The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 27, 1931, Page 1

=3 it e - THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL XXXVII.. NO. 5627. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1931. MEMBER OF ASSOCIAThD PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS COMPLICATIONS ARISE BY FIRING ON RUM SCHOONER REVISION NOW; Germany, POSITIONTAKEN BY MACKINTOSH | | J By OSCAR LEIDING \ ing With (A. P. Aviation Editor) WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.—Sport- aviation played havoc with wcr]d records in 1930, wiping nearly | half its old marks from the books. | Leads F rance, U. S. in World Rank 45 Aviation Records Member of Enforcement ' | Of 136 official official records on | Commission Makes | of 136 official official records on| Attitude Known | Acoriataly: Tt his: voh T i | Aeronautic Internationale and tho| WOULD GIVE STATES |National Aeronautic association, 63 | -were set during 1930. RIGHT TO REGULATE, } Senatorial Investigation Is Postponed — More Trouble Arises SEATTLE, Jan. 27.—Judge Ken-' neth R. Mackintosh, former Chief Justice of the Washington State Supreme Court and member of the Wickersham Law Enforcement Com- mission, has returned home here. He said he favored immediate steps for revision of the Eighteenth Amendment giving States their own choice to regulate or prohibit. Judge Mackintosh denied he had changed his attitude since submit- ting his persongl report to Presi- dent Hoover, though the report did not urge immediate revision. He said he signed the report urging more appropriations for enforce- ment because he said chaos would result ment was repealed with nothing to take its place. SPARED SENATE QUIZ WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 27— For a time, the Wickersham Law Enforcement C om m issioners are! questioning | Caproni made five records, all in Prohibition 'one day, spared a Senatorial over the way the if the Eighteenth Amend-| French aviators, accounting tor 20, were able to push the United States from second place in the | 'race of nations for the greatest number of records. ] Of the total recognized marks, | Germany leads with 45; France |has 36; American aviators hold {33; Italy has 10; Czechoslovakia, 4 Spain and Great Britain, 3 each and Switzerland and Austria, one each. France Leads for Year While France led the field withi 1930 achievements, Germany set 16 new records, the United States 14, Italy 9, Czechoslovakia 4 and Spain 3. Great Britain did not ac- count for a single record flight. A pair of French aviators, Lieut. de Vaisseau Paris and M. Hebert were the greatest individual per- formers in number of records, set- ting eight seaplane marks, two in one day, five a day later, and an- other in less than a month. For Germany, Wilhelm Zimmer- man set five records alone, and an- other with a companion, while Al- fred Grundke set three marks and lan additional three with Gottlieb Pfeiffer as his companion. Five In One Day In Italy, Cav. Domenico Antonini in a six-motored air- recommendations were drawn but|plane. dissatisfaction within the enforce- ment group again nppenred. The Commissioners. feel that is- suancc with the report of a separs!- ate printed leaflet containing “con- clusions and recommendation” is misleading. The Commissioners are represented as feeling they gave disproportionate emphasis to the driest portion. Many members had | widely differing views with the| larger number favoring an immed- iate change. % The apparent conflict between the conclusions, leaflet and other sections of the report led to the proposal for a Senate inquiry, The Howell bill providing for drastic enforcement in Washing- ton, D. C, has been sidetracked in favor of the War Department's appropriation bill. The Howell bill was discussed yesterday and many Senators were shown to be opposed to the clause giving the police greater search and seizure privileges. WHEAT VOTED T0 SUFFERERS Senate Pass:s—Bill to Give Aid to Farmers in Drought Region WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 27.— A bill authorizing distributions to drought stricken and unemployed of 25,000,000 bushels of wheat held by the Farm Board has passed the Senate without opposition. The Senators contended this amounts to a direct appropriation of $15,- €00,000. ————e——— CAPT. LUNDBORG INJURED, CRASH STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Jan. 27. —Capt. Winar Lundborg, Swedish aviator who rescued Gen. Nobile when the airship Italia was wreck- ed in the Arctic, was seriously in- jured when his plane crashed from a height of 140 feet during a prac- tice flight today. Alaska River to Be Surveyed; Bill Passes ‘WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 27.— ‘The Senate has passed the House bill providing for a survey of Sal- mon River, in Alaska, for fleed control. — e MARY YOUNG IN HOSPITAL Mary Young, former proprietor of the Arcade Cafe, entered St. Ann’s Hospital yesterday. She suc- eesflmlyundenmtlmmulop-ulwuvebodyhmm-w! eration this morning. For the United States, Boris Ser- credited with four seaplane records glevsky, a naturalized Russlan, was | e Thne American fliers set el‘ht world aviation reenl'lll in 1930. Four seaplane marks were made by Boris Sergievsky (upper left), three Apcllo Soucek (below) climbed to a height of 43,166 feet. ( and Leland F. Schoenhair with |three airplane speed records. marks in Germany. America’s outstanding contribu-| On the same day, a year before, tion, however, was Lieut. Apollo Soucek reached the highest alti~ Soucek'’s flight to the highest point |tude to which any seaplane had ever reached by man, 43,166 feet. been flown officially. On the same day he set the major |record, June 4, Zimmerman was setting two light seaplane altitude (Omumled on Page Five) GANDHI TO BE RELEASED FROM INDIAN PRISON Action Follows Promise of Premier MacDonald— Troops Aré Ready POONA, India, Jan. 27.—Mahai- ma Gandhi, Indian Nationalist lead- er, today awaited his release from prison. He told the authorities he would go immediately to Bombay. Gandhi refused to talk but wrote a note saying he intended to go to Bombay. Police and troops are ready te prevent a demonstration when the prison gates are open for the dis- obedience leader. Thousands of ad- mirers of Gandhi have gathered about the prison awaiting his re- lease. Gandhi'’s release was ordered by Viceroy Lord Irwin as the after- math of Premier MacDonlad’s promise the Dominion Government would free him. The promise was made at the All-India Congress in Gandhi had said he would not leave prison until the Gevernment promised to release all other 50,000. IS RELEASED BOMBAY, Jan. 27. — Mahatma Gandhi has been released from the Poona Prison and arrived here where he was greeted by tens of thousands of his frenzied follow- | ers. Gandhi declared he would be back in rrison within two months as he would “not be happy enter- ing \the whirlpool of life again in the strife of the outside world where: there is suffering. I cannot #njoy individaal liberty while tens of thouserds of my brothers and sisters remain in jail.” | Gandhi indicated that if all political prisoners were not freed, after the peace conversation with the British, he would do something to cause his arrest again. American Samoa to Get New Government - WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 27— The Senate has passed a bill pro- viding for a new government of American Samoa and extending Amerian - citizenship to the BSa- moans. A government of one house ated. London. “ political prisoners, numbering about i Former Kaiser Celebrates 72nd Birthday DOORN, Holland, Jan. 27.— The former Kaiser Wilhelm celebrated his seventy-second birthday today. He received many messages of congratula- ticns from friends in Germany, United States and other coun- tries. He continued his wood chopping and gardening. 2 B AT Tl EXPLANATI‘UN 'B. M. BEHRENDS * GOESTOSTATES |Mrs. Behreni May Join Her Husband in Se- B. M. Behrends, President of the B. M. Behrends Bank and of the B. M. Behrends Mercantile Com- | pany, leaves tonight on the steam- ship Princess Norah on a business |trip to the States. He will be He will visit Seattle, San Francisco, Is NuT GIVEN Chicago and New York. While away, he will discuss financial 1 e matters with the correspondents in Note Leh by Former Govy- those cities of the Behrends Bank and will do his customary annual ernor of New Jersey |buying for the Behrends store. Gives No Reasons speed records were set by Lee Schoenhair (upper right), and Lieut.! | Missing from the record lst of) ON BUSINESS ate Lo =) AVAL FORMS gone about a month and a half.| SLIDE ALTERS NIAGARA FALLS BANK FAILURES SPURCONGRESS O HUNT CURES {Important Legislation Ex-| | pected to Be Enacted, Present Session WASHINGTON, Jan. 26—Spur- ;red by bank failures in recent |¢ | months, members of congress ex pect to lay the groundwork at this | session for the most important | banking legislation since the Fed- | eral Reserve act. | The eclash between the unit bank‘ 1proponents and the group of chain | |bank advocates promises to precip- itate a battle in the new Congres.» Chain Banking The Hou-e Banking and Currency Committee, which has been making an exhaustive study of group, chain and branch banking, hopes to complete the gathering of informa- tion at this session and may make | recommendations for the new Con- | gress, Representative Louis T. Mc- | Fadden of Pennsylvania heads this committee. | A sub-committee of the Senate; Committee on Banking and Cur-, rency is conducting an inquiry un-| der a resolution which provides |for a complete survey of the Na-|' -"”" = ““' {s Luna lsland, Upper view shows American | CLAIM CRAFT WAS OUTSIDE TREATY LIMIT i | International Aspects Add- ed to Seizure, Kill- ing of Captain : w CREW OF RUM BOAT Associated Press Photo side of Niagara Falls after heavy \tional and Federal Reserve Banking | ‘Syst,ems, and recommendations for legislation as soon as practicable. |Senator Carter Glass of Virginia | {is chairman of this committee. Conflicting Bills ! Four more or less conflicting bills already are pending in the: House. A bill introduced by Repre- | |sentative Beedy, Republican of Maine, would authorize national banks to establish or acquire branches within the limits of the respective federal reserve districts. A measure sponsored by Repre- sentative Strong, Republican, of #|Kansas, is designed to prohibit igroup or chain banking. When he retired from the faculty A Dbill introduced by Representa-jof Tufts College in December, 1927, | tive Goldsborough, Democrat, of|three months before his 82nd birth- | {Maryland, would restrict chain and|day anniversary, he had complets | branch banking. Representative Mc-|ed 60 years as an instructor an Fadden’s measure would authorize|professor at that institution. | the Comptroller of the Currency| That gave him a record of hav- | to examine each Federal Reserve|ing been in preparatory schools and {bank and every member bank and|institutions of higher learning all !affiliated corporation of such bank.|but the first four years of his life — o up to that time. Son of a Minister Born at Roxbury, Mass, March 10, 1846, Professor Fay was the son of a minister, his father at the time being pastor of the Roxbury Universalist Church. When a boy of four years his mother died and he was placed in a private school . in N York. Obsfervel\sls. See thlleSChancel Sygdotln SITN I or Ministry to dur- vive Long BOSTON, Mn.ss., Jan. 27.—Prof. Charles E. Fay, aged 84 years, in- ternationally known as an Alpinist, |who spent more than three quar ters of a century in educational in- stitutions, 18 dead following an~ap- | pendicitis operation a week ago. ‘|and between the ages of 11 and 16 years, he attended high schools at | Concord, N. H., Middletown, Conn., PARIS, Jan. 27. — Pierre Lavallang providence, R. I. After being has announced he has assembled|graquated from the Providence high a4 new Cabinet which leans moreic.n,s he became a teacher in a Mrs. Behrends will not leave with | L0 “"J}‘Em than the last Tardieu | giserict gohool at Nashua, N. H, | Ministry because of defections of 'PROF. CHARLES E. FAY DIES FOLLOWING AN APPENDIX OPERATION “‘»"1 HELD ON HEAVY BAIL -Defense A!torneys Protest to Action of Coast Guard Cutter NEW YORK, Jan. 27.—A dispute as to the exact posi- tion of the Canadian rum schooner Josephine K, whose Captain, William Cluett, was fatally wounded by a shot from a Coast Guard cutter, today added to international complications as the ecrew was arraigned. United States Attorneys left huge V in brink of famous cataract. Lower plcture, nefm‘deman i i Both views are toward Prospect Point on the American side.! e & Bigh buil ot I |ground the vessel was with- -|in the 12-mile limit. ; Defense attorneys argued |the vessel was well outside i the treaty limit. | Twenty - one prisoners are held in bail ranging from |$500 to $7,500 on a charge |of conspiracy to smuggle li- @ quor into the United States. 10¢1aTR0 PrESS PROFACHARLES.E’ -FAY broke Academy in New Hampshire, and later master of a gxammar‘ | school at Bristol, R. I. In Tuft's Faculty Persuaded by Professor Joshua |Kendall of the Rhode Island State! Normal School to continue his| studies, Prof. Fay matriculated at (Continued on Page Six) Radicals. Observers believe chances for survival are slight. The new Cabinet includes Briand as Minister of Foreign Affairs and THGUSANDS A R E Tardieu as Minister of Agricul- | BEING FED, ONE L ’ ALASKAN SNOW COVER i ARK, LOCALITY Aid Ts Given to 21,000 Residents — Disease Rapidly Spreading the The following amounts of snow, in inches, were on the ground at various Alaskan stations Monday, January 26: Barrow 8, Bethel 6, Eagle 25, Fairbanks 13, Fort Yu- kon 15, Nome 7, Tanana 16, Cor- dova, Sitka, Ketchikan and Ju- neau none. Changes in amounts during the past week have been’ FROREST CITY, Arkansas. Jan. very slight. Ice on the Snake River{27__More than 21,000 persons in St. at Nome has thickened slightly to|praneis County, out of a population 20 inches and on Chena Slough at|of 33,500, are receiving ald. Fairbanks has remained stationary) ogsieials sald the figures in- s g clude practically the entire rural population. The dependents receive approximately one-third of the food they have been accustomed to. The average meal consists of bread, molasses and beans or rice. Disease, as the result of under- nouishment, is spreading rapidly, especlally among the negroes. The present mild weather is aid- ing in combatting sickness although |Society Woman Heads Expedition Into the Arctic SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. 27~Miss Louise A. Boyd, San Framcisco society woman, an- nounced plans for her third |Mr. Behrends. On his return from | the East to Seattle, she may join JERSEY CITY, N. J, Jan. 27.——ihlm there for a brief sojourn be- A note written by Edward I. Ed- fore coming home with him. wards, former United States Sen- |ator and former Governor of New ' Jersey, before he shot himself, gives GHARGE GANB no explanation as to the real cause of suicide. The note was discovered In a| WITH MURDER( room and was addressed to his! | daughter Elizabeth and his son| Edward, Junior. It directed atten-| DETROIT, Micr.,, Jan. 27. — A tion to his insurance papers and blanket indictment charging the business affairs. slaying of Jerry Buckley, political The funeral services will be held fadio announcer; to a gang, has! tomorrow. |been returned here. The gang Gov. Larson has ordered the members include Ted Pizzino, Jos- State House draped in mourning eph Bommarito, Angelo Liceecchi, and all flags on State buildings all in jail here and also Pete to be at half staff for thirty Licavoll, not yet apprehended. Two days. men and two women are indicted iunder the names of "Doea i Jobless Turn Fishermen, 'S MABEL SECREST Find 6,000 “Extra Jobs | AND SON ON VISIT ROCKLAND, Me, Jan. 21~80| HERE WITH SISTER long as there are fish in the ocean, | unemployment will not mean idle- | Mrs. Mabel mg wife of Cas- ness to those who live on the 'Maine sie Secrest, former Treadwell engi- coast. neer, and their son John, arrived Horatio D. Crie, director of here last [3aturday from their home Maine’s sea and shore fisheries, es- in Seattle for a visit with Mrs. Se- timated there are 6,000 new fisher- crest’s sister and husband, Mr. and men at work between Biddeford and Mrs. Ralph B. Martin. They will| Eastport. ‘remain for about 60 days. Fishing through holes in the ice/ Mrs. Secrest was seriously il on tidal rivers, they can catch from about a year ago but has almost two to 10 pounds .of smelt on a entirely regained her health. Mr. tide and sell their catch for an Secrest was in the Taku district| average price of 25 cents. when she was suddenly taken ill| and was reached there by a radio MOTHER AND BABY GO HOME broadcast from Seattle, which was/ plcked up by Mrs. Willlam Strong. ! Mrs. Miles Godkins left St. Ann’s| ———.ee - | Hospltal for her home in this city| Of the 11¢ counties in Missourt;| with her baby, bomJanuuyasdemnudmpopnnuonbetweenf “the census of 1920 and that of 1930 expedition into the Arctic. She ;r;::t);yo:l;:l;e;csldnm are m,um-‘ has chartered the Norwegian A oL ship Velekari and will sail from Aalesund, Norway, July 1 for . TP Northeast Greenland and Jan- POIIce md Bllldltl .m meyid Island. Gun Battle in Store Thé expedition is sponsored “by the National Geographic So- CHICAGO, 1ll, Jan. 27.—A gun batfle in a crowded department | store late yesterday afternoon re-| |sulted in the wounding of three policemen, a bandit and a customer | |running to shelter. Five other ban-| dits escaped with $19,000 of the| ;smre's receipts. ciety for the purpose of pho- tography, gathering specimens, seal and polar bear hunting. The same expedition was aban- doned two ycars ago when she searched for Amundsen and the Italia survivors. ASK GENERAL BUTLER FOR EXPLANATION Marine Commander Said Mussolini Was Ready for War Anytime WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 27— The Navy Department has asked Gen. Smedley Butler, of the Ma- rines, to explain the remarks said to have been made about Premier Mussolini in Philadelphia. Gen. Butler is quoted as say- Ing Mussolini is ready to jump into war anytime. Italian A mb assador DeMartino! protested when he heard the Gen- eral quoted Mussolini as saying, “what’s one life of a child in mei affairs of State,” after the Duce car struck and killed a child re- cently in Italy. KETCHIKAN FIVE BEATS PETERSBURG KETCHIKAN ,Alaska, Jan, 27— Ketchikan's basketball five last night defeated the School squad from Petersburg by a score of 38 to 10. The winners of the present series plan to go to Juneau for a |series of games for the champion- ship of Southeast Alaska. & el ‘The five islands of the Hawaiian group receive daily airplane service. { TWO ALLEGED BOMBERS NOW FACING TRIAL Seven Women and Five Men to Hear Evidence, Isle, Boyle Case SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. 27. —A jury of seven women and five men has been selected to try Hen- Ty Ilse, former Spokane fireman, and Thomas Beyle, San Francisco bookkeeper, charged with attempt- ing to bomb the Cowles Publishing | Company buildings in Spokane, last November. Tise and Boyle are charged with |sending a bomb to the Associated |Press office in the Spokane Chron- |icle Building. The bomb never ex- ploded. Boyle says he was hired by Ilse. | | Tise was previously acquitted on a similar attempt two years ago. | ——————— e T— | TODAY'S STOCK | QUOTATIONS ] . . | NEW YORK, Jan. 27. —Closing ‘quozatlon of Alaska Juneau mine |stock today is 8%, American Can 112%, Anaconda Copper 34, Beth- {lehem Steel 51'%, General Motors 38%, Granby Consolidated 17, In- ternational Harvester 52%, Kenhne~ cott Corporation 2414, National {Acme, no sale; Packard Motors 8%, Simmons Beds 16%, Standard Brands 18%, Standard Oil of Cali~ fornia 477%, Standard Oil of New Jersey 48, U. S. Steel 142%, Curtiss- Wright 4%, Hudson Bay 4%, Gen- era Electric 44%, Pacific Gas and Electric 46%, Pennsylvania Rail- road 63, Westinghouse Electric and Mechanical 86%. —————— | HOONAH MAN VISITS HERE | ©O. G. Nolde of Hoonah is visit- ing in Juneau for a few days. He is registered at the Alaskan Ho- tel. ‘Lighted Airway Routes { Will Cost Ten Million . Annually Says Lamont . WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 27.— Ten million dollars a year is the prospective bill for the country’s lighted airplane routes. The pres- ent expense is about $210,000 for |each 1,000 miles. The eventual total cost is com- 'puted by Secretary of Commerce ;Lamont who said $200 a mile is the lowest possible cost and this is based on the future estimate of 50,000 miles of lighted airways lwmun the next few years.