The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 30, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” \OL X)’XV., JO 5293 INTENSIV GAMERON ASKS DOROTHY LAKE POWER PERMIT California Interests Take | Steps to Acquire Powr er Rights Here | application has been made Power Commission meron, San Fran- per publisher and capi- preliminary permit for nt on Dorothy summer by Aerial Survey Expedi- development will be used power for the manu- nulp wood near this tion. to supply ture of proposed devlopment con- of a storage dam, a tunnel lo tap the lake below its natural level, a penstock and a powerhouse on tide water, with a transmission line to the vicinity of Juneau. No- tice of the application has been municated to the municipal autherities here and a legal notice blished in The Empire for time today. ameron and his associate, y Chandler of Los Angeles, already obtain a preliminary development permit on the Speel r power group. During the two seasons, that group has ensively studied, stream flow ments kept, the terrain y and a power transmission line route mapped. Engineer A. J. is in charge of the hydro- > surveys. the discovery of Dorothy Lake last summer, Mr. Ela took a crew there ‘and made some pre- liminary studies. It is expected this will be followed next summer by an intensive <urvey COBLIDGE T0 VISIT FLORIDA NORTHAMPTON, Dec. 30.—For- r President Calvin Coolidge will ert the cold of the New England for the warmth of Florida nter. He plans to leave in January for a visit to St. Petersburg and other points in Florida. While south, Coolidge will attend the annual convention of the officers of the agencies of wi here early the New York Life Insurance Com- pany. He is a director. TWENTY-FOUR FOUND GUILT COUER D'ALENE, Idah, Dec. 30. ~—A Federal Grand Jury has re- turned verdicts of guilty against 24 out of 29 officials of Mullan, Idaho, and others charged with wholesale violations of the liquor law. Two Oflicers Shot And Killed W hile TO WED W. H. The engagement of Anne G. Everett Colby of Wast Orange, N. York and Newport, has been annou made a8 to kha uma and place of DANGING PARTY GIVEN TONIGHT ]UNLAU. ,\LASKA MONDAY DECLMB&R 30, 1929. VANDERBILT Associated Press Photo Colby, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.. to W. H. Vanderbilt of New nced. No announcement has been the ceremony. Prima Donna to Wed Our Youngcst Aviater EXEE. MANSION Young Aiian Hoover Is to Be Host at ‘Hurriedly Arranged Affair WASHINGTO 30.—Allan Hoover, youngest son of President Hoover, will reached the high point f the holiday fling tonight with a brilliant dancing party in the , White House. | The affair has been (arranged and verbal sent out to about 100. It is safe to say that debutantes invited to the White House will sidetrack other affairs which have been scheduled for weeks. The verbal invitations sent said for 10 o'clock. Instead of the Marine Band which usually plays for all social hurriedly invitations out affairs at the Executive Mansion, ' |a peppy hotel orchestra has been engaged. . Young Hoover, a likeable chap, Nydia D’Armell, Broadway stage star and well-known singer, will wed Harry Bruno, who was known in 1910 as “America’s Youngest Aviator.” Bruno was also personal representative for Colonel Lind- bergh after his trans-Atlantic dight. They will fly over the Pan. American routes in the South and |West Indies on their honeymoon. International Newsreel COAST GUARD STARTS RAID Three I.iql’):)}‘ Smugglers Are Killed — Three Seizures /\re Made Dee. 30.— kill- wound= car- LONI )(‘u' iquor a fourth critically 1 three rum. be 3 vlued at $500,000 were seized night and early Sunday a drive by the Coast t activities of ! Conn, Th ed a ed Saturd mornit > killed on speed boat which attempted to escape. The Guardsmen sent @ volley of bullets from a maching gun through the cabin of the spzed boat which was entering Newport, Rhode Island, harbor and rd. hours later, found the converted sub= Flor-Del off Spagwan but it was on fire when the Coast Guardsmen reached it. |fire was extinguished and 4,000 cas- es of assorted liquor were found. | The crew of the boat had escaped | ashore. | Later Cou:L Guard craft captured a fish- ing boat, the Roamer, Ls'n..d in New York, and confiscat- fed 500 cases of liquor. The crew {had been warned by the presence lof the Coast Guard boat by a shot rum | and wounded were The | Sunday morning, a third | BRITISH DELEGATION TO NAVAL CONFERENCE MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS [ PRICE *‘?N CENTS SEARCH BE MADE FOR M SSING FLIERS CANADIANS TO —— COVER GROUND THOROUGH WAY Will Makcw§arch Until They Find Eielson or Learn of His Fate PLANES EXPECTED TO GET AWAY TOMORROW Soviet Government Also first lord of the admiralty. which will open in London January 21. The four chief delegates who will represent Great Britain In the five power naval conference ! They are (left to right): Prime Minister MacDonald, Arthur Menderson, the foreign secr:(ary. Wedgwood Benn, secretary of state for India, and A. V. Alexander, Assoctated Press Photo Organizes Special ‘ Search Expedmon F AIRBA‘\'I\. . Alaska, Deec. 30.—With ‘the thermometer hovering around .50 degrees had 500 | a second pa- | | | off Long | |from shore and escaped in a small | Iboat. | ! MEANS BUSINESS | WASHINGTON, Dec. 3. — Redk |Admiral F. C. Bullard, Command- |ent of the Coast Guard, said the :wrncc “means business” and has |no use for entle words aad |amiable gestu: P MOTOR CON GUMPANY NOW BANKRUPT | Company Filed by Three Creditors petition for involuntary bankrupt- cy has been filed in the Federal 1Court against the Stutz Motor Car three In-| Company of America by dianapolis creditors listing gate. claims of $2,175. The Hide, Leather and Belting Company, C. C. Atkins Company and Vonnegut Hardware Company, filed the petition alleging the com- pany has committed acts of bank- ruptey while insolvent within the last four months, by transferring portion of its property to one or more creditors with the intent to prefer such creditors over other creditors. aggre- —o+e — Governor of Wisconsin Sticks to Rabbit Foot MADISON, Wis, Dec. 30.—Gov. i ; 1, ?Proceedmgs Against Stutz'§ INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec. 307A‘ Making 3 Arrests enjoys dancing like any other col- DANVILLE, Va., Dec. 30—De- lege boy but nevertheiess 0k puty Sheriff Bernard Puryear, of social gaiety for his books when he Mecklenberg County, and Police entered Harvard last fall. He has Officer Mat Tuck, of Clarksville, concentrated strictly on his college were shot from ambush yesterday course, declining urgent invitations while removing three prisonersfrom to dinners and dances at Cam- a still. The two officers died dur- bridge and Boston. ing the night in a hospital. It is believed that a fourth man at the still did the shooting. Four American shows are piaying in Paris theatres EUROPE NOW LURES EVER MOVING GOLD . By WILLIAM R. KUHNS gold whatever value it Financial Editor {is valuable because it (Ascoclated Press Feature Service) |is scarce. NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—The men| Most of the $10,000,000,000 ef or- who weigh, count and pack gold in {namental gold is “out of circula- kegs and small boxes for shipm:-ntqtion " The $10,000,000,000 of mone- abroad, face a winter of activity. |tary gold constitutes the world’s Declining interest rates in the’floalmg supply. It shifts from | United States have swung the tide ;counny to country, seeking its own | of gold back toward Europe for 'level. the first time in a year and a half. It migrates in general to locali- More been shipped from New York, chief- |other things being equal, tends to ly to Paris and London, in the last |level off interest rates throughout two months. the world. The total amount of gold held in| Gold has almost vanished from the central banks of the world is |eirculation in domestic trade. Busi- usually estimated at present around |ness between nations, however, still | $10,000.000,000. The amount of gold |involves lugging the metal out of used for ornamental purposes is ‘the federal reserve banks, assay of- | estimated about the same figure. ifices and other depositories, has. Gold glitters and Fundamentally of course, the or- {voying it to a pier and loading it on | «namental gold confers on monetary 'a ship. than $65,000,000 in gold has ties where it can earn most and, | con- | | Walter J. Kohler of Wisconsin in- tends to carry in his vest pocket, from now on, a rabbit’s foot which jwas jocosely presented him a few days ago by the chef of the Ameri- can club of Kohler, Wis. Not that the governor is super- stitious, one must understand. But he happened to have the foot with him during his air trip back from crashed here Sunday, killing tWwO|Kohler to Madison and the air was negro boys, Kelsey Hearne, aged |extremely rough, so rough, the pilot 7 years, and James Hearne, aged |said that the plane dropped some- 9, brothers, and seriously injured times as much as 200 feet in the) two others. { “bumps.” | It was then the governor decided LR ) ® o o @ o that, after all, the foot “will not be TODAY’S STOCK . lamiss." . QUOTATIONS L4 { ® 000000000000 Barnstorming Plane, Piloted by Girl, Goes In Crash; Boys Killed HEARNE, Texas, Dec. 30. — A barnstorming plane, piloted by Miss Dorothy Stocker, aged 17 years, e b CHURCH REPLACEMENTS { NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—Alaska Ju- | CHICAGO—Sixteen hundred new neau mine stock is quoted today at ‘churches are built in the United 7%, American Iee 37%, Bethlehem States each year to replace struc- Steel 93%, General Motors 40, Com- tures which have become obsolete. bustion 4%, International Harvester | ———- | T1%, Kennecon 56%, Magma 46% ! Territorial Treasurer Walstein G. Montgomery-Ward 48'%, Nauonal Smith, who has been vacationing in | Acme 17%, Standard Oil of Califor- California for several weks, is re- nia 60, Standard Oil of New Jer- turning home aboard the Princess sey 64%, Texas Corporation 55%. Norah. B . | ROMANCE ADVENTURE | ACTION BY RUF ‘below zere. two Fairchild (planes will be used on the ex- | pedition searching for Eiel- !son. This information was given out finally this after- noon by Pilot Pat Reid. |expedition of two planes will leave tomorrow regardless of ‘vlSIbllity or weather. i The third plane will leave | Thursday, piloted by Matt | Niemenen who was forced (back to Anchorage yesterday {by a smow storm while at- L | The conference rcom in St. James’ palace, Lonion, where delegates to the five power naval dis- armament conferznce will meet in January. ‘Says Those Who Want Enfou‘mnvnt of All Are “Fanati NEW YORK, Dec In his annual report, Nir‘hula.& Murray Butler, ident of Columbia Univer- E declares those who enforcement of all Jaws “are fanatics,” demanding the punishment of violators of some particular law. “If law enforcement 1 1S enforcement of all laws, then the social order at least in the United States would quickly be affected by par- alysis, partly because of the absurdity of many of these laws and partly because of their open conficts with each other,” the report says 30— Dr, Pres- ® 0000000000 - Cutter Chelan Returns | to Seattle; Has Rough. SEATTLE, Dec 30. ;Guard Cutter Chelan ! ihere from .Seward, , Where !delivery was made of the three {Fairchild planes and av |in gearch for Eielson The Chelan has comp est, although roughe:: years. The cutter left Seattle ber 21. Capt. Dempwolf, master of the Chelan, was slightly injured when knocked down_by the force of the gale encountered. - CALF CLUB OF 45 T nd land d the fash- voyage in Decem-~ weMBERS CLAIMS MEMBERSHIP T\IJ\RK’ ELGIN, Neb., Dec. 30 4-H Calf Club, with 45 The me: Elgin be claims the membership champion-| ship of the world. It further asserts tha the boys and girls in selling calves entitles tion. “Honest animals at ! it prices; instead of fancy anima ey prices,” was the mottc Charles Coupland, st n 1 farmer, who sponsore The highest net profit by any member was $95, ° 1 have taken a profit of The club was organiz ago with five members distine- OF HONO H CRo Trip South fmm Seward | 1tors, to go | suceess of | and | by | Veteran Statesman Plans R(-hrmn(‘nt | v Senator Frederick H. Gillette of Massachusetts announced his inten- tion of retiring from political life at the conclusion of his term, March 81,1930. The veteran statesman is seventy-nine years of age and has | served in public life for more than [ half a century. Sweet Tooth Products Make Gain in Alabama MONTGOMERY, Ala, Dec. 30.— The national sweet tooth is as lively |as ever, Alabama crop reports in- dicate. All of the state’s “sweet” (jumped in production. {syrup production this year. is 2,- 320,000 gallons, well over the 1928 |mark, while sugar cane syrup hiked more than half a million gallons 380,000 gallons. Even sweet po- | gained more than a million { bushels. | What's more, Alabama's big bee {industry is getting set for consid- lerable expansion. Canada is one fof the state’s good bee customers ad the industry is gaining in the ! dominion, | Long, hard winters kill many Ca- Inadian bees and the keepers re- |plenish their swarms with repl ments from Alabama. crops Sorghum - toes Associated Press lera sure over > oo Family of Six Are Found Dead in Home | tempting to reach here. ) { FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Deg. 50.— | The temperatyre here Sunday was 130 degrees b‘lnw zero with poor wislbuity here as the three Fair- | chitd planes were being prepared {for the Eielson search. | 'The planes are expected to hop itor Teller Tuesday. | Capt. H. A. Dakes said thie phnes would search Siberia until they find Eielson or learn of his fale. | The Canadian fliers are supplied ENGLAND AND |with new and accurate maps of | Northeastern Siberia and are also ;cu!rmed for every emergency. WEsT FRANGE‘ All three planes will keep in sight of each other while in flight as a safety precaution. The fliers will also make ~ every bit of ground passed Seven PCI‘SOHS Are .Known‘wul be thoroughly serutinized. to Have Been Killed, 7 . As . ! PLANES ARE TESTED Many Are Injured | PAIRBANKS, hiasa, Dec. 30— |The Fairchild airplane relief ex- LONDON, Dec. 30—At least sev- pednion began the first test last en persons were killed and a great- | {Saturday forenoon at 11 oclock er number injured in a southwest |When the first plane was sent out. gale which swept England and The plane cruised around the town. Western France and intervening |The other two planes made test seas over the week-end. | flights during the afternoon. The wind reached a velocity of | Moderate weather brought a warm €0 miles an hour, hazy ceiling. At Sicilly Island, a woman and | her daughter were killed. COLD AT NANUK Four others were severely in-| NOME, Alaska, Dec. 30.—Pilot jured at the height of yesterday's Dorbandt arrived here last Satur- gale when a house was wrecked at day from Teller bringing down sup- Manchester. |plies for the Nome radio station - !which established service with St. Michael last Friday. Pilot Dorbandt says that on Friday there was a 50-mile an hour wind blowing at the Nanuk and it was cold. VERNON, Texas, Dec. 30.—Ail siX | SOVIETS TO SEND OUT | dead members of the family of J. Haggard were ‘found shot to death | in the poverty stricken home Sun- day. Apparently they had been since Wednesady. A noiz| tacked to the door read: “All dead.” The note was signed Haggard. | The coroner believes Haggard shot his motherless children then killed himself because of their poverty. Haggard was 56 years of age and the children ranged from 6 to 18 years of ugc ANOTHER SEARCH PARTY MOSCOW, Dec. 3¢.—The Soviet Government on Sunday intensified in several directions the Eielson- Borland search. Pilot Ivan Chuknovisky, who lo- cated some of the missing members of the Nobile party after the wreck of the dirigible Italia, with Pilots stmube Alekseev and Sterligov, are (Continued on Page Eight) BERLINERS GO LIMIT ON NEW YEAR’S EVE BERLIN, Dec. 30. 'his New Year's season sees a record assort- ment of carnival toys on the mar- ket. Pursuant to the time honored tradition that the old year must be rung out and the new year in, amid unrestrained merriment to insure joy and happiness for the next 365 . manufacturers have inundat- ed the shops with a variety of con- | trivances for playing practical jokes or for transforming revelers so in- | elined into caricatures. For new year Is the one event which even the most sedate Ger- mans insist upon celebrating to the limit—and beyond But not even imn modern Berlin .could the changing times eradicate certain inherited customs dear to real Berliners. Whether New Year's Eve be celebrated at home or in public, the dinner is sure to include carp, famed as the harbinger of good luck by virtue of its scales, which, if put in one’s pocket on New Year's eve, are supposed to insure affluence for the year. Roast hare or goose generally fol= {lows the carp. The established drink is hot claret punch, although |champagne has begun to replace it at restaurants and cafes. With the punch are consumed h»;' numerable “Pfannkuchen,” a % of a doughnut without a hole and nited with marmalade or jam. i And worthily to conclude the o year, Christmas trees are lighted the last time on this night.