The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 5, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVIL, NO. 5659. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1931. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT§ | DEMOCRATS MAPPING OUT 1932 ELECTION STRATEGY 3} 7 o 4 I1EG S PROTECTION OF LOCALSAWMILLS Twin Bills Tntradiiced by, Him Affecting Taxes on Canned Salmon HIGHER RATES SOUGHT IN NEW HOUSE MEASURE Would Give Rebates to Packers Using Alaska- Made Packing Cases Twin bills, the first to be intro- duced in either branch of the legis- lature in the 1931 session, were brought into the House |,esterday afternoon by A. H. Ziegle#, ‘Wstchi- kan, apparently designed to en- courage the logging and sawmill industries of the Territory by es- tablishing preferential tax rates on clams and salmon packed in Alas- ka-made containers. House Bill No. 1 declares it to be the policy of the Territory to encourage such local industries, and fixes a rebate of five cents per case on all clams and salmon so packed. House bill No. 2, amending the 'existing tax law seeks to make a raise of five cents per case in the base rates on all varieties of salmon and on clams. ‘Would Not Change Rate This, if the two bills introduced become law, the canner who puts up his product in Alaska-made cases would pay the rate he has been paying since 1927. On the other hand, the packer who uses other than Alaska containers wouid pay a five-cent higher rate. The old rates and the proposed new rates, are as follows: Clams, old rate three cents per case, new eight cents; kings, reds, sockeyes, etc., 10 cents and 15 cents; medium reds, cohoes, etc., 4% cents and 9% cents; chums three cents and eight cents. Public Backs Measure “This proposal is not intended to be a revenue producing measure, but is designed to give badly need- ed protection to the loggers and sawmills and those connected with both industries in Alaska,” de- clared Mr. Ziegler. “The situa- tion confronting these industries, particularly in Southeast Alaska, is admittedly serious. “For almost twelve months their representatives, Chambers of Com- merce and various private citizens have urged upon the canners en- gaged in operations in the Terri- tory the wisdom of confining their needs for packing containers to/ Alaska-made products. While they| have expressed the utmost willing- ness to give preference to them as well as to labor wherever practi- cable, they have frankly said in this particular instance, their own, desires have to be set aside to meet the demands of brokers and buyers (Continued on Page Seven) —_————— WITH THE LEGISLATURE Bills Introduced In the House: H. B. No. 1, Ziegler, To pro- vide for reduction of tax- ation for canneries ship- ping their products in containers made of Alas- ka lumber. H. B. No. 2, Ziegler, Amend- ing Chapter 31, S. L. A. of 1921 as amended by Chapter 59, 8. L. A. of 1927, being an Act to establish a system of li- cense taxation. House met at 2 p. m. Senate met at 2 p. m. 1-6OV'T. GROUP 2-PARK. 3-BUSINESS ZONE 8-HOTEL 5-INDUSTRIAL ZONE vada. ™ = Ohio, wher president of tl Is Ray R. Maddox, one of h was tried for imprisonment and $10,000 fine. acts on a motion for a new trial. e T SRS ST TODAY'S STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, March 5—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 9%, American Can 124, Anaconda Copper 47%, Beth- lehem Steel 65%, General Motors 43%, Granby Consolidated 21, In- ternational Harvester 56%, Kenne- cott 26%, Packard Motors 10%, Sim- Standard Oil of California Standard Oil of New Jersey 477%, United Aircraft 33%, U. S. Steel 146%, Curtiss Wright 5%, Hudson Bay 5%, Kolster Radio 1%. ————————— 19%, 47%, of Indianapolis, now operates a small cafe near the Miami, Fla, race track. Dr. Eckener Comes to U. S. To Finance Flight of Graf Zeppelin to Arctic in July NEW YORK, March 5—Dr. Hugo Eckener arrived here on the steam- chip Europa to arrange with news papers for financing of the Graf Zeppelin's five day polar expedition next July, via Leningrad, Franz 4-MULTIPLE FAMILY ZONE 9-SINGLE ZONE 10-ROAD TO LASVEGAS |5-GOLF COURSE and during the period of construction no lots will be sold. growth and development beyond the eight-year period for which it is being created. " TRIED ON OH!O BANK mons Beds 20%, Standard Brands| Jack Dillon, famed “giant killer”| LER SEEKS “M»;)dérl»"’« Ci;i)f to Hodse Hoover D-am"fi’/orkers. 6-R.R. STATION 7-HIGHWAY TO DAM 13-ATHLETIC FIELD 14-PLAY AREA There CHARGE Assoclated Press Photo Mal S. Daugherty (left), brother of Harry M. Daugherty, former United States attorney general, shown in Washington court house, leged misuse of funds while he was defunct Ohio State bank. Seated in front of Daugherty attorneys. FOUND GUILTY ON FIVE COUNTS | WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, Ohio, March 5—Mal S. Daugherty ' has been convicted of defrauding the Ohio State Bank, defunct. He yho ajaska cable by the govern- was found guilty on five counts, each with a maximum of 30 years ment to private parties was a pos- Sentence was delayed until the court sibility, was discussed from the MAYFAILTO MAKE REPORT sion Is Running Out of Money dent Hoover. pleted. PURIFIES WATER UPON CRIMES Law Enforcement Commis- tion by the War Department. These WASHINGTON, D. C., March 5. —The Wickersham Law Enforce- that the amount the government ment Commission faces the possi- would have to pay for messages in bility of being moneyless before the event of private ownership,| completing the gigantic crime sur-'would absorb in a few years any | Members of the commission said that unless work is speeded before mission superintendents, Major El- to Point Barrow either from An- July 1, when the remainder of the jiott first presented Thomas Hud- $250,000 appropriation has been ex-qieston of the Valdez district. Mr.| pended, several of the ten eriminal gyqdleston expressed gratification striving to get in touch with its surveys planned may be uncom-a; the action the Chamber was leader, Ray Wise, and perfect ar- This is the artist's conception of Boulder City, Nev. which is to be the home of 3,000 workers on the Hoover dam and power plant project. The design, by S. R. De Boer (inset), landscape artist in charge of {to the Legislature by W. G. Smith, Boulder City’s layout, awaits approval by Government engineers. The city is located on® high tableland of several thousand acres, 23 miles east of Las Vegas, Ne- It will be constructed with rigid economy as to detail. Allowance has been made for the possible will be no concessions nor monoplies ALASKA ROAD - WORKERS MEET Weekly Luncheon of | Chamber of Commerce i i Comment on highway and trail work throurhout the Territory was made by Major Malcolm Elliott, president of the Alaska Road Com- mission at the noon. luncheon of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce today, and he took occasion to in- troduce to the business men some of the superintendents of his or- ganization whom he said should! be credited with' the greater part of its commendable achievements. | A few legislators were able to get away from committee work to at- tend the luncheon, and they spoke briefly when called upon by Dr. W. W. Council, president of the Cham- ber, who remarked that a dinner in honor of all the legislators would ,be given by the chamber in the \near future. Cable System Discussed The news carried by the Asso- clated Press recently that sale of | viewpoint of what the chamber had done and intended to do to keep |the system under federal owner- ! ship. | In response to protests sent to ;Washlngton. C. Delegate Dan ‘Sutherland answered that the prob- ‘nbimy of such a sale was quite re- mote, but notwithstanding this as- surance President Council said a special committee would be ap- pointed to assemble facts in sup- port of present control and opera- facts will be presented to members | lof the House and the Senate of| |Congress and other government authorities. Would Lose Money [ Secretary G. H. Walmsley stated | from the sale of the system. In introducing Alaska Road Com-' taking relative to the cable system,’ !saying that in his opinion con- tinued government ownership was LISBON—Lisbon is about to pur-'egsential to the upbuilding of the Joseph Land and St. Nicholas Land | ify its water supply, a yearly toll erritory. with elght or nine scientists aboard. ' by typhoid fever having been blam-' pajor Elliott . next presented Dr. Eckener said: “There is a ed upon an antiquated filtering sys- gyperintendent Frank Nash of the possibility that the expedition may | tem. Attempts to meet the situa- pajrpanks district. Mr. Nash is discover - many small islands and tion by adding disinfectants to the 4 member of the Fairbanks Cham- |tap water caused a loud outeryY pher of Commerce, which he said also we want to observe the reaction of the airship in Arctic weather. from citizens, ' (Continued on Page Five) M $596,233.67. BUSI N Es s MEN 'lnture makes available Few Legislators Attendja, FOR TERRITORY BY MARCH, 1333 Budget Total Exceeds Prospective Income and Surplus by $85,000 SCHOOL ESTIMATES IN LEAD WITH $1,374,480 Social Welfare Activities Cost Jumped to Al- most Half Million The biennial “budget” submitted DEFICIT LOOMS Treasurer contains estimates for appropriations aggregating $2,572,- 451.36, the largest in Alaska's his- tory. The total of all revenues for the same period, it is estimated by the Treasurer, will be approximately $1,890,000. Thus the estimated ex- penditures are $682,061.36 in ex- cgess of the Territory’s income. Would Wipe Out Surplus The budget report reveals the fact that the Treasury surplus as of March 1, last, amounted to but Thus, if the Legis- the indi- cated appropriations, and the reve- nues for the biennium do not sur- pass Mr. Smith’s figures, by March 1933, the Territory’s surplus would be wiped out and a deficit of $85:827.60 would be incurred. That the Territory’s income shrunk to a remarkably unexpected extent during the past two years was indicated by the sharp decline in the cash balances held in the Treasury on March 1, 1929, as com- pared with that of March 1, of this year. On the former date, the surplus was $967,019.35. On the first day of the current month it was down to $506,233.67. While there are some cannery taxes still outstanding from 1930, the major portion of them have been received, and except for poll taxes, levies on business, occupa- tions and professions, and some minor assessments, the balance now on hand constitutes in the main the working fund of the Territory for the current year. Cannery (Continued on Page Eight) ———————— ANTITOXIN TO BE RUSHED TO 'POINT BARROW Diphtheria “Epidemic Re- ported at Northern | Part of Continent An adequate supply of fresh diphtheria antitoxin will be for-| warded at once to Point Barrow by airplane, it was announced today, by Territorial Health Commissioner Dr. H. C. DeVighne, who has been officially advised of the epidemic' reported there in Associated Press despatches received by The Em- pire. | A movie expedition, now enroute to Point Barrow to film a picture, probably will take in the supply. route to Seward and plans to fly chorage or Fairbanks. The Governor's office today was rangements for sending the anti-| toxin. ‘There is an ample supply | of this at both Anchorage and| Fairbanks. ‘Wise is a native of Candle. He is connected with Fox Films and in his party at present are Ewing Scott and Klafski. They plan to, fly to Point Barrow as soon as| planes can be obtained and flying weather is available, | food to refugees, BUDGET ESTIMATES CALL FOR $2,572,451 | FIGHTS TO AID ALASKA INDUSTRIES [SUSTESSSSSSSSSSERSS RS S s s 2 2 2 8 8 6] Administrative purposes ( Eleemosy sions, Pioneers’ Home, gents, ete. A mals Predatory animal control Game stocking Roads, Trails Agricultural F Destruction of Predatory salmon k. PR Public School System ... Alaska College Funds) : Teachers’ Pensions Miscellaneous Total Estimated Revenue estimated revenues ... Estimated deficit, March 1 | | ; Bounties on eagles and predatory ani- Veterinarian and livestock Shelter Cabins irs and Exhibits Pioneers’ Home Building' Fi Surplus in Treasury, March 1, 1931 . DEFICIT IS INDICATED Budget for 1931-32 all offices). .. $ 231,240.00 ary purposes, including Pen- care of indi- 471,000.00 17,500.00 17,000.00 10,000.00 13,078.86 225,500.00 16,500.00 Enemies of 40,000.00 942,000.00 (including' Federal 432,480.00 89,800.00 5,600.00 30,752.50 - und ,572,451.36 1,890,390.00 Excess of estimated expenditures over ...$ 682,061.36 596,233.67 , 1933 . $ 85,827.69 e} JURY SELECTED FOR TRIAL OF BOWLESLOUCKS [Nine Farmers Are Included Associated Press Pbote Mrs. Stanley Nelson, a Chicage' night club singer, sued her mother: | In-law for $100,000 for alienating affections of her husband, weaithy Civil Disobedience Cam-| iheir, FLOOD HITS BOSTON: HIGH TIDES, GALES BOTON. Mass.,, March 57Twlcn1 within twelve hours extremely high| tides, churned into raging floods by powerful offshore gales, have| B I l | f vey task assigned to it by Presl- proceeds that might be derived It passed through Juneau Tuesday|caused damage estimated at over| |night aboard the Northwestern en-|3000000 along the coast of Bos-| | WASHINGTON, D. C., March 5.|will be scattered areas to be watch= ton and vicinity. Hundreds of persons have been | communities. H More than 200 persons were left| homeless at Revere alone. The Red Cross has supplied 200 cots and the ecity is furnishing many of whom are unable to return to their homes |est service aviation in Make-up—Defend- ants Are Calm HILLSBORQ, Oregon, March 5.— Nine farmers, a lather, poultry- man and a train dispatcher sit in the Circuit Court today as a jury to determine the case of Nel- son C. Bowles, Portland million- aire, and his former secretary, Miss Irma Loucks, charged with causing the death of Bowles's wife “with knife wounds last November in Miss Loucks's apartment in Pori- land. Subpoenas have been issued for 108 witnesses. Both defendants are calm. — .- —— Gandhi and Lord Irwin Sign Truce paign Ends — Self- Government Seen NEW DELHI, India, March 5— Mahatma Gandhi and Viceroy Lord Irwin have signed a truce ending a year long Civil Disobediénce Campaign. This is regarded as a triumph for Gandhi’s doctrine of non-viclence and paving the way for self-government. CHIEFTAINS AT MEETING HELD - INWASHINGTON ‘!Democratic National Com- mitteemen Primed for Severe Conflict PROHIBITION, RASKOB ARE 2 MAJOR ISSUES Attempts to Be Made to i Squelch Commitment on Dry, Wet Question WASHINGTON, D. C., March 5. —Chieftains of Democracy today entered a session of the party's | National Committee primed for a conflict but hopeful the meeting | will wind up in harmony. A double- barreled threat of intra-party strife | over Prohibition and of revolt ! against Raskob leadership hovers over the gathering. Prohibition issues, however, over- shadowed, in preliminary talk and | speculation, all other matters. It was announced today that the prin- cipal objective of the Democratic | gathering was the liquidation of the party’s nearly $700,000 debt. Wet and Dry Issue Southern members and Pproxy | holders, joined by representatives |of New York State, came to the session determined to squelch any effort at committing the group on i the wet and dry issue. | Former Gov. Al E. Smith was on | hand and stoutly maintained that Prohibition would be an unavoid- able issue in 1932. i The former Governor, in view of recent interviews, is still very much in the picture as a Presidential candidate. When asked about Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt as a can- didate, Smith said: - “This is not the time to discuss that. It is a matter to be decided by some one more important than I and that is the National Con- vention.” Fire on Raskob Southern Democrats led by Sen- ator Sheppard of Texas, and Mor- rison of North Carolina, have op- ened fire on Raskob and Jouett Shouse, head of the Demoeratic Executive Committee, saying they would fight any attempt to put a wet label on the party. On the other hand, Senators Wagner of New York and Tydings of Maryland have pledged with | their Democratic colleagues for sponsorship by the party in 1932 | of outright repeal of the Eighteenth , Amendment. | Whether the committee will take a definite starid on the liquor issue remains to be seen. On the Other Hand Raskob’s supporters point to the concerted campaign which resulted !in Democratic victories in the 1930 | Congressional elections as vindica- Ition of the man who has been called both the party’s “financial angel” and “Smith’s monumental mistake.” | Raskob himself never has pub- licly indicated an intention to give up the post he has held since shortly after the nomination of Al- fred E. Smith for President in 1928. Some prominent figures in the party, feeling the liquor question is “loaded with dynamite,” oppose | making Prohibition a major issue e ! AGENT IS RETURNING Brice Howard, local agent of the | Admiral Line, accompanied by his }wile and daughter, are returning | home aboard the steamer Queen. F iremen of Air Lay Plans For Battles During Spring —Airmen again will be called to kdriven from their homes in various the fore when the forest fire sea- son opens in the spring. Congress allowed $50,000 for for- in the 1931 fiscal year, and this will be supple- mented by volunteer reporting of commercial pilots whose daily routes lie across national forests. from their work or schools Planes will start droning over the Few buildings remain in the wooded sections of the Great Lakes summer colony. states in late spring; during dry The waterfront streets of Bos- summer weather and patrols will ton are heavily inundated and be extended over western states; ‘\\':ll('r is two feet deep in the stores.'and until the end of the year there, ed. Fire Duties will be conduct- with commercial Planes Have The aerial work ed under contract aviation concerns, as it has been ’smcc 1928, as an adjunct to per= | manent lookout stations. Planes will have a five-fold role |to play: Scouting to detect fires, especially during hazy periods and after thunderstorms; emergency transportation of men and sup- plies; repert direction and size; «Continued on Page Three) reconnaissance of fires to. aerial’ .