The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 21, 1933, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 193 3. b XLIH., NO 6501. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRI:SS PRICE TEN CENTS SOAR 59,000 FEET INTO STRATOSPHERE 'TERRIFIC EARTH SHOCK H[]USE OF LORDS Gov. Troy Is erkmg for IS THROWN INTO More Highway Road Work; Confers with MacDonald EXCITING SCENE Laborite Screams at Royal- ty Following Opening | of Parliament i i DISPLAY OF WEALTH | BRINGS OUT PROTEST, Outburst Not Noticed by“ King — Offers Arm to | Queen, Walks Out | LONDON, Nov. 21.—A sen- sation was created in the) Heuse of Lords this forenoon when the King concluded his speech at the opening of lhe new Parliament. Laborite J. McGovern cried out: “What about abolition | of the means test and unem- ployment cut. It is a shame, all this living on wealth while1 the people are starving.” The King took no notice of' the interruption, offered hnsf 'm {o the Queen and left the assembly which;’ ceemed stupified by the at- tack. WASHINGTON, of Public Roads, for more Territory. Gov. He said, however, he hcped to The the North. gergeous Brilliant The. Peers, in emblage rilliant robes, and | ses in exquisite gowns | in their hair, arms | cks sparkling with diamonds, n Ambassadors and diplomats ormal uniforms, and court and official functionaries with breasts blazing with decorations, all turn-| od their eyes toward the glowering | Laborite. Nov. 21—Gov. John W. Troy, today began negotiations with T. highway work Troy declined to discuss details of his program he hoped to put into effect because it was at present indefinite. accelerated sveed on the ccast this winter. Gov. Troy said the Alaskan relief program has been height- encd by the low market price of fish although indications are the market conditicns are now improving. 4 aska Governor further said stabilization of the price of gold arcund $30 an ounce will make the situation fine for ! Lindbergh Sée; Paris Agam KANSAS WILL VOTE IN 1934 ON DRY ISSUE Refercndum Is Provided for by Legislature in Special Session of Alaska, H. MacDenald, of the Bureau in the Northern ! iD: | | | TOPEKA, Kansas, Nov. 21— This pioneer state of Prohibition! | will vote on November 19, T334,: whether to retain the 53-year-old| legal banishment of liquor by a keep rcad work moving at an | constitutional amendment. A referendum was provided by | the special legislature yesterday. ! This will be the first test of! | the dry clause adopted in 1880} ‘and the first written in any state! | constitution. - e, PIONEER FUR MAN IS FOUND | DEAD ON SNOW [ ‘Western Alaska Authorities’ i Are Probing Death | of Ed Giles 1 \ |The authorities are making aj |search of the Minchumina Lake | district hoping to solve the mystery ‘death of Ed Giles, pioneer fur| !man of that region, whose body Cwns recently found on the snow jon a trail. | Giles's head was crushed. His dogs were harnessed to his |sled nearby. It is not known whether death {was due to foul play, an attack of |a bear, or other causes. ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. 21.— 'nbout fsoughl news of a terrible quake | which they said was recorded on | graphs | concluded that the quake yesterday | thought GREAT QUAKE IS REPORTED | ALONG COAST Disturbance Is Said to Be Severest Since Japan- ese Disaster SEATTLE, Nov. 21.—A quake of severe intensity was recorded at| various observatories along the Pa- 'eific Coast yesterday afternoon. Most observers believe the quake is 3,500 miles distance in a southerly direction from here. IS SEVERE SHOCK VICTORIA, B. C.,, Nov. 21.—Ob- servers at Gonzales Observatory their seismograph as the worst shock in 35 years. It is estimated the epicenter is 2,300 miles away, in Mexico or Kamchatka. The shocks lasted for hours. | The seismograph showed thei shocks were more severe than, those ol the great Japanese earth-| ‘seven years ago. ‘ several | ANOTHER VERSION NEW YORK, Nov. 21.—By co- crdinating registrations of seismo- in various parts of the world, Fordham University experts afternoon, described as one of the most violent in recent years, cen-| tered in Greenland or Baffin Land. ] This, the officials said, explains why no one has heard anything about the damage. The Fordham | officials said it was previously the quake centered in South America. | DEATH COMES | IS REGISTERED Great Stratosphere Flight COSMIC RAY Major Chester L. Fordney (left) who accompanied Lieut. Com. Settle on the reecrd flight into the stratosphere. He is T. G. W. shown conferring with Dr. Arthur of Chicags, who examined the instruments to record the cosmic (Asseciated Press Photo.) ray findings. SEARGH SHIP COMES DOWN Liet. Com. Settle and Major Fordney Reach Far Altitude BALLOON IS LANDED IN EAST NEW JERSEY All Night —-S;:rch Proves Futile — Men Sleep in Folds of Fabric BRIDGETON, N. J., Nov. 21.—The stratosphere balloon which icok off frem Akron, Ohio, yesterday forenoon to penetrate the mystery of cos- mic ray light with Lieut. |Com. T. G. W. Settle, of the Navy, and Major Chester L. | Fordney, of the Marine Corps, mathematician, landed in the mnrsh land southwest of here Compton (right) of the University STOCK PRICES SHAKY TODAY; ISSUES HEAVY Mark-Up of Gold and De- cline of Dollar Keeps Speculators Quiet NEW YORK, Nov. 21.—Stocks were a liftle nervous today despite another mark-up in the gold price t 5:50 o'clock yesterday dflernoon as hundreds search- ed for it. Both men are safe. I-AND PHESIDES ’I‘hu two men slept last ght wrapped in the deflated AT GUNFEHENGE AhnL of the balloon. Major Fordney, at daybreak, trudg- ed through the marsh lands l(oosevcll Is Takmf’ to a farm house, nine miles away, and asked for food, then found a telephone and !reported the landing. | | | M. [ | Steps, to Launch Proj- ects to Aid Women WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.—In the' Major Fordney said the descent East Room of the White House was “pretty rapid.” , Mrs. Franklin D. Roose- The altimeter registered 59,000 a Col. Charles A. Lindbergh’s plam to visit the scene of his air mumph unobtrusively with his wife and flying companion were thwarte great popularity with Parisians who flocked to see him. The Lmdberghs are shown pnvmg their respects at the American embassy, accompanied y J. Theodore Marriner, Change d’Affaires.- sided over conference feet, of how to create work projects Major Fordney said they had a speedily for 400,000 women. delightful upward trip but they Next week, state conferences t0 came down so fast they had to and a further decline in dollar rates. Alcohols and metals were heavy. Rails and a few industrials were No Vjolence Several members of the House of Lords moved toward McGovern but nobody interfered with him. STRIKES WIFE oo Following the usual custom, the AUG. BIRRELL ANSWERS LAST CALL, ASLEEP Wellknown Brlllsh Author-| Politician Is Dead— | The King, in his address, pledg- | Loved to Flght ‘ ed Great Britain’s continued ef-! forts toward a world disarmament| LONDON, Nov. 21.—Augustine agreement through the League of Birrell, aged 83 years, British au- Nations. | thor-politician, died here in his | Lady Astor tried to “shush” the|Sleep. He was a lawyer by pro-| Royal procession left the House of Lords then the commoners trooped back through the long corridor ‘to the Chamber. Continues Protest After his outburst about cuts of unemployment pay, McGovern fol-' lowed the Royal party with al growling protest about the mav-’ nificent scene of riches and ,flplend- or around him. ‘ In black evening dress, American' Ambassador Bingham and a few of his colleagues were the only solemn notes in the lavish display | aga‘nst which McGovern protested. OVER HEAD;HE IS SHOT DOW s Domestic Strte Causes Tragedy in Home of Prominent Couple |On Flight I ,uulbnr;.hs Hop t | Across Atlantic i LISBON, NOV. 21—Charles A. Lindoetzh and his wife took off this morning and pointed their plane toward the Azores. HORTA, Azores, Nov. 21. P —Col. Lindbergh and his wife have arrived here on their hop across the Atlan- tic Ocean to the United States. PAULSSBORO, N. J, Nov. 21— e Climaxing what the police said e was an argument between him and ® his wife, Sheldon A. Clark, son of | ® Vice-President Sheldon Clark of o the Sinclair Refining Company, ® |was shot and killed in his home :Inst night. Clark’s wife, the former Audrey Smith, aetress, was taken to the hospital with an injury to her head and a_ police guard was placed over her. The police said Clark, aged 34 years, heir to a large fortune, struck his wife, aged 25 years, over the head with a billiard cue. She picked up a pistol from her hus- ‘bands collection and pulled the 'trigger. Clark dropped dead. — .- H. B. Picht, plumber and juror 'in a Seattle, Wash., murder trial, | became official barber of the jury| |when the bailiff refused to let out- | siders in. 4 eeeceeoenosc oo ., BOMB EXPLODES UNDER STORE OF SELDOVIA FIRM Hole Torn in Floor, Show Case Damaged—Mo- tive Is Unknown SELDOVIA, Alaska, Nov. 21.— KANS. EDITOR nk P. M cLennan Is Strlcken with Heart Trouble, Passes Away TOPEKA, Kans.,, Nov. 21.—Frank P. MacLennon, aged 78, Editor of the Topeka State Journal, is dead here as the result of a sudden heart attack. Through half a century of news- paper publishing, Frank Pitts Mac- Lennan was an exponent of inde- pendent editorial policy. As owner of The Topeka State Journel, he issued an independent newspaper in the capital of Kan- sas where politics and the wheat crop generally were the big news of the day. Personally he was anj Independent Republican, but he| insiste dthat his paper and its publisher be kept free from politi- cal alliances. “What Is News?” Among members of his profes- sion, he was known for his keen| judgment of “what is news” as well as his ability to manage & news- paper successfully. Aside from his own newspaper,| his chief interest for many years| was in The Associated Press. He served as a director of the news gathering association from 1919 until 1933, when because of ill (Continued on Pflge Four) | A dynamite bomb blew a hole in the floor and damaged a show case | | 5, Curtiss-Wright 27, fairly steady. Today’'s close was easy. Sales were under one million shares. Dollar Changes ‘The monetary unit lost about seven cents to the sterling and seven hundredths cents to the franc at one time but pared these later. Equities got a little from grains. U, S. Government dropped. Several corporation bonds improved. Share Gainers Continental Can and American| Can were up about one point. National Distillers, American Al- cohol, U. 8. Industrial Alcohol lost two to three points. In the metals, U. S. Smelting, McIntyre Porcupine, Alaska Ju- stimulus | neau, American Smelting lost al- most as much. American Telephone and Tele- graph, Dupont, United States Steel, Case, Chrysler and Goodyear wers down from fractions to one point. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Nov. 21.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine| stock today is 22%, American Can 99%, American Power and Light 67%, Anaconda 16, Armour B 2%, Bethlehem Steel 33%, Calumet and| Hecla 5, Colorado Puel and TIron Fox Films, no sale; General Motors 33, Inter- national Harvester 43, Kennecott 23, Packard Motors 4, Canadian Pacific 12%, Chicago and Mal- securities | | 1850, near Liverpool, Minister's Son |in the general store of Chambers | Birrell was born January 19, and Colwell here last Sunday night. | youngest son | of the Rev. Charles Birrell, a non- |finding a piece of fuse and a torn The Deputy Marshal reported X Disarmament Leaders Gwe 3 | poration 5%, United States Steell | conformist minister, and Harriet | Grey, daughter of an Edinburgh clergyman. Graduated at Cambridge in 1872 and admitted to the bar thres years later, he first became known to the general public in 1884 with the publication of “Obiter Dicta,” (Continued ‘on Page Three) Laborite, but was unsuccessful. fession, a politician who was in| —he brought a fresh style and an original touch. His pen gave him a great reputauon‘ for cleverness and novelty of treat- UVER YESTERDAY (known as “birrelling.” He spoke 'and wrote in pungent epigrams, | WASHINGTON Nov. 2]—Thg‘bu'4 though his tone was light,| gold price today is $33.76 an ounce. his remarks often were barbed. | purchase of newly mined gold, faced and shaggy-maned, he had‘ but still below the world quota- 2 pugnacious jaw relieved by very tions. twinkling eyes. Sailor Attends SEATTLE, Nov. 21. — Edwin Booth, a sailor attached to the plane carrier Lexington, was drowned in Elliott Bay after a ————— the thick of the Irish home rule| controversy, but a man of letbers‘ G ULD P RI c E | by preference. | To all—law, politics and writing | ment, In Parliament his style became: This is an increase of 10 cents And his appearance was in keep-i over yesterday's quotation for the ing with his reputation. Round-| Gay Party; Falls Off Dock, Drowns gay party. Friends said he ap- parently stumbled off a pier. shoe box under the store. He said the bomb was the work of some) one inexperienced in the use or' GENEVA, Nov. 21.—Leaders '.\h')l | explosives. have sought for weeks to find Dynamite is reported to have N been stolen from a road gang. basis for an agreement or disarm | The motive for the bombing js | ament have virtually decided to| not known but it is suspected to'Suspend efforts for two months be a personal grudge. An official announcement of a Up; Conference Takes Recess - waukee (preferred) 8%, Standard Oil of California 43%, United Cor- recess is expected to be made s00n Movie Crowds Dwindle Whether work will be conducted| JSTANBUL., — Istanbul's movie in“the interim is problematical. If | theatres report that as work is continued the main Ob-"moo(x)o spectators in 1931, only | Jective will be the return of Ger- 2500000 bought tickets in 1932 | many to the Disarmament COh-'ang an even greater drop has been ference. recorded thus far in 1933, against | aid women and gain employment, throw things overboard as fast as will be held in many parts of they could to lighten the ship. the nation. Lieut. Com. Settle remained to The immediate objective, said guard the ship while Fordney | Harry L. Hopkins, Relief Adminis- tramped to the farm house and trator, is to find work for 250,000 was furnished a breakfast of fried women within thirty d ham, potatoes and black coffee. | Last night a search was made everywhere in New Jersey to solve 'ATTEMPT MADE the mystery of the cosmic ray i hunt. High and low places were searched but without results. It was feared possible the balloon might have drifted out over the ocean and three Coast Guard planes took off early this morning to make a search. ——a T0 ASSASSINATE JAPANESE BARON TOKYO, Japan, ivov. 21.—Former Premier Baron Reijiro Wakatsuki, aged 67, foremost Japanese defend- | ier of the London naval treaty, es-| caped injury this afternoon when| GASE GUES Tu two youthful “patriots” uuemptedf an assault on him with daggers| HANDS uF jURY | {and knives. The two assailants forced their | way through a large crowd in front' of the Ueno Railway Station, in the northern part of the city, and, almost reached Wakatsuki when‘ i {the police intercepted them. ‘ This Afternoon The police seized Susumu Nogu-| ‘(m wellknown boxer, on the spot.! The case of Mrs. Blanche Rid- The other would-be assailant fled ' ley Nichia, charged with the mur- \bu' was picked up later near the|der of Ole Stortset at Yakutat Baron's residence and identified as|on October 6, was given to the jury {Haru M | in District Court during this after- Both “patriots” are members of | noon, following instructions by the Japan Boxing Association which | Judge G. F. Alexander. not been suspected of any| . The case, which opened yester- reactionary political affiliations, | 9ay morning, went into a late ses- | sion yesterday afternoon to enable The Barch was apparently uUn-!in. covernment witnesses, most of perturbed by the attempted attack| ynom were from Yakutat, to leave and drove home, then after a brief | 1 their homes on the Yukon this | visit entrained for Ito where hc'm,(,nmg Ihas a villa | Closing Mk Noguchi denied connection Wwith| sssistant District At any patriotic association. He ex-| George W. Folta closed nts plained he was personally indignant | in the case shortly after mxmm‘ about the Baron’s role in helping gay following the plea to the jury negotiate the naval treaty. " (Continued on Pags Two) Closing Arguments Made and Instructions Given