The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 22, 1930, Page 1

HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” » VOL. XXXVL, NO. 5545. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, PRICE TEN CEN MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS STORMS, FLOODS SWEEP MEXICO; LOSSES ARE 2% VICTIMS | OF EXPLOSION IN COAL MINE: Bodies of Ee Hundred and Seventy Men Are Already Recovered SIXTY-ONE MINERS UNACCOUNTED FOR Ninety-nine Are in Hospi- tals and Many Are Critically Injured ALSDORF, Germany, Oct. 22— This mining town of 10,000 persons has been plunged into new grief when it realized there was no hope for 61 miners still unaccounted for in yesterday's explsoion of dyna- mité 700 feet below the surface. The death toll is now 231. Bodies of 170 victims have al- ready been recovered. There are 99 miners in the hos- pitals here, many critically in- Jured. Rescue crews with gas masks have penetrated to the 1500-foot level and found bodies all around. Not one miner on this level when the explosion shook the mine re- amined alive, all being asphyxiated. Government officials are making an investigation. CONGRESSMAN OF ARKANSAS PASSES AWAY Otis Wingo, Democrat,Died in Baltimore Follow- ing Operation BALTIMORE, Maryland, G~t. 23.( —Otis Wingo, Democratic menber of the House from Arkansas, died last night in Johns Hopkins Hos pital where he underwent a gall bladder operation on Monday. Otis Wingo was born in Tennes- see June 18, 1877. He was educated in the public schools, Bethell Col- lege and McFerrin College. He taught in the public schools and was admitted to the bar in 1900, taking up the practice of law at his home, De Queen, Arkansas. He was State Senator in 1907 and 1910. He married Effie Gene Locke and thHey had two children, Blanche and Otis, jr. He was a member of the Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, sikty-fifth, ' Sixty-sixth, Sixty-sev- senth, Sixty-eighth, Sixty-ninth and ‘Weventieth Congresses and re-elect- ed without opposition to the Sev- enty-first Congress. lB.rifish King to Open Important Conference LONDON, Oct. 22. — The im- portance Great Britain attaches to the forthcoming India roundtable conference is exemplified by the announcement that King George will personally inaugurate the dis- cussions by attending the opening session on November 12. Oregon Candidate 4ssoctated Press Photo Mrs. Roy B. Wilson, candidate for governor of Oregon. She will run on an independent reform ticket advocating protection of the Individual business man from out. olde trusts. U. 8. TUSCARORA 1S ASSIGNED T0 JUNEAU STATION Coast Guard - Cutter Will Leave Baltimore for Here November | Assigned to the Juneau station, the first class United States Coast Guard cutter, Tuscarora, Capt. C. N. Dench, will leave Baltimore, Md., for her Alaska destination No- vember 1, according to an Associated Press dispatch to The Empire to- day. The Tuscarora will replace the Unalga, detached for repairs and new at Baltimore Nayy Yard for overhaul. he i Soon after the Unalga W di .|ed away from the Alaskan service, announcement was made that she would be succeeded by the Talla- poosa. For the Tallapoosa; the Tus- carora is substituted by todays’ dis- patch. ‘The Tuscarora is 178 feet long, with 30-foot beam and 10-foot draft. Her displacement is 179 tons. She was built at Richmond, Va., in 1902. She was withdrawn from the Boston station for Alaska duty. ———————— TODAY'S STOCK 3 | | QUOTATIONS . NEW YORK CITY, N. Y, Oct. 22. —Closing quotations of Alaska Ju- neau mine stock today is 62, Amer- ican Can 112%, Anaconda Copper 33%, Bethlehem Steel 72%, Fox Films 36; General Motors 33%, Granby Corporation 13}, Interna- tional Harvester 597, Kennecott Copper 25, Montgomery-Ward 23%, National Acme 8%, Packard Mo- tors 9%, 9%, 9%, Simmons Beds 15%, Standard Brands 16%, Stan- dard Oil of California 51%, Stan- dard Oil of New Jersey 52%, Unit- ed Alrcraft 33%, U. S. Steel 145. — ., PLANT SMELT EGGS IN IDAHO WASHINGTON—The Bureau of Fisheries has succesfully trans- planted smelt eggs to high alti- tude lakes in Idaho. WOMEN OF INDIA GAINING LIBERTY, SITKA TO BIVE BIG MAJORITY 8,000 ARE MASSAGRED CHINA AREA HEAVY “BULFCOASTIS HIT; FLOODS IN OTHER SECTIONS “Bié Four” of Democratic Convention TODEMOCRATS Mayor Hanlon Predicts Democratic Success— Have Fine Meeting Men and Women Slaught-| ered by Communists in One Province | : An intimate view of “Seat of Mighty” reveals Lieutenant- GGovernor Lehman, Governor Roosevelt, Norman E. Mack of — e, — DRYS INSIST THAT 6. 0., BE BONE DR Republicans Face Dry Fiéht to Make Party Aggres- sively for Prohibition [ —— | SEATTLE, Oct. 22.—Cutter Haida “cm“s:mg;for"'n?:" fz'_,?:p“'; sails from here October 22 for the iy ek ol oo l’:u‘;p“mf 'Gulf of Alaska to be the mother e paryy platiormi i, ¢or the fishing schooners. The MOTHER SHIP, " CUTTER HAIDA y| COMING NORTH |Will Patrol Gulf of Alaska i Until Close of Hali- ut deason | b N “Sitka will give the entire Demo- cratic ticket an overwhelming ma- SISTERS AND NUNs H Jority,” in the coming election, pre- ARE TAKEN CAPT lVESl dicted Mayor W. R. Hanlon, of s ¢ | that city, in telegr: & b o e paogeam. recelved Buckets of Gasoline Set The people -of Sitka turned out, Around Mission Prop- en masse last night to hear the . Democratic speakers discuss the erty to Be Fired campaign issues. Mayor , Hanlon presided at the meeting The rally, SHANGHAI, China, Oct. 23— said his telegram to 'fhe Empire Dispatches from Nanchang said 8- was a complete success, the big 000 men and women have been audience enthusiastically applaud- slaughtered since the capture of ing the speakers. Kian Kiangsi Province by the Com- The principal address was made munists on October 6. by George B, Grigsby, running for Burning and looting accompan- Delegate. Other speakers were: led the massacre. | Thomas Gaffney, candidate for Advices received by missionaries Auditor, Allen Shattuck, ‘Senatorial said five Oatholic Sisters captured nominee, Judge Frank A. Boyle by the Reds and five Chinese nuns and E. L. Sampson, House can- are held by the bandits. The same didates. |advices state Bishop Migniani and | The candidates will return here a Chinese priest have left Kiukiang! on the Queen which is stheduled &t the command of the Reds seek-| here this evening. Joined by Mayor ing ten million Mexican dollars, Thomas B. Judsan, they will open:fm‘ release of the missionaries. | their vote drive on Gastineau| No mission buildings have been Channel at once, appearing at a destroyed but buckets of gasoline mecting to be held at the Coliseum [have been set around all mission Theatre at Douglas tomorrow ev-iproperty to fire quickly if the Reds ening. desire. Friday evening a rally is slated here, Mr. Grigsby being the prin- cipal speaker. After the meeting here they plan to proceed south, visiting all of the larger and some of the smaller communities, prob- ably closing the campaign just be- fore election day, Nov. 4, in Ket- chikan. ——————— Want to Be Sent Back to Native Lands—Unem- ployment Is Reason against the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. They feel that they o, g Hinckley, Commander ettt dt ey dl’:‘imm‘:g £helr o the North Pacific Division of the awaiting the November Congression- Cosét Guard. . The Haida wf“ " al election results. They propose main at the banks until November to demand that the party shall not 22, five days after the close of the halibut season. BABY ZEPPELIN mander R. B. Hall according to SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Oct. 22.—Aliens who want to go back to their native lands, are giving themselves up to the Immigra- tion authorities in hope of be- ing deported, in such large numbers that they cannot be handled. Only the most unde- sirables are being deported, due to the lack of funds for that purpese. Increased unemploy- ment is the reason given for the requests. GROUND GLASS CAUSES DEATH Murder Che@—s to bé Fil- ed Against Woman— Others Recovering Democrats, too, are worrying over Prohibition as leading Presidential possibilities are dividing widely on the issue. Republicans, in spite of the dry South and the probability of a dry| plank in their party’s platform, are less hopeful of repeating the 1928 victory in the South than at any| time since the election of President ! Hoover. The Republicans also face the; problem of having a divided party | in the North with wet candidates| in New York and New Jersey this year. 22, DENVER, Colo., Oct. 22—A mur- der charge will be filed against Mrs. Pearl O'Loughlin held for the death of her step-child, Leona, ‘aged 10 years, last Friday. { Detective Bert Clark announced that the charge will be filed before a formal hearing on the applica- tion of a writ of habeas corpus which the woman's attorneys filed | generally of I Buffalo, and ex-Governor Al Smith in Roosevelt room at the Hotel Onondaga, Syracuse. N. Y. The Empirc Slate Dam- I ocrats adopted a straight wet plank and bar immunity pleas in their platform. CInternatt nal Nooerear) NEED NEW LAW FIXING TITLE TO BRITISH THRONE i' | \ | | | | | l shall contain a plank declaring Haida will be in command of Com- ‘ | (terday for DORBANDT ON FIRST LEG OF NORTHERN HoP Flies from Wenatchee to Prince George, En- route to Anchorage WENATCHEE, Wash., Oct. 22— Pilot Frank Dorbandt and mechanic Alonzo Cope l2ft here at noon yes- Prince George, British Columbia, on the first leg of their flight to Anchorage, Alaska, to map !a new passenger, express and mail | route. Three Aboard Are Hurled Forty Feet to Ground —Will Recover MOSS RIVER, N. J., Oct, ,cylinder explosion on Capt | Jeinen’s baby zep “Airyacht,” hur ¥ |ed Chester Lee, Joseph Heck, mer AN B {bers of the crew, and John Fall i | SENATOR TURNS WET|,, conger, 40 feet to the ground PROVIDENCE, R. L, Oct. 22— |y “exniosion wrecked the engine Senator Jesse H. Metcalf, hereto- . Pl e e N P inssell ar didate for and gondola. The accident occu ore 8s a dry, candidate [0}, ypjie the zep was at the moor- re-election, has declared for the A b v A t ing mast in preparation for a flight. repeal of the Eighteenth Amend-|“pp o iniined will recover ment and advocated State control . o8 of the liquor traffic. He is op- 122— ‘Export { mately |fats during 1930. From Prince George, the aviators will fly to Fairbanks ‘then to An- chorage, not stopping at. White- horse as previously announced. REACH PRINCE GEORGE PRINCE GEORGE, B. C, Oct -Dorbandt and Cope arrived here yesterday afternoon from Wenat- chee. They averaged '130 miles an hour and were forced to cover an A extra 100 miles on account of low Anton clouds. The aviators said they believed chedules could be maintained the a year round in this section. of Meats, Fats, Still Continue Large CHICAGO, IIL, Oct. 22. — The United States will export approxi- $150,000,000 in meats and Exports for the first eight months were 818,000,000 pounds valued at $110,000,000 com- | pared with 917,000,000 valued at By BATES RANEY (A. P. Staff Writer) LONDON, Oct. 22.—A new act of succession, the first since King Wil- liam III, may be required to fix the status of Princess Margaret Rose of York, the new granddaugh- ter of King George. Prior to her birth in August her sister, Princess Elizabeth, was third in line for the throne of England. Now some authorities hold that Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret hold third place in the royal succession jointly. It is un- | derstood that King George desires this position to be cleared up and some official action in the matter is expected shortly. The last Act of Succession was |that made by King Willlam III, |reigning king alone, after the death of en Mary. | Queen Mary died childless. Tt \was by the Act of King William’s | Parliament that her sister Anne ‘l'ul]()wl*d him. She also left no chiid. |After her should come ‘“the most lexcellent Princess Sophia, and the heirs of her body being Protes- itants.” By virtue of that Act, King |George now rules England. All sov- ereigns after him must be heirs of |the body of that most excellent So- new act comes to as {phia unless a be passed | Until now all has gone fairly, | Prince George became King George |V: there is his queen; there are his children. | The Prince of Wales will one day ibe king. Count up all the Kkings {from the Conqueror onwards; you shall find that none was a buchelor‘ william Rufus. None but he unless one must reckon with those {two Edwards, who did not come to man’s estate, But should the Prince of Wales | | (Continued on Page Five) Lower Part of Tampico Is Reported to Be Under Water STEAMER IS WRECKED; THOSE ABOARD SAVED Flying Service Between North and South Is Discontinued MEXICO CITY, Oct. 22.— Lesses from storms and floods over Mexico will prob- ably reach several million dellars. Gales near tornado propor- tions still assail the Gulf Coast ncar Tampico and as far south as the Island of Maxaca. The lower part of Tampico is under water as is the vil- lage of Laribera, in the north- ern part of the State of Vera Cruz. Advices received here said ;lhe crew and passengers, 'numbering 24, on the steam- ler Leon, were rescued when she sank off Yucatan. | The ports of Tampico and Vera-Cruz are closed to the |departure of vessels owing to ' the gales. Flying service between Mexico and the United States is still suspended. PLAN PROPOSED TO CREATE JOBS FORUNEMPLOYED More Workers for Shorter Hours Suggested as Relief Measure WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 22— The Cabinet Unemployment Com-= mittee today awaited the arrival of Col. Arthur Woods, former New York Police Commissioner and head of Harding’s Unemployment Com- mittee, who has been invited by President Hoover to aid in the present unemployment situation. 1t is indicated that a plan to employ more workers for shorter hours, thus dividing up Jobs s0 everybody will get a meal ticket will be suggested. This plan Is already in use on War Department rengineering projects. The official estimate sets a total of 3,500,000 unemployed, inclusive of the normal million of floaters and others who will not work. - — TRIPLE CROP FROM ORCHARD PEARSALL, Tex., Oct. 22—H. H. Page harvested $420 worth of plums from a 6-acre orchard, $110 worth |of pinto beans which he had plant- ed between the trees, and now ex- pects a third revenue from fall | tomatoes. SAYS GANDHI Al LONDON, Oct. 22.—Women are his wives—all Pajput princesses—as playing an increasingly importlntivlcemys of districts. The ladies role in Indian affairs as far as the |conducted affairs of state. They Nationalists are concerned, nccord-iused to fight for their country, ing to Dr. David Chowry Muthu,jwhen any need arose. Instances of Gandhi’s personal physician. their heroism are matters of his- Only in comparatively modern;mr}'- times have Indian women been Te-| taught the arts of housekeeping. pressed, he said. | |Girls had a domestic education and “The women in ancient India en-| | learned in their ’teens how to con- joyed perfect freedom in every walk | 9 o Ives. The i housewife’s of life—social, religious and politi- | e e etia ioe their lives in |Chief care was how to bring up the any way they ct . They were weu.chud.nn fit to bear the responsi- “The women in ordinary life were # 'nothing of the murder. 'been considered & support yesterday. President Hoover's Administration ; The girl was found dead in a city park lake. Ground glass was|on Prohibition. found in the child's stomach and| e she had also been struck over the NEBRASKA PRIMARY head. UP AFTER ELECTION The father, a detective on the| OMAHA, Neb, Oct. 22.—Scnator Denver force, is in the hospital|Gerald P. Nye, Chairman ¢ the recovering from eating ground lSemwe Campaign Funds Investigat- lass. Other members of the fam- [ing Committee, said he is tF ough ily reported finding ground glass with investigation into the filing in sugar. of George W. Norris, Brokenbow The woman insists she knows groceryman in opposttion to Sena- tor George W. Norris for Senator in the Republican primary for the present. He said the case will not | be reopened until after the clcction. Capt. Hawks jaround the world and back again, | $130,000,000 for the same period in 1929 ‘ | 'The chief export has been lard lalthough there has been some in-| crease in pork. | posed for re-election by former Senator Peter G. Gerry, strongly wet Democrat. Senator Metcalf has Kinesford - Smith Reaches Sydney—Greeted by Miss Powell "ERMAN FLYING MEN PLAY MANY HUNCHES PRIOR TO TAKE-OFF 2: the sum total of 1930 was 13. The commander flatly refused to | take the helm of the giant boat un- til the number was changed. The ministry changed the | cense number to 1929. Christiansen isn't the only su- perstitious pilot in Germany. Udet, ' |Salmon Packers 'Discuss Industry at SYDNEY, Australla, Oct. 22— s After an eight months absence, Seattle Meeting during which time he flew nearly | —Pet superst \ German avi | BERLIN, Oct {tions are numerous [tion circles | Friedrich Christiansen, com- Imander of the Do-X, former com- mander of the hydroplane squadron al flier who was d » order “Pour Le Me SEATTLE, Oect. 22.—To dis- cuss the practicability of a con- tinued million ‘dollar advertis- ing educational campaign voted moere than a year ago, members of the Associated Salmon Pack- Wing Commander Kingsford-Smith | has returned to his fiance, Miss Mary Powell, whom he will marry| next month | The pretty girl left a #ick bed li- versed in nomy, mathematics, | bilities of Aryan life. Sometimes she logic, literature and poetry and} wrote books. on these subjects. ure. “Women of all ranks and grades| gy after the Mohammedan con- ® have written poetical works and';.ec of India the custom of the|® shown learning in Vedic lore. The .giq geclusion of women slowly ® daughters enjoy perfect freedom of | ont in among the princes and the ® thought and action, and were as|,,,er ranks of the Hindus, which ® enlightened as they were brave. | “An inscription of Mihira Bhoja | disclosed bands of Indian women!protect Hindu women who were'® who gloried in the military profes-|placed wholésale in Moslem ha- @ sion, Vikramadidtya VII appointed: was an intellectual and made note- worthy contribution to the cause of curtailed much of their liberty. “The purdah was introduced to rems,” 'Makes Record Time on Flight VALLEY STREAM, N. Y. Communist Battery Fires on U. S. Vessel Oct. 22.—Capt. Frank Hawks arrived here from Washing- ton late yesterday in 63 minutes. His average flying speed was 212.5 miles an hour for the 225 miles, the fastest flight ever made over the route. 20990000000 HANKOW, China, Oct Communist cannon battery Yangtse River fired twice American steamer Ifungas as the ship approached Ichang. The Americans rep ef- —al the | the day i rom }w the home to be at the field when Kingsford- | Smith landed, escorted by 18 planes, | completing a record flight which| brought Sydney within 13 days of! London. | Miss Powell rode with him' through the streets on the parade] of the parents of! Kingsford-Smith. | The flier said: “I have demon-/ strated the commercial possibilities| of the route and nothing has been' fectively. None aboard the ship were injured by the canno flre.L left to chance,” | ers of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska are meeting here. The packers said since the program was adopted the in- dustry has met reverses and the meeting is called to de- termine a stand on continu- ance, “We expect to discuss the market and future prospects of the industry generally,” said Arch Witting Chairman of the Association, a striking example. Err war ace is another. » German ministry of the office which and license-numbers es. It decided to give 1930 latest construction, is sues to air [to Germany’s |the Do-X {. But the ministry had not taken 'superst into consideration. For, when Crt nsen was informed of .the number selected, he found that " |except from the left side. with 46 enemy planes to his credit and one of Germany's best stunt fliers, will never enter his plane More- over, on the back seat of any plane that Udet flies he inscribes the initials of his lady friend. 3 Other fliers are especially super- stitious in regard to wearing ap- parrel, and will never, for “instance, put on a new pair of gloves until (they have been taken up into the \&ir by another plane,