The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 2, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL XXXIV NO 5I67 JUNEAU ALASKA FRIDAY, AUGUST 2 I929 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PREBS PRICE TEN CENI'S GRAF ZEPPELIN IS MAKING SPEED TOWARDS U.S. BORAH SENATOR THINKS BRITAIN SHOULD CUT NAVY DOWN Foreign Affairs Chairman| Believes British Should Follow U. S. Example BIG NAVY INCENTIVE TO WAR SAYS BORAH If English Would Sink War- ships Parity Would Fol- low, Tax Burden Less WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.—Attain- ment of equality in the naval | strength between the United States and Great Britain through sinking of some British ships, is advocated by United States Senator E. Borah, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Senator Borah's statement was issued 24 hours after he had dis- cussed the general naval strength situation with President Hoover at a White House luncheon. It is not known whether the President knew in advance that Senator Borah was to make the statement on the subject and there is speculation regarding it in of- icial circles. If Great Britain will follow our example at the Washington Con- ference and sink some of her ships, there will come parity. It will not only relieve taxpayers but will re- duce the incentive to war for such huge armaments as now exist with contemplated enlargements are al- ways incentive to war, parity or no parity,” Senator Borah said. - ATTACKS THREE WHEN PROPOSAL IS TURNED DOWN Offer of Marriage Is Re- jected Man Attacks Woman and Children VISALIA, Cal, Aug. 2. — The Sheriff and his deputies have cap- tured Jacob Wilds, aged 55, a me- chanic, accused of having attack- ed Mrs. Ethel Shaw and her two children with a knife and hammer during a jealous rage last night. Wilds was found hiding in packing house and attempted to kill himself as the officers ap- proached, inflicting a deep wound in his side. He was taken to a hospital and his condition is eriti- cal. Wilds admitted the attack, the officers said. Wilds was employed on the woman's ranch. She is a widow and refused his proposal of marriage. e 0000 cvcsccrcoe . TODAY’S STOCK . L4 QUOTATIONS 3 ©ee0e00000000 0 NEW YORK, Aug. 2. — Alaska Juneau mine stock is quoted today at 6, American Tobacco A 179, American Tobacco B 177%, Beth- Ichem Steel 123%, Continental Mot~ ors 13%, Cudahy 51, International Paper A 35%, International Paper B 24, Standard Oil of California 71%, Stewart Warner 72%, U. S. Steel 213%, Corn Products 99%, National Acme 38% — . THE COST COUNTS CHARLOTTE, N. C, Aug. 2—It's the price that counts with “Add” ‘Warren, former University of North Carolina boxing cha@mpion. If his rival holds out for a big purse “Add” figures him to be tough, while the cheap opponent comés under his classification of a set- up. ———————— M. S. Wilson, Alaska representa- tive of Blake, Moffitt and Towne, Seattle wholesale paper dealers, left on the Yukon for Valdez and will cover other western and interior towns before returning to Juncav. William || Colonel’s vae Now» 1 e 1 | ( ; at 3:30 pm. { Summers and Mrs. Sandlin were in { the party ASKS ENGI AND TO SINK SHIPS |GUTTER TAHOE ' HERE THIS P.M, WITH VISITURS. Congressional Subcommlt- tee Arrives Today for Two-Day Visit Here With four members of the House Appropriations Subcommittee for Agriculture, three accompanied by | | their wives, U. 8. Forester Maj. R. || Y. Stuard, Commissioner Charles | H. Flory, Department of Agricul- | | ture, and Asst. District Forester B. F. Heintzleman aboard, the Coast ' Guard Cutter Tahoe arrived in port | today. The Dparty | “was scheduled to remain here over Saturday and Sunday, departing then for Sitka and Western Alaska ports. Members of the Committee are: L. J. Dickinson, Chairman, John W. Summers, John N. Sandlin and James P. Buchanan. It was under- stood that Mrs. Dickinson, Mrs. and that Mr. Buchanan was accompanied by his son. | The official party will he guests ! at an informal reception given by Gov. Parks at the Governor's Man- sion between the hours of 9 and 11 o'clock Saturday evening. It N The reported marriage of Mrs. Rogers, miilionaire oil mag- nate, following the latter’s di- vorce in Holland recently, has cent Rogers, who married and ' divorced Count Salm Hoog- straten, and is now wed to Ar- turo Ramos. Uateruatione! Newsree!) SPEAK-EASIES DEMOLISHED IN LIQUOR RAIDS Half Hundred Places De-, molished—Jail Is Fill- ed with Prisoners YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Aug. 2.— In liquor raids to clean out the steel town of Campbell last night, 50 Enforcements Officers demolish- ed a half hundred speak-easies and arrested proprietors. The officers dumped gallons of whiskey and beer into the gut- ters and filled the Federal building | with prisoners. town and was described by officers as the wettest spot in Ohio. The town is populated principally by workers of the steel mills. ‘Work as the raids went on. At one place 500 workers gathered about the agents jeering and booing them. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Is Now Reported WASHINGTON, Aug. 2—Public Health officials said the Rocky Mountain spotted fever, caused by biting of ticks, had appeared in increasing prevalence and an un- usually high death rate over a con- siderable portion of the Rocky Mountain region. One report re- ceived said 10 cases developed and seven deaths resulted. Normally the mortality varies from 70 to 90 per cent, Basil Miles, above, to H, H.| been confirmed. Col. Rogers is | the father of the former Milli- | Campbell is a suburb of Youngs-| s collected in the streets| was met on its arrival here by a number of representative business |Heads Women s Club. f | — gy Miss Marion McClench of Ann {Arbor, Mich,, is the new presi- dent of tion of Business and Profes-| sional Women'’s Clubs, having been elected at the convention on Mackinac Island, Mich. She iwas one of 200 women who or- eanized the Federation in 1919: the National Federa- (In‘ernational Newsreel) men headed by H. L. Faulkne President of the Chamber of Com- merce. Tomorrow the party will be shown through the Alaska Juneau | mine and mill and taken to other | local points of ~ interest. Sunday ! it will go out over Glacier High- | way on an auto tour, visiting d.my‘ farms, fur ranches and produce farms on the route. | - e - | i PRINCEKAI IS WONDED, | STRAY SHO MYSTERIOUS RIOT STAGED PENITENTIARY One Convict Is Reported Killed—Strictest Secrecy Prevails Within Walls LEAVENWORTH, Kansas, Aug. 2. —Omne convict was killed and sev- eral injured in a riot which broke out in the narcotic block of the Federal Penitentiary yesterday. Former War Lord of Man- i churia Involved in Mys- ! terious - Shooting ) ed Prince Hisen Kali, Pu Yl i sterious circumstances sur- r«»und the affair which Chang claimed was accidental. | Chang's version of the shooting "s that a revolver he was handling |in his upstairs hotel room exploded 4 hitting the Prince who was stand- |ing in the garden below. Prince Hisen Kal is 21 years one > cony "Porlugal Seeks Trade | With Overseas Domain LISBON, Aug. 2. making an effort to increase com- |merce with her colonies and to| ‘emxgmnts to go to the colonles‘; instead of to North and Soutm America. Statistics recently published show |that during the last 20 years com- merce with the colonies has trebled and the Portuguese Government is |trying to stimulate the upward trend. The area of the overseas | dominions is 24 times that of Por- jtugal and their population is 11,- 000,000. ! — Portugal is! SAN FRANCISCAN ON VISIT WITH NEPHEW Harry Cills, San Francisco, ar- irived yesterday for a short visit with his nephew, Marshal Albert White. return south next week. Mr. Cills was formerly connected with the Police Department of San He will| { Anglo Bank of that city. “local fishing resorts, not made public and the, causc he riot has not been definitely de- termine Becoming bluppnm clerk, killed four persons berg, Hudsor { ti United States | sentative, ten skins -offered for sale yester- day by the United States Marshal and his bid was accepted. The mutiny began immediately after lunch when the convicts were { returning Isaid to have followed an attempt to attack Warden Thomas B. White. to their cells and Wi Deputy Warden F. G. Zerbst and TOKYO, Aug. 2—Chang TSung the prison personnel handled the |Chang, former War Lord of Man- ot with the {churia, shot and seriously wound- firing of weapons and breaking rictest secrecy until of cousin of gypeq attracted the attention outside the former boy Emperor of China ) e W Mike ¥i Marlinez, who had served ar of 0 year term, is the eported to have been killed. names of the injured were of The d. EXPLANATION GIVEN WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. — The {Department of Justice announced {that a report from Warden White said due of the institution and lack of work ifor the prisoners. the riot in the prison was to the overcrowded condition —,———— 'Crazed Man Kills Four, Injurys Two, Then Overpowered SPARTANBURG, 8. C,, Aug. 2.— crazed, Earl Robertson, ously injured two others, one of whom is expected to die, ywith a handaxe. overpowered and will be taken to the hos Confisc;ed Alaska Robertson was ital for the jnsane, Furs Sold in Seattle SEATTLE, Aug. 2—Fred Ham- Bay Company repre- bid $1,105 for 55 mar- The skins were shipped out of Fisheries, Francisco, retiring some time ago with the rank of Captain. He is|confiscated by the Post Office De- now connected with the London| He is an enthusiastic fisherman and while here will be taken to Turner Lake and other favorite!head of the shoe department at{the triangle trip to Haines, Skag- | Alaska without permit and were partment. The auction attracted a dozen buyers. Fred Hamberg was for some time Goldstein’s Emporium, CONDITIONS IN WESTERN AREA Conditions Good Except at Karluk River The fishing siuation In areas west of Scutheast Alaska, is very good with the exception of Karluk where there was a failure of the red salmon run, according to Hen- ry O'Malley, U. S. Commissioner of who returned here today after his annual inspection of those il areas, and of the seal fisheries on Pribilof Islands. The seal herds are rapidly ap- proaching 1,000,000 animals. The annual census is now being taken and it is estimated that it will just fall short of that number, the Com- missioner said. Closes One Area One area, Prince William Sound, will be closed four days ahead of the date originally fixed. Orders have been issued shutting off com- mercial salmon fishing in that dis- {trict at 6 am. tomorrow of 6 pm., August 7, the date fixed by the original regulations for the season. “Duc to additional float- ing gear which has been put in use during the present season, it has been necessary to curtail oper- ations in order to provide for a proper escapement to the spawn- ing beds,” declared the Commis- sioner in assigning a cause for the bureau’s action. Bristol Bay, the Alaska Peninsula, the Kodiak Island area with the exception of Karluk were good. Cook Inlet appcared to be below average. Prince William Sound was excellent for the so-called off year. Karluk Situation Forecast The failure of reds in the Karluk River was not unforscen. It was predicted in 1927 by Dr. Charles H. Gilbert and Dr. Millis H. Rich in an official report covering the red salmon runs to the Karluk river, question of whether an over- crowded spawning area would be sastrous to succeeding cycle runs of salmon was discussed at some length. In 1924 there were tre- reds to the Karluk. Many of the fish did not even reach the spawn- ing beds. The lake and river were polluted, with both fish and spawn (The 1926 run of pinks, the next in cycle order, was a failure. Observ- | {ing these conditions, Drs. Gilbert tand Rich, after setting up these facts, said: “If a similar fate befell the 1924 red-salmon eggs we shall have an extremely limited fingerling run jin 1927 and a failure of the run |in 1929.” “The current season has bourne out the prediction of these special- ists. The red run was a failure, but the run of pinks has been fair,” Commissioner O'Malley said. Visits Spawning Beds The Commisioner went in by the way of Iliamna and visited the spawning beds in that area. He crossed on the Iliamna Bay-Iliamna Lake trail. Ten years ago, he said, this was hardly a semblance of a trail. At the present time it is fast approaching a wagon road under the Alaska Road Commis- sion, and will mean much to travel between Cook Inlet and Bering Sea. “The Coast Guard very kindly cooperated with us by taking us from Bristol Bay to Pribilof Is- lands and returning us to Unalaska where the Brant was waiting,” said Commissioner O’Malley. Conditions on the Pribilofs were good. A to- tal of 39,253 skins were taken dur- ing the sealing operations. Addi- tional seals will be taken later this summer for food purposes for the natives which will bring the final taks to approximately 40000 skins, having a value of $1,000.000. Accompanying Commissioner O'Malley here were Dr. C. A. Cram- ton who made the entire trip, and Stanley Osborne who joined them at Cordova. The party will be here until Sunday morning, leaving then for Ketchikan. The Commissioner will spend several days inspecting fisheries in the southern district and return here late next week. T. J. Euwoeve returned on the Queen this morning from making way and Sitka, DECLARED GOOD { O'Malley Finds Fishing| " | Huston, instead | mendous runs of both humpies and, |W ASHINGTON STATE BOY IS WINNER OF EDISON C WEST ORANGE, N. J., Aug. 2 Wilbur Huston, of Port Madison, Washington, has been named win- iner of the Edison competition for in the footsteps of the | follower inventor. ed up on the lawn at the Edison thome in Llewelyn Park as the an- | nouncement was made by Dr. S W. Stratton, President of the Mas- |sachusetts Institute of Technology,| who was chairman of the commit- tee of judges. Dr. Stratton was high in praise of the boys who participated ranged science. from morals, ethics to WINNER IS GRADUATE OF SEATTLE HI SEATTLE, Aug. 2—Wilbur Hus- ton, winner of the Edison compe- tition, is the son of Bishop A. of the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia. He is 16 years of age and the youngest of nine youths to compete in the State finals and Superintendent Show- walter, of Public Instruction, nam- ed him as State representative in the national contest. He graduated from d Seattle high school last iJune. CHINA-RUSSO SETTLEMENT IS PROPOSED Soviet Government An-| nounces Three Drastic Conditions, Solution | MOSCOW, Aug. 2—T Soviet | | Union Government, taking the 1irn(l public notice' of the quasi-official | efforts to reach a peaceful settle- | ment in the Chinese Eastern Rail- way controversy with China, an- nounced three drastic conditions as | a solution of the problem raised | by the Chinese seizure of the rail-| way. | ! The conditions are—liberation of | Soviet workers and Civil | men, in Manchuria by appointment | (of the Soviet Government, including | both the Manager and A: istant | Manager of the disputed rallway,!| SCHOOL | i mediately for negotiating questions | arising out of the conflict. ! In addition it is said that both| ladmit the status of the railway has 1 |been. changed as a result of the seizure, and subject to further change in accordance with the agreements of 1924. - eee — Record Breakers In Air Again for Demonstration | ST. LOUIS, Aug. 2—Dale “Red” Jackson and Forrest Obrine in the St. Louis Robin, took off this morning for Chicago to appear in a refuelling demonstration there late today. Jackson and Obrine re- cently broke all endurance refuelling records by re- maining in the air 420 hours and 21 minutes. Young College Man Is Southwest Wheat King PLAINVIEW, Tex. Aug. 2—One year out of the University of Texas, E. M. Carter, Jr, is undisputed | wheat king of the Southwest. The 21-year-old farmer has har-| vested 6,500 acres of wheat, -and| plans to market more than 185,000 bushels. No other farmer in the; Texas panhandle ever has produced | a crop of such size. When young Carter finished school last year, his father asked him what he wanted to do. The boy expressed a preference ror\ farming, and 10 sectiors .of ranch land were rented so he might “gol to it.” Forty-nine contestants were lin-|E in | & the gruelling examination. Subjects |} Service | - OMPE TITI()N No Mystery Here S': ———" Virginia Lee Corbin, secreen beauty, may have “disappear-| ed” from Los Angeles, as far as her guardian is concerned, but Ted Kroll, New York broker, makes nc secret of the fact that he expects Virginia in his home town because they will be married, he says. SOUTH BEND, Ind, Aug. 2.— !Erection of a $750,000 stadium at and that a conference be called im- (the University of Notre Dame will be under way this fall. Heretofore wooden bleachers have been taxed |by the crowds that trek here to {China and Russia have agreed t0|cee the famous Rockne teams in| action, HITTING RAPID CLIP, SPEEDING OVER HIGH SEA German Airship Making Good Time on Flight to Lakehurst, N. J. HEADWINDS SLACKEN SPEED OVER FRANCE Weather Reports Indicate Splendid Flying Weath- r Enroute to U. S. FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, Aug. 2—The Graf Zeppelin is hit- ting a rapid clip as she sped across the Atlantic Ocean on her second voyage to the United States. At 7:30 o'clock this morning, Eastern Standard time, the Graf was re- ported by the radio station at Cnsa Blance, Morocco, as being 600 mils west of Gibraltar. She was then headed toward the Azores but it is not certain whether she will pass over them or skirt them on & northwesterly course. The last previous report at 2 o'clock this morning was when the airship was west of Gibraltar and reported the weather conditions as good. Tn covering this leg of the flight the Graf averaged from 65 to 70 miles an hour. The Zeppelin encountered head- winds over France and parts of the Mediferranean but began to pick up speed as soon as she reached the Atlantic. She has still 3,000 miles yet to go. GOOD FLYING WEATHER WASHINGTON, Aug. 2—Wecath- _|er Bureau officials said the high pressure area extended. from the Spanish Coast southwestward to south of the Azores and thence westward to Bermuda which indi- cate good flying weather for the {Graf Zeppelin. - e e —— One Hundred Million Dollar Holding Firm For Dollar Concerns SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Aug. 2.— Stockholders of the Dollar Steam- ship Line today voted to incor- porate a $100,000,000 holding com- pany to be known as the Dollar Steamship Lines, Ltd., Inc. R. Stanley Dollar, Vice-Presi- |dent and General Manager of the Dollar Steamship Line, said 3,600,- 000 shares, no par value stock wiil be issued. There will be no public toffering of stock at this time, Dol- lar said. -BOAT CHIEF BACK TO NATION HE STARTLED BY TRIP IN 1916 NEW YORK, Aug. 2.—Back lni war-torn world found its; 1916, a attention temporarily diverted from the European conflict by word that a giant submarime with a valuable e |cargo in its hold had successfully | British naval blockade ' eluded the to complete its maiden visit to the United States. At the helm of the submersible Deutschland when its pecan-like steel shell came to anchor off Bal- timore to surprise the world, was Capt. Paul Koenig. Now he has returned to America’s shores on the maiden voyage of Germany's new- st pride of the sea—the 8. 8. Bremen. In the less active role of an ex- ecutive of the North German Lloyd company, the veteran Teuton skip- | per has come as a visitor to Ameri- ca, still voluble in his praise of the creative ability of the ship-build- ;iers of the Fatherland. Bremen, proud old Hanseatic city rich in traditions of the sea, from which Captain Koenig hails, con- ceived both the Deutschland. and the Bremen. In contrast to the secrecy which surrounded the progress of his voy- age in 1916, necessitated by the exigencies of war, Captain Koenig has come back to the scene of his triumph with the progress of the fast liner known to the world. Both the old and the new world were startled by an achievement of the Deutschland when it ar- rived at Baltimore, July 10, 1916, to write an epoch in maritime com- merce. Germany, suffering from the blows dealt its commerce by the enemy blockade, was jubilant. The Allies minimized it as only a | spectacular feat which could have [no military effect. American, still viewing Germany through friendly eyes, was stirred by the visit. A $1,000,000 cargo of dyestuffs for an eager American market was the evidence of its peaceful mission the submarine brought to the Unit- ed States. Leaving Bremen, it had tied up at Heligoland for eight days to throw the enemy off its tracks. Then it had literally nosed its way beneath the scores of armed British war craft which patrolled the North Sea and English channel Running the gauntlet to survive the menace of British guns, the merchant sub- marine steamed across the At- lantic. Twice the submarine repeated lts feat, bringing German merchan- dise. Both in peacetime and war, the sea has held Captain Koenig. Be- fore the World War he was master of the German steamship Neckar, and posi-bellum days found him again on the deck of a steamship— the S. S. Columbus. Since then he has retired to the quiet of the executive offices of the North Ger- man Lloyd company.