The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 5, 1930, Page 1

THE DAILY VOL. XXXVI., NO: 5479. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1930. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ALASKA EMPIRE PRICE TEN CENTS DROUGHT NOW PREDICTED FOR ONE SECTION OF U.S. UTILITY RATES MAY BE ISSUE 1932 CAMPAIGN Gov. Roosevelt Believed to Have Presented Matter to Smith and Raskob’ SOUTHAMPTON, N. Y. Aug. 5.| —Political observers professed tfo see the possibility of public utility rates as a National political issue in 1932 as a result of the confer-! ence here when Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt conferred with forme: Gov. Alfred E. Smith and Demo- cratic National Chairman John J.| Raskob. Gov. Roosevelt espoused | the cause of the small consumer | in connection with the possible re- duction of utilities rates. ] e, —— SHATTUCK GOES | SOUTH ON LONG PROBE COMMUNISTS’ ACTIVITIES N Associated Press I'hoto ‘ Fuller Is Named Commandant Of Marine Corps WASHINGTON, Aug. 5— President Hoover has ap- pointed Brigadier =~ General Ben Fuller as Commandant of the Marine Corps, suc- ceeding the late General Neville President Hoover has also appointed Major General Douglas MacArthur as Chief of Staff of the Army suc- ceeding General Summerall. - CONTACTPOINT 6. 0.-P. BATTLE Kansas Republicans Have Bitter Primary Contest in Today's Voting TOPEKA, Kan., August 5.—Chief | interest in the Kansas biennial pri- maries today centered in the con- test for the Republican nomination for Governor which ended in a | campaign in which farm relief -and | personalities were injected. Gov. [Clyde M. Reed, Republican, who | has been outspoken against the Farm Board policies, sought re- nemination. His opponent, Frank T | { TARIFF FmE'H“""’kc' former State Commander |of the American Legion, charged | | {that Gov. Reed is ‘“undertaking to ! dminister the affairs of the Na- 1Senator Swanson Says Tar- [dminister the affairs of the L3 . . . . ° . . . . . . . . DEMOCRATS 'FARM BGAHD |s{ KANSAS SENATORIAL CANDIDATES CATASTROPHE " LOOMING FoR FARM REGION i Sections East of Mississippi Face Most Serious " Situation iGOVERNMENT AID | IS RECOMMENDED JPresidenl Hoover and Sec- retary Hyde Confer— Promise Is Made | WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 5— A heat wave and searing drought |has stricken regions east of ‘the | Mississippi River and brought dire | predictions. Louis J. Taber, Master of the Na- St rous It complte Wngting ke sebittn t | iff Must Be Revised or | | o Granee, setumingrom s commu W . 3 : ki 5 | tives Robert S. Hall, Hamilton Fish, jr, and John E. Nelson. Stand- | WET AND DRY ISSUE visit to the affected areas, told ing: Representatives Carl G. Backman and Edward E. Eslick and Je Rogers, sergeant-at-arms. VAGATION TRIP znGLIsH coTTON Meets Mrs. Shattuck at! Vancouver Then I Direct to East | To be absent for about seven | weeks, during which time he will tour the country with his wife and their daughter Miss Virginia, Allen| broker, steamer Princess Charlotte for Van-| left this morning on the Christens Shattuck, local realty and insurance 1Steamship INDUSTRY FACES GRAVEST CRISIS By BATES RANEY (A. P. Staff Writer) Mrs. Hoover MANCHESTER, England, Aug. 5. —The Lancashire cotton industry, which draws most of its raw ma- terial from the southern United Depression Be Worse IN VIRGINIA PRIMARY i | WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. — The! RICHMOND, Va., August 5—The |Democratic fire on the tariff was wet and dry lssue in the Eighth |intensified with Senator Claude A.|Congressional District and argu- ISwanson’s demand that the meas- ment over party loyalty in the | lure be revised at the earliest pfl-!Fith District, are expected to bring sible date. A statement by the out to the polls a larger vote than Virginia Senator said that Amerl- 'usual today In those areas. Five can agriculture will be further de<!candldaws are seeking the nomina- |pressed if the tariff act remained tion in the Eighth District to suc- in_effect. |ceed the veteran Congressman R. ! He warned of the eventual clos-|walton Moore, who is not.a candi- {ing of the world markets against date for re-election. this country as a protest agaimst| Senator Carter Glass is hot op- our high tariff wall. Already, R2|posed for renomination for the Sen- ‘said, “Italy has imposed almost| gte and five Democratic Congres: |prohibitory duty on American 8u-|men are unopposed for renomina- |tomobiles. French tariff rates have gion, Seiiutor Henry J. Allen (upper left) has a trio of opponents for the republican nomination in Kansas for the remainder of Vice Presi- cent Curtis’ unexpired term ending in 1933, They are: Ralph Snyder (up.ner rignt), James F. Getty (lower left) and Rep. W. (1awer right), NEW TARIFF LAW, Associated Press Photo H. Sproul President Hoover that if rain does not fall in 30 days the drought will become a major catastrophe. Taber described the situation as more serious than the nation un- derstands and suggested that spe- clal freight rates and credit facili- tles be extended to the utmost. GOVERNMENT WILL AID WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.—Presi- dent Hoover today announced that no stone will be left unturned by the Government in efforts to assist in relieving distress caused by the unprecedented drought and serious- ness of thé situation in a wide area east of the Mississippi. The situation has been the sub- D s v Jersey, ® couver. : A‘:;A ?_;Smsfiic: Eicil?— o | States and exports it as manufac- |been increased on oats, potatoes, N HYDE SA YS, MEANS ject of conferences between Presi- Mr. Shattuck will be met at Van- | ’ e i tured textiles to the near and far |Wheat flour and various other Am-| gENTUCKY PRIMARY dent Hoover angd Secretary of Ag+: | {® bur, built for the American A oQuntS Iriohiting it | couver by Mrs. Shattuck. They will|e Export Steamship Company, e |Fast, is face to face with the grav- ;Tlc{”j ooy NOUCIE S RENOMINATES MEMBE GAIN FOR FAR MER riculture Arthur M. Hyde. travel by rail to Flint, Mich., where e was christened today by e |est crisis of its history. [ e 2 RS TN { i Some time will result in order they will purchase a Buick car and'e Mrs. Herbert Hoover. The e| The plight of the once vast In-l o oo o o en mp et e Yl" e ‘éon AT R G A TR S0 £ BT e {tc make a detailed survey by the start their motor tour from that|e ship was launched from the e |dustry is fully revealed in a gov- O ‘en of Kentucky’s elevi greassy - ’ By FRANK I WELLER {Department. of Agriculture but 1t point. They will go first to NeW‘- New York Shipbuilding e ernment report, drawn up after| DUE TO OPPOSITION!men and three former Democratic| | ih o o ' is expected a report will be ready York City where Miss Virginia will|e Yards. o ‘months of investigation, which tells | Congressmen who were defeated in ! (A. P. Farm Editor) next Monday. o Ol . ) o e Aty SRR iincid. wards| Bnmsicpotn‘;r. Cor:n.. Aug. 5\—}Lhe Republican ]am:sl}:de of 1«.;2_5 | ‘wasmveTon: Aug sty the —————— Etiey blan ta: bADICE. tinid ok s 6 o" 670" b0 /8 n aia o~ w| {ERLL SnmEGEBine or get out F > Fruacied SOV ot | WIEbE among (AR S B SAsL [ new tariff law, rates on unprocessed New England States, visiting as many historic spots as time will permit. Finishing that they will come south through the national{ capital, Virginia and down through northern Florida, Alabama, Mis- sissippi, stop a few days in New GOLD NUGGET of business. While trade statistics show that the world each year is using more ,cotton goods than before the war, | Lancashire’s share of the trade has | declined dangerously. A year ago the little cotton spin- R STARTS RUSH ,the tariff engendered by the coall-;dabes who will contest in the eleven tion controlled Senate was advanc-|districts for election next Novem- ed by Senator Hiram Bingham of per. The only upset in Saturday's Connecticut as one of the causesprimary was the overwhelming de- materially contributing to the pres<|feat of former Gov. W. J. Fields, ent business depression. He snld‘by approximately three to one, by that when the power of the Demo-|gormer Congressman Frederick J. crats and Progressive Republicans|yinson in the Ninth Congressional GERMANY DIES AT AGE OF 71 Siegfried Wagner, Son of | agricultural products are increased 51.6 percent above the 1922 level, an analysis by the American farm bureau federation shows. Secretary Hyde has expressed the | opinion that the American farmer will benefit by a net gain of $102 a CAPT, WILKINS INSPECTS SUB Orleans, and cross the continent to Ining town of Burnley had only ;- . ntro] the Senate became ap-| i ; year under the new tariff act. Hejy/: . California by the southern route.| 5261 unemployed cotton opera- o CHAHC! Eh€ BEM 5 :‘:::‘;:f;en'f b Ixcnd:q]:{n:e%lle&ci?:} Richard, Passes Away |cites particularly the increased du- Views Undersea Craft in They will then motor up the coast IN AUSTRALIA tives. Today the figure is 15.000. " uGredit became frightened, faith| iU oPE B il At Bavisuth | ties levied on wool, eggs, long staple| Which He Expecls to to Seattle and thence home. | The unemployed of Blackburn'yh the jmmediate future lessened,| Fiisimbetit 'mcmdmg kit e, y cotton and dairy products. Mr. Shattuck is the Democratic candidate for Territorial Senator. He plans to return here by October 1, and make a 30-day campaign just before election. During his ab- | jumped from 7443 last year to 27.- | 000 today while the unemployment ’30-ounce Nugget IS Cause at Preston increased from 8819 t0| Bingham declared that the elec- 113,368, of ‘Stampede—Men Use | Catrs In 1913 the Lancashire cotton { a top-heavy stock market crashed,) o oorgts in the First, Second and Third Districts, were either success- ful or unopposed in the primary. | —— and the present depression began.’ |tion of President Hoover and a R2- publican Congress, the calling of | It is the unprocessed article upon which the farmer is- the prime beneficiary of a rate of duty. Thus, butter, sugar, cheese, canned frults and canned vegetables, stemmed Tour Arctic Regions PHILADELPHAI, Penn. Aug. 5. —Capt. George H. Wilkins today inspected the submarine O-12 in génce his son Curtis is in charge of American trade sold the world seven billion an extra session to consider farmz | tobacco and scoured wool are listed |Which he hopes to reach the Norti the local business. P2 [ ards of piece goods. In 1929 “‘lellef and the tariff favorably af- BORBANDT Is on the “first processed forms of |Pole next May or June. The sub & BENDIGO, Australia, Aug, 5 — sodl only 3,750,000 yards and this fected business. He continued: L | agricultural commodities.” is at the Navy Yards here await- CHARLOTTE IN PORT 2HOURS BOUND SOUTH | Southbound from Skagway to' Vancouver, B. C. the Princess| Charlotte, Capt. C. O, Sainty, called hére at 6 o'clock this morning, and The discovery of a 30-ounce gold year is selling even less. nugget at Tarmagulla Victoria, 40; While Lancashire’s sales have miles from here, has started a new been reduced by half foreign com- gold rush. More than 250 pros- petitors have been making cotton pectors, most of them driving Am- goods cheaper and just as good as crican cars, have already reached Lancashire and putting them on the gold fields and pegged out the market more attractively. The claims. | Japanese, particularly, have almost Australia is now in the throes“supplamed the British in China of the greatest gold fever in many | markets and are rapidly driving the “If the Democrats had carried out the intention expressed in the Ecampn(gn of 1928 and voted ac-| "cordingly instead of following the coalition, I believe they could have avoided a large part of the present 'depression.” Flight to U. S. Is Abandoned by AT ANCHORAGE Flier Makes Good Time from Seattle, via Ket- chikan, Juneau The increase on “first processed forms” was only 146 per cent. If the rates on the first processed forms _be included with agricultural commodities, the average rate shows an increase of 32.04 per cent where- as the rates on industrial products were increased 10.5 percent. ! The advantage to agriculture or industry upder the new law Is I ing reconditioning and alterations. Capt. Wilkins intends to take th3 craft, with a crew of 18 men and rrovisions for one year and fuel for a 7,000-mile trip to Spitzber~ gen, thence over the sea under the water to Bering Strait, the other side of the Pole. The sub will be renamed the Nautilus in honor of Jules Verne's mythical craft. The craft will cruise under the remained two hours, Among heryears. Lancashire product even out of In- largely determined by the side upon fj.. a¢ o passengers were the 43 Michigan| Hostile bushmen have already | dia. German Youths Frank Dorbandt, well known Al-{ which first processed forms arego.. knots‘p:.;d :;urnmATo:e tk;n: boys that George E. Buchanan, De- |caused considerable trouble. In effect, the British government aska flier, reached Anchorage, Al- placed, . - 1o troit capitalist, brought north on| an excursion chiefly at his own ex- ‘pense. They passed through here The area is about 1,000 miles square and is virtually unexplored. has told the Lancashire spinners that they must abandon their his- |toric “wait-till-they-come-to-us” at- aska, Sunday afternoon completing o flight from Seattle, with stops at Ketchikan and Juneau, in 18% REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Aug. 5~Two German youths, Wol- fram Hirth and Oscar Weller, | In the act of 1922, the average| rate on industrial products, includ- ing first processed forms of agri-| cf every 100 miles the craft will come to the surface and take in air. Capt. Wilkins expects the craft o ) . flying time. SIEGFRIED WAGNER B Prlnc:ss l::w::;lm‘ll:)e (;:;': PIIOt Blny w"hams ti;luie, t:ng bzi?-ptm:?:od?merrfs: who got this far in an attemp- ho:fi:z gorfmndt arrived in Juneai o i cuxl:(ur:ln S::l::\lt‘;s- '\“:ain::‘::sawpe;x; v;]ul De St piekce fohy it S Vancouver to ag! . “make-them-| - ted flight from Berlin to the | g g o e cent, YRS -The. 4 ver 4 thick. He hopes to make prelim- ago. At Skagway they disembarked Shows His Real Stufigthat the suryiving mills must be| o0 S Bt Abandoned Ialt:n:as:nsdatulx;:y xx:gwr;rl;rhlgysjl::izu;nv (:'K]I!‘(.‘l:"snl’?ll\th(;m~ purely sgricultural products Was|inary observations as to the pose from the Louise and took the equipped with up-to-date machines; g i oroieet’ on acount of |» i e, | S205g 2237 percent, or a difference of |sibility of placing a weather station White Pass and Yukon Railroad| SEATTLE, Aug. 5—Pilot W. A. and grouped in amalgamations. lack of a suitable landing place oxflock Su}r;dsy morning IO: dA:- ;maer, son of Richard Wagner, 51“, 1498 points In favor of the indus- in the far north i i o P L9 g chorage. He was accompanied by famous comppser, died yesterday ‘ to Atlin, B. C. Many of them this|(Billy) Wiliams brought his plane ——— in Greenland. Mrs. Dorbandt and mechanic ‘Al-| try. ————— morning _expressed themselves as {0 the water o R ol 2 B irl | Hirth has salled for Montreal |onso Cope, o | In the act of 1930, however, this delighted wlt;th;:’ P ot amfllgh:“:m{fss“uyle e o |[New Orleans Gir with the plane and Weller is | According to an,Associated Press| pan GRear OBSTACLE oot watt oo isine i w ATER F AM'NE i1 1) ncess T : | yer- - . . most a y raising e ral on| g s south were W. H.|With five passengers, when engins Wins 1930 Stk SIV IEEEI NNy for Ger- HlUDaich frotn’ Anchorge to. Ty Webster, for Prince Rupert; Mrs. 1. Matthews, Allen Shattuck, and H. Beckman, for Vancouver; J. T. O'Brien for Seattle. FORESTERS MAKE AIR trouble started a small fire. The passengers were ordered to,P age‘"” CO"’Q‘“ the pontoons while the pilot fought! the blaze. A Coast Guard cutter and a fishing boat, near the scene, took the passengers off safely. The motor and pontoons were GALVESTON, Texas, Aug. 5. —Miss New Orleans, Dorothy Dell Goff, 17-year-old blonde, has been chosen as Miss United States in the annual pageant many. Empire, Pilot Dorbandt plans a| e series of f flights Coast Farmers to Seek ns the v South American Markets SACRAMENTO, Cal, Aug A cure for agricultural mark @ year-round service. i Pilot Dorbandt was to leave for!' Bristol Bay today on his first com-! ‘mercial flight out of Anchorage. | ing Being .the son of Richard Wag- to Seattle|ner was the greatest obstacle and, during the worst months of the at the same time, the greatest boon winter to demonstrate feasibility of to the musical carcer of Siegfried Wagner. If the son’s reputation as a com- symphonic poser of and operas agricultural products to 33.94 per- cent, and the rate on industrial| products to 42.83 percent, leaving a | difference of only 889 points in| favor of indusiry. | e { ‘Great Britain’s Claims IN WASHINGTON OLYMPIA, Wash., Aug. 5.—Many communities and farms in Wash- salvaged. The loss is estimated | | works goes down in musical history ington, are in the throes of a lat $8,000. and pulchritude contest. Thirty [ailments will be sought here a. & .. — I that ot o seerity. 1t wil ve! In South, Challengeable water famine, charies J. Arnolet, * SURVEY ON CHICHAGOF ; e Tcontested. Tonight seven |Pan-American trade conferenc: this due largely, critics agree, o the| i State Supervisor of Hydraulics, o | foreign girls will compete foe fuonih by fepsemmintives of Soullt) TODAY'S STOCK fact that his undoubted talent, WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., Aug. 5. said. To make an aerial reconnaissance I the region between Chlchngot; the title of Miss Universe. ———————— Freighter Cut in Fwo; America and western farm er- 7 1 o l QUOTATIONS .| | | could not compete with the trans- —Many of Great Britain's, claims in the Antaretic, particularly tbe s l cendin f his father. and Hooniah Sound, Forest Super- Four Men Are Missing rescue oF TIRED PIGEON They will gather to determire if & fh;'"""l“;fl" e hould nhis Falkland Isiands are challengeabl> ESTEBETH ARRIVES visor R. A. Zeller, Forest Examiner | y STOPS IRISH YACHT RACE|Latin-American countries can -:b=| NEW YORK CITY, N. Y. AUg. fame g “Kapellmeister’ outlive him O the basis of right of discovery, FROM SITKA ROUTE Wellman Holbrook and Ranger, STOCKHOLM, Aug. 5—The Am- ply a market for the west's sur-i5—Closing quotation of Alaska JU- tne reason therefor, these same Dr. Laura Martin, Geographer of Charles A. Burdick, United States erican freighter Chicksaw, owned| BELFAST, Aug. 5.—A tired pigeon |plus crops, and to ascertain if|neau mine stock today is 5%, Alle-!opitios have said, must be sought in Washington, D. C., told members — with 4,000 pounds of fresh sal- Forest Service, made a trip over by the Moore-McCormack Com- proke up a yacht race here. South America wishes to "\ch;ghnny Corporation 21%, Anaconda tne fact that the Bayreuth which Of the Institute of Politics today. mon for the Marlyn Fish Company, Chichagof Island in ‘the seaplane |Fany, collided early this morning| ayne Elliott and J. T. M. Hogg,|toward the west coast of North|50%, Bethlehem Steel 83%, General pic father created afforded him the SHe said Great Britain asserted the motorship Estebeth arrived here with the Swedish freighter Fem- pgeifast yachtsmen, while leading mern, cutting the Femmern 'y, the race, noticed a pigeon that two. attempted to alight on the mast of America as a market for it ducts. Argentina suggested a meeting in, pro- I Motors 46%, Granby 25, Interna- tional Harvester 82'%, Kennecott 39%, Montgomery-Ward 35%, Na- dominion over several polar areas |ate yesterday afternocon for Sitka extending beyond the parts discov- and way ports. The craft’s pas- ered by Englishmen. ngers numbered 13. They were: "Sitka today. “ Little is known of the detail to- pography of that region which is becoming Wagner unique opportunity of guardian of the Richard operatic tradition Four men are reported missing. | boat. The bird missed its mark |California, with ~the resul' ‘hat tional Acme no sale, Packard Mo- ! A . Wendell Faneuf, from Baranof; ¥nown to be a mineralized belt. It ; their boat. g p s From early ghildhood, Siegfried A | ) i % he hops of the Toset Bervice! & . T NS T jend ten into the sen, . [more than 400 delegaies frm % tars 184, 14X, 15, Simmons Beds deveioped umusual musical abily Col. Lindbergh Buy: Azel Kietenen, Pred Mattson, Ma lon tinent will meet andard Bran 4 andar 5 wever, 4 . . rs. m from {0 open it up to prospecting through| rs Phil McDonald, who has! Without hes ) 4 His famous father, however, realiz- | . c fhe construction of a trail Linking resided here for seyeral years, lest about and picked up the Pfieon from ten western states. ol Oll of California 64%, Standard Oll jng perhaps that his son had talent, | Plane for His Wife Tenakee; ‘XN Gill, EH A:‘l:;ll?l and Chichagof with Hooniah Sound. Altoday on the Prince Henry fc- While their rivals passed them.| Exhibits of South American of New Jersey 73%, United Air- p.¢ was nota genius, did everything | > H. Berthold from Hoo ; John fentative route will be selected from 'prince Rupert enroute to Cran- When the winners heard what had {ucts will be displayed at the -(ate]eraft no sale, U. 8. Steel 169, Amer- o givent s son's abilities into', NEW YORK CITY, N. Y. Aug. Carson, John Hendricksen, S. E. t;: au:e it was sald. Later & 5ur- berry Point, Northern Mantoba, to delayéd the other boat, they asked falr and western states expos'!ofliiean Can 131%, Pox Fims 46%, other chanhels Sisatried showed a 5—Col Charles A. Lindbergh an- Beck and Capt. J. V. Davis from ve! wuibemlde to determine wn-'jouz her hn.ublnd who is enanlae"i that the race be declared vold,'after the conference ends A'’ust!Hupp Motors no sale, Stewart-War- P R i nounces that he has bought a 110 Funter Bay; Mrs. E. Bach from " ytruction cots. |in mining in the Flin Flon area. nelther boat capturing the cup. . 30. ner 26%, 26, 26. _ 4 (Coptinued on Page Two) 'horsepower biplane for his wie. . Sitka. L 1 p . %