The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 21, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVIIL, NO. 5803. J UNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1931, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS " PRICE TEN CENTS LINDBERGHS KEPT AT MUROTON BAY BY ENGINE DEFECT AMERICANS AID| REVOLT AGAINST HAVANA REGIME French and Germans Also Are on Side of Revo- lutionary Forces ALIEN CONTINGENT TOTALS ABOUT 1,000 Ten Airplanes Used in First Important Engage- ment of Rebellion HAVANA, Cuba, Aug. 21.—Ameri- can, German and French adven- turers, most of them veterans of the World War, comprise a Foreign Legion that is fighting on the side | of the revolutionary forces in Cuba. The alien contingent of the rebel army is about 1,000 strong. The Foreign Legion took a lead- ing part in the most important en- gagement fought so far in the pres- ent civil war. The battle was near | Gibara. The total losses in killed and wounded ‘in government and rebel forces were between 200 and 300. BELIEVED LOST IN NORTH SEA Assoclated Press Photo TULSEQUAH AND TAKU OPENED T0 AIR TRAVELERS Canadians Won't Impose Duties on Personal Ef- } fects from Juneau 'NEW ORDER EFFECTIVE \UNTIL OCTOBER 15 {Action, T Taken on Com:-f plaint of Noah Timmins, Mining Man | | VICTORIA, B. C., Friday, Aug. | 21.—Passengers in airplanes from Juneau are permitted to enter the | Taku and Tulsequah mining - dis- tricts of British Columbia without ! bhaving personal effects subjected to the imposition of Canadian du- ties, according to an order issued today by W. A. McKenzie. Cana- dian Minister of Mines. The orivi- lege extends not only to citizens of the United States but to all other countries, and will remain {Amfixres—" UnirorM | ¢ % G & .2 NEeEw Yorr Porice PLANE o Mi Unheralded and unsung, the real “fly cops” of th ice to the metropolis which they guard from th AIR NEW YORK HAS “FLY COPS” WHO POUND AERIAL BEATS NE OF THE BEACHES ATROLLED BY Al e 2 ECHANIC JoHN SULLIVAN e New York Polics Department are rendering a real e flue-. While “fly cops” have been knowr, by jole- even in Gotham, that there are four planes, imanned by PLANE IS TOWED T0 SAFETY BY JAPANESE SHP First Night at Ketoi Bay Is Worst in Colonel’s Fly- ing Experience FLICHT MAY PROCEED TOMORROW OR SUNDAY 3 Famous Aviator Hopes ta Repair Carburetor Without Assistance NEMURO, Japan ,Aug. 21.—Col. |and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh are halted in their flight from New York to Tokyo by a defect in the engine of their airplane, and while they hope to resume their aerial Jjourney tomorrow or Sunday, they are by no means confident of doing so. Their plane is at safe anchor- | age in Muroton Bay at the south- |ern end of the Kuriles Islands, 400 miles northeast of Nemuro. Since the Lindbergh plane was forced down at Ketol Island, 15 | miles from Muroton Bay, early R. Porice e oy SR and ParroyMaN PeTer TERRANCUA The Federal force made good use | of ten airplanes. During the fight-| ing the revolutionists brought down three of the aircraft. Oliver Pacquette (left) and blazing a possible air mail route swept North Sea. They have not from the Shetland Islands bound for Copenhagen. in effect until October 15, whsn Parker Cramer, American airman, s . i the mining season in the Taku from America to Europe across the north Atlantic, are believed to have been forced down in the storm and Tulsequah regions virtually been heard from since they took off comes to their seasonal end. The action of the Minister of TOKY0'SMAYOR ASKS ABOUT AIR PORTS INNORTH Inquiry Made About Land- ing Fields at Cordova and Anchorage TALLAPODSA'S OFFICERS DRINK T0 KEEP WARM Lieut. Hirschfield Testifies He Saw No Miscon- duct at Kodiak SEATTLE, Aug. 21.—What beer VA, Alaska, 3L was drunk by officers of the Unit- |, CORDO e i ~ Mines was taken in consequence of complaint lodged by Noah Tim- GREw Tu START mins, president of the Hollingasr A Gold Mines, Limited, of Canata, | | ROUTE MONDAY who is a Canadian citizen. He re- cently left Juneau in an American airplane to go -to the Taku and Tulsequah districts 'and inasmuch as there were no Canadian cus- tome officials in those districts he could not land at his destination — |without violating the Canadian Twenty Men Wlll Be &n_ Customs regulations. | ployed at Outset—Hope 'adian postmaster at Tulsequan is | to Work A“ Winter 'given powers of a customs officer, l but he is instructed to admit air- plane travelers from Juneau irre Under the new order, the Can- | Work on the Thane road recon- city and surrounding waters from ments. They watch for drow fly for capsized boats and 'any pay as their comrades far below oroud ta do. THORNTON SAYS HE IS INNOCENT IN LIQUOR CASE Trial Deferred 30 Days to Allow Accused to At- tend to Business | pounders of the “Finest” watch for planes breaking the regulations of the Engaged in patrolling the | ly trips ‘of about 120 miles each, the aerial beat | Federal and State Govern- r which they ing the same nt copper is Wage Cat > FARMER 1S-CUT "Stock Priees 10 SHREDS; DG “* CAUSES DISPUTE Bulls Also E;ouraged by £ Lack of Signs of Aut- |Member of Pioneer Willipa Harbor Family Dead, umn Trade Revival Slayer in Jail r welfare a lon 3 the sky on six d of abdi 13 bathe; far-reaching beach n the waters ove In short, the bluec in the sky, d t them. strive to render the same service which any effi Y NEW YORK, Aug. 21.—Trade 2d States Coast Guard ‘cutter Tal- lapoosa at Kodiak when the vessel | was visiting there last June “had| no effect aside from slightly warm- ing their stomachs,” testified Lieut. James A. Hirchfield, on trial be-| fore a Coast Guard court martial in Seattle on the charge of having failed to report to Commander C. N. Dench of the craft drunkenness on the part of fellow officers. Lieut. Hirschfield was on the witness stand in his own defense. He said he saw no occasion to make any report on the conduct of the officers so far as it had come under his observation. Before Lieut. Hirschfield began his testimony, Lieut. Reginald French, one of the four officers of the Tallapoosa to be tried later on eharges of drunkenness at Kodiak, was a witness. Lieut. French de- clared he had been slugged and robbed by unidentified persons after having attended a dance at Kodiak. The Lieutenant was found in the Through the United States Em- |struction project will be started bassy in Japan, the Mayor of Tokyo | next Monday morning by Seims- has inquired about available land-LSpokane Company, contractors, it ing fields for a Junker airplane, was made known today by Richard at Cordova and Anchorage. The|Anderson, superintendent of con- cablegram from the embassy today 'struction who has been here for the spective of rationality, and their personal effects without imposition of duties. Customs Here Notified Seaplanes of the Alaska-Wash- |was dull and listless today on the Wednesday, the Colonel and Mrs, . Lindbergh having ing experiences. Toughest of All The Colonel, who seldom ever re- fers to the perils .he has encoun- tered in flying but who “twice in his life has been compelled to make parachute. Jeaps. from falling air- eraft, in speaking of the first night, Wednesday night, that he and Mrs. Lindbergh spent in the cramped quarters of their helpless plane as it rocked and plunged on the rough, treacherous waters near Ke- tol Island, said: “Our first night afloat was the worst I ever experienced.” Towed to Muroton Bay The Lindbergh plane was towed from Ketoi Island to Muroton Bay by the Japanese steamship Shi- mushiru Maru. Col. Lindbergh said today that he undergone try- SEATTLE, Aug. 21.—"“Not guilty” | was the plea entered in the United States District Court in Seattle by Roy Thornton, formerly of Ketchi- kan, Alaska, to the charge of hav-! New York Stock Exchange. Discus- sion over possible wage reductions in the steel industry and lack of convincing sighs of business re- covery in the approaching autumn season tended to dishearten bull gave no explanation in connection with the inquiry except to say that the Junker plane contemplated a long-distance flight. Information was sent to the Em- bassy to the effect that suitable landing places were available at Hinchinbrook, 16 miles from Cor- dova, and at Anchorage. At Hin- chinbrook there is a natural land- ing place two and a half miles long on the beach. YOSHIHARA T0 | past two weeks making preliminary ington Airways and other planes | preparations for the job. About 20 OPerating commercially.in this dis- men will be put on the job next trict, have been granted permission TRY AGAIN SOON Monday. | | The work will start on the Thane end. A camp has been established in the old gymnasium building of the Alaska Gastineau Company. ‘While it is planned to continue work right through winter, whether this is done will depend on weather conditions, Mr. Anderson said. With normal conditions prevailing it is believed no difficulty will be ex- perienced in going right ahead with the job. 1If, however, inere should be heavy snows, or extreme cold, the work would have to be shut down until Spring. by the Canadian Government to carry passengers from Alaska to Tulsequah, according to M. S, ‘Whittier, Assistant Collector of Cus-~ toms here. Planes leaving Alaska points will clear with the postmaster at Tulsequah, there being no Canadian customs official on the Taku. No cargo other than the personal ef- fects of the traveler may be trans- ported under this arrangement. SATISFACTION ing violated the national prohi- bition law near Augurn, Wash, interests. i last June. He told the court that| United States Steel, American urgent business in Yakima and|Telephone, American Can, Allied Portland, Ore, required his im-|Chemical, Dupont, Standard Oil of mediate attention and he asked|New York, Vacuum, Atchison, Beth- that the time of his trial be de-!lenem Steel, New York Central, ferred several weeks. His re- Safeway, Penney and American quest whs granted, the court al-|Tobacco lost one point to' two lowing him 30 days to ‘arrange his | points. business affairs. Bohn Aluminum, a recent pool Thornton was arrested by Cana- | favorite, f2ll three points. dian officers as he disembarked at Vancouver, B. C. last Tuesday from a steamship on which he had voyaged from Alaska. He was es- corted to the international boun- dary at Blaine, Wash., and there he was taken into custody by Unit- ed States officers. He is under indictment on the charge of hav- . NEW YORK, Aug. 21—Closing prices on the New York Stock Ex- Ichange today were: Alaska Juneau' American Can 92, Anaconda Bethlehem Steel 39, Checker TODAY’S STOCK QUOTATIONS ing operated with four other men Cab, 8, 8 and 8, Curtiss-Wright 2%, ! RAYMOND, Wash, Aug. 21.— Stabbed 23 times, Robert Carlson, 33 years old, member of a pioneer family of the Willapa Harbor dis- trict of Washington, died yesterday in a hospital in Raymond. His slayer, Leo Bezmer, aged 55, sur- rendered to the police. He is in jail, hoped to be able to repair, by him= | self, the plane’s motor, which fails “w function because of its,impaired | carburetor, but he has requested | mecnanics at Nemuro to hold them- | selves in readiness there for a call from him to go to Muroton Bay. The carburetor fails to vaporize Carlson and Bezner were mnn;gasolme, supp:%dly ey :qum % on, . | moist atmospheric conditions. neighbors. For some time they had | Nemuro, np“er Pet r opaviovek, quarreled frequently over pastur-|p,scan Kamchatka, from which age. They met yesterday on a road. | ghe Lindberghs departed early last Carlson asserted his dog had been | wednesday, was their next sched= poisoned and accused Bezmer of the | ,10q stop. After reaching Nemuro, doed. : | they are scheduled to hop direct A heated argument ensued. Fin- |, Tokyo. ally Bezmer drew a long knife and cut Carlson to shreds. JURY MAY HANG IN CLARK CASE - B SOLDIERS’ BONUS SAIDTOBEAID TOKYO, Aug. 21.—Seiji Yoshi- hara plans to attempt a flight from Japan to the United States in September. Japanese Foreign Office has asked the United States Embassay in street with a gash in his head, from which blood flowed freely. He stated that he did not re- member having seen any other of- ficers drinking. He explained that he did not report being slugged and robbed because “there was no use stirring up an investigation over the three or four dollars I lost.” garding available landing places at Anchorage and Cordova, Alaska. The Japanese flier plans to make his Japan-United States flight in two or three hops. His new plane will be larger than the one with At his instance the Japan to obtain information re-! | The project, which calls for an | EXPRESSED BY 18-foot standard, crushed rock sur-| |face road, calls for the expendi-, NUAH TIMMINS | ture of approximately $150,000. All local labor, except for experienced | Development work on the White- water y on ‘the Tulsequah }wulpmem men, will be given pref-| propert; | | River is progressing satisfactorily, |according to Noah A. Timmins, | prominent Montreal mining oper- ator who is interested in the White- water group of claims, and who recently arrived in Juneau from the | erence. 1 " - —— i COST OF CRIME WATERWAY PACT IS KEPT SEGRET which he attempted to make a; similar flight a few months ago. | On his recent attempt, he was 3 | WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.—One I(;rce;)i downuxex; »;"‘:m";n i:fe‘rzmfii: I billion, one hundréd and nineteen b S, Burie Lisnds * | million, seven hundred and ninety ,east to inspect the property. Accompanying Mr, Timmins were his son Rudolph, J. B. Woodworth, mining engineer, and H. Fraser, civil engineer A. A Pare, who plane was wrecked in rough water. WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.—Acting (The scene of his misfortune is Szcretary of State Castle announced today that President Hoover had not personally answered the letter of Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, inquiring whether secret negotiations were in progress be- tween the United States and Can- ada in connection with the St. Lawrence waterway, because the Governor’s communication was bas- ed on false premises, and that the Governor had been misinform- ed as to the facts. The Governor wrote the Presi- dent in order to protect the in- terests of New York State. The Gevernor's request that the White House make public the Acting Sec- the same body of water in which thousand dollars is the total cost js also a mining engineet, remained |of crime to governmental agencies gt the property to oversee the drill- in the United States; according to a report submitted today to Presi- |dent Hoover by the Wickersham {Law Enforcement Commission. Of this amount, $52,000,000 is con- tributed by the Federal Govern- ment. Of the Federal Govern- ment’s contribution, 62 per cent goes to Prohibition enforcement. The commission recommended in- creased efficiency rather than de- FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 21. creased cost, pointing out that the —Frank Hawks, speed marvel of cost of enforcement was of less the air, today flew from New Yorkieconomic importance than the to Fort Worth in 7 hours, 58 | property Josses caused by the com- minutes and 30 seconds. The time!mission of crimes. establishes a new record for the| The commission recom mended the Lindbergh plane is now an- chored. HAWKS BEATS HIS OWN RECDRD retary of State's reply was refused and the Governor made public the | 1cply at Albany. | trip. He held the previous record,|that investigations be made of ex- which was 8 hours and 30 min-'tortion and racketeering practices utes. by blackmailers and gangsters. ing and tunnel work which is now under way. The development work is still in the first stages. The drill had one hole down at the time the party Jeft the claims ,and 40 feet of tunnel had been driven. A log cookhouse and a bunkhouse accom- ! modating 17 men had been erected, (and an office bullding was under construction. =~ The greatest draw- back to development was the lack of transportation facilities from the river to the mine. Pood and other supplies is being back-packed to |the mine, Timmins said. A noist and skidway will be built this fall, however. Supplies for the camp will be transported up the Taku by Capt. William Strong. Fox Films 13%, General Motors 36, International Harvester 37%, Ken- necott Copper 17%, Standard Brands 18%, Standard Oil of California l40%, Standard Oil of New Jersey |40, United Aircraft 27%, United States Steel 87%, Packard Motors, no sale. EX-NOME MAN LET OUT OF JAIL voyaging .on.the surface at the rate of eight knots an hour, accardinzg SEATTLE, Aug. 21. — John P Greenwood, 52 years old, who yes- to a radio message received today | in Berlin from the intrepid ex- | terday surrendered himself to t. plorer. The ice fields are con-|United States Marshal here with stantly becoming thicker. the statement that he was under When the edgs of the solid pack |charges at Nome, Alaska, for mail 18 “reached, Wilkins said that the |theft, was discharged from custody Nautilus will hals and, by sub-|today on receipt of advices from merging, will make thorough tests|the Nome Postmaster that no mail of her diving and underwater |theft accusation had ever been voyaging facilities. If these tests|Preferred against the prisoner. prove satisfactory, the craft will| Oreenwood when he surrendered drop beneath the surface for her himself explained that in the Nome trip under the North Pole district several years ago he had SR 2 R RS S |been entrusted by a fisherman, Fliers Le d known as “Five Dollar Bill,” with i ave SII bury a letter to mail The letter, For Rupert House Greenwood said, contained $20 and {he lost it on his way to the post SUDBURY, Ont., Aug. 21.—Avi-|office. He left Nome for the ators Preston and Collignon have |Stiates soon afterwards and recent- taken off from Sudbury for Rupert(ly he had been told that he was House, which is. on the eastern|wanted in Nome for stealing “Five shore of St. James Bay. Dollar Bill's” letter, a still ‘at Auburn. He is at lib- erty on ‘bail -of $3,500. NAUTILUS GETS T0 ICE FIELDS BERLIN, ‘Germany, Aug. 21.—8Sir| Hubert Wilkins in the submersible eraft’ Nautilus has penetrated float- {ing ice in the Arctic for a distance of 20 miles, and the vessel is | cer ! crawford, i political leader, LOS ANGELES, Cal, Aug. 21.— Mistrial as the result of a hung| jury seems to be likely in -the case of David H. Clark, former | Prosecuting Attorney of Los An-| geles County, accused of murder | in the first degree in connection | with the deaths of Herbert Spen-| newspaperman, and Charles rich realty owner and| Clark admitted shooting and kill- ing the two men in Crawford’s| T0 COMMUNISTS William M. Gibbs, Veteran, Accused of Syndical- ism in Strike HARLAN, Ky., Aug. 21.—With & soldier’s bonus check, William M. Gibbs, veteran of the World War, is said to have bought arms and ammunition for use by Commun- ists taking part in the strike of coal miners in the Harlan dis-» ofice, but claimed the homicides g = o were in se'{-defense. The prosscu-| t. He was arrested yesterday in B g ~ '~ |raids by officers of the law on “‘“)1_,“‘:(""1’}‘1“‘ "‘i“ v“‘“‘”‘ WaS 8| places in the area of disorder. Sev- ol s e i e eral rifles, thousands of rounds of The casc went to the jury 3:15 o'clock yesterday afternoon Prosecutor W. J. Ford so far has| ammunition and a Communist par= ty card are declared to have been found in his home . He is cMarg- opposed all suggostions that the| o oo o> JO0E - jury be dischraged. He “mmExdD».:.;:d::mi:u:h:yn;:lcral:;md;sm“ Lhafer'!'f ,]"r‘:‘ fle!.“""fm“" ‘;f'fi’cam" yesterday followed announcement dict o Eullty Js probable. |ihat the court in Harlan was pre- SH | paring to hold preliminary hear= b ings in the cases of 31 men in- dicted for murder in connection ANTILLA, CUBA | with killings in the district since { the beginning of the strike. | e | WARREN A BUSY BOY it | CHARLOTTE, N. C, Aug. 21.— SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Aug. 21.|Addison Exum Warren, former ~Bound Berlin to New York North Carolina heavyweight box= the giant German airplane DO-X|ing champion, believes in fast work. today took off for Antilla, Cuba.|Defeated by Dewey Kimrey in & Her immediate destination rrunz‘bam{» at Albemarle, Warren start- Cuba Miami, Florida. From|ed training the next morning for there, she will proceed to New|a bout with Lew Carpenter a week b | 1ater C: ¥