The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 22, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVIIL, NO. 5804, JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1931. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE. TEN CENTS LINDBERGHS ARE FORCED DOWN AGAIN BY DENSE FOG TOWNS D Tr_lzx.z\sile.»\lifi‘J oYKL 'HUSBAND 2 TALLAP“USA : OFFIGERS GET: CLEAR AT TRIAL Lieut. Hirschfield and Ma- TIMBER BLAZES NUMBER 27 IN THREE STATES Quartzburg;a Granite Creek in Idaho Com- pletely Laid Waste HUNDREDS OF PERSONS ARE MADE HOMELESS Great Damage Results from Flames in Montana and Washington BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 22.—Towns have been destroyed with great loss of property, and hundreds of per- sons have been made homeless in consequence of at least 27 forest fires that are raging in Montana, Northern Idaho gnd Washington. So far, Idaho has experienced the most extensive damage. The min- ing communities of Quartzburg and Granite Creek in Idaho, were wiped out yesterday by the flames. At Quartzburg, all the surface build- ings and equipment, estimated as worth $500,000, of a mining com- pany, employing 500 men, were de- stroyed. A third t , in Idaho, Center- ville, was completely surrounded by timber conflagrations for a while, but a change in the wind enabled fire fighters to save the place. Present in the town, while it was in peril, were 300 refugees who had lost their homes at Quartzburg. Flames - advancdd - within: half a mile of Placerville, Idaho, but were held by a force of 400 fire fighters. Great property damage, chiefly to standing timber, but also to land under cultivation in rural dic ! tricts, has been caused by forest fires in Montana and Washington. - REBELS ENTER HAVANA;BEATEN BY FEDERALS Danish Ship, Suspected of Gun Running, Is Stop- ped by Bombs HAVANA, Cuba, Aug. 22—Fight- ing took place yesterday between federal and rebel forces in Havana, but only one man was killed. The encounter oceurred when a small group of revolutionists attempted to burn the home of Senator Hern- andez, close friend and advisor of President Machado. President Machado, who was re- ported in danger of capture by rebels in ®Santa Clara Province where he went to hold parleys through messengers with revolu- tionary leaders in an effort to in- duce them to lay down their arms, has returned safely to the Presi- dential Palace in Havana. A second battle yesterday follow- ed the engagement Thursday near Gibara. 1In yesterday’s battle, 20 rebels are reported to have been killed. Many were taken prisoners. Government airplanes yesterday bombed the Danish steamship Freidreksborg near Antilla. The vessel was suspected of gun run- ning, and did not stop when sig- nalled by Cuban authorities. The steamship was not badly damaged. Her papers and mission were found to be all right. Another battle is being waged today at Gibara. The Foreign Le- gion, composed of American, Ger- man, French and Japanese troops, chiefly veterans of the World War, are fighting on the side of the rebels. ANOTHER PLANE TO TRY ATLANTIC BERLIN, Aug. 22. — Bound for New York an airplane containing Willy Rody and Christian Johan- sen, German aviators, and Fer- nando Costa Veiga, a Portuguese sportsman, as & passenger, took off from Berlin today for Lisbon, Portugal. From there they will at- tempt the Atlantic crossing fo New York. Princess Aleene and Prince Johaan Von und Leichtenstein, heir to the throne of the anclent European principality of Leichtenstein, who were married recently in London. McFarland of Weatherford, Tex. Picture was taken while they were out for a stroll in Piccadilly, London. C Assoclated Press Photo ) | The princess is the former Alecne 6 KILLED, 10 HURT IN POLICE FIGHT WITH ROBBERS Street Battle Takes Place with Payroll Bandits in New York NEW YORK, Aug. 22.—Six per< sons were killed and ten wounded In New York City today in a run- ning street fight between police- men and two payroll bandits, The dead: Walter Webb and Edward Churchill, policemen. John Prechtol and Martin Bacho- rik, robbers. Hasse, taxicab driver for the rob- bers. Gloria Lopez, 4 years old. All the wounded are expected to recover. The robbers had waited in a taxi- cab in front of the Mendoza Fur Company for the arrival of the police-guarded payroll automobile, which comes to the company’s place of business every Saturday. On the arrival of the payroll car, the rob- bers leaped into it. Policeman Resisted Policeman Webb resisted them, and he was killed. The robbers then threw out another guard in the payroll car and drove away in it. In the exchange of shots immediately after the robbers en- tered the payroll car their taxi cab driver, Hasse, was killed. Policeman Churchill ran to the scene of the robbery on hearing the shooting. 1In shooting at the robbers’ car he Kkilled the ' Lopez girl who was riding in the Lopez family automobile which got in the line of fire he directed at the car of the robbers. They returned his shots, killing him. Fireman Shoots Wild Vincent Hyde, a fireman, who was at the scene of the robbery, picked up Policeman Webb's re- volver from the ground, and shoot- ing wildly wounded seven bystand- ers ,including two women and an- other fireman. Finally three policemen in a pur- suing taxicab which they had com- mandeered, overtook the robbers. In the fight that ensued both rob- bers were killed and all three of the policemen were wounded. The stolen payroll and 71 empty pistol shells were found in the car. BREWERY RAISES AMERICAN FLAE PILSEN, Czechoslovakia, Aug. 22.! —Today an American flag fluttered from the top of the Pilsen brewery. The flag was raised in henor of the visit of Mayor James J. Walker of New York, DEMOCRATS TO 1832 CAMPAIG Call Meeting Here for Tuesday ‘to Formulate Organization Plans c In the calling of a meating of Junsau Democrats for next Tues- day evening, is seen the opening 'of party political activity locally (which may grow in intensity and 'scope until the close of polls on electlon day a year from next No- vember. The meeting was called by S. Hellenthal, Divisional Com- [mitteemun for the party. Its purposes, he saft, are to dis- suss in general the political situa- dion, and to lay the foundations for a party organization which will be effective in next year’s cam- paigns, in both primary and gen- eral elections. To Hold Convention It is the intention of the party leaders to hold both Divisional and Territorial conventions prior to the time for filing for nominations at the primaries, Mr. Hellenthal said. The Divisional meeting will be held sometime this Fall, likely in No- meet shorfly after who was of the government, ESTROYED BY chinist Mate Schoen Are Acquitted Guard Should Not Be Snitchers { SEATTLE, Aug. 22.—Lieut. James A. Hirschfield, executive officer on the United States Coast Cutter Tallapoosa, late yesterday afternoon, court martial, by ‘oast Guard officers, Machinist Mate Zina Charges Drunk Commander F. W. Towle, ‘ommander Dench. “Your Coast BOWMAN PROCEEDINGS COMMENCED TODAY Defense Lawyer SaysCoast Guard | was acquitted | composed of. five' of having failed to report to Capt. Clarence | | H. Dench, commander of the eraft, drunkenness on the part of offl | cors when the vessel was at Ko TOOK TRA["NG diak, Alaska, last June. said the tosti-, mony showed that at least tivee| officers of the Tallapoosa were on the New York Stock Exchange) ' completely intoxicated at Kodiak, that they were unable to perform their duties and that Lieut. Hirsch- | field should have reported them to Guard has not yet deserved the reputation which at- taches to some other departments was renewed gossip to the effect | of being a that a wage cut of 10 to 15 per service of snoopers and snitchers.’|cent is contemplated in the steel Attorney Sullivan described Com- jnqustry. mander Dench, at the time when jpgicating a dance was given by residents or‘uves expect only a mild seasonal Kodiak in honor of the Tallapoosa’s ypturn in business this fali. visit, as “sitting at his radio eating an apple, instead of participating ten.year low today on publication in diversions with his officers of jts midyear balance sheet. Nor- ashore.” ! CLARK JURORS IN DEADLOCK | | I i | R. Schoen, | i warrant officer, who was accused lof having” been intoxicated during |the Kodiak visit, was also acquit- ted. COMES CLOSE 1drunkenness at Kodiak, went on |trial today. | Proseeutor enn i DR G A NIZE FOR | Francisco, of the Coast Guard, who| acted as prosecutor, in summing up | the evidence in an address to the court yesterday, San British Situation and Ru- mored Wage Cut Have Depressing - Effect NEW YORK, Aug. 22-—Trading today came near to a standstill. Prices worked irregularly ward the close. | There are indications that the | John J. Sullivan, Seattle lflWYGT.VMnC'Dunald government in England attorney for Lieut. js reaching a crisis in efforts to| Hirschfield, said in addressing the palance the British budget, court: and |this fact had an unsettling effect on the market. Another unfavorable circumstance This is interpreted as that industrial execu- New York Central dropped to its |folk and Northwestern declined four !'points and Nickle Plate, two. Amer- |ican Telephone, American Can and | United States Steel fell of a point jor so, and then recovered. HReS AT, | iz’ i TODAY’'S STOCK QUOTATIONS LOS ANGELES, Aug. 22. next year. The places at which former Prosecuting Attorney of they will be staged, and the exact Angeles County, who is charged, 4 il with murder in the first degree, : in connection with the shooting ¢an Can 91%, dates, have yet to be selected. Dele- gates from Juneau to the Division- al convention probably will named at next Tuesday’s meeting, will be discussed. lan. “Prospects for a Democratic vic- Self defense. tory in next year's national elec-’ tion are the brightest in many 3:15 o'cltzckfi’rl‘hursday- afirnoon. BEN MULLEN TO GO » TO SAN JOSE SCHOOL Ben Mullen, son of J. F. Mullen of this city, expects to leave for the States on the steamer Yukon. He will enter Bellarmine College Preparatory school at Ban Jose, Cal, to continue his studies. years,” Hr. Hellenehal said. “The wave of sentiment in favor of the party has spread from coast fo coast, and is notably strong in! Alaska. The impression that 1932 .will be a Democratic year is stead-| ily deepening. “To capitalize the advantages this brings, it is essential that we perfect a workable organization throughout the Territory. We must work together for the common in- The case went to the jury at!Standard Oil terests of the party. And to that Taku Harbor Plant end, the meeting Tuesday, which S is the first of a series that will be * (Conunuea on Page Two) BOMB DAMAGES PAPER IN OHIO MANSFIELD, O., Aug. 22.—Toss- ed from a speeding automobile, a bomb badly damaged the plant of the Manstield Daily Journal. A watchman employed by the com- pany was injured. ‘The Journal only recently began ® pubMeation. Its owners received ® anonymous threats before the first ® papar was issued, ets New Record ‘I"or Season’s Pack The Libby, McNeill and Libby salmon cannery at Taku finished the current season with a pack of 139,000 cases of fish, according to word received here Friday. Packing ceased for the sea- son on Wednesday. ‘This is the biggest pack ever put up by the Taku cannery which has been di- rected for the past two years by Superintendent Al Min- ard, veteran canneryman who was in charge of the Kake plant of the Sanborn Cutting Company for a num- ber of years. No vember, and the Territorial-wide Verdict has yet been reached by the‘ i id H. Clark,! dhe-Thugt:op JIIT. 10,808 cnes OF S Los Prices of stocks today on the New pe and killing of Herbert Spence: newspaperman, and Charles Craw- and the conventi ford, rich realty owner and politic- ention sites and dates lark ¢ conlansen’ the ot 1 cides were committed by him in Kennecott Copper 10%, Packard NEW YORK, Aug. 22.—Closing York Exchange were: Alaska Juneau Mine 16%, Ameri- Anaconda Copper 24, r, Bethlehem Steel 39, Checker Cab ! 8%, 8 and 8%, Curtiss-Wright 3, 'Fox Films 13%, General Motors !357, International Harvester 37%, | Motors 6%, Standard Brands 18%, of California 40%, Standard Oil of New Jersey 40%, United Aircraft 27%, United States Steel 87%. DRYS FREED OF 'WOMAN'S DEATH MILWAUKEE, Aug. 22—At a coroner’ inquest in Milwaukee to- day, Prohibition agents were ex- onerated for having caused the death of Mrs. Helen Vasilzevic. The agents in a raid on the woman’s home had dumped wine in the basement. Later, she was electrocuted when, standing in a pool of the wine, she turned on an electric light. Aviato;s A:e’ Eeliev—ed to Be at Rupert House COCHRANE, Ont., Aug. 22.—Avi- ators Preston and Collignon are believed to have arrived at Rupert ® House, Quebec Radio transmis- ® sion from Rupert House is so weak that no intelligible report has been ® received in Cochrane concerning ® them. If safe, they should be fly- J 990000900 ingto Whale River today. lower, | though they stiffened somewhat to- i OFFICERS IN CHARG o 5 ) FOREST FIRES E OF WORLD’S LARGEST AIRSHIP I Assoriated Press Photo States Navy's new dirigible Akron and the great aircraft itself are shown in the accompanying pictures. Seated, left to right, the officers are: Lieut. Richard Dennet, Watch Officer; Lieut. Comm. Herhert Wiley, Executive Officer; Lieut. Comm. Charles E. Rosendahl, Captain; Lieut. Comm. B. J. Rogers, Engineering Officer, and Lieut. R. C. Mayer, Re- pair Officer. Standing: Lieut. E. C. Thurman, Assistant Engineering Morgan Redfield, Watch Officer; Lieut. J. G. Lieut. Anthony Dannis, Aerological Officer. her hangar at Akron, Ohio. ONE-TIME DRY ADVOCATE GOES Harold Pickens and The airship is shown in OMAHA - TOKYO FLIER TO €0 OVER TO WETS VIA NORTH POLE Samuel M. Vauclain of Capt. Jamcs_Sl;ughter Will Baldwin Locomotives, | Take Off from Nebraska Against Speakeasies | About September 15 Canada, Aug. 22— route that lays over Pole, Capt. James ter plans to fly from Oma- 21.—Once a. WINNIPEG, On an air the North Slaugk NEW YORK, Aug. staunch advoeate and supporter of the Eighteenth Amendment, Sam- uel M. Vauclain, chairman of the board of directors of the Baldwin ha, Neb. to Tokyo. He plans to Locomotive Works, now favors its take off from Omaha September repeal. In discussing the revers- al of his former position on the li-i Capt. Slaughter is in Winnipeg quor question, he said toda today to determine where bases “I was for prohibition because it|will be established for him along abolished saloons and grop shops,, the route and to arrange supplying gasoline and other but instead it has resulted in num-jtham with should go to the government.” Vauclain declared that he disagreed berless speakeasies. Bootlegzers are pecessitie: The Baldwin Locomotive Works is with Henry Ford’s opinion that re- | peal of the Eightcenth Amendment A'l' Ml AM' FL A would disrupt indust: | ] ] getting revenue which in part ARSI S a large employer of labor. Mr. - | MIAMI, Floriaa, Aug. 22.--With- out the slightest mishap, the giant IOWA MAKES LOTS OF CHEES DES MOINES.— Even though German seaplane DO-X, enroute Towa imports about 90 per cent of from Berlin to New York City, its cheese consumption, the state’s arrived at Miami today from An- tilla, Cuba. The huge craft will proceed from here to her destina- tion, factories last year produced 1,373,892 pounds: of it. Production costs av- eraged 18.83 cents a round. Officers in charge of the largest airship in the world, the United | Officer; Lieut. J. G. Wilfred Bushnell, Watch Officer; Lieut. J. G.| FAMOUS FLIERS HAVE T0 DODGE HIGH MOUNTAINS 1.Colonel's Wife Asks and Gets Wireless Advice on Safe Landing | %PLANE IS ANCHORED | AT SHANA VILLAGE Community of 1,000 His | Whaling Station, Hatch- ery and Few Canneries | | | } NEMURO, Japan, Aug. 22— ! Forced down by fog, after having | taken off from Muroton Bay, Col. ‘and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, fly- |ing from New York to Tokyo, are | with their plane at Shana, Iturup Island, Japan, about half way be- | tween Muroton Bay and Nemuro. { The Lindbergh plane ieft Muro- ton Bay, south of the Kurilies Islands, for a 400-mile hop to Ne- muro this afternoon. Fog was en- countered among mountain peaks, ranging from 3,000 to 5000 feet high, and Mrs. Lindbergh wire- lessed the Nemuro station for in- formation as to the best landing place in the mountainous coast country. The Lindberghs were advised that Shana was the safest, and the Colonel made a landing on the small, dangerous lagoon near there. Shana has a population of 1,000. Its industries are a whaling station, a salmon hatchery and a few can- { neries: At Muroton Bay, Col. Lindbergh rose at 5:40 Saturday morning. He was very anxious to continue his flight. He worked all morning fixing the plane's engine. He took off from Muroton Bay at 2:10 Sat- urday afternoon. He was forced down at Shana two hours and thirty minutes later. R KLUTUE, TERROR T0 TRAPPERS, IS FOUND DEAD Native Suspected of Sev- eral Murders Succumbs in Remote Cabin ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 22. —Klutuk, a Nushagak native, who 'had terrorized native and white trappers in the region of the head- waters of the Nushagak River since 1919, was found dead in his cabin on the Mulchatna River by Deputy United States Marshal Stanley Nichols. Death was at- tributed by the officer to natural causes. Klutuk was suspected of hav- ing perpetrated several murders, but owing to the remoteness of the region investigations could not be conducted with any promise of sue- cess. He had never been taken into custody. | The Deputy Marshal had left ‘McGrath and was making a trip of inspection in the Mulchatna River district when he discovered the native's body. ———————— HOOVER STUDIES UNEMPLOYMENT WABHINGTON, Aug. 22—-Un- employment will be discussed dur- ing President Hoover's week-end visit to his fishing camp at Rapi- dan, it was announced at the White House today. The President will be accompanied to the camp by | Waller 8. Gifford, president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, who recently was ap- pointed by the President as chair- man of a committee to be selected |soon to devise ways and means of relieving the unemployment sit- uation, The President said today that 52 of 60 prominent citezens whom he had asked to serve on the committee have consented. Two declined because of illness, and the others have not yet been heard from. N |