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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL XXXVIL, NO. 5591. JUNEAU ALASKA TUESDAY DECEMBER l6 1930. 'MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN (L’\JTS KING ALFONSO TO ABDICATE THRONE; LEAVE SPAIN RELIEF PLANS ARE ENMESHED IN CONFERENGE Administration’s P rogram Outwardly Tangled in Legislative Snarl WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. —The Government's program today ' seemed bogged down as the Ad- ministration’s relief program was outwardly as deeply enmeshed as ever in the snarl of Congressional conflict. The outcome was un-| predictable. The Senate members of the Con- | ference Committee, handling legis- lation covering the program, were pledged to report back to the Sen- | ate before consenting to eliminate ! amendments known to be objec- tionable to the Administration. Agree on One Point Only one point, apparently, has been agreed upon. The unemploy- ment relief fund has been cut from $118,000,000 to $116,000,000, which is $34,000,000 less than the amount recommended by President Hoover., In the House, Administration! leaders are somewhat uncertain over | the future after a Republican ef- fort to push the measure through without a seperate vote on the Senate provisions had been turned back. The House advanced only routine legislation. One Bill Pushed Ahead In the Senate the Treasury-Post! Office supply bill, appropriating $1,000,000,000, was pushed ahead. The Democrats gained 16 votes in the House as they attempted to put the drought relief bill through without amendments. Meanwhile individual Senators| called upon their colleague for greater. speed. Senator Borah pleaded for action, but without avail, reminding the Senate while its members talked people were go- ing hungry. Senator Jones, Wasn- ington, and Watson, Indiana, de- fended the President’s policies in debate. La Follette Resolution Even while they talked, prepara- tions were being made for bringing before the Senate, Senator La Fol- lette’s resolution answering thet President’s recent attack on the upper House of Congress in which he charged Senators with playing politics with human suffering. It was expected this document would be brought up sometime this after- noon. | 1 | | | i | | — e —— INVESTIGATION COMES T0 HALT, RED ACTIVITIES: State Departmenl Officials Refuse to Give Testi- mony, by Orders | WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 16. —A surprised House Committee to- day found the Communist investi- gation halted after Secretary of State Stimson refused to allow State Department officials to tes- tify at the public séssion. “Contrary to public interest,” was the objection relayed by A. Dana Hodgon when called before the ! committee. Chairman Fish, of the Commit- | tee, sought amplification of data on operation of the visa system when the answer was given by Hodgon that he could not testify. -, — Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Jones are| arrivals in Juneau from Ketchi- kan. Mr. Jones will be Manager | Company under its new owner-| ship. % Next Royal Bridal Couple 4 16. | Prince Christopher of Hesse and Princess Sophie of Greece as they appeared with one of their pets on the occasion of their g’st joint appearance be- ALASKA JUNEAU NETS §130,000 FOR NOVEMBER {Local Compa—ny Continues | Splendid Showing Made Earlier This Year | The Alaska Juneau continued its fine | ed $296,500, and its net operating ‘surplus was $120,500, according to | the monthly statement of estimat- | ed results issued from San Fran- | cisco offices of the company and record for this year in No- | | vember when its total out; tput gross- | DISCUSS SHORTER DAY FOR RAILROAD WORKERS CRISIS SERIOUS IN REVOLT TORN SPANISH NATION General Strikes Spreading with Movement to Pro- claim Republic KING PREPARING TO | LEAVE, LONDON SAYS | IMartial Law E‘nforcecl—‘ made public here today. The recovery value of the ore | | aggregated 92.04 cents per ton. Op- | erating expenses were 53.85 cents ! per ton. The statement follows in full: {Tons Mined and | | fore the camera lens. The couple will be married with great pomp and ceremony at Frankfort, Germany, on De- | cember 15th. | (Inte.national Newsresl) | FIRE-EATER OF JOURNALISM 13 DEAD IN PRISGN Slew His Wife, Edits His Last Copy OSSINING, N. Y., Dec. 16— Charles Chapin, aged 72, former eccentric fire-eater of journalism, and city editor of the New York “because it was the only solution to my problem,” is dead in Sing Sing Prison after four yea in- ness. and had three more to serve to become eligible for a parole. He | often expressed get it over with.” Nose for News Charles E. Chapin, whose “nose for news” and driving domination over his staff established his rep- utation as one of the best city edi- tors in. America, was himself given a prominent place on the front pages he had edited when he killed his wife in 1918. He shot his wife at dawn as she lay asleep in their hotel apartment. | The editor maintained that he had taken her life because he was suffering frcm a dread disease which threatened his future, that his financial failure was inevitable and that he could not bear to see her face want. At that time Chapin was 60 years | old and city editor of the New York | Evening World. Although he had inherited $50,000 from the estate of his great-uncle Russell Sage, he was said to have contracted debts which it was impossible for him to pay. He also was said to have dreaded exposure of the fact that he had used funds left in his trust by a ward. Chapin was left $25,000 in the will of Mr. Sage, but re- ceived double the amount when he began a contest of the will. Intended Suicide After shooting his wife, Chapin gave himself up to the police, de- claring he intended to kill him- self also and could not understand | why he had not done so. A lunac_v- | commission certified to his sanity and Chapin pleaded guilty to mur- | of the Juneau-Young Hardware der in the second degree. He wmli He had served eleven years | “I want to die and | PROF, EINSTEIN RESUMES TRIP T0 SAN DIEGO | | | | { | | ! !Eccentric Character, Who | Leaves Behind, in New York, Many Who Claim | Relationship | \ NEW YORK CITY, N. Y., Dec. 16 —Prof. Albert Einstein sailed at | midnight last night, after four | days ashore, on the steamship Bel- . Evening World, who slew his wife | genland, with his wife and secre-' | tary. He is due for an official wel- come in San Diego on New Year's Eve. | Prof. Einstein is going to the | California Institute of Technology | at Pasadena and also the Mount Wilson Observatery for wvmxc‘\ work. Prof. Einstein left behind | disappointed Einsteins who insisted | ;they were his relatives. They tele- ! phoned him aboard the ship but he refused them an audience. BIG SEIZURE OF NARCOTICS | ~ MADEATN.Y. Shipment Valied at it Million Dollars, Larg- est in History WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec 16.«’ One million dollars worth of nar- cotics is the result of a seizure made last night on the steamer Alesia in New York Harbor accord- ing to a statement made today by the Treasury officials. This is said to be the largest| haul in the history of this coun- try. The importers of the contraband | have not been captured. The narcotics weighed 1,090 pounds and had been shipped from | Turkey enclosed in cases of furs. P /8 TODAY'S STOCK | QUOTATIONS I | “(Continued on Page Two) FILIPINOS BALK PLAN OF AGUINALDO TO STUMP U.S. By E. W. HOSKINS MANILA, Dec. 16—Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, hero of this’ country at the dawn of the century when he led a rebellion against the United States where he hoped to work for Philippine independence. Opposition of Filipino politicians, who viewed the old general’s pro- posed tour with mingled embarrass- ment and fear, is held responsible for his reported decision to aban- don the project. The politicians felt that Aguin- aldo would not make a good im- pression in the United States. He speaks practically no English, Span- ish but poorly and the only langu- age of which he has full command | is Tagalog, his tribal tongue. When the trip was first mentioned some of the Filipino newspapers sug- gested that he would do well to! take along some wise counselors. Fear Politics The politicians also feared his politics. They were not sure he| would talk the right kind of inde- pendence. This fear was epitom! (Continued on Page Five) .NEW YORK CITY, N. Y, Dec. [16.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 6, Pa- cific Gas and Electric 42%, Penn- sylvania Railroad 54, American Can| Company 105%, Anaconda Copper! 26%, Bethlehem Steel 49%, Fox |Films 25, General Electric 42%, ‘General Motors 32%, Westinghouse | Electric and Mechanical 94, Granby Consolidated 12, International Har- vester 46%, Kennecott Copper 21%, Montgomery-Ward 16%, National Acme 6%, Packard Motors 8% Simmons Beds 13%, Standard| Brands 15, Standard Oil of Cali- fornia 42%, Standard Oil of New IJersey 45'%, United Aircraft 19%, U. S. Steel 135%, Curtiss Wright | e Deposits in Towa state savings fhnnks and trust companies wtal’ ‘8516246,018‘ Trammed to Mill 322,139 Cents per ton $291,500 5,000 RECEIPTS: Gold Lead and Silver. $296,500 92, 0! | OPERATING EXPENDITURES: Mining and Tramming Milling All other Juneau cperating costs York Stock Transfer and Sa Francisco Office Expenses 2,500 173,500 $ 87,000 71,500 217.01 22, 19 12,500 New 18 Total 53.86 Operating Profit. $123,000 38.18 OTHER EXPEND- ITURES AND ACCRUED CHARGES 2,500 $120,500 J. W. Croshy, Secretary. NORTHWEST TO GET AIR MAIL, EAST AND WEST Budget Bureau Approves Addition of $750,000 Made by Senate Surplus WASHINGTON, line between St. Paul and Seattle via Fargo, North Dakota, added to; the Treasury Bill by the Senate, has been approved by the Budget Bureau. This is expected to assure establishment of the first air mail line for the Northwest. Wulow o/ Flier, Kils:d in Crash, Near Death, Same Cause TONOPAH, Nevada, Dec. —Unconscious from head juries received when her plane crashed, Mrs. Claire Fahey is given but a slight chance to recover. She is the widow of Herbért Fahey who was killed in a crash in Michigan nearly one year ago. Mrs. Fahey's plane crashed from an altitude of 50 feet when her engine stalled. Canoe Strikes Snag; Three Indians Drown ALERT BAY, B. C, Dec. 16— Three Indians were drowned, M Sarah Nelson and her two dauz ters, Sarah and Bernice, W h»n their canoe overturned in Nimpkish River opposite here. Joe Jack, Indian, the fourth one in the canoe, was saved by B. Lansdowne, a farmer, after he climbed a snag which split the canoe. “Taps” Sound Nightly Along Western FrontI LONDON, Dec. 16.—Alor ,|line of the western front, defended by the Allies at the cost of mil- lions of lives, the “last post.” Brit- ish equivalent to American “taps’ is to be sounded nightly 104 o’'clock. From Belgium through {Swiss end of the line, wherever British soldiers are buried the post is to be sounded, the Imper at to the D. C. Dec. 16—' The sum of $750,000 for an airmail | Made Ranking offic day for railroad workers. s of the five major railroad brotherhoods assembled in Cle Left to right: g'nemen; Alexander F. Wiitney, Biotherhood ot Rail.oud ez nd to discuss the six-hour tive Firemen and En- . Brotherhood ot Lo- David B. Rotertson, Brothe | comotive Engineers: T. C. Cashen, Switchmen's Unioa of North Ar hauway Conductors, 53000 RAISED ' TOPAY BOATTO “ SEEK RENAHAN ’Phil Jolie Keturns from Seattle and Tells of Plans for Search SEATTLE, Dec. 16—The re- lief ship Dorothea, manned by a volunteer crew, is enroute “morth to join fishing boats in a search for Pilot Robin Rena- han and his missing compan- ions. 1 | i po: | | subscribed in Seatt to prosecute a search by boat ‘ox Pilot Robin l (Pat) Renahan and his companions | Frank Hatcher and Sam Clert, missing airmen, who disappeared October 28 flying from Seattle to | Atlin to search for the late E. J.| 'A. (Paddy) Burke, recently dead in the Liard Rive The money was raised at tion of Phil Jolie, of Juneau, who !has just returned here from a visit to the £.ates. He appeared and |spoke berure the Rotary, Kiwanis ,and other service clubs of Seattle and had the cooperation of the newspapers. The funds are in pos- session of the Alaska Washington Airways. The Margnita, well known in Ju- neau, is the boat that will be used to conduct the search. She is being overhauled in Seattle She w g coasts of British Co- lumbla and Southeast Alaska for a fpenod of at least six weeks. One hundred and fifty men familiar with the operation of water craft have volunteered as crew members, and from among them a capable crew will be chosen. She will start her voyage north as soon as she jcan be made ready. “Airplanes have find any trace of the Renahan party,” id Mr. Jolie. “A boat can make a slow and intensive search of shore lines and may succeed where aircraft have failed.” found district. been unable to VANCOUVER, B. C., Dec. 16.— Pilot R. I VanDerbyl and L. T. Cressy, mechanic, have trudged into Fort St. James after a 175- mile snow shoe hike from Thudate Lake where they were left by W A. Joerss when the plane refused to lift the three men, while they were searching for Pilot E. J. A. Burke and his two companions e Love to Another Man’s Wife; He's Dead SEATTLE, Dec. 16.—George Lee, victim of a knife and hatchet assault at a houseboat drinking party, died last night after naming Vic Bailey, aged 38, as acsailant because “I was making love to Bailey's wife,” Bailey has been arrested. "SWOPPING Ave solicita- | To Increase Number Of Highk Powered Broadcasting Stations ASHINGTON, Dec. 16 —The Federal Radio Com- mission, urged by Chief E aminer Ellis A. Yost, will in- o o high powered broad- casting stations from ten to more than fifty in in- rest of remote and rural who Yost said a present recaiving a fair share of radio broad- casting. Twenty-four stations have asked for an, increase of power to 50,000 watts. Yost recommended .that 20 be al- lowed this privilege. ALASKA IS NEXT ice Is Outlined Washington WASHINGTON, D. C, A direct air mail and to China and Japan through o (ka_and Soviet /Russia is the « | big objective the Post Departme: | Thi Wast D¢ 16. route Alas- ne office ce0co0ceses50000 “of ° eV Ess e o0 0 SEVERE COLD WEATHER HITS Three thousand ([ollal’s have been | tiating over mails in Canada Such a route, Glover said, | keeping with the trend in a is in | service is d | The propose NEWENGLAND: planned ntal line will be ac o Soviet Rus D numerous times 11,000 mile rou to th Arctic Bering [Tt has bes already and from Buenos will be a Aires established. Temperature Drops to Fif-| teen Degrees Below Zero Records Are Broken - - Woodoo Worshipers Decapitate Child in BOSTON, Dec. 16—a penetrat- Religious Ceremony ing cold today threatened to break the long standing temperature records over the New England States The lowest temperature report € this morning is at White River Junction, Vermont, 15 de- grees below zero. At Northtield, Vermont, and Ber- | lin, New Hampshire, ten d below zero registered at 8 o'clock this morning Other plac and below. In Bostc HAVANA, Secret Service Police are inves- atirg’ reports that Voodoo apitated a small al of- mythical d fering to Chango, the god of the cult. Cuban Veodoo worshippers are descendants of former Af- rican slaves and practice hu- man sacrifice as part of their ruligious ceremony. Whenever seeret meeting the police al- place is found, ways destroy the [x.u +phernalia, > 97 ARRESTED es have recorded zero' o a 1 the temperature is four degrees above zero. | A blizzard is raging over New- | foundland and communications and traffic are interrupted. The bliz- zard has been raging without let- up for the past twelve hours. Four seamen of the schooner | Wallace M. Colp, aground at Burnt Point, are believed to have been drowned when washed overboard. | Harbor distx PRISON SHIP DAMAGED BY = ANEXPLOSION = W quor T Dec, s in during the pa: Agents last ‘3 HOQUIAM - - Devil’s Island, Given | Brief Respite LAROCHELLI! An explosion sha the floating pen niere, killed the ed” the fireman and gave victed criminals a respite 5 |eral weeks before departing for | Devil's Island, the famous prison| off Africa convention 0 The engineer entered a | caliy sealed cage whe: | cumulated for week: |ed lamp. He was The eman was b ard Troops are guardir con-| | victs against a possible break, ance. tering the Dec. 16.— bow of entiary La Marti- engineer, ur Sta wound- | 999,000 500 con te approximatel annua the e Pres! presider Mutual L nd chairman of the con- n of by Jame Con- bl vention The he sai paid out this year, 8,000,000 more than amount was d AIR MAIL LINE T0 ORIENT VIA Next Big Objective in Serv-| LIGUOR RAIDS l(mlw of Uprising 4 [lll(llh ! | PARIS, Dec. 16.—Through {the rigid Madrid censorship | seeped reports of the revo- llutiunu:'_\' racvement in Spain iwhi('h ceems to have devel- |oped inte a general strike and threatening a food short- age. Martial throughout | terday. Leaders of yesterday's avia- tion revolt have been intern- ed in Lisbon and Barcelona. Police have reinforced 6,- 1000 civil guards at San Se- bastian. Al Constitutional 'have been abrogated. Strikes are in progress at Santander and Bilboa. At the latter olace Alcala Zamora has been proclaimed Provis- ional President. Saragossa, Lerida, Jaen, | Valencia, Cadiz, Seville, Huel- va and Gijon are embroiled in strikes and other revolu- ‘liunur_\' plots. From London comes a re- purl that King Alfonso is | preparing to leave Spain and lp()ssihle abdicate his throne. i was enforced nation yes- law the rights R AVERS MILLION SPENT IN PENN, G.0.P. PRIMARY Chairman Nye Unprepared on Action Regarding Davis's Seat Do of the igating Commit- d the Dav t in Pennsy than $1,000,000 Dec. 16. Senate WASHINGTON, Chairman Nye Campaign Inve tee, said he be rown primary v had m aid: “That isn't He further said he was not ready to say v ther he would k for the un: ing of Senator John J. Davis | & Berkovich Coming North To Claim Father’s Body Dec. 16—N. G. ‘Black Matt night to claim “B1 Frank Dohm last and then took - - SEATTLE, son of Ber- Ber- Ket- body * shot week his sailed last x he ikan Five Hundred, Bound for, PAID INSURANCE TOPS | 2 BILLION THIS YEAR n 1929, year. ife insur- Disbursements ements, Loom- ened the effect of depression, and full value of every ion without dimi- These huge disbur: sid, had the nation-wide represented the contract obl nution of s le 1 1 of $2.200,000,000 25,000,000 will have the (Continued o Page Three)