The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 24, 1929, Page 1

Sy R THE DAILY ALASK “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIV., NO. 5159. CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED BY END 8F MONTH Gov. Parks Says Capitol Building Award Will Be Made in Short Time The award of contract for con- structing the Alaska capitol build- ing in this city will be made by the Treasury Department by Aug- ust 1, according to Gov. George A. Parks who returned here today after an absence of more than six weeks, much of which was spent in Washington conferring with De- partment of Interior officers rela- tive to Alaskan matters. oL W a1formed that the con- ct would be awarded by August aid the Governor, “and it was expected that work on the $750,000 structure will be started within 30 days from that time.” | Expects No Delay | The Governor had left Washing- ton when the bids were opened but had been informed that the low bidder was well within the appro- priation limit. Treasury Depart- ment officials connected with the project were confident, however,| even at that time that there would be no ‘delay in making the award or the beginning of work. The usual procedure was to have been followed: The bids would be opened in the office of Supervising Archi- tect and remain in that office until the Board of Awards held its next meeting, ordinarily in the course of a few days. i ~# Glendale, Cal.,, Mrs. Lindbergh, LINDBERGH OPENS AIR LINE Associated Press Phota Col. Charles A. Lmdhergh Inaugurated service from Los Angeles ©n the new trans-continental air rail line. Left to right: Mayor Kimlin Mary Pickford and Lindbergh. The Governor's time was largely spent in aiding in the preparation of budget estimates for appropria- tions for the next fiscal year. This and other departmental business calling for his advise and recom- mendations were the reasons for him being summoned to tire na- tional capital. TWO AND ONE HALF MILLION | visit with President Hoover whose l interest in Alaska is as keen and active as when he was Secretary of Commerce and in direct control of many Alaska matters. The President is well informed on Al- askan subjects and - possesses large store of information on Ter- ritorial affairs and conditions. International Papcr Com-|¢ . Case for Large Sum COLUMBIA, 8. C., July '.!4—’!‘0(\1 | International Paper Company has|e® { been named defendant in a suit for | | $2,500,000 in the Court of Comm’m‘ | Pleas by William Lavarre, who with | i Harold Hall, purchased four South | {Carolina and Georgia newspape: during January, March and April The petition charged the company | with having violated the agreement | to loan Lavarre $2,500,000 for fi-| nancing the newspapers for a per- jod of two years and with )z\vmk.‘ entered a “fraudulent conspiracy” | with Harold Hall to defraud him; of the benefits of the plan and | contract which he conceived. Lavarre charges that Hall, acting | for the International Paper Com- pany, sought to have the news edi- |tors suppress the Associated Pr Gen. Hines continued to Skagway |reports of the Federal Trade Col on the steamer. There he was metimissmn hearings on the power com- by the harbor boat Fornance and panies and Lavarre said that when went to Chilkoot Barracks. He | he refused to have the reports sup- will remain there today and to- pressed, threats were made to call| morrow and return south on the in the demand note for $870,000 Frincess Adelaide. | which he said he had been induced | ——— {to give the compan) St. Louis Robin 1 | G EATHOUARE N CELAND ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 24 —The “St. Louis Robin” which yesterday broke the world’s sustained flight re- LONDON, July 24—Reyjavik dis-| cord, began the twelfth day e pntclws state that the southwest! in the air at 7:17 oclock coast of Iceland has been shaken| this morning, Ceneral time. ® by severe earthquakes. Large con- At that time, Pilots Dale @ |crete buildings have swayed. Resi-! Jackson and Forrest Borine @ dents rushed to the streets. The | had been up 264 hours hav- @ |shocks were the severest near Mount‘ ing added 17 hours to a O‘Hekla No casualties are reported. ® | Many persons are sleeping out of o !doors fearing further shocks and @0 e s o0 00 00 e e ¢ huildings toppling down upon them. ABNORMAL CHILDREN ‘TRAINED IN SUMMER LAGUNA BEACH, July 24—The |let the pupils progress as rapidly doors of La Escuela del Mar here |as possible. Arrangement has been have swung open for a summer made with public school authori- school training period to 30 child- |ties to accept the credits of the ren between the ages of five and |children for work done. 12, who have an abnormal intelli- | Miss Johnson contends that the gence quotient. abnormal child is more of a prob—y And if the plans of Miss Elba|lem than the subnormal boy or| Johnson, member of a Los Angeles |girl. With this in mind, she hopes Junior high school faculty, work |to enlarge on the plan until the out, these children will find them- selves graduated from universities at the age of 17, The summer school will last six (Contmue on Page "Three) GEN. HINES INSPECTS CHILKOOT BARRACKS Enroute to Chilkoot Barracks for a two-day inspection, Maj. Gen. John L. Hines, Commander of the Ninth Corps Area, U. S. Army, visited here yesterday evening while the steamer Princess Adelaide was in port. He was met by Maj. Mal- colm Elliott, President of the Alas- ka Road Commission, and H. G.| Watson, Secretary to Gov. George | A. Parks, and shown around the city. | eeceecevssvbe0 tems where children, whose intel- pany Is Defendant in ‘i. | derson, |ing concern, were closed today. lectual age is ahead of their chron- weeks, During that time she will | ological age, may attend. {Chines-Russo I’eacc Meeting Is Indicated TOKYO, July received from Manc dicate that the Chin Russian officials are trying to get together at Chang- osun to effect a peaceful set- tlement of the railway con- troversy. M. Melnikov, Russian Con- sul General has arrived from discussions with Chang Tso Hsiang, Chief Licutenant of the Governor of Manchuria. coeeo ocooooco.ooco —ero—— 'SOURDOUGH OF ALASKA PASSES| AWAY, SEATTLE SEATTLE, July 24—Andrew An- aged 65 years, Pioneer of Seattle and Alaska at his home here yesterday after an illness of two years. Mr. Anderson came to Seattle in 1873. He went to Dawson in 1899 and established a store there. He returned to Seattle in 1921. He is survived by his widow, Amanda Anderson; two sons: An- |drew W. and Myron W., and a daughter: Mrs. .N W. Schoning, all of Seattle. Funeral arrangements will be an- nounced later. -eo— - Divorced by Former {Mrs. MacKay, Dr. Blake Weds Nurse NEW YORK, July 24.—Dr. Joseph Blake, retired surgeon, divorced by his former wife, Mrs. Clarence Mac- Kay, has been married to his nurse | named Florence Drake. Dr. Blake is now 65. With his bride he is passing his honeymoon in Maine. Mrs. MacKay obtained her divorce in Paris in 1913 from the head of | the Postal Telegraph Company to whom she was married in 1898. She is the mother of Mrs. Irving Berlin. Shé married Dr. Blake in 1914, Three New Jersey Banks Fail tc Open PASSIAC, N. J, July 24 —Three | banks controlled by the New Jersey Bankers' Security Company, a hold- | No reason has been given and there was no advance notice. Employees time will come when an institution |were sent home when they arrived will find its place in the school sys- 'this morning for work. Small crowds of depositors gathered about the doors but no explanations were JLalmr Mcmber Gets Excn%-' | extra; bor member said that because Lax ourdough, died | JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1929, LADY ASTOR IS CALLED “DIRTY LIAR" IN HOUSE ed at Charges—Others § * Also Make Attack LONDON, July 24~Ludy Asmxu | is unperturbed after a brisk ex=| change in the House of Commons last night when she was called & “dirty liar” and’ was finally told| by the presiding officer that e id be glad “if the Honorable Lady would kindly keep quiet.” The discussion centered about the vagant Boards of Guardians: Lady Astor, mentioning the word of corruption in connection with some Guardians, immediately caus= ed three members to take the floor who pressed her fo name & single | case. Lady Astor gave only & general answer and was asked to withdraw her allegation. Epithet Hurled She declined to do so and a La- r came from a country whel corruption was so widely kn that she was very glib about it. In the heat of the debate the Labor member called Lady Astor a “dirty liar.” Later Lady Astor withdrew her words but maintained the allega- tion was true. The Speaker tried to make peace but the Labor member answered: “I have had so many insulls from this Lady that I am resenf- g themd, « 4 > | Told to Keep Quiet Meanwhile Lady Astor started debating with another member and was asked to keep quiet by the Speaker. Lady Astor resented this but again she was told to keep quiet by the Speaker and another Labor member then leaped to his feet saying: “I tell her straight to her cheek that I am a better man drunk than she is sober.” - - LIEUT. 'GARGES HERE RELIEVING ITSCHNER Lieut. P. R. Garges, who wlthl Mrs. Gargas arrived here this morning from the West, will take office within a few days as Secre- tary and Disbursing Officer of the Alaska Road Commission, it was announced by Maj. Malcolm Elliott, President. He will succeed Lieut. Emerson C. Itschner whose tour of duty ends August 20. The latter is under orders to return to the States at that time. He will go from here to Fort Law- ton, Wash. For the past 18 months, Lieut. Garges has been stationed first| at Fairbanks and later at An- chorage. He was engaged mostly in field work, supervising the con- struction of Birch Creek bridge on Steese Highway, surveys and road layout in McKinley National Park and other field engineering. He spent two months in the Anchorage office as disbursing agent, reliev-! ing J. A. Borges who was on vaca- tion. Lieut. and Mrs. Garges have tak- jen apartments in the MacKinnon | Apartment Building. e, s0e 0000 . LR & TODAY’S STOCK e . QUOTATIONS . . NEW YORK, July 24—Alaska | Juncau mine stock is quoted today at 5%, American Smelting 108, American Tobacco A 178%, Tobacco B 170%, Bethlehem Steel 118%, Continental Motors 14%, Interna- {tional Paper A 32, Paper B 21%, Mathieson Alkali, 62, Standard Oil of California 71, Stewart-Warner 701, U. S. Steel 208, Atlantic Re- fining 64%, Corn Products 101%, National Acme 38. e MRES. SHEELOR RETURNS ACCOMPANIED BY GUESTS i Mrs. Edith Sheelor returned to- |day on the stéamer Alaska after a | two-month vacation in the States. She was accompanied by her sis- ter, Mrs. Mary E. Case and a friend, Miss E. Reitz, both of Port-' land, Ore, who will visit with her fatally injured in one of the big-|kiki Beach as any of the beach al” for sometime. | Mrs. Sheeler visited Portland, Corvallls, and other Oregon points, ! her parents in Idaho, and went as far east as Chicago. 1 imee M cPhorson Ch arlers Ship for Holy Land Trip| Calif., July 24— LOS ANGELES, Almee Semple McPherson, Evange- l t, has chartered the s nship Rq)unu t0 lead her parishioners on a 5 ay cruise to the Holy me(l next March. From 700 to 1,000 persons can be accommodat- ed on tho ship and each one par- ticipating will be charged $650 to $2,300 to meet the cost of the Chartering of the vessel cost | $500,350. Fifty recervations have been made ito date. The cruise will carry the pilgrims {to Jerusalem in time for Easter Service. KELLOGG PACT OFFICIAL NOW, ALL RESPECTS Historic Last Room of White House Scene of | Impressive Ceremony WASHINGTON, July 24.—Already hailed as of proved effectiveness by influence on the Russo-Chinese con- | troversy, the Kellogg Pa¢t renounc-! ing war reached the last stage of| its stormy course, from an idealistic suggestion to a binding interna-' tional agreement, for the final step, its formal promulgation by Presi- dent Hoover. ! The historic East Room was chos- | en as the scene of the impressive- Iy but simple ceremonies in which representatives of Nations joining the treaty were invited to p:l"tici- pate. There were two gspecially mvn.cd guests. At President Hoover's right snt Calvin Coolidge who bought all of the influence on the Senate for the treaty and who regards is as the most important acomplishment of his Administration as President. At the left of the President the place was reserved for Frank B. Kellogg, Coolidge's Secretary of State. | All but one of the fifteen signa- tories have been deposited in the State Department archives for some time. Receipt of the Japanese rati- fication of the Kellogg Pact allowed final action on the treaty. MISS EARHART 1S SEA DIVER Tries Out New Submarine Rescue Device with Publisher’s Wife BLOCK ISLAND, E. I, July 24— Amelia Earhart, ocean flier, has tried deep sea diving and remain- ed under for 12 minutes. Miss Earhart was lowered from the privately-owned submarine De-| fender. She and Mrs. George Pal- mer Putnam, wife of the publisher, | tried out a rescue device with! which the submarine is fitted. Clad in bathing suits, they, emerged from an air pressurc, chamber in the forward part uf‘ the submerged vessel and cams h, the surface. H —————— ! Russians to Repeat | Landing on Kodiak, This Time by Plane | SEWARD, Alaska, July 24.—After a lapse of more than a century and one half, or 166 years, Russians will repeat the landing on Kodiak Island, but this time through the air. The Russian Government has made a telegraphic request on the W. J. Erskine Company, at Kodiak, to guide the Russian aviators on the proposed flight from Moscow | to New York next August. The| request asks refuelling facilities,| placing of bouys in the harbor and | the handling of supplies from Se-| attle. Explosion Occm In City of Berlin| BERLIN July 24—Two workmen were killed and possibly others were igest explosions in the histary of Berlin, at the United Oxygen ‘Works. Four workers, two of them b | (and ticket sellers were arrested. | ‘registration this year TN UL AT M 5T '\FATHER WOULD" 'ANNUL MARRIAGE Associated Press Photo Edward A. Guggenheim, millionaire father of Mrs, Natalie Guggen- heim Gorman (above) has started suit for annulment of his daughter’s marriage to Thomas M. Gorman (inset), son of a Long Island station agent. The couple were secretly married April 8 and Mrs. Gormar left shortly lflarwnrd for Europe. IMPROVEMENT | Alaska Highway To States Only | + SYTHA HARBOR - r o e I PORTLAND, Ore., July 24, | e ~—The International High- e e way, connecting the Pacific e K] hwest with Fairbanks, e e Alaska, is only a matter of e e time, Ernest Sawyer, Execu- e Secretary Of War GOOd o tive Assistant to Secretary e Transmits Report to |® of Interior Wilbur is quoted e C {® in the Portland Oregonian: e ongress for Work e as saying. Sawyer recently o - e returned from a trip to e WASHINGTON, July 24—Secre- e Alaska. ° tary of War James W. Good has @ . transmitted to Congress a prelimi- @ ©¢ 6 ¢ @ ¢ 6 0 0 0 0 0 o nary ante-survey report recom- mending improvement of the Sit- ¢ ka, Alaska, harbor. Major Ge Edgar Jadwin, |Chief of Army Engincers, has ad- . vised the report. He d t‘m‘ channel on the easterly sid: harbor will be made 50 feet » of t]u‘l Wi Id" SALMON RUN IS and 22 feet deep at mean I i water, and Indian Rock will be re-| REPURTED GUUD moved. The estima cost i $67,500 with $1 \tenance | the first year and $1,000 annually | | thereafter. 'his is provided )(K SEWARD, Alaska, July 21.—Max Jocal interests assume the cost of | Kreidsheimer, of the Kadiak Fish-| ‘any necessary c'mn;,v in docks. |eries, on Kodiak Island, reports| | neries are not directly available| " salmon continue to pour into the RAID UN DnG chutes and cannery plants are hum- | ]l)'\“/ at Three Saints Bay, the run |of salmon is |ming with activity. Reports from the other 16 can- while on the other side of Ko-' —_— | diak Island, at Karluk, the run is, Sixty - five Officials and ! 0 tood: It is estimated that the Kodiak Ticket Sellers Are District should produce better than | half a million cases this season, ORI N s VISITING IN SKAGWAY Under Arrest CHICAGO, H], July 24. — The | Laramie Dog Ra Park, called| Al Capone's dog track, was ralded' by 40 policemen despite the lnjunc- Miss Admiral Evelyn Judson left on the Rogers for a visit with ition recently obtained to prevent|friends in Skagway. “lawless arrests.” e’ alduro: readhed this/ teaok i !the end of the third race as the| prices in certificate mutuels were| being posted. The police refused| (to let the officials pay off the win- ners. | The raiders smashed doors of the offices and ticket booths when re- fused admission. Sixty-five officia ASSURES WASHINGTON, July 24.—More “pep” for the motorist’s tank will be provided by a new method of ,/\'\rucung gasoline from natural 1gas. The bureau of standards devised WAIKIKI TANK STARS WILL SWIM FOR YALE | the method. HONOLULU, Ji 24— yales The discovery is expected to swimming team will get two val prove of far reaching importance able additions this fall with. the to the refining industry and the at the New ! motorist through conservation of Haven institution of “Buster” and much of the “natural” gasoline lost Bud Crabbe, two of the leading D the process of recovery, now esti- swimmers in the Hawaiian Islands.|mated to amount to from 25 to 50 “Buster” tried out for the 1928|Per cent. Olympic swims on the mainland,! Refining engineers have attempt- They are as well known on Wai-|ed to solve the problem of “natur- gasoline losses, but have been | without accurate information as to seriously burned, were rescued by __ |firemen, boys. - e - | the* amount of gasoline in the un- Dr. J. G. Dwyer, of New York,treated gas and the amount re- City, is a tourist aboard the Prin- maining after treatment. cess Adelaide. + Through the use of the new said to be excellent | ‘REFIN NG DISCOVERY SUSPEND WORK ON CRUISERS, OTHER CRAFT {Decision of British Govern- ment Announced by Premier MacDonald {CANCEL CONTRACTS SUB DEPOT SHIP [All Dock E—ll—i Work on i Naval Boats [s O:dered to Be Slowed Down 4()‘\I)ON, .luh 24, — Pre- micr Ramsay MacDonald to- day announced in the House of Commons that the Govern- ment had decideéd to suspend 'iwork on the: British cruisers Surrey and Northumberland. | The Premier also announc- cd that the Government had "cancclled the building of the | i ! submarine depot ship Main- stone and also cancelled con- tracts for all submarines and ibo slow down dock yard work cn other naval construction. | ‘Premier MacDonald said the maval censtruction pro- {gram of 1929 and 1930 will {be further considered before more commitments are em- {ered into. COMING TO U. 8. 'T LONDON, & MRe- | Donald announced in the House ni Commons this afternoon that he will probably visit the United |States next October. e EXPENDITURES OF U, S. ARMY MUST BE CUT General Program of Cur- tailment Is Proposed by President WASHINGTON, July 24—With American expenditures of purely military character exceeding tbose of any other nation in the world, President Hoover announce; a gen- i eral program of curtailing outlaying (expenses to the lowest point pos- !sible yet produce an adequate Na- | tional Defense. | The President said in no other way could there be hope for a re- | duction of Federal taxes than ithrough a new International |agreement for reduction of naval Presldent Hoover hopes to reduce the cost of maintaining the Ameri- ican sea forces and as a means of |slashing Army costs, plans to estab- lish a commission of leading Army ‘umcers within the General Staff to {determine where savings can be !made. He said under present ar- |rangements, the Nation will spend | $803,000,000 upon military activi- ties during the fiscal year of 1933 an increase of $120,000,000 over ithe fiscal year just closed. “PEPPY” GAS method worked out by the bureau it will be possible for engineers to determine what process of extrae- tion is the most efficient and to bring about a higher percentage of recovery. The process of the burean of standards, known as an isothermal distillation of natural gas mixture, employs methods just the reverse of ordinary distillation. Nearly one-tenth of the gasoline produced yearly in the country is “natural” gasoline. * This is mnot sold as a separate product, but. is blended with other gasoline to give the “pep” desired by motorists, Em- ployment of the new method, the | bureau believes, will resuit in a greater amount of “natural” gaso- line being produced and greater mixture of the product with m gasolines.