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The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-09
THOUSANDS OF
 TINS OF OPIUM
 FOUND,BACCACE
Large Quantity of Narcot- ics Tn Trunks of Chi
 nese Officials Wife
SEIZURE ESTIMATED
 WORTH ONE MILLION
Search Eliminates Investi- gation Conducted for
 Two Years

SAN FRAN CISCO, Cal, July 9.-Approximately 5000 tins of opium, declared worth $1,000,000 retail, were found by United States Customs of- icials in the luggage of Mrs. King Yao, wife of the Chi nese Vice-Consul here.
 Additional opium, officers said, was discovered and hun dreds of pieces of expensive silks and fine Ia ces upon which no duty had been paid.
 Three pieces of baggage, which Mrs. Yao claimed were personal belongings were not searched but were se "a l e d awaiting word from Wash ington, D. c.
 Customs Agents John w. Smith and Robert Harris, broke through seals of the baggage, which under  ordinary procedure, would have been passed by the Customs off, cers without check.
 The Chinese were represented by Attorneys Aaron Cohen and Vim cent Surr, after Attorneys John L. McNab and Timothy Healy with dsrew from the case.
 Cohen and Surr protested action on the grounds the search was in violation of the treaty rights be- tween China and the United States but Officer Smith said he had ample grounds for opening the trunks.
 Each can contained five teals of opium.
 Officials said the search culmin- ated two years of investigation and is said to have come in connec- tion with the arrest and convic- tion of William Rosa, former clerk of the Hawaiian-U United States Court and two wealthy Honolulu Chinese.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-09
By HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE
 GA. P. Science Editor)

ROCHESTER, N. Y, July D. When Capt. A. w. Stevens, army photographer, sets out to break the 175-mile long distance photographic record this summer, he hopes to take pictures actually below the horizon.
 He believes that the bending of light rays by refraction of the at mosphere may enable the camera to record scenes which have solid earth-due to curyature-between them and the camera.
 This was revealed while he was here making part of the prepara- tions. Captain Stevens plans to measure the extent to which light rays are refracted in long distance photography.
 Mt. Rainier possibly will be an objective in this experiment. Pic lures can be attempted from points 200 or more miles away, the dis
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-09
SECOND HEAT WAVE TAKING
 DEATH TOLL
Numerous Prostrations Re- ported Many Drown
 ed in Hot Regions

NEW YORK, July 9.-Seven deaths and numerous prostrations were recorded as the second severe heat wave of this summer con- tinues unabated in the East and Midwest.
 Deaths are reported here, in Phil adeiphia, Washington. Wilmington and Lynn, Mass, from the heat
 Many deaths are also reported from drownings.
 The hottest place, the Weather Bureau reports, is Phoenix, Arizona, with a temperature of 102 degrees.
 The Pacific Coast and Rocky Mountain regions have escaped the heat so far.
 New York beaches are damned with thousands seeking relief.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-09
YOUNG WIFE
 BURNS BABY
Claims Deed Result of Hav- ing No Money with
 which to Buy Milk

LOS ANGELES, Calif., July g. A 19-year-old mother, Mrs. Jose phine Valenti, has confessed she burned her eight months old baby to death because she had no money with which to buy milk for the child.
 The child Dominic was snatched from blazing baby carriage by a neighbor woman but too late to save it's life.
 With tears in his eyes, the hus- band, Sabatini Valenti, denied there were no funds to buy milk for the baby He told the Police he had given his wife $9 of his wages as laborer to pay a milkman.
 The Police said the girl-wife had $4 in her possession when arrested.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-09
MEN CAUGHT,
 SUNKEN BOAT
Two British Naval Craft Collide-One Sinks
 in Deep Water
DETAILS LACKING
 CONCERNING CRASH
Disaster Happens So Quick ly that Only Two of
 Craft Saved

LONDON, July 9. = The British submarine HAY, with 21 members of the crew be- lieved dead or trapped in her, lies in 271 feet of water in St. Georges Channel, west of F i S h Guard, after being struck by submarine LIZ.
 The larger vessel sank so quickly that only two of her crew were saved by the L-12. The latter craft lost one man and another was injured.
 Details are lacking concern ing the crash.
 The HAY sank in water nearly twice as deep as that in which the S-4 and SUI sank and salvage operations at such a depth are exceed ingly difficulty.
 Arrangements are b e ing made to save the men aboard the HAY, if still alive.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-09

DETROIT, July 9.-All the tan gled phases of what has come to be known in Detroit as "the Wood case" will be re-told in circuit court here when Mrs. Grace M. Wood faces trial on a charge of as- sault with intent to kill he hus- band, Ralph A. Wood, well known builder and contractor.
 With Mrs. Wood will be William Thompson and Taylor Pierce, whom she is accused of having hired to slay Wood that she might collect $50,000 insurance before he could divorce her Although no date has been set, it is expected the case will be called during the July term.
 The principal witness for the prosecution will be Cecil w. Holt, an accoutant. His story that Mrs. Wood engaged him and three others to kill Wood was the first of a series of charges and counter charg- es that surround the case with so many involved off-shoots that by common consent it became known as 'the Wood case" in the interest of brevity
 The prolog to tie drama was en- acted in Wyandotte, a Detroit sub urb, the night of January g, last Eighteen law enforcement officers acting upon information supplied by Holt, gathered about Woods real estate office to await the arrival ot the alleged plotters. Holt had said he took part in the conspiracy to obtain evidence against Mrs. Wood Holt, Thompson, Pierce and Am prose L. Haggerty drove to the of flee. Hagerty and Holt went to the door while Thompson and Pierce remained in the car. Holt said the plan was to black jack Wood take him for a ride and kill him
 Wood had arranged with officers to submit to the blackjacking and had padded the inside of his hal to prevent injury. The alleged plotters were to be arrested after they had carried Wood to their au tomobile.
 When Wood came out of his of flee, however. he immediately open ed fire on Hagerty, who was killed instantly. Thompson and Pierce escaped amid a fusillade of bullets from the officers weapons, but were arrested in their homes the same night. Mrs. Wood was founc at home in bed and arrested
 Mrs. Wood denied any intention against her husbands life and de. clared the visit to the real estate office involved only an attempt tC obtain papers from Woods office safe. These papers, she said hel husband had informed her, woulc ruin her"
 Mrs. Wood spent four days ir jail before obtaining her release or bond and soon afterward sht brought about the arrest of hei husband and Holt on charges oi robbing bank at Sturgis. Mich
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-09
COMMANDER AT HAYNES COMES
 UP FROM RANKS
Major Spaulding Commis- stoned from Ranks
 Takes Command

From the ranks as private to the grade of major in less than Is years, is the record of Maj. Basil D. Spaulding, new commanding of ficer of Chilkoot Barracks. He and Mrs. Spaulding and their three children visited in Juneau yester- day while the Admiral Rogers was in port, proceeding to Haines on that boat.
 Major Spaulding is a native of Maryland and 39 years of age. He graduated from Maryland Agricul- tural College in 1909 with a degree of Batchelor of Science, majoring in civil engineering. He enlisted in the Army in an infantry regi- ment in May, 1914, and was suc- cessively promoted to corporal, ser geant and first sergeant by Novem- Der. 1916. In that month he was commissioned second lieutenant from the ranks. He saw service in the World War and received two silver star citations for service
 He graduated from the Army h. fantry School in 1921 and from the Command and General Staff school in 1925. Just prior to being as- signed to Alaska, he was attached to the University of Kentucky at Lexington, as instructor in Military Science.
 While here yesterday Maj. Spaulding was the guest of Maj. Malcolm Elliott, President of the Alaska Road Commission.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-09
Second Pilgrimage To Holy Cross in
 Colorado, Starts

MINTURN, Colo, July 9.-The second annual pilgrimage to the Mount of the Holy Cross began yes- terday with indications that larg- CT number will participate this year than last.
 The Gross" is outlined in snow packed in the hollowed face of the mountain.
 One of Denvers newspapers is sponsoring the annual Pilgrimage to the Cross which is regarded by Pilgrims as a shrine by virtue of headings reported to have been ef- fected at its base.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-09
KETCHIKA NMAN TO OPEN
 BUSINESS ON SEWARD ST

J. M. Van Tress arrived from Ketchikan on the Northwestern and is to open a shoe repair, gun and ammunition shop on Seward Street in the location formerly occupied by Nick Rokovich, about the first of next week.
 Mir. Van Tress was proprietor of a similar shop in the First City where he lived for about three years. He plans to make his fu- ture home in Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-09
SEA DISASTER
 IS EXPLAINED
king of Swedish Steamer Gives Rise to
 Rumors of Tragedy

LONDON, July 9.-With the res cue of Is survivors of the Swedish steamer Boote, wrecked near Tar mouth, an explanation is offered of the mysterious North Sea ex- plosion which led to the fear that major sea disaster had taken place.
 The Dutch steamer Copenhagen took off the crew when it was seen that the Boote was about to foun- der. Later the steamer Arneberg reported an unidentified ship had sunk after an explosion.
 The Boote's crew was landed here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-09
First White Men Safely
 Cross Boring Strait; 2
 Russians Accomplish Feat

far as known. Only few Eski- mos have ever made the journey which is doubiy hazardous because of moving ice floes and open water. Ice sometimes piles up as high as 40 or 50 feet.
 The Russians said they were afraid they would be killed if they remained in Siberia so thought they had more chance with the ice than in Russia. All they desired was to get to American territory.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-09

The two men were taken to Sur gis and held there for some time, to be released just before arraign- ment. They presented perfect ali- bis showing they were in Detroit at the time of the bank hold-up.
 A grand jury investigation into the death of Hagerty was held to determine whether crime was committed when he was slain. The results of the inquiry have not been announced.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-09
TODAY'S STOCK QUOTATIONS
} esssssssssss .

NEW YORK, July g. Alaska Juneau mine stock is quoted today at 6h, American Smelling III, Am erican Tobacco A 176. American Tobacco B TIT, Bethlehem Steel 115as, Continental Motors 15h, h. ternational Paper A 29A, Interna- tional Paper B IT, Mathieson AL kali 561z. Cudahy 53lz, Missouri 95, Standard Oil of California 72A Stwart-Warnre 745s, Texas Corpor- ation 63, U. s. Steel 199A.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-09
SUBMARINES CRASH; ONE GOES D.
T,Uo Endurance Pliers Continue On Their Grind

. CULVER CITY, Cal, July . 9.-Already in the air over
 . one week and determined to 9 stick to the plane until the : motor gives out, L. w. Men . dell and R. B. Reinshart
 , continued today oircling the
 airport with enough gas to , last until late this after noon. They will shatter the endurance recor by one . hour if they remain aloft , to 2:30;29 o'clock this after . noon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-09

NOME, July 9.-The motor trad ing ship Nanuk. owned by Olaf Swenson and explained by Capt. Needing, has arrived here. The Nanuk went as far north as Cape Berge. Capt. Needing reported that two Russians crossed Boring Strait last winter from East Cape to the Little Diomedes Island, in American territory.
 This is the first time that white men ever crossed Boring Strait, as
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-09
MRS. WELLMAN HOLBROOK
 LEAVES FOR MINNESOTA

Mrs. Wellman Holbrook left on the Princess Louise this morning on the way to Pipestone, Minn., where she will visit with relatives during the remainder Of the sum- mer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-09
Attorney Hart, of
 Juneau, Now at Nome

NOME, Alaska, July 9.-Pilot Noel Wien, of the Wien Alaska Airways, arrived from Fairbanks late yes- terday afternoon with Attorney J. H. Hart, of Juneau. who is going to take up the duties of United States District Attorney of the Second Division with headquarters here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-09

The Rev. Andrew Hilmer Norum, a lecturer of St. Paul, Minn, is a round. trip tourist on the Admiral Rogers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-09

LOS ANGELES, Calf, July g. Col. Walter P. Andrews, Past Exalt- ed Ruler of Lodge No. 78, Atlanta, Georgia, has been unanimously elected Grand Exalted Ruler of the Elks in an executive session of the Sixty Fifth annual convention.
 Col. Andrews has been promi- nent Elk for years. He is a law yer by profession and also promi- nent in Georgia politics.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-09
PATHFINDER IS NOW BELIEVED
 NEARING ROME
Transatlantic Pliers Not Reported But No
 Anxiety Felt

BULLETIN-SANTANDER, Spain, July 9.-The plane Pathfinder has been forced down four kilometers from here at 8:30 o'clock tonight Greenwich time, because of lack of fuel. The fliers came to Santana CT to get more gasoline and will continue the flight to Rome when refueled.
 NEW YORK, July 9.-The Rome bound monoplane Pathfinder, aid ed by tail winds for nearly perfect flying conditions, is believed ap- preaching the European coast The plane is flying at high speed which was increased by Tightening the fuel load.
 Although the air craft. carrying Roger Williams and Lewis Yancey, has not been reported since last seen 75 miles off the Atlantic coast by the escort ship, yesterday morn ing, no anxiety is felt as trans Atlantic planes fly high and carry no radio.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-09

L. M. Carrigan, m c h a n d s e broker, is a Skagway passenger on the Admiral Rogers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-03
The World and All
Az ChsrIea Z. DriscoIl
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
By Charles r. Driscoll

The American peoples interest in biography Is n
very wholesome sign Of tho times. Readers are evinc-
ig a remarkably well sustained interest in the stories
Of human lives. think IL IL ono az the most encour-
aging public tastes We have been able to observe in
many a year.
II has been discovered that = person needn't be >
president " a king or 4 great general in order to have
an interesting life. Every life is interesting and in
s~tructivc. il we'll and frankly and completely told. For,
after AT, what NC have to do IL to make a life for
ourselves, and We like to learn how others have done N
The best kind Of biography is autobiography No
man writes ~ we'll about anybody else Is Nc can write
about himself.
have read stacks Of autobiography during the last
three or four years. Just now ! am interested in two.
an interested In the autobiography or o. o. MAJ
Intyre, nov running in McClure's Magazine. because
il is 20 frank. 50 modest, and 50 we'll done. am in
tercsted in Eddie Csntors My Life 4 il Your Hands"
because il seems to me to b almost the opposite N ev-
cry respect e McIntyrcs story. Il lis wonderful To OBJ
serve how YOU can make a mess or : jewel out T 4 81:
or good rav material.
Both Mcintyre and Cantor we're born poor and
achieved great success in highly specialized fields ~
cndeaNcr. Both have made a great deal " money.
Molntyres story ri how ID happened il a human
story honest on the face of it, and written without
affectation.
NahtorS story sounds to me like a piece NJ brash
Boosting. y n worth while reading. just to observe
this successful clown telling how rich IL Il. how great
nc IN. how good and charitable ne IN. and contipual,v
frightening his effects by reminding the reader that
nc the great Cantor. came ar from Z most humble be-.
ginning.
There arc such ~diffortr. WAYS m telling j story.
Iii course Mcintyre does his own writing. while Cantor
n'Fes = man 20 DO II for him. and tha: makes some "
I'M difference. J an unwilling u believe that cantor.
hoastful story reflects tho real Eddie c,r,or A., !,
"no" that Mcintyre modest tale docs mirror y livir~
personality.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-03
Oeher Papers
HOOVER AND SOUTH AMERICA

A1NA~R
President.Elect Hoover has now completed his cir.
cult or Latin countries to the south, and the Utah ir
headed toward Hampton Roads. that its distinguished
guest may spend a few days at Washington before pro-
ceeding to Florida.
Mr.. Hoover made a decided hit IN Latin America
His modesty and courtesy Won him friends wherever ne
went. Tactfully he avoided the discussion Of political
grounds in political and educational ideals and stressed
the fraternalism OF states. Commercial and financial
relations, he asserted, should be mutually beneficial.
since the tropics and the temperate zone are inter-
dependent. IN his addresses he emphasized the point
that the United States had no desire to make agrees
sions on weaker states, and announced 1t as his pur-
pose 70 recognize their rights OF equal sovereignty.
BIZ visiting Latin America Mr.. Hoover has completed
his international education. He has met the statesmen
and leading citizens Of that region and has learned TO
appreciate them. He has seen with his own eyes their
their extensive plains and the density Of their forests
He has shared the hospitality Of the people, smiled
with them IL social gatherings. enjoyed the dignity and
courtesy Of their manners, and henceforth can not but
have toward them the attitude of = friend toward
friends.
From AT this Pan-.Amsricanism should gain much
In the future. There should an era of good will The
suspicious Of ignorance should give way to mutual con-
ndencs and the i~rritations Of former years should be
forgotten. President Hoover will have 1t in his power,
during hi- term or terms Of office. 70 bring the Amer.
cas- together on a common basis cf mutual respect and
frsternslism.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-03
The Cuban Election

rnh- IVY enc Lain American republic that taxes Its
,,ii,ir. sr-iou-ly but does not Et undulg excited about
- few months ago when the Cuban chamber pro-
ro-ed a constitutional amendment rztendins enc prcEi-
dcn.sl term to six year the element opposing Prosi-
der. Machado predicted various and runory disasters
asserting that he would secure The election and don-
;rste Cuban affairs another term
Their prediction Vas correct ro far Y tHc election
rss concerned. But the opposition element. despite
its noisy objection n extending the tcIfn' failed to
rIsce = candidate III the field. As a result Nachaao
was elected without opposition
That tho Cubans take their polite seriously N
5smo7strated bv the fact that - per cent ~ the voters
vent 70 The polls ~ VOTE for = candidate vho had no
.npo-ition. n is doubtful II 20 rer cent Of American
xoters Mould have taken the trouble io vote under sim-
i,r conditions. r. fact. the Cuban vote averages up
well Nth the recent general election m the United
States after one ~ the most Intensive anh interesting
,.nna;~rx the country ever experienced.
IN. heavy vote ~ Cuba " attributed ~ the enuca-
,ioraI eanpai-n has been under way the past four
war Cuban leaders have sought n impress Gron the
voters the duty they owe IS citizsns and have e"-
,hasi.ed that the voter should consider ID y duty t'
exercise the right n franchise. As ? result m pfact-
,.uv oyerv Cuban election. national pr district, 2 hoa'S
xo,s Is polled almost invariably.
Other republics could p~rofitably emulate tho exam
re Of Cuba and ~ 20 doing could assure ? government
Representative n the people in every way.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-03
DINNER
Stories
ONE INTERPRETATION

4 teacher was DESTROYS OF stimu-
uating the imagination or a class ",
boys who read football reports with
greater zest than they studied an
thologies. The quotation ar a Ger
tain couplct. however, aroused a look
VI keen appreciation " ono w the
class whom she considered to be
hopeless.
Tom" she said. "vhat docs
Two men looked through the prison
bars.
The one saw mud the other
stars suggest 70 you7
That Il must have been y gorge
5crapi' -1id the Imaginative cr4
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-03
Western Union
Messenger Hurt
In Auto Crabs

Alfredo Pumpa, Western Union
messenger boy, was recovering
thursday from injuries received
when a bicycle nc was riding WHY,
struck BY an automobile being driven
by Alfred Cuellar, Jr., ~ the inter
section Of Thirteenth and Monroe
streets late Wednesday afternoon.
A deep cash was cut across the
right side Of Pumpa's face and re
suffered minor bruises.
The accident occurred when Pum-
"a came out Of n blind street and
attempted to cross directly in front
Of the automobile. according 10
Lieut.. Of Police John Armstrong.
PHmpa was giTen first aid treat
mont at the scene Of tho accident
and was then taken 10 his home.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-03
Washington Letter
By CHARLES 2. STEWART

Pershiug, Col. John o. Tilson. repub-
lican leader in the house Of repre-
sentatives; ex-senator James Wads-
worth of New York.
Justice-AsEittant Attorney Cen
oral William VI. Donovan ("Wild
Bill'). considered almost N cinch,
Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrsndt.
PoStoffice-Hsrry 5. New, to re-
main; c. Bascom Slemp, former pri-
vate secretary ~ President Coolidge
and southern republican polite
shark President r. q. league or the
California Fruit Grwcrs' Exchange.
Navy-Curtis d. Wilbur. / . stay
from which IN la not 10 be inferred
however-simply because he is the
only wv mcntioncd-that he prob
ably will succeed himself-for the
betting il rather the other way.
Interior-Louis 81. Gates, Salt
Lake City millionaire mining eng
ncer; Robert II. Owen, democratic
ex-senator from Oklahoma, who bolt
"a the Hoover ticket during Tire last
campaign; Julius Rosenwald Of
Sears. Roebuck e. Co, the Chicagc
mail order house; Or. Hubert Wort
who probably Is suggested mereiy
because ~ formerly held the post
but is much likelier 10 remain as re
publican national chairman.
McNary-HauEen fame; Eugene Mcy
Ct, Jr., Of the war finance corpora
ton.
Commerce-Julius s. Barnes. o.
president az the United States cham
her of Commerce; Assistant Scrre
tary of Commerce Walter T. Bro1fn
eX-CorEressman James w. GoriLof
Iowa, ex-Assistant Secretary or Com
merce Claudius II. Houston ar Ten
nessee, Director julius Klein Of thr
commerce departments bureau w
foreign and domestic commerce.
Labor-Jaues y. Davis. 70 con
tirue in office: William NJ. noak cf
Virginia. legislative representativc n,
the Brotherhood w Railway Trair
men; President William Green nj
nc American Federation or Labor,
Raymond Robin. Chicago rolfar'
worker.
This lis 2 ~tolerably complete list,
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ent thing.