The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 14, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVIIL, NO. 5797. JUNEAU ALASKA FRIDA\ AUGUST l4 1931. Mk MBl;R OF ASSOC IA fl D PRESS PRIC[~ TEN CENTD 'LINDBERGHS WILL CONTINUE FLIGHT AROUND WORLD 'LYNCHERS STOPPED BY TEAR BOMBS FLIERS DEPART | FROM NOME FOR KARAGINSK Famous AvEr and Wife Deliver Addresses at Mee!ing ! ALASKA TRIP FULFILLS | AMBITION OF YOUTH Air Journey from Europe; to America to Be by Way of Azores { NOME, Alaska, Aug. 14.—Col.and ! Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh took off, for Karaginsk this forenoon. The! sun was shining brightly at the time of their departure. They left Nome at 9 o'clock this morning by automobile for Safety Bay, 21 miles distant, where their airplane was anchored and from there start- | ed the flight two hours later for their next stop, Karganisk, Siberia, | between 1,000 and 1,100 miles from ' Nome. Their line of travel will take them by St. Lawrence Island.' ‘When they reach Karaginsk they’ will be the first to have crossed Bering Sea by that route. Last night, Col. Lindbergh dis- closed that after he reaches Tokyo and visits Japanese and Chinese cities, he and Mrs. Lindbergh would continue their flight around the world. | From Europe, the Colonel said,' he and Mrs. Lindbergh would fly | across the Atlantic by way of the Azores. Before crossing the At-' lantic, however, they will make a series of flight in Europe. Both Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh last night spoke to a throng that crowded every available inch of space in the Arctic Brotherhood Hall in Nome. The Colone! in his talk said that two of the greatest ambitions of his boyhood had been fulfilled. They were “first to learn to fly and second to fly to Al- aska.” NATIONALISTSOF INDIA WILL NOT MEET IN LONDON Round -Kable Conference Spurned Because of British Acts BOMBAY, India, Aug. 14.—Decis- jon was reached yesterday by the Indian Nationalist Congress not to participate in the proposed round- table conference on Indian affairs in London. The Nationalist Congress charges violations by India’s provincial gov- | ernment - administered by’ British officials, of the Delhi pact, which' was signed not long ago at Delhi between British officials and Indian Nationalists, and which pledged 8 large measure of self government to India. FRENCH DEFER GERMAN VISIT PARIS, Aug. is—Premier Laval and Minister of Foreign Affairs Briand have postponed their visit, to Germany until after the meeting of the Council of the League of Nations, which will be held m Switzerland next month, according | to an official statement issued by the French Government today. The | postponement of the trip to Ger‘[ many is ascribed to Briand’s m health. His indisposition is temporary, however. Yesterday Chancellor Bruening of Germany invited the French, officials to come to Berlin for a] political and economic conference, | and the French Premier accepv.edl the invitation. Yesterday, 1t was| stated the conference would be held August 28. - . O. K. McManus, Delco Light and Frigidaire salesman, will leave this evening on the Alaska for Skag- way to look after business inter- ests. | - w T Asseoiaod Press Pite’ Mrs. Naney Clark oecupies a seat In thefront row of the Los Angeles court rcom where her husband, David H. Clark, former Deputy District Atterney, is on trial for the murder on May 20 of Herbert F. Spencer, newspaper man, and Charles Crawford, political figure. Clark ALASKA JUNEAU CLARK, ACCUSED SLAYER, PLEADS YIELD IN JULY TOTALS $304,000 SELF DEFENSE Former Los Angeles Offic- Surplus for the Month Is $|3| ,600—Recovery ial Testifies for Himself Per Ton Lighter The Alaska Juneau Gold Mmmg LOS ANGELES, Cal., Aug. 14— Company’s operations on its local David H. Clark, former deputy properties netted it an operating district attorney of Los Angeles profit of $130,000 in July, and County, on trial for the killing of revenue from other sources add2d Herbert F. Spencer, newspaper- $1,600 more, making its total sur-'man, and Charles Crawford, poli- plus for the month $131,600. This tician, took the witness stand in was disclosed in the company’s his own behalf today statement of estimated results of| “I shot to ' save my own cperations issued from San Fran- was the gist of his testimony. cisco offices and made public here‘ For the first time, Clark reveal- today. |ed the motive for his visit to The aggregate recovery value per | Crawford’s office the day of the ton was 9001 cents. The gross killing there. = The accused.man recovery was $304,000 |said that his purposes were to The statement issued the |seek the support of Spencer and company follows: |Clark in his own campaign for ! municipal judge, then in progress, to/and to pacify Spencer who had ! objected to Clark's attacks on the underworld racket.eering Silver and Lead .. sz % GOLLEGE FLOATS s S5 o IOWARD ALASKA ming Milling 72,000 21.32 ] All other Junedu ‘operating costs New York Stock Transfer and San Francisco Office Expenses life,” by Tons mined and trammed mill, 337,730. Cents Per Ton | $301,500 89.27 2,500 e Receipts: Gold SEATTLE, Aug. 14.—Students and faculty of a floating summer college left Seattle last night on the Steamship Admiral Rogers for a cruise in Southeast Alaska waters. It is the annual event sponsored by the University of Oregon. One ‘hudred and eight students and faculty members are making the present voyage. The floating college is under direction of Prof. W. G. Beattie. 21 MEET DEATH VON GRONAU S 1o g pgT i | IN GREENLAND ‘seven persons were killed and many COPENHAGER, uenmark. Aug.|were injured yesterday by the ex- 14.—Capt. Wolfgang von Gronau, plosion of 10 tons of gunpowder in who is making a flight from Berlin jts underground storage chamber to Chicago, landed in his plane in!The blast is ascribed to spontane- Scoresby Sound, Greenland, today,'ous combustion. having flown from Reykajavik,'! The disaster took place in the Iceland, Portuguese quarter of the city. 9,500 '2.81 2,500 ..$174,000 $130,000 .$ 1,600 A 3131 600 ‘Total Operating Profit Other Revenue Surplus ... L ALASKA SALMON| " PACK NOW OVER 4,000,000 MARK !Runs Take Er! in South- ern End of This Divi- sion—TIraps Filled CANNERIES BLOCKED BY HEAVY RECEIPTS Season Closes in Icy Straits| and at Ketchikan ‘| Saturday Alaska's salmon pack today 1s well above the 4,000,000-case mark, and the indications are that it %} almost attain 5,000,000 cases if, fact, it does not reach that figure. Heavy runs of pink salmon are reported from Ketchikan and the | West. Coast of Prince of ‘Wales Island which may swell the packs there to abnormal figures. Southeast Alaska’s total pack to date, and the figures are not com- plete, was about 1,550,000 cases and by the time the season for com- mercial fishing ends, it should be almost 2,000,000. The entire dis-| trict has had a fine escapement from which the pack and seeding of spawning beds in 1933 will be built. Other Districts Normal | Reports received at local head- quarters from all districts, com- plete except for Kodiak, which is partial, “Cook ‘fnlet) Karluk and, Resufrection Bay, show ‘a pack of 2,400,000 cases in round figures. This is regarded as normal. Corrected figures for the Bristol | Bay final pack gave the total of 1,009,881 cases. The south side of the Alaska Peninsula reported to Saturday night 322,253 cases. The north side 63,663 cases. Chignik 70,- 000. Kodiak to August 1, 365,000. Cook Inlet, to the first of the month, had 126,000. Copper River had some 71,000. Prince William Sound, complete, 463,672 cases. Yakutat had about 33,000 cases. Resurrection Bay, a small area, had about 4,000 cases ten days ago. Canneries Are Blocked A telegram, received today at local headquarters of the Bureau of Fisheries, said that canneries| in the Southern district, Ketchi-| kan, were blocked with trap fishi and were not able to handle seine | fish. Good runs were also reported in the north and south Prince of Wales Island districts. A telegram received by The Em- pire from Ketchikan, via Asso-' ciated Press said: “Eight seine boats loaded with salmon docked | yesterday., They found the run of pinks had filled the traps, all can- nery floors overflowing and were unable to sell their produet. “The run took a sudden spurt| Tuesday. Moderate rains have fill- ed the streams assuring escape-| ment now and after the close of (Continued on Page Seven) \ 1 i OVER OLD DAYS |a dinner at which [and the | tances. {in Seattle, FAMOUS lNVENTOR CRITICALLY ILL, HAS ANXIOUS UNTIRING NURSE Thomas A. Edison, N. J. Edison is 84 years old. his present ilness. PORTLAND LIVE T Alaikans and Yukoners Celebrate Discovery of Klondike famous invflltor, T the low erndon and Panghorn Publlc Prosecutor Recom- mends Punishment for Fllels \ TOKYO, Aug Hvlmpo»mon of | | tines on Hugh Herndon and Clyde | PORTLAND, Or Aug. 14—To observe the thirty-fifth anniversary of the discovery of gold in the Klondike, a host of piloneers of Yu- | kon Territory and Alaska, are gath- ered in Portland for a three-day celebration. , The reunion will be formally opened this evening with | Dr. Andrew C. Smith will be toastmaster. Today’s activities consisted chlel-[ ly of the registration of visitors | renewal of old acquain- | The old timers of | the| North now hail from many of the | States and Canadian Provinces, and | of course, numerous residents of | Alaska and Yukon Territory ‘u‘v-‘ present. This is the third annual rr'umm‘ of the kind. The first was in 1929 and the %wnd was | last year in Vancouver, — ., staged | | | Boxing bouts are being | top | | in Akron, O, with a 50-cent admission price. Albert B. Fall May Leniently Judg Hardmg $ Probzty Extolled By SCOTT Former Governor of Alaska William J. Zevely (not Zeverly, as commonly printed), who was counsel of Harry F. Sinclair in ne- gotiating the Tea Pot Dome lease, and now figures in Albert B. Fall's defensive memoirs of that scan- dal-ridden transaction, was an able lawyer and intimately con- versant with procedure in the In- terior Department. As a young man he was private secretary to David R. Francis, who held the In- terior port-folio during Cleveland's second term. Then, he establish- ed himself in law, with offices in St. Louis, but practicing largely in Indian Territory, now the state of Oklahoma. He became opulent in the land opening days, of which Edna Ferber writes in her Cimar- ron. Ultimately, he transferred his professional activities to Washing- ton and established a magnificent home in a choice suburb where he entertained lavishly. Harry- Sin- clair not only gave him a retainer, but was so fond of him personally that he named his famous race horse “Zev,” in his hopor, Zevely Be More !' ed in Future; C. BONE being called “Zev.” for short. He died a few years ago. Former Sec- retary Fall brings out the fact that | E. L. Doheny declined to meet Sin- | clair and Zevely at a conference held in New Orleans when the Tea Pot Dome lease was pending. The frankness of the ex-Secretary's re- cital, his naive narration of inci- dents, gives credence, or, at leas™ plausibility, to his defense. W.il Rogers declares he was tried by politics. Certainly, partisanship played a crushing part in his con- viction. Cumulative sympathy may yet change popular judgment into belief in his innocence Fall says if he had known that Sinclair was a heavy contributor to the campaign of 1920 and had employed Chairman Will Hayes' law firm, in addition to Zevely, to pro- mote the Tea Pot Dome deal, “the | whole nation wcrd]d have heard a roar from me.” Guilt usually does not keep company with such art- Pangborn, on charges of having photographed from the air Japan- ese fortifications, was recommend- ed today by the Public Prosecutor of Japan. After an exhaustive investigation, the Prosecutor today referred the case to the District Court at- Tokyo and stated that in his opinion the aviators should not | be imprisoned but that they should be fined. Herndon and Pangborn deny they took photographs of any fortifica- tions, but admit they carried a mo- tion picture camera in their plane, It is against the law in Japan to, possess a camera Over Or near mrumauom 3 DIE WHEN GAS | IS POURED INTO ;- AUTO RADIATOR . Fourth Man Badly Bume(l by Mistake Made ‘h in Garage BATTLE CRE&K. Mich., Aug oline or aicohol, instead of water, was poured by mistake into the hot radiator of an automobile and the resultant fire and explo- sion burned to death three men and injured a fourth man so bad- ly that he is not expected to live The accident took place yester- day in an automobile garage. Whether one of the dead men or the injured man made the mistake has not been ascertained. All were' employees of the establishment. COURT MARTIAL HELPS ACCUSED SEATTLE, Aug. 14—At the trial today of Lt. James A. Hirschfield, of the United States Coast Guard cutter Tallapoosa, charged with having failed to report drunkenness on the part of other officers on the vessel, the Coast Guard offi- cers, constituting the court martial, refused to admit in evidence a document purporting to be a con- fession of Lt. Hirschfield ‘The 14 is seriously ill at his home in Llewelly At his bedside, his most diligent attendant is Mrs. Edison. a sudden collapse recently, and while he has rallied from followed, his state of health is still deemed critical by his personal physician, Dr. The above picture of him and Mrs. phyzical Edison was taken only n Park, West Orange, he dis! condition that Hubert H. Howe. a few months before 'SOURDOUGHS ATLJflI""u’w May BULLS ORGANIZE T0 CELEBRATE FALL RECOVERY Stock Advance in Expecta- tion of Revival in Business NEW YORK, Aug. 14—Bull in- terests on the New York Stock Ex- chang: seemed organized today to celebrate the stimulus that autumn is expected to bring to business. Numerous advances of from one point to five points were made. Rails were soggy in the early trad- ing but they later jolned in the forward movement American C(m Allied Chemical, Westinghouse, tman Kodak, New York, New Haven and Hardford and Santa Fe were boosted from three to five points, American Tel:phone and graph, Bethlehem Steel, New York Central and Johns-Manville were lup two points. Radio was unusual- |y m‘nw Tele- ri price for low working in the were aggressive shares. YORK, Au ocks tod 14.—Closing y on the New Alaska Ju- an Can 97%, ethlehem neau Mine 17%, £ Anaconda Coppe eel 41%, Checker Cab 9%, 8% and 9, Curtis Wright 3% Filnds_ 14%, General Motors 39% Interndvional Harvester 39%:, Ken- necott Copper 18, Packard Motors 67, Standard Brands 19%, Stand- ard Oil of California 39%, ard Oil of New Jersey 40 Aircraft 1%, United Stat 91% Uni S d -e NAUTILUS NEAR TO BEAR ISLAND OSLO, Norway 14 The Nautilus, submersible crtft, in which Sir Hubert Wi plans to navi- gate under the North Pole, passed Bear At midnight night on b way tzberggn A radio messa, from the vessel stated her pe n. Inasmuch as the communication mentioned noth- ing in W her recent engine trouble, the belief prevails that was trivial and easily re- pa and that everything is all right aboard - laborers outnumber Chinese all Jessness. But, listen to the smoth- |court held the document had been other foreign Orientals workers in (Continued on Page Two) I obtained from under duress. ,Manila with a total of 8,000, hed American snrtcmi: immediately | Mr.| Fox | Stand- | '3 SLAYERS GET QUIGK JUSTICE; "MOB IS FOILED Men Who Kll]ed 2 Boys and 2 Girls Hurried 1 | | | | | % | to Prison \TEAR BOMBS USED BY POLICE AGAINST CROWD Negro Among Prisoners Attacked Young Woman Victim ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 14.— Three men were sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Ann gArbor and placed in solitary con- finement in the Michigan peniten- | tiary at Jackson within six hours |after they had confessed today to }kxilmg and burning two boys and two girls in an automobile on a |lonely country road last Tuesday evening near Ypsilanti. The slay- ers robbed their victims and one of the girls was attacked. Four Attacks Foiled times yesterday, the pris- were threatened by angry The first time was in Ypsi- immediately after the cul- confessed; the second was they were brought to the Ann Arbor jail; the third was when they were taken from the jail to court to be sentenced, and | the fourth was when they emerged | from court to be conveyed toJack- son. o The prisoners’ clothing was torn, and they were scratched and maul- ed as the mobs sought to get the three criminals from the police. The latter used tear bombs to |repulse the crowds. Names of Culprits The three prisoners are Fred Smith, ex-convict; Frank Oliver, 19 years old, a palnter, and David | Blacksone, an itinerant idler. Smith and Oliver are white men; Black- |stone is a negro. The confessions of guilt were ob- |tained at Ypsilanti after Smith's |landlord gave the police a revol- ver, which was identified as being the weapon with which the kill- ing was done. | One of the ill-fated girls, Anna Harrison, was attacked by the ne- !Zro The names of the slain boys and girls were Harry Lore and Thomas Wheatley, both of Ypsilanti, and Vivian Gould and Anna Harrison, |both of Cleveland. Miss Harrison was a cousin of Lore. She and Miss Gould were house guests at the Lore home in Ypsilanti. The four were taking an automobile |ride when they met their death. After the killing, the attack and |the robbery, the automobile, with the four bodies in it, was set afire. KID M'COY GOES OUT ON PAROLE AT END OF 1932 Former Pugiiist to Be Em- ployed at Ford Plant in Michigan | Four oners mobs. lanti, | prits ‘ when SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Cal, Aug. 14.—Kid McCoy, former prize fighter, whose real name is Nor- |man Selby, will be released on |parole from San Quentin Prison December 11, 1932, according to & statement issued today by the prison authorities. This action of | the officials will .allow him to spend the last six years of his sentence out of confinement. He will be paroled to the Ford Motor Company at Dearborn, Mich, & superintendent of one of the Ford departments having agreed to stand sponsor for the good conduct of the former pugilist and to furnish him >mployment. McCoy began his term of im= risonment April 11, 1925. His con= viction was in connection with the death of Mrs. Theresa Mors of Los Angeles. R . Mrs. S, Zynda, of the Hotel Zyn- da, will leave this evening on the steamer Alaska for a visit with friends in Sitka,