The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 11, 1929, Page 1

VOL. XXXIV., NO. 5148. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JULY | “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” 11929 SIX ARE DEAD AS RESULT OF MY MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS LY ALASKA EMPIRE PAPER PROGRAM GOING THROUGH, STATES KINZIE Satisfactory Progress Made| Says Engineer Here | to Examine Work There is absolutely no doubt about the Cameron-Chandler syn- dicate going through with its pro- gram for establishing \a pulp and paper mill here or in this vicinity, declared R. A. Kinzie, consulting| engineer in charge of the project | and under whose directions the preliminary /work of the past two| years has been done. He, accom- | panied by Mrs. Kinzie, arrived here yesterday and will spend about two | weeks here and in this vicinity. “I am here to inspect the work| that is in progress and to decide upon the next work to be done and/ Navy;s Altit‘ude make plans for it,” Mr. Kinzie said. “Everything is progressing| satisfactorily and we are well up| to our pre-arranged program.” | Asked if there had been any| change in development plans, Mr.| Kinzie said there had not, and! that the program for establishing | the big pulp and paper manufact- | uring plant here, or in this immed'i iate vicinity, would absolutely go through. He added he had re-! cently made a trip to Washington and discussed matters withy officials| of the Federal Power Commission relative to the final water power permit. At present, as required by regulation, the syndicate has mere- ly a temporary development permit on the Speel River power group. As soon as maps and charts can be made showing what has been done, and plans for its powcx'i plants and transmission lines drawn up and all submitted to the Com- . mission, the application for the ' final permit will be made. Mr. Kinzie said there would be no dlr-] _ficulty in obtaining this permit. | r. Kinzie, accompanied by J.' A. Cameron, A. J. Ela, in charge of the hydro-electric investiga- | tions and transmission line sur-| v and B. F. Heintzleman, Asst. | District Forester, left on the Tahn| this morning for Speel River. There he will look over tunnel sites, plant site and the projected transmission | line routes, one of which is over-, land through Mallard Cove and| Slocum Inlet to Taku Inlet. He‘l will make the final decision as to| RAIN CROPS BELOW YIELD OF LAST YEAR Wheat to Be Harvested Will‘ Be Short Sixty-eight Million Bushels WASHINGTON, July 11.—De-, creased yields this season of grain crops will be below last year's har-, vest is the forecast of the Depart- ment of Agriculture on the basis of | information received up to July 1. Conditions in the country as a whole show crops average 3.7 per- cent below the period beginning | 1918 and ending 1927. Wheat is given at 834,000,000 bushels this year compared to 902,- | 000,000 bushels last year. i Lieut. Apollo Soucck (center), of the plane in which he hopes to record. Soucck, dressed to take o shown in his record-breaki plane, GREAT LEADER OF THEOSOPHY PASSES AWAY Katherine Tingley Dies in Europe as Result of Auto Accident ASSOCIATHO DRESS (NEYSTONE WIEW, KATHERINE TINGLEY, STOCKHOLM, July 11.—Mrs. Katherine Tingley, Theosophical leader, died today at Visingso Is- land as the result of an illness fol- lowing an automobile accident in Germany May 30. Katherine Tingley’s work, accord- (Continued on Page Two) CHICAGO WOMEN SPAR OVER SMOKING IN CLUB CHICAGO, July 11.—When the Chicago Women’s club moved into $1,150,000 of the very latest in clubhouses, there was an old-fash- ioned squabble to mark the event and it isn't settled yet. The battle was between moderns and mid-Victorians over cigaret smoking, with finances giving odds to the moderns. The moderns somehow got the idea (all wrong, it seems), that the smoking question went out with hatpins, and prevailed upon the house committee to install indi- vidual ash trays in the luxurious new clubrooms. Then Mrs. Howard Kretschmar, a member of 40 years' standing, sauntered 'in. She was startled by bluish smoke which would havz horrified the elite group of Chicago women who founded the club. “There ought to be one fine club that does not countenance smok- ing,” she said, “and I do not be- lieve the best element in the club approves of the vicious habif. Smoking lowers the tone of the club, for one thing: I hate to see a woman smoke, and I'm sure the men hate it more.” “But the modern woman smokes, ’ another member, Mrs. W. F. Grow- er, rejoined, “and she will go where it is convenient to do so. This club is modern, sort of half- way between an old-time woman’s club and an up-to-date sports club.” Mrs. Grower says she does not smoke, thinks it doesn’t iook nice, but believes each woman has the right to decide for herself. Whether it is pretty or healthful, the questicr: has an important eco- nomical side, which may decide it. “We have to rent the club to outside organizations to help make up the debt of $450,000,” Mrs. Grow- er pointed out. “If we ban smok- ing, we will lose this pfitmmge.geanslve trip to cities in eastern|with the arrival of the schooner|of 10,000,000 shares daily. which we need very much,” Is Super-Man for Height Aviator | : ; | i altitude flier of the navy, in front shatter the world’s airplane altitude ff on an altitude flight (below), is/ | R | \ 3y ALLAN QUINN | (A. P. Aviation Editor) | WASHINGTON, July 11.—Lieut. {Apollo Soucek of the navy, holder ‘m the world’s seaplane altitude !record, is a super-man for high flyi y men can fly aboue 25,000 feet without the aid of oxygen for arti- | tictal breathing. In fact, that is set as the Jimit of human endur- 'ance, but Soucek’s endurance ex- (tends for 3,000 feet above that. A’ many fliers have become un-| ous at great heights. Soucek irc(‘:s little effect. | | Before he started his altitude fly- ing last spring, Soucek was requir- | led to take an examination at the naval hospital to determine if his {constitution would stand the rare- |fied atmosphere. He underwent \tests simulating conditions at high altitudes. ! A clamp was placed on his nose, ' and a tube, connected with a tank,| {was placed in his mouth for breath- | ing. As he breathed over and over again the air in the tank, the | oxygen was used up and conditions | became like those of rarefied at-| . mosphere. Before him was a row of lights| with a row of buttons. The buttons | {were to be pressed for Soucek to iput out lights when flashed on by | examining physicians. There was an ammeter, the arrow of which must be kept at zero by| means of a knob. A foot pedal| controlled the scund of a whirring | Imotor. If pressed the wrong way | 'the sound became a roar. 1 “Everything went fine for about | {20 minutes,” Soucek relates. “Then | 'I began to get worried. The lights | were harder to see-and the buttons harder to reach. The hand of the | ammeter kept jumping around. had to think hard which way to| - press the pedal. |" “Finally I was tired. A sort of | languor came over me. I didn't| seem to care what happened. “Just as 1 was about to go un- der the tube was jerked from my mouth. I was slightly ill.” Soucek thought he had failed, but the physicians gave him a high | rating. ' He had stood the test ror} 25% minutes, indicating he could fly to 28,000 feet without the aid of | oxygen. Now the navy flier is planning to | lgo after the altitude record snatch- ed from him by the German flier, Willy Neunhofer. Early in May, Soucek pushed his little Wright Apache, equipped as a land plane, to a new world's mark of 39,144 feet. Before the mark could be certified, however, the German pilot ascended to 42,123 feet. The Apache, as it stands, has| flown as high as it can. Soucek |attempted to take it higher im his flight in May, but it would not climb no more. Navy aeronautic experts now are hoping to alter it. so it will exceed the German mark. . The Rt. Rev. 1. O. Stringer, Epis- copal Bishop of the Yukon Terri- tory, and Mrs. Stringer, were north- bound passengers on the Princess Alice on their way to their home in SIGNAL CORPS I |Dawson. They have been on an Canada., U.S. SALMON TROLLER 18 T0 BE SOLD Is Condemned and Declar- ed Forfeited to Brit- ish Government VICTORIA, B. C, July 11.—The American salmon trolling boat No 557-GA is condemned and declar- ed forfeited to His Majesty by Jus- tice Archer Martin of the Admiral- ty Court. The vessel will be put up for sale. The boat was seized on May 18 off Paghena Point, West Coast of Vancouver Island, by the Canadian Government Fisheries protection cruiser and charged with {llegal fishing in British Columbia waters. ‘The owners entered consent to the condemnation orders. Engine trouble caused the Jean- ette, another American vessel, to be seized in Canadian waters, to seek anchorage in Goose Harbor, Capt. Olaf Hansen, master of .ne boat, told the Court. This case is still undecided. O'MALLEY OFF FORWESTWARD ON INSPECTION o) WitisLow UNIVERSAL Awm'\cml INES CORPORATION TRANSCONTINENTAL AIR TRANSPORT AR i \ By WILLIAM R. KUHNS (A. P. Feature Writer) NEW: YORK, July 11.—America's first trans-continental air route will be “double-tracked” from the start, only each track will compete with Leaves Seward by Newjtne other. . Two great competing aviation Rome for anu)l Bay_ jcompanies, allicd with competing railroads under the respective ban- ner of “TAT” or 'iundbergh Line,” and the “Great Circle Line,” plan- ned almost simultaneously opening of coast-to-coast services. The bencfits of competition, in the epinion of farsighted leaders in both groups will hasten the de- velopment of this new industry. The two lines follow strikingly parallel routes through the south- west, above the old trails first formed by covered wagons bumping | slowly to the coast. With both in | regular operation, it may become | easier to cross the United States Seal Skin Catch Large SEWARD, Alaska, July 11.—Hen- ry O'™alley, United States Fisher- ies Commissioner, left Tuesday night for the westward islands angd Pristol Bey area on his annual, ine spection of the salmon fisheries and seal rookeries. Commissioner O'Malley said he had “just received a report from the -Pribilof Islands to the eifect| that 21,522 seal skins had been taken up to July 8 as compared to 18,023 the same date last year. More seals were killed by natives GREAT-CROSS COUNTRY AIR LINES ARE “DOUBLE TRACKED,” BUT RIV ALS - Wall Street sees an epochal struggle between the two transcontinental air-rail lines, with W. W. Atterbury and C. M. Keyes (upper left and right) heading one, the T. A. T. Graham B. Grosvenor (lower left and right) directiny the Universal line. Patrick E. Crowley and than the Isthmus of Panama. The great banks of Wall Street have watched the approach of the day when Los Angeles, San Fran- cisco and Seattle would be on two days from New York. It an increasingly small minority of banking opinion on the eastern sea- | board that does not forsee impor- tant financial consequences of this contraction of the continent. The Great Circle line, operated by the Universal Alr Express, the operating unit of the Universal Avi- ation corporation, which is itself a part of the Aviation Corporation | of America, began eperations June, 14. It will cooperate with the New York Central and Santa Fe rail- roads. The T. A. T, operated by the Transcontinental Air Transport company in cooperation with the, Pennsylvania and Santa Fe rail-| roads, announced the opening of, this year off the coast of Sitka than in many years past over 800 skins having been taken this year. Alaska salmon, as a whole, looks good.” Commissioner O'Malley arrived here on the Brant, and changed to the Teal and left for Iliamna Bay, where he will walk overland to Iliamna village, 11 miles dis- tant, then board a power boat crossing the 100 miles of Iliamna lake to the river, then down the river, emerging on the Bristol Bay coast. A Coast Guard vessel will, meet him and convey him to the| Island seal rookeries and a cutter will bring him back to Unalaska By S. W. PRENOSIL (A. P. Financial Editor) NEW YORK, July 11.—Wall| street is preparing for a big stock market this fall. The money pinch in March, which sent the call money rate to 20 per | cent, sounded the death knell of | here he will board the Brant 4 Which left here yesterday, The|the spring market. Daily sales| Commissioner anticipates return- which had reached a point around 5,000,000 shares at that time, drop- | ped later to an average of less than 3,000,000. Toward the end June the market started to pick up again, with sales crossing the, ing to Seward the latter part of this month enroute south. 4,000,000 share level. Leading brokers quickly came to the _conclusion last spring that a big, broad market would be im- probable while credit rates were high and the supply of money low. But they figured that the strin- SllpS Into Russian River gency would last only a few months unless there was a general recession and Is Believed to in business. They counted also Have Drowned lon a resumption of big markets as soon as money became casier. i When it became apparent that little hope of easier money existed until after the mid-year navments, | several large operators . dly withdrew from the market. Olhers sailed for early vacations in Eur- ope. Meanwhile, leading commis- on an outing. sion houses ordered that summer Hope was expressed that the|yacations should be taken by em- young man might have emerged|pioves as early as possible. down the stream and will make| Except in a few big cases, no re- his appearance later but this hope |ductions were made in the cnlarg- | is dwindling. Capt. Robert B. Wolverton, Com-}quring the big markets this spring. | manding Officer of the Corps Area,|n fact, some staffs were even en- ordered searching parties to remain|jarged so that trained personnel | in the field. would be available to take care of Miller is survived by a wife and |markets of 5,000,000 shares or over small son. He had lived here for |which nearly swamped several about three years. houses last spring. MAN IS LOST SEWARD, Alaska, July 11.—Ralph A. Miller of the Finante Depart- ment of the United States Signal Corps, apparently lost his life in Russian River at 10 o'clock last night, when he slipped from the bank into the swift-flowing river, where his family and friends were din: Vessel to The lull in trading also was wel- Trading comed by officials of the New York stock exchange, who have been Be Freed from Ice {hurrying the installation of new,| SEATTLE, July 11—Word hasihigh speed tickers designed to ob-| been received here that the trad-|viate the long delays in "rimmgl ing vessel Elisif, off North Cape,|sales and to enable the exchange | Siberia, will be freed from the ice!machinery -to take care of markets Nanuk which left Seatle last month.! “Anyone predicting a 10,000,000 W ALL STREET IS CLEARING DECKS | FOR BIG MARKET, \before the end of the year. |docked in Juneau at 6 o'clock this ' share stock market a few years ago | would have been laughed at but the exchange already has had one 8,000,000 share session and the 10 -1 000,000 mark probably will be pa 2 MEN TO BE LEFT IN SUNKEN SUB LONDON, July 11.—The British| Admiralty has decided to abandon all efforts to raise the sunken| submarine H-27 which was sunk | July 9 in St. Georges Channel in| a collision with the submarine L-| 12, with 22 officers and men| aboard. . The decision followed considera- tion that the deep location of the! craft, in 271 feet of water, made difficult salvaging. IS COMING SAN FRANCISCO, July 11,—L.{ E. Archer, General Manager on the Pacific Coast for the Interna- ed staffs, which had been ;,(;,,u;rcd;uunal Mercantile Marine Company, | has left here for a two weeks' busi- ness and 'pleasure trip to Alaska. . FREIGHTER NAZINA IN PORT; GOES WEST TOMORROW The Alaska Steamship Company freighter, Nazina, Capt. Ryning, morning with 450 tons of coal for the Pacific Coast Coal Company and D. B. Femmer. It will remain in Juneau unloading coal all day and will leave for the Westward tomorrow morning, after loading 5,000 box shooks for the Premier Salmon Company cannery at Stev- ON | ALASKA VISIT service and it started July 8. The financial community here has become accustomed to the ad- vantages of air mail for swift coast- to-coast delivery of business letters, ecurities and cancelled checks. Important time saving is fore- seen in the transportation of busi- ness executives, sales representa- tives and the gpeeding of commer- cial machinery that always has fol- lowed improvement in transporta- tion. Finally, Wall Street sees in for- mation an epochal struggle between two groups of personalities, headed on the Ofi¢" hand” by Patriek I Crowley, president of the New York Central, and Graham B. Gros- venor, president of the Aviation Corporation of America; and on the other by W. W. Atterbury, pres- ident of the Pennsylvania railroad, and C. M. Keys, president of the AN AT Girls Wanted for Miss Alaska and Miss Yukon SEATTLE, July 11.—Girls over 16 years of age, born in the North, are sought for se- lections as Miss Alaska and Miss Yukon to ride in the floats at the Sourdough Stampede here next August. In order to create as real- istic atmosphere as possible, roulette wheels will spin, glasses will tinkle and the shuffle of calk boots will be heard and bar room girls will be seen again. ee0eecosece e WILLIAMS AND YANCEY REACH ROMEBY PLANE Fliers Begin Series of Of- cial, Social Engagements —Motor Is Fine ROME, July 11.—Roger Willlams and Lewis Yancey, recovered from ‘\(um;ue after the long hard flight /from Santander, Spain, to Rome, began a series of official and so- clal engagements in their honor, | following completion of their flight |from Old Orchard, Maine. The two fliers first visited a tail- or and left measurements for sev- eral suits. |Affairs at the American Embassy, after a wild reception at the Lit- torio Air Field iast night when the crowd broke through the gen- darmes. The police finally took hold of the fliers and the greeting was more orderly. The fliers in- spected ths plane and a long strip of fabric is‘needed to replace the piece torn away by the wind en- route to Rome. The plane Pathfinder faced head stood aimost stiil. ens Creek, They lunched at t.he‘, home of Alexander Kirk, Charge d'| LAKEPSRT, Cal, July 11.—Fac- e ERIOUS ILLNESS EATAL MALADY REPORTED FROM ARIZONA TOWN Drinking of Home Brew First Blamed but This Is Discarded COUNTY AND STATE AGENTS INVESTIGATE Cerebro - Spinal Meningitis Symptoms but Par- alysis Is Lacking SAFFORD, Arizona, July 11.—Six persons are dead in this little lum- ‘bcr camp town. The cause of the illness of the victims is as yet un- solved. The seventh victim is be- lieved to be recovering from an attack of the same malady. The dead are: William Evans, 11-year-old boy; Powell Evans, 4- year-old boy; Sylvia Evans, 3-years old; and three boys, John Green, Grover Siebold and Ralph Kerby. Ptomaine poisoning from drink- ing home brew was first blamed but this was discounted when it |was found that the Evans's girl {did not drink any of the beverage. The County Health Officer said [th symptoms resembles cerebro- spinal meningitis although lacking paralysis which accompanies the disease. | Both County and State officials are here investigating the deaths. .. ALASKAN HURT IN ACCIDENT . ON_RNILROAD Resident of Poorman Among Fifteen Injured | in Derailment ROCKY MOUNTAIN, N. C, July 11.—Thirteen of two score of pas- sengers were injured in a wreck of the Seminole Limited, fast Flor- ida-New York train, and are in hospitals. None are believed fatally | injured. Five Pullman cars were overturn- ‘ed and went down,a six-foot em- |bankment sliding into a swamp. Breaking of a truck is blamed. Among the injured passengers is Henry Tallman, of Poorman, Al- | aska. i FIVE KILLED CONING, N. Y, July 11—Five persons were killed and two in- jured this morning when the east- bound Erie Railroad Cleveland-New York Express ploughed into a car of a westbound freight that left the tracks as the two trains were passing. Four of the five killed are train crew members and the fifth is re- ported to be a hobo stealing a ride. None of the passenger train cars left the track and none ol the passengers were hurt. e e 0000 ® 0 0 0000 . TODAY’S STOCK L 1o QUOTATIONS o ® 9 09 50080 000000 ) NEW YORK, July 1l.—Alaska | Juneau mine stock is quoted today |at 5%, American Smelting 109%, | American Tobacco A 179%, Tobacco !B 179, Bethlehem Steel 115% Con- | tinental Motors 15, Cudahy 54%, | International Paper A 28':, Paper }B 18, Mathieson Alkali 58%, Mis- souri 95%, Standard Oil of Cali- fornia 172%, Stewart-Warner 72, Texas Corporation 62%, U. S. Steel 198, Atlantic Refining 70. Facing Imprisonment | For Life, Man Alleges ' He Murdered His Wife ing life imprisonment under the | habitual criminal law, Edward Bish- op has been jailed on a charge of | passing worthless checks. | He “confessed” to the Sheriff 'that he had killed his wife in San Diego four years ago but had kept isilent until his conscience caused him to confess. The authorities began an investi- gation but placed little credence in the story. The sheriff believes that winds all the way and at times Bishop, facing a life sentence, made The motor is his “confession” in an effort to set Jin good condition after the flight. jup an insanity plea. }