The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 1, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVIIL, NO. 5786. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1931. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRE SS PRICE TEN CENT{ POLICE FORCES OF U. S. DECLARED TO BE FAILURE LINDBERGHS ON ONE MORE LEE, ORIENT FLIGHT Leave Ottawa Durig Forenoon for Station at Moose Factory Col. Lindbergh’s plane call letters are KHCAL. The sets are operated on frequencies of 33, 500, 3130, 5615, 8450 and 13,240 kilocycles, HOPOFF EARLY OTTAWA, Aug, 1.—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife took off at 9:49 o'clock this forenoon, East- ern Standard Time, for the desti- nation on the next leg of their flight to Japan, Moose Factory, at the southern tip of James Bay, a distance of 460 miles. RADIO REPORT CHICAGO, Tll, Aug. 1.—A radio message from the Lindberghs at 12:18 o'clock this afternoon, East- ern Standard Time, gave the po- sition of their plane as 15 miles northeast of Lake Expand. ESKIMOS PLAN HUNT POINT BARROW, Alaska, Aug. 1.—The Eskimos are stirred with excitement at the approaching visit of the Lindberghs. ‘They plan an old fashioned walrus hunt for the entertainment of the distinguished fliers and are burnishing up the ancient equip- ment for the chase. If the ice or other conditions are unfavorable for the hunt, the Eski- mos plan to give the Lindberghs presents. The whites are arranging a luncheon to be served in the new Presbyterian Manse which ~ will also be put to service for the Lindberghs during their stay hers. § o — GALES RAGING POINT BARROW, Alaska, Aug. 1.—Southerly . gales continue like blizzards with freezing tempera- ture. There has been no ice movement and this may prevent arrival of gas for Col. Lindbergh aboard the cutter Narthland. The cutter is now at Point Lay and Col. Lindbergh may refuel his plane there. ———eo— —— ROBBINS, JONES ARE PREVENTED FROM TAKE-OFF SEATTLE, Aug. 1.—Reg. L. Rob- bins and H .S. Jones were forced to postpone until tomorrow their takeoff on their proposed nonstop refuelling flight from Seattle to Tokyo on account of bad weather reported frem the Fairbanks' re- gion. The two fliers had wheeled their plane to the runway on Boeing Field early this morning, but were fortunately delayed an hour by a punctured tire of one of the plane's wheels. The fliers were warming up their motor at the far end of the field when weather observer Bhick rushed to the field and told them not to attempt the flight as last minute reports from Fairbanks, Nome and Unalakleet, Alaska, in- dicated sudden storms. Hundreds of spectators had as- sembled on the field notwithstand- ing the early morning hour. WORLD FLIERS FORCED DOWN, RUSSIAN LAND MOSCOW, Aug. 1.—Clyde Pang- horn and Hugh Herndon, out on an attempt to break the world’s circl- ing record, were forced down at Jietiegars, 150 miles from Kus- tnaisk, in the Cossack autonomous Republic, at 8:30 am. Moscow time or 9:31 p.m. Pacific time. The two fliers detoured from the route to Sverdlovsk because of bad weather. They were advised by telegram to take off with a small quantity of fuel for Kustanaisk or Omsk, about 450 miles away. ARRIVE, AT OMSK MOSCO%/; Aug. 1. — Panghorn and Herndon arrived at Omsk late this afternoon and took off for| Chita threc hours and 15 minutes later. er. ) THEY CHANGE WIVES Assocratea Press Phote Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Stevens (above) and Mr. and Mrs. George Spots- wood after an exchange in mates. Mrs, Stevens was Mrs. Spotswood and the present Mrs. Spotswood was . Stevens. Divorced in Neva- da, both couples married again, the husbands retaining their respec- HERRING RUNS 'GREAT SALMON RUN REPORTED GOOD AND FISH LARGE IN SIZE OFF CHICHAGOF (West Const Sprsarws-Filleds] Rounsfel Sa_y;bHe rring Operators Are Getting Boats Making Capac- ity Hauls There Good Supply Fish Good herring runs, large catch- es of fish unusually large for Southeast Alaska, are reported by George A. Rounsfel, Junior Aquatic Blologist of the United States Bureau of Fisheries, who for the past seven seasons has been con- ducing investigations of the life history of herring in these and other Alaska waters. He arrived here yesterday with his assistant Edwin Dahlgren, on the Kayak, Capt. James Pine. I ka. The two scientists have spent the Tne pyramid Packing Company entire season continuing their in- g¢ gitka is getting all the fish it vestigations of the fluctuations In can pack and could get more if abundance’ of herring. The PUr- 'y could handle them, he said. Seln- am:“c‘;‘ :lx:xl:t ;;;’izymiswgc:e::;“gz!ers are making fine hauls. Only from any one of several causes or ?{llle trtl o!bo:l:: Mo -1s. nooded a combination of some or all of | Whfle: Capt. O'Connor did not HEoe pUom s e r o Visit Icy Stralt points, he is con- splwnl:o l;):t,cfi :n“dm:){fier r:al:on(; |fident the main run has started The herring industry in ,s°“°h']mlc-lree'was accompanied on the pa- o, aivkn. D ety ?:sy Sea- ltrol by Assistant Attorney General o # ugg of Wash- Only five plants and 25 boats are:::,'oxr;_ anrle;ol; f}g““ lay low engaged as compared to 13 plants yne entire distance from Sitka to and 5&:““ last You '1;“9 m;def‘sugius Narrows added thrills to have been large and the fish good|tne nomeward flight. On that s‘?:ere is more mild curing in thel‘s"ewhn lTum ]El]l.s crow}:;l;;pedwuzl: way, flying low over district than for years. Despite|channel for short distances, then the reduction in the number Of|gropping back to the surface and plants operating the mild cure!yoyiing ~ After breaking through production probably Wil be aboVe(pe fog belt in Peril Strait, the The Kayak is the newest F‘ish-!g:g}:_t Wi 4 o e erles boat. It was purchased in Seattle last winter for use in the scientific field. It is a 40-foot boat and has proved efficient in service.- It will remain here for two or three days while a new gas tank is being installed. AMY JOHNSON A tremendous run of plnk sal- mon is filling the bays, inlets and }spawnmg beds on the west coast |of Chichagof Island and fish are | jumping offshore in the ocean | waters everywhere, declared Capt. {M. J. O'Connor, Asst. Agent of the United States Bureau of Fisheries, who visited that district yesterday ‘by plane, stopping at many points | where watchmen are maintained {by the Bureau, dnd calling at Sit- — REGORD FLIERS SHOWN HONORS ISTANBUL, Turkey, Aug. 1— i Russell Boardman and Hugh Hern- !don, who recently broke the long idistance records from New York ICity in 49 hours and 20 minutes, J{inum and Coco Cola rose SPEEDING ON |today received the congratulations |of President Kemal Pasha. MOSCOW, Aug. 1—Amy JOBNSOD,| qv.. two fliers said their future British - aviatrix, and her flying companion J. J. Humphreys, hopped off for Nijniudunsk after stops at Tiyaceinsk and Krasnoyarsk. At all stops the girl flier has been re- ceived by acclaiming crowds. iplans were indefinite. They are ' considering a réturn flight to the | United States via India. Board- |man said they would not attempt | & nonstop return as “we certainly want to ‘stop and see some of these pretty European cities.” 1t has been agreed that the mile- |age of the record flight was 4,984 miles. ARBUCKLE TO WED IN FALL LOS ANGELES, Cal, Aug. 1.— “Fatty” Roscoe Arbuckle, now 2 movie direetor, is to marry Addie’ McPhall, aged 24, film actress, dur-| SEATTLE, Aug. 1—Capt. Matt ing the coming fall after he ob- Peasley and thirteen boys aboard tains a divorce. . This is the an- a private yacht, have returned from nouncement made by Educational an Alaska cruise highly delighted — ., .Capt. Peasley Returns from Alaska with His 13 Boys Aboard Yacht STOCK MARKET SHOWS BOOST, MANY ISSUES Gains Are Narrow for Short Day Trading— Sales 400,000 Shares ‘NEW YORK, Aug. 1.—Week-end ‘hort coverings gave the stock market a little boost today although most of the gains were narrow. Trading was around the minj- mum for the past several years, sales aggregating around 400,000 shares. Case broke 3 points to a new low. U. 8. Steel and Bethlehem closed higher than yesterday. American Can, American Tele- phone and Telegraph, Consolidat- ed Gas, Bendix, Public Service of New Jersey advanced today. Columbian Carbon, Bohn Alum- two points. Nickel Plate, preferred, dropped 3% points to a new low. TODAY'S STOCK QUOTATIONS —e NEW YORK, Aug. 1—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 14%, American Can 92%, Anaconda Copper 25%, Beth- lehem Steel 37%, Fox Films 15%, General Motors 37%, International Harvester 40, Kennecott 18%. Checker Cab, no sale; Curtigs- Wright 3%, Packard Motors 17, Standard Brands 17%, Standard Oll of California, no sale; Standard Oil of New Jersey 37%, Trans- America 7, United Alrcraft 27, U. S. Steel 85%. - e PRINCE DAVID PULLED FROM WILSON ROCKS Steamer Proceeds to Port Townsend Under Own Steam—Damaged PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., Aug. 1—The Canadian National Steam- ship Prince David, which grounded on the rocks off Point Wilson yes- terday forenoon, during a heavy fog, was pulled off by three tugs late yesterday afternoon, The Prince David made way here under her own steam. A preliminary examination re- vealed several small holes in her bottom but the pumps were suffi- cient to keep the water down. At the time of going aground on the rocks, the Prince David, sister ship of the Prince Henry, on the Alaska route, was enroute from Victorla and Vancouver, to Seattle. her PASSENGERS TRANSFERRED SEATTLE, Aug. 1.—Sixty-eight passengers, transferred from the Prince David, were taken back to Vietoria aboard the Princess Kath- leen, of the Canadian Pacific Steamship Lines. TRITON RETURNS TO PORT FROM CRUISE AROUND CHICHAGOF After a week's cruise with a party of local friends, Capt. J. H. Cann returned last night on the Triton from Lisianski and other Chichagof Island peints. He will remain here until sometime next week before returning home. Those making the cruise with Capt. Cann were: Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Mullen and family, and Judge Frank A. Boyle. They visited Lisi- anski, Chichagof and Hirst-Chi- chagof, and cruised around the island, fishing and sight-seeing. —— SPOTTED FEVER IN MINE CAMP HELENA, Montana, Aug. 1— Eugene Roarck is dead, and I Engle is serlously ill a result of spotted fever. They were brought to Hamilton, Montana, by nine other Seattle men who strugzledi two days against storms, The men have been prospeeting placer gold claims in the Vietor disctrict, where Pictures. Jwith their vacation in the north. the men became il The above plcture shows th bergh which is situated on Sour!: DIAMOND DRILL T0 TEST TAKU 60LD PROPERTY Boyles Will Drill White Water Group of Lode Claims Having been bonded to Eastern Canadian interests, the White Water group of mining claims in the Taku district will be prospect- ed immediately with a diamond drill. The drilling machinery, which was expected to arrive in Juneau ¢his week, will be here on the Princess Louise this afternton or on the Prince Henry tomorrow and ' will be taken to Taku Monday on Capt. William Strong’s gasoline craft, the W. 8. No. 1. The Boyle Diamond Drilling Company of Vancouver, B. C, has the contract for drilling the lmles.I Exhaustive tests will be made of] the property, which is said to show outcroppings of three gold- bearing veins. Ten men are now employed on the White Water group. They are stripping likely looking ground and erecting camp living quarters. When the drill is put into opera- tion, there will be a total force of 20. John B. Woodworth, mining en- gineer of Vancouver, B. C, Ob- talned for the Eastern Canadian parties the option to buy the prop- erty a few weeks ago. He made several trips from Vancouver this summer to inspect the ground be- fore he closed the option negotia- tions, Assoctated Press Photo e progress made on the new home of Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lind- and mountain six miles from Princeton, N. J. The house is constructed Alex Holden - NAGHEL GVEN arried to_pROMOTION T0 Seattle Glrli FISe Al; AGENT Alaska Aviation Official | Surprises Friends— : el saves Tor Norik Secretary Wilbur Desig- nates Him as Depart- | —— | SEATTLE, Aug. 1—The mar-| ment Alaska Agent riage of Alex Holden, Supervisor of | {the Pacific International Airways, | ‘wuh headquarters .at Fairbanks, | Alaska, and Miss Lorraine Fag:m:' Promotion fo Charles E. Naghel of Seattle, here last Saturday, was ' to be Alaska Fiscal Agent for the revealed by the couple yesterday. |Interior Department, effective to- Holden and his bride met less|day, was announced this morning | |than a $ear ago when he was|by Gov. George A. Parks. The Lm-.re- with- the Alaska-wushington'Dfisltmn was created by the Depart- Alrways. ’xnem on the Governor's recommen- Holden returned to Seattle from !dation and Mr. Naghel designated July 23, for mflhy the Secretary as the first to occupy it. Mr, Naghei 1s one of the oldest | men in the Department's service in the Territory, being attached for - eee many years to the office of Sur- | veyor General and when that was abolished getting a transfer to the Public Survey Office. Under his LARGE cREDIT [new duties he will be assigned to | the Governor's Office. “This movement is another step ! | ENGLISH BANK | toward putting into effect the In- terior Department‘s policy of sim- | ,the north on ceremouny. The newly-weds salled for the north today on the steamer Yu-;’ kon, | \ | plitying its procedure in the Ter- ritory,” the Governor sald today. “It will centralize all disburse- ments of the Department’s agencies here. Fiscal matters in the past handled individually by the Gov- ernor’s Office, the Public Survey Office, the Office of Indian Affairs and the Federal Mining Supervis- or, will now be handled directly by Mr. Naghel.” ‘The Governor termed the latter's American Federal Reserve! System Cooperates with Bank of France NEW YORK, Aug. 1—The Fed- eral Reserve System, with the co- operation of the Bank of France, REPORT GIVEN T0 PRESIDENT BY PROBE COM. Wickersham Com m ission Returns Blanket In- dictment of Police IDEPARTMENTS SHOT THROUGH WITH GRAFT Dishonest Politicians Often in Control of Pro- tection Forces WASHINGTON, D. C, |Aug. 1. — The Wickersham Commission, in a blanket in- |dictment, said the police of stone obtained in the Immediate vicinity. The Colonel expects the house to be ready for occupancy | when he returns from his aerial tour of the Orlent. | forces of the country are a “general failure.” The indictment is contained in the eighth report made to President Hoover. The report said that with few exceptions the police forces are shot through with graft and incompetence, often under control of dishonest politicians, Major eriminals are known by the police but are allowed |to continue their careers. Only one member ofthe com- mission, Monte Lehman, of New Orleans, an attorney, failed to sign the report and no explanation and no individual report is made by him, The commission reports that Mil= waukee is a city free from crime, The reported cited the Indianap- olis Mayor who appointed his tailor as Chief of Police beécause he was a gued tailor. The report says Los Angeles and San Francisco have been controlled by gamblers. The report also says Detroit gam= blers, driven out, retaliated by oust~ ing the Police Commissioner. ‘The report further says elected officials frequently betrayed Chi- cago. BRUTAL MURDER UNSOLVED; JURY FREES GARRISON Fourth Slaying Mystery Near San Diego Not The White Water group is owned ngg completed a $250,000000 credit chiefly by residents of the Takuzm ihe B};nk of England. district. Twelve banks of the Reserve - e System have arranged to purchase N AUTILUS IN $125,000,000 in prime commercial bills from the Bank of England. The measures are taken to check BERGEN, Norway, Aug. 1.—The submarine Nautilus has z\mved! the flight of British gold to France here and Sir Hubert Wilkins said| and to make protection of the sterling exchange doubly sure. he expects to leave Monday for! his trip to the Arctic and under( the North Pole. SEAPLANE WRANGELL | GOES TO KETCHIKAN Destined for Ketchikan, the sea- plane Wrangell, Pilot Anscel C. Eckmann, and Mechanic Gordon | Graham, left Juneau yesterday.| ‘The airship took no passengers from this city, but was expected to pick up one or more at Wran- gell. | [ | [ GERMAN RATES RAISED BERLIN, Aug. 1—The Reichs- bank rate has been raised from 10 to 15 percent and intérest on loans against collateral has heen raised from 15 to 20 percent. SHIP_ CRUSHED IN ARCTIC ICE CALLS FOR AID Word has been received here that POINT BARROW, Alaska, Aug.; designation as “splendid.” Mr. Naghel, he said, is one of the most competent men in the De- partment’s service in the Tarrilory and “this promotion was deserved.” His excellent work as Director of the Federal Census in Alaska last year drew very favorable attention from Department heads in Wash- ington and made him a marked {man there, the Governor added. Mr. Naghel's new office quarters will be located in the Office of Secretary of Alaska in the wing adjoining the Governor's office. GERMANY TOLD T0 BUY WHEAT FROM AMERICA WASHINGTON, Aug American Government, through 3 Ambassador Sackett, in Berlin, has| i | | Fathomed Yet SAN DIEGO, Cal. Aug. 1—The brutal murder of Hazel Bradshaw, 22-year-old telephone girl, whose body was found several months ago with 17 stab wounds, is still among the four recent unsolved girl murders here. The jury has acquited Moss Garrison, charged with the girl's murder after two hours’ delib- eration. He was accused of the kiling because of jealousy. RAIN STORMS FLOOD TOWNS, DAMAGE CROPS DENVER, Col, Aug. 1.—Hail and rain storms have caused heavy damage to crops and also cities in the Rocky Mountain regions. Butte, Montana; New the Wrangell, when piloted by Mr. ! Nogales, Eckmann on its last flight from 1.—The Signal Corps here has re- |suggested to the German Govern- ceived an appeal to aid the Rus- ment that wheat and cotton, now | Mexico, and Lander, Wyoming, and other points have been flooded Ketchikan to Seattle established a| new. record for the trip batween those two cities, having made the sian ship Tchouchotka which has, been crushed in the ice off the| iberfan Coast, across from Point! distance in 4-hours and 10 minutes. g:;;.nn i | The seaplane Petersburg, Pilot|™ one member of the crew has. fl"bl'::mEl::‘snd:"dsexf:lm:g;snz?e’::been lost and the others are re- Harland, e. Taku and Mendenhall Glaclers to- | Pt wormiend. carrying Col day with passengers off steamshiPsyinaperoh's gas, is a few miles 1 port. south of Wainwright. She has A A AN been ordered to proceed to the edge REv. PERSONEUS *HAS of the ice pa_ck and land supplies RE‘I‘URNED FROM TRIP!B.S Barrow is ice locked. -- The Rev. C. C. Personeus, accom- | TO WR panied by his daughter Anna Mae, Teturned today ‘on the Dorothy| g L. Faulkner left this after- Alexander after a three weeks' Vis- noon on the steamer Dorothy Al- it to Skagway. While in the exander for Wrangell on a combin- Lynn QOanal metropolis - meetings|ed business and pleasure trip FAULKNER ANGELL were conduected which proved high-'and will return Tuesday on the new arrival weighed eight pounds|described as W successful, he said. |siéamer Admiral Rogers. held by the Farm Board and sub: sidiaries, be purchased on easy|With several deaths reported. credit terms. This is suggested to| The rain storms are reported to the German Government as be-|Dave quenched the fires in Mon~ ing of assistance to that nation, |‘ana and Idaho. A RETURNS TO SEATTLE 1 Mrs. Estelle W. Beard, of Seattle, \who has been visiting her daugh- ter Mrs. George Worth for the past | week, returned to her home on al recent steamer. l > > | Mrs. the mother night at St MRS. SMITH HAS SON A. E. Smith of Juneau is of a son born last Ann's hospital. The iand a half, FORNANCE HERE ON SHOPPING MISSION With Col. William Miller, several other officers and their wives and 25 soldiers, the United States Army boat Fornance, skippered by W. B. Cummings, arrived in Juneau last evening from OChilkoot Bar~ racks. The party from the Bar- racks will return home on the craft tomorrow morning. e The visit of the vessel is “merely for shopping purposes,”