The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 5, 1931, Page 1

X " ‘\ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL.XXXVIIL, NO.5711. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS SCHEDULED FOR JUNEAU MAY 21 Japanese Representative of Aviator Arranges for' Refueling NEMURO, Japan, May.5— Seiji Yochihara, Japanesc avia- tor, flying solo to the United Statcs via Alacka, landed here at 1:5¢ am., after a 297-mil> flight from Numasaki, the sec- ond log of his North Pacific trip. Thursday, May 21, is the date ‘when Seiji Yoshihara, Japanese av- iator, who is on a 19-stop flight from Tokyo to San Francisco, will arrive in Juneau, according to Ret- su Kiyosawa, the airman’s repre- sentative who was in this eity to- day making refueling arrangements for him. Mr. Kiyosawa has been engaged by the Hochi Shimbun, Tokyo newspaper, sponsoring the flight, to arrange for oil and gasoline sup- plies for the plane in Juneau, Cor- dova and Seward. He is a passen- ger on the steamship Alaska. Met at Gangplank On the arrival of the vessel here this forenoon, he was met at her gangplank by W. H. Furuyama and 8. Tanaka, local Japanese business men; A. B. Hayes; .Alaska repre- sentative of the Alaska Washington Airways, and M. 8. Jorgensen, man- ager here of the Standard Oil Com- pany, which has the contract for supplying the Nippon fliér with re- fueling supplies. Mr. Kiyosawa was taken to the offices of Gov. George A. Parks and Collector of Customs J, C. McBride, and receiv- ed the assurances of these officials that they would do everything possible to facilitate the flight of the Japanese aviator while he was in this Territory. | Calls on Empire | Mr. Kiyosawa then called on The Daily Alaska Empire and was ten- dered for himself and Aviator Yo- shihara the news conveniences not only of the Empire office but’also of Associated Press agency here. Mr. Kiyosawa expects to make his refueling arrangements at Cor- dova and Seward, while the Alaska calls at those ports. He plans to remain with the vessel and to re- turn to Seattle on her. ! - i MRS. SOUTHARD MAKES ESCAPE | Woman Serving Term in Prison Scales Walls | During Night ; BOISE, Idaho, May 5—Mrs. Lyda Southard, serving a ten-year to life term for poisoning her fourth husband, Edward Meyer, ten years ago, escaped from the State Peni- tentiary last night by means of a rope which was found hanging over the wall of the prison block housing the women prisoners. | Mrs. Southard was apparently given outside aid. Three other women remained in the ward. Moving Day Hits Belgium As Rents Shoot Skyward IARcflc‘Ffin ’ |known Arctic fur trader who went lssociated Press Photo A Helen Lee Worthing, former New York Follles girl, has entered sult for divorce at Los Angeles against Dr. Eugene C. Nel negro physician, charging cruelty. , (Inset) They arried In 1927, FIND BODY OF [TWO WRECKS GIRL WITH 11 STAB WOUNDS Third Death Mystery in San Diego Is Revealed by Two Beys SAN DIEGO, Cal, May 5—With eleven deep stab wounds on the left side, the body of Miss Hazel Bradshaw, aged 22, was found by two boys on the grounds at the Boy Scout Headquarters at Bal- boa Park. It is believed the girl was stab- bed about 9:42 o'clock last’ Satur- day night as her wrist watch had stopped at that time. The girl had put up a terrific fight with the slayer. This is the third death mystery here within two weeks, the other victims also being women. The police said they do not be-| lieve there is any connection be~ tween the murders. No motive is immediately appar- ent for Miss Bradshaw's killing. ! SPLIT SWITCH; FOURTEEN HURT ASTORIA, Oregon, May 5—Four- | teen men were injured, three per-| haps fatally, when a car on the work train, bringing men to a lum- bér camp, overturned near thel Crown-Wilamette Camp No. 5. The car hit a split switch. TRADER DIES VANCOUVER, B. C., May 5— Oharles Lengenberg,.aged 62, well- of the post-war law aimed at Prof- ‘when whalers ruled in the western JBRUSSELS, May 5—EXpiration o Herschel Island in the nineties | /A primitive iron foundry. 4,000 years old, has been discovered in South Africa. For many miles the coastlines were changed, and in some places the sea bed rose above water, Several steel safes, reposing in|® iteering in rents has started a rush Arctic and married among the na- of moving in Belgian cities. ifives. died here yesterday as the 1918, tenants have been protected against increases but this year they .. . Ties that Bind 800 per cent. 4 H The result is that there are 16,000 Are Severed in sale or for rent in Brussels. RENO, Nevada, May 5— Eighty-three divorces were of the bperation of the Nevada ‘mow six-weeks' residence law. . Long-Lost Ship Appears AUCKLAND, N. Z., May 5—To 1871, rose to the surface alongside bore the same name as their own |the same name. vessel, emerge from the sea where uncanny experience of the crew of a steamer in Napler harbor when Since the armistice, in November,' oci1t of heart disease. have faced boosts of from 400 to houses and 12,000 apartments tor Reno; 83 One Day granted yesterday ,the first day . Quake Stirs Up Ghost; see the skeleton of a ship that once | the modern tramp steamer bearing it had rested for 40 years was the the recent earthquake occurred. When the sea bed heaved, the|the mud, recalled some mysterious, ® wreck of the 2,000-ton clipper |robberies which occurred at Napicr" Northumberland, lost in a gale in!several years ago, L] SIGHTED OFF CAL. SHORES Coast Guard Cutters Going to Scenes — Lives May Be Lost SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, May b5. —Coast Guard craft are steaming in two separate directions for wrecks off the California coast to ascertain whether any lives have been lost. A swamped and deserted wreck of a sailboat was sighted by the Dorothy Alexander off Mussel Rock, five miles south, with a mast brok- en. There was no sign of life aboard the craft. The Naval Radio reported the fishing smack Helen K. W, with nothing but the engine room above water has been sighted off Cape Blanco north of here. No sign of life was seen aboard the drifting craft. ——— e MIDWAY CAFE ON SEWARD ST. New Eating Establishment Will Be Opened To- morrow Morning The Midway Cafe, on Seward Street, in the Winn Building, will be opened to the public tomorrow morning at 6 o'clock. The Midway is to be operated by a well known caterer, R. 8. Norton. He has been connected with the Bergmann Hotel Dining Room on Harris Street for the past year and has a host of friends in Juneau who will attest to the fact that he knows how to serve the public. Folta Kills Large Brown Bear in Eagle River Area The biggest brown bear ever killed by him in South- east Alaska was bagged last Saturday evening by George W. Polta, Asst. United States Attorney, and one of the Territory’s most noted bear hunters. The kill was made in the Eagle River district about three miles above the mouth. From the tip of the nose to the base of the tail the bear measured nine feet and 10 inches. It was 58 inches from the shoulder hump. to the sole of the forepaw. These measurements were taken before skinning. Mr. Folta was accompan- jed on the expedition by his son, George Jr. 000000 ccceeccco0 LI R B L POURS OIL ON BEDS OF FOUR, APPLIES MATGH Salesman Under Arresi Fiendish Crime in Colorado GREELEY, Colo,, May 5—J Foster, aged 48 years, a s said by the police to have zerosene over the ‘beds of his ind three children and then ; hem afire. 3 Darline, aged 19 months, is df sl e Mrs. Foster, aged 40, and Gets || aldine, aged 3, are dying. s Mildred, aged 12, will probably|’ ‘ecover. 3 T'oster was arrested on the highe way three hours after the tragedy was discovered but denied settihg ' fire to the beds. THREE ARE DEAD 5 GREELEY, May 5-—Mrs. Foster and her daughter Geraldine disd n the hospital this afternoon Hs the result of burns received | morning. 4 Mildred charged that her father started the fire: She said: i “Daddy did it. .He woke me up when he threw gasoline in~ my face. He went -out into the Kkitch- en. I saw him throw.a match and suddenly everything was afire. I ran through the fire to a neigh- bors’ house and called for help. Daddy was still there when I ran out.” YOUNG MEN IN BATTLE | FOR REPEAL Crusaders Have Organized to Fight Against 18th Amendment WASHINGTON, D. C, May 5— Outright repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment is the announced goal of the Crusaders, an anti-prohibi- tion organization composed of young men. The objective was made known by National Commander Julian Codman. Codman denied vigorously that repeal would result in the return|e of the saloon. The Crusaders have declared that it is their belief repeal will be achieved within a few years. The organization has recommended that the Governor of each State ask authority from the Legislature to appoint a special commission to study regulations and systems and report the best form for regula- tion to be established in event of repeal. MAGEE NAMED BY PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, D. C, May 5— President Hoover has appointed W. W. Magee, Bennington, Ne- braska, as a member of the Fed- eral Reserve Board, succeeding the late Edward Cunningham. Magee will be known as the farm mem- RED' CHISHOLM 1S COMING HERE SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, May 5.— Kenneth “Red” Chisholm, former University of Santa Clara football star, leaves today for Juneau, Alas- ka, for a three months' exploration of Aniakchak voleano. He will go to the westward and join Fath- er Bernard R. Hubbard at Chignik. Chisholm is nwo a member of the University of San Francisco faculty. ——to——— ROAD FOREMAN TRANSFERS FROM CORDOVA, WRANGELL Harry Nettleton, for several years maintenance foreman for the Unit- ed States Bureau of Public Roads, has been transferred from Cor- dova, where he has been stationed, to Wrangell to a like position. He and Mrs. Nettleton and their two children passed through here yes- terday on the steamer Yukon 2n- route to their new home. ————————— New Yorkwhas opened a clinic for preventive medicine among children, sistance he has rendered time and a | New York in honor of Dr. Jam Many glowing tributes were paid SMITH REMOVAL IS TAKEN INTO SUPREME COURT Senate Starts Legal Action to Oust Chairman, | Power Com. ! WASHINGTON, D. C, May 5.—| The Senate seeks the removal of | Chairman €mith of the Federal Power Commission through a suit! filed in the District of Columbia' Supreme Court by spacial counsel. ! The special counsel has petitioned | the Court to hold Smith occupied | his office illegally and asked that | the Chairman be required to show by what warrants he holds office and that he be ousted if he be ad- | Jjudged he usurped his position. Smith was appointed to the 1='ed—I eral Power Commission last De-| cember by President Hoover. He was confirmed by the Senate in January. The Senate reconsidered the nomination and declined to ap- prove him. JREEIP.LS Y S ETEIER TODAY' STOCK QUOTATIONS i Al NEW YORK, May 5.—There was | no sale of Alaska Juneau mine stock today. Closing quotations of other prominent stocks are as fol- lows: American Can 108, Anaconda Copper 26%, Bethlehem Steel 44%, Fox Films 19, General Motors 41%, Granby Consolidated 137%, Inter- national Harvester 48%, Kennecott 2Q; Packard Motors 7%, Standard Brands 17%, Standard Oil of Cali- fornia 38%, Standard Oil of New/ Jersey 37%, United Aircraft 29, U.! 31. Steel 113%, Curtlss-Wright 3, ! udson ‘Bay 17, Checker Cab 10,/ California Packing 25% 1 .- THREE INJURED, | SEATTLE CRASH. SATTLE, May 4—J. D. Dwyer, Pier Agent for the Pacific Steam- As a mark of appreciation for the valuable as- and especially to transatlantic pioneers, a group of world-famous airmen recently gave a dinner at meteorclogist of the United States Weather Bureau. gain to aviators es H. Kimball, the man whose Balchen. PRICE TEN CENT§ cooperation helped to make many epic flights a success. Left to right, seated, are: Clarence Cham- berlin, Arelia Earhart, Dr. James H. Kimball, Ruth Elder and Col. James FitzMaurice. Standing, left to right, are: Lew Lindbergh, Armand Lotti, Harry Connor and Besnt Yancy, Col. Charles A. Big Planes Ordered to Stop Flyin Certain Matters of Mainte- nance Must Be Deter- mined by Dept. WASHINGTON, May 5.—Assist- { ant Secretary Yong announced the| Commerce Department, Aeronaus.cs Division, has ordered discontinu- ance of all passenger service of all Fokker Fenafone airplanes in US| unexpectedly confirmed Mayor Ed-| by four airlines, The order effects approximately 35 tri-motor planes. The order grew out of the inves- tigation of the accident a month ago in which Knute Rockne and seven others were killed at Bazaar,, Kansas. Young said the planes will not necessarily be kept out of the pas-! senger service but the order is ef-| fective until maintenance will be determined. NEW EYE FOR FLIERS; SEES THROUGH FOS Mechanioal?";vice Is De- ‘ scribed to Members of Engineers’ Club DAYTON, Ohio, May 5—~W. F. Westerndrop, of the General Elec- | triv ‘Research Laboratory, described to the Dayton Engineers’ Club a new mechanical eye which sees two miles through the average fog to reproduce on the aviator's dial.! The eye produces two parts on the beacon, one showing the aviator whether there is an airway light to the left or the right or ahead. The other signal shows whether he is approaching or going way from an | airport. The two readings, with the altitude instruments, furnish a landing guide. certain’ matters of SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL ACTS 5 ONLIGHT SUPT, [W. Chester Morse Confirm- | ed—Impetus Given Re- call Movement SEATTLE, May 5-—The Seattle City Council, by a vcte of 5 to 4, iward\‘ nemination of 'W. Chester |'Morse, Cify ‘Engineér under former | Mayor Bertha Landes, as City Light ,Sumrinwndcnt‘ succeeding J. D. Ross, whose dismissal two months |ago started a campaign for the re- call of the Mayor. Morse is on2 of five nominees of the Mayor and was previously re- | jected by the Council. Leaders of the recall movement | predicted the council's action would igive an impetus to the recall. Councilmen who previously re- | Jected Morse said Ross was still | their first choice. .- CAPT. ANDERSON DIES SUDDENLY 'Commander of Fisheries Boat Penguin Has At- tack, Heart Trouble ‘ i A DUTCH HARBOR, Alaska, May 5—~Capt. Amon Anderson, com- mandinz cofficer of the United States Fisheries Boat Penguin, died nddenly Sunday at Unalaska as a ! result of heart attack. Capt. Anderson was about 60 years of age. No survivors are known. He commanded the Eider ' before taking command of the Pen- guin, E CRASH NEAR KETCHIKAN STEVE SELI IS DEAD, AIR C. J. Alexander, Al Dano and Pilot James Dodson Suffer Injuries ONE OF VICTIMS MAY ' DIES FROM HIS HURTS {Monoplane Noses Into Shale: | low Water at Takeoff in Karta Lake KETCHIKAN, Alaska, May Scotia, was killed and his | three companions were injur- |ed when a Pioneer Airways’ moncplane crashed on Karta ° Lake, 50 miles inland, last | Sunday night. The injured are C. J. (Kin- ky) Alexander, General Sup- crintendent of tie Alaska Pa- cific Salmon Corporation of Seattle; Al Dano, former Sup- erintendent of the Chomley salmon cannery, Alexander’s assistant, and Pilot James Dodson. | MEYRING TO AID A rescue plane piloted by Gene &Meyring, of the Alaska-Washington Airways, found the wreckage. | Meyring brought Alexander and | Dano te Ketchikan and on the sec- {ond trip brought Dodson, less se-" riously hurt, then returned for the body of Selig, who died six hours after the crash, unconscious. | Pilot Unconscious | Dodson himself was unconscious for 30 minutes after the crash. | 'The ship nosed into shallow water iln a spin when trying to gain alti- |tude at the takeoff on a return "lrom a fishing trip. Both Legs Broken Alexander’s legs are broken each, {in two places. Dano's injuries may prove fatal. ‘ Dodson was paddling a pontoon (Continued on Page Eight) Glen Kidston Is Killed in {Holder of Many Speed Rec- ords, Dies With His Passenger CAPETOWN, South Africa, May 5. — Lieutenant Commander Glen Kidston, noted British flier, is re- ported to have been killed in a plane crash in a storm near Van- reenan, Natal T. A, Gladstone, a passenger, was also killed. Advices received from the rail- way storekeeper at Vanreenan said Kidston was a wealthy sportsman and held several of Europe’s plane | speed records. World Data to Bolster Trade CRAFT PLUNGE ¢hip Company, was critically in-' jured in a plane crash at the south-! ern end of the city late yesterdny! afternoon. George Sevensson and! e eee——— BERT M'DONALD | | OFF T0 PRISON L. F. McMurtyr, the latter a pri- vate pilot, were slightly injured.| The plane narrowly missed several e s (Slayer of Ketchikan Fish | buildings in the crash. Buyer Goes to Life | Fall Expects Imprisonment Pardon to, KETCHIKAN, Alaska, May 5.— Escape Jail Officers left aboard the steamer | Yukon yesterday for Seattle enroute | to McNeil Island penitentiary with | Bert McDonald, convicted of the | murder of George Marshall, Ketchi- kan fish buyer, near here last Oc- tober. McDonald was sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor. THREE RIVERS, New Mex- ico, May 5—Albert B. Fall, former Secretary of Interior, looks to President Hoover for a pardon as the only avenue of escape from the sentence to jail of one year and payment of a fine of $100,000 following con- viction of accepting a bribe " | from E. L. Doheny, oil man. Princess lleana and Fall anncunced here that he Arch d Ilke Afe Ellgag ed would not again appeal from the sentence growing out of charges of leasing naval oil re- BUCHAREST, May 5.—The en- gagement of Princess Ilena of Ru- mania and Archduke Anton de serves. Petitions are being circulat- Bourbon, of Austria, was officially announced today. ed'by Fall's friends acking for a Presidential pardon. GENEVA, May 5—Drawing data from authoritles in all parts of the globe, the League of Nations is seeking to solve the riddle of pre- vailing world-wide economic ills. American cooperation is coming chiefly through A. W. Shaw and Edward Eyre Hunt, both of Chi- cago, president and secretary of | President Hoover's cconomic survey commission. ‘This business study is being made by the league's economic organi- zation, which is under instruction to examine “the course and phases of the present depression and the circumstances which led up to it.” Results will league assembly in September. System To Attack ‘The preblem according to this outline: 1. General review of business cycle tendencies, 1922-1928. 2. Structural changes and in- complete adjustment in the fields of crude food products, raw mate- rials, manufactured goods. 3. The turn of the present busi- ness cycle; the time seguence of different statistical series of spec- ulation, prices, production, interest rates and capital move- is being attacked | trade, ments. 4. Character of present depres= sion; general description; compari- son with earlier depressions. Re- percussion on the national econom- ic situation of the depression in other countries; monetary factors, stock exchange development, situa- tion of capital market, volume of construetion. 5. Prospects; factors affecting the future economic development. Hcpe to Prevent Recurrences It is scarcely hoped that this vast research will give remedial results for the present crisis; it is hoped ized will be valuable in preventing | a recurrence of the existing grave | situation throughout the world. | ment, & staff of experts is busy | sifting, compiling and comj |the data which are flowing in to |them from every important indus- trial and agricultural community in | the world. jsentanves of official and private re- search imstitutions {n many coun=- | tries who assemble in Geneva for | period discussions of their tremen- 1 dous task, | rather that knowledge thus organ-‘ be reported to the | i i | 5.—Steve Selig, cannery fishs - [trap man, native of Nova Plane Crash> At the headquarters of this move- Assisting this staff are the repre- .