The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 26, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” XOL. XXXIIL FARM RELIEF BILL PASSED LOWERHOUSE Vote Is 367 for Measure‘ with Only Thirty-Four Against It TWO DISPUTED POINTS President’s O p p ossition to Certain Provisions Recognized WASHINGTON, April 26. — The problem of Farm Relief is ex- clusively up to the Senate after the House today completed the major phase of the work and pass- ed the bill b, The vote regarded as a clear indication of Hoover's opposition to the export debenture plan which is receiving vigorous support in the Senate and this will be heeded in final action of Congress on the measure. The Senate leaders plan to al- lot two or three more days for the discussion and expect to bring it to possibly next Tuesday. House bill, as passed, is to have the approval of ident as it is without tb versial debenture amendment 1alization fee. Heflin’s Resolution The Senate has also promised to vote on the resolution condemning the treatment accorded Senator Heflin, Democrat of Albama, after x Klan speech at Brock- last month. In Senator Heflin's denunciation of Romanism, he demanded the adoption of the resolution. This has consumed as much time in the Senate as the discussion on the Farm Bl ‘The progise of a vote was made yesterday after one of the most outspoken religious dis- cussions in the Senate in recent years. thought iy e FLIER CRAMER IS UNABLE T0 REAGH SIBERIA Forced to Land at York on Account of Fog—Res- cue Expedition Ready NOME, Alaska, April 26.—Parker Cramer returned to Nome yester- day relieving the tension after pre- parations had been made to start a rescue expedition for him. He said he found the fog so thick at Cape Prince of Wales that he was unable to get under or above it and landed his plane, in which he hopped to Nome from Chicago, at York and. spent Wednesday night in the cabin of M. A. Domingo, tin miner, formerly of the Azores Island. Capt. Cramer made two more at- tempts to cross Bering Straits to fly over Siberia, but on account of the density of the fog and open water decided to return to Nome. He will make another effort to fly to Siberia, possibly today. One skii was slightly damaged. | Capt. Cramer said he regretted he missed the reception Wednesday night as he hated to disappoint the people of Nome. ' . Conference on Steel Bill Fails; Free Conference Arranged The conference on Senate Bill No. 35, better known as the Steel Controller Bill, held yesterday afternoon was unproductive of results. The conferees reported back to the respective houses that it had been impessible to reach any agreement and asked for the appointment of committees on free con- ference. The respective managers, Senators Steel, Frame and Anderson and Representa- tives Donnelley, Foster and Murray, were reappointed. The first free conference was set to be held at 3:30 p.m. today. scevvssevcccoee a vote of 367 to 34. | {Eruptions INDIANS PRESENT © JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1929. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS GIFTS TO CURTIS 7 |1 Chief Rope-Out-of-a-Bear’s Hide, heading 2 delegation of Hopi In- dians asked Vice-President Curtis to protect their tribal lands in Ari- zona from Navajo encroachments. They gave hirm a necklace of silver, | studded with turquoise. COPPER INDU | { é‘ By STANLEY W. PRENOOSIL (A. P. Financial Editor) NEW YORK, April 28.—Stabiliza- tion of copper prices around 21 or 22 cents a pound is understood in vall street to be the aim of lead-| |ing producers. | A shortage of 'cru!l,\ sent the a pound, but relatively little metal| lis repartea to have been sald at| {that figure. | The so-cafled customs smelters| | were permitted to sell nearby cop- |per abroad at 221 cents by the | copper export association in order |to lquidate their positions | permit them to do business (on a cash basis. | “Practieally all of the large pro- ducers have contracted for the sale of their entire output up to July 1. Few orders have been taken for; {delivery beyond that date because | of the possibility of labor troub! or some other unforseen emerg. which might interfere with duction. Current deliveries are being made at prices agreed upon several w ago before the sharp run-up of the price of the metal. Rumors that the high. prices for copper had led to an extensive use of copper substitutes are not taken seriously in the industry. These rumors generally are a ciated with the automotive indv try, but it was pointed out that only about per cent of the an- nual output is consumed by this industry and that the amount cof copper used in each automobile averages less than 20 pounds. A difference of as much as 10 cents in the price of a mound of copper would mean, thercicre, cnly $2 a car. The electrical industry, which| consumes between 60 and 65 per| cent of the annual output of cop- per, still is the industry’s best con- sumer. Demands from electrical} concerns continue large and show signs of increasing, rather than de- creasing, because of the new elec- cation projects, rapid expansiov. of existing facilities and the steady; growth of the number of new ele.-| trical devices, particularly for| household use. One of the principal producers would like to see the price of cor:- per stabilized to prevent speculation to the detriment of the actual con- sumers of the product. Most of the large companies suc- ceeded in making profits with cop- Per selling at 14 cents a pound and a price 50 per cent above that level nets them a handsome return which they do not want jeopardized by wild speculation in the commod- ity.” No Sign of | | | Seen, Westward SEWARD, Alaska, April 26.—Mail steamer Starr has arsjf ed from the Westward and reportyd no indica- tion of eruptions’/ of volcanoes along the coast/ not even “a speck.” Report wWAs made yester- day from Cordoyy that what seem-| ed like volcau’d ash covered thel roofs of thé buildings in that, city. /& WFD A / Y -—— T SELDOVIA Gragds Mary Monson of Homer and /awrence Peter Olson of Sel- doyia, were married at Seldovia % April 17 by United States Com- STRY WOULD STABILIZE PRICE AROUND 21 enate Committee Divided on Mellon; Decision Tomorrow! WASHINGTON, £ 26.—A di- vision of opinion has developed in senate Judiclary Committee right of Secretary of Andrew W. Mellon to in face of the old rer hold office statute forbidding the Secretary of | on of the commit- called tomorrow to A special se: tee has been 'l vote to settle the question. g e i T0 ARBITRAT IN SINKING OF CANAUM BOAT Canada and United States| to Submit Issue to Two Judges WASHINGTON, April 26.—Sec- retary of State Stimson announced that the United States and Canada have agreed to arbitrate in the dispute over the sinking of the rum runner I'm Alone, by the Coast Guard. The case will be submitted to two arbiters, one selected by each government. Under the terms of the liquor smuggling treaty it will be decided whether Canada is entitled to re- dress. Canada acknowledges that the I'm Alone had been rum run- ning for a number of years but contended that the vessel was be- yond an hour’s run from shore and the sinking was too severe a pun- ishment. Arbitration followed Canada’s re- fusal to accept the United States contention that the Coast Guard was within right in sinking the ship recently off the Guif coast. e NO INDICTMENT AGAINST SLAYER Grand Jury Refuses to In- dict Deputy Who Kill- ed Illinois Woman GENEVA, 1l April 26. — The Grand Jury has decided not to in- dict Deputy Sheriff Roy Smith for the slaying, during a dry raid, of Mrs. Lillian Deking, but it is re- ported the jurors debated for some hours on the proposal to indict the husband, Joseph, on a liquor charge. This was after 10 -surprise wit- nesses said they bought liquor at the Deking home. One true bill was voted, that charging perjury of Eugene Ford hild, whose affidavit charging Fairc] |he brought liquor in the Deking! home, led to the raid. Fairchild told the jury he had not bought the liquor himself but heard liquor was being sold there. Mrs. Deking was shot and killed after Deputy Sheriff Smith had clubbed her husband into uncon- ‘missioner W. A. Vinal, | i sciousness. APPROPRIATION BILL CARRIES OVER $2000,000 IShattuck fIntroduces Gen- eral Money Bill — Is Under Estimates Representative Shattuck, Chair- man of the Ways and Means Com- mittee, yesterday afternoon intro- duced the general appropriations measure carrying a total of $2,- 114,671, the largest in the history of the Territory. 1It, however, showed a net reduction in amount |of $56,742 from the estimates sub- mitted at the outset of the session in the biennial budget prepared by Treasurer Walstein G. Smith. There were a number of changes !from the budgetary figures, gros: | reductions amounting to $174,265 |and increases to $117,523. The larg- est single decrease was in the item |for the Alaska Agricultural Collegec and School of Mines, $97,465. Provides for Auditor Although no measure has ye! received approval creating the of fice of auditor the measure car ries an appropriation for salary for its incumbent and office ex- penscs. This inereases the budge! | estimates covering that depart- | ment, which includes both the sec- retary and auditor, by $12,273. Among other increases are the following: $10,000 for co-operative mining investigations and fielc work; $5,000 for the treasurer’s of- fice which is to provide for ex- penses incurred in collecting the head tax for a special indigent fund which is sought to be created in a measure now pending in the House; $6,800 increase in pensions; 162,000 for indigents; $40,000 for iroads and trails; and $2,500 for schools in incorporated towns. Among the items reduced from budget estimates are the followiti savings: Administrative expense< in various offices, $3,400; The Alas- ka Museum, $1,500; The Alaska Museum building, $2,500; Pioneers’ Home, $1,000; Dependent Children, $5,000; a fund for the relief of lost persons, $2,500; a bounty on | cagles, $7500; Co-operative game | stocking program, $2,500; Construc- |tion of shelter cabins, $4,000; care of Fish Commission’s property, $2,- 500; Support of Schools outside of {incorporated towns, $15,000; Citi- zenship night schools, $2,500; trans- portation of pupils, $2,500; The Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines, $97,465. School Item Largest The item covering the support of the Territorial school system is by far the largest in. the measure, its total being $960,000. This is |divided as follows: For support of ischools in incorporated towns, and | incorporated school districts, $575,- 1000; for schools outside of such jtowns and . districts, $310,000; Citi- | zenship night schools, $7,500; trans- | portation of pupils, $17,500; for {school facilities in settlements where facilities are lacking, and the num- ber of children too small for the establishment of a school district $25,000; Payment of tuition, $15,000. {In addition the Alaska College is |given $135,035. The item for construction, main- tenance and protection of publie roads and trails is fixed at $300,000. This is $40,000 more than was asked for in the budget. The sum of $16,000 is provided for the con- struction of shelter cabins. The Territory’s social welfare work, which embraces the Pio- neers’ Home, old age allowances, care of dependent children, relief of destitution and of the indigents and rescue and relief of lost per- sons was allowed $389,000. Of this sum $179,000- was set up for old age allowances; $105500 for the Pioneers’ Home; $55000 for de- pendent children; $42,000 for re- lief of destitution and indigents {and $7,500 for the relief of lost persons. ! The allowance covering all boun- |ties is cut to $50,000, showing re- ductions in the doles on wolves and coyotes, eagles and hair seal. Consolidation of live stock in- spection with the work carried on by the Territory for the assistance to fur farmers under a competent veterinarian is provided for and the appropriation reduced by $5000 over the two items carried in for- | mer years. The usual amounts for adminis- | | { | i | | | WILLIAM L. PHELPS HAS MUCH PRAISE FOR “GOLD BULLE & “Gold Bullets the mys- tery romance by Charles G. Booth, which begins in The Empire, Monday, April 29, is listed by Dr. William L. Phelps, the critic, as one of his favorite crime books. Writing in the April issue “Scribner’s” Dr. Phelps gives a list of the recent mystery stories which he likes best and strongly re- commends “Gold Bullets.” . . . . . . . ° . ° . . . . e of . —r—— MRS.F.A.BOYLE PASSES AWAY INLOS ANGELES Death Followed an Appen-, dicitis Operation Per- formed Week Ago Mrs. Mary Ellen Boyle, wife of J. 8. Commissioner Frank A. Boyle, ind refident of Juneau for nearly 16 years, died at 11:20 o'clock last ight in Los Angeles, Cal., accord- ng to word received by Guy Mc- Naughfon this morning from Mr. 3oyle. Her death follows an opera- ion for acute appendicitis perform- »d in Los Angeles last Saturday ‘rom which physicians feared she wyould noy recover, owing to her veakened condition. Mrs. Boyle 1ad been seriously ill since an at- ack on influenza last December aind left for California with Mr. Boyle five weeks ago with the hope of recovering her health. When they arrived in Seattle she was so ill that their journey was jelayed about two weeks while she sained strength enough to travel. After reaching California, the re- ports from Mr. Boyle were rather 'ncouraging until the cable received last Sunday which said an opera- tion for acute appendicitis was ne- ary and the doctors feared the result as she was extremely weak. Purther messages said that she was holding her own and hope that she would recover was felt by her nany friends in Juneau, until the word of her death was received to- day. Born in Milwaukee Mrs. Boyle was born in Milwau- kee, Wis., and lived there until her marriage to Mr. Boyle and subse- quent move to Juneau sixteen years go. Since that time they have lived in Juneau continuously with the exception of a few months spent in Anchorage in the summer of 1923 when Mr. Boyle went there as Register. and Receiver in the U. 8. Land Office, and occasional /isits to their homes in the mid- ile west. Mrs. Boyle assisted her husband as stenographer and clerk in the U. 8. Commissioner’s office here for several years until ill- health this winter forced her to zive up the work. The death of Mrs. Boyle will be deeply regretted in Juneau by her hosts of friends and acquaintances for she was loved by all who knew her. She was a member of the Catholic Church and was active in the Altar Society and other Church work. After coming to Ju- neau she considered Alaska as her home and was one of Alaska’s warmest and most, enthusiastic sup~ porters, praising it's many charms and beauties at every opportunity. Juneau loses one of its most loyal citizens with the death of Mrs. Boyle and many people will feel the loss of a sympathetic and de- voted friend. Mr. Boyle said that he would send word later concerning the ar- rangements for the funeral and burial. Mrs. Boyle is survived by her husband and brother Phillip Lee who was expected to arrive in Los Angeles today from his home in Milwaukee. — e 000000000000 o TODAY’S STOCK . » QUOTATIONS . e 000000000000 NEW YORK, April 26.—Alaska Juneau mine stock is quoted today at 6%, American Smelting 105 1-3, Cudahy, no sale; General Motors tration of the several offices are provided in the measure. It W |referred to the Ways and Means Committee but inasmuch as it is a familiar bill will probably be re- turned to the House almost im= mediately and final action be made lpoulble by Monday or Tuesday. {85%, Mack Truck 104 National s | Power 51%, U. 8. Steel 185%, Beth !lenem Steel 111%, Continental Mo- tors 21%, Goodyear Rubber 131%, | International Paper A 29%, Paper |B 17, Indejendent Gas 36%, Stand- | lard Oil ot California 76%, Stewart ) Warner 70, Gold Dust 65. . DIMOND RENEWS 'EFFORTTO GET OUT MEASURES Makes Vain Fight to Force, | Ten House Bills Out of rilult’ the Loveliest ! Senate Committees In the Senata yest ay afternoon Senator Dimond renewed his ef- forts to force out from Committee a number of the House bills that have been held there for a good imany days. In rapid succession he made ten motions covering as many different measures and in each instance the motion was lost. |On each one the Senator asked for and was granted a roll-call. The vote in nearly every instance was three for and five against pas- sage. On only one measure was he close to success, Senator Benja- min joining the minority in an effort to get out of the Finance Committee House Bill 43. Is College Measure This is a measure that is of deep interest to the Alaska College. It accepts for the Territory the bene- fits, which include $10,000 a without financial obligation on the Territory's part, of the Hatch and Smith-Lever Acts recently extend- ed to Alaska by Congress. Nor is this the only measure affecting the College that is being held up and which Senator Dimond sought have brought out. There are others, House Bill 35, carrying appropriation for opcration and maintenance of $135,035 and House Bill 51, carrying an appropriation of $10,000 to enable the College to make an investigation of parasitic insects said to be endangering ihe reindeer herds of northern Alaska.| Other measures which Senator Dimond asked for were: House | Bill 10, carrying an appropriatios | of $17,000 for a school house at | Kodiak:' House Bill ¥ appropriat- | ing $10,000 for improvement of the YukonsKuskokwim portage; House Bill 31 appropriating $17,200 for the Seward Peninsula Ship subsidy; House Bill 47 for the relief of St. Joseph’s hospital, Fairbanks for the care of an indigent patient; House Bill 50 carrying $500 to adverti {the proposed International High- way and House Bills 79 and 80 for refunds to various companies and individuals for fish trap licenses| totalling $5,150. Passed Two Bills The Dimond-Dunn measure re- vising and codifying all the laws relating to the public school sys- tem of Alaska, which has been un- der consideration for several days, was passed yesterday afternoon by a vote of seven to mothing, Sund- quist being absent at the time. The Senate also passed House Bill 45 extending to the Territory Federal Acts and regulations there- under relating to the licensing and | operation of aircraft and the li- censing of pilots. Senator Hess's bill establishing a three cent per gallon tax on gasoline and fuel oil used by vehicles operating over public highways, was considered at some length and continued in sec- ond reading. The measure provides that the revenue derived from such a source would go into the fund for construction and n‘aimenance of highways. Dimond Renews Fight In the Senate this morning Sena- tor Dimond renewed an apparently hopeless fight to have certain House bills brought out of Commit- tee and back to the floor. He made two motions to that effect. ‘Three measures, reported by the Committee on Education with, the mere recommendation that they be referred to the Finance Committee, were sought to be kept before the Senate by the Third Division Senator. These were Bills 34, 35 and 57. The first carries an ap- propriation of $4,000 for improve- !ments to the Hoonah school build- |ing, the second is the Alaska Col- |lege Appropriation of $135,035, and the third grants $800 for the pur- chase of a teachers’ residence for the Kanakanak school. Mr, Dimond moved they be not referred to the Finance Committee. A point of order was sustained by President Steel. Senator Dunn then moved that the rules be suspended ton the reference of the measures. 1 This motion was lost three to five, | Dimond, Dunn and Hess voting for it, two an | Threatens Adjournment Senator Dimond then moved that House Bill 51, the Seward Penin- sula Ship Subsidy bill, that has been in the Finance Committee to | Ireccnt trip south, made to interest [ %; | i | | | | dowi. year | Look closely at these legs and see whether or not you agree with the best picker in the rountry, Flo Ziegfeld, who says that Barbara Newberry, above, »f Chicago, has the most beau- jiful pair in America. (Iaternational Newsreel) - - COAL PROPERTY MAY BE SOLD; MONEY RAISE Admiralty 1sland Stock- holders Meet—De- cide Issues 4 } i { 3 | | The possibility waat the Admiralty ! Island Coal Company's holdings may be sold to capitalists in the States, was onc of the several issues discussed by the stockholders of i the company at the meeting held Wednesday evening, The stock- | holders turned out en masse and | heard Howard Lerch, Secretary-| Treasurer of the Company, favor-| ably report on the results of his| capital for the further development | of the coal property. “Of great importancé to the fu-| ture of the company was the de-| cision reached at the meeting whereby the stockholders ralsed a fund that is to be used to obtain | a report from a prominent coal en- | gineer, to pay his expenses and sal-| ary north, so that this report, which we officials of the company believe | will be most favorable, can be sent to interested financial men in the; south,” said John Reck, when speaking of the meeting. | Mr. Reck stated that the value of the coal property has been estab-| lished beyond a doubt. All that is| needed to “turn the property” or; to develop it on a large scale, is the report of an established and | prominent engineer. This report, | Mr. Reck also stated, would be ob- | tained beyond a doubt as the pre- | liminary work on the property has in every respect been satisfactory. A part of the fund raised at the | meeting of the aid Mr. Reck, be used to pay the operating expenses of work that is being done at the mine at this time. “A small crew has been at work on the property over the winter and| is taking out & high grade of coal every working day,” he sald. “ “The meeting was the most harmonious gathering = of stock- holders since the Company was formed. They all realize the value of the property and are anxious to develop it or to prove its worth to capital that will develop it,” said Mr. Lerch, speaking of the meet- ing. stockholders will, { | — e — SEATTLE, April 23.—The Alaska reindeer industry has increased fore than 1,000 per cent in recent since April 4, be ordered back to the floor. On roll call, it was lost (Continued on Pag;fiSix) years, Ralph Lomen, head of the Lomen Reindeer Corporation, told PRICE TEN> CENTS | HUNDREDS AR INJURED WHEN STORMS STRIKE Various Communities in Two States Devastat- ed by Tornadoes ! HOUSES DEMOLISHED | AND FARMS RUINED Scores Are Left Homeless —Georgia and South Carolina Suffer ATLANTA, Ga, total known dead in the tornado stricken sections of Georgia and South Carolina reached 71 and sev- eral hundred persons have been in- jured in twisters which dipped on widely scattered com- munities, demolished houses and farm buildings and left scores homeless. The first, what witnesses said was a double twister, struck Coch- ran, Georgia, about dusk last night, killing five. The twister jumped to Dexter, Georgia, and demolished buildings and killed four persons. Before rising the twister dipped again at Rentz, Georgia, where one resident’ was Kkilled. Then the twister swirled to the wril - 26.—~The | Atiantic seaboard of South Caro- lina and struck near Spartanburg where 30 persons were killed. It hit next at Pelzer, leaving two dead and a unidentified number injur- ed. The second tornado appeared late last night at Met where it is reported at are dead and the number K{ln- jured unknown. g % - e Supposed Pauper Dies_at Wrangell; » Money IS Found " WRANGELL, April 26.—Geo! Edson, aged 67 years, resident of Wrangell for the past 32 years, died suddenly yesterday. Two thousand dollars were found in his quarters although he was supposed to be a pauper. He was a charter member of the Redman’s Lodge. SHERIFF WILL 60-T0 PRISON Suddenly Changes Plea in Liquor Conspiracy Case at Tacoma TACOMA, Wash., April 26.—The trial of Sheriff E. P. Frederickson of Waskiakum County, on liquor conspiracy charges, ended abruptly yesterday afternoon when Fred- erickson changed his plea to guilty and was immediately sentenced to 15 months at McNeil Island. The change of plea followed the testimony of bankers and officials that Frederickson’s reputation was “not sp good.” ARE CARRIED FROM FLAMES Women and Children, Even Canaries Saved in San Francisco e sAN ¥RANCISCO, Cal’, April 26. —Four buildings were destroyed, lan entire block of frame structures were threatened by fire, and a |dozen families were made home- Jless early this morning. Women and children were car- ried from the burhing buildings. At the height of the fire, high tension wires snapped and rafters crashed - Four firemen were injured in the fight to halt the blaze. Most of those injured received cuts from falling glass, timber and plaster. Among the rescued were five half suffocated canaries by the owner who returned to his apartments when the blaze was at its height, disregarding warnings and eluding the guards. He rushed into the building and returned with his birds. *The loss is estimated at $200,000, ——eto—— Alfred Hanson, the well known miner, left Nome recently for the the Young Men's Republican Club yesterday at the noon luncheon. Council district to attend to his Imining interests there. SEVENTY ONE KILLED IN TWISTERS, SOUTHERN STATES