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

VOL XXX]V., NO 5|55 ARMY FLIER NOW T EEI———— T r—— PRESS e’i “PRICE TEN CENTS ENROUTE l"ROM NEW YORK TO NOME MANCHURIAN WAR MENACE GRAVE N CHINESE AND RUSS SAID TO CLASHING NOW s Repoited on! Activity Both Sides Siberian- Manchurian Border BORDER TOWNS SAID TO HAVE BEEN TA.KEN ' Unconfnmcd Advices Say Russians Are Repulsed —Planes Are Active LONDON, July 19. — The | - menace in Manchuria | continued grave teday as un-| wa confirmed reports of military clashes and activity ported on both sides of thtl Siberian-Manchurian border. Japanese dispatches said the Russians have assumed the offensive, following sev- erance of diplomatic relations with China, and have taken the border towns at either end of the Chinese and East- ern Railway. These reports are not confirmed and are held to be doubtful as one of the fowns “captured” is in Boviet territory, Other unconfirmed ‘advids said the Russian efforts to cross the border at Blagovyeschek have been repulsed by Chinese fire. Russian troop concentrations are reported at various places. Dropping Propaganda Soviet airplanes are reported dropping pamphlets on Chinese territery urging the Chinese masses to. support the Soviets. A high Chinese official at Shang- hai is quoted as saying he does not cxpect hostilities but is awaiting the first move by Soviet Russia. Grave, Not Hopeless Officials of the Chinese Nation- alist Government said the situa- are re-j AGAIN IT’S “MR. AND MRS. CAREWE" { [y Iy o] Associated Press Photo Remarrled at Chicago after an eleven months’ separation that followed their divorce, Edwin Carewe, film producer, and his wif: REBUKES BLASPHEMY IN IRISH PARLI 4MENT PROIBITION BELFAS'I'. July 1 f “practice what you preach” a WOMEN ARE ARRESTED AS | BOOTLEGGERS [Fourteen Are Already in! Toils in State Drive in Arkansas TEKARKANA, Arkansas, July 19.‘ | —On the premise that 75 per cent | |of the bootlegeing is being done | by women, S. M. Curley, Prohibi- ticn Comumissioner, has arrested 14 women. | Curiey declared that a Statedrive | {has just s “Our raiders have been given | instructions to be hard-hoiled. Be-| fore we are’through, hundreds of, women are going to find themselves | facing a Federal Judge. The days/ of Southern chivalry are over as, far as the dry law is concerned,” ,said Curley. { The women are said to be work- ing for their husbands or for men friends. ‘TURKISH CITY ~ NOW BURNING }Angora Reporled Partly Destroyed and Flames Uncontrolled | CONSTWNTINOPLE, July 1 |A large part of the city of Angora 'has been destroyed by fire. The fire, fanned by a high wind, sprcad rapidly. Advices received here this after- ncon state the fire is still uncon- .—A challenge | trolled. has | The number of known dead al- | been hurled at the Irish Free State “qdv is ;,iven at eight persons, ITALIAN CITY IS ENDORSED One Canadian Province Continues Dry by | tion is grave but not hopeless. © % motion picture actress, were photographed as they arrived in New York en route to Euraa.. Martial law has been proclaimed in Manchuria where business is at a standstill. Streets in Harbin are heavily patrolled. - ALASKA FURS SELL, TACOMA TACOMA, Wash., July 19.—Alas- ka furs valued at $75,000 were bought yesterday at the West Coast Fur Sales, Inc. The quotations were: Mink, inferior grade offered, $8 to $11; lynx, good collection, $6.60 to $7; wolves, better quality, $17 to $22; weasel $1.85 to $2.50; cross fox, ordinary, 375 to $100, darker up to $165; otter $28 to $55; bear $5 to $7.50; timber wolves, generally high up to $55 for pale sorts;.red fox, geod lots, $50 to $55, medium grades $35 to $40. A collection of 45,000 muskrats were only about Half sold. Prices ranged from 95 cents to $1.08. Large Majority ward Island, July 19.—The Prohibi- tion Act of this Canadian Province has been endorsed at a plebiscite at which the voters were asked to decide between retention or sub-l stitution of Governmnt, sale of Iii- aquor. Prohibition won by a large ma- vote predom- wer the jority. The women'’s inated in many instances vote of the men. e e eeco0sees0o0 e TODAY'S STOCK ° QUOTATIONS . 000000000000 NEW YORK, July 19.—Alaska Ju- neau mine stock is quoted today at 6, American Smelting 109, Ameri- can Tobacco A 179%, Tobacco B 180%, Bethlehem Steel 119%, Con- tinental Motors 13%, Cudahy 54 International Paper A 32%, B 21':, Mathieson Alkali 65%, Standard Oil of California 72%, Stewart-Warner 71%, U. 8. Steel 208, Atlantic Refining 677, Texas Corporation 61%. CHARLOTTETOWN, Prince Ed- ' Paper AUSTRALIA, OVER GOVERNED, ASKED FOR MORE STATES| SYDNEY, July 19.—Australia is the world’s most governed country. But, rotwithstanding that it al- ready has more parliaments and governors in proportion to its popu-l lation than any other gountry in the world, agitations backed by so| influential a personage as Dr. Earle Page, federal treasurer and leadey of the country party section of the coalition government of the com- monwealth, spring up from time to time in different parts of the country, having for their obpect the creation of yei more states, to- gether with state parliaments. There are at present six states in Australia irrespective of terri- tories. Each state has its wwnjtures, are highly paid, and in each state there also is a highly paid gover- the direct |representative of the king, invariably sent out from England and generally either a (| knight or a peer. Besides all these, there is a fed- eral parliament and a governor gen- eral, also sent out from England.| Al these legisiative bodies—seven parliaments, six governors and one governor general, are deemed neces- sary to look after the affairs of, 16,000,000 people. The excuse, of | course, is that Australia, having an/ area as great as that of the United States, is too vast to be controlled by a smaller number of legisla- and that is the argument used in agitating for yet more. | parliament by the Irish Times m an article berating members of the | Dail Eireann language. The word “damn” God's name as an expletive is mn “infrequent,” charges the p‘.pm “Neither of the chief parties can afford to reproach the other :md on some occasions cabinet minis- ters have been flagrant offenders. Parliament is setting a thoroughly bad example to the country, which in this matter needs most urgent- ly a good example from its legisla- tors. for using profanc| “The use of obscene and pro.ane| |language is shockingly widespread among the uneducated classes| throughout Ireland, language that does not appear in the worst book ever escaped censorship. Yet parliament that proposes ship of books refuses to| put a bridle on its own tongues. “The coarseness and vulgarity political d of ussion injure the Free State in the world's eyes and fill! /ith shame.” D her sons BRITISHERS COMING NEW YORK, July 19.—The sum- | mer track season will end July 20 jat Travers island, where the Ox- ford-Cambridge team will match efforts with a team from Princeton | and Cornell The British team includes four former American stars. B S S Aged Prisoner Is Shot and Killed in Attempted Brealk COUER D'ALENE, Idaho, July 19.—An aged priso second at- tempt to make a break for freedom within the past two weeks, ended in his death. William Colgate, serving sentence for liquor law vio- lation, was dropped by a Deputy’s bullet aiter he refused a command to halt. Colgate asked permission to use the telephone. As he approach- ed the telephone desk, he attempt- ed to strike a deputy with a ham- mer. He was subdued and as the deputy turned to call for help, Col- gate dashed away and was shot going through a door, Colgate and five others have bheen confined in the disciplinary cell after a sensational break for freedom two weeks ago. Colgate has been a resident of this city for 20 years. and the use of | | SHAKEN, QUAKE help Edison Choose Youthful nuel W. Stratton, upper left, President of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will head the committee who will help Thomas A. Edison, center, decide who wins the Edison Scholarship, George Eastman, upper right; Henry Ford, low- er left, and Colonel Charles Lindbergh are serving on the com- mittee, (international Newsreel) Protegee U RGED TCRONTO, Ont., July 19.—Gov-| ernment aid in the erection and operation of Canadian radio broad- casting stations for the benefit of Canadians has been recommended by the Kiwanis Committee of Pub- | lic Affairs for Canada. In a report the committee assert- led that the Canadian people are,| at present, hearing only the Ameri- can viewpoint on almost every pub- lic question, and also said that un- less the present system of spon- sored programs was continued, the Canadian people would be regaled with the virtues of American pro- ducts only. SUBSIDIZED RADIO FOR CANADA Albmo szly : 'Reported Seen t On Snkme U. S, FISHING CRAFT SEIZED IS CONDEMNED Catherine B, Caugh! in/ Canadian Waters, Is Confiscated; Decision VICTORIA, B. C, July 19—The i FLORENCE, Italy, July 19.—This ‘city was shaken by an earthquake ilasting about eight seconds this |afternoon. Considerable damage (was done to walls and roofs. Neigh- boring cities also reported damage |by the quake. No persons were (injured, according to reports. |Four Men Killed; Howitzer Explodes | ! BUDAPEST, Hungary, July 19.— A field howitzer exploded this after- {noon during practice, killing four {men including Capt. Vicktor. Sev- leral soldiers were also injured. [LARGE PARTY OF ELKS MAKING ROUND TRIP ON PRINCESS ALICE | Among the round trip tourists on {the Princess Alice, which arrived ,herc from the sout htomorrow eve- Ining is a party of 165 Elks from JNew Jersey. Members of the Juneau Eik “|{lodge are making arrangements to meet the visitors at the steamer land entertain them while the | Alice is in port, according to M. H. Sides, Secretary of the Juneau Lodge. e, — lesesoceseececscs . BAD LUCK EPIDEMIC STRIKES COAST TEAM SEATTLE, July 19.—In one week the Seattle Indians of the Pacific Coast league had this kind of luck: Bill Stein- ecke, catcher, suffered a broken thumb; Charlie Wade ielder, broken toe; Fred Muller, third baseman, had a sprained ankle; Chick Ellsworth, shortstop, strained foot ligament; Kyle Graham, pitcher, kink in neck; Harry Taylor, first baseman, 'in- fected finger; Andy House, pitcher, sore arm; Frank Cox, catcher, “under the weather.” The bat boy held up in fine shape. seec0s0000 000 oul The report called attention to the fact that a royal commission had been investigating ‘the position of radio broadcasting in Canada. The committee said, in part: “We believe the government should assist in the erection of four or five super-power transmit- ters of at least '5,000 watts out- put power; one on the extreme east coast, which would serve ves- sels on the Atlantic; one or two in the eastern provinces, one in the midwest and one of the extreme west coast, for vessels on the Pa- cifie. “These and other selected Cana- Admiralty Court has condemned the United States fishing vessel Cath— erine B and released the Mary C Fisher. Judge Martin, of the Court, hcld the Catherine B had failed make out a reasonable cause for presence on Canadian fishing grounds. Seven vessels were seized in all by the Canadian Fisheries boat Malaspina but only two were con- demned, the Catherine B and 557- Ga. The five released were the Mary C. Fisher, May, Tacora, Jeanette, and We. They were seized at dian stations should receive ample|Goose Harbor, or nearby, last May. subsidies from the dominion and | PILOT KILLED IN PLANE DIVE provincial governments and loans to enable them to improve equip- ment. This should secure the best possible entertainment and other broadcasting features for Canadian cities.” The report also recommended that the radio licenses in the dominion should be increased from $1 to $2.50 thus providing ineome which would help meet the expenses of subsidiz-; ing the stations. ' DR. COOPER IS COMING NORTH U. S. Commissioner of Ed-| ., DES MOINES, Iowa, July 19.— 1Ross Arnold, pilot of an plane, was killed today plane crashed following to starting the endurance flight. Charles Gatschet, copilot, was thrown from the plane but landed with a parachute. The plane was flying below a refuelling plane when it suddenly dived to the earth. |CAPT. BEN WILLIAMS FOUND DEAD IN BED, ucation Leaves Sunday for Southeast Alaska | | SEATTLE, July 19—Dr. William John Cooper, United States Com- missioner of Educ’ll Interior Department, will sail from here on the steamer Alaska next Sunday on! a tour of inspection in hopes of |towns on Gastineau Channel, the who has been a patient at St. Ann's most colorful characters in | Hospital since December, 1926, pass- ed away at 7 o'clock this morning. He was found dead in his bed. Born in England 79 years ago,, Capt. Willlams was for many )ears endurance , when the| a test in| a refuelling attempt preparatory| Capt. Ben Williams, one of the| —Passengers aboard thc river steamer Hazel B. arriving from Stikine River points, reported seeing an albino grizzly bear at the junction of Glacier Creek with the Stikine River. The steamer was nearing Glacier Creek in the ecarly evening, When the bear was discovered, the bruin was standing on a ledge, almost directly above the boat, af- fording a good inspection before it mode off into the woods. Capt. 8. C. Barrington de- scribed the bear as being large, of creamy white in color, reddish ears and pink eyes. LAKE FRONT AT CHICAGO GIVEN HARD LASHING Years Raging—Waves Are 15 Feet High ’ CHICAGO, TIL, July 19.—A furi- ous northeaster lashed Lake Michi- gan today causing - thousands of !dollars of loss and damage on the lake front. | Fifteen foot waves battered along the shore and tore craft from their moorings The waves swept over the stres parks and beaches. Mariners described the storm the worst in 20 years. | Excursion steamers and freight- ers fought their way with difficuity docking an hour or more late. e S PITCHING ACE GOING WELL AT TAMPA TAMPA, Fla.' July 1°.—Gene Wal- ker, who pitched a no-run no-hit game for the Palestine club of Texas vet repeated this accomplishment |employers, but he has approached it In his first game for the loeal finding a site in Southeast Alaska a captain on the high seas before Southeastern league club, the pit- where he can recommend to Con- gress as the site of a new indus- trial school of which three in the Territory. Dr. Cooper is accompanicd by his! coming to Alaska. He was con- nected with the Alaska Gastineau siderable length of time as watch-| man at Thane. The body rests cher kept his opponents hitless for six innings and when the game there are Mining Company here for a COn-Iended there were only three hits against him, one of them of the seratch variety, and only three men wife, two sons and a daughter. He in Juneau Young Undertaking Par-|were allowed to get on base. One imiddle of August. jer two died on seconc. {Worst Storm in Twenty| association in 1926, has not {for the Tampa club, his present| CGAPTAIN HOYT IN AIR TRYING - FORFAST TIME |Left New York Yesterday | Afternoon on Flight to | Nome and Return DUE AT WHITEHORSE | DURING AFTERNOON {Made Two i(c?;elling Stops During Past 24 Hours —Reasons for Trips I Flying coniinuousiy, day |and night, Capt. Ross C. | Hoyt, Army aviator, is due in Whitcherse this afternoon on his way to Nome, Alaska, and return to New York, jlhe fastest time that has ever i been made, for the trip, and | barring unforeseen mishaps. day afternoon, he refue“ Jat Minneapelis last night, hopped off for Edmenton, where he refi and then took the air'for Whitehorse carly this merning. Capt. Hoyt is due at Nome, Alaska, at [ fog hour rest before starting on 'his return to Mitchell Field, {New York. Advices received from Whitehorse this morning was that it was clear while Fair- banks reported fog. LEAVES EAST MITCHELL FIELD, N. Y. July ‘19 .—Capt. Ross G. Hoyt, refueller of \the Army endurance plane Question |Mark, took off for Alaska in a slngle seater pursuit plane at 2:38 lo'clock Thursday afternoon, Day- 'llgm Saving time, in an attempt |to make a flight of 8460 miles, |quicker than the journey has ever | before been completed. Capt. Hoyt planned the flight to demonstrate the feasibility of ex- tending the present pursuit range of Army ships by inereasing the horse power and fuel capacity. Capt. Hoyt's plane has a high speed of 180 miles an hour but his schedule calls for an average fly- yinz speed of only 140 miles an (hour His schedule calls for re- fuelling stops of an hour at Min- neapolis, Edminton, W hit ehorse, Fairbanks (Alaska) both going and coming and a six hour stop at Nome, Alaska from where he will | start back. REACHES MINNEAPOLIS MINNEAPCLIS, Minn., July 19.— Capt. Ross C. Hoyt, making a round trip flight from New York to Nome, reached here at 8 o'clock last night, Central Standard time, after a non- stop flight from Mitchell Field, cov- ering the distance of 1,030 miles in 7 hours and 22 minutes. After refueling the plane and checking the motor, Capt. Hoyt took off at 9:13 o'clock last night ahd was reported at 10:59 o'clock as passing over Fargo, North Da- kota, enroute to Edmonton, Al- berta. HOPS FROM EDMONTON NEW YORK, July 19.—The Cur- tis Flying Service has been ad- |vised that Capt. Ross G. Hoyt, has |taken off from Edmonton, Alberta, and expected to reach Whitehorse |this afternoon at 3 o'clock, Eastern | Standard Time. Capt. Hoyt arrived jat Edmonton at 5:45 o'clock this morning, after flying all night. He was then 15 minutes ahead of his ischedule from ' Minneapolis. From Whitehorse, Capt. Hoyt will fly to Fairbanks, Alaska, a distance of 500 miles. If he keeps up his schedule, he is due in Fairbanks at 8:45 o'clock tonight. He will thence fly to Nome and is due there at 1 o'clock tomorrow morn- ing. 2 ., Morris R. Beneschke, of Anyox, B. C, arrived in Juneau last night \expects to returm to Secattle the lors and funeral arrangements will! (of them reached third ard the oth-!on the Prince Rupert, and will re- i be announced later. lm’un in town for about a week. Leaving New York yw Imporzog take a”six=0v § k. ¢ s SO A S 5.