The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 10, 1930, Page 1

THE DAILY VOL. XXXVIL, NO. 5561. TRACE OF MISSING FLIER RENA e ——— e ————————— | | Conscription Period of Service To Be Limited *GENEVA, Nov. 10. Preparatory Disarmament Com- mission of the League of Na- tions has voted to limit the pericd of service by army con- script both by a universal max- imum and by a maximum of each nation becoming a party to the,general convention. The French delegaticn suc- ceeded in including that the provision of maximums should apply to all military forces on land and sea and air. CONGRESS FACES MANY BILLS FOR QUICK DISPOSAL Nine Annual Appropriation | Bills Are Expected to | Be Enacted EMERGENCY MEASURES WILL BE BROUGHT OUT| - \: 'Are They Spoofing DEMOCRATS 1 7 YORK CITY, o Nov. 10.—Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly the Atlantic Ocean, and George Palmer Put- nam, publisher and explorer, cbtained a marriage license to wed in Hoank, Connecticut. The license was issued Satur- day and the five-day notice of iutention was waived. Miss Earhart, in Washington, D. C., denied the marriage and denied knowing of the issuance of the license. DOMINATE While Democrats Expect tc Steer Legislation They | Won't Obstruct : WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 10. —Into the confused situation brought about by the necar dead- GARDNER MAKES GAINS IN RACE WITH SHATTUCK Latter’s Lead Is Cut to 32 —Wickersham and Kel- | ler Increase Leads With nine new precincts report- I ed since Saturday in the First Di- Pacific Flight Trains for ¢ by MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, PRICE TEN CENTS HAN IS REPORTED PLANEIS SEEN " OVER CANNERY ONOCTOBER 2 Aviator and Two Compan- ions Disappear Within Sight of Prince Rupert ANSCEL ECKMANN IS | MAKING LONG SEARCH sl Hugh S. Gibsl;m. American |lock in the election results, seven Putnam cculd not be reached. |vision and five from the Fourth 3 3 ropreseptative abstained from | Democratic leaders have thrown the Miss Earhart said she did |Division, Judge Wickersham had & Presxdeqt ques Specxal voting. | pledge of non-obstruction to the not accompany him to Conm- |increased his margin over George First Information of Miss- Session Will Not Be - e, executive heads of the Government. necticut and then said: “Some- |B. Grigsby, for Delegate to Con-| s A N | | Three former Presidential nominces fime within the next 50 years |gress to 141 votes, and W. K.| | ing Airmen Is Secured ecessary | lot the party Saturday night issued I may marry.” Keller was 165 ahead of Anthony by Chief Pilot | |a statement, claiming Democratic o {J. Karnes for Commissioner of ’ WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 10.— | ‘Education. One clue regarding Pilot The Administration plans to con- centrate on the enactment of emer- gency legislation and important pending measures at the short term of the present Congress beginning December 1. Turning their, attention from the election, Government heads are de- termined to make every effort to se- cure passage of nine great annual h - 2 appropriation bills by next Mar::hl pUbhcans Se“ator n Mm_ & to &void a special session by the| nesota and Demo- | newly elected Congress. | : Should any of these supply bills: crats in Kansas fail to pass, President Hoover will, be forced to comvene a new Con- gress, control oféwhich may remain clal returns show that the Demo- in’ Goubt, or government agencies‘"“s and Republicans each won which are not provided for will have and lost a Senator in the charges| «from preliminary and final reports.; to suspend business at the close ] of the fiscal year ending June 30,10 Minnesota almost complete offi-| 1931, ial returns show Senator Thomas It is known that President Hoo-|D- Schall, Republican, re-elected ver is anxious to have the present o the United States Senate. Pre- Congress dispose of Muscle Shoals, liminary returns gave the place to! The Senate has approved of the Einar Hoidale, Democrat. government’s operation and the House has approved the sale of, Muscle Shoals to private interests. SEVENTY NUNS AND PATIENTS seat in the short term from Ken- AND LOSES .~ ONE SENATOR WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—Offi- complete returns from Kansas show George McGill, Democrat, was sue- cessful cver Senator Henry J. Al- len, Republican, for the term end- {Ing in 1933. Senator Allen had been previously reported successful. Sen- ator-Elect McGill will take his seat at the convening of the short term in Congress. Senator John M. Robison, Republi- can. : : i Explosion of Boiler Nar-t = o rowly Averted—Fire- STICK WITH G. O. P. man Found Slain SEGUIN, Tex., Nov. 10.—Repre- sentative Harry M. Wurzbach, the only Republican Texas has sent to Congress in this century, represent- ing the Fourteenth District, won't compromise his political beliefs to see a Texan elected Speaker of the National Housé of Representatives. When he was asked if he would CHICAGO, IIl, Nov. 10.—Possible death or injury to 70 nuns and patients of St. Mary's Hospital was narrowly averted when an attend- ant came upon the body of John Weber, night fireman, slumped on' the floor of the engine room near a @ry steaming boiler. vote with the Democratic organiza- Weber had been shot to death. [tion toward the election of Repre- The large boiler had apparently isenmtive John N. Garner as Speak- purposely been drained of water|er, Wurzbach answered: and was on the verge of an ex-! “It would not be sportsmanlike plosion. politics.” The police said they believed the‘ plot to blow up the hospital wasito send him to Congress knew that frustrated with little time to spare.|he always had been and always will The plotter let the water from the|pe a regular Republican. boiler knowing it would blow up. ““The police have started a search for the man believed to have kill- ed the fire man. He was discharg- ed and it is said he told the Mother Superior he would “blow the place up.” sz ™ ™ DANGE PLANNED, BOYNTON BEATS | Ofllcxal Re!urns Give Re_;of the results which give the Re- On the other hand the almost| The Democrats will also gain n, He said the Democrats who helped' STORES CLOSED lominance.of the legislative branch of the government, but asserting that the party would place the wel- fare of the country and the restora- tion of prosperity ahecad of po- litical advantage or desire to show | power. { Ignoring the latest compilation DEATH CLOSES ACTIVE CAREER publicans the narrowest majorities in the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives, they declared the Demo- crats, to the extent of their ability, would steer legislation of the next Congress. | This statement came on the heels of the only expression President Hoover has permitted himself in re- | gard to the election. He said: | “The job for the country now is to concentrate on measures of co-' operaticn for economiz recovery.” Over Fifty Years Passes Away Democratic Piedge | The Democratic pledge bore the signatures of James M. Cox, John ‘W. Davis and Alfred E. Smith, for- mer Presidential nominees; Senator Joseph T. Robinson, Democratic | Senate leader, John N. Garner,| Democratic House leader; John J.| Raskob, Chairman of the at- | ic National Committee, -and Jouett Shouse, Chairman of the Demo-| lcratl‘c Executive Committee. | Recounts Come Next “ The final official returns seem to show that the next House will con- tain 218 Republicans, 216 Democrats, ‘and 1 Farm-Labor. The Senate seems to stand' 48, Republicans, 47 Democrats and oneé Farm-Labor Party. Recounts are being demanded in a number of close contests on | which the Republican narrow ma-‘ jority rests. The Democrats hope to gain members through the re- | counts. | The Demiocrats will also demand ' WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 11.— a recount in Minnesota’s Senatorial Gen. Tasker Howard Bliss, Wa contest where the Republican ma- time Chief of Staff and one time jorlty is also under a shadow, the Commanding General of the Army, official count glving the election to died early Sunday morning closing Senator Thomas D. Schall over 28 active career of more than half Finar Holdale, Democrat, by a mere & century of military service. handful of votes. | Col. Bliss was 76 years old and The Republicans may also ask for died from an intestinal allment. He a recount in a few House districts iS survived by his widow and two where Democrats were elected by children, Col. Edward Goring Bliss very small pluralities. jand Mrs. Eleanor Frances Knop! e Col. Bliss will be buried Wednes- |day in Arlington Cemetery. GEN. TASKER H.BL)SS RECEIVES DECORATION General Tasker Howard Bliss was one of the most active officers in the United States Army during the years he served the military estab- lishment. He passed through four campaigns; rose to be Chief of Staff and Commanding General of the {Army, and served in many impor- AMERICANS IN DANGER Six Missionaries in Peril— | Communists Capture Kwangchow War he was decorated with the Dis- 10.— | tinguished Service Medal, with the China, Nov. OF GEN. BLISS Officer in Military Service{ —_————————————————— ASSOCIATED PRESS (UNDERWOOD) Allen Shattuck, Democratic nom- | inee for Senator, is still leading C. T. Gardner, Republican, by 32 votes. The fresh returns made no material changes in the results. There are eight precincts unre- {parted with approximately 165 | votes. i Standing of Candidates The Territorial candidates’ stand- ing this afternoon was as follows: For Delegate to Congress: Divisional Candidates | The standing of the Divisional | candidates was: For Senator: | s Gardner . 2,235 " Shattuck 2,267 For Representatives: Boyle . 2,271 Johnson 2,208 Judson 2,106 McCormack .....1049 Paul ... rsive -....2,036 | Sampson . ....2,019 Winn ...2,343 Ziegler ....2,399 Sheldon, Foster Trailing In the Fourth Divislon, revised; legislative returns together with the precincts reported for the first time put Fred Johnson, Republi- can, ahead of R. E. Sheldon, In- dependent, by a margin of 48 votes for fourth place on the House ticket. There are about 125 votes unreported from that Division, largely in the Forty Mile area on the upper Yukon River. While no new returns were re- ceived here from the Third Divi- sion, a bulletin sent out from Cor- dova by the Times of that city said that L. D. Roach, Republican, of Anchorage, was leading Frank H. Poster, Republican, of Cordova, by 14 votes for fourth place on the House slate, and that Cal M. Brosius and Joseph H. Murray, Republicans, and H. H. McCutch- eon, Democrat, were assured of election. No additional returns were re- ceived from the Second Division where all races are legislative doubtful except two in the House tant positions in this country and|of Representatives. abroad. At the close of the World|(For tabulation table, sce Page 8). Wickersham ... -..5,127 | Grigsby 4,986 | For Treasurer: Hardcastle .....3,339 Smith ..5,940 For Auditor: Cole 5,245 Gaffney ... ....4,470 For Highway Engineer: Hesse 2 . ...4,624 Johnson ...~ 968 Ulmer .. o 3,135 For Commissioner of Education: Karnes ......... ....4,569 Keller 4,734 ettes and tobacco for the crew. Miss Mary Stone, well-known aviatrix of the West Coast, with the plane in which she hopes to make a flight from Berkeley, I SHP SINKS | MEN DROWN Down Quickly Cross- ing Humboldt Bar EUREKA, Cal, Nov. 10.—Durin;z) a gale, 18 men aboard the steam| lumber schooner Brooklyn went to their deaths when they tried to| steam out of Humboldt Harbor late ' last Saturday. | Coast Guardsmen who witnessed the tragedy said the Brooklyn blnw; her whistle frantically as the waves capsized her and she sank within five minutes. | No traces of the bodies were found late last Saturday night Coast Guardsmen said the weath- er was the roughest in years and warned other ships not to. attempt to cross Humboldt Bar. One member of the crew of the Brooklyn, Nels Christensen, sea- man, missed the boat when he tarried too long purchasing cigar-} The Brooklyn was a 216-ton craft operated by the Bayside Steamship Company in the coastal' lumber trade. | Cal,, to China, The flight will be a sclo and in preparation she is studying blind-flying in case she encounters fog en route. (International Newsreel! NEW BRAZILIAN IN GALE; 18 | GOVERNMENT IS 0. K. WITHU. S, [Lumber Schooner Goes‘Rccognilion Is Made Fol- lowing Report from U.S. Ambassador WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 10. The United S has racognized the new government of Brazil. The announcement of a fayorable attitude was made by Secretary of State Stimson after a confzrence with President Hoover Secretary Stimson's siatement said: “Our American Ambassador at Rio de Janeiro rec d a note some days ago from the cto Govern- ment of Brazil setling forth the composition of the present govern- ment and stating it will respect the National obligations contracted abroad as well as treaties and oth- er International obligations and re- questing recognition. “Ambassador Morgan, at our re- quest has been studying the entire situation upon which the question of recognition depends. “The State Department has re- |ceived the Ambassador’s final re- port and we have instructed him to answer the request that this Gov- ernment wi Robin Rcnahan, missing flier, has been received by The Em- pire in an Associated Press | dispatch from Vancouver, B. C. | The dicpatch said Anscel Eck- mann, Chief Pilot of the Alas- ka Wa hington Airways, wired ! from Prince Rupert last Sat- { urday night that he had learn- ed that Pilot Renahan, with Frank Hatchcr and Sam Clerf, his two companions, were almost within sight of Prince Rupert on October 28 when they disap- peared. Eckmann, who has been scarching the coastline for over a week; said he found out that Renahan had been seen at dusk flying low over the Oceanic Salmon Cannery at the mouth of the Skeena River, 30 miles from Prince Rupert. Pilot Renahan and his com- panicns were flying north to scarch for Capt. E. J. A. Burke | and his two companions, Emil { Kading and Bob Martens, miss- ing since October 11, when they tock off from Liard Post for Atlin, B. C. | " With Pilot Eckmann on his | s=carch are Larry Parks and Frank Wadham. e ee—— HALIBUT BOAT 'DAMAGED AIDING OCEAN VESSEL 'Emma Shows Effects of Work in Assisting Northwestern Showing signs oi a battle waged jagainst the elements while succor- ing the distressed steamship North- western, the halibut boat Emma, |capt. Thomas Ness, arrived in Ju- neau early today. Part of the little craft's gear was lost, a plank was |torn from her deck, her hold and engine room were flooded, and she |was on her side, almost swamped, (Just as she managed to get a line aboard the larger vessel, and then with the taut hauser was able to right herself. Despite the presence of water, the Emma‘s machinery was kept running, and she and the halibut schooner Tordenskjold, Capt. Chris Servecld, were the first to start towing the passenger liner which had lost her rudder in rough seas off Cape Spencer, to quiet and ARMISTICE DAY . .~ 92-Year Old |Unverified reports satd Commu- impressive citation: - BUCK'S RECORD Armistice Day tomorrow will observed ‘in Juneau. In recognition, ists have captured Kwangchow in | the southeastern part of Honan| “For most exceptional services as Assistant Chief of Staff, Acting Chief of Staff, and Chief of Staff Resident of Rt S e | H : 1l be happy to continue|sheltered Dundas Bay. i‘mh the new Government on the| Several Others Helped came friendly.relations as with pre- | decessors.” | Before the Northwestern was |brought to safe anchorage, several other small boats got lines aboard RECORD IS SET of the twelfth anniversary of the | Province endangering the Protes- cessation of hostilities in the World | of the United States Army, in which tant and Catholic missionaries. | Skagway Dies RECOGNITION BY GERMANY her and helped in the towing oper- ' 'ROCKLAND, Maine, Nov. 10— ations. Stanley Boynton, aged 18 years, is prepared for an official round of acclaim following shattering of both the East and West and West to East junior transcontinental flight | War, schools, federal and territorial government offices and all places of business will be closed. No formal exercises will be held The missionaries include six Am- | important positions his adm ericans. The fate of the mlssxon-;tratlve ability and professional at- arles has not been ascertained.|tainment were of great value to our Among them are members of the armies. As Chief of the American Lutheran United Mission with head- | section of the Supreme War Coun- SKAGWAY, Alaska, Noy. 10. —Mrs. T. McKettrick, aged 92 years, died here last Saturday afternoon, She is survived by two sops and one daughter. BY c APT H AWK BERLIN, Nov. 10—The German [} Minister to Rio de Janeiro has }been instructed to inform the new | Brazilian Government of its recog- nition by Germany. ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y., Nov. At the time of the rescue work, the Emma had aboard a catch of | halibut and at least a part of the fish was rendered worthless as the Guring the day, but in the evening Young Boynton made the West members of the Alford John Brad- to East flight in 24 hours and 29|ford Post No. 4, American Legion, minutes, flying time, and the East|in conformity to their custom of to West flight in 24 hours and 2lthe last several years, will give a minutes. dance in Elks Hall. Music for the The flight was over & greater occasion will be furnished by the distance than covered by Robert Serenaders’ Orchestra. Buck, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, Dancing will half at 11 o’'clock former record holder. while bugle taps are sounded and Buck flew between New York and'one minute of silence is observed in result of contamination by spilled gasoline, Legal Nature of Aid The assfstance given the North- western by the fishing craft has not been decided to be legal salvage, but of course, it is expected that they will be adequately paid for their help, and recompensed for any in- jury received in giving it. Reports are current that after 10. — Capt. Frank Hawks atrived from Havana at 4:18 o'clock Sun- day afternoon with a new mark in his possessign. Taking off from Havana at 7:834 o'clock Sunday morning he landed here eéight hours and 42 minutes later. Subtracting 30 minutes for stops at Miami and Charlotte, his flying time was eight hours and three minutes. The best previous time was twelve hours. records. |quarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota. |cil, he has taken an fmportant part nat The sons are W. A. McKettrick of Eatonville, Washington, and James McKettrick of Benneit, B. C. The daughter is Mrs. J. J. F. Ward, wife of the United States Commissioner in Skag- way. | German recognition assumed par- ticular interest because of the shooting on October 25 of the German liner Baden while leaving the harbor at Rio de Janeiro. It is assumed that recognition will mean early settlememy of. the Ba- den incident |in the shaping of the policies | have brought victory to our caus: ‘ Aide to Wilson When President. Wilson, in 1918, | made public the list of those he had |selected to surround him as ad- | visors and assistants during the memorable Versailles Peace Con- |ference, the name of General Bliss was prominent as mflitary advisor U. 8. A. ——— GIANT DO-X IN ENGLAND —_——-———— {Capt. Ammel, on Non-Stop | | STOCK Los Angeles and ‘then back again. memory of departed Legionnaires. GALSHOT, England, Nov. 10— to the delegation.:He was a strong Capt. Hawks's average speed was, | Flight, Is Sighted at Sea 1 QUOTATIONS | 5 . the Northwestern's passengers are Boynton made the flight from —————— : l ! Rockland to Los Angeles and back hmiv 2 The giant airliner DO-X has com- supporter of Mr. Wilson’s views on 190 miles an hour. g e transferred to the steamship Ala- to Rockland. ersary Obesrvation pleted the second leg of her flight |armaments, and as a member of 11¢| MIAMI, Florida, Nov. 10—The Capt. Hawks also established n i1y — : D e e : b s i R Causes Death, Germany|from Amsterdam to the United | Supreme War Council before the|Tropical Radio reports that the [new record for a flight from New NEW ‘U"‘K CITY, N, Y., Nov. 10. yesee) will not be returned to .Se- United ‘Pruit Company’s steamer |York to Havana of nine houts and —Closing quotation of Alaska Ju- gyt by way of Southeast Alaska Suicides to Escape Arresting Officers BERLIN, ‘Nov. 10. — Two were killed and several injured 'in clash- States. The aircraft landed here | Armistice, had argued for the this afternoon, making the tl‘lp“armnment of Germany “to the limit fn four hours from Amsterdam of such forces as were needed [or in his Panama-bound plane, Tivites sighted Capt. Roy Ammel, twenty-one minutes, off |record, New York to Havana, wa: the northeast coast of Honduras 14 hours by the late Wilmer Stultz 343, The previous neau mine stock today is 6, Ameri- s can Can 109%, Anaconda Copper Bethlehem Steel 60, Fox ports but will be taken by tugs di- rect to the Puget Sound metropolis. — . es coincident with a natfon-wide|where it had been held up by bad |the maintenance of order.” ‘ : WILMER, Kansas, Nov. 10.—Ed-|observance of 4he thirteenth an-|wenther. ¢ One of the foremost American |this morning. SSHEpe Films 30':, General Motors 32, prORIDA BIG FERTILIZER USER ward Maddox, aged 29 years, an ex- niversary of the Republic. The two Visibility was good on the trip|yriters attending the Versailles con-| Capt. Ammel left New York yes- The University of California is Cranby Corporation 13, Interna- convidt of Marshalltown, Towa, shot |deaths resulted from police sup- and only & moderate wind Was en- | forence described General Bliss as|terday afternoon on a non-stop conducting @ school for turkey tlonal Harvesier 35%, Kennecott| NEW YORK — Florida uses the Gnd fatally wounded his 10-year- |pression of Communists ~demon-|countered. The great ship settled | upirgt of all an American, and al- |flight after abandoning his plan to graders who will inspect fowls put Copper 25%. Natlonal Acme O™, most fertilizer per acre, averaging old stepson, then killed himself stration at Hildenin, Rhineland, easily on the water here. Ser {3int & hoRatr” fly the Atlantic Ocean. |on the block for holiday dinners. Packard Motors 8, Simmons Beds 1798 pounds, with New Jersey next where three police and four cly-| The DO-X has a crew of 17| “upe wag one of the best trusted [ The radio from the Tivites said e 11%, Standard Brands 15, United!at 417, says R, O, E. Davis of U. 8. Steel 150, Cur- while resisting efforts of the Kan- sas City police and county officers ‘to capture him. ilians, including a’‘woman, were in- jured serfously. I |also aboard. men aboard and 28 passengers are N (Continued on Page Two) the pilot circled the ship and then proceeded - southward. R. L. North of Sentinel Island, Aircraft 28 |1s registered at the Alaskan Hotel. tis Wright 3%. (the U. S. Bureau of Chemistry and | Soils.