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The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-08-22
STEWART GOES
 TO DEDICATION
 OF BIG TOWER
Will Represent Alaska at Dedication of Washing
 ton Memorial Tower

To represent the Territory and Gov George A. Parks at the dedi- cation of the Foshay Washington Memorial Tower, at Minneapolis August 30-September l, B. D. Stew art, left this afternoon on the steamer Alameda for Seattle and Minneapolis. He was accompanied by Mrs. Stewart.
 They will be guests of the w. B Foshay Company during their stay in Minneapolis. After the dedi- cation ceremonies have been com pleted they will go to Kansas City Mo, where MT. Stewart will at- tend the annual International First Aid and Mine Rescue Meet on Sep tember 12 They will be absent about four weeks.
 The Washington Memorial Tower dedication will be attended by del- egates from all parts of the coun- try, Canada and Mexico. Secretary of War Good will deliver the prir- cipal address An elaborate three day program has been arranged for the occasion.
 The Foshay Company was par ticularly anxious for Alaska to be represented owing to its connection with the Territory It has heavy investments in public utilities as well as private enterprises in Ket- cllikan and is seeking to acquire other similar holdings in ct her coastal communities. It had asked Gov. Parks to be it's guest at the dedication and, as this was inn possible, urgently requested him to appoint representative.
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it. Virtue must be regarded for it's priceless worth. It is deplorable that men living in the greatest country should violate the rules of society and make it necessary to pay the extreme penalty and die an ignominious death on the gall lows or in the electric chair. Re- spect for, and obedience to all laws is essential to peace. prosperity and happiness. The rules of so- ciety must be obeyed. The citi- zens who are criminally inclined must learn to respect both the rules of society and our laws.9
 Carl Hord. one of the condemned, killed Marion A. George, a Louis vile merchant in a robbery De- cember 13, 1928. Charles Mitra of St. Louis, an accomplice, already has been executed.
 Ivan Hutsell, the other man awaiting execution was convicted at Lagrange of the staying May l9, 1927, of Mrs. John Ditchler. He killed the woman and her hus- band in revenge because the former aided his conviction in an Indiana case which caused his imprison- ment,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-08-22
WIFE OF TEX RICHARD NOW
 ABOUT BROKE
PenniIess Condition Is Re. vealed-Widow Makes
 Public Statement

NEW YORK, Aug 22.-The New York American today quoted Mrs Tex Rickard, young widow of the fight promoter, saying she is almost penniless, although her husband was reputed to be worth $1,000,0 when he died.
 Mrs. Rickard said she has re- ceived less than $5,000 from the estate and has little hope of get ting more.
 It is reported that the $500000 trust fund established for his lit tie daughter Maxine, was only a generous dream on the part of Tex.
 My financial condition right now is such that I will have to step out and get myself a job in order to support myself and daughter. Mrs. Rickard said.
 Mrs. Rickard claimed that many who called themselves friends of her husband were mere parasites trying to keep on the payroll.
 If I could collect 5 per cent. of the money owed to Tex I would never have to worry. He left enough I. o. us to fill scrap book but they are not worth the paper they are written upon," said Mrs. Rickard.
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U. s. GAINS MILLIONS
 ON WALL STREET SITE

NEW YORK, Aug 22.-The Unit ed States government stands to profit almost s6,0oo,O0o through a real estate transaction involving the sale of the New York assay office.
 The building is a four-s ory structure standing next to the old sub-treasury building on Wall Street. The government bought the site in 1854 and paid $530 eco for it, a price that aroused some opposi- ton on the ground that it was ex- orbitant.
 The treasury department in Washington, when it was recently decided to move the assay office to less expensive quarters and a To- cality more accessible to the piers where shipments of gold are han dled, called for bids on the pres- ent property. The amounts ranged from $5,120,000 to $6,50l ,000.
 In revolutionary days the as- say building site belonged to the Verplanck family, who used it for residential purposes. In 1922 the family sold it to banking inter ests. Wall Street was beginning to lose it's shady, neighborly atmos- phere.
 The city hall once stood on the site of the sub-treasury. Until a few years before the revolutionary war the place was vacant lot. In fact it's value was so little appre- ciated or anticipated by the city council of the year of 1763 that Abraham de Peyster, the owner, was ordered to fence it as "a pulp lick nuisance"
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MYSTERY IN TRAGIC DEATH OF SAN FRANCISCO ACTOR
Makes Report on Death of Miss
 Crosson, Auiatrix

MELTON, Arizona, Aug. 22.-J. w. Noel, Inspector of the Federal Department of Commerce, express ed belief that Miss Marvel Cros- son, San Diego aviatrix and former Alaskan flier, who fell to her death Monday on the second leg of the Santa Monica Cleveland Air Derby, became ill from the intense desert heat and lost control Of her ship
 Noel said he found nothing to in- dicate that either the motor or the plane failed before striking the ground. The ship struck on the nose in a ravine
 Noel has taken evidence of the accident including testimony from ranchers who saw the craft fall ing. They said Miss Crosson leaped only a few moments before the plane struck.
 Noel has left for Los Angeles where he said he would make a formal report.
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ARE PREP AIRING FOR RECEPTION
 GRAF ZEPPELIN
Los Angeles Airport Build ing Stub Mooring Mast
 Sailors to Be on Hand

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Aug. 22.-- Preparations arc going forward speedily at the Municipal Airport in anticipation of the arrival with in the next week of the Graf Zeppelin from Tokyo
 The stub mooring mast to an- chor the great craft is nearing completion
 Three hundred and fifty sailors from the San Diego Naval base, will be brought here to aid in landing the air liner and tank cars are enroute to the field with fuel supply.
 Radio, telephone and telegraph communications arc being set ur to expedite weather reports and also to handle the press matter.
 Several public receptions arc planned for Dr. Hugo Eckener his crew and passengers.
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Dike Breaks, Flooding Chinese Area, Causing
 More Fantine Distress

PEKING, Aug. 22.-As the result of a 1,00o-foot dike breaking on the Yellow River, through which a torrent of water poured over an area 50 miles long by 10 miles wide, crops were inundated and ruined. The extreme misery of the population was thus increased just at the time when preparing for the harvest season which would mitigate the suffering occasioned by a long famine.
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ROBT. CHAPMAN MEETS DEATH IN APARTMENTFLAT
Body Is Found in Ligh t We'll Was Thrown, Fell
 of Jumped to Death
INVESTIGATION IS
 STARTED BY POLICE
Another Chapter in Private Lives of Leading Mem
 bers, Show Company

SAN FRANCISCO, Gal, Aug. g. Tragedy and mystery which has shadowed the private lives of the principals of the cast of the French farce Easy for Zee Zee since it opened year ago. today sup
 piled the police with a perpiexing problem and investigation into the death plunge of Robert Chapman, leading man.
 Chapman was found dead in light well where he either was ' thrown, fell or jumped from the sixth-story apartment of his friend, Allen Hoffman.
 l Hoffman, displaying a bruised
 face and marks of violence to
 substantiate his story, said he and
 Chapman were in the apartment when two men entered and de-
 manded liquor. When they were refused the men attacked Chapman and Hoffman beating them uncon- scious. When Hoffman came to,
 Chapman was missing and later found dead.
 i Mama Mortova, leading lady, was
 linked with Gerri Terri, gangster,
 who was murdered year ago Miss
 Mortova is known as the girl friend
 of Terri, held for questioning, but released.
 1 A few weeks ago Miss Mortoya appeared at the city jail to visit
 Frank Crupico, jailed on charges
 concerning young girl. Miss Nor
 tova collapsed and remained in a
 state of coma several days. She claimed Crupico was her husband
 but this was denied.
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SOUND
 PINK SALMON
 PACK ]! ]. AR CE
State Department M a k e s Report Up to Last Sum-
 day-July Receipts

SEATTLE, Aug. 22.-With two of the larger firms failing to re- port, the Puget Sound pink salmon pack up to last Sunday totalled 183,843 cases, the State Fisheries Department reports. The total pack is expected to exceed 100000 cases.
 Salmon tonnage receipts by Puget Sound buyers in July reached 12,- 18O,0O0 pounds compared to B. 0,0O0 in July of last year.
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Three Filipinos from Ketchikan Are Under
 Arrest in VancouUer

VANCOUVER, B. C., Aug. 22.- Three Filipinos, Carros Jose, Albert Sison and Albert Alberino, all giv- ing Ketchikan as their address, were taken in custody and charged with assault in stabbing affray aboard the steamer Prince Rupert It is charged they attacked a Jap- anese by the name of Mito after he boarded the steamer at Prince Rupert for Vancouver,
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SKAGWAY COUPLE MARRY;
 LEAVE ON HONEYMOON TRIP

SKAGWAY, Alaska, Aug. 22.- Pauline Mary McCann, daughter of MT. and Mrs. A. J. McCann, and John Pichotta, were married here at 8 o'clock Wednesday morning in the Catholic Church by Rev. Father E. Gallant. The couple left on the early train on a honey moon to Lake Atlin. They will reside in Skagway where Pichotta is employed by the Home Power Company, as lneman and electric ian.
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POLICE CHIEF
 KILLS Z MEN

WEST FRANKFORT. H.. Aug. 22.--Earl Krieger and Albert Mc- Donald were shot to death last night by Chief of Police Fisk after the Chief and patrolman had stopped motor car to search for liquor.
 Krieger is said to have fired first. Chief Fisk fired four shots from sawed-off shotgun hitting Krieger and Mcdonald in tine head and killing both instantly. An in quest Is scheduled. Chief Fisk is under technical arrest.
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AIR INDUSTRY Y ENCOURAGEMENT
 IS ADVOCATED
Col. Mann Tells Chamber of Importance of Aid to
 Aerial Transport

The most important question be- fore progressive communities to- day is the procurement of proper airport facilities, and no work can be done by any Chamber of Com- merce that will be more productive of beneficial results than provid- ing an adequate airport, declared Co.,. Conrad H. Mann, President of the Kansas City Chamber of Com merce, in a talk te the local Cham Der today.
 He is really airminded and has the utmost confidence in the future of air transportation. In his mind, the greatest need of Alaska today is an adequate air transport system.
 Development Would Follow
 The vastness of Alaska, the long distances which separate it's towns and one section from another, con stitutes handicaps. The need o. tiiC iiOu4 10 tO ollOl ICll lilCoC lio- tances and the greatest factor in accomplishing that is aircraft Shortened distances would be fol- lowed by real development, would bring plenty of money here fo; investment in raw resources, and that money is obtainable, said Col Mann.
 He described the development oi the aerial industry in Kansas City where, he said, a million dollar company is engaged in fostering it Its first unit is school establish ment equipped at the cost of S100,- 000 Arthur Goebel, who crossed the Pacific from Oakland to Hono- lulu, is head of the company. Four teen airplane lines operate out of or through the city. It is possible to leave Kansas City at am. and cat dinner in Los Angeles the same day
 Much Money Invested
 During the past five years, $500,- 100000 have been invested in the United States into aviation activi- ties. Finances are no longer a question, whenever money is ne- cessary for that industry, it is im- mediately available.
 In that time the industry has made vast strides. Am eric a n builders are turning out the finest ships in the world Airports are being built rapidly. Strict super vision of training schools by the of Commerce, will re- suit in picked and highly quail fled corps of flyers, he said.
 An Unexpected Visit
 Col. Mann termed himself sort of accidental visitor" to Juneau. He was enroute from Seattle to Seward on the steamer Yukon. As there was some uncertainty about when he could get back to Seattle, and he had to be in Kansas City by September 5, he decided to stop off here and return south on an earlier boat.
 T find it's very easy to get to Juneau, but getting out is an en- tirely different natter he said. Despite the frequent sailings from here, he is still stuck for reser- vations. He expressed himself as being glad, however, that he had been able to spend few days here.
 St. Louis Alderman Speaks
 Another Missouri town reported in at the Chambers meeting to- day. Tom Watts, for Is years 2 member of the Board of Alderman of St. Louis, with Joseph Slater,
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WrmgeU Colony Found AH We'll;
 Supplies DeIiuered

NOME, Alaska, Aug. 22 The Soviet icebreaker Sapol has reached Wrangell Island, according to radio advices received here, and found the colony there are we'll. This is the first successful attempt to delivery supplies to the colony in three. years. The icebreaker is enroute to inspect other Siberian trading points.
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Aviatrixes in Air
 Derby Reach Texas

PECOS. Texas, Aug. g. = Ruth Nichols was the first to land in the Santa Monica Cleveland aviat- rixes race, flying from Fl Paso where entrants spent the night. The take-off was without accidents. Phoebe OmIie was the second to arrive.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-08-22

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 22.-The battle-ground of two mighty armies half-century ago, Virginia has be- come the battlefield for two major political parties The nation looks to sec whether the Republican vic- ! tory in the Smith-Hoover cam paign presages the advent of two- party government in this corner stone of the solid south"
 The Governors office, occupied by Democrat since the days of reconstruction, is the goal of both s4aStioA5 s-sRs ss-as ! Republicans, barred from parti- cipation in the affairs of the state government by barricade of Dem ocratic votes, have allied them selves with the anti-Smith Demo- crats who broke away from the party in 1928 and have thrown their support to Dr. William Moseley Brown, gubernatorial nominee of the anti-Smith Democrats.
 Ushered ic-o the campaign on the crest of one of the largest pluralities ever given a Democrat in the party primary, pr. John Garland Pollard, formerly profess sor of constitutional law at the College of William and Mary, heads the Democratic forces as the nomi- nee for governor.
 Dr. Pollard actively supported Alfred E. Smith last year and is regarded as among the Democratic leaders in Virginia that the anti Smith Democrats have urged their adherents to repudiate.
 Dr. Brown, the Smith and Republican nominee, made his de- but into politics by receiving the nomination of the two political con- ventions within eight days. He hastened to resign a professorship at Washington and Lee university to answer what he called a clarion call to duty.
 Bishop James Cannon, jr., who has termed the campaign an cleo tion on the prohibition issue, urged anti-Smith Democrats to stay out of the Democratic primary and continue opposition to the Demo- cratic leaders who supported Smith and what he terms "Raskobism."
 In a message to the anti-Smith convention Bishop Cannon called the principal issue "Raskobism vs Southern Democracy" and Dr. Brown has made an attack on "Raskobism," the theme of several of his early campaign addresses, which were begun before the Dem ocratic primary August 6.
 The -Smith-R h-Republican coali- tion is warning upon the short ballot" amendment to the state constitution, part of the reorgan- ization scheme of Gov Harry Flood Byrd, under which three elective state officers were to be appointed by the executive.
 The short ballot" was the prin- cipal point of difference among the Democratic candidates for Cover nor in the primary and was de- fended by Dr. Pollard, a staunch supporter of the Byrd program and regarded as the administration can- didate. His primary plurality trebled the vote of two opponents, G. Walter Mapp and Roswell Page.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-08-22
STEAMER QUEEN
 ON WAY NORTH

SEATTLE, Aug. 22. Steamer Queen sailed at 10 o'clock this forenoon for Southeast Alaska ports with 104 passengers. the fol- lowing for Juneau R. Rochester, A. A. Brooks, E. L. Howard. Mrs. A. P Kashevaroff, and one steerage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-08-22
Cutter Northland Off
 To Coast of Siberia

NOME, Alaska, Aug. p. The cutter Northland is enroute to the Siberian coast where it is expected to pick up R. s. Pollister and crew of the schooner Elisif, of the Swenson Company.
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Fast Passenger Time by Air Nude Vest to East

. ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. . Y, Aug. 22.-Capt. Roscoe . Turner and three passengers . are prepared for a return . trip to the Pacific Coast 6 in a flight to demonstrate
 . feasibility of a one : day . transcontinental air passen- . ger service.
 . Capt. Turner and his pas . sengers arrived here last . night from Glendale, Cal. . making the flight in 19
 . hours and 53 minutes with . three refueling stops. . The return trip is sched- . uled for tomorrow.
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DEPARTURE POSTPONED

KASUMIGAURA, near Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 22.-The departure of the Graf Zeppelin was postponed this morning because of unfavor- able winds. A vast crowd was dis appointed The Graf may take off later in the day for Los Angeles. A delay was caused in the proposed departure late yesterday while re- pairs were made to the motor gon- dola which was damaged when the Zeppelin was being taken from the hangar. Two struts were broken and it required eight hours to re- pair them.
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SKAGWAY HARVEST FAIR
 IS OPENED ON WEDNESDAY

SKAGWAY, Alaska, Aug. 22.- The annual Harvest Fair, sponsored by the Skagway Women's Club, opened here yesterday with a large assortment of exhibits and large attendance.
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LEGION BEATS
 ELKS,WINNING
 LAST CONTEST
Vets Break Into Win Col umn by Defeating Elks
 Yesterday 8 to }

The Veterans last night emerged from the twilight zone of defeat after eight straight losses and won from the Elks by @ score of 8 to 3 in the final game of the first half of the league season.
 English, catcher, and Reeves, out fielder. made their debut in a Le- zion uniform. They have been as signed to the Vets, together with Greber and Pawlikowski, all from the Navy Air Mappers. Ed Blake, just home from school, has been turned over to the catching assign ment for the Bills, and worked last night.
 Win in First
 Four hits mixed with three er- TOTS, resulted in five scores in the first frame and sewed up the game for the Vets. To make it indis- putable, they chalked up one in the fifth and two more in the sixth.
 The Bills showed two men across the rubber in the first and one more in the fifth, and went score less in the remainder of the frames.
 Big Mac walked, stole second and went to third on a wild pitch from where he scored on Little Macs double. Brown singled to
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score Little Mac.
 In the fifth, Big Mac singled to center. J. Schmitz shot a double to right field scoring him. From the first to the fifth, and in the sixth and seventh frames the Elks didn't have even a speaking ac- quaintance with the home plate.
 Big First Inning
 The Vets batted around in the first inning, ten men facing Mac Spadden who hurled for the Bills. The first two were easy outs, Ram sey flying to Schmitz and Heinke to Blake. Cunningham ork Mac for free ride. to first Eng fish was safe on Browns error, Scanzon singled, Kearney made a pebble of Scanzon's grounder, then singles in succession by Reever, Rol- Ter and Dobler, scored Cunningham, English, Scanzon, Burda n d Reeves. Ramsey ended the frame grounding out, Schmitz to Brown.
 The Vets were scoreless in the second, third and fourth frames. English singled to open the fifth. went to second when Scanzon was thrown out at first by Kearney, third on wild pitch and scored when Little Mac bobbled Reeves grounder.
 With one away. Ramsey, Heinke and Cunningham singled in a row in the sixth. English hit to short forcing Ramsey at the plate, ad- vancing Heinke and Cunningham to third and second. MacSpadden threw wild to first in an effort to catch English mapping and both Heinke and Pick scored. Burda flew out to center to end the in ming
 Box Score and Summary ELKS- AB R H 20 A E M. M'Spadden, ss 3 3 3 l J. Schmitz, 2b ..... 4 0 2 3 2 0 q M'Snaddnn n Q 2 1
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their beautiful voices. The en- semble work of the boys and the men is just about perfect, and their programs have been most enthusi- astically acclaimed wherever they have appeared on the American continent.
 The local management is to be congratulated on having secured for us such brilliant concert at traction, and all music lovers are urged to give record audience to this celebrated group of singers.
 Their programs have been ar ranged with view to pleasing every taste and include numbe,
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NAVY PLANE IN FLIGHT
 FOR PICTURES TODAY

Lieut. R. H. Whitehead, with the Alaska Aerial Survey party, took the amphibian plane Sitka, out this morning to test weather conditions hoping for a possible photographic flight this afternoon. He was up for about an hour, flying over the old Perseverance Mine, Granit e Creek Basin and the Salmon Creek Dam. A number of splendid pho tographs of all these were obtained during the flight.
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 Try a HOT TAMkLE after tho show. Juneau Ice Cream Parlors.
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ness Woman's Club, have toured the world three times and have giv- en thousands of concerts in almost every city and town of any inn portance in both the old and the new world. They are making their first tour of the United States un- der the direction of Laurence A. Lambert, the well-known concert and theatrical impresario of Los Angeles and New York; and un- questionably their concert here will be one of the outstanding musical events of the season.
 The boy sopranos wln the hearts of all with the exquisite texture of
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Summary-Earned runs, Legion 3, Elks 2; two base hits, Burda l, Schmitz l, Nelson l sacrifice hits, Brown l; stolen bases, M. Mac Spadden 1; double plays, Scanzon to English, Scanzon to Cunning ham, Burda to Scanzon, Orme to Brown; base on balls, off Mac Spadden 2, Cunningham % wild pitch, Cunningham 1, MacSpadden IT.; hit by pitched ball, Reeves by MacSpadden; struck out by Cum ningham g, by MacSpadden o; left
 on bases, Legion 6, Elks '; umpires
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RARE MUSICAL
 TREAT COMING
 HERE { DAYS
Westminster Clee Singers to Appear at Palace
 Monday, Tuesday

The famous group of English boy sopranos and male singers, who will give special concert in the Palace Theatre on Monday and Tuesday under the management of the Juneau Professional and Busi-
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of humorous solos, duet, trio, and quartet selections as well as full choral numbers.
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GET OFF THE EARTH

Scenic Flights-s250. Beautiful view of Mendenhall Glacier. The Plane Totem" Pilot Lyal c. Woods. Drive to Alaska Dairy. Hours from 10 a. m. to 9 D. m.
 adv.