The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 6, 1930, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXXVI, NO. 5531. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1930. " MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PR N CENTS ESS " PRICE TE A'S WIN 2 T0 0 AND RETAIN SERIES LEADERSHIP MANY KILLED, DIRIGIBLE EXPLOSION BRITISH R - 101 CRASHES, BURNS EARLY SUNDAY Forty -eight of Fifty- four! | | Persons Aboard Diri- gible Are Killed SURVIVORS ARE BADLY| BURNED AND MAY DIE! Worst Airsl:i—p_Accidenl of World — Prominent British Men Victims BEAUVAIS, France, Oct. 6.— The British dirigible R-101 ex- ploded three miles south of here at 2:30 o'clock Sunday morning and was completely de- stroyed by fire. It is reported there were 54 persons aboard. Only six aboard survived and they were members of the En- gineering tsaff. | | iI’erhltps More | Aboard Than 'Listed BEAUVIS, France, Oct. 6. ~—The finding of a woman’s shoe with a buckle still on it led the authorities to be- lieve a woman stenographer was aboard the dirigible R-101. The French Police still hold there were more aboard than the 54 listed by the British. Rescue parties have found enough legs and arms for 50 persons, reports say. The presence of one stow- away and possibly two aboard is admitted by John Holt, Alr Commander and head of the British Investi- gating Committee probing the crash of the ship. esco e INVES THGATION OF TRAGEDY IS | NOW UNDER WAY The survivors were all badly | 8 | juccess Sends Veteran | Senator to Oblivion | ROBERT SMITH, 2, DROWNS PLAYING IN GOLD CREEK Body of C. W. Car- ter's Grandson | Robert Kimbrough Smithi- two | years old, son of Mrs. F. V. Smith ;and stepson of F. V. Smith, swhile | playing with his brother Charles, on Ithe bank of Gold Creek during the (noon hour today, fell into the water jand was drowned. The ly -had {not been recovered late this after- | noon. |and a half years of age, had heen seen by their mother shortly Before the accident in the sand bax of the yard of their home, wh on Twelfth Street, close to the thoroughfare is cross by Gold Creek. When Charles game running into the house, he safd: “Bobbie has fallen into the Water and it is carrying him away.” The mother ran to the creek, but | could see nothing of her missing son. Neighbors at once telephoned Yames F. Byrnes, former Con- Searchers lfl;le to Find; | Robert and Charles, who is¥hrez | | | | Connie Mack, manager of the injured and maimed, and sev- eral may die. They were im- mediately taken to hospitals. Among the dead is Lord Thomson, British Air Minister. Others killed include the fol- lowing: Sir Sefton Btancker, Director ] of Civil Aviation. Major G. H. Scott, Command- er of the R-34. Wing Commander R. B. Col- more, Director of Airship De- velopment. Bodies Strewn on Ground As day, broke dozens of bodies were found strewn through the wooded land near the scene of the crash and it is believed many leap- ed from the gondola when at low altitude, as the dirigible was com- ing down. Latest information is that all| distinguished passengers, all high officers, including the Commander, | perished. An official telephone call sent to London by H. J. Leech, of the Engineering staff, one of the sur- vivors said: “We crashed at the top of a hill. There was no warning as the ship lurched to earth and burst into flames, then crashed.” “The ship, one of the largest in the world, crashed spectacularly in flames. ‘Worst of Accidents It is the worst dirigible accident Joint British and French Probe Begins in Air- . ship Disaster | Oct. 6—A| BEAUVAIS, France, | joint - British and French investi- gation of the wrecking of the Brit- ish dirigible R-101 Sunday morning/ was begun today. } Residents of Beauvais said they heard the ship when it was about 400 feet above the city. The pilot| at that time seemed to be hav-f ing difficulty as the ship did not seem to respond to the helm. i Bodies found are so badly burned, that identification is almost impos- | sible. Peasants who ran to the scene reported seeing men inside the cabin trying to break the windows. | Navigator’s Testimony H. J. Leech. navigator of the R-101, and one of the survivors, said the airship was borne aground by wind and terrific rain. She failed to respond in an attempt to, gain altitude although the motors were working. Survivors were thrown clear of the blazing torch by tremendous; explosions. Those burned to death or other- wise killed, were trapped in the cabins. {dustrial and soclal structure.” b res: defeated the veteran ‘political “warhorse,” Cole L. .gl':asc, incumbent, in the Demo- :~atic primary for United States Senator from South Carolina by ity of over 5,000 votes. T winning of the Democratic naqinal insures Brynes' elec- fl .‘Eflmber. ’ (niernational Newsreel) NATION WIDE TEAM WORK IS BG FEATURE President Says Co - opera- tion During Depression Increases Stability BOSTON, Oct. 6.—President Hoo- ver, speaking to the American Fed- eration of Labor this afternoon, sald America still has a “burden of unemployment, although the demonstration of nation-wide co- operation and team play and the absence of conflict during the de- pression have increased the stabil- ity and wholesomeness of the in- He the hall of the Fire Department. ‘The fire bell sounded the 2-9 gen- eral alarm, and members of..the with his world's series rival, Gabl Cards. WORLD’S SERIES RIVALS MEET o, Assoclated Press Photo Philadelphia Athletics, shakes hands by Street, manager of the St. Louis department quickly gathered at the hall. They were taken in the fire truck from there to the scene of the fatality. Gold Creek, from Twelfth Street to its mouth, soon was being drag- ged by many volunteers, and a, net | was stretched across the mouth of [the stream. , No. vestige of the| child could be discovered, however.; Owing to recent rains, the creek is unusually swift, and the opinion is held in many quarters that be- fore any searchers reached the stream the -little body had been carried by the racing current into Gastineau Channel. Mr. and Mrs. Smith were mar- ried here about the middle of September. Mrs. Smith is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Carter of this city. —————— GOVERNMENT - OF RUMANIA - TOTTERING BUCHAREST, Oct. 6.—King Carol REVOLUTION IS REPORTED FROM BRAZIL Three States Involved in Insurgent Movement —State of Siege i 1 RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 6.— Prcoident Washington Luis has decreed martial law throughout Brazil until December 31, due to the revolution, MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Oct. 6. —Dispatches received from the Uruguayian frontier town of Ri- viera, says the big Brazilian seaport of Port Aleogre has surrendered to There were 12 passengers includ- | in France since the destruction of the French dirigible Dixmude, when “52 persons were killed. The explosion occurred while the R-101 was gliding through the night enroute from London to India, 400 feet above a farm near the small village .of Alonne. Farmers heard the crash and saw ! 1 .the flames. Heat Is Intense When the farmers reached the field, the heat at first prevented! them going near. | First aid stations were established when the Police Perfecture arrived. The R-101 was a_sister ship of the R-100 which crossed the At-l Yantic Ocean from England to Canada last summer. i The R-101 was recently .over- * hauled. Smoking was allowed aboard. The; authorities said the accident was; probably due to a violent storm that forced the dirigible near the| ground. | ———— :Negro Shot by Mistake, Compliments Police Officer PITTSBURGH, Penn., Oct. 6. Bill Robertson, aged 54, a negro actor, saw a negro youth snatch a white woman’s purse and flee. Robinson gave chase, drew his gun and fired in the air. Policeman Michael Horan thought Robinson was the thief and shot him. The purse enatcher escaped. Robinson was taken fo a hos- pital. Instead of blaming the officer he complimented him upon his alertness when Horan cxpressed regrets. P o e end The Tulsa, Okla., dog pound is have a lethal gas chamber for condem! Joseph ing the little group of experts, de- scribed as the “British Aviations General Air Staff.” CHALLENGE TO AMERICA WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 6— The R-101 disaster is seen as a challenge to America to complete her program of building two mons- | ter Navy dirigibles, said Secretary Adams. He has sent a message to Admiral Fields, First Lord of the British Admiralty as follows: “We deplore the disaster which caused the loss of valuable lives.” Rear Admiral William A. Moffett said the loss has mot shaken con- fidence in rigid airships. He blamed the disaster, to extent, to| ‘hydrogen gas. He advocates ex-/ porting helium, a non-inflammable | gas, the supply of the world being now held entirely in the United States. i Tacoma Movie Theatres Bombed; Police Charges TACOMA, Wash, Oct. 6—Two neighborhood theatres were bombed here, one entire front being blown out of one and windows for blocks |veing shattered. The police laid the bombing to efforts to discredit the movie pic- ture machine operators. The two theatres are involved in a dispute with the Operators’ Union. Mystery Blast Kills Three Highway Workers LAKE CITY, Colo., Oct. 8. —Three highway workers were killed Satur- day by a mystery blast that blew their bodies to bits and shook Lake City like an earthquake. Those killed were Lee F. Williams, aged 45 years, Al Roady, aged 62, and Halpin, aged 51, all of; Lake City. praised labor for its intelligent and has expressed a wish to Premier |patriotic action during the time Manui that he form a new gov- and sald it is one of the great €rnment to cooperate closely with forces of the Nation. the present Parliament. The President delivered a brief A report says a split has occurred address to the American Leglon in the Ministry and the Rumanian Convention this forenoon. Government is tottering. BELGIUM KING 'MAKES RECORD TRENTO, Italy, Oct. 6.—King Al- bert, of Belgium, has left the Bol- omite District after several weeks of Alpine sports leaving records of mountain climbing unequalled by few, if any, of the Crown heads in history. King Albert, with three guides, | brothers Silvio, Mario and Agostine, | ascended six cloud plercing peaks,! Bretaiummit, East Brentawall, Lowe | Castle, Refugee Cross, the lower Brentna and Low Tower. King Albert visited here incog- Dies Following Gun Fight with Officers MASSILLON, Ohio, Oct. 6— Wounded in a gun battle with five County officers near Warren, Ohio, Charles Langdon, aged 30, a farmer of Mespotamia, Ohio, died in a hospital. Langdon ran amuck when officers attempted to serve a lun- acy warrant after he allegedly threatened to kill a neighbor Rear Admiral Baird Dies in Washington | | WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct Rear Admiral George Washington Baird, aged 87 years, the third old- est Admiral on the retired list of 6—| the insurgents after a two hour battle. INSURGENTS VICTORIOUS BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 6.—Dis- patches from towns on the Brazil-| ian frontier, said the insurgent movement in Rio Grande Dosul is triumphant throughout the state and has spread to other states. | STATE OF SIEGE | RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 6—A| state of siege in three of Brazil's| great states, Rio Grande Dosul,| Mineaesgerage and Parahyba where | revolutionary movements are re-| Ipm’ted, has been approved by the| |Brazilian Chamber of Deputies by | la vote of 120 to 8. ON TO RIO DE JANEIRO | MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Oct. 6. ;—News from Brazilian border points| indicate eight of 21 states in Bra-| zil are driving to upset the Gov-| ‘ernment of President Luis and pre-| vent the inauguration of President- elect Julio Prestes on November 15. | General Francisco Flores de Cun- | | ‘Corps, HUSBAND OF HEIRESS ACCEPTS HOTEL JO WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 6.— Jeffries Chewning, jr., who eloped with Margo Couzens, daughter of !Senatar Couzens, of Michigan, will start work this week as one of its assistant managers. The heiress’s husband will super- | vise social affairs. He will be ex- pected to appear every morning at 8 o'clock attired in a frock coat and gray trousers, and take a re- ceptive post in the main lobby. Chewning, jr., was a bank clerk |at the time of the elopement and later had a brokerage house job. e EIGHT KILLED, PLANE CRASH BERLIN, Oct. 6.—Eight persons |were killed today when a passen- iger plane bound for Vienna from |Berlin, crashed on the moorlands near Dresden. The ship carried a pilot, mechanic and six passengers. The cause for the crash is not known. Some of the passengers died after being rescued from the ship. None were conscious when taken from the ruins. MRS, CREECY PASSES AWAY WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 6.— Mrs. Louise Creecy, attacked last week by her husband, Lieut. Col. Richard E. Creecy, of the Marine who used a hatchet, died Sunday without regaining consci- ousness, Creecy shot and killed himself following the attack on his wife. It is believed he was demented. Kidnapped FOXX HERO OF BATTLE TODAY WITHHOMERUN Breaks Scoreless Tie in Ninth with Homer Scor- i 357 sl ing Cochrane Ahead ‘m;lll:i:g(tnd for Earnshaw in elgmhIGRlMEs LO—SES HARD GAME IN LAST FRAME Earnshaw and Grove Hold National Leaguers to Three Stingy Hits SHORT SCORE (Teday’s Game) | R HE 1| Athletics 2 50 in ninth| Cardinals 0 3 1 SCORE BY INNINGS Athletics— Runs Hits Cardinals— Runs BOX SCORE Philadelphia AB R E 4 0 o o > coccoccocococococon ° Bishop, 2b. Dykes, 3b. Cochrane, c Simmons, 1f | Earnshaw, p. Grove, p | *Moore |l cccococorora loccorronworo |l coomvmwoBuwas lcowrmocococorro St. Louis b o cca~rcomnmOn Douthit, cf. Adams, 3b. Frisch, 2b Bottomley, Hafey, If. Watkins, Wilson, c. Gelbert, ss. Grimes, p. “Blades 1b. rf, ccoccoco~ool cocoococococcooyd ccor~ococormmoll Totals *Batted inning. for Watkins Summary Earned Runs—Athletics 2; home | {runs—Foxx, 1; two base hits—Wil-| son, 1; bases on balls—off Earn- shaw 3, off Grove 1, off Grimes 3; hits 2 runs 0 off Earnshaw in sev- en nings, hits 1 runs 0 off Grove 123456789 000000002 100100201 The fashiortablé: Washington Hotel announced Saturday that Willlam' in two innings; winning pitcher— acrifice bunt—Grimes; er- 10! 1; left Athletics 4, Cardinals 8. Umpires — Moriarty, American League, at plate; Rigler, National,! first base; Geiser, American, at second base; Reardon, National, at third base. Time of game—One hour and 53 minutes, ' Next game at Philadelphia Wed- nesday. COL. JACKLING 1S AWARDED GOLD MEDAL High Honor to Well Known Mining Man for Achieve- ment in Mining NEW YORK, Oct. 6.—Col. Daniel C. Jackling of San Francisco, presi- dent of the Utah Copper Company is to receive the Willlam Lawrence Saunders Gold Medal for Achieve- ment in Mining from the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgi~ on bases— Hits } COMPOSITE SCORE | (Five Games) % R HE Athleties ......14 28 3 ; Cardinals 11 33 4 \ Athletics have own 3 games, Cardinals 2. NEXT GAME The next game of the World Series will be played at Phila- delphia on Wednesday. SPORTSMAN'S PARK, ST. LOUIS, Mo, Oct. 6.—Jimmy Foxx's {bat broke up a scoreless tie here this afternoon, driving one of Bur- sleigh Grimes's spitters into the left field bleachers for a home run and scoring Mickey Cochrane in ahead of him. This gave the World Champions the game, 2 to 0, and retained the (series’ leadership for them three games to two, St. Louis having won Sunday’s game. Real Pitching Duel Grimes and Earnshaw, until the latter was taken out for a pinch Ihitter in the eighth inning, and Lefty Grove, staged one of the greatest pitching duels on record. Grimes had a slight edge of the argument until the fatal ninth which left him a casualty for the |second time since the series started in Philadelphia last Wednesday. Col. Jackling is well known In! mo4a g y the A's found him for only Juneau. He was at the head of ifive hits, but they were enough |the companies that developed the to win, as five hits won for them ‘Alatska Castineau gold mlnfs and [off Grimes's hurling on the open- water powers. He has visited in.ing pattle. Not until the eighth Juneau many times and was here inning did the Champions have a two years ago with George T. Cam- runner as far as second base when {erom, of the San Francisco Chroni-|they filled the bases. Sharp field- !cle, who is at the head of the syn- ing kept them from scoring in that |dicate that is developing a pulp inning. !and paper business for Juneau. Ani Earnshaw was almost equally as that time Mrs. Jackling and Mrs, effective. The Cards got only two Cameron accompanied them. hits off him in the seven frames | Col. Jackling is a mining engx-‘he worked. He was wild at times (neer of wide fame and one of|and duripg the early innings Mack | America’s leading copper producers. kept a pitcher warming up to re- ,———— lieve him if it became necessary. TODAY'S STOCK 'iu-le settled down, however, and was ~ QUOTATIONS | itaken out for a pinch. hitter when o |the bases were filled in the eighth, |He walked three men. NEW YORK CITY, N. Y., Oct 6. In the last two innings, Grove —Closing quotation of Alaska Ju- held the Cards to one single and neau mine stock is 6%, American Walked one man. As the score was Ican 217%, Bethlehem Steel 75:"‘11.& when he entered the box, he [Fox Pilms 40%, General Motors 38, %35 credited with the victory even Granby Corporation 15%, Interna-|thoush the Cards did not score off tional Harvester 63%, Kennecott PArnshaw. cal Engineers. | | | l nito as Dr. Redy. the Navy, died at his home herel \last Saturday afternoon. ina, leader of the revolutionary movement, said his troops are ready Mayor Walker Not Going to Resign Office NEW YORK, Oct. 6. — The Evening Post published a re- port that Mayor James J. Walk- er, irked by official duties, had planned to resign January 1, to succeed Will Hays, head of the motion- pleture industry. The report was taken at once to Mayor Walker, the Post sald, who confirmed finding the job irksome but indicated hc planned to stick it out as Mayor. “Much as I might wish Janu- Coolidges Observe Wedding Anniversary NORTHAMPTON, Mass., Oct. 6. l—Cnlvln Coolidge and his wife ob- |served their 25th wedding anni- |versary last Saturday and remained quietly at home. Women, Children Injured In Betrothal Celebration SOFIA, Oct. 6.—Several and children were seriously |during & massive demon here last Saturday night ir bration of the betrothal of i »men njured ratien celes King Italy. ito press northward and ultimately | [take Rio de Janeiro. He said he| would eall an election when the| revolution is triumphant and a pro-| visicnal government has been es-| tablished. Regular Army men are reported going over to the side of the reb- els. Wade Denies He Is Candidate for Senate ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 6.— Wade H. Cooper, President of the| Commercial National Bank here| who maintains a residence in Nash-/ ville, Tennessee, denied reports he | | | J Baby Found ‘Drowned WAYNESBURG, Penn, Oct. 6.~The four-months-old child reported kidnapped from its crib last Friday night was found Saturday drowned in a milk storage house near the home of Paul Lewis, the father. Lewis said he went to his daughter’s crib Friday night and found it empty. He aroused the neighbors and the Police were called. The body was found 50 yards from the home. Lewis later discovered that his purse containing $40 had also been stolen. e t,——— apple tree at Hays, An Kas., Boris and Princess Giovan:* Of hag announced his candidacy for bloomed again after producing one range. .the Senate from Tennessee. crop of fruit. | Copper 28%, Montgomery-Ward 25, {National Acme 9%, Packard Mo- First Inning Grimes fanned Bishop, A's lead- off man, for the first out. Gel- tors 11%, 10%, 10%, Simmons Beds [19%, Standard Brands 17%, Stan- |dard Oil of California 55%, United, | Aircraft 37%, U. S. Steel 153%. J ITED STATES VICE CONSUL HAS HAND AND HAND FIGHT WITH GIANT BEAR IN JUNGLES:SURVIVES ORDEAL than disabled by the shot. Rushing Stuyvesant he clasped him in his big paws and threw him to the ground. ' The bear gnawed Stuyvesant and inflicted severe in- | juries on one arm. While hunting in the Jalaswar Using the uninjured arm, the |Jungle he encountered a bear and |yice consul obtained his gux; and wounded him by a shot at €lose|continued striking the bear’s nose |until the animal, in pain, ran The bear was made angry rather away. bert made a great stop of Dykes’s grounder and threw him out at (Continued on Page Two) CALCUTTA, Oct. 6.—Rutherford |Stuyvesant, United States Vice Con- {sul, had a hand to hand fight with 1a giant bear and lived to tell the tale last Tuesday. 5o A