The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 3, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIV., NO. 5168. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1929, FARMER IS SHOT AND KILL PRICE TEN CENTS BY PROHIBITION RAIDERS , COMMITTEE 1§ HERE TO STUDY ALASKANEEDS Chairman Dickinson Out- lines Purpose of Commit- tee’s Alaska Visit To get personally acquainted with the needs of Alaska for certain Federal activities for which Con- gress is called on annually to make appropriations is the main purpose of the present visit of the House Appropriations Subcommittee for Agriculture, it was announced to- day by Representative L. J. Dickin- son, Iowa, Chairman of the Sub- committee. “We want to know your needs, and determine their ex- tent, for forest roads and trails and agricultural aids,” he said. With Chairman Dickinson are | Representatives John W. Summers of Washington, John N. Sandlin of | Louisiana, and James P. Buchanan, | of Texas. Mrs. Dickinson, Mrs. Summers and daughter Miss Jean, and James P. Buchanan, Jr., are accompanying the party. William A. Duvall is secretary to the Com-, mittee. The fifth member of the Subcommittee, Edward H. Wason of New Hampshire, was unable to make the trip owing to illness. Chief Forester Maj. R .Y. Stuart is also a member of the party which | is accompanied by Commissioner‘l Charles H. Flory. Covers Wide Field The Subcommittee for Agriculture passes upon all items for npproprla—' tions submitted to Congress by the | Department of Agriculture, Chair- man Dickinson pointed out. Aj number of Alaska activities are in-| cluded every year in these esti- mates, Forest trails and roads,| o . road projects financed as Fed- eral Road Aid projects, National Forest administration, Agricultural Experiment Stations, the Weather Bureau, Bureau of Public Roads, Biological Survey, all maintain branches in the Territory and one | or two other departmental agencies such as the Bureau of Animal In- dustry and the Food, Drug and In- Secticide Administration have Alas- | ka functions. i All of these require appropria-| tions annually from Congress to| carry on their work. It is to get, first-hand information about the | work, its scope and relationship to the Territory’s development and prosperity that the Subcommittee is making the trip. Impressed With Resources public. af the United States lines 'AIMEE McPHERSON CHARTERS SHIP)| tor the purpose of conducting a cruise of her followers to the Holy Land next spring, Mrs. McPherson h: She Is signing the contract in the presence of G. C. Gaede | BUREAU BACKS LOCAL OFFICE IN PULP DRIVE Chief Forester Stuart Says Washington Is Support- ing Flory’s Efforts The U. S. Forest Service is en- | | tirely in sympathy with the drive of the District Office in Alaska to | establish the pulp and paper mani- facturing industry Lcre on a frofit- able and permanent basis, declared | Maj. R. Y. Stuart, Chief Forester who is now making his first visit It,o the Territory. He arrived yes- | terday on the Coast Guard Cutter Tahoe, accompanying the Congres- sional party. “We are absolutely back of the |work of the Forest Service in Alacka in its undertaking to bring |capital here for the same develop- Associated Press Photo | chartered the liner Re- “Purchase BRAF ZEPPELIN 1S DUE IN U. . Big Ship Progressing Stead- ily on Ocean Flight— Picks Up Speed NEW YORK, Aug. 3.—The Graf Zeppelin, two and one-half days out, is today far over the Western gress although several radio mes- sages from the ship gave slightly varying positions about the same time. It appears the Zeppelin was about 425 miles southwest of the Azores at 4 o'clock this morning, Eastern Standard time, with still about 1750 miles to travel on a direct line or 2,000 miles allowing for deviations. Radio advices indicated that Dr. Hugo Eckener expected to reach Lakehurst Sunday afternoon. The ship averaged 45 miles an Search for Painting Practically Abandoned LATE SUNDAY, Atlantic ocean making steady pro- | ~;ment of your forests and will aid |in the effort in every way possible,” Maj. Stuart said. And he is hope- ful that these efforts will be crown- ed with success in the near future. He sees a fine field here for the industry. Timber and water power ,resources are so located as to offer |an unusually attractive proposition and opportunity for those who are WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.—After interested in such enterprises. carching eight years for the fa-| Maj. Stuart is interested in mat= mous painting the “Purchase of ters of Forest administration. It Alaska,” by the noted German ar- js the policy of the Forest Servics, tist Emanucl Leutze, Delegate he said, to give local officers, par- Sutherland has about despaired of tjcularly in Alaska, jurisdiction over finding it through the art couec“matwrs arising’ within the distriet, tors. ;mcmmxng action and obviating de- Delegate Sutherland sought the jays that might be encountered if picture, which was painted in 1881,'jt were necessary to have them’ to present to the people of his ter-, passed on from Washington. ritory as it was the only original js the desire of the Forest Service, canvas of the drafting of the treaty he said, to give Alaskans real serv-! which resulted in the transfer of jee to help the Territory grow, and ! ; Russian-America to ‘the Uniced‘“ believes it is proceeding m' States. Tt is one of the last great jines best suited to do this. | |works of the artist who depicted| . of Alaska” i Sy many other outstanding histori-' 4 cal events in this and other coun- LURE UF FHEE H | Crossing the Delaware,” “Emanc:-i Queen,” and “Westward, Ho.” ! IcE GREAM IS For many years the “Purchase! the palatial grill room of the long- | since demolished Riggs Hotel, near | was demolished to make room for 4 ‘Accident Causes Fatal The painting is said to have beerr| 10 feet long by eight feet high. It' A dren—Police Hunt Man had been made by another amst; S and reproductions have been Ob-, TRENTON, N. J., Aug. 3—Taced tries. He painted “Washington pation,” “Columbus Before the ] i | of Alaska” hung above the bar in! DEATH FUH flNE the Treasury Building. = The hotel | R a theatre. Burns to Score of Chil- disappeared, but fortunately a copy | tained from this. lon by the hope of free ice cream, It Millions Service “Buds” Await Their Winter Debut Of the yearly crop of Washington debutantes, who count the tion. Among the service debs who will make their debut next winter (center), Elizabeth Murray (left) and Mary Henry. WASHINGTON, Aug. 8—*“Service buds,” as debutantes of the Army and Navy set are known, have no trouble getting plenty of men for their parties, despite the dearth of male ‘eseorts which causes a per< plexing problem for other social| circles. In Washington, where the ratio |of women to men is said to be 16 |to 1, eligible men are at a premium. I Society hostesses welcome the holi- day season when cadets and mid- shipmen are in the city. They make the “deb” parties a success. The “service bud” has none of {these worries. She can always !count on young captains and lieu- tenants as partners for her girl guests. A number of attractive girls of the Army and Navy set will make their debuts next season. One of | the most popular is Miss Mary Hen- | ry, daughter of Col. and Mrs. Guy V. Henry. Col. Henry is com- Missing, Man Dismissed from , All Activities ROME, Aug. 3.—Ernesto Bellons, former Mayor of Milan, one of Italy’s finan- eial experts at the Peace Conference in 1919 and Rep- arations Debt Conferences later, has been dismissed from every political and pub- lic activity by Premier Mus- solini. Millions of lire are said to be missing from a loan of $30,000,000 made to the city of Milan by Dillon, Read and Company, New York bankers. ® 008 00000 — e — e e summer months as important in ipreparing for the winter debut, the “service set”—daughters of army and navy folk—form a colorful see- are Franeces Virginia Waggaman Liner Stops in Mid-Ocean W hile Woman Operated I/pon R N SOUTHAMPTON, England, Aug. 3.—The liner Leviathan stopped dead on her east- bound trip for nearly an hour in mid-ocean while Mrs. Fred Britten, wife of the Chairman of the House Naval Affairs Committee, underwent an emergency o} eration for append iticis. This was learned when the liner docked here this fore- noon. Mrs. Britten suddently be- came ill and physicians d cided an immediate oper tion was neeessary and the liner was stcpped, The op- eration required 52 minutes. FEDERAL AGENT MURDERS TEXAN, LATTER'S FARM {Claims Bullet Fired from Rifle Was Accident, Caused by Stumbling MAN TOLD TO “COME OUT” AND AIMS GUN Deputy Administrator Sent to Scene to Make Investigation | | i | POTEET, Tex Aug. 3. — Tom Chandler, 43 years, was shot and killed by Charles Stevens, Federal Prohibition Agent, in a liquor raid on the Chandler farm, near here, yesterday. The officer claimed the shooting was accidental. Stevens, who accompanied F. H. Hertzel, another agent, Andy Ame- son, City Marshal, and Robert Loyye, said Chandler was on the front porch of his house when the officers approached. The officers said they called to Chandler: ‘We are Federal Prohibi- tion Agents. Come out here.” Chandler, Stevens said, selwed a gun, on a cot, and pointed it toward the officers. The officers started to rush the farmer and Stevens tally fired his rifle when he stumbled. The bullet penetrated Chandler’s heart. b The officers found & barrels of mash, 28 0 whiskey and a quantity of beer. George Hammons, Deputy Dis- trict Prohibition Administrator, came here last. night. from San Antonio to Investigate the sidying. CHARGED WITH POISONING HIS - LITTLE NiEGE ‘Man Gave Poisoned Candy to Wife Who' Passed it on to Children 19 of The members, Chairman chkm-ih"“r during the night but picked mandant at Fort Myer, a cavalry ———————.—— OTTAWA, Kans, Aug. 3—Ray —_—————— ! Pennibaker, aged 22 years, a farm YOUNG HUSTON | jone child was burned to death son said, are impressed with the | UP speed considerably, averaging post in Virginia near Washington. resources of the national forest in|70 Miles an hour this morning. this district.. He expressed its in-| terest in the possibilities for de- velopment of the pulp and paper| . manufacturing industry locally. In this, he believed, is contained the most promising source of immedi- The Graf is on a course to carry her north of the Bermudas on a bee line from Gibraltar, with the possibility she will make her Am- erican landfall in the neighborhood of Norfolk, Virginia, then swing northward as she did on the last when the gasoline tank of a wrecked ice cream truck exploded. John Numa, aged 5 years, died in a hospital a few minutes after the explosion as the result of se- ,vere burns. Six other children are E. BERLINER |in serious condition. More than a score were permitted to go to taeir jand a number -seriously injured | | Miss Henry is a graduate of the| exclusive Holton Arms school. She | is an expert horsewoman and rode | in the society circus recently. | Miss Frances Virginia Waggaman, | daughter of Major and Mrs. Ennalls | ‘Waggaman, is spending the sum- | EXPLAINS HIS FUTURE PLANS mer travelling in China prior to MOTHER OF 3 IS SUICIDE ;hnnd, is in jail today charged with the murder of his niece Eiva Barns, iaged six, who died after eating a candy bar in which ‘it is alleged /he placed poison and gave to his |wife. Hie wife told the coroner's {Jury her husband gave her the 1l:nndy before she came here to tee development of another Atable,.mp year-long industry. i | During the day the Graf began Yesterday the Subcommittee vis-“‘o get in touch with American WRANGELL, Alaskd, Aug. 3.— visit her sister. She divided the George Sumption, aged 24:candy among her sister's children years, wife of the President of the and shortly after Elva had ecaten WASHINGTON. Aug. 3. — Emile homes after treatment in hospitals NEW YORK, Aug. 3—A labora-| | Berliner, inventor, died today at gnq at the scene of the wreck. tory chemist is the goal of Wilbur her debut December 24 at a grand 1 Mrs, ball. ited Snettisham Inlet and Wasi.gi; stations frequently. All re- shown the Speel River power group 'norts indicated the passengers, es- his home here. He had been ill; nine days as the result of an apo- The truck upset as the driver attempted to make a sharp turn! held under a preliminary develop-' ment permit by the Cnmeron-! Chandler syndicate of California. It heard of the developments plan- ned there and of the projected pa- per manufacturing plant with keen interest. Making Local Contacts Much is heard in Congress on oc- | casions about Alaska being so! . remotely located from ‘Washington. | luck of definite local knowledge and interest, said the Chairman. Part of the mission of the Subcommittee is to make local contacts, to get closer in touch with Alaskans and| Alaska affairs, to be free of such; criticisms, said Chairman Dickin- | { pecially the Americans, were par- ticularly enthusiastic. 2 ARE SLAIN: BODIES FOUND AMNISTON, Alabama, Aug. 3.— W. C. Gallahair, taxi-driver, and Mrs. Lucy Wilkerson were found slain this morning ¥2 miles from here. Gallahair had apparently been plectic stroke but rallied slightly. to avoid a collision. A crowd com- A relapse yesterday resulted in his posed mostly of children attracted death today. He was 79 years of py the spilled ice cream, gathered age. jaround the truck while a wrecking crew worked over the vehicle. An With the telephone transmitter ynidentified man removed the cap and the disc-record talking ma- from a gasoline tank and the fuel chine already to the credit of his flowed over the motor which ex- inventive genius, Emile Berliner pjoded showering the flaming liquid in his later years was associated gver the crowd. with his son Henry in an advisory | capacity for the development of the helicopter—an aircraft capable, Kmnn who released the gasoline. The police are looking for the —eo—— Brotherton Huston, of the State of Washington, who won the Edison National Scholarship contest. “I have chosen chemical engi- neering because I believe that that field of science, more than electric- ity or any other, offers the great- est opportunity. When finished I hope to conduct research work in the laboratory. I will let the fu- ture determine what particular phase of chemistry I will devote my attention to,” said the 16-year- Miss Elizabeth Murray, another “gservice bud,” is the daughter of Col. and Mrs. Peter Murray. — e PRINGE DIES FROM WOUND Reliance Shrimp Cannery, commit- ted suicide Thursday afternoon by taking lysol. She leaves three: small children, the youngest eleven weeks old. Despondency over is ill health® | thought to have brought on tem- On June 1. | porary insanity. | —— e —— TRUCK CATCHES FIRE i The Frye-Bruhn delivery truck) caught fire on lower Front streetl her part, she died. Another child was made extremely ill. Dr. Ray Brewster, University of Kansas, said he found a quantity |of poison in the girl's stomach. The . Pennibaker's were married Pennibaker’s first wife died in November, 1927, five months after marriage.. Her death was In- vestigated but no inquest was held. ————— Thirty-five shell mounds and an Hisen Kai Passes Away as| Result of Bullet—No old boy. Young Euston scofied ar the idea that anyone could qualify to carry about 10 a.m. today, calling out the cld cave occupied by an ancient department. The blaze was ex- tribe of Indians have been un- |unguished with hand chemicals earthed in Monterey County, Cali- of rising straight up from lhe'HEPUBl.IcAN i Born at Hanover, Germany, May 20, 1851, Mr. Berliner graduated from Samson School, Wolfnbuttel, |beaten to death with an axe and son. {the woman had been shot twice, Members have met many Alas- kans since they reached the Terri-{ tory. In stops at Ketchikan, Wran- | gell, Petersburg and here they have met and discussed conditions with business leaders. Today they visited the Navy's Alaska Aerial Expedition, the Alas- ka Juneau mill, and tomorrow they will visit various places on Glacier Highway. In the work of the (Continued on Page Eight) | once through' the heart and once through the head. Officers are of the opinion that both were murdered and had been dead for 12 hours. When found the bodies were about a mile from the highway. ———eo Johnny Hodapp handled 16 chances without an error in a game Cleveland played with the ‘Yankees. 14-YEAR-OLD BOY BECOMES ADDICTED TO INHALING GASOLINE FUMES FROM WHICH HE BECOMES PERFECTLY JAGGED WILMAR, Minn, Aug. 3.—The case of a 14-year-old boy who be- ceme addicted to the inhaling of gasoline fumes from which he be- came intoxicated, is revealed by medical experts of the State Hos- pital for Inebriates. The youth told the physicians that reaction to fumes was similar to that following several drinks of whiskey. The boy is confined to his bed for observation. No specific cure is known for the habit, the doctors ssid the only method being to convince the boy the practice is morally wrong. in 1865, and came to the United States five years later. He married Cora Adler of Washington in 1881. They had three sons and three daughters. - o Red Cross Offers A}ifi-G&s Rewards | GENEVA, August 3—The Red Cross is out wiis: its big guns to ban gas warfare. One of its big guns is propagan- da, education of the public to the dangers of chemical warfare. Prize competitions will be opened amongst industries and specialists of all countries, with the goal of securing increased protection for civilian populations. One will call for the invention of the best gas- mask. Another is for the best means of recognizing the presence of that specially dangerous element known as mustard-gas. The mustard gas competition opened this month, with a prize in Swiss france equivalent to $1,925. COMMITTEE on the work of Thomas A. Edison when he lays aside his tools. ——————— KETCHIKAN ARRIVED MEETS SOON! searrie Last nicur Work Expected to Issue! Call to Select Chairman —Huston Is Slated WASHINGTON, Aug. 3—Chair- man Hubert Work is expected to call the Republican National Com-~ mittee to meet in Washington in September to select a successor to himself and act on other shifts re- garded likely. Word is being passed around in | political circles, with speculation|Passengers on the seaplane. Robert | centering more firmly about Claud-| ius Huston, of Tennessee, as the. ship. % Statements of Serator Moses, of New Hampshire, and New England members of the Committee, indi- cated favoring Huston and sup-|Juneau in the Ketchikan tomor- 70%, porting the gossip to the effect he row, arriving here tomorrow eve- Steel 215, Corn Products 98'%, Na-| has a clear majority. TO RETURN SUNDAY Beattle, arrived at its destination Arrests Made TOKYO, Aug. 3.—Prince Hisen) |Kai, cousin of the former boy {Emperor of China Pu Yi, died| [last night from wounds of a pistol ifired by Chang Tsung Chang, for- |mer War Lord of Manchuria. Auth- lorities are investigating the acci- |dent story. No arrests have been | made. Chang's version of the shooting | The Alaska Washington Airways is that a revolver he was handling "¢ Bg {seaplane Ketchikan, piloted by Ans-|in his upstairs hotel room exploded §raduate course in internationa lcel Eckmann, which left here at|{and a bullet hit the Prince whoProblems within the venerable hall '5 oclock yesterday morning for!was standing in the garden below.|of Williams college. e — without damaging the car fornia. WILLIAMS INSTITUTE TO STUDY WORLD ECONOM WILLIAMSTOWN; Mass., Aug. 3 —A general study of world eco {nomic stabilization is being under | taken by some of the nation’s lead lers in politics, business, profession arts taking a month's post The occasion is the ninth Insti Inst evening, according to 2 Cable[e o o 0 @ ® & 0 ® @ & o & o|lute Of Politics, conceived by Dr (received by Larry Parks, Juneau!g representative of the company. Dr. Robert Simpson and his son, Robert Simpson Jr., were Seattle TODAY'S STOCK . |® QUOTATIONS ° e 00 0ecs00cccoe NEW YORK, Aug. 3.—Alaska Harry A. Gareld, president of Wil |llams collége, who is chariman | The sessions started August 1 anc } jends August 29, during which con | sideration is being given to such Simpson is the youngest person t0 juneau mine stock is quoted wdnyvproblems as inter-allied debts, re- make the flight from Juneau t0 at 6, American Tobacco A 177%,|Parations, armament limitation, out- \probable choice for the Chairman-|Seattle, and was particularly thrill- American Tobacco B 179, Bethle- ‘look for British industry and the ed at the trip as it is the first'hem Steel 123%, Continental Mot- |Constitutional changes that hav was four and a half years old. Mr. Eckmann plans to return to B 23%, Standard Oil of Camomia! ning, according to the dispatch. 'Paper A 36%, International Paper Stewart Warner 727%, U. S. tional Acme 37%. f;time He has been south since he ors 13%, Cudahy 55%, International been wrought in Europe, since thu | war, Many of the subjects will be de- veloped through addresses by in- ternational figures and the solu- tion of others will be promoted IC STABILIZATION hrough round table discussions. It vas the thought that discussion rould aid solution of many of the vorld’s problems that led to the stablishment of the institute by or. Garfield after the close of the WNorld War. B Speakers from foreign lands will nclude Dr. Willlam E. Rappard, jeneva, member of the mandates ommission; Paul Mantoux, director f the post graduate institute of nternational Studies; Prof. T. E. Gregory, London; Count Giovanni Ilia, of Rome, fascist naval expert ind inventor of the depth bomb, ind M. Andre Siegfried of Paris, *conomic expert of the French for- *ign office. As in the past, the institute is 'xpected to draw an attendance of 200 or 300 from the ranks of the nation’s college professors, clergy- men, diplomats, business and serv- ice officers.