The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 1, 1930, Page 1

l sthem after he gets here. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL HE TIME” VOL. XXXVL, NO. 5476. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, I 930. MEMBI:.R OF AbSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS SENSATIONAL EVIDENCE GIVEN IN BOMBING CASE R-100 RUNS INTO REPAIRS & MADE IN AIR; GIANT CRAFT MOORED British Dmglble Makes Trip Across Ocean—Hits * Gale Over Land FLIGHT FROM ENGLAND IS MADE IN 79 HOURS Ties Up at Montreal Air- ‘port—Schedule Plan- Trolley to Guide Wilkins’ *“Sub” THICKNESS - 10 FEET ned for Ten Days ST. HUBERT AIRPORT, MON- TREAL, August 1.—The biggest air-" ship the world has ever known, the British R-100 has completed the first trans-Atlantic crossing, de- | layed somewhat and damaged by a | storm. ‘ The R-100 left Cardington, Eng-' land, at 9:45 a.m. Monday and moored here early today almost 79 hours later. | Bad weather ripped one of the fins but repairs were made in the ! air. An officer of the dirigible said the damage was trivial and would not necessitate. any change in the schedule which calls for several flights over Canada during the next, 10 days before starting on the re- turn. trip. The R-100 still had five tons cf fuel leff when it moored here. ‘Dennistoun -Dourbey, er of the airship, said there was not even a ‘“‘bump” all the way across the Atlantic Ocean. The dirigible moored just as the day was breaking and presented a spectacular sight in the early morning rays of the sun. As far as eyes could see, were automobiles, all filled with a wild cheering and expectant throng. b s o aean: o BROMLEY HAS NEW TROUBLES T0 FACE NOW No Arranggments Made in Japan for Flight, Tokyo-Tacoma TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 1.—Lieut. Harold Bromley is likely to be con- | fronted with difficulties when .he nflves here on August 8. The Min- istry of Communications has not been informed of his plans to fly| from Tokyo to Tacoma, Washing- ton, and no preparations have heen made. It will require time to make . Officials said it is doubtful if, any airway in Japan is long enough tos permit of a take-off of Brom- | ley’s heavily loaded plane. H Meantime the season for favor- ably flying the North Pacific is rapidly approaching an end as heavy fogs are due to set in short- ly. Thl.s is the first detllletl dh‘rlm o! Sir thert Wilkins' polar submarine, as described by Lieut.-Com. Sloan Danehower, who will rebuild By HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE (A. P. Science Editor) NEW YORK.—When Sir Hubert Wilkins’ submarine sails under Lhe ice to the north pole next summer. |what will protect her from crash-\ ;mwmmmc ing into sub-surface blocks of ice? | This question, always the first auked about this project, was put 'to Lieut.-Com. Sloan Danenhower, | who with Simon Lake, the sub- marine builder, will rebuild the United States navy submarine O-12 for the voyage and himself sail her !under the polar ice. The answer ‘'is a law of nature, the operation of which Commander Danenhower found for himself last &t ‘vhe - bottonr of Long x:-.land Sound in the tiny submarine Defender. It is an action of buoy- ancy which he said even few naval men have rhalized. The Defender had wheels to run | on the bottom. But when she hit ;a rock the wheels seemed to be Tubber balls, bouncing her easily up- ward out of harm’s way. Her weight was close to nothing, that is, just a little heavier than the water. She was not greatly dif- ferent from a balloon bouncing along. The same principle, with the wheel over the sub's back, and the | bouncing done downward, will be used under the ice. The wheel will run on a stocky trolley above the coning tower. The lower end of the trolley arm will be pivoted like an automobile shock absorber with- in the sub. The ship’s buoyancy will be about 2,000 pounds, sufficient to keep her trolley bumping lightly along under surface of ice. A protective arch—called a jump- er bar, like a wartime net protec- | tive device—wull curve above her back from bow to stern. Comman- der Danenhower said she will be strong enough to withstand col- lisions at four knots an hour—the highest underwater speed ‘contem- LplnedA Even so, the sub is not made to crash icebergs, nor the underwater ice crags called “rafts.” These are not believed to exist in the polar seas. In their request to the navy for the O-12, Wilkins and Danenhower wrote: “There are no icebergs of great size within the Arctic. Large pressure ridges have been observed only near the coast and the deep- RUBBER GROWERS TALK ABOUT PLAN TO LIMIT OUTPUT, ' SINGAPORE, Aug. 1.—Efforts of | Thomas A. Edison to produce cheaper rubber are not taken seri- ously by the rubber planters of the | Straits Settlements. Planters here are quite frank, however .in admitting that their light-hearted view of Edison’s re- search work is “father to the thought” as any lowering of pres- ent prices for this commodity would be ruinous to the industry in this part of the world. Owing to the bottom price at which rubber is mow quoted, the rubber merchants of the Straits consider 1930 a fateful year. By agreement a large proportion of the producers in Malaya, Ceylon and the Dutch East Indies ceased trees during )fly,] but its effects as regards lightening the deep depression generally of the industry in these countries will not be realized for some time. According to some authorities the non-tapping scheme would keep from 30,000 to 40,000 tons of rub- ber off the market this summer. A recent’ proposal being consid- ered in the Straits Settlements is| to stop three tapping one day each week, day of rest would aid the industry materially, providing the producers abide by such an agreement. One draw-back to the scheme is | that some of the larger pmdumrs. such as Dunlop, have declined to' enter any agreement to reduce the supply. they need all the rubber their and the producers believe a. ‘The Dunlop people ussert‘ In Ex ploratwn Spring wheel to suldxggsubmrme under ice and sail her. of Arctic Areas Bumper structure built over entire length of boat observ( ‘WII.KINS TALKS ABOUT HIS SUB Underwater Expedi- tion Next May 1 3 AL | NEW YORK CITY, N. Y.. Aug. 1. j—8ir Hubert Wilkins returned yes- [terday from his honeymoon trin full of talk about his proposed underwater expedition across the Alaska. |derseas craft, now the Nautilus, being outfitted at the Philadelphia |Navy Yard to carry a crew of 18. | Doctors H. U. Sverdrup, 'Norwegian | Meteorologist, explorer and expert oh Arctic currents, and Vening Mienesz, Dutch scientist, will ac- lccmpuny ‘Wilkins, Mienesz has circumnavigatet the world. Wilkins hopes to get away on hls ‘expedmon next May or June. 100 feet under sea level.” Icebergs come from glaciers far south of the pole and float always southward. Borings by Nansen in the ice pack of this ocean showed the average thickness 10 feet. “No one has yet seen great, un- broken ice floes in that sea during summer,” the letter said. Wilkins {believes it will not even be neces- sary to rise in the “leads,” danger- ous places which wind closes like jaws. He says floes always have quiet alr openings in their interiors and but a few miles apart. There will be a telescoping con- ing tower capable of thrusting up- |ward through 10 feet of pack ice. There will be a new kind of peri- scope capable of boring upward through 50 feet of ice to get air for men and batteries. There will be an air lock in the sub’s bottom for divers to step out into the half-mile or more depth of water believed to cover the polar bottom. These divers will climb the sub's side by ladder, equipped with underwater lamps for \exploring and in emergency with explosives to be fastened beneath the ice and set off from a distance with wires. Two forward torpedo tubes will be turned into high power eyes with specially penetrating lamps, and two other forward tubes into |observation rooms. | Open House Aboard !Dauntless, Saturday [And Also Sunday According to the program announcement made after ar- rival here last Tuesday after- noon, visitors will be re- ceived aboard the H. M. S. Dauntless tomorrow and Sunday. The visiting hours for the general public are between 3 and 6 o'clock each afternoon. plantations are able to produce. § Hopes to Get Away on| North Pole from Spitzbergen to!' ‘The -submarine, an old Navy un: | est of these extend not more than | | The O-12 can descend 200 feet.| 25,000 Cases Daily Of Pink Salmon Now Being Packed CORDOVA, Alaska, Aug. ¥ «l —Nearly five million pound§ of pink salmon are being packed daily on Prince Wil= liam Sound. All cannerie§ are operating to capacity and turning out about 25,000 cases daily since the first of the week. The salmon run is increasing hourly. The fish are in good condition, RECEPTION TO NAVY OFFICERS BIVEN TONIGHT Gov. Parks and Territorial| Officials Receive in Honor of Visitors E i | In honor of Capt. H. R. Moore, |D. 8. O, Commander of H M. S. 1 e ALASKA SHOWS GAIN OF 4,000 IN POPULATION Northernt Te_rr.i;ory's Popu> lation Figures Will Reach 59,000 WASHINGTON, August 1.—Th: 1930 census will'show the popula tion of Alaska to be close to 59,00 as against 55,036 in 1920. Al but 24 districts enumerated checked prior to July 31 totaled 159,847, | The check showed that twelve {of the remaining districts were sure (o add at least 1,300 and the other twelve are expected to bring the tetal within 100 or 200 of 59,000. |" The gain will be slightly over 7 per cent. e eee—— DORT FINISHES POWER REPORTS; WILLBSOUTH Projects for Paper Mills | —Report Written The engineering report and re- jof George A. Cameron and the Zel- lerbach interests for final licenses on{waterpower groups in this vicin-; ity and Ketchikan were completed today by J, €. Dort, hydro-electric engineer of the United States For- est Service, representing the Fed-) eral Power Commission. ! The report’ is declared to be com- prehensive and to show a fine grasp of the situation. Its contents and recommendations made by Mr. Dort, | will not be available for publication until released by the Power Com- missxon from its Washington, D. C., headquarters. 'Mr. Dort will leave tomorrow on the steamer Alaska for Seattle enroute to Washington. The field examination made by him and by Asst. Regional Fordster | | Dauntless, and officers of that ves- sel, Gov. George A. Parks and other | Territorial officials will receive to- night at Governor's Mansion, be- |tween the hours of 9:30 and 11:30 jo'clock. From 9 0 9:30 o'clock (the local officlals will meet their guests at the Mansion. In the receiving line will be Gov. |Parks, Karl Theile, Secretary of {Alaska, Treasurer and Mrs. Wal- stein G. Smith, Auditor and Mrs. |Cash Cole, J. C. McBride, United States Colleetor of Customs, and Mrs. McEride, Capt. Moore and his |officers. Dancing will follow the recepiion which is for the general public. Music will be furnished by the Serenaders. $125,000 LOSS BY FIRE; TWO PERSONS HURT Night Blaze in Vancouver, Washington, Destroys Business Block VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. | —A loss of about $125,000 has resulied from a fire which destroyed one business block here during the night. Two persons were injured, Finlay, Portland fireman, ing a wrenched back, and an identified soldier of the Van Barracks received cuts. The fire started in a resta and spread to an adjoining ¢ and several other nearby builc: All electric lights in the city out half an hour and severa! tension poles started burning ——————-—— George Coe, who had been tient in St. Ann’s Hospital early in June, left yesterdn: ‘the _Plouom‘ m at Sitka. L. n= wer int \ge gs. vere zh pa- nee for | Wash, is at the Zynda Hotel. B. F. Heintzleman started about 30 days ago. The Zellerbach power group was the first to be studied. |, They then proceeded to Speel River and later to Dorothy Lake. The re- port was made up in local Forest Service headquarters from data as- sembled in the field. To follow up the report and con- fer with Mr. Cameron and repre- sentatives of the Zellerbachs, Mr. Heintzleman will leave here next; week for San Francisco, it was an- nounced today by Regional For- ester Charles H. Flory. Mr. Cameron and his associates have expressed a desire to have action on their ap- plication expedited so that develop- ment of the power project can be launched as soon as possible. The report will be in the hands of the Power Commission within ten days at the latest. It is expected, Mr. Flory said, that the licenses will be granted by October 1 if not sooner. ) — e - . TODAY’'S STOCK | e QUOTATIONS fia | . NEW YORK CITY, N. Y, Aug. 1. —There was no sale of Alaska Ju- neau mine stock today. Closing quo- tations on the other stocks are as follows: Alleghany Corporation 21%, Anaconda 50'2, Bethlehem Steel 81, General Motors 45%, Granby 24, International Harvester 82, Kenne- cott 39, Montgomery-Ward 35 National Acme 13%, Packard Mo- tors, 14%, Simmons Beds 25, Stan- dard Brands 20%, Standard Oil of{ California 62%, Standard Oil of| New Jersey 72, United Aircraft 592, U. S. Steel 1656%, American Can 128, Fox Films 45%, Hupp Mo- tors 13'%, Stewart-Warner 26%. —————— — Tony Kores of Cordova, Michael Ranclep of Seattle, staying at the Alaskan Hotel. e e Mrs. “Lou Reed is a patient in St. Ann's Hospital. She underwent a! surgical operation today. { B2, 30 A gt NN Carl V. Lansing, of Walla, Walla,' | and | are Ends Study o( Big Poweri commendations on the' lppltcatinm&%m Britis ‘{lief that several including three ers, were killed ers passenger air. e .~x~pl ed in mid-air over . Zagland, The victims, Dheim teom the csbin, fell al- most in & hesp in a cottage MRS. JOHNSON PASSES AWA Wife of Beloved Baseball Figure Dies from Com- plete Exhaustion D' paTsons, WASHINGTON, D. C,, August 1 i—The long series of misfortunes which* have followed Walter John- son, one of baseball's best loved figures, culminated today in th> death of his wife, Mabel Roberts Johnson. On a recent automobile trip from Coffeyville, Kansas, in the heat, the strength of Mrs. Johnson was practically sapped. The long vigil over her 14-year-old son Walter Johnson, Jr., who was struck by an automobile and both legs broken also led to her collapse. The couple married 16 years ago. Physicians said Mrs. Johnson was STORM; FIN RIPPED Brltlsh Plane Explodes, 6 Die ]N garden. The “air taxi” was bound from Le Touquet, France, to Croydon. . Among those who lost their lives were the Marquis of Defferin and Lady Ednam (above). CInternational Newreell White Whale Is Found in Yukon River; Is Shot FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug 1.—Migrating far from its natural habitat, a white whale swam several hundred miles up the Yukon River. Natives sighted it first oppo- site Koyukuk station, shot at it and then killed it this morning six miles below Nu- lato. The whale was 15 feet long. 0000 vccscne — e HITCH HIKER MAKES ATTACK LOVELL, Colorado, Aug. 1.—Rus- sell Whitesell, who claims he s secretary to United States Senator | URSE GIVES TESTIMONY IN NEW HEARING :Ev1dence Presenled Is Fav- orably to Convicted Man, Serving Lifée JUSTICES OF SUPREME " COURT DELIBERATING Billings Ma) Be Called to Testify—MacDonald Completes Story SAN F R A N CISCO, Cal, Aug 1.—Confronted by new 'and sensational testim ony ibearmg upon the Prepared- ness Day Parade bombing in '1916, Justices of the Cali- formd State Supreme Court ch.ny deliberated upon the ‘advm\b ty of bringing War- ;ren K. Billings to testify at {lhe hearing on his applica- |tion for a pardon. Billings is |now serving a life sentence. -Estelle Smith, former dental nurse and a witness for the prosecution against Billings, said Billings was in her office about one mile from {the scene of the bombing and un- til a few minutes after 1:51 o'cloniz \m the aff rnoon of the day of (hs | afsaster, -~ The bomb exploded ar |the afternoon. The defense attorneys Insisted |that it was impossible for Billings {te have reached Market Street, tha | place where the bomb exploded in | that space of time. John MacDonald, recanting wit- |ness in the Tom A. Mooney trial, ,completed his testimony yesterday. His evidence has been taken under consideration. He said he falsified |at the trial of Mooney. —— ———— BRIGHTEST BOY IS SELECTED IN EDISONCONTEST {Arthur Wllllams, Jr., of Rhode Island, Wins Annual Scholarship 2:06 in | | | ! | WEST ORANGE, New Jersey, Aug. 1—Arthur Williams, jr., of. | East Providence, Rhode Island, has completely exhausted and she couli Charles 8. Deneen, of Illinois, has peen chosen by Thomas A. Edi- not respond to any treatment WARNING SENT been treated here for severe scalp wounds received when a hitch| hiker struck him. The hiker at-| tempted to steal Whitesell's auto- mobile. TO AMERICANS Kes of Powder Explodes, Are Told to Leave Two! Provinces in China— ! 300 Held, Ransom SHANGHAI, China, August 1.—A second warning has been sent to Americans in the Provinces of Hupeh Hunan Honan and Kiankshi to leave immediately Refugees from Hankow state that it is estimated that 300 wealthy Chinese merchants are held for ran- som. Press dispatches express the be- unidentified for- eigners have been killed in the loot-| ing of Changsha. Kiss in An Auto Costs Man Just $11,783 SEATTLE, Augu«t 1—A Kiss in an autemobile cost J. A. Fitz- gerald McConnell $11,783 as the result of ‘a judgment in court to Julian Williamson. Williamson was injured when the car which McConnell was driving, overturned after Mc- Connell attempted to kiss Mrs. MeConnell, Twelve Miners Injured TILTONVILLE, Ohio, Twelve miners were Aug. 1— in the Red Bird pany. IS injured, one | ’crnlcallv by an explosion today of | B. C.; Rosemond Davis of Fresno, la keg of powder mine at the Warner Colleries com- | son from among the “brightest | boys” of every state, to receive the |inventor's second annual college scholarship. Williams, jr., gave the best an- swers in yesterday’s written exami- nation and by receiving the award it means he will receive a four year scientific course in any college he | selects. | ——————————— D. 8. Campbell, of Vancouver, Calif., and E. E. Mead of Point Re- treat are among the guests at the I Gastineau Hotel. E OF PINES SAYS NUNS GET ‘ TREASURE MAP SANTE FE, Isle of Pines ~-Rumors persist that Sisters of Charity who opera ¢ a cltrus fargp near here, have come into posses- |sion of several anciert maps indi- cating the location o1 Jong-hidden jhoard which is believed to consist {island, Sir Prancis Drake late of church property of great value. Santa Fe, oncg tae capital of this was sacked and burned by in the 16th |century, so history tells us, “by way of -sine ; the beard of the King \of Spain.” | For years the rebuilt town was a rendezvous of buccaneers and pi- rates. A mango grove at the north- | 'rn end was the scene of many wild ‘evels when the swashbucklers of he Carribean came ashore to di= vide their bloodstained loot. Sword blades flashed and pirate duels were fought to the death. Be= neath those mangoes nine un- marked mounds testify that the dead were buried where they fell. Hallowed ground could not sepul- chre those who followed the black flag. On certain nights the Cuban nk, is marked by what the “Pineros" term “El Camino de Santiago” or " (Continued on Pgu Threg) ~ = 1 G X