The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 26, 1932, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME" V()L XL NO 609] SIXTY LOSE LIVES WHEN GALE OVERTURN NEW CONTRACTS OPEN FACTORIES; MEN RETURNING Highway ,Construction to Be Undertaken in Parts of Country CROPS EXPECTED TO REQUIRE MUCH HELP Transportation Bound to Be Increased with Activity CHICAGO, II., July 26.— Bright spots continue to ap- pear on the business map of the country. “rom all fronts today came reports of new contracts and ssumption of operation of Is and factories which will ploy many men. Jesides an advance in the securities market, net losses are shown to have been cut and several industries report net profits instead of losses. ncluded in the resumption of work, calling back of men, clothing -manufacturers, highway construction, quar-| stove companies and ¥¢ mi em are ries, crops. The prospects are that all this will require increased| transportation facilities. ANNIVERSARY FLIGHT MADE BY DOOLITTLE Covers Fourteen States in 16 Hours and 45 Minutes NEW YORK, July 26. — Major Ja Doolittle and Miss Anne Madison, flying partner, landed here at 8:20 o'clock last night, 16 hours and 55 minutes after leaving Bos- ton on a flight commemorating the 157th anniversary of the found- ing of the United States Postal System. Major Doolittle covered 14 States, from as far north as Maine, far sputh as North Carolina and west to Ohio, dropping bundles of letters at airports enroute. e ee—— — SHRINERS ARE GATHERED FOR ANNUAL MEET National Optimism Ex- pressed by Red Fezzed Hosts SAN FRANCISCC, Cal, July 26. —Red fezzed Shrinedom of North America tossed today in a sea of pageantry as the assembled forces of the Ancient Arabic order hailed the opening of the Imperial Coun- cil session with a keynote of na- tional optimism. e German Prince Arrives In United States for Visit of Two Months NEW YORK, July 26—The tall blond reticient Prince Frederick August, of Prussia, the fourth son of the former Crown Prince of Germany, has arrived here for a two months’ visit in this country. He regards the greatest friend of Charlie Chaplin's two sons, Sid from Europe. They were enroute the lads in the movies. CHAPLIN BOYS 'SIGNED FOR 'FILMS Associated Press Photo ney Earl and Charles jr., are shown with their grandmother, Mrs. Louise Grey, as they arrived in New York to Hollywood where their mother, Lita Grey Chaplin, who is divorced from the comedian, plans to start FATHER OF 3. A. AVIATION DIES, BRAZILIAN CITY Succumbs to Illness Contracted in France ALBERTO SANTOS DUMONT RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, 26.—Alberto Santos Dumont, aged 59 years, known to South America as the Father of Aviation and con- temporary of the Wright Brothers in the early experiments in the 1890’s, is dead, succumbing to ill- ness contracted in France. A pioneer in aerial navigation, Alberto Santos Dumont won recog- nition in three continents by his research, inventiveness and feats in the days that immediately preceded and followed the discoveries of the Wrights ih America. For 30 years he was the idol of his native Brazil which always call- ed him “pae da aviation,” or “fath- er of aviation,” although most of his work was done in France. That country honored him with membership in its Legion of Honor in 1909 and in 1913 erected a memorial at St. Cloud to commem- orate his accomplishments. Known in U. S. The Americas knew him in 1916 as one of the early advocates of the intercontinental airways which now link Latin-America with the United States. His first love was the free bal- loon, then the dirigible and finally the airplane. But he gave up fly- ing after a nearly fatal crash in September, 1909. He was piloting a mgngplane known as “the grass- his own people as his departed brother, Prince Louie Ferdinand, who was employed at the Ford plant in Detroit for two years. hopper,” which he had developed and which was the forerunner of (Continued on Page Seven) | Alberto Santos Dumont, July | STOCK MARKET KEEPS RISING, - TRADING TODAY Speculators_f:; a Rise in Control—Oils Show Much Activity NEW YORK, July 26—Speculat- ors for a rise retained control of the Stock Market today. In the face of a considerable flurry of profit taking the market was able to do little better than recover from the effects of the morning selling and traders began turning cautious in advance of the United States Steel directors meeting. After the close, there was a feeling in some quarters that the list was entitled to a corrective reaction after yesterday's advance. United States 'Steel preferred, American Can, American Telephone {and Telegraph, Santa Fe, Standard Oil of New Jersey recovered after a point off. Market Features General Electric and Consolidat- ed Oil activities were features, ris- ing fractionally. } Richfield Oil, which has been |selling for a few cents, more than doubled on the strength of the Consolidated’s offer to buy. Tobacco Movements Tobaccos moved narrowly. McKeeport, United Fruit, Case and Endicott-Johnson were up one to two points. International Nickel preferred, jumped 13 points. Professional activities were con- centrated on oils, second quarter earnings indicating this is the only major industry now showing a de- cisive improvement over last year. CLOSING FRICES TODAY NEW YORK, July 26.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 10%, American Can 35%, Anaconda 4%, Bethlehem Steel 12%, Curtiss-Wright 1, Fox Films 1%, General Motors 9, In- ternational Harvester 15, Kennecott 6%, Packard Motors 2%, United States Steel 26% ,Armour B %. TUG BURNS; ESCAPE DEATH VICTORIA, B. C., July 26—The tugboat Chehalis burned to the water’s edge off Arbutus Point last night. Six men escaped. The tug was valued at $16,000. i — | dova. CHRISTY THUMAS' SEEKS WAYS TO AID TERRITORY |General Manager of Seattle Chamber of Commerce on Mission Here “What can Seattle and the Se- attle Chamber of Commerce do for Alaska?” is the question being |asked by Christy Thomas, yeteran general manager of the Chamber of Commerce, who is visiting here after a tour of interior and west- ern districts. He and Mrs. Thom- as arrived last night on the steam- er Yukon and will remain until the Queen leaves for Sitka tomor- ToW. “Our services, the service of our bureau in Washington, D. C,, and |any other facilities we have, are Alaska's for the asking. We really want to do for you what you wan us to do,” Mr. Thomas declared. He is seeking the answer to his query from Alaskan business men, Territorial and Federal officials, ‘Chambers of Commerce and other organizations and individuals with whom he comes into contact, He really believes that Alaska has asked too little of his own organi- zation and would like to know the whys and wherefores. He and Mrs. Thomas have visit- ed Fairbanks, Anchorage, Seward |and other railroad towns, and in- terior communities on the high- ways including Valdez and Cors “We found conditions fafr, | much better than those in Seattle which in turn are better than the average city or smaller community in the States,” Mr. Thomas de- clared. He was gratified to find so little evidence of acute depres- sion in the Territory. He conferred with President Al- len Shattuck and Secretary G. H. Walmsley of the Chamber of Com- merce today and expected to meet other local business men and of- ficials during hjs stay here. He and Mrs. Thomas are guests at the Gastineau. | ———————— What Lausanne Accord Means to Uncle Sam * * * * * * Every Man, Woman and Child in United States May Be Saddled With $76.50 Debt as Result of European Reparations Agreement. While European financial experts and statesmen are breaking out in eruptions of encomium over the har- monious conclusion of the Lausanne Reparations Conference, whereat the original reparations debt of $63,822,000,000 stipulated in 1920 to be paid by Germany to the Ilies was finally whittled down to a mere $714,000,000, the layman in these United States is asking himself in a bewildered fashion “what does it mean to us.” The answer is approximately nine billion dollars. Though the U. S. did not take any part in the confer- ence, the Allies have taken the stand that they cannot pay war debt installments due this country without cor- responding reparations payments. And as they have agreed to cut the reparations to the stated sum it means that a corresponding cut will billion dollars due the U. S. Embably be passed on to the United States in the war debt matter. Of the eleven y the Allies, only about a billion and a half has been paid, so if the Lausanne¢ agreement is approved by the U. S. the remaining nine and a half billions may now be regarded as virtually uncollectable. This, on the b: debt has been stipulated amot of 1930 census figures (122,775,046 population) would Thster a debt of $76.5( on every man, woman and child in the U. 8. Above is a diagram show(ng how the originai ed down by “easy” stages until it has finally shrunk to 99 per cent less than the originally t. At top are the statesmen who participated in the Lausanne Conference. German reparations Left to right, they are: Baron von Neurath, German Minister of Foulgn Affairs; Signor Mosconi of Italy; Chancellor von Panen of (‘ermunv Premier Ramuy MacDonald of t Britain. and Prenuer Eduard Herriot of Frane- TRADE THREATS TACOMA WANTS TOESTABLISH ALASKA BUREAU Charles C. fiand, Cham- ber of Commerce Man, Making Study of North The Tacoma Chamber of Com-= merce is deeply interested in Al- aska's problems and, if it is de- sired by business men’ and others of the Territory, will establish an Alaska bureau to lend the north a hand whenever needed, accord- ing to Charles C. Harland, repre- sentative of the Tacoma organi- zaztion, who visited here this morn- ing enroute north. He will spend several weeks in the interior look- ing over conditions and return here late in August. Tacoma, Mr. Harland said, de- rives a substantial amount of bus- iness in Alaska, and is sincerely interested in establishing closer relations with the Territory. He will confer with Chamber of Com- merce and business leaders in all of the communities he visits on how it can be brought about. East Texas Oil Field Leads with 6,000 Wells LONGVIEW, Tex., July 26—In the year and a half since its dis- covery the East Texas oil field has seen completion of more than 6,- 000 gushers—said to be a record for any one field in the world. More than one-third of the wells are in the area surrunoding Long- view, center of much of the “boom” excitement when the field was first opened up. Total crude taken from the field and moved to market has passed the 160,000,000 - barrel mark, with daily average production recently AGAINST UNITED STATES APPEAR Oil and Coal Interests Are Mentioned at Ottawa Conference OTTAWA, July 26—Threats to the trade of United States oil and coal interests in the British Empire arose in parleys of the British Empire Conference today. Referring to “unfalr trade prac- tices,” the committee on trade with the Commonwealth, heard inferen- tial references to alleged price cut- ting by American oil companies. A threat to United States coal | came in a declaration from the Canadian delegation in placing an- thracite on the long list of items from which the conference might select articles for British prefer- ence which if selected would hit at the present sale of United States anthracite in Canada by opening a market, to Welsh-mined coal. Discussions mcluded wheat, meat, lumber, fish and fruits. DAMAGE SUITS, CLINIC BLAZE, NOW SETTLED Cleveland [;;a_ster of May, 1929, Is Again Brought Up July 26— Cleveland CLEVELAND, Ohio, Damage suits in the Clinic disaster, one of the worst in | this country's peace time history, have been settled for $167,000. running in the neighborhood of 350,000 barrels. R e e S Venezuela has about 3,000 lepers, or less than one per thousand of lm population, The clinie, operated by the fa-| mous Dr. George Oriole, was struck by fire in May, 1929, and within one hour 125 persons had been | stricken fatally by deadly poisonous gases or burns. Mayor Dore Makes Move, St. Car Fight Files Suit in_Seattle Test-" ing Validity of Purchase SEATTLE, July 26—The first move of Mayor John F. Dore to test the validity of the city’s $15,- 000,000 street car system purchase was taken yesterday by the filing of a suit in behalf of two car operators, in an action contending that wages, rather than bond in- terest, as provided in the contract, have first claim on the earnings. The city still owes about $8,000,~ 000 on the street car system. - — GRONAU NOW CARTWRIGHT, Labrador, July! 26—The German aerial trail blaz- | er, Capt. Wolfgang von Gronau, their flying boat down here late |Monday, completing a 600 - mile jump from Ivigtut Harbor, Green- land. {Italy to Turn Conquered Lands Into Farm Colony ROME, July 26.—Italy is seeking a new outlet in Northern Africa for surplus population by coloniz- ing land seized from rebel tribes | in Cirenaica, Libya, during ‘the] 10 years insurrection just ended. A $2500,000 corporation has been | !given exclusive rights to carry out | the plan under supervision of a Government bureau. The land, most of which must be irrigated, will be sold to the corporation at two Americen cents {an acre. The corporation will put in the necessary improvements and |offer it to peasant families on easy I terms, IN LABRADOR, and his three companions, brought | 60V, ROOSEVELT URGED TO MAKE CAMPAIGN TOUR {Stumping [Trip Into Re- mote Quarters Re- quested of Nominee NEW YORK, July 26.—An in- tensive stumping tour, even to re- mote quarters of the country, has been urged upon Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt by various local leaders |who feel it is the best way for the | Democratic nominee for President Ito gather votes. It is not known positively to what extent he will accede to the demand but it is believed his |speaking campaign will be confined to a few dates. | The Republican Eastern cam- :pamn is expected to get underway next week when National Commit- tee Chairman Everett Sanders con- fers with W. Kingland May, New York State Chaumnn MARTIAL LAW DECLARED OFF I Chancellor Remains as Commissioner with Bracht as Dictator BERLIN, July |von Papen, securel Commissioner for Prussia, ended |the state of martial law today |which was established over Berlin 'and the Province of Brandenburg. Franz Bracht remains as the Chancellor’s Deputy, however, with the authority of Dictator. ‘ The Prussian coalition Ministry 'has been ousted. Most of the political observers agreed that the Reichstag election next Sunday is not likely to put them back in Loffice, — Chancellor installed as OVER GERMANY ‘de*l’ tion, PRICE TEN CFNI"I GERMAN NAVAL TRAINING SHIP DOWN IN GALE Forty Men ngard, Includ- ing Captain, Report- ed Rescued SIXTY CADETS DIE WHEN CRAFT SINKS Sudden Stogs.lrikes Boat Which Is Caught Unprepared KEIL, Germany, July 26. —The German naval training ship Nicbe sank today in a hurricane off Fehmarn Belt Lightship. Forty men aboard, includ- ing the Captain have been saved. Sixty men are missing. The Niobe was a three- masted sailing vessel with an auxiliary motor. The vessel carried 100 cad- ets and junior cadets. The steamer Therese Russ, not far off, picked up the 40 survivors. A gale struck the vessel a few minutes after the sea- plane DO-X passed over, dip- ping low in greeting. Suddenly the gale sprang up, the Niobe went over on one side and then plunged down into the water. The DO - X made a safe landing after the stormy flight. The Niobe was enroute to Warnemuende and was to have returned here in Sep- tember. Naval authorities are at a loss to explain the disaster but gave as a guess the crew was not prepared for the sud- den gale and were unable to reef sails in time. — '‘POISON TONGUE’ SPREADS FALSE DEATH REPORTS District Attorney Buron _ Fitts, of Los Angeles, Is Latest LOS ANGELES, Cal, July 26.— The “poison tongue” individual, who for several weeks has been calling up relatives of various per- sons and informing them that a certain relative is dead, chose |Buron Fitts, District Attorney, as the subject for one of his fictitious messages. A voice representing itself as George Gregory, brother-in-law of | Fitts, saild “Fitts died this morn- ing.” The sheriff's office, police head- quarters and all newspaper offices were called and extra editions were ready to be run off when Fitts arrived at his office. The false call had friends calling floral shops to prepare flowers for the funeral. Mrs. Vincent Bendix To Sue for Divorce CHICAGO, July 26. — Vincent Bendix, millionaire manufacture: of automobile equipment, and his wife, the former Elizabeth Chan- non, have come to the parting of the ways. Mrs. Bendix, popular matron of Chicago’s society, announced she will file suit for divorce, charging FERRACTEVSRIE 8 e