The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 6, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE ALIEN RING BROKEN UP; 10 ARRESTS Hundred Thousand Report- | ed Brought in Dur- ing Ten Years WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 6— Breaking up a New York ring re- ported to have brought 100,000 allens into the United States H-] legally within the past 10 years is anounced by Secretary of Labor Doak. Ten persons have been arrested, including three employces of the Immigration Bureau, -all of New| York. They sold return permits to barred aliens. | The New York ring is believed to be one of the biggest racketesr-! ing rings in the country. | Fraudulent permits were issued only to aliens wishing to leave and return. The men were apprehended on' charges of blackmailing aliens il- legally here and who were threat-' ened with deportation with forged warrants, H Permits were sold for prices up' to $1,800. —e———— FOUR HUNDRED | ASK FORFOOD INW, VIRGINIA Women and—a]ildren Also Desire Release of Jailed Strikers PHILIPPI, W. Va,, Aug. 6—Four hundred women and children came to the Court House today to ap- pear for food and release of strik- ing miners arrested in violation of an injunction prohibiting interfer- ence in the operations of the Gal- loway Mine. 0. 5790. AID ASKED FOR WOMAN IN RUSSIA “ALL THE NEWS JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1931. ALL THE TIME” Assoclated Press Photo Prof. Dmitri P. Krynine of Yale university, shown above with hig son, Paul, hoped that through the intervention Ieft) and George Bernard Shaw (lo grant his wife (center) permissio leave Russia and join his family | Irish dramatist received the pro f of Lady Astor (lower wer right), Soviet officials would n, repeatedly refused in the past, to n this country. Lady Astor and the essor’s plea while visiting Mgscow. The women and children trudged | ten miles from Galloway carrying banners. They were told by the Sheriff; there was no money available and the group said they would remain . until help was obtained. ). A MOLLISON MAKES RECORD LONDON, Aug. 6—J. A. Mol- lison landed near East Bourne from Rome at 2:30 p.m, breaking Lieut. Scott’s record of 10 days and 23 hours from Australia. Mollison's time is 8 days, 13 hours and 15 minutes. DR s . o SR QUEEN NORTHBOUND SEATTLE, Aug. 6. Steamer Queen sailed for Southeast Alaska ports this forenoon at 10 o'clock with 70 first class passengers, in- cluding Miss B. W. Boland, for Juneau. Assobtated Press Photo Edgar B. Dunlap (above) of | Gainesvilie, Ga., | Dixie candl- date for election as national com: mander of the American Legion at Its meeting in Detroit. He has been endorsca oy Georgla posts. i 'WEATHER AIDS | | MISSOULA, Mont, .Aug. 6— | Weather is favoring the fire fighters in Montana and Idaho. Twenty ranches have been burn- (ed at Newport, Wash, with no {loss of life. . The Priest River fire is expect- ed to be surrounded today and mopped out by Monday. Soft Coal Miners to Push Demand for Joint Meeting to “Doctor” Sick Industry WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 6. In the face of operators’ opposi- tion to a general conference on stabilizing the bituminous coal in- dustry organized miners through their union chiefs are still press- ing for intervention by President Hoover. At the original meeting between Secretaries Lamont of Commerce and Deak of Labor and a group cf operators, the mine owners ex- pressed the opinion that a confer- ence with labor interests would be of little or no value in aiding the industry. John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, is still hope- ful, however, that the government will be able to initiate some kind of a get-together of all interests. One it On only one. thing is there ap- parently complete accord between mine owners, workers and govern- ment economists It seems agreed that the soft coal industry has long been sick and is growing sicker, and that hundreds of operators and thousands of unemployed miners expressed, is “too many mines and too many miners.” Overdevelopment of the bitumi- nous industry was reached as long ago as 1913, economists say, and the current depression has aggra- vated the situation. F. G. Tryon, statistician of the United States bureau of mines, points out that the industry is highly competitive and 70 per cent of the cost is labor. Over Development Among primary causes of the overdevelopment, he lists the abun- dance of soft coal, the ease with which small mines can be opened, and occasional shortages in trans- portation which drive up the price as during the period 1916 to 1922. Tryon stresses another factor— the shifting demand for energy. Coal is suffering, he says, from “technologic unemployment.” Oil, gas and water power have invaded its markets, Labor 'has -been adversely affect- ed, labor leaders say, by the in- and their families are in desperate plight. 1 The root, of the trouble, roughly ventjon of coal mining. machinery, by job uncertainty, reduced periods of unemployment and wage cuts. MILK TRUCKS Legion Candidate FIRE FIGHTERS " HiJAGKED IN - PRESENT WAR Thousands of Gallons Are Dumped—Highway olice Sent PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 6—Hi- jacking of milk trucks and dumping of thousands of gallons of milk continued in this area while ‘the farmers’ spokesmen said they were willing to arbitrate with the dis- tributors. p The farmers are demanding a better price than an average of '8 cents a quart. | Three men at Woodland, Wash., were seriously injured trying to hijack a milk truck. Spiked planks have been placed ‘on highways and autos wrecked. Gov. R. H. Hartley, of Washing- ton, has notified the Sheriff of Clark County at Vancouver: “See no reason why a bunch of hood- lums are allowed to run the af- fairs of the country” and State Highway officers were sent to keep the roads open. | \ AGREEMENT REACHED PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 6.—It is ‘relmhly reported the mik war lended with the producers and dis- | tributors agreeing on a basic price lof $2.17% a hund-ed pounds, The agreemen® also provides for | arbitration of material difficul- ties in the future. | The Cooperative Association im- | mediately ordered all patrols which |have been gvarding the highways ito discontinue watch. Patrols have |been stopping trucks and dump- ing the milk. |Soviet Airmad to Follow Post-Gatty Siberia Trail WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 6— iA new Soviet airmail route is to {follow the trail blazed by Wiley Post ‘and Harold Gatty on their |round the world flight. The route, to be inaugurated this month, will go from Moscow to | Irkutsk, Khabarovsk and Viadivo- stok. It trdverses & distance of approximately 4500 miles. {Bank to Close; {Depositors Asked |To Withdraw Funds SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 6— The North Coast Bank and Trust Company i voted to close and dnvited | depositors of $650,000 to with- draw - their funds. ———l |GIRL BABY BORN TO MRE. AND MRS. F. V. SMITH A seven and one-quarter pound {girl baby was born to Mr. and iMrs, F. V. Smith, at the family 'home on Atigust 6. Both mother |and daughter are doing fine. | at today’s meeting of the Chambe. which started last Saturday has| GAME OFFICERS DESIRE T0 AID NOT TO HINDER Redington, Wright and Dr. Reid Talk Before Cham- ber of Commerce The Alaska Game Commlssiomi and the United States Geological) Survey ‘“desire to be of help, not hinderance, to the people of Alas- ka,” the Chamber of Commerce was told today by Paul Redington, Chief of the Survey, who has spent| the past five weeks in the Terri- tory. He reviewed some of the things he had seen on the current trip. He admitted the. problems of game administration are many, and sald here a sincere effort was heing made to work out a program of sanity. He, Charles W. Wright, Chief of the Mining Division of tix United States Bureau of Mines, and Dr. Harry Fielding Reid, worli- famous glacialist, made short talks Disclaims Being Authority At the very outset of his short talk, Mr. Redington disclaimed having any idea of being or pos- ing as an authority on Alaska. It would take a lifetime to acquire a thorough knowledge of Alaskans and conditions in the Territory, he added. He commented on the “eordial hospitality” he has noted in the| Territory from Dixon Entrance to the Islands of Bering Sea, along' the Yukon and as far northward | |as Seward Peninsula, all of whigh, he has visited. “When one comes to Juneau, for instance,” he sald, “and has given him the generous| reception that is praverbial here, it | is with a real wrench that he| leaves this fine community. By | (Conunuea on Page Two) CAPT. OBRIEN DIES AT RIPE AGEOF3YEARS Famous Alaska Pioneer| Navigator Passes Away After Notable Career SEATTLE, Aug. 6—Capt. John A. O'Brien, ploneer Northern navi-; gator, died her at the age of 83 years. He was the first captain to sail in Alaska waters for the Alaska Steamship Company. He went as master of the Rosalie, and | later was master of the Dolphin. For many years Capt. O'Brien commanded the Nome liner Vic- toria for the Alaska Stea m- ship Company. He brought thel Victorla into Seattle during the| influenza epidemic in Nome. In addition to the dead bodies that were shipped from Nome on the vessel, many died en route. Capt. “Johnny” O'Brien is sur- vived by literally thousands of friends made during his many years as a navigator in the North. He was an intimate friend of Jack London and Rex Beach and many other notables. | was examined .under P PR i *al. on her sc o AP AR R RODEO SWEETHEART AND GOVERNOR Assocratea Press Phato Gov. James Rolph. Jr.,, congratulates Dorothy Barb-ee of King City, st - r5 sweetheart of the Salinas: redeo. MINERAL AREAS AND GLACIERS SEEN ON AIR C. W. Wright and Dr. H. F. Reid Fly with Photographers Mineral zones and glaclal areas in this part of Alaska were made subjects of research study, map- ping and photographic work from the air yesterday by savants of selence and expert cameramen in the service of the federal govern- ment. Formations of earth and icé’ never before human eéyes were closely observed, plotted and filmed. An extent of -country 350 miles in diameter the most favorable weather conditlons, and results of worth were obtained. Members of Party Members of the aerial explora- tlon party who chartered the sea- plane Petersburg, Pllot Robert El- lis and Mechanic Brian Harland, were C. W. Wright, chief of the Mining Division of the United States Bureau of Mines; Dr, H. Reld, world famous glacialist and geologist, who, for the pur- poses of his present trip North, is in the service of the United States government; Percy Pond, Juneau photographer, and Richard Suratt, motion picture cameraman, who is government and motion picture news companies. The route of flight was first from Juneau to and over Glacier Bay, then across Lynn Canal and ovér Berner's Bay to the main- land, thence down the Coast Range (Continued on Page Eight) By FRANK I WELLER (A. P. Farm Editor) WASHINGTON, D. C.,, Aug. 6— ‘The new congress promises % seethe with almost every conceivs able scheme to alleviate the farm- er's financial difficulties. Some advance planning even con- templates an absolute debt moras torium, but this usually steadies down to the more tangible propo- sition of federdl reserve bank re- form. The first scheme, which obviously can hardly obtain although many expect 1t to be introduced, would extend liquidation of all landed indebtedness. - Congress has not the power to regulate private bank collections, but it could grant a two or three year moratorium to all farmers within the federal loan system, the time extension being added to loans at the date of orig= inal expiration. Liberal Policy However, most bills likely will seek a more liberal policy on theé part of both natlonal and state banks with regard to farm loansi The important thing to agricul- ture is to get farm land, livestock, crops and other .assets accepted by state and federal bank examm-J New Congress Must Wrestle Host of Farm Relief Plans ers and by the federal reserve board as acceptable security for loans, ‘The federal reserve system now accepts only “liquid” assets as farm collateral, and agriculture feels that through the inability of financial institutions to use farm mortgage papers with the federal reserve, farm loans have been minimized and loans already car- ried. seriously 'reduced. ‘The private banking system of this country, however, always has operated on & “liquid” assets basls, preferring 60- and 90-day renew- able notes to the long-time credit involved in farm collateral. Small. Farm Aids The, result. is said to have been that the farmer with small hold- Ings but possessed of negotiable stocks .and bonds found it easier to, obtain bank loans than the farmer of large capital investment who had only his property as se- curity. On_the other hand, tremendous pressure threatens the federal farm loan board for alleged failure to | press advantages of the intermedi- ate credit banks and the joint-stock land banks—both of which aceept farm land and crops as seeurity. scrutinized by, taking films for both the federal | ISTOCK MARKET PRICES TAKING " FRACTION DROP Downward — Rails Dragged During Day NEW YORK, Aug. 6—A lazy | downward drift in security prices | continued today on the New York | interruption, Losses in stocks largely in factions. Recovery in sterling exchange, \after a slump, removed the un- | settling factor. Rails dragged. New . Ycrk Cen- tral declined more than one polnt to a 10-year low close to 71. It's 1929 peak was 256%. Similar losses hit Atchison, Un- jion Pacific, Tllinois Central, Great Northern Preferred, and Canadian | Pacific. More than one point was lost by Leows, Fox, North American, Na- tional Biscult, Safeway Stores, | American Tobacco and Liggett and |Myers “B.” Johns-Manville {two points. Western Union, Shell and Unlon declined four points. however, were lost more than TODAY’'S STOCK | QUOTATIONS | -. NEW YORK, Aug. 6. — Closing | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 14%, American Can 897%, Anaconda Copper 23%, Beth- lehem Steel 37%, General Motors 36%, International Harvester 397%, Kennecott 177%, Checker Cab 8, 8, 8, Curtiss-Wright 2%, Packard | Motors 6%, Standard Brands 18, Standard Oil of California 35%, Standard Oil of New Jersey 36%, | Trans-America 7, United Alrcraft 126%, U.'S. Steel 847%. — e Cadet Pilot Killed In Plane Crash Today SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 6.— Paul E. Rierson, of Troy, Idaho, cadet pliot in the pursuit section of the advanced flying school at Kelly Field, was killed this after- } moon in a plane crash. A Aged Marquis of Reading to Marry LONDON, Aug. 6.—The Marquis of Reading, former Viceroy to In- {dia, aged 70 years, will be mar- ried tomorrow to Miss Stella Char- naud, aged 37 years. She was his secretary and chief assistant in political matters in India and later + here. WINKLERS VISIT IN JUNEAU, BOUND WEST Mark a Winkler and wife, on thelr way to their home at Kodiak, are making a brief visit in Ju- neau, guests at the Zynda Hotel. Mr. Winkler is a United States Game Warden with his headquart- lers at Kodiak. He is a former | postmaster at Nome. MEMBER OF | yesterday (Security Prices Continue AMY 10 | Stock Exchange without no!\cefible' {Beats Ligh ;fiane Record 'ASSOCIATED PRESS 600D WEATHER NOW AWAITED BY LINDBERGHS Were Repor;ed Still at Aklavik Early Today, Ready to Hop [RAIN REPORTED OVER BARROW, FOG ATNOME Fliers See Eski;no Life for First Time in North- west Territory AKLAVIK, Northwest Territory, Aug. 6 —Th2 Lindberghs are await- ing favorab’> weather before hop- ping on another leg of their flight o the Orient. A rain storm is reported at Point Barrow and fog over Nome. After their arrival here early morning from Baker the Lindberghs breakfasted and Mrs. J. A, slept for nine Lake, at the home of Dr Urquhart, then hours. They saw Eskimo life for the first time yesterday and the Es- kimo evidenced much interest in the plane of the fliers as well as the fliers themselves. GIVES ADVICE NOME, Alaska, Aug. 6—Due to conditions at Point Barrow, the Lindberghs are believed consider- ing flying from Aklavik to Nome. Weather reports were being sent to the Lindberghs last night in the event of a hop to Nome. It was also pointed out to the fliers that Harding Lake, near Fairbanks, would provide landing facilities, if they desired. . SON 1S IN TOKY0 NOME for Flight, England to Japan TOKYO, Japan, Aug. Johnson, British aviatrix, accom- janied by J. Humphreys, landed here at 5:17 pm. The two flew from England in 10% days beating the 11-day light plane record made by Seiyi Yoshihara, Japanese flier. BEAR CUB IS GIVEN FLIERS FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug. 6.— When Mattern and Greener fly to 6.—Amy ® | Fort Worth, Texas, they will take “Tokyo,” a black bear cub, the gift of Fire Chief Buck Weaver. The cub is growing rapldly and if not boxed securely is likely to add zest to the flight. REACH WHITEHORSE WHITEHORSE, Aug. 6.—Mattern and Greener arrived here and took off at 4 am. today for Edmonton returning to Fort Worth, Texas. SEAPLANE DO-X OFF FOR NATAL BAHIA, Brazil, Aug. 6. — The giant German seaplane DO-X left for Natal early this morning where it will stop over night enroute to New York City, Glacial Rivers of North Touch No Earth or Rock WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 6.— Rivers that never touch earth or stone, though they flow for many miles in the far north, are describ- ed by Capt. Robert A. Bartlett in ja report to the National Geograph- ic society. These rivers flow on the great ice sheet that covers practically all of Greenland. They rise in large lakes that form in summer when the surface of the ice melts, and flow log distances until they fall into a crevicé in the ice or into the sea. ————t——— UNDERGOES OPERATION John J. Johnson, who lives at Douglas, successfully underwent a surgical eoperation at St. Ann's Hosp'tal yesterday. IFOUR FLIERS CONTEMPLATE OCEAN TRIPS Parjg‘mrn a_n<-J"Herndon Reach Tokyo and Make Announcement MOYLE AND ALLEN TO FLY CITY OF TACOMA Prizes Aggregating Twen- ty-nine Thousand Dol- lars Are Hung Up TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 6. — The possibility of a nonstop race across the North Pacific loomed today as prizes Worth $29,000 spurred the fliers. Clyde Panghorn and Hugh Hern- don arrived here at 6:16 a.m. from Khabarovsk and announced they would fly to Seattle, nonstop. Don Moyle and C. A. Allen have arrived by boat and said they would fly the plane City of Ta- coma across the North Pacific. The plane Oity of Tacoma was the one in which Bromley and _ Gatty flew more than 1,000 miles toward Tacoma when forced to turn back. DORBANDT PLACES BET ON PANGHORN-HERNDON SEATTLE, Aug. 6.—Clyde Pang- horn and Hugh Herndon “have the one ship capable of a nonstop Tokyo-Seaatle flight,” said Frank Dorbandt when he learned the two fliers had decided to make an at= tempt for such a flight. Dorbandt, who flew with them in New York, said they discussed prizes of the Pacific hop for sev= eral evenings. Dorbandt_ arrived. here. after a transcontinzntal flight with his wife in a new plane, 3 POLICE TO WATCH THEM TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 6.—A cam- era was taken from Panghorn and Herndon and officials questioned them for three houre concerning their radio set and camera. The Ministry of Communications or- lered the Police to keep watch over them. JUDGMENT AGAINST FLIERS REDWOOD CITY, Cal, Aug. 6. —Alleen Wemmer has been granted a judgment of tl.oss;so in the Su- perior court against Clyde Pang- horn and Hugh Herndon, flkrs now in Tokyo. The sheriff said he would auction Herndon's biplane here to satisfy the judgment. AMER, AVIATOR NOW WINGING ACROSS OCEAN Flier and Radio Operator Reach Greenland En- route to Copenhagen COPENHAGEN, Aug. 6.—Unher= alded and without the benefit of fanfare, Parker Cramer, American aviator, and Oliver Pacquette, radio operator, have arrived at Angmag- salik, Greenland, and are to hop to Rekjavik, Iceland, today. Cramer and Pacquette took off from Detroit July 27. They are mapping a new air mail route to Copenhagen. They stared across the Atlantic via Hudson Bay and Baffinland. The mail route is for the Trans= American Air Lines. Cramer was lost in Greenland for two weeks in 1928 when at- tempting a flight to Copenhagen from Rockford, Illinois, with Bert Hassell. Cramer also piloted a plane which came to grief in the Hud- son Bay country while attempting a flight from Chicago to Berlin. He also accompanied Wilkins on the North and South Pole flights, Escaped Prisoner Is Under Arrest; At Liberty 5 Years PORT TOWNSEND, Wash,, Aug. S.—James Whetselle, aged 43, has been recognized by the sheriff’s office as an escaped prisoner and murderer, from the Tennessee State Prison, five years ago, He was arrested here today. e Whetselle was a property owner and house builder. He has been here nnder the naie of Ray Neffy