The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 30, 1930, Page 1

RUSTGARD- WICKERSHAM RACE AND COLE SEEM ( , - i e : ( THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1930. VOL. XXXV., NO. 5397. " MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ONLY CONTEST OF DEMOCRATS 1S UNDECIDED Sommers Trails Hesse in Sparse Returns from All Over Alaska LIGHT DEMOCRATIC VOTE MAY BEAT HIM Divisional tht Is Also Uncertain—More Re- ports Are Needed | In the only contest on the Demo- ! eratic Territorial ticket, the' in- complete returns from the First, Third and Fourth Divisions today showed William A. Hesse, Ketchi- kan, leading Robert J. Sommers, incumbent, by the slender margin of four votes for the party’s nomi- nation for Highway Engineer of | Alaska. The unusually light party vote all over the Territory was the featurc of the election. Nineteen out of 23 First Division precincts, five in the Third Division and Fairbanks in the Fourth Division, gave a total of 188 votes for that office. Close Everywhere Of that number Mr. Sommers re- {Wifq and Son of the “ New Balfour Heir | Lady Traprain with her little son, Master Gerald Balfour. Mrs. Bal- four is the wife of R. A. L. Bal- !four, new heir to the title of Earl of Balfour. Mr. Balfour now be- comes Lord Traprain, a title taken from an old Roman encampment REGULAR 6.0P. SLATE WINS IN Administration Ticket Sweep§ All Precincts Gastineau Channel With a record breaking total vote in the local Republican pri- maries, Tuesday, the Administra- tion slate headed by Attorney Gen- eral John Rustgard carried the city in a landslide of votes, giving every candidate a cleancut majority. The regulars didn’t lost a single one of the three precincts, or, in fact, any precinet on Gastineau Channel. These candidates received majori- ties ranging from 177 for Gildea to 563 for Gardner in Juneau. Rustgard carried the town over Judge Wickersham by 209 votes. W. K. Keller was glyen 2 majority of 182 over Commissioner L. W. Breuer in the race for Commission- | er of Education nominaticn. Vote Is Large The local vote was one of the heaviest ever cast in the city in a primary election, and most of the voters used the Republican ballots. The total in both primaries was CITY ELECTION Precinot— Delsgate Treasurer Auditor | | | Juneau—Precinct No, 1 . Junecau—Precinct No. 2 . Juneau—Precinet Neo. 3 . Douglas—Precinct No. 1 | Douglas—Precinet No. 2 Treadwell 5 % Jualpa (A.J. Boarding House) Thane (Sheep Creek) ... Salmon Crek 5 Mendenhall Lynn Canal Stikine Revilla { Charcoal Point | | Wacker City Heas ! Ketchikan—Precinct No. 1 ... Ketchikan—Precinct No, 2 . Sitka Haines ... | Chilkat | Petersburg | Wrangell Skagway . Totals - preSjsnay uyof] | 1442 A il w0 s posy Jowiy; PnaIg M 0?1' ~ a3y 1 Jueld| | weysiaROIM saml‘] [ 118 417 190/ 85| 76| 30, 34| 18 163)| 13| 56| 17)| B 5 1 6l 12| 7l 15| 26| 5| 199]| 95 | 9| 23| 2| 122)| 98| 89| 28 27| 5| 214| 118] 146] 39| 1 1 2 1 15| 7| 149] 83| 115 35| 2 97| 107| 34| 8 5 143 139]{ 44 1l 130 155 63| 13 61| 61 184) 2 2 48/ 27 90| M A 1) sun ydasop 20upIed ‘L % 3318 'V Iy BOPUD ¥OMIEC cosuyor H ! TTa6s 43T 139 174 83| 114 9 100 21 all* 8| 1| 10 12 16 23| 33 18] 19 8| 14 10 18 24| 9 228| 103| ol /| 325 CLEE 124]| 116] 120 86 64| 76| i a 4| 8 3 5 7 1 & 1) 38 31 12)) 260 138] 115 133 83, 146 36|| 2 86| 147 7| 2| ul 50 51 ] 118 48, 1 Representatives BM pueoN 402 med T WENA BPWUog 1398 JI9YoeA\ auasng uuIp ‘D 194015 1028 "d I e 57 20 13| 6l 20 13 I 12 3 11 12 26 30 20 13| 3 98 160 61 o1 35 153 ki 54 0| 2 25| 140 34/ 141 17 06 1 5 1 8 8 2 | | | 1 {l | || 1207|] 28| 1601|| 1233| 1389)| t il 897/ 14381 1560/ 1701 CORNERSTONE U. S. STRIKES LINDY on the Whittinghame estate, The little boy in the photograph is the leading 71 to.68. Hosse led 18 to 9| 53°9nd fieir o the title of the Earl in the Third Division, from votes | > OUE (tntarnationsi Newseieth reported from Cordova, Eyak, Chit- ~——————— ina, MgCarthy and Seward. The'HAHRY BI.GGK L Ad Fairbanke yote was evenly divided | [l ceived 92 and his opponent 96. In! the First Division the fogmer was; each candidate getting 16. The lightness of the party vote| {1,012 of which 948 were Republican | votes and 64 were Democratic. | The big vote was astonishing to| | leaders of both parties who had not ' | expected the citizens to turn out' in such large numbers in face of unfavorable weather conditions. The ! * SET TUESDAY ino uncertain fashion when voters 1 v !braved cold, rainy weather to go to Hundrds Stand IR He 'y | Downpour to Hear Al the .polls. Gardrier Yeads Ticket dress 'by Gov. Parks While FOR CAPITOL Tom Gardneér, régular candidate | for the Senatorial nomination, led several hundred Juneau is regarded by local Democratic| leaders as the cause of Sommers'| position. and Hesse's friends were active all over the Territory. While Sommers’ friends here were confident would pick up enough scattering | votes in the unreported precincts to assure him of nomination, it is admitted’that it probably will take the official count to determine the outcome. Divisional Race Uncertain The same degree of uncertainty present. in the contest for Highway Engineer hovers over the outcome of the five-handed fight for the four Democratic House nominations in this Division. Three places are apparently assured. Nineteen out of 23 reported pre- cincts give A. H. Ziegler, Ketchikan, 147, Frank A. Boyle, Juneau, 115, ahd Thomas B. Judson, Juneau, 114, for three high places. The fourth nomination is a tossup be- tween E. L. Sampson, Ketchikan, who had 83, and Albert Wile, Ju- neau, with 76 votes. Others Are Unopposed George B. Grigsby, candidate for Delegate, R. E. Hardcastle, for Treasurer, Thomas Gaffney for Au- ditor, A, E. Karnes for Commission- er of Education, and Allen Shat- tuck for Senator of the First Di- vision, were unopposed for nomina- tions. “Scarface” Capone Is In Havana; Questioned By Secret Service Man HAVANA, Cuba, April 30—“Scar- face” Al Capone, who arrived yes- terday from Miami, Florida, with a party of friends, was called be- fore Chief of the National Secret Service, Santiago Martinez, ani asked the purpose of his coming. Capone said he was on a pleasure trip only and he was released. he | He made no campaign| I NEW YORK Reputed Partner in New | York Night Clubs, Mur- dered Today NEW YORK, April 30. — Harry Block, aged 36, reputed partner in a number of night club enter- prises, was fatally shot early this morning by two men as he and kis wife were about to ascend in an elevator to their apartment. Two of the five shots fired took effect. Neither Mis. =i«k nor th> ele- vator operator were injured. The police are unable to assign a motive for the shooting. | Cash totalling $4,300 was found in Block's pockets. ———— John Pabloff Monook, Well Known Character Of Interior, Is Dead TANANA, Alaska, April 30- John Pabloff Monook died April 26, He was the son of a Russian Offi- cer named Pabloff for which Pab- loff Bay was named. He piloted white miners into the Lewis, Stew- art, Fortymile, Fort Yukon and Circle mining districts. Big Monook and Little Monook were named af- ter him. He was 85 years of age and was sinking a prospect hole on the Melozi River when taken sick. He lay eight days in his blankets without food or fire. When found he was brought to the Tanana Hos- pital where he died a week later. All whites and natives in the vicin- ity attended his funeral. WINS SWEDISH TITLE: NOW HOPES FOR JOB?® STOCKHOLM, April 30.—A young coal dealer, long out of work, is waiting hopefully to see what a lot of publicity and a noble title can do toward getting him work. Stig Julius Carlsson, who married an artists’ model, was brought up in a poor workman'’s home and always believed himself a real son of the family. Then he accident- ally found the parish record of the workman’s family and noticed that his name was not among those of the other children. He learned that he was the son of the late Baron and Baroness Lil- Jjencrantz, who, for some unknown ! reason, had given him to the work- man to rear. Stig sued for his title and inheri- tance. The Swedish court of ap- peal decided in his favor but the estates amounted to very little. ‘The new baron said he regretted the great publicity given to his case. “But what can an unemployed baron do?” he added. “I hope this notoriety will help me to, get a Job,” BRSSP A | his ticket locally, and that race was a procession of voters for him with his opponent, Senator W. A. Steel trailing far behind. The former received 725 and Steel 162 votes in the city. Elmer Reed swamped Cash Cole in the Auditor’s fight. He piled up 093 votes to 222 for his oppon- ent. Treagurer Walstein G. Smith ! walked away from Frank L. Knight, Anchorage, in like manner, receiv- ing 678 votes to 183 for Knight. Roy Noland, Walter P. Scott, iGrover C. Winn and Pat Gildea were the four high men in the House race. Noland received 678, Scott, 665, Winn 524 and Gildea 491. Johnson was fifth with 314, Paul 244, Sommer 175 and Wacker 146. The surprise in this race was the fact that Paul received a larger vote than either Cole or Steel, 22 more than the former and 82 more than Steel. Vote By Precinct More than 50 per cent of the lo- cal vote was cast in Precinct No. 1, with 550 Republican and 35 Demo- cratic ballots. Gardner led his ticket there, receiving 437 to 82 for Steel. Rustgard defeated Wicker- sham there 331 to 192, and the House ticket was given handsome majorities. Keller led Breuer 328 to 190. l The race in the Second Precinct Iwas close between Rustgard and Wickersham, the vote being 119 for ithe former and 112 for the latter. Gardner again led his ticket, 174 to 58 for Steel. Keller beat Breu- er and Reed swamped Cole. Precinct No. 3, gave the Adminis- itration ticket a fine majority. Gard- ner received 114 yotes to 22 for |Steel. Rustgard led Wickersham 104 to 41. Reed ran away from | Cole 113 to 30. Keller topped Breuer 181 to 57. Small Democratic Vote | The total Democratic vote was |but 64. There werc only two con- tests on the ticket, Highway En- 'gineer and in the House race. R. J. (Continued on Page Three) \Lindberghs Flew So Fast, Barograph Broke WASHINGTON, April -30.—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife went so fast establishing a new | transcontinental speed mark on Easter Sunday, they destroyed the %official record barograph installed !in the plane. The instrument was turned over to the Bureau of 'Standards for certification and it was found to have been broken by *the excessive vibration, » | nerstone of Juneau's new Territor- | {residents and visitors stood silent in ,2 heavy downpour of rain, the cor-i {ial and Federal Building was laid yesterday at the corner of Fourth! |and Seward Streets. | The official address was made {by Gov. George A. Parks, and was most interesting. The following is the text of the Governor's talk, | which was well received by his 1 audience: | “Progress, whetner it be that of |an individual, a community, a ter- ritory, or a nation, is a BSource of A special gold medal for Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh will carry his profile on its « face and a lone eagle on the reverse. WASHINGTON, April 30.—To the many tributes in the collection of Colonel Charles “A. Lindbergh, a Epecial gold’ medal will'be awarded !in the name of Congress, The award will be faced with a profile view of the famous aviator dressed in flying helmet, the design being conceived by Mrs. Laura Gar- din Fraser and selected by Secretary of Treasury Mellon. On the reverse will be pictured 2 lone ‘eagle, its wings stretched in west-to-east flight and the rays of the sun and a group of stars symbolizing the day and night trans-Atlantic flight. The medal will be struck in gold in the United States mint in Phila- delphia and bronze copies distrib- uted there to the public on pay- ment of $1 and postage cost. It is the third distinction to be great guatificalion to those who have contributed to the achieve- ment,” declared Gov. George A. Parks, in the address at the laying of the Capitol cornerstone yester- day. “Sometimes the advancement ‘is so gradual that it is not appre- |clated until some notable event di- rects attention to it. The placing of this cornerstone is such an event in our history; it is indicative of substantial and definite progress toward our goal, and as such it is most gratifying to all Alaskans. Whatever differences of cplnlan' may exist or whatever our interests may be, I belleve that in the heart of every true Alaskan there is the hope that we may see the day when we shall be accorded the privilege of Statehood. Brief History Given “A few of you may have been in Alaska since the time when the seat |, of the government was established; at Sitka. Many more will recall when Congress directed its removal to Juneau in 1900, and almost every one present remembers the old wooden structure that stood on this lot and served as our Capitol Build~ ing for so many years. Twefity) years ago Congress recognized that the Territory should have a néw| and appropriate bullding to house the Federal and Territorial Gov- ernment activities, and at that time an expenditure of Two Hundred Thousand ($200,000.00) dollars was authorized for this purpose, but for various reasons the construction was Geferred. Thus for more than 20 years in spite of strenuous ef- forts on the part of Alaskans the matter has been delayed, and per- haps it is just as well, because in the end Alaska has gained. The first a'thorization was not suffi- cient to permit the erection of a structure comparable to the one now conceived, and although the need has been urgent and the delay long, we shall not complain now that our fondest hopes are about to be realized in this magnificent mod- ern structure. y Cites Some Changes “I haye stated that we have conferred by Congress because of the feats of the flier, the distin- guished flying cross, and the titlc of colonel in the air corps reserve: being given on his triumphant re- turn from Europe. 8717|| 1346 1209 ! ' ! 1401 1077, 1471 525 1581 MEDAL TO HONOR ATLANTIC FIIGHT Mrs. Fraser, the designer, is wife of James E. Fraser, noted sculptor. Her works includes designs of the Grant memorial gold dollar and three 50-cent coins, memorials of the Alabama centennial, Fort Van- couver and the Oregon trail. made substantial progress. May I refer for a short time to a few of the changes that have taken place? “This bullding is provided by the Federal Government to house the administrative agencies in the Territory, and on this occasion it seems appropriate to review briefly the development of the Territorial (Government since 1867. For 17 years after the purchase Alaska was an unorganized Territory with- out a civil or criminal code or courts of any kind. During this period the - Army,- and later the Navy, were the sole administrative To correct this deplor- of May 17th, 1884 creating the “District of Alaska,” and providing a' civil and oriminal code and courts for its administration. Sitka was chosen as the Beat of Govern- ment. d ‘‘Some twenty-two years later, in 1906, the right of the Territory to| representation in Congress was recognized, and the election of a| Delegate was authorized. Through- out these years Alaska was develop- ing; substantial communities had grown and prospered; our mines the present conditions in any of our larger communities, with those of the same places twenty years ago. The improvements are so apparent that further comment is unnecessary. “It will be conceaed that one of the most important factors in the development of a new country is that of transportation. There are few of you who have been here for twenty years or more, who will need to be reminded of the great change that has taken place in our transportation facilities. We have become so accustomed to the large comfortable -steamships that serve us so well, that we accept them as a matter of course, yet it has not been very long since small wooden Knmps, sailing on infrequent sched- ules and 'calling wherever business offered, were considered adequate for Alaska. Only a few years have elapsed since freight and pas- sengers destined for the Interlor of {Alaska had to traverse the Yukon River, or the long trall from the coast over the mountain barriers to Fairbanks. | Modern Facilities Now “Contrast this with the facilities EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS IS CLOSE: SMITH ERTAIN OF NOMINATIONS UNOFFICIAL RETURNS, REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES, FIRST DIVISION SR © " Comm.of Highway Education Engineer Senator RESULTS FROM 6. 0. P. PRIMARY ARE UNCERTAIN Scattered Returns Fail to Decide Fight for Delegate Honors RUSTGARD LEADING BY NARROW MARGIN Cole Leads Reed —Keller Ahead of Breuer and Smith Beats Knight Incomplete uncfficial returns from three of the Territory's four Judiclal Divisions in Tuesday’s Re- publican primary election received by The Empire indicated the nomi- nation of W. G. Smith for Treas- urer, Oash Cole for Auditor, and left the Delegate and Commissioner of Education in doubt. Attorney General John Rustgard jhad a lead of 153 votes over Judge James Wickersham for the Delegate nomination, and W. K. Keller was leading L. W. Breuer, present en- cumbent, by 340 votes for Commis- sioner of Edueation. Cole was leading Elmer. Reed. by .126. votes for Auditor and Smith had 'a com- manding, lead " of 1,016 votes. ovér ¥ 4 Prank L. Knight for, Treasurer. AGAIN LOOMING == oo e, o 2 . ! [ of W. A. Bteel for Senator- ial honors in this Division. - e Few Returns Recelved Senator Jones Urges Ac-| But.a small percentage of the tion if Law Enforcement I "Work"Is Not ‘Finished " ftrom tfie”’m'mn. The Fea S Division is .approximately 75 per- | and fisheries had produced great, wealth, and our people were lble"or today. We have approximate- and eager to assume the responsi- ly 700 miles of railroads operating bilitles of Territorial Government. during the entire year and afford- In 1912 Congress: was convinced |ing easy access to the great valleys that the Territory possessed the of the Tanana and Yukon. Motor necessary population and resources | propelled vehicles have superceded to justify a form of Territorial the horse as a means of transport- Government and the Organic Act|ing freight and passengers over road was passed. Since that time there systems that were not even con- have been some amendments but|veived to be possible by the most 'our present law Is substantially |optimistic of early pioneers. Roads that of 1912, has been received from the WASHINGTON, April 30.—United States Senator Wesley L. Jones, of Washington, today urged Presiden: loover to call a special session of Congress in the event adjournment is taken before the Chief Execu- itive's Law Enforcement program is |acted upon, Senator Jones, after a conference with President Hoover at the White House, said the President should insist on action on law recommen- dations, GOES TO RENO FOR DIVORCE Mrs. Evelyn Marshall Field! Assured of One Mil- lion Annually NEW YORK, April 30. — The Dally News says Mrs. Evelyn Mar- shall Field has left here to obtain a divorce in Reno, Nevada, after recelving assurance of an income of more than $1,000,000 a year from counsel for her husband, Marshal | votes in that race. | mer, cent complete, Five precincts—Cordova, Eyak, McCarthy, Chitina and Seward— have been réceived from the Third, and only Fairbanks from the Fourth Division. ~ As these constitute a small part of the total vote in each district, it is impossible to forecast the final results in either. Gardner Seems Certain Tom Gardner’s nomination for Senator from the First Division seemed assured on the face of re- |turns from 23 First Division pre- cincts which cast a total of 2578 Gardner re- celved 1,701 votes to 877 for his opponent, giving him a lead of 824 votes which local party leaders are confident is large enough to as- sure him of success. Walter P. Scott, high man on the Administration House slate with 1471 votes was leading Pete Som- low Paul candidate, by 582 votes and'was also believed to be virtually certain of nomination. Roy Noland was 70 votes behind Scott, having 1,701 to his credit. W. L. Paul, second low man on his own slate, had 1077 votes and looked like he might secure a nom- ination although the unreported Field, the third, grandson of the Chicago merchant, In addition to the income, the Dally News says she also obtains possession of the Fleld town house valued at $3,000,000 and custody of the three children, Marshall, junior, aged 14, Barbara, aged 11, and Bernice, aged 6 years. | T {National Cathedral In Lisbon Is Robbed LISBON, April 30—A glass re- liquary containing a Fourth Cen- tury head of Baint Ursula, enriched with jewels, has been stolen by thieves who bfoke into the National Cathedral. [ precincts might give Noland a big enough vote to nose him out. Indian Vote Out None of the Indian precincts had reported at midafternoon today, and when these begin to show up the majorities of the regular G. O. P. slate will tumble precipitously. Of the 1,100 odd votes estimated to be outstanding in this -Division, about 800 ‘are Indian voters. The uncertainty of the status in two or three of them lends to the lack of assurance in the out- come of the House fight in the Republican party. If, as pre-election reports indicated, the regulars made " (Continued on "Page Three) MANILA, April 30.—Communists are scarce among the Filipinos but are vocal at every opportunity. In the recent school strike, for example, they tried to butt into the dispute, between students and a teacher who, it was asserted, had insulted the native people, and issued a red manifesto urging the Towns Are Progressive “The progressive ' spirit of the people here, as elsewhere, is in no way better exemplified than the |and trails are essential to transpor- |Youths to fight imperialism. But tation on land and when we con- When the objectionable instructor Isider that prior to 1905 we did not [Was removed, the youngsters went have roads of any kind nor an or- ganization to construct them, while since that date almost twenty mil- | ) |general appearance of 'their cities ,nnd towns, Compare, if you will, ntinued on Page Two) W T & ¢ W ———— A back to their books. Similar activity is shown when- ever there is a labor strike. ‘The few Filipinos who have gone in for communism have not done REDS FEW BUT NOISY IN PHILIPPINE ISLANDS very well, chiefly because they have not found an effective means guarding their cash box. The reds receive a subsidy, reported as $50 a month, from Moscow and the money is supposed to be used to support students of communism in Russia. But when the last time came for selecting a student to go to Mos~. cow, it was found that there were no funds. Moreover it was fur- ther discovered that one of the - leaders had bought an automobile. This led to a split from which organization has not fully recove ered, 2