The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 11, 1930, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXXVIL, NO. 5587. JUNEAU ALASKA THURSDAY DECEMBER Il “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” 1930. BURK SENATE TALKS OVER BILL ON UNEMPLOYMENT Senators Smarting Under Accusation of Hoover, “Playing Politics™ “Iron Irene” to Dle in Chalr PASTYEARWAS GRAND, PETIT 'BESTEVER FOR JURIES DRAWN LOCALCHAMBER AT KETCHIKAN Secrelary s Reporl Cites Memhers of Two Bodies for Actlvn_tles of Organi- january Court Term at zation for Year Juneau, Made Known HOUSE IS DEBATING INTERIOR DEPT. BILL Committees Discussing Nominations—Various Other Issues WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 11.— The Senate continued to debate on the Emergency Unemployment Re- lief bill today and the Interstate Commerce Committee considered the nominations of the new Fed- eral Power Commission. At the same time the Senators continued 2™ to smart under President Hoovers Wats Yelormpe. Smiling and defiant, Irene Schroeder (right) heard in her cell in New Castle, Pa., that she and her lover, Glenn Dague (left) must die in the electric cet by Gov. chair for the slaying of Corporal Paul, State trooper, whom they shot dewn near Butler, Pa, Dec. 27, 1929, The State Su- preme Court upheld their con- viction in a decision. EXECUTION DATE IS SET HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Dec. 11.—January 12, 1931 was today an aroused local interest in the| Thane—C. C. Whipple. John S. Fisher as the late of execution of Glenn Dagufl‘ future of Juneau and in the Ch.n- d Irene Schroeder in the electric chair for the slaying of Paul Brady, accusation that some of them “playing politics at the expense of the unfortunates in misery.” The Agriculture Committee considering the Capper Bill to dls- tribute 40,000,000 bushels of wheat for relief. ‘The. House is debating the In- terior Department’s bill. ‘The Appropriations Committee is prepared to slash the Senate’s $60,- 000,000 Drought Relief measure. The Naval Committee is eonsid- ering the building program to bring the United States up to the London Naval treaty basis. | The Agriculture Committee was' holding Drought Relief hearings' Juncau will have a community while the Public Buildifgs Commit- Christmas tree again this tee worked on the bill to expedite The Woman's Club has charge of Mayor and Electnc Com- pany to Cooperate in Celebration year. | “WOMAN'S CLUB CHAMBER NAMES T0 ERECT CIVIC DIRECTORS FOR CHRISTMAS TREE THE NEXT YEAR Connors and Goddard Re- | elected—Five New Mem- | bers Named to Board The Chamber of Commerce to-) day elected seven directors for next year, re-electing two of the present | | i | | The past year has been one of |the most successful in the history {of the Chamber of Commerce, re- ported G. H. Walmsley, Secretary, {in a detailed- statement of activi- | ties which was made today at that crganization's final meeting of the | current year, { While revenues fell slightly be- !low some years’ receipts, the “mem- ‘ber‘ hip was larger than any other | vear in the history of the Cham- ‘b(-r he said. | Largest In Alaska | ! Continuing, he said: “This show: ber of Commerce, which Is un-! ]doubtedly the largest and most ac- !tive in the Territory. This is &) ;credit to the community and is an| achievement of which we should be, proud. This Chamber and all oth- | ers are limited in effectiveness and | results to the interest, co- operation, work and membership of the people1 |in the community which they seek| to serve. “This Chamber, whose member- ship consists of business, profession- | al and Government men, works on all the problems of the commuimy( life Whether of a civic, social,| {commercial, ‘industrial or tourist na-: ture, seeking to impress each 1ndi-‘ vidual citizen' with his civic re-| sponsibility toward himself, his city and the Territory. Such an orga zation founded on unselfish mo- | tives and prompted on non-politi- | KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Dec. 11 The members of the Grand and Petit Juries for the January term of the District Court in Juneau have been drawn. The two lists are as follows: Grand Jury Juneau—Olga Baggen, C. E. Har- land, C. S. Jenne, Mrs. W. B. Kirk, J. P. Morgan, Mrs. J. H. Newman J. A. Nystrom, George Osborne, M.| , H. Truesdell, Ellen Scott, Alex Se 1 George Skuse,. Mrs, VanMavern, | M. S. Whittier, F. Wolland, Cyri Guboff. | Douglas—Alexander Gair. i Sitka—James Lawson, Foster| Mills, C. J. Mills. i Petersburg—Mrs. E, R. Oldfield, | Thomas Lando, Earl M. Ohmer, H. E. Phillips, Mrs. L. Reinke, Gabe| Sather. Skagway—Mary T. McCain and Marguerite Ward. Petit Jury The following were drawn for| the petit jury: Jungau—H. L. Arnold, W. W. Batcheller, Albert Brown, Trevor |M. Davis, H. O. Davis, Mrs. Anita Garnick, J. B. Godfrey, George Gooden, Gertrude Helgeson, R. R. Hermann, Mildred R. Hermann, Ambrose Hile, Mrs. Gruber, Har- riet Ingram, G. E. Krause, Mrs. W. | K. Keller, Mrs. W. C. Maeser, John {Marshall, John M. Morrison, J. S. MacKinnon, Donald MacKinnon, Mrs. Guy McNaughton, Federal construction. The Naval Committee approved the bill to purchase the Sunny- dale, California, site at $5,000,000 for a West Coast base. Chairman Legge of the Farm Board warned that approval of the Capper Bill might affect wheat prices adversely. .- ‘for the lights. arrangements this season as last,|board and five new members. The and contemplates brilliant illumi-| new board will meet with the 1930 nation and Yuletide carols. Mnyorldlrectomle next Tuesday and take Thomas B. Judson will supply the|office, electing a President, Vice- tree, which will be erected in Tri-| President and Secretary at that angle Corner at Franklin and Front | time. Streets. The Alaska Electric Light| The members elected were: H. and Power Company will donate| VanderLeest, of the Butler-Mauro the wiring work and the electricity ' Company, M. L. Merritt, Asst. Re- gional Forester, J. 'J. Connors, own- J. P. Williams, president of Lho\er of Connors Motor Company; Dr. George F.| cal and non-sectarian lines is also| Nelson, G. W. Nostrand, Mrs. B.| | valuable as insurance to the com-'G, Rice, E. F. Rodenberg, Daniel munity against any crisis or cnlam-;’gms' W. A. Sherman, Harry Sper- 'ity which may arise. While this is|)ing, B. D. Stewart, Severin Swan- not the major reason for the exis- son, W. W. Taylor, Caroline Todd, | tence of the Chamber, this alone is|Mrs, O. Torkalsen, A. VanMavern, worth a membership from -everyiMrs. John T. Welch, Carrie G. citizen in the community. Whipple and A. Zenger. Makes Recommendations Thane—Alex Sturrock, Mabel “The various standing commit-'Sturrock. tees may have reports to make but| petersburg—C. M. Archbold, Olaf { though the elapsed time was gre: | Woman’s Club, has named Mrs. | Thomas Allen, Mrs. L. H. Smith d Mrs. jof the Christmas trez committee. “The tree will be set up a few ‘days before Christmas and will be STEEG ASKED T0 FORM NEW W. W. Council, local physician; F. M. Goddard, President of the old W. C. Ellis as membcrs‘board and Asst. Executive Officer lof the Alaska ‘Game Commission; Ludwig Nelson, owner of Nelson's Jewelry Store, and W. 8. George, the Juneau Cold Storage. \ kept in place throughout Christ- |Presxdcm and General Manager of mas week,” said Mrs. Williams. ' “We hope this phase of Juneau's Prais2s Retiring Board | celebration of the Yuletide will be Radical Socmllst Called to Select Cabinet— Fourth Attempt {it is wanted. J. E. Barragar, “PARIS, Dec. 11.—Theodore Steet, | Electric Light and Power Company | Radical Socialist, to form a Cabinet by Pfesmemlto-coopernbe by contributing labor Doumergue to replace that of An-'gang electricity.” dre Tardieu which resigned a week Mrs. Ellis is expected to take 8go. cars of the music for the occasion. Steeg said he would give a reply —e - — séon. ¢ Senators Caval and Bathou were le blocked in forming Cabinets by Radical Socialists. Former Premier All's Quiet” Is Ruled Out of | | Reports covering the year’s fi- lhlgger and better than ever before.” ! nancing and the activities of the Mayor Thomas B. Judson gives; | the assurance that city street work-; G. H. Walmsley., The Chamber ex- \ers will furnish the tree whenever tended its thanks and appreciation Chamber were read by Secretary to the Executive Board and its of the Alask:\,orhcers for the efficient manner in which it had looked after the has been called declared “the company will be glad business for the year. Appreciation for the co-opera- tion given the Chamber by Gov- ernment officers here was express- ed by Acting President H. L. Faulk- ner. Chris Bailey, who today over the Arcade Cafe, was pre- ! sented to the membership and in acknowledging his entry into busi- took | Poincare refused to form a new I am taking the liberty .of briefly outlining some of the work and service which has been done dur-| ing the year and of suggesting a few possible projects and changes which I-think would benefit the or-| ganization. “Among the latter; I would say that the day of large, expenslve folders for Juneau is over. Our need | is several folders of a less expen- sive nature covering specific sub- | jects which could be used as in-| serts in answering the hundreds; of Inquiries which come to the Chamber Secretary. The man writ- ing about the possibilities of fur farming and homesteading cannot be answered with the same folder that would answer the man asking employment conditions, fishing or game possibilities, either for sport or profit, or any of the hundred odd questions contained in these letters of inquiry. This could be]| worked out by the Secretary and Advertising Committee getting to-' gether to see just what class of lold Dawes, Har- J. H. Clar- C. O J. Mrs. John Campbell, T. 8. Elsemore, Hudson,, Ingebright Johnson, ence Lewis, R. I Miller, Parke, Jalmes Skei, Hugo Stoll, N. Wahl. Skagway—Howard Ashley, Arnold Guffeld, Mrs, John Keller, Cather- ine Nye, Charles G. Stadelman Charles Nye, F. E. Tanner. Sitka—Mrs. G. A. Coletter, H. J. Hodgins, Ray James, Mrs. S. A Mille, S. Stevenson, N. L. Troast Douglas—Ed Andrews, Alta Fee-| ro, Harold Gallwas, Mrs. J. O. Kirk- ham, Flora Kirkham, A. Shudshift, Elizabeth C. Sey. Kake—Walter Williams. Hoonah—O. G. Hillman. The Grand jury will report on January 5 and the Petit Jury on January 9. — e ‘The branch of a chestnut tree at Rock Port, Mo., was found to be ‘benrlng both ripe nuts and new blooms. e g Erness, Government giving the reason of | poor health. LAST RITES HELD | FOR BIRDIS GRIFFIN| Funeral services were held in| the Catholic Church here this afternoon for the late Birdis Griffin. They were conducted by the pastor, the Rev. W. G. Le- Vasseur. Interment was in Ever- green Cemetery under direction of i the Charles W. Carter Mortuary. | 4 " for T | ness here, furnished ‘“smokes’ German Theatres Bossqgepeindion sl oy BERLIN, Dec. 11.—Germany’s I x Mr. Faulkner thanked Miss Mary board of film censors has ruled CATP | Young, former .owner of the Ar- :‘\;:ct:':;“"fin:‘l'lin?“d:'t:: :,:f ‘cade for her many courtesies to tion's theatres. The Board found |the Chamber and her efficient the picture end: wod. Gers | handling of the weekly luncheon a meetings and other functions of 7o Ritecpsrenal ding. |1e organization. Many riots resulted as the re- | " “poives Ar Mail Issue St ¢ the ‘Wuwing. | Declaring that it was possible Last night garden snakes ', " " Gocired extension of air were turned locse in a theatre ! mail service to Alaska might be n'z.md b b lost through indifference and lack a panic until the pat- | rons were shown the smakes |Of knowledge of conditions, Glen | head of the holding | Carrington, Y npmiehy. company recently acquiring the Antarctica Unconquered Is Opm NEW YORK, Dec. 11.—Antarctica the South Pole's bleak and barren base, remains unconquered and a challenge to man, Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd said in ‘Little America,” the record of his éxpe- dition to the bottom of the world. There remains the last trace of the ice age, out of which emerged life, the admiral says in the vol- ume which was published recently on the first anniversary of his flight over the second pole. "“At best,” writes the command- er of the band of elghty men who! < - 4 Juneau Young Hardware Company, suggested that the Chamber in- | tensify its own efforts in that di- rection to obtaining a contract be- {tween Seattle and Southeast Alas- |ka. At a recent meeting of the Alaska Department of the Seattle (Continued on, Page Eight) ion of Explorer lived for months on the ice of Lit- tle America, “we simply tore abway‘ a bit more of the veil which Con- ceals its secrets. In its larger as- Multnomah Votes pects it remains, and probably will|$300,000 for remain for many years to come, one of the great undone tasks of Unemployment s T S PORTLAND, Dec. 11— Discovery of a new land, unseen|® Multnomah County has vot- before, unknown and unclaimed, ed $300,000 for relief of un- and its mapping with an aerial employment. This is the camera are believed by Byrd to be(® first time in the history of among the important results of his|® the county such action has been taken. | EAE T i e B kDR it B (Continued on Page Three) I folders or inserts would be required. The number of .inquiries this year has continued to grow and at times| the volume has been so great that extra stenographic services have been required. The increased cor- respondence is no doubt due in part A ferry capable of carrying 10 autos has been placed in service an the Missouri River at Phelps City, Mo. ?L\OVPI/*G w MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS E. J. A. (PAI)I)Y) BURKE RUTH NICHOLS MAKES RECORD FOR HER SEX Flies from Coast to Coast Less than Thir- teen Half Hours NEW YORK CITY, N. Y., Dec 11.—Ruth Nichols arrived at Roose- velt Fleld yesterday afternoon es- tablishing a one-stop rmnra for her sex of 13 hours, minutes and 43 seconds from coast to coast. Miss Nichols’ actual flying timz was better than that made by Lindbergh and his wife and also Roscoz Turner, al- in Col. Charles A. er because of an overnight stop at Wichita, Kansas. The flight began Tuesday morn- ing when she took the air from | Los Angeles for the Hast. e GEN. BARNHART DIES IN SOUTH Commanding g Officer of For! Bliss Passes Away During Night EL PASO, Texas, Dec. 11.—A sa- lute of guns boomed at intervals today at Fort Bliss in honor of Gen. George Barnhart, aged 62, Commanding Officer of the Post, who died last night of blood pois- oning. Gen. Barnhart played a round of golf last Friday and this is believ-| ed to have aggravated a toe infec- tion. — .o — James A. Young of Haines, is at the Alaskan. He came on the motorship Estebeth last night. ————— Mrs. C. C. Pinston of Port Alex- ander, entered St. Ann's Hospital yesterday for medical treatment. First Dividend of Alaska Juneau to the Chamber’s intense advertl Cl—\R-\QTMA ing in past years and also from the fact that Juneau, being the Capital of Alaska, is befter known than the cilier lowas of the Terri- tory. Consideradle saving in this correspondence could be brought about by the preparation of a va- Pagc Three) | PRESIDENT 1S CRITICISED FOR NOT MEETING ISSUE, PRESENT UNEMPLOYMENT WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 11.—Legislation to prevent fu- ture unemployment is demanded by United States Senator Rob- ert F. Wagner, Democrat, of New York. Addressing the Senate today, Senator Wagner criticized President Hoover for not presenting a permanent program for controlling the effect of slack business. “One of the most clearly legible expressions in the recent election returns is the wide spread public disapproval of the Administration’s methods, or. rather lack of methods, dealing with unemployment,” said Senator Wagner. The New York Senator sald co-operation should mean a Joint effort to make results lasting. (Continued or: 1-...........- Declared by Board Although several days must elapse before Santa Claus puts in his appear- ance generally, the Board of Directors of the Alaska Ju- neau Gold Mining Company yesterday played the part of old Saint Nick for the stock- holders of that corporation. An Associated Press dis- patch from New York to The Empire today said: “The Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company declared initial quarterly dividends of ten cents, placing its slock on a 40-cent annual basis. This is the first dividend declared by the company. While its operations have been conducted profitably for several years last past, the operating returns have been used to retire unfugd- ed debts and to pay deferred as well 88 current interest charges in the funded in- debtedness. PRICE, TEN CENTS JLL-FATED AIRMEN FORCED TO BATTLE SNOW AND FAMINE Logs Mark Grave of Pilot Who Is Buried Near Scene of His Death—Survivors See Rescue Plane Several Times Before They Succeed in Signaling it with Column of Smoke. WHITEHORSE, Y. T., Dec. ll.;l)vmi[s of the tragic fate of the Burke from the two survivors. from exposure and nine days airplane party Pilot E. and exhaustion November after he had been forced down on the Liard have been learned here J. A. (Paddy) Burke died 20, just one month River, according to his two companions on the flight, Emil Kading, mechanic, and Bob Marten, prospector and pas- \(\ng‘el‘ who were brought to Whitehorse yesterday after- BUIDE WALSH TELLS STORY, SEARGH PARTY, Low Ceiling Aided in Lo-| . cating Missing Men on Laird River o) noon in the Treadwell-Yukon Com-= | pany's plane, piloted by Everett L. | Wasson, and Guide Joe Walsh. Pilot | Burke's body was interred by his | associates at the scene of his death. The remains will probably bn brought here in the near fu- ure. Kading and Marten are in good condition except they are weak | from lack of food. Marten has | two slightly frozen toes. Kading | suffered a frost-bitten hand. The lonly food the party had was what | they could shoot and hunting was | poor. l Snow Storm Pilot Burke encountered a snow 5 2 | storm after leaving Liard Post Oc- By AGENT. HANSOM [tober 11 for Atlin. He doubled White Pass and Yukon Route |pack hoping to reach Wolfe Lake WHITEHORSE, Y. T, Dec. 11— put was forced down in murky | Joe Walsh, guide with Pilot Ever-|weather at the headwaters of the ett L. Wasson on the rescue trip to| Liard. the Burke plane, today gave his Pilot Burke took off again the story of the last flight which ended same day but was forced to re- lin finding Emil Kading and Bob|turn, because of weather candi- Marten alive, and Pilot E. J. A. tions. He damaged his pontoons | Burke, dead. making the second landing but 'Pllot Wm«scn and I left White- horse mber y for the Pel banks. On l]hl'. day the clouds \\mo’ covering the peaks of the moun- talns of the Pelly Range. “While circling around to for a low spot to make a dash through the range, we caught sight |of a puff of smoke and so made for it. Kick Off Food “We saw the camp and kicked off a box of food from thé plane,: and thinking they might not get it,’' kicked off another. We wrote a note on the last box of food saying that we would be coming upstream to! | them. | “We landed the plane on a small (lake about 10 miles from Kading's and Marten's camp. | “The lake was more or less open |so we had to spend the remainder of the day building up logs under the plane to keep it from freezing 1in. | “That night we started stream during a snow storm up- ook | the plane was otherwise unhurt. Burke, Kading and Marten camp- ed six days at he plane. They attempted to shoot game but with ‘hu.le success. Growing Weak | Weak from lack of food, the three started out October 17 for |«Wolfe Lake, after having carved a message on a tree stating that they were bound for Wolfe Lake and that they were short of pro- visions. Deep snow forced them | camps. Burke lost strength rapidly. { November 15, Kading shot a cari- bou but Burke was unable even ta eat the soup made from the meat, | He died five days later. | Kading and Marten marked Burke’s grave with a pile of logs. Write to Wife Burke became so weak before he died that the last entry in his log book was November 8. He wrotq a letter to his wife, now in Atlin, Kading and Marten then trav- and to cold weather make frequent ®e0ceccssscenssesscecccce “Seeing no sign of a fire, we| camped for the night and the next i morning, after picking up our land- | marks, figured we were 10 miles | past their camp. We then returned l’towm'd the plane and when we | thought we should be near them, | fired off a shot which was answer- | ied, and we soon reached Kading 'and Marten. “We carried an extra pair of} snowshoes but that left one man of the party without any so I made a pair of skiis for him out of eled on toward Wolfe Lake and | had gone 40 miles afoot from Burke's plane. They first sighted Pilot Wasson’s plane November 25 and ‘then again five days later. They were unable to signal the plane. Finally they gathered a pile of wood to make a fire by which to attract attention from the air provided any flier again approached Smcke Signal Last Saturday they kindled & blaze when mey heard the dron- (Continued on Paga Eight) NAVY CHANGES MAKE 4 SEPARATE FLEET UNITS &ASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—A broad | V. Chase, whose flagship will be the reorganization of the United States battleship Texas. The cruiser Chi- Fleet announced by Secretary cago, on completion in the spriug, Adams to take effect April 1, 1931, | will replace the Texas. after fleet concentration at Pana-| New Battle Force | The newly created battle force on b7 o G me!me Pacific will be composed of gk ;,v)a'zxe {o:cem;:’;(; P 54 battleships, cruisers, destroyers, air- i craft and mine craft which includes force; provides for a second and|ine gircraft at Pear! Harbor, Ha- third in command of the fleet “‘d‘wau makes various other administration | aqmira) Frank H. Schofield, com- hgos mander in chief of the battle fleet, The major unit‘of the fleet Will| oy retain his rank but will have remain in command of the present commander in chief, Admiral Jehu' (Continued on Page Eight) is (Continued on Page Five)