The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 28, 1931, Page 1

oo e THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL XXXVIII., I\O 5782 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” Ml;MBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TI;N CENTS FLIERS OFF ACROSS ATLAN'I'IC LINDBERGHS READY HEAT SIZILES| WIDE SECTION; MERGURY SOARS Sixty-three Deaths Are Re- ported from Califor- nia Districts TEMPERATURE M ARKS BROKEN, MANY PLACES Forest Fifiazards In-f i creasing Along North- ern Border States KANSAS CITY, July 28—The sun beat over the Middle West and southern Pacific coast yesterday sending the mercury climbing. Face Death Charges . WHITE, FAMOUS AUTHOR.ENIOYS ANOTHER VISIT | National Pm( Advocate and Brown Bear ‘ Friend in Juneau “No place in the world can com- pare with Southeast Alaska as a place for pleasure crulsing in sum- mer; her sheltered waters of en- trancing beauty; her forested mountains rising in grandeur from the shore lines, the abundance and variety of life on land and sea and ‘the delightful, invigorating wea- ther combine to make this part of the Territory a chosen spot for re- creation that cannot be ocqualled elsewhere.” Such is the opinion of Stewart World F hght in Fi we Day I.s Their F oal ) »mfi LONE EAGLE IS READY T0 MAKE - FLIGHT, ORIENT [Colonel and Wife Fly to | Was’hingl(,n to Make | Last (,he(k—up OR MAYBE TOMORROW Weather Conditions Wlll Decide Start—Peril- ous Trip Ahead BULLETIN—WASHINGTON, July 28—Col. and Mrs. Lind- bergh have hopped off for ACTUAL START TODAY' 2BIG PLANES 'TAKE AIR FOR - REGORD MARKS 'Russell Boardman and ’ John Pollando Hop- | ping for Turkey {CLYDE PANGHORN AND HUGH HERNDON LEAVE Circus Flier and Compan- | ion Are Off for Flight i Around World NEW YORK, July 28—Two pow- erful monoplanes took off this ‘muming within 18 minutes of each Salina, Kansas, reported tem- Edward White, eminent contem- North Haven, Maine, where | other, both bound on ocean flights. peratures ranging from 106 to porary author, lover of nature and family farewells will be said | Russell Boardman, of Boston, and 110. cosmopolitan traveler who has vis- before the flight to Japan. | John Pollando, of Lynn, Massa- At Hays and Emporia the tem- perature was 105. Temperatures of 100 were record- ed throughout Oklahoma. Forest-fire hazards have increas- ed in Idaho, Montana, Utah and Wyoming and aggravated the drought area in eastern Montana. California has reported 63 deaths | ited most of the nooks and cran- inies of the world. Enjoying Another Sojourn He is enjoying another of his lei- surely sojourns in the North, hav- ing arrived last evening on his yacht Kura in Juneau for a stay of several days. Since 1920, he has come to Alaska every summer can fly arcund the world in five days. and has a cruising range of 5,500 miles, By flying almost continuously Clyde Panghorn (left) and Hugh Herndon (right) estimate they Their monoplane shown above is equipped with dual controls They see the possibility of making the 15000 mile journcy in WASHINGTON, D. C., July 28— The Lindberghs, Col. Charles A., and his wife, are practically off on their latest adventure, enroute to ’hina and Japan. They flew from New York to Washington for conferences with Acting Secretary of State Castle chusetts, hopped off at 5 o’clock | this morning and are headed for | Istanbul, Turkey, 5,000 miles away. Clyde Pangborn, of Wenatchee, Washington, a circus flier, and Hugh Herndon, hopped off at 5:18 o'clock on a world flight with Mos~ cow, 5400 miles distant, their first objective. during the last 90 hours, ending| Jozeph Gz:par;gh "”(u’pper)“ and |except one, and he contemplates| four hops. The first scheduled halt is Moscow. Their proposed route is shown in map. They hopped |[and others on conditions in the The weather is described as ideal. last night in the southwest. | Lewis H. Downs, 16 year old Oak- [the continuation of yearly visits| off from New York thls mflmint Orient. | Boardman and Pollando carried Forty deaths occurred in the Im- land, Cal,, schoolboys have been |in the future. Either today or Wednesday, de- a dangerous load of 718 gallons of perial Valley. Six deaths are re- 7""0;"{,;‘;’}“‘ "‘K' :"“""_"r:' Police- | ot noon today, Mr. White was pendent on completion of detalls, gasoline. They hope to set a long ported from Needles, California :":p';u"d' ;:"‘B“S“"o“h €Y Were yonor guest at & luncheon given STUGK M ARKET Oce(ln Fller un(l Hls Plfl'l(’ the Lindberghs will fly to North distance record with their 300~ where the temperature was 120. - 18 = in the Gastineau Cafe by his regi- Haven Maine, the Morrow estate, horsepower engine, Phoenix, Arizona, has reported 14 deaths from the heat and the others are scattered. Showers helped Los Angeles where it registered 90. Taft, California, reports tem- peratures of 118. 19 DEAD IN CANADA WINNIPEG, July 28.~The. heat, wave .over the Canadian prflmes has left 19 dead, damaged crops 50 per cent to total losses in some places. DEATHS INCREASC LOS ANGELES, Cal, July 28— Deaths from heat in the South- west total 69 following receipt of deaths in the Mojave desert PROFESSOR IN BRIT. PREMIER TELLS GERMANS ABOUT POLICY Balance of Power Theory| | Opposed—Conditions 4 Only Temporary ! BERLIN, July 28.—Great Britain is .diametrically opposed to the balance of power theory because It \is_incompatible with disarmament |sald Prime Minister Ramsay Msac- {Donald here toddy. ¢ | Great Britain believes in estah- mental comrade in arms in the World War, Dr, H. C. DeVighne. (Continued on Tage Eight) INFLUENZA AND SCARLET FEVER HIT VILLAGERS IFive. Tikishilt Villages 41 by Flu'—Scarlet Fever Rages in Two | ‘The native Indlan population of five villages in the Tikchik River region, 180 miles north of Nusha- gak is stricken with influenza in DRAGS; TRADERS § MARKING TIME Many Issues Indicate Farly | Good Undertone Pre- vailing, However NEW YORK, July 28.—A partial | moratorium seemed to be in effect today on the stock market. Prices maintained a fairly good undertone despite the torpor of the U. S. Steel dividend announce= ment due after the close. Traders marked time today with the same pace as yesterday when the slowest trading in nearly seven years resulted;, though the volume - o, ind from there most of the flying vill be across barren wastelands ind deserted waters. Col. Lindbergh said the itinerary \fter Tokyo is vague but they are :xpected to come back a different oute than by which they go. The plane is completely equipped with luggage, blankets and emer- gency rations. The only thng re- }mnmlng isthe “cheeking of instruments, refueling and obta!n- ing a visa from the Japanese Em- bassy. Informed that a delay may oc- cur in getting gasoline at Point Barrow, Col. Lindbergh sald they could fly to Fairbanks. He did not elaborate on the statement. - e AIDE TO SECY. ' HYDETO COME Panghorn and Herndon catried 850 gallons of gasoline. They have !a 500-horsepower engine. Frank Dorbandt, former Alaska flier, and friend of Herndon, ac- ,companied them 35 miles and said ‘on his return they were flying 100 miles an hour at an altitude of 400 feet. HUDSON NOT 0 BE EXTRADITED; .REUUEST DENIED Gov Hartle Refuses to Bring "Ma's" “What-a- ! ity by international . lxg;x;xelfa“z::u;is;h tfx l'mn :1:;]: itl)enar:i dangerous form, 18 being ' reported :);‘ LHscegidshares tripled during Man" 5o Washmgton 'to universal bankruptcy, he said. |9€ad, and Nushagak is being swept S gersot ol e — GHILE ‘The: British Premisc: said the|bY 8n epidemic of scarlet fever, mwiy . Steel common moved nar- NuRTH SHURTLY OLYMPIA, Wash., July 28.—Gov. : /German economic difficulties are | With several cases also reported at f !R. H. Hartley has denied the re- ACTS AS PRES. Confidence Is Expressed in Administration— Ibanez Fleeing SANTIAGO, Chile, July 28.—Juan Esteben Montero, University of Chile Professor of Law, has be- come Acting President when Pedro Opazo resigned a few hours after | Carlos Ibanez fled from the coun- try. Ibanez is on a train to Argen-| tina bound for Buenos Aires, Eur- ope and the United States. has more than one billion dollars in various interests. Confidence is expressed with Montero as the head and Pedro Blanquier, Finance Minister. Both are praised for economy when in the Ibanez Cabinet. Missouri Congressman Suddenly Dies at Home FAYETTE, Mo, July R,—Smufil’ C. Major, aged 62 years, Demo- cratic Representative gressional District, died at his home here this morning from a paralytic stroke. 2 Congressman Major was born in this city July 2, 1869. He served as | Howard | «County, was in the State Senate Prosecuting = Attorney of for several sessions and elected to He in Congress | from the Seventh Missouri Con- |largely phychological and tempor- lary STIMSON IN - LONDON;WILL . MEET DAWES | LONDON, England, July 28— | American Secretary of State Henry [L Stimson has arrived here to meet Ambassador Dawes who has |arrived at Plymouth on the liner Mauretania. They will discuss the !debt holiday. e e d FIRE ENTERS - LASSEN PARK SACRAMENTO, Cal, July 28— PFire raging over 50,000 acres in |Bute and Tehama Counties this afternoon penetrated the Lassen National Forest. Five hundred men are fighting the blaze. HOOVERS ARE BACK IN WASH. WASHINGTON, D. C, July 28— President Hoover -and Mrs. Hoover added grief to the many American residents of the Riviera who have 'before the debacle, and who now is cut to $3500, received a tax 8nag Point across the bay, This situation was reported by Dr. W. A. Borland, physician at Dillingham, to local headquarters of the Alaska Division of the Of- fice of Indian Affairs, it was an- nounced today by Charles W. Hawkesworth, Acting Chief. Influ- enza serum and scarlet fever anvi- toxin are being rushed from BSe- attle by the first steamer to An- chorage and will be transported to Dillingham to Dr. Borland by plane. Makes 180-Mile Trip The first word of the influenza epidemic reached Dr. Borland last week when Roy Smith, a white trapper operating in the Tikchik River region, came to the doctor’s headquarters and reported many of the aboriginal population ill and some dead in the upper region yil- lages. He volunteered his boat and services to take aid. Dr. Borland and Miss Majors, a nurse sent there from Anchorage to assist him in combatting a scar- let fever epidemic, left at once for the afflicted settlements, He found the natives all acutely sick with influenza, .16 dead and many seri- ously 1l Famine Aggravates Situation With the villagers all virtually helpless, famine was prevalent in the entire district. Food was almost entirely’ exhausted and fuel piles were low. Dr. Borland left some food supplies, medicines and head- ed a woodchopping brigade that furnished new fuel and started the fires golng. He then returned to Dillingham and ordered a supply of influenza serum. He reached Dillingham able at Dillingham. Another will be sent there at once, and the necessary serum and antitoxin have Allied Chemical, General Elec- tric, Safeway, Penney, Woolworth, | ChrysSler, Eastman, Westinghouse, Standard Oil of New Jersey and a few motion picture issues ad-| vanced a point or two. l Auburn lost more points today. Childs dropped two to a low. U. S. STEEL DIVIDEND NEW YORK, July 28.—The Unit- ! ed States Steel Corporation hu reduced the quarterly dividend on common stock to $1.from $1. 75.. making the annual basis $4 against' $7 previously paid, a more drastlc reduction than forecast. The ment of $1.25 was expected As lhe first reduction. RO T | { | TODAY’'S STOCK | QUOTATIONS . | | NEW YORK, July 28—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 15%, American Can 99%, Anaconda Copper 25%, Beth- lehem Steel 41%, Fox Films 16%, tory. General Motors 37%, International Harvester 41%, Kennecott 18%, Checker Cab, no sale; Curtiss- Wright 3%, Packard Motors 7%, Standard Brands 18, Standard Oll of California 367%, Standard Oil of New Jersey 38%, Trans-America 7%, United Aircraft 27%, U. 8. Sleel 92%. HALF OF TOWN Associated Press Photo Russell Boardman (inset), Boston flier, seeks to set a nonstop long distance record from the United States to Europe in the mono- plane shown above. He is accompanied by John Pollando and they hopped off this mqmln: from New York, heading for Istanbul, Turkey. "NEW GOLD ERA IN NORTHLAND SAYS GARFIELD Seattle Chamber of Com- merce Official Tells of A-]J Mine SEATTLE, July 29.—Alaska is seeing the opening of a new gold era said Director Garfield of the Alaska Department of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce after a tour of the southeast part of the Terri- “The Alaska Juneau property had the best month in history in June and the estimated net profit for the year may reach $1,500,000, ten per cent capitalization,” said Gar- field. QGarfield said the increased pur- chasing power of gold is encourag- Lm mining operations. WILKINS NOW reached Pranz Joseph Land at 11245 p.m. yesterday, Berlin time, ad- vices received here from the ship said. BAG OF BONES PROVE PULILE, POLICE STAFF Skeleton th in Waters|** of Puget Sound Near Edmonds SEATTLE, July 28.—Whether a bag of bones found néar Edmonds in the sound, will solve the mys- tery of the disappearance of James Eugene Bassett, three years ago, or opens a new mystery puzzle for the police presents itself. ‘The bones were found in a sack when a fisherman hooked it. The skeleton is being sent to the Uni- versity of Washington to obtain the views of the anatomy and chemistry professors. Earl Mayer, who Is accused of murdering Bassett, is now serving a life term in Walia Walla as a | habitual criminal. The skull and collar bone, several | arm and hand bones are missing from the bag found near Edmonds. Eleven teeth were found but with flzzled Three boys admitted dump- |ing the skeleton from an abandoned |cemetery into the sound after a R. W, Dunlap to Observe Activities of Agricul- tural Department To observe National Forest activ- ties and other work of the De- | partment of Agriculture in South- cast Alaska, R. W. Dunlap, Assist-: ant Secretary of that Departmen?, will spend several days in this district early next month, it was made known today by B. F. Heint- zleman, Assistant Regional Forest- er. Mr. Dunlap will arrive in Ketchi- on August 10. He will be met there by Mr. Heintzleman who | will accompany him on his travels. ‘They will spend but a short time in Ketchikan and leave there on the Ranger X., to visit other points in Tongass National Forest. They will arrive here about August 11‘: and Mr. Dunlap will return to the States directly from here. He is| accompanied by his 14-year-old' daughter. Amy Johnson, Aviatrix, at Moscow, Tokyo Bound MOSCOW, July 28—Amy John- son, British aviatrix, landed here today on her flight from Eng- Iand to Tokyo. via Berlin. quest to extradite Guy Edward Hudson from Los Angeles, Cal., to face bigamy charges for his mar- irlage to Minnie “Ma” Kennedy in ‘l,ongvlew a month ago. Gov. Hartley sald the state should |be spared “further humiliation !from these careless performers.” The Governor said the state has 'on hand funds for “Class A" erim= inals. ! The bigamy complaint was filed at Kelso on July 22, after the Prosecuting Attorney got a witness to a former marriage by Hud- 'son . Hudson failed to secure a | divorce from his first wife who is now suing him for divorce and ali- mony. Py IR - FLAMING OIL WELL KILLS 1 KILGORE, Texas, July 28.—One man was killed and two were se- riously injured by a flaming oil well, two blocks from the business district here and which threatened the town. Clyde Erskine was fatally burned when pinned to the ground by a falling timber, trying to escape. The fire was finally extinguished by a special pip: device closing the gate valve. ® Winston Church Big Pay for ropean platform men invading this country for often it is necessary to | ride all night after completing one | Lll Expects American Tour the sixty-sixth Congress in 1918. have returned after three days and |Saturday. En‘ i R I-E no dental work. #° He has been re-clected six times.|four night: at the Replidan Camp.| Fever Epidemle Bresws ! The coroner ‘at Everett said the i ;?sc h«:e:;:mm:e; t;:g:letn me:cles :1:‘_ zim}%fi gesl gacecine Wln ol L et the village of Nushagek | SPOKANE, Wasr., Suly 28—Fire PLYMOUTH, Engiand, July 28— :°;';; ,‘:,‘I,‘f,u?ETUS “mii“’,,::fi”;u,’:;‘; LONDON, July 28—The American | the Boer War while he was in the Ak : was stricken with scarlet fever.istarted in & woodshed and levelled Sir Hubert Wilkins has sailed aboa‘\'dlperh‘Blps three years in earth. lecture tour of Winston Churchill, | limelight. On that tour he was 8 R Later in the day, word was re-|half of the town of Loon Lake, 35 the submarine Nautilus for Bergen, Marks appearing like chemical |!ON€ Insurgent of the conservative managed by the late Major Pond, F h T J lts Flatt d ceived that a few cases had ap-|miles north of here.. The loss is Norway, enroute under the NOIth|uyinc have been found to be|PArty, Is expected to gross him who had handled such celebrities renc ax Jo ene peared in Snag Polnt. Miss Ma- |estimated at $15,000. Pole. ol A Asteriretios $45,000 for roughly 70 hours' work. |as Mark Twain, Walt Whitman and . V.lla f R. . jors, who was due fo return to e z Churchill has engagements for Henry Ward Beecher. Anchorage to go back to her sta- 4 45 lectures in 10 weeks at the rate| Churchill, son of an American Purses ln l s 0 lvlera tion at.{he Eklutna hospital, cnn- Graf Ze el,/n NOlU ln ArCtl(‘ MYSTERY EXPLODED of $1,000 a lecture, late this fall. | mother, has been a soldier, writer celled her plans and remained’ to pp EVERETT, Wash., July 28—| In addition to the work of lec- |and statesman having served with : NICE, France, July 28—The in-|which demand immediate payment.|aid in caring for the sick. July 28.—What was belleved to be|turing, travelling in the United |the Spanish forces in Cuba in the" < come tax collector has brought| One man who had $8000 yearly| A second nurse is already avail- FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, July 28. — The Graf Zeppelin|® clue in the Bassett murder has|States presents strain to the Eu- | closing years of the last century (and with the English in African campaigns. He is expected to deyote con- been tightening their belts for the |bill covering his three years' resi- past year. dence. With fines and additions it Ignorant of the fact that they |amounted to $2,200. were taxed in Prance, scores f| 'The result has been some lucra- #hem are recelving over-due bills |doctor had refused to purchase it. BERLIN, July 28—The Graf Zeppelin landed near the Russian oo icebreaker Malign off. Hooker Island, Franz Josef Land, exchanged mail' @©uba is to have its first commer- and then continued the flight. Jelal census since 1919, been ordered from Seattle. A plane will rush them to Dillingham as soon as they reach Anchorage, Mr. lecture ih order to arrive at the | siderable of his lecture time to @ scene of the next day's address. ‘dlscusslon of India and to the Churchill's first lecture tour of |destiny of the English speaking the states was at the conclusion of | people. tive business for local legal talent.' Hawkesworth said: