The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 9, 1931, Page 1

Senators Robinson and Cnra_way |pany and others are joining pro- 5 3 | SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Feb. 9—Capt. T. J. J. Government & nomer at the Mare Island|eral expressi i accepted the compromise and it is ldarmersd{ear the griin.crop will be} tests from Juneau, Fairbanks, Nome, Leadmg Italian Statesman Naval Station, said the New Zealand earthquake was caused ifting of the ocean bad incident to the “indi'cp et'img rekgret :t- hl: belv)e\'ed EFthLs Shey sl Dave. g1 (IRMARSL. , Cordova, Ketchikan, Seward and PBSSCS Away—-—Ill | manufacture of an enormous new mountain range in the Western Pacific r to the Andes ‘n South screel remarks whic ficient vofes to pass memmeasurxz ety Anchorage against any cut and 0 Week i had caused embarrassment to hese\:::“n:fh::gfl‘;;h‘f’l :,’;: %5 BGUM STARTED flsninstial raise In "tfs-l ; ] ne wee Capt. See said there is, running from New Zealsnd almost to Califor ¢ trough almost four | this Government.” consulted about it and I am not ,A‘u crct;"de’:‘:"‘"_'i“ Rk miles deep which is pushing on the ocean bed ‘n oae direction. As the water leaked into the hot lava,| Secretary Adams replied that “In satisfied with it. It is not a rpitil bjou:;t el | steam is created which causes an upheava view of your letter and your long , very creditable performance for the FUR GUVERN"R o o N Degie amn apt. See sald & similar condltion exists oft Alasks record of briliant service the President and Semate to face a |Grocery Company said the slash- WaE R L T T T secietany of Bhate Etiniaon el S8yl Ve BRI btk Sl ing means doubling the rates on y £ Itallan Ambassador De Martino SERC _Wheeler, Jo e fhe UF MARYLAND the Alaska Railroad and will virtu- ADRIFT M()r() bh()(‘ixfi WREGKAGE UF both expressed satisfaction at the compromise failed to ,provide a ally destroy commerce. | abandonment of the court martial. sl_mzle dollar for men walking the Times Takes Up Fight | S (,"(l P()(, , e Major General Butler declined to city streets. Ly Z . 9 The Seattle Daily Times in a UN IGE FLOE ’ l PLAE\GE Fn“N answer any telephone calls at CRITCAL PERIOD Ritchie for President” Or-{sront page editoriar ot the sunday i Quantico, Marine base, where he is 3 3 1 |edition yesterday, said in part: { F II stationed as commander. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 9.— gamzahons.Are Being “The Alaska Railroad is headed N K rom Onl(’s Secretary Adams wrote that But- A critical perlod appeared to be Formed in States for financial trouble. Conditions [ ke 3 ler's remarks received “unqualified entered by, CumEsessaaey And 1t under which it operates have come 1\/10 ent Tremors Resume in condemnation of the Navy Depart- sk;ounll:i be deextte::flsr;m:b;hlosx ;:re‘k BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 9.—|to a crisis that forecasts virtual | Qua'(e /\rea MOl’E ment and hoped the incident would Whether dn < " !More than a year before the Na-|termination and uselessness unless 1 5! 8 P S have a salutary effect on your gress is necessary. ¢ |tional Party conventions, friends|an immediate, united and effective Twemy I.IShermen' Trap ! Builc]ings Fall \[al ts of Tlad( Wind Be- future conduct in a matter of this e Sl ot i f"’:;p‘r"om‘:; of Gov. Albert C. Richle are at- action is taken. i ped, Are Rescued by | e | lieved Sighted Off |character” nate whers. whe Teued o tempting to set up organizations in| “A one-half cut in maintenance ! i e e - Major General Butler was called apl;:e:l:led. T AR AR s state to further his candi- is attended by the notice the earn- CoaSl_AG_uard ‘f ,r‘y‘lh‘,‘“,,’l:;: “":‘"f’“l;:; | Island of Azores f/:r 17515 for remarks concerning eaders Of ¥ - S i oy et e e % % emier Benit ini Houses said the compromise is sat- f;fi’nf,fil,fi:;of’m““““ ki %’"fiir"}‘:fi; beyilied oo er BUFFALO, N. Y., Teb, 9—Twen-| {cvactating Napier and Has- | LONDON, Feb. 9.—Capt. Albin|The remarks :,e?:uzsaostfil D :t:!:_ isfactory but it faced a battery of| «gitoni i ent" & s ) ty fishermen, who drifted on a| ings distri w driven from |Johnson of the steamer Youngs-|ments ma ora;arsyinc]uding Senators LaFol- br;:;';ffi:e ”;°;ke§;§51:£blbéizg?: w(‘g;n‘:& “"::si’: g:‘;sepe;;x i {large ice floe off this city in Lake| (heir temporary shelters today |town telephoned the Associated Vandemmdejrtlo Bikler by o lette, Wheeler, Borah and others. |1p ciotes j TOMMASO TITTONI Erie, were rescued late Saturday| DY a series of violent tremors. here his vessel had % The other question is the Vet-) The siogan is “Free Men and afternoon by the Coast Qu.nrd. It The quakes fe!l.(-d l?llmerolls at, H ‘:m,l he passed ITALY IS NOTIFIED eran’s bonus legislation. The SeN- preo women Again.” 1 |15 belleved five other fishermen| buildings not destroyed last s of wreckage which he be-| WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 9.— ate has not acted on this measure.| po. o0’y ockwood. of Baltimore, Nu A G H E EMEN ROME, Italy, Feb. 9.—Tommas are still on the floe, which is sev-| Wweek. {lieved was that of the plane Trade- | The Navy Department. hac. fire It is anticipated generally how-1, ©oiioian s Executive Secretary § Pittoni, aged 75 years, one of the|eral miles long. | No casualties arc reported. |wind in which Mrs. Beryl Hart and |nished Itallan Ambassador De Mare ever that a solution to the question of the .Aiuwme for President” most active statesmen in Italy dur-| The ice broke Saturday forpnoon\ Communication lines are in- deutenant Willilam 8. MacLaren, |ting a copy of the correspondence ¥ will be the increasing of veterans’ league and Edward Gabler, of Phil- FISHERM EN A Nn ing the Premier Mussolini regime,|and was carried out into the lake.! terrupted. attempted a trans-Atlantic|petween Secretary Adams and Maj- _loans at a cost of $500,000,000. adelphia, is President, died Saturday night as a result]| The Coast Guard also received ——e— ht, or General Butler relative to call= ———————— Unlwd' States Senator Millard E.! of influenza which he suffered for|word that ten men were on an-| (‘m‘ Johnson said he sighted the ing off the court martial. Trans- {Tydings urged, in a recent ad- EL UWNERS WEe wepk, other floe south of here where one INT SEGRETARY cckage about 130 miles north-imission of the correspondence is dress, that organizations should Few of his contemporarfes in the |man slipped as the ice broke from |west of Corvo Islands, the north-)informal but considered by both Ibe formed in every state to work kingdom had the wealth of ex-[the shore and was drowned. | |ermost and smal of the Azores.|ihe State Department and Em- for Gov. Ritchie. T perience in foreign affairs possessed | He said the wreckage was gray and |passy officials to be sufficient to The slogan was taken from the|Capt. Ole Larson States by Tittoni. He was four times OTHERS ARE RESCUED } ked like a wing oo 00y |N sp Al {Governor's inaugural address which e N8 o Foreign Minister, Premier for a; CROSS VILLAGE, Mich., Feb. 9. 4 C Johnson also said ‘the s declared against Federal centraliza- Position of Hls l;;xei pe;no;. ?mbns;a.d:)r !:ddlgg;l —~Fo1ur n;en hn}:o bc;n lr(esc;lcd n?lm’ HEINDEER iSSUE kage ;:.m:m«-k” lwhav um\;;d 2 X n an aris an n 1 an ice floe which broke from he @ part o; A tor] ife ring e Ly ENDED DEGREE .t.lg;efl?ir:, w;:;:hah:omik;t;)ofn; ASSOClatIOI'l President of the Senate from 1919 main pack in Lake Michigan a'm‘ eaid he searched around but dis- CHORAL SOCIETY | b1l of Tights and by which we witi VR to 1929. He also served as first|which the wind carried several| covered nothing else ORGANIZATION IS | o Teb = SEATTLE, Feb. v—The halibut president of the Royal Academy of {miles out into open water before' - THE DAILY ALASKA EM NEWS ALI THE TIME” “ALL THE VOL XXXVII., NO. 5638 JUNEAU ALASK/\ MONDAY iH BRUARY 9 193| R MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS COURT MARTIAL OF GENERAL BUTL BUDGET, ALASKA! ‘ = RAILROAD, BIVEN, Forest Fires |f 7o "TERRIFIC SLASH “ Flve Hundred Thousand Dollar Cut Arouses Pacific Northwest CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS | PLANNING TO PROTEST Scattle Times Take Up Figcht—Editorial Asks Pointed Questions SEATTLE, Feb. 9.—The report received here from Washington, Fleeing from In Mountains |Flames Eating Rapidly Through * Drought Dried Timber MARION, South Carolina, Feb, 9.—Forest fires are forcing the mountain folk of two sections in McDowell county to flee for their }hves as fog and smoke hung over the valleys and the fires ate rapid- ly into the drought-dried timber. Several homes have already been | destroyed. Many roads are dotted with | wagons filled with household goods !which trudging mountaineers are attempting to save from destruc- hau!l water from neighboring towns. Arkansas, Texas and Missouri re-| ported rains while Minnesota, Towa, | tion. D. C., that $500,000 have been slash- | e il o e Fire fighters are making little ed from the Alaska Railroad Bud- |Michigan and Wisconsin reportf‘d‘ snow fall. INDICATED UPON | P'revail Drenched While Is Acceptable to Others Missed Conference arid sections in the Middle West were drenched yesterday and today winter deluge. ACT[ON ls FORECAST Many sections in Southern Ilu- Senate Coahtloms!s Not alarming situation for several Pleased——Vote Wlll months, were relieved by the heavy! Many cities, in Central and| —_— | Northern Illinois still face a serious| WASHINGTON, D. C,, Feb. 9. A twenty million dollar drought to by the Senate and House con- | ferees. The fund is in addition to drought loans to farmers and xsl slated to replace the $25,000,000 R2d COMPROMISE IS | Rain, Snow ] Several Drought Sec IOHS‘ Twenty Million Dollar Fund CHICAGO, 11, Feb. 9.—Some REBELUON AGAINST while others were missed by the nois which have been facing an |fall of rain. | Tell Tale | ituation and are being forced to relief compromise has been agreed the $45,000,000 already available lor. Crosb Fund which the Senate vot-| WINTER IN TEXAS I AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 9.—Winter, get, now before Congress, has started organizations in Seattle, Tncoma and Portland on a move- ment to urge Congress to increase the appropriation rather than de- crease it. Disaster to the Alas- headway against the flames. TITTONI DIES Earthquake ami f ire hu:(.s [’\we’ | b | il As Napier looked from the hilis befere it wa practically destroyed by fires which were started 2a 1 4 4 eU nd City then because ED OFF E PRICE TEN CENTS REPRIMAND IS CIVEN OFFICER BY NAVY DEPT, Marine Commander Ex- presses Regret at “In- discreet Remarks”™ WRITES LETTER WHICH HAS CLOSED - INCIDENT ;Slale Department, Also | Italian Embassay Ex- press Satisfaction WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 9.-—The court martial of Major General Smedley D. Butler has been called off by the Navy Department and a ed and attached to the 1m,enm- returned to Texas today with low- - Besiraid T e a0 vom~ i‘the shock broke the water mains. The town m"::l or > st coast|severe reprimand has been Department Bill and which zhe,er temperatures and rain which TR 6 Ik BITS PN st 1A “ol North Island, New Zealand. Latest reports gf"t the nuvmbcr n{ kvr n ; not far| gjven instead. House and President Hoover em-|sent several of the smaller streams | | distant, as close to 1,000 with many thousands injurod. Nelscn Park, Napier, is « 1 the center and The announcement was phatically opposed. out of their banks. The A. V. Love Company, West Hawke's Bay in the background. The waters of the by od to recede and ran to safety Highway traffic is hampered andl floods threatened scores of homes in Wichita Falls. Continued rain is forecast and Over Sunday, rebellion against the compromise developed in the ranks of the Senate coalition but | pany, Coast Grocery Company, Northern |Commercial, National Grocery Com- Black Manufacturing Com- {be free men and women again.” Constitutional Guarantees; fishing vessel owners sald they have given up hope of reaching an ATTACK OF FLY Italy. In the summer of 1922, Tittoni outside. fellow fishermen rescued them. ——————— Deleu:x!(‘. S-utherland Says Wilbur 'Lackinp, on ALLEGED CAUSE OF EARTHQU \I\ E IS GIVEN BY U. S. S ASTRONOMER 00-X DELAYED made after Secretary of Navy Charles F. Adams received a letter from the Major Gen- UP THIS EVENING 1 i s agreement with the fishermen and yigiteq the United States, being ! - Discussion concerning organiza- Are Restored After |Banker's Son Weds said they will send between 30 and Jtaly's spokesman at the Institute | Feasible Plan tion of a Choral Society in Ju Se Y. Musical Comedy Star; |40 schooners to the banks this of “politics at Williams College, { - f‘a neau will be the principal topic of ven lears 0 H | week manned from their OWD williamstown, Mass. Upon the { WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb, 9 a meeting tonight at 8 o'clock in ! ff on Honeymoon|,us. Aot of i ioaitits e Delegate Sutheriand of Alaska ¢ Miss Todd’s Studio, over the former MADRID, Feb. 9.—After more R “We offered the fishermen the gave a number of lectures in dif- N L clared that had Seccretary of Inter- office of the Cable System, Main than seven years of Dictatorship,/ NEW YORK, Feb. 9.—Roger|same agreement as they had in ferent cities. od 8 f Island, constitutional guarantees have been Wolfe Kahn, aged 23, a composer restored to Spanish subjects by and son of Otto Kahn, banker and Royal proclamation. Chairman of the Metropolitan Op- The proclamation calls for Par-|era, was married January 26 to the prosperous year of 1915 but they refused,” said Capt. Ole Lar- son. He said that it was not the 1930 agreement the fishermen re- He retained pleas- ant memories of that trip, during which he made many friends, and always was eager to return their hospitality when any of them visit- ‘WASHINGTON, D. C.,, Feb, 9.— Bishop James Cannon, jr., of the Methodist Episcopal Church of the South, has been cleared by a Com- jor Wilbur proy 0" for t ndeer the pre the native would a “year or two a ing of Alaska r controversy be ers: and 4 | Do-X .| Gand ng boat from for to take ansferre: rto Luz ted has been ay to Pu ast one 1 " |instant favor. and Front Street. The feasibility of such a society was first taken up several weeks ago and met with Tonight's meeting is to start positive action and all liamentary elections in March. The Hannah Williams, aged 24, untilifysed but conditions under which eq Rome. been averted. at } s ] The seaplane i, oo toters guarantees and elections were sus- last night, featured in a Broadway|they have operated since 1916. | president Tittonl, as he gencrally :;‘omto:gamxiiz ISZL ;?ps:er:bz: The Alasks Reindeer Committse| WeS damaz : m" in an at-[oese ested are requested to pended by the late Primo de Rivera. musical show. The groom's DPar-| Capt. Larson called attention t0 was called in Italy, was born n B ki elgers of the pdiay meets tomorrow. empted tak for Brazil, The action of the King is seen as ents made the announcement of the|fact that taxes on boats have in- pome November 16, 1855, the son| pr. " 3. Harrel), orvRich-‘ Delegate St nd sald the - M Milli @ testimony of confidence in Gen- 'marriage. The newlyweds havecreased from $30 to $90 to $150 and of Vincenzo and Elisa Silvestrellilmond, Virginia, said he believed MOSt important problems are div-' Auto Hzt by Freight ore Mulions eral Damasco Berenguer. left on a honeymoon trip. The |gg00. Tittoni. He was educated in the|the Committee of Twelve, hearing iSions of land for herds and wheth- T 3 Men Killed For Public Press censorship will also be bride was divorced three years ago| Capt. Larson sald the whole fleet'|ay department of the University [the B s Dlndereq as the evi. €r the herds will be operated on a ram en e B raised today. /from Taylor Williams, of Philadel-i; threatened with ruin and We of Rome and augmented that course|dence included “astonishing ad- Percentage basis or made distinct | i stz 9 mldmgs RN e Y o |Phia. are taking steps to save our Prop- with studies at Oxford and the » units. B oo e e - 9—Al- The Lindsay, Cal, cltrus ex-| L R erty and provide for our families.' " o~ uich | by Bishob Cennon. The Delegate asserted the Lomen ! Pert T aged 25; Fred| WASHNGTON, D. C, Feb. change received its highest prices A coyote killed 35 high grade in 15 years, this season—$4,283,187 turkeys in a raid on a Swan an-‘ Capt. Larson said vessel owners at Ketchikan, Petersburg and Ju- University of Liege, Belgium, gave him a sound knowledge of English and French. The hearing was conducted secret chambers but the charges are described as “serious.” n' Reindeer Company, aggressive business through at more and Benjamin ag el ”7 were killed Satur- 9—The Senate has passed the House bill authorizing another for 895,583 boxes of fruit. ley, Idaho, farm. neau are standing pat on the old| In April, 1023, he received the| Earlier in the year Bishop Can- 8PParently taken the r automobile smt:]l'l?oi’mii to expend on the agreement. supreme tribute from his kingincn was acquitted by the General the Indian herdsmen A uilding program. E being made a chevalier of the Or-lConference on charges of stock To Discuss Repor RED | ; . Easy on yes Also FISHERMEN ARE OFFERED = |der of the Annundata. gambling. A eport com Br()un I‘ oI B it JOBS ON PURSE He was the author of numerous geR g Walker Sawyer, ( runetie Eas on Poeketbooks- SEATTLE, Feb. 9—The hallbut yores on political and economic|g o | Alaska Railroad, c X y L] fishermen now at varlance With gpiects including essays on gov- TODAY'S STOCK | |reindeer problem, C a }t ures Prm ce Of r 0 . the Pishing Vessel Owners ASSO-|ernmenta] finance and interna- QUOTATIONS | by the Committ i ’ Sprlng Fashwns Shown clation over fishing terms, havely,n, jay In addition he devoted|®7 ® with Secretary Wilbur. been offered positions on at least forty purse seine bpats by indi-! much time to critical studies of NEW YORK, Feb. 9.— Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine Besides Sa the Wales, Dancing Party Ttali d English litera- includes Senator Ke PARIS, Feb. 9.—The exhibition]side, permiiting of interchangs of vidual owners, announces P. B. tu‘:e.mv Fpech. ap . 5 stock today is 9':, Ame‘n(’-an Can Wyoming, Repr . 4 of Spring fashions revealed econ-|wraps to be worn with either coats|Gill, Secretary of the Deep Sea 4 ‘ue. Anaconda fopper 33]‘;, Be’th- of Montana and Assistént A,m,m,v| PANAMA CITY, Feb. 9.—Dark-| The Prince sclected Miss Nichols omy and is the edict of the dress- [or dresses and blouse suits which|PFishermen's Union. lechem Steel 56%, Genera Mom’rs General Sis | haired, brow: nor Nieh< fipb ol e S e makers to assist battered bank ac-|are designed with seven-eighthsi Secretary Gill said the purse SMOKE, BUT NO FIRE 42%, Granby Consolidated 16%. Delegate A ‘fepre- oM, daugh er of Commander New- counts. lengths. seiners will employ about 200 men. International Harvester 557, Ken-' . .o =~ ¢ rein-'ton Nie in charge of the club for the dance given in The only radical change is the| Coats and skirts to match are|All the fishermen, he said, are| Smoke from a building near the|necott Corporation 25%, Packard ... oo o0 0 oo e B Radlo Station, his and Prince George's honor. lowering of skirts two inches for[to be worn with any of the six| competent to fill any position on City Wharf at 6:30 Saturday eve-|Motors 10%, Simmons Beds 18, .. 4 b committee mestis dane t of " evening | Prince George was especially at= 3 street wear. different designs In blouses varying, the boats from master down. ning caused an alarm of fire to(Standard Brands 18%, Standard ey with = He | tentive s Oecllis Alfaro e ke The aconomy costumes include |from white cotton, in hip Téngth, to| The decision about acceptingthe pe turned in to the department. A|Oil of California 50, Standard ng Sequoia ion- bent low over the | President Alfaro, of Panama. reversible coats with light on one (seven-eighths dresses in satin tun- |positions will be decided at a meet~ run was made by the equipment.|Oil of New Jersey 49%, U. 8. Ste:l al Park in Californe du the popular song, * play-| The two Princes left Sunday on side and dark goods on the otherics. Jing tomorrow night. There was no fire, 143%, Hudson Bay 4%. season numbered 129,221, od. by ‘the: orelicatrs, | their journcy to South America: