The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 27, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIV., NO. 5]88 ]UNLAU ALASKA TUESDAY, AUGUST 27 1929 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TFN CLNTS HER T0O FORTUNE KILLED IN CRASH OF AIRPLANE GRAF ZEPPELIN STRIKES WIRES LEAVING WEST| Slight Damage Caused to Rudder But Airship Continueson Flight | LOS ANGELES, Cal, Aug. 27— The Graf Zeppelin got under way at 12:14 o'clock this morning on | the last leg of its around the| world cruise, from Los Angeles to Lakehurst, N. J. Slight damage to the rudder fail- ed to affect the flight as the huge | ship continued across America. The tail of the Graf scraped high tension electric wires as it took off after failing to gain sufficient al-| titude. The accident caused a sllght! change in the course, the dirigible heading southward along the coast into Mexico before turning east- ward to cross the mountain ranges. | Reports from along the route in- | dicated the air ship was flying low at a speed estimated between 50 and 70 miles an hour. | FOUR DAYS AT LAKEHURST NEW YORK, Aug. 27—The Ham- burg-American Line announced that the Graf plans to leave Lakehurst four days after arrival for Fried- richsafen. The craft is expected at | Lakehurst tomorrow night and will | leave America Sunday night. | ——————— SAYS DIRIGIBLE IS SUPERIOR TO' OTHER AIRCRAFT Col. Lindbe:;])e clares| Airship Superior for Ocean Flying CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 27.—| Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, who first showed the way across the Atlantic from New York to Paris, told newspapermen that the “diri- gible, as now developed, is super- ior to the airplane for trans ocean- ic flying.” Col. Lindbergh expressed hope that a lighter than air passenger line will soon be opened in the United States. “There is not a conflict between airplanes and other lighter than air craft. The increased use of one would benefit the other and in any event should one overcome the oth- er, the ultimate result would be de- | velopment of air navigation and| this, after all, is what is desired,” said Col. Lindbergh. MRS. THADEN IS FIRST AVIATRIX T0 REACH GOAL Pittsburgh Flier Wins Air Derby, Santa Monica to Cleveland CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 27—} Mrs. Louis M. Thaden, of Pitts- burgh, won the Santa Monica to Cleveland air derby for women with an elapsed time of 24 hours 19 minutes and 6 seconds, after nine days’ flying. Gladys O'Donnell, of Long Beach, | WNAX, Yankion, S. | standing RADIO SEEKS MOST Three entrants who are seeking rad most beautiful radio star, Bunny D. (left); Va. (right), and Veebe Wood, who lywood (center). NEW YORK, Aug. 27.—Radio is | seeking its most beautiful artist! When found she is to be the| honor guest of the sixth annual| rudm world's fair here, September 23 to 28. In addition she will be awarded a loving cup at the open- | Virginia Grubbs, of WRV. BI AUTIFUL ARTIST OVER HUNDRED JEWS AREDEAD FIGHTING ARABS Victims Include Fifteen Americent Students— Situation Grave JERUSALEM, Aug. 27. — The Jewish dead in the four day's war- fare with Arabs numbers of whom 15 were Ameican students at the Rabbinical Coilege at Hcr- bron. 4 The Arab dead is thought to ie as many with hundreds sufferifg from wounds. | ily quiet but new outbreaks afe o world’s fair honors as the Dunn, vocalist and accordionist of hmond, sings popular songs at KNX, Hol-| llnu ceremony, which will be broad- 101‘:" by an NBC chain. Staff artists, those who perform regularly on ch radio, will be eligi- ble to in the contest. | Judging on appearance alone. will !DR. WILBUR, “PERSO EDITOR'S NO’lE. President Hoover's selection of his cabi- net brought many surprises and much conjecture as the ap- pointments were made known. Many of his choices were re- garded as politically unpreced- ented. The story of the men and cvents behind the scenes in these engrossing moves now is told by James L. West, Asso- ciated Press staff writer, in a series of articles of*which the following is the sixth. By JAMES L. WEST (Associated Press White House Correspondent) WASHINGTON, Aug. 27—In making Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur his secretary of the interior, President Hoover brought into his official family an intimate friend and a proven executive. Added qualifications are that he is a long-time student of the needs of the west and a man of the broad human sympathy and under- infrequently found in others than those of the medical profession. A big job is ahead of the man |named to the interior post, for that department long had been under fire in and out of Congress on ac- count of the naval oil leases; the administration of the land laws and the handling of Indian affairs. In such a circumstance friends of the President regarded it as only na- tural that this appointment would be a purely personal one. Both natives of the same state, Towa, the President and the new Interior Secretary enjoyed a friend- ship that has endured from their under graduate days Stanford, Jr., university. ‘When Hoover trans-Atlantic liner at New York, answering a summons from Wood- row Wilson to undertake the task| of food administrator, the tall, an- gular figure of Wilbur was one of the first to catch his eye. Wilbur volunteered for service Cal, was second, her time being 71 minutes short of Mrs. Thaden's) time. Amelia Earhart was third. H. A. Speer, of Marshall, Mis- souri, won the All-Ohio derby, his | elapsed time being 4 hours 22 min- | utes and 59 seconds. Lewis Love,| of Richmond, Indiana, was second,| 21 minutes behind Speer. B o0 0eeoc000 00000 . TODAY'S S8TOCK . QUOTATIONS ° PO ORI R BB SR BRI { NEW YORK, Aug. 27—Alsska‘ Juneau mine stock is quoted today | at 7, American Tobacco A 194, American Tobacco B 195, Bethle- hem Steel 136%, Continental Mot~ ors 14'%, Corn Products 108%, Cud- ahy 51, International Paper A 33%, International Paper B 22%, Na- tional Acme 34%, Standard Oil of California 756%, Stewart Warner 66%, Texas Corpontlon 0%, U. 8. Steel 252%, American Ice 53, In- dependent Oil and Gas 33%, Gen- eral Motors 71%. and directed much of the work of inducing the American housewife to do her part toward winning the war by conserving food. Dr. Wilbur then was president of Stanford university, a post for which Hoover, as a trustee of that school, had helped select him. Dur- ing the years of Hoover's service as commerce secretary and in the Presidential campaign the two met frequently. The university president had some definitely formulated ideas as to what the government ought to do about oil conservation, the handling of the Indian problem | and the administration'of the In- terior Department generally and those ideas coincided very closely with those of the new President. After the election Dr. Wilbur ob- tained two years’ leave of absence from Stanford, came to Washing- ton and was given a free hand to reorganize the Interior Department and to put to the test of practical experience the plans he had formu- in Leland| stepped from a| L CHOICE,” LONG WAS CO-WORKER OF HOOVER lated in years of study and obser- vance, The result has been the promul- gation of the oil conservation policy under which new prospecting on public lands has ceased; a reor- ganization of the Indian Bureau and the carrying forward of a pro- gram of removing the Indians from the cla cation of wards and placing them in the social struc- ture of the country. Close friends of the Interior Sec- retary have indicated that when he has completed the job he set for himself in the Interior Department Dr. Wilbur will resign within about a year and devote much of his time to pacific relations in the role | of unofficial ambassador for his friend, the President of the United States. AMERICAN FISH Seattie Salmon Troller Is Caught Illegally Fish- ing, Canadian Waters VANCOUVER, B. C., Aug. 27— Charged with fishing within the three mile limit off Pachena Point, {on the west coast of Vancouver Is- land, the American salmon troller Olymus, of Seattle, has been taken into custody by the Canadian fish- eries patrol boat Givenchy, accord- {ing to a report made to Major J. | W. Motherwell, Supervisor of Fish- eries. The vessel and owners, John Fel- ones, and James Rayosis, have been handed over to the customs |officers awaiting orders from the Department of Marine Fisheries. The usual procedure means pros- ecution on charges in the Admiral- ty Court. 'METZGAR LEAVES FOR VICTORIA TO CONFER WITH B. C. OFFICIALS Enroute to Victoria, B. C., to con- fer with provincial authorities rela- |tive to matters relating to Taku |River mining developments, L. H. the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company, left this morning on the |Princess Charlotte. ~He was ac- | companied by Mrs. Metzgar, The Alaska Juneau has a crew now engaged in exploratory and de- |velopme~1t work on the Big Bull group on the British Columbia side of the International Boundary. The United Eastern has a crew doing \similar work in the same district (and there are many prospectors n |the district, several reporting new prospects indicating increased ac- tivity in the future. —Mr. Metzgar with the provincial authorities. will discuss the situation generally { VESSEL SEIZED Metzgar, general superintendent of | reported in -the- southwestern secs tion, particularly near Haifa. The Govenment has began to disarm the Jews. It is understood that the Am& are getting supplies from Jordania. 8 British soldiers are enroute nm | warships are anchored at Jaffa. Considerable looting has been re- ported and Arab atrocities are ported. Many Christians have mark their homes with blue crosses _ | dicating that neither Jews or Ar: fare quartered there. There is a scarcity of medical supplies and food prices have reached famine levels. A fund has been started to maif- tain refugees flocking in from Pl parts of the Holy Land. Hostilities are reported to have spread beyond Palestine. The French authorities have sent |a large detachment of troops to protect the Jewish quarters in Da- imascus. LONG DROUGHT,. FIRES MENACE | CANADIAN AREA Impossible to Subdue New Fires or Control Old Ones Near Winnipeg 1 WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Aug. 27— Widespread fires continued a men- ace to timber land and prairies as the month-long drought showed no indication of ending. Forestry officials said the condi- tion was critical unless it rained soon. fires or control old ones. ‘Winnipeg is surrounded by many small fires in the suburbs and hun- dreds of volunteers are assisting the forestry officials. SOURDOUGH STAMPEDE {TO BE ANNUAL EVENT The Sourdough Stampede, staged at Seattle August 16, 17 and 18, was such a success that it has been determined to have one each year in one or another of the Pacific Coast cities, according to Charles D. Garfield of the Seattle Cham- ber of Commerce. The scene of the Stampede next summer will be at Vancouver. The date is fixed' by the anniversary of the discovery of Klondike gold on August 17, 1896. pede were former Northerners from all over the country, including the Western States and Provinces and some from the East. One couple came from Florida to be present,’ and others came from Chicago, said Mr. Garfield. There were' more than 3,000 former Alaskans and Yukoners there. Among the features of the occa- sion was the participation of an imposing detachment of Royal won first prize for the best display in the parade. It is said to be the first time that the famous Mounties ever appeared in full uni- form, under arms and in formation in any demonstration in a foreign country. The parade had 22 floats and three bands, including the noted Pipers’ Band of the British Colum- bia Constabulary. The band was in its Scotch kilties and all were masters of the bagpipes. Among the features of the Stam- pede was the Assembly where speeches were made, resolutions adopted, etc. Other features were a banquet the evening of the first day, a grand ball on the evening of the second day and a picnic the third day. The parade inaugurated |the affair on the morning of the first day. Sports were features of the second day. over 100 | Southern Palestine is momentar- | Trang- | | | It is impossible to subdue new Participating in the Seattle Stam- | | Northwest Mounted Police, which, i | | | | i iy.‘.’_.?m..‘; i 078 ; The white line in the upper picture shows the site proposed for a | Basin in Washington. ect. COLUMBIA RIVER DAM B()(HII’I) AS NEXT GREAT U. S . PROJECT| 3 & ) dam to reclaim the Columbia River Barren land (lower left) would bloom with varied crops under the irrigation proj- The shaded area on the map shows the region that would be affected. ! SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 27.—With and 1,000,000 horsepower for pump- the Boulder Dam project out of ing water for irrigation. A dam .the way, Congress will ,next December to undertake an tion 'even greater task—the drvelupmcnt iof the mighty Columbia River, pvmpmg purposes. The project would include the, 'The size of the dam would de- ‘d(‘\f'lo')m(‘ht of at least 2,250,000 pend on the report of the United horsepower of hydro-electric power, States Army Engincers under Maj. | the reclamation of 2,000,000 acres John S. Butler, who have been in the Columbia Basin of Central planning for the development of Washington, and the construction the river. These plans call for a of locks that would make possible series of power dams and locks the navigation of the Columbia which would open the river for River from the Pacific Ocean to'navigation to the border. the Canadian border, a distance of | From the international line to 1746 miles. |the sea the river drops 1,350 feet. As the first step, the Columbia Estimates place the total electric River Development League, reprc-;onorgy possible for development at senting many Washington cities 10,000,000 horsepower. The sale of and towns, will ask for the con- | this power would be expected to struction of a power dam at Grand |pay for the entire improvement Coulee in Central Washington and jprogram. the gradual reclamation of the Co-| T league will ask Congress to lumbia Basin project. pass a bill similar to the Boulder A dam 220 feet high would pro-|Canyon measure. No work would duce 1,250,000 h power for salc he ..L.mz-d until a mmket for pow- of 2,000,000 horsepower for e and 1,600,000 horsepower for DERBY FLIER IS KILLED IN 1 “Shuttle” Mail Plane Hops Off, Bound Eastward OAKLAND, Cal, Aug. 27. —The Boeing mail plane to “shuttle” across the contin- ent, hopped off at 8:20 o'clock this morning, flying at high speed. The plane headed eastward. Refueling is planned at Elko, Nevada. Capt. Ira Eaker wi controls when the * plane hopped off this morn- ing. chanic Dead in Accident —Woman Is Dying ! BOSTON, Ma: Aug. 27.—“Red” Devercaux, of New York, and his 990006000009 ¢ mechanic were killed, and Dever- {eaux’s wife was probably fatally injured when his Philadelphia- Cleveland derby plane crashed on MR. AND MRS. SNYDER TO MAKE HOME HEREIZ:;",VQI at the Boston airport to- } e e R A | The plane was the second of the s, |derby to reach Boston. whose marriage occurred in Seattle Spectators saw the aileron rods |last Friday, arrived here this mMOrN-fean” o the plane as it swung | /ing on the steamer Alaska, and| \mx the airport and it appeared (will make their home in this city. ¢yt (ne plane side-slipped as it Mrs. Bnyder, formerly Mrs. Mildred | j,opkeq for the landing. | Gallup, 13 a sister of Mrs. A. J.| yoc. ph McGrady was the first Ficken ot this olty. |derbyist to land. Mr. Snyder has accepted a2 posi-| gqe clipped but a crash was av- tion with the Alaska Juneau Gold | .¢oq Mining Company and will work in the mill. He is not a newcomer | jto the Territory as he worked for | |sometime in the Bristol Bay dis- trict. ; e J. W. GUCKER LEAVING FOR WESTWARD TDDAYI —_—— e — Rich Mineral Strike Reported at The Pas THE PAS, Manitoba, Aug. 27— Reports of a rich mineral strike in Northern Saskaichewan has been J. W. Gucker, merchandise broker, 'received and mining corporations leaves this afternoon on the steam-!and prospectors made a rush for er Alaska for the Westward. Mr. the Montgomery Lake area, 200 Gucker will stop at Cordova and miles north of Prince Albert. after going into Kennecott and| The discovery is said to be a Chitina, will leave over the Rich-|formation composing copper, nickel, ardson Highway from the latter lead, gold, zinc and platinum. place for Pairbanks. He will take| About 150 claims have already the Alaska Railroad back to Sew- been recerded. .ard and probably go from there to - e (Kodiak Island belore returning to| G. L. Ri¢h, merchandise broker, Juneau in about five weeks. {and Mrs. Rich, arrived in Juneau ————— [on the mailboat Margnita last Albert Wile, merchandise broker,|evening affer visiting Sitka and is visiting in Juneau today while/way ports. Mr. Rich expects to is on his way to the Westward. ¢meda. W, PACKARD MEETS DEATH IN ACCIDENT IN MICHIGAN | Motor S(a” a! Altitude of 1,000 Feet — Pilot Does Wrong Thing —In Tail Spin DETROIT, Mich., Aug. 27. —Warren Packard, aged 35 | vears, heir to the Packard fortune, was killed in an air- plane crash last night. Talbott Barnard, Packard esman, who was piloting the private plane, was serious- ly injured. Fliers who witnessed the crash said the pair was flying at an altitude of about 1,000 |feet when the motor stalled. Instead of gcing into a 'glide, Barnard pulled up the inose of the plane and im- |mediately went into a tail 'spin and the plane fell into the river. Packard was married and |has two children. | Three years ago Packard be asked 350 feet high would enable pmduc-i er was assured. Bonds on the land inherited the twin fortares of |and contracts for power would pm-“lls father and uncle, cofound test the United States for tunds‘em of the Pa »kard Motor advanced. HIS LANDING “Red” Devereaux and Me-| His plane also, lamation of the Columbia Basin. 1A gravity “systemn™ hus beeir’ pro¥]| | posed and backed by many. Advo-| cates of the Grand Coulee dam be- lieve that the power project will pay for the reclamation and would gress The cost of the 350-foot dam and power plant and the reclama- tion of 2,000,000 cares is placed at $185,000,000 by the League. President Hoover, when Secrc- tary of Commerce, said that the Columbia River should be develop- ed at the earliest possible moment and that the sale and lease of water and power would pay for the entire project. The President also has predicted th.t improvement of the river would double the popula- tion of Washington. Plane Reaches Dawson; Testing New Air Route DAWSON CITY, Y. T, Aug. 27—A Western Canada Airways monoplane testing the possible route into re- mote sections of the Domin- ion, arrived here Sunday night after a nonstop flight of 860 miles from Aklavik, at the mouth of the Mac- kenzie River. The ship was piloted by E. W. Brintell. He covered the distance in six hours and 45 minutes, traveling via McDougal Pass and down the Porcupine and Yukon Rivers. e 00000000 - e | Air Mail Service Is Now Making Rapid Gains WASHINGTON, Aug. 27. — T |rapid strides of the air mail ser ice are shown strikingly in a ment figures on payments to air | mail contractors, poundage carried |and mileage flown. The June report shows $1,161,- 461 was paid to contractors on the air mail route of the country, compared with $447641 in June, 11928. A total of 598494 pounds of Imail was carried 1156121 miles; |during the month as against 210,- 957 pounds cdrried 595,054 miles in June a year ago. Air mail contractors, ports show, than $1 for each mile flown with the mail, more than half of which is done at night. Nearly 3,500 | miles of air mail routes were added to the system during the year, the mileage July 1 this year stand- ing at 14,345 miles. —— . Air taxis are planned to operate the re- Paris. The pumping project is one of | two methods suggested for the rec-| be more readily accepted by Con-| comparison of Post Office Depart-| receive slightly more | | Company. —— NOME SLAYE FOUND © "! '""f FIRS? iCharles F rank Convncled of | Murder of Frank Sparrow —No Recommendation NOME, Alaska, Aug. 27.—The jury in the Frank-Sparrow murder case which has occupied the court for the past two weeks, has brought in 2 guilty verdict of murder in the first degree, with no capital pun- ishment recommended, against Charles Frank. Judge G. J. Lomen presided at the trial and District Attorney J. H. Hart, formerly of Juneau, was prosecutor. Ira D. Orton, O. D. Cochran and Hugh O'Neill com- pose the counsel for the defense. The shooting of Sparrow occur- red in Nome last winter and Frank was immediately arrested.- The shooting occurred after Frank had warned Sparrow to stay away from {a woman known as Eva Thomp- son. Frank, an old employe of the Alaska Railroad, married the ‘Thompson woman in Anchorage in 1927 and they went to Nome on the Victoria shortly afterwards. Noth- ing was indicated at Nome, it ‘s said, that the two were married, until the tragedy. Sparrow oper- ated a bath house at Nome and at the time of the tragedy, Frank was employed in the soft drink parlors of S. H. Burgh. Col. Lindbergl'’s {Wife Now Has Flying License WASHINGTON, Aug. 27. — Mrs. |Charles A. Lindbergh has been for- |mally recognized as a fledgling av- iatrix. She has a student's license from the Aeronautical Branch of (the Department of Commerce. | Mrs. Lindbergh made her first solo flight several days ago under jauthority of the Department, by Col. Lindbergh, who called by tele- phone and a formal license was |issued after a medical examina- ;tion. — . —— ! Mrs. W. S. Pullen, wife of W. 8. Pullen, manager of the Alaska Electric Light and Power Company, and her son, W. 8. Pullen, Jr., left on the Princess Charlotte this morning for Seattle on their way to Portland where they will spend {the winter. Miss Elizabeth Pul- len will leave in a short time for - Portland where she will attend the steamer Alaska is in port. He|leave for the Westward on the Ala- |between the ports of France and Reed College during the coming year.