The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 14, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “AI;L THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” \’OL XXXVII., NO 5643 q MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRE PRICE TEN CENTS SPANISH CABINET FALLS; KING IS FACING CRISIS MORE OPPOSITION SMooT, HAWLEY MOVE AGAINST PROPOSEDLOAN Declare Taxes Musl Be In-| creased or Bonds Must Be Floated CLAIMS GOVERNMENT NGW FACING DEFICIT/ Senate Expected to Vote Today on Drought Re- lief Compromise WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 14. — Senator Reed Smoot, Chairman of the Senate Fi- nance Committee, has joined Representative Willis C. Haw- ley, of the House Ways and Means Committee, saying taxes must be raised or bonds must be floated if the vet- erans’ lean compromise is passed. They have jeined Secretary of Treasury Mellon in cpposition to a 50 per cent loan on the value of the cer-| tificates. Chairman Hawley said he favor- ed some aid to veterans but de- clared benefits under the com- promise are estimated to cost be-' tween $700,000,000 and $1,000,000,- 000. He sald this would do more harm to the country than good to the veterans. Senator Smoot gave a warning| that the Government already faced a deficit. Supporters of the compromise continued to hold firm in face of the opposition. As the veterans’ compromise was being considered, the Senate ex- pected to take a vote on the drought relief compromise this aft- ernoon. An eight hour filibuster! by Senator Thomas of Oklahoma ended yesterday. Senator Glass of Virginia moved far the taking of a vote and this motion was adopted. —————— SENATOR BLAINE LOOSE TONGUED, DECLARES NUTT Postal Lessors Have Not| Contributed to Any Campaigns WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 14— Intimation made by Senator John J. Blaine, of Wisconsin, Chairman’ of the Postal Lease Committee, that an investigation revealed that les- sors contributed $1,250,000 to the Coolidge and Hoover campaign, is described by Joseph R. Nutt, Treas- | urer of the Republican National Committee, as “utterly false and entirely inexcusable. It is just another instance of a loose tongued | Senator making statements that! are false.” Nutt said only one postal lessor had contributed to any campaign. The sum was $200 contributed by J. A. Love, of St. Louis, and re- ceived by the Missouri State Com- mittee. Nutt said Senator Blaine could avail himself of the com- plete statement of contributions which is on file in the Capitol. BLAINE NOT WORRIED WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 14— Despite denials from Postmaster General Brown and Treasurer Nutt, Chairman Blaine of the Senate Postal Lease Investigating Commit- tee, insisted beneficiaries of postal leases contributed heavily to Re- publican campaigns. This is his reply to Nutt’s assertion that Blaine is a “loose tongued Senator.” Senator Blaine said he had evi- dence which will be recorded later that immense funds came from postal lease beneficiaries. o A night school-offering 16 courses in agricultural subjects is being maintained for Temple, Tex., farm- ers this winter, iEXER(}ISIES AT - GAPITOL BEGIN | AT 8 TONIGHT | |All Nutabers dn Interesting | | Program of Dedication | Will Be Brief | Exercises in connection with the rormal dedication of Alaska's mil-| lion-dollar capitol will begin| promptly at 8 o'clock tonight in the Museum room on the second floor of the new structure. , Dr. W. W. Council, president of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce, will preside and will call the sembly to order. Immediately aft erwards, the high school orch will play a selection. ‘Then me Rev. H. R. Allen, pastor of Resur- rection Lutheran church, will pro- nounce the invocation. This will be succeeded by another orchestral selection. Gov. George A. Packs will deliver the address of welcome. Fouowing a stlection by the or- chestra, James Wickersham, Dele- gate-elect to Congress from Alas- ka, will make a speech on “Al ka's Trade Value to the United tates. A short talk w30 be made {bv Mayor Roderick F. Davis, of Metlakatla. To End With Benediction | The orchestra will play again |after which the exercises will be .concluded with a benediction, spok- 'en by the Rev. C. E. Rice, dean lof Trinity Episcopal cathedral. | Provision has been made by H R. VanderLeest, chairman of the committee on arrangements, for seats upon and near the platform ifor Dr. Council, Governor Parks, udge Wickersham, John C. Mo~ Eride, custodian of federal build- ings in Alaska; the Rev. Mr. Allen, !the Rev. Dean Rice, N. R. Walker, mayor of Ketchikan; Roderick F. |Davis, mayor of Metlakatla; L. W. Kilburn, mayor of Douglas; Thomas B. Judson, mayor of Juneau; T. S. Elsemore, representing the mayor ,of Petersburg; F. G. Hanford, councilman at Wrangell, repre- senting the maydr of that city; |Howard Ashley, representing the |mayor of Skagway; Lieut. 8. H. Hunsicker, representing the com- imander of Chilkoot Barracks; W. {J. McDonald, president of the ;Chamber of Commerce at Cordova, 1represent1ng the mayor of that city. Plenty of Space | The Museum Hall is sufficiently ‘spacious to accommodate the large throng expected to attend the ex- ercises. The room has no seat- ing arrangements for Wuditors, but as the number on the program will ‘be long the ceremony is in no dan- |ger of becoming m-'esome | l ! 'FORNANCE ARRIVES | WITH ARMY FOLK Bringing passengers from Chil- koot Barracks and from Haines to (Juneau for dedication of the Capi- tol, the United States Army boat ‘Fomance. Capt. H. B. Cummings,’ arrived last evening in Juneau.| |She will return to the barracks to-, MOITOW. { | Those aboard the vessel were Capt. L. D. Bogan, Lieut. 8. H. Hunsicker, Miss Edna Mae Bogan land Miss Minne Morris of the Barracks and 15 enlisted men, in-| cluding M. L. Harvey, John M. Light, T. Stewart, J. Reilly, A. T.| Forbess and J. Bailey, member of the Army's basketball squad, and Mrs. Lon Garrison, schoolteacher; {Mrs. E. E. Bromley, whose hus- band is a clergyman, Mrs. Lemieux | and J. Brown of Haines. EXPLORER CALLS ON WAY TO WRECK Bound ror Kodiak to lift ship’s stores from the wrecked Forest King, the Explorer, Capt. Magnus {Hanson, called at Juneau today. I8he is expected to resume her voy- age tomorrow. The vessel has been in Ketchikan,. where she went on the way for overhaul and repairs. While work was progressing on the boat, Cap- tain Hanson made a trip to Seattle. —l The salary of none of the New |York Yankee players was cut for the 1931 season despite the fact the club failed to finish 1-2 last year, according to Ed Barrow, busi- ness manager. | | Alaska’s Newly Com plefled N. R. WALKER Maycr of Ketchikan who heads de|eg~aflcn of vlston Oldest Yalp Graduate Is Dead in Eas t Edward Bradstreet Passes Away—Was 100 Years Old Last June CINCINNATI, Ohio, Feb. 14.—Ed- ward Bradstreet, aged 100, oldest graduate of Yale, died today. The aged lawyer maintained an office here until last year. He always took a prominent part in civic af- | fairs. Edward Bradstreet was a member | of the Yale class of 1853 and cele-| brated his 100th birthday last June 5. Member of Two British Cabinets Passes in Sleep LONDON, Feb, 14.—Sir Lam- ington Worthington Evans, Secretary of State in two Con- servative Cabinets, died in his sleep during the night. He was 63 years of age. Sir Lamingten W. Evans was a member of the Lloyd George coalition cabinet and Postmaster General under Pre- mier Stanley Baldwin. He is credited with creating the Pos- tal Savings certificate plan for raising war funds. el Surveys have shown that 122 existing Chicago business houses wers founced before 1858. ALL SOUTHEAST - ALASKA SENDS DELEGATIONS| Metlaka tl_a,~ Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg | and Skagway Here All ciiies in Southeast Alaska are prominently represented in Juneau today preparatory to the dedication tonight of Alaska's capitol. Dele- gations from Metlakatla, Ketchi- kan ,Wrangell and Petersburg, ar- rived here last night and were en- thusiastically weleomed by a large . throng of Juneau residents. The !visitors came on the motorship |Northland which moored to the !Femmer wharf at 6 o'clock, having |prcceeded slowly up Gastineau |Channel so as not to reach port | before the hour that had been set for the reception of the vessel's Ipassengers. | On the pier was the Juneau City Band, which played enlivened airs as the Northland approached her | berth and made fast. Greeted at Ship's Side | As arrivals came down the gang plank, they were greeted by Mayor | Thomas B. Judson and Dr. W. W. iCounc'xL president, and G. H. ‘Walmsley, secretary, of the Cham- !ber of Commerce, and H. R. Van- derLeest, E. M. Goddard and M. 8. Whittier, members of the cham- ber’s reception committee. | The visitors were taken in motor cars to their hotels. Later in the evening, some went to the high |school gymnasium to witness bas- ketball games in which. a team (from Petersburg participated; some ited friends. | Glacier and Fur Farms | Today members of the visiting deelegations were guests on motor rides to the Mendenhall Glacier and on trips to neighboring fur i farms. This evening, the visitors Wwill be guests at the Capitol Dedica- | i Elks in their hall. The Northland will not depart {from Juneau until 3 o'clock to- morrow morning, thus affording all ipersons from cities to the south| lample time here and yet giving) before Monday. Members of visiting delegations |are: | From Ketchikan—Mayor N. R. ‘Walker, Peter Johnson, Thomas Hall, L. 8. Ferris, George Crerar, (Continued on Page Eight) I |attended a theatre and some Vis-| ition Ball to be given by Juneau| them opportunity to return 'nom*l z-w GOV. GEORGE A. PARKS One of the speakers tcnight at the Capitol dedication OPERATION I FATAL: MAJOR GENERAL DIES. Commander of Twenty- or sixth Division Passes Away Today BOSTON, Mass, Feb. 14—Major General Claren B. Edwards, one| of the War Time Commanders of the 26th Division, died this morn- ing in a local hospital. to rally from an intestinal opera- tion performed yesterday. Blood transfusion did not help him. Form- er soldiers, of the 26th Division flocked to the hospital to give their blood to their beloved com- mander. Brilliant Service After compiling a notable record {as an administrative and line offi- |cer in the United States Army for }35 years, Major General Clarence R. | Edwards topped it off with a bril- llant service as a Division Com- mander in the World War. He organized and 26th Division, made up of New England National Guard troops, |and then proudly went to France lat the head of the Division. | February to October, 1918, he led {his Division in some of the most important engagx.mems of that pe- |flod of the war, only to be relieved | .ol his command and re(urned to \the United States. Cited for Gallantry During that time his outfit, pop- |slon, was cited several times for its gallant work and its Commander {was honcred twice by the French i government and once by Belgium. It was with keen disappointm:nt (Continued on Fage Two) He failed | trained the| From | jularly known as the Yankee Divi-/ MflVEMENT FOR - GAPITOL BEGAN - 20 YEARS AGO sidents. iof Jug Juneau Bought Part of Site and Gave | it to Government Re Formal dedication of the Federal and Territorial Building today cul- minates activities that had their |inception just 20 years ago for the |erection of such a structure in Juneau. Immediately after the capital was moved from Sitka to, Juneau, in 1906, suggestions were | ‘made for the establishment of a| |suitable home for the various gov- | ernment offices. Nothing definite | was done, however, until five years| JAMES WICKERSHAM Delegate-Elect, Speaker at l.omght‘: dedication 'Are Forced To Disrobe and Go Nude ln 1911, a bill was Introduced ?nw the House of Representatives by James Wickersham, then Delegate \ln Congress from Alaska, appro- m‘latlng $200,000 for the purchase| a site and the erection of a capi-| The measure was enacted. | Allotment for Site Thereupon, United States Treas- i |ury officials having in (-l\ux-QD:C!Othlng Of Young People in Colony Removed by public building affairs, dmd“di shoul b ende: { $20,000 should be expended for the .Doukhobor Decree NELSON, B. C., Feb. 14—The site and $180,000 on the building. i The site desired by the authon-} Police are investigating reports of a nude demonstration at Glade, ties was the present location—the entire block bounded by Main, by the Dukhobors, a Russian reli- glous sect. Fifth, Seward and Fourth streets. For $20,000, only the upper half— If facing Fi 5 g W Tl o Accerding to the information re- ceived by the Police, a decree was issued for a general disrobing of ‘ml | eet |and between Main and Sewar streets—then occupied by the | Jackéon school, could be bought. i e . Refusal by the officlals to con-| ’r; i Peopip, . i sider demands made by lot own-| 7THe YOUDg people refused. They were forcibly seized, their clothing ers in t| ver half—the half fac- S0 fhe Jower ha removed and then they were re- ing on Fourth een Main and d leased, nude. Seward Streets—threatened to de- g - lay indefinitely the erection of a| It 18 sald there were fifty of the {young people, of both sexes, who| bulldl - were forced to this humiliation. In these circumstances, the b B Chamber of Commerce initiated a| g movement to raise funds by popu- lar subscription for the purch of the lower half of the block in e |order to give it to the government.| John Reck, president of the First| NEW YORK, Feb. 14.—Closing |National Bank, was named cha ‘qu‘otstion of Alaska Juneau mine man of the soliciting commitiee.|stock today is 9, American Can The required sum, between $23,000] 117%, Anaconda Copper 37%, Beth- |and $25,000, was raised, the needed |lehem Steel 58%, General Motors |lots were bought from their indi- | 42%, Granby Consolidated 124, In- |vidual owners and presented to the ternational Harvester 54%, government. Transfer was not|cott Corporation 27%, Packard completed unti? well along in 1913.| Metors 10%, Simmons Beds 19%, Then, the opinion was held in|Standard Brands 187, Standard Oil all quarters that a siructure co f California 50%, Standard Ofl ing only $180,000 would be inade-|of New Jersey 50%, U. S. Steel .quate to meet official necessities. 1145'7 United Aircraft 32', Hudson (Continued on Page Eight) lBay 5%. Donations to Buy Land | | | TODAY'S STOCK QUOTATIONS Kenne- | TO VETS BONUS $800,000 Capitol Dedicated Tonight GOVERNMENT OF BERENGUER 0UT; SITUATION BAD Alfonso’s Position Is Most Dangerous Since He Started to Reign ¢ ELECTION PROGRAM QUICKLY CANCELLED Liberals, Monarchists and Extremists Have Dif- ferent Plans MADRID, Spain, Feb. 14. —The Government of Pre- mier Berenguer has fallen, bringing to a head a crisis which appears the most dan- gercus ever faced by King Alfonso during his long reign. The King has accepted the resignation of Premier Ber- enguer and his Cabinet. King Alfonso has also can- celled the Parliamentary elec- tions schedued for March 1 and March 15 and has started conferences for a new Cab- inet. Although the Cabinet has been under _fire for several months the situation which called forth the resignations developed last night when important Liberal and Mon- archist leaders withdrew support to the Cabinet’s election program. Count Derumanes, former Pre- mier, said he would have partici- pated in the elections but on the convening of Parliament would have moved for dissolution and convocation of a convention to write. a new Spanish constitu- tion. The King's election program was also under fire of Extremists who would return to Parliamentary rule after seven years of Dictatorship. —————— KELLER LEAVES LOCAL SCHOOLS; WORK PRAISED Steps Qut Preparalory to Taking Office as Com- missioner Education —_— After serving seven and one= half yedrs as Superintendent of Public Schools here, W. K. Keller, who on March 1, becomes Terri- torial Commissioner of Education, today stepped out of the loeal school position. He was succeeded by R. 8. Raven, Principal of the High School, who takes over the superintendency tomorrow. d Mr. Keller came here from Fair- banks in 1923 after a two-year tenure there as Superintendent of Schools. He captured the Re- publican nomination last Spring for Commissioner of Education and was elected over A. E. Karnes, Democrat, last November. Given High Praise The Juneau School Board, through M. L. Merritt, director, and the only member in town at this time, today praised Mr. Keller's administration here in the highest _lof terms, attributing much of the progress made in the school sys- tem to his policies inaugurated and |carried out under Mis direction. Tt {predicted for him a successful ads ministration of the Territorial school system. Records show, said Mr. Merritt, |that Supt. Keller served longer in that capacity here than any other man in that position, and has a longer Alaska service to his credit than any other superintendent of schools. « Revision of Work Immediately after assuming his duties with the local schools, he added, Supt Keller practically re- vised the entire policy of the sys- tem and set about bringing up to standard all of the educational (Continued on Page Eight)