The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 25, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVIIL, No. 5755. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY FRANCO-GERMAN | CONFERENCE IS NOW INDICATED France Will—\_fl—elcome Inti- || mate Conversations, Briand Says MELLON EXPECTED TO | AID IN MORATORIUM Several Countries Support Hoover’s Plan— Othyers Noncommital i PARIS, June 25.—Franco-German conversations, similar to recent dis- cussions between British Premier Ramsay MacDonald and German Chancellor Heinrich Bruening will probably take place in Parls within the next few weeks. French Foreign Minister Briand has sent word to German Foreign Minister Julius Curtius that France will welcome intimate conversations with Chancellor Bruening. Interest centers in the coming visit of American Secretary of Treasury Mellon. It is believed Secretary Mellon will confer with French officials and officers of the Bank of France concerning French counter proposals to President Hoover’s plan for a moratorium. Secretary of Treasury Mellon, ac- cording to advices received here, is looked to by Washington for con- tribution of the solution of the delicate situation. Germany has accepted the pro- posals of President Hoover, Great Britain has approved them, Italy has endorsed them, Austria has given approval and Bulgaria ex- pressed appreciation. France submitted a counter pro- posal. Rumania, Czechoslovakia, Jugo- slavia, Poland and Belgiom ~are| sympathetic, bui have made no official response to Washington. Ausoctatea Press Photo Merle Hufford, University o Washington football star, and th former Grace 8. Umphelette whi were married in Seattle. STOCKS BOUND UPWARD AGAIN, TODAY'S TRADE Big Credit to Reichbank, Mellon’s Visit to Paris, Adds Fuel NEW YORK, June 25—Stocks kept boiling today as further ad- vances were recorded. Announcement of a $100,000,000 credit to the Reichsbank anda visit of Secretary Mellon to Paris, added fresh fuel to the fires of bullish- ness. Coppers led in the upturn which embraced most of the list. The ticker was several minutes behind. Occasional waves of profit tak- ing swept the market. | Rails behaved somewhat con-' fusedly at times but the Street's WINS EXTENSION Evangelist Given Permis- sion to Continue Con- test, Tax Case WASHINGTON, D. C, June 25. —Aimee Semple McPherson yes- terday obtained permission from the Board of Tax Appeals to con- tinue her contest against paying the Government an additional $17,- 486 income tax. The Los Angeles Evangelist claims the Internal Revenue De- partment improperly classed cer- tain donations as taxable income for 1927 and 1928. S S e s e COOLIDGE TO TAKE HOLIDAY, NEW YORK, June 25— Former President Calvin Coolidge will take a vacation this summer and thus follow the course suggested to the nation’s leaders in one of his recent | dispatches. The vacation will begin on July 1, at the end of his first year of writing daily dispatches. It will run uncil some time in Sepiember, the date to be announced later Complete privacy for his plans is Mr. Coolidge’s idea of the basis for any vacation, and it is improbable that any announcement regarding his movements will be made. —a—a—— TEXAS FIGHTS BITTERWEED JOHNSON OPPOSES PLAN SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, June 25. —Expressing belief that President Hoover's moratorium proposal would lead to cancellation, Senator Hiram Johnson, of California, criticized the Administration for seeking to sweep the nation off its “feet into immediate acquiescence.” Senator Johnson declared that a moratorium would be to safeguard international bankers’ loans and throw an added burden on the already overburdened Amer ican people. He further said that full facts must be made known before any action is taken by Congress. Anaconda went up as did Cal- umet and Arizona. National Lead gained three points. Case gained about seven points dragging other implement issues upward. Auburn was up 23 points but fail- ed to maintain the gains of others. International Harvester, Air Re- duction, Liggett-M yers, DuPont, Stone-Webster, American Water Works, Woolworth, Johns-Mansville and New York Central went up. TODAY'S STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, June 25— Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 13%, American Can 109%, Anaconda Copper 30%, Beth- lehem Steel 47%, Fox Films 21, General Motors 38%, International Harvester 46%, Kennecott 23% Checker Cab 12%, 11%, 12, Curtiss- Wright 3%, Hudson Bay 4%, Pack- ard Motors 8, Standard Oil of Cali- fornia 38, Standard Brands 18%, Standard Oil of New Jersey 40%, Trans-America 8%, United Aircraft 29, U. 8. Steel 987 Dill Just Won’t Wear Silk Pants WASHINGTON, D. C, June 25.— Senator C. C. Dill of Washington, | who earned money for his educa-' tion as a Cleveland, Ohio, car conductor, does not mind don- ning a swallow-tailed coat on occa- | sions, but he draws the line at £a'in knee breeches. Mrs. Dill, the former Resalie Jones, a leader in the womar's suf- SAN ANGELO, Tex.—The Texas King George and Queen Mary at frage movement, was presented at! court at the recent levee held by | CHAMBER FUNDS IN 600D SHAPE, WALWSLEY SAYS Healthy Balance Reported by Secretary at End of First Half-Year Showing a balance of cash on "hand today of $1,023.55, the Cham- ber of Commerce ended its first six months of the current year in good condition. This was indicated by the financial statement made to the Chamber today by Sccretary G. H. Walmsley. A net paid membership of 155, enrolled membership of 197 .and a total membership attendance of 875 was revealed in the statement. Report Notes Problems The problem of keeping organi- zations of this nature alive and | useful to their communities was | discussed philosophically by Mr. Walmsley in his semi-annual re- port which accompanied the finan- cial statement. concluded, is the main ingredient needed in steering their courses. Mr. Walmsley's report and fi- nancial statement follow in full: “Back in the days when transat- lantic travel was largely by sall, a philosopher set down a metaphor to the effect that the charted course of any vessel was not a straight line from port to port, but the zig-zag record of a hundred tacks. Steam navigation has rob- bed the observation of its timeli- ness, perhaps, but not of its sig- nificance. “The Chamber of Commerce, has or should have, a port of destina- tion—a definite service to its com-~ munity through the accomplish- ment of a specific program. But the going is often rough; and in spite of modern methods of organ- ization and management, the Chamber of Commerce still oper-| ates (for the purpose and meaning of this report at least) under sail, rather than under steam. “The business world generally is equipped for steam = propulsion— and high-pressure propulsion, at that. So is the Chamber of Com- merce—in theory; but in practice it is buffeted by the winds of pub- lic opinion, and hindered by the adverse tides of indifference and financial neglect. It must “trim sail” more often, perhaps, than private business enterprises, for the reason that there are more factors to make direct progress dif- ficult Even steam vessels are often driven off their course. Pri- vate enterprisse of major import- ance frequently veer and tack. The Chamber of Commerce, perforce, must do likewise. Keeping to Course “The important thing is to keep moviug in the general direction of the port of destination. Only those who have never held the wheel wil! criticize a zig-zag course. A wise navigator will avoid storms as long as possible, and will take advan- tage of every favorable current and tide. The Chamber of Com- merce proceeds continuously among conflicting currents. Its members, even its directors, often do not agree on the best methods of reaching its objectives. Some times ,indeed, they do not agree on the objectives themselves. Prac- tices, and even policies ,are fre- quently the results of necessary compromise. Without forsaking any real matter of principai, the Cham- ber of Commerce is obliged to re- concile conflicting points of view; consolidate divergent opinions— steer a course, in short, that will avoid shipwreck, utilize favorable currents of public psychology, and reach port! “That does not mean (to contin- ue the narinc metaphor) that the ship must always run to cover. It must be so timbered and manned that it can go into a storm when such a course is wise and neces- sary. The object of the mariner (Continued on Page Two) Ketchikan Speed Boat Is Seized et (Customs Authorities Claim Craft Has Been Evad- ing Clearances PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., June 25. | —The Ketchikan speedboat T-817 was seized by Customs authorities near Digby Island last Tuesday i night. Jegislature, acting on suggestion of | Buckingham Palace, but the Amer- west Texas cattle men, has appro- priated $20,000 to fight the bitter- weed, a “range pest”, the customary court attire, v ican Senator declined to atlend| when informed that he must wesr! The authorities charge the boat has been evading clearances. Two men aboard are held for in- yestigation, “Horse sens:," he Murdered or Self-Slain? Diary May Solve Mystery . s & W A TS In the Investigatio "bf Starr Faithfull’s Death «Conflicting Clues Point to Murder and Others to Suicide. CKER ano! MR.§ Mis STaNiEY Fa When the body of beautiful Starr Faithfull was washed ashore at Long Beach, L. I, a mystery was born that has baffled the New York police. Prominent in New York and Boston soclety, the girl had a tllr(e circle of friends in those two cities whom the police questioned in an endeavor to shed some light upon the mystery. Although the investigation has not produced any evidence that would support a mur- der or suicide theory, it has uncovered another epic of “Flaming Youth.” Frank W. Wyman, Starr’s father (divorced from her mother), wealthy Bostonian, could not aid the authorities in any way, but her stepfather, Stanley E. Faithfull, admitted that not only did Starr drink but that he has supplied the liquor. Police are now in possession of the girl's diary and from it they hope to get a clue that will solve the mystery. Dr. Brill, eminent psychologist, commenting on the keeping of diaries, declared that only people dissatisfied with lifc keep them, and diary- keepers are usually mentally morbid. This leads color to the suicide theory. KIDNAP GIRL; PUZLLE CASE UNCLE BOUND CONFRONTING Nigeicions Case in Massa-jr AUTHORITIES chusetts — Tried to | o Strangle Victim |Diary of Girl May Help to i Unfathom Myster- | ious Death BOURNEDALE, Mass., June 25 —Miss Ellen Edstrom, aged 17| years, whose uncle, Charles John-| - son, told the police she was kid-| NEW YORK, June 25—°T am napped from his home by men “'}“)‘bored by my native land o 4 left him bound and gagged, return- |were a man I would join the For- ed later and told the police a man |eign Legion and forzet my past threw a blanket over her head and New York seemed !ike a huge attempted to strangle her. graveyard.” 'These are excerpts Miss Edstrom succeeded in escap- |from the diary of Starr Faithfull, ing and ran to the home of 2 whose mysterious death has set a neighbor. Her face was swollen|puzzling problem for the New York and mouth bleeding. police. Johnson who is 7Q years old. T~ | ginoe the discover: 3 Fai ; y of Miss Faith- {ported to the police he was awaken- | s’ poqy on & shore at Long |ed by a cry of “Charlie.” | Beach, L. I, where it had been cast As he started to leave his bed. < W 8 i ” t £ . |U4p by the waves, many theori se_weral mea grabled mm'.g"”""d}hzve been put to account for ae him and tied a bag about his head. strange death.' A% fiect it was Jonnson “°“":“ts 8, ’t":d“‘d"_, e |thought that she had been acci- freshment stand and the girl 15| gontany drowned, but dis:veries at helping him. |the post mortem po'nted to the | possibility of foul play and started 2 |the authorities dashing hi‘ter and }U' S. Is Now to Quit |yon questioning all who had ever Leasing Postoffices|come in contact with *he girl. A herculean task, when one con- siders the huge circle of acquaint- WASHINGTON, D. C, June 25— | The government has abandoned its policy of making long-term leases on postoffice buildings in large cities, Postmaster General Brown revealed last night. This action is in anticipation of | favorable action by the next Con- gress on measures giving the post-| office department authority to erect |acquaintances. did nothing towards its own buildings, he explained explaining * the mystery of her — .- | death, it did at least shed a bril- Sufficient timber is wasted cach liant ray of light on her mode of year in Florida through forest fires|life and once more brought irle to byild 100,000 six-room houscs (Continuea wn Page Six) full's social position was sure to | have. Prominent in New Y Boston soclety, Starr’s frien wese |legion, and many were of tne fore- most families of the twn cities. Mode of Life ances which a girl in Miss Faith- | If this inquisition of the gil| BRADLEY TO BE CHAMBERHOST AT NEXT MEET Alaska Juneau Official’s Invitation for Negt Week Accepted tirement from the active managze- ment of the PFirst National Bank is forthcoming soon, and to present his successor, Samuel S. Pope, Sac- | ramento banker, P. R. Bradley will be host to members of the Cham- >er of Commerce at its regular weekly meeting next Thursday. The Chamber today received and‘ accepted Mr., Bradley's invitation A record attendance is expected for the meeting. Seek Visiting Warships During the past week, the Cham- President, extended an to two warships scheduled to visit| Alaska waters this summer, to call at this port. One is the American Cruiser Detroit and the other the British Cruiser Dragon. The Secretary of Navy, replying to the invitation, said that the Detroit will visit Hyder and Ket- chikan, leaving the latter port on July 25. As it is due to go into drydock for annual overhaul on July 30, it will not be possible for it to come here. The invitation to the Dragan was extended through the British Am- | bassador “at Washington. No re- sponse has been received from him. Buy Stamps at Home Compeition, apparently, is dam- aging the prestige of the United States post office in Juneau, and as a result it is not making the showing in cash receipts postal authorities believe it should. This was indicated by a communication received today by the Chamber from ‘Mrs. Lottie Spickett, Posti- mistress, who urged the business men's organization te include stamps and stamped commodities | on the list of articles to be em- braced in the local “Buy at Home" program. A communication was received by J. W. Lievers, of the Boy Scouts Council, expressing appreciation for the Chamber's annual contribution of $75 which was used to ald in defraying expenses of the annual | encampment at Eagle River. The Scouts “enjoyed this year’s camp as never before,” he said. Meet Portland Party Members of the Chamber of Commerce were urged to meet the Princess Charlotte on its arrival here next Saturday and greet the members of the Portland Chamber of Commerce’s Alaska-Oregon tour. This is the first of a series of annual visitations contemplated by the Portland organization, Secre- tary Walmsley informed the Cham- ber. Information of some scientific value is being assembled from his studies of Mendenhall and Herbert Glaciers, Prof. Chester K. Went- worth of Washington University, St. Louis, told the Chamber. He was a Chamber guest recently and ex- plained the purpose of his trip here this summer. Boulders from mountain glaciers, he said, are evidently less striated and cobbled than those deposited by ice-gap glaciers from which the soil in a wide area of the Btates was formvl ed. He expects to visit Taku| Glacier shortly to compare the boulders left by advancihg glaciers with those in the morain of reced- ing ice-masses. Taku furnishes an example of advancing glaciers while both Men- | denhall and Herbert are recsding The data collected will be em- braccd in & report and is expected (Continued on Page Eight) et A Scarlet Fever | Serum Rushed | to Kanakanak | Being Dispat—cl’;td from Se- attle for District in .Weslward‘ Alaska SEATTLE, June 25.—Enough scarlet fever serum for 75 patients is being rushed to Kanakanak, Al- aska, aboard the steamer Admiral Watson for the fever-stricken dis- triet. } The Dr. E. T. Hanley, Seattle Health Commissioner, at the request of Dr. MEMBER OF To honor John Reck, whose re-|§ ber, through Dr. W. W. Council, |} invitation | & PILOT BLUNT seru mhas been given by |is PRICE TEN CENTY ASSOCIATED PRESS MOSCOW SAFELY POST-GATTY 60 FURTHER, WORLD TOUR 'Hop Off from Berlin Early ' This Morning on Next ' Leg of Flight 'HILLIG AND HOIRISS | ACROSS ATLANTIC [Lose Their—Way Flying | Over Spain and France | —Are Forced Down MOSCOW, June 25.—Wiley Post |and Harold Gatty, pushing their |way through thz air around the {world in an attempt to beat all previous records, landed here at 7:30 o'clock, Pacific Coast Standard | Timg. They hopped off early this morn- ling from Berlin, Germany, which | place they reached yesterday after a flight from the United States tacross the Atlantic Ocean. HILLIG-HOIRISS DOWN | KREFELD, Germany, June 25.— Otto Hillig and Hoiriss, flying from | Newfoundland to Denmark, made a forced landing at 8:30 o'clock, Pa- | cific Time, unhurt after their long overdue flight to Copenhagen. They landed with empty fuel tanks. The plane was not dam- aged The two fliers said they lost their way, flew over Spain and France, exhausting their fuel. They refueled here and immed- iately took the air for Copenhagen. Ausoctated Press Photo | Richard Dole, 23, son of James A. Dole, Hawaiian pineapple king, and | Mrs. Dole who was May McManus | Johnson of San Jose, Cal., before ‘heir marriage in Sparks, Nev., i er an all night motor ride from the hFide's home. ¥ WERE BELIEVED LOST LONDON, June 25. Slightly overdue at Copenhagen, it was |feared early this morning that Hil- lig and Holriss had beeome Jost :or had come down some place. They i expected to reach Copenhagen in 28 hours, They had gasoline for 32 hours, flying time. A plane was reported over Heli- goland and Jutland which was be- lieved to be that of the two fliers. MIDDLE WEST FOR REGORDS =~ =" ] Sections Sweltering Under fliers’ plane Liberty was sighted N lover Bremen at 5:40 o'clock this Heat*flMercury €ars |afternoon, Pacific Coast Time, en- 100 Degrees route to Copenhagen. CHICAGO, Tii. sune 25—Sum- OTHER FLIERS PREPARE mer got down to business today. NEW YORK, June 25.-—Three Still smarting from last week’s other pairs of fliers are prepared blister, the Mid-West today swelt- here for ocean flights. ered anew under temperatures that| Miss Ruth Nichols is still in a neared all-time records. ihospital at St. Johns. She an- Towa is the hardest hit. The nounced there she planned another thermometer is up to 105 degrees attempt next September. She crash- at Waterloo, within three degrees ed at St. Johns Monday night of the State maximum for June. in landing,and was injured. The Three men and a baby boy are plane was also damaged. known to be dead. 2 . - Crops are scorched | | | i GATTY “BALED OUT” winds and a cr BERLIN, June 25.—It's any port exists. in a storm for a weary trans-At- Michigan, Ohio and Indiana are lantic flier. moderately cool. | Harold Gatty was so tired last Illinois is roasting. At Canton night from the rigorous trip across the mercury is at the century mark. the Atlantic Ocean, that he fell It is 98 at Peoria and Quincy. jasleep in a bath tub and attend- Humidity in Chicago has caused ants at the Templehof Airdrome one death I had to bale him out and send him A farmer dropped de@d in his to bed. cornfield near Quincy. | ————— Nebraska is hot. Freeport re-| ported 100 degrees. Crowded beaches brought four drownings. The twin cities, Min-| neapolis and St. Paul reported tem- peratures of 96 and 98, The Dakotas are cool. Missouri is hot. FOR PANTAGES, ASSAULT CASE Date of Retrial Is Changed from July 14 to August 22 LOS ANGELES, Cal, June 25.— Bail of $100,000 which Alexander Pantages has been at liberty in connection with charges of crimi- nal attack, has been reduced to $20,000 at the request of Pantages’ attorneys At the same time the court set for retrial the case in which Pan- tages is accused of attacking Eu- HAS RETURNED T0 ANCHORAGE for Hubbard—Iliamna Issuing Smoke ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June |Pilot Harry Blunt has ret nice Pringle, former dancer, for here from Chignik intendin, August 22. Trial had been pre- turn there again about the middle viously set for July 14 but was of July for Rev. B. R. Hub- changed because of the pending bard, who charges involving a girl and Pan- ture and w pictures before pro- tages at San Diego in connection ceeding to the Sta with the alleged Hollywood “Girl The Glacier Priest and his party Market.” now on an exploring trip of| - e ee - the crater of volcano Aniakchak. | Mrs. Mary Stearnberg, 81, who Pilot Blunt passed close to Ili- operates a small dairy farm near W. A. Borland, Government phy- ! were reported. amna voleano and observed smoke Grand Rapids, Minn, is believed to siclan at Kanakanak where 43 cases | issuing from the sides of the moun- be the oldest woman in the midwest tain who actually runs a farm,