The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 18, 1930, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVL, NO. 5516. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1930. MEMBER FAMOUS PACIFIC COAST AVIATRIX OF ASSOCIATED PRE.SS PRICE TEN CENTS KILLED IN CRASH 0 INJURED IN " DYNAMITE EXPLOSION PULVER NAMED CHIEF LEGATEE | OF VALENTINE Estate Is Willed by Valen- ~tine to “My Loyal and Faithful Friend” Ernest L. (Lee) Pulver, intimate friend and business associate of many years, was named as sole heir by Emery Valentine in his will which was filed for probate in the United States Commissioner’s Court. Monetary bequests were made to several other persons from $1 to $50 per month., ' 3 Mr. Pulver was appointed execu- tor to serve without bond. A pe- tition was filed asking that letters of administration be issued to him, and it will be heard next Wednes- day when the will will be formally read. Other Bequests Mrs. Gertrude Thompson, well- known colored woman who aided in caring for Mr. Valentine for the past two or three years, was one of the principal remaining beneficiaries under the will. To her Mr. Valen- tine willed his equity in what was known as the Valentine ranch at Vanderbilt, on Glacier Highway, and provided that she should re- ceive the sum of $50 per month for the remanider of her life, condition- ed on her remaining unmarried. In the event of her marriage this al- lowance would automatically cease. To his brother, Jullan Valentine, besides the sum. of $1, willed out- right, Mr. Valentine left the sum of $15 to be paid monthly as long as he lives, by the executor. Other relatives receiving the sum of $1 each, were: a sister, Mrs. Luella Thomas, and her sons Stanley and Shirley, of Dunlap, Iowa; Fred M. Tanner, Skagway, Jessie Tanner | Greive and Maud Shutzman, sis- ters of his deceased sister, Mrs. J. M. Tanner; his sister, Mrs. Etta Valentine Parenteau, of Denver, and each of her sons, and Lyle. Estate to Pulver In leaving his estate to Mr. Pul- ver, Mr. Valentine said in his will: “I give and bequeath the resi- due of the estate of which I shall die possessed, consisting of real and | Apersoml property, sums and ac- ounts owed me on open accounts, “fiotes whether the same is secured | y mortgage or not, choses in ac- | sion, and all and every kind of| “Broperty of whatever kind or na- ture owned by me at the time of my death, to my loyal and faith- ful friend, Ernest L. Pulver, of Ju-| neau, Alaska.” _Mr. Valentine then directed Mr. -Pulver to make necessary provision for paying $15 monthly to his Jgrother, Julian Valentine, in the ‘dvent that Pulver's death should| precede that of the former. ‘Mr. Pulver is also empowered “to $ell any or all property, both per- »sonal and real, belonging to my eState” without the formality of pe- titioning the court for an order for shle or requiring an order for said sale, or without furnishing a bond for such sale. GOES GUNNING FOR BEN LYON Life of Movie Actor, Hus- band of Bebe Daniels, Is Threatened LOS ANGELES, Cal, Sept 18. —Dick Warde, has been ar- . ‘rested on a charge of suspicion of sending death threats in the mails to Ben Lyon, film star, and husband of Bebe Daniels. He was arrested in front of the studio where Lyon is working, and was carrying a revolver. ‘Warde admitted he was “gun- ning for the actor.” Lyon was taken to the jail to see Warde. The prisoner wept and said he was interested in motion pictures and thought Lyon could get him a job. “That card about my sister seeing you in New York City is not true. I have no sister,” At Veb Eucharlstlc Congress September 23, The solemn Pon- tifical Mass will be celebrated by the Most Rev. Pietro Fuma- soni-Biondi (right), Apostolic delegate to the United States. (lnternational Newsreel) At the Eucharistic C‘mfinu at Omaha, Nebraska, the Rev. Jose h’ F. Rummell, Bishop of ?m (18ft), will be official hon to the delegates when they assemble DEAN INGE 0. K.’S MARRIAGE VOWS WITH “WAY OUT”) LONDON, Sept. i8.—Two startling suggestions for a new marriage sys- tem are proposed by Dean Inge, ,new book, “Christian Ethics and Modern Problems,” just published “Gloomy Dean” of 8t. Paul's, in his; by Hodder and Stoughton. One “a limited contract,” would ba for persons who do not recog- Inize lifelong vows of fidelity and would be recognized by the state, SEATTLE, Sept. la.—Dleudonne'and the other would be a marriage Coste and Maurice Bellonte, French?m which the parties would take transatlantic flyers, will arrive inilife-time vows, recognized by thel Beattle late in the afternoon of church. Wednesday, September 24, on their | good-will tour of the United States, | according to a telegram received by | <«Those invoking the blessing of Wylie Hemphill, president of the the church will have understood | Seattle Chamber of Commerce, from 'that they have pledged themselves |Charles Hayden, chairman of theto lifelong fidelity and will have committee sponsoring the tour initaken vows, which if broken, would ‘New York City. Explains Toniracts The Dean says: jorable. {prove most scandalous and dishon-| The flyers will remain here over- ?nigm, leaving for Portland the next “If two persons wish to enter a |limited "contract,’ which is under- morning. Hayden requested in his telegram, owing to the strenuous {nature and short duration of the tour, their program here be made to insure the flyers sufficient rest. stood on both sides, I think they have the right to claim that the state recognize their position as something better than concubinage.” O.K's Birth Control {Announce Winner of : !The National Aeronautical Associa- |tion announced today that Ward T. to a 160 |this year’s Gordon Bennett Balloon Warde said, Hayden suggested no program be} arranged for the afternoon of Sep- tember 24 and that any evening program be terminated at 9 &'clock. Hemphill said he soon would name The dean’s views on birth con- trol and divorce will shock many. On the subject of birth control, he | says: a committee to take charge of the| ‘I cannot approve the withhold- arrangements. ing of medical knowledge from adults wishing to obtain it. No With Coste and Bellonte will bel,ho who knows anything of human the tour manager, an Interpreter,iy.iure could suggest total abstin- a pilet and mechanic, Hayden's ence gs the solution to the prob- telegram said. \lem. It is likeller to wreck the |happiness of married life.” POPULATIQN DECLINE - REPOR] AT UNGA A decline ol 305 in population in (the Unga Peninsula recording dis- 'trict during the past decade is re- |vealed in preliminary census re- |turns made public today by Charles |E. Naghel, Supervisor of the Fed- {eral Census for Alaska. itotal was announced as being 1,115 !as ‘compared to 1,420 for 1920. The population by settlement fol- lows: Belkofski, 123; Company Har- bor, ' 22; Morshovol, 22; Pavloff Harbor, 52; Perryville, 93; Pirate |cave 1; Port Heiden, 51; Sand Point, 69; Unga, 150; balance of district, 532. ' e, — 1Cordova Gets Title to 160 Acres for City Park! CORDOVA, Alaska, Sept. 18—The City of Cordova has obtained zme‘. -acre tract at Lake Eyak, n for a city park, being the first| !Alaskan town to obtain land under | the provisions of the special Act of Congress, Backer of Bromley Asks Questions TACOMA, Wash., Sept. 18.— The status of a further attempt of a Japan-Tacoma flight ap- peared to rest on replies which Bromley will give to John Buf- felin, principal backer. Buffelin will ask Bromley how he feels abont making another attempt this fall, whether the exhaust collector ring is the only repair needed, how much gas he needs and the approxi- mate cost of moving the plane to Yokohama and storing it there if the flight is postp.ned until next spring. ’30 Balloon Cup Race WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 18.— Van Orman, of Akron, Ohio, wo! Cup race by piloting the Goodyear air bag 8,542 miles, The 1930, |ing damaged planes and over POWDER PLANT NEAR EVERETT S DEMOLISHED {Buildings Are Wrecked with Estimated Dam- age of $500,000 ol- Explosion Which lows Fire | EVERETT, Wa.sh Sepr.: lfi-——One woman was critically injured ‘and nearly 50 others. were pal lly hurt by flying debris and p:aplrty was damaged for miles aromnd when ' dynamite exploded ~.at¥the (plant of the Puget Sound fand Alaska Powder Company,. seven miles south of here. The plant and nearby buildings were demolished. The loss is estimated at $500,000. The most seriously injured per- son is Mrs. Harold Boushey, whose juglar vein was nearly severed by a piece of flying glass. The explosion crushed in a three- room cottage in which Mrs. Bou- shey lived. It was close to the plant. Other members of the fam- ily escaped serious injury. Bernice Laab, aged 14 years, Jost an eye. The explosion followed a fire which originatéd in the nitro n;lx ing vat. Three men, working ovemme. reached a point of safety before the detonation. The regular shift of 45 men had !left the plane late yesterday after- noon only a few minutes before. Nearly all windows in the town of Mulkilteo, a mile away from the plant, were broken. Plate glass windows in Everett jwere forced in and telephone lines lwere levelled. Peter David, President of the company, said the plant will be rebuilt. —— WINTER COMES Temperatures Below Freez- ing Reported and Also Fall of Snow FAIRBANKS, Alaksa, Sept 18.— The threat of winter which began descending over Interior Alaska Tuesday began to lift yesterday with clearing skies and rising tempera- tures. Snow is general throughout Cen- tral Alaska, earlier than usual, and was accompanied by temperatures below freezing. PREPARING FOR WINTER POINT BARROW, Alaska, Sept. here and two inches of snow has fallen, Ponds and lagoons are frozen over and the ice pack is gradually closing up the open water of the Arctic Ocean. The Hudson’s Bay steamer Bay- chimo, the last boat south, left here on September 11. Natives are now preparing for Arctic winter. he (Texan Designs Airplane With Wings that Fold AMARILLO, Tex. Sept. 18—An airplane with folding wings has been patented by Charles J. Boyd of Amarillo. The structure of the ship is sim= ple, and said to be strong and du- rable. It is easy to manipulate. the designer says. The wings may folded back perpendicular to body of the plane by unfasteni fixture on each. The folding cess requires ,less than two utes, according to Boyd. Boyd makes a specialty of re the pro= 1in- Hair- aul= ! of N-C At- ing motors. He was a memb the service crew of the U. S 4, the first plane to span th ant| ONE WOMAN REPORTED. TO BE SERIQUSLY ctJT Boy Loses Eve as Res a&it 01‘ EARLY,INTERIOR 18.—The temperature has dropped | M, disastrous hurricane. View down one of Santo Domingo' ,' EF.! 1EF SrflP ARRIVES IN SANTO DOMINGO 's main streets showing relief BODY OF RUTH ALEXANDER IS FOUND ON HILL »Plane Crashes Early Thls Morning Following Take-off for N.Y.C. \WRECKAGE SCATTERED MANY FEET O OVER HILL Craft Flying Low to Ground —Gasoline Tank Be- lieved Exploded SAN DIEGO, Cal, Sept. is. ~Miss Ruth Alexander, San Diego aviatrix, who hopped off from Lindbergh Field, at 3:28 o'clock this morning, was killed instantly when her plane crash- ed four miles north of the field a few minutes after her take- off. The low wing Barling mono- plane crashed on a hill Paramount News—Associated Press, | ship In'the harbor following the | SA4Y G. 0. P. MUST GO WET OR MEET DEFEAT SENATOR JONES ISWITNESS IN SEATTLE TRIAL fendants in Present Conspiracy Trial 'DENIES BOOTLEGGERS HELPED IN CAMPAIGN Other Prominent Persons Testify—Mrs. Whitney Is Also Witness BULLETIN—Seattle, Sept. 18. —The defense in the Lyle, Whitney, Corwin and Fryant conspiracy and graft case, has rested the case. The Govern- ment immediately began rebut- tal testimony. Russell Jackson, former dry agent, was the first r. witness. SEATTLE, Sept. 18.—A parade of prominent witnesses brought the defense testimony in the Lyle, Whit- ney, Corwin and Fryant conspir- acy trial virtually to a close yes- terday afternoon. United States Senator Wesley L. Jones appeared unannounced, as a character and corroborative witness |for the defendants. He denied al- \legations of Government witnesses |that bootleggers contributed $6,000 to his campaign expenses in 1926. Former Mayor Bertha Landes, of Seattle, Prosecuting Attorney Ew- ing ‘Colvin, Anti-Saloon League’s State Superintendent Bernard Hicks| and Mrs. Lillian Vincent of the WOmen 's Christian Temperance Un- !ion and State President, testified to the good 'reputation of the de- fendants. Mrs. William Whitney testified | she did clerical work for her hus- +band. She said A. L. Hubbard dictated his daily reports and her husband did not make any sugges- tions. John J. Sullivan, Seattle attorney, who defended Clifford, accused Whitney and Revelle with “doing everything they could to prevent .investigations of the Prohibition of- fice here in 1927.” —— Pawnshop Operator Shot; Slayer Suicides 18— ! SACRAMENTO, Cal, Sept ‘Morris Wittenberg, aged 50, pawn-| i shop proprietor, was shot three times and Mmortally wounded yesterday in his place of business by Leo Moran, aged 38, who suicid- ed. Wittenberg died a short. time after the shooting unable to give the cause for the shooting. Tells of Lharacter of De-/ ! NEW YORK CITY N. Y., Sept. lls~Dr Nicholas Murray Butler., emost critic of the Repubhcan 'Party in this state, has warned -the ]party that unless the Republican delegates, at their state convention {in Albany,* Séptember 26, take" the 1same firm stand on prohibition that Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt took irecently, the party will be beaten; by half a million votes. Commenting directly upon iRoosevelt s announcement the presx- dent of Columbia University said; | that he halled it with high pleasure The mangled body of Miss Alexander was found in the wreckage. Parts of the plane were found strewn for several hundred feet from where the body and mo- tor of the plane were found. Residents told the police the plane was flying close to the ground and la few seconds later they heard | several crashes. The explosion of the gasoline tank is thought to have been the cause. | Miss Alexander was taking off |for a nonstop flight to New York City. MISSING WIFE OF MOVIE STAR LOGATEDTODAY Mrs. Marguerlle Beery Is' | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ~ Féusd" Staying with Hollywood Friends MADE NON-STOP FLIGHT Miss Alexander recently com- | o SAYS SHE HAS BEEN | | IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA ovver 5. o Apua. Gaente Mexlco in 15 hours. At that time men in both parties” would remove and expressed the hope that “strong Husband A's kS Police to !she averaged 9125 miles an hour. Her time was cut down by fog and head winds. i prohibition as an issue between the | parties by advocating repeal. Former United States Senator| |James W. Wadsworth, wet leader, from his home in Genesee, said that unless the Republican Party stands for repeal it will be “courting de- feat” on election day. Asked if he thought the Republi- \cans could defeat Mr. Roosevelt if | they definitely went on record as! wet, Mr. Wadsworth replied: “I do.” Of the governor’s statement, he said that it has won him the ad {miration of many citizens. He add-| Continue Investigation i | | Miss Alexander was one of the _May File Charges leading woman fliers of the Pacific Coast. She took up flying less than i LOS ANGELES, Cal, Sept. 18— 5 vear ago and held many records, Mrs. Marguerite Beery, whose hus- ;n4 this 25-year-old miss expected band Noah Beery, movie actor, Te- ¢, make many more, She an- ported her missing from their ranch ,..nceq only a few days ago that nce September 8, is staying With! oo intended to make a flight to friends in Hollywood. her home town, Irving, Kansas, to Mrs. Beery returned to Hollywood gy her mother, Mrs. W. P. Blaney, (last night. ~ She declared there Was gn4 aiso to show her former school ]no mystery about her absence from mates how flymg is done. T0 DEVELOP | home. Mrs. Beery said she had been in' Las Vegas, Nevada, to establish iher home and “may return there led that the opinions expressedi . oo 3 o S e late | |therein did not come as a surprise, since he felt all along that that |would be Mr. Roosevelt's prohibi- tion attitude. ROOSEVELT ASSAILED WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 18.—| United States Senator Smith W. | Brookhart, Republican of Towa, to- lday assailed Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt, of New York State, in | connection with his recent advo-| cacy of the repeal of Prohibition. Senator Brookhart said the Gov- or failed to give Prohibition a |fair trial in his State and added !that under the circumstances no fair-minded person could say Pro- |hibition was a failure ‘“even in New York g CARNERA PUTS - ANOTHER BOXER - DOWN AND OUT Scores Over T Twenty-third Victim During Am- erican Invasion CHICAGO, Ill, Sept. 18.—Primo |Carnera last might registered his w23rd knockout in America by knock- ing Jack Gross of Philadelphia, into a pitiful state of 'helplessness in !the fourth of a scheduled ten-round bout Jeers. Gross was groggy and bleeding, on the floor. Twice he was felled by heavy rights to the head, and counted out the last time. Gross weighed 200 pounds and ‘Camem 267 pounds, |the investigation, The fight ended amid boos and| dence.” After his wife had been located, Beery asked the police to continue | e i KATALLA OIL lodge charges against any persons' CORDOVA, Alaska, Sept. 18.— |shown to have been responsible for The sale of the Crescent No. 2 oil {her leaving home. Beery yester- claim, 160 acres, to J. P. Gallaher day asked the police to find his wife 'of Los Angeles, by Dr. J. A. Camer- jor her body, indicating that foul'on is announced. |play might have been committed| The stipulation is that drilling vhen she did not return home after must start within a year. leaving without giving any expla-| The claim is seven miles from {nation. She had been ill for some Katalla and was formerly owned by months, Beery said. the Alaska Coal and Oil Company Emil Wlkaan of Las Vegas, a which drilled 700 feet, and finding |rancher, revealed that Mrs. Beery neavy seepage before work was and Raymond Wells, former film stopped because of financiel diffi- |director, were his guests for nearly culties. |a week. He said Wells was trying| to finance a movie company and' 1Mrs. Beery was giving him aid. - | Ship Springs Leak; Asks Immediate Aid LISBON, Sept. 18—The Italian ship Santa Tereza has wirelessed she has sprung a leak north of Cabodaroca and required Immed- iate assistance. The message said ' the hold is already flooded. | TODAY'S STOCK | QUOTATIONS ‘, NEW YORK CITY, N. Y. Sept. 16.—Closing _quotations of Alaska {Juneau mine stock today is 5 Alleghany Corporation 21%, Amer lean Can 126" Anaconda Copper 44%, Bethlehem Steel 87%, Fox J7. : y {Films 45%, . General Motors 437 United States {Granby Copper 21%, Hupp Motors Senator Weds 113, 12%, 12%, International Har-'y,. o | vester 754, Kennecott Copper 34'% His Secretary Montgomery - Ward 35%, National Acme — no sale, Packard Motors 13%, 12%, Simmons Beds |26%, Standard Brands 20%, Stan- dard Oil of California 60%, Stan- {dard Ol of New Jersey 687, Stew- 5, United Aircraft 58%, MILWAUKEE, Wis, Sept. 18. — United States Senator Robert M. La Follette, Jr., was married today to his secretary, Miss Rachel Wil- son Young, of Washington, D. C. The ceremony was a quiet affair on the old La Follette farm near Madison. Phillip La Follette, nomin- ated yesterday for Governor in the Republican primary, was best man. Mrs. S. A. Light, wife of the ‘mumger of the United Food Com- pany's new store in the Goldstein ‘Bmldm'& arrived here on the Yu- {kon. She was accompanied by her Jtwo little children. &-.-o.-oo-o-oo LA N N N NN NN NN N ] LR