The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 28, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIV., NO. 5189. MOSLEM UPRISING IN THREE COUNTRIES NGW L JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1929. POWERS REACH !DapPZr Wull;er fin?l ¢ AGREEMENT ON | DEBT SUBJECT Reparations Conference Meet Requiremenls of Great Britain THE HAGUE, Aug. 28.—It is re-| liably reported that an agreement s been reached among the larger Powers participating in the Repara- | tions Conference as to the method | of meeting the requirements of | Great Britain, both as to distribu- | | tion of the annuities and concern- || ing the troublesome question of| deliveries. ! In kind, the agreement is said to re England around 75 per cent. of the demands instead of 60 per cent. previously offered. | | | PRODUCTION IS | AT HIGH PEAK . {sciousness of New York's citizens 'that taey have a fight to settle in picking the next occupant of the maycr’s chair., At least the signs by which such | | | | | i i | + O O . 5577 By DONALD C. ( P. Feature BOLLE iter) Record Is Set in Aviation in U. S.—New Sta- Rep. Fiorello H. LaGuardia, unofficial Republican candidate. —It gradu- | is penetrating the inner con- tistics Shown CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. On the heels of reports showing airplane engine production is at the highest peak in the history of avia- tion, a survey by the Aeronautical branch of the Chamber of Com- 28.—"' !things are judged, point that way, now that the battle lines for the mayoralty campaign ave been drawn. A scrap between a son of Ireland and one whose ancesiors hail from Italy should equal in in- tensity anything the prize ring de- velops. merce showed one dozen states with more than 100 airplanes owned the offing. within their boundaries. | It's depper, witty James J. Walk- New York is in the, lead with er, who wears the colors of Tam- 753, and "California is Second ‘with many, against Fiorello H. LaGuat- 519, | dia, fighting liberal congressman, California leads the nation in in whose veins flows the blood of planes, per capita being one plane Italian ancestry for 8788 persons. The mayoralty campaign will be Washington is twelfth on the list another test of Tammany. It is with 108 planes. {12 years since Anti-Tammany can- Three states have less than five didate was successful in overcom- planes. They are Nevada, New ing the Tammany Mexico and Maine. | John Purroy Mitchel was the last ‘Washington is third in per capi- and LaGuardia hopes to be the ta with one plane for every 14,694 next. persons. In sceuring the unoffic nation of the Republicans to test istrength with Tammany, LaGuar | fulfilled an ambition which he has | nurtured for many years. Schooled in the art of battle, both in the And that is exactly what is in | e, { | meets a worthy foe in the champion NEARING cLus Jof the Tammany organization. ! Four years ago Jimmy Walker, CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 28—T.| lawyer, sportsman and politician, A. Wells, of Wichita, Kansas, won gained the mayor's chair after the Portland-Cleveland Derby and trouncing John F. Hylan, seeking George Halsey, of Kansas City, is nomination as the official Tam- the victor in the Miami-Miamimany candidate. Beach-Cleveland hop. In the four years in which he has Two other derbies are still en-|drawn his pay check from the city, route, to finish tomorrow at the|which by the way totals $25.000 a National races. | One group is spending the night|become known personally to more at Syracuse, N. Y. in the race rrom}pcople than any of his predecessors. Philadelphia via Boston, Syracuse. His wandering feet have carried and Buffalo, and the other at Fort him to many climes and he has Wayne, racing from Oakiand, Cali- raised welcoming of visitors, to a fornia. |rite. His radiant personality; his The contest of airplane gliders quick wit and faultless sartorial was won by Elmer Westerland, of splendor enhance his position in Jackson, Michigan, who sailed a the public eye and have gained for distance of 550 feet. {him a reputation as a showman organization, ' 21 nomi- | i army and the political ring, he| {year, Jimmy Walker probably has; Fighting LaGuardia ' Enliven N. Y. Fight Mayor James J. Walker (right), Tammany candidate, seeks re-elec- fall election. Pitted against him is RS R S Rl S as might be expected “peinted with | pride” to what they regard as 40 accomplishments of his adminis- tration Although past history seems to favor the smiling Jimmy, he has a reugh road ahcad of him in beat- .nz LaC rdia. La Guardia is the fighting son of a fighiing man and grew up in an atmosphere of war in an army | camp. He has had a varied career but his forte has been politics. Theodore Roosevelt sent him abroad in the consular service and he tame back to study law and be- come the deputy attorney general of New York State. He became familiar with the city’s affairs as president of the board of aldermen and probably has the unegualed distinction of being clected to congress in sue- cessive terms as a Republican and la Socialist. He waited no longer than to register his vote for war before he left his seat in Congress and be- came a private in the army. He returned at the end of the Worid War with a major's insignia, after an active carcer in the aviaticn corps. Guardia krows the value of [¢ a in politics and with Walker on the other side the race should steal much of the brillilance of Broadway during the pre-election days. — et GOVERNMENTTO MAKE WHISKEY Only Three Distilleries File ! Application for Legal Permits | WASHINGTON, Aug. 28—Al- though the government will begin distillation this fall of 2,000,000 gal- lons of medicinal whiskey to re- | NAVY’S HOPE FOR SCHNEIDER MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS CUP RACES GRAF ZEPPELIN LOSES TIME IN FLIGATTON, Y. Fights Headwinds Over| Texas—Over Kansas City | Bound for Chicago KANEAS CITY, Aug. 38—7Thr“ Graf Zeppelin circled over the city today and headed toward Chica- go. It is thought that Commander Dr. Eckencr has set his course through Illionis in an effort to make up for lost time, which was lost yesterday over Texas when the Graf was forced to fight strong headwinds which hampered the! speed. All aboard are reported fine and enjoying themselves. #5 L GRAF ZEPPELIN T0 COME NORTH I Dress Phota intends to pilot 0OMI PRI SITUATION NOW (GROWING TENSE, PALESTINE AREA |Unrest Spreading Among | Fanatical Tribesmen— } ears Entertained ITALY AND FRANCE | SENDING WARSHIPS [British Troops Fire on Mob | in Jerusalem District —Many Killed JERL LEM, Aug. 28.—A eslem uprising throuzhout | Palestine, Syria and Trans- Jordania loomed today and i }lhe British power in the Mid- EARLY IN 1330 Will Come to Alaska Next| April, and Establish Base at Fairbanks dle East plan to crush the quickly rising spirit of unrest among the fanatical tribes- | men. 3 ‘ The situation already seems | to have passed far beyond the ’uriginal dispute between the | Arabs and Jews cvor b | Wailing Wall use. * place the diminishing supply now | bonded, only three distilleries have filed applications for permits to Police officers of Hampton, Ga., use a plank studded with nails to stop speeders and rum runners. manufacture liquor. The Prohibition Bureau believes that the 10,000,000 gallons now on hand will be gone before the new supply has aged four years, as re- with few equals. i Aside from the potential vote getting value of Jimmy Walker as {a personality, his supporters have UNIFORM STATE AIR LAWS URGED | BY DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WASHINGTON, Aug. 28—The need of uniform state laws to con- trol intra-state air commerce is urged by the Department of Com- merce. Under the air commerce act the acronautics branch of the depart- ment can only impose regulations on aircraft and aviators operating in interstate commerce. It has no jurisdiction over unlicensed planes and pilots operating within a state. Most of the intrastate operators and aviators, however, have come in voluntarily under the act. “Thus far at least,” the depart- ment said, “all aircraft and air- men are not airworthy or compe- tent. Some are disapproved for various reasons when they are in- spected or examined by field rep- resentatives of the department of commerce. In such cases there is but one alternative either to ac- quire airworthy aireraft or im- prove their ability as airmen, and that is to resort to intrastate oper- ations in a state having no law, or the incorrect law. “Unfortunately, it is this class of. quired by regulations. Legal consumption of whiskey in the United States is between 11,500,000 and 2,000,000 gallons year- ly. aircraft and airmen which has| been contributing in a large meas- . 7 ure to the recent aircraft acci- Claimant to Nine dents with resulting injuries, fatal' Million, Is Held in and otherwise, to both passengers| , . . Jail Without Bonds and pilots.” | The remedy, the department said, | requires suitable legislation which,| HAVANA, Cuba., Aug. 28.—Jo- among other things, must take into seph Parlow, American resident of consideration the imperative need Havana, who has claims totalling of uniformity in the laws through-$9,000,000 against the Cuban Gov- out the country in the matter of |ernment, has been lodged in jail. airworthiness of aircraft and the The charges against him are not competency of fliers. made public and he is held without “Once in the air,” the depart-|bonds. ment pointed out, “there can be' Barlow returned to Cuba from no distinction between the intra- the United States™last July. The state and interstate character of authorities said he had been de- an airplane. It must be equally ported, alleging insanity. airworthy and the pilot must be| Barlow was once Cuba’s richest equally competent. The same rules man. He said he could not pay of passing, signalling, crossing and |his bail even if it was arranged. He landing must apply.” {had but little money. In states where it may be done| The controversies with Cuba are constitutionally, the department suggested that legislation be adopt- | purchased property worth $9,000,000 ed requiring aviators to be iederal—}from the original owners of a ly licensed. Where such a law Spanish land grant. The Cuban would be unconstitutional, reguln-jGovemment alleges the claim is tions identical with the federal re- unfounded, contending Barlow paia quirements are urgde. only $50 for the property. { H | ] | lof long standing. He claimed he' | The Graf Zeppelin, giant dirigible ! now completing the last leg of its| first round the world cruise, will| |come to Alaska next April. It will! make its base at Fairbanks for a| series of Arctic explorations which may extend over a period of two! years, | Work on a mast and landing field | will start in the near future. Capt. A. E. Lathrop of Fairbanks, will have charge of the Alaska end of | preparationsfor {Me big air Hér. | Says Is Assured Information to this effect was received late yesterday by Gov.' George A. Parks and Maj. Malcolm Elliott, President of the Alaska IIO"lCSC(’I{(‘I"S I’V(H'CS | Road Commission in a telegram __ B 3 from Ernest Walker Sawyer, Execu- From Coast Points tive Assistant to the Secretary of g Interior, who visited Alaska last To Alaska 47 Be l"flde month and is now in Washington. | At the time of his visit here, Mr. Sawyer said that financial backing for the Graf Zeppelin's exploration was assured. A corporation, inter- national in its ramifications, had then been formed to put the expe- dition in the field and final plans were being made then. He said in his telegrams yesterday that it was now an assured undertaking. ‘While little is known about the purposes of the explorations, it is understood they will be mainly for scientific purposes, to study air con- ditions, barometric pressures, etc. Text of Telegram The telegrams to the Governor and Maj. Elliott said: “I am assured that Capt. Q. E. Lathrop has been definitely ap- pointed to be aeronautic in charge of Alaska matters relative to the flights of the Zeppelin from Fair-| banks next April and has been au- thorized to proceed with the prepar- ations of the field at Fairbanks. Blue prints of the mast and field specifications have been forwarded Capt. Lathrop. I am also advised the flight is definitely assured and Wreckage of an airplane SAN FRANCISCO, August 28—The Pacific Steamship Company this year will put into effect homeseekers’ fares from Pacific Coast points to Matanuska and Fairbanks, Alaska. The special rates will be effective from Sep- tember 11 to February 28, 1930, from San Diego, San Pedro, San Francisco and Seattle. The return limit will be May 30, next year. JACK DEMPSEY 1S SUSPENDED Equity Association of Ac- tors Refuse to Make Comment on Action Obgervers look to Ibn Said, 'mighty King of Hedjaz, whose !ultimate attitude to turn the ' scales one way or another, is lconsidered certain. . Aisociated Press Phoso in a desolate area as a result of being struck by lightning 4000 feet In the air during a thunderstorm. Virgll Cline, San Jose, Cal., piiot. was killed. After Noah’s Record |Land of Soviets : 1I’lune Makes Another Hop IRKUTSH, Siberia, Aug. 28.—The plane Land of So- viets, landed here yesterday from Novosibirsk, enroute to New York via Siberia’and Alaska. e 0o .00 0000 R ’TULANE COACH PLAYED ! WITH UNDEFEATED TEAM | NEW ORLEANS, La., Aug. 28— T. P. (Ted) Banks, new freshman £ | football coach at Tulane university, had the experience of playing three of varsity football at the K back, played firs {in 1920, He went in Wolverines lost two games, but they won all the rest. A 5 S WA S GIANT BROTHERS JOIN IOWA FOOTBALL SQUAD ICWA CITY, Aug. 28.—A pair of young giants will join the Univer- sity of Towa squad next fall when Douglas and Silas Tompkins, broth- after the | a representative of the Goodyear Zeppelin plant from Dayton, will soon join Capt. Lathrop. I hope that all organizations will cooper- ate to make the flight a success.” Will Extend Aid Both Gov. Parks and Maj. Elliott said every possible aid will be giv- en- the expedition. The Alaska Road Commission, the latter an- nounced, will build a road to the ate in field construction in the same manner it co-operates with the Territory in similar projects. Gov. Parks expressed a keen in- terest relative to the objects to be accomplished. — s ® 0 0 000000000 00 . TODAY’S STOCK . . QUOTATIONS ° ® 0 00 0000000000 NEW YORK, Aug. 28. — Alaska Juneau mine stock is quoted today at 8, American Tobacco A 197%, American Tobacco B 197, Bethle- hem Steel 135%, Continental Mot~ ors 14% Corn Products 109%, Cud- ahy 52, International Paper A 35, International Paper B 22, Naiional Acme 34%, Standard Oil of Cali- fornia 75%, Stewart Warner 66%, American Ice 52%, Independent Oil 32%, General Motors 72%. —————— Yellowstone Park maintains a staff of scientifically trained men to explain phenomena of the re- gion to tourists. . | NEW YORK, Aug. 28—Jack Dempsey has been suspended from |- the list of actors of the Equity o f Association, charged with disloyalty | Mary Van Rensselaer Cogs: during the recent unsuccessful ef-| Well, well known American so- (:on to unionize the actors in sound | cxety_ woman, .will a'ttcn')pt to talking films. The Council which| duplicate old man Noah’s rec- isuspended Dempsey refused to ex- ord by climbing to the top of !plain its action. | Mount Araiat where it is un- | Estelle Taylor, Dempsey’s wife,| derstood the famous ark first has not been suspended. | landed after the flood. Mount | ————.e \landing field and otherwise cooper-| 7 | Ararat is ice clad near the peai | during the entire year. If Miss| | Van Rensselaer is successful | Last Man’s Club |Is Dwindling: Two Now Remain | in reaching the top, she and her party will be the first to attain { this~ objective in fifty-three | years. _ “Shuttle” Mail Plane Continues Flight Eastward ST. PAUL, Minn, Aug. 28— Death has claimed another from jthe membership of the roll of the Last Man’s Club and only two ‘members are left. John Goff, aged 86 years, the youngest of the the trio, who for years kept the /famous organization of Civil War Veterans in existence, died today at the Fort Snelling hospital. The organization was formed at | Stillwater Minnesota, on July 21 OMAHA, Ne ska, Aug. 28. poeing endurance “shuttle” plane, is racing eastward over the transcontinental course after hav- 1885, with 34 members. |ing refuelled twice during the night. Death has thinned the ranks. Cleveland is the next refuelling At the first meeting a bottle of point. .wine was set aside to be opened by| The plane, piloted by Capt. Ira ithe last man, but two years aso, Eaker, is attempting to set an en- the three survivors opened the bot- durance mark over the regular mail tle, drinking a toast. It was de- route carrying a useful load. ,cided too great an ordeal for (mc‘ —_———— | I The Iman alone, A lighted airway will be in op- ——— eration shortly between Salt Lake Missouri has 19 airporis. City and Los Angeles. [y ers, don moleskins. Douglas weighs 220 pounds and stands 6 feet 4'; inches tall. Silas, comparatively a little fel- low, weighs 200 pounds and is 6 feet tall. They are sophomores. | PELGRADE, Aug. 28.—Although all rallroads in Jugo-Slavia are ;\mu'-ownvd and state-buiit, a de- parture has been made by the Poz- | barevatz District Government which {has, with the permission of the |Minister of Finance, concluded a loan direct with an American group |for the construction of railways in |its area. | | The loan amounts to $5,000,000 par value. Interest will be at 7 per cent which is considered mod- 'erate in view of financial condi- tions. The money will be used for a !normal-gauge line from Pozhare- vatz to the Danube, which will later be joined by a bridge with the Rumanian railway system and will provide a new link between West- ern Europe, Belgrade and Ruman- |ia. A narrow gauge line will also AMERICAN MONEY LOANED FOR RAIL ROUTE IN SIBERIA | - Facts are rapidly being as- isembled. They fail, however, to bear out the optimistic | tone. ’ Official dispaiches fixed the. d (et 143, of both Arkbs and Jews. | The wounded are fixed at 426 per- sons. An accurate check, however, is impossible. | Tribes Arming | The Beersheda tribes are reported arming and gathering by the thou- |sands for a march into battle near Hebrown, the scene last Saturday ,of the massacre when Arabs lit- erally cut to pieces Jewish men, (women and children, | TItaly and France have sent war- ships to perfect Nationals. | British troops fired on a mob vesterday and killed a number of Arabs and Jews. 4 ACTION OF U. S. WASHINGTON, Aug. 28. ‘ien \bers of a Jewish delegatior. - hich 'yesterday delivered to Seerc 7y of State Stimson, a letter for § ne Howard, British Ambasador, Palestine situation, decid: night to withdraw the com tion for the present on the that some points, reciting t !ish side of the incidents, n controversial. President Hoover and € ‘Stimscn assured the delegat the American Government | sleps to protect Americans disturbed region. Similar we cerning the British Gow was also given by Ambassad ard. Some hope is held that troversy in Jerusalem may .o LOADS LUMBER FOR CANNERY A" The Sea Rose is loadir < feet of lumber at the June ay ber Mill for the Alaska-iacliic cannery at Kake. e Hows 8 cof~ i, AKE 000 |be built to join Pozharevatz with the narrow gauge system of west- ern Serbia and Bosnia, and this will give the Danube basin a new outlet to the Adriatic through the ports of Bubrovnik and the Kotor Estuary. This loan is regarded as another indication of the great interest foreign money is beginning to take in Jugo-Slavia which has vast po- tential wealth awaiting capital. The French are araining marshes and exploiting water power; the Brit- ish have offered loans for the con- struction of electric generating sta- tions, for the paving and drain- age of Belgrade and for railway construction; Germans are the Panchevo bridge, which will be - the longest span over the Danube. Many other foreign groups are interested in the rich mines of lSnuthem Serbia. 3