The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 18, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVIIL, No. 5749. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1931. RUMORS OF MILITARY REVOLT I JURY IS HOPELESSLY flflTEfl SEN AT[]H Rt;ilroads Are No[v AL MAY SPEAK IN JUNERU ON 4TH J. T. Robinson of Arkansas Invited by Legion to Give Oration United States Senator Joseph T. Robinson ,who in 1928 was per- manent chairman of the National Democratic Convention at Hous- ton, Tex., where he was chosen as the Democratic candidate for Vice- President, has been invited to de- liver the Fourth of July oration at the forthcoming exercises on Independence Day in:Juneau. The distinguished statesman is coming to the Territory with the Senate committee that will rhake a sur- vey and study of Alaskan wild life. His acceptance of the invitation, which was extended by the local Legion Post having in charge the national holiday observance, is contingent, it is believed, on wheth- er the itinerary and duties of the committee will permit his pres- ence here at the time of the cele- bration. Progress Is Reported J. T. Petrich, commander of the Juneau Legion Post, chairman of the Fourth of July executive com- mittee, reported at the weekly noon luncheon of the Chamber of Com- merce today on the progress made so far in arranging for the Inde- pendence Day activities. Besides telling about the invitation to Sen- ator Robinson, Mr. Petrich’ said: “J. L. Gray, cuief of the Fire Department and chairman of the fireworks committee, has given the assurance that parade arrange- ments by the Fire Department are under way and will be elaborats. The Department, however, “needs tne full cooperation of merchants in entering floats, rain or shine, Various organizations have alsc been requested to join in the pa- rade. The Fire Department has received a fine assortment of day- light fireworks about which you read in last night's paper. The fire boys are ready to go. “Mayor Thomas Judson and W. S. Pullen, manager of the Alaska Light and Power Company and chairman of the decorating com- mittee, are arranging to decorate the city appropriately. Good Smoker Planned “The evening of July 3 there will be given at the American Legion Arena one of the best of smoker bouts, including wrestling, that has ever been put on there. The smoker committee is in. charge of Royal M. Shepard. After the smoker there will be a big dance at Elks’ Hall, “The Juneau City Band will be on hand as usual for the parade and other events. “The Water Sports Committee, ‘headed by Martin Jorgensen, is ar- ranging some interesting events, the details of which will be an- Tounced later, “There will be plenty of events for children; in fact, we are spe- cializing on children’s sports. C. H. Helgesen, chairman of the Chil- dren’s Sports committee, and M. H. Sides are in charge of this phase of activities. Baseball Is Assured “Baseball games for the Fourth have been arranged for. The de- tails of the games will be announc- ed later by Karl Theile, President of the Gastineau Channel league. Guy McNaughton is chairman of the official Fourth of July Base- ball Committee. “On the evening of July Fourth a big dance is on schedule at the Elks’ Hall . “The big posters are printed and have been sent to outlying districts on the motorships Estebeth and Pacific. They have also been post- ed in conspicuous places in the city. Also, Fourth of July pro- grams are now on the press. “We are inviting the soldiers at Chilkoot Barracks to participate, and it is expected the Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa will be in port. “Everything is being done to put on a big celebration.” E—— P s BAD CHECK PASSER GETS FINE IN SITKA COURT Henry Michaelson, charged with United " uniil ‘the end of the year tochoose|its inception there. Spurred by growing airplane competition, American e nginéers are experimenting with the m- Mile Speeds in Order to Rival Airplan es \ ing of railroad coaches to increase speed, while a German inventor produces the “Flying Railway” shown above with a “normal” speed of 110 miles an hour. Rear view of the new propeller-driven coach is shown at left ‘and at lower right the coach is shown beside a modern locomotive. PITTSBURGH, Pa, June 18.— A new era of higher speed rail- road travel is forecast by simulta- neous scientific developments in Pittsburgh and Hanover, Germany. Standard American trains doing 90 miles an hour are in prospect, while the German development is a new, light coach type that al- ready exceeds 100 miles. The new step in both hemis- pheres is the same, overcoming the powerful braking effect of plain air, and in both cases streamlining does it. - The Westinghous research lab- oratory at Pittsburgh has some streamlined model trains resem- bling caterpillars and narrow, short- legged beetles. Set. in a wind tunnel, these mod - els show that at 60 miles an hom streamlining saves 25 per cent ot the power required to drive the present shaped train, and at 90 miles an hour streamlining saves 35 per cent of the power. Much Power Now Lost Models of trains now running show that at 50 miles an hour one- third of their power is expended in bucking air resistence. At 60 miles this increases to 45 per cent, and at 90 miles to 60 per cent. ‘Even the state of the weather | runs into money in changing the air resistence at speeds of 90 miles an hour. A low barometer adds about two per cent to the power required to maintaih this's The low baro- | meter means heavier air. A high temperature is likely to cut down resistence by about two per cent because it accompanies ligh'er air. The Hanover exveriment is a streamlined 60-passenger car called the “Flying Railway.” It has a nose like an airship and a rear-end pro- peller that pushes it over the rails at a “normal” speed of 110 miles an hour. This “airplane speed” is achieved with a 12-cylinder airplane motor of 500 horsepower. A fuel consump- tion of a quart of gasoline per mile at such speeds indicates what can be done to railway operating costs by substituting propellers for driv- ing wheels. Four miles to the gallon with 50 passengers aboard is cheap trans- portation; and even this is to be bettered by installing a heavy-oil | airplane motor. | Riding in the “Zeppelin on | wheels” at 110 miles an hour is a lblg disappointment to the passen- | ger who expects a thrill. Except that telegraph poles are trees are BIG DRIVE ON VIOLATORS IS SET FOR JULY | Zero Hour Approaches, Says Woodcock; Large Force Instructed WASHINGTON, D. C, June 18— The Zero Hour for the biggest sustained offensive in Prohibition history against leaders in the illicit liquor industry is set for July 15 by officials. Prohibition Director Wood ¢ ock said a corps of 350 new dry agents will be concentrated in dozens of cities from the Atlantic to the Pacific Coast in a two weeks train- ing course and then will be added to the 1,500 members of the present dry force and all will receive in- structions to . concentrate, on a large scale, for commercial viola- tors. ' ppy Red Autos Barred in Lishon LISBON. June 18—Owners of red motor cars must change the col- or of their vehicles, says a ukase of the city government. The cause is not the “Red” im- plication, but the fact that red is the color of all the urgent public & new color, F ourt;en Killed in Massacre Jealous Tribesmen Attack 2,000 Attending Wed- ding Feast DURBAN, Natal, June 18.—Four- |teen natives, including four young girls, were massacred near Krans- kop, Natal, late last Tuesday when a rival group, spurred by tribal |jealousy, attacked a wedding feast ,wlt.h iron-tipped spears. Some 2,000 Hlongwa tribesmen had gathered for the feast. As they danced and celebrated, .a band of Amabomvus, fully arm- 'ed, charged into them from the | jungle shadows, setting fire to one | hut and spearing the occupants as | they rushed out. | The Europeans in the neighbor- hood are concentrating in a farm- house as further fighting between rival tribes are considered likely. 200,000 Children Yearly | To Get Free Dentar Work NEW YORK, June 18.—A free dental clinic for children, one of about nine planned for New York City by the Guggenheim founda- tion, has been constructed to ac- commodate 200,000 treatments year- ly"l‘he six-story central unit’s cost {1s estimated as more than $3,000,- 000. The total expenditure under the Guggenheim plan, which had In 1929, will be about $30,000,000. | blurring past the windows at an | abnormal rate, there {8 no sensa- tion of unusual speed. On the contrary, a cup of coffee served en route shows far less ten- dency to jump off the saucer tuan is common in the ordinary railway dining car at a speed of 50 miles an hour. Blindfolded, the average passenger would swear he couldn't be moving at more than 30 miles an hour, Like Giant Worm When this coach approaches'the observer head-on it looks much like a gigantic metal worm slithering toward him with menace in its oddly slanting eyes. The “eyes” really are streamlined windows through which the headlights peer, | while the pilot sits behind a wide, slanting window higher up. Seen’ directly from the rear, on |the other hand, the coach resem- bles a ship upside-down, with a huge four-bladed propeller waving idly in the ajr. With a fleet of several hundred such propeller coaches, the German national railways could, according to the inventor and builder of the “flying railway,” Franz Kurcken- berg, meet the speed competition of air lnes. GOES GUNNING: RETURNS HOME GUN UNLOADED Cornelius Vanderbilt Has Changed His Mind; Tragedy Averted RENO, Nevada, June 18—Cor- nelius Vanderbilt, Jr., had ‘“noth- ing to say” concerning reports that he went gunning for Peter Arno, New York cartoonist, in' true west- ern fashion but changed his mind before reaching the Arno residence and returned to his own home. It is reported the near-tragedy was because of alleged attentions paid Mrs, Vanderbilt, Jr., by Arno. That trouble really existed be- tween the two men was confirmed by Chief of Police Kirkley who told the newspa] Arno had asked protection from Vanderbilt, saying the latter threatened “bodily harm.” Arno did net mention, however, that Vanderbilt meant to shoot him, Vanderbilt’s attorney gaid Cor- nelius became incensed when he saw Arno take his wife home, got a gun .and started for the Arno residence. Half way to the Arno home, Vanderbilt came to his senses, re- turned t¢ his home and then found his gun was not loaded. — The little cutie gets about as cloze to the driver as it is possible to get, but after they have been married awhile and she starts back-seat driving she'll even get under his Jskia. NO AGREEMENT REAGHED, CASE OF A. PANTAGES € Unable to Get Together in “Girl Market” Case; Is Dismissed SAN DIEGO, Cal, June 18—The jury in the Alexander Pantagss case sent word to Judge Turren- tine, after being in the jury room for 22 hours, that it was hope- lessly deadlocked. The jury was brought into court at noon and dismissed, ‘The jury trying Pantages and three others in the alleged Holly- wood “Girl Mart” case, late yester- day afternoon announced that it was “in the dark” without a copy of the Court’s instructions as they were ‘“very complicated.” Judge Turrentine gave the jury a type-written copy of the instruc- tions. Pantages, Jesse H. Shreve, Olive Clark Day and Willlam Jobelmann were on trial for alleged violation of the Juvenile Court Law result- ing from a hotel party here lact October 30. The complaining wit- ness was Lydia Nitto, alleged to be only 17 years of age. CHAMBER HEARS MANY SPEAKERS AT NOON LUNCH Territory is World’s Play- ground, Noted Hunter Tells Local Body “Alaska 1s the playground of the world,” declared George B. Dryden, Chicago rubber manufacturer and big game hunter, who with three companions—Eastman Dryden, his son, and Judge Willlam B. Brothers, Chicago, Mark Merriman of Jack- son, Mich—was a guest of the Chamber of Oommerce today. Other guests were: H. F. Morton, Ancho- rage, W. J. Barrows, Anchorage, and A. B. Holden, Valdez, and C. B. Miller, Ketchikan. “Alaska has everything, hunting, fishing, scenery, a kindly and hos- pitable people,” declared Mr. Dry- den who hunted for a season out of Atlin, B. C, into Interior Al- aska. “And that is the reason I came back this year.” All Make Short Talks Each of the visitors made brief talks. Mr. Morton, the first to speak, on behalf of the Anchorage Chamber of which he is President, thanked the local organization for Its ready assistance in trying to prevent the raise of rail rates on the Alaska Railroad. Every Coast chamber was appealed to, and all except one joined in the move- ment. Mr. Morton declared there is en- tirely too much pessimism aboard for the good of the Territory. “In our town business is good. There's no boom, but conditions are not bad,” he said. “However, Gloom is being scattered abroad by a number of people, including some from Southeast Alaska, who are trav- eling about the Territory. “Their slogan is ‘Hard Times Are Coming.’ They admit things are not bad now but say that ‘next winter is going to be tough’ In fact, some of our officlals are aid- ing In spreading this kind of talk. It is bad, and is not helping any- thing or anybody. It is retarding normal activiti.;, keeping people from going ahead with needed im- provements to their property and otherwise hurting. What we need is encouragement, not gloom, and your organization could well start the encouragement,” he said. Aerial Mail Program Mr. Barrows, who is general manager of the Pacific Interna- tional Airways, told the Chamber that the inauguration of air mail contracts, of which his firm holds nine, has cheapened passenger and mail rates and produced new busi- ness for interior business men. He makes his headquarters at Ancho- rage. In six months ,he said, he had been informed by business in- terests there, $50,000 in entirely new business had been brought in from A g . A 10 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ) 29 rom 1 alt y < __PRICE TEN CENTS N SPAIN SPREADING 'DEADLOCKED PRETENDER TO THRONE STARTS NEW AGITATION Crown Prince Jamie Re- ported Planning Over- throw of Republic MARCH ON MADRID NOW CONTEMPLATED Gen. Martinez Anido Said Princess Helen, estranged wife of King Carol and mother of Crown Frince Michael, has been expelled from the royal family of Rumania, The ouster came as a climax to Carol’s affair with Mlle. Magda Lupes:= in Paris, and the royal couple’s subsequent separation and divorce in 1928. Since Princess Helen has repeatedly refused overtures of recon- ciliation and has refused to become her aloofness is the principal cause those “who can do no wrong.” Ab right with her rival, Mle. Lupescu, tween Helen ard €zl at upper kingly father while Pramier Jorga, der banning ebser~ance of Helen' crowned with Carol, it is expected | of her removal from the realm of ove photo shows Princess Helen af in center, forming a separation be-, left, Michael is shown with his of Rumania, who authgrized an or- narie day, is-shown at lower left. STOCK MARKET TRADING SLOW: Decline Reflected in Lack of Buying, Not Exten- sive Selling NEW YORK, June 18.—The in- creasing summer quiet in irdustry again lulled the stock market to sleep today. Shares drifted lower. The decline reflected lack of buying interest rather than exten- sive selling, Trading was slow. American Teiephone and Tele- graph Company, Case, Eastman, Industrial Aleohol, Johns-Manville, Southern' Pacific and Rock Island were off two to three points. Youngstown Sheet Metal was oft more than four points. Most of the losses ranged from fractions to one point. Americaff 'T. and T. Co, periodic support. Rail shares were steadier as ef- fects of the gloomy picture pre- sented in the rate petition to the Interstate Commerce Commission wore off. Wall Street is inclined to the belief that some relief will be granted the railroads. . | TODAY'S STOCK | QUOTATIGNS . NEW YORK, June 18—Closing| quotation of Alaska Juneau mine! stock today is 12%, American Can 99’% Anaconda Copper 207%, Beth-' lehem Steel 41, Fox Films 18Y%, General Motors 33%, International Harvester 40, Kennecott Copper 16%, Checker Cah 9%, 9%, 9%, Curtiss“Wright 27%, Hudson Bay 3%, Packard Motors 7, Standard Brands 16%, Standard Oil of Cal- ifornia 34, Standard Oil of New Jersey 342, Trans-America 7, Unit- ed Aircraft 23%, U. S. Steel 87 % %. SRADS SEEKING FEDERAL JOBS An increase in the number of col- lege graduates seeking governmen- tal positions is attributed to the the Kuskokwim River area. ‘The nine contracts held are not (Continued on Page Eight) business @epression. South Cu&!m has 16,723 per- sons over 75 years old. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 18— IS BEATEN T0 DEATH; PARTY | RAILS BETTER ~ ENDS FATALLY GEN, Detective Lieutenant of Los1 Angeles Is Held for Slaying Woman LOS ANGELES, Cal, June 18— Mrs. Grace Duncan, aged 25, of Glendale, mother of two children, was beaten to death with a pistol butt in a downtown hotel during the night, | Detective Lieutenant Edward No- ' lan, aged 35 years, is held as the slayer. The killing followed a jealous outbreak in which Nolan floored R. V. Williams, of New York, a salesman, who had a “party” in (his room. \ e i MISS FEUS! IN SEATTLE ! i ! Miss Elizabeth Feusi, who repre- sented the Douglas Rebekah Lodge, at the recent national convention of the order in Spokane, will spend a few days in Seattle before re-) turning home, according to a letter recetved from her by her sister, Miss Mamie Feusi. to Be Organizing Large Army MADRID, Spain, June 18.—Pub- lished reports that a military move- ment is under way to overthrow the Republican Government of Spain by Pretender Crown Prince Jaime de Bourbon, are being traced down. A number of newspapers said Gen. Martinez Anido, Military Gov- ernor of Barcelona under the mon- archy, is on his way to the Prov- ince of Navarre to organize an army which will march on Mad- rid. Prince Jaime, son of the late Pre- tender to the throne, was cheered at Pamplona, capital of Navarre, by 20,000 Catholics last Sunday for his sympathy toward the church. NOTE FROM VATICAN MADRID, Spain, June 18 —The Vatican’s note of protest regarding the expulsion of Cardinal Primate Segura, 1s understood, on. good. authority, t6°' demand the Spanish Government rectify its procedure dealing with religious matters. The Cardinal Primate is now in France but it is said he has been ordered to returh to Spain under orders from the Pope. CHIANG WILL FIGHT COMMUNISTS Newly Elected Head of Na- tionalist Government to Take Field NANKING, June 18.—Thousands of troops are reported to be pour- ing into the Klangsi Province from Hankow, Kiukiang and other river ports preparing for an active cam- paign against the Communists by General Chiang Kal-Shek, newly elected head of the Natlonalist Government. Immediately after his inaugura- tion ceremonies tomorrow, Gen. Chiang plans to take active charge in the field against the Commu- nists in Central China. ———.——.— ‘The annual value of Ueorgla's natural resources is estimated a$ $672,133,788, Explorers of Universe and Atoms Are in Parley By F. B. COLTON (Associated Press Science Writer) PASADENA, Cal, June 18.—Sci- | entists who explore from the far| reaches of space to the depths of | the sea are hosts to the American | Assoclation for the Advancement of Science at its summer meéting | now in session here. | Hundreds of sclentists from all | over the United States are attend- | ing the session, held principally | on the campus of the California In- | stitute of Technology, a leading| center of research in many branches | of science. Nearby is the Mount Wilson ob- | servatory with its 100-inch tele- | scope, largest in the world, with which astronomers are studying universes so distant their light re- | quires millions of years to reach | the earth. Connected with the institute is the marine station at Corono del Mar, where oceanographers are | studying sea creatures relatively as tiny as the distant nebulae are huge. Nature of the mysterious cosmic rays, which were investigated by Prof. Auguste Piccard and his re- cent balloon ascension, is being sought by Dr. Robert A. Millikan, head of the Norman Bridge Labor- atory of Physics of the Institute. Behavior of powerful electric charges is tested in the institute's high-potential research laboratory in cooperation with the Southern California Edison company. Research in aviation is carried on in the Daniel Guggenheim aero- nautical laboratory connected with the institute, and habits of earth- quakes are under investigation in the selsmological research labora- tory operated jointly by the insti- tute an dthe Carnegie institution of Washington. Chemistry and its practical uses are studied in the Institute's Gates Chemieal Laboratory and Research Laboratory of Applied Chemistry. Other research facilities of the in- stitute include the laboratory of steam engineering and engineering | research, Dabney Hall of the Hu- ' manities, the Willlam B. Kerckhoff Laboratories of the Biological Sci- ences, and a farm for work in plang genetics at Arcadia, Cal. 3 »