The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 20, 1931, Page 1

| - ALLEGED WIDESPREAD SABOTAG i RS AR R S U s SRR N THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVIL, NO. 5672. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1931. SEARCH OVER 2,000 MILES FO PILOT MOLLER 1S NOT FOUND IN WIDE HUNT Three Airplanes Return to Base at Fairbanks— Conference Today REGULAR AIR ROUTES COVERED; NO TRACE Believe d‘fissing Flier Crashed Somewhere Off Usual Lanes FAIRBANKS, Alaska, March 20. —Three airplanes have returned here after covering more than 2,000 miles in two days. They found no) trace of Pilot Fred Moller and a passenger who disappeared March 9th after taking off from here for Circle, Fort Yukon and Eagle. ‘The fliers are holding a confer-‘ ence today to determine further| search. It is not likely, according to the belief of the aviators here follow-! ing the futile search, that Pilot! Moller crashed on any of the main | routes in the Eagle, Goodpasture, | ~ MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT§ E PLOT DISCOVERED MISSING Music Group Head e = Associated Press Photo Mrs. Eimer James Ottaway, presi- dent of the National Federation of Music Clubs, which will hold its blennial convention In San Fran- clsco, June 20-27, THREE FLIERS DIE IN CRASH FLIER BROPHY IS MISSING ON -~ ORIENTAL TRIP {Los Angele-;_/iviator, Es tablishing New Route, Is Not Reported 'U. S. DESTROYERS AND | ARMY FLIERS SEARCH iSpecia\lly EqTipped Plane May Keep Afloat for Many Days, Claim MANILA, March 20.—Despite the unsuccessful 24-hour search for Glenn Brophy, Los Angeles avia- tor, tempting a 600-mile flight from Macao to Manila, hope of the avia- tor's safety is rekindled when the! backers of the flight said the plane {was so constructed that it would float indefinitely if forced down on the water. | L. E. Gale, who backed Brophy, | |is seeking to establish a commer- [cisl air route from Manila to i Shanghai via Hongkong and Ma- | icao. said the plane was carefully | equipped to meet a forced landing | who disappeared at sea at-, JURY OF MEN i | ) I tary, Irma Loucks, on charges of Hagg and Oscar §. Dallman. TRY MILLIONAIRE AND IRMA LOUCKS - | | | | Associated Press Photo | Jurors chosen to hear the trial of Nelson C. Bowles, Portland, Ore., capitalist, and his former secre- stabbing to death Mrs. Bowles inciuded (rear, left to right) Frank Jackson, alternate; John A, Benefiel, Emil Egger, Peter Norgren, Francis Nibler, John Busch, Philo R. Dickison and (front row) Edward Blank, Harold Cutting, Howard B. Burton. B. W. Armentrout, David WORK STOPPED BY SOLONS AS MARK, RESPECT \Will Build Lighthouse at Decision SENATOR DUNN ANSWERS LAST - CALL OF RoLL RESCUE SHIP WRECKED: ICE JAMS CRAFT Crew Forced to Leave Ves- sel—Set Afire to Pre- vent Any Danger VIKING SURVIVORS TAKEN OFF ISLAND Air Expedition Leaves Bos- ton This Morning for Scene 20.—The motor s2aler Sir William, BIG DIRIGIBLE. * AKRON MARKED T0 BE WRECKED Confession Is Made, Ac~ cording to Reports, Arrest Folows REPUTED COMMUNIST FACES SERIOUS CHARGE 'Criminal Syndicalism Com- plaint to Be Issued Against Austrian | | | | | | | | ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland March ' AKRON, Ohio, March 20. — A confession that he planned to see cne of the fleet going to the res- the Navy dirigible Akron, now und=- cue of the survivors of the wrecked er construction “never did take the soaling ship Viking, partially sank 15 miles northeast of Horse Is- land this morning. The crew reached the steamer Eagle safely in two dories. They fired the Sir ‘William before leaving her to keep her from becoming a derelict. The craft became jammed in the ice and sprung leaks that could not be repaired. The Tescue ship Sagana, five miles away, is prepared to leave air” has been made to Federal and County officials by Paul F. Kassay, aged 37 years. Kassay is a reputed Communist and former Austrian Naval officer. Assistant United States Attorney William J. Modermott announced that following the confession, he arrested Kassay last night on a charge of criminal syndicalism. The Goodyear-Zeppelin Corpora= tion officials said no damage has t | for St. Johns with the survivors y d the dirigible. Sriey Ry Ohens. o el nF SE APL ANE on the sea. The uselage is Zmz»! Allotment Is Made by Serv-' of the Viking. i IR T S e countries. section of e ed wil nflated airtight bags. 2 I | Heavy Gales WIDESPREAD PLOT interior was thoroughly covered by Several life rafts and life belts are ' 3 2 168 == mprovemen!s i v TERETR i | > i the SeariSiE At u lalso in the equipment. Gale said Legislature Adjourns Today Hinchinbrook (Veteran Legislator Passes inew 5, Siies are blowing and| CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 20. ‘ g D 3 s pals equipment. e A Pagél R at Minchinbroo i g there s snow in the vicinity of | _The discovery of the alleged plot Z Fog Encountered these, together with the wings,| ter Passing Reso- sfodng Away Thursday After Horse Isiand. [ “Wiedk st - dirtgible’ Anedn o Fog prevented Pilot Ed Young‘;Finder of Dmglble Italia Is should keep the plane afoat for | lution of Regret WASHINGTON, D. C., March 20. . ! Captains of the various seulers‘me outgrowth of an investigation from reaching the headwaters of | Lk many days. ¢ i —The Lighthouse Service announc-| Stroke of Paralysis near the scene reported by radiolss an alleged widespread. sabotage the Tanana River, seventy miles Among Vlctlms Of Meanwhile three American de- | es the allotment of $918981 for they have searched all ice flaes but | from Fairbanks. stroyers and Army aviators have | With a pall of grief cast' over it plot against aircraft in this coun= 1 comstruction work in 20 states, Ha-| John Willilam, i uby, junior, been unable to locate any of |y - o Disaster . Iby the death of Senator duun W. { lam, Du un heotl unable ry. as’hfslléwms' ;‘lrpb:nnes }::e: \?v?ig widened i}:efisearch L | Dunn, of Ruby, the Alaska Legis- | Wail and Alaska. ; Senator from the Fourth Div:smr‘x. e men missing from the Vi-| ‘rnic was revealed here by C. F. Game Warden Sam 'O, White as |lature today adjourned without| The work in Alaska includes ajaged 62 years, died at St. Ann's king. Brandt, Manager of the Great lookout; Pilot Ed Young, with Ar- thur Johnson, General Manager of the Alaska Airways, and Bob Bart- PISA, Italy, Marck 20.—Col. Um- berto Maddalena, ‘famous TItalian airman and finder of the dirigible Ttalia survivors; Lieut. Faust Cec- TEN MILLION T | transacting any business except to jpass a resolution as a tribute to /the memory of the member whose lighthouse at Cape Decision and rebuilding of the lighthouse at Cape Hinchinbrook, also other aids to navigation. The allotment to { Hospital about 4 pm. Thursday from a paralytic stroke suffered | last Saturday evening. He was un- consclous for several hours before The Viking was wrecked by an explosion and then burned to the water's edge. The survivors were cast on ice floes but finally reached ! Lakes Aircraft Corporation. ! Brandt said the crash of a Navy bombing plane at San Diego last name will appear no more on the September started the investiga=- lett, newspaperman, aboard; PUOY| conay and Lieut, Demoont wero| DULL AH Gu AL irsely ety oy Alaska is $103,000. the, ehd ame. Horse Island. ok which | lmaken Tast. pichE Transport, accompanied by Dr. ::Llfli when a seaplane fell into the | In the Senate after prayer by U &8 Sema e Funeral arrangements were being with the arrest of Paul F. Kassay Swartz and Deputy U. §. Marshal Fred Parker. Grand J ury Indictments for Convicts Col. Maddalena discovered Gen. Nobile and other survivors of the dirigible disaster and dropped sup- plies to them on the ice. He and Ceccondi had just re- turned from South America after a flight with seaplanes. He formerly held the world’s distance and dura- tion flight records. lena was also Adjutant to General Col. Madda- | NOW REACHED iRed Cross Drought Relief Fund Is Realized— Alaska’s Help | Chaplain Rev. Harry A. Allen and roll ‘call, Senator A. J. Dimond |moved that other business be dis- )pensed with and, under suspension of the regular rules presented a resolution of regret. House Acts Similarly In the House similar action was taken. Mr. Nerland of Fairbanks presented the resolution and Mr. Donnelly, Iditarod, moved its adop- made today. The rites will be under the auspices of Mt. Juneau Lodge {No. 147, F. & A. M, in Masonic | Temple at 2 o'clock Sunday after- noon Pallbearers will be from members of the Legislature. Spanish War Veteran Mr. Dunn had served three terms LBUGKS TRIAI- and was just entering upon the i fourth term in the Legislature. He !was a member of the House of STATE RESTS RELIEF FLIGHT STARTS BOSTON, Mass, March 20— Bernt Balchen with Randy Enslow, as relief pilot, took off this morn- ing on the first leg of a flight for Newfoundland to ch for further survivors of the wrecked sealer Vi- king. The plane is a two-motored am- phibian, Balchen plans to drop food and in Akron following his alleged con= fession. Plans to wreck the dirigible was one of the plots. Brandt said the investigation following the crash of the Navy bomber at San Diego showed some= one had weakened the wings so eventually they would collapse. - Balbo on the South American tion, Last Surprise Witness In-|representatives in 1919, He re- Medicine to the residents for the ; e flight. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 20, " fARL L . 4 Survivors on Horse Island not al- 250 P The seaplane with the threo| —The Red Cross campaign for $10,- |, 1€ text of the resolution, iden troduced—Defense WRED o S oo o 198 g e tnved fron there. i ersons Warden at Joliet Prisons Takes Action Against 32 Prisoners JOLIET, IIl, March 20.—Warden Henry C. Hill said he plans to ask grand jury indictments charging larceny, arson and assault against men was at a height of 1,500 feet 900 feet off shore when it went into a dive and crashed into the water. The bodies have not been re- covered. R S S 1000,000 for drought relief, has end- ied, the goal having been reached. | John Barton Payne announced the organization never fails but it took three months and five days i to raise the fund. | During the campaign Mr. Payne | | refused to accept the Government's jappropriation made during the| | Senate relief controversy. “Resolved, That the Senate has ! heard with profound regret of the |death of the Honorable John W. Dunn, late a member of the Sen- ate from the Fourth division; that jin the death of Senator Dunn the | people of Alaska have lost a faith- iful public servant and one who by outstanding personal his virtues, held that position until death. Last November his third four-year term Senate and received the majority of his career. Born in Nicholasville, Ohio, on Starts at Once HILLSBORO, Oregon, March 20. —The State rested its case in the Nelson C. Bowles and Irma Loucks he was re-elected for in the largest Weather conditions are reported unfavorable. Three Abocard Plane Besides Balchen and Enslow the Sikorsky amphibian carried Merion Cooper, of New York, organizer of trial with the final surprise wit- ness. Dr. H. C. Miller, President of the Oregon College of Dentistry, testi- June ‘27, 1869, he moved 'with his parents to the West early in life. First they resided in Iowa and later in Colorado where he lived the expedition. The take-off was mal: uader gray skies in the face of a 16-mile an hour wind. Lose Lives; Boat Sinks {French Craft Strikes Rock, GAMBLING IS all 32 convicts identified in the | his honesty, integrity and courage, | fied the bruises found on the arms ' many years. He enlisted in State Coes Down, Is Shang— i i bt 1 persons and caus- A P ' rails at the station here and hit & L e —— | Injuring several |Meat Company and has retail| 3 Dips Waves Over sl o, Nooe of dhe, desis S e e anday by e TODAY' STOCK T UEENederable damage |places in several other Alaska| In Hotél, Cafe Jobs Quarterback injured are Americans, ADELAIDE, March 20—Broken ® Capt. M. J. O'Connor, As- | pnsy S { | ‘The shock at Tiocos, Norte Prov-: Pifce | e Hill, the mining town which has|® sistant Agent. It was also | | SVOTATIONS J | ince, at the northern end of Luzon bish g | BUDAPEST, March, 20. — No ART: {contributed much to Australian declared that no further NEW YORK, March 20—Closing | Island, caused a church tower and; = | T ot | chambermaids under 40 and no | is alling as Prssident Hoovers vate W idotw of Discoverer |wealth and history, is faced with| s regulations will be issued ®| quoiarion of Alasgs Juncus ming | on 0l sione bulding to collapse. Distinguished | waitresses under 24 is a new rule | | o T 8 | s e to Gov-| gy . ~ for hotels, cafes and restaur: i tleship Arizona slipped toward Por- 1d in Klondike: . {Smse. this year for any temporary @ | gtook today is 9%, American Can|Some damage was done to |Flying Cross for {fo ) ants | to Rico. A few waves Broke ove of Gold in 1 Silver-lead miners have refused a trap closure. ® | 127%, Anaconda Copper 39%, Beth- | ernment ‘structures. 1 v |in Hungary. the quarter deck snd the Presi-| Attends Ball in B. C.|five per cent cut in wages, which The locations of the sites ®|jgnem gieel 4%, General Motors| The postmaster at Looag report-! Dead Aviator The Ministry of Home Affairs s qremflened Tb g tioc et th * " mine owners say would permit them embraced in this wholesale 47%, Granby Consolidated 20%,|ed several Government employeesi issued the decree, and warned es= i ] usual this morning. After break- VANCOUVER, B. C. March 20,|10 OPerate until world metal prices| e closure are not known at | rnternationa) Harvester 57%, Ken- | Were injured there. WASHINGTON, D. C., March | tablishments to observe the order! = { fast the President retired to the —Mrs. George Ca.rmack widow or"rue. Now it is feared that Broken local offices of the Bureau necott 28%, Packard Motors 10%,| School teachers and several pu-{ 29, — A Distinguished Flying | or lose their licenses. The Defense immediately called | rado Volunteer Infantry. ‘He was a two recent major disorders in the s g contribution to the fund | jusly earned the respect and af-|of Bowles' wite, who was_alleged | troops organizations in 1898 and. iy estimated 1t would take hai Report two Illinois state penitentiaries. i Evdi Sk fection of all. \ } slain by the couple, might have!served in the Philippines during his first stop e GArFisd 43§. Conviction would mean imprison- y | oioved, tay as an additionalibeen made when she was Toughly |ne Spanish American War '8 & gaions'of gaseline and 100 soundy| SHANGHAL March 20—A ‘res ment of the convicts for the dura- | tribute of respect to the memory | handled. member of Company G., First Colo- oo concentrated food and medical | POTt, unconfirmed, is spreading tion of their lives. P — SEAL cuNTRAcT of the deceased, the Senate stand ATTEMPT MORE DISORDER JOLIET, Ill, March 20.—Prison- ers in the cell-house of the States- ville Prison sought to stage a riot and escape from their cells this afternoon. They were unsuccess- ful. The disturbance consisted chiefly of breaking glass, yelling and cursing. ' —————— HOOVER NEARS PORTO RICO ON U.S. S, ARIZONA Rain Falls Today and Craft Governor Signs Measure " Passed by Recent Legislature CARSON CITY, Nevada, March 20—Gov. Fred B. Balzar has sign- ed the licensed gambling bill passed | by the Legislature and it is now effective. Open wide gambling is permitted by paying a license fee of $50 a game to the sheriffs of counties. Cars Leave Rails, Another Train Hit, Twenty Are Injured ETAMPES, France, March 20— Five persons were killed and twen- ty injured when two cars of the Paris-Bordeaux Express left the - WILL CONTINUE ‘Foulke and Company Will| Prime Pelts Taken i by Goverrnment | | | 1 ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 20.—The | | United States will continue the| | present method of disposal of fur| |seals of the North Pacific. A con- ;Lract under which the pelts from the Government herds in Alaska \are turned over to Foulke and Com- ! panyhere for treatment has been renewed subject to discussion each | ‘Iyeflr by either party. - .- | Ruin Threatens Famous Australian Mining Camp| adjourned for the day.” The full text was ordered spread on the journals of both houses. As soon as it was adopted adjournment was taken. The Senate will meet at 10 a.m. and the House at 11 am. Saturday. (Continuea vn Page Six) Department Closes 122 Trap Sites iIn Alaska for 1931 Under supplementary regulations issued this week in Washington by the De- partment of Commerce, 122 fish trap sites in Alaska waters were temporarily closed for this year, accord- ing to a telegram received from the Seattle offices of the Bureau of Fisheries, it Dr. Frank C. Menne, surgeon, who | testified that an examination ol’! the knife wound convinced him it was self-inflicted. D ANDERSON HERE TO ) BID ON RGAD JOBS Representing Seims-Spokan Com- pany, prominent construction con- | tractors who have built many Alas- ka roads, I. G. Anderson arrived here last night from Seattle to tender bids on projects recently advertised by the United States Bureau of Public Roads. He will be here several d: | Mr. Anderson wa; | intendent of the company, | Seims-Carlson Company, for Alas- | ka. He resided here with his llamuy for several years and was |in charge of construction on Gla- | cier Highway for several seasons. member of Farthest North Camp, (Continued ou Page Two) ——————— EARTH SHOCKS | 'DODAMAGEIN PHIL, ISLANDS Q uake Lasts for Three Minutes—Consider- | able Damage Done MANILA, March 20.—Earthquakes |'have shaken the Northern and | Southern regions of the Philippines formerly suer- | then | aleng the waterfront that 250 per- sons have been lost in the sinking of the French steamer Chang Kiang. The craft, according to the reports, went down after strik- ing a rock in the China Sea off Amoy on March 16. 3 ARE DEAD, OKLA. TORNADO - supplies. > Over One Hundred Bills Before Gov. Hartley to Sign OLYMPIA, Wash, March 20.— Gov. R. H. Hartley has signed 42 bills including one suspending the reclamation half mill levy for an- other two years. He has 120 bills passed by the legislature bclore, il | CLINTON, Okia, March 20—& Thomas Car—:l;: President xr}?:e'r :\:;(ri‘ A W. snderson, Ao Giea st Wednenday n Tacome| ChATles Collings, aged 33, was electrocuted while repairing a pows = struek. according to advices received by William J. Reck, Manager of the Alaska Meat Co. The Carstens! . Packing Company owns the Alaska Hungarv Bars Gll’ls b jer line when the tornado D | The regulation is part of cm«" paign for better moral conditions. of Fisheries or in Seattle. Copies of the order, show- ing the sites affected, have been mailed here and should be received within ten days. falling bricks| Cross has been awarded post- humeusly to Lieut. William W. | Simmons Beds 19, Standard Brands Pils were hurt by 24, Standard Oil of California 45%, at Bacara. | Standard Oil of New Jersey 46%,| The quake lasted three minutes. United Aircraft 36%, U. S. Steel Islands in the southernmost part 148%, Curtiss-Wright 5%, Hudson |of the Philippines were not dam-| ® | Bay 6%, Checker Cab 14%, 14, 14; | aed- although slght shocks were| ® | General Foods 5%, | telt. i . | {' Captain’s cabin where a huge fire- the man credited with the original zfi‘zzfli-br:;me nly auiother. pisye place made lounging comfortable. 'discovery of gold in the Yukon €d- g 4 The Arizona was 300 miles off in 1896, attended the annual ban-| ORIy four mines are operating, f Caldwell, of Oakland, Califor- | - —.—e N nia, killed racing from the Pa- | cific coast to the east with the Japanese ratification Planting of 500 trees in Brente R {wood Park was the largest indivie dnnl project undertaken by the Log ' Anz:les City Division of Forestry. ,’,\ X loy- Charleston this morning and is due quet and ball of the Vancouver- thousands of miners are unemp! to reach Porto Rico Sunday. Pres- Yukon Association. A group from €d and the closure of the remai- ident Hoover will go ashore on the Alaska-Yukon Pioneers Asso-|ing mines, townspeople say, would | Monday, i ,¢lation of Seattle also attended. l’f“‘n the, clty, of the ® 09000000000 ' ‘