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

» THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. xxxvm., NO. 5774 — OFFICIAL DELEGATION ENROUTE HERE FROM SEATTLE ALASKA BANKER TAKES LIFE IN SOUTH NINE MEMBERS OF HOUSE ARE THOMAS SCOTT IS SUICIDE IN CAL. LOCALITY Found Dead in Hotel Room Apparently with Throat Slashed by Razor CAME TO ALASKA IN 1907;; COURT OFFICIAL | Was Connected with Cor- dova Bank — Leaves Widow, Children ONTARIO, Cal,July 18.—Thomas S. Scott, here Wednesday from Cordova, Al- aska, was found dead yesterday in | his hotel room. Apparently he had slashed his throat with a razor | after a futile attempt to end his | life with a revolver. A widow and four children sur- | vive in Cordova. Local authorities knew no motive for the act. WELL KNOWN BANKER Thomas 8. Scott, mentioned in the above Asociated Press dispatch ' to The Empire, was a well known Alaskan, 50 years old, Vice-Presi- dent of the Bank of Alaska at Cor- dova. He was also President of the Cordova Packing Company, Master of McKinley Lodge, F. & A. M, of Cordova, and member of ' Nile Temple Shrine. Mr. Scott first came to Alaska | in 1907. He was a graduate of the University of Washington. He was a former Deputy Clerk of Court! under Judges E. E. Cushman and Peter Overfield, at Valdez. He was a member of the Alaska Territorial | House in the 1927 Legislature. He was born in Iowa. ‘Mr. Scott leaves his widow, Mrs. Orlene Scott and four minor chil-! dren in Cordova. She will go south on the steamer Aleutian, due in Juneau next Monday, according to advices received here by Frank H. | Foster. be held in Seattle. South Two Weeks Ago Mr. Scott went south about two weeks ago and to Juncau residents, who were passengers aboard the same steamer, he told of having lost 20 pounds and was experienc- ing a continual pounding in his Italy Will Take Charge of Theatres All Entertainment to Come Under Arm of Gov- ernment RCOME, Italy, July 18.—All the- | atres, opera houses and music halls in Italy now come under direct governmen{ control with the for- mation of the “Corporation of the Spectacle,” making the theatre an arm of the gavernment. In this corporation are embraced theatre owners, managers, actors, actresses, orchestras, stage hands and other theatrical employes. ‘The government will fix the sal- aries and will attempt to prevent failure of theatrical enterprises by supervising financial arrangements between actors, producers and the- ater owners. aged 50, who arrived Past ' | | | ‘W}%@i A n.m«- e . s s | OAKLAND, California—It was a big day the other day for 18- months-old Sylvia Tierland, of Oakland. | Here’s what happensd within the | space of a few minutes: She put the family automobile temporarily out of commission. | She thoroughly frightened her mother. | She had a fast ride to a hos-| | pital in Oakland. | She had doctors looking down | her throat with funny thingum- mies. | All this she accomplished by swallowing the key to the ignition |lock of her mother's automobile. | ! Sylvia likes to play with that key and its shiny chain. Her moth- er let her have it. She left the room for a moment. When she' returned, Sylvia was making funny ' (noises and the key was not in evi- dence. Sylvia, in reply to her mother’s questions pointed to her; tummy. H Then things began to happen. | Mrs. Tierland couldn't use her cflr because the key was inside of Syl- via. She telephoned for help. Then | she pounded Sylvia on the back.| {Up came the key. Sylvia still made | The funeral services Will |funny noises, so she was taken to Qther Wife {the hospital anyway. After an | examination doctors said there was! {nothing the matter with Sylvia. | Maybe, says Sylvia's mother, she can play with the automobile key again. But if she does, it will be tied firmly to a log. Above photo shows |old Sylvia Tierland. 18-months- ROBBINS AND JONES PLANS | HOP MONDAY SEATTLE, July 18—Reg L. Rob- bins and H. 8. Jones said work of installing a new 410-horsepower |motor in the plane Fort Worth is | near completion and they hope to make their second attempt to hop from Seattle to Tokyo on next Monday. Tihs is, of course, weath- er permitting, the aviators said. ——————— NO COUNCIL MEETING Owing to the absence of a quorum of members necessary, the regular third-Friday meeting of the City Council was called off last night. Only routine business was set for transaction and this probably will be taken care of at a special meeting some time next week School Air Shaft Hides Death of MUNCIE, Ind, July 19.—The skeleton found in the airshaft.of the Central High School here has been positively identified as that of Perlie Hogg, who at the age of 16 disappeared in 1922 Charles Cooper, an uncle, with whom the boy lived, and two aunts, Mrs. Cooper and Mrs. Effie Owens, identified fragments of clothing, shoes and a knife as hav- ing belonged to the youth. Coroner Clarence E. Plepho said he would return a verdict of prob- able suicide, after Mrs. Owens Boy Nine Years told him young Hogg had threat- ened, just before he disappeared, either to leave Muncie or destroy himself. Coroner Piepho said he believed the boy either fell or jumped into the airshaft. The body was found by work- men who entered the shaft to make said further examination showed it to be intact. Cooper said the boy who was an orphan, had been in trouble in | Minnie repairs, It was in a crouching position. ~ First reports were thej skull was fractured, but Pilepho SEVENTY DEAD IN HEAT WAVE CENTRAL AREA Electrical Storms Take 12 Lives — Lightning Adds to Toll FREAK WEATHER IS REPORTED, CHICAGO 'Sunshine, Thunder Rol]s, then Heavy Rain De- | scends on City i CHICAGO, 1, July 18.—Show- ers and heavy storms in some sec- tions of the nation brought relief * to the summer's heat, especially in | the Central states area. | Deaths due to the current wave in the Central states exceeded 70 persons. | Electrical storms in Pennsyl- | vania, Ohio and Tennessee claimed 12 lives yesterday. A freak storm brought momen- | tary relief to Chicago. While the| sun shone and thunder rolled, a'; heavy rain fell. | Temperatures are reported as high as the 90s touching 100 de- | grees in several places. | { KILLED BY LIGHTNING ! [ | DETROIT, Mich,, July 18.—Four persons were killed by lightning, !seven were drowned and many heat prostrations aye reported as the aftermath of 100 degru temperatures and a severe storm | whlch lashed this vicinity today. ——.———— MATE OF “MA" KENNEDY FAGES MORE TROUBLE Sues for D1< vorce, Alimony—>State May Get Busy Also LOS ANGELES, Cal, July 18.—| Rev. G. Edward Hudson, Mrs; “Ma” Kennedy's “What a Man,” was sued yesterday for di- vorce by another wife, Mrs. L.| Margaret Newton Hudson. Mrs. Kennedy sued the previous day for annulment of her marriage with Hudson declaring the action was taken to straighten out the tangle so they could rewed. Yesterday, when Mrs. Kennedy- Hudson learned that she could not remarry the Rev. Hudson for more than a year said: “If the other laay considers her- self his wife, I will gladly relinquish him to her and perform a new marriage ceremony for them my- self and give them our rings and| my blessirigs.” Mrs. Newton-Hudson charged cruelty, dissertion and misconduct with another, and adultery in her | complaint. She asked for $5,000) alimony. Meanwhile there is talk that the| Rev. Hudson might be prosecuted for bigamy, the charges to be made by the Washington State authori- ties. Hudson. and Mrs. Kennedy were married in Longview, Wash, June 28. Lowell Flood Control 1 Funds About Exhausted| ‘WASHINGTON, D. C, July 6— (Special Correspondence)—The or- iginal funds made available for the maintenance of flood control. work at Lowell Creek, Seward, are about exhausted and there is no money at this time under the control of the Alaska Road Commission for any future repalrs ,that may be- come necessary. An effort was made at the last session of Con-| gress to authorize the Secretary of; War to submit for the considera- tion of Congress such estimates as are necessary for the proper main- tenance of the flood control works at Lowell Creek. The bill failed of | passage and will ltkely be again | introduced next winter. e A white leghorn hen owned by W. J. Shuford of Hickory, N. C,; laid 11 eggs in 18 days, all con- @l [ school before his disappearance. *wnlnldflflbkwlu Ry il JUNE,AU ALASKA SATURDAY jULY 18, 1931. CONGRESSMAN’S DAUGHTER ELOPEb eloped with Charles A. Sweeney of i i i Associated Press Photo Justine Crosser, 22, daughter of Rep. Robert Crosser of Ohio, Toledo, law student in Washington. They kept their marriage a sccret for eleven days before Cleveland friends heard of it. DAKOTA SOLON VISITS LOCAL MILL THIS P. M. Senator N(;l:;ck to End Visit Today—Sails for Kodiak Early Sunday Forced by inclement weather con- ditions to abandon his proposed Lrlp by seaplane to Lynn Canal towns, Senator Peter Norbeck today continued his conferences with local | |otficials. He was occupied entire morning at the capitol. But this afternoon he shook off visitors long enough to make a tour through the Alaska Juneau mill, accompanied by H. G. Watson, Sec- retary to the Governor. The Senator has been greatly interested in accounts of the Alaska Juneau's striking success in hand- | ling low grade gold ore and was anxious to go through the mill and observe its operations. Yecterday at 5 pm. In comnany with Gov. Parks, Capt. M. J. O'Connor, Assistant Agent of the, United States Bureau of Fisherles,! and Mr. Watson, the Dakota solon left for a short trip to the west coast of Douglas Island. The pur-, pose of the trip was to give him ! an opportunity to witness the brail- ing of a fish trap. This mission was not fulfilled, howover, as the {cannery tender had lifted the trap before the Widgeon, on which the \trip was made, arrived at Shoal under pressure. Point. Despite rainfall, ther Senator) spent much of his time out the patrol boat's deck observing and asking questions about the country. Much of his conversation turned on game and wild life re- sources, which has been a lifelong hobby with him. ) Today will conclude his present stay here. He will leave on the Admiral Watson early tomorrow morning for Kodiak to join the Senator Walcott party aboard the Penquin, accompanying it on the rest of its itinerary into the in- terior and returning here early next month for another stay of a few days. Eiffel Tower Gilding Stirs Paris Protest 3 | PARIS, July 18—The French are going to make the Eiffel gleam like a trade mark electric sign. The tower, as much the visible symbol of France as the statue of Liberty is of the United St is to be painted bright yellow, a shade somewhat between lemon and jonquil. Many Parisians cried tal pain when the color was announced. Tower on an men- scheme in the ' STOCK MARKET FALLS ASLEEP - SHORT SESSION Wall Street Undecided Whether to Be Hope- ful or Turn Gloomy NEW YORK, July 18.—The Stock Market went to sleep today at the | short session standing on its feet. | With the foreign markets closed, Wall Street was undetermined whether to be hopzful or gloomy over prospects of relief for Ger- many. Traders decided to let the mar- ket while away the time, thinking this was the best to do. Sales fell to less than 400,000 shares, around the lowest in five years. A trickle of week-end selling ap- peared during the last half hour of the session and closed with fac- ,tlonal gains predominating. | U. 8. Steel, after losses, recov- ered to closing of Friday. Corn Products rallied two points. Allied Chemical regained nearly two points lost earlier. Standard Oil of New York closed nearly one point up. New York Central sold off more than two points but recovered most of it. Case regained all point drop. Foreign exchanges generally were Sterling dropped about one half cent. The mark !was nominal at 22.90. of the two- on| PSR s .- —_— I TODAY'S STOCK | | QUOTATIGNS | . - . NEW YORK, July 18—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 14%, American can, no sale; Anaconda copper 26, Beth- lehem Steel 44’%, General Motors 87%, International Harvester 42, Kennecott 19%, Checker Cab 10, 10, 10, Curtiss-Wright 3%, Packard Motors 7%, Standard Brands 17%, Standard Oil of California 37, ,Standard Oil of New Jersey 38, Trans-America 7%, United Air- craft 27%, U. S. Steel 94%. IEx—Sea Captain Builds His 719th Motorboat ROCHESTER, N. Y. July 18— John Zwanziger, weatherbeaten by the storms of 72 years finished his 719th boat. Material for “Neptune,” as he called it, he just picked up “here wnd there.” This summer he will haul the boat down to Irondequoit bay and “find somebody who will put a motor in it.” John, a German, ,Was a sea captain for many years. MEMBER OF ASSOCiATED PRE S8 GERMANY FEARS " DISASTER FROM FUTILE PARLEY |German Hopes and Fears| Go with Statesmen to |CRISIS MAY BECOME | EUROPEAN DISASTER |French Collaboration’ Thought Necessary to Avert Catastrophe BERLIN, July 18. — Hopes and fears of the Fatherland have gone to Paris with her statesmen who are expected to convince France that unless financial aid is forth- coming, Germany's crisis may be- come Europe's catastrophe. Millions of Germans are hopeful that Chancellor Bruening and For- eign Minister Curtius will be able to secure French collaboration in a long-term loan or cradits. Fearing that political conditions attached to such assistance will be unacceptable to the Reich, Chan- cellor Bruening is however optim- istic. Tension is at the highest point in Germany judging from press and officlal comment, greater than when President Hoover's morator- ium was hanging in the balance. | Shortly before the statesmen left for Paris, President von Hinden- burg lssued a decree strengtherving the Government's power to sup- press newspapers ‘“endangering public safety.” The decree compels all newspapers to publish emer= gency decrees urging the people to keep orlerly. s ARRIVAL AWAITED PARIS, July 18—Arrival of the heads of the German Government, the first tife since the end of the World War, is awaited with the belief that the financial fate of Germany, if not all Europe, hangs on their meeting with French statesmen. Should they fail to agree to conditions for credit, ne- gotiations may be protracted and might result in cancellation of Monday’'s seven - power conference in London, OPTIMISTIC OUTLOOK PARIS, July 18—In a brief talk today with Premier Laval, Ameri- can Secretary of State Stimson was given an optimistic impression of the prospects of a successful outcome of negotiations with the German statesmen. It has been learned that the United States has formally noti- fied France that the American’ Government cannot in any way guarantze an international loan to tion will be only through private banking in.erests BARRYMORE-T0 RETURN IN '3 Actor Coming Back to Al-! aska Next Year Aboard Yacht KETCHIKAN, Alaska, July 18— John Barrymore, here enroute south; sald he is seriously consid- ering an offer in New York to go on the stage and produce such plays as Hamlet and Richard Lhe Third. He said if he goes New York, his wife and baby will accompany him. | Barrymore said he will return t : Alaska next year aboard his yacht.] | | 0il Gusher Causes Woe In Rumanian Vineyards' BUCHAREE’L July 18. oll means dollars to some people but one of Rumania's largest gushers, just brought in, has spelled grief to the section round about. The district has been famous for its hillside wines, some of the choicest vintages of Rumania com- ing from the sunny slopes of the! valley in which the wild well is lo- cated. Oil spurts far above the derrick tops, and it has sprayed the sur- rounding vineyards and spoiled the | ed by Italian interests. | Paris Confernece ‘ | Germany and American participa- " |of William M. Jars grape harvest. The gusher Is own- | She Escaped Cannibals But Falls on Ship | | { | | | { | s i [ 5 s et BERNICE CAMPBELL “It's the principle of the thing— not the pain,” Thus comments Miss Bernice Campbell, literary assistant to the gportsman novelist, Zane Grey, on a scalp wound received while she was enroute to San Francisco aboard the Union Liner Makura. “I spent six perfectly safe months visiting cannibal islands and what not on =an adventurous cruise of the South Pacific, and then I fell down on the deck of a steamer| while playing shuffle board and al-‘ most split mwy ‘ead open,” she ex-| plained. “The iony is too much for me.” Miss Campbezll returned from the South Seas with Miss Dorothy Wideman, secretary to Grey. They ! ard the rovelist's luxurious herman II, on the honey- cruise of Grey's daughter, [ moon ‘muy Zane Grey, and Robert Car- nev eran Hollyweod, California, cam- Congresslonal let To Print Books for Blnd \VASH]SGT‘ON D. C., July XS,—‘ | Publication and distribution of a |select list of books for the blind to be made soon by the Library Jof Congress which has $175,000 for that purpose. The Library of Congress, with more than 20,000 books for the blind, has the largest single collec- tion of that kind in the country. {'1s understood to be slated for chair- | nessee; Scott Leavitt, | Horace Albright, head of the Na- PRICE TEN—Cm - IN BIG PARTY T 'enty-three in Official arty Sailing from Se- attle This A. M. TWO VESSELS ARE TO ARRlVE HERE TUESDAY (ut(el Talive. and Steamer Yukon Traveling To- gether on Voyage One of the largest official dele- gations to visit Alaska In years, left today on two vessels and will reach Juncau next Tuesday morn- ing. It comprises nine members of Congress eight of whom have mem- bers of their families with them, Bureau of Budget, National Park, and Interior Department officials. They are traveling on the Coast Guard Cutter Tahoe and the steamship Yukon. The two vessels will maintain contact the entire voyage to Seward, making the us- ual Alaska Steamship schedule, Headed by Murphy Congressman Frank Murphy, who man of the Interior Department subcommittee of the House Appro= oriations Committee, heads the Congressional contingent which in- cludes: Congressmen Willlam W. | Hastings, Democrat of Oklahoma; | Joseph W. ‘Byrns, Democrat, Repubflcln. Montana; Addison T. Smith, Ida- ho; Don Colton, Utah; Edward T. Taylor, Democrat, Colorado; Wil~ liam Eaton, Republican, Colorado; Robert Luce, Republican, Massa- chusetts. Mrs. Hastings and three daugh- ters, Mrs. Colton and daughter, and Mesdames. Smith, Leavitt, Murphy, Byrns and Eaton are included in the party. Budget Man Present J. F. Bailey, Assistant Director of the Bureau of Budget, is also a member of the party. Director tional Park Service, W. C. Menden~ hall, Acting Chief of the United States Geological Survey, D, F. Hewitt, of the same bureau, Er- nesi Walker Sawyer, Special As- |sistant to the Secretary of Inter- for, and W. A. Duvall, a clerk of the House Appropriations Commit- tee, complete the personnel (Continued on mge Elght) Parks to Leave by |Plane Sunday to Meet Noted Visitors ‘To extend official greetings to the Congressional delega- tion enroute here from Se- attle, Gov. George A. Parks will go to Ketchikan Sunday ® on the seaplane Petersburg, e it was announced at his of- fice today. He will return to the capital aboard the steamer Yukon with mem- bers of the party. ‘The Governor had expect- ed to fly to Hyder, also, but owing to current weath- er conditions, had to cancel his plan to go to the Port- land Canal town to partici- pate in the International Mining Celebration which opened there today for a three-day carnival. ® 8 0 00 0000000 i Second Jardine Agricult WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 18— There’s to be anot Jardine in the United Dey ment of Agriculture. He is James T. Jardine, a brother ne, secretary of agriculture under President Cool- idge and now minister to Egypt. The newcorm will take office September 1 as head of experi- ment stations in the department, and ass| r of sclentific |work s duties wil and of which there | 1g on about 9,500 proj- research at periment are 53 c eots, 1 be to correlate | state insular ex- ations, assistant director of |and also undertook a survey research work he will| Now in ure Department help correlate the research projects in the department itself. He is 50 years old, was born at Cherry Creek, Idaho, and was graduated from the Utah Agricul- tural college. After teaching Eng- lish in that college for several years, he entered the forest service to become successively special ag= ent, forest supervisor and inspector of grazing. He has been director of the Oré- gon Agricultural Experiment Sta- | tion since 1920. During that time he studied the agricultural situse tion in Alaska for the gov land grant colleges and uni ties.