The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 7, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXXVIIL, NO. 5791. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1931. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS AIRSHIP OF PANGHORN AND HERNDON UNDER|LOCK, KEY BOOTLEGEING NOW CHARGED AGAINST GOVT. Former Senator Reed De-| clares U. S. Sets Up Speakeasies CLAIMS SUBSIDY IS GIVEN CAL. GROWERS Grapes Armanufaclure(] Into Wines and Champagnes WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 7— The Federal Government is charg- ed with setting up speakeasies to entrap policemen, and violators, thereby itself becoming bootleggers, is made by former United States Senator James A¥ Reed, of Mis- souri, in the September issue of the International-Co smop olitan Magazine. Howard T. Jones, Acting Pro- hibition Director, said the Prohibi- tion Bureau has abolished such practices. - Senator Reed also charged the Government instructed the Prohibi- tion Agents to cooperate with State officials in making raids on war- rants illegal under the Federal laws. The former Senator also charged the Federal Farm Board made an| “indefensible $20,000,000 subsidy to California grape growers and grape concentrate manufacturers with the | full knowledge the grapes were be- ing manufactured into wines and champagnes.” DOHERTY BUYS NEWSPAPER T0 TAKE UP FIGHT Head of Billion Dollar Cities Service Company 1n New Attack KANSAS CITY, Aug. 7.—Henry L. Doherty, head .of the Billion Dollar Cities Service Company, which has been the target of the Kansas City. Star in a fight for reduced rates, has launched a counter attack by buying the Kan- sas City Journal-Post. This follows Doherty's suit for $12,000,000 damages against the Kansas City Star on a charge of libel, that unfair stories were prin- ted in that newspaper about him and the Cities Service Company. The Kansas City Journal-Post today publishes a letter written by Doherty to the trustees of the Kansas City Star, appointed by the late Colnoel Willlam Rock- hill Nelson, demanding they expel the present management of the Star for the “present conduct which is lawless, and reckless.” GANGSTER 13 FOUND ON COT INHOSPITAL Member of Notorious Crim- inal Crowd Trapped, Auto Accident ST. JOSEPH, Mich, Aug. 7— Trapped in an automobile accident in which he suffered a skull frac- ture, Gus Winkler, alleged mem- ber of a gang charged with a doz- en murders and as many bank robberies in four mid-Western states, has been identified in a hospital here. He had been reg- istered under the name of Jerry Kral, licensed Chicago airplane pilot. Among the crimes attributed to his gang are the Moran gang mas- sacre in Chicago on St. Patrick’s Day, 1929. Officers said the gang had tak- en a million dollags @s kidnapers alone in Chicago and Detroit. ———————— WRANGELL MAN ADJUDGED INSANE AND COMMITTED Louis Giacolette, Wrangell, was adjudged insane there yesterday and committed o Morningside Sanitarium for treatment. He was taken south from Wrangell by Dep- uty Marshal Martin who left here on the Northwestern with two oth- er insane patients and one prisoner WHITE RETURNS | wonferrin, tion for Philade man of the G. Trying to Snare G. 0. P. Meet in an effort to snare the next Republican Party conven- Iphia, Senator Simeon D. Fess, of Ohio (left), chair- 8. P. National Committee; Mayor H. A. Philadelphia (center), and Senator James J. were photographed in the City of Brotherly Love. selected, added interest will be created due to the battle expected be- tween factions representing President Hoover and Governor Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania. Mackey of avis of Pennsylvania, If Philadelphia is FROM VISIT TO FISHING ARERS Maine Senator Back Here! from Week's Trip in Field with- O'Malley After a week's inspection of fisheries -from upper Lynn Canal to as far south as Wrangell and the west coast of Chichagof and Baranof islands, Senator Wallace M. White and party and Commis- sioner Henry O’Malley returned here this morning on the Fisheries flag- ship Brant, Capt. E. L. Hunter. The party visited Skagway, Sitka, | Petersburg and Wrangell in addi- tion to many salmon spawning |streams and a large number of canneries. The escapement of salmon and runs everywhere in the region in- spected are satisfactory, the Com- missioner said. Fish are plentiful and the canners are putting up a normal pack. Senator White, accompanied by his stepson, Richard D. Lunn, H. G. Lumbard, and Clarence Dodge, Jr., was due to have begun his homeward journey this afternoon, leaving at 4 o'clock on the Brant for Seattle. Commissioner O'Malley will remain here several days, and will meet the Senate Wild Life Conservation Committee here next week. It is due to reach Sitka August 13, on the Penguin and probably will arrive here the fol- lowing day. Senator Norbeck is not aboard the Penguin. He sails from Seward this evening on the steamer Yukon for Seattle. COMMUNISTS MAKE PROTEST ALNBAMA CASE Enter American Consulate at Vancouver, B. C., to Lodge Their Grief VANCOUVER, B. C., Aug. T— A crowd of Communists, protesting to the sentencing to death of nine negroes in Alabama for alleged assaults on two white women, en- tered the American Consulate here and Consul General Ely Palmer refused to see them. He sent word that their protest should be made at Washington, D. C. The police ordered the crowd to move on. ! ““Air Line to Alaska LOS ANGELES, Cal, Aug. 7— A regular plane express and mail service will be inaugurated in the near future to the north, accord- ing to John McCord, of McCord. Alaska. He Is here conferring with unnamed parties interested in the ‘project. | CLAIM CLARK THIRD MAN IN KILLING OF 2 Former Deputy District At- torney of L. A, Is on’ Trial; Murder LOS ANGELES, Cal, Aug, 7— David H. Clark, former Deputy Dis- trict Attorney, was positively iden- itfied by state witnesses 8s the third man in the office of Charles Crawford, wealthy political leader, when Crawford and Herbert Spen- cer, former newspaper man and editor of “Crusading,” magazine, were shot and killed. State witnesses said the victims were not armed. The - state is attempting to show that Clark did -not shoot in self- defense, as he claims. Clark is being tried for the mur- der of Spencer while the Craw- ford charge is held in abeyance pending the outcome of the pres- ent trial WAITER GOES INSANE;BEATS UP PASSENGER Runs Amuck Aboard Al- aska While Orches- tra [s Playing ‘WRANGELL, . Alaska, Aug. 7— A waiter on the steamship Alaska went violently insane last night in the dining room while the orches- tra was playing “Give Me Some- thing to Remember You By.” The waiter ‘assaulted a male passenger and broke up several chairs before he was finally sub- dued and put in irons. The victim of insanity is said to be” an ex-soldier from Chilkoot Barracks, on Lynn Canal. Great Lakes Boat Travel Remains in Brisk State CHICAGO, Ill, Aug. 7—If there is a depression, Great Lakes boat lines aren't aware of it—at least not at their Chicago ports. Passenger vessels plying the lake routes are carrying larger numbers of passengers than ever, reports show. Between 5,00 and 10,000 persons depart daily from Chicago 'for other ports on the Great Lakes while “moonlight cruises” on ex- cursion boats and évening spins in speed-boats are more popular than ever, Boat officials attribute the in- crease in business to the attractive- ness of “rail ahd water” combi- nation tours. o The teacher was testing the knowledge kindergarten class. Clapping 4 ‘Half-doflar on the desk she said sharply, “What is that?” Instantly a ‘voice from the “back row replied, “Tais.” RELIGION IS UNDER ATTACK SPANISH REP, Expulsion of - Orders Pro- posed and Confiscation of Church Wealth MADRID, Spain, Aug. 7.—The Political Parliarhentary Commission, which is studying Spain's propos- to present a bill to the Cortes call- ing for the expulsion of religious orders from the country. The bill will also contain a clause calling for confiscation by the State of church wealth. The decision followed upon the |agitation by the Kadical Soclal= ist minority which expects to pre- sent the measure providing for tne definite expulsion of religious groups which fled during the burn- ing of religious houses. L | The Catholics of Spain are pre- pared to launch a vigorcus cams paign for defeat of the proposaf. SHUTTING DOWN OIL WELLS FOR BETTER PRIGES East Texas Producers Join Efforts of Gov. Mur- ray of Oklahoma OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Aug. 7—The majority of the East Tex- as oil operators voted voluntarily to shut down their wells in efforts lof Gov. Willilam H. Murray to boost the price from 50 cents to &1 2 barrel. Virtually all Oklahoma operators have halted production. National Guardsmen are patrol- ling the oil fields on orders of Gov. Murray. Prices of oil, however, remain not above 50 cents a barrel. BRUENING IS IN ROME:CONFERS WITH PREMIER ROME, Aug. 7—German Chan- cellor Bruening and German For- eign Minister Curtius have arrived here. The two officials were greet- ed by Premier Mussolini and For- eign Minister Grandi. A serles of friendly talks to cement the Italo-German rela- tions, is planned. Chancellor Bruening is a devout Catholic and he will have an audi- ence with the Pope tomorrow. .. BARBERS LABOR OVERTIME ON MIDWEST PRISON CHAIRS JOLIET, Til, Aug. 7.—Barbering has become big business in the Tllinois state prison here. Since establishment of the pris- week. ed on an average of 162 customers a week—or about 27 a day. TWO THOUSAND PLAY CARDS AT LEGION PARTY | | ed Constitution, decided last night HYDER MINERS KEEP UP WORK | | | | No Discouragement There| Mining Celebration f Residents of the Portland Canal district are not discouraged over the joutlook there and are carrying on considerable development work as well as keeping up the necessary assessments on their ground, de- {clared B. D. Stewart, Federal Min- 'ing Supervisor and Acting Terri- torial Mine Inspector, who attend- ed the International Mining Cele- | bration staged in Hyder and Stew- | art last month. “It was a notbale celebration and ,Would have done credit to a com- munity much larger than the Port- 11:nd Canal ones,” he said. The | feature was a parade that. consti-| tuted a pageant of mining prog- ress. = The show lasted three days, July 18-20, and was attended by | visitors from Ketchikan, Prince Ru- pert and Anyox. Feature Mine Industry The celebration opened at Stew- art, was confinued in Hyder the |second day, and wound up at the Premier Mine and on the Texas Creek road the final day. The parade marched from Hyder to Stewart with many floats in line. | Generally they depicted mining and milling in all phases. There was a mine tunnel with work in prog- ,ress; ore crushers in operation and ore delivery; a miniature mill, showing ore treatment; a tramway ; in operation, and other opera-| tions were featured. i A feature of the sports program {was a -Roman chariot race with six horses drawing each chariof. A packing contest drew six two- | man teams. Each team had to assemble and pack on five horses 'a complete outfit consisting of | | drill steel, tools, boxes of food and | 'other supplies. One packer then on barber shop a year 8go, 25 mounted a saddle horse and led |$270,000 barbers have shaved 210,600 chins|pis gtring around an oval back to| to —an average of 3,550 shaves a,the starting point, unpack and Directors have invited the deposi- ! place his outfit back on the ground ' Every week about 500 heads are/from where it was taken. Keen in-| The same action was taken yes- clipped, and each barber has work-! terest was displayed in the contest terday by the Directors of the | (Continued on Page Twn) | talia Brassow, morganatic widow drovitch, brother of the last czar of Russia, has started legal pro- ceedings against Poland to recover four farms which belonged to the grand duke when he owned broad acres in what is now Polis terri- tory. The farms represent a valye of approximately $1,000,000. Grand Duke Michael married Na- talia Brassow, the divorced wife of one of his adjutants. The imper- ial family never recognized her nor George, the son of this mar- riage. ‘When the -bolshewlk upheaval broke out, Michael was murdered. Countess: Brassow and her young son sueceeded in escaping abroad, where the surviving members of the imperial family continued to give them the cold shoulder. It was left to King George of Eng- Russian Morganatic Widow Sues Poland for Rich Farms of Grand Duke Michael Alexan- herself and young son. | WARSAW, Aug. 7.—Countess Na- (land to alleviate the widow’s hard- for the latest millinery has made ship with some financial help for The fact that the boy is a grandnephew of ‘whose sister Marie was mother of | Michael; helped cause this situa- tion. The treaty of Riga signed be- tween Poland and Russia in 1921/ turned over to this country all i { former possessions of the Russian imperial family on Polish territory, including the four farms now in dispute. Countess Brassow started legal proceedings on the ground that her son George, who inherited’ from his father in 1918—i. e. three years before the Riga treaty—was«never a legal member of the imperial family. She argues that since she and her son had never enjoyed any of the privileges accruing to the| ON PROPERTIES —Stewart Attends ‘; dssocrazea Prrsy Plioto Bridgs and whist fans of central California, approximately Z000 of them, attended the “world’s big- gast outdoor card party,” a community affair in Ripon, Cal., sponsored by the American Legion. _KeepsHerCrovn RAI| SHARES s | HEAVY TODAY, ~ N.Y. TRADING International Outlook Clouded Again—Pres- sure Against Sterling i i NEW YORK, Aug. 7.—Heaviness of railroad issues persisted today. Securities held their own ground. The international outlook is clouded apd continued pressure against the pound sterling was greatly in evidence but furthgr gold fosses by ‘the Bank of ‘England are | reported as negligible Atchison lost points | Pennsylvania, Baltimore and | Ohio, New Haven and other rails issues registered new lows for the past several years. American Tobacco points. | North American and Public Serv- | ice of New Jersey sagged one point | or so. four “B" lost two TODAY'S STOCK QUOTATIONS . 1 Associated Pro; i Georgia Coleman still is queen of the women divers. She success- | NEW YORK, Aug. fully defended her national high quotation of Alask platform diving championship In o B a0 the national A. A. U. outdoor meet in New York. Here she is after her victory. 1. — Closing Juneau mine stock today is 147, American Can 90%, Anaconda Copper 24%, Beth- lehem Steel 37%, Fox Film 13, Gen- eral Motors 37, International Har- | vester 397, Kennecott 17%, Check- er Cab 8, 8, 8, Curtiss-Wright 3, | Packard Motors 6%, Standard Brands 18%, Standard Oll of Cali- fornia 35%, Standard OIll of New T0 CLOSE BANK: MYSTERY AIf Second Institution in Seat- tle Notifies Depositors to Withdraw SEATTLE, Aug. 7—The Directors the Queen City bank, with! in deposits, have voted the institution, The RY AIR - VOYAGERS IN IGELAND NOW American Flier Is Mappin Air Mail Route from . U. S. Over Arctic REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Aug. 7.— Parker Cramer, American flier, and Oliver Pacquette, radio operator, New Millinery Styles Gladden South Africa 1anded today from Angmaksalik. Greenland, bound for Copenhagen, CAPETOWN, Aug. 7—A demand mapping a Trans-Atlantic mail from Europe for ostrich feathers route. Telling of South African ostrich farmers hap- Cramer said: pier than in many years. | There has been a jump of about days ago. of close tors to withdraw their accounts. North Coast Bank and Trust Com- ' pany. the mystery ‘light, The weather was good of the plumes and prices at Port over Hudson Bay. We arrived at Elizabeth are highest in seven Hosteinborg, west coast of Green- years. (land, on Tuesday. The next day .- | “We left Detroit, Michigan, nine AIRCRAFT HELD BY AUTHORITIES OF JAPAN GOVT. |Is Locked Up in Tachi- kawa Airdrome for Future Release SMALL MOVIE CAMERA IS CAUSE OF WORRY {Fliers May Have Passed Oyer Important Fortifica- tions, Taking Pictures TOKYO, Aug. 7. — Clyde Panghorn and Hugh Hern- den’s plane is under lock and key at the Tachikawa air- drome. While Japanese officials at first caid they would pass up the technicality of land- ing without a permit, they became inquisitive and decid- ed an investigation was nec- essary when it was learned the plane carried a small movie camera. The plane may have passed over important Japanese fortifications. The camera is held by the authorities. LINDBERG HELD TO GROUND; DENSE FOG AKLAVIK, Northwest Ter- ritory, Canada, Aug. 7.—Col, Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife,-enroute to the Orient, are still here, held to the ground by a heavy fog. RAIN FORCES TWO FLIERS DOWN, CANADA Robbins anfl;nes Unable | to Make Nonstop Flight | —Fairbanks-Texas EDMONTON, Alberta, Aug. 7.— Reg. L. Robbins and H. S. Jones landed here on a paved street at 10:30 o'clock this forenoon break- ing their projected nonstop flight from Fairbanks to Fort Worth, Texas. Jimmy Mattern and Nick Green- er, pilots of the refueling plans, who arrived here last night at 6:30 o'clock, from Fairbanks, aft- er a short stop at Whitehorse, had their plane ready to take the air for refuelling the plane Fort Worth, but it was raining heavily. Robbins and Jones left Fair- banks at 11:30 o'clock last night and planned to make no stops en- route to Texas. RUSSELL AND POLANDO ARE READY TO HOP Will Takeoff Tomorrow ot Sunday—Destination Not Announced ISTANBUL, Turkey, Aug. T.— | Russell Boardman and John Pol- |Queen Alexandra of England, fifty per cent in the market value With the exception of one bad day 2740 Will takeoff tomorrow or Sun- day. They decline to reveal their | destination. A group of citizens has peti- Nags Find Big Kick in “Chain Lightning” LONDON, Aug. 7.—A drink, styl- ed chain lightning, was discovered here by a horse. Substantiating the old saw about leading a horse to water without making him drink, tradesmen wers startled to see their horses rear when they took a couple of drinks out of a trough. Investigation showed a high ten- |we crossed Greenland's Icy Cap to tloned the Istanbul Council to Angmagsalik, in five hours A |Dame a street for the two fliers | most glorious view was presented | Who Put this city on the map in as the sun i{lluminated the snow- | 2Viation, by flying here from New |fields. This will be a tourist route | York, making a long distance, non- and attraction in the future | stop recard. Gramer took off this afternoon| _ B i ol RIS for the Faroe Islands, 450 miles| SHIP IS ORADLE OF FICTION distant, | DI | 'TAMPA, Fla—The Edna Heyt of | LEXINGTON, Ky—Heirs of J. .| Boston, sald by G. J. Baker, the Curtis, a tailor who has been dead | Mt to be the last five-masted 47 years, have reccived $30 from a |SChooner in active service, is a cra- friend of a man who owed Curtis|4l¢ of modern fiction. Before the [for a coat made 50 years ago. The |ShiP salled from here recently, man sent the money to two grand- \Baker said the schooner usually imperial - family they should not tion cable had fallen into one end daughters of the tailor, but did not|[Das one or more authors aboard now be treated as members of it 1of the trough, charging the water. reveal his identity. during her trips.