The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 15, 1932, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XL., NO. 6082. HOO PROHIBITION BOARD SPLITS ON PRESIDENT Fail to Decide at Secret| Session Regarding Support for Hoover CANNON AND WILSON CAUSING DEADLOCK Want Chief Executive to Interpret that ‘Re- publican Plank WASHINGTON, July 15.—/ The Special Policy Committee| of the National Prohibition| Board of Strategy is working again today, after a long se- cret session, in an attempt to agree to support Herbert Hoover for the Presidency. Outright e n d orsement of | Heover in preference to Gov. Franklin D. Roose velt was abandoned last night but the question was left open for a further discussion. Leaders hope eventually to indorse Hoover. Opposition to the indorse- ment of Hoover arose after Bishop James Cannon, Jr.,-of the Methodist Church of the South, and Dr. Clarence True Wilson, Secretary of the Board of Temperance and Public Morals of the Metho- dist Church, said they felt the Republican plank should be interpreted by Hoover be- fore they indorsed him. They favored waiting until Hoover made a personal statement before taking any action. BORAH MAKES STATEMENT WASHINGTON, July 15.—After a conference with the Prohibition Party leaders, Senator Willlam E. Borah said he is not a candidate for the presidefltial nomination of any third party. Senator Borah previously said he would not support the Republi- cans because of their wet plank. GUNS OF G. 0. P. ARE LET LOOSE BY SEC. HURLEY Launches Attack on Roose- velt at Ohio Repub- lican Session COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 15.—The Republican attack on the candidacy of Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic nominee for President, was turned loose for the first time in the Middle West, by Secretary of War Hurley who spoke at the Platform Convention of the Ohio Republicans. Both Secretary Hurley and Sen- ator Simeon D. Fess praised Presi- dent Hoover. Secretary Hurley asked what is Gov. Roosevelt's pledge for a “new deal?” The Secretary said Roose- velt does not give any enlighten- ment on the subject. The Sccretary of War for the second time turned loose the big guns of the administration against Roosevelt. He launched the cam- paign for the Republicans in Bos- ton a week ago and in his speech there also criticised John G. Garner, saying the ‘Speaker of the House and Vice-Presidential nominee, was attempting to put Government business against private interests. - e, MacDONALD GIFT TO SPUAIN EL TOBOS, Spain, July 15. — Ramsay MacDonald, Prime Min- icter of Great Britain, has contrib- uted a valuable copy of Don Quito to the local Cervantine Library hich contains 3,000 editions of the VER ENDORSEMENT I Piccard’s Wife ‘Gives Back’ His Promise To Let Him Fly A gain Above Atmosphere By EDOUARD, K TRAUS BRUSSELS, July 15. — Behind Professor Auguste Piccard’s plans for a second ascent into the strat- osphere this month, lies a story of a husband's word to his wife no: to risk his life again, and of her release from his promise when she realized how badly he wished to try again. | Hardly had Prof. Piccard landed | his balloon on the slopes of Gurgi glacier, in the Tyrolent Alps, last year, and obtained & telephone connection with his wife in Brus- sels, before she requested a prom- ise “not to try again.” ~ Thankful for the successful ter- mination of his effort to fly high- er than man had ever gone, out- side the earth’s atmosphere, he promised. Promised No More Flights | The memory was fresh then of his and his companion’s mnarrow escapes from death, first by suf- focation in their airtight aluminum | sphere which they could not open, | and later by hunger and cold on the Tyrolese glacier. | At that time neither was in af mood to make a new attempt. “Don’t think now that I have eaten my word” Prof. Piccard’ commented when announcing that | he would himself pilot his balloon READY TO BRAVE NEW HEIGHTS Prof. Auguste Piccard (left) perfected this new gondola for his second flight into the strato- sphere. It is insulated against in his new excursion. “T promised my dear wife to let | the stratosphere alone, and not to expose her again to all those ter-! rible hours of uncertainty and deadly doubt which were hers while I was up so sigh on what, de- spite our precautions, was a haz-, ardous expedition. | Regretted His Promise 1 “When T began my preparations for construction of a second gon- dola I did not think of piloting the balloon myself, but by and by else conclude my work. | “And then my wife, who follow-; ed day by day the progress of my | preparations, became impressed by | my own confidence in the safety of this second undertaking, and one day spontaneously gave back the word T had given her. Tt is I regretted having to let somecne'ke the terrific heat from the sun’s rays above the earth’s atmos- phere, and especially designed to prevent fouling of the safety valve rope. with her full consent that I un-‘c!lminawd. dertake this second ascent “We have been able, too, to min- “Nobody can say of an expedi- |imize possibility of a broken ther- tion like this that it is, altogether | mometer, to combat the heat de- deprived of ‘any- danger whatso- | veloped in the gondola by the ever, but in this instance every bright sunshine of the upper air possible measure to avoid a su land to arrange to keep an auto- prise or a mishap has been ta }matic record of the changing in- n. | fluence of the cosmic rays during Guard Against Mishaps |our ascent. The experience of the first ns-} “The mishaps which beset us be- cent has led to construction of a |fore are impossible, T believe, on gondola in which possibility of this second ascent. T am confi- entangling of the rope connecting |dent that the adventure will prove the interior of the gondola with |entirely safe for myself and my the balloon’s safety valve has been |assistant, Max Cosyns.” STOCK MARKET WORKS QUIETLY UPWARD TODAY Increase in Speculative In- terest Revives After Four Weeks NEW YORK, July 15.—The Stock Market lapsed in familiar quiet, early this morning, then worked quietly higher, after the slight sag. By mid-day, buying started in tobaccos and then spread. Many Issues Up American Tobacco B., Liggett & Mpyers B., {International Har-‘ vester, Union Pacific, United States Steel, General Motors, @American Can, United Aircraft, Southern| Pacific and New York Central showed gains of a fraction up to two points. Packing stocks failed to recover a slight loss. Rails were generally steady. Bank S ent The weekly bank statement show- ed a reduction of $61,000,000 in cur- rency circulation in small con- trast to $270,000000 the previous fortnight, but this s considered a step in the right direction. An increase of $12,000,000 in bro- kers’ loans indicated some revival in speculative interest, the first increase in four weeks. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, July 15—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 9%, American Can 347%, Anaconda 4, Bethlehem Steel 9%, Curtiss-Wright 7%, Fox Films 1%, General Motors 9, Internation- al Harvester 13, Kennecott 6%, Packard Motors 1%, United States Steel 237%. ———————— LITHUANIAN TARIFFS KOVNO, July 15. — Tariff in- creases ranging from 25 to 100 per cent have been announced by the Lithuanian government on a long line of imports, chiefly from uP book in every known language. Germany and Poland, I |which will open every harbor in |the police closed in on him. | angered France éom pleting_ Plane Now For Flight Into Stratosphere GREAT SEAWAY PROPOSAL NOW NEARS REALITY =2 Canada and Umted Stales;osphcric airplane will be taken Rcach Agreemen[ on St. to the airport of Toussus-le-Nobile La P . where the first test flight will take wrence [roject place. 1t will be followed by oth- er experimental flights aimed at attaining a height of 50,000 fee! above the earth’s surface. A feature of the new aircraft is its enormous wing area and its all-metal air-tight cabin which can accommodate three to four per- BILLANCOURT, France, July 15. —France hopes within six months to enter the race for the conquest { the stratosphere. In the Farman airplane works, on the banks of the Seine, behind |bolted doors and pledged to se- crecy, engineers and skilled work- men are putting the finishing touch- es to a huge 500 h. p. monoplane. WASHINGTON, July 15.—Canada and the United States have finally reached an agreement to build the $800,000,000 St. Lawrence seaway the Great Lakes to ocean com- merce. s0ns. The treaty allowing of the de-| Tts circular conning-tower sur- velopment is expected to be sign- mounting the air-tight cabin is an ed within a week or two. | instrument board and a dozen gad- plants capable of developing 2,- a submarine. 000,000 horsepower. Wing Surface Enormous Negotiations have been underway! In building an enormous wing for the project for the past 1l surface, the designers had in mind S o sphere where the propeller and ~ wings are much less effective than SNIPER KILLS lat heights of 5,000 to 10,000 feet ’ a good deal more lifting power eration If all the hopes of the designers | are fulfilled the machine, when LOS ANGELES, Cal, July 15— feet, will develop a speed of 480 Sniping from windows of his shack miles an hour, which will bring wibirrmes and revolvers, James New York within 8 hours of Paris. 'W. Brown, aged 60 years, a laborer, Take-Off Difficulty Seen ded a white woman in the hand jts excessive load—it is equipped and then ended his own life &s|ywith five radiators—the new Far- !man may experience some difficul- It is believed Brown became ty in taking off. around his home. |areas is not expected to begin be- it |fore six months, as the new ma- ARGOSY GOES TO SKAGWAY chine will be subjected to various Itests and alterations made accord- the Standard Oil Company here,| the yacht Argosy left Juneau this! morning for Haines and Skagway.| Sailors in the Australian navy She is expected to be back in now use their allowance to buy ——— The project includes hydroelectric gets all suggesting the interior of years. the fact that in the thin strato- may be required for successful op- |at an altitude of 48,000 to 50,000 killed an unidentified negro, woun- It is pointed out that owing to at small boys playing| The ascension to the thin cold After having taken oil aboard ab jnory. this port in a few days. |t>a “instead of rum, ALASKA ITEMS PROVIDED FOR WAR MEASURE WASHINGTON, July 15.— The sum of $494,310 for the Alaska Road Commission is provided for in the War De- partment measure. The Alaska Cable is allot- ed the sum of $161,285. Allotment of $42,315,392 for improvements of Rivers and Harbors, made by Secre- tary Hurley, included $16,- 500 for improvement of Nome Harbor, Alaska. ————.————— HOOVER SIGNS ARMY MEASURE House Aba_nao—ns Demand for Dismissing 2,- 000 Officers WABHINGTON, July 15—Presi- dent Hoover late yesterday signed the $390,000000 War Department appropriation bill, the Ilast big money measure for running the Government. The measure was finally enacted by Congross after the House aband- oned the demand that 2,000 officers be dismissed in the interest of economy. TEMPERATURE INIMPERIAL VALLEY DROPS ddle West Swelters with East Hot — Pacific Coast Is Cool CHICAGO, Ill, July 15.—Interest of the nation, from a weather standpoint, is centered today on the Imperial Valley, California, where the temperature dropped 63 degrees from a normal of 112 de- grees. Other sections reported extreme warmth with the Middle West sweltering, the hottest day of the summer, 1t is hot in the East. The South is normal. The Pacific Coast is entirely cool. CIGARETTE 1S CAUSE OF FIRE SPOKANE, Wash,, July 15.—Fire resulting from a discarded cigar- ette broke out in the west hangar of the National Guard at Felts Field late yesterday, damaging buildings and equipment at least $50,000, according to official esti- mate. No planes were destroyed, several housed in the hangar be- ing moved to safety. No Change in Name Of Road Bureau, Gov. Parks Announces Mi The Alaska Road Com- mission will continue to be the Alaska Road Commis- sion, in name at any rate, under the Interior Depart- ment as it was commonly known under the War De- partment since its creation some 27 years ago. Its trans- fer will not cause it to drop the name by which it is known to every Alaskan. This was indicated today by Gov. George A. Parks, head of the new road and trail administration. “We have received mno advices to the contrary, and cer- tainly we will continue the name unless and until we are instructed to do otther- wise, I do not look for any such instructions,” he said. 00990000000 Chief Justice shows Charles Evans Hughes, law as {hey strolled down Massach The former @BER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS UP Elizabeth Hughes is shown at rear wi Thomas Gossett, who is associated with the 1 his father-in-law. They were married in December 1930, IN AIR and Family e o This new photo of the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court with his wife, daughter and their son-in- usetts Avenue in the national vaY liam | ital, th her husband, Wi aw firm formerly headed by DOLE SOUGHT | BY LABOR IN WASH. STATE Federation to Support Re- peal, Government Sale of Liquor YAKIMA, Wash,, July 15. — The State Federation of Labor will work for a State dole program, Federal and State public works, financed by bond issues and State income tax. This has been decided in reso- lutions adopted at the annual con- vention. The program followed that out- lined by the national body. The State Federation will also support all efforts to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment to provide; that liquor sales, manufacture and | distribution “be in the hands of, the Government with the provision liquor be sold to the public at the lowest possible cost.” Resolutions urged against the re- turn of the saloon. | CONGRESS WILL PROBE ALASKA INDIAN WOES Delegate Wickersham Charges Natives Are | Deprived of Rights ! On representations of Delegate in Congress James been deprived of their lands, res- | tricted in hunting and fishing acti- vities to a degree that .threatens their starvation and otherwise, abused and neglected by white settlers and government officials, the House Committee on Indian Affairs recently appointed a sub- committee of six members to come to Alaska to investigate all matters in connection with the Indians of the Territory, “their proper gov-| ernment and protection, their claims for lands and generally their rights and the obligations of the govern- ment to them.” | Won’t Come This Year 1 The committee will not be able| |to visit Alaska this year. Its mem- ! |bers are Robert S. Hall of Missis- | sippi, Chairman; William I. Siro-' vich of New York, Dennis Chavez of New Mexico, Democrats; Wil- liam Williamson of South Dakota, | Scott Leavitt of Montana and | Prederick C. Loofoonrow of Utgh, Republicans, | (Continued on P;ge Sevenm) lday, was 913,975 cases, 'been that Indians in the Territory have ' RED FISH PACK THIS YEAR MAY BREAK RECORDS Bristol Bay Near Million Mark with Two More Weeks to Operate Faced with an almost unprece- dented run of red salmon in the Bristol Bay area, packers there are laying off boats and placing a limit on each boat fishing to enable them to handle the fish as they come to the plants, accord- ing to advices received here this week by local headquarters of the United States Bureau of Fisher- ies from Agent Dennis Winn. The total pack of fish in Bris- tol Bay up to July 9, last Satur- of which 93 per cent was red salmon, the remainder being pinks and chums. The run, Mr, Winn said, has been good all through the season ‘o date and the escapement to the spawning grounds good, also. P. A. F. Fills Cans “Many canneries are laying off boats and putting on limits,” he wired. The Pacific American Fish- eries has filled all available cans and is quitting operations for the year. Good red packs are also report- ed from other districts, particu- larly on both sides of the Alaska Peninsula, Chignik and Karluk. On the south side of the Alaska Pen- insula at the end of last week about 200,000 cases of reds had packed, and over 45,000 on the north side. Chignik was above the 80,000 mark, said probably to constit an all time record for this period of the year. Karluk in excess of 25,000. The total d pack, not including any of the Kodiak Island canneries, on July 9, according to statistics compiled at local bureau headquanters, was 1,273,245 cases. Chum Pack Large The chum pack to date has been | Pr surprisingly large, totaling 143,044 cases, mostly from Southeast Al districts. Pinks had not ap-| (Continued on P’a’gc Two) PLANE IN TAIL SPIN: 3 KILLED DULUTH, Minn., July 15.—Three | men were killed last night when a seaplane cri ed off St. Louis| Bay, near the heart of the city. The plane went into a tail spin| as it was preparing to alight on| the water at the end of a trip| from Spring Park, near Minne- cpolis, | early | House. |- | ANNOUNCEMENT ON WAR DEBTS IS MADE NOW Combinations in Europe Will Not Influence U. S. on Subject STATEMENT 1S MADE BY HOOVER TO BORAH America Not Consulted on Arrangements Conclud- ed at Lausanne WASHINGTON, July 15.— President H o o ver yesterday gave emphatic notice the United States will refuse to be influenced in its stand on war debts by any combina- tion of European nations, open or implied. The President in a letter to Senator William E Borah, Chairman of the Senate For- eign Relations Committee, as- serted this nation is entirely divorced from any swiftly de- veleping inter - European agreements and would not be bound by them. The President added the United States has not been consulted on any debt art rangements concluded at the conference at Lausanne. The notice followed reports from London and Paris that those two nations had formed a new agreement and would work in conjunction on war debts. The new accord was signed as the result of the Lausanne conferencee The United States is the biggest creditor of European nations. FRENCH STATEMENT PARIS, July 15.—Official eir- cles today said any statement that the ®British, under the Franco- Britain accord, cannot negotiate with the United States on debts without first consulting France, is absurd. Premier Herriot yesterday stirred up a hornet’s nest by saying Great Britain could not negotiate with the United States in debts with- out permission of France. It is officially said that this accord does not attempt to im- pose any such restriction. Yesterday the British, in London, issued a similar statement, denying all statements made by the French Premier. UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF BILL IS AGAIN BLOCKED Publicity Proposal for Loans of Finance Cor- poration Troublesome | WASHINGTON, July 15.—Rep- ntative Henry A. Rainey, Dem- c floor leader, said the House for publicity regarding |loans made by the Reconstruction | Pinance Corporation will stay in the unemployment relief bill or ther® won't be any bill.” The declaration was made after an conference at The White Senate conferees reported Pres- ident Hoover is opposed to the provision but the conferees are almost unanimous in the belief he will sign the bill even if the pro- vision remaing. The President later told Con- gress .members that if the pub- licity clause remained in the re- lief bill, responsibilily must re- main with Congress. He made the atement following a conference which all conferees and prac- tically all members of the Recon= struction Pinance Corporation ard were represented,