The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 15, 1930, Page 1

NAVAL PACT ( £ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXXVL, NO. 5410. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1930. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS FLIERS FORCED DOWN IN SHARK INFESTED WATERS REAR ADMIRAL HAS OBJECTIONS T0 PROVISIONS Declares Classification of Cruisers Is Contrary to U. S. Policy BATTLESHIP PORTION OF PACT UNRESTRICTED "Admiral Pratt Defends Treaty—Best Agreement Possible to Get WASHINGTON, May 15.— Objections to several provi- sions of the London Naval Treaty were voiced by Rear Admiral Jones before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today at the hear- ing. Rear Admiral Jones said classification of cruisers into six-inch and eight-inch ships was “contrary to the consist- ent policy the United States maintained always before.” The Rear Admiral criticiz-|sacker (right), Vice-President of the proposed line. ed the battleship provisions, saying that France and Italy, who were parties to the Washington. treaty, but not the London Treaty, were not to be restricted adding that| ‘while “it does not particular- ly affect the United States, I} wonder what effect it may have if Great Britain feels alarmed by the building by France and Italy.” Before the Senate Naval Committee, Admiral Pratt, Commander of the battle «fleet, declared that the “Unit- ed States went into the con- ference with no assets at all so far as cruisers were con- cerned but got the best agree- ment possible.” KING AND QUEEN " REGEIVE GUESTS, FORMAL AFFAIR Hundreds of Debutantes,| Including Americans, Presented to Royalty LONDON, May 15.—In a magnifi- cent setting of gold and scarlet, King George and Queen Mary last night sped hundreds of palpitating debutantes, including eight Ameri- cans, on their way to social careers. The Prince of Wales was present in a uniform of the Welsh Guards. Princess Mary wore a gown of pale blue. King George wore a scarlet, full dress- uniform of the Colonel-in- Chief of the Grenedier Guards. Queen Mary wore a gown of blue silver brocade with the fa- mous Kohinoor diamond gleaming from her breast, el Sl b AR The longest and newest electric railway tunnel in Japan extends 11,253 feet. MAY BE DOCKED FARMED SPAIN-TO-AMERICA AIR LINERS EMrs. Hoover Is |Recovering from Wrenched Back WASHINGTON, May 15— ON LANDS ONCE BY FIRST PRESIDENT | land George Washington once farme Eckener (left), Graf Zeppelin skip) By OSCAR LEIDING | (A. P. Aviation Editor) | | WASHINGTON, May 15.—8ky liners bridging the Atlantic in commercial service may base on | ancestral homelands of George ‘Washington. Hybla valley, table-smooth re- {gion of which part was cultivated {and planted with trees by Washing- ;ton as a Virginia gentleman farm- | jer, is the site favored by Dr. Hugo {Eckener for the American terminal |of the proposed trans-oceanic dirig- {ible line. | The historic spot, edged with | wind-breaking hills, and flanked on one side by a house built in pre- 1Revoluuonary times by George Ma- Ison, colonial political leader, is 'nearly midway between Mount Ver- non and Alexandria and 10 miles . from Washington. | Selection of the site would link !the oldest and newest experiments in America with lighter-than air raft. One hundred and thirty-seven ears ago Washington signed a passport for the French aeronaut, <« | WASHINGTON, May 15.—For the | first time in eight years, the House of Representatives forced an or- der for the arrest of its members last night to secure a quorum. One of the first arrested and escorted into the Chambers by the Sergeant- at-Arms, was Speaker Longworth. The move came over a relatively unimportant measure. For six hours the House found itself in a filibuster as two mem- bers exhausted every parliamentary maneuver to prevent action on the measure. ' Finally, powerless to act in any direction, even to adjournment, the House approved of the Quinn mo- tion to order arrests of members. After a quorum was established, the House voted to bring up the bill, which was for the expansion Gasoline Taxes Millions for New Roads WASHINGTON, May 15.—The av- erage American motorist used week- ly 102 g.allcms of taxed gasoline in 1929, He paid $17.72 per vehicle in gaso- line taxes, according to the bureau of public roads, and with all his brother motorists consumed 13,- 400,180,062 gallons of taxed gaso- line, F ;trnish I 1 The 48 states and the District of Columbia collected $431,636,454 in | revenue, the greatest' part of which was used for construction and main- tenance of rural roads. “ The average fee per gallon was 3.22 cents as against 3 cents in| 1928 and 20 states increased the rate of taxation either one or two cents during the year. The highest | Itax was six cents a gallon, | Al I rederickshir, Monster air liners, modeled after the first of two navy ships (top) which will dwarf the Los Angeles, may dock in Hybla Valley (map) on MEMBERS OF HOUSE | ' ORDERED ARRESTED RO SECURE QUORUM Mrs. Herbert Hoover has sufficiently progressed in her recovery from a wrenched back to take an automobile ride, but the White EHouse physician prescribed that she remain inactive for sev- eral weeks longer and con- tinue the use of tIfe wheel chair which she has been using for the past two weeks. eeceecs 000000 CANNON 1S NI X ONERATED B | ONE CHARGE i A lexandridy Bishop Freed of Campaign Activity Compliant— New Charge Faced DALLAS, Texas, May 15.—Exon- erated of charges of undue political / activity during the Hoover-Smith campaign, Bishop Cannon still fac- ed compliants signed by more than a score of delegates to the Geg~ eral Conference of the Methodist Church of the South that he specu- lated in the stock market. Nearly six hours deliberation by the Episcopacy Committee failed to clear the Bishop of speculation charges. The Bishop was on the stand for almost four hours. The committee will meet again tomorrow. ’ d. The site is favered by Dr. Hugo per, and Commander J. C. Hun- Blanchard, and witnessed his bal-| loon ascension in Philadelphia, the | first flight in the western hemi- sphere. Dr, Eckener expects that the “su- per first-class” trans-oceanic .serv- | AFRIIL. 48 7 g ice will be inaugurated beforc the end of next year, plying betwccniz NEGHUES ARE Seville, Spain, and a port near | ‘Washington. The entire Chesapcake bay region was toured by the skipper and Com«} mander J. C. Hunsacker, vice-| president of the international trans- port line and former navy expert| who directed the building of th | ill-fated Shenandoah, for locating | the American terminus. ;'Altempt IS Made to Assault Counterparts of the monster navy | AR i dirigibles under constructicn in Ak- | FlVe Year b Old White Girl ron will be built in America, it is proposed, to supplement the Graf| and a larger ship begun in Ger-) GRANITEVILLE, South Carolina, many. May 15—The spirit of mob violence While passenger fares will be which flared with a negro's at- double steamer rates, steamer time tempt to assault a five year old will be cut in half, according to'white girl, died down last night Commander Hunsacker, who sald:lgfter officers spirited away two “We may go eastward in two days negroes to the state penitentiary. from port to port and westward in| Teroy Jackson is held in con- three days.” nection with the crime and Er- nest Jones was taken as a material witness. State officers from Columbia, {armed with riot guns, left when 1t l‘was apparent there would be no jneed for them. B COAL SCHOONER In Lobby Quiz {Azua, bound for Bermuda with a icargo of coal, was rammed and |sunk by the Savannah liner City of |Atlanta, 47 miles southwest of Barngate Light, N. J, early this morning. | ,J. E. McLean, owner and master {o{ the Azua, and seven members 1of his crew, were taken aboard the ICity of Atlanta and are proceed- |ing to Savannah. { The bow of the City of Atlanta is damaged above the water line. ] |Sand Rains Down {On Steamer at Sea; |Volcano Ash, Maybe Associated Press Photo William H. Stayton, chalrman of 'e PORTLAND, Oregon, May e the board of 'Fbfiu“"i"‘""a" ® 15—The Merchant exchange e Against the P{,"" v theeen. |® has received a radio report ® ment, was questioned by the sen- | 1 ate lobby investigating committee ® from the States liner S. S. .' about a letter in which he pictured | ® Kentucky, 2125 miles off the e President Hoover as “not a dry at e mouth of the Columbia e heart.” ® River, stating that for two !® hours sand rained down on e - {® the decks of the vessel, leav- o of the Foreign Agricultural lnlor-‘. ing a quarter of an inch of e mation Service, for final action on' e sand on its decks. The mes- |Friday, and then adjourned. o sage added that it was be- e, ® lieved the sand had been More than 400 rose plants from e blown down from some Aleu- e Europe and the orient have been e tian volcano. ® imported for planting in South e Dakota this year, T0 ESCAPE MOB | | | | RAMMED, SINKS | ) | { | o [gested by Secretary Wilbur IS CRITICIZED BY J 7 HOMES shows vuitnte homne Enforcement Bill { Passes Senate ; Returned to House WASHINGTON, May 15. The Senate has passed the Administration’s bill trans- ferring Prohibition Enforce- ment from the Treasury to the Justice' Department. The bill has beeh returned to the House for concurrence on some minor amendments. The bill is expected to reach the White House within a few days. secs0eseczo0eee — .- NICARAGUAN BANDITRY IS LOOSE AGAIN posed—>Sandino Be- lieved Head MANAGUA, May 15—The Unit- ed Staies Marine officers of the National Guard have recommended intensive activity in Northern Ni- caragua against groups described in an official statement as ban- dits. In six encounters between May NEW YOliK, May 15__50},‘00!)“'5 and 12, sixteen bandits were killed. Those killed had bands. It is rumored that Gen. Sandino is now directing another insurgent forge. red hat — e - New Regulations On Mining Locations In National Parks WASHINGTON, May 15—Un- der a bill sponsored by the Na- tional Park Service and passed by the Senate for uniform adminis- tration of National Parks, Secre- tary Wilbur of the Interior is au- thorized to make regulations gov- erning mining locations already made or hereafter to be made in Mount McKinley National Park. The regulations require registra~ tion of all prospectors and miners who enter the park and takes the place of more rigid provisions sug- The regulations would pronibit future locations’ on the eastern side ———.— Texans have appointed a board to start plans for making the | Guadalupe river navigable E— Montana's death dropped rate e|from 105 deaths per 1,000 popula- |miles wide from New York to San 90999990909 ¢ 90 oftionin192 to104in 192 EASTERN FOREST [FIRES Intensive Activity Is Pro- es. rema.ns of Upper nicture ..... M. 9. Ccow s one of large OREGON PRIMARY CONTESTANTS Associated Press Photo A. W. Norblad, (left) governor of Oregon, is opposed at the polls for rcelection as republican nominee by Charles Hall, (center) Coos | county legislator, and Henry L. Corbett, (right) Portland legislators. | The primary will be held May 16. Woman Candidate for Governor of Maryland To Set New Precedent | BALTIMORE, Maryland, Ma¥® 15. | _Tne riret e nominate: for Eugene Roy Is Now Governor of Maryland, Miss Eliza | President of Hfliti! beth Gilman, club w and 1 ONES U.S. AVIATORS ARE IN PERIL ON PAC. OCEAN Caught in Treacherous Channel Between Maui, Hawaii Islands 'PLANES UNABLE TO TAKE OFF ON WATER Staff Sergem Loses Life in Accident—Official Report Is Made HONOLULU, H. I, May 15. —Ten of twelve Army and Navy fliers were caught in the rough, shark infested waters between the islands of Maui and Hawaii when the planes were unable to effect take-offs. The mine sweeper Pelica picked up Lieutenants Jones 2nd Myers from their helpless amphibian Army plane, one of the three aircraft which landed yesterday in the dan- gerous Alenuihaha Channel. The crews of the Army {amphibian and Navy seaplane containing four Naval fliers, and two of the ill-fated bomb- _|er's.crew: were picked up:by the steamer Hawaii. There are two mising fli- ers, members of the bomber’s crew of four. HONOLULU, H. I, May 15. —Staff Sergeant Joe Decker, stationed at Lukefield, lost his life yesterday in landing a Navy bomber in the ocean channel between Maui and Hawaii islands. YUKON RIVER FULL OF IGE Jam Continues at Tanana —Water Is Low, An- chor Ice Is Holding TANANA, Alaska, May 15.—The Yukon ice here moved about 100 feet at 6:15 o'clock Tuesday eve- ning. At 1 o'clock yesterday morn- ing it started to move again but the water being low, it only plowed channels through the ice, and the anchor ice is still holding. The Yukou River is full of ice cakes from bank to bank. The ice below Tanana has not moved yet. North Carolina used 618,130 feet FORMAL SOCIALISTIC PACT In applying this scheme to filial relationship, Kolesnikoff pledged himself never to take alcohol, to quit smoking and swearing, to pay more attention to his son’s educa- tion and to help him in his studies. The boy promised to attend school regularly and study faithful- ly, to take part in the activities of the Pioneers—the soviet equivalent of the Boy Scouts—ant to ob- daughter of the first Pre t of . Johns Hopkins Univer ill set’ PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti May {another precedent by ¢ her 15.—Eugene Roy was inaugurated campaign in Europe. l;’nl])(;rury' Pres{deut of Haiti to- Bl GlLAr: saflh June 28 for TRY.WidBouL Inoldet. Jof lumber last year. Europe. % e e S A il “I am going to visit the Social- R SIAN DAD AND ist’ centers and leaders of England, US * ' France, Germany and Ausiria, so g that when I take the stump in b()N SIGN | October, I will not be ¢ the voters hot air platitudes said. ———eeo — Creager Ln. By WALTER CHUMAK $500,000 Libel i (A. P. Staff Writer) Agdinst Colliers MOSCOW, May 15.—Dads and BROWNSVILLE, Texas, May 15. sons who yearn to be pals and may —R. B. Creager, 'nw;uv lican Na- Dot know how to go about it, may tional Committeeman of Texas, has '3Ke 8 hint from Alexander Koles- llost his ’50000'0 libel against nikoff, and his ten year old son, Colliers Weekly. The has re- | Valentine. The two have signed turned a verdict for the defend- a rorma‘: document, entering into |ants. |8 “socialistic competition.” | Creager based his suit on an, That euphonistic term was ap- | \article “High Handed Hell Bent,” | Plfed to a movement originated a by Woen White which dealt with |Year ago among industrial workers |the political situation in Hidalgo| Who agreed to vie with one an- !County. The article said there was Other in increasing factory output ia political alliance between Creag-|and lowering cost of production, to er and Sheriff Baker's administra- | the end that the five year economic tion. plan of the government might be Creager made a general denial, |forwarded. First farmers, then gov- | SR e - ernment employees, students, en- The United States gineers, seamen of the merchant virgin timber to mak fleet, soldiers of the Red Army and even inmates of soviet prisons fol- lowed the example, enough a strip 70 Franciseo, it is claimed s serve the rules of hygiene. This last promise embraced the washing of hands and face and cleaning of teeth before and after each meal, a thorough scrubbing of the neck and behind the ears each morning and some sort of physical exercise twice a day. The agreement was typewritten and was signed in the presence of five witnesses. It has not date of expiration and can be cancelled either boy or man, only after six months notice from .