The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 31, 1931, Page 1

» e HE DAITY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVIL, NO. 5631. JUNEAU ALASKA SATURDAY jANUARY 31, 1931. Ml—MBl:R OF ASSOC IATFD PRI:SS " PRICE TEN CENT§ —_— e SCHEME TO AVERT EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS FORCED LABOR, SOVIET UNION, NOW EXPOSED British Go:l;l—';ment Pub- ‘ lishes Decrees Prov- ing Assertions LONDON, Jan. 31.—The British' Government has published docu- ments dealing with Soviet labor legislation and these are regarded as confirming assertions that much of the Soviet grain and timber sent abroad is 'vduced under forced labor. The published documents cite decrees showing others besides pris- | oners are compulsorily employed in loading and unloading grain cargoes, and also hauling and cut- | ting timber when other means are' exhausted. Tough on Rich Kulak One decree says the “rich Kulak | elements will be engaged at lower rates of pay” than others. One decree, issued in February, 1930, said it is necessary to estab- lish rigorous discipline. | | Soup ngs in $8 000 OOO Sult STORAGEPLANT | HERE HAS 600D YEAR IN 1830 Fish Recelpts Exceed |9Z9 —Carries Out Usual = | Financial Program Despite unfavorable market con- ditions which resulted in abnormal- ly low prices for both fresh and frozen fish last year, the Juneau Cold Storage Company handled a' slightly larger tonnage in 1930 than in 1929, it was announced to- day by President Wallis S. George. | The total quantity of fish handled by all departments for the 12 months ending December 31, was 4,809,820 pounds, just 30,000 pounds more than in 1929, Considering all the circumstances, the company’s year was highly sat- isfactory, Mr. George said. It met all of its program requirements and added materially to its plant. The company retired $10,000 of ROLLING KITCHENS ED CK LAHOMA JOBLESS PLAN SUGGESTED | BY REPUBLICANS : u| ON SUPPLY BILLS Existing Ap p r o p riations Will Be Continued if Measures Fail SPEAKER LONGWORTH 'HOPES FOR AGREEMENT ‘Housn Fails to Pass $25,- [ 000000 Red Cross | Relief Fund N, D. C., Jan. 31— s will be taken by in an attempt to avert al session of Congress. n Wood, of the House ns Committee said if bills failed of passage by February 15, he would propose to continue existing appropriations Assoctuted 'ress Uhoto its outstanding bonds and paid the annual interest on the residue of its bonded debt, amounting to $4,- Hundreds of famllies and persons attracted to Oklahoma City by the lure of oil gushers only to find ble were fed by “army mess” lines operated by Veterans of Foreign Wars. Waste food dally from bakeries, hotels, restaurants, wholesale and retail houses. Former army cook Another decree in March, 1930‘ said the demand for grain labor will be satisfied by calling of| stagnant labor. i Forced to Work | One decree issued last Septemberw dwelled on the irregular supply of | 'l'hs Clmpbell Soup Company, o{ Camden, N. J., and its offi Dr. George M. Dorrance, etuh-mln of the board, and Arthur C. Dorrance, president, dent of the Campbell Above is pictured Mrs. and her two dau, and Dorothy. met) A. Ransa- ville Frome, alleges lant. Tome ters, Margaret labor and said all unemployed, whether physical or intellectual, workers, will be forced to work, loading and unloading vessels. The October unemployment dole was withdrawn and receivers were forced to work immediately. COME-BACK MOSCOW, Jan. 31.—The news- | papers Izvestia and Pravda, Soviet mouthpieces, today printed editor- ials replying to charges of forced labor in the Soviet Union with counter charges of slavery still | existing among the negroes in the| southern part of the United States and in northern sectlons where convicts work in the forests under most brutal lons. NEW PREMIER WINS 2 VOTES OF CONFIDENC gllse, former Pierre Laval Scores Victor- ies in French Cham- ber of Deputies PARIS, Jau. butcher’s son and one of youngest of Prime Ministers, won two votes of confidence in the Chamber of Deputies. Laval asked a vote on the decla- ration of his government policy, in- cluding extensions of free education and won 312 to 258 with an amend- ment defending Secularized schools The Premier then demanded ti amendment be rejected and won this by a vote of 309 to 258. s1.—Plerre Laval, a the GERMANWORLD ' DIE, SCAFFOLD ' ganization ' being has Killed When His Plane! Buckles—Parachute Fails to Open | { SANTIAGO, Chile, Jan. 31.—Capt.. Gunther Jlueschow, famous Ger- man and World War ace, was killed when his amphibian plane used in mapping the Andes Mountain re- gion buckled and dropped near Lake Argentina, in a remote sec- tion of the country. He and his companions took to parachutes which failed to open. HOH RIVER “SAMSON” EATS COUGAR STEAKS HOQUIAM, Wash,, Jan. 31.—The | eats cougar meat, the bridge crews' secret of John Huelsdonk's Samson- |2vow. Recently the pioneer served'm registered at the Zynda Hotel. like strength is out at last. “The Iron Man of the Hoh" pioneer Olympic Peninsula resident, trappers by reason of his tremen- dous strength, inadvertantly re- vealed its source to crews building a bridge across the Upper Hoh River, to open Huelsdonk’s home to civilization after four decades. | | Who | scratch their nails on trees. Toss- for years has been the marvel of ing of bridge timbers became child’s t sul that the defendum lost him the affections of his wife and made him the victim of slander, libel and false imprisonment. have been named defendants in four damage suits aggregating $8,000,000, filed by A. Ransa- ville F‘rame. former superinten- ILSE CLAIMS FRAME-UP IN BOMBING CASE Makes Gen_erj Denial of | Every Charge—Trial Recesses to Monday ‘High Temperature Record for January Is Broken Here A new January record for high temperature was set at 9 o'clock this morning when the mercury rose to 520°, exceeding the previous record of the 19th ofthis month by 15°. Temperatures have been persistently high during the past two months. Yesterday morning a sud- den rise was noted shortly before noon, at which time the reading was 49°. Temperatures remained close to that point until to- day, with a maximum of 51 and a minimum of 45° dur- ing the night, generally hov- ering around 50°, and sel- dom showing a rapid move- ment of more than 3°. sec0ececsccce SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. 31. —A wholesale denial of all charges has been made here by Henry A. Spokane fireman, charged with Thomas Boyle, San ancisco bookkeeper, with ship- ping a bomb to the Associated Press omce in Spokane, Wash., in an pt to bomb the Cowles Publlshmg Company buildings. Ilse said he was the victim of trouble with the Democratic or- in Spokane and men- tioned the Spokane newspapers as strong Republican publica- tion. He said the trouble started in the mayoralty election. The State contended there was no -foundation for the introduction of evidence of a frame-up and fur- ther testimony of a frame-up na- ture was ordered omitted from the trial. A recess was taken yesterday afternoon until Monday. — .- " BANK BANDITS 0000000000 cce00esc0nooe ®ee 00 v o0 o0 — e DO-X REACHES CANARY ISLES ON OCEAN TRIP First Leg of——Flight Safely Negotiated on Way to S. America LA PALMAS, Canary Islands, Jan. 31—The giant German sea- plane DO-X has landed here after a 715-mile hop from Lisbon, Por- i tugal, and rlans to remain over- Their Escape ient i The plane has completed the CANON CITY, Colorado, Jan. 31. —Three bank bandits, Claude Ray, Andrew Halliday and John Gulker, were hanged in the State Peniten- tiary here last night. They paid for taking the life of Deputy Sher- iff Coral Hickman, last March, while trying to escape after robbing the Manter, Kansas, bank. The law prohibits announce- ments of the details of the hanging and newspapermen are also barred from the execution chambers. first leg of the ocean flight to South America. Nineteen persons are aboard. The DO-X is under command of Capt. Frederick Chris- tiansen and second in command is Clarence Schildhauer, American. The DO-X will fly only in the daylight, skimming the ocean dur- ing the nights while enroute across the South Atlantic Passengers include representatives of European airlines and various governments. E. H. LA BOYTEAUX BACK FROM KODIAK E. H. LaBoyteaux, formerly Unit- ed States Commissioner at Liven- good and a resident of Alaska for 30 years, is visiting in Juneau. He some fine steaks to them. They sus- pected venison until all felt an al- most uncontrollable desire to He left Livingood several months ago and immediately afterward came here to spend a few weeks. He then went to Kodiak for a so- journ, returning to Juneau last night on the steamship Admiral Farragut. play. Investigation revealed they had been served cougar steaks. After - — two meals of the steak, the work-| Ed Carlson from Anchorage, dis- ers claim, the water boy heaved aembarked at Juneau last night - two-ton spool of cable across me]rrom the Admiral Farragut. He is|with practical Huclsdonk is strong becaus¢ he|stream, ja guest at the Alaskan Hotel, 550. In addition it constructed a' man the kitchens. new processing warehouse, two stor- — ies high, 70 by 125 feet. No im- provements or additions are at present contemplated. The outlook for the current year is not alto- gether favorable. The carry-over of frozen fish is unusually large and no immediate improvement in prices is in sight. Mr. George will leave tonight for Seattle to discuss operations with firms buying through the local plant. This trip may take him East to confer with interests there on the advisability of being repre- sented here. Was Quick to Draw (,lm; —Real Fearless Moun- taineer of Old Days Statement of Receipts | POUNDS, Virginia, Jan. 31.—John The operations of the company, W. Wright, the “Devil Judd Tol- showing the varieties of fish and liver,” of John Fox’s “Trail of the amounts of each handled, were an- Lonesome Pine” picturesque bad nounced as follows: man of the Cumberland Mountains, FROZEN: “#'is dead here. During his 88 years Halibut— Pounds of his life he is reputed to have Mediums 794,770 killed at least 25 men. Chickens . 291,990 John Wright lived his active life Large 89,430 in a day when only a tough man Culls and Gray 40,630 could survive if he went hunting Black Cod 163,030 for his fellow men. And “Bad John” Redsnapper 5870 was tough in those days. Herring 737200 As a deputy sheriff he is re- Salmon— puted to have killed 25 to 30 men Small Red Kings White Kings Silver Salmon 559,150 who tried to take 237550 than surrender. 810490 No more picturesque figure than his life rather Chums 52510 Wright ever roamed the Cumber- | Miscellaneous (includes land mountains and followed its humps, pinks, falls, trails through towering forests and trout) 6700 the purple bloom of the rhododen- | o drons. It was 3789320 john Fox, Jr., of “Devil Judd” from his life that | took the character Tolliver in “The Total frozen SHIPPED FRESH: Halibut 801,700 3 f Trail of the Lonesome Pine. MILDCURED SALMON | Wright, whose enormous stature PACKED: also had given him another nicke !name, “The Tall Sycamore of the Elkhom ” was a guard at the Wlse 186800 _ COURT MARTIAL | OFFICIALS ARE SELECTED NOW 1930 4,591,020 en High ‘Officers to Hear | DUKHOBORS TO 60 TOMEXIED ™ = 25 Twenty Thousand Will Mi-' WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 31— ,Bix Admirals and one Major Gen- grate from Canad- |eral of the Marines will hear the ian Prairies | testimony in the court martial of !Gen. Smedley D. Butl in con- |nection with alleged utterances i FRANCXBOO Cal., Jan. 31 ggaingt Premier Mussolini, of Italy, —Migration of 20,000 Dukhobors,|andq for which the United Slates a Russlan religious sect, from the. Government made an apology. Canadian Prairies to Mexico, has, Tt is considered most probable been arranged said David Russek, that the case will go to President of Chihuahua, Mexico, landowner | Hoover . after Secr of Navy 234-800 pound tierces mildcured King salmon; 12-800 pound tierces mildcured Silver salmon OTHER SALTED FISH: 110-200 pound barrels salted Black Cod . 22,000 Grand Total, fish handled, Juneau Cold Storage Co., | tary and banker. |Adams reviews the findings of the The Dukhobors were driven from court martial. Russia and they have had frequent | — - brushes with the Canadian authori- | @ """ C o i TODAY'S STOCK | ties over the school laws and cos-, QUOTATIONS Icumes of nudity. More freedom is given to them in Mexico. | —————— - NEW YORK, Jan. 31.—There was no sale today of Alaska Juneau | mine stock. Closing quotation of other stocks follows: American Can | ‘110 4, Anaconda Copper 33, Beth- and Jane|jepem 505, General Motors 38, Green of Cordova, are SOJOUrRINg|Granhy Consolidated 16%, Interna- in Juneau today. They are 51a¥- tiongl Harvester 24%, Kennecott ing at the Gastineau Hotel T“"Y’Corpomtlon 23%. Nati HOnAl Acme, | came on the Admiral Farragut 1ast g gaje: Packard Motors 9%, Sim-| night and will resume their Voy-! mons Beds 16'., Standard B‘ “,dél age to Seattle when the vessel g Standard Oil of Calif {sails south from here tonight | Standard Oil of New J g Bt TR {U. 8. Steel 139%, Curtiss-Wright The Louisiana Firemen's Asso- 41, Hudson Bay 4%, General Elec- | |ciation has voted to establish 4 tric 44, Pacific Gas and Elec |state fire college at Baton Rogue;’46, Pennsylvania Railroad 61' and theorctical Westinghouse Electrical and Me- courses in fire fighting. chanical 84%, CORDOVA WOMEN Mrs. K. G. Robinson VISIT “BAD JOHN” WRIGHT REPUTED SLAYER OF OVER A SCORE OF MEN DURING HIS| during the fiscal year. This course has only been re- ‘Soried to in the past when .Con- | gress has been unable to place all supply bills before the President before adjournment. Although Speaker Longworth in- dicated an agreement would be reached he said there was no ob- jection to the course proposed by 88 YEARS OF LIFE, DIES IN VIRGINIA (life sentence, owing to the Sheik’s Chairman Wood. if a filibuster in | the Senate would result in an extra |session. Chairman Wood said he | would' make the proposal if the Senate refused to recede from de- mands. Several supply bills have more than 100 amendments, each of which is a disagreement. RED CROSS FUND REJECTED WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 31.— The House has definitely rejected the $25,000,000 Red Cross Drought \Eehe( Fund voted by the Senate. The House also rejected four aTHERTIONY BT “the “Séniate and passed the War Deartment measure carrying authority to distribute “Devil ]luld of “Trail| of Lonesome Pine” Passes Away R L | side of the Cumberlands near| Wright's home not far from Pound, Va. | Was in Feud As a young man Wright had par “ticipated - in-- the -famous Hall feud in which a large numb: of men were killed. Whether he ac- | tually slew any of the Halls Infsg000000 bushels of wheat for re- helping fight his own relatives'| it of drought section farmers. battles was always a matter of| ¢ SRR R conjecture. When the feud was| raging the participants were too! busy to talk, and Wright in later| years never discussed it publicly. In fact, he would never say how many lives he took after he joined | the forces of law and ¢ He Friend of Late John Marvel Makes Charges to Committee regarded the slayings, however, as| no black mark against his charac-| ter. Officers of the law took their JOHN W. WRIGHT when county, Va., jail Fox k lives in their hands when they him. The novelist and fearless| went into the mountains to get a mountaineer became fast friends man. The outcome usually depend- and Wright's experiences as drawn out by Fox furnished much of the color for the novel. In addition to modeling “Devil Judd' after the officer, Fox said to have named the book after a tall pine on a hill- ed upon which has the quicker eye and hand. Wright would sometimes of individual experiences but| th his dry, mountain humor, that ! never left him, he evaded a direct (Continued on Page Six) H WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 3l.— Charges that votes were brought for Thomas F. Bayard, former Delaware Senator, in the 1930 Esc“’peb from S"n’klng Democratic convention, were made Boat, Then Bucks Gale i, i v, e Committee by Wright Dizer, friend of the late Joseph Marvel, who lost the nomination. ETERS aska, Jan, 31 : PETERSBURG, Alaska, Jan | Dizer sald he was mot sure of ;'Jack Mitchell. wmltk]nnv\ln l;\“:“;}lh" sotisce but' 1t “Iny bebears man and trapper, lost his boat near| ;5 "y “pogeoh Democratic Na- | Fanshaw on January 19. He saved| K 3 s gun and blankets and rowed|lionsl Cheltiman And 'Piezer i | ten miles in a heavy sea to Su mmlPunt manutacturer. l\ldl)d | Mitchell was repairing the gener-| DROPS DEADIN PRISON; DEATH SENTENCE BIVE POOF, POOF PALM BEACH, Florida, Jan. 31 ator of his boat when it swung out| | P 0[ the course and struck a clif 14 ’dTh? tosumo;y e IZOHCS;I irsay- e sinking aimost immediately. He 8T TAD 858 dry,’ SAil CHAENE, 18 1 says.he can salvage the engine bu‘\Rmskob when informed of Dizer's Mlllfal’y Court Takes Ac- .(;‘:hlv)UJLL\d\'ll.bt“lwl«)ldl Noas 2 ‘Lhdrgcs, Raskob is here on a vaca- tion in Attempt to e than A e IW orld Flier ‘II(Ls Too Many Jl ives Now Foment Holy War ISTANBUL, Turkey, Jan. 31— ELLSWURTH Tn Thirty-seven persons accused of am JOIN w | L K | N s attempt to foment a Holy War m* Turkey, have been condemned to | (EETH death by a military court | PHOENIX, Arix, Jan. 31— Aged ik Essad, aged 96, lead- | flN SUB VGYAGEr Leslie Arnold, Army round-the- er of the group, dropped dead in| | world flier, of 1924, still has one prison when informed he had been | too many wives. sentenced to hang. It later de-| | Arnold was denied a divorce veloped he would not have been| NEW YORK, Jan. 31—Lincoln| decree from a former war nurse hanged as Parliament was Dre-| Ellsworth, co-leader of the Amund-| Yesterday after a three day court battle. The previous decree, obtained more than one year ago in Georgia, was set aside. By the previeus divorce award, Arnold thought himself free and mar- pared to commute his sentence to 24 years, which was considered a sen - Ellsworth -- Nobile transpolar | vill join Sir Hubert Wilkins on the will join ir Hubert Wilkins on the; submarine voyage to the North Pole | i - bi next summer. . The expedition will be called thw Famous Author | Wilkins-Ellsworth Expedition. ried Priscilla Dean, former Is Recovering | SR ST movie actress. HIE! S leged miscondud ’lm l'\(’slflll[ 'PIOGLY WIGGLY C F GOES | All ct by the | | advanced age. BALTIMGRE, Maryland, Jan. | first Mrs. A';Inol:fl:du :cnled by 31.—Able to recognize friends the court who there were and also distinguish colors after no grounds for divorce when Donald manager of Armour, P! the Alaska menths in darkness, Booth Tark- grocery store the previous divorce was grant- ington, famous author, packed > has been ed and the decree was set aside. his grips today to leave lohns |4ays going over the of the| Arnold and Priscilla Dean Hopkins Hospital after a four- |Corporation’s local will leave | have separated to await re- teen vear fight tc overcome ‘tr,-mgh: on the F;xrz'uuuu‘ sults. cataracts. Successful improve- |for Petersburg. Wiggly | Arnold refused to talk after ment will be gradual. company has a the court reling. [ )