The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 1, 1930, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVI., NO. 5450. JUNEAA, ALASKA, TUESDAY. JULY 1, 1930. MEMBLR BF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS BRITISH ADMIRAL TTACKSNAVY PACT HOOVER TALKS T0 GOVERNORS IN SALT LAKE Makes Radio—A_ddress from White House to Con- ference in Utah DATA IS GIVEN ABOUT PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION Expenditures During Past| Six Months Exceeds Boom Year 1929 . WASHINGTON, July 1.—Presi~ dent Hoover said Public Works cen- Modification Of Jones Law Before Congress " g DRY OFFICIAL URGES REPEAL OF 16TH LAW Retiring Prohibition Ad- ministrator of New York Gives Views TREASURY OFFICIALS INVOLVED IN CHARGES Maj. CampgAlso Makes Statement on Revok- ing Liquor Permits WASHINGTON, July 1.— The House Bill modifying the severe Jones Law, to provide slighter penalties for first viclators of the Dry Acts, was today ordered reported to the Senate by the Senate Judiciary Committee. DAMAGE DONE BY STORM IN 2 PROVINCES NEW YORK, July 1.—Retiring Germans Celebrate Evacuation | Of Rhineland BERLIN, July 1—8ixty million Germans, today con= tinued to express joy: at the liberation of the RHireland following the complete evac= uation of the French for¢es yesterday. With the exception of & few isolated cases the cele- bration of the French evacu- ation was without disorders. At Mayence', several at= tempts were made to settle old scores and one cafe own= ed by a Separatist, was stormed by a mob. Windows were smashed and other damage done. This took place before the newly ars rived Hessian police were oR the scene and then . they JUDGE RULES IN RECALL OF DETROIT MAYOR Injunction Restraining City Clerk for Acting Is Refused DETROIT, Mich,, July 1.—Cir- cuit Judge Webster has refused Mayor Charles' Bowles' injunction vestraining the City Clerk from act- ing on petitions demanding the| Mayor’s recall. Judge Webster held he had no right to interfere in the election be- cause it “involves question of a wholly political nature.” |Flying Brothers Continue to Break Record CHICAGO, 1, July 1.— John and Kenneth Hunter, making a new world's re- fueling and endurance rec- ord, will “fly on so long a&s fabric and metal holds to- gether,” said Walter Hunter, Jr, another brother, and member of the ground crew. The Hunters, at 10:40 o'clock this forenoon, had been in the air 474 hours of an uninterrupted flight, 54 hours more than the former record. TREASURYHAS $184,000,000 FOR SURPLUS Announcement Is Made by Mellon — War Debt Payments Large WASHINGTON, July 1.—Secre- tary of Treasury Mellon today an- nounced that the Government con- cluded the 1930 fiscal year with| a surplus of $184,000,000. Included in this amount is $76, 000,000 from foreign governmenis which was $aid in their June in- stallments on war debts, which he said was abnormal, HAWKESWORTH The total ordinary receipts of EARL BEATTY SAYSENGLAND ONLY NATION LOSING POWER Declares Reduction Makes Great Britain Incapable of Maintaining Con- trol of Empire LONDON, July 1. — Earl Beatty, Admiral of the Fleet, today attacked the Naval Treaty vigorously in the New York Prohibition Administra- quelled the - disturbances.. jthe Government amounted to $4.- 1178,000,000 compared to $4,033,000,- House of Lords. He declared 'RETURNS WIT S 080080000000 ss0000 0000 Eastern Ontario and Que- bec Are Struck by Elec- England was the only natiom under the treaty that made any disarmament of its sea strength. Earl Beatty said reduction made Great Britain impotent iand incapable of maintaining |control over yarious parts of ther Empire. |tor Major Maurice Campbell hurled charges of insincerity at unnamed!® ® ® ® © Treasury Department officials and ,urged repeal of the Eighteenth | Amendment. At the same time he e . was criticized by the Federal Grand ! NATIUNALISTS 1 ce s e o GANGSTER IS e " FOUND SLAIN AGED MAN 1S Forty-second Victim of. SHOT DOWN IN | Chicago Wars Found | | on Banks of River BANDl_T’ S 'DUEL‘ Resists Robbery of His struction in the first six months of 1000 last fisoal year the year totalled $1,700,000,000, ex-{ . . ceeding the boom year of 1030 by | trical and Wind Storm $200,000,000. { This statement was made last| OTTAWA, July 1.—Two persons night in a radio address from the,Were Kkilled, another died as the . OFFIGE FORGE Bureau of Education Will Have Six Located Per- manently in Juneau Bringing with him a force of five who have been transferred from Seattle to Jurieau, Charles Hawkes- worth, acting chief of the United' States Bureau of Edueation, re- Jury and charged with great laxity | White House to the Governor's Tesult of a heart attack and much'in his office in connection with the | Conference in Salt Lake City. ,damage was done by wind and an, withdrawal of permits. | i The President said the second electrical storms which swept East- Major Campbell said New York‘ - < half of the year promises greater ern Ontario and Quebec during the was the political home of Wa.sh-‘ [ ! results. inlzm. |ington officials and he felt cermln’ T PR “To definitely organize, so to pre-; Arthur Morrois was killed in liquor permits he revoked must be) b s vent activity of public works re- Montreal when a high tension wire“resmred to obtain support of the! S ; ceding like other activities in de-!was blown on him. Republican State ticket next fall. | 1 1on' pression, to speed them up to an-| John Lethell, hospital watchman.l g ‘Bombay Organlzn tion SPECIAL SESSION, SENATE WASHINGTON, July 1.—Presi< dent Hogver has decided to ca'l ‘CHICAGO, IlI, July 1.—The body : of a man, with bullet wounds in several places, was found this, ticipation of the future needs, so!wns killed when he attempted to to alleviate unemployment, is a new ' experiment in our economic life and is of first importance,” the Presi- dent said. ,tened by a flash of lightning, col- | Democrat of New York State, has WANTS INVESTIGATION I WASHINGTON, D. C, July 1—| Representative Emanuel CEller."r pick up a fallen electric power line. | Mrs. Mary Harrington was frigh- lapsed and died. introduced a resolution asking anj Takes Action — Two Officials Under Arrest BOMBAY, July 1—The Bombay morning on the banks of the Les Plaines River. The man is be- lieved to have been an Italian This makes 42 in the casualty list} |@angster, according to the Police. | *- Service -Station ‘Near Tacoma—Is Killed TACOMA, Wash.,, July 1—Two ithe Senate into special session for turned to Juneau aboard the Yu- kon. | During his' brief absence in Se- attle, Mr, Hawkesworth was ele- | consideration of the Naval Treaty jnext Monday, if Congress adjourns | this week. Congressional leaders are making i of ‘this year's gas b youthful murderers killed Michael vated from the position of head of The President thanked the Gov- investigation by the House Judi- Nationalists have opened a boycott SOAS R Yo Hennessey and injured his wife, an Southeast Alaska for the Bureau ;‘hudr::lv:y th:&t‘;npe;flf: e ot ernors for their cooperation fol- lowing the stock crash of last fall. NOME GAINS IN POPULATION IN | TWO CHARGED ciary Committee, of the charges of one week against British goods. made by Major Campbell, retiring| Pandit Motilal Nehru, Acting New York Prohibition Administra- President of the All-India Nation- " WITH MURDER tor. A e CAL RANCHER GAME WARDENS - PAST 10 YEARS Jumps from. 852 to |,209| in Past Decade, Offic- I ial Figures Reveal The town of Nome gained 357 in population in the decade hetween 1920 and 1930, according to figures made public today by Charles E. Naghel, Supervisor of the Census for Alaska. Other Second Division preliminary figures were also giv- en out by Mr. Naghel, including Koyuk and St. Michael recording districts. Nome, which dropped from 2,600 in 1910 to 852 in 1920, now has a! population of 1209, the census tab- ulation showed. Koyuk recording district had 289, and St. Michael recording district 936. The Koyuk area embraced Elim and Haycock villages with 97 and 74 residents respectively, and a scattered population of 118. St. Michael included: Shaktolik, 104; St. Michael village, 147; Unala- kleet, 261, and scattering 424. Alaska-Yukon Gold Book Is Off Press SEATTLE, July 1—The Sour- dough Assoclation’s Alaska-Yukon Gold Book is off the press here. There is a history, photographs and roster of former Yukon and Alaska - ARE APPOINTED Commission Adds Two Wardens and Third Be Named Shortly Wife of “S»l‘mdan Bll;eaks Down and Implicates Secret Admirer REDWOOD, Cal, July 1.—Wil- liam Woodring and Ernest Hilde- brand have been charged with the slaying of Frank Roderick, Lahonda rancher, and burying the body in debris in an abandoned well. Two new game wardens today| were added to the field force of| the Alaska Game Commission and | a third will be put on in the near' HOOVER FIXES ! Governor's office, April 14 of each /the Union to observe that date as al Congress, the third Gandhi suc- cessor, has been arrested, also Byed Mahumd, Secretary of the Con- gress, at Allahabad. Nehru designated Vallabhai Patel, recently released, as new President of the Congress. M APRIL 14 PAN AMERICAN DAY President Sets Aside that Date to Be Observed Here Each Year By a proclamation issued re- cently by President Hoover, coples of which have been received by the year has been set aside as “Pan American Day,” to be observed ‘a8 such by the display of flags and suitable exercises. The movement was started by Lhel Pan American Union, which at its) latest meeting last May, passed & resolution calling on all nations in “Pan American Day.” 7 In his proclamation, President; The authorities said Mrs. Minnie |future, according to an announce- Roderick broke down under con-|ment made by H. W. Terhune, stant grilling and named Wood- |Executive Secretary of the Com-| ring. She asserted he was her |mission. Those appointed were! secret admirer. Both Woodring | Charles J. (Jack) O'Connor of Ne- and Hildebrand were neighbors of {[nana, and Eugene Tibb of Cor- the Rodericks. dova. No headquarters or permanent PIONEER OF NORTH districts have as yet been designat- ed for them, Mr. Terhune said.' BACK AFTER FIRST |For the present they will have rov- ! - ing -assignments and will be sent VACATION, 27YEARS from district to district as occa- sion demands. After a 60-day business and va-| Mr. O'Connor has been a Deputy | cation trip to the States, John|United States Marshal for several | Hadjukovich, pioneer roadhouse|years under Marshal Lynn Smith man, trapper and guide of interior|of the Fourth Division, resigning Alaska, is a passenger for Seward|to accept the wardenship. | on the steamer Yukon, enroute to his home at McCarthy, on the Tanana River. It was his first trip outside of the Territory in 27 years, most of which time he has resided in the upper Tanana River district. He visited New York, Boston, Washing- ton, Philadelphia, St. Louis and other eastern as well as Pacific Coast cities. |Hoover instructed that the flag be |“displayed in all Government buildings,” and invited all “schools,; civic associations and the people of ! the United States generally to Ob- | serve the day with appropriate cer- emonies, thereby giving expression to the spirit of continental solid- levent to be held here August 23-|arity, and to the sentiments of cor= Air Races in Chicago To Include 49 Contests CHICAGO, July 1.—Forty-nine contests, the largest number of events ever listed for a national air race, are on the program of the ¢ I REED RENAMED COMMISSIONER aged couple, when they attempted to resist a hold-up of their Fair- to the office he now holds. As soon as possible the Bureau haven service station, 12 miles will open its office on the fourth south of Tacoma on the Natlonal-floor of the Goldstein *building. Park Highway, early last night. Furniture and equipment was The bandits escaped in a car brought north on the steamer Yu- with less than $25. kon. Reappbfiténn- the . Al- * aska Game Commis- sion for 4 Years Irving McK. Reed, Fairbanks,| has been reappointed by Arthur M.| Hyde, hcretary of Agriculture, to be a member of the Alaska Game Commission representing the Fourth Division, according to an announce- ment made by H. W. Terhune, Ex- ecutive Secretary of the Commis- sion. The appointment is effective today. | Mr. Reed was appointed first two years ago, filling the vacancy left by the resignation of Dr. P. 8. ‘Whitney, one of the original mem- bers of the Commission. His new term runs for four years from to- day. “Mr. Reed has made a highly val-| uable member of the Commission,”, said Mr. Terhune. “He has studied the Alaska game and fur situation; closely, giving much of his time| to the work of administering those resources. His work as mining| engineer takes him into the field a great deal of the time, and in this way he has made many contacts ‘which have been of value to the, Commission.” The restocking of Alaska’s north- ern areas with musk-oxen has been a hobby of Commissioner Reed. He made an exhaustive study of that species and opportunities for breed- ing and grazing them in Alaska. | September 1. diality and friendly feeling which BY SEC. HYDE After eating sandwiches, the two Those’.in the party with Mr. youths started to pay then flashed Hawkesworth are: J. E. Click, who a’'gun when the till was opened. was gecompanied by Mrs, OClick Hennessey . firdd two. shots: and and 'fhelr three ten; Virgll maybe wouridéd one of the bandits Fulton, Arthur Miller, accompan- before he was killed in the fusillade. jed by Mrs. Miller; Oliver Trower MARCHER IS |NVESTIGATION SHOT KILLED " ESTIGATIS OF PINKFISH BY OFFICER 1S CONTINUED Communist Parade in New YosMkBity Ends in Dr. Davidson Resumes Bio- fordaiey | logical Study of Pink Bloods| { : | Salmon Fishery NEW YORK, July 1—A proces- slon of 30 Mexican and Spanish DPr. Fred A. Davidson, biologist of Communists protesting to Ameri- the United States Bureau of Fish- canization of Latin-America by mo- erles, who last year started an tion pictures, ended in bloodshed. investigation of the pink salmon The paraders rebelled at Police fishery of Southeast Alaska, ar- interference in Harlem. rived here today for a short visit Gonzalo Gonzalez, one of the to confer with local officers of the marchers, was shot dead by Police- Bureau. He has resumed his man Edmond O'Brien, who said the studies and will be located at Olive man jerked the night stick from Cove, in the Wrangell district, most his hand and started to belabor of the season. him. This started a riot in which the others joined. SURVEYORS COMPLETE WORK IN SOUTH AND |WILL MOVE TO WEST Returning -from surveys in the A small laboratory and fish pen have been erected there to facili- tate Dr. Davidson's researches, which embrace the biological side of the fishery. While the equip- ment is not elaborate, it is exten- sive enough to permit simple exper- iments to be made in the field, Dr. Davidson said. ‘Two objects are aimeéd at in the day over the Fourth. 1930 RECEIPTS OF COMMISSION PUT-AT $50,1 ‘Territory Gets 50 Per Cent of Game Receipts for Past 12 Months Receipts of the Alaska Game lcammtsslon from all sources for the fiscal year ending Monday aggre- / gated $50,711.77, according to & statement issued today from local headquarters of the Alaska Game Commission. Of the total, $25,- 34188 went to the Territorial Treasurer for Alaska schools. The final quarter’s remittance, $5,607.24 was forwarded ‘ to the Alaska treasury yesterday. There was a loss of about $12,000 in the receipts as compared to those for the fiscal year ending June 130, 1920. ‘This was accounted for by a decrease in the number of trapping licenses issued, and by & reduction in the number of alien special and alien fur-buyers’ licen- ses sold. The trapping licenses drop- ped from 5,870 in 1929 to 5,500 this year. There was an increase in the number of nonresident hunting li- censes sold during the year. In the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, re~ ceipts from that source amounted to $4,500 and they increased to $6,- 000 last year. { | O 00000000000 00 |o TODAY'S STOCK . . 2 i “I enjoyed my visit immensely,| Five derbies, two exclusively for the Government and the people ot/ The results of his study were mlsou Shern end of the Division, work: at Olive Cove. One. of & de-|° QUOTATIONS residents with present address. but T am glad to get back to Alas. women, and one a non-stop race the United States entertain toward some measure responsible for the| ———————— HEAVY FINE IS IMPOSED ifavorable action of Congress recent- | ka. It is the only place to live,” de- to Chicago, probably from Southern the peoples and governments Of ly in making an appropriation to| Betts, engipeers of the United 00000000000 Charles P, Seelye and Floyd G. termination of the similarity, m'l lack of it, in the fish throughout NEW YORK, July 1. — Closing California, will be held. Unlike the early national races, this year's events largely are for civilian pilots. Only five are ex-’ clusively for army, navy, marine ‘and national guard flyers. Chief of the speed events is the clared Mr. Hadjukovich. the other republics of the American ' continent.” ——————— MR. AND MRS. D. W. BRANCH JUNEAU VISITORS TODAY of sk | States Public Surveys, were today the runs. The second is the oxenflt:vm:: J;’éf.“h? hr::ddur‘ln:‘ the | PTePATIng to leave for western and changes taking place in the fish current’ fiscal yegar interior areas for the remainder of due to sexual maturing. A study the summer. The former left to- of chemical compositions, by simple IERICH LUCAS, SEATTLE quotation on Alaska Juneau mins stock today is 5%, Alleghany Cors poration ' 20%, Anaconda Copper 49%, Bethlehem Steel 80%, General Motors 39%, Granby Copper 22%; International Harvester 84, Kenne- ON RONALD AT KETCIIIKANI Johnson mfinfim recents [NATIONAL CHAMBER at Ketchkan by edns finea s1ovo] OF COMMERCE MAN COMING HERE SOON by Judge W. C. Arnold for viola- day on the steamer Yukon and the analyses of ‘the water, and their latter expects to leave next week. |effect on .the fish, will also be made. ¢ tion of the Alaska Bone Dry Law. This is the maximum fine permit-} ted under the statute. —— SALMON BROUGHT IN Forty-three thousand pounds of king salmon and 500 cohoes were received here today for Atlantic snd Pacific. The Elsie, Capt. Joha Hollywood, brought in 23,000 pounds, the Diana, Capt. Kellio. 15,000, and the Celtic, Capt. Henry Moy, 5000 pounds of kings and 500 cohoes. —— Chairman of New Federal Power Commision Named WASHINGTON, July 1.— President Hoover today an- nounced the appointment of i C. E. Rose, representing the Na- tional Chamber of Commerce, came as far north as Ketchikan on the steamer Yukon on a visit to. the seven Alaska members of the Chamber. This is the first time the Unit-| ed States Chamber has sent an of- race for the Thompson trophy, and a purse of $10,000. Total prize mon- ey will exceed $100,000. R. 'W. Schroeder, former army fiyer and veteran test pilot, is| chairman of the contest committee of the races, which will be held at the Curtiss-Wright-Reynolds air- |port. s ‘ing on the Yukon and are at the 2::131 reprmntnuvle. lm the 'I;em-' mermber organizations. 3:.°m.i‘cgiflw§!31m‘;ll-§-og§?mls CONFIDENT, VICTORY will spend a week in Ketchikan, then come to Juneau and will go westward after visiting here. i m | George B. Grigsby, Ketchikan !lawyer and Democratic nominee for Mrs. W. Graves and baby son left Delegate to Congress, who is in St. Ann’s hospital today for their;Juneau on professional business, is home here. {planning on beginning his cam- Among those admitted to St.'paign early and prosecuting it vig- Ann’s hospital today for medical orously throughout the Territory. D. W. Branch, of Seattle, mona- | ger of the Salmon Department of Libby,” McNeily and Libby, accom- panied by Mrs. Branch and their niece, Miss Dorothy Jueal, of Chi- cago, arrived in Juneau this morn- Gastineau Hotel. They will lcave for the Libby, McNeill and Libby cannery at Taku Harbor tomorrow BANKER, ON WAY WEST W. Erich Lucas, Vice-President of the National Bank of Commerce in Seattle, accompanied by his wife| and two children, is a passenger, aboard the Yukon for the West- ward. Mr. Lucas is wellknown in banking business in Alaska, for many years head of the Harriman | Aleutian mext week, will go to Un- Mr. .Seelye will make a number ‘of isolated surveys in the interior,| covering a wide area in the Tanana, Kuskokwim and other valleys. He was accompanied from here by Pat Naghel and Walter Gerwels. | Mr. Betts, who will leave on the alaska Island to execute a townsite survey and later will proceed to the PHOTGGRAPHER HERE FOR FOREST SERVICE E. S. Shipp, official photographer for the United States Forest Serv- ice with headquarters in Wash- ington, D. C. arrived today to Susitna River Valley for isolated|spend about two weeks making cott Copper 38%, Montgomery- Ward 34, National Acme 12%, Pack~ ard Motors 13%, 13%, 13%, Sim- mon Beds 24%, Standard Brands 19, Standard Oil of California 59%, |Standard Oil of New Jersey 65%, United Aircraft 51%, U. S. Steel 156%, Hupp Motors 14%, 14, 14%, | Stewart Warner 21, 20%, 20%, Fox Films 40%.. s s A m"“:w“'pfi‘iofb - {National Bank of Sevard, betore | turning to Tanaad ¢ he went to Seattle and established B . AN bank connections there. Mr. Lucas is making an extensive .'..'.......':Tmlrolunskalnthelnterestot WEATHER o |his bank. He will visit the Interior (By the U. :O:Es&i;l' ojand all towns to the Westward. He Burean) o |will Teturn here next month for a! o |week’s visit in Juneau, making a o|side trip to Skagway and Sitka,!| @ |then go south to Petersburg and @ |Wrangell. He came mnorth on the| Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4 p.» today: Wednes 'United States Marshal Lieut, Gen. Edgar Jadwin to @ !treatment is Christian Jorgenson. {Mr. Grigsby declares that he has Cloudy tonight, be Chairman of the newly created Federal Power Com- mission. CRCRC R RN ®seccsecocoe sevvee! Eli Sharchane entered St. Ann's hospital for medical treatment. o| Mrs. Wesley Burke was admitted feels confident of success at thel to 8, Ann’s today, received reassuring information 1fmm all parts of Alaska, and he . [ . . . [} e |polis in November, 4 @ |Alaska and stopped for two days at|tive at once, i Ketchikan. While here today he visited for- mer Seward residents, now making their home in Juncau, survey work. WHITE APPOINTS NEW DEPUTY, KETCHIKAN The appointment of Ernest Frank Jones, Ketehikan, to be Deputy at that place, was announced today by United States Marshal Albert White. The appointment is effec- photographic studies here and in this ct. 'He has already spent Watchin,g Attorney sometime in the Ketchikan region. Mr. Shipp will make photographs General for Move of Forest Service activities of vari-|Jp Enlorcement ous kinds, of forest products, pic- tures of industries here and near| wASHINGTON, July 1.—The re- here, roads, trails and developments|sponsibility of Prohibition Enfe pn ‘thep. ment passed today to Attorney N General William D. Mitchell. t Edward F. Medley, for 14 years| The transfer became a legal fact - an attorney at Cordova and now alat midnight. resident of Seattle, is bound for| The Attorney General's movesara Jones ‘will fill the vacancy left at Ketchikan by the recent. trans- ‘Tenakee, Cordova on the Yukon. He i6 mak-lpeing closely watched for indicas ling a business trip. the Territory, Mr. Medley |tion as to whether his course will !fer of Deputy C. J. sSpringer . 10| represents numerous canneries in|differ radically from that of Secs retary of Treasury Mellon, - i §