The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 6, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “AEL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVIL, NO. 5636. " JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1931. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRE SS PRICE TEN CENT§ FISHERMEN'S LEADERS WARN AGAINST VIOLENCE ALASKA SYSTEM FOR AIR MAIL IS CONSIDERED Postmaster General Brown Says Northland Needs Speedier Delivery WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 6— A 900-mile belt “fn interior Alas- ka with shelter and supply stations t 30-mile intervals, is Postmaster General Brown's idea of a star route service by which air mail will be delivered. The Postmaster General said this plan would do in 48 hours what dog teams take six weeks or better to do. Two Post Office plans are under consideration to shorten the route to Alaska, one from Seattle north- ward and the cther an extension of the St. Paul, Winnipeg and Cal- gary route. Postmaster General Brown point-! ed out that speedier delivery of mails is desirable because Alaska is now growing. INT, HIGHWAY | COMMISSION | MEETS SOON Premier Tolmie Announces Fact Finding Meet- ing for Spring VICTORIA, B. C., Feb. 6—Pre- mier Tolmie of British Columbia an- nounced the International High- way Commission “to “consider the Alaskan Road project for fact find- ing which' will not be binding on the countries, will begin investiga- tions in the Spring. J. M. Warble, Engineer of Banff, representing the Dominion of Can- ada; James McNedll, of Dawson, representing the Yukon; Road Sup- erintendent George Napier, of Vie- toria, representing British Colum- bia; Herbert H. Rice, of Detroit, Assistant to the President of Gen- eral Motors; Ernest Walker Sawyer, assistant to Secretary of Interior Wilbur, and Major Malcolm Elliott, of Juneau, Alaska, President of the Alaska Road Commission, are the members of the Highway Com- mission. ——————— T0 TEST RIGHT OF . 0. SMITH TOHOLD OFFIGE Controvers;-aver Federal Power Com. Chairman comparatively small amount of g’:m;?“;?;‘mgfi 5;}::) :e lel;:emtfi: Goes to Court water. Not so long agof considering buiging heavily guarded. He had rgomspsd 2 gl WOrld, yeen charged with indiscreet ut- WASHINGTON, D, C., Feb. 6.— United States Distriot Attorney Rover has consented to test in the courts the right of Federal Power Commissioner Chairman George Otis Smith to hold office after the Senate reconsidered the confirma- tion and nomination. Thé Senate, last December, con- firmed the nomination of five mem- bers of the Power Commission. Last month the Senate demanded that President Hoover resubmit the names as a fight had arisen on Smith, Marcel Garsaud and Claud L. Draper. Despite legal opinions, the Senate again voted on con- firmation. not. The issue involved is unpreced- ented in American history. 'Attor- ney General Mitche)l gave his op-| inion the Senate is not authorized to recall a nomination for recon- sideration after having confirmed and sent the nomination to the President. | MRS. FEMMER BETTER |, . 7o <" FOLLOWING OPERATION; WICKERSHAM TELLS P-T. A, OF ALASKA HISTORY Program Is—Also Replete with Many Other In- teresting Numbers Before the most largely attended meeting of the Parent-Teacher As- sociation this year, Judge James Wickersham, delegate-elect to Con- gress, gave an absorbingly interest- ing talk on the “High Lights of Alaska History.” He began by tell- ing in eloquent words how this 231 miles set by Major Segrave. Ca:npbell Bre;l;;—Speed Mark ir\thar ¢;f New-besign At Daytona Beach, Florida, Capt. Malcolm Campbell of England, yesterday afternoon established a world’s automobile speed record of 245733 miles an hour on the natural beach, according to Assoclated Press dispatches received by The Empire. In the above picture, Capt. Campb:ll is shown at the wheel of his automobile, “Bluebird,” a 1,400-horse- The previous record was |Northland owes its discovery to power racer. The “Bluebird” featires new principles of design and is built to deflect air currents and minimize wind resistance. | Peter the Great, enlightened ruler |of a semi-barbaric Russia, and to | Catherine, born a slave, whom the | autocratic monarch stooped from | a glittering throne first to embrace as his paramour and at last to exalt to sovereign grandeur as his Empress. The speaker recounted how these powerful personages conceived the idea and executed the plan that sent Vitus Bering on (his mission to find what lay in (the vast unknown expanse between {the west coast of America and the Ritchie Inaugural Viewed as 1932 Bid TWO STONE ANCHORS FOUND ON MINING | PROPERTY NEAR NOME MAY GIVE CLEW | AS TO ORIGIN OF AMERICAN INDIANS TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 6.—Rus-(ious figures sel Annabel, Alaskan guide who 18| characters. here, has received word from DI.| .., .0h0) gent the Information to | Smith, with the Alaska Bureau of 5 | i Education, that miners openunq the University of Pennsylvania Mu on the Wells Brothers' placer mine seum and the officials of the lat- on Henry Creek, 80 miles from | ter institution answered they in- Nome, have unearthed a pair ©of | tended to send an expedition to resembling Chinese J | Mother Wins east coast of Siberia. Brief Mention of Explorers The judge briefly recalled the discovery achievements of Capt. Alexie Chirikof and his adventur- cus successors; the fur-trading ex- ploits of Stephen Glotof and his intrepid followers, among whom was included Alexander Baranof, commonly called the first governor of Alaska, and the early settlement and development activities of other daring Muscovites. The speaker imparted familiar glimpses of Don Salvador Fidalgo, Spanish mariner who gave Valdez port its designation; of J. F. G. de La Perouse, French navigator, whose Port des Francais is known }as Lituya Bay; of the dauntless :; Englishmen, Capt. James Cook who salled the Inlet that bears his name and of Capt. George Vancouver whose voyages have left an im- perishable impress on northern lands and seas. Geograglv Is Fascinating No less fascinating than the history of discoveries is the geo- graphy of this vast Territory, as treated by the Judge. Cursory knowledge of physical aspects solves many problems that long vexed scientific minds. “On a clear day in January, 30 years ago,” the speaker said, “I stood on the promontory at Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, and across the Bering Straits, I could see, 48 miles distant, East Cape, Siberia. Inducted into offica as Governor of l‘lr{iluni for his fourth term, brea n{ all .precedents of- service in the Stal , Albert C. Ritchie de- ted his inaugural to a discussion | el opintonsounded:ths Keyhots opinion, soun: €] of hhp candidacy for tl:e emo- eratic Presiden! nomi Makes Flash with Dagger, Fight Starts 1 I Many Injured in Clash in| Japanese House of | Representatives g | ! TOKYO, Feb. 6—The flash of| stone anchors weighing 200 pounds each. The anchors are carved with var- |investigate as the anchors may | give a possible clew to the origin of the American Infilans. 29 PLANTS MAY REMAIN CLOSED IN'S. E. ALASKA Most of Salmon Canneries in This District May Not' Be Operated Twenty-two out of 35 salmon In | canneries in Southeast Alaska may not operate during the coming sea- son, according to authentic reports received here this week. Low prices of salmon and the big 1930 carry- over are given as the reasons for the contemplated shutdown of a large number of. plants: It is reliably reported that the Alaska Pacific Salmon Corporation, the biggest Southeast. Alaska com- | pany, will operat¢ only three of its canneries—one at Ketchikan, the second at Kake and. the. third at Port Althorp. Its biggest plant— at Funter Bay—will remain closed, it is said. g No information was available on iThe Diomedies lie between, not & dagger in the anteroom of the the other plants which are not meeting every requirement of the quite midway. The natives on both Japanese House of Representatives expected to operate. Most of them laws relating to aridity, will tickle American and Asiatic shores look today precipitatéd a fight in which are reported to be located in the the palate of the most exacting. alike, dress alike, speak the same &t least one dozen :persons were southern end of the district. language. They inter-trade and inter-marry. On both sides are found relics of prehistoric animals ing of the Budget Committee while | seiners and independent trapmen |of the same kind, the ages-old re- I¥ing to break a two-day dewd-’m, fish this year. It is understood injured. The trouble started in a meet- No information has been given FIREMEN RE ADY FOR BIG DANCE NEXT THURSDAY Committees Report All Preparations Complete | for Annual Ball j | with her daughter, Marian Maxine, |, /The Juneau Volunteer Fire De- '16 months old, who, a court de- | partment is all “hot” with prepar- cided, could not be held by a land- |ations for its annual ball which will !3dy as security for a $46 lodging ibe staged at Elks Hall next Thurs- |day night, it was evident by re- ports made by various commitice chairmen to the Department at its regular meeting held in the, Fire- men’s Club last night. Fine progress has been made with the plans; favors for the Depart- ment’s guests have been received; refreshments are arranged for; and the decorations are here and will be put in place early next week. Fred Sorri, chairman of the spe- cial “punch committee” promised to produce something new in the way 1of liquid refreshments which, while _ asociated Press Photd Mrs, Marle Hoel, Tulsa, Okla., Hoover Is Opposed to Compromise Practically Blocks Settle- ment of Drought Relief Funds ‘WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. — The Senate today sought approval of the rellef compromise offered the Administration but optimism is somewhat cooled by President Hoov- er's attitude to the Senate plan. Sorrl has lots of volunteer assist- jants most of whom are clamoring out on prices that will be paid to'for the position of “expert taster. | “Doc” Hollmann heads the Com- mittee on Decoration and he and It is said the President remains unalterably opposed to anything like appropriations for feeding Garsaud and Draper were reconfirmed but Smith was mains of plant life of the same !¢k g i sorts. 1 A man, nota Diet member, but| | Straits Are Shallow 2 member of the oppositon party, | “The Straits and the sea north flashed a dagger and about 50 persons were ‘instantly in a fight. e e e oy ot py V| Baron Shidehara, acting head of One-Half Feet A successful operation has been performed upon Mrs. D. B. Fem- Across Are Caught CORDOVA, Alasks, Feb. 6.— that few of the canneries will usé many seine boats and most of the fish probably will be obtained by the canners.in their own traps.| —e— ———e TODAY'S STOCK * QUOTATIONS ' NEW YORK, Feb. 6-—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock. today is 9%, American Can 111%, Anaconda Copper. 32%, Beth- lehem Seel 52%, General Motors 38%, Granby Consolidated 16, In- ternational Harvester 51%, Kenne- cott Corporation 24, Packard Mo~ tors 9%, Simmons Beds 17, Stand- ard Brands 18%, Standard Oil of California 48, Standard Oil of New Jersey 47%, U. 8. Steel 139%, Cur- tiss-Wright 4; Hudson Bay 44, General Electric 44%, Pacific Gas and ‘Eléctric 46%, Pennsylvania Railroad 61%, Westinghouse Elec- jhis aides are working out SOMe grougnt and unemployment suf- splendid decorative effects. The ferers, Department is confident this year's o compromise of an additional event will be one of the finest and g5 000,000 drought loan to replace \most successful in its long and not-, the Red Cross fund is considered able history. | possible as an opening for a food Little business was transacted W joan, ‘the organization last night. The in-| gtrength of the Republican and halator recently purchased for its Democrat coalition was shown use by he City Council was turned yesterday when the group blocked over to it, and Minard Mill was the Treasury and Post Office sup- {named Captain of a First Aid team ply bl by a vote of 47 to 24, 'to be organized out of the mem-'showing threats of an extra ses- ! bership by him. sion of Congress are not idle ones. e earisan, P Depament, WALES FLIES WITH GEORGE }l‘nd George Hr Miller, Foreman Miner and First Ald Expert of the United States Bureau of Mines, PANAMA CITY, Feb. 6.—The Prince of Wales and his brother Prince George arrived here this Chief of ! ‘The usual semi-monthly meeting of the City Council will be held this evening in Council Chambers At 97 Mrs. Marcilla Taylor of!at City Hall. Only routine business Andrews, N. C., ‘has started to read is slated to come up for consider- trical and Mechanical 86%. LIRS T P were guests of the Department last| night. ‘The session ended with a morning enroute to South America. They landed from the liner Oropesa big feed. and flew by plane to this city. The ————— i CITY COUNCIL TO HOLD two were given a 30-minute view of the canal and city, then they the Bible for the 39th time. USUAL MEETING TONIGHT landed and were taken to the Pres- ation. —4-'idential Palace. Buster Keaton Is Given Man-handling by Former Actress;Blackmail Charge LOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb. 6— Buster Keaton has admitted tha' |bet her $500 she could not reduce he was scratched and beaten up {Fortune for i Homesteader, Comes Too Late PRINCE GEORGE, B. C, Feb. 6.—~Olaf Erickson, home- steader at Bednesti, has received a bcquest of $30,000 from rela- tives in Sweden. He was recent- e lost & bet to Miss Key. He! 20 pounds in ten days to reentex| mer at Portland and she is getting Definite proof that immecnse along!lnemmmldflmrr.mggwmm ceived by Mr. Femmer from his| . exist in Prince William Sound, daughter Rose who is with her, mother. The cablegram also stated Doctors say -there is no cause. to worry as to the outcome. | the plain was above the water and 4o..noe gurit arguments - over the two coptinents were joined by Japnn's'securltx;g uudgx"‘ the London dary. 1and ! Naval Treaty. The Judge tersely mentioned Seward’s purchase, the commercial- ly romantic attempt of the West- JURY ACQU]TS MEN GE ern Union in the 60's to build an CHAR | all-land telegraph line from the. ON ROBBERY i States to Bering Straits, then 1ay| paymond Bond, K. Burcham and a short submarine cable and con- Frank Babcock, charged with theft | nect in Siberla with an all-land ,¢ property from Montana Creek line to countries of Europe. He mning ground and a cabin there, referred to Alaska’s wealth In flsh- o010 “vosterday found not guilty eries, fur, timber and NUMETOUS py g jury in the Federal district other natural resources. 'court. The verdict was reached “In 50 years, 1880 to 1930," he ;1,4 10:30 pm. some six hours declared, “she has poured from gper the case was given to the just her mineral treasure vaults 3 alone, into the lap of the world, * v defense, conducted by S. Hel- lsooooooooo;soo months, $1,000,000 1on¢ng) and R. C. Hurley, set up EREET MOt that the property taken was believed : Critical of Schools tby the n‘::npetoyhnve b::n aban- Alaska schools do not teach Alas- 4,ne4 ang they had no intention ka history and Alaska geography o ynuaging the property of anyone. as these subjects should be taught| " jopn Holler, charged with em- in this Territory, he insisted. bezzlement by ballee for the alleged “We should ‘Know Alaska Bet- misappropriation -of property be- et ilonging to another, was placed on (Continued on Page Six) Verla edny. I8 was: represented 67 Judge H. B. LeFevre. Holler was imcused of wrongfully disposing of |a number of small household uten- 'sils which had been entrusted to his ccare as a transfer man. .o The total collection of revenues in 1930 from motor vehicle licenses in Louisiana showed an increase of $566,658 over 1929. Capital stock of Mississipni firms | incorporated - in-1930 -amounted, 4. $40,000,000. pictures. He paid and she had the check photographed and threat-| ened a scandal. She demanded and Keaton offered her $4,000, but she demanded $20,000. “She manhandled me something awful,” Keaton said. i and the windows of his dressing room broken by Kathleen Key, a former film beauty. She was ar- rested and later released as Kea- ton brought no charges. Keaton, one of filmdom’s popular comedians, and & small man, said I ly found here unconscious as the result ¢f malnutrition. He had been in ill-health and was urzble to work. Physi held cut little hope for his re covery because of his long pri- vation. NEEDY FARMERS | SOONWILL GET FEDERAL LOANS Applicnlion/El;nks Have' Been Mailed Agri- cultural Agents By FRANK I. WELLER (A. P. Farm Editor) SHINGTON, Feb. 6.—Appli- > n blanks for loans from the .000,000 federal feed, seed and ¥ ad to county agricultural agents in he 1930 drought and storm area. They are to be issued only to those farmers who suffered material dam- age and who have no other source 1 credit. Each applicant will sign a note for the loan he desires, and at the iame time, in most states, give a mortgage on his 1931 crop to se- sure its repayment. Noed De‘'smines Amount The extent to which the appli- | sant incurred damage from drought |or storms during the last season will be the principal basis on which his eligibility for a loan will be de- termined. He will agree to use the loan for ‘he purchase of seed, fertilizer, feed for work stock and fuel and oil for ractors. No provision is made for the use of loans to purchase human foods. ‘When the applicant has complet- 2d his application, note and mort- zage, the papers will be turned over to the county advisory com- miciee, consisting of a leading banker and two prominent farmers who serve without pay. They will determine whether the applicant has the necessary power and machinery to produce the crops he proposes to plant, what his repu- tation is as a farmer, and wheth- er he can be expected to use his best efforts to produce a crop and repay the loan. They then will make a definite recommendation to the department of agriculture field office which disburses the loans. Check on Use of Money The field office will examine the papers promptly and determine the amount of the loan. This will be based on needs of the individual for seed and fertilizer for the acre- age ahd crops he proposes to plant, and for feed for work stock neces- sary to produce crops. Loans may be approved for an amount less than that requested by the ap- plicant. When a loan is approved, a check will be drawn to the borrower in the amount of the first installment of the loan. Before a second in- stallment is pald, the borrower will be asked to show how he has ex- pended the first. No loan will be made to a farmer to increase his major Crop acreages. S4000 FOR ALASKA CRAFT WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 6.— The sum of $400,000 for a new vessel for the Bureau of Indian Affairs to. operate on the West Coast of Alaska is included in the first deficiency appropriation bill which has been sent, to the President for his signature. The measure carried more than $45,000,000 for public onstruction. e CLOSE OLD LONDON CHURCH LONDON~—The Priory Church of St. John of Jerusalem, founded here 700 years ago, has been closedl because when the vicar died re- cently the congregation was too small to support a successor. INTIMIDATION IS NOT T0 BE COUNTENANCED Resolution —I:Adopted by Deep Sea Fisher- men in Seattle HALIBUT MEN LOYAL TO LAWS OF THE U. §. fertilizer fund have beon forward- |Grievances Between Union, Vessel Owners, Fail of Settlement SEATTLE, Feb. 6.—Bitterness in the halibut fishermen's strike is increasing but the Deep Sea Fish- ermen’s Union has warned mem- bers that violence will not be coun- tenanced and no intimidation is to be made. The following resolution has been adopted by the union: “Be it resolved that this union, forced into the present controversy after all means to settle the griev~ ances between the Fishing Vessel Owners Association and union have been exhausted, announces that the union members are loyal to the laws of the Government of the United States and intend to con- duct their efforts to protect the rights and interests of the mem- bers in a lawful and peaceful man=~ ner.” D. B. Gill, Secretary of the Deep Sea Fishermen's Union, said the present controversy resulted in at- tempts of the fishing boat owners to have objectionable features place ed in the working agreement. He said the union construed the de- mands as a lockout. . The owners of halibut boats say the fishermen are on a strike. MUSSOLINI IS NIPPED, ROME Man Arrested with Fire- arms and Bombs— Confession Obtained ROME, Feb. 6.—Michele Schirra was arersted here last Tuesday for paossession of firearms and bombs. Schirru has now confessed he planned to kill Premie: Musso- lini. The police said Schirru was ar- rested after a gun fight with them in which he wounded himself. Schirru, accurding to thie po- lice, said he decided to kill Mus- solin while in Paris. He got his explosives and guns in Belgium. Schirru is traveling under an Americar passport. He said he is a naturalized citizen. Schirru s recovering from his wounds and will probably be tried under the State Act which provides the death penalty for such crunes. MANY COMING FOR CAPITOL CEREMONY Heavy bookings have been made on the motorship Northland by persons in Ketchikan, Wrangell and Petersburg intending to come to Juneau for the dedication of the Capitol. Twenty reservstions have been made at Ketchikan and ten each at Wrangell and Petersburg. Advice in respect to the bookings have been received by J. B. Burford, city agent of the company owning the craft. The Northland will arrive here \Friday night, February 13 or early Saturday morning, February 14. Memory | MADISON, Wis., Feb. 6.—Popu- |lar belief that hypnotism helps a |person to remember what has been forgotten, falls to stand test. | 1t all depends upon who is hyp- |notized. Some persons recall more when in a trance than when awake, others remember fess, and the average memory is about equal ‘The tests show hypnotism is un- |likely to prove an open sesame to |recalling a lost past. They were made at the University of Wiscon- Hypnotism F ails As Aid to of Some People to be hypuotised easily, furnished the comparisons. Certain nonsense subjects were taught to them while awake and later recalled while awake. Similarly nonsense subjects were taught and recalled while hypno- tized. Miss Huse found that in the trance state the average recall was better than when awake. While hypnotized, the students had some memory of what they had ‘) sin under direction of Miss :Bem:y‘lenmed while awake. But when Huse, a research student, and are |awake their memeories seemed not now published for the first time. ‘.m be helped by what had hape Eight Wisconsin students, Lralned‘pened during hypnosis.