The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 28, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVIL, NO. 5628. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1931, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRES: S - VIOLENT ERUPTIONS REPORTED, WESTERN ALASKA PRICE TEN CENIS - WARNS AGAINST VETS CASH BONUS SCHEME WOULD UPSET ENTIRE WORLD SYSTEM Secretary Mellon Claims| Disaster Would Fol- | low Proposed Plan WASHINGTON, D. C,, Jan. 28— Secretary of Treasury Mellon to- | day warned the Senate Finance Committee that cash redemption of | soldiers’ bonus would upset me‘, nation’s financial structure and | “greatly disturb the world's equilib- rium. It would seriously retard‘ business recovery and prolong un- | employment.” Secretary Mellon said the cash payment would total $3,400,000,000. He said the indirect consequences would be more serious than the trouble and expense the Govern- ment would have in floating the bonds to make the payments which he said would have to be sold on terms to justify. | The Secretary listed indirect con- sequences as a lowered price for all United States bonds, destruc- tion of capital values running into hundreds of millions, death on the bond market for other securities, destruction of a foreign securities market and eventually deeper de- pression. | Secretary Mellon said it is a plan for unmitigated inflation which al- ways brings disastrous results. | INQUIRY BERINS OF FIRING UPON. CAN.AUMCRAFT Brother of Slain Captain’ Threatens Vengeance, Witness Says NEW YORK, Jan. 28—The Board of ' Inquiry investigating the firing upon the Canadian rum schooner Josephine K, seizure of her $300,000 cargo and subsequent arrest of the crew, was told by Bennett Walker, cook on the Coast Guard cutter, that Alfred Cluett, cook on the schooner and brother of Capt. William Cluett, killed by one of the shots fired, threatened ven- geance for the killing. Walker was the first Coast Guardsman to testify. He said so far as he could tell, there were no firearms aboard the Josephine K | | | | ‘Walker added his denial to the reports that Karl Schmidt, Com- mander of the cutter 145, which made the capture after the shoot- ing, had been drinking. | Tests of the speed of the Jose- phine K will be made in view of the request of the British Consul who asked if she could not have been captured without shooting START SOON FOR SOUTH AMERICA Associated Press Photo The Prince of Wales (left) and his brother, Prince George, who will be traveling companions on a Interest ot British commerce. Ma in the southern continent. trip through South America in the p shows the route they will follow SEARCH FOR RENAHAN, PLANE, 2 COMPANIONS, HAS BEEN ABANDONED Authorized to Sign The President’s Name Mrs. Leafie E. Dietz has just been suthorized to sign the name of “Herbert Hoover” to land patents. Mrs. Dietz holds the title of *‘Sec- retary to Sign Patents” and is employed by the General Land Office. ghe is the only person in che United States-allowed to sign she President’s name and succeeds Mrs. Viola B. Pugh, who recently. The Coast Guardsman witness said died. the schooner was making 14 knots while the cutter made only 12 knots. i MAY BE U. 8. OWNED | ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 2&—‘ The American Consulate at Yar- mouth, Nova Scotia, has cabled the State Department his suspicions that the Josephine K is American owned. The report is based on the Tumor the vessel is owned by the same United States ring that owned the Imalone, sunk in 1929 in the Gulf of Mexico, with loss of life. ————— NEW YORK.—Mrs, Norman O. ‘Whitehouse, who always rides side- saddle, has left with Mr. White- et TRIAL FLIGHT MADE BY DO-X Giant Plane Scheduled to Take Off Tomorrow for Brazil LISBON, Portugal, Jan. 28.—The DO-X made a trial fight today preparatory to a take off tomorrow | Pilot Anscel Eckmann, of the Al- | aska-Washington Airways, has de- |cided to abandon the search for |the plane in which Pilot Robin Renahan, | Hatcher disappeared last October. The decision was made after a conference with Canadian police authorities. The Canadian police | boat has left for Prince' Rupert has also quit he search and will resume regular patrol duties. Disappeared in October Pilot Renahan disappeared on October 28. He and his two com- panions were flying north to join the search for Capt. E. J. A. Burke and his two companions, then missing in the interior of Northern British Columbia. The search for Pilot Renahan has been extensive, Naval seaplanes flew north from San Diego and scouted the territory. Pilot Eck- | mann has made many special flights (and fishing craft have combed the beaches. Spare Wheels Found Two wheels, carried by Pilot Renahan, also small parts of the | plane, have been found, indicating | the plane crashed and probably ! the bodies of the men drifted out , to sea. | Pllot Renahan was a well known flier. Sam Clerf was well known |in the interior and Frank Hatcher was one of the best mechanics of the Alaska-Washington Airways. | e —— TODAY'S STOCK "| QUOTATIONS | . NEW YORK, Jan. 28—Closing ,quotation of Alaska Juneau mine |stock today is 8%, American Can 1109%, Anaconda Copper 32%, Beth- lehem Steel 49, General Motors |37%, Granby Consolidated 16%, In- ternational Harvester 51, Kennecott | Corporation 24%, Acme, no sale; Packard 9%, Simmons Beds 186, Standard Brands 18%, Standard house for the hunting at Melton for Rio de Janeiro. The trial m-[ou of California 47%, Standard Mowbray, Wales follows the hounds. 3 ‘Auto Magnate Has Life Insurance Of $12,000,000 NEW <O¥K, Jan. 28.—The New York American today says Walter P. Chrysler, automobile | magnate, has taken out a life J insurance policy totalling $12,- | 000,000, the largest amount ever issued to an individual. Pierre S. DuPRont, manufact- urer, headed the list previously with a life insurance of $7,- 900,000, | | where the Prince of day was considered a complete suc-|{QOjl of New Jersey 47%, cess following reconstruction of one wing of the giant plane which burn- ed several weeks ago. The DO-X carried 26 tons of fuel and is using American motors. The flight to Rio de Janeiro. | will -be via Maderia, Cape Verde, the Canaries and Natal with re- fuelling stops. S gt SAN ANTONIO ATLAHUACA, Mexico—A “witch” has promised the police to leave town. They res- cued her from irate Indian hus- | Curtiss- ‘Wflght 4%, General Electric 43%, Hudson Bay 4%, Pacific Gas and Electric 457%, Westinghouse Elec- trical and Mechanical 84, Pennsyl- vania Railroad 62%. ———.———— Princess Beatrice Suffering from Two Ailments in London | | LONDON, Jan. 28. Princess Beatrice, aged 74 years, aunt of |King George and mother of Queen KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Jan, 28— Sam Clerf and Frank and the Coast Guard cutter Cygan | SEWARD GIVEN: ENGLAND GAPES AT EORD PLANT - ON THE THAMES |Brain - Chil_d—c;f Concret;, | Glass and Steel Be- ing Constructed Bcfore a wide-eyed congregation o conservative British industry, Hen- | |Ty Ford’s engineers are rearing | here a brain-child of concrete, glass and stecl in a huge ‘automobile factory. In this 'structure, which takes advantage of every stray beam of English sunlight, workmen will have “no more privacy than gold- fish” as they assemble 1,000 auto- mobiles daily when the production peak is reached. | Bullt on what was formerly a| “spoll bank” on the Thames, the factory also serves to reclaim a' large section of waste land. | Takes All Advantages | Even as the Chicago packers are | (heralded “as using all the hog| |save the squeal, so will the ne\\" | | factory take advantage cf the sur- | roundings. | According to officials it is plan- | |ned to salvage considerable quanti- | | ties of the old waste, extracting by |a magnetic conveyor every sizable | particle of iron or steel scrap. | This would be used as part of the | {flux for the giant foundries, while the residue offal, dried, would be fed into fires which generate steam |for the manufacture electricify. Produce This ¥ear- -y The electrical equipage ‘of this Inew factory will have a capaciy Xequal to requirements of a city of 250,000. Production is forecast for the fall of this year. Driving approximately 13,500 piles 150, 60, 70 and even 80 feet into the ground, no two areas of the 500 marshy acres reclaimed present- | ed the same problem to engineers. | | In some cases bedrock in small| quantities was reached within 20} feet of the surface. In other places ;some of the longer piles were still floating after their tops had been shot below the ground. HARD SHAKING: BYEARTHQUAKE {Severe Movements Are! Registered in West and Also East SEWARU, Awsaa, san, 28.—The! | heaviest earthquake in more than' 15 years, struck Seward at 4:35 |oclock yesterday morning and last- ! ed for 25 seconds. The movement | was north and south. | A few walls were cracked but no great damage was done. | Anchorage also reports one of the heaviest shocks in the history of that town. | | MANY QUAKES RECORDED | 'SEATTLE, Jan. 28—Many quakes were recorded yesterday on seismo- | graphs in various parts of the: United States. At the University of Washington the heaviest one recorded was at, 1:04 pm. Pacific Coast time. At the Georgetown University, in Washington, D. C., a quake was/ registered at 4:20 o'clock in the! afternoon. | The quake recorded here has no connection with the Seward quake.| The quake here is believed to be: the same as caught by the Ford- ham University selsmograph in| New York City and believed to, have ~been on the Chilean Coast.; UPPER SILESIA SHAKEN BERLIN, Jan. 28—A violent) earthquake was felt in the Upper:this would mean/ establishment of of marine and aviation Silesia through the Kattowiz iron| DAGENHAM, England, Jan. 28.— | WHEN FRANCE N U Crowds that lined Paris streets stood silently with bowed heads as the body PAID “INAL TRIBUTE 1O JOFFRE Assoctatea Press Photo cf Marshal Joffre was taken to the Invalides after ceremonies at Notre Dame cathedral, Abovs i= the catafalque bearing the | body on the Pont D'Arcole. MISCREANT SNEAKS INTO DRY PARTY, SPIKES PUNCH MADE FOR W. C. T. U.| Former Envoy Heads New Tariff Commission former Ambas- her, BamryoR, Mleteher e nomination Rome, whos ::d?h:iom:: of the new Tariff mmission has been confirmed by shoe Senate. The fight against the appointment _of Fletcher was led by Senator Borah, who expressed the opinion that the nominee fox the g) was not sufficiently posted SENATE'S FUND FOR RELIEF IS NOT ACCEPTABLE Red Cross Does Not Want $25,000,000— Payne Tells Why WASHING 1 Uy Chairman John Barton Payne, of the American Red Cross, said the Central Commitee organization has adopted a resolution against ac- cepting the Administration’s fund provided in the Senafe's $25,000,000 ferers. . C, Jan. 28— CHIOAGG Jws oMb gibere. of | the W. C, T. U. at natienal head- | |‘quarters in ‘Evanston and particu- larly in Lake Forest, where the crime was committed, are in ‘a rage over the humiliation they ex- | | perienced when a wet sneaked into | ja dry party and spiked the harm- lless punch, This violation of the law tgpk place at the Deerpath Inn during a ladies’ night social given by a as outstanding Mrs. William M. Gourlay of Lake, Forest, who stumped the state for| Lottie Holman O'Neill, the Anti-| Saloon League candidate for United States Senator, said “some LA\\'{Qwv person thought he would have some! fun.” i The punch, which had a tea base, with fruit juices, was uu\:d[ harmlessly. Mrs. Gourlay noticed, when she handed a glass of the mixture that the ladies who had been sampling it appeared gay and' happy. Mrs. Gourlay took a gen- erous swallow. Then her eyes flash- ed; she shouted “You're serving liquor here!” This ‘was denied. Mrs. Gourlay walked out with a part of the contents of the glass in her hand. Other members of the W. C. T. U. who had ahsorbad |the punch were not certain what it contained. Dr. A. J. Risser was, | summoned. He was a leader in the! party. “T don't know what 1s in it,” he| said. Experts from the inn were called, | drank the punch and said it was| /50 per cent alcohol. “This stuff is strong enough to knock a mule, was the decision. The punch was| ,emptied into the sink. | | H ' American Birdmen Are to Map Peru’s | Lost Cities by Air: LIMA, Peru, jaa. 28 ———Pcrmlswon‘l for an American aerial photograph- | ic expedition to make a camera | survey of lost cities of Peru has| been given by the national govern-| ment. | Among con: | | | ditions laid down w:rv.i in{ proposal for relief of drought suf- that an observer of the Peruvian | |air corps go along in that role, club. Many of the women are mem- Classic Features Win Beauty’s Crown Frau Behidje Hafez, daughter of' Hafez Pasha, a well-known rom- poser, was selected from a group of three hundred Egyptian beau- ties as the “Queen of Beauty.” Movie stars of the country also i competed, but Behidje’s classic features won her first prize. She is soon to make a tourof the world. i IUnemployed Raid Train Wreck and Escape with Food than 300 unemployed persons iscrambled for food after a Penn-' sylvania train was wrecked. They lodded a grocery truck and sped {away. Two men were seriously inA: jured in the wreck. NEW YORK—The average age of employees in the New York headquarters of CBS places we at 275 years. fig- VOLCANOES TO WESTWARD ARE QUITE ACTIVE Shishaldin Is Hurling Out Sheets of Flame and Sn]oke SEWARD, Alaska, Jan. Aleutian vc are showing greater act y than last year, ac- cording to the report brought here by Ca C. E. Anderson of the mail steamer Starr. Mount Shishaldin is hurling shects cof flame and dense smoke |at intervals of every five minutes. Mount Cioveland, heretofors un- known as a crater island of four mountains, is a smoking furnace. Mount Geske and Mount Martin have subsided. Mount Kukak has apparently died down for the time being. Father Bernard R. Hubbard, of Santa Clara University, predicted 4ncreased activity of all volcanoes. .- PLANS BOOSTING OF DEVELOPMENT FOR NORTHLAND {New Chairman of House Territories Commit- Liy tedc Active - .I’.A.— 28.—The WASHINGTON D. C., Jan. 28— Legislation to. speed Alaska's in~ dustrial development and consid=- | eration of granting Statehood to Hawail is contemplated by Repre- sentative Ernest W. Gibson, of Vermont, The new Chairman of the House Territories Committee promised an extensive inquiry into - Alaska's problems soon after this Congress | adjourns. ! . Chairman Gibson said a bill to | make Hawaii the forty-ninth State will be introduced at the next ses- | sion of Congress. | “Alaska is a great undeveloped | empire. Industries have not been | developed and the population has | mot increased in the last few years, I will seek to provide legislation to encourage settlement and devel= opment in accord with our develop= ment of the Territories of the West,” said Chairman Gibson. The Representative further said: “I will attempt to coordinate and | simplify supervision, and if it is possible, all administrative fune= | tions will be centralized under a single agency.” ‘ Whatever aids legislation can ‘supry to Alaska's fisheries, can= | ing industries, mining, lumbering, reindeer, marble and gold produc~ tion, Representative Gibson would | supply. 'Rescuer of Ffobiie Lies as Result of | saLEM, Oniw, san 23—Mmors Injuries, Plane Crash STOCKHOLM, Jan. 28.—Capt. Einar Paul Lundborg, rescuer of Gen. Nobile from an ice floe in the Arctic following the crash of the dirigible Italia, died late yesterday as the result of injuries received .when a plane he was testing for the Swedish Government, crashed from a height of 140 feet, CHILE STARTS NEW COMMERCE POLICY IN FRENCH TREATY Chairman Payne made this an-'that all developing and printing be! SA!‘{TIAGO Clu_le Jan. 28—Ne- nouncement today when he appear-'done within the country, and that gotiation of a reéiprocal commer- Committee at a hearing 300 to 400 Red Cross agencies in Five young adventurers from v.h.el ied before the House Appropriations two copies of each picture be re-fclal treaty with France, soon to be He said talned in the files of the ministry consummated, step in the foreign trade policy of | is the first major the government of President Carlos mining district this morning. The eities if the money was accepted. United States joined for the proj- Ibanez damage is believed comparatively | light, however. The 4 the town of Hindenberg, were ter-| ror stricken. ———-——— Chairman Payne said to date the of the requested $10,000,000 fund. ——— - Brazil plans to use thousands of bands who objected to their wives|Victoria, of Spain, is suffering| Minnesota had 2,000,000 summer |parasites to fight the insect plague paying the old woman money for year, 1 from bronchitis and also a broken,visitors who spent $81,700,000 last' which infests a third of the coun- love charms which failed to wwk.;-m. try’s coffee plantations. ect, headed by George R. Johnson, inhabitants of Red Cross has collected $3,869.996 who served two years as a lieuten- the possibility of s with other European countries. An | attempt to get such a pact with the | indefi- | ant in the Peruvian naval air serv-, ice, and Robert Shippee of New York. e Two milion tons of jute dre pro-' . duced each year in India. given to contracts Conside being ilar ation is United States came to an nite halt about a year and a half ago. {° The French treaty is a short-lgtk | term affair and does not contain the “most favored nation” clause. Chile has virtually given up that |clause as a matter of policy, deem~ ing short-term treaties better be- | cause -frade conditions change so quickly. Under the new pact, each country agrees to reduce import duties on certain products of the other. For France this means an outlet here for some of her specialized manu- | factured goods; for Chile it means a favored market for nitrates and natura! products.