The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 31, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIV., NO. 5192. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1929. M EMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS DEATH LiST IN SHIP COLLISION MAY BE INCREASED | ARABS AND JEWS AND BRITISH IN MORE CONFLICTS Clashes Ar;—Reported in Various Sections Jeru- salem, Palestine | AMERICAN RABBI AND | WIFE BELIEVED DEAD Killed in Attack in City of Safed—British Troops Are Landed LONDON, Aug. 31.—Clashes be-| fween Arabs and Jews, and British troops are reported in various sec- tions of Jerusalem and in North- #rn Palestine as British forces by Jand and sea proceeded to restore order after more than one week of trouble between Jews and Arabs. The principal danger point lay in the north. | The British Foreign Office an-| nounces that the “situation in both | Palestine and Transjordania con- tinued quiet,” but admitted consid- | erable forces of Arabs are re-| ported to have crassed the Syrian frontier into Palestine on Friday. | Airpianes have been sent to check | the Arabs. | Other reports said troops have been sent from Jerusalem to meet the threat. One rabbi and his wife, believed | | to be Americans, were killed in, | an attack on the City of Safed| which is described as a small out- breek. This was quelled by troops. The Mohammedan Sabbath,| which was expected to be the turning point in the strife, passed | without, incident. e — WALL OF WATER SWEEPS VALLEY Dam Breaks in Early Morn- ing Hours but Warning Saves All but One COLORADO SPRINGS, Colc, Aug. 31—Mrs. Bertha F. Emery was drowned and her husband seriously injured when the Ute Pass Dam‘ went out early today. All buildings in the Colorado cabin settlement, near the base of the dam, were destroyed when a wall of water swept over the valley and spread out over the region. The rush of water awakened M:. and Mrs. Emery and they rushed | i | | | b | tainside above the Palasades of the | Mouvet; and for one lustrous year, Eleanora’s Dovecote As Movie Man’s Bride Is Castle on Hudson When Sam Katz, who heads a chain of 1,200 movie houses, and his recent bride Eleanora, dancing partner of the late Maurice, return has a private theatre and on which the buildings are arlificially cooled in summer. NEW YORK, Aug. 31—When Sam Curtis- Left Katz w a boy in high school on 3 Chicago's west side, back in wuu,‘/”“'"‘ m lbe usad to hurry from classes to a Ufi,‘(.,’”[ (:(ll)l.f'l’ wigy nickeiodeon in the neighbor- )| |hood, where for $16 a week he |played the piano from suppertime {until the last show was over. And when Romance flickered il |erpment official left in Washing- the screen in the little movie house [ton, D. C., one of the few tim that had been a grocery store, Sam |in recent history that the Presi- lapsed into the melody of “Castles | dent and all members of the Cab- in the Air,” and conjured from ‘thl‘;im't will be gone. twanging keys a vision of the cas The exodus for the week-end and tle he was going to build some day. Labor Day also includes scores of |lesser officials. | The |and Secretary Hyde and five mem- bers of the Federal Farm Board |are at Hoover's Rapidan River }placc. | Cabinet members have gone to their summer homes. . —— | FALLS ASLEEP, WASHINGTON, Aug, nightfall, Vice - President Charles 31 — By He is building it now, on a moun- Hudson near New City, N. Y. It will be ready in a few months for him and his bride. His bride is Eleanora Ambrose, the dancer. When Sam was play- ing a nickelodeon piano she was Eleanor Puckett, daughter of a Newton, Kas., merchant policeman. She came to New York; she met, danced with and married Maurice President with Mrs. HOOVL‘T, | | | INEW YORK CITY | GIVES WELCOME TO GRAF GHIEF [ Greeted and Presented with Scroll, Medal NEW YORK CITY, Aug. 31—This city late yesterday gave Dr. Hugo Eckener a reception second only to that given Col. Charles A. Lind- bergh. | Tons of paper floated down upon | the German pioneers of the sky. { Commander Eckener was . pre- isented with a scroll and official ! medal of the city of New . York. 1 Medals were also presented to oth- er members of the Graf Zeppelin's| 'erew and passengers who made Lhr; world flight. i . ——— i GRAF ZEPPELIN SCHEDULED FO VOYAGE TONIGHT 'Huge Airship Will Take Off | at Midnight for Ger- man Home Port | | 31— LAKEHURST, N. J., Aug. Preparations went forward air at midnight tonight bound for ‘her home port, at the end of the historic cruise. Seventeen passengers, 3,300 pounds of freight and a quantity | ,of mail wiil be aboard for the fifth {crossing of the Atlantic. When the Graf reaches the homn ! (port, the craft will have traveled | approximately 27,000 miles. Repairs to the rudder that crum- | { |the ground at Los Angeles, have| been completed and the ethane | gas chambers have been refilled. S e THREE HUNDRED ESCAPE DEATH { | Dr. Eckener Officiallyf | splendid MINEEXPLOSION Twelve Coal Diggers Are Seriously Burned— Blast Terrific Legion Plans Derby on Churchill D An American Legion erans’ eleventh reunion at Louisvi Commander of the Legion. JINDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 31. — American Legion’s eleventh annual convention, at Louisville Septem- ber 30 to October 3, is to be made up of crowded business sessions and entertainment, As announced by James F. Bar- ton, national adjutant, from the veterans' headquarters here, Louisville meeting will be spiced « 1 ; today | with features not before included |tacy from their honeymoon they will reside on a New York estate which 5 yong the Graf Zeppelin into the in reunton arrangements. oons largely will taken up with business affal these likely to include some dis- cussion of President Hoove: an- nouncement to de building of cruisers; world peace as encouraged by the Kellogg treat Le~ gion's vlan for war d ‘The afternoons and evehnings will The for b | curtis wint be the only high Gov-|pled when the tail of the ship hit Wilkins to Use Submarine for Antarctic Trip CLEVELAND, uhio, Aug. 31.—Capt. George H. Wilkins today announced construc- tion will start soon on a specially designed submarine to be usad in a geographical and meteorological explora- ticn to the South Polar re- gions. Capt. Wilkins expects to start the trip December 15 and he said it in no way is in competition with the explorations of Com- mander Richard E. Byrd, now in the Antarcti e eecc-00c00000 . ——— The James A. Drain trophy ,consistent service to community, State and country. the | N SO o S —, . ——————a—e— derby over the iamous Churchill Downs track (above) is a feature of the vet- lle, September 30-October 3. (inset) | be given over to enter September 30 the American Legion terby will be run over the famous Churchill Downs track, home of | the Kentucky Derby. Paul V. Mc- | Nutt, the national commander {H\‘ world ws fighte will gi dinner distinguished guests 1 the y. A golden light jubllee with spec- fireworks on the north sid of the Ohio river, and a night ai: flying exhibition, will | plane be ,| held September 30. The' convention committee becn assured by ‘the navy depa ment that the dirigible Los Ang: | will take part in the aerial display Seven bombing planes and 21 pur- suit shins to by sent there., The Legioff's annual parade Will Paul V. McNutt (upper right) is Natlnnzl| is awarded the State showing the mest |t ainment. On ;| Belknap campus. owns MORE ABOARD SUNKEN BOAT THAN STATED Casuality L?May Never Be Exactly Known— All Records Lost INVESTIGATION STARTS INTO COLLISION AT SEA i Captain ofal Tanker Claims Wrecked Craft Was at Fault SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Aug. 31 —The possibility that the San Juan carried 116 persons instead of 110, as previously reported, is indicated and the loss of life may be over 74 persons. The San Juan sank within five minutes early yester- day morning off Pigeon Point, |south of here, when in collision in a fog with the Standard OIil anker S. C. T. Dodd. The owners of the coastwise steamer San Juan, bound here from Los Angeles, admitted there may have been 66 passengers and the icrew may have numbered as high as 55. Passengers lists were made up sev- ral hours before the vessel sailed. he crew list is over one month |old. Tickets are also sometimes pistol na 501d aboard the vessels. All records held at Camp |Were lost in the sinking. IKnox, and at 9 am. of the same Forty-two survivors have reach- |day the semi-final contests for(¢d here while search continues. |drum and bugle corps will be at| Investigation of the wreck is und- | g e Tparas &4 |er Way. (Maxwell field, and for bands at A libel suit totaling $1,800,000 has been filed against the Standard Oil tanker. get under way at 11 1 and will pass over a two-mile course. The “states’ dinmer” in the armory, given by the auxiliar and the Forty and Eight's “wreck {in the memorinl stadium will be {that day. The night of October |2 15 carnival night , | At 8 am. October rifle contests will be .m. October | | There also will be a regatta, polo imatches, a football game and side- {trips into historic and scenic spots | of Kentucky and Indiana, Officers) (il be elected at. the final on, October 3 Captain’s Testimony Capt. H. O. Bleumchen, of the S. C. T. BDodd, declared at. the {nearing before fhe Unitéd States Steamboat Inspetcors, that His’ |VETERAI [ REFERENDUM FANATIC IS SOUGHT FOR KILLING TWO s OF FOREIGN W A FAVOR ON 18TH AMENDMENT ST. PAUL, Minn,, Aug. 31—The }shlp's collision with the San Juan would not have occurred if the lat- ter ship had kept on its course. He sald he sounded the signal “hard astern” expecting the San jJuan to keep coming and pass the Veterans of Foreign Wars and one |front of the Dodd. Instead the | major organization of ex-service|San Juan stopped and this caused men went on record here yesterday |the collision. as favoring a national referendum | Capt. Bleumchen declared that on the repeal or retention of the both ships were at a dead stop at Eighteenth Amcndment. the time of the crash. He had Action was n after a vesolu- |intended going ahead, holding the tion urging complete repeal of the [San Juan but this was prevented | amendment was ordered tabled. ~ (bY the speedy sinking of the dam- The wet and dry issue was the aged craft. warmest topic before the conven-| Capt. Adolph Asenlund is said by | tion and final action represented a ‘compromise between the contend- |ing forces. | The election of Hezekiah N. Dutf, of Lansing, Michigan, as new com- mander, and the selection of Balti- more for the 1930 convention city, Police Have Clues Regard- ing Double Murder in Kansas City KANSAS CITY, Aug. 31. — The survivors to have gone down with the San Juan. The San J:an was one of the oldest vessels operated on the Pa- cific Coast. She was built in 1882 but despite her age was considered a staunch craft by both her own- from their cabin to warn others.|yntj] Maurice's death in 1926, she ‘Emery told his wife to run to the | ghareq with him the mantle of the higher ground while he ran from|gastles and the applause of sup- ers and Federal inspectors. - e nolice are centering their efforts in apprehension of a religious fan-| atic in the belief his arrest may were the other high spol RENTON, Penn, Aug. 31.—Three - hundred miners escaped and 12 - FLIER GRASHES, TWO FLIERS door to door pounding on the cabins. It is believed that all others escaped. 1 After the water receded searchers found the body of Mrs. Emery a short distance from the camp. Tighteen persons were in the camp at the time. PHIL JOLIE ENTHUSES ABOUT TAKU DISTRICT Phil Jolie, who returned on the Jazz from the Taku district is one of the most enthusiastic prospectors to return to Juneau. -In his opinion the Taku and Tulsequah' districts are the most beautiful he has ever seen, as well as being rich in min- eral and game. Claims staked bv his partner, Paul Black, well known prospector, | and himself lie almost on the| boundary line, but on the American | side, on the side of Taku River | on which Twin Glacier Camp is lo- | cated. The camp they established | was attacked several times by brown bear, and they were forced to shoot two, Mr. Jolie declared.| Many moose and moose tracks were scen by them in the vicinity of the camp. At the time the Tulsequah River overflowed last week, Mr. Jolie and | his partner were near the head of the river and were forced to aban- don camp by the rising water. A number of people lost boat, motors and supplies when the water rose | | per-club habitues from Broadway to the Riviera. Katz played the pianc until he had saved money enough to buy the nickelodeon. Then he took into partnership his father Morris, a| Jewish barber who had brought his family of six to Chicago, from Rus- sia when Sam was four months old. They saved, bought more nickelodeons and went into part- nership with the four Balabans. Reid was trying to keep aloft Twelve years ago the partnersi..i,s nours to add to his bonuses built in Chicago the first of theifor 5 poneymoon with his bride deluxe motion picture houses Which |,r 4 few day now dot the nation. | * Reid took off Thursday morning The mansion that Sam Katz iS|anq after 37 hours aloft, the plane's building for his bride is the central | otor droned cway and headed out edifice on an estate which encom- |gver the air field. Attaches of the passes a mountain on the west air field thought Reid had gone bank of the Hudson vrier, 25 miles!for a ride around the country. above New York. {When he failed to reappear a The estate also has a hundred- search was started. Searchers found room manor for guests, a sumptu-the wrecked plane against a tree ous theatre of its own, stables, ten- !two miles away. One of the fuel nis courts and swimming pools, a tanks was full showing that Reid garage with space for 150 motor !fell asleep and crashed. cars—even an air-cooling plant to| keep temperatures temperate in all| buildings on torrid summer days,[w"‘l‘ 7TAKE P 6SEION WITH WHITE PASS RY.! GOVERNMENT SCHOOL Charles W. Pusse, who was grad-| WILL OPEN TUESDAY |u.5ii o i B o uated from the Business Adminis- tration Department of the Univer- The Goyernment Indian school in!sity of Washington last spring, Juneau will open for its commgi'came north on the steamer Queen year's work Tuesday morning, Bep-“with the Rev. Edgar Gallant of tember 3. It is expected that there Skagway and after making the Tri- will be a larger attendance thunl‘angle trip to Haines, Skagway and ever. before, and three teachers wil|Sitka, they stopped in Juneau for EnduranceRecord at Cleve- land Ends Fatally After Flight Is Success CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. Flying solitary in resistance to the demands of sleep, Pilot Thomas 'Reid, after establishing a solo an- |durance record, fell asleep and crashed. 31— others were burned in an explosion at the Renton mine. | The coal diggers who were badly |burned, were taken to a hospital Inear New Kingston where several | |are said to be in a serious con- dition. Officials are unable to ascertain | the cause fof the blast which shook (the surrounding countryside. | ANNUAL LABOR DAY BALL BY MOOSE IS | NEXT MONDAY NIGHT | The Labor Day Ball, one of the lannual events of the local Order of Moose will be given Monday inight in Moose Hall. The hall has Ibeen redecorated and the floor put in excellent condition. Punch will be served during the evening. The Screnaders will furnish the music. e —— | {Army Bombing Plane Crashes; Lieutenant Canfield Is Burned| MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Aug. 31. ‘*Lleut. Dwight J. Canfield, of | Minnesota, was seriously burned when an army bombing plane he was piloting, crashed near here. The plane was one of four enroute to Panama from the United States and was destroyed. e e |closed for the day RACING EAST Los Angeles Aviators Seek- ing to Win Victor’s Share of $10,000 LOS ANGELES, Cal, Aug. 21— Seeking the victor’s share of $10,- 000 prize money offercd for a non- stop flight to Cleveland, Ohio, Ma- jor John Wood and Capt. Roscoe Turner are speedinz two mono- planes eastward. Capt. Turner left this morning followec later by Major Wood Both men hope to better the mark of 13 hours, 51 minutes and 10 seconds set by Lco Schoenhair, racer last Monday. Both pilots carried to pump fuel from the at 1 o'clock 45 minutes a mechanic wings. USUAL HOLIDAY IS PLANNED HERE FOR LABOR DAY ADVENT Juneau will observe Labor Day, Monday, with its usual holiday. All offices, stores, banks, etc., will be giving both owners and clerks a vacation. The observance will be limited to sporting events. Tonight, the American Legion's smoker card is lead to the solution of the double | slaying of Miss Ruth Laughlin and THREE HALIBUT her escort, Paul Odell, whose bodies were found reday at CHff Drive. The fanatic is known only as Fred. He became acquainted with Mi Laughlin at a tent meeting several days ago and proposed im- mediate marriage, threatening her if she refused. Recurrent proposals were made and the girl became un- easy and told the members of her family. ISR A Italian Ace Plans Flight Across Atlantic ROME, August 31.—Major Mad- dalene, one of Italy’s foremost bird- men, hopes soon to add to his laurels by trans-Atlantic cross- ing. Maddalena gained fame by locating Gen. Nobile on the ice in the Arctic, after the airship had been wrecked. Major Maddalena plans to take off in November for a nonstop flight from Rome to New York, via the Maderia Islands and Cuba, with a plane carrying sufficient fuel for a 6,000-mile cruising radiu FREE LECTURE ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ALAMEDA HAS | | | man, Rice 21 PASSENGERS 'SCHOONERS ARE Alameda sailed at 9 oclock this| oo b T Hold eerage. The following passengers | and haby, Charles Johnson and |Halibut schooners Sentinel, Anna J Mrs. J. G. Christianson and two States Bureau of Fisheries for al- and two children, Robert ! tinel and Anna J. were released but Dagovich, Miss O'Malley, Maric|/hcr. The boats are said to have | FOR THIS PORT SEIZED; ORDERS ! ’ | et SEATTLE, aug. .. — Steamer| ['wo Released Later at Ket- morning for Alaska ports with 162 ; first class passengers and three | Charges to Be Filed |are booked for Juneau: 3 SRR Mrs. R. Bonner, Mrs. A Baluz! KETCHERAN, Alsxs, Aug. e | wite, Mrs. Harry Sperling, and two|and OClaire, were seized yesterday ibabies, Harry Sperling, M. King,|Morning on order of the United children, P. O. Peterson. Jean Hol- |leged violation of the fishing laws. Mrs. L. Kahn, Mrs. George Following an investigation, the Sen- Simpson, Miss Breenbadt, Mrs. A.|thé Claire was bheld and it is re- E. Stevens, R. F. Lewis, S. P.|ported charges will be filed against Mead and Mrs. W. Hall |aboard salmon for bait caught out | - of seacon. S eee 'PAROCHIAL SCHOOL WILL OPEN NEXT _ | TUESDAY MORNING Emil Rozjas, of Skagway, was ar- S rested yesterday charged with hav-| The Parochial School will open |ing attacked his wife with a butch- |Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock for |er knife Mrs. Rozjas is the com- |the coming term. Enrollment wi-l laining witness. |take place on Tuesday and the Rozjas was given a preliminary 'regular class work will begin on SKAGWAY MAN ASSAULTS WIFE WITH KNIFE; HELD | | AT PALACE TONIGHT,p HALIBUT LANDINGS being staged. It was fixed for Saturday instead of Monday eve- ning to avold a conflict with the annual Labor Day dance of the be employed. la short time to visit with the Rev. Mrs. J. B. Bernhofer will remain | Gabriel Menager. as principal and will teach the| They will leave this afternoon ca| The San Juan Fishing and Pack- higher grades. Mrs. Tom Allen will the seaplane Ketchikan for Skag- |ing Company purchased halibut for suddenly from normal to eight! feet, Mr. Jolie said. He expects to return to Taku next Tuesday and remain until |examination before United States Wednesday, it was announced to- A free lecture on Christian Commissioner J. J. F. Ward, at day. Science is announced for tonight Skagway, and was bound over to| Sister Mary Stella will teach the at the Palace Theatre, starting at the Federal grand jury, according|High School studies during the winter when he will come out onj| snow shoes to the mouth of the! Taku. e —— Belgium, herself a great fruit producer, imported fruit valued at, $3,800,000 last year, teach the intermediate grades and way where Mr. Busse will take a | Mrs. Harold Smith will teach thc‘posinon in the auditor’s force of | primary grades. White Pass and Yukon Railway. —e - Mr. Busse will make his home A Kansas City greeting card with Father Gallant in Skagway. firm recruits its budding artists|He is a member of Lamda Chi| from high schools. iA!pha Fraternity, | 12.60 and 9.10 which was brought in by the following boats: Ina J., Capt. Andrew Hildre, 6,000 pounds; Hazd- ing, Capt. Martin Erstad, 7,000 pounds; Tern, Capt. Andrew Ros- ness, 4,000 pounds; Thelma, Capt. Bernt Alstead, 0060 pounds. Moose. Sunday afternoon there will be a baseball game between the American Legion teams Sunday and be and Douglas Monday 8 o'clock, by the First Church of Christ, Scientist, by Paul A. Harsch, s|C. 8. B, Member of the Board of Lectureship of The Mother Monday | Church, the First Church of Chmt.j to advices received by United States|coming year; Sister Mary Ethelbert Marshal Albert White. His bond | Will take charge of the intermediate was fixed at $300. |grades and Sister Mary Lucinda ————— | will have the kindergarten and pri- enjoying a scarcity mary grades, England evening the Moose stace their an- | Scientist, in Boston Masachusetts.|of mosquitoes due to the long| A large enrollment is expected for nual Labor Dance, 1The public is invited. {drought. | jthe 1929-1930 term,