The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 3, 1930, Page 1

“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU ALASKA THURSDAY APRIL3 l930 JAPANESE PROTEST ACCEPTANCE OF NAVAL RATIOS COMMISSIONERS | ARE CONTINUED BY PRESIDENT Flory and Winn Re- designated and Given Broader Authority of Gov. er Charles H. Dennis Winn, | States Bureau of Fisheries, Commissioners respect- the Inte Department, Agriculture, and De- ska nt of PR yman Wilbur, C jated Press dispatch The Empire today. were continued as Commis- nd their powers broadened an order issued by President Hoover. Their first appointments missioners wa s de by three y er lidge Study Administrative System committee, Dr. Wilbur an- wced, W il suv(l\ whether it w administrative duties in the Territory, centering power in Alaska rather than in the Wash- ton bureaus of the three depart- ely concerned with 0y affairs, thus promoting and increasing the opportunity for eccnomic development, e first meeting of the com- mittee under the naw order is ex- pected to be held in this city sometime this manth, said the As Press d 1 patch 5 in the past each Commission- retain his present position : entative of his ow partme gdding the dut Coymjissioner. . In the past Muumlr(' followed has been for the thrge men to make their report the heggds, of their A, Under the new tem, they are empowered operate in their recommendati and report direct to the Pre report k re to Prchbl t One the first prob! will attack is in econnecticn witl the medical welfare and sanitat car Jl on by \l\ Education Another is visability }s the Alaska branch of au of Ec¢ Wilbur said that nmissioners would to take any while have final action the matters, recommendations| it t would make him to bring system of co- about e TODAY'S STOCK QUOTATICONS 00 ceos e e 00 N Junez W YORK, April 3—Alaska 1 mine stock is quoted today y Corporation 33 Anaconda 75%, Bf‘ hlehem Steel 107 Central Alloys 32% eral Motors 48%, y 58%, Grigsby Grunow 21%, nal Harvester 94':, Ken- Missouri Pacific 91%, y-Ward 40'%, National Packard 21%, Standard , Standard Oil of Cali- , United Corporation 44, 1 194, Simmons Beds 50 George A. | own noj Gen- Gold Dust 41%, HUGHES BUYS NEW | | | rles E. (inset). Chief Justi Washing o yer AMARA Writer) NGTCN, Apr stone mansion, wa Aml\"» M friends and in h wife of the new ce of the United S The x" ghes absent from Wash- f the time in ased a one of sections of Sheridan circlé shionable n Ca Unecle bet daughter of Yoe” Cannon, once ise, had 1 cently. A L. who & on. van den s been aington. the na- paintings which cover > entire walls of one large room. house has 14 rooms and is suited to entertainment pur- HOU FOR OFFICIAL ENTERTAININ Hughes and wife soon will open their new xt to me of ary the To these two imposing homes, much of Washington’s most exclu-{ While Mrs. rved in her shirked her many public soclal duties. But in the & sense O the world, a *“home woman.” s while 'M#” Hughes w al life she daily drove her elec- tric coupe to market in Washing- ton, to select the fruits and vege- tables for the evening dinner. The Hugheses had four children. Helen, a Vassar graduate and a brilliant died. Kat h"lm" l‘s now M Chauncey Wadd New Y Elizabeth, in her dl teens will doubtless contribute some youth galety and festivities the new Hughes home. CI e tvans Hughes, jr., recently resigned s Solicitor General but still main- tains his home in come. he ia st WEDICAL ! BY MA EPIDE) !' AINY VACCINATED SMALLPOX April medical students | fully by com- fused to \ul)- which is give n b The op: MEXICO CITY throughot smallpox ‘e students long sheet mL. Metal Ornament Causes Death of Voman Purchaser 3 OAKL/ ornament purchas ed the son, fell on A metal April repi ing ed for her automc , caus- death of Mrs. Thea And Alameda. She slipped the sidewalk, and the point of me ornament pierced her left| br She died scon & g rival at a hospital ar- PRISONER OF W AR GETS HOME AFTER YEARS IN RUSSIA ;. NTO, Italy, tle village of August Lorenzi, April 3.—From | Campi near | 38, departed | as an Austrian soldier the Russians. He has just fs r years of hard- to find Himself an Italian n, because his village, by the ortunes of war, became Italian. Lorenzi was captured by the Rus- 1914. He was sent to i then to Tomsk, Sa- marra, and Gorad, He made to cut down trees until rk hroke his health. he was farmed out fo a ith whom he was working time of the revolution in The Bolsheviks sacked the! 1 burned the mill. Lorenzi | Campi. |fled at night. He passed several years of in-} |tense misery until in 1921 he be- | came a farm hand. It was not|e until the following year to send a letter to his relatives in He did not then know that the w was over. ! The nexi r, despairing of ever being able to leave Russia, he mar- ried the daughter of a farmer. In 1926 the authorities here, thro e Italian "ambassador at Mo cow, began to exert influence to al low him to return. But the Soviet government, because he had married a Russian, withheld his passport for f- r years. At last they lst him go with only eight dollars ond a; few articles of clothing, . j 3.—Sever- | Duchess 'gerald, liams.” |dilly he was able! g FORCEFULLY SKED COMRADES AS 11C HITS AIE)&I(T() CITY| CHARGED WITH - ATTEMPTINGTO - TAKE HER LIFE: of Leinster Is R(‘ nded — Former Theatrical Favorite LONDON, April 3—Mary Fitz- Duchess of Leinster, has ecn remanded by the Lambeth r-Police Court on a charge of at-|monial plans, tempted suicide. She was taken to he Lambeth Hospital Tuesday after being found half conscious in a ag-filled room in Brixton. Duchess was known to her| neighbors simply as “Mrs. Will She wgg born May Eth and ' at ‘one time was one the brighest stars in the Pica- theatrical firmament. She was to the Duke in 1913, cridge of married hell Opposes |Changes in Jom'" Dry l,(m‘ WASHINGTON, April 83— Opposition to of the Jones law providing for heavier maximum penal- ties for violations of the dry laws has been filed with the House Judiciary Com- mittee by Attorney General Mitchell. The Attorney General ob- jects to the Stubbs bill to modify the law claiming that the present Jones law should get a longer period of trial. ° . ° ° ° ° ° B ° ° 09 0099 000900 ] ;Claims Election |Of Biggest Man In U. S. for Mayor CLAYTON April 3.—This city it has elect the Mayor in the Un: Ira Penning whelming victor nicipal ele n day, weigh: measures walst a K inches in heigh is a Republican New Mexico, believes biggest ed States. n, oveEs in the Mu- here Tues- pounds. He feet at the feet 10 Pennington | d eeevevoo0000000 5 LU Y A ) - PRINGESS PAT HITS GALE ON ALASKA GULF Reaches Condma with Pl- lot House Stove in — Boat Seeks Shelter CORDOVA, Alaska, April The motorship Princess Pat, Fred O'Neill, arrived h pilot house stove in by after a terrific battle on the Guif of Ala Runs To Shelter It is reported herec that the | schooner Stanley has been foreed to run to Yakutat from the storm 1and to seek shelter there | Katalla Short of Food | The first boat this yea Katalla brings word that residents |there are almost entirely out of {food and during the past momth have been subsisting chiefly on fich. 3— Cant. ¢ with the high seas, 1 a starm Much Oil Refined The Chilkat Oil company refihed 0,000 gallons of oil during the phst |two. meaths at Katalla. accor¥ing | to word' received here. e DATE IS FIXED * FOR MUNICIPAL Campalgn Wlll Start April| A 15—Plans Made for Lay- ing of Cornerstone The Annual Pfl'mup and CIanup campaign, staged under the au-| \spices of the Chamber of Commnu will be opened ‘on April 15 by a {decision made at the regular wee {ly meeting of that organization to jay. Plans for a program in which the |thorities, fraternal and other |ganizations, and individual citizens Jhave been laid. As usual the Chamber will offer prizes for the most effective work. |A committee to handle the work ‘Imu be named later. Appoints Special Committee A President H. G. Watson today | appointes special committee 1rn operate the local Ma order in ar ing a program g the cornerstone of the T | ritorial Capital building. | ceremony will occur within a few Awr'(',ks. The Masons had request the Chamber to assist in the cere On this Committee w amed: R. E. Robertson, Brice | |Howard and B. F. Heintzleman { The Chamber today passed a res- | olution expressing its appreciation to the Northern Pacific Railwa |for the recognition it had given to a with |1a (Continued on Psge Eight) FREE STATE ADOPTS CITY MANAGER PLAN ! DUBLIN, April 3.—A reform of |the whole system of local govern- ment is contemplated by the Free State govérnment. The exising system is based on British legislation, much of whi: is 80, ye old and entails admi istration by numerous elected bod- ies. The main principle of the government's policy is administra- on by business managers, with small elected advisory councils. For several years the government has met the situation by appoint- ing administrators instead of the councils. Dublin is run by three city commissioners while the cor- poration has been suspended. Cork was similarly run by one man. Last year the Cork corporatien was re- i eescccossessos tol 1' Graf Zeppelin has Ludwig Ocenasck, Bohemian inyentor, and a ¢ three feet in y of co-workers watching his largest rocket P explode and burst to bits on the start of its i a height of 4, journey to the moon. The new rocket is radically engineer, with different from The largest is the usual ones. ~ oo Riiy CROSS CATED ated Press Plioto co-operation of municipal au‘;‘ A memorial Red Cross chapter house of white marble was dedi- or- | cated by President Hoover to the American women workers of the wiorld war. President and Mrs. Hoover are shown during the cere monies. Patrolman Is DETROIT, April 3 den d 32 years, pat in Boider Gor Cus- FRIEDRICHSAFE don Mar horger tom ed rum on the morning his hand. a battle 930 trial trip, a succes: {of five hours. Only the crew ar |several engineers of the Zeppelin |Company were aboard the ship which has been equipped with sev- A eral improvements, including a gon- A(mlu directly under the passenger |cabin for an electrical plant. Veldez Has Quiet | s Mumupal Election A half million dollar coal v |ing plant at Sutton, Al wrecked for its valuable tin Detroit River A early shotgun slug entered DEZ, Alaska, Dimond was T'uesday’ April 3.—A. J. elected mayor ir tion and John Cook v Dieringer, John Ekemo, Bru: James Patterson and W. chosen for the cour Bourke and Mrs. Owen elected to the el Stuar ph A (stored, but retained. The government has now in o yduced a bill for restoration of ELECTION AT NOME Dublin corporation. - But while — old corporation numbered t NOM Alaska, April 3.- ‘\/{n)m 80 members the new one Bahlke was re-elected in Tuesd have only 21. There would election. The. following council- city manager appointed by th ere also elected: Bud Leh- ernment. Frank Martin, Fred Rohn, Dublin would be enlargec Louis Kirts. M. J. Walsh clude all its adjoining to elected City Clerk and and a separate corporatio: O'Neill torney districts along Dublin Bay, Mrs. Effie Baldwin and William ministered by half a dozen Koch were. elected to the School bodies, would be created with Board. business manager, The referendum that the Council The bill is strongly opposed by appoint the City Clerk instead of the Labor and Republican parties electing that official by the voters, in the Dail, overwhelmingly defeated, electic 1 no conte: the city manager quiet, there be- men ‘Start on Trm That Failed He has succeeded in firing one of his rockets to to fire the rocket at Prnzue, Czechozlovakia. | : A WA 3 g {from the unhancc to the mine. = GLEANUP DRIVE | | | - | Mawr Iman, was wound- | between | runners and Federal officers| this | } School Hugh | BLACK DRAGON SOCIET" 0LDS DEMONSTRATION |Protest Accepting Naval Formula at London Naval Conference \DECLARES PROCEDURE ! 1S MOST HUMILIATING lL ondon Statement Says | Three Nations Are Now | in Complete Accord | TOKYO, April 3. — Under {the auspices of the famous “‘Black Dragon,” Society and |other Nationalistic organiza- | tions, an epen air demonstra- tion against the Japanese !Cabinet’s acceptance of the length and 15 pounds in weight. emian tions 000 feet. (Inset) The Bo his son, as they made prepa Aheld today in Shiba Park. Speakers said the Govern- ment’s decision was humiliat- /ing and was a complete sur- | render. MORE BODIES | MINE EXPLOSION , 2 oo e NOW RECOVERED = o i, e ltenn, Japan’s legendary first Only One V)ctlm‘ Mme|E'"p°"’" Foreman, Remains to Be | Located' by Rescuers | | IN COMPLETE ACCORD LONDON, April 3.—Offi- KETTLE ISLAND, Ky. April 3,|cial announcement is made to- mi l'] mrn'v bvsw ’;V" hemc;zi‘f'nv at the American delega-~ covered rom he loneer Company’s mine which was m(mk-“m" headquanc” that Am- ed by explosions last Saturday! (rlfmn, British and Japanese and entombed 16 men. 48!‘9 in complete acco: Seven bodies were recovered lauflth A P d B o anfl Sunday leaving only the body of e American an ritis J .E. Hill, mine foreman still to be meeting indicated acceptance located. The men were entombed'of Japan’'s reservation on underground a mile and a hall X p |scrapping and replacing of 'ships in order to keep the Xdockyards working. It is said there is no factor (of difficulty to any of the ruer\atlon& § ARE KILLED, MANY INJURED |Disaster Occurs in Penn-' BYFXPLOSIONS OWEN BIRD IS Plant Today ‘ Sl Shot, Killed His Friend by PHILADELPHIA, Penn. April 3. Gun Believed [‘Oaded ~Bight persons were killed and . scores injured this forenoon in a - with Blanks Iseries of explosions in the plant of ithe Pennsylvania Pireworks Com- pany Devon, 16 miles west of here About jured LOS ANGELES, Cal, April 3.— Owen Bird, sportsman, has been 35 persons, seriously in- found guilty of manslaughter for have been taken to the Bryn the slaying of his close friend, Per- Hospital cival Wats last November. He - will be sentenced tomorrow. He S v and S. Fi Rus- faces a term of from one to ten accompanied the years. 3en Eielson and Bird was accused of fatally | Ear] Borland, to ire return- wounding Watson after a quarrel in {ing to the interior. They passed the Bird home. He claimed that {through Juneau on the Alaska, and he thought a gun was loaded with !vlll return to their plane in Fair- blanks and that it was fired only l;.mks to frighten Watson. FORMER PASTOR - NOW POWER IN | STEEL BATTLE CLEVELAND, April 3—Among of Nova Scotia. e towering figures of finance who Master university, a Baptist school e moving about the field of |at Toronto. Then he came %o hurling $100,000,000 fiscal thunder-|Cleveland and began preaching. {bolts in an effort to about| A financier, who was a member the latest merger of glants, there of his congregation, induced him to ;slunda out the figure of Cyrus S. enter the business world. VEaton, who not so long was a' He is chairman of three compan= {Baptist minister |les, president of another, and a di= rector in 10 more, with interests |that include light, power, steel, railroads, banking, rubber and oil. Aside from his business dealings, however, he is a mystery. Few people in Cleveland know much about him. His own father did not know until recently that his som had become a very rich man. A few years ago Pugwash was dumfounded when Eaton happened in on a visit after a bad fire and offered to finance the rebufldh' of the town, n, i who C He attended Me- ago Eaton, who is said to be among the 10 richest men in the world is a prominent figure in the mer- (ger battle which involves the Re- ipublic Steel company, the Bethle- Ihem company and the Youngstown |Sheet Metal and Tube Company the combination of which may be- come the second largest steel unit in the United States. Thirty years ago he was a boy in the little fishing village of Pug- swash on the rugged northern shore i |London naval formula was