life. A few months later a perusal of the records of the Pension Bureau at Washington disclosed that the fingers of one hand were too numerous to count the living veterans of the Mexican war. At that time, besides Mr. Buck- ner, there were only two others, Richard Albert Howard, of Sterling City, Texas, and Owen Thomas Edgar of Washington, each three years his junior. Mr. Buckner had a picturesque and somewhat adventurous career and at 100, although white-bearded, the years had failed to change his erect stature developed by his mili- tary training as a youth. Born in Caroline County, Virgin- ia, January 27, 1828, Mr. Buckner had taken up his residence in the Central West when a young man. He was only about 18 years old when the war' with Mexico began, and enlisted in Company A, First | Missouri mounted volunteers, under Colonel Alexander William Doni- phan. As a member of the expeditionary and the Juneau Cold Storage Com- | force that marched to Mexico from |eau. Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Mr. Buckner and his regiment partici- Brokerage. % {pated in several important engage- e, N | ments, including the battle of Taos, FATHER HUBBARD OFF 'N. M After the war Mr. Buckner re- turned to Missouri and the next year joined the Forty-Niners in the rush to California for gold. He stonas of his life his task of driving " (Continued on Page Tw0) BE ACCEPTED French Cabinet Approves Plan Unanimously—Rat- ification Is Next Step | PARIS, June 18.—The Cabinet. at a meeting today, unanimously approved Young's Reparations plan reached at the recent conference jof experts here. It was decided to |take steps for ratification in con- junction with other interested gov- ‘ernments. ONE AMERICAN Giant Air Liner Goes Down on English Channel— Search for Victims FOLKESTONE, England, June 18. — Large boats and tugs have search a wide area of the English Channel for the bodies of three women still missing in the crash iof the giant air liner City of Ot- tawa off Dungeness with the loss of seven lives, including at least one American, Adolph Meister, Vice- |President of the Garfield Manu- facturing Company of New Jersey. One of the women is also believed to be an American. B SOUTHERN HIGHWAYS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION Roads in the vicinity of Ket- chikan, Wrangell and Petersburg are in excellent condition for the ,season, according to M. D. Wil- liams, district Engineer, United | Btates Bureau of Public Roads. Mr, Willlams returned early this week after a week's inspection trip to those districts. et WILL VISIT SON IN JUNEAU Mrs. Hans Carlson, of Chicago, mother of Ludwl's Nelson, local | Jeweler, will arrive on the steamer Yukon tomorrow morning to spend {the summer with her son in Ju- It has been 14 years since {Mr. Nelson visited his mother and ‘he is looking forward to her ex- |tensive stay here as a reunion. HALIBUT SHIPPED SOUTH | | The motorship Emma, Capt. Tom Ness, brought in 10,000 pounds of halibut yesterday which was sold dent companions, for Annex Creek counted as one of the epic mile- to the San Juan Fishing and Pack- !ing Company for 11% and 8%. |1t was shipped south on the Alas- |ka this morning. LOST IN GRASH termined to salvage half of his ship if possible, Louis Johnson, captain of the ill-fated steamer Laurel, still remained aboard the wreck playing a game of freeze-out against the, pounding seas, after spurning pleas | of Coast Guardsmen to come, ashore. H Wedged on Peacock Spit, at the mouth of the Columbia River, the | larger portion of the lumber carrier | Laurel is held only by the gritty | captain after 30 members of the crew had been taken off in groups, by the live saving men of the Coast | Yacht Race, asking it too look |Haines enroute north. Vessels i the race will also be notified of Haines’s disappearance and asked 'to keep a watch for him. These ships will be aided by other craft clearing from Ketchi- kan for the south. The Customs officers at Ketchikan were instruct- ed by Collector McBride to ask all such vessels to be on the lookout for Haines. It is more than four days since Haines left Ketchikan. He expect- ed to reach Seattle Saturday after- Guard. The life savers tried to take, Capt. Johnson off yesterday but he refused. Portland agents of the States Line sent word to the cap-, tain to leave the ship but a rough sea prevented the Coast Guard cutter from relaying the message. NEW AIR LINE noon or evening if he had no ac- cidents. Nothing has been heard from him since Friday. Leaving Ketchikan at 7:36 a. m. of that 'day, he has dropped completely out of sight. Yesterday The Associated Press started a check up of all British Columbia coast points in an effort to locate him or get some trace of his. Up to midafternoon today there had been no report on that inquiry. T0 BE STARTED NEW YORK, Jjune 18—Officials tof the Transcontinental Air Trans- port have made public reports by | Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and preparations for a coast to coast air and rail system by the com- pany which schedules begin regulnr' service July 8. Thirty-two skilled pilots and 10 trimotored monoplanes, will be used“ at the start. An elaborate radio system for supplying the pilots with weather information has been, worked out by Col. Lindbergh, whoi is Chairman of the company’s tech- ' nical committee. b RN Boy Murderer Found Guilty at | One Day Trial MACON, Ga, June 18—Earl! Manchester, 19 year old slayer of James Parks, his room mate in an' “insurance murder plot,” was con- victed last night of murder. The jury made no recommendation | which automatically fixes the pen-; alty at death in the electric chair. The trial lasted one day. The youth entered no plea at the open- {ing of the trial. In a signed confession Manches- ter declared he killed Parks May 127 on a promise of Mrs. J. C. Pow- ers, aged Tl years, rooming house keeper, she would give him $1,000/ of the $14,000 insurance on Parks | life. She was named beneficiary. AT RS That the potato flavor sometimes detected in cream is not caused by feeding the cows potatoes, is ione of the interesting conclusions recently announced by the North |Dakota Agricultural College. Th2 flavor comes, not from feeding the cows, but from exposing the cream to air heavy with potato odor, as Rumors that Haines's had wreck= ed his boat south of Ketchikan were afloat here yesterday and to- y. One report to the effect that he had struck a partly submerged log 20 miles below there was per- sistent. But it and others were apparently without any foundation. His friends here, while fearing he had met with serious trouble, were hopeful that he would show up or be found within a day or 50. They have confidence in his ability to navigate the boat and think it possible that he was forced by trouble to make a landing at some unfrequented spot and that the search now started will find him. e —— MISS MIRIAM M'BRIDE IS RETURNING FROM SCHOOL Miss Miriam McBride, daughter of J. C. and Mrs. McBride, is a passenger on the Princess Alice arriving here this evening. She is returning home after graduating from Oregon State College, receiv- ing an A. B. Degree, majoring in teaching. - eee - MRS. ALICE LAUGHLIN IS COMING NORTH ON YUKON Mrs. Alice Laughlin, pioneer resi- dent of Gastineau Channel, who has been visiting in the south for the past 18 months, is returning here on the steamer Yukon. Dur- ing her absence she has visited in Los Angeles, Seattle, Aberdeen and (other Pacific Coast cities. — e U. 8. FADS SPREAD ‘WASHINGTON, pilations of “what wants,” from Department of Com= merce statistics, usually includes re- quests from distant points for var- ious novelties and commodities partment makes a weekly list of in basements or other storerooms. l‘n‘l“lfl& from all over the worldy