The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 12, 1930, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1930. VOL XXXVI., NO. 551| LYLE FORMER DRY SENATOR FOR STATE RIGHTS, i Senator Wger. Former Dry, Admits Prohibition Has Failed — Change WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.—Sena- tor Burton K. Wheeler, Democrat of Montana, formerly ranked as a dry, said today that he had ar-| rived at the opinion that “Nanondl( Prohibition is a failure.” He de- clared that each State should be lét regulate the liquor traffic as o majority of the citizens of the State deem advisable. Senator Wheeler said the change in his mind has been a process of growth, and he had arrived at his| definite conclusion because of the obvious futility of attempts to en- force Prohibition. { OHIO REPUBLICANS ARE SILENT ON PROBIBITION ! COLUMBUS, O. Sept. 12—The! Republican State convention ad-| journed without mentioning Pro-| hibition other than to go on record in favor of the enforcement of all| laws. A spirited fight made in; committee to get a wet plank in| the platform was voted down, but| Davis, Elizabeth (left), 6 yea months ago. DENIES TAKI MEMB!;R OF AbSOClATED PRESS HAROl D LLOYDS ADOPT Cll"L Harold Lloyd, film com have exp: She is ith th Associated Press Photo and his wife, the former Mildred | sed their intention of legally adopting Marjorie old, an orphan taken into their home nine | daughter, Gloria. the subject was not mentioned ox“ POSTMASTERS LEAGUE TO HEAR the convention floor. Only three votes were afl that| MAN ¢ a proposal for repeal of the w“.h_‘,,,,, — referen- |, muster. I T teenth Amendment or a dum on thlbmon could IRIGOYEN 1S PRISONER ON WAR VESSEL Has Not Yet Been Per-| mitted to Leave Argen- tina, Says Official | BUENOS AIRFS Sept lszan-l chez Sorondo, Minister of Inter-| ior, said former President Irigoyen is under arrest aboard the cruiser| Belgrando and has not been per- mitted to leave Argentina. Sorondo denied reports that - goyen will be transferred to al steamer from the Belgrando or landed at Montevideo. i Sorondo also said the cruiser is still in Argentina waters abeut two hours sailing from La Plata, await- ing orders. | VISITORS GET FOUR BEAR AND PLENTYOFFISH H. McKenzie and G. F.| Rowe Accompanied by Brice Howard on Hunt i | | Enthusiastic over a successful] hunting, fishing and sightseeing| expedition, H. McKenzie, of the Dollar Steamship Company, of San Francisco, and Gordon F. Rowe, a business man of the Californian| metropolis, returned to Juneau last| evening, determined to come North! again next year. On their outing| they were accompanied by Brice | Howard, local representative of the| Pacific Steamship Company. THe power craft Yacobi, owned and| skippered by Thomas Smith, “aa‘ chartered for the occasion. Joseph | Ibeck was the guide. The pam\ left here September 1. “We had a delightful time,” said Mr. Howard today. “We hunted in the Mud Bay region, and afte wards cruised and fished. McKenzie and Mr. Rowe killed two brown bear, the | under the law. We saw many oth- ers, one of which was the largest that even our guide had ever seen. We voyaged leisurely in Icy Strait waters, Glacier Bay and Funter Bay. We visited Muir Glacier. We walked upon it, and Mr. Kenzie and Mr. Rowe were enraptured by the experience. 'We got all the game and fish we wanted, and viewed scenery unrivalled in grandeur. “Mr. McKenzie and Mr. Rowe are overjoyed with their outing They found the hunting and fish-' ing beyond their most extravagant expectations, and were charmed by the scenic beauties. So pleased are they with the trip that 7 | R intend to come again and stay long er. next year,” Pac‘) lim Rt let de C y - |Office in MINISTER ER ENDS i ~ LIFE BY BULLET: Point by wrecked. lerew were saved, alks from Alaska o Persons in lontreal KETCHIKAN, 12.—The first telephonic con- versation from Alaska to out- side commercial lines took place Wednesday night and yesterday morning from a pertable ex- perimtental siatipn of the Brit- ith Columbia Telephone Com- pany. For half an hour ycsterday morning C. H. McLean, engineer of the B. C. Compa and H. A. Robinson, engincer of the Nerthern Electric Company of Canada, talked with Montreal officials of the companie: The circuit was by a radio telephone from the station here to Vanceuver, thence by land lines to Montreal, mostly through the United States. Connections w mad: premptly. Conversation was car- ried on mll(h of the time with W ident of the \urlh(rn and Major James Ham! Vice President of the B. €. Telephone and four others at the hotel Mont Royal and offices in Montreal. Wednesday night H. A nan, of the New England Fish Company, talked with the Van- couver, B. C. office without in- terference. Editor Morris the Ketchikan Ch cle, talked with Jackson Elliott, Assistant General Manager of the Asso- ciated Press in New York City over a telephone today, mark- ing the first conversation from Alaska to the east coast. Morrissey was aboard the yacht Belmont in the harbor here. He said he heard Elliott plainly and Elliott received his voice clearly. The calls were nt from the portable experi- nt station to Vancouver, B. C., thence by land wires to New York City. A later circuit per- mitted C. H. McLean, of the B. C. Telephone Company, to talk te C. P. Edward, Director of Dominion Radio and E. Hawken, Deputy Minister of Marine, both in ottawa Alaska, Se | Publisher of LOsS ANGELES. Cal., 12;‘ ev. Sept. Madison Hazelton, t through his heart. He had befix‘.‘ spondent for some time over m-‘ health. annery Tender Is l Wrecked by Breaker! CORDOVA, Alaska, 12— he tender Bol of the Shepard Packing Company, was caught a 50-foot breaker off Bering and flung on a sandspit 'md Capt. Ole Pete and his| Sept. ‘FIRED” FOR {man of Hillsboro, Tex. It we- well as the T {Pogue will de {ulatio; tions a TARTING IT HOUSTON, Tex., Sept. 12.—A few pos in Hill county, Tex. were banded ther in 1904—and the man who organized them was dismissed from the service This fall he will describe that early organization when the Na- tional League of District Postmas- ters meets in Houston September 15 to 19. He is Oscar rogue, & newspaper- his fate to be dismissed for the “good of the vice” after he organized county, state and national leagues of postmasters. Post Office Department now entirely in accord with the Post- ters’ League, and representa- tives of the Postmaster General at- tend all state and national meet- The F Py National League sprang from county organization started by He also was the that group, as state league that nized at Hillsboro in the dent of also was @ 1904. Nbw at the Postmasters' cribe trials and trib- of those e organiza- the Houston convention. - request at ‘Mother of U. S. | Ambassador Passes Away ., Sept. . Frank A. Gibson, aged mother of Hugh S. Gibson, United States Ambassa- dor to Belgium, died here last night. _ Since the death of her husband in 1902 she has been a leader in state-wide social edu- cation and civic endeavors. Her son is expected to sail from Europe on Sunday. FALLS TWENTY | FEET; INJURED! Eddie Rickenbacker Walks In His Sleep—Nurs- ing Bruises NEW YORK CITY, N. Y, Sept. —Col. Eddie Rickenbacker, for- mer World War ace and automobile racer, is nursing several injured ertebrae as the result of a recent 2() foot fall in his sleep. Rickenbacker said he fell from a aged 58 ‘baleony of his home to the 1awn women school teachers, were years, former Long Beach minister, 135t suicided last night by putting a bul- These attacks have been frequent Sunday during somnabulism. he said. B {Five Are Killed in since the war,, Stromboli Eruption; MESSINA, Italy, Sept. 12—A check-up reveals that five persons were killed and 15 injured in an; eathquake and the eruption yes- t,erday of volcano Stromboli. Ashes were piled four inches deep on the roofs of houses. Fifteen houses were wrecked in, Ginestra, a suburh, .masters of fourth class offices| !ls Shot in Thigh | At Party in Hollywood HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Sept. —Douglas Kendall, manufactur- er, was shot through the thigh last night and taken to the hospital by Lloyd Hamilton, movie comedian. There was a party at Ken- dall's home and the members were entertaining themselves shooting at a bulls-eye on the kitchen door with a small calibre rifle. Kendall stepped up to ex- amine the buiis-eye and was shot. The guests dispersed rapidly with the exception of Hamilton who took Kendall to the hos- pital. ECUNI]MIG MICPLAN 'FOREUROPEIS GIVEN APPRU’VM. | | American Countries Favorable to Move GENEVA, Sept. 12.—Oreste Fer- |rara, Cuban Ambassador to the |United States, said the American countries were “profoundly and fay- |orably interested in the success of {the scheme for economic coopera- tion of European nations.” Ferrar said the American coun- tries depend on prosperity in Bu- rope for their own economic bet- terment and the plan would not be considered as reaction against Pan-Americanism. Peter Munch, Danish Foreign discussing the European plan before the League of Nations said a compromise must be reached before disa: described two theories of disarma- ment and said agreement must be |reached on the basis of present ar- mament and the other must be the basis which takes in not only the 1presem but future armaments. | | Minister, | ENGLAND'S VIEWPOINT BERLIN, Sept. 12—The energetic plea of Foreign Secretary Hender- |son, of England, for disarmament, made before the League of Nations at Geneva, is heartily endorsed by officlals and the press of Germany. Henderson's speech is regarded as fully supporting the German stand. The newspapers referred to the | ''address as sensational and a great event of the League's meeting and considered it a sharp rebuff to Bri- and’s policy. ————————— INANNINGFU 1S RECAPTUREDBY CHINA FORGES [Foreigners Leave Capitn for Wochow—Prop- erties Looted 12. The HONGKONG, Sept. where the rebels held forth for & :long time. Nanningfu is a treaty port {Wuchow. They include staffs of the customs office, Standard Ofl {and Asiatic Petroleum companies, together with a few missionaries |and a doctor. A bomb was dropped by a Can- ;tonese airplane and hit a hospital .kmmg and wounding many patients in the hospital. It is belleved th® Standar: pxoperty has been looted. COMMUNISTS EXECUTED HANKOW, China, Sept. 12— |Twenty Communists, including two ex- ecuted today in an attempt 10 throttle the spread of Red pro= paganda through the district Straits Packing Company Files Petition, Bankruptcy| SEATTLE, Sept. 12—The Siraits Packing Company has filed vol« | {untary petition in bankrup in {the Federal Court. The company listed $121280 as liabilitie: and $129,660 assets. The plant at tery Cove, Prince of Wales Island. Alas- \ka, is listed as an asset. TO GARRY BODY OF VAI.ENTINE Messages of Regret Include Some from Japan- ese Officials ) | ! Arrangements were completed to- |day for the funeral at 2 o'clock | Sunday afternoon of the late Emery | Valentine, who died here Wednes- | day morning. Service will be held |in the Presbyterian Church, the ‘Rav‘ C. C. Saunders, pastor, offi- clatlng The pallbearers will be |0. E. Schombel, .thur F. McKinnon, C. H. MacSpad- ‘dtn Arnot Hendrickson and Minard Mlll The remains will be conveyed to Evergreen Cemetery in the Juneau Fire Department’s truck, and the last rites will be attended by mem- bers of the department in uniform. Mr. Valentine promoted the organi- zation of the department and was |an honorary member of it through- lout the later years of his life. In- Cuban Ambassador Says!terment will take place in a plot| Mr. Valentine reserved some years ago. Messages of Condolence Yesterday and today, many mes- sages of condolence over the de- mise of the Juneau ploneer have {been received by his close friend and business associate, Lee Pulver. Among them are communications from prominent Japanese, Mr. Val- entine having been honorary Japan- ese consul here many years and having been decorated soon after the World War with the Order of' the Rising Sun, a distinction con-| ferred by the Emperor of Japan on but comparatively few Ameri- cans. Messages expressing grief and af- fectionate regard, have been re- ceived from Mr, Valentine's sister, | nt is a success. *e!Mrs. E. V, Parenteau, of Denver,miles. Colo.; from his adopted son, Philip G. Gough, of Los Angeles; a ne- phew, Fred Tanner, of Skagway, and from a former wife, Mrs. R. B. Urban, of Salt Lake City, Utah. Japanese Consul Grieved The Japanese consul at Seattle, wired: “Deeply grieved to learn of the death of Mr. Valentine, honorary consul for Japan. We have lost a friend of Japan and the Japanese people, who has given long and un-| tiring service in our behalf. Please accept my heartfelt sympathy— Suemasa Okamoto, Japanese Con- sul.” Conveying the regrets of the Jap- anese minister of foreign affairs,! another message from Consul Oka- moto reads: “I am instructed by Baron Ku- jura Shidehara, Minister of Foreign | jcity was unaffected while Nenana and other foreign families of the Roy Noland, Ar-| FLO0D DAMAGE AT FAIRBANKS TOTALS $30,000 Aggrega!e Reaches High Figure but Individual Losses Are Slight Few residents of the town of, TFairbanks escaped without some damage from the recent flood there, | according to Highway Engineer R ' J. Sommers, who returned early this week from a trip to the interior! and who was in Fairbanks during| the period of high water. | ‘While no single individual or in-; | stitution suffered any great loss, the | aggregate of all damages probably | |was not less than $50000, he d. A large part of the town had| water over it eighteen or more inches deep, every basement was| filled, and roads leading into the city from _both north and south had from two to four feet of water across them in places. No actual suffering was reported. Many Without Heat However, much discomfort was experienced by many whose heat- Iing plants were put out of commis= | \sion by the high water. The busi- ness section of the town was with- out heat for several days. The |central heating plant was not flood- led out, but it was unable to turn steam into the mains owing to the fact that the tunnels were standing full of water. | Every hotel in town was also un- heated a few days. Each has its own heating unit which was ren- |dered unserviceable during the high water stage. The water at Fairbanks, Mr. Sommers said, was the highest ever known in the history of the camp, including high water periods during spring breakups. The Chena Slough overflowed its banks for ©On Richardson Highway | about one mile south of town water was two feet deep. At the Sabin homestead about one mile north of town it was four feet deep and a scow had to be used there. On the main business street, water was in several stores and it was 18 inches deep at Gordon's Block, three; blocks south of the Chena Slough Bridge. Hospital Biggest Loser St. Joseph's Hospital was the bx:z— gest loser. It stands near the | |north. bank of the slough. Water| |flooded its gardens, yards and the| |storage basement where a large| quantity of supplies was kept. Many |of these were ruined®and all suffer- | ed some damage from the water. i Conditions at Nenana were about the same as at Fairbanks, (’x&‘opl‘ that the light plant at the latter | | | Tarlff Chalrman Associated Press Photo Henry P. Fletcher of Pennsyl vania was named chairman of th new tariff commission by Presiden Hoover. WOMAN IS HELD “ON CHARGE OF | STABBING MAN a Negress, was ar- rested yesterday afternoon by Fed- eral officers accused of stabbing Frank Merlin, locally known as the “Kangaroo Kid." The affair oe- curred early Tuesday morning and the injured man was rushed to St. Ann’s Hospital r treatment. No information was made public of the affair until yesterday after- noon when the Allen woman was arrested by Deputy United States Marshal Hadland and Prohibition Agent M\vh A formal charge of assault with a dangerous weapon was filed against her in the United States Commissioner’s Court. Merlin, who is being attended by*Dr. W. W. Council, is said by his physician not to be in a dan- gerous condition. He was wounded in three places in the lower abdo- men. Details of the affray have not been divulged by the authori- ties. ARE QUITTING PERU SECTION American and Other For- eigners Evacuating Copper District Peru, Sept. 12.—American Doris Allen, LIMA, Affairs of the Japanese government, |went in darkness for a time when |Cerro de Pasco copper region have to, express his deepest sorrow andits plant was put out of commis-'evacuated nearby towns as a con- siheere condolence for the death of Mr. Valentine, Honorary Consul for Japan.” Takeuchi Northwest Association The Takeuchi Northwest Ameri-| can Japanese Association cabled; from Seattle, the following: “On bebalf of all Japanese who |sion. | Owing to the excessive rainfall rwhxch soaked the ground thorough- ly the flood subsided very slowly\ Goes to Kuskokwim Mr. Sommers flew from Anchor- age to Bethel, on the lower Kus- |kokwim River to investigate peti- | sequence of are strike. Peruvian guard to prevent a | troops on ! disorder W. G. Bassett, superintendent lin the copper region, is said fo have been abusive and dismissed he organizers of a demonstration n favor of the new Peruvian Gov- live in the Pacific Northwest, weltions for construction of a landing | ernment. express our utmest sympathy for your sad bereavement. We are cer- ‘ftainly shocked at the sad news. His| death is a great loss to our com- munity.” Mr. Grough's message reads: “Dad's death is a great loss to !Government forces have recapturedime, Undoubtedly, you. have knowl- ne added. Water landing conditiol Nanningfu, capital of Kwangs€jfedge of our affectionate relation- there are ideal. ship. Please wire at my expense if T can assist in any manner.” Mrs. Parenteau and Mr. Tanner | Foreigners from there arrived atjaypross keen regret, and Mrs. Par- i, yse land plnnes, he said. enteau made affectionate relerence to a visit she made to Mr. ine here sevefal years ago. Mrs. Urban, who after her divoree }from Mr. Valentine married flgaln said in her message. “Just received the sad news. I am very sorry.” been received from the numerous Alaska friends of Mr. Valentine. g | TODAY'S STOCK | ‘QUOTATIONS | .NE'W YORK CITY, Sept. 12—— Closing quotations of Alaska Ju-, neau mine stock today is 5%, Al- leghany Corporation 21%, Ameri-| can Can 131, Anaconda Copper | 467%, Bethlehem Steel 88%, Fox Pllms 49%, General Motors 44% Ornnby Copper 22, Hupp Motors 118%, International Harvester 78% Kenecott Copper 35% Momgomer}- |Ward 37%, r\auonal Acme 13, Packard Motors 13%, 13%, 13%, Simmons Beds 27%, Standard Oil of Caliofrnia 60':, Standard Oil of New Jersey 70, Standard Brands 21 Stewart-Warner 27', 27, 27, United JAircraft 62, U, S. Steel 174, l | hatchet ' field. Owing to the swampy ter- 1 jrain, cost of construction would be' |so excessive as to make it imprac- /ticable for the Territory to under- [take the project, he said. ! Pontoon planes offer the most \feasible method of flying to Bethel, | | Land planes at| periods of low water in the river.| jcan use bars, but when the water| |is high it is not advisable to try | | DIVORCES ARE | CHEAP, HAVANA - oil Many expressions of regret havc‘ HAVANA, Bept 12.—Paris and ‘Reno mecca of divorce bent Am- encam are now experiencing a bit lof Latin-American competition. Six | months ago Congress made a new {divorce code and since then 20 |Americans have obtained decrees 'The cost of a divorce here, in-, | cluding ntwmey fees and other| minor expenses, is $300. | | | 'Promised Marriage, Is | Killed; Slayer Hangs | WALLA WALLA, Wash,, Sept. 12 —Archie Moock, of Spokane, was hanged here this morning for !hrr murder of Mrs. Catherine Clark, of | Boston, Mass., who had come west in- response to letters promising| marriage. She was killed with a two years ago. | R PLANE BRINGS 3 PASSENGERS FROM SEATTLE Wrangell Arrives This| Morning and Skagway Returns Soon Having made a from Seattle, the 1 of the Alaska Washington Af ways arrived this morning in Ju- neau Besides Pilot Robe E land Mec Frank Hatcher, |aircraft three passengers, Robert Proctor, of Indiang, Grand Worthy President of the | Praternal Orcer of Eagles, who boarded the plane at Ketchikan, having voyaged there from Van- couver, B. C.. on the steamship Princess Louise; Mrs. Ulysses Grant McQueen, of Califor director of the Women's National Aeronautical Association, and Bryan Harland The Wrangell left Seattle shortly before noon yesterday, and arrived in Ketchik late in e afternoon It s \e night there, leaving at 7 o'clock this morning and ariving here two hours lat The seaplane like the Wrangell Seattle last Tuesday, leisurely flight lie E. Skagway, which ft here for is expected 'to return to Juneau Sunday. seaplane Wran- | PRICE I'LN CENT‘ NG MONEY FROM RUM RUNNERS "FIRE TRUCK FORMER CHIEF OF DRY FORCES IS TESTIFYING Dlsclalms He and Asso- | ciates Extracted $100,- 000 in Bribe Money MAKES HIS REPLY TO HUBBARD’S CHARGES Claims He Knew Nothing of Protection Money Alleged Collected SEATTLE. Sept. 2—Roy C. Lyle, former Prohibition Administrator of the Pacific Northwest, went on the witness stand yesterday afternoon and denied charges he and his three assoclates, Whitney, Corwin and {Fryant, defendants in the present jconspiracy trial, extracted $100,000 | protection money from organized liquor runners. After Thomas P. Revelle, former Um[ed States District Attorney, was excused, eight minor witnesses |were heard before Lyle was called, Former dry agent E. R. Small |and Deputy Prohibition Adminis- "Lralor W. H. Kinnard testified they urged capture of many bootleggers the Government charges were pay- ing protection to the defendants. Four other witnesses said Jack McBride, Government witness who told of paying bribes to Whitney, had a bad reputation for veracity in Grays Harbor. No $3,000 for Revelle Revelle ended cross examination with a denial of charges he ac- cepted $3,000 from Olmsted during Revelle’s gubernatorial campaign in 1926, Lyle said he consulted Senator Wesley L. Jones about hiring A, L. Hubbard as agent because it was unusual to hire as an agent a man who had been indicted as a liquor law violator. Lyle denied Hubbard's charges that he knew of regular collections of protection money. Lyle said the only bribe Hubbard told him about was $1,000 obtained from Ben Newman, in the Zev case, which the government used as evidence in the trial of the Zey conspirators. —— . —— FLIERS START TOUR MONDAY French Aviators Will Make Good-Will * Flight Around U. S. NEW YORK CITY, N. Y., Sept. 12—French fliers Coste and Bel- lonte will start Monday on a good- will tour of the United States. They will fly over 100 cities in 30 States. The itinerary is from Boston westward to Seattle, down the Pa- cific Coast, eastward over the Southern route and up the Altantic Coast to New York City. The fliers expect to take 25 days for the tour and stops will be made at 29 of the larger cities {over night The decision to start Monday was made when it was found the {propellor of the plane Question |Mark can be made serviceable. The prope]]or had been cracked and a new one was ordered from Paris. {The old one will be used until the ‘new one arrives. MRS. BORLAND T0 GET $6,300 SEATTLE, Sept. 12.—Mrs. Irene Borland, widow of Earl Borland who lost his life with Col. Carl Ben Eielson in a plane crash last winter in Siberia, is permitted under a court order to accept $6,~ 300 from Borlind’s employers as full settlement for claims she might have against the company. Mrs. Borland’s attorney said the status of her claim under the Workmen’s Compensation Act of Al- aska was doubtful but the com- pany for which Borland flew vol- untarily made the settlement. e TSINGTAO, China.—Reports from the important peanut producing areas of China indicate an increase of from 10 to 20 per cent in the 1930 acreage, the |