The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 25, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” __ JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, VOL. XXXVIII., NO. 5832. 1931. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRhSS PRICE TEN CENTS MOYLE AND ALLEN PREPARED T0 HOP FROM ALASKA TS VETEANS | osTatr o YELLED “BEER,” SOLOMON BEACH DETROIT MEET ON TRIP SOUTH COMPLEX FIGHT Plays Role in Sea Mystery ON FARM BOARD - FACES CONGRESS Senator Reed of Pennsyl- DEPRESSION IS GIVEN JOLT BY ‘LIVE AT HOME’ | Princess, Wooed by Proxy, Pawn of Political Fates King Cdl‘f)l of Roumania Reported Courting Maria Francesca, 17, Daughter of King Vic- tor Emmanuel of Italy, in Strange Way. vania, Opposed to Orgamzahon POWERFUL GROUP HAS' Methodirl)ry Leader Makes Charges—Sen- ator Reed Replies ! KANSAS CITY, Sept. 25.—Dr. Hopeful Outlook Brought About by Action of Gov. Gardner By W. J. DAVIS [' cht Hundred Gallons of “Gasoline Transferred from Nome FLIERS TELL OF ATTEMPTED FLIGHT {Encountered 100-Mile an And that 1s Just one of Gov. O. Hour Wind at Tip of Max Gardner’s ideas for making |North Carolina’s agriculturists the Aleutian - Isles Clarence True Wilson, Methodist | Dry Leader, charged here today that “numbers of staggering drunks disgraced the uniform and yelled for beer” at the American Legion | convention, which concluded a four day session in Detroit yesterday. Dr. Wilson said headquarters were maintained in a Canadian saloon RALEIGH, N. C, Sept. 25— | Whatever the south does about cot- ton prohibition next year, North Carolina has plans of its own. No cotton will grow on state-own- ed farms in 1932. JUST OPPOSITE VlEW‘ Contemporary Bills May Develop—Commission | Is “On the Spot” By FRANK I. WELLER (A. P. Farm Editor) ‘WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 25.— The new congress promises a high- ly incongruous attitude toward the Farm Board. There is an element, epltomxzed by Senator Reed, Republican of Pennsylvania, which decries the Board as a failure and suggests leg- islation ranging from elimination of the farm board to repeal of the ag- ricultural marketing act. Another and for the moment a more powerful group insists that the board be retained in toto with certain specific changes in the lnw it administers. The latter includes cooperative marketing associations affiliated with the huge government-financed national marketing agencies and powerful form service organization. Board ‘On the Spot’ How complex a situation may develop is seen in the probability of contemporary bills both to strengthen and weaken the farm board. Senator Brookhart, Towa mpubh- can, is expected to renrw ms cam- paign to turn over Board the powers and mncuovns of ' the Federal Farm Loan Board. ‘Colleagues in tha view that cen- tralization of marketing and pro- duction credit might facilitate farm financing suggest that it might be enough to give the Farm Board control of the federal intermediate credit banks. It all sifts down to the paradox- ical prospect of the legislatve hcp- per holding at one and the same time bills which would do away with the Farm Board entirely and others which would give it wider authority. Of one thing there is virtual cer- tainty. When the mill begins to grind the nation and its duly elected will come face to face with the fact that whether its stabiliza- tion of wheat and cotton is liked Alaska Dog Hero Statue Threatened Research Association Asks Monument to Balto Be Torn Down NEW YORK, Sept. 25.—The Re- search Association has asked Mayor James J. Walker to tear down the statue of Balto in Central Park, claiming he is not a dog hero so far as the Association can learn. The Association says Baito was just an ordinary dog and no sense is seen in perpetuating his memory. Balto is credited with a spec- v.acular dash to Nome, several years ago, carrying much needed anti toxin. The Res:arch Association says the story is a “hoax, pure and simple.” i Mexican Protest ' does the name ‘Alaska’ conjure up, ‘clearing his own little homestead | dependent upon his ability to grasp | ‘and utilize its offerings. For the| 'One of the principal roles in the mystery enveloping the stmnge death of Hisashi Fujimura, rich Japanese silk importer, is played by pretty Mrs. Mary Reisner (nbovei. the former She accompanied Fujimura on the * |elain or lost overboard as a governess for his dluzhter. appear before the Federzl Grand Jury which l.!'f at New York, where the cruise started an ary Dale, actress. ‘show boat” cruise on which he was | Mrs. Re\sne!‘, robing the case ended. FRESH BOOKLET ONALASKANOW BEINGCOMPILED Secretary \i’il;xr Writes| Prologue to New Al- aska Publication ndence. (Special Correspo: WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 15.— | ‘The Interior Department is about ready to circulate a new booklet giving general information regard- | ing the Territory of Alaska. The | first edition of this work was pre- | pared by Ernest Walker Sawyer in November, 1929, and it has since had a wide circulation. But the edition was almost exhausted last| spring when Mr. Sawyer prepared the copy for the new booklet, which is now issued in the same form but with a number of changes and additions. 1In a prologue, prepared by Secretary of the Intex'ior Ray Lyman Wilbur, he s | Ice, gold, opportumty— what and what does that vast Territory| hold in the way of present and fu- ture promises? To the pioneer, whether he is engaged only in or is dirécting the destinies of a large industrial enterprise, this State in the making holds promise of either success or disappointment, fit who, through experience or| readiness for effort, are willing to cope with and surmount difficul- ties, this northern land holds out an alluring invitation and a wel- come. “Within its far-flung borders Al- aska presents so wide a diversity of physical features, climate, and | industries as to appeal to almost every taste. Here, the densely for-| ,eated mountainous areas of south- New Gaming Houses' MEXICO CITY, Sept. 25.—Re- ports from Tampico said appeals had been sent to the state govern— ment by business men against the! ynce ang other mountain groups'dian Mounted Police, opening of two new gambling plac- | n,ccecs magnificent scenery, es in Nuevo Laredo. The govern-|gnimajs, and mineral deposits that | Vears ment has taken them under con-' sideration. | 'eastern Alaska, with its develop- ment of mines, fisheries, timber‘ resources, and water powers. There | in central Alaska, is a region of | broad alluvial valleys carved in old | | mountain-built mineralized rocks | and traversed by rivers which form the main avenues of travel, that| invites settlement by home build- ers, agriculturists, miners and trap- | pers. | “Again the fastness of the Alaska wild | | (Continuea on Page Two) Heat Is One Mile Deep, 13 ANDERSCN, 8. C., Sept. 25.— When a heat wave descends upon Anderson, it’s a mile deep. With the mercury perched at 102, Bonner Kidd, local flier, decided One Aviator Discovers, ... | Up in his plane went Kidd. No change in temperature was noted until 5280 feet was reached. There the mercury suddenly tumbled tol 92. Kidd found it so cold at 6,500 to find out how deep the, heat was. | feet that he descended, i “ and Milton Scott Mout Feted Deb Louise Brooks, granddaughter of | Mrs. Edward Stotesbury of Phila. delphia, will be one of the most feted debutantes in the east, She will make her debut in Washington Ahis winter, THEQ. DUNDAS PASSES AWAY Member of—.i:_‘alher Dun- can’s Colony Is Dead at Metlakatla KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Sept. 25. —Theodore Dundas, aged 89 years, who emigrated to Annette Island {during the last century with Fa- zhz-r LCuncan's colony, and helped {establish Metlakatla, is dead here. S Bandits Who Fought ‘Mounties’ Get Lash SASKATOON Sept. 25.—Three bandits, convict of holding up |five stores and two bank messen- gers and later engaging in a run- ning gun battle with Royal Cana- were sen- tenced to from eight to thirteen imprisonment and fifteen strokes of the lash apiece. They are Joe Bowers, William Killick -—— 'Her Teetll_;f‘Gold Is What She Wants AORNE, Cal, Sept. 25.— Mrs. Grace Van der Oes was mad |enough today to bite the head off a ten-penny nail with her $300 set of gold teeth. Except that she did not have the teeth. She left the set with a dentist. He moved. He did not leave a for- warding address. And so all ten- penny nails are Safe from harm. across the river. SLANDER IS UTTERED True Wilson: who would utter States.” — e M. A. TRAYLOR BOOMED FOR WHITE HOUSE Kentucky Greets “Home Town” Boy — Start Presidential Move COLUMBIA, Kentucky, Sept. 25. —A "“home town” boy who weat |West on the first train he ever saw, a freight train at that, made good in a big way and today was honored by the “home town” he never forgot. ‘Thirty-one years ago, Melvin A. Traylor, then 22, headed for the cattle country with $2 in his pocket. Today, Traylor is head of the |First National Bank of Chicago, |and is one of the West's financial |leaders and the choice of his peo- |ple for the Democratic nomination | for President. Civic and political leaders from all parts of Kentucky are here to- day to participat: in a “home town rally” which will give an impetus to the move to send Tray- lor to the White House. e ———— GOLD SEEKERS FORM VILLAGE AT B. C. STRIKE [Modest Settlement Springs Up on Rainbow Creek, in Omineca FOREST JAMES, . C., Sept. 25. —A modest settlement of gold seek- ers is springing up on Rainbow Creek, the scene of British Colum- bia’s gold strike as a result of the new rush to the Omineca country. There is now a semblance of a village where a few weeks ago there was little more than a wild- erness of pine trees. Pay dirt consists of gold in fairly coarse black sand. Assays show values of gold, platinum and iridum. A good man, picking and shovel- ing, can probably wash six cubic vards a day and it is believed this will give a return, to all indica- tions, of about $2.65 a yard = v Nature Removes Threat of Pecan Crop Surplus JACKSON, Miss.,, Sept. 25.—One group of farmers, at least, is no longer threatened with a surplus of its product. Advance predictions of the larg- egt pecan crop in the nation’s his- tory have collapsed. The case- bearer in Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana; the phylloxera in Louis- iana; dry weather in Georgia, and improper polination in many see- tions of the Southeast have com- bined to rediice the crop below even that of last year, according to F. R. Wilcox of Jackson, Gen- eral Manager of the National Pecan Mackclting Assoclation, | KANSAS CITY, Sept. 25.—Form- |er United States Senator James A. Reed said this afternoon, regard- ing the statement of Dr. Clarence “Probably the fanatic Dr. Wilson, is the only citizen in this country such a wholesale slander against the men who stood |on North Carolina soil for every on the battlefields of France, de- fending the flag of the United |state’s most independent class of citizens. The “live-at-home” program, ini- tiated in the south by Governor Gardner and inaugurated in North Carolina two years ago, has brought results that give the leaders a hopeful outlook. “For the first time in history,” Governor Gardner pointed out “two bushels of wheat were raised man, woman and child in the state. Live-at-Home Idea “North Carolina has grasped the live-at-home idea and for two years we have led the south in acreage reduction in cotton, having cut the crop 29 per cent this year.” Next year North Carolina will go forward with ‘“renewed and re- doubled efforts to reduce the acre- ages in cotton and tobacco and to grow all the food and feed-stuffs necessary for the people of the state,” if farmers follow the lead of their governor. “Again,” he said, “856,000 school children, together with the agri- cultural agencies of the state, its agricultural college and depart- ment, its home and county demon- stration agents, the press and the pulpit will be called to take the lead.” ‘William A. Graham, commission- er of agriculture, said the state is “steadily and surely emancipating itself from cotton bondage and turning toward production of food and feedstuffs.” Increase Predicted He estimated that the revenue from diversified crops this year will increase the farm revenue of the state approximately $20,00,000. Dr. B C. Brooks, president of the state college, pointed out that his institution had fostered a pro- gram for cotton production that has been effective in reducing acre- age, without any sign-up agree- ment. In two years the acreage re- duction has been from 1,872,000 in 1929 to 1,336,000 in 1931. “There is still opportunity for a continued reduction in this state,” Dr. Brooks declared, “and undoubt- edly there will be a considerable re- duction in 1932 whether or not there is any concerted action on the part of other cotton growers.” Many North Carolina farmers have readjusted their programs and some have found it financially ad- vantageous to abandon cotton al- Ytogether. This year has seen a marked in- crease in preserving fruits. Pigs and chickens inhabit farms in large numbers. The family cow is provided for, so agriculturists of the state assert they have little fear of any farm family going hungry regardless of the price of cotton, or what the country does about it. —_————— DR. MARSHALL ON WAY SOUTH ENROUTE EAST Has Been Studying Timber at Wiseman for Past 13 Months FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Sept Dr. Robert Marshall, forestry ex- pert, author and sociologist, is here enroute to New York. Dr. Marshall has been at Wise- man for the past 13 months where he carried on timber studies and made other scientific investiga- tions, COURT ADJOURNS ‘ UNTIL MONDAY At the conclusion of yesterday 25.— MME Magoa % Lupescu Carol Ex-QUEEN HELENE Girls, and presumably they are legion, who have sighed for the romantic aura which is popularly supposed to encirclo the heads of princesses the blood royal and insure their happiness amidst regal surroundings! might find such an imaginarv halo a crown of thorns if they were! placed in the drama in which Princess Maria Francesca, 17, daughter' of King Victor Emmanuel of Italy, probably is pl role. Roports from authoritative sources of Pa Carol, he of the scandalous affair of the heart wit tal difficulties with his former wiie, Helene of Greece, is courting Princess by proxy. Apparently the girl is being led to the slaughter as.an innoceat pawn. of ()M Weild, politics, J..ulv-mur. ‘ous King of the Rumauniars not d g bpnq'y to go tbcougfl the' senuired fintions @FTmTRINg lave: wifehe-te YRRy lacking. STOCK MARKET GUI. LINDBERGH UP, THEN DOWN, DECORATED FOR | TRADING TODAY AIDING CHINESE Newly Established Aviation Medal Bestowed on Flier Governing Board Tightens Upon Control of Short Selling NEW YORK, Secpi. 25. The, NANKING, China, Stock Market seesawed feverishly,Chiang Kai Shek, today reflecting a confused state China, today received Col. of mind left on Wall Street by A. Lindbergh. the violent advance and then head-!| As a token of admiration long decline of the past two days.|his distinguished record and in ap- The Governing Board of the New preciation of his volunteer services York Stock Exchange has decided|in flood reliof, the Nationalist Sept. 25.— President of Charles ing by requesting daily reports on|Col. Lindbergh China's newly stock sold short and bought back |tablished aviation medal fhe same day This evidently is| Col. Lindbergh is the first for- aimed at operations of floor trad-|eign or Chinese aviator to receive ers. the medal Extreme advances of about threc — > — or more points were recorded United States Steel, Amerizan Tele~ phone and Telegraph, Southern Pa- D cific and New York Central. | . . -;Premdenl of AmericanFed- Coco Cola dropped eight pomn Fastman dropped four points. * eration Makes New Estimate Stocks pushed up from one to eight points in early trading to- day, then fell back to show losses, were pushed up again and then once more met selling pressure. S e CLOSING STOCK PRICES NEW YORK, Sept. ZS.-Closlni;; quotation of Alaska Juneau mine | stock today is 14%, American Can| 9%, Anaconda Copper 16%, Beth-| WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 25— lehem Steel 32'%, Checker Cab 5, \Wllh.nn Green, President of the 4%, 6, Curtiss-Wright 2% .| American Federation of Labor to- Fox Films 9%, Geenral Motors day estimated that 5600000 idle %, In- . ternational Harvester 29, Kennecott |25 been increased 500,000 over a 13%, Packard Motors 5%, Standard | MOnth ago Brands 15%, Standard Oil of Cali-| Senator Robert J. Bulkley fornia 32%, Standard Ofl of New |OMO expressed ragrets at the Jersey 32%, United Aircraft 17%,!ton of oFSHohs United Slales Steel 785, Fox The- CUtUDE wages but said there atres, curb, 1%. “possibility that this m w»\ard ending depression.” of ac- in is a New Brmsh F ls to Carr LONDON, Sept. 25—A 40 pas- senger flying boat, made largely of FOUR PATIENTS LEAVE| ST. ANN’S HOSPITAL Four panents were discharged yesterday from St. Ann’s hospital. | They were Otto Wykander, sailor on the steamship Queen, who en- tered last Monday when the vessel session here of the United States District Court, adjournment \hnm taken until Monday forenoon. The | fall term of court will begin Oc- tober 1. Trials of jury cases will egin October 5, | called here going to Skagway and who returned to the ship last eve- ning when she was in port on her way south; Alfred Lovic, K. Nord- | ling and Stephen Sopkow, all of Juncau, stainless steel, is under construc- tion at Southampton for comple- tion in 1932. It will have six engines with a total of 5400 horsepower, a maxi- mum | for tc tignten up control on short sell- | Government Council voted toaward ' es- i y be a step| speed of 145 miles an hour, | | BULLETIN — Nome, Al- jaska, Sept. 25.—Moyle and Allen hepped from Selomon becach on an attempt for a nonstop flight to Tacoma at 11:15 o’clock this forenoon. NOME, Alaska, Sept. 25.—Don Moyle and €. A. Allen are pre- pared to leave the beach at Solo- mon on an attempted 2,000-mile flight to Tacoma. Moyle, although ill with influe tnza, spent most of yesterday morning helping in transferring €00 gallons of gasoline from here to the Solomon beach. In discussing the days when they were lost to the world, the two fliers told of a 100-mile an hour wind they met at the tip of the Aleutian chain. This caused them to land and they remained seven days on a small island. Wind Is Strong After reaching the Aleu‘ians, the wind became so strong they seem= ¢d to be sianging still in midair, the fliers said. They decided 'to look for a landing place as their fuel was running low and it was Lyonred.. they w4 be unahle- 4 Ireach Seattle. | Moyle and Allen flew back to Kiska Island, the largest of the | Rat Island group, about 800 miles ,V\ st of Dutch Harbor. Landing s made on a small uninhabited 1 land about two miles long. On Island Seven Days The storm continued and they “remained on the island for seven days with no shelter and no food uthu Lh.m what they carried with was almost impossible }w xmchor the planz as the high winds threatened to wreck and de= stroy it. | The fliers finally took off and |landed at Miano Pilgino. | They were not in touch with the Soviet freighter which con= tacted with the St. Paul Island Radio Station and informed the (world the fliers were safe. Both men are confident they could have made the 4,700-mile i flight to Seattle in about 45 hours, but for the storm. SURPRISE EXPRESSED | SEATTLE, Sept. 25.—C. O. Schick, Government Weather Observer at Boeing Field, expressed surprise at Moyle and Allen's account of a |100-mile an hour wind on the | Aleutians. Reports from Dutch Harbor, St. Paul Island Radio Sta= tion and steamship Westward ine dicated only light winds blowing on September 7 and 8 the dates !the fliers were there. ACCORDION IS - TRAGEDY CAUSE Imaginary Q uarrel Over Musical Instrument— Two Are Dead BELLINGHAM, Anger: Wash., Sept. 26. °d by what was an imaginary dispute over am accordion, Frank Linquist, aged re= cluse, shot and killed Alfred Os- trom, aged 37 years. Linquist then took his own life by shooting. - e —— rm demonstation work is con= ted in 1,287 Alabama communi- Lng Boat vy 40 Passengers and a cruising radius of 1,000 miles with 40 passengers or 2,300 miles with 20. | An electric kitchen will be pro- vided. Passenger quarters will be in separate fine cabins with an enclosed bridge alove for the pilot and captalin,