The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 18, 1930, Page 1

— THE DAILY ALASKA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1930. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS LINER ADMIRAL BENSON RUNS AGROUND; ABANDONED VOL. XXXV., NO. 5336. TION LEAD UNEAU RETAINS POPUL D Wage Batle for Federal Education PASSENGERS ARE PASSAGE OF \FIGURES GIVEN | | IS FORECAST| - E0E = 5 FORSEALASKA [HASISER - : Sl & IMPERILLED SHIP 2,458 Wrangell 916 821 | §: Deugle 519 0219 . vl P Ketohtlan Orders Issued Early This 289 ih-Prekniite : v Lt ! - “ | Morning to Abandon A { ; g, 5 48 e A g | Craft—Crew Leave: Census Report 5 : | o CRAFT AGROUND DURING DENSE FOG 19 Salvage Tugs Unable to Render Assistance and Storm Arises ! FORT CANBY, Wash, Feb. 18.—Orders to abandon (tnternational Newwws) the shipwent out from the " |bridge of the Admiral Ben- Now Ambassador to Germany . st wind e in OFFICIAL CENSUS RETURNS—(Preliminary) 1930 Told Measure! bably Not Be Pass- ed Before March 10 Juneau ier Hyder Alaska-Juneau Board. House Dry Bay Thane Treadwel Charcoal Point Nickeyville View Cove Wacker Baranof Highway reliminar ns for 1930, issue: fice of Gov. Ge: day for the Fi Division, gives Junes: a population of 4,016, tha largest in the Division, and un< | doubtedly in the T ry at large (although no returns are available Doyhof |for the other three Divisions. | Representative Daniel A. Reed, of N}‘:w York, 7’1““] Port Alexander 2 1“3[':“3"(“"' i 378.0_ ranked. ;r:t]m‘/)u;-iiugp?::t:;ioe{x?elx:‘slilu:h;;hfi}: Gn:v:ag:’r:;gx‘\{"s Nost Petersburg jsecond 10 Junsau. ersbUTg WaS gotivities in vocational education. With them are Zhichagot third with 1.217. Sitka, the only} epjppled citizens who are now in process of re- Goddard other town to pass the thousahd! habilitation and whd were brought together to " mark, had 1,053. pie i S Hirst-Chichagof Towns Show Gains | Tenakee The total population of the First Cordova Without Chilkoot B: acks Haines 3 of Division js given as 19,138, a gain p, % ol 736 over the census of 1920, W ater 16 Hours North Wrangell This Hoonah will unquestionably be in- ()"l Of El‘(’]‘y 21 when the final returns are Kake iled which will be sometime Rbatbn during the approaching spring. | Absentees are not enumerated in Killisnoo F raliminas orls - & . the preliminary figures and have Yakutat yet to be added to the canvass. Craig he gain for the Division is rep-| Hydaburg resented by the growth of popula-| Kasaan Klawock Metlakatla census re- } 1 from the of- A. Parks to- j ADMINISTRATION AT | MERCY OF COALITION| Aluminum Rates Passed| Which Are Equivalent | to Pre-war Days | | | appear before the House Committee on Educa- | tion. Left to right (standing), Congressmen ’ Glover of Arkansas, Lambertson of Kansas, Pat- terson of Alabama, Kvale of Minnesota, and Chairman Reed of New York. WASHINGTON, Feb. 18. — The| Senate Republican leaders have in- | rmed President Hoover that the 4 bill will probably not be| passed before March 10, when they were called to the White House by the President. The Republican chieftains were urged to speed action on this long- pending question but they replied hey were “at the mercy of the coalition.’ Senator dent We the Senate. President Hoover is represented as accepting the situation. heavy southeast wind rode in ‘at dawn driving before it a !storm of rain and heavy seas. All but five of the crew (had left the ship at 8:30 'lo’clock this morming by |breeches buoy and others were (to leave soon. | A 40-mile wind was blow- 1ing and the velocity increas- ling. e CORDOVA, Alaska, Feb. ® 18 —Extreme cold weather ® and a long, dry spell, has de- pleted the water and it is now necessary to cut off the supply 16 hours of the day © to keep a supply on hand for emergency fire fighting. Watson told the Presi- have not the votes in 165 212 346 126 19 574 ion in several of the larger towns.' cau's gain was 958, or slightly‘. than 31 per cent. Ketchikan's growth in the past STRENGTH DEMONSTRATED HINGTON, Feb. 18. The t demonstration of strength by th cnate’s Democratic-Independ- ent Republicanscoalition served to incorperate in the tariff bill alum- im rates cquivalent to those of by a vote of 41 to 39 amendment slashing the duty on crude aluminum from 5 to cents, was adopted. Another idment approved the cut in f on sheet aluminum from cents. Rates on aluminum utensils were reduced from a pcund and 55 per cent d em to 25 per cent ad vol- | orem. No fixed rates on the pound rate was approved. The rates are now the same as those of the Underwood tariff of 1913. - e —— APPROPRIATION FOR SEAL BOAT IS REQUESTED O'Malley Asks for $20,000 Juneau Federal Build- | ing Sum Is in Bill ASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 18.— Describing the great developmen the industry in the ibilof s during the year, Bureau of Fisheries has asked | $20,000 the first deficiency bill { ping the power vessel Penguin to carry more workers to the seal herds. ‘When we took the census in 1911 there were only 123 animals in the herd and now we have over 970,000 In 1929 we took over 40,000 seal skins,” Commissioner Henry O’Malley said. The Commissioner also reported that the Government's blue fox farm islands netted more than $50,- e Treasury bill also carried an | 02,000 in the cost for ral Building at Juneau 000 for the Washington and Cable System. NEW YORK—Somebody has dis- vered what to do with Christmas after: Christmas. Cartloads of them are being bound by school children into picture books for chil- dren in hospitals. Saxman Shakan tkwan Scattered Totals Net Gain BY RECORDING DISTRIC Ketchik Juneau Sitka Petersburg Skagway Wrangell Hyder an Totals NET GAIN FOR FIRST DiVISION—1,736 Mother of Five 112 19 5 o OF 1,384 103 23 167 2,845 i decade was even more striking. It 19,138 1,736 1930 6,385 6,248 1,985 1,942 1,262 1,003 313 17,402 jumped from 2458 to 3,780 in that period, & gain of 1322 or sluhtkr.MlleTERs OF less than 54 per cent, | Petersburg showed a substantial increase, growing from 879 in 1920, TARDIEU STAFF 338 or 38% per cent. l Wrangell, Skagway, Hyder, Hi\mrs‘ of the older communities, showed to 1217 this year, an increase of | gains. New populations sprang| up in the vicinity of Juneau, Ket-| -hikan, Petersburg and Wrangell. | Glacier Highway's population xisesigna!ions of French reported 289. Ch 1 Point, . il b rer are new! Cabinet Are Accepted Nickeyville and Wacker are new! towns near Ketchikan, West Pe- | by Pres. Doumergue tersburg and North Wrangell are | PARIS, Feb. 18—The political 1920 536 43 313 .19,138 shown for the first time on the| census charts, |storm threatening the Tardieu Cab- Few Towns Lose \inet since the Naval Conference has A few of the towns showed 10ss-|heen under way in London, broke es during the decade. Douglasijpn the Chamber of Deputies when dropped 328, its 1930 populationithe Government was defeated and being 591 as against 919 in 1920. |3 few hours later the Ministe Thene dropped 421 to 68; Treadwell |handed in their collective r from 325 to 16. Chichagof lost 103 tjons, President Doumergue 17,402 2,101 “|ALEX. P. MOORE | DIES SUDDENLY IN' CALIFORNIA Recently Appomtea Am- | bassador to Poland Dies Enroute from Peru Children Goes to Cell, Liquor Charge BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Feb. | 18—A 56-year-old woman, ‘ mother of five children, has o | been sentenced to six months H in prison following conviction of possessing five bottles of home brew -and a pint of whiskey. The woman’s husband, Jim McHaney, was also convicted of the same charge. He has been placed on probation for five years. s 200 coesene e e TODAY'S STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Feb. 18.—Alaska Ju- neau mine stock is quoted today at 7%, American Ice no sale, Ana-| conda 72%, Bethlehem Steel 102, Central Alloys 34%, General Mo- | tors 43%, Gold Dust 43%, Granby| : 55, Grigsby Grunow 17%, Kenne- cott 56%, National Acme 25%,| Packard 18%, Radio 45%, National | Brands 26%, Standard Oil of Cali- fornia 56, Standard Oil of New| Jersey 59%, U. S. Steel 187%%. NEWS OF FINDING OF BORLAND COME. SHOCK TO WIDOW AT FAIRBANKS| FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Feb. 18— The announcement that the body 1 Borland was found at the | cene of 'Elelson's wrecked plane, as a distinct shock to the widon She believed until the | 1t was received here that his was found that her husband Col. Carl Ben Eielson wouldI BODY OF : S AS DISTINCT ‘ LOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb. 18.— Alexander P. Moore, recently ap- |pointed Ambassador to Poland a |here enroute from Peru, where he |has been Ambassador, died yes iday afternoon in the Califorr be found alive. Ole Eielson, father of Col. Eiel- son, was the first to call on Mrs. Borland after receipt of the news. Borland will probably be interred in Seattle where his father, mother and sister live. The widow and| i her son will probably accompany‘moma' NS W faken the remains south, ’ {throat trouble and bronchial pneu- Y o 1 Y y (Continued on Pagz Six) Lutheran Hospital of lung infection, | of its 1920 population, declining | from 172 to 69. Sitka also slm\\m" a decliney dropping from third (u; fourth place in rank. It had 1,175 in 1920 and its 1830 population is| given as 1,058 a loss of 122. i Tenakee increased from 174 to| 210. Haines gaines 30 in number of residents. Hyder gained 17. Several Indian towns made not- | able gains and a few showed ma-| terial decreases. Klawock, which had | 19 in 1920, now has a population of 437. Hoonsh increased from 402 | to 514, and is now the largest of | the Indian communities of South east Alaska. Metlakatla, ranki first in 1920, dropped from 57¢ to 466 and is secomd in size. Loss From Mining While the details of the census are not available, it seems certain that where material losses were sus- tained in population, it was mostly the result of & decline in the min- | ing industry. The decrease in the population of Douglas and Tread- well is directly traceable to the closure of operations'of the famous Treadwell mines. While there had been a decline in operations there before 1920, some of the mines v still producing in that year and have since gone out of existence Thane's disastrous decline was (Continued on Page Two) Alaska Highway Commissioners |Bill Passes House | WASHINGTON, Feb. 18. — The |House has passed the Sutherland | bill to appoint three Commission- ers to cooperate with Canada in studying the feasibility of a high-} way connecting the States wi'h Fairbanks through Canada and the £ ‘Yukon Territory. | The Sutherland bill authorizing | |Cordova to issue bonds for the con- | struction of a trunk sewer system | and bulkhead, has passed the House also, L | |arresting officers said she was go- ing The Tardieu Cabinet has been in office a little more than three months. ! The fall came over the fing mi e on the fourth vote Tardieu is considered a favo: candidate to succeed himself with former Premier Poincare second choice. | v Frederick M. Sackett, former Senator from Kentucky, with Mrs. Sackett as they sailed on the S. S. President Harding for his new post as Ambassador to Germany. He succeeds the late Ambassador Jacob G. Schurman. (International Newsreel) | = FOUL CRIME LONDON, Feb. 18—The sudden change in plans of the Frenchi delegation which resulted in Geor- ges Leygues leaving for Paris in connection with the Cabi crisis caused the Naval Conference to mark time today. Former Premier Poincare, mentioned as a probab maker of a new Cabinet, has also left for Paris where it is known he visited the French President at the!| Presidential Palace today. A NAVAL CONFERENCE IS MARKING ¢ Burned to Death, Unknown Number Are IS BEVERLED ' fr= Queie MANIWA Quebec, Feb. :re burned to death 1Dwn number were in- yed the Galar- and two adjacent This is a small miles northeast persc Aged Man Found Murder- ' ed on His Lonely Ranch—No Clues MARIE, Idaho, Feb. Gust Helsing, was found on his lonely ranch by his brother, John Hel-! BERLIN—A German can leave A . r fe ot home and get married Mrs. Willebrandt Gust Helsing had been beaten Russia with impunity. Karl Is Arrested, Speed ished and strangled. There was Schmitzdorf did it. He was ar- . out his ne and his skull 1 on returr ; to Germany Charge Against Her eturning to Germany and ageun jured as fire ineau Hotel here. town I 85 Ottawa 1 18 aged The 68 body of 3 St IRt 1 been hammered in, t was decided that he was liable Helsing had ben sought to the punishment of the place t Wednesday. where his crime was committed There are no clues to the killer sia has ho punishment for such Helsing habitually carried money ' an offense He W widower and since WASHINGTON, Feb. 18. — Mrs. ] Mabel Walker Willebrandt, former Assistant Attorney General charge of Prohibition Enforcement th him is charged with speeding and will|jived alone face trial in the Washington Po-! The body I lice Court next Friday. She was hay and F arrested three days ago and the covered it. d been covered with ses at the hay un- - - NEW YORK-—Mrs. - man, landlady, 5 feet and 61 Train. comde in ve old, knows how to look » f Joseph Pennan, 34 Fog; Many Injured ¢ ¢ G 180 pounds, is the hoc w as a result. He talked v 1ains and nu- with Mrs. Hegeman about oups organized. iile a confederate rifled roc here are 30 e latter in Noticing the pilfering, Mrs. ¥ I e two great man grabbed Pennan by the r sregated resources of She had him gasping d many bankers see eath and offering $70 nent a chance for the dom when police arrived in re- nortt to become more inde- to lodgers’ calls, nt of the finaneial centers of ing 38 miles an hour. APOLIS, Feb. 18. — The old chain bank move- we enters 1930 out GLASGOW, Scotland, Feb Fifty-one passengers includ many business men returr their homes from the city injured, six seriously, ear! evening in a collision of two (r in a dense fog. ~ Several cc were telescoped, 18 ponse Mariners said that storm | conditions make it impossible ta start any salvage work, ek 2 RESCUE WORK PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 18— |Hope of saving the steamer Ad- !miral Benson, aground at Peacock Spit, was abandoned late yesterday ‘and all efforts were directed toward rescue of the 47 members of the lcrew still aboard. { The liner is held fast by the |shifting sands. Attempts to get ilines aboard were fruitless in face of the rising storm. ¢ Many tugs, including the power- ful Salvage King, were unable to get close enough in a vain at- tempt to free the liner. Thirty-nine passengers were tak- en off last night and the steward's staff of waiters and a band of 18 men were removed later. The crew will be taken off next. The Admiral Benson grounded in 'a dense fog. | Passengers who were rescued said gossip aboard was that the wreck of the steamer Laurel was mis- taken for the first buoy guiding the vessel into the river. Gen. South Is Given Enthusiastic Welcome CAPETOWN, South Africa, Feh. 18.—An enthnsiastic welcome was tendered here today to Gen. South, former Prime Minister, now leader of the Opposition party. He re- turned after an extensive visit to England, Canada and the United States. | e, ——e Kills Wife with Razor; Takes Own Life with Gun PORTLAND, Ore, Feb. 18— Louis Ellinger, aged 65, killed his wife by slashing her throat and wrists with a razor, then fatally wounded himself with a gun, ac- cording to the police. They broke into the room of the couple in a hotel and found the woman in a rocker chair and Ellinger sprawled acrc the bed. They had been married 15 years. Domestic trouble is given as the cause. Both were hotel employees. i | BANK CHAINS SPREAD FAST, MIDDLE WEST Chicago and New York. | The Northwest Bancorporation, the first of the two largest chains, was started in January, 1929, and |now has resources of almost $450,- 000,000. It includes 77 banks and |six trust companies. ‘ The other, the First Bank Stock corporation, has resources of $430,+/ 000,000 and includes 61 banks other finaneial institutions, jwas organized in August,