The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 21, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIV., NO. 5183. TWO FLIERS CIRCLE UN JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1929. HOPES TO OVER FRENCH FLIER 10 TAKE OFF, WORLD FLIGHT Dueudonne Costes to Start Tomorrow—His Plans Are Announced WILL FLY ACROSS SIBERIA TO TOKYO Route Proposed to Hawaii —then San Francisco .| | —Overtake Graf LEBOURGET, France, Aug. 21.—| Dueudonne Coste announces that | he will take off tomorrow on a| flight around the world in an ef-! fort to overtake and pass vhe Graf Zeppelin before the air liner reach- es New York. ! Coste hopes to break the non-! stop record for an airplane on the| first leg of the flight and will at- tempt to make Vadivostok, Siberia, tomorrow in a single hop. He will refuel there and fly to Tokyo ex-} pecting to reach there Saturday, de- parting on Sunday. ’ He will fly to the Hawaiian, Islands and expects to reach them ' Tuesday. From the Hawaiian Iclands he will hop to San Fran-| cisco and Los Angeles, expecting to catch up with the Graf Zeppelin' there, OLOTIMERIS KILLED WHEN SLIPS, FALLS, AN\*HOR_AGE. Alaska, Aug. 21—| John Jphnson, pile driver ‘hammer man of the Alaska General Fisher- \es, wés killed when he slipped on | 4 ladder which he was descending | %\ his boat from the Government ! Wharf. His head struck the edge . of \the boat and his foot caught in 2 ning of the ladder and held his body' under the water. He was! rescued from his position within a few minutes but all efforts to re-, {in |trial section of Tennessee, G. O. P. GESTURE TO H. C. HUSTON CHEER SOUTHERN WING OF PARTY CLAUDIUS. H. HUSTON CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Aug. 21.; —Consideration of a southern man for chairmanship of the Republican National Committee has given new, hope to some southern party lead-| ers of an early adjustment of the| tangled Republican situation iu; scveral southern states. When the Republican National | Committce meets in Washington! September 9, Claudius H. Hustorn of Chattanooga, banker, educator, | business man and long-time friend of President Hoover, is expected | to be named Chairman. From his point of vantage in| this border-line political state Mr.! Huston long has been able to give, party leaders excellent counsel, and | his influence has heen felt in nn—l tional party affairs over a consid- erable period of time. Some sce! his expected election to the) party chairmanship Qnomcr ex-! ression of the party's interest in| » v znd gratitude }’or ythe sou'_hcm!"o"" & Presbyterian minister W{‘_O vote. iilu‘mud‘ lived in Pennsylvania. His His knowledge of southern affairs,| Mother was the former Margaret his understanding of the southern | Eleanor MacRae, formerly of North situation and his interest in party Carolina. affairs, it is felt here, would make| After attending the university a‘ him a valuable man to the party in| Valparaiso, Ind., Huston taught at its efforts to effect better organi-|Chattanooga. Later he was Chair- zation in the south. man of the E ive Committec Mr. Huston was active in behalf |of the University of Chattanooga. of Hoover i the preconvention CLAUDIUS H HUSTON in Leaving the educational field campaign as well as in the election | for business, he engaged in manu- campaign. The Tennessee leader |facturing and banking in Chatta- served two years under Secrctary|nooga. His keen ability as a busi- Hoover as Assistant Secretary of |ness man and his hearty interest in Commerce at the beginning of Mr.|party affairs attracted attention of Hoover's administration in the Mr. Hoover, resulting in the De- Commerce Department. | partment of Commerce appoint- The Tennessean was a leader in|ment, which Huston resigngd to re- state party affairs in 1920 when |Orgar the Trans-Continental Oil the state went for Warren G. Hard- | company. He was made chairman ing. “When Mr. Hoover was cam- |of the oil company's board. Since paigring for the ‘presidency, he |then he has been active in many chose Elizabethton, in the indus- | lines. for his| Mr, Huston is a widower and has only southern campaign speech. four daughters, Eleanor, Katharine, The prospective party chieftain | Alice and Mildred. He main- was born in Harrison county, Indi- | tains a residence in Chattanooga ana, February 15, 1876, the son of and has a home at 277 Park ave- the Rev. Columbus DeWitt Hus- |nue, New York. GOVERNMENTAL REGULATIONS IN ALASKA DEFENLED BY DICKINSON SEATTLE, Wash.,, Aug. 21.—De- fense of governmental regulations in Alaska is voiced here by Con- gressman L. J. Dickinson, of Iowa, Chairman of the House Subcom- mittee, Agricultural Appropriations. “Before we went north we heard Her Beauty Wins " (the commercial fishing season was susciate him were futile. | often that bureaus were handicap- Johnson was a native of Nm‘way!‘"mg the development of Alaska. and had lived in Alaska 20 years.| whenever you hear a man running His home was at Kenai. He js down bureaucratic control you will survived by two sisters and a‘nnd that man wanting to do some- brother in California. Burial willlm‘“% the Government won't let be made here in the local ceme- | Him, tery. | son, adding that he found govern- {mental regulations designed to aid the territory rather than retard it. Congressman Summer said the regulations adopted in the fish- ‘ing industry promise to put the !salmon production back on a stable basis while schedules of cutting| {pulp wood were designed to esbab-i lish that industry on a permanent, yield schedule from the start. ——— v ANCHORAGE AR e, ALASKA FLIER NOW MARRIED I'vank S. Borbrandt, of Nome, Weds Anchorage Girl—Air Honeymoon said Congressman Dickin- | i | Ketchikan. After visiting the First REGULATIONS OF THIS YEAR MAY HOLD FOR 1930 Fisheries Adequately Cov-| ered by Them, Says Com- missioner O'Malley Few if any changes are contem- plated in the present Alaska fish- eries regulations, it was indicated "today by Henry O'Malley, United States Commissioner of Fisheries. { The fisheries, he said, are appar- ently on a satisfactory basis, the regulations which were in force |during the current season working in a satisfactory manner, and there {seems at this time to be no necfl{ (for any material alterations. i This, the Commissioner indi-~ cated, was particularly true of the several Southeast Alaska areas, IThere is one possible exception— Sumner Strait—and he is giving ! serious study to the situation there. | There is no question, said Com-~ | missioner O’Malley, that the runs |in this section are rebuilding. He |pointed to the remarkable recov- |ery of pink salmon following the | disastrous season of 1927. In cer- |tain Southeast Alaska areas that {year the pink run was almost a complete failure and it was neces- | sary to shorten the fishing sea- 1son. This season’s pink run was |about 70 per cent as large as that io( 1928, one of the district's big- |gest years, and was approximately 1100 per cent better than the cycle year of 1927. ‘The red salmon | fisheries also continue to show im=- {provement in the district, This season's pack, 150,000 cases, is the largest in a great many years. The increase cannot be accounted ifor by more intensive fishing since the regulations of 1929 imposed heavier restrictions than those of 1927. Trap leads were decreased, shortened, and there was, on the whole, less gear used in taking fish in 1927. The increased pack, therefore, it was pointed out, can only have come from heavier and more sustained runs, This year was the sixth since the Department of Commerce was given wide latifude in administer- ing the Alaska fisheries under the Act of Congress of June 6, 1924. The initial regulations were pm-l mulgated by Commissioner O'Mal- ley late the same month and {made immediately effective. Each Iyear since, including the eurrent one, these have been materially changed, restrictions being added to suit natural conditions and the situation of the fisheries as indi- cated by the escapement and packs of various species. The present regulations, the Com- missioner said, seem to cover thel | situation adequately. He is grati- | fied . with the healthy condition shown as a whole and confident that the fisheries of the Territory are now on a sound basis. He will leave tomorrow morning on the Brant for Petersburg, Yes Bay, and +— TAKE, PASS GRAF {Destruction of Duck METAL DIRIGIRLE ASSEMBLED FOR FLIGHT MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS | | | | | ' \ 1l cd Press Photo | Stern view of the SMC-2, the world's first metal dirigible, which will be delivered to the Univlcd | Ctates navy shortly. It was built at Detroit and embodies several new principles of aircrafi construction. | Nest Proves to Be Costly Pastime NAVY AIRSHIP DEMONSTRATES Destroyir k nests, at least, the nest of eider ducks, is an_expensive pastime on the Alaska Peninsula. This was indicated by a report received today at local headquarters of the Alaska Game Commission. Ivar Grassness, arrested on a charge of destroying the nest of an eider duck, en- tered a plea of guilty before Judge Driffield in the Unit.- ed States Commissioner's Court at Unga., He was fined $350 by the Judge. And he paid the fine e do00ecesvoe CRASH ENDS. Plane Attaches Itself to Los Angeles and Is then Released LAEEHURST, N. J, Aug. 21.— The dirigible Los Angeles retu red to the hangar ten and one-half hour flight over New Jersey. While on the flight, the Los An- National Tribute to Be | Paid to Marvel Crosson .. NEW AR FEAT today after a; ATTEMPT TO MAKE RECORD Solo Endurance Flier, Fatigued, Crashes Into Wire—Plane Sinks SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Aug. 21. ~—The endurance monoplane San Franciscan today is at the bottom geles practiced on picking up and releasing an airplane piloted by an unrevealed Navy man. The plane was caught in a wire hung from the stern of the Los Angeles which connected with a hock on the top of the plane. Flying at the same speed, the pilot brought the plane to a posi- tion under the stern of the air- ship and swung the hook into the attachment. After flying together several minutes, the plane cut loose {from the ship as the pilot drew the hook from the attachment, of the bay and Pilot Don Temple- man, who sought the record for a solo refueling flight, is recovering ! g from effects of his plunge which|Seattle l/llu,'l'l'slly ended the undertaking. District Business - 35 hours aloft, Templeman mis- CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 21.—A national tribute will be paid to | Miss Marvel Crosson, former Alaska ilhcr, who was killed in a plane crash in Arizona in the Women's Air Derby. Memorial services will be held in all branches, numbering about 800, of the National Exchange Club, sponsors of the Air Derby. A thirty-second period of silence will follow the opening of the ceremonies at the Cleveland air- port and a vacant seat will be left at the banquet to the fliers. { OFF FROM DOUGLAS ! DOUGLAS, Ariz, Aug. 21.—The remaining entranis in the Women'’s Air Derby took off today for El Paso, Texas, the next control point. TIMBER GAS KILLS THAE IBodies of Miners Brought Out from Idaho ! Project Today MURRAY, Idaho, Aug. 21.—The bodies of three miners, overcome by timber gas in the Cedar Creek Mining project, were taken from the mine today by rescue workers. Russell Lee, foreman; W. N. Welch and Harold Matthews are the men whose bodies were brought out. SUN 60D AT ITED STATES IN FIVE DAYS HOME AFTER LONG FLIGHT Mamer and Walker Bring Plane Back to Spokane, Starting Point MAKE REFUELING TEST ACROSSNATION,RETURN Nonstop Flight Proves to Be Most Successful Venture' for Fliers SPOKANE, Wash,, Aug. 21.—Dick Mamer and Art Walker brought the plane Sun God down here at 5:59 o'clock yesterday afternoon, the first fliers to complete a round trip nonstop flight across the con- tinent. The plane has been in the air five full days during which time it traversed: 7,200 miles; the 'gf lineal” mfie - distance every com- pleted. Moamer and Walker arrived over Felts Field from Missoula, Mon- tana, where the last refueling con- tact was made. Mamer was at the controls when the plane landed. 9 The two fliers received a message congratulation from President Hoover. The Sun God left Spokane at 5:58 P. M. last Thursday for San Francisco then East to New York and return, refueling in the air, Thie: As a Small. Buh! sps- quiplane, powered with & Wright Whirlwind. 300 hotrsepower motor. .. STEAMER AFIRE AND DESERTED, SEEN ON OCEAN NEW YORK, Aug. 21.—The Radio Marine Corporation has received a wireless from the freighter Yalza saying she had seen the steamer Quimistan afire and deserted about 1,100 miles west of Norfolk. The ship was well down in the water and a men: ce to navigation. The Quinistan was formerly a Hunduran vessel but was sold re- cently to Cuban interests to be scrapped. The craft was bound for Genoa, Italy. No advices were received con- cerning the crew. ———— Silence Surrounds QOutcome of Flight Of Swiss Aviators NEW YORK, Aug. 21— The same silence which has surrounded the outcome of most of the westward at- {|City about three days, he will Pro-|,q00q his distance from the ground ilceed to Seattle enroute to Wash-i3o vo circled the field and hit : | ington. transmission wires and fell into the bay. Apparently fatigued by more than g Men Coming North SEATTLE, Wash.,, Aug. 21.—8ix- men left Seattle yesterday on the ty-five University District business | The three men descended to the e 2,500 level yesterday to inspect the e project for gas believed to have e been generated by burning timbers. e Search for them was started when e tempts to cross the Atlantic Ocean, today veiled the engd of Oscar Kaeser and Kurt Luescher, Swiss aviators. The two airmen have not been \NCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 21| rank S. Borbrandt, who brought | . Ben Eielson here by plane last urday from Fairbanks, wgs mar- 1 Monday to Miss Vida Deight, \rnchorage girl. The newlyweds ; immediately for Nome, accom- 21ied by Mrs. Rex F. Swartz, wife the doctor in charge of the Gov- crnment Hospital here, who will it Nome friends until the last| ling of the steamer Victoria for attle. Borbrandt came north last spring nd is now manager of the Alaska Aiways, Inc., at Nome. I"a'rmers Shoot Children Alleged T2 Be Stealing SOMERVILLE, N. J, Aug. 21.—] A 12-year-old boy ‘was killed, an-; other probably fatally wounded and a girl has been shot in both legs.| The children are said to have been stealing corn. Grover and Craig Hoffman, owners of the Blue Rib- bon Farm, are held by the State police but are not charged. D e o e osamamand B Poor Jewish children of Venice have been benefited by a gift of $158 from Premier Mussolinl. Ben Eielsn Secures Another Company for Alaska Airways Miss Nannerre dparks (apove ) | of Russellville, Alabama, was | chosen as the most beautiful from among 1,600 students at ) the University of North Caro- lina Summer School. Twelve hundred votes were cast, Miss Sparks winning by a majority ® 20, ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 21.— A deal has been consummated whereby Col. Ben Eielson, repre- senting the Alaska Airways, Inc.,} takes over the planes and equlp-i ment of the Anchorage Air Trans- port, a large portion of the stock being held by A. A. Shonbeck who organized the company three years 2go. Acquisition of this company gives the Alaska Airways, Inc., control of all companies operating from Anchorage, Fairbanks and Nome. FIRE BREAKS OUT ABOARD STEAN BREST, France, Aug. 21. — Fire broke out aboard the German, steamer Delia as it was leaving the | harbor today. When believed con- trolled the flames burst out afresh and it was necessary to transfer passengers to another steamer. Stillman and Durrell To Hunt Big Game at Rainy Pass for Month ANCHORAGE, Awska, Aug. 21.— James A. Stillman, New York capi- talist, and J. H. Durrell, Vice- | President of the National City Bank of New York, spent the week- end here and will take a plane to the Rainy Pass Country where they will spend a month hunting big game. L. H. Chadwick, of Cleveland, ]xen here yesterday for the Chicka- loon district for a big-game hunt. W ealthy Coal Magnate Either Falls or Leaps To Death, Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA, Penn., Aug. 21. —Col. Walter Bradley, wealthy coal magnate, clad only in underwear, leaped or fell to death from his| apartment on the thirteenth floor! of the Warwick Hotel during the| night. The police believe he com- mitted suicide after being unable to sleep. He had been in ill health( for some time. EUGENE QUIST MARRIES Bugene A. Quist and Miss Ethel Scott eloped from Seattle by air- plane to Portland and then re- turned by motor to receive parental blessing, according to a letter re- ceived here by Curtis Shattuck. Quist spent the summer in Juneau two years ago while his father constructed the Juneau Cold Stor-| age plant and the young man made many friends during his visit. The Ibride is a graduate nurse, formerly of the Swedish Hospital Staff at Seattle, Templeman swam unhurt from the plane. The plane was equipped with a special funnel that lowed the pilot to keep his I the controls while being refu ——————— Much Ado About Foreign Servant In Washington Dorothy Alexander for a trip to Southeast Alaska. rd the steamer are 217 round ©e0ececsesecesc o . TODAY'S STOCK . OTATIONS 9 ee 00 venveccsoeon NEW YORK, Aug. 2l.—Alaska Juneau mine stock is quoted to- WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. — One day at American Tobacco A aspect of the servant problem has 193, American Tobacco B 193%, entered the diplomatic corps and Bethlehem Steel 1297, Continental as a result Eleado Gonzales Prada, Motors 16, Corn Products 101% Embassy, has left the service. 534 1-3, International Paper B 23'%, Prada is charged with having National Acme 36, Standard Oil of employed two servants brought to|California 73%, Stewart Warner 63, Washington by Mrs. Miles Poin- ——— e —— dexter upon re'.lrenwn(’ uf”h(:r ’_“‘f'lVlCTOR KUKKOLA band from the Ambassadorship.| DIES lN ARIZONA Mrs. Poindexter addressed a protest to Président Leguia and a rebuke! iwas called to Prada and he re-| Victor Kukkola passed away yes-| signed. Prada claimed he employed terday at Phoenix, Arizona, where |the servants because they were paid he went about a year ago in an inadequate wages by the Poin- attempt to effect a cure from dexter's, | tuberculosis. He was a well-known —————— fisherman and leaves besides his L M. Carrigan, merchandise widow, two sons. The sad news broker, left for the Westward on came in a cablegram received today the steamer Yukon last evening. ‘by Mrs. Kukkola, 10 day; .| SEATTLE, Wash., ELOPES BY MRPLANE;'F"“ Counsellor of the Peruvian Cudahy 51, International Paper A | Willlam John Cooper, enroute to they failed to appear at lunch time. Seals are increasing in the New- foundland region. heard from since sighted over Praia, Azores, and are long overdue at New York. Aug. 21.—Dr, Washington after a months’ tour of Alaska, said he would recom- ,mend that \Dr. Jonathan Wagner, |Chief of the Alaska Division of {the United States Bureau of Edu- lcation, with headquarters here, to be moved permanently either to Juneau or Anchorage, Alaska. | Dr. Cooper said he would like to see Wagner located at the scene of his work right away, adding that there is no use of any of the staff staying in Seattle, except a purchasing agent. The crying need in Alaska Is medical facilities among the In- ‘dlnns, said Dr. Cooper. He de- 'Recommends Wagner’s Headquarters Be Moved : To Juneau or Anchorage clared that each teacher | Indian schools should be 60 per- cent nurse. He said he found tu- berculosis among the Indians more prevalent than any other disease and constantly increasing. The final location of the new | 200,000 industrial school will rest with Secretary of Interior Wilbur, but Dr. Cooper has prepared a rating of several sites which in- clude Wrangell Narrows, Shoemak- | er Bay, four miles south of Wran- gell; Metlakatla, on Annette Is- land, and the village of Saxman, three miles south of Ketchikan. | A junior college will be offered | the school within & few years, Dr. | Cooper said, in the