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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVI, NO. 5510. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1930 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PR ~ PRICE TEN CENTS CHINESE FIRE ON AMERICAN NAVAL, MERCHANT CRAFT Boston Beauty Elopes to New York ROOSEVELT IS FORREPEAL OF ~ PROHIBITION Governor of New York Wants Full Control of Intoxicants by States ALBANY, N. Y, Sept. 11.—Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt has an- nounced himself for the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment and the substitution of State control. He declared that each State ought to have the right to control the manufacture, sale and distribution of intoxicants within its own boun- daries. Gov. Roosevelt made his position | clear in a letter to Senator Robert F. Wagner, who gave it to the press last night and it appeared in all the newspapers this morn-| ing. i ANOTHER DU PONT i BECOMES DEMOCRAT | : — WILMINGTON, Del, Sept. 11.—‘ Irenee du Pont, Vice-Chairman of the Board of the E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, an-| nounced today that he will not ° contribute to Republican nominees | or organizations. He scored the party for disregarding the Prohibi- tion issue. He said the Republi- cans either nominated drys or straddlers and usually dodged the issue. In a letter to former Senator Thomas F. Bayard, seeking re- election as a Democrat, Irenee du Pont wrote “in my estimation you are the best man for Senator.” Irenee Follows Pierre l y s Pierre S. du Pont, Chairman of Lowest Crop Yield the E. 1. du Pont de Nemours and Jpn 2() Years Company, had already announced r D, 5 that he was supporting former Sen- IS Now Predicted ator Bayard for Senator. He sup-| ported Gov. Alfred E. Smith for ® President in 1928 and contributed © to his compaign. Delaware Republicans renominat- e .0 SN Dorothy G. Campbell, of Dorches- ter, Mass., winner of many beaut; titles, including that of ‘“Miss New England,” eloped to New York City with Captain Francis D. Har- rigan, well-known Boston attor- ney. The couple were wed at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. They will honeymoon in Europe. WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 11.—The, lowest crop yield in 20 or more years, except, possibly 1921, is pre- * Ousted Argentina President WORKED WITH - BOOTLEGGERS - TO TRAP THEM | — |Former U. S. District At- | torney Testifies, Con- { spiracy Trial CORROBORATES ALL THAT WHITNEY SAYS| Revelle Gives Two Ver- i sions Regarding Hub- ) | bard’s Character |. SEATTLE, Sept. 11—Thomas P.| Revelle, former United States Dis- trict Attorney, when cross examin- ed yesterday in the Lyle, Whitney, Corwin and Fryant conspiracy trial, corroborated Willlam Whitney's tes- |timony that agents worked with bootleggers only to trap them. | Revelle accused A. L. Hubbard of | threatening to have him indicted ! (if he did not agree to lesm‘y} ‘that Lyle and Whitney were cor-| ‘rupt. 1 | | PLANE LANDS IN NEW YORWK AT 6i12. P.M. FLYING TIME OF FLIGHT 3THRS. \8 MIN. 3O SKK. The Government sought to intro- |duce letters from Revelle to the| {United States Attorney General ex- | _ | pressing belief that Hubbard was |untrustworthy and possibly gui‘.zy‘wlnE INTEREST jof accepting bribes. ‘ The Government produced letters | written by Revelle after Hubbard's | i suspension as a dry agent in which | _Hubbard was described as “cap-| ’ able, diligent, honest and r?lmblv”i SAYS HARB'NG bR 45 it el IRGOYEN TO 60 TOEUROP | fore Chamber Which Is | Host to Teachers i An Alaska automobile license !plate in the east has almogt the same power of appeal as a circus, Is Released from Freneh Vikin i 'Federal Judge Speaks Be-| his airplane followed. companion was Maurice Bellonte. Dieudonne Coste realized his dream when he landed in New Yorki after the first successful flight from Paris. Below is Coste and his pretty wife. g of ;lrir*tim-d i' rjaii He Bluzmi 14cr0;s;0c;;an €D o MARIE ESE S| lei R LEAVES PARIS 4:54 AM. MONDAY | ON FLIGHT “TO NEW YORK. PROPELLOR OF - QUESTIONMARK ~ FOUNDCRACKED Wooden One to Be Placed on Plane—Good-Will TOUr Delayed NEW YORK CITY, N. Y. Sept. e E'@ Lo —Associated Press Photo. The map shows ihe¢ routs His flying | i '‘BRIAND REPLIES 11-—-A new wooden propellor . wil Ircplz\ce the one found cracked yes- |terday on the plane Question Mark. MANY ATTACKS "ARE MADE ON UL S, VESSELS |Te ench Mortars, Machine Guns and Rifles Used [ to Fire on Boats |YANGTSE RIVER TRAFFIC IN DANGER Foreign Gunboats Are Re- turning Fire — No Casualties So Far WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 11. — Repeated attacks |and heavy firing from trench {mortars, machine guns and :rifles against American nav- al and merchant vessels on ithe Yangtse River are report- 'ed to the State Department |from various sources. The American Consul at Hankow has also made re- iports stating that “practical- Ily all vessels passing near | Kiukiang have been fired on. No casualties have been re- ported so far. Foreign gunboats are said to be returning the fire at |three points along the river /between Chenglingki and _lchang. WATSON SAYS 6.0, P, HAVE | | | | | | ed Senator Daniel O. Hastings and o Congressman Robert G. Houston e and adopted a dry platform. |® (Continued on Page Eight) |, Cultured Boston Has Serious dicted by the Department of Agriculture as weather re- ports continue to show large sections of the drought area still unrelieved. Imprisonment BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 11.—For- mer Presiaent Irigoyen left the barracks, where he has been held prisoner since the overthrow of lhis government, this morning. Yesterday the 80-year-old man |told Provisional President Gen land people everywhere are inter- |ested in the Territory, Judge Justin !district court, told the Chamber of Commerce today. In a brief (talk he reviewed his impressions re- iceived during a recent visit in the States, since his last trip there some |three years ago Despite current depression, slack- |W. Harding of the local Federal | SHOW LEAGUE HOW IT STANDS GENEVA, Sept. 11—Former Premier Briand turned the idea for a Federation of European about a week before taking off on |their good-will tour of the United | tates. (Senator - Declares Hoover | An - . | France Deserves Praise for Quick and Effective Action | !The replacing of the propellor will| |keep Coste and Bellante here !or‘ order has been sent to for replacement and al |French mechanic is enroute here {to overhaul the motor which has! Inot been touched since the fliers| Question to Answer BOSTON, Mass, Sept. 11.— The mayor and superintendent of schools wants to know what is the matter with Boston’s Public School system. A high ranking girl graduate said Lincoln had something to do with slavery, but failing to finish the job turned it over to ‘Washington. Thirty girls fook examina- tions for entrance to a teacher’s college and eight passed. Among other statements made the following are included: ~ | Daniel Webster was Wash- ington’s Secretary of State. Gettysburg was the scene of McDonough’s victory in the war of 1812, The Progressive movement in 1912 was when Roosevelt re- claimed the West and built a dam. CUSTOMER OF SN LY | WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 11. —Canada lead the world in foreign \July. Exports from the United States to Canada were worth $45,058,428 land imports from Canada were \worth $30,326,116. .- Nordale to Be Laid To Rest Tomorrow SEATTLE, Sept. 11.—The funeral of Anton J. Nordale, pioneer Al- askan who died here Tuesday, will be held tomorrow morning. NITRATE AGREEMENT MAY HASTEN ACTION ON MUSCLE SHOALS By FRANK I. WELLER | Czecho-Slovakia. the They take in all (A. P. Farm Editor) | important natural and syn- | thetic nitrate producing countries. WASHINGTON, Sept. 11—Pro-| C. C. Concannon, chief of the mulgation of the European-Chilean chemical division, department of nitrate cartel has emphasized the Commerce, says the cartel will seek usefulness of Muscle Shoals as a |to stabilize prices by establishing a factor in securing cheap fertilizer |fixed differential between the sell- for American farmers and is expect- | ing price of atmospheric nitrogen‘ ed to influence legislation during | and Chilean nitrate of soda, prob- the next Congress to dispose of the 'ably lessening if not terminating government's troublesome wartime | competition between and among property. the various groups producing nitro- Nitrate resources at Muscle Shoals | gen. have been bottled up for lack of European cyanamid producers set national agreement on whether the up a sales cartel last May which plant should be operated by the provided for the reservation of government or by private interests. home markets to cartel producers Regardless of how it is operated,/and the establishment of a sales farm leaders feel that unless some | agency at Lomdon for surpluses factor like Muscle Shoals enters |available for export. the nitrate production field it is| This plan, when ecarried out. reasonable to expect slight, if any,!means the allocation of the most future reductions in the cost of ni- profitable market—the home mar- trogen even though the United | ket—to all producers; no competi- States is not a party to the so-|tion in those markets from outside called world nitrate cartel. | producers who are members of the Countries signatory to the cartel |cartel, and a unified effort of all include Chile, Great Britain, Ger- :cartel members in selling their pro- many, France, Belgium, Poland, duct in countries like the United Spain, Italy, the Netherlands and ' States, not members of the cartel. \trade with the United States in} {Uriburu he wanted to spend the |remainder of his days in Europe. |Two doctors examined the aged /ness of industry and unemployment, {he said, his main impression was d id hi ; ufferin, Ithat the United States is an enor- ‘man o # L= D hy & g mously prosperous country, In his from heart disorder caused by his . ‘a o, ‘optmon there is no reason for any ~ the he Serious economic crisis and within Irigoyen told doctors |wanted to 'go to Paris or some year or two the present low place in Spain. He sald the was POInt Will have passed. iwilling to leave the Pampas he: Teachers are Guests Ihelped to build from young man-| Teachers in the local elementary thood as he feared his presence schools were guests of the Chamber in Argentina would be undesirable.|today. Those introduced by Su- Irigoyens personal effects were Perintendent W. K. Keller, we !sent aboard a cruiser which has Blanche Turner, Kindergarten; Mrs. |sailed for Montevideo |Iva A. Tilden, rirst grade ! RS . R |Alice Erb, first grade; Miss | Bourgette, second grade; Miss Donie | | Taylor, third grade; Miss Hedvig JSsaumuelson, second and third | | j8rades; Miss Dalma Hanson, fourth grade; Miss Helen Starr, | fifth |grade; Miss Ann Easton, sixth Victim Is Shot in Back While Lying Face Down on Floor | {nad seventh grades; Mrs. Josephine | Tupper, seventh grade; Miss Doro= ithy Fisher, instrumental music; Miss Etta Shaw, eighth grade and elementary school principal. Miss | Alma Olson, sixth grade, was un=- able to attend, and Miss Mildred Abrahamson will not arrive. until next week. A capacity crowd, filling the Ar- cade Cafe luncheonroom, greeted the teachers and other gues! Surpass Roman Roads In his talk to the Chamber Judge Harding called attention to some of the most notable evidences of the country’s soundness. Roads were placed first by him. The ar | | CHICAGO, I, Sept. 11.—A mur- | der, the most heartless and un-| provoked the police can recall, was' committed last night. | Willis Fiddelke, druggist, was forced to lie on the floor in a} backroom of the drug ctore, face: {down. Two robbers found only $45 land said: “That is not enough.” One of the robbers then shot |Fiddelke through the back. Two customers were held at bay Ll:;?;::’ L‘f S}Tx‘)‘i‘ v:::zs"al::' in another room but heard one or‘h h 2R b 3 ths cotih the gunmen say: /highways were but bypaths “I croaked him all right. Let's'Pared to the American get out of here.” o |highway of the present day. and better highways are being |structed” every year. The west, unbound by the old wagon road |system and narrow streets which Screen Star and Dancer are more or less a heritage of the . |east, probably has better roads and LOS ANGELES, Cal, Sept. 11.—J. |streets than the east. Where the {Peverell Marley, cameraman, has|latter section has been forced %o |obtained a divorce from Lina Bas-[build its modern roads over the quette, dancer and picture actress,[old wagon road systems, the west, jeharging unreasonable jealousy. with more room, has abando ——————— early wagon roads for s routes. WILSON IS SENTENCED The growth of towns a entailing the erection of | structures, is another notéble of American prosperity, dec Judge Harding. Los Angeles con- Secures Divorce from | | ities, sdern sign lared nich as a ce it last | Charles Wilson, arrested Tues- day by Federal authorities charged with violation of the Alaska Bone, Dry Act, was yesterday sentenced|he last saw in 1919, was cite by Judge A. W. Fox, in the Umte"i“mirmle city,” with nothing States Commissioner’s Court, 10iin all history. When hé sau four months in the local Federal Jail and to pay a fine of $250. ' (Continued on Page “Twe Y ternational Harvester 79% STROMBOLI IS ERUPTING;CONE 1S BLOWN OFF Score of Residents Report- ed Killed—Fifty Are Injured MESSINA, Italy, Sept. 11.— Volcano Stromboli, in the Aeol- ian Islands group erupted to- day. The cone was blown off. A score of residents are re- ported killed and 50 injured at Ginostra, a suburb. An earthquake accompanied the eruption. A destroyer and torpedo boats have been sent to the scene. RS £ SIS TODAY’S STOCK .\ QUOTATIONS | . | NEW YORK CITY, N. Y. Sept. 11.—Closing quotation of Alaskf Ju- neau mine stock today is 5%, Al- leghany Corporation 22, American Can 133%, Anaconda Copper 48%, Bethlehem Steel 88%, Fox Films ,507%, General Motors 45':, Granby Copper 23, Hupp Motors 13%, In- Kenne- cott Copper 36%, Montgomery-Ward 38%, National Acme 13':, Packard Motors 13%, 13%, 13%, Simmons Beds 28%, Standard Brands 207%, Standard Oil of California 60% Standard Oil of New Jersey 70% : Stewart-Warner 27%, 27, 27%, Unit- | ed Aircraft 63':, U. S. Steel 170% O e o ke Prominent Aviator May Be Forced to Quit Flying LONDON, Sept 1 11—Wing Com- .4 its Mander Kingsford-Smith is quoted | hter DY the Daily Herald as saying that| \three years hard flying and two recent operations have brought about a bad reaction and as a re- sult physicians have forbidden him to fly for some time unless he re- covers his health completely. He may have to give up flying altogeth- er. | e The Chicago opera company $588,000 last season. lost ' the general satisfaction. States over to the Assembly of (¢ Paris. the League of Nations today, in an atmosphere of friendliness for European collaboration, Briand attempted no pilotage. He stressed political and cco- nomical advantages of a union of the countries which would not be like the League of Na- tions, the United States of America nor other regional or international groupings. ->>oo— TRIBESMEN ARE CONGENTRATING AFGHAN BORDER ;Heavy Attack Is Planned Against Forces of Brit- ish in India SIMLA, India, Sept. 11.—A raid- ing force of 4,000 hostile tribes- ’the formation of a European feder-|men has gathered for a heavy at- |ation. There was a time, shortly after|the Afghan frontier in the region Aristide Briand launched his of Peiwar. scheme, when the league's ardent| British planes were fired on but supporters wondered apprehensive- N0 casualties resulted. ly what the plan for a “United| tribesmen are receiving re- States of Europe” would do to the inforcements and this is causing influence and prestige of the league, Uneasiness among the British Forebodings held sway in some fOTCes. hearts at Geneva, until the reph?s} from European governments began to arrive in Paris. They differed in detail and sometimes in funda- mental elements, they told the world with unanimous voice: SCOOBA, Miss. Sept. 11.—“Pig” “The European scheme of unw“‘lx)ckt' and Holly White, both ne- must do no harm to the League of |570¢s, While being taken from De- Nations!” | Kald to Scooba for hearing on rob- Smiles replaced grave looks at|DPery charges, were seized last night By PLATUS 1. LIPSEY, JR. (A. P. Correspondent) GENEVA, Sept. 11.—The League |of Nations is almost strutting with | pride over the responses of govern- Iments to the French proposal for i i - Masked Men Take Two Negroes, String Them Up G at this testimony to the strengbh‘h"’“""d to trees. 'wo deputies in of sentiment for universality in in- |charge of the negroes were tied 'ternational efforts at ‘cooperation, |2 free but later released One veteran commentator expressed | D SR T to were B Loeb a-nd Leopold Start was JOLIET Loeb and started on their prison for the mu Franks in Chicago | tenced life in hitt Natian 11.—Richard Leopold today enth year in er They were sen- sonment 2 S |Line Hits Heavily “We are pleased,” he said, “that | . the first time Europe has found Charged w"e, 4 Dead itself in agreement, is in favor of 2 the League of Nations.” | WEST, Texas, Sept. 11.—Four | Other grounds for satisfaction |linemen, H. S. Wadley, H. F. Dod- lare found by the league’s advoeates|son, O. L. Neavers and Fred May- lin the replies of 26 nations, be- berry of the Texas Power and Light Isides the uniform demand that the | Company, were killed when a wire {league must not be weakened. | they stringing came in con- Objection to the establishment of |tact with a heavy charged electric ia separate executive council and | Wire !secretariat, expressed by all the responding governments, is taken as a token of the league’s prestige. Ap- | parently it feared that a dis- | tinet council and headquarters | might in practice substitute them- | selves for these organs of the lleague and enfeeble them. | Again, the unanimous request ' (Continued on Page Seven) tack against the British troops on| eneva. Leagua quarters rejolced |DY & masked band of 15'men and| Seventh Year in Prison‘ »f Bobbie | LINTON, Ind., Sept. 11.—Senator |James E. Watson, opening the 1930 Ifall campaign In this State last night, said the Republicans had redeemed every pledge contained in the 1928 platform. He lauded President Hoover for acting “to di- vert the full effect of the stock crash and the drought of this last summer.” He declared that no one 'could have “acted more speedily or {wiser than the President had act- led.” | Acts speak louder than words, |Senator Watson said, and “if the |Democrats succeed in carrying the (House and Senate in the next Con= |gress, let them inform the people whether they will revise the tariff ‘and how and why.” Let us find | something specific, some definite assurance for the future from them, he continued. “What do Democrats propose in the way of remedies for lthe ills they glibly describe?” he” asked. BAIRD TO LEAD G.O.P. IN NEW JERSEY BATTLE TRENTON, N. J, Sept. 11.—The Republican State Central Com-~ mittee named Senator David Baird, Jr., South Jersey . political leader, Chairman of the Senatorial Cam- paign Committee to conduct the campaign for Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow. Republican Senatorial nominee. It is believed he cam- paign will be limited to six speeches by Ambassador Morrow. B LONDON RAISES SKY LINE LONDON — London newspapers foresee “skyscrapers” here as a re- sult of recommendation by the building committee of the London County Council that the limit be raised twenty feet from the present restriction keeping heights at 80 feet > Warrant Served By Airplane; Man Fined $500 KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Sept. 11.—Less than three hours af- ter a warrant had been sworn out, United States Deputy Mar- shal Ernest Jones made a 160- mile trip by airplane and had picked up A. Ownes charged with violation of the Alaska game laws. Ownes was hailed into the United States Commis- sicner’s court where he pleaded guilty and was fined $500,