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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVL, NO. 5540. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE T U.S.ARMY LIEUTENANT KILLED IN CRASH OF PLANE PLATFORM FOR FIRST DIVISION IS ANNOUNCED Divisional Plattorm Made Public by Demo- - cratic Candidates Rcitcration of the Democratic Party’s demand for Home Rule for Alaska, removal of the Ter- ritorial school system from poli- tice, enactment of laws to pro- tect the products cf the lumber- ing and other industries and labor engaged therein, and pas- sage of an absentee voting law, are the high lights in the Democratic Divisional platform made public here today. None of these four subjects arc touched upon in the platform of the Republican Divisional candi- dates which was issued about two weeks ago and widely circulated throughout Southeast Alaska. Candidates Hold Meeting The platform, it was announced, was finally adopted at a meeting held last night by the candidates and Territorial and Divisional party officers in the office of S. Hel- lenthal, Chairman of the Demo- cratic Divisional Committee. At- tending it were: George B. Grlgsby.; nominee for Delegate to Congress; Allen Shattuck, Senatorial candi- date, T. B. Judson and E. L. Samp- son, candidates for the House of Representatives, J. J. Connors, Dem- ocratic National Committeeman, and Mr. Hellenthal. In addition to discussing the plat- | form, the candidates arranged for a campaign to cover the entire Di- vision. It is expected that several of them will leave here late this week for a swing around the north- ern end of the district, returning here for meetings in Juneau and Douglas and then proceeding south, visiting all of tHe larger towns and as many of the smaller ones as time will permit. Text of Platform The text of the platform follows in full: Nationally and Territorially, the Democratic Party has pledged itself to give to Alaskans the right of lo- cal self-government. Therefore, we favor complete home rule through a full form of Territorial Government, giving Alas- ka complete control of its re- sources, including the administra- tion of its fisheries, game and oth- er sources of employment and pros- perity that are now under the Jurisdiction of Federal bureaus. ““We are opposed to bureaucratic government in principle and prac- tice. “We favor the appointment of only bona fide residents of Alas- Ed"to official positions in the Ter- ritory. The future of the Territory rests gvery largely in the hands of the . t and succeeding generations. e believe the putting of the Alas- l-l' school system into politics to be a-detriment to education, and fa- vOr its removal from politics by the creation by the Legislature of a nonpartisan Board of Education with power to appoint and remove (Continued on Page Two) — e LABOR PLANS COOPERATION RELIEF WORK American Federation to Work with Private, Public Groups BOSTON, 'Mass., Oct. 16.—The American Federation of Labor plans to cooperate with the committee of private and public groups, head- ed by President Hoover, for unem- | ployment relief. The President, Governors of all States, Mayors, County officers as well as labor will form National | | | | | | The new tariff commission headed by Henry P, Fletcher taking office. L. W. Moore to right: Or. John Coulter, Alfred P. Dennis, Henry 'P. Fletcher, Page. A sixth member of the committee is yet to be appointed. | Next 50 Years to Ecli FIREMEN SAVE DOUGLAS BY QUICK WORK {Juneau Department Helps Confine Menacing Blaze to One Dwelling Fo:mer Precident Calvin Cool- idge has written for the fifti- cth anniversary edition of the Buffalo (N. Y.) Evening News, a copyrighted article on Ameri- ca’s future, from which the fol- lowing are excerpts. By CALVIN COOLIDGE While we shall always look upon this period (the last 50 years) as one of the most interesting and im- portant, and marked with events which will ever be of merited ac- |claim in world history, it will prob- ably be eclipsed in many ways in 'the next half century. Douglas was threatened with a.i iconflagration this forenoon, but; quick work by residents of the" What changes are to take place town shd prompt assistance from!cannot be foretold with anything the Juneau Fire Department con-!like detail. But there appear to be fined the flames to the one. house certain tendencies of an frresisti- they destroyed. Sparks ignited the ple nature along A which the race roofs of ten other dwellings and s working that we may confidently the city water tank, but these in-/eypect will become more and more cipient blazes were immediately €X-'pronounced. The foremost of these tinguished with eithier buckets of is tne hovement toward unification water or .wet sacks. |This is based on better organized The building burned was a tW0- oreory 1t is not always popular, i‘;ggn;:m::“::e ucs::ml{orofb“scerc‘il:; for it often seems at first to limit ahid F Streets. 1t was owned by{dndmdunl freedom of action. A. F. Grandberg, who valued it and { its furnishings at $2,000. There was% no ' insurance. {mergers in nearly -all kinds of Lodgers Were Asleep sbusiness which will dwarf anything At the time the fire started sev—!with which we have before had en lodgers were ‘asleep in the !experience. Such combinations will building, Fanned by a strong wind, have power to perform services for the blaze made such rapid head-ithe nation. greater than any we way that only one of them saved, have yet seen. any personal effects. Mr. and Mrs, Grandberg live; next door to the burned premises. jife wij) e more abundant and the When the alarm was sounded, he lyesources with which to secure them was at work on & plumbing JOb errer gistributed. This develop- several blocks distant. He hast- nong wi pring large wealth to ened home, and climbed a ladder! . perhaps a disproportionate to the roof of the doomed bulld:|yey iy “pyt under our system ®f ing. _He ;was blown off his feet government that will take care of )by a strong gust of wind, and rell,‘"sm to the ground. He was badly shak-| 3 PR PR The necessaries and luxuries of 1 PR i ! Coolidge Reads America’s Hofoécopé--- NEW TARIFF COMMISSION TAKES OATH OF OFFICE | i Associated Press I'hata the oath In assuming duties of eft), notary public, administered the oath. Members of the commission are. left Edgar B. Brossard and Thomas pse Present Era wTEY i B REAR ADMIRAL DROPS DEAD IN GAME OF GOLF Commandant, Thirteenth Naval District, Dies Suddenly,Bremerton BREMERTON, Wash., Oct. 16— Rear Admiral Henry Joseph Ziege- mier, aged 61 years, Commandant of the Thirteenth Naval District and former Commandant of the Great Lakes Navy Yard at Qhi- cago, died in the arms of Mayor C. E. Oldham, of Bremerton, while engaged in a golf match. He had reached the fifth green in the second nine hold round against two officers of the Battle- ship New Mexico when he suffered a paralytic stroke. Rear Admiral Ziegemier told Mayor Oldham he did not feel en by the fall. This afternoon he| was brought to Juneau and en-! Our difficulty in this country has but - Ith itself L " tal medi- | 7ot been with weal A e e tha hossi. |With the newly rich who lacked the {bility ‘of internal injuries. |character to use it wisely. But, on According to Fire Chief Guy the whole_. we shall have a more Smith of Douglas, the blaze was €VeR dls_mbutmn of wealth and give started by sparks which were car-|the ordinary man new powers and Iried by the wind from the chim-|new resources which he has not iney of a shack a block away. They before enjoyed. ignited a woodpile at the rear ofj . . the lodging house. The burnmg‘ Life will not be easy for those woodpile set fire to the hom.‘whu try to live by the old methods. Within a few minutes, flames from!, . With the increased use of the two-story structure leaped high machinery, with the growing com- in the air and dense clouds of plexity of existence, more and more smoke rolled above and away fromtraining, skill and education will ithe blazing building. From Juneau pecome necessary . . . General edu- jmost of Douglas seemed to be cation will be greatly increased. afire. P .o Hose Quickly Laid | We can expect much progress in m‘:‘dd"i‘r‘“‘;’g :'tmDouglns‘ai, navigation and in distribution o Bl Doae 8 good | ¢ ejectric current . . . Improve- pressure of water in play. At m"‘rmem of roads has probably only linstance of the chief, the p“bm‘bagun ... Grade crossings will be behpol, dis pupils and ‘he}elimlnawd and the main thorough- B O v iy aies wel lightad ¢ nlght. ' The e dncuined i nelehartivods RNy VAL be-dotiad with gEole airports and we sl ave a com- p :;nchT;he w;;d w: “:’yl‘ng‘blnatlon of motor vehicle, railroad o e most serlous Inclp-l,.4 i transportation that will jlent blaze was on the roof of the water tank, some four blocks dis-) tant from the burning house. The| flames made a large hole in the jwater tank roof before they.. were | extinguished. Ten Juneau Firemen When the fire appeared at its worst, Chief' Smith telephoned the reach to every important point. P We shall see electric’ power used {in the home and in all Kinds of |4 bilsiness and even more. widely. dis- tributed than the telephone is at the present time . . . Distant sights and sounds will well. A physician rushed to the scene We are entering a perlod of|but the Admiral had died when heleach year. Eventually, he added, arrived. Death was placed at 4:28 o'clock esterday afternoon. Rear Admiral Ziegemier was born in Pennsylvania in 1869. He was graduated from Annapolis in 1890. He saw 21 years of sea duty and distinguished himself in the Span- ish-American War and was made Rear Admiral during the World ‘War. Rear Admiral Ziegemier is sur- vived by his widow and daughter Rosemary. CHANCELLOR OF GERMANY CAUSES RIoT Is Hooted by Communists in Reichstag When Makes Address BERLIN, Oect. 16. Riotous scenes began in the Reichstag to- day five minutes after the opening when Chancellor Bruening at- tempted to deliver an address out~ ilining the Government’'s program for relief of the present business depression. The Chancellor was greeted by cries from the Communists who shouted: “Down with the Hunger Dicta~ tor.” The Communists broke out in disorders ‘the moment the cellor mounted the rostrum When order was restored, Chan- cellor Bruening said Germany was hit the hardest by the world busi- ness depression. —,-— - | TODAY’S 8TOCK I QUOTATIONS — NEW YORK CITY, N. Y 7 US. EX CHIEF TO MOVE OFFICES HERE Dr. Alberts Announces Forthcoming Change to ‘ Chamber of Commerce Headquarters of the United States | Agricultural Experiment stations in | Ataska will be moved to Juneau as| soon as the capital building is com- | pleted and ready for occupancy, the | |Chamber of Commerce was told to- | day by Dr. H. W. Alberts, Chief Agrinomist in charge of them. The present headquarters are at Sitka. | Dr. Alberts arrived here last night [ |to eonfer with Commissioner C. H. | JFlory of the Department of Agri- culture relative to the transfer and on other matters. Others are Guests Other guests today included Count Ivan A. Tolstoy, of New York, grandson of the famous Rus- slan novelist, Count Leo 'l‘olsu)y:‘J E. L. Sampson, Ketchikan business | man and Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives; and Albert White, former local boy, who was called here recently by the death of his father, E. J. White. Agriculture, Dr. Alberts said, s no longer an experiment in Alaska. It may seem there is very little farming land in the vicinity of Ju- {neau, but when one sees the quan- tity of farm products coming into town, the fact is forced home that there is more land suitable for farming in the district than is in- dicated on the surface. Most of it is some distance off the roads and can only be found by examination. It will take some time to develop it, but some progress is already being: made in that direction. Many more people are residing on Gla-, \cler Highway now than were there {four years ago when Dr. Alberts first came to the Territory, he fsnld. A similar situation exists in the |interior. Little farming develop- ment can be seen from the railroad and roads, hut there is a substantial amount of cleared land, and much grain and produce is being grown the country will grow all of the farm produce it needs. The inte- rior will grow its own wheat, po- tatoes and produce its dairy com- modities. In fact, “We can look forward to a prosperous agricultural future,” he concluded. Alaska Leads the World So far as scenery is concerned, in beauty, grandeur and variety, {Alaska excels the whole world, de- iclared Count Tolstoy. McKinley Na- guoml Park, he asserted, is one of the biggest tourist attractions in |the Territory and when roads and hotels are completed within the next two or three years, it will be extensively advertised and will draw multitudes of tourists. e said he had spent the sum- mer in the park, representing New York interests, friends of Alaska, who are Interested in its develop- ment as a tourist center. His re- port will be\favorable. “I have learned to love Alaska as my own land during my stay here,” Count Tolstoy said. “I have seen your struggles; studied your prob- jlems and watched your efforts to open up this pioneer country with deep interest.” Tribute to Chamber Mr. Sampson complimented the Chamber highly on its progressive spirit and its achievements. He mentioned especially the Cham- ber’s stand on the fibre board con- tained situation and its resolution to the salmon packers regarding that matter. He pointed out that the importation of these containers by packers this season would lessen materially Alaska’s balance of trade and said steps should be taken to counteract its effect. He also praised The Empire for {its reports of the work done by the |Chamber, saying they were “in- structive, exhaustive and complete,” and were used to advantage at Ket- lehikan by the Chamber there in similar lines of activity. Expect Can Factory Ketchikan, Mr. Sampson said, ex- pects tp land a can factory from |Alaska Doctor and State groups to cooperate with{ Federal and State departments and | Juneau Fire Department for assist- ibe brought within the range of our leye and ear so that a conference 16—Closing quotation of Alaska the American Can Company. As a Juneau mine stock today is 6%, result of Ketchikan efforts, some PER'MENT} STATES IN REVOLT IN BRAZIL < ! '! & Ve Wl { [} RVl K4 ! $A0 PAULO 2=2R10 OE JANEIRO e e———— S g The shaded portions show Brazilian stat: lutionary movel been brewing in the southern state are in sympathy with a revol Janeiro government which has ! . b | PERMAMBUCO R4 \.'/ i 2 IAUHY o g s (RECIFE) — JALASOAMACEI: $ERGIPE = ~—] AT — that have Joined or ment against the Rio of Rio Grande do 8ul for some time. VOLUNTEERS IN BRAZIL MOVING Forces Are Concentrating Against Rebels—Gov- - | ernment [s Confident RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazfl, Oct. 16, — Extensive troop” movetrents are reported by the Federals par- ticularly in the southern portion of the State of Minas Geraes. Rescrve forces and volunteers are gathering at numerous concentra- tion camps. The Government officials said the respective positions of Federals and rebels along the Sao Paulo and Parana front have not chang- ed. \ A detachment of Federal troops is leaving today from Ribeirao- preto sailing for Sao Paulo, the rich coffee center. Approximately 2,000 men have enlisted there already and other volunteer battalions are being or- ganized for service. Government officials are confi- dent the rebels. will be crushed soon. | ——————— MAKE BREAK FOR FREEDOM Convicted Men Attempt to | | Escape Enroute to | Penitentiary ‘ FORT SCOTT, Kansas, Oct. 16. —Under Sheriff Melvin Hamilton | and George Mangus, convicted bank | robber, were shot to death Ilate| yesterday when Magnus and Alvin | Payton, another robber, attempted, to escape from a motor car in which they were enroute to the penitentiary. ! Sheriff Alfred Coal is recovering | from a gun shot wound in the head inflicted by Mangus with a| pistol the robbers had secreted in| the Oswego jail. - Mangus killed Hamilton and De-, puty Roy McClain shot Mangus and then covered Payton. | | Uses Plane On Sad Mission PR KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Oct. 16. — When the news of the death of G. A. Peterson, of Spokane, Washington, reached here yesterday, his son, Dr. W. E. Peterson, of Ketchikan, was hunting with a party on Dun- can Canal ) .RESERVES AND ident Of Brlazil Associated Press Photo President Washington Luls was granted $10,000,000 by congress to put down the revolution in several Brazilian states, Secretary of War Insulted, Two Arrests Are Made OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla- homa, Oct. 16.—J. I. Whid- den and R. G. Pierce, who, the police said, are Commun- ists, were arrested after it was reported they leaped on the running board of an au- tomobile carrying Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley and shouted insults at him. eo 00’0000 - REDS FIRE ON BRITISH AND U, 8. VESSELS Steps Are Taken to Com- bat QOutbreaks Along Yangtse River HANKOW, Oct. 16—Steps to combat the outbreak of Reds along the Yangtse River were taken after shore batteries of Communists fir- ed on one British and two United States vessels. None of the boats upon which fire was concentrated were-harm- ed. The British gunboat Teal silenc- ed the attack and then landed an armed force which captured a brass muzzle loader The Americans have stationed a gunboat at Yochow at the head of . Tungting Lake. (flier on the trip, AVIATOR DIES "IN WRECK OF HIS ARPLANE l | [Lieut. William Caldwell | - Crashes in Wyoming, ! Bound East |ARMY MAN CARRYING | TREATY TO N. Y. CITY Airmail Pil:;STghls Wreck- age—Rescue Party Goes to Scene BULLETIN — LARAMIE, Wyoming. Oct. 16.—Pilot Boyd, of the Bocing Lines, has re- ported he has located the wreck ¢f the plane of Lieut. Caldwell and the body is in the plane. Lieut. Caldwell is the missing flier who was enroute from Victoria, B. C., to New Y¥York City with the Japan treaty. A party has left here in an autemobile for the scene of the wreck and to secure the body. * PLANE REPORTED LOST CHEYENNE, Wyo, Oct. 16—A |plane which has been lost near (Laramie is one of two carrying Japan’s ratification of the London Naval Treaty from Victoria to New York City. The plane was sighted by Ray Meskimen, flying the east- bound airmail. Meskimen said the plane was about 26 miles north of Laramie where it crashed. He said he fear- ed that Lieut. William Caldwell had been killed because if not, he could have called from numerous farm_houses .in the district, for aid. Lieut. Irvin Woodring, the other who left here early this morning, was reported in and out of North Platte, Ne- braska, three hours later and fac- ing good flying conditions« for the remainder of his trip East. ARE ARMY AVIATORS Lieutenants Woodring and Cald- well are the two American Army aviators assigned to carry the Nav- al Treaty from Victoria to New York. The treaty arrived in the British Columbia city from Japan on the Hikawa Maru. It bears the signature of the Emperor of Japan. The Japanese Emperor made & request asking the United States to send fliers for the document. The treaty is to be handed to Pierre Boal, Assistant Chief of the Western Europe Division of the State Department who is sailing from New York City on the liner Leviathan and he will’ give it to Ambassador Matiudaira in London. Boal is advisor to the American delegation at the League of Na- tions Commissions sessions. ————.———— PLANE CRASH VICTIM TO BE TAKEN SOUTH Ralph Wien to Be Buried in’ States—Father Walsh Probably in Oakland ' FAIRBANKS, Oct. 16. — Ralph Wien, pilot killed in the crash of the plane Marquette Missionary at Kotzebue last Sunday afternoon, will be buried in the states. His widow and two sons will probably leave here within a week. The body arrived here Tuesday night in a plane flown by H. E. Robbins. The body of Father William F. Walsh, also killed in the accident, will undoubtedly be taken to Oak- land, California, for interment. It is very probable that FPather Phillip 1. Delon, third victim, will be buried at Holy Cross. International Highway officials call on the President| to present a plan. A resolution passed by the Am- erican Federation of Labor said: “Public works should be started, at once and all procedures mdi practices tending to delay such work should be removed. Private enterprises should not withhold ex- | tensions, improvements, repairs, but do their share in the emergency.”, for relief. ance. Ten of its members, taking, several Teels of hose, resopnded.| between persons in Northampton They crossed Gastineau Channeljand Buffalo will be almost like a in- the ferryboat -Teddy, which conference around a table. made a special trip for the oc- o g caston, and which also brought the| Very little change is to be expect- Juneau firemen back. ed in the fundamentals of our gov- The mailboat Estebeth and the ment . . . fishing boat Wilson, which were| It is to be hoped that election moored on the Juneau :side when methods will be improved. While the fire started, hurried across to'they are good on the whale, there R e (Continued “on- Pags" TWo) (Continuea on Page Two), American Can 119, Anaconda COp= per 37%, Bethlehem Steel 75': Fox Pilms 38%, General Motors 5%, Granby Corporation 13%. er= national Harvester 63, Kennecott Copper 28%, Montgomery-Ward 23, National Acme 9%, Packard Mo- tors 10%, 10%, 10%, Simmons Beds 16%, Standard Brands 167 dard Oil of California 53%, dard Oll of New Jersey 572, | |ed Alrcraft 38%, U. 8. Steel ! " M~“Bellingham in connection with this| of the prominent salmon packing ,corporations had promised to scrap their own can making machinery ;and purchase cans from the gom- pany if it established a factory at !Ketchikan .A committee from thi Ketchikan organization is now at-' ,tending the canners' convention at A plane of the Pioneer Air- ways, Jerry Smith, pilot, was dispatched to the district where he located the camp and pick- ed up the dector and flew him here. Dr. Peterson leaves by the same plane today for Prince Rupert to make connections with a Canadian steamer for Vancouver where he will take a plane for Seattle. IR LOS ANGELES, Cal, Oct. 16.— Twenty-five representatives of Mex- ican States including two Gover- nors, Highway Engineers and other officials, met yesterday with offi- cials of the United States and Cali- fornia in an eight-day conference on the proposed International-Pa- ' Discussed at Conference cific Highway. The highway section from No- gales, Arizona, to Mexico City, is {the chief subject of discussion. The {highway is eventually proposed to |extend from Fairbanks, Alaska, to inuenm Aires In South America. .