The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 9, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIV., NO. 5173. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1929. TARIFF DEBATE T0 BE DELAYED BY US. SENATE Postponement of Two Weeks Decided Upon by Leaders of Two Parties WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—The Re- publican and Democratic Party‘ leaders of the Senate have decided | on a two-weeks' postponement, un- | til September 3, for the beginning | of the Senate’s consideration of the | ; tariff. When the Senate convenes about August 19, it will recess over three- day periods until September 3 when the Republican members of th: Finance Committee will have the House tariff measure in shape for floor discussious. The Republican leaders today reached a definite conclusion that it will be bill ready at an earlier date. — e —— U. OF OREGON SUMMER SCHOOL HERE MONDAY Officers and Faculty Mem- bers and Students of Oregon Coming One of the most unique excursi parties ever to visit Alaska and one with a distinguished personnel will arrive in Juneau Monday when th Bitcr Soiies 10 ith W litee SuslS LOS ANGE ° ® |necessary, if this condition contin- & BI ths hutty o “a& Y v.bv}' 9 Por tive o! e mundwm :.hn;; dead w noa e J;ms. to :xn«;n this particular area 4 & . itios o |® crowd of striking grave digs ® |for a period of years to permit it Uriversity of Oregon and scores|® shot and critically wounded e . e & 4 Of ST s&uden[t’s. «+ The ervise.® Ceorge Engell, lunch stand .‘Drunken Oflxcer Starts DIS-‘O gers charged a bus load of e |to rehabilitate itself: is a part of tne summer session of | ® proprietor, last night. o lLll‘l?&flCC and IS Kl“- Sucaliomyaneire l'l(’.'ll' i C‘.‘.l- s Closing Down Karluk that great educational institution.[® “Give me a cup of coffee,” o | SRRy Sy, | feey N The Karluk River fishery will be The wives of most of the members|® demanded the stranger. e ed on SPOt i‘ foog - Oncier il e N closed tm ke 1 l?.fly “lf % of the faculty and staff of the(® Engell complied with the L il {2 (yhs lchied The DORCE sPclie lv‘r}( hiing st o v b o University will accompany their|® Tequest. ¢| CHICAGO, Aug. 9.—Chief of Po-|® he was shot by Philip Nun- e ;€ beginning at 6 pm. tomorrow T {® “Now try and get your @ jice Theodore Schutte, aged 45, of |® ziato, foreman of the ceme- e |fOr the remainder of the season, it Vice-President Burt Brown Bar-|® Dickel” the man encered. ® Eimwood Park, a suburb, was shot|® tery who was on the bus . e L TR, Ator e ker, Exccutive Secretary Karl w.|® Engell reached for the cup ® iand killed by County Highway Po-|® With the strikebreakers. Nun- e |duc to the shortage of red salmon Onthank and Prof. W. G. Beatty, in|® t0_take it back. ® llice, who had been summoned to|® @ato started firing into the e fand to intensive fishing for the charge of the extension work ana|® _ The stranger pulled a gun gupiress o disturbance in a road-|® crowd, the Police said, when ® |('1” ADEr. Erades wiych has been oon- A |® and fired, the bullet enter- e acteea 5 oir | ® bricks and stones were hurl- e |ducted in that section. JENLE s ge e aPnol At | O ahuslls. stamihin | House _nciong (W shevet Lo, Sugh) © d at the bus. Between 600 e! Coming to the relief of fox farm- 4 y th 0 “la. Engell wai taken, sold WP Bl U 4 L | ) il tha geethe o |Commissioner is opening an area Charles N. Reynolds, member of the | s = g d He threatened the High- on the lower er f Cook Inle theulty of Stanford University, Pol had little chance of recov- ®\w Policemen. when they. entersd | ® . pRhe 7 ¢ ]d,’,)\ Cvn“ n Lt..fflr i o y e cry. B st 0 0 D G wil Gl s @ wiebeal seines. This will permit Mrs, Reynolds are guests of the . jvhe roa ‘i X ¢ e the silver fox ranchers to take sal- University of Oregon faculty. Camp-|o o ¢ g g 6 06 06 0 0 o o o ol Eight Highway Police answered mon for feed for their stock. bell Churéh, Oregon capitalist, and | the call. When they entered the Mrs. Church, are members of the official party. Prof. Beatty is a former resident of Juneau. He was the predecessor of Charles W. Hawkesworth as Superintendent of Southeast Alaska for the Bureau ol Hducation. Other members of the faculty of the University of Oregon who will be with the party are: George God- frey, Assistant Dean of the School of Journalism; Dr. Warren D. Smith, Dean of Geology; Prof. Al- bert Sweetser, Dean of Botany; " Prof. Nowland B. Zane, professor of designs; Miss Wilmot Osborne, Ad- viser of Women; Dr. Duncan J. Spaeth, Mrs. Rose Stacks and oth- ers. Mrs. Stacks is a cousin of Mrs. Harold Smith of this city. The Full List A complete roster of the excursion follows: Mr. and Mrs. Karl W. Onthank, Mr. and Mrs. Campbell Church Jr. Elizabeth Lynn, Adelaide Church, Izelle Dibblee, Blanche Jones, Grace Sweeney, Laura Frantz, Wylfa Sul- livan, Ruth Burrows, Agnes B. Clip- pinger, Ethel J. Holland, Opal F. Hadley, Wilma G. Harrison, Verl Freyburger, Mary 8. Richardson, Charlotte M. Spalding, Doris Braat, Ruth Stivers, Fannie King, Walter Norblad, Harper Barnard, Mr. and Mrs. George H. Godfrey, Madeline Gilbert, Wanda Lesley, Dr. and Mrs. Charles N. Reynolds. Mrs. Amelia G. Alward, Carmen Dolores Alward, Margaret E. O'Lea- 1y, Mary Sigman, Sadie Havely, Mrs. J. K. Havely, Tennie Coffey, Fiorence Wren, Leafie Craig, Lola Craig, Fern White, Vera Peterson, Howard A. King, Jaunita Jenkins, Ida Marie Stroda, Mrs. Alicia Wali, Mrs. Laura S. Barry, Helene Oates, Harriette Holland, Dr. and Mrs. Warren D. Smith, Mr. Nowland B. Zane. Janet C. Arnold, Leila Howe, Mrs. Henrietta L. Short, Lotta D. Perry, Gladys Morden, Gladys B. Angier, Lily B. Hoard, Mrs. Lucile Cantrell, Mrs. Minnie Hodgin, Mrs. Omeg, Mella White, Ruby Evans, Myrtle Burnham, Mr. and Mrs. Al- bert Sweetser, Elizabeth Knight, Louise-Knight, Mildred Miller, Edna Fery, Dorothy Cushman, Jean Mil- lican, Ruth Taylor, Pearl Krause, impossible to have the | and Mrs.| Lora! SOVIET PLANE IN TRANS-PACIFIC ATTEMPT | | 1 | DMITRY FUFAEV, Moscow yesierday on a firip to Ne and down the | | “STRANA SOVEITOV” e o P b SEMEN SHESTAKOV, | Above are three of the five aviators aboard the airplane “Land of Soviets” which hopped off from' w York Ci coast to Seattle and San Francisco via Sberia and Alaska, NOVISBIRSK, Aug. 9—The Soviet plane | It intended to reach Khabarivsk, on the Amur Riy but the machine | reasons. land:d here at noon after a three-hour flight from Omsk BORIS STERINGOV. stopping at Dutch Harbor, Alaska,; thence cast to Chicago and New was landed for (l'chnitnl1 Five Cents Is Cause of Fatal Shooting | Charlotte Hilts, Melba Laramore, | Mrs. Rose J. Stacks, Sclma Stals- ‘b(‘rg, Mrs. Burt Brown Barker, Bar- bara Barker, Burt Brown Barker, |Richard Clive Meares, Catherine [S. Olson, Mrs. Edith Balbe, Mrs |Beatrice L. Young, Sylvia Spring- |steen, Ruth Cochran, Stella Milli- can, Saima Lindros, Pauline Chase Aileen PBarker, Anna Kirchgater, Julia G. Sweet, W. Madge McKel- {lips, Florence Nelligan, Ethel Crame, | Innis Carroll, Maude Young, Aleen | Berlin, C. Evelyn Elder, Winifred | Andrews. | Flossie Perce, Helen E. Whitcomb, | Sarah E. Davis, Jessie Whyte, Syl- | via Stuart, Marion Pennington, Hel- 'EEH Shields, Isabelle Nash, RuthJ | Stram, Gladys Lee, Pearl Hall, Dr.| | Wilmoth Osborne, Mr. and Mrs. | W. G. Beattie, Mr. and Mrs. Mar- | *|ion McClain, Lela Tieldeman, Phyl- '|lis Tiedeman, Vesta D. Cushman, (Florence Sisk, Bess Young, Mar- {garef Allen, Mrs. Flora S. Allen, |Edythe M. Peters, Lulu Dale, Dr. {and Mrs. J. Duncan Spaeth, Mildred ;Primz. Gladys Printz, Martha Hef- Goldie L. Jones, Eunice Blodgett, ‘| Irene Rogers, La Von Allen, Mary | A. Donaldson, Oma Belle Emmons, | Inez Vivian Harper, Lowry Hughes, !Gertrude Wildung, Elizabeth Duche- min, Regina Davault, Golda Krull, Leoceda Ley, Irene Quimby, Grace Harvilla H. Merrill, Mabel Brother- ton, Mary E. Burnham, Ranita Dip- po, Agnes E. Nold. Mabel F. Colvin, Inez Friend, Iona Ruth Harriman, Beatrice H. Farnham, Nelda S. Riggs, Leola /M. Croco, Elsa Smith, Beth Part- ridge, Hilda A. J. Olston, Dewey Dee, George K. Lowe, and James A. Mullins. | — 20000000 rececae . HALIBUT PRICES . 00 eecec0es0 oo SEATTLE, Aug. 9.—Seven ves- sels arrived here Thursday and sold cargoes totaling 45,000 pounds for 13 and 17% cents. POLICE CHIFF | 1S SHOT DOWN I roadhouse they found a score of imcn and women guests huddled in ,one end of the dining rocm. As | ithey entered, Schutte, who had a, | revolver, stepped from a side mmnvl |He raised the weapon toward the | olice but a volley of shots felled | Grave Diggers On Strike; Riot Takes Plac NEW YORK, Aug. 9.—-On2 NEW AIRPLANE COMING NORTH {him before he could fire. Six Passenger Plane in Se- William Lescum, owner of the roadhouse, said Schutte frequently | ame into. the place drunk and cre- |ated disturbances. During last !night he entered again, fired a bul- let into the floor and herded the | guests into the end of the dining room. Lescun then summoned the Police. | 'Riflns to Be Taken Away from Some Dry Agents WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—Prohi- bition Commissioner Doran said to- | {day he is preparing to bar the use | |of rifles by agents in several com- | munities. No change is contem- | iplated in sparsely settled districts | ner, Mae Gittens, Ann Green, Mrs. | Where rifles are necessary \for pro- |/ | tection. | Commissioner Doran said no gen- | leral order will be issued but he | {will discuss the matter by corre- | spondence with his Administrators. | He declined to say what reasons | prompted his decision. | ; | i |aviation organizatiops, has acquirec | McHargue, Elsie Weed. =i |aviation org {the Avian Corporation of Los An- s:dfmf'mmifii?zfi:fifl gew-‘m‘, BABY AND BABY !g(‘lr\ and organized the Northrop{ Hary y ; g Bl GIRL ARE BOBN "‘mmmmuon Corporation to take over A seven and a half pound baby boy was born last night to Mr. and (Mrs. J. L. Ervin. Both mother and' json are reported to be doing well. | {Mr. Ervin is employed at the Nug- |get Creek Power House. Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Jones are re- ‘ceiving congratulations on the birth of a baby girl weighing six pounds, at the hospital last night. Mr. Jones is with the U. S. Bureau of | Public Roads. i —_———— | Francis McGinn, of smflmnc.i | Wash.,, who has been visiting his| brother, Dick McGinn, organist at | the Coliseum theatre, left for his| jhnmr aboard the Admiral Rogers. attle — Will Operate from Whitehorse SEATTLE, Aug. 9—A Ryan ! very good. | cases 6-passenger plane, destined for use lin the Yukon Territory, has arrived (at the Boeing Field which will be E(hx- temporary base until flown Inorth by Pilot W. M. Patterson. The plane will be operated by the recently formed Yukon Airway and’ Exploration Company, Ltd., to |provide passenger, mail and light | freight service between Whitehorse |and the Mackenzie River, and Tele- | graph River peints. Six months of the year the plane will be equipped with skiis and the rest of the time with pontoons. e Acquisition of Avian Corporation, Air Line, Announced in New York NEW YORK, Aug .9.—The United Aircraft and Transport Corpora- tion, holding company of several assets of the ‘Avian concern. Company will be- subsidiary of the United and Transport Corpora- the The Northrop come a The Avian Corporation has de- veloped a new type of all metal plane of a novel design and shane. The United Company plans to con- struct a factory at the Burbank Field, Los Angeles, Calif., and make planes. - et - L. P. OBrien, of Olympia, who has been here with the Wiley brothers, helping in the effort to raise the safe on the Islander, left for the south on the Princess Louise this morning, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS GRAF IS HALF WAY ACROSS ATLANTIC PACK FORTHIS SEASON ABOVE THAT FOR 1928 Sumner Strait Only Poor Area and May Be Ne- cessary to Close It | i While the 1920 salmon pack of Southeast Alaska will not be as large as that of 1928, it will be far ahcad of 1927, in fact has al- ready passed that year, according| to Henry O'Malley, United States Commissioner of Fisheries who re- turned here today after an inspec- | tion of the Ketchi only poor spot in the entire Pan- handle section is in Sumner Strait { which light runs for the past The S Ketchikan dis- k up to last Saturday night 17,000 cases below that of 1928, and the latter year was one of the best on record, the Commis- sioner said In the southern end of the West Coast of Prince of Wales Island area the outlook was Hunter Bay had 6,000 and Waterfall 20,000 cases Saturday night The three can- neries at Klawock, all reported fair packs for this season of the year n district. The! Stowaway on Zeppelin Is Having Tough Time; Will Make One Record YORE, Auz 9.—Albe 18 year old German rt Dusehko, 1's apprentics who stowed away on the Graf ppelin when she lef Friedrichshafen Iast week, has boer ent back on the liner Thussingia Steam hip officials refused to al- w him to be intervi or even photographed in accordance with a pian to discourage the practice o stowing away on ocean liners and airships. He will be taken off action of the Germany await in leaving { vithout a passport l Buschko will have the distinction l damburg to wthor f travelling farther and seeing less than any other adventurer in his- or} He made the trip on the seppelin shut up in a tiny com- sartment high up in the ship’s tau vithout any view. On the liner Thursingia he is locked in a dete ion cell down in the hold. ALASKA STUDY IS COMPLETED Special Representative o President Finishes Sur- vey of Territory After a months' official visit in the Territory, Col. D. J. Quinlan, |accompanied by Mrs. Quinlan, is |returning to Seattle on the steamer | Princess Louise. While that vessel as did the Craig cannery. was in port this morning he con- ferred with Gov. George A. Parks May Close Area RYgiCeorss " At Peteribii S500D and J. C. McBride, Collector of o ol el 15 oy sy 5| Gol. Quinlan visited Ketchikan, is under last year's figures but is largely accounted for by the small two or three yes rs. It may become Study Local The assignment of Dr. Fred A. Davidson to a comprehensive study of the Southeastern Alaska fishery 5 announced today by Commis- | sioner O'Malley. ‘Dr. Davidson has joined the scientific staff of the Bureau of Fisheries and wili devote his time to this district. Lll-‘ tle is known about the pink sal-| mon and whether or not it returns to the parent stream As it is of vital importance to Southeast Al ka, he will begin at once a study of this species. Dr. Davidson has | splendid training and an excellent background for work of this char- acter,” the Commissioner said. ees - MISS KRUGNESS SUCCEEDS | MISS JONES WITH B. P. R. Miss Ruth Krugness has heen = 00AST BUA Juneau, Codova, S rd, Anchorage { in Sumner Str and Fairbanks, coming out via P eUmBeR BT Dawson and Whitehorse. He said Commenting on the Su_mncx he was greatly impressed with the Strait tion, Commissioner et ‘gl g Salloy “The runs of fish|yarious jndustrial and agricultural there ha 1 poor for the last|jneg He made the trip as special rep- resentative of President Hoover and in his own official capacity as Special Assistant Chief Federal Co- ordinator. He said today that an area co-ordinator for Alaska would !b(f appointed in the near future and would make his headquarters in this city. Col. Quinlan has become a strong booster for the projected Interna- tional Highway between Alaska and the States via Yukon Territory and British Columbia. He said it was his intention to enlist his personal efforts in the campaign to launch the project and expressed con- fidence that the movement would be successful earlier than was gen- erally believed to be px ble. RD, RUM RUNNERS, - ARE IN FIGHT { DETROIT, Mich., Aug. 9.—Coast (Guardsmen and rum runners en- gaged in a spectacular pistol and revolver battle on the Detroit River carly this morning with the oppo: ing craft racing down stream less than 100 feet apart. There were no casualties reported although two guardsmen had narrow escapes. The irum runners escaped to Canada with their cargoes. The rum runners failed to hear the command to halt and a volley of shots were then fired and re- appointed clerk in the office of turned. One rum runner is re- district engineer M. D. Williams, ported to have been shot in the United States _Bureau of Public |y o Roads, it was announced today.| b Ot She succeeds Miss Mac Jones ,who resigned to return to Los Angeles brought tragedy to one man~ love 2 ' AsuR 4 RAJ.WALLING THRILLING ROMANCE | STARTS MONDAY AUGUST 1224 THE EMPIRE | | NEW YORK, Aug | Steel 120%; ®e 000 vecv 0000 . TODAY’S STOCK . . QUOTATIONS o . 9.—Alaska Ju- neau mine stock is today quated at 7, American Tobacco A 180, Amer- ican Tobacco B 180%, Bethlehem Continental Motors 13, Corn Products 95', Cudahy 50, In- ternational Paper A 36%, Interna- tional Paper B 23%, National Acme 3 69'%, Standard Oil of California Stewart Warner 65. Flaming Airplane Goes Into Spin; Crashes, 3 Killed CASPER, Wyoming, Aug. 9.—A flaming airplane went into a spin last night and crashed a distance of several hundred feet killing the pilot and two passengers. Major in the World War and later with the United States Air Force abroad. .. - Secattle on the Admiral Rogers. DEADLOCK ON- REPARATIONS BY D.J. QUINLAN AT THE HAGUE British Oppose Young Plan —France and Italy Are For It | | - 3 | THE HAGUE, Aug. 9.—Divided on distribution of German repara- tions, Great Britain on one hand and France on the other, appeared to have brought a deadlock in the Financial Committee of the Inter- national Conference to make the Young plan cffective The British delegates are firm in refusal to accept shares in repara- tions accorded by the Paris Com- mittee of experts while France and Italy seem determined to maintain the Young plan. OIL TANKER 1S FLAMING TORCH One Man Ié—Ki_”ed. Eleven Injured in Explosion [ on S. 0. Tanker NEW YORK, Aug. 9—One man was killed and 11 injured in an ex- plosion aboard the Standard Oil tanker William Rockefeller, at an- ayonne, New Jersey. The tanke flaming torch, was pushed away by tugs from the oil docks and towed to the lower bay of New York harbor. | The blast was felt on Staten Is- land, lower Manhattan and all along the New Jersey waterfront. Burning oil was sprayed over the water, Workmen were pumping oil off at the time of the explo-} sion. | G NG G AR, PIONEER DIES ~ INGALIFORNIA Ed. Ninnis, Pi;necr Doug- las and Juneau Resident, Dies in Long Beach Ed. Ninnis, aged 63 years, pio- neer of Douglas and Juneau, died | on the evening of August 7 at Long ! Beach, Calif., following a long ill- ness. |ceived here yesterday by his son, E. E. Ninnis. | He is survived by his widow, who | {was with him at the time of {death, two sons, E. E. of this city.l land M. A. Ninnis of Longview, Wash., and a daughter, Mrs. A. W. Ladun, of Tacoma, Wash. Funeral jand interment will take place in, }Tacoma next week. The son here | |will leave on the steamer Yukon | tomorrow for Seattle, to attend. Ed Ninni§ came to Gastine: Channel in 1903, and made his home in Douglas and Juneau from | that time until about one year ago, | being connected with both the Treadwell and Alaska Juneau mines, On account of ill-health he and | | Mrs. Ninnis removed to California, | |taking up their residence in Long | | Beach. For some time Mr. Ninnis | health apparently improved but he was ill much of the time. He was a Mason, holding mem- | bership in Gastineaux Lodge No. 124, F. & A. M., of Douglas. Funer- |al arrangements will be made by that order. \ e -~ ‘ Mrs. John Vale and Miss Esther | |D. P. Wardell, the pilot, was a Vale, who have been visiting thelt]cf an effort on | member of the Lafayette Escardrille {son and brother, William Vale i here for the last month, left this | morning on the Princess Louise for Seattle on their way to their homes News of the death was re-! * PRICE TEN CENT AR LINER IS BOING FAST ON - WORLD FLIGHT | Is Expected to Reach Home ' Port in Germany By End of Week DR. ECKENER DODGING OCEAN STORM AREAS {Fog Bariks; Aee Likely to Be Encountered Near- ing European Land NEW YORK, Aug. 9.—The Graf Zeppelin, on the first leg of her istoric flight around the world, is more than halfgway across the At- lantic and Friedrichshafen is fev- ‘orlshly preparing for her arrival. | The air liner's exact course is {somewhat in doubt but from indi- |cations she seemed likely to reach |her home port Saturday night or { Sunday morning. Dr. Otto Eckener, in a message, regretted inability to fly over Ber- lin on Sunday morning. He has informed the German Ministry of Communications that he hoped to reach his home port Saturday. Two of the latest messages from {the Graf, received here, indicated the ship swung in a northwesterly direction and has flown westward {at a speed of between 30 and 40 (miles an hour. It is thought that Dr. Eckener is either avoiding local storm areas or the messages have been misinterpreted as everything thus far pointed toward a fast voyage. While conditions are gen- erally favorable, weather reports indicated fog banks are ahead and {2lso unfavorable winds between the lAzoms and Spain. LINER MEXICO COMING WEST DURING MONTH Steamer Purchased for Al- | aska Route Leaves East August 25 SEATTLE, Aug. 9.—The Atlantic passenger liner Mexico of the Ward line, purchased by the Alaska Steamship Company, to replace the Aleutian wrecked recently in a bay of Kodiak Island, Alaska, will sail from New York August 25. On arrival here the Mexico will be tak- ten to the West Seattle plant of the Alaska Steamship Company to bz completely rebuilt. New high pres- sure boilers will be installed and (accommodations will be provided | for 300 passengers. She is a steel twin-screw ship of 6,207 tons gross, 416 feet long, 50-foot beam and 30-foot depth. She will be in the shipyards until March of next |year and will then be placed on |the Southeast and Southwest Alas- ka route. After arrival here the Mexico will be given an Alaskan name. |Bombardment Is Reported Heard, Manchurian Front TOKYO, Aug. 9.—Advices re- ceived from the Rengo News Agency from Manchuli, Manchuria, said {the sound of heavy bombardment from the direction of Matsievskabe has been heard since 7 o'clock this morning. Inhabitants are much ex- cited in Manchuli and believe that a Soviet demonstration is being held. The town is located in Si- beria just across the western Man= churia frontier. —————— Movie Actors Beaten ¢ Up in Equity Trouble LOS ANGELES, Cal, Aug. 9.— The arrest of six alleged sympathiz= ers of the Actors Equity Associa= tion is sought following serious im= Jury to Frank Goddard, actor and boxer, who with Harry Dick, al other actor, were attacked near main entrance of a motion pi studio yesterday after their to join the association. The em= counter is helieved the outgre the part of Equity to establish a closed sho % the picture industry. Goddard underwent an ope in what the authorities said Albert Wile, traveling man with | Mrs. Vale resides in Klamath Falls |an attempt to forestall pa b headquarters in Juneau, left for Ore, and Miss Vale in Los An- fatality as the result of beix‘ i :gelcs‘ Cal. T ed in the stomach, e