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

§ THE DAILY ALASKA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL XXXIV NO 5154. SOVIET RUSSIA JUNEAU ALASKA 'I'HURSDAY JULY 18, 1929. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS BREAKS OFF RELATIONS WITH SEN.CARAWAY ATTACKS WICKERSHAM OBJECTION TO ENFORCEMENT HEAD VOICED Suggestions by Chief of New Commission Are Bitterly Assailed ARKANSAS SENATOR MAKES STATEMENT Declares G.\XTWickersham Should Resign—Takes Rap at President WASHINGTON, July 18.— Prohibition Enforcement sug- gestions by George W. Wick- ersham, head of President Hoover’s Law Enforcement Commission ,has brought vig- orcus objections from one tion of the Dry Group, rificed his usefulness by sug- gesting responsibility for Pro- hibition Enforcement be di- vided between the State and | Federal Gevernments. Senator Thaddeus H. Cara- way, Democrat of Arkansas, said: “I hope he resigns.” Senator Caraway, long prominent advocate and defender, holds the letter Wickershm sent 8 Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, ! TARIFF REPRISAL | THREAT MADE BY | ITALIAN MINISTER blow Prohibition has suffered,” de- | and read before the Governors’ Conference at New London, Conn., on Tuesday, brands the Dry Laws as unenforceable and gives encour- agement to crime of the world.” Hard Blow Senator Caraway said the state- | ment in the letter was the “utmost claring further that “unless Presi- dnt Hoover acquiesced in the let- t he expected “Wickersham to n soon.” “The usefulness of the Commis- sion is already destroyed if Wick- ersham continues at the head as nobody believes a capable and im-| partial survey of the Prchlblnun question can be made.” Law Is Weak Wickersham, in his letter to Gov. Roosevell pointed out the weak- ness of the Federal Prohibition Law and suggested plans for strength- ening it. The letter is described as the first public expression of the Law Enforcement Chief on the| | subject. Suggestions Made Mr. Wickersham, in the letter, said enforcement rested chiefly upon the shoulders of the Federal Government but suggested some feasible means of dividing the burden of enforcement between Stutes and the National Govern- ment. The States, suggestions of Mr. should be given police control over retail transactions, the Federal Government to retain the policing power over the wholesale end. In the letter, Mr. Wickersham assured Gov. Roosevelt that Pro- hibition is a most serious subject and it is receiving gregt considera- tion from the Law Enforcement Commission. - eee— TODAY’S STOCK . QUOTATIONS ° e ee 000000200 NEW YORK, July 18—Alaska| Junezu mine stock is quoted today at 6%, American Smelting 107% American Tobacco A 178%, Tob co B 179, Bethlehem Steel 117%, Continental Motors 14%, Cudahy 54, International Paper A 32%, Paper B 20%, 65%, 127, Stewart Warner 71%, U. 8. Steel 2017%, Atlantic Refining 67%. Apartment and Store Demohshed Explosion HAMMOND, Ind., July terrific explosion early today de-! molished the Goldie Apartment and Store, a new building in the for- eign section, $300,000. The police said labor troubles are responsible. No persons are re- ported to have been injured. e ving that Wickersham sac-| according to|. ‘Wickersham, | Mathieson Alkalli Standard Oil of California 18—A| I first for figure sion, as prize winners in d parade ELKS SELECT THEIR BEAUTIES Associated Press Photo Delegates to the Elk convention in Los Angeles took time off to pick (left to right) Laurie Sherman, first for figur nd beauty, and Christine Maple, first in blonde divi-, Ily Balche, staged for them. SEATTLE DOCK IS DESTROYED WITH BIG LOSS Union Pacific Pier Burned Late Yesterday—Steam- ship Catches Afire SEATTLE, July 18—Fire Ilate yesterday practically destroyed the Union Pacific Dock with a loss es- timated at $1,000,000. Six firemen were taken to hos- | pitals because of burns and suffo- {cation. All are expected to re- cover. The steamship Mauna Ala, load- | ing at the pier, moved into the stream when it caught afire. Thel fire aboard the steamship was ex- tinguished. The dock was leased by the Mat- son line. The dock was filled with general cargo. Officials believe a cigarette, carded by a dock employee, caused the fire. |Bandit Attempts i To Stage Own Show; Is Dead PORTLAND, Ore, July’ 18—A| !robber went to a theatre last night ito stage a show of his own. Today the robber is in the morgue, unidentified, with a police- iman’s bullet lodged in his throat, while officers banked $4,000 they) falmost lost. l Edgar Perry, aged 16 years, anj usher, saw the robber slip past an| unguarded entrance and slug Jim-! my Gorcorane, check room boy, and |dash into the inner office where| officials of the theatre were count-| ing the day's receipts. Perry notified the police inside| the theatre. | The bandit, believed to have been | intoxicated, forced the theatre of- ficials to give him the money a-:d as he turned to flee he was met | | | | | with a damage of by policemen who fired. The ban- ' Katharine Ludingtén, 'dn returned the fire and then fell, 'shot in the throat. Late theatregoers did not know | has taught Sunday School here 300w get their orders by radio tele- of the gun battle. i | respond ROME, July 18.—Italy may re- vise her whole schedule of import duties to combat those imposed by the United States, if the sug- gestion made to the Chamber of Deputies by Alessandro Martelli. Minister of Economy, is carried out, The Chamber approved the Min- ister's budget for the forthcoming fiscal year, but did not discuss his references to the new duties. “I don’t see,” said Martelli, “how Italy can continue to spend in the United States four billion lire a year ($200,000,00), since she will no longer be able to compensate herself adequately with her accus- tomed exporations. We export to the United States 1500,000,000 lire worth of goods each year, which leaves us an unfavorable balance of 2,500,000,000. “If the protectionist fever pre- vails and tariffs increase still fur- ther, we, who have always been too accommodating, ought to fol- low a new line of conduct. We are not a peopie who can receive hurt without resenting it. We de- clare very strongly that we shall to nations who increase their duties by elevating our own duties.” Mussolini was among those who applauded the minister’s speech. Russian Flight Commission Now Visiting Seattle SEATTLE, July 18.—A Commis- sion composed of Andrew W. Petroff and L. G. Gershevich, of New York, and Leonid Minoff, of Moscow, backed by the Aeronautical Society of Russia, has arrived here to study | Seattle’s airfields, and visit the Boe- ‘The members | ing airplane plant. (of the commission will also com- plete plans for the arrival of S. Scstnkon‘ Russian aviator, sched- uled to leave Moscow on August 1 on a flight oss Siberia to New York, via Alaska, Seattle and San Francisco. S e VALUE OF CHURCH WORK OLD LYME, Conn., July 18— | Old-fashioned church work is the best possible training for public usefulness, in the opinion of Miss Vice-Presi- dent of the National League of |Women Voters, Miss Ludington summers, | | i !ironed out, the entire program 80| ’WURK ON PAPER | 'MILL T9 START ~ INFEW MONTHS [Kinzie Tells Chamber Per- manent Work Will Start in Five or Six Months | | Permanent work on the hydre- lelectric end of the Juneau pulp! and paper mill will be started with- {in the next five or six months at the outside, R. D. Kinzie, engineer ' 'in charge of the project backed | by the Cameron-Chandler syndicate |of California, told the Chamber of | Commerce today. | | Within two months the water-' | power surveys will be complebed.i |and by the end of this Fall all of | the timber cruising will be Ilnlshed.‘ | With but one or two minor dlf-‘ ferences of opinion between the Government agencies and the syn-| | dicate, Mr. Kinzie said he had no, doubt that these would be shoruy! far has been carried out smoothly | and to the satisfaction of his prin- | cipals. “At the present time all the data | necessary has been accumulated for | application for the final water-| power license and to complete the timber contract. Pres;dent to De(hcate N(wzgable Ohw DIPLOMATIC AND (COMMERCE MEN T0 BE REGALLED China’s MASWEE o Rusin's Ultimatum Declared Unsatisfactory RELATIONS SEVERED BY SOVIET RUSSIA All Officials to Be Ordered Home—Says China's The Ohio River canal system, 1,000 miles long, will be dedicated by President Hoover (lower loft) It only remains to October 15. Dam No. 36 (above) just below Pittsburgh will control the flow of water. get the data in proper shape, 0 of the river boats which may take the Chief Exccutive to Memphis. smooth out one or two little dif- | ferences of opinion, and proceed to, take out the permanent permi When this has been done, the con- |struction program will be started,, ihe added. | Under the law, he pointed out, it {was notynessible to do any pwm- |anent work on the waterpower project until the final license is is- isued. In order to obtain that li- |cense, it has been necessary to ob- \(am considerable data and that has ‘boou in progr permanent permits,” he said. If it had been possible to go w.nhmd with permanent construction ! without the final license or permit, he added, this would have been done long ago. All of the inves- tigations as to resources and oppor- tunity for their protitable develop- !ment have been satisfactory and the principals interested in the pro- ject are determined to go ahead, | River, an will Cincinnati its canaliz Ject providing for Fifty years ago shippers trans- s for the past two ported wares on the Ohio River {years. “We are now in position to only six months in a year. summer, By (Associated Press Staff Writer) CINCIN comm and locks. below Pittsburgh. other impor RAY WILKERSON NATI, July 18— ant industrial October a year erce. The Ohiuf winding 1,000 miles through district, President Hoover' to 15 to dedicate | ation, a Government pro- ‘round route At supply that data and apply for the times the water was less than one !foot deep. The Federal Government in 1879 decided to control the river's depth by constructing a seri The first was built ‘just Since then 48 dams have been built, the last of which will be completed this assuring shippers a con- tinuous 9-foot stage during the en- of dams October 11 tt |nati, other river cursion bpats, Government ~ dredges, and pleasure crait at Pittsburgh, and | day the Ceiro, I1, will commerce. flagship Cincin- eamers and ex- freighters, barges, to: will the assemble following crulse ‘down the Ohioste Presi- dent Hoover will join the party at Cincinnati, where he will speak. The President will night on a boat, leaving the water at Louisville, where he will inspect a new hydraulic dam. From Louis- ville, Mr. Hoover may go by train for further observations of the lock system. The river craft will reach Cairo October 18. James W. Good, the Secretary of War, will remain with the river pageant throughout the cruise. Col. Harley B. Ferguson, United States Division Engineer in charge of the Ohio River improvement, stationed at Cincinnati, said that with the river system completed the (,overnmcnt hoped it had bccn spend the Below is shown one lamiwble settlement had been i made possible for shippers to in- crease commercial activities at low- er cosp. He said 21,000,000 tons of com- merce were sent down the Ohio in 1928. Comparative figures show that “more “lonniaie passed down the Ohio last year than was clear- | ed through the Panama Canal. The Ohio River and its tribu- taries drain an area in which re- side 15,000,000 persons, about one- eighth of the nations’ population. Starting at Pittsburgh, the steel center, the Ohio River connec industrial cities of Steubenville, Wheeling, Huntington, Ashland, Cincinnati, Louisville, and Paducah. Shipments of oil, steel promise to increase gasoline and | il!ussia last night broke off |diplomatic relations with { China. Note Hypocritical MOSCOW, July 18.—Soviet The Soviet Government | made public its reply to the Chinese note of the latter which came in response to an vitimatum from Russia over the seizure of the Chinese and Eastern Railway. The Soviet Government said all means of reaching an exhausted and placed entire responsibility for conse- iquences upon the Chinese | Government. | Commereial representatives China said the Moscow Goy- ernment and the Government ‘would reserve all rights aris- ing from the Peking-Mukden agreement of 1924. The Soviet Government declared Ithe Chinese reply to the Russian Owenshoro | ultimatum was unsatisfactory and the contents were in a hypocritical tone. Countering the charge the Soviet Government persecuted Chi- enor- nese in Soviet territory, the Soviet mously with completion of the pro- officials replied the only ones ar- ject, Colonel Ferguson said. Prin- cipal tonnage consists of coal, coke, sand, gravel, steel, cement, oil, gasoline, lumber and unclassified packet l‘reight tire year. The project cost $110,- he concluded. 900,000, - | | S A '12-Year-Old NEW STRIKE IS - TAKU DISTRICT E. B. Spariing Makes New Strike on Taku River— | Engaged in Stripping A second strike, said to be un- o |usually promising, is reported here o |to have been made on Taku River o by E. B. Sparling, a prospector o of this city. The discovery is lo- o |cated on the main river and is a' o Ishort distance above the Manville o | discovery, lying between it and the Eaton-Williams property. e Information regarding this lat- o est find is meager. The mineral o the Manville discovery, zinc, lead,| silver, gold and copper. Good values | were reported to have been found' in samples taken from surface out- |eroppings. Mr. Sparling left here early this |week for the scene of his smka! He has three men with him and; will start stripping at once. The discovery was made early last week, after he had spent about seven weeks in the district. Considerable interest has been’ and the recent sale of the Manville| discovery, known as the Big Bull Group, has resulted in several ad- district and others are preparing to follow as soon as they can get |days. Glorification of the kitchen sink was the object of a contest at the Chicago Art Institute. e, | Engineers on a German railroAd phone. Boy Is Charged 'REPORTED FROM " = SAN JOSE, July 18.— Twelve-year-old Robert Jor- genson, itractor, son of a prominent was today formal- iy charged with murder, a victim prank of his own boyish and the rigid concep- tion of justice by his father. Young Jorgenson conf to his :d father that he ol and killed his playmate, ! mer Cox, aged 8 years, Tues- day night. with a saw Cox and another He was tinkering rifle at his home and boy playing in the, street. In an effortsto frighten them, ed the rifle young Jorgenson point- out of the window and pulled the trig- ger. The For To Be in Operation LOS ANGELES, Cal, ‘A raid on a convent by Dry offi-| cers operating for the District At- torney's office, resui from District Attorney !manifested in Sparling’s find. This,!the 1aw requiring a scarch | before invasion of private ci residences, be observed Acting Cox boy was killed. xsan:lmbcsnmilartothazon............. - Convent Is Raided Still Reported July Fitts strictly. on a tip from a No 18.— ed in an order | that | warrant izens' Con- ditional prospectors going into the|stable, the Dry officers forced the door of the Bevedere cupied by refugee nuns f vent oc- )m Mex-| H. Winterbottom, surveyor for the till was Of Peel are |PIRATE GOLD ON ISLE | By WADE WERNER (A. P. Staff Writer) Isle of Man, probably gold to this July 18- have bmlwh( island in the | more here by pirates; but it is pirate | gold that is firing the imagination of inhabitants and tourists (this summer. | Excavations have begun among | |the ruins of Peel Castle, and while ‘lh(\ trustees of the Manx museum will be satisfied if new information {is brought to light on the origin| of the castle and the early history 'of Man, the populace and tourists and even the town officials are \gnmg to be wretchedly disappoint- led it at least part of the great) ‘gold hoard of the Vikings isn't turned up. | It is certain that for hundreds mf years Viking raiders plundered |the coasts of England and France |and the Mediterranean, and brought their loot back to Man. Legend )lm. it that King Orry hid untold wealth in or under or somecwhere about Peel Castle, and that when he departed the geld remained. Toward the latter part of the {thirteenth century the Norsemen were thrown out by King Alexander III of Scotland. themselves had to make the English, and, though they have been gone a long time, the legenc ! insists that the gold is still there ward under the supervision of J. transportation. ico. The nuns refused admission Manx government property trus- il and the door was forced. The offi-|tees. Members of the Manx Anti- Art treads strange paths these|cers told the nuns they under- 4uarian society are cooperating, and stood a still was being operated several cf the town commissioners|gpoard, within the convent. found and apologies were made and damages adjusted. Fitts said he believed taking active part Since the work will be a matter of months, it will be at its height the tip, during the tourist season, and b““elhroken came from someone wishing to em-|Man regularly entertains about|Bay, Siberia, and temporary repairs barrass his office. /500,000 visitors annually, the exca- alike | Later the Scotch room for| Excavations are being carried for-| OF MAN? 1 MANXMEN DIGGING FOR ANSWER [vnnons probably will be watched !by a bigger audience than any | archeological venture in | years. Peel Castle stands on St. the mainland by a quay. Originally | it probably was a Celtic fort, and historians are certain it was at one time a Norse stronghold. Ac- cording to Manx lore, St. i slew Mannanan, the legendary hero | of prehistoric Man, and converted ! |the island to Christianity in the fifth century. e, PLANE DROPS; - 2 MENKILLED | | DETROIT, Mich., July 18.—Mel- vine E. Dare, Detroit airplane in- |ventor and his pilot, W, Brown, former Army aviator stationed at the Schully Airport, w ‘fl'f’(. and was wrecked. The two men were making an experimental flight when a por- tion of the left wing was torn off and the ship nose-dived to earth. Dorothy |Is Picked Up at Schooner Sea, Unmanageable ! ABOARD U. 8. 8. NORTHLAND, |via St. Paul Island, July 18.—The schooner Dorothy, with the Chi- cago Field Museum Expedition is being towed to Teller |by the Northland after becoming [unmanugeable in the stream off Nome. The Dorothy's propellor was in the ice off Kolychun were made at Nome. | reccnt\ Pat- | P'\lrlck, re killed late | yesterday when their plane fell 75| rested were insighificant groups of \sples, opium traders, white slavers, smugglers and others of a criminal type of Chinese. | FORCES ARE MASSING PEKING, China, July 18.—Japan- ese news agencies have dispatches from Harbin saying Russian forces are being massed at Pigran, Ichi- naya and Manchuli along the Si- | berlan-Manchurian frontier. 1 Transportation of Chinese troops ito the front are also being rushed. The Russian Consulate General at Harbin has closed its head- |quarters and the entire staff is Irish sea than ever was hidden Yick's Isle, which is connected With hurrying prepnrauons to leave. | WILLIAM FOX BADLY INJURED AUTO ACCIDENT [Veteran Movie Producer | and Magnate Undergoes Blood Transfusion MINEOLA, N. Y., July 18.—Wil- |liam Fox, veteran movie producer, was injured late yesterday after- {noon in an automobile accident in |which his chauffeur Jmeph Boyes, was killed Fox was given blood transfusion {last night. J. Carrol Naish, New | York actor, gave his blood for the | benefit of the motion picture mag- nate. Dr. Wilfred Post, attending sur- geon, said after the transfusion: 1 “I consider Mr, Fox's condition satisfactory.” Both Fox and executives of his company, sent word to the public |through the Associated Press, that j the film man was not seriously in- jured, but Dr. Post issued a state- ment on the operation indicating Fox's injuries were more serious than the producer believed, but his condition is not alarming. The Fox car crashed into one containing three women, none of whom were injured. It is re- ported the driver of this car had no license. | | 'wll! be recalled-at once from & e i