The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 15, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIIL, NO. 5048. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY. MARCH 15, 1929. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS RICE TEN CENTS THOUSANDS ARE MAROONED INHOUSES BY HiGH WATER RIVAL ARMIES APPROACHING TORREON CITY Federal and Rebels Near- Mex. Revolution ing Strategic Point, ’ CALLES MARCHING ON DURANGO CITY Many Americans Stranded | on Account of Banks ¥ N5 2 vy « In the heaviest winter of recent years snow has buried many and cabins near Durango resching a depth of 10 to 12 .| mountzin ki feet on the surface level. MEXTICO CITY, March 15.—Bat- tle lines between Federals and rev- olutionists around the strategic city | of Torreon grew closer today as| the powerful rival armies are re- ported advancing on one another, n effort to come to grips. elles is within 20 miles of Durango. He hopes to capture it shortly and then continue north- | ward to Torreon. | Dur may be a hard nut tc it is strong strategically guarded by 4,000] Being Closed |, | in as ported Four other Federgl armies sre cing on Torreon. | y Americans are stranded in on unable to obtain traveling because of the closing of the, S, ¢ high ranking rebel officers ave been courtmartialed and ex- ecuted &t Vera Cruz. | . RPN i TERRITORIAL | C.OF C. WILL START TONIGHT Delegates to Gather to Dis- cuss Formation of Al- aska Institution | The convention of delegates call- | ed for this evening at 8 o'cleck in the Ci Hall to discuss the| formation of an All-Alaska Cham of Commerce will convene at 5 instead of 8 o'clock, accord- to an announcement made to- | M. S. Whittier, chairman ing day by of the Juneau committee. The extra time is desired by the y Councilmen who hold a regu- meeting in the same place be- c ng at 7:30 o'clock and who not be able to finish their may business within the half hour. ., WAL SEGRAVE | S T0 QUIT Definitely Retires from Auto Racing Game After Making Record | DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., March| 15.—Major H, O. D. Segrave, hold- er of the world‘’s automobile speed record, announced here today that he has definitely retired from the | racing game. He plans to return to England and engage in the ce- ment business. Major Segrave announced that he will contiue power boat racing as a hobby. The Golden Arrow, thej anto with which he established his Jatest record will be taken to New york for exhibition before placed in the English Museum. e ————— w. D. Gross, of the Coliseum Theatre, left on the Alaska for Seattle. Enroute he will stop off for one week at Ketchikan. | the 'Minnesota Representative| VERS COLORADO BUILDING? | SENATOR FRAME SUES ANCHORAGE TIMES ON LIBEL Action for $50,000 Is Brought Against New- paper—Political Echo HORAG Alaska, March 5 rthur Frame, attorney of the Third division and Territorial Sen- ator, filed suit Tuesday for $50,000 |y egainst the Anchorage Times and Charles J. Fisk, editor, claiming that a page advertisement on Oc- tober 3, entitled “Joe Magill's an- swer to Dan Sutherland” contain- ed libelous wording. Magill twice referred to Frame, once as “official introducer” of Sutherland, and again “before 1'd cringe, favn and kowtow to voters the way Sutheriand does” or “have Arthur Frame introduce me at a oubfie ‘eatheif’ 2, arder to. get votes and $15000 a year, I'd selll my il to Satan for a countevfeit dime.” The plaintiff contends the publi- cation of the alleged libel bronghi public disgrace and humiliation for which he asks $30,000, in publishing | advertisement. The defend-! ants, it is alleged displayed actual hatred, malice, ill-will and spite toward the plaintiff and reckless egard of his rights for which |the plaintiff asks $20,000. | WALTER NEWTON T0 AID HOOVER 1 Is Appointed Third } Secretary, President | WASHINGTON, March 15.—Rep-| resentative Walter Newton, of Min-| nesota, has been appointed Third Secretary to President Hoover. Newton will be liaison officer be- | itwéen the President and the heads of the various independent agencies of the Government, such as the, Veterans' Bureau and Shipping; Board. He will resign from Con- gress and enter upon his new duties in the near future. | Newton was one of the most ac-| tive men in the management of the preconvention campaign. | @ ————— i STOCK QUOTATIONS ‘ NEW YORK, March 15—Alaska | Juneau mine stock is quoted today at 77%, American Smelting 117%, Chesapeske Corporation 84, Cudahy i 168, General Motors, new, issue, 89, Federal army, Gold Dust 70%, International Pap-! er A 33%, B 23'4, National Power and Light 57'%, Packard Motors 141%, Postum 71%, Mack Trucks 106';, U. S. Steel 187%, Bethelhem Steel 109%, American T and T Company 215, Continental Motors 22%, Mathieson Alkali 199. MEMBERS OF HOUSE SPEED WORK | AS PURER AIR GIVES THEM PEPrc WASHINGTON, March 15— Members of the House of Repre- sentatives are inhaling pure air for the first time in the legislative chamber. A new ventilating and air condi- tioning system sends 3,000 cubi¢ feet of refined air an hour into the chamber for each member and William Tyler Page, Clerk of the House, thinks that is one of the yeasons why the short session has so speedily disposed of its prob- lems. . The ventilating problem has been a source of complaint for many years among House members and ) ) 2 | many times speeches were made on! ihe floor in which poor air condi-| tions were termed dangerous to the health of Representatives. | The purifying system sucks air from the capitol grounds through| a tunnel and sends it through an oil filter and a water washing process which eliminates dust and germs, warms it to the proper tem- |the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, left |the credit extended he LINDBERGHIN TEXAS AFTER FAST FLIGHT Arrives with Mail and Pas- sengers — Silent on Wedding Plans BROWNSVILLE, Texas, March 15—Col. Charles Lindbergh re- turned to the United States late ay afternoon after a visit| his fi; wcce Miss Anne Mor- | row in Mexico City, apparently 2nd prospects for immediate | a regular air mail plane, | Lindbergh made the trip in! less than five hours including a; stop at Tampico. Four Mexican military aviators vere among the ten passengers; m the mail plane and came here | o accept Americah built planes for.the. Mexican government. It is Understood that Col. Lind- hergh returned to this country to lispose of matters in connection vith his work with various air! lines. He was silent about plans| for his coming marriage. PETERSBURG WINS SECOND BASKET GAME Hard Fou;—t Battle at Fairbanks—Fives Are Tied, One Each FAIRBANKS, Alaska, March 15. —Petershurg basketball playcrs ad- ministered at least a temporary set-back to Fairbanks' title hopes last night winning 18 to 17 in a game full of thrills. The first half was nip and tuck with the score tied 8 all but Pet- ersburg staged the usual third; quarter rally and went to a 16 to 10 lead. The locals fought hard in the last period but lost the chance to tie when they missed four shots. the scoring witih 12 points and Wasvik, Petersburg guard, led in Butrovich 10 points. i e, Four Mexican Fliers Crash; None Are Hurt FORT WORTH, Texas, March 15, —Four aviators of the Mexican enroute to Bruwns-' ville, Texas, to take over four American manufactured airplanes for use of the Mexican government,?, crashed with their ship about 90 miles north of Tampico. The fliers, none of whom were hurt, walked to Fish Camp. Tanana Election Is i Quiet; Many Are Hl| TANANA, Alaska, March 15— hris Abel and W. H. Thompson were clected school board members on March 9. Only 56 votes were cast and most of the people were sick with the fiu. DENNIS WINN LEAVES | | | | Aiask}l | .;V—P;;)gir_es;silig, I s‘ Declared by Speakers at Banquet Given by Chamber There's nothing much wrong with Alaska except possibly a little too much pessimism, too many “pros- pectors’ bibles,” and themselves can go a long way in dispelling the popular notion in the State’s that “somcthing’s wrong with Alaska.” These were among ‘the points emphasized last night by various speakers at the biennia banquet given by the Chamber of Commerce in honor of Gov. George A. Parks and legislators, The speakers included Gov. Parks Speaker Rothenburg, of the Housc of Representatives, Senator A. J Dimond, Representative E. R. Tar- water and Alfred J. Lomen, A J. Ela. H. L. Faulkner, President of the Chamber presided and in his usual graceful manner intro- duced the speakers. Between 150 and 200 persons attended the din-| = er. Alaskans for Appoiniment In opening the ceremonies, Mr. Faulkner pointed out that Juneau has been brought irto closer eon- tact than otherwise would have been possible through the biennia! sessions of the Legislature. Also other sections were brought more closely together through acquaint- anceships and friendships formed between members. In introaucing Gov. Parks, he said: “We feel we want to govern ourselves. We want Alaskans to be appointed to Feceral positions. Four years ago President Coolidge chose a man who lived in the Ter- ritory, who knows it and has its best interests at heart.” At his suggestion the audience rising to its feet pledged its friendship and support to the Governor. Cities Recent Progress | There's nothing really wrong with! Alaska, although that seems to be a general impression to be found in the States, the Governor declar- ed. Alaskans themselves can do a great deal to dispel the idea. “We at home may be to a certain ex- tent responsible for it, because there is too much of a tendency to say to visitors and others that ‘we are not making any progress,’” he added. He then cited the developmentl in transportation. Fifteen or 20 years ago, he said, the steamers operating on the Alaska run were the Bertha, Portland, Dora and similar craft. Today the finest ves- sels ply local waters. Roads have been constructed in all parts of the Territory giving means of travel for both pleasure and business. The Alaska Railroad and Copper River & Northwestern Railroad have been built and are operatin. Between the Matanuska coal fileds and Anchorage then there was but one roadhouse where today there are numerous home- steads. Similar development hag tatken place fn the Tanana Valley, and on Seward Peninsula a great reindeer growing industry is rap- idly developing. All of this, he pointed out, makes for progress. “We are, have and shall continue to make progress. Our responsibil- ity is to talk about it,” he declared, In conclusion he praised the move= ment now under way for the for- mation of an all-Alaske Tnamber of Commerce. Urges Local Trade If Alaskans would use Alaskan goods, burn Alaska cogl, bulid with local lumber, eat bread made from Alaska flour, and eat Alaska grown meat and vegetables, there would be a greater degree of prosperity than now exists, declared Speaker Rothenburg after a discourse on the evil effects of too much use of “prospectors’ bibles"—the interior name for mail order catalogues. Individual citizens and merch- ants alike are tarred with this brush, he asserted. The average man has too many misconceptiong about local business men, and are prone to regard chambers of com- fherce as organizations of merch- ants banded together to raise prices on the goods they sell. The average man buys from mail order houses when he has cash, but when he hasn't the money then he goes to the local merchant for credit which the mail order house wont extend. And after he has paid the local merchant, when he is in FOR SOUTH ON BRANT Dennis Winn, Alaska Agent for funds again, and renews his~ mail ordering, to the merchant Who wants to know why, in the face of sends his perature and regulates humidity to|this morning on the flagship Brant|cash outside, the customer gives the correci degree. Automatic ther- mostats regulate the '.empen'.urel and humidity for both winter and summer weather. for Seattle. He will leave about the last of April for the Bristol Bay district where he will remain during the season. In August, Mr. the time-hallowed response: “I paid you, didn't 1?” In.conclusion he urged a trade at home policy for business men and private citizens, Intakes were installed just be- |Winn will come to Juneau from|the development of a local trade, low and around the colored glass the Bristol Bay region and spend|and Alaskans for Alaskan offices plates in the ceiling of the House.|the fall months in the office here.jand Alaskan executives. This, he Alaskans | ALASKA ON EVE NEW INDUSTRY, DECLARES ELA W aterpower Development Head Foresees Early Establishment Mills “Alaska is now at the dawn of another new industry,” the paper making , industry, declared A. J Ela, water power engineer repre- 5 the Cameron - Chandler | svndicate now epgaged in working |out a program for establishing a nlent in this vicinity. Thi ment. was made by him last night in a brief talk at the Chamber of |Commerce banquet to Gov. George A. Parks and members of the Alas- ka Legislature. The coming of this industry, he added has been looked forward to r the past 10 or 15 years. The |tirst plant will be established in the vieinity of Juneau. The indi- viduals financing the project ar enthusiastic about the location anc are going ahead as fast as the) can. The preliminary construction will begin this year on the local plant. The next plant to be constructed probably will be in the Ketchikan district. Data is being accummu- lated for it as rapidly as possible. “I would not be surprised if, in a few years, one of the largest paper mills in the werld will he located in Southeastern: Alaska, In this vicinity,” Mr. Ela declared in closing. The coming of the indus- try, he added, should be encour- aged. The establishment of a suc- cessful mill here would lead tc others being built all over the Pan handle and on Kenai Peninsula. declared, would dissipate the idea that there is somethinz wrong with Alaska. Dimond in Wiity Speech In introducing Senator Dimond Mr. Faulkner repeated a tribute paid him by Willlam D. Mitchell, Attorney General of tihe United States, now, who visited Alaska last summer. In a conversation with Mr. Faulkner in Seatfle following that visit, Mr. Mitchell told him one of the men who impressed him most in Alaska was Mr. Dimond and added, “It's tco bad he is a Democrat.” Senator Dimond aroused a gale of laughter when he retorted he was content to remain a Democrat and let his Republican friends wage factional warfare over things like volitical appointments and govern- ment. “Here we are perfectly con- tented with nothing to worry about while our Republican friends are in a mad scramble for office,” he re- marked. His assigned subject was “The Senate.” But he mercly mentioned that organization in passing as he directed a fire of wit with occasi- Bulgaria belleves King Boris, who recently celebrated his thirtys | fifth birthday, will soon give his people a queen. EXPECT KING BORIS TO WED SOO! of Italy is believed to be his choice. President Not To Dictate on Farm Relie : i > e . » WASHINGTON, March 15. o » —President Hoover has no | ® intention of undertaking to e | » dictate in any manner the o | ® farm relief bill at the spec- e ‘ ® ial session of Congress. . > Meanwhile, the President e > will hold himself in readi- e | ® ness to consult with mem- e| ® bers of the commiitee at o| ® any time they desire his o/ e opinion or advice. He has e e already talked about farm e o relief with a number of e ® Congressional leaders. ° . ° BUEING PLANE | NOW EXPECTED | N THIS CITY Fliers Were at Alert Bay: Last Night — Expected | to Hop at 6 A. M. The six passenger Boeing flying boat that left Seattle yesterday fternoon at 1:45 o'clock is now due in Juneau but when, is definitely known. The only word regarding the ing boat received up to 3 o'cloc! this afternoon was by The Empire from an Associated Press di.spatchl stating that George Cochran hnd’ been advised at Seattle that the| plane reached Alert Bay, B. C.| safely last night and planned to hop off at 6 o'clock this morning | direct for Juneau. Gerald Smith, repres not. ntative of the Internaticnal Airw: now in Juneau, believed that the plane would call at Prince Rupert and also at Ketehikan to “clear” but} other authorities believed that this! was not necessary as very probably | arrangements had been made at Seattle for a flight to Juneau with out special clearances at way ports. Arrangemgents are completed for the fliers to be greeted by Gov. George A. Parks and all members | of the Alaska Territorial Legisla- | ture and adjournment of the Leg- onally a touch of humorous sar- 2asm at various individuals and subjects. He said he got the speak- ing assignment from President Steel by agreecing not to speak more than 10 minutes which no other member would consent to do. He didn’t have any trouble get- ‘ing Senators to attend the dinner, but some of the House members were different. 4 who had ord had run across a speech saying that Legislators coming to Juneau were swayed away from the path of duty by too many blandish- ments, too much hospitality in the shape of dinners, etc. He feared that the Chamber of Commerce feed was but the prelude to an avalanche of the “blandishments of Juneau.” Thén there was a jibe about the long-delayed mileage checks. A member of the House, he averred, who had at first turned down the Chamber’s dinner invitation, later approached him and wanted tc know if the bid was still open, say- ing he was still waiting for his mileage check and “hadn't had a meal since yesterday morning.” Referring to the fact that one subject left off the speaking pro- gram was “The Hous ‘he said it was because nobody “had the gail (Continued on Page Five) ional rec-{ islature is to be taken, if in session, The public schools will also be dis-| missed when the plane arrives, if during school hours. Visibilitiy might have been low at Alert Bay this morning and the! hop-off postponed until later than 6 o'clock. The Cable office officials at Ket-} chikan, taking their position from the Assoclated Press dispatch, do not look for the plane to touch there, but come directly to Juneau. The distance between Alert Bay and Juneau is about 500 miles and flying at 100 miles an hour, the vlane could make the flight in five hours. The fire bell will be sounded when the plane is sighted down the channel. Those Aboard Aboard the Boeing plane are Mr. and Mrs. P. T. McCarthy, Mrs. J. W. (Jack) McCord, E. J. A. Burke and George Lortie. Mrs. McCarthy and Mrs. McCord are passengers, Mrs. McCord will leave the ship here and proceed westward on a steamer where she will join her husband who is Pres- ident of the McCord-Alaska Com- pany, sheep, cattle and fox grow- ers on the Aleutian Island. McCarthy is president of the In- ternational Airways on the Coast. Capt. Burke and Lortie are mem- * HOOVER GOING |went to the Capitol to read his BACK TO OLD TINE CUSTOM Will Send Messages to] Congress, Reverting to Messenger Service WASHINGTON, March 15—Un-! like three Chief Executives who| have preceded him, President Hoov- er will send his first message to Congress by messenger for reading by the clerks at separate sessions! of the House and Senate. The custom of addressing Con- n was Initiated by hington and revived. than a century by, vered all! messeges in person until illness made it mecessary for him to’keep in' the White House. Warren G. Harding followed Wil- son’s example and Calvin Coolidge e George after more Woodrow Wilson who del first message but soon discontinued the practice, however, reverting to the messenger service. WASHINGTON U STUDENT SHOT Bandit Kills Keith Gardner, Employed at Gaso- line Station Princess Giovannl | | | water with the fate | | | FLOODS RAGE IN SOUTHERN | STATE TODAY. Fate of Residents in Souths { em Alabama Re- ! mains in Doubt RIVERS AND CREEKS : REACH HIGH STAGE | it [National Guardsmen Call- ed Out—One Town Re- | pored Nearly Buried MONTGOMERY, March 15.—Many Southern Alabama Alabama, towns of are under of the res- idents in doubt as numerous creeks and rivers which trav- erse that section of the state continued to rise. & Regular channels of communica- tion are cut off. Reports of conditions are re= ceived mainly from refugees and from outposts of the National | Guard which is in charge of res= cue work, No check of the number of dead or injured is possible. 3 Screams of Victims At FElba, where 4,000 persons are marooned by high water, an ob- server, who communicated with the National Guard base from a tree a mile away, reported that only the tops of the taller buildings could be seen from above the water. He | could hear the screams of the ma=- rooned citizens. Brewton Under Water RF Brewton was under water - andi) communiecation cut off when the | telephone exchange on the second floor of the building became flood= ed. Serious Condition o Other towns flooded included Folmation, Castle, Berry and Big Creek. E Thirty-five persons were rescued at Big Creek and 37 taken to safety from the vicinity of Elba by National Guardsmen. Refuse Being Rescued At Windham’s Mill, soldiers om the way to Elba found 33 persons in a flooded storé and rescued three women and four children. Others refused to be taken out whemrthey were told by the soldiers that the residents of Elba were in more SEATTLE, March 15. — Keith Gardner, University of Washing- ton student, was shot and killed by a bandit as a gasoline station station where he worked at night. Two shots were fired at the un- armed youth. The bandit escaped on foot when Preston Kuhn, who witnessed the shooting, was re- strained by his wife from giving pursuit. - e e — Massachusetts vian Is Offered Position Asst. Atty. General JBOSTON, March 15.—The Boston Herald says Benjamin Loring Young, former speaker of the Mas- sachusetts House of Representa- tives, has been offered the post of Pirst Asistant United States Ato- torney General by President Hoo- ver. It is understood that Young will accept. \ > £ E. C. Hagen, with the Copper at Cordova. is a southbound pas- River and Northwestern Railroad | need. The soldiers tied a motor. boat outside the store for rescue | of those inside if the water con= | tinued to rise. 4 A heavy fog hangs over the dis- trict. OTHER SECTIONS HIT ST. LOUIS, March 15. — While Alabama is the hardest hit in floods, other sections of the coun- | try are suffering. Communities in Nebraska, Towa and Tllinois felt the effect of the spring freshets but unless rain sets in, no trouble is expected. o D o o e d TOHOLD DOG RACES, TANANA Es TANANA, Alaska, March 15— The Tanana Kennel Club will hold |the annual dog derby on March 18 and March 19. The races are wfi | scheduled for seven miles on the | Yukon river. Prizes of $100, $50 and $35 for men are placed. There will also be races for women and senger on the Alaska. children. ATLANTA, March 15—State gov- ernment would be bettered by the abolition of all elective offices ex- cept that of Governor, in the opin- ion of Walter F. Dodd of Yale University, one of the principal speakers before the recent South- eastern Citizenship Conference here. “The major ill of the majority of States,” he holds, “Is that no one person lis held responsible for proper conduct of the State busi- ness but that responsibility is di- vided between a dozen or more elective officers none of them strictly accountable to the titular bers of the plane’s crew. The flying boat is a Boeing Co. product, a six-passenger plane, head of the State—the Governor. “If any private business were 'Abolish Elective Jobs, Says Political Expert, conducted on the same plan, it would be bankrupt in 30 days. If the score of departments of a large business were headed, we shall say, | by officers elected by stockholders —if they were responsible only { the stockholders, not accountable i‘ the president of the organizatio directly and ran their departme independently, their activity properly coordinated and dis to a furtherance of the g purpose of that business — could the business exist? “It is important in any prise that one man be made spongible for the entire Under the system of gow in most States, that is not i