The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 1, 1927, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASK ) LASKA “ALL THE NEWS jUN[:AU ALASKA, SATL“{DAY jA\JUARY I, — VOL. XXIX., NO. 4366. Impemal Vi alley Rocked by Quakes; Much ALASKA JUNEAV PILES UP HUGE TONNAGE TOTAL Sets New Marks for Mining, Tramming and Milling During Past Year. In 1926, for the third successive r, the Alaska Juneau Co. set up new records for mining and milling, ) according to figures on operations| made public today by General Sup- intendent L. H. Metzgar. It min- trammed and milled more ore 1 ever before in its history and the last three months of the boosted its daily average to trammed the | cut of for year 12,200 mine. The production 000,000, was slig 1925, due to a average ore portion. ef streak, Mr. Metzgar ished and the valuc normal and have time tons for htly slight value mined the year, the y bele reduction during This ~lean has van- back to for some that of in a id, been Bie Factor in Industry The Alaska Juneau's output con tinued to be the biggest factor in the Territor production and con-| stituted over one-third of the of all gold shipped out during firs 11 months of the year. th sregate being than $6,000.000 During the 3,800 000 were of the 318,360 tons than in| when a new record was made 3,481,640 tons this volume, milled as compared tons in 1925, and was discarded waste 1,700,000 last year Payroll Is Larger The mine payroll showed stantial growth during the The average number of of the company as of December 600.- One v go the average 537, or 43 than the present figure. The company betterment and gram, expending during 1926 a or $70,000 more Included in ments were two an additional set of OLD CONSPIRACY NOW REVEALED; 11 ARE NAMED the| ag- less vear tons trammed out more of min 19 th of fine 248 ore 1,600,000 to Wi 1,156, 00,000 against as as a sub- year, employec v less ant 0- pl I purpose | $180,000, | 1 | continued its enlargement for that total of than in the mill improve- fine crushers and 24 by 60 rolls. i Indictments of Last May Are Made Public in Seattle —Charges Made. SEATTLE, Jan. The Federa! Grand Jury indictments of May 12| known as the second Olmsted con- spiracy case, have been released in the Federal Court. The indictments accusets 77 defendants of 17 overt| acts. Virtually all defendants are ac- ‘cused of operating offices as liquor| distributors with headquarters in the! L. C. Smith Building. Citations oi! wholesale liquor smuggling on land and sea are made. Among. the defendants are Roy Olmsted, Sheriff Gookings, of Island County; Deputy Sheriff Murphy, of| King County: Police Captain Hed- ges, of Seattle, and Sylvester BE. Moore, former Federal Prohibition employe, e total | | the 1Daugherty and Miller e sttt s s e, e GREETINGS TO ALASKANS FROM FORMER GOV. BONE AND WIFL Through the Daily Alaska Empire, former Gov. and Mrs: Scott C. Bone, who are spending the winter in Los Angel extend cordial greetings to all of their Alaska friends and express the wish that the New Year may bring to them the fullest measure of success and happi- ness and to the Territory unprecedented growth and prosperity.” LARGE ALASKA AREAS REMAIN | UNDEVELOPED Promising Properties Await Capital — Gold Output i 1926 Increases. SO Land for Home For Alaskans Given Alas u-)ulmu Club SEATTLE, Jan. W. Carmack has #ska-Yukon Club 15 near Seattle on which to construet d aged Alaskans. Charles | has been clected President | the Club. WHEELER WANTS POISON ALCOHOL Mrs. Geo n the Al of land ailroad on home for McKay of 1 giv acr a 1 the for over Notwith- ineval the of Jan. of WASHIN Standing dimi production of gold output the previous Decreases in IIl mining of lead and other minerals, ance the slight gold improvement The Department of the Interior estimated the gold production of 1926 $6,620,000 compared with §5, 000 in 1925 he total mineral output for aska in 1926 s stimated at 190,000 compared with $18 previous year Copper dropped from $10.360.000 to silver from §182,000 to $420,000 and other metals from $611,- 000 to $550,000. Coal showed The report that cop- over Clashes with Secretary Mel- lon on Elimination Pois- onous Denaturants. WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 Wayn Wheeler, Counsel for the Anti-Saloon League, has protested to Se Mellon of the Treasury Department on elimination of poisonous rants from industrial alcohol Secretary Mellon reiterated it not the government's function (o poison and kill to enforce the law Wheeler said: “We are even will- ing denaturants shall be less dead 1y until aw prescribes cohol shall be unfit use. There is only one use wood alcohol. “We are willing to knock out poi- son if you find substitutes which really make alcohol unift for bever age use. When the government ceeds on the theory tha be disobeyed, it wlil dec year. The government ned citi- zens there is poison in most bootlesy alcohol. If citizens go ahead and drink it, he is the same as the man who walks into a drug store and buys a bottle of carbolic acid car- rying a poison label, and drinks it Prohibition Agent Is Acquitted of Slaying Al §17 1000 [ $9.500,000; little variation says large in Alaska have not been adequately prospected and many promising pro- perties lie undeveidped because of lack of L'n])ilu] B i o aassand ARE TRAMPLED DURING PANIC New Year Revel in London| Ends in Accident—Stam- pede Cause Unknown. 1.—A panic in whicn several persons were injured and women fainted, ended the revel in front of St. Paul's Cathedral The cause of the stampede known. Women and children scream- ed and men shouted as the crowd sought safety from some unknown danger. Women and children. were trampled underfoot. industrial al- for beverage way to that its law can LONDON, Jan SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1.—A Fed- eral jury has acquitted John H. Vail, Prohibition agent, for shooting and killing James White, Deputy Sheriff and Game Warden in a raid on o Shasta County Hotel, three years ago. The jury deliberated three hours. Boston Police Allows Liquor to Be Served BOSTON, Mass., Jan. 1.—The po- lice remo the lid from the city's New Year celebration and late yes- terday announced no one would be arrested for “carrying a drink or serving liquor.” Liquor is reported bad. Urges Newspapers To Support the Government WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.--President Coolidge wants the nation’s press to show the “American plentiful but International Law. The President says the press should aid the government by a correct presentation of foreign poli- cies and conduct. Foreign nations. the President says, is often misled, particularly about the government's protection of American lives and property abroad. The President forts to follow Go on Trial, February NEW YORK, Jan. 1.—The second trial of Daugherty, former Attorney General, and Thomas Miller, former Alien Property Custodian, for aileged defrauding of the government, hegins February 17. Richard Merton, Ger- man capitalist, who testified at the| tirst trial, which resulted in a hung jury, has again been summoned. says pression that Americans are not fully in support of such policy. | BOOTLEG LIQUOR imorning. retary | denatu | ubstitutes are found but the’ pro-| within a| attitude" | and to support all government ef-|ryghed here over the Pacific, and her | EARTH._SHOCKS ARE REPORTED; BUN 1N SERIES Two Hotels Are Damaged in {and it, [ morning | age 1 newspapersiand Scollard give foreign officials a mistaken im-| principals are wealthy. Mexicali—People Flee to Streets. BULLETIN CALEXICO, Jan. 1.—Over 50 -earthquakes rocked the Imperial Valley at intervals of agout 2 minutes from 12:18 o'gock this morn- ing, Much daruge is reported. Calexico and E{exlcah dam- age is estimated at one million dollars. Scarcely a bu:mess house in Calexico but that is not dam- aged. Merrymakers crowding cafes stampeded into streets. The Melbourne and Glenwood hotels canghiaufive Nobody was burned. the the SERIES OF QUAKES ANGELES, Cal, Jan Mexicali this forenoon reported last of a series of earthquakes ining -shortly after midnight continuing until 10 o'clock LOS 1 the he and i this The tels were d Pipe lines Overland the and ho- most Calexico serfously dam ag were broken and base Iments flood2d of Cal- and Mexicali the Residents exico gathere in vacant lots. Passengers for the Imma ander, anchored off Ensenad the night ashors ashore wells rolled in and out ship listed” heavily and on streets Alex- spent heav and the QUAKE AT YUMA YUMA, Ar ; = quakes, beginning o'clock ending at 6:10 o'clock this were felt here Do dam- reported. El Centro resi- dents began arriving here at dawn to escape the quakes felt there, Quakes are reported in the perial Valley, 60 miles away Eight is Im- THI TEEN SHOCKS BRAWI Cal., Jan. 1.- teen quakes, four of them ere, shook Brawley this morning The tremblors were long drawn out, al- though sharp. —_— e LEGAL FIGHT BY RADIO;LAWYERS READY TO START Man and Wife Rushing Across Oceans — $500,- 000 Said Be Involved. SEATTLE, Jan. 1.—Lawyers, by radio, are prepared to fight for ap- proximately $500,000, as Mrs. Sarah Smith Scollard, formerly Betty Green, of La Salle Street, Ghicago, Thir- husband, George F. raced across the Atlantic. Lawyers awaited information on what the dispute .is all about. The court here forebade both of the Scollards from drawing on the joint account and commanded agents not to open the safety deposit box. Mrs. Scollard is 58 years of age is 56 years old. Both Scollard, They separated (in Buenos Aires while on a South American tour, !LL THE TIME” 1927. JOBS FOR EVERYBODY PROSPECT IN °27; HOOVER MAKES SPLENDID F()RECASI‘! INEW RECORD IS SET IN TIMBER Old Records Broken by iLocal Timber Industry. Although complete figures for the timber cut for the calendar year 926, sales from national forests in Alaska probably exceeded all previ- ous recerds, it was announced today by District Forester C. H. Flory. Re- ceipts from les to about December 1, later figures being unavailable, amounted to slightly less llmn $100,- 000, The high to 19286, T mark, previous was set in 1925 when the from timber sales were Mr. Flory said all indications pointed to 1927 sales reaching a figure mate rially larger than those for last year Reviews Year's Activities In a brief statement reviewing last year's work, Mr. Flory sald: “While complete figures are not available, it seems probable that the timber cut on the ional Forests of Alaska for the year 1926 will ex ceed all previous records. The pre. sent high mark, both in volume and total receipts for the Tonga was set in when timber receipts totalled 3,233.11. “The three largest mills in the t sale ritory are the Ketchikan Spruce Mills, cutting 12 to 14 teet; the Willson-Sylvester Mill Co at Wrange!' which cuts from 8 to 10 million feet annually and the Ju- Lumber Mills with a cut of ¢ 7 million feet. Other small mills leriving their wber supply from the Alaskan National Forests are the Ketchikan Lumber & Shingle Mill, Ketchikan; Hyder Lumber Co., Hy der; The Cordova Mill and Lumber Co., Cordova, and the Sitka-Spruce Lumber and Box Co., Sitka, Increased Coal Demand “There was one cargo shipment to the ¢ coast supplied jointly by the Ketchikan and Wrangell Mills. A generally increased local consump- tion due to development at home ac counts for the fact that only one cargo shipment was made, although a considerable quantity of high grade spruce was shipped to the general markets of the United States by the regular steamers plying between Al askan ports and Seattle. “The three largest mills operate box factories and this product con- stitutes approximately 60 per cent of th output. “Trap piling, both for standing and floating traps comprises another large class of material cut from Southeastern Alaskan forests. Dur- ing the past year there was a heavy demand for long spruce of mediumn butt diameter for building a new style of floating trap originated by C. J. Alexander, the well known annery man. “Beginning with last year the mills of Southeastern Alaska have begun to cut ties from Western hemlock for the Alaska Railroad. This feat- ure of the timber industry promises to increase considerably during 1927 and succeeding years. Push Inventory Work “Inventory of material on the Na- tional Forests is being pushed for ward each year as fast as funds and personnel will permit. Up to the present time approximately 700,000 acres have heen covered by extensive reconnaissance, which means map- (Continued on Page Seven.) neau to 7 fores: | million hoard | | 1 | and SALES IN 1926 ~ . {and Forest Service Announces| | textile | degree | enced MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS IS WASIHINGTON, requests fc Y\‘ill 5 econodic be based on the economic currents | already born of the old New unknown curreits will enter in the new year, there is such thinz as assured economic Jan. 1 opinion on A h I ;\1\ can w-ul\ prospects year 50 no prophe No one will deny that 1926 has shown the highest total production consumption of industrial com modities of any year in the history of the United States. Except in the industry and parts of the coal industry, it has been a year of employment, which ompanied by the peak in real wages, because income for the country L has slightly inc dand cost liv htly dec during the year. Manufacturing, the service in- dustries, and commerce generally have continued to improve their methods, to reduce costs, and to improsca. soryic In agoregate cach industry appears to show substantisl profits oxcept the textile and some parts of the coal industry there has been a slackening duction andn demand for staple lines during the past weeks, we enter the new year no consequential overstock of ufactured goods. With the | voluine of construction during the past year ever known there may prove to be some construction in ad- vance of immediate needs, but sla ening in this direction may be pai tially compensated by the assurance of a larger amount of public con. struction during the next year. S ings of the country have shown steady increase and there is cheap capital available has been as whole in sev pro 1l few man Crop Failures lag of agricultural recovery continued and has been The has accen tuated by distressing crop failures in | localities. Cotton crops beyond world demanid brought about prices below the cost of production of larg as ot those commodities. Ther con- sequent lowered buying some agricultural sections Taking the foreign field whole, it shows continued prog toward balance of budgets; reduction of floating debt; greater stability currency; and somewhat unemployment. The most important exception has been the results the British coal strike which left th world poorer by its interruption the progress of that country, but this is now happily over, Russia shows some economic improvement; and China, due to international trade relation, still continues below no 1 Each year sees progress in Kuropean political relations with fear less and less a dominating factor. Elasticity of Credit Combining all foreign and domesti. tendencies with which we enter the New Year, while some of them are not so good as we could wish, are most hopeful. To those interested in the movement business cycle, it is worth remarking that we have had no inflation commodities as prices have dec 5 ed rather than increased during the year. Moreover, the elasticity of cr» dit through the Federal Reserve System, the absence of undue stocks of commodities, the greatly information services of the and wider understanding (and thus better common judgment and cau- tion) are all protections against vi lent movements, such as we experi in former times Economic Progress The nation is making economic progress. Some areas lag behinl others, and discountent with the la is an assurance of a lively nse of ! and the best promise some fruft have and some power in ) others who are of ths n enlarged infttaity of high | highest | wage | of ¢ | While | with rgest | ample | diminished | of | country | Damage LOCAL PRODUCTS SET NEW MARKS FOR PEACETIME Oulsaomg Commerce for First 11 Months in 1926 Val- | ued at $76.328,4l5. THIRD IN HISTORY OF | TERRITORY’S COMMERCE | Exceeded Only by 1917 and 1918 — Fisheries Main | Factor in Increase. With an aggregate value of §76, 328,415, shipments from Alaska to the s during the first 11 months cf ;l‘uii increased over 1925 by $19. !264,582, according to figures made public today by Collector of Customs J. C. McBride. Only twice in the Ristory of the Territory has this figure been exceeded, 1917 ani 1918, both wartime years, In volume of business last probably excceded both these yeais as prices of an commodities repre- sented in the list were considerably in excess of those prevailing last year. Stat year Fisheries and Gold Jump | A pronounced iner in the value lof products of the heries indus- | tries, mainly canned salmon, was the | main factor in the increase for 192¢. The value of fisheries products shipp- ed from January to December 1, 1926, was 765,854, or $18,574,000 more than in Canned salmon ailone jumped from 01,616 to 34 51, an increase of §1 Tk total value of all fisheries pro- ducts came within about $2,000,000 of equalling all shipments of Al askan products for the first 11 | months of 1925 Gold Makes Gain Gold and sliver shipments for the | period January to November inclu sive had a declared value of $5,- 779,478 as compared to $4,681,231 for the same, period in 1925. This, how- lever, does not cover all of the gold shipped during that time. Nome of the by-mail shipments are included [ as this class of exports are not re- “mrh-ll until after the close of tho | vear. Between $1,500,000 and $2,000.- 000 will be added to this commodity, it is expected, when final figures are made up by the Customs service. Copper About Normal Shipments of copper ore were vir: tually normal for hte period. The value of this commodity shipped for the first 11 months of the year was 1$10,020,0 as compared to $10,680, | @ of $650,828 showed a marked de- is believed to late runs areas. The herring ex- the period covered were valued at $1,460,012, as against $3.- 194,407, showing a loss of $1,734,395. Mild-cured salmon broke about even, a slight loss being recorded. The 11 months’ shipments were valu ed $1,140,908 as compared to $1,- cline, due it in western ports for Fresh salmon shipments became a noticeable item, its value being Halibut shipments showed the re- spective total of $1,743,012, slightly in excess of last year's total. There was little change in the value of fur shipments for the period. The aggregate value of all furs shipped was $940,365 as compared to This does not include either hipped by mail or the annual of fur seal on the Pribilof Is. by the Department of Com- take | lands merce. Will Reach $80,000,000 Collector McBride is of the opinion that the year's outgoing commerce from Alaska will reach about $80.- ' (Cnnun-u«d “.m" 3even.) (Coatinuea on Page Fight.)