The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 19, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL XXXIV NO 5|30 JUNEAU ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, I929 MEMBER OF AS%CIAED PRFSS PRICE TEN CENTS SOUTHERN YACHTS ARE NEARING JUNEAU IN BIG RACE | CONGRESS TO TAKE REGESS FOR MONTHS Senators and Representa-| tives to Mark Time for Several Months TARIFF REVISION NOW GREAT ISSUE| Majority of Senate Is Lined Up Against President on Debenture WASHINGTON, June 19.—Con- gress starts the summer recess to- night preparatory to finishing the last and most controversial recom-| mendations of the speciai session, tariff revision. The Senate members will return August 19 by which time the Fi- ce Committee promises to have completed a revision of the House Tariff Bill. The House, with work all over except negotiations for adjustment with the Senate on the tariff, will remain in recess untd September 23 when it is hoped the Senate will be through. The break between President Hoover and two outstanding pre- election campaigning Senators, Borah and Brookhart, on the de- benture issue, is emphasized by a majority division in the Senate. Borah and Brookhart and all North- western Republicans vehemently op- pose the President’s views and are lining up with the solid Demo- cratic minority and are able to control the Senate. o Nine Persons Killed, European Train Crash BRUSSELS, June 19.—Nine per- sons were killed and many injured when passenger trains from Ghent crashed and one engine was de- railed blocking the line near Eghi- en. 3 Terrific Heat Wave Has East In Grip NEW YORK, June 19.— The withering heat wave which held many eastern states in a grip for six days continues unabated. Tem- peratures of 117 degrees are reported and are higher to- day than yesterday at noon. Numerous deaths and pros- trations are reported in the New York area. To Dusk, fr SEATTLE, June 19.—Liecut. Jnhn S. Griffiths completed a dawn to dusk flight from Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas, to Seattle last night landing at the Boeing Field at 7:43 o'clock, Pacitic Coast time. Lieut. Griffiths left San Antonio Central Time. The elapsed time jof the flight is computed at 18 hours and 58 minutes, including 50 minutes out for stops. The airplane distance route, via California, is about 2,200 miles. Lieut. Griffiths flew an army pur- suit plane and no special arrange- ments were made for the trip. The flier maintained an average | speed of 121 miles per hour and arrived approximately 17 mmu'.es ahead of his schedule time. Lieut. Griffiths said he lost an average of 10 minutes at iuc!mg | stops. The flight was made to ascertain what can be done under ordinary conditions. ——e o HIGH WATER HEALY RIVER DOES DAMAGE Two Steel Spans of Bridge| Carried Away—Mining Operations Halted SEWARD, Alaska, June 19.— Three lives were lost and the coal supply of the Fairbanks Explora-| tion Company's $15,000000 gold; dredging operations have been shut off as the result of high water carrying away two 80-foot steel spans of the Healy River bridge, branch line of the Alaska Rail- road. last night. The cost of replacing the spans are not known. Traffic on the main line of the Seward-Fairbanks division is not affected. —————— Queen to Dress In Honor of Racing Yachtsmen Steamer Queen is due to arrive| in port Friday morning from the triangular route and will immed- iately “dress ship” in honor of the yachtsmen in the Capital-to-Capi- tal race. Brice Howard, local agent, said the Queen will remain in port all day not leaving until 5 o'clock Friday evening. ALL BULGARIA URGES TO WED AND By GEORGES C. KEREKOV (A. P. Correspondent) SOFIA, June 19.—Real anxiety fills the hearts of loyal Bulgarians over the imminent danger of a king-less monarchy if King Boris should die without leaving an heir to the throne. Since all hope has been abandon- ed of having Princess Giovanna of Italy share the throne with Boris, | the problem is increasing daily and government officials are anxiously scanning the lists of eligible girls of royal blood and of non-Roman faith. In the event Boris died without an heir, Bulgaria would be faced with the choice of selecting a for- cign prince as king or of establish- ing a republic with a president as permanent head of the state. This would involve a radical change in the whole structure of the state, drastic revision of the Bulgarian constitution Which has remained unchanged for 50 years, and the scrapping of a monarchy dating back 1,100 years. Prince Cyril, Boris’ brother, who is now in America, is ineligible for the throne because of his Roman Catholic religion and because the constitution requires that an heir to the throne be the eldest son of the king. Scarcely a day passes that Boris does not receive letters from vari- ous sections of the country pointing out the necessity of his marrying, not only for his own happiness, but to provide against the extinction of the Bulgarian dynasty. For ten years there has been a fruitless search of all European monarchies for a possible queen, KING BORIS SAVE THE MONARCHY tbut religious and political obstacles have slowly reduced the royal mar- riage possibility. ‘ Ex-Czar Ferdinand, father of King Boris, and who is living in Coburg, wants his son to marry Princess Kyra, daughter of the |Grand Duke Cyril of Russia, who recently was proclaimed rightful {ruler of all Russia, by the Russian hierarchy and Russian refugees abroad. Such a union, however, might prove a handicap to good relations between Bulgaria and the soviet union. The Bulgarian government and people, on the other hand, and, it is reported, even Boris himself, prefer a union with a Scandinavian prin- cess, who, because of her Protes- tant faith, would offer no religious obstacles to the union with the Bulgarian sovereign, who is a a | Greek Orthodox. Princess Fedora, 19-year-old niece of King Christian of Denmark seems to be the only available Scandinavian princess. It is known that Boris was greatly enamoured of Princess Ingrid of Sweden, but she is reported engaged to the Dan- ish crown prince, Another possi- bility is Princess Marie Jose, only daughter of King Albert of Bel- gium. Government officials predict that the king will marry this year, for either a foreign ruler or a re- public would be unthinkable in Bulgaria. Boris is well loved by his people and statesmen declare that a move- ment toward a republican form of government would be met with a defeat at the hands of the masses who would support the king. Makes Fast Flig at 2:45 o'clock yesterday morning, | The high water stage was | ht, Daw om Texas to Boeing Fiel(l Seattle {Bogus W hiskey ‘Cons piracy | Is Uncovered NEW YORK, June 19.— One hundred and forty in- dividuals and firms have been indicted, accused of participating in a nation wide distribution of bogus whiskey equipment. The Treasury Department said the conspiracy is the largest that has been uncov- ered and ramifications ex- tend into a score of cities across the continent. Stock in trade included everything needed to pack and label ordinary bootleg whiskey as an imitation of the genuine product. REPORT TOWN IS DESTROYED BY EARTHQUAKE |Lyell, in Nefiealand.with 2,000 Population, Reported Gone | | | | WELLINGTON, New Zealand, June 19.—Severe earthquakes have been felt in Murchison and Takaka counties both of which were hard Ihit by tremaors late last week. | The town of Lyell containing two thousand inhabitants is reported greatly damaged but no news has 'been ‘received from there. Airplanes tried in vain to sight the town but the aviators were hampered by poor | visibility. All roads are blocked and there are rumors that Lyell had been totally destroyed. These rumors are, however, discredited. The postmaster at Westport re- ports minor earthquake shocks. CAPT. JOHNSON LEAVES WREEK Last Man_aken from Laurel Which Broke in Two, Oregon Coast | —Capt. Louis Johnson, skipper of the steamer Laurel has left the ship to the sea and been taken Capt. Johnson was awaiting the boat eagerly and as it drew up he climbed a boom and slid down a rope to the launch. The rescue took less than five mfhutes although the seas were | rough. The Laurel pounded on the beach early Sunday morning and broke in two. Thirty members on the after part of the wreckage were rescued Tuesday but the Captain remained aboard. The forepart of the Laurel drift- ed to sea in the gale. EARLY SEASON PACK SHOWS IMPROVEMENT IN THIS DISTRICT at Yakutat has been very satis- factory and is considered ahead of last season, according to Capt. F. Swenson, Field Superintendent for turned recently from the company's ' {plant at that point. The king catch from Taku River, he said, was also and the plant at Taku Harbor has increased its mild cure output over last year. Cannerymen generally are optim- istic over the outlook for excellent runs this season, Capt. Swenson said. Humpies have been reported it is earlier than this variety usual- ly shows up in those waters. Capt. Swenson will leave on the steamer Queen for Ketchikan and and Klawock before returning to this end of the Division. More than 11,500,000 trees were, distributed in Ontario last year. CAPE LOOKOUT, Ore., June 19. off by the Coast Guard power boat. The early season pack of salmon‘s Libby, McNeill & Libby, who re-! 'materially better than last Spring!| in: the Icy Strait district although| will visit the plants at Karheen| REPORT SAYS - HAINES NOW STORMBOUND | Juneau BozEn, Out for Speed Record, Missing Several Days,Reported According to an Associated Press dispatch received by The Empire from Seattle this forenoon, Ray- imond L. Haines, who left Juneau {June 13 at 1:22 oclock in the afternoon in his second attempt to break steamboat time between Ju- /neau and Seattle, in his open out- board motor boat, is reported storm bound near Albert Bay, British Co- lumbia. Last night another Associated Press dispatch, from Prince Rupert, B. C, said that Haines was re- ported sighted on Chatham Sound, near Prince Rupert, last Saturday and the boat at that time ap- peared to be in good condition and everything doing well. i Haines had not been reported since he left Ketchikan at 7:36 o'clock last Friday morning and through Collector of Customs J.'C. McBride, request was made for the Cygan, Coast Guard cutter at Ket- chikan, to start a search for Haines. All southbound boats to Prince Rupert and other points were also requested to keep a lookout for the missing Juneau boatman. The cutter Snohomish, convoying the Capital-to-Capital yacht racers was also requested to keep a lookout for Haines. The Klosh which arrived at Ket- chikan this mroning in the race to Juneau did not see Haines. The Associated Press dispatches has greatly relieved anxiety by Juneauites as it was feared that Haines had been lost. That he is alive and going was greeted with positive delight by all. b e S INDICTED ON CHARGES OF PEONAGE Georgia Farmer Is Held— Bail Is Fixed at Ten Thousand Dollars £ - o ¢ { KLOSH FIRST AT KETCHIKAN ENROUTE HERE Boat Flying-«S;atlle Yacht Club Colors Arrives, Leaves First City CUTTER SNOHOMISH SENDS OUT REPORT |AIl' Craft Believed to Be Ahead of Convoy— Rough Weather The Klosh, Capt. W. G. Reed, of the - Seattle Yacht Club, Ne. 2 in the Capital-to-Capital Yacht Race arrived at Ketchikan this forenoon at 11:15 o'clock and left there at 11:50 o'clock for Petersburg en- route to Juneau. The Klosh is the first of the racers to report at Ketchikan and others are expected ,to arrive during the day. An Associated Press dispatch = |from the cutter Snohomish, con- NEW APPEAL IS MADE BY HOOVER ONENFORCEMENT Seeks Cooperation of “All Citizens to Aid Treas- ury Department WASHINGTON, June 19.—Presi- dent Hoover seeks the cooperation of American citizens to aid the, Federal Government to enforce Prohibition instead. of a general support of all laws which he made a month ago. ‘The President' has made a specific request that those living along the Canadian border cooperate with the Treasury Repartment in coping with rum runners, He said he deeply regretted the recent killings and that he was making every ef- fort to prevent misuse of fire arms. The President made the appeal dur- ing a press conference. MACON, Georgia, June 19.—W. D. Arnold, farmer, is held in lieu of $10,000 bail on a Federal war- rant charging peonage and a white man and four negroes, said to be peons, are held in jail as material ) witnesses. Arnold was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury two weeks ago but the charges were kept secret until his arrest. United States District Attorney Smith said John Vanover, one of the peons, came to him a month ago, and told him of getting a se- vere beating from Arnold. He said Arnold threatened his life if he revealed anything about the whip- ping. The indictments show Arnold has held the men since March 5, last year. (JUNEAU MADE QUICK TRIP FROM KETCHIKAN The Alaska-Washington Airways plane Juneau, Pilot Anscel Eck- mann, arrived here from Ketchikan yesterday afternoon at 3:57 o'clock making the trip, including a short top at Union Bay, in two hours and eight minutes. Passengers making the trip here from Ketchi- kan on the plane were N. G. Nelson, Louis Schulman and H. B. Friele. For the last two days the Ju- neau has been flying out of Ket- chikan for the Nakat Packing Com- pany. On Monday morning it left | Ketchikan with H. P. Stackpole, ithe local superintendent of the | company, to pick up superintend- tents of the canneries at Hidden In- let, Waterfall and Union Bay for a conference in Ketchikan the same day. Monday afternoon the plane Ketchikan with passengers and yesterday it left Ketchikan at 8:30 Io'clock and dropped Superintendent Ryan at Hidden Inlet, Eagle Busch- man and his son at Waterfall and ! returned to Ketchikan with C. C. Harris, superintendent at Union Bay. The plane left Ketchikan and stopped at Union Bay on the way to Juneau. L {made a round trip to Craig from | at 1:49 o'clock yesterday afternoon ! SOVIET PLANE FLIGHT BEING ARRANGEDNOW MOSCOW, June 19.—Plans for the return trip of the plane making the projected hop from Moscow to New York via Alaska have not yet been formed, M.-Maranov, head of the Soviet Military and Civil Avia- tion said today. If conditions are favorable, the plane may attempt a trans-Atlantic flight from New York to Moscow. The plane will be equipped with, German motors although the plane itself will be built in Russia. American correspondents will be taken in a trial flight of the plane over Moscow on June 30. —————— eecos e TODAY’S STOCK QUOTATIONS ...........". NEW YORK, June 19. — Alaska ! Juneau mine stock is quoted boduyi at 6, American Smelting at 102%, American Tobacco A 170, Ameri- can Tobacco B 171, Bethlehem Steel 105%, Continental Motors 18%, Cud- ahy, no sale; General Motors 73%, Gold Dust 61, International Paper A 28%, International Paper B 17%, Mack Trucks 99, Mathieson Alkali 507%, National Power and Light 55%, Standard Oil of California! 73%, Stewart-Warner 70%, U. 8. | Steel 176. BOSS CAN’S FORGET SOX . oo . . . ° . CHICAGO, June 19.—Despite his physician’s orders that he is to {forget baseball, Charley Comiskey, | White Sox owner, has the salient| features of each game his team ‘plays, wired to him at his retreat in Wisconsin, ———.e— Voters in France are supplied identification cards which must be |presented at the polls. l lte {explanation. This Is the double cabin motor yacht Mouette In which Col. Charles A, Lindbergh and his bride spent their honeymoon cruising in Long lIsland sound. Col. Lindbergh and Bride End Honeymoon NEW YORK, June 19.—The hon- eymoon voyage of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and his bride ended yes- | terday when their cruiser Mouette | anchored at Sand Point, N. Y. It is expected that Col. Lindbergh will | make a three weeks' tour of the Transcontinental Air Transport Line which will take him to the Pacific Coast, TOLD T0 SHUT UP REGARDING BORDERCASES Resigned Patrolman, of Detroit, Gets Short Shift from Lowman WASHINGTON, June 19.—Louis Jacques, Customs Border Patrolman of Detroit, who is quoted in the House by Representative Clancy! as having been told to shut up in connection with recent slayings) there by Enforcement officers, was |ushered out of the office of Assist- {ant Secretary of Treasury Lowman. !The latter declared that he “would not consult with a man of thatl Jacques recently resigned. He was taken to Lowman's office by a] newspaper man. Lowman said he knew the details of border cases and there was no need of further The newspaperman asked Lowman if he wished to con- sult with Jacques and Lowman re- plied: “I would not consult with a man like that. He resigned from the service. He should have told his story to his superior officers, which I understand he did not.” Jacques said nothing. >-oe GAME COMMISSION TO AUCTION OFF PELTS A public auction of furs con- fiscated during the' past year will be held by the Alaska Game Com- mission in its offices in the Gold- stein - Building, it was announced today by Assistant Executive Offi- cer E. M. Goddard. The sale will be between the hours of 9 a. m. and noon tomorrow. A total of 288 pelts will be of- fered for sale. These include blue, cross, red and silver fox, marten, mink, weasel, lynx, otter and beav- er. Two out of town buyers, L. Schulman, Ketchikan, and I. Jac- obsen, Seattle, arrived yesterday to |attend the sale. gt 470 S Four Kidnappers of Lieut. Gov. of Idaho Enter Guilty Pleas LEWISTON, Idaho, June 19.— Four men identified by Lieut. Gov. RUM RUNNERS |the runners. jthe region have been destroyed and | W. B. Hines as the persons who abducted him last week, pleaded guilty to kidnapping charges before Judge Miles Johnson, who will sen- tence them tomorrow. | parachutes of passengers and pilots Assoclated Press Photo MAKE ATTACK | PICTURE MAN Photographer, Filming Ac-| tivities, Is Caught-— Camera Destroyed WINDSOK, Ontariz, June 19.— The Police are seeking a band of | rum runners who kidnapped a newspaper photographer and threat- ened to throw him into the river. He was released after the films he | had taken of their activities had ; been destroyed. Horace Wills, accompanied by two reporters and his son, Noel Wills, cruised along the Detroit River and took pictures of the run- ners loading their cargoes. This angered the runners who! posted guards along the bank. Wills landed and hid his camera in the brush, but was captured by The others in the party were released but Wills was detained until the hiding place of his camera was revealed. The camera was then destroyed after several of the runners suggested that Wills be thrown into the river. HUNDREDS OF LIVES LOST Unprecedented Floods; Sweep Section—15,000 Marooned One Spot SIRCHIR, West Equatorial Afri- ca, June 19.—Hundreds of people are reported to have been killed throughout this district as the re- sult of unprecedented floods after a heavy monsoon and rains. Ninety per cent of the cattle of | | half of the houses have been wash- ed away. Sirchir is under water except for ! the cantonment, where 15,000 per- sons have taken refuge . Sound. was crossing the Sound, the Bolin- der was in Klemtu Pass, the Win- nifred at Swanson Bay and the lo- cation of the Kittiwake was then unknown. three other boats will leave. voying the racers, said that the boat was rolling over Queen Char- lotte Sound and that California’s entry, the Marlin, was close on her scheduled log. Searching and ing every cove as the ‘Are Converging the Cutter Snohomish at 2:80 oclockufiuurnomnum achts _were . slowly % gonver‘e with the Mdidie : lead and the Jazz, of Juneau creep- ing up. By 6 o'clock tonight all are ex- pected to pass the half way point. At 7 o'clock yesterday evening all ibut the Marlin ... passed Milbank Sound. The Marlin may, however, have skirted the course. At 7 o'clock the Mary-Mar-Ann was just starting across with the Snohomish. At that hour the Klosh and Blonde were 60 miles north of Milbank At one o'clock the Koyoia YACHTS HEADED NORTH Regarding the Capital-to-Capital yacht race, a special dispatch from Olympia, Wash,, to the Seattle Sunday Times, under last Satur- day's date line said: “With their bows pointed to- wards the horizon of low lying clouds, heavy with rain, two yachts, piloted by Jack Power of the Queen Yacht Club, and William Reed of the University of Washington and Seattle Yacht Club, left this morn- ing as the first starters in the 1,000-mile Olympia to Juneau race. By 7 o'clock this evening five boats were to be under way. Power’s boat, the Maidie, and Reed's cruis- er, the Klosh, entered at seven knots, were the first to leave. “They left the starting line at the signal of Starter John Pierce of Olympia, at 10:14:36 o'clock this morning, while craft from Olympia and Seattle Yacht Clubs gathered for the send-off. “At 6:57:26 o'clock this evening The Kayoyla, owned by Commodore George Briffett of the Olympia Yacht Club; the Jazz of Juneay, (Continued on Page Eight) RELEASE INVENTED FOR TRAPPED FLIERS SAN ANTONIO, June IO—A de- | tachable trap floor, to be released in event of certain emergencies in mid-air, has been invented at Brooks field to decrease fatilities among cabin plane passengers. On the theory that many passen- | gers are needlessly killed due to in- ability to clear them selves from plunging planes, Jasper A. Gilliam, | foreman of the Brooks fleld paint shop, has devised this contraption to expedite parachute jumps. Gilliam has observed that pas- sengers frequently have become too, paralyzed with fear to use para-| chutes on discovering their plane ! diving earthward. Likewise, he claims, lives often are lost when ! become entangled with some part of \a nosediving or tail-spinning Dlane. If Gilliam’s trap floor is adopted, |it would be possible for the pilot |to defach the ship's floor by pull- ing a lever at his elbow. This would operate wires that in turn would pull out bolts supporting the flooring. Automatically controlled springs ther would force the flooring & ' safe distance from the endangered plane, Gilllam says, avoiding dan- gers that might otherwise occur. Gilliam believes his device would lessen hazards of air travel by !Q- cilitating passengers’ escape by par- achute whenever a plane becomes