The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 26, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOLXXXVIIL, No.5729. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1931. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS RICE TEN CENT§ -INSURE IN FAVOR OF WOMAN; FOUR MEN ARE DEAD “ POLITIGIANS PLAN GLOBE-GIRDLING FLIGHTS SHARE PRIcEs THOUSANDS WELTOME RETURI! OF SUDDEN DEATHS TURN UPWARD; = i : - ARE CAUSE FOR KEEPING MUM A | VITAL POINTS PROBE STARTED - INVESTIGATION + Neither Republicans, Dem- Questionnaire Ci rculated Mysterious Demises of Chi- Scrabe. are. Makin Demanding Informa- cago Men Starts Of- Recommendations tion, Bear Activity ficial Probe INCREASE OF TAXES STEEL REBOUNDS TO ADMINISTRATION OF ‘ POISON IS ALLEGED COMES AT BAD TIME S PRNNT S e o Questions uivolsed Run Brokers Gloomy Over Im- Woman Affirms Innocence Right Tata Picidei mediate Prospects of | But Is Held to Grand L £ : Improved Conditions Jury, Four Charges tial Campaign | | s - | NEW YORK, May 26. — Share | CHICAGO, Ill, May 26.—Four WASHINGTON, D. O, May 26— | prices finally gave way today to men who recently died suddenly at It is noticeable in discussions over a pronounced upturn. the home of Mrs. Margaret Sum- the poatile JEEU000/NN SNEIY 18 The Stock ‘Exchange Committee mers and who were insured in her t?edTregfury that th;r:;lm nr lack on Business Conduct, has circulated % PR favor, came to Ct:wlr deaths :ly of de‘inite recommendations for a | a general questionnaire demanding Ph ! WiRaGIEatcaltly by Hoe almi g ot poisoning, D arence Muehl- el L (i Seled iy R Eh et Lot Absiaarns theeid of a warld tour for her health. | |t A fetlowers spen e, oomenry stiasieh. SR > lican or Democratic parties. | The new Congress meeting in December is almost equally divided The list had two sinking spells but gained strength and losses of APEX COMPANY | Congressman-elect SAVINGS CONE, day. The victims were Mrs. Summers from one to five points were can- Bt L e nephew, her husband and twf politically. | celled or modified and gains to & Dies; D'“""“’” boarders, William Reiman and The session runs directly into similar extent were recorded. | In House Changes Thomas Lanagan. the Presidential campaign. | Steel, after sinking a point or| | | Mrs. Summers was the bene- Increasing taxes at such a time is believed to be the cause of, political leaders pondering consid- erably over the question. ! £ { Round-the-world flight season The Republican Independents, ziready planned. John Henry Mears is at hand, with five expeditions (above, center) will seek to regain two to a new low, rebounded three points. t American Can rose four points! and others on the list went up two or three points. Gains includ- | DEVELOPMENTS NEW YORK, May 26 Congressman-elect Matthew O'Malley, aged 53, Democrat, of Brooklyn, died of a heart attack this afternoon. T0 END WORRY ficiary of 19 policies on ten per= sons, the authorities said. Mrs. Summers affirmed her in- nocence but is held to the grand jury on four charges of murder . holding the balance of power at the {he globe-girdling record which the Graf Zeppelin took from him. Wiley next session, have called for a taX post (upper left) and Harold Gatty (upper right) are another team. 3 increase without support of the Clyde Pangborn (lower left) and Hugh Herndon (lower right) form a ed Bethlehem Steel, DuPont, Am- | erican Telephone and Telegraph APCX—El Nido to Increase Company and Woolworth. | The political division in the House now stands as fol- lows: . by the coroner’s jury VAR + 'Attempted 7§icide. Swin- | dle Charges Revealed; regulars of either major party who ghird. are in control of the House Ways S and Means Committce and tax re- | vision is doubtful. FLIEHS TuNle PRI P Sy BARRYMORE T0 | Brokers, however, remained gloomy | over the prospects of the immed- fate future but there is a growing ifeeling the list is getting near the | bottom, } ard Motors 6%, Capitalization and Scope of Operations Increase in capitalization of $900,- their new boat, the Triton, which Republicans = 216, Demo- crats 214, Farmer-Labor 1, e ! and vacancies 4. . 0 cvevsseecoea Broker Missing | | pre SAN FRANCISCO, Cal —One aitempted , suicide May ana 1 RACE DRIVER .~ AND MECHANIC Pennsylvania, race driver, and Clar- 8 | v bl ‘;}’)0, :‘“d zh“ almost immediate | . puted lossés of $100,000 to an un > [faunching of a more comprehensive | l [/ > determined number of investdrs’is| ENGLISH QUEEN ‘ SHIPS Tn BEAT vlsIT JUNEAU . FODARS DGR JSsteteuent rbRcha. o/t Lisi- | ()Ilor' oee charged by the police to Richard | QUOTATIONS anski properties is planned by the . Coombs, former Australian Army | Is sleY FOUR l y » o | Apex-El ‘Nido Gold Mi;m;‘d Cors-i mns AFYOLEC | ofticer, missing investmen* broker - \ g e PANY, it was announced today by | and now Ssought on a warrant — | GRAFS HEcuRD EARI_Y IN JUNE NEW YORK, May 25.—Closing Gunt' 5 . Cann, President and f Al k g st L g . it L e d rarging him with swendling Mr - | uotation of jihe, Alasks, Juneal General Manager, who returned or ASKAN | . oste 5 o150 Auto Th"’WSST"Z in Prac - YEARS OF AGE Can 96, Amseonda Copper 205, mov it Lot ook 20T Severs o TN e bow oy oL R . o g 3 I 1y TIUIIVAA C SRIOSEY s E s e life rner, ag e Dashes are to Be Made by|Noted Stage Figure Com-|Beibichem Sieel 413 TFox Fims unq mrs cann have been visting Trusty, Detective, Meet in'a gardener, who took poison be-| oes Over Wal e i Different Groups of Avi- | ing North; W. L. Hole, |consolidated 11%, Internation Har. 1¢7 Since Sunday and will go to| G -iile Jail: Rescue |cause Coombs is alleged to have| 1yianaporrs. Ind, May 26— Felicitations pour In To- p o vester 44%, Kennecott 18%, Pack- “o.anski tomorrow. ‘ ! misappropriated his life ' Joe Cacela, aged 31, 0f Bryn Mavwr, day; Press Particularly ators Around World Also, Plans Visit o Standard Brands . They came north from Seattle on Rewarded | Members of Turner's famil 700 Oace sy M. b0 E g 5 Laudatory NEW YORK, May 26.—Nine men John Barrymore, noted stageand Standard Oil of California, 4, Standard Oil of New Jersey Capt. Cann purchased from a writ- |the police Turner entrus | SPATTLE, May 26—Detective W. | 000 to Coom cal estate and in- ence Grove, aged 23, af Haverford, 4 |in five planes seek to “circumnavi- /screen actor, whose successes inlge, ' “1iives airerats 27, U, s, O pamed Pinkerton who visited|p penmke heard a tenor voice who disappeared penns y‘j"."h h‘h T bk ; 1 both have been numerous and pro- A pa opn, ' ey Southeast Alaska two years ago|yp.. o od familiar as he cs 70 after twelve years killed while practicing for the 500- LONDON, May 26—Qucen Mary 88t%" the world this summer to bawery Steel 95%, Curtiss-Wright 2%, Hud- o " g 080, 000 (h e 967 that sounded familiar as he came s | go after twelve years = % o obile race next Sature is 64 years of age today and fe- lower the Graf Zeppelin's record. nounced, will arrive in Juneau in with ewart Edwar 5 in busine: i . g e ¥ The car, going at a high rate » fric] £ 21 days and seven hours from letter received from him by Capt. Y they leave tomorrow to-get every-| ponmpe recognized the vaice asl | ; irc] 1 nds a - America 7%. i gl i g e 01 relatives, friends and 8d- y\ nurst to Lakehurst and 20|J. H. Cann, who met Mr. Barry- e RS thing in readiness for the new ns; of Bill Barton who rescued G' en Lif ‘:’l[f‘:"c",'t lex e f:)';e:mw:,‘; n No i)ubllc ceremonics were plan- 9ays and four hours from Fried- more in Los Angeles last winter. |work. him when trapped by a slide when | e e ’Ld ’;“_Ck‘ over . e "en leget s 7 i forwarq Tichshafen to Friedrichshafen in!He will travel in his yacht the | The directorate of the company,|po were working on the Alaska | and striking a tree many ried and the looked forward " - ' o ncludin; apt. ann, u ric- i1y i t rKinley ! . i r:czw.m ;fi:‘c" wni(t,hc‘.thK;:l’ 1929, |Infanta. ,including Capt. C: Claud Eric-|paiiroad in the Mount McKinley | for Mur(ler L"“’ u'n’e m‘i’;.”‘”,l"“‘;“a;lyrct“"if;; " e ©’! The projects, if carried out, will| Writing to Capt. Cann apprising |son and E. R. Jaeger, Who OWDS peion ten years ago. (R SRR TOIRSIES: IOE R ir Sandringham Paisce. 1 | ubstantial sh: n the enter- \ flames. The press was partizilarly lauda- Pring into competition John Henry him of his forthcoming visit, Mr. i |02 SEpURIIA. Anare S o Barton came here from Alaska| * .k T' 3 " tory in recording the event. “Mem and Vance Breese, Wiley|Barrymore said: KILLEDI PLANE {:):x:; t’:e;ccl;:;e;fis’f; :}3; s;l;c;‘_”several months ago with sa,uoo.i uic mme ETSA R One newspaper s2id that while SO ALl S Sapkane 1 “This is just a line to tell you , holders an increase in capital stock ch gf)tbdrun.l(,‘ e cxfiplalf\e?, ‘“dr i S | ELE TIN RY th: Queen maintained the best PAngborn and Hugh Herndon, JT.|poy sorry T was I missed you when from $600,000 to $1500,000, The | "2 Sent to jail for ten days. 'S R R TR rac 5 he late . Bernt Balchen, Benjamin Zabora ., vere | i o g e | Rehmke won Barton's release on Jchoolboy s Inal tor dlay- tracuti-ns of the late Queen Vie: 4 you were in Los Angeles—I was up par value of the stock is $1. A i i , ¢ 5 g toria, she “created a tradition of @nd Emil Burgin. to my neck in a damned movie— o4 Rl g S e Parole. 3 | ing All Over in Ten | # o N stive.| Mears is the veteran globe-trotter = o # ’ " - > Barton said he was going back | ) her own, a tradition of active, . |and to tell you we are showing up called for carly in July at which | . ! i i of all. A theatrical producer with |; —_— alle e to Alaska for another stake. Minutes beneficient public servize in which ¢ he has helq |\® Your country around the end of “ »s time the proposal will be voted on. i | * she surpassed all Ruyal predeces-|2 flair f:;‘:idlven u‘;e. e ;:} Led the first week in June. And 1|Crew of “Blue Streak” Wiharé are Neveral parties coming R ‘ S G | SAN DIEGO, Cal, May 26— sors.” T T e T "o acfeated hope most sincerely you'l be there | Meet Death Trying for |north this summer to look over! LAWRENCE, Mass, May 26— Counsel continued the process, ofy 5 last year when his plane was| o S0 N eet Deat rying for - mopmy- it e e |Russell R. Noble, 17-year-old school picking a jury to hear Alexander greckeduinFa ;:lte'v:ffi tromalf;ia:b;):; “I hear from everyone who has Speecl Record |reach here by July 1, or possibly 'buy, ~has been sentenced to ; }“3 Pantages and others in the Holly r:ce‘st‘ TLockheed-Vega cidi 4 any sense, and who has ever been e earlier, and others will come after imprisonment lt'n' »the hammer .s?ay- wod “Girl Market” case. Indica- o g {there, that Alaska is the greatest| CHICAGO, Ill, May 26.—Shirley that time~ Capt. Cann said. “We i !1ng ho_r Mr.\v _?'f‘.m, EZ”C, Ellis, 3 tions are that the panel will be 5,800 Hours In Air place what am! And I am look- [Short, Chief Pilot; Richard Peck, nave definitely decided to open up { | wealthy Faverhin widow. 'completed tomorrow. MINE [] 47 DEAD Breese, his pilot, is chief test pl-|jng gorward to seeing it more than |co-jilot; Lewis Rice, radio operator, she property and will start develop- | ~ Noble I)ii\l«'lhlm(-fu.x»y to murder ki 3 3 ] lot for Detroit aircraft corpora_uo;l. any place we have eyer been.” and Robert Gormley, mechanic, all ment on a greatly enlarged scale | in ‘h" ‘v"”f““. degrec. Gy SEAPLANE CARRIES % |Born in Washington state, he is 27 talist |members of the crew of the Chi- a3 soon as possible.” | The entire court proceedings were rs old. He has served as an air-| W. L. Hole, Los Angeles capitalist % i over within ten minute: TWO TO TU[SEQUAH CORGAUM, Tndia, May 26—For-maii pilot, aircraft manufacturer 20 ofl man, who has visited here |ca80 Daily News plane “Blue Streak — e : ki [over within fen miny s . Bomst » | ' were killed this afternoon when % 3 A Fiv 3 | Wwith two passengers, the sea- R g s m:sir;‘md e A mm':f:omm::s o xevislt Southeast L. |attempting to st a ' spesd record ERTRRNG JONE President’ Hoover Gives|Tyg Seattle Men on plane Petersburg, Pilot Robert Ellis A | 5,800 hours of flying time. 3 s o | 3 % . i ] . it St v B o hile flying in aska this summer, Capt. Cann safd. |The plane plunged to the ground " No Indication as to C North 0 and Mechanic Brian Harland, flew | Four years ago, while g inl from a low altitude. Miss Mary Pullen, who has been | ruise INo! In Upen ', qyisequah, B. C., this forenoon. dylroog gold mine in the Kilar d d from | Mr. Hole made four trips here on 4 b 4 ' S | s 8 sequah, B. C., C field e, AL NI Hls Ak b Hohiasl et ikt o the house guest of Miss Mariam | ppointees | Boat with Auto Engine The cratt landed Mr. and Mis. J, 3 138 ship, but. hie lasnded ai e)y oy new yacht, ;, 150-foot. craft equip-| A mechanical device has been in- McBride for a week, left for her —_— | W. Noland there and then returned . BESCUE DANCERS no injury to himself or his six pas- ped WitH tw6 350-horsepower diesel | vented to deteot defects in the op- home in Skagway on the Admiral| WASHINGTON, D. 0, May 26—| gpapppp May 26— Howard here. .se;g:tfi‘w‘ho plans to use the Lock-|engines on which he will voyage|eration of elevators. Rogers. { Two ;)Oflflonfi OIII lbrllf Fl’“f‘;i“{] 1"'": Green, aged 28, and Fugene Quist,) The Petersburg is scheduled to ISTANBUL—Turkish police, deaf|pee]-Vega in which he won the north, arriving in August. He isi ™~ o N S Tl :\(“‘r w;:lhe 3)‘(;“1 ammq’-?‘b"“;ll !laged 24, left yesterday on a » make a round trip flight between to the cries of fox-trotters, locked W m the Pacific|an enthusiastic sportsman and on . . s & el to Ketchikan in an open boat pow- Juneau and Sitka this afternoon, » non-stop derby from ° | » culture. i t 1 t They 1 on coming back to this city and sealed the doors of a dance goast to Chicago during the 1030 each of his former visits has spent | Iy STUIMATECS mericans I)(’n( | Gamiel Mokeivie, grain mmomber,| €103 BY &0 automobile aotor. They and on coming back fo this elty , hall here because the proprielor nagiona) air races, is also a trans- |several weeks in this vicinity trout ot . land C. O, Teague, Vice-Chairman | PIaD to crulse leisurely north keep- ;M”k“‘-n'k'«‘ a flight to Haines an e e e aioas 1. s ot Over Two Billion Dollars 5 &t e neme, o e saore " . 4 and fruits and vegetables member, WP S, g o s R L > v g;:f:;z bryesc‘::g at;hethe w:;oox;e;i (Continuea wn Page Six) : 1 & i“”“rN llelavmgF ‘hs'ihfiq‘_:rd S K § | illiam F. Schilling, dairy mem- "I \BUFFALO HERD HAS for Intoxicatnig Beverages .\ .7 .5"" .5 Secession Clamor Menaces ilini L when his term czp'res on June 15. | o f F lllplnos lee Graft INCREASE OF FOUR| wusunaron, b, ¢, May 20— mates of the nation's drink bm‘ Erotiteny Howve bag miven 1) U nity ()f Australlan States . . An estimate that the people of the are far in excess of our figure,” indication who will fil e vacan-| o Issue Eu hemwtlc N (M@ | The Alaska buffalo herd in the ypiteq States are s‘:enl:flng the Association s cles. ‘ y = : ; Big Delta country east of Fair-)g48000000 annually for intoxi The figures are based on an esti- | AR B | CANBERRA, May 26—Powerful|ern Australin and Tasmania con- B \oen |banks, has had an incregse of four, | ing peverages has been completed mate of 50 cents a gallon for beer,| GUERIN RETURNS BY PLANE |sccession movements in Australia |tend that the ceniral government MANILA, May 26.—Filipino poli- | phemistic term of “anomalies. bringing the number of animals|py the Association Against the (.20 a gallon for wine end $11 a| FROM HAINES SURVEY TRIP threaten to smash the Australian|legislates for the richer and more ¢ ticians are out on the hustings| The two principal organizations|inere to 32, it was announced today | Prohibition Amendment Research gallon for spirits. | —_— | Federation of States into a series | populous states, disregarding the hammering at their opponents for jare the consolidated National Party,py gy w. Terhune, Executive Offi-|Department of the Association. i After an eight-day trip to Haines, |of small nations | others and hindering their develop- the general elections to be held|commonly called the Naclonalistas,| o, of tne Alaska Game Commis-| The report concluded that “illicii PUBLIC MORALS STATEMENT 'E. C. Guerin, Chief of the United; For more than a year the state |ment. é i e June 2. A and the Democratic pflr'-}'-ag ThetV sion. liquor business has become one of WASHINGTON, D. C., May 26— |States Public Survey Office, re- of Western Au e s, D.;,All:ffl.(‘%l(zn \f:}\"avl_exfmmg There are two parties in the v o contesting for all the 8 seats| “rnrormgtion has reached 1ocal|America’s major industries” and The Board of Temperance and Pro- turned here yesterday afternoon by eral and ural wealth, and | forms of government is also foun tional field, but no issues. Both |in the House of Representativesand |y gy arters of the Commission, surpassing $2,793,000,000; whole bition and Public Morals of the plane. He was accompanied by great in extent but small in popula- | in the great siate of New South s sides say they are working for in- I}ml! of the 22 places in the Senale.) " oy tnat four young calves|figure of passenger automobiles o Methodist Episcopal church said John Dorsh. Mr. Guerin made two!tion—has been threatening to break | Wales, known as the mother state. : dependence and for improving the | 'Provincial governorships and me.";' were recently seen with the main {1929 and approaching gasoline ex- neither the Association Against the homestead surveys in Chilkat Val-|away from the commonwealth. | Here the mvha?uanq of two of the § vondttion of e pogr., berships on provincial and municl-|, oy “pne puffalo have adapted |penditures for that year. Prohibition Amendment nor any ley on his trip. Now the secesslon fever has ex- |richest provinces of the state are Benos A SURMMIFEIDE - CODSINS | B0k bORTI. AR &% AL, K, themselves well to the country and| “We have never claimed our es- one else knew how much liquor| g B tended 1o the small, but potentially | petitioning to be allowed to form ¥ ¥ chiefly of accusations of inefficlen-| There were only two Democrals|, o ", cinced no difficulty in!timate is infallible but we believe was consumed by the American| A pink worm has menaced cotton Wealthy, isiand state of Tasmania. |separate states, one inithe north TR Jack:of AN BIK spd Saft D fe e Sepa and 19,40 mc'wimenng there it to be conservative. Most esti- people i crops in Algeria, "The sionists of both West- |and ancther in the south, ¢ which is known here under the eu- | House, Oy v 3 ) licitations poured in from a wide! The German airship's time was about two weeks, according to a son Bay 3%, Checker Cab 9%, 87, 9, California Packing 24, Trans- few men will be taken out when | upon a trusty mopping in the hail- way at Police Headquarters. - > e day.