The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 10, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVIL, NO. 5613. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1931. EARCHERS FIND NO WRECKAGE, RENABAN'S PLANE SENATE STARTS NEW FIGHT ON FEDERAL BOARD Demands Return of Three Nominations to Pow- er Commission ACTION BELIEVED TO ( Novelist, BE FIRST OF KIND President Seeks Legai Ad- vice—Executive Stand Is Not Indicated WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 10— The Senate yesterday requested President Hoover to return the nominations of three members of the new Federal Power Commis- sion. The Senate voted for the re- consideration of the nominations of Chairman George Otis Smith of Maine, and Commissioners Claud L Draper of Wyoming, and Marcel Garsaud, of Louisiana. Senator Walsh, of Montana, con- tended the Commissioners had dis- missed Solicitor Charles A. Rus- sell and Chief Accountant William | V. King, “for doing their duty.” Unprecedented Action The Senate’s action is believed to be the first of its kind in his- tory where the Senate has voted to reconsider nomination of officers who have already been sworn into office. The vote followed five days' de- bate. Only a record vote was takew with the exception of Smith's which carried 44 to 37. The votes on the other two Commissioners carried viva voce. Thirteen Republicans, 30 Demo- crats ‘and one Farmer-Labor sup- ported the recall. Five Democrats and 32 Republicans opposed. There is no contest on the others. PRESIDENT TO REPLY WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 10— President Hoover said he was plan- ning to reply without delay to the Senate resolution requesting the re- turn of the nominations of three Federal Power Commissioners. The President said the procedure calls first for a conference with from nine to 14 hours a day. By ANDRUE BERDING | SORRENTO, Italy, Jan. 10.— Maxim Gorky, Ru 's most fa- mous living writer, is rounding out | his 68th year here on the Bay of Naples by working from nine to 14 hours a day. A bullet in his body from an at- tempted suicide in 1888, and his lungs worn by consumption, he is more vigorous than he was 20 or 30 | years ago. | This correspondent found him seated behind his desk in the li- brary of his villa. He was wearing a blue flannel shirt buitoned at the collar—without a tie—and a | light brown, pull-over sweater. | His hair, now iron-gray, was close-cropped in Prussian fashion. His face wore a look of perpetual worry, with heavy lines between his eyes. His sandy mustache drooped far below his mouth. | He was writing the fourth volume | of “Bystander,” which he wants to Goritgz S peaksA _for Russia From His Italian ‘Exile; make the monumental work of his | life. the Attorney General on the right of the Senate to follow tne course| which is questioned on constitu- tional grounds. President Hoover has not indi- cated his stand on the issue. ————— GIRLS FAIL TO Works Long Hours Speaking nothing but Russian, he talked through his son Alexis, who spoke Ttalian. Gorky told how he rises at 7:30 every morning, begins work at eight and finishes at one, reads from two to four and works from four to five. He resumes work at 5:30 and ESTABLISH NEW FLIGHT RECORD Remain in Air for Over 122 Hours—Motor Causes Trouble LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 10— The attempt of Bobbie Trout and Edna May Cooper to establish a new endurance record ended at 5:20 o'clock yesterday afternoon after 122 hours and 50 minutes in the air. They tripled the previous wom- an’s ‘record but fell far short of the men's record. The two girls said their motor was giving them trouble and this caused them to end the flight, but Joseph Martin, flight manager, said he ordered the girls to land when he learned the citizens of Engle- wood were circulating a petition of protest because the girls were fly- ing their plane at a low altitude. ————.———— * L] | TODAY’S STOCK [} QUOTATIONS ~—e works until eight. Then he often works from 9:30 until midnight or one. Such is the man whose health is| considered so delicate that he can- not live in Russia’s rigorous climate and is one of the few soviet citi- zens permitted to reside abroad. Half his time is devoted to his novels, the other half to the writ- ing and supervising of soviet propa- ganda. He is an ardent bolshevik. Wants U. S. Recognitidn “It is time,” he said, “for the United States to recognize the So- viet republic. “Both countries have a great deal to gain from an exchange of their experience and products. Russia has need of American industrial and icommercial organizers. America has need of Russian products. “This is my special message to America. I wish you would convey.” Twenty-four years ago he visited the United States. Society, which lat first idolized him, treated him |as an outcast when it was learned {that the woman with whom he was |traveling was not his wife. A year| later he married her. | “I have no wish to return to the { United States,” he said with a half- | smile. | Mme. Gorky lives in Moscow, but ivisits her husband twice a year. Il | i | \ Vigorous at 68 Maxim Gorky, the famed Russian novelist, here is shown in the privacy cf his Bay of Naples villa at Scrrento, Italy. At 68 he works $125,000 Debut Makes Boston History N\ ) Miss Katherine Burrage, popular daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Burrage, whose debut will go down in Boston history as one of the most beautiful and smartest ever given a young debutante and the most expensive in two decades. Ome hundred thousand dollars’ worth of rare orchids, taken from the fa- mous orchid collection from the reenhouses of her grandfather, A. E. Burrage, transformed the ball- room into a tropical garden. question whether the decline of re- ligion in Russia would affect her literature. “The outside world,” he said, “has a wrong idea about religious persecutions in Russia. Churches are ordered turned into halls or theatres only when they are no longer used by sufficient numbers of worshippers. Priests are arrested only when they intrigue against the government. The people have religi- ous “freedom.” The famous Russian concluded by | | | | | | | MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS HOUSE PLANS WO0ODCOCK WILL SWIFT ACTION TRAVEL, INSPECT ON FO0D LOANS HIS DRY FORCES {Measure to Be Forced toz ! Conference or Special Rule Adopted WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 10.‘ —The House Administration lead- | ers plan to force the drought re- lief measure to conference with| | the Senate under a special rule.conditions they are meeting. He land then speed enactment. This|was recalled to the capital when ‘declsion was reached this morning,|about to sail from San Francisco, | Chairman Wood, of the House Ap- some weeks ago, by President Hoo- | propriations Committee said. ver and Attorney General Mitchell, Chairman Wood said that if he to help steer the Prohibition appro- did not obtain consent to send|priation throurh Congress. the measure to conference he would | “The Prohibition Bureau has ask it be given special status. {made great advances in efficiency The agreement promised to break|and loyalty and it is a better Bu- a seven-day deadlock which has|reau than it was six months ago, held the measure in the HoUse|said Director Woodcock., “We are after the Senate added $15,000,000|goiny to enforce the law decently for food loans. lor not at all.” Representative La Guardia, of| woodcock sald educational circu- New York, refused unanimous cons sent to send the bill to conference and previously Chairman Wood said he would not consent to seek a special rule for its consideration. NEGRO BLOWN UP BY BOMB | IN HiS AUTO Was Witness Against Po- licemen Charged with Dry Law Violation Says Prohibition L aw Is to Be Enforced Decently or Not at All WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 10— Prohibition Director Woodcock plans to resume his travels to in- spect efforts of dry agents and $22,000 of $50,000 for the education fund left from last year. ‘Woodcock expects to travel through Minnesota to the Pacific Coast, thence to Honolulu. TWENTY MEN ARE ENTOMBED Are Caught in Cave-in, Hetch Hetchy Tunnel, Water Project PUEBLO, Col,, Jan. 10.—Lee Mad- — | | ison, negro, who was to have! SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. 10. ;been a witness against four Pueblo|._Trapped by a cave-in they were }Poliz'e officers, charged with con-|working to prevent, twenty men to- spiracy to. violate the National|day awaited rescue in the tunnel of | Prohibition law, was fatally in- the Hetch Hetchy, municipal water !Jured yesterday by a dynamite project. | blast. Rescue crews are timbering the ! A bomb was concealed in Madi-|tunnel as they go. son’s auto. The bomb exploded| The twenty men were working when he stepped on tne starter, when Welby Norman, one member hurling him 25 feet into the air of the crew, noticed the slide as jt and wrecking the car. ! started. Madison dled a few hours later| With presence of mind, he drop- | | i | lars will be continued despite the | congressional action in killing $10,- | 000 for this work. He said he had| | REP. TIMBERLAKE AND Lssociated Prens Photo Rep. Charles B. Timberlake of Colorado and his bride, the former Mrs. Roberta Wood Elliott, after their wedding in Washington. MAKE MOTION T0 QUASH IN ( MURDER GASE | Millionaire and Former, Secretary Start Action, ! Bowles's Murder PORTLAND, Ore, Jan. 10.—A motion to quash both the joint and separate indictments charging Nelson G. Bowles, Portland mil- |lionaire, and Irma M. Loucks, his Il In Berlin — PRICE TEN CENTS PILOT ECKMANN SCOUTS OVER 2 ALASKA ISLANDS Three Hour Fli Around Annette and Duke for Trace FATE OF MISSING TRIO STILL UNDETERMINED Airman Goes to Ketchikan —Will Fly Again Today, Makes KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Jan 10. — Pilot Anscel Eckmann landed here late yesterday afternoon after a three-hour flight around Annette and Duke islands without sight- ing any wreckage of Rena- han’s plane. Eckmann plans to resume the search today, weather permitting. | What was reported to have ibeen a blanket, found on An- nette Island, turned out to be |a “crazy quilt.” This is not likely to have belonged to the Renahan plane. The cutter Cygan is aiding /in the present search for' Pi- |lot Renahan and his two com- panions, Sam Clerf and Frank Hatcher, missing since Octo- ber 28. TRADE WIND IS OFF T0 AZORES Mrs. Hart and Lieut. Mac- Laren Start on Second Leg, Ocean Flight | ‘wmmub regaining consciousness. |ped a four-inch pipe, twenty-four former secretary with first degree feet long. The pipe reached both to the inside and outside edges of the slide, giving the men fresh air which is pumped through. It is not believed the entombed men are hurt unless they are bruised by the rocks and dirt. CONFIRM SMITH S U.S. MARSHAL ‘Senate Acts on Alaska‘s.ml May Close Harbor Nomination — Post- | Made Famous During War masters Proposed : murder in connection with the -death of Bowles's wife, failed yes- terday in the Circuit Court. ‘The motion will be argued next week. Bowles and Miss Loucks were brought into court to plead to in- dictments but instead of entering pleas, their attorney filed a mo- tion to quash. While in court, Bowles and Miss Loucks were arraigned on a joint Associated Press Photo Mrs. Sinclair Lewis, wife of the American winner of the Nobel prize for literature, is recovering from ar appendicitis operation performed ir Berlin. | BRUSSELS, Jan. 10—The harbor | indictment charging statutory of- WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 10— of Zeebrugge, made famous during The Senate has confirmed the nom- the world war when the British ination of Lynn Smith to be Unit- launched their attack against the ed States Marshal of the Fourth German submarine bases, may be Division with his headquarters at definitely doomed. Fairbanks. Smith is the present Despite almost constant dredg- U. 8. Marshal. |ing, sand driven into the harbor | Alaska Postmasters by the Atlantic and North seas, en- Postmasters have been nominat- dangers navigation to such an ex- ed as follows for three cities in tent that the upkeep of the harbor Alaska: is difficult. | Fairbanks, Wilkie T. Pinkerton; Yearly 2,500,000 cubic yards of Hyder, Oren F. Hill; Sitka, Eliza- sand must be dredged-to avoid ob- beth DeArmond. struction and there apparently 1s 1l three are reappointments. no end to the expense. GRAIN TRADE SEES FAVORABLE SIGNS AFTER HECTIC YEAR OF LOW PRICES By JOHN P. BOUGHAN |livered next May a high of $1.14 | (A. P. Markets Editor) | per bushel was reached last August fenses but they did not enter pleas. JACK DEMPSEY PUTSWRESTLER OUT, VERY COLD Mauler Shows His Oldtime Stuff Before Ten Thousand Fans DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 10.—Jack Dempsey is still a fighting man Nearly 10,000 sport fans saw a PRINCESS LOUISE IS LAID TO REST WINDSOR, England, Jan. 10.— Princess Louise, who died last Sun- day, was today laid away in the Royal Tomb. Scottish Pipers and the Military Knights of Windsor accompanied the body King George, Queen Mary, Prince Wales, Duke and Duchess of York and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester had the little chapel virtually to themselves. - of M. D. Williams, District Engineer, United States Bureau of Public but in the following months the|fash of the old time mauler last HAMILTON, Bermuda, Jan. 10.- The monoplane Trade Wind hopped off for the Azores at 8:15 o'clock this morning (Pacific Coast Time) on the second lap of the pay load flight for the United States to Paris. Weather was favorable when Mrs. Beryl Hart and Lieut. Willlam MacLaren took the air. BALBO FLYING AGAIN SUNDAY Italian Squadron toResume Flicht Down Braz- ilian Coast NATAL, Brazil, Jan. 10—General Ttalo Balbe has postponed until Sunday continuation of the flight f the seaplane squadron down the PBrazilian coast. Gen. Balbo hopes to fly twelve seaplanes instead of eleven here. One that was forced d at sea is expected to arrive today in tow of a destroyer. The next stop of the squadron is at Bahia. From there the flight continues to Rio de Janeiro. saying Russia did not want and! CHICAGO, I, Jan. 10—A year would not seek war, that she of turmoil and depression in the wanted peace to work out her fu- grain #rade, with wheat touching ture. |the lowest figure in 28 years, ended | with the passing of 1930. Wheat In Politics 3 ‘The turmoil was over the market| “Monetary returns from wheat 5 NEwsPAPERs (activities of the National Grain | production represent little more Stabilization corporation, buying|than 6 per cent of the total farm ‘l!!flc}' sponsored by the Federzi|income. But wheat has been drag- Farm Board. Grain exchanges at|ged into politics, and so constant- | several places, notably Minneapolis, |ly presents a confusing picture to condemned the market activities of | the average citizen as to the whole price slipped below the dollar mark and fell to a low of 73 cents last November 15. December wheat was low at 69% cents. . Roads, is returning home from an extended trip to the States, and e A A SO will arrive next week on the Ala-| Bert Green, traveling man with meda. | headquarters in Juneau, is return- ing north aboard the Alameda. GERMAN POLITICS ARE ROCKED BY ADOPTION night as Dempsey was refereeing a wrestling match. Billy Edwards of Kansas City, was the victim, after striking Dempsey. Dempsey's shirt and underwear were torn by Edwards during the bout. As Edwards won, after a tap on the back denoted a victory, he swung at Dempsey The mauler was immediately NEW YORK CITY, N. Y., Jan.} Lauds Russian Literature 10—Closing quotation of the Alas-; He said Russian literature after ka Juneau mine stock today is 9%.Ithe revolution is showing consider- American Can 113%, Anaconda|able promise. Copper 32, Bethlehem Steel 52%,| “Russian modern literature,’ he General Motors 37, Granby Con-!said, “is distinguished from Euro- solidated 15%, International Har- pean and American because it is vester 51%, Kennecott Corporation positive instead of negative—tries 237%, Montgomery-Wa:1 18%, Na-{to construct instead of to destroy. tional. Acme 8%, Packard Motors| "It is a literature of work, of the 915, Simmons Beds 16%, Standard unification of Russia, of her awak- Brands 18%, Standard Oil of Cali- ening literary consciousness, now fornia 44, Standard Oil of New ! that Russia’s 57 languages are fus- Jersey 50%, U. S. Steel 143%, Cur- ing and illiteracy is waning. tiss-Wright 4%, Hudson Bay 4%.‘ “Russian drama, however, is Pacific Gas and Electric 47%, worse than before the revolution. Pennsylvania Railroad 61, General Only good comedies are being pro- Flectric 45%, Westinghouse Electric | duced.” and Mechanical 90%. Gorky replied negatively to the ARE SUSPENDED President of Cuba Takes Action Following Re- cent Disorders HAVANA, Cuba, Jan. 10. — Five | newspapers have been suspended by President Machado, the decree charging exaggerated and distorted accounts of the recent disorders. Three newspapers havk been al- lowed to continue. The Havana American is the only ,English newspaper suspended. on the grounds it criticised the President and recommended his resignation. the government financed bodies. Twice the grain corporation enter- ed the market here to buy large quantities of wheat and halt the skidding price. Progress Indicated President John A. Bunnell of the Chicago Board of Trade, However. ,says steady progress in emerging |from economic depression during the year 1931 is indicated. “The outlook for agriculture is |complex problem,” he sald. “Grain farmers have experienced one of the entire grain industry. Prices |of wheat during 1930 are indicative of the uncertainty which has pre- vailed. On contracts for wheat de- agricultural situation. “Government figures show that | while wheat and cotton prices have ‘rnllen to about 60 per cent of the average price of 1928, the average price of all farm produce is 80 per cent .o( the 1928 levels. Farm Income “Outside of wheat and cotton, |both of which have been over- | produced throughout the world, |farm income is about 84 per cent :ot its 1928 figure. | “This showing is encouraging !the most trying years, and so has|when it is realized that the average |started in the Holy Land. Mass "holeu]e prices of other primary |goods such as non-ferrous metals, have fallen to 76 per cent of 1528, |according to the officlal figures.” after him. Dempsey jerked Edward to him when he refused to loosen a head- lock. Jack led with his left then liff ed Edward from the floor with a right to the chin. Edwards rolled to cold. By LOUIS P. LOCHNER BERLIN, Jan. 10.—German poli- s during 1930 was dominated by he reparations question. The year began with The Hague conference from which -emerged the adoption of the Young plan, and ended with the promulgation of Chancellor Heinrich Bruening's P ram of economic and financial the canvas, — e, HOLY, LAND AIDS JOBLESS JERUSALEM, Jan. 10—A home products” campaign has b buy Bruening program is regard- observers as a forerun- request for a morator- Meetings, lectures and space Inewspapers are being devoted to the per o a drive which is aimed to incriase jum. employment. Neither ' the revolution of 1913 OF THE YOUNG PLAN jnor the collapse of the German | mark in 1923 stirred Germany more {deeply than did the events fol- | lowing the acceptance of the Young Iplan by the German delegation. One section of the German peo- le was satisfied, feeling that at a dofinite settlement of the reparations proble m had been agreed upon. Money Question Arises | This was offset, however by the disappointment of another section jover the fact that for 57 years to come future generations are to be (Continued on Page Eight)