The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 5, 1931, Page 1

. e— 1 B wwntehnpldnrul- VOL. XXXVIL, NO. 5608. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” ]UNEAU ALASKA, MONDAY JANUARY 5, 1931. PRICE TEN CENTS ECKMANN IS FORCED DOWN IN PLANE DURING STORM | NEW LABOR CRISIS CONFRONTS BRITISH TWO INI]IISTR’IESL OF ENGLAND ARE HAVING TROUBLE Miners Are on Strike and Weavers Threaten to | Walk Out i 450,000 MEN ARE INVOLVED, DISPUTES One Deadlock Results—! Miners to Seek Aid of Government LONDON, Jan. 5. — Industrial troubles of two major industries make England gloomy. The miners’ conference has brok- en down at Cardiff. At Lancashire it appeared noth- ing could be done to prevent the threaténed strike of 200,000 men of the cotton industry. The miners of South Wales hoped for a compromise with the mine owners but it i§ Indicated they will have to turn %6 the Government and a conf ce with Premier Ramsay Mac ld during today looked probable. | The miners will again ask the Government to take over the pits and operate them Fraulein Claremore Stinnes, erman mifiionaire industrialist, STINNES HEIRESS MARRIED Associated Press Photo daughter of the and Carl Axel Sonderstrom, $weulsh flm producer, were married in London- temporarily to assure employment of tm w otherwise face wanl men are affected in this walkout and lockout. The weaving industry is desd—‘ locked over the demand of the mill owners that each weaver now op- erating four looms double the num- ber of machines under their charge. A substantial increase in pay has; been offered but the men are hold- ing out on the ground the proposed system will result in throwing num- »I N A UGURATED IN erous weavers out of - employmenc ] COMMUNISTS ARE ACTIVE ‘2 STATES TUDAY CARDIFF, England, Jan. 5.— ‘Communists organizers appeared in | the coal fields here Sunday and . 5 . ‘Hunt Takes Office in Ari- held open air meetings. The or- i 1d the i h | ganizers told the miners the mine zona and La Follette in Wisconsin owners were responsible for their unemployment and instead of aid-! ing in the present trouble appre- hension is felt that the strike will be even more complete and may reach the entire English coal fields. At Burnley nine cotton mills closed today as 3,500 weavers struck against the owners demands that each weaver operate & double num- ber of looms. e | PHOENIX, Arizona, Jan. 5.~Gov. George W. P. Hunt today began his seventh term as Chief Execu- tive of this State, succeeding Gov. John C. Phillips. The inauguration was perhaps the quietest in the history of the State. An entire Democratic Adminis- tration entered office with Gov. Hunt. Gov. Phillips, Republican, | previously replaced Gov. Hunt. Positively Denies He Is Engaged To Sceen Star i LA FOLLETTE GOVERNOR | MADISON, Wiz, .722. 5.—Phillip ,F. La Follette, son of the former | United States Senator, was today inaugurated Governor of Wisconsin succeeding Gov. Walter J. Kohler. | Gov. Phillip La Follette is the NEWCASTLE, Penn., Jan. 5. —Frank Carideo, Notre Dame All - American . quarterback, termed ' the announcement of Miss Nina Quartero, screen ac- tress at Beverly Hills, that she is to -rry /him as a “cheap |office in the State. His brother | United States Senate. .dcarideo sald the actress took | vantage of the fact that both e gl g boeth | Estate of Popular Song York, and were acquainted. “I want a complete denial of that story,” Carideo added. 5—It is Indicated that the estate ncuncement last Saturday that she and Carideo were engaged. |song “After the Ball” and other ———— hits, is valued at a little more | G. Lustman is registered at the than $10,000. The estate is left t.o Zynda. the widow. ONE OUT OF FIVE IN LABOR RANKS HIT BY NO WORK 'WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.—Labor enters the mew year engaged in fierce combat with its deadliest enemy—unemployment. For a year the jobless problem has overshadowed others. Since last January, 20 per cent or mare of the members of the American fed- eration of labor have been unem- ployed. Workers’ incomes, federation of- ficials say, have been reduced 20 per cent since last ‘year because of @ year. . Cost of living has not de- clined enough to compensate this loss, labor leaders say. Practical Solution Sought “Labor demands that industry and society secure a practical so- ployment,” says Willlam Green, president of the federation. “Mass ‘consumption is essential to prosper- ity. Workers would buy if they| were guaranteed continuous em- ployment with an annual income.” (Continued on Page Six) third La Follette to win a high’ i Robert, succeeded his father in the; Writer About $10,000] NEW YORK CITY, N. Y., Jan.; |of Charles K. Harris, author of the| worker’s income was reduced $120; lution for the problem of unem-| : Sway Wllell Earth Shakes, 1o Sawyer Pwtures Alaska Dommant Mlhtary Point. ' WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 5.— Alaska is pictured as the dominant |stragetic point for Pacific military purposes in a special map publish- ed by the Pacific-Yukon Highway Commlfislon E. W. Sawyer, member of the | Commission, pointed out that steam ship travel from San Francisco to Manila is shorter by 400 miles if routed via Seward, Alaska, instead of Honolulu. The distance via Hawaii, Sawyer sald, is 7,700 miles and it is only 7,300 miles by way of Alaska. Sawyer recommended that sew- ard be made a coaling station, sup- plied by the Alaska Railroad. The tentative route of the pro- posed 2,000 mile Pacific-Yukon 'nghway is shown on the map as a QGreat Circle projection instead of a flat ordinary projection and cen- ters about Fairbanks, Alaska. The distances of all great world citles {are shown on the map. Sawyer, in texplaining the accuracy of the map, asserted it brought out the dominant position of Alaska for military purposes and said he hoped aviation squadrons would ‘be es- tablished at Fairbanks and Seward REV. HUBBARD IS IN SEATTLE ON WAY NORTH ‘Padre of Glaciers” Head- | ed to Alaska for Ex- | tended Trip SEATTLE, Jan. 5—On a trip of more than 6,000 miles to pick a few tropical flowers in Alaska will {be the experience of the Rev. Ber- nard Hubbard, geologist of Santa Clara University, known 4as the “Padre of the Glaciers,” who has arrived here enroute north. He will make the greater part of |the journey by dog team and will take 20,000 feet of movie pictures {and explore Aniakchak crater. ‘The Padre discovered flowers blooming in volcano ash on the slopes of Aniakchak and govern- | ment botanists sald this was the »cyrlpedlum a tropical flower, Buildings at Seward SEWARD, Ah&a.lan EARLFAR(J HoLDS | ECEPTION AS Embass yTWashinglon Turned Into Presiden- tial Headquarters PRESIDENT-DESIGNATE. SPEAKS KINDLY OF U.S. No Date Fixed for Depar- "ture to Assume Head New Government WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 5.~ The Panama Legation here has been converted into headquarters for Panama’s new President as Dr; Rciardo J. Alfaro wound up the affairs of his ministry and pre- pared to depart for home. He is still undecided about his debarka- tion date as he said numerous tasks must be completed. Throngs of Panamans flocked 0! the Legation to congratulate the President-Designate. In an interview, Dr. Alfaro said: | “I have been called to assume the e Hugo %tinnes, | presidency and I unhesitatingly answered. I have been here a lit- tle over eight years strengthening the ties of my country and the United States, and this has been my, constant. endeavor. I will do my utmost as head of the Panam.! Government to further promote the friendship and good understanding of the peoples. The day I leave the United States, a farewell message will be essentially one of deep! gratefulness for the wonderful hos- pitality and good-will I have en- joyed here.” PLAN T0 AVERT EXTRA SESSION: T0 SHOW SPEED Speaker Longworth Has Scheme to Hurry Appro- priation Measures WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 5— Last Saturday night Speaker Long- worth outlined the program of the House Republican leaders to plan speed on the appropriations meas- ures and prevent an extra session of Congress. The appropriation of $45,000,000 for drought relief, deficlency bills, unexpected demands of the vari- ous Departments of the Govern- ment and the annual War Depart- ment Supply bill were placed be- fore the House today as the re- sult of the announced program. —e oo TODAY'S STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK CITY, N. Y, Jan. 5—Closing quotation of Alaska' Juneau mine stock today is 7%, American Can 113%, Anaconda Copper 32%, Bethlenem Steel 52%,| General Motors 36%, Granby Con- Ig solidated 16%, International Har- vester 51%, Kennecott Corporation 23%, Montgomery-Ward 16, Na- tional Acme 7%, Packard Motors 9%, Simmons Beds 15%, Standard Brands 17%, Standard Oil of Cali- fornia 47%, Standard Oil of New Jersey 49%, U. 8. Steel 142, Curtiss- Wright 3%, Hudson Bay Mining! and Smelting 4%. PANAMA CHIEF DEAD MARSHAL TOBE PLACGED IN HOME TOMB Body of Joffre fre Will Be Laid to Rest in French Mt. Vernon \POPULACE GIVEN LAST CHANCE, FINAL SALUTE Funeral of War General Will Be Held in Paris on Wednesday PARIS, Jan. 5—The world no less than France, mourns the pass- .ing of Marshal Joffre who died last Saturday morning. | Joftre asked that his body not |lie in state in the dome of des In- valides but in the modest chapel lin the grounds of his home at ilauveclnnes overlooking the Seine. The visit to the tomb of Wash- ington in 1017 inspired the aged |soldier to desire a simple burial on his own homestead which he and Madame Joffre built and laid qut. He desired to make this home a French Mount Vernon. Body Lies in State The body, in a bare hospital room, was clad in a gold buttoned French Colonial uniform over Sun- day. Late Sunday the body was taken-to Ecole Militairie the old {French Army school, where today and tomorrow it lies in state so| that the poilu and general average man in all stations of life may pass and salute for the last time | the kindly leader. ‘Wednesday in Notre Dame ca-| thedral, the funeral will be held.’ The body will then be taken L |through the streets, lined by his comrades and former soldiers to des Invalides where it will be tem- porarily placed in the chapel which shelters Napoleon, Foch and a host of France's greatest dead. ARE PAYING RESPECTS PARIS, Jan. 5. — On a simple march on Timbuctoo, the body of Marshal Joffre today lay in state in the chapel of Ecole Militairie where thousands of countrymen are passing and paying respects. At dawn today an ordinary black hearse took the body, clad in an obsolete black tunic and famous red breeches, from the hospital to the chapel. Despite the early hour, 3,000 stood in front of the hospital and erowds lined the streets, hats off jand heads bowel, as the hearse moved slowly along. GERMAN PRESS PAYS RESPECTFUL TRIBUTE BERLIN, Jan. 5.—Almost the en- tire German press paid respectful tribute to Marshal Joffre as a dig- nified figure, a simple-hearted pat- riotic Frenchman, who, after his resignation in 1916, which was laid bo political intrigue, harbored no rancor, but continued to serve hi country ‘in silence. The press cred- |1ts the victory of the Marne to the ' ifallure of the German Command 'more than to Jofire's | genius. ‘flne Their Lives when Engulfed in Avalanche BRIANCON, France, Jan. 5.— l“he Italian frontier. Four other skilers from Paris are missing near ) Peisey. Joffre Joins Scores of Other World_ W ar Notables NEW YORK CITY, N. Y. Jan |Pisher of Great Britain; Lieutenant 8.—Marshal Joffre joins more than |Gieneral Count Cadorna and Gen- & score of other great fighting|eral Dias of Italy, and Admiral von statesmen in | Tirpitz, author of the German un- leaders or the Valhalla of the World War. One of the first to die was Czar| The statesmen include Woodrow Nicholas, of Russia, who faced a|Wilson, Communist firing squad in June,|United States; Prench Premier, and Georges Clem- One of the last was Gen. Tasker | enceau,of France; Herbert Asquith ._Buud- H. Bliss, former American Chief|and Lord Balfour of England; The- restricted submarine warfare policy. Former President of the Rene Viviani,j Imgu swayed for fifteen seconds last 'of Staff who died last November.|obald von Bethmann-Holwegg. Friday: was reported. night - about- 1:30 o'clock |, Others include Marshal Foch and | German Chancellor; King Con- vmmmhmmmomwwm Pield Marshal mu Admiral Lord ine, of Greece, and the ill- Charles the Pirst, of Austria. The dead are Wilston L. Hya:,| army coat like he used on his| 8ix Frenchmen died when engulfed | in an avalanche in the Alps along! Mavor of Miami Beach and Wife Mr. Val C. Cleary, the newly elected Mayor of Miami Beach, with Mrs. Cleary, pictured at the City Hall of this Winter play- I PILOT ARRIVES AT ALERT BAY, RENAHANSEARGH Is Well Equipped for Ex- tensive Hunt for Miss- ing Party of Three RADIO ABOARD, ALSO PLENTY OF PROVISIONS {Plans Long Flight in In- terior of Northern British Columbia ALERT BAY, B. C, Jan. 5— Pilot Anscel Eckmann was foreed by a storm to land here while fly- ing from Vancouver to Prince Rup ert for a second search for P Robin Renahan, Sam Olerf 'uil Frank Hatcher, lost for m~ 1 | two months, while flying to serich | for the late Capt. “Paddy” Burke Mechanic Frank Wadhan AC ympanying Eckmann The two plan to search ihe mountainous country and part of British Columbia, , The trip has been financed | the Dominion and the British !lumbia Governments to the — | of $2,000. ground after Mr. Cleary had been sworn into his new posi- tion, ‘ exten FLIER DROPS THROUGH ROOF | SEATTLE BLDG. Scrambles from Wreckage and Phones His Hangar —Is Only Achy MRS. VICTOR BRUCE HOPS FROM SEATTLE {Two Planes Crash, One in Fog, One on Power Test, Six Dead SEATTLE, Jan. 5—Plunging 1500 | feet through the roof of a down- itown building here last Saturday afternoon, P. J. Stribling, aged 40| years, a student pilot, emerged from | the wreckage and telephoned the hangar. Stribling said: “Hello, fis th’s Lou,” to the hangar man. “Just crashed but T am O. K. I feel kind of achy.” The Police attributed Stribling's miraculous escape from death to like a fine net. The engine stalled and this is given as the reason for the crnsh BRITISH AVIATRIX OFF ON HER SECOND ATTEMPT I SEATTLE, Jan. 5—Mrs. Victor 1Bruce, British aviatrix, hopped off stragetic | last Saturday for Medford, Oregon, enroute to San Francisco and Los Angeles, thence across the conti- nent. She plans to fly later to Buenos Aires, thence take a boat to South Africa and fly home to England. The hop Saturday was her second | from Seattle since she arrived from Japan where she flew from Eng- land. Her first hop ended at Med- ford when the plane ground looped and was brought here for repairs. THREE ARE KILLED WHEN PLANE CRASHES; HITS TREE men were killed when a plane crashed into a tree while they were looking for a place to land on ac- count of the foggy weather. ‘The dead are Tom Holcomb, Ad- dison Noever and Pilot Horace | Clark. FINAL TEST OF PLANE BRINGS DEATH TO THREE final test of a monoplane Sunday! preparatory to a cross country flight to Miami, Florida, scheduled to start today, brought death to during a power drive. the fact the tar paper roof acted | OVERTON, Texas, Jan. 5—Three | | ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Jan 5~'l'he‘ three men when the plane crashed| Eckmann flew from Sea Victoria last Saturday ¢ wireless equipment and secured provisions in- Vancouver. Harry Blunt, Pacific-Interna i al flier, returning to Calitur TOLEDO, Ohio, Jan. 5—The told Vancouver reporters a pl Francis de Sales Catholic Ca- | V85 heard inland, north of Port thedral was swept by fire last ;land Canal, about the time Ren- 1 Saturday night and the estl- ahan was lost. This territory will mated damage is $75,000. Lit- be covered by Eckmann. | tle s left except the standing I | walls. Priceless acquisitions of | ’ the last 60 years, including | | \()nly Walls Remain \O/ Catholic |Cathedral in Ohio ' ON WARPATH Resents Concoction of Cocktail Named in Honor of Aimee LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jam: 5— Mrs. Minnie “Ma” Kennedy, moth- jer of Mrs, Aimee McPherson, dis- |played & post card sent by M. Bil- gary, of Colon, Panama, owner of a cabaret, describing a “Hallelujah cocktall” which the card said he had concocted in honor of Mrs. McoPherson’s recent visit. Mrs. Kennedy said: “I don't know | Pilot; Leroy Limer and Harold E.| | Payne, all of this CIY » AMY JOHNSON SMASHES " } WARSAW, Jan. 5—Miss Amy Johnson, aged 23 years, flying from London to Pieping, smashed the | undercarriage of her plane in a | forced landing at Amelin, 60 miles| inurm of here. The girl who flew from England to Australia in 19 days last year, | was not injured in the smask | — e | UF sLAYlNG‘how to shoot, but if I were in | shooting distance, I'd make Bilgary eat the words he has directed Angeles Man in Ne- l braska City )MINERS DEAD OMAHA, Neb, Jan. S.—Glenm IN ExPLnsluN !ington, marine engineer, pleaded | nol guilty at a preliminary hear-. !ing to a first degree murder charge | MIDVALE, Ohio, Jan. 5—The aged 30, on January 1. explosion in Number 4 mine of the | Goodman was bound over to the Midvale Coal Company were re- | District Court for trial without goyered nine hours after the blast self-defense at the trial. |ies of other miners are believed to R RAEE % 5 I e be in the mine. They are believed E. M. Polley, Territorlal Tax Col- 1o have been suffocated as the official business. STOCK MARKET TRIES { By CLAUDE A. JAGGER (A. P. Financial Editor) NEW YORK, Jan. 5—The against my little glrl." Charge Made A Against Port| {Goodman, of Port Angeles, Wash- in the slaying of Joseph Gifford, podies of five men killed in an bond. It is indicated he will plead which occurred late Saturday. Bod- lector, has gone to Ketchikan on p,ine quickly filled with gas. | stock market painfully retraced its eagerness neglected gathering storm clouds business depression. turned sharply down- June, and as measured by mm price indices, by December had retraced its steps to the gen- eral price level of the spring of 11927, The average price of rail shares |reached a level not seen in five years, while utilities fell back to | prices of only about two and a half years ago. Although extreme depression m’ scale of share values during the past year to the point where , its 1927-1929 ascent became steep and exciting. Despite injuries suffered in its tumble from the 1929 peak, the market courageously re- sumed its climb during early months of 1930, and actually had regained by April almost 60 per ccnt of the lost altitude,