The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 11, 1930, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALl THE TIME” VOL. XXXVI., NO. 5484. SMITH SHADOW IS ISSUE IN THREE STATES Alabama, Arkansas and| Nebraska Democrats Fight 1928 Battle | Over Again WASHINGTON, Aug. 11. — The‘ shadow of Al Smith and his 1928 | campaign for the Presidency looms | large over the campaigns in three | of the four States which will hold | primary elections tomorrow—Ala- bama, Arkansas and Nebraska. [ In Alabama Jonn H. Bankhead, son of the late Senator John H. Bankhead and brother of Congress- man William B. Bankhead, will compete with Frederick I. Thomp- son, Mobile newspaper publisher and former member of the United States Shipping Board, for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator. Both Bankhead and Thompson supported Smith in 1928, but one of them will be opposed {o Senator J. Thomas Heflin, Demo- crat who bolted the nomination of Cov. Smith and who will run as an independent, in the November election. | For the first time in more than thirty years there will be contest- _ls-RlTléH DIRIGIBLE ENDS FLIGHT P ACIFIC EfiA Associated Press telephoto of the British dirigible, R-100, over New ‘ Hopped Off from Tacoma - FORGEDDOWN TOKYO FLIGHT Yesterday Morning— Down at Vancouver WARK AND BROWN START PROPOSED TRIP Expect to R Flight Today—Refuel at White- horse, 2 Alaska Cities VANCOUVER, B. C, Aug. 11— Pob Wark and Eddie Brown, en- route to Whitehorse, on tHe way to Tokyo, Japan, were forced dowa here less than three hours after | leaving Tacoma, Washington, Sun- day morning. They said two main gas lines were airbound. They an- nounced they would attempt to re- sume the flight to Whitehorse some time today. FLIGHT IS STARTED TACOMA, Wash, Aug. 11.—30!): Wark and Eddie Brown took off/ in the Pacific Era Fokker biplane for Tokyo, via Whitehorse, Eddie Brown and Bob Wark banks, Nome and Petropavlovsk, Si-; OFF ON FLIGHT F ROM U. [0 g (inset) pictured wih the plane from Tacoma Sunday morning on a proposed flight to Tokyo. " MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS S. TO LAND OF RISING SUN the PRICE TEN CENTS mcsry TWO AVIATORS N MYSTERIOUS BOMBING IN KY. Nine Explosive Instruments | Are Dropped Early This .Morning |GREAT EXCITEMENT IS CAUSED MINING AREA {Authorities Making Search —Investigation Ordered by Department Com. PROVIDENCE, Kentucky, Aug. 11.—An airplane drop- ped bombs into this coal min- ing section, which has been torn by labor troubles for several months. | The bombs, estimated at nine, created intense excite- ‘;ment. The explosion of the bombs injured none and caus- ed no property damage. The plane was an orange AR S s o VS0 S acific Fra in which they hopped PLANE DROPS BOMBS ON NONUNION MINING DISTRICT | s . | St. Hubert mooring mast, Montreal, Canada, after mile trip fr i - . ing candidates #f both the Demo- | gz, (iIoeCt MEtCing ek, Naniieey CaTach, htera 3388 mile trip from | i at 11:38 o'clock Sunday tm'FuREST FIRE ST. LOUIS ENDURANCE PLANE colored monoplane containing ! - i | . publican primary Senator George' TORONTO, Aug. 11—The British dirigible R-100 flew over Canndn:“;gfig‘;"t b bt b I It appeared about 6 o’clock W. Norris will be opposed by W. W. ian cities, dipped twice into the United States, crossing the border at | The w;o fliers expected to m;ka{ RAGES NEAR this morning, a ro a chi Stebbin, State Treasurer, and Aaron Niagara Falls. The airship floated up into the air last night for a tour |the 5400-mile flight in four or five, red raRRLo ng Read. In the Democratic primary, ver Eastern Canada, passed over the Government buildings at Ottawa, days. They carried 450 gallons of | | ]' rovidence at an altitude of g’;ovgf’;g“‘w;;“lggf'b:“:p":;;:; (2 visiting Toronto and around the western end of Lake Ontario to Ni-|gasoline and their plans called for, HUOVER G AMP 412,000 feet, and coming up the Senatorship by former Senator 26AT@ Falls. Thousands saw it fly through the clear sky. The offic- |refueling at each stop. T - 1 from the direction of Illinois. Gilbert M. Hitchcock, who was a 1818 Of the dirigible said they expected to start the flight back to mfl":fu:’:f;]fi‘:hl‘ire *l‘:/-"o ’;“::s (e’x‘;:p;' — | The first bomb struck near . ! leadeg for Smith. England samskime s ‘wosk. to keep in touch with the outside Drought Is Also Brought {Clay City, near here. Then In Arkansas, Senator Joseph T. world on the flight. : Cl § A . | th P . Robinson has been forced to con- ! oser to Attention {the machine dived towards duct a strenuous campaign for re- ROBINSON ()PENS COURTESIES AT TOKYO | of Executive ‘I’mvidence and. released two nomination against Roy Campbed, bombs. Columns of dust and a Little Rock lawyer, who bolted L A TE FIGHT FOR TOKYO, Aug. 11. — Althoughl. &, L . oo 1 < . Smith’s nomination in 1928. | wark and Brown are technlca‘-lij i {g“g .‘Q‘f T ‘w‘m"e arose from the field. [ Wet or Damp in Ohio ! subject to arrest and confiscation | J“SY R 1 1 For the Democratic primary in! ARKANSAS SEAT ot tneir viane it they 1ana without &% Fresdent Boover, b the [ PLANE WAS LICENSED Ohio the fight will be on between L permission, officials indicated for- |Grousht brought sharply to his a:- | MARION, Tiinots, August 11.— the ringing wets and the damps. | PSR malities of this type will probably e: ‘r’" “';’l Saturday “f‘f"""’“' |Southern Tllinols authorities have Former Congressman Robert J. 2 be dispensed with. The fliers have RN pw W fWnabing S ibeen asked to find an airplane Bulkley of Cleveland, who advocates President Hoover | LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Aug. 11.—|¢o far neglected to apply for per- ml”i]s ;lrom t;‘he rindge and as the |that dropped bombs near nonunion the repeal of the Ohlo enforce- [o Pify cix Y, |Tssues that figured in the presiden- |niission. The take-off from Ta-|Wiid blew the flames toward the [mines in Kentucky. ment law and the Eighteenth !5 L'Uty-six Years tial campalgn two years ago have|coma provided the main features ' f ;"s amg,‘ L e mE A | A message from officials of the Amendment, is opposed for United Old on Sunday |sprung up in Senator Joe T. Rob- (in the afternoon NEWSpapers. i S e i gt lcoal company to Chief of Police States Senator by former Congress- |inson’s first primary contest in 12| pjeut. Harold Bromley's prepara- efi:’pr::;em S volu:teer nchl?:; ERnlnsey sald the plane carried a man George E. Myers, who favors ¢ ORANGE, Virginia, Aug. e Years. tions for a flight from Tokyo to =0 %\ o out in a pmeggmv',,' Government license, number 5088, modification of the Volstead Act s 11__President Hoover obsery- e | Launching a campaign barely two|Tacoma are progressing slowly, The oo itp o o e o e 00l smaller * ond the Ohio dry law. ® ed his 56th birthday Sunday e Weeks before the primary tomorrow, [plane is still held at Yokohama o .. = . clearly Kisihia ' trom: iha) | INVESTIGATION ORDERED Senator Roscoe C. McCulloch 1S ¢ jp the quietness of his sum- e after his opponent, Tom W. Camp-(while customs house authorities are oo o vion tower above Hoover's| WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 11.— vnopposed for the Republican Sen- o mer camp marked only by a e bell, Little Rock lawyer, has stump- |disposing of manifold customs for- cahin | | The Department of Commerce has atorial nomination in Ohio. ® birthday cake with 56 candles e ed practically the entire state, Rob- malities. | ‘President Hoover saw ‘parched lordered an immediate investigation B e T ® on it and the presentation of e |inson, the Democratic Vice-Presi- TN < ot Ifields and rode over dusty roads. of the: airplane bombing in Ken= o |dential nominee, came out strongly tucky. | gifts from Mrs. Hoover and | Evidence of the drought was visible i ALASKA juNEAU ® the week-end guests. e |for National Prohibition. He also! xAM'NAT' N \at the camp, as the flower garden| | 45 * ke g % . e Irecognized the activities against planted and tended by Mrs. Hoov- | ‘ z leeoeeesvesssos elhimofthe grand dragon of the fer was ‘brown And seared. | The endurance plane Greater St. Louls taking on a fresh suip DIVIDEND FOR 1931 FORECAST Will Retire Bonded Debt «This * Year, Bradley Says on Departure .The Alaska Jurbau Gold Mining Company is expected to go on a dividend-paying basis in 1931, it was said today by P. R. Bradley, Consulting Engineer, who left on the steamer Aleutian for Seattle enroute to his home in San Fran- cisco after spending several weeks here and in this vicinity inspect- ing various properties held by the Bradley interests. H “The last of our bonded indebt- | edness will be retired this year, and we hope to begin paying divi- dends in 1931,” Mr. Bradley said. The Alaska Juneau mine and mill > LYLE, WHITNEY, CORWINFRYANT SOON ON TRIAL I Indicted Dry Chiefs Waive Right of Trial by Jury —LCases Up Tuesday SEATTLE, Aaug. 1i—Roy Lyle, William Whitney, Earl Corwin and R. L. Fryafit, indicted Dry Chiefs and agents, Saturday waived right of jury trials for reasons given as ’expediency and economy. If grant- ,ed, the trial starts tomorrow. Clifford KeKinney, former As- |slstant Federal Prosecutor, also in- |dicted, filed a petition for a separ- Ku Klux Klan in Arkansas. The vigorous manner in which Senator Robinson plunged into his campaign took the state by sur- prise. He previously had indicated a course of indifference toward his opposition. Despite heated aspects the pri- mary race has taken in closing days, it largely has been over- shadowed by a well-defined boom for Robinson for the presidential nomination two years hence. Prohibition boosts of the Senator generally are regarded as a move In the gubernatorial contest, the administration of the $72,000,000 highway building program and the state income tax law enacted last year are dominant issues. Governor Harvey Parnell, ing renomination is supporting the highway administration and the income tax law. He is opposed by Brooks Hays, 32-year-old Little Rock lawyer; Judge John C. Shef- seek- | OF BILLINGS | T0 BE HELD FOLSOM -PRISON, Calllo:nm,! Aug. 11.—Examination of Warren| K. Billings by the Supreme Cuurt; Justices will be held here next Wednesday or Thursday, the State {Board of Pardons decided. Charles L. Neumiller, President of | will to counteract any impression hts“the Board said the exact day ; presence on the national ticket with {be announced later after he “f’fcemm Dakota, Western Kansas Alfred E. Smith may have cnuud.,communlcated with Chief Junrwe;‘md Western Nebraska,, during the Waste, of San Francisco. 1 The examinations is in connec- tion with the petition of Billings for a pardon. He is serving life sentence for the Preparedness Day Bombing in San Prancisco in 1916, in which 10 persons were killed. —————— LOCAL MUSEUM VISITED BY CANADIAN SCIENTIST RETURNS TO WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 11.-- President Hoover renewed his study on the drought developments upon bis return fr¢m his Virginia moun- tain camp. SHOWERS PREDICTED WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 11.— The Weather Bureau maintained predictions of showers during this week over portions of the drought area, Rains are expected in por- tions of Northwestern Minnesota, next 36 hours. BANK ROBBER IS BLOWN UP {Is Cornered by Officers— of gasoline over Lambert St. Loulis field. The plane is piloted by D= Jackson and Forrest O'Brine who hope to regain the record tuken from them by the Hunter brothers. LESS THAN 100 HOURS YET TO GO I ST. LOUIS, Mo, Aug. 11.—Less than 100 hours stood between Dale {Jackson and Forrest O'Brine in a new record for a sustained, refueling flight. They had reeled off 456 hours at 7:11 o'clock last Saturday !morning when they began the 20th day above St. Louis. They then /had 98 hours to go,to beat the 554 hours of the Hunter Brothers. The plane is using more gasoline now, otherwise little change is noticed. ptruins || MBERMEN WILL APPEAL Enforcement Prohibiting Importation Convict Made Goods Asked PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 11.—A special Committee of the National Lumber Manufacturers and West 'Floods Stop Tracing Of Canal Line In Nicaragua WASHINGTON, D. C.;, Aug. 11.—Floods are reported sweep- ing through the east coast low- lands .of Nicaragua and these have partially halted tracing of a canal line there by Army En- gineers. The party is working in the coastal swamps on lower San Juanille and were forced | to move three days ago when PLANE CRASHES INTO GAS TANK Pilot and Two Passengers Are Killed — Diver Recovers Bodies 1 | | CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 11.— |A deep sea diver has recovered |the bodies of Orville Suchy, pilot; ‘Mnry Laws, bank employee, and Eugenia Laws, stenographer, her sister, from the bottom of a gi- gantic steel tank through which a (plane plunged Saturday night. | It is believed the plane was struck by lightning while flying at |en elevation of 1,000 feet and fell through the top of the tank, filled with illuminating gas and sank in i“’ feet of water in an underlying pit. The Law Sisters gave the pilot 185 to take them aloft on their |first and what proved to be their are both operating splendidly, meet- |ate trial. The petition will be ar-|field, of Helena, and Thornberry . of . 1 d g Francis E. Kermode, Curator ofj . heavy rain brought the water A 15 g h ing adequately the program adopted gued during today. Gray of Batesville. shown {n |the Provinclsl Museum of British| Thr'ows Nitroglycer- about flly Mevel of the camp |ooari AmBTmAL B e e = b4 ago by pany. Little interest has been shown Columbia, located at Victoria Bt on Floor iy 0 r| Suchy had been awarded a trans- vverything is entirely satisfactory, any of the congressional races ex- Administration officials to ask rigid port license six weeks ago. Mr. Bradley said. Silver Mine Unemployment A modern Garden of Eden has mne i exico been laid out on Avery Island, near Causet Shootmg i M g Iberia, La., by A. E. MclIlhenny. Rare flowers were imported from all parts of the earth. MEXICO CITY, Aug. 11.—Un- |employment in the silver mines of Pachuca, State of Sidalgo, reached ceept in the second district, where six men are questing for the nomi- nation to succeed Mrs, Pearl Peden Oldfield, who is retiring. - |Water Supply to Edison’s a deeply interested visitor at Alaska Museum here Sunday 1 He and Mrs. Kermode are 10 trippers on the steamer Priue Henry. Legs Nearly Blown FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 11. —Two men were blown to bits and three persons were injured here last Saturday afternoon when a man entered the Stockyards Nation- al Bank and demanded $10,000. Suspect in Buckley Killing Under Arrest 1.~ | DETROIT, Michigan, Aug. enforcement of the tariff provision | prohibiting importation of convict! 8 made goods. This is provided in|Ford Predicts a resolution adopted by the Di-| » 7 o rectors of the Assoclation here ana| L0 Months’ Working {is aimed at Russian lumber impor-| Year, Auto Industry tations particularly. ” f killing Saturday, of Al- The man threw nitroglycerine to —— | i 34’426’611"03 \?o:;:ggo;iclag:gmbnratign'Bolrd let c“t Ofl by Dfmht Ofl By Trap the floor as the police entered. | The Detroit News 'says Ted Pizzino, ‘: ”WI:HTSOR, Otr;lt;rm: :ug_ e Is in Circulation ‘o! Labor member. ’!‘t;:::;el Was 8| opANGE, New Jersey, Aug. 11— Set By Hi lf Th;wlnterlor of the bank was zfifin;"o{“’::"'ym’l‘;uc’}l"mmm{l(;; ;:'f Col. Lin dbregh and Wife . ye‘ar in te:e :3:; ind‘;g{r;'ng : | . and Gomiciaga was g - mse ‘wrecked. £ . o [ In United States shooting affray and ag: The water supply has been depleted e 25 A Vice-President and Douncer, has been arrested in New H)’ Maine Morrow Home ® predicted by Henry Ford n e 4 g in_ the mxdst_ of it. Hundreds of by the present drought and Orange | RICHMOND, e litornia, ¢ e elton, Vice. Pr |York City. ’ < ® a copyrighted interview in ® 4l miners were discharged but the De- |y, ¢y off the supply to Thomas \ y . e |Nathan Monroe Martin, aged 30; i i ns] NORTH HAVEN, Maine, Aug. 11.|® the Border Cities Star, pub- ® i ® WASHINGTON. D. C. ® partment of Industry was forced 10|, ooy ‘west Orange plant and|® AUuSt 1L—For many yei's ®lyegrs of Port Worth, the stranger| The newspaper said Pizino was| PR S Maine) Ag.c11 14 o Doy ® Aug. 11—The Treasury De- ®!rocing the decree permitting a re-'m son’s e R ek onie e Henry Handler, aged 6% ®|gn, caused the explosion, were aiTesed by a Detroit detective who [ —Col. « ,“\r es A indbergh an s“e ere. . ® partment estimates show the @ |guotion \factory whicl wlnsfl i ® years, set & trap gun at 1 ®{potn killed. L. W. Marshall, as-!Was walking along Fordham Ave- his wife landed on the field at the | ® ‘The problem most is how @ "' '@ United States has $4426611, o] ol g millign gallons & month. Of ais|® snack as protéction against ®|gistant cashier, & Policeman and a|lue. The detective flew to New| Morrow summer estate here Satur-je to control the industry 0 @ #1703 in circulation, equivalent ® mps KARL HERE TO VISIT sald ‘:;m‘ IWXY.I-‘:MVMT:;! mm ® burglars, ® lboy were xn]ulled. York City on information that Piz-\day afternoon after a flight fromje workmen will have steady ‘e B o ot B4 Bewdhan e {ation at theyplant, it is sald. K i o g g . BB 1. botiaved, G0, pgve been ihe 44 purchus‘:d for his wife. They made | ® working in factories. The e 7 ® corresponding period of last ®| wMrs, H. H. Karl, San Prancisco, ® opening the door. cause for his demand. Charles ©. MoeGonegal, WhOSe | tor wonn. 3 . 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