The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 29, 1930, Page 1

THE DAILY VOL ‘(XX\«II., NO 5577 S ENDANGER STEAMERS; TWO FLIERS ARE LOST “ALL THE NEWS .ALI, THE TIME” JUNLAU ALASKA. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29 1930 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS WILLIAM DOAK APPOINTED TO SUGCEED DAVIS President Hoover Names Railroad Man as Sec- retary of Labor 'WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 29.—| william T. Doak has been named | Secretary of Labor by President Hoover, | Doak is legislative representative of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and his appointment to the cabinet was opposed by William Green President of the American Federation of Labor with which the Brotherhood is not affiliated. Doak succeeds James J. Davis who resigned to assume his dutics| in the United States Senate, as senator from Pennsylvania Confirmation of Doak by Senate is expected. AMERICAN GASE BROUGHT UP AT SOVIET TRIAL Foreign Newspapers Ar Charged with Sup- pressing Truth the MOSCOW, Nov. 20.—The trial of | Sacco and Vanzetti in Boston camc, out of the files of Russian records today and went into the columns of the newspapers which have been devoting large space to the trial of eight engineers charged '\\‘iLh | treason. The newspaper Izvestia said “of course Soviet Justice cannot be compared to Bourgeois Justice which executed Sacco ,and Vanzetti in spite of documentai proof of their! innocence.” | This is the general tenor of long | editorials and news accounts of the trial. All defendants have confessed in overwhelming details of conspiring with Euorpean diplomats. They of- fered no defense and asked no len- jency yet N. B. Krilenko, fiery prosecutor, is subjecting them to a| merciless cross - examination and | called additional witnesses even though he has already gained suf- ficient evidence for the Judges to| make their decision. The news-| papers said foreign newspapers are not using the truth of the trial \ but are attempting to show it is a frame-up to intimidate anu»Smlclsi in Russia. ., < { FIRE INWING, SEAPLANE DO-X LISBON, Portugal, Nov. 29.—Fire { broke out today in a wing of the! giant seaplane DO-X at anchor here in the harbor. The ship ar- rived Tuesday at the end of the European tour which had taken her to Holland, England, France and Spain from Switzerland where she was built. The amount of the damage not known. Plans were being made for a nop to Brazil next month after aban- donment of the United States hcp. B —— is NO P.-T. A. TUESDAY Owing to the special concert to be’ given under auspices of the Parent- Teacher Association next Thursday evening, the regular monthly meet- ing of the association, scheduled for next Tuesday evening, has been cancelled, announced Mrs. Harold; Smith, president of the association today. The concert will be under direc- tion of Miss Dorothy Fisher, who has charge of the music in the public schools. > Operations in Scottish Coal Fields Stops on Sunday LONDON, Nov. 29.—A com- plete stopping of work in all Scottish coal fields beginning temorrow is announced. This followed a breakdown of nego- tiations between mine owners and workers. The stoppage af- fects 92,000 men. i NOW WHOSE REWARD lS THIS" Judged the most beautiful girl working fn a New York City night club, Barbara Snyder is rewarded and screen star, as losing beauties look on. Gus Ed ‘ iFE(}HET URGESINAVY AVIATORS ROMANCE _READS LIKE FICTION MORE PAY FORSEARGHING FflR' 7 ARMY AVIATORS RENAHAN PARTY Gerieral Says Fliers LeavAHave Scouted Far and| | has seen an alarming ing Service for Com- mercial Jobs WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 29— Warning that the last fiscal year increase in resignations of the army's finest fliers to take more lucrative private | positions, Maj. Gen. James Fechet, | | i | with kiss by Gieorge Jessel, stage Jessel is a protege of wards. “Devil’'s Broth” iIs Believed Brewing, European Countries PITTSBURGH, Penn, Nov 20 —Senator Reed, of Penn- syvania, told the American Legion last night that “Dev- il's Broth” is brewing in Furope “I hope t I am not un- duly pessimistic but I believe that Bolshevism will have the countries of Europe at cach other's throats. There is always the possibility of some incident like that which started the last con- flagration. Foreign states- men with whom I have talk- ed -are pessimistic.” ARE HELPLESS AS MAN SHOOTS DOWN TWO GIRLS w7 Employees and Patrons in | Telegraph Office Wit- | | ness Tragedy | SAN DIEGO, Cal., Nov. 29.— While more than a dozen em- ployees and patrons in the local e | Western Union Telegraph Office floflk”d on helplessly, a man, later identified as Demetrious 1. Zampas, chief of the army air corps, urged higher pay in his annual report to the Secretary of War. During the year ending June 30, General Fechet said, twenty-seven jof the army’s crack pilots left thelag rvice, a new high record Tempting Offers “Many officers who have receiv- | ed tempting offers from commercial air firms are remaining in the serv- ice in the hope that Congress will enact relief legisiation in the mat- ter of pay and promotion.” he added. Vast expansions in the facilities oI the corps have been made in the | year, General Fechet reported, | the completed construe- worth of bar- including tion fo $6,415,000 racks . Expansion Program - Wide Without Success —In Moira Sound KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Nov. 29 The Navy fliers operating out of here have scouted far and wide | without success, to locate a trace of | Pilot Robin Renahan and his two | companions, Sam Clerf and Frank Hatcher, missing since October 28 Pilot Alexander radioed once yes- terday that his controls were jam- med but a message later stated evorything was working smoothly n and he was proceeding to the Mo Sound region. Pilot Everett Wasson and his guide Joo. Walsh were reported yes- terday. as scouting in the Liard Post region for trace of Pilot E. J. A. (Paddy) Burke and his com- panions, Emil Kading and Bob Marten, missing since October 11. Wasson may not report for several days. | . R CANADIAN FLIERS QUIT { | PRINCE RUPERT, B. C, Nov., 29.—After covering a territory m‘ |a radius of 300 miles from hexe, ! pilots of two Canadian planes ham The construction work represents decided there is little use to col the third increment of the five- year expansion program. The report added that in the last fiscal year there has been effected | |a very appreciable reduction in the | number of men lost through acci- dents. Aerial Photography Great progress has in considered highly valuable as L4 waged 42 years, formerly of Seattle, | military science for use in observa- Mi SGELLANEUUS SEA PRODUCTS GET ATTENTION Governor Dlscusses Yields: of Lesser Values Taken from Alaska Waters halibut, cod clams, shrimps, crabs, trout and several other products of Alaska waters are discussed by Gov. George A. Parks in his recent annual re- port to the Secretary of the Inter- ion Herri: whales feature of the 1929 was the unusual scarcity of fish large r'\o\l"h for curing, although abun- (' ant runs of small herring occur- red in many districts,” declared the! Governor. “As a result of this situ- ation, the output of pickled her-}| ring was the small 1917, when the Scotch-curing | was first introduced in while the prod oil hist tion Islands became prominent in industry in 1928, was again an im- portant producing center. While the output of Scotch-cured her- outstanding industry in An herring and in the Aleu- ring from that locality in 1929 was| somewhat less than in the preced- ing season, it represented near 77 per cent of the total pack for per cent in 1928. ® | erican fired four:shots from an} c pistol, seriously wound-! y Harvey and Hazel Moyer, s of the office, and th o 1 suicide. ampas d without regaining consciousness. i The police believe Zampas was in- | | sane The two girls said Zampas had been in the office several times! l):n they could not understand him, One of the girls told him several du\s ago that if he returned sho would call the police. Zampas entered the office ]atv sterday, mumbled a few worgs | {and left only to return shortly and | :bF‘J,ln shooting | i .- WORLD COURT - ADHERENCE IS | ? ~ BEING §0UGHT {Hoover Wlll bend Protocol [ to Senate for Rati- | | fication ‘, | ! | Wash., automa ing Ma: girl emp | wasHINGTC 29— | Against {ers, Pre D. C., Nov. riy lead- i r has announc- 'ed he will send a protocol for Am- adherence to the World, Court to the approaching session |of the United States Senate for | ratification. | | President Hoover urged however that the Senate leaders reach some agreement for consideration of this ’rnn roversial issue lest it add to of the new congress in the spring, | tion scouting over enemy territory. In one instance he reported, a pho-, tograph was taken of a mountain 270 miles away from the camera The service is facing a serious lack of commissioned officer per- sonnel in the lighter-than-air dm- sion, General Fechet told the sec-| retary. FR. HUBBARD PREPARES FOR ALASKA TRIP Geo ogist Tells of Wonders Discovered in North- ern Territory NEW YORK CITY, Nov. 29.—The Rev. Bernard R. Hubbard, geolo- n of Santa Clara University California, has established him at Fordham University to make, preparations for his fifth exploration among Alaska’'s gla- ciers and volcanoes. He plans 10, set forth in January. He will follow his custom of tak- ing along several athletes. He said today that his most vivid impression in Alaska was that of Surprise Lake. Of it he said Strange Lake “It is the strangest body of W in the world. It is two and a hall} {miles long and is inside an ac ctive voleano. Tt is the spawning bed of salmon. The salmon make their way up the Aniakchak River, then leap through a rift in the volcano's wall | the Territory, as compared with 411,p. ogianiiities of an extra session and enter the lake.” Hubbard and his pariy Father “Thirty plants were operated in| | which the administration wishes 1o last summer traveled up the Taku 1929, as against 65 in the previous| year, and the number of persons| employed decreased from 1992 to 1175, The total value of herring, products compared with $3,098457 in 1928. Scotch-cured herring declined from 16,056,595 pounds in 1928 to 6,545,125 pounds in 1929, while meal incre: ed from 20004164 pounds to 25.-| 499254 pounds, oil from 2,543,600 gallons to 3,341,179 gallons, and her- by for bait from 6,553,226 pounds| { 4 to 8,920,885 pounds. Gains In Halibut “Favorable market conditions led to increased effort in the halibut fishery in 1929 and the outpu’ showed a considerable gain over| that of the preceding year. The number of persons employed was 1253, and the landings of the| Alaska fleet (American vessels land- ing more than one-half of their catch in Alaska or British Colum- bia ports) amounted to 37456998 pounds, valued at $4,422,605. Land- insg of halibut in Alaska totaled (Continued on fage Two) in 1929 was 2,794,084 as| ' avoid. | T SR [ o ' | TODAY'S STOCK QUOTATICNS NEW YORK CITY, N. Y., Nov. | 20.—Closing quotation of Alaska Ju- | | neau mine stock today is 6%, Am- lerlcan Can 116%, Anaconda Cop- | per 36, Bethlehem Steel 61%, Fox| | Films 31, General Motors 35, Gran- Corporation 18, International| Harvester 59, Kennecott Copper | 28%, Montgomery-Ward 23%, Na- | i tional Acme 7%, Packard Motors! 9%, Simmons Beds 17%, Standard | Brands 16%, Standard Oil of Cali- |fornia 52%, Standard Oil of New | Jersey 52%, United Aircraft 28&,’ U. 8. Steel 145%. - ! TWO-BIT LUNCHEONS IN PARIS PARIS.—A restaurant in the heart of the city puf up a sign | recently announcing a luncheon for 6 francs 50 centimes (about 26 | cents), including wine and bread ) without limit. Ilakchak‘ Of his volcanic |ice sheet. They also made their way into the Valley of Ten T sand Smokes. They explored craters of Veniamianinoff and An- exper ences, Father Hubbard said “I was amazed by the magn!t and the weird and terrible be of Katmali, the largest active /in the world.” Half of a Business Block Destroyed, Fire KLAMATH FALLS, Oregon, Nov 29—Damage estimated at $100,000 lwas caused by a fire just before !dawn today. Half of a block the business section was destroye ity rater been made aireraft. the art of aerial photography, a within a week or 10 days. aun\mll i-|{into the water. tinue search for Pilot Robin R('na— han and his party, and hopped off for Vancouver yesterday, Meanwhile in Seattle, work of| | overhauling Anscel Eckmann’s plane 'in which he flew 6,000 miles in a fruitless search for Renahan, | sulted in practically rebuilding the Mechanics hope to have| the plane ready to take the air re- RENAHAN TRAPPED ' IN CANYON, WIFE'S ; DREAM REV L:\TI()N; In the Seattle Times of Novem- ber 18, under a Ketchikan date| line, the following dispatch appears A vision of her husband's safety |and a picture of the spot in which {he is marooned has come to Molly | Renahan, wife of the missing flyer.| | In a cablegram to Anscel Eck- mann, who has been leading the search for Robin (Pat) Renahan land two companions, she tells of the strange knowledge that makes her “positive that all are safe.” But she was not always so posi- tive. “She came to me in Vancouver,”| ! Eckmann said, “and her voice ‘with its faint Irish brogue—she was born in Tipperary, I under- .‘standfwas trembling. She had in| | her arms her little son, Rory Moore {born last St. Patrick’s Day. “‘Cap'm, she said, (she always called me Cap'n, like that), ‘where |is my Robin? Will you find my Robin, Cap'n'?” | Eckmann gave her his pled ! nothing would be left undone. Four teen days he flew almost continu- ously, searching in vain. Then to- day when he was forced to with-} draw long enough to have a new motor installed, comes the word of {Molly Renahan’s dream. It is a narrow river or channel she sees, not wide enough to per- mit a plane to pass in flight close to the water. There are towering cliffs on either side, with a rock overhang that leaves but a ribbon ‘of sky visible to the three men trapped on the little beach. “I am positive all are safe,” says Molly Renahan. “But it is difficult to find them from the air. Their only means of escape seems to be by boat.” But there is no boat ‘n the cul de sac. The men cannot scale the cliffs and travel afoot along the shore, which is cut off at both ends of the beach where the cliffs drop | “There are hundreds of places such as she describes” Eckmann| sald. “It is barely possible Pat flew into one accidentally, found he/ couldn't turn around or climb out,| {and wrecked his plane landing. They had provision for a month, | but it's been three weeks since they disappeared and we have to find them soon or else—" | | y| POWERBOAT SEARCH NOW BEING PLANNED | In the Seattle Times of Novem- ber 21, the following article appears ‘| relative to the Renahan search: | A group of Seattle business men have volunteered to go north in search of the missing flyers. They expect to charter a 90-foot 200-horsepower Diesel-powered boat, formerly in the Alaska mail serv- dce, and plan to leave as soon as (Continued cn Page Eight) | found yesterday , verse 2 romance which might have originated from the pen of her famous father, Gouverneur Morris, culminated in the announcement that Miss Patsy Jefferson Morr Ramsay-Hill of the: British :\rrny met Morris first fter announced. Miss was marooned in Papeete a (above) married to Major marriage was not 1l when she iti in the is to be Date of th Major R fSouth Seas. NURSERY FOR INDIANS NOW ESTABLISHED Commissioner Makes “Annual Report on Alaska Affairs WASHINGTON, D. C,, Nov place for their own has been for Alaska Indian orphans and other homeless Indian children too young for school. One of the buildings at old Fort Gibbon has been transformed into a nur: William Cooper, Commissioner Education told the Interior in his annual report Attendance in the Indian Indus- trial schools in the Territory is limited to students of suitable ag with matrons and nurses to care for the youngsters. Two nation-wide surve educational system problems in the Alaska organization 'are reviewed in the report of C6mmissioner Cooper, along with steps taken to strengthen the school system These steps included the remov- al of the Administrative Headquar- ters from Seattle to Juneau, Alas- ka,plans to establish a fourth In- dustrial School at Wrangell with ngs, and the opening Akiajak, Nondalton and 29 A s of of Uliksak. - SELECT JURY IN 3 HOURS Fast Time Ma&’ in Denver Murder Trial—Gound Glass in Food DENVER, Colo Nov. 29.—Tak- ing of testimony in the trial of Mrs. Pearl O'Loughlin, accused of killing her step-daughter Leona, aged 10 years, is expected today following one of the fastest pre- liminary examinations of a jury in a Colorado murder case. Less than three hours after the trial opened the jury was accepted Leo O'Loughlin, the woman’s hus- band and a member of the Dene ver Detective Force, will be one of the State's witnesses against her. Placing of ground glass will play a prominent part trial n frod in the PSS S Pl AIN COLORS DOMINAT] IN 1931 AUTO LICENSES WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.— The color “fashions” for 1931 automobile licenses will remain much the same as this year. First rank will be divided be- tween two color combinations, white on black and white on green, each being adopted by five states. Where 13 states and the District of Columbia retained r 1929 col- ors for 1930, merely reversing them, 11 states and the district will re- 1930 colors. PATENT OFFiCE BREAKS RECORD ' PAST YEAR Cooper Slnkmg lncreases Filed in W48, Office for Pat- ents, Trade Marks WASBHINC ON, D. C., Nov - A period of unusual activity is re- viewed by Commissioner of Patents Thoma £. Rob his annual report the of Com- mcree made pu The f to se ry ar which ended June the b the Oftice has ever experienced, sioner Robertson points out patent appli- than during the number 91,000, while f applications Pater Commi ‘our thousand more cations were received the previous year reaching a total of the total number of the fincluding trade-marks amounted to nearly 118,000. The number patents grante last year, the report shows, was d]’)- proximately 6,000 more than du the preced fiscal period, \)\(‘ ln~ tal belng almc 0,000. The total number of issues, including trade- marks, etc., was 69,000. During the period reviewed in the report mon- ey receipts in the Patent Office reached the record total of $4,000,- 000, which $300,000 more than the figure for the pre g year, th up to that time, 7,000,000 printed copies disposed of last report. This over the cent and the figure al year 1928. This means day e Patent Office disposed of about 5000 more copies than i id two years ago, the to- tal reaching almost 25,000 for each working day. In addition to these printed coples, the office turn: out n a million photostats. —ee - To Demand Filipinos Be of “peak” y More than pat ar of were according to the n an year per per year repre previ almost for the that ¢ iner of 17 per cent over Excluded from U. 8. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 29.— Exclu of Philippine immigra- tion has been demanded by Senator Shortridge of California. He had a conferer President Hoov toda wator then annou ed that after Congress venes intention seek action on pending in the Senate t inos are not need- ed as in this country Ser ridge d he did contemplate introducing a bill of the islands at con to not for inc the com ence ion - MOUTH-BLOWN GLASS ses: QuIT BRUSSELS has been aba Belgium. The traditional man ture of many centuries fina gl to the machine-biown - wlas. King of ed St. Ann's a rest, is doing well. Douglas ! resulting Hospital | ALASKA EMPIRE PRICE TEN CENTS AVIATRIX IS MISSING OVER STORMY SEAS No Word from Mrs. Keith- Miller Who Left Ha- vana for Miami LARGE STEAMERS ARE REPORTED IN DISTRESS Over Fifty P;sons Die as Result of Extreme i Cold Weather ) CHICAGO, 1, Nov. 29.—Sev- ze vessels and many small- reported in distress or reached their ports as the unexpected fury of winter’s ons'aug bated in various parts of the United States. Two fliers are still missing. In some ssctions of the country threats of snow promised more trouble. Deaths attributed to the cold wave now number more than fifty. The Canadian grainer Maple Leaf, feared lost on Lake Superior, passed through the Saulte Ste Murm locks undamaged this morn- ing. The British steamer Wearbridge, which asked aid yesterday off the New Jersey coast, has proceeded under her own power. The ship Simcoe on Lake Erie Is tied up at Cleveland after a ~mrmv pass:uzc. rther tidings have come Imm a s!edmer reported disabled off Cape Hatteras last night. Mrs. J. M. Keith-Miller, Austral- ian, is feared to have drowned as she has not reported since leav- ing Havana yesterday morning on a flight to Miami. Tt is said the woman feared she would drown on the trip but said she believed peo- ple would think her a coward if she did not fly in face of the stiff wind and choppy seas pre- vailing before her take-off The other flier, W. F. Griffin, disappeared last Tuesday flying from Ontario to Cleveland in a small plane. LONGWORTH 1S FIRM AGAINST . EXTRA SESSION * Speaker of House Says Re- covery of Business Would Suffer WASHINGTON, D. Speaker Nicholas clared today he is unalterably against an extra session of Con- gress and would do everything pos- sible to avoid an excuse for it. “What we want is recovery business and cessation of unem- ployment,” Representative Long- worth said. “Uncertainly would re- turn to busihess and prolong un- employment.” Speaker Longworth said he fay- ored settling the Muscle Shoals controversy at the short session of Cungrvss which opens next Mon- missing C., Nov. Longworth de- 29— in T [ Bishop of Diocese 0f Chicago Is Dead CHICAGO, Ill, Nov. 29—The ight Reverend Sheldon Griswold, aged 69 years, Bishop of the Dio- cese of the Chicago Episcopal dead in the Evanston following a long illness from a general break- Heart trouble is given as cause of his death. D Call for Bids for lir Mail to Europe from U. S is down the WASHINGTO! . 29.—A definite step toward in- auguration of a trans-Atlantic air mail service has been taken. The Post Office Department will open bids at noon Decem- ber 29 for air mail to be car- ried on a route from New York, Bermuda and the Azores to a point in Europe. The route will probably be from New York to Norfolk, Virginia, or Charlestown, South Carolina, thence to Hamilton, Bermuda and then the Azores,