The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 3, 1930, Page 1

e THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVL, NO. 5503. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY. _ SEPTEMBER 3, 1930. FRENCH FLIERS SUCCESSFULLY SPAN " MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS TEN CENTS PRICE ATLANTIC OCEAN IS DISMISSED IN CON MANY CHANGES | Dainty Pilot Flies to F ¢;me in Le-ssvTh;r-L lf’earfi ARE PROPOSED ON ALASKA R, Senatorial Committee Sift- ing Entire Proposi- tion to Bottom ONE PASSENGER TRAIN | EACH WAY ANNOUNCED Several Sapping Offices to Dispensed with— Home Rule Advocated ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 3.—Only one passenger train a week each way over the Alaska Rallroad, effective immediately, is the result of curtailment an- nounced here today. The train northbound leaves Seward every Saturday and ar- rives at Fairbanks Sunday night. The southbound train leaves Fairbanks every Thursday and arrives at Seward Friday night. No curtailment in freight | Ruth Alexander, whose flying has won records on the west coast, plans a non. trains is announced. SECRET SESSIONS i ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 3.— Sineure offices entailing expenses | ranging from $10,000 to $15,000 yearly, giving no returns to the! Alaska Railroad, are sapping the ! appropriations and are responslblei for a large portion of-<the $1,000,- Caliente to Vancouver and later, to her home at Iring, Kas. T g ; ¢ Labor President Ufges | Repeal 18th : t | Temperance Disappears 000 deficit according to revelations ferretted out by the Senatorial Committee according to authentic BULLETIN—San Diego, Cal, Sept. 3.—Ruth Alexander com- pleted a honstop flight from Vancouver, B. C., to Agua Cali- ente, Mexico, early last evening, making the flight in 15 hours. She averaged 9125 miles an hour. Her time was ctit down by " fog and headwinds she reported. Amendment; HARTFORD, Conn. Sept. 3.—| President Charles J. Moore, advo- -stop flight from Agis prosecution of bootleggers FAIR STARTS, GOVERNOR GIVES ADDRESS 8 P. M. Exhibitors Work Hard to Get Displays Ready for Crow information emanating from the secret sessions which have been occupying the past two days. Lopping Off Process | Among the offices practically making no returns to the railroad, according to the reports, is the tourist agency in Chicago and Spec- ial Assistant Secretary of the In-| terior. ! As the probe goes deeper, indica- tions point to a radical lopping off of these alleged growths and the railroad will be placed upon the basis of a private concern. No Incompetency Asked if the investigation reveal-' Southeast Alaska's Ninth Annual ed incompetency on the part of Fair swung wide its doors at noon General Manager O. F. Ohlson, or today. Its exhibits will remain irregularity, a member of the Sen-'on view and its program of enter- atorial Committee replied “No.” tainment will continue -every after- . Purchasing System noon and evening until 1 o'clock mAmong the questions being con- Sunday morning. The formal sidered is a change in the pur- opening will take place at 8 o'clock chasing system with the possible tonight with an address by Gov. transfer of this activity to Alaska George A. Parks. thus eliminating the dual function- ' ppic afternoon a radio concert 1pg,of this department. |was given. This evening after the Future Policy Governor’s address, there will be a From remarks let drop by the ;,ncert by the Juneau City Band, committee, Senators Howell, Ken- ,an Ordway Movie and a sketch dritk and Thomas, the future pro-' . ..... «ve ®ick Inn” by a gram embraces intensive ndvertls-‘e" y STORD of six children from the Martinique ing of the natural reserves and re- School of Dance and Drama. The form of Federal activities in the hild trnie B : Werritory granting enlarged consti- ' children are Minnie Rogers, Doro- fiillonal powers approximating full |ty Berthale, Helen Hildre, Loulse home rule as far as the Territory Hildre, Evelyn Jenkins, Frances is able to assume. Newman and Jackie Gucker. Public Going to Seward The hearing here has progressed to the various railroad depart- ments and a large amount of data has been presented by the various officials covering operations. It is likely that a special train will take the committee to Seward to- inside the structure at noon today, day where a final hearing will be‘l?ut some of them had not yet been held there, possibly only one day,| unpacked. Exhibitors, however, before the Senators sail south. were busy getting ready for the ;opening crowds this afternoon and evening. Mexico to Use Steamer U TR For Chinese Deportation! Among the interesting displays ithat had been aranged early were MEXICO CITY, Sept. 3—Whole-the vegetable, fruit and grain dis- sale deportation of Chinese enter- ing Mexico illegally is planned by President Ortiz Rublo. He has ap- praved of an arrangement whereby a steamer will be chartcred to take the Chinese back to China. oo until 12 midnight. All booths in the spacious, con- | veniently appointed and scrupulous- ly clean building of the Fair Asso- ciation, have been erected and deco- mental Station at Sitka; Alaska Electric Light and Power Company, ‘electrical supplies; Flamo hot water and heating equipment; Rice and |Ahlers Company, plumbing, heating land sheet metal work; Juneau Lum- |ber Mills, finishing lumber, doors, TERHUNE GOES SOUTH | boxes and shingles; educational dis- 'l'o INSPECI‘ mMRS‘plays by the Federal government’s Indian schools, and by the Terri- - |tory's public schools; home cook- To_inspect repair work done on .. ,ng canning edibles. the' Patrol Ship Seal of the Alas-| “rpe geq Cross has installed its ka:Game Commission, H. W. Ter- headquarters. The Fire Department hune, Executive Officer of that or- ya¢ 5 Ghevrolet automobile on exhi- ganization, left Sunday for Seattle. y.i0n He will be absent about three weeks.| =, r\ono the curious is the cross Mr. Terhune will visit at Prince'o. fion of a Sitka spruce log from Rupert and Vancouver enroute 0, tree that thrived before Columbus Seattle, conferring with British gigovered America and which was | i N o A AR LR (Continued on Page Eight) | Columbia game and fur-animal au-; thorities relativ seasons, etc. N ‘,-»' cated the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment to the Connecticut Fed- SAN DIEGO, Cal. — Ruth Alex- ander, latest feminine pilot to fly JUDGE GRANTS - MOTION MADE BY MKINNEY \Former United States Dis- trict Attorney Wins Point for Dismissal ONE DEFENDANT IN SEATTLE CASE FREE Statute of Limitations Pre- | ventsProsecution—Fry- | ant Makes Appeal SEATTLE, Sept. 3.—Clif-| ford T. McKinney, former United States District Attor- ney, has been granted his mo- (tion for dismissal as a de- !fendant in the Lyle, Whitney, Corwin, Fryant and McKin- ney conspiracy case on the Iground that his vigorous constitution an affirmative withdrawal of any conspiracy with them. McKinney’s withdra wal from the alleged alliance with| {the liquor law violators oc- {curred in January, 1926, and| the statute of limitations, would prevent his prosecu-| tion for offenses committed! Ibefore that, according to the SPIRACY Captain Dieudonne Costes and Maurice Bellonte, famous French FLY FROM PARIS TO NEW YORK CASE FIRST NONSTOP " FLIGHT, EUROPE - TON. Y, MADE Costes and Bellonte Arrive | Last Night at Cur- ; tiss Field ‘THIRTY-SEVEN HOURS, PARIS TO N. Y. CITY :Col. LindB—e—rgh Greets Fliers—Future Plans Are Discussed NEW YORK CITY, N. Y., |Sept. 3.—The first westward {nonstop airplane flight across [the North Atlantic Ocean from Europe to New York jwas comp le ted at 6:12:30 {e’clock last night by Dieu- donne Costes and Maurice Bellonte who landed in their }plane Question Mark in Cur- tiss Field 37 hours 18 min- utes and 30 seconds after aviators who have completed a non-stop flight from Paris to New York!| City in the plane Question Mark. Illustration shows, left to right, Bel- lonte and Costes and their plane. 100 FAMILIES AREHOMELESS Severe Drought Conditions Continue In Many States. .. .. WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.— Severe drought conditions continue in Oklahoma, part of Texas and Iowa, Mis- |dancing will follow from 10 p.m. rated. Virtually all exhibits were eration of Labor meeting here. President Moore declared that “Prohibition has failed in every country where it has been tried and has certainly failed here. The Government is losing millions of dollars in revenue. Temperance has disappeared among the youth |and corruption is rampant among the enforcement officials. A revival of the brewing industry would fur- nish employment to thousands.” —r——— WHEELER FOR RECOGNITION SOVIET GOVT. \ Declares Americans ‘Bunch of Suckers’” for Not Taking Action to fame, knew she wanted to be (an aviator when she was 10 years |old. In the 11 montns since her first lesson this daughter of the Kansas | prairies has climbed to three wom- en's altitude records. Now she plans to fly back to her home town, Irving, Kas., to show her former schoolmates how it's done. Just for practice, dainty Miss Al- exander plans a non-stop flight from Mexico to Canada. Agua Cali- ente, Mexico, will be the taking off point and Vancouver, B. C., the fin- ish, If successful the 25 year old Miss will hold another record—first wom- an to fly the Pacific Coast line without a stop, more than 1,200 miles. The flight to the Kansas home of her mother, Mrs. W. P. Blaney, will be attempted in September. She started her air training last September, got her license in No- vember, and a_ commercial license last March. Twenty-one types of timotored—have been flown by her. ———.—————— STARTS PROBE OWN ACCOUNT Mrs. McCormick Believes She Is Shadowed—De- tective Is Employed NEW YORK CITY, N. Y., Sept. 3—The United States is a “bunch of suckers” not to recognize Soviet | Russia, Senator Burton K. Wheel- ler, of Montana, said today on his arrival from Europe. “Everywhere I found argument that America should not recognize 1Russia while every European coun- {try does. They are getting the |business. Should we recognize Rus- sia and enter commercial treaties it does not mean we approve of ithe government form,” said Sena- itor Wheeler. Senator Alben W. Barkley, of ships—open, cabin, single and mil-} souri, Southern Illinois, Southern Indiana, Kentucky, parts of Ohio and the Mid- dle Atlantic States despite the temporary relief by rains last week. IH. Norcross. Judge Norcross |took under advisement the separate motion of a directed| verdict of acquittal for Rich- ard L. Fryant but denied the blanket motion freeing all four indicted former Prohibi- CAPPER SAYS | BROUGHT BACK | HOOVER WILL = TO HOME LAND BE R—EEI-EGTEDkRemnanls o 1897 Expedi- ) tion to Arctic in Oslo Kansas Senator Predicts —Being Studied People Will Choose — iy Hoover to Flflish OSLO, Norway, Sept. 3. — Dr. Gunnar Horn, who discovered the Job He Started Iremnants of the Andree Polar Ex- ' ipedmon of 1897, arrived here today | SHAWNEE MISSION, Kan., Sept.|with the bodies of Solomon Andree 3.—Senator Arthur Capper, Repub-|and one of his companions. The lican, predicted that President Hoo- [bodies of the, two men were taken er will be re-elected President in|to an infirmary where professc 932 to complete the “big job he|Will complete examination of th will have well under way by that clothing and equipment and estab- time.” lish fullest authenticity of the dis- Senator Capper said that the}"""“y- clouds of depression that are stir-| Ting the life of the country will aid the people to get a clearer view of many actual accomplishments that are really worth while that are achievements of President Hoovcrj |decision made by Judge Frank‘ | | IMPORTANT DISCOVERY TROMSOE, Norway, Sept. 3.—A day to day record of Andree’s Arc- tic Expedition and tramp on foot over the ice from where' the bal- loon was wrecked to White Island where the members perished is con- {tained in a notebook found wrapped - ATFAIRBANKS {All Are Financially Hit but No Actually Suffer- ing Reported INENANA IS BEING FLOODED, SOUTH END |Water Is Rising Rapidly— Situation Is Due to Heavy Rainfall | | FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Sept. 3.— The flood peak has passed here land more than 100 families are homeless and are financially hit but there is little if any. actual suf- fering Service on the Alaska Railroad has been restored and supplies are | | plentiful | The damage by the flood to the| |Catholic Church here is set at $3,-, 1000 and to the hospital at $2,000. Nenana reports said the north end of the city is flooded and resi- dents have evacuated their homes. Water is pouring in from the south and is rising rapidly. Heavy rains for the past month have sent all streams in this sec- tion to flood stages. - e,e——— {Protest to Pope on ‘ Religious Prosecution| BRUSSELS, Sept. 3.—A resolu-! tion protesting to the Pope against Russian treatment of religion has been adopted by the delegates of | Roger they took off from Pari The two French aviators flew the trail Col. Charles A. Lindbergh blazed in the air. His time was 33 hours and 29 minutes, New York to Paris. Col. Lindbergh was at the field to meet and greet them. An immense crowd was also on the field and many broke through the tall wire fence and surrounded the fliers. Costes and Bellonte were rescued by the police, taken to the hangar where they made a short talk over the radio then whisked to a hotel in New York City where they went immediately to sleep, but were up early today. PARIS IS JOYOUS PARIS, Sept. 3.—Joy reigned su- ATTACHMENT HOLDS FLIER Flight to England from Montreal Temporar- ily Held-up MONTREAL, Sept. 3.—A writ of attachment today stood as a bar- rier to the proposed flight of Capt. Carrol Boyd, from here to Croyden, England. The attachment was obtained by Q. Williams of New York who charged that Charles A. Le- vine, owner of the plane, owes him $801 John O'Brien, backer of Boyd's flight, said he was willing to post bonds to release the plane. He id no persons connected with the proposed flight were responsible as play of the United States Experi-| |Rentucky, who attended the In- |terparliamentary Union in London |three weeks in Russia, reserved his jopinion. | Senator Wheeler declared he had always been for recognition and his |visit did not change his mind. 1 ———————— Lindbergh {Memorial |Planned DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 3.— Col. Charles A. Lindbergh’s birthplace has been leased by a group of men acting as trustees of a proposed Lindbergh Me- morial Association which will have memberships ranging from $1 to $25. The building will be remodeled as a museum and clubhouse. This is the second effort to establish a shrine. A Swedish Engineering Seociety purchased the house in 1929 but later abandoned the place and turned it back, i HELENA, Mont., Sept. 3.—De- CHICAGO, Ill, Sept. 3.—Private land was with Senator Wheeler f”flDetecnve W. C. Danenberg has been employed by Congresswoman McCormick to investigate Senator Nye and his Campaign Fund In- vestigating Committee which is probing the McCormick campaign expenses in Illinois. Dannenberg said Mrs. McCormick believed herself shadowed by the committee representatives and de- jcided to shadow the committee and investigate Nye. The detective was sent to Nve's home where he questioned various persons about his activities. Dan- nenberg said one of his investi= {gators had been offered a bribe by a committee representative. Three rolls of bills were laid on a ‘table and the committee representative said “There’s money.” Senator Dale said this is a rious charge.” ———.———— SOUTHWELL RETURNS “se= Dr. R. E. Southwell has returned to his Juneau offices after a busi- ness trip to Haines and Skagway. i DEFENDS TARIFF BILL ifense of the Hawley-Smoot tariff bill was sounded at the Republican State Convention here by Represen- tative Scott Leavitt of Great Falls, seeking renomination for Congress in the Second district. He ex- 'plained that the new law is not a drastic revision of the old tariff, and asserted that the present busi- ness depression is not attributable to the tariff or any action of the Hoover Administration. Hé said the depression was the result of world-wide conditions. The convention will adopt a plat- | form. G. 0. P. HAS NO CANDIDATE r ROANOKE, Va. Sept. 3.—The Republican State convention here voted to leave the contest for Unit-| ed States Senator to Senator Carter | Glass, the Democratic nominee, and | J. Cloyd Byars, independent, and to throw their entire strength into the campaign to elect the five Re- publican candidates for Congress. The Republicans have no candidates ‘in five districts. |Hondo Island briefly in an undershirt behind the ex- plorer’s back. This discovery is announced by experts who examined the bodies It is said the book is the most important find since the bodies were discovered by Dr. Horn several weeks ago. Bromley May Start His Flight from Hondo Island TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 3.—Lieut. Harold Bromley's next attempt to take off on his trans-Pacific flight will likely be made from the north- ern part of Hondo Island. Harold Gatty, navigator for Bromley, made | an investigation of the various sites and pronounced Hondo Island the best. The American Army fliers, bound on their world flight, halted on in 1924. s e After trying mules for garbage collection for a year, Beaumont, Tex., has returned to motor trucks to save money. the International Roman Catholic|the plane had been loaned by Le- Press Congress here. The United |vine who is now in Europe. States, Canada and several South | American countries subscribed to| the resolution. I By FRANK I. WELLER (A. P. Farm Editor) WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.— This !year’s drought may be influential in the creation of additional credit | corporations to serve the farmer and to enable established federal 'agencies to function more fully The drought has served to mag- |nify inadequate credit facilities for [the farmer, whose credit already {has been limited during the last two or three years the closing loi commercial bank: country dis- ‘ 'DROUGHT MAY BRING NEW MEANS TO HELP CREDIT OF FARMERS The flight was originally sched- uled to start last Monday but was delayed because of adverse weather. tricts and accumulation of frozen assets in other country banks. The government's machinery for getting both production and mar- keting credit into the farmers’ hands operates through the federal farm loan board and the federal farm board, but neither can deal with the individual except through his local credit corporation. H. Paul Bestor, executive head of the farm loan board, says the max= imum usefulness of such corporae (Continued bn Page Tk;ree