The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 4, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVIIL, No 5737. JUNEAU , ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1931, LINDBERGH TOFLY NORTHPACIFIC: MAY TOUCH NAUTILUS NOW PREPARED FOR FINAL TESTING| Trans-Arctic Submarine off Cape Cod for Last Trial Diving WILL LEAVE SHORTLY FOR ATLANTIC VOYAGE First Go to England, Then Face Nose Towards North Pole P R OVINCETOWN, Mass., June 4. — The trans-Arctic submarine Nautilus, equipped with an odd looking trolley designed to rest against the Arctic ice, is off Cape Cod for final tests before starting the under ice conquest to the North Pole. Sir Hubert Wilkins and a group of scientists are aboard and will nose into the Atlantic in a day or two, bound for England thence to the north. Dream Realized For Simon Lake, now sixty-four, departure of the submersible means realizing a dream of more than forty years’ standing. Reading Julves Verne's master- piece, “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea,” first stimulated Lake's imagination. It led him to envision a boat that could dive under the Arctic ice crust. It led him to become an inventor, won him world-wide fame, and now the Nautilus, chief of all his dreams, is about to start on her great ad- venture. Expects “Priumph Lake predicted: “I believe the sturdy little Naut- ilus will confute all her critics and will sucessfully complete a voyage epochal in the annals of all na- tions. There have been some de- lays, but I may be pardoned for insisting on mechanical perfection where the lives of so many gallant men are at stake. “But I am proud of the Nautilus and believe she is capable of per- forming her scientific voyage. I am especially proud that she is to be commanded by two such splendid men as Sir Hubert Wilkins and Lieut. Commander Sloan Danen- hower. I only wish that I were young enough to risk the Arctic rigors and go along myself.” Can Defy Gales Curiously enough the safest trip across the ocean may be fraught with more peril than the actual Arctic voyage, for the Nautilus has a high superstructure which would act as a sort of mainsail in any high winds. The Nautilus, however, has the advantage. If she did encounter a hurricane she could merely sub- merge and proceed on her way while the elements raged above. ———— NANCY CARROLL WANTS DIVORGE Romance with Kirkland Begun Under Broad- way Lights, Fades NOGALES, Mexico, June 4—The romance of Nancy Carroll and Jack Kirkland, born under the lights of New York and Broadway seven years ago when she was a chorus girl and he was a press agent, has fallen down and gone boom. A mutual divorce suit has been filed. Kirkland said the romance just went out of the window. Both were in New York when the suit was filed by an attorney. —ate———— Associate of J. Dempsey Shoots, Kills Reno Man RENO, Nevada, sune 4—William Graham, one of the “Big Four” in the gambling fraternity here and associated with Jack Dempsey in fight promoting shot and killed W. M. McCracken, in a bootleg establishment when McCracken, who invaded the premises flourishing a gun, shot Graham in the arm, . —— Berry growers of the Chadbourn, IN. C., district received $216987 for berries sold the first 13 days of the season. Germany’s Prettiest Assaciated Press Photo Baroness Dalsy Von Freiberg, 15, selected as Germany's fair will represent the fatherland In the Gal- veston, Tex, beauty contest. JURY SECURED “FOR TRIAL OF MEXPANTAGES Charges Grow Out of Ho- tel Party in San Diego Last October SAN DIEGO, Cal, June 4— Nine men and three women were sworn in as the jury for the trial of Alexander Pantages and three others on conspiracy and morals charges late yesterday afternoon. The charges grew out of a sen- sational hotel party here last Oc- tober. The last juror chosen was num- ber 100 in a long parade of pros- pective jurors. To be tried with the theatre man on charges year-old Lydia Nitto are Jesse H. Shreve, wealthy and influential broker; Olive Clark Day and Wil- liam Jobelmann, the latter two be- ing the asserted proprietors of the “girl mart” or “love bazaar.” John P. Mills was today called as the first witness for the prosecu- tion. g FACES ANOTHER TRIAL LOS ANGELES, Cal, June 4— July 30 is set for the second trial of the $1,000,000 suit brought by Eunice Pringle against Alex Pan- tages. LIEUT. MORGAN AND WIFE IN SEATTLE; MAY VISIT JUNEAU Lieut. and Mrs. Harry E. Mor- gan and their little daughter Joan have arrived at Seattle from Honolulu. Lieut. Morgan has been transferred from Honolulu to the Bremerton Navy Yard and at- tached to the supply ship U. 8. 8. Swallow. He expects to be in Alaska on the Swallow sometime during the coming summer. arily detached from the Air Serv- ice of the Navy on account of being over-weight and his health condition. How long he will re- main at Bremerton will depend upon the condition of his health and weight. Lieut. and Mrs. Mergan were both reared in Juneau and grad- uated by the Juneau High School. Mrs. Morgan and her sister, Mrs. Robert W. Bender, expect to visit their father, John W. Troy, at Ju- neau, next month. Little Miss Joan will accompany them, of course. JUNEAU YOUNG MAN . IS LICENSED TO WED SEATTLE, June 4.—A marriage license has been issued to Clifton M. Foreman, age 22, of Juneau, Alaska, and Anna P. Joslyn, aged 419 years, of Seattle. . involving seventeen-! Lieut. Morgan has been tempor-| OVERSUBSCRIBE GOVERNMENT ISSUE SIX BILLION WASHINGTON, D. C,, June '4.—The $800,000,000 18-year 3 1-8 per cent bond issue an- {nounced by Secretary Mellon last Monday was oversub- scribed more than seven times when the books closed last night. The total subscriptions were six billion dollars. STOCK MARKET SWINGING UP; RAILS RALLY Net Gains Made in Many Road Shares; Promi- nent Issues Rising NEW YORK, June 4—The stock market refused to be depressed by quick profit taking and after some hesitation in the earlier hours re- sumed to advance under the lead- ership of an active rail rally. Net gains were from three to four points or more on common in New York Central, Baltimore and Ohio, Southern Pacific, Atchison, Rock Island, Illinois Central and Union Pacific. Industrials and utilitles rallied less vigorously. Steel crossed the 91 mark. American’ Can reached 100. American Telephone and Tele- graph Company recorded recovery of an early three point loss. Other prominent issues corres- pond in progress. The rally in rafls was bouyed up by the Great Northern being per- mitted an increase in freight rates. i TODAY'S STOCK QUOTATIGINS e NEW YORK, June 4—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 19%, American Can 100%, Anaconda Copper 22%, Beth- lehem Steel 45%, Fox Films 16%, General Motors 35%, International Harvester 42%, Kennecott 16%, Packard Motors 6%, Standard Brands 16%, Standard Oil of Cal- ifornia 34%, Standard Oil of New Jersey 34%, United Aircraft 26%, U. 8. Steel 92%, Curtiss-Wright 2%, Hudson Bay 3%, Checker Cab 10, 9%, 10, Trans-America 7%. —————— HOUSE WANTS ROOSEVELT T0 BE NOMINATED Woodrow Wilson's Politi- cal Adviser Says New York Governor is Man MANCHESTER, Mass., June 4— Col. E. M. House, political adviser of President Woodrow Wilson and pilot for him in the 1912 campaign for nomination and election, de- clared today his preference for Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt for the Democratic Party's next Presiden- tial candidate. He described Gov. Roosevelt as “the most available candidate:” DEMOCRATS ARE TO ACCEPT TARIFF ISSUE WASHINGTON, June 4—The ac- ceptance by the Democratic Party of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act as a definite issue in the 1832 Presi- dential campaign appeared likely as Administration officials contin- ued their silence on the new Can- adian tariff increases. Chairman Jouett Shouse of the Democratic Executive Co'mm i ttee predicted that his party will accept the tariff as an issue, charging the Administration with responsibility for “prolonging the business de- pression through the Smoot-Hawley Act.” He sald “the Administration could not have inflicted greater punishment to American business had it deliberately sought to alien- ate our best customer.” ferved, of course, to Canada. A . W AUXILIARY CHIEF IN DUGDUT HER |Aims, and. Policies, of Na- tional Organization to Be Explained Mrs. Ernest E. Laubaugh, Na- tional Vice-President of the can Legion Auxillaty, will address members of the Auxiliary of John Alford Bradford American Legion Post of Juneau in the Dugout to- night. Since her arrival here Mon- day, she has conferred withr resi- dent officers of the Department of Alaska Auxiliary and with officials of the local Auxiliary. She ex- that during her brief visit in this city a scheduled meeting of the Ju- neau Auxiliary is to be held and she hopes there will be a large at- tendance at the regular session to- night. Aims and Policies Mrs. Laubaugh will explain the aims and policies of the national Auxiliary organization. She will point out how they can benefit the Department of Alaska and how they can be furthered and made effective by cooperative as- sistance from the Auxiliary units of this Territory. Saaturday Mrs. Laubaugh will leave for Skagway and Sitka. On her return from these cities, she will not stop here.again but will }proceed to Petersburg to confer with Mrs. Laura Johnson, President of the Department of Alaska Aux- iliary, and with other members of the Auxiliary there. To Go Home jor Rest From Petersburg, she will go to Seattle; thence to her home in Boise, Idaho, for a restful so- journ, before she resumes visits to various units in the Western Di- vision. Yesterday, Mrs. Laubaugh was a guest on an airplane flight to Chichagof Island. Others in the Fred Ordway and Henry Lee. also took a motor ride to Men- denhall Glacier. ——-— Back to Cell After 38 Years Of Freedom LINCOLN, Neb, June 4.— Charles Johnson, aged 62, who 38 years ago went over the wall of the Nebraska State Prison to freedom, is back in prison to keep a “Promise to His Maker.” Johnson walked approximately 90 miles from his former home in Oakland, Nebraska, to serve Seven months of a two year term on a charge of robbery. Jchnson has wandered the globe for 38 years. ' He made the promise to come back while clinging to a rock on the Ja- pan Coast three months ago following a ship wreck.. He was rescued by a Japanese life-sav- ing crew. ————ee—— Mississippl creameries produced ter in 1930. i SPEAKS TONIGHT pressed gratification over the fact | party were Mrs. Laura Siemens,! The National Auxiliary official ' ~ JAPANESE SEA GULL TAKES OFF ON OCEAN FLIGHT :President of |Boy Scouts Dies Suddenly OYSTER BAY, N. Y, June 4— Mortimer Schiff, aged 54, banker | and philanthropist, died of a heart attack today. He was a member |of the Kuhn, Loeb Company, New | York Stock Exchange and President lof the Boy Scouts of America. | B | TEN THOUSAND == EXPECTED WILL SEEK DRY J0BS 'Men and Women Will Take Examinations for 400 or 500 Positions ‘WASHINGTON, D. C, June 4— More than 10,000 men and women are expected by the Clvil Service 1500 jobs open as Prohibition Agents 'in examinations to be held this month. ‘The applicants will have to be younger than those formerly induct- ed into the Dry Service, ranging in age from 21 to 35 years rather than 23 to 57. | “The former requirements of pre- vious experience in investigative Iwork has virtually been dropped and the field agents will investi- gate the character of the eligibles thoroughly. COLD STORAGE MEN WALKOUT AT KETCHIKAN KPlact'.ls are @:kly Filled; | Demand for 1930 Wages Refused KETCHIKAN, Alaska, June 4— ‘The employees of the New England . Fish Company's Cold Storage plant |who walked out Tuesday, demand- ing reinstatement on the 1930 wage Esca.\e, have been replaced by other ‘workmen. i Company officials said only a |few of the old employees returned to work after the walkout. In addition to the former wage scale the men asked an overtime bonus. instead of straight time for overtime. {Three Bids Submitted | For School at Eklutna ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 4.— iThree bids ranging from $31,000 to {$34000 have been submitted by ‘Arichorage contractors for the school |building at Eklutna for the Indian !Burcdu.* F.-H. Kline is low bidder ‘but no amnouncement of the award ihu been made. — e+ — | ¢ Great Britain views as one of ils toutstanding aeronautical develop- ments in 1930 the increase in man- He re- |pearly seven million pounds of but- ufacture and ownership of light air- planes, | Commission to seek from 400 to | Assoctared Press Phot Selji Yoshihara speeding down Haneda estuary near Tokyo at the start of projected trans-pacific flighz to San F ancigco. He was forccd down at sea by a heavy fog and his plane so badly damaged a new one was ordered to continue the journey. WALNUT PLANT MAKES JOURNEY INFINE SHAPE |Alaska’s “Washington | Tree"” to Be Planted at Capitol Tomorrow + In perfect condition despite: its long trip from the national "capi- tal the black walnut seedling from Mt. Vernon, Alaska's first Wash- ington Tree, was recelved here this week and reposes in the vault in the office of Clerk of the United States District Court. It will be removed from there tomorrow to be planted on the Capitol grounds. The plant was shipped from the National Botanical Gardens by the Washington Memorial Commission to J. H. Dunn, First Division mem- |ber of the Washington Committee ;of the Territory, who has arranged for the ceremonies attending the planting at 1:30 p. m., Friday. The program to be rendered at that time is as follows: Boy Scouts Bugle Call Boy Scouts (Color bearers ad- vance with Flag—all pledge to the Flag) “Star Spangled Banner” ‘Band Introduction ....John H. Dunn in charge of the Program. Address—‘Washington the Tree Planter” ....................C. H. Flory Presentation of Tree ... o el fi: Mrs. M. L. Merritt Charge to the Scouts..Scout Leader Pledge to Tree ....By Boy Secouts “I will honor growing trees as symbols of vigor and of upright life and will always stand ready to protect this and other living trees.” “America” Band .- 10-DAY EXTENSION GRANTED FOR BIDS ON SCHOOL PROJECT A 10-day extension of time to bid in the school building in the industrial school plant at Shoe- maker Bay was announced today by Charles W. Hawkesworth, Chief of the Alaska Division of the Fed- eral Bureau of Indian Affairs. Un- der this, bids will be received up to June 25. All bids will be sent to the of- fice of N. L. Troast, Architect of the Bureau, in the Capitol build- ing. Mr. Hawkesworth and Mr Troast left here early this after- noon by plane for Shoemaker Bay. There they will inspect the site clearing work and return here this evening. —l Truck Driver Found Guilty of Slaying Dance Hall Hostess NEW YORK, June 4. — Rudolph Duringer, aged 25 years, & truck|cause iof the road system which has been convicted of the! driver, murder in the first degree for killing Virginia Branner, dance hall hostess. - e The Texas Bar assoclation raiced $35,000 to erect a memorial at Aus- tin commemorating the (‘)undmg of the state judiciary. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS | vears as the maximum age for new LINDBERGH TO HOP OFF HERE Suggests Juneau as Point| of Departure on trans- Pacific Flight The Chamber of Comm::rie here today wired Col. Charles A. Lind- bergh suggesting he make Juneau | the base for his projected tran Pacific flight and offering him any | assistance in making arrangements | at this end if he accept This | action was taken immediately aftor the Chamber was informed of the plans for the flight. If Col. Lindbergh hops off from Seattle or some other northwestern point, the Chamber will cndeavor to get him to include Juneau as a stop on his route. Should Abrogate Rule | The new age-limit rule adopted | oy the Alaska Rallroad with 50 mployees and 60 years for any mployee should bs abrogated, de- ‘lared Attorney General John Rust- rard, who told the Chamber that the effect of the rullng is serious. Most of the oldtimers in the rail listrict are more than 50 years !d, he said. If they are shut out f employment solely on account f age, it will react unfavorably npon the Territory. They are not in position to llve without work and must be supported by some- body if no work is avallable for them. He declared age was an added qualification rather than a handi- cap on pick and shovel or axe jobs; that men 50 to 60 years old and even older could do more and bet- ter work of this kind than those between 18 and 30 years. The rule that shuts them out of such jobs “is undoubtedly unfair” he assert- ed. “‘Bomething “should “be done to have the rule relaxed, since it has produced a serious situation. I don't know what the Chamber can do, if anything, but some move- ment should be started,” he added, and expressed a hope that the Al- aska Road Commission would not adopt a similar ruling. Elliott Says No Danger Maj. Malcolm Elliott, President of that organization, who spoke brief- ly following the Attorney General, sald he had no criticism to offer of any policy followed by any gov- ernment agency in the Territory. He had no knowledge of the Al- aska Railroad’s labor problems or why the new rule was adopted. “To allay any uneasiness anyone might have, however, I can say the Alaska Road Commission wiil adopt no age deadline on em- ployes,” he sald. “The Commission,” he continued, “has no general rule relative to employment. It hires each man on the basis of his gen- eral capacity to perform the work for which he is employed. “We have found it to our ad- vantage to employ older men in hand labor. As Judge Rustgard has sald they are experts at pick and shovel work. They have learn- ed economy of effort and how to make motion count,” he salid. The Federal road program for this season, he pointed out, is about the same in volume as in 1930. Owing to a decrease in ap- propriations, Territorial cooperation will not be as large. Develop Local Markets A field for usefulness for the all- Alaska Chamber of Commerce, Maj. Elliott suggested, could be found in ‘he development of a domestic mar- ket for local products. Except for certain high-grade commodities such as furs, at present there is no chance for export markets to be developed, but prosperous little communities and profitable indus- tries could be created by local mar- kets. He cited the livestock industry of Kodlak Island as an instance. Fine beef and mutton produced there goes to waste because it can’t find any local sale. Towns on the Alaska Rallroad, now consume enough imported beef and mutton, osting more than the Kodiak prod- ucts, to make the industry there worthwhile to it and to the Ter- ritory. Farmers Are Affected Like ,conditions prevail in the agricultural communities of the Tanana and Matanuska valleys, al- though the former makes better use of its products than anywhere else. This is largely possible be- links the ranchers to Fairbanks. Matanuska Valley has no road to Anchorage and a market there True, it is conngcted by rail,,but there is no channel for marketing agricultural products and it is al- most necessary for the growers to " PRICE TEN CENTY JUNEAU CHAMBER ASKS LONE EAGLE T0 MAKE AIR TRIP ACROSS PACIFIC {Mrs. LindberE to Accom- pany Husband; Plans Revealed Today MAY BEGIN FLIGHT FROM ALASKA POINT State Department Makes Announcements; Plans Are Not Outlined WASHINGTON, D. C., June 1. — Col. Charles A. Lind- bergh leaves within a month flying to the Far East, mak- ing the trin across the North Pacific Ocean. Mrs. Lindbergh will accom- pany him. The exact date for his de- parture is undetermined. The State Department is asking the Japanese and Chin- ese Governments for permis- sion to land on the water. The trip does not call for long hops. The Colonel's Lockheed monoplane will be equipped with pontoons and fueling ar- rangements necessary will be made at various points. The exact route is not clear in the minds of the State De- partment officials but they said they presumed the Colonel will fly across the country to some Pacific Coast point, thence across the Northern Pacific. It is uncertain whether Col. Lindbergh will begin his trans-Pacific flight from Al- aska or thg extreme northern part of this country. FLIGHT EXPLAINED The purpose of the trip, Col. Lindbergh told the department of- ficials was to tour the Orient, call- ing for a two or three weeks air tour in China and Japan. The Lindberghs will not take their son on the flight. All plans are not made and it is not determined whether one way will be made by steamer. Col. Lindbergh placed a pontoon order at Burbank, California, some time ago and the pontoons are now nearing completion. They are of a special type with gasoline tanks, As far as known the pontoons are for the plane that flew the con- tinent a year ago last Easter. It has an estimated speed of 180 miles an hour with pontoons. BISHOP CANNON SUING TINKHAM FOR LARGE SUM Massachusetts Representa- tive Charged with Li- bel; $500,000 Asked WASHINGTON, D. C., June 4— Bishop James Cannon, Jr., has filed suit in the District of Oo- lumbia Supreme Court against Rep- resentative George Holden Tink- ham, Republican of Massachusetts, for $500,000 alleged libel, based on charges and accusations Tinkham made in connection with his 1928 Anti-Smith campaign activities. Bishop Cannon charges Repre- sentative Tinkham wrote and caus- cd to be published in June of last year an article charging Cannon with violating the Federal Corrupt. Practices Act. The article, the papers in the suit says, accused Bishop Cannon with failing to account for $48,300 of a fund received from E. C. Hameson, -apitalist, for use in opposing the candidacy of Alfred E. Smith. LA SR IR, WOODWARD FINED Charles Woodward, charged with fined $500 by Commissioner Charles Sey when he pleaded guilty. He accompany each shipment from (Continued on Page Eight) was arrested yesterday by Deputy Marshals Newcomb and Cassells. furnishing liquor to Indians, was