The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 19, 1930, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” 'VOL. XXXVIL, NO. 5569 JUNEAU, ALAS KA. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1930. MEMBER NAVY PLANES REACH SEATTLE; HUNT MISSING FLIERS SPEEDS HERO CAPTAIN IS AGAIN OFF 0 GIVE HELP Course of gt;mship Am- erica Changed to Aid Sinking Vessel SWEDISH FREIGHTER GOING DOWN AT SEA ROOSEVELT e Hbld Taking Water— Pumps Are Unreliable Radioes Captain WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 19. —Radio messages received here early today sald Capt. George Fried, hero of two ocean rescues, has taken the steamship America off the course again and is speed- ing to the rescue of the Swedish freighter Ovidia which is said to be sinking 400 miles southeast of Cape Race. Capt. Fried, the radio messages stated, expects to reach the Ovidia late this afternoon. The Ovidia- is a craft of 1,898 tons and is bound from Newport News to Saint Nazaire. The America’s position at 2 a.m. today was given at 45-10 north longitude and 49 west, about 200 miles from the stricken vessel. Captain Carlson of the Ovidia messaged: “Taking water in hold No. 2. Heavy list. Trying to kep afloat but pumps unreliable.” In January 1926, Capt. George Fried rescued 25 from the British “tramp Antinoe during a storm in ~the North Atlantic Ocean and re- | “ceived the Navy Cross for heroism.| % In 1929 Capt. Fried rescued 32 érom the steamshop Florida in mid-Atlantic. e | OTHER VESSEL IS | REPORTED AS SiNKING | :BOS'ION. Mass., Nov. 19.—Wire-| ¥6s messages were picked up early s morning by the Coast Guard\ ¥ich said the vessel Thrayl was, saking 1,800 miles east of Boston. Coast Guard headquarters at| Washington, D. C. sald officers there were unable to locate the| shp in the register but believed | the sinking craft might be the Gnrek freighter Thraki. Iater advices said another ves- sel was proceeding to her rescue. The position of the sinking vessel was ‘placed at about the same place as the Ovidia, also reported | sinkiag. Coast Guard officials believed is pouible there was some con- fusiomand the messages might have | referred to the Ovidia. it French Births Increase But Weddings Decrease PARIS, 'Nov. 19.—What is gen- erally deseribed as “France’s fall- ing birthrate” took a leap upward | in the secamd quarter of 1930, the| excess of Lirths over deaths in the| three moaths totalling 25,384, Births numbered 190,193 and deaths 164,809. In 1929 for the correspbnding pe- fiod the excess of births was only 9,416. On the other hand marriages de- creased and divorces increased in 1930. Marriagesi numbered 97,283 this year as against 98,050 for 1929 | and divorces were 5277 compared with 4,997 | STRIBLING OR SHARKEY CRIES TUFFY GRIFFITHS | CHICAGO, Nov. 19.—Tuffy Grif- fiths says he is eager to have a fling of fisticuffs with Jack Shar- key and Young Stribling. Tuffy, a person of tender yerau-s‘i but tough ring tactics, wants tol battle the Boston heavyweight in a Christmas fund show early in De- | cember. And, if he survives that, he would tangle with the perennially young Mr. Stribling. A Stribling-Griffiths match could have been arranged for an indoor show here, but Jack O'Keefe, Tuf- fy’s manager, objected. He thinks it is a “natural” for an outdoor en- tertainment. > (iHope have been unsuccessful. RE-ELECTED OF ASSOCIATED PRESS — “PRICE TEN CENTS b — ESCUE OF SINKING SHIP alorg w.ea nim, shown at a New York City hote i By an overwhelming majority Gov. Franklin was elerted governor of New York for a second term. after receiving news of the victory. Left ta right: Méerbert H. Lehman, lieutenant governer; Governor Roosevelt and Mrs. Lehman. Standing Mrs. James Roosevelt, son and daughter-inlaw of the governor FIVE HUNDRED " AND FIFTY IN ' WRECK OF SHIP Lifeboats Carry Passengers and Crew Through Fog to Land BRITISH STEAMER | AGROUND; CLIFFS| Order to LeEShip Given in Darkness of Early ! Morning Hours LISBON, Portugal, Nov. 19.—Rid- ing through thick barriers of fog, lifeboats carrying 550 passengers and crew of the British steamer Highland Hope, came to safety to-| day. The Highland Hope went aground at the base fo the bleak cliffs of Berlingas, off Portugal this morn- ing. The only casualty was a Spanish emigrant who fell into the sea and was seriously injured. The Highland Hope is owned by the Nelson Steam Navigation Com- pany and was enroufe from London to Buenos Aires. | The steamer is a 14,000-ton craft and was built last year. The holds of the steamer are flooded and the vessel is sinking. Orders to man the lifeboats and leave the ship were given in the dark early this morning. The, life- boats landed safely at Peniche. Efforts to float the Highland The Captain and a few members of the crew stuck to the ship until all hope was abandoned. .- Great Britain has 2.02 miles of| roads for each square mile of the country’'s area. Repeal of Dry Laws Really Up | | TRO LLERS’ TAX GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK Associated Press Photo D.Rocsevelt, democrat, carrying his entire state ticket The governor and his party are Mrs. Roosevelt, are Mr. and INDEPENDENCE CASEISARGUED FOR INDIA IS GIRGUIT COURT DEM Several Months—Point M SAN FRANCISCO, C 19.—Exclusion of non-resi trollers they pay an annual tax of Ie ade by Rustgard Nov. ident in Alaskan waters un- $250 was urged in the United States by Atts gard, Circuit Court yesterday orney General John Rust- who declared that the Territory of Alaska, in levying the tax, was protecting residents in the safegu Woo “same manner as States ard their rights.” d Freeman attacked the law on the ground it is discrim- inatory. No decision is expected for several months on account of the o docket. rowded Appellate Court $100080 IRE, L0S ANGELES LOS ANGELES, Cal, Fire early today 19— the Nov. cleaned ouf, AND MADE INo Decision Expected for Moslem Leader Makes | Short but Pointed Statement Today LONDON CONFERENCE TOLD WHAT’S WANTED Freedom as Enjoyed by England Is Solution of Problem LONDON, Nov. 19.—Mushammed , Moslem leader, announced to- |day at the round table conference {that he was committed to complete lindependence for India. The Ali's statement was inter- |preted to mean an autonomous |status for India within the Empire |with the right to secede. The Ali said: “I will not go back (to India without the birth of a inew Dominion. | “If T go back otherwise I go back |to a lost Dominion. | “We shall go to an America.” | As Ali ended his statement, he |turned to Premier Ramsay Mac- !Donald, chairman of the round table conference, and said: “I take my seat. I hope I shall second story of Willets and Green,|[not be called upon to speak again grocery warehouse, causing a loss {of $100,000. | Ten fire companies battled the| blaze for three hours. Investigators said the fire broke| out omethe upper floor and spread quickly The investigators sought evidence| of susp2 throughout the building. cted incendiarism. - 4 . TODAY’S STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW 19.—Clos! Juneau To Republicans TRENTON, N. J., Nov. 19. —Declaring that 39 ranking Democrats in the Senate are dry and only four wet, Sen- ator Hamilton F. Kean, Re- publican of New Jersey, said hope for repeal for Prohibi- tion rests with the Repub- licans. 'You see how hollow the claim is of the Democrats who asserted that if Demo- crats are elected, the Eigh- teenth Amendment would be repealed or the Volstead Act amended., What chances have the wets for repeal of the amendment by electing ol | Lights and semaphores to regu- late traffic were flrst tried in 1868 Democrats,” queried Sena- tor Kean. o0 90000000 { American {Copper 37%, o |Fox Films 34, General Motors 3 Granby |tional Harvester 61, iper 29%, National o [Ors 9%, Simmons Beds 15%, o !dard Brands 15%, Standard Oil of Californi 25%, U. o| Wright & ONE BOOKED FOR CORDOVA :age of both skilled and | | . YORK CITY, N. Y., Nov. ing quotations of Alaska mine stock today is 6% Can 117%, Anaconda Bethlehem Steel 65%, Corporation 18%, Interns Kennecott Cop- Montgomery-Ward 20%, Acme 8%, Packard Mot- Stan- of a 51%, Standard Oil o |New Jersey 547%, United Aircraft S. Steel 147%, Curtiss- ————————— until you announce India is as free |as England.” e D S WOLVERINES HONOR EAST LANSING, Mich., Nov. 19. -Harold Smead, Michigan State's | wheel-chair football captain, whose leg was amputated following a mo- torcycle accident last summer, has been presented with a Wolverine | football blanket by the University | of Michigan football squad {[REVOLUTIQ | | | | | | HURRIED INTO MADRID TODAY Ciders Given ;z_) Shoot First —Make Investiga- tion Later N FEARED AMONG SPANIARDS Disorders Spread to Seville when General Strike Is Ordered MADRID, Spain, Nov. 19.—Fear of a revolution has caused the authorities to sweep shock troops into the city with orders to shoot first and investigate afterwards if jmobs assembled. Sun-burned cavalrymen who look more like Texas Rangers than Spaniards continue to patrol the streets. The general strike has continued and has spread. The strike order has entered Seville and Manresa, the textile center near Barcelona. The Seville University students have joined the rioters. DISORDERS IN SEVILLE SEVILLE, Spain, Nov. 19. — A general strike has been called and disorders followed immediately |When strikes and police clashed. Strikers visited shops and fac- tories and dragged out workmen who had oot guit. Two men were injured when strikers stoned a motor car on which were a motorman and con- ductor who refused to strike. The strike was unexpected and came apparently in sympathy with earlier strikes in Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia. ONE LIFE IS LOST;RANGER DIES, STORM |Another Man Beiieved Dead —Last Seen Walking in Snow Storm SEATTLE, Nov. 19.—Loss of one life and possibly another is attrib- uted to the storm which spread over a wide area of the Roc Mountains to the Pacific. Exposure is blamed for the death of William C. Godfrey, Chir. For- est Ranger of the Crater Lake Na- tional Park, Oregon. Fears are also felt for Allan Lar- son, of Fairview, Utah, las. seen walking in a snowstorm last rri- day near Springville, south of Salt Lake City. Snow ranged throughout the arca from a scant covering to a depth of 44 inches. - The Rev. A. P. Kashevaroff, pas- tor of the Greek Catholic Church here, returned on the steamship Queen from Sitka, where he par- ticipated last Sunday in the in- stallation of Bishop Antonin, re- cently chosen to head the newly created diocese of South Alaska Soviet Mobilizes Y ouths To Avert Industry Crisis By VICTOR G. C. EUBANK | .MOSCOW, Nov. 19.—Int | mobilization of the boys and girls of Russia is under way by tr viet government in an eff. avert what may become a c the monumental five-y industrialization. | The plan, now in its thir seems to have encountered a ! {ed slowing up because of |workmen, but a recrui Resuming the voyage to the West- |paign has been started .iwurd. the steamship Yukon, which the membership of the Communi o | arrived here yesterday morning, left | Youth League up to 4,000,000 late yesterday afternoon for Seward ' organization, the title of which and way ports. S8he embarked but | been shortened by the Ru one passenger at this port. He was | “Comsomol,” now has N. Dekanicksen, who ‘is booked for members. Cordova, | From these young millions the government hopes to fill the gaps in its industrial ranks, at le porarily. Michael I. Kalinin, chairman of the central executive committee of the U. 8. 8. R, has written that “this year labor has been short in every industry, not even excepting office work, and the labor ex- changes have been stripped of all hands.” One of the serious “slow-downs” in the five year plan is at the Do- netz Basin coal mining district. The labor shortage there is so critical that 30,000 “comsomols” have been sought as volunteers to go into the mines. There was also a serious shortage of dock laborers at Lenin- grad which was met by assigning a (Conuuuedv'on Pag'; s tem- | [ and Sam J. Clerf (right) of Seattle, missing since Octobe Mechanic Frank Hatcher since Oct. 28 for Capt. E Pilot Robert Renahan (left) | Wash,, have been missing with ! when they starte panions believed Columbia. d out in search of Capt. forced down in the LI SHUGK TRGUPS | LOSTIN SEARCH FORVIATOR IMUTHER SHIP | Associated Press Photo E. J. A. Burke and two com- jard river district of British AMERICAN BAR "WANTS REPEAL OF 16TH AMEND. Three Quarters of Mem- bers of Organization Answer Question CHICAGO, IlL, Nov. 19.—The attitude of the American Bar A iation toward the Eigh- teenth Amendmet has been de- termined by a referendum of the members and repeal is favored. Three quarters pf the mem- bers of the organization voted giving 13,779 for repeal and 6,340 against repeal. The question as to whether definite steps will be taken to urge repeal will probably not be determined until the meet- ing of the American Bar As ciation next; September. The members of the organi- ion alsp voted 14,782 to 5- 625 to passion the issue at the convention. The vote was known sometime ago but was withheld so it could not affect the November eclec- tions. 2 GAME HEADS TO lations Tomorrow Members of the Alaska Game Commission, here for the annual meeting of that organization, will be guests of the Chamber of Com- merce when it holds its weekly \luncheon at the Arcade Cafe ‘noon Thursday, |today by E. M. Goddard, President, Out of town Game Commission- at | |Chamber of Commerce to ,, Discuss Fisheries Regu- 'cia announced |} Missing Flier Assoctated Press Photo Capt. E. J. A. Burke of Atlin, \ C., and two companions have bee: missing since they started on i flight to the Liard river district of British Columbia in early October. FISHERY STUDY STARTED HERE; BLANKS MAILED CHAMBER HERE I,E‘lll!('l]('(] h\' Till" itt Commission toward determining s fisheries, in- tion of the nation, have out of d the vas an- ence T of the Commission, Oarter, has engaged n Init o1 inve entire mailing 1l owner s engaged been quest opera variou nouncec Hopkinson. United Tariff Char A veral days work conferring with ers are: Dr, W. H. Chase, President, * |Cordova: W. R. Selfridge, Ketchi- kan; Frank P. Williams, St. Michael |and Irving McK. Reed, Fairbanks. ase and Mr. Reed are due to reach here he west tonight | The Chamber will tomorrow dis jenss recommendations made by the Fishing Vessel Owners’ Association for regulations on herring and | halibut fish and draft a reply to a wire r ed from Asso- ciation. All persons interested in these fisheries® urged to attend tomorrow’s meeting and present facts on which the Chamber may base recommendations to the Uni ed States Bureau of Fisheries which holding hearings in Seattle time. R. E. Robe: John W. Troy will Chamber at these he A nomination commit mit nominations fc Board of Director tomorrow by Mr. | ies. e he is tr this tom puti will hav n Mr of Hopkin: Ocean Flight 0Of DO-X May Be Abandoned [ Mau today almost LISBON Dornier, de ted trans the DO-X abandoned 70 ACCOMPANY PLANES NORTH Navy Radio Station. Tender Swallow to Aid Search- ing Party on Coast 'ADJUST NAVY PLANES " TO HUNT SIX MISSING Pilct Eckmann Going to Hop to Seattle for New Plane Engine SEATTLE, Nov. 19.—Two Navy planes to search for Pilot Robin Frank Hatcher, 28, and also A. Burke and his two companions, Emil Kading and Bob Marten, arrived here late yes- terday afternoon from Portland, Oregon, landing at Sand Point Alr Station. The pilots of the two planes, Lieut. C. U. Gerger and Chief Radio Electrician Claude Alexander took one of the Sand Point planes today and flew to Bremerton to report to Capt. Zeno E. Briggs, Acting Commandant of the Brem- erton Navy Yard, the Thirteenth Naval District, leaving their planes at Sand Point to be adjusted. Come North Soon fliers are expected to con- the flight north as soon as and join the search in and Northern British Co- Sam Clerf and J The tinue possible Alaska lumbia The Navy Radio Station tender Swallow, now at Bremerton, will serve as a mother ship for the amphibians. The two pilots reported a rough trip north from the San Diego base. The airplane carrier Lexington is bringing s e parts for the two navy planes and for the Swallow. The Lexington is expected at ECKMANN AT KETCHIKAN KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Nov. 19.— A southeast storm with rain and occasional snow flurries held Pilot Anscel Eckmann here yesterday. If weather permits he expects to hop for Seattle during today to get a new engine, aft covering more than 5,000 miles searching for Pilot Renahan Eckmann was forced down twice on Behm Canal Monday on ag= count of ignition trouble. PLANE DOWN: SEARCH MADE BY LAND, AIR Pacific Air Transport Craft with Three Aboard Reported Lost LEBEC, Nov. 19.—A party of foot searchers spent the night in the Tehachapi Mountains searchs for the missing Pacific Air ransport plane with three per< ons aboard It is said here that persons saw camp fire approximately four * west of Frazier Mountain aviators also spotted lights night Twenty plangs were immediately to comb the country and and horseback parties Ca ent out automobile believed the 0 landed safely in the fog The three aboard the plane wera Miss Jean Markow, George Rogers and Pilot F. A. Donaldson. The three might have ted walking from the ridge to the Highway, and yoped build a fire. The fog closed down before searchers could i toward where the blaze is to get s was seen. - - IN ELEVATION 'O, Nov. 19. — The |highest and t points of land in the United States are 86 miles |distant from each other. The high | point Mount Whitney, Califor- | nia, an elevation of 14,496 | feet the low spot in Death Ival 276 feet below sea level. BIG DROP ACRAMEN h nd w