The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 9, 1930, Page 1

[ v — > HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS VOL. XXXVL, NO. 5534. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, ALL THE TIME” 1930. FEDERALS, REBELS LINE UP FOR Fascist Party CAPTAIN BOYD, [z FLYING TODAY for naval parity with France, which prevented the nation from joining in the Naval Hop Off from Harbor Grace' Over Atlantic for | England agreement at the London con- ference has been reaffirmed by the Grand Council of the Fas- cist Party, Premier Mussolini presiding. B — HARBOR GRACE, Newfound- land, Oct. 9.—Capt. Errol Boyd and Lieut. Harry Connor hopped off at 8:20 o’clock this morning in the airplane Columbia for England after weeks of prepara- MAYO DISTRICT / BREAKS RECORD e~ | OF EXPORT ORE used by Levine and Chamber- _— lain in their hop to Germany. :,Ten Thousand Tons Shlp- i ped This Season, Says ROIT WINS I DETROTWINS | " ¥ i | A. Ll MEET'NG The Mayo district shipped 10,000 PHILADELPHA ATHLETI WIN * MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS NERS OF 1930 WORLD Communists Attempt To SERIES Enter Labor Convention Mass., Oct. attempt of 50 Commu cnter the American Federation Cf Labor convention tate yester- day was halted when the Po- lice aided the American Federa- tion officials. Ry CHARGE OF BAD FAITH IS MADE BY H.F. MORTON [President of Anchor age | Chamber of Commerce BOSTON, "WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC | Assails Administration 3 % i “Anchorage, not only Anchorage, o but also the people of the entire railroad belt face a really serious situation as a result of a breach of faith by the national adminis- tration,” declares H. F. Morton, President of the Anchorage Cham- BATTLE IN BRAZIL PRICE TEN CE} OFFENSIVE IS LAUNCHED FOR REBEL ATTACK Federal Forc—e; Take Field | Against Brazilian | Revolutionists 'ARMY, NAVY RESERVES |ARE BEING CALLED OUT | A First BattleExpected in South Where Forces Concentrating I | RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 9.—Fed- jeral forces from the base at Port of Florisanapolis, have launched an offensive against the revolutionists. Gen. Costa said 2500 cavalrymen have taken the field. The Port of Florisanapolis is of great strategic value as it fur- nishes the base for operations in the south. The Brazilian Government has /tons of ore, including high grade R. Settlemier, Keno Hill mine own- | jer and operator and formerly for {many years editor of the Dawson He arrived here last night ber of Commerce and leading at-'called the Army and Navy Reserv- torney of that city, in a talk before ists between the ages of 21 and .30 the Chamber of Commerce here for duty but it is not expected they today. | will be used. This situation has grown out of | land mill concentrates, during the| Iseason that closed there on Sep-i tember 27, according to Charles! . 4 News. Admiral Benson, President jov= *e arivec here last ment, Green Addre SS { Whitehorse, after spending the sea- | L . . son on his property. | egionnaires i He came out on the last trip of the Keno. River transportation | between . Dawson and Whitehorse | {will close in the near future. | New Record Is Made | “Despifé the low ebb of the sil-! ver-lead market, the Mayo district | during the past season set up a new high record tonnage of 10,000 tons shipped since May of thisi year,” Mr. Settlemier said. “Alreadyl BOSTON, Mass., Oct. 9.— Ralph T. ONeil, of Topeka, Kansas, was this afternoon elected National Commander of the American Legion at the annual convention. O'Neil is a lawyer .and served as Captain in the Eleventh Infantry, Fifth Division. He was cited for brav- ery. Among the resolutions re- ported by the Legislative Com- mittee and adopted by the dele- gates was a pl to open Alaska lands for settlement by veterans. waterfront and have accumulated {quite an initial store for the 1931 shipping season. “This district, the premier snver-l lead camp of the north, has been jdescribed as Canada’s ‘ace-in-the- {hole. The lack of massive orebodies | |trucks are delivering ore on the!— TO REDUCE NAVY the curtailment of train service and rail operations on the Alaska Railroad and the discharge of many employees. Contending that the Alaska Railroad is as truly a gov- ernmental ties of the United States Forest Service, Office of Education, Bu- reau of Fisheries and other Fed- eral agencies, he declared until these were put on a paying basis it was unfair to regiure the rail- road to be self supporting. Source of Trouble | AS PROVIDED BY TAILED MAN REGION OF ALASKA TO BE REACHED i The source of the problem, Mr. Morton asserted, lies in the desire ) of one member of Congress for the ATy Jimelight. He, without mentioning ~moy-afames, deciared=Mr. Morton, | | ME in order t¢ get into the calcium | ¥ light of national publicity, and lay the foundation for a possible Presi- dential nomination, had introduced function as the activi-_ BOSTON, Mass;, Oct. 9. — The American Legion delegates to the National Convention here have se- lected Detroit for the 1931 conven- tion city. The vote was 658 for Detroit and 570 fot Los Angeles. Admiral William S. Benson urged the Legionnaires to study how to eradicate the causes for crime. William R. Green, President of the American Federation of Labor, warned against forces trying to break down the Government. “We will not pull down the Na- tional structure for those present- ing visionary remedies but will work out our problems in accord- ance with American tradition,” said Green. in a way is counterbalanced in vol- lume by its numerous high grade! veins and this particularly favor-{ iable aspect in an area some 150 T {miles square has mairtained the Forty—nine Vessels to Be spirit of prospectors, claim own- . ers and miners in the period of | W:lhdrawn*4,800 | “Of the some 2,000 claims held in Men Will Go stress. ,the district, all are being kept in WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 9.— good standing by the owners. No . | \The first big move to.bring the little development work has been ¢ the United States within !done this year by both individuals 2'Y Of the TUAHS VS |and 1a: § the limitation of the London Trea- pps e L i AT ty, is announced by Admiral Wil- L mran e o onaaing of|liam V. Pratt, Chief of Operations. 88 dormhn # otpl:n oo The plan calls for the withdraw- ‘E::Derglilogunab::: é::;’ C;ycahn;g al of 49 vessels from the service ibroughc forward a number of new:fi] immediate reduction of 4,800 SEWARD, Alaska, Oct. 9—A land, MecDonald has been locating the of the tailed man of Indian Leg- line 50 miles in advance of con- end, a remarkable country of na- |struction crews. At Slana is evi- tural resources, scenery, game and dence that a large native population historic interest, transcending any- |existed 1,000 years ago. Trails are| | thing in the Territory, is assured worn deep. Shattered trunks o!{ as part of the International High- |trees showed the ancient method of | | way said Donald McDonald, father picking them with stone axes. { |of the Highway. | Natives told McDonald that the | | The road leaves Gulkana on the first natives found were a race of | Richardson Highway and proceeds tailed men, who lived in dens and | lup the Copper River and will be|did not use fire. Copper has been part of the system connecting the found in arrow heads and evidence great Trunk Highway to Seward of a placer gold area north of the ‘and Anchorage and other coast | Nutzotin mountains has also been country. | revealed. i BY PROPOSED HIGHWAY&SA S §!ATTUGK Insurance Expert Tells Chamber of Savings to Town by Firemen Juneau owes a debt of gratitude to the Juneau Volunteer Fire De- partment, not only for the confla- grations and loss of property pre- vented, and the safeguards it pro- vides for lifé and property, but in the money it has been saved through reductions in fire insur- ance rates, Allen Shattuck, local insurance man, told the Chamber of Commerce today. a measure in Congress for Federal ,ownership of all railroads. | When this occurred, opponents of the idea immediately pointed to the Alaska Railroad as a horrible rexample of governmental railroad ownership and operation resulting in an annual deficit. This man then was obsessed with the idea of “putting the Alaska Railroad on a paying basis even if it broke the Territory of Alaska,” declared Mr. Morton, Is Development Project People of the rail belt, he added, regard the road:as an agency of the Federal Government which was built to develop holdings of the Government and not to directly ——e————— TAKES T0 IR FOR HOP HOME Capt. Kingsford-Smith on Solo Flight — Will Wed in Australia discoveries this season, some rank- ing among the best yet made in| the district. The requisitions of | trading companies for supplies this| year were practically the same for the district as last year, one of the| best evidences of substantial con- | ditions. These goods have been delivered, and the camp is well {away on another year of activity. While some of the milling pro- jects for the immediate future have been held in abeyance pending de- velopment of property and im- provement in market conditions, FLOCKING TO Acimirfll Pratt said the Navy will save nearly $11,000,000 by the end of the 1932 fiscal year. BOSTON HOTEL IS RAIDED BY RED BANNERS ORY OFFICIALS Bootleggers Are Arrested in American Legion Headquarters mn Rebellious ?(—)—l diers GIGANTIC WINE CONSPIRACY 1S REVEALED NOW Indictments Are Returned Against Nine Officers HESTON, England, Oct. 9.—Capt. Kingsford-Smith took off from here . and individual ore shipping is cur- tailed and will continue to be un-| Communists Southern China Join | of Cal. Company LOS ANGELES, Cal, Oct. 9.— earn dividends. In that sense, it is as truly a function of the Fed- eral Government as any other agency maintained in Alaska. “Un- til the Government does something to develop that part of the coun- Many thousands of dollars that |otherwise would have been sent in premiums to the States to in- | sureance companies have remained |in the community just because of the proved efficiency of the Fire Department, he declared, in a brief talk on Fire Prevention Week. Urges Annual Recognition . The Chamber might well have| ! an annual Fire Department Day| each fall in recognition of the real|® services that the Firemen render! NEw YORK CITY, N. Y. Oct. 1 the community, he said. In all g __Closing quotation of Alaska Ju- the history of this city, he poml.ed‘neflu mine stock today is 6, Ameri- out, there never has been a gener- can can 114%, Anaconda Copper (Canuuuéfi”b’n P:ee ’I:fi}ee) — e QUOTATIONS | SRR * s . TODAY'S STOCK R The first réservist. to report was Victor Luis Pereira de Eouza, the | \youngest son of President Luis. } FIRST BATTLE LOOMS MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Oct. 9. Brazilian Revolutionary . troops |have been rushed to the border |states of Parana and Sao Paulo iwhere a battle with the Federal {forces is imminent Two regiments of cavalry and ar- tillery are accompanying reserves {numbering 800 volunteers who have {left Banta Ana de Livramento for ,Castro, 70 miles from the border |of Sao Paulo and Parana where i revolutionary dispatches said a “very . bloody battle” will probably |be fought. Three insurgent troops are ale {ready in the battle area and prob- ably will bear the brunt of early | fighting. PROHIBITION 'REPORT WILL COME SHORTLY Law Enforcement Commis- sion Expects to Report i Without ‘Pussyfooting’ | WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.—The promise of an early report on Pro- hibition in which there will be “no pussyfooting” came from President Hoover's Law Enforcement Commis- sion today when it became known that the wet and dry fight is now dominatihg the Commission’s time. Its sessions have been filled with arguments for and against an im- mediate report on the question. Chairman George W. Wickersham said he hoped the Commission would be ready to report to Con- gress in December, and he added: “If the Commission reaches a con= clusion that Prohibition is not en- — BOSTON, Mass., Oct. 9.—Federal SHANGHAI, Oct. 9.—Thousands Prohibition Agents under the lead- forceable I think it will say so.” Indictments charging violation of 'al conflagration and the losses from 351, Bethlehem Steel 86%, Fox i It is fairly certain that the Com- today for Australia where he eX-|iy ger qyances, the one concen- | the Prohibition Act have been re-|fire have been comparatively small. piims 381, General Motors 36° pects to end his air career and mnr-‘"a“ng mill now in camp is work- | soldiers throughout ry Miss Mary Powell, of Melbourne.: ing at capacity. It will produce a'of rebellious ership of Dennis Lorden, descended Capt. Kingsford-Smith left in a “gouthern Cross Junior” and he ex- pects to make his first hop 2,000 miles. He carried additional gas good tonnage of high grade ore for {shipment in 1931. “This mill owned by the Tread- Xpit in hi jwell Yukon and located on Keno ol s gl gl S Hill, s especially fortunate at this| i period in having the highest grade! w::dif::st:!lxz C;I:Zle a:x’:‘;tnn:fore yet found in this region from ? {which to draw its mill feed. It is :inéfififia 'Q;re ;;«:S::fl wis sf;’;f|undersmod the mil feed of last ney, but was changed after he nn-lz‘:f;‘:fbg::;}g;ovj&—;me ou‘::ccei nounced plans for a solo hop hnme:m d was heavy in lewd The de- instead of taking a steamship. {velopment and ore reserves in the ‘property is sufficient for months jof mill operation, and other high | Southern China are flocking to the ol & Al arics sal hedling the panks . (DS RS aRen Amerigh) s of the Communists to formidable gion Headquarters, and seized sev- proportions, according to Changsha eral men and held them for boot- dispatches. |legging charges. The reports state the Reds in' The agents entered the hotel Honan Province have perfected a lobby shortly after midnight last good organization and are virtually night and their presence was not in control of Kiukiang. |known until after the first arrest, It is said the Communists have about one hour later. captured Kian in the Kiangsi Prov-| After circulating in the main lob- ince and continue looting. {by the agents went through the jhalls on the floors above but per- T isons partaking of liquor were not TRA PP | molested. | | Groups of agents werc sent to turned by the Federal Grand Jury here against the California Vine- yard Company and nine officers, five Chicago men and four Los An- geles men, including President Carl A. Futter and former Presidenet William J. Vaughn, both fo Chi- cago. Bonds have been fixed at $5,000 each and arrests have been ordered. Prohibition officers said the de- fendants have an annual revenue of $5,000,000 through nation-wide \selling and supplying 250,000 con- sumers on the Pacific Coast alone. | Advertising matter has been sent “It has been said that Juneau Granby Corporation 14%, Inter- lucky. While luck may have Iplayed a part, weather conditions had another part, our luck has (been mainly that we have had a nforosr 10%, 10, 10, Simmons Beds Fire Department that got to the j5y standard Brands 16%, Stand- scene of the fires in time to hold a4 Oil of California 53%, Stand- them to the building of origin, pre-|arq ol of New Jersey 56%, United |venting conflagrations, and equip- | Ajrcrat 35%, U. S. Steel 146% ped to cope with the fires” he as-| e S |serted. i P | Mr. Shattuck gave some xntexen.JPTl)hl['llOT)’ Laws fing fxgl{res on national fire losses. 4ro Criticized and recited some of the history of| 5 i the inception and progress of the(By (40”(’[18 President |fire prevention movement. The| national Harvester 62%, Kennecott Copper 27%, Montgomery - Ward 227, National Acme 8%, Packard MILWAUKEE, Wis, Oct. o mission is prepared to assail poli~ tical influence in the administra- tion of justice. Already member3a have atracked this. It will be several months, it is expected, before the |body will make a complete report. LAURA INGALLS CLAIMS RECORD |Elapsed Fly;;Time, East Fatally Injured i In Seizure Wy Of Airplane i DETROIT, Mich, Oct. 9— The Police Department’s first ceizuré of an airplane ended fatally when Julius Kelly, pilot, engaged to move the ship, died from injuries suffered in a | {ake-off at the Gratiot Airport | for the Municipal Airport for ! storage. Detective Peter Sprott was injured. The plane had been reported stolen from Madison, Indiana. Raymond Robinson was ar- grade veins of Keno and Galena | Inills are being developed and are| potential reserves for the expect-| ed improved conditions of the fu-| ture. | v . Three Miners Lose Their Lives—One Vietim Confidence Is Displayed “All preparations in the camp, Mr. Settlemier said, “bespeak con- fidence in the future. The tread- well Yukon continues development | Father of 11 work in a rich high grade vein at; the Silver King Mine on Galena' MASSILON, Ohio, Oct. 9.—The hill, and it has rich reserves in its bodies of three miners killed by |Elsa mine on the same hill with gas when trapped by a fire in a several thousand feet of drifts, Mine near Dalton have been re- stopes and shafts already developed. !covered. The dead are Russell S. With crews employed at the Lucky Stanklin, Robert Douglas and Har- Queen, Silver King and main camp "ry Sord, the latter father of eleven | children. |at rnecke, and men engaged in o Rescue worker Russ Hiller, un- "other hotels soon after the visit to the Statler. | Lorden was rescued by Cily American Legion Police las 'day night when he arresic men in Park Square as boo!c? | and Tues- four gers, {Joe Crosson and Bride | In Seattle on Honeymoon ssom, le, & SEATTLE, ©Oct. 9.—Joe ¢ Alaska air pilot, and his ! to hundreds of thousands of cus- reduction in the annual fire loss |tamers through the mails regarding 'bill during the past few years in- ® a secret process which turned grape dicated the effectiveness of the ® juice into wine at the end of 30 or campaign, he said He also des",. 60 day periods. cribed the method used in fixing|® i oo ey od fire insurance rates in each com-|® Auto érashes Into Truck; |munity e o Fire Chiefs Attend lo Four Persons Are Killed| cuier poity Gray, Assistant Chiet o MUNCIE, Indiana, Oct. 9.—Four ,0. E. Schombel, Foreman J. S.|® persons were killed and one in- MacKinnon and Secretary J. A.|® Davis of the Department were ® jured when an automobile and guests of the Chamber today. cmef‘- truck collided. The dead are Kenneth Verhart, Gaylord Spring- er and Letha Copper, of Muncie, and Mrs. Hoard of Daleville, In- diana. The four were in the au- collided head-on The driver of the after hon- Carl Da- \deline Fairbanks girl, arrived he: a tour of the states on the eymoon. They visited ¢ Ben Eielsor's father in N kota, and Eielson’s sister in Wenatchee, Wash. "Croson Gray said the Firemen are always|® willing to aid in any civic under- ® taking for the community. It has|e just completed its ball park de velopment, which represents an in. vestment of $15.000, and next spring|e will launch its round program.|e 9.—The American practice of attempting to legislate mor- als was today criticised by the Rev. J. A. W. Haas, Pres- ident of Muhlenberg College, before the Seventh Biennial Convention of the United Lutheran Church in America. We are again living in an age of social legalism. The churches are expending their money, power and influence to cure people from desires of evil through prohibitory laws. I am contending this is mistaken Puritanism, ex- pending itself in a futile ef- fort to make men good by law,” said the Rev. Haas, |other work in the camp, there have (Continued on Page TWO) rested but released on bond after he proved he owned part interest in the ship. dertaker, was also killed by the his bride will sail for thc north gas. ‘Snturdny, and} tomobile which with the truck. truck was hurt. ‘ (Continued on Page Six) 2S00 eeveececeoe 8 to West, 30 Hours of 27 Minutes &l 01 LOS ANGELES, Oct. 9. — Miss e Laura Ingalls, aged 25, who holds ® the world's record for 714 barrel ® rolls, and the women's record of © 980 loops, now claims the women's e east to west elapsed time flight ® record. e | She landed last night at Glen- o !dale after battling a storm from o Kingman, Arizona, her last stop. e Miss Ingalls claims elapsed time ® of 30 hours and 27 minutes from ® New York. She made nine stops. . ————— ®| Prosper Ganty, merchant of e Skagway, arrived on the Queen on \a short visit in Juneau.