The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 20, 1930, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “4ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVI, NO. 5441. JUN NE 20, 1930, FOUR MASKED MEN HOLD- NEW LAND IS DISCOVERED N THE ANTARCTIC Byrd Says—_aroen Land/ Isn’t, However—It's the Atmosphere REAR ADMIRAL SAYS LADIES WERE MISSED Believes -Another Expedi-| tion to Southern Parts Is Justified NEW YORK, June 20.-<~Rear Ad- miral Richard - E.- Byrd, who re-| turned yesterday and was given a tremendous welcome after 16 months exploring’the Antarctic world arid flying to the Seuth Pole, told interviewers that “not only was new land discovered but also it was| established that Caroen land, re- ported by Capt. Roald Amundsen, is not a land at all. “There is a most peculiar atmos- pheric condition in the Antarctic| The animal was raised by a house When Reta Ellis, Upland, Cal., striped pet, out for a stroll she usually has the sidewalk to herself. fiDESTRlANS SCURRY FROM PET Associated Press Photo takes “Tap,” her black and white cat after being captured. EAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JU PRICE TEN CENTS OF ASSOCIATED PRESS AND ROB BANKINSEATTLE Tomorrow Will Be Longest Day Of This Year Tomorrow will be the long~ est day of the year 1930, for at 7:5¢ o'clock tomorrow evening will occur the sums. mer solstice. At that b the sun will have reac farthest north forthe year, and begin its six months southward journey. The winter solistice will December 22, seveceTAOD N tooon.oo..o"’ TWO CHILDREN | DIE IN FLA .Explosion Follows Pouring of Gasoline in Stove at Kenai' | ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 20.! —Fire at Kenai destroyed the home {of Gunnar Johanson and killed two children. | The fire was caused by an._ex- plosion of gasoline. Mrs. Johanson | poured the gasoline into a stove mistaking it for kerosene. Mrs. Johanson and two childrea, South. Bend, Ind, and Mrs. Cooley and the latter's ver, Ruth DesJa daylight. “One cannot see with any ac- curacy and might fall into a cre- vasse, walking right into it without seeing it. One of o/ir men mistook a shoe, lying 10 feet away, for a seal. There is no visible horizon, and everything is -distorted. There | are not even bugs'in the water. It is so sterile, Doctors can use it| just as it is without fear of infec- tion,” concluded the Commander of ‘the expedition. ‘Asked 'what he missed most on the expedition, Rear Admiral Byrd said: “The ladies—we missed them an! awful lot.” Then he spoke seriously, saying: “I guess we missed the ordinary sounds of civilized life, more than almost_anything. FEDERALPOWER COMMISSION IS BEING CHANGED Legislative Action Makes| Organization - an In- dependent Agency WASHINGTON, ‘Juge '20.—Reors ‘Gommission into " an independent lgengy,pfl!{ve Commisstoners to de- - e | VOte their entire ‘time to the ad- A"::_?c:fdngm;‘:;: ;:: ": ucl:t::e ministration of the Nation’s water hated .it, we had to get up in the|POWET resources 'is assured when morning with no immediate future Congtgssiopal acl_lon_ W qompleten plsaE” cn legislation relieving the present The Rear Admiral said there was |°r8anization. f enough scientific data still to pe| Final action by the House on the gathered in the Antarctic to justi- conference report of the Senate fy another expedition, and he would |bill marked fulfillment of another not object to leading such a party.|Tequest made by President Hoover in his annual message to.congress. Reorganization becomes effective after three Commissioners assume their posts. | ARE IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, D. C/ June 20.— Rear Admiral Byrd and his fellow g explorers returned to Washington | ‘The . mgasure relieves the Secre- today to receive the acclaim of their |tary of War, Secretary of Interior fellow citizens. The Union sta- Rnd Secretary of Agriculture. tion was thronged ‘as tHey arrived.| Tonight, President Hoover will} g e s e men 1[G YIOTIM OF PEGULIAR JOKE Refusing to speak of the future, “until we get squared #way on this! {New York Insurance Man | Is Shot, Critically expedition,” Byrd hinted that nev-, ertheless there is more South Pole i Wounded NEW YORK, June 20.—A man work. “We have got to find out what is answering the description of the “Queens’ Slayer,” last night shot there,” he sald. *“The bottom of the world has even more effect’ on and critically wounded Morris Hor- 'witz, aged 50 years, an insurance the weather than the North.” {broker, near his home. ——————————— | Horwitz said a man jumped on GOV, PARKS IN the running board of his car as he started and told him to drive rapid- Plane ,T"p to ,Bntlsh Co"lyl The man then sat beside Hor- lumbia Make in’Perfect |witz who thought the praceedings ganization of the Federal Power. .§ Breaks Her Own Record with 980 Airplane Loops By executing econsecutive inside loops, this fearless, 25-year-old girl flier, Miss Laura Ingalls, of Neéw York, has shattered her own former world’s looping record. She was in the air for three hours and 40 minutes. (International Newsreel) “Klondike Kate” And Her Sister NATIONAL SPELLING WINNERS SEE PRESIDENT These three young ladies and the young man, the best spellers in the national spelling bee In Washington- were received by President Hoover at the White House. Left to right: Mildred Froning, , third 'prize winner: Helen Jensen, Council Bluffs, lowa, ins, Detrolt, sec~na place, and W infield Yarnell, Carlisle, FIRST SECURITY BANKISLOOTED OF SMALL SUM Between Six and Seven Thousand'Dollars Tak- * en from Drawers 6 EMPLOYEES LINED UP, ROBBERS MAKE SEARCH | Bandits Make Escape in *“For Rent” Car—Po- lice Find No Trace SEATTLE, June 20.—Hold- ing officers of the bank at bay with' pistols, four mask- ¢d men robbed the First Se- curity Bank of between $6,- 000 and $7,000 cash shortly quter the bank opened this morning. | The bandits lined the five !cmployees up against the wall. Associated Press Photo rat prize; President Hao- a., fourth placs, baby, visitors from Kusilof, w in the house at the time. The two men and the baby were badly burned but it is believed they will recover. The three were taken to Seldovia for treatment. GANG VICTIM - FOUND IN AUTO Body Wrap_p_e‘; in Canvas —Police Make Tenta- CHICAGO, Tinols, June 20.—| The body of a man thought to be & gang victim, wrapped, in. canvas, was found in dn gutomobile in a clay hole on Blue Island; The Police tentatively. ‘identified the body as that: of Lorenzo Ju- liano ,aged 40 years; haracs | ter in the aleohol of Ohi~ cago Heights, E Mrs. Juliano told the police her husband did not come home last night, but she did not go to the| scene of the slaying to identify thej body. ere | Million and a Half Brings Joy to Clerk ——e SEES BETRAYAL OF PRFSIDENT| James Hamm Lewis Says Hoover Is ‘Also Being Discredited [ i Fairbanks, at his home at " Brooklyng N. Y., hearing via the WAUKEGAN, Tlinols, June 20 g: distemce, rouite of the $1.500. James - Hamilton Lewis, Democratic]| willed to him by his paferg\n candidate for the Senate from Iili-| uncle, Andrew Fairbanks, who diad nois, said President Hoover is being | I8 Los Angeles. Refl:, rpukl;:g ;e:a betrazied by party leaders and diss & ¥ 03:-‘%:1 ‘t‘l;‘:t e tngee:! ‘credited by hls political opponents|! gy working at his job. | in America’s International relations. yi (International Newsresl) ———— Three Food Commodities Are 1Shm'l: at Barrow iNew Members Selected I~ For Fed. Parole Board . 1 | WASHINGTON, June 20.—Attor- mey General Mitchell announces | POINT BARROW, Alaska, June! 120.—A shortage of flour, sugar and | (Combination Cruiser and | +{combat, Flying Weather s Gov. George A. Parks, who hop- ped off from here last night for| Prince Rupert, accompanied by H. G. Watson, President of the Cham- ber of Commerce, arrived there at 10 pm., making the trip in little more than four hours. Horwitz started at a moderate} speed and laughed when ordered to go faster. - The man hit Horwitz with the butt of a pistol on his head and! Horwitz shut off the gas and stop-| ped the car. The man shot Hor- witz in the chest and fled afoot. | A itod coffee has caused the natives of re Reunit this region to turn southward along the coast. The Arctic pack BEND, Oregon, June 20.—Kate continues threatening to prevent Rockwell, known as “Klondike the arrival of ships. A southerly! Kate” in the Alaska gold rush days, wind during the last few days has and her sister, Mrs. Maude Wil-'yept the fce pack from locking liams, have returned here from LOS against the coast and is holding it The Governor headed Alnskaf . delegations from Prince Rupert‘- o this afternoon going by train tole TODAY'S STOCK - Hagzelton to join the Pacific Yukon e QUOTATIONS Fo Highway auto caravan there. The e pe . trip from Juneau to Prince Rupert ! D R R R was made in perfect ‘weather. NEW YORK, June 20.—Alaska Juneau mine stock closed today at T Half of Steel Bridge 5%, Alleghany Corporation 20, An- aconda 48%, Bethlehem Steel 80, Collapses and Drops G0 Notors 1%, el Into Swollen W aters International Harvester 80, Kenne- ' |cott 38%, National Acme 12%, Pack- FREDERICK, Maryland, June 20.!31'(1 14%, 13%, 13%, Simmons Beds —Three persons were killed and 26%, Standard Brands 17%, Stan- six injured as half of a steel bridgedard Oil of California 60, Standard fell 20 feet into the swollen waters Ol of ' New Jersey 64%, United of the Monocacy River, late yes- | Aircraft 49%, U. 8. Steel 158, Pox' terday afternoon. K Films 41, Texas Corporation 51%, Men were repairing the decking Hupp Motors 15%, 15, 15, Stewart | | of the bridge when it collapsed as Warmer 22, 20%, 20%, Montgomery He defeated T. F. Coley of Seattle, by trade. Information should be and Ralph Black, of Spokane, a truck was driven over it, iWward 35%, that Irvin B. Tucker of North Oaro- {lina, Dr, Amy N. Stannard, of Washington, D. C., and Arthur D. ‘Wood, of Michigan, have been se-| lected as members of the Federal (parole board. The board was authorized by re- cent legislation and is considered Angeles where they were united af- in g great barrier a short distance |One of the important steps in re- ter a separation of 29 years. Mrs. Williams is to make her home here with her sister. They were reunited when “Klon- dike Kate” was called to Los An- geles to be a witness at the trial of Alexander Pantages. She is known here as “Aunt Kate,” now. W.W. Work Is Elected G.A.R. Commander for W ashington, Alaska YAKIMA, Wash, June 20.—W. ‘W. Work, of Olympia, was late yes- terday elected Commander of the Grand Army of the Repuhlic, De- partment of Washington and Alas-| ka, at the encampment held here. lotf shore. | Although the natives are forced to hunt elsewhere, the conditions |here are not serious. Polar bears are seen frolicking on |the ice. One old native counted 45 (at one time, attracted by the car- (casses of seven whales killed last! month. OVE MELBY IS INQUIRED FOR BY VICE CONSULATE, ‘Information is sought by the Vice relative to Ove Melby, a Dane by birth, who Is said to have been last heard from on January 12, of! !this year at the Alaskan Hotel, .ym,; neau. Melby is about six feet tall, fair complexion and is an engineer sent to W. E, Britt, Juneau, Consulate of Norway, of this city,, & 34 organization of federal prisons. Special House Communist Com. Maps Out Work WASHINGTON, June 20.— The Special House Commun- ist Committee, having laid the groundwork of its inquiry into Communistic activities at a hearing which ended yesterday, announced it would meet in New York City July 15 to hear a repre- sentalive of the Amtorg Corporation, the of- ficial Soviet commercial Ag- ency in this country. . . . v . . 3 ‘ % . ) X 3 e 0 0eveveveve ARE DESIGNING 'NEW CRAFT FOR AMERICAN NAVY Aircraft Carrier Now * Being Planned WASHINGTON, June 20.—Plans Arastically ditferently. hy ighting: - ship are -now _ occ signers. It will be a combination {eruiser and aircraft carrier -cdpable of engaging in ‘a running battle, also launching more than two dozen airplanes for scouting or The designers say a ship of this type would not come under the naval treaty definition of aircraft carrier. BOBBY JONES AGAIN CHAMP HOY LAKE, England, June 20.— Bobby Jones today won the Brit- ish open golf championship for the third time with a score of 291. Jones is the first man to hold {both the British and amateur open | champlonships since Jchn Ball in 1890. Two in Sensational Elopement, Die wprng| (|the attentjon of the Navy's. de- The bandits searched for money themselves. They riffled three of four |cash drawers but overlooked the fourth with several thou- ‘sand dollars in it. An automobile of the “Used, Rent of Seattle, Drive (It Yourself” agency was used .and the bandits escaped in it. | The police arrived a few ”|. minutes aftér the robbery but ‘found no trace. CLARENCE TRUE “WILSON ViSITS . IN QUEEN ciTY Pays His Respects to Mor- row, Mellon and Wash- ington State Census Taker His Only Visitor for Ten Years SEATTLE, June 20. — Lauding proponents of Prohibition and flay- ing the foes, Dr. Clarence True Wilson, National Secretary of the Methodist Board of Temperence, Prohibition and Public Morals, characterized Dwight W. Morrow, ,Republican nominee for Senator in New Jersey, as a nice fellow and : ok Eighty-three-year-old Edward - F. Staples, Civil War veteran of the 004 father-in-law. Twenty-fourth Michigan Regimeni, Dr. Wilson said that not one doesn’t seem downcast over the quarter of the people of New fact that he has had no callers Jersey registered for the primary ;inechwzo. He l;;“’k in udlonely election earlier this week. armhouse on & back road near, g, x Taunton, Mass. Census enumer- uryeMe!uom:r:ds::fim :'(et:r:::e By Poison | FAIRHAVEN, N. J., June 20— Poison, apparently taken by acci-' dent, was declared officially to have caused the death of Donald Shields | Andrews, chemical engineer, who| in 1915, when a student at Yale,' eloped with a princess. His partner in the sensational elopement, Mrs. Alma V. Hayne,| also known as the Princess Vetsera of Austria, took her life by poison | at the second victory ball in London ! in 1919, | Andrews was found dead in the $200,000 laboratory he built and in {which he. recently spent much time | endeavoring to make precious stones synthetically. 1 GOOD FLY FISHING IS EXPERIENCED IN HAMILTON BAY AREA | Good fly fishing was reported in {Hamilton Bay by a party of sports- men who returned last night after spending several days in that vicin- |ity. Those in the party were Charles {Goldstein, Theo. Heyder, M. S. Wil- | son and Capt. Ed Jones. The trip was made on the Chirikof, owned by Dr. H. C. DeVighne. ‘The trip. was 'made largely to look over the cabin site of the Rocky Pass Gun Club’s lodge. The building occupied by that organi- zation for several years was des stroyed by fire early this year. Logs gtors recently were astonlshed to 1" charge of Pronibition Enforce- ,tors since 1920. jment and added: 7 “The two greatest disgraces of ~ {recent history in the United States {came from Washington State.” He {alluded to the Bellingham G. O. P, {wet plank and the recent indict- p ment of Prohibition Administrator Is Gored by Bull ! Roy Lyle and Willam M. Whit- ney, Lyle's legal advisor. ANDUJAR, Spain, June 20.—Syd- Dr. Wilson defended both of- ney Franklin, of Brooklyn, N. Y., ficials. spau{'u only American matador,’ was gored by a bull here yesterday afternoon. Franklin ‘was in the act of -+dispatching the animal,| which he killed with a single per-| fect sword thrust. Then, holding! his_ injured right thigh with one| CANBERRA, Australia, June 20. hand, he made & triumphal march|—A deficit of $45000,000 for the around the arena to cheers of the Surrent fiscal year has been dis- multitude and was carried off for closed by the public accounts of first ald |the Australian states. - | It was announced that the com- |monwealth loan council has ap- MISS NELSON TO ARRIVE proved the terms of the federal gov- SUNDAY TO SPEND SU.VIMER:ernment's new loan of $50,000,000. It is for a period of eight years and Miss ‘Irene Nelson, daughter of will bear interest at the rate of Mrs. R. P. Nelson of this cily,|six per cent. who .is Supervisor of Music in| Australla’s expenditure on loans \Orange County, California schoolu,:\n the fiscal year 1928-1929 was is expected to arrive here next $220,000,000 and a scheme to reduce Sunday. She will spend the sum-|this in 1920-1930 to $120,000,000 was mer here visiting her mother and approved by the commonwealth ibrothers. Joan council. - - INDEPENDENT H —e FRIENDS PLAN SCHOOL The Independent, Capt. Ben Ol~\ son, arrived in port today with 1140| PHILADELPHIA—A school ta ;pounds of halibut which sold to|provide post-graduates a one-year |8an Juan for 10 and 6 cents. |coutse in the study of religion in oo —— !its relation to modern life is to Only American Matador in Spain, Deficit of Millions Disclosed, A i S HALIBUT i for a new lodge are available, and it will be rebujlt early next Fall, it was said, Canadians are planning to aendlbe opened by‘ the yearly meetings foreign trade missions to the Orient'of Philadelphia friends next Sep- and Latin America next winter, tember in Wallingford, near here, |