The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 2, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL XXXIV., NO 5218 jUNLAb \L;\bKA WED\JESDAY OCTOBER 2 1929 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE. TEN CENYS SOUTHERN CITY THREATENED BY SERIOUS FLOOD SOVIET PLANE FAILS TO HOP AT DAYBREAK most at Last Minute to Work on Motors S0S CALL 1S NOW GIVEN EXPLANATION Plane Bumped Water Sev- eral Times During Flight | Last Sunday (Epecial o The Empire.) SITK,A Alaska, Oct. 1.—Although up to late last night all indica- tions pointed to the plane Land of Soviets hopping off at daybreak toauy for Seattle, early this morn- ing Commander Shestakov decided | that more work was required on the motors before he would again take the air and this work is be- ing rushed today. | Tiere was a steady rain here an‘ day yesteraay and early this morn-| | | ing it was continuing to rain and there was a southeast wind. | At noon today no indication was | given as to the time the plane will | continue the flight from Moscow to New York City, the next le:;! being from Sitka to Seattle. The| the Strait of Juan de Fuca, then down the strait to Puget Sound! _ and Elliott Bay. From a reliable source it is learn-| ed that the Soviet wireless operator cither misunderstood the command- er's instructions or became excited when the plane, flying low last Sunday, bumped the water several times and sent out the SOS call. Commander Shestakov jerked the antenna & or ia some way stopped communications abruptly. JOHN L. M'NAB T0 FORMULATE NEW DRY LAW Undertakes Difficuit Task< at Special Request of President WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 2.— As a patriotic duty, John L. Mc- Nab, San Francisco atttorney, has) undertaken, at President Hoover's request, the difficult task of formu- lating legislation to bring about better prohibition enforcement and relief of court congestion. McNab has no official connection with the Government but was urg- ed by Secretary of Treasury Mel- lon, Attorney General Mitchell and Chairman Wickersham, of the Law Enforcement Commission, to draft legislation for -submission to Con- gress in December which would centralize prohibition enforcement under the Department of Justice. Although describing it a duty, McNab said it Wwas a burden but accepted because “on one has caught the spirit of the President on the ardent desire to make the country a law abiding nation and I could not- hesitate to undertake the task,” said McNab. — ., —— Ohio farmers are expected to plant eight per cent more wheat this year. PLANF LAM) OF SOVIETS AND CREW‘ CONFIRM PARKS | Over the route shown four determined Russian aviators are flying to New York from Moscow. ‘ plane will go the outside route 0| The plane pictured is the original “Land of the Soviets” which was wrecked, but the machine used|johqlf of the ship builders at the Shestakov is commander of the expcdltmn now is a duplicate. T.E MITTEN CHICAGD CLUB IS DROWNED IS BOMBED IN Meets Sudden Death, Eastern Mountains o | window of the $6,000,000 club house ASSOCIATED PARS ‘I’NOMAG E.MITTEN. PHILADELPHIA, Penn., Oct. 2. —Thomas E. Mitten, transportation expert, has been drowned in the Pocino Mountains near Milford. If a college or university were prepared to confer such a degree as doctor of transportation science, Thomas E. Mitten would have been entitled to that honor. He had a peculiar genius for taking hold of troubled street rail- way systems, curing them of their ills, and putting them on a basis of operation with resultant bene- (Continued on Page Three) PRIVATE MONEY OPPOSES BANKERS IN CALL LOANS MADE TO BROKERS| NEW YORK, Oct. 2—Bankers who find lending money to brokers a’ lucrative business have a new source of worry. Information on brokers’ loans is furnished in New York from two sources. The federal reserve bank compiles a total of funds advanced to brokers through meémber banks. The stock exchange compiles a to- tal of funds advanced to brokers through vrivate individuals as well as banks. The difference petween these to- tals on any one day is the amount that is being supplied to the call loan market by private lenders without the aid of banks. This figure has passed $1,000,000,- 00 and the tendency is upward. The banks have no control over this money, they profit in no way from its use and they are findirg them- selves more and more in competi- tion with the individuals who are lending it. Early this year the banks were watching the steady growth of “loans for the account of others” and are wondering where they would stop. These loans, representing money handled by the bank for large de- positors and corporations, finally exceed the volume of funds lent in the call market for their own ac- count. The banks were obliged to charge the “others” for this service and maintained a certain amount of control over the money. In the case of private lenders acting by and for themselves, how- | ever, the banks have no part in the transactions. One effect of the increase in private lending to a billion dollars has been to dimin- | ish the importance of the “official from a bullet wound. call loan rate.” Private lenders are under no obli- | | flicted. 1 i | | night's jauto outdistanced the witness T v an.s plorf tation Expefl; LATESTRABKET [Bombers Advanced to Very Doors of Civic Lead- ers, Claim Made CHICAGO, Ill, Oct. 2—In year of nearly 100 bombings, last dynamite attack on the Lake Shore Athletic Club was the first to be made against a fash- ionable and exclusive group of Chi- cagoans. A bomb was the ssed through the tearing a hole in the wall of the natatorium. Several members in the locker rooms and women and men in the lounge, were staggered by the blast The force of the explosion was fell by nearby hotels and homes Assistant State’s Attorney Loesch was aroused from sleep in his hotel and he joined in the investigation “Persons who did this bombing advanced to the very door of civic leaders in Chicago. This bhombing must be solved,” said Loesch. The police are investigating two theories, one that the bombing was done by racketeers, angered by club members parking their cars in a vacant lot near the club, and the other that rival taxi concerns became aroused over the club’s policy of allowing only one com- pany to solicit fares. The bombers were in an automo- ibile and were seen to throw the bomb through the window but the who pursued the bomber's car. — e — MAN IS TAKEN FOR DEER, SHOT | Annual Toll at Opening of Washington Hunting Season Announced SEATTLE, Wash,, Oct. 2—The opening of the hunting season in Washington state was marred by the loss of three lives. Frank Cantriotti, aged 17 years of Port Townsend, was killed on Hood Canal when Carl Enos shet him when he attempted to shoot 2 deer. Enos is held on a charge 1of reckless shooting. Mrs. Ruth Rhodes, aged 32 years jwas found dead on Mount Walker The coro- ner said the bullet was self in- She was a well-known gation to observe the official rate. writer on aviation and travel. For that reason, frequently when ' Kerubi Bellandi, aged 27 years, the rate goes to 10 per cent or of Tacoma, bled to death from a higher, brokers find they can bor-' shot,gun wound accidentally in- row money outside the call market' flicted by his companion Casper at cheaper rates. J Kennell. o g GIRL OF OWN AGE TO GREET ISHBEL GV THAo STQURTON WASHINGTON.—In her stay at the White House and the British >mbassy, Ishbel MacDonald, daugh-~ ter of the British premier, may see a great deal of two Joung people of her own age, They are Allan Hoover, the President, and Mi Stourton, niece of Lady Isabella Howard, wife of the British am- bassador. Both are fond of ath- letics, as is Miss MacDonald. Miss Stourfon is Lady Isabella’s secretary. The Howards have mo children and their niece supplies a note of youth in the rambling oid embassy. TO ENJOY HERSELF WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 2.—- Except for attending official func- tions of state, Ishbel MacDonald, daughter of Premier Ramsay Mac- | Ponald, may spend her time as she chooses in Washington. Coming only as the daughter of the Prime Minister and not as the official hostess, she is bound to no set pro- gram, both the State Department and British Embassy maintaining a hands-off policy disposition on the time of the Scotch girl, who likes to ride and play tennis as well as dance. Entertainment is left chiefly to Mrs. Herbert Hoover and Lady Isa- bella Howard. Ishbel's first afternoon and eve-! ning will be filled. She will go to the White House and be received at a luncheon by the Hoover fam- ily and Monday evening will at- tend the state dinner at the Execu- tive mansion. Tuesday she will attend the ceremonial dinner at the British Embassy and unless weather is inclement, will go to tHe Hoover fishing camp on Satur- day and Sunday, leaving the great- er part of the week free to do as she pleases. - eee Albert Brown, Alaska represen- tative of Schwabacher Grocery Company, left on the Alameda for Ketchikan on a businzss trip. firmed today E ASGOVERNOR [° OF ALASKA WASHINGTON, D. C. 0(1‘ —George A. Parks was ¢on- by the United es Senate to be Governor Alaska. (.m'. Parks was enly re- nominated by President Hoov- er for another four year term last l‘l’ld.l) SECRET PAPER IS DISCLOSED NAVY HEARING| Copies of P urported British Document Turned Over to Senate Committee WASHINGTON, Oct, 2,~Ph0t0—‘ static copy, purported to be a secret British document, has been turned lover to the Senate Investigating {Committee by William B. Shearer as examination of his activities n unsuccessful 1927 Geneva naval conference. The investigation came to a temporary halt. Shearer quick- ‘ly produced the British paper and itold of obtaining it in Washington last winter during the cruiser bill debate. He said the purported document was signed by Sir Wil- liam. Wiseman “who everyone knows was the head of the British Secret Service in this country during the bwar and Chief of the British spy system, and now with Kuhn, Loeb Company.” Turned Over To Navy Shearer said he turned the docu- ment over to the Navy and later to Senator Reed, of Missouri. He said he did not know what use Reed made of it. After the hearing closed, Wisa- man, in a telegram, described (he‘ document as a “clumsy, absurd forgery.” The hearing adjourned, subject to the call of the Chairman who is expected to wait the conclusion of the visit to this country of Ram- say MacDonald, who is due Fri- day. Throughout the hearing yester- day, Shearer stood to his stery that all he did at Geneva as an employc of the ship builders was to “get out facts and figures” for the news- papermen. PICKET LINE the Colorado banker to defraud the before the Grand Jury. ~ Rather Soft for Congressmen And Others WASHIN! 2.—The Tre: lll) Dv.m.mm‘. has issued orders that Con- gressmen and other high government officials are en- titled to free entry when they return from abroad on government business and courtesy of the port when from pleasure trips. These supercede pre- THREE STARVE T0 DEATH UPON FORMED; TWO MEN ARE DEAD ARCTICWASTES il ’Parly'ls Found by Mounted Fifteen Are Wounded, Police — Inquest and Seriously in Textile Funeral Held Mill Strife OTTAWA, Ontario, Oet. 2.—A __|party of Royal Northwest Mounted MARION, N. C, Oct. 2. — TWO{pglice have returned here after men were killed and 15 wounded, 12 seriously, in a battle between | holding an inquest and funeral services in the bleak Arctic wastes. union and non-union workers Of | yag August it was reported by the Marion Manufacturing Com-)n, oehectors that three men had pany’s cotton mill {been found dead in the Arctic. The trouble started when 80inro,ni) police were sent to the members of the United Tnxulci scene. The dead men were John Workers of America, which recent- Hornby, British explorer; N. E. Ad- ly settled the strike af the Ml |\\rq ung Edgar Christlan, The| walked out and formed & ploket|, ., yore in g cabin on the banks line outside the gates when shifts| . ryoion river and the three S aoteal fights started and when|nad starved to death. SN aaviad ana & nomber of| Papers found included the first deputies intervened, someone !u"-'H'm,l‘_“, a shot. A few minutes later there | xv\(( dlary by Ohsistian ek was a general fusillage of shots ““”’m ‘ g P ‘lto sw 0 a;L ! The dead are Sam Vickers and P ;. Mrpo. | Randolph Hall, both union men.| Failure of the explorers to locate | All but four of those injured, |herds of caribou, upon which they were shot. The others were clubbed )rmmt(d for food, resulted in star-| is | vation. The source of the first shot not determined. The sheriff said| | he believed that it came from the | picket line and he said a number ‘l Lieutenant Governor \ of those wounded were shot down R o ! Of Idaho Dies, Result | Sheriff Adkins has telegraphed Gov. Gardner asking for troops. A s OROFINO, !duhn Oct. 2.—Lieut. T. L. Chidester, Federal Prohibi- |Gov. W. B. Kinne, of Idaho, dxad‘ tion Agent, and Mrs. Chidester left [here last night following an opera- today on the steamer Alameda for uun for appendicitis. He was stnc.kJ Seattle where they will visit for! {en last Saturday and was operated about 30 days. Mr. Chidester will \ypon Sunday. He rallied, then accompany Deputy United States had sinking spell and passed | Marshal W. H. Caswell from Ket-|away. Kinne was acting governc: | chikan, going from there as guard. while Baldridge was in Utah, ME SRRV I a , D. C, Oct..pe two chapters of a bcok by Hornby 1 “Land of Feast or Famine," |, of lmmmlu-ms Cus(" . . Waggoner’s Clerk Questioned | MERCHAN 4 Francis Carlson, formerly a elerk in the Waggoner Bank at Telluridg Colo., was one of the important witnesses called before the Grand Jury in New York to testify regarding the fake telegrams which were used by New York hanks of $500,060. Insef shows Mrs. Mary Waggoner, wife of the defendant, who was also called | International Neworeel | Signed Fraud Drafts Associated Press Photo Bank of Tellur to obtain York banks thing of the plot HOUSE By W. B. RAGSDALE (A, P. Staff Writer) WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.—Althoug y ened September 2 -kuw time until th action on th | tariff b 1 of the tariff I h has a clean I get down most of the > thelr vaca ieir colleagu task of meetl ys to adjourn v period there constitutiona With th the House ou me Hl'} tions ‘\I rform t ing every for anott conforming requirement Under the tion, the to se pated would not mv tariff, three da 1t its w October members v (',uns.wh. the However, nment resolu- be called in- 23, but anti Senate probably finished with arranged for until October 11 should conclude ision m summoned to re- ff bill. s be rec Sen: of before 14 Renate will not finish with the leg- of House n pointed out | that ,) ere is a probability that the lof an emergency nature were | FLOOD WATERS ARE ATTACKING AUGUSTALEVEE [Sixteen Hundwd Men Are Working Feverishly to Prevent Break 5 MOVING STOCKS; POWER OFF Situation Gravest in His- tory of City—Hurri- cane and Rain AUGUSTA, Geor teen hundred men are working feverishly to prevent flood waters from the Savannah River from {Breaking through the 13-mile levee | DRotecting this city. The water is already standing 1466 feet, two-tenths of a foot ln['h(‘r than 1. year's record level. he water is expected to go to 47 feet. Rain h.m fallen unceasingly on upper water shed, and |officials said the flood is almost certain to break through into the city. The situation constitutes the vest crisis in Augusta’s history. Residents of the lowlands have been advised to move to higher ground. All power in the city is ‘gene. Taking heed of warnings, mer- chants worked late into the night | |by candle light moving stocks to |upper stories and in some éases moving out of their stores entirely. | The water standpipe = supplying residents on the hill section of the city is almost dry and residents |face a serious drinking water | shortage. % i s gl GALE BLOWS ITSELF OUT ATLANTA, Ga., Oc¢t. 2—As the fury of the tropical gale blew it- self out somewhere near the Vir- ginia Capes, six deaths have been added to the seven it took at Nas- {sau, Bahamas, last week. Before the hurricane circled the Florida Peninsula, it turned inland near Pensacola and bheaded northwest- ward across Alabama and Georgia. The storms progress along the States was marked by tangled com= | munication lines which halted traf- fic and demaged buildings. One man was drowned near Pan- ima City, Florida. Falling bricks from a cotton gin killed a car- penter at Albany, Georgia. A wom- i was electrocuted near Black- shear, Georgia, and a negro was killed near Valbosta, Georgia, when 1 wire was blown on him. Two negroes were killed on a road near Port St. Joe, Florida. Excessive rainfall accompanied the gale as it moved northward. Georgia rivers have been sent into a flood stage and many Ala- bama towns are without electric nower, . e ADMIRAL WATSON IS NOW COMING NORTH Oc.t 2.—Six- gia, 2. SEATTLE, Oct. 2.—Steamer Ad- miral Watson sailed at 10 o’clock this forenoon for Alaska ports witt | only 11 first class passengers and two steerage passengers. Phillip E. Bauer is a first class passenger for Juneau. VIARKING TIME FOR TARIFF AS FIGHT C ONTINUES IN SENATE | ‘slation until after October 14, in. vhich event, the house would con- inue three day recesses until later | in the fall. R Under the constitution, one | oranch of Congress cannot adjous n | or more than three days without 'onsent of the other body. The seriod already set aside for three | lay recesses of the House is the ongest in recent years. | Unlike the Senate, the House has | “estricted the organization of com- mittees for the special session to- those necessary for the considera- ion of legislation recommended by the President. It could not, there- fore, begin work on general lemn ation without first setting up idditional committees, The administration of the touches to the tariff bill is the of the special session work remains for it to do. Already has cleared away the farm bill, census and reappointment n The repeal of national fifth legislative proposal of dent Hoover for the special s was not passed by the Senate. Several other Jlegislative pro S by the House.