The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 15, 1928, Page 1

THE DAILY “ALL THE NEWS O A S ot g ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU ALASKA WEDNESDAY 'FEBRUARY 15, 1928. e .;-av-—rf-_wfl,(v-m' T ME.MBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ALASKA EMPIRE PRICE TEN CEN IS WILLIS PLANS ATTACK ON HOOVER laska Juneau (Co., Boosts SOUTH ORE BODY BRINGS VALUE 10 NEW LEVEL . W. Bradley Announcesl ‘New Recovery Record During This Month Operations of the Alaska J& | cau Gold Mining Company here | during the first 10 days of Feh ' uary chowed profi of $4,000 Haily, according to an announce- lnent made by President F. W.| Bradley in San Francisco and, ade public today in Associat: [Press dispatches to The Empir r. Bradley added that the com- ny would show a net profit of [1C0,000 for this month as com: hared to $84,500 for January. The statement of Mr. Bradley confirmed this morning by Superintendent L. H. The increased gold - he said, is not the resuit any enlargement of mining or nilling operations, nor of any hew strike made, but rather in n improvement in the ore andled. as ieneral Mill Less Ore “We are actually milling re than formerly. However, we| re reaping the henefits of de-| elopment work done on the south re body. We are mining mors re than formerly from the south alf of the mine and it has got| a point where the values are paterially betfer,” he, added. | Asked if the present rate of re- overy was equal to that cited by r. Bradiey. for. the first 10 dass bt the month, Mr. Metsgar said was about the same, the grads| f ore being on a par with that} pilled and the profits virtualiy nchanged. Stock Is Higher 1 The improvement in the show-| iz of the company's operations id locally to be reflected in recent advancement of its tock to higher levels. Aftor| tanding around $1.50 for many | honths, it began an upward move- hent some three weeks ago which arried it to a high of $4.26 and test market quotations showed standing steady at $3.75. les TODAY'S QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Feb. 15—Alaska| uneau mine stock was quoted to- by at 3%. el Irs. Coolidge Forced To Cancel Engagements | On Account of lllness WASHINGTON, Feb, 15.—The) bld that has bothered Mrs. Cal- n Coolidge for a week, kept her| om attending the dinner given the President’s honor by Sec- tary of Interior Work. She re- ained i her room' ‘while the esi@ent attended the function. Mrs. Coolidge’s illness is ex- cted to cause cancellation of v engagements for the remain- r of the week. Physicians an- bunced that ' the condition of Coolidge is not serious. ——————— W. G. St.ach came to Juneau om Ketchikan on the Yukon. » is conmected with the United m—-q Immigration Department. !\ member of Ziegfeld's “Follies," She couldn’t get §. tumble out of any of the executives. jthe last sesion. SHE PUTS IT OVER ON HOLLYWOOD § © eanne Willlams, winner of a Syracuse, N. Y, beauty contest and later * went areer., to Hollywosd to carve out a movie | So | he adopted a Russian accent, changed her name to Sonia Karlov, put m “the Ritz," and—was flooded with offers. DId she get a job? She did! (International Illustrated News) 1 BEFORE SENATE Favorably Reported from Committee—Contains New' Features WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—The revised MecNary-Haugen farm re- iliet bill has been ordered favor- ably reported by the Senate Ag- rictlture Committee, after a two hours' consideration. By its ac- tion the committee put the con- troversial farm problem again be- fore the Senate by unanimus vote of the members present. Some reserved the right to op- pose the bill on the floor and to offer amendments. The modified bill carries equal- ization which was so strenuously opposed by President Coolidge in vetoing the measure passed at It is believed, to meet several objec- volced by the Presi- however, tions then dent. The fee will now be levied only in the event of emergencies and could be made to apply on all commodities, whereas only basic commodities were Included within the provisions of the ve- toed measurs. A revolving iund of 250,000, 000 will be created from which loans at 4 per cent will be made avaflable for cooperative market- ing associations. LD WASHINGTON SOCIE TY REVIVED ALEXANDRIA, Va.,, Feb. 15— ¢ Washington Society of Alex- dria, founded ‘in 1800 a few vs after George Washington's ath by his intimate friends, has | en revived by citizens of Alex. aria and will celebrate Wash- ton's birthday this year. IRevival of the society was spon- lred by William Buckner McGro- y, authority on colopial aund olutionary history of Virgiaia, 4 Charles Callahan, past grand er of Masons of Virginia. The jety functioned from 1800 un- about 1843, when it declined history of the organization talns many references to the men of its time and Jits reorgamization. it Ia Iped to restore valuable histori-|; data of the period. The original founders of v,he society included Dr. Elsha Dick, who was with Wuhlngmn at the time of his death; William Fitzhugh, a notable in colonisl and revolutionary history; Rev. James Muir, one of W Bt el ds, who o ipidin of the Mason the first president’s f several men who wer era. Frantis Scott Ke one of the organizers member soon after. . Records of the soci 'y lost inl m its decline in 1645 were o ~uncovered DLy ‘pall while » be¢arne ted all available records 1 data concersing 1he | with Calliwn recent about its ruurzu.n‘.u« MeGrom:- | course of hig resgarchas. /NEW FARM BILL P.-A. PROBLEMS -+ ARE mfrl:uu Leaders Admxl Further Discussion Will - Get Conference Nowhere HAVANA, Cuba, Feb. 15— Frank admission that problems confront the Pan-American Con- ference which are beyond its by some of the most influential delegates, therefore they contend it is useless to continue indefin-' itely to discuss them. All delegates, with the excep- tion of those from Argentine and date for closing on February 20 although the Committee on Public and Inter- national Law is hardly through its agenda. HAVANA, Cuba, Feb. 15.— Failure of Honorio -Pueyrredon and other Argentine delegates to| the Sixth Pan-American Confer-! ence to appear at the morning session of the Committee on Pan- American Union Affairs, caused rapidly spreading of rumors that Pueyrredon has already sent in| his resignation as Chairman of the Argentine delegation. It is also persistently ‘rumored he has! resigned as the Ambassador at Washington. GAME_COMMISSION DISCUSSES: AID TO FOX FARMERS, t the Alaska mma Commi:- ainn is interested in the securing of possible legislation or other ways and means of protecting the blue fox farmers m possibl2 poaching of foxes was intimated by the ornnlutkm‘ It is understood that with“the Increase in the market for blue fox pelts poaching has. been !tflln‘ atjrac- tive, nnd numerous complaints b * ade by fox farmers. olicy of the Commis- 11 that is possible in i pelts, it ‘was sald. y of the body, how- s only to selzure of blue fox pelts anl include a patrel for the \pprehending. trespass- tely owned fox farms. Session Laws vter 67, .provide on a fox farm but apparently this in effect 18 not sul- serve the -purpose - in- wvas sald, \ trahs 5 not P pOsE ers on g Tereit i that |trespa - ding Hha Sanaw ful, siatute now figient (o tenddd, i power to settle was openly made | !Colombia, voted to maintain the| the conference’ half | LIONS CLUB IS ORGANIZED IN THIS CITY |Officers Are Elected at Meeting Held Here ‘Last Evening — Purpose The Lions Club of Juneau, branch of the International As- sociation of Lions Clubs, was or- ganized last night under the di- rection of Barney Rosselle, De- |puty District Governor of the !Fourth District. Representative {business men of Juneau compose the charter memnership. The officers elected organization last night | follo Pr son. First Vice-President Shattuck. ! Second Vice-President — J | Mullen, i Third Vice-President 'Robertson. Secretary - Treasurer Redlingshafer. Lion Tamer——H, Vander Leest. Tail Twister—George B. Rice. Directors — Charles Goldstein, Thomas Judson, Robert Simpson and S. Hellenthal. The Executive Board has al- ready started working on a mats {ter of vast importance to Juneau ]nml announcement of ! will be made from time to time. {Primarily a luncheon club, busi- im‘!«m will be strictly counfined to mne hour meeting which for the pn»m-nl will be held every Wed- uesrlny noon al 12:30 o'clock. at are the as sident — Lester . | Allen F. R. E. H. L. | | | | { | | i e nfim o' the lnflrn lnnnl Assoctation of Lions Clubs are as follows: To promote the theory and lprnv!ln— of the principles of good uuvvrnmom and good citizenship. To take an tive interest in the civie, commercial, social and (moral welfare of the community. To unite the members in the bonds of friendship, good fellow- iship and mutual understanding. | o provide a forum for the full and free discussion of all mat- ters of public interest, partisan politics and sectarian religion ,alone excepted. To encourage efficiency nlul promote high ethical standards in business and professions; pro- vided that no club shall hold out as one of its objects financial benefits to its members. Lisnism Grows Under the heading of “Why Lionism Grows,” literature of the (‘luh says: “Since tlion . has immemorial the been the symbol of strength, of steadfastness, of leourage. The man only is lion- |ized who has accomplished some- |thing remarkable for the better- jment of humanity. It is there- jfore plainly seen that Lionism stands for,the greatest degree of strength and courage; the high- est and best that fis. “Lions are great builders, for {they have a sure foundation on |which to build. Everywhere they go they build. Install a Lions {Club in a little city and the city tbegins to thrive and grow. To | build, one must not only have the ‘proper materials, but must under- stand comstruction. The standard |embraced in the principles of ‘Linnlqm, such as ce-operation, loyalty to government, education and high ideals, attracts men of the finest caliber, who, joined in a common unit, the eclub, have the requisite materials, that is, the will to do and the means with which to build. “In the press throughout the country we see notices to the ef- (Continued-on Page Bight.) — o — Blocks Move to Delay Joint Trial of Hunt, Hickman for Murder LOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb. 15. —The move by attorneys for Wil- liam E. Hickman to delay the joint trial of Hickman and Welby +Hunt was blocked today by Judge Carlos Hardy and the ecase as- signed to Superior Judge Eiliott Craig for trial. Hickman and Hunt are charg- pd with the murder of J. Thomas, drug - store - clerk; on: m night of Doc‘nlsr 25, l' ume Hender- progress ' s Profits to $4,000 Per Day B |MUCH WORK IS PLANNED HERE BY PAPER MEN {Field Work for Paper Pro- jects Will Be Pushed Throughout Year Plans of the Cameron-Chandler interests and the Zellerbach Pape: Company for their field work and intensive investigations during the current year are progressin: very satisfactorily and the situa- tion is encouraging for an early start, aceording to Asst. Forester | B. F. Heintzleman who returned yesterddy from San Frar where hé conferred with both in- terests. | The work to be done this year constitutes the ground work of their paper making pio- jects, ha pointed out. Pending the completion of thesa activities, no definite and detailed construction program can be de- termined as many of the factors | affecting it are included in the survey8 and investigations to be made this year. Seattle reports received here this week showd not be taken to mean that all de tails have been settled or tnat ithe program of either company has progressed to a point whers plant cénstruction plans can formulated, Mr. Heintzlemun made clear. Outlines Current Work As anmnounced in the Associa Press dispatches to The Empire Monday, both groups of capital will lagach field activities on a substantial scale here and in the vicinityy of l;nu-\lkan as soon a3 will , permit crews e M They will be kept | | busy throughout the remainder of [the/year and it is hoped to com- !plete field investigations by the end of the year, Mr. Heintzleman sadd. R. 1 l | | A. Kinzie will have ¢ of the water power investig: for both orgamnizations. He in- tends to place an engineering party in the Juneau district nd Janother in the Ketchikan area on April 1. He will accompany the| parties north and remain until the wprk gets under way, returning then to San Francisco. These crews will map the power lakes, uncover and study rock forma.j tions at the dam sites, and survey the routes for tunnels, conduits jand power transmission lines. | Don Meldrum, a highly cup.lbl'" jand experiencéd pulpwood logging !engineer, who is now here, has been retained by the companics jointly to block out the timber} areas which aré to coffstitute the | gource of pulpwood supply. It is understood to be his present in- tention to. place his parties in the field next month. Referi:ag to the recent nouncement made from the attle Chamber of Commerce, Heintzleman said: “I am not aware that the development plans for the two concerns have bzen perfected at this time to ine point indicated by recent press dispatches, apparently originating| with the Seattle Chamber of Com- merce. Paper making plants of the size and type we all hope to get in Alaska entall huge invest: ment and necessarily an orderiy and detailed study of the many factors involved must be made before a beginning of construction work can be looked for. The:e| studies require much time and our projects are still in this fnvest. gation stage. “The preliminary studies, which included reconnaissance of water power resources and timber sup- plies, both of which were made an- Se- M| /| sary risks. SHE’S GONE, BUT SHE’LL COME BACK Thea Rasche, noted German avi x, has sailed back for her nuative country, but has promised that she'll return shortly and make good on her promise to attempt to fly the Atiantig in the spring. Thea's busines: manager is quite peoved, élalming that she has abandoned a profitable far her sudden European v TO TAKE REST *“Lone Eag—l_e:fi Will Con- tinue to Work in Avia- tion Pioneering ST. LOUIS, Mo, Feb. 15—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh will con- tinue the work of experimental flying despite the hazards. He has no definite plans for the present except to try and rest, in private life. Col. Lindbergh declared “ther» are many things to be done in improvements in aviation and it is certain that they must come {and they cannot be made unless experiments are made.” When asked his opinion of Sec retary of War Davis' proposal that he stop stunt flying, Col Lindbergh replied: “I do not consider 1 have been doing hazardous flying in the sense that I have taken unneces- At the outset, when new methods of transportation are coming into use, there must he pioneers to show the way and some of them are killed but the ones who do the pioneering are the last ones to think of hazards 1f it happens I am killed doing these things, T am willing to make .| the sacritice.” NAVY PROGRAM 1S OPPOSED AS WORLD MENACE Group of Witnesses Ap- last summer,. the stream lnve'mh r Beforc Committee gations now, being conducted, am informed, have been entirely satisfactory and . indicated tha: the projects contemplated are practical. Because they were en- couraging to the two interested groups, the intensive and com- plete surveys of resources and studies of all the more importan® factors involved in carrying out th eprojects as announced, will be made this year.” Mr. Heintzelman spent a week in San Francisco In conference with Mr. Kenzie, representing tac Cameron-Chandler interests, and J. D. and L Zellerbach and E. M. Mills, of the Zellerbach Company. Mr. George T. Cameron, who 18 now in Europe, will return to San raucisco @ May and plans 1o come to Jumean in June. —Protests Made o it WASHINGTON, Feb. 15—O0ppa: sition to the Administration’s $740,000,000 warship construction program_was voiced toduy befors the Housé Naval' Affairs Commit tee by & group of witnesses of the World Alliance for Interna- tional Friendship and Chureh Peace and Union. Heading the delegation wai Willlam Hull, Professor of His tory and International Relatians at Swarthmore College. He de- clared the program proposing construction of 25 cruisers, rive aircraft earrfers, nine destroyer leaders amd 32 submarines con stituted “.trlvunnw and a mens uu." A HAS PROPOSAL FOR FARMERS Int roduces Resolution Leading Up to Agri- cultural Aids WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-—Rep- resentative Cordell Hull, of Ten- nessee, who has been advanced by friends as a candidate for the Democratic Presidential tion, has proposed a resolution that the House go on record fav- oring the enactment of a number of legislative proposals, including the downward revision of the tariff to ‘“‘secure justice for agri- culture.” The resolution was referred to the House Ways and Means Com- mittee of which Hull is a mem-! ber. He ment of Agreements, recommended international financial and readjust- other aid for the encouragement andi efficiency for agriculture. ————.————— Returning from a two weeks’ trip to Petersburg and Wrangell on official business, Miss Helen Laurfe of the Alaska Road Com-| mission oftice, arrived here on| ‘he Yukon. ———etoo—— Among those arriving here on the Yukon from Ketchikan, were H. D. Stabler, Assistant U. 8. District Attorney, and Miss Ann Gaynor, also of the court party. nomina-, trade ! HOOVER T BE CALLED BEFORE SEN.COMMITTEE {Is Asked l;*¥eslify Con- cerning Scheme for Flood Control SHINGTON, Feb. 15—In tha face of the charge of playing poli- tics, the Senate Commerce Com- mittee voted 7 to 6 to call Secra- tary of Commerce Hoover before it to testify relative to the Ad- ministration’s plan for flood con- trol. The decision was reached after a two hour battle behind closel |doors in which the votes of twn Republicans, Senator Johnson, orf ' California, and Senatbr Willis, of Ohio, are understood to have stalled the issue against the oth- er Republicans opposing calling Hoover. Senator Frank B. Wiilis, wh» is battling Hoover in the Repub- lican primaries in Ohio, was tie first to ask the appgarance of Hoover several weeks ago when intimation was made to the Com- mittee on Commerce that the Sec- retary of Commerce differed with the Administration’s program sub- mitted by Major General Jadwin, l()hlel of the Army Engineers. | ALL RIGHT, SAYS HOOVER ‘ JACKSONVILLE, Fila, Feb. 15 ~Secretary of Commerce Hoover, lwlm has arrived here with a party of close friends for a fishing tr.p, ‘uld he “would be glad to appear ! before the Commerce Com- | mittee” the views of m on th West. He declared he had noth- ing further to comment on the committeg’s announcement except that it was the du&y of a Cabinet |officer to give committees all as- sistance possible. e COAL STRIKE INQUIRY NEXT Senate Committee Ap- proves for Investiga- tion, Three Su!u WASHINGTON, I‘lb 15.—The |Senate Interstate Commerge Com- mittee has approvéd the resolu- Ition of Senator Hiram Johnson, |of California, for an investiga- tion of the bituminous coal sit- juation in Pennsylvania, Ohlo and | West Virginia. The resolution also ealls for investigation of ‘the .eharges {that the Pennsylvania and Ohio, iand New York Central ral I lan thave conspired with the operators {of the coal mines Tn DBringin about suspensionl of eperations ¥ the fields. The resolution now goes to the t8enate for action. SMOKE COSTLY MANCHESTER, England, Feb. 5—Miss E. Fitzgerald told a meeting of women that Manches- ter's smoke nuisance adds about | $1,250,000 to the eity’s annual do- meum wash bill. DEMOCRATS MAY NEED UMBRELLAS IN TEXAS . . HOUSTON, Texas, Feb. 15— Weather records for the last 39 years indicate that delegates to the Demogratic national conven- tion in June will need umbrellas and light clothing. It the convention, which opass Tune 26, lasts five days, the liter ally wet question may require at tention on at least two days. Dur- mg the 39-year period, rain- fel, 14 times on June 26; 17 times on June 27; 13 times on June 28; 1! times on June 29, and ten times on June 30. The average rainfull for the five days was light, how- over, being only about ome-temth of an inch for the 39 years. ‘The average maximum tempe:a- ture fqr the five days ia 935 de grees. The afternoons are hot but the nights are cool, for the average minimum temperature is 73.5 degrees, reducing to 83 de-’ grees the mean ‘temperature for the average 24 hours late in June, Reliet from the heat is prom- ised by the prevalence of winds trom the Guilf of Mexico, less than 50 miles away. The sea b have no obstructions in sweep to Houston, for the 1 try between here and the gulf flat. Artificial relief from heat will be provided In'the construction of the néw convention hall. 'l‘lgo‘» building will have a heat. roof, and scores bf electrie will circulate the air in the fl- torium,