The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 18, 1930, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” \/OL XXXVII., NO 5593 JUNEAU, ALASKA, TH‘URSDAY DECEMBER 18, 1930. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS THIRD SECTION SNOW BURIES SOUTHERN STATES; GALE IS RAGING DEDICATION OF [ CAPITOL OPENS ON JANUARY 31 Ceremonies Fixed for that and Following Date— Dthers Notified Dedication of the Alaska capita’ building will take place January 31 and February 1, according to an announcement made today to the Chamber of Commerce. Other Alas- ka towns have been notified of. he dates in order that they may participate in the ceremonies. The exercises will be between the hours of 8:30 and 11 o'clock on Sat- urday evening, January 31, and| from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Febru- ary L Plans f8r the Chamber’s part ia the event are under, the direction of a special committee composed | of H. VanderLeest, B. M. Behrends H. B. LeFevre and H. L. Faulk-| ner. Tt is expected that the build- | ing will be practically completed - by January 15, and plans are being made for the various offices| to begin moving there about that| date. i —_——————— PILOT WASSON OFF T0 SECURE BURKE'S BODY Pilot Everett L. Wasson is re-| ported to have taken off from Whitehorse yesterday for the Liard | district in an effort to locate the| body of Pilot E. J. A. (Psddyr Burke. The later was buried by thé surviving members of the Burke party, Emil Kading’ and Bob Mar- ten, who were recently found and taken to Whitehorse by Wasson, following his death from exposure and exhaustion. Pilot Wasson expected to find the body and take it to Whitehorse for an official inquest. Following the flight, Pilot Was- son is to be married to Miss Flor- ence Gertrude. Jones, nurse at Whitehorse, and the couple will take a honeymoon tour to the south. —————— FEDERAL FARM | BOARD AMOUNT IS GIVEN 0. K. Sum of $150,000,000 Is Approved for Pur- chase of Grain WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 18. —President Hoover's recommenda- tion for an addition of $150,000,000 for the Federal Farm Board has been approved by the House Appro- priations Committee. The measure recommended that the amount be made immediately available for the Board to continue work of pur- chasing grain. The House passed the bill as soon as the report was made. Bus Skids on Icy i was 11017. Figures on retail prices will CHRISTMAS DOLLAR GOES Fl)RTHI'R THIS YEAR; WHOLESALE PRICES LOWEST SINCE SPRING OF ’16 | fl LA = A 2 AN I Wi \E I TDOLLAR : f\@: . \ WH , 0L, U/ B ‘\’ = ‘ T ‘|‘ l’\ | | | | | | L‘éb GAVEL CLUB OF EX-PRESIDENTS IS APPOINTED ! Dr. Council Announces List of Standing Commit- tees for Chamber A Gavel Club, composed of form- er President of the Chamber of Commerce, was added to the list of standing committees of that or- ganization, it was revealed today | by the announcement of Dr. W. W. af the Councll, his year. The new committee is headed by E. M. Goddard, President during the last six months of the current year. Other members were: B. M Behrends, R. E. Robertson, H. I Lucas, H. G. Watson, W. 8. George Charles Goldstein, Allen Shattuck H. B. DeVighne and H. L new presiding officer, regular committees for Dr. The shopper’s Christmas dollar won't buy all {he commoditics pictured here by the imaginative ar- piieror This committee will have tist, but Government figures indicate that it will go further than it has for 13 or 14 years, | trend has been downward since last | summer. | Using 100 as the index number for prices prevailing in 1926, the wholesale price of all commodities dropped to 828 in October this iyear Figured another way, the 1926 | dollar had a purchasing power of $1.21 a few weeks ago. In October, 11929, the same dollar would buy only $1.03 worth of goods. Six months ago the average re-! Food, men and women's clothing, tail price for these commodities|household furnishings, fuel and the lowest since December,|lighting cost less. Surveys made by | business bureaus in some of the larger cities show a drop of as WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—The Christmas do~:r p-omises to go further this season than it has for 13 or 14 years. | In most places dad’s necktic, Johnny's chirts, Mary’s hose and the family dinner will be cheaper. | Government st atistics indicate that the average wholesale price for all commodities is the lowest since the spring of 1916. not be computed again until Feb- ruyary, but staticticians of the la-|much as 20 per cent in retail prices bor department point out that the!since 1929. ENGLAND SEEKS CURE ' FOR HABITUAL CRIME ALASKA SCHOOL LONDON, Dec. 18.—Minute an- | alysis of the problem of treanng habnual offenders is proposed |J. R. Clynes, the Home Socml.y | Secretary, with a view to altering MUVE UBJEBTED | present methods of dealing with Tu BY GHAMBER this class of criminal. | { Clynes said no definite scheme would be carried out, but that the lsubject would be considered from all angles. He had great hopes that the inquiry would uncover better' methods of dealing with these of- fenders than those now employed. “We are consclous,” Clynes added, “that simply sending to prison men Declaring that tne transfer of Who repeatedly commit offenses is Alaska schools from the Office of & Costly and nonreformatory pro-, Education to the Bureau of Indian cedure. It is useless to spend mon- Affairs is inconsistent with the ey on mere acts of punishment that Hoover Administration’s policy of are not curative, and do not re- centralizing in Alaska Federal au-‘form thority over local affairs, the! The Home Secretary said that he Chamber of Commerce today voiced had no doubt that the medical and a protest against such a change, pathological sides of the question and urged, if anything is done to, would be fully considered by the alter the present status, that they ' committes. He attached much im- be put under the Governor's of- portance to this phase of the prob-, fice. ]!em This, it asserted, would be anoth-| The larger part of England’s er step in localizing Federal au-‘prison population was made up of thority and bridging the gap be- men who committed minor offenses tween Washington and Alaska. he said, and this would doubtless Transfer July Next ‘be given due weight in the inquiry. The Chamber early this week| ————————— 2 telegraphed Delegate Sutherland asking what, if anything, could be GANGSTERS ARE Local Orgamzatlon Seeks to Prevent Transfer to Indian Bureau Street; 19 Injured | CINCINNATI, Ohio, Dec. 18— Nineteen persons were injured, two seriously, when a street railway bus skidded on the icy street amd crashed into a street car. There were 45 passengers aboard the busj at the time. done to stop the proposed change which is provided for by the pro: Unable to .Furnish High visions of the annual supply bul, of the Interior Departmem A re- Bonds, Are Lodged in City Jail to Indian Affairs Bureau before’ “flscal year beginning July 1. Could | get no definite statement regard- tcontlnlled on Page Two) FIERY LABORI TE, ELLEN WILKINSON, LONDON, Dec. 18.—America soon will see fiery Ellen Wilkinson, one of the labor party’s most energet- 4c members of parliament. She is going to the United States on a lecture tour, sailing Christmas eve, and will return in time for the opening of Parliament February Xt is not her first visit to New York. She has been to America twice before—but it is the first time she has gone on & Jecture ply from him today the information desxred He rephed CHICAGO, Ill, Dec. 18.—Gang- I sters are feeling the financial ‘as follows: | “Department of Interior cannotl | transfer Alaska education of nanves: plnch said Judge John Lyle, mili- | tant foe of the underworld. “They have stopped coming into TO LECTURE Their chests are getting low and’ Lyle. Bernard O'Donnell, unable to \furnish a $10,000 cash bond, has| ‘been sent to Jjail on a vagrnncy charge. tour, She will have a real hustle, as she is to visit Toronto, Montreal,| Boston, Ohio, New York and Phila- icourt with thousands of dollars‘ IN U.S. DURING JANUARY | they are almost broke,” said Judge o The reduction in dresses is re- ported as ranging from 10 to 30 per ! cent, of fur coats from 50 to 40! per cent, of shoes from 8 to 23 per | cent and of hoslery from 15 to 30, per cent. Men’s suits and overcoats were said to have dropped in price from 9 to 20 per cent Poultry, beef, pork, lamb, pota- toes, fresh fruits, coffee, sugar, but-| ter and eggs range from 3 to 33 per cent cheaper. Government statisticians say that while retail prices of commodities cannot be forecast accurately, the prospect is that living costs will remain low Lhroughout the wlnter, |SENATOR GREENE PASSES AWAY AT, HIS BIRTHPLAGE {Has Been Partly Paralyzed | Since Struck by Stray Bullet in 1924 ST. ALRANS, Vt, Dec. 18— |Frank L. Green, aged 60 years, United States Senator, soldier and editor, died yesterday after a her- nia operation last Monday. Recov- ery seemed certain until he gradu-) ally declined yesterday and passed | away early in the evening. | Senator wreene has been parily paralyzed since 1924 when he was struck by a stray bullet in a gun ; fight between bootleggers and Pro- hibition agents in Washington, D. C. | Senator Greene was born here February 10, 1870. He worked on a railroad in his early life, then en= tered ‘the newspaper ranks working up from reporter to Editor of the St. Albans Daily Messenger. He served in the Spanish-American War. He was married and the father of three children. Senator Greene was first elected | to Congress in 1912 and has served contmuously since. He was a Re- ,publlcnn e REDS BOWBED, " CHINA REGION SHANGHAI, Chlna, Dec. 18.—Na~ i tionalist military aviators, durlnl the past 24 hours, have killed 500 Communists in the northern part of Hunan Province. | Bombs have been dropped in | the area covered by the Reds re- cently and in which hundreds were massacred while capturing Lichow, Bingshih and Hungan. Despite the bombs, the Reds con- | tinued depredations along the | Yangtse menacing shipping. i 19 0.0 00000000050 |# ARLINGTON MAY CARRY {® $100,000 ADDED IN 1931 L] 'CHICAGO, Dec. 18...The charge of the Legislative Banquet plans next year. Other vommiiiees The personnel of the other com- mittees follows: Civic Improvement J. J. Connors, R. E. Robertson, Thomas B. Judson and Allen Shat- | tuck. Tourist Advertising, M. D, Wil- liams, M. 8. Whittier and Dr. Rob- . ert Simpson. Attendance and Program, H. O. Adams, J, T. Petrich and James Carlson. Legislative Affairs, H. L. Faulk- ner, Judge Frank A, Boyle and Grover C. Winn. Sportsmen’s, Hunting and Fish- ing, E. M. Goddard, Dr, G. F. Free- burger and J. E. Peguds. Local Industries, W. S. George, C. T. Qardnes, Heiuy Roden and J. P. Anderson. Transportation and Trade, W. E. Nowell, W. L. Coates, Brice How- ard, D. B. Femmer, Membership and Finance, H. I. Lucas, G. H. Walmsley, W. B. Kirk and Harry Sperling. Mining Affairs, B. D. Stewart, Charles Goldstein, L. H. Metzgar and Dave Housel. Special Coast Guard Reception Committee, M. S. Jorgenson, Thom- as B. Judson and Maj. L. E. Atkins. Front Street Improvement Proj- ect ,Allen Shattuck, H. I. Luchs and Roy Rutherford. Approve Chamber Report The local Chamber today adopted by a unanimous vote favoring the affirmative side in the referendum on waterpower development and regulation being conducted by the United States Chamber of Com- merce. By that action it expressed favor for State administration and control of waterpower resources, except over projects involving na- tional or international projects, and in projects affecting two or more States which cannot agree on com- mon usage, recognizing hdwever the right of the Federal authority to intervene for the protection of navigation and flood control, and protection of public-owned domain. The question was reported on to the Chamber by Allen Shattuck Chairman of a Special Committee (Continued on Page Eight) iy - ee e 3GOVERNMENTS FORGUATEMALA WITHIN 1 WEEK GUATEMALA CITY, Dec. 18.— Guatemala has had three govern- ments within a week. After an hour’s fighting in the streets here Tuesday night, Gen. Manuel Arel- lana succeeded Baudilio Palma who was serving until President Lazaro Chacon recovers from an illness. Palma was substituting for Chacon. The military elements were dissatisfied with Palma. The country is peaceful and it is believed conditions are normal again. SWOPP 2 'y mandeered delphia. During one week-end she has nine lectures. They have even in- vited her to preach in a church in Ohio. This will not be her debut in the pulpit, however, as she is to apeak in her brother's church in Burnley 8t. Ann's Hospital. He entered yes- o Jterday for medical treatment. on Sunday before she leaves. Several others, including Prank . Rio, personal body guard of Al ® Capone, has been unable to fum-‘] L ish Judge Lyle's high cash bond,|® and 1s also in jail. . l —— L] Henry Johnson is a patient at Arlington park management is contemplating setting the added purse of the Arling- ton Classic next summer at. $100,000. ‘This year Gallant Fox won the race, which netted the winner $64,750. 0009 scecccce je i ACTION AGAINST FORMER DENVER JUDGE DISMISSED IN NEW YORK | JUDGE BEN LINDSEY NEW YORK CITY, N. Y, 18.—Charges against former .ludge Ben Lindsey, growing out of his demand for a hearing during services at the Cathedral of St. John The Divinz, recently, have come to nothing. Magistrate August Dreyer upheld the demurrer of Arthur Garfield Hayes that the original disorderly conduct complaint against Judge Lindsev was defective and ordered a4 new complaint drawn. Nobody would sign it and. Magistrate Dreyer rebuked Lindsey for his act and closed the case Bishop William T. Manning, in a sermon, scored Judge Lindsey's view on companionate marriage and the author of the “most filthy jand insidious pieces of propaganda ever published in behalf of lewd- ness and unrestrained sexual gratification.” JOBLESS RELIEF MACHINE RUN LIKE WARTIME (,R()l I’S OF "17 WASHINGTON, Dec. 18—Unem- | Cdis Favors ployment relief machinery set up i it d only a few weeks ago is running Retention of in a well-oiled groove with a mini- 18th Amendment mum. of wasted motion. Through tnf 4 mmit- KOS i R e eney oo NEWARK, N. J, Dec. 18— Thomas A, Edison sald he fav- tee for employment created by | President Hoover and headed by | Col. Arthur Woods, rags and taiters | °red retention cf the Eigh- of the unemployed from all parts teenth Amendment “as a b{?fl' of the land gradually ave being as- | M€ to the American home. similated into an organized pattern The ‘inventor sald further: “Enfcrcement is geiting more practical day by day. It has of relief. Scenes helped the natien’s industrial and economic life to a greater extent than realized.” The statement was made in answer to questions prepared by James Shields, Superintendent of the New Jersey Anti-Saloon League. the 16 rooms com- in the department of commerce building resemble those of war days in 1917. The personnel of 57 workers as- sembled overnight is working at top speed. Under an orderly regime of nea files, noiseless typewriters and mut- ed telephone bells, yellow and white slips of paper, many of them flags of distress, are being routed along proper channels, Requests for work arg relayed promptly to local agencies co-oper- | ating with the emergency commit- | tee. Suggestions for alleviating the | situation are turned over to the| planning committee, The telephone rings in the of-| fice of Edward Eyre Hunt, assistant | to Chairman Woods. A secretary | answers in a low tone while her eyes scan a telegram just received The office fills with men to Mr. Hunt Like Colonel Woods and Mrs. Lil- lian Gilbreth, in charge of the women’s division, Hunt 18 quie and works with no lost motion, He seems to personify the ap- parent aim of the emergency com- mittee—to get things done quickly but correctly “At first we were deluged with requests for work,’ Hunt says.| “Many persons seemed to have tlw idea that we could supply jobs here. | “Our part is to coordinate and| stimulate the various relief agen- cies all over the country and get| them to take care of the situation in their territory. | in - Lartl’'s Crust Shakes 4 Days; Is Mystery CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 18. The mysterious shaking of the earth’s crust, unexplained by science, has held the attention of officials of the Harvard ismograph station. or four days the instruments have chown the ground moved back and forth rythmically and constantly shaking. The mys- tery reached a climax yester- day and is expected to die out tonight. The shaking has been cre severe than usual. These +h; gs have been cbserved occasionally all over lhe world. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 18.—Like ———— i" from the past, Jesse C 2 & 2 Carson, 46 years old, the mystery ExPlo"on n Carblde {man in the Clara Phillips murder Factory; 3 Men Killed'ca-, appeared at the district at- rney’s office to “face the music” s part in the sensational jail ghost PARIS, Dec. 18 —Three men were | for killed and eleven severely injured'e of the hammer murderess in an explosion in a carbide fac- just e years ago. tory near Touloise, One hundred ' The man who said |men were working at the time of|soldier of fortune ape he was a| 'MAN WHO AIDED CLAR PHILLIPS TO GET OUT OF JAIL, IS NOW FREED was told by Capt.| lme explosion in a single work shop. J. A. Winn, of the bureau of in- The material damage was slight. L\emgavon there were no charges « SCHOOLS CLOSE. IN VIRGINIA AS SNOW HEAPS UP Two DeathsmAlje Reported —Man Drops Dead Aiding Children HEAVY RAINS SWEEP ALONG OCEAN COAST North Carolina, Covered with 30-Inch Fall of Beautiful ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec. 18. —The hcaviest cnow of the szacon has hit the southern rolina ic 30 inches. Two dcaths are reported, in- dircetly caurcd by the snow. Gesrge Wilson, of Durham, South Carolina, died as the re- sult of an attack of the heart as he struggled to get children through the snow this merning. Mrs. Mary Burch was killed when an automobile skidded near Cheriton, Virginia. Heavy rains and a 50-mile gale are sweeping Cape Hatte- ras, Maneto and Cape Henry sections. A snow fall of more than one feot has forced the closing of schools in Patrick County, Vir- ginia. INVESTIGATORS OF ALASKA R. R. TO MAKE REPORT Senator Howell to Call . Meeting — Air Mail Service Requested WASHINGTON D. C, Dec. 18— Senator Robert B. Howell, of Ne=- braska, said he plannéd to call & meeting of the Alaska Railroad Investigating Committee during the | Christmas recess to start drafting a report. Benator Howell said he had been working on a tentative report but did not reveal the contents pending submission to the other members [ of the committee. Senator Howell did say, how= ever, that the committee has ree« ommended to Postmaster General | Brown the desirability of operat- ing airplanes from Fairbanks to outlying posts carrying mail. STEEG AIDES ~ WONT SERVE One Minister, Two Under Secretaries Resign from Cabinet PARIS, Dec. 18—One Minister and two Under Secretaries of State resigned from the Steeg Cabinet today just before it went before the Chamber of Deputies on am initial declaration of policy. Minister Robert Thoumyre, wha held the portfolio of Minister of Pensions; Rene Coty, Under Secre= | tary of State for the Interior, and | camille Cautru, Under Secretary | of Agriculture, withdrew from the | Cabinet. | Premler Steeg continued his plans |of taking the Cabinet before the Chamber of Depuues against him, case had been dropped and he was not wanted in spite of the an= nouncement at the time Mrs. Phil- lips was captured in Honduras he iwould be arrested on sight if he returned here. Carson left a free |man, rid of an eight-year-old nightmare. He left without clear- ing all the mystery of the case for he gave no explanation of his part in the escape. (Continued on Page Two) 1 that an old arson