The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 12, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVIL, NO. 5614. JUNEAU, ALASKA MONDAY JANUARY 12, 1931, MLMBER OF ASSO(IATFD PRI;SS PRICE TEN CENTS BIT OF WOOD OF PLANE OF PILOT RENAHAN IS FOUND PILOT WASSON, WITH MARTEN, HERE TONIGHT Heroic Flier with Rescued Man, Given Great Ova- tion in Skagway EAGLES ENTERTAIN CANADIAN AIRMAN Visitor Accorded Honors by City Only Due to Great Celebrity (Special to The Empire) SKAGWAY, Alaska Jan. 12— With feelings of sincere gratitude and admiration, the citizens of Skagway last evening accorded the Canadian air pilot, Everett L. Was- son, the greatest ovation it possible to confer upon any visiting celebrity since the occasion of the visit of Warren G. Harding's in| 1923. The reception was sponsored by Aerie No. 25, Fraternal Order of Eagles, and much commendation is due the members for the -suc- cess of a delightful evening’s en- tertainment. The young unassuming pioneer pilot of the Canadian Airways de- livered a few remarks but all too modest in describing how he and his companion, Joe Walsh, at great | personal risk, finally discovered in the frozen wastes of the Liard River district the two surviving members of Capt. E. J. A. Burke's ill-fated flight in the Yukon Ter- ritory. Bob Marten, one of the rescued party, was in attendance at the reception and very fittingly de- scribed Pilot Wasson as a Canad- ian hero, saving both him and his comrade Emil Kading from cer- tain death through starvation and exposure. Wasson and Marten are aboard the Princess North enroute to Van- couver and due in Juneau late this afternoon or early evening. e ———— CANADIANS ARE UP IN ARMS IN FARMDISTRICTS Charter of Eerty Makes Demands—Threats Qut- lined in Program WILKIE, Saskatchewan, Jan. 12. —Farmers of Northwest Saskatche- wan have sent a “Charter of Lib- erty” to Premiers MacDonald and Bennett and asked the Govern- ment to aid farmers. The farmers have threatened an organization for a political con-‘ quest in Saskatchewan along with other Provinces to form a coopera- tive commonwealth within the Brit- ish Empire. The charter demands a temporary basis for wheat prices to cover the production cost and is retroactive to August, 1930. The charter also demands aboli- tion of all grain exchanges and speculation in products and crop insurance. Eats Heavy Dinner; Engages in Boxing; Dies from Exercise PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 12.—David Smith died as the effects of a friendly boxing match with Wayne ODell at a party at which both were guests. They had eaten aj heavy dinner just before boxing. — evo—— Plan to Make Tropical Isles In Far North KHABAROVAK, Siberia, Jan. 12 —A plan to make the northern Japanese Islands and those off the coast of Russia and Siberia semi- tropical, has been submitted to the Soviet Government by the Japan- ese. A dam is proposed to be con- structed between Saghalien and the | continent which will turn the cold, Arctic stream eastward at the nar- rowest point in the strait. The dam will be about four miles long, and the water is shallow. Japan suggested the countries split the cost. The district is sparse- 1y settled, Sets Alrport Solo Record TARIFF BOARD MEMBERS ARE BEING FOUGHT Hoover and Senate Will Probably Clash on Nom- inations of Six | TEST FIGHT IS NOW five and one-half hours of in- struction in flying. Her re- markable feat has enabled her to obtain a private pilot’s license. Juliet Marston, 20-year-old sci- ence student, of Montclair, N. J., with her instructor, Lowell White, after she had set a rec- ord at the Caldwell Airport, by flying her own plane after only AUTO INDUSTRY NATHAN STRAUS, | SLATED TO BE MADE ‘ et Charges Are Made Against | Appointees of Federal Organization WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan, 12.— A battle between President Hoover oand the Senate is imminent over the confirmation of six Tariff Com- missioners. Edgar Brossard of Utah, a Re- publican, and Alfred Dennis ‘of Maryland, a Democrat, are facing the hardest tests likely. Chairman Henry Fletcher of Pennsylvania, will also be under | fire. “ It is said there is practically no | opposition to John Coulter, Re- publican of North Dakota; Thom- {as Page, Democrat of Virginia, or| i Lincoln | diana, | Senator Harrison of Mississippl, will fight Brossard. It is alleged | Brossard favored the western beet | sugar industry while economist for | & previous commission. Senator Smoot of Utah, predicted all six commissioners will be con- firmed. Tho fight against Dennls revoly- Dixon, Democrat of In- RECALLS 70,000 PHILANTHROPIST, . s s e e T0 WORK PLANTS Ford Leads in Re-employ-| ment with Buick and Cadillac Following DETROIT, Mich, Jan. 12.— Seventy thousand men have been recalled to work in the automobile industry. Most of the reemployment is in the Ford plant which has been idle since December 18, with the exception cf 6,500 re- employed cn part time last week. 2 Thirty -two thousand Ford employees have been recalled in other sections of the coun- try. The Buick company will re- call a total of 13,000. Cadil- lac has a normal force of 6,- 000 and Chevrolet now totals 32,000 men at work on a 32- hour week, two shifts. 11 SEAPLANES RESUME TRIP . , Ranad STRACS | | DIES, N. Y. CITY Leader of American fewry, | Savior of Babies, Pass- es Away in Sleep Toalian Binadvon o0 gkt Down Coast Toward Rio de Janeiro NEW YORK CITY, N. Y, Jan. 12.—Nathan Straus, philanthropist |and leader of American Jewry, died in his sleep as a result of heart BAHIA, Brazil, Jan. 12. — The | failure and high blood pressure in Italian squadron of seaplanes ar- his apartment on Sunday. Had he rived here Sunday and the fliers'lived to January 31, he would have are being entertained by the cny been 83 years of age. Death ended officials. | coma in which he sank 24 hours Thousands cheered as the sea- before the end. He had been ill for planes came to anchor in the bay. two weeks, but few knew of his The squadron of 11 seaplanes!condition, will leave tomorrow for Rio de| w o Janeiro ending the 7,000-mile flight. | Ro o emer By Early in youth, Natha traus jmade up his mind that as soon ONE SEAPLANE SINKS ihe was able he would do all RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Jan. could to help “the other fellow.” 12—A dispatch from Natal saild an| He was prompted to make that Italian seaplane sank off the coast resolution because lack of money attempting to takeoff to join theimany times prevented him from main body of the Transatlantic|satisfying his own hunger and to squadron. The seaplane was one of him hunger became the typification two forced down enroute over the' of all suffering. Atlantic from Africa. Another sea-, Tn later life he was enabled to plane is being towed to Natal bY|carry out the determination of his' a submarine. boyhood, it being said that he spent » more than $2,500,000 in philanthro- D0-X REPAIRED; Tn FLY ATLANTIG'M at his own expense many years. |His 1aboratories, distributing the LISBON, Portugal, Jan. 12— milk at one cent a bottle, were Frederich Christiason, commander credited with having saved the of the German flying boat DO-X,|jjyes of thousands of babies in the now repaired after a fire here last|metropolitan district. month, said he would fly to South Many Philanthropics America on January 20, then flyl other philanthropies included the to the United States. Dr. Claude!qistribution of coal during the panic Dornier, designer, is to make the trip. he est recognition to Mr. Straus was \the distribution to the children of New York of pasteurized milk, a; (Gontinued on Page Two) pies, mostly in relieving the poor.’ The work which brought great- system he originated and maintain- ! nt, signed by Dennis, who said Lanfl would benefit agriculture. Dennis repudiated this, saying the | statement was changed before |lease #nd that he would not | things he did not believe. 20 MEN BURIED IN EARTH SLIDE RESCUED UNHURT Entombed Underground for! Twenty-four Hours— Found Safe, Alive | OAKLAND, Cal, Jan. iZ.—Twen ty men, buried 800 feet under- ground in the Hetech Hetchy, muni- |cipal water system tunnel, for 24, hours, were rescued unhurt at 4 ,o'clock last Saturday afternoon. Welby Morgan characterized his| | | feat of throwing a pipe for air| |under the debris as a “kid trick” He said he probably would not 'have had the nerve to run under the falling debris with the heavy pipe had he been more experienced. When Morgan saw the slide com- ling, he threw a 20-foot inch pipe |under it and the ends stuck oul (from both sides of the slide. Thmugh this pipe air was pumped to the 20 men entombed, and they | were kept supplied with it until rescued. \ e 5-DAY WEEK IS PROPOSED President of—A.r—nerican Fed-| eration of Labor‘Makes New Suggestion | WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 12.- An immediate establishment of a five day week and reduction n’\ hours to a ppint corresponding with | the “increased power of production” ,was urged in a radio speech Satur- ,day night by Willlam Green, Pres-| ident of the American Federation of Labor. week and working hours should ap- ply to the Government as well as i private workers and this would take | ;up practically all the slack of pres- ent day unemployment, i e Workingman’s Army Organized in Oklahoma DUNCAN, Oklahoma, Five hundred unemployed have o ganized a “Workingmen's Army" and demanded “equitable distri- ]buuon of wealth produced.” President Green said the short| Jan. 12— DOWN, PRESIDENT' FIRM IN STAND‘ b Declines to Resubmn Names of Three Pow- er Commissioners NOMINATIONS HAVE BEEN LEGALLY MADE Short Statement Is Made to Senators — Further Action Indicated WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 12— President Hoover has refused to resubmit the nominations of three members of the new Federal Power Commission as requested in a resolution by the Senate. The § nominations are those of Chair- man George Otis Smith of Maine, and Commissioners Claud L. Drap- er of Wyoming, and Marcel Gar- saud of Louisiana. The Presidential statement, which occupied one sheet of paper, con- taining 800 words, said in part: Constitutionally Made “I am advised that the appoint- ments have been constitutionally made, with the Senate’s consent, and return for reconsideration by the Senate is ineffective to disturb the appointees in office. I cannot admit of the power of the Senate to encroach upon the Executive's functions under the guise of re- consideration of the nominations. I regret that I must refuse.” To Oppose Salaries Senator Wheeler of Montana said he would oppose the appropriations for salaries of the three men in an attempt to force the President to allow the Senate to reconsider the nomihations. sponsored the recall, immediately | Pacific Coast Time, for the moved the names be placed on food products. the Senate's calendar for consirl-; The plane is piloted by eration and this was passed by | MacLaren, pictured above, the Senate. Senator Walsh s’lld‘ The Trade Wind hopped from Mrs. aid he did not intend to ask for took 'off on the a move of formal rejection of the — ~ = nominations. | No Right to Dictate The President insisted the Senate {had no right to dictate appointu ments to the commission. Senator Walsh of Montana, con- | tended the commissioners had dis-| \m!ssed Solicitor Charles A. Rus-| |sel] and Chief Accountant William V King, “for doing their duty” and! |this called for action on renomma-l tions. The Senate’s action is belleved\ !to be the first of its kind in his- tory where the Senate has voted to reconsider nomination of omcers‘ who have already been sworn into | office. | DEMOCRATGETS EVENINHOUSE FOR “GAG RULE". Shows What Can Be Done, |G Single Handed, in Emergency WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 12.— i An Arkansas Democrat, Representa- | SMITH NOT WORRIED tive T. B. Parks, repaid the Re- WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 12— |publican leaders of the House last {Chairman Smith said he was not|Saturday for applying the ‘“gag worried by the threat of Senator|ryle» Wheeler of Montana, to refuse| Representative Garner asked for {funds for the power commission. 3o minutes on Monday to discuss He said funds to meet all expenses,|the appropriation for food for the yincluding salaries, have been ap- hungry but the time was denied | propriated. Subsequently, Representative g Parks interrupted the proceeding: seven times with remarks about “five million people who are hun- gry.” He demanded a roll call to prove a quorum was present and in all, at least 45 minutes were lost. L S EXTRA SESSION IS DEMAND OF SENATORBLACK Alabamian Wants Definite Action Taken on Mus- cle Shoals Pro]ect WASHINGTON, D. C Senator Hugo Black of bama has demanded an extra on of Congress unless the Muscle Shoals legislation is enacted this se: n. Senator Black said the South 1 more interested in the operat MAY ASK FOR TEN MILLION | WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 12.— |Chairman Payne of ‘the American {Red Cross, has recommended nam- ing an appeal for $10,000,000 for Idrought sufferers. This was made |known following a conference last ‘smurday with President Hoover. | Chairman Payne said demands ‘have increased rapidly in the last 10 days. Twenty-one states are ceeking aid, he said. ({Baby Girl, Held in iLieu of Board Money, Is Given to Mother Jan. 12.— Al TWLSA. Oklahoma, Jan. 12.— A baby girl, held in lieu of a $46 board bill, has been restored to her mother in the City Court. Mrs. Marie Noel, aged 25, sald Mrs. Flora Hinze refused te give the ehild up. Mrs. Hinze said she held the baby for security. | The mother said she had been witHout employment for severa! woeks and could not pay at present. The Judge gave the baby to the mother, ture of" fertiliger, and he urged 1 plants t> Par $1 a year. Senator Norris, author to provide for Government tion of Muscle Shoals, expr concern at the ‘delay by the H conferees asking another confere to ratify the compromise agree- ment reached earlier last week. than for power se of the nitrate of the bil oDera- SENA]'E TURNE[] FLIERS ARE MISSING ON ATLANTIC FLIGHT Ocean According to an Associated Press dispatch received by The Em- pire, ne word has been recelved from,the plane Trade Wind which i Senztor Walsh, of Montana, who hopmd off from Hamilion, Bermuda, last Saturd, Azores Beryl and thei he knew it was a futile vote and|, geeq oil pipe was repaired, then at the fix :cond leg of the e flight for Hort | suit does mot join NEW EVIDENCE OF FATE OF 3 MEN LOCATED Remnant of Blue Painted Fabric on Piece of Wood Picked Up DlSCOVERY LEADS TO | BELIEF PLANE CRASHED Eckmann Says Portion Was | Part of Right Fuselage ' Housing Pit 1 KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Jan. 12.—A bit of wood carrying remnant of blue painted | fabric and attached to a tie rod from the seaplane in which Pilot Robin Renahan, {Sam Clerf and Frank Hatcher ‘disappez\red October 28, has | been found by Clarence My- lers and Bob Miller on the |shore of a northeast island of the Percy group. The search- (ers were sent by the Ketchi- | kan Chronicle, |~ Pilot Anscel Eckmann and | Mechanic Frank Wadham said the discovery proved the ma- chine crashed within a few minutes of flight from Ket- chikan. | The wood found ta. pered from a width of one foot in- dicating it had been broken. Egkmann said the wood was fusTage a AZORES tock, p(ut of the right nds of housing the pit. | Searchers will hunt in the vicinity of where the bit of (wood was found in an at- tempt to locate the bodies of thc missing three airmen. y morning at 8 h a pay load of 200 Hart and Lieut. William 8. prope oute. New York City to Hamilton where signs of favorable weather, Azor ONE TIME GOLD RUSHER IS NOW GOVERNOR, OHIO George White Is Inaugural- ed—Made Strike Dur- CHARGED WITH L KnsE50r | MANSLAUBHTER tall, gangling one-time Klondike Arres[ Fol]ows Dealh of gold rusher, George White, hecame Al P e Three After Drinking Governor of Ohio today. ‘ After graduating from Princeton,| Wine at Reunion where he studied political science under Woodrow Wilson, White| taught school for three years and then ventured into the Klondike in 1898. He made a strike and a few years, later returned and went to Pennsylvania where he became an oil producer and is still active in the oil industry. White is also one of Marietta’s leading bankers. ‘White entered politics in 1905 and was elected to the Legislature. He served three terms in. Congre and was the National Democrati Chairman in 1920. He handled the Cox campaign. White was eclected Governor by one of the largest maj given a Democratic gubernatorial 7O QU posT Dismissal Asked in Case to Stop Work on i Boulder Dam Project J, Jan. 12— Hibben has anuounced sation as President of WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan., 12— i aldivimgn (. the academic year in 1932. He suc- Six defendant States named by Arizona In an attempt to stop €~ ..q04 Wwoodrow Wilson in 1912. ection of the Boulder Dam have h o filed a motion to dismiss the case in the Supreme Court California, Nevada, Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming contended the Supreme Court up- held the jurisdiction that Arizona’s| the United indispen: and does n to constitute REPORT OF PONTOON A report reached Juneau last nlfzht that a pontoon of Renahan’s | plane had also been sighted by a resident of an island in the vicin- | ity of Ketchikan, but owing to irough water prevailing at the time, it was Impossible to secure it. S eee PETALUMA, Cal, Jan. 12—Wil- liam F. Peters, brother of Fred Peters, whose wife dnd wife’'s par- ents died as the result of drink- ing wine, has been arrested and charged with manslaughter. Bert Herbert has also been ar- rested charged with stealing liguor from the home of Lee Wilson who is also charged with possession of liquor. Three members of the Peters amily died after a family reunion at which wine was served. Fred recovered. e PRINCETON, Dr. John G his e Pri American Flag Is Burned by Fanatics In Philippines Ytah, New MANILA, Jan. 12. — Relig- *| icus fanatics raiding the Luzon vMage of Tayug on Sunday, captured the city hall and burn- ed the American flag. The Manila Tribune reports three ecivilians and an unde- termined number of fanatics were killed. The Tribune's report says the uprising was spurred on by Red propaganda, States which is an party to the suit state facts sufficient an action.” Ai.zona attacked on the grounds that er ratified the action - - The United States g vey has completed a 10-y mapping the Hawail the I Ar: