The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 9, 1930, Page 1

+ . Y L b 3 | . ) K3 I | B . L ) . s . K ' E4 S b ol { v 3 ’ » ? . HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE JUNE. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” THURSDAY, AU, ALASKA, JANUARY 9, 1930. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS TWO MORE PLANES BE SHIPPED NORTH FOR SEARCH NDEPENDENT PLACED ON SENATE COM. LEEPY SENORITA HEAD BY SERE LA FOLLETTE IS P RECOGNIZED BY i MEXICO CITY, Jan. 9—Be- cause Marie Reyes did not come on the balcony and toss the traditional flower when raded her at 5 o'clock this morning, Juan Martinez climbed up and through her window and broke his guitar over her head. Juan was merely following the Mcxican custom when he ap- out OMINISTRATION ned to Place on Power- erful Finance Commut- tee of U. S. Senate SENATOR THOMAS IS ALSO GIVEN PLACE Rebels and?)ung Guard Are . Recognized by ; | GHAMBER NAILS - FALSE REPORT - c ra un G.0.P. Organization ut the Hoover Adminis- | ation with factional strife, the —_ nate Republicans are giving fuli 1a gnition in the Party's organiza- to the Rebel Western Inde-| {Refutes Report that Cham- inde-| her Backed Low Wage | nts as well as the “Young| Q | | Scale for Carpenters | factions recog- | — 7 in cognition of t Senale | epublican machine by representa have beer The Chamber of Cumme! not “meddle in labor troubles, I do: tration regulars. |10 the Chamber today by Presi- senator Robert M. LaFollette, Jr., {dent Harry G. Watson and Secre-| Wisconsin and Senator John|tary Harry G. Walmsley, appointed omas of Idaho, have been given|py the Executive Committee to run es on this committee after op- down a report current earlier this tion of the regulars. week that the Chamber had fos- nator Reed Smoot, Chairman of |tered a rate of pay for carpenters the Senate Finance Committee, cast | empl 1 on the Capital Building| the declding vote -pufting LaFol-|taat was basw. the going rate | lette on it. l | ——e—— | NEW A.R.C.ROAD the city. Jhe report, said the Committee, | based on “misinformation,” and | | without any foundation in fact. 1It was, added the Committee, “just | another case of ‘much ado about | | % | nothing”.” iborn { Conferred With Curtis ipl Earlier this week, members of |la the Chamber were informed that a report was being persistently cir- culated that the Chamber had giv- en Severin & Company, contrac- tors, a létter containing schedules of pay for carpenters and ‘labor BY WASHINGTON 10-Year Program for $14,-| 270,000 Against Hoov- | er Economy Policy Curtis had/| and, there-| that Superintendent mentioned this letter, fore, the lower rate than the union scale had the backing of the busi- President Hoover's national pro- gram of economy in Federal ex- penditures ras prevented the ap- proval of a new 10-year road con- ness mes of Juneau. If this wcrel‘ struction program involving Federal | true, it was pointed out, it would | appropriations of $14,247,000, ac-|appear that the Chamber was back- | cording to an Associated Press dis-!ing a lower wage than was c »mmon‘ patch received by The Empire. Sec- | here. | tary of War Patrick J. Hurley| This was the situation that the| s advised Congress that the pro-|Committee was asked to lnvesli-; gram is not in accord with the|gate by the Executive Board. "‘. Hoover economy policy. reported as follows: The program involved the ex-| “The Committee feels penditure of $16,547,000 in 10 years|should mention again that this bady: on approved projects in the Terri-|does not meddle in labor troubles, | tory. It was recently submitted |religious strife or politics. l to Major General Brown, Chief of | “After a conference With Mr. | U, S. Army Engineers, by Maj. Mal- | Curtis, the Committee came to the | colm Elliott, President of the Alas-|following conclusions: ka Road Commission. “That the reason or reasons for Gen. Brown approved the pro-|the carpenters leaving the job re- gram, according to the Associated |cently had nothing whatever to do Press dispatch. Of the total sumwith the*Chamber of Commerce or | set up, $14,247,000 was to come any other organization. | from Federal sources by direct Con-| “That Severin & Company has gressional appropriation and the re- |not been influenced in their rate of mainder from Alaska sources. The|pay by any information received Director of Budget said Secretary ' from anyone, nor will they in the Hurley had advised him that the:future. program was out of line with Presi-| “That they feel they are compe- dent Hoover's policy. tent to handle their affairs in their | own way without outside interfer- ence. “That the carpenters the job are receiving $9 per day. “That there are several men em- ployed there as carpenters’ helpers who are receiving less than $9 per Wi ti When shown ‘the above report hington, Maj. Elliott said today he had no comment to make. | The program was presented by him: to Maj. Gen. Brown last Decem- ber and approved by him. He has had no official notification re- garding the action taken by the with these men is clear and agree- Pureau of Budget or by Secretary|able, and they are perfectly satis- of War Hurley. fied with their relations with the - —— company. TRANSFERS HAROLD SWEGLZ “That Severin & Company always FROM HERE TO KETCHIKAN|pays the union scale where a union organization exists, and the going Harold Swegle, who pleaded guil- ty in the local district court recent- eeeserevco0eseeo 1y to larceny at Ketchikan, has been |y TODAY’S STOCK . ordered transferred from the local|g QUOTATIONS . Federal jail to Ketchikan by Judge Justin W. Harding. Imposition of | sentence on Swegle was postponed by Judge Harding until the Ketchi-| NEW YORK, Jan. 9.—Alaska Ju- kan term. ineau mine stock is quoted today e, ‘at 8%, American Ice 38, Bethlehem DEAN RICE RETURNS teel 95%, General Motors 39%, Combustion 6, Kennecott 60%, Mag- The Rev. C .E. Rice, of Trinity|{ma 50%, Montgomery-Ward 46% Cathedral, returned to Juneau oniNational Acme 19%, Standard Oil the Margnita, after a brief visit'of California 60%, Standard Oil of to Skagway and Haines on busi-!New Jersey 65, Texas Corporation|e ness of the church. ls&’%. Radio 42%, U. S. Steel 170. . R N RN MASHED OV ER ADER WHEN REFUSES TO ARISE AND GIVE HER GREETINGS a such a letter. Ithe Burke Packing Compar that was not the correct rate and operated the plant, lea that several carpenters had left the river to escape death when trapped job on a sort of strike, claiming by the flames. 1y aint’s Day to the strain Mananitas.” When she ed to get up after Juan and strummed for half no an hour, he became incensed. While the Police do not in- terfere ordinarily with sere- naders, they do take a hand when the situation demands, and concequently Juzn is now in jail. te in places where there is nion. the rate than the goi: t he did not tell t who left that he mething and pente te. “That the Chamber of Comm: bor charges but that all such | formation was general. “That the important point in this atter is or has any ing rates of pay. in e on the powerful Finance Com-)ligious disputes and political em- ee, usually reserved for A(I~‘broguos;' declared a report made| ON COLUMBIA IS DESTROYE Over $250,000—One Man Near Death knows nothing as he had oo did not give out any specific infor- mation concerning rates, prices, or hat the Chamber in no in Fire Loss Is Estimated at ASTORIA, Ore., Jan. 9—The San- Cutting Company's and warehouse, salmon canneries ant rgest on t J. R. Burke, of Portland, head e STUNT FLYING S CONDEMNED packing one of the he |Columbia River, was destroyed by fire late yesterday afternoon with a loss estimated at more than $250,- 000, of y, which into the BY COR. JURY Ten Lives Lost, Too Hazardous that 1::Flights Likefi)se in Which LOS ANGELES, Calif, Jan. 9. A coroner’s jury with three experi- enced aviators among the jurors, condemned the flight of two mo- tion picture camera airplanes which collided in mid-air and killed 10 persons, as “too haz- ardous.” last Thursday “We believe that flying of such 'ay encourages commercial on and in too many nature is too hazardous and in no av] instances, seems unnecessary,” the jury said. ia- At the time the verdict was being ——————— SHIRES FOUND RING “LONESOMEST” PLACE CHICAGO, Jan. 9.—The “lonesomest” place in all the world to Charles Arthur ghires—the “Great Shires’— is the prize ring. “You're in there all alone, with the other guy glaring at you, and waiting for a chance to knock your block off,” said the White Sox first-baseman. returned, Lieutenant Colonel Ros- coe Turner, pilot of the plane from now on|which the parachute jumper was to have leaped into the sea for the picture filming when the mid-air crash took place, was scattering the ashes of Kenneth Hawks, director, day, but that the understanding over the spot where he died as a result of the accident. Mary Astor Hawks, his widow, and a group of {friends watched the plane scatter- |ing the ashes over the sea. S00ecccecesscsseces Cold Wave Is Continuing In Northwest FISHERMEN IN BADWAY SAYS ] SAN FRANCISCO, Calif, e e Jan. 9—With the Northwest e SUTHEBLAND e still locked in the icy grip e of a cold wave, California by o experienced temporary relief 3 z © as temperatures rose under o Delega{o Declares Blg Can- o the uzfnulu\ of a general e | mng Industry Has Virtual o rain. ; 3 l' . Al k ‘n Cold weather is predicted e | Mon0p0) n aska o for ghe Northwest to con- e | = o tinue for another 48 hours. |DENOUNCES USE OF |° s | /oo 0e e s 00000000 | ORIENTAL LABOR| Says 20,000 Whites Havei of Advinitraion |- IDDLE WEST 55 RAGING TODAY ture of thie distressed conditions of the Indian and white independent fishermen in Alaska was portrayed for the House Tuesday by Delezate Dan A. Sutherland of Alaska, in his {Snow Knee Deep in Many plea for Alaskan control of the| . N fisheries, A virtual monopoly, he| Sections—Four Deathis said, had been granted the 1 Are Reported cannery interests. This condition an exodus of 20,000 white people from Alaska during the last twenty years. The conditions in Alaska, he said, had brought about the abject pov-| he eaid, was responsible for KANSAS CITY, Jan. 9. — The worst blizzard of the winter whirled over the greater part of the Middle West and’ many sections are knce deep with snow today. Roads are impassable and air transport service is, demoralized. Trains and motor busses are| running late and wire service is disrupted in some localities. | Several buildings in the South- west collapsed. under the burden of SNOW. X ! Four deaths are attributed to the | storm. There is much suffering y of the Indians. The impor- tation of Chinese and Philippinz labor to aid the fishing canneries. he assailed as a policy depriving the Indians and whites of almost all opportunities to work. Makes Charges The Delega! charged repic- sentatives of the canning industries had kept Congressional Representa- tives and other important delega-! ¢ - < e from extreme temperaturcs. | tlons which had Siudled tions. | Motor cars are stalled n the| Tom. JoanIne. s streets here and street car servic*l Mr. Sutherland was given unani- mous consent to addr the House during the War Department Bill debate. He swung at once into a description of Alaskan conditions. Questioned by Representative John E. Rankin, of Mississippi and Rep- resentative Samuel S. Arentz, of Nevada, said that one remedy of the situation would be “insistence y Congress that the fisheries be dministered on the basis of a fair istribution of the fish. The Delegate assailed the Bureau of Fisheries for failing to guard the “heritage of the Indians,” which they were instructed to protect There are fewer fish now b gi taken than before the conservation | is maintained with difficulty. . COLD WEATHER TAKES TOLLIN. CHINESE AREA Yangtze River Valley Has Freezing Temperature —Thousands Suffer Funds Totaling Over $1,- New Envoy to Germany Is Quiet Briar-Pipe Fan flokiadnl SHINGTON, Jan. Frederick M. Sackeit, of Kentucky, was today nomi- dent Hoover to be | ¢ to Germany to suc- | ceed Jacob Gouid Schurman, re- ‘ signed. Immediately Senator Sackett’s colleagues confirmed l the nomination. I Do 9. | By REID MONFORT (A. P. Feature Service Writer) WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 9.— |A quiet, successful business man has !been nominated as America’s next | ambasador to Germany. He iIs Senator Frederic M. Sackett of Kentucky, transplanted nativi son of Rhode Island, whose name has been sent to the Senate for | confirmation by President Hoover, He likes briar pipes, big cizars, the |feel of a driver against a golf ball, boating and bowling | Of medium height, Senator S: lett has serlous gray eyes and brown {hair_which little silver de- {spite his 61 years, | Roserved of mann he always lare ervatively, almost in- |variably wearing a dark suit. In |fact he is so wedded to dark clothes [that his arrival the office in the summer occasionally garbed in pongee is an occasion for comment (among his co-workers. Driving his automobile around | Washington affords him a great “kick.” He likes to bowl but would | just as soon play golf .and his com- panions say he s proficient in both spbrts. Wherever he is he gen- {erally has a briar pipe along, and |sees to it that his home and office have an equal distribution of them even if he has to move three or four | to bring this about. Senator and Mrs. Sackett, who have ho children, have traveled ex- tensively, making trips abroad near- | CHAMBER MAKES 600D PROGRESS | labor was suggested by Dr. H. C. DeVighne as a feasible matter. He |sald he had discussed the matter | with United States Marshal Albert | White and that the latter believed if a proper presentation were made Ly the Chamber to Department of Justice authorities a crew of men from McNeil Island Penitentiary might be obtained. There are now 1,100 men confined there in an institution built for only 600, Dr. DeVighne pointed out. | The Federal Government, he ad- year for many years. They e been to Germany. son of a wealthy Rhod2 Island woolen manufacturer, Sena- tor Sackett was educaled at Brown university and Harvard law school. He entered the coal business in Louisville directly after his collegi- ate days. Aside from being a member of the Kentucky state board of chari- tles for four years and a federal food administrator two years, Sena- jor Baglobt ne Nall Dublc offise until elected to the United States Senate four years ago. His laconic comment on that race | was, “I ran and won.” | Although no orator in the ])oml-J lar sense, he alw has come to the senate floor armed with facts, and his friends think well of legislative accomplishments. The Buy-at-Home Committee, a special committee appointed during the past year, may be continued for this year as a regular body. This will be determined at the next meeting of the Board of Di- | rectors. | Suggests Prison Labor | 000 Are Obtained by Card Drive in Week With the “Card Membership Cam- paign” only one week old, the Chamber of Commerce today had received 54 renewals of membership with a totol cash and pledge con- tribution of $1,015, according to a now eontinue in the Yangtze River | GAN ER ;Valley resulting in acute suffering. | Thousands are destitute. Four SILENT Tu END‘Lhousand ricksha pullers are the | During the past two days 20 cool- ies were found in the streets, frozen v i g Chicago Racketeer, Fatally|to death. [ Hundreds of others are homeless | The Hah river is frozen over. | 9.——Jamvs? Numerous coolies ar> reported to‘ and have been drowned while attempt-, progranl. Wik ienastad, ‘he said. HANKOW, China, Jan. 9.—Freez- | | ing temperatures accompanied by | |most prominent among the suffer- jers. ShOt: REfuse.s to Tell jand suffering from cold and hun-| on Assailant ger. [ r at!ing to escape in small boats. i ————— CHICAGO, II., McManus, alleged gangster racketeer, found slumped ove the wheel of his auto Monday night, | Jan. suffering from gunshot wounds, died | o last night without disclosing the; F AI B | identity of his assailant. | | t McManus' mother submitted blood transfusion in a futile effort| to save her son’s life. | - COLLINS CASE GOES TO JURY THIS AFTERNOON The case of Walker Collins, local taxicab operator, charged with sale of intoxicating liquor, went to the jury late this afternoon. Arguments were being made at 3 pm. to be followed by instructions to the jury by Judge Justin W. Harding. poi e i | 0 | FAIRBANKS, Alaska, aJn. 9.— | The wind reported to the westward yesterday morning, swept into Fair- banks late yesterday afternoon, TAKES LIFE reaching a velocity of over 40 miles an hour. Windows were crashed | here, but no other damage. S b ¢ Baseball Magnate, Owner weex or praver of New Orleans Club, | SERVICES TONIGHT | Commits Suicide | The Week of Prayer services will . |be conducted tonight in the Pres-| NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 9.—Alex- byterian Church starting at 7:30 ander Julius Heinemann, who be- o'clock, Rev. C. C. Personeus pre- came owner of the New Orleans siding. The last service will be to- Basebal lclub which once employed morrow night in the Lutheran him as a peanut -vendor, killed Church, conducted by Rev. Henry himself in the office at the base- Young. ball park. He was 52 years of age. The ground-keeper found tl‘m‘c body. He said he had seen the baseball magnate rehearse shoot- ing himself while sitting at his ;deSK' several days ago. | TFriends said Heinemann lost /4360000 in the stock market crash | recently but expressed belief that }m-health prompte dthe act. « i by S H. G. b l\;mm ma:ce togay':cxrne::trl};m Th’f‘ ded, is interested in prison reform ard drive ‘Wil U fessed wntnl |20 18 eXpemimenting with yoluoh tary labor as one of the means of | combatting unrest and discontent in Federal prisons. Owing to the jealousy existing in the States re-! garding use of penal labor on pub- | lic works, it has been found im- | practicable to assign such crews! to road projects there, He sug-! gested the advisability of interest- . ing the Government in Alaska pro- jects that were outside of appmved‘ road programs, for which no funds were available and which would | {nct come into competition with local non-penal labor. Will Investigate Subject Several difficulties to be over- come in the utilization of penal were appointed today by President| ., were mentioned by Maj.pMm— H. G. Watson. The recent develop-| g,y gjiott, President of the Al ments in the Taku River reglon|, ., poaq Commission, M. D. Wil and elsewhere in this vicinity, he .0 Do anm’cer' Umw‘,‘. said, required the services of ai‘smle:‘; Bureau of Pubhl“ H.n.l("\i special committee at all times snd B 5 AN Aler Adeaa Ol | hs‘;‘(;m:’:‘m“‘ees appointed “”L‘Lus on, the matter was referred Otvic Improvement: H. L. Faulk-| ner, Chairman; L. H. Metzgar, and | Thomas B. Judson. Local Industries: C. T. Gardner, January 14, at which time it is be- lieved that at least 200 renewals will have been received. The Alaska Pacific Salmon Cor- poration and P. E. Harris & Com- pany each sent in $100 with as-| surance of further aid if it were ceded during the year. The form- er paid a high tribute to the Chamber, saying it was one of the most active bodies in Alaska, and that its fairness in matters af- fecting invested capital, whether local or foreign was notable Committees Appointed Eight regular committees, one & new Mining Affairs Committee, on Page Eight) | |Played with Gas; Chairman; Wallis S. George, and|, | Henry Roden. Two Persons Dead, | Tourist Advertising: M. D. Wil- p | iarosy, el BE 0. Deyigtne, unul"”"’”"'r Dying | Dr. G. F. Freeburger. | - | Transportation and Trade: Brice| GREEN BAY, Wis, Jan. 9.—Mrs. | Howard, L. W. Coates, and W. E, Fred Williams, aged 28, her threc| Nowell year old son Richard, are dead, and | Entertainment: H. O. Adams, M.|a second child, Dorls, age 5. is| S. Whittier, and Rev. Henry Young. |near death, from gas asphyxiation Membership and Finance: H.| It is believed the deaths were| vVanderLeest, W. S. Pullen, and caused when Richard, playing in the H. J. Turner. the kitchen, climbed upon a little Legislation: R. E. Robertson, S.|wagon and turned on four burnor.»i of a new gas range. The wagon was found near the gas stove. Hellenthal, and R. C. Hurley. | Mining: B, D. Stewart, Dr. Rob- lert Simpsen, and John Biggs. l |equipped with CABIN PLANES ORDERED SENT - TONORTHLAND Two Fairchfid—- Planes Will Be Shipped to Alaska for Eielson Search ORDERS ISSUED TO " MANAGER IN TEXAS | Neimenen Still Held Up at Nulato—Dorbandt Flies Safely to Nome FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan, 9.— Two Fairchild cabin planes that have been in the Universal Air Lina Passenger Service between here and Tulsa, Oklahoma, will be sent to Alaska to search for Col. Carl Ben Eielson and Earl Borland. Ted Lewis, Operations Manager of the Universal System has been here two days waiting for the weather to clear. He received in- structions to send two planes to Alaska immediately. The airplanes will be dismantled at Tulsa, shipped by train and boat :nd reassembled at Fairbanks, Alas- a. Three Fairchild planes have been sent to Alaska for the search. One plane cracked up at Fairbanks in a take-off, one is at Nulato and arother was pliated by CunttPatl Reld, now missing In the Norw} Bay district. DECKARD HELD AT NULATO BY STORM NOME, Alaska, Jan. 9—Major H. C. Deckard, Sam MacCauley and Pilot Matt Niemenen, in a Fair- child plane, were still delayed at Nulato yesterday by a snow storm. Major Deckard wired Nome he did not believe they would get away until today, it all depending on weather conditions. Dorbandt at Nome Pilot Frank Dorbandt, who was storm bound at Solomon, returning from a search for Capt. “Pat” Reld and his two companions, lost some- where in the Norton Bay district, and finding no trace, has arrived here. Alfred J. Lomen, in charge of the search for Eielson and Borland, has wired Major Deckard at Nulato saying Dorbandt will be held at Nome subject to orders to make & research for Reid. Bright sunshine prevails here, with a moderate wind and tem- perature 20 degrees above zero. ARMY PLANES NOT SUITED FOR ALASKA WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.—Repre- sentatives of the Interior Depart- ment, interested in pressing the search for Col. Sarl Ben Eielson and Earl Borland, conferred with F. Trubbe Davison, Assistant Secre=- tary of War, and was told that the Army planes equipped with skiis, which hope to leave Selfridge Field, at Clemens, Michigan, today for a military flight to Spokane, Wash., and return, are not suitable for an Arctic search. Officials said the War Depart- ment tried to make its planes suit- able for the search, but those skils have water- cooled motors, are not for long cruising radius, and could not be used in the Arctic. -, DEPUTY NEFSY ARRIVES TO TAKE PRISONERS OUT Deputy United States Marshal Frank Nefsy, Skagway, arrived last night on the motorship Skagway. He came here to take Richard Johnson to Skagway to serve out a (~entence of one year in jail for lar- ceny at Wrangell. —_———e— Idaho Man Nominated For 1. C. Commission WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. — Wil- llam E. Lee, of Idaho, has been nominated to be Interstate Com- merce Commissioner for the term expiring December 31, 1931, caused by the resignation of Commission- er Campbell. e Zane Grey, American novelist, is !weu known in New Zealand as a k!ismmmn.