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

THE DAILY VOL. XXXVIIL, No. 5756. JUNEAUMALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1931. MEMBER OF 'ASSOCIATED PRESS ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” PRICE TEN CENTY PROSTRATING HEAT TAKES LIVES IN PACIFIC S. W. FRENCH REPLY T0 PROPOSALS MADE PUBLIC Government in “Cordtal Accord” with Sugges- tions of Hoover SECRETARY STIMSON IS GOING TO EUROPE Disarmament Will Be Dis- cussed with Nations While Abroad PARIS, June 26. — The French i Is Held Unfit to Hold Office Woman Magistrate Is Ousted POST, GATTY N SIBERIA, WORLD TRIE Make Flight from Moscow to Novosbirsk in 10 & Hours, 32 Minutes { EXPECT TO REACH | NOME NEXT SUNDAY Will Hop Off at Midnight Tonight on Next Leg © of Air Voyage BULLETIN — IRKUTSK, June 26.—Post and Gatty land- BARRYMORES INTOWN; MAY " INVEST IN MINE Famous Actor, Wife and Little Daughter Ar- rive in Yacht DELIGHTED WITH CRUISE IN ALASKA | Bistingiishal Visitors Walk About Town and Do Some Shopping John Barrymore, famed on stage ! and screen; Mrs. Barrymore, known Little Two Stars Blaze Forth Here Light Twinkles Bright TIMBER FIRES RAGING, MANY SECTIONS,CAL Temperatures Reported Unusual for Month of June—Rain Freak |EIGHTEEN DE AD FROM HEAT; MANY DROWNED |Great Problem of Unted States Today Is Trying to Keep Cool SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 26, reply b ver's nro- bl % kel sian i i ed at Novosibirsk, Siberla, af (to the cinema world as Dolores —Prostrating _temperatures have I 8:32 a.m., Eastern Standard Costello, and thelr daughter, 14 taken two lives in the Pacific Southwest, four boys were burned debts and reparations for one year, is made public. The reply states the French Government is in “cordial accord with the high sentiments” inspiring Hoover's proposal. AGREEMENT PREDICTED WASHINGTON, D. C., June 26— A complete Franco-American agree- ment on the moratorium plan is predicted by authoritative sources from Moscow in ten hours and thirty-twe minutes. H They plan to resume thelr flight at midnight tonight. . The two fliers followed b Trans-Siberian Rallroad as & Russians of flying over the U | Mountains, forming a dividing The two men experienced little days or under. Time. They traversed 1450 miles | guide despite apprehensions |remain a few days, line between Europe and Asia, i | months old, are in Juneau. They arrived late yesterday afternoon on the yacht Infanta, $350,000 craft {quite befitting in its luxurious ap- pointments two of the wealthlest and two of the most eminent ex- ponents of dramatic art. They will making their home -aboard the vessel, which Is moored to the Cash Cole wharf on Willoughby Avenue. “We are delighted with Alaska,” by lightning and several persons fainted from heat which is part of the pecullar assortment of weath- er on the Pacific Coast, none of which is normal for June. The highest official temperature is 108 degrees at Yuma, Arizona. Brush and timber fires are re- ported in several parts of Cali- | fornia. Seattle with 235 inches of rain part of the city in darkness. | on the basis of programs made so Eifficuity. 1f they donitinis the sald Mr, Barrymore, speaking for so far in June, is far above normal ! far through diplomatic negotiations - of 'ule first two days they himself and Mrs. Barrymore last of 1.10 inches. | between the two countries. 3 '4‘ Il circle the globe in eight |evening. “We have been cruising Softeried ground at Tacoma caus- Secretary of State Stimson in- ¢ 3 [the Territory's wondrous water- v 2 ed a power pole to fall leaving [ e, dicated willingness of the United | | ways since early in the month and States to comp_romlse with F‘rance; HOP FROM MOSCOW {expect to . continue our explora- ¢ ’ on the moratorium in reply to the | MOSCOW, June 26, — Harold tons of their fascinating labyrinths N BARRYMORE AND DAUGHTER | KEEPING COOL IS PROBLEM R French note. MRS. JEAN HORT # . & until well along in August.” oY R e PP G 3 SN . T ST ST AT T ( L e ! e Gty B Gatty and Wiley Post took off at Y 4 in Minin, CHICAGO, Ill, June 26.—Keep- \ iy 7o \ 5 o'clock this morning (10 P, m.| Mr. Barrymore's VOYa: e‘nonh is | ing cool is the paramount vproblem PREVENTION OF WARS ‘ Fastern Standard Time Thursday) ‘not énur:ll's{ for plu:'ufe He is | of the Nation today from the Alle- WASHINGTON, D. C., June 26— for Irkutsk, Siberia. They expeeted i1 o oo attention to minin ghanies to the Pacific Coast Provetition” of . Rikidis: wiad -anme | 198 E I to stop enroute at Novosibirsk, about :av{l:g Just spent three weeks :é ! ] America again sweltered and heat o 5 1 th J. | cl igh above war debts and take a holiday of ! Post and Gatty spent lagt night fi@gfli,flfie?to;hi 'gl;‘lfi-;,e‘a}:n;yg ey e By dgozen Btaces‘_he' century one year. | in Moscow. property there. UN GREAT AGTUR FILM GAREER Eighteen lives were snuffed out President Hoover suggested that IS REMUVED\ LATE TRAD‘NG The leg of the flight they are =« am greatly interested in Mr. [ yesterday and today by heat. Secretary Stimson proceed to Eur- | now on is 2,600 miles distant. The ganiy's property,” declared Mr. Bar~ R Stampedes to peaches brought ope az_ui discuss international ques- i ; next long leg may be 2,300 mue_:. rymore. “I think it gives excellent S C o Tl’l k B 7 D l out nearly a score of drownings. tions including disarmament. ] i3 d—‘—— h Kharborovsk to Nome, Alsska., i joorcions of rieh passiiiies, e [Jome Critics Think Barry- Dolores Costello Barry-| The Northwest was the only place N Tn ‘sccordunee with s pian|Action Taken by Appellate Rails Lead Issues with|tnes aecide to go that way ul- nas made remarkasle progress to-| more's Lasting Fame | “more Says Fans Ap.- |"hess it fas cool Secretary Stimson leaves New York though they may go from Irkutsk, ward development with the limited g et ' ———— tomorrow to confer with Italian leaders on July 7, French authori- ties on July 15, German officials on July 21 and he will go to Lon- don six days later. PROPOSALS ATTACKED PARIS, June 26. — The French Division of Supreme Court—Charges NEW YORK, June 26—Magistrate | Steel Stimulated— | Rumors Circulated NEW YCRK, June 26.—A swift by way of Yakutsk, which is only monetary resources that have been 1,900 miles. !available to him. I am consider- From Nome the route lies to ing an offer from him to assoclate Edmonton, Canada, thence to New myself in a financial way with the Jean Hortense Norris, elevated tQ|advance in railroad issues jerked the bench in New York City “to the stocks up quickly in late trad- temper justice with a woman's ing today as it was weginning to mercy”, the first woman appointed give way to the week-end profit York City. OVER OMSK OMSK, Siberia, June 26.—Post property. Infatuated With Alaska “Irrespective of whether I decide to acquire any mining interests, I reply to Hoover's moratorium pro- to a magistracy in this city, has taking. The sales list closed with gains and Gatty passed over here at 4:06 am infatuated with Alaska. I hope o'clock this morning, Pacific Time, to cruise North every summer. Rests on ‘Hamlet’ ‘While many actors and actress s have achleved great successes ol both screen and stage, none has gained such eminence in both fields | of dramatic endeavor as John Bar- | rymore, in the opinion of many au- | thoritative critics. In the last several years, Mr. prove Parenthood ‘While Dolores Costello, beautiful wife of John Barrymore, recently returned to the sound stage to con- tinue her movie career, that doesn’t mean her real life role of mother- hood is to be thrust into the back- ground. Mrs, Barrymore has very definite AUTO PLUNGES OFF HIGHWAY posal was vigorously attacked and |been removed by the Appellate| (Continued on Page Three) ideas on that subject. Little Dol- . defended in the Chamber of De- puties today. The attack was led by Louis Marin who declared the United States delivered an‘ultimatum de- manding France accept the Hoover plan, Premier Laval responded: “France did not receive an ultimatum and misunderstandings as have been charged here do not arise between two countries as friendly as the United States and France.” The Left' Group demanded the Government make certain Germany will not use the money turned back to her for dumping of goods or building armaments. WALL STREET VIEWS NEW YORK, June 26. — Wall Street bankers expressed the opin- ion that measures taken to alleviate financial stress in Europe might be followed by efforts to aid the Latin-Americag countries and sug- gested relief might take the form of % wers.l “Reserve ‘credit. DECLARES WAR ON GANGDOM IN NEW YORK CITY Mayor Walker Promises Protection to Indus- tries of Metropolis NEW YORK, June 26.—Declaring war without quarter on the over- lords of Gangdom, Mayor James J. ‘Walker yesterday offered the city's industries just what the gangster chiefs offer—protection—and he of- fered it free. Mayor Walker conferred at the City Hall with representatives of the city's clothing and allied in- dustries, which sought his aid in ridding the city of gang rule. The Mayor promised the full powers of the Police Department would be at the command of the industry if industry is ready to give information about the gangs as an aid to the police in stamping the racketeers out. ., The tenth annual coaching school of the University of North Carolina will be held August 17-29, Division of the Supreme Court office. Ouster proceedings were started some months ago following charges that Magistrate Norris was “actually the harshest and most unsympath- etic magisrate” in the women’s court. She has presided over thou- sands of trials. General Reply To this and other charges she made a comprehensive and general reply, defending her judicial efforts. Her answer was filed in the ap- pellate division of the supreme court, to which she was cited with |a recommendation for removal by Samuel Seabury, referee in the inquiry into the magistrates’ courts. Magistrate Norris has heard the sordid stories of a big city’s vice as they were told by girls and by the police of the vice squad, lately under fire on charges of “framing” innocent women. Never Doubted Police She testified that she never ques- tioned the word of a policeman of the vice squad, several of whose members since have gone to jail for perjury. She was born in Brooklyn, dau- ghter of Maj. John Giles Noonan, a captain in the civil war. Her father was an active leader in republican politics in Brooklyn. Mrs. Norris was once a Republican too. But she switched alleglance to the Democratic party and be- came a Tammany co-leader. Widowed Early About 24 years ago she found her- self widowed at the age of 22. She had been married to Thomas H. Norrls only two years when he died. Mrs. Norris threw herself into the study of law at New York Uni- versity and was graduated in 1911 with the degree of master of laws. She began practicing her profes- sion, specializing in taxation, mean- while studying sociology at St. Francis Xavier's college. By 1919 she was Tammany CO- leader in her distriet, and ardent feminists were agitating for the ab- pointment. of women to the bench. Oct. 26, 1919, Mrs. Norrls was ap- pointed city magistrate by Mayor John F. Hylan. Is ted charged with being unfit to hold of from 2 to 7 points for leading issues. Trading today was less excited than for the past sessions and turned extremely dull for a time as the Street awaited the news of the debate on the war debt plan in'the French Chamber of Deputies. The swift upturn in rails was ac- companied by the rumor that the Interstate Commerce Commission would immediately grant half of the 15 percent blanket freight rate increase sought. This was denied as the market closed. ; The day’s turnover was 3,000,000 shares. Gains from 5§ to 7 points were recorded by the New York Central. Union Pacific, Rock Island, Balti- more and Ohio, Atchison, New Hav- en, Youngstown Sheet Tube, Case, steel both U. S, and Bethlehem, American Can, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, and For- eign Power. Missouri Pacific, Erle, Southern Pacific, Pennsylvania, Republic Steel, Westinghouse, Eaton, Axle and others went up 2 to 4 points. Steels were stimulated by re- newed rumors that a settlement had been reached in the Bethlehem aod Youngstown merger but these were denied later. TODAY’S STOCK QUOTATIONS . | | _—————— | NEW YORK, June 26—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau ' mine stock today is 13, American Can 112%, Anaconda Copper 31%, Beth- lenem Steel 51%, Fox Films 21%, | General Motors 39%, International Harvester 48%, Kennecott 24%, Checker Cab 12%, 11%, 12%, Cur- tiss-Wright 3%, Hudson Bay 5, Packard Motors 8%, Standard {Brands 18%, Standard Oil of Cali- fornia 38%, Standard Oil of New (Jersey 41, Trans-America 8%, Unit- ed Aircraft 20%, U. S. Steel 102. —— PUNISH ALMS GIVERS ISTANBUL—The skill with which beggars when caught and sent to the poor house escape from that Institution and reappear on She was reappointed by Mayor their old beats is giving the city James J. Walker last summer for fathers a lot of worry. It is now another 10 year term. The salary proposed that the givers of alms of a magistrate is $12,000 a year. /be fiped fiffy cents for each act of I~ (Continued on Page Eight) , strest charify. without landing. | It iS believed they are heading for Irkutsk instead of Novosibirsk, as they planned when they left Moscow and are evidently attempt-: ing to reach Irkutsk without stop-' ping. Post and Gatty expect to rcach Nome, Alaska, on Sunday. PSS A | | 100 ANIMALS SOUGHT BY RICH YACHTING PARTY Rio Bonita After Specimens, of Alaska Fauna for San Antonio Park On a summer cruise of Southeast ! and Southwest Alaska waters com-, bining the pleasure of fishing wn.h‘ the business of collecting specimens ; of Northern wild animal life, the | yacht Rio Bonita, under charter to Charles F. de Ganahl, wealthy re- tired ofl refiner, whose home is: in White Plains, N. Y. arrived i Juneau last evening. S8he is berth- ed to the Ciiy Fioat near the Rock. Dump. She will remain at her present moorings today and to- morrow, and then, making this port her base, will visit nearby waterways for several days. Those aboard the craft besides the crew and Mr. de Ganahl are Mrs. de Ganahl, Miss Milnora de Beelen) Roberts, daughter of Milnor Rob- erts, dean of the College of Mmes,{ Mining Engineering, Metallurgy and Ceramics at the University of Washington, Seattle, and M. Blev- ins, secretary to Mr. de Ganahl. Il at Wrangell Mr. and Mrs. George Walker of San Antonio, Tex., ¢ame north on the yacht. Mrs. Walker the other day became ill at Wrangell and dis- embarked there. Mr, Walker got off with her. They will rejoin the boat when it calls for them In about 10 days. After reaching Wrangell from here to get Mr. and Mrs. Walker, a trip will be made up the Stikine River. On returning to Alaska waters, the Rio Bonita will voyaze | (Continved on Page Eight) {with him on their shoulders. TWO DANISH FLIERS SAFE IN HOMELAND Hillig and Hoiriss Reach Copenhagen — One Has Gas “Jag” COPENHAGEN, June 26, — Otto Hilllg and Holgar Hoiriss landed here from Bremen at 5:10 o'clock this morning, Pacific Time. They left Bremen at 2:30 o'slock. The two fliers who have made the flight across the Atlanic “just for fun” were given a welcome by a large crowd. Hillig and Hoiriss found it im- possible to reach here yesterday when they became lost for hours over Europe and remained for the early part of the night at B.emen and rested. “This is the greatest day of my life” sald Holriss as he got out of the plane Liberty, was pick- ed up by welcomers who paraded He clasped - his mother in- his arms, kissed his sister and shook hands | with other members of his family. The flying field was thronged, many having spent hours waiting for the arrival of the two fliers from the United States. ” Europe’s ‘metric system and a gasoline “jag” are blamed for fail- ure’ of the men to reach here last night. Hillig, trying to catch some sleep, stretched out on the gas tank and inhaled fumes. Then he forgot momentarily that gasoline served in Europe is metric liters instead of gallons. He ordered mechanics at Kreg- feld to “dump in fifty.” They fol- lowed his instructions, giving-him 12'% gallons, a supply which only got them over Bremen. When they continued on to Hamburg, the fliers noticed the tanks dangerously low. Puzzled they turned back to Brem- én. By the time they landed it ‘was too dark to journey and they Barrymore has directed his talents to the enactment of roles in pho- toplays. His portrayals of lead- ing parts in the screen versions of “The Dictator,” in “Nearly a King” and in “The Test of Honor” and of characterizations in “The Sea Beast,” “Beau Brummel,” “Don Juan,” “When a Man Loves,” “The Lion and the Mouse" “General Crack,” and others have lifted him to the pinnacle of renown in the cinema world. His two latest pic- tures, just recently finished for Warner Brothers, are “Svengall,” now being feleased, and “The Mad General” not yet distributed to ex- hibitors. Stage Surpasses Screen Mr. Barrymore's screen record is of great brilliance and it may be expected that his future accomp- lishments in the glare of the Kleig lights will surpass all his photo- play -triumphs of the past Yet, according to the judgment of many students of the histrionic art, his claim to lasting fame in dramatic annals rests on his stage achieve- ments. Not only is he conceded to be the greatest living interpreter of “Ham- let,” but also by some Shakespear- ean reviewers, he is regarded as the greatest “Hamlet” of all time. Drama in Doldrums 3 When the spoken drama was in the doldrums because of the wide- spread favor that was accorded to motion pictures, and when Shakes- pearean drama was supposed to be the least likely of all drama to appeal to popular patronage be- cause of the trend to musical com- edy and farcical plays, Mr. Barry- more presented Shakespeare’s mas-! terplece in New York. He estab- lished a world's record for contimu-} ous performance of the great trag- edy. After its presentation for a year or more, the demand for seats evi-| denced no diminution and the res- | ervations for months in advance gave indication of capacity of hous- es for an indefinite future. According to some theatrical pro- | ducers, Mr. Barrymore could have| made his “Hamlet” a permanent ai- traction in New York if he had so desired. But he tired of the un- changing effort. To him it be- came monotonous. | Protests from Associates Against the protests of business| associates, and to the regret of lov- replenished with “gallons of gas” and took off at daybreak. ers of classical drama, he brpught (Continued on Page Three) , | ores Ethel Mae Barrymore, now 14 months old, comes first, and the movie career would be abandoned in a minute, the mother says, if she had to choose between screen fame and her baby. “How are you going to work out your two careers?” she was asked. “I am hetter able to answer that, having recently finished ‘Expensive ‘Women,’ she replied. “If it had de- veloped that my work was robbing my baby of anything, then of course I would have given up screen work. “But there’s no reason why it should. There's a nurse who is devoted to her, and when engaged in picture work I go home every evening as fast as I can, to the nursery, to be with her.” Secret? Hardly Judging by the enthusiasm with which she speaks of her, child, she will not only rush home, but will speed away without taking time to remove her grease-paint. Mrs. Barrymore, as slim and beautiful as ever, laughs at the thought that she might like to have her motherhood kept in the back- ground for professional reasons. Many Hollywood mothers, especial- ly those who play romantic roles on the screen, never will be pho- tographed with their children for fear the fans will “lose their fl- lusions.” The Barrymores, both Dolores and John, are proud, ter- ribly proud, of their little daugh- ter, and they don't care who knows it. r Fans Approve Parenthood “A baby' says Mrs. Barrymore, “is something you have long after the fans have forgotten you. I'm glad we have ours while we're young. (Continuea or: Page Three) RS Depression Hits Marriages Also Divorces WASHINGTON, D. C, June 26.— Depression hit the marriage, also the divorce markets last year, leav- ing a trall of lean and lorn figures at the Census Bureau. The figures give statisties of 40 States. Thirty-three States showed de- crea. in marriage. Thirty States showed decreases in divorce. NEAR CORDOVA Five Men Are Injured— Two Are Not Expect- ed to Recover CORDOVA, Alaska, June 26.— William Williams, driver; Jack Agal, Dan Benson and Eric Danielson were seriously injured when an automobile in which they were rid- ing plunged into a 40-foot ravine on the Kennecott-McCarthy road. A fifth victim, Jack Marroy, suf- fered a broken leg when he slipped trying to rescue the others. Little hope is held out for the recovery of Agal and Williams who are both in the hospital at Ken- necott. PILOT MEYRING FLIES WEST CORDOVA, Alaska, dune ' 26— Pilot Gene Meyring, in an Alaska- Washington Airways plane arrived here Wednesday night from Ju- neau and left Thursday morning for Bristol Bay with C. R. Vose of the Atlantic-Pacific Tea Com- pany and W. Friele, canneryman. He was to make the flight through the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. Special Dynamo Required for Current for Chair to Electrocute Two Negroes SING SING PRISON, N. Y., June 26—After a special dynamo had been pressed into service to fur- nish current for the electric chair, Hayward Turner, aged 29, and Frederick Innes, aged 38 years, ne- groes, were executed here last night. They were convicted of cilling a New York Apartment house owner. The first dynamo proved faulty in the test for current for the elec- tric chair. - e Peaches may be made more prof- itable by thinning the fruit on trees, says George H. Firor, horticulturist of the Georgla College of Agricul- ture.