The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 13, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXXIIL, NO. 5046. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1929. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PR]CE—T—EN CENTS HEAVY REBEL LOSSES REPORTED, MEXICAN REVOLT PLANT PROGRAM BEING PUSHED A ] I | | | | | | Ela, in Charge of wer Development, Tells of Plans | | | | Definite assurance that work on the hydro-eeletric develop- t program will be started year by Cameron-Chandler rests was given today by J. Ela, Engineer in charge that section of the local » and paper plant develop- t. He returned 3 Ketchi- several days ago from San Francisco and arrived here today to prepare for the year's ctivities. of is no question about the; crnia group interested in the ~au pulp and paper plant going ahead with its program. It is ex- pected to begin construction of the | big power plant at Snettisham In-| before next Fall, and prelim- inary work looking toward its cor struction will be initiated as soomt as possible,” Mr. Ela said. Studies Conditions His work will start with a study of winter conditions over the pass between Taku Inlet and Speel Riv- With one or two companions, will leave here within a few to make a snowshoe trip} ac the divide, observing snow | depth, snow slide conditions and ot factors that enter into the €O’ ction and maintenance of a transmission line. i As soon as weather conditions will permit, Mr. Ela will put on a w of 12 to 15 men to make the| transmission line survey from Speel | River to Juneau. The power plant' he said, probably will be a the head of Snettisham Inlet. ... Water Resource Data Additional water resource data, formations around the lake and cther "stuties will be continued. Tunnels will be started this sum- mer and Mr. Ela hopes to have; them driven to a considerable| before winter sets in so that | will not be handicapped. He| said it is planned to tap the lakesi about 120 feet below the surface.; This will obviate the necessity for| dam construction at least for a number of years. If, later, it is de- sired to increase the storage ca- pacity of the lakes, Long and Crater, dams ean be put in. Kinzie Coming North Mr. Ela spent the wifiter in the| office of R. A. Kinzie, consulting cngineer for the syndicate, making up his report of last season’s work and preparing plants for the fu-| ture. Mr. Kinzie, he said, expects, to come to Juneau about next June for a personal survey of the pro-| let he sl | propellor and b 'PRINCE TO WED BROADWAY STAR Mabelle Corey, who as Mabelle Gilman was a famous beauty In Broadway musical comedies of 1907, says she may soon wed Don Luis de Bourbon. first cousin of the kina of Spain. |BIRD SHATTERS PROPELLOR OF PLANE, WHICH IS FORCED DOW. CARMEL, Cal, March 13.—Bri- tish Flying Cadet Capt. R. G. Hamilton was forced down si miles from here late yesterday tornoon when the propeller of pursuit plane was shattered. was flyi couver when a large bird, appar- ently a hawk, flew into the peller. A h was heard and t d were no more. i DENNIS WINN BRRIVES HERE af- his He rom San Diego to Vu'.‘.-; The U. S. Bureau of Fisheries | flagship Brant arrived in Juneau with Dennis Winn, Alaska Agent ior the Bureau, at 4:30 o'clock this morning. The Brant stopped at Ketchikan, Wrangell and Sitka before coming to Juneau. Mr. Winn will remain in Juneau for |reveral days. - e — SUPERINTENDENS FOR THE A. R. C. ARRIVE TO CONFER Completing ihe list of superin: gress of the work. J. A .Cameron,|tendents of the Alaska Road Com- who spent last season here, will mission to arrive for the annual return again this summer to rep-|conference with officials of the yesent the syndicate’s interests. Road Commission here, concerning sy o b TR {the plans for the coming seascn’s jwork, M. C. Edmonds, superintend - |ent at Anchorage; T. H. Huddle- | son, superintendent from Valdez, C. OF C. WILL iand Jack Coats, mechanic at Chi- itina, arrived on the steamer Alaska |from the westward and H. G. Has- First Session Will Be i City Hall—Delegates Have Arrived |lem, superintendent at Fairbanks, 'arrived on the Yukon from the {Outside, where he has been visit- Delegates will meet Friday night at 8 oclock in the City Hall for the purpose of organizing an Alas- {ing on leave. 1 Conferences with the superin- ka Chamber of Commerce. Dele- gates arrived from the west and | tendents already here, have be nfunder way for the last weck and {they will continue some time long- ! | | er, until all plans for the Alaska Road Commission for the coming season are completed. ———,o—— BATES FROM KETCHIKAN passengers from Ketchikan for Ju = the steatiiey diing mt,neau on the Yukon. Mr. Bates is south ;’“h” e i b i e official of the Miners and Mer- past 12 hours ~Ichants . Bank of Ketchikan and tendance together with many Sen- came to Juneau as a delegate ators and Representatives, mem-|from the Commercial Club of that bers of the Alaska Tefl'lmi'ml l-ee-lcny to the meeting here at which islature, who also are delegates. |it is proposed to form an Alaska The committee of the Juneau'Chamber of Commerce. Chamber of Commerce, in charge! AN 3 SRR W of the mectings here, consists of LEAVES ON SHORT TRiP M. S. Whittier, V. A. Paine, Allen| J. W. Troy leit on the steamer Shattuck, W. 'S. Pullen and H. L Alaska for a short business = trip Lucas. to Seattle. “Universal English” Is Invented at Cambridge reh 13—Cambridge (“panoptic English,” as the evolved | duced vocabulary is called, within of 500|a few weeks or months, instead of LONDON, Mai scientists and scholars have an international language words. b dke 4 « The entire vocebulary of “panop- English is the basic tongue tic English” can be printed on the chosen and it is claimed that peo- |back of a single sheet of notepaper plc of all nations may Pick up and seen at a glance. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Bates were| | { | Heads Ba:;k ; Merger | | I Willlam C. Potter becomes presi- | 4ant of the first $2,000,000,000 bank \r the United States through the | | werger of the Guaranty Trust and | we National Bank of Commerce, | two leading New York financial institutions. - RECOGNITION GIVEN SOUTH | . Assistant Secretaries of ! War and Navy Chosen from Southland WASHINGT i\“'}; C., March 13, —The part played in the south to the elevation of bert Hoover to i | GOVERNMENT TO HELP DRY UP CHICAGO Federal Authorities to Aid Police—Jones Law to Be Used CHICAGO, Til, March 13—The Federal Government, through Unit- ed States Disirict Attorney George Johnson, announces intention to. help the Chicago police to dry up Chicago. Five Government attorneys have been ned to obtain indictments and foillow through with swift prosecution violators under the Jones law. District presscd belief Attorney Johnson “ex- that indictments under the Jomes law will soon av-l erage 250 monthly. Minor offenders will be turned over to the State courts for trial, L ANE,CAMPBELL LOSE ELECTION: TINDALL WINS | Secattle Elects Three Coun- cilmen—School Bond Issue Carries SEATTLE, March 13—In the City and County election yester- day, Robert Harlin, labor leader, Phillip Tindall and George Hill, Oreen Lake real estate man, were elected Councilmen. W. D. Lane and W. T. Camp- bell, "seeking - re-¢lection, were de- feated. Tindall was reelected. The proposal for salary raises for councilmen, policemen and firemen were turned down. The School Board's request for approval of $2500,000 bond issue to defray new building costs car- ried by a vote of more than 2 to,1. W. D. Lincoln was re-elected Port Commissioner. - 0IL POLICIES GIVEN OUT AT WHITE HOUSE Walsh Has Conference with President on Adminis- tration’s Plans WASHINGTON, March 13— After a conference with President Hoover, Senator Thomas J. Walsh expressed the belief that the Ad- ministration’s oil conservation pol- icy is much broader in scope than assumed following disclosure: the White House. Senator Walsh said the Pres dent’s program contemplated grant- ing leases to the holders of oil per I mits only in those cases where th {the Presideney has Leen accorded recognition in the appointment of Lee Jahncke, of New Orleans, as Assistant ‘apd apointment of Patrick J. Hur- ley, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Assistant .Secretary, of War. i |ADMIRALTY COAL BROUGHT HERE ON GASBOAT WOODROW The gas boat Woodrow, of An- goon, arrived in Juneau this week with between 13 and 15 tons of icoal from’ the Admiralty Island | Coal Company. The mine is work- ;mg a small crew at the present time, those on the boat said, but expects to put on a full crew as soon as the weather improves. The Woodrow leaves today for Angoon| —————————— STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, March 13.—Alaska Juneau mine stock is quoted today at 7 3-4, American Smelting 115, i Motors new issue, 81 7-8, Gold Dust 68 3-8, International Paper A re-32 1-2, B 22 1-2, Missouri 80 3-4,|cent. National Power and Light 57 5-8, | Packard Motors 187 7-8, Postum Steel 183 1-8, eBthlehem Steel at 'tors 22 3-8, Mathieson Alkali 199. permitees have made reasonable ex- penditures in drilling wells. The Senator said the policy of the Administration, as he under- ecretary of the Navy,|geangs it also contemplates no leases of land adjacent to that which may be leased to prospect- ors who strike oil. As a further measure of conserv- ing Government oil in the ground, the Administration will grant leases for drilling of offset wells on pub- Hlic domain to prevent drainage of ad}acent_tfn;xtory. 5 DON MELDRUM HERE FOR SURVEY WORK Don Meldrum, in charge of the survey work in Alaska for the Cam- eron-Chandler interests and for the |Zellerbach interests around Ket- chikan, arrived in Juneau on the steamer Yukon to make prelimin- ary arrangements for the summer's work. He will spend the next six months between the Juneau and Ketchikan districts. When questioned concerning the I Chesapeake 84, Cudahy 58, General | prospects of having pulp mills in Southeastern Alaska within a year or two, Mr. Meldrum was very reti- “There is really nothing de- finite to state at this time. We are here for the season and are 70 7-8, Mack Truck 107 1-2; U. S.|continuing investigations,” he said. in charge of 103 1-2, American T. T. and T.|stream flow ivestigations for the | Company 216 7-8, Continental Mo-|pulp and paper interests, also ar- Wendell Dawson, {rived here on the Yukon. Chief Justice Taft (right) administers the oath of office to the nation’s new chief executive. Mrs. Hoover is seated to the right of the chief justice. (Associated Press photo transmitted by telephons Chooses Death Rather Than i | | carmeEL, March 13, —| Choosing death rather than give | up her 1l-year-old daughter to| hor foster-mother, Mrs. Barbara | Smartt, aged 35 years, shot the child and then ended her own life when the child wes about to leave for Los Angeles with her foster- mother. The child was allowed to choose between her foster-mother and own mother, with which to Yve. She decided to go with her foster-mother, BIG HIGHWAY ALASKASOUTH, | S EXPLOITED R. J.Rickert Returns North Enthused Over Sup- port Given Scheme | | | | P. J. Rickert, President of the| | Fairbanks Chamber of Commeree, | | and Grand President of the Pio-x‘ ' 1 ncers of Alaska, was in Junéau while the Yukon was in port today. HOOVER BECOMES PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES cowe Her W DIES AFTER A FEDERALS ARE WINNING ALL ENGAGEMENTS Decisive Battle Is Expected in Next Few Days Near Torreon ONE REBEL LEADER AIDING GOVERNMENT | Two Large Tribes of Mae ¢ | can Indians Forsake Mex. Insurgents MEXICO CITY, March 13.— | Heavy rebel losses are reported by |the Mexican Government as the | |powerful Federal and insurgent forces continued to converge on Torreon where in the next few |days may witness either one of the | biggest battles in the history of | Mexican revolutions or the speedy | distntegration of the entire revolu- | ionary movement. Rebels Massing An army of 22,000 rebels is re- )+ |ported massing at Torreon while —— |Gen. Calles is proceeding north- ‘ward and 18,000 men under Gen. Almazon are advancing from the |East to descend on the rebel strong- | hold. ‘; Rebel headquarters anticipate a | decisive battle but the Government ALEXANDRIA, Va, March 13— 15 equally optimistic that the re- A man's home has ceased to be|bellion has fafled and the insur- i3 castle since Prohibition took |gents will scatter northward before “‘and is “open as a dog house,” the Pederal drive, along the border ie opinion of Justice W. S.|in the heart of the rebel country of Sonora is serious. The deflection of the Yaqua and Mayo Indian tribes has hit . the Declares Man’s Home Is Now “Open 1s Dog House” LONG. ILLNESS Capitalist and Founder of Coco Cola Company Passes Away u u 3now. The Justice expressed his opinion in the Police Court here ye: ay afternoon after hearing the: - |insurgents heavily, it is said. 0 aent by an attorney for a le charged with impro} Jeon- duct, who contended they hadl been Negally. syrestad. heofive & polige- man, who took them into. gustody, entered their home looking for an- other person and 'did not have a warrant for them. They were fined $15 each. GEN, NOBILE. HAS RESIENED Censured for Loss of Diri- gible by Board, Gen- eral Quits Ranks LONDON, March 13.—A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Agency says it has been officially an- nounced that Gen. Umberto Nobile has resigned his rank and office PULLS NEW STUNT MEXICO CITY, March 13.—Gen. coup and is strongly entrenched at Naco which he took over in the name of the Mexican Government. Rebel reverses in the East and West are also reported. The rebels are retreating before the advance of Gen. Almazon. Saltillo Evacuated The insurgents have evacuated Saltillo after looting two banks of - $60,000. The Federals are repairing se- rious railroad damage caused by the withdrawal of the insurgents. Aguirre Executed Gen. Simon Aguirre, brother of Gen. Jesus Aguirre, defeated rebel leader in Vera Cruz, has been courtmartialed and executed. * MRS. FIRESTON! VACATION BOUND l ] ntly ] and his resignation has been ac- cepted. The official board of inquiry into the Italian disaster in the Arctie, last week placed direct blame on died | Gen. Nobile for the loss of the dirigible and censured him for al- He is enroute to Fairbanks, after a short trip to Seattle, Vancouver, B. C., and Tacoma, Wash,, in con- nection with the proposed Interna- tional Highway, from Circle, Alas- ka to Vancouver and S GCiAvTED NRusT S COANDLER 5% oA ATLANTA, Ga., March 13.—Asa G. Candler, capitalist, and féunder of ‘the Coco Cola Company, last night at the We: Memorial . ‘Il The project was besun by the prospical after a long i lowing himself’ to be rescued first. *| Fairbanks Chahmber of Commerce 4 | - e - ’é‘;}d 22:7 f’“- vm”'» e fi;‘ ACCUMULATES FORTU {New Manager for ambers in anco r, Seattle | 5 | 2 ¢ ACATEARIEE Hixa agrecd to do allf NEHANTA QR Barch 13 —ASE Ketchikan Light G. Candler was another Ame cun‘l . > who, starting with virtually noth-| Company Named |ing accumulated a fortune which| SEATTLE, March 13. — O. M. eventually was rated as one of Carter has been appointed Mana- the largest in the South. When he {ger of the Citizens Light and Pow- had amassed his fortune he gave|er Companyv ot Ketchikan. Carter | generously to worthy causes in the|and his wife wiil sail on the steam- they can to boost and help them put the idea over with the Federal and Dominion governmen All towns on the Pacific Coast are enthusiastic about the prospect of having a highway from Mexico to i | | | Cerle‘,i tOMh‘na?d L‘:;’ };,d.:{m:‘l outh and a number of times putier A!euk-um next Saturday. Carter sgreed o bull for the FArtheStinis money to use in aid of hislwas former District Manager of b an. ‘home city and state. He went to | the Washington Coast Utility Com- Estimated Cost |the rescue of the South generally [pany at Wenatchee and also Man- The estimated: cost of the ap- iin 1914, when the outbreak of the|ager of the Light Company at Ed- proximate 700 miles it would be|World War cut off the European | monds. necessary fld is $7,000,000 Mr.‘:markct at a time when the crop| —————— Rickert sa;g b‘;‘ew:mil. Creck and | Was ready for the market. For 20 years David Stitsel has Mr. Candler's path to success|kept the homes of Brunersburg, Hazelton touched. About ! 5 Hazelton would be louched. A b | was not without its obstacles. He Ohlo, clean. Stitsel Is now 71 but f;om Vancouver m' Circle is al-|Was ten years old when the Civil still makes brooms to order, raising ready bullt, he said here is at | War began. The family farm was the straw and performing all the the present. time a road from Haz- |ar the path of desolation spread labor. elton south, and the Al high- way would be hooked up with the highway from there. by Sherman’s march through, Georgia and when the war had ¢¢ ended the farm was stripped of | negroes, stock and provisions. He suf:; l: hu;:h“::' :‘:&]{;2:;?“&;?;2 did his share of the work of re-[ o mhwheyn atriot in north. |Ciaiming ths lend, at the same| ern ‘B!‘m&h Columbia, as well as tie. StEenditis SPY RUINIC /MO0 alfias R arce numbers | This he supplemented by the study will favorabl \“Um Cdm_!of pharmacy and when he was 21 b lye nitmp"fi'-fi 204~ | went to Atlanta, Ga., with a capi-| government. t 2.50. Both the automobile association o O 330 LomEE o ek e 8] ; and the aviation association have|o " ona ™t en his father dieq | ANTOFAGASTA, Chile, March 13. {agreed to (do all possible to el | ;i o' returned to the family farm | LDeTC 8re never ""yx“:"” ’°; the project. The completed DIans |y 'y.ve charg eof it. rain in Antofagasta. Iquipue an call for a number of airports at| FARMER TO DRUGGIST {other Chilean cities which live only {by the grace of nitrate. | In fact there are prayers for dry i intervals along the highway, and, wnon conditions at the farm | weather on the few days when a | strtict ms will be able to cON-|y.re guch as to enable him to do short roads connecting With |, o retyrned to Atlanta and in| the highway. The United States go o .de his first start in busi- light mist fall. A heavy rain, |Chamber of Commerce has been ... tooning a partnership mm!::cl:’&\; l:;l;ke‘lz, ;l.l‘ there ngv:; approached on the subject, but had Yiok Bl head from ot the time | 1% N B. Hallman in the drug |y, ggest inhabitant, would mean Mr. Rickert left for Scattle, I (Continued on Page Three) (ruin to the nitrate fields. It 'O'Td WORLD’S By CHARLES S. SMITH (Chief of the Foreign Service, As- sociated Press.) Mrs. Charles Firestone, wife of Dr. Firestone, in charge of the Government Hospital at Bethel, and her eight months old child, are passengers for Scattle on the steamer Alaska. Mrs. Firestone and her baby traveled by plane from Bethel to Seward, a six-hour flying trip. She said last night when the steamer was in port that the air trip was & great experience. Mrs. Firestone is going on vaca- tion and will return north in the spring. Dr. and Mrs. Firestone are well known in and around Juneau, the doctor having been in charge of the Government Hospital here for some time prior to his being transferred to Bethel. PR S A VISIT HERE Mrs. Florence Foley and Mrs. Eva Clark of Seattle visited in Ju- neau while the Yukon stopped here on the way to the westward today. Mrs. Foley is on her way to Cor- dova, where she will visit her son, Le Roy Foley, for two or three months, and Mrs. Clark expects to spend about six months at Step- yhen's creek, near Cordova. NITRATE COUNTRY” IS DRIEST SPOT dissolve the nitrate of sodium in the “caliche.” “Caliche” is the most important word in the Chilean vocabulary. It is the name given to the mineral in which, nitrate of sodium is found along with a number of other salts. Chile’s nitrate zone is a desert plateau lying between 2,000 ar 5,000 feet above the sea. ! plateau is over 200 miles long some 40 miles wide. It is on the east by the Andes and the ocean side by a lower range (Continued on Page Two)