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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXV., NO. 5387. ]UNEAU ALASIxA FRIDAY, APRIL |8 |930 ME.MBE:R OF ASSOCIA'IED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS HOME OF PROHIBITIONIST IS BOMBED TIDE TURNING AGAINST DRY LAWS, CLAIM President of A. A. P. A. Completes Testimony by Gnm% Opmlon PRESIDENT IS SAID TO HAVE HIS DOUBTS NOW | Chairman Stayton Express- Views Relative to Hoover's Attitude WASHINGTON, April 18.—Henry Curran, President of the Associa- Agalnst the Prohibition Amend- concluded his testimony to- ore the Senate Lobby Com- by \Lum" that the “tide | g inst Prohibition in W H. Stayton, Chairman of the Board of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, also essed the same view and stated President Hoover was “begin- to doubt whether Prohibition n be enforeed. ' Stayton said he received this in- rmation in a letter written last bruary by Charles Wood, Vice- Preside: of the organization in which said: “My own feelings I k to Seénators and Repre- ives of Congress and other officials is that Hoover wants take plenty of time to consider he is being abused a little ) much.” RESIDENCE 1S DESTROYED BY ria LA fo 7 he but ty of William Stein- ty beck Is Total Loss re which started when pot bo over on a stove this morning completely destroyed the heuse owned by William Steinbeck on the southern e of Gastineau Avenue. The « Anderson family of four. ch reeently moved here from chikan, was occupying the resi- dence at the time of the fire, which beg shortly before 8 o'clock this morning. , a fisherman, was heat- preparatory to some on his boat. The tar and caught fire. He boiled over immediately grasped the tarpot and rushed for the door. dropped out, about The bottom throwing burning tar the room. The flames spread rapidly, and by the time the Fire Department arrived on the scene, were shooting many feet above the roof of the house. Both trucks were brought into action and hose lines were at- tached to all available hydrants. While the fire was stopped before the house crumpled it was com- pletely gutted and is a total loss. So rapidly did the blaze spread that only a mattress and a chair were saved. Fur: ngs in the house were owned by Mr. Steinbeck. These, in addition to the personal effects of sons, were destroyed. was fairly well covered by insurance, local underwriters said this morning. President and Wife Are Both Recovering ASHINGTON, April 18—Both nt Hoover and Mrs. Hoover, former suffering from a cold and the latter from a wrenched back and cold, are reported proved today. w Pre the 1 ErTR New York 1 0. 1o00|leve. : PRISONER AT SKAGWAY IS | Philadelphia 1 0 1000 Hydroplanes have been runmng\ DEAD AFTER OPERATION cpicagq 2 1 667 | between here and Syracuse ever fred Jacobson, Federal Pris-|pittshurgh i 667 | since the opening of the Tripoli | oner operated on at Skagway last gt Louis 1 2 333 | fair on Feb, 23, the departures oc- Sunday, following an attack of |gincinnati 1 2 .333‘curring twice weekly. “The dis- acute appendicitis, died there last|Brooklyn 0 3 _oog}!ance by air is negotiated in about night. The operation was per-|Boston .0 1 .000 | four hours. formed as soon as the case was re- American League > ——— ported, but the appendix had brok Won Lost Pet. BOATS BRING HERRING en and infection had set in. +Detroit 2 0 1.000 Jacobson was sentenced last fall |Philadelphia 1 0 1.009| Two boats arrived in port from from Ketchikan to one year in jail |Chicago % [ 1.000 | Tee Harbor this morning with her- and fined $1,000 for violating v,he‘,Washmgton 2 1 667 |ring for the Juneau Cold Storage Prohibition law. Mrs. Jacobson |Boston 1 2 .333 |Company. The Wilson, Capt. Mar- who resides at Ketchikan, is en- |New York .0 1 000 | tin Holst, brought in 114 barrels route to Skagway on the steamer |Cleveland 0 4 .000 | and the Hazel, Capt. Frank Shorty, Alameda, St. Louis 0 2 000 | had approximately 200 barrels, MESTODAY Gastineau Avenue Proper-| a tar-| im- | LITTLE J()I IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD, BUT Il()u HE CAN THROW | CHICAGO, April 18—Joc Birm- FUM'GAT'ON 1 is the champion 3-year-old ock theower of Chicago and points west Joe threw a rock through a win- ow of Mrs. Louise Bolak's housc. Mrs. Bolak didn't ow Joe did it sho thought it was Big Joe, the father, and she had him 3 ed When he told Judge Joha Lup. “ \Children of Dance Girl Vic- tims — Mother Held that his 3-year-o on had don he throwing, Mrs. Bolak ¢ t Baby couidn't even lift the ot alone heave it | “Bring in the offspring,” said | . Judge Lupe, “and we shall see.” OPC“ Chaxgc The baby toddled in, walked over | Ap “Case dismissed,” said the court | Jhumsd] “and somebody grab that rock!” NAVAL TREATY BEING DRAFTED ¥ COMMITTEE de- Jail on an np( n charge, while tectives are investigating. Mrs. Tichler discovered the |edy lock this morning \\ln n at 4 o'cl {she returned from work Leonard, she returned home, and Ruth, aged was unconscious but died later in he City Hospital. C. Dozen, proprietor of the ho- tel, said he was attempting to get id of cockroaches and had plugged acks of the room before fumiga- val treaty w placed before the|the Admiral Line terminus here, ac- Drafting Committee. Part of the cording to H. G. Walmsley, agent Preamble is the only portion miss-|of the Pacific Coast Coal Company ing. |in Juneau. The main thing the Committec About $12,000 will be in will worry about is the question of | piling, new decking and general re- phraseolog: it is now a mat- | pair werk. This will include resur- ter of putting into the complete|facing dock planking and rebuild- grammatical text what already i of Front Streel entrance Mmade clear M the meaning of the to the propert: New .piling and Drafting Committee. The Com- |general repair work at the location mittee is further considering the|of the Juneau Motor Company, is preamble. also planned. R 5y AR, P. C. Brown, Superintendent of Bridges and Buildings, who came | Is INDIG north early this week, will be in | charge of the work. This exp diture is in lxm- wil xn the general the co: by the Pacific Coast Com- | pany, Mr. Walmsley said e e MT. JUNEAU ASCENT IS MADE YESTERDAY Ofllcer of Denver Medical | Corps Faces Charge of Poisoning Wife Corps Officer, has been indicted by pleted a round trip ascent to the a Federal Grand Jury on a chqrqh‘top of Mt. Juneau in seven and one of first degree murder for the al-|half hours. leged poisoning of his 37 year old| They left here at 8 am. and took wife at Fort Riley, Kansas, last)to the hills to the rear of the gov- summer. | ernment wireless station. Above ——————— timber line they were forced to use GAMES YESTERDAT |an ice axe to ecross ds of ice | and snow. Pacific Coast League Los Angeles 5; Hollywood 7 San Francisco 9; Mission 0. | Portland 0; Sacramento 2. Seattle 10; Oakland 11. | N sight- nerous ptarmigan were The birds were quite tamec. | took a number of pictures of them Called in| with them failed to attract atten- | tion in town, due partly, they said, | to the smoke haze which hung over | | Juneau. Chicago 3; St. Louis 0. six, account of rain. Boston at New York—rain. American League St. Louis 1; Detroit 6. Called in| Bogby and Huntress descended fifth on account of rain. by the Cape Horn trail. From the Cleveland 7; Chicago 8. nings. New York at Philadelphia—rain. Washington at Boston—rain. Ten in-|summit down to timber they slid | | most of the way. | quite difficult among the trees, as |the snow was melting. They re- | turned to town about 3:30 p.m. STANDING OF CLUBUS | —— Teine . Chent Lioggmo DIRECT AIRPLANE ROUTE Won Lost Pct TO LINK ROME, TRIPOLI Los Angeles AP 2 178 e § 3 S TRIPOLL April 18—This seaport Oakland ? 6 4 .600 capital of Libya will be connected Mission 4 5 :“4 with Rome by air some time early | Seattle 4 6 “s00 |12 April by a direct route, with Hollywood 4 6 _m‘smp\ for refueling at Syracuse and | Portland 1 8 1111 Naples Including those halts, the {entire voyage will be made in less Nadti 1 Le: e s |than 12 hours, the technicians be- | Won Lost Pet. to the rock (which was exhibit A),| SEATTLE, - me. A picked it up and squared Off m"lrun who were put to bed in a hurl, He was aiming at a particu- room fumigated for cockroaches 3 attractive window pane at the yesterday, are dead, and the moth- | miientugnd ol |er, Mrs. Ruth I. Tichler, aged 28 | dance 1, Is held in the City aged 8 was dead when | RS Document Is Placll»a]l\ Ready with Exception IMPROVEMENTS TO SRl BE MADE HERE BY PACIFIC COAST CO. LONDON, April 18—The Naval Conference drew a step nearer to- The largest improvement plan of | day, to a close. five years s begun this morning A printed draft of the entire na-| by the Pacific Coast Company on TOPEKA, Kansas, April 18.—| Mountain climbing season was Major Charles Shepard, aged 59 ushered in yesterday when Fred years, of Denver Army Medical|Huntr and M. T. Bogby com-| |ed by the pair above timber line. | They | National League }urtur herding some of them -into Philadelphia at Brooklyn—rain. ;compncz groups. | Pitsburgh 7; Cincinnati 1. | A sun reflector which they took The going was | Stein -.wruph(’r St‘ta lm s “for The Thrill of it” BELLEVILLE I, April 18- | United Sta torney Lindacur said Mis e Jenks, young ‘stenog'r. )3 employed by the ‘B(llevlllc Stove Works, confessed etting fire to the contents of the | phml several times “for the thrill it. One fire caused damage Ih ween $60,000 and $100,000. -+ 25 YEARS WITH FOREST AGENCY IS GELEBRATED Holbrook with U. S. Forest Service Since Shortly After Formation of a century ago to- One-quarter day, Wellman Holbrook Forest Ex- | |aminer of the United States For- est Service in this district, entered the service of that bureau and for 25 years he that connection. The bureau, itself, was a puny infant just two months | and 18 days old He was first porary assistant, employed as. tem- remaining in that capacity for several months. Taking | | his examination in the summer of | 1905, he was appointed in the Fall |as Assistant Ranger | The early days of the Forest | Service were vastly different from |today. Mr. Holbrook, reminiscing today, recalled he first received $2 |per day. Beside his own services | he was required to furnish two horses and feed himself and the animals. It required some finaneing to meet the requirements. In the winter of 1905-06, feed was scarce for the cayuses, so Mr, sold his saddle to get cash to buy hay for them, and bought another saddle on the installment pla Paydays were sometimes deferred two months or more, as the time sheets and work reports were sent in to Washington and checks for services mailed out from there to the field. Most of usewowed all of the merchants before we got our checks,” he recalled. “When I got my first promotion from temporary assistant to Assistant Forest Rang- er and a raise from $60 to $75, it |was the most appreciated one I have ever had,” he said. Mr. Holbrook has spent his entire |service in three districts, District !No. 1, in Montana, District No. 6, in the Staie of Oregon, and in the Alaska district. He was assigned | in the| here in 1921 and has lived Territory since that time. BT G R SEEKS CHANGE, CONTEMPT LAW Perion .Cited Should Be Tried Before Judge not Bringing Charge WASHINGTON, April 18.—Urging assage of his bill to restrict the | power of a judge to cite a person | for contempt and then try the | case, | Republican of Michigan, | American Society of | Editors that the press was being | throttled. The bill will give a person the right to have a case heard by an- | other Judge if a contempt charge arises from an attack upon a Judge who brings the action. e MARIE VALORIA GIVEN 20-MONTH JAIL SENTENCE Senator A. H. Vandenburg, told the Marie Valoria, recenty found guilty of assault with a dangerous weapon for cutting Gus Erickson with a knife, was today sentenced ‘by Judge Justin W. Harding to 20 months’ imprisonment in an stitution to be designated by the Attorney General of the United States. Marshal White has wired | him for instructions .- — | MERRITT LEAVES CAPITAL FOR HOME VIA PORTLAND Asst. District Forester M. L. Mer- | ritt, who has been attending a Dis- | trict Forester’s Conference in Wash- | ington, D. C, left there today. en- route home, according to advices | received at the local Forest Serv- ice headquarters. He will yisit | with relatives in Iowa for a day and is due to arrive in Portland on April 25. He will arrive here about May 1 . has maintained | Holbrook | in- | lE XTRAORDINARY RESULTS TREATMENT OF B( MADE PUBLIC BY WASHINGTON, D. C., April 18.— Or. William Stevenson Baer, of Johns Hopkins University, Sur- geon of the World War, made pub- lic extraordinary results of a cur of bone diseases by application »f live maggots at a speecial ion of the House Veteran's Commitic: Dr. Baer reported the treatment s an outgrowth of his battlefield experiences and consist of simply placing of live antiseptic mazgoi o feed on infiamation of bone and | marrow. He called the proc ostemyelitis and reported it as hav ing proved completely successful .in 200 cases over a two-year period He termed the treatment as “living disinfectants.” e COPPER RIVER VALLEY CENSUS FIGURES GIVEN Cordova Mak: Slight Gain —District as Whole Holds Its Own Preliminary estimates on the pop- | ulation of three recording districts, including the town of Cordova Chitina, Copper Center and Eyak, were made public today by Cen- | sus Director Charles E. Naghel llhrcugh the office of Gov. George A. Parks. Cordova with a population of 977 | gained 22 over 1920. Chitina lost 54, Copper Center gained 11, and Eyak gained 46. * Katalla declined | 40. The estimates as released for publication, follow: | Population | 1930 1920 | Chitina Recording District 730 | Chitina village 17 1m | Copper Center Village 80 1 | Balance of Chitina District 533 Cordova Recording District 1617 1555 | | Cordova town, Inc, 977 955 Eyak Village 366 320 Katalla village 44 84 Balance of Cordova | District # 230 | | White River Recording | District il Chisana village . 13 148 Balance of White River District 58 R | Asks $1,000,000 for Construction Coast Guard Cutter,Alaska WASHINGTON, April 18—Au- thority for the expenditure of $1,- 000,000 for the construction of Coast Guard cutter for use in Alaska waters is asked in a bill in- troduced by Delegate Sutherland. - eee TEN DAY SENTENCES ARE GIVEN TO THREE INDIANY'| Bessie Willis McKinley, arrested yesterday by United States Marshal Albert White and charged with vio- lation of the Alaska Bone Dry Law appeared before Judge A. W. Fox today in the United States Commis- sioner’s Court. Each of them was sentenced to 10 days’ imprisonment in the local Federal jail. .. — SKAGWAY MAN INSANE Stanley Crasson, Federal prison- er at Skagway, was yesterday ad- judged insane by a jury in the Commissioner’s Court there. Sanitarium. Crasson was convicted here la: laws and sentenced to several {months and was serving out his fine. - MOOSEHEART LADIES MEET Legion held their last night. After the regular routine of busi- ness was discussed a delicious lunch was served by the following hos- regular tesses: Mrs. Jarman, Mrs. Judson, Mrs. Ole Jackson and Mrs. Kar- sten. Prizes for the evening at cards: were: Mrs. Jensen, first; Mrs. Frank Olsen, consolation. The “Work to Win Sewing Cir- cle” will meet next Thursday at the home of Mrs, Blomquist, 3l | Two Bank Robbers Pull Off | Harrlet Hubbard Ayer a| | Jack Garside, Annie Garside and | He | was committed to Morningside Fall of violating the prombmon‘ The Women of the Moosehcart | Social | D. 4 R. to Keep Out of Politics Ind Religion OF NEW INE DISEASES ARE WORLD WAR DOCTOR SHINGTON ° April 13. @ ® The delegates tending the e » Daughters of the American @ ® Rev 1 Congress definite- @ y o ly exclud bition e ® question platform e BUT OVERLOOK : &5 o ¢ 2 1913 and 1914 declaring it iIs ® e the policy to avoid all con- @ it e ligious or naturd . ot . . seencesceeceos - MAIL CARRYING BY FREIGHT IS DELEGATEPLAN Quick Job in Suburb of Portland | PORTLAND, Ore., robbers, April 18.—<Two one said to have only one arm, took armed possession of the First State Bank of Milwaukee, a suburb, shortly after closing yes- terday afternoon, by entering as customer left. | They cscaped with about $12,000 i ; {in currency. Postal Authorities Wire | A B Zanders, the cashier, who| Chamber Unable to | was made to open the vault, said 'S the ‘robbers overlooked $20,000 in Understand Attitude gold during the holdup. | - Several belated customers of the | pplegate Sutherland suggest- bank were admitted by one of the | eq that Alaska mails out of Seattl probbers. The guard in the bank pe nandled by the ght or ex- was forced to lie down on the|press method, but the Post Office floor. | Department is not favorable and S will make no change unless forced PALATIAL HOME, OHIO DRY MAN, DAMAGED TODAY Jnidentified Anti - Prohibi- tionists Are ‘Blam- ed for Crime NO PERSONS ARE HURT WHEN BOMB EXPLODES M. C. Robinson, Active Supporter of Prohibi- tion, Accuses Enemies ASHTABULA, Ohio, April 18. — Unidentified anti-Pros hibitionists are blamed by M. C. Robinson, prominent Pro- hibition leader here, for the bombing of his palatial home, No persons were injures and the damage is estimated less than $300. 3 Robinson said he was am active supporter of Prohibi- tion and the only persons like- to do so, the Chamber of Commerc was informed today by a telegram | from Second Assistant Postmaster General Glover. His telegram was in response to protest wired by the Chamber dem against revoking the new maxl contracts for the Seattle-Sew- Claim |ard route. In his message to the Chamber Mr. Glover said: “Thanks for your telegram. The Postoffice Department has no intention of changing mail service unless foreed to do so. We are trying to provide justi- fiable service and to do this the COUPLE LIABLE T0 LARGE FINE Customs Ofllmals Perfume Man and Wife Failed to Declare | NEW YORK Apr\l 18.—Custom! i officials estimate that Robert Dodg> and his wife are liable to duty and fines amounting to $200,000 on 14 pleces of baggage., They landed | o ment] RS pay ERACA from the French liner Ile de| 00 yye pelieve the increases France. They are officers of the ! granted steamship companies Perfum were warranted owing to in- Company. 5 e et crease in mail tonnage. Delegate ga(;;swt':lsn)?smc::icml;xctl:]‘(‘c:r :va‘x:l: Sutheriand brought matter, up and suggested freight or express method of carrying mails, and the Department is unable to understand his attitude.” In its proiest yesterday the Chamber of Commerce took the po- clothing and jewels valued at be- tween $80,000 and $100,000. The couple declared between $12/800 and $15,000. Dodge said the reports were e: aggerated and that the trouble ir volved only a couple of trunks. sition that Alaska was entitled to - e avery postal facllity possible, and hat the scrvice between Seattle and Alaskan points should be the best obtainable under existing | transportation conditions, regardless of cost. It opposed any sugges- ticn that mails be handled out o: Seattle by fuip(ht or express. BARGE, CARBO OF 0IL, DESTROYED PORT ANGELES, Wash, Ap(il | 18.—With 100,000 gallons aboard, the | oil barge of the Sunset Oil Com- pany, in tow of the tug Wilson, h: | burned off the mouth of the Elwha | River. The cutter Snohomish and two patrol boats left for the fjre ‘II is unknown how many men were | on the barge. The tug carried a crew of five and none are reported injured. et WALMER PURCHASES AUTO TRAIN HITS AUTO BUS; 8 ARE KILLED VALENCIA, Spain, April 18— | Eight members of a holiday party Lv\Pre killed and 16 were injured in John Walmer of the U and I|a collision between an auto bus and cafe has purchased a new modol | @ freight train near Smagrell. Four Ford deluxe sedan from the Juneau |Of those injured are in a serious Motor company, H. I. Lucas an- | condition. nounces. | The accident cccurred at a grade | crossing, and the guard, apparently, ‘hnldmg himself responsible for th | disaster, committed suicide. Witnesses said the driver of the | bus apparently did not see the train until too late. | .- ALASKA STANDA“D HERE The Alaska Standard of the Standard Oil Company, arrived in | port shortly before noon today with | small shipments for the City Dock, | ly to have sought revenge were enemies made through his activities. The bomb tore out the foundation under part of the house. S REP. LEE OF TEXAS, DEAT WASHINGTON, Aprll 18.—Repr- sentative: R @ #Ivoe § Demoe-&l Texas, died in the Emergency Hos= pital after an illness of five weeks, He was stricken with paraly:is and hopes were entertained thas he would recover, but he suflered relapse last Wednesday. Representative Lee succeeded Tom Blanton, who said he would run again. BYRD BACK IN DUNEDIN DUNEDIN, New Zealand, April 18.—Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd has returned from a visit to Wels'| lington and will remain a week be= fore sailing for Papama, ram*wnfila bound. Commander Byrd returned hfll without his famous dog Igloo which became separated from him at Ashburton on his return trip. m dog wandered away from the rafl= road station while Byrd was bel made a member of the Aero Ca and howled when he saw his mas= ter had left him. The dog Was| picked up by the train crew of tha next express and brought to Dunes= din. ———,e UNALGA COMING HERE The Unalga, U. S. Coast Guard Cutter, is due in Juneau tomorrow or Sunday on the annual seal p@= trol, according to word received here by H. G. Walmsley, of Pacific Coast Coal Company. will remain here only long ent to take aboard supplies. Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Com- | pany, and the Standard Oil Com- | pany. She is on her way to the | westward. F rench Avmwr e | Atlantic’s Mrs. Peter Hammer, who undou\ | went an operation for the removal |of her tonsils recently, was dis- | missed from St. Ann's hospital this | morning. After spending a week in the hos- NEW YORK, April 18.—Defeat once in his attempt to fly the n Atlantic from east to west, Capt Dieudonne Coste will attempt this spring to fulfill a promise made in America ‘in 1928. pital Mrs. Josephine Carlson was | dismissed this morning. Reversing Lindbergh's route, the | W. D. Brown left St. Ann’s hos- |daring French aviator proposes to pital this morning following one |fly from Paris to New York in a tri-motored Brequet plane, modeled after his famous ship of last year, the Question Mark Last July he started with Maurice Bellonte in the craft, powered with a single motor, to span the ocean, week’s confinement. To undergo medical treatment, Charles Jackes was admitted to the hospital today. Mrs. C. T. Brown, who underwent an operation last week, left the hos- pital this afternoon. |but faced with headwinds, landed | | e ———— {back in France after a flight of | ’ Organized less than four years more than 3,100 miles over waler ago, the Duke university school of | Undaunted by the failure and \rehg\on. has become one of the :largpst graduate schools of theolo: |in the south, still tempted by the Atlantic, they refitted the plane but headed to- rd China and landed in Tsitsihar to Brave D(m gers Agai gain Manchuria, with a new world's ai= line distance record to their credit] They had flown 4,948.59 miles non-| stop 4n 51 hours and 39 mim Later they piloted the plane to new world's distance record over & closed circuit, flying 4,987 miles i 52 hours and 30 minutes. The promise to fly the Af was made by Coste, then a tenant, when here in 1928 Joseph Lebrix in the midst of round-the-world tour in wi they carried the tri-color of 35,000 miles. “We do not want to go back’ Paris by plane,” the aviator “because Lindbergh has done that; it would be useless tition to follow him. After we g back to France, we shall plan tH east to west, flight of the l'wflb' | lantic,” |