The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 16, 1930, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVL, NO. 5489. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS TEN C PRICE ENTS VIEW RAILROAD WITH TRUE VISION SENATOR JONES IS TO TESTIFY, LYLE DEFENSE Will Take Witness Stand for Former Prohibi- tion Administrator HUBBARD TO RESUME TESTIMONY MONDAY Tells of Alleged Collection JUNEAU OWES HER EXISTENGE and Distribution of Funds to Dry Chief SEATTLE, Aug. 16--The Seattle Daily Times says United States Senator Wesley L. Jones, of Wash- ington, will testify for the defense in the Lyle case. Senator Jones is at his moun- tain home near Wenatchee, The Times says he will come to Seattle within a few days and take the witness stand for Roy C. Lyle, former Prohibition Administrator. The defense attorneys refused to TOGOLD STRIKE Discovery of Lode Deposit Follows Finding of Placer Riches Today «Juncau rounds oui the first half-gentury of its existence, August 17, marking the first day of the fifty-first year since Rich- ard T. Harris, father of W. John and Richard Harris of this city, and \Joseph Juneau, pitched their camp {where the Imperial Cigar Store now stands, preparatory to prospecting. The outcome of their search for gold is historic. On the day follow- ing, August 18, they panned bed- rock in Gold Creek, getting 10 cents a pan, Before another 30 days had SEATTLE, Aug. 16.—A. L. Hub-|passed they had discovered lode bard will be recalled to the witness | deposits and placer ground in a stand Monday to resume his tes-|gulch they named Quartz and the timony relative to alleged collec- | basin they called Silver Bow Basin, tion and distribution of protection|as a result of which the town of money as an intermediary between |Juneau came into existence. 1um runners and Prohibition chiefs Harris Gives Account in the conspiracy trial of Roy Lyle,| Mr. Harris, writing for publica- William Whitney, Earl Corwin, R.|tion in 1900, described in some de- L. Fryant and Clifford McKinney.|tail the discovery and subscquent Hubbard testified yesterday that|gevelopment of the local gold fleld. eonfirm or deny that Senator Jones will be a witness for the defensz| of Lyle. TO RECALL HUBBARD he turned over thousands of dol-! lars to the former Prohibition chiefs! during Roy Olmsted's heyday. Hubbard said he received a con- tribution of $6,000 from Olmsted and others for the 1926 Senatorial campaign. He testified he also collected $250 from Olmsted, at the 1equest of Whitney, who told him Lyle was “being pressed all the time for contributions from the W. C. T. U, Anti-Saloon League and such organizations” and any Lelp would be appreciated. ALASKANS AS SPECTATORS Charles P. Sisson, Assistant United States Attorney General, on his way to Alaska on an inspection trip; United States District Judge Cecil H. Clegg, of the Fourth Judi- cial Division of Alaska with head- cuarters at Fairbanks, and Walter B. “King, Assistant United States District Attorney of the First Judi- cial Division of Alaska with head- quarters at Ketchikan, were among the | spectators at the conspiracy _fi"l:‘l yesterday. —_————————— IMMIGRATION BANTOCANADA NOW IN EFFECT First Move Taken Toward Solving Unemploy- ment Situation OTTAWA, Aug. lG.—Immlgrauon' from continental Europe to Canada is prohibited as Canada’s move toward solving the unem- ployment situation. firss | Employed by George E. Piltz, Sit- ka, and Hall Brothers, San Fran- ecisco, he and Joe Juneau, with fthree Indians, sailed from Sitka in a canoe on July 19, 1880 to prospect in this vicinity and in- that gold had been found in streams on Gastineau Channel. Coming by way of Peril Strait and Frederick Sound they first prospected Windham Bay, Sum Dum, Snettisham and as far north as Berners Bay without success. Turning south they crossed Men- denhall Bar and stopped first at Salmon Creek, so named by Har- ris, where they panned colors. Discover Gold Creek On August 17, they discovered the creek—named by them Gold Creek — emptying into Gastineau Channel. They landed and pitched permanent camp at the spot where the old Louvre Theatre later stood and where J. J. Stocker’s Imperial Cigar Store is located. The following day they pushed their way through dense devil club and brush thickets as far as Snow- slide Gulch, Creek bedrock yielded them ten-cent pans. As they were poorly equipped to break through the heavy undergrowth and sup- plies were running low, they de- cided to return to Sitka for addi- itional equipment and more sup- !plies before undertaking extended prospecting. They sailed for Sit- ka on August 19. They reached Sitka on September '5, and, after outfitting, sailed again for their Gold Creek camp on September 10. The return voyage occupied 10 days. Landing on |Sepfember 20, they immediately |began prospecting. With one In- dian to pack tools, they went up ithe creek, crossing at the head of ‘Snowslide gulch, they discovered and named Quartz Gulch and Silver Bow Basin. In the former they 1 The announcement of the ban *igoung quartz and gold nuggets. imade by Minister of Immigration Gordon who said the only excep- tion to the order will be the ad- Following the gulch down into the basin they found five lodes that crossed the gulch. Describing the vestigate reports made by Indians| CITY FIFTY YEARS OLD PROGRESS IS STEADY Jackson, O’Brine |Enter 27th Day |Of Endurance Flight ST. LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 16. —Completing 625 hours in the air at 8:11 o'clock this morning, Dales Jackson and Forrest O'Brine refueled their plane Greater St. Louis and swung into their 27th day of their endurance, re- fueling i air flight. of the guleh was literally speckled with gold.” Placer dirt that ran 50 cents to the pan was located. 2 Stampede From Sitka After locating both lode and placer claimse, staking a townsite, which they named Harrisburg, and the Harris recording district, on November 7 they sailed for Sitka with a boat loaded with rich ore. ‘The arrival of this little “gold- ship” created great excitement in Sitka and a stampede was under way at once. ‘While Harris and Juneau were ing claims on Gold Creek, two oth- ler prospecting outfits sent out by Mr. Piltz landed in this vieinity. Neither of them saw the Harris party or its camp. On November 1, says an account appearing in an early Juneau news- paper, a party consisting of W. M. Bennett, Walter Plerce, John Dix, Hugh Campbell and John McKin- {non landed here and found another party composed of Stillman Lewis, John McKenzie, Dan Foster, Henry |Coon and James Baker. They had heard of gold being found some- where in this vicinity, but as there were two feet of snow cover on the ground they decided not to attempt any prospecting and returned to Sitka. A few days after their ar- rival there, Harris and Juneau came in with their reports and ore car- BO. Juneaw’s First Citizens Despite the lateness of the sea- son and the xisks of storms, five small boats loaded with gold seek- ers got away from S8itka within a short time. The first to leave was Edmond Bean and one Indian in a canoe. Others came by launch from some officers over to the new strike. . Those making the voyage and comprising the population of Har- risburg the first winter were: Har- ris and Juneau, the discoverers, Mr. Pilz, John Dix, J. D. Sage- Miller, Nat. Hilton, John Olds, M.| McClintock, Tom Kiernan, W. M.| Bennett, John McKinnon, Hugh Campbell, Walter Pierce, Wash- ington Barnes, Mike Gibbons, Charles Wells, Professor Moore, Mike Duquette, Mike Dunn, Mike Hays, Frank Berry, John Prior, fa- ther of Mrs. L. R. Palmer, James Rosewell, Bill Mehan and Antoine Marx. These were the “first citi- zens of Juneau." cember 8, and two days later a real winter snow fell which effec- tually stopped further prospceting Hfor the winter. But there was plenty to do. Cabins had to be built, streets opened up, trails laid out, and nu- merous other activities occupied the colony until the Spring of 1881 rolled around. Dense forest covered the hill- sides down to the beach, and axes bit into it all winter for timbers) for cabins, wood for fuel, etc. WOMAN IS LONE RESIDENT LEFT OF 1681 GROUP Mrs. L. R. Palmer Recalls Incidents in Early Days of Juneau first white settlement on the pres- ent site of Juneau, a little girl, In 1881, a few months after the ITOR THREE UNITED STAT ES SE ASSOCIATED PRESS 'unzfiswwc) J. B. KENDRICK ~ Wyoming Senator WOHNATHOMAS! Idaho Senator BIG DIRIGIBLE Farm Price Levels Show Big Decline In One Month IS SAFE AGAIN Lyda Prior, with her brothers, Ed- | ward and William, was brought here | from Victoria, B. C., by her mother, | Mrs. John Prior. The father and husband was one of the founders | | WASHINGTON, D, C., Aug. 16.—Farm price levels are re- poitcd by the Department of Agriculture to have declinad {making their rich finds and locat- | the U. S. S. Jamestown which sent, of the new community, and his family had come to join him. Their home was a tent on a tract of land Streets, then covered with thick timber and reached from the beach by a narrow trail hewn through the timber. The little girl remained several | months, until laie :n the fall, and then with her brothers was taken | back to Victoria by her mother fer the winter. All returned here the next summer. The little girl grew to womanhood, wedded, became a mother, a grandmother. Since her coming so long ago this has been her permanent home, Of the mea- ger group that composed the town's population in the first twelve months “of its history, she, Mrs, L. R. Palmer, is the only surviving 1esident. Still Owned by Family The ground occupied by the tent of early days, has never left the possession of the family. The origi- nal tract, except for a small part |alienated to the City for street pur- poses, has been the home site of Mr. and Mrs. John Prior and their children; of Mrs. Palmer and her first husband, John Olds, and their children, Brilliant, who was the first white child born in this city; Lyda named for her mother; John who suffered death in service in the World War, and Harry, who lives on the premises now, with his wife and little daughter. After Joseph Juneau and Richard Harrls made their gold discovery here, one of them returned to Sitka almost Immediately. Henry Prior was then supervising mining oper- ations near there, and he was in- duced to come here. He brought four miners with him—Antone Marks, James Rosewold, William Mayhem and Frank Berry. / | at what is now Fourth and Main | ENGLISH MAST | mere in the month from June ' 15 to July 15 than any other month in 20 years except in the month of November to Decem- ber, 1920, when' the post-war deflation was in full swing. Since July 15 there has been some recovery from the unusu- ally low levels, particularly in grains, hogs, butter and eggs. DEMOCRATS ARE TAKEN T0 TASK R-100 Rides Through Storms Across Atlantic to Cardington CARDINGTON, England, AHF_ 16, Through terrific storms that ‘test-| ed her mettle, the British dirigible | R-100 completed her voyage from Canada and moored safely at her home mast at 6:02 o'clock this morning, Eastern Standard Tim The time In crossing the Atlan Ogean from St. Hubert Airpors, | Montreal, to Cardington was 57 Lours. A speed up to 92 miles an! hour was obtained. When head-| L winds buffeted the dirigible the BY R w LUGA speed dropped to 12 and 15 miles| Aty ] 3 an hour. | et Edward Lill, Shipping Council member, dropped dead while watch- ing the crew tle the ‘dirigible to! the mast. [ Passengers aboard the ship said she rode through one gale that! blew 75 miles an hour with no| ciscomfort. — - i { New Executive Director, | G. 0. P. Committee, Issues Statement WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 16. —Taking office as Executive Di- rector of the Republican National Committee, Robert W. Lucas issued a statement today charging the %U(‘mocl'ntiz: leaders with blocking {the Administration, business and unémployment relief to preserve |aepression as a campaign issue i Lucas compared the Democratic IR (Party to a “guack” and the Re- Three U S. Senalors In_’uul)lican organization to the “old spect World's Great- est Collection family physiclan.” He said he be- lieved the voters will elect a Re- MOSCOW, Aug. 16—Three Uni‘- ed States Senators, Burton K. |publican Congress to support Pres- Wheeler of Montana, Bronson M. ident Hoover. .- —— Cutting of New Mexico, and Alhen‘ W. Barkley of Kentucky, today NEW LAND IS viewed the Russian Crown Jewels, | the world’s greatest collection of DISCOVERED IN Acquired Realty Interests =~ oo vajued at between $250,000,000 The last of these landed on De-| Mr. Prior acquired realty inter- |ests, and followed mining here. On |the ‘ground occupied by the Occi- 'dental Hotel, he built a large cabin, and it was conducted as a hotel He llkewise built on Main Street, Just north of the present Zynda |Hotel structure, a cabin that was |originally used as a residence, then attained distinction as the Log iCabin Church, and afterwards was iconverted into a brewery. Mr, Prior located the Ready Bul- lion Mine on Douglas Island. He 11, It was’ {incorporated into the Treadwell mine and was part of the prop w\" ithat escaped inundation and that! }connnued to operate after abandon- ment of the principal working: Cluster of Tents “My earliest recollection of Ju-| neau is a cluster of tents close to imld it to John Treadwe 116—Closing quotation on Alaska and $300,000,000. The Americans saw the magnifi-( cent stones in a royal setting dis-| rlayed in the State Bank Deposi- tory. The gems were strewn about on /| tables and not a single armed| Communist sentry was in sight. ————-—— ARCTIC OCEAN Russian Ar:tng Expedition Finds New Soil Off Siberia * | MOSCOW, Aug. 16—~The Rus- /sian Arctic Expedition on the ice- ibrenkcr Sedov radioed today tha‘ e |new land had been discovered at |79.2 degrees latitude and 76.10 de- |grees longitude. The message said |the land extended a great distance E b westward. Juneau mine stock today is 5%,| ppe expedition expects to plant Alleghany Corporation 19%, ANa- ino Soviet flag on the new soil. conda Copper 46%, Bethlehem| Tne position of the new land is Steel 79%, General Motors 43%, given as high in the Arctic Ocean, * TODAY'S STOCK . | QUOTATIONS | NEW YORK CITY, N. Y, Aug. Granby Copger no sale, Interna-|off the north coast of .Siberia,| tional Harvester 76, Kennecott Cop: per 36%, Montgomery-Ward %32} lying about 200 miles north of |Yen Exisei Bay. S IN JUNEAU TODAY rmm—— T B HOWELL Nebraska Senator ADMIRAL GREETS CITIZENS HERE AT MIDNIGHT Senators and Naval Offi- cers Taken on Auto Tour to Glacier “Gentlemen, I appreciate your | courtesy in coming at this late hour and in this unseemly weather to welcome us,” said Admiral R. E. Coontz, as he stood at midnight last night in the glare of a search- light on the deck of the United States Destroyer Wasmuth, garbed | in his great coat against a pelting ! rain, to recelve the greatings of a delegation of Juneap eitizens. The destroyers, Wasmuth and Per Railroad, smashed by several hours the record for water craft between Ketchikan and Juneau. They left Ketchikan at 10 o'clock yesterday morning and arrived here at 11:30 last night, coming by way of Wran- gell Narrows in the running time of thirteen and a half hours. Their cruising speed was about 18 knots an hour. They are capable of 34. Received By Admiral As soon as the Wasmuth, flag- ship of the two-vessel squadron, had warped to the government piler, the Admiral received representatives of the Chamber of Commerce, officials { of the government and the mana- ger of the cable service. Formal greetings were exchanged. Members of the Senatorial party, and other civillans aboard, were asleep. At 8:30 o'clock this morning Ad- miral Coontz and all but a few of the officers of the squadron were guests of Juneau residents on an automobile sight-seelng tour to Mendenhall Glacier. Among the hosts of this occasion were Gov. George A. Parks, E. N. Goddard, B. M. Behrends, Charles Goldstein, Robert Simpson, M. D. Williams, R. E. Robertson, H. G. Gardner, F. M. Boyle, Dr. C. P. Jenne, L. H. Metz- gar, W, E. Nowell, Brice Howard, and John W. Troy. Left at 2 O'Clock After the noon luncheon for the visiting senators, officials and of- ficers, given by the Chamber of ©ommerce, the destroyers left at 2 o'clock this afternoon for Skag- way. Their voyage to Seward in- cludes calls at Skagway, Sitka, Cor- dova, and Valdez Senators and other aboard the warships are: Senator | John Thomas of Idaho; Chairman Frank McManamy and Secretary, Leroy E. Price, of the Interstate] Commerce Commission, on the Was- muth, and Senator R. B. Howell| | | civilians | (Continued on Page Two) y, carrying a sgnatorial com- ishae... 1> \nvefiwlfi%&fi‘ KENDRICK TELLS OF POLICY THAT GUIDES INQURY Howell and Thomas Are Reticent Concerning Investigation STATESMEN CHARMED BY SCENIC GRANDUER Henry Roden, Speaking for Juneau, Favors Trans- portation System | | “I can say for myself, and I think for the entire committee, we ‘will view the Alaska Railroad sit- Ination with the real vision and in the true snirit of the West, and we shall endeavor to give it the sume sympathetic consideration we would ask of you if the position were reversed and you were the investigators,” declared Senator John B. Kendrick, Wyoming, Demo- ciat, in a talk to the Chamber of Commerce at a luncheon given the Senatorial party. Senators Howell, Nebraska, Chair+ man, and Senator John Thomas, Iraho, both Republicans, made brief talks in which, whether signifi- cantly or not, absolutely no men- tion was made of the committee’s special mission to Alaska. Chamber Back of Road The mission of the committes i to determine and report on' the economic status of the Govern- n-ent’s rail property in Alaska. ,Ts was appointed by Vice-President Curtis after the Senate had adopt- €q a resolution introduced by Se:- ator Howell demanding an inves- tigation of the railroad. The entore party, including the three Senators, Rear Admiral Rich- ard B, Coontz, U. S. N, retired, and recalled to conduct the party, Fiank McNanamy, Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, Lieut. Commander E. H. Quinlan, commander of the destroyer Perry, Lieut. Commander L. L. Hunter, ccmmander of the Wasmuth, and n.embers of the clerical staff, were guests of the Chamber. R. E. Robertson, toastmaster, and Fenry Roden, for the Chamber, told the committee emphatically the local organizafion and the en- tire community believes the Alaska Railroad is a necessary factor in the development of the Territory and should be maintained by th: Government, The meeting was attended by an overflow crowd. Speakers were: Senators Howell, Thomas and Ken- drick, Mr. McManamy, Admiral Coontz, Gov. Parks, and Mr. Roden. Foresees Local Development After recalling a former visii here seven years ago, at whica t.me, he said, he was impressed with the progressiveness and hos- pitality of Juneau, Senator Howell said he was glad to hear of the forthcoming development of tha pulp and paper industry in South- east Alaska. “I can foresee a tre- mendous deveolpment here in that line,” he declared. He showed a familiarity with ths operations of the Alaska Junean Gold Mining Company here, saying the project had emerged from the experimental stage and was now conducted as a practical business proposition. He hailed its success a: “one of the outstanding achieve- nients in the mining industry la the United States.” 7 He expressed his pleasure at be- ing able to revisit Juneau, which be termed “the metropolis of South- eust Alaska and the capital of all Alaska,” and wished he might come again. At no time in his brief talk did Senator Howell refer directly or directly to the committee’s mis- sion. Yet it mission of experienced farmers. Minister Gordon said the new is evident that the discovery, in 1900 Harris wrote: committee is prepared to go thor- “The quartz that lay in the bed;” (Continued on Page Two) {National Acme no sale, Packard| policy will not interfere with the free movement from Great Bri- tain or the United States of tour- ists or those engaged in business and commerce but the Government - neither solicits nor encourages such a movement at the present time. —————— Tom Heeney's handlers claim that he was unable to finish his fight with Tuffy Griffiths because rubbing alcohol got in his eye in| the rest period before the final| round. | Asst. U. S. Atty. General Enroute To Alaska SEATTLE, Aug. 16.—Charles (Continued on Page Eight) TENNIS CHAMP BIVEN $20000 Bequeathed Large Amount in Will Left by Sen- ator Phelan SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Aug. 18. .|—Helen Wills Moody, Tennis Cham- pion, is bequeathed $20,000 in ap- preciation for her “winning the tennis championship for California,” in the will of former United States Senator James Phelan. 952 T0 DRIFT 6UT OPEN SEA SUVA, Fiji, Aug. 16—The master of the disabled British steamer Ta- hiti has wirelessed that passengers and crew are abandoning the ship 500 miles south of Raotonga Island. He said ne expected the bulkheads of the ship would give way any minute. The Tahiti is belleved carrying 100 passengers and crew of 152. A broken starboard tail shaft and lost propellor is reported. A Norwegian ship, name not giv- en, is expected alongside the Ta- SENTENGED T0 PENITENTIAR Bishop Convicted in Wine/ Racket — Is Given {165%, American Can ‘124, Fox| Pilms 42%, Hupp Motors 13%, 13,'presentative of the Chinese Na-! Motors 13%, 13%, 13%, Simmons"l"inm h Recaphu'ed Beds 24, Standard Brands 18%,/ Standard Oil of Calfornia 62%, By Government Troops Standard Oil. of New Jersey 71%,| United Aircraft 54'%, U. S. Steel, NEW YORK CITY, N. Y. Aug. 16—The Juomin News Agency, re- 13%, Stewart-Warner no sale. tionalist Government here, con- firmed China dispatches that Gen. | Kaishek's Government troops have {recaptured Tsinan, capital of I Three Men Crushed to | Shantung Province. The Agency Year and Day NEW YORK CITY, N. Y., Aug. 16.—Bishop Carles Mrzena, of 'he Czecho Slovak Orthodox, old Ca'ho- lic church of the United Sta'es, has been sentenced to onc year and a dgy in the Atlanta Pe tiary because he asked prie sign withdrawal orders for 0, 1= \ried and had big families. Death in Rock cave'mrbased the information on a cable |from Gen. Kaishek's headquarters at Luiho. Goes to Gallows with Weak Smile; Is Hanged WPRP I P (57 -~ SAN QUEN1ux PRISON, Cal, | Aug. 16.—John Gomez, slayer of an MONTROSE, Iowa, Aug. 16— {Clyde Brynt, Wesley Cagle and {Cecil White were killed late yester- | (day when a rock ceiling of the| McManus rock quarry near here | gc‘ved in. The victims were crushed junder tons of rock. All were mar- SPECIAL MEDAL FOR LINDBEREH '‘Receives Congressional Award from Hands of President WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 16.—| Col. Charles A. Lindbergh yesterday | received a special Congressional Medal voted him two years ago in commemoration of his achievement in aviation. The ceremony was per- formed in the presence of Presi- dent Hoover, Mrs. Hoover, Mrs. bLindbergh and a group of Govern- ment officials, oughly into the railroad’s opera- tions. It has a clerical staff, com- posed of a clerk, stenographer and an expert accountant. Thomas Noncommital Senator Thomas, making his first trip to Alaska, was enthusiastic about the Territory’s resources, their ultimate development, and the scenery, and hospitality of its peo- (Continued on Page Five) - e — Mary Lewis Is Granted Divorce, Less Than 10 Minutes : LOS ANGELES, Cal, Aug. 16. ~—Mary Lewis, grand opera star, yesterday obtained a divorce from Michael Bohnen, operatic singer, charging desertion and cruelty, in less than 10 minutes. Bohnen did not contest the ae- tion,. ° After the ceremony the Lind- berghs went to the Presidential lodge in Virginia with the Hoo- jvers. 0! Commercial fishermen took ap- aJed Livermore taxidriver, climbed sen proximately 15,000,000 pounds 113 steps to the gallows shortly after nis prawn from Georgia waters last midnight, smiled weakly, and was |year. bl 1hnnged. mental wine, then sold the w bootleggers. He is nof a cit so he will be deported whe! ! hiti soon. A ————— Gasoline tax collected in Missis- totaled $662,180.46. Other sums of the $10,000,000 estate goes to Californians -who achieved fame in e , Sisson, Assistant United sippi for May