The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 27, 1930, Page 1

ot A 0 O T I O i S Nl AP THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” 5447, VOL. XXXVL, NO. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1930. BOMB EXPLODES IN TERMINAL POSTOFFICE, SEATTLE MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS HOOVER V MEASURE SENT BACK; FURTHER | ACTION TAKEN House Sustains Veto of President — Passes Substitute Bill # FIFTY MILLIONS ARE PROVIDED VETERANS . | Compensation Clauses Are| Changed Regarding Disabilities, Etc. WASHINGTON, July 27.— President Hoover has vetoed the World War Veterans’ Pension Bill and sent it back, to Congress. With Speaker Nicholas Longworth, leading the Ad-| ministration forces, the House sustained the President’s veto of the bill and passed a sub. stitute bill, the Johnson-Swici| measure, providing $50,000, 000 for pensions of uncom- pensated World War veterans by a vote of 365 to 4. The Johnson - Swick meas | ure, the substitute, provides that pensions be based on| disabilities actually - received and war veterans totally dis-) abled, in addition to what-| ever other compensation and hospitalization they receive|, under the present law. The life of the bill is for three| years. Senate leaders were in- formed President Hoover dis-| favors broadening the bill as| changed by the new pension bill. The vote on sustaining the! President’s veto by the House! was 188 to 182. REJECTION OF NAVALTREATY 1S NOW URGED Senator Robinson, of Indi- ana, Presents His Side of Issue WASHINGTON, June 27.—Rejec-| tion of the London Naval Treaty was today urged on the grounds that it “very gravely imperils the| safety and security of the United States.” The objection to the treaty was made by Senator Arthur R. Robin- son, Republican of Indiana. The Senator from Indiana con- tended that Great Britain dictated the type of cruisers the American Navy might build. “We would have been far better off had no treaty whatever had been signed,” said. Senator Robinson! ETOES V Sdrvey by Planes Al;ng International H ighway Is Reported Abandoned Star Almost Drowns, Plant’s Yacht Ram- -~d Claire Windsor! cinema a was hurled into the waters of Long Island Sound when Philip Plant’s yacht, Lolita, was rammed and sunk. Philip Plant, the million- aire pln{boy, was also hurled into the murky midnight waters. Both, owever, were rescued, none the worse for their experience. A cabin boy was drowned. (International Newsreel) REP. PORTER PASSES AWAY Chairman of House Foreign Relations Committee Dies in Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, Penn., June 27— Representative Stephen G. Porter, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, aged 62 years, today as the result of cirrhosis of the liver. He had been in a hos- pital here for several days. $ HELPED PEACE NEGOTIATIONS, Stephen G. Porter came into na-' tional prominence while Congress and the mation groped for a solu-, tion of problems growing out of ) the World War. After the Versail-| les treaty by which the Eumpean1 allies effected a peace settlement \with Germany and Austria Hun- gary had failed of approval in the Senate, Mr. Porter took a leading part in the conferences out of which grew the plan by which the United States terminated the state of War with Germany and her, allies. i Another Pittsburger, the late iSenator Philander C. Knox, also took a leading part in framing the | American policy immediately after| |the war. It was the Knox-Porter peace resolution which finally (Continuea on Page Two) i | Prohibition Enforcement , Agencies Are Rearranged New Scheme Starts July 1 WASHINGTON, June 21— De- manding greater activity from State authorities, Attorney General Mit- chell is re-arranging the Prohibi- tion Enforcement agencies effective July 1. His first move was to cut 27 Ad- ministrative Districts to 12, cor- responding partly with Judicial Circuits to bring closer cooperation of Federal Attorneys and Adminis- trators to a “moral obligation to take measures to enforce the alike with the Federal and State| Governments.” Twenty-seven hundred employees will be transferred from the Treas- | ury to the Justice Department. New N. W. Administrator The Department of Justice an- | nounced the appointment of twelve | Administrators including the Twelfth District. This district em- braces Washington, Oregon, Mon- tana, 0 and Alaska. The new Administrator is Carl Jackson and his headquarters will be at Seattle, Eighteenth Amendment, which ru_ts ‘wam, ety died * WASHINGTON, June 27. — The proposed aerial photographic ' re- connaissance of possible landing | flelds along the route of the Al- !aska-Yukon—Pacmc Highway has |been abandoned because of diffi- |culties in arranging a flight, Wa: | Department officials said. ' No other reason is given. The | flight was to have been started |from Bolling Field here and was to have covered 8,114 miles. In addition to reporting on pos- sible landing fields, the fliers would have reported on local conditions having a bearing on the possible establishment of an Air Corps Unit in Alaska should occasion arise in the future. The Empire carried an Associat- ed Press dispatch yesterday to the effect Army aviators would leave The Presidio, San Francisco, next week to make a survey of ‘possible landing places along the proposed | extension of the Pacific Highway to Alaska. Three weeks were to have been spent in Alaska accord- ing to the dispatch. The personnel of the expedition was also an- nounced. s T T R Government of Tardieu Wins Confidence Vote i | PARIS, June 27. — Andre e Tardieu’s government won a e ¥ote of confidence in. the e 330 to 262, The Socialists made the accusation that the Treas- ury was being depleted and demanded an investigation of the conditions by a special committece. They lost. | priss et 'Official Leads Move To Split Up Australia PERTH, Western Australia, June 27.—A campaign for the cecession 'of Western Australia from the Commonwealth of Australia has been initiated by the prime minis- |ter of the province. ‘ A meeting, attended by the lord mayor of Perth and members of parliament, passed a motion pledg- ing support for the creation of a Dominion of Western Australia. It was pointed out that the Do- minion of Australia is costing the people of Western Australia $40,- 700,000 a year which is a tremen- dous burden for 400,000 inhabitants. S .- Italian Army Thinks Bikes Useful in War PARMA, Italy, June 27.—That the bicycle, even in this motorized age, may well have its uses in war-time is the opinion of Gen. Gazzera, Italian minister of war. Two hundred officers taking courses in the higher infantry school here, together with seventy cadets from the army academy at Modena, were sent on a biking tour all over the surrounding country- side, The speed, silence and economy with which a bicycle patrol can carry out a reconnaissance, parti- i | i ,cularly over country where the iroads are little better than foot- paths, has impressed the military authorities. Free S;;te Assumes Republican Bond Issue DUBLIN, June 27.—The Irish Free State parliament has decreed that the money raised by Republi- can bonds in Ireland and the United States can be regarded as a national liability and fully paid. The Free State government is lprepax'ed to pay the balance to |bondholders, though there is no ‘compulskm to do so, and the liqui- |dation is within the discretion of !the Minister of Finance. Some speculators in Ireland bought up bonds at a cheap rate. But the government will only pay either the original subscribers or those to whom the bonds may have been transferred for full value. This ‘flflm& applies also to America, first tight - since “Bmster; dyp-—ed- ELECTRIC AND HAIL STORMS CAUSE DEATH Forty-one Persons Killed in Various Parts of Can- ada and N.E. U.S. CHICAGO. Tll, June 27—Forty- one persons were killed in electric and hail storms which have swep:| Ontario, Newfoundland and ‘the northeastern section of the United, ‘ States. 3| Thirty persons were killed @ Brookville, Ontario, when lightning | fired explosives aboard -a Drill beat | in the St. Lawrence River. | Four passengers were , one | is believed fatally injured and elevs en others were injured, when 2, train plunged into the Vermflfis River near Capreol, Ontario. & Three fishermen were drowned; at Lumsden, Newfoundland, when | e boat was overturned in a suddea . hail storm. s Two persons were drowned at| Buffalo when a boat overturned in a hail squall. Lightning killed a girl in New| Jersey and a farmer in Pennsyl- vania, ! CANGSTER OF CLEVELAND IS * v o s i “SHOT, KILLED " Forty-five Bullet Wounds Are Found in His Body —Police Theory CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 27— |§ |Charles Velotta, aged 28 years, a gangster was shot and killed in the Little Italy Bection of this city. Forty-five bullet wounds were |found in his body. The Police state that Velotta was| the target of the Underworld since the double murder of Ernest York-| ell and Jack Pepunstein who came | here from Philadelphia to shake down the bootleggers. They met gang deaths almost three years! ago. \ —————— ALASKA SECOND WHEN CAROL fi of Rumanlia at the national | | | | | ! | i | | | ‘A telephoto plcture from Buchares Chief of Alaska Bureau of‘ FLOOD CAUSES WAS MADE t t6 London showing Prince Ca emb| After Seven Years, Tiger | Plans Formulated for KING OF RUMANIA ly In Bucharest. King Carol can be seen In front of the throne, beside him Is Prince Nicholas, his brother, who was a member of the reaency council. ETS PENSION BILL rol taking the'cath as King Carol ... Yacht Race from This WAGNERDID NOT WANT T0 - COME NORTH Education Gives Rea- son for Resigning | SEATTLE, June 27.—Dr. Jona-| than H. Wagner, Chief of the Alas-| ka Bureau of Education, resigned because he was not willing to take his family to Juneau, where the| | 27—Plans here by the owners of the boats in City to Olympia, 1931 PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., June have been formulated the Seattle to Prince Rupert Yacht race for the cruise from Juneau in 1931 back to Olympia, Washington. The cruiser Madie, of Secattle, is the winner of this year’s race. Capt. Jack Powers plans to spend a month in Alaska before returning south, TRAIN WRECK TORONTO, June 27—Four per- sons were killed and twelve injured EXPLOSIVE IN ' PACKAGE GOES OFF IN P.0. Employees Are Hurled to Floor—Windows for 50 ! Feet Are Shattered POSTAL INSPECTOR IS TRYING TO SOLVE CASE Bomb Conh:i;;d Nitrogly- cerine and Is Said to Be Work of Expert SEATTLE, June 27.— Postal Inspector Charles {Rutherford is busy today try- ing to solve the mystery of a bomb which exploded in the Terminal Post Office last night. ¥ The bomb was wrapped in a parcel post package. The package was one of many being transported along 2 conveyor belt to the sorting table. 1 The explosion shattered ev- ‘ery window within 50 feet and hurled employees to the floor. The explosion temporarily dcafened John McKenzie who veyor belt. Inspector Rutherford be- lieves the package was in the outgoing mail, destined for some point outside of the city. The bomb contained nitro- glycerine and was the work of an expert. e FLIERS REACH NEW YORK CITY AFTER SEA HOP * offices of the Bureau are trans- Capt. Kingsford-Smith and IN PRODUCTION OF GOLD, 1923 Territory Produced 374.- 000 Ounces” Valued at $7,745,000 | Despite the fact that Clara Philips, l once known as the “Tiger Woman™ | and the “Hammer Murderess,” has | i t seven years behind the hars | | §n San Quentin, she has not given | up thoughts of freedom. She ex- | ects to apply to Gov. C. C. Young or pardon within the next few | i | | | WASHINGTON, June 27.—Direc tor of the Mint Robert J. Gran announces that 2,208,000 ounces of refined gold valued at $45600000 were produced in 1929, a reduction| in value of $514,000 from the pre- vious year. danys. (Intornational Newsrealy, Ur€r, died today as the 1"’_5‘:1“ of 'hem Steel 88%, General Motors California led with 409,000 ounces, * complications which followed an|sgy Granby 20%, International valued at $8,445,000. | eppendicitis operation Harvester 827%, Kennecott 38%, Alaska was next with 374000 NO DERBY RULES GOVERN | 1 TR | Montgomery-Wazd '32%, Natlonal ounces, valued at $7,745,000. ALGERIAN cAMEL kaciNGg Pilot and Student | Acme 1234, Packard Motors 13% 13, — el I I\/l I |13%, Simmon Beds 24%, Standard Japan Begms Four New TOUGGOURT, Al June 27.! filer e 5y i e e v, SRR RS o W h D, Crashes | fornia 59, Standard Oil of New i ia ink thd ] en Plane Crashes | } | Railways in Manchuria —Sport may not be taking the | Jersey 64, United Aircraft 50, Fox 4 |rapid strides in Algeria that it is' O i June 21 Ipnm,-y 40, U. 8 stcplc 1555 Hu;p apan AN some countries, but the natives fibyizona, (June e Ty 1h il T i MUKDEN, June 27.—That Japan i ; Johnnle C. Wilson, pilot, of Los|Motors 14, 13%, 13%, Stewart is pushing economic development in | ere have a competition which they i student | Warner 20%, 20, 20. South Manchuria is revealed by tae €20y and which is amusing to the Angeles, and Paul Eberlein, stucent| 77 R4 starting of four new branch lines SPectators. ;nm- of Nogales, were killed yester-| T _day afternoon when their plane| of the South Manchurian railway.| The sport is camel racing, and is crashed at the Nogales airport These lines will connect the more indulged in during big festivals, |~ T ; prosperous districts of Manchuria|The choice racer is a different S ll l with Korea, and in the opinion of breed from the dromedary. 1t is Anaconda Declares uaaen y the Japanese railway oficials show a profit at the end of the year. ‘Construction work is due for c pletion within a year. Two of lines will tap agricultural distric vill |called the “mehari.” ' st| ‘The start of the race is very ‘mllddled, and the camels patter to \a very confusing finish. Often three or four riders lay claim to s | first place and not infrequently the and one will have as its muin|conclusion sees a fight. | source of revenue the hauling of| The “jockey” is called a “me- mineral ore from Tunghwa to Dai- ‘hxrut," and he has marvelous com- ren. § imand of his mount. He uses neith-| The fourth will connect Chias anler bridle nor bit, directing his ani-}| |mal by the pressure of his feet and n by pinching the camel's hide with (his toes, in Korea with Pusunghsien in s0 Manchuria. The entire zone is in forestry, ferred to from Seattle. Charles W. Hawkesworth, Super- intendent of the Bureau in Sout east Alaska, became Acting Chief immediately. Dr. Wagner was granted one month’s leave, his resignation h“-‘ coming effective July 31. HARRY STUTZ PASSES AWAY INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, June 27.—Harry C. 8Stutz, aged 53 years, sutomobile designer and manufact- Quarterly Dividend| NEW' YORK, June 27—The di- rectors of the Anaconda. Copper | Company have declared a quarter- ly dividend of 87'% cents placing the stock at $350 for an annual| basis compared to $7 paid prev- jously. - A. Van Mavern, local commercial broker, is a through passenger Petersburg-bound on the Admiral {when a Canadian National Railway train, bound from Winnipeg to |Toronto was derailed and wrecked |four miles east of Capreol. A washout caused the wreck, re- |sulting from unprecedented floo1 conditions. Rescue work was abandoned last {night because of the darkness over |the swollen river but was resumed | today. | e ————— — TODAY'S STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, June 27.—Closing quotation on Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 5%, Alleghany Cor- | poration 19%, Anaconda 50, Bethle- Companions Land Early Last Evening NEW YORK CITY, N. Y., June 27.—The . tri-motored plane South- ern Cross, dropped to earth on Roosevelt Field after the flight from Harbor Grace, Newfound- land, at 6:31 o'clock last evening completing the flight from Ireland to this city. A crowd of thousands greeted the ® lfour fliers, Capt. Charles Kings- ford-Smith and “his companions, Evert Van Dyk, Patrick Saul and J. W. Stamnage. The fliers expect to make a non- stop flight to the Pacific Coast within a few days, completing the leader and plane’s circumnaviga- tion of the globe, begun two years ago. One of the first things Capt. Kingsmrd—sth did on reaching here, was to cable a message to his flancee, an actress in Australia. After a short business trip to points on the Triangle Route, Hen- ry Roden, local attorney, returned on the Admiral Rogers this morn- ing. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, June 27 —The trial of the suit for an in- junction to prevent the merger of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company with the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, came to an abrupt halt today, when L. A. Manchester, chief Youngstown counsel, shot and Rogers, killed himself in his office, Suit for Injunction k Halted by Suicide of Counsel | J. C. Argetsinger, associate gen- eral counsel, declared the suicid2 {was the result of a nervous break- down and overwork. Manchester was reported to have been in & melancholy mood for the past two months. Death occurred this morning at 8:55 o'clock, just five minutes be~ lrore court opened,