The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 6, 1930, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “4LL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVL. NO. 5429. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JU PANTAGES ORDERED RELEASED ON NO SUBPOENA BE ORDERED FOR BISHOP Chairman Caraway, of Lob- by Committee, Makes Statement v | i JONESBORO, Arkansas, June 6.— Visiting at his home here for a few hours before leaving for Dex-‘, ter, Missouri, where he is to speak, | United States Senator Caraway,' Chairman of the Senate Lobby | Committee, said he had no inten- tion of ordering a subpoena to bej issued for Bishop Cannon. | Bishop Cannon walked out on the | Lebby Committee at a hearing| yesterday after reading a statement | that he would not answer question of his activities in the Anti-Smith | Campaign because the Committee | was overstepping its authority. | - AMBASSADOR DAWES GIVES AN ADDRESS Tribute Paid to Gold Star Mothers—Social Climb- ers Touched Up CAMBRIDGE, England, June 6.— American Ambassador Charles G. Dawes last night made an address at the dinner given by the Masters and Fellows of Trinity College. He paild tribute to the Gold Star Mothers and made caustic refer- native officer is shown left. | By BATES RANEY (Associated Press Staff Writer) Peshc;tvar “Ténder Spot” 07 the India Frontier' GIVEN ALASKA Indian troops of the type~thai mutinied at Peshawar are shown| ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 6.— (top) dressing their hair and (below, SMALL SUM IS IN ALLOTMENT Hurley Allots $16,500 for Rivers and Harbors Work in District WASHINGTON, D. C., June 6— In current allotments of Riversand | Harbors founds approved today bYT | Secretary of War Hurley, there| |were two Alaska items totalling | $16,500. One of these covered mainte- Inance and improvements on the | Nome Harbor project, the amount |allotted being $7.500. In’ addition there was an allotment ‘of $8,000 | for the Juneau headquarters Of- 'fice, made to cover examinations, survey contingencies and ‘general, expenditures of the entire Alaska‘ i | | | district. | The Secretary of War approved, |allotments aggregating $39,500,000 |covering Rivers and Harbors proj- (ects in all parts of the United; States and insular possessions. | ——————————— s | PIONEER OF | | NORTH, DIES Camille McGowan Passes Away in San Francisco —Was Seeking Serum | | i right) on the march. An Indian Camille McGowan, former Mon- tana sourdough, and in the early [ |days in Dawson, Nome, Fairbanks| |and other Alaska camps, died! |1ages by the Royal Alr Force. | Wednesday in San Francisco Where Recently the camp of the Hajl of |¢reatment of the new serum cancer NE 6, 1930, * MEMBER OF A SébEIAT ED PRESS $100,000 BOND PRICE TEN CENTS Noted Englis Under Po Captain Sir Hubert Wilkins, Charter on the Old Which He Plans WASHINGTON, D. C--Captain Hubert Wilkins, famous English ex- plorer of the top and bottom of the world, is planning an adven- ture that will make the fantastic tales of Jules Verne seem common- place Captain Wilkins wants to sail from Spitzbergen, via the North Pole, to the Bering Straits under ice in a submarine! For his as- tonishing expedition, the captain ences to the American social climb-‘ ers in Great Britain, ¢ Turcengzai was bombed when he PESHAWAR, India—Mutiny ol 4 refused to move from mnear Resh- Indian troops here as.an-indirecl The Ambassador received the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws, ————— MUSICIANS WILL HOLD CONFERENCE Future Will_B?Oullined to Thousands of Pro- fessionals result of the ecivil disobedience | campaign of Mahatma Gandhi and the evacuation of women and chil- }dren has raised ominous forebod- lings in the minds of Government | officials. They are anxiously walting fur- | ther reaction at this most sensitive 'spot on the northwestern frontier for independence. |middle east, so is Peshawar the {back door to Central Asia. . Seven rugged, blood-thirsty tribes (who bitterly hate the British, meet |at this little fortress town near) "the famous Khyber Pass. The Kabulis trade here, .coming in from their mountain fastnesses NW YERK, June 6.—Representa- to haggle over their wares. Balu- tives of 140,000 professional music- chis come here to sell their car-| jans in the United States and Can-|pets. The Afridis, Mahsuds, Wa- ada, thousands of whom have been|zirs, Mohmands, and Pathans all thrown out of work by sound pic-icome here to trade and cheat each | tures, will gather in Boston next|other but congregate separately in Monday to see what the future the crowded dirty streets. holds. The Afridi is tall and heavily | Joseph M. Weber, President of puilt. His unkempt beard is dyed the American Federation of Musi-ired to denote that he is blessed by cians, is ready to give his message|Allah. He is ruthlessly cruel and but it is said it is not a particu- larly cheerful one. Weber said musicians’ incomes have been cut $20,000,000 a year. at one of the many arsenals which line the Kohat Pass. With that weapon he is as quick and accurate as any two-gun man ever was with | Mexico Now Has his revolver. |said i1s the clearing house for the | | is inseparable from his rifle, made | awar. | The Kabulis are similar in ap-| pearance. They are traders and| 1always carry sharp knives with | which to protect their wares. British officials interfere as lit- |tle as possible with the customs and habits of the native troops. Thus their early morning hair, |dressing is a ritual tolerated by | ligious ceremony. | Native dancing girls are often]| provided to amuse the troops and| wherever possible they have native | | | | officers to give them orders. With the women and children| \evacuated the defenders of this| northwestern outpost are ina much | better position to defend it. ————— MORE TROUBLE ARISES, INDIA National Congress Head-| quarters Is Raided Today by Police BOMBAY, India, June 6.—Three hundred policemen with staves and | cure was sought at the Coffey Clin- io. P Sy » McGowan had suffered several years as the result of cancer. He settled on Cook Inlet near the pres- ent site of Anchorage and was a holder of a large block of stock in the Anchorage Times. His son Camille, Jr., was at the bedside at the time fo death. The funeral was held yesterday in San to the Indian mystic's campaign |yegtern educated officers as a re-|Francisco. Just as Port | 1 EXPEDITION IS OFF T0 ARCTIC Schooner Morrissey, Capt. Barlett, Is Again Bound for North NEW YORK, June 6.—Capt. Rob- ert Bartlett, who piloted Peary’s ship on the North Pole Expedition, is steering the schooner Morrissey northward again, at the head of a scientific expedition to Scoresby Sound, that indents the northeast | coast. The expedition seeks relics of ancient Eskimo tribes for the Mu- seum of American Indians. ihas applied to the Navy Depart- ‘ment for a charter on the battered old United States submarine, the 0-12 Because of his English citizen- ship, Captain Wilkins made his ap- plication to Assistant Secretary Jahncke through his American as- “FAT LADY OF BIG TIM MAIL PARGEL EXPLODES IN | POST OFFICE Third Outrage of Similar Nature Within 3 Months Reported PARIS, June 6—A small mail parcel addressed to Baroness Fdouard de Rothchild, exploded in|} the central post office today while employees were sorting the mail. The explosion caused a heavy; detonation. . tates Submari Behring Stra United S to Sail to Simon Lake. ter, Wilkins said the submersible would have to be virtually rebuilt. Among the new equipment neces- sary is machinery to bore through would pen ice fifty feet thick, television and ' distance ahead. | kins radio apparatus and a balloon for air observation. ! {in Wilkins pointed out that no un-|g, broken fce floks nor icebergs of feet h Explorer Plans to Sail lar Ice in Battered U-Boat of Arctic and Antarctic Fame, Seeks ne, the 0-12, in its Under Ice. HYDRAULIC *FEELE OR SHOCX ABSORBERS STICKING OUT N % ALl DIRECTIONS |sistants, Sloan Dannenhower and that could drill holes in ice ten attachment In his letter asking for the char- could bore through 50 feet of ice. The prow of the submarine would Ibe provided with an observation | chamber, with powerful lights that | etrate the water for some | €FNOOM: In addition, Wil-| compression Ichamber, so his men could move out of the submerged vessel thick.” Another would add & and diving suits. DIVORCE BECAUSE OF MATE'S CRUELTIES; SHE LOST 142 POUNDS AND ALSO HER JOB GRAF ZEPPELIN great size had been ‘observed in| For many years Captain Wilkins the Arctic regions, and a fourth has been recognized as one of the of the entire distance could be world’s most experienced and dar- sailed in open water. ;mg polar explorers. A few weeks The submarine would be equipped ago he returned from his fourth with a “telescopic conning tower visit to the Antarctic. IRCUSES” WINS e la 2 'Seattle Radio Announcer Takes Out Voice Insurance E C LOS ANGELES, Cal, June 6.— Viola Barton, weighing 370 pounds, has won her divorce because she said her husband’s cruelties caused her to lose 142 pounds. Describing herself as the “fat lady of big time circuses,” Mrs.; Barton testified that she weighed 512 pounds when she married six years ago and since then she “dwindled away” until she lost her| Jjob. SEATTLE, June 6.—Ken Stewart, Seattle radio an- nouncer, has taken out a $25,000 voice insurance pol- icy. The holder is insured for a monthly income of $300 for temporary loss of voice and the full amount for per- manent impairment of his vocal cords. SITKA MEN BROUGHT HERE YESTERDAY TO FIGHTING WIND BASEL, Switzerland, June 6.—The | Graf Zeppelin is nearing ho The big airship flew over the 8 Peter Allard, charged with break- ing and entering, and August Dahl- dangerous weapon, were brought AWAIT GRAND JURY berg, charged with assault with a| SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA GIVES DECISION |Theatrical Magnate, Con= victed of Criminal As- sault, to Leave Cell DEADLOCK IN COURT IS FINALLY BROKEN Appeal for Freedom, ot Account of Poor Health, at Last Is Rewarded LLOS ANGELES, Cal., June €.—The State Supreme Court has ordered the release of Alexander Pantages, theatri- cal magnate convicted many months ago of criminal as- sault upon Eunice Pringle, {young girl dancer, upon post- ing of a $100,000 bond, sub- ject to the approval of the Presiding Judge of the Su- {perior Court. The Supreme Court dead- lock on Pantages’s appeal for | release on bond pending ap- peal of his case, was broken by T. W. Hourse sitting as Justice pro tem. It is expected that Pantages will be released late this aft- Pantages contended that confinement in the Los An- geles County Jail would ul- .timately result in his death on account of his poor health. BANDIT QUEEN UNDER ARREST Twenty-two-Year Old Girl Mastermind of Detroit Hold-Up Gangs DETROIT, Mich,, June 6.—Peggy Mahon, aged 22, who seven months ago was a hat checker in a dance hall, boasted to the police she is | ® |the “Bandit Queen” responsible for |100 small hold-ups in Detroit. | The girl was arrested by detec~ |tives who were watching a saloon, {used as a rendevous by her gang. Five young men were arrested also. The “Bandit Queen” said all |the young men fell in love with her and it was easy to get them {to rob when she accused them of cowardice if they refused. ——————— '............I ke " TODAY’S STOCK QUOTATIONS ! ) The Mahsuds and Wazirs are bit- |fifty armed police, under command | | One employee was within 10 feet | | here from Sitka, arriving yesterday, Population of Over Sixteen Million ter enemies in their own areas but|of 30 European police with revolv- observe an armistice while visiting ers, surrounded the headquarters Peshawar. They are careful, how- of the All-India National Congress {ever, not to meet too frequently. and raided the premises | Harry Whitney, sportsman and explorer, planned the trip. Live specimens of seals, walrus and polar bear are also expected of where the parcel was lying. No one was hurt. This is the third outrage of a! similar nature within three months. | |frontier at 11:15 o'clock this morn- The Graf dodged the storm now | fighting against a strong wind The | ing. area over France and is both bound over to the Federal grand Jury. Allard’s bail was fixed]| NEW YORK, June 6—Following at $1,500 and Dahlberg's at $500. are closing quotations today on varis Neither was able to furnish bail ous stocks: Alaska Juneau 6%, Al- and were committed to the local leghany Corporation 25, Anaconda Federal jail in default thereof. 56'%, Bethlehem Steel 93, Curtiss Allard, it is alleged, broke down|Wright 8%, General Motors 48%, the door to a cabin occupied by Granby 30, Kennecott 46, Mont- Dahlberg and another man, and gomery-Ward 44, National Acme damaged the contents to some ex- 171, Packard 16%, Standard Brands tent. ~Dahlberg then attacked Al- 23, Simmons Beds 34%, Standard lard with a butcher knife inflict-'Qjl of California 69, United Air- ing three minor wounds, it is said. craft 70%, Standard Oil of New Both were bound over after Dfe~!.ycrsey 76%, U. S. Steel 167%. liminary hearings before Commis- | sioner R. W. DeArmond at Sitka.| They were brought here on mc_L"-* Angeles Has steamer Queen by Deputy Marshal Quer One Million W. F. Schnabel. | - {In Population - The first medical book of real| e consequence is sald to have been a! LOS ANGELES, Cal, June 6.— folio volume by Aulus Cornelius According to the 1930 census figures Velsus, a Roman, printed in 1470 the population of this city is 1,231,- which went through 105 editions 730 an increase of 13.59 per cent and still is read since the last census. to be taken. | The. ship is expected to returnj i a0 e oo rorne JOHN STEVENSON IS GIVEN 3-MONTH TERM in case it is frozen-in. 3 1 Convicted by a jury in the United |Hammerstein’s Widow States Commissioner's Court of | Under Sprious Charg(" | possessing intoxicating liquor on‘ Z 5 | i e G fship is flying at a height of about | Bombay | 1600 feet. were ar- MEXICO CITY, June 6.—MeX-|qpey are always heavily armed. | Six members of the jco’s population, as given by the| y, ¢ne hills they fight continu- | Congress War Council 1930 census, is 16,404,000, a gainiuny while their women farm the |rested. of about 2,000,000 since 1921. soil. They submit to police regu-| —_— 2% lations here impatiently and only PLANES ARE USED Denmark imports B"S h""b‘“w}becnuse they know that any trou-: PESHAWAR, June 6.—A Royal products. It smo:(es rm; gfiar‘;‘ble here would be quickly followed (Air Force flying column engaged ettes, German Ccigars an teh by punitive measures at their vil- (Agridi tribesmen, who were ad- pipe - tobacco. |vancing on Peshawar today. The raiders were driven off. !bwa counts in vlcl§t)on of thelgreeted by a (remcnugniiruwd | BIOGRAPHER SAYS CONNIE MACK'S SON | Somtenced Momity gwm’ i hetes” 25 & pKY ARRIVES IN STRESEMANN HAD IS NOW BB. CAPTMN‘ NEW YORK, June 6.—Mrs FAITH IN AMERICA Judge A. W. Fox to three months’| \car Hammerstein, widow of VlCTORlA. DUE TO BERLIN, June 6.—Gustav Strese- { | opera impressario, has been found PHILADELPHIA, Penn, June 6.|guilty of immoral conduct and re- Will run concurrently. LAND HERE TODAY mann relied strongly upon faith in America in shaping the foreign pol- |—Connie Mack, jr. son of the manded for sentence next Mon-| Judge Fox meted out a 90-day Manager of the Philadelphia Ath-|day. She was arrested on May 12 Suspended sentence to Alfred John- jey of the country of which he was long the international lepder, says AT HOME PORT FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, June 6.— The Graf landed at 1:30 p.m., |Eastern standard time, after anj 18,000-mile voyage. The weather! was clear and the Zeppelin was Os- | the imprisonment in the local Federal Jail on each count. The sentences The seaplane Taku, pllot R. E. Ellis, which left here at 2 am. yes- |terday for Vietoria, B. C. arrived '1here at 2 o'clock in the afternoon and left at 5 p.m. for Seaftle, ac- |cording to word received today by| of h {letics, has been elected Captain of (in her room in the Hotel Win- |son, accused of giving intoxicating comprehensive picture of both the|gne 1931 baseball team of George- |throp by a deteotive who said she beverages to Indians public and charming private life of |town Academy. accepted $30 from him and he World War Veterans a biographical study just published by Dr. Heinrich Bauer, publicist. The work has attracted con- the Gérman statesman. Strese-| —————— charged she solicited from other mann’s leadership in parliament, LT. KUHRE AND TRUITT men in the hotel. Compensation Time siderable attention in the press and French and English translations his creative work in putting for- FINISH HAINES’' SURVEY| Mrs. Hammerstein said it was a are pending. Dr. Bauer depicts the late foreign minister as “the irrespressible opti- ward a policy of conciliation with Germany’s late enemies and his broad, diversified personal inter-|racks, Lieut L. B. Kuhre and En- ests are all delineated. |kineer James Truitt of the Alaska Stresemann’s friendship for|Road Commission, returned here America is emphasized by col- last night on the steamer Queen. lation 'of pertinent quotations from They were engaged in surveying a public addresses. His speach before new water supply project planned | the reichstag in defense of theffcr the Haines' army post. After 10 days at Chilkoot Bar- mist who believed in Germany's fu- ture. As a disciple of the'states- man, he had unusual opportunity to study his chief under favorable conditions. The work, of 270 pages, gives a Kellogg pact is prominent among these as are also his remarks be- fore Heidelberg university on May 5, 1928, when he and Jacob Gould Schurman, American ambassador, were given degrees, Plans are being laid by residents of Southwestern Kansas to plant 1,000,000 trees in an effort to con- vert part of the plains country to woods, J frame-up and will appeal. {City Street Inspector Held in Cave-in 15 Hours SEATTLE, June 6. — After 15 hours at the bottom of a 40-foot sewer trench, entombed by a slide of dirt, A. G. Brooks, Sr., City Street Inspector, has been rescued by workmen digging steadily since the cave-in. Brooks was not in- jured but was weakened by the shock, | | WASHINGTON, June 6—Time in which World War Veterans may ap- ply for compensation, has been ex- tended from 1930 to 1935 under a bill signed by President Hoover. i FEP R, { Extended Five Years|t |aay said the Taku would leave Se- | Juneau sometime this afternoon or . B. Hayes, Alaska manager the Alaska Washington Alrways. While no message was received today @s to departure for Ju- neau, the message recevied yester- and to attle this morning come evening, after stopping at Ketchi- F;)rmer Candiddt; ;’or President Is in Favor Of Repeal of Dry Laws WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., May [kan, COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 6.—For-[tion Amendment in addressing the 30—The talkies, say five Seminole} braves, are “haint-la-see” meaning “pretty much all right.” The In- dians saw their first talkie while here for a sun dance, ! —.—.—— Herman J. H. Papke has been| crganist in the Bethany Lutheran) Church at St. Louis for 39 consec- utive years, mer Governor James M. Cox, of Dayton, Democratic nominee for the presidency in 1920, declared for the repeal of the Pederal Prohibi- statewide gathering of Democrats last night at a “Victory Dinner.” He indicated preference for gov- | ernment manufacture and control of alcoholic liquor.