The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 21, 1930, Page 1

+ ,tive. “ALL THE NEWS ALl THE TI’lIF" THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL XXXVI NO 5442 JUNEA U, ALASKA SATURDAY JUNE ZI, 1930. BISHOP’S THREAT IS SEN R(]B|NS[)N 'BIDS ARE OPENED IN SEATTLE FOR “SHOW BOAT” OF YUKON RIVER 1S DEFENDING NAVAL TREATY Makes Radlo Address and Explains Categories of London Pact WASHINGTON, D. C., June 21{ —United States Senator Joseph T. Robinson, Democrat of Arkansas, saild that it is “difficult to com- prehend” the argument of the op- ponents of the London Naval pact that it involves sacrifice of Ameri- can safety. The Arkansan delivered a radio address and explained the cate- gories, one by one, saying that by the arrangement in getting six-inch cruisers, the United States is given one more ship than if given eight- inch guns. Senator Robinson was a member of the American delegation to the London Naval Conference. REAR ADMIRAL BYRD IS AGAIN GIVEN HONORS Hoover Pinmedal Upon Him for His Recent South Polar Exploits WASHINGTON, June 21.—Two days of wild acclaim came to a real climax for Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd when for the second time, a President of the United States pinned upon him a special medal for Polar exploits. Standing on the same platform, where four years ago Calvin Cool- idge honored him as a hero for his flight to the North Pole, Presi- dent Hoover gave Byrd a medal from the National Geographic Bo- clety for his more recent exploits at the South Pole. B — ORDER ISSUED IN: RECALL | DETROIT CASE Judge Webster Restraining City Clerk from | Calling Election DETROIT, Michigan, June 21.— Judge Weébster has issued an order restraining the City Clerk from! calling a recall election of Mayor Bowles. The Judge said the charges car-| ried in' the recall petitions are in- sufficient basis for a recall. The order is returnable Monday. VALKYRIE BACK FROM | TRIP TO LITUYA BAY| After transporting the crew of the Anderson Mallory Mining Com- pany, Los Angeles, to Lituya Bay, the galboat Valkyrie, Capt. O. H. ‘Woods, returned to port last night. The trip was made without incident and the party and its supplies and equipment safely landed ‘on the beach, where mining operations will be conducted for the next four months. 'This Fair Co-Ed Wins Perfect Posture Award 3 |and Tanana river sternwheel steam- MEMB!;R OF ASSOCIA'IED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS b ACCEPTED BY REPRESENTATIVE SEATTLE, June 21.-+The Marine Constryction Company is the low bidder for the $393,750 new Yukon boat. The bids were opened yes- terday. Capt. 8. E. Lancaster left today on the steamer Aleutian for Anchorage where he will submit all bids for General Manager Ohlson’s final decision. Three other firms bid. SPLENDID CRAFT The new craft will be an exact duplicate of the Mississippi River packets and will have all the orna- mental and decorative effects of these famous vessels on her pilot house and funnels. She will be the “show boat” of the Yukon and queen of the big fleet of packets that ply on that mighty river. In order that they could obtain the type of boat best suited {or their use, officers of The Aluka Railroad sent Capt. Lancaster, vet- cran of the Mississippi, the Yukon and the Tanana, and river boat man extraordinary, to Seattle from Alaska. Captain Veteran of 1898 | Captain Lancaster has.been a master on the Yukon and Tanana rivers since 1898, first with the Alaska Commercial Company, then with the Northern Navigation Com- pany, the White Pass and Yukon route and finally with The Alaska Railroad as commander of the | steamboat General Jacobs, He was ralsed on the Mississippl and iduring his old steamboat days was imnsur of the Eclipse, the Henrietta, jand the Joe Long, plying between |St. Paul and St. Louis. | Captain Lancaster went to Seattle 'the first time in 1898 and built jthe Rock Island No. 1, and the Rock Istand No. 2,.0n the tide flats there, The tug New England was Ibrought from the East Coast and The four yachts under sail, con- tenders for the honor of com- neting with Sir Thomas Lipton’s “hamiseh V. in the struggle of *WiIRLVIND” " Victor Will Defend Trophy Agamst the noted Irish sportsman to take the coveted trophy, the America’s Cup from the United States .The Shamrock will lcave | I /D Shamrbgkwv Yankee® Harwich, England, about the middle of July. The trip across the Atlantic will take about a wonth, It will be convoyed by E the yacht Erin, which will stop at the Azores to refuel, mean- whil ¢ the American defender will have been sclected. _ Geuatioca ¥ Chmese Bulld $5 000 000 Mtfit in Shanghal B[]MBAY PUI_IGE CHARGES CROW 'Two Hundred Persons Are Sent to Hospitals as Result Miss Ruth Harris, of Emerson Col- |towed the two'vessels to St. Mich- lege, Nanticoke, Pa., won the Ridell g~ They wére the first river Posture Medal in the recent Golden | steamboats to reach the * Yukon, Jubilee Commencement exercises | hire Ji 20, 1898. Capt. held at that institution. Note how ,8rriving there June P her feet are held parallel to her Lancaster was one of the owners of stance instead of at an angle. No- \ the packets and commanded the tice also her relaxed position with.! {Rock Island No. 1 until 1899, when BOMBAY, India, June 21.—Two hundred . persons, including’ five | women, | hospitals as a result of Police demonstration. were Injured and sent to charges to break up a Nationalist | {nul. | out the slightest trace of slou (International Newsreel) 275 Patients in Hospital Removed when Lives Endangered ATLANTA, Georgia,” June 20.— pproximately 275 negro patients in the Grady hospital were taken from their wards when an explo- sion and fire in an X-ray room endangered the building and their 1lives. The explosion was caused by ig- nition of a quantity of “safety” film . Although a dense yellow smoke .poured from the windows, none of the patients suffered an injury. ——— VALDEZ TEACHER VISITING HERE ENROUTE TO STATES Miss Stella M. Johnson, teacher in the Valdez Public Schools for the past year, arrived here on the Alaska last night, enroute to the States. She will proceed to Seattle {on the steamer Northwestern. Miss | Johnson does not plan to return to the Territory next year. — e Mr. and Mrs. S. Pennington, Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Vandiver and daughter and Mrs. M. Vandiver are northbound on the Northwest- ern. They will go to the Interior on a fishing trip and return south on the next trip of the Alameda. MANY SIGN BUT FAILTO RATIFY GENERAL PACTS By P. 1. LIPSEY, Jr. (A. P. Correspondent) GENEVA, June 21.—The vast dis- crepancy between the number of signatures to general international conventions and the number of rati- fications of these conventions is one of the unsolved problems of the League of Nations. At every council and nuembly session this bugbear thrusts up its head and is rewarded with a few lusty blows of the tongue. But it continues, despite denunciation, fo interfere seriously with the busi- ness of making agreements effec- The league council at its recent session attempted to analyze the causes for long delays between sig- natures by plenipotentiaries ‘and!® ratifications by the governments at home. Lack of ratifications has nullified many treaties, some of which were signed with great en- thusfasm. Among causes for delay the coun- cil- found: lack of time.available in parliaments; constitutional systems | of the countries; necessity for new | national ‘legislation before - certain 5 conventions can be put in force; Telationship between certain con- vention and other conventions al- ready signed but not in'force. ‘The council suggested'the follow- ing measures for hastening theé pro- i S M S SR (Continued on Page SI0) | he entered the service of the Alas- !ka Commercial Company. | To Have Steel Frame | The new river boat designed by {L. H. Coolidge will be the finest ever operated on the ¥ukon, She will have steel framing and wooden { planking above the main deck. ‘The | vessel will be 231 feet long over all, 1200 feet long between perpendicu- lars, 40 feet molded beam and six feet molded depth. An 800-horse- (Continuea on Page ‘iv ASSUMES BLAME FOR 2 MURDERS Letter Wrfin g Maniac Takes Credit for Re- cent Killings NEW YORK, June 21.—A letter- writing maniac who assumed the blame for two recent killings, and had threatened thirteen more, {wrote what he said was his last letter, asserting that his mission has been accomplished. The writer expressed regret he had “stained the country with blood.” The letter said: “The papers are returned, therefore the mission has ended.” Suspects arrested yesterday were released. The Police are not decided as to whether the letter was actually written by the murderer or by & crank. ——ll | Eight passenger lines are now operating between Pacific Coast and Asiatic ports, D !........'.... BASEBALL TONIGHT In order to complete the first half of the City League schedule before the opening of ‘the second period, the Moose and Americah Legion teams will play off their final game at 7 p.m. today at the City Park, it was an- nounced by Karl ' Thelle, League President. Announce- ment of the tilt was made late this afternoon, after managers had finally decided to play today Instead of waiting until next week. DICRCRC RSN B R S | ,0 9000000000000 0000000 China’s new mint at shnn;hfl (top) is under ihe technical direction of ' Clifford Hewitt Philadelphian. - The chairman of "the governors is George Kwok Bek (right). (left), a A commemorative medal was struck at the opening showing Sun Yat Sen, father of the Chhwu Republic, on ope side and a Chl- nese junk, symbolic of commerce, on the other. SHANGHAI—An American bullt, equipped and directed mint, said to be the most-up-to-date of its kind in the world, has just been opened ‘here. It is called the Nauonal Govern- ment Central Mint and represents an investment of $5,000,000. It has been In the making for ten years. The, institution, was undertaken when the defunct Peking govern= ment was in power, but lack of funds slowed the building work and for. several years the costly equip- ment was useless in so far as pro- viding China with a much needed nlndnd coinage was concerned.- But with the advent of the na- tionalist 'regime and removal of the capital to Nanking, the project was revived, ‘The new ministry of tinance took over the whole thing, despite the $3,000,000 debt hanging over it and under the direction of T. V. Soong, finance minister, has pushed it to dompletion. The technical expert of the new mint ‘is Clifford Hewitt, of Phila- delphia, He has been on the job here since 1920, sticking to it all through the years of delay. The mint has a capacity of 400, 000 coins every ten hours and is theréfore said to be second to none in ctplclcy Not only ls the mas= chinery of American design and make, but the architecture bears the same stamp, the structure re- sembling the treasury bullding in ‘Washington and . the entrance; ex- cept for the Chinese inscription over the doorway, being a copy of the main entrance to the Washington butlding. The mint is under the supervision of a board of governors with George Kwok Bew, an Australian born Chinese, as chairman. He 1s head of Shanghai's largest department store and the other members of the board are either business men or bankers, ——.e—— SMILE FIRE TODAY Children playing with fire called out the local Department at 12:05 p.m. today from station 35. Flames were found on the floor of a small hillside house above Seventh and Harris Streets. tinguished with hand chemicals be- fore material damage was done. —————— To take several hundred pictures of Alaska for slides to illustrate lectures. he will make in Eastern States, George H. King of Denver, is making the round trip on the; !Garthwuwm SECRETARY MELLO! SAYS TARIFF ENACTMENT RE MOVES ONE OBSTACLE FROM WAY OF BUSINESS RECOVERY WASBINO’IW peated requests for commer Secretary of 'l‘reuury Mellon led’ certainty of the last 15 months. “By it, there is a promise of a It was. quickly ex-| e 0000090000 . TODAY'S STOCK . QUOTATIONS . . [3 3 . 000000000 o0 Harvester 78%, Montgomery-Ward © 34%, National Acme 11%, Packard 13%, 13, 13%, Simmon Beds 25%, Standard Brands 18%, Standard Oil of New 1Jersey 62%, United Afrcraft 47%, U. 8. Steel 155%, Fox Films 39%, ‘Texas Corporation‘51':, Hupp Mo- Kennecott 38%, tors 15, 15, 14%, Stewart-Warner 21, 20%, 20%, Standard Oil of Cali- fornia 58. TAKU MAKING FLIGHT TO KETCHIKAN TODAY Carrying Warren wilson and W. E. Butts, the seaplane Taku, pilot |R. E. Ellis, left here early this morning for Tulsequah, in the Taku \mineral area. ! After her return here the Taku lett on a long flight which will take- her as far south as Ketchikan. Mrs. Lloyd Minard was a passenger for Port Althorp, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Atkinson and children for Chicha~ gof, and Miss Julla McCann for Sitka. From Sitka the Taku will fly to Noyes- Island where R. R. Payne PRERRE. . e S June 21 —Re-|the way of business recovery, has of the New England Fish Company 1t from|femoved one by eliminating the un- will be taken aboard for Ketchi- kan. here and go out The Taku later will return to pick up H. 8, him to ‘announce’ that in his opin-|more business like revision in the|Graves and Peter Brevik, while a fon “final enactment of the Tariff,|future and makes a definite contri- far from placing a new obstacle ln]butlon to business stability.” I!'unber Bay trip this evening also is planned. ‘The police wielded clubs wlth tell- | ing effect and drove throngs from the thoroughfares, Many of those Inhjured recewed serjous wounds. - Troops steod by 'In case the Police were unable to cope with the situa- tion, | | | i | J HOUSE PASSES MEASURE FOR LARGE AMOUNT Seconcl Deficiency Bill Goes to Senate — One Item Is Cut Off ‘WASHINGTON, June 21. — The, 000 for public bulldings. The allotment of $250,000 for the Hoover Law .Enforcement Commis- slon was stricken from the bill on the grounds there is no Iaw author- lzlnx the a.pyroprhuon TINKHAM GUMES OUT INTO OPEN AGAINSTGANNON Repeats Charges that | Bishop Has Not Ac- counted for $48,300 WASHINGTON, D. C., June 20.— Representative George H. Tinkham, of Massachusetts has issued a state~ ment repeating his charges made earlier in the week in the House against Bishop Cannon, saying the latter is a shameless violator of the Corrupt Practices Act. Bishop Cannon dared Representa« tive Tinkham to repeat the charg- es outside of the House claiming the Massachusetts man made them in the House to escape threatening | libel suit. Bishop Cannon said in reply to Representative Tinkham's latest statement that he had nothing to say at present. Representative Tinkham charged Bishop Cannon never accounted for | $48,300 received from E. C. James for the Anti-Smith c.l:pslxn MACNIDER 1S CONFIRMED AS CAN. MINISTER Senator Br;fi\art Makes Charge and- Senator Steck Denies It W, GTON, June 21.—Han- ford ot Tows, has ‘been ;cnnlh-med by the Senate to be United States Minister to Canada after Senator Brookhart of Iows, described him as the leader of “drunken- revels” at American Le- glon conventions. Senator Steck, Democrat of Iowa, denled the charge. MacNider was former National Commander of the American Le- glon. ———————— MIIRDER CHARGE ; IS T0 BE MADE Alabama Man Is Accused } of Man’s Death in State of Indiana ! MOBILE, Alabama, June 21.— sherll{ Winkler, of Marion County, |1ndinnn. announced here today that a warrant charging murder will be issued agalnst Harold Schroeder, 'ol Mobile, in whose burning auto- mobue sthe charred body of an |unldenmied man was found near Indianapolis on May 31. Schroeder decided to waive ex= NEW YORK, June 21.—Closing|House has passed and sent to the ' tradition, quotation on Alaska Juneau mine|genate the second deficlency bill | stock today is 5%, Alleghany Cor-|carrying $67,712,000 for contingen- found hiding in a vacant lot. poration 19%, Anaconda 47'%, Beth-|cies {n Government operation in-' ,sald he took a hitch-hiker in his lehem Bteel 77%, General Motors|cluding $10,665,000 for work on the'automobile and the man was killed no sale, Granby 21, International|poulder Canyon dam and $25,000,- when the car was wrecked. Schroeder was arrested when He Schroeder sald he feared he would be blamed for the death so he set Illre to his automobile. ——————— I Japanese own practically half of the tilled land in Korea. OLD RED SHIRTS HOLD SPOTLIGHT WITH MUSSOLINI By HUDSON HAWLEY (A. P. Staff Writer) FLORENCE, Italy, June 21.—Red- shirted veterans of Garibaldi’s cam- paigns, wearing square-vizored “for- age caps” strikingly similar to those used by Union soldiers in the Civil ‘War, were centers of attraction sec- ond only to Il Duce himself on Mussolini’s recent progress . through the provinces. At every big meeting in the pub- lic squares, and at the mammoth military review here, the. grizzled octogenarians were in evidence. Being mostly of sturdy peasant stock, they trudged by twos and threes along with the youngsters of the Black Shirt militia, taking all the dust and heat. Only a few of ithem consented to use canes and M any member of a local reception | committee had so much as dared >ffer them an automobile he would have had a duel on his hands. They all turned out in unifoerm, their red clad breasts heavy with medals, ‘The invariable gaudy bandana handkerchief was around every neck. Their trousers were baggy old affairs, some of corduroy, others reminiscent of the extinct zouaves. It was surprising how few of them wore eyeglasses, and not one turned up with crutches or in a wheel chair. ‘These remarkably spry ancients, whose service records date back to anywhere between 1860 and 1870, asked no special favors, but got many. Mussolini let it be known' that their uniform was a good pass when they wanted to get near him, (Continued on Page Three)