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The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-16
BEACH STUNNED BY TRAGIC NEWS R0GERS' DEATH
Staggering Blow, Incred- ible," Comments Author
 at His Friends S Passing

The whole tragedy is incredible. The mind instinctively rejects it. The whole world will be incredulous that such double disaster could possibly have befallen us. It is a staggering blow to-well, to every thingl"
 Rex Beach, intimate friend of Will Rogers, who waved him a cheerful goodbye and good luck when Rogers and Post struck of for the Interior a week ago today looked worn and broken as he sat in the Gastineau lobby discussing the man of whose death he had so recently been told.
 T heard it from pr. Council at eight o'clock this morning he said T was in bed. Dr. Council came in and told me. I couldn't believe 1t, I know 1t is true but my mind is numb and refuses to accept it. No pair of people could have. been lost whose death would have been so shocking to America sss
 Intimate. Friends
 MT. Beach had been an inti- mate friend of Rogers since the latter's first rise to theatrical prom thence. Rogers first dramatic role in moving pictures was the title role in the screen version of Rex Beach's novel Laughing Bill Hyde
 Mrs. Beach picked him for the role because of his tremendous pow CT and sincerity of emotion which said Beach today, gave him a place forever in the hearts and souls oi America
 There was never. so beloved a man as Rogers" said Beach. "He had the widest personal acquain- tance of any man living. I never knew or heard of anyone who knew so many great people or who held
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-16
'.SfrdtOsphere Flying Was Posts Idea

LOS ANGELES, Cal. Aug Is. Wiley Post went to his death convinced that the future of aviation lies in the upper reach es of the sky.
 Post made this declaration af- ter four unsuccessful cross country stratosphere flights each time forced down.
 After the last flight. Post re- tired the famed Winnie Mae and announced the ship was not suited for stratosphere flying.
 The Winnie Mae sits in the hangar here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-16
->o>-e-<o-- PAIRS ALASKA TRAIL FOU ND IN THE EMPIRE
Complete Chronology oI Post, Rogers Last
 Trip Recorded

On July 25. The Empire carried the first Associated Press dispatch that indicated that Wiley Post and Will Rogers had started on their way from Los Angeles to Alaska, Post supposedly bound for a hop across the Alaska Peninsula and Siberia to Moscow That flash from Los Angeles proved incorrect tenn porarily. Accompanied by Mrs. Post, the pair landed at a Mexican re- sort.
 They stayed there for several days. On Wednesday. July 3l, Post was back in San Francisco and created news when he obtained a
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-16
Late PLa,,s Of Pliers Not KnoUn

Wiley Post had planned to fly to Siberia after going to Point Barrow and Nome, but whether Will Rogers was going is not known.
 Rogers said. prior to leaving Fairbanks, that he had not de- cided what he would do after arriving at Nome from Point Barrow.
 Post, it is known, had not de- ternined his route after the Point Barrow flight but had made inquiries concerning land ing fields in Western Alaska and also Siberia.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-16
Was Second Crash for Post |In 4Lska

The crash of Wiley Post near Point Barrow, was his second in Alaska.
 On Posts first world flight with the Winnie Mae. he made a forced landing and damaged his plane near Flat on the Yu- kon.
 a Post was not hurt and he suc- eeeded in repairing his plane and continued his flight which was delayed less than a day.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-16
PLANE CRASH
 VICTIM WAS PHILOSOPHER
Will Rogers Always Look. ed on Bright Side of Life Air Enthusiast

Will Rogers was given the impos- ling name of William Penn Adair Rogers but everybody called him Will. He was "a cowboy, humorist, writer, lecturer, philosopher, polo player, world traveller and flyer, but he went up in the air only as a passenger.
 He was born at Oolagah, Indian Territory, November 4, 1879, but he called Claremore, Okla.,i his home town and he was a legal resident of Oklahoma although he spent most of his time at his ranch be- tween Beverly Hills and Santa Mon- ica, California.
 He had Indian blood in his veins and was proud of 1t. One of his best wisecracks was based upon this an- cestry as he said that his ancestors did not come over on the Mayflow- CT but they met the boat.
 Was "Kidder''
 His education came, he said, by easy stages. T studied the fourth reader for ten years" he told an in- terviewer, but he was "kidder" off and on the stage and many of his boasts of being "ignerant" could be taken with a grain of salt. ts After he left the fourth reader behind him he went through the Willow Hassell school, Neisho, Mo, and Kemper Military Academy at Bonneville and if he did not make remarkable record for scholarship he did not fail.
 To Top As Actor
 His mother wanted him to become a Methodist minister but Will had learned to ride a horse and throw rope on his fathers ranch so he went back to the range. Then start ing with medicine shows and carni- vals he went on along the road that finally brought him to the very top of his profession as an actor.
 A rancher, Zach Mulhall, organ ized a wild west show and Will joined it, finally reaching New York. There is tradition that he first attracted public notice on a large scale when he lassoed a wild steer that broke loose at Madison Square Garden and was about to dash through the crowd
 Enters Vaudeville
 Certainly shortly after his first appearance at the garden he was on the vaudeville stage. Charley Mack of Moran and Mack told of Wills initial efforts in vaudeville He was pretty bad, said Mack, and grew discouraged. He talked it over with Charley.
 Where are you going?" asked Mack.
 Back to Oklahoma"
 Been fired yet?"
 "The manager said I was pretty punk"
 "Yeh, you're all of that; but has he actually told you that you are fired?"
 Well, no"
 Don't quit till he tells you; may be you can stick it out to Saturday night. That will be three days more pay"
 Wise Crack Makes Him
 Before the week was out, Will happened to make a wise crack about something he saw in news paper, an observation shy1y deliver ed of something that struck his fancy The audience laughed, Rog- CTS tried some other joshing re- marks, and was made"
 It was a short step to Hammer
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-16
ROGERS WAS ON
 WAY TO SIBERIA

SEATTLE, Aug. 16.-will Rogers had planned to fly part of the way. into Siberia with Wiley Post, w. w. Connor, Pacific Coast Vice. President of the National Aero nautic Association, said.
 Rogers didn't say anything about it, but he had made up his mind to go on into Siberia,@ Connor said.
 WASHINGTON, Aug. Is. = The Senate today passed a bill and sent it to the House authorizing the Government to purchase the Winnie Mae" Wiley Posts famous plane, for s25,O00 and have it plac- ed in the Smithsonian Institute.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-16
A. J. GOLD MINE SHOWS S91,000
 PROFIT IN JULY
830 Men Now on Payroll
 with 1000 Tons of .--0re Tramped Daily

With 10000 tons of ore being trammed daily. the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company showed an operating profit of s9l 900, accord ing to the monthly statement of L. H. Metzgar, General Superin- tendent. The report shows that operations were resumed on July 5 and by July 20 total of 735 men were employed and 10000 tons of ore per day being trammed from the mine to the mill.
 By August l, 766 men were en- ployed and 1000 tons of ore per day were being trammed. At the present $50 men are on the A. J. payroll
 Beginning the first of August, a start was made on the resumption of the six-day work week, MT. Metzgar said, and at the present time all but few of the men in the mine are on the six-day week.
 The report follows: Tons mined and trammed to
 the mill ..................,.,.......2 25s. .070
 Cents Operating Revenue: Fer Ton Gold at. $35.00 per
 ton $267 ,000 104.27
 Le d and silver,
 less marketing costs -.........-.......... 2,0OO .78 Total ......................$2 .$269 900 I05.05 Operating
 Expenditures: Mining and Tram ming ................$ 98,000 3827 Milling ..................... 62,000 24.21 Capita expendi- lures at Juneau labor and sup plies ...................... 5000 1.95 All other Juneau operating costs !. 13,O0O sos -
 Total .$I7s,OOo 6s.51 i, Operating porfit s s1,oO0 35.54
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Operating porfit $ sl,ooo 35
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-06
Questions and Answers

Q-when did Cincinnati start using manufac-
tured gas?
A-Manufacture first begun about 1S41. In
1917 the Union Gas e. Electric Co. started mixing
natural gas with manufactured gas. The proper
tons decided upon at that time the same now.
Q-Give the name and address of the Chinese
minister TO the United States.
AIR. Sao-Ke Alfred SEE, 18th and vernon-sts
N. w, Washington, D. c.
Q-Does the marriage of an alien man to
woman citizen of the United States confer Ameri-
can citizenship upon the husband?
A-No.
GIN what year was the great ST. Louis cyclone
and how much damage did it do 20 life and property?
Alt occurred May 81. 1896 and in the city
proper 137 persons killed and the property loss
was estimated at $l0239O00.
Q-Whst instrument was used to behead the
female spies recently put 10 death in Germany?
A-Press dispatches said they put their heads on
a block, and the executioner chopped them of with
an X.
Q-what is the average annual cost per inmate
TO maintain county homes for the aged in the
United States?
A-Recent statistics indicate costs ranging from
sls75s in Alabama to ss65i0 IN Nesada an average
Of about $3.50 for the United States
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-06
Today S Science
by DAVID DIETZ,

CODA ash and caustic soda two names which
- may convey very little meaning to the average
citizen. Yet as you sit in your home office there
is hardly object about you which did not in some
way depend upon those two substances in it's man
ufacture.
These facts are pointed out in a bulletin of the
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. whose Columbia Chem
ical division located at Barberton, o. is of the
country's most important producers of these sub
stances
The Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. also Joined with
the American Cyanimid Corp to form the Southern
Alkal Corp for the purpose of building and operat-
ing 100000 plant at Corpus Christi, Tex for the
production of these and allied substances This unit
which started operation in October 1884 is the po
neer alkali plant of the South
Chemically. soda ash is sodium carbonate Caus-
tic soda is sodium hydroxide. Soda ash is manu-
featured by the so-caled Solvay process from lime
stone. common salt and ammonia. Caustic soda
be manufactured from soda ash.
Everything about you that is glass-windows
mirrors electric light bulbs and so on-require soda
ash, for glass is made of soda ASH sand and lime.
THE rug on the floor is made of wool which was
l. cleaned and secured with soda ash. All wool
whether it be in your suit socks a sweater
went through a similar treatment.
Perhaps YOU have window curtains of cotton
Cotton fbers have to be treated with caustic soda
before they can be bleached and made into fin
ished product.
You may also have draperies of rayon Wood
pulp. treated with caustic soda produced the rayon
fiberS.
no you have cigar or candy box wrapped in
- cellophane? Cellophane is essentially rayon in
sheet form-again product which required caustic
soda.
And don't forget soap Caustc soda is used IN
making soap from fats and oils.
AlkaliS. under which term the chemist includes
soda ash and cauStic soda. go into the making of
paper, the treatment of wood to prevent timber
mold. the refinement Of copper. the neutraizing
Of leather, the extraction OF aluminium from
bauxite ores. the publication of gasoline and the
manufacture of dyes
In addition. alkalis used for washing oranges
and grapefruit before packing for shipping for wash
ing milk bottles and other food containers and to
put the shine pretzels.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-06
No Voters Are HOnOred

IN Washington the National Council for Prevention
Il of War layed wreaths the graves of Congress-
men who voted NO" when the United States de-
clared war on Germany. The living, who also voted
NO" we're felicjtated
Congress debated means of taking the profit out
of war. In the House liberals proposed amend
ment to the McSwain war profits bill to prohibit
drafted arms bearing service from being
dered to fight foreign soil. House passage of the
McSwain bill was expected today.
The Senate has bill to take the profits out Of
1t differs from the House bill in that it pro-
poses to tax profits out of existence. where the
McSwain bill would accomplish this by empowering
the President to freeze prices" in any national
emergency.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-06

Cabinet of President Mckinley
back in 1899
Mr.. Fortunes SO lines make the
IL lines of John Nance Garner
seem quite puny. Mr.. Garner, If
you haven't heard lately, is Vice
President Of the United States.
TINTED STATES SENATOR
~ FREDERICK VANNUYS
also draws IL lines. J. K. Lilly
gets IS lines. Harry s. New, the
former postmaster, is worth IA
lines, and Arthur r. Robinson,
former Senator, gets 81 lines. Paul
C. StetSon, Indianapolis superin-
tendent of schools, takes IS lines
and Booth Harrington spurts up
to 80 lines (Mr. Harrington has
written a lot of books.
And over all of those comes
Meredith Nicholson, famed Hoos-
Ter author and now United States
Minister to Venezuela. He takes
40 lines.
Mr.. Fortunes listing is just like
this:
FORTUNE. William: b. Boonville. Ind.
May ~, 1858: S. William H, and Mary
~; Clair 1t m May Kn NIB Of Mich 9
%. ls9sl children-Russell, Evelyn CiMrs.
Frederic Clay Bartlsttl. Madeline MRS.
5 aS Gder Gs e sGs atp-
Indianapolis News, isSs-e0: founder MI
pres. indianapolis Telephone Co.. 1908
e nfFSsd and rectUr Ell # t h na c
1897; pres. New Long Distance Tel. Co.
also several other phone cos: pres. In
srsats Lie e CT Club lsO f8S
which marked, a new era in develop
Y D; 1867. pres: 1s97-ssl; exec: dir.
oils. 1888; originator. 1892. indiana Good
Roads Movement; member committee Of
3 that had charge Of relief of over 5000
1894: originator Indiana State Board of
Commerce. 1894 (pres. 1897. 1893. 1897
chmn. Chamber Of Commerce. Elevated
abolition Of grade crossings in indian
apolis. etc. Cchmn. exec. com. for re-
organization Of county and twp. gov
me 5ds in IL Ind in 1899 reducing expenses
headed BY Benjamin Harrison, in
the general welfare Of the city" cRmn.
com. in charge of dinner given by friends
throughout the country in honor OF
poets fe made trp through s S Mexico
Whitcomb Riiey's old home. on. IockS
ssOs f memorial To Rs poe AOT i9 tSs
property could be taken over by the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-06

THE real lowdown on the f1asco
over John Strachey was an
attempt by the Labor Department
to convince patriotic societies that
it was death on Communists"
although it isn't. Some of Miss
Perkins strategists chiefly
Charles Wyzanski-thought the
deportation of Mr.. Strachey would
raise enough dust to permit pas
sage of the departments bill
easing the deportation law.
Few know it yet, but the new
farm relief bill recently reported
out by the House Agricultural
Committee contains a provision
enabling the Government to pay
growers for increasing their crops
as well as reducing them.
MIRA Chairman Donald Richberg
may 5eny he is the author of the
new NRA bill offered by Senator
Pat Harrison, but he can't make
any of the Progressives believe it.
After Senator Borah read the
measure he threw it angrily on his
desk, barked: This is nothing but
another Richberg stump speech"
. w. Frank James, a Michigan
Republican lame-duck, now oc-
cupieS three-room suite in the
House Office Building, has staff
OF clerks and is on the pay roll of
the House Military Affairs Com
mittee as a special investigator.
James was formerly a ranking
member of the committee, but
members can find no authorize
ton of his employment as a spe-
cial investigator
The Senate Munitions Investi-
eating Committee is planning to.
ask soon for more funds to COM
plete its work. The committee
asked 100000 at the opening of
the session and was granted
$4,000. Its funds are again run
ming low and it will ask for the
other $4,000. The RFC has
under consideration a plan sub
mitted to it by a large air condi-
tioning concern to finance mass
production of its equipment which
would be sold on terms to home
owners.
Copyright. 1885. BY United Feature
syndicate. Int
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-06

IF she has to take the test again,
Il Mrs. ODay should get all the
answers right. AS soon as she fin
ished she asked her secretary to
check up on every question.
Mr.. Maverick won the same rat
ing as Mrs. O'Day. He had three
misses, two of them, as usual, be-
ing monopoly and vilipend. He
also was unable to say whether
adventurous and accidental meant
the same thing or the opposite.
Mr.. Maverick, who has won a
repetition in his brief service in
Congress, for his opposition tao
tics, took issue with one of the
questions in DIR. Segel's test.
The question was Can promi-
nent people administer relief?"
This is a true or false" question
and the correct answer is sup
posed to be true"
Il don't know about that, how
ever" said Mr.. Maverick. DIR. Sc
gel says the answer is true Promi-
nent people are supposed to be able
to administer relief all right, but
from my experience I don't think
they're so hot at it."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-06

Decorated er Of the Double Dragon Son.
by Emperor of China. also Mandarin
rank. 1904; awarded medal Of merit Nat.
pres. Indianapolis chapter Am. Red
Cross. and since continuously reelected;
lion dollars for Red cross SSS war ri fund ind
1917. First pres. Indianapolis Chamber
Of, Commerce under reorganization.
raised over $4,000. 900 in INDIANAPOLIS india
originator, and pres, Indianapolis war
ing more money for public movements
than any other citizen in the history Of
mo, chmn. dept, civic affairs. Indian
tmaking annual average savings Of over
nat. cony; Of e. s, Chamber Of Com:
dept: BY Chamber for leadership
e elIn. COM: on state and local taxa
Is2e-2s. and since continuously mem;
pres; George -R Rogers Clark Memorial
Sord IN 1879 sS @Sds for four ou aFSq9a
ing public service as citizen. in letters
from , President Coolidge and Pres.
read at dinner given in his honor BY
200 fellow citizens. July. 1928. also pre-
scented with. medal lin recognition of
war and peace: honored BY pub. home
coming, Boonyilie, Oct %. is39. Commd.
hon. col. on staff OF gov. of Tenn. 1880
Men. Am Red Gross Tornado Relief
tom Of reief funds Of IS SF oq ooo is25
hon. nat. rep. of Am Red cross ac-
complaining Am. Legion to France 1927:
elected. 1927. life mem Gen 3D. Of
Incorporators of Am. Nat. Red Cross;
chmn.. Nat. conv Am. Red Cross. 1925:
elected mem; Of Nat Central Com. Am.
Red Cross. 1882: Mem. Presidents Nat
com. Am Red Cross drought Relief,
1880; mem. Ind: State Drought Relief
D5 = ssH ch% d fndaHspOS
Legislature as exec. dept. of municipal
govt since 1913; mem. nat. exec. com.
States Soc; dir. Chamber of Commerce.
and hon. dir. Boys Club Hndianapolis)
Fellow Am. Geog. Soc: life mem. Am
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-06

According to DR.. Segel, if
wrong they are entitled to a men,
tai age of 81.
Each of the three representa-
tives, Mrs. Caroline O'Day Cd,
N. ", Mrs. Virginia Jenckes Cd,
Ind and Maury Maverick 3D.,
Tex, won that rating.
And Mrs. JenckeS, previously
best known for her campaign in
behalf of flying Old Glory on
Washington f1agpoles, rated high
est of all.
Mrs. Jenckes came through
with only two misses. She missed
the words monopoly" and will
pend-words which proved stick
lers, too, for both of her colleagues
and even smart New York profess
Sors.
The test provided that each of
the worlds be used in a sentence.
Mrs. Jenckes, who sailed through
tody, Salaam and herbivorous with
ease, wouldn't tackle monopoly
and vilipend.
Mrs. O'Day, good friend of Mrs.
Roosevelt, admitted that she was
wary about the test. Her fears
were needless, however, as she
missed only three answers, which
entitled her to a 21-year-old men
tai rating.
She missed on vilipend and mo-
nopody and didn't know where
Norris Dam was-in spite of her
great interest in the governments
IVA venture.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-06

ObdJeo lIJO AIS DlOOOy NOAJcA VII
April 8, 1917. None professed to
want war. All feared it wauld come.
The rhythmic tramp Of marching
feet echoed over the battlefields Of
Europe where between 1914 and 1918
nearly 1000, 900 men were slain by
their neighbors. The world which
President Wilson sought with the
full force of the nation to make safe
for democracy was arming to the
teeth again. Nations tbet still owe
billions of dollars for the last war,
have budgets calling for more bill
lions to be spent in preparation for
the next. The worlds war bill to-
day is the greatest in peace-time
history.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-06

grated with the Order of the
Double Dragon by the Emperor
of China and at the same time
the Mandarin rank was conferred
upon him by the Chinese Emperor.
With all his varied interests and
activities it seems a far cry from
Indianapolis to China, but this
distiction was due to Mr.. For
tunes personal relations with
Won Kai-kah, the Chinese diplo-
mat who established his home in
Indianapolis while in America.
Through this distinguished char
acter of the Orient, Prince Pu Lun
was invited to become the guest of
Indiana and indianapolis for a
week in 1904.
Mr.. Fortune was chairman OF
the general committee in charge of
the entertainment of the Prince
and his party, which was one of
the most elaborate and interesting
undertakings of the kind in the
history of Indianapolis"
Franklin D. Roosevelt, by the
way, has exactly 35 lines in
who's Who" The last one
shouldn't count. 1t just says
ID. c."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-06
5000, 900 for u. S. Defense

THE United States spent s543 62SO1S for national
l. defense last year. Estimate expenditures for
the next fiscal year are S875, 100000 Congress has
voted authorization for enlarged Army increased
naval and air forces.
Virtually every nation has more armed fighters
trained for than just prior to- outbreak of the
World War in 1914. Treaties which ended that war
have become mere scraps of paper.
American World War veterans-whose $1,000,
100000 bonus is pending with House approval in the
Senate-gathered in auditorums throughout the
country to hear their national commander Frank
Belgrano, address them by radio.