The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 28, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIV., NO. 5138. FLIER SEES FIAN MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PR 9 SUGAR TARIFF IS FAVORED BY THE PRESIDENT Statement Is Issued from White House—Is First Announcement WASHINGTON, June 28.—Presi- dent Hoover favors a sugar tariff to protect both producers and con- sumers although he has not ex pressed himself as advocating an! particular form of duty. ‘This statement was issued at the Whitc House and is the first pronounce ment giving the President's view: on the tariff since the subject wa taken up by Congress six month ago. The statement followed the declaration of Senator Smoot, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, that he was considering a sliding scale on the sugar tariff. The plan is a possible substitute for the flat increased rate of two and four tenths a pound on Cuban raw as provided in the House RICE & AHLERS BUY PROPERTY NOW OCCUPIED Purchase Buiiding and Lot on Corner of Franklin and Third Streets Rice & Ahlers Company today announced the purchase of the| building occupied by -them on the| corner of Franklin and Third Streets. The property was owned | by B. M. Behrends. The amount of money involved in the trans- action was not made public. | sponsibility Ymilh ful Dau ghter_ Is to Rule Palace Of father, Dwight F. Davis, assmmes the Philippine Islands, By SUE M'NAMARA (A. P. Feature Writer) WASHINGTON, Jung 28.—A 20- year-old girk is to assume much re- for the smooth ad- General of the Philippines. It is said in the islands that if The building is a two-story frame structure and stands on a lot 50| by 100 feet. The store and shops| occupy all the lower floor and| there are several apartments on| the second floor. G. B. Rice, Presi- | dent of the Company, announced! that a 50-foot addition will be made to the building at once. It will be only one story in height, but it is planned to add a second story next year. “We have found it necessary to enlarge our quarters in order to keep pace with the growing de- mands of our business,” Mr. Rice said. “Not only will we build for present needs, but we are now in a position to expand as the town| grows. We are confident of Ju-| neau’s continued prosperity and our | investment in this property is evi-| dence of that faith.” Mr. Rice first entered business here five years ago. This is the third time it has been forced to enlarge its quarters in that time. Two years ago the store was moved to its present location. The com- pany is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Rice, John Ahlers and Ira Tucker, all longtime Alaska residents. KETCHIKAN MAN IS FOUND DEAD; FOUL PLAY IS SUSPECTED “Tiny” Walker, wellknown Ket- chikan man, otherwise known as David I Chess, was found dead on the road near a cannery in the vicinity of town, according to ad- vices received by U. S. Marshal Al- bert White and Deputy Prohibition Administrator Gerald L. Church. Walker is alleged by officials to have been engaged for a long time in bootlegging at the First City, and he recently paid a heavy fine for violating the Alaska Bone Dry Law. Reports received by both Marshal White and Mr, Church indicated that Walker was the victim of foul play, although there was no evi- dence of foul play. An autopsy and inquest was to have been held at Ketchikan this afternoon. —_—————. KATINKA LEAVES FOR FUN1:R The Katinka, Capt. J. H. Hibbs, which has been chartered by the Alaska-Pacific Salmon Corporation to be used as a tender at the Fun- ter Bay Cannery, left today for Funter, after being in Juneau for several days. ' — A conferate officers’ sword has been presented the Richmond, Va., Confederate Museum by the widow of the captor, Col. Archibald Hop- kins of the 37th Massachusetts | Volunteers. the hostess in the’ palace is socially successful, the Governor General will be politically successful. If this is true, Alice Davis, slim blue eyed|daughter of Dwight F. Davis, is an important cog in gov- ernmental diplomeacy. Because or the illness of Mrs. Davis, Alice is going to the islands with all of the cuthority of a “first lady.” And, despite the fact she only recently was debutante, she has no misgivings conceerning the tremendous responsibility she 'will assume in the old Spanish palace which still serves as the seat of government, She has been her father's hostess for a year in Washington, where being a hostess requires infinite tact and diplomacy. She thinks it will be fun. She hasn't any idea how big the palace is'or how many servants there are but she doesn't bolieve she will have any trouble. Alice paused long enough in her job of superintending the packing of trunks to give her views on the subject. She was wearing a black satin coolie coat and blue slippers. She curled up in a big chair to discuss the situation and it was difficylt to picture her in the posi- tion she is ready to take. Miss Josephine Shaughnessy, who has lived with the Davis family 15 years and to whom all of the children look for advice and guid- ance, stood by, smiling. “She can do it,” Miss Shaughnessy declared and after Alice had gone to resume packing, she continued: “Maybe I am over enthusiastic about her, but I don't think I am. Alice is not a bit spoiled with all the good times and attention she has had. girl with so much poise. She's quiet, you understand, and many might wonder how so quiet a one could have such charm. But she has it.” Alice’s great regret is that she cannot take the loyal adviser with her. Instead, her cousin, Mis§ Aleta Davjs, of St. Louis, and one maid, will accompany her. Miss Shaughnessy will remain here with Mrs, Davis and the other children. Dwight, jr., 22, Cynthia, 18, and Helen, 15, until Mrs. Davis lis able to go to the Philippines. iThat will probably be next Janu- ary. As for Alice, there will be tennis |and boating in the Philippines and to these she is looking forward. She is athletic, like her father. The |social problems she is blithely and | sensibly letting go until she gets there. e A new free bridge to connect Missouri and Kansas will be opened July 1 at St. Joseph, Mo. ministration of the new Goverror | I never knew a young| Davis in Islands e T " \ | his dutics as Governor-General of FOUL PLAY IS 'SUSPECTEDIN DISAPPEARANCE Trapper of Liard District Missing—Cabin Ran- | sacked, Robbed WRANGELL, Alaska, June 28.—! Recent arrivals from Telegraph Creek bring reports that Oscar Anderson, trapper on McDonald Creek, Liard section, has disap- peared, with foul play suspected. McDonald's effects, including all furs, are missing from his cabin. McDonald is reputed to be worth $15,000 from the sale of mining claims. He went from Atlin a number of years ago, across the country from Teslin Lake to the Liard district and built a cabin in the woods 100 miles back from the post. For the past eight or ten years, McDonald has appeared once a year at the Liard Post, turning in his furs for a year's supply and ammunition. ———e-- GOPHER QUARTERBACK IS RHODES SCHOLAR 1 | | | MINNEAPOLIS, June 23.—Fredl Hovde of Devils Lake, N. D., fleet quarterback of the University o | Minnesota football team last fall {has been named a Rhoades scholar {to Oxford, England. | Another Gopher athlete to at- [L scholastic honors this year was Leland Watson of Minneapolis, hockey player, who was elected to | Phi Beta Kapa, highest arts schol- :arship organization. Watson also attained prominence as an editoria! {writer on college publications. Hovde besides winning the schol- |arship was elected to Tau Beta Pi, | honorary engineering scholastic fra- i ternity. - eee | ATHLETIC SWEATER GIVEN | AFTER 33-YEAR INTERVAL SALEM, Ore., June 238.—It took A. F. Bittner 33 years to get his of- ficial athletic award sweater from | Willamette university. Bittner, now principal of Grant high school, Portland, won his ischool letter in the spring of 1896 when as a member of the track ".eam he piled up points for his school. He was called away before the |awards were made and through some inadvertence never received ‘his letter. 4 The oversight was discovered re- ‘Zcenuy by university athletic offi-! icxa!s and the error rectified. e | Air traffic since 1919 has in- ‘Icreased from 691 to 50,000. (itely bars the former Kaiser from |the situation. - Prohibitionists Miss Alice Davis will be a 20-year-old “First Lady” when her! {Of Maine Have ed a prohibitory liquor law, has l |santa Barbara museum of natural FORMER K AISER SOON PERMITTED ENTRY, GERMANY Exile Expires Next Month —Possibility of His Re- turn to Fatherland | BERLIN, June 28—Former Kais- er Wilhelm's return to Germany from his Doorn exile will become legal although by no means likely. This possibility and development came on the eve of a nation-wide observance of the tenth anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Versailles with numerous organised protests gainst “the war guilt lie.” dent von Hindenburg headed the signatories of a statement which | is termed “day of mourning.” The; statement rejected the Allied con-{ tention that Germany alone is re- | sponsible for the war. { By further coincidence it is the fifteenth anniversary of the assas-| sination of the Archduke Ferdinand | at Sarjevo, the spark that caused the war. The Nation-is concerned in new complications of the Reichstag's failure to prolong the present De- fense Act, one clause which defin-|{ | Germany. The present exile of the former Kaiser expires July 22. There is nothing to show that! the Kaiser will take advantage of Eye-Opener Now PRESQUIEBLE, Maine, June 28. —Maine, which 75 years ago adopt- learn that . its _junior ¥ U i nafor, eteeted on a “dry States platform, is not an advocate of Prohibition. In a testimonial letter, Senator Arthur Gould told a grape juice company he secured ‘some very good results” from the concern’s unfermented product. He asserted it was “his right to have, make and drink, light wines and beer.” “Everybody who knows me, knows' what my sentiments are, relating to Prohibition as expressed in that| letter, and they are my senti- ments.” | Senator Gould said licensing of | light wines and beer would be a great improvement over the pres- ent system “which it is impossible | to enforce.” i The statement drew an lmmed-‘ jate announcement from the State; Dry Force that they will be aligned against him at the next election. Senator Gould, in a vehement defense of his “right to have, make and drink wine and beer,” said the residents of his section made wine' from elderberries and grapes. He! said: “God, Almighty, put those flowers on the vines on earth and he intended them to be used.” Prehibition Commissioner Doran, at Washington, said in his opin- fon, the manufacture of liquor from | grapes constituted a law violation| liable to penalty. - OFFICIAL MARRIES | George H. Miller, first aid in- structor with the Bureau of Mines, and Miss Hope Johnson, formerly of New Hampshire, but teacher at the Eklutna school for two years, were married xecenzly at seward,! the Rev. R. A. Gailey clficiating.: Mr. Miller has visited at Juneau| several times and has many friends here. EEBSEL TWO ARE ARRESTED Nick Geno and Tom Krpon were | arrested this morning by Deputy Marshal Walter F. Sibley and Fed- eral Prohibition Agent Boyce, charged with being drunk and us- ing obscene language on the pubq‘ lic streets. A complaint was fileg and the men will have a hearing before Judge Frank A. Boyle in| the U. S. Commissioner’s Court probably tomorrow. I — MOTHER OF CHIEF GRAY VISITING FROM DENVER Mrs. J. W. T. Gray, of Denver, Colo., mother of J. L. Gray, Chief of the Volunteer Fire Department, arrived here several days ago for a visit of several weeks with her son and his family. Mrs. Gray visited| Juneau 25 years ago this summer. | She was impressed with the changes here during thé interim. 288 By V.0 i L A buckskin coat worn by Buffalo Bill when he shot the Indian chief- tain, Yellow Hand, now is in the history. {are now controlled. % GERMAN WINS lrouhe to England. "RESID ENT HOOVER SIGNS FARM RELIEF BILL o & A A Associated Press Plo ure which the special session of congress enacted to aid agriculture became a law v/iien the chief executive (ceated) attached his signature. Standing, left to right: Chairman Mc- Nary of the senate agricuitural commiittee; Vice President Curtis, Representative Kincheioe of Ken- tucky, Rapresentative Furnell of Indiana, Speaker Longworth and Chairman Haugen of the houss Eapt. Hawks Breaks 'SENATOR BORAH HAS BIG POWER Record for Nonstop Flight, East to West T H Ired F O3 ANG Gal. {His Letters Are lee Maglc 4 4 T LOS FELES, Cal, June 28— I r l wo lt]"l rec 5 we | LOs W, I ghters ontrol ravelers Capt. ¥rank Hawks landed here at| P 8:23 o'clock last night, Pacific| in Soviet U"ion Blaze in Two Days Time, establishing a new transcon | tinental nonstop flight record of| WASHINGTON, June 28.—Amer- RED BLUFF, Cal, June 28.—A | 19 hours, 10 minutes nmlvzs seconds\.‘icm‘5 traveling in Russia W busi- range of fires east of here which rom Roosevelt Field, New York. |,oq5 fing letters written by United resisted 200 fire fighters two days,| Capt. Hawks left-Roosevelt Field|giaes Senator William E. Borah Nearly 40,000 At 56:21 o'clock yesterday MOFMNG.for gymost inestimable valde;facili- The previous record was made (.ting movements through the So- {by the late Capt. C.'B: D. Collyer | yiet, Union. land Harry Tucker, and was 24| Trayelers describe such Jetters ‘as hours and 51 minutes. “maglc wands” openingito them | Cant. Hawks planped g take-off territory from which evelf Nationals. |as soon as his plane is’ sefviced ‘m[,m‘ barréd and obtmming privieges |a double attempt to better his own [refused upon showing of ordinary Los Angeles to New York flight|passports. {from New York to Los Angeles and| During May and June, Senator ireturn in a total elapsed time of Borah issued from one to three 186 hours or less. letters daily upon requests coming | from persons in every walk of life. IS OFF AGAIN ol AV LOS ANGELES, Cal, June n."_r\ In less than eight hours after es- 15 tablishing his East to West nonstop! Mr. and Mrs. John H. Dunn re- | flight record, Capt. Hawks took off, turned home last night on the at 3:37:47 o'clock this morning for| steamer Prince George. Mrs. Dunn New York. A series of mishaps spent the winter in Seattle with {held Capt. Hawks here for seven|their son Clarence, who was at- hours instead of 4% hours that he|tending the University of Washing- (planned. ton. Mr. Dunn has been on a 30- A cracked stream line cowling on| day vacation and with Mrs. Dunn his stabilizer and a leaky. car-|visited points as far south as Los buretor kept mechanics busy. lAngcles where he attended the an- [ acres of grain fields and range lands have been burned over. RS L0 R BATTLE FROM THE SPANIARD Max Schmeling Gets Round Victory Over Paulino Uzcudun NEW YOrx, June 28—Ma Schmeling, sensational Germa heavyweight, hammered out a de- cisive bloody 15-round victory last night over Paulino Uzcudun, dur- able Spaniard before a crowd of 45,000 fight fans. \ This crowd saw Schmeling rally after a slow start to slash and rip Paulino throughout the last six| rounds. Only the remarkable gameness and ability to absorb terrific pun- ishment cnabled Paulino to weather | Schmeling's attack. | Paulino was cut about the eyes, nose and mouth and was hali-| blinded, bleeding a steady stream under the German’s sharp blows. No Knockdowns | There were no knockdowns but | Paulino, in the last of the three| closing six rounds of the battle was on the verge of being put down by | Schmeling’s sharp uppercuts and| right hooks to the face. Paulino’s defense baffled Schem- ing and the Spaniard administered DUNN RETURNS HOME Capt. Hawks took off in a heavy|nual Shrine convention. fog. —_———e———— “I'm out for speed. I'm going FALSE ALARM CALLS OUT to fly high and give her all she'’s| FIRE DEPARTMENT TODAY got. My course will be the same| as on my westward flight. I hopel The Fire Department was called to reach Roosevelt Field in 14 out, this afternoon by an alarm hours,” said Capt. Hawks. |turned in by telephone from Front J, Capt. Hawks hopes to push the, Street, but failed to find any fire. plane all the way at top speed of It was supposed to have originated 187 miles an hour. lat the Model Cafe but the only foet T8 NELASEREOIR G |blaze there was confined to its M | regular space in the kitchen range. Amphibian Falls; I BABY BOY BORN 3 Persons Killed P N, A baby boy weighing eight pounds was born to Mrs, Richard McRob- ert yesterday afternoon at St. Ann’s Hospital. The mother and child are doing well. Mrs. McRoberts was left a widow when her hus- iband died from the results of the influenza last April, BEACH HAVEN, N. J., June 28— Three persons were killed and two' injured late yesterday in a fall of an amphibian plane, owned by the Curtis Flying Service, into Barnegat Bay. Those killed were: Franklin Conk- | | | | | i | { [ ) ! ] PRICE TEN CENTS 0ES FRANTIC { VIOLA GENTRY, INJURED TODAY SERIOUS CRASH | Her Pilot Is Killed and She Has Fighting Chance for Her Life FIANCE WITNESSES CRASH FROM AIR | | | | § \Bill Ulrich, from Another Plane Sees Sweetheart Disappear in Fog WESTBURY, N. Y, June 28.— | Jack Ashcraft, pilot, was killed and Miss Viola Gentry, known as the “Flying Cashier” was critically in- jured as the light cabin biplane {in which they were attempting to set a new endurance record, crashed into a tree. It is believed the gasoline ran short. 4 Witnesses said they heard the crash only byt no motor noise. The gasoline tanks and carbure- tor were found empty. A heavy fog blanketing the fly- |ing field is believed to have been Eu contributing cause. | Asheraft has been a flier for a number ol years. Miss Gentry aftracted attent in 1926 by piloting a plane the Brooklyn and Manhatt bridges, New York City. Was on Record Attempt 7' The plane was called “The swer.” It tdok off at 8:49 o'cl last night, Eastern daylight saviz standazd time. The plane was seen over the field. An early chanic on the field found a on his way to work stating that the gasoline was running low. Wi Bery Pingioe Blsa) tin Jensen record attempt crew, which took off at 7:32 o'clock Wed- nesday night in an attempt to set a refueling endurance flight record in a monoplane saw “The Answer" disappear in the fog. Ulrich affected communication with the flyihg field from his plane by radio telephone. He be- came hysterical, pleaded, stormed and wept. The true report of what happened to Ulrich's fiancee was kept from him and he was told there had been an accident and Miss Gentry was only unconscious. Fifty-Fifty Chance Miss Gentry suffered a broken arm, he was told but the fact that she had internal injuries which gave the girl a “fifty-fifty” chance, has been kept from him. plnch pleaded that a “mike” be placed at Miss Gentry's bedside to allow her to talk to him if she regained consciousness. She did re- gain consciousness and called “Bill, Bill” over and over again. MOTHER IS ILL; BROWN LEAVES AT ONCE FOR SOUTH Albert Brown, representative from Schwabacher Bros, received & cablegram from Seattle that his mother is seriously ill and not ex- pected to live. Brown, accompan- ied by his wife, left on the Prins cess Louise this morning to be at ! his mother’s bedside. considerable punishment to '.hei German about the body in the first half of the fight but the Spaniard was the target, for his rival after that. lin, member of the Beach Haven | Police department; Harold Potts, a plumber and Leslie Broom, aged 28, yacht captain. Those injured were Alison Price, aged 19, of Beach Haven, and Paul | Mashelle, of New York, pilot of the plane. - ee— @0 000000000 . TODAY'S STOCK . QUOTATIONS 0000 s co000o TO HAVE NE Max Good Fighter NEW YORK, June 28.—The giant Schmeling proved himself a good fighter and a capable boxer. He weighed 187 to the Spaniard’s 192% pounds, The decision of the referee, Ar- thur Donovan and two judges, was unanimous and was merely a for- mality at the close of the battle. e —— Eight Killed, 17 Injured, Explosion‘ ANTOFOGASTA, Chile, June 28. —Eight persons are known to have been killed and 17 injured in an explosion at the Chuquigamata mine of the Chile Exploration Com- pany while the mining crew was| getting ready for a blast. Five injured are in a serious condition. Ancther Hop Made iequlpped with American engines when it makes its first commercial | Portugal, to New York, set for this Word from Dr. Adolph Rohrbach to the American agents of the flight here, said the two European engines had proved unsatisfactory and that they were being replaced by Pratt and Whitney Hornet en- gines of 575 horsepower each. . . ° . NEW YORK, June 28. — Alaska Juneau mine stock is quoted to- day at 5%, American Smelting and Refining 106%, American Tobacco| A 171%, American Tobacco B 172% Bétlehent Steel 111, Continentai| 12 fest flights, Pliot Herman Motors 15%, Cudahy, no sale; m_{wStl]zh\(tilorf{ };nosm(lo“n ;hewsmp with | . z v s {a load of 9 pounds an alti- | 2 %, Interna- | ternational Pager A 28%, Interoa- |, o o500 feet and attained a tional Paper B 17, Mathieson Al-| On kali 577%, Missouri 94% Standard | SPeed of 135 miles an hour. Oil of California .72%, Stewart-|its trans-Atlantic hop the Rostra Warner 73%, U. S. Steel 189%, At-|Will carry only 2,000 pounds and 1 lantic Refining 72%. |expected to maintain a cruising i s |speed of 125 miles an hour. MRS. RYMER VISITING HERE At that speed the plane would WITH COUSIN, E. J. WHITE require three days to complete the |flight over the southern route with By Southern Cross SINGAPORE, Straits Settlement,| wrs. Helen Hope Rymer, of Stops at the Cape Verde islands, | Berkeley, arrived this week from Fernando Noronha, off the Brazil- June 28. — Capt. Kingsford-smh.h‘ and his three companions, have| her home in Berkeley. She will jan coast, and at the West Indies. arrived here in the Southern Cross| gpend several weeks visiting wltthh! advisability of shortening this from Derby, Western Australia, en-| g J White and family. Mrs, route by 4,000 miles by flying di- Rymer and Mr. White are cou.;xulrecuy from the Cape Verde islands trans-Atlantic flight from Lisbon, | summer. | GERMAN TRANS-ATLANTIC PLANE W AMERICAN ENGINES to Barbados and then to New York ! Rohrbach flying boat Rostra will be }is under consideration. The stop at Fernando Noronha was seleeted originally to test fuel consumption and to study weather conditions over the route, which the German Luft Hansa plans to use later in the spring for regular pas- senger and freight service to South America. to insure safety on the Rostra on its flight to New York. It has | been tested flying on one engine with full load and for weathering heavy seas. A jury mast and safl, | with auxiliary rudder, converts the all-metal flying boat into a small schooner when it is on the water without power. ‘The cabin is equipped with water tight bulkheads, and several com=- partments may be filled completely | with water without the hull sink- ing. The large, all-metal cantilever wing also is water-tight, and will float. A special “office” has been fitted in the rear of the hull for Miss Mtldred Johnson, American girl, who will make the flight as cus- todian of cargo. Every precaution is being takem = Y | prear : Bill Ulrich, member of the Mar- '