The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 26, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIV., NO. 5161. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 26 i 19290 MEMBER DROUGHT, HEAT WAVES HIT CROPS CONFERENCEON LIMITATION OF NAVIES SLATED Proncuncements of Hoov-|7 er and MacDonald Starts Many Discussions WASHINGTON, July 26.—Likeli hood of a preliminary naval limi tation conference by World Powers before next spring is being discus- sed in governmental and diplomatic quart This is seen in comparison of pronouncements made by President Hoover and Premier Ramsay Mac- Donald regarding curtailment of naval building. 1 information on the sub- cking at the White Housc. vy Department and State rtment all refrained from com- | menting on the prospective forth-, coming International meeting pr posed by the British Premier. NEW STUNTIS SUCCESSFULBY NAVY AVIATOR. July 26.— SAN PEDRO, Cal, What ng authorities believe is the first feat of the kind was ac-| complished last night when planes on the U. S. S. Saratoga took off and landed successfully on the il- luminated deck’ while the ship plowed the waters of Los Angeles bor. i | The feat was accomplished sev- eral t by Lieutenant Command- | er Ralph Weod before Admiral ifett who inspected the fleet. Last night's ‘dém@énstTa tion further convinced me that the air-|China Looks for plane carriers Saratoga and Lex-|. . ington are two of the most valuablc‘-S(’“l!'”"’”t with vessels we have in the fleet,” Ad- Q.70 2 o1, miral Moffett said. Soviet Russia e — . The Chinese government ® believes this method will have the approval of the So- . e viet Government. . injured in an auto-accident with Wilson dies | A A Miss Hertz will be | | | | [ | SHANGHAI, July 26— e China expects its dispute e with Soviet Russia to be set- j® tled soon by direct negotia- | @ tions, probably in Moscow, ‘e without ir ention of a [ third power. ‘e | | leeec0e0eeeonsosoe Now Welterweight| e Champion—Foul Is ‘SU”’ FUR NINE Struck by Dundee [ | s | DETROTT, July 26—Jackie Fields, | M" LIBN F"_ED of Chicago, last night won the| - World’s welterweight championship when he defeated Joe Dundee, title holder, on a foul in the second reund of a scheduled 15-round hags. SAN FRANCISCO, July 26.—Mary Dundee was floored twice in the| o ™ ppigon acting administratrix second round and then punched @ |gor the estate of Peter Emmet Gal eping right hand punch in f°“’,’lzuzhcr, has filed suit for $9,000,000 |against the Penn Mining Company ond round opened. lof Wyoming. Fields, apparently in distress,| qppe complaint charges the Com- sunk to his knees and was unable pany mined land in Calvareas to continue. ~He was dragged 10| county jllegally and removed 100,- his corner in such pain that h“;ooo tons of copper, gold and silver Wwas unable to sit on his chair and |ore yajueq at $3,000,000. She asked he flopped over in his rosin. treble that Referee Elmer McClelland de- | clared Fields the winner. Before the foul was landed it| was apparent that Dundee was| facing certain defeat. I S recovery of a sum amount. VETERAN NEW YORK NEWSPAPER MAN ON Twenty-two Persons FIRST VISIT NORTH Suffer Food Poisoning| visiting Ataska for the first time, |Alexander D. Noyes, veteran news- CHICAGO, Tll,, July 26.—Twenty- |paper man of New York and one, of two persons are suffering from the country’s leading financial writ- food poisoning after eating cake ers and authorities, spent several purchased at a nieghborhood bak- hours in Juneau last night. He is ery. Fifteen victims are members @ passenger on the Prince George, of families of firemen. Health making the roundtrip. authorities have obtained samples! Mr. Noyes is at present financial of the food for analysis. leditm‘ of the New York Times, - {having occupied that position since : 11920. For ,20 years prior to that Volcano Kilauea |time, he was financial editor of the Starts Eruption; lold New York Evening Post dur- Mountains of Fire ing the period when that paper |was commonly known as the “Wall Street Bible.” He is the author of numerous monographs on finan- cial subjects and widely known as a lecturer on similar topics. HILO, Hawaii, July 26— Volcano Kileauea began eruption early today. The demonstration started four fountains of fire joined soon after by two others shooting flames 200 feet into the air. This is the fifth eruption of volcano Kilsuea since May, 1924, SEAPLANE JUNEAU COMING The seaplane Juneau, of the Alas- ka-Washington Airways, will arrive ,in Juneau tomorrow afternoon from Ketchikan. The Juneau will Jeave ihere tomorrow night for Ketchikan by way of Petersburg and Wrangell. @0 ceecocccee S0 0000000000 Chicago Taxi Heiress Under . Hertz, above, at the wheel of her ¢ : pwner of Reigh Count and many millions, is being held by the Chicago police. Police say that Miss Hertz ran by a stopligh ramming the Wilson car, wrecking beth autos, In case Miss| Arrest |POPE PIUS ELEVENTH ENDS IMPRISONMENT | BROMLEY READY FORHOP FROM TACOMA, TOKYO Huge Monoplane and Av- | iator Prepared for Flight —Weather Hinders TACOMA, Wash.,, July 26.—With the ne and aviator ready and a favorable weather report awaited |to send Harold Bromley winging \ | | | | | | | facross the Pacific with Japanas his A blood transfusion was necessary in efforts to save the life of ' | re Dorothy Wilson, inset, Chicago society girl, who was badly,‘ Miss Helen Hertz’s car. Helen ar, daughter of John Hertz, t,1 held on charges of manslaugh: Goes To Reno Associated Press Phot, Mrs. Marie Norton Whitney ha sstablished residence in Nevads where she is rumored to be seeking a divorce from Cornelius Vanderbil (Sonny) Whitney. KILLS BANDIT AFTER HOLD-UP Service Station Owner at| Bellingham Gets His Man After Robbery BELLINGHAM, Was A bandit, identified a: Miller, aged 26 years, ham, was by 1 Parson, owner of erviee station, as he| started to leave after holding upi 1 and getting the day's re- | | | | ., July 26.— being C. I of Belling- arson and his wife were awak- ened by a man asking for gasoline. When Parson started to dress,| the bandit stuck a gun in Parson’s| side and told him to hand over the day’'s receipts. The bandit got the money and! started to leave. Parson seized a rifle and fired. The bandit whirled and fired one shot, which failed to take effect, and sank dead in| the doorway. ) | The bandit's companion, waiting in an automobile, drove off when| the shooting started. — e e—— Mrs. Harry A. Pryde, wife of Warden Pryde in charge of the| Yakutat district for the U. 8. Bu- reau of Fisheries, arrived here yes- terday after spending several weeks at Yakutat. - e Two old Virginia carriages from colonial days have joined Henry Ford's collection at Wayside Inn. goal, the huge monopla Tacoma is ready after over Sound cities Weather reports the hopoff which hours distant. e City of A test flight sterday. put off least 24 is GANNET IN TOUCH W. L. Hicks, Chief Radioman aboard the U. S. rannet, U. S. N., will be in unoffi daily com- i munication with Pilot Harold Brom- ley in his proposed nonstop flight from Tacoma to Tokio. Bromley |will use a Lockheed-Vega type of plane which is similar to that used by the Alaska-Washington Airways planes, the Juneau and the Ketchi- kan, with the exception that his plane is equipped with wheels in- stead of with pontoons. It also |carries a radio transmitter but no ceiver. off from He will sped, Bromley will taks an 8,500-foot oiled runwa; rry a 9,000-pound load. B SMUGGLING OF "LIQUOR UP T8 * UNITED STATES \ \Canadian Official Gives His ! Solution of Question— New Regulations OTTAWA, July 26—The solution | | -~ VATICAN CITY, July 26.—The § long voluntary imprisonment of the Roman Catholic Pontiff in the | Vatican came to an end last eve- | ning Pope Pius Eleventh emerged from the histcric St. Pe- ters into the famous square before it and blesed a throng of fully 200,000 persons, kneeling before him. In the crowd were 1,000 American | visitors while in the long proces- I sion were numerous American Bish- ops and Prelate: the size of the crowd, went off smoothly. At times there wa e commotion as here and there spectators fainted in the intense heat but temporary Ttalian Red Cross stations quickly carcd for them. | SALVAGE KING OFF T0 ASSIST GOLDENFOREST VICTORI 50 | | July 26.—The | salvage e King left here yesterday afternoon for the | Aleutian Islands to aid the freighter Golden Forest, of the Oceanic Ori- ental Steamship Company. | The Golden Forest was driven ashore on Avatanak Island, Aleu- tian group on Thursday afternoon 'while on her way to meet the cut- 'ter Haida to secure treatment for |the first office ed the scene during Thursday night and refloated the Golden TForest, |and wa ng her to Dutch !Harbor according to latest advices } The Golden Forest, with a cargo harbor. (in service between New York a \ama Canal when completed. American Built Liner Goes to Sea When the 34,000 ton liner “Pennsylvania” slid down the ways at Hampton Roads, Va., the largest commercial steamship ever suffering from| built in America got her initial taste of the waves. Miss Elea- In order to give himself more blood poisoning. The Haida reach-' nor Jane McCarthy, left, christened the giant, shown top, at the far end of the ways, and, below, as the liner lay out in the She is turbo-electric driv OF ASSOCIATED PR[-;SS PRICE TEN CENT; CONDITIONS IN WORLD AR BAD AND NO RELIEF Agricultural Sections, Not Only in U. S. But Entire World, Hard Hit WATER FAMINE IS ALSO PREVAILING Heavy Precipitation in In- dia Has Damaging Ef- fect Upon Crops WASHINGTON, July 26.— | Abnormal drought conditions and excessive heat waves are curtailing crops not only in | the United States but in prac- Itically all agricultural sec- [tions of the world. Hot weathcr and droughts are prevailing in Europe, England, Southern China, Australia, Argentina, West- ern Canada and Northwest and Ceneral New England States. Weather forecasts hold out little hope for relief soon. A water famine situation at Hongkong and drought conditions in the agricultural regions adjacent to Shanghai are reported. , 613 feet long, and will be nd San Francisco via the Pan- andise from San r the Orient, had 12| | feet of water in her hold. A A S i CRIME REIGN 1S INDIGATED {Vengeance by Violouth ‘1 Promised by Hood- lums in Chicago RETIRES AS AR/ WASHINGTON, July 25—The man who was given the job of mas- tering mighty Old Man River X‘L‘-l tires August 7 from the pro sion which brought him naticnal anl international fame. i He js Maj. Gen. Edgar Jadwin, | author of the Mississippi river l'lnncli control plan and one of the most outstanding engineers ever to serve | in the United States army. returns to private life with CHICAGO, 11, JADWIN, FLOOD CONTROL CREATOR, ] July , 26—Ven- of the problem of liquor smuggled|! A i sidd from Canada lies with the United|B°20cc by violence for the State Btates, in the opinion of W.. B,|Attorneys action in: dosing, the Ewler, Minister of National Reve- Chicago dog tracks is predicted by nue |Pat Roche, chief investigator for the State, Attorney’s office | Ewler declared that nearly all}™po.ecaiq ne had direct infor- smuggling was done by United: i 3ta San] 3 imation that hoodlums controlled by States ves and he suggested that i i 4 ¥ Idog track interests, will be turned the most effective means of com- L + S (loose on Chicago for a wave of batting the situation would be re- hombings. and robberies if the city quirement of clearance regulaum\sl i " y on all boats leaving the United ts in the fight against the | persis /i dog racing tracks. States. If this is done, Ewler said| ; ) Canada would /bs quits’ seady tol yAl ORpanE. zepiiled owner af oue consider any further rcasvm'xh]e]u[ the raided tracks, is said to have i 2 sonable oy o half & million dollars yearly measure of cooperation with the| recognition—a promotion to rank of lieutenant general General Jadwin is the first army officer to be retired as lieutenant general since Geen. Nelson A. Miles, the noted Indian fighter. And al- thengh his promotio ted from | distinguished service In construc- | tion of the Panama Canal, ln,tm':’ will record as his st feat the! devising of the Mississippi flood | project. | This has been an unsolved prob- | lem since the founding of the na- tion. The dis: rous flood of 1927 made it imperative that a plan be, ‘ ? Heavy precipitation in In- dia had a damaging effect on Lerops. 3 Australia needs rain badly. The week ending last Wed- nesday was the driest season cn record over the United States. ACCIDENT ON BRITISH SH Six Inch Gun Blows Out— Seventeen Aboard Cruis- er Reported Injured WY ENGINEER'S CHIEP VALETTA, Malta, July 26.—An accident on the British cruiser De- vonshire is stated to have been caused by the blowing out of the cruiser’s new six-inch guns during exercises. The Devonshire is proceeding to transfer the injured to a hospital ship. 1900 and serving as a member of the board which recommended the i United States. from betting. — . —— TAKU RIVER BOATS MADE HERE;PARTIES LEAVING FOR CAMP The Juneau Cabinet and Detail Millwork Co., has been busily en- gaged in building four Ilabbollomi river poling boats for grubstakers and prospectors since the recent strikes made in the Taku country. Three of the boats have already been constructed, and the fourth one is rapidly nearing completion. On July 23, Frank Vincintini left or the Taku region in a 16-foot boat owned by J. J. Connors and James McCloskey. J. Bell, engineer for the Granby Smelti Co., of British Columbia, and Oscar Waterudg, left here to- day for the Taku country in a 20- foot boat belonging to Bell. The Bothello brothers and Hen- | ry Pigg were trying out their new 25-foot boat this afternoon and will leave for the Taku country either late today or tomorrow. The fourth boat, which is now under construction for R. Shep- ard, will upon its completion, head for the Taku country with George Hermann, and E. J. Peterson. T. A. Ashby and J. B. Barns, will leave for the Taku district tomor- row on Capt. Bill neau sometime this afternoon. A. J. Sprague and party, wil leave for the Taku region in the near future and will attempt to make the trip by pack by way of the Atlin watershed and the head- waters of the Tulsequah River. The Thomas Hardware Company outfitted Bell, Hermann and Ashby. Strong’s boat, | | Nakina, which is expected in Ju- gl SIX PRISONERS ARE With- six prisoners to be con- in the local Federal jail, Deputy United States Marshal Wil- liam Schnabel arrived here early this morning from Sitka on the Admiral Rogers. All of his charges jwere recently tried in the United States Commissioner’s Court, at Sitka. Those brought over were: George H. Race, Frank A. Breed, Sergus Malachoff, J. C. Kyle, Fred Nishi and Mrs. B. R. Nishia. All of them were convicted of violating the laska Bone Dry law, and Race and Preed also for violating the Alaska Game Law. - JUDGE BOYLE HURTS KNEECAP IN FALLING Judge Prank A. Boyle, United States Commissioner for the Ju- neau recording precinct, suffered a Islightly fractured kneecap on his ‘right leg this morning. ped on an oiled floor in a corrider at the Courthouse this morning, falling in such a manner as to cause the injury. { Dr. W. J. Pigg, who ’Judge Boyle, said the hurt was not serious "but would keep confined to the hospital for about a week. e attended {will spend the next six weeks in Juneau as the guest of her siste |Mrs. John Newmarker. —————.— .Mowf vehicles registered in Ber- lin numbered 93482 June 1. preparation of a plan for the re- Seventeen men are reported hurt, BROUGHT FROM SITKA | He slip- | him | , Okla,, | formulated to keep the high waters | within the stream'’s banks. Presi- | dent Coolidge put the job squa: on General Jadwin’s shoulders The task was one of infinite de- tail. gathcred over a period of 48 yea but after, a hard fight the plan w: | accepted by Congress in the spring | of 1928. ork was begun shortly | after to insure that no such catas- | trophic inundation as the one of | 1927 ever should recur in the Mis- | sissippi valley. | So, although his varied career had included the supervision of| many tremendous engineering feats, | General Jawin's greatest accom-| plishment remained to be achieved | in the last two years of his service. | A native of Honesdale, Pa., born | August 7, 1865, General Jadwin af- ter his graduation from grade school worked in his father's store for four years He then attended Lafayette College for two years but | went to the military” academy at West Point where he was graduated | in 1890 at the head of his class During the Spanish-American war he was in command of the Ameri-| can troops at Matanzas, Cuba, on the occasion of the transfer of sov- | ereignty from Spain to the United States. | In the World War General Jad-| win was in charge of all the con- struction work of the army’s service of supply in France, He handled important tasks in the building of the Panama Canal | Among other important tasks he directe¢ were the enlargement of Ellis Island, New York Harbor, for an immigration station; the build- ing of the San Pedro breakwater |in California; the reconstruction of the fortifications and jetties of ‘}nalvesmn‘ Tex., after the storm of | | { ;dam. It meant sifting mrormuliun:' . ! fishing banks with 10,500 pounds of | construction of the Muscle Shoals) . seriously, but none are believed dead. PRINCE GEORGE HERE THURSDAY With 201 passengers aboard for Skagway and interior points, the Canadian National Lines steamship Prince George, Capt. Harry Ned- don, arrived in port at 7:45 p. m. yesterday and sailed for Skagway Cudahy |at midnight. It will return here southbound at 1 a. m. Sunday. Passengers arriving here on the steamer were: F. Z. Stewart, Will- iam Cummings, and John M. Holz- 206%, | worth. There were three tour parties on the vessel. The largest of these ——r——— |was a Bontanical Travel Society HALIBUT ARRIVALS |party of 60. A Northwestern tours Two halibut boais arrived in Ju- |Party of 40, and a Hardesty party terday from the halibut|0f 12 were the others. 2 One hundred and four of the halibut | passengers made the trip over Gla- The motor ship Hyperian, Capt. ¢ler Highway to Mendenhall Gla- Oscar Oberg, brought 9,500 pounds |¢ier and Auk Lake, and were de- of halibut which were sold to the lghted with the tour. Alaska Fish Brokerage for 12.30 o b and 8.30. : e St. Louis Robin The gashoat Mabel, ‘apt. Ole - . . Jackson, brought in a 1000-pound | Now in Air Over cargo of halibut which was sold| 300 Hours to the Sah Juan Fishing and Pack- | ing Co,, for 12.60 and 9.25. { ——————— JUDGE D’ARMOND IS HERE | FROM SITKA FOR FEW DAY 2 00 000002000000 TODA STOCK . QUOTATIONS . 9 ees 000000000l NEW YORK, juiy == —Alaska Ju- neau mine stock is quoted today at 5%, American Smelting 110%, American Tobacco A no sale, To- bacco B 176, Bethlehem Steel 1 Continentul Motors 14%, 51, International Paper A 31':, Pa- per B 20%, Mathieson Alkali 61%,: Standard Oil of California Stewart Warner 70%, Texas poration 62%, U. S. Steel Corn Products 110, National Acme | 37%. . ST. LOUIS, Mo,, July 26.— With good flying weather forecast for several days, the e plane St. Louis Robin, pilot- ed by Dale Jackson and - Forrest Borine, is today well past 300 hours and soaring on a record for a sustained flight. of 500 hours as the goal. Judge R. W. DeArmond, United States Commissioner at Sitka, and Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Pioneers’ Home, arrived here this morning on official business. e He will be in the city for several‘o days. evs e eseseevo e |