The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 12, 1930, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOI JUNEAU, ALASKA, . XXXV., NO. 5382. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1930. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS NEW YORK LEGISLATURE FAILS TO ACT ONDRY ISSUE Improvements for Alaska Districts Are Approved WASHINGTON U WINNER OF ALL 3 CREW RACES sity Event Is Won in Last Few Yards— Freshmen Surprise WASHINGTON, April 12. —The House Rivers and Harbors Committee has ap- proved an appropriation for improvement of Ketchikan Harbor to cost $272,000 and for Port Alexander to cost $17,000. \' INDIAN SUITS MEASURE DEAD, SAYSRUSTGARD SE T'TLE, April 12—The TUni- of Washington won all three crew races from the Univer- ity of California which were rowed on Lake Washington yesterday af- ternoon, The Washington crew won the varsity race in the last few yards by half a length. he Jayvee race was won by nine 1 one-quarter lengths. The Freshman race was won by four and one half lengths. After leading from one half to three quarters of a length in the varsity race of the twenty-second annual crew regatta, the fighting California crew gave way to the last minute masterful drive by the Washington eight. The Washington junjor varsity, finding perfect coordination in the first quarter of a mile of the race while California appeared unable to set a smooth pace ,rowed away from their rivals from the start of the race. The Californians grabbed a slight lead in the Freshman race but it did not last long. Washington sur- prised even the most optimistic backers as the race was conceded tn be close. California lost a full length half way when No. 3 man caught a slight cramp. | History of Races The Hhistory of Eight-oared var- ity collegiate racing on the Pacific| past showing a1l Washington-Cali- rnia races -and those in which | Stanford competed before the Cards dropped the sport, follows: Year Winner Second 1907 Washington Stanford 1908 Washington California 1909 tanford Washington 1910 Washington Stanford 1911 Washington California 1912 Stanford ‘Washington 1913 Washington California ‘Washington Stanford Washington California Stanford Washington ‘Washington Stanford Washington California ‘Washington Stanford ..No race Washington Washington California Washington ‘Washington Candidate for G.O.P. Nom- ination Takes Up Pro- posed Indian Suits | | | WRANGELL, April The Wickersham bili, introduced by Del- egate Sutherland in Congress to, permit Southeast Alaska Indians tol sue the Government for ged | allenated r “is dead, so dead t will not e oe reported out .of Ccmmittee,” John Rustgard told a local audience last night, an address to Wrangell voters. With C. T. Gardner, Senatorial candidate, and Walter P. Scott candidate for a House nomina- tion, all Republicans, he opened the local primary campaign. The house was well filled and the re- marks of all speakers applauded Mr. Rustgard deali at some length with the issues of the campaign, comparing his own platform for Delegate with that of his oppon- ent, Judge James Wickersham, and | stiassed the so-cadled Indian suits.| Start of Suits ! “Last November, after he had announced his candidacy,” said Rustgard, “the head of the Paul ticket went to Haines convention| of the Alaska Native Brotherhood and unfolded to them in harrow- |ing terms the cruel injustice per- petuated upon them by the Amer- ican government. He explained to them that when Russia sold Alaska to the United States only the so ereignty over the people was tran: | ferred,—that the land itself was not sold, that this belonged to the | native tribes, that Russia claimed no interest in it, but that never- theless the United States Govern- ment had unlawfully taken the land. “He then explained to them that if they would sign a contract with in 1916 1916 1917 1918. 1919 1920 21 1922 1923 California California ‘Washington California California lea, |brown bear, 1924 1925. 1926 Washington Washington Washington California California California him and Paul to act as attorneys for them, he would have Sutherland pass a bill through Congress au- G 1581 thorizing the Haida and Thlinget | California ‘Washington 1928 1929, California California ‘Washington ‘Washington California tribes, but none others, to sue the government in the Court of Claims | 1930 ‘Washington e EIGHT ROBBED ABOARD LINER for the value of all the lands of Southeast Alaska. It was carefully | explained to those Indians that’ huge sums, not less than twenty millions of dollars, would thus be recovered, and it was calculated that this would equal thirty-five hundred dollars for every man, Wo- man and child of those two tribes, —that is to say, provided each adult member of the tribe puts up ten dollars each i advance to pay the expenses of the attorneys. As a fee these lawyers were to Ig-| ceive five percentum of the sun; f " recovered or $500,000.00 for each of :Dfitecnves failed to find any el o s eatimated minbmym g | 'of $20,000,000.00—a modest enough fee. Their work, if successful, would have been worth much more. “Now, let us look at this propo- sition a little closer. HONOLULU, H. I, April 12— Eight passengers on the steamship City of Los Angeies reported more| than $2,000 in cash stolen from| their staterooms during the voy-| age from San Pedro, California. Secretary of War Hurley Is Confined To His Wash. Home| Government Buys Everything | “To begin with, I am constrained WASHINGTON, April 12.—The|to disagree with my illustrious op- War Department announces that|ponent as to the claims of the Rus- Secretary Hurley is suffering from |sian Tsar. I know, and my oppon- a recurrence of an old digestive dis-gent knows, that the Autocrat of all turbance but “although he will be!the Russias claimed and exercised confined to his home for a few days | complete authority both over land longer, there is no danger nor is an| and sea. When he wanted some cperation contemplated.” iland for his own use he simply ———o—— (took it. He gave exclusive char-| ® o 000 0 0020 e |ters to Russian companies to mine, o |cut timber, fish and trade in Alas- e ka. When we purchased the Ter- e ritory he agreed to convey the land e free of such encumbrances, and we ee o0 6eee o e o e e o paid him the $200,0000 over the NEW YORK, April 12. — Alaska |»7.000,000.00 for the purpose of Juneau mine stock is quoted today reimbursing those companies for | at 74, Alleghany Corporation 32%, | their losses in giving up their ex-| Anaconda T1%, Bethlehem Steel|cusive privileges under those char-| 107, Geenral Motors 53, Gold Dust ters. When a year ago Libby, Mc- 46%, Granby 45, Grigsby Grunow ... and Libby bought the cannery 21, International Harvester 110%, on Klawock island the purchaser Kennecott 53, Missouri Pacific, no received in the deal the original sale; National Acme 23, Packard| gussian charter giving exclusive 21%, Simmons Beds 51, Standard| perpetual right to that cannery to Brands 26%, Standard Oil of Cali- gish in the waters adjacent to the TODAY'S STOCK QUOTATIONS WHITE HOAXED, SAY OFFICIALS, STATING FACTS Gov. Parks, Terhune and Heintzleman Refute White's Charges The prize hoax of the century has been pulled on writer Stewart to the Saturday Evening Post, in the opinion of Gov. George A. Parks, H. W. Terhune, Executive Officer of the Alaska Game Com- mission, and B. F. Heintzleman, Acting District Forester. This, they agreed, is the only way to account for his article—“An Emergency is Declared to ExXis! appearing in the current week’s uc of the Post. Somebody “has been pulling Mr. White's leg” and, in his ardor as a sportsman who sees something precious threaten- he has gone headlong to the rescue without stopping to investi- gate. Premises All Awry All of the premises used in his heated discussion are unsound, and lacking totally in substantiation by fact. Neither the Terrifory nor the Federal government has legis- lated to remove the protection from nor has either de- clared war on any species of game trout. As to Mr. White's own admissions of his prowess as a hunter, none of the officials would comment, to view the matter with good na- tured toleranceg, rather inclined to excuse Mr. White's excesses or rhe- torical composition under a plea of his ardent sportsmanship, but admitted reluctantly that such ex- of administering game and fishing resources in the interests of practi- {cal conservation. Of course none of them said it, but back in the minds of each must have lurked the age old prayer: rd, deliver us from the well- meant but blundering efforts over-zealous friends.” Game ‘trout Safe “American sportsmen need have no uneasiness about Alaska destroy ing game trout, or permitting any- one else to do so," declared Gov. Parks when Mr. White's article was drawn to his notice. “Our cut- throats, rainbows and eastern brc trout are not going to be wantsi killed off. The old fishing hole is as safe in Alaska as in any other 1 hibition dispute wages. “The Alaska Legislature appropriated $40,000 to kill off game trout and, to my knowledge since it was first established 17 years ago, no request ever has been made that it do so. In 1929 the Legislature did pass an appro- priation of $40,000 to be used in re- moving obstructions from the more important streams and kill some predatory enemies of the salmon. Surveys made by the United States years has shown that salmon were unable to ascend a large number of rivers to extensive spawning areas. Fish Died Unspawned “Fish entering these streams, in many instances in enormous num- bers, died in vast quantities with- out ever reaching the spawning beds. This, of course, was an eco- nomic loss. “In the valuable red salmon dis- trict 6f Bristol Bay, the Bureau of Fisheries, by investigations over a long period of years, had determ- ined that a heavy toll was being taken of salmon spawn and finger- migratory fish which true sports- men despise. It advised that a campaign against these predators would be materially beneficial to the red salmon fishery. “The $40,000 appropriated by the Legislature has been alloted to these two purposes, all of the work being directed and supervised by the United States Bureau of Fish- eries, Less than one half of the whole sum was expended during the past season, and the work will be contended during the current year. An Emergency Is Met “Of the money expended last year, approximately $7,500 was paid the natives of the Bristol Bay re- gion for taking salmon trout. They are paid at the rate of five cents for each fish. They utilize the fornia 71, United Corporation 48%, wost coast of Prince of Wales Is- T. S. Steel 193%, Ward Baking B 12%. (Continued on Page Three) trout so taken for either human food or feed for their dogs. The Edward White, and slipped by him | All of them endeavored | cesses made more difficult the task | of | Officials Contradict W hite’s Statements On Game Destruction In this week's Saturday Evening Post, Stewart Ed- ward White sounds the rally- ing ery for a new conserva- tion fight on Alaska. This time it is to save the brown bear and game trout. He charges all protection has been removed from the brown bear, and that the Territorial Government has opened a s matic cam- paign of destruction on game trout. Gov. Parks, H. W. Terhune and B. F. Heintzleman point out the falsity of Mr. White's major charges, and give the facts of the situation. A summary of Mr. White's ars ticle, and the comment of lo-~ cal officials appear in ad- joining columns of The Em- pire. | | | | | tail of the fish is turned over to either a representatives of the Bu- jreau of Fisheries, or designated | merchants who cash them at the rate of five cents per tail.” The emergency clause which has, explained, was tacked cnto the ap- propriation in order that the money might be made available during the season of 1929, Had it gone through in the regular manner, the money would not have been available in time for the program to have been started until this summer. “This was a real measure for (sfl]mm\ conservation and protection, and L.awt serry Mr. White has 2een so badly misinformed about the matter, declared Gov. Parks. “And it did meet an emergency in splen- did style, one that was not even foreseen by the Legislature. “The Bureau of Fisheries ar- ranged for the older natives of the Bristol Bay district to take the sal- mon trout. They were paid in cash |if they desired, or in staple mer- |chandise by local storekeepers. In 'the past, not a winter has gone by when we have not had calls for :relxer of destitution among these ;people. This year, despite the fact that the fur catch in the| | district has been almost a complete ' failure, the few thousands of dol- |lars coming in to them from the taking of trout, together with this ,addmonal supply of food, has en-| so excited Mr. White, the Governor | Conservation Fire Again Leveled On Territory in Magazine Articl e 1 ( BEAR AND FISH ARE DESTROYED, WHITE CHARGES Stewart Edward White Leads Conservationist Raid in Territory On the double alegation that Alaska has removed all protection from' the Alaska brown bear, and is financing the United States tion of “game trout,” Stewart Ed- ward White, noted writer of out- |door articles as well as fiction, in the current issue of the Saturday Evening Post sounds a rallying cry to conservationists of the country to come to the rescue of threat- ened brute and fish. Mr. White's article, entitled “An Emergency Is Declared to Exist,” is admittedly written to stir up agitation against Alaska. Plainly he “sicks” his cohorts on Gov. Parks to save the trout, and on the “Game Commission of Alaska" for relief of the hard-pressed bear. Alaskans Have No Right the “life guards” to be up and doing, he intimates that any rights and privileges that Alaskans may have in the whole matter are mere- ly those acquired through courtesy, and ends with this final urge: “You must remember that, no matter where you live, you have every right and obligation to say your say. Not the faintest shadow of States’ rights interposes. Al- aske 1s a Territory, belonging to us all. “An emergency is declared to exist. The Alaska Legislature says so. I agree. It certainly does! How are we going to meet it?” His suggestions are for conserva- tionists to accept his word that the situation is as he has depicted it; to grab the inkpot, pencil or type- writer, and bombard Congressmen and Senators, Goy. Parks, the Unit- ed States Bureau of- Fisheries, the Alaska Game Commission, ete., with protests until the dastardly mischief is stoped. Bears Unprotected But let Mr. White tell his own story in his own way, at least as far as limitations of space will per- mit. He writes regarding the brown bear: “By recent legislation Alaska has In concluding his exhortation to| o ‘ FLIES TO RANSOM FATHER [ | s Gordon “Obie” Bristow (left), former Oklahoma university football Saptain, who rushed by airplane to Tepic, Mexico, with the 10,000 pesos ransom demanded by bandits who held captive hig father, J. A. Bristow (right), 8an Angelo, Texas, oil operator. Bureau of Fisheries in the destruc- __ MEMORIAL DIES N COMMITTEE OF Y. SENATE |[Efforts to Consider Pro« posal in Last Minutes Comes to Failure STATE LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS SINE DIE Democrats Lose Attempt to Put State on Record for Repeal of Act ALBANY, N. Y, April 12. First Draft of ! Naval Agreement Is Being Made LONDON, April first draft of the London naval agreement is being prepared with a view of its submission to the delegates before midnight. Dwight W. Morrow, of the American delegation, is serving as chairman of the drafting committee. “MASTER MIND" HAS CONFESSED MURDER PLOTS Wealthy Retired Dentist Involved in Insur- ance [rauds BRISTOW AGAIN NEARLY VICTIM OF KIDNAPPING Attempt Is Made to-Wreck and Hold-up His Train —Troops Prevent 12.—The | | | } seceeocce OKLAHOMA CITY, April 12— | An unsuccessful attempt was made | to wreck and hold-up the train car- |rying” J. E. Bristow from Telpic, ‘daybrenk yesterday, according to a ‘[mcmae from E. Rell, Oklahoma [correapondent with the Bristow party. The message sald that troops ac- compgaying the . party should be given eredit for gI'rfistm!lng' T BAn- dits. The Bristow party still carried $20,000 which it was expected to |have to pay for Bristow's ransom. | A bridge had been burned and ;this caused the train to stop. Armed natives appeared in the un- BENTONVILLE, Arkansas, April gerprush. The troops left the 12—Sheriff Edgar Fields, sald Dr.'t.ain and the attackers were fright- A. J. Bass, aged 55 years, wealthy, aneq away and the train continued retired dentist of Columbia, MiS- serar o delay of 12 hours, souri, has confessed having been, SR S the “master mind” of one success-| ful murder plot and involved in an- other which was followed by the SEATTLE, April 12. — Sleamer [Northwestern sailed for Alaska | ¥ | slaying of Willlam Robert Pear-, man. | Dr. Bass is in jail and will \JQ} charged with first degree murder for the death of Pearman, who was | found slain two weeks ago. | Mexico to Mazatlan shortly before ! . 'ter without either the Territory or killing, at any season, of the big abled them to get through the win- removed all restriction from the the Federal Government being call- prown bear. Now any Mexican or led on to render them material fi- PFilipino or Chinaman of the hordes Dr. Bass held an assignment of| a $200,000 life insurance which' ports at 9 o'clock this morning with 156 first class passengers and —Attempt to put New York State on record in Washing- ton, D. C., for repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment has been defeated. The State Legislature has adjourned sine die. The Democratic bill, passed ‘h,v the Assembly with the aid of Republican votes, design« ed to provide a memoraliza- tion to Congress to call a Constitutional Convention for the purpose of repealing the Eighteenth Amendment, died in the committee in the Sen- ate. | Efforts to consider it fail- ed in the last two minutes of the State Legislature’s life. Both branches of the State Legislature were controlled by the'Repablicasy. e SCANDAL S PREDICTED WASHINGTON, April 12.—Assert- ing that the Senate Lobby Com- \mittee has not scratched the sur= {face of its investigation of Muscle | Shoals, Representative La Guardia, ;o( New York, predicted that the |“biggest national scandal ever broken out in Washington,” if an attempt is made to revive the Am- erican Cynamid bids for the pro- Ject. | | | Ruth Hanna McCormick And President Agree Pearman took out under the name s georage. The following pas- | nancial relief. of William Folta and assigned t0!sengers are booked for Juneau: part of the land in which the Pro-| hasn't Bureau of Fisheries during past| lings by salmon trout, a salt water,| imported for the canneries every |season, any summer beach comber !—with which Alaska is amply sup- Generally, Gov. Parks concluded, plied—can hie him to the nearest Local Interest Lively e | Bass as supposed collateral on land | in a deal In southwest Arkansas. J. E. Falconer, John Coats, L. B. Danphing, Horace Adams and wife, | To Disagree WASHINGTON, April 12.—After nderson, L. J. Boardman, M. J. A an hour's conference with President Capt. William Fisher, Mrs. E. Eng-~ Hoover, Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCor-~ Alaskans are as keenly interested in |stream, post himself and proceed to game conservation as anyone. There 'y 411 the bears that come along. are very few instances of poachlng‘Any passing troller can pot what land poachers get short thrift whlzn‘he sees on the beach. Any visit-| |brought to trial in Alaskan courts. jng yachtsman, avid of the glory Juries convict In almost every in- of shooting a brownie, can do so stances, and judges mete out Stff almost from the deck of his craft. sentences. - . . . . The several Alaska legislatures| “There is not a doubt in the have shown more than casual inter- world that, if this regulation is est in propagation of game. Funds permitted to remain in effect, our totalling $27,500 have been ap-;umque brown bear of Alaska is propriated from the Territorial doomed to as complete extinction treasury to import herds of Olympic as the California grizzly. elk, buffalo, and carry on breeding . Worse to Come experiments; to restock barren| “That is bad enough, but at lands with deer, mountain goat, least the game commission did not beaver, muskrat, mink and evenoffer a bounty on the slaughter. marmot and squirrel. The Terri-/In that the Territorial Legislature tory is at this time sponsoring six;went them one better. There is distinet projects of this nature and &lready a bounty of a dollar a head has a continuing program which On the American eagle, by which contemplates expansion of work of |this bird has been greatly reduced this nature as the several experi-|in numbers until it is approach- ments progresss and prove success- ing comparative scarcity. But re- ful. This s conservation of the cently it promulgated an act which| most practical kind, for which npwoprlaus from the general fund | Alaska is paying every cent of the of the Territory of Alaska $40,000 cost without asking for qutside con-|t0 be used in the cleaning of sal-| tributfons, mon-spawning streame and for l.hu Then, too, the Legislature has destruction of trout and other pre-| 4 provided funds for employing skiued!d'wry enemlies of the salmon. It | APPROPRIATIONS strom, Peter Raingdal, Willlam mick, nominated for the Senate by Strong, R. W. Stevens, R. Wetton, the Republicans in the Illinois State P. C. Brown, F. C. Brown, N. T.'primaries last Tuesday, told news- Kention, Joe Kent, Ted Keaton papermen that “we almost agreed | ;Bob Keaton, William Peek, Bill to disagree” on the question of ARE T0 BE CUT !Houllnos. and six steerage. adherence to the World Court. Rivers and Harbors Com-| mittee Is Acting on Hoover's Request | WASHINGTON, April 12. A drastic scaling down of all river| and harbor project allotments will be included in this year's omnibus bill. This has been undertaken by the House Rivers and Harbors Committee at President Hoover’s request. Many items in the bill are being reduced in an effort to comply wnhi the request. Although expected to| carry more than $150,000,000 for ap-| propriations, compilation showed this has been reduced from $180,~ 000,000. (Fellowing is the third of a series of stories by Associated Press staff writers in the field showing issues in the states where corigressional primaries will be held this year.) MONTGOMERY, Ala,, April 12.-- jAround the portly figure of Senator |J. Thomas Heflin centers much of |the interest in Alabama's primary | election. For 34 consecutive years, Heflin oS L A Flood Control Survey Appropriation Sought FLIN SPURS ALABAMA PRIMARY RACE cream vest of Senator Tom will be in the thick of this year's Ala- bama political fight, whether he is = or isn't a “regular” candidate. Heflin will head an Independent slate, he has said, if the party bars remain, and seek to marshal to his banner the 130,000 Alabama Demo- crats who preferred Hoover to Al- | fred E. Smith. John H. Bankhead, Jasper attors |ney, and Frederick I. Thompson, publisher of the Mobile Register, ' are primary candidates for the | (has held elective office as a “regu- | Democratic Senatorial nomination. men trained in the work of combat- | ting predatory animals which have made serious inroads on all kinds of wild life, including migratory birds, which breed in Alaska in great numbers. It now has two such hunters in the field, occupied in| training assistants, instructing them | in methods of trapping wolves and| coyotes. The Federal government contributes to this work in a small| way, but the Territory bears by far the greater portion 0f the expense. In addition, the Territory pays thousands of dollars out every year in bounties to trappers on wolves ends by the statement: ‘An emer- gency is hereby declared to exist’ | Jumping then to the conclusionf that “Forty thousand dollars is for! the restruction of trout” alone and for no other purpose, Mr. White| assalls the salmon fishing industry | Salmon River, Hyder WASHINGTON, April 12.—An ap- | propriation of $800 for flood control survey of Salmon River to deter- mine the advisability of construct- opinion that the Legislature was:town of Hyder, Alaska, is recom- stampeded into declaring war on|mended in the Army Engineer’s re- |game trout because it didn't know port submitted to the House by Act- what else to do. |ing Secretary of War Davidson. A Real Bear Killer | s ™ Mr. White devotes most of his| MAYOR ARRESTED space to the brown bear, which, he, CALCUTTA, April 12. — Mayor apparently believes, is not entirely Sengupta has been arrested the harmless, has been at any rate second time since his inauguration for civil disobedience. The police for overfishing, and expresses the!iDg an $80,000 levee to protect the! {lar” Democrat. Never has he been idefented. “Right or Wrong, Cotton |Tom,” his followers have often shouted. Now, the Democratic State exe- |cutlve committee has denled him the political right to seek renomi- inanon in the primary August 12, ‘becnuse he supported President Hoover in 1928. There remains one chance for |him to get on the primary ballot. | The State Supreme Court has be- fore it a petition to invalidate the committee ruling as being unconsti- tutional Party bolters, it is as- serted, cannot be admitted to the and coyotes. {woefully maligned. So much, in, “Taking everything into consider- fact, that with Mr. White as ex- (Continued cn Page Eight) (Continued on Page Two) [mg of students. pounced upon him as he was read- |primary as voters, and barred as ing prohibited literature at a meet- candidates. However the expansive, militant, Bankhead, of the family that long has been identified with Alabama politics, is regarded as conservative and Thompson is identified with progressives. po Six ‘“regular” candidates seek Democratic nomination for govers nor, and Hughe Locke, Birmingham, and W. L. Lee, Columbia, “bolters,” are in the race. Regulars are: At= torney General Charlie C. McCall, B. M. Miller, former supreme cous judge; Col. Woolsey Finnell, diree tor of the state highway commis- sion; Lieut. Governor W. C. Davis, Probate Judge J. A. Carnley, and - Watt T. Brown, Democratic n: - al committeeman. Six of Alabama’s 10 have opposition. i