The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 3, 1929, Page 1

. THE DATLY ALASKA \OL XXXV., NO 5710 4 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” B ; JUNhAU ALASKA, TUI:SDAY DECEMBER 3 1 929 o A ey MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS PRESIDENT STANDS FIRM FOR WELL KNOWN VIEWS | COURT APPEALS SAYS PAUL WAS NOTINCONTEMPT Circuit Judges Reverse Tudge Harding in Famous Ketchikan Contempt Case SAN TFRANCISCO, Dec. 3.—The United States Circuit Court of Ap- peals reversed the order of the District Court of the First Division of Alaska for adjudging Willilam L Ketchikan attorney, guilty of mpt of court on t counts. court was acting on an appeal Paul from the District Court. aul of Paul had represented to the Court in behalf of a client that the lat- ter had been deprived of his prop- the Commissioner’s Court Craig, without due process of presenting that he had be:n arrested for illegal fishing and that the District Attorney had threat- ened that if he did not plead guilty and pay a fine his boat and other ment would be confiscated. Judge Justin W. Harding, who had been the District Attorney complained of, charged that Paul had made untrue statements in be- half of his client, in his peti a writ of review in the case, and guilty of contempt therefo Paul was sentenced to serve days in jail or pay a fine of $75 The second count involved state- ments alleging to be untrue in an affidavit of prejudice filed by Paul in seeking trial before . another Ju in the same case. Judg Harding held Paul to be in con- tempt and ordered that he pay a fine of $100 or serve 50 days in Jjail. “It would certainly be an innova- tion of law,” the Circuit Court pointed out, in an opinion hended down, an aitorney . could™he cummurily punished for contempt whenever statement made by him in behalf of his client after investi- gation turned out untrue.” e ,,——— POLAR TRIP OF GRAF ZEPPELIN AGAIN INVIJI.VED Difficulties Announced Securing Insurance on Big Airship FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Dec. 3— The proposed Polar flight of the Graf Zeppelin has again run into difficulties because of a refusal of insurance compnmes here to under- write it. Although the question of insur- ance has come up previously, Dr. Hugo Eckener, commander of the dirigible, last month said he was sure he could obtain insurance for the trip. Apparently he is unable to accomplish this thus far. e ALBERTS GOING SOUTH Dr. H. W. Alberts, head of the Federal experiment farming sta- tions in Alaska, arrived here yes- terday from his headquarters at Sitka. He will leave tomorrow for Seattle on official business and | will return here about Christma.. e O. D. Leet, of the Alaska Fish Brokerage, is a passenger to Seat- tle on thl Alameda. | | onwned Queen of Beauty in w’ltlnon Vakes All- Bl'ltlSh Pageanl Known One Discovery WEST ORANC o Dec. 3 L swering a series of qm tions ® submitted to him in his e laboratory, said he found e one plant or more which @ would produce a satisfactory © amount of rubber for com- @ mercial purposes Edison leaves Thursday for his winter home at Fort Myers, Florida, where he will continue experiments in search for a rubber substi- tute. ©060000060000000000 INDIANS PLAN - SUITS AGAINST Arier she had been adjudged the most ohnrmmg girl in England, Mlss | Merjorie Ross, of Richmond, near London, was awarded first prize of 7,500 by Mr. Robert Pear. 4inctive honor was sought by more than sixteen thousand girls and women | mately $ from all parts of the Kingdom. International Newsreel RUSS FLIERS WILL SEARCH FOR EIELSON Arrangements Being Made According to Radiogram Received by Parks Arrangeme: are being made by the aska Airwa; of Fairbanks, for Russian flyers to. make a search for Ccl. Ben, Eie and Ea nd, his mechan: i ree weeks on the according to word received today by Gov. George A. Parks, from Tel- A raidogram from there sald: “Russian ship (Litke) has changed its plans. Russian plane expected at Nanuk today (December 2). Ar- rangements are being made by Air- ways for Russian planes to look for Eielson until Airways planes get there.” Last week it was announced that two five-man Junker planes, ac- companying the Russian icebreake: Litke, were at Providence Bay and would search for the missing Amer- icans. Two days later a Teller wire to the Governor said this plan had been abandoned, owing to icel conditions whiclr compelled the| Litke to sail for Vladivostok. Ap-| parently its departure for that port | has been deferred and at least one of the planes will be obtained by ! the Airways company to search ror Eielson and Borland. Hung Up at Teller According to Associated dispatches from Nome, Pilots Dor- bandt and Crosson are still de layed at Teller by bad weather. Weather reports received at Nome said the weather was good at the| frozen-in schooner Nanuk yester- } day, but it was dark. i Messages also stated that the gas- | oline supply aboard the Nanuk was running so low that the Nanuk radio was handicapped and keeping informed on weather conditions may be forced to suspend the rndm. 'at any time. Pilot Graham has arrived at Tel- ress | | i \Capt. H. D. Hinckley Nam- ed Commander, Succeed- | The acquisition of the Territory ! The coveted prize and dis- UNITED STATES IS A N-B E.mplovs Judge She Asks Divorce from Globe-Girdler Wickersham and Others to Imhale Actions Suits against Lhc Federal Gov- ent are contemplated by the Native Brotherhood seeking sver compensation for certain rights claimed to have been held at ‘lone time by Alaska Indians but {|which have passed into other i|hands. Millions of dollars are un- § derstood to be at stake in the pro- pesed actions hich involve lands, shing streams and waters, hunt- apping grounds, forests 1 lands. This was made known here offi- lly today by William L. Paul, Paul and Judge James Wickersham, local attorney, former | delegate to Congress and candidate {for the Republican nomination to |succeed the present Delegate, has {been retained to conduct the legal battle it is intended to wage. ! Must Get Permission | Before any suit can be initiated against the United States, however, |it will be necessary for Congress to grant legislative authority for such | action. This is fully realized by the !Indian leaders, Mr. Paul said. In |order to obtain it, a measure has {been prepared authorizing the wBrGLhcrhood to file the suits. IL ‘15 planned to have Delegate Suth- ‘erhnd introduce this bill at the (current session of Congress. | At its convention at Haines, 1ccnuy the | adoptea a resolution authorizing the employment of the three lndi- viduals mentioned and agreeing to | re- Mrs. Marian Mears, who has filed & | suit for divorce from John Henry | Mears, who held a record for cir- cling the globe in twenty-three days until the Graf Zeppelin took the crown from him International Newsree ing certain traveling expenses. 1t |is understood the money will <5 0 ,,‘mised by assessments against the { individual members of the Brother- COAST GUARD hood, through its leaders, that the Indians were in possession, during | the days of Russian ownership of Alaska, of vast fishing, hunting, trapping, mineral and other righis. FGR PAc NWI And that the lands occupied by them including tidelands as well as forested areas, were recognized as theirs by right by the Russian | Government. by the United States, it is held by them, merely transferred sovereign- ty and ownership of unoccupied or ing Capt. J. H. Hottel B ! | foreig: vers. dent of the Brotherhood, who‘fmmbn b Indian organization | finance the necessary costs includ-| ba! TAKING STEPS T0 STOP RUSS - CHINA STRIFE U S Toiiaes Move tor) World Public Opinion to Halt Hostilities SECRETARY STIMSON | | SUBMITS PROPOSALS | Appeal Made to Slgnator-‘; ies of General Pact for ' || War Renunciation { 1 Maiden Voyages | yag WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.—Mobili- ; |zation of world public opinion to halt hostilities in Manchuria be- tween China and Soviet Russia has been initiated by the United States § in the comprehensive move for peace ever made in the history of America and probably in world di- etary of State Stimson has ; appealed to the 53 nations, signa- i tories to a general pact for re- ! nunciaticn of war, to urge upen China and Soviet Russia cessation of hostilities. Simultaneously, the United States addressed to the Nanking and Mos- cow government a second plea for peace, since the troubles between : the two began last summer when the Chinese took control of the Chinese Eastern Rail 5 14 Throughout the world, discu: is left between American diplematic |} representatives and Foreign Minis- | % ters in conformity with the Secre- tary's instructions to the view that war must be averted and the = {trouble should be laid before all S POSITION JAPAD TOKYO, Dec. 3—An official state- ment said Japan does not intend to | supporting pro- s i Phillips to New York. \issue @ declaration | America in the China-Soviet posal of warning them of obliga- tions under the Kellogg anti-war ipact or otherwise associate herself with the proposal. Resigns | v -l i RESCUED MEN - HAVE REACHED ~ CIVILIZATION Two Members of Lost Par- ty Brought: from Arc- i tic by Airplane CRANBERRY PORTAGE, Mani- toba, Dec. 3.—Three months after |rescued by Eskimos near the Arc- itic Circle, two of seven members 'of the MacAlpine Exploration Par- ty, have reached civilization. The others are still awaiting favorable flying conditions to be brought out. Two men have arrived here, one being Don Goodwin, of Hamilton, Ontario, a mechanic, suffering from badly frozen feet, and Richard Pearce ,of Toronto, Editor of the |Northern Miner: With the two members of thej exploration party brought here in a plane were four members of the Associated Press Photo William Phillips has resigned as minister to Canada. He plans to quit the diplomatic service late in December and return to his home ¥n Boston. GANGSTER GOES FREE FOR THIRD ter Specialty '\ llN Maiden voyages are the specialty of Miss Polly Perry, of Los Angeles, who arrived in San Francisco on the N. Y. K. liner Asama Maru on i first arrival in San Francisco from Japan. She was one of the passengers on the intercoastal liner California on its maiden voyage from New York | to San Franeisco and also on the German liner Bromen from Cherbourg Internnllonul Newsreel BYRD'S FLIGHT i GHALLENGED - BY NORWEGIAN Ma or Gran, Airman and Explorer, Discusses Entire Expedition LONDON, Deec. 3.—The London | Mall today says accuracy of reports of nmander Richard E. Byrd rega the South Polar flight ha 1 challenged by Major Trys- gve Gran, Norwegian airman and explorer, who was a member of the Scott Antarctic expedition, A dispatch from Copenhagen a statement of Major Gran ade to the newspaper Ekstrabla- det, in which he said: ‘I am not justified in saying Commander Byrd did not pass over the Pole but the whole expedition appears to be a speculation in sen- | sations.” Major Gran intimated in a state- me in the newspaper that the ! t of the American aviator did not inspire confidence. - Wil11Tm Peterson, consiruction foreman for the Fairbanks Explora- ~ HOOVER STANDS PAT ON TARIFF AND DRY LAWS 1 | jM(‘sssag(-* /\;L;—lha! Tariff Quickly Settled and Strengthen Enforcement ‘IDOCUMENT"BULGES RECOMMENDATIONS {Urges Income and Corpor- i ation Taxes Cut—Would | Retain Tariff Power i et WASHINGTON, Dec. {A speedy end of the tariff controversy, prempt reduction of taxes and the strengthen- ing of Prohibition enforce- ment were urged upon Con- gress in the first message by President Hoover on the state of the Union. The message is bulging with recommenda- tions of changes and improve- ments in the functioning of the Federal Gevernment. The message was submit- ted to Congress just as Presi- dent Hoover is rounding out his ninth month in the White White. It was read separate- ly in the House and Senate by the clerks. Nearly the full (Continued on Page Two) WAGES RAISED - FOR EMPLOYEES ~ FORD COMPANY inimum Increased One Mi Dollar Per Day—Grad- uated Scale for Others l DETROIT, Mich.,, Dec. 3.—Wage increases and approximately a $20,~ 000,000 annual payroll of the Ford Motor Company is announced by Edsel Ford, President of the com- pany. ‘The minimum wage of $6 a day is increased to $7 a day. Increases are to be graduated on a five-cent an hour basis for em- |ployees already receiving between |$7 and $10 a day. | The increase is effective as of date of December 1 and is con- fined to employees within the Tnit- |ed States. | In the formal announcement of (the wage increase, Edsel Ford said: “We are able to make an in- crease partly because of anticipated | economies and great volume of pro- | duction which we have had over |a period of months and partly be- cause of our excellent outlook for "nml year. | “Wage increases cannot be col- lected from the public nor taken out of the quality of the product jand will have to be made up by ler. There are three passengers| SEATTLE, Dec. 3.—Capt. Harold there for him to take to Nome, but'Dale Hinckley, who has been Com- fog prevents flight. {mander of the Coast Guard Cutter unappropriated lands and resources, but did not deprive the Indians of any right they had held under Rus- sian rule. They further contend rescue parties who had gone to aid the stranded men. The exploration party wandered two months in the Northland after two planes were forced down on| TIME IN 1 WEEK Admlts tion Company, is ensoute south on better management and work and the cteamer Alameda on a vacation |in that way we intend to justify FLOOD STUDY SPURS SEARCH FOR QUAKES ST. LOUIS, Dec. 3—St. Louis uni- versity this fall began search for the cause of frequent earth tre- - mors in the area that once was visited by the worst earthquake ever recorded on the North Ameri- can continent. This search, strangely enough, is not so much concerned with earth- quakes as with flood control. If the location and the causes of the tremors can be ascertained ac- curately, the Rev. Father James B. Macelwane, 8.J., head of the uni- v the findings are likely to influence the placing of earthworks for Mis- sissippi flood control. The studies are made in the “New Madrid” districf, comprising a territory 150 miles long and 50 miles wide, from southern Illinois well down into Tennessee in the river valley. . In 1811%and 1812 there were dis- ity geophysics department, says | strous quakes which opened huge fissures near New Madrid, Mo., and to which the formation of the Reel- foot lakes in Tennessec are at-, tributed. | About 2,000 lesser quakes fol- lowed. The tremors now occurring in this area are unnoticed except on seismographs. They occur about once a month. Father Macelwane will use two seismographs set up at widely sep- arated points in the district to at- tempt to determine the center of the disturbance. If certain lines through the dis- trict are found most frequently sub- ject to tremors, it is possible that lines of concrete posts may be erected to mark them and to use as geodetic checks on horizontal and vertical land movements. The survey includes portions of Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Ten- nessee and Arkansas. |commander of the Northwest Dx- Suthosthadl ihionces | ‘lot a purebred Jersey bull. Pontchartrain at Mobile, A!nb\md succeeds Capt. 4. F. Hottel, that Congress, itself, has upon oc- casion, recognized these rights, but base, (Ct;ntinued on Pags Six) e e A on of the Coast Guard. Capt. Hottel has been appointed Commander of the depot at Curtis {Bay, South Baltimore. i Capt. Hinckley has spent six years in Pacific Coast waters on the cutters Bear, Thetis and other vessels. Two Bills in Congress: WASHINGTON, wec. 3*DPIP‘;§8LP: Sutherland of Alaska, has intro- duced 4wo bills authorizing the Secretary of War to submit to Con- | gress estimates for the maintenance of the Government Wharf at Ju- neau and flood control on Lowell AFTER TODAY THERE Creek at Seward. | P o P | ARE ONLY PREFER STOCK TO RADIO } \ 18 MORE SHOPPING DAYS J LEFT TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Dec. 3.— Students at the agricultural col- lege at Laurel Hill traded a radio, won for cotton and corn projects oo T, 0000000000000 {State No Against Jack McGurn, - | in Chicago Massacre account of lack of fuel. The p;u‘l\ was finally. found by Eskimos 1 & = I TODAY'S STOCK . QUOTATIONS ‘. L R I I CHICAGO, Dec. 3.—Jack McGurn, | ngster, accused of wielding the {machine gun which wiped out the NEW YORK, Dec. 3.—Alaska |lives of seven men in a garage 10 neau mine stock is quoted to a® months ago, went free yesterday for 6%, Alleghany Corporation 23,|the third time within a week. American Alcohol 31'4, Americani The State was forced to dismiss Ice 36%, Bethlehem Steel 92'2, COrn |the important criminal case. Products 92%, General Muwr» 40% McGurn is understood to Combustion 12, International Har-'peen identified by secret witn . o . have es vester 84, International Paper A g5 one of the band of executioners 130%, Paper B 19%, Paper C 14'%,|5¢ Jast St. Valentine'’s day mas- | Kennecott 60%, National Acme 187,/ cre. {Pan-American B 60, Standard Oil| pive times McGurn appeared for ot California 63%, Standard Oil of (4] only to have the prosecuto New Jersey 65, Texas Corporation ss¢ continuance, 57%, Citles Bervice 29, Magma | when the case was called yeste 49, Montgomery Ward 54' |day, the Assistant States Attorney P e admitted the State had no case. | Charles Byers, Mrs. Bye their three children, reside and et p of MACKINNONS LEAVE ON TRIP Fairbanks for the past six years' TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA where Mr. Byers was on the en-/ Mr. and Mrs. J. 8. MacKinnon Igineering, staft of the Fairbanks and their small son left this morn-| | Exploration Company, are enroute ing for Seattle enroute to southern to Seattle on the Alameda. They California where they will visit for| l"m g0 to New York City where about 30 days. They will motor | ts they will . make their future home. from Seattle to the south. L trip. - NEW YORK, Dec. 3—They saic the woods were full of them, yel experienced Wall Street bear hunt- ers, during the recent decline, were to smoke ont one bona fide In fought days bulls and bear much in the open anc former the public watched safely from th. gallery. Successful bea were not much lower in the Wall Streel system than successful bulls 5 was the main thing, Wall frankly a speculative The rules and chanc- well known to all players. then the bulls enjoyed cer- advantages in public esteem y usually had patriotism and the constructive viewpoint on their side, Vas famous advice to be “a bull {on the United States” credited to the late J. Pierpont Morgan and a dozen other leaders of the past gen- eration, always could be invoked Ithe increase.” Cue W ALL STREET BEARS ; SHUN THE SPOTLIGHT vy critics of those who make mon- 'y by pushing prices downward. But that neither prevented the irowth of a class of prominent sears nor checked the flood of ex- iggerated reports about the profits »f their exploits. Exaggeration is still the rule to- lay whenever the winnings of bear -aiders are described, judging from brokerage house records. When the public began to use the speculative machinery most of the - bears retired from sight. Persistents ly rising prices took the courage o of them and little was heard some time concerning their shadag activities. y The market began to crumbie the bears came padding back, & they were no longer bears. i At least, they declined the and insisted thab rumor had them in a false light. With n lions of investors looking for sof metomma.wdemhma o remain anonymous.